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A strong asset of our group is the mix of disciplinary strengths that are brought together to address important inter- and multi-disciplinary questions that underlie the complex functioning of ecological and environmental systems. Although the scope of research across life and environmental sciences is broad and multi-faceted, our research priorities focus on the following strategic areas:
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May 19, 2018 - Mexico City
Out for a morning walk and get some coffee and pastry, the streets around the hotel is very quiet as it is Saturday morning, back to room and plan my day. This morning it off to the Bosque De Chapultepec a large park near my hotel a walk around it and to the Chapultepec Castle and Museo National de Historia. This is the largest park in Mexico City covering a area over 4 sq km, with a big lake, several museums, and the zoo, and the Castillo de Chapultepec that sets on top of the hill. The castle was was being built 1785 and served as the...Jump to full entry
May 18, 2018 - another day in Mexico City
After a few donuts and coffee it was off to get on the hop on, hop bus from a tour of the city, I did the main loop of the Centro Historico a trip of 3 hours with very heavy traffic then one more the Chapultepec Hipodroma this one was a two hour trip saw a lot of places then got some lunch before heading out again to do the centro area again was a little cooler now. I walked area the Cathedral y Sagrario Metropolitano the largest Cathedral in Mexico, then a walk back along the walking street to the Alameda Central where I again got on the...Jump to full entry
May 17, 2018 - Mexico City
This morning was out for coffee and some donuts from the Krispy Cream shop right next to the hotel wow how convenient, LOL Then off to the metro station and off to the historic center of Mexico City walked around the oldest park in the city. Checked out the Palacio de Bellas Artes, and back to Roma for some lunch and to kick back for a bit letting it cool off. Then out for a walking around the area checking out the Angel of Independence and getting some dinner checked out some of the nightlife in the area. Busy day walking about the city....Jump to full entry
May 16, 2018 - Mexico City
Today was a easy day just kicked back a bit out for a couple donuts and some coffee back to room and plan on what I want to do today. Worked on getting the last pictures from Cuba ready to up load to the blog. Then it was off to the Bosque De Chapultepec area and to the Museo Nacional de Antropologia, this is a very big museum and to see everything in it would take a few days, I spent about 4 hours walking around it, The display are very well done, then back to the area of my hotel, a stop for some lunch and just kicked back a while. Out...Jump to full entry
May 15, 2018 - Mexico City
I spent the night in San Juan Teotihuacan and worked on uploading pictures from Cuba have only a couple days left to get them all online. Then need to get pictures of the ruins of Teotihuacan online. Has been a bit of work getting everything up to date, LOL. After breakfast at the hotel was a walk about the town before checking out of the hotel and head to the bus station to get a bus to Mexico City. The trip was an experience the bus was a old one with several seats broken and a couple windows broken but I made it, LOL but the price was...Jump to full entry
May 14, 2018 - Teotihuacan
After a good night rest was up working on my travel blog getting it ready to post and to sort through the over 500 emails most of which I could just delete. I had a small breakfast at the hotel ha ha, it started with a cup of coffee, toast and jam, a large plate of fresh fruit, scrambled eggs with ham, hot tortillas followed by pancakes. Then one of the hotel staff took me to gate 5 of the ruins, got my ticket and was off to explore this old pre hispanic city, it is defined as America's oldest city. I first checked out the museum then it...Jump to full entry
May 13, 2018 - San Juan Teotihuacan, Mexico
Out for a walk this morning with a light rain coming down to get some breakfast and to check out a couple last sights, and to do last minute shopping. I finishing packing my bags and checkout of the BnB and I am off to the airport for my flight to Mexico City. It has been quite a trip here to Cuba, have spent the past 8 days traveling around the country, had a very great time meeting people and seeing lots of old cars, lots of horse pulled carts and a few oxen pulled carts, Great trip. A great place to celebrate my 100th country, this ends...Jump to full entry
May 5, 2018 - Cancun
I get to Cancun at 7:00 pm take the airport bus to main station in downtown Cancun a short walk to my Hotel drop off my bags then out for some dinner back to the room calling it a night. Out for a walk and some breakfast I check out the downtown area a bit of lunch, and as this is my second time in Cancun didn't take a lot of pictures, so was a easy day. On the 5th was out for some breakfast a walk around then check out of hotel and head back to the airport by bus then a short taxi ride to my hotel near the airport. I need to be to the...Jump to full entry
May 3, 2018 - Day 25
Today Francisco came to the hotel to pick me up to go back to PV. He travels light with a small backpack while I have a mid-sized suitcase, a large camera backpack and a normal backpack. We left San Blas at 12:00pm. We went through some mango farms but did not see anything new. Checked into my Airbnb place at PV on a golf course near the airport. The host is a dance teacher. She was not at PV but her house keeper kindly let us in and started to do my laundry. Francisco contacted my old host Guillermo and will stay at his place for tonight....Jump to full entry
May 2, 2018 - Day 24
Today I was not late and got up at 5:30am to meet Francisco on time. He was at the front of the hotel when I got there at 6:00am. He drove about 1 hour out of the town inland towards Tepic for our first stop. It was in higher altitude and the weather was appreciably cooler. It does not have many mosquitos or Jen Jens. If you want to know what Jen Jen is, search the web. It is similar to mosquito but much smaller. San Blas is famous for the concentration of Jen Jens, especially during full or new moon. I have by now about a total of 30 bits...Jump to full entry
May 1, 2018 - Day 23
Today I still got up at 7:00am to do a little birding before breakfast. I went to the cemetery and the ruins of a Spanish fort built in the late 1700 that Francisco told me about. There were not many birds in the cemetery but many dead humans. Mexicans have such a tradition to treat the diseased family members well. The grave stones are beautiful and elaborate. Nobody was around but I felt very safe to walk among the souls. The ruins were impressive structures made of huge stones. Not sure how they moved them there and probably built by...Jump to full entry
Apr 30, 2018 - Day 22
I am so embarrassed today that I over slept. Last night the room next door had new arrivals and they talked loudly on the patio until about 1:30am. My setup of the alarm somehow was not correct at 6:30am instead of 5:30am. There is a time zone change between PV and San Blas. I was 20 minutes late to arrive the gas station. Francisco was waiting for me and did not get mad. He brought home-made yogurt with fresh fruits and honey. It was delicious. We headed out to a small village and its surrounding small roads. The first lifer I got was...Jump to full entry


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Teacup Pomeranians have won the hearts of many people due to their intelligence and eagerness to please. Known for their liveliness and inquisitiveness, every Pomeranian will have his or her unique personality.
Teacup Pomeranians are special breeds, being just a little bit larger than a teacup and weighing less than 5 pounds when fully grown. However, they contain just as much spunk and personality as their bigger versions and will even live longer given the proper care and love.
A Brief History on Teacup Pomeranians
The name "Pomeranian" originated from the region of Pomerania found in Europe, which is now shared by Germany and Poland. Teacup Pomeranians weren't as small as they are now; like most toy dogs, without human intervention, they wouldn't have existed.
In the past Pomeranians were sheep herding dogs weighing about 30 pounds, yet they were referred to as a Dwarf Spitz! After years of selective breeding, the size of Pomeranians went down considerably, with their weight going from 30 pounds to about 4 pounds.
Should You Get One?
Love having a dog but don't have much space? A Teacup Pomeranian could be your perfect companion. However, note that with a smaller size comes a higher price tag of about a thousand dollars. Also, if you want to get a Teacup Pomeranian puppy, you'll need to be extra careful since really small puppies tend to be very sensitive and fragile, unlike their bigger counterparts.
