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In conjunction with Second Skin's double bill at the Rosemary Branch opening on the 19th January 2010 for three weeks, we are looking for anonymous submission of "What your own personal secret is?" This will be posted on the Second Skin Secrets Wall and put on postcards around the theatre during the three week run.
In Stay With Me Till Dawn, we find that the stories we tell ourselves and those that we love can never be considered the truth, and that all our pretensions and masks are but illusions that we hold up to the world".
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Murdered Garda's family receive medal
May 20, 2013
The family of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe, who was murdered during a Credit Union robbery in January this year, have received a special medal in his honour.
The garda officer was shot dead during the robbery at Lordship Credit Union, County Louth, and it is believed his killers fled across the border to Northern Ireland following the murder. The getaway car used by the robbery gang was found burnt out in a forest near Keady, County Armagh, days after the murder.
A cross border police operation involving Gardai and the PSNI is continuing, with extensive searches already carried out both north and south of the border and a number of appeals for information issued by police.
Garda O'Donohoe's wife and two children were presented with the medal during a ceremony in Dublin Castle on Saturday as part of the annual Garda Memorial Day commemoration.
The 41year old officer, was the first member of the police force to be shot dead while on duty since 1996. His murder was described by Irish police commissioner Martin Callinan as "still very raw in our memory and rests very heavy in our hearts".
"It is at difficult times such as this that we experience the true meaning of the extended police family through the unending support and overwhelming solidarity offered," he said.


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Apparatus for writing data in unique order into and retrieving same from memory
Apparatus for writing data in unique order into and retrieving same from memory
Patent Drawings:
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Nutter, et al.
Date Issued:
September 5, 1978
November 16, 1976
McGibbon; William
(Levenshulme, GB2)
Nutter; Geoffrey
(Heald Green, GB2)
Ferranti Limited
(Hollinwood, GB2)
Primary Examiner:
Springborn; Harvey E.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney Or Agent:
Cameron, Kerkam, Sutton, Stowell & Stowell
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Data processing apparatus includes a storage circuit or memory, and an addressing circuit for identifying word locations within the storage circuit into and from which a plurality of information items are to be written and read, respectively. Further, there is included an encoding circuit for encoding at least a part of each information item in one-out-of-n code, illustratively. In turn, the encoded part is successively shifted by a shift circuit so that it is stored in the storage circuit in a manner that the stored information in each word location has a bit order different from that order of any other information item as stored in the storage circuit. A translating or de-skewing circuit is provided for shifting the encoded data items as read out from the storage circuit in a direction opposite to that imparted by the first noted shift circuit.
What we claim is:
1. Data processing appartus for processing a plurality of information items, said data processing apparatus comprising:
a. a memory having an input and an output, and operable in a write mode for receiving and storing at least a portion of each of the plurality of information items into a plurality of corresponding multi-bit word locations and in a read mode, forreading out information items from said plurality of word location;
b. an addressing circuit for addressing selected word locations of said memory in both the write and read modes of operation;
c. loading means coupled to said input of said memory and including an encoder circuit for receiving and encoding said portion of each said plurality of information items, and a shift circuit for successively imparting to said encoded portion ofeach of said plurality of information items a shift of a predetermined number of bits in a predetermined direction, whereby said encoded portion of each of said plurality of information items is stored into a separate multi-bit word location asdetermined by said address circuit in a manner that one of said stored information items has a sequence of bits arranged in order different from that order of any other stored information item;
d. translating means coupled to said output of said memory for reading out simultaneously from said memory a single bit of each of said plurality of information items stored in said plurality of corresponding word locations and applying a shiftof said predetermined number of bits to said single bits in a direction reversed to said predetermined direction; and
e. comparator means coupled to said output of said memory for comparing one of said single bits with another selected bit from a different information item.
This invention relates todata processing and has application to the comparison of information items.
It is frequently necessary or desired to compare an item of information with other items to find one or more matches for all or part thereof. Where only two items of information are involved a simple comparison for example using a singlearithmetic step in one machine cycle is most appropriate. However, where one or more information items are to be matched against a substantial number of items in a data store a process of sequential comparison is very time-consuming. To meet thissituation associative stores, often called content-addressable memories, have been developed for identifying those stored items for which a match is found between predetermined portions thereof and an input item. Such stores are available in integratedcircuit form but are expensive, and of small capacity especially compared with normal random-access writable storage. If, however, one uses normal random-access writable storage, a large number of machine cycles are required to check through the entirecontents of the store for a match.
It is an object of the present invention to provide data processing apparatus in which the number of machine cycles required for comparisons involving a plurality of stored information items is reduced, without the need to use conventionalassociative stores.
According to one aspect of the invention, data processing apparatus includes a storage circuit or memory, and an addressing circuit for identifying word locations within the storage circuit into and from which a plurality of information items areto be written and read, respectively. Further, there is included an encoding circuit for encoding at least a part of each information item in a one-out-of-n code, illustratively. In turn, the encoded part is successively shifted by a shift circuit sothat it is stored in the storage circuit in a manner that the stored information item in each word location has a bit order different from that order of any other information item as stored in the storage circuit. A translating or de-skewing circuit isprovided for shifting the encoded data items as read out from the storage circuit in a direction opposite to that imparted by the first noted shift circuit. Further, there is included a comparing circuit responsive to an information word to be comparedfor determining the digit significance for reading purposes to correspond with the significant digit of a similar one-out-of-n coding of the information word to be compared.
Writable storage may be used for the one-out-of-n coded portions but will differ at least in its addressing control from that for the remainder of each information item, but both are preferably made up of conventional random-access writablestorage modules in integrated circuit form. Individual integrated circuits for the coded storage needs to be bit-addressable and is conveniently embodied as a plurality of one bit wide integrated circuits (bit column stores) whereas the remainingstorage may be of integrated circuits that are word organized, e.g. in modules four or more bits wide.
Preferably, the unique digit orders are based, directly or indirectly, on unidirectional end-around shifting of all or parts of successive n digit words by one digit position relative to the previous word so that, on a square matrix, digitpositions of the same significance for successive rows or parts of rows are relatively skewed to appear on diagonals of that square matrix.
This skewing may be done separately for different square submatrix portions of an overll n .times. n matrix for the coded store portion, and these portions can themselves be subjected bodily to position codes that may, with advantage, be basedon the same unidirectional end-around shifting transformation.
Each diagonal, or set of diagonals where part arrays or matrix portions of the overall matrix are concerned, will have a different digit significance that is the same for all n information items. Addressing of the store has thus to be arrangedto extract bits on such a diagonal or set of diagonals and the presence of a predetermined bit value will represent a matching item. For convenience, the term "skewing" as used herein is intended to extend to superposed group rotation of the bits ofcoded words already subjected to differential rotations.
For skewed bit addressing on a comparison read-out, a part or field of the word to be compared may be separately transformed as many times as necessary to give, for that field, equivalently significant fields of address words to be applied to thebit column stores so as to correctly bit-address those column stores. One part or field will identify a bit within each submatrix bit portion where there is a superposed bit portion rotation and another portion or field of different significance will beanalogously treated to give another address field that identifies the submatrix concerned in each bit column store. The number of separate transformations required for the former field will be equal to the number of bit columns in a submatrix bitportion and the number required for the latter fields will be equal to the number of submatrix bit portions represented in each bit column store. Preferably, 4 .times. 4 bit submatrix portions of 16 .times. 16 bit store blocks are used so that a fourbit address has its two lowest significant bits transformed to identify bits within bit portions and the other two bits transformed to identify the bit portion concerned.
Where more than n information items are involved, and thus a corresponding number of addressable word locations are required, the storage circuit or memory to which the invention is to be applied may, in effect, be operatively split into two ormore n-word store blocks preferably operable relative to the same input word for comparison purposes. Where the plurality of word blocks share the same integrated circuits, skewed bit addressing of the store blocks may be done sequentially with moresignificant bits applied directly (i.e., untransformed) to select a store block. Simultaneous comparisons are possible where more than one bit column storage unit, e.g. integrated circuit, is required in each bit column store and their outputs are notcompared. Potentially, of course, such simultaneous operation is possible for different input words for each such store device if sufficient register space is provided and the relevant comparison word is inserted in a register assigned to acorresponding bit column store device.
Coding one-out-of-n and storing a unique digit order allows a single significant bit value to represent, when read out, that there is a match between the corresponding information item or portion thereof and an input information word to becompared.
Where a portion only of an information item is so coded the significant bit value will indicate each item for which that portion matches. That portion may be a flag or classification section for a plurality of items of the same or a similarcase, e.g. integers or any other class of data, or other particular properties or parameters such as color, size, age etc., present in a file of data relating to people, objects, places or combinations thereof.
