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These boots were not worth the money. Great look. But wore out far too easily. Holes in the side of the boot leather, soles wearing out within three months of wearing them. Not even worn consistently, and hardly ever for working in. Not worth the money.
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Won these boots from a blog. I was very impressed at first. I had to have the front and back cut to fit my massive cowgirl calves. Stretched well.. BUT.. Ive had them since Mid-September 2012 and the piece inside the foot that covers the heel cushion comes up whenever I pull them off and they make my feet smell something awful.. I sure hope they fix this, Would be very impressed with this boot if didn't wear easily.
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Chicago knows how to treat a traveler, with dozens of hotels convenient to both Midway and O'Hare Airports and the downtown area. If your schedule includes a trip to the Windy City, whether for business or pleasure, your options are nothing short of amazing for stylish, convenient, affordable accommodations in some fabulous Chicago area hotels.
For those who prefer upscale hotels, familiar names need no introduction. Many major luxury brands are tucked closely into the business, financial, shopping and government centers downtown. The iconic Palmer House has welcomed guests to the Windy City since 1871 into its stunning lobby reminiscent of the Sistine Chapel. Elaborately gilded, coved and arched, it is one of the Grande Dames of Chicago architecture, and a worthwhile visit even if only for sipping a cocktail from the lobby bar to take it all in. Similarly, the Drake Hotel, opened in 1920, reflects the opulence of another era. Its gilded, arched, glorious interiors executed in grand style have been entertaining Chicago elite for high tea in the Palm Court for nearly a century.
Should your budget feel more comfortable in the $100-$200 per night range, there are a number of high-quality boutique hotels that ensure a pleasant night's rest. Several old, historic buildings in the central business district have been transformed into graceful hotels., and most locations are near commuter trains that service both O'Hare and Midway airports. Period details such as sweeping stairways, marble floors, intricate ironwork, beautiful chandeliers and hardwood cabinetry grace the properties, making your stay in Chicago most memorable.
If your tastes run toward more modern architecture and furnishings, newer high-rise hotels with every available convenience are located near the Loop, the financial district and the theatre district, offering state of the art facilities within a broad price range.
Hotels in Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL, has come a long way to become the city that it is today. Once a trading post, the city has risen from the ashes of an 1871 fire that destroyed it. It has since hosted important historical events such as the 1893 World's Fair, and it is home to the second-oldest transit system in the nation. It's little wonder that such a historic and world-renowned city has become a popular destination for vacation travelers. When going to Chicago, you'll want to get there as inexpensively as possible. Travelocity can help by providing great deals on airline tickets or transportation. On our website, you'll also find cheap rates on hotels. Chicago vacation packages are also available and include hotel, airline, and vehicle rentals combined to significantly lower the price of your trip.
Whether you've made reservations in one of the downtown Chicago hotels or elsewhere, you'll find that there are plenty of sights to be seen throughout the city. One of the most well-known attractions in the city is Willis Tower. Formerly known as the Sears Tower, this building is the second-tallest in the U.S. following One World Trade Center in New York City. Millennium Park is a stunning destination that is filled with amazing details, from the architecture to the landscape. Here, you'll find additional popular and interesting attractions, such as the highly polished and reflective Cloud Gate, which is also commonly referred to as "the Bean." The Crown Fountain is yet another of the many interesting and popular attractions that draw tourists to Millennium Park. There are two towers of roughly 50 feet located at the reflecting pool. The faces of 1,000 different Chicago residents appear on the screens and seem to have water running from their mouths. This was done in reference to sculpted images of gargoyles that were once carved into fountains with water running from their mouths. The Navy Pier, Lincoln Park Zoo, the Chicago Theatre, and Wrigley Field are examples of other attractions that tourists visiting Chicago won't want to miss out on.
Active Things to Do
You've searched for and found cheap hotels in Chicago to book for your trip, and you've made your travel plans and purchased tickets. The fun part that comes next is deciding what things to do, especially if you are an active individual. For tourists who enjoy bicycling, there is the McDonald's Cycle Center, located in Millennium Park, where you can rent a bike or take part in a bicycle tour. View the skyscrapers while taking a hike or bicycling along the Chicago Lakefront Trail. The trail runs along approximately 20 miles of shoreline and offers bicyclists fantastic views. Chicago also has a number of area beaches. Tourists will find that there are around 26 miles of beaches for the public. While beaches may be seen as a place to relax and sunbathe, they are also the perfect place for active people, as there are always physical activities to enjoy. In Chicago, some of the beaches allow kite-boarding and windsurfing, while others have areas for sports such as volleyball. You'll need to do your research either online or in person, as not all areas allow this type of activity. Montrose Beach, for example, permits visitors to go kite-boarding.
Passive Things to Do
Museums are great non-strenuous destinations and a wonderful way to spend an afternoon in the city. Visit museums such as the Art Institute of Chicago that feature artistic works from all over the globe. An additional benefit of the Art Institute of Chicago is that it isn't too far from downtown Chicago hotels. Sightseeing tours are also interesting and educational passive activities for people who just want to take it easy during all or parts of their trip to Chicago. One such tour is the Chicago Architecture Cruise. Or you could take in the stunning views of the city and more at 360 Chicago. This observation deck is located at the Magnificent Mile and is approximately 1,000 feet above Lake Michigan. Relax and take in the views of four states, downtown Chicago, and the lakefront, either while sipping coffee at the 94th-floor cafe or at TILT. This part of the observation deck holds as many as eight people and extends and tilts outward while you are viewing the world from above.
Chicago is also known for its great food. While in the city, don't miss out on visiting the restaurants and indulging in the cuisine. There are even food festivals and other events, such as the annual and free Taste of Chicago event. During the event, tourists may casually stroll from one food vendor, tent, or truck to the next. People attending the event may also sit back, relax, and enjoy the concerts that are typically lined up with the event.
The Best Time to Visit
When planning your trip and looking for hotels in Chicago, IL, it is important that you recognize when is the best time to visit. This will increase your chances of having the best time possible. While this ultimately depends on preference and your personal goals, most people who are familiar with the city recommend going when the weather is its best. This means that the spring months, from April to May, and fall, from September to October, are the ideal times to visit Chicago. The weather is not as hot as the summer or as cold as the winter months during this time, nor is the city as crowded. If cold weather isn't an issue but crowds and hotel rates are, then the winter may be your personal best time to visit. Due to the extreme cold, winter sees fewer tourists. This means the crowds are low and you'll easily find cheap hotels in Chicago. The worst time to visit Chicago? The summer. Not only will the weather be its warmest, but you'll also be less likely to find good Chicago hotel deals. In addition, the city and its attractions are crowded with tourists and other business travelers, as the summer is Chicago's most popular time of year.

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I've read quite a few posts on imdb.com debating whether Mrs. Spool was able to do all the killings since they require her to move around quickly and have the strength to lift bodies as heavy as Toomey's. but why couldn't Norman be the killer of one of them other then Mrs. Spool? He was doing all the killings in part 3, maybe he already regained his Mother half of his identity before Lila's death? He was not completely normal at the beginning since he had a hallucination of his mother talking to him right when he got home before the phone calls started. Plus the diner manager in part 3 mentioned Spool never missed a day of work and 2 of the killings ( the boy and Lila) happened in daytime not to mention the phone calls. Norman could have easily gone completely mad halfway through the film not any saner than in part 3.
