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Greenwich Ballet Academy Seeking More Boys to Join Program
Boys stay active through GBA's fun and exciting pre-professional classical ballet training
There might be an assumption among many that ballet is for girls in tutus, but it's a discipline fit for boys too. Aidan Buss, an 11-year-old student at North Mianus School trains in classical ballet at Greenwich Ballet Academy. He started his dance training at four years of age with hip-hop lessons and subsequently moved onto ballet when he was five. After two and a half years at a local dance school Aidan wanted a pre-professional program and moved his training to Greenwich Ballet Academy. Aidan has performed in several productions of The Nutcracker, including two years as Fritz in the SUNY Purchase production and three years as the Nutcracker Prince in Greenwich Ballet Aademy's production. "GBA is a wonderful school that has five great teachers," said Aidan. "I like ballet because I like the feel of movement to music and I have been so fortunate to learn from some amazing teachers who grew up dancing ballet in Russia." When he's not dancing, Aidan finds time for other activities like hiking, playing Minecraft and skiing.
"Ballet is a genre of dance that both girls and boys can excel at," said Jeanne Hendrickson,GBA Chairman of the Board. "We are so fortunate to have quite a number of talented boys in our program and hope to attract more boys in the future."
The academy has other boys in their program with similar dance stories as Aidan. Ten-year-old Jamie Mann's love affair with dance began from the moment he could walk, dancing any chance he could when music played. His love for dance grew at three-years-
Then there's nine-year-old John Orlowski from Iona Prep Lower School. He's been dancing since he was six, after seeing New York City Ballet's production of The Nutcracker. Ever since, John's worked hard to pursue his goal of performing the role of Fritz. When he's not studying ballet, John plays soccer, piano, Legos, and goes skiing. He stays active, much like other boys his age.
"Aidan, Jamie, and John are perfect examples of how ballet can transform a boy's life," said Yuri Vodolaga, GBA's Artistic Director. "They watched The Nutcracker and saw the discipline necessary for ballet but weren't afraid. They were inspired to become better ballet dancers and they still find time to do other sports and activities. We hope their stories will attract more boys to audition for us."
The academy is hosting four auditions this year for their Summer and Fall Intensive programs. The dates include Saturday, May 17th at 3:30 PM, Saturday, June 7th at 3:30 PM, Thursday, August 14th at 10:30 AM, and Saturday, September 6th at 3:30 PM. There is a $25 audition fee and applicants should register in advance. All auditions are held at 181 Westchester Avenue, Port Chester 3rd floor.
The Greenwich Ballet Academy offers boys a chance to train in classical ballet which requires dedication and focus but is also highly rewarding. The academy has received national recognition at the Youth American Grand Prix. Each of the last several years, GBA dancers have placed in the regional level and have been invited to participate in the finals in New York City. Two students have received the coveted Grand Prix award and last year Yuri Vodolaga, Artistic Director received the Outstanding Teacher of the year recognition. Advanced students are also invited to participate in master classes, which feature prominent professional dance artists. Past guest artists included two top principals of American Ballet Theatre Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev.
About Greenwich Ballet Company
Greenwich Ballet Academy is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) institution that nurtures talented dancers, ages 3-21, toward careers in classical ballet and contemporary dance with a unique emphasis on the Russian Vaganova method of instruction. GBA is the only school in the lower Fairfield and Westchester County area to offer this specialized style of training. The professional faculty also provide classes in modern and character dance, and contemporary ballet. GBA students have earned accolades at international ballet competitions and have joined professional ballet companies. For more information on performances and training, please visit the GBA website: www.greenwichballetacademy.org.
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Barbican continues energy build-out
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Artificial intelligence: a game-changer for risk transfer
Amid concerns that artificial intelligence could result in job losses across the industry, re/insurers speaking at an Intelligent Insurer roundtable in London aimed to suppress some of those fears by highlighting the value of AI with tried and tested examples (...)
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Joy! Crafts Open Up Pop-Up Stencil is an innovative craft kit that creates pop-up scenes inside greeting cards or scrapbook pages. The pack includes one 11 x 5.5-inch plate and four metal stencils. Pair these stencils with different colored cardstock or other decorative papers and use a Trouvaille cutting machine to punch out your desired pop-up scenes. Decorate the front and insides of the greeting cards with glitter, colored-ink calligraphy and more to finish the look. This pop-up stencil set is available in different themes, each sold separately.
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text: All due respect to the fine folks in the Windy City, but they know as much about QBs as they do about BBQ. The Chicago Bears have a quarterback make the Pro Bowl every generation or so. The Dallas Cowboys have a quarterback inducted into the Hall of Fame that often. That's not to predict that Tony Romo will have a bust in Canton, although it's certainly in the realm of possibility for a man who ranks behind only Aaron Rodgers and Steve Young on the all-time passer rating list. Put it this way: Jay Cutler's odds of playing in a Pro Bowl as a Bear aren't much better than those of Romo joining Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman in the Hall of Fame. We're really talking about quarterbacks from two different class levels. Romo ranks right behind the elite active QBs who have won Super Bowls. Cutler is just a bit above average despite his rocket right arm. http://espn.go.com/dallas/hot/?id=8426380


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NFL Owners sign new CBA
The NFL Owners signed a new Collective Bargaining agreement yesterday, and gave the NFLPA until Tuesday, July 27 to sign off on it. NFL Players Association Head DeMaurice Smith peaked in on the a live broadcast (video). The NFLPA still has two big issues: An opt-out clause seven years into the proposed 10-year collective bargaining agreement, and to be allowed to report to team facilities and vote in person on recertifying as a union. Check out some of the highlights of the new contract proposal!
