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June 15, 2005 - The Marana Unified School District is getting a few new faces starting July 1, including a new superintendent, a new principal at Mountain View High School and a new principal at DeGrazia Elementary School.
Incoming Superintendent Denny Dearden, who was chosen by the district's governing board in March to take the helm of the 13,000-student district, visited Marana last week to meet with district staff members and interview two finalists for the Mountain View principalship.
As a result, Dearden recommended the hiring of Jill Atlas, whose appointment was expected to receive approval from the district's governing board June 14. She will receive an annual salary of $79,345, said district spokeswoman Tamara Crawley.
"We had a thorough screening and interview process," Crawley said. "We're very pleased the hiring for Mountain View was done in such a timely fashion."
Atlas, currently an associate principal at Mountain View, replaces Richard Faidley, who resigned last month to take a district-level position with Amphitheater Public Schools.
Atlas has been an administrator at Mountain View since 1998, when the district first hired her as an associate principal. She has been heavily involved with the school's shift toward "smaller learning communities," which will radically change the high school into a system of different career academies in the coming years.
Atlas also has 20 years of experience in the Tucson Unified School District as an educator, athletic director and associate principal at Santa Rita High School. She has a master's degree in educational leadership from the University of Arizona.
New to the district beginning July 1 will be Stephen Poling, who will assume duties as principal at DeGrazia Elementary School. Following a meeting last month at which the district's governing board approved hiring him, Poling said he plans to be a uniter and bring DeGrazia staff members together as a team.
"The people are so welcoming and friendly. I'm very much looking forward to being there," he said, adding that he has brought on a new secretary and an assistant to the principal. "I've been there a couple of times this month and had to do a couple hirings, but I'm mostly gearing for July 1 to be there full time."
Poling has four years of experience in school administration with Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District 35 in Rio Rico. There, he served two years as principal of Mountain View Elementary School and two years as the assistant principal of Calabasas Middle School.
Prior to his experience with Santa Cruz Valley, Poling was a middle school teacher for six years. He has a master's degree in education and a bachelor's degree in history and secondary education.
Dearden also will start July 1 with his first few days geared toward orienting him with the large district, which has 17 schools scattered across 550 square miles. He spent May 10 conducting onsite visits and engaged in a "get acquainted" meeting with district officials, Crawley said.
"He had the opportunity to meet with administrators today and do some additional site visits," she said. "He's very enthusiastic and excited to be joining Marana. Today he shared that enthusiasm in a very visionary and empowering meeting with administration."
Crawley said Dearden has emphasized the importance of teamwork and putting students above all priorities. Dearden currently is assistant superintendent of Fairfax County Public Schools in Fairfax, Va., where he oversees a cluster of 22 schools and nearly 20,000 students. He was one of three finalists to visit the district in March and interview with board members.
"His first days will be spent in relationship building and assessing programs and departments and becoming acquainted with operations," Crawley said, "looking at a strategic plan, team building and ensuring the district is looking ahead to growth in the district."
To provide consistency while Dearden makes the cross-country transition, Crawley said Jan Truitt will remain interim associate superintendent throughout next year. Jim Doty also will continue filling Truitt's shoes as interim principal at Marana High School.
Julia Barwell, whose removal from her position as DeGrazia's principal sparked some controversy in March, returns June 15 to a new district-level position as director of special projects, retaining her old salary of $62,628.
Barwell and three other DeGrazia employees were indicted earlier in the school year for failing to immediately report a kindergartner's claims that her father sexually abused her. All four employees were granted diversion agreements with charges dropped as long as they completed training courses on the state's mandatory reporting laws.
"We've been informed that she's in the very final stages of resolution and, given the information from our legal attorneys and communication with Ms. Barwell, the timing is perfect," Crawley said. "Everyone is on-board and up and running for next year."
Interim Superintendent Jane Pryne will be leaving the district at the end of June and plans to teach part time at Northern Arizona University.


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My semi weekly visit to Goodwill produced a new girl to add to my little collection of vintage sewing machines. I almost passed her up because she was in a plastic case that had a tag on it for $19.99. But thank goodness my curiousity got the better of me. With my senior citizen discount the cost was $17.99 plus the governor's share.
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Angela McVeigh, Director of Older People and Primary Care, and Melanie Clements, Assistant Director of Older People for the Southern Trust joined domiciliary care staff from Craigavon and Banbridge to celebrate their recent success.
Angela said: "I am delighted our in-house domiciliary care service has won the HSC Quality Award. I would like to pay tribute to everyone involved in helping to achieve this Award, in particular, the Domiciliary Care workers who provide personal and practical care to support approximately 3000 people to live independently in their own homes every day. In addition, the administrative staff, supervisors and three managers all ensure we deliver the right worker to the right client at the right time and with the right skills.
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Test Bench: Onkyo TX-SR875 A/V Receiver
I've come to expect stellar bench results from high-echelon Onkyos (and lower-echelon ones, too, usually), and I got them. Noise and distortion measurements were uniformly state of the art. Frequency response was excellent as well, though the TX-SR875 exhibited a very small rolloff, of about 0.5 dB per octave, above about 10 kHz in all playback modes. (In other words, flat to 10 kHz and about 0.5 dB down at 20 kHz.) Not really significant, and if truth be told, probably more boon than bane with most real-world program material.
Power results were generous almost to a fault, handily exceeding the receiver's 140 watts-per-channel rating in all tests except for seven-channel-simultaneous power, which came very, very close. The TX-SR875 got quite hot under prolonged power testing, however. And the fan (which came on only under severe stress) was a bit noisy, though users should never hear it while playing at the volume required to activate it. With the receiver's impedance menu set to "4 ohms," power in all modes was limited to around 55 watts, as is usual with such current-limiting modes. All our listed tests, including 4-ohm power measurements, reflect performance with the "6 ohms" setting. Bridged output at clipping was in excess of 300 watts, two channels driven into 8 ohms.
All data were obtained using various test DVDs with 16-bit dithered signals, which set limits on measured distortion and noise performance. Reference input level is -20 dBFS, and reference output is 1 watt into 8 ohms. Volume setting for reference level was -7.5. All level trims were at zero, except for subwoofer-related tests, and all speakers were set to "large," subwoofer on. All are worst-case figures where applicable.
Output at clipping (1 kHz into 8/4 ohms) 1 channel driven: 201/322 watts (23/25.1 dBW) 5 channels driven (8 ohms): 141 watts (21.5 dBW) 7 channels driven (8 ohms): 128 watts (21.1 dBW) Distortion at 1 watt (THD+N, 1 kHz) 8/4 ohms: 0.02/0.03% Noise level (A-weighted): -76.1 dB Excess noise (with sine tone) 16-bit (EN16): 0.7 dB Frequency response: 20 Hz to 20 kHz +0, -0.8 dB
Reference input and output level is 200 mV; volume setting for reference output level was -14.0.
Distortion (THD+N, 1 kHz, 8 ohms): 0.01% Noise level (A-weighted.): -82.9 dB Frequency response: <10 Hz to 183 kHz +0, -3 dB
Reference level is -20 dBFS; all level trims at zero. Volume setting for reference level was 6.5.
