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- 1 Summary
- 2 Owner
- 3 Current status
- 4 Detailed Description
- 4.1 Background
- 4.2 Implementation
- 4.3 Benefit to Fedora
- 4.4 Scope
- 4.6 Completed
- 5 How To Test
- 6 User Experience
- 7 Dependencies
- 8 Contingency Plan
- 9 Documentation
- 10 Release Notes
- 11 Comments and Discussion
Enhance networking support in libvirt
- Name: Laine Stump
- Email: laine at redhat dot com
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 16
- Last updated: 2011-07-08
- Percentage of completion: 90%
Detailed Description
This document discusses two improvements to libvirt's networking support:
1. Logical Abstraction Between Guest Config and Host Config
Currently, the details of how a libvirt-managed virtual guest is connected to the network are all contained in the <interface> element(s) of the guest's domain configuration, which is an XML document. This is very flexible, allowing several different types of connection (virtual network, host bridge, direct macvtap connection to physical interface, qemu usermode, user-defined via an external script), but currently has the problem that unnecessary details of the virtualization host resources are embedded into the guest's config (the most obvious item being the name of the physical interface or bridge on the host that is being used for the connection); if the guest is migrated to a different host, and that host has a different hardware or network config (or possibly the same hardware, but that hardware is currently in use by a different guest), the migration will fail. This makes the requirements for migration very rigid.
Another problem with this system is that a large host may have multiple physical network interfaces (or SRIOV virtual functions) which need to be shared among the guests, and when a guest starts up, the physical interface that it previously used may already be in use by a different guest (some modes of direct/macvtap connection allow only a single guest at a time to use each physical device).
2. Transactional Host Network Configuration Changes
It is often necessary to change the network configuration of virtualization hosts, especially during initial deployment. libvirt offers an API (and a series of shell commands) to enable making these changes remotely via libvirt. However, an incorrect change to the networking may leave the host unreachable, and getting the network back to a usable state may be difficult or even impossible.
1. Logical Network Abstraction
All configuration information dealing with details of the host physical hardware will be optionally moved to an expanded libvirt network definition (created/managed vir libvirt's virNetwork API (a.k.a. "virsh net-*"), which can also include a pool of physical interfaces for use by guests connecting via that network. Guest <interface> definitions will reference these networks rather than referencing the physical hardware directly. This way, a guest interface can be defined to connect via "network X", and as the guest moves from one host to another, it will simply look up the specifics in each host's "network X" definition, and setup the connection appropriately.
2. Transactional Host Network Configuration Changes
Three new API functions will be provided as a part of the existing virInterface*() API in libvirt: virInterfaceChangeBegin, virInterfaceChangeCommit, and virInterfaceChangeRollback. These functions are really just a frontend for similar new functions in the netcf library (as are all of the virInterface* functions in libvirt. The parallel functions in netcf likewise call through to a new initscript (installed as part of netcf) that does the following: 1) for "change begin" the current state of all interface configuration related files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts is copied into a "snapshot" directory, 2) for "change commit", this snapshot directory is deleted, or 3) for "change rollback", the newly created config files are removed, and replaced with the ones from the snapshot directory (netcf adds the functionality of calling ifup for deleted interfaces that are added back as part of the rollback, ifdown for new interfaces that are removed, and ifdown/ifup for existing interfaces that are changed). The same initscript is run at boot time - if it sees that interface configuration changes have been made, and they haven't yet been committed, it assumes that these changes made the host unreachable, and performs an automatic rollback.
Benefit to Fedora
Deployment and provisioning of large virt installations (i.e. with multiple hosts and migrating guests) will be made simpler.
As described above, changes are required in libvirt, as well as netcf (for item 2 only). Eventually the tools using libvirt should be updated to take advantage of the new features, but that is not immediately necessary, nor within the scope of this work.
- for item 2 (Transactional Interface Configuration Changes), when a rollback is done, netcf doesn't yet bounce the interfaces that need it (ifup/ifdown). This doesn't require any API changes, only some additional behind-the-scences code in netcf.
- All of item 1 (Logical Abstraction) is code complete, has gone through basic testing, and is waiting on upstream review to be pushed into upstream libvirt. Barring unexpected problems in review or testing, it will be in libvirt-0.9.4, which will be released at the end of July.
- The only piece of item 2 (Transaction Interface Configuration Changes) that isn't completed is outlined in the TODO section above. The rest is completed, tested, in an upstream release of both libvirt (0.9.2) and netcf (0.1.8), and both of these are already included in Rawhide.
How To Test
1. Logical Network Abstraction
1) Start with an existing <domain> configuration that connects to the network via a host bridge:
<domain> ... <interface type='bridge'> <source bridge='br0'/> ... </interface> ...
1a) define a new network called 'br0-net':
<network> <name>test-bridge</name> <forward mode='bridge'/> <bridge name='br0' /> </network>
1b) modify the <domain> configuration to reference this network:
<domain> ... <interface type='network'> <source network='test-bridge'/> ... </interface> ...
1c) net-start test-bridge, then stop and re-start the guest domain, and verify that it still has connectivity
2) Start with an existing <domain> configuration that connects to the network directly via a physical interface (i.e. "macvtap" mode):
<domain> ... <interface type='direct'> <source dev='eth0' mode='private'/> ... </interface> ...
2a) define a new network called 'eth0-net':
<network> <name>test-direct</name> <forward mode='private'> <interface dev='eth0'/> </forward> ... </network>
2b) modify the <domain> configuration to reference this network:
<domain> ... <interface type='network'> <network name='test-direct'/> ... </interface> ...
2c) net-start test-direct, then stop and re-start the guest domain, and verify that it still has connectivity
2. Transactional Host Network Configuration Changes
1. # virsh iface-begin 2. (remove an interface with virsh iface-undefine, modify one with iface-edit, add a new one with iface-define) 3. # virsh iface-rollback (or reboot the machine) 4. (verify that the original interface configuration is restored).
Perform another test similar to the previous, except make changes that won't result in a non-working machine, then run "virsh iface-commit" and verify that the new interface config remains in effect, even after a system reboot of the host.
User Experience
See the previous section.
None, outside of the implementation efforts detailed above (i.e. libvirt and netcf).
Contingency Plan
This functionality is already more or less complete, and a significant portion of it is already in rawhide. If, by some odd set of circumstances, some part of it isn't completed by the time F16 is released, administrators can continue configuring their host and guest networking as they did in the past.
Logical Network Abstraction:
Transactional Interface Configuration Change:
- patch and description of netcf initscript
- patch and description of netcf API
- libvirt patch series
- Upstream Bugzilla record
Release Notes
This version of libvirt adds the ability to remove details of virt host physical hardware from guest configuration, making it simpler to migrate hosts from one guest to another, or to operate in a large scale environment where there are a large number of physical interfaces (or SRIOV virtual functions).
Part 2. of the functionality allows safely changing virt host interface configuration without fear of making an incorrect change that will leave the host unusable.


