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Does Washington Care About the Persecution of Christians Around the World?
Part 2 of an interview with religious-freedom expert Nina Shea.
| Posted 4/30/13 at 5:15 PM
Over the past month, a rash of anti-Christian violence from Nigeria to Pakistan to Syria has highlighted the vulnerable status of this religious group. The U.S. bishops have spoken out on behalf of the beleaguered Christians of Iraq and advocated for U.S. aid for Syrian refugees fleeing a civil war that has featured an increase in violence against a Christian community with ancient roots. Further, the Arab Spring uprisings, which toppled secular autocratic regimes that generally tolerated religious minorities, mark a new and unpredictable era for U.S. foreign policy.
Nina Shea is a longtime expert on international religious-freedom issues. She is the co-author, with Paul Marshall and Lela Gilbert, of a new book, Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians. Shea is also the director of the Center for Religious Freedom of the Hudson Institute in Washington. In March, the center created a new website that aggregates the top stories on religious persecution worldwide.
In the first part of her interview with Register senior editor Joan Frawley Desmond, Shea addressed the most pressing issues facing Pope Francis. In this interview, she outlines the most urgent policy issues that need Washington's attention.
How can Washington help secure the rights of religious minorities as secular autocracies are replaced with Islamic governments?
America is a generous donor to Egypt, Afghanistan and other Muslim countries, and this brings leverage. So far, the administration has not been willing to use this leverage to protect the only remaining church in Afghanistan, for example.
Its 99-year lease was canceled by a court under the Karzai government in 2010 — at the same time, over 100,000 troops were in the country protecting the Afghanistan government. The U.S. State Department knew about this and later reported on it but did not stop it.
Now Afghanistan joins Saudi Arabia as the only countries in the world without any churches. Our diplomats and contractors who wish to attend Christian worship services must now do so secretly, behind gated compounds.
In Egypt, where the Copts are an extremely vulnerable minority and the Muslim Brotherhood government has shown signs it will not protect them from extremist violence and threatens to deny them basic rights, the U.S. should make the protection of the Copts a red line in its billion-dollar aid program.
Don't U.S. allies like Saudi Arabia ban any practice of the Christian faith?
Washington has been timid about raising the rights of Christians anywhere in the Islamic world, and especially in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia requires all its nationals to be Muslim. But it also is the residence of 1 or 2 million Christian foreign workers, who have few rights and no churches. Some of these Christians — Filipinos, Ethiopians, Egyptians, Indians — worship together secretly in private homes, and they are periodically hunted out by Saudi religious police and imprisoned. Several dozen Ethiopian Christians were imprisoned without due process and abused last year for nine months for holding private worship services. Over 50 more were reported arrested for proselytizing this year, and their fate is unknown.
Beheading can be the penalty for this. Last March, Abdulaziz ibn Abdullah Al al-Sheikh, the grand mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, declared it is "necessary to destroy all the churches in the Arabian Peninsula."
The State Department has identified Saudi Arabia as a "Country of Particular Concern," one of the world's worst religious persecutors under the International Religious Freedom Act, but does not demonstrate that religious freedom is a priority in its relations with Saudi Arabia or with any Muslim country.
Christians in Iran are also under threat, but what can we do when Washington has no diplomatic relations with Tehran?
Simply raising the names and cases of the imprisoned can help, even with a hostile government like Iran. In January, pastor Saeed Abedini, an Iranian-American citizen, was sentenced to eight years imprisonment in Tehran's brutal Evin prison for his own conversion, as well as for his ministry with Iran's burgeoning underground evangelical churches. Especially because he is an American citizen, the U.S. government should be elevating his case. The secular media has barely mentioned him.
Another Christian pastor, Yousef Nadarkhani, who was first jailed in 2009 and sentenced to death, was released from prison earlier this year following international pressure. Two Christian women in Iran, both converts, who were imprisoned and threatened with death for their beliefs, were released in 2009 after Voice of America and other groups brought international attention to their cases.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, most Americans assumed that religious freedom had been restored throughout the former Soviet bloc. But you report that Christians in these countries are under threat. What is going on, and are there any people like John Paul II fighting back?
Christian churches not of the favored Russian Orthodox tradition face burdensome registration requirements and other restrictions, official discrimination and surveillance and, sometimes, outright bans in Russia and some of the other more authoritarian states, like Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, that have formed out of the old Soviet state. Persecution has not returned to the levels of the Soviet era, but in many of the 15 former-Soviet states religious freedom is denied.
The Catholic Church does not have a large presence in the most restrictive of these states, so there is no figure comparable to John Paul II fighting for religious freedom. There is, however, the nonprofit Forum 18, an incredibly valuable source of documentation on religious repression in that part of the world.
After the International Religious Freedom Act was signed into law in 1998, you report that the "United States became a world leader in the defense of religious freedom." Now, you charge that our leaders have "abdicated that role." Why?
The U.S. failed to ensure the defense of the Iraqi Christians from jihadi and Salafi attacks even though we had over 100,000 troops on the ground and supported the government financially and diplomatically. We did not act to ensure that the Iraqi government was protecting the smallest, defenseless minorities, like the Christians, Mandeans and Yizidis. These minorities were mostly driven out of Iraq in the most brutal ways on our watch.
Now the Christians of Egypt are facing the same types of threats — jihadi and Salafi violence, coupled with their own government's indifference or worse.
Again, the U.S. seems unwilling to use its leverage to help them. In fact, we are giving 200 Abrams tanks to the Egyptian security forces, even though those forces ran over Christians with the treads of tanks in October 2011 (the photos on YouTube are horrific). At the time they were struck down, the victims were peacefully demonstrating against the failure of the police to protect their churches from attacks by Salafis.
What kind of signal does it send for us to donate to Egyptian security more tanks? It says: We don't care what happens to the Coptic Christians.
