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Pulp and paper
This challenge spans the whole supply chain, from where and how wood is grown and harvested to how wisely and efficiently it is processed, used and reused. It also involves changes to consumption patterns – such as eliminating excessive and wasteful use of paper in rich societies, while improving access for the poor to paper products that can improve education, hygiene and food safety.
Advancing technology is enabling new uses of wood and its core chemical components in composites, films and chemically processed speciality cellulose. In the future such uses could add significantly to the volume of wood that needs to be extracted from forests or grown in plantations.
Global production
Pulp and paper is produced on all continents. The largest producer countries, US, China, Japan and Canada, make up more than half of the world's paper production which is 400 million tons a year.
Pulp and paper is made out of wood fibres originating from natural forests or pulpwood plantations. Over half of the resource comes aleady from recycled fibre and other fibre sources such as agricultural residue. There is however still potential for growth in recycled fibre use.
Many global pulp and paper companies are moving their production to the South due to lower production costs and proximity to fast growing pulpwood plantations. Hence, responsible pulpwood plantations practices are urgently needed.
Unsustainable logging by some businesses in the paper industry degrades forests, accelerates climate change and leads to wildlife loss. Such practices also affect people who depend directly on forests.
How can this trend be reversed?
Through the Pulp and Paper programme, WWF engages with stakeholders to bring about sustainable forestry, clean pulp and paper manufacturing, and promote responsible paper consumption.
What are the solutions?
- Wood fibres can be grown, sourced and reused in a responsible way. Maximizing the use of recycled fibres and sourcing virgin fibre from credibly certified natural forests and plantations can reduce paper's ecological footprint.
- With the use of clean technology, the manufacturing processes can minimize pulp and paper products' impacts on climate change and water. Carbon dioxide emissions from the manufacturing process can be reduced by investing in new plants, retrofitting existing plants, heat recovery and increased paper recycling.
- Responsible consumption practices can also help to reduce the environmental impact of paper.
What WWF is doing
- Promoting responsible pulpwood sourcing, clean pulp and paper production, responsible paper use, and transparency across the pulp and paper sector.
- Supporting the preservation of high conservation values in WWF's priority places where the pulp and paper industry is a key actor.
- Working with pulp & paper producers and buyers towards responsible production and consumption of paper products.
- Co-ordinating with the WWF Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN), an initiative which supports responsible trade of timber and paper products.
- Promoting improvements to pulpwood plantations. The New Generation Plantations (NGP) platform allows forest products industry, regulators, financiers and other stakeholders to debate, learn from and promote improved practices in plantation forestry.
- Supporting responsible finance across the pulp and paper sector.
- Promoting fairer access to paper resources globally, including reducing wasteful consumption. In order to achieve this, we have joined forces with some 100 NGOs on the European Environmental Paper Network.
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Monitoring pulp and paper giants APP & APRIL
Impacts of the pulp and paper sector on forests:While some of this timber is grown in well-managed forests and plantations, too much of it is still the result of illegal logging and the destruction of old-growth and high conservation value forests.
Some proposed new pulpwood plantations and mills threaten natural habitats in WWF priority places.
For example, the remaining natural forests in Sumatra, Borneo, New Guinea, Russian Far East are endangered because of growing demand for pulpwood, among other threats.
Forests also maintain the world's abundant biodiversity, essential for life on Earth. The activities of the pulp and paper sector in these places threaten the habitats of several rare wildlife species such as Asian big cats (including tigers), Asian elephant, Asian rhinos, and orangutans.
Impacts of the pulp and paper sector on climate change:The pulp and paper industry is the fourth largest industrial user of energy, consuming 6.4 EJ in 2005, and a significant emitter of greenhouse gas (source EIA report 2008).
In fact, the largest share of greenhouse gas released in pulp and paper manufacturing comes from the energy production to power the mills. Greenhouse gases are the main source of climate change/global warming.
The C02 emissions coming from the burning or decomposition of wood, during the paper making process or at the end of the life of the product, will be stored back in the forest when it grows, if it is managed appropriately. Meanwhile it can be a very large amount of CO2 emitted to the athmosphere, which is not well measured until now.
Impacts of the pulp and paper sector on water:
Paper mills may also discharge many pollutants in surrounding water bodies, causing damage to aquatic ecosystems and threatening the health of people living near the mill.
While new technology has substantially reduced water emissions from many mills, there is significant variation around the world in the use of this technology and major polluting incidents still occur.
Water pollutants can include:
- persistent toxic chlorine compounds like dioxins
- organic materials that consume oxygen during decomposition
- sulphur dioxide that contribute to lake acidification
- air-polluting nitrogenous compounds and phosphates that boost algae growth
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Chrysler Cirrus Starting/Stalling Problems
tommy666 Posts: 9So I just put my alternator and battery on a tester. The battery showed 12 volts but went to low on load test. I started the car and right off it was missing. The alternater was jumping back and forth from 13 to 14 volts. It doesn't sound like much but it looked substantual on the meter. I reved the engine and the alternator started making noises I never herd before. It was not a belt slipping. Kinda like a high speed grinding. At this point I was charging at 13v. Acording to the meter that is bad. The grinding stopped and the charge went up to 14.5 and the car was idleing great until the cooling fan kicked on. The Idle came way down and a little rougher, charging at 12.5. I drove until it was hot (about 2 hours) it was 80+ degrees today. My check engine light came on for the first time ever and I was able to pull a code: 35 and 51 (lean oxygen and throtle control / vacuum). I punched out my Cat. which explains lean 02 and my cruise control is hit and miss so that explains both. I continued to let the car idle while hot checking my alternator. It slowly creeped down to 12v but I tryed to get the car to stall for 5 hours the alternator went back to charging at 14.5v and It wouldn't die today. Go figure. My alternator light has never come on but it was up and down and making noise like a Chinese Hooker. I'm going to replace it. I'll let you know how it goes.
kylkoneski Posts: 1I have a 1998 Chrysler Cirrus that I got last year from my aunt. It was well taken care of by my uncle. It runs nice, everything seems normal. But my sister was hitting 30 on a street and it started going backwards and it stalled, she said there was no oil, but we just checked it and there was a normal level of oil in it. I was thinking maybe a switch or maybe even the TCM and ECM were to blame. Any thoughts or suggestions let me know.
litchfamily Posts: 1Hi I wondered if changing the alternator has still fixed your stalling issue with your cirrus?
aprilmason Posts: 1I am wondering if you ever figured out what this was? Cause my car did the EXACT same thing-- please help me if you can.
run fast away from this car nothing but a headache my mechanic couldnt find my stalling problem checked the alt replaced the ecm computer and checked a whole mess of other things....the car is a lemon...95 chrysler cirrus......besides my stalling problem i had an oil leak had to replace the whole steering rack bad front struts..this car is a nightmare...sold it even with all these problems i owned it for 3 months and took half of what i paid for it just to get rid of the headaches.....never again will i buy a chrysler product!!
run fast away from this car nothing but a headache my mechanic couldnt find my stalling problem checked the alt replaced the ecm computer and checked a whole mess of other things....the car is a lemon...95 chrysler cirrus......besides my stalling problem i had an oil leak had to replace the whole steering rack bad front struts..this car is a nightmare...sold it even with all these problems i owned it for 3 months and took half of what i paid for it just to get rid of the headaches.....never again will i buy a chrysler product!!
run fast away from this car nothing but a headache my mechanic couldnt find my stalling problem checked the alt replaced the ecm computer and checked a whole mess of other things....the car is a lemon...95 chrysler cirrus......besides my stalling problem i had an oil leak had to replace the whole steering rack bad front struts..this car is a nightmare...sold it even with all these problems i owned it for 3 months and took half of what i paid for it just to get rid of the headaches.....never again will i buy a chrysler product!!
run fast away from this car nothing but a headache my mechanic couldnt find my stalling problem checked the alt replaced the ecm computer and checked a whole mess of other things....the car is a lemon...95 chrysler cirrus......besides my stalling problem i had an oil leak had to replace the whole steering rack bad front struts..this car is a nightmare...sold it even with all these problems i owned it for 3 months and took half of what i paid for it just to get rid of the headaches.....never again will i buy a chrysler product!!
tammie317 Posts: 1I had this exact thing happen to me when on vacation and it sucked, they changed the i wanna say it was the fuel positioning sensor, the check engine light did go out at first for about 10 minutes, however i did not have this particular problem again. I have read this car has multiple recalls so if u are having problems with this car call chrysler or look up the recall problems.
