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Grill at the golf course has the usual breakfast items, delivered with a smile. English muffins are grilled (yes) rather than toasted.
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text: Architectural Exploration: Area-Power tradeoff in 802.11a transmitter design Arvind Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab Massachusetts Institute of Technology February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-1 This lecture has two purposes Illustrate how area-power tradeoff can be studied at a high-level for a realistic design Example: 802.11a transmitter Illustrate some features of BSV Static elaboration Combinational circuits Simple synchronous pipelines Valid bits as the Maybe type in BSV No prior understanding of 802.11a is necessary to follow this lecture February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-2 Bluespec: Two-Level Compilation Bluespec (Objects, Types, Higher-order functions) Lennart Augustsson @Sandburst 2000-2002 • Type checking • Massive partial evaluation and static elaboration Level 1 compilation Now we call this Guarded Atomic Actions Rules and Actions (Term Rewriting System) • Rule conflict analysis • Rule scheduling Level 2 synthesis Object code (Verilog/C) February 16, 2007 James Hoe & Arvind @MIT 1997-2000 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-3 Static Elaboration At compile time Inline function calls and datatypes Instantiate modules with specific parameters Resolve polymorphism/overloading Software Toolflow: source elaborate w/params Hardware source Toolflow: compile run w/ params run1 February 16, 2007 .exe run2 run w/ params run1 run3 run1 … design1 design2 design3 run1.1 run1 run1 … http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ run2.1 run1 run1 … run3.1 run1 run1 … L05-4 802.11a Transmitter Overview headers 24 Uncoded bits Controller data Scrambler Interleaver Mapper Cyclic Extend IFFT IFFT Transforms 64 (frequency domain) complex numbers into 64 (time domain) complex numbers February 16, 2007 Encoder Must produce one OFDM symbol every 4 msec Depending upon the transmission rate, consumes 1, 2 or 4 tokens to produce one OFDM symbol One OFDM symbol (64 Complex Numbers) http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ accounts for 85% area L05-5 Preliminary results [MEMOCODE 2006] Dave, Gerding, Pellauer, Arvind Design Block Controller Scrambler Conv. Encoder Interleaver Mapper IFFT Cyc. Extender Lines of Code (BSV) 49 40 113 76 112 95 23 Relative Area 0% 0% 0% 1% 11% 85% 3% Complex arithmetic libraries constitute another 200 lines of code February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-6 Combinational IFFT in0 out0 in1 Bfly4 Bfly4 in3 x16 in4 Bfly4 … Bfly4 Bfly4 … t0 t1 t2 t February 16,32007 + - - * + + * - *j - out3 out4 … out63 + * … out2 Bfly4 in63 * Bfly4 out1 Permute_3 Bfly4 Permute_2 Permute_1 in2 Bfly4 All numbers are complex and represented as two sixteen bit quantities. Fixed-point arithmetic is used to reduce area, power, ... http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-7 4-way Butterfly Node t0 t1 t2 t3 k0 k1 k2 k3 * + + * - - * + + * - *i - function Vector#(4,Complex) Bfly4 (Vector#(4,Complex) t, Vector#(4,Complex) k); BSV has a very strong notion of types February 16, 2007 Every expression has a type. Either it is declared by the user or automatically deduced by the compiler The compiler verifies that the type declarations are compatible http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-8 BSV code: 4-way Butterfly function Vector#(4,Complex) Bfly4 (Vector#(4,Complex) t, Vector#(4,Complex) k); Vector#(4,Complex) m = newVector(), y = newVector(), z = newVector(); m[0] = k[0] * t[0]; m[1] = k[1] * t[1]; m[2] = k[2] * t[2]; m[3] = k[3] * t[3]; y[0] = m[0] + m[2]; y[1] = m[0] – m[2]; y[2] = m[1] + m[3]; y[3] = i*(m[1] – m[3]); z[0] = y[0] + y[2]; z[1] = y[1] + y[3]; z[2] = y[0] – y[2]; z[3] = y[1] – y[3]; return(z); endfunction Note: Vector does not mean storage February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ * + + * - - * + + * m *i - y z Polymorphic code: works on any type of numbers for which *, + and have been defined L05-9 Combinational IFFT in0 in1 … x16 Bfly4 Bfly4 … Bfly4 Bfly4 … Bfly4 in63 out1 Permute_3 in4 Bfly4 Bfly4 Permute_2 in3 Bfly4 Bfly4 Permute_1 in2 out0 out2 out3 out4 … out63 stage_f function repeat it three times February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-10 BSV Code: Combinational IFFT function SVector#(64, Complex) ifft (SVector#(64, Complex) in_data); //Declare vectors SVector#(4,SVector#(64, Complex)) stage_data = replicate(newSVector); stage_data[0] = in_data; for (Integer stage = 0; stage < 3; stage = stage + 1) stage_data[stage+1] = stage_f(stage,stage_data[stage]); return(stage_data[3]); The for loop is unfolded and stage_f is inlined during static elaboration Note: no notion of loops or procedures during execution February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-11 BSV Code: Combinational IFFT- Unfolded function SVector#(64, Complex) ifft (SVector#(64, Complex) in_data); //Declare vectors SVector#(4,SVector#(64, Complex)) stage_data = replicate(newSVector); stage_data[0] = in_data; for (Integer stage = 0; stage < 3; stage = stage + 1) stage_data[1] = stage_f(0,stage_data[0]); stage_data[stage+1] = stage_f(stage,stage_data[stage]); stage_data[2] = stage_f(1,stage_data[1]); stage_data[3] = stage_f(2,stage_data[2]); return(stage_data[3]); Stage_f can be inlined now; it could have been inlined before loop unfolding also. 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February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-12 Bluespec Code for stage_f function SVector#(64, Complex) stage_f (Bit#(2) stage, SVector#(64, Complex) stage_in); begin for (Integer i = 0; i < 16; i = i + 1) begin Integer idx = i * 4; let twid = getTwiddle(stage, fromInteger(i)); let y = bfly4(twid, stage_in[idx:idx+3]); stage_temp[idx] = y[0]; stage_temp[idx+1] = y[1]; stage_temp[idx+2] = y[2]; stage_temp[idx+3] = y[3]; end //Permutation for (Integer i = 0; i < 64; i = i + 1) stage_out[i] = stage_temp[permute[i]]; end return(stage_out); February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-13 Architectural Exploration February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-14 Design Alternatives Reuse a block over multiple cycles f f g f g we expect: Throughput to decrease – less parallelism Area to decrease – reusing a block Energy/unit work ? more on power issues later February 16, 2007 The clock needs to run faster for the same throughput hyper-linear increase in energy http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-15 Combinational IFFT Opportunity for reuse in0 in1 … x16 Bfly4 Bfly4 … Bfly4 Bfly4 … Bfly4 in63 out1 Permute_3 in4 Bfly4 Bfly4 Permute_2 in3 Bfly4 Bfly4 Permute_1 in2 out0 out2 out3 out4 … out63 Reuse the same circuit three times February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-16 Circular pipeline: Reusing the Pipeline Stage in0 Bfly4 … in3 Bfly4 in4 in63 February 16, 2007 out3 out4 out63 Stage Counter Permute_3 16 Bfly4s can be shared but not the three permutations. Hence the need for muxes out2 … Permute_2 … out1 64, 4-way Muxes in2 Permute_1 in1 out0 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-17 Superfolded circular pipeline: Just one Bfly-4 node! in0 in4 Permute_3 February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ out2 out3 out4 … Permute_2 in63 Index Counter 0 to 15 4, 16-way DeMuxes … out1 64, 4-way Muxes in3 Bfly4 Permute_1 in2 4, 16-way Muxes in1 out0 out63 Stage Counter 0 to 2 L05-18 Algorithmic Improvements in0 in1 … x16 Bfly4 Bfly4 … Bfly4 Bfly4 … Bfly4 in63 out1 Permute_3 in4 Bfly4 Bfly4 Permute_2 in3 Bfly4 Bfly-4 Permute_1 in2 out0 out2 out3 out4 … out63 1. All the three permutations can be made identical more saving in area in the folded case 2. One multiplication can be removed from Bfly-4 February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-19 Area improvements because of change in Algorithm Design Combinational Simple Pipe Folded Pipe February 16, 2007 Old Area (mm2) 4.69 5.14 5.89 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ New Area (mm2) 4.91 5.25 3.97 L05-20 Which design consumes the least energy to transmit a symbol? Can we quickly code up all the alternatives? single source with parameters? Not practical in traditional hardware description languages like Verilog/VHDL 5-minute break to stretch you legs February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-21 Pipelining a block f1 C f2 f3 inQ P Combinational outQ f1 f2 Pipeline f3 inQ outQ f FP inQ Clock? C < P FP Clock: February 16, 2007 outQ Area? FP < C < P Area: http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ Folded Pipeline Throughput? FP < C < P Throughput: L05-22 Synchronous pipeline f1 f2 f3 x inQ sReg1 sReg2 rule sync-pipeline (True); inQ.deq(); sReg1 <= f1(inQ.first()); sReg2 <= f2(sReg1); outQ.enq(f3(sReg2)); endrule This is real IFFT code; just replace f1, f2 and f3 with stage_f code February 16, 2007 outQ This rule can fire only if - inQ has an element - outQ has space Atomicity: Either all or none of the state elements inQ, outQ, sReg1 and sReg2 will be updated http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-23 Stage functions f1, f2 and f3 function f1(x); return (stage_f(1,x)); endfunction function f2(x); return (stage_f(2,x)); endfunction The stage_f fucntion is given on slide 12 function f3(x); return (stage_f(3,x)); endfunction February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-24 Problem: What about pipeline bubbles? f1 f2 f3 x inQ sReg1 sReg2 rule sync-pipeline (True); inQ.deq(); sReg1 <= f1(inQ.first()); sReg2 <= f2(sReg1); outQ.enq(f3(sReg2)); endrule outQ Red and Green tokens must move even if there is nothing in the inQ! Also if there is no token in sReg2 then nothing should be enqueued in the outQ Modify the rule to deal with these conditions February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ Valid bits or the Maybe type L05-25 The Maybe type data in the pipeline typedef union tagged { void Invalid; data_T Valid; } Maybe#(type data_T); data valid/invalid Registers contain Maybe type values rule sync-pipeline (True); if (inQ.notEmpty()) begin sReg1 <= Valid f1(inQ.first()); inq.deq(); end else sReg1 <= Invalid; case (sReg1) matches tagged Valid .sx1: sReg2 <= Valid f2(sx1); tagged Invalid: sReg2 <= Invalid; case (sReg2) matches tagged Valid .sx2: outQ.enq(f3(sx2)); endrule February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-26 Folded pipeline The same code will work for superfolded pipelines by changing n and stage function f f x inQ stage sReg outQ rule folded-pipeline (True); if (stage==1) begin sxIn= inQ.first(); inQ.deq(); end else sxIn= sReg; notice stage sxOut = f(stage,sxIn); is a dynamic if (stage==n) outQ.enq(sxOut); parameter else sReg <= sxOut; now! stage <= (stage==n)? 1 : stage+1; endrule February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-27 802.11a Transmitter Synthesis results (Only the IFFT block is changing) The same source code IFFT Design Area (mm2) Throughput Latency (CLKs/sym) Min. Freq Required Pipelined 5.25 04 1.0 MHz Combinational 4.91 04 1.0 MHz Folded (16 Bfly-4s) 3.97 04 1.0 MHz Super-Folded (8 Bfly-4s) 3.69 06 1.5 MHz SF(4 Bfly-4s) 2.45 12 3.0 MHz SF(2 Bfly-4s) 1.84 24 6.0 MHz SF (1 Bfly4) 1.52 48 12 MHZ All these designs were done in less than 24 hours! TSMC .18 micron; numbers reported are before place and route. February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-28 Why are the areas so similar Folding should have given a 3x improvement in IFFT area BUT a constant twiddle allows lowlevel optimization on a Bfly-4 block February 16, 2007 a 2.5x area reduction! http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-29 Summary It is essential to do architectural exploration for better (area, power, performance, ...) designs. It is possible to do so with new design tools and methodologies, i.e., Bluespec Better and faster tools for estimating area, timing and power would dramatically increase our capability to do architectural exploration. February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-30 Bluespec Learnings How to write highly parameterized combinational codes How to write rules for simple synchronous pipelines Effect of dynamic vs static values on generated circuits Using Maybe types to express valid/invalid data Thanks February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-31 Backup slides February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-32 Function f for the folded pipeline is the same stage_f function but ... function SVector#(64, Complex) stage_f (Bit#(2) stage, SVector#(64, Complex) stage_in); begin for (Integer i = 0; i < 16; i = i + 1) begin Integer idx = i * 4; let twid = getTwiddle(stage, fromInteger(i)); let y = bfly4(twid, stage_in[idx:idx+3]); stage_temp[idx] = y[0]; stage_temp[idx+1] = y[1]; stage_temp[idx+2] = y[2]; stage_temp[idx+3] = y[3]; end will cause a //Permutation mux to be for (Integer i = 0; i < 64; i = i + 1) generated stage_out[i] = stage_temp[permute[i]]; end return(stage_out); February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-33 Folded pipeline: stage function f getTwiddle getTwiddle2 twid getTwiddle3 The rest of stage_f, i.e. Bfly-4s and permutations (shared) stage sx February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-34 Function f for the Superfolded pipeline (One Bfly-4 case) f will be invoked for 48 dynamic values of stage February 16, 2007 each invocation will modify 4 numbers in sReg after 16 invocations a permutation would be done on the whole sReg http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-35 Code for