During the 1980s, Church-based groups spoke out against human-rights violations by Latin-American "military dictatorships of that era. You suggest that similar groups should be documenting abuses in Middle Eastern, Asian and African countries. Are there effective groups working on these issues?
There are a number of good sources on religious persecution around the world, which I've recently begun to feature on our new aggregation website. This site aims to provide the top stories of religious persecution, not only for Christians. But there is a need for better human-rights reporting in the states with high levels of religious persecution, and this is an undertaking that the Church has done well in other places, in other times.
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Maybe the time has come for the Fayetteville-Manlius ice hockey team to assume a new role — that of championship contender.
In just a few short years, the Hornets have gone from fledgling program to something more substantial, as evidenced by the way the 2008-09 season got underway.
First, F-M, who plays its home games at Cicero Twin Rinks, ventured to State Fair Coliseum on Nov. 26 and beat Solvay 7-2.
Big outbursts in the first and third periods proved decisive, as Billy Kent gave the Hornets a three-goal hat trick. Right behind him, Matt Esposito had two goals and one assist, with Ronnie Caputo adding a goal and two assists.
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Joyful Sound Ministries of Lubbock has scheduled a program of music, gospel comedy and preaching at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Assembly of God Church, 401 Fourth St. in Idalou.
The event is headed by country gospel minister and musician Bruce Trent, who performs comedy as Willie T and expounds the Scriptures during sessions that also include music and drama.
Trent, who is based in Patrick Springs, Va., ministers in church services, revivals, youth events and concerts. He traces his music roots to age 6, when he began playing the drums and singing with his parents and grandfather as they traveled in Virginia and North Carolina.
By 8, he was playing the bass guitar, and at 13 began playing the trumpet and piano. He studied music in college and traveled with gospel groups.
He has opened for artists Mylon Lefeavre and Broken Heart, Randy Stonehill, Cindy Cruse and Twila Paris.
Trent was named Male Vocalist of the Year for 2000 by Christian Country Gospel Music Association. Songs he has written include "Let Me Live," and "Sunday Blues." They are designed to combine humor with messages of truth.
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The concert is free. However, an offering will be taken.
Elias, who is described as a dynamic musician and vocalist, plans to release a new CD titled "Soar."
Information is available by calling the church at 798-2430.
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Sessions planned for Sunday are 9:15 a.m. to noon and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday programs are from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Admission is free.
Headed by Steve Grohman, a creation science evangelist, the seminar will deal with the question of whether the earth is billions of years old, and it will use geological facts.
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Wayland Baptist University's Division of Religion has named a new endowed scholarship for Amelia Bishop, who has been active in Texas missions leadership.
"I felt two things: First, very humbled, then supremely grate ful for the honor," she said of the Amelia Bishop Wo men's Ministerial Scholarship.
Bishop, known to friends and associates as "Millie," is considered a role model for women in ministry leadership.
She graduated from what is now the University of Texas at El Paso with a bachelor's degree in journalism and earned a master's degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Bishop moved to Wayland in 1955. She has taught journalism at Plainview High School and at Wayland and served for four years as president of Women's Missionary Union.
Bishop now is a freelance writer in Austin.
She is philosophical about her years at Wayland and those spent in ministry roles:
"The older I get, the more convinced I am that anything and everything we do of merit is because God gave us the capability," she said.
Inspirational Choir performs Sunday
The Greater St. Luke Baptist Church Inspirational Choir will observe Annual Choir Day with gospel singing at 3 p.m. Sunday at 306 E. 26th St.
President of the group is Linda Harvey.
Singing Women performs Sunday
The Singing Women of West Texas will hold its last local concert of the year at 6 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church in Brownfield, 219 W. Main St.
The concert is free.
Christian Institute gives tours to public
Christian Institute of the West, a new nondenominational Christian college, has scheduled an open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at 4009 S. Bonham St. in Amarillo.
The school is scheduled to open Aug. 26, with Kyle Huckins serving as president.
"People have been able to see some of the areas where work has taken place, but this will be the first time all will be open to view," said regent Kim Shepherd, who has supervised much of the volunteer labor and craftsmanship.
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This week saw two major wireless carriers introducing new payment plans. Verizon announced a partnership with American Express that'll also allow customers to buy with their phones, and T-Mobile just announced plans to let customers charge online purchases directly to their phone bills.
Brad Duea, a senior vice president at T-Mobile, says the new system will be simple to use. You go to a website, find what you want to buy and tell the site to add it to your T-Mobile bill instead of charging your credit card.
On some level, the phone functions like a credit card. "We do restrict credit at a certain point," says Duea, "but it's more giving customer the ability to limit their account." T-Mobile will allow parents to set limits on how much kids can spend, and what type of content they can buy. And, says Duea, if an errant charge pops up on your bill, customer service would address it, "very similar to credit card charge."
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Adel Imam, the great Egyptian actor, is today caught up in a large cultural-political conflict that will affect the future of the Arab and Muslim world in the post-Arab Spring phase. How has the Arab elite been divided into two major cultural blocs within the context of a political conflict? [Let us examine this below].
I am not sure if I have seen all of Adel Imam's countless movies. But, like millions of Arab viewers, I have certainly seen a great deal of his cinematic works and plays.
Imam has acted in numerous comedy films that have addressed serious issues in Egyptian society [by mixing humor with tragedy]. Over the past four decades, he participated in and directed many films of high production quality. He was described as the Arab world's Woody Allen or Michael Moore.
In past years, Adel Imam has outranked the great film director Yussef Chahin in terms of social and political impact on Arab and Egyptian society. However, both artists have shared the same position towards Islamic fundamentalists, although each one has expressed it in his own way. Imam has portrayed the character of ordinary Egyptian people as victims to injustice and social class [conflict], while Chahine shed light on the historical culture of Egypt in his movie al-Masir [Destiny]. Imam also appeared alongside many reputable stars in the Yacoubian Building film, where he played a leading role. The film is adapted from the novel of the same name, which shed light on the contemporary Egyptian events that led, a few years later, to the revolution that erupted in Tahrir Square, only few blocks away from the building.
