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I Told Them
Chorus Once
Nobody thought I could do it
They said it was impossible so don't try
But I aint hearing that
Kick myself into gear with a look in my eye
I told them I'd do it, I told them I would
I'll show 'em I'll make it, like I told 'em I would
So if they keep tryna hold me down
I'm gone be fighting till the end of my time
Verse One
I'll keep writing as I do and keep my keepers cool
There's nothing you can do, to steer me clear of this room
And I'll get in, I'll knock and knock
They better answer cos if not
I'll huff and puff you down
Straight into the keepers mouth
Hell yeah, look who's preaching now
Who's in reaching distance now?
Never been a fighter in my life and I don't plan on doing so
But if I have to fight for life, those morals go out the window
And I'm ready to fight ya, fight you and him and woah
I've let go, for my own, It's my show, so let's go
In control, of your soul and you'll choke if you don't
So let go, follow me
We'll show them everything we'll be
And what we can achieve
When they tiptoe with fakers feet
You're as fake as happiness
Making a habit of this
Now crawl back turns to scattering
Now fall back turns to mattering
And you matter to me but I don't matter to you
"Either way around, kid you're bound to lose"
Chorus Once
Verse Two
The end of my time is close and far
Each day I'll be hiding behind this mask
Because suspense builds and laughter kills
Each emotion chills out the thrills
I should replace haters with clowns, or how about
I just replace them with a face that is bound
To make the impression always needed there
First always lasts, nothing else can be compared
The motivation is strong and it came from them all
Every kick and every bruise was just another fall
But after years and years, I grew
I reached the highest peak and felt taller than tall
But what is tall? Because I am short
Tall is a word that describes your thoughts
I'm tall in my brains because words are just trains
Running over and over the track again, it's late
They pass me like lighting and get lost like a maze
This path is quite frightening but I mapped out the way
Chorus Twice


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The Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) provides ongoing oversight of the NuVal® System's scoring engine, the ONQI® algorithm (which is owned and managed by Griffin Hospital), and its applications. Comprised of recognized nutrition and medical experts, many of whom played a key role in the initial development of the ONQI® algorithm, the SAB is responsible for the making timely adjustments to the algorithm as scientific advancements and changes in food supply conditions make appropriate. The SAB also helps coordinate and oversee ongoing scientific testing of the ONQI® algorithm and its influence on health outcomes.
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Development - The Scientific Expert Panel (SEP)
Chair: Dr. David Katz, Yale University School of Medicine
Dr. Keith Ayoob, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Dr. Leonard Epstein, University of Buffalo; inventor, Traffic Light Diet
Dr. David Jenkins, University of Toronto; inventor, Glycemic Index
Dr. Francine Kaufman, UCLA; Former President, American Diabetes Association
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Dr. Rebecca Reeves, Past President, American Dietetic Association
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Dr. Sachiko St. Jeor, University of Nevada
Dr. John Seffrin, President & CEO, American Cancer Society
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Mariah & Friendz is London's premier queer cabaret and clubnight inspired (very loosely) by Mariah Carey. MARIAHVISION will take you on a rollercoaster international journey, featuring all the hallmarks of any great song contest: drag queens, aerial circus, burlesque, questionable political statements and sexy milkmaids!
Featuring an all-star international cast including Rubyyy Jones (The Queen of Queerlesque), Blanche Dubois (The LipSinkers), Lilly SnatchDragon (The Family Fierce), Carmen Mon Oxide, your host Baby Lame, and the Mariah & Friendz crew!
Dress to impress in your best sequined gown, 80's Celine Dion perm or Terry Wogan realness (RIP)
Doors: 9pm
Main Show: 10pm
Danceparty: 12-Late (including surprise performances!)
On May 7, give your douze points to MARIAHVISION!
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A man accused of killing his partner and her two children is set to make his first appearance in South Australia's Supreme Court. Full story »
Prosecutors have lodged arguments with the High Court to have Brisbane killer Gerard Baden-Clay's murder conviction brought back. Full story »
The former fiancé of murdered Gold Coast businessman Sam Dhody has pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted murder. Full story »
A fake tattoo of a burning death's head could help find the killer of a Melbourne woman who was brutally murdered two years ago today. Full story »
Police are calling for anyone who may have seen a ute-type vehicle near the scene of the fatal shooting of a lawyer with links to Melbourne's criminal underground last week. Full story »
An armed robber in the US has been arrested and charged with a string of offences, including attempted murder, after his sidearm malfunctioned at the worst possible time during what could have been a very bloody hold-up. Full story »
A former Northern Territory cop accused of murdering his wife and making it look like an accident will remain in custody after being denied bail by a Queensland court. Full story »
Dashcam footage of a white police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times has been released to the public after murder charges were laid. Full story »
A four hour manhunt for a 23-year-old, wanted over the alleged stabbing death of Gold Coast teenager Michael Brack, has ended with police crashing through a roof. Full story »
Police investigating the murder of Tiahleigh Palmer have spent the day searching for clues near the 12-year-old's Marsden school. Full story »
NSW Police say they are making strong progress in tracking down the who's responsible for the "brutal and horrific" deaths of Karlie Jade Pearce and her daughter, Khandalyce. Full story »
By mid-September in 2010, Ivan Milat was ruled out as the person who took the life of a young woman dubbed the 'Angel of Belanglo', whose skeletal remains were found in that infamous bushland south of Sydney earlier that year. Full story »
NSW and South Australia Police have announced a sensational breakthrough in their investigation into the murder of a young child whose remains were found dumped in a suitcase in the Murray Mallee earlier this year. Full story »
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If you're struggling to tidy up your physique, there may be a culprit in your sink. And we don't mean the dishes from last night's cheat meal. Brand new research published in the journal Toxicology in Vitro found soaps and household cleaning products carry chemicals called obesogens. That you don't want these inside your body should be obvious by their name.
Previous studies have cited phthalates in plastic food containers as a potential cause of disease, but this is the first piece of evidence directly linking those in soap to the way the body stores fat.
Frequent exposure disrupts lipid metabolism, causing you to pile on the pounds while exacerbating issues such as fatty liver disease. You can burst fat's bubble by ditching your chemical cleaner for one made from natural ingredients. Dudu-Osun African Black Soap is chemical-free, helping you stay slim and squeaky-clean. Now wash your hands of those love handles for good.
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Plastic containers: The leftover takeaway boxes you tote to and from the office could transfer a payload of BPA to your lunch. Opt for a smarter – in all senses – steel box (£25 elephantbox.co.uk).
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Numerous shops, bars and restaurants can be found in and around the Corvin Plaza, the Ferenc Boulevard and the Jozsef Boulevard, which can easily be reached on foot or by public transportation. City's main cultural sights include the UNESCO-protected Buda Castle, Danube Bank and Andrassy Avenue. Liszt Ferenc International Airport is within 21 km from Grand Boulevard Apartments.
House rulesGuests should leave the apartment in the same condition as it was at the time of check-in. Families 100€(groups 150€) refundable deposit.
Late check-in (after 22.00) can be arranged for a fee 35€
Adittional services can be provided for a fee:
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The guests should respect night silence in the building, any NOISY ACTIVITIES during the night time 20.00-8.00 are STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.
(Please book us if you are sure that you can controll behavior of your group. Unfortunatully sometimes we had bad expirience with young peoples who come for a parties in Budapest and when they bring themself in "crazy drunk" condition, they make hole building life unacceptible. We dont want this type behavior. We dont want make our neighbors life like a hell. If this information is not correspond to you please ignore it and feel yourself comftarble at our flat.)
We are kindly welcome every people who can respect civilian life and cleaness in the residental building.
Me and my team can always help you with any reqests regarding flat and your stay.
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Reviews of this property
Excellent! All very clean and very nice hosts. Very well located, 10 minutes from downtown. We have been delighted
Excelente! Todo muy limpio y los anfitriones muy agradables. Muy bien localizado, a 10 minutos del centro. Hemos estado encantados
It is well connected by public transport. Very good value for money. It was clean. Friendly treatment from the hosts
We have spent very nice time in Michael's flat in Budapest! There were everything that we needed to comfortable resting. We had 5 min to metro and tram stop. It was nice to have very fast wifi.