the Superfolded pipeline stage function function SVector#(64, Complex) f (Bit#(6) stage, SVector#(64, Complex) stage_in); begin let idx = stage `mod` 16; let twid = getTwiddle(stage `div` 16, idx); let y = bfly4(twid, stage_in[idx:idx+3]); stage_temp = stage_in; stage_temp[idx] = y[0]; stage_temp[idx+1] = y[1]; stage_temp[idx+2] = y[2]; stage_temp[idx+3] = y[3]; One Bfly-4 case for (Integer i = 0; i < 64; i = i + 1) stage_out[i] = stage_temp[permute[i]]; end return((idx == 15) ? stage_out: stage_temp); February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-36 Experimental Results Nirav Dave, Mike Pellauer, Steve Gerding, Arvind MEMOCODE 2006 February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-37 Expressing these designs in Bluespec was easy All these designs were done in less than one day! Combinational Pipelined Folded (16 Bfly-4s) Designers were experts in Bluespec Super-Folded (8 Bfly-4s) Area and power estimates? Super-Folded (2 Bfly-4s) Super-Folded (4 Bfly-4s) Super-Folded (1 Bfly-4) The same source code February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-38 Bluespec Tool flow Bluespec SystemVerilog source Blueview Bluespec Compiler Verilog 95 RTL C Bluesim Cycle Accurate Verilog sim VCD output Legend files Bluespec tools 3rd party tools February 16, 2007 Sequence Design PowerTheater Debussy Visualization RTL synthesis gates Power estimatio n tool http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ FPGA L05-39 802.11a Transmitter Synthesis results (Only the IFFT block is changing) IFFT Design Area (mm2) Symbol Latency (CLKs) Throughput Latency (CLKs/sym) Min. Freq Required Average Power (mW) Pipelined 5.25 12 04 1.0 MHz 4.92 Combinational 4.91 10 04 1.0 MHz 3.99 Folded (16 Bfly-4s) 3.97 12 04 1.0 MHz 7.27 Super-Folded (8 Bfly-4s) 3.69 15 06 1.5 MHz 10.9 SF(4 Bfly-4s) 2.45 21 12 3.0 MHz 14.4 SF(2 Bfly-4s) 1.84 33 24 6.0 MHz 21.1 SF (1 Bfly4) 1.52 57 48 12 MHZ 34.6 TSMC .18 micron; numbers reported are before place and route. (DesignCompiler), Power numbers are from Sequence PowerTheater http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-40 February 16, 2007 Power can be reduced further Right now all blocks in the transmitter run on the same clock if we run IFFT faster then all other blocks also run faster Bluespec has facilities for Multiple Clock Domains and the design can be easily modified to run the earlier blocks at a lower clock rate February 16, 2007 http://csg.csail.mit.edu/6.375/ L05-41


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Most terminally ill patients prefer to die at home
Posted on July 30, 2008, 8 p.m. in Healthcare and Information
The majority of people suffering from a terminal illness would prefer to die at home, rather than in hospital or a hospice, research has found.
A survey conducted by YouGov on behalf of Marie Curie Cancer Care revealed that only four per cent of Britons would prefer to die in hospital, compared to 64 per cent who would rather die at home and 23 per cent who would choose a hospice.
The study showed that only 58 per cent of people questioned were aware that cancer patients could choose to end their days at home among friends and family.
Eva Morrison, public affairs manager for Marie Cure Cancer Care, said: "Hospitals should really be places people go to to try and get better and not to die. It shouldn't really cost any more money to treat people in the community than in would in hospital."
The UK government has pledged it will spend an extra £88 million on end of life care in 2009/10, with the figure rising to £198 million in 2010/11.


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An AM export module was written for wings by an AM (and wings) user. This is no longer supported by the author (he stopped using AM -or wings) - but it might offer a silo user a way of getting their model / geom into AM?
I'm only suggesting that as a temp. measure (in this instance) wings might find use as a convertor - no more, no less
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I coughed awkwardly before looking at my disheveled clothes.
"Is there anywhere I can get cleaned up?" I asked, scratching my head, "And maybe eat something? I'm starving."
Eversio nodded, and started to walk again.
"There's a separate ward in the castle for military officials. There's probably an office somewhere where you can set up shop. Feel free to take anything you find, it's all up for grabs around here."
I followed, glad to find that there was a separate entrance, and walked through the narrow hallway and up a set of spiral stairs.
The wing that we emerged into was considerably different from the main hall, considerably less modern and to some extent more suitable for hell's palace.
The architecture was heavily gothic, with small stained glass windows that cast multi-coloured light into the space and various gargoyles sitting by the high doorways.
The middle of the chamber, surrounded by railings, had no floors, giving a view of the courtyard below. There was a huge statue on the wall across from us, a hooded angel holding a sword above his head.
When I looked back to the path I found that Eversio had disappeared somewhere.
"Where did he go?" I muttered, peeking into the nearest doorway and finding an empty room.
"What do I do then?"
"What are you going to do?" I asked, looking around.
I was confused about how a disembodied voice could eat but said nothing, continuing my walk down the hall.
I glanced at the heavy oaken doors as I passed them, eventually finding one that read HIGH COMMANDER on a little plaque and pushing my way in.
I was instantly hit by a cloud of dust. When the horrific mammoth dust bunnies stopped attacking for one second I managed to look around, and had to say I wasn't too disappointed.
It was a pretty big room lined with bookshelves from the floor to the ceiling, even with a sliding ladder to reach the topmost volumes. Books and letters seemed to spill from them, stacked in piles everywhere and shoved into every crevice where they could fit.
There was also a fireplace and a huge armchair, not to mention some very antique-looking black oak furniture. On the other side from the office space I could spot a huge wardrobe and a four-poster bed.
Serious upgrade from sharing a bunkbed with Izzy.
I managed to find a broom and duster in a supply closet and cleaned up a bit, making the air considerably more bearable, and found, to my delight, that there were indeed clothes in the closet.
A few moments later, standing in the large (and modern) ensuite bathroom I was more than a little weirded out.
I'd had to go hunting around in the wardrobe for clothes that seemed remotely to be my size, and that had seriously narrowed down the selection.
I had somehow managed to wrestle on of the dresses and, even though it had a convenient slit for my tail, it looked so out of place that I had to keep staring.
