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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF., AND CAMBRIDGE, UK– Feb. 16, 2004 – Verisity Ltd. (Nasdaq:VRST), the leading supplier of Verification Process Automation (VPA) solutions, and ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMHY)], the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC processor solutions today announced their collaboration to provide mutual customers with verification Intellectual Property (IP) solutions that address the ever-growing complexities of system-level verification. The two companies will jointly develop verification IP for the ARM11™ core family. Starting with the AXI e Verification Component (eVC), and advanced methodologies based on Verisity's VPA solutions.
Many of the ARM® semiconductor Partners are pushing the limit of system integration on a single chip. These designs, many of which are based on the ARM11 microarchitecture require billions of verification cycles and hundreds of Gbytes of information, distributed over several compute and engineering resource locations. It is with this problem in mind that ARM has teamed up with Verisity to help ease the issues associated with the verification of these next-generation designs.
"We believe that the next generation of chip developments need an automated verification process that spans the block, system, and project levels," said Alan Hunter, Verification Methodology manager, ARM. "The VPA solutions offered by Verisity, work well with a new set of verification IP components, under development, and enable our customers to run ARM verification suites out-of-the-box. This will make the verification of ARM core-based design quicker and easier in the future."
The ARM11 processor family comprises a range of high-performance microprocessor cores and platforms that exploit the new high-data throughput AMBA™ 3.0 AXI bus system. The AXI eVC will be part of a complete verification environment for the AXI bus, including block and chip level scenario generation, data and assertion checking and specification based functional coverage analysis. The AXI eVC will comply with Verisity's e Reuse Methodology (eRM™) and will run AXI verification scenarios, supplied by ARM.
"Solving the challenges of system-level verification requires automated processes leveraging reuseable, adaptable verification environments,," said Steve Glaser, vice president of corporate marketing and business development for Verisity. "The verification IP ARM and Verisity are jointly developing will enable the highest productivity and scalability, while supporting a spec-driven verification flow all the way through closure."
About ARM
ARM is the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions. The company licenses its high-performance, low-cost, power-efficient RISC processors, peripherals, and system-on-chip designs to leading international electronics companies. ARM also provides comprehensive support required in developing a complete system. ARM's microprocessor cores are rapidly becoming the volume RISC standard in such markets as portable communications, hand-held computing, multimedia digital consumer and embedded solutions. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.
About Verisity
Verisity Ltd. (Nasdaq: VRST), is the leading supplier of process automation solutions for the functional verification market. The Company addresses customers' critical business issues with its market-leading software and intellectual property (IP) that effectively and efficiently verify the design of electronic systems and complex integrated circuits for the communications, computing, and consumer electronics global markets. Verisity's VPA solutions enable projects to move from executable verification plans to module, unit, and chip/system level 'total coverage' and verification closure, while maximizing productivity, product quality, and predictability of schedules. The Company's strong market presence is driven by its proven technology, methodology and solid strategic partnerships and programs. Verisity's customer list includes leading companies in all strategic technology sectors. Verisity is a global organization with offices throughout Asia, Europe, and North America. Verisity's principal executive offices are located in Mountain View, California, with its principal research and development offices located in Rosh Ha'ain, Israel. For more information, visit www.verisity.com.
ARM is a registered trademark of ARM Limited. ARM11 and AMBA are trademarks of ARM Limited. All other brands or product names are the property of their respective holders. "ARM" is used to represent ARM Holdings plc (LSE: ARM and Nasdaq: ARMHY); its operating company ARM Limited; and the regional subsidiaries ARM INC.; ARM KK; ARM Korea Ltd.; ARM Taiwan; ARM France SAS; and ARM Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.; and ARM Belgium N.V.
Verisity and the Verisity logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Verisity Design, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.


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The IRS released its inflation adjustments for the 2019 tax year this week, which include new brackets and limits on deductions and exemptions. A few highlights: The standard deduction for single...
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A long-time critic of Republican fiscal policies, economist Paul Krugman takes on the GOP tax overhaul in Friday's New York Times, asking, "Why Was Trump's Tax Cut a Fizzle?" Krugman notes that the...
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Amazon confirmed on Tuesday that it will build two new headquarters in New York City and Northern Virginia while also adding a smaller site in Nashville that will deal with operations and logistics...
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Discrimination Cases Span State from Jacksonville to Tampa to Florida Keys
MIAMI - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of three recent retaliation lawsuits against Florida employers filed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, netting a combined total of $570,000 for charging parties as well as significant injunctive and remedial relief. The settlements occurred on March 3, 2003, against GeoLogistics Americas, Inc. of Jacksonville for $100,000, in January 2003 against the Marine Bank of the Florida Keys for $220,000, and in late December 2002 against Norstan Apparel Shops, Inc. of Tampa for $250,000. All three suits were filed after the EEOC exhausted its conciliation efforts to reach voluntary pre-litigation settlements, after investigating each case and finding that discrimination took place.
"These cases all involved allegations of discriminatory discharge of employees for exercising federally protected rights," said Delner Franklin-Thomas, Regional Attorney for the EEOC's Miami District Office, which has jurisdiction over Florida. "Retaliating against employees for complaining about what they reasonably believed to be employment discrimination is completely contrary to federal law. The settlement of these lawsuits should remind employers that retaliation is unlawful and will not be tolerated by the EEOC."
The EEOC's suit against GeoLogistics Americas, Inc. (Civil Action No. 3:01-CV-216-J-32TEM) alleged that the Branch Manager in Jacksonville fired a female employee in retaliation for exercising her right to complain of what she reasonably believed to be gender discrimination. Specifically, she complained that GeoLogistics provided forklift training and certification to the male employees required to lift the same heavy freight from one area of the company's warehouse to another, but consistently denied her requests for such training and certification because of her sex.
An order adopting a Consent Decree, signed by United States District Court Judge Timothy J. Corrigan, finally brought the litigation to closure on March 3 and required GeoLogistics to pay $100,000 to the female employee. In addition to the payment of monetary relief, the Consent Decree required GeoLogistics to employ injunctive measures during the next three years, including:
The Commission will monitor GeoLogistics' compliance with all provisions of the Consent Decree throughout its three year duration.
In January of this year, the EEOC's Miami office settled a similar lawsuit against Marine Bank of the Florida Keys (Case No. 01-10082-CIV-PAINE). In that case, the EEOC charged the company with allowing a vice president's sexually offensive conduct to go unchecked and subsequently terminating one of the female employees for complaining about the sexually offensive conduct. The Marine Bank litigation was resolved with the company agreeing to pay two claimants $220,000 as well as agreeing to implement extensive injunctive relief, including annual training at all of its facilities in the state of Florida for both management and supervisory employees, a laminated notice posting, and semi-annual monitoring reports.
Similarly, in late December 2002, the federal agency's Miami office successfully secured substantial injunctive relief, and $250,000 in monetary relief, including back pay and compensatory damages for a female manager who worked for Norstan Apparel Shops, Inc. in Tampa (Case No. 8:01-CV-379-T-26EAJ). EEOC's lawsuit contended that the store manager was fired for complaining to district managers about the sexual harassment that female employees under her supervision suffered at the hand of another male manager.
Federico Costales, Director of the EEOC's Miami District Office, said: "We are satisfied that the injunctive measures required by all three Consent Decrees will ensure that preventive measures are in place to protect the rights of other employees in the workplace." He added that he would like to see more employers set in place preventive measure that will advance the eradication of discrimination in the workplace, especially for retaliation which is on the rise nationally.
Costales noted that retaliation charge filings with the EEOC nationwide have sharply increased by 33% from 17,070 filings in Fiscal Year 1995 to 22,768 filings in FY 2002. In Florida, there were 1,725 retaliation filings in FY 2002, accounting for 29% of all discrimination charge filings in the state. Most charges filed with the EEOC in which merit is found are resolved through conciliation and voluntary pre-litigation settlements.
In addition to enforcing Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on national origin, sex (including pregnancy and sexual harassment), race, color, religion, and retaliation, the EEOC enforces the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; The Equal Pay Act of 1963; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; and sections of the Civil Rights Act of 1991. Further information about the Commission is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.
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Martyr Leontius With Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian in Cilicia
Saint Anthimus was beheaded in Cilicia (Arabia) with Saints Cosmas and Damian, Leontius and Eutropius. The holy brothers Cosmas and Damian were physicians in Arabia, who believed in Christ. Saints Cosmas and Damian were arrested in Cilicia, and brought before the governor, Lysias. Since they refused to renounce Christianity, the governor ordered the saints to be brutally beaten, and then cast into the sea.
An angel of God rescued them from the sea and brought them to shore. Then the pagans beheaded the saints and three other Christians: Leontius, Anthimus, and Eutropius.


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FSD's 20 Most Influential
Inaugural list identifies those people having the biggest impact on non-commercial foodservice.
Mary Molt
Assistant Director, Housing and Dining
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kan.
If you mention Mary Molt to operators outside of the college and university segment, very often the name will not ring a bell with them. But mention "Food For Fifty" to those same people and usually there is instant recognition, followed by praise for the book, which has been a guide for non-commercial operators and chefs for decades.