Hi there, I have a 2000 Chrysler Cirrus with 207k miles. It has the 2.5L V6 in which I just had the head-gasket redone and the head shaved less than 3k miles ago, I ran it out of gas recently on accident, put some new gas in and it ran fine for 700 to 1000 miles, Now the engine died a slow death, I would be driving at around 2K RPMS and it would just loose power, like fuel or spark just quit, then it would kick back on and be like normal, its been doing this for the last 200 miles, it just kept getting worse and worse it would die under a load and just sitting at idle around 2k RPMS, likr it lost spark, it would backfire and make popping sounds in the air intake, finally the other day it died completely and wouldn't restart, had it towed home... thought it was the gas even tho the gauge read 1/4 tank, so I put some gas in and after turning it over for 30 seconds it fired back up and it would rev right up... So me being optomistic i drove it again, made it 3.5 miles and same thing, with my foot on the gas driving around 2k RPM it just lost power and RPMS, so i stopped and tried to rev it up and it's almost like its being starved of fuel... checked that by taking the fuel rail line off and it has plenty of fuel in the line... it was revving up, very very slow in neutral. As soon as I put it in gear it didn't even have enough power to move.. eventually it quit starting altogether and before any of this happened it took a while to start (5-7 seconds of turning it over before it fired up) It has all new plugs and wires, oils, fluids, etc.. the Ignition Coil IS the OLD one and the only check engine code is a p0134 which is OXY Sensor Bank 1 no circuit input, in which it had this code before... I've read and heard some say Cam sensor or a un-grounded circuit, I'm just so fed up and parts are so much money for this car... Head-gasket job was 1500 bucks and I got the car for free and have around $2500 into it... any ideas guys? I'd like to fix it and sell it or sell it as is for the right price.... The motor is seriously sandwhiched in there and hard to get at things... any help would be appreciated.. I usually do my own mechanical work and can use a multi-meter. Im in too deep money wise to stop now... please help with this nightmare of a car! Thanks guys n gals -Peter
P.S. Someone on another forum said it could be the EGR (Exhaust Gas Reciculatory) Valve stuck open or closed, he said there is a slot on the exhaust side of the EGR pipeing where i can adjust the stem that open and closes the flapper and lubricate it....
Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance..
- :confuse: Peter
well I took the EGR off and cleaned it with kerosene and carb cleaner and soaked it and worked the vacumm valve action free, it was kinda stuck but i put it back together checked all the vaccum lines and its still doing the same thing will run but hard to start, only at idle, you try to revv it up and it just takes forever then dies, Im now thinking it could be the catylitic converter the way to took a while to die, where exactly is it located under the car? I see two muffler shaped objects on the exhaust, the muffler in back obviously just a muffler then a smaller one under the mid car and a cherry bomb looking thing after it, I wanted to cut open the cat from the bottom and smash all the stuff out and just weld it back up but i wanna make sure i cut into the right thing first..... thanks again, peter
Well the car is still in the driveway, I got pissed off and hollowed out the catalytic converter, didn't help. I'm pretty sure this is a Electrical problem... driving at around 2,000 RPMS just cruising it dies for a second or two, then it will turn back on almost like the spark plugs quit firing for a second or two... I thoroughly cleaned the EGR valve and etc. checked all the fuses and relays under the hood, seem to be all good, I heard the coil-pack drive gear is aluminum and can wear out?? I'm just so fed up with this Lemon car, got it for free and have over $2500 in it and it still doesnt run... I'd be willing to sell it for the right price as is (make offer) my e-mail is firstname.lastname@example.com shoot me a message if you have any ideas as to whats wrong with it, I'm thinking something electrical as in bad ground or something of the like, let me know what you think. Thanks in advance!
I have the same problem with my car too!! I changed the MAP sensor but it didn't fix the problem. Now mechanics are suggesting me to change the PCM which costs about $350 at advance autoparts. So I'm not sure whether I should change the PCM or just keep driving it the way it is
Was your problem fixed by changing the alternator?
Hi, I have a 1998 2.5 L Cirrus. It was running perfect last week. But two days ago I came back home and left it for two days and now it doesn't turn on anymore. When i turn the ignition, it makes cranking noise which means it's trying to start. So at first I thought my battery might be weak so I put a new battery in but it still isn't turning on Anybody has any ideas for me?
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rlwalsh Posts: 1hello. I have a 1998 chrysler cirrus and im running into an issue. It runs great in idle,but soon as i shift it into a gear and step on the gas the SOB cuts off. I recently replaced the battery, the distributor, the spark plugs, the rotor, the egr valve,the air filter, the wires, and the axle. all of which could have caused this. please im in need of help, if you have any suggestions or can point me in the right direction i would appreciate it.
deb222 Posts: 1My '97 cirrus blows a 20 amp fuse under the hood after a few drives and then will not start. My mechanic is stumped. Anyone know why?
barrymoore Posts: 1sounds like fuel pump that was my problem
slthomas14 Posts: 1I have a 2000 Chrysler Cirrus with the 2.5 V-6 that is having issues staying running. When I start the car and let it idle, it seems to run fine. After it warms up and when you rev it up to 2000 RPM's, it will start to bang, pop, backfire and run rough. The RPM gauge is all over the place. Eventually it will shut off after a few minutes of this. We have tried the throttle positioning sensor, new cap and rotor and it still is doing the same thing. When it did this at first, as soon as it did it and we got the car pulled over off the road, we looked under the car and the catalytic converter was glowing red, so we though maybe it was plugged. The converter was punched out and is totally clear and that didn't help either. Anybody have ideas on this? I've read a lot of other post about this, but some say to do this, some say to do that, and some seem to work for one person, but not the other................At a loss right now!
wh1pt3ch Posts: 1I have the solution to the Millions of vehicles affected by this failure, its not the Transmission pump, input shaft sensor, output shaft sensor, Selector range sensor, valve body, or solenoids. If you are sick of trying to figure out this problem and are mechanically inclined with a volt meter and basic tools i can help by sending wire colors and diagrams and ultamately guide you through the systematic process of diagnosing a vehicle and then verifying the part is bad. I wanted to post a diagram but it will not let me. it is in the charging system but not alternator! Its in the PCM and its called the (generator field driver) that provades a ground to other components like the (Automatic shut down relay) its an intermitten problem with the PCM unable to provide a source for ground wich in turn confuses the tcm on what to do putting it in fail safe mode. the curcuit loses ground source for a very short second so a noid light, test light, volt meter will work but an ocylliscope would be best... thats why it will go in fail safe at the most random time! it has to be during gear change operation. HARDEST CAR I HAVE EVER DIAGNOSED! 10 YEARS ASE Master Tech. Im not saying that was the only problem with that discription, but its the most unknow fix for the 95% that never were ... i have not heard one tech talk about this! sad! Need help? Just respond
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cirriously Posts: 1I have a 96 cirrus. Great car except for problems much like the ones you are stating. So, what do you do? I am reluctant to replace the computer and keep throwing parts at it.
dbfortner Posts: 1I'm trying to repair my daughters 1998 cirrus. I have the wiring diag.that is in the back of repair man. How do I go about checking this P.C.M. to see if it is bad.
dollarbill7 Posts: 1Hey wh1pt3ch can you send diagram to me if I give you my email?
lousauto Posts: 1i have a 98 chrysler cirrus that came to the shop for an radiator leack so i fixed it while i was letting it worm up the engine started misfiring real bad so i shut the car off noticed fuel gauge was low so i added fuel n the car wont start back up i checked fuel pressure didnt have any replaced fuel pump n filter car still wont start checked spark and injector pulse all was good sprayed either inside throttlebody n still wont start any ideas guys iv chasing my tail for three days help plz .....................
cirrus_lover Posts: firstname.lastname@example.com Please send me diagram and any other info on this car. I get intermittent fire to plugs. All sensors seem to check good. Help please!!!!!!!!!!!!
