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- Introduction
- Types of devices
- Object Data Manager (ODM)
- Basics of kernel extension configuration
- Device driver basics
- Device switch table
- Driver entry points
- Device configuration routine
- Components and significance of the uio structure
- Example of a device driver
- Example of a configuration application for a given device driver
- Example of an application making use of an implemented device driver
- Compilation and testing of a sample driver
- Downloadable resources
- Related topics
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IBM AIX device driver development
A tutorial on AIX device driver framework and related APIs
In traditional UNIX®, the term device refers to hardware components, such as disk drives, tape drives, printers, keyboards, pseudo devices (such as the console, error special file and null special file), and so on. In AIX, these devices are referred to as kernel devices, which have device drivers and are known to the system by major and minor numbers.
AIX device drivers are a type of AIX kernel extensions. Kernel extensions run within a protected domain of a kernel. They can be loaded into kernel during system start or run time and removed at run time. User-level code can access registered device driver code only through system calls. Device drivers add extensibility, configurability and ease of system administration to AIX.
To understand basic kernel extension development, refer to the IBM developerWorks article, Writing AIX kernel extensions.
Device drivers use core kernel services exported by AIX kernel "/unix" by referring to /usr/lib/kernex.exp. "kernex.exp" contains a list of symbols exported by kernel. These exported symbols are essentially kernel functions and storage locations (kernel global data structure). The linker program (ld) uses this information while linking the compiled device driver code.
Types of devices
- Character
- Block
- Streams
- Network
- Multiplexed character device
Devices are represented as special type of files listed under the /dev directory.
These files do not have any printable content in them. Rather, they
provide an interface for users to interact with the associated device.
Inodes of these files include major and minor numbers. These files are
created using the
mknod() system call.
Object Data Manager (ODM)
ODM maintains data represented in form of classes of objects. It is used for storing device-specific configuration information. It has predefined database for storing configuration data for all devices. It also has customized database for device instances that are currently running in the system. ODM needs to be initialized before use. Application intending to configure device driver, must initialize ODM first.
Application initializes ODM using the
odm_initialize() API defined in
Basics of kernel extension configuration
Components and use of struct cfg_load
Structure for loading a kernel extension:
struct cfg_load { caddr_t path; /* ptr to object module pathname */ caddr_t libpath; /* ptr to a substitute libpath */ mid_t kmid; /* kernel module id (returned) */ };
Components and use of struct cfg_dd
Structure for calling a device driver's config (module) entry point:
struct cfg_dd { mid_t kmid;/* Module ID of device driver */ dev_t devno; /* Device major/minor number */ int cmd; /* Config command code for device driver*/ caddr_t ddsptr; /* Pointer to device dependent structure*/ int ddslen; /* Length of device dependent structure */ };
Sysconfig() system call
Sysconfig() requires three parameters.
int sysconfig( int cmd, /* Command to be executed */ void *parmp,/* Address of structure containing info for cmd */ int parmlen /* Length of parmp information */ );
Sysconfig() is used to control the lifecycle
of a kernel extension. As mentioned in /usr/include/sys/sysconfig.h,
the following commands are passed to
sysconfig() as
cmd parameter.
- SYS_KLOAD: Loads a kernel extension object file in a kernel memory.
- SYS_SINGLELOAD: Loads a kernel extension object file only if it is not already loaded.
- SYS_QUERYLOAD: Determines if a specified kernel object file is loaded.
- SYS_KULOAD: Unloads a previously loaded kernel object file.
- SYS_CFGKMOD: Calls the specified module at its module entry point for configuration purposes.
Device driver basics
Major and minor numbers
Devices are treated as special files under the /dev directory. Hence, every device has a name and an associated inode or index node under its root file system. The file system entry point of every device contains major and minor numbers.
A major number is used to find this device uniquely in the system. It is an index into device switch table. Device switch table contains pointers to the device-specific methods that are essentially implementations of generic file system functions. In this manner, a file system call issued by a user process on a given device is resolved into a call to the appropriate device driver function. A minor number is used by the driver internally to distinguish between logical channels for multiplexed devices.
A major number can be obtained by a library call,
Syntax of
genmajor() is:
int genmajor(char* name_of_device_driver)
A minor number can be obtained by a library call,
It generates either the smallest unused minor number available for a device, a preferred minor number if it is available, or a set of unused minor numbers for a device.
