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|Portyanko, V
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|Phillips, R
|Leonard, Kurt
|Ochocki, Gerald
|Stuthman, D
Submitted to: Oat International Conference Proceedings
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/13/2000
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Technical Abstract: To identify QTLs in oat (Avena sativa) associated with adult-plant partial resistance to the crown rust pathogen (Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae), a population of 158 F6-derived recombinant inbreds from a cross of an identified partial-resistance line MN841801-1 by a susceptible cultivar selection Noble-2 was mapped with 112 RFLP loci. A linkage map was constructed into 17 linkage groups and 23 unlinked loci. Three partial resistance QTLs were identified in field tests and explained about 27% of phenotypic variance. Two of these QTLs were also identified in greenhouse tests. The consistency of identification of these QTLs across three field environments and two greenhouse environments suggests that markers associated with them may be useful in marker-assisted selection for partial resistance to crown rust in oat breeding.


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In 2015, the worldwide battery industry accounted for €73 billion. According to the Freedonia Group, this is expected to grow to €105 billion in 2019, with an annual rise of 7.7%. China is the largest market for batteries, as well as the fastest growing. This publication focuses on market players in China, innovation, battery recycling and government interventions related to the battery industry in China.
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College Days
3 – Prefect Society
I adjusted my legs so I could use them as an easel more comfortably. I sketched lightly in red charcoal, the figure of Mr. Sutcliff, who seems the most suspicious.
"Is that Mr. Sutcliff? Why would you draw the Scarlet Fox Dormitory Warden?" Redmond asked, peering over his shoulder. I looked up from the charcoaled page.
"I have reasons to not trust him. He's suspicious. He appears and suddenly students are missing from the dorm he is given watch over." I grumbled a reply. I scanned the swan gazebo. Bluer was sitting to my left reading a book and Greenhill to my right lifting weights, while Redmond had just sat down across from me and was reading through a script.
"Where are they?" Greenhill muttered angrily as he lifted. "Today is the day we decided to make it official and they are all late."
"I sent Cheslock to fetch me an easel from the 3rd art room." I said, looking over.
"Maurice is preparing me strawberry tarts with chocolate today; he must be in the kitchen now." Redmond said.
"I acquired that Clayton organize my bookshelf." Bluer said, adjusting his glasses and then flipping the page.
"So it seems Midford is the only one without an excuse." Greenhill sighed.
"You're losing your edge Herman, how are you supposed to beat us at this year's Cricket Tourney with such unorganized supporters?" Redmond teased. Greenhill sent him a challenging glare.
"Green Lion never loses that tournament!" He shouted proudly.
"I couldn't care less." I mumbled.
"I've become rather accustomed to being the underdog that never wins." Bluer remarked without looking away from his book.
I looked back at the sketch as Greenhill and Redmond began an emotional debate about the Annual Cricket Tourney.
"I'm sorry!" A shout came over the gazebo. I looked over and saw a rather unkempt blond Green House student rushing towards us. Greenhill stood angrily, dropping his weights onto the seat in front of him.
"You're late!" He shouted.
"Unnecessary shouting…" Both I and Bluer grumbled, while Redmond seemed completely oblivious.
"I'm sorry sir!" Midford shouted, saluting Greenhil as if he were some American military officer.
"I had a certain issue…" Midford sighed. I looked over as I saw crowds of students and unfamiliar clothes crowding the school.
"Oh yes, I had forgotten today's occasion." Bluer said, closing his book and clearing his throat.
"I'm sure you're all aware of today's tradition of allowing the families of upcoming students to tour the campus." Bluer said.
"It's been chaotic every year."I mumbled.
"Well it seems they'd arrived early. It's only Fag Time; I thought that they weren't arriving until the afternoon." Redmond said.
"The Principal must have changed the schedule." Bluer said.
"It's always so crowded. Some parents take advantage of the situation to pay their sons a visit even." I grumbled.
"That is what my problem was, I apologize Greenhill!" Midford saluted again.
"My my, my son ran off to here?" Why most so many people speak before they can be seen when approaching the gazebo? It's incredibly rude and annoying.
"Father!" Midford was surprised. I saw a regal woman and strong man approach the gazebo, accompanying them was a small girl.
"It's a proud day to see my son follow in my footsteps." The man, "father", said proudly laughing.
"Calm down dear, we are in the presence of important officials of this school, even if they are still students." The woman scolded her husband.
"If I'm not mistaken the Midford family are among the British Knights, it's a pleasure to meet you." Redmond always flatters the guests before introducing himself. It's the predictable routine of the host-like red house. "I am Edgar Redmond, the prefect of Weston College's Scarlet Fox Dormitory."
"I dislike flashy men…" The woman grumbled and I almost let out a laugh.
"How do you do? The Redmond family, aren't they actors?" The man asked gleefully. "I am Alexis Leon Midford, Marquis of Midford and leader of the British Knights. It's a pleasure to meet the current prefects of the esteemed Weston College."
The cheerful type rather irritates me, they're always too chatty. I noticed the wide eyed stare of the girl looking at me. She seemed to be rather startled by my appearance. Another spoiled rich girl judging everything she sees from her small world.
Soft steps sounded behind us. "Redmond, here are the tarts you asked me to prepare."
That reminds me. Cheslock shouldn't be taking this long with a build like his; he should be able to easily lift things like a green house would. Something must be delaying him. I'm not sure what year he is; maybe this is the first time he's dealt with crowds like this.
"You must excuse me Marquis, Marchioness, young lady; I have preparation to take care of for the event today." I said bowing to the high ranking family before me and turning to leave. Where was Cheslock?
I rushed through the crowds but suddenly stopped as I heard a familiar voice around an empty corner.
"It's absolutely dreadful Ronald! I've been trying to go off and have fun with a lady friend of mine but it's hard to when I have work here too!" A flamboyant voice complained.
"Is that were you've been vanishing to at night while I look around, leaving me to work myself to the bone." Ronald complained. Both of the dormitory wardens were having a rather scandalous conversation.
"Hardly, I only manage to spend a few hours at best with her, then William has me looking around for that Jack the Ripper that's out and about killing people." Mr. Sutcliff said, complaining about a man named William.
"Could they killers be the same person?" Ronald asked.
"The handy work is different, the one taking students from this school leaves no trace to anyone but us reapers to see while the Jack the Ripper leaves a wonderful scene of the greatest crimson reds to the world to view." Mr. Sutcliff said, cheer rising in his voice as he talked about Jack the Ripper.
"You almost sound like you like that killer, Grell-Sempai." Ronald said.
"Well, I'll admit I like his style, and targeting lowly prostitutes who no one would normally miss isn't a bad idea either." Grell said. There was a period of silence until Ronald sighed.
"This is too much for just two of us to handle." He complained.
"I received a letter yesterday actually. I'm being taken off this case and put specifically on the Ripper case. We probably won't see each other for a while." Grell said in a mellow dramatic tone.
"Are you sure you aren't the killer Grell-Sempai, you seem to be awfully interesting in the case." Ronald said.
"Of course I'm not!" That shout sounded like a blatant lie to me, although I'll admit Mr. Sutcliff is a surprisingly good actor; I suppose he could have been purple house's warden.
"I'll be here all alone!" Ronald complained.
"On the contrary I think that the reapers manipulated the wardens and principal of this school and the wardens are being shifted around. You're probably going to get 2 reapers to help you." Grell said. The two started walking away and I sighed. I knew they were suspicious, apparently they're part of some vigilante detective organization that's investigating crimes, and they call themselves reapers. It's awfully egotistic of them to compare themselves to grim reapers.