charlieky Posts: 1
My Cirrus v6 1998 - Would start up and usually die a couple times, would die sometimes at stop lights.... Going down the road it would sometimes stall going down the road at 60 miles an hour !! I could always restart the car after a STALL.. No Dash lights would stay on, only flash on and off. Went to autozone to check for any codes, no codes!! Went to Pep Boys for Diagnostic couldn't find anything to cause the STALLING!! Finally I discovered this website
Read everyone's problems about stalling etc... FINALLY! Decided to try and replace the CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR........MY CAR NO LONGER STALLS AT STOPLIGHTS AND DOESN'T STALL ON THE HIGHWAY Not saying this will work for everyone, but if you have the problems I have listed .. Crank Shaft Position sensor should be the first PART I would TRY to correct the problems. Note-- when my car would stall i could always re-start it every time. ( Which made me think it wasn't a bad crank sensor )
I hope this helps and works for you..... It may save you alot of CASH, and headaches!
metalhead13 Posts: 1
Okay, I have a 98 cirrus also. Only 83000 miles because employment provided a vehicle, the car has just not been driven much. I am no longer employed so I am trying to get the car running. The problem I'm having is electrical. Intermittently the dash lights will go out and it doesn't appear that the battery is getting charged. I have replaced the battery and I have had the alternator check which checked out to be working. I have tried driving it short distances in case it dies but I'm not sure my problem is related to the problems in this forum. I want to sell the car but would like to fix this "battery light" problem first. Any suggestions?
cirrusbuggered Posts: 1
I've not taken the time to read the more recent posts on this, but will. First let me throw out a quick fix for those that have been having problems in the summer, mostly after or when it's raining or very humid. Make sure you've got at least a half tank of gas and put in a bottle of Heet. Or just carry bottles with you, in case it's bogging or has stalled, even if you don't have much gas in there -- add it. Then with it in park or neutral with your foot on the brake, rev it for a couple of minutes. If you have the room for this, try and drive it a little bit in a safe enough spot to do so (like not crossing an intersection or pulling out into traffic). I've even driven it back and forth in my driveway like ten times to help the Heet do it's job. It evaporates moisture / water build-up. Then do your best to keep your car at about a full tank all the time.
I've gone through all the crap with this, had it to three different repair shops and dropped a ton of cash. A $2 bottle of Heet has done the trick more often than not. You just have to give it time to work through the system before you trust it to drive you far (I've found that out the hard way). Hope this helps somebody. Oh, and mine is a '99 Cirrus LXI. So it's not just the models before that.


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Forced To Relocate Over Hiring Practices
The last time you published one of my letters, I was on the brink of homelessness thanks to the rampant hiring of illegal labor in Ocean City. Of course, the city has no interest in enforcement of our immigration laws and refused to permit me to circulate a petition to mandate legal hiring practices in our town. Whether or not you publish this, I wanted to update my situation and shed some light on the bigger picture.
As predicted, I could no longer afford to live in OC and had to pack my bags. Luckily, my sister in Arizona has a couch I sleep on now. For 25 years I lived in OC, a law abiding hard working patriot and native of Maryland. Thanks again for nothing to local government and the contractors that prefer to break federal immigration laws. It's beyond my comprehension how any elected official could blatantly ignore the people they're supposed to be representing.
Ocean City's future will look much like present day Arizona if something isn't done. Illegal aliens start businesses of their own and underbid the same contractors that aided and abetted their illegality. These illegally run companies use our own laws to hire more illegal aliens by calling them "minorities" so even more Americans are out of work. Wages continue to drop as American companies go out of business and illegal ones thrive. It's been happening here for years and until recently, nothing has been done. For two months in Arizona, I've been looking for work to no avail. Illegal aliens are thriving and many jobs require bilingual abilities. Even major chain companies have illegal aliens in management and they only hire other illegals. They bypass the new E-Verify law with stolen identities.
I've tried to explain this to some of the Ocean City contractors that knowingly hire illegal aliens but they refuse to believe any of it. If they continue these practices and ignore the inevitable, it will serve them right to be put out of business by the same people they hired illegally. Poetic justice, karma, whatever you want to call it. I just hope and pray that the situation will be addressed before it gets as bad as it is here in Arizona. Hopefully, I'll be coming home in the spring if the job situation improves. Ocean City is my home no matter where the couch is I'm sleeping on.
Thomas Cook
Chandler, Ariz.
Let's Get Performing Arts Center Right
I am very glad to see that the local newspapers are giving some coverage about the new arts venue at the Ocean City Convention Center. It is also great that we have people in the business community that have an interest in the arts and want to support a plan to promote a performing arts center. I applaud you all for your contributions and attempting to fill a large void for people like myself with an interest and background in the performing arts. When I retired here to the Delmarva, I did not realize that I had to give up my love for the performances of today and settle for the performances of those on the way out. All of us on the Delmarva should not have to travel 3 hours to see a production of substance, creativity, and freshness.
The business leaders of the community should be very concerned whether they are getting just another auditorium or a complete performing arts center that will attract traveling productions that are meaningful and profitable. It is not worth spending the money unless you get the venue that is expected. Changes to the Convention Center will not be profitable if it is not built and outfitted properly. Survey successful performing arts centers throughout Maryland, DC, and Pennsylvania. Find out what changes they had to make after the original changes to the venues were made. Ask the tough questions about the auditorium/ballroom that the Convention Center has now and whether or not the following questions have been answered yet: acoustics, type and kind of seating, sound amplification, house lighting, stage lighting, easy access for unloading trailers, quiet HVAC units, storage, staging, dressing rooms, wing space and fly system. Special engineers in their field must be consulted to answer the above questions.
This venue is not needed only for Ocean City, but for the entire Delmarva. Work with the groups in Rehoboth Beach and Dewey to bring performances to the Delmarva. With this cooperation, all will benefit. Turn Ocean City into an arts area for the visitors during the off-season and develop show packages for those who are interested. Do not give up on this idea, but make sure it is done right the first time. We may not have a chance to do it again if they build just another auditorium.
Steven McMillan
Ocean Pines
Self-Defense Bill Deserves Attention
I love Democracy. A government of the people, by the people and for the people. However, that isn't the case here in Maryland. In Maryland, the people's voice means nothing to those in power. You see, in Maryland, if the chairman of a committee doesn't like a bill that comes across his desk, they just simply ignore it long enough that it dies at the end of the session.
Just how many people in Maryland know about Senate Bill SB420 – the self-defense bill? Did you know that you can be sued for protecting yourself or your loved ones from criminals? Did you know you could lose your home if a criminal gets hurt on your property while committing a crime? SB420 puts a stop to these civil lawsuits from being brought by criminals and their families against their victims.
For four years, the House has passed this bill unanimously and every year, Senator Frosh sits on it, even with strong push and backing from the Citizens of Maryland. Why does he continue to stop this important civil rights bill from getting a fair vote?
He says that citizens of Maryland are already protected if and when they use self-defense to thwart a crime in their home. At the same time he says that people have the right to sue anyone they want, but there are no reports of a citizen being found guilty for protecting themselves. If the statement is true, then why not allow the bill to be voted on. The bill would only strengthen what is suppose to already be an unspoken fact, let's have it in writing.
Why not make it easier for those who are victimized to try and put their lives back together without this cloud of fear that the thug or their family might try to come at them with a civil suet for doing what is morally right, protecting one's self and/or their family. No, he would rather that those people put more and more money out in legal fees to fight a battle that should never have been allowed to start.
Without this law on the books, some people are afraid to stand up to these criminals out of fear of loosing everything they have. Not only is he saying it's OK to be victimized by bad people, but it's OK to be a victim to our own justice system.
Why is he so against the will of the people of Maryland? Whose side is he on, the criminals or victims?
David Hawkins
Beltsville, Md.
Same Old Treatment For Area Bus Drivers
Well, here we are again. Back in 1991, the county came up short of money to operate the various county agencies. Back then, they cut budgets with the promise that if they found additional funding before the end of the fiscal year, they would repay everyone who was furloughed without pay. When the Board of Education was funded the money, they paid everyone but one group, the school bus contractors.
Fast forward to 2009.
The bus contractors, knowing that the funding may be tight, proposed a transportation budget that wouldn't require an increase in funding. That was in December 2008.
Since that time, we have learned that there would be a decrease of 3 percent in funding.
The transportation budget is approximately $5.3 million. Of this, the bus contractors receive about $4.5 million. Three percent of the total transportation budget equals approximately $160,000. Three percent of the bus contractors' part equals almost $138,000.