Alternatively, that portion may be simply a fragment or field of an information item of which the remainder or at least other fields are to be compared with corresponding further portions of the information word to be compared. Even if severalmatches are found for the coded portions of information items, and subsequent comparison is in separate machine cycles, a complete comparison operation will take far fewer cycles than required for full sequential comparisons. Furthermore, normalwritable storage circuit only is required together with appropriate addressing logic and that is cheaper and/or more flexible in application than conventional content addressed store modules.
In its broadest aspect the invention envisages using space and/or digit position significant codes other than one-out-of-n. In this context space means that most of the digit positions allocated to the code are, for any particular code value, allof the same value. One-out-of-n is, of course, an extreme case of such codes. If other codings are used that put significant bit values in more than one digit position further logic circuitry will usually be required to identify one or more storeditems to be further investigated in subsequent machine cycles. It may also be that more than one skewed store access is made, for example one for each significant bit position and logic circuitry used to process the results of such a plurality of skewedaccesses.
Specific implementation of the invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram illustrating the principle of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the organization of the store of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of a system embodying the invention;
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a preferred organization of a store block of FIG. 3,
FIG. 5 is a block circuit diagram of a store block loading facility;
FIGS. 6A and B are a block circuit diagram of an alternative store block loading facility together, and a truth table for the logic employed, respectively;
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing how an eight-bit address word can be used to skew access a store block;
FIG. 8 is an example of the operation of the address word of FIG. 7 for bit significance 2 in FIG. 4;
FIG. 9 is a truth table for address transformations appropriate to addressing bit portions of a stored block;
FIG. 10 is a truth table for address transformations appropriate to identifying a bit portion of a stored block;
FIG. 11 and 12 are logic circuit diagrams of a skew addressing facility in accordance with FIGS. 8, 9, and 10; and
FIG. 13 is a block circuit diagram of an output facility combined with transformation truth tables therefor.
FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate the principle of operation of the invention. This is shown on a small scale for simplicity, andconsiders a situation where input data is presented in 8-bit words with the three least significant bits of all words always defining a feature or features of the information carried by the remaining five bits. The input data word will be applied to an8-bit input register 10 for subsequent application to a store 11. The store 11 consists of two parts. One of these parts 12 is a normal store arranged to hold the 5 most significant bits of the input data word. The other part 13 of the store 11 iseight bits wide. The three least significant bits from register 10 are passed through an encoder 14 arranged to encode its input as a one-out-of-eight output which is applied to the store part 13. Only the first word of storage of store 11 is shown.
FIG. 1 also illustrates the operation of the arrangement just described. Considering the 8-bit number shown in the register 10, bits 3 to 7 are passed directly to store part 12. Bits 0 to 2, representing in binary form the decimal number 5, areencoded such that the resulting output to store part 13 puts a `1` only in the position of bit 5 in that store parts, all other bits being `0`.
FIG. 2 shows the organization of the storage capacity of store part 13. By using a suitable addressing circuit, each successive word, consisting of the one-out-of-eight encoded output of encoder 14, is shifted one bit to the left relative to thepreceeding word. Hence, as shown, all the least significant bits, that is bit 0, will occupy the major diagonal of the store. Other selected bits, say bit 5, may be found on two minor diagonals of the store.
If a search to be carried out requires the retrieval of all information in those data words whose three least significant bits have a decimal value of 5, then it is necessary to look at bit 5 of each of the eight stored words. If these werestored without the one-bit shift between successive words it would be necessary to search each word in turn. However, as shown in FIG. 2, all the bit 5's may be read out in a single operation by addressing a different bit of each word. For example itwill be necessary to address bit 5 of word 1, bit 6 of word 2, bit 7 of word 3, bit 0 of word 4, and so on. The use of this combined coding and shifting technique greatly simplifies this type of searching.
The example given above is a simplification of actual requirements. A search store of this type, as respresented by store part 13 in FIG. 1, would probably be more than 8 bits wide. In addition, the addressing is in practice rather complexsince it has to allow for the checking of any desired bit in each word. In order to simplify the addressing, the store part 13 may be divided into smaller sub-divisions.
FIGS. 3 and 4 are concerned with a storage arrangement for use with a 16 bit data word, of which the four least significant bits are coded by a one-out-of-16 encoder. To simplify the addressing, the 16 by 16 bit store array is subdivided into 4by 4 bit sub-arrays.
FIG. 3 shows writable storage 20, which comprises the memory of this invention and is word organized and comprises two parts 21 and 22 of which the part 21 is conventionally arranged and controlled to be addressable over lines 23 to produce onoutput lines 24 a multi-bit word output from the addressed location. For convenience, the store part 21 will be assumed to be 12 bits wide and to comprise 256 words, though it should be understood that the store may be designed for more or less wordsthat can be shorter or longer in bit length. The store part 22 is indicated as being at least notionally broken into blocks 25 and 26 of writable storage that is both bit and word addressable by address circuit 27, preferably being formed as separate256 .times. 1 bit column stores. In general, the store blocks 25 and 26 will, together, have a plurality of word organized locations corresponding one-to-one and word addressable with the word locations of the store part 21, and each will comprise aplurality of bits capable of expressing a portion of an information item in one-out-of-n code. In the particular example mentioned above, the blocks 25 and 26 are 16 bits wide and so are capable of expressing four digits of true binary code inone-out-of-16 code, i.e. a unique bit position for each four-bit numerical value. The four-bit portion will be part, for example the least significant bits, of a 16-bit information item of which the remaining 12 bits are stored in the correspondinglocation of store part 21. The word addressing aspect of address circuit 27 is conventional and will not be discussed further, attention being directed to the bit addressing aspect.
An exemplary store location is indicated at 28 where bits 0 to 15 of storage block 25 represent a one-out-of-16 coding of the least significant four bits (0 to 3) of a 16-bit information item of which the remaining bits (4 to 15) are stored at acorresponding location in the store 21.
The storage blocks 25 and 26 have several modes of operation. They can be read on a word organized basis simultaneously with reading the corresponding location in store part 21, and lines 29 are shown as common outputs therefrom for theone-out-of-n coded word; addressing may be via lines 23 in common with reading of the store part 21. Writing to the store blocks is also conveniently on a word basis and simultaneous with writing to the store part 21, addressing again being, forconvenience, assumed to be over the same lines 23. The word to be written will be provided by a circuit block encoder and shift register 30 operative to code part of each input information item on lines 32 and to impose a unique digit order in itsoutputs 31. The elements of the block 30 are well-known in the art as illustrated by the one out of 16 decoder as manufactured by Signetics Corporation under their designation N74154 and described at page 2-144 of the Signetics Data Book, 1974. Forsimple diagonal skewing the encoder 30 may comprise a binary to one-out-of-n encoder that receives the least significant four bits of the information item concerned over lines 32, and a re-entrant shift register that receives the code outputs andsupplies the store blocks 25 to 26 via lines 31.
Such a shift register serves to skew the bit significance of the code word so that bits of the same significance appear progressively shifted by one digit position on a matrix representing bit storage elements of a store block 25, 26.
The store blocks 25 to 26 are also required to be operative for read-out on a diagonal basis and so need to be bitaddressable column by column and simultaneously. This requirement arises from the way in which comparisons are to be done betweendesired bits of a word Y and the contents of one of the blocks 25 to 26. A register 40 is shown for the word Y. The least significant stages feed, via lines 41, the address circuit 27 that is effective to generate appropriate diagonal element enablingsignals over lines 43.
In FIG. 3 the blocks 25 and 26 are shown as sharing output lines 29 even in their diagonal read-out mode of operation as will be required where each column is an integrated circuit device. Then considering only one block, say 25, any line havingthe one-out-of-n coded bit value will represent a match between the least significant bits of the word Y and the corresponding word location in the block 25 and store part 21. The store block outputs 29 are shown applied via branch lines 45 to anaddress identifier circuit 46 which comprises the comparing means of this invention and whose outputs 47 will represent the corresponding store address or location in the store block 25 and thus in the store part 21. That store location will contain theremainder of the matching information item which can then be addressed and read out onto lines 24 for further processing, for example, comparison with the most significant contents of the register 40 on lines 39.
In practice the address identifier circuit 46 will effectively gate through the address actually applied to the relevant bit column store of the blocks 25 to 28. Lines 43 are thus shown applied to the circuit 46 though the latter may, inreality, be part of the circuit 27 equivalent to gating on branches from the lines 43.
Sharing of the output lines 29 by the store blocks 25 to 26 implies that those blocks will be operated in separate, illustratively consecutive, machine cycles. The store block outputs 29 are also shown applied to a translating means including ade-skewing and decoding circuit 51 for translating the skewed output into true binary code on lines 52, this circuit 51 being required on normal word addressing of the overall store configuration 26 to obtain a conventional 16-bit binary word.