Reviews for this host's other properties
The place is very beautiful, clean and close to many sights. It is in the centre and there are so many options for shopping and eating. All the sights can be reached by tram or metro but walking would be just as fine.
It was a really good experience in a good located apartment with all the facilities to enjoy the city. Michael was so nice and answered every question we had. We spent a great time!
Nice apartment, really good location for exploring Budapest.
Great apartment in the center of Budapest. The owners were really well organized and of great service to us. I can only recommend them for anyone thinking about visiting this lovely city.
The apartment is located in a quiet part in the centre of Budapest, very close to all sight-seeing spots and the river Danube. Supermarkets and bakeries are located just around the corner. We stayed three nights with five persons and found enough space for everybody. Two bedrooms with two single beds, but one without window and one bedroom with a double bed. The apartment quality was fairly okay.
The appearance of the bathroom as well as the separate toilet did hardly match with the pictures shown on the web side. Especially the shower curtain desperately need to get cleaned or removed. The kitchen outfit can be described as poor. Lack of sufficient number of cutlery, plates and glasses comes together with really tiny space to do the dish washing or cooking (two plates), respectively. We missed a dishwasher, too. The provided bed sheets and especially towels where anything else than spotless and can partly be described as filthy, even dirty. Better bring your own linen. For a departure after 10 o'clock a.m. we were asked to pay an extra fee of 10 Euros.
Conclusion: We'll come back to the beautiful city of Budapest but next time we will definitely chose another accommodation.
We stayed in August in this appartment. We arrived on the agreed time, a young man checked us in but he was not very nice. He was in a hurry en did not give much information. The furniture are simple and the beds are not very comfortable. It was also not very clean everywhere. The location is great, the best!!! and i think that is why you should book this appartment. Not for luxury and comfort. All in all we had a great stay and much fun in Budapest, we really recomment the city but if we went to Budapest again i am sure we would book a different appartment.
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X FACTOR bosses could be forced to TRIPLE judge Kelly Rowland's wage packet
after Simon Cowell hiked Gary Barlow's pay this week.
But last night key insiders suggested Cowell's offer for her to return could
be withdrawn and the singer AXED from the panel instead.
The Destiny's Child star is still holding out on committing to the show,
despite having opened talks.
Bosses are now only THREE WEEKS away from the first filmed judges'
audition on May 15 in Cardiff.
Sources claim Kelly is gunning for a massive raise to her reported £500,000
deal after learning Gary's pay has hit nearly £2million.
A key insider said: "Kelly wants the gig but she's a big star and should be
paid accordingly.
"She was a popular judge last year — the producers and Simon have said as much.
"Simon has even said he wants her back on several occasions, including in The
Sun this week.
"If they want to make her a serious offer then they will have to do just
that… make her a serious offer."
But producers Thames TV and Syco insist they will not be "bounced" into
offering her a "truckload of money".
They insist they have made no official offer and could dump her despite
Cowell's declaration that she'll be back. One said: "Yes, we would love to
see Kelly back as she was good and people liked her. But we are never held
to ransom over these things.
"We never negotiate a deal based on what another member of the show is getting
as that would be ludicrous.
"There is not a truckload of money sitting here to just hand out to people.
Whatever we pay is a good salary and something they would struggle to get on
any other TV show."
The source insisted the short space of time between now and the first judges'
audition at Cardiff's International Arena was "a lifetime in X Factor terms".
They added: "We left things to the last minute last time and there's no reason
why we couldn't do it again."


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Libya's acting foreign minister flew into Athens last night on a mission from Muammar Gaddafi which his Greek government hosts said meant the regime was now seeking an end to the fighting.
Disilllusioned with what he sees as the betrayal by France, Britian and Italy because of the NATO-led military intervention, the Libyan leader may see Greece—with which he has long enjoyed good relations—as a possible diplomatic conduit to the West.
After Abdelati Obeidi met Prime Minister George Papandreou, Mr Obeidi's Greek counterpart, Dimitri Droutsas, said last night: "It seems that the Libyan authorities are seeking a solution." Though there were few details of what, if anything, the regime is proposing, Mr Papandreou has been in touch with Western governments over the past few days. Mr Obeidi is expected to travel on to Malta and Turkey.
Meanwhile, Scottish officials have arrived in London to question Libya's former foreign minister, Moussa Koussa, on what he knows about the Lockerbie bombing. The interview, which may take place today, comes as MPs and families of victims of the attack demand that Mr Koussa should not be granted immunity from prosecution, even if there have been attempts to encourage others in the Gaddafi regime to defect.
Despite reports that Mr Koussa is named in court documents as overseeing Libya's supply of Semtex explosive to the Provisional IRA, British officials will seek to delay any legal moves against him, arguing that the priority is to oust Colonel Gaddafi.
Fresh evidence came to light yesterday that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, one of the dictator's sons, was seeking to broker a deal by which he would take control of a transition to a constitutional democracy. A diplomat with close ties to the Libyan government was quoted in the New York Times citing "eminent people" in Tripoli as saying the proposal would involve Saif leading the country through the transition and his father leaving power. But the diplomat added the proposal appeared not to have found favour with either opposition leaders or Col Gaddafi, who has consistently depicted the unrest as the product of a conspiracy involving both Islamist extremists, including al-Qa'ida, and Western powers.
In a Commons statement today, William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, will argue that the Government was right to allow Mr Koussa to enter Britain. Mr Hague said yesterday he had spoken to him briefly since his arrival but had not met him. Mr Koussa, who has not been seen in public since his arrival in Britain last Wednesday, may be asked to issue a public appeal to other allies to break with Col Gaddafi. British officials want to deploy him as they use everything at their disposal to put pressure on the Libyan dictator.
The Foreign Secretary insisted there had been "no deal" to grant Mr Koussa immunity. But the Foreign Office said there would be nothing to stop him applying for asylum in Britain. A Foreign Office spokesman also disclosed that a diplomatic team had arrived in Libya on Saturday to forge links with opposition forces.
Fighting continued in Libya yesterday, with warplanes flying over the strategic oil town of Brega and rebels battling with regime forces there. Black smoke rose further west and hundreds of cars carrying volunteer rebel fighters streamed away from the town. Meanwhile, a Turkish ship took 250 wounded from the besieged city of Misrata – which has been under repeated shelling by forces loyal to Col Gaddafi – but was forced to leave behind thousands of residents who are still trapped and pleading to be evacuated.
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she didn't know anymore.
she didn't know anymore.
she was realizing that she'd never known any of it in the first place
she had always blindly followed
blissfully ignorant that she was ingesting cyanide
and destroying herself from the inside out.
one too many parallel cuts on her thighs
one too many times situated on the bathroom floor, head in toilet
one too many seizure-like moments of gripping anxiety
one too many lies to save face
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"I've been doing really well lately."
"It's going great."
"I've never been healthier."
She'd never been sicker.
Sure, she wasn't cutting.
Sure, her weight was healthy.
Sure, everything looked good.
Her heart was breaking.
Her spirit was falling.
Her gut was wrenching.
Her head was exploding.
How do you talk to her?
When will she be able to see?
Where will her rescue come from?
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Typhoid Fever Overview
Typhoid fever is an acute, systemic infection that represents an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the developing world with nearly 22 million cases and 216,500 deaths annually worldwide.1 Although largely an endemic disease, typhoid fever has epidemic potential. Data mainly from Asia, Africa and Latin America show that typhoid fever continues to be a public health problem in these areas. People from industrialized countries may contract the infection mainly while traveling to endemic regions.1, 2
Typhoid fever is caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi. The infection is transmitted via the fecal-oral route with most cases and deaths occurring among populations that lack access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation, hygiene and treatment.1-3
The illness has non-specific symptoms, making it difficult to distinguish clinically from other febrile illnesses that might be endemic or cause epidemics in the same geographic areas, such as paratyphoid fever, dengue and malaria.1 Symptoms of the disease usually develop one to three weeks after exposure. Persons with typhoid fever usually have a sustained fever as high as 103° to 104°F (39° to 40°C). They may also feel weak, or have stomach pain, headache or loss of appetite. In some cases, patients have diarrhea (in children), constipation (in adults), a rash of flat, rose-colored spots.2,3
Serious complications occur in up to 10% of typhoid fever patients, especially in those who have been ill longer than two weeks and have not received proper treatment. Estimates of case-fatality rates in typhoid fever range from 1% to 4%. Humans are the only reservoir and approximately 1–4% of patients become "asymptomatic carriers", suffering no symptoms but still being capable of infecting others.1, 2
Appropriate antibiotics shorten the duration of fever and the bacterial shedding and reduce the case-fatality rate. However, resistance to available antibiotics is common, and the prevalence of resistance is increasing.1-3
Safe water, adequate sanitation, appropriate personal and food hygiene and vaccination are the most effective strategies for prevention and control.1-3
About Vivotif®
Vivotif (Typhoid Vaccine Live Oral Ty21a) is a live attenuated typhoid fever vaccine for oral administration. In the U.S.*, Vivotif is indicated for the immunization of adults and children greater than 6 years of age against disease caused by Salmonella Typhi.4 It has been on the U.S. market for more than 20 years and is currently licensed in 27 countries.