I kept walking and found the 3rd art room surrounded by students.
"I don't trust you! You're trying to steal that easel aren't you?!" A shout came out. I walked towards and as students noticed me they moved out of my way.
"What is going on here?" I asked in a monotone, uninterested voice. I saw three students surrounding Cheslock, who looked like he just wanted to leave. They all were of Green Lion dormitory.
"Oh, Violet!" The three propped up saluting me. What it is with Green Lions that make them salute to everyone?
"This guy form your house was trying to take the easel from the art room without permission." The accuser pointed at Cheslock.
"I told you I had permission! This is for Gregory." Cheslock said. I sighed.
"This wouldn't have happened if you had remembered to wear the flower Cheslock." I said. I looked at his cloak and sighed.
"I thought I was wearing it!" He shouted; a slight blush in his face.
"Wait, he's your fag?" The green lions said in a confused unison.
"Yes, we were going to do the ceremony today but I have to attend to the tour event today. All of you go back to wherever you should be and I won't tell Greenhill of this." I said. The three did a fearful salute to me and rushed off.
"Thanks Violet." Cheslock said. I shook my head.
"I liked it better when you called me by my first name. And you can leave the easel here, the scheduling was moved up so we have to make preparations for giving a tour of the dorm to students interested in the arts." I said. Cheslock nodded with his mouth agape and set the easel down.
"Follow me, and wear this." I said, pulling a flower out of my sleeve and sticking it on his cloak. I turned and he followed me without a word.
"We have a lot to do. First the halls with be crowded in chaos, and we'll have to manage that. Then the potential students are offered lunch and afternoon tea in the dining hall and I need to organize a menu with the chefs, I thought I'd only have to organize the afternoon tea." I said. "Then many students will want to split up according to their arts, I'm counting on you to give the musically talented students tours of the music rooms and theaters, the theaters will also have red house students so don't pick a fight."
"That's the most I've heard you talk… Gregory." Cheslock said. I looked back and nodded.
"Ah Violet." I turned my head and saw Mr. Agares rushing towards me from an intersecting hall.
"You are preparing for the touring event correct? The principal moved the time up but word didn't reach anyone so they're chaos." He said frantically.
"I already noticed and have begun preparing, although I'd like it better if the families of current students would be kept from sneaking in to visit, it's rather disruptive." I said. Agares nodded.
"We've already done work with that, the guards from red house are assisting." He said.
"I also heard that the principal as decided to change the dormitory wardens around and hire new ones, is that true?" I asked. Agares sighed.
"I don't know how you know that but yes, half of the dormitory wardens are being replaced and the other two are being moved to another dorm more fitting of their skills." Agares said. "It will be happening tomorrow, I've got no more time to chat."
Mr. Agares rushed off down the hall to fall down some stairs. I turned and continued my rush to the violet wolf dormitory. There was already a crowd of potential students waiting there for us.
The tour I gave to the students interested in the visual arts went off without a hitch and went ahead of schedule. I left the guests with several purple house students while I went to check on Cheslock's group for the students interested in musical arts. If they don't hurry we may have to start lunch procedures without them.
I walked into the auditorium to find it in chaos as the competition between the red house and purple house turned into fighting. I started at the mess from the doorway, watching as Cole and Cheslock failed to keep it under control. I sighed and sat in a chair near the back.
I sat for a moment, looking for ways this could be settled without being attacked myself, and I noticed a student hiding in the chairs nearby.
"Hello, what are you doing back here?" I asked, the student jumped up in surprise and I noticed his tailcoat didn't have a crest.
"Oh, you're a potential student then. Same question." I said.
"I'm hiding as not to get involved in the fight." The fragile looking blond student said.
"What is your name?" I asked.
"Joanne Harcourt." He said.
"So you want to enter Red House then, your surname is rather famous for literature." I said. HE nodded.
"Alright then, I suppose I did stop this so you don't have to waste anymore time hiding among chairs." I said. I walked forward.
"Everyone calm down! What's going on here?!" I shouted. Both Cole and Cheslock looked up in relief, before they both looked like they'd completely given up trying to control the students.
"Violet!" Cole shouted rushing to hide behind me. His actions befit his girlish appearance. Cheslock stood beside me and apologized.
"I should apologize, and Redmond to Cole as well, we should have realized that students wouldn't listen to a Prefect's Fag as much as they would the actual Prefect." I said. I shouted orders and threatened to inform staff members and have family members informed of this chaos. I ordered they return anything they moved to its original place and sent the Red House members with directions to listen to what Cole tells them.
"Follow me." I said. This experience is absolutely exasperating. I hate talking this much. I hate being out in the light this much. Why must this tradition be followed….?
The day went off without any more trouble. The students and families left and the campus returned to its usual calm and quiet. Mr. Sutcliff vanished just as I overheard him say he would. So peculiar….
"Something's been bothering you all day." Cheslock said, sneaking up behind me. I looked over my shoulder at him.
"You rarely stick around after classes. You usually go to the Gazebo or back to the dorm." He said. I looked forward again, I had been drawing something but I had smeared it with my sleeve beyond recognition when I was absorbed by thoughts. I sighed. Cheslock grabbed my arm and started wiping the charcoal off.
"Looks like you needed me more than I ever thought you would." Cheslock said chuckling and I smiled.
"I've had a lot on my mind as a prefect, you know."
"I know. And I'm here to help you, even though we still haven't had time for it all to become official." He said. "You gave me the flower and that's official enough for me."
"The school thinks otherwise." I said. "Although you've been a great fag."
"Even though I can't make you chef quality snacks like Cole can for Redmond," Cheslock murmured.
"Is that insecurity I sense?" I asked in a teasing voice.
"Is that emotion I sense? It's out of character for you." Cheslock retorted.
"It happens occasionally." I commented. Cheslock stopped wiping the sleeve away and shook the charcoal pieces off the cloth.
"I'll need to wash this soon." I mumbled.
"Have you thought about the disappearances lately?" I asked out of the blue. Cheslock looked at me and nodded slowly.
"I can't think of anyone who would do it." Cheslock said. "Anyone who could practically hypnotize those guys into doing what they want and then making them go who knows where."
"It's a difficult problem." I murmured, thinking about it deeply.
There was a long silence as Cheslock and I sat in the first art room together. I stared to my side out the window, completely puzzled about how to solve the issue. If it continues purple house may be investigated by the principal, and even shut down. The queen might even disregard the no government intervention rule if too many students vanish; she could shut the whole school down.
Then I wouldn't be able to see Cheslock as easily…
Suddenly I felt a weight on my lap and looked over and saw Cheslock sitting on me. My face flushed slightly, but it couldn't have been noticed through my makeup.
"Uh… um…." I muttered out, not sure how to react.
"You should really calm down a little." He said, grabbing my shoulders. "Too much stress isn't good for you."
"I know… but it's my responsibility as Prefect." I replied.
"And as the prefect's fag I'm here to help, you seem to forget that and only ask for my help with simple chores and tasks. I'm competent enough to help you with this big issue too you know." Cheslock said assertively.
"Alright… alright." I said giving in.
"You sure know how to get your way."I grumbled. Cheslock smirked.
"Of course, rebels have to have their way. Things aren't just handed to eccentrics." He retorted.
"It is true." I grumbled.