The novel was written by Alaa al-Aswany, who later became one of the biggest symbols of the revolution. The film - thanks to the outstanding performance of Imam - was just as enjoyable as the novel, unlike other western or Arabic movies which fail to convey the whole sense of the novel. Some of these movies include: A Deputy in the Countryside: A Diary by Toufic al-Hakim, and Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, in which the American Greta Garbo played the leading role in 1935, followed by French actress Sophie Marceau in 1997.
The great actor Adel Imam is today caught up in the large cultural-political conflict that will affect the future of the Arab and Muslim world in the post-Arab Spring phase. The famous actor was sentenced to three months in jail - as a result of a case filed by a Salafist - for "defaming Islam" in several roles on screen and stage. Imam appealed the ruling, and its execution was suspended. Imam's supporters said that his roles were indeed meant to speak out against extremists and intolerance, but that his work was definitely not anti-religion.
It is true that the films referred to in the case filed against him have previously angered Islamic fundamentalists. However, the verdict issued against the actor raises concerns that the Egyptian judiciary might be compromised as Islamists gain power in Egypt. Under these circumstances, people fear that the new authorities will crack down on the "freedom of creativity," which was promoted by the Sheikh and Professor Dr. Ahmad El Tayeib following the recent [January 2012] issuance of the second Al-Azhar Document, welcomed by the Egyptian educated and political elite. The document upholds the freedom of artistic and literary expression and creativity within the context of the four fixed cultural values.
The battle against Adel Imam is only one aspect of the future cultural conflict that will shape the upcoming phase in Egypt, as Islamic fundamentalist parties hold a strong majority in the parliament. Let us not forget that the former regime, which used to suppress fundamentalists so as to prevent them from taking over political power, granted "cultural authorities," [protecting certain artists' freedom of expression]. Mubarak regime overlooked verdicts against Najib Mahfouz, Nasser Hamed Abu Zed and many others.
This battle has spread out across the country in the post-Arab Spring phase. This time, however, it is not a battle between the army and Islamists, but rather one that pits the liberal, leftist, secular and youth movements against Islamic fundamentalists.
The fundamentalists hold a popular majority. The cultural elite, on the other hand, are supported by the minorities in the media and art circles, where fundamentalists have failed to gain ground or influence cadres.
Thus, today, Egypt has become caught up between two major [cultural] blocs [and a divide of historical significance]. A pitched battle at the parliamentary, street and judiciary levels will soon emerge - in case the political game is able to stay within a peaceful context.
If cultural goals were really at the heart of [Egypt's] political [conflict], this would be reflected in economic [policies]. This was the case for the tourism sectors of Lebanon, Tunisia and Egypt, which [have opened up to] what has been called "Salafist Tourism."
I will not be surprised if the movements supporting and defending Adel Imam will turn into Arab revolutions themselves. However, I do not believe that these artistic revolutionaries will limit their protests to [issuing] statements and [filing] appeals alone. They will go as far as to hold film festivals, make movies and plays in the Arab capitals - or even European and Western ones.
We are all Adel Imam.


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$7,500 so far.
I suspect the other links you put in your posts reduce your legitimacy.
Anyway, to answer the question, I'm sure Watch readers have contributed thousands of dollars. I don't really know what I think about an in-game shrine to a website but, at any rate, they had the idea and to try it now would be a case of "me too".
I agree with Dhruin. It's a good idea, but it's probably too late. Our members have already donated.
Also you don't really need the highest tier of 10k (the sum Codex raised by the way, amongst others also with the generous help of Chris Avellone :D) in order to be able leave your mark in the Wasteland 2 world.
For example a mere 1,000 bucks already enables can to - let me quote the Kickstarter here - "become an NPC, weapon or location".
"You come across a deserted Watchtower in the middle of a dry lake. While still pondering about why of all places someone would decide to erect a Watchtower in this very spot, you climb to it's top.
After an exhausting climb and almost slipping, thanks to a cracked, wooden ladder, you notice the rat-gnawed remains of what must have been a human once.
Clutched in it's rotten hands you find a book, titled 'The Codex'. Within this book you discover drawings of a much bigger tower than the one you are standing in right now. Even though the ink is very faded, you are still able to make out most of the letters: "O_r __wer is _igg_r than y_ur_!".
Next to the corpse you notice, written in dried blood, a single word: "WHY?".
Hoping to find answers you arrived. Instead, you have no choice but to cautiously climb back down again, with even more questions that beg for answers.
Perhaps, one fine day you will finally find what you are looking for. Somewhere out here, in this darned Wasteland."
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Official: Lowe to leave McLaren at end of 2013
25 February 2013 – Paddy Lowe will leave McLaren at the end of the 2013 season, the team confirmed on Monday afternoon. Tim Goss has stepped up to become the outfit's Technical Director, while Lowe takes on another role before moving to rivals Mercedes.
"Mercedes wants a long-term commitment," Brawn said recently. "With a lot of additions I want to see how things go before I make a long-term commitment."
Lowe's immediate replacement, 49-year-old Goss, is an even longer serving member of McLaren. Having joined the team in 1990, Goss has held the roles of Chief Test Team Engineer, Head of Vehicle Dynamics and Chief Powertrain Engineer, leading Team Principal Martin Whitmarsh to describe a 'natural evolution' in his career.
"I'm certain that, in his expanded role, Tim will continue to lead it very capably indeed, and will evolve and improve it. That's his brief, and it's already clear that he's prepared to embrace it with energy and enthusiasm. In truth, though, this is a natural evolution in Tim's already very successful career."
On the subject of Lowe, Whitmarsh simply confirmed that the two parties will be parting ways at the end of the year: "Paddy will be performing a different role within McLaren until the end of the year. He's been a good and successful F1 Technical Director, and we wish him well when he embarks on a fresh challenge in 2014."
Lowe will not be travelling to Melbourne for the opening Grand Prix of the season.