Output at clipping (1 kHz, both channels driven) 8/4 ohms: 185/320 watts (22.7/25.1 dBW) Distortion at reference level: 0.02% Linearity error (at -90 dBFS): 0.2 dB Noise level (A-weighted): -75.6 dB with 96-kHz/24-bit signals: -88.8 dB Excess noise (with/without sine tone) 16-bit (EN16): 0.3/0.3 dB quasi-20-bit (EN20): 9.6/9.9 dB Noise modulation: 0.2 dB Frequency response: <10 Hz to 20 kHz +0, -0.8 dB with 96-kHz/24-bit signals: <10 Hz to 44.5 kHz +0, -1.7 dB
BASS-MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCEMeasured results obtained with Dolby Digital test signals.
Subwoofer-output frequency response (crossover set to 80 Hz): 21 dB/octave (approx.) above -6-dB rolloff point of 80 Hz High-pass filter frequency response (crossover set to 80 Hz): 12 dB/octave below -3-dB rolloff point of 80 Hz Maximum unclipped subwoofer output (trim at 0): 7.4 volts Subwoofer distortion (from six-channel, 30-Hz, 0-dBFS signal; subwoofer trim set to 0): 0.02% Crossover consistency: bass crossover frequency and slope were consistent for all sources and formats Signal-format consistency: consistent for all applicable formats Speaker size selection: all channels can be set to "small" Speaker-distance compensation: available for all main channels
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Only the ASP can judge me. Tupac Shakur never said that, but the world tour's finest reluctantly muttered it on the third day of the Hurley Pro at Lowers. When guys are doing the same exact turns and tail throws on the same exact crumb cake bowls, the judging becomes a pedantic specimen of subjectivity. Many heats were decided by iffy margins of less than a point. Wave selection was a life-or-death matter and it only took one priority blunder to locate the latter. Kolohe Andino learned that in his early morning matchup with Taj Burrow. Brother's surfing was superb, but a tactical mistake late in the heat gave Taj the go-ahead. Not Young also got bit by the pest of strategy in his loss to Travis Logie — his ice-cold nerves allowed him to wait one half-set too long. Right after Nat's heat, Julian Wilson and Felipe Toledo endeavored in one of the best battles of the event. Both surfers comboed long, walled rights and got sparky on quick lefts. The judges hands were full, and they were full of uncertainty. Julian was eventually given the nod, but only by a feigned .96 points. Round 4 commenced with more desperately close heats until Julian returned to devour the last heat of the day. In pulsing surf, he punted the two highest scores of the event. He is easily the favorite heading into the final day, but don't tell the judges that.
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Programmable ICs: the next Innovation Engine
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Abstract: Semiconductor programmable ICs led by FPGA devices became immensely successful in recent years, their expanded performance and capabilities match all but the most advanced ASICs and ASSPs. The potential of programmable ICs seems endless; however in 2010 these devices will only capture up to 2% of the global semiconductor market. In order to grow further, the programmable industry must address some fundamental challenges. After reviewing the evolution of FPGAs, these challenges are identified and described. A new programmable framework is proposed to address them and offer the programmable industry an opportunity to compete more aggressively with standard ASSP products. Some concrete steps are then suggested for promoting the further expansion of programmable ICs into new markets. It is argued that this approach will trigger the next wave of innovative semiconductor startups that will be more financially efficient than ever before.
The Evolution of FPGAs
Programmable devices appeared for the first time in the late 1970s as PAL and PLD devices, which were no more than a matrix of fuses that could implement multi-variable logic functions. Ideal as glue-logic that could be added at a later stage of a hardware design, their popularity soon grew and justified larger devices. The basic architecture changed from a simple fuse matrix to an array of Logic Elements (LE), which themselves evolved from simple collection of 2-input gates to more complex structures. One-time burning of fuses was replaced by electronic re-programming justifying the term FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) that is used to describe this class of devices since the late 1980s.
Briefly reviewing the history of FPGAs, one can identify several phases in the evolution of these devices. These trends did not start at the same time, but many of them are still at work today, simultaneously with the introduction of yet newer architectural innovations.
Trend 1: Increased Capacity
As soon as the first programmable devices appeared in the market, the race was on to increase their logic capacity. What started as a few logic gates in the early days of the PLDs has now reached a level equivalent to 20-30 million ASIC gates for the bigger FPGAs. This trend will clearly continue along with Moores Law.
Trend 2: Improved Versatility
The first PLDs were built around a universal fuse matrix that could implement just any logic function of its input variables. Naturally, when more complex circuits were required, the architecture had to evolve too, resulting in a regular array (fabric) of Logic Elements. Initially, these LEs were just an optimized collection of a few logic gates; the combination of many LEs could in principle implement any logic circuit. However, as FPGAs targeted more diverse applications, the need arose to provide more application-specific elements such as memory and DSP blocks (built around adders and multipliers). The fabric had evolved into a combination of elements with several different types. The exact number and mixture of these elements, together with the way they can be interconnected determines the practical capacity of an FPGA.
Trend 3: Optimized I/Os
Having faster, more flexible and higher quantity of inputs/outputs to an FPGA was an obvious result of higher integration and growing bandwidth. However, the expansion in I/O capabilities of FPGAs also introduced a new element which diminished their regularity the hard-macro. For many I/O circuits, it was no longer possible to use the logic fabric, and dedicated analog and/or digital circuits had to be added to implement some key interfaces (hence the term hard-macros). This trend clearly continues today with evermore complex interfaces and higher rates.
Trend 4: Embedded Processing
The need to integrate on-board micro-controllers led to the introduction of embedded processors into FPGA architectures about a decade ago. Initially, these processors were proprietary and rather simple, but soon enough, more complex industry-standard IP cores were being used. It is still common to find a soft IP core being implemented on FPGA, but for the more advanced processors and interconnects the trend is to use hard-macros that enable much higher performance and lower power. This trend is now at its peak and may allow FPGAs to penetrate new applications in which they could not compete in the past.
Trend 5: Lower Power
Just like most other ICs, the requirement to reduce power (both during active operation as well as during idle cycles) is increasingly important for FPGAs. There are well-known techniques for power reduction and optimization that have been used for several generations of ASIC designs and which are now finding their way to FPGAs. It is expected that this trend will accelerate in the coming years.
Challenges facing the Programmable Industry
The success of FPGAs in recent years is clear for anyone in this industry. A predominant factor in that success has been the long-term economical implication of Moores Law today it is no longer financially feasible to support the development of a standard IC for most of the applications, except those having the highest volume and/or some unique requirements. Therefore, it is no surprise that FPGA design-starts have passed the 100,000 designs/year mark, while the combined design-starts for ASICs and ASSPs plummeted below 8,000 per year. Nevertheless, with all its success and huge potential, the programmable industry will only account for up to 2% of the global semiconductor market in 2010, compared to about 30% for ASICs & ASSPs, combined. The main reason is that the higher volume applications (typically above 100K units per year), where FPGAs are less competitive, account for the majority of the revenues. In order to live up to its promise, the programmable industry will have to overcome some significant challenges.
Challenge 1: Mixed-Signal Technology
Although very demanding by itself, it will no longer be sufficient to just follow the integration curve of Moores law. If FPGA designers want to promote their devices as a genuine replacement for ASICs and ASSPs, they will need to address an important missing element: Mixed-Signal circuits. With the exception of few PLLs and SerDes circuits, an FPGA cannot implement other analog cells commonly used in modern ICs. Circuits such as ADCs, DACs, RF and Power circuits will have to be added in what may likely become the next trend in FPGA evolution. However, it may not be cost-effective to add mixed-signal cells optimized for a particular application (as done in ASIC/ASSP). What is needed is a configurable implementation of such circuits that could address different variants of the same basic cell, yet not diverge too far from the optimal performance a tall order which will bring a very high reward for anyone who can deliver it.