Before I could even comprehend the situation I felt Cheslock arms draped over my shoulders and his lips against mine. I stiffened up in surprise, not sure how to react. He pulled away smirking and I couldn't help but stare as my whole face flushed.
"I have way of getting what I want." He said.
"T-that… was…" my body started relaxing from the initial shock of what just happened. "A… pleasant surprise…"
Cheslock's smile grew big and he jumped on me, knocking me onto my back on the bench we were on.
"You're an awfully passionate person…." I mumbled.
"And your skin is so soft, is great."
"Oh god what have I gotten myself into with this emotional eccentric….?"


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Swerve Creative was asked to research and concept a marketing piece about future color trends for food. With much enthusiam and our love for color, we delve into piles of research (articles, websites, posters, fashion, film, history, books, etc) —we looked backward at where trends have been, how they begin and how they finally end up in food design.
The result was an oversized tri-fold brochure that distills the most important information and communicates the concept visually. This has become an important tool for the Sensient sales group to initiate their talking points with clients. The brochure is dramatically different than anything in the industry—not only in terms of content, but also design.
UPDATE: Swerve Creative is happy to report that as of Dec 5, 2013, Pantone chose RADIENT ORCHID as their color of the year for 2014. This falls exactly in line with a color grouping Swerve Creative predicted in the brochure. This also reinforces Sensient's position to their clients as forward thinking and always on-trend.
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NewSouth Communications and NuVox Communications Announce Merger Plans
Two leading, high-growth communications companies sign definitive agreement
Greenville, SC and St. Louis, MO - February 25, 2004
NewSouth Holdings, Inc. and NuVox, Inc. today jointly announced that they had signed a definitive agreement for a merger of equals of the two privately held facilities-based communications providers. The combined company will operate under the name NuVox Communications, and will provide local, long distance, data, Internet, and advanced communications services to business customers across the Southeast and the Midwest. The combined enterprise would initially have approximately 36,000 business customers, 500,000 access lines in service, and annualized revenues exceeding $300 million.
"The combination of NewSouth and NuVox will very quickly allow for more robust products and services for the current customers of both existing companies, and further allow us to market to a wider base of business customers across our markets. Better products, better business solutions for our customers, and a larger potential customer base position the new NuVox to take full advantage of the growth potential in our markets," stated Jim Akerhielm, President & Chief Executive Officer of NewSouth Communications.
"Combining these two already successful competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) with complementary customer markets, overlapping geographic targets, and profitable operations makes very good strategic sense and is definitely a win-win proposition," said David L. Solomon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NuVox Communications. "Together, the new company can build on the strengths and experience of each company and thereby position us as the leading provider of communications services to business customers in the Southeast and Midwest."
The senior management team will be comprised of individuals from both NewSouth and NuVox. Leading the new company will be Akerhielm, who will serve as CEO, and Solomon, who will become Chairman of the Board. Other members of the management team will be announced later.
"Both NewSouth and NuVox have made significant investments in technology and the buildout of their networks. Combining the two networks allows for a number of operational and financial efficiencies enabling us to truly leverage this investment in technology, and ultimately to accelerate profitability in the new company," commented James H. Greene, Jr., a partner at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR). Greene has served on the Board of Directors for NewSouth since KKR's initial investment in 2000, and will continue to serve as a board member for the new company.
"Consolidation in the telecommunications space is well underway, but unlike many mergers, the NuVox/NewSouth combination makes for not just a bigger company, but a much stronger company," said Michael R. Hannon, Partner at JP Morgan Partners, the private equity affiliate of JP Morgan Chase. "The proven track record of this management team and very compelling financial results absolutely support the future growth of the new NuVox Communications. We are extremely excited to continue our involvement with the new company." Hannon serves on the Board of Directors of NuVox Communications, and will hold a seat on the new board.
The combined company will be headquartered in Greenville, SC. St. Louis, MO, will continue to support a strong regional focus for the new company. The transaction is expected to close by May 2004. Until closing, NewSouth Communications and NuVox Communications will continue to operate separately. Customers of both companies will not experience changes to their existing service agreements. New or revised customer contracts will not be required as a result of the merger.
The merger has been approved by the Boards of Directors of both NewSouth and NuVox. Financial terms of the proposed merger were not disclosed. Completion of the transaction is subject to approval by the stockholders of both companies, as well as regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.
About NewSouth Communications
Headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, NewSouth Communications is a privately held broadband Integrated Communications Provider (ICP) serving business customers in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Founded in 1997, the company offers a comprehensive selection of data, Internet, voice, and other advanced communications solutions. NewSouth has completed its network, which includes Cisco packet-based switches, Lucent Technologies, Inc. AnyMedia™ 5ESS-2000 switches, and Siemens Information and Communications Networks EWSD digital switches. For more information, visit http://www.newsouth.com.
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NuVox Communications, a privately held Integrated Communications Provider based in St. Louis, MO, offers businesses and other end-users advanced integrated voice, data, and Internet products and services. The company provides dedicated and dial-up high-speed Internet access; Web site design and hosting; "traditional" local and long distance telephone services; and unified voice, e-mail, and fax messaging as well as advanced data services. NuVox's growing product portfolio also includes WAN management, audio conferencing, and remote access. NuVox provides its integrated voice and data services through advanced Nortel switches. NuVox is operating an LD network based on the Sonus Insignus platform. For more information, visit http://www.nuvox.com.


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I noticed there has been a distinct lack of blogginess happenings by herself so I thought I would put paw to keyboard and wuffle a story or two.
Herself does a fair bit of painting type 'stuff' and when she does, I have the essential job of lying on her feet or sleeping up against the back of her chair.
When she is not painting, she does something I used to be terrified of.... GARDENING. I am still not too sure about certain SCARY things, but I have braved up a bit...actually quite a lot!
Once upon a time my heart would stop at the sight of welly-boots, I would quiver in fear if any spades or rakes were picked up and I would hide myself when a wheelbarrow came out to play.
Now, I am still wary but I have seemed to have grown a (slightly) thicker skin. I've had to - I go 'hard core gardening' once weekly when herself volunteers in the walled garden.
I've been three times and last week was my bestest day so far!
The sun shone on my fur and I was happy playing.
I sunbathed on the recently mown grass,
it smelt just like hay
My fur smelt so sweet!
Now, I strangely find weeding rather good fun.
Each time she pulls one up...it might...just...be...a...ball..
which she just might..throw...for...me
oh the anticipation
and excitement!
Oh - it was just a weed.
No wait...she's going pick up a ball!!
And if she just does not get the hint -
I get my favourite toy and drop it at her feet when she stops for a brew
(I usually insist on a biscuit then too!)
I have happily discovered that if I drop my ball into the water trough
I get to have a sneaky swim!
She says it is therapy
(not sure whether I can eat that or play fetch with it)
for both of us
if we garden each week.
What ever it is -
I think I like it.
(Just hope she doesn't use the hammer
or make a loud noise, I might have to hide)


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DKNQ, Inc. is proud to announce the release of Follow My Trip for iPhone. Follow My Trip is a new easy to use travel sharing application for iPhone, providing privately shared trip location information to family, friends or associates for the holidays.
Available in the app store
If you ever have had to drive to meet a friend, family member or business associate in a different city, state or just across town, and are going to be late, this app easily provides up to date information of your route status under my shared trips to your chosen family, friends or associates. Follow My Trip lets them know you have arrived safely or perhaps a lane closure on the freeway has caused a delay, allowing them to schedule their plans accordingly to your final arrival.
