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In the years before South Africa became a beacon of democratic progress, it was the site of some of the world's most notorious human rights violations. In addition to the crimes committed by the apartheid regime, there were violent clashes between supporters of the African National Congress and the Zulu nationalist Inkatha Freedom Party that left thousands dead. South Africa opted to grant amnesty for "political" crimes in exchange for truthful testimony through a restorative justice body known as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
But if the International Criminal Court had existed in the 1990s and applied the same evidentiary standards that were used to indict Kenya's leaders in 2011, it might very well have sought to charge Nelson Mandela, F.W. de Klerk, and Inkatha's leader, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, for the crimes that occurred on their watch, likely with fatal consequences for South Africa's successful transition.
Many South Africans were skeptical of the idea of a T.R.C., with its parade of sordid killers walking off scot-free.
But South Africa was afforded — and afforded itself — an opportunity to pursue its own solution to its challenge. If it worked in South Africa, it can work in Kenya, too. Our recent record of reforms demonstrates that we have an appetite to take up this responsibility.
Peace will not come from a court case in a distant land. While there is certainly a place for punitive justice, Kenyans must ultimately seek ways to confront our history with an eye toward acts of restitution rooted in the customary practices so many of our people still live by and believe in. If such restorative justice is still legitimate, then democratic countries like Kenya must be given the space to reform themselves and deliver it.
It is no accident that African states adhered to the Rome Statute, which established the I.C.C., in large numbers: The thirst for accountability and justice in Africa is deep and real. Many Africans' discomfort with how the I.C.C. prosecutors, first Luis Moreno Ocampo and now Fatou Bensouda, have pursued their mandate in Kenya should be understood in this light, and not as a cynical attempt to escape accountability.
Every Kenyan knows there have been serious violations of human rights here, and we have taken steps to deal with it. After the post-election violence in 2008, a coalition government was formed and we overwhelmingly approved a new constitution. We now have a real separation of powers, an independent judiciary and prosecutor, an imperial presidency trimmed to size, and power has been devolved to the local level.
Like South Africa, we have a truth, justice and reconciliation commission that completed its work this year. And an independent electoral commission and courts delivered a free and peaceful election in 2013 whose winners, Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto, were political rivals in an alliance that united the main ethnic communities at the heart of the 2008 violence.
Usually, these developments would have been hailed as a triumph of democracy. And an I.C.C. that truly acts on the principle of complementarity, establishing it as a court of last resort in the event of failed national systems, would have returned the cases to Kenya.
But the persistent response — particularly loudly proclaimed by the human rights community — has been that Kenya is unwilling or unable to confront its 2008 postelection violence. The dramatic and salutary changes we have made do not seem to dissuade this chorus. Nor do they seem to recognize that the I.C.C. indictments were overzealous and lacked rigorous investigations.
In April, the trial chamber in the Kenyatta case found that "there are serious questions as to whether the Prosecution conducted a full and thorough investigation of the case against the accused prior to confirmation." The prosecutor depended mostly on reports by local intermediaries and a government commission that — operating in a politically poisonous environment — was subject to agenda setting and manipulation.
Mr. Ocampo took the case even though investigative systems were poorly developed, allowing warring politicians to transfer local political rivalries to The Hague. This was reflected in how the two wings of the coalition government could never agree on requests to refer the cases back to Kenya. At the time, the cases offered one part of the coalition the advantage of removing the accused as viable political actors in the 2013 election.
In the Kenyatta case, the I.C.C. relied heavily on a single witness to establish that the accused had conspired with others in helping facilitate atrocities. This witness later admitted to having lied, and the trial chamber admonished the prosecution of sitting on this potentially exculpatory evidence for months without releasing it to the defense.
Even the I.C.C.'s supporters like the Open Society Justice Initiative acknowledge there have been problems with its processes. Analyzing the cases in the Congo, they note that local intermediaries, who help the prosecutor collect evidence, might also be insiders who were involved in crimes themselves.
The I.C.C.'s decisions about certain countries' readiness are also suspect. This October, the same week that Libya's prime minister was kidnapped by one of the country's many autonomous militias, the I.C.C. agreed that Libya's courts were robust enough to try the case. If Libya can manage on its own, Kenya certainly can.
This matter goes beyond notions of state sovereignty. Countries should retain the right to pursue justice at their own pace, and using restorative methods in addition to punitive ones, if they believe that is more conducive to peace.
Those who believe in the I.C.C. should be the first ones to worry about its weak investigative capacities and vulnerability to manipulation. This gap has been obscured by the highly emotional standoff between Africa on the one hand and the I.C.C. and its diplomatic and human rights backers in the West on the other. The rhetoric from both camps makes it appear that for one side to win, the other must lose. But there are still constructive ways to move forward.
A first step would be improvements to the I.C.C.'s standards of evidence and procedure that make it less vulnerable to political manipulation. Then Kenya, like South Africa or Rwanda or Northern Ireland, must also be allowed the room to continue building our democracy by our electoral choices being respected, to deploy restorative justice approaches and to ensure that the political fractures we are trying to heal are not widened by the cases in The Hague.
Martin Kimani is Kenya's permanent representative to the United Nations in Nairobi.


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To those still thinking twitter is a waste of time, twitter will not last long, twitter trend will die soon enough! Then this is for you. Twitter latest unique visitors reported at techcrunch is twitter hit 75 million unique visitors in January 2010.
/>Here is a graph I made out of microsoft words a comparison betweet twitter unique visitors in January 2009 which is around 6 million visitors compared to January 2010 73.5 million unique visitors. That is a growth of 1,105 %. If you're still not convinced twitter is here to stay then look at the amount of tweets
How much tweets? 1.2 billion Tweets in January, 2010. That is more than the population in India. Still lesser than the population in China but I'm sure they will reach that amount soon.
Here are a few reasons why twitter is here to stay
1. Twitter is now a daily routine. People tweet even before they brush their teeth in the morning.
2. People made too many friends to leave twitter
3. People don't want to be separated from their CELEBRITIES on twitter. Especially Justin Bieber @Justinbieber
4. People can't stop talking about the people they met on twitter.
5. Celebrities can't stop asking people to follow them on twitter on tv
6. People got used to talking about their life on twitter.
7. Media can't stop talking about twitter.
8. Twitter has just begun doing some changes to improve users
9. Twitter gets the latest NEWS faster than any media.
10. Peer pressure because EVERYONE you know is on twitter.
Source: Techcrunch

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Air Jordan V
The Jordan V took only a few elements from the first four Jordans and that's how Tinker Hatfield wanted it. He was inspired by the World War II Mustang fighter plane, which is most evident when it comes to the "teeth" on the front of the midsole. Hatfield thought of Jordan's game to be one of the same with how an airplane strikes: "Floating around the edges of the game and coming out of nowhere to attack." MJ did just that, dropping a career-high 69 points versus the—wait for it—Cavaliers. Jordan was obviously a rising star and the reflective thick tongue was in direct response to his success, adding a reflective material for the camera flashes.
The Air Jordan V also catered to off-the-court colorway demands by introducing the "Grape" colorway that still rates as one of the best Jordans of all-time even though he didn't even rock them on the court. Will Smith rocking them on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air might have been just as vital to the movement, bringing further attention to a sneaker line that already had massive popularity. Years later JB kept pumping out soon-to-be classics with the Laneys during the initial wave of retro releases in 2000 and the "Raging Bull Pack" in 2009.
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At the New York ShopUp event this past September, I was approached by mother and designer, Hae Jeong, who mentioned to me that she was about to launch a small collection of children's bedding. She had a few items with her in a tote bag, which she very sweetly (and slightly nervously!) brought out to show me. I knew immediately that I would love Hae's entire range of bedding — the beautiful gauze cotton and colours were so lush! I asked her to please, please let me know when she had launched her line.
Hae's website, Sōm New York, is now live and I'm loving everything on her site. The neutral yet rich colours are so pretty — even the ivory colour is just so warm! I've got my eye on the swaddles and bath capes — so sweet!
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Electronic Reading Room
Only Reading Room records created on or after November 1, 1996 are required to be made available electronically. Other Reading Room records maintained by the Maritime Administration can be accessed from the following conventional (paper) Reading Room:
DOT Dockets Office
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Room W12-I40
Washington, D.C. 20590
Hours of Operation: 10:00-17:00 ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. To arrange access, telephone (202) 366-9322 or (202) 366-9826. A computer terminal and printer are available at this location for accessing Electronic Reading Room records.