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Friday, July 13, 2012
Making the Gamer Stereotypes Harder to Shake, Part Whatever
I just want to shake my head.
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How come no one ever blames the fact he was a Republican (or a lawyer) on Ted Bundy's crimes?! Because it's [MEEP]ing ridiculous. Same should be for gaming... :pReplyDeleteReplies
Hmmm... Now that you mention it....Delete
Although in the case of gamers, the guy was gaming at the time. Mentally unhinged or not, we can't scrub the 'gamer' part from the story.
I just wish that the rest of us weren't lumped in with him, which is what society at large likes to do with geeky and gamer activities, as if I'm responsible for what someone a half a continent away is doing.
Sigh. And is it just me or does the "has millions of active users" seem like some kind of dire warning. Those gamers could be coming after you next, run for your lives.ReplyDelete
I see there is a Canadian Gamers Organization, I wonder if they run PSA's for the betterment of gamer image. We need a spokesperson.Replies
We just need 'normal' people --or athletes-- to start saying that they play MMOs. Or pencil and paper RPGs.Delete
After all, I know quite a few military who play, but for some reason that gets lost in the shuffle.
Why don't they ever have World of Warcraft policeman saves grandma from attack by axe murderer who watches Days of our lives? There are soany great people who play...ReplyDeleteReplies
Agreed. But because they are good people, they don't go shouting it from the rooftops that they play. And the image of the game suffers.Delete
I'm guessing that guy plays a rogue in-game, huh? LolReplies
Oh, that thought did cross my mind when I read it, but really, I've seen so many nerd ragers over the years that I couldn't really stereotype it.Delete
lol...personally I am still not over the basic fact that the media consider WoW a 'violent game', in whatever context. :boggles the mind:ReplyDeleteReplies
I'd say that WoW's content isn't even close to what qualifies as 'violent' today. But the nerd ragers, on the other hand....Delete


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Mumbai: At least 1,500 policemen and teams of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) have been deployed outside ailing Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's residence
'Matoshree' to help maintain law and order.
The police have also asked the owners of shops around Matoshree to close down their shops.
All roads leading to Matoshree were also barricaded and some party leaders had to abandon their vehicles near the Western Express Highway and walk the short route to the Thackeray house.
Traffic jams were reported on major roads to the north and south of Bandra last night and today as well.
Earlier, Thackeray's son Uddhav Thackeray appealed for calm to those assembled outside their residence.
He said, "Balasaheb has strong will power. We will come out of this problem. Don't trust rumours. Make peace we are hopeful. You should be hopeful as well. Let's pray for Balasaheb."