Syntax of
genminor() is:
int *genminor ( char * device_instance, /* Points to a character string containing the device instance name.*/ int major_no, /* The major number of the device instance.*/ int preferred_minor, /* Contains a single preferred minor number or a starting minor number for generating a set of numbers. */ int minors_in_grp, /* Indicates how many minor numbers are to be allocated. */ int inc_within_grp, /* Indicates the interval between minor numbers.*/ int inc_btwn_grp /* Indicates the interval between groups of minor numbers.*/ );
makedev() API
Major and minor numbers for a given device needs to be packaged into a
32- or 64-bit integer, depending on the architecture. This integer has
a data type
makedev() is a macro that creates
dev_t from the given major and minor
numbers. It is defined under
makedev64() is used to create
dev_t for a 64-bit environment.
Syntax of
makedev() or
makedev64() is:
dev_t makedev64(int major, int minor);
mknod() system call
It is defined in
<sys/stat.h>. It is
used to create an ordinary file, first-in-first-out (FIFO), or a
special file. It requires root privilege to use
mknod() to create a device special file.
Syntax of mknod() is:
int mknod ( char *Path, /* Names the new device special file. */ int Mode, /* Specifies the file type, attributes, and access permissions. */ dev_t Device /* Device number generated by makedev() subroutine. */ );
Device switch table
Device switch table is an array of
struct devsw structures. It is indexed by
major number and pinned in memory (that is, it will never be swapped
out of RAM). Block and character devices use this kernel structure for
registering themselves with the root file system.
Device switch table entry structure:
struct devsw { int (*d_open)(); /* entry point for open routine */ int (*d_close)(); /* entry point for close routine */ int (*d_read)();/* entry point for read routine */ int (*d_write)(); /* entry point for write routine */ int (*d_ioctl)();/* entry point for ioctl routine */ int (*d_strategy)();/* entry point for strategy routine */ struct tty *d_ttys;/* pointer to tty device structure */ int (*d_select)(); /* entry point for select routine */ int (*d_config)(); /* entry point for config routine */ int (*d_print)(); /* entry point for print routine */ int (*d_dump)(); /* entry point for dump routine */ int (*d_mpx)(); /* entry point for mpx routine */ int (*d_revoke)(); /* entry point for revoke routine */ caddr_t d_dsdptr; /* pointer to device specific data */ /* * The following entries are control fields managed * by the kernel and should not be modified by device * drivers or kernel extensions. They may be set to * 0 in the devsw structure for devswadd(), since they * are not copied into the device switch table. */ caddr_t d_selptr;/* ptr to outstanding select cntl blks*/ ulong d_opts;/* internal device switch control field */ };
Driver entry points
Driver entry points are nothing but the members of the
struct devsw structure. All these members
must be initialized before adding the device into device switch table.
It is not mandatory for a device driver to implement all the methods.
An unimplemented member can be initialized to
nodev. These entry points can accept
dev_no (device number of the device or the
subdevice to which this operation is directed),
chan (channel ID for a multiplexed device),
ext ( an integer useful for calls to
extended subroutines such as
ioctlx that pass extra device-specific
parameters to few of the device entry points.)
Listing 1. 1) ddconfig or d_config:
int d_config(dev_t dev_no, int cmd, struct uio *uiop)
It is invoked by the
sysconfig() system
call. It prepares a device for its first
open() call. It can initialize, terminate,
request configuration data for device or perform device specific
configuration function. The
uio structure
contains data area for configuration information.
Listing 2. 2) ddopen or d_open:
int d_open(dev_t dev_no, ulong flag, chan_t chan, ext_t ext)
It enables device operation and prepares for data transfer. It
allocates internal buffers and enforces policies with respect to how a
device can be opened based on the current device state. This is
invoked by the
open() or
create() system calls and
fp_open() or
fp_opendev() kernel service. The input
parameter flag specifies open file control flags, such as
and so on.
Listing 3. 3) ddclose or d_close:
int d_close(dev_t dev_no, chan_t chan)
It closes a previously opened device instance. It is called by the
close() system call or the
fp_close() kernel service. A device
instance is considered closed after
d_close() returns to the caller even if a
non-zero return code is returned.