This means that an unaddressed ailment could easily cause long-term damage. However, if you're planning on getting an adult Teacup Pomeranian, you should be fine.
Unique Traits of Teacup Pomeranians
Some people dislike Pomeranians because of their shrill barking and aggressive demeanor at times; they're rather possessive and may keep barking at other pets and strangers. However, these negative traits do come from the fact that Pomeranians are naturally spirited, energetic, and loyal. Also, remember that Pomeranians used to be sheep herding dogs, and in most cases still carry the personality of one despite their much smaller size.
This makes them unafraid of large dogs and other people or animals they consider intruders. In the end, while Pomeranians each have their unique personalities and traits, how they behave is still largely determined by how they're trained.
Where to Find Teacup Pomeranians
It's always advisable to find a reputable breeder who already has a record of producing Teacup Pomeranians consistently. A lot of sketchy breeders may try to pass a baby Pomeranian as a genuine Teacup Pomeranian, so avoid them at all costs.
Note, however, that getting a true Teacup Pomeranian even from experienced, reputable breeders is still luck-based, as even the best dog breeders are unable to tell if a Pomeranian is going to keep growing or will remain small until it's at least six months old.
Teacup Pomeranians are an interesting breed; who knew that a tiny, 4-pound body could contain so much intelligence and personality? If you're considering getting a Teacup Pomeranian, remember that dogs aren't just buy-and-forget type of pets. Teacup Pomeranians are especially clingy and jealous types of dogs, so make sure that you have the time to spare for this adorable, tiny companion before choosing to buy one.


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4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 1 1/2 lbs total)
4 slices thinly sliced Black Forest ham
1 c. shredded Swiss or Gruyere (3 to 4 oz)
8 tsp. Dijon or honey mustard
1/4 c. flour
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 c. seasoned dry bread crumbs
1/4 c. vegatable oil
1. Heat oven to 350. Place one breast half between two sheets of wax paper on a cutting board. Ound to an even thickness of 1/4 inch with the flat side of a meat mallet, a rolling pin or cast iron pan. Repeast with remaining chicken breasts.
2. Spread out one piece of ham; pile 1/4 cup of cheese in the middle, then tightly fold up buritto style to enclose. Spread one pounded chicken breast with 2 tsp of mustard. Place ham bundle on chicken; slide to one narrow end. Roll chicken breast, enclosing bundle. Secure with a toothpick or two; tuck in any loose ends. Repeat for a total of 4 stuffed chicken breasts.
3. Spread flour onto a dinner plate, pour eggs into a pie dish, and bread crumbs onto a second dinner plate. Coat one stuffed chicken breast with flour, dip in egg completely, then coat with bread crumbs, adhering with fingers if needed. Repeat with all chicken pieces.
4. Heat oil in a 12 inch skillet with a tight fitting lid over medium-high heat. Add chicken pieces and brown, covered for 3 minutes. Flip chicken over, and continue to cook for an additional 3 minutes. Transfer to a shallow baking dish and bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes.


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This course addresses the key components of an ergonomics program identified by OSHA in the DRAFT Ergonomics Standard and the NIOSH manual "Elements of Ergonomics Program." It includes information regarding the risk factors, signs, and symptoms of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).
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Nany's Cafe Hua Hin
Nany's Cafe Hua Hin
Nany's Cafe on Soi Hua Hin 88
Nany's Cafe is a nice and cozy restaurant offering American, European, Indian and Thai food, located on Soi Hua Hin 88, right near Tesco Lotus Express and Baan Khun Por Market. Their menu selection is very extensive and the food is tasty. They have the best kebab in Hua Hin.
Nany, the owner, offers you a wide variety of pies, steak & chicken. They also offer breakfast all day.
Fish & Chips is the Friday special and every Sunday starting at 1:00pm Nany receives you for the Sunday Roast: beef, pork or chicken.
Nany's Cafe provides delivery on Soi Hua Hin 88.
Nany's Cafe is located at 5/210 on Soi Hua Hin 88 in Hua Hin, nearby Tesco Lotus Express and Bann Khun Por Market.
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Kelly Clarkson Is Releasing TWO New Songs: "Move You" & "Love So Soft"
Kelly Clarkson just announced her return with her upcoming single "Love So Soft," out tomorrow. Now she's confirmed that we're getting not one, but TWO new songs! "Move You," a soulful ballad with some sultry funk, will also drop on Thursday, September 7th. And after a full year of recording, Kelly's upcoming soul pop album with…Read more


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DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers would be more than willing to move second baseman Ian Kinsler or shortstop Jose Iglesias in the next two weeks, but their efforts might be thwarted for a simple reason.
Among the teams most likely to be "buyers," no one needs a second baseman or shortstop.
We reviewed 13 contending teams who could be checking the market in the final weeks before the 2017 trade deadline.
Of the 13, only two -- the Washington Nationals and Kansas City Royals -- have credible needs up the middle. And both those situations come with major asterisks.
Check out the list below. The number in parentheses is their likelihood of making the playoffs as determined by FiveThirtyEight .
Dodgers (over 99 percent) : Kinsler would offer a slight upgrade at Logan Forsythe at second base, but Kinsler is five years older. The ship probably sailed on this deal when Dodgers sent a prospect (pitcher Jose De Leon) to the Tampa Bay Rays for Forsythe in January. At shortstop, 23-year-old Corey Seager isn't going anywhere for years.
Astros (over 99 percent): With Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa up the middle, it's hard to imagine a team with less need at those positions.
Nationals (95 percent): Daniel Murphy is having another monster season at second, while Stephen Drew has been steady at short since returning from a hamstring injury and replacing Trea Turner (broken wrist). Iglesias would be a defensive upgrade, but it's hard to imagine the Nationals giving up much for him.
Red Sox (86 percent): Dustin Pedroia and Xander Bogaerts are solid up the middle. Only an injury would make Boston an option.
Indians (84 percent): The difficulty of inter-divisional trades aside, the Indians have Jason Kipnis at second and Francisco Lindor at short.
Diamondbacks (81 percent): Starting shortstop Nick Ahmed is on the shelf with a fractured hand, but Chris Owings has hit well at short while functioning as a sort of super-utility player. With Owings, Ahmed, Ketel Marte and Domingo Leyba waiting in the wings, it's hard to imagine shortstop is a huge concern for Arizona. Brandon Drury, 24, has an .800 OPS at second base.
Rockies (71 percent): The Rockies have no issues up the middle with DJ Le Mahieu at second and Trevor Story at short.
Brewers (55 percent): Orlando Arcia, only 22, has grown into a solid offensive and defensive shortstop for Milwaukee. At second base, Jonathan Villar has taken a step back offensively after a stellar 2016 in which he stole a league-high 62 bases while posting an .826 OPS, but it seems unlikely the Brewers would cast him aside for the older and more expensive Kinsler (or that Kinsler would approve the deal).
Yankees (53 percent): Didi Gregorius is the everyday shortstop. Youngsters Ronald Torreyes and Tyler Wade are handling second with Starlin Castro on the DL. If Castro were out for an extended period, this would be a situation to watch. Instead, he's beginning a rehab assignment and should be back soon.