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The United States is under attack by narco terrorists invading from the failed state of Mexico and Obama and the federal government are doing nothing about it.
|Los Zetas crossed the border near Laredo, Texas, and reportedly seized two ranches in the area indicated by the orange square above.
In June, the Mexican drug mafia forced the closure of the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona. Authorities in Arizona admit that criminals now control a drug and human smuggling corridor that stretches from the border into metro Phoenix. Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu explained in June that the Mexican Mafia controls three counties in his state.
Now drug smugglers are repeating the pattern in Texas.
On Saturday, the Cypress Times, an online newspaper in Cypress, Texas, reported that the murderous Los Zetas has crossed into the United States and taken over at least two ranches in the Laredo, Texas area. The owners of the farms have evacuated and were not harmed.
"I can personally vouch that this info came in late last night from a reliable police source inside the Laredo PD," Jeff Schwilk, founder of the San Diego Minutemen, told the online newspaper. "There is currently a standoff between the unknown size Zeta forces and U.S. Border Patrol and local law enforcement on two ranches on our side of the Rio Grande."
Kimberly Dvorak, writing for the Albuquerque Examiner, reports that two sources inside the Laredo Police Department have confirmed the incident. "We consider this an act of war," said one police officer on the ground near the scene. There is a news blackout of this incident at this time and the sources inside Laredo PD spoke on the condition of anonymity, writes Dvorak.
The DBKP blog contacted the the Laredo Police Department on Saturday. "We have been advised to say nothing. The Webb County Sheriff is taking the lead on this and they're advising that they can't confirm anything either," a spokesperson told the blog.
On March 30, 2008, the Dallas Morning News reported Mexican drug cartels operated military-style training camps in at least six such locations in northern Tamaulipas and Nuevo León states, some within a few miles of the Texas border, according to U.S. and Mexican authorities and the printed testimony of five protected witnesses who were trained in the camps.
"Traffickers go to great lengths to prepare themselves for battle," a senior U.S. anti-narcotics official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the newspaper. "Part of that preparation is live firing ranges and combat training courses…. And that's not something that we have seen before." In the state of Tamaulipas, Los Zetas train with other mercenaries, including the Kaibiles from Guatemala, the officials said.
The Justice Department warned local police in Arizona and California about Los Zetas violence along the border. "The violence will spill over the Mexican border into the United States and law enforcement agencies in Texas, Arizona and Southern California can expect to encounter Los Zetas in the coming months," warned an intelligence bulletin issued by the feds. The Justice Department and Homeland Security consider the Mexican drug cartels as the greatest organized crime threat to the United States.
Los Zetas was founded by an elite force of assassins from Mexican Army deserters and is now integrated by corrupt ex-federal, state, and local police officers. Los Zetas was first hired as a private mercenary army for Mexico's Gulf Cartel, but since February of this year have gone independent and are now enemies of its former partner.
In the first eleven months of 2008, Los Zetas killers were directly responsible for the deaths of 5,300 people, including soldiers, their own operatives, civilians, journalists, and rival drug traffickers.
In 2006, Mexican president Felipe Calderon supposedly declared war on the drug cartels. Since Calderon's declaration, more than 25,000 people have been killed in Mexico due to drug violence. In June of this year alone hundreds of people in Mexico died from drug-related violence.
Last week CBS News said Mexico's drug Mafia had adopted "al-Qaeda tactics" after a car bomb exploded across the border from El Paso, Texas, in Ciudad Juárez, killing two federal officers and a musician and injuring 11 people, including several bystanders. In late June, the El Paso City Hall was struck by gunfire from a deadly narco terrorist attack across the border in Juárez.
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In May, Obama announced that 1,200 troops would be sent to the border to crack down on smuggling and drug cartel violence. Critics have called it political posturing in the run-up to November congressional elections and a response to Arizona's recently passed immigration law.
Republicans in Texas consider the deployment of 250 troops in their state an insult. "The National Guard troops are not an adequate or long-term solution — they're only a Band-Aid," a spokeswoman for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White told the Star-Telegram. "Maybe Texas should sue the federal government for not doing its job," added U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Lewisville.
Senator Kyl of Arizona said in June that Obama is refusing to secure the border until Congress passes so-called immigration reform. "The problem is, he said, if we secure the border, then you all won't have any reason to support comprehensive immigration reform," Kyl said at a town hall organized by a local Arizona Tea Party.
In June, the banksters admitted they fund the Mexican drug Mafia. Wachovia and Bank of America have moved money for Mexican drug smugglers.
"The admission came in an agreement that Charlotte, North Carolina-based Wachovia struck with federal prosecutors in March, and it sheds light on the largely undocumented role of U.S. banks in contributing to the violent drug trade that has convulsed Mexico for the past four years," Bloomberg reported. "Wachovia's blatant disregard for our banking laws gave international cocaine cartels a virtual carte blanche to finance their operations," Jeffrey Sloman, the federal prosecutor who handled the case, told Bloomberg.
Bankster participation has also financed the Mexican Mafia's expansion into Texas and Arizona.
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DOE Can Release Flawed Data Reports, Judge Rules January 10, 2011
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Finding that "there is no requirement that data be reliable for it to be disclosed," a Manhattan judge ruled on Jan. 10 that the Department of Education can release the names and rankings of more than 12,000 teachers to the news media. The UFT intends to appeal as soon as possible and will be asking the Appellate Division, First Department, to halt any release pending its review of Justice Kern's decision.
The UFT went to court in October to try to block the DOE from making public the Teacher Data Reports on the grounds that the Freedom of Information Law does not require their disclosure. The UFT argued that the data used to generate the rankings is inaccurate, teachers' privacy rights would be violated, and the state tests upon which they are solely based have been found to be unreliable gauges of student achievement.
The UFT presented hundreds of pages of supporting documents in court to show that the data reports can falsely and irrevocably tarnish teachers' professional reputations.
"We are disappointed that Justice Kern, citing a Court of Appeals decision that found that 'there is no requirement that data be reliable for it to be disclosed,' has determined that the Department of Education can release Teacher Data Reports with teachers' names attached, despite the DOE's written pledges not do so," said UFT President Michael Mulgrew. "The reports, which are largely based on discredited state tests, have huge margins of error and are filled with inaccuracies, will only serve to mislead parents looking for real information."
In a 10-page decision, Justice Cynthia Kern found that public interest in how teachers perform trumps the union's concerns over privacy — and noted that the courts have repeatedly ruled that the release of job-related information is not an invasion of privacy.
"This information is of interest to parents, students, taxpayers and the public generally," Kern wrote. "Although the teachers have an interest in these possibly flawed statistics remaining private, it was not arbitrary and capricious for the DOE to find that the privacy interest at issue is outweighed by the public's interest in disclosure."
The judge did not order the DOE to release the reports of individual teachers; instead, she ruled that it was not arbitrary and capricious for the DOE to determine that none of the exceptions in the Freedom of Information Law applied in this case. In a 2008 letter, former Deputy Chancellor Christopher Cerf assured then-UFT President Randi Weingarten that the reports "will not and should not be disclosed." The DOE later changed its tune.
Five New York City news organizations have asked the DOE to turn over the test-based data reports, with teachers' names attached.
Source URL: http://www.uft.org/news/doe-can-release-flawed-data-reports-judge-rules
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How old is Lennon? Or Arjen Robben? Or Ronaldo?Just because a player turns 30 doesn't mean they suddenly lose their pace
No, although Ronaldo has slowed quite a bit. It's more the risk of it happening, which is higher as you get older. Then factor in fee and wages (both assumed to be high) and risk factor increases. Lennon was £4m so was worth the punt. If Walcott was £25-30m plus £125k a week (4 year deal say), it's got to be a consideration that if his pace did drop would you still want him at that cost.
Thing is you also need to factor in how much would a younger fitter Lennon be costing in today's strange market.
Or maybe he's just old school and wants to actually play regular football rather than sit on his arse collecting a pay check??
Walcott signed a new deal on £140k a week in 2015, no way he is leaving the comfort of London unless someone pays him moreHe knows his England World Cup chances have gone.
What's this NSNO tweet about Vardy? Top trolling?
Can't believe weve not been linked with a left back, even a stop gap for 6 months would do - we literally have no fit/available left backs.
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In 1937, "Life" magazine called her "probably the most powerful woman in the world." In 1976, however, Madame Chiang Kai-shek was a grateful patient who thanked her physician with a unique gift: a limited-edition book featuring lithographs of landscapes she had painted.
The volume is now a part of the Rare Book Collection at Hope, given in turn to the college by that physician—Dr. George Zuidema—and his wife Joan for others to enjoy and study.
Published in 1962 as a private limited edition, the book contains 24 color landscapes reproduced from the original artwork, along with a foreword from Madame Chiang's husband regarding her paintings. It is being featured until Friday, Feb. 24, on the main floor of the Van Wylen Library, part of an on-going series of displays featuring significant materials from the college's collection.
"The paintings depict the serenity of nature and Chinese culture, an interesting contrast to the tumultuous life of Madame Chiang," said Kelly Jacobsma, who is the Genevra Thome Begg Director of Libraries and an associate professor at Hope.
Jacobsma noted that Madame Chiang, who died in 2003 at age 105, took up painting relatively late in life, in around 1953. She first exhibited her paintings in January 2000 at the World Journal Art Gallery in New York and in February 2000 at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum.
Born Mayling Soong, Madame Chiang was raised as a Christian and graduated from Wellesley College in 1917. She and her husband were married from 1927 until his death in 1975. Chiang Ka-shek led China from the latter 1920s until the communists took control in 1949, subsequently leading Taiwan. As one reflection of her prominence, Madame Chiang was on the cover of "Time" magazine three times, in 1931, 1938 and 1943.
"She took a leading role in Nationalist politics and was influential with the U.S. government," Jacobsma said. "She became the first Chinese and only the second woman to address a joint session of Congress, where she sought to increase support for China in the war against Japan."
Following her husband's death, she immigrated to her family's estate on Long Island in New York. It was while living in the U.S. that she came under the care of Dr. Zuidema, a 1949 Hope graduate who was serving as professor and director of the Department of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Medical School in Baltimore, Md.
While the hospital was accustomed to serving prominent patients, Madame Chiang was at an entirely different level.
"Her party took over the entire third floor of the Wilmer Eye Clinic," Dr. Zuidema recalled. "The Taiwanese Secret Service controlled one end of the hall, and the U.S. Secret Service the other."
While the security and support arrangements were extensive, he found his patient personable and gracious.
"She had a lot of staff and people looking after her, but she didn't seem to have an attitude about it," he said.
Dr. Zuidema had nearly had an opportunity to treat her in the early 1960s, when he was on the faculty at the University of Michigan medical school and she and her husband were still in Taiwan, but the visit didn't materialize. "I have no idea how they got my name in the first place, because I was just on the regular surgical faculty at Michigan," he said.
The book that she gave him at the conclusion of her 1976 hospital stay became a treasured family keepsake for nearly 35 years. This past summer, though, the Zuidemas decided that it was time for it to have a new home, particularly in light of the new art museum that the college will construct as part of the A Greater Hope comprehensive campaign.
"We kept that in our living room from 1976 until this summer," he said. "When the college announced the Kruizenga Art Museum and plans, we felt that it was more important to be where people could appreciate it."
From Johns Hopkins, Dr. Zuidema returned to the University of Michigan, where he served as vice provost for medical affairs and professor of surgery until retiring in 1995. He and Joan now live just a few blocks from Hope. Dr. Zuidema has remained engaged with the college across his years as an alumnus, further inspiring their decision to give the book to Hope. He's been serving on the Board of Trustees since 1988.
"We've enjoyed our association with Hope very much," he said. "Hope has meant a lot to me and my family."
The library is located on College Avenue at 10th Street, with access to the main floor through the building's south side. The library is open Mondays-Thursdays from 8 a.m. to midnight, Fridays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sundays from noon to midnight.