More than 1.4 million doses of Ty21a have been administered in controlled clinical trials and more than 150 million doses of Vivotif have been marketed world-wide. The overall symptoms from clinical trials were shown to be abdominal pain, nausea, headache, fever, diarrhea, vomiting and skin rash; only the incidence of nausea occurred at a statistically higher frequency in the vaccinated group as compared to the placebo group. Post-marketing surveillance has revealed that adverse reactions are infrequent and mild.4
*For more details, please check the local approved product information.
1. Date K.A. et al, Typhoid Fever Surveillance and Vaccine Use - South East Asia and Western Pacific Regions, 2009-2013. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Vol. 63, No.39, October 3, 2014
2. Typhoid Vaccines: WHO Position Paper, Weekly Epidemiological Record, No. 6, 2008, Vol. 83, p 49–60
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Yellow Book 2016, Chapter 3 Typhoid & Paratayphoid Fever, http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2016/infectious-diseases-related-... accessed August 13, 2015
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BRITISH skating legend Christopher Dean is recovering after a shoulder
The Dancing On Ice star had the op on Wednesday. Earlier this week he tweeted:
"Going to miss some Olympics, off for shoulder surgery. Joy."
The op went well and Chris, who twice partnered Jayne Torvill in the Winter
Olympics, is recuperating at home.
Leaving the hospital at midday yesterday, Chris posted a picture of his arm in
a sling, clutching a coffee in his free hand.
Jayne Torvill tweeted to fans: "Thanks for all your kind messages."


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Up and Down: Threads of decency; I want my old MTV
Situation comedy:
"Hustler" czar Larry Flynt has offered "Jersey Shore" star Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino a chance to model his Hustler Apparel clothing line after Abercrombie & Fitch said they'd pay him not to wear their stuff. As a side note, some people think "Hustler" is a magazine that has stories about athletes.
Changing jobs:
Ben Flajnik will go from "The Bachelorette" to being the star on the next edition of "The Bachelor." OK, how do you explain that to the IRS?
Opening monologues:
MTV announced that the host of its Video Music Awards Sunday night will be (drum roll, please) ... no one. This must be a tribute to the amount of people who have watched MTV after the channel stopped playing music videos.
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Features of Acetal Interchange of 1,1-Dialkoxyalkanes with 1,2-Propylene Glycol in Neutral Solutions
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Reactions fo 1,1-dimethoxymethane, 1,1-dimethoxyethane, and 1,1-dimethoxypropane with 1,2-propylene glycol at 25°C in neutral solutions were studied by 13C NMR spectroscopy. Under these conditions, 1,1-dimethoxymethane does not react with the glycol. Only the primary OH group of the glycol participates in the acetal interchange. The reactions of 1,1-dimethoxyethane and 1,1-dimethoxypropane with the glycol, along with the linear acetals, yielded 2-alkyl-4-methyl-1,3-dioxolanes. The product ratio depends on the molar ratio 1,1-dialkoxyalkane : glycol. In the system 1,1-dimethoxypropane-1,2-propylene glycol, the equilibrium concentration of the cyclic acetal slightly increases with temperature in the range 25-80°C.


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Arizona State, Utah are 2-1 heading into conference opener
The Arizona State Sun Devils return home after dropping their first game of the season - a 24-20 decision at Missouri - to open up the Pac-12 Conference Slate against the Utah Utes. Both teams enter the game with a 2-1 record on the year and are both making their conference opener. The Sun Devils are 5-5 in conference openers in the last 10 seasons. ASU holds a 17-6-0 all-time record against Utah and has won the last six games in Tempe. The game will get under way at 7 p.m. PST and will be broadcast on the Pac-12 Networks. ASU is 563-357-24 (.609) all-time on the gridiron.


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|Celtics-Heat Live Blog Game 5 from Miami
|05.11.11 at 6:34 pm ET
Join WEEI.com's Celtics beat writer Paul Flannery from Miami and Celtics writers Ben Rohrbach and Mike Petraglia for a live blog of tonight's do-or-die Game 5 for the Celtics as they try to stay alive in their best-of-7 Eastern Conference semifinal series with the Heat.
|Irish Coffee: What exactly is 'championship DNA'?
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Wake up with the Celtics and your daily dose of Irish Coffee '¦
Probably as a Pavlovian response forced upon them by coach Erik Spoelstra, the Heat keep saying the Celtics have some mythical championship DNA lingering from their 2008 title that will make them seemingly impossible to oust from the NBA playoffs in Game 5.
- Dwyane Wade: "That's a championship team, and they play with the championship DNA that they have."
- Mario Chalmers: "We know they've won a championship before, and they have a championship DNA. We're just trying to get there, and we want to beat them."
- Udonis Haslem: "We have the opportunity to close it out. It's not going to be easy. I understand that they've got the championship DNA, and they're not going to just give it to us. It's going to be a hard-fought game."
What, exactly, is "championship DNA"? Did the two-time defending champion Lakers have it when they were swept out of this season's Western Conference semifinals by the title-starved Mavericks? Did the four-time champ Spurs have it this year when they lost in the first round to an eighth-seeded Grizzlies team that had never won a playoff game before?
Only five players remain from the Celtics team that won a title three years ago — albeit their best five for much of the season, until Glen Davis went missing. Like people, NBA teams get old, and they eventually pass the torch to someone with younger, stronger and/or better DNA. Someone like LeBron James or Dwyane Wade.
The sad part is that you can still extract DNA from somebody after they're dead. But a heart is different. As long as it's beating, you're still alive. And the Celtics, for now, are still alive.
"This is a veteran team with a championship heart," said the Heat's Chris Bosh, after he helped push the Celtics to the brink of elimination in Game 4. They're going to come out swinging in the beginning until the end no matter what the outcome is. We just have to be prepared for that. We have to use the homecourt to our advantage and just play basketball."
So, the real question before Game 5: Is that championship heart still beating?
|Why Erik Spoelstra and the Heat still fear Kevin Garnett and the C's
|05.10.11 at 12:04 pm ET
After Saturday night's 28-point, 18-rebound performance, Erik Spoelstra called Kevin Garnett the modern-day Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
After his team found a way to hold Garnett to 1-of-10 shooting from the field and seven points in a 98-90 overtime win over the Celtics Monday night, Spoelstra wasn't about to say he found any miraculous answer. And if he did, he wasn't about to share it anyway.
'I'm not going to say anything about it," Spoelstra said. "Now he's got 48 hours to gain all his fuel again and fuel him up. I'm sure if I actually paid attention, everybody will be saying whatever they will be saying about him."
Chris Bosh was a big piece of the puzzle on Monday night, so was Joel Anthony, the surprise starter at center for Zydrunas Ilgauskas.
"He's a champion," Spoelstra said of KG. "I have incredible respect for him. We tried to be active defensively. We tried to not leave people on an island. I anticipate we'll get their best games on Wednesday and we have to be better than that. If we're real about what we want to do, we have to beat the Boston Celtics at their best.'
All of that is well and good but Doc Rivers knows he has to have more out of KG Wednesday night in Miami if the Celtics have a prayer of chance to bring the series back to the Garden for Game 6 Friday night.