The Board of Education has already announced that $160,000 will be cut from the pupil transportation budget in the form of field trip cuts. This coincidentally equals exactly 3 percent of the total transportation budget. Also, out of the transportation budget is $7,500 in bus safety, primarily used for camera installation and repairs.
There is another issue to consider. The bus contractors, through an agreement with the Board of Education, are currently reimbursing 12 cents per mile back to the Board because of falling fuel prices. The contractors are not reaping any savings from the low fuel prices. The Board received this money in the current budget and is receiving it again from the contractors. If this continues next year, this would amount to some $180,000 extra. That's 3 ¼ percent to the transportation budget for next year. Add that to an expected $120,000 from the current year fuel savings. That's another 2 ½ percent.
We, the bus contractors, have been informed that we need to cut an additional nearly $1,500 each from our pay, while driving the same amount of time and miles.
Some contractors are due to buy new buses for the 2010 year. The Board has informed us that they will not pay any more to these contractors in spite of the fact that there is an increase of 8 percent in the cost of these new buses. These contractors are required by law to buy new buses.
The amount needed could be paid for by using only two months of the aforementioned fuel reimbursement in the current year.
The school bus drivers don't expect special treatment. We understand that times are tight and everyone is expected to do their part. What we do expect is to be treated fairly in hard times as well as good times.
Whatever happens, we will continue to do our jobs as professionally as we have always done in good times and bad.
Ted Elder
(The writer is the president of the Worcester County Bus Contractors Association.)
Parade Help Appreciated
The Maryland Coastal Bays Program would like to thank the following people for their invaluable help with our first-ever float entry in the Delmarva Irish-American Club St. Patrick's Day Parade in Ocean City on March 14:
Mike Brian, Phyllis Brian, Vera McCullough, Morgan Kaumeyer, Denny Sharp and Jamie Montgomery y of High Tide Marine, Ryan Murphy and Shane Murphy of Go Green Painting & Home Improvements, Victor Bunting, Brian Tinkler, Su Lane Sun Signs, Christopher Johnson, Krystal Wilson, Ben Cheseldine, Morgan Squicciarini, Carolyn Cummins, Karen Lukacs, Genie Blake, Maria Valdez, Malakhi Lucas, Heather, Harley, Asher, and Lucas Layton, Keota Silaphone and Ella Samis.
We are thrilled to have won the award for Best Overall Float, and we truly couldn't have done it without the help of our volunteers. Thank you so much.
Maryland Coastal Bays Program Staff members Anita Ferguson, David Wilson, Kate Diffenderfer, Carol Cain, Carrie Samis, Cristy Layton and Roman Jesien


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What You Need to Know About Overdrafts and Overdraft Fees
Managing your checking account to avoid overdrafts or debit card declines can be overwhelming and confusing. We're here to provide clear information and tools to make your banking hassle-free.
What You Need to Know
- An overdraft occurs when you do not have enough money in your account to cover a transaction, but, as a service to you, we pay it anyway. We can cover your overdrafts in two different ways:
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"Hope is the fuel of progress and fear is the prison in which you put yourself" - Tony Benn
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Watching The Nation on Sky. Gonna put it out there, I like David Speers. Reckon he does his job damn well.
"I am very happy and it will allow me to have lot more rice."
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Can't stand David Speers. Is just a giant Tory.
Having said that, Peter van Onselen is tolerable.
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The Coalition have indicated they now don't trust the department of defense and say there ought to be an inquiry into claims troops aren't being supported well enough in Afghanistan, despite assurances from the brass to the contrary.
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The world's a dangerous place I tell you.
That's actually not an exaggeration as to what conservatives think.
Except for maybe the reference to the Country Women's Assoc.
In fairness, though, the DoD needs an enema.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. The stuffed monkey spent the last year in storage, out of sight but still in everyones mind.
Coach Pat Fitzgerald dusted it off for the Gator Bowl and even had it on the sideline Tuesday as a reminder of Northwesterns decades-long, bowl losing streak the ol monkey on their backs.
Now, its in pieces.
Behind huge interceptions early and late, No. 21 Northwestern beat Mississippi State 34-20 and snapped college footballs longest postseason losing streak. The Wildcats (10-3) hadnt won a bowl game since 1949, a nine-game skid that was tied with Notre Dame for the longest in NCAA history.
Its history now. And as a reward, Fitzgerald let his players rip the monkey to shreds in the locker room.
Quentin Williams returned an interception 29 yards for a touchdown on the third play of the game, and Nick VanHoose set up another touchdown with a 39-yard interception return in the fourth.
In between, Northwesterns two-quarterback system kept the Bulldogs (8-5) off balance most of the day.
Scrambler Kain Colter ran for 71 yards, making up for his two interceptions. Backup Trevor Siemian threw for 120 yards and an interception and also ran for a score.
Mississippi States Tyler Russell completed 12 of 28 passes for 106 yards with two touchdowns and four interceptions. He only had thrown six picks in the first 11 games this season.
No. 11 South Carolina 33, No. 19 Michigan 28
TAMPA, Fla. Connor Shaw led No. 11 South Carolina to the brink of victory, and Dylan Thompson carried the Gamecocks over the hump in the Outback Bowl.
Thompson came off the bench to throw a 32-yard touchdown pass with 11 seconds remaining Tuesday, enabling South Carolina to match a school record for victories in a season with a win over No. 19 Michigan.
Thompson replaced Shaw during the winning drive, covering the final 43 yards after Shaw began the march from his own 30. Devin Gardners third touchdown pass of the game had given Michigan a 28-27 lead.
Shaw threw for 227 yards and two touchdowns after missing South Carolinas regular season finale with a left foot sprain. Thompson led the Gamecocks (11-2) to a victory over their archrival and threw for 117 yards and two touchdown as a backup Tuesday.
No. 6 Georgia 45, No. 23 Nebraska 31
ORLANDO, Fla. Aaron Murray threw five touchdown passes to set a Georgia bowl record, including two in the fourth quarter, as the sixth-ranked Bulldogs beat No. 23 Nebraska in the Capital One Bowl on Tuesday.
Murray shook off a pair of first-half interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown, and passed for 427 yards also a Bulldogs bowl record against the nations top-ranked passing defense. He was named the games most valuable player.
Georgia (12-2) reached 12 wins for the third time in school history.
Nebraska (10-4) lost its third consecutive bowl game and finished the season with two woeful defensive performances in a row. The Cornhuskers lost the Big Ten championship game 70-31 to Wisconsin.
The Cornhuskers led 24-23 at the half but committed two of their three turnovers in the final 30 minutes.
Taylor Martinez had two interceptions and two touchdown passes for Nebraska, and Rex Burkhead rushed 140 yards in his final college game.
Nebraskas offense finished with 443 total yards, but the Bulldogs defense was stingy when it needed to be.
They sacked Martinez five times, with All-American linebacker Jarvis Jones notching two. Damian Swann had both Georgia interceptions.
Oklahoma State 58, Purdue 14
DALLAS Patrick Higgins made a big decision right away in his only chance to be in charge of Purdue.
The interim coach called for a fake punt just 13 yards from his end zone on the Boilermakers first possession, and it worked. He just never got another chance to influence the outcome.
Clint Chelf threw three of Oklahoma States five touchdown passes, and the Cowboys shook off a tough Big 12 finish by rolling up 524 yards and forcing five Purdue turnovers in a dominating victory in the Heart of Dallas Bowl on Tuesday.
Higgins unintentionally might have awakened the Cowboys soon after the late-morning kickoff on a cold, overcast day when he called for the fake, and punter Cody Webster easily picked up the first down on a 16-yard run.
Webster ended up punting anyway five plays later, and Josh Stewart returned it 64 yards to the Purdue 19 to set up Oklahoma States first score on a 4-yard pass from Chelf to Charlie Moore. Robert Marve threw his first interception on the next possession, and a 26-yard drive ended with Chelfs 7-yard pass to Blake Jackson.
The Cowboys (8-5), a year removed from finishing the best season in school history with a win in the Fiesta Bowl, sure didnt seem to lack motivation. They put together the biggest bowl win for Oklahoma State since Gundy was the quarterback in a 62-14 rout of Wyoming in the 1988 Holiday Bowl.