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The oral arguments in the Supreme Court case deciding the fate of a California law that would punish stores selling certain content to children were heard today, and the transcripts are now available online. It sounds like it was a lively day in court, with the Justices grilling both sides.
All in all, it did not go smoothly for the state of California. While there were some arguments about why the states could in fact keep violent games from children, there were more troubling questions raised about how to define deviant violence, why games should be legislated and Bugs Bunny should not, and the danger of all forms of media coming under government scrutiny.
Zackary Morazzini, the supervising deputy attorney general of California, argued that the government should, in fact, have a say in what violent media can be sold to minors. The issue is games that are not just violent, but feature deviant violence. He was then asked if there are any kind of established norms for violence. Of course none exist. He was also asked if fairy tales should be banned, as they also have high levels of violence.
"What's the difference? I mean, if you are supposing a category of violent materials dangerous to children, then how do you cut it off at video games?" Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg asked. "What about films? What about comic books? Grimm's fairy tales? Why are video games special? Or does your principle extend to all deviant, violent material in whatever form?"
Morazzini argued that studies show violent video games are harmful to children. Justice Sonia Sotomayor pointed to a study in evidence that showed Bugs Bunny cartoons had the same effect as violent video games and asked if California should ban those as well. Would California begin censoring movies and music if similar studies could be found showing that the media is harmful to children?
The vulcan defense
And then there was this surreal exchange:
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: Would a video game that portrayed a Vulcan, as opposed to a human being, maimed and tortured, would that be covered by the act?
MR. MORAZZINI: No, it wouldn't, Your Honor, because the act is only directed towards the range of options that are able to be inflicted on a human being.
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: So if the video producer says this is not a human being, it's an android computer simulated person, then all they have to do is put a little artificial feature on the creature and they could sell the video game?
MR. MORAZZINI: Under the act, yes, because California's concern—I think this is one of the reasons that sex and violence are so similar—these are base 12 physical acts we are talking about, Justice Sotomayor. So limiting, narrowing our law here in California, there in California to violence—violent depictions against human beings.
So let's say we have the image of a person being brutally raped in a game. That could lead to huge fines if the game was sold to a minor in California. Slap pointy ears on the character and call it an Elf? Fair game.
The problem is that the law has no strong, clear definition or explanation of what content would be in violation, and could lead to penalties for the person selling it. The Court tried multiple times to get Morazzini to put the law in common language or to explain clearly how he would define deviant content, and he was unable to. He did suggest that for every case a jury should be formed that would judge each piece of content.
"I'm not concerned about the jury judging," Justice Antonin Scalia replied. "I'm concerned about the producer of the games who has to know what he has to do in order to comply with the law... A law that has criminal penalties has to be clear. And how is the manufacturer to know whether a particular violent game is covered or not?" That's the rub—they wouldn't. The content would be judged post-release, after a lawyer raises a complaint, and then, according to Marrazini, the content itself would be put on a sort of trial.
After being asked if California has a panel that judges violence and gives guidance on whether or not it is deviant, Marrazini said it does not. "You should consider creating such a one. You might call it the California office of censorship. It would judge each of these [games] one by one. That would be very nice," Justice Scalia countered.
The other side of the coin
"Let me be clear about exactly what your argument is. Your argument is that there is nothing that a State can do to limit minors' access to the most violent, sadistic, graphic video game that can be developed. That's your argument," Justice Samuel Alito asked lawyer Paul Smith, who argued against the law. After a little bit of hemming and hawing, Smith agreed.
"Mr. Smith, how can you say that? There is plenty of proof children are going into stores and buying these games despite the voluntary rating system, despite the voluntary retailer restraint by some. There is still proof out there, and an abundance of it, that kids are buying the games," Justice Sotomayor responded. In other words, this seems to be a problem that the State can address legally, which is a major point in favor of the California's gaming law.
In another interesting exchange, Justice Ginsberg brought up the FCC's finding that as a governmental organization it could define violence the same way it had sex. "What they did was they spent several years trying to come up with a definition that would allow anybody to figure out which violent TV shows have to be put into this violent adult category and which don't, and they eventually punted and said, we have no idea how to do that," Smith responded. "Congress asked us to do it; we cannot do it; and they punted it back to Congress to try to come up with a definition."
The final report?
The transcript makes for absolutely fascinating reading, and it's worth going over in detail to see how heavily both sides were grilled; the justices made excellent points on both sides of the debate.
What's clear is that no one had a clear definition of deviance, making application of the law problematic, and California's counsel didn't seem to have much of an idea of how that definition would ever be created. The idea of putting artistic expression on trial with experts, video, and a jury is clearly absurd; how much taxpayer money would be spent with people sitting down and judging whether or not certain kinds of violent acts are deviant? Who pays for the content's defense?
The Justices also seemed concerned that California would begin legislating other forms of expression, such as film and music. By Marrazini's own arguments, all it would take would be a few studies showing them to be harmful to children, and then movies would also be put on trial.