"I don't know," Rivers responded when asked if Garnett was tentative. "They trapped him a couple of times and I thought he was probably looking more for traps. We have to get him down there more; we tried. So, I don't know. I don't think so. I think he was looking for ' he was looking to be a passer to me more than being an aggressive scorer. And that was that.'
|Irish Coffee: Delonte West knows 'it's win or go home'
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This was supposed to be Delonte West's season of redemption. Instead, it's been a season of frustration.
If anybody on this Celtics team could turn to excuses, it's West, whose series of injuries this year has kept him from assuming the role everybody knew he was capable of fulfilling when healthy. He grew up balling on the playgrounds in the Greater Washington D.C. area, developing a toughness that has prepared him to take (and make) big shots in big moments, frustrate superstars like Dwyane Wade defensively and, of course, battle injury.
And now that West has finally found his groove — scoring at least 10 points in all four games against the Heat — it might be too late. Still, trailing 3-1 and heading back to Miami for Game 5, West isn't playing the blame game.
"It's win or go home," West said after the 98-90 Game 4 defeat. "You gotta bring it. Everybody's gotta bring it, or we might as well just get some seats down at the beach and stay down there. But that's not our plan."
West could've made excuses when he was suspended for the first 10 games of the season on weapons charges, but instead he took it as a learning experience. He could've made excuses when he broke his right wrist five games after returning from suspension. Or when he chipped a bone in his right ankle three games after returning from wrist surgery. Or when he injured his shooting shoulder in Game 3 of these Eastern Conference semifinals. But he didn't.
"It's doing a lot better," he said. "I had it taped up. They put some type of compression sleeve on it. It feels a lot better than [Sunday] and definitely better than when I hurt it the prior game. I ain't got no excuses over here."
This was exactly the kind of moment their detractors were waiting for. LeBron James drives into the paint against Paul Pierce, loses control of himself and the ball and allows the Celtics to get a chance to get a final shot and win the game.
So, when a foul was called with 19.5 seconds remaining and the Celtics called timeout, Dwyane Wade came over to LeBron and had a talk.
'I had a timeout to kick myself, tell myself you can't turn the ball over in that situation," James said. "D-Wade came to me, told me what he thought I should have done, but there was still time on the clock and I had to let it go because they had the ball with the shot clock was off.
"For the most part, I've watched a lot of Celtics games, I've been in a lot of pressure situations against them so I kind of knew what was coming at me, I knew it was going to be either a Paul Pierce pick and roll or it was going to be an isolation. The only way for me to redeem myself was to get a stop and send it to overtime.'
Which is exactly what he did. He forced Paul Pierce to the left – after the Celtics botched the play – and made the Celtics captain shoot a fallaway jumper that rimmed out at the buzzer.
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|Chris Bosh: 'It's not over until the last game is won'
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Prior to a crucial Game 4 between the Celtics and Heat in the Eastern Conference semifinals, the TD Garden Jumbotron flashed Chris Bosh's notorious quote following his atrocious Game 3 performance: "My emotions got the best of me early on."
Whatever Bosh did to harness them on Monday night, it worked.
"Before, the intensity of the crowd and my intensity that I was bringing, I was trying to control it too much instead of just letting it flow," Bosh said after the Heat's 98-90 overtime victory. "In this game, I tried to have the least amount of hesitation as possible. If I had an open shot, I was going to let it go. If the drive was open, I was going to take it. That gave me an aggressive mind-frame going in. It didn't really happen very fast for me, but if I have a good aggressive frame of mind in the beginning usually things go OK."
After totaling just five points on 2-of-8 shooting and two rebounds in 19 first-half minutes, Bosh made 6-of-9 shots after the break and grabbed 10 more boards for a total of 20 points and 12 rebounds — his second double-double of the series.
"Chris is a professional," said Heat teammate Joel Anthony. "We didn't have any doubt that he was going to come back after the last game. He responded well and answered anyone's questions about how well he was going to play. He did it on the court. He played huge for us, and that's what we knew he was going to come out and do."
Meanwhile, after Garnett's monster performance on Saturday cast a Shaquille O'Neal-sized shadow on Bosh's six points and five rebounds in Game 3, the forgotten member of the Heat's Big Three held KG to seven points on 1-of-10 shooting in Game 4.
Asked about Bosh's turnaround, Garnett simply responded: "Next question."
|An apology from LeBron James about the 'R' word
|at 12:29 am ET
Before talking about his clutch 3-pointer that tied the game late in the fourth quarter and his defense on Paul Pierce at the end of regulation, LeBron James offered up an apology for using the word "retarded" to describe a question asked of Dwyane Wade following a Game 3 loss to the Celtics Saturday night. James was heard muttering "that's retarded" while Wade was being asked if he had any reaction to those who might think his play on Rajon Rondo was dirty.
"First of all, I want to apologize for using the 'R' word after Game 3. If I offended anyone, I sincerely apologize," said James, who scored 35 points and led the Heat to a 98-90 overtime win at TD Garden Monday night, pushing the Celtics to the brink of elimination Wednesday night in Miami.
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AN. Basically, Fae the Queen requested a one shot as a reward for being what I term a "milestone" reviewer. I think this was number 300. Anyway, she asked for something "Fiyeraba, fluffy, post-melting". I don't think this is what she had in mind, but this is what came out!
Fireworks lit up the sky, a magnitude of colours., lighting up the sky with flashes of blue, purple, red, yellow and pink. The fact there was no green was understood but not acknowledged.
People rejoiced in the streets, with streamers, balloons. Whole neighbourhoods had come together to dance, eat and festivate. Alcohol flowed generously, and the air was filled with laughter and a sense of freedom and lightness.
You could tell even from a far distance that all of the Vinkus was festivating, and it was just as obvious that these celebrations spread through all of Oz.
And as the green skin woman stood atop the mountain, her loose raven hair blowing slightly, keeping a silent vigil over the Vinkun's festivations; she tried to hide her pain from showing on her face. She was failing.
Fiyero stood a few steps behind her, just watching her watch the celebrations. Part of him was anxious to be moving, he knew they wouldn't be safe until they were out of Oz. But he knew that right now, while everyone was caught up in their joy and excitement, they were as safe as they could be in Oz. If anyone should have reason to think that they were alive, they wouldn't come looking tonight.
Besides, she needed this. Even if he didn't think it was helpful or healthy.
But after it had been ten minutes or so, he felt the urge to push her.
She didn't move, or make any sign that she had heard him, so he stepped forward and reached out the stuffed glove that now sufficed for his hand and rested it gently on the small of her back.
She finally turned to him, pain etched on her face and shining from her eyes.
"They really hate me."
Fiyero didn't think he no longer had a heart, but at her words and her tone, he felt a pain in his chest he could have sworn was his heart breaking.
He couldn't deny it, as much as he wanted to. She wouldn't believe it even if he did.
"I- I never hurt anyone," she said in a whisper. "I always tried so hard not to. I... I threatened to, or pretended to, but I never actually..."
Fiyero nodded comfortingly. "I know," he said gently.
It was in every report he'd ever read or written on the activities of the Wicked Witch of the West from the time he'd first joined the Gale Force. In every 'attack', every instance of her staging a rescue for captured Animals, there had never been any casualties.
As she had said, there had been threats made, or fireballs aimed, but all fireballs had strangely missed their targets- although sometimes by mere inches. Any injuries to Gale Force officers or (in incredibly rare cases) civilians, were minor scrapes- a small burn from putting out a fire, a bruise or bite from an escaping Animal, or cuts and grazes from being knocked back by an explosion. Gale Force officers had found themselves waking up with no memory of falling asleep and immediately assuming they had been knocked out or drugged rather than subjected to a harmless sleeping spell. Or found themselves suddenly caught in thick fog or darkness even in broad daylight as they walked through the forest and tripped over rocks and tree roots.
But no one had ever been seriously harmed at the direct hands of the Wicked Witch.
"I guess I shouldn't be surprised," she said, forcing a smile. "Everyone's always hated me."
Fiyero cupped her face, bringing her close to him.
"They don't know you," he said fiercely. "They hate the Wicked Witch of the West. They hate who the Wizard and Morrible made you out to be. But that is not who you are, and if they knew you- you, Elphaba Thropp- they wouldn't hate you. They couldn't. Because you are the best person I know, and you have such a good heart. If they knew that, they wouldn't hate you."