Listing 4. 4) ddread or d_read:
int d_read(dev_t devno, struct uio *uiop, chan_t chan, int ext)
It reads in data from a character device. It is called by system calls,
such as
read() or
readx() and the
fp_rwuio() kernel service. Here, the
uio structure describes the data area or
areas in which to be written.
Listing 5. 5) ddwrite or d_write:
int d_write (dev_t devno, struct uio *uiop, chan_t chan, int ext)
It writes out data to a character device. It is called by system calls,
such as
write() or
writex(), and the
fp_rwuio() kernel service. Here, the
uio structure describes the data area or
areas from which to be written.
Listing 6. 6) ddioctl or d_ioctl:
int d_ioctl(dev_t devno, int cmd, void *arg, ulong devflag, chan_t chan, int ext)
It performs special I/O control operations requested in
ioctl() or
ioctlx() system calls or the
fp_ioctl() kernel service. It must respond
to the
IOCINFO command which returns the
devinfo structure that describes the
Listing 7. 7) ddstrategy or d_strategy:
int d_strategy(struct buf* buffer)
It performs block-oriented I/O by scheduling a read or write to a block
device. It maps I/O requests to device requests so that with minimum
device requests maximum data transfer is achieved. Buffer is a pointer
to a linked list of buffer structures chained with the
b_forw pointer. The
ddstrategy routine can receive a single
request with multiple
buf structures.
However, it is not required to process requests in any specific order.
This routine never returns a return code and never waits for I/O
Listing 8. 8) ddselect or d_select:
int d_select(dev_t devno, ushort events, ushort *reventp, int chan)
It checks for one or more events specified by the
events flag occurred on a given device and
returns a pointer to the occurred events in
reventp. It is called by
select and
system calls or
fp_select kernel service.
Listing 9. 9) d_mpx or ddmpx:
int d_mpx(dev_t devno, chan_t* chanp, char* channame)
It allocates and deallocates logical channels for multiplexed devices.
It is called once for each
open() of a
device file before the
d_open call to
allocate a channel and once for each close of a device file after
d_close. It is supported by only character
class device drivers.
chanp is a pointer to
channel ID and
channame is a path name
extension for the channel to be allocated.
Listing 10. 10) d_revoke or ddrevoke:
int d_revoke (dev_t devno, chan_t chan, int flag)
For driver for devices requiring trusted computing path,
ddrevoke() provides a secure path to the
terminal. It is supported only by character class device drivers. It
is called by the
revoke() system call or
frevoke() kernel API.
Listing 11. 11) d_dump or dddump:
int d_dump(dev_t devno, struct uio * uiop, int cmd, int arg, chan_t chan, int ext)
It writes system dump data to a device. This is an optional routine for a device driver. It is required only when the device driver supports a device as a target for a possible kernel dump. This routine must not call any kernel service that can page fault.
Device configuration routine
Listing 12. 1) devswadd kernel service:
int devswadd (dev_t devno, struct devsw *dswptr)
This adds a device entry pointed by
for a device specified by
devno to device
switch table. It is typically called by the
ddconfig() routine of device driver.
Listing 13. 2) devswdel() kernel service:
int devswdel(dev_t devno)
This deletes a device driver entry from the device switch table. It is
called by the
ddconfig() routine for
termination of device driver.
Components and significance of the uio structure
uio structure contains a memory buffer
used for exchange of data between user and kernel space while
implementing driver routines. The
structure describes a buffer that is not contiguous in virtual memory.
uiomove, and
uphysio kernel services all perform data
transfers into or out of a data buffer described by the
uio structure. The
uio structure is defined in
/usr/include/sys/uio.h file.