Rays (39 percent): It's hard to believe the Rays will be big buyers, although they did recently acquire Adeiny Hechavarria from the Miami Marlins. Kinsler would be an upgrade at Brad Miller at second base, although Tim Beckham will start playing there when he returns from the disabled list.
Cubs (38 percent): Neither Ben Zobrist (second) or Addison Russell (shortstop) are having great years for the struggling Cubs, but neither is likely to be cast aside.
Rangers (33 percent): The Rangers may have needs, but not up the middle, where Elvis Andrus and Rougned Odor are regulars. (Although Odor has struggled offensively this year).
Royals (31 percent): If the Royals weren't in the AL Central, they would make more sense than just about any other destination. Alcides Escobar has never been a great-hitting shortstop, but he's having his worst offensive year ever (and that's saying something). His contract expires after this season; Iglesias would offer an upgrade now and a solution for 2018. Kinsler could also offer an upgrade at second base, where Whit Merrifield has done a nice job but might be better suited for a utility role. Will it happen? Almost certainly no. But that doesn't mean it wouldn't make some sense.
The Baltimore Orioles aren't included on the list because it's hard to imagine they would be buyers, but if they rattle off a big win streak in July, they could use a shortstop to fill-in for the injured J.J. Hardy.
Every day in the month of July, we'll round up the latest rumors about potential Tigers trades. Here's where things stand now.
Days until the trade deadline : 19
Tigers record today : 39-48, 8 games back in AL Central, 6 1/2 back in Wild Card
Chance of making the playoffs : 6 percent
Changes to Tigers trade ranking list : Iglesias and Kinsler moved down a spot. Reliever Alex Wilson, who is cheap and team-controlled, moved ahead of them, although his recent struggles haven't helped his value. Realistically, there are three guys likely to be dealt -- J.D. Martinez, Alex Avila and Justin Wilson -- and then a long gap before No. 4.


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Next year's festival will take place on Saturday, February 2nd, 2019.
Registration for participating schools will open on Tuesday, October 3rd at 9:00 am CST.
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December 19, 2010 - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that Walgreens has agreed to donate $10 million in vouchers for free flu shots to 350,000 eligible uninsured and underserved people in 15 markets across the country.
Secretary Sebelius made the announcement earlier today in a conference call with Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Howard Koh, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Dr. Dan Jernigan, and Walgreens President of Pharmacy Services, Kermit Crawford.
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"Thanks to the new health care law, many people can get their flu vaccination without paying a co-pay or deductible, but there are still more Americans who cannot afford to get vaccinated for the flu," said Secretary Sebelius.
"With this generous donation, Walgreens is helping individuals and families who otherwise might be unprotected from the flu this season. We are also troubled by recent data showing disparities among people when it comes to flu vaccination. This donation will help us remove barriers that have prevented some from getting vaccinated."
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Recommending List of Movies like Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Movies Like Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Here are more movies similar to Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.
When creating this exclusive list of films I've strive to include those that convey the style and feel of this movie with it beautiful almost ballet like martial arts fight scenes inter woven into emotional tapestry of romance and love.
Movie Trailer of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon - Great Duel Between Zhang Ziyi Vs Michelle Yeoh
House of Flying Daggers
This beautifully film movie has at its heart a romance love story woven into a tale of intrigue, love and betrayal.
There are many memorable scenes in this film that are more like works of art. I especially like the hypnotic dance scene by Zhang Ziyi for it elegant beauty. There also a breathtaking chase scene that forms a perfect contrast between the sense of tranquility conveyed by the bamboo grove and the relentless tension from the deadly pursuit of the masked assassins.
Movie Trailer of House of Flying Daggers
Jet Li's Hero
Hero is a tale of one man trying to make a difference by embarking to assassinate the emperor of China.
It has a multi-layered storyline that you will discover as each scene reveals another element that together forms the puzzle and solution that is the last scene.
Like Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, it is full of awe inspiring and emotional laden moments that is intertwined with the poetry like fight scenes. Get ready to delve into the complexity of Jet Li's assassin character and do watch for now legendary fight scene between Jet Li and Donnie Yen, both fantastic real life martial arts experts.
Movie Trailer of Hero - Jet Li Vs Donnie Yen
The Curse of the Golden Flower
This film stars sensual Gong Li and Chow Yun Fatt who happened to be in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon as well.
The tone in this movie is darker and more opulent then in Crouching Tiger. Its an almost Othello like tale of love, lust, betrayal and vengeance, set mainly in the royal palace. Watch for great performances from Chow Yun Fatt, the lavish attention to details and the many epic scaled battle and fight scenes.


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Laura A. Baluch
Laura Baluch is a partner with Barrick, Switzer, Long, Balsley & Van Evera, LLP. She is a highly experienced family law attorney practicing in Rockford, IL. She services Winnebago, Boone, Ogle, Stephenson, Dekalb, & McHenry Counties. Her practice is primarily focused on all aspects of family law, including divorce, custody, support issues, and prenuptial agreements. Laura is a Child Representative and Guardian Ad Litem, so she understands the intricacies involved in winning custody cases. She is also a mediator and a trained Collaborative Law Attorney. Laura handles an array of cases ranging from high-asset dissolution cases to high-conflict custody cases, as well as simple divorces and child support matters. She has the ability to successfully negotiate and settle her clients' cases, as well as aggressively represent them at trial, if need be.
Laura Baluch is an aggressive attorney who will represent her client's best interests from day one. She was recently named the Best Family and Marital Attorney in the Rock River Valley for a second year in a row by the Rockford Register Star in What Rocks in Rockford, and was named one of the top ten family law attorneys under the age of 40 in the state of Illinois. She has also been nationally recognized as a top family law attorney by the National Academy of Family Law Lawyers and the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. Most recently, she was named an Emerging Lawyer by Leading Lawyers Magazine. Ms. Baluch has had speaking engagements throughout the community regarding her knowledge in the area of family law, and has been published by Thomson Reuters in Strategies for Family Law in Illinois.
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Immerse yourself in the most vibrant, buzzing city on the African continent, Johannesburg, the City of Gold. You can feel the energy of money, of business and creativity flowing through the citizens of this fabulous city and partake in it by visiting the world-class destinations and experiences on offer in Johannesburg and the area around it, the province of Gauteng.
Johannesburg is about living and experiencing and there is no better way to do this than to take to the streets of this cosmopolitan city. Take an urban safari into the world-class shopping malls and destinations found in the city; there are some serious retail therapy options available from designer clothing stores to upmarket jewellery outlets and more. Eating out is a big deal in Johannesburg, the cuisine on offer a true reflection of the melting pot of cultures in the city. Feel free to try anything from umngqusho (beans and corn) to the European-style fine dining.
You are standing in a city whose lifeblood stems from the gold reserves under its surface, in total more than 40% of the gold ever mined from the earth came from this area. Visit the popular Gold Reef City for a glimpse into the early days of gold mining in South Africa and then spend some time in the popular entertainment complex with its theme park and casino facilities.
Pop over to nearby Pretoria, one of the other major cities in the Gauteng region, to stroll along the pretty Jacaranda tree-lined avenues and enjoy the buzz of this culturally diverse destination. You can tour the impressive Union Buildings or picnic on the lawns in front of South Africa's official government residence. Shop up a storm in the trendy malls of Pretoria before heading back to the glitzy lights of Johannesburg.
There are more reasons to visit Soweto than ever before, formerly known as the South Western Townships, this sprawling suburb has morphed over the years into one of the most vibrant destinations in Johannesburg. Besides the historical significance of many of the streets there are eclectic pubs and watering holes, a buzzing shopping centre and the Adventure Centre at the old Orlando Power Station.
