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That was the first reaction from the group when the words "He is my father" were heard. Was it because they were shocked to learn that Vand had a son? Well, I don't know about the others, but I'm certain Gwendolyn nearly fell over when she heard that, out of sheer surprise.
"Vand's... son?" Gwendolyn finally asked, her eyebrows raised. "Well, this IS a big surprise."
"So, YOU do know him?" He asked, walking up to Gwendolyn, taking her hand. "Please, tell me where he is!"
Gwendolyn stared at him for a few seconds and suddenly withdrew her hand when Snickers started to growl. Everyone else suddenly got on edge.
"Yes, I knew him... he was a good man. He met me while he was traveling through the woods I called home for so long-"
"The woman in the woods... so, that was you Avantra spoke of."
"Excuse me?" Gwendolyn asked, confused.
"My name is Thomas. And my father went looking for you specifically."
"I don't know... you seem to be a very important figure in these times from what I gather." Thomas responded, not entirely sure of things himself, but then, he was 14.
"Now that you mention it..." Roland spoke up. "She does seem familiar to me, I'm almost certain we've met somewhere before... and then you told me you weren't sure you met the Grey family before..."
Prince Pelastor turned to her and nodded. "Strangely enough, you also seem familiar to me." He walked over to Gwendolyn slowly, and forced her to bend down, and felt the top of her skull... causing Snickers to emit a terrifying noise, basically saying "GET AWAY FROM HER!"
"Thought so," Pelastor finally spoke up, and helped Gwen to her feet. "You have a scar right there at the back of your skull... you hit your head pretty hard in recent months."
"I don't remember anything from before three months ago. I heard the story of the Forest Witch, and seeing as how I was hiding in the woods at the time, I figured they were talking about me." Gwendolyn explained.
Silence again. Kathering was the one who finally spoke up. "So... you really don't know WHO you are?"
Gwendolyn shook her head. "Only my name... and for all I know, it may not even be my full name."
Snickers trotted up to her and rubbed himself against her, and Gwendolyn scratched his ears tenderly. "I can't really be anyone important, right?" Gwendolyn finally asked, smiling sadly.


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Chapter One: Lily and Winter
Winter never believed in anything she didn't see. The only she knew was snow and ice, but her friend tried to tell her different, saying that a strange women was telling her, that the world they lived in wasn't always like this. Winter only helps, after her sister passes away and the snow gets deadlier, more deaths come. Can the uncontrolled snow and winds, be stopped. Only time will tell and the stories that Spring knows.
Winter looked at the frozen river; her long brown hair was covering her face. She couldn't believe what just happened.
"Lily!" She shouted, hoping that what happened was fake. Nothing happened. The large hole in the ice was getting bigger, but she deserved what happened. She let Lily die. She was one of the lucky ones, the only one to be fully related to her sister.
"Winter!" A male shouted it wasn't her father; she would never be able to look at him again. When she looked to see who was calling, everything turned black.
"Winter," A woman said, her short black hair, was familiar to Winter, this has happened, since she was a small child.
"What do you want?" Winter asked, trying to forget what happened.
"This is going to happen," The woman, Gaia, reminded her "You must stop it; you and your friends must stop the world from getting colder."
"And what! 'Cold' is the only thing this land has ever seen,"
"Winter! Winter!"
"Come on Winter, it's time to get up," The voice of her little sister said, Lily. Winter was glad that it was only a dream, and that it didn't really happen.
"What's wrong Lily?" Winter asked, as she pushed her furs to the side, looking at the small girl on the other side of their room.
"I had a bad dream;" Lily told her, "Just like you did,"
"I didn't have a bad dream," Winter told her, looking around the pure white room, everything was white. Food was hard to find, and many died because it was too cold, or many other reasons to do if the deadly snow.
"Winter, you forgot that you talk in your sleep,"
"I do not talk in my sleep,"
"You do," Lily told her, after they got ready and walked out of their little igloo, and walked to wait for their parents.
"What was your dream about?" Winter asked Lily, it was her way, to tell others that she didn't want to talk about a subject.
"I was playing on ice and then it was cold," Lily said, "Is something going to happen?"
"Why do you think, something's going to happen,"
"Because Rain, said that dreams have meanings behind it,"
"Rain is old," Winter said Rain was the tribes elder, one of the few to live until old age; she was also the one who told everyone how old they were, by counting the number of nights and days. One night and one day, meant one year.
Death was a part of normal life, when everything was fatal; you never really took any changes. The smallest stich could kill and most of the time, the person did die.
"Hey Winter, Lily,"
"Luna," Lily shouted, pulling the girl into a hug.
"It's almost time for the night," Winter said, "Father and I are going to go hunting, before most the animals go to sleep."
"Spring and I, need to make blankets,"
"I'm going to help Mama," Lily said, looking at the two, "I'm going to be ten,"
"Rain told you?" Luna asked, as she stopped hugging her and pulled Winter into one.
"She's getting crazier with old age," Winter said, she didn't believe the white haired women, in fact she trusted Rain, as much as she trusted Gaia, and the women wasn't real.
"Hello, Luna," Dylan, said "Winter and Lily, need to do their chores."
"Of course Mrs Imani," Luna said, walking towards the elder's house.
"Winter, you need to have more respect," Dylan told her, "You can't talk about the elder like that."
"Mother, I don't trust her,"
"I don't either, but she still needs respect,"
"Mama, she knows everyone's ages," Lily said, tugging on her mother's long dress.
"I know sweetheart, we celebrate at the end of the year, and she tells anyone who asks."
"How old is Winter?" Lily asked, Winter never tells anything and she never sees her big sister, at River's, what if her sister didn't know?
"I asked, she's fourteen,"
"I was born during the darkness, and everyone thinks I'll die, just because River said I would," Winter said, "I have to find father,"
"Don't worry Winter," Hunter said "I'm here,"
"Of course father, isn't anyone else coming with us?" Winter asked.
"No, Autumn and Summer can't come," Hunter reminded her, "They needed to check up, on their families."
"Of course," Winter said, "Do you have the weapons?"
"Of course," Hunter said, pointing to the bow and arrows on his back, along with the spear that he was holding.
"Be safe," Dylan said, kissing her daughter's and husband's check.
"Yuck," Lily said, picking up the washing while, she stuck out her tongue, as she watched her mama, kiss her papa's mouth.
"Don't worry Lily, it'll be you one day," Winter told her, poking her sister's head. Her sister was already up to her shoulders and Winter knew that she was going to be their father's height, while Winter was going to be stuck at her mother's height.
"Winter, come on, we need to fish and hunt," Hunter said, giving Winter her bow and arrow's. Along with a bag to hold any meat, they might get and Hunter hoped he's get enough for about twenty people, ten children and ten adults.
"Of course," Winter said, as she followed her father out into the forest, some had leaves while other's where bare. Women where always long distance fighters, having a good eye. Men would chase the animal around until it ran off a cliff. Hunting was always done in two's, doing it with one person, was silly and the person always died.
The hunt was successful, Winter had shoot two deer's, a buck and doe. This could last the tribe a week, before someone would have to go hunting.
There weren't many tribes, at least not in this area. There was the Seasonal, Mountain and River tribes. They mainly live in peace and away from each other, since they understood how fragile human life was.
Getting a hunt back to the village was hard, but doable. They just had to fight off, other hunters and animals. Hunter, was good at what he was named after, had built, what he called a sleigh, and this made it easier to carry back and to defiant.
"Winter," Hunter said, as they got to the village "Spring asked for your help,"
"Why does she need my help?" Winter asked, she always thought River's granddaughter was just as crazy. Sometimes, Winter couldn't believe that Spring was two years older than her.
"Weaving, but I think she wants to talk to you,"
"What about the hunt?"
"Autumn and Summer, will help me salt it, now go Lula looks like she's about to pop and we'll need something to keep the babe warm."
"Of course father,"
"That's my girl,"
Hunter might be her father by blood, but everyone helps protect and raise a child. Hunter and Dylan told her, it was they knew how to hunt together, without fighting and killing everyone, because they didn't get enough food. So everyone helps everyone, if only to make sure they can leave another long day or night.
The walk to River and Spring's house was short, but Winter wasn't looking forehead to it. The Petunia house was made out of wood, Spring's father made it and it was one of the few houses that were made out of anything, but snow.