Only where the store blocks 25 to 26 comprise or extend over bit column integrated circuits can they, or groups of them, have separate output lines and so be simultaneously addressed over lines 43.
Then separate address indentifier circuits 46 will need to be provided for the outputs of each store block or group thereof, and the most significant bits of the store address will be set according to which identifier circuit detects a match.
The presence of a match in a store block skewed read will be indicated when the input of identifier circuit 46 is not all-zero, assuming, that is, that binary "1" represents the significant bit value of the address circuit 27. A match would, ofcourse, also be indicated by a non-zero output of the circuit 46. However, it is convenient to detect a match using the input lines 45, especially where provision is to be made for coping with multiple matches i.e., where more than one of the lines 45carries a binary "1" signal. For a system as described so far the circuit 46 will need to be operated separately for each binary "1" received and that will require logic in the lines 45 for detecting binary "1"s and controlling their application to thecoder 46.
FIG. 4 shows a preferred ordering of the original digit significances as stored in one of the store blocks 25 or 26. This is based also on end-around shifts but now applied to the outputs of one-out-of-n coder 30. Again a 16-bit code word isassumed so that the store block shown is a 16 .times. 16 bit array. The sub-array portions treated separately are 4 .times. 4-bits so that there are sixteen such portions for each store block array. Also the separately shifted portions are themselvesbodily shifted end-around relative to their positions in rows of a matrix array of those portions. In particular, the specific 4 .times. 4-bit portions are shown in FIG. 2 to have been subjected to bodily shifts that exactly parallel those for eachindividual portion which itself exactly parallel the successive unidirectional end-around shifts of one bit position at a time. As will be described later this arrangement allows a particularly advantageous form of bit addressing control.
The sixteen word locations are labelled T0 to T15 for rows and the conventional bit significances are labelled B0 to B15 for columns, so that individual bit locations are coordinate identified e.g. T0, B0, for the top right bit. The 4 .times. 4-bit portions have coordinates T0 - T3, T4 - T7, T8 - T11, T12 - T15 for rows and B0 - B3, B4 - B7, B8 - B11, B12 - B15 for columns. Now, for example, the top right sub-array portion has coordinates T0 - T3, B0 - B3. In the first row of sub-arrayportions T0 - T3 the bit significances of the original coded word appear in their original order for location T0 and the four portions B0 - B3, B4 - B7, B8 - B11, B12 - B15 relate to the bit significances 0 - 3, 4 - 7, 8 - 11 and 12 - 15 respectively. Then, in each sub-array portion separately, successive end-around shifts are shown for locations T1, T2 and T3 so that the lowest bit significances of each portions namely, 0, 4, 8 and 12 occupy the main diagonals of the four positions and each other bitsignificance occupies complementary minor diagonals. For this first row of sub-array portions all of the original bit significances are shown so that the identity of the operations for each portion is evident.
For the second row of sub-array portions T4 - T7 the original bit significances 0 - 3, 4 - 7, 8 - 11, 12 - 15 now occupy sub-array portions B4 - B7, B8 - B11, B12 - B15, and B0 - B3, respectively i.e., a bodily end-around shift comparable to thatfrom location T0 to location T1 within each of the first row of sub-array positions. As can be seen fully for portion T4 - T7, B4 - B7, relating to original bit significances 0 - 3, and skeletally for the other portions, each sub-array portion undergoesthe same shifts from locating T4 to T7 as it does from location T0 to T3.
Further bodily rotational shifts of the portions are shown skeletally in the lower half of the FIG. 2 relative to the third and fourth rows of sub-array portions T8 - T11 and T12 - T15.
It is noted that for each sub-array portion individually the relation of stored to original bit significances is represented by major and minor diagonals and that a further similar relation is superposed in shifting the portions bodily. As canbe seen, the original bit significances 0 to 3 and the major diagonals (4, 8 and 12) of the other portions make overall diagonals as described for FIG. 1, but the other bit significances are altered by the superposition. Despite this superposition, theresulting ordering of the original bit significances is referred to herein as "diagonally related". Other forms of skewing or reordering may achieve an equally satisfactory result in terms of economy of the bit addressing logic.
FIG. 5 shows a suitable loading arrangement instead of the coder and re-entrant shift register designation previously ascribed, illustratively, to block 30 of FIG. 3. Use is made of read-only memories that are readily available commercially. For 16 bit locations of the store blocks, two 256 .times. 8 bit read-only memories 70 and 71 are used, each addressed over eight lines 32 presenting in binary code the store block address bits on four lines and the four least significant digits of theinformation item to be stored. This addressing is accordingly shown as from the least significant lines 23' of addressing cable 23, and the lines 32 of FIG. 3. Each read-only memory 70, 71 has sufficient locations to accommodate all possiblepermutations of the addressing lines and provides an eight bit output on lines 72, 73 and these constitute different halves of the store block input lines 31.
An alternative loading facility is shown in FIG. 6A together with a truth table in FIG. 6B. FIG. 6A shows two two-digit adders 64 and 65 but each with only two outputs for the least significant digits. The inputs of adder 64 are shown to be thetwo least significant bits T0, T1 of the relevant store block address and the two least significant bits D0, D1 of the data to be written to store. A truth table is shown in FIG. 6B for the action of the adder 64 on the inputs D0, D1, T0, T1, and nextto the output column there are normal decimal representations as used in FIG. 4. From those representations it should be clear that the adder 64 performs the skewing for each of the 4 .times. 4 bit portions, the representations in fact corresponding tothe first square T0 - T3, B0 B3 of FIG. 4, i.e., with no offset.
The adder 65 is operative relative to its inputs D2, D3, and T2, T3 in the same way as adder 64, and its outputs constitute the next two significant digits of a four-bit word that is shown applied to a binary to one-out-of-16 coder 66. The coderoutputs are also indicated in significance from the bottom upwards as feeds for the store block columns but these outputs in fact carry the skew ordered digits. The action of the adder 65 obeys a truth table similar to that shown for adder 64 and itsoutputs specify particular sub-array portions of FIG. 2 with the required skewing, i.e. impulse desired offsets to the outputs of adder 64.
As mentioned above, the bit columns B0 to B15 may comprise separate integrated circuit random access stores that are one bit wide and such stores will be more than 16 bits long, typically they may be 256 bits long and 16 such stores will thusaccommodate 16 of the store blocks 25 of FIG. 4. An eight-bit address used for bit selection will thus have its four most significant address bits used to identify a run of 16 bits corresponding to a particular store block. The remaining four addressbits are used to identify one bit in each of the sixteen column stores within that particular 16-bit run and the bits so identified will be those of a desired original bit significance. A four-bit word or word part designating the desired original bitsignificance therefore has to be translated to give the appropriate four least significant address bits for each bit column store. In effect, two bits identify the run of four bits corresponding to a particular sub-array portion, and two bits identifyone bit within that run of four. Because of the particular superposed ordering pattern shown in FIG. 4, this can be achieved using identical translation logic for the two least significant bits and the next two bits.
FIG. 7 illustrates the basic translations to be performed to achieve the required skewing for each store block directly from the contents of the register 40 of FIG. 3. The partitioned box is intended to show how, for the eight digits 0 to 7 of abinary word Y representing the original bit significance, the values of the least and next least significant pairs of digits are translated relative to the bit columns B0 to B15 and 4 .times. 4 digit sub-array portions P (0 - 3), P (4 - 7), P (8 - 11)and P (12 - 15) of a store block to form equivalently significant pairs of bits 0, 1 and 2, 3 of the address word D for the bit column stores.
The four right-most compartments relating to translation of the least significant pair of bits Y.sub.0, Y.sub.1 to AD0, AD1, reflect the fact that the internal skewing of each 4 .times. 4 bit sub-array portion P is the same and that bit columngroups B0 - B3, B4 - B7, B8 - B11 and B12 - B15 can be similarly treated, the middle four compartments serving to select the appropriate 4 .times. 4 bit sub-array portion P for each column group.
As an example of the translations represented by FIG. 7, the bit column store addresses for an original bit significance of value two (i.e., 0000,0010) are shown in FIG. 8 for one store block i.e., considering only the four least significantdigits (0010). The identity with FIG. 4 where the locations of original bit significance 2 are shown fully is clear. Hence, considering FIG. 4, the bit having original significance 2 is to be found in word T2 for bit column store B0, word T3 for bitstore B1, word T0 for bit store B2 and word T0 for bit store B3. Similarly, the required bit is to be found in word T6 for bit store B4, word T6 for bit store B5, word T4 for bit store B6, and word T5 for bit store B7.