I. Final Opinions/Orders in Adjudicated Cases
- Arc Ecology v United States Maritime Administration Consent Decree
- America Cargo Transport, Inc. v. United States of America (November 5, 2007)
- In the Matter of the Eligibility of the Barge CONNOR For Carriage of Cargoes Under the Cargo Preference Act of 1954 (Docket No. A-198, October 26, 2005)
- In the Matter of the request of the Shipbuilders Council of America, Inc. and PASHA Transport Lines, LLC that the Maritime Administration investigate whether certain work performed in foreign shipyards on vessels owned by Matson Navigation Company constitutes reconstruction or rebuilding of those vessels. (Docket No. A-199, March 18, 2008)
- Farrell Lines Opinion – March 11, 2009
- Deepwater Ports Records of Decision
II. Policy Statements, Manuals, and Instructions that Affect the Public
- Credit Council Guidelines for the Use of External Advisors for Loan Guarantee Applications Under Chapter 537 (Title XI
- Virtual Office of Acquisitions (VOA)
- Additional records are available on the MARAD Publications page
III. Frequently Requested Records
- Purchase Card Holders
- Annual Reports to Congress
- U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Records
- December 2016 USMMA Culture Audit Documents
- Secretary Foxx Letter to the USMMA Community January 6, 2017
- Secretary Foxx letter to the USMMA Superintendent, January 6, 2017
- USMMA Action Plan, January 6, 2017
- USMMA Culture Audit Final Report, December 2016
- USMMA Culture Audit Statistics and Analysis, December 2016
- USMMA Culture Audit Surveys and Outreach, December 2016
- Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) Reports
- December 2016 USMMA Culture Audit Documents
- Ship Disposal Program Annual Reports
- Ship Disposal Reports
- Ship Disposal Comprehensive Management Plan
- March 2016 Report
- March 2011 Report
- January 2010 Report
- July 2009 Report
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How To Create A Sustainable Work-At-Home Affiliate Marketing Business Through Recurring Commissions!
How To Create A Sustainable Work-At-Home Affiliate Marketing Business Through Recurring Commissions!
©2010 Doug Champigny, http://captain-affiliate.com. All Rights Reserved.
When first starting out in affiliate marketing online, most new marketers make the same mistakes – they throw up a few banners and expect to earn great income, they tweet about a new e-book that's just come out, they post in forums with that affiliate link in their signature and hope for the best.
While each of those and similar methods may or may not create sales and result in some commissions coming in, none of them are leading toward a sustainable online business model. In order to build a strong, well-oiled affiliate marketing endeavor, it's necessary to focus on residual income, not simple one-off sales promoted once or twice.
Most successful individuals in the field look for services to promote, services with on-going billing that then pay recurring commissions. Some of the most common of these include web hosting, membership sites, services like autoresponders, etc. These are opportunities that tend to be used by the widest section of your target market, and as such have the highest potential income for you.
It's simple to see the power of this – if you promote an e-book and it sells, you make your set rate – say 50%. But if you'd sold a site hosting package to someone and they kept their site there for two years, you might have made that same commission 24 times! Retention rates vary by the type of site, with hosting and autoresponders usually keeping their clients longer than the average paid membership site does.
If you promote a site with a retention of 1+ years, for example, and can generate an average of 5 sales per month, you're being paid for 5 sales the first month, 10 sales the second, 15 sales the third, etc. – you're still just selling 5 sales per month, but the renewals keep building if the people stay with the service. Likewise, if you stop promoting that service today, you'll receive a declining amount from your renewals each month, but could potentially go on to receive income from it for a year after you moved on to other projects.
Now don't pass up on hot opportunities that spring up along the way, but be sure to focus most of your efforts on recurring income possibilities to try and bullet-proof your online business… It's the best way to make sure your time, money and efforts invested are best reflected in your affiliate marketing success!
About The Author…
Doug Champigny, a.k.a. Captain Affiliate, is a world-famous Internet marketing coach, mentor & speaker and the creator of the PowerStart Marketing 4-week Internet Marketing Crash Course. To learn more about Doug or to book him to speak at your next event, contact him through his blog at http://DougChampigny.com.
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Your mission is to drive customer lifetime value – bringing on new subscribers and converting one-time buyers to loyal customers. You'll also be directly accountable for relationships with outside partners designed to grow our subscriber base and generate incremental revenue. You'll make a measureable impact on the bottom line through your work and get immediate feedback on your work every day by tracking campaign results in real time. This is a creative, collaborative environment where your value will be measured by both your ideas and your ability to execute. Huge growth potential for the right person.
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Thriving Cities, Thriving Schools
May 4, 2015
12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Kellogg Center, MSU
This Team Session will explore the relationship between cities and schools. The participants will learn obstacles and pathways to thriving cities and schools, and create ideas for policy change.
1:00 PM Introduction – May the 4th be with you!
1:15 PM Barriers – Land Policy Institute
1:45 PM City and School Collaboration – Kalamazoo & Lansing
3:15 PM Break
3:30 PM City and School Collaboration – Excellent Schools Detroit
4:15 PM A National Example – Academies of Nashville
4:45 PM Wrap up
Resource People:
Mark A. Wychoff, Michigan State University Professor; Senior Associate Director, Land Policy Institute; and Director, Planning & Zoning Center at MSU Land Policy Institute
Mark A. Wyckoff is a driving force in the outreach services of the Planning & Zoning Center and the Land Policy Institute. He has more than 30 years of applied planning experience in Michigan at the state, regional, and local level, with most of it as a private consultant. Mark has also been an assistant professor of urban planning at MSU at various times, teaching both graduate and undergraduate students. He has a Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and a Master's degree in Urban Planning from Michigan State University. Mark co-edited a book, published in 2011, entitled School Siting and Healthy Communities: Why Where We Invest in School Facilities Matters. The Land Policy Institute seeks to make a positive difference in addressing current and future public and private land use challenges in Michigan, the Midwest and beyond, through three focus areas (Placemaking & Regional Prosperity, Land & Planning and Land-Based Resources). The LPI works in partnership with groups on campus and outside of the university on research, outreach and education initiatives that enrich community, economic and family life through the development of effective land use policies, strategies and best practices.
Holly Madill, Outreach Specialist, Land Policy Institue
Holly Madill assists both the Planning & Zoning Center at Michigan State University and the Land Policy Institute in research and outreach projects related to land use and strategic growth. She brings a diverse set of skills to this position having developed and managed planning, capacity building and public policy projects for the private, nonprofit, institutional and public sectors over the course of the last 15 years. Holly specializes in community engagement, transportation and plan development. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science from the University of Alabama and a Master's degree in Urban & Regional Planning from Michigan State University.
Bob Jorth, Executive Director, The Kalamazoo Promise
Bob Jorth believes that public education is the key to transforming our communities, states and nation so that they are dynamic places to live and work. He has seen firsthand the impact that The Kalamazoo Promise has had on Kalamazoo, Michigan and the nation since its founding. He was named as the initial Executive Administrator of the Kalamazoo Promise scholarship in March 2006 and established all of the processes, procedures and infrastructure for the implementation of this groundbreaking nationally recognized scholarship program. He was promoted to his current position of Executive Director in July 2013. In Kalamazoo, he served on the Interfaith Strategies for Advocacy and Action in the Community (ISAAC) organizing committee and executive board for 3 years. He also was head of the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) Region 211 board for 2 ½ years. He has a Masters in Public Administration from Western Michigan University and a bachelor degree from Wartburg College. He has 2 children who were educated through the Kalamazoo Public Schools and has been a resident of Kalamazoo for over 25 years.
Michael F. Rice, Ph.D., Superintendent, Kalamazoo Public Schools
Dr. Michael F. Rice became superintendent of the Kalamazoo Public Schools (KPS) in August 2007. Prior to his appointment, Rice served for five years as superintendent of the Clifton Public Schools in Clifton, New Jersey. During Dr. Rice's tenure as superintendent, the district has adopted the nationally recognized OWL pre-school curriculum with community pre-school partners that include the county-run Head Start Program, New Genesis, and the YWCA; expanded full-day kindergarten from 176 to 1009 students, with the use of federal Title I funds; created a K-3 writing block; adopted new K-5 math materials, the first time since 1992; created new K-5 language arts and math guides; more than doubled the number of students in high school Advanced Placement (AP) courses and the number of AP courses that students take; and increased elementary, middle school, and high school state reading and math scores from 2007 to 2011. During the same period, the district opened its first two newly constructed schools, Prairie Ridge Elementary School and Linden Grove Middle School, since 1972; began El Sol Elementary, a dual language school; and started the new Middle School Alternative Learning Program. In the last year and a half, KPS has run community literacy programs in parent education and family literacy, informed by three years of literacy research and work and funded by Kellogg Foundation grants. The district and community appreciated the opportunity to welcome President Barack Obama in June 2010 when the president named Kalamazoo Central High School the winner of the first annual Commencement Challenge. Under Dr. Rice's leadership, the district is working hard to help create a literacy community and a college-going culture to help children make the very most of their promise/Promise.