"Winter, you come."
"Of course, father would have been angry, if I didn't."
"Still the same, huh Winter?" Spring asked, her long blonde hair in a braid. Most people have brown hair, but every one in ten will have blonde or blue eyes, Spring had both, the same as her mother and father. Her mother was born in the Mountain tribe.
"We'll need to make cloths and a new blanket for Lula's babe, hopefully the poor thing lives," Spring said, opening the door, so Winter could enter.
"Of course," Winter said, as she picked up the needle and wool, and sat on the floor. Spring might think it's strange, since they have chairs, but Winter's family doesn't, so she sits on the floor.
"While we're doing it, may I ask a few questions?" Spring asked, as she two, starts make small cloths for either a boy or a girl, not that it makes a difference.
"Only if I can ask some in return,"
"Of course Winter," Spring said, smiling at the young girl "Is Lily you're only sibling?"
"No, I had an older brother and sister," Winter told her, "And you?"
"No, my parents passed away," Spring told her "What happened to them?"
"Rose and Alex, were twins. They both passed away, because they were too loud on a mountain and the snow covered them, they died before they could be helped."
"It's fine,"
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text: Genie and Language Acquisition How children learn to speak and what happens once they pass the critical period without having done so. Infants: 0-10 mos. • Infants can distinguish sounds from birth, even if those sounds are not part of their parents' speech. • By six months, babies begin to lump together sounds into phonemes and separate them so that their language keeps separate. • By ten months, they cease to distinguish sounds from different languages that are not present in their own. Physical Development for Speech • During their first year, babies' bodies change so that they can speak. • Their larynx comes up, which forces the baby to breathe through the nose so that they can drink and breathe at the same time. • The larynx descends deep into the throat, opening the pharynx that allows the tongue to produce vowels. Stages in Language Learning • Between five and seven months, babies begin to play with sounds and their vocal noises begin to sound like consonants and vowels. • Between seven and eight months they begin to babble in real syllables. • Around their first birthday, they begin to understand and produce words. Speed Learning • At around eighteen months, a baby's vocabulary will jump to the rate of a newword-every-two-hours minimum that the child will maintain through adolescence. • Syntax also begins here with strings of two word sentences. • In 95% of the case, their words are in the right order. The Sesame Street Experiment • A voiceover said, "OH LOOK!!! BIG BIRD IS TICKLING COOKIE MONSTER! FIND BIG BIRD TICKLING COOKIE MONSTER!!" • The children must have understood the meaning of the ordering of words because they looked more at the screen that depicted the sentence of the voiceover afterwards. • Even before they can put two words together, babies can comprehend a sentence using its syntax. Growing Up • As babies get older, their speech gets more complex, as soon, they find themselves able to embed one constituent inside another. • By the age of three, children use function words in over 90% of the sentences that require them. Picking Up Language • Without already knowing the language, it's difficult for a child to figure out what the characters on television are talking about. • When they listen to their parents, for example, children are able to guess at what the parents are saying, especially when they already know a lot of the content words, based on their bodily gestures. • Much of what we learn is from conversation. The Critical Period • From the around the ages of 3 to 12. • Language can be acquired until puberty, at which the ability to learn language slows down rapidly. • Cases in which people make it to puberty without having learned a language are rare, but they all point to the same conclusion: they never learn it as well as those who learned it as children. After the Critical Period • Children who are found in the woods or in the homes of psychotic parents after puberty sometimes develop a vocabulary. • However, they are permanently incapable of mastering the full grammar of their language. • Acquisition of a normal language is guaranteed for children up to the age of six, is steadily compromised from then until shortly after puberty, and is extremely rare thereafter. Saved During the Critical Period • When children are discovered before they hit puberty, however, they have a much better chance of learning the full grammar. • Isabelle was six and a half when she and her mute, brain-damaged mother escaped from the her grandfather's house, where they were imprisoned. A year and a half later she had learned 1500-2000 words and could produce complex grammatical sentences such as: – Do you go to Miss Mason's school at the university? – Why does the paste come out if one upsets the jar? Genie • Genie was discovered in 1970 at the age of thirteen and seven months in a Los Angeles suburb. • She was confined up until that point by her controlling father, who abused her regularly. • Because she had not acquired language up until that point, linguists used her to test the critical period theory. When Genie was Found • When Genie was first found, they couldn't tell at first whether or not she had already acquired language and simply wasn't using it or if she indeed had not acquired language. • Because she did not respond to simple commands but did respond to words that were clearly out of the context of their environment, it was determined that Genie truly had not yet acquired language. Initial Observations about Genie • When she was first discovered, most of the sounds that came out of her mouth were voiceless. • Normal people learn very early in life how to speak and breathe at the same time. Genie, however, never learned how to do so. First Words • Genie's first basic 'words' were monosyllabic consonant-vowel sequences. • After five months, she began to use single words spontaneously. • Her early vocabulary was different from the first words of regular children which are typically nouns, plus particles like up and down. How she was taught to Speak • The tests that were created to show Genie's progress in learning showed that Genie was acquiring language, but not through imitation or prescribed rules. • Genie learned plurals by learning to match the test pictures with a string of the following sort: 1+N+S, 2+N+S, etc. So if Curtiss, one of the members of the team who worked with her, said "three dishes," Genie would construct the string 3 dish S. In five lessons, Genie had mastered the plural concept. The Differences that Kept her Separate • There are a few major differences between her and regular children who acquire language as babies: – Her vocabulary was different and much larger than that of children at the same stage of syntactic development. – The rate of her syntactic acquisition was much slower than normal. Results • Genie eventually learned to produce immature, pidgin like sentences such as: – – – – Mike Paint. Applesauce buy store. I like elephant eat peanut. Neal come happy; Neal not come sad. Other Explanations for Lack of Speech • Some hypothesize that the reason why people like Genie never learn to speak successfully is because they have emotional scars that interfere somehow with their ability to learn. However… • Chelsea was born deaf in a remote town in Northern California. • At the age of 31, she was referred to a neurologist who fitted her with hearing aids that improved her hearing to near-normal levels. • She now knows two thousand words and has become social and independent. • She never learned proper syntax, though. Results • The paper on Genie was published as they were still teaching Genie to talk, so it ends by saying that they have yet to learn whether or not it is true that learning to speak after the critical period is impossible. • Time proved that the critical period theory was correct. Eventually, Genie stopped improving and shortly thereafter, her mother placed a restraining order on the team that was working with her. She currently resides in a home for mentally retarded adults. Sources • Pinker, Steven. The Language Instinct. William Morrow and Company, 1994. • Curtiss, Susan. Fromkin, Victoria. Krashen, Stephen. Rigler, David. Rigler, Marylyn. "The Linguistic Development of Genie." Language: Journal of the Linguistic Society of America 50, 3(September 1974): 528-54.


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Dancing In The Dark
The strobe lights are flashing,
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The dance floor are sweaty,
Grinding against each other
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Eyes, hands groping where they
Shouldn't be. Giggling girls
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Alcohol than is wise tumble
And stumble about, eyelashes fluttering.
It's dark, the place not too well lit,
And the few light bulbs are flickering,
Threatening to go out at any second,
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I grew up in the midwest, Columbus, Ohio, but left when I graduated to live in California. I met my husband in San Jose where we lived until moving to Olympia, Washington to raise our children. After 20 years, we decided we wanted to move back to California close to the beach. When we found Ocean Beach we knew this was the place for us. It took us 2 years to find an available place because houses were being sold as fast as they hit the market. We were lucky to find our place and to discover a sweet Bungalow located on the property. We have done many upgrades over the years but are thrilled to have found our "forever home." We hope you stay with us and discover the beauty and peacefulness of the property as well as the uniqueness of Ocean Beach.
Linda purchased this bungalow in 1998
Weather was really warm except for one day of rain which was ok. Had a really good time. Bungalow is really convenient to beaches, Sea World, Mission Bay, Old Town and freeways. Never had a problem finding parking on the streets even on busy weekend. Really convenient to walk to restaurants and bars in the evening. Did a nite stroll on the beach one evening - really nice. Back patio was nice for morning coffee and evening toddy. Dog loved it.