It was black, with leg-of-mutton sleeves and a high, lacy neck that almost reached my chin. Luckily the skirt didn't poof out too much, but there were so many layers to it that I felt like I would trip on it.
I wasn't a dress person. To be honest, it kind of itched, and smelled faintly of mothballs.
I had to swallow down my pride and smooth down the skirt, trying not to think about whether somebody had died in what I was wearing.
I realized that a thread had come loose from one of the sleeves and, trying to pull it out, only ended up unravelling a considerable amount of fabric.
I groaned and headed out of the room, walking down the hall in the hopes of enlisting some kind soul's help.
Naturally, I rounded a corner and slammed right into Eversio, grabbing at my head and hoping I hadn't gouged his eye out with one of my horns.
He looked fine.
"Watch where you're going." he muttered, rubbing his forehead.
He was definitely fine.
"Sorry." I replied, annoyed, "I was just trying to find some help around this place."
"Did you set something on fire?" he asked, sighing.
"Break a mirror?"
"Flood a toilet?"
"Fine." he said, slowly, "What is it?"
I held up the thread.
"It...kind of came loose."
He took it from my hands, sighing.
"I would say I didn't see this coming, but that would be a lie."
I shot him a glare.
"Do you have any scissors? Or a knife?"
"Just wait a second."
With an impressive dexterity he tied it close to the cuff, and then gestured towards it with his free hand.
"You can cut it now."
I raised an eyebrow.
"With what?"
He looked at me as if I were unbelievably stupid.
"Your tail."
I stood in disbelief for a moment before trying to concentrate on moving my tail towards the thread.
It didn't work.
Eventually I just grabbed my tail and, to my surprise, the forked end easily cut through the thread.
"Crude, but effective." Eversio muttered, dropping the severed thread.
He stalked off and I looked in amazement at my tail, wondering what other surprises were in store.


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Alexus went sraight to the back of the bus. I was glad she sat in the far right corner. It meant I could sit next to her and not that jerk who had been with the other girls and still checking her out.
He followed us to the back row the blonde one on his left and the one who had been making out with that axe guy on his right.
I couldn't help looking down at Alexus's T-shirt. It suited her so well. She was looking at me. I told her I was looking at her shirt. She laughed, obviously didn't belive me. She really did have such amazing eyes.
"I'm Drake, I never got to tell you before"
She smiled again. Gosh she was pretty when she did that.
"Nice. So you like thirty seconds to mars?" She nodded towards my shirt. We started talking. It was kind of scary how much we had in common. The things we didn't we only laughed about anyway. Ten miniutes of talking felt like only a few seconds with her.
There were new people on the bus with us as well as most of the old ones, but I supose alot of us are on this bus for a reason. Though many were still filling into the bus .


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Art Green and Matilda Rice
We certainly hit the ground running in Melbourne, stopping briefly to admire the incredible city views from our suite at the Crown Metropol before jumping on a tram and heading to the incredible Dinner by Heston Blumenthal. With meat disguised as fruit and a wine list as thick as a novel, it was like nothing we had experienced before.
More wining and dining followed the next day when we joined 1,600 other people for a unique, delicious lunch in the middle of the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix race track for the World's Longest Lunch, as part of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. That evening we took a walking tour of some of Melbourne's coolest bars.
Walking tours are a great way to really experience what this beautiful city is all about. We followed up our night walking tour the following day with a Hidden Secrets walking tour, which took us to some of Melbourne's many laneways, cafes, and beautiful old buildings.
It was time to swap the city for the Great Ocean Road, a three-hour coastal drive through quaint seaside towns to the 12 Apostles. We buckled ourselves into a helicopter and flew over the spectacular towering limestone structures. Back in the car, we continued along the Great Ocean Road to the historic town of Port Fairy. We wished we had more than one night in this beautiful, historic little town.
The following morning we were up early and off to Warrnambool (possibly the most Australian sounding place in Victoria) to visit an island where a pair of dogs guard a penguin colony from foxes. It sounds like something out of a movie, right? Well, they actually did make a movie about it in 2015 – called Oddball.
We then headed off to the Great Ocean Eco Lodge, where we saw koalas, kangaroos and the endangered tiger quoll. The amazing researchers at the Eco Lodge are trying to find solutions to help some of Australia's native wildlife survive.
We loved spending time with Australia's native wildlife, so we ventured to Lake Elizabeth in search of some platypuses. The lake is a15-minute hike through bush, and we Kiwis spent the majority of the time looking out for snakes. At dusk we started paddling our canoe around the lake in silence, and sure enough, out came the platypuses – funny little furry critters with wide bills, unlike anything else on the planet. It was a beautiful end to what was an unbelievably Australian day.
It was back to the city for our final day. We donned our most fashionable attire for the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival runway show. This was a side of Melbourne that we hadn't seen, and it sure lived up to expectation – sitting alongside the beautiful people in an elegant ballroom and watching more beautiful people (although slightly skinnier) walk and flaunt. We felt slightly out of place but excited to feel part of this world for 30 minutes.
We watched the sun go down and gave a toast Melbourne from the Qantas first class lounge. That in itself was an experience – being treated like kings and enjoying a delicious three-course meal before boarding our plane back home. Thanks Melbourne, you're awesome.
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Wonder at the beauty and the terror of the Shipwreck Coast in vibrant, historic Warrnambool.
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Relax and unwind in the seaside town of Lorne, with its Mediterranean feel and charming scenery.
Pack the car and drive the Great Ocean Road and find a range of fun activities for the whole family.
Stroll through historic towns and discover arts, culture and museums linked to the coastal scenery.
Uncover history in every corner of this charming fishing village at the end of the Great Ocean Road.
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Swim, surf, and relax at the beach or find a riverside picnic spot at this quaint seaside town.
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In the site selection process, how important is a state's right-to-work (RTW) status? In large measure, that depends on who's answering the question. Respondents to Area Development's 2007 Corporate Survey ranked right-to-work state fourteenth among 24 site selection factors, which was well below factors like highway accessibility (1) or energy availability and costs (3). It should be noted, however, that labor costs ranked second, availability of skilled labor ranked fourth, and low union profile was twelfth on the list of important criteria, which indicates companies consider labor issues, in all of their manifestations - cost, availability, attitude, unionization, training - critical to their location decisions.Right-to-work statutes first appeared in the U.S. following World War II as industrialization and unionization grew. RTW legislation, whether passed by legislatures or through state constitutional amendments, essentially provides that individuals cannot be compelled to join a union or pay its dues, even if a union is certified at their place of employment. The tenet behind RTW legislation is that individuals have a basic need and right to work that cannot be abridged by compelling union membership. Unions argue that, once winning the right to represent a particular group of employees or bargaining unit, all of those employees should pay the union's dues in order to benefit from the union's negotiation of salaries, work rules, and grievance procedures.