Challenge 2: Regular vs. Specific Architecture
The architecture of FPGA devices is becoming more complex and less uniform. Initially, it was based upon purely regular and simple fabric, but as it addressed more demanding applications the picture has changed. First, the LE themselves became more diverse, to the point that the major FPGA vendors offer several product families differing in their mix of cells. Then, special circuits such as clocks, test circuits and other auxiliary functions were added. And finally, the most significant change came with an increasing number and size of hard-macros. The recent addition of advanced processor cores means that the percentage of area devoted to the regular fabric has shrunk considerably. Since not all the hard-macros (or the same combination thereof) are required for all applications, it is no longer effective to offer a single FPGA architecture. The FPGA vendors will have to come up with a creative way of offering several architectures, having a different mix of hard-macros, without losing the manufacturing efficiencies of the classic FPGA platform.
Challenge 3: Cost Reduction Model
A well-known attribute of an FPGA solution is that it can only effectively address applications with limited volume. When volume is below that threshold, it is not cost effective to develop a dedicated IC due to the tremendous costs and risks associated. However, as volume increases, the case for the development of a dedicated IC becomes compelling, since it can offer optimized cost (as well as improved performance and power). Today, this threshold is somewhere around 100,000 units per year. This number is likely to increase with Moores law, but it is still below the radar for the most popular applications such as wireless and mobile devices, consumer electronics, etc. The major FPGA vendors do have their programs for cost reduction, offering some optimized manufacturing options once quantities increase, but they all fall short of a true answer to the cost pressures typical of higher volume applications. It may not be possible for FPGAs to address all such applications, but in order to significantly improve the current threshold, the FPGA industry will have to offer a more effective route for customization and cost-reduction, while still keeping the added value of flexibility, reduced risk and time-to-market typically associated with programmable devices.
A new Programmable Framework
A new Three-Dimensional Framework is proposed to address the challenges raised above. This framework is based upon an anticipated development in semiconductor manufacturing that is expected to enter mainstream usage in 2012-3: 3D IC Stacking. This technique allows connecting and integrating several different ICs in the same package by thousands of parallel signals running vertically through and between the ICs using TSV (Through-Silicon Vias) interfaces. It enables higher integration by connecting several ICs in the same package, and shorter signal traces (i.e., lower power) by running connections vertically through the ICs, instead of a much longer routing around them and through separate packages. No less significant is its ability to integrate ICs manufactured with different process technologies.
A typical device in this 3D framework will consist of the following IC layers being stacked above each other in the same package:
- IC #1: FPGA Fabric: This would include the classic FPGA fabric, but nothing else!
- IC #2: Application-Specific Baseline IC: This IC will aggregate embedded processor(s), I/O interfaces, and other basic digital hard-macros required for a specific application.
- IC #3: Mixed-Signal Circuits: This IC will integrate all the mixed-signal circuits required for an application.
Each of these IC layers could be implemented by a single die or several dies (side-by-side or also stacked vertically). Additional IC layers, such as dedicated Memory ICs and other special technologies (e.g., MEMs, sensors, etc.) may be added to this framework. What is clearly needed is some standard TSV interface to connect between these layered ICs.
The 3D framework can provide a solid base to address the challenges facing the programmable industry.
Mixed-Signal Interfaces
The latest and most advanced digital process technologies, such as 28nm, are far from ideal for many mixed-signal interfaces. By having a separate IC dedicated to the implementation of mixed-signal circuits, it will be possible to use an optimized process technology. It may even be possible to use more than a single mixed-signal IC, using different processes. Offering some clever mixed-signal configurability, as explained above, will still be desirable, but it will be much easier to accomplish when processes optimized for analog performance can be used.
Modular Architecture
Separating the FPGA fabric from all the hard macros which will be implemented in different ICs allows for a much needed flexibility. The same fabric (or few several fabric families) can be combined with different application-specific ICs. This will enable to separate the effort of developing the fabric from the fixed-style implementation of whatever is implemented today in hard macros. It will be much more efficient to develop new application-specific versions when such application specific baseline ICs can be simply mix-and-matched with pre-existing FPGA fabric ICs and Mixed-Signal ICs.
Customization and Cost-Reduction
The current solutions for customization and cost-reduction of FPGAs are clearly lacking. If a conversion from FPGA to ASIC is required, a major effort of RTL design-flow with complicated verification and timing closure is needed, as well as re-engineering (and potentially licensing for a different process technology) of all the hard macros used in the original FPGA device. Having separate ICs for the embedded processors and other hard-macros in a 3D framework will remove the second issue. With only the FPGA fabric IC to convert, a new possibility will emerge Automatic Conversion from the FPGA gate-level netlist directly to a target standard-cell IC in a flow that will guarantee by-design logic equivalence and adherence to the original timing constraints. Initial steps in this direction are already being taken by some companies. Following this path, FPGA and EDA companies could offer easy and cost-effective customization of a programmable device, by simply mapping the fabric FPGA IC into a fixed standard-cell IC and then combining it with the other specific ICs used in the original 3D device. This will create a truly customized device that can compete for performance and cost with ASSPs, while keeping the time-to-market, development cost and risk advantages of programmable devices during the initial phase of market penetration.
The 3D Integration Business
While this 3D framework may soon be technically feasible, there is no shortage of challenges. Foundries will have to add new process modules without incurring a high incremental cost. EDA companies will have to add tools to address genuine 3D system partitioning and simulation, as well as dealing with multi-die thermal and mechanical constraints. The design community will have to learn new techniques to effectively take advantage of these new possibilities.
However, complex as these technical issues may be, the business challenges must be addressed as well: There is no single company that can design all the different dies, but there will always be one company that will have to market, sell and support a resulting 3D device. This vendor will have to cope with the responsibility for an integrated device, some parts of which are being provided by other semiconductor suppliers; even if all the dies were to be tested and found to be fully functional as standalone devices, the integrated 3D device may still fail and there should be effective methods to analyze, to correct and to share the costs for solving such problems. It is expected that business alliances will be formed to deal with these issues the benefits of 3D integration will provide a strong incentive for that. FPGA vendors could be the first to offer such 3D devices as the next generation of their programmable ICs.
A Programmable IC or an Embedded SoC?
This paper presents the 3D framework as a natural evolution for FPGAs, centered on the concept of programmable ICs. However, the resulting framework could also be viewed as the next step in the evolution of embedded ICs. In this embedded centric view, this is the 3D generation of SoC (System-on-a-Chip) devices: It starts with a classic embedded processor SoC and augments it with hardware programmable IC (FPGA) and a Mixed-Signal IC in one 3D package. This could be the background for an interesting battle between the FPGA vendors and some of the traditional ASSP and IDM design houses, each trying to accomplish a similar 3D integration vision. The FPGA vendors may be well positioned to initially lead this new product category. After all, only they can make an FPGA fabric and have the ecosystem of tools, 3rd party IP and worldwide customer support for programmable solutions. However, with the prize being that high, other semiconductor vendors developing processors and embedded ICs may join the race. Some recent steps by Intel may indicate that it is considering such option; it has already formed loose partnerships with Altera (Intel announced an embedded device that integrates two dies: an Atom based IC with an Alteras FPGA) and Achronix (which was granted access to Intels 22nm process technology).