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We absolutely loved our stay at the bungalow! Linda and her husband were incredibly accommodating and made our first VRBO experience fantastic. We stayed for a week with our one year old. The bungalow was very well stocked with all sorts of extra amenities. The private patio was very nice. The bed was comfortable. The whole place was very clean. Absolutely everything we needed was provided and then some!! The location is great...Ocean Beach is very nice...and everything we wanted to see or do was only a short drive away. Finding parking was fairly easy. I would not hesitate to book this place!!!
NIce little bungalow very close to the beach. Well-stocked kitchen and bathroom. TV, wireless internet, roku. Dog friendly. Comfortable bed. Will not hesitate to come back here next time. Thanks for the hospitality, Linda!
My husband and I and our 2 little dogs stayed here for 3 nights in April. It was very nice! Everything we needed plus more. We walked to dog beach everyday with our dogs. It is about 5-6 blocks not to bad at all. We really enjoyed our time. Linda was very nice and helpful. I'm sure we will stay here again.
We had a great stay. House had everything we needed. Location was great and quiet. Parking wasn't too bad. Two complaints, the couch wasn't comfortable for tv watching, but we were worn out each nite and wanted to watch tv and unwind. We also hit our shins on the bed all the time. Not sure how to prevent that besides trying to remember we were going to do it. I really recommend the place though.
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Myself, my husband, our 11 y.o. daughter and our miniature poodle spent Thanksgiving weekend in Ocean Beach at Linda and Steve's bungalow. We loved the location on a quaint street just off the beaten path, and within walking distance from shops, restaurants and the beach. Street parking was easy no matter what time we parked. The bungalow was a perfect size for our small family. It was fully stocked with food basics, toiletries, bedding and beach essentials. We never had a moment when we had to run out for something we forgot to bring. Linda and Steve have thought of all the details needed to really make their place feel like home.
We had a great time exploring the Ocean Beach neighborhood. We spent an entire afternoon at Dog Beach, and our daughter and dog were in heaven. We also spent a day at the amazing San Diego Zoo, which was just a short drive away. We had a fantastic weekend, but wish we could have stayed longer. Thank you Linda and Steve for sharing your slice of paradise with us. We highly recommend your place, and we can't wait to visit again!
Steve and Linda were great hosts. We loved staying at there property. It was clean and super cute. The kitchen was a big plus for us and they had all the pots and pans we needed to cook a healthy breakfast before hitting the beach for some fun! Also, it was nice to have separate rooms for sleeping, cooking and taking a shower. Linda had provided some bathroom supplies which was nice since we ran out of toothpaste and did not have to worry about going to the store to get some late at night!!
Our Beach Blanket Bungalow is right in the center of everything, 10 minutes from the airport, 4 blocks from one of the finest beaches in Southern California, 6 blocks to downtown Ocean Beach, one of the best beach towns in California, 15-20 minutes to the harbor and the historic heart of San Diego, the San Diego Zoo, and Balboa Park,10-20 minutes to Sea World, and surrounding beaches, as well as the Mexican border, 30 minutes to Legoland, the Del Mar racetrack, Coronado, and 90 minutes to Disneyland. Walk a mile in my flip flops and you will find grocery stores, restaurants, shops, places to gather, places to be alone, vendors, live entertainment, riding and hiking trails, all water sports from surfing, boating, skiing and kayaking, to deep sea fishing, game parks, soccer, skateboard, softball, tennis, golf, and hidden beaches. You will find enough food, fun, adventure, excitement, romance and relaxation to give you the best vacation you can possibly have in Southern California.
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MP High Court Stenographer Pre Exam Syllabus 2015 MP High Court Stenographer Grade-2 Syllabus 2015 MP High Court Steno Gr. III Preliminary Exam Pattern 2015 MP High Court Steno-typist Syllabus 2015
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High Court of Madhya Pradesh will conduct a Written exam (Preliminary) for recruitment to the posts of Stenographer Grade-2 & Grade-3 and StenoTypist. Nowadays Competition Level become very high so Competitive Exams gets too tougher. Candidates facing critical problem of "What to prepare" and "How to prepare". So, here we are providing the latest Syllabus & Exam Pattern of Stenographer Grade III (Preliminary & Mains) Exam conducting by MP High Court.
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>From this, is it more precise to say that OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice.org provide 100% fidelity in interchange of documents with each other when employing their common native format, ODF? And the presumption for that is the common code base which is their common inheritance assures that, at least for now? Is it safe to conclude that this statement does not extend to anything about completeness and quality of support for ODF beyond the fact that, all else being equal, whatever the one produces and carries via the ODF format, the other successfully consumes? And this is without qualification? If this statement were made in front of an audience of users or officials or executives, would it be better to say that OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice.org are compatible (in their support for and reliance on ODF)? Is this a promise that they are and will be kept that way? What is it you want the take-away to be that has you use the expression "odf files with 100% fidelity." What is meant to be reassuring about that? - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Ian Lynch [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 01:56 To: firstname.lastname@example.com Cc: firstname.lastname@example.com; email@example.com Subject: Re: Differences between OOO and LibreOffice. On 30 June 2011 07:10, Dennis E. Hamilton <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > Umm, 100% fidelity to/of what? I would love to understand the > qualifications that attach to that statement, and how whatever that is can > be demonstrated/verified. > > "[T]hey both operate on odf files with 100% fidelity." > If I save an odf file from OOo it will open exactly the same in LibO. If that isn't true than I would be interested to know where things break. (Fonts I think are a different issue) If it isn't 100% true it is pretty likely to be more true than filtering to either other applications that use odf or .doc etc. From an end user point of view all they will be concerned about is that files produced in OOo don't break in any way if imported into LibO or vice versa. Of course product divergence might make this less likely but at the moment I don't think there is a significant problem but I'm willing to be corrected. So do we scare the end user or give them more confidence? In terms of verification or otherwise, give me a file created in OOo that will not open correctly in LibO other than because the fonts are different on the two systems creating the files. If you prefer to say that OOo/LibO use the same file format so you are safe exchanging files between OOo and LibO, Ok, better to get rid of all mentions of technical stuff for end users in any case. What we need is to give reasonable confidence to the end user rather than obscure (to them) technical reasons why that might on some almost impossibly rare occasion not be the case. -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications (The Schools ITQ) www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales.
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Reexamination of silicon effects on rice growth and production under field conditions using a low silicon mutant
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Silicon (Si) is a beneficial element for healthy growth and high and sustainable production of rice, but the mode of action of the beneficial effects has not been well understood. We carried out field trials for four years at two different locations to re-examine the effects of Si on the growth and production of rice using a low silicon rice (lsi1) mutant. The mutant accumulated much lower Si at each growth stage compared with the wild-type rice (Oryza sativa L. cv Oochikara), but there was no difference in the accumulation of other nutrients including N, P, and K. Measurements at different growth stages showed that low Si in the mutant hardly affected the tiller number, chlorophyll content (SPAD value), and root growth. The plant height and shoot dry weight of the wild-type rice were slightly higher than those of the mutant at a later growth stage, but the difference was not significant between the two lines. However, grain yield was reduced by 79–98%, depending on year, due to a low Si accumulation in the mutant, which showed the largest effect of Si on rice production among all studies reported so far. Among the yield components, the percentage of filled spikelets was mostly affected, being only 13.9% of the wild-type rice in the mutant. The grain color of the mutant became brown because of excessive transpiration and infection of pathogens. These results indicate that Si increases rice yield mainly by enhancing the fertility of spikelets.


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Vague eyes and Thin smilesMature
However, the table was cleaned off. Plate in the trash can and drugs off of the table, and for several moments , fingers dig into his hair and knees drawn still disheveled how the woman had left him...
Better than the man. He would never just deiced to slip a blue pill between his lips and fuck him, Vincent would make him want him, draw him out of the growing labrynth. Into reaity, only to shatter him into little pieces.
"Better," the shell murmured softly, knees drawn to his chest. Laughing softly although the sound seemed stuck between a dry laugh and crying. Forehead pressed almost roughly into his knees, he tried to take steady breaths only for his chest to tighten harshly. Eventually he forced himself to move, tenderly placing the cracked picture frame back on the shelf upon the wall.