Highlights Of Proposed CBA – espn
Details of the proposed collective bargaining agreement approved by the owners and needing ratification by NFL players:
• Ten-year deal, through the 2020 season
• New league year would begin on Wednesday
• Players receive 48 percent of revenue in first portion of deal
• $120 million salary cap; team minimum 89 percent ($106.8M) as long as league spends 99 percent ($3.8 billion)
• Veterans earn free agency after fourth season
• Four-year rookie contracts, with team option for fifth year
• Lower rookie salaries, with cap on team spending for rookies
• Later training camps, no more full-contact, two-a-day practices
• Offseason team activities (OTAs) reduced from 14 to 10
Revised July Dates In Proposed CBA
• Voluntary training, conditioning and classroom instruction permitted until first day of clubs' preseason camps.
• Pre-2011 league year period commences. 2011 free agency list to be issued and will become effective on the first day of the 2011 league year (July 27).
• Clubs/players may begin to renegotiate contracts. Clubs may begin to sign drafted rookies and their own UFAs, RFAs, exclusive rights players and franchise players.
• Waivers begin for the 2011 league year.
• Starting at 2 p.m. ET, clubs may negotiate with, but not sign, undrafted rookie free agents, free agents, and other clubs' UFAs, RFAs, and franchise players.
• Starting at 2 p.m ET, clubs may begin to sign undrafted rookie free agents.
• 2011 league year commences at 2 p.m. ET, provided NFLPA has ratified CBA.
• Free agency signing period begins. Clubs may sign free agents and other clubs' UFAs.
• Clubs may sign offer sheets.
• Trading period begins.
• All clubs must be under the salary cap.
• Top 51 rule applies.
• Rosters expanded to 90-man limit.
• Training camps open for all clubs, provided NFLPA has ratified CBA. Day 1 activities limited to physicals, meetings, and conditioning. No pads permitted on Day 2 or Day 3.


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Power outage in the Monterey area mostly restored
PG&E says "equipment failure" is the cause
MONTEREY, Calif. - More than 3,000 people were without power in the Monterey area Saturday, according to Pacific Gas & Electric.
The outage impacted Fisherman's Wharf, Cannery Row and downtown Monterey.
As of 5:30 p.m. Saturday, most of the customers had been restored according to PG&E. A few spotty outages may remain, Traffic signals seem to be up and running now as well.
City of Monterey says a transformer at Del Monte and Sloat has apparently failed. PG&E won't confirm that, just saying 'equipment failure' occurred. The outage was widespread in Monterey, with traffic lights out on Lighthouse and Fremont and Del Monte and in downtown at the time.
Spokespersons for the Sardine Factory on Wave Street and Brittania Arms on Alvarado Street say the hotels and restaurants were back up with power within 20 minutes in some cases.
Monterey police, fire and public works were out during this outage to monitor the situation and direct traffic.
McGrath says the signal lights on Lighthouse Avenue were out for awhile and on this busy holiday weekend that created problems.
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Welcome to the shop for the Word for Word Bible Comic. There are both physical and digital copies available (digital below).
the Book of Joshua is coming soon, but not yet available to buy.
A word-for-word comic presentation of the Bible, using a bold contemporary style and historical accuracy to bring out the impact and excitement within of the Scriptures to a more mature audience.
The ISBN for each book is...
978-0-9956035-0-9 - The Book of Judges
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Forgotten Palestinians
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BeschreibungFor more than 60 years, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have lived as Israeli citizens within the borders of the nation formed at the end of the 1948 conflict. Occupying a precarious middle ground between the Jewish citizens of Israel and the dispossessed Palestinians of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Palestinians have developed an exceedingly complex relationship with the land they call home; however, in the innumerable discussions of the Israel-Palestine problem, their experiences are often overlooked and forgotten.In this book, historian Ilan Papp examines how Israeli Palestinians have fared under Jewish rule and what their lives tell us about both Israel's attitude toward minorities and Palestinians' attitudes toward the Jewish state. Drawing upon significant archival and interview material, Papp analyzes the Israeli state's policy towards its Palestinian citizens, finding discrimination in matters of housing, education, and civil rights. Rigorously researched yet highly readable, The Forgotten Palestinians brings a new and much-needed perspective to the Israel-Palestine debate.
Untertitel: A History of the Palestinians in Israel. 211:eBook ePub. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: Yale University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: Juni 2011
Seitenanzahl: 320 Seiten
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**SEUSS Tooth Fairy Pillow - Tooth Pocket for a Boy or Girl - Easter Treat, Stocking Stuffer, Birthday Party Favor, Gift - Customized, Personalized: Pick Your Words, Colors (Green & Red Shown)**
If anyone can get that Tooth Fairy to come, it's the Cat in the Hat (and a SEUSS Tooth Fairy Pillow, of course :-)
Inspired by the wonky stylings of Dr. Seuss, and sized for coins, dollar bills, tiny teeth and wee little fingers, this Tooth Pocket lies flat under a bed pillow and is very patient - it will wait the whole night through for that fairy to come, and you too.
100% stuffable - as in, stuff these into loot bags, Easter baskets, Christmas stockings, and birthday party favor bags too.
The money in the photos is (sadly) not included, but I can fit your SEUSS Tooth Pillow in a regular letter envelope so it comes with a nice low shipping fee.
Materials: 100% cotton.
Measurements: approx. 1.5" wide, 6" tall, 3" loop.
Word Choices:
Hello Tooth Fairy!
Tooth for Sale Here!
Is There a Wocket in My Pocket?!
Personalized with a Name (e.g. Sam's Tooth!)
Color Choices:
Red & White
Green & White
Navy Blue & White
Green & Red
Care: Spot clean if needed. Keep lettering dry to prevent fading.
Shipping: I ship worldwide.
**This listing is for one SEUSS Tooth Fairy Pillow with the words and colors of your choice (wooden zebra not included). Use the drop-down menus on your way to checkout to select the words and colors you would like. If you choose to have your Tooth Pillow personalized with your child's name, use the comments box when purchasing to let me know the name you would like (perfect spelling please :-)
**The SEUSS TOOTH fits perfectly in any of my Easter Baskets and Seuss Stockings, which may be purchased separately. Hooray! (as Dr. Seuss would say :-)
As every order is handmade and involves labour and the purchase of materials, full payment is due at the time an order is placed.