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Application Name
NBAR Application name provides the information regarding the L7 level information for a particular flow, e.g HTTP, FTP, SIP etc.. There is an ID exported by ART, which explains which application this flow belongs to. The Application-ID is divided into two parts: Engine-ID:Classification-id.
First 8 bits provides the information about engine, which classified this flow. For example: IANA-L4, CANA-L3 etc. The rest of the 24 bits provides information about the application, for example 80 (HTTP) etc. The CLI for this field is:
flow record type mace <pa-record> collect application name
It is exported against FNF field ID 95. It is supported in both the export formats i.e. netflow-v9 and IPFIX. With this CLI, only the application ID would be exported. The application-id would be a number which may not be understood by collector. To resolve this issue, there is an option to export the mapping table between the application ID and the application name. This option is configurable under flow exporter command. Here is the cli:
flow exporter <my-exporter> option application-table
If you want to get more information regarding the various attributes of a particular application, you can configure the following option under the flow exporter:
flow exporter <my-exporter> option application-attribute
The option command results in periodic export of Network Based Application Recognition (NBAR) application attributes to the collector. The following application attributes are sent to the collector per protocol:
|Provides first-level categorization for each application.
|Provides second-level categorization for each application.
|Groups applications that belong to the same networking application.
|Specifies whether the application is based on peer-to-peer technology or not.
|Specifies whether the application tunnels the traffic of other protocols or not.
|Specifies whether the application is an encrypted networking protocol or not. The optional timeout can alter the frequency at which reports are sent.
The following command can be used to display the option tables exported to the collector for application name mapping and attributes:
R9#show flow exporter templates Flow Exporter MYEXPORTER: [SNIP] Client: Option options application-name Exporter Format: IPFIX (Version 10) Template ID : 261 Source ID : 0 Record Size : 83 Template layout _____________________________________________________________________________ | Field | ID | Ent.ID | Offset | Size | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | APPLICATION ID | 95 | | 0 | 4 | | application name | 96 | | 4 | 24 | | application description | 94 | | 28 | 55 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Client: Option options application-attributes Exporter Format: IPFIX (Version 10) Template ID : 262 Source ID : 0 Record Size : 130 Template layout _____________________________________________________________________________ | Field | ID | Ent.ID | Offset | Size | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | APPLICATION ID | 95 | | 0 | 4 | | application category name | 12232 | 9 | 4 | 32 | | application sub category name | 12233 | 9 | 36 | 32 | | application group name | 12234 | 9 | 68 | 32 | | p2p technology | 288 | | 100 | 10 | | tunnel technology | 289 | | 110 | 10 | | encrypted technology | 290 | | 120 | 10 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [SNIP]
The following show commands can be used to display NBAR option tables:
- display all the application ID and the name mapping
R9#show flow exporter option application table Engine: prot (IANA_L3_STANDARD, ID: 1) appID Name Description ----- ---- ----------- 1:8 egp Exterior Gateway Protocol 1:47 gre General Routing Encapsulation 1:1 icmp Internet Control Message Protocol 1:88 eigrp Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol [SNIP]
- display the NBAR field extraction format which concatenates App ID|Sub-classification ID|Value
R9#show ip nbar parameter extraction Protocol Parameter ID -------- --------- -- smtp sender 4666370 smtp server 4666369 pop3 server 2176001 sip source 4273154 sip destination 4273153 nntp group-name 1848321 http referer 209924 http user-agent 209923 http host 209922 http url 209921 R9#
PA Metrics
PA provides the basic metrics for both TCP and UDP protocols and for both IPv4 and IPv6. Some of the metrics are dynamically exported in the form of the delta value for the interval. These include the client/server bytes and packets metrics. In addition, PA server/client bytes/packets metrics are for layer-3 measurements and in a TCP flow are counted up to the second FIN. The rest of the metrics are relatively static and remain the same across different export intervals.
PA keeps exporting the measurements as long as the flow stays active. As a consequence, the collector might occasionally observe zero values for dynamic metrics such as the client/server bytes/packets. For all the UDP flows, the TCP related metrics such as ART metrics would be zero. Another note for the Input/Output interface metrics is that these are corresponding to the interface from which the flow enters/leaves the box.
All the PA metrics can be exported either through Netflow v9 or IPFIX protocol. PA metrics are summarized below.
|Field Name
|Export ID
|Application ID
|collect application name
|exports application ID field (coming from NBAR2) to reporting tool.
|Client Bytes
|collect counter client bytes
|Total bytes sent by initiator of the connection. Counted up to the second FIN if for a TCP flow.
|Client Packets
|collect counter client packets
|Total packets sent by initiator of the connection. Counted up to the second FIN if for a TCP flow.
|Interface Input
|collect interface input
|Interface name from which flow is entering the box.
|Interface Output
|collect interface output
|Interface name from which flow is exiting out the box.
|Server Bytes
|collect counter server bytes
|Total bytes sent by responder of the connection. Counted up to the second FIN if for a TCP flow.
|Server Packets
|collect counter server packets
|Total packets sent by responder of the connection. Counted up to the second FIN if for a TCP flow.
|Datalink Mac Source Address Input
|collect datalink mac source address input
|MAC address of source device from Input side
|IPv4 DSCP
|collect ipv4 dscp
|IPv4 DSCP value
|IPv6 DSCP
|collect ipv6 dscp
|IPv6 DSCP value
ART Metrics
|Field Name
|Export ID
|Client Network Time [sum/min/max]
|The round trip time between SYN-ACK & ACK and also called Client Network Delay (CND). CND = T8 – T5
|Server Network Time [sum/min/max]
|The round trip time between SYN & SYN-ACK and also called Server Network Delay (SND).
|Network Time [sum/min/max]
|The round trip time that is the summation of CND and SND. It is also called Network Delay (ND).
|Server Response Time [sum/min/max]
| The time taken by an application to respond to a request. It is also called Application Delay (AD) or Application Response Time.
|Response Time [sum/min/max]
|The amount of time between the Client REQ and the 1st Server RESP. The Client request could contain multiple packets and we consider the time of last received client packet.
|Total Response Time [sum/min/max]
| The total time taken from the moment the client sends the request until the 1st response packet from the server is delivered to the client. It is also known as Total Delay (TD).
|Total Transaction Time [sum/min/max]
|The amount of time between the client request and the final response packet from the server. It is measured and exported on receiving either a new request from client (which indicates end of current transaction) or the first FIN packet.
|ART Client Bytes / Packets
| Byte & Packet count for all the client packets.
|ART Server Bytes / Packets
| Byte & Packet count for all the server packets.
|ART Count New Connections
|Number of TCP sessions established (3-way handshake). It is also called Number of connections (sessions).
|ART Count Responses
|Number of Req-Rsp pair received within the monitoring interval
|Responses histogram buckets (7- bucket histogram))
| Number of responses by response time in 7-bucket histogram.
|Art Count Late Responses
|Number of responses received after the max Response Time. Current threshold of timeout is 1 second. Also called Number of late responses (timeouts)
|Art Count Transactions
| Total number of Transactions for all TCP connections.
|Art Count Retransmissions
|Packet count for possible retransmitted packets with the same sequence number as the last received packet. The metric is for client retransmission only.
|Art All Metrics
|Single CLI to collect all the ART related metrics in mace. This CLI works as a replacement of all the ART related collect statements in a flow record.
Top Domain, URL Hit Count Report
The list of new NBAR related fields that PA supports 15.2(4)M2 onwards are:
- HTTP Host
- URI and URI Statistics
If the user configures one or more of the above fields, PA control plane will explicitly activate NBAR. The HTTP fields can be only exported through IPFIX protocol (NetFlow version9 doesn't support variable field length).
|Field Name
|Export ID
|application http host
|Host name
|application http uri statistics
|URI Statistics
|art count new connections
|Number of TCP sessions established (3-way handshake). It is also called Number of connections (sessions).
HTTP Host field is exported with Netflow export id 45003. It would be encoded as:
0 31 32 47 48 +---------------------+--------------------+---------------- | NBAR Application ID | Sub-Application ID | Value (host) +---------------------+--------------------+----------------
Collectors will be able to identify the extracted field name and type based on the application ID and sub-application ID that are embedded in it.
- For HTTP Host, the application-id is generally 0x03000050 (see previous chapter on application ID to know how to get this value). The first byte (03) specifies engine-id (i.e. IANA-L4), next 3 bytes (000050) are for selector-id (i.e. decimal 80 for HTTP).
- Sub- application-id for host is 0x0002. From show ip nbar parameters extraction and sub-application-table option template. Only take the last two bytes, 0x3402 = HTTP Host
- Value is the host string.
PA exports one host-name for each L7 flow. The CLI for host name is:
flow record type mace <pa-record> collect application http host
URI and Count
PA will collect and export URI and hit-count in the format "uri:count::uri:count.....". The delimiters colon (:) and double colon (::) are written here just for the demonstration of the format. The actual delimiter would be NULL (\0). URI and count is always represented in binary format using fixed length 2bytes. The collector has to parse the URI by parsing on the basis of delimiters i.e. NULL (\0). URI count is read as a 2byte binary number and there is no '\0' delimiter after the count. A special PA specific FNF export field (42125) would be used to export the list of URIs and the corresponding hit-counts. The encoding would be done as follows:
Please note that the URI being collected and exported is limited to the first '/'. For example, if the URL is http://www.cisco.com/router/isr/g2, the URI collected is 'router'. Example: The following flows are collected on the router: 10.1.1.1 to 10.2.2.2, destination port 80, protocol TCP www.cisco.com/US - 2 flows www.cisco.com/WORLD - 1 flow
The data would then be exported as: [10.1.1.1, 10.2.2.2, 80, TCP, www.cisco.com, US\02WORLD\01]
The CLI to collect uri and its hit-count (statistics) is:
flow record type mace <pa-record> collect application http uri statistics
QoS Class-ID, Queue Drops and Queue Hierarchy
The list of new QoS related fields that PA supports 15.2(4)M2 onwards are:
- The QoS classification hierarchy
- The QoS queue drops
|Field Name
|Export ID
|QoS Policy Classification Hierarchy
|Report application class of service hierarchy
|QoS Queue Index
|Report Queue Index
|QoS Queue Drops
|Number of drops in the queue
|Timestamp absolute monitoring- interval
|Timestamp when monitoring interval expires. Added automatically with 'collect policy qos queue drops'
QoS policy Classification Hierarchy
To get the QoS queue for a particular flow, PA will export the hierarchy of the class that the flow matched on. This hierarchy will be exported in the flow record as a list of IDs: {Policy ID, Class ID 1, Class ID 2, Class ID 3, Class ID 4, Class ID 5}. Each of these IDs is a 4-byte integer representing a C3PL policy-map or class-map, with any missing or unnecessary fields being 0. Total length of the field is 24 bytes. The ID to name mapping will be exported as an option template under a flow exporter.
FNF export ID 41000 would be used for this metric. It is supported by netflow-v9 as well as IPFIX. Here is the CLI:
flow record type mace <pa-record> collect policy qos classification hierarchy
Class hierarchy will be collected in configurations where PA and QoS are applied on the same L3 interface or in configurations where PA is applied on a dialer interface.
class-map match-all C1 match any class-map match-all C11 match ip dscp ef class-map match-all C12 match ip dscp cs2 ! policy-map Child-P11 class child-class-C11 bandwidth remaining percent 10 class child-class-C12 bandwidth remaining percent 70 class class-default bandwidth remaining percent 20 ! policy-map Parent-P1 class child-class-C1 shaping average 16000000 service-policy Child-P11 ! interface e0/0 service-policy out Parent-P1 !
PA will export the QoS class hierarchy information as follows:
|Class Hierarchy (41000)
|Queue id (42128)
Two option templates would be used to export the class and policy information. One template would be for class-id and class-name mapping, a second one is for policy-id/policy-name mapping..The sample CLI is as follows:
flow exporter <my-exporter> option c3pl-class-table option c3pl-policy-table
The following command can be used in exec mode to display the option tables exported to the collector for class and policy mapping:
show flow exporter <my-exporter> templates
- Class-map Option Template
router#show flow exporter MYEXPORTER templates [SNIP] Flow Exporter MYEXPORTER: Client: Option classmap option table Exporter Format: NetFlow Version 9 Template ID : 261 Source ID : 0 Record Size : 304 Template layout _____________________________________________________________________ | Field | Type | Offset | Size | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | v9-scope system | 1 | 0 | 4 | | c3pl class cce-id | 41001 | 4 | 4 | | c3pl class name | 41002 | 8 | 40 | | c3pl class type | 41003 | 48 | 256 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- [SNIP]
- Policy-map Option Template
router#show flow exporter MYEXPORTER templates [SNIP] Flow Exporter MYEXPORTER: Client: Option policymap option table Exporter Format: NetFlow Version 9 Template ID : 262 Source ID : 0 Record Size : 304 Template layout _____________________________________________________________________ | Field | Type | Offset | Size | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | v9-scope system | 1 | 0 | 4 | | c3pl policy cce-id | 41004 | 4 | 4 | | c3pl policy name | 41005 | 8 | 40 | | c3pl policy type | 41006 | 48 | 256 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- [SNIP]
QoS Queue drops
The queue statistics that are exported will be the drops seen due to the queuing action configured under a class-map. These drops will be collected per export interval from the queuing feature and will be exported in a separate option template table. This option template table will identify the drops seen for a particular queue id, and the flow record will identify the id of the queue that a flow was queued in. As we're exporting the drops at a queue level, the drops seen under a queue will be a summation of the drops experienced by multiple flows that matched on the same class-map hierarchy.
FNF export ID 42129 would be used for this metric. It is supported by netflow-v9 as well as IPFIX. Here is the CLI:
flow record type mace <pa-record> collect policy qos queue drops
As a result of above command, two sets of export will happen.
The first one is the data that is exported as part of each flow entry. Queue-id and timestamp are exported per flow entry. Here is the example:
|Queue id (42128)
|Timestamp (65501)
The second part is the data which is exported as part of option template. It is exported once when the PA timer expires. Queue-id, timestamp and queue-drops are included in the template. Here is the example:
|Queue-id (42128)
|Timestamp (65501)
|Packet Drops (42129)
From the above two tables, user can match queue-id and timestamp and figure out the queue-drops from the queue to which a particular FLOW belongs to.
In configurations where there are no explicit queues specified under a class-map, the drop count collected for this class-map will be the drop count from the default queue. This behavior follows the QoS behavior of directing flows without a queuing action to the default queue. As such, if there are multiple classes without a queuing action, flows that match any of these class-maps will all see the same drop count (drops seen in the default queue).