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In terms of beekeepers knowing more about beekeeping rather than the bees, it's pretty common that for new people working with anything they get into, they first learn the mechanics of what they are doing and progress into the details as they gain time in and experience.Big Bear
Yeah, I see from your limited posts, that you don't even have a TBH or a Warre hive...to which I thought your comments may be coming from.I think I may of keyed in your assessment of other beekeepers in the general statement that you make regarding how little beekeepers actually know about BEES. I thought it perhaps a bit arrogant, and a bit narrow minded, since it was coming from an experience standpoint of reading ONE book, but knew that was probably wrong of me to assume. So I ask of your experience.But please do humor me....you mention that bees can not hear vibrations if comb is in a frame. (a valid issue and a worthy point to discuss). Myself, knowing that nothing we keep bees in comes close to the dynamics of a feral colony (waves, curves, attachments, etc.) and each has it's own flaws when it comes to being nothing close to natural....then what magical hive are you keeping bees in that compensate, and allow bees to communicate such as they do in feral colonies?Come on now. You did more than suggest a book. You made a statement that you perceive as a flaw with many beekeepers as it comes to comb, you seemingly suggest that a good many beekeepers know less than you (afterall...you read a book!), or at least they know about beekeeping, but far less about bees. And from this, I am curious to the answers and enlightenment you may have.As you used the word "Shame" to describe other beekeepers, I also use the word. It would be a shame for you to get on this forum, make the suggestions you made, and not further the conversation with what you apparently know. This is a place to expand other peoples knowledge. Not a place to suggest wrongdoing...then state if they want to know more...to buy a book. Are you selling books, or did you come here to help.So tell me more of what you know.
I just spent 4 excruciating hours in the emergency room this morning. Apparently I have a gall bladder and it no longer wants to be part of me. I think I'll oblige at my first opportunity.
Quote from: KeyBeeper on October 24, 2009, 04:22:25 pmOh..welcome to the board. :DThanks - I do appreciate the sentiments.
Oh..welcome to the board. :D
Hey--Thanks for the suggestion! I'm stocking up on bee books for winter since I won't be able to watch them much :)
the buzz about bees is a fascinating book, but it is all conclusions without the details of most of the research that led to them. it is truely a great book (the photos are wonderful, and the text is stimulating), but i see some things that are questionable (which makes me wonder about the rest of the book as well).deknow


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University of Alabama at Birmingham
April 20, 1998
(Replaces "Policy Concerning Falsification of UAB Records and Documents" dated June 27, 1996.)
[Edited May 31, 2007, for change in unit name]
Related Policies, Regulations, and Procedures
Policy Concerning the Maintenance of High Ethical Standards in Research and Other Scholarly ActivitiesRule 105, Ownership and Preservation of Records and Files, The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama Board ManualRegulations and procedures governing faculty credentials
NOTE: Falsification of documents and records by a student who is not functioning in a UAB employee capacity is considered nonacademic misconduct and is handled in accordance with regulations covering nonacademic misconduct. See Direction Student Handbook.
As a health-care, research, and educational institution, the University of Alabama at Birmingham is acutely interested in issues relating to the integrity of its employees.
For purposes of this policy, falsification of records exists when a UAB employee is discovered to have provided false information on the employment application; to have failed to disclose requested information; knowingly to have falsified information; or knowingly to have recorded false information on any UAB document or record, regardless of format and including electronic communications. The following is a partial list of infractions which are specifically prohibited: falsifying information on an application for initial employment or for transfer; falsifying employee recruitment/credential records; falsifying employee expense account records or other reimbursement records; falsifying personnel/payroll documents (including, but not limited to, pay records, time sheets, or other types of time records); clocking the time card/time record of another employee or completing and submitting for approval the time sheet/time record of another employee; falsifying health records or vacation/sick time records; falsifying research records, medical records, or departmental administrative records; and falsifying student records (including, but not limited to, admissions application materials, transcripts, grade sheets, registration documents, and student identification documents).
Policy Statement
Falsification of UAB records or documents is prohibited. Any knowing or negligent misrepresentation of a material fact or any failure to make a complete disclosure of any requested information are causes for immediate discharge without notice or pay in lieu of notice for nonfaculty employees or termination for cause for faculty employees. Any exception to the immediate and automatic discharge of nonfaculty employees for these reasons must be approved in writing by the Chief Human Resources Officer. Any exception to the recommendation of termination for cause for faculty for these reasons must be approved in writing by the Provost and by the Chief Human Resources Officer.
The Office of the Vice President for Financial Affairs and Administration is responsible for procedures to implement this policy as it relates to employee or departmental administrative records. The Office of the Provost is responsible for procedures to implement this policy as it relates to academic records, research records, or faculty recruitment/credential records.


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Charleston Area Medical Center's Sleep Center was the first sleep center in West Virginia to be accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. The sleep center helps patients with a variety of sleep disorder symptoms, including narcolepsy, excessive daytime sleepiness, sleep apnea, sleep attacks, insomnia, restless leg syndrome, and periodic leg movement.
Our medical director, Dr. George Zaldivar, is board certified in sleep and pulmonary medicine.
In each room, there is a television for relaxation, and we provide snacks and meals depending upon your length of stay with us. All testing is done as an outpatient procedure, and patients usually spend one or two days completing the testing.