My payment processing is powered by Etsy and your payment information is secure. Shops using this system never receive your credit card information.
I ship worldwide.
Watch my shop announcement (at the top of my shop) for holiday order deadlines and my current turnaround time. Order deadlines are subject to change based on order volume.
Holiday items are shipped according to postal guidelines for holiday delivery.
DOMESTIC ORDERS: to destinations within Canada are usually shipped by Canada Post Expedited Parcel with a tracking number, insurance, and delivery in about 5-7 business days.
AMERICAN ORDERS: to destinations in the United States are usually shipped by Canada Post Small Packet Air Mail with estimated delivery in 7-14 business days. This service does not include tracking.
INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: to destinations outside of North America are usually shipped by Canada Post Small Packet Air Mail and estimated delivery varies. This service does not include tracking.
If you require faster shipping, insurance, and/or a tracking number, contact me before purchasing for shipping upgrade options.
Customs and postal delays are beyond my control. Shipment delivery dates are not guaranteed.
You will receive a confirmation email from my shop when your order has been received by Good Wishes Quilts. You will receive another confirmation email when your order has shipped.
Any duties, additional taxes, and customs fees associated with international orders are paid by the buyer.
As all Good Wishes Quilts items are handmade and custommade, refunds, returns, and exchanges are not possible.
I hope you are delighted with your purchase. If you have any concerns, please contact me and we will work out the best solution together.
Should there be a spelling mistake in your personalized order, I will correct the error at no charge to you, for shipping or stitching, if the error was mine.
If you had the misfortune of sending me an incorrect spelling when you placed your personalized order, please don't worry - you can send the item back to me at your expense for shipping, and I will correct the misspelled letters at a nominal fee plus return postage.
As there is a cost associated with spelling mistakes, please double-check your spellings when you place your order for personalized items.
My studio is located in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. It is smoke-free and professionally cleaned every 2 weeks.
All Good Wishes Quilts product designs are ©Good Wishes Quilts 2010-16, all rights reserved. As such, these designs may not be reproduced without the expressed written permission of Good Wishes Quilts.
Please see my shop announcement (at the top of my shop) for holiday order deadlines and my current turnaround time.
Your purchase receipt will include an estimated shipping date for your order as well.
It's always best to order early. Order deadlines may change based on order volume.
Holiday items are shipped according to postal guidelines for holiday delivery.
Shipment delivery dates are not guaranteed because customs and postal delays are beyond my control.
Rush fees and rush service are not available in my shop at this time.
I'm a holiday shop, so all of my customers have the same delivery deadline. So, I stitch items in the order purchased, in order to be fair to all.
Product sizes and measurements are provided in the listing for each item.
Almost all Good Wishes Quilts products are made from materials of 100% cotton, a renewable resource. Most are quilted products.
Care instructions are provided in the listing for each item.
If your purchase is a gift for someone else, I'd be happy to include a gift note from you at no extra charge and/or ship the parcel directly to the recipient for you.
Here's what to do during checkout:
> Enter the recipient's name and address as the shipping address if you would like the parcel shipped directly to the recipient.
> Use the comments box during checkout to let me know the gift note you would like me to include. Also let me know if you do not want a receipt included in the parcel.
Gift wrapping is available on request for a few dollars extra. Contact me before purchasing to request and purchase it.
I do not have a wholesale program at the present time, but I may launch one in the future.
If you would like me to contact you when I launch a wholesale program, just let me know. I'd be happy to.
I respect your privacy. I will only use your contact information to communicate with you about your order, to fulfill your order, and for legal reasons (like paying taxes).
Imagine wrapping yourself in a quilt of good wishes for your life.
Then imagine giving a quilt like this to your own child, a family in need, or someone you love.
That's a Good Wishes Quilt. It's a wonderful tradition that started in northern China. When a woman learned she was expecting, she invited friends and relatives to each provide a small, simple gift: one patch of cloth, and a wish for her child's life. From these, the mother stitched a quilt for her child – a quilt that captured the luck, energy, and positive thoughts of all those who contributed to it.
I love the whole idea of creating a precious family heirloom, filled with good wishes. And now, just as I wished, I'm in the business of doing just that.
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> Small: 40 inches wide
> Medium: 50 inches wide
> Large: 60 inches wide
Choosing a size is more about the width of your tree than the height ... skirts look best when they reach out almost as far as the widest branches of the tree.
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Who do you support for U.S. Senate in California in 2010?
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romney's ad at the top of the page is ridiculous when you think about how the rebuttlicken are trying to win this election.....
they cant win on their platform, so they are tacking left(underneath Obama's shadow of course)
to try and win some centrist votes.....
the ad says "governemnt belongs to us"
it sure does MITT!
so why are the republicans at the state level trying to purge people off voter rolls??
Tom corbett told us the truth....
he said...."voter Id in PA?? done!!
and it will hand PA to mitt romney.
clue to tom...Pa has gone blue for three elections now.
these voter id laws?
they are making it harder for registered voters they dont want at the polls?? to get to the polls...
that is not a very inclusive attitude??
that is why your party is shearing apart!!
they have let the orthodox tea baggers(like some of you, i wont name any names) run rampant, kicking out or just disenfranchising millions of moderate republicanss.......
otherwise?? you guys woyuld have had this election in the bag long ago.
it is the racism too!!
minorities have fled the GOP in droves...
just look at how much better Jorge Bush did in 04' with the latino vote..
geez.....mitt romney;s family even lived in mexico...
it might have been those comments in may in boca...
along with the 47% remark??
he basically dissed millions of latinos.
rosy perez has it right in her web ads!!
the number certainly back her up..
latinos are breaking 3 to 1 for obama!!
good luck next week,
your gonna need it!