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The U.S. officers in Bologna, Italy in April 1945 (World War II). U.S. Army General Lucian K Truscott Jr arrives in USAAF Stinson L-5B Sentinel aircraft. Army Air Forces C-45 Expeditor taxis to a halt and U.S. Army General Mark W Clark, General Henry "Hap" Arnold and Major General Alfred Maximilian Gruenther exit from the airplane. They are greeted by General Truscott. Generals Truscott, Clark and Arnold drive off in a jeep.
Surrendering German officer steps from a building and exchanges salutes, and hand shakes, with officers of the British 8th Army, in Northern Italy, during final days of World War II, in Europe. German soldiers standing about, watching, as one of them prepares a pig for roasting. View from a high balcony overlooking a river and valley.
Armed Italian Partisans escort several Italian Fascist officials, who walk with their hands raised along a street in Ivrea, Northern Italy, during final days of World War 2, in Europe. Local citizens walk along beside and behind them, including some on bicycles. Another scene shows Italian Partisans escorting several soldiers, of the Italian National Republican Army, with their hands on their heads. This group is also followed by a large number of local citizens. Scene shifts to an American jeep carrying an officer and two U.S. soldiers. It is followed by an automobile, seen, later parked with another near a sidewalk, where several Italian Republican Army officers are conversing cordially with American soldiers of the U.S. 92nd Infantry Division.(By May 5, 1945, all Nazi forces in Italy, had capitulated.) Italian women and children seen in a small open bus.
Japanese international activities during 1931-1945. Opening scene shows Japanese troops embarking on ships bound for an invasion of Manchuria, in 1931. Officers walking on the dock, amongst the departing troops. Scenes of explosions and destruction. Views of Shanghai during Japanese attacks in 1937. Destroyed buildings. Civilian dead lying in the streets. Japanese soldiers racing along a street in a three wheeled motorcycle vehicle. Change of scene shows Japanese diplomat Yosuke Matsuoka addressing a League of Nations meeting in 1933, after that body adopted a report blaming Japan for events in Manchuria. He objects to that action and then leads his delegation in walking out of the meeting. View of Japanese delegates in top hats and bowler hats exiting the building. Scene shifts to Japanese forces firing artillery and machine guns in Manchuria.They wave large Japanese flag victoriously after a battle. The next scene shows Italian forces occupying Ethiopia and raising the flag of the Kingdom of Italy, as Italian troops salute, presenting arms of rifles with fixed bayonets. Axis leaders celebrate the 1940 Tripartite Pact between German, Italy and Japan. The festivities take place in a hall displaying the three nation's flags on the walls. A large number of persons attend including Japan's Prime Minister, General Hideki Tojo, seen with two celebrants. Scene reverts to Chinese people trying to escape from invading Japanese forces. The refugees carry their belongings as they flee. Occasional shell burst is seen among advancing Japanese troops as Chinese soldiers put up resistance. Chinese soldiers firing artillery. In the U.S., Japanese envoys Kichisaburō Nomura and Saburō Kurusu are seen walking together into a building and entering a room inside. Next, are views of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, with huge plumes of smoke obscuring the bombed U.S. battleships in the harbor. U.S. battleships in line formation in the Pacific during World War 2. Aerial view of U.S. warships moving in parallel. British ships augmenting the U.S. warships. Naval guns firing. U.S. amphibious assaults on Japanese held islands in the Pacific. Prisoners of the Japanese who suffered in the Philippines. General Douglas MacArthur mingling with former prisoners and internees upon his return to Manila in 1944. Aerial views of Iwo Jima. Naval bombardment and amphibious assault of Iwo Jima. Numerous fallen Japanese soldiers. The iconic flag raising by U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima. View of Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. during the campaign on Okinawa, where he was killed in action. A Soldier being carried on a stretcher. Another throwing a hand grenade. U.S. soldier firing at a Japanese defender who falls out of his bunker. Large numbers of japanese prisoners of war assembled in a field. Japanese Kamikaze attacking U.S. warships off Okinawa. The sky filled with antiaircraft flak clouds. View of 40mm Bofors antiaircraft cannon firing and a Japanese plane falling and exploding on impact in the ocean.
This film is a scattering montage of World War 2 scenes from 1939 through 1945. Part of an agreement between Nazi Germany and Yugoslavia is shown in English. It is dated June 1, 1939 and ostensibly signed by Adolf Hitler. Next, German Ju 87, Stuka dive bombers are shown peeling off from formation, on April 6, 1941, to attack Yugoslavia. Bombs bursting on the ground. Closeup of a Stuka airplane in a dive, making its characteristic whine, and dropping bombs. Bombs exploding just outside some concrete walls. German infantry running along railroad tracks and entering backyard of house in a village. German soldiers observing from overlooking hill; climbing over rubble; and marching along a road toward a village. Animated map showing German invasion areas early in World War II, extending through most of Europe and into Norway, by 1941. Animated map shows further invasions into France, Belgium, low countries, the Balkans, and Eastern front towards the Soviet Union. Map highlights Tokyo, Rome, and Berlin. Delegations walking in hall of building in Berlin, to sign Tripartite pact, on September 27, 1940. The group is led by by Count Galeazzo Ciano (Italian Foreign Minister, and Mussolini's son-in-law); Joachim von Ribbentrop, Germany's Foreign Minister and Japan's Ambassador Saburō Kurusu. The diplomats are seen, next, standing near a table as Adolf Hitler enters rendering Nazi salute. He shakes hands with Count Ciano and Ambassador Kurusu. Hitler is seated to watch the proceedings. Von Ribbontrop is seen signing for Germany. Next scenes show German armored units heading East in Operation Barbarossa (June of 1941). A sign identifies the town of Eydtkau (Eydtkuhnen) on the German-Lithuanian border. German armor and artillery moving eastward. German troops destroying international crossing barriers. German troops firing siege guns. Montage with glimpses of German battle scenes showing tanks, guns, rockets in action with attendant explosions, fires, and destruction. Formations of German warplanes in flight, including Junkers Ju-52s that carry troops, including paratroops. View from above of Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers in formation. View of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, England (which miraculously survived the Blitz). The Tower Bridge in London, seen through a haze. German Junkers 87 Stuka dive bombers peeling off from formation to attack. British anti-aircraft searchlights shining beams skyward. Diving bombers illuminated by the lights. Anti-aircraft guns firing. Nighttime scenes showing gunfire flashes, explosions, tracer bullets and fires in London. British fire brigades fighting fires in London buildings as some collapse from the German bombing during the so-called "Blitz." Scene shifts to Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, as a Japanese bomb explodes on a U.S. Navy warship. The USS Arizona billowing smoke and listing as it succumbs to Japanese bombing. Another view of the Arizona sinking. Smoke rising from Battleship Row, at Pearl Harbor. Glimpse of postwar Nuremberg trial.
Protests in the Balkan Peninsula as troops withdraw from Trieste as it is handed over to Italy. Yugoslavs vow to never give up Trieste as United States and British troops prepare to withdraw. Italians see the raising of their flag for the first time since 1945. View of Yugoslavs with protest signs behind a barbed wire boundary. Men march with flags. In Belgrade, protestors storm the American embassy, following defiant speeches in which Marshall Tito threatens to invade Trieste.


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Sparrow's Hotel is the top this season
Honestly i've found that combining certain aspects of 2 different animes and melding them into one (and no I don't mean a crossover) while of course making unique characters to help the story flow goes a long way.
everythings a remake
wut is dis
A giant crossover anime, between all of my fandoms.
There would be unlikely couples, there would be crack. There would be raunchiness, there would be action.
All the KyoAni characters meet.
An anime adaption of an American movie or TV show would be interesting.
A series surrounding the life of Takashi Nasujima. I think it'd make me LOL.
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everythings a remake
Yeah, the Humans Vs. Giant enemies / Humanity Vs. Impossible odds has been done before. AOT is great but it's not really new.
I'd try and fulfill the other part of the op if I could. Sorry
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EspeoangeTieler wrote:
everythings a remake
Yeah, the Humans Vs. Giant enemies / Humanity Vs. Impossible odds has been done before. AOT is great but it's not really new.
I'd try and fulfill the other part of the op if I could. Sorry
Yes. ^
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I always thought a historical anime about World War II would have been interesting and fresh. But I completely understand why my idea and the World War II theme in general has been avoided in the anime industry in Japan.
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I always thought a historical anime about World War II would have been interesting and fresh. But I completely understand why my idea and the World War II theme in general has been avoided in the anime industry in Japan.
I mean if they did do a Historical Anime it doesnt have to be solely based on the Pacific Theater. In Full Metal Aclhemist (been awhile since I saw it so bear with me ) Edward wakes up in london which is being bombed , however I forget the year so I am not sure if it actually is World War II
I love to see the Manga Dragon's Son Changsik made into an anime.
That's like Skyrim on Acid.
I've been trying to work on a webshow concept (dunno if live or animated yet, but this is a rough out line of what I've got so far. Trouble is I can't think of how to continue it. Maybe putting it here can spark some creativity and ideas. Let me know what you think!
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Web Series
(Tentative Title: Wonder Less)
Part Comedy/Drama/Self-Aware
Set mostly at night, 4 characters are done with work. Set in careers they never planned for, the characters always meet up at one of the homes and plan for nothing. As ideas fill the air, ultimately sleep settles in and the cycle continues. Cut scenes of their ideas are shown on the screen but never actually happen. After one of the characters moves to a new home they find a box filled with childhood memories. Going through it they find a paper that sheds light on what their destiny is: ****************
Episode 1: Every Night
Camera follows Character A home.
Small ritualistic routine of Character A shown (clothes change, dinner, something stupid).
Characters B and C arrive. B has Coke/ C has Chips. Car-pooled
TV showing news channel
Small conversation, work related, leads to talk of Character D.
Video intro of Character D (work, activities, douchey-talk, redeeming quality).
Character D arrives, empty-handed.
TV now showing older cartoons.
"what should we do?" discussions, while everyone is on their smartphones with tv on.
Small cutaways to "what should we do?" ideas.
Show time on clock.
Everyone goes home.
Episode 2: Moving On Up Night
Video Intro of Character A (work, activities, family)
Character A goes home, leaves stack of papers on desk, routine
Cut to all characters together.
Character A announces promotion and wanting to move to larger house.
Characters celebrate by driving around and then coming home when they get tired.
Video of All Characters helping to find new home.
End with shot of new home.
Episode 3: This Changes Our Night
Video Intro of Character C (work, activities, special purpose)
Character C out with Character A shopping for moving supplies
Video of stuff being moved
Character A arrives to new home after work, everything in place.
All Characters in new home.
Start with same routine.
1 extra box seen in corner with note on top. All surround it to help empty it. Box came from Character A's parents.
Drawings, photos, cassette tapes found inside.
Character B finds groups destiny written on a paper (not revealed)
Episode 4: Decision Night
Video Intro of Character B (work, tv at home, lonely)
Cut back to previous spot of last episode
Character B gets excited about destiny and urges group to go through with it
Character D dismisses idea, Character C pressured to say no by D, Character A wants to do it.
Group declines destiny because of differences, B C and D leave.
Cut to sleep shots of each character, each one dreaming of same destiny.
Next night all are together and agree to do it.
Episode 5: Planning Night
Get busy living, or get busy dying
There's this sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea. One day he puts on a virtual reality helmet to play a new MMO and ends up getting stuck in this new virtual world. Since he is but a sponge he does not try and beat this game. Instead he ends up working part time at a cafe because this cute little girl, who says she's in high school, asks him to join. Oh and there's also a polar bear.
I'm sure I could throw in zombies and crazy boob physics as well. Maybe a Giant can bite off his leg?
It's a work in progress.
An anime about MEMES.
A show where the only characters are kittens, bunnies, and puppies. Basically, the characters would all be things that'd make you go 'AWWWWW!'
An apocalypse themed anime where all electronic devices begin attacking earth, and the characters are forced to defeat them using old fashioned, difficult methods.
A production based on a Western horror game, i.e. Slender, Amnesia, SCP Containment Breach, etc.