You can choose from the many luxury accommodation options in the leafy suburbs of Johannesburg city, close to world-class malls and gourmet restaurants and know that you have been in one of the most happening cities in the world.
Spoil yourself with the ultimate in luxury travel by taking the prestigious Blue Train or Rovos Rail departing from nearby Pretoria or escape from the city buzz by flying out to the easily accessible luxury African safari destinations of Sabi Sand, Kruger National Park and Madikwe to enjoy their wonderful wildlife offerings. Contact Southern Africa Travel today.
The Cradle of Humankind
This world heritage site is rich in fossils and the skeletons of ancient man. There are nearly 400 attractions including museums, restaurants and craft outlets within the site as well as many places of historical interest such as the Sterkfontein Caves, the Maropeng Visitor Centre and the Cradle, a nature and game reserve.
The Apartheid Museum
Gain insight into current South African life by exploring the past at the Apartheid Museum in Ormonde, Johannesburg. Acknowledged as the best museum dealing with the rise and fall of Apartheid, you will need at least two hours to engage with the exhibitions and gain a true sense of South Africa's story.
Newtown Cultural Precinct
One of Johannesburg's latest attractions is the Newtown Cultural Precinct. Tour the fabulous Museum Africa, go over Nelson Mandela Bridge and visit the Newtown Art Gallery before stopping off at Moyo African Restaurant for an unusual dining experience.
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To my knowledge, only two mentions of Morse code have previously appeared in Word Ways: the observation, in the November 1968 issue, that fifteen is a Morse-truthful number (because it takes fifteen dots and dashes to write "fifteen" in Morse), and Dave Silverman's kickshaw on ambiguous Morse sequences in the August 1975 issue. But Morse offers a vast range of other possibilities to the logologist, including interesting interlingual recreations. In this article I present a few suggestive results.
Recommended Citation
Cohen, Philip M.
"Re: Morse,"
Word Ways: Vol. 8
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MILWAUKEE--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--REV Group, Inc. (NYSE:REVG) today announced full-year fiscal 2018 guidance. REV Group, Inc. ("REV Group") expects full-year fiscal 2018 revenue to be in the range of $2.4 to $2.7 billion, net income to be in the range of $85 to $100 million and Adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $200 to $220 million. REV Group is forecasting growth in all three of its reportable segments in fiscal 2018, and it remains comfortable with achieving the midpoint of its previously announced net income and Adjusted EBITDA guidance ranges for full-year fiscal 2017 and the bottom end of the range of its previously announced revenue guidance range for full-year fiscal 2017. The 2018 outlook does not include any impact from potential additional future acquisitions.
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The students in the first grade through sixth grades have been learning and cheering each other on in the foreign language classroom with the game Kahoot! At Rossman, we keep up with the latest in technology and game-based learning, and our students reap many benefits.
Kahoot is a free game learning application based on responses from student teams. I upload questions that appear on the students' screens, and they electronically submit their best...Read more
STEAM is a buzz word in art education. It refers to adding art and design into the STEM subjects of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. The goal is for these subjects to work together and influence innovation among students. It is exciting to see how cross-curricular work can help students make connections, ask good questions and discover more about different subjects.
After seeing a display of artwork at the University of Michigan with the subject matter of scientific cells, I was inspired to see how Rossman's science and art curriculum could work together to create a STEAM...Read more
Coding in Kindergarten?!
But wait a minute, what is CODING?
The Senior Kindergarten class last year embarked on a journey offering every student an opportunity to learn and implement computer science. While offering opportunities in critical thinking, logic, persistence and creativity, students are learning to excel in every subject!
When Becky Taylor, Rossman's technology coordinator, invited us to look into this program, we quickly embraced the values and are taking further steps to implement coding into our process of learning. Oftentimes we refer to "...Read more
Rossman strives to provide a traditional education with innovation. Woven throughout the school's program are innovative projects such as the sixth grade symbolizing heroes through ceramic art pieces, the third grade building rotational symmetry with LEGOs in art, and the fifth grade experimenting in science with motorized Scribble Bot machines to name a few. Innovation occurs when teachers communicate and inspire each other with new ideas.
Summer is the perfect time to continue innovative projects for children. Passions can be captured, and there is time to "play", create,...Read more
Diving Into Google Classroom
A little over two years since its release, Google Classroom has revolutionized education in many ways. Because Google launched the program at a seemingly inopportune time—right at the start of the 2014 school year—I was initially reluctant to implement it without having time to explore it beforehand. However, Rossman's technology coordinator, Becky Taylor, assured me that it was a very user-friendly program, and fortunately, I decided to jump in head-first, figuring that my tech-savvy students and I could learn how best...Read more
These days, average American adults check their phones every six and a half minutes. We start early. There are now baby bouncers (and potty seats) that are manufactured with a slot to hold a digital device. A quarter of American teenagers are connected to a device within five minutes of waking up. Most teenagers send one hundred texts a day. Eighty percent sleep with their phones. Forty-four do not 'unplug' ever, not even in religious services or when playing a sport or exercising. (Source: Reclaiming...Read more
Fifth graders have been learning about a variety of artists in art class. Each student chose an artist's name out of a hat. They used an iPad to research their assigned artist and discover when they worked, what art movement they were a part of, the style of art they created, and what types of art materials they used. Each student designed a large Rossman apple in the style of their artist and then presented their finished artwork and research to the class.
The goal was not to just recreate a work of art, but to make their own art influenced by their researched artist. It was fun to...Read more
Junior Kindergarten naturally incorporates STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) throughout the school day. This solid foundation for a Rossman education is built through play and developmentally appropriate learning opportunities. As teachers, we provide the materials and initiate the activities, but it is important to know when to step back and allow a child's natural curiosity, interest and problem solving skills to take over. Excitement for learning is evident as the...Read more
STEM is a popular buzzword in the education world lately. It stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Recently an "A," for Art, has been added to the acronym, transforming it into STEAM. Most often, people think of STEM for middle and high school aged children, however it can be implemented in the elementary grade levels. Research studies have shown students who experience STEM early through hands on learning will be best equipped with a strong understanding of STEM concepts as they grow older.
STEM in the elementary classroom can be as simple as changing the types of...Read more
Shiver me timbers! There are pirates in the library!
Aye matey! You heard it correctly. Reading pirates have invaded the library! JK, SK and first grade enjoyed dressing like pirates last week to celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day. It was a mighty day filled with pirate stories, walking the plank, sea songs, hunting for treasure and munching on goldfish. Libraries aren't the quiet places they once were. Arrgh!
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Hello, please help me.
i'm beginner with Nextion HMI. My Nextion HMI work normaly for 2 month.
but, suddently my HMI Display not getting on. I use nextion with type : NX8048T050_011R. when I upload with SD card my nextion "ON". after upload success, I restart my nextion. But my nextion LCD is black screen.
Please help me, I use this for my final project one week ahead.
When you upload by microSD card
- are you able to see the firmware upload?
Yes of course, I try to upload with SD card to ensure that my nextion get power supply about 5v. and I have check with Voltage Meter that the supply is 5V. But after upload success, my nextion still black screen.
Which version of the Nextion Editor have you been using?
Nextion Editor V0.47.
FYI, I used this version an hour ago and my nextion working normally.