Corporate Survey 2007
Combined Ratings* of 2007 F
Site Selection Factors 2007
Highway accessibility
Labor costs
Energy availability and costs
Availability of skilled labor
Occupancy or construction costs
Available land
Corporate tax rate
State and local incentives
Environmental regulations
Tax Exemptions
Proximity to major markets
Availability of advanced ICT services
Low union profile
Availability of buildings
Right-to-work state
Proximity to suppliers
Expedited or "fast-track" permitting
*All figures are percentages and are the total of "very important" and "important" ratings of the Area Development Corporate Survey and are rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent.
Companies' ViewpointOf the site consultants interviewed, all agreed that RTW status is given considerable weight by their clients. For example, John Warden, a senior vice president for The Walker Companies in Atlanta, says, "Unionization and right-to-work status are issues for every client we represent. It's always something they're concerned about. We do see companies reject states that are not right-to-work." However, he says, he tries to discourage such out-of-hand rejections in favor of reviewing all states on a variety of location factors. Factors such as access to markets, infrastructure, energy costs, and others may be of much more importance in a given company's site selection matrix.Mark Sweeney, senior principal at McCallum Sweeney Consulting in Greenville, S.C., agrees: "Our clients almost all have a sensitivity to labor-management considerations." Sweeney asks his clients not to make RTW status a first-cut factor, but to score it with an area's overall labor evaluation. "Right-to-work should be scored as a noteworthy advantage for locations, not as a pass-fail litmus test." He notes, however, "The primary factor in whether a company will have a union issue is local management - how well a company is managed and how well its management communicates with employees."Nucor Steel, the North Carolina-based Fortune 500 steel manufacturer, operates 53 nonunion plants across the United States in both RTW and non-RTW states. Nucor's Vice President of Human Resources Jim Coblin says, "Right-to-work is very important to us, especially when we go to build a plant. Given the choice, we prefer right-to-work because it allows much more freedom for our employees." How does Nucor remain nonunion across its many locations? Coblin credits the company's wage and benefits plan and ability to keep people employed even in a slow economy. "In most good years, our employees earn more than they would in union plants," he says. "Through our flexibility, we can provide job security even in a cyclic business."How the States Feel About RTWTwenty-two of the 50 states have adopted RTW legislation, often after legal battles with the AFL-CIO. Oklahoma was the latest. Oklahoma residents passed a constitutional amendment in September of 2001, but the legal wrangling wasn't over and the amendment didn't take effect until 2003. "We thought it would help us attract more jobs," says Debra Lea, senior research analyst for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. So has it? "It's hard to measure," she says, given the many other factors that can affect new project development, such as the ups and downs of the national and global economies. Nevertheless, on its website, the state prominently advertises the fact that it has joined most other Southern states in adopting RTW provisions.A May 2007 fact sheet issued by the pro-RTW National Institute for Labor Relations Research quotes U.S. Department of Commerce statistics indicating that between 2003 - when Oklahoma's RTW amendment took effect - and 2006, real personal income in Oklahoma grew by 13.6 percent, half again faster than the national average and over twice as fast as in the 28 non-RTW states. The National Right-to-Work Committee publishes a compilation of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data showing growth in private-sector employment in RTW states (+17.7 percent) twice that of non-RTW states (+8.6 percent) between 1997 and 2007.Mark Mix, the president of the National Right-to-Work Committee is quick to point out that right-to-work doesn't mean nonunion. In fact, he says, there are RTW states that have higher union densities than some non-RTW states. "We're not opposed to unions," he says. "We just think employees should have the freedom to choose whether or not to belong to one."Leading consultants agree that although companies are cognizant of the right-to-work status of the various states that they are considering, RTW status alone does not assure them maintaining nonunion operations. In today's global economy, companies are seeking qualified, dependable, and trainable work forces - be they unionized or not. In fact, many foreign-based companies that are coming to the United States have dealt with unions in their respective countries for years, and, for the most part, they like what that they are seeing in the quality and work ethic of the U.S. labor force.
RTW's Effect on WagesThere
is disagreement over the effect on wages in RTW states versus non-RTW
states. In an article for the labor-backed Economic Policy Institute,
Lawrence Mishel argues that there is an average wage reduction of 6.5
percent for employees in RTW states versus those in non-RTW states. But
others see both an increase in unionization in RTW states and a trend
toward higher wages in those states as well. Why? As more advanced
technology industries have moved to Southern right-to-work states in
particular, more training and higher skill sets have been required.
This has put pressure on the pool of qualified workers, which, in turn,
puts pressure on wage scales in order to attract and keep those
qualified employees.Some non-RTW states (Ohio and Kentucky
among them) have argued that RTW status may trigger the unintended
consequence of more companies being organized. They reason that an
employee may be more likely to vote for union representation, knowing
that he or she won't be required to actually join the union or pay
dues, but might still benefit from the union's bargaining on wages and
other issues. Actual evidence for or against this hypothesis is scant.
Corporate Survey 2007
Combined Ratings* of 2007 F
Site Selection Factors 2007
Highway accessibility
Labor costs
Energy availability and costs
Availability of skilled labor
Occupancy or construction costs
Available land
Corporate tax rate
State and local incentives
Environmental regulations
Tax Exemptions
Proximity to major markets
Availability of advanced ICT services
Low union profile
Availability of buildings
Right-to-work state
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*All figures are percentages and are the total of "very important" and "important" ratings of the Area Development Corporate Survey and are rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent.
examination of the State Union Density Database, compiled by Barry
Hirsch of Georgia State University and David Macpherson of Florida
State University from the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population
Survey, reveals that non-RTW states, on average, had about twice the
level of union membership as RTW states in 2007 (16 percent vs. 8.1
percent). But there are some notable exceptions. For example, Nevada, a
RTW state, has a 17.7 percent union density, which is higher than all
but seven of the non-RTW states. Iowa at 13.2 percent and Alabama at
10.7 percent also have relatively high union densities among the RTW
states.Declining UnionizationUnion
density for all states has been declining steadily for at least the
last three to four decades. In 1977, the average for all states was
26.9 percent union density. Last year (2007), it had been cut in half
to 13.4 percent. Which begs the question, does right-to-work matter
anymore? Glenn MacDonald, the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of
Economics and Strategy at Washington University in St. Louis, thinks
RTW status is of diminishing importance. "It was more important when
unions were more important. Now they're practically gone, so I think
it's doesn't have nearly the influence it used to have."A look
at the map of RTW and non-RTW states finds non-RTW states clustered in
the Northeast, Upper Midwest, and West Coast regions. RTW states are in
the South and West. Professor MacDonald and the site consultants say
that geographic arrangement is no accident. In the more heavily
industrialized states of the Northeast and Midwest, says Professor
MacDonald, unions have a longer history and have supported political
candidates backing their agendas over the years. John Warden with The
Walker Companies notes the South was slow to industrialize, and thus to
unionize. It was the South's long rural tradition, he surmises, that
produced an independent, self-sufficient work force "living by their
own wits and just not interested in having a third party introduced"
into the relationship between workers and employers, he explains.Right-to-work
efforts continue in a number of states that have not yet adopted the
concept; among them are Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Missouri.
