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Staged construction of embankment on soft soil improved with vertical drains\n\nDesign brief\nYou are requested to construct a 2 km long highway embankment of 4m height on a soft clay layer foundation soil. The clay layer is underlain by sand. At the top of the clay layer there is one metre of permeable made ground. The bearing capacity of the soil will be insufficient therefore staged construction of the embankment and improvement of the soft soil with prefabricated vertical drains (PVD) fully penetrating the clay layer (used to speed up the consolidation of the foundation soil) will be required. \nThe design requirement is that all settlement but the last 30mm must be completed within the specified total construction period, which in this case is 14 months. The dimensions of the PVDs are 95mm wide and 5mm thick and they will be laid out in a square grid.\nYou will consider the stress distribution both under the centre line of the embankment as well as the edges of the embankment.\n\nA. Embankment geometry and material properties\nThe embankment fill is free draining. The properties of the embankment soil are as follows:\n γ (kN/m3) Embankment fill angle of friction, ɸ' c' (kPa)\nEmbankment gravel fill* 17 37 0\n*drains will be provided\n\nThe geometry of the embankment is:\nEmbankment's height h (m) 4\nWtop(m): embankment top width (crown) 13\nEmbankment gradient 1:2.5\n\n\n\nB. Foundation soil\nThe properties of the foundation soils are:\n\nMaterial Depth\n(m) γ (kN/m3) φcu \n\nφ' Cuave (kPa) (average undrained shear strength)\n Top of clay clay soil mv (m2/MN)\n Decrease of mv with depth z Cv (m²/year) Ch\n(m²/year)\n\nPermeable fill 0.0-1.0 19 34 \nNormally consolidated soft clay 1-21 \n18 15 \n22 20 0.23 mv-0.0015z 2.9 6\nSand 21-25 20 35 \n\nHints for calculations\nStep 1 \nAssess the bearing capacity of the soil qbc and whether it is capable to support the full height of the embankment fill. Assume Nc=5.14 and a bearing capacity safety factor FoS of 2.5.\nqbc=cuave*Nc/FoS where Cuave is the average undrained shear strength\nIf it is not sufficient, staged loading /construction needs to be anticipated, and the soil will probably be improved by the construction of vertical drains, so that consolidation will have been completed within the period specified in the design brief.\n\nAssess whether the soil can consolidate sufficiently within the period specified in the design brief so that only the allowable settlement remains to be completed after construction.\nFor this task you will need to use consolidation settlements according to the stress distribution under the centre of a long embankment (according to the formula –not Osterberg's chart- given in the class for long embankment loading). The foundation soil will be divided into an equal amount of sub-layers and the stresses in the mid-point of each sublayer will need to be calculated.\n\nStep 3\nConsider the total settlement at the end of consolidation to adjust the necessary height of the embankment fill layers so that, after settlement, the required embankment height is as specified in the design brief. Include the effect of undrained settlement taking a value of Eu=150*Cu (Bergado et al, 1990) but comment how important this effect was comparatively.\nFor the adjusted height of the embankment also consider that the embankment fill will also settle to some extent even if the fill is not made of a compressible soil such as normally consolidated clay. In your case the embankment is free draining (gravel) and it will be well compacted while the layers are built. An approximate long term settlement of 20% of the height of the embankment for this case of fill has been suggested (Das, 2002).\nTo adjust your height to be actually constructed, you may also consider settlement due to traffic loading using a simplified method such as the equivalent static load method by Fujikawa et al, 1996, as cited in Battacharya, 2009), p.54 (NB the method gives increase in strength, not settlement so the finale settlement will need to be calculated accordingly)\n\nStep 4\nConsider the allowable height of the first layer of the embankment based on the calculation in step one. For this layer in place, calculate the effective stress change under the middle of the embankment only (for the purposes of this coursework) at the mid-point of each sub-layer into which the foundation soil has been subdivided.\nFind the average effective stress change. \n\nAlso calculate the final consolidation settlement due to the construction of this layer.\n\nStep 5\nConsidering the average effective stress change calculated in step 3, calculate the increase in the soil's shear strength after consolidation (speeded up with vertical drains) for this stage, after a specified waiting period (according to the brief) between construction stages.\nThis increase in the undrained shear strength can be calculated as:\n∆cu=U∆σ'tan φcu\nWhere ∆σ' is the increase in the vertical effective stress, U is the degree of consolidation and φcu the friction angle of the foundation soil as determined from consolidated undrained triaxial tests (NB: this is not the only method to assess the increase in undrained shear strength due to consolidation and you will investigate later what differences it would make if you considered another method).\nConsider the allowable height of the next embankment layer with the new undrained shear strength of the soil.\nNote: When calculating the degree of consolidation between construction stages, ignore the time of construction of this layer, and assume consolidation starts immediately for the full height of the layer.\n\nStep 6 \nRepeat steps 3-4 until the full embankment has been constructed. \nAt the end of the iterations, when the full embankment has been constructed, check if the staged construction (together with the waiting periods) is within the period specified in the design brief and make recommendations about the drain design and waiting times accordingly.\nIn the calculations of the degree of consolidation after each construction step and respective waiting period, do not forget that some layers have been constructed earlier than others and consolidation of these layers is probably ongoing.\n\nStep 7 \nMake an engineering drawing of the final embankment together showing any other provisions (e.g. for drainage etc.)\n\nStep 8 \nFurther investigations:\n1. Compare what method would give less overall waiting times, while satisfying the design criteria for overall construction time, e.g. a method where you would build the embankment in very thin layers of say 20-30mm each and wait for 30% or so consolidation to occur or wait for 90% consolidation to happen before building a next layer of more substantial thickness?\n2. Assess the effect of smear zone \n3. (optional) Assess the effect of ramped consolidation according to Olson's (1977) expressions (see e.g. Battacharya (2009), p. 75 but also look at pp 72-74 as Olson is to be used together with Hansbo's formula and you need to see the symbols); incidentally these pages also apply to investigation 2.\n\nStep 9: Discussion\nDiscuss on the differences between methods and simplifying assumptions. Also, even when we considered some effects, are you happy that the calculations above gave the actual settlement of the structure and the required consolidation times, and considered (albeit in a simplified way) all aspects of short-term stability? Did we miss anything in our simplifying assumptions and how important were these omissions? Are you happy that the finalised embankment as calculated above satisfies exactly the design brief requirements? If not what can be done /should have been anticipated in the calculations? (etc.)\n
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Synopsis:A millionaire offers $10,000 to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife.
House on Haunted Hill (1959) is an American classic horror movie that is 75 minutes long and was filmed mostly in the Ennis-Brown House - 2655 Glendower Avenue, Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, USA. Director William Castle (The Tingler (1959), 13 Ghosts (1960), Strait-Jacket (1964)) did an astonishing job executing this entertaining horror movie. There were a few plot holes, goofs/mishaps, and faulty scenes but I love the movie for its originality and for it being creepy, scary, intense, and gave me a sense of chills throughout the movie. I kept guessing who the real killer is and who was going to survive this ordeal, but I was wrong and love it because the suspense was real. I gave this movie an eight because of the few plots and other reasons I mention above.
House on Haunted Hill revolves around millionaire Frederick Loren (Vincent Price - House of Usher (1960), House of Wax (1953), The Fly (1958), The Hollywood Squares (1965)) and his fourth wife, Annabelle. Frederick invited five people to the party that he is keeping for his wife. He said that he rented the house for their haunted house party and whoever stays in the house for the entire night after the doors are locked at midnight will receive $10,000. One of the people that the couple invited was the homeowner Watson Pritchard (Elisha Cook Jr. - Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Killing (1956), The Big Sleep (1946)) who has no clue how the couple gained entry to his home. Richard does not like what the couple did to his home and disapproves of everything. Frederick gave each of his guests a .45 caliber pistol for their protection and told them the rules that they agree too.
Frederick forced his wife Annabelle Loren (Carol Ohmart - Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told (1967), Wild Youth (1961), The Scarlet Hour (1956)) to attend the party. She warned the guests that her husband is psychotic which made the guests suspicious of him. Nora Manning (Carolyn Craig - Giant (1956), Portland Exposé (1957), Apache Territory (1958)) works for one of Frederick's companies and believes that he is trying to kill her. Nora saw apparitions of Annabelle and other ghosts not knowing that Annabelle hanged herself sometime during the night. Richard believes that his house is haunted by several ghosts including his brother. The movie takes a twist, and we see Annabelle is not dead but has a motive of her own that wants Frederick dead. I enjoyed the movie and was not blinking much from this point on in the movie to the end. What happened between Nora, psychiatrist Dr. David Trent (Alan Marshal - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), After the Thin Man (1936), The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)) who specializes in hysteria and Frederick is a must see. I love the acid scenes and how one man uses his wits to play his tricks on others to get the truth out of his love one although he is evil in every possible way. I was truly shocked at one of the main character's response to Annabelle and Dr. Trent and what he states about his action.
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Original Title: The House on Haunted Hill
Year: 1959
Runtime: 75 minutes
Type: Movie
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Crime
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Violence does not equal power.
Martin Luther King, Jr., understood this. Yesterday was King's 84th birthday. This year the national holiday to honor him will coincide with President Barack Obama's second inaugural ceremony. And, all of this happens in the wake of one of the worst mass shootings in the nation's history. One month after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. — which left 20 children and six adults dead, plus the killer's mother, found dead in her home — the country grapples with the issue of gun violence. If the country is to come to consensus on the issue, we will have to distinguish between violence and power.
Vice President Joe Biden gave recommendations to the president regarding gun safety on King's birthday. The questions the media are asking already abound: What recommendations can the president implement through executive order? Can an assault weapons ban pass Congress? Will victims and gun safety advocates be able to persuade Congress to pass meaningful legislation?
There will be varying interpretations of the Second Amendment, and there will be some who will argue that guns are necessary for self-defense. We will have the discussion as to whether or not the gun culture in the United States has taken on religious proportions. I have written about the idolatry of the gun elsewhere.
For now, let us think about whether or not owning a gun, a weapon of death and destruction, gives us power. There are at least two dimensions to power — the ability to affect a certain outcome and the capacity to withstand outside pressure or to bear a burden. I say gun violence is not power. Thus, a gun does not give one power. A gun can kill a person' physical self, but it cannot kill the spirit. It cannot kill an idea. Its ability to affect long-term change is negligible. A gun cannot protect us from tyranny when the tyranny is question is the tyranny of fear.
We confuse violence with power when we think of the coercive power of the nation-state and understand the necessity for it to hold a monopoly on the means of perpetrating violence. We obey the laws of the state because the state has the power to take away our property, liberty, or life. Yet, we also live together through a social contract because it makes sense to us. We live within the idea of mutual cooperation and mutual benefit, of sustenance and joy for all.
We honor Martin Luther King, Jr., because of his commitment to nonviolence and for his ability to articulate a dream of justice and equality both in the United States and across the globe. He put into words a faith in America. He said: "With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood." He taught that soul force was more powerful than physical force.
The civil rights movement was tactically and strategically nonviolent. King believed that only nonviolent means could bring nonviolent ends. The movement was opposed with extreme and relentless violence — shootings and bombings. However, the violence did not preserve legal apartheid in the United States nor could it stop the spread of the franchise through voting rights. Nonviolence produced its desired effect.
The parents of the young children killed in Newtown have called for a public conversation on gun violence. Let us conduct this conversation with an eye on the King's dream and not on our dystopian fears.
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- Gianluca Vialli - Gianluca Vialli (Chelsea): Had a very successful two-and-a-half years with the Blues until his sacking in 2000. He won the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Super Cup among others
- Gianfranco Zola - Gianfranco Zola (West Ham): Despite a decent start to life at Upton Park, the former Chelsea star began to lose trust in the board and he was sacked with the club five points above the relegation zone in May 2010
- Roberto Di Matteo - Roberto Di Matteo (West Brom): After gaining promotion from the Championship, the ex-Chelsea man enjoyed a promising start in the top flight. The Baggies board quickly lost faith in him after a poor run of results and he was sacked in February 2011
- Paolo Di Canio - Paolo Di Canio (Sunderland): Despite ensuring Sunderland's safety in the 2012-13 season, the controversial Italian was sacked the following season after a dreadful run of form
- Claudio Ranieri - Claudio Ranieri (Chelsea): Despite leading Chelsea into the Champions League, the current Leicester manager never won a trophy and was distinctly underwhelming in London. Roman Abramovich sacked him in 2004 as he lined up a certain Jose Mourinho
- Roberto Mancini - Roberto Mancini (Manchester City): City fans may not have particularly liked him but he did deliver their first ever Premier League title in 2011-12 before he was sacked the following year
- Roberto Di Matteo - Roberto Di Matteo (Chelsea): Appointed caretaker after Andre Villas-Boas' sacking in March 2012 but got the job permanently after guiding the side to FA Cup and Champions League glory off the back of AVB's work. He was sacked just six months later after a poor start the following season
- Claudio Ranieri - Claudio Ranieri (Leicester): Many people thought his appointment at the beginning of the season was a disaster waiting to happen, but more than half the campaign later and the Foxes are within sight of a remarkable title win
- Carlo Ancelotti - Carlo Ancelotti (Chelsea): Unfairly dismissed after a two-year tenure at the Bridge which saw the former Real Madrid boss win the Premier League and FA Cup in his first season
- Francesco Guidolin - Francesco Guidolin (Swansea): The 60-year-old journeyman became the latest Italian to manage in the Premier League when he took over at Swansea, but it is far too early to judge his progress
- Antonio Conte - Former Juventus manager and current Italy boss Antonio Conte is the favourite to become Chelsea's next manager. He would be the 10th Italian to manage in the Premier League