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Ettrick, Wisc. -- population 524 -- is the middle of baseball nowhere. The state's team, the Brewers, are five hours away by car. The Twins are two hours closer, but few Wisconsinites can bear to root for Minnesotans. And the boonies past Ettrick's city limits, where I grew up, were well beyond the area of service for cable companies. This is to say we didn't see much Major League Baseball in Ettrick.
Still, baseball is perfect for small towns. Once you have the bats, the balls and the gloves, all you need is space, and Ettrick has plenty. The baseball field is the place to be during Ettrick summers, whether for beer league softball (the owner and namesake of Wieners Bar has forgotten more about baseball then you know) or little league.
Come to a little league practice in Ettrick or the neighboring towns in the late 1990s, and it was the Braves logo, not the Twins or the Brewers, displayed on a surprisingly large number of hats and t-shirts. As I mentioned, we didn't get much Major League Baseball in Ettrick, but when we did, it was usually the Braves, thanks to their domination of the network airwaves during the playoffs and featured Games of the Week.
For one of the last generations of baseball fans who couldn't watch whatever game they wanted whenever they wanted, the Braves of the 1990s were easy to follow. Particularly, I latched onto Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine, the constants of those great Atlanta squads, and two members of the 2014 Hall of Fame class, which will be inducted next weekend in Cooperstown.
Maddux was everything we were taught pitchers were supposed to be. Of course, he had the talent. Despite those who like to act as if he were a junkballer, his fastball had big velocity, especially in a time before every bullpen featured multiple pitchers capable of eclipsing 95 mph on every fastball. But Maddux became almost a religious figure because he embodied pitching's mythical ideal. It was his presence: stoic, intelligent, always one step ahead. It's easy to imitate, at first. But it crumbles without the results, and nobody backed it up like Maddux.
And Maddux was there every year. Besides the strike-shortened seasons, Maddux started 30 games every year from age 22 in 1988 to his retirement in 2008. He played in six All-Star games in the nineties and another in 2000. He led the league in ERA four times in that decade as well. And over the course of his career, Maddux pitched 198 postseason innings and held the world's best teams to a 3.27 ERA. Whenever we baseball fans in nowheresville got a glimpse of the big stage, Maddux was there. That's how idols are built, even in the most remote areas of baseball civilization.
Maddux would have been revered anywhere, but without Glavine, his presence nationally wouldn't have been so constant. As the crafty lefty, reliant on finesse, Glavine may have been perceived as a sidekick; he had no chance to overshadow Maddux in the public eye.
Even though I personally will never be able to separate him from Maddux and the 1990s Braves, Glavine enters Cooperstown on his own merit. He, like Maddux, was ever-present, starting 30 games per year (again excepting strike-shortened seasons) from 1990 through 2007 and matching Maddux's six nineties All-Star appearances.
Maddux's stuff on the mound gave him a margin of error, he just didn't need it. Glavine (like almost every other pitcher) didn't quite have that, and that's why his stats pages aren't dotted with black ink. But if anything, this just makes his longevity more remarkable. As his stuff decayed and his margin of error shrunk even smaller, Glavine seemed to become savvier, even remaining productive with the Mets in the late 2000s.
Still, something didn't seem right later in their careers. Whether it was Maddux in Chicago or San Diego or Glavine in New York, it was odd when they weren't back-to-back in the rotation. That's the biggest reason the six-year-old from Ettrick is so glad Maddux and Glavine are going into the Hall of Fame together. As one who treasured the few moments of baseball's biggest stage I was privileged to see, Maddux and Glavine weren't just great pitchers. They were the pitchers, the idols. To a kid growing up in a small town, they were baseball, and everything great about it.


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Manny Rodriguez originally hails from Habana, Cuba. A self-taught photographer, Manny's eye and inherent observation for composition, color,detail, and form have drawn him accolades and commissions nationally, from art directors and clients. With close to thirty years of shooting under his belt, Manny has garnered the attention from Neiman Marcus; shooting for Horchow, Neiman-Marcus Home and the Book, Williams-Sonoma, Sam's Club, American Express, Target, Roche-Bobois, The Container Store, D Magazine, JCPenney, SubZero and The Richards Group, to name a few. Manny resides in Dallas, Texas with his family and oversees a complete service studio for film, TV, and print.


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WebVentureGroup needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 46 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
The Twisted Gambler is looking for a new logo. We would like three versions of our logo to be used accordingly on our site. The font will stay the same with only the icon changing.
The winner of this contest will also get quarterly orders from us for seasonal variations of our logo!
Twisted Gambler
The primary colors of the site will be gray and black.
We're using darker colors so the logo needs to POP.
We wish to have an (3) versions of this logo with an icon on the left and the words Twisted Gambler to the right side of the icon.
The text "Twisted Gambler" should be a a shade of white/gray but easily readable on a black background.
The icons will consist of:
The Ace of diamonds and the Ace of hearts playing cards "twisted" together in the middle. The top and bottom should still clearly show the ace and the suit.
Two colorful casino chips (RED poker chips) with a clean design "twisted" together.
Two red dice "twisted" together.
Think of what two towels would look like if they were wrung out. The middle section where the fabric is twisted around each other is what we're looking for design wise on the icons.
All images submitted must be resizable with no loss of quality.
- Clean logo with bright colors
- Clean design with crisp colors
- Neon colors are ok as well, think Vegas!
- No pastels
- Nothing "cartoonish"
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Prada Goes Into Overdrive To Control Leaked Images Of Spring Campaign
Images understood to be from Prada's spring campaign have leaked. The ads may not have undergone final retouching (we can't tell) but all signs point to their authenticity. Other sites have removed the pictures, but we believe they're pretty newsworthy!


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Quality Search Results: From Pink Slime To Correctly Diagnosing Appendicitis
from the it's-not-all-pink-slime dept
Yes, rather than promoting "the muck," Google properly returned the valued sites. And, of course, that's exactly what Google wants to do. So I started thinking -- why is it that the folks at the Copyright Alliance are so confused about Google (other than the obvious answer that they've never used a search engine)? And I think I know what the problem is. They think that Google is supposed to serve up the links that are most valuable to the Copyright Alliance, not the links that are most valuable to the actual users of the service. That's a very different thing.
I woke up with a new pain on my right side about an inch down and three inches over from the navel. Given who I am — chronic hypochondriac and a certified Google fan boy — I searched Google for appendicitis.
By reputation, Google — and the internet — should have returned bogus, dangerous, uninformed, unauthoritative advice from cults, and witch doctors, and Demand Media. But it didn't. It gave me the NIH, WedMD, the Mayo Clinic, (yes) Wikipedia, and other good and trustworthy sources. It gave me more than enough good information to check and cross-check and then diagnose my new pain correctly.
More specifically, when people using Google search for "free movies" or "free music," the folks at the Copyright Alliance get upset that Google actually sends them to what they want, believing that, instead, Google should send them not to free movies or free music -- but rather to a site to pay for those things. Of course, if the users were looking to pay for those things, then I'm sure Google would accommodate. But to assume that someone looking for free stuff is magically going to buy because Google doesn't send them to what they want sure sounds like wishful thinking.
The issue is not about "pink slime" or Google's inability to distinguish value from the muck. It's very much about actually responding to what users want. The problem is that the folks who generously fund the Copyright Alliance don't like giving users what they want. They prefer the old way that things were done, when they could control and limit the release of content and they could focus on being gatekeepers and artificially jacking up the price on things -- leading them to inflate (in their own minds) the true value of something, as well as the corresponding price (not the same thing, of course).
However, if they were to adapt, and recognize the opportunities the internet provides, they could embrace it by providing what consumers want. At that point, it seems clear that Google would also point many people in their direction... if only they served the users' best interests too.