#2283 Oct 30, 2012
I gave the source.
#2284 Oct 30, 2012
OK pal......
ill do ya a favor, cause im in a good mood...
ill go see what number you twisted to get an unemployemnt rate of 35%
and ill let you(without playing with you like a cat plays with a lizard) to change your story a bit!
meanwhile on the campaign trail?
Romney and Ryan focus on storm relife.
while the president focuses on managing the Actual emergency.....he has already signed a declaration of emergency in 8 states.
well compare this one to katrina afterwards??
as far the government response.
it is GOOD to have a federal government at times, isnt it ricky.??
like when the big one comes out here.
#2285 Oct 30, 2012
it was NUTS!!
but you DID give a source, I agree!
#2286 Oct 30, 2012
The likes of Willard Mtt Romney campaign on the backs of dead people, got ta make a buck, money, money.
#2287 Oct 30, 2012
I never said it was the unemployment rate, I was responding to your post of how many people are working. the labor force
participation rate was little changed at 63.6 percent.
#2288 Oct 30, 2012
mabey you dont do simple math??
if 63.6 percent of people have jobs??
then 36.4 % of them dont have jobs....
Id put the overall unemployemnt rate at about 12-14%...
it had been as high as 20% after Bush tanked the economy.....
which is why you will not be winning this election.
BTW?? wasnt your claim 64.3 instead of 63.3?? youre all over the place pal!!??
how can I even follow your twisted logic!!
#2289 Oct 30, 2012
Romney and Ryan are not in charge yet. What do you think they should do?
#2290 Oct 30, 2012
williard, tag, ann and the rest of the clan romney, have been living off the food from middle class dinner tables for their entire lives!!
we certainly need a commander in cheif who has a slightly more prolitarian background!!
like Obama! mabey gary johnson!! gary who??
#2291 Oct 30, 2012
WOW the state by state round up of the damamge caused by sandy is mind blowing....!!
at least 33 dead.....
tens of billions of dollars in damage..
this hurricane will rank up there with katrina, andrew and floyd as far as damage done!!
ill bet it will trigger a mini boom....
did anyone see the fire in queens??
65 houses!! poof, with a at least a foot of water on the streets at the time!
I wonder why the republicans here havnt chimed in on this issue??
I guess none of you have relatives out there....
and so, your self interested philosophy kicks in!!
Since: Aug 11
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#2292 Oct 30, 2012
We were responsible for nuking Japan. You were the one saying we needed to be afraid of others who have nuclear weapons. I simply pointed out the fact that the United States is the only country to have used nuclear weapons against another nation.
You must be kidding me.
#2293 Oct 30, 2012
pack their bags for home!!
this is the knock out punch for the prez!!!!
no seriously??
id be at a shelter of I was ryan.....
and call ahead this time!!
and dont bring any cameras or press...
just let the public note that he was there, the story will spread on its own....
that is how I would make political hay, if I were paul ryan, and I(as a politician, who was facing the election of my life next week) wanted to find a silver lining in this terrible event.
but as long as Obama doesnt pull a bush???
or a brownie??
he will come out looking good, as will govenor chris christy....
and cuomo and MD's gov. ect ect...
lots of states are facing extensive storm damage...
#2294 Oct 30, 2012
It's a freaking disaster, what do you want them to do?
#2295 Oct 30, 2012
So this is from God to re-elect the chosen one? lol..
#2296 Oct 30, 2012
You also make a comment like we were wrong in Nuking Japan. So are you saying because we used a nuke that USA is the dangerous country and we should allow Iran and the rest of the world to have nukes?
#2297 Oct 30, 2012
accordin to riccardos twisted logic??
if you care about the horrors, of an adversaries civilins, getting nuked??
you HATE you own country.
it is simple though....
if you care about people you MUST NOT have the best interests of corporate power in mind.
#2298 Oct 30, 2012
Its 2012, almost 2013
time to stop asking who I want to Vote for in 2010 don't you think.
This Post needs to be renamed or, done away with.
#2299 Oct 30, 2012
We also killed a lot of German citizens, a lot of French citizens, a lot of Italy citizens....., It's called war. Don't be ashamed of America for Nuking Japan, it saved a lot of American lives. If I was alive back then, I would have a choice of caring more about our own people or citizens of a country that will fight to the death for their own country. I choose America. Sorry if that pisses you off.
#2300 Oct 30, 2012
Obama's ad is real classy....
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Call it the Maginot guideline, the illusion that somehow by issuing more rules, regulations and statements of principle the BBC can lay the Ross/Brand debacle to rest. Alas, that's absurd. We're not talking dodgy phone-in calls here. We're talking jokes - by the million, broadcast 24/7. And already Daily Mail reporters - those self-appointed custodians of public decency - sit by every TV and radio taking notes. Good joke, bad joke? You can't have a good laugh every time. So BBC defences must crumble again, dropped brick by brick.
Absurd is the word as the tumbrels of bad taste roll. It's absurd to see a howling press mob calling for regulatory retribution over something its own code of behaviour specifically excludes. The Press Complaints Commission, remember, doesn't do 'taste', prudently abandoning a jungle where argument never ends.
It's absurd to hear Prime Ministers and Lord Chancellors weighing in about the injured dignity of a 23-year-old Satanic Slut who promptly hires Max Clifford and tells Sun readers that Russell Brand shouted 'Qué?' in bed. It's absurd to discover that a protest two angry people strong can wax into crowds big enough to fill a football stadium once Fleet Street presses the outrage button.
But ultimate absurdity finds the British Broadcasting Corporation clutching its robes of public service dignity in dishevelled crisis yet again - and emerging still feebler from another self-inflicted ordeal. Andrew Gilligan, phone-ins, the Monarch re-edited: this is one damned thing after another, and every new damned thing makes it worse.