The next Innovation Engine
Perhaps less obvious is the opportunity that the 3D framework may present for semiconductor innovation in general, and fabless start-ups in particular. A common recent concern is the lack of VC funding for new semiconductor startups it is argued that the fabless start-up model is broken. The reasons were elaborated before in the case for FPGAs the escalating time and cost it takes to develop an advanced SoC, the shortening product life cycles, and the high risks mean that it is extremely difficult to show a positive return on investment. This can change with the availability of 3D programmable devices: A start-up may take such device with the right combination of existing application IC and mixed-signal IC and innovate just by programming the FPGA layer. In this way it can get to the market much faster and at a fraction of the development cost. The time-to-market may beat any attempt to develop a standard optimized SoC. Once the product is successful, and only then, the startup can commit to customize the FPGA layer and replace it with an optimized standard-cell IC. The resulting device can compete with standard ASSPs, but without incurring the huge initial development costs as before. This strategy could significantly reduce the budget required for a start-up to launch its first product and re-ignite the semiconductor innovation engine again.
A 3D Interconnect Standard
The most important step to kick-start this opportunity is to reach some industry standard for 3D interconnect that will facilitate the vertical integration of different ICs. Such standard should cover the architecture, configuration and physical aspects of the interconnect. Some of the requirements such interconnect must include are:
- Multicore processor interconnect bus (such as the AMBA-4 interconnect family).
- Flexible interfaces for FPGA that include logic interconnect to the fabric, as well as testing and configuration interfaces.
- Parallel and serial interfaces to connect with abundant of mixed-signal circuits.
- Electrical and thermal specifications that enable connection of thousands of signals.
- Physical dimension and spacing specifications that will allow attaching dies from different process technologies.
The evolution of programmable devices leads naturally to a 3D framework which combines an FPGA with a baseline application IC and a mixed-signal IC in the same package. This integration has significant advantages and will open up exciting opportunities for the programmable industry. It may also put it on a colliding path with embedded SoC vendors who may adapt a similar strategy. The industry will have to agree on some new standards and encourage collaboration between vendors in order for 3D integration to live up to its full potential. Among the benefits of this new approach is the opportunity to transform the cost fundamentals for fabless startups and significantly reduce the budget that is required to develop new competitive products and the time needed to bring them to the market. This may remove some of the financial limitations resulting from Moores Law and create a new innovation engine for the semiconductor industry.
About the author
Miki Granski is a veteran of the semiconductor industry. He started his career in 1984 at Zoran, where he designed the first IC sold by the company (a filter processor), and later managed the companys ASIC and Systems engineering.
In 1995 he established LSI Logics development center in Israel, responsible for Set-Top box and Communication ICs, and in 2002 he joined Alice Ventures, a European VC firm as a partner.
Since 2007 he manages his own consulting firm and is involved in several Israeli-based start-ups. Miki can be contacted at email@example.com


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Many people suspect that some of the most brilliant minds that the world has ever seen have the symptoms of Asperger's Syndrome. People like Isaac Newton, Lewis Carroll, Einstein, Marie Curie, Mozart, Picasso, van Gogh and US President Thomas Jefferson are suspected of having symptoms of Asperger's syndrome, the high functioning end of autism spectrum disorder. Bill Gates and the brilliant engineers from NASA also display certain features of AS. But we don't really need to go as far as we think to meet real life "geniuses".
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By HOWARD W. FRENCH
Published: August 24, 2009
One of the most curious forms of tourism in recent years has to be that of Chinese who travel to North Korea for the nostalgic gag of visiting a country that abounds in echoes of their past.
Tales of Survival From a Chinese Labor Camp
By Xianhui Yang
Translated by Wen Huang. 302 pages. Pantheon Books. $24.95.
Stories from these travelers typically focus on things like material poverty and a kind of totalitarian kitsch: the proliferation of statues and other symbols of a revered absolute leader, the spartan uniformity of dress, big state-owned stores bereft of goods to sell, broad avenues manned by traffic cops gifted in mechanized gyrations but missing that other basic ingredient of traffic, cars.
I have spoken with many of these Chinese travelers and have always been struck by how seldom their accounts dwell on the stark human costs of a system like North Korea's, or on the political system that makes such extreme repression and deprivation possible on a national scale.
Xianhui Yang's "Woman From Shanghai: Tales of Survival From a Chinese Labor Camp," a newly translated collection of firsthand accounts that the publisher calls "fact-based fiction," is about what might be called the Gulag Archipelago of China. Reading it, one begins to appreciate why travelers to North Korea are so reluctant to reflect on human suffering: the reality of North Korea today is too painfully close to a situation endured by the Chinese well within living memory. As the circumstances of the publication of "Woman From Shanghai" help us understand, these are memories that the Chinese state still works hard to suppress.
Mr. Yang's stories, which he painstakingly collected over a three-year period a decade ago, are those of people branded by the Chinese state as "rightists" in the late 1950s and sent to Jiabiangou, a notorious camp for "re-education through labor" in the northwestern desert wastelands of Gansu Province. In his introduction the translator, Wen Huang, explains that the camp, which was originally built to hold 40 or 50 criminals, came to hold roughly 3,000 political prisoners between 1957 and 1961. All but 500 of them would perish there, mostly of starvation.
When word of the soaring death toll reached the capital, Beijing began an investigation. In October 1961 the government ordered Jiabiangou closed and then mounted an exhaustive cover-up. After it was shuttered, a doctor who was assigned to the camp spent six months fabricating the medical records of every inmate. In letters to family members, the cause of death was attributed to all manner of illness except starvation, a word that was never mentioned.
Though less well known in the West than two other immense political disasters visited upon the Chinese people by Mao Zedong, the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward, the so-called Anti-Rightist Movement to which the subjects of Mr. Yang's stories fell victim remains difficult to research because of continuing censorship. Chinese historians say this is partly because of the central role in these ideological purges played by Mao's much revered successor, Deng Xiaoping, credited today with putting the country on the path of economic liberalization.
Mr. Yang first encountered stories of Jiabiangou's horrors as a self-described idealistic youth working on a collective farm in the 1960s, and though he was unbelieving at first, they stuck with him. Years later, when he was denied access to archives from this period and when queries to the government on the subject of Jiabiangou went unanswered, his research turned to what he calls China's human archives: living people and their oral histories.
In this regard, "Woman From Shanghai" represents a remarkable contribution to a growing literature based on personal histories. Mr. Huang, the translator, has played an important role in bringing such work to an English-language audience, having recently translated a work by a giant in this budding field: "The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories, China From the Bottom Up," by the muckraking Sichuan journalist Liao Yiwu.
Readers of Mr. Yang's book should not be put off by the frequent recurrence of common elements in these stories: the exposure to bitter cold; hunger so intense as to cause inmates to eat human flesh; the familiar sequence of symptoms, beginning with edema, that lead down the path to death; the toolbox of common survivor techniques, from toadyism to betrayal, from stealthy theft to making use of the vestiges of privilege, which survived even incarceration in this era of radical egalitarianism. It is through the accumulation and indeed repetition of such things that this utterly convincing portrait of a society driven far off the rails is drawn.
In one story, a man without medical training who is pressed into service as a camp doctor relates his dismay at watching a starving patient die when the one available remedy for the critically ill, glucose injections, fails. "Don't blame yourself," a real doctor tells him. "It was not your fault. We had brought him back to life twice already. His time had come. Nobody could have saved him."