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It isn't quite a return to the famous "socialist republic of south Yorkshire", but the big beasts from Sheffield's heady Labour days are trumpeting the demise of their cocky Liberal Democrat rivals at the hands of the voters.
"Clegg-mania? Clegg pneumonia!" chortles former city council leader and later cabinet minister David Blunkett, celebrating with a posse of old-timer colleagues, and a lot of eager new Labour activists.
Alongside him, his latest Labour successor in the imposing leader's office at City Hall, Julie Dore, joins in the general Nick Clegg-bashing.
"Empty his bins?" she says, rolling her eyes at the notion that deputy prime minister's community charge payments now contribute to a Labour-run budget. "He doesn't own a house here any more. He's just sold it."
Clegg's hold on his Sheffield Hallam constituency suddenly looks vulnerable, with Labour advancing much further than its strategists had dared hope into the city's leafy – and historically Tory and posh – west end. His very public vote-casting in the morning was unexpectedly crucial; the Lib Dems held on to Stannington, where he now rents a flat, by only five votes.
Announcing his move last month, Clegg talked of bringing his family up from London to skim stones across the beautiful Rivelin river which threads through the area. Time for that will now be limited as the party plans how to bounce back, not just in Sheffield but other great northern cities such as Manchester, Liverpool and Hull where it was also trounced.
"It has been a truly dreadful night for them," said Dore, who promises an open and consultative style of city leadership "in contrast to what has gone before".
Her party's campaign made headway by portraying the Lib Dems' year of minority rule, in loose arrangement with two Greens, as harsh and sacrificing Sheffield's interests to national coalition policy. "Forgemasters," she says laconically, a single word as damaging politically as "Clegg" in the city, since Labour's loan to help the local steel firm develop specialist components for the nuclear industry was cancelled by the government.
The Lib Dems were also lethally wounded by their play for supporters of Clegg's "new type of politics" before last year's general election.
Sheffield's Green leader, Jillian Creasy, says: "They made a huge thing of it, especially among young voters and the thousands of students here. It wasn't just the fees, but a wider sense of disillusion with their compromises which has struck home."
She survived the Labour tide in Central ward – with one feature which is encouraging the Lib Dems' battered Sheffield troops. For all the high stakes, Labour's surge saw some dispiritingly low polls; the battle could hardly have been fiercer in Central but turnout was only 31%.
"We are here for the long haul," says outgoing Lib Dem council leader Paul Scriven, whose files and papers are trundling through City Hall's Victorian corridors to the opposition's humbler quarters. "There is no criticism here among Sheffield Lib Dems of Nick Clegg. We want him to stay the course and stick with policies which we know are right. Not flip-flop to please the voters, as [Tony] Blair or [Gordon] Brown would have done."
The only mutinous call for Clegg to stand aside for a more Liberal Lib Demer, came not from Sheffield but Nottingham, the next big city southwards on the M1. The Liberal Democrats group leader there, Gary Long, broke ranks to say that his party chief was playing the coalition game "very badly".
Scriven is having none of this, and draws strength from the complete failure of Sheffield Conservatives to make up any of the ground the Lib Dems have lost. Even in Dore and Totley, the prosperous heart of their former Sheffield stronghold, they were well behind victorious Liberal Democrat Joe Otten, and that was on a 56%.
But Clegg's other task, besides sticking to his guns on the central, financial challenge, is crucial to the northern cities brand of liberal democracy, Scriven says. "He brings a real and distinct Liberal Democrat agenda of fairness to the government to show that it isn't the Tories of the 1980s. That is the case we have to make."


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Synthesize ORPSoC
We're happy to announce that the ORPSoCv2 project now include scripts enabling it to be synthesized for FPGA. Although this first release contains support for a single Xilinx development board, we encourage...
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How good are high-level synthesis tools for FPGAs?
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Update from OC-Team
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10 new IP-cores at OpenCores
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Open Source has taken over smart phones
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Synthesize ORPSoC
We're happy to announce that the ORPSoCv2 project now include scripts enabling it to be synthesized for FPGA. Although this first release contains support for a single Xilinx development board, we encourage contributions of builds which support other vendor FPGAs and boards as well!
This first board build is for the Xilinx ML501 evaluation board, containing a Virtex 5 part. The build contains a 266MHz DDR2 SDRAM controller, ZBT SRAM controller and the ethernet MAC has been set up with the board's phy. This provides a platform to evaluate the OpenRISC with a large high-speed DDR2 memory and network support.
The board build contains scripts providing easy simulation, and a simple one-command synthesis and place-and-route flow. It has been configured allowing easy configuration of the modules included in ORPSoCv2 and easy addition of custom RTL modules and software, specific to each board.
Support for other boards and FPGA vendors will be added in the near future. We encourage other users to develop and contribute their board builds for ORPSoC.
With further upgrades to the OR1200 processor and its peripherals expected in the near future, we hope that synthesizable builds for ORPSoC will allow quick and easy evaluation of any increases in performance and decreases in area and power.
For further information see the readme files (link) in the ORPSoCv2 repository here at OpenCores.org
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We have also started to actively clean-up the project list, if a project doesn't have design files checked into the SVN repository after 3 month, then we will contact the maintainer and check the status of the project.
How good are high-level synthesis tools for FPGAs?
In theory it looks very tempting. An expert in DSPs just needs to take their C code and a high-level synthesis tool to access the world of FPGAs where parallelism (almost) gives unlimited performance for a small fee. In reality, it is not so easy, but now experts at the American consulting firm BDTI have benchmarked the tools. And it turns out that at least some of the promises are true.
Berkeley Design Technology Inc., BDTI, with Jeff Bier at the helm, is known to measure the real performance of signal processors. In addition to selling reports BDTI also help clients decide on the right processor.