Follow My Trip also provides parents an easier option from placing a GPS unit in a childs backpack or car. The app provides simple route and destination information, once at destination the route expires, providing privacy and ability to enjoy some time with their friends. Everyone is safe, sound and happy.
This app is a great business tool as it has the ability to share multiple trips allowing meeting based trips from various locations to one final destination. Another great feature is the ability to keep track of business travel versus personal travel through travel tracking for expense purposes.
DKNQ works in partnership with recognized leading industry experts to develop software that meets the needs of the end users to enhanced their day to day life on there mobile devices.
DKNQ, a member of the Apple Developer community, is an US based company specializing in Project management and design of applications for the Apple iPad, iPhone, iPod touch and other Mobile Device technologies.
Follow My Trip is available at $0.99 and available worldwide through the App Store in the travel category.
Please contact us at contact(at)followmytrip(dot)co for any enquiries, or for a promo code so you can preview the app. Or visit our website for further information.
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By Matthew Thompson [2], November 16, 2012 - 10:07am
I love being in the kitchen on Thanksgiving. Between the delicious smells, nice company and constant foot traffic (everyone finds a reason to stop by the kitchen on Thanksgiving!), it's the place to be in the lead-up to the year's most sumptuous meal. But anyone who's ever hoisted a turkey out of the oven or chopped so many veggies their wrists have cramped knows that making Thanksgiving dinner can be hard work. And though a lot of attention is paid to the calories consumed on Thanksgiving, not that much thought is given to the calories burned. It turns out to be a lot.
Don't Miss: The Best & Worst Thanksgiving Foods for Your Health [7] [7]
We decided to calculate the number of calories burned while making Thanksgiving dinner for the November/December issue of EatingWell. Using some of the Mayo Clinic's research into working metabolic rates (and some simple calculating), we were able to work out just how much you burn while you're cooking 7 traditional dishes for your Thanksgiving meal. Here's what we found:
1. Turkey & Gravy
Calories burned cooking (45 minutes of seasoning and prepping the bird as well as stirring and whisking the gravy): 122 calories
Calories in a serving of Classic Brined Turkey & Gravy: 237 calories
2. Mashed Potatoes
Calories burned cooking (20 minutes of peeling, cutting and mashing potatoes): 54 calories
Calories in a serving of Classic Mashed Potatoes: 376 calories
Don't Miss: Watch our Food Editor Make Healthier, Fluffy Mashed Potatoes [8]
3. Green Beans
Calories burned cooking (20 minutes of trimming, cooking and tossing the beans, as well as making a sweet-and-sour sauce to dress them): 54 calories
Calories in a serving of Classic Green Bean Casserole: 330 calories
Bonus savings: Use EatingWell's 5 Tips for a Healthier Green Bean Casserole [9]
4. Stuffing
Calories burned cooking (75 minutes of chopping fruits and vegetables, prepping bread, sautéing sausage and mixing ingredients together): 203 calories
Calories in a serving of Classic Sausage Stuffing: 665 calories
5. Corn Pudding
Calories burned cooking (30 minutes of chopping ingredients, whisking and mixing): 81 calories
Calories in a serving of Classic Corn Pudding: 491 calories
6. Pumpkin Pie
Calories burned cooking (50 minutes of measuring ingredients and mixing): 135 calories
Calories in a serving of Pumpkin Pie with Whipped Cream: 604 calories
Related: See How to Make the Easiest Pumpkin Pie Recipe Ever [10]
7. Cranberry Sauce
Calories burned Cooking (20 minutes of prepping cranberries and stirring the pot): 54 calories
Calories in a serving of Classic Cranberry Sauce: 95 calories
Don't Miss: Cut 1,273 Calories from Thanksgiving Dinner with This Menu [11]
What's your favorite Thanksgiving dish to cook? Tell us what you think below.
TAGS: Matthew Thompson [2], Healthy Cooking Blog [12], Cooking tips [13], Dinner [14], Entertaining [15], Thanksgiving [16]
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A hospital project in the Dallas-Fort Worth area lowered the heating-water temperatures to allow for innovative ways to recover heat. » more
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Xiaomi president confirms the company's next 'flagship' is coming in January 2015
15 Comments
1. theguy2345 (Posts: 1216; Member since: 24 Jun 2014)
Wait, can you buy these outside, like in the US? Because if you can't, they must be everywhere in China if they are making that much money!
5. kabhijeet.16 (Posts: 813; Member since: 05 Dec 2012)
India & China are it's 2 biggest markets...
7. Neros (Posts: 1016; Member since: 19 Dec 2014)
90% of their stuff is being sold in China. They've tried India, but they got banned. Also you have no warranty if things go wrong. Unless you want to send your phone back to China and then get a message that it got lost XD.
13. faizan-sharif (Posts: 98; Member since: 26 Jun 2013)
your reply that 90% stuff being sold to china may be right, but xiaomi just entered in india, yes there was a ban issue on ericsons patent and it was resloved with approval to sell qualcom devices only( with no mediatek) whcih is sot of good news for indian customers, India is one of bigger markets in the world and Xiaomi has already reached 1 million smartphones sold in a matter of just one quarter and that through flash sales. Secondly if you no nothing about the quality of a device, and also about the service center and all, do nt just speculate, on the other way MMX from india has launched a new line up Yureka, which is likely to gain some of xiaomi market, as they launched answer to redmi note earlier then xiaomi cud do, so its all competition stuff from companies, and indian customers are at the winning side. You just do not cry if you are not among lucky ones :D
2. tiara6918 (Posts: 2111; Member since: 26 Apr 2012)
@hugobarracyanogenmod will now finally be upgrading from his htc one
3. itsdeepak4u2000 (Posts: 3718; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
Release gap should be zero between India and China for all new handsets.
4. kabhijeet.16 (Posts: 813; Member since: 05 Dec 2012)
You are right...
6. Lampriya (banned) (Posts: 245; Member since: 05 Oct 2013)
it's going to be a load a crap from this cheap chinese maker. 2015 is the year of:
1. iPhone 6 Plus
2. Samsung Galaxy S6
Sorry China, ur quality isn't on par with the big boys from Samsung & Lg...
8. KazuoHirai (unregistered)
Says the Apple fanboy. Never get your hands on a Xiaomi device, do you? Poor you.
9. sip1995 (Posts: 1687; Member since: 07 Feb 2014)
Because they can't sell them outside China....
10. Lampriya (banned) (Posts: 245; Member since: 05 Oct 2013)
I won't use my clean hand to touch that dirty toy (Even if they give it to me for free)
12. RandomUsername (Posts: 808; Member since: 29 Oct 2013)
Newsflash: Apple produces the iPhone cheaply in China.
11. shuaibhere (Posts: 1986; Member since: 07 Jul 2012)
Lol says someone who had never touched a xiaomi device....
They are as good as flagship from bigboys..
MIUI is slow in low end smartphones but it flies in high end phones....and has lot of useful features and system wide themes...
14. gagakiller (banned) (Posts: 176; Member since: 08 Oct 2014)
the most famous Chinese copycats are about to release their next amazing phone
Called Xiaomi 6 plus
1-Inspired (cough cough stolen) from iPhone 6 plus design
2-inspired (stolen) iOS like UI calling it Xiaomi OS8


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Property ValueA BlockCollection containing the Block elements that comprise the contents of the element. This property has no default value.
These examples demonstrate some of the more common operations that can be performed on flow content elements through the Blocks property. This property is used to add and remove items from BlockCollection. Flow content elements that feature a Blocks property include:
These examples happen to use Section as the flow content element, but these techniques are applicable to all elements that host a flow content element collection.