Shaky legs and spinning head from hunger, usually easily to ignore now he was unable. Not that Satoru could not fend for himself. Starving himself was just a slow road to death that he silently pleaded for, only to feel guilty if he took his own life. His mother had fought valiantly for her own- what was he to snuff his own out? On the other side, it was not like he was truly using the life that he would have much rather given every last drop to the kind, caring, and wonderful woman whose smile he only saw in pictures.
On his own, he would not be able to afford drugs let alone know where to find them. He'd have to be care, but maybe... Maybe he could truly 'get better' rather than more than what Kathrin meant to stay pleasing for their games.
...But then a smile drew to his lips- a hallow thing as the man's smile felt like it was burning through his back even if he knew the man was not there... A soft laugh escaped his lips and rushing tears which dropped on the floors as a rush of utter helplessness over took him. More so the fierce self loathing because Satoru knew he was letting them have so much power- more so that is did not matter any more of him 'letting' them do anything. . Not even having to threaten the red head, oh no, his will to live, will to leave had left when his mother took her last breath on her death bed, maybe before then. When the doctors told him, she was not even there. That she could not ever possibly know he sat in the chere, there. That sitting there was a waste because she had long left. Nothing in the brain was left there, that was her. Possibly there was were he had left as well


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The I in TraitorMature
Act 8
Scene 1
(March 8th)
(Greg, who is on guard, stares silently at a sleeping Imogen)
Greg (thinking): She's kinda cute when she's like that… no scratch that, she's always been pretty cute and let's face it, I almost kissed her before the bomb fell, but she keeps actin' like it didn't happen, maybe it didn't, hell she could have just been trying to wipe something off my nose. I dunno, maybe it's case of I like her but she doesn't feel the same way… heck we've been friends so long, do I tell her how I feel? Do I…
Danny: Quit the inner speech Blondie.
Greg: Aw shit Danny! Ya scared the living lightbubls outta me!
Danny: I have that effect on people, It's okay to be nervous around me, I know I'm simply that good...
Greg: Yeah, I'm getting the hots for you *Note the sarcasm*
Danny: I bet you do, still, I know it's not me you've got the hots for.
Greg: Oh for the love of… not you as well?
Danny: Yes me, thought I'd add to you suffering.
Greg: Look me and Imogen…
Danny: … are friends yada yada bullshit, dude I came to talk to you for advice, because I simply know more than you about girls.
Greg: Oh yeah? How many girls you dated?
Danny: 10, 9 were slags back at Mortdale High, each one I musta kissed only once… anyhow and then there was number 10, the one you're looking at.
Greg: Oh here we go, "I still have feelings for Imogen so back off Greg". I ain't the mood for love triangles Danny, let's not turn this situation into Twilight.
Danny: I don't have feelings for her, the relationship ended when she broke it off at the prom, and speaking of Twilight, what are you going to tell her in the morning if she wakes up and finds you staring at her like a retard?
Greg: Erm…
Danny: "I like to watch to you sleep, it's fascinating to me"? Okay, when she was with me if I said that, she'd drop me faster than my balls dropped during puberty.
Greg: Not very far then.
Danny: Yeah well, as much as I'd like to insult you, Imma going get to the point, the way you're staring at her and drooling. (Greg wipes his mouth, when he realises he is indeed drooling) I can tell you're thinking about her and I can tell you find her attractive and that you like her. I'm not here to say just get together already, because you've probably had enough of that.
Greg: Then why are you here?
Danny: STOP STARING AT HER! Jesus Christ it's creeping even me out! I can't sleep with your rape face on full display out of the corner of my eye.
Greg: Does it really look that bad?
Danny: Yes.
Greg: Wait, I thought you said you was gonna give me advice?
Danny: I have if you wanna date her, watching her in her sleep, is not the way to go, plus if Mrs Conrad saw you, well let's just say you'd die instantly. Trust me I know what's she like when it comes to defending her daughter and with you dead, the whole point of this is would be worthless, plus you'd probably make a great meat shield.
Greg: Or you could just be gettin' nicer.
Danny: Ugh, don't even go there. I'm going to go to sleep now and don't put on that face again. I have enough nightmares as it is.
Greg: Sure… (As Danny goes back to sleep, Greg thinks to himself) If Danny, Dan and Eric pick up on it, then who else? Everyone? Heck I should just ask her already… but what if she says no, or Mrs Conrad does something, plus now is not the time for romance we need to survive first.
(He remains on guard all night, his thoughts keeping him awake as the sun rises over the horizon everyone else begins to stir)
Eric: Everyone sleep comfortably?
Chantelle: Oh yeah we all slept fine on the floor, fuck my back is aching.
Eric: Sings of a healthy pregnancy, how far along are you Chantelle?
Chantelle: 5 months.
Eric: Looks like the bulge is really starting to show.
Chantelle: Yep, still when it's a shame, when this bab is born I cor give it to the orphanage.
Imogen: I know, you'll have to care for it, oh the horror.
Chantelle: I know I'll have to feed it… socialise with it… take it to the toilet… get it toys…
Greg: "It?" say he, or she, or the child at least.
Chantelle: Nah, to me it's just a thing. I cor be Bovvered to look after it.
Imogen: Is that all your children were too you? Things? Things that gave you money? They were human beings for crying out loud!
Chantelle: Didn't get money off them actually, didn't even name them, straight to the orphanage for em.
Imogen: That's your problem, you're like this because of how fucked society was, you did so many stupid things, got yourself pregnant 4 times and yet you didn't face the burden of looking after those 4 kids, but now… oh now that old society has crumbled, you'll have to look after your baby, and face up for making the mistake of having kids, when you're not ready too.
Chantelle: I went through with the pregnancies day I? I didn't abort em did i!? And the childbirth itself fucking hurts...!
Imogen: Yeah, but still…
Chantelle: SHUT THE FUCK UP! IF YOU WERE PREGNANT RIGHT NOW YOUR TONE WOULD BE DIFFERENT! YOU'D ABORT IT!
Imogen: DON'T YOU DARE ACCUSE ME OF THAT! IF I WAS PREGNANT I'D LOOK AFTER MY KID!
Eric (warningly): Girls…
Chantelle: LIAR! YOU BETTER HOPE GREG KEEPS IT IN HIS PANTS! OR YOU'LL END UP JUST LIKE ME!
(Greg and Imogen are silent)
Eric: Okay that's enough! We need to move!
Mrs Layton: Right, as of today we turn east.
(The group proceed to walk east)
Mrs Layton (to Chantelle): You know out of curiosity, why didn't have your babies aborted? I mean, you could have done plus even though the children were born, you didn't want them.
Chantelle: Well my mum day abort me, so I decided to do the same with my children, see I do have some morality in me.
Mrs Conrad: Yes, but that is very minimal.
Wilhelmina: Still every child deserves life, that's my motto, no matter how fucked up you mum and dad are, the child deserves a fresh start in life.
Florence: Yes I agree.
Mrs Conrad: You're only saying that now the camera is present and recording.
Florence: Oh Mrs Conrad, ever the critic.
Mrs Conrad: Oh Florence, ever the fake.
Wilhelmina: Me ever the drunk, Danny ever the asshole, Aaron ever the cameraman.
Danny: Well it was fairly obvious you'd say that Wilhelmina, and your whole view on life, it only stems because your parents were shitty to you.
Wilhelmina: So were yours, well your dad at least.
Danny: Yeah he was evil as... Tony Blair. But he let me run free to be a chav, like I was meant too, got me a shit ton of slaggy girlfriends and a habitat for stealing things but nothing else really, other than my ability at being streetwise.
Wilhelmina: At least your dad let you out the house. I was stuck in the house and as for bad girlfriends, my mum and dad actually betrothed me to a 18 year old guy, when I was 16, just so our two rich households could be untied by marriage and hence my parents got more money and higher class, sadly for them, the wedding never happened.
Danny: What, did you kill the guy?
Wilhelmina: Nope, let's just say my table manners failed me, hell even back when I was "posh" I could be brash as hell.
Imogen: You two finish your x factor sob stories?
Wilhelmina: No I'm working to improve mine, still for X Factor Imogen, at least I'll get on the show, whereas you with your singing voice…
Imogen: I don't care, I love to sing.
Eric: You tell em Imogen, that's my girl. (turns to Suzanne) Yeah she's an awful singer.
Suzanne: Weirdly enough, I wanted to be a singer when I was younger.