For several years BDTI has published a report called "FPGAs for DSP", in which they measure the (DSP) performance you can get out of an FPGA. The fact that FPGAs can be 100 times more efficient than a DSP is no surprise. Nor that they are 30 times better in terms of price/performance. But to get there has required hand coding at the RTL level.
For the first time BDTI has tested two tools for high-level synthesis, AutoPilot from AutoESL and Pico from Synfora. More tools will follow.
BDTI has based their figures on two examples and compared the results with those you get from hand-coded FPGAs. They have also compared the results with thos that you get from standard DSP tools.
The first example is a video stream with 720p (1280 x 720 progressive scan) at 60 frames per second. The second example is a receiver for DQPSK, in principle, a complete receiver for wireless communication at a bit rate of 5 Mbps.
Pico and AutoPilot delivered good results, according to BDTI. Both tools were used together with Xilinx RTL tools and achieved the good results without too much work. Both of the tools gave an implementation of the DQPSK receiver which basically required as much resources as a hand-coded solution. Both high-level implementations gave 30 times better price/performance than the corresponding DSP solution for the video example.
Although the high-level synthesis tools were as fast as when you design with conventional DSP tools, BDTI points out that with high-level FPGA tools you still need good knowledge on how to design at the RTL level. Including the synthesis, placement and timing analysis needed to take the RTL code into a working FPGA.
More results are available here (link)
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This topic gives you an update of what has been "cooking" at the OpenCores community during the last month.
This month activities:
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- Optimizing database accesses.
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New IP-cores
Here you will see interesting new projects that have reached the first stage of development.
Hamming-Decoder and -Encoder for 32-bit wide data words
This project consists of two modules which work together: the hamming-encoder and the hamming-decoder. Both modules are combinatorical networks.
Input a 32-bit wide data word to the encoder, and the encoder puts 6 paritiy bits to the data bits and 2 additional overall parity bits. The outcoming data word is coded and has a width of 40 bits. It is resistent to a single bit error (will be corrected by the decoder) and even if 2 bits are damaged, the decoder is able to recognize this.
Hamming Decoder:
Feed a 40 bit wide coded word to this decoder, it will read the parity bits and will compare it to calculated parity bits. If there is no error or a single bit error (means that one bit of the incoming 40-bits has not its original value), the decoder will correct the failure and will output a corrected data word. If there are two bit errors, the error-flag goes high to indicate that a not correctable failure is detected. If there are more than 3 bit errors, the decoder is not longer able to check if a bit failure is present on the incoming data, the reason for this is, that the encoder generates a hamming distance of 3 to the data.
Development status: Alpha
License: LGPL
Feb 2, 2010: Module description
UART to Bus
The UART to Bus IP Core is a simple command parser that can be used to access an internal bus via a UART interface. The parser supports two modes of operation: text mode commands and binary mode commands. Text mode commands are designed to be used with a hyper terminal software and enable easy access to the internal bus. Binary mode commands are more efficient and also support buffered read & write operations with or without automatic address increment.
Development status: Stable
License: LGPL
Feb 15, 2010: Files uploaded to SVN server.
Feb 12, 2010: Updated description of project. Coming soon.
UDP/IP Core
VHDL implementation of a UDP/IP core! Area-optimized for direct PC-FPGA communication!
Development status: Stable
License: GPL
Feb 2, 2010: update description
FFT-based FIR Filter
FFT-based FIR Filter is a unit to perform the finite impulse responce filter based on the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT). It performs the convolution of the unlimited signal sequence with the synthesized impulse responce of the length of Ni=N/2 samples, where N = 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024. The data and coefficient widths are tunable in the range 8 to 18.
Development status: Stable
License: LGPL
Feb 2, 2010: added description
Low-Pass IIR Filter
Low-Pass IIR Filter IP core is a unit to perform the Infinite Impulse Responce (IIR) low pass filter which pass frequency is tuned dynamically.
Development status: Stable
License: LGPL
Feb 2, 2010: added description
Open FreeList
The Open FreeList module is used to manage a set of variable sized packets inside a fixed memory block. The memory block is partitioned into fixed sized chunks and each packet uses one or more chunks.
Development status: Beta
License: LGPL Updates:
Feb 16, 2010: Bug fix submitted
Feb 3, 2010: Committed code to SVN
Feb 2, 2010: Description changes
Feb 1, 2010: Added project overview
A AHB master to WishBone slave bridge along with a basic testbench is included. Burst in not yet supported
Development status: Alpha
License: LGPL
Feb 4, 2010: initial checkin
Pipelined DCT/IDCT
DCT soft core is the unit to perform the Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT). It performs twodimensional 8 by 8 point DCT for the period of 64 clock cycles in pipelined mode.
Development status: Stable
License: LGPL
Feb 2, 2010: added description
Pipelined FFT/IFFT 128 points processor
Pipelined FFT/IFFT 128 points IP core is a unit to perform the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT). It performs one dimensional 128 – complex point FFT. The data and coefficient widths are adjustable in the range 8 to 16.
Development status: Stable
License: LGPL
Feb 2, 2010: added description
Pipelined FFT/IFFT 256 points processor
Pipelined FFT/IFFT 256 points IP core is a unit to perform the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT). It performs one dimensional 256 – complex point FFT. The data and coefficient widths are adjustable in the range 8 to 16.
Development status: Stable
License: LGPL
Feb 2, 2010: added description
Open Source has taken over smart phones
Since the Symbian operating system became open source it can be said that now a majority of the world's smart phones are based on open source.
Nokia have completed the conversion of Symbian to open source - four months ahead of schedule. Now open source can boast to be the basis for the majority of the world's mobile phones.
During the second quarter of 2009 51 percent of all newly purchased smart phones were Symbian Mobile platforms, according to Gartner. Open source based smart phones will account for even more of the market as Android-based phones continue to increase their share.
For many years people waited for the Linux breakthrough in personal computers, and the operating system has gradually started to make inroads in the so-called netbooks or mini-PCs.