Please upload HMI
this is my HMI file for my project.
while I download HMI file - did you check power supply
that it is as recommended in 5" Basic Model DataSheet
I try to connect with 5V from my PC and I've checked and ensure the voltage that according to the datasheet 5" Basic Model DataSheet.
and how about the current?
I think the current is OK and suitable, because before I get this trouble, my nextion working normally
wrong ... current consumption is not constant .... growing hmi, possibly growing current ...
Well the good news for you first
- you wont be needing to purchase a new 5" Nextion display.
So at least in that you wont need to see Vendor
Good news for me
Problem is in code, and not a BUG.
oke i use power supply in my campus, when my nextion in mode upload with SD card, ampere meter show 0.36 A and when I unplug my SD card the ampere meter show 0.16A.
So order of operation
Page Preinitialize Event
- occurs before page is loaded
Page Loads
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Page Postinitialize Event
- occurs after the page has been loaded
So what do you suppose should happen with
page 0
In a preinitialization event of first page?
Constant loop
page 0's preinitialize
page 0 command - go back to the very beginning
Now the bad news ....
you need to order fresh pizza for Gerry and I ...


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Photos of Braxton's new apartment
We finally got moved, but we are waiting for the Pentionists in our mission to bring us a new refrigerator and a stove, so that we can be a little better off. We are working with what we have right now, but it makes things a little complicated. We moved on Thursday. We haven´t been able to get anything accomplished in the situation of Sebastian.... I am slightly frustrated because this weekend we have Stake Conference, so we can´t confirm our baptisms and the week after we have a multi-stake broadcast which keeps us from confirmations as well. We can´t confirm anyone until the 20th of March now.... I really am praying that Sebastian could get baptized soon, but I don´t know if I will be here for the experience. I really don´t want to leave this sector, but I have a feeling that it will most likely happen... Well, you will know what happens next Monday in the afternoon when I write. Thanks for the updates on school and everything I am going to send a few pictures for you so that you can see the new house when we had just gotten it.
I haven´t gotten the package yet, but they didn´t bring us pouch this last week. We haven´t had pouch in a long time and we are really low on pamphlets to give to people which makes it hard to teach them as well. Things are going well. Sebastian hasn´t gone to church in a few weeks, but his Mom and Step-Dad came yesterday. Yessenia and Leonel. They are really amazing and we are still waiting to hear about the divorce and everything.
I am glad Yessenia and Leonel are coming. I hope they are able to get the divorce figured out soon. Curtis spent a lot of his time helping people get through all the paperwork for their divorces, so they could get married. They had a member who was a lawyer that the missionaries worked with. Do you ever help with the paperwork or do they have to go and wait in long lines like you do to get your Visa paperwork done. Why did that take so long this time? You were able to do it all in one day before.
I am sorry about the package. A couple of moms have been complaining on the Facebook page that their packages have not arrived for their missionaries, so I suspected yours might be in the same situation. I am sure with new elders in the office learning new duties, that it is busy. And with the Mission President getting ready to leave and a new one coming, I am sure there are extra things to do there, also. Have you had a Zone Conference recently? Your Mission President or his wife posted photos of some of the Zone Conferences, but not yours.
Change is hard, but it can also be good. You have met so many wonderful people in this area. I am sure there are wonderful people somewhere else for you to meet as well. You have planted many, many seeds in this area and they will eventually sprout. Your influence has made a difference in peoples' lives. They will remember you for good all of their lives. Maybe there are more people you need to meet and help before your time is up in another area. I am sure that you will end up where the Lord needs you most. Think of the people as Heavenly Friends that you knew before this life and now you are becoming reacquainted with them. Plus, I think you are ready for another new challenge. Another district, a zone or training a new missionary! The Lord will provide what you need most.
That looks nice and clean and not moldy. I hope it helps you to feel better. Who are the pentionists? Are they an older couple or regular missionaries?
Is it a duplex with two homes or do you have the whole place? Do all homes down there have bars on their windows?
It seems like every time you get moved to a better living condition, you then get moved to another area. Oh well, I guess you are being a good scout and leaving things better than you found them.
Are you feeling any better this week? I hope so. Is it starting to get colder and wetter yet or is it still too hot for you?
It´s hot.... I don´t know if I will stay... It could happen but who knows. We will have our Zone Conference on the 3rd of March. We are looking into everything that is happening and seeing what will happen. I don´t have a clue honestly about everything that is coming here. I just know that there is a lot of work to do and we will see what the Lord has in mind. Thanks for all the support and we will see the blessings that are coming for the people. I just want to be able to help Sebastian to be baptized in the time that we have but it is unlikely....
Could Sebastian request that you come back and baptize him, if you were to be transferred? I know you have enjoyed working with him. I wish he had been ready earlier. Has he worked things out with his Dad now?
Thanks for the photos. Do you have any of you and your companion? I want to see your happy smiling face!
I know you are about out of time. I hope you have a wonderful week. We think of you often and pray for you often. We are so very proud of the work you are doing. Don't measure your success by the number of baptisms, but by the hearts you have helped turn to Christ and the wonderful friendships you have made. I love you so very much. I am anxious for you to come home, but I know there are still things for you to do there, so work hard and be obedient and diligent to the end.
Love always and forever,


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ABA members are invited to the ABA Lounge for a very special reception honoring this year's Children's Book Council Children's Book Award recipients. Award finalists attending the reception include Mo Willems, Lisa Papp, Bob Raczka, Laura Gehl, Joyce Wan, Leigh Bardugo, Rachel Renée Russell, Nikki Russell, Don Tate, Nicola Yoon, Erin Russell, and MarcyKate Connelly. Light refreshments will be served and limited quantities of the award winners' books will be available in the Lounge galley room.


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Dear Debt Adviser,
I have a home equity line of credit of $30,000 that came due in December. I could not pay the full amount. Now the bank is threatening foreclosure on my property. I have a first loan of $718,000 with a different bank. The house is worth $650,000, or far less than I owe. In January 2010 I did a loan modification with the bank that holds the primary loan. Is foreclosure over a second mortgage possible? Would the primary loan holder allow that to happen? What are my options? No one at either bank can give me a straight answer.
— Kim
Dear Kim,
I'm afraid that you are getting an up close and personal view of the insane world of mortgage foreclosures. A foreclosure is a legal proceeding that is initiated by a lender, usually as a result of a default, and typically forces the sale of your home. The proceeds from the sale are applied to the mortgage debt.
If your home were foreclosed upon and subsequently sold, the money from the sale would go to the first mortgage holder. The primary mortgage holder is first in line for the sales proceeds, hence the term first mortgage. Your HELOC is a second mortgage and as such would be paid after the first mortgage holder in a foreclosure proceeding.
Your second mortgage holder is certainly within its rights to begin foreclosure proceedings. But with the current value of your home, it wouldn't seem to make much sense. Your home's value is $650,000, and the first mortgage is $718,000. So the sale of your home would not satisfy the first mortgage, much less the second. Logic would say that the second mortgage holder will gain nothing by foreclosing.
But regulators require that a bank follow certain procedures when a loan is delinquent. If you don't pay, they may be required to go after their collateral and then pursue all other remedies to cure their shortfall. My guess is that they will foreclose. The first mortgage holder will be forced to foreclose, too, in order to not lose $30,000 of their collateral to the second mortgage holder.