The following example creates a new Section and then uses the Add method to add a new Paragraph to the Section contents.
Section secx = new Section(); secx.Blocks.Add(new Paragraph(new Run("A bit of text content...")));
The following example creates a new Paragraph element and inserts it at the beginning of the Section.
Paragraph parx = new Paragraph(new Run("Text to insert...")); secx.Blocks.InsertBefore(secx.Blocks.FirstBlock, parx);
The following example gets the number of top-level Block elements contained in the Section.
The following example deletes the last Block element in the Section.
The following example clears all of the contents (Block elements) from the Section.
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Consumer Electronic Wireless Bluetooth Waterproof Shower Speaker
- Seller Shenzhen Boheng Communication Technology Co., Ltd.
- Min. Order 1000 Piece/Pieces Sample order available,On Sale Pirce negotiable
- FOB Price US $5-18.55 /Piece
Product Description
Consumer Electronic Wireless Bluetooth Waterproof Shower Speaker
Feature of Car Mini Speaker:
1.V4.0 is the lowest consumption & stablest signal bluetooth version
2.Unique Design Led bluetooth speaker concise practical
3.Portable wireless stereo bluetooth mini speaker ,high performance subwoofer.
4.Long stand by time ,stable quality
5.Original import chip,exceptional performance
6.Excellent companion for daily life,while driving & exercising or taking shower
7.CE,ROHS,FCC,BQB certificated.
Specification of Car Mini Speaker:
|Bluetooth version
|Bluetooth V4.0
|Transmission power
|Class 2
|Frequency Range
|Music Time
|Up to 6 hours
|Talking Time
|Up to 8 hours
|Stand By Time
|Up to 72 Hours
|500mAh Rechargeable lithium batteries
|Charging Time
|Less than 2 Hours
|Signal to Noise Ratio
|Mobile phones, mp3 players, or tablet computers
|Fantastic waterproof
Accesory for Car Mini Speaker:
|USB Charger
|3.5mm Cable
|User manual
Image of Product:
Production Image:
CE,ROHS Certificates:
1.We guarantee to ship out within 2days after payment confirmation (except Holiday). Once the payment is received please allow 2days for dispatch of the order.
2.The delivery to your country may take from 5 to 7 working days after order has been shipped. Some times items will be delayed due to unexpected reason.
3.Please contact us if you don't receive your package exceeded 10 business days excludes weekends and holidays.
4.Please understand that most international delivery delays are postal delays that we are not aware of until you let us know.
5. The products we supply have quality guarantee.
Packing of Wireless Mini Speaker:
1.We have factory's current standard package.
Size of giftbox(cm): 10*10*7.7CM
2.Packing type: gift box packing/cardboard box /injection-moulded plastic packing/blister box etc.
3.Customized print Logo shall be complied to buyer's requirement,the charges is borne by buyers except the qty is exceeds 1000pcs per model.
Services and Advantages
1.Professional manufacturer of bluetooth earphone headphone/headset for over 7 years.
2.Warranty:one year.High quality material,high-end bluetooth headphone.
3.Lead time: within 3 days for small order, 15 days for mass production.Timely shipment as always.
4.Reliable quality assurance and competitive price.
5.OME and ODM are available.
6.Certificates approved:CE ROHS FCC BQB
7.Bluetooth bulk buying are available.
8.Payment:We accept any kinds of payment terms,such as TT,L/C, Western Union etc.
About Us:
Our factory is specialized in the manufacture of bluetooth products for more than 7 years such as Bluetooth headset, wireless headset, Bluetooth speaker,wireless headphone,bluetooth earphone headphone,wireless speaker and wired headset with the annual sales of over 2 million sets.
We offer not only Top quality product,God-like service,but also competitive price,this is why we keep getting repeated orders from the retailers and wholesalers worldwide.Our monthly production capability is 800,000 units,we has our own registered brand "W-sound" with unique design.Perfect hand free call receiver earphone free your life.We always focus on development of new bluetooth products.Looking for bluetooth products to represent?We always provide you Novel bluetooth product.We accept bulk buying with really cheap price.Contact us right away!
Q: How should I pay ?
A:1.Sample order you can make the payment by L/C,T/T,Western Union,MoneyGram,PayPal or Escrow before delivery,you may choose anyone which is more more convenient for cooperation.
2.For Bulk order by T/T, need TT 30% deposit ,70% balance before shipment.
Q: How is your product quality control?
A: We have professional R&D engineers and testing equipments,12 months warranty.Innovation and quality Credibility and good after-sales service well received by users.
1.incoming quality control for material
2.input process quality control for every production process
3. outgoing quality control before shipment.
4.100% on-line test
Q: What is the leadtime?
A:For different model, please check with us for final delivery time with us.Below info FYI.
QTY:100pcs 2-3days,
QTY:5000pcs 15-20days.
Need more info of Waterproof mini speaker? Please contact us right away!We're sure any of your inquiry will get prompt attention!
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How many models can you find which obey these rules?
Kate has eight multilink cubes. She has two red ones, two yellow, two green and two blue. She wants to fit them together to make a cube so that each colour shows on each face just once.
What is the smallest cuboid that you can put in this box so that you cannot fit another that's the same into it?
If you had 36 cubes, what different cuboids could you make?
Let's say you can only use two different lengths - 2 units and 4 units. Using just these 2 lengths as the edges how many different cuboids can you make?
How can you put five cereal packets together to make different shapes if you must put them face-to-face?
How many shapes can you build from three red and two green cubes? Can you use what you've found out to predict the number for four red and two green?
How can you arrange the 5 cubes so that you need the smallest number of Brush Loads of paint to cover them? Try with other numbers of cubes as well.
Here are four cubes joined together. How many other arrangements of four cubes can you find? Can you draw them on dotty paper?
Take 5 cubes of one colour and 2 of another colour. How many different ways can you join them if the 5 must touch the table and the 2 must not touch the table?
Can you put the numbers 1 to 8 into the circles so that the four calculations are correct?
A magician took a suit of thirteen cards and held them in his hand face down. Every card he revealed had the same value as the one he had just finished spelling. How did this work?
A tetromino is made up of four squares joined edge to edge. Can this tetromino, together with 15 copies of itself, be used to cover an eight by eight chessboard?
Can you find all the different ways of lining up these Cuisenaire rods?
How many DIFFERENT quadrilaterals can be made by joining the dots on the 8-point circle?
Can you shunt the trucks so that the Cattle truck and the Sheep truck change places and the Engine is back on the main line?
How many triangles can you make on the 3 by 3 pegboard?
In how many ways can you stack these rods, following the rules?
An activity making various patterns with 2 x 1 rectangular tiles.
Put 10 counters in a row. Find a way to arrange the counters into five pairs, evenly spaced in a row, in just 5 moves, using the rules.
What is the best way to shunt these carriages so that each train can continue its journey?
How many different triangles can you make on a circular pegboard that has nine pegs?
Building up a simple Celtic knot. Try the interactivity or download the cards or have a go on squared paper.
Is it possible to place 2 counters on the 3 by 3 grid so that there is an even number of counters in every row and every column? How about if you have 3 counters or 4 counters or....?
Are all the possible combinations of two shapes included in this set of 27 cards? How do you know?
What is the greatest number of counters you can place on the grid below without four of them lying at the corners of a square?