A couple of resignations and a suspension, plus rather too much headmasterly huff-puffery, can't call a halt now. Where the BBC Trust treads in the oversight maze, Ofcom follows one step behind, drawing up its own report, holding its own meetings, delivering its own fines (with Commons select committees waiting their turn). And can Jonathan Ross, returning in February, be allowed any proper licence to amuse? What's his next contract negotiation worth as opinion pollsters lie in wait?
Prepare for months of public pain and portentous introversion; for endemic, systemic enfeeblement. The affair won't soon slide back into business as usual, as some weary BBC hands affect to believe. It can't go away, because due process from crises past keeps it riveted near the top of the agenda. It's a banner for all the corporation's foes to rally behind. Just when the BBC needs friends, it finds itself strangely friendless.
A trivial issue? Absolutely, to begin with. OK, the scragging of Andrew Sachs was tawdry, toe-curlingly stupid, crass and crazy. Choose your own denunciation. But only two listeners got upset. The audience grinned and moved on. Media codes are devised to keep audiences - the customer, the reader, the licence fee-payer - happy and uncomplaining. That's what happened here: hundreds of thousands of happy customers raised no alarm. No one who later pothered 'utter unacceptabilities' was tuned in at the time.
And once you acknowledge that the Brand and Ross show was not for people like you or me (maybe), not for community leaders, bishops, MPs, commentators, ex-editors of the Daily Telegraph, pressure group chairmen, concerned members of cohesive society, Gordon Brown or directors-general on half-term holiday in Sicily, this trivial issue becomes something much more serious. It isn't Auntie tripping over her shoelaces again. It's a whole survival strategy falling flat.
Broadcasting House lives or dies by the licence fee. HM government renews its Royal Charter and sets a licence level the BBC can manage with, or it doesn't. If it doesn't, the game's up. A £3.4bn hole in the accounts sinks all. Recession or no recession, BBC hearts beat most strongly about 2013, when the current fee structure runs out. How do they make certain their cash carousel keeps turning?
Stock answer, Trust-endorsed: provide something for everybody. Leave no licence fee payer behind. Give classical music people their fix, and pop people their due; serve the world with worthy news; provide entertainment for the masses and elite conversation for the elite; cover every age range and interest; and always, always break down the digital barriers of opportunity. Spread your web news around the world (taking ads whenever possible); bring local news to the street where customers live: buy up travel publishers, start magazines, plug into mobile phones. The remit expands remorselessly as both obeisance to existing licence payers and assurance that the next generation will find services that cover their stretch of the waterfront, too. Cutting-edge comedy? Certainly, sir.
But you can cut yourself most pitifully on cutting edges. You can infuriate local newspapers by peddling your internet wares on their own impecunious patch. You can anger the Murdoch end of Fleet Street by clouding a clear blue Sky, and irritate the other end by competing with their website news efforts on a cushion of licence padding. You can, in sum, go to war with everyone in your own small world. Why be surprised, then, to find friends turn to foes as the going gets rough?
The BBC issue that matters most of all is how to define what it does more consensually, how to fit into a changed media landscape rather than galumph all over it.
Of course, Mail fear and loathing doesn't help. Of course, politicians like to finger collars. Of course, ordinary BBC presenters and producers don't revere stars on £6m a year. Of course, an organisation that can't field its own spokesman on Today or Newsnight spells pathetic with a capital P. Of course, 30,000 protesters don't automatically speak for Britain.
But the central truth here is that the great old corporation we know and ought to appreciate more for its manifold good works needs every friend it can get - and had better get on with finding them before the next damned thing happens. Forget survival strategy. Concentrate on survival.
Bond: Licensed for overkill
M pursed her thin lips. 'It's a conspiracy, James', she said. 'Everywhere you turn, the message is there. Enjoy Bond week on London regional news every damned day. Watch this Jonathan Ross man show Bond clips for 30 uncritical minutes. Talk to Daniel Craig morning, noon and night. Live and let die all over again with the old movies. I thought television wasn't supposed to give free commercial plugs. There must be a conspiracy, and I want you to solve it.'
007 shrugged, neither shaken nor stirred. 'There's no evil genius, here, ma'am', he said bleakly. 'Just tired, sloppy thinking. I'm made in Britain, so support home industry. I dish out film clips, so I'm cheap. I'm free plug heaven, but nobody complains because they're too busy complaining elsewhere. I'm easy, sexy watching, and they're gagging for it.'
'But I thought your latest is pretty routine?' M said dourly.
Bond shrugged again. 'That's only the critics. One quantum of garbage deserves another.'
A singular columnist at the Mail
A last word on the Corfu affair and a first nomination for columnist of the year: Peter McKay in the Mail is a pearl beyond price because, almost alone in an interest-free desert where hired pundits merely refurbish Mailspeak with added adjectives, he gets away with outright dissent. Viz (on Mandelson, aluminium tsars and bountiful tycoons ): 'I wonder if we can move on. Has he accepted money from any of them? ... Is there any evidence that he has received money, goods or property from anyone as a result of what he has done for them? There isn't. Schmoozing up to the rich is an unpleasant trait, but it's the sort of failing we see more clearly in others than ourselves.'
Whereupon, McKay recalls how long ago even Winston Churchill took gifts, holidays and lush assignments from Lord Beaverbrook.
Sometimes an ounce of free thinking is worth a tonne of Richard Littlejohn.


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|Feb 6, 2001
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|Jun 9, 1998
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|Jun 13, 1997
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|Rene Brassier, Denis Esteve, Jean-Pierre Maree, Pascal Thubert
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|International Business Machines Corporation
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|Patent Citations (10), Non-Patent Citations (3), Referenced by (27), Classifications (13), Legal Events (6)
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The present invention relates to high speed data networking and, more particularly, to the interconnection, for bandwidth allocation and control, between Terminating Equipments (TE) and Frame Handlers (FH) in a Frame Relay (FR) switched network by adapting the committed information rate (CIR).