However, if the present trend of declining unionization continues, the
debate over right-to-work will likely become less relevant to companies
examining sites for relocation and expansion projects. More relevant,
perhaps, will be whether workers are well-educated, trained,
affordable, and available.Dave
Claborn was recently named vice president of marketing and
communications for The Missouri Partnership, a new statewide-Missouri
economic development organization based in St. Louis. Prior to that, he
was president of Marion CAN DO, the economic development agency for the
city and county of Marion, Ohio. He spent three years with the Ohio
Department of Development following a 20-year career in radio news,
primarily with WTVN Radio, Columbus, where he was news director. He can
be reached at 314-954-0560.


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Force control during human bouncing gaits
Yen, Jasper Tong-Biau
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Every movement has a goal. For reaching, the goal is to move the hand to a specific location. For locomotion, however, goals for each step cycle are unclear and veiled by the automatic nature of lower limb control. What mechanical variables does the nervous system "care" about during locomotion? Abundant evidence from the biomechanics literature suggests that the force generated on the ground, or endpoint force, is an important task variable during hopping and running. Hopping and running are called bouncing gaits for the reason that the endpoint force trajectory is like that of bouncing on a pogo stick. In this work, I captured kinematics and kinetics of human bouncing gaits, and tested whether structure in the inherent step-to-step variability is consistent with control of endpoint force. I found that joint torques covary from step to step to stabilize only peak force. When two limbs are used to generate force on the ground at the same time, individual forces of the limbs are not stabilized, but the total peak force is stabilized. Moreover, passive dynamics may be exploited during forward progression. These results suggest that the number of kinetic goals is minimal, and this simple control scheme involves goals for discrete times during the gait cycle. Uncovering biomechanical goals of locomotion provides a functional context for understanding how complex joints, muscles, and neural circuits are coordinated.


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Find fun and low-cost family events in Brooklyn this October, including the Harlem Globetrotters first show in the borough, a Harvest Festival in Brooklyn Bridge Park, the WCS Run for the Wild on Coney Island, and spook-tacular Halloween activities.
New York Aquarium, Coney Island
Oct. 6
In addition to overseeing NYC's five zoos, the Wildlife Conservation Society maintains a global conservation effort to protect biodiversity and save the world's iconic animals. The almighty walrus is one of them, and this endangered creature is the theme of this year's WCS Run for the Wild. Runners will gather at the New York Aquarium in Coney Island for a 5K race or Family Fun Run on the famous boardwalk to raise money for WCS's walrus preservation efforts. Several donation tiers exist: While $500 will get you a VIP breakfast with a whole goody bag of walrusy paraphernalia, $30 is the minimum donation for adults (discounts apply for kids and seniors) and will yield you some Run for the Wild ear buds. All participants receive a T-shirt, free all-day admission to the New York Aquarium, two free rides at Luna Park, and post-run refreshments and entertainment. Register online.
Barclays Center
Oct. 7
Basketball is a serious sport, with emotions often running high—as proven by Spike Lee at any New York Knicks home game. Sometimes a player like Dennis Rodman or Shaq comes along to yield a little comedic brevity at the proceedings. But the lighter side to basketball has traditionally resided in the Harlem Globetrotters. In addition to being master ball handlers, the Globetrotters are true artisans of slapstick comedy. This month, watch them confuse their opposing "stooge" team using everything from G-rated trash talk to the kind of stuff you'd see in a Buster Keaton movie. This special performance marks the first time the 86-year-old institution plays in Brooklyn, thanks to the amazing new Barclays Center.
Brooklyn is an old place with plenty of creepy old buildings, not to mention people. Bone yards abound, as does seriously gothic, 19th-century architecture that deserves a neon "Haunted" sign over the dilapidated overhang. So, when Halloween arrives, you can break into said creepy old buildings (not advised) or scream your head off during these family-friendly events (advised). Then head to nymetroparents.com/halloween for even more spooky fun and tons of giveaways!
Roulette, Boerum Hill
Oct. 13
One might say that Roulette, the Brooklyn performance venue and incubator for all that is contemporary in art, music, and mixed media, isn't much different from an actual roulette wheel considering that what emerges is often unpredictable. Even Roulette's family programs are avant-garde, with artists pushing sonic frontiers yet tempering their art in a way that is accessible to kids. Shows here often involve humor without skimping on intelligence, because we all know that Brooklyn kids are savvy and sophisticated and won't be sold a bill of goods—their BS detectors are on all the time. This month, composers/choreographers Tatyana Tenenbaum and Brandin Steffenson will enlighten and entertain all ages with an assortment of interactive pieces incorporating dance, electronic music-making devices, and the kind of absurdist humor that's appreciated across generations.
Littlefield, Gowanus
Oct. 14
The Deedle Deedle Dees give kid-friendly history lessons sung to catchy pop tunes. The band is a Brooklyn favorite for kids who enjoy live music. Their songs simultaneously teach and entertain. Oh yeah, and their leader's name is Ulysses S. Dee.
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn Heights
Oct. 20
In honor of autumn, our borough hosts a festival that might seem more at home in Vermont. We might not have rolling acres of farmland here in Brooklyn (if we did, they would belong to Bruce Ratner), but urban farmers are in full DIY mode with their rooftop farms, and hey, this all used to be farmland. Including Brooklyn Bridge Park, where the annual Harvest Festival marks the official end of the park's 2012 public programs. The event celebrates the fall season and the theme of healthy food. There will be a pumpkin patch, art activities courtesy of Private Picassos, health screenings and information sessions, food (of course), and music courtesy of the Pop Ups and Erin Lee's Up Past Bedtime Band.
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I couldn't resist posting this delicious recipe from the blog Love and olive oil. I know it's not a French recipe but I love the combination of dark chocolate and peppermint and it's a great dessert to bring to friends or a party. This is a very fudgy brownie I love the white chocolate topping (which you could flavour with peppermint instead of the brownie for an after eight effect!)