Elphaba met his gaze, unshed tears in her eyes.
"Was it true?"
Fiyero didn't understand the question.
"The Lion. That was with you. With... the girl. Was it really the Lion? Our Lion?"
Fiyero winced. He had hoped that little fact would never reach her ears.
"Yes," he replied reluctantly.
Elphaba closed her eyes in pain.
"Were they right? Did I just make his life worse that day when I- when we rescued him?"
"No," Fiyero replied immediately, his tone firm. "Fae, if you hadn't done what you did that day, he'd be... he'd be still in a cage, unable to talk. Elphaba, you saved that Lion. He's a coward because... because some people are cowards. Cowards blame other people for their faults, for their mistakes. Don't do this to yourself."
"I just make a mess of everything," she choked out. "The Lion, Dr Dillamond, Nessa, you."
He kissed her lightly. "You did not make a mess of me. I'm alive and I'm with you. In whatever form, as long as I have you, I am perfect."
"Nessa said I killed my father," Elphaba continued. "She said he died of shame because of what I did. Because of who I am. And then Morrible went after her to get to me. I killed every member of my family."
She was crying now, sobbing, and Fiyero wasn't even sure she knew she was doing it. Fiyero simply pulled her to him as tight as he could, and he knew she was crying even harder as she clutched at his straw-filled form, grasping the physical reminder at what she had done to him.
This was the first time he had ever seen her cry, and he didn't really know what to do. He felt completely helpless.
"I want you to listen to me," he murmured in her ear as her tears began to subside finally.
"You have done so much good, Fae. The Wizard and Morrible can't take that away from you. You have done good. And I will gladly spend the rest of my days in any form as long as you're mine and you are with me and safe. I need you to understand that, okay?"
Elphaba gave a small nod in response and he kissed the top of her head softly, an idea coming to him.
"Come on, let's go."
"Go where?" she asked, her voice hoarse.
"You need to see something."
He handed her an old cloak he'd grabbed from Kiamo Ko before they'd left. It was huge on her slender frame, but it helped cover any sign of her identity, other than her hands.
Once she was wrapped up, he took her hand and led her down the mountain. He hoped he was right about where to look, but he was sure he was right.
Elphaba didn't speak as they walked, but she kept a fierce grip on his hand. For Fiyero, it was almost like déjà vu as they walked through the forest, him leading her through the darkness.
Honestly, Fiyero didn't know for sure what he was going to find. But he knew what he wanted to find, because it was what she deserved.
And about half an hour later, he was rewarded when he heard the murmur of voices and the flicker of small lights through the trees. They both paused, Elphaba in uncertainty, and Fiyero with the vivid reminder that he was now made of straw and some things did not mix with his new form. That and also the reminder that he was known to have been with Dorothy, the girl who "melted" the Wicked Witch, and he wasn't sure he'd be welcomed.
"Come on, it's safe, I promise," he murmured to her and carefully and slowly led her forward to a spot where they could see and hear everything and yet were hidden from sight.
And he just heard Elphaba's small intake of breath as she took in the sight before them, and Fiyero felt very pleased with himself.
They were overlooking a small clearing, in which gathered several dozen animals- or Animals, rather. There were even a few humans there, but very few. The clearing was lit by candles, mostly gathered before a strange collection of sticks. At first, Elphaba thought it was an unlit fire, until she noticed the peculiar arrangement of the sticks and realised what it was.
The sticks were assembled into the form of her pointed black hat.
The candles, she realised with a jolt of shock, were for her. To mourn her.
Fiyero's straw arms slipped around her waist from behind and he held himself close behind her.
"See?" he whispered in her ear. "Not everyone hates you. The people who matter don't hate you. Everyone in this clearing recognises that you did good. You helped. A lot of these Animals probably owe their freedom and their lives, or that of their families and friends to you. They're here to mourn the loss of you. Not the Wicked Witch of the West."
Elphaba didn't know what to say.
"How did you...?" she asked finally.
She felt Fiyero shrug slightly. "I knew there were small groups of Animals in here. I always steered the Gale Force clear of them when we were 'looking' for you. And I know how much you mean to the Animals. You're their saviour, Elphaba. Just like you are mine."
He lowered his voice even further. "And you're forgetting one other person who loves you and who I know is grieving for you right now."
Glinda, Elphaba realised, with a stab of guilt at knowing he was right and her best friend would be devastated right now, believing her and Fiyero both to be dead. No matter what had happened between them in the past, in that last moment, they had been friends- best friends; and Elphaba wished once more that she could have filled her friend in on Fiyero's impromptu plan.
As they watched from the shadows, a small Bear came forward and gently laid a candle down on the ground with the others, before retreating to his mother's side. She was not far from where Elphaba and Fiyero stood, and they could hear the conversation between the Bear and her Cub.
"Is she really gone, Mama?" he asked.
"Yes, dear," the Bear replied sadly. "I'm afraid so."
The Cub began to cry. "But... I don't want her to be gone. I want her to come back."
His mother bent down to cuddle her Cub and comfort him.
"I know, dear, I know. But think of it this way- she is at peace now. No one can hurt her any more. And she isn't really gone, as long as we remember her."
The Cub looked up at his mother. "Really?"
She nodded. "Yes. We must always remember her, and what she did to help us and all Animals through Oz. You can tell your own cubs of her one day, and they can tell theirs. So all Animals for generations to come can remember The Green Witch, the Saviour of Animals, and everything she did to help us be free and safe. She gave her life to protect us, and we must remember that and honour her for that. Do you understand, child?"
Fiyero gently and silently led Elphaba away from the clearing and when they were far enough away, she stopped and sank down to sit on a protruding tree root. When Fiyero crouched down before her, he saw the shock and disbelief that lingered on her face.
"See?" he said with a gentle smile. "Whenever you wonder if you did any good, remember what we just saw and heard, Fae. After a while, Ozian's might begin to forget. The fear and panic will fade and The Wicked Witch of the West will mean nothing. But amongst the Animals, you're going to be legendary. You're going to make history, Fae. Animals fifty years from now are going to know of you and what you did to help the Animals. You're going to be remembered as a good person."
Elphaba abruptly leaned forward and kissed him, and although it wasn't the same as when he was human, he appreciated it nonetheless. And when she pulled away, he was relieved to see a small smile on her face.
"I love you," she said softly. "Thank you for showing me that."
"I love you too. And you're welcome."
She looked lighter and stronger as she rose to her feet and he rose with her.
"I'm going to turn you back," she told him solemnly. "Somehow, I'll find a way."
Fiyero didn't know if that was possible, but he didn't want to discourage her, not in this moment.
"If anyone can, it's you," he said simply instead. "But I mean it, Elphaba. As long as we're together, I don't care what form I'm in. I just want you."
She smiled, but said nothing.
"Shall we go, then?" she asked.
Fiyero nodded, wanting to get going before the sun came up. "Yes, let's."
Elphaba slipped her hand into his and he raised to his mouth and kissed the back of it lightly, before the two of them headed off, heading to the road that would lead them from Oz and into their future.
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Silicon On Insulator (SOI) based nanophotonics Silicon waveguides using SOI substrate allow for the fabrication of extremely compact photonic circuits based on standard CMOS processing. The goal of this project is to simulate, design and characterize several highly attractive optical functions and sub-systems in silicon photonics.