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In the first semi-final game against Pakistan in the Twenty20 world Cup tournament, Sri Lanka scored 139 in their 20 overs. This was lower than the 160 or so runs that teams feel gives them a pretty good chance of winning but according to the analysts, the quality of the pitch (an important factor is cricket where the ball bounces before reaching the batsman) was such that this was a reasonable score. And they were proved right when Pakistan was able to score only 123 runs in their 20 overs.
I was able to watch during the time when Sri Lanka batted and I thought that Pakistan performed brilliantly in the field. Their bowling was tight and controlled and their fielding was excellent. I could not get to watch them while they were batting, unfortunately, since I felt obliged to do some work, but reading reports of their effort suggested that their batting did not match the Sri Lankan batting in facing good bowling on a difficult pitch.
One of the attractive features of cricket is that in addition to it being about winning and losing as in any other competitive sport, it also allows for appreciation of style and aesthetics. Most fans, while cheering on their favored team, usually can appreciate the skill of their opponents and will applaud their good plays. At least that used to be the case. I am a little out of it now that I have been in the US for so long.
Style is most on display in the more leisurely five-day games when players are not forced to achive quick results and the current Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayewardene and its former captain Kumar Sangakkara are two of the finest batsmen playing the game today. Their technique is so good that they can play stylishly and also score runs prodigiously.
Unfortunately, the Twenty20 ultra-short version of the game places a very high premium on scoring quickly and thus becomes a slugfest. As a result, during his innings against Pakistan, in order to score quick runs Jayewardene made some shots that can only be described as hideous. They were the kind of risky shots that he would never have played in the five-day game. But he is not to blame. A great player adapts to the needs of the occasion and he did what he had to do.
So now Sri Lanka goes into the final to play the winner of tomorrow's game between West Indies and Australia. On paper Australia is a much better team but as I said, in the Twenty20 format, anything can happen.


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Colon apologizes for PED ban, missing A's playoff run
Veteran right-hander issued 50-game suspension for testosterone on Aug. 22
By William Boor / MLB.com
PHOENIX -- Bartolo Colon is a man of few words, and when he spoke to the media Tuesday -- his first public comments since his Aug. 22 suspension for testosterone -- his message was short, simple and direct.
"All I can say about last year is I apologize to everybody, the fans, teammates and the front office," Colon said through interpreter Ariel Prieto.
While he has no intention of holding a team meeting or anything of the sort, Colon is not done with the apology process as he plans to speak individually to each member of the team, an idea he previously discussed with manager Bob Melvin.
"I thought that was the proper way to go about it," Melvin said. "He's not a guy that wants to call a team meeting. It's not his personality. His personality is to deal with guys individually and I think he's done that to this point."
Although he was not officially suspended until late August, Colon was aware of the positive test for six weeks prior during the time allotted for appeals and retesting. Colon went 3-1 with a 1.88 ERA in August, but said the imminent suspension was wearing on him.
"My mind was completely gone," Colon said. "[I] felt cleared because the day they told [me] what was going on, what happened with the suspension, [I had known] for a month and a half what was going to happen."
Oakland's starters finished the season with a 22-11 record in Colon's absence. Although Colon said he was happy the team was able to stick together, he was disappointed in missing the improbable run to an American League West championship.
"That's why I feel so bad," Colon said. "I couldn't be a part of the team for the playoffs and the rest of the season."
Prior to his suspension, Colon was 10-9 with a 3.43 ERA in 24 starts. It was the first time Colon recorded double-digit victories since winning 21 games in 2005 with the Angels. It was also his lowest ERA since 2002.
Some may believe Colon's numbers were influenced by the testosterone and he did not say anything to refute those sentiments. However, when asked if he could perform without the supplements, the 39-year-old said said his body feels good.
"[I] prepared [myself] really good before winter ball because everyone knew [I] was out of baseball for the last two months," Colon said. "[I] was prepared good and ready for winter ball."
Colon played winter ball in the Dominican Republic for Aguilas Cibaenas and allowed seven earned runs in 13 2/3 innings.
The right-hander has pitched for seven Major League teams over 15 seasons but said he had contact with no other clubs prior to signing a one-year, $3 million deal with Oakland in November.
"It feels good because the team is supporting [me] after everything that happened last year," Colon said. "[I] am glad because the team gave [me] the opportunity to come back."
Colon still needs to serve the final five games of his 50-game suspension but is expected to join Brett Anderson, Jarrod Parker, Tommy Milone and either Dan Straily or A.J. Griffin in the A's rotation. Because of the impression he made while in Oakland, Melvin said the decision to bring him back was not as difficult as many may believe.
"We also [knew] a little bit, based on what we've seen through last year, the quality of the person," Melvin said. "He was a great resource here. Never a problem, always doing what you need him to do and there for younger guys when they ask questions. Not the most vocal guy in the world, but leads by example."
William Boor is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Orange County Longboarding
If you're a longboader from Orange County then you'll probably know that a longboard spot isn't exactly easy to come by. We often get emails asking if we know any spots in the OC and the answer is always the same "You need to head for the hills". There is no sarcasm in that; you literally need to head for the hills. Here in Huntington Beach where our warehouse is located isn't exactly
longboard heaven, it's as flat as a door and it sucks. If we skate during the week we can't travel too far because we are smack dab in the mecca of freeway traffic and when we do finally make to our destination its 30 minutes until night fall.
It's not as bad as it seems, on the weekends are when we can eat our desert. If your living or you have stayed anywhere in Orange County then you'll know that you're pretty much held captive and can only escape on the weekends. We charge up the go-pro, pack up our camera bag, grab our boards and get the hell out of dodge. Our spot seeking techniques are as sophisticated as looking out of our car window and pulling over if anything catches our eye.
We have spent more time searching for stops in Orange County then Luis and Clark seeking out land in our beloved nation. Okay that's an exaggeration but it feels that way. From our extensive longboard spot finding research we now have a weekend warrior plan that we stick to and this is where the "head for the hills" comes in. We found some spots in the north side of Irvine and Mission Viejo, but we find most of our gems up in the canyons around Foothill Ranch, Anaheim Hills, and Yorba Linda and if you really want to venture out then checkout Silverado Canyons. Silverado Canyons has some pretty sick bike trails that get really squirrely and steep but we mainly go for the winding isolated roads.
We are only sharing our experiences and opinions on the matter. This writing is no way shape or form speaking for all Orange County longboarders. Others could have opposite experiences we would not want to conflict with their opinions.
With all that being said, let's go skate! We are always looking for new longboarders to skate with so shoot us an email or call us if you want to go skate. We are also looking for new riders so if you have a video and are pretty good at downhill freeride send us a link.
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After enduring Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey's Stone Pony is still standing. But it isn't opening for a while: Asbury Park, like most of the Jersey Shore, is currently without power.
CBS Local spoke with Stone Pony booker Kyle Brendle, who described the scene at the historic venue. "Our property's basically OK, the outside lot the fences were torn down, and debris, but that's all small stuff," he said. "We found weird stuff on the roof, toilet seats, someone's chimney… There's a little bit of sand and water got through our entrances, but we're in great shape. We're ready to go when there's power. The power situation in South Jersey is undetermined, even more than weeks."
Brendle reports that unlike New York and North Jersey, where some grids have power and others don't. "No one has power around here. It's day five (post-Sandy), people have had it, they're going to South Jersey, it's getting eerie around here. It's getting strange."
The gas situation is no better. He reports that he was waiting in line for gas at a station that ran out before he got to the front of the line. "My car is on the side of the road with a ton of other cars. It's like Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome!"
Brendle says that all events at the Stone Pony scheduled for the next two weeks have been postponed (including a Leon Russell/Little Feat concert), and that the Asbury Park Music Awards, scheduled for November 8, will now take place in mid-Decmeber.
Follow developments in the recovery from Hurricane Sandy at CBS New York and CBS Philadelphia.
Over the years artists who have performed at the historic venue include Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Elvis Costello, The Ramones, Cheap Trick, Blondie, The Stray Cats Meatloaf, Todd Rundgren, Jimmy Cliff, Joan Jett, Blue Oyster Cult, Gregg Allman, Dickie Betts, Ace Frehley of Kiss, Levon Helm, Weezer and Maroon 5. Bruce Springsteen has been a frequent special guest at other artists' shows at the venue.
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Since this is my first post, and since you may not know me before reading this, I'll take some time to describe myself.