A further insight into the translation within each 4 .times. 4 bit sub-array portion may be gained from FIG. 9 which shows a truth table useful for indicating the logic required to perform these translations. In particular, FIG. 9 shows columnsrelating to values of the least significant bit pair Y.sub.0 Y.sub.1 and rows relating to the translation for respective ones of the right-most compartments of FIG. 7. Again taking the original bit significance of two it is seen that address value 2 isrequired for columns B0, B4, B8 and B12; address value 3 is required for columns B1, B5, B9, and B13; address value 0 is required for columns B2, B6, B10 and B14; and address value 1 is required for columns B3, B7, B11 and B15.
All that is required to fully realise FIG. 9 is the appropriate offsets for each bit column group B0 - B3, B4 - B7, B8 - B11, and B12 - B15, namely 0, 1, 2 and 3, respectively, for the next pair of address digits AD2, AD3. The truth table forthese digits is shown in FIG. 10 and is identical in value to that of FIG. 9, so that similar logic circuits will be satisfactory. Suitable logic circuits are shown in FIG. 11 specifically for a least significant bit pair.
The function of the compartment labelled B0, B4, B8, B12 in FIG. 7 is shown realised at 75 in FIG. 11 in accordance with the first rows of the FIG. 9 table by a direct connection 74 from Y.sub.0 line 76 to AD0 lines for the bit column storeconcerned, and a connection to the corresponding AD1 lines from the output for a non-equivalent circuit 79, otherwise called an Exclusive-OR-circuit, fed from both Y.sub.1 line 80 and the Y.sub.0 line 76. The function of the compartment labelled B1, B5,B9, B13, in FIG. 7 is shown realised at 81 in FIG. 11 in accordance with the second row of the FIG. 9 table by a connection from Y.sub.0 line 76 to the AD0 lines via an inverter 82, and a direct connection between Y.sub.1 line 80 and the AD1 lines.
The function of the compartment labelled B2, B6, B10, B14 in FIG. 7 is shown realised at 84 in accordance with the third row of the FIG. 9 table by a direct connection 85 between Y.sub.0 line 76 and the AD0 lines, for those bit column stores, anda connection to the corresponding AD1 line from an equivalence circuit 86 fed from both the Y.sub.0 and Y.sub.1 lines. The function for the compartment labelled B3, B7, B11, B15 in FIG. 7 is shown realised at 87 in accordance with the bottom row of theFIG. 9 table by inverters 88 and 89 in connections between Y.sub.0 line 76 and the AD0 lines for those bit column stores and between Y.sub.1 line 80 and the AD1 lines, respectively.
Logic like that of FIG. 11 can also be used to realise the required translations between bit pairs Y.sub.2, Y.sub.3 and AD2 and AD3. To do this Y.sub.0, Y.sub.1, AD0 and Ad1 lines would be made to correspond to Y.sub.2, Y.sub. 3, AD2 and AD3bits respectively, and the boxes 75, 81, 84 and 87 would perform the functions of the compartments labelled in FIG. 2 as B(0 - 3), B(4 - 7), B(8 - 11), and B(12 - 15), respectively. This is shown in FIG. 12 with primed references where appropriate.
The skewed bit addressing facility just described requires only sixteen address lines for each 16 .times. 16 store block and these are the lines AD0 and AD3 connected as indicated above for FIGs. 11 and 12. A further four lines will serve toidentify any of 16 such store blocks so that twenty address lines will serve the preferred 256 .times. 1 bit column stores readily available in integrated circuit form. Clearly, other sizes of column store can be served using an appropriate number ofaddress lines.
As mentioned above, on normal word addressing, the outputs of the bit column store need to be re-ordered so that they can be further processed or if necessary, readily reconverted to true binary form in a one-out-of-n to binary converter. This"de-skewing" can be readily achieved using two banks of multiplexers as shown in FIG. 13, where the store block output lines 29 are shown applied to a bank of four 4-bit four-way multiplexers 90 controlled by the two least significant bits Y.sub.0 andY.sub.1 of the addressing word. The lower edge of the bank of multiplexers 90 has indications of the actual bit significances of its outputs 91 and these, of course, represent the desired final re-ordering of the contents of lines 29. The multiplexers90 serve to de-skew each group of four bits ocrresponding to B(0 - 3), B(4 - 7), B(8 - 11) and B(12 - 15) of FIG. 4 and bits 0 - 3, 4 - 7, 8 - 11 and 12 - 15 of the multiplexers 90. De-skewing is done within each of the multiplexers 90 but not betweenthem. The required transformations are, in effect, rotations that reverse the rotations made in originally skewing the 4 .times. 4 bit sub-array portions during loading. These reverse rotations are indicated in partitioned box 92 shown interruptingthe multiplexer output lines 91 and are identified with particular values of the controlling bits Y.sub.0, Y.sub.1, which are shown both in binary and in normal decimal form as used in FIG. 4. Comparison of this table with the 4 .times. 4 bit sub-arrayportions of FIG. 2 will show the correction achieved which, as would be expected, requires the same rotation in each row of the box or table 92, but different rotations for each row.
These output lines 91 are shown applied to a second bank of four 4-bit, four-wy multiplexers 93 that are controlled by the next two bits Y.sub.2 and Y.sub.3 of the addressing word. Again the lower edge of the box 93 shows the actual outputsignificances of the multiplexers and, this time, these outputs 94 will carry the correct order of bits of the word read out. Partitioned box 95 in the ouputs 94 shows the transformations required to complete the re-ordering. This time thetransformations are between, not within, the multiplexers 95 and serve to reverse the bodily rotations of the 4 .times. 4 bit sub-array portions of FIG. 4. For convenience the outputs 94 are shown feeding a one-out-of-16 register 96, the output ofwhich may be connected to a one-out-of-n to binary converter.
Embodiments of the invention can also be used for multiple association by having more than one bit of different and thus significant value in the store block word locations. This could be of particular utility in data processing relating tosituations for which there are tolerances that do not correspond to binary powers.
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Basic Information About the IITs and their Joint Entrance Exam The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are the most prestigious institutes in India that offer engineering and technological education of internationally recognized standard of excellence. The IITs offer courses at their Mumbai, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Roorkee campuses and also at the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi and Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. From the year 2008 onwards, eight new IITs have been set up across the country by the Union HRD Ministry. These new IITs are located in the states of Rajasthan (Jodhpur), Bihar (Patna), Andhra Pradesh (Hyderabad), Himachal Pradesh (Mandi), Orissa (Bhubaneshwar), Madhya Pradesh (Indore), Gujarat (Gandhinagar) and Punjab (Rupnagar), which has increased the total number of IITs to 15.
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Man Pleads Guilty to Vulgar Phone Call Against AG Herring Over Same-sex Marriage Stance
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A Hampton Roads area man has pleaded guilty to curse and abuse after making a vulgar and threatening phone call to VA Attorney General Mark Herring's Office in relation to his stance on same-sex marriage.
James Timothy Berry, 54, placed the call in early February. In an audio recording of the call released by Capital Police, you can hear Berry lashing out at the AG over a number of issues.
"I voted, and I didn't vote for your sorry ass," says Berry to open the voice mail.
"As far as all of you and your queerness stuff, why don't you just go and start sucking d**** yourself," Berry exclaims. "Queers shouldn't be married, let them stay in the closet. And don't call it marriage."
All of this, while hurtful, is fairly innocuous, but after saying "goodbye" Berry managed to throw in the sentence which got him in trouble.
"And I do hope you die, but I won't be the one to kill you," he said.
"Nearly all of the hundreds of phone calls and thousands of emails the office received were respectful," said Michael Kelly, AG Herring's Director of Communications. Kelly said they received both support and opposition to the offices' stance on same-sex marriage. However "one message was profane, vulgar, and possibly threatening to the point that it was referred to Capitol Police, per office protocols," said Kelly in reference to the Berry phone call.
Berry was originally charged with using profane, threatening, or indecent language over public airways, however he plead guilty to the lesser charge of curse and abuse.
The ACLU of Virginia questioned the charge in general. In a statement sent to The Daily Press, Executive Director Claire Gastanaga said the Supreme Court has protected vulgar speech in the past and the specifics of this case raise constitutional questions. "Merely using certain words may not be prosecuted as a crime," she said.