Some interesting thoughts: assume Norman killed no one in this one other than Spool and Spool never went up to Norman's house at the end of part 2, would the killings have happened in Psycho 3? I mean then there would be no "Mother" at the house for Norman to talk to telling him what to do. What if Spool, Lila, and Mary never bothered Norman in 2, then would Red, Patsy, Duane, and Maureen have lived in part 3's timeline?
Sorry if this has been discussed before but I'm really hyped for the upcoming blu ray release that I want to read some feedback on this while waiting for the commentary on the BD ( hopefully there will be one!)
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At tinjaw's urging, I'm creating this poll to try to get a sense of what File Management solution(s) DCer's are using. So, cast a vote and let the numbers tell their tale!
Links? Or are they in the other thread?
I'm not following you on this one, wraith. Are you requesting links to the various File Managers posted here?
Yes, that's what I was requesting. Sorry it took so long to reply; for some reason I wasn't notified of updates on this thread.
No worries, wraith. Here are links to the FM's mentioned in the poll (anyone know if I can hyperlink the poll questions? Only one way to find out...):
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Hi everyone,
I have a history of HELLP and Pre-e which was diagnosed really late at 39 weeks in my previous pregnancy (although I believe there were several missed symptoms earlier on).
I am now currently 30 weeks. The past few days I have experienced upper quadrant pain in my left side (feels like my ribs hurt) and some vision "sparkles". Blood pressure is fine, no swelling, no headaches. I went to the doctor last week and urine was fine too. I had blood work done a few weeks ago which showed a decrease in platelets from my baseline, but doctor is not concerned since I have no other symptoms.
So, I am wondering if you can have upper quadrant pain on the left side? and can vision changes be an indication of pre-e without the high blood pressure?


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Welcome aboard. Good looking bike, like the color scheme. Enjoy it, I know I enjoy mine.
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Welcome! I'm over in Columbia. We're in the process of putting together a new club: the Palmetto Riders. We're meeting the 3rd Saturday of every month if you're interested. We will probably put a group together to go to the MOA in Minnesota this summer.
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Hi everyone!! Just got home from work a little while ago, but I had to clean my two bathrooms!! Lol (I'm fitting right in with all the talk about toilets!!) ;) At least mine are working, and are not having problems!! Hope you all had a nice day today. It was really pretty here, and in the 80's!! Doesn't really feel like January! But, I think we're going to have rain on Thursday, we'll see! Everyone, take care of yourselves, and of all the people in your life! We all need to appreciate each other and love each other!! Have a wonderful rest of Tuesday!! :)
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Buckwheat and Pyro are in the House !!!!!
I wanted to thank you all for the prayers for Ace. On Tuesday the 8th we had to put him to sleep due to liver failure. My heart is broken. Do me a favor and kiss/hug your critters for me. Love and green lights to you all.
Hile gunslingers, may you have a beautiful weekend. :)
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I'm longing for some slow down time. Seems like there is something going on all the time. We are supposed to be getting hit with this Gandolf storm, moving in tonight and lasting into Saturday. Going to go get some groceries this morning, just in case. Sounds like we'll be getting 6 or more inches of snow, high winds, and wind chills are expected to be around -25. Hubby has to go back on night shifts tomorrow night, so he will be out in it.
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These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for July 14, 2014. Some of the people listed may not have actually spent time in jail if they posted bond and were released. Although those listed have been arrested and charged, that does not mean they have been found guilty. All bookings may be viewed online by visiting www.aikenstandard.com and clicking on the Crime tab.
John Michael Farmer, 38 malicious injury to personal property, public drunk, simple larceny $2,000 or less, driving under suspension second offense
Robert Lee Hamm Jr., 55 trespassing after notice, public drunk
Ernest Lamar Simpkins, 44 violation of an order of protection, failure to stop for blue lights, harassment, reckless driving
Rick Jason Scarboro Sr., 36 criminal domestic violence
Derwood Wade Stubbs III, 35 family court civil contempt order
Jairo Johann Robles, 19 shoplifting $2,000 or less commitment
Sharon Alandis Bush, 22 consent order for personal recognizance bond
Ben Wade Baker, 28 violations of conditions of probation supervision
Joseph Michael Guerrieri, 24 hold for Richmond County
Telana Nadia Harrison, 19 burglary second degree
Larry Rodriguez Turner Jr., 18 possession of 28 grams or less of marijuana or 10 grams or less of hash first offense, contributing to the delinquency of a minor
Yvette Michelle Midgett, 38 disorderly conduct must appear bench warrant
Matthew Lee Hornsby, 26 bondsman off bond criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature, bondsman off bond assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature three counts, bondsman off bond unlawful conduct toward a child three counts
Joseph Tyler Easler, 20 shoplifting first offense
Jared Brooke Boulware, 39 criminal domestic violence first, second and third offense, malicious injury to animals or property $1,000 or less
Melissa Ann Ortiz Fikes, 39 filing a false police report (felony), assault and battery third degree
Adrian Christina Hopson, 35 burglary second degree
Jennifer Wilson Toole, 35 criminal domestic violence first, second and third offense
Savannah Alayne Percival, 18 possession of 28 grams or less of marijuana or 10 grams of hash bench warrant
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A 53-year-old woman was detained for shoplifting on Monday after she tried to push a cart containing more than $200 in merchandise out the door of Kroger on Whiskey Road.
A 22-year-old Aiken man was detained for shoplifting on Monday after he hid a pair of jeans under his T-shirt and exited Dillards in the Aiken Mall. He later dumped the jeans in a bathroom at the mall, then walked to Publix, where he was arrested.
An Aiken woman flagged down officers on Tuesday and told them her 31-year-old son had tried to set himself on fire in her front yard. The man reportedly has a history of mental illness and told his mother he was trying to hurt himself.
Officers cited a 72-year-old woman for shoplifting after she was caught placing items into her purse at the Dollar General on Jefferson Davis Highway in Clearwater. The woman told officers she was putting the items back on the shelf and that she planned to go get cash to pay for the items.
The Aiken County Sheriffs Office responded to an altercation in North Augusta which reportedly began after the victims brought the suspects sandwiches to eat instead of pizza. None of the parties wished to press charges.
A Warrenville woman reported on Monday that someone was using her Social Security number in New York to claim unemployment benefits.
Firefighters responded to a structure fire on Belvedere Road in Beech Island on Monday. No injuries were reported, and fire officials designated the fire as non-suspicious.
The Aiken County Sheriffs Office responded to burglaries on Piney Heights Road in Warrenville, Clinton Church Road in Perry, Chaffee Street in Warrenville, Oakwood Drive in Aiken, Fischer Road in Jackson and Storm Branch Leg in Aiken.
Vehicle break-ins were reported to the Aiken County Sheriffs Office on Glenwood Drive in Warrenville, Fairview Road in Clearwater and Wickham Drive in Graniteville.
The Aiken County Sheriffs Office received reports of stolen vehicles from Richland Avenue in Aiken and Audubon Circle in North Augusta.
A shoplifting was reported at the Kangaroo on Columbia Highway in Aiken on Monday. An 18-pack of beer was reported missing.