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Indiana State Recount Commission issues rulings on contest petitions in election races
Dec. 6, 2010
Commission grants motion to dismiss contest petition filed in House District 76, denies motion to dismiss contest petition in race for Indiana Secretary of State
INDIANAPOLIS (Dec. 5, 2010) – The Indiana State Recount Commission granted the motion to dismiss the contest petition filed in House District 76 and denied the motion to dismiss the contest in the race for the Office of the Indiana Secretary of State.
In a 2-1 ruling, the commission granted the motion made by Wendy McNamara to dismiss the contest petition filed by Mark Owen, chairperson of the Vanderburgh County Democratic Central Committee. The commission granted the motion to dismiss because in his contest petition Owen did not comply with Indiana Election Code 3-12-11-3(d). This law requires a petitioner for a contest to identify each precinct or other location in which the act or series of actions occurred which serve as the basis for the contest petition.
The commission also denied a motion to dismiss the contest petition brought against Charlie White in race for the Office of Indiana Secretary of State. In a 2-1 ruling, commission members voted that the motion to dismiss the contest petition did not meet the requirements of Indiana Code 3-12-11-12(d). This law requires that a motion to dismiss specifically identify the requirement of IC 3-12-11 that the contest petition failed to comply with.
"As with all of the commission's decisions, we strictly follow state law and the rules of due process," Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita, chairman of the commission, said. "We must continue to follow the law in order to preserve the election process. Hoosier voters expect us, as stewards of their government, to uphold the law and apply it without prejudice."
Rokita said a party whose motion to dismiss is denied may re-file the motion. The commission set a deadline of Dec. 6, 2010 at noon for White's counsel to file an additional motion to dismiss. Rokita said if this filing occurs the commission will convene again to hear the motion to dismiss.
"If Mr.White re-files his motion to dismiss by the deadline, following the requirements outlined by law, the commission will hear it," Rokita said. "We must base our rulings and decisions on the law. The commission will not rush through these proceedings, but will meet the deadline fixed by state law. This matter is too important."
Rokita said the recount commission will meet again Sunday, Dec. 12, 2010 to continue the recount process in House District 76. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. EST/ 12 p.m. CST and will take place at the historic Hovey House in Mt. Vernon. The Hovey House is an especially significant location for the state recount commission to perform its work. The house was named after Indiana Gov. Alvin Hovey, who was instrumental in implementing a bipartisan effort to reform and modernize Indiana elections procedures during his term of office beginning 1889 to 1891. Hovey House continues to be used today for government functions such as the meetings of the Posey County commissioners and council.
Additionally, the meeting will be streamed live via a web portal on the Indiana Secretary of State's website – http://www.sos.in.gov/.
Media Contact:
Todd W. Darroca
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As Secretary of State John Kerry wings his way to Asia on his first trip there as our top diplomat, now is a good time to put North Korea's dangerous game of belligerence, brinkmanship and blackmail into some much-needed perspective.
Pyongyang has been threatening everything from another Korean War to a nuclear strike on US cities. It's not likely going to do anything so drastic — but it will probably keep turning up the temperature with missile launches and even small-scale attacks against South Korea.
Why? The "Nork" rulers both want to shore up its domestic support for its new leader Kim Jong Un and to get paid off in some way from someone to start behaving (well, misbehaving less).
The most thundering threats are hollow: Any major provocation is too likely to lead to a major war with Seoul and Washington that would not end well for Pyongyang. But we're in uncharted, possibly dangerous territory with this new regime.
Nuking New York is beyond Pyongyang's current missile and nuclear capability, but it's making progress in developing that sort of potent punch, witnessed by December's long-range missile test and February's nuclear weapon test.
But turning Seoul into a smoldering pit with conventional forces is within the realm of possibilities right now. The South Korean capital is just south of the (sorely misnamed) Demilitarized Zone — and within range of North Korean artillery and other short-range missiles.
A barrage of thousands of belching Nork artillery tubes and the marching of a massive mechanized army south could come with little warning — not to mention the use of chemical and biological weapons against South Korean and US forces.
But, for the moment, we're essentially expecting some sort of ballistic missile firings. Reports speculate a test of a new medium-range "Musudan" missile, or even a fusillade of short-range missiles, that will (hopefully) crash harmlessly into the sea.
The successful test of the mobile Musudan would put a new type of missile into North Korea's already-alarming ballistic arsenal, one that could reach out and touch US forces on Guam, some 2,000-plus miles away.
Plus, after all its recent heated rhetoric, the North will likely have to do something violent to make sure it's still taken seriously as more than a third world dictatorship with nukes. The target is likely to be South Korea — as we've seen in the past, when it sank one of the South's warships and shelled an island in 2010. The North has already slapped the South with a cyber attack, hitting media and economic targets, but that doesn't really meet Pyongyang's propaganda purposes.
So we're likely to see some sort of limited Nork military or naval action against the South's forces along the Northern Limit Line in the Yellow Sea, where Pyongyang and Seoul dispute some territory.
A limited strike against South Korea would give the North a way to save face abroad and a propaganda victory at home. Problem is, the new leadership in Seoul will almost certainly respond. We could be in for rounds of dangerous tit-for-tat escalation.
While there is plenty of debate about Team Obama's policy toward the Kim regime — we're told it's "strategic patience," whatever that means — it's clear the approach hasn't been able to quash the weeks-long perilous play. The White House showed some spine with B-2 bomber and F-22 fighter sorties over the Peninsula, some beefing up of missile defenses (a pragmatic policy reversal) and ship deployments, but none of it put Kim back in his cage.
Nor did canceling a planned US ICBM test into the Pacific Ocean, which would've been another show of strategic strength.
Kerry has his work cut out for him as he travels to South Korea, China and Japan in the coming days. Above all else, he must not make Washington look weak, which would invite Pyongyang to act up even more, increasing the risk of deadly consequences.
Unfortunately, at this point, it won't be easy to overcome the prevailing perception that Team Obama's foreign policy isn't as strong as it needs to be to deter misperception and miscalculation.
Peter Brookes is a Heritage Foundation senior fellow and a former deputy assistant secretary of defense.
Twitter: @Brookes_Peter


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Sometimes, winning really is the best revenge. Just ask Anna Gunn.
The actress, who stars as Skyler White in "Breaking Bad," took home her first Emmy on Sunday night — for supporting actress in a drama series — a fitting rebuke to the small but vocal minority of fans with an irrational dislike for her long-suffering character.
Anna Gunn: An article in the Sept. 23 Calendar section about Anna Gunn of "Breaking Bad" winning her first Emmy Award said Bobby Cannavale of "Boardwalk Empire" was among the other first-time winners Sunday night. Cannavale's win was his second, having been honored in 2005 for a...


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I'm not a huge fan of the woe-is-me mom updates, nor do I love the sugary-sweet, my-kid-is-the cutest/yay!-poop-on-the-potty stuff*. What I do love: Mom posts that make me laugh out loud, hit like or feel better about my own sub-par parenting skills. Here are some recent faves:
Julie Klam
On my way to a field trip today called "the inner workings of a skyscraper." If you're around 42nd street stop by and knock me out.
Nora Weber
why can't all wine be screw top? it is damn near impossible to hold a baby and open a bottle of wine at the same time.
Linsey Macksood Hessling
Rather than pick up the toys, I like to just plow them outta the way w/ the vacuum. I should trick it out w/some off road tires & a brush guard.
Sasha Emmons
I would give my second-born to sleep until 7am. Usually people give up their first-born, but mine sleeps late so she can stay.
Jess Dukes
?- i just *totally* resisted an urge to overshare some postpartum details with you guys. whew! that was a close one!
Veronica Chambers
Flora is amped for her graduation today. She said, in a *very* serious voice, "today is the most important day of my life." Then she said, "Don't wear your gym clothes." I assured her that wasn't my plan.
Nora Weber
?2 minutes till bathtime. longest 2 minutes of my life.
Julie Klam
Violet's learning about civil rights and activism in school. This is totally undercutting my teaching her "if you don't like something, find someone to blame."
Linsey Macksood Hessling
All you people that have more than two children, you're crazy bastards.....my hats off to you.
Jess Dukes
Today's hangover has been brought to you by the letter V and the number 4. Or maybe 5.
Nora Weber
Charlie (lifting up his shirt): pocket?
Gus (pointing to his belly button): no Charlie, that's your penis.
This is my life.
Christi Pavlis Wampler
I guess the fact that Declan is just standing here staring at me means he would like for me to entertain him.
Catherine Merciez
Watching an animated Batman/Superman movie with Owen. It's borderline too adult but I'm totally into it. I suppose I'll just speed through the naked Supergirl and bloody Gladiator fights.... Crap....I have to turn it off don't I?
Ellen Seidman
Sabrina came home from school today with a list of wishes. #4: She would like to visit the Titanic. Probably cheaper than Disney World.
Christi Pavlis Wampler
Declan has pointed out every single flower from our house to the zoo. #longestdriveever
Byrd Leavell
Just once I'd like to see the dinosaurs eat Dino Dan.
Good stuff, right? Notice there are some repeat offenders. I'm lucky to have some pretty funny ladies in my feed. And, yes, there's one dad there—I couldn't resist the Dino Dan reference. Any fun/super-relatable mom updates you've read lately? Please share! I'm going to do this roundup periodically. Feels like a nice way to ease into the week. Happy Monday, everyone!
* Yes, I have probably written posts like this. I'm sorry.