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for something of a noticeable number of approximately 0.078% of the incumbent UK population, look you see, the rather well known John Terry was, perhaps is, aspects of the title of this post. indeed variations of this are applicable to a global population, such has been the rather lucrative marketing and branding of the Premier League around the world.
steady on, you say. yes, quite. much caution must be used when discussing John Terry, and so i shall. this post may well then be brief; rather that than litter it with text such as [text removed on legal advice] being what you read here more than anything else.
calls have been made from a fraction of the registering number of the 0.078% above for John Terry to be awarded a knighthood, or have the title "Sir" formally bestowed upon him. this would be in regard of his many, many achievements. the most recent of these, in looking for an excuse to have a picture in this post for many get really distressed by text only posts, is his (ahem) "winning" a trophy for his new employers, Aston Villa.
i am led to believe that this trophy was won in valiant fashion via beating some German team or another across the course of a 45 minute "special" match. well done to all involved, then.
there are some who disagree with the idea of John Terry being awarded a knighthood. they do such protestations in quite strong terms, citing all sorts of reasons not to which i am reluctant to repeat here, less i need to speak to a lawyer or do that whole [text removed on legal advice] thing.
something we could probably take as a given is that one day John Terry will release an autobiography of sorts, or an "official" biography. there can be little doubt that the cover shall feature he resplendent in a full Chelsea kit, and be called something like "Mr Chelsea" or "Chelsea Legend". should he be awarded a knighthood, and he was quick about it, i suppose he could release it under the name "Sir Chelsea", i suppose.
what you have to remember about John Terry, and again i am being as careful as possible with the wording, is that he is in an elite bracket of professionals to have been awarded / given the England captaincy twice. thus, he is in an even smaller elite bracket of people who have found themselves not England captain for very specific reasons.
overall, i say yes, give John Terry a knighthood. it would be with enthusiasm that i would watch with entertainment what happens next. and, those who say no, remember - unlike the England captaincy you really can only be stripped of a knighthood the once.
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From 1862 until his surrender in 1865, ESPN college football announcer Robert Lee commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. pic.twitter.com/eQKXyXRNgl— NotKennyRogers (@NotKennyRogers) August 23, 2017
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YouTube economically censors former presidential candidate @RonPaul for criticizing U.S. foreign policy on Afghanistan and WikiLeaks.
I don't get why most people don't just self host, youtube has made their own noose with google pushing html5 which has a <video> tag, why aren't more people giving companies like these the finger?Most centrallised services can kick you off, but if you make your own site you can't be kicked off. Why do people continue to move to other centrallised services?Getting stuff like video and articles on the web isn't hard anymore, we need to promote hosting your own content.
LOLQuoteYouTube economically censors former presidential candidate @RonPaul for criticizing U.S. foreign policy on Afghanistan and WikiLeaks.
Few Americans think they have true freedom of speech today and think the country is too politically correct.A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that just 28% of American Adults think Americans have true freedom of speech today. Most (66%) think, rather, they have to be careful not to say something politically incorrect to avoid getting in trouble. The national survey of 1,000 American Adults was conducted on August 17 & 20, 2017 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC.
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Unfortunately there is no real free speech online, as the internet in the end is owned at it's very core by corporations who are either beholden to owners/shareholders and will not risk losing money in a public backlash by SJW activists; or they are tech companies who have SJW working in the inside who will gladly enforce wrongthink with "hate speech" clause which are in every single TOS, including ours.As much as ya'll talk about "Clownworld", for SJW every day they are under Trump they are living in their own personal clownworld and are now redoubling their efforts to control speech and thought.
This is why I didn't hand this place over to the guys who wanted to go full alt right.We'd no longer be here.
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It has been determined in the United States there are more internet broadband users compared to dial-up. That being the case, media that will require high bandwidth is now extra readily available to anyone who wants to download that.
A method that is relatively new is usually using video presentations to market your products. While photographs do provide a potential customer some of the goods and services at hand, video commands far more attention. This delivers a multimedia knowledge to the audience that needs attention. Likewise, the power of corporate video is irrebatible.
However , particular things are suitable for video while others are not.
An excellent use of video on the internet would be to offer real estate. A photo may be worth 1000 words, nevertheless, you can't accurately walk by using a house by using photos by itself. Video enables the potential residence buyer to tour the property before they will visit to pick up interest. A use of video that would not really work will be something that probably would not help sell the product whatsoever. For example , if you were selling coloring, using online video would not enhance a paint's color or texture. An image would be a lot more appropriate.
When you are selling a product on the net, explore ways to use video to show through your product or perhaps show people how to do things with your item. Encoding it into Thumb will make it easily seen by almost everybody online. It is crucial, though, that you pay attention to the top quality of the production. While the online video has a great deal of power, it might work against you in the event the video appears amateur.
In the very forseeable future, internet and television will not have any splitting up. As of now, major providers of services are offering plans that physically deliver television through the internet. This is an low compertition medium for advertising that is certain to be a big hit.


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"I'm not religious. I'm an atheist." This is a common statement today, especially in the West, but it is at heart an oxymoron. While atheism does not look like Christianity or Islam, the two largest religions in the world, atheism is a religion. This, of course, is a statement that has earned ridicule, slander and rage more than once. Many atheists will argue that the very definition of atheism is "non-religious." While it is true that atheists do not believe in God, that does not mean that they are not religious.
Defining Atheism
Like any religion, atheism is somewhat difficult to accurately define. There will always be self-identified adherents who disagree with a single definition. Christianity, for example, could be defined as "those who believe in Jesus Christ." This definition could also include, however, Christian Witches who see Christ as the God and another deity as Goddess. Most self-identified Christians, however, would not consider these Christian Witches to be true Christians. A more detailed definition of Christianity, however, could accidentally include Protestantism, for example, but exclude Catholicism.
Most definitions of atheism are rather simple, but they are widely accepted by both atheists and non-atheists. These definitions generally include what can be called the three tenets of atheism: 1) God or gods do not exist, 2) there is no life after death, 3) this material world is all that exists. Some self-identified atheists will accept that there are spiritual beings of some sort but reject any notion of a creator God or gods. Most atheists, however, reject any idea that there is a world beyond this one or beings beyond the natural. As such, the three fold definition of atheism is the one that will be used here.
Defining Religion
Religious scholars have struggled for years to agree on a single definition that answers the question "what is religion?" Early attempts at a definition claimed that religion was simply a belief in God. This, of course, was not a definition that could encapsulate the religions of the East. Buddhism, for example, does not hold to belief in a single creator god, but no one today would claim that Buddhists are not religious. As such, the definition of religion continued to evolve over the years.
Based on some of the earliest definitions of religion, atheism is not a religion. Neither, however, is Buddhism, Hinduism, Goddess worship or, by some early definitions, Catholicism. Other early definitions, however, would also exclude atheism, but they would also count common superstitions, childhood nightmares, nationalism and the products of psychotic breaks or hallucinations as religions. Most people today would not call these religions either. According to later, more nuanced definitions of religion, however, atheism is a religion.
"By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life." – James George Frazer
Frazer's "Golden Bough" is an older work that studied religion and had a number of flaws, many of which are unsurprising in hindsight considering when the book was written. His definition of religion, however, continues to make its way into secular universities today.
Atheism fits Frazer's definition of a religion. Most atheists believe in the proven laws of physics and scientific theories such as evolution and natural selection. These natural laws are beyond human control and are seen as controlling the material world.
"[Religion is] the feelings, acts and experiences of individual men in their solitude, so far as they apprehend themselves to stand in relation to whatever they may consider the divine." –William James
Atheists do not believe that there is a divine. This, however, does not mean that James' definition of religion does not hold true for atheism.
James makes it a point to explain that religion is about action as well as belief. Atheists do not believe in a god or in gods, and they act accordingly. So, they feel a lack of belief and experience only this world, which leads them to act as though there is no world but this one.
Note as well that James points out that these experiences are individual. A belief system does not need a structured hierarchy to be a religion. It just needs to be a collective set of beliefs and experiences. Those beliefs can certainly be a belief that this material world is all that exists, and those experiences can be the experience of a lack of any sort of divinity.


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Ahhh...it's such a relief to have something on tv ALL the time! I like to leave the tv on in the background when I work at the computer, etc, and I enjoyed the World Cup a lot four years ago - not just as background noise, but also because I actually learned a little about the game! But while I didn't watch much more soccer/football since then, I am glad to see the World Cup back again. Sports are always more enjoyable when you're watching the best in the world compete. :)
I loved the Trinidad and Tobago tie with Sweden - I never thought I'd be so excited about a tie before! I got a little weepy over it, really - T & T wanted it SO badly for their little country, and because of the tie, got their first ever World Cup point! Considering it was supposed to be a blowout for Sweden, a tie was a huge achievement they should really be proud of!
And I was SO touched by the gorgeous gift that Iran gave to Mexico before their match (it seems its customary to exchange a small gift between teams - but this was no small gift!) If you haven't seen it yet, check it out for sure! A gorgeous, hand made (I assume) miniature Persian rug (they did invent the Persian rug, after all) ;) with the flags of Iran and Mexico embroidered on it. What a beautiful gift! I hope the other teams that go against Iran noticed it, because they might have to upgrade the gift they planned on giving! :)
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More than a few years ago when I was a lonely boy my father would take me to the river to fish and camping. It 'been a very big deal for me in those days. We had to sleep, not a tent, and we had no kettle. Accommodations were made (which gave it) on a blanket on the floor and the kitchen (which was by him) was made on an open fire.