Bobby J. Hopewell, Mayor of Kalamazoo
Born and raised in Kalamazoo, Mayor Bobby J. Hopewell has spent his entire adult career in the service of others. From his professional positions in healthcare to his board memberships and civic responsibilities, he has demonstrated leadership and passion for improving the lives of all citizens in Kalamazoo. Mayor Hopewell is President and CEO of Mobile Health Resources (MHR). First elected to the Kalamazoo City Commission in 2003, Mr. Hopewell is focused on comprehensive community development, public safety services, accountability, equality, innovation and efforts to prepare young people for the world. A graduate of Kalamazoo Central High School, the Mayor received an Associate's in Health Technology from Kalamazoo Valley Community College and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Service from Sienna Heights University and his Master's degree from Western Michigan University in Organizational Learning and Performance.
Yvonne Caamal Canul, Superintendent, Lansing School District
Raised in Latin America, Yvonne brings a rich "world-view" to her work of 40 years in the field of education as a teacher, school principal, director of curriculum and assessment, consultant for low-performing schools, as a state department of education official, and as a corporate executive in the private sector leading an innovation division that guided school improvement research, marketing, and strategic partnerships. Most recently, Yvonne served as the Director of Implementation for FirstSchool, an Early Childhood research and direct practice collaborative between Michigan State University and the University of North Carolina. Since March of 2012, Yvonne has been the Superintendent for the Lansing School District. Yvonne has received numerous awards for her dedication to the education profession, among them are the Greater Lansing Woman of the Year Finalist, GLWoman Magazine, Certificate of Leadership & Achievement, Hispanic Latino Commission of Michigan, National Educator Award presented by the Milken Family Foundation and the Human Rights Award given by the Michigan Education Association. Her degrees are from Olivet College and Michigan State University. Yvonne has traveled throughout the world and is fluent in Spanish. She is married to Victor Caamal Canul.
Virg Benero, Mayor of Lansing
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero is the chief executive of Michigan's sixth largest city. Now in his eighth year as mayor, Bernero tackles the challenges of today's economy with a fierce determination to bring common sense reforms to government and to create a favorable business climate for new, job-creating investments. His current term expires in 2017. Bernero was also recently appointed chairperson of the U.S. Conference of Mayors Advanced Manufacturing Task Force. Virg Bernero is a seasoned veteran of Michigan's political scene, having served previously as a county commissioner and as a state representative and senator in the Michigan Legislature. He also served as the executive director of a statewide non-profit association that helps families and children with mental illness. In 2010 he was the Democratic nominee for governor of Michigan. Bernero is the proud son of a GM retiree and Italian immigrant who lived the American Dream and provided for his family of five by running a grocery business and then taking a job with GM. Virg and his wife Teri, a Lansing Public Schools administrator, live in Lansing. They have two daughters, Kelly and Virginia.
Armen Hratchain, Vice President of K-12 Education at Excellent Schools Detroit
Armen Hratchian is Vice President of K-12 Education at Excellent Schools Detroit (ESD), a coalition of philanthropy, educators, civic and community-based organizations working to ensure that every Detroit student, cradle to career, receives an excellent education by 2020. They define an excellent education as one that assures the on-time high school graduation of 90% of its students, 90% of whom enroll in college or quality postsecondary training program, 90% of whom are prepared to succeed in that program without remediation. In his role at ESD, Armen is responsible for leading the school accountability methodology and agenda that manifests itself publicly as the Detroit School Scorecard. He is also responsible for the organization's new school, school improvement and school closure efforts, which include shaping local and state policy, organizing community, and investing into high performing educators, school leaders and programs. Prior to joining ESD, Armen was a consultant with the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and United Way for Southeastern Michigan, and prior to that he was a senior consultant with Lansing-based Public Sector Consultants, focused on economic and education policy issues. Armen began his career in New York City, first as an administrator at New York University, and as an analyst in the U.S. Public Finance Division of Standard & Poor's. Armen completed his graduate studies at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University where he held the Birkhead-Burkhead Research Apprenticeship. His undergraduate degree is from Saginaw Valley State University where he served two years as student government president. Armen and his wife Emily have two kids, Lucy and Sam, and live in Ann Arbor.
Scott Palmer, Career Technical Education Consultant, Macomb Intermediate School District
Scott supports 200+ CTE programs operating in 30 high schools and career centers in Macomb County. He serves on several local, regional and state education/industry leadership committees and task forces charged with creating systems that help prepare students for careers that match workforce needs. Scott holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Education from Central Michigan University; an MBA from Wayne State University; and an Educational Specialist degree from Oakland University. He is also a member of the national leadership council for Ford Next Generation Learning and an EPFP alumnus (2013-14). Before accepting his current leadership position at the MISD, Scott served in various roles in Utica Community Schools: CTE Business Teacher; School to Work Coordinator; Program Coordinator and CTE Administrator for the Utica Center for Science and Industry (UCSI). Scott is a dedicated advocate for CTE and best practice learning models—such as career academies—that include brain/mind learning principles, 21st century skill development, CTE/academic integration, and relevant project-based learning.
Team Members:
Martin Alwardt
Teri Bernero
Claire Brisson
Harmonee Costello
Christopher Janzer
Sergio Keck
Carol Skillings
Michelle Wolschlager
Making the Grade: Quality Schools Crucial for Detroit to Thrive
Video Resources:
Great Cities, Great Schools: A Conversation With Dr. Pedro Noguera
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Federal and state menu and product labeling regulations are a hot-button issue in the food and beverage industry as they respond to a growing demand for transparency in order to empower consumers to make responsible and well-informed decisions about the products they choose to purchase and enjoy.
On July 12, 2016, the Beer Institute announced its "Brewers' Voluntary Disclosure Initiative" to encourage industry members to voluntarily display certain nutritional information on their products, packages, and websites. The Beer Institute is a major American beer industry trade association that represents both large and small brewers, as well as importers and industry suppliers. The Beer Institute members produce more than 81% of the beer sold in the United States, including industry giants such as Anheuser-Busch, MillerCoors, HeinekenUSA. As a result, this Initiative could have a significant impact on how beer is consumed in the United States.
Specifically, the Initiative encourages its members to do the following:
- Provide calorie, carbohydrate, protein, fat, and alcohol concentration information [either alcohol by volume ("ABV") or alcohol by weight ("ABW"), as required by state law] on all labels in the form of a serving facts statement consistent with the United States Alcohol and Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau ("TTB") guidelines.
- Disclose ingredients in products on either the label or secondary packaging via a list of ingredients, a reference to a website with the information, or a QR code.
- Display a freshness date or date of production on all labels or primary containers. 1?
Previously, alcohol beverage companies were not permitted to list this type of nutritional information. However, a 2013 TTB Ruling allowed industry members to add nutritional facts, including calorie and carbohydrate content, to their labeling and advertising.2
This act of self-regulation has become standard in the alcohol beverage industry, as reflected in industry trade association guidance documents like the Beer Institute's Advertising & Marketing Code. Moreover, this most recent Initiative may be a direct response to the Federal Food and Drug Administration ("FDA")'s increased regulation of other related industries. For example, starting December 1, 2016, FDA will enforce a provision of the Affordable Care Act through its Menu Labeling Final Rule that requires chain restaurants with 20 or more locations to disclose certain nutritional information on menu items, including beer products that are available for self-service or as standard menu items. 4 Although the Menu Labeling regulations only apply to covered retail entities, rather than beer manufacturers, the beer industry may be trying to prevent further regulatory intrusion through spearheading its own internal efforts to self-regulate in the context of disclosing nutritional information to consumers.
Depending on whether a company is involved in manufacturing beer or selling it at retail, new nutritional information disclosure statements must be considered to ensure regulatory compliance and comport behavior to industry standards. The compliance deadline for the Menu Labeling Final Rule was extended to December 1, 2016, while the Beer Institute's Initiative goes into effect immediately, with the goal of achieving compliance by the end of 2020.


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The expression 'ignorance is bliss' comes to mind when I compare who I am today with whom I was in the past. Previously, the presence of God in my life gave purpose and meaning to all that I did. I might have asked myself questions such as, "What would God want me to do?" or "What could I do to please God?" The answers to these questions invariably lied within the framework of the Catholic faith. Catholicism is a beautiful religion that harbors ideals and morals to which I will always try to remain steadfast; however, recently I have undergone an introspective spiritual journey that has uprooted fundamental beliefs that I have always accepted as true.
Human Anatomy inspired my soul searching journey. As I traversed the beautiful landscape of the human body, I found myself spending endless hours in the lab poking, prodding, and dissecting what makes the human body tick. What else could I say but, "Absolutely beautiful." Here is God right in front me. The body's design is so elegant, complex, and fragile that surely the blueprints were drawn by the hand of God. Biochemistry, while not palpable, added to my homage of God's intelligent design. The interplay and complexity of the human body on a molecular level, in a sense, gave me a feeling similar to that of kid looking up at the stars feeling profoundly small in comparison for the first time.