My name is Rachel. I am a middle schooler. I am spunky, moody, messy, and creative. Recently, though, I have been diagnosed with polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis, or JIA. It is in virtually all of my joints besides my hips, shoulders, jaw, and toes. I live close to and amazing hospital where I go for rheumatology. My rheumatologist is amazing. He is so incredible that trying to describe him with words would disrespect all the work he has put in to making me feel better. I don't have the classic inflammatory arthritis, but when he ran tests, he found the arthritis hiding deep inside of me.
I miss that days where I could run around and fling a lacrosse stick. Luckily, I have a ton of amazing people surronding me. Everyone has been so supportive.
So why am I writing this blog? Well, one of my friends told me about another person who was very dear to her and I read this person's blog. She, too, had an autoimmune disorder. Through her blog, she provided hope and inspiration to others and learned more about herself.
Now that you know about what's happening to me, I'm taking a fresh start. I'm not looking back. I'm taking life as it's thrown at me.


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Drew feeling better but not ready to play
By Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- D-backs shortstop Stephen Drew is back to intermittent baseball activities, but he's nowhere near the point in his recovery from a shattered right ankle that he's ready to play, he told MLB.com on Thursday. "The doctor said it was going to be a year process, and now I'm at month seven," he said after taking some grounders during practice at the team's Salt River Field complex. "Flexibility is back to normal. Now I just have to get the strength back." Asked if there was any chance he might be ready for the season opener on April 6 against the Giants at Chase Field, Drew demurred. "I don't know. Like I told you, the doctors said a year," Drew said. "The coaching staff has been really good. The training staff is really good. We're taking it one day at a time and we'll see where it goes from there."
Drew fractured the ankle sliding into home plate during the eighth inning of a home game against the Brewers this past July 20 and underwent surgery to set it. He also suffered an abdominal injury last spring that led to offseason surgery to repair a sports hernia.If Drew was not an athlete he'd be in fine shape to go back to his desk job. But he is an athlete and these injuries take a long time to repair. He's still in the early phases of his rehab, he admits. "I'm pretty much back to doing everything. I'm hitting. I'm fielding. I have good movement," Drew said. "I'm doing pretty much everything I'm supposed to do. Now I just need to get rid of some of the residual of that accident." It can take awhile. D-backs manager Kirk Gibson had neck surgery just after the 2010 season and decided not to play in a team golf tournament Thursday afternoon after practice because he's still in recovery. During his playing career, he had wrist and hamstring injuries that needed surgery. It took him a long time to recover and he said he was never the same. So Gibson knows exactly what Drew is going through. "He's progressing, but he's a long way off," Gibson said about Drew. "He looks better, he looks stronger, but he's kind of sore today. He's basically been trying to go two days in a row and take a day off. We're trying to get him to every day. We've just got to get him going and keep him going." Gibson also said he had no way of knowing whether Drew would be ready for Opening Day. "We don't have him on a timetable," Gibson said. "When he's ready to play he's ready to play. We don't know [about Opening Day]. I have no idea. He's not close to playing in any games, I know that. He's got a lot of things to do before that. I mean, he's not even in everyday practice." Complicating matters is Drew's contract situation. He's in the last guaranteed year of a two-year deal with a mutual option for next year at $10 million. The buyout is $1.35 million. So at some point this season, Drew is going to want to get back on the field and show he can still play. Drew was hitting .252 with 21 doubles, five triples, five homers, 44 runs scored and 45 RBIs at the time of the injury. Approaching his 29th birthday on March 16, this is not where he wanted to be at this point in his career, recovering for the first time in his life from such a serious injury. "How have I coped with it? It's one of those deals where you wouldn't have chosen that path, but it's what you do when you're on it that matters," he said. "It teaches you some things. At the same time, I'm still going about it working hard. I've been working hard all offseason. Overall, I'm doing pretty good. I'm getting better, taking it one day at a time. I still have a little ways to go."
Barry M. Bloom is national reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Boomskie on Baseball. Follow @boomskie on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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ASBURY PARK, N.J., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Asbury Park, N.J., was overrun by more than 10,000 zombies as part of the 5th Annual New Jersey Zombie Walk.
The zombies stumbled from Convention Hall on Asbury Park's boardwalk up Cookman Avenue to the downtown area Saturday, NJ.com reported.
The Annual New Jersey Zombie Walk set a Guinness World Record in 2010 for the world's largest gathering of zombies when 4,093 zombies were in attendance.
This year organizers said they believed more than three times that record amount would be in attendance Saturday.
"I never imagined that it would ever get this big and that we would still be doing this," said Jason Meehan, 31, of Neptune, who started the walk with his ex-wife, Christina, in 2008. "But not only is it still here, it's getting bigger every year."
The event was family-friendly and continued into the night with several zombie-themed events, including an after party at the legendary Stone Pony.
"This event is always fun, especially for zombie lovers," said Thomas Norman, 39, who has been in attendance at all five zombie walks. "It keeps growing every year and the costumes keep getting better."


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Hello ZA forumites. To get straight to business, we're having (or rather my father is having) quite the issue with suddenly getting a list of blocked outbound addresses just after rebuilding computers on our network from a backup.
In the last week or so we had to remove several viruses from a couple different computers, and my father had to rebuild his office computer (supposed to be for work only) from scratch. He's set his security to the most paranoid level possible, but is still apparently getting blocks from other machines immediately after doing nothing more than putting Windows and ZA back on.
For an example, the attached list is just from one of the other computers - the one I'm typing from.
His main concern is that a list of blocked outbound attempts does not necessarily mean a safe computer: he can't review every single one that WAS let through and is wanting to know who the **** is calling out and what they're trying to say.
Now I'm not stupid; I've studied for Cisco networking stuff. But I need a list of applications and processes to have a decent idea WHAT is trying to go WHERE. The 'where' doesn't tell me much unless its known as a spam/virus/scam site.


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Tabula's 22nm 2GHz ABAX2 3PLDs set 100G industry benchmarks
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I'm sitting on the horns of a dilemma here (and it's not very comfortable, let me tell you). The thing is that the folks at Tabula have developed some mega-cool technology, but they don't really want to talk about it.
That didnt come out quite the way I intended it to. The point is that the folks at Tabula would much rather talk about the solutions their new ABAX2 3DPLDs (which I will always think of as 3D FPGAs) offer and the applications to which they can be applied.
They are less interested in mentioning little techno-weenie nuggets of information such as the fact that these little scamps (the chips, not the folks at Tabula) are based on a novel fabric called the Spacetime 3D architecture that employs esoteric concepts like "time vias", that they are implemented at 22nm using Intel's advanced 22nm Tri-Gate process, or that everything on the chip including the programmable fabric can run at up to 2GHz.
Of course they will mention this if you push them, but then they deftly try to guide you back to what they see as being the most important stuff, which is what you can do with these little rascals.
So here's the deal from their perspective the folks at Tabula have just announced a comprehensive suite of high-performance packet processing solutions. The suite solves the most challenging problems posed by the transition from 10G to 40G and 100G: specifically, routing of high-performance buses, on-chip RAM throughput, and timing closure for the ultra-high-performance functions required by these systems.
The packet processing solutions, combined with Tabulas new ABAX2P1 3PLD device (the first of the ABAX2P series), deliver unique capabilities such as the processing of four 100G streams on a single chip, a search engine capable of supporting 100G packet traffic, and a 12x10G-to-100G bridge. These breakthroughs are enabled by Tabulas industry-leading technologies in four key areas: 1) Programmable 3D architecture, 2) RTL compiler, 3) leading-edge process technology, and 4) 3PLD devices.
Tabula will demonstrate its high-performance packet processing solutions during the companys first series of Spacetime Forums, beginning April 8th. This series of one-day technical seminars will continue through May across a dozen cities in North America, Asia, and Europe. Over 250 engineers from key telecom and network system OEMs are expected to attend.
With the migration from 10G to 40G and 100G, FPGA users are having a hard time delivering the kind of throughput needed by these systems, said Rich Wawrzyniak, Senior Market Analyst: ASIC & SoC, at Semico Research Corp. With this set of programmable solutions, Tabula is demonstrating that their 3PLD devices can support four 100G streams on a single programmable device, something not achievable on other programmable solutions.