Source: Love and Olive oil
225g dark chocolate, cut in chunks
115g butter
110g plain flour
15g cocoa
1/2 tsp salt
150g granulated sugar
2 eggs
3/4 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp peppermint essence (I would use 1/2 tsp the next time as the peppermint was barely noticeable)
170g white chocolate
20g butter (I used coconut oil)
- Preheat the oven at 170C.
- Place dark chocolate, butter and sugar in the TM bowl and cook for 4min30/50C/speed 1.
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl amd cook for a further 2 min/50C/speed 1.
- Add the eggs through the hole in the lid on the running blades at speed 3 until combined.
- Sieve the flour, salt and cocoa together, add to the chocolate and for 10 sec/speed 4.
- Scrape down the sides and add the peppermint and vanilla extracts, mix 3 sec/speed 4.
- Pour into a rectangular or square mould (lined with parchment paper), make sure you use a small enough mould if you want your brownies to have a good thickness to them. Mine were on the thin side and I used a 21x31cm mould so I'll use a smaller one the next time.
- Bake for 15 to 25 minutes depending on thickness (the top should be craqueled).
- To make the white chocolate topping: clean and dry your TM bowl. Add the white chocolate and butter and cook 5 min/37C/speed 1.
- When the brownie has cooled down, pour the white chocolate topping on top. Smooth with a spatula and sprinkle with any decoration you like.
- Place in the fridge until the topping has hardened, then take out of the mould, remove the baking parchment and cut into squares or triangles. Can keep for up to a week in the fridge in a closed container.


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Reviewed By Dustin S (TOOELE, UT) Reviewed for a 2004 Ford F-250 —4/1/2017 12:22 PM
It wasn't bad to install, only took an hour. I can tell and feel the difference it gives the truck. Now trying to convince the wife to let me put one on her truck
Reviewed By Brad M (Tea, SD) Reviewed for a 2008 Ford F-250 —1/24/2017 5:42 AM
Is as described. Install took about 45 minutes and is fairly simple with any mechanical skills at all. The new intake doesn't just drop in with no effort but it really isn't that bad with the help of my son to hold the light. Don't know about gas mileage since I've only ran 1 tank of fuel through it but it did go up a 1/2 mpg on the dash computer. I am also running #1 diesel so the true test will come when spring arrives.


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Trizivir Vs. Kaletra and Combivir for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
This study has been completed.
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Powis KM, Smeaton L, Hughes MD, Tumbare EA, Souda S, Jao J, Wirth KE, Makhema J, Lockman S, Fawzi W, Essex M, Shapiro RL. In-utero triple antiretroviral exposure associated with decreased growth among HIV-exposed uninfected infants in Botswana. AIDS. 2016 Jan;30(2):211-20. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000895.
Powis K, Lockman S, Smeaton L, Hughes MD, Fawzi W, Ogwu A, Moyo S, van Widenfelt E, von Oettingen J, Makhema J, Essex M, Shapiro RL. Vitamin D insufficiency in HIV-infected pregnant women receiving antiretroviral therapy is not associated with morbidity, mortality or growth impairment in their uninfected infants in Botswana. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Nov;33(11):1141-7. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000428.
Shapiro RL, Kitch D, Ogwu A, Hughes MD, Lockman S, Powis K, Souda S, Moffat C, Moyo S, McIntosh K, van Widenfelt E, Zwerski S, Mazhani L, Makhema J, Essex M. HIV transmission and 24-month survival in a randomized trial of HAART to prevent MTCT during pregnancy and breastfeeding in Botswana. AIDS. 2013 Jul 31;27(12):1911-20.
Dryden-Peterson S, Jayeoba O, Hughes MD, Jibril H, McIntosh K, Modise TA, Asmelash A, Powis KM, Essex M, Shapiro RL, Lockman S. Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis and risk of severe anemia or severe neutropenia in HAART-exposed, HIV-uninfected infants. PLoS One. 2013 Sep 23;8(9):e74171. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074171. eCollection 2013.
Dryden-Peterson S, Shapiro RL, Hughes MD, Powis K, Ogwu A, Moffat C, Moyo S, Makhema J, Essex M, Lockman S. Increased risk of severe infant anemia after exposure to maternal HAART, Botswana. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 Apr 15;56(5):428-36. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31820bd2b6.
Powis KM, Smeaton L, Ogwu A, Lockman S, Dryden-Peterson S, van Widenfelt E, Leidner J, Makhema J, Essex M, Shapiro RL. Effects of in utero antiretroviral exposure on longitudinal growth of HIV-exposed uninfected infants in Botswana. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 Feb 1;56(2):131-8. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181ffa4f5.
Shapiro RL, Hughes MD, Ogwu A, Kitch D, Lockman S, Moffat C, Makhema J, Moyo S, Thior I, McIntosh K, van Widenfelt E, Leidner J, Powis K, Asmelash A, Tumbare E, Zwerski S, Sharma U, Handelsman E, Mburu K, Jayeoba O, Moko E, Souda S, Lubega E, Akhtar M, Wester C, Tuomola R, Snowden W, Martinez-Tristani M, Mazhani L, Essex M. Antiretroviral regimens in pregnancy and breast-feeding in Botswana. N Engl J Med. 2010 Jun 17;362(24):2282-94. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0907736.


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Washington, D.C.—The American Hotel and Lodging Educational Foundation (AH&LEF) awarded $730,500 through 380 scholarships to students studying hospitality. The Annual Scholarship Grant Program, the foundation's largest, is co-administered with 71 universities and colleges. In 2015, 243 students, nominated by AH&LEF ...Read More »
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas—Benchmark Hospitality International has named Jeff Axline food and beverage director and executive chef for Hotel Contessa. Troy Mathews, general manager, made the announcement. Hotel Contessa is a Benchmark Resort located alongside the Riverwalk in San Antonio. "It ...Read More »
Eric Danziger Appointed CEO of Trump Hotel Collection
The Trump Hotel Collection has appointed hospitality veteran Eric Danziger as its first chief executive officer. Danziger, who has more than four decades of experience in the industry, is charged with overseeing global operations, brand strategy, and the expansion of ...Read More »
Amway Grand Plaza Hotel Restaurants Name Management Team
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LSU will open the 2016-17 season on Nov. 12 when the Tigers host the Southern Conference's Wofford in the PMAC.
Including Wofford, LSU added seven home games in November and December as the Tigers' non-conference schedule was released on Tuesday.
LSU will compete in three home games against Wofford, Southern Miss on Nov. 15 and North Florida three days later before the squad departs for the Bahamas' "Battle 4 Atlantis" tournament on Nov. 23-25, beginning with a Nov. 23 meeting against Wichita St. at 11 a.m. in Imperial Arena.