This camping trip was the night where I had my first cup of coffee. Dad would pour water from a jug in a pot,put the pot on the stove, and bring it boil. Then he would pour the coffee in a rough terrain and leave the pot sit for a few minutes. Would then in cold water to make the ground floor to fall to fall, before we drank coffee. I never had the coffee I've tasted life to me better.
Now you're wondering what all these manufacturers have to deal with a French press coffee. Well, the principles of making coffee are the exact the same in the French press coffee maker and the flow of coffee, which my father was done many years ago. Of course, the French press coffee maker is much more civilized. French press coffee machines can be purchased electricity, they are. However, coffee is basically the same.
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Our group met for frozen yogurt while discussing personal experiences with different childcare situations and au pairs shared details about the courses and weekend classes they have taken in the past or are considering. This month we welcomed two new additions to the au pair group.
Call us crazy … but we were brave enough to attend the crowds of SantaCon in San Francisco this afternoon! So fun to see thousands of dressed up Santas, Mrs. Santa Clauses, Grinches, Snowmen and Elves at Union Square in San Francisco.
Several different au pair groups met to go ice skating together. Many event participants had never skated before!
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We picked up pastries from a very popular Chinese Bakery (Shen Kee on Telegraph Ave) before walking over to the near UC Berkeley Campus. Got a spectacular, sprawling view of the Bay Area from the observation platform of the Campanile and enjoyed the daily carillon bell concert. A great start […]
Had ice cream with the au pair group while enjoying a beautiful sunset overlooking the City from the Indian Rock formation in Berkeley.
Two LCCs met at Lake Anza in Tilden Park to take advantage of a warm summer evening. Au pairs explored a very popular hiking trail and discovered how close they live to the beauty of nature.
450 au pairs from the entire San Francisco Bay Area met to cruise on the Bay together. Music, dancing, drinks and fantastic views of the Golden Gate Bridge and City skyline were enjoyed by all.
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The au pair groups of LCC Kirstin Paydo and Paula Ventura visited the local fire station #2 on Berkeley Way where we were introduced to different staff members who shared not only information about their engines and equipment but also fun facts about the life of a fire fighter and their […]
On a rainy Friday evening, yoga instructor Suzanne Schwarz Zuber taught our au pairs a session of "Restorative Yoga" at YogaKula in Berkeley (www.suzanneyoga.net/). I am sure many woke up with sore muscles the next morning. Although we were wiggling and giggling , happy, shining warriors and downward dogs … our […]
Approximately eighty au pairs (6 LCCs and their groups) celebrated the upcoming Holidays at Warehouse 416 in Oakland. We enjoyed a help-yourself nacho bar, deserts provided by the au pairs and a Secret Santa gift exchange. Happy Holidays!
Winter in California has started and four au pair groups stayed warm by ice skating together at the Oakland Ice Center. Many au pairs were on blades for the very first time but the more experienced ones were happy to assist them in the rink. What a great experience and […]
It's always summer — in our hearts. Once the fog rolled in, it was a typical Berkeley summer night, enjoyed by friends and with Blues music in Memorial Park in Albany!
Three LCCs and their groups invited their host families and au pairs to join them for a potluck brunch in the Berkeley Marina. We welcomed almost 100 people including many host children.
Joined by the au pair groups of Paula Ventura and Isabelle MacEwan, we met to roller skate at the Church of Eight Wheels in San Francisco. In 2013, the old Sacred Heart Church had been lying dormant for nearly ten years when San Francisco's roller skaters came in, cleaned up […]
The group had fun with a foggy, misty (and mysterious) evening hike around Lake Anza. How awesome nature looks in rainy California … and the earthy smell of mud and moisture in the air — combined with the beauty of rain drops collecting on leaves … an unusual but very enjoyable walk for […]
450 au pairs from the entire San Francisco Bay Area met to cruise on the Bay together. Music, dancing, drinks and fantastic views of the Golden Gate Bridge and City skyline were enjoyed by all.
Three Cultural Care au pair groups met at the Golden Gate Fields Horse Race Track to watch pretty horses, handsome jockeys and fast races. The sunshine made it fun to spend the afternoon with hot dogs and drinks.
Our group met for chips and salsa, tacos and burritos at Picante, a Mexican Taco Bar in Berkeley. Some au pairs brought their friends and au pairs from other agencies/groups and we all socialized while hearing about host families, boy friends, travel plans, options for medical care and participation in […]
LCCs Kirstin Paydo, Paula Ventura and their au pairs visited fire station number 2 in Berkeley Downtown. The group received instructions on what to do, who to call and what to say when when we experience an emergency. We learned about the importance of smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors, how to use […]
A Friday evening session of "Restorative Yoga", taught by Suzanne Schwarz Zuber at YogaKula in Berkeley (www.suzanneyoga.net/), included lots of wiggles and giggles. Sweaty but happy au pairs discovered that they were more flexible than they had thought…
LCCs Paula Ventura, Kirstin Paydo and their groups of au pairs celebrated the upcoming Holidays with hot chocolate and cookies before we all unpacked our Secret Santa gifts. Each au pair shared with the group what country (s)he is originally from, if and how (s)he celebrates the Holidays back home […]
Winter in California has started and our au pair group stayed warm by ice skating together at the Oakland Ice Center. Many au pairs were on blades for the very first time but the more experienced ones were happy to assist them in the rink. What a great experience and […]
The group met for frozen yogurt and welcomed a couple of "new kids on the block"
My au pair group met at a public community event in Albany featuring the vintage dance band "Cosmo Alley Cats". It was a warm summer night, enjoyed by all … and especially those au pairs who twisted some vintage dance moves — with and without host kids.
LCCs Kirstin Paydo, Dawniela Hightower, Molly Fivian and Sharron Williams invited their groups of host families and au pairs to join their annual potluck picnic at the Orinda Community Park. It was a lovely potluck barbecue party that gave newly arrived au pairs the opportunity to listen to fun stories […]
In 2013, the old Sacred Heart Church had been lying dormant for nearly ten years when SF's roller skaters came in, cleaned up the place, updated the lighting, the sound, built new skate racks and more! In July our au pair group went for a roll in one of the […]
Shortly before sunset 24 au pairs met to make new friends and go on a hike together at Lake Anza in Tilden Park. We started with some hot chocolate and ice cream at the beach and then made it safely around the lake without leaving anybody behind missing in action. […]
Another awesome Au Pair Disco Cruise in San Francisco! 450 au pairs from over 20 countries cruised the San Francisco Bay – dancing, taking pictures in the photo booth, seeing whales under the Golden Gate Bridge (!), and enjoying the stunning San Francisco skyline at night! What a great night!
Parts of the au pair group met at Caffe Strada in Berkeley where Cal students hung out and celebrated Cinco de Mayo. http://www.yelp.com/biz/caffe-strada-berkeley
We met at the Horse Race Track and enjoyed a gorgeous sunny day with pretty horses — some of them being faster than others;-). Dollar Day Sunday allowed us to get hot dogs and drinks for little money and although most of the au pairs didn't win while betting, they […]
The group met to watch the movie "Brooklyn" in The New Parkway Theater and had drinks/snacks in their café before. It's a community-centered cinema and pub located in Oakland's Uptown district: We sat back and relaxed in their cozy couches while watching their new release. Plus, one can enjoy yummy […]
The group met for an evening at Menchie's on Euclid Avenue. We all enjoyed the frozen yogurt extravaganza.
Three different au pair groups met at "Playland-Not-At-The-Beach" in El Cerrito. "The Museum of Fun" is a funky place showing off a conglomeration of century old carnival games, pinball machines and a large collection of fun oddities. Our au pairs fit in beautifully and seemed to have a great time […]
For our annual Holiday party we met at the local YMCA. LCC Silvie Esmaeili and her group joined us for this festive event. Every au pair brought (home made) cookies and we had a Secret Santa game in which we exchanged gifts with each other. The photo booth provided a […]
This month three au pair groups of the East Bay met their LCCs to go ice skating together. It was a chilly winter night in California … at least on the ice rink!