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A parallel hardware-based multithreaded processor is described. The processor includes a general purpose processor that coordinates system functions and a plurality of microengines that support multiple hardware threads or contexts (THREAD— 3 . . . THREAD— 0). The processor maintains execution threads (THREAD— 3 . . . THREAD— 0) access a register set organized into a plurality of relatively addressable windows of registers that are relatively addressable per thread (THREAD— 3 . . . THREAD— 0).
1. A method of maintaining execution threads in a parallel multithreaded processor comprises:
accessing, by a thread executing in the multithreaded processor, a register in a register set organized into a plurality of windows of registers, each of the plurality of windows of registers associated with a corresponding thread, each register in the plurality of windows of registers being relatively addressable by the corresponding thread and absolutely addressable by two or more of the threads executing on the multithreaded processor with absolutely addressable comprises providing an exact address of the register with the exact address specified in an instruction.
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organizing the register set into windows according to the number of threads that execute in the processor.
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a processor unit comprising:
control logic circuit including context event switching logic, the context switching logic arbitrating access to the microengine for a plurality of executable threads;
an arithmetic logic unit to process data for executing threads; and
a register set that is organized into a plurality of windows of registers, each of the plurality of windows of registers associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of threads, each register in the plurality of windows of registers being relatively addressable by the corresponding thread associated with the respective window of registers and absolutely addressable by two or more of the threads executing on the multi-threaded processor, with any one of the registers of the register set being absolutely addressable by providing an exact address of the register with the exact address specified in an instruction.
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program counter units to track executing threads.
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20. A computer program product residing on a computer readable storage medium for managing execution of multiple threads in a multithreaded processor comprising instructions causing a processor to:
access, by an executing thread in the multithreaded processor, a register in a register set organized into a plurality of windows of registers, each of the plurality of windows of registers being associated with a corresponding thread, each register in the plurality of windows of registers being relatively addressable by the corresponding thread and absolutely addressable by two or more threads executing on the multithreaded processor with absolutely addressable comprises instructions that when executed cause the processor to provide an exact address of the register with the exact address specified in an instruction.
This application is a 371 Application of International Application PCT/US00/23993, filed Aug. 31, 2000, which claims the benefit of Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/151,961 filed Sep. 1, 1999.
This invention relates to computer processors.
Parallel processing is an efficient form of information processing of concurrent events in a computing process. Parallel processing demands concurrent execution of many programs in a computer, in contrast to sequential processing. In the context of a parallel processor, parallelism involves doing more than one thing at the same time. Unlike a serial paradigm where all tasks are performed sequentially at a single station or a pipelined machine where tasks are performed at specialized stations, with parallel processing, a plurality of stations are provided with each capable of performing all tasks. That is, in general all or a plurality of the stations work simultaneously and independently on the same or common elements of a problem. Certain problems are suitable for solution by applying parallel processing.
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The hardware-based multithreaded processor 12 also includes a central controller 20 that assists in loading microcode control for other resources of the hardware-based multithreaded processor 12 and performs other general purpose computer type functions such as handling protocols, exceptions, extra support for packet processing where the microengines pass the packets off for more detailed processing such as in boundary conditions. In one embodiment, the processor 20 is a Strong Arm« (Arm is a trademark of ARM Limited, United Kingdom) based architecture. The general purpose microprocessor 20 has an operating system. Through the operating system the processor 20 can call functions to operate on microengines 22 a-22 f. The processor 20 can use any supported operating system preferably a real time operating system. For the core processor implemented as a Strong Arm architecture, operating systems such as, MicrosoftNT« real-time, VXWorks and □CUS, a freeware operating system available over the Internet, can be used.
The hardware-based multithreaded processor 12 also includes a plurality of function microengines 22 a-22 f Functional microengines (microengines) 22 a-22 f each maintain a plurality of program counters in hardware and states associated with the program counters. Effectively, a corresponding plurality of sets of threads can be simultaneously active on each of the microengines 22 a-22 f while only one is actually operating at any one time.
In one embodiment, there are six microengines 22 a-22 f as shown. Each microengines 22 a-22 f has capabilities for processing four hardware threads. The six microengines 22 a-22 f operate with shared resources including memory system 16 and bus interfaces 24 and 28. The memory system 16 includes a Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM) controller 26 a and a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) controller 26 b. SDRAM memory 16 a and SDRAM controller 26 a are typically used for processing large volumes of data, e.g., processing of network payloads from network packets. The SRAM controller 26 b and SRAM memory 16 b are used in a networking implementation for low latency, fast access tasks, e.g., accessing look-up tables, memory for the core processor 20, and so forth.
The six microengines 22 a-22 f access either the SDRAM 16 a or SRAM 16 b based on characteristics of the data. Thus, low latency, low bandwidth data is stored in and fetched from SRAM, whereas higher bandwidth data for which latency is not as important, is stored in and fetched from SDRAM. The microengines 22 a-22 f can execute memory reference instructions to either the SDRAM controller 26 a or SRAM controller 16 b.
Advantages of hardware multithreading can be explained by SRAM or SDRAM memory accesses. As an example, an SRAM access requested by a Thread_0, from a microengine will cause the SRAM controller 26 b to initiate an access to the SRAM memory 16 b. The SRAM controller controls arbitration for the SRAM bus, accesses the SRAM 16 b, fetches the data from the SRAM 16 b, and returns data to a requesting microengine 22 a-22 b. During an SRAM access, if the microengine e.g., 22 a had only a single thread that could operate, that microengine would be dormant until data was returned from the SRAM. By employing hardware context swapping within each of the microengines 22 a-22 f, the hardware context swapping enables other contexts with unique program counters to execute in that same microengine. Thus, another thread e.g., Thread_1 can function while the first thread, e.g., Thread_0, is awaiting the read data to return. During execution, Thread_1 may access the SDRAM memory 16 a. While Thread_1 operates on the SDRAM unit, and Thread_0 is operating on the SRAM unit, a new thread, e.g., Thread_2 can now operate in the microengine 22 a. Thread_2 can operate for a certain amount of time until it needs to access memory or perform some other long latency operation, such as making an access to a bus interface. Therefore, simultaneously, the processor 12 can have a bus operation, SRAM operation and SDRAM operation all being completed or operated upon by one microengine 22 a and have one more thread available to process more work in the data path.
The hardware context swapping also synchronizes completion of tasks. For example, two threads could hit the same shared resource e.g., SRAM. Each one of these separate functional units, e.g., the FBUS interface 28, the SRAM controller 26 a, and the SDRAM controller 26 b, when they complete a requested task from one of the microengine thread contexts reports back a flag signaling completion of an operation. When the flag is received by the microengine, the microengine can determine which thread to turn on.
One example of an application for the hardware-based multithreaded processor 12 is as a network processor. As a network processor, the hardware-based multithreaded processor 12 interfaces to network devices such as a media access controller device e.g., a 10/100BaseT Octal MAC 13 a or a Gigabit Ethernet device 13 b. In general, as a network processor, the hardware-based multithreaded processor 12 can interface to any type of communication device or interface that receives/sends large amounts of data. Communication system 10 functioning in a networking application could receive a plurality of network packets from the devices 13 a, 13 b and process those packets in a parallel manner. With the hardware-based multithreaded processor 12, each network packet can be independently processed.