Journal Publications(Table View)2016"A review of wireless-photonic systems: Design methodologies and topologies, constraints, challenges, and innovations in electronics and photonics", Optics Communications, vol. 373: North-Holland, pp. 16--34, 12/2016. Tagged XML BibTex"Crosstalk Penalty in Microring-Based Silicon Photonic Interconnect Systems", Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 34, no. 17: IEEE, pp. 4043--4052, 09/2016. Tagged XML BibTex"Silicon Photonic Polarization Beamsplitter and Rotator for On-chip Polarization Control (Invited paper)", IEEE Group IV Photonics Conference, 08/2016. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Automatic Wavelength Tuning of Series-Coupled Vernier Racetrack Resonators on SOI", Optical Fiber Communication Conference: Optical Society of America, pp. Th3J--5, 06/2016. Tagged XML BibTex"Broadband 2 × 2 adiabatic 3 dB coupler using silicon-on-insulator sub-wavelength grating waveguides", Optics Letters, vol. 41, issue 13, pp. 3041-3044, 06/2016. Tagged XML BibTex"Effects of backscattering in high-Q, large-area silicon-on-insulator ring resonators", Optics Letters, vol. 41, issue 7: Optical Society of America, pp. 4, 04/2016. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Broadband Bidirectional Vertical Grating Coupler", Optical Fiber Communication Conference: Optical Society of America, pp. W2A--16, 03/2016. Tagged XML BibTex"FSR-free silicon-on-insulator microring resonator based filter with bent contra-directional couplers", Optics Express, vol. 24, no. 25: Optical Society of America, pp. 29009--29021, 2016 . Tagged XML BibTex"Silicon Photonic Polarization Receiver with Automated Stabilization for Arbitrary Input Polarizations", CLEO: Science and Innovations: Optical Society of America, pp. STu4G--8, 2016 . Tagged XML BibTex"State-of-the-art sub-wavelength grating couplers for silicon-on-insulator platform", Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2016 IEEE Canadian Conference on: IEEE, pp. 1--4, 2016 . Tagged XML BibTex"Ultra-Compact Sub-Wavelength Grating Polarization Splitter-Rotator for Silicon-on-Insulator Platform", IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 8, no. 6: IEEE, pp. 1--9, 2016 . Tagged XML BibTex"Vernier assisted Mach-Zehnder modulator", Photonics North (PN), 2016: IEEE, pp. 1--1, 2016 . Tagged XML BibTex2015"Polarization-rotating, Bragg-grating filters on silicon-on-insulator strip waveguides using asymmetric periodic corner corrugations", Optics Letters, vol. 40, no. 23, pp. 5578-5581, 11/2015. Tagged XML BibTex"Sensitivity analysis of silicon-on-insulator quadruple Vernier racetrack resonators", Optical Engineering, vol. 54, issue 11, 11/2015. Tagged XML BibTex"Wideband silicon photonic polarization beamsplitter based on point-symmetric cascaded broadband couplers", Optics Express, vol. 23, issue 23, pp. 29413-29422, 11/2015. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Design of broadband subwavelength grating couplers with low back reflection", Optics Letters, vol. 40, no. 20: OSA, pp. 4647--4650, 10/2015. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Crosstalk in SOI Microring Resonator-Based Filters", IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, 09/2015. Tagged XML BibTex"Grating-assisted silicon-on-insulator racetrack resonator reflector", Optics Express, vol. 23, issue 20, 09/2015. Tagged XML BibTex"Spiral Bragg grating waveguides for TM mode silicon photonics", Optics Express, vol. 23, issue 19, pp. 25295-25307, 09/2015. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Wavelength tuning and stabilization of microring-based filters using silicon in-resonator photoconductive heaters", Optics Express, vol. 23, issue 19, pp. 25084-25097, 09/2015. Tagged XML BibTex"A Low-Power Biasing Scheme for Silicon-on-Insulator Traveling-Wave Modulators", IEEE Group IV Photonics Conference, 08/2015. Tagged XML BibTex"A Wavelength-Selective Polarization Rotating Reflector using a Partially-Etched Asymmetric Bragg Grating on an SOI Strip Waveguide", IEEE Group IV Photonics Conference, Vancouver, BC, 08/2015. Tagged XML BibTex"Intraband Crosstalk of SOI Microring Resonator-Based Optical Add-Drop Multiplexers", IEEE Group IV Photonics, Vancouver, BC, 08/2015. Tagged XML BibTex"Wide FSR Silicon-on-Insulator Microring Resonator with Bent Couplers", IEEE Group IV Photonics Conference, 08/2015. Tagged XML BibTex" Silicon-on-Insulator Modulators Using a Quarter-Wave Phase-Shifted Bragg Grating", IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 07/2015. Tagged XML BibTex"An FSR-Free Silicon Resonator Reflector Using a Contra-Directional Coupler and a Bragg Reflector", Photonics North 2015, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 06/2015. Tagged XML BibTex"Measurement of Optical Losses in Silicon Photonic Contra-Directional Couplers", Photonics North 2015, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 06/2015. Tagged XML BibTex"2x2 Broadband Adiabatic 3-dB Couplers on SOI Strip Waveguides for TE and TM modes", Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Optical Society of America, pp. STh1F.8, 05/2015. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Asymmetric-waveguide-assisted 3-dB Broadband Directional Coupler", Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, vol. SM1I.8, San Jose, USA, OSA, 05/2015. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Apodized Focusing Fully Etched Sub-wavelength Grating Couplers With Ultra-low Reflections", Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Optical Society of America, pp. SM1I.6, 05/2015. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Bragg Grating Spiral Strip Waveguide Filters for TM Modes", Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Optical Society of America, pp. SM3I.7, 05/2015. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"High-Speed Data Transmission Through Silicon Contra-Directional Grating Coupler Optical Add-Drop Multiplexers", Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Optical Society of America, pp. JTh2A.41, 05/2015. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Sinusoidal Anti-coupling SOI Strip Waveguides", Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Optical Society of America, pp. SM1I.7, 05/2015. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex" Process calibration method for designing silicon-on-insulator contra-directional grating couplers", Optics Express, vol. 23, issue 8, 04/2015. Tagged XML BibTex"Apodized Focusing Fully Etched Sub-wavelength Grating Couplers", Photonics Journal, IEEE, 04/2015. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Crosstalk Limitations of Microring-Resonator Based WDM Demultiplexers on SOI", IEEE Optical Interconnects Conference, 04/2015. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser Flip-Chip Bonding to Silicon Photonics Chip", IEEE Optical Interconnects Conference, 04/2015. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Silicon Quadruple Series-Coupled Vernier Racetrack Resonators: Experimental Signal Quality", Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC), Los Angeles, US, pp. 3, 03/2015. Tagged XML BibTex"Broadband silicon photonic directional coupler using asymmetric-waveguide based phase control", Opt. Express, vol. 23, issue 3: OSA, pp. 3795--3808, 02/2015. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Experimental demonstration of a silicon-on-insulator high-performance double microring filter using MZI-based coupling", Optics Letters, vol. 40, issue 2, 01/2015. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex2014"Silicon-on-insulator sensors using integrated resonance-enhanced defect-mediated photodetectors", Opt. Express, vol. 22, no. 23: OSA, pp. 28517--28529, 11/2014. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Large-Area, High-Q SOI Ring Resonators", IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), 10/2014. Tagged XML BibTex"Microring Modulator Using Drop-Port Phase Interference", IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), 10/2014. Tagged XML BibTex"Precise control of the coupling coefficient through destructive interference in silicon waveguide Bragg gratings", Optics Letters, vol. 39, issue 19, pp. 5519-5522, 10/2014. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Silicon Photonic Bragg Grating Modulators", IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), 10/2014. Tagged XML BibTex"Focusing sub-wavelength grating couplers with low back reflections for rapid prototyping of silicon photonic circuits", Optics Express, vol. 22, no. 17: OSA, pp. 20652--20662, 08/2014. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Performance of ultra-thin SOI-based resonators for sensing applications", Opt. Express, vol. 22, no. 12: OSA, pp. 14166--14179, 06/2014. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Silicon photonics characterization platform for gyroscopic devices", Photonics North 2014, vol. 9288, Montréal, Canada, SPIE, pp. 8 pp., 05/2014. Tagged XML BibTex"Theoretical sensitivity analysis of quadruple Vernier racetrack resonators designed for fabrication on the silicon-on-insulator platform", Photonics North 2014, vol. 9288, Montreal, QC, Canada, SPIE, 05/2014. Tagged XML BibTex"Silicon photonic Bragg-grating couplers for optical communications", Proc. SPIE, Photonics West, 02/2014. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex2013"FSR-eliminated Vernier racetrack resonators using grating-assisted couplers", IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 5, 10/2013. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Multi-period Bragg gratings in silicon waveguides", IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), Bellevue, WA, pp. WD2.5, 09/2013. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Coupler-apodized Bragg-grating add-drop filter", Optics Letters, vol. 38, issue 16, pp. 3068–3070, 08/2013. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Silicon photonic slot waveguide Bragg gratings and resonators", Optics Express, vol. 21, issue 16, pp. 19029-19039, 08/2013. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Thermally tunable quadruple Vernier racetrack resonators", Optics Letters, vol. 38, issue 14, pp. 2440-2442, 07/2013. Tagged XML BibTex"2×2 Adiabatic 3-dB Coupler on Silicon-on-Insulator Rib Waveguides", Proc. SPIE, Photonics North 2013, vol. 8915, pp. 89150V, 06/2013. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Fully-Etched Grating Coupler with Low Back Reflection", Proc. SPIE, Photonics North 2013, vol. 8915, pp. 89150U, 06/2013. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Silicon CWDM Demultiplexers Using Contra-Directional Couplers", CLEO, pp. CTu3F.5, 06/2013. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Experimental performance of DWDM quadruple Vernier racetrack resonators", Optics Express, vol. 21, issue 7, pp. 9103-9112, 04/2013. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Ultra-compact, flat-top demultiplexer using anti-reflection contra-directional couplers for CWDM networks on silicon", Opt. Express, vol. 21, no. 6: OSA, pp. 6733--6738, 03/2013. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Silicon photonic grating-assisted, contra-directional couplers", Opt. Express, vol. 21, no. 3: OSA, pp. 3633--3650, 02/2013. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex2012"High Performance Vernier Racetrack Resonators", Optics Letters, vol. 37, pp. 3, 12/2012. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Electrically tunable resonant filters in phase-shifted contra-directional couplers", IEEE Group IV Photonics Conference, pp. 78-80, 09/2012. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Single-band add-drop filters using anti-reflection, contradirectional couplers", IEEE Group IV Photonics Conference, San Diego, USA, pp. WA7, 09/2012. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Ultra-compact, high-Q silicon microdisk reflectors", Optics Express, vol. 20, issue 20, pp. 21840-21846 , 09/2012. Tagged XML BibTex"Lithography Simulation for the Fabrication of Silicon Photonic Devices with Deep-Ultraviolet Lithography", IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics (GFP), San Diego, California, pp. 288-290, 08/2012. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Single-band add-drop filters using anti-reflection, contra-directional couplers", IEEE Group IV Photonics Conference, pp. 21-23, 08/2012. Tagged XML BibTex"Narrow-band waveguide Bragg gratings on SOI wafers with CMOS-compatible fabrication process", Optics Express, vol. 20, issue 14, pp. 15547-15558, 07/2012. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Ring Resonator Optical Gyroscopes - Parameter Optimization and Robustness Analysis", Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 30, issue 12: IEEE-OSA, pp. 1802-1817, 06/2012. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Differential measurement of transmission losses of integrated optical components using waveguide ring resonators", Photonics North, Montreal, Canada, 06/06/2012. Tagged XML BibTex"Dumbbell Microring Reflector", Photonics North 2012, vol. 8412, Montreal, QC, Canada, 06/06/2012. Tagged XML BibTex"A ring resonator optical amplitude modulator using coupling control via carrier injection in the coupler", Photonics North 2012, pp. 84121B--84121B, 05/2012. Tagged XML BibTex"Integrated microring add-drop filters with contradirectional couplers ", CLEO (Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics) 2012, San Jose, US, pp. JW4A.91 , 05/2012. Tagged XML BibTex"Integrated silicon contradirectional couplers: modeling and experiment", SPIE Photonics Europe, Brussels, Belgium, pp. 8424-82, 04/2012. Tagged XML BibTex"Add-drop filters in silicon grating-assisted asymmetric couplers ", OFC/NFOEC, Los Angeles, US, pp. OTh3D.3 , 04/03/2012. Tagged XML BibTex"Grating-coupled silicon microring resonators", Applied Physics Letters, vol. 100, issue 12, pp. 121118 - 121118-4 , 03/2012. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Silicon photonic resonator sensors and devices", Proceedings of SPIE Volume 8236; Laser Resonators, Microresonators, and Beam Control XIV, pp. 823620, 01/2012. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex2011"Chirp Characterization of a VCSEL using the Fiber Transfer Function Method", 15th Canadian Semiconductor Science and Technology Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 15/08/2011. Tagged XML BibTex"Design of a Microring Reflector with a Dumbbell Structure", The 15th Canadian Semiconductor Science and Technology Conference , 15/08/2011. Tagged XML BibTex"Ring Resonator Gyroscope: System Level Analysis and Parameter Optimization", Canadian Semiconductor Science and Technology Conference, Vancouver, B.C., Canada., pp. MPA1, 15/08/2011. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Narrow-Band Transmission Filter using Phase-Shifted Bragg Gratings in SOI Waveguide", IEEE Photonics Conference, pp. ThZ1, 10/2011. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Contradirectional couplers in silicon-on-insulator rib waveguides", Optics Letters, vol. 36, issue 20, pp. 3999 - 4001, 09/2011. Tagged XML BibTex"Embedded Ring Resonator", Canadian Semiconductor Science and Technology Conference, 08/15/2011. Tagged XML BibTex"Uniform and Sampled Bragg Gratings in SOI Strip Waveguides with Sidewall Corrugations", IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 23, issue 5, pp. 290 - 292, 03/2011. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex2010"Silicon-on-Insulator Bragg Gratings Fabricated by Deep UV Lithography", Asia Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition, 8/12/2010. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Modelling the Effect of the Feedback on the Small Signal Modulation of the Transistor Laser", 23rd Annual Meeting of the IEEE Photonics Society, Denver, CO, USA, pp. WX4, 7/11/2010. Tagged XML BibTex"A trans-Canadian graduate course in silicon nanophotonics", Photons Magazine, 2010. Tagged XML BibTex"Current Trends in Silicon Photonics in the Context of Higher Education", CMOS Emerging Technologies Workshop, 19/05/2010. Tagged XML BibTex"Series-Coupled Silicon Racetrack Resonators and the Vernier Effect: Theory and Measurement", Optics Express, vol. 18, issue 24, pp. 7, 11/2010. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"SOI Nanophotonics Fabrication Course", Pacific Centre for Advanced Materials and Microstructures (PCAMM) Annual Meeting, 11/12/2010. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Design and Characterization of Microring Reflectors with a Waveguide Crossing", Optics Letters, vol. 35, issue 17, pp. 2901-2903, 09/2010. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Experimental Demonstration of the Vernier Effect using Series-Coupled Racetrack Resonators", 2010 International Conference on Optical MEMS & Nanophotonics, 09/08/2010. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Ring-Resonator Reflector with a Waveguide Crossing", 2010 International Conference on Optical MEMS & Nanophotonics, Sapporo, Japan, 09/08/2010. Tagged XML BibTex"Silicon Nanophotonics Fabrication: an Innovative Graduate Course", 17th International Conference on Telecommunications - Optical Communications and Devices, Doha, Qatar, (invited), 04/2010. Abstract Tagged XML BibTex"Design of a 1550 nm SiGe/Si Quantum-Well Optical Modulator", Photonics North 2010, 01/06/2010. Tagged XML BibTex2009"Directional Change Produced by Perpendicularly-Oriented Microgrooves in Mircrotubule-Dependent for Fibroblasts and Epithelium", Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton, 03/2009. 