struct uio { /* ptr to array of iovec structs describing user buffer for data transfer */ struct iovec *uio_iov; /* ptr to array of xmem structs containing cross memory descriptors for iovec array.*/ struct xmem *uio_xmem; /* #iovec elements remaining to be processed*/ int32long64_t uio_iovcnt; /* #iovec elements already processed */ int32long64_t uio_iovdcnt; #ifdef _LONG_LONG /* byte offset in file/dev to read/write */ offset_t uio_offset; #else /* _LONG_LONG */ #ifdef __64BIT__ /* off_t offset for ANSI-C mode */ off_t uio_offset; #else /* ANSI-C does not support long long */ int uio_rsvd; /* off_t offset for ANSI-C mode */ off_t uio_offset; #endif /* __64BIT__ */ #endif /* _LONG_LONG */ /* Byte count for data transfer */ int32long64_t uio_resid; /* Type of buffer being described by uio structure. Data pointed by buffer can either be in user or kernel or cross-memory region. */ short uio_segflg; /* copy of file modes from open file structure */ long uio_fmode; };
Example of a device driver
#include <stdio.h> #include <syslog.h> #include <sys/types.h> /* for dev_t and other types */ #include <sys/errno.h> /* for errno declarations */ #include <sys/sysconfig.h> /* for sysconfig() */ #include <sys/device.h> /* for devsw */ #include <sys/uio.h> /* for uiomove */ #include <sys/sysmacros.h> struct dr_data { char buffer[1024]; }dr_data[5]; int dr_open(dev_t devno, ulong devflag, chan_t chan, int ext) { bsdlog(LOG_KERN|LOG_DEBUG,"Inside dr_open\n"); return 0; } int dr_close (dev_t devno, chan_t chan) { bsdlog(LOG_KERN|LOG_DEBUG,"Inside dr_close \n"); return 0; } int dr_read (dev_t devno, struct uio *uiop, chan_t chan, int ext) { uint min; int rc; min = minor_num(devno); rc = uiomove(dr_data[min].buffer, 1024, UIO_READ, uiop); bsdlog(LOG_KERN | LOG_DEBUG, "Inside dr_read min: %d, buffer: %s \n", min, dr_data[min].buffer); return rc; } int dr_write (dev_t devno, struct uio *uiop, chan_t chan, int ext) { uint min; int rc; min = minor_num(devno); rc = uiomove(dr_data[min].buffer, 1024, UIO_WRITE, uiop); bsdlog(LOG_KERN | LOG_DEBUG,"Inside dr_write min: %d, buffer: %s \n", min, dr_data[min].buffer); return rc; } int driverdd_config (dev_t devno, int cmd, struct uio *uiop) { struct devsw dswp; int rc = 0; switch (cmd) { case CFG_INIT: dswp.d_open = dr_open; dswp.d_close = dr_close; dswp.d_read = dr_read; dswp.d_write = dr_write; dswp.d_ioctl = nodev; dswp.d_strategy = nodev; dswp.d_ttys = NULL; dswp.d_select = nodev; dswp.d_config = driverdd_config; dswp.d_print = nodev; dswp.d_dump = nodev; dswp.d_mpx = nodev; dswp.d_revoke = nodev; dswp.d_dsdptr = NULL; dswp.d_selptr = NULL; dswp.d_opts = DEV_MPSAFE|DEV_64BIT; if((rc = devswadd(devno, &dswp)) != 0) { rc = major_num(devno); printf("Error in devswadd: %d\n", rc); return rc; } break; case CFG_TERM: if((rc = devswdel(devno)) != 0) { printf("Error in devswdel: %d\n", rc); return rc; } break; default: printf("Invalid command \n"); return EINVAL; } return 0; }
Example of a configuration application for a given device driver
#include <stdio.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/errno.h> #include <sys/sysmacros.h> #include <sys/sysconfig.h> #include <sys/device.h> #include <sys/mode.h> #include <odmi.h> #include <cf.h> #include <sys/cfgodm.h> #include <sys/cfgdb.h> int main() { struct cfg_load ext_load; /* to load kernel extension */ struct cfg_dd ddcfg; /* to invoke driver config() */ char c, str[80]; int rc; int major, minor = 0; dev_t devno; rc = odm_initialize(); printf("\n Enter choice, (l)oad, (u)nload \n"); while((c = getchar()) < 'a' && c > 'z'); switch(c) { case 'l': ext_load.path = "sample_driver"; ext_load.libpath = NULL; ext_load.kmid = 0; if(sysconfig(SYS_KLOAD, &ext_load, sizeof(struct cfg_load))) { printf("Error in loading extension\n"); exit (1); } else printf("Extension Successfully loaded, kmid is %d\n", ext_load.kmid); major = genmajor("sample_driver"); printf("Major number: %d\n", major); devno = makedev64(major, minor); ddcfg.kmid = ext_load.kmid; ddcfg.devno = devno; ddcfg.cmd = CFG_INIT; ddcfg.ddsptr = NULL; ddcfg.ddslen = 0; if (rc = sysconfig(SYS_CFGDD, &ddcfg, sizeof(ddcfg))) { printf("Error in configuring device %d %d\n", rc, errno); exit (1); } for(minor = 0; minor <=2; minor++) { devno = makedev64(major, minor); sprintf(str, "/dev/drvdd%d", minor); if (mknod(str, 0666 | _S_IFCHR, devno) == -1){ printf("Error while creating device %s\n", str); exit (1); } } break; case 'u': ext_load.path = " sample_driver"; ext_load.libpath = NULL; ext_load.kmid = 0; if(sysconfig(SYS_QUERYLOAD, &ext_load, sizeof(struct cfg_load))) printf("Error while querying\n"); if(sysconfig(SYS_KULOAD, &ext_load, sizeof(struct cfg_load))) printf("Error in unloading extension\n"); else printf("Extension Successfully unloaded\n"); break; default: printf("Incorrect option\n"); break; } return 0; }
Example of an application making use of an implemented device driver
#include <stdio.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <fcntl.h> int main() { int fd0, fd1; char rbuf[1024]; fd0 = open("/dev/drvdd0", O_RDWR); if(fd0 < 0){ printf("Error in opening /dev/drvdd0\n"); return -1; } fd1 = open("/dev/drvdd1", O_RDWR); if(fd1 < 0){ printf("Error in opening /dev/drvdd1\n"); return -1; } write(fd0, "Hello", 5); write(fd1, "World", 5); read(fd0, rbuf, 5); printf("Read from /dev/drvdd0 : %s\n",rbuf); read(fd1, rbuf, 5); printf("Read from /dev/drvdd1 : %s\n",rbuf); return 0; }
all: sample_driver config_mgr application config_mgr: config_mgr.c cc -q64 -o config_mgr -g config_mgr.c -lodm -lcfg application: application.c cc -o application application.c K_LIBS= -bI:/usr/lib/kernex.exp -lsys -lcsys sample_driver: sample_driver.c cc -q64 -o sample_driver64.o -c sample_driver.c -D_KERNEL -D_64BIT_KERNEL ld -b64 -o sample_driver sample_driver64.o -e driverdd_config $(K_LIBS) clean: rm -f *.o sample_driver sample_driver32 sample_driver64 config_mgr application 2> /dev/null
Compilation and testing of a sample driver
Log in with root privilege on to your system with AIX 6.1 or a later
version. Copy above files in your development directory and run the
make command from the command prompt of
This builds the necessary driver, configuration utility, and an
application that in turn invokes the driver APIs. Then run the
./config_mgr utility from the command
prompt and check whether the driver is getting loaded successfully. If
no errors are thrown, you can proceed with
./application, which will test the driver
Downloadable resources
Related topics
- AIX 6.1 Kernel Extension and Device Support Programming
- AIX Kernel Technical Reference 1
- AIX Kernel Technical Reference 2


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She was welcomed home by a sister, Leanna Izabelle Langford, 2 years old.
Maternal grandmother is Sheila Clark of Bardstown.
Paternal grandparents are Bobby and Trudy Langford of Lebanon.
Becky and Gary Graves of Bardstown announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Jessica Graves, to Brock Miles, son of Brenda and Andy Miles of St. Francis.
Jessica Graves is employed at Spring View Clinic in Springfield.
Brock Miles is employed at Heaven Hill in Bardstown.
The wedding will be held at 7 p.m. on Sept. 23, 2011 at St. Francis of Assisi Church in St. Francis. The reception will follow at the Loretto Parish Center in Loretto.
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I know a lot of you put some weight on the development of the bow and arrow replacing hand or a spear throwing stick thrown spears a point of human development.
But there has been some discussion as to just how efficient a bow hunter can be.
This might give some insight into that question.
Old fashioned bow and arrow abilities with lots of practice.