Eric: Really? I'm guessing it didn't go so well.
Suzanne: No, but my mum and dad used to say I was amazing at it, then again I suppose everything was sugar-coated and perfect as I grew up, now I'm in the big, bad world.
Eric: Not that easy, is it?
Daz: Well it that explains why you're so fucking uptight and expect everyone to be perfect when their not.
Suzanne: I know and I am sorry Dan, this whole situation has just got me so stressed.
Daz: Well y'am still fit to me.
Suzanne (smiling): Picture perfect?
Daz: Well I suppose.
Suzanne: It'' okay to say I'm not, after this all I want is a hot cup of coffee, if I survive this then I'll focus on my appearance again.
Florence (barging in): Yes well you look horrible and sadly, some people were just not made for the camera and your day is up, you're way too old for this now.
Suzanne: I'm 26.
Florence: And I'm 16, 10 years younger, hence I am the new talent on the block.
Suzanne: You're not new talent, if you don't know what you're doing. You're coming across as slutty, but I could teach you how to be classy.
Florence: Thou art already a class act, I do not require assistance from a Madonna wannabe.
Suzanne: Again, I'm 26.
Florence: 26 is 46 in showbiz baby, your day is over, now retire with dignity and put it all away.
Suzanne: I'm fully clothed.
Florence: Well now you are, but in front of the camera, jeez you were…
Suzanne: Before you go on dissing me, I've noticed you're back to your… well… loud self.
Florence: It is what Jack would have wanted, besides there are still people out here who cherish me (Aaron winks at her) because unlike you, I treat my cameraman with respect.
Suzanne: Oh boy here we go...
(As Florence goes on, Thomas requests to borrow Aaron's camera)
Aaron: But whaddya want it for?
Thomas: Just checking a few things.
Aaron: Fine (hands it over) but wreck it in any way and I'll fucking have ya.
Thomas: Yeah whatever, now piss off.
(An astounded Aaron does so)
Jaya: (looking at her stump) I see you finally gained a backbone.
Thomas: Well yes…
Jaya: After I lose my hand.
Thomas: Are you mad at me?
Jaya: A little, I cannot help it; it's just why now and not back then? Why do I have to lose a limb, for you to gain one in the form of a sturdy spine?
Thomas: I know that's how you feel Jaya and it kills me inside and it will do for the rest of my life, you're stump will be a reminder of my cowardice. I just want you to know it hurts me too.
Jaya: I know… I was just telling you how I honestly felt. I may get mad at you at times but… I guess I love you or else I wouldn't have agreed to marry you.
Thomas: Yeah and maybe one day, when were ready when can have kids! Not like Chantelle over there, no. I won't do it like that, I'll get our child the best of what the world has to offer.
Chantelle: Yeah a cot made of shrapnel is the best ya gonna get around here.
Thomas (ignoring her): And we could name our children, after friends we have lost, maybe Sanjay or Sanjeet?
Jaya: Or Lucy, or Sarah?
Thomas: Or Asif?
Imogen: Don't even go there!
Aaron (jokingly): Oh My God as-if you would react like that Imogen.
Imogen: Don't…!
Greg (also joining in on the joke) Oh come on Imogen, were joking, as-if we would really annoy you.
Imogen: Great, real mature Greg (as he laughs) real mature.
Mrs Layton: OH MY GOD! AS IF!
Imogen: FUCKING HELL! NOW YOUR DOING IT!
Mrs Layton: Doing what?
Imogen: The whole, as if thing!
Mrs Layton: What? Sorry must be a coincidence. I was shouting at that the entrance to that tunnel over in the distance.
Suzanne (peering ahead): That's gotta be a few miles away at least.
Mrs Layton: Then we'll just have to get there and go through. It's the quickest way forward.
Mrs Conrad: I sense another bridge scenario coming up.
Gordon (whimpering): And I don't like the dark…
Chantelle: As bad as Gord put it, we'll be blind in there, how the fuck we gonna see? What if Roger and his men attack?
Eric: We have to go through, we risk it or we die here, and I'd rather die blind than having the last thing I see being his ugly face.
Gordon: (black woman voice): Oh did you hear that Roger, you just got ownnnned!
Aaron: What?
Gordon: Like no way fam! Oh that was sick blad! Cannot believe he just said dat though…
(Jaya rolls her eyes)
Jaya: Gordon will always be Gordon, (looks over to Thomas) Thomas what are you doing?
Thomas: Rewinding this thing, back to yesterday when Imogen had it. I want to see what she was recording, it might help us figure out who the traitor was.
Jaya: Thomas…
Thomas: I have to know Jaya, to keep you safe I couldn't live with myself if you got hurt again. (pauses camera) okay, so this is when the flare went up…
Jaya: Imogen is recording, I know for a fact it was not me or you and Greg and Mrs Conrad were at the site first and I know it wouldn't be one of those two, it can't have been Eric either, he has no reason to murder people.
Thomas: So that leaves, Danny, Wilhelmina, Mrs Layton, Florence, Gordon, Aaron, Chantelle, Daz and Suzanne to blame.
Jaya: Hang on, what's that in the corner of the shot?
(Thomas pauses and has a look)
Thomas: As the flare comes up… someone wearing white sneakers.
(Looks ahead at the group and sees that Daz is the one wearing white sneakers)
Jaya: It wasn't him then.
Thomas: Ah yes I remember now, Suzanne was next to him! They were arguing!
Jaya: So it we can tick those two off.
Thomas: Chantelle and Mrs Layton were also chatting, plus Chantelle could not have moved to where Helpless TA and Chelsea were, popped that flare and come back. She's pregnant, she can't have run fast enough.
Jaya: And out of theory, it was not Gordon nor Florence, Gordon does not have the heart and Florence falsely confessed, just to deter Jack from snapping. Plus, we'd have realised if she was missing, because she is very loud.
Thomas: True, I remember seeing Florence when the flare went off.
Jaya: That leaves us with 3, it was Aaron, Wilhelmina or Danny all three were absent or alone, when the flare went off.
Thomas: It has to be one of them! It has to be!
Jaya: Thomas…
Thomas: I need to know Jaya! I need to fight for once! Going to the D Bunker it feels like the old days, back at White View, where I'm just fleeing to the old bunker again! Before I get there, I want to fight at least and do something useful.
Jaya: So I reckon we know who it is.
Thomas: That's right, it's Aaron.
Jaya: Aaron? Thomas think logically, it maybe Aaron but he has recorded us this whole journey, he is growing closer to Florence, he is simply surviving and growing and as much as you may hate him, because of what he did to you, let's not think rashly here. Thomas use your head, your logic!
Thomas: Yes… it may still be Aaron, but chances are, it's either Danny or Wilhelmina, their arguments have been over the top and have hindered us, or drove us mad, they could be staged to make themselves look so bad, that if anyone suspected a traitor they would not consider them.
Jaya: Wilhelmina is loud and slow, whereas…
Thomas (realising): Danny's fast and can be silent, he could have easily have set off that flare… plus, his got the personality for it. He only looks out for himself, remember how swiftly he stole that bunker pass from beneath Roger's nose? and how he drove even the cold hearted Charmaine to tears?
Jaya: That's it then. We have the evidence we need, to stockpile against him, now all we need to do is make him confess.
Thomas: That's right… now whose got the group's guns?
Jaya: Aaron has a pistol and Mrs Conrad has the group's shotgun.
(Thomas pauses and considers this, he hands Aaron the camera back and as the group approach the tunnel Greg turns to Imogen)
Greg: You know in the dark, I think the traitor might strike again.
Imogen: We don't know if there is a traitor, so let's not go down that road again.
Thomas (grimly): Oh no Imogen, me and Jaya have just been discussing it the traitor has to be dealt with now!