Meanwhile, Linux and other open source platforms have sneaked in the back door to see uptake in a large percentage of embedded systems. In the section of the embedded systems market called smart phones, open source now has market dominance, helped along by the recent conversion of Symbian.
That Android is based on Linux has probably not escaped anyone. Less attention is also that Apple's mobile iPhone is based on open source software - Darwin - which is also used in OS X. Also Palm's Web OS is based on Linux.
The same applies to Nokia's new smart mobile platform, Maemo. It is used in N900 and is the "most open" platform up to date, if we only look at the big companies. Maemo can best be described as a Linux PC in the size of a cell phone. This is in contrast to Android and iPhone OS, which are mixtures of open and owned code, where such information as Iphone identity, user interface, is owned code.
Besides the big names there has been another bunch of Linux Mobile on the market for several years, particularly in Asia. They are based on the standard Limo or special developed versions by companies as MontaVista and FSM Labs.
Samsung's new smart mobile operating system Bada might upset the balance between open and owned code. Bada is a platform that could in principle run under Linux, but the underlying operating system is said to be the Nudeus from Mentor Graphics.
In 2012, 74 percent of all smart phones will be based on open source. That figure is reached if you summarize Gartner's predictions for Android, iPhone OS, Symbian, Web and OS "Linux devices".
In some local markets smart phones based on open source is still in the minority. In U.S. for example Symbian is hardly visible at all. Instead the operating systems owned Blackberry OS and Windows Mobile are dominating. During the third quarter of last year were 22 million U.S. smart phones based on those systems, against 13.9 million in total for Iphone, Webo, Symbian and Android.
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Where: Neuquén, Argentina (39.3° S, 68.7° W: paleocoordinates 42.1° S, 53.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Anacleto Formation (Neuquén Group), Early/Lower Campanian to Early/Lower Campanian (84.9 - 70.6 Ma)
• formation assignment probable; Río Colorado Subgroup
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; brown, red siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by J. F. Bonaparte in 1976
Primary reference: J. E. Powell. 2003. Revision of South American titanosaurid dinosaurs: palaeobiological, palaeobiogeographical and phylogenetic aspects. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum Launceston 111:1-173 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 51578: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 08.06.2005
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I gave this a complete 10 because both the wife and I (as well as the
other movie-goers -going by their reactions) thoroughly enjoyed it from
the beginning to the very end.
Was it predictable? Of course. Its an animation geared towards children (what would you expect?) -but like most of the animation movies of today, there were quite a few 'hidden humor' spots as well which would be completely missed by the younger audience (not unexpected since it is the adults, after all, who are forking over the bread and it doesn't hurt to keep THEM entertained as well). The movie is fairly fast-paced and the animation well done. I'm usually a little apprehensive when I've harbored good expectations from a movie based on clips/previews, but in this case I felt it truly delivered. This one will be added to our library when it (eventually) hits the shelves. Too many people look for a great amount of depth and unpredictability in animation movies -but THAT is a bit unrealistic (no pun intended) -think about it: These things USED to be called CARTOON MOVIES for a reason. They weren't intended to fit that kind of expectation. They ARE intended to be fun -and this movie is just that: FUN.
I went to see Hotel Transylvania last night in a small group of adults
aged 24-30 and I LMAO as did the others. The theater was packed with
little children who mostly laughed at not really funny parts and adults
who laughed when the children were quite silent. The story is about
Count Dracule trying to raise his only child safe and sound away from
terrifying humans and invites all the monsters to his hotel to relax
and celebrate his very young daughter's 118th birthday which is
accompanied by a surprise visitor!
This is a really funny movie with a simple predictable story line and tons of characters that you will love. My favorites were the zombies who were the hotel staff and it took them forever to finish a task. I recommend this movie to anyone who like monsters ( so afraid of a little boy licking ice-cream)and want to have a good laugh and take a break from Disney.
Cute movie. Has a couple of great messages -- especially one about
prejudices. There are some adult jokes, some childish jokes, lots of
laugh out loud moments but most importantly the following messages:
Hatred against those we don't know is wrong; Let yourself get to know a
person before deciding whether they are good or not; and go along for
the ride and let yourself enjoy life.
I also love the fact that this is a Dad raising his child situation. There are really few movies that show a Dad can step up and do the right thing for their children if given the chance.
While I didn't particularly care for the fart joke or some of the childish parts the kids in the theater laughed and laughed.
Well done!
Can you say thoroughly entertaining? I went by myself because the
little people in my world were unavailable, and the big people are too
cool for animation. I sat there cracking up with the kids behind me.
Let's face it; Adam sander has had a few bombs lately. He redeemed himself quite nicely with this one. I generally dislike movies with a hit you over the head message of peace, love, and brotherhood, but this I liked. Hotel reminds us not to judge before getting to know someone. It also showcases a single dad nicely.
I liked that the father had his flaws and was unashamedly protective of his kid...even going so far as being underhanded to keep her safe. It gives a balanced view of parents who sometimes try so hard and still manage to muddle up their lives and that of their kids'.
There is nothing terribly scary for even young viewers.
..took my family to see this one today, 6 year old son, 3 year old
Both of them really enjoyed the experience, though to be honest i think my daughter connected with the movie more because of the plight of Dracula's young daughter being the focal point of the story. That really surprised me!
Any horror fan with kids will get a real kick out of this one. And even non-horror fans should find the story cute. Sandler and company really pull it together for this one, after their last couple of films were less then stellar.
Definitely a pleasant surprise, and good fun for the whole family.
After reading reviews that either disliked or were indifferent to Hotel
Transylvania and being dubious because Adam Sandler(who has been in a
lot of really bad movies recently) was in the lead role, I was unsure
of whether to see the film. But my love for animation and the
appetising trailer over-rode my doubts and I saw it anyway. And you
know what, while The Pirates and ParaNorman were better animated movies
from this year in my opinion I found Hotel Transylvania much better
than expected. More could have been done with the relationship between
Jonathan and Mavis, it is a romantic angle that has been used many
times before and as well as feeling somewhat under-baked very little
new was done with it. While a vast majority of the film is fast-paced
with no real dull spots, some parts of the film did feel rushed. On the
other point of view, the animation is excellent, the backgrounds are
both beautiful and Gothic and that is the same with the colours. The
characters are well-modelled. The soundtrack is catchy and upbeat,
though some of the songs could have been more than just snippets. The
writing is zany and often witty with a surprising amount of heart also.