I never really gave much thought as to what was so controversial about Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution. Inherently, Darwin's theory is juxtaposed to Creationism, something in which my religion fundamentally believes. Scientifically and spiritually I was not shaken and, in fact, was able to fuse these conflicting theories by assuming that evolution was God's mechanism through which he created mankind. In this way, God's attention was still centered on humans and He smiled down with affirmation as I attempted to live a life which He approved. My house of cards came crashing down on me however, when I visited an exhibit featuring Darwin's Theory of Evolution at the Museum of Natural History in New York City. I was looking at the rib cage of a bat when all of a sudden it came to me. There in front of me was the exact same structure that I had studied in anatomy, only miniaturized. These ribs not only facilitated breathing, but also gave protection to all of the vital organs that lay beneath them. Form and function…beautiful. I touched my own ribs and realized for the very first time that I am nothing more than an animal.
One may say, "But God has given us the ability to reason and have free will." To that I pose the question, "What is your favorite animal?" Whether it is a lion, a dolphin, or a dog, there is something unique about that species that sets it apart from all others. There is always something that makes a species special and allows it to thrive. If it does not thrive, it perishes. Nature is harsh and cruel. Consciousness and reason has allowed our species to flourish. We have not always possessed this talent, but it is one that has developed over years of evolutionary trial and error.
Throughout mankind's history, humans have had the flawed tendency to believe in their own superior place in the universe. The Geocentric Theory placed Earth at the center of the universe until the late 16th century. Copernicus then disproved this through his astute observations that the sun is in fact at the center of the solar system (Heliocentric Theory). Furthermore this solar system is not even unique. There are countless other solar systems that are placed inside the Milky Way Galaxy. To top it off, this galaxy is among countless others like it throughout the universe. If I were to venture, there are probably even grander substructures still that cannot be fathomed by the limited perspective of the human mind. The most arrogant assumption that I have made throughout my life is that mankind has been formed in God's image. How could this bold claim be true with such compelling evidence as man's similarities to a bat as is evident in the rib cage?
So there I was: disillusioned, feeling a bit betrayed, and questioning God as a major motivator in my life. Why should God be concerned about something as insignificant as me? My place in the universe is not particularly special, my body is not much different than any other mammal's, and my consciousness merely developed due to pressures on man to survive.
Through it all, my belief in God has never wavered. All I have to do is look to nature to find proof of His existence. God's beauty and majesty is everywhere. From the stars in the sky to the subatomic particles that bind our universe together; it is all too fantastical to believe that this universe just so happened to exist without a master mind. But the question begs, where and how do I fit in? My perspective on life and religion has changed and I certainly cannot go back to the place I was before. Once my feelings of betrayal and disillusionment subsided, it became necessary for me to redefine my faith. I started with the certain premise that God created the universe and cares equally for all creatures, great and small. What is impossible to prove is the extent to which He is engaged in mankind. I wholly believe and feel the presence of God in my life each and everyday. Perhaps this comes from my desire to not be alone, my tendency towards optimism, or due to the presence of miraculous events, but I like to think it is something so much more fundamental. It comes from within your soul, and is something that resonates from your core. Even during moments of doubt, God's presence is always at least tucked away in a corner of my soul. In the end, these experiences may have lead me to humble myself to a position of less importance within the universe, but I feel very comfortable with my place in the world, even empowered and liberated. Most importantly, it has reaffirmed my belief, faith, and commitment to an awesome God.
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Thermodynamic steam traps have a unique operating principle which relies on the dynamics of water and flash steam. They are simple, robust and reliable and can operate up to very high temperatures and pressures. Their construction, use and benefits are detailed here.
Use the quick links below to take you to the main sections of this tutorial:
Traditional thermodynamic steam trap
The thermodynamic trap is an extremely robust steam trap with a simple mode of operation. The trap operates by means of the dynamic effect of flash steam as it passes through the trap, as depicted in Figure 11.4.1. The only moving part is the disc above the flat face inside the control chamber or cap.
On start-up, incoming pressure raises the disc, and cool condensate plus air is immediately discharged from the inner ring, under the disc, and out through three peripheral outlets (only 2 shown, Figure 11.4.1, i).
Hot condensate flowing through the inlet passage into the chamber under the disc drops in pressure and releases flash steam moving at high velocity. This high velocity creates a low pressure area under the disc, drawing it towards its seat (Figure 11.4.1, ii).
At the same time, the flash steam pressure builds up inside the chamber above the disc, forcing it down against the incoming condensate until it seats on the inner and outer rings. At this point, the flash steam is trapped in the upper chamber, and the pressure above the disc equals the pressure being applied to the underside of the disc from the inner ring. However, the top of the disc is subject to a greater force than the underside, as it has a greater surface area.
Eventually the trapped pressure in the upper chamber falls as the flash steam condenses. The disc is raised by the now higher condensate pressure and the cycle repeats (Figure 11.4.1, iv).
The rate of operation depends on steam temperature and ambient conditions. Most traps will stay closed for between 20 and 40 seconds. If the trap opens too frequently, perhaps due to a cold, wet, and windy location, the rate of opening can be slowed by simply fitting an insulating cover onto the top of the trap.
Advantages of the thermodynamic steam trap
Thermodynamic steam trap
- Thermodynamic traps can operate across their entire working range without any adjustment or change of internals.
- They are compact, simple, lightweight and have a large condensate capacity for their size.
- Thermodynamic traps can be used on high pressure and superheated steam and are not affected by waterhammer or vibration. The all stainless steel construction offers a high degree of resistance to corrosive condensate.
- Thermodynamic traps are not damaged by freezing and are unlikely to freeze if installed with the disc in a vertical plane and discharging freely to atmosphere. However, operation in this position may result in wear of the disc edge.
- As the disc is the only moving part, maintenance can easily be carried out without removing the trap from the line.
- The audible 'click' which occurs as the trap opens and closes makes trap testing very straight forward.
Disadvantages of the thermodynamic steam trap
- Thermodynamic steam traps will not work positively on very low differential pressures, as the velocity of flow across the underside of the disc is insufficient for lower pressure to occur. They are subjected to a minimum inlet pressure (typically 0.25 bar g) but can withstand a maximum backpressure of 80% of the inlet pressure.
- Thermodynamic traps can discharge a large amount of air on 'start-up' if the inlet pressure builds up slowly. However, rapid pressure build-up will cause high velocity air to shut the trap in the same way as steam, and it will 'air-bind'. In this case a separate thermostatic air vent can be fitted in parallel with the trap. Modern thermodynamic steam traps can have an inbuilt anti-air-binding disc which prevents air pressure building up on top of the disc and allows air to escape, (Figure 11.4.3).
- The discharge of the trap can be noisy and this factor may prohibit the use of a thermodynamic trap in some locations, e.g. outside a hospital ward or operating theatre. If this is a problem, it can easily be fitted with a diffuser which considerably reduces the discharge noise.
- Care should be taken not to oversize a thermodynamic trap as this can increase cycle times and induce wear. Mains drainage applications often only need to be fitted with low capacity versions, providing proper consideration is given to siting the drain pockets correctly.
Impulse steam trap
The impulse trap (as shown in Figure 11.4.4) consists of a hollow piston (A) with a piston disc (B) working inside a tapered piston (C) which acts as a guide. At 'start-up' the main valve (D) rests on the seat (E) leaving a passage of flow through the clearance between piston and cylinder and hole (F) at the top of the piston. Increasing flow of air and condensate will act on the piston disc and lift the main valve off its seat to give increased flow. Some condensate will also flow through the gap between the piston and disc, through E and away to the trap outlet.
As the condensate approaches steam temperature some of it flashes to steam as it passes through the gap. Although this is bled away through hole F it does create an intermediate pressure over the piston, which effectively positions the main valve to meet the load. The trap can be adjusted by moving the position of piston (B) relative to the seat, but the trap is affected by significant backpressure. It has a substantial capacity, bearing in mind its small size. Conversely, the trap is unable to give complete shut-off and will pass steam on very light loads. The main problem however is the fine clearance between the piston and cylinder. This is readily affected by the dirt normally found in a steam system. The use of impulse traps is relatively limited so they are not considered in some subsequent sections of this Tutorial.
Advantages of the impulse steam trap
- Impulse traps have a substantial condensate handling capacity for their size.
- They will work over a wide range of steam pressures without any change in valve size and can be used on high pressure and superheated steam.
- They are good at venting air and cannot 'air-bind'.