The stories contain no sugarcoating and are frequently grim in theme, and yet here and there one encounters the stubborn persistence of humanity's best qualities. In the title story, a young woman travels to the labor camp to visit her husband, only to learn from reluctant fellow inmates that he has just died. In the face of threats from the camp authorities, she collects his remains from a shallow grave and carries them home for proper burial.
Most moving of all, perhaps, is "The Love Story of Li Xiangnian," about the persecution of a young man and the persistence of his ardor for his girlfriend. The haggard Li escapes from detention to be reunited with her, only to be arrested again. Their touching reunion many years later, after the woman is married, would not be out of place in a Gabriel García Márquez novel.
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The Mt. Pleasant seventh-grade girls' basketball team picked up a huge win in their season opener on Tuesday in Burlington.
The Panthers defeated Aldo Leopold by a score of 65-7 in the "A" game.
The Panthers posted a 27-point first quarter while shutting out their opponents in the first few minutes of the game.
They went on to allow only one point over the next two quarters, and allowed six in the final minutes of the game to claim a big win.
Kalynn Batey tallied a game-high 26 points for the Panthers.
Jackie Fraise joined her in double figures with 14 points, while Ashlee Menke chipped in six.
Taylor Murray, Delaney McDowell and Pearl Krieger-Coble each scored four points, and Sydni Wilson contributed two.
In the "B" game, the Panthers also started their season with a win.
Mt. Pleasant took a 6-2 lead and were up 10-4 at halftime on their way to a 16-4 win.
Mayela Pelayo scored six points to lead the Panthers. Corissa Wilson added four points, while Bailey Batten, Julia Pross and Kinsey Bruggemeyer each scored two points.
Mt. Pleasant will play again tonight (Thursday) at Ft. Madison, starting at 4:30 p.m.


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Objects and Arrays (JavaScript)
JavaScript objects are collections of properties and methods. A method is a function that is a member of an object. A property is a value or set of values (in the form of an array or object) that is a member of an object. JavaScript supports four kinds of objects:
Intrinsic objects, such as
Objects you create.
Host objects, such as
ActiveX objects.
Expando Properties and Methods
All objects in JavaScript support expando properties and methods, which can be added and removed at run time. These properties and methods can have any name and can be identified by numbers. If the name of the property or method is a simple identifier, it can be written after the object name with a period, such as
myObj.age, and
myObj.getAge in the following code:
var myObj = new Object();
myObj.name = "Fred";
myObj.age = 42;
myObj.getAge =
function () {
return this.age;
// Output:
// Fred
// 42
// 42
If the name of the property or method is not a simple identifier or is unknown at the time you write the script, you can use an expression inside square brackets to index the property. The names of all expando properties in JavaScript are converted to strings before being added to the object.
var myObj = new Object();
// Add two expando properties that cannot be written in the
// object.property syntax.
// The first contains invalid characters (spaces), so must be
// written inside square brackets.
myObj["not a valid identifier"] = "This is the property value";
// The second expando name is a number, so it also must
// be placed inside square brackets
myObj[100] = "100";
For information about creating an object from a definition, see Creating Objects.
Arrays as Objects
In JavaScript, objects and arrays are handled almost identically, because arrays are merely a special kind of object. Both objects and arrays can have properties and methods.
Arrays have a
length property but objects do not. When you assign a value to an element of an array whose index is greater than its length (for example,
myArray[100] = "hello"), the
length property is automatically increased to the new length. Similarly, if you make the
length property smaller, any element whose index is outside the length of the array is deleted.
// An array with three elements
var myArray = new Array(3);
// Add some data
myArray[0] = "Hello";
myArray[1] = 42;
myArray[2] = new Date(2000, 1, 1);
document.write("original length is: " + myArray.length);
// Add some expando properties
myArray.expando = "JavaScript!";
myArray["another Expando"] = "Windows";
// This will still display 3, since the two expando properties
// don't affect the length.
document.write("new length is : " + myArray.length);
// Output:
// original length is: 3
// new length is : 3
Arrays provide methods to iterate over and manipulate members. The following example shows how to obtain the properties of objects stored in an array.
var myArray = new Array(3);
// Add some data
for(var i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
myArray[i] = new Date(2000 + i, 1, 1);
myArray.forEach(function (item) {
// Output:
// 2001
// 2002
// 2003
Multi-Dimensional Arrays
JavaScript does not directly support multi-dimensional arrays, but you can get the behavior of multi-dimensional arrays by storing arrays within the elements of another array. (You can store any sort of data inside array elements, including other arrays.) For example, the following code builds a multiplication table for the numbers up to 5.
// The size of the table.
var iMaxNum = 5;
// Loop counters.
var i, j;
// Set the length of the array to iMaxNum + 1.
// The first array index is zero, not 1.
var MultiplicationTable = new Array(iMaxNum + 1);
// Loop for each major number (each row in the table)
for (i = 1; i <= iMaxNum; i++)
// Create the columns in the table
MultiplicationTable[i] = new Array(iMaxNum + 1);
// Fill the row with the results of the multiplication
for (j = 1; j <= iMaxNum; j++)
MultiplicationTable[i][j] = i * j;
// Output:
// 12
// 10
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New York City, New York — Garifuna People in New York City continue to make strides as far as exposing the general population of New York to the existence of our ethnic group. Further progress was made with their presence at The Annual Hispanic Day Parade on SUNDAY October 14th 2012.


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- 8.01: Grounds for Imposition of Disciplinary Sanctions
- 8.02: Prohibition against Deceptive Advertising and Fee Setting Practices
- 8.03: Ethical Standards and Professional Conduct
8.01: Grounds for Imposition of Disciplinary Sanctions
(1) Violation of one or more of specified rules of conduct set forth in M.G.L. c. 112, § 225 may be considered unprofessional and improper conduct and subject the Registrant to Board discipline as set forth in M.G.L. c. 30A, c. 112, § 226, and 266 CMR 9.00.
(2) Violation of or failure to comply with any of the laws of the Commonwealth relating to the practice of home inspecting or a violation of or failure to comply with a rule or regulation adopted there under may be considered unprofessional and improper conduct subject to Board discipline as set forth in M.G.L. c. 30A, c. 112, § 226, and 266 CMR 9.00.
(3) If a Registrant is convicted of or admits to sufficient facts or pleads nolo contendre to a crime in any jurisdiction, whether a felony or misdemeanor regardless of adjudication or sentence, and this crime relates to home inspecting or impacts the Registrant's ability to safely and effectively practice home inspecting, said conviction may be considered unprofessional and improper conduct subject to Board discipline as set forth in M.G.L. c. 30A, c. 112, §§ 61 and 226 and 266 CMR 9.00.
8.02: Prohibition Against Deceptive Advertising and Fee Setting Practices
(1) Deceptive Advertising. The following advertising practices are considered fraudulent, false, deceptive, or misleading, and are prohibited:
(a) No person or persons shall advertise as a Home Inspector and/or hold themselves out as able to Operate a home inspection firm, company, corporation and/or business unless there is a duly licensed Home Inspector on staff and who is responsible for all inspection activities and all inspections are in compliance with 266 CMR 6.00 et seq.
(b) Advertising that contains a misrepresentation of facts or false statements regarding the Registrant's professional achievements, degrees, training, skills, and/or qualifications in the home inspection profession and/or any other profession requiring licensure.
(c) Advertising in which the content or the context makes only a partial disclosure of relevant facts (such as advertising, which advertises a discounted price without identifying the specific product or service to which the discounted price applies and without specifying the usual price for the product or services identified).