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Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman are on their way back to the Xbox 360. 345 Games, the gaming arm of Comedy Central, has confirmed that a second South Park game is in development.
"Right now, South Park is actually in a first-party deal with Microsoft Studios, who published the first game, and they're doing a second game as well," 345 Games creative director Prithvi Virasinghe told Joystiq. "After that, that first-party exclusivity window expires, and we get a shot of taking that back,"
The first game created under Comedy Central and Microsoft's agreement was South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!. It was released through Xbox Live Arcade in 2009. In the game, Stan and his friends were tasked with defending the town from assorted enemies, including ManBearPig, Scott Tenorman, and Mongolians.
"As a licensed XBLA release, South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play! surprises and entertains, making it well-deserving of any gamer's time and money," read Gaming Blend's review of the game.
Tower Defense Play! was developed by Doublesix. The Guildford-based studio went on to create Burn Zombie Burn!, a top-down, arena-based shooter in which your objective is to kill as many zombies as possible before dying. It's unclear what their next project is. Considering the strong reviews of Tower Defense Play!, you'd imagine Doublesix would be hired for the second SP game as well.
South Park (the show) is in its fifteenth season. There's definitely a lot of material to work with, there. Should they stick with tower defense, though? Or branch into another genre?
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Heavenly Father has put in place this wonderful plan — his plan of salvation for each of us. His plan is that if we do what he wants us to do, he will prepare a way for us to … obtain all of the glorious blessings that we cannot now comprehend. —Sister Carol F. McConkie
Sister Carol F. McConkie, first counselor in the Young Women General Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spoke to more than 400 youths from two states at a quad-stake youth conference held on the campus of Southern Virginia University last week.
"It was amazing (to see Sister McConkie speak) because she is like a superstar in the church," said Sierra Armstrong, a youth conference participant from the Roanoke Virginia Stake. "It was so exciting to meet her. I liked everything about (her speech) because she explained things easily."
In her address to youths from three stakes in Virginia — Buena Vista, Roanoke and Pembroke — as well as the Fayetteville North Carolina West Stake, Sister McConkie focused on teaching about "the covenant path."
"Heavenly Father has put in place this wonderful plan — his plan of salvation for each of us," said Sister McConkie. "His plan is that if we do what he wants us to do, he will prepare a way for us to obtain all of the glorious blessings that we cannot now comprehend. We will receive a fullness of his joy if we stay on the path back to his presence."
As she began her remarks, Sister McConkie asked the youths in attendance to stand if they had received a mission call. Three young men stood up, one of whom, Erik Jones — a member of the Buena Vista Virginia Stake — said that he had been called to the California San Jose Mission, where Sister McConkie previously served for three years with her husband, who presided over the mission. She congratulated the youths for their willingness to serve and then explained that missionary work is part of the "covenant path."
"We all make covenants to perform in the work of salvation, to participate in this great work," said Sister McConkie. "Many of you will serve missions you make a difference and your service is hugely valuable to the work of the Lord."
After asking the youths to recite the fourth Article of Faith together, Sister McConkie focused her remarks on the first principles and ordinances of the gospel: faith, repentance, baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost.
She emphasized participating in the Personal Progress and Duty to God programs as a way for young women and young men to develop faith. While discussing faith, she said that though there "may be times when you have doubts or questions Elder Holland has taught us to be true to the faith that we already have."
"If you're following a trail and you think it's the right trail, if you have a doubt or question or concern, you don't want to turn around and go back to the start or leave the path altogether," Sister McConkie said. "But you do want to exercise faith and be true to the faith that you do have and follow the Savior."
She discussed the mistakes we make on our path and the necessity of repentance; the "magnificent" covenant of baptism, which changes us as we "take upon us his name"; and the Holy Ghost, which sanctifies, testifies, comforts, guides and protects us.Comment on this story
To conclude her remarks, Sister McConkie challenged each of the youths to do five things to help them stay on the correct path. She asked them to commit to pray every day, read their scriptures every day, attend church and partake of the sacrament every week, serve others and always be worthy of a temple recommend.
"Make a commitment to do these five things for the rest of your life," she said. "[These are] five things that if you will do, you will continue on this covenant path that will continue up until you are prepared to enter the presence of God."
Hannah Benson Rodriguez is a communications and marketing assistant at Southern Virginia University. She received a bachelor's degree from Southern Virginia and currently resides in Buena Vista, Va.