Disadvantages of the impulse steam trap
- Impulse traps cannot give a dead tight shut-off and will blow steam on very light loads.
- They are easily affected by any dirt which enters the trap body due to the extremely small clearance between the piston and the cylinder.
- The traps can pulsate on light load causing noise, waterhammer and even mechanical damage to the valve itself.
- They will not work against a backpressure which exceeds 40% of the inlet pressure.
Labyrinth steam trap
A simple form of the labyrinth trap is shown in Figure 11.4.5. It consists of a series of baffles which can be adjusted by means of a handwheel. Hot condensate passing between the first baffle and the trap body is subject to a drop in pressure and some of it 'flashes' to steam. The space around the next baffle has to cope with an increased volume of hot condensate and prevents the escape of live steam. The baffle plates can be moved either in or out using the handwheel, which alters their position relative to the body, effectively altering the overall size of the orifice.
Advantages of the labyrinth steam trap
- This type of trap is comparatively small in relation to its capacity and there is little potential for mechanical failure since there are no automatic parts.
Disadvantages of the labyrinth steam trap
- The labyrinth trap has to be adjusted manually whenever there is a significant variation in either steam pressure or condensate load. If the setting is not right for the prevailing conditions, steam wastage or waterlogging of the steam space will occur (like a fixed orifice trap).
Fixed orifice traps
These are devices containing a hole of predetermined diameter to allow a calculated amount of condensate to flow under specific pressure conditions. In practice, condensate loads and steam pressures can vary considerably. For instance, start-up and running loads can differ considerably along with steam pressure which will change due to the actions of temperature controls. These varying conditions can result in the fixed orifice either holding back condensate in the process or passing live steam, which can affect plant performance and compromise safety.
Fixed orifices are often sized on running conditions, so that they hold back enough condensate and do not pass steam. If this is so, at start-up, they are undersized to a greater degree and the steam space stands a good chance of waterlogging.
The alternative is to size them so as not to waterlog during start-up. The hole is then effectively oversized for running conditions, and the device will pass steam. The size of hole is usually a compromise between the two conditions, such that, at some points in between, the hole is correctly sized.
Corrosion and service life of plant
Continual waterlogging significantly increases the risk of corrosion in the steam space. It is not unusual to find that after fitting fixed orifice traps, plant service life is reduced below that which may be expected with proper steam traps.
A proper steam trap should be able to achieve just sufficient capacity at all pressures and flowrates present in the application. It can then pass hot condensate without leaking steam under any condition. To achieve this, the size of the hole must vary in the trap. It must be large enough to meet the worst condition, and then have some means of reducing the effective orifice flow area when the capacity becomes too great. This exactly describes the operation of a steam trap.
Advantages of a fixed orifice trap
- Can be used successfully when pressures and loads are constant.
- There are no moving parts.
Disadvantages of a fixed orifice trap
- If sized on running load, fixed orifice traps will waterlog on start-up, reducing plant performance over this period, increasing start-up times and the risk of corrosion.
- If sized on start-up load, fixed orifice traps will waste steam when the plant is running, effectively increasing running costs.
- Fixed orifice traps often block with dirt due to the small size of orifice.
- The cost of replacing a heat exchanger due to corrosion will be far higher than the cost of replacing the fixed orifice trap with a steam trap.
Note: Fixed orifice traps are not recommended for draining condensate from any application susceptible to varying load conditions.
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- The printable version of this page has now been replaced by The Steam and Condensate Loop Book
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Part of the 2003 "Fatal Mission" series
By John McQuaid
Malformations and small cracks in nickel-alloy turbine blades at the heart of the engine may have led to the Feb. 13 crash-landing of an American surveillance plane in Colombia, sources familiar with the investigation say, a problem also found, then fixed, on the program's other plane.
The cause of the flaws is unclear. A Navy investigation into the accident is complete, said Enrique Arroyo, a lawyer for the U.S. Southern Command who is overseeing the inquiry. Portions of the report will be released soon, he said.
Such turbine blade problems are rare on the Cessna Caravan 208B planes used in the program, aviation experts say.
According to Robert Breiling Associates, a firm that compiles aviation accident statistics, there have been four accidents caused by engine failures among thousands of Cessna Caravans logging more than 4 million hours of flight time in the United States and Canada since 1985. Two of those were caused by misplacement of the oil dipstick, company President Robert Breiling said. He did not know whether the other two accidents involved turbine blade problems.
Breiling does not compile statistics on accidents outside the United States and Canada but said the North American numbers illustrate the Caravan's reliability. "That's 18 years with only four engine failures. That's pretty damn good," he said.
Independent aviation experts and sources familiar with the Caravans used by the Southcom Reconnaissance System program say investigators seeking a cause for the failures would look for unusual stresses on the plane engine or defective parts.
Engine from '60s
The engine model on the Caravan is a PT6A-114A. It is one of a family of PT6 engines made by Pratt and Whitney Canada that are used in turboprops and helicopters. With only modest changes, the basic engine design has been used since the early 1960s, according to information on the company's Web site. More than 36,000 have been manufactured.
"These engines are well proven. They have a long history of robustness," said San Diego-based aviation consultant Hans Weber. "They are rather simple. They don't tend to be subject to catastrophic failures as piston engines are."
The compressor turbine blades drive the engine. A set of 58 blades, which can cost more than $40,000, is mounted on a wheel in the compressor assembly at the core of the engine. The engine turns the propeller with a complex internal choreography. Air is compressed and mixed with fuel. It ignites and burns, expanding as it moves through the turbine, and spins the turbine wheel. The blades glow yellow-hot. They propel the superheated gas into another chamber, where a second turbine turns the propeller.
Turbine blades are made from nickel alloy and coated with chemicals that make their surfaces resistant to corrosion. Because they are made to operate at high temperatures, it takes some unusual stress to deform them, a phenomenon known as "blade creep," experts say.
Blade creep is typically caused when the engine runs too hot or too fast, the experts say.
Creating a strain
Taking off and landing at high altitudes can make the engine run hotter, aviation experts say. Bogota, where the U.S. surveillance planes were based, is 8,660 feet above sea level.
"The compressor compresses air," said Ralph Hawkins, the chief engineer at Hawkins Aero Engineering in Canton, Mass., and an expert on the PT6. "At 6,000 feet, air is only 80 percent as dense as it is at sea level. If you were sucking air that is only 80 percent as dense, you have to put more work in it to get the compressor to do what you want. Work isn't free. You have to push up on the throttle, which makes it run hotter and faster."
Although Caravans are used in varied situations around the world, the mission of the Southcom program did have some unique requirements. The planes were laden with electronic equipment and survival gear, weighing in at more than 9,000 pounds, heavy for a Caravan.
"We could have been abusing the engine simply by the way we were operating it, operating a heavy airplane, taking off from a high altitude and operating at high altitudes," former Southcom Reconnaissance System pilot Paul Hooper said. But a plane's gauges would still tell pilots when the engine was being overheated or run too fast. Hooper and Douglas Cockes, another pilot from the program, said they don't believe that the pilots were pushing the engines into the red zone, where the gauges show overheating or high engine speeds.
Still, the program's recurring engine problems are surprising even for difficult operations in Colombia, said a former U.S. aviation adviser to the Colombian National Police who asked that his name not be used. "The National Police and (Colombian) Air Force have been flying Cessna Caravans, totally loaded, without any problems," he said. "That has been the most reliable aircraft."
Hawkins said "continuous stress" on the engines would require aggressive maintenance. "If you're at high altitude, hot day, large fuel load, large cargo load because you've got stuff on board, you are pushing the hardware pretty hard," he said. "There's nothing wrong with that. But if you are doing that and if you are responsible, then you are very much shortening up on your inspection intervals to keep track of how you are beating up on the hardware."
At first, the program followed the basic Pratt and Whitney manual on inspections, a source familiar with the planes said. After a June 2001 engine failure, a comprehensive inspection was performed in which the engine was opened more frequently, at 1,200-hour intervals rather than the recommended 1,800 hours. The engine had last been inspected in September 2002, a short interval, a source from the program said.


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The Jacobs Lab of Cognitive Biology
Our research group is interested in how cognition is adapted to a species's environment – the study of cognitive biology, as our group defines it.
The evolving brain is a journalist that asks – who, where, how and why. In our case:
WHO: Led by Lucia Jacobs, we are a research group of biologists and comparative psychologists.
WHERE: We are in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. We are currently located in Tolman (a.k.a. cognitive map) Hall, though Psychology is moving off campus to a newly constructed building in 2018. We are also members of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute and the Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences.