(d) Advertising that contains a representation that a continuing education or training program is approved by the Board if the content of the program departs from the content approved by the Board or is not in fact approved.
(e) Advertising that claims the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any of its political subsidiaries certify the Inspector's Reports and/or its contents.
(2) The Inspector shall charge a fee commensurate with the services provided.
8.03: Ethical Standards and Professional Conduct
(1) Requirement to Respond to Board.
(a) A Registrant shall respond within ten days to a written communication from the Board or its designee and shall make available to the Board any relevant records with respect to an inquiry or complaint about the Registrant's professional conduct. The ten-day period commences on the date the Board sends the communication to the Registrant's address of record.
(b) A Registrant shall cooperate with any reasonable request from a Division agent or employee acting on behalf of the Board while investigating a complaint or allegations regarding the Registrant's professional conduct as a Home Inspector, Associate Home Inspector, or an Associate Home Inspector or Trainee under his/her supervision.
(2) Welfare of Persons Served.
(a) Registrants shall not provide any services beyond the scope of their practice or for which they are not appropriately licensed.
(b) Registrants shall not misrepresent certifications, qualifications, affiliations, educational background or experience in the profession to the public, colleagues or other individuals or institutions.
(c) Registrants shall fully inform persons served of the nature, and limitations of services rendered or to be rendered.
(d) Registrants shall disclose, in writing, including a written statement imbedded in the Report in bold print in an obvious location, any financial or family relationship with the Seller, the Seller's Representative and/or the Seller's Representative office.
(e) A Registrant shall not charge for services not rendered excepting, but not limited to, cancellation or access not being provided to the dwelling and/or areas to be inspected.
(f) Unless required by law, the Registrant shall not reveal to any unauthorized person any confidential information obtained from the Home Inspection or individual that the Registrant serves professionally without the Client's permission.
(g) Registrants shall take all reasonable precautions to avoid injuring persons and property in the delivery of professional services.
(h) Registrants shall establish professional relationships with Clients and colleagues and follow acceptable patterns of professional conduct with such persons regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or age.
(i) Registrants shall stamp and/or sign only those documents reviewed or prepared by them certifying they are in conformity with 266 CMR 6.00 et seq.
(3) Professional Objectivity/Conflict of Interest.
(a) Registrants shall maintain objectivity in all matters concerning the welfare of persons served professionally.
(b) Registrants must guard against conflicts of professional interest.
1. They shall not engage in commercial activities that conflict with their responsibility to Clients or to colleagues.
2. Registrants shall promptly disclose to a Client or potential Client information about any business interest of the licensee that may affect the Client of the potential Client in connection with the home inspection.
3. Registrants shall not accept fees, gifts, or other forms of gratuities for recommending or not recommending a particular contractor or product or use of a particular referral source.
4. Registrants shall not knowingly permit a real estate broker or salesperson (as defined in M.G.L. c 112, § 87PP) to directly recommend his/her services. This prohibition shall not apply if there is a written contractual agreement or a written agency disclosure between a specific buyer and the real estate broker specifying the real estate broker is acting exclusively for the buyer as a Buyer's Broker.
5. Registrants shall not provide fees, gifts, insurance, waivers of liability, or other forms of gratuities to real-estate offices, Buyer's Brokers, real estate brokers or salespersons (as defined in M.G.L. c 112, § 87PP and M.G.L. c 112, § 87YY½) and/or Seller's Representatives.
6. Registrants shall not associate in business ventures with or permit the use of their name or firm name to be used in association with any person or firm which they may have reason to believe is engaging in fraudulent or dishonest business or professional practices.
7. Registrants having knowledge of any alleged violation of 266 CMR shall cooperate with the Board in furnishing such information or assistance as may be required.
266 CMR 8.00: M.G.L. c. 13, § 96 and c.112, §§ 221 through 226.


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Shortly before serial killer Robert Pickton was arrested in February, 2002, Constable Dana Lillies would drop by and chat with him, listening attentively as he rambled on.
During her third visit with him, Mr. Pickton playfully told her that police would likely find a pile of bones on the family farm. The police at that time were conducting an exhaustive search of the property, looking for evidence linking him to women who had gone missing from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
"I do have a pile of bones here," Mr. Pickton told Constable Lillies on Feb. 20, 2002. "The bones are very interesting because they look like leg bones; they're bones about three feet long.
"Some people [would think they are]looking at real bones ... there's a pile of them ... in the barn ... right behind the cooler," he said, offering to show her where everything was if police would let him return to the farm.
He provided directions: "Close to the outside of the barn, the piggery is here, one doorway, a doorway there, right on the corner of the doorway, I got leg bones, three feet long. You'd be interested looking at those," he said.
Police might say there were human bones but they were not, Mr. Pickton said.
Constable Lillies reacted as if Mr. Pickton was making a confession. "I'm not here to judge you, Robert, I just want to understand it," she said. Mr. Pickton changed the subject but the police officer turned their discussion back to the bones. "What are they?" she asked.
"They are not human," Mr. Pickton repeated. But he held out the possibility that the bones could be what police were searching for. "If they are [human] my name is mud," Mr. Pickton said. "They're probably gonna be analyzed, and if they come back human, I'm nailed to the cross, I guarantee that," he also said.
The jury at Mr. Pickton's trial on charges of second-degree murder of six women never heard testimony about his statements to Constable Lillies, who had become a corporal by the time she testified in 2006.
In a ruling subject to a publication ban, Mr. Justice James Williams of B.C. Supreme Court decided that the statements were not made voluntarily and were inadmissible. Constable Lillies did not disclose to Mr. Pickton that she was involved in the missing women's investigation. Also, she broached the topic of the investigation in an almost incidental fashion, he said.
"I am left with a reasonable doubt whether Mr. Pickton appreciated that, in speaking with Cpl. Lillies, he would be taken to have exercised his choice to speak to the police about the missing women investigation in which he was the prime suspect," the judge wrote in a ruling in 2006.
The publication ban in the Pickton trial was lifted Wednesday. Last week, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld Mr. Pickton's conviction of second-degree murder of six women. Police say they believe he is responsible for at least 33 and possibly as many as 49 deaths.
The ruling on evidence from Cpl. Lillies's interview was one of several where the judge ruled on admissibility of evidence.
In another ruling that was previously subject to a publication ban, Judge Williams decided that the search warrant for the Pickton farm should not have been issued and the search was contrary to a Charter provision guaranteeing protection against unreasonable searches. Also, Mr. Pickton's right to counsel during the search had been violated.
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Consumer confidence surveys: can they help us forecast consumer spending in real time?
In "Consumer Confidence Surveys: Can They Help Us Forecast Consumer Spending in Real Time?," Dean Croushore uses the Philadelphia Fed's real-time data set to investigate an important question: Does using data available to forecasters at the time — that is, real-time data — make measures of consumer confidence more valuable for forecasting?
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Dec. 8, 2011ST. JOSEPH, MO | By: Wayman
There's another chance tonight for St. Joseph residents to learn more about, and give feedback on, events happening in the city.
It's the monthly "City Talk" community meeting, this time in District 3 of St. Joseph. Expected to attend is 3rd district council member PJ Kovac, the mayor, and other council members. They will be discussing the latest projects as well as taking citizen input. This evening's meeting will be at Holt's Hall, that's at 302 Illinois Avenue in St. Joseph. Refreshments are served at 6:30 with the discussion starting at 7.