You have 4 red and 5 blue counters. How many ways can they be placed on a 3 by 3 grid so that all the rows columns and diagonals have an even number of red counters?
When newspaper pages get separated at home we have to try to sort them out and get things in the correct order. How many ways can we arrange these pages so that the numbering may be different?
A dog is looking for a good place to bury his bone. Can you work out where he started and ended in each case? What possible routes could he have taken?
This 100 square jigsaw is written in code. It starts with 1 and ends with 100. Can you build it up?
Place the numbers 1 to 10 in the circles so that each number is the difference between the two numbers just below it.
A thoughtful shepherd used bales of straw to protect the area around his lambs. Explore how you can arrange the bales.
This challenge is to design different step arrangements, which must go along a distance of 6 on the steps and must end up at 6 high.
Hover your mouse over the counters to see which ones will be removed. Click to remover them. The winner is the last one to remove a counter. How you can make sure you win?
Can you put the numbers from 1 to 15 on the circles so that no consecutive numbers lie anywhere along a continuous straight line?
Can you order pictures of the development of a frog from frogspawn and of a bean seed growing into a plant?
Place eight dots on this diagram, so that there are only two dots on each straight line and only two dots on each circle.
This activity investigates how you might make squares and pentominoes from Polydron.
In this investigation, you must try to make houses using cubes. If the base must not spill over 4 squares and you have 7 cubes which stand for 7 rooms, what different designs can you come up with?
These practical challenges are all about making a 'tray' and covering it with paper.
Suppose there is a train with 24 carriages which are going to be put together to make up some new trains. Can you find all the ways that this can be done?
Penta people, the Pentominoes, always build their houses from five square rooms. I wonder how many different Penta homes you can create?
Can you make dice stairs using the rules stated? How do you know you have all the possible stairs?
Using different numbers of sticks, how many different triangles are you able to make? Can you make any rules about the numbers of sticks that make the most triangles?
Investigate the smallest number of moves it takes to turn these mats upside-down if you can only turn exactly three at a time.
This task, written for the National Young Mathematicians' Award 2016, involves open-topped boxes made with interlocking cubes. Explore the number of units of paint that are needed to cover the boxes. . . .
These two group activities use mathematical reasoning - one is numerical, one geometric.
If we had 16 light bars which digital numbers could we make? How will you know you've found them all?
Can you work out how many cubes were used to make this open box? What size of open box could you make if you had 112 cubes?
Design an arrangement of display boards in the school hall which fits the requirements of different people.


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I hate sun and the hot. It makes me depressed.
Cloudy and cool weather is great, but not that cold.
Which one do you prefer and why?
- I love sun, hot weather, beach etc.Vote A
- I love cloudy weather, rain, foggy weather, cool weather, jungle and greens etc.Vote B
Most Helpful Girl
rainy weather! nice to now that i ain't the only one.20|20|0
Me too!! I love the rain... I think I have also td you this before 😂
@akadatank44 You have!! it's good cuz where i am it rains constantly :P
Hahha I imagined so. You are not far from Seattle where it rains a lot there😜
Most Helpful Guy
I love the rain.
I don't like the destruction caused by hurricanes, but I love to go outside and stand in them and feel the power of nature, and the coolness, and the stinging in the face as the water drops hit you at 75mph to 100mph. It is awesome and there is really nothing quite like it. You can see horizontal vortices* as the wind rips through the trees on the adjoining property, and smashes into a building, shooting water vertically like a hydrant 20 or 30 feet in the air.
It gets fun when it knocks you off your feet, but I go inside after I start hearing trees snapping.
*I hate when I am right and spell check is wrong.
I want to find a remote, uninhabited Island in the pacific which is about to get hit by a Category 5, and go ride it out where nobody else would get hurt. It would be awesome. I want to see what 12 to 24 hours worth of 200mph to 225mph wind gusts and 190mph sustained looks like in person.


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The present invention generally relates to a digital controller of the type used for process controls or the like. More particularly, the invention concerns a digital controller which can be advantageously used for process control in which a plurality of processes are to be controlled by performing arithmetic processings of a like type or nature.
The control of plural objectives by means of a digital controller has the disadvantage that the overall processing speed becomes slow in proportion to the number of the objectives to be controlled, when the control is performed serially on a time division basis. With the present invention, it is intended to provide a digital controller which is capable of controlling a number of objectives with high speed through parallel arithmetic processings.
For performing high speed arithmetic processings, it has been known to use a parallel arithmetic processing procedure. Among others, the procedure disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,364,472 may be mentioned, which concerns a parallel network type computer system. In addition to the network system, other parallel arithmetic processing systems are known.
Further, a technique for performing parallel logic operations and equipment for performing data logic analysis by computer hardware processing are disclosed in G.B. Pat. No. 1,456,941. This patent concerns a parallel processing system for data processing in which a plurality of functional units process data in an overlapping manner in accordance with a predetermined instruction sequence.
In recent years, as the various processes and systems become more sophisticated in scale and performance, there arises a demand for a programmable controller having high speed and high reliability for controlling such processes and systems. Heretofore, efforts for realizing a high speed operation have been made primarily in connection with the hardware structure of a microcomputer. However, a limitation will be imposed on further development of the hardware which permits higher operation speed, not to speak of the manufacturing cost. As a system which is designed to assure a high speed operation and high reliability, there may be mentioned a multi-processor system. However, the conventional multi-processor system is so arranged that the individual processors perform independent processings in parallel. As a consequence, the waiting time in reading a program through a common bus presents a problem. Besides, time loss due to the overhead of a control program for supervisory control of the multi-processor system gives rise to another problem, providing an obstacle to realization of the expected high speed operation. In case the processings have to be performed by controlling the timing among the processors, the waiting time involved among the processors as well as the complicated program for maintaining synchronism among operations of the processors provides disadvantages. In case the outputs of the individual processors of the multi-processor system have to be compared with one another for assuring an increased reliability, it is necessary to provide the erroneous operation detecting period with a margin for disposing of any timing difference among the processors, thereby involving further complexity and rendering it impossible to accomplish detection with high precision, with results in other disadvantages.
It is a primary object of the present invention to provide a digital controller for effecting process control with improved high processing speed.
Another object of the invention is to improve the processing speed of the digital controller adapted to control simultaneously a plurality of objectives or processes.
For accomplishing the above objects, the present invention starts from the fact that when a plurality of processes or objectives of a like nature are controlled, a number of like arithmetic or logic operations (equal to the number of the objectives or processes to be controlled) are often performed by using the same operands and proposes that an instruction be stored in a common memory while the operands are stored in memories incorporated in the processors, respectively, and which are provided separately for the objectives or processes to be controlled.
According to another aspect of the invention, the processors each provided for each of the objectives or processes to be controlled are controlled by a common control circuit.
According to a further aspect of the invention, a dummy processing (no operation) is effected for those of the objectives or processes for which the like arithmetic or logic processing is not required, to thereby maintain the parallel processing consistently.
The present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a general arrangement of the controller according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIGS. 2 and 3 are views for illustrating contents of arithmetic operations and assignment of addresses of memories;
FIG. 4 shows a time chart for illustrating operation of the controller in conjunction with FIGS. 2 and 3;
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a hitherto known parallel computation system for comparison with the controller according to the invention;
FIG. 6 is a time chart for illustrating the operation of the controller according to the invention by comparing its operation with that of the hitherto known parallel computation system;
FIG. 7 is a flow chart for illustrating the flows of processings in carrying out the invention; and
FIGS. 8 to 13 are views illustrating data storage locations and the flows of processings in the controller according to the invention.