HOW: We study foraging and route-finding decisions in diverse species, primarily in wild fox squirrels. We have recently been funded by the National Science Foundation to conduct a comparative study of olfactory navigational decisions in search dogs, humans and diverse invertebrate species. We also develop computational models of squirrel decision making processes, funded by a NSF DDIG grant to graduate student Mikel Delgado and in collaboration with former postdoc Michal Arbilly, now at Emory. Funded by the Peder Sather Center, we also work with Jarl Giske and his theoretical biology research group at the University of Bergen, Norway. Graduate student Judy Jinn, funded by a NSF GROW fellowship and in collaboration with Bob Full's Polypedal Lab, is expanding this collaboration with computational models of cognitive biomechanics: how an animal's integrated knowledge of its environment – the spatial layout and the locomotory obstacles, both of which must be learned via exploration and motor learning – drives its route-finding decisions.
WHAT: We study champion species – the best at what they do – whose specializations of universal cognitive traits can identify the first principles of a cognitive process. Currently, this is the complex series of decisions faced by a food-storing animal like a squirrel: which food type to choose, to eat or to cache, how then to distribute and how to retrieve caches, whether one's own or another's. We also study cognitive universals, using comparative studies to understand processes found in all species, such as spatial navigation, self-control and emotion and cognitive biomechanics. In the past we have studied adaptive patterns in spatial cognition and its neural basis in: wild voles, wild kangaroo rats, flying squirrels, laboratory mice, pet dogs and humans (both children and adults, in virtual environments). We also develop theoretical syntheses of cognitive and brain evolution.
WHY: Cognition is a highly complex biological trait, that emerges from the interaction of multiple historical processes, both the evolutionary history of the species and the experiential history of the individual. Only by understanding the environment in which these historical processes played out, on different time scales, can we hope to understand the function and mechanisms of brain and cognitive processes.
Montreal eastern gray squirrel 'steals' Go Pro!
A Montreal squirrel becomes a film-maker…
KQED comes to campus to film frustrated squirrels
KQED profiles Mikel's new research on frustration in squirrels
What a smell looks like
PBS profiles our collaborator John Crimaldi's research on the fluid mechanics of olfactory plumes
Aaron Teixeira returns from a year studying ground squirrels in South Africa
Aaron and friendly Cape Ground Squirrel
Amanda Robin awarded Honors for her 2016 Thesis on Squirrel Foraging Decisions
A squirrel decides to eat or cache a nut based on its energy reserves at that moment…
Michelle Ramey awarded Honors for her 2016 Thesis on human-dog interactions
A search dog's personality influences its search accuracy…
"Unseen City" describes Mikel studying squirrels
Unseen City: The Majesty of Pigeons, the Discreet Charm of Snails & Other Wonders of the Urban Wilderness
Jennifer Ackerman's new book on bird cognition, including olfactory navigation
The scatter hoarding Scrub Jay: poster child of animal cognition
Olfactory navigation demonstrated in Leopard Sharks
New data on sharks supports predictions of the olfactory spatial hypothesis…
PBS NewsHour comes to Berkeley and we all go to the dogs….
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Atrenta will discuss what RTL signoff requirements are needed for SoC designers in China, South Korea and Taiwan at their upcoming seminars in September and October.
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The RTL signoff conversation goes to AsiaWednesday, August 28th, 2013
Atrenta will discuss what RTL signoff requirements are needed for SoC designers in China, South Korea and Taiwan at their upcoming seminars in September and October.
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How to avoid timing exception pitfallsTuesday, August 20th, 2013
We often think that we've got the timing job nailed down and that there aren't any problems that we can't easily, almost routinely solve. Using timing exceptions to optimize synthesis or P&R shouldn't be a problem.
However, making an error when specifying timing exceptions can possibly shut down a design project.
Take a look at what Atrenta's Shaker Sarwary, Ramesh Dewangan and Sridhar Gangadharan say about how to avoid this situation:
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IP up front at DACTuesday, May 14th, 2013
These two trend setters share their opinions on the BIG DAC themes in 2013.
I see two related trends:
1) More signoff activity earlier in the design flow
2) More focus on IP quality and usability
Both of these trends represent a maturing of design tools and business models. Because of the tremendous complexity that sub-20 nm design brings, it becomes more important to get the design right as early as possible. The tools are maturing in the earlier stages, and more designers are demanding clean reports, or sign-off level quality audits as a result. This is helping to reduce schedule delays and design costs – good for the industry.
Semiconductor IP is also maturing – both use models and business models. There is a growing focus on reporting delivered quality and robustness. This will allow IP providers that deliver the best IP to flourish. Also good for the industry. We'll see an increase in conversations about IP providers collaborating with the rest of the ecosystem at DAC. Another good trend.
One Final Prediction for 2013 – an opportunity for start-ups?Monday, February 25th, 2013
So you thought our blog last week was our last prediction? Just kidding.
We actually have one more prophesy……from Michel Courtoy, esteemed EDA executive, entrepreneur and angel investor.
"As a member of the EDA community, when I look at 2013, I see a key dynamic in our customer base: chip = SoC. Across the board now, designs are created by combining multiple IPs from different sources that include embedded processors, multiple interfaces and memories. This is true across the spectrum from simple microcontrollers, to multi-function chips for consumer devices, all the way to the most complex multi-core microprocessors. Hence technologies that accelerate the design and verification of SoCs will thrive while technologies targeting the IP-level will find a saturated market.
Internal to the EDA market, we have been bombarded with messages of gloom triggered by the consolidation that has eliminated most 'mid-size' EDA suppliers, leaving mainly the 'Big 3 and the 100 dwarfs'. Well, this might be the opportunity that the start-ups need: where will the Big 3 fill their shopping cart now when looking for new technologies? To stay competitive, the Big 3 have to go back to acquiring start-ups and find a way to monetize new technologies in their sales channel. This will reinvigorate the ecosystem for EDA start-ups and lead to more innovation.
Who's getting hit by the double whammy of verification?Thursday, October 25th, 2012
In a recent article written by EDA industry watcher Ann Steffora Mutschler, Atrenta's VP of Product Marketing Piyush Sancheti pointed to the curse of the verification double whammy for engineers:
"For verification engineers and for designers, this is a double whammy," noted Piyush Sancheti, vice president of product marketing at Atrenta. "If you ask a digital design or digital verification team, they will tell you that low-power design and the introduction of analog/mixed-signal components on what used to be a simple digital chip is a significant verification challenge. For verification engineers what this means is your finite state machines or your control logic just got that much more complicated. If you go from 2 domains to 20 domains, your verification complexity just increased an order of magnitude."
We caught up with Piyush in the Atrenta hallway and asked him to elaborate on his statement. Here's what he said:
Ed: So what is the double whammy and why should we care?
Piyush: With the onset of A/MS and low power requirements, digital design teams now have to contend with two new foreign entries to their previous monolithic design environment.
Ed: And they are…?
Piyush: New logic blocks that are completely foreign to digital designers and the implementation of power management techniques like power & voltage domains. Voltage domains allow the timing critical portions of the design at a higher voltage (overdrive), and the rest at a lower voltage (underdrive). Power domains, on the other hand, allow one to turn off the power on entire blocks of the design when not in use.
Ed: Haven't digital designers always needed to be conscious and conscientious about power?
Piyush: Not to the extent they must be these days. Here's the challenge – say you are designing a chip for a smart phone. When you are watching a YouTube video, you don't need the phone function, so you want to make sure that the phone functions are off. What's the result? You're saving power, or in consumer terms, preserving battery life. But, if the smart phone gets a call, you have to be sure the phone function turns on instantly, without adversely impacting your video viewing experience. So designers have to make sure the domains turn off and on in perfect harmony, almost like conducting a symphony.
So what's the problem? New power management logic that designers are not used to has been thrust on them rapidly and recently. They need to get up to speed fast. This is not an easy job. Not only that, but you now have very complex finite state machines that switch these functions on and off seamlessly.
Ed: So what's the solution?
Piyush: A comprehensive methodology for functional and structural verification.
Ed: Can you elaborate?
Piyush: These complex finite state machines must be verified exhaustively for functional correctness. You need to make sure that the various functions on your smart phone wake up and shut off in a timely manner without adversely impacting the device behavior, and ultimately the user experience. With structural verification you need to make sure that the perimeter of the voltage and power domains are properly secured. When you have signals crossing one voltage domain to another, you need voltage level shifters. Similarly, you need isolation logic between power domains, to ensure that signals don't float to unknown values when a domain is powered off.
Ed: So what sort of tools and methodologies do you see out there to meet the double whammy challenge?
Piyush: Well, of course, I'm most familiar with the Atrenta platform. There are undoubtedly other ways to go about this job. But from what I see, SpyGlass Power is being use by many large chip and system companies for static signoff of power and voltage domains. SpyGlass Advanced Lint enables exhaustive finite state machine verification using formal techniques. And with our recent acquisition of NextOp Software, we now have BugScope to ensure dynamic verification (simulation) is covering all the corner cases that are now part of your design because of this increased complexity.