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text: CS2422 Assembly Language and System Programming High-Level Language Interface Department of Computer Science National Tsing Hua University Assembly Language for IntelBased Computers, 5th Edition CS2422 Assembly Language and System Programming Kip Irvine Chapter 12: High-Level Language Interface Slides prepared by the author Revision date: June 4, 2006 (c) Pearson Education, 2006-2007. All rights reserved. You may modify and copy this slide show for your personal use, or for use in the classroom, as long as this copyright statement, the author's name, and the title are not changed. Chapter Overview Introduction Inline Assembly Code Linking to C/C++ in Protected Mode Examples using Visual C++ Linking to C/C++ in Real-Address Mode 2 Why Link ASM and HLL Programs? Use high-level language for overall project development Relieves programmer from low-level details Use assembly language code Speed up critical sections of code Access nonstandard hardware devices Write platform-specific code Extend the HLL's capabilities 3 General Conventions Considerations when calling assembly language procedures from high-level languages: Both must use the same naming convention (rules regarding the naming of variables and procedures) Both must use the same memory model, with compatible segment names Both must use the same calling convention 4 Calling Convention Identifies specific registers that must be preserved by procedures Determines how arguments are passed to procedures: in registers, on the stack, in shared memory, etc. Determines the order in which arguments are passed by calling programs to procedures Determines whether arguments are passed by value or by reference Determines how the stack pointer is restored after a procedure call Determines how functions return values 5 External Identifiers An external identifier is a name that has been placed in a module's object file in such a way that the linker can make the name available to other program modules. The linker resolves references to external identifiers, but can only do so if the same naming convention is used in all program modules. 6 Linking Assembly to C/C++ Basic structure: two modules (1) an assembly contains the procedure (2) C/C++ code that calls the external procedure Parameters are pushed from right to left to stack External names in ASM: use C calling convention, create prototype for procedures called from C/C++ .model flat,C AsmFindArray PROTO, srcVal:DWORD, arrayPtr: PTR DWORD Function declare in C/C++: use extern qualifier extern bool AsmFindArr(long n, long array[]); 7 Note: Linking Assembly to C++ For linking to C++: "C" specifier must be included to prevent name decoration by the C++ compiler: extern "C" bool AsmFindArray(long n, long array[]); Because C++ compilers use name decoration to allow uniquely identifying overloaded functions, e.g. int ArraySum( int * p, int count ) would be encoded with the return type, function name, and parameter types as: int_ArraySum_pInt_int 8 Using Assembly to Optimize C++ Make your C++ compiler produce an assembly language source listing of your program e.g. /FAs command-line option in Visual C++ See textbook 12.3.1 (page 410, Table 12-1) for the Visual C++ command-line options for ASM code generation Look through the assembly code and Optimize loops for speed Use hardware-level I/O for optimum speed Use BIOS-level I/O for medium speed 9 FindArray Example A C++ function that searches for the first matching integer in an array. The function returns true if the integer is found, and false if not: #include "findarr.h" bool FindArray(long searchVal, long array[], long count ) { for(int i = 0; i < count; i++) if( searchVal == array[i] ) return true; return false; } 10 Code Produced by C++ Compiler Optimization switch turned off _searchVal$ = 8 _array$ = 12 _count$ = 16 _i$ = -4 _FindArray PROC NEAR ; 29 : { push ebp mov ebp, esp push ecx ; 30 : for(int i = 0; i < count; i++) mov DWORD PTR _i$[ebp], 0 # i = 0 jmp SHORT $L174 $L175: mov eax, DWORD PTR _i$[ebp] add eax, 1 mov DWORD PTR _i$[ebp], eax 11 Code Produced by C++ Compiler $L174: mov cmp jge ; 31 mov mov mov cmp jne ; 32 mov jmp $L177: ; 33 ; 34 jmp ecx, DWORD PTR ecx, DWORD PTR SHORT $L176 : if( searchVal edx, DWORD PTR eax, DWORD PTR ecx, DWORD PTR ecx, DWORD PTR SHORT $L177 : return true; al, 1 SHORT $L172 : : return false; SHORT $L175 _i$[ebp] _count$[ebp] == array[i] ) _i$[ebp] _array$[ebp] _searchVal$[ebp] [eax+edx*4] 12 Code Produced by C++ Compiler $L176: xor al, al $L172: ; 35 : } mov esp, ebp pop ebp ret 0 _FindArray ENDP ; AL = 0 ; restore stack pointer 13 Hand-Coded Assembly Language true = 1 false = 0 ; Stack parameters: srchVal equ [ebp+08] arrayPtr equ [ebp+12] count equ [ebp+16] .code _FindArray push mov push mov mov mov PROC near ebp ebp,esp edi eax, srchVal ecx, count edi, arrayPtr ; search value ; number of items ; pointer to array 14 Hand-Coded Assembly Language repne scasd jz returnTrue ; do the search ; ZF = 1 if found returnFalse: mov al, false jmp short exit returnTrue: mov al, true exit: pop edi pop ebp ret _FindArray ENDP Check pp. 412-413 of textbook for C++ and ASM code 15 Calling C Library Functions Use the "C" calling convention Rewrite C function prototype in MASM format. Example: int printf(const char *format [ , argument]... becomes printf PROTO C, pString:PTR BYTE, args:VARARG 16 Example: Calling printf (1/2) C/C++ Program: extern "C" void asmMain( ); int main( ) workaround to force the { compiler to load the double d = 3.5; floating-point library asmMain( ); return 0; } 17 Example: Calling printf (2/2) ASM Program: Output: TITLE asmMain.asm 1234567.890 .386 .model flat,stdcall .stack 2000 .data double1 REAL8 1234567.890123 formatStr BYTE "%.3f",0dh,0ah,0 .code asmMain PROC C INVOKE printf, ADDR formatStr, double1 ret asmMain ENDP END 18 Summary Use assembly language to optimize sections of applications written in high-level languages inline asm code linked procedures Naming conventions, name decoration Calling convention determined by HLL program OK to call C functions from assembly language 19


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By Gudjon Helgason, Associated Press
REYKJAVIK, Iceland Yoko Ono urged the world to give peace a chance with the unveiling Tuesday of the Imagine Peace Tower on Videy island on what would have been husband John Lennon's 67th birthday.
The former Beatle was shot dead outside their New York apartment building Dec. 8, 1980, by deranged fan Mark David Chapman.
Ono was to be joined at the ceremony by the couple's son, Sean Lennon; Beatles drummer Ringo Starr; and bandmate George Harrison's widow, Olivia. Paul McCartney also was invited, but it wasn't known whether he would attend.
The tower is a stories-tall beam of light that will radiate from a wishing well bearing the words "imagine peace" in 24 languages. The plan is for the tower to be lit each year between Oct. 9 and Dec. 8.
Ono, 74, has said that she came up with the concept for the light tower in 1965, and that Lennon was interested.
"This is the biggest birthday present I gave to John," she told The Associated Press last month. "He's very, very happy about it, I know."
Ono said she chose Iceland, the world's northernmost country, because it is a very eco-friendly country that relies on geothermal energy.
"It's so beautiful," she said. "There's a certain strangeness to it. I would like to say it's magical."
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Friday night hype: Why 'Black Friday' is all talk and very little action
11/28/14 by Rennie Detore
So "Black Friday" is here, and you'll undoubtedly see your fair share of consumers huddled in a line, pushing and shoving, just to hopefully get their hands on a television, video game console, surround sound system or even a new dishwasher that is priced to sell on easily the biggest shopping day of the year.
A closer look at "Black Friday" reveals that the so called epitome shopping day of the year, the true customer cathartic experience, really has morphed from into a weekend of buying that now begins days before Thanksgiving and includes that day and the entire weekend through the now famous "Cyber Monday."
Simply put, "Black Friday" is more marketing blitz and sizzle than actual product in hand savings that some believe it to be. The more savvy shopper is buying online; they can get comparable deals versus having to battle a mass of humanity to retrieve would be gifts by braving not only the crowds but weather, driving and the annoyance of leaving your home only seconds after that last bite of mashed potatoes.
Most of the in store, wait in line specials end up having some sort of limit as far as how many you can buy and getting their on time doesn't always mean you'll get what you want. Some stores, like Wal Mart, have started the "in stock" guarantee, but even that doesn't always sit well with customers who end up standing in line, thinking they're first when all you're left with after your hours of waiting is a ticket voucher saying you'll get their product but in no particular order.
Sounds more like a "Black Friday Bummer" than anything else.
What else equally takes the wind out of your shopping sails is the retail community splitting time and sale items between two days, including Thanksgiving. Stores slowly in the last few years started to open their doors on the holidays simply to push more products on different days or perhaps to avoid large scale crowds on just "Black Friday."
Chances are, from an economic standpoint, the former is most true.
Truthfully, the reason "Black Friday" is rather disappointing these days is due to a lack of items actually available and stores setting limits on what you can buy anyway. You also can toss in the online ordering as a reason "Black Friday" is more smoke and mirrors than actually moving the needle as a shopping day of epic proportions.
That doesn't mean the crowds and craziness won't be out in full force but the days of getting overly excited about that lone shopping day have since passed.
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