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It was nearly impossible to grow up in the 1970s without being at least somewhat aware of Monty Python and the British comedy troupe's classic bits. None of the group's works—not their long-running BBC TV series, their record albums, etc.—resonated with the American public like their feature film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which represented their big breakthrough in the states.
Now this comedy classic is finally out on Blu-ray, and, typical for Python products, the film makes the transition to hi-def in grand fashion. New, exclusive-to-this-release special features include "The Holy Book of Days," a second-screen experience that can be downloaded as an app on an iOS device and played with the Blu-ray to enhance its viewing; lost animation sequences with a new intro from animator (now a film director of note) Terry Gilliam; outtakes; and extended scenes with Python member Terry Jones (who co-directed Holy Grail with Gilliam).
The rest of the special features here were included in a collector's edition DVD set, and they're excellent. Especially fun is a present-day tour of the locations the Pythons used in the filming (including a Scottish castle that was used in multiple scenes and is now a Holy Grail-themed tourist trap); commentaries by the group; Japanese and LEGO versions of scenes from the film; and sing-along songs from Neil Innes' brilliant soundtrack.
The 2003 set was superb; this version is better, the pinnacle edition of this seminal film, which is still incredibly funny, silly, pointless and an absolute blast. Holy Grail wasn't about fine filmmaking; rather, it was about deconstructing and spoofing pretentious old movie tropes—including swashbuckling adventures, sword and sorcery fantasies, even movie musicals—with the now-classic Python sense of the absurd. Never a great film in a visual sense—it was purposefully dark and dank to convey the dark ages, (also probably due to its low budget)—the new version is sharper and brighter, and the 5.1 sound mix gives a real sense of dimension to the expansive scenes involving guards at the top of castles, mystical men on bridges, limbless knights and other epic scenes. If you've held off on buying the Holy Grail, this is the version to get, a true holy grail of well-preserved, beautifully irreverent comedy.