Another example for use of processor 12 is a print engine for a postscript processor or as a processor for a storage subsystem, i.e., RAID disk storage. A further use is as a matching engine. In the securities industry for example, the advent of electronic trading requires the use of electronic matching engines to match orders between buyers and sellers. These and other parallel types of tasks can be accomplished on the system 10.
The processor 12 includes a bus interface 28 that couples the processor to the second bus 18. Bus interface 28 in one embodiment couples the processor 12 to the so-called FBUS 18 (FIFO bus). The FBUS interface 28 is responsible for controlling and interfacing the processor 12 to the FBUS 18. The FBUS 18 is a 64-bit wide FIFO bus, used to interface to Media Access Controller (MAC) devices.
The processor 12 includes a second interface e.g., a PCI bus interface 24 that couples other system components that reside on the PCI 14 bus to the processor 12. The PCI bus interface 24, provides a high speed data path 24 a to memory 16 e.g., the SDRAM memory 16 a. Through that path data can be moved quickly from the SDRAM 16 a through the PCI bus 14, via direct memory access (DMA) transfers. The hardware based multithreaded processor 12 supports image transfers. The hardware based multithreaded processor 12 can employ a plurality of DMA channels so if one target of a DMA transfer is busy, another one of the DMA channels can take over the PCI bus to deliver information to another target to maintain high processor 12 efficiency. Additionally, the PCI bus interface 24 supports target and master operations. Target operations are operations where slave devices on bus 14 access SDRAMs through reads and writes that are serviced as a slave to target operation. In master operations, the processor core 20 sends data directly to or receives data directly from the PCI interface 24.
Each of the functional units are coupled to one or more internal buses. As described below, the internal buses are dual, 32 bit buses (i.e., one bus for read and one for write). The hardware-based multithreaded processor 12 also is constructed such that the sum of the bandwidths of the internal buses in the processor 12 exceed the bandwidth of external buses coupled to the processor 12. The processor 12 includes an internal core processor bus 32, e.g., an ASB bus (Advanced System Bus) that couples the processor core 20 to the memory controller 26 a, 26 c and to an ASB translator 30 described below. The ASB bus is a subset of the so called AMBA bus that is used with the Strong Arm processor core. The processor 12 also includes a private bus 34 that couples the microengine units to SRAM controller 26 b, ASB translator 30 and FBUS interface 28. A memory bus 38 couples the memory controller 26 a, 26 b to the bus interfaces 24 and 28 and memory system 16 including flashrom 16 c used for boot operations and so forth.
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If the memory subsystem 16 is flooded with memory requests that are independent in nature, the processor 12 can perform memory reference sorting. Memory reference sorting improves achievable memory bandwidth. Memory reference sorting, as described below, reduces dead time or a bubble that occurs with accesses to SRAM. With memory references to SRAM, switching current direction on signal lines between reads and writes produces a bubble or a dead time waiting for current to settle on conductors coupling the SRAM 16 b to the SRAM controller 26 b.
That is, the drivers that drive current on the bus need to settle out prior to changing states. Thus, repetitive cycles of a read followed by a write can degrade peak bandwidth. Memory reference sorting allows the processor 12 to organize references to memory such that long strings of reads can be followed by long strings of writes. This can be used to minimize dead time in the pipeline to effectively achieve closer to maximum available bandwidth. Reference sorting helps maintain parallel hardware context threads. On the SDRAM, reference sorting allows hiding of pre-charges from one bank to another bank. Specifically, if the memory system 16 b is organized into an odd bank and an even bank, while the processor is operating on the odd bank, the memory controller can start precharging the even bank. Precharging is possible if memory references alternate between odd and even banks. By ordering memory references to alternate accesses to opposite banks, the processor 12 improves SDRAM bandwidth. Additionally, other optimizations can be used. For example, merging optimizations where operations that can be merged, are merged prior to memory access, open page optimizations where by examining addresses an opened page of memory is not reopened, chaining, as will be described below, and refreshing mechanisms, can be employed.
The FBUS interface 28 supports Transmit and Receive flags for each port that a MAC device supports, along with an Interrupt flag indicating when service is warranted. The FBUS interface 28 also includes a controller 28 a that performs header processing of incoming packets from the FBUS 18. The controller 28 a extracts the packet headers and performs a microprogrammable source/destination/protocol hashed lookup (used for address smoothing) in SRAM. If the hash does not successfully resolve, the packet header is sent to the processor core 20 for additional processing. The FBUS interface 28 supports the following internal data transactions:
The FBUS 18 is a standard industry bus and includes a data bus, e.g., 64 bits wide and sideband control for address and read/write control. The FBUS interface 28 provides the ability to input large amounts of data using a series of input and output FIFO's 29 a-29 b. From the FIFOs 29 a-29 b, the microengines 22 a-22 f fetch data from or command the SDRAM controller 26 a to move data from a receive FIFO in which data has come from a device on bus 18, into the FBUS interface 28. The data can be sent through memory controller 26 a to SDRAM memory 16 a, via a direct memory access. Similarly, the microengines can move data from the SDRAM 26 a to interface 28, out to FBUS 18, via the FBUS interface 28.
Data functions are distributed amongst the microengines. Connectivity to the SRAM 26 a, SDRAM 26 b and FBUS 28 is via command requests. A command request can be a memory request or a FBUS request. For example, a command request can move data from a register located in a microengine 22 a to a shared resource, e.g., an SDRAM location, SRAM location, flash memory or some MAC address. The commands are sent out to each of the functional units and the shared resources. However, the shared resources do not need to maintain local buffering of the data. Rather, the shared resources access distributed data located inside of the microengines. This enables microengines 22 a-22 f, to have local access to data rather than arbitrating for access on a bus and risk contention for the bus. With this feature, there is a 0 cycle stall for waiting for data internal to the microengines 22 a-22 f.
The data buses, e.g., ASB bus 30, SRAM bus 34 and SDRAM bus 38 coupling these shared resources, e.g., memory controllers 26 a and 26 b are of sufficient bandwidth such that there are no internal bottlenecks. Thus, in order to avoid bottlenecks, the processor 12 has an bandwidth requirement where each of the functional units is provided with at least twice the maximum bandwidth of the internal buses. As an example, the SDRAM can run a 64 bit wide bus at 83 MHz. The SRAM data bus could have separate read and write buses, e.g., could be a read bus of 32 bits wide running at 166 MHz and a write bus of 32 bits wide at 166 MHz. That is, in essence, 64 bits running at 166 MHz which is effectively twice the bandwidth of the SDRAM.
The core processor 20 also can access the shared resources. The core processor 20 has a direct communication to the SDRAM controller 26 a to the bus interface 24 and to SRAM controller 26 b via bus 32. However, to access the microengines 22 a-22 f and transfer registers located at any of the microengines 22 a-22 f, the core processor 20 access the microengines 22 a-22 f via the ASB Translator 30 over bus 34. The ASB translator 30 can physically reside in the FBUS interface 28, but logically is distinct. The ASB Translator 30 performs an address translation between FBUS microengine transfer register locations and core processor addresses (i.e., ASB bus) so that the core processor 20 can access registers belonging to the microengines 22 a-22 c.