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WINNIPEG — Perhaps it took the perfect storm to add a Jewish flavour that might finally allow the Blue Jays to fly high after a 20-year absence from post-season play. First, you call up the Miami Marlins, take the elastic off your ample bankroll and talk business.
Owned by Jeffrey Loria, 73, the Marlins finished last in the National League east division with a record of 69-93 last season, putting him in a salary-dumping mood. The Jays' owners were more than enthusiastic to try and prove what Loria couldn't – that you can buy a winner.
The Manhattan-raised Loria is a well-known art dealer and a member of the board of directors of the Benjamin N Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University in New York. He was in the market to sell a pair of pitchers, Mark Buehrle and Josh Johnson, and an all-star shortstop Jose Reyes.
Then, with spring training nicely underway, the Jays decided on Feb. 23 to add Phillies' right-handed pitcher Michael Schwimer, 27. At six-foot-eight and 246 pounds, he might at least intimidate a few hopefuls who get too comfortable at the plate.
In his rookie season, the Virginia-born athlete, who attended Hebrew school for a couple of years and had a bar mitzvah, came out of the bullpen 47 times and fashioned a 2-1 record with a 4.46 ERA, and he throws strikes with regularity. In 34.1 innings, he fanned 36.
Elsewhere, Kevin Youkilis celebrated his 34th birthday on March 15, yet he's still in demand because he's an old school kind of player who gives his all – so much so that the Yankees decided to sign the free agent to a one-year deal for $12 million (all figures US) to replace third sacker Alex Rodriguez, who is expected to be out for a least half the season.
Youkilis, an eighth-round draftee of the Red Sox in 2001, was a fan favourite, a three-time all star in Boston and twice a World Series champion who plays both third and first. The six-foot-one and 220-pounder was traded away last June to the White Sox and signed with the Yankees in mid-December.
Last season, his combined totals between Boston and Chicago were 122 games played, 438 at bats, a .235 average and 60 RBIs. But those numbers don't convey his true value. Long known as "The Greek god of Walks," he has an on-base percentage of .336, which accounts for his 72-runs scored.
The intense and gritty Youkilis is well-respected by opposition players and managers. His career numbers are more than respectable, too: the Cincinnati-born player boasts a .286 average, 133 homers, and 563 RBIs lifetime.
Another Jewish player who is always in demand is left-handed relief pitcher Craig Breslow – a real wandering Jew. This past winter, the 32-year-old hurler inked a two-year pact with the Red Sox for $6.25 million. Last season between Arizona and Boston, he had a 3-0 record and a sparkling 2.70 ERA.
The strikeout artist, who fanned 61 in 63 innings, has also spent bullpen time in Minnesota, Oakland, Cleveland, and San Diego. Not bad for a 26th-round draft pick, by Milwaukee in 2002.
Danny Valencia, 28, a former Twins draftee, is still hanging on in the majors. His lack of consistency at third base and the plate has seen him move from Minnesota to Boston, and this year, he'll try to become a regular Oriole in Baltimore.
Last season, between Minnesota and Boston, the six-foot-two and 220-pound Miami-born infielder got into 44 games and had 154 at bats, which resulted in a .188 average.
With a shortage of decent third-sackers in the majors this year, he's still viewed as a prospect. For example, in 2011 with the Twins, the son of a Cuban father and a Jewish mother, who was raised Jewish, played in 154 games, driving in 72 runs with 15 home runs and a .246 batting average.
Outfielder Ryan Braun's numbers speak for themselves. Last season, the son of an Israeli-born Jewish father and Catholic mother stroked 191 hits, which included 36 doubles and 41 homers. He had 112 RBIs and a .319 average in 154 games. He can run, too, having 30 stolen bases.
Ian Kinsler, 30, the longtime Rangers' second baseman, may be on the move. Well, not too far. There is a better than 50-50 chance this year that he might shift to first base to make room for a few standouts in Texas's minor league teams. He still puts up the numbers, however, and can create havoc on the bases. In 655 at-bats last season, the son of a Jewish dad whacked 42 doubles, five triples, and 19 homers to go with 21 stolen bases.
Versatile right-handed pitcher Scott Feldman has left the Rangers, the only major league team he has ever played with, and was signed three months ago by the Chicago Cubs.
The Kailua, Hawaii-born 30-year-old, who started 29 games last season, fashioned the type of numbers that perhaps indicate starting pitchers are in short supply. The six-foot-six and 230-pounder won six and lost 11 and had an ERA of 5.09, which explains why Texas declined its option. So Feldman goes from the heat of Texas to Wrigley Field, where the winds often blow out and create a different kind of heat for hurlers – from frustrated fans.
Jason Marquis, who split last season between the Twins and Padres, the sixth and seventh teams the right-hander has played for is much like the aforementioned Feldman. In 2012 the Jewish innings-eater won eight and lost 11, and had a bloated 5.22 ERA.
The 34-year-old first-round selection by the Braves in 1996 is always pitching on the edge, because he is constantly putting out fires. Nonetheless, he's a much sought-after player and a battler with a career won-lost record of 112-109.
Boston Red Sox catcher Rod Lavarnay, who is Jewish on his mom's side, is reputed to be a sure-fire major leaguer. In his rookie season last year, he only came to the plate 153 times and batted .157 along with eight doubles and two homers.
In the minors, however, he sparkled. The Yale grad, who won the NCAA batting title in 2007 with a .467 average, has also made the All-Star teams in both class A and in AAA Pawtucket, where he spent part of 2012 hitting .295 in 319 at bats along with 22 doubles, eight homers and 40 runs batted in.
Diminutive reserve outfielder Sam Fuld, 31, a crowd favourite, is back with Tampa Bay. Injury prone as a result of his aggressive style of play, he batted .255 last season in 98 at bats, mostly as the team's lead-off batter. The son of a Jewish dad and Catholic mom, he also has some speed, having stolen seven bases in 2012. He can distract and annoy entire opposition infields, be a pinch runner or substitute outfielder who will run through a wall to catch a ball.
New York Mets' first baseman Ike Davis, the son of former major-league pitcher Ron Davis and a Jewish mother from Lithuania, Millie, had his best season to date last year. Coming off an injury-riddled campaign in 2011, he bounced back by hitting only .227, but at six-foot-four and 230 pounds, his specialty at cleanup in the batting order is the long ball. Davis hit 32 homers and drove in 90 runs for the moribund Mets, who won only 74 games last year.
There are many more Jewish players in the minor leagues, of course, just waiting to make it in the majors. Coming soon, as they say on the marquees.