Ed: So your final words of wisdom?
Piyush: Verification of modern day SoC designs is a daunting task. But like any complex problem a systematic approach using a combination of static and dynamic verification techniques will help you reach your device ambitions faster.
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On Power Awareness in RTL design analysis: Update to a Brian Bailey-designated Top Ten Atrenta articleWednesday, October 10th, 2012
Narayana Koduri's article on Power Awareness in RTL Design Analysis was the second of two Atrenta articles that EE Times editor Brian Bailey named as the ten most-read contributed articles published in EDA Designline. Along with number one article Understanding Clock Domain Issues by Saurabh Verma and Ashima Dabare, Atrenta appears to be the only company with two articles in this top ten list.
So even though his article appeared in July 2012, we asked Narayana to give us an update on what he sees as the power awareness challenges. Here's what he had to say.
Ed: Narayana, your article sure addressed a hot topic in SoC design. And judging by the readers you got, the design community liked what you had to say. What can you add to your July 2012 article?
Narayana: Thanks Ed. From what I can see, due to aggressive low power requirements, power domains are being implemented in a growing number of SoC designs to reduce both leakage and dynamic power.
Ed: How so?
Narayana: UPF or CPF can be used to define the power intent to capture information such as power domains, level shifter requirements, isolation cells, retention cells, power switch cells, etc. These specifications will help implementation tools and verification tools to deal with the power intent properly.
Ed: So how best to deal with power intent?
Narayana: RTL tools that verify aspects of the SoC such as clock domain crossings, testability, timing and routing congestion need to be aware of the power intent. If not, the verification is not complete and this may lead to design failures or a costly re-spin of the design. This need for power-aware verification is driving new requirements in the EDA tool flow.
NOTE: For an update on Understanding Clock Domain Issues see our blog of October 3.
Note: Lee PR does work for Atrenta
Top article on EE Times: authors give an update to CDC challengesWednesday, October 3rd, 2012
On the heels of EE Times editor Brian Bailey naming their article "Understanding clock domain issues" the number one article on EDA Designline, we checked in with authors Saurabh Verma and Ashima Dabare on what they see as developments and new challenges since they wrote their 2007 article. Here's what they said.
Ed: It appears that your article got twice the number of views as the number two article. Congratulations on the EE Times recognition!
Obviously, CDC was an important design issue in 2007 and it certainly is today. What would you say to designers today?
Ashima: CDC design is evolving and so are the synchronization techniques and verification tools. Since we have written this article we have witnessed new challenges posed to CDC verification tools.
One that comes to mind is evolving synchronization styles. In addition to clever variations of synchronization techniques introduced by designers trying to meet their design objective or schedule, new architectures such as those required for a network on a chip (NoC) have been introduced which in turn require verification tools to re-invent themselves.
Recently CDC tools have introduced generic synchronization verification techniques that do not rely on the structure of the synchronizer and analyze clock domain crossings at the protocol level allowing them to better recognize synchronizers, reduce "noise" and improve root cause analysis.
Saurabh: Also, global chip design dictates blocks and IPs to be designed in various geographical locations. The person doing CDC verification is rarely the designer. CDC verification tools are now challenged with providing root-cause analysis of CDC problems to people who have little knowledge of the block.
I also see as a fact that design size is fast growing and so are the number of clocks and clock domains. Combined with the move toward global chip development, flat CDC verification of large SoCs would be a painful exercise where bugs can easily slip through.
The divide and conquer approach seems to be the best possible approach. To begin with, the lower level blocks should be analyzed and CDC issues, if any, should be fixed at the block level itself. Once all the individual blocks are CDC clean, their abstract models can be plugged in and the complete design can be analyzed for CDC issues at the interconnect level.
Ed: So how would you sum up what CDC design needs in 2012?
Ashima: With the ever increasing complexity of design styles, robust CDC verification is indispensable to enable successful chips in the first silicon attempt!
Note: as near as we can tell, Atrenta is the only company to place two articles in Bailey's top ten. Narayana Koduri's Power awareness in RTL design analysis came in as ninth most read. We'll catch up with him next week, so stay tuned.
Note: Lee PR does work for Atrenta
Ajoy Bose and Jim Hogan on the systems customers now defining SoC designTuesday, September 4th, 2012
Atrenta CEO Ajoy Bose and EDA visionary and investor Jim Hogan spoke at a recent National Institute of Technology (NIT) meeting on the momentous changes we see in who controls chip design these days. Clearly, systems companies like Apple define – even dictate – what they want from their silicon vendors..and these systems customers certainly want a lot more than they did ten years ago.
Jim tells us why we have to care:
Ajoy shows us how to care:
Lee PR does work for Atrenta
Renesas on SpyGlass PhysicalMonday, August 20th, 2012
Yasushi Ozaki, Director of Engineering Department overseeing product design and Development, at Renesas, spoke at the Atrenta Technology Forum First inYokohama. This is Tech-On's coverage of his presentation and his evaluation of SpyGlass Physical, which is an EDA tool for estimating chip area and logic depth at the RTL stage:
Lee PR does work for Atrenta
The dawn of a new business day for EDA?Monday, July 30th, 2012
With Atrenta's acquisition of NextOp concluded and the corporate and technology integration going forward, we checked in with Atrenta's Mike Gianfagna about what this means for the industry. Dawn of a new business day for EDA?
Ed: It's been about a month now since Atrenta bought NextOp. What has to happen now?
Mike: The fanfare is waning. The news has been reported and analyzed. The two company's web sites are one. And now the real work begins as we integrate NextOp technology with Atrenta technology.
Ed: So what does all this mean?
Mike: For Atrenta, it means accelerated growth in the SoC Realization market. We can now address design and verification challenges at RTL and above. For our customers, this will mean improved schedule predictability and lower cost.
Ed: So now you add functional verification to the RTL platform for SoC design, right?
Mike: Actually, NextOp's technology goes beyond functional verification of SoCs. It also helps with IP qualification and IP reuse – very important focus areas for Atrenta. This technology will improve the completeness and effectiveness of our IP Kit.
Customers will get the previous benefits of early analysis coupled with functional verification – an area that continues to be very time consuming, expensive and somewhat unpredictable.
Ed: So what does this mean to the EDA industry?
Mike: I hope it has a positive impact on the industry as well. EDA has been stagnant for too long. The same customers buying the same tools from the same vendors. It's time to shake things up a bit. It's time for new methodologies, new approaches, new business models and more positive exits for all those hard-working people at private EDA companies. Can Atrenta's acquisition of NextOp contribute to this trend in some meaningful way? I certainly hope so.
NOTE: Lee PR does work for Atrenta.


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Saving the best until last - Gooseberry Cream & Elderflower Jelly Pots
We're total novices as regards growing gooseberries, so it's all been a voyage of gooseberry discovery.
This last weekend, I thought that perhaps if we took off the biggest of the gooseberries then it would give the smallest ones a chance to reach their full potential.
So, out went Hubby in the pouring rain on Sunday morning and picked 150g of the sharpest most tongue tinglingly beautiful little green gooseberries in the world, all so that I could make the Gooseberry Cream & Elderflower Jelly Pots recipe that I'd found on BBC Good Food website, where you can find the recipe.
Having picked the little green caterpillar out of the dish and given them a jolly good wash, I set to with the topping & tailing, which is one of the most tedious jobs ever. Although, with the promise of a delicious dessert as a reward, it's a pain worth undertaking.
The gooseberries cooked really very quickly - far quicker than I was expecting, in fact. They didn't turn to mush, thankfully, but just be aware that they do cook extremely quickly! I'm sure it's not just my gooseberries that do it.
I was fascinated by the way the cream behaved, too. Just the addition of some 25g of sugar, then boiled and simmered for 3 minutes changed the character of the cream immensely. Isn't cooking just the most fascinating thing ever? I was amazed at how quickly the cream began to set, once you'd incorporated the gooseberries.
I had my first taste around this stage - and knew we were onto a winner.
The elderflower jelly was also incredibly easy to make, although I did make two mistakes with it. The first was that I made way too much, believing that it wouldn't make any difference. In truth, the sweetness of the elderflower cordial was so intense that it quickly became apparent that there was too much of it there. However, it was so gorgeous that it was forgivable. The second error was that I poured it when it was really too hot still, which caused the top layer of the cream to begin disintegrating. This made the jelly a little opaque, which was unfortunate from the look of the thing, but didn't affect its flavour at all.
With the Almond & Elderflower Cookies that I'd made to go with the pots, the whole thing was (and I quote Hubby) a "thing of beauty".
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As a social cook, (As l call myself). l have a confession to make...ReplyDelete
I don't do sweets. Very naughty l know.