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Synchronization and Arbitration in Digital Systems
280 pages
January 2008
The book provides methods for making real reliability measurements both on and off chip, evaluating some of the common difficulties and detailing circuit solutions at both circuit and system levels. Synchronization and Arbitration in Digital Systems also presents:
- mathematical models used to estimate mean time between failures in digital systems;
- a summary of serial and parallel communication techniques for on-chip data transmission;
- explanations on how to design a wrapper for a locally synchronous cell, highlighting the issues associated with stoppable clocks;
- an examination of various types of priority arbiters, using signal transition graphs to show the specification of different designs (from the simplest to more complex multi-way arbiters) including ways of solving problems encountered in a wide range of applications;
- essential information on systems composed of independently timed regions, including a discussion on the problem of choice and the factors affecting the time taken to make choices in electronics.
With its logical approach to design methodology, this will prove an invaluable guide for electronic and computer engineers and researchers working on the design of digital electronic hardware. Postgraduates and senior undergraduate students studying digital systems design as part of their electronic engineering course will struggle to find a resource that better details the information given inside this book
Table of Contents
List of Contributors.
1. Synchronization, Arbitration and Choice.
1.1 Introduction.
1.2 The Problem of Choice.
1.3 Choice in Electronics.
1.4 Arbitration.
1.5 Continuous and Discrete Quantities.
1.6 Timing.
1.7 Book Structure.
2. Modelling Metastability.
2.1 The Synchronizer.
2.2 Latch Model.
2.3 Failure Rates.
2.3.1 Event Histograms and MTBF.
2.4 Latches and Flip-flops.
2.5 Clock Back Edge.
3. Circuits.
3.1 Latches and Metastability Filters.
3.2 Effects of Filtering.
3.3 The Jamb Latch.
3.3.1 Jamb Latch Flip-flop.
3.4 Low Coupling Latch.
3.5 The Q-flop.
3.6 The MUTEX.
3.7 Robust Synchronizer.
3.8 The Tri-flop.
4. Noise and its Effects.
4.1 Noise.
4.2 Effect of Noise on a Synchronizer.
4.3 Malicious Inputs.
4.3.1 Synchronous Systems.
4.3.2 Asynchronous Systems.
5. Metastability Measurements.
5.1 Circuit Simulation.
5.1.1 Time Step Control.
5.1.2 Long-term τ.
5.1.3 Using Bisection.
5.2 Synchronizer Flip-flop Testing.
5.3 Rising and Falling Edges.
5.4 Delay-based Measurement.
5.5 Deep Metastability.
5.6 Back Edge Measurement.
5.7 Measure and Select.
5.7.1 Failure Measurement.
5.7.2 Synchronizer Selection.
6. Conclusions Part I.
7. Synchronizers in Systems.
7.1 Latency and Throughput.
7.2 FIFO Synchronizer.
7.3 Avoiding Synchronization.
7.4 Predictive Synchronizers.
7.5 Other Low-latency Synchronizers.
7.5.1 Locally Delayed Latching (LDL).
7.5.2 Speculative Synchronization.
7.6 Asynchronous Communication Mechanisms (ACM).
7.6.1 Slot Mechanisms.
7.6.2 Three-slot Mechanism.
7.6.3 Four-slot Mechanism.
7.6.4 Hardware Design and Metastability.
7.7 Some Common Synchronizer Design Issues.
7.7.1 Unsynchronized Paths.
7.7.2 Moving Metastability Out of Sight.
7.7.3 Multiple Synchronizer Flops.
8. Networks and Interconnects.
8.1 Communication on Chip.
8.1.1 Comparison of Network Architectures.
8.2 Interconnect Links.
8.3 Serial Links.
8.3.1 Using One Line.
8.3.2 Using Two Lines.
8.4 Differential Signalling.
8.5 Parallel Links.
8.5.1 One Hot Codes.
8.5.2 Transition Signaling.
8.5.3 n of m Codes.
8.5.4 Phase Encoding.
8.5.5 Time Encoding.
8.6 Parallel Serial Links.
9. Pausible and Stoppable Clocks in GALS.
9.1 GALS Clock Generators.
9.2 Clock Tree Delays.
9.3 A GALS Wrapper.
10. Conclusions Part II.
11. Arbitration.
11.1 Introduction.
11.2 Arbiter Definition.
11.3 Arbiter Applications, Resource Allocation Policies and Common Architectures.
11.4 Signal Transition Graphs, Our Main Modelling Language.
12. Simple Two-way Arbiters.
12.1 Basic Concepts and Conventions.
12.1.1 Two-phase or Non-return-to-zero (NRZ) Protocols.
12.1.2 Four-phase or Return-to-zero (RTZ) Protocols.
12.2 Simple Arbitration Between Two Asynchronous Requests.
12.3 Sampling the Logic Level of an Asynchronous Request.
12.4 Summary of Two-way Arbiters.
13. Multi-way Arbiters.
13.1 Multi-way MUTEX Using a Mesh.
13.2 Cascaded Tree Arbiters.
13.3 Ring-based Arbiters.
14. Priority Arbiters.
14.1 Introduction.
14.2 Priority Discipline.
14.3 Daisy-chain Arbiter.
14.4 Ordered Arbiter.
14.5 Canonical Structure of Priority Arbiters.
14.6 Static Priority Arbiter.
14.7 Dynamic Priority Arbiter.
15. Conclusions Part III.
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Everyone's favorite western, Gunsmoke, debuted June 26, 1952, on the CBS radio airwaves starring William Conrad as Matt Dillon, and ran until June 18, 1961 - making it the longest running dramatic series in radio history. While the radio show was still on the air, the television version of Gunsmoke debuted on CBS Television, starring James Arness as Matt Dillon, and ran for 20 years, making it the longest running dramatic television show in history.
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SAN DIEGO ---- Yasmina Reza's Tony-winning comedy "God of Carnage," Shakespeare's "Richard III," the stage classic "Inherit the Wind" and Michael Kramer's "Divine Rivalry" will highlight The Old Globe's 2012 summer season.
The Globe announced Wednesday that Adrian Noble will return for his third season as artistic director of the summer Shakespeare Festival. Once again the Royal Shakespeare Company veteran will direct two productions, Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee's courtroom drama "Inherit the Wind" and Shakespeare's "As You Like It."
Lindsay Posner, the former associate director of London's Royal Court Theatre, will direct the festival's third production, Shakespeare's "Richard III." The three festival plays will run in repertory with a shared cast on the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre stage.
Two local premieres will complete the summer season.
Reza's "God of Carnage" will make its San Diego premiere in the Sheryl & Harvey White Theatre under the direction of Richard Seer, who runs the Globe's MFA program at the University of San Diego.
And in the Old Globe Theatre, Michael Kramer's art and history-themed "Divine Rivalry" make its West Coast premiere. Before leaving his post as artistic director of Connecticut's Hartford Stage last spring, Michael Wilson directed the play's world premiere. Now, ex-Globe Shakespeare festival director Darko Tresnjak runs Hartford Stage and Wilson is directing at the Globe --- first Horton Foote's "Dividing the Estate" this winter, and then a reprise of "Divine Rivalry" next summer.
Here's the summer schedule:
• "Richard III" ---- June 3-Sept. 29.Shakesepare's most despicable villain uses cunning and treachery tosteal the English throne but his harsh methods prove his undoing.It will be helmed by English director Lindsay Posner in his Globedebut. Festival stage.
• "As You Like It" ---- June 10-Sept. 30.Shakespeare's comedy is the story of a noble family exiled to theforest, where the young woman Rosalind (disguised as a boy) findsher true love, Orlando. Adrian noble directs on the Festivalstage.
• "Inherit the Wind" ---- June 17-Sept. 25.Noble directs this 1955 play based on the real-life 1925 ScopesMonkey Trial, where attorneys Clarence Darrow and William JenningsBryan faced off over the teaching of evolution in the schools.Adrian Noble directs on the Festival stage.
• "Divine Rivalry" ---- July 7-Aug. 12. MichaelKramer with D.S. Moynihan's play recreates a 1505 painting contestin Florence, Italy, between Michaelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci(and masterminded by Machiavelli). Michael Wilson directs in theOld Globe Theatre.
• "God of Carnage" ---- July 27-Sept. 2. Reza'ssearing comedy is the knock-down, drag-out story of two sets ofBrooklyn parents who meet to discuss the playground fisticuffsbetween their teen sons and end up fighting themselves. RichardSeer directs the in-the-round production i nthe White theater.
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Based on the upcoming animated feature film, Open Season follows the exploits of a bear who has lived in captivity all of his life only to find himself lost in the wilderness during, you guessed it, hunting season. As the bear, you must try to keep from getting tagged n' bagged by a hunter and get home in one piece. Open Season is shaping up to be a fun game that will appeal to animated film fans as well as those looking for an exciting game with little violence.
Instead of causing any kind of permanent damage to your enemies, your goal in disposing of them is to scare them enough to run away. You can do this through several different ways. One of the sections that they showed us at the Pre-E3 event was the ability to throw skunks at enemy hunters. This is kind of like playing pool, as they will disperse and hit other hunters with their skunk causing a chain reaction and sending the other hunters running for the hills.
You can also launch a squirrel at your enemies and enter a kind of "first person squirrel" mode, throwing nuts at other hunters from the top of the hunters head.
Another section in the game is the collectibles. You can collect 100 different objects in the game, and each of them will unlock a different real-life nature fact.
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'The day when it all turned around': North Olympic Peninsula veterans recall D-Day 70 years later
Air Force veteran Thomas Knee, 91, of Sequim shows a picture of his B-26 bomber plane crew that flew in behind the Normandy invasion to take out Axis targets in Europe. A young Knee is on the far right in the bomber picture. — Joe Smillie/Peninsula Daily News
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Richard French, 89, of Port Angeles displays the Jubilee of Liberty he was awarded in 2004 for serving in the invasion of Utah Beach on D-Day.
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"That was the day when it all turned around," said Robert Heer of Sequim, who was a 22-year-old prisoner of war in Hokkaido, Japan, on D-Day.
Seventy years ago today, thousands of young men invaded Normandy to free France from Nazi control in the largest seaborne invasion in history: D-Day.
The number of Allied combat casualties on D-Day was more than 10,000, of whom 2,500 Americans died.
As veterans of D-Day and World War II age into their 90s, the 70th anniversary comes with the bittersweet realization it will be one of the last times those who fought will be able to share their stories.
"Seventy years . . . I can't believe it," said 91-year-old Thomas Knee of Sequim, who was a radio operator in a B-26 bomber, which followed the front after the invasion to take out Axis targets.
"I've lived three lifetimes since then."
A 19-year-old "country boy" from Savona, N.Y., Richard French was one of the first who saw lines of German soldiers waiting for the Allied Forces' arrival on Normandy beaches.
"I didn't really have much to think about it. I was a 19-year-old kid who got drafted and put in this situation," said French, now an 89-year-old naval veteran living in Port Angeles.
"I just prayed like hell and did what I had been trained to do."
For the generation of children who had grown up in bread lines working to help their families through the Great Depression, the war was just another duty to fulfill.
"That was life. And we accepted it. We did what we had to do," Knee said.
"But I wouldn't do it again."
"I was sitting in the English Channel 70 years ago right now," French said in an interview at his Port Angeles home of 54 years Wednesday.
French spent the stormy nights of June 4 and 5 in the English Channel on a LCT-809.
"I don't know what we were doing out there for two days," French said while recalling D-Day in his Cherry Hill home in Port Angeles.
"It's not that big a stretch of water. For crying out loud, Florence Chadwick swam across it."
The LCT-809 was a 209-foot-long landing craft that carried 35 Sherman tanks and hundreds of infantry soldiers and Navy support sailors.
On D-Day, the craft delivered Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr., his jeep and his dog to Utah Beach, where he led the 4th Infantry Division's charge.
Gen. Roosevelt, son of President Theodore Roosevelt, was said to be the only Allied general to land with the first wave of troops on D-Day.
French spent the next three months transporting troops between England and France.
"It felt like a lot longer than that," he said.
"We never heard about Normandy at all. We never heard a word," Heer said of D-Day.
Heer, an Iowa native, was working forced labor as a stevedore on the island of Hokkaido.
"[Japan] had made a newspaper up telling how we lost our aircraft carriers and they were superior and we were going to lose the war because we had lost this number of ships," Heer recalled.
"And this Navy chief started to laugh. He says, 'Hell, we never had that many ships before the war started.'
"And everybody started to calm down."
Heer had been a prisoner of war since hundreds of Japanese soldiers overtook Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines in May 1942.
For 3½ years, Heer and other members of the 61st Field Artillery group were shuttled between camps in Formosa, now Taiwan, and Japan, working as stevedores and in coal mines to fuel the Japanese military's operations.
He was awarded the Purple Heart in 2002 for injuries he received as a prisoner of war.
On the other side of the Atlantic, a 20-year-old Gail Elliot, now of Sequim, was towing an FM-2 Wildcat fighter plane across the island of Boca Chica in the Florida Keys — with a mule.
"They had taken all the big stuff over to Europe by then," said Elliot, a "handcuff volunteer" with the Navy.
"That's what we were left with."
On D-Day, Knee, a native of Pennsylvania coal country, was flying north from Savannah, Ga., through Canada, Greenland and England.
"I was on my way," Knee said.
"I was probably pretty miserable, if I remember right.
"People don't realize the back of a plane is cold and dark and nasty."
Knee was in the back of that 9th Air Force plane for more than 50 missions with the "Howlin' Wolves" squadron.
He and his crew knocked out bridges and concentrations of Axis tanks and soldiers in France, Belgium and Germany.
While most of Knee's missions were aimed for the front of the war, Allied planes didn't station in Europe until after the ground forces had secured the continent.
"You can't have an airfield with a ground game going on," he said.
Knee's plane was shot down once. During the crash landing, the plane scooped French dirt into its torn-up fuselage.
"I had to dig three guys out" of the fuselage, he said.
For his service, Knee was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, the European Theater of Operations medal and the Jubilee of Liberty medal.
After the war, French was stationed at Port Townsend, where he met Mary, his wife, at a dance.
They later married and, after he served in the Korean War, settled in Port Angeles.
They raised six children while he worked as a letter carrier. His wife worked in the circulation department at the Peninsula Daily News until the late 1980s.
Knee worked for the Hudson Motor Co. and as a salesman in the pharmaceutical industry in Detroit and Traverse City, Mich., where he and his wife of 63 years, Marge, raised their three children.
The couple moved to Sequim after retiring. Marge died in 2011.
Now 90, Elliot, a Kansas native, is among a group of World War II veterans who meet for coffee Wednesday mornings at Stymie's Bar & Grill. Heer, 92, is another member of that coffee klatch.
Last October, Heer and his wife, Karen, took a 10-day tour of Japan with three other former prisoners of war.
"There's no hard feelings left after this many years," he said.
Heer stayed with the Air Force until retiring in 1965. He later worked 18 years with the U.S. Postal Service and moved to Sequim in 1990.
Despite their local gatherings, the veterans said they had trouble over the years maintaining contact with those they served alongside as they spread out across the country following the war.
"You know, I look at this, and I can't tell you where these guys are," Knee said while looking at a picture of his B-26 crew inside the office of his Sequim home.
"I saw the skipper once," French said. "I stopped in Sunbury, Pa., one time and called him at 4 o'clock in the morning.
"He was a salesman. He didn't get up until 10 a.m. So I told him to put the coffee pot on and I'll be right over."
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In the bedroom of his Brampton home, where Phil Oreskovic still lives with his parents, there is a poster of Bobby Orr on the wall.
The big rookie Maple Leafs defenceman's first NHL goal won't prompt any comparisons to the Boston Bruins legend, of course, but it made for a special moment the popular player won't soon forget.
Oreskovic opened the scoring in the second period of the Leafs' 3-2 shootout win over the Washington Capitals last night on a fluttering shot from the point that ultimately went in off the pads of Washington defenceman John Erskine.
The details may become sketchy over time, but not the feeling for the 6-foot-3, 217-pounder, who had yet to score a point through his first seven NHL games. But along with Curtis Joseph, Oreskovic was the toast of the Leafs dressing room after the win.
"I saw it go in off the side of one of the defenceman's legs," he said. "Everybody let me know it was mine right away and it was a really exciting feeling.
"I'm still a little tingly inside."
Brought in more to send shivers into opposing forwards with his physical play, Oreskovic is billed as a stay-at-home defenceman. But working with Leafs assistant coach Rob Zettler, he has been taught how to contribute offensively when the opportunity arises.
"It's a lot of: 'Get the puck through, as long as it gets through,' " Oreskovik said. "That's what I was trying to do.
"The guys have been non-stop congratulating me. It's nice to get the first one and nice to get those two points (for the win.)"