The high-performance packet processing reference design suite is composed of:
- A 12x10G-to-100G bridge reference design kit, implementing an aggregation function commonly used in communications systems and using the ABAX2P1 devices unique high performance bus-handling capabilities.
- A 4x100G switch reference design kit, targeting data center migration from 10G to 40G and 100G, is made possible by the ABAX2P1 devices ability to process multiple 100G streams.
- A 2nd-generation Ternary Search Engine (TSE) reference design kit, delivering the high-performance search capabilities required for leading-edge routers and NGFW while showcasing the ABAX2P1 devices unmatched RAM capabilities.
To facilitate user design, the company also delivers a complete set of design examples and soft IP cores tailored for many of the most performance-critical functions found in high-performance packet processing equipment. Examples include a 600Gbps packet classifier, a 100Gbps 64-bit CRC generator, and a 1.3Tbps L2 packet parser.
The capabilities we have demonstrated are simply out of reach of even the most advanced FPGAs, said Dennis Segers, Tabulas Chief Executive Officer. With this comprehensive suite of programmable solutions, we are uniquely supporting the migration from 10G to 40G and 100G that is currently underway.
Tabulas four core technology components
- The Spacetime 3D architecture employs time, rather than space, as a third dimension, rapidly reprogramming every resource on the chip to perform multiple, different functions per user cycle up to 12 in the current generation. Chips using Spacetime, called 3PLDs, are nevertheless presented as having three spatial dimensions with all of their resources distributed across 12 floors or "folds," which dramatically reduces die size vs. FPGAs. In addition, all components in a 3PLD logic, RAM, multiply/accumulate blocks, and interconnect operate in concert at up to 2GHz, eliminating the performance bottlenecks that exist in FPGAs.
- The Stylus compiler integrates cutting-edge technologies, such as sequential timing, router-aware placement, and automatic co-optimization of performance and density to offer simpler, more intuitive RTL design and a faster timing closure loop.
- Tabulas partnership with Intel has provided for the manufacture of the ABAX2P series of devices on Intels advanced 22nm Tri-Gate process. The 3D Tri-Gate transistors, the most advanced in the world, provide unmatched speed at low operating voltage for reduced power. Production scalability to meet the highest volume demands is supported via this key alliance.
- The ABAX2P1 3PLD chip is a 12-fold Spacetime device that delivers unique RAM and logic fabric capabilities alongside tailored, hard IP blocks: a combination that makes the chip and future members of the ABAX2P series well-suited for the most demanding packet processing applications.
By leveraging all four of these components, Tabulas high-performance packet processing suite provides a programmable solution that delivers industry-leading performance and can readily implement even the most challenging communications/network functions.
More about ABAX2P1
The ABAX2P1 3PLD device integrates key capabilities that enable system designers to implement high-performance routers, switches, NGFW, and other communication systems. They include:
- A programmable fabric supporting 2 GHz throughput through every component of the chip logic, RAM, MAC blocks, and interconnect
- 23.3 Mbytes of 12- and 24-port on-chip memory delivering 13.8TB/s of throughput enough to support multiple 100G streams
- Multiple, built-in, hard, DDR3 controllers operating at 2.133 GT/s, the maximum DDR3 rate, delivering the bandwidth necessary to support external packet buffering or storage of search tables for multiple 100G streams
- Multiple, built-in, hard, 100G Ethernet MACs to ensure easy timing closure and low resource utilization of these ultra-high-performance standard blocks
The initial set of high-performance packet processing solutions is incorporated in Stylus and is available now. Additional suite offerings are scheduled to be released on a monthly basis. Engineering samples of ABAX2P1 will be available in Q3.
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It looks unappealing and it smells appalling, but
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I note that people seem to be giving my office a wide berth as they pass by my door.
One of the authors I really like is A. J. Jacobs. His first book was The Know-It-All (One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World). In this tome, Jacobs, a pop-culture junkie and magazine editor, presents a memoire of the year he spent reading all 32 volumes of the 2002 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica (that's 33,000 pages with some 44 million words). This may sound boring, but his recounting is actually very funny and informative.
Jacobs next book was The Year of Living Biblically (One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible). This documents his attempt to obey all of the rules in the Bible as literally as possible for one full year. In addition to the more well-known rules like the Ten Commandments, the Bible contains hundreds and hundreds of less publicized rules, like not wearing clothes made of mixed fibers, ones obligation to play a ten-string harp, and ones responsibility to stone adulterers Jacobs tries to do it all. Once again, the result is both humorous and educational.
Quite apart from anything else, you have to respect Jacobs wife, who puts up with more than most women I know. In his third book, My Life as an Experiment (One Man's Humble Quest to Improve Himself by Living as a Woman, Becoming George Washington, Telling No Lies, and Other Radical Tests), Jacobs does all sorts of things like going undercover as a woman, living by George Washingtons moral code, impersonating a movie star, practicing "radical honesty," and outsourcing every part of his life to India (including reading bedtime stories to his kids).
But thats not what I wanted to talk about
The reason for this column is that I just started reading Jacobs latest work Drop Dead Healthy (One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection). As the official blurb on Amazon says:
Hospitalized with a freak case of tropical pneumonia, goaded by his wife telling him, I dont want to be a widow at forty-five, and ashamed of a middle-aged body best described as a python that swallowed a goat, A.J. Jacobs felt compelled to change his ways and get healthy. And he didnt want only to lose weight, or finish a triathlon, or lower his cholesterol. His ambitions were far greater: maximal health from head to toe.
The task was epic. He consulted an army of experts sleep consultants and sex clinicians, nutritionists and dermatologists. He subjected himself to dozens of different workoutsfrom Strollercize classes to Finger Fitness sessions, from bouldering with cavemen to a treadmill desk. And he took in a cartload of diets: raw foods, veganism, high protein, calorie restriction, extreme chewing, and dozens more. He bought gadgets and helmets, earphones and juicers. He poked and he pinched. He counted and he measured.
The story of his transformation is not only brilliantly entertaining, but it just may be the healthiest book ever written. It will make you laugh until your sides split and endorphins flood your bloodstream. It will alter the contours of your brain, imprinting you with better habits of hygiene and diet. It will move you emotionally and get you moving physically in surprising ways. And it will give you occasion to reflect on the bodys many mysteries and the ultimate pursuit of health: a well-lived life.
Ive only read the first couple of chapters thus far, but Ive already decided to make some changes in my own life. One of these changes is to actually eat some lunch. My usual modus operandi when I wake in the morning is to grab a cup of coffee as I race out of the door heading for my office. Once ensconced in my command chair, I often work straight through the day with nothing to eat. Its not that I dont like eating, you understand I love food its just that I get sucked into whatever Im doing and the day races by without my being aware of the time passing.
Of course this lifestyle really is not good for me at all. Its time for a change. So last night I threw a quick cabbage soup together. All I did was to remove the outer leaves from a small (softball-sized) cabbage, chop the body of this potent vegetable (second only to the mighty sprout*) into quarters, and dropped them into a saucepan along with a couple of diced onions, a few cloves of finely diced garlic, some chicken stock, one pound of 99% lean ground turkey, a dash of salt, a lot of black pepper, some hot crushed red pepper, and some Italian herbs (they were in the spice cupboard). After simmering for an hour or so, the result is lunch for at least four days.
*Who amongst us could forget that classic book The Sprouts of Wrath? (No, of course I'm not talking about that boring book by John Steinbeck. I'm talking about the four-volume Brentford Triangle Trilogy [yes, four volumes, live with it], by Robert Rankin, including East of Ealing, The Brentford Triangle, and The Antipope.)
I brought a container of this elixir into the office with me today. I just heated it up in the microwave in the shared kitchen. I note that people seem to be giving my office a wide berth as they pass by my door. The problem is that this little rascal looks unappealing and it smells appalling, but it actually tastes rather good and its got to be mega-healthy for me. Ive just taken my first step on the road to a set of rippling six-pack abs. Watch this space
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text: Everyone and their mom seems to be doing wordle's these days for various issues, and if not its a twitter text cloud of your most used phrases. What is a wordle you might ask? well wordle lists it is "a toy for generating "word clouds" from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.", in other words it is anything that you want it to be, you feed it lists of words it will spit a wordle back at ya. At first I bucked the wordle trend, but I finally gave in to the temptation and here is my wordle, if you want to give in and make your own last.fm wordle you can easily create one.