Although microengines 22 can use the register set to exchange data as described below, a scratchpad memory 27 is also provided to permit microengines to write data out to the memory for other microengines to read. The scratchpad 27 is coupled to bus 34.
The processor core 20 includes a RISC core 50 implemented in a five stage pipeline performing a single cycle shift of one operand or two operands in a single cycle, provides multiplication support and 32 bit barrel shift support. This RISC core 50 is a standard Strong Arm« architecture but it is implemented with a five stage pipeline for performance reasons. The processor core 20 also includes a 16 kilobyte instruction cache 52, an 8 kilobyte data cache 54 and a prefetch stream buffer 56. The core processor 20 performs arithmetic operations in parallel with memory writes and instruction fetches. The core processor 20 interfaces with other functional units via the ARM defined ASB bus. The ASB bus is a 32-bit bi-directional bus 32.
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In addition to event signals that are local to an executing thread, the microengines 22 employ signaling states that are global. With signaling states, an executing thread can broadcast a signal state to all microengines 22. Receive Request Available signal, Any and all threads in the microengines can branch on these signaling states. These signaling states can be used to determine availability of a resource or whether a resource is due for servicing.
The context event logic 74 has arbitration for the four (4) threads. In one embodiment, the arbitration is a round robin mechanism. Other techniques could be used including priority queuing or weighted fair queuing. The microengine 22 f also includes an execution box (EBOX) data path 76 that includes an arithmetic logic unit 76 a and general purpose register set 76 b. The arithmetic logic unit 76 a performs arithmetic and logical functions as well as shift functions. The registers set 76 b has a relatively large number of general purpose registers. As will be described in
The microengine 22 f also includes a write transfer register stack 78 and a read transfer stack 80. These registers are also windowed so that they are relatively and absolutely addressable. Write transfer register stack 78 is where write data to a resource is located. Similarly, read register stack 80 is for return data from a shared resource. Subsequent to or concurrent with data arrival, an event signal from the respective shared resource e.g., the SRAM controller 26 a, SDRAM controller 26 b or core processor 20 will be provided to context event arbiter 74 which will then alert the thread that the data is available or has been sent. Both transfer register banks 78 and 80 are connected to the execution box (EBOX) 76 through a data path. In one implementation, the read transfer register has 64 registers and the write transfer register has 64 registers.
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The SDRAM interface 26 a provides a signal back to the requesting microengine on reads that indicates whether a parity error occurred on the read request. The microengine microcode is responsible for checking the SDRAM read Parity flag when the microengine uses any return data. Upon checking the flag, if it was set, the act of branching on it clears it. The Parity flag is only sent when the SDRAM is enabled for checking, and the SDRAM is parity protected. The microengines and the PCI Unit are the only requesters notified of parity errors. Therefore, if the processor core 20 or FIFO requires parity protection, a microengine assists in the request.
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Across banks A and B, the register set 76 b is also organized into four windows 76 b 0-76 b 3 of 32 registers that are relatively addressable per thread. Thus, thread_0 will find its register 0 at 77 a (register 0), the thread_1 will find its register_0 at 77 b (register 32), thread_2 will find its register_0 at 77 c (register 64), and thread_3 at 77 d (register 96). Relative addressing is supported so that multiple threads can use the exact same control store and locations but access different windows of register and perform different functions. The uses of register window addressing and bank addressing provide the requisite read bandwidth using only dual ported RAMS in the microengine 22 f.
These windowed registers do not have to save data from context switch to context switch so that the normal push and pop of a context swap file or stack is eliminated. Context switching here has a 0 cycle overhead for changing from one context to another. Relative register addressing divides the register banks into windows across the address width of the general purpose register set. Relative addressing allows access any of the windows relative to the starting point of the window. Absolute addressing is also supported in this architecture where any one of the absolute registers may be accessed by any of the threads by providing the exact address of the register.
Addressing of general purpose registers 78 occurs in 2 modes depending on the microword format. The two modes are absolute and relative. In absolute mode, addressing of a register address is directly specified in 7-bit source field (a6-a0 or b6-b0):
If <a6:a5>=1,1, <b6:b5>=1,1, or <d7:d6>=1,1 then the lower bits are interpreted as a context-relative address field (described below). When a non-relative A or B source address is specified in the A, B absolute field, only the lower half of the SRAM/ASB and SDRAM address spaces can be addressed. Effectively, reading absolute SRAM/SDRAM devices has the effective address space; however, since this restriction does not apply to the dest field, writing the SRAM/SDRAM still uses the full address space.
In relative mode, addresses a specified address is offset within context space as defined by a 5-bit source field (a4-a0 or b4-b0):
If <d5:d4>=1,1, then the destination address does not address a valid register, thus, no dest operand is written back.
Other embodiments are within the scope of the appended claims.
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PDGFRB/TEL Translocation (5;12) for Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia, FISH
Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
Platelet-derived growth factor receptor-beta (PDGFRB) produces a tyrosine kinase involved in cell proliferation. Translocation-ets-leukemia protein (encoded by the gene ETV6) is a gene transcription protein that is frequently rearranged in leukemias. A 5;12 translocation, t(5;12)(q33;p13), results in a fusion product (PDGFRB/ETV6) that is seen in approximately 1% to 2% of patients diagnosed with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. Patients with this translocation often have associated hypereosinophilia.
Imatinib mesylate (Gleevec) is an inhibitor of tyrosine kinases, including PDGFRB. Patients with the 5;12 translocation are reportedly responsive to imatinib mesylate; upon treatment, they usually go into complete remission.
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Identifying patients with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia and other hematologic disorders who may be responsive to imatinib mesylate
Disease quantification before and after therapy
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
A neoplastic clone is detected when the percent of cells with an abnormality exceeds the normal cutoff (0.6%) for PDGFRB/ETV6.
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
This test is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration and it is best used as an adjunct to existing clinical and pathologic information.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
An interpretive report will be provided.
Clinical References Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
1. Pardanani A, Reeder T, Porrata LF, et al: Imatinib therapy for hypereosinophilic syndrome and other eosinophilic disorders. Blood 2003;101:3391-3397
2. Cain JA, Grisolano JL, Laird AD, et al: Complete remission of TEL-PDGFRB-induced myeloproliferative disease in mice by receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor SU11657. Blood 2004;104:561-564


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Moctoberfest is a month-long celebration of Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball. It includes historical moments, social media interactions and introduction to UTC's freshmen among the myriad of video tributes and stories.
Day 29 focuses on a very special individual. That is Johnny Taylor, the only first round NBA draft pick in the history of Chattanooga's storied program.
Taylor was a junior college transfer that joined the Mocs in 1995-96. After a lackluster 15-12 season, he keyed one of the memorable Mocs moments that most certainly stands the test of time.
The 6-7 forward, who was a native of Chattanooga and prepped at Howard High School, led the Mocs to a 24-11 record, SoCon South Division Championship, SoCon Tourney Title and the epic Sweet 16 run in the NCAA Tournament.
Taylor helped turn around a season that began with a 5-7 start. After a disappointing loss to Canisius in the Dr Pepper Classic Championship game, UTC won 11 straight games. It closed the season winning seven straight before losing to Providence, 71-65, in the NCAA Sweet 16.