Twenty au pairs met on a Friday night at LCC Kirstin Paydo's house to socialize and make delicious pizzas together. We all welcomed a new au pair who had just arrived at the airport an hour earlier, only to be dropped off by her host mom to say Hello to […]
250+ au pairs met at Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco to go on a Scavenger Hunt together. In groups of four they explored the city, filled out their booklets with questions and finally ended their adventure at Union Square in Downtown. The four fastest teams with the most points […]
LCCs Kirstin Paydo, Dawniela Hightower and Silvie Esmaeili invited their groups of host families and au pairs to join their annual potluck picnic at the Orinda Community Park. It was a lovely potluck barbecue party that gave newly arrived au pairs the opportunity to listen to fun stories from others […]
The group met for ice cream and a short educational training about "water safety and drowning prevention" before we took of for a hike around Lake Anza, a beautiful place in Berkeley's Tilden Park! In the early evening hours the fog wafted over the lake and shadows of ducks added […]
The group met at Menchies Frozen Yogurt in Berkeley. Unfortunately we had so say good bye to three awesome au pairs who finish their terms this month :-(.
250 au pairs from Northern California were invited to join a cruise on the San Francisco Bay. Music, dancing, sightseeing, great views of the City … and hundreds of selfies included!
We met with Isabelle MacEwan's au pair group from Piedmont and they joined us at the Dollar Day at the Berkeley horse races. Most of the au pairs had never been to such an event. We explained the betting rules and some of them even dared to bet $1 on […]
Our group met at "Friday Nights at Oakland Museum of California": Dinner from the food trucks, dancing on the patio and a visit at the museum for everybody who was interested to learn about American culture and history.
Meeting at the house of host family "Randall" for movie night.
Meeting with Dawniela Hightower's and Isabelle MacEwan's au pair groups at Bridges Rock Gym in El Cerrito (http://www.bridgesrockgym.com/). It was a private after-hour event doing indoor bouldering, roped climbing and slack-lining/tight-rope walking. We had a total of 21 au pairs actively participating!
We met at my house for a Secret Santa Holiday Party. Dawniela Hightower's au pair group joined us for more fun. Motto: The more, the merrier…!
Host Families, kids and au pairs had fun getting together for a pot luck barbeque on a misty summer day in August
We had a water safety and drowning prevention meeting at the Lafayette Water Reservoir
The group met at Cafe Leila on San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley


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Although missing a number of first choice players, Grove achieved their first, bonus point, victory in the league with a stunning first half display, in which they ran in four trys with three conversions against a single converted try from Slough. Sadly the home side then went to sleep for most of the second half only rousing themselves when Slough threatened to get back on terms.
Grove's opener came after just 3 minutes when captain and prop James Eckert blasted over in the corner following a rebound from a Slough clearance kick. It was Slough who hit back however when a quickly taken 22 drop out by full back Roger Sevier was charged down and from a penalty that followed they won a 5 metre line out. The resultant catch and drive saw the Slough pack power over the try line to touch down. The wide angle conversion was superbly slotted to put the visitors into a 5 : 7 lead. Grove stormed back however scoring immediately from the restart with the slickest of trys from wing Harry Carr who finished off a clinical running and passing display by the Grove backs. Roger Sevier converted for a 12 : 7 Grove lead. It was Carr who also bagged the next from a solo effort when he jinked and fooled the opposition for the touchdown, Sevier converting to put Grove 19 : 7 clear with just 14 minutes gone. Scrum half Johnny Simmonds was then extremely unlucky, being bundled into touch, following a terrific run from Huw Lewis playing on the left wing. Grove's bonus point try came after 23 minutes from centre Nick Sevier who finished a move involving Simmonds and Roger Sevier, beating several players on his own to touch down between the posts. Roger Sevier's conversion providing a score of 26 : 7. Five minutes later Roger Sevier had the chance to put Grove further ahead with a relatively straightforward penalty kick but the ball sailed wide. Fly half Dave Maryon lead the next Grove attack, firstly with a long kick downfield then a sniping run to the line from which he was stopped just short. Roger Sevier then picked up the cudgels mazily charging for the line only to knock on at the last second. Slough pressured towards the end of the half but no further scoring ensued.
The second half started with Grove well in command and it was they who extended their lead when a wide angle penalty kick was slotted by Roger Sevier for 29 : 7. Next a great drive by the Grove forwards, following surefooted attacking by all the backs, lead to the pack hammering their opposite numbers over the line and lock Paul Miles touching down for a great try. This was converted from out wide by Sevier for 36 : 7. Next Grove flanker Carl Alder was penalised for holding the ball on the ground but as he was then flattened by a Slough player after the whistle had gone the referee rightly reversed the penalty. Eckert took a clean line out ball following a great throw to the back of the line by hooker Dave Needham but the attack broke down and it was Slough who moved back towards the Grove line. Declining the opportunity to kick 3 points from a penalty Slough went for the line out. This was stolen by Grove but Alder was then yellow carded for killing the ball and Grove just seemed to be losing their edge a little. Slough moved to the Grove line with a lovely rolling maul following their penalty and their hooker touched down for a good but unconverted try to take the score to 36 : 12. From the restart Slough attacked again and with no tackling from the Grove defence the touch down from their fly half was clinical and easy, taking the score to 36 : 17. Again the conversion kick was missed. Ollie Highton replaced Jack Horrocks at flank for Grove and Jimmy Wallbridge came on for Needham. With Grove looking a bit rattled by the Slough burst of scoring they decided to go for the posts with their next penalty award and Sevier duly obliged with 3 points for a 39 : 17 lead. After this Grove really seemed to lose concentration and their discipline began to go with penalties being awarded for dissent. Passes from the scrums were being moved too slowly with the Grove centres receiving 'hospital passes'. Slough took full advantage and it was not long before their scrum half chipped over the defence and collecting his own kick, touched down between the posts for a converted try to take the score to 39 : 24. Mark Tugwell came on for the non-returning Alder but despite immediate good work from him it was Slough who scored again with their hooker bagging his second try of the day for 39 : 29. This followed another bout of poor / non-existent tackling by Grove. Grove did launch a final attack with Simmonds crossing the line but the ball was knocked on and the game ended with a somewhat relieved Grove being the bonus point winners.
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As usual, the passage can be read here.
I'm reminded of a story I heard a few years ago. A young man who had recently become a Christian was taking a Christmas RE exam in school. As he read the questions, he was overcome by thinking of God's grace so he simply wrote on his paper; 'I know nothing. God knows everything. Merry Christmas!' When the exam paper was returned at the start of the new term, the examiner had written on the paper; 'God gets full marks. You get no marks. Happy New Year!'
The young man in the story may not have been wise in his approach to exams but his theology contained some truth. God does know everything and whilst it isn't true to say that we know nothing (God has revealed so much through his word and his son the Lord Jesus), it can sometimes feel as if we are in the dark. It is wonderful that the apostles were set free from prison but all of them would go on to suffer for the cause of Christ and many would give their lives for him. Many would experience prison at a time when they would not be miraculously set free. The challenge for the apostles and for us is to trust God – even though his ways are past finding out.
It is possible to act in good faith and yet remain in error, you can be sincerely wrong but there can be no doubt as to the motivation of the high priest and his associates. Luke reveals they were filled with jealousy. It wasn't as if the apostles were seeking glory for themselves, at every opportunity they constantly pointed to Jesus as the source of all the good things that were happening. These men were seeking to take the attention away from Jesus and have it for themselves and in this they were repeating Satan's original sin;
"I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High." (Isaiah 14:13-14)
Like the apostles, when we are seeking to proclaim Christ, we are involved in a battle;
"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." (Ephesians 6:12)
The release from prison was for a clear purpose. The angel told the apostles;
"Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life."
I'm sure there were lots of things the apostles could have done. Run as far away as possible being one, but the call was to tell the full message of new life. In other words, the gospel was the absolute priority. There were other issues in the early Church of course but the gospel was by far the most important. They recognised the key issues;
"Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved." (4:12)
There was an opportunity to share the message and the first believers seized it. The door would not remain open, things were about to become even more difficult but they were focused on using every opportunity available.
Go forth and tell!
O Church of God, awake!
God's saving news to all the nations take.
Proclaim Christ Jesus, Saviour, Lord and King,
That all the world his worthy praise may sing.
Go forth and tell!
God's love embraces all;
He will in grace respond to all who call.
How shall they call if they have never heard
The gracious invitation of his word? (James Seddon)


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Dear Child of Mine,
A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
and favor is better than silver or gold.
I'm fairly certain Solomon wasn't referring a person's actual name in Proverbs 22:1, but rather their reputation. Yet I also see Scripture painting a portrait of the worth of your given name. On many occasions, the Lord himself gives new names to his sons or daughters, presenting them with renewed purpose and calling. Names hold value. They can testify to the work of the Lord in one's life. A name can proclaim Jehovah's faithfulness or a family's clinging to His great grace.