The story is predictable, but not dull. It has a number of great moments, the genre references are not as inspired as they were in ParaNorman but they are fun to spot, and I loved a lot of the slapstick-in-style gags. Especially the zombie Beethoven, the scream cheese Hors-D'Oeuvres, the shrunken heads do not disturb tags and the digs at Twilight(much more fulfilling than any of the movies combined). But it does have a lot of heart. Is the over-protective father idea clichéd? Of course. But I did find it genuinely touching instead of overly-exaggerated as I have seen described. Dracula's past is also shown in a darkly emotional way. The characters are not the most memorable I have ever seen, but they do have their likability, my favourite here was Dracula. And the voice acting was surprisingly great, to me from a non-fan who has liked him in some movies(Punch Drunk Love, Reign Over Me, Spanglish and Happy Gilmore) and hated him in others(Jack and Jill, Going Overboard, Zookeeper and Mr Deeds) Adam Sandler gives one of his better performances of late in the role of Dracula, he is actually funny as well as emotive in alternative to irritating. Selena Gomez is endearing as daughter Mavis and Adam Samberg brings some heroism to Jonathan. Kevin James, David Spade, Jon Lovitz, Fran Drescher and especially Steve Buscemi give solid support. In conclusion, surprisingly good. 8/10 Bethany Cox
I went into this movie really with no expectations. I had only seen a few fragments of commercials and got nothing at all interesting from them. So, WOW, was I surprised and impressed when I saw it!! The movie was a creative story, quick moving action, funny, heartwarming, visually interesting and sometimes surprising - this film had a lot of great things going on, and I found myself really engaged and far more interested in the characters than I would have guessed. Sure, there were a few "as if" moments, but for the most part I found it to be fun, funny, and a film I heartily recommend! Kudos to the writers, voice actors and animators.... With a youngster in my home, I'm sure we'll be seeing this again soon.
The, I think, is a movie that is fun for the whole family. Youngsters
will like the characters, the older children will enjoy the jokes and
plot, and the adults will likely enjoy the movie as well, being able to
catch on to the more "adult" funny references and a story about a
father-daughter relationship that can be appreciated.
The movie is fairly fast paced, but most cartoons are, especially ones that are just 91 minutes long. If you're planning to take your 3 year old to appreciate the plot, connect with the characters, and understand the meaning of family and love... that's not happening... it is a children's movie but it's not Sesame Street.
My husband and I took our 2 1/2 year old because it seemed like a cute movie to watch. It was. Our son sat through the entire movie and danced with the music, etc. We enjoyed it as well.
Was it EXTRAORDINARY? No. Was it a good, fun family film? Yes.
I would recommend it. If you're unsure about paying for a ticket at the theater, you can always wait for the DVD to come out.
Everyone remembers that special movie they saw or that one that was the
best for your mind, that one which really stuck. For me that movie was
"Hotel Transylvania". I think it was one of the best children's movie
ever made. It conveys humor, creativity, action and freedom.
Set in Transylvania in modern time, Dracula (Adam Sandler) hosts all the legendary monsters at his hotel to celebrate his daughter's one hundred and eighteenth birthday. But he works overtime to keep Mavis (Selena Gomez) from falling for a human boy named Johnny (Andy Samberg), who miraculously stumbles upon the hotel. All Mavis has ever wanted is to leave home and see the real world and see if humans are as bad as her father says they are. The main characters are Selena Gomez as Mavis, Andy Samberg as Johnny and Adam Sandler as Dracula. It is a brilliant cast for this movie.
Selena Gomez was perfect for the part of Mavis and did a great job while Andy Samberg was good but wasn't perfect for Johnny. I think he could've done a much better job. Adam Sandler was born to play the part of Dracula. He did a magnificent job and was extremely humorous. The other characters were great and they matched their roles perfectly!
I liked that we got to know the characters and what their goal was. For example Mavis wanted freedom and wanted to leave home. What I didn't like is that it was a bit confusing. For example, "Why was Johnny hiking in Transylvania at night?" or "Why didn't Mavis just turn in to a bat and fly away to see the real world?" These questions make you wonder but I still think it was a wonderful movie even for my age group.
I think the moral of the story was trust your children to make the right decisions no matter what you think about them and from the child point of view the moral was to know your parents are always just trying to protect you. And both are true and if you look at them from both sides you will get the full story. I think that this is a movie for age groups above five and below fifteen. Reason being because Dracula does a fang up where his face goes a bit creepy but other wise I'm sure parents will love it and children between the ages of five and fifteen will love it to.
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I'm a big Universal Horror and Hammer Horror fan, but my 5 year old son
is obviously a bit young to experience Dracula, The Mummy, The
Invisible Man and Frankenstein in their true form, so it's great that a
lighthearted movie has finally been released that kids can check out. I
was a bit worried that my 5 year old would be a bit scared by some of
the scenes, but this movie is totally kid safe. The scariest thing that
happens is a couple of loud screams and some glowing red eyes. No
Adam Sandler does a great job as the voice of Dracula. Not too over the top and constantly delivering some great lines. Andy Samberg and Selina Gomez (surprisingly) both do a great job as Jonathan (nice touch) and Mavis respectively. I also loved Steve Buscemi as "Wayne". Unfortunately Fran Drescher who can usually deliver some sharp witty comedy isn't allowed to shine as her jokes throughout the film have been done to death and didn't bring much to the film at all.