And, with John the game keeper next door, who also has an allotment, brings me, besides meats and things, fruit and veg. At the weekend, he popped round with some toms, lettuce and gooseberries. I just put them in a dish, with yogurt, and that was that.
So, if l get some this weekend, l will force myself into having a go at this. Don't get me wrong, l love fruit, straight off a tree mostly.
Even the dinner party last weekend, some one brought a flan, and some else brought a trifle.
So, l do enjoy it.....! :).
Yep....I'll give it a go.....I'll need double the amount, as l always eat as l cook.....! :0).
The original recipe (on the BBC Good Food website - I've given the link in the post) deals with double quantities to the 150g of gooseberries I used. However, if you follow that you'll wind up with six of the things - which could sort you out with desserts for the week, but might get a bit much as the week goes on! LOLReplyDelete
I've just realised that I've not given the recipe for the biscuits! I'll be making that the blog post after next, then. :)ReplyDelete


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Modernize Management of Government Records
You can see the most recent update on DOT's progress in modernizing records management in our Open Government Plan (version 2.0). Public information on our program is available at http://www.dot.gov/records/.
Continue to Improve Freedom of Information Act Administration
DOT's public information site for FOIA is http://www.dot.gov/foia. You can see the most recent update on DOT's progress in FOIA administration in our 2013 Chief FOIA Officer Report. The report discusses DOT's approach to the FOIAOnline module:
FOIA Online, a FOIA module jointly developed by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Office of Government Information Services within the National Archives and Records Administration, and the Department of Commerce was recently launched and should expand transparency and increase public access to information for the partner agencies. FOIA Online supports the public's ability to submit FOIA requests, track the progress of requests, and search and access previously released FOIA responses in the system. FOIA Online may streamline and lower the costs of FOIA processing activities as well as provide an electronic records repository for released records, support the referral and transfer of FOIA requests and responsive documents, and facilitate other processing needs. The DOT recognizes the potential value and benefits of participating in a system such as FOIA Online. Therefore, DOT began closely watching the deployment of this end-to-end system as soon as it was launched. Between that time and December 31, 2013, we will watch the system's performance and analyze and assess FOIA Online for possible use by DOT. We plan to make a decision on whether FOIA Online meets our requirements by December 31, 2013.
Support and Improve Agency Implementation of Open Government Plans
DOT launched a comprehensive progress evaluation for open government activities at http://www.dot.gov/open/progress.
Enhance Enforcement of Regulations Through Further Disclosure of Compliance Information
The DOT report on Regulatory Enforcement and Compliance Data is available at http://www.dot.gov/regulations.
DOT has made progress to make more regulatory enforcement and compliance available online, linking its digital strategy efforts with these plans. We released the SaferBus API and the NHTSA vehicle safety API includes information on recalls as well as civil penalties. The FRA has released an API for its Annual Enforcement Report.
Increase Transparency of Foreign Assistance
DOT is not yet reporting to the Foreign Assistance Dashboard.
Foster Communities on Data.gov
DOT launched http://safety.data.gov at the first Safety Datapalooza during National Transportation Week in May 2012. See this blog post.
The Safety Data Initiative held the second Safety Datapalooza in September 2012. The talks from this datapalooza are available on http://safety.data.gov.
Many of the partner agencies included in the Safety Data Initiative aligned their digital government strategies to increase the openness of their safety data, including DOT and DOJ.
DOT has already met its digital government milestones to release new APIs for railroad safety and vehicle safety data.
Update Government-wide Policies for Websites
Learn more about DOT's approach to digital strategy at http://www.dot.gov/digitalstrategy/.
Publish Data to Help Consumers and Scientists
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DOT is currently developing its open access plan.
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To encourage more YouTube users to put their time watching videos to good use, Waves for Water, a non-profit organization, has created annotations that can be added to any YouTube video. The hope is that enough people will use them to spread the word that so many people in this world still do not have access to clean, fresh water.
Waves for Water does a great job with taking something that can be seen as more of an annoyance, and puts this tool to good use. Now the question is how many people will add these annotations (it's really not that hard), to their videos. The more viral the video, the more chance of viewers taking the message to heart and acting.
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Of the seven major crimes measured by the New York City Police Department, rape, robbery and auto theft were all down in Lower Manhattan's First Precinct in 2012 compared to 2011. On the other hand, felonious assault increased by 16 percent, and burglary increased by about 21 percent from 2011.
The First Precinct, a single square mile, covers Battery Park City, Bowling Green, Tribeca, Hudson Square, Soho and City Hall.
New York City is poised to set a 50-year low record for murder, with 416 murders reported in 2012 (the N.Y.P.D. has not yet released numbers for the week starting Dec. 31, 2012). That statistic decreased 18.8 percent, from 512 murders reported at this point in 2011 — the difference of 96 lives. The next lowest record was in 2009 with 471 homicides reported.
However, in the First Precinct, the official figures were reversed — no murders were reported in 2011, but one was reported in 2012. The First Precinct and the Deputy Commissioner of Public Information's office did not reply to queries about the homicide but it was likely the 1979 murder of Etan Patz in Soho, which was not classified a murder until last year.
There were also two non-fatal shooting incidents, and victims, in 2012 in the First Precinct — while none were reported in 2011.
Theft of Apple products has reportedly skyrocketed in the past few years, including 2012. As iPods, iPhones and iPads become more commonly carried, so too are they becoming the preferred targets for thieves. The Deputy Commissioner of Public Information's office said that there would be a slight decrease in crime citywide had it not been for the increase in Apple product theft, the Wall Street Journal reported.
There was a nominal decrease of 0.5 percent in grand larceny in the First Precinct from 2011. In fact, in the strict number of crime complaints recorded at this point in 2011 and 2012, the total crime in the First Precinct in unchanged. There were exactly 1,405 criminal complaints reported in both years.
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Christine Zigmont has joined Manifesto Advertising, Rockford, Ill., as creative strategist/copywriter.
Sheryl Squires has joined PriceWeber, a Louisville, Ky.-based marketing communications agency, as a senior art director.
Unique Koz has been promoted to executive VP-projects manager at Hum Music & Sound Design, Santa Monica.
Tim O'Donnell has joined Di Zinno Thompson Integrated Marketing Solutions, San Diego, as associate creative director.
Michael Angelo, an editor/effects designer, has joined San Fran-cisco's Phoenix Editorial.
E. James Smith, an editor, has joined New York production/post house Grandview Island.
Amy Hollywood Wixson, a visual effects producer, has joined Venice, Calif., visual effects house Gray Matter FX.
Cecil Hooker has joined Wild Child Editorial, New York, as a Smoke artist/editor.
Dave Metzger, a composer/producer, has joined Chicago's Catfish Music.
Mark Sullivan, an editor/composite artist, has joined Video Post & Transfer, Dallas.
Matt Marino has been promoted to designer at Ciavarra Design, Boston.
Orie Hegre has joined Minneapolis post house Hi-Wire as a 3-D animator/artist.
Rick Horney has joined Duke Creative Marketing Solutions, New Orleans, as creative director. Also at Duke, Theo Erasmus has joined the agency as associate creative director.
Michael Sheerin has been named designer/animator/multimedia convergence specialist at Deep Blue Sea, a Miami design, animation and visual effects house.
Nathan Jones, Brandy Fortune and Kara Ridenour have joined Atlanta's 360i.com, an interactive ad agency, as designers.
Rick Dennis, senior writer, and Sam Sefton, senior art director, have been named VPs at FCB/Detroit.
Kevin Samuels has been appointed senior VP-group creative director at Hill Holliday/Boston.
Hayley Moss, a composer, has signed with Yessian Music, Farmington Hills, Mich.
Loni Peristere, creative director, Chris Jones, effects supervisor, and executive producer Steven Schofield have joined the Los Angeles office of post/effects house Radium.
Mark LeClerc has joined Publicis/ Indianapolis as creative director. Also at the agency, executive CD Tim Taylor has been promoted to senior principal.


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3 hospitalized after flight from Cancun lands in Winnipeg
Paramedics in Winnipeg had to be called to the airport to meet up with a WestJet flight from Mexico on Monday afternoon.
Three members of a family were hospitalized after returning to Winnipeg from Mexico on Monday.
Paramedics in Winnipeg were called to the airport to meet up with the family's WestJet flight.
A spokesperson for the Winnipeg Airports Authority said the call came in at about 4:30 p.m. suggesting three people on a flight from Cancun were sick.
WestJet spokesperson Robert Palmer said the three people were vomiting and had diarrhea. Health Canada first had to be contacted to clear the family to re-enter the country.
Paramedics transported the people to hospital.
The flight was not quarantined.
Palmer said it's not unusual for people to come back from a foreign country feeling ill.