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They will always attract the largest crowd in the paddock, racing fans and star-seekers and the casually curious and the mooches, all attracted by the buzz, milling around the red paddock.
It matters little that Ferrari is not, after six races in the 2014 season, in Formula One's title chase. It matters little that barring a catastrophe involving Mercedes Petronas or Red Bull, Ferrari will not be in any kind of scrap for victory in Sunday's 45th Canadian Grand Prix.
On Thursday, with the doors of Circuit Gilles Villeneuve swinging open for the annual three-hour open house, it was the Ferrari garage around which spectators mostly crowded, snapping photos of anything with Ferrari's prancing horse logo.
Whether that brand is printed on a nose cone or a trash can, Ferrari has a special place in the motorsport fan's heart, especially so in Montreal where you could fire a cannon through Little Italy on Grand Prix weekend and not rattle even an espresso cup.
This year's race is for Mercedes to lose. Silver-clad driver Nico Rosberg leads teammate Lewis Hamilton by four points in the drivers' championship, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso a distant third, 57 points behind Hamilton.
Back in 12th place, with a measly 17 points, is Alonso's stablemate, Kimi Raikkonen. Only four point-scoring drivers trail the latter.
The constructors' race is anything but for Ferrari. Mercedes's 240 points leave them 141 points clear of Red Bull, Ferrari's 78 points parking them in third, just 11 points up on Sahara Force India F1.
That's the way it is in Formula One racing — feast one year, famine the next. The fields are rich with harvest for a time, then they lay puzzlingly fallow.
Ferrari has enjoyed more than its share of success in Canada, having earned 32 podium finishes in 44 races: 11 victories, 10 times runner-up, 11 times in third. That's three more podiums than McLaren, which stands second, and 14 more than third-ranked Williams.
Ferrari machines have led a leading 766 laps in Canada, more than 100 better than McLaren; those two teams are the only ones on the F1 grid that have started all 44 races on the three tracks that have played host to the event.
Five times, Ferrari drivers have included a Canadian win in a world championship season — Michael Schumacher in 2000 and 2002-04, and René Arnoux in 1983.
But Ferrari has spun its wheels in Montreal in recent years, not having won here since Schumacher's victory in 2004. In the eight races since — the Grand Prix wasn't held in 2009 — Ferrari has visited the podium in just four races.
The 70-lap, 14-turn Villeneuve circuit is an interesting test of driver skill and mechanical endurance. The track is renowned for its brakes-glowing, fast-to-slow geography and its hammer-down, blindingly fast straights, 55 per cent of each lap last year run at full throttle.
On the circuit's backside, from Turn 8 up to the Turn 10 hairpin, cars will slow from roughly 300 km/h to 62 km/h, drivers shifting from eighth gear down to second.
Then, the foot figuratively to the floor, from the exit of the hairpin back down the Casino Straight to top out at over 325 km/h.
(Those aren't tire marbles scattered on the shoulder, they're the drivers' eyeballs extracted by the G-forces.)
Top speed is achieved just before carving into the final chicane affectionately called the Wall of Champions, where more than one legend has kissed, petted or seriously groped the barrier atop the start/finish straight, leaving tire smudges or reducing cars to expensive scrap.
The curbs all the way round the 4.361-km track can decimate delicate suspensions, and soft and supersoft Pirelli tire compounds can be torn to shreds depending on the heat and degradation of the asphalt.
And let's not even discuss the groundhog factor.
If not the most demanding track the drivers will face as they trot the globe, the historic Villeneuve circuit is a high-wire act that again will challenge engineers, mechanics and drivers equally.
There is a 56-per-cent probability, Mercedes pre-race data suggests, that the safety car will be deployed at some point, restoring order to a race that has run itself into a chaos.
The best way to avoid the mess, of course, is to stay in front of it. And judging by this season's results, Mercedes is likely to do just that.
Rosberg, who surely is the stunt double for actor Leonardo DiCaprio, has been on the podium on all six races to date, winning twice and finishing second four times. His best finish in Canada is a fifth, last year.
Hamilton, who scored his maiden Formula One victory here for McLaren from the pole in 2007 and won again in 2010 and '12, failed to finish the season-opener in Australia, then won the next four, placing second to Rosberg in Monaco two weeks ago.
Montreal will never be confused with Monaco, comparatively a slot-car track through the principality of Monte Carlo, vehicles let off their leashes on Île Notre-Dame.
But no one is predicting this weekend's change of scenery will do much to change the final result.
"I'd be guessing, but I don't feel that will be the case," Hamilton said Thursday, asked whether the Villeneuve circuit will bunch the field a little.
"(Mercedes is) particularly strong on the straights. I don't know, maybe we will be surprised this weekend, but long straights do suit us very well. We have a very good power curve on our engine, Mercedes have done the best job with the engines.
"Renault (Red Bull's power-plant supplier) and Ferrari would have to have done an exceptional job coming into this weekend, in terms of that area, to be able to keep up with us on the straights."
If the Mercedes machines don't have their mirrors full of the competition, they won't be stressed in the capricious turns. But this is why they run the races — stuff happens almost always in Montreal.
Ferrari is bringing an engine boost for the weekend, which is a bit of a wild card in all of this but not the ace they need.
If not running up the white flag to Mercedes, Alonso isn't exactly sounding the charge, either.
"Whatever these updates provide us with, we just need to keep working on both sides — on this year, because we need to be fighting for important things like the second place in the constructors' championship, and for next year," he said.
All white noise around the red paddock Thursday, Ferrari's popularity in Montreal now — and always — hinged more on its magic than its results.
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Hi Everyone,
Shabbat Shalom! It has been exactly two years since the inception of my journey into Judaism. Time flies when you are learning lots!
This week I want to write about two topics. Rabbi Berel Wein and the 613 Commandments.
Last night for Friday night services, I made my way to Ohel Leah Synagogue in Mid-Levels Hong Kong. The special guest of the week was Rabbi Berel Wein and his wife from Jerusalem Israel. Rabbi Wein, known in the Jewish world as "The Voice of Jewish History", is an expert in all things history for Jews. His many videos, books, and lectures has made it to millions of Jewish and non-Jewish homes teaching and educating. For Shul, as in the Orthodox Jewish tradition, I sat upstairs at Ohel Leah with the women and the children while the men sat downstairs. After Shul, everyone made their way to the Shabbat dinner held at the Jewish Community Center next door. Rabbi Wein was to speak during dinner and I wanted to be front and center to hear from the expert himself. After the Rabbi and his wife sat down at the reserved table, I moved there too as I noticed it was not full. In addition to Rabbi Wein, our table consisted of the Assistant Rabbi Ariel and his wife Ayelet with their children, Cantor Mohel and his wife from Israel, and me. Hebrew was the language they all shared – Rabbi Wein finally said we should speak in English, realizing I couldn't understand Hebrew. I chatted with Rabbi Wein's wife about my upcoming trip to Israel, plans to convert to Judaism, and hopes to speak Hebrew in the future. She seems pleased of my research into Jewish culture and history. We moved topics to traveling and I offered her some sightseeing recommendations in Hong Kong.
After much chatter, some food, it was time for Rabbi Wein to speak. The theme of his speech was the resilience of the Jewish people. Throughout history, Jews have been persecuted everywhere. The Jewish resilience should be applauded and respected. With over a billion Christians, over a billion Muslims, and over a billion Hindus, Jews are a lonely group in number in comparison. The Rabbi reaffirmed that though the Jewish numbers are small, that's what makes the Jewish people special. Each and everyone count no matter how you look at it. It is the Jewish responsibility to model a higher moral ground for others. The country of Israel can be used as a model for other countries of the world.
The dinner came to a close and finished with dessert and song. I said my farewells to Rabbi Wein and his wife. Afterwards, I started talking to Assistant Rabbi Ariel about conversion at Ohel Leah. Rabbi Asher, currently out-of-town, told me that I need to live within walking distance from Ohel Leah Synagogue. I inquired with Rabbi Ariel about that remark as I didn't completely understand what it had meant. Rabbi Ariel explained that once I am serious with conversion, I will not be able to take public transportation during Shabbat. Not living within walking distance of the synagogue would be an issue. See, I'm still learning as I didn't even know of that rule. I was told to look into the seven Noahide Laws instead of a complete conversion.
Meanwhile, been researching the 613 commandments or Mitzvahs and set a goal to memorize and practice all of it in the next month. The Chabad website has a great article on the 613 Mitzvahs. The 613 Mitzvahs are required of all Jews. Righteous gentiles are only required to follow the seven Noahide Laws that I stated earlier. Some are fairly basic while others are incredibly specific in nature. Some comes naturally to me while others will take some conscious effort to do. I committed to this exercise and will report back to you in one month's time my progress.
Wish me luck.
Until next time! xoxo


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WOODSIDE — Sacred Heart Prep scored two touchdowns in the final 5:04 to come from behind and defeat Menlo School 31-28 in a regular-season-ending game between next-door Atherton rivals at Woodside High on Friday night.
Menlo (8-2) led 28-16 after Jack Heneghan connected with Max Parker on an 11-yard touchdown pass to end the third quarter.
Sacred Heart Prep (9-1) came up with two turnovers to set up the come-from-behind touchdowns.
Mike Covell's interception with seven minutes left set up a 49-yard drive that culminated in a 3-yard run by Andrew Segre that brought the Gators within 28-23 with 5:04 left. Then a fumble recovery by Patrick Tinsley on Menlo's next play from scrimmage gave SHP the ball at the Menlo 25.
Six plays later, sophomore Ben Burr-Kirven scored his second touchdown of the game, this time on a 3-yard run, to give the Gators the lead.
There was still 3:05 left, plenty of time for the Menlo run and shoot to move down field. But Sacred Heart came up with a stop. Menlo advanced to the SHP 29, where a fourth-and-10 play gained 3 yards, and it was all over.
"It was amazing," said Burr-Kirven, who also was in on four sacks on defense. "I never dreamed we would be able to play this well. We lost to them 26-0 last year. We've been waiting for this game all year. I couldn't feel better."
Menlo entered the game as the top scoring team in the Central Coast Section at 52 points per game. Sacred Heart Prep came in with the top defense, allowing 6.0 points per game.
Menlo took a 14-0 lead and made it look easy. But Sacred Heart Prep came back and took a 16-14 lead at halftime, getting a 35-yard interception return for a touchdown from Derek Hunter in the final seconds of the second quarter.
Menlo got two touchdowns in the third quarter to go back up 28-16. Then it was Sacred Heart's turn again to come back with an offense that took advantage of the turnovers the defense created.
"We didn't quit, didn't panic," Sacred Heart coach Pete Lavorato said. "They hit us with some body punches, but we hung in there."
Heneghan completed 19 of 37 passes for 219 yards and carried 17 times for 68 yards. He threw three touchdown passes and ran for one, but he also had two passes intercepted and lost a fumble.
After a three-and-out on its first possession, Menlo drove for consecutive touchdowns. Heneghan hit Connor Stastny on a 2-yard touchdown pass to cap an 81-yard, 12-play drive, then connected with Peter Bouret on a 29-yard scoring pass as the Knights went 72 yards in six plays to make it 14-0.
That's when Sacred Heart Prep managed to get momentum back on its side with a time-consuming, 15-play drive that culminated with a 32-yard field goal by Brendan Spillane.
Menlo wound up with a fourth-and-53, and a high snap resulted in a 3-yard shanked punt and an SHP first down at the Menlo 15. Burr-Kirven scored on a 7-yard run to make the score 14-10 with 54 seconds left in the half.
Menlo tried for another score before halftime, but Heneghan was hit as he threw, and Hunter intercepted for Sacred Heart Prep and returned it 35 yards for a touchdown and a 16-14 lead at halftime.
Contact Glenn Reeves at 650-348-4345 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/GReeves23.