The present invention makes references to the following standards:
ANSI T1.617, T1.618 and T1.606 (addendum); and
ITU-T Q933 and Q922
The terminology that is used throughout the description is as follows:
FR:Frame Relay is dedicated to High speed switched networks.
FH:Frame Handler concerns the function of FR layer 2 that handles frame switching in the network.
TE:Terminating Equipment is a gateway from FR, it handles upper layer 2 and layer 3 functions.
Bc:Committed Burst size is the number of bytes that can be sent in a burst according to Committed Information Rate.
Be:Excess Burst size is the additional bytes to Bc that may or may not be carried by the network.
Tc:Period over which Bc is sent, its value is generally computed according to the formula CIR=Bc/Tc.
CIR:Committed Information Rate which represents a bit rate that is subscribed from a carrier.
V_CIR:Variable CIR which is the classical recommendation according to the standard organizations as mentioned above.
A_CIR:Adaptive CIR is the main object of this invention.
ARB:Adaptive Rate Base represents the ability to perform flow control by adapting a transmission rate.
PVC:Permanent virtual channel is a leased end to end path through the FR network.
DLCI:Data Link Control Identifier which identifies a PVC over a given hop.
ECN:Explicit Congestion Notification where a bit is piggy-backed in FR Q922 header to notify of a congestion (which happens generally in the FH function). The ECN uses the pair FECN/BECN of congestion management.
FECN:Forward ECN. Generally set by Frame Handler function in a frame that passes through a congested node and sends a signal to the receiving or destination FRTE, advising it to slow down the receipt of information.
BECN:Backward ECN. Flows on the way back from which the congestion was experienced to the source FRTE of the traffic in order to pace it down.
Bottleneck:The node or the line in the network that limits the throughput over a PVC. Both the bottleneck location and its throughput are subject to change overtime.
LAN:Local Area Network, it interconnects stations over a single plant (campus). Tendency is to go from the old shared media model to a switched model to have higher throughput.
WAN:Wide Area Network, everything from the most common modem in a PC to a Serial Optical Network. It interconnects stations and LANs over long distance serial links.
Frame Relay technology has past succeeded over the past years in becoming the major multiprotocol (IP for intra/internet, SNA, SNAP . . . ) Wide Area Network (WAN) for interconnecting Local Area Networks (LAN) of a company's dispersed sites.
Frame Relay is a switched multiplexed technology, which means in other words that many end to end communications can share a given node or a given link without knowing each other.
The load of that given node or link may thus change dramatically over time when huge data exchanges are asynchronously started. Preventing overuse of network resources is thus a major issue. Frame Relay uses Explicit Congestion Notifications to let FRTEs know about a congestion somewhere over a PVC path. The FRTE is responsible for diminishing its throughput till the congestion in the network terminates, through flow control operations.
The definition of objectives and requirements for congestion management is provided in addendum 1 of ANSI T1.606. This standard defines speed and burstiness and describes how the network and the FRTE devices handle an overabundance of data traffic. Congestion occurs when traffic arriving at a resource exceeds the network's capacity. It can also occur for other reasons (equipment failure etc.). Network congestion affects the throughput, delay, and frame loss experienced by the FRTE. The latter should therefore reduce its offered load in the face of network congestion.
When links or nodes in the network are overused, logical bottlenecks tend to form and move throughout the network. A logical bottleneck becomes the place where most of the outstanding data get queued, increasing latency and causing memory storage where it is most unwanted and expensive. When network access speed increases, larger windows are needed and more multiplexing takes place. At some level, the bottleneck cannot keep up and starts discarding frames, which in turn reduces traffic dramatically.
The movement of data through a network sometimes needs traffic signs to indicate when it should stop and go. Access signaling described in the ANSI T1.617, CCITT Q.933, specifies a protocol for establishing and releasing switched frame relay virtual calls and provides a means to inform users of permanent virtual circuits of failure and restoration.
Explicit Congestion Notifications (ECN) by the network are generally a reactive process intended to protect the network nodes. Forward ECN (FECN) and Backward ECN (BECN) are the most common congestion management signals.
Adaptive Rate Based (ARB) protocols are the modern solution to replace window based protocols. Whereas the window based protocols transfer a number of frames and then wait for an acknowledgement, the ARB protocols send a continuous binary flow at a given rate.
Frame relay networks provide a Committed Information Rate (CIR) that is a kind of rate enforcement, refer to the ITU-T X36, but the CIR is still not adaptive. The CIR is the rate (expressed in bits per second) at which the data are transferred between the user equipment and the network.
CIR standard provides a speed range between the committed and excess rates that the terminating equipment can use depending on whether the network reports a congestion or not. In order to adapt to the dynamics of transient logical bottlenecks, the Committed Information Rate should be able to vary within that range. Any implementation that uses a static CIR is bound to be obsolete.
Moreover, in the existing implementations, the ECN are used in a reactive way, meaning that the FECN and BECN are set when a congestion has already occurred. Should the occasion arises, the network enters a slow down condition to recover. In consequence, it is not possible to obtain a fine tuning of the rate at the end point (FRTE). This is why the congestion notification should be issued as soon as the conditions are reached that would lead to a congestion, but before it creates any damage.
Existing implementations try to create a Variable CIR but:
There is no convergence in the algorithm,
A Terminating Equipment (TE) cannot achieve any rate tuning by itself. A cooperation between the switches (FRFHs) AND the end points (FRTEs) as a system is required to achieve a real rate tuning.
The problem addressed here is how to improve that current CIR technique in order to turn it into a rate control and to optimize the throughput to the network to match the logical bottleneck capacity.
The main object of the present invention is to improve the Committed Information Rate (CIR) functionality in order to turn it into an Adaptive Rate Base (ARB) mechanism, so as to apply it to frame relay networks.