There are some great hidden jokes/sight gags, and some beautiful animation and character designs that will please old school horror fans and adults, but the only part that I found utterly cringe worthy was the end scene with Dracula rapping (even after his joke about Twilight!) Hey, gotta please the kids somehow...
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Hubbard County debates replacing aging vehicle fleet
A request to purchase three new squad cars for the Hubbard County Sheriff's Department and auction older models brought up a familiar sob story: How poor is the county?
At last Wednesday's meeting of the Hubbard County Board of Commissioners, issues of safety and high mileage were discussed as reasons to replace the law enforcement department's aging fleet.
"I know these are tough times and I know it's an unfortunate time to come in and ask for new squads," Sheriff Frank Homer said.
The department was asking for two new squad vehicles, which typically have been Ford Crown Victorias, and a new SUV.
"I'd like to see your budget before we start backfilling it," board chair Lyle Robinson said, reminding Homer the board needs to see a revised budget.
Department heads all got their 2010 budgets back when the board decided earlier this fall to work with 2009 budgetary figures.
Homer said he has turned in his revised budget.
Robinson asked Homer if he could afford to subtract the cost of the new vehicles from personnel costs to get to the zero-growth figure.
"It's a great discussion but we've gotta have a plan," Robinson said. "It's a fair hunk of money to take out of personnel."
"We're bare bones," Homer said of his squad. The department has not replaced at least one deputy that resigned last spring.
But commissioner Cal Johannsen reminded Robinson that all equipment and vehicle purchases were removed from the departmental budgets last year, and that purchase of new vehicles shouldn't impact Homer's personnel costs.
"We did" remove those items, Robinson agreed. "We couldn't afford them."
The commission took no action on the request, agreeing to wait until the yearend budget picture becomes clearer.
At the three-quarter mark of the year, the county had scrimped and spent about $500,000 less than it had at this time last year. But because the county has not seen November tax collections yet, county auditor Pam Heeren said now would not be the time to spend funds on big-ticket items.
The county likewise took no action on a stripped down plan to solve the overcrowding issue in the courthouse.
Coordinator Jack Paul had brought the plan back to the board, maintaining it would cost about $2.4 million to move the court functions to more secure quarters in the second floor of the law enforcement building, which presently is unoccupied.
Earlier this fall the board declined to act on the whole plan, which would have entailed constructing a new two-story office building on the site of the old jail, and a major renovation and move of county office spaces at a cost of $10 million.
Commissioners were concerned with the vague financial figures in the plan Paul brought before the board, which he said could cost property owners as little as $5 per $100,000 of property valuation.
"If I was going to put an addition on my house and this is the only information I had, I wouldn't," Robinson said. "The most important part is interest. Should we be taking steps to secure a low interest rate or put people through the bidding process?"
"Why are we pushing so hard to do this?" questioned commissioner Don Carlson. He has recommended looking into leasing vacant real estate in the downtown area before spending the millions.
"I don't think we're pushing," Paul replied.
"How long are we going to keep the top of that LEC (law enforcement center) empty?" Johannsen asked.
The board asked Paul to firm up the financial figures and come back.
In other action, the board:
-Voted to advertise internally to fill the Veterans Service Office temporarily while the current officer, Dave W. Konshok, is deployed to Afghanistan next summer.
The board also publicly released a "memorandum of understanding" that arose from a closed door meeting with Konshok last month, prompted by numerous complaints from veterans concerned their needs were not being met due to Konshok's frequent absences from the office.
Konshok was out of the office all week for training. He had asked the board to postpone any decision on filling the position until he returned.
"I don't think the interim (position) has anything to do with the VSO," Robinson said in pushing ahead. "This week we're not covering the office."
The memorandum, agreed to by Konshok, requests that he track his time spent as both VSO and Emergency Management Director, to perform EM tasks only when the veterans files are caught up, remain in the office during office hours and to attend to veterans first.
"For the record, veteran clients always have taken first priority if I'm in the office," Konshok's formal reply stated. "We've always had a 'drop everything' policy where we immediately serve the client who walks through the door. If I'm not here, veterans are always asked if they'd like to schedule an appointment, or leave a number and receive a phone call. To date, no appointments have been missed."
Konshok then listed the committees he sits on and meetings he attends on a regular basis that take him out of the office regularly. He requested permission to be gone to attend six more training sessions and events he said an Emergency Management Director should go to. One was a three-day conference in St. Paul.
The board did not indicate how it would act on the requests for additional time away from the office,
Requirements for the interim post could exclude many county employees. The VSO is required to be a veteran.
"Our main concern is the vets need to be taken care of," Johannsen said.
The board hopes that whoever fills the interim position would be able to cover the office, even part-time, while Konshok is attending the events and conferences he requested in his reply.
-Approved a final draft of the county's new Subsurface Sewage Treatment System ordinance after a public hearing without any attendees.
"Either you've done a really good job of working this out with the public or you've kept it really quiet," Robinson told Environmental Services Officer Eric Buitenwerf.
-Took no action of a request by solid waste management director Vern Massie to raise the annual licensing fees for waste haulers and junkyard operations. The $25 fees have never been raised.
"I don't know of another license in the county that's $25," Massie told the board. He said some waste businesses have to be policed constantly using administrative time; others operate within the law.
"Is there a way of not penalizing the good ones the same as the bad ones" by raising the fees, Robinson questioned. "It's unfair some bum can cause pain and suffering and others are squeaky clean."
"If there's a reason to raise it, fine," said commissioner Dick Devine. "If we're just raising it because it's lower than others, that's not fine."
-The board also signed off on a controversial junkyard license application by Mike Lyle to operate an auto salvage yard and car parts business in Helga Township.
Lyle has incurred numerous violations over the past two years and has been embroiled in a lawsuit with the township over his operation of the business on Highway 71 North.
Lyle was required to cure any environmental issues he'd accumulated in the past, clean up oils spills, obtain permits and bonding and operate his business within the law.
"The neighborhood up there is still in turmoil and will be for a long time," Robinson observed.


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