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Updated: Sandy brings rain, flooding to Chesapeake Bay
From spilled sewage to shellfish bans, we are tracking the weather's effects on the watershed.
by Catherine Krikstan
November 01, 2012
UPDATED: Superstorm Sandy brought rain, wind and flooding to the mid-Atlantic coast. But how has the storm affected the Chesapeake Bay? Take a look at the headlines below for the latest news on the environmental impacts of this damaging storm.
Sandy May Leave Toxic Legacy
Discovery News 11/05/2012
Hurricane Sandy has little effect on Bay
The (Easton, Md.) Star Democrat 11/05/2012
Coastal cities seek protections against superstorms
The Washington Post 11/04/2012
Gushing Susquehanna Called a Bigger Threat to Bay Pollution than Local Runoff
Southern Maryland Online 11/04/2012
Sandy might not harm Bay
The (Annapolis, Md.) Capital 11/04/2012
Sandy Environmental Toll: Polluted Rivers, Lost Seabirds
International Business Times 11/02/2012
Sandy's path, derecho eased wind damage in region
Southern Maryland News 11/02/2012
Raw sewage spills into Mattawoman Creek
Southern Maryland News 11/02/2012
Researchers Gauging Sandy's Impact on Chesapeake
Associated Press 11/01/2012
Beach Repairs After Sandy May Cost $8 Million a Mile
Bloomberg News 11/01/2012
In the wake of Sandy, Tangier makes its case for help
The Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 11/01/2012
Sandy's Impact on Chesapeake Bay Less Than Expected
Patch.com (Edgewater-Davidsonville, Md.) 11/01/2012
Eastern Shore resilient, state will help in recovery, McDonnell says
The Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 10/31/2012
Some Va. waters to be opened to shellfish harvesting
The (Hampton Roads) Virginian-Pilot 10/31/2012
Civil Air Patrol begins coastline damage assessment
The (Easton, Md.) Star Democrat 10/31/2012
Havre de Grace Not Worried About Flooding from Conowingo Dam
Patch.com (Havre de Grace, Md.) 10/31/2012
Power restored to Maryland water treatment plant
WTOP (Washington, D.C.) 103.5 FM 10/31/2012
Storm triggers big Howard sewage spill
B'More Green 10/30/2012
Sewage spilled into waterways from Virginia to New England
United Press International 10/30/2012
After the Storm: Cecil County Recovers but Bay, Susquehanna Still a Worry
The Cecil (Md.) Times 10/30/2012
Virginia portions of the Chesapeake Bay closed to shellfish harvesting due to flooding, rain
Associated Press 10/29/2012
Hurricane Sandy poses environmental threat to Chesapeake Bay
The Washington Post 10/27/2012
October 26, 2012 -- Hurricane Sandy could make landfall along the mid-Atlantic shoreline, raising concern over potential wind, rain, inland and coastal flooding and erosion in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Image courtesy National Hurricane Center
At the time of this post, the latest model simulation from the National Hurricane Center shows the storm hitting the mid-Atlantic region early next week.
But an exact forecast is hard to make. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the storm's large size, unusual pattern as it interacts with an incoming cold-weather storm and timing to coincide with the full moon's higher-than-normal tides make it difficult to predict its precise path and the resulting consequences it could have for the region.
Under certain conditions, the storm could create problems for the Bay. Excess rainfall in the watershed could increase the flow of polluted stormwater into rivers and streams and lead to inland flooding. A spike in Pennsylvania rainfall could boost the flow of the Susquehanna River and push sediment and debris into the Upper Bay, clouding the water and impairing marine life habitat. Strong winds could lead to strong waves, increasing erosion along beaches and shorelines.
When storms like this one enter the Bay ecosystem, the Chesapeake Bay Program's network of scientists and experts monitor the storm's effects on waters, habitats and resources.
While large storms can pose a challenge for the Bay, some regions have shown resilience to severe weather. After Tropical Storm Lee, for instance, scientists noticed that despite a decline in underwater grasses overall, grass beds in the Susquehanna Flats remained intact; widgeon grass beds grew, fueled by an influx of freshwater; and new grass beds were found in the James River.
The National Hurricane Center's forecast track is updated every three hours. NOAA encourages citizens to check national and local weather forecasts often to prepare for the oncoming storm.
Bay conditions can be monitored at any time through the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System.
Learn more about preparing for a storm like Sandy.


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Options for consumers When COBRA coverage runs out
Q: I am a widow receiving medical coverage through COBRA and reimburse my husband's former employer for the premium. Is it possible to continue "buying" my coverage through the company once the maximum 36 months are over?
A: That's probably not going to be possible. Under the federal law known as COBRA, you're entitled to continue coverage under your husband's former health insurance plan for up to 36 months following his death. But according to benefits consultants I asked, the company would be unlikely to continue that coverage beyond the timeframe spelled out in the law because it could be perceived as an arbitrary decision, and companies need to be consistent in their coverage decisions. If you exhaust your COBRA coverage, however, and you're not eligible for another group health plan, under federal law you're guaranteed access to an individual insurance plan. Unfortunately, the coverage may be expensive, especially if you have pre-existing medical conditions. Starting in January, the situation should improve. You'll be able to go onto your state's health insurance exchange and look for individual coverage there. Insurers won't be allowed to turn you down because of medical conditions nor charge you a higher rate, and depending on your income you may qualify for a premium tax credit to make coverage more affordable.
Navigating Obamacare: Your guide to the Affordable Care Act
Everything you need to know about health careHow to find the best health insurance plan for youUnderstanding your health insurance optionsHealth insurance: How to get the most for your dollarAll about the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a., Obamacare)
Kaiser Health News is an editorially independent program of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan health policy research and communication organization not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.