That's highlight reel material for any former Moc, but Taylor took it a step further. He became Chattanooga's first student-athlete to get drafted in the first round of a professional draft. He was the 17th pick of the 1997 NBA Draft going to the Orlando Magic.
Taylor played four seasons in the NBA before going overseas to ply his craft. He was still active last season playing for Al Ahli in Bahrain.
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He is one of 12 SoCon student-athletes to be drafted in the first round in the long history of the league. In the modern era, he is one of three (Taylor, Kevin Martin, WCU, 2004, Stephen Curry, Davidson, 2009).
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9 - Social Media Factoid: Today's Moctoberfest Factoid is in honor of tomorrow's 30 minutes or less ticket promotion. Derrick Kirce holds the UTC record for career 30-point games with 5 in his 2 seasons (1990-91). He scored 1,113 points which is a school record for a two-year player averaging 19.5 points per contest, another all-time leading mark. Chad Copeland (1993-94) is the only Moc with back-to-back 30-pt games. He scored 30 in a home win over Southern Miss on Jan. 2, 1994 and followed with 33 keying a one-point road win three nights later at Furman. Sources: http://twitter.com/GoMocsMBB & http://www.facebook.com/ChattanoogaMocs
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19 - Dontay Hampton Coast to Coast Game Winner
20 - Social Media Factoid: Today's Moctoberfest Factoid keys on the long list of professional players that Chattanooga has produced over the years. There are currently 16 former Mocs active in professional leagues all over the globe. Click here for a list of NBA Draft Picks and recent UTC players in the pros. Sources: http://twitter.com/GoMocsMBB & http://www.facebook.com/ChattanoogaMocs
21 - Chris Mims Game Winner in 1997 SoCon Championship
22 - Meet Farad Cobb
23 - Remembering the NCAA Sweet 16 Team
24 - Meet Casey Jones
25 - TRIVIA GIVEAWAY: Last season Keegan Bell became the 3rd Moc to record a triple-double in a game with 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists at College of Charleston. Name the other two. ANSWER: Tim Brooks & Gary Robb. Robb set the school record with 17 assists vs Southern to go with 13 pts & 10 reb in the 1992 Dr Pepper Classic. Tim Brooks had the 1st with 16 pts, 10 reb & 16 ast at Western Carolina on Feb 1, 1992.
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This is a good first step & a move in the right direction. Setting a default browser app (and map app, etc.) are clearly options that should be allowed at this point in iOS's evolution.
Google offers iOS developers a way to treat Chrome almost like the default browser
Google has released code that gives developers the ability to have links open directly in Google Chrome instead of Apple's built-in Safari browser, and return users right back to their app with a single tap. A developer has to add Google's code -- a URL scheme with x-callback -- to their app, and you have to have Chrome installed on your device, but the execution is seamless. The example used on the Chromium blog blog is YouTube: tapping on a link in a YouTube listing opens Chrome and provides a back button at the top left to easily return to the YouTube app.
It's not the same as Apple providing the ability to set default apps in iOS on a system-wide level, but it's the same method Google has been using inside their own apps, including the recent Gmail update. Ironically, it also gives them a leg up on Safari, which doesn't currently provide a method for returning to any app that might have launched it. With Safari, you have to use the fast app switcher, or return to the Home screen and relaunch the original app, which now seems janky by comparison.
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Google offers iOS developers a way to treat Chrome almost like the default browser
"...gives developers the ability to have links open directly in Google Chrome instead of Apple's built-in Safari browser, and return right back to their app with a single tap."
Ok. But what happens to that browser Window when the user presumably wants to go back to the app? The assumption being made here is that the user is doing something in an app and needs to go to the browser to do something and then come back. What is the user wants to bring up that link in the browser and either have it stay open or close when done?
From what I've seen this morning, through very quick play time with it, it leaves the tab open in the browser until you hit that button to go back to the app. Or at least that's how Google's played it with the YouTube app
It's very clever on Google's part, and does overcome iOS' inability to re-set default apps, but for my use case it'll be a problem. I'm not a huge fan of Chrome, but I keep it installed to play with on occasion. If apps start detecting and launching in it automatically, it'll be a problem for me.
Hopefully developers who implement this code let you choose to enable (or even disable) it in Settings. Otherwise casual Chrome use will suffer.
Still, it's a great use of URL schemes and x-callback.
"I'm not a huge fan of Chrome, but I keep it installed to play with on occasion. If apps start detecting and launching in it automatically, it'll be a problem for me."
I agree 100%. I do the same. If what happens is Google is forced on me because I have the Google app installed, I will delete the Google Apps, which is counter to what Google is aiming for. If the offending app then prompts me to download the Google app? That app will get deleted, too.
Choice is fine with me. Forcing an app (on interrupting my flow with an app) on me? Not cool.
To those who say Apple is forcing their app choices on me, I understand why you say that, but respectfully disagree. I know what apps Apple preinstalls and that there is no changing the defaults. I made the choice to use Apple products knowing this "limitation"
Ok, just played around with the feature in gmai.appl. If you have open links in chrome set to YES, it goes right to chrome. If you have it set to no, it launches the browser built into gmail.app, and there is a sharing button that says open in chrome and open in safari.
I would rather see it automatically launch Safari or Chrome depending on the setting discussed above.
Built in-app browsers were great prior to iOS 4, but now that we have fast app switching, I would like to see them die.
I am done with Google and their criminal spy activity.
Yep, Chrome is no different than browser toolbars on the PC, but it is the toolbar. Google's main agenda with Chrome is to track web usage. Why people go crazy for it I'll never know...
I use it because it syncs tabs between devices, syncs web history, syncs passwords, syncs bookmarks, allows me to send a link from desktop to my phone, allows unlimited tabs (or at least up to 99), has a better GUI, swipes between tabs, desktop mode, YouTube/Gmail integration. That's all I can think of for now.
If you're paranoid, use Iron instead.
Can't developers do this with iOS Safari now? In the Twitter app, for example, it opens a browser window in the app, and has an "x" button to close it and return to the tweet.
Anyway, I think this is great. Third party developers should push iOS as far as it will let them. But I do think iOS should have a "geek mode" that allows more complicated and refined settings.
That actually isn't at all the same thing - the browser window in the app was coded by the app developer and opens a Safari window always.
This would allow you to tell the Twitter app to launch Chrome with the link you clicked, and Chrome would have a back to Twitter button in the upper left.
If x-callback-url is gaining some momentum, I can see a nice (preferably) free app that is an x-callback-url router.
It would take App categories, x-callback-url definition schemes, and let the user select a particular App for each category. Call it Defaults.
Then app developers would call the Defaults x-callback-url (e.g. default-browser-x-callback-url:) which would redirect to the appropriate App based on the user's choice. An entirely third party defaulting system, which requires each developer to implement x-callback-url support, but only once per App category, rather than once per App in every App category. And the built-in Apple apps would require translation to the standard URL and would lose callback functionality.
The tricky part might be handling multiple verbs in an App (e.g. open versus tweet for Twitter).
What other categories should there be? I can see browser, youtube, twitter, facebook, email...


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Visual Merchandising Students' Work Featured at Mattatuck Museum
Paper fashions created for the National Stationery Show will be on display in Connecticut
Chrome & Couture - Say ''Yes'' To The Paper Dress Show Combines Visual Merchandising Students' Paper Dresses with Vintage Motorcycles
The exhibit, which opens October 1 at the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, Connecticut, features nine paper dresses by LIM College students that were originally created for the 2011 National Stationery Show's "Paper Runway" competition this spring.