Now, the invention will be described in more detail in conjunction with an exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 1. For simplification of description, it is assumed that two processing units, i.e. master processing unit (hereinafter referred to as a MPU) 3 and a slave processing unit (hereinafter referred to as a SPU) 4 are provided and share between them an instruction memory 1 and an input/output device 2 for inputting/outputting process signals, wherein the MPU and SPU are operated in parallel in accordance with a program placed in the instruction memory 1 to control processes in concern through the input/output device 2. In the case of the digital controller illustrated in FIG. 1, it is assumed that the number of the objectives or processes to be controlled is two. However, the number of the objectives to be controlled may be increased by correspondingly increasing the number of SPU's. Although the objective to be controlled is expressed simply by the term "process" in conjunction with the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, it will be understood that a plurality of control objects or objectives of like type or nature may be connected to the digital controller.
More specifically, the MPU 3 and SPU 4 include, respectively, processors 81 and 82, operand address memories 61 and 62, input/output buffer memories 71 and 72, and dual-port memories 91 and 92. The MPU 3 is further provided with a program controller 5. The operand address memories 61 and 62 serve to store the addresses which designate the operands in the input/output bufer memories 71 and 72 on the basis of the indirect address of an instruction stored in the instruction memory 1, while the input/output buffer memory 71 and 72 serve as the buffer for a main memory of the input/output device 2 in realizing a high speed operation. Further, the dual-port memories 91 and 92 are provided for allowing the direct data transfer to be effected between the MPU 3 and the SPU 4.
FIG. 2 shows a program for executing two sets of multiplications through the parallel processing. By referring to this figure, the basic control for the parallel processing and functions of the various memories in the digital controller shown in FIG. 1 will be described in more detail.
There is illustrated in FIG. 2 the relationship between the contents of various arithmetic operations and the instruction addresses. The MPU 3 is instructed to execute an arithmetic operation of "(a)�(b)→c" at the address "0000" by the instruction address signal 301, where (a) and (b) represent the stored contents at addresses a and b, respectively. With the above expression, it is meant that the contents at the addresses a and b should be multiplied with each other and the resulting product be stored at an address c. Similarly, the SPU 4 is also instructed to perform the arithmetic operation of "(x)�(y)→z" by the instruction signal 301 of the address "0000".
On the other hand, when the instruction address signal 301 designates the address "0001", arithmetic operation of "(c)+(z)→d" is executed in the MPU 3. With this expression, it is meant that the contents at the addresses c and z are to be added and the resulting sum is to be stored at the address d. At that time, however, data to be processed by the SPU 4 is absent notwithstanding the presence of the instruction for addition. Accordingly, the SPU 4 performs a dummy operation (or no operation). Corresponding program memory addresses are expressed by ((P))�((P+1))→(P+2) and ((P+3))+((P+4)→(P+5), respectively, by way of illustrative example, where double parenthesis (()) represents the contents at the address denoted therein. The stored states of these instructions and the relevant operands will be described by referring to FIG. 3. The instruction memory 1 stores at the address of e.g. "0000" an instruction code indicating the multiplication and the leading address P of the operand addresses memories at which the operand addresses are stored. The address P used for the indirect addressing designates the addresses of the operand address memories 61 and 62, respectively. The contents at the addresses of the memories 61 and 62 designated by the indirect address P are the addresses a and x, respectively. Considering the correspondence to the program addresses, the content of the memory 61 at the address P equals (P) and thus equals a, while content of the memory 62 at the address P equals (P) and thus equals x. In correspondence with the addresses a and x, data in the input/output buffer memories 71 and 72, i.e. the real operands, are designated. In the case of the illustrative example shown in FIG. 3, the data stored in the buffer memory 71 at the address a is "10", while the data stored in the buffer memory 72 at the address x is "3". The similar applies to the succeeding addresses (P+1) and (P+2) of the operand address memories 61 and 62. In this manner, the illustrated embodiment is so arranged that the operands for the processing units 3 and 4 can be simultaneously designated by the single indirect address P of the program.
FIG. 4 shows a time chart for illustrating the operations described above for the assumed example illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3. When the instruction address signal 301 is updated in response to a step-up signal 300 to allow the succeeding instruction signal 302 to be read out, the execution timing is established by an execution command signal 303. Namely, the MPU 3 responds to the execution command signal 303 to fetch the input/output data 305, i.e. "10" from the address a designated by the operand address 304. In the similar manner, data "5" is read out from the address b, whereby the arithmetic operation of (a)�(b) is performed by the MPU 3. The result of the operation is stored in the input/output buffer memory at the address c. It will be appreciated without any further description that the SPU 4 performs the similar operation, the result of which is written in the dual-port memory 91 or 92. The value stored in the memory 91 or 92 is read out, as occasion requires, to be utilized in the operations performed by other processors. For example, this corresponds to the operation in which "50" at the address c is added with "12" at the address z, the resulting sum "62" being stored at the address d, as shown in FIG. 3. This operation is effected by way of an address read-out signal bus 311 (or 312) of the dual-port memory of the other processor. The time chart shown in FIG. 4 is depicted on the assumption that the arithmetic operation is performed by way of the dual-port memory in this manner.
Next, the arithmetic operation performed according to the teaching of the invention as described above will be compared with that of the conventional parallel computation system. It is assumed that the conventional parallel computation system is of such a structure as schematically shown in FIG. 5 and includes processors or MPUs 3a and 3b and instruction memories 1a and 1b provided in association with these processors, respectively.
FIG. 6 shows a time chart for illustrating the parallel computation processings effected in the manner described above in conjunction with FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 in comparison with the parallel computation processings performed by the MPU 3a and 3b shown in FIG. 5. In FIG. 6, [I] denotes a period in which an instruction is executed, [II] denotes a time interval for which completion of the operation performed by the counterpart processor is awaited, and [III] denotes a time loss involved by the procedure for synchronization. Since there exist a number of points at which the synchronization may be established, data is required for determining at which point the synchronization is to be established. The time required for the data transfer and determination of the synchronizing point is regarded as a loss in time or dead time when considered from the standpoint of execution of the instruction. In contrast to the conventional parallel computation system, instructions can be executed successively with the dead time intervals [II] and [III] being reduced to a minimum in the case of the processing system according to the illustrated embodiment of the invention, as will be seen from FIG. 6.
FIG. 7 illustrates in a flow chart a procedure for parallel-processing the data shown in FIG. 3 for the two multiplications shown in FIG. 2 by the system according to the illustrated embodiment of the invention. At a step 100, the instruction (FIG. 3) is read out from the instruction memory 1 at the address "0000" under command of the program controller 5 incorporated in the MPU 3. At that time, the SPU 4 is in the stand-by state (step 200). At steps 101 and 201, the processors 3 and 4 fetch and decode the instruction. Since the instruction code resulting from the decoding indicates the multiplication operation, it is determined that two operands must be fetched and that the result of the operation are to be stored at another address. Accordingly, succeeding steps 102 and 103 correspond to the operand fetching operation of the MPU 3. More specifically, at the step 102, the address a is read out from the address P of the memory 61, followed by the reading of the content "10" from the address a of the buffer memory 71 as the operand, which is then loaded in a register incorporated in the processor 81. At the step 103, the address b is read out from the address (P+1) of the operand memory 61, which is followed by reading the operand "5" from the address b of the buffer memory 71. In parallel with the steps 102 and 103, data (x)=3 and (y)=4 are fetched by the processor 82 of the SPU 4 at steps 202 and 203. At the steps 104 and 204, the multiplications are concurrently performed by the processors 81 and 82. At steps 105 and 205, the results of the multiplications are stored, respectively, in the buffer memories 71 and 72 at the addresses c and z designated by the indirect address P+ 2 (the designation of the addresses are realized in the similar manner as the operand fetching steps), whereupon the parallel processing for one set of the multiplications comes to an end. At a step 106, the control is regained by the program controller 5 and the address is incremented by "1", whereby the procedure proceeds to the execution of the instruction stored at the address "0001" of the instruction memory 1. However, in the case of a jump, address calculation and the like are performed at this step. At that time, the SPU 4 is in the standby state at a step 206.