The solution is based on the interaction between a proactive setting of the Explicit Congestion Notifications (ECN) in the Frame Handler (FH) function of the switches and a converging Adaptive CIR algorithm in the Terminal Equipments.
The result of this interaction is that when a logical bottleneck is in the process of settling in a switch, the CIR at the Terminating Equipment adapts itself to the throughput of the forming logical bottleneck. Henceforth, the logical bottleneck is exported at the boundary of the network, within the Terminating Equipment.
The end result is that the information sent by the data link control in the Terminating Equipment is paced so that the output matches that of the weakest point in the network, keeping it busy but not congested.
FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of a components in the Frame relay network according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 compares the reaction of traditional Variable CIR versus the Adaptive CIR according to the present invention, in case of dynamic variation of the available throughput for a PVC over time.
FIG. 3 is a flow-chart illustrating the FRTE dynamic CIR adjustment according to the present invention.
The Frame Relay Terminating Equipment (FRTE) and the Frame Relay Switching Equipment (FRSE, also called Frame Handler) must be considered as a system.
Before reaching any kind of buffer, queue, or throughput limitation, the Frame Handler (FRSE) will decide whether it is in the process of becoming a logical bottleneck as soon as it:
receives more data to transmit than it can actually send according to current Committed Information Rate over a short period of time; or
introduces a given amount of delay on the traffic for a given Data Link Control Identifier (DLCI).
In both cases, the Frame Handler sets Forward Explicit Congestion Notifications (FECN) on the traffic for that Data Link Control Identifier, which is echoed by the remote Frame Relay Terminating Equipment (FRTE) as a Backward Explicit Congestion Notification (BECN). The Frame Handler can also set BECNs, on the first opportunity in case the traffic flows in the other way.
When the Frame Relay Terminating Equipment receives a BECN, it reduces its Committed Information Rate (CIR). If it does not receive any BECNs, it increases the CIR.
There are two important things that make the CIR adaptive and converging:
The increment is dynamic, so that the Committed Information Rate settles close to the optimum value. It starts with a minimum value and gets longer and longer until the CIR crosses the optimum value. At that point, the CIR is set back to about the last value under the optimal point, and the increment becomes minimum again. When the CIR is close to the optimum value, the increment should stay at the lowest value but its sign should change all the time.
The rate is changed at a time base of at least the Turn Around Time (TAT) of the network, so that the effect of the previous tuning can be detected. For instance, a fair value for the TAT is the retry timer of the Data Link Control, if the TAT cannot be measured dynamically. The time base may be much greater than the TAT in order to take account of the damping effect of the queues in the network if some switches do not implement proactive congestion detection.
Let us first discuss the role of the switches in the system according to the present invention. It is very important that they detect an upcoming congestion before queues build up and delays are introduced in the traffic.
A Frame Relay Switch (15) consists of pairs of partner Frame Handler subports (3,4) and (5,6) as shown in FIG. 1. Each partner corresponds to a given Data Link Control Identifier referred as DLCI over a different physical line, for instance the partner (3) corresponds to the DLCI 16 (9) over the physical link (12). The Frame Handler subports are associated like a logical jumper between the DLCIs so that every frame received by a subport is passed to its partner to be retransmitted. A successive interconnection of switches (15) and Data Link Control Identifiers (10) creates an end to end Permanent Virtual Channel.
To be proactive in its congestion detection, a subport (3,4,5,6) measures the traffic received from its partner (i.e. 3 is the partner of 4) and enqueued in outstanding queue over the last Tc period. If the measured traffic is greater than the current burst allowed by CIR, some of the frames for that DLCI will be stamped with FECNs.
The number of ECNs set does not have a large affect on the FRTE since most implementations integrate ECNs over time as a single information. Thus, instead of measuring the number of bytes queued, the variation of that information is used as a primary congestion indicator.
FECNs are also set if the delay introduced by queuing packets in the FH passes a predefined Threshold, that depends on CIR value.
Now that the FRFH sets ECNs in a proactive way, the FRTE needs to use that information to send as much as the FH can handle—but not more—. The invention allows the convergence of the CIR as illustrated in FIG. 2.
FIG. 2 shows a simulation of a change in the available throughput for a Permanent Virtual Channel (PVC). Variable CIR parameters are set to 12 percent increment and 25 percent decrement, which are common defaults that exist in the marketplace.
The throughput (201) shows that Adaptive Committed Information Rate (A-CIR) converges to a new value which can be very fast thanks to the exponential curve. As is shown, the optimum curve is crossed faster than that of the Variable Committed Information Rate (V-CIR) shown in dots line.
The throughput (202) illustrates the damping of the Adaptive CIR around the optimum reached.
The throughput (203) shows the existing of some 'noise', i.e. certain irregularities are added on the optimum. In this part, the Adaptive CIR converges to the lowest level of that noise so that the network is never overused.
FIG. 3 details the algorithm used for adapting the CIR to the network capability the results of which are shown in FIG. 2.
For this algorithm, several values are configured and act as constants:
a minimum information rate (MIR) which is the minimum value for Adaptive CIR;
a Excess Information Rate (EIR) which is the maximum value for Adaptive CIR;
a PRECISION which determines how close to the Frame Handler throughput the algorithm is expected to converge and how fast it reaches the correct value (ranges 6 to 10). Value 7 is used in FIG. 2; and
a TIME_BASE which specifies how often CIR is updated. Default is 3.2 seconds.
Several variables are also defined for the algorithm:
a CURRENT is the current value for the Committed Burst size (Bc), which is the number of bytes that can be sent over a Tc period. This is what is to be adjusted by referring to the network Explicit Congestion Notifications;
a DYN_INCREMENT is a variable that changes at each iteration by either being reset to zero or incremented by 1. The Maximum value for DYN_INCREMENT is 5;
a DELTA is the amount by which CURRENT is incremented or decremented. DELTA is computed from CURRENT and DYN_INCREMENT:
where>> is a binary shift right.