It includes the top three winners: "Feather Fantasy," by Alexis Michaelides and Margaret Carroll; "Orange Burst," by Alexis Michaelides and "Golden Warrior," by Gina Mercatili.
Each of the student's paper dresses will be paired with a vintage or exceptional custom motorcycle. Marjorie Lee Woo, Associate Chair of LIM College's Visual Merchandising Department, worked with the students and supervised the installation of their work. A milliner, Woo created paper headpieces to accompany the dresses in the show.
Work by LIM College students Jordan McGovern, Lisa Michaelides, Sara Bautista, Connor DeGuehery and Edin Giron will also be included in the display. And Professors Grailing King and Katerina Lanfranco also created designs for the exhibit.
In addition to the works by students and faculty from LIM College, Chrome & Couture will feature other paper fashions and sculpture by professional artists.


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Mama Rosa's Minis: Scary Pizzas with Cheese that Does Not Melt
There was some racket going on in the Slice–Serious Eats office recently, so our web mastermind, Raphael, and I went to the nearby grocery store to look for weird food.
I picked up the Mama Rosa's Mini Mama's [sic] pizza pack at right.
I think there's something scary and completely wrong about a pizza whose cheese does not melt. And the crazy orange color.
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Mother Nature apparently saved the best, or at least the biggest, for last. The storm rolling into Chicago on Tuesday was expected to dump as much as 10 inches on the city. The storm started Sunday in Montana, hit the Dakotas and Minnesota on Monday and then barreled through Wisconsin and Illinois on its way to Washington, where it was expected late Tuesday night.


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We've stacked the F10 M5 up against the E63 AMG and CTS-V, but there are other cars in the segment which warrant further comparison, namely the Porsche Panamera Turbo/S and the Jaguar XF-R.
This comparison covers cars from a wide range of prices – from $80,000 to $173,000, but on paper the performance specs and owner demographics are close enough to compare. Again, the real tests will come from test drives, reviews, and direct comparos of the M5 against its rivals.
Now that the Official F10 M5 Production stats and specs have been revealed, the natural question is how it compares to its most direct competitors. We undertake this comparison below, with a photo and specs shootout against two of the M5′s biggest rivals — the 2012 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG and the 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Sedan.
As some might not know yet, Mercedes-Benz has recently announced the use of their new 5.5L twin turbo V8 for the E63 beginning this Fall. We've used this new engine's specs to … CONTINUED


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With the Grand Opening of the McFarlane Toys Store and Showroom set for this Saturday, Oct. 16, our very own Todd McFarlane has made numerous TV, radio, newspaper and magazine appearances. You can't get away from the man!
McFarlane's hectic media schedule kicked off Wednesday with an appearance on Fox Sports Net's Friday Night Tailgate with Kevin McCabe. Viewers from around the country with satellite can catch the show Friday, Oct. 15 on Fox Sports Arizona. Additionally, Todd spoke with Bob Beard on The Zone, KZON here in Phoenix Wednesday evening.
On Thursday, we welcomed TV 3's Good Morning Arizona show. The crew arrived at 4 a.m. and set up for the 5-9 a.m. broadcast. McFarlane joined Brad Perry and Gibby Parra and gave a detailed tour of the store and some inside tips to what's coming from McFarlane Toys.
After the crew left, the Arizona Republic newspaper stopped by to do a feature on Todd and the showroom. The article can be found on www.azrepublic.com.
Friday was very similar to Thursday, as KPNX 12, the local NBC affiliate, arrived at 4:30 a.m. to set up for the broadcast that ran from 5-7 a.m. As soon as the TV show finished up, it was off to KDKB in Mesa to talk with Tim.
Once we returned, McFarlane headed over to a media luncheon at the store. It provided an opportunity to meet and greet many members of the media and conduct one-on-one interviews.
Out-of-state fans who are coming to the Grand Opening on America West Airlines may notice a piece that is running in the current issue of the in-flight magazine on McFarlane and what he loves about living in the desert.
As the day finally came to a close, one thing is for sure, we're very excited about the Grand Opening and look forward to meeting all the fans who are planning to stop by.


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What the West doesn't get about ChinaWritten by George Stalk and David Michael | | email@example.com
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When many managers think about China, they imagine a container ship whose hold and deck are brimming with cartons of toys, clothing, iPhones and other goods bound for the world's consumer markets, whose populations power China's economic engine.
That view couldn't be more wrong.
Despite the Chinese government's well-publicized program to encourage domestic consumption, few Westerners grasp just how much progress the country is making on this front. Although millions of peasants live on subsistence wages, millions more Chinese are moving to urban centers and achieving a recognizably middle-class lifestyle. Consider just a few data points that give evidence of China's unexpectedly fast-paced move toward a more balanced, consumer-driven economy:
- In a variety of consumer categories — including such items as shoes, consumer electronics and jewelry —China already ranks as the No. 1 or No. 2 market in the world.
- The combined flow of shipping containers between Asia and North America and Asia and Europe is already less than the flow among Asian nations — with much of the latter consisting of goods imported to China.
- Domestic demand accounts for most sales of Chinese-produced air conditioners, motorcycles, trucks and steel.
- Adoption rates of new technologies among the rising middle class exceed those of nearly every other developing country. China has 400 million Internet users, most with broadband access. Mobile telephony is ubiquitous in urban areas, and most of its consumers have leapfrogged landlines.
- China's cities are growing so quickly that the country now has more urban centers than most Western nations do. For instance, China has about 90 cities with a middle-class population of 250,000 or more; the U.S. and Canada together have fewer than 70. According to projections, by 2020 China will have 400 cities with at least 250,000 middle-class inhabitants — and 50 of those cities will have more than 1 million middle-class inhabitants. And by then it is expected to have 800 cities whose residents' real disposable incomes are greater, on average, than those of Shanghai's residents today.
- Looking beyond consumer markets, we find that Chinese companies are already recognized as among the world leaders in numerous business-to-business technologies, including wind-turbine blades, solar panels, high-speed rail equipment, steam boilers, port terminal cranes and electric-transmission equipment.
Rapid progress
Few Western managers who visit China get a realistic picture of its economic development. They typically go to Beijing or Shanghai. They stay in five-star hotels — often Hiltons and Hyatts. There's apt to be a Starbucks in the lobby. The familiar atmosphere leads them to think that China's market will someday resemble a typical Western economy, full of Western-made products. But in fact, cities far from Beijing and Shanghai are teeming with goods and services from domestic companies — and if Western companies don't get to those cities soon, they'll be left out.
To be sure, despite its rapid progress China is still far from self-sufficient in a number of areas. It remains dependent on foreign multinationals for market access — many Chinese companies lack the ability to generate significant export trade on their own. The country can provide a college education for a growing share of the population but still relies largely on foreign universities for top-flight graduate education. Its only traditional energy resource is coal, and its demand for imported oil has been a major factor in rising prices over the past decade. China is also a net importer of food. Finally, it lacks the innovative pharmaceutical and health care sectors of Western economies, and as its consumers become increasingly upscale, they will demand more of the pills and procedures that Westerners take for granted.