(He swipes Mrs Conrad's shotgun from her grip and aims the barrel of it at Danny's head)


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text: Reconfigurable Architectures AMANO, Hideharu firstname.lastname@example.com Reconfigurable System (Custom Computing Machine) A target algorithm is executed directly with a hardware on SRAM-style FPGA/PLDs. High performance of special purpose machines. High degree of flexibility of general purpose machines. A completely different execution mechanism from stored program computers. PLD(Programmable Logic Device) Integrated Circuit whose logic function can be defined by users. Standard IC,ASIC(Application Specific IC) SPLD(Simple PLD) / PLA(Programmable Logic Array) CPLD(Complex PLD) Small scale IC with AND-OR array Middle scale IC with AND-OR array FPGA(Field Progarmmable Gate Array) Large scale IC with LUT Caution! Terms are not well defined! Rapidly development of PLD Gate number Increasing Performance From 1991-2000 Amount of gate: X45 Speed: X12 Cost:1/100 10M 1M Anti-fuse FPGA SRAMFPGA 100K CPLD 10K FusePLA 1980 Hierarchical structure Embedded Core Low voltage EEPROMSPLD 1990 2000 SPLD(Simple PLD: AND-OR/Product-term) OR NOT AND Arbitrary logic is realized by changing the AND-OR connection AND/OR connection example ABCD A&B | C&D OR NOT AND A&B C&D LUT:Look Up Table Address Look Up Table … ROM/RAM … Data A simple ROM/RAM can used as a random logic. C ABC 000 001 010 011 100 101 110 111 Z 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Z 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 B A A combination of memory and multiplexers are commonly used. An example using LUT:Look Up Table 1 C ABC 000 001 010 011 100 101 110 111 Z 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Z 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 B A 1 AND-OR array vs. LUT AND-OR array(product-term) Efficient for logic with multiple outputs There is a type of logic which cannot be realized. Suitable for EEPROM and Flash-ROM LUT Any logic can be realized. Efficient for logic with a single output Suitable for Flash-ROM, Anti-fuse, and SRAM. Sequential circuits From AND/OR array D Q Q Feed back Input AND・OR array or LUT Output Module D Q Output D Q D Q D Q Feed Back Sequential circuit (state machine) can be built by attaching Flip-flops and feed back loops. CPLD (Complex PLD) Programmable Switch Matrix of SPLDs SPLD SPLD SPLD Programmable Switch SPLD SPLD SPLD SPLD Altera's MAX 2-dimensional Array FPGA(Field Programmable Gate Array) LUT Connection Block F.F Configurable Logic Block island style Switch Block LUT and interconnection is decided with configuration data IOB Device for flexibility(1) Anti-fuse type Program by destruction of isolation with high voltage High speed but One-time ACTEL、Quicklogic EEPROM・Flash-ROM Switches for connections are realized by floating gates. Re-programmable Lattice、Altera's MAX series Device for flexibility(2) SRAM Data on SRAM represents look up table and wire connection. ISP (In System Programming) is available. The configuration data is erased, when the power turns off. Suitable for a large scale FPGA. Recently, rapidly advanced. Xilinx XC、 Altera FLEX, Lucent ORCA The advanced series: Xilinx Virtex, Altera Stratix その他 Magnetic memory DRAM Architectures and devices SPLD Anti-fuse CPLD EEPROM FPGA Flash-ROM SRAM High speed middle size One-time ACTEL,Quicklogic High speed small/middle size Re-programmable Delay is predictable Lattice,Altera,Xlinx Large scale Rapidly development Xilinx、Altera Recent PLDs High-end: a large scale chip with hierarchical structure: System on Programmable Device Providing DLL,CPU、DSP, ROM, RAM, Multiplier, High speed link, and other hard IPs. Xilix's Virtex-4/EX,FX, Altera's Stratix-3 Specialized for mass-production Xilinx's Virtex II、Virtex-4/LX, Altera's Stratix-3 Low cost:Xilinx's Spartan, Altera's Cyclone Low voltage, Multiple voltages, and Low power consumption Process and parameters(Xilinx co.) Process Products Name LUT Power 350nm XC4000 XC4085KLA 7448 3.3V 250nm XC4000 XC40250KV 20102 2.5V 220nm Virtex XCV1000 27648 2.5V 180nm Virtex-E XCV2000E 43200 1.8V 150nm Virtex-II XC2V800O 104882 1.5V 130nm Virtex-II Pro XC2VP125 125136 1.5V 90nm Virtex-4 XC4VLX200 200488 1.2V 65nm Virtex-5 XC5VLX330 51840slice 1.0V 40nm Virtex-6 XC6VLX760 118560slice 1.0V 28nm Virtex-7 XC7VX1140T 1139200slice 0.9V Xilinx Virtex II LUT LUT Carry Carry D D Q Slice X 2 → CLB (Configurable Logic Block) Q Global Clock MUX DCM IOB Slice 100000 CLBs 3Mbit Configurable Logic RAM Multiplier Programmable IOs Altera Stratix II DSP Blocks PLL Mega RAM Blocks M4K RAM Blocks M512 RAM Blocks LAB:Logic Array Block consisting of 10 LE ( 4-input LUT and F.F.) Hierarchical Interconnect SoPD (System on Programmable Device) DCM Rocket I/O, Multi-Gigabit Transceiver Xilinx Virtex-II Pro Power-PC Multiplier Block RAM CLBs Various kinds of cores are embedded on an FPGA FPGA vs. ASIC[Kuon:FPGA2006] Pure FPGA without hard macros Area:40X Speed:1/3.2X Power: 12X FPGA with hard macros Area: 21X Speed: 1/2.1X Power: 9X Technologies vs. Product High-end Virtex-4LX/FX/SX 200000LC Stratix-II/GX 179400LE 45nm 40nm 65nm 60nm 90nm Virtex-5LX/LXT/SXT/ FXT/TXT 330000LC Virtex-6LXT/SXT/ Virtex-7 T/XT/HT HXT/CXT 2000000LC 760000LC Stratix-IV /E/GX/GT 531200LE Stratix-III/L/E 338000LE X1.5-X2.5/generation Middle range Arria-II Arria Low-cost Spartan-3A N/DSP 53000LC Cyclone II 68416LE Cyclone III/LS 119088LE 28nm Spartan-6LX/LXT 150000LC Cyclone IV/E/GX 149760LE High-end/Low-cost: X3-X5 Stratix-V /E/GX/GS/GT 359200ALM Kintex-7 480000LC Arria-IV 174000LE Artix-7 360000LC Cyclone V /E/GX/GS/GT 301000LE Slice structure of Virtex-6 FF 6bit LUT Carry MUX 6inX1 5inX2 MUX FF FF 6bit LUT 6inX1 Carry MUX MUX 5inX2 FF FF 6bit LUT 6inX1 5inX2 Carry MUX MUX FF FF 6bit LUT 6inX1 5inX2 Carry MUX MUX Virtex-6 manual FF Virtex-6 CLBs COUT COUT CLB Slice X1Y0 COUT COUT CLB Slice X1Y1 Slice X2Y1 Slice X3Y1 CIN CIN CIN CIN COUT COUT COUT COUT CLB Slice X0Y0 CLB Slice X1Y0 Slice X2Y0 Slice X3Y0 Virtex-6 manual Stratix-IV ALM Structure carry reg_carry shared_arith 4bit data 4bit data LUT 6in LUT 6in adder2 MUX adder1 MUX MUX FF MUX 4-in LUT X 2 5-in LUT + 3-in LUT 5-in LUT + 4-in LUT 1-input shared 5-in LUT + 5-in LUT 2-input shared 6-in LUT 6-in LUT + 6-in LUT 4-input shared FF Stratix-IV LAB structure ALMs Local LAB Interconnect MLAB Local Interconnect Low-power FPGAs Actel: ProASIC 3/E→ IGLOO Silicon Blue ICE65 series Flush ROM IGLOO: with ARM core Flash freeze: Low power stand-by mode(2μW) Embedded Flash memory (NVCM) 5mA(1792cells,32MHz) 9mA(3520cells,32MHz) Altera Arria、Arria-II Low Power Mid-range 8-input LUT Spartan-3 Power Consumption [tuan2006] Clock Logic Logic Routing Routing Config SRAM Dynamic Power about 200mW (3S1000) Static Power about 60mW(3S1000) Power Gating for Spartan-3 Config SRAMs Interconnect Switch Matrix Virtual ground Power Gate Tile FPGA Core Config SRAMs CLB Config SRAMs Partial Reconfiguration A part of configuration on FPGA can be replaced during operation. Efficient use of FPGA area Virtex-IIPro → Column by column Virtex-4 → Rectangle shape Virtex-6→ Dynamic Reconfiguration Port(DRP) is provided. Partial reconfiguration is controlled by the logic in FPGA Operating Systems for FPGA have been developed. Partial Reconfiguration Clock Region Boundary PRM Reconf Frame PRM(Partial Reconfigurable Module) is placed on a fixed frame. The problem is the interconnection between partial reconfiguration module and static part. 2.5D FPGA (http://www.xilix.com) QuickLogic Lattice GAL Altera FLEX10K Xilinx Vertex Qucklogic Design of PLDs Mostly designed with common HDL(Verilog-HDL, VHDL) C level entry is used recently: Impulse-C, Vibado(Xilinx), Open-CL(Altera) Synthesis, optimization, place