In other words, DELTA is CURRENT divided by 2 at the power of (PRECISION minus DYN_INCREMENT). DELTA is at the minimum when DYN_INCREMENT is NULL and it is multiplied by 2 each time DYN_INCREMENT is incremented by 1;
a BECN_RECEIVED is a flag that is raised when a frame with a BECN is received;
a JUST_REDUCED is a flag that is raised when CURRENT is decremented; it is reset when CURRENT is incremented to keep track of the last action performed against CURRENT; and
a REQUEST_LARGER_CIR is a flag that is raised when the CURRENT value is not enough versus the traffic passed from the upper layer.
At INIT time, CURRENT is set to the committed burst size (Bc) and DYN_INCREMENT is set to 0.
In RUN time, two processes operate in flip flop mode, being separated by half of TIME_BASE.
Process 1 resets BECN_RECEIVED to sweep information that may not represent the latest change in CURRENT. This is run at the first half TIME_BASE and then every TIME_BASE. This is actually optional but may improve the algorithm response in the case of high latency networks.
Process 2, represented in FIG. 3, increments or decrements CURRENT based on whether BECN_RECEIVED is set or not, at step (301). If the current process does not modify the JUST_REDUCED flag, that means that we need to keep on changing the computed value of CIR in the same way (by incrementing or decrementing the CURRENT variable). DYN_INCREMENT is incremented by 1 so that DELTA doubles and CURRENT changes exponentially.
FIG. 3 illustrates in greater detail the method of CIR adaptation implemented in the Frame Relay Terminating Equipment:
At every TIME_BASE (300):
If no BECN was received at step (301), the CURRENT (CIR) is lower than the end to end network capability, so it will be increased in the process, unless more bandwidth is not needed.
At step (302), if REQUEST_LARGER_CIR flag is not raised, CURRENT value is left unchanged. The reason is that CURRENT is not currently used up so there is no way to determine whether the network could support as much as CURRENT. Incrementing CURRENT is thus useless and dangerous too.
At step (303) the REQUEST_LARGER_CIR flag is reset.
At step (304), since no BECN was received and if JUST_REDUCED is raised, this means that we start incrementing CURRENT after having decremented it.
At step (307), the JUST_REDUCED flag is reset since CURRENT is in the process of being increased.
At step (308) DYN_INCREMENT is reset to zero before DELTA is computed. (As a remark, this is opposed to step (324) where DELTA is computed before DYN_INCREMENT is reset to zero. The reason is that the system is expected to leave CIR below the network capability, as much as possible. Therefore, incrementing CURRENT is always in slow start mode while decrementing starts by returning to the previous value, which was supposed to be under the optimal value for CURRENT, and then resetting DYN_INCREMENT).
At steps (305) and (306), the DYN_INCREMENT is incremented if it does not reach the maximum value of 5. Another value than 5 may used depending on the pace of convergence that is desired.
At step (309), the computation of DELTA according to the formula mentioned above enables to increase the CURRENT value.
At steps (310) and (311), the CURRENT value is tested so as to be limited by the maximum value for Adaptive CIR (EIR), Afterwards, the algorithm loops back to step (300) where it waits for another time_base.
Step (320) is not necessary if process 1 is run. It consists in resetting the BECN_RECEIVED flag. The process is now to reduce the CURRENT value of CIR.
At steps (321), (322) and (323), the DYN_INCREMENT is incremented if it does not reach the maximum value of 5 and if the previous process was also to reduce the CURRENT value of CIR (JUST_REDUCED must be raised).
At step (324), the computation of DELTA according to the formula mentioned above enables to reduce the CURRENT value.
At steps (325) and (326), if the previous process was not to reduce the CURRENT value of CIR (JUST_REDUCED must be reset), JUST_REDUCED is set and the DYN_INCREMENT is reset to zero.
At steps (327) and (328), the CURRENT value is tested so as to be limited by the minimum value for Adaptive CIR (MIR), Afterwards, the algorithm loops back to step (300) where it waits for another time_base.
The present invention directly applies to the internet as long as the IP traffic is carried over a frame relay backbone. The FRTE in the internet server will be able to pace its sending rate up to the optimal throughput the frame relay network can support.
The invention is not limited to this specific implementation. It can also apply to a system composed of a data overflow sensor and an tunable source so as to optimize the amount of data emitted.
For instance, an internet server could limit its transmit throughput up to the network capability to deliver data to an end user, as opposed to sending large quantities of data that load the network. This would require a sensor of some kind placed in the boundaries of the internet in front of the low speed lines that serve most end users modems, in order to limit the congestion at that point.
Another example can be a work load manager that shares tasks among a set of processors that are distributed over a network. The manager issues orders to the processors at a given rate that is supposed to match a processor capability to execute these orders. If the processor starts receiving more orders than it can achieve, it will send a back pressure signal to the manager within the response to an order. The manager will reduce the rate of orders sent to the processor that is overloaded. A processor that is shared between several managers has to slow down its execution rate for the current active managers when a new manager starts using its resources.
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In response to the sexist comments made by Trump during the campaign, she called them dispiriting, but says she wouldn't be risking B.C. jobs by insulting him now.
Clark says she'll work with anyone the Americans choose.
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Clark described the election as an "ugly, terrible affair," which did nothing to raise the public discourse on civic issues, also adding she's personally glad it's over.
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When You Want To Be Noticed, Email Is Insufficient
September 15, 2009 By
Armando Bellmas, a photog in Charlotte, NC, works hard to impress art buyers and art directors at Queen City ad agencies to hire him. That means emails, lunches, Tweets and whatever else he can think of. Here's something he thought of–a postcard campaign starring himself and the agencies in his sights (literally). What I liked […]