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I'm thinking 54 rec, around 900 yards, with 5 TDs. That is if he is the day 1 starter. If they play around and wait and see half the year of course less.
I'm thinking 54 rec, around 900 yards, with 5 TDs. That is if he is the day 1 starter. If they play around and wait and see half the year of course less.
he might not get 50 catches to be honest....but I expect his ypc to be high and to have 5-7 TD's
GT RARELY threw the ball. He could have went to SC or Alabama and get more touches. Even Georgia wanted him but he chose to stay loyal. I think it shows a lot about his character cause he didn't want to back out of his commitment. I don't think his college career should impact anything in the league other than running more routes in the game. He basically ran the 9 route, deep post, and a quick slant in college. He said in an interview 85% of games he never ran more than 3 different routes. This is going to be an adjustment just mentally here in the NFL reading when to break his routes and learning how to pace himself when he's making a double move and etc.
all in all his physical tools and speed is too good. This really all depends on the running game. If we run the ball above average then his numbers will look a lot better. If our running game isn't what we want it to be then his numbers won't look too good. He'll have more catches but less yards. All in all I expect 45, 750 yards, 7 TD's. 7 TD's is high I know but we're going to throw the ball to this guy in the endzone he's too big not to. Lets hope he stays consistent with catching the ball and not getting injured. I expect some nice things from Hill
You guys are VASTLY over estimating the impact hill will have. Considering that tone had 51 for 650 id expect 30 for 450,or something in that range. You have to remember were not going to be it out enough for him to get that many catches, and considering how raw he is, some of the other guesses are ludicrous.
I wrote an article early this week on Hill, and I compared his numbers with the other eight WRs drafted in the first two rounds. Since certain players played in high passing attacks (like Blackmon and Broyles) and Hill played in by far the most run heavy team, I didn't look at raw numbers. Instead, I looked more at efficiency stats like yards per catch, percentage of team's receptions, and percentage of team's receiving TDs. This would show how important a player was to the offense and how much he could hurt the other team when his number was called.
The results had Hill atop, finishing 1st in YPR, 3rd in % of team's receptions, and 3rd in % of team's receiving TDs. Of the 9 WRs, none finished top 5 in all three categories. This isn't to say he will be the best WR of the draft class, but it shows how explosive he is when GT actually threw the ball.
Anyway, a realistic rookie season for Hill IMO is 35 catches, 15-16 YPR, and 4 TDs. I think that's a fair expectation, and anything more is gravy.
I'm not sure about actual numbers, because a lot has to due with Sanchez progressing himself, but due to his size, speed and strength I believe Hill can become an instant run blocking deep threat. Due to his overall size, I can also picture Hill being a nice red zone target for Sanchez and our offense. Numbers aside, if Hill can provide us with a deep threat who can run block as a red zone target, I'll consider that a very productive rookie season.
One more catch, yard, and TD than Calvin Johnson, otherwise he's a bust.
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Your article on "Reckless" the Marine Horse Hero of the Korean War brought back a lot of memories.
As a Marine in "I" Company, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division from July 1956 to May 1959, I had an opportunity to see Reckless several times.
Though I was not in the thick of the Korean War, many of my senior NCOs often commented on their experiences in that war and the heroism of Reckless.
Thank you for the article, it brought back a lot of wonderful memories.