and route is automatically done by vendors' tools. Integration and combination of tools from various venders are used recently. For large circuit, a long time is required especially for place and route. Using IPs, clock/DLL adjustment is manually done. Optimization techniques are different from vendors/products. Reconfigurable System (Custom Computing Machine) A target algorithm is executed directly with a hardware on SRAM-style FPGA/PLDs. High performance of special purpose machines. High degree of flexibility of general purpose machines. A completely different execution mechanism from a stored program computers. ASIC Perform ance Refonfigurable Systems FPGAs Design A Design B High Performance and Flexibility Design D Design C CPU CPU Software for i=0; i<K; i++ X[i]=X[i+j] ..... Flexibility How enhance the performance? Performance enhancement by hardware execution itself The overhead of software execution (Instruction fetch, data load to registers, and etc.) The overhead of using fixed size data. The overhead of using only two way branches. However, these benefits are not so large, for embedded CPU and DSP are highly optimized. The key of performance improvement is parallel processing Parallel processing in reconfigurable systems Various techniques can be used SIMD execution Pipelined structure Systolic algorithm Data driven control Parallel execution other than calculation Parallel data access using internal memory units Parallel data transfer including I/O accesses SIMD (Single Instruction-stream/ Multiple Data-stream)-like calculation The same instruction is applied to different data stream In Reconfigurable Systems, the operation is not required to be same (SIMD-like calculation) Stream Data in Processing part Internal Memory module Stream Data out Pipelined structure The stream is divided and inserted periodically. StreamData Data 1 Stream Stream 53 Stream Stream Data Data Data 42 Processing part Internal Memory module Stream Stream Data Data12 Systolic Algorithm Data x Computational array Data y Data stream x,y are inserted with a certain interval. When two stream meet each other, a calculation is executed. → Systolic: The beat of heart Band matrix multiply y=Ax y0 a11 a12 0 0 x0 y1 a21 a22 a23 0 x1 0 a32 a33 a34 x2 0 0 x3 y2 = y3 a43 a44 a yo x X+ yi yo= a x + y i Band matrix multiply y=Ax a11 a12 0 0 a21 a22 a23 0 a23 a32 a2 2 a12 a1 1 X+ x1 a21 0 a32 a33 a34 0 0 a43 a44 Band matrix multiply y=Ax a11 a12 0 0 a21 a22 a23 0 a23 a3 3 a2 2 a12 y1=a11x1 a32 a21 X+ x2 X+ x1 0 a32 a33 a34 0 0 a43 a44 Band matrix multiply y=Ax a11 a12 0 0 a21 a22 a23 0 a34 a23 y1=a11 x1+ a12 x2 x3 a43 a3 3 0 a32 a33 a34 0 0 a32 a2 2 y2=a21 x1 X+ x2 x1 a43 a44 Band matrix multiply y=Ax a11 a12 0 a34 a4 4 a21 a22 a23 0 a43 a3 3 a23y2=a21 x1+ a22 x2 a32 X+ x3 0 X+ x2 0 a32 a33 a34 0 0 a43 a44 Band matrix multiply y=Ax a11 a12 0 0 a21 a22 a23 0 a4 4 a34 y2=a21 x1+ a22 x2+ a23 x3 0 a32 a33 a34 0 0 a43 a3 y3= a32 3 x2 X+ x3 x2 a43 a44 Data flow algorithm d a b c + e x The process is activated with the available of tokens (data) + x (a+b)x(c+(dxe)) The overhead of synchronization is large. Data flow analysis and hardware generation Data Flow Graph Data Flow Language Configuration Data HDL Description Graph Decomposition Suitable for automatic generation of hardware Applications No flexible program change No IEEE standard floating point Not memory bounded Image processing, analysis, pattern matching, Logic simulation, Fault simulation. Neural network simulation. Encryption /Decryption Queuing Model、Markov Analysis Electric Power Flow Censer processing Efficient use of on the fly processing. Communication control、Protocol control Software radio Large Scale Reconfigurable Platforms Stand-alone: SPLASH, RASH,BEE2 RU μP … RU RU … RU RU … RU Interconnection/Shared memory Hetero nodes using homo cores: μP …μP … μP …μP SRC6, SGI RASC RU … RU … RU … RU Interconnection/Shared memory Homo node using hetero cores: Cray XD-1, XT4(XR-1) μP … RU μP … RU μP … RU Interconnection/Shared memory μP … RU Splash-2 (Arnold et.al 92) String matching, Image processing, DNA matching, 330 times faster than the supercomputer Cray-II. Systolic algorithm VHDL, Parallel C Annapolis Micro Systems(WILDFIRE) CRAY-XD1: • • • • • AMD Opteron 1board is consisting of 2CPUs+FPGA(Virtex II Pro) 1 rack provides 6 boards A high speed network called Rapid Array is used Interconnection between FPGAs can be done with Rocket I/O SGI RASC •Accelerator for SGI's NUMA Altix •Virtex II XC2V6000 and another Virtex for control •Directly connected into the controller with NUMAlink4 Recent trend of reconfigurable platforms Enough size of logic can be mounted on a single chip. A combination with embedded ARM core. Zynq(Xilinx), Arria(Altera) Large platforms have been developed. VL605 board (Virtex-6) or other boards can be a good platform of reconfigurable computing. BEE3 Berkeley etc. Maxeler Technology's success on business. Targets: Oil、Gas、Financial Analytics Selling Solution using FPGAs Dynamically Reconfigurable Processors Coarse Grained Reconfigurable Array (CGRA) Parallel processing using a lot of PEs Dedicated for stream processing High speed dynamic reconfiguration Distributed memory Multicontext Multicast/Broadcast of configuration data inside the chip On-line Configuration C-base design Short history of Dynamically Reconfigurable Processors 1990 1995 2000 The 1st Generation FPGA with Dynamic Reconfiguration MPLD(Fujitsu) WASMII(Keio) Processor with Reconfigurable Instructions 2005 The 2nd Generation Time Multiplexed FPGA(Xilinx) DFabric(Elixcent) DAPDNA/2(IPFlex) DAPDNA/IMX (IPFlex) Xpp(PACT) DRL(NEC) CS2112(Chameleon) FE-GA(Hitachi) DRP(NEC elec.) X-bridge (NEC ele.) PipeRench(CMU) Kilocore(Rapport) S-5(Stretch) S-6(Stretch) GARP(UCB) CHIMAERA(NorthWestern Univ.) DISC(Brigham Young Univ.) A lot of commercial systems Coarse Grain Structure of PE Kress Array II Chameleon CS2112 Routing MUX Instruction Register & Mask Routing MUX OP Barrel Shifter Register & Mask Register Register An example of PE array SE SE PE PE FUNC SE SE PE FUNC SE SE SE PE SE PE SE MEM PE PE PE SE SE SE SE MEM SE SE SE SE PE PE PE PE FUNC SE SE SE SE PE PE PE FUNC SE SE PE SE MEM SE MEM MuCCRA-1 (ASSCC2007) Most of Japanese semiconductor Companies has their own projects! (2009 ASP-DAC Panel) Product Vendor Context Data PE D-Fabric Panasonic Deliver 4 Homo Xpp PACT Deliver 24 Homo S5/S6 engine Stretch Deliver 4/8 Hetero CS2112 Chameleon Multi-C(8) 16/32 Homo DAPDNA-2 IPFlex Multi-C(4) 32 Hetero DRP-1 NEC electronics Multi-C(16) 8 Homo STP-engine NEC electronics Multi-C(32) 8 Homo Kilocore Rapport Multi-C 8 Homo ADRES IMEC Multi-C(32) 16 Homo FE-GA Hitachi Multi-C 16 Hetero For Car-tuners SANYO Multi-C(4) 24 Homo FlexSword(SAKE) Toshiba Multi-C(4/16) 16 Homo Cluster Fujitsu Multi-C 16 Hetero Now most of them disappeared Shonan Meeting [2012] Product Vendor Context Data PE D-Fabric Panasonic Deliver 4 Homo Xpp PACT Deliver 24 Homo S5/S6 engine Stretch Deliver 4/8 Hetero CS2112 Chameleon Multi-C(8) 16/32 Homo DAPDNA-2 IPFlex→Tokyo Keki Multi-C(4) 32 Hetero DRP-1 NEC electronics Multi-C(16) 8 Homo STP-engine(DRP-2) Renesas electronics Multi-C(32) 8 Homo Kilocore Rapport Multi-C 8 Homo ADRES/SRP IMEC→Used in Somsung's smart phone Multi-C(32) 16 Homo FE-GA Hitachi Multi-C 16 Hetero For Car-tuners SANYO Multi-C(4) 24 Homo FlexSword(SAKE) Toshiba Multi-C(4/16) 16 Homo Cluster Fujitsu Multi-C 16 Hetero SRP (Samsung Reconfigurable Processor) Samsung announced to use widely in their smart phones(ICFPT2012 Seoul) Based on IMEC's ADRES High performance architecture with 400MHz1GHz clock Available as VLIW processors Configurable PEs for application Sophisticated Design Tools Base of Samsung