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This is embarrassing. I had meant to publish here what I am eating, whether or not it was accompanied by a recipe (some things are made up on the spur of the moment and don't get written down at the time), with the idea that it might make other people interested in eating our way or, at the very least, it may explain to family and friends the kind of foods we like to eat. It might also reassure a few people that there is no reason to go hungry just because you're eating vegan!
What has happened is that I've got busy about some things and lazy about others. This blog has been neglected. But here at least are some quick pix I took of some of the things on the menu in the last while, with a promise of more up-to-date postings in future.
First of all, I can't call this Miso Soup with a straight face and any Japanese cook could and should laugh me out of the kitchen. But this is a tasty way to have a healthy snack in a hurry.
There's no real recipe here. I cheated, in this case, and used a vegan miso stock cube, which has, in addition to miso, various vegetable flavourings in there to help things along. Added to this can be a number of things, but the most usual things I now add are: sliced mushrooms, thinly sliced celery, pieces of baby spinach, ginger, tamari, chilies, skinny noodles, sea vegetable of some kind and anything else I fancy, all barely warmed through let alone 'cooked to death'. There was more of the broth to add to my bowl here (and I did add it), but I photographed it as you see it so that the ingredients would show a little better. I love quick and easy things, and this certainly qualifies.
Okay, don't panic, it isn't meant to go with the soup above :) I just thought I'd remind you and myself that the Banana Bread recipes found in the excellent Barnard and Kramer cookbooks are not to be beaten. This is one that took the most bananas and is somewhat adapted from the original (but maybe not quite enough to make it fair to publish the recipe here). Lovely stuff!
I make a lot of variations on this theme, and it isn't quick although it is indeed easy. I take a varied mix of carrots, sweet potatoes, potato, whatever, and cut up smallish. Then I add onion, garlic, perhaps some grated ginger, vegetable broth or water, Bragg liquid aminos, herbs (varies), chillies (always like to use chillies), a little turmeric when the spirit moves me, and barley. This cooks, usually in a slow cooker but can be made on the top of the stove, until well and truly done, at which time I add such frivolities as vegan Worcestershire sauce, Dijon mustard, more garlic and/or fresh chopped herbs to give zing to the dried herbs previously added to the pot, and maybe even a little red or white wine. It all depends and there truly can be no recipe, although I'll be happy to write it all down next time I make it.
A few more minutes to let the newly added ingredients spread throughout the stew, and it's ready to serve (or for that matter to keep until later - all the better as a 'leftover'.
A good variation on this is to add some cauliflower florets, chopped green beans or the like to the roots, but I prefer to keep the 'roots' theme on this one.
The whole dish is rather old-fashioned, unglamorous, thick and hearty. True comfort food.
This is almost too easy to mention, but it works just fine. I had an eggplant begging to be rescued from my fridge and I had some homemade tomato-based pasta sauce in my freezer. I sliced the eggplant thinly and baked it in the oven on a flat tray until just tender. (In the past I have simply softened the slices in a pan on the stovetop.) Thawed, the pasta sauce was put in a pan to heat. While waiting for this, I took panko crumbs (but any kind would do, I should think, as long as they're not sweet), some crushed cashews (optional), and nutritional yeast and mixed them together in fairly equal parts, along with sprinkles of herbs and spices, salt and papper - all to taste. (These mixes keep well in a jar in the fridge, by the way, if you need such toppings on a fairly regular basis.)
When the pasta sauce was warmed and the eggplant softened, I layered it in a baking dish, sprinkled with the crumb topping and popped it in the oven at about 375, covered at first and then, half-way through cooking, without its cover. This shouldn't take long - half an hour or so (keep an eye on it) until it bubbles around the edges and the top is a little crisp. Ovens vary and sizes of baking dish vary, so it's hard to be exact, but we all know when things are 'done'.
This simple casserole goes well with green vegetables or a crisp salad - or simply with crusty bread.
I've also made this with a mixture of eggplant and zucchini or eggplant and mushrooms, but I don't put more variety in there because I'm not trying to fake up a ratatouille (although not a bad idea, eh!). Red wine with this one :)
I have more photos still in the camera and I'll post again as soon as I rescue them.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Catching Up
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Venerable Dorothy of Kashin
Saint Dorothy of Kashin was born in 1549 of a noble family. No information has come down to us about her name before she became a nun, or the place of her birth. From the age of twelve, she lived in a climate of civil unrest, and the area was subject to rebellion, invasion, and plague.
Later, she was married to Theodore Ladygin, and they lived north of Moscow in the region where the city of Kashin is located. They had a son named Michael. Dorothy's husband was killed at the beginning of the seventeenth century defending the city in a battle against Polish and Lithuanian invaders. She was close to sixty years old at that time.
After suffering this terrible loss, Saint Dorothy decided to leave the world and enter the women's monastery of the Meeting of the Lord in Kashin. In this same monastery were the relics of Saint Anna of Kashin (October 2). The monastery had been sacked along with the city, so conditions there were anything but easy.
Saint Dorothy built a small cell in the ruins, and there she engaged in ascetical struggles. She found the Korsun icon of the Mother of God (October 9) in the debris and kept it in her cell. This icon later became known for its miracles.
She did not move to another monastery when she grew older, but preferred to remain in the semi-wilderness around Kashin. She tried to help those who were suffering during this time, encouraging and consoling them. Whatever money she had left after her husband's death was used to restore the monastery, or to benefit the poor.
Saint Dorothy had once lived in luxury, but now she was reduced to poverty, enduring every affliction and sorrow with great patience. She prayed continually for her husband, her monastery, and the city of Kashin.
Once the danger had passed, the other nuns started coming back to the monastery. Saint Dorothy's holy and virtuous life also inspired other women to become nuns. They all wanted her as their abbess, but Saint Dorothy refused this office, preferring to live as a humble nun. For the rest of her life, however, she was an example to the sisters.
In 1615, Saint Dorothy received the Great Schema and increased her spiritual efforts. She fell asleep in the Lord when she was about eighty on September 24, 1629 after living in the monastery for more than twenty years.
She was buried on the north side of the monastery church. A white memorial stone was placed over her grave, and the inscription was clearly legible until the twentieth century. Many miracles have taken place at her grave for those who entreat her with faith.


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The American Legion – March 3, 2010
By sheer coincidence, The American Legion commemorated its 50th Washington Conference by sending to Capitol Hill a national commander named "Hill."
Clarence Hill started his trip to Congress soon after his Commander's Call on Tuesday at the Renaissance Washington Hotel downtown, accompanied by a six-person entourage that included Steve Robertson, the Legion's Legislative director.
The commander's first stop was meeting the delegation from the Department of Michigan at the Cannon House Office Building. He shared a fine lunch spread with them, and then met the Legion delegation from Florida.
While there, Hill spoke with Rep. Thomas Rooney, R-Fla., who showed up to address the Legionnaires from his state.
The commander wrapped up his Hill visit by meeting with Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. She listened to Hill and Legionnaires from her state as they discussed several veterans' issues, including the VA claims backlog and its new guidelines concerning service-connected illnesses of Gulf War veterans.
The group also expressed concern over the unreasonable delays – sometimes up to six months – that some veterans and their spouses in Maine have experienced before receiving benefit payments from VA.
Hill noted a recent Capitol Hill victory for Legionnaires: passage of a bill in Congress that allows advance funding for the VA health-care budget.
Many Legionnaires from across the country descended upon Capitol Hill. Delegations from many departments could be seen in the halls of the Cannon, Longworth, Dirksen and other congressional buildings.
For 50 years, The American Legion has gone to Washington, reminding Congress of its obligations to veterans, servicemembers and their families. And for 50 years, the Legion's efforts have contributed to many legislative successes on veteran's issues.