Now, consideration will be given to the parallel processing of n arithmetic operations of a like nature by using n processors. For example, it is assumed that n is equal to 4 and the parallel processing is to be performed for the arithmetic operation given by the following expression:
y=G1 x1 +G2 x2 +G3 x3 +G4 x4 (1)
FIG. 8 shows data storage locations and data flows in the case where the above arithmetic operation is executed in accordance with the teaching of the present invention, while FIG. 9 shows in a time chart the processing procedures as a function of time. Further, FIGS. 10 to 13 illustrate locally the data locations and the data flows at each of the processing steps I to IV, respectively.
Referring to FIG. 8, the contents of the instruction memory 1 and the operand address memories 61 and 62 are previously stored in these memories as the programmed data. Input data x1 to x4 of the input/output buffer memories 71 and 72 are constituted by the process information which varies from time to time in dependence on the changes in the processes to be controlled. The input information is constantly transferred between the input/output device 2 and the buffer memories 71 and 72, whereby the process information stored in the input/output buffer memories 71 and 72 is updated from time to time. On the other hand, output information supplied from the processors 81 and 82 are temporarily written in the input/output buffer memories 71 and 72 and subsequently transferred to the input/output device 2.
The processing of the arithmetic operation in accordance with the expression (1) is so programmed as to be executed at four steps in total, inclusive of two steps for addition and two steps for multiplication, as will be seen in FIG. 9. More specifically, at the step I, multiplications of x1 �G1 and x3 �G3 are executed in parallel by the MPU 3 and the SPU 4, respectively, the results of which are, respectively, stored in the registers WORK 11 and 12 incorporated in the processors 81 and 82, respectively. This operation is completed by executing once the basic operation described hereinbefore in conjunction with FIGS. 2 and 3. The contents of the memories relating to this execution (step I) are illustrated in FIG. 10. In more detail, in accordance with the instruction of the content "X, B" stored in the instruction memory 1 at the address i, the contents stored in the buffer memories 61 and 62 at the addresses x1 and x3 designated by the addresses B and B+1 of the operand address memories 61 and 62 are, respectively, multiplied by the constants G1 (=5) and G3 (=3) given by literals instead of the addresses, the results "5" and "9" of the multiplications being placed in the registers WORK 11 and 12 of the processors 81 and 82. The literal represents by itself the data given by the content of the address memory 61 or 62 rather than by designating the address of the buffer memory in which the real data is stored, and is conventionally employed in the computer technology for representing constants and characters.
Upon completion of execution of the step I shown in FIG. 9, the program control means 5 issues to the instruction memory 1 a request that the succeeding instruction be read out from the next address (i+1), whereby the multiplications are performed in a similar manner at the step II. The data as well as the data flow at that time are shown in FIG. 11. Operations of G2 x2 =20 and G4 x4 =30 are executed in parallel by the MPU 3 and the SPU 4, respectively, the results of which are stored in the registers WORK 21 and 22, respectively.
The processing performed at the step III of FIG. 9 is the same as that described hereinbefore in conjunction with the flow chart shown in FIG. 7. In the instant case, however, the contents of the registers WORK 11 and WORK 12 incorporated in the processor 81 are added together by the MPU 3, while the contents of the registers WORK 12 and 22 of the processor 82 are concurrently added together by the SPU 4. Accordingly, the contents at the addresses (B+6) and (B+7) of the address registers 71 and 72 represent only the addresses of the registers. Data and data flow at that time are shown in FIG. 12. While the result of the addition performed by the MPU 3 is stored in the register WORK 31, the result of the addition performed by the SPU 4 is stored at an address D. PORT 12 of the dual-port memory 92, to thereby allow the operation result of the processor 82 to be fetched by the processor 81 at the next step IV where the operation results of the processors 81 and 82 are added with each other.
At the step IV, the results of the arithmetic operations performed by the processors 81 and 82 are added to determine y given by the expression (1), the result of which is then stored in the input/output buffer memory 71 at the address y and ultimately supplied to the processes under control by way of the input/output device 2. The data transfer between the input/output device 2 and the buffer 71 is carried out independent of the processor 81. In this connection, it is not preferable from the viewpoint of the transfer efficiency to transfer the data for all the addresses of the buffer memory 71. It is preferred to transfer the data only of the addresses used by the address memory 61. At the step IV, only the processor 81 performs the arithmetic operation. The processor 82 performs an invalid operation. To this end, a dummy work register WORK 02 is provided for performing the invalid processing. The results of the operations performed by the processors 81 and 82 are added and the result of the addition is stored again in the register WORK 02. Data as well as the data flow in this step IV are shown in FIG. 13.
In the foregoing, the operation of the exemplary embodiment of the invention has been described. In general, the processing of the processes to be controlled includes frequently regular repetitions of multiplications and additions. Accordingly, the embodiment of the invention can be realized in a simplified hardware structure, while the program as well as the control by the program can be correspondingly simplified. By increasing the number of the processors which perform processings concurrently in parallel with one another, the overall processing speed can be made high correspondingly. In case the MPU 3 and the SPU 4 shown in FIG. 1 are caused to perform processings of the same content, respectively, for the purpose of comparing the results of the processings with each other, accurate comparison can be readily made with high precision because the individual processing steps are executed perfectly in parallel or synchronism, as is illustrated in FIG. 9. Thus, a processing system of high reliability can be readily realized. In the application where the comparison mentioned above is intended, a common memory may be used for the operand address memories 61 and 62 to thereby simplify the hardware structure.
The data transfer among the input/output buffer memory, the input/output device and the processes under consideration can be effected in the manner disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 421005 U.S. Pat. No. 4,497,569.
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The German is trying to steady her game in the closing weeks of the season after winning the US Open and taking over the world No.1 ranking. She lost last week in Wuhan against eventual champion Petra Kvitova.
"She played really well, especially in the first set," Kerber said.
"I was trying to be patient and waiting for my shots and for my chances, just trying to move her a lot and only going for it when the chance came.
"I know that I can still improve, but I think this is also one of the keys why I'm playing so well and so consistent, because it's really important to have your mind on the court and thinking about the match right now."
China's world No.233 Peng Shuai scored the upset of the week, eliminating sixth seed Venus Williams 7-5 6-1. Czech fifth seed Karolina Pliskova, the US Open finalist against Kerber, beat Lucie Safarova, 6-7 (9) 6-1 6-4.
Swiss 12th seed Timea Bacsinszky stormed back after losing the opening set to post a defeat of Spain's Lara Arruabarrena 4-6 6-4 6-1. The 16th-seeded Elina Svitolina beat German Tatjana Maria 6-2 6-2 and Barbora Strycova got the better of Germany's Laura Siegemund 5-7 7-5 7-5.