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Projected 2012 Giants 25-man roster, as it stands now
With the re-signing of Javier Lopez, the optioned exercised on Jeremy Affeldt and the acquisition of Melky Cabrera, the Giants' 2012 roster is starting take shape. There are still decisions to made, particularly with to tender some arbitration-eligible players, of which there are 13.
So here is the 25-man roster, based on players currently under the Giants' control in 2012 (a-denotes arbitration eligible).
CF Melky Cabrera-a
2B Freddy Sanchez
3B Pablo Sandoval-a
C Buster Posey
1B Aubrey Huff
RF Nate Schierholtz-a
LF Brandon Belt
SS Brandon Crawford
C Chris Stewart
IF Mike Fontenot-a
IF/OF Emmanuel Burriss-a
OF Andres Torres-a
1B Brett Pill
SP Tim Linecum-a
SP Matt Cain
SP Ryan Vogelsong-a
SP Madison Bumgarner
SP Barry Zito
RH Brian Wilson
RH Sergio Romo-a
RH Santiago Casilla-a
RH Ramon Ramirez-a
LH Jeremy Affeldt
LH Javier Lopez
LH Dan Runzler
C Eli Whiteside, IF Jeff Keppinger
Torres, Fontenot and Burriss are also non-tender candidates. We'll count them on the roster for now. The Giants may non-tender all players, then attempt to sign them back at a cheaper rate.
The Giants have already committed $81.7 to 2012 contracts, including the $12 million they will pay Aaron Rowand to NOT play for the Giants. If the Giants non-tender Whiteside, Keppinger, Torres, Fontenot AND Burriss, they will still need to pay $36 million to the remaining eight arbitration-eligible players, according to mlbtraderumors.com projected arbitration salaries.
That puts the 2012 payroll at $117.7. GM Brian Sabaen projected the 2012 payroll to be at $124 million, a modest jump from the $118 million figure they opened the 2011 season.
It doesn't leave a lot of room to add more salary with a payroll at $117.7 million and three open roster spots yet to fill.


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Their respect for each other will never diminish though.
"The thing I take away from any USA experience is the relationships you form and the things that you learn, not just as a basketball player but as a person," Nneka Ogwumike said. "USA Basketball brings out a different characteristic in people because usually you are the best person on your team, you are the most depended on, but here it's more of a collective effort. It brings out a lot of great qualities in basketball that you wouldn't necessarily see."
Ogwumike saved her best performance of the World University Games in Shenzhen, China for the championship game.
Ogwumike scored 13 of her game-high 24 points in the first quarter and had nine rebounds as the United States women's national basketball team beat Chinese Taipei, 101-66, Sunday to earn the gold medal.
"It feels amazing," Ogwumike said. "Right now, we feel like we are on top of the world, and I think what is most special about this is that we came together and we fought hard. It was a long three months, or as coach would say, 'It's a long time since we all started playing basketball.' I'm just really excited for our team, and we're just really happy to have this gold medal around our necks. "
The Americans (6-0) completed a thoroughly dominating run through the tournament, winning by an average of nearly 45 points a contest. They outscored their opponents 97.7-52.8 in winning its fourth consecutive gold medal, and eighth in 16 World University Games appearances.
The Ogwumike's played with people from Notre Dame, Tennessee, Maryland, DePaul,m USC and Baylor among others.
"I was very honored to be selected for the World University Games, and we've been working hard for the past few months," Ogwumike said. "We put together a team that we thought was the most talented and the most cohesive in terms of teamwork and collaboration, and we've had a lot of fun. I'm extremely excited that we won the gold, but also really happy that we were able to compete with such great teams here. To be able to not only play with my sister on a USA team, but win a gold medal is something that a lot of people can't say."
USA coach Bill Fennelly, who coaches Iowa State, said Ogwumike and Irish Skylar Diggins were the natural leaders for the U.S.
"It's just amazing," he said. "Nneka and Sky have been through a lot. This is the third time I've had them, twice as an assistant and now as a head coach. They are great players, but they are even better people. I think they were the true leaders of our team. Everyone knew it from the beginning. They followed what we asked them to do, and their experience really paid off and showed the other kids what the international game is all about – the travel and how you just have to fight through it day-by-day. At the end of the day, they have another gold medal and they deserve it."
Stanford swimmers Maya DiRado and Kate Dwelley also brought home a gold medal. Junior national 200 fly champion Bobby Bollier also earned a silver medal while Andrea Taylor, Felicia Lee, Sam Woodward and David Mosko swam in a championship final.
DiRado gave Taylor a lot of credit for helping her win the 400 IM. Taylor finished sixth in the event.
"I train with Andie so I know that she's a really great butterflyer and she always pushes me," DiRado said. "She's a great breaststroker so I knew I had a lot of catching up to do in the freestyle but that's kind of been my strong part in the 400 IM so I have a lot of confidence in the last part."
Cardinal junior Matthew Swanston was a member of Canada's 400 relay team Friday, which finished eighth in the Championship Final.
Dwelley finished fifth in the 100 free, Mosko was seventh in the 800 free and Woodward finished fifth in the 50 free.
The United States women's water polo team fell behind early and could never recover, dropping a 14-4 decision to host China in the championship match.
Stanford players Pallavi Menon, Amber Oland and Alyssa Lo played for the Americans along with Sacred Heart Prep grads Adriana Vogt and KK Clark.
Stanford grad Janson Wigo scored twice for the U.S. men, who fell to the former Yugoslavia Republic of Macedonia, 10-7, in the bronze medal contest.
Cardinal grads Drac Wigo, Sage Wright, Peters Sefton and Jeffrey Schwimer also played for the U.S.
Stanford track athlete
Stanford grad Brad Lawson had 12 kills and Cardinal grad Kawika Shoji added 34 assists, but the U.S. dropped a 25-20, 23-25, 28-30, 25-21, 15-11 decision to Japan consolation men's match. Dwelley finished fifth in the 100 free, Cardinal senior David Mosko was seventh in the 800 free and Stanford grad Elizabeth Smith finished 12th in the 200 IM with a time of 2:17.42.
Stanford senior Sam Woodward finished fifth in the hotly-contested Championship Final of the 50 free
The Americans, which also featured Stanford libero Erik Shoji, finished 12th overall, moving up a place when Iran was disqualified from the competition.
The U.S. men ended its run in the World University Games tournament on a winning note with a 25-19, 23-25, 25-16, 25-14 victory over Norway.
In fencing, Stanford sophomore Taylor Caldwell finished 25th overall in the men's foil competition.
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In fact, would you do me the honour of accompanying me to dinner next week to discuss your fantastic Quidditch tactics? continued James with a wink.
Belle blushed even harder then before at the notion.
Ill take that as a yes, he smiled. To the rest he turned and said Well done all, Im sure you will do better next time.
Come on, we played like crap and you know it, said Diedra, a playful grin on her face. Well, almost all of us did
All except for Ms. Wilkins, said Alexander and James together.
Please, call me Belle.
Well, I don't think we need to add anything else. I'll just beta the last few posts and put them togther with what I already have. If anyone wants to add anything, PM me first please.:)=Sammy


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WICHITA, Kansas — A new clinic offering abortions and other medical services to women has opened in Wichita nearly four years after Dr. George Tiller was murdered.
The South Wind Women's Clinic saw its first patient Thursday in the building where Tiller practiced. The building was purchased by the abortion rights group Trust Women Foundation.
The group's spokeswoman, Kerry Townsend Jacob, cited privacy rights in declining to say whether its first patient, a Wichita woman, had an abortion or some other service.
The clinic opened uneventfully on Wednesday but did not have a patient scheduled until Thursday.
No abortions have been performed openly in Wichita since the death of Tiller, who was one of the nation's few doctors performing late-term abortions. He was gunned down at his church by an anti-abortion zealot in May 2009.


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After today's game I think Walker should definitely be getting Fields' minutes, most of them anyway. We know Landry has a high IQ, and I like to think he's much better than he is, which is likely, but I'd definitely play Walker now. Sure it'd be great to have the IQ on the court, but how many great coaches were great players? Walker is young too, so picking Fields for development isn't a great argument to me.
I also wouldn't mind Bibby getting more minutes. Is his shots falling like they used to? Far from it, but he doesn't make a lot of bad decisions.