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You'll get real-time alerts whenever your purchase
meets the criteria you selected during enrollment.
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meets the criteria you selected during enrollment.
Register your mobile device and email to receive Visa Purchase Alerts.2
Choose the notification triggers that match your needs, such as transactions exceeding a set amount.
There is a cost to the issuer for every SMS text message alert. Some issuers may decide not to allow certain cards to receive Visa Purchase Alerts through SMS text messages alerts.
E-mail alerts are available for all your enrolled cards.
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Only one Visa Purchase Alert will be generated and sent to you for each transaction, regardless of whether the transaction qualified for multiple alerts. International purchases for amounts less than $1 will not trigger an alert. Purchases made on the internet or over the phone for amounts less than $1 will not trigger an alert.
International purchases for amounts greater than or equal to $1 will trigger an alert. Purchases made on the internet or over the phone for amounts greater than or equal to $1 will trigger an alert.
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Anton Schlesinger and Nicole Stewart Schlesinger
Anton Schlesinger and Nicole Stewart Schlesinger
2013 Fresh Faces of Fashion
Sachin and Babil Ahluwalia
Spring fashions from Stanley Korshak
Stephen Jones, Karen Jones, Gene and Jerry Jones
Margie Wright, Yvonne Crum
Mark Stafford, Bret McKinney
Rachel Riley, Alison Pinzer, Peyton Blackwell, Abby Gans
The Setting
Our beautiful bevy of Fresh Faces hit the runway at Stanley Korshak for a stylish evening benefiting the Suicide and Crisis Center of North Texas.
The Scene
After cocktail hour, everyone sidled up to the runway to watch the philanthropic ladies walk in colorful duds by featured designers Sachin + Babi, both in town for the event. Emcee Mark Stafford was all English charm as he kicked off the show with a joke, and the Fresh Faces—Nicole Barrett, Peyton Blackwell, Paige Hardison, Bailey Harrison, Nicole Stewart Schlesinger, Jessica Jones, Cristina Lynch, Maddy McKinley, Priya Rathod, Rachel Riley and Melody Rogers—proved to be good sports, smiling down the runway and waving to their friends and family. From there, it was off to the dining room. After kind words from chair Yvonne Crum about the cause, dinner was served by the Crescent, and the ladies of honor enjoyed a bite with their biggest fans.
The Crowd
There for support were Gene and Jerry Jones, Martha Wyly Miller, Nancy Dedman, Karla McKinley and others. Photography by John Cain Sargent
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LockDismount is a small tool that does only one thing (or two to be exactly). It locks and dismounts every volume of a physical drive (HD or UFD for example). That's it!
So what is that good for?
Microsoft changed the way programs can directly write to physical drives in Windows Vista and later.
More technical background informations about this new 'feature' (or restriction) can be found here: http://msdn.microsof...y/ff551353.aspx
Unfortunately some older (but still good and useful) programs are not compatible with this new restriction and stopped working. You will usually see an "Access Denied" error message when they try to write to .PhysicalDriveX.
This is where LockDismount can help. By locking and dismounting all volumes it will allow some of these older programs to work again.
How to use it?
It's simple. Select the Drive you want to lock and press 'Lock it!'. Now open the 'older program' and let it perform the task that usually gave you the access denied error message. When done, unlock the drive again. That's all.
The only important thing is that every volumes gets successfully locked and that you keep them locked until the other program is done.
Please note that you can not lock your system drive or any drive that holds a pagefile!
The idea for this little tool was born here:
http://www.boot-land...?...st&p=108122 by Wonko
So you know who you have to blame for it
How to use the Command Line Interface?
LockDismount will open in GUI mode if you start it without any command line parameters. If one or more parameters are given, it starts in CLI mode.
Batch script example (including Wonko's modifications):
@ECHO OFF lockdismount -lock 4 someapp.exe -someaction .PhysicalDrive4 IF %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 ECHO Operation succeeded!&GOTO :EOF IF ERRORLEVEL 999 GOTO :NODRV IF ERRORLEVEL 998 GOTO :LOCKFAIL IF ERRORLEVEL 997 GOTO :EXECFAIL IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 0 GOTO :CMDFAIL GOTO :EOF :NODRV echo Drive #4 doesn't exist! GOTO :EOF :LOCKFAIL ECHO Failed to lock/dismount volumes! GOTO :EOF :EXECFAIL ECHO Failed to execute external command! GOTO :EOF :CMDFAIL ECHO External command was executed but ended with an error! GOTO :EOF
Programs tested so far:
Windows 7:
- RoadKil's Disk Image v1.6
- dsfi (part of the dsfok package)
- Flashnul
Windows Server 2008 R2:
- VMware Workstation 7.11
Windows Vista:
- still looking for testers
- added force dismount option
- added command line interface
Download: LockDismount v0.3.0.0


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Design and Implementation of Configurable Motion Estimation Architecture for Video Encoding
Research output: Book/Report › Doctoral thesis › Collection of Articles
|Original language
|Tampere University of Technology
|Number of pages
|ISBN (Electronic)
|ISBN (Print)
|Publication status
|Published - 23 Sep 2011
|Publication type
|G5 Doctoral dissertation (article)
Publication series
|Tampere University of Technology. Publication
|Tampere University of Technology
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A key factor behind the success of video products and services is video compression that makes digital video practical in the current communication networks and storage devices. However, video compression involves complex encoding algorithms whose real-time execution is particularly challenging in portable devices due to strict constraints on cost, size, and power consumption. In addition, modern devices are expected to be flexible enough to support plethora of video coding standards. This Thesis focuses on motion estimation (ME) that is the main coding tool for removing temporal redundancy of video scenes and it typically accounts for 50 - 90% of the video encoding complexity. Due to these two reasons, hundreds of algorithms and architectures have been proposed for non-standardized ME. However, most of the current ME architectures are limited to a single video coding standard or ME algorithm, whereas existing flexible architectures are realized with large silicon area, limited processing speed, unsustainable power budget, or over restricted ME parameters. The main contribution of this Thesis is a novel ME architecture that overcomes all the crucial limitations faced by the contemporary approaches. The designed and implemented hardware architecture is compatible with all inter coding modes of H.261/3, MPEG-1/2, MPEG-4 Visual, H.264/AVC, and VC-1 standards. In addition, it can perform rate-constrained integer ME (IME) with various fast ME algorithms such as BBGDS, CDS, DS, HEXBS, and TSS. It also reduces the complexity of the subsequent fractional ME (FME) by conducting mode decision jointly with IME. The flexibility of the architecture is based on a parametrizable search strategy control and associated separable search path generation through which different ME algorithms and inter coding modes are easily implemented and efficiently executed. The architecture is composed of the three accurately optimized and seamlessly coupled components: a control unit, a memory system, and distortion computation unit. The results illustrate that the architecture can process real-time (30 fps) single reference frame ME up to 1080p format (1920 x 1080 pixels) with H.261/3, MPEG-1/2, MPEG-4 Visual, and VC-1 standards. When processing CIF, D1, and 1080p formats at 30 fps, the architecture consumes only 22.3 - 25.1 kgates, 20.5 KB of memory with 123 x 123 pixel search range, and 3 - 184 mW of power with a 0.13-micrometer CMOS standard cell technology. Supporting ME for H.264/AVC 1080p video at 30 fps requires a duplicated architecture whose respective metrics are 49.7 kgates, 41.0 KB of memory, and 364 mW of power. The performance comparison shows that the designed architecture consumes 39 - 89% less logic gates than the existing approaches.
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He Said , She Said is a new feature at WoW Insider, which looks at the game from masculine and feminine points of view.
This week David Bowers and Amanda Dean take a look at what it takes to play a female Tauren. We all chose our characters for different reasons, potential class and racial abilities should be primary among them. Many people play only characters of their real-life gender, while others chose their character's gender based on appearance or role-playing needs. For whatever reasons, Tauren females are a vast minority. Amanda believes that in most cases it takes a real girl to roll one of these femmes, what do you think?
Read on for our discussion.
In a world of gamers and gamer girls, let's take some time to examine what makes us the same and what makes us different. Here at WoW Insider we're discussing all kinds of in game issues through the lens of gender. Check out our inaugural post, we welcome all of your comments, and be sure to send in your ideas for our discussion.


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According to Warren Spector, it isn't the story of Epic Mickey that's important; it's how you relate to the story.
It's true. You can tell the most amazing story ever told in a video game, but it means nothing if the player doesn't connect with it. As Spector explains, Epic Mickey is the tale of two brothers - Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit - and how they reconnect. How does that matter to you, the player? That's up to you to decide.


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Today there was no way I was able to go to work. I have a very bad case of vertigo.
To anyone who doesn't know what that is, it's when you feel continuously dizzy. Even walking makes you feel uneasy. Lying down helps somewhat. I really don't think I would have made it to Tachikawa. The motion of the train would've made me queasy.
I'm not one for calling in sick. I usually have to be on my death bed not to go to work. I did call in late (at least before the subs would call in), because I was hoping I'd feel better before the time I had to get ready.
One other reason I wanted to go to work is because here in Japan I don't get any kind of sick leave pay. In Australia I had seven days paid sick leave and I never used them. Great timing.
Later in the afternoon I paid my first visit to a Japanese doctor. Luckily I had the gf with me to explain my ills.
I just nodded my head and hoped he'd give me the drugs to make me feel better. He thought I might have had a cold too and prescribed some cold medicine with the vertigo tablets.
I'm glad I have health insurance here. Even with it, it cost me 4,170 yen for the consultation and another 490 yen for the drugs. My insurance pays 70%, but this 30% still seems like a fair bit of money to pay.
That's all I can write for now. I need to go back and lie down some more. I hope I feel better tomorrow.
Monday, 14 July 2008
Tokyo's Giving Me Vertigo
Today there was no way I was able to go to work. I have a very bad case of vertigo.
Posted by Jimmy In Japan at 8:08 pm