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Monday, February 4, 2008
You know it's a slow news day when . . .
Stupid Super Bowl.
While I'm thinking about it, though, I'm trying to figure out the baseball analog of Eli Manning winning the Super Bowl MVP. It's certainly more improbable than Aaron Boone: playoff hero, but nothing as crazy as Ozzie Canseco hitting in 57 straight games. I'll chew on it a while.
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- NX said...
Not for anything, but I don't see what's so over-the-top surprising about a number 1 overall draft pick who has shown flashes of brilliance on numerous occasions, rising to the occasion on the biggest stage of all, just as he has done throughout the rest of the entire playoffs. I think people forget how tough the quarterback position is for any young kid, never mind when your older brother is arguably one of the best of all time. Big brother hadn't even won a single playoff game at Eli's age.
- February 4, 2008 at 9:37 AM
- Shyster said...
Four years into his career, Peyton had a TD/INT differential of +30. Through that same time, Eli is +13. Peyton also had QB ratings significantly higher in each of the first four years out of the gate.
More importantly for my point above, at this point in his career, no one ever suggested that Peyton might be his team's biggest liability, while there had been open talk of that re: Eli for a long time, only abating midseason this year.
This is not to suggest that Eli is a fluke -- he was impressive in college and he obviously stepped up his game this season and especially in the playoffs. All I'm saying is that if anyone says now that this time 1 year ago they thought they'd be congratulating Eli Manning on leading his team to a Super Bowl victory over what was, until last night, considered to be the best team ever assembled, well, they'd be lying or a Manning or possibly both.
- February 4, 2008 at 9:50 AM
- NX said...
Or Ernie Accorsi. lol
I really wasn't trying to compare Eli to Peyton, just noting that the devlopment of young QB's is a strange and unpredictable thing. (Michael Lewis wrote an excellent piece on this titled the Eli Experiment not too long ago about this very topic)
Sometimes something just clicks for special players. Maybe it was the Week 17 game. Maybe it was the after effects of a star of Tiki Barber's caliber calling him out. Maybe it was Shockey's injury and new found chemistry with Boss. Maybe it was Steve Smith's return to health. Maybe it was the first road playoff win. Or maybe nothing has clicked, and this is just a run of typical Eli randomness (good play soon to be followed by terrible play). All I'm saying is that it's less surprising to me that Eli Manning had this maturation and type of performance than it would be if say, Wrecks Grossman or J.P. Losman did.
- February 4, 2008 at 10:15 AM
- mark said...
how about derek lowe winning the closing game of every series in 2004?
- February 4, 2008 at 11:32 AM
- NX said...
I like the Lowe comparison a lot more because at least Lowe's a talented guy who people just questioned in the big spot. I mean Aaron Boone and Ozzie Canseco are epitomes of the stereotypical bum little brothers, which I never really considered Eli to be.
- February 4, 2008 at 12:21 PM


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Exercise is a healthy activity that helps relieve stress and boost endorphins. But, whether you enjoy long runs or competitive sports, the last thing you need is a headache after that surge of endorphins from your workout. Primary exertional headache is a rare type of a headache that causes a throbbing head pain, during or after, any form of sustained exertion.

Symptoms

According to the second edition of the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-II), symptoms of primary exertional headache include:

• Pulsating headache

• Lasting from 5 minutes to 48 hours

• Occurs only during or after physical activity

• Symptoms are not explained by another medical condition

In addition to the above features, an exertional headache typically occurs on both sides of the head and can usually be prevented by avoiding strenuous physical activity. It should not be confused with a primary cough headache, which is brought on by coughing or the Valsalva-maneuver, or a benign sexual headache which is triggered by sexual activity. The age of onset for a primary exertional headache is in a person's 20s and it is more common in men than women. Finally, according to the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-II), primary exertional headache may be more likely to occur in hot weather or at high altitudes.

Diagnosis

Before your headache specialist or neurologist makes the official diagnosis of primary exertional headache, you will most likely undergo imaging of the brain. Imaging is done with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and/or magnetic resonance angiography (MRA). This will ensure that there is no other cause for your exertion-induced headache, especially since primary exertional headache is not common. Causes of a headache that may mimic primary exertional headache but are really secondary headaches or signal an emergent medical condition include:

• Stroke
• Brain Tumor
• Subarachnoid hemorrhage
• Vertebral artery dissection

Cause

The cause of primary exertional headache is not known. One potential mechanism is that a headache is due to an incompetent internal jugular vein. The internal jugular vein is a large vein on either side of your neck that collects blood from the brain and face. If the vein is not working well, blood may flow back to the brain instead of to the heart. This leads to increased pressure in the venous system surrounding the brain. One study in Cephalalgia found that individuals with an exertional headache were significantly more likely to have incompetent internal jugular veins than controls, or individuals without an exertional headaches.

Treatment

Indomethacin, a non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug or NSAID like ibuprofen that is sometimes used to treat gout or arthritis, is the usual treatment for primary exertional headache. It can also be used 30 to 60 minutes prior to exercise to prevent a headache. Ergotamine and propranolol have also been used to help prevent this type of a headache. A few of the side effects of indomethacin include: gastrointestinal upset and/or bleeding, kidney damage, headache, dizziness, and blurry vision. If your doctor prescribes indomethacin, please review these and other side effects carefully.

Key Points:

• Primary exertional headache is a rare type of a headache that occurs during or after strenuous physical activity.
• Before being diagnosed with primary exertional headache, you should undergo a thorough neurologic exam and brain imaging to rule out other causes or a secondary headache.
• Exercise is good for your physical and mental health. If you suffer from primary exertional headaches, talk with your doctor about devising a less strenuous exercise regimen or considering a medication to take prior to physical activity to prevent a headache.
Of course, if you have any questions or concerns regarding your headache diagnosis or if you have a new onset headache or one that follows a different pattern, please contact your healthcare provider.

Sources

Cutrer M. Primary exertional headache. In: UpToDate, Basow DS (Ed), UpToDate, Waltham, MA, 2013.
Doepp F, Valdueza JM, Schreiber SJ. Incompetence of internal jugular valve in patients with primary exertional headache: a risk factor? Cephalalgia 2008; 28:182.
Halker RB, Vargas BB. Primary Exertional Headahe: Updates in the Literature. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2013; Jun;17(6):337.
Headache Classification Subcommittee of the International Headache Society. "The International Classification of Headache Disorders: 2nd Edition". Cephalalgia 2004;24 Suppl 1:9-160.
Pascual J, Iglesias F, Oterino A, Vazquez-Barquero A, Berciano J. Cough, exertional, and sexual headaches: an analysis of 72 benign and symptomatic cases. Neurology 1996; 46:1520.