The Tigers will finish November against Houston as the back-end of the home-and-home series. Houston defeated LSU in the Tigers' second overtime game last season, 105-98. Like Houston, LSU was also defeated by Wake Forest, 71-77, last December, and the College of Charleston, 58-70, on Nov. 30, 2015.
LSU's only remaining non-conference game is against Texas Tech on Jan. 28 as part of the Southeastern Conference/Big 12 challenge.
The Tigers' SEC schedule is expected to be released toward the end of August.
Full 2016-17 schedule as of Tuesday:
Nov. 12: vs. Wofford
Nov. 15: vs. Southern Miss
Nov. 18: vs. North Florida
Nov. 23-25: @ Battle 4 Atlantis (First round: Nov. 23: vs. Wichita State, 11 a.m.)
Nov. 29: vs. Houston
Dec. 13: vs. North Carolina Central
Dec. 17: vs. Texas Southern
Dec. 19: vs. Charleston
Dec. 22: @ Wake Forest
Jan. 28: @ Texas Tech (SEC/Big 12 Challenge)
March 8-12: SEC Tournament (Nashville, Tennessee)
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Data quality must improve significantly if businesses are to reap benefits, according to a Blazent survey of 200 C-level and senior IT professionals.
According to the report, less than half (40 percent) of C-level executives and data scientists are very confident in their organization's data quality, with the majority (94 percent) recognizing the impact poor data quality has on business outcomes.
Two key disadvantages are lost revenue (42 percent) and bad decision-making (39 percent).
"The lack of faith in data quality management was surprising, in spite of the clear need for it.
Business users do not have a clear sense of the breadth and depth of the data quality problem in spite of the fact that they are continuously exposed to the effect of bad data," Gary Oliver, CEO of Blazent, told in an interview. "Also, I was somewhat surprised at the lack of alignment between line of business and IT groups, considering they're two eggs in the same basket."
Oliver said given the amount of data coming in from too many directions, and given that the existing tool sets and IT infrastructure mechanisms are clearly overwhelmed, the results are easy to understand, if a bit surprising.
"There needs to be a more systematic and proactive alignment between line of business and IT management in support of quality data--and therefore information--in order to make effective business decisions," he said. "The challenge for data migration is that migrating anything to the cloud is a complex job that needs to be done while the business continues to run at increasingly faster speeds. Not unlike changing the tires on a moving car, except this car has billions of wheels and is moving so fast you can't see it."
When asked about root causes for poor data quality, nearly half (47 percent) cited data migration as a leading cause.
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Guanling Chen
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Guanling Chen is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at University of Massachusetts Lowell. He is also an Affiliate Faculty at Institute for Security, Technology, and Society (ISTS) at Dartmouth College. At UMass Lowell, he is the Associate Director for Center of Network and Information Security (CNIS). His research interests include wireless networks, mobile computing, and social applications. He has published over 30 refereed journal and conference papers and received research grants from National Science Foundation (NSF) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
After receiving his B.S. in Computer Science from Nanjing University in 1997, he completed his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Dartmouth College in 2004. He was an I3P Fellow before he joined the faculty of UMass Lowell in 2005.
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Huang, Ke, Zhang, Chunhui, Ma, Xiaoxiao, Chen, Guanling (2012): Predicting mobile application usage using contextual information. In: Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Uniquitous Computing , 2012, . pp. 1059-1065.
Chen, Guanling, Li, Ming, Kotz, David (2008): Data-centric middleware for context-aware pervasive computing. In Pervasive and Mobile Computing, 4 (2) pp. 216-253. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmcj.2007.10.001
Chen, Guanling, Kotz, David (2005): Policy-Driven Data Dissemination for Context-Aware Applications. In: PerCom 2005 - 3rd IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications 8-12 March, 2005, Kauai Island, HI, USA. pp. 283-289. http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/PERCOM.2005.32
Chen, Guanling, Kotz, David (2003): Context-Sensitive Resource Discovery. In: PerCom03 - Proceedings of the First IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications March 23-26, 2003, Fort Worth, Texas, USA. pp. 243-252. http://csdl.computer.org/comp/proceedings/percom/2003/1893/00/18930243abs.htm
Chen, Guanling, Kotz, David (2000). A survey of context-aware mobile computing research. Dartmouth College Hanover http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=867843


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Menstrual Cup Dangers
They have been is use for decades now and are making another come back cycle of popularity in today's eco-conscious and penny-wise world.
The pros are multiple and fantastic:
- Easy to use
- Lower cost
- Chemical free
- No embarrassing odors
- More time in-between changes
- Delicate vaginal pH stays in tack
- Significantly less trips to the drug store
- Intercourse is possible with cup in place
- Great for the environment and reduction of waste
So why is every woman not using a menstrual cup? It could be for a few reasons, such as hesitation at trying something new and unknown or other related fears.
What Are the Cons?
Many women may be sitting on the sidelines feeling a bit nervous about using a menstrual cup because of perceived dangers. Let's take a look at the important issues and their manageable solutions.
1. Infection:
This might be the biggest concern women think about. And rightly so. Your cup needs to be properly cleaned each time before insertion. This means your hands as well. Without this step you risk sending germs back into your body. If you don't think you will have private access to a bathroom in-between cup changes it may be better to use an alternative product at that time.
2. Improper fit:
Possible fit problems. Sometimes individual anatomy can make proper use of the cup difficult. For instance, if you have fibroids or a dropped uterus, it may not fit in place properly. There are many different sized and shaped cups and it will just take some dedication and trial and error on your part to find your perfect cup.
3. Allergic reaction:
Unlike other feminine protective products that use a host of ingredients from questionable sources, menstrual cups are made of medical grade silicone. Anyone with a latex allergy is safe. It is extremely rare for anyone to have silicone sensitivity thus the reason for its use in producing menstrual cups.
4. Disposal of blood:
Again, by following proper protocol and emptying blood into a toilet or sink there is nothing to be concerned about. If you will not have access to a sink to follow up with a proper cleansing after removal and before your next insertion another protective alternative might be a better choice at that time.
5. It's going to get stuck:
Removing the cup can sometimes present a learning curve. It might seem like the cup is stuck inside you. Always be assured: the cup can't get lost in the vagina. With time it will ultimately slip down by force of gravity. There are various strategies to help with removal but mostly it's just about relaxing and being patient with your body.
As with any feminine protective product there is some danger involved if used improperly and without following instructions. The greatest risk is possible germ transfer or infection. But even that is very low risk and can always be avoided with diligent cleaning. With all the possible fears and dangers now addressed I hope you will give a menstrual cup a try (check our top 10 list of menstrual cups). You will never be more comfortable during your monthly period and you will be playing a huge role in keeping unnecessary trash out of landfills thus protecting our environment for the future.
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