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Amid hard-fought year, Collins relishes All-Star invite
While most of his Mets get breather, manager honored to join festivities as coach
"I've never been through two weeks of more grueling baseball than we've been through."
-- Terry Collins
NEW YORK -- The Mets' manager spoke those words July 4 after a four-game series against the D-backs that had been contested in sauna-like conditions and included games of 13 and 15 innings and rain delays that totaled more than 2 1/2 hours. That home series came after his team played three exasperating games against the Nationals at Citi Field and a 14-games-in-14-days excursion that took the Mets to Atlanta, Philadelphia, Chicago and Denver. And it preceded the current trip -- three games in Milwaukee, three in San Francisco (one that lasted 16 innings) and three in Pittsburgh, the club's third three-time zone trip ever, its third this year, and its second in less than a month.
No wonder the Mets' uniforms had morphed into fatigues.
With a San Francisco-to-Pittsburgh flight promising more Metlag, and three games against the team with the second-highest winning percentage in the league still awaiting them, the Mets could at least see some R&R on the horizon. For most of them -- David Wright and Matt Harvey being the exceptions -- the Mets see Monday through Wednesday as 72 hours without bats, balls, bunts and bullpens.
Collins could use some time away, too. But he will spend Monday and Tuesday at the office, his office at Citi Field -- for All-Star Game duty. But it hardly qualified as duty for the Mets' manager. Call it a midsummer night's dream or All-Star Game opportunity. Giants manager Bruce Bochy, the National League manager, has asked Collins to serve as one of his coaches. Collins accepted the invitation without hesitation.
After 80-something games, too many of them unrewarding, what better way to spend a few days away from the job than to do something quite comparable? But it makes Collins happier than a ukuleleist in a Geico commercial.
"It's the big leagues," Collins said the other day. "It's not an assignment, it's a chance to be around the best players in our game. It's a great honor."
He can sleep come winter.
With Citi as the site for the game, Bochy's inviting of the Mets manager could be seen as enforcement of an unwritten rule. But Collins worked the game last year in Kansas City at the behest of Tony La Russa. He hadn't anticipated that.
"Last year was really cool," Collins said. "It's not like we'd been 20 games over .500 around here. I was very pleased that Tony asked."
And because he was chosen for the 2012 game, Collins assumed he'd not be asked this year.
But Bochy, like many other managers in the game, has authentic respect for Collins and for what he's accomplished in 2 1/2 seasons with the routinely out-manned Mets -- two fourth-place finishes and steps in the direction of a third. Most of Collins' colleagues give him credit for making lemonade out of lemons. It could be sweeter of course, but they're aware of the quicksand in Flushing and admire his work.
"I asked Terry at the Winter Meetings," Bochy said Wednesday from San Francisco. "I've known Terry for a while, and I respect the work he does. Good baseball man and manager. I wanted to take him and Davey Johnson, similar ... very well-respected and with New York ties. I thought they'd be a great fit."
"I'm very appreciative of the invite," Collins said. "Somebody said to me last month, 'You'll be going.' But I said, 'Not after last year. I don't think so.'"
The experience was enjoyed. Collins coached first base in the first inning before being replaced by one of La Russa's former staff members. Collins returned to the dugout and told La Russa "All right, I got you a lead. Now see if you can hold it." The NL had scored five runs -- against Justin Verlander, no less -- en route to an 8-0 victory, its third straight win after 12 losses and a tie.
Collins had one earlier All-Star Game experience. He was an NL coach in 1995, selected by NL manager Felipe Alou. Buck Showalter and Alou were the managers because their teams, the Yankees and Expos, respectively, had produced the best records in their leagues before the strike-shortened '94 season ended.
Collins, 46 at the time, was in the second of his three years managing the Astros. The game was played in Arlington. Alou's invitation was a surprise as well, and it too was a salute to Collins' work. The Astros had produced a .574 winning percentage in 1994, and were in second place when he was chosen in '95.
Collins coached first base in '95; the third-base coach was Jerry Manuel, then with the Expos and the man Collins replaced as Mets manager in 2011.
The All-Star Game still was "an exhibition" in 1995 Collins' mind. The home-field advantage in the World Series still alternated between the leagues then; no link to the outcome of the All-Star Game existed. Moreover, the home run-hitting contest happened on the day of the game, after batting practice. It wasn't televised.
"But the whole thing was still an event you wanted to be part of," Collins says.
"I was proud when Felipe picked me, and when Tony picked me last year. And now I'll be at our park. It's great. You don't get tired of this. It's nice when someone asks you to help."


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Winner: Microsoft Windows Server 2012
The final Tech Innovator award was presented for virtualization, and it also happened to be the CRN Test Center's Editor's Choice. Trailing in the virtualization market early on, Microsoft has worked hard for years to build a system with capabilities that are almost beyond belief. For example, imagine migrating an established LAN and its users from behind a company's firewall to the cloud using drag-and-drop with virtually no user downtime. With its data-center abstraction layer, companies are able to deploy and manage virtualized applications, full desktops and servers -- even orchestrated Web services -- through a GUI, from a command prompt or with natural-language scripting, to name a few its capabilities. And, competitors are learning that simple, core-based pricing is the method most preferred by resellers and the industry. So we congratulate this year's winner of the Tech Innovator award for virtualization and the 2012 Editor's Choice award. Both go to Microsoft and its Windows Server 2012.
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Randolph Community College Stats, Info and Facts
|Institution Type:
|Campus Setting:
|Southeast Town, on fringe of an urban area
|Highest Degree Offered:
|Associate's degree
|Level of Institution:
|At least 2 but less than 4 years
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Town Square
Original post made by mary, Duveneck/St. Francis, on Dec 26, 2006
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Dec 26, 2006 at 10:50 am
I have been to Scotts occasionally over the years and have found it to be one of the most disappointing restaurants around, both in its present location and where it used to be on Embarcadero. Its reputation for good food really surprises me as I found the quality OK to mediocre and the ambience and service totally lacking.
a resident of Midtown
on Dec 27, 2006 at 1:48 pm
The breakfast service at Scott's is truly terrible. But there is not any real choice anymore at Town & Country Village. And the food is strange. The last time I ordered a poached egg, it tasted so strongly of the vinegar used in the water that it was not platable. I complained to the server and was not offered a replacement. I ended up not paying for the egg. I only go there for the biscuits, but now it's difficult to even get butter and the only marmalade is in the tiny packets. Scott's used to have jars of marmalade. I have no idea if the service is as bad for lunch and dinner. Getting water, yes, I had to ask several times.
When the restaurant was in its former location, I found the service good and some food items very good. I loved the room with the fireplace and loved being able to get oysters and the fish was good.
This is an entirely different restaurant and I don't understand why the wait staff is so consistently poor at breakfast.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Dec 30, 2006 at 9:23 pm
For a real contrast: I just experienced visiting Manhattan (after many years) and it was very enjoyable plus each and every eatery was very pleasant in terms of food and service - whether a basic diner, deli, or higher-end restaurant. What a contrast to most places around here!!! Plus each and every establishment had holiday decorations (both recent holidays) for a festive feeling. I also noticed (at least by casual observation) a high cleanliness factor.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Apr 19, 2007 at 3:47 pm
We have not eaten breakfast there, but have had dinner a number of times, once with two other couples. The food has been really good, the ambiance at this new location is excellent, and the service is sometimes uneven, but never awful.
We like it.