Many girls seem to spend hours of their life (both in childhood and adulthood) contemplating the perfect names for their children. The reasoning we use to pick any given name – whether it be for our Barbie doll or our newborn child – may vary from person to person, month to month. Sometimes we want to be hip or unique. Other times we crave rich family history or biblical roots.
I confess, I have a list. Back when your daddy and I started dating and it was moving toward marriage, I was contemplating what it would be like to raise children together. I started a word document complete with a spreadsheet of names and their meanings that drew my attention. The roots of a name have always been the most valuable to me. But a hopeful parent must also think of the flow of the name – how will this first name sound in conjunction with our last? We must consider what the initials will be and whether the name is likely to be misspelled or mispronounced. That's a lot to consider, Child. I want your name to be your blessing.
Yesterday I was initiated into the world of nameberry.com. On this website you can create an account, search for names, discover their meanings, the popularity, spelling variations, middle name or sibling name ideas, and most intriguing for me create lists of your favorite names. Your dad and I are on the same page with 4 different names – 2 male, 2 female – including meanings and middle names.
I love my own name, I really do. I think it's lovely sounding and it suits me well. (Thanks, mom and dad. Good choice, for real!) It's just unfortunate that Melanie Marie means "dark and bitter." Yikes. I shared this on Facebook yesterday and was surprised with the responses of my friends. Almost everyone shared one of two thoughts:
Melanie, you are the exact opposite – bright and sweet.
Kind of like dark chocolate or coffee – a beautiful thing!
. . . and if that's the case, I'm totally ok with the meaning of my name. :)
I am eager for the moment when we can choose which name suits you best. Since I've been waiting for so long for your arrival, my desire to choose a name based on it's meaning and connection to Christ has deepened. I want your name to reveal my heart and God's work in your life even as we've waited. Come quickly, Child.


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The University of Warwick Science Park Innovation Centre has waved goodbye to one of its biggest and most successful tenants - and couldn't be happier.
1st Software, which specialises in supplying software systems to the financial services industry, was founded in 1996 and has been based at the Warwick Technology Park complex ever since.
Like so many business start-ups, the firm began life in offices of just 600sq ft but has now outgrown the 6,000 sq ft of space it gradually expanded into, and is now moving to bigger premises elsewhere on the park.
1st Software has been one of the most successful companies in the history of the Innovation Centre.
It has more than 70 staff - a figure which will grow to 80 by the end of this year - and has won national recognition in Deloitte & Touche Fast 50, Sunday Times ARM Tech 100 and Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards.
Financial controller Andy Styan said the move was the start of a new chapter for the company, whose Adviser Office 2 software is now used by more than 900 companies in the financial advice industry.
He said: "We have thrived and expanded within the environment of the Innovation Centre and the culture of the complex was ideal for a growing company in our sector.
"But, unfortunately in many ways, we have now outgrown our space and needed to establish our own headquarters. But we wanted to stay close to the roots which have served us so well - so we are only moving about 250 metres!"
David Rowe, director of the University of Warwick Science Parks, said that while 1st Software would be missed, its departure was proof of the Innovation Centre's success.
He said: "No-one likes to lose a successful company, but 1st Software has established itself as a market leader during its time with us and, thanks to our flexible lease policy, has been able to expand within the centre and has now set up a stand-alone headquarters.
"It is now an employer and wealth creator of considerable size and is a role model for other companies at our four centres across Warwickshire and the West Midlands area, exemplifying the reasons why the science park and Warwickshire County Council invested in the project."


text: I went today and picked her up, a Splash Cochin Hen! She came from the same people I got my Black Pair from. THey also gave me a Splash Cockerel, so that means I can breed the Black Roo to the Splash Hen and the Splash Roo to the Black hen and get....BLUES We named her Tara (since the black pair are Rhett & Scarlett) Hubby named the little cockerel Stoney, he is in the house right now until we finish the other run tomorrow and move the 6 month olds out of the barn.


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What a race for the blue and gold colors of Touchstone Climbing! The team made a plan, raced aggressively and tactically, and blazed to another win this past Sunday, June 24th, in downtown Burlingame. Five Touchstone riders took to the line: Carol, Heather, Elle, Marissa and Rita. There were strong showings from Red Racing (5 riders), Tibco II (3 riders) and riders from Stevens Bikes p/b Pactimo and Metromint Cycling among others for a field of just over 20 women.
The first two thirds of the race saw half a dozen attacks – Heather put in a great attack early on, and was joined by Red Racing and Stevens for a break that looked promising. But the group of three was eventually reeled in. Carol and Rita took turns attacking the field and softening up the field as well. Many of the attacks were short-lived because the field seemed eager to chase quickly as Touchstone kept the pace high with well timed counter-attacks.
The announcer started counting down the laps with 8 to go as the field was strung out reacting to another acceleration. As the field rounded the corner into the backstretch, the pace eased up just enough, making a perfect counter moment. Carol and Elle both attacked simultaneously with Carol attacking up the left side, and Elle swinging wide to attack up the right. The confusion caused by the double attack allowed Elle to escape from the field and quickly gain nearly a minute on the field.
With Elle off the front for the final 8 laps, Touchstone set up to win the field sprint. The field sprint had an element of added confusion as Red Racing's Juliette Olson was still in 'no mans land' but in second place ahead of the charging peloton. The main field nearly caught her for the finish sprint, but Juliette Olson held off the field for 2nd, with Amy Chandos (Stevens Bikes p/b Pactimo) sneaking into 3rd and Kimberly Sperling (Red Racing) taking 5th.
At the end of the day, it was a proud moment for Touchstone. The team came together to execute the winning plan, and everyone contributed and raced excellently. Touchstone is off to a great string of races!


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James Askew admitted his side only had themselves to blame after recording yet another West Sussex Invitation League Division 1 draw on Saturday.
The stage was set for Littlehampton as they were chasing a target of 203 to clinch their first win of the season.
However, they fell eight runs short of that total and were forced to settle for a winning draw.
That means Askew's side have drawn all six games so far this season but the skipper believes Saturday should have been their first win.
He said: "We've only got ourselves to blame, if I'm honest.
"We got off to an ideal start in reply but then somehow managed to get behind the rate and ran out of overs.
"It's only ourselves to blame for this, even with the ball we had them 110-7 then allowed them to reach 202.
"Looking back, this should have been our first win but we are still waiting."
Crawley Down skipper Michael Phillips decided to bat first but his side struggled early on.
Phillips went for ten, while his opening partner Steve Morley departed for five.
Dan White struck 34 but wickets kept falling and at one stage Crawley were in deep trouble at 110-7.
Down had number eight Anthony Bowler to thank, though, as his unbeaten half-century guided them past the 200 mark.
Bowler's 52 not out and 37 from Liam Lindsay helped Crawley to 202 for eight before they declared with 48.4 overs bowled.
Skipper Askew took three wickets and Chris Heberlein claimed two.
Littlehampton were confident at the interval and a flying start only added to their optimism.
Askew wasted no time, crashing 28 from 26 balls before falling, while his opening partner Tom Lee ended unbeaten.
But after Askew, Ally James was the third highest scorer with 21.
A cluster of wickets fell and in the end, despite Lee hitting an unbeaten 80, Littlehampton fell eight runs short in the chase. They ended on 195 for seven from their 45 overs.
Despite still not collecting a win, Askew's side are sixth and only 47 points behind leaders Broadwater.
Askew added: "We had a chat after Saturday's game and said we need to start winning now.
"It's still so tight and we have a chance if we can stick a winning run together.
"We now know there is no room for any more errors or mistakes. I think if we can get that first win then it will give us that belief going forward.
"It looks good that we are still undefeated but six draws haven't really helped us.
"If we were to draw every game this season, it would be possible for us to get relegated so now is the time for us to get those victories.
"Hopefully we can get that first win at Arundel on Saturday and start to move in the right direction in the league."
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Thursday, November 22, 2012
Happy Thanksgiving!
But first, I have one more Thanksgiving card to share. I'm going to submit this in the challenge over at Die Cuttin Divas, where the challenge is Thanksgiving!
I hope you were able to spend the holiday with friends or family, and that we are all reminded of the blessings surrounding us and all that we have to be thankful for. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern paper from The Paper Studio
Pilgrim Squirrel from Create a Critter 2 cut at 3.5 inches
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments set
Ribbon from The Paper Studio
i-rock gems
White Sakura gel pen
Google eyes
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- AnonymousNovember 29, 2012 at 10:17 AM
Heather! Congrats on your upcoming ULTRA marathon! Missy let the cat out of the bag over on her blog:-) You have a huge admirer in me for being that type of athlete. I have only done marathons and olympic triathlons. What you are going to do is the Ironman of running! Best of luck and can't wait to hear about your adventure!ReplyDelete