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Computer Science and Information Engineering, World Congress on (2009)
Los Angeles, California USA
Mar. 31, 2009 to Apr. 2, 2009
pp: 550-554
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/CSIE.2009.400
This paper forwards a low power design of a grating detection system chip (GDC) on length and angle precision measurement. Traditional grating detection methods are complex, costly, and suffer big power consumption for the complex divide circuit scheme and CPU software compensation. GDC achieves the whole grating detection system function, high speed orthogonal signal handling in a single chip with very low power consumption. It is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), integrated micro controller unit (MCU), power management unit (PMU), two LCD controller, keyboard interface, grating detection unit and other peripherals. Working at 10MHz, GDC can afford 5MHz internal sampling rate and 1.25MHz orthogonal signal from grating sensor. By implementing low power system design, orthogonal signal dividing and Low power divider design, GDC consumes 0.9mw in test mode and 0.2mw in real mode. GDC is tape out in HJTC 180nm process with evaluation kit and demo system developed.
Li-gang Hou, Wu-chen Wu, Xiao-hong Peng, "Low Power Design of a Grating Detection System Chip", Computer Science and Information Engineering, World Congress on, vol. 03, no. , pp. 550-554, 2009, doi:10.1109/CSIE.2009.400


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Anyone in Norfolk?
Hi there!
I am new to the group and we will be PCSing to Norfolk in November. I am currently overseas, so I am having to research everything via internet as I know no one in Norfolk. We are a dual military couple with 3 children ages 5, 4, and 2 months.
Is anyone familiar with the Willoughby Bay area? I will havea child going into Kindergarten and 2 younger children as well. If anyone has any info on good schools and good child care centers(4yr old and 4 month old) please let me know. I would like something close to where we will live, which from what I understand will be the Willoughby Bay area.
Any info would be great. Thank you!
We just left Norfolk. If you are planning on going into housing I suggest you get on the waitlist for Villages of Whitehurst Farms. The housing is nice and Tarrallton Elementary School is beside the housing complex. It's a great school as well.
Whilloughby housing is nice I live close to it.
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Aitchbee 20:35 13 Apr 2012
throver, I use a mobile dongle (1gb /month) and also a software product called Onspeed (£25 per annum) which enhances the speed and also the amount of browsing you can do per month. I have just renewed my subscription to December 2014.
I highly recommend it to dongle users. (I got a 30% discount 'cos I've used it for (ten) years. (£17.99)
I use it for my dial-up connection as well.


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Janesville teen in custody after fleeing police, ramming squad car
Cody E. Kotthaus, 17, of 1551 LaSalle Court, was arrested at 11:10 p.m. on charges of second degree reckless endangering safety, knowingly fleeing an officer, operating while intoxicated, reckless driving, hit and run and resisting an officer, the release said.
Officer Shawn Welte tried to make a traffic stop after he saw a Chevy Lumina speeding north on Crosby Avenue near West Court Street. When he attempted to stop the vehicle, it accelerated quickly, turned off its headlights and drove through several stop signs without stopping before driving into a yard in the 600 block of N. Grant Ave., the release said.
When Welte stopped his squad car, Kotthaus turned his vehicle toward him, rammed into the squad car then fled east on foot. With the help of several other officers and a department K-9, Kotthaus was eventually found hiding in a back yard in the 500 block of North Oakhill Avenue. He is in custody at the Rock County Jail, the release said.
The squad car received an estimated $5,000 damage while Kotthaus' car had about $2,000 damage, said a department spokesman. A Rock County sheriff's deputy investigated the crash at the request of the police department.
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Nova, a dear member of this family, has left for the bridge today.
I will truly miss him. He was with me for 8 years.
Even though he never attracted attention to himself, I could see the good in him. The love he had to give, in his own special way. He appreciated every neck rub, a lap to lay on, or a cozy bed to sleep in and a person who understood his terror at being picked up or held.
While he never got adopted, he HAD a family and he had LOVE. And I believe he was happy here.
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Is there such a thing as getting too involved too early for your little one?
From mommy and me to baby swim classes, how early should you get your little one involved? (Would love your input if you have any thoughts!)
When my first daughter was only 6 months old, I enrolled her in a "Mommy `n Me" swim class.
It was kind of a big deal.
Not only did I drag my husband along to the class once a week after he got home from work, but the class was a good hour round-trip, and generally ended up in us eating dinner out as well, because heaven knows it would take me all day just to get us ready and out the door on time.
I loved that time with my daughter, and although I fully recognize how ridiculously young she was, I still maintain that it helped her to be the little water bug that she is now, at over 6 years old.
But in today's world of overscheduling and play dates that are more elaborate than most of the real dates I've ever had, is there ever a thing as too much too soon?
I think it's all about balance—and deciding what is important for both your baby and you. Because let's face it, those swim lessons were just as much fun for me as they were with for her. Some parents love starting their babies in activities as a way to get them both involved and out of the house, and that's definitely a good thing.
"We started early, because living in Florida we are surrounded by water (oceans, pools, canals)," says fellow Disney Baby mom Kristel Acevedo. "We also lived in a house with a pool, so it was important that our kids understand water safety. As a result of going to swim classes, both my kids absolutely love the water. They have no problems jumping in and putting their faces in the water (obviously we always supervise and someone is always in the water with them). They are confident in the water and have fun in pools. My son is especially skilled at swimming and I'm hoping he makes it to the Olympics some day!"
Moral of the story?
Starting activities early for your little one can be a rewarding and enriching experience for both of you—as long it stays fun for both of you. No stressing over baby's schedule allowed!
How early did you start your baby in activities?
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Can I Cash My Employee Stock Options?by Will Gish ; Updated April 19, 2017
Some employers provide employees with stock options as a benefit and incentive. Owning stock in a business makes an employee a part-owner, thus giving each employee who holds options a genuine reason to care about the success of the company. Employers in the 21st century are increasingly using stock options in rewards plans, according to CNN Money. Determining whether you can cash employee stock options comes down to considerations such as the specifics of your option plan.
Cashing Employee Stock Options
Simply put: Yes, you can cash employee stock options. However, understand that you must purchase the options before selling them. When employers provide stock options, they give employees the option of purchasing a certain number of shares in the company, not the actual shares. If you "exercise" your employee stock option, you purchase your optioned shares from the company. Once you own the shares, you can do as you please with them, including selling them.
Stock Option Terms
No laws monitor the exercising or selling of employee stock options. However, employers that provide stock options usually place terms on them. Option terms impose a time limit on reserving employee stock options for you. This means that if you don't purchase your options before a certain date -- the expiration of the term -- they lapse and the company regains control of them. Options terms may also impose a waiting period before you can exercise and sell the stocks without penalty. Before purchasing and selling options, always check their terms and ensure that you wouldn't incur penalties by exercising them and selling the shares.
When to Cash Employee Stock Options
According to Carol Curtis, author of "Pay Me in Stock Options," selling options too soon is the biggest mistake of those with employee stock options. Curtis writes that employees should wait as long as possible -- usually, to the end of the options term -- before cashing options. Selling options straightaway often proves very costly and can result in various taxes and fees.
However, employees should assess the value of a company before deciding to wait to the last minute to sell shares. If your employer is not posting regular profits, exercising options and selling shares at the end of your term might actually result in a loss.
Types of Employee Stock Options
Two types of stock options exist: non-qualified stock options, or NQs, and incentive stock options, or ISOs. Although ISOs provide a number of tax benefits, these types of stocks generally go only to executive employees.
The government taxes NQs immediately as a form of income when you exercise them. Taxes on NQs can greatly impact the profitability of exercising and selling options. Though you can exercise and sell them, this might not prove as lucrative as you expect.
Methods of Selling Employee Stock Options
Three methods of selling options exist. Your financial situation and stock options deal directly affect your ideal method of sale.
"Cashless exercise and immediate sale" allows you to sell your shares immediately and use the profit from the sale to cover all costs associated with exercising the share. You receive only profit left over after paying for exercising fees and taxes. "Cashless exercising and holding" stock allows you to sell just enough shares to cover the cost of purchasing your options while retaining the rest for later sale. "Cash exercise" means you buy your options outright with cash and do as you please with them.
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Paparazzi Photographers Show Up at Kanye West's Home at 4 A.M., and He Was Very Angry [EXPLICIT VIDEO]
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At 4 a.m. this morning (Sept 27th), Kanye West went bezerk on paparazzi photographers when they approached him in front of his home.
According to TMZ, In an effort to avoid the paparazzi at LAX, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian took off from the Van Nuys Airport for San Francisco, to transfer to a commercial flight that will take them nonstop to Paris.
Kanye has been advised not to fly out of LAX, because his rep's don't want another confrontation with photographers while his criminal battery case is still pending, which didn't stop photog's from showing up to his home this morning at 4 a.m.
Now that's just down right disrespectful!