Reconfigurable Processor (IMEC ADRES) Instruction Fetch Instruction Dispatch Instruction Decode Data Cache VLIW view RF FU FU FU FU FU FU FU FU FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF FU RF Reconfigurable Array View STP engine: Lunesas electronics General Port 8bX4 UART UART CSI GPIO JTAG CPU MIPS I-C D-C INTC DMA STP Engine SPL SPL SPL 64bit on chip bus (266MHz) SPL SPL SPL DMA Work PCIexp PCIexp RAM HB/EP HB/EP Periph (1kB) (1-lane) (1-lane) I/F From Invited talk in Design Gaia.2008 SPL Nconnect 64bit Memory Switch (266MHz) DMA Dynamically Reconfigurable Core 512PE(8bit) 32-context Providing the virtual SPL hardware mechanism SPL DMA controller hides the communication overhead DMA 10/100 Ether MAC PCI Host/ Target DDR2 SDRAM CTR DRP (Dynamically Reconfigurable Processor) A core of STP engine Tile DRP Tile and PE structure HMEM HMEM HMEM HMEM VMEM PE PE PE PE PE PE PE PE VMEM VMEM PE PE PE PE PE PE PE PE VMEM VMEM PE PE PE PE PE PE PE PE VMEM VMEM PE PE PE PE PE PE PE PE HMEM(1-port memory) VMEM(2-port VMEM VMEM ctrl VMEM ctrl State Transition Controller VMEM PE VMEM 8bit × 8092entry 256entry VMEM ctrl VMEM ctrl PE PE PE PE PE PE PE VMEM PE PE PE PE PE PE PE PE VMEM VMEM PE PE PE PE PE PE PE PE VMEM VMEM PE PE PE PE PE PE PE PE VMEM HMEM HMEM HMEM HMEM Context control for DRP 1. Context switching 0 Data input 2. Parallel processing in a context 3. Serial execution in a context 1 2 3 4 5 Data output Description in BDL DRP compiler controls 3-dimensional assignment Main Advantage: Low power consumption Why low power ? 1. No redundant hardware There are no instruction fetch mechanisms, cache, TLB, and etc. → Of course, it cannot be a general purpose engine, but enough for an accelerator. A bare datapath works only for computation. 2. Parallel Execution with a number of PEs Much lower clock frequency can be used to achieve the same performance as other architectures. The main problem is leakage power, but can be suppressed by power gating techniques. 10X energy efficient compared with DSPs. 5-50X with FPGAs. Sometimes similar to that for hardwired logic. Dynamically Reconfigurable Processors Coarse grain architecture, somehow like on-chip multiprocessors, while somehow like FPGA. Rapidly development from 2001 They don't find killer application (Chameleon's fail) High level language development environment has not been well established. A lot of competitors High performance embedded processors Chip multiprocessors Application Specific Configurable Processors DSP Standard FPGA/CPLD System On Chip Open Problems What's difference between a Program and Configuration Data Reconfigurable Processor Array=a VLIW machine with an extremely large instructions (Configuration data) How frequent should Configuration change? Every-clock-context switching is not advantageous from the viewpoint of consuming power. However, if configuration is rarely switched, dynamic reconfiguration function is useless. How is grain size of Processing Element decided? 8-32bit calculators are correct solution? Is it a only escape way from Xilinx's patent ? How is the balance between calculators and controllers? Since DRP focuses on calculators, it is difficult to implement complicated control. Does the node balance of ACM correct? Summary Another computing system than stored program computers. Not a perfect replace of stored program type computers. Advance of the semiconductor techniques directly enhance the performance. A lot of problems and subjects to research. Historical flow of computer systems ENIAC EDVAC、EDSAC IBM machines Reconfigurable Machine RISC, Intel's microprocessors Exercise There is a systolic array which multiplies 8 x 8 tri-diagonal matrix A with a size 8 vector x. Compute the number of clock cycles for the multiply. Here, the time when the first element of x reaches to the left-most array is assumed to be time 0.


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North American plastics recyclers shipping material to China are facing more stringent inspections from CCIC North America Inc. (CCICNA), the entity that inspects shipments headed to that country on behalf of China Certification and Inspection Group Co. (CCIC). As a result, shipments are lingering at U.S. ports, according to sources.
"Plastics inspections have increased," a reprocessor and broker based in the Chicago area says, adding that CCICNA has increased the number of inspectors in the field as well as the number of containers inspected prior to shipment. Plastics have been targeted, he says, because a number of shipments were found to be mischaracterized upon delivery.
A reprocessor based in the Gulf Coast region adds that CCICNA inspectors now have to be in the warehouse at the time of loading in order to issue a certificate for the shipment.
In addition to ramping up plastics inspections, the Chinese government has pulled the reins on lending. "There is concern over whether that will hamper growth," the broker says.
While in the past Chinese buyers typically purchased lower-value plastic scrap, such as floor sweepings and mixed printed trim, they have been buying more engineering grades as of late, such as PC/ABS (polycarbonate/acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) and nylon, according to a number of sources. "They want consistent grades and are willing to pay for them," the Chicago-area broker says. "Demand for engineering grade material is very high in China. They are getting more sophisticated in the products they are looking to manufacture and want more engineering grades as a result."
As of late January, Chinese buyers were still purchasing material, but many recyclers were waiting for the dip in demand that is typically associated with the Chinese New Year, Feb. 14, which marks the beginning of the Year of the Tiger. This factor currently lends a sense of instability to secondary plastics markets.
"We've had a steady flow of containers available to us through our exporter despite Chinese New Year approaching," says a reprocessor based in the Southeast.
"For us, export buying has been steady and prices are going up a bit to help offset higher freight costs on containers," the Gulf Coast-based reprocessor says.
While export orders are still coming in, finding room for containers on outbound ships remains problematic, according to sources.
"Ships are pretty well booked," says the Chicago-area broker. He adds that his company has had to negotiate with shipping lines to get containers and bookings. "We had a tough time in early January," he says, "but things have opened up in the last week or so."
Domestically, costs for over-the-road shipments are increasing, largely because of increasing fuel costs. "The price of trucking has steadily gone up in the last couple of months," the Chicago-area broker says.
In terms of domestic demand, he says it's too early to tell what 2010 will bring, though he says he expects increasing demand for commodity grade materials, particularly PET (polyethylene terephthalate), as a number of facilities ramp up production, including the Wellman Engineering Resins South Carolina plant that came back on line in late 2009 after shutting down in 2006.
"I think a lot of it is wait and see," the broker adds.
The reprocessor based in the Southeast has a more upbeat tone, noting that new molders have set up operations in the region. "Now that markets have stabilized with price and movement, recycling's importance has increased within business. Also, with the cutbacks companies made last year, more are reusing their own scrap, which we toll process for them."
(Additional news on secondary plastics markets is available at www.RecyclingToday.com.)


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