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Integer War is probably the most common game to review integers. The concept is exactly like the card game of War. I have the students grouped in pairs. They each have a piece of paper that they draw a line down the center and place their name on one side and their partner's name on the other side of the line. They get their two numbers in the fashion that I explain below. They either add, subtract, or multiply (depending on the operation we are working on) those two numbers. Each player works both problems each "round" and they check their answers with each other. The player with the larger value wins that round and they put a star next to the number. This gives students several problems of solving the integer problem as well as practicing "comparing integers" as well. In order for the students to play the game several times without actually getting bored with it, I find different ways to come up with the numbers. Here are some of what we've done this year………
One way that we get numbers is by using a deck of cards. I have the students remove the jokers. The cards are all dealt out. Each student flips over two cards. The student adds, subtracts, or multiplies (whichever operation you are reviewing) those numbers. The person with the highest value wins that round. Here are a list of the values for the cards……
red = negative
black = positive
Jack = 10
Queen = 11
King = 12
Ace = 1
Another way that we used to get the numbers for the problems was to use 30-sided dice. I give each student a 30-sided dice. This year is the first time I used them, and I gave them each a different color and told them to choose one color as the negative and one color as the positive. This limited the types of problems they did. Next time I do this activity, I will give them a two color counter that they must flip as well as the roll the dice. The yellow side of the counter is positive and the red side of the counter is negative. With the 30-sided dice, this gives a larger variety of numbers the students are able to work with. I love, love, love the 30-sided dice. I will be buying other types of dice in the near future (next payday).
Another way I used to come up with numbers was with "dice in dice". Yes, that is exactly what they are…..a dice with a dice inside. I also recently noticed that there are polyhedral dice in dice as well. I will be purchasing those. With these dice, I gave each student a dice and a two color counter. I told them that the inside dice was always going to be negative and they were to flip the two color counter in order to determine the sign on the outside dice. I did this to save time on the whole flipping thing. You could have them flip the counter twice, once for the inside dice and once for the outside dice. Whichever you prefer.
The last way that we play Integer War is with cards that I found out of my "The Middle School Mathematician" book. If you look in my "Resources" section, I give a review on this book. I always use these cards for reviewing "division of integers" for sure. I do this because in sixth grade, we are just introducing operations with integers and I want nice even numbers. I suppose you could do any of the above mentioned methods and give them a calculator, but I find these cards work much easier. It is played exactly like "War" with the deck of cards, only they give you two numbers on each card so they only flip one card over at a time.
This is not "Integer War", but it's a great way to review adding or subtracting integers as well as ordering integers. It's called "What a Hand". I got it out of my "The Middle School Mathematician" book. The actual hands out of the book have no numbers on them, I wrote those on each finger myself so these hands could be used for many different activities. You give each student a "hand". They are to add or subtract (which ever you prefer) all of the numbers on the hand and then they are to all order themselves fron least to greatest in the front of the room. It's a fairly quick activitiy that the kids always enjoy.
These were just a few ways that you could play "Integer War". Use your imagination for other ways. The kids LOVE playing these games, and you can get them to do a ton of problems without a single complaint. It is truly amazing to listen to the kids argue over what the answers are. Have fun!!


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Actress Mandira Bedi, seen as government agent Nikita Rai in the TV series 24, says the much appreciated role is perfect for her personality.
24, an adaptation of an American TV series of the same name, traces Anti-Terrorist Unit's chief Jai Singh Rathore's life, where he struggles to prevent the assassination of the prime ministerial candidate and save his wife and daughter being kidnapped by terrorists. In the series, Anil Kapoor plays Rathore.
"I am feeling wonderful being back in acting and acting in a show that people are watching. Everywhere I go, I get atleast three people telling me, 'we love the show, we don't miss it, we have recorded to watch it and we like your role in that'," Mandira said here Thursday at a jewellery collection launch. "I think the role is meant for me because otherwise I am quite weird looking to be a saas or a bahu. I think this is perfect and it is tailor-made for me," she added.
Produced by Anil Kapoor, 24 has established a new standard in quality television programming. It is like a fresh whiff of breeze in a world populated by boring and depressing saas-bahu dramas.
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Do you sometimes feel as if it's all up to you? Then join us Sunday morning and find out why your best strategy is to acknowledge the only real power of ever-present Good.
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"Thou are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created." Revelation 4:11
Soloist Tom Gray will sing "Make a Joyful Noise" by M. Hayes. Organist is Ann McCullough.
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167 Pre-Entered for Maryland Million Oct. 11
A total of 167 offspring of Maryland stallions have been pre-entered in the 11 races which comprise the 2003 Maryland Million Oct. 11 at Laurel Park.
A total of 167 offspring of Maryland stallions have been pre-entered in the 11 races which comprise the 2003 Maryland Million Oct. 11 at Laurel Park.
Darley Stable's Millennium Dragon, a two-time winner on the Belmont Park Widener Turf course, has an edge in Saturday's $350,000 Kelso Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. IIT) at a mile.
Augustin Stable's Rochester, who returned to form in the Kentucky Cup Turf Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Kentucky Downs, securing the victory after the disqualification of Art Variety, will try to repeat last year's win in the $150,000 Sycamore Breeders' Cup (gr. IIIT) Saturday at Keeneland.
Chapel Royal, the East's leading 2-year-old throughout the spring and early summer, will be out to prove he is more than a sprinter in Saturday's grade I, $500,000 Champagne at 1 1/16 miles. Seven rivals, including Birdstone and Notorious Rogue, will stand in his way.
Brancusi, scheduled to make his first start in Thursday's fourth race since finishing 16th and last in the Kentucky Derby (gr. I), was scratched from the one-mile turf race.
Flower Bowl Invitational Handicap (gr. IT) winner Dimitrova arrived in Southern California late Wednesday night from New York and was safely bedded down in barn 68 at Santa Anita to begin preparations for her next start in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT) on Oct. 25.
The Kentucky Racing Commission has approved extensive drug testing in conjunction with the American Graded Stakes Committee mandate that it be implemented in order for stakes to retain their grades.
Todd Pletcher will saddle Ashado and Marylebone for Saturday's Frizette at Belmont Park. Bob Baffert will be bringing Victory U. S. A. from California to New York for the grade I event.
A wide-open field of 11 passed the entry box for Saturday's Lane's End Breeders' Futurity (gr. II), the first of three stakes on day two of Keeneland's 17-day fall meeting. The race is a key prep for the Bessemer Trust Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I) as several of the 2-year-olds in the field will be testing two turns for the first time.
Registration fees for eligible Kentucky-breds will jump by 50% to 100% under a plan approved Oct. 2 by the Kentucky Racing Commission at the request of the Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders.
The chairman of the Kentucky Racing Commission has advocated a Salix-only policy on race day in the state, and said he would schedule meetings around the state to get feedback. Currently, five medications are permitted on race day in Kentucky.
Touch of the Blues, the venerable 6-year-old horse trained by Neil Drysdale, headlines Saturday's Shadwell Turf Mile (gr. IT) at Keeneland. Saturday marks day two of the meets Fallstars Weekend with a host of races with World Thoroughbred Championships implications.
Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel loves the position he is in with Juddmonte Farms' multiple grade I winner Sightseek. After 2002 Horse of the Year Azeri had her 11-race win streak snapped last weekend in California, the case could be made that Sightseek is better.
Race fans will take a step back in time as Keeneland opens its fall race meeting Friday with a "Founders Day" celebration that will include a salute to Seabiscuit.