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" Brand: Bruder / Type: Farm Machinery "
* Prices may differ from that shown
My son was given this Bruder trailer and round bales for Christmas last year shortly after his second birthday. As part of the same gift he also received a Bruder New Holland Tractor from the same Bruder range of toys.
This is a green flat bed trailer with red bars at each end to hold your bales in place. The whole thing is made of hard plastic. The hitch part of the tractor is black and there is a support that you can move up and down to keep the trailer stationary. The wheels are made of hard rubber and move freely. The eight bales that you receive are made of hard beige plastic and are textured to look like hay bales. The bales are hollow but are very hard so there is no risk of them being squashed or becoming dented. This is quite a large toy and the trailer measures 15cm wide by 45cm long including the towing part.
My son loves this trailer and plays with it on an almost daily basis. He also has a tractor to pull the trailer and a Manitou Telescopic Loader (see my other review) so he can load his bales onto the trailer with the Manitou and then "drive" his tractor around the floor to another part of his "farm". I think without having at least a tractor this toy would be of very little entertainment value.
The trailer is quite well made but is a bit on the flimsy side. The bar supports on each end that hold the bales on are not fixed and can fold in and out but unfortunately do come off. These bars are also quite fragile and one of ours got broken on Christmas Day after being trodden on. I have tried to fix it with superglue but it has broken again in the same place. The wheels are very sturdy and nice and chunky and turn well without having to be forced. The toy is also quite large and so does cause a storage problem.
Despite those couple of things I think the toy is very good value as it has been so entertaining for my son.
I would recommend any of the Bruder toys to anyone with children who like tractors and farm toys. The attention to detail is excellent and they are just like the real thing. They are big hard wearing, and real value for money. I would definitely recommend this if you already have some tractors as this toy is really only any use if used in conjunction with other farm toys.
Bruder is a German company that specialises is making realistic scale models of farming machinery and vehicles. You can get everything from key rings to combine harvesters and they are all really realistic. The scale models start as small as 1:128 and go up to 1:16. There are three ranges available, the mini series, the professional series which includes the Bale Transporter Trailer and a range called Roadmax which is specifically designed for younger children. The Roadmax range doesn't have any of the real life detailing of the Professional range but they are still excellent. They are big vehicles made of hard plastic with big chunky rubber wheels. For more information on any of the Bruder ranges go to www.bruder.de/ea
My Mother in Law paid £12.50 for our Bale Trailer from our local country store, www.cobbscountrystore.co.uk they also do mail order but postage can be costly. I don't think that any of the Bruder toys are available from places like Toysrus but they are widely available online at sites like www.amazon.co.uk.
I don't think you can get more realistic farm toys that these.


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Some Bad News for Fans of the McRib
For real fans of the McDonald's McRib sandwich this is almost tragic.
McDonalds usually puts the McRib back on the menu at the end of October, then drops it again before the end of November, but this year you will have to wait even longer.
The people at "Advertising Age" magazine got a copy of an internal McDonald's memo that says the restaurant chain has decided to wait until mid-December this year for the return of the McRib. The reason is that they are hoping it boosts winter sales, which are usually pretty slow.


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Research Topics
Diane Crone
Affiliation: University of Gloucestershire
Country: UK
Detail Information
- 'I feel totally at one, totally alive and totally happy': a psycho-social explanation of the physical activity and mental health relationshipD Crone
School of Sport and Leisure, University of Gloucestershire, Gloucester, UK
Health Educ Res 20:600-11. 2005..Investigating participant's experiences within the social contexts of exercise referral schemes provides an understanding about whether schemes have the potential to influence the mental health of referred patients...
- 'I know it is only exercise, but to me it is something that keeps me going': a qualitative approach to understanding mental health service users' experiences of sports therapyDiane Crone
Faculty of Sport, Health and Social Care, University of Gloucestershire, Oxstalls Campus, Gloucester, UK
Int J Ment Health Nurs 17:197-207. 2008....
- 'Art Lift' intervention to improve mental well-being: an observational study from U.K. general practiceDiane M Crone
Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Gloucestershire, UK
Int J Ment Health Nurs 22:279-86. 2013..258, d.f. = 145, P = 0.025, two-tailed). Findings reveal that this art intervention was effective in the promotion of well-being and in targeting women, older people, and people from lower socioeconomic groups...
- Uptake and participation in physical activity referral schemes in the UK: an investigation of patients referred with mental health problemsDiane Crone
University of Gloucestershire, Faculty of Sport, Health and Social Care, Gloucester, United Kingdom
Issues Ment Health Nurs 29:1088-97. 2008..34%; p < 0.001) were significantly lower in the mental health referrals. In conclusion, physical activity referral schemes appear to be less well suited to the needs of the mental health patient. Further research is recommended...
- Walking back to health: a qualitative investigation into service users' experiences of a walking projectDiane Crone
University of Gloucestershire, Gloucester, United Kingdom
Issues Ment Health Nurs 28:167-83. 2007..Findings conclude that physical activity programmes have a significant part to play in the quality of life of people with mental health problems and have the potential to be an integral part of their health care...
- Factors associated with physical activity referral uptake and participationDavid V B James
Faculty of Sport, Health and Social Care, University of Gloucestershire, Oxstalls Campus, Oxstalls Lane, Gloucester GL2 9HW, UK
J Sports Sci 26:217-24. 2008..More appropriate targeting at the point of referral could improve participation rates by revealing or addressing barriers that might later result in dropout...
- Factors associated with physical activity referral completion and health outcomesDavid James
Faculty of Sport, Health and Social Care, University of Gloucestershire, Gloucester, United Kingdom
J Sports Sci 27:1007-17. 2009..292; CI = 1.008-1.641; P < 0.05). Completion is associated with health outcomes of reduced body mass and blood pressure...
- The effects of physical activity on psychological well-being for those with schizophrenia: A systematic reviewJessica Holley
University of Gloucestershire, Gloucester, UK
Br J Clin Psychol 50:84-105. 2011..The findings of this systematic review however, suggest that physical activity has a beneficial effect on some attributes associated with psychological well-being in individuals with schizophrenia...
- Physical activity and mental health in a student populationPhilip Tyson
School of Natural and Social Sciences, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, UK
J Ment Health 19:492-9. 2010..However, previous research has mainly focussed on clinical populations, and little is known about the psychological effects of physical activity in those without clinically defined disorders...
- Socio-demographic patterning of referral, uptake and attendance in Physical Activity Referral SchemesChristopher Gidlow
Centre for Sport and Exercise Research, Staffordshire University, Mellor Building, College Road, Stoke on Trent, ST4 2DE, UK
J Public Health (Oxf) 29:107-13. 2007..As a result, the nature of the role for PARS within public health is unknown...
- Exercise interventions as an adjunct therapy for psychosis: a critical reviewNaomi Ellis
Centre for Sport and Exercise Research, Staffordshire University, Leek Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire ST4 2DF, UK
Br J Clin Psychol 46:95-111. 2007..To review the existing evidence examining effectiveness of exercise as an adjunct therapy for psychosis...