You are correct that the first mortgage will wipe out all the value in the home and the second mortgage holder will get nothing. However, depending on the state in which you live, the second mortgage holder may sue you for $30,000 after the foreclosure comes up empty. If you can't come up with the money from savings or a new loan, then you may end up with a wage garnishment. Again, this depends on your state of residence — the laws vary state by state.
The $68,000 shortfall from your first mortgage would probably be forgiven and typically would become taxable income for Internal Revenue Service reporting purposes. However, you can file a Form 982 under the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act to exempt forgiven debt on your primary residence through the end of 2012.
This should also cover your second mortgage deficit of $30,000, if it is forgiven and not pursued. But there is an important condition you must meet. You must have used the $30,000 in home equity borrowing to improve your principal residence to qualify for exclusion under the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act.
I'm not surprised you can't get a straight answer from the banks. The mortgage servicers often don't understand the terms of the mortgages they are handling and won't speculate on what the bank's collection arm or legal department may do, in case they are wrong. They don't want to be blamed for giving you incorrect information. It's much easier and safer for them to pass the buck until it's too late to do anything.
But there is help. I suggest you quickly contact the Homeowner's Hope Hotline at (888) 995-HOPE, operated by the Homeownership Preservation Foundation. For free, a counselor from an agency certified by the Department of Housing and Urban Development will work with you to cut the red tape and get you straight answers from your mortgage servicer and outline your options for you.
I wish I had better news for you.
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Security practitioners constantly hear some variant of the question, "what is the most secure web browser?"
Any time there is a major vulnerability discovered in one of the major Web browsers, people start scrambling to find something safer. However, doing so is a fool's errand. In our efforts to flee to better security, we are simply careening from insecurity to insecurity.
Secunia's 2015 vulnerability report showed that in 2014 alone there were over 249 significant security patches to Internet Explorer and over 504 patches to Chrome. That is more than one security patch per day for Chrome. Firefox and Safari are no better; their patch reporting just makes it harder to count security patches from others.
While all software has bugs, Web browsers have unique characteristics that make them the source of over 90 percent of undetected malware, according to Palo Alto Networks' March 2013, The Modern Malware Review. In fact, of all applications, the five most vulnerable are either browsers or browser plugins. Although one browser might be slightly more secure than another at any given moment, they all represent a gigantic security gap.
The reality is there is no such thing as a secure web browser. To understand how we can make the web safe for users, we first need to understand why browser security has proven to be impossible — only then can we start to consider strategies that can make it safe again.


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Colleen A. Critcher is a visual artist fascinated by commodity culture, kitsch, and plastic things. Her works routinely explore images of whimsical figurines, most commonly garden gnomes and dinosaurs. Through careful visual exploration into seemingly menial things, the work reveals the powerful emotional significance of common objects and serves as a commentary about the role consumption culture plays in modern happiness. She inserts herself and others as characters in a humorous narrative, weaving personal reflections into a truly complicated web of consumerism and human emotion.
Critcher received her M.F.A. in Painting from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2012. She currently lives in Florence, South Carolina where she maintains a studio and teaches at Coastal Carolina University and Francis Marion University.


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Filed under: DC | Tags: Becca Kallem, Concrete Abstract, Danielle Mysliwiec, Heiner Contemporary, Jeremy Flick, Lisa Dillin, Matthew Smith, Patrick McDonough, Seth Adelsberger, Steven Frost, Sue Johnson
Our DC Blog Contributor, Matthew Smith, has curated a fantastic group exhibition at Heiner Contemporary called, Concrete Abstract, which runs through April 20th. In the show, which includes artists Seth Adelsberger, Lisa Dillin, Jeremy Flick, Steven Frost, Sue Johnson, Becca Kallem, Patrick McDonough, Danielle Mysliwiec, and Matthew Smith, the curator "…explores the confluence of abstraction with the everyday" As the press release continues, "The works in the show cultivate a non-representational visual language that emerges from familiar ready-made objects, whether these objects are found or alluded to compositionally. Their formal and functional properties provide the contextual framework for works that are ultimately understood visually via their entanglement with abstraction, even as they remain securely tethered to the real, concrete world."
After the jump, see more images from the exhibition and read more from the press release.
Jeremy Flick | Contrapuntal Derivation no. 744703807, 2013, acrylic and gouache on panel, 8 x 8 inches
Filed under: Gallerist at Home, Interview | Tags: Alexander Gorlizki, Alice Neal, Anton Kern Gallery, Avery Lawrence, Barbara Probst, Celia Gerard, David Kramer, David Summers, Dawn Black, Edwina White, Elizabeth Huey, Ellen C. Caldwell, Frohawk Two Feathers, Gallerist at Home, Heiner Contemporary, IONA ROZEAL BROWN, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Jeff Koons, Jonas Wood, KARA WALKER, Margaret Heiner, MARK BRADFORD, MICKALENE THOMAS, Nicolas Poussin, R. A. Miller, Satomi Shirai, Sikkema Jenkins, Skylar Fein, Theodore "Ted" Turner, TOMMY, Tony Feher, Walead Beshty, William Kentridge, William Powhida
Nestled in DC's Georgetown neighborhood, Margaret Heiner's cozy gallery Heiner Contemporary, is quite perfect for a bustling college town, as it offers visitors young, fresh, and contemporary art.
Heiner has a keen eye for contemporary art, which at her home, serves as quite a compliment to her husband's passion for Renaissance and Baroque art. Together, their home reflects their combined love and zeal for art, while also showcasing their different tastes and preferences. – Ellen C. Caldwell, Los Angeles Contributor
Bedroom Grouping, featuring artists: Alexander Gorlizki, R. A. Miller, Edwina White, Skylar Fein, Tony Feher, Avery Lawrence, Dawn Black, Walead Beshty, David Kramer, iona rozeal brown, William Powhida, Theodore "Ted" Turner. Photo courtesy of Nicole Lanteri.
Filed under: DC, Q&A | Tags: Chip Allen, Heiner Contemporary, Matthew Smith, Q&A
Chip Allen's letting loose. He's squeegeed, splattered, and gesturally brushed over his geometric abstractions, and by the looks of it action painting's winning out. His loose, intuitive marks and smudges run interference across seemingly systematic lines, the resulting balance a taut non-resolution that tugs from opposing ends, even if one end does so a bit harder. But there's no subjugation here. Amalgamation is more like it, and a methodical contemplation on the all-encompassing potential of his medium — oil in his most recent paintings. Brooklyn-based Chip Allen (NAP #75, 2007 MFA Annual) is exhibiting in a group show at Heiner Contemporary in Washington D.C. I took the opportunity to catch up with the artist and ask him a few questions. His answers and more images of his work after the jump. — Matthew Smith, Washington, D.C. Contributor
Chip Allen | LALC 01, 2011, Oil on Paper, 22 x 26 in, courtesy of the artist and Heiner Contemporary
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Filed under: DC, Q&A | Tags: David Kramer, George Washington University, Heiner Contemporary, Matthew Smith, Pratt, Prequel to the Sequel, Yaddo
Considering current events, it may be easy to wonder if David Kramer's paintings have a slight political bent. Much like the characters in his work, we've had to collectively reassess our own aspirations amid the failed promises of the credit and housing bubbles. But taking stock of one's own life is far from a political act, and Kramer's work is probably too introspective to be social activism. In his paintings, Kramer, who is a child of the 70s, responds with disappointment to the glossy promises of 1970s lifestyle magazine ads. His response can begin to seem like a latently familiar one, and whether we perceive this personally or collectively is likely to depend on the viewer.