Robert N. Clay's Three Chimneys Farm announced a $25,000 boost in the fee for Dynaformer, who will stand in 2004 for $75,000.
Mineshaft, winner of the Jockey Club Gold Cup (gr. I) and Woodward (gr. I), arrived at trainer Neil Howard's barn at Churchill Downs at 8 p.m. Wednesday after his flight was delayed, and walked the shed Thursday morning.
The Sky Bet Cheveley Park Stakes (Eng-I) today proved an exciting affair, with Carry On Katie remaining unbeaten in three starts with a thrilling head victory over Majestic Desert.
The annual Fairmont Park paddock auction of ex-racehorses is planned for Saturday. More than 90 horses will be offered without reserve, however the seller has the option of calling no sale if they feel the price is low.
Two colts, one by Zuppardo's Prince and one by Just a Cat, brought $30,000 each to top the Sept. 29 yearling auction conducted by the Breeders Sales Co. of Louisiana.
House of Fortune, from the first crop of millionaire Free House, won the restricted Cover Gal Stakes Oct. 1 at Santa Anita.
Illinois Rep. Bob Molaro said he will introduce legislation that would bar the slaughter of horses in the state.
Pleasant Minstrel, a son of Pleasant Colony and a half-brother to stakes winners Navesink and Efficient Frontier, will stand his first season at Three Way Farm near Nashville, Ill.
The first session of this year's Tattersalls Houghton Sale -- Europe's leading yearling auction -- delivered record-breaking results in terms of average and median.


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Our experienced cardiologists can recommend the best treatment options for your unique needs, and we treat patients from the cities of Antioch, Oakley, Brentwood, Knightsen, Byron, Discovery Bay, Pittsburg and Bay Point.
The most dramatic event in terms of heart disease is a heart attack. A heart attack requires prompt and decisive action in order to preserve the heart and many times save the life of the patient. Sutter Delta is at the forefront of providing this lifesaving care. We are part of a countywide network that provides critical and early notification when someone needs emergency cardiac intervention. A team is on call 24 hours a day every day to make sure our community receives the best heart care possible.
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Cardiologists rely on a variety of specialized tests to help determine the best plan of care for their patients. All tests in the noninvasive cardiology lab are performed by certified and licensed technicians specializing in the field of cardiology. Tests include:
- Electrocardiogram: An electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) is a graphic display of the electrical activity of the heart. It is one of the most common tests to help a cardiologist diagnose suspected cardiac issues.
- Echocardiogram: An echocardiogram is a test used to study the movement of the various parts of the heart in real time using ultrasonic signals to create images of the heart.
- Stress Echocardiogram: This is an echocardiogram performed immediately after exercise to evaluate the heart. Images are taken before and after walking on a treadmill, to reveal if parts of the heart may not be receiving enough blood or oxygen.
- Dobutamine Echocardiogram: Similar to the stress echocardiogram but for patients who aren't able to exercise, during this test the medication dobutamine is given by IV to quicken the heart rate.
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Moss covered land
Dreams the raven
Once owned by humans
Then destroyed by them
They took for granted
What was once beautiful, caring and understanding.
They let greed overrule kindness
And killed all that was good.
They polluted the oxygen
They use to breathe
The pollution in their water
Got millions ill
And killed off many species
Who relied for centuries on the ocean as their home.
Leading to their own demise
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Leaving their destructive paths
For me the raven to now live
Abandoned and alone
With only a memory of once was
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NEW YORK, Oct 30 (IFR) - The Republic of Peru has revised terms on a reopening of its US dollar-denominated 2050 bond and on a new issue of sol-denominated 10-year notes, according to market sources.
The sovereign has launched a US$500m tap of its 5.625% 2050 global bond at the final spread of 185bp over US Treasuries, tight to initial price thoughts of 190bp area.
It has also set yield guidance of 5.875% area on a new sol-denominated 10-year bond that will settle in US dollars, tight to initial price thoughts of 6% area.
Peru will use proceeds from the new issue to buy back some of its local and global bonds with maturities ranging from 2015 to 2020 as well as for general budgetary purposes.
BBVA, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley are the bookrunners on the transaction, which is expected to price on Thursday. (Reporting by Davide Scigliuzzo; Editing by Paul Kilby)


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RANT TO ALL DRIVERS WHO drive up the ramp to get on I-520 and completely ignore the merge sign. The one who drives fastest gets to the gas station the quickest.
A RAVE FOR JUDGE Carlisle Overstreet, who actually stood by the door as excused potential jurors were excused and personally took time to shake hands and thank everyone for the time to participate in the jury selection process.
A RAVE TO THE Richmond County Board Education for hiring a superintendent who knows what is really going on in these schools! Some of the slackest of principals are working hard.
A RANT TO PEOPLE that order pizza online and call in orders to be delivered and don't tip. Gas is high. Drivers are just like waiters. This is how they make their money.
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Today's guest recipe from Holly Clegg comes from her Too Hot in the Kitchen cookbook. Maybe it should be called Too Hot and Too Busy to Cook In the Kitchen since so many of Holly's recipe are easy and quick like this one for pulled chicken sandwiches.
If you're too busy to cook and want to check out more of Holly's time-friendly trim& TERRIFIC® recipes from her Louisiana kitchen, visit hollyclegg.com and The Healthy Cooking Blog.
Too busy to cook?
Looking for a quick dinner this hectic time of year? Or an easy no-fuss BBQ recipe for Labor Day? Whether you grill or not, you'll have a guaranteed hit with my Pulled Chicken recipe. A great make-ahead recipe, this recipe can be a crowd pleaser to serve buffet style. A perfectly balanced tangy and sweet savory barbecue sauce cooks with the chicken in one pot in no time at all.
If you want another step-saver, rotisserie chicken from the grocery store may be used by heating it in the sauce.
Open Faced Pulled Chicken Sandwiches
Serve with your favorite barbecue condiments—I like red onions and pickles. Try with Brie, for a fantastic addition.
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 pound chicken breast tenders, cut into chunks
- 2 whole wheat buns, split and toasted
- In medium pot, combine all ingredients except chicken. Bring to boil, add chicken. Reduce heat, cover, and cook, stirring occasionally until chicken is tender, 20-25 minutes.
- When chicken is fall-apart tender, shred chicken using two forks. Pile on toasted buns.
- Serving size: Makes 4 servings with 1/2 cup pulled chicken
- Calories: 220
- Calories from Fat: 12%
- Total Fat: 3g
- Saturated fat: 1g
- Unsaturated fat: 2g
- Sodium: 429mg
- Total Carbohydrates: 20g
- Sugar: 2g
- Fiber: 29g
- Protein: 8g
- Cholesterol: 66mg
Spicy Advice: Try serving over Sweet Potato Cornmeal Biscuits.
Dietary Exchanges: 1 starch, 1/2 other carbohydrate, 3 very lean meat


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September 16, 2016
David Moyes tells Sunderland star Lamine Kone: It's payback time!
Kone put pen to paper on a five-year deal worth £90,000-per-week just eight months after joining the Black Cats from Lorient for £6m.
Sunderland rejected an £18m bid from Everton and have persuaded the player to settle his differences after he looked set to quit during last month's transfer window.
Having met his demands, Moyes says it's payback time for the Ivory Coast international.
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Who wants to be a millionaire
Release History
|Who wants to be a millionaire
|Eidos Interactive
|18th October 2002
Game Overview
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