The emerging China
Although every multinational has a China strategy, most companies aren't moving quickly enough for their strategies to succeed. To better position themselves, they need to be aware of these trends:
First, the rise of domestic competitors will happen faster than most multinational corporations (MNCs) expect. Local companies in some high-growth markets — for example, Xizi in elevators, 7 Days Inn in budget hotels, and Midea in consumer appliances — have already become leaders. Multinationals that hope to have strong market share a few years down the road need to establish themselves now.
Second, whether or not they are currently selling in China, companies looking to capitalize on the opportunities there need to be ready to do business in hundreds of locations, not just in a handful of the current megacities. This has dramatic implications for organizational structure, distribution infrastructure, choice of business partners and the amount of capital needed.
Third, companies must prepare for extraordinary growth in demand. Some Western companies today are struggling to handle 35 percent annual sales growth in China — but the markets they're playing in are growing at 60 percent. Despite their enormous investments in human and capital resources, these companies are already ceding share to competitors — and their competitors will increasingly be Chinese companies. In a market growing this quickly, it can be worthwhile to build excess capacity, and it's smart to take a hard look at whether your present forecasts may be overly conservative.
Fourth, Western companies need to understand that Chinese consumers have very different needs than consumers in their home markets. Chinese households don't want cappuccino machines; they want water filters, air filters and soy milk makers (at the moment, one of the hotter consumer categories in China — and one with no foreign competition). The classic example involves automakers, which had to learn that many Chinese who can afford cars like to employ drivers — so backseat features are very important to them.
Fifth, MNCs must realize that product adoption rates will be higher in China than in most markets they've experienced, meaning that in some categories, the competitive landscape will be settled quickly. Companies that don't strive to be No. 1 at the outset won't have the luxury of entering and being competitive later.
Sixth, as Chinese companies gain prowess in their home market, more will expand abroad. They are likely to move into Africa and South America before they enter North America and Europe.
Whether they realize it or not, Western companies aren't fighting just for a position in the Chinese market — they're also fighting to forestall potential competitors in other emerging markets and eventually on their own turf. MNCs may not be inclined to pay much attention to small local companies in China today, but they should.
Last, Western companies will increasingly be on their own when dealing with many of the politically based difficulties of doing business in China. The power of Western governments to impose their will on the Chinese is diminishing rapidly — if it was ever really there at all — as the rise of China's own markets makes the country less dependent on Western companies. Competing in China will have less to do with government policy and more to do with offering the right products and services to the right customers at the right price.
Some Western companies are showing adroitness in exploiting the new opportunities in China. Among them are General Motors, General Electric, Honeywell, Philips, Emerson, and Yum Brands. But these are exceptions. Most Western companies underestimate how quickly the Chinese market is developing and how little time they have to establish a competitive foothold — particularly in cities other than Beijing and Shanghai.
In many ways China today is what the United States was to Great Britain in the late 1800s. British managers couldn't imagine or execute the strategies necessary to do business in a geographical landscape far vaster than their home market. The same challenges now face Western managers in China, but on an even greater scale: Never before have businesses had to deal with market opportunities spread across such a wide geography, with so many different languages and ethnic populations.
These are challenges that require aggressive action — and ones few companies are currently prepared to meet.
George Stalk is a senior adviser and fellow at Boston Consulting Group. David Michael is a senior partner at BCG and heads the firm's globalization practice. Courtesy Harvard Business Review.
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Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking is an epic new kind of cosmology series, a Planet Earth of the heavens. It takes the worlds most famous scientific mind and sets it free, powered by the limitless possibilities of computer animation. In three spellbinding hours, the renowned Stephen Hawking gives us the ultimate guide to the universe, a fantastic adventure based on real science spanning the whole of space and time.


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Metro's long-range planning office is trying to entice more people to bike or walk to their stations. Their new plan says, otherwise, they'll have to add expensive parking spaces – possibly up to 40,000 of them. Kristin Haldeman, with WMATA Office of Long-Range Planning, heads up the project to improve security, access and storage for … Continue reading


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40,000 people die each year in car accidents. The leading cause of death for people under the age of 35 is failure to wear safety belts. Safety belts can prevent death in about half of these accidents.
Seat belts are required for the operator and front passengers per Title 47 12-417. Every operator and front seat passenger of a passenger car operated in this state shall wear a properly adjusted safety seat belt system, required to be installed in the motor vehicle when manufactured pursuant to 49 C.F.R. 571.208.
For the purposes of this section, "passenger car" shall mean "vehicle" as defined in section 1102. "Passenger car" shall include the passenger compartment of pickups, vans, minivans, and sport utility vehicles. "Passenger car" shall not include trucks, truck-tractors, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, or motorized bicycles. "Passenger car" shall not include a vehicle used primarily for farm use which is registered and licensed pursuant to the provision of section 1134.
This section shall not apply to any person who possesses a written verification from a physician licensed in this state that a person is unable to wear a safety seat belt system for medical reasons. Provided, the issuance of such verification by a physician, in good faith, shall not give rise to, nor shall such physician thereby incur, any liability whatsoever in damages or otherwise, to any person injured by reason of such failure to wear a safety belt system.
This section shall not apply to an operator of a motor vehicle while performing official duties as a route carrier of the U.S. Postal Service. The Department of Public Safety will not record or assess points for violations of this section on any license holder's traffic record maintained by the Department. Fine and court cost of violating the provisions of this section shall not exceed twenty dollars ($20.00).
Municipalities may enact and municipal police officers may enforce ordinances prohibiting and penalizing conduct under provisions of this section, but provisions of those ordinances shall be the same as provided for in this section, and the enforcement provisions under those ordinances shall not be more stringent than those of this section.
Failure to wear a seat belt contributes to more fatalities than any other single traffic safety-related behavior. 63% of people killed in accidents are not wearing seat belts. Wearing a seat belt is still the single most effective thing we can do to save lives and reduce injuries on America's roadways.
Data suggests that education alone is not doing the job with young people, especially males ages 16 to 25, the age group least likely to buckle up. They simply do not believe they will be injured or killed. Yet they are the nation's highest-risk drivers, with more drunk driving , more speeding , and more crashes. Neither education nor fear of injury or death is strong enough to motivate this tough-to-reach group.
Rather, it takes stronger seat belt laws and high visibility enforcement campaigns to get them to buckle up. Seat belts are the most effective safety devices in vehicles today, estimated to save 9,500 lives each year. Yet only 68 percent of the motor vehicle occupants are buckled. In 1996, more than 60 percent of the occupants killed in fatal crashes were unrestrained. If 90 percent of Americans buckle up, we will prevent more than 5,500 deaths and 132,000 injuries annually.
The cost of unbuckled drivers and passengers goes beyond those killed and the loss to their families. We all pay for those who don't buckle up in higher taxes, higher health care and higher insurance cost.
On average, inpatient hospital care costs for an un-belted crash victim are 50 percent higher than those for a belted crash victim. Society bears 85 percent of those costs, not the individuals involved. Every American pays about $580 a year toward the cost of crashes. If everyone buckled up, this figure would drop significantly. By reaching the goal of 90 percent seat belt use, and 25 percent reduction in child fatalities, we will save $8.8 billion annually.