Modern Living, 2011, Ink and bleach on paper, 19 3/4 x 25 1/2 inches, courtesy of Heiner Contemporary and the artist
Heiner Contemporary in Washington, D.C. is currently exhibiting a solo show by New York-based David Kramer titled Prequel to the Sequel: Waiting for a Hollywood Ending, which runs through October 22. I caught up with the artist to ask him a few questions about his work. His answers, and photos from Prequel to the Sequel, after the jump. — Matthew Smith, D.C. contributor.
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Filed under: Art World, DC | Tags: David Kramer, DC, Elizabeth Huey, Heiner Contemporary, Margaret Heiner, Matthew Smith, Suzannah Sinclair
Photo: Will Teass
With a few exceptions, most art galleries left the DC neighborhood of Georgetown ten years ago in search of cheaper rent. Many of them settled on the 14th Street corridor and the 1515 building before gentrification and skyrocketing rents recently pushed some of the bigger players toward more economically diverse pastures in the H St neighborhood. (As recently as a few days ago, another gallery announced their departure from 14th street, citing "unsustainable increases in rent.")
All of this makes Heiner Contemporary's new storefront space in Georgetown a bit of a throwback. Located in the quaint and quirky Book Hill section of Georgetown, the gallery is just far enough away from the trendy waterfront and the brutish bar scene on M Street to make the trip worthwhile. Also worth the trip is their inaugural show, Polychromatic Projection, featuring the work of Brooklyn-based painter, Elizabeth Huey. I visited Heiner Contemporary last week and sat down with owner/director Margaret Heiner to talk about setting up shop in Georgetown, her plans for her new gallery space, and Huey's work. Our conversation after the jump. —Matthew Smith, DC Contributor


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Airsis wins 2007 Most Innovative New Product award for PortVision
Airsis, Inc. took home the gold this afternoon when it won 2007's Most Innovative New Product award in the Software and IT category at CONNECT's 20th annual awards luncheon in San Diego, CA.
In what has long been known as a benchmark for predicting San Diego's most successful emerging technologies, CONNECT's Most Innovative Product award was given to Airsis for its newest product, PortVision. The award recognized the innovation, vision, hard work, and cutting-edge technology the Airsis team used to make PortVision the most powerful web-based tracking tool in the maritime industry today.
Airsis beat out approximately 100 entries to win the Most Innovative Product award. Airsis chief executive officer Dean Rosenberg was on hand to accept the award in front of over 800 attendees, including San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders and CONNECT CEO Duane Roth.
"The year's products showcase the entrepreneurial spirit that established the San Diego region as a leader in innovation," Roth said. "The (winners) represent the pinnacle of our innovative success."
PortVision provides new levels of knowledge and transparency to maritime activities within ports and inland waterways. The service provides real-time visualization and historical information, allowing users to get up-to-date visibility of vessel activities and take immediate action based on instant alerting when events of interest occur. Historical playback and reporting features offer expanded opportunities to identify best practices, to enhance MDA, and to better communicate with customers, partners and service providers.
CONNECT is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating and sustaining the growth of innovative technology and life science businesses in San Diego. Since 1985, it has assisted in the formation and development of over 1,000 companies and is widely regarded as the nation's most successful regional program linking inventors and entrepreneurs with the resources they need for success.
For more information on PortVision visit www.portvision.com. For more information on CONNECT visit www.connect.org.


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Chipmakers are encountering atomic-level design problems. Is the future full of mistakes?
'Garbage-in, garbage-out'. It's the one constant of the computing business. The computer never gets things wrong: it delivers the right answers - always. But give it the wrong question or data, and the result is rubbish. When you get a gas bill for a complete stranger, the computer gets the blame - but we all know someone omitted a semi-colon somewhere or forgot to add one. Garbage-in, garbage-out.
'Solid-state'. 'No moving parts'. They are the phrases manufacturers use to let us know that stuff is reliable. There is nothing to shake, rattle or roll. Nothing to fall off because the active components are part of the structure. The biggest problem is a dry joint - fixable with solder, assuming you can get to the offending pin. But the chip inside? It's solid.
Researchers such as Professor Asen Asenov of the University of Glasgow know, however, that solids aren't all that solid. Effects that electronics engineers used to be able to ignore are now being revealed, with the result that companies may have to ship chips where the circuits inside may not always function correctly. And, knowing that, come up with ways to correct the problem before the software, or the user, notices.
The core problem is variability. Experts speaking at the recent International Conference on CMOS Variability in London, organised by the UK's National Microelectronics Initiative (NMI), see the 22nm process as a critical juncture in the evolution of the silicon chip. Due to start production in 2012, the process will use transistors so small that Asenov claims: "You can count the dopant atoms. You can even count the number of silicon atoms in there.
"I can make one certain prediction about scaling. You will never make a transistor that is smaller than one atom. But even a bunch of atoms can cause a problem unless you have a technology that can place these atoms accurately."
The random placement of dopant atoms in the channel of a transistor can lead to big changes in performance, even between two devices sitting within tens of nanometres of each other on a die, to the extent that one works and the other a failure. Size is not the only cause of variability.
Strained silicon
Jeff Watt, technology architect at Altera, says variability suddenly increased when the company moved to a 40nm process that used strained silicon. By deliberately stretching or compressing the silicon lattice through the use of silicon germanium layers or other techniques, it is possible to improve the mobility of electrons in the transistor channel and boost its current-carrying capability. But these strained layers are, in effect, packed full of dopants. The profile can change radically from one transistor to another, very often caused by interference from structures around the transistor when the dopant atoms are implanted.
For the last 30 years, design rules have made it possible for design teams to generate incredibly complex designs without much knowledge of the underlying physics.
Rather than deal with the effects analytically, the response from the industry has been to take account of the potential for variability through ever more rigid design rules. By constraining the shape of structures around each transistor, you can remove or at least ameliorate some of the shadowing and interference effects. But the rules are becoming more unmanageable with each new process.
Jean-Marie Brunet, director of product marketing for Mentor Graphics' design-for-manufacturing group, says the sphere of influence around a transistor is expanding. Most designs are based on library cells - pre-designed combinations of transistors. Until recently, the library designers were the only people affected by shape-dependent effects.
"At 32nm, the environment outside the cell can affect variability within the cell," Brunet claims. A study from a couple of years ago shows what can happen. The gate of a transistor near the edge of a cell of 65nm transistors could vary by as much as 5nm. As the physical gate length of the transistor is substantially less than 65nm, this represents a factor of more than 10 per cent.
"In the centre of the cell, the transistors have the smallest value possible. The variation increases towards the edges," Brunet explains. The answer was to surround the cell with dummy pieces of polysilicon, the material used to form the interconnect between transistor gates.
However, this is only a partial solution. As the design rules get tighter and more space is devoted to dummy features that have the effect of spreading the design out, the benefit of scaling soon disappears. Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO of graphics chipmaker nVidia, says the utilisation rate of silicon is now only about 60 per cent: some 40 per cent of the die area on a high-performance chip is effectively wasted. Process engineers are delivering ever tighter geometries only to see those gains lost in the design.
Process engineers are trying to buy back some time by not scaling the transistor gate itself as quickly as in the past. Technological changes - and the race among processor makers to win the gigahertz war, before the truce was called when power consumption problems made the war unwinnable - meant gate length scaled much more quickly than the half-pitch measurement that gives each process its name. The half-pitch determines how closely packed transistors are. On a 65nm process, it is not unusual to find transistors that have gates or channels 40nm long, sometimes they are as short as 30nm.
Referring to the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) published by research consortium Sematech, Asenov says: "The expectation for scaling of the channel length in the 2008 update has fallen back very close to the half-pitch. We used to expect 5nm or 6nm channel lengths. Not any more. I don't expect a fall in channel length below 10nm."
Watt is optimistic about the next process to go live. He does not expect variability to increase as much in the move to 28nm: "The 28nm process gets a benefit from high-k, metal gate technology, although it's not enough to compensate for the reduced channel length. For variability, we believe solutions exist down to 28nm, and at 28nm there are some encouraging results. Beyond that is a little less clear. But the industry has faced challenges in the past that looked insurmountable and we solved them."
The problems caused by using lots of dopants is one reason why some technologists believe the industry as a whole will need to move away from the conventional 'bulk CMOS' transistor to more exotic, and difficult to make structures such as FinFETs or ultra-thin silicon-on-insulator transistors.
"We expect significant problems around the 22nm channel," Asenov says. "It will be the last technology node to use bulk MOSFETs in mission-critical applications."
Kelin Kuhn, an Intel fellow and director of advanced device technology at the world's largest chipmaker, is optimistic that problems with variability can be overcome, but notes: "I do see a future in ultra-thin body or FinFET-type devices. We are going to have a need to move to these devices. Probably not at 22nm but maybe at 15nm."
However, 15nm has a problem in that it will probably need a wholesale change to the way shapes are defined on the surface of the silicon, demanding a technology that is still not ready and has been delayed by 15 years. Some, such as Huang and Sani Nassif, manager of tools and technology at IBM's Austin research lab, think the process that follows the 32nm and 28nm generations - expected to go live later this year - could mark a hiatus in the development of silicon processes for this reason. "The industry could stick at 22nm for some time," says Huang.
That does not mean process development will stop, just that what engineers do to improve density will change. Instead of simply making the transistors ever smaller, lost ground in design and architecture could be regained. "We could call it '22F' - 'F' for fast," quips Nassif.
Further scaling will increase the risk of failures as the devices are used. The structures are so small that running high current densities through them for any length of time will cause them to degrade and exhibit even more variability. Asenov presents this as an expanding cloud of variability. "At t=0, the devices are well tuned for variability. But some will go out of spec over time. The question is how you deal with this at the design level. Will you take this into account during the design phase? By doing this, you will probably lose a lot of performance. Or you can introduce techniques to measure, detect, understand and compensate for this degradation."
One way out is to move to 3D structures. You can optimise different parts of the chip separately by having them on different layers. More importantly, says Nassif, you can have individual power supplies for each part. This is important for memories, which exhibit the worst problems with variability in today's designs. By adjusting the voltage supplied to each piece of the memory array, you can claw back margin that cross-chip variability steals.
Another option is to work with variability and assume that parts of the chip will fail and even design them to, on occasion, make a mistake. It's an approach that Krisztián Flautner, vice president of R&D at ARM, says chipmakers could use to improve performance. He reckons the idea of using margins to hide variability is running out of time. If they are made increasingly conservative, chips will not satisfy performance targets. "Being wrong by 0.1V means that you may be sacrificing 30 per cent performance," he claims.
One approach that Flautner has worked on is called Razor. It targets the biggest headache that designers have in implementing on-chip circuits. Very often, even big variances are manageable. But designers have to deal not just with local variations but the changes from wafer to wafer as conditions alter in the various chemical processes they undergo. It has been known for wind conditions outside the fab to alter the performance of chips made inside.
When running designs through a simulator, engineers will analyse the behaviour of the chip on different 'corners'. One comparison is between fast and slow corners. "On the slowest corner, delay can vary by only 20 per cent and the device will fail," Flautner explains.
A knock-on effect lies in power consumption. Flautner sees power as potentially on the increase from one process to the next because old techniques to reduce it have hit the wall. "One of the main things it impacts are the set of variables used in design and the methodologies that are deployed. And they are influenced by variability and uncertainty in the process.
"Normally, we shoot for a certain performance at a certain power budget. And then we overdrive it for higher performance. You can get significant improvements in power consumption if you are willing to reduce the clock frequency. But what if I don't want to stay on that curve? What can I do?" Flautner asks.
The Razor answer is to drive circuits very close to the point at which they fail. Instead of picking a voltage and then adding some margin to account for variation, a Razor circuit is designed so that it operates very close to the point at which the circuit fails. For example, if you drop the voltage too far, the circuit does not switch before the next clock cycle begins. The register at the end of that logic path contains the wrong answer. Without a safeguard, that error will propagate and probably bring the system to its knees.
Razor watches for errors and tries to catch them before they propagate. A shadow register captures the result that finally emerges from the laggard logic path. If it does not match the result that the main register has then the processor retries the operation. Conceptually, it's similar to the techniques used in fault-tolerant computers where independent circuits compare results and take action if one of the execution units is out of line.
"We are trying to extend speculative execution to timing," says Flautner, referring to the techniques used in superscalar processes to run code that might not be needed in order to find ways to do things in parallel. And, like speculative execution, sometimes the processor has to back up and start again. Do that too often and you start to miss deadlines. So the key to Razor is to expect to make mistakes: just not too many. That is where ARM is putting much of its effort: how much extra circuitry is needed to trap errors; how fast can it react; how many errors is too many?
Circuitry overhead
Although the approach can reduce the voltage needed to drive a circuit, which cuts its power consumption, the extra circuitry adds its own overhead. "You can end up with very high power overhads. You can often end up spending more effort on detection than you can claw back on margins. Some early implementations had 80 per cent power overhead. Now we are close to 5 to 10 per cent and, in some cases, it is in the noise. But you have to pay attention to it."
ARM built a test chip last year to try out Razor on real software: it was an ARM processor fitted with the extra detection circuitry. "The concept is simple but it cuts across so many areas that getting something out of it is no foregone conclusion.
"We can tolerate or even eliminate margins. We think the clock frequency increase is about 40 per cent and we think we can do 20 per cent better than the state-of-the-art designs," Flautner claims. "We are doubling the energy efficiency of our devices doing this."
But there are big variables in how quickly the core circuits make mistakes. "The point of first failure is significantly impacted by the temperature and the code you are running. We are trying to get very quick reaction times. But you still want a very low error rate and not try to push past that. We have explored techniques where we have pushed far beyond the limit. But the key is to find the edge and stay close to it."
Other adaption techniques may be less aggressive that those being worked on by ARM but could be used more widely in the next generation of silicon, following on from work by companies such as Intel, which put some adaption circuits into its Itanium processors several years ago.
"Adaptivity and robustness techniques are making their way from academia into industry," says Professor Andrew Kahng of the University of California at San Diego.
"By 32nm, I think adaption techniques will be necessary," said Andrew Appleby, physical design technical lead at NXP Semiconductors.
Sharad Saxena, a fellow at process-yield specialist PDF Solutions, agrees: "The work at higher levels on variation-sensitive circuits has been somewhat limited. But we need variation-aware circuits."


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Written by George Orwell
Adapted by Robert Owens, Wilton E Hall, Jr , and William A Miles
Directed by Richard Keitel
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George Orwell's timely novel comes to life as Winston, a young employee in the Ministry of Truth who corrects "errors," faces the consequences of falling in love and creating his own truth in dangerous society of surveillance, identity and control by "Big Brother."
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