(but remember it shows what can be done with practice)


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text: Icefront 11 Posted January 25, 2018 The current aproach of File -> Save as is the worst... It's like GIMP's very annoying feature. Save as should allow to save all known formats - JPG, PNG, TIFF, etc. So there are hundreds of forum posts regarding the save as and export commands, it's still not the best way, instead it's the most annoying ever. Save as should allow the user to save the file in whichever format he wants. When data loss may occur a warning dialog is good enough. By saving a document as means changing the working file name and changing the working file path. Export should save a file to another place, but the app should not change the working file and the working path. Forcing users to do it in a cumbersome way to "save as" their work is highly annoying. Practically Affinity Photo is useless for me right now. Anyway, who uses such a software for professional purposes is completely aware of the file format limitations! Please open any other software and see how it's working: - "Save" saves the currently opened document. If was not saved before, invokes the "Save as..." dialog. - "Save As" offers a list of known file formats to save the document. After saving, the file name/path is updated. Here, if the chosen format does not supports all extra data, a warning is enough. After saving the app sould keep all the extra data (layers, etc). After saving, a "file saved flag" should be set to not bug the user upon exiting the app that the file wasnt saved. - "Export" offers a list of known file formats to save the document. After exporting, the file name/path is NOT updated, the "file saved flag" isn't altered. The above workflow is the best. Implementing another way only annoys the user and renders the software unusable. 6 Tooslow, Steps, anon2 and 3 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Peter C. Bjarkman: "Cuban Baseball Authorities Are Facing a Most Difficult Situation"Publicado por: Peter C. Bjarkman el Dom, 28/09/2014 - 12:00am
NB: The following interview was first published in Spanish on the Reynaldo Cruz MLBlog.com site (Universo Béisbol). Here is the original English-language version of the full interview.
RC: You have been involved with researching and spreading the word about the history of Cuban baseball. When, how and why did you first become interested in this topic?


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The ceiling of Father Michael's chapel is crumbling into decay. Summoned from Rome, artist Vincenzo Cardosi has the job of saving the precious ceiling and the old priest's legacy.
But Vincenzo and his wife Angelina share a hidden past with the priest's young colleague, the ambitious Father Paulo. As work on the ceiling begins childhood secrets are uncovered and dangerous passions reignite.
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Causes of and Risk Factors for Arrhythmias
Conditions or Events that Affect the Heart
Arrhythmias are frequently associated with conditions or events that affect the structure or function of the heart including (MayoClinic 2011a; NHLBI 2011a; Hebbar 2002a,b; Brown 2010):
- Coronary artery disease
- The narrowing of arteries in coronary artery disease can lead to arrhythmias (NHLBI 2011a; Haugaa 2011; MayoClinic 2011c; Ghuran 2011).
- Congestive heart failure
- Congestive heart failure (deterioration of the heart's ability to pump blood) is associated with a high risk of sudden cardiac death from arrhythmia (Nessler 2007; Johns Hopkins 2012).
- History of heart attack
- Some form of heart rhythm abnormality is present in over 90% of individuals who have had a heart attack (Hebbar 2002a; Merck Manual 2008).
- Infectious myocarditis
- Infections that damage the heart (ie, infectious myocarditis) have been associated with some types of arrhythmia (Friedman 1994; Maury 2008).
- Cardiomyopathy
- A damaged or dysfunctional heart muscle (ie, cardiomyopathy) can cause arrhythmias (Nava 1992; Ji 2004).
- Congenital heart defects
- Being born with certain heart malformations may lead to disturbances in the heart rhythm (Rekawek 2007; MayoClinic 2011a; Haugaa 2011).
Indirect and Non-Cardiac Risk Factors for Arrhythmias
In addition to inherited and/or acquired structural/functional heart problems, several other risk factors have well-established relationships with arrhythmias. These risk factors (such as cigarette smoking) may beget arrhythmias either by contributing to chronic structural or functional heart abnormalities over time, or temporarily altering the biochemistry of the body in such a way as to trigger a transient arrhythmia (such as from excessive intake of stimulants like caffeine).
- Imbalance of electrolytes
- Imbalanced blood levels of electrolytes such as sodium or potassium alter the excitability of the heart muscle and the conduction of the electrical impulses, and may lead to arrhythmias (MayoClinic 2011a).
- High blood pressure
- High blood pressure is thought to increase the thickness and stiffness of the left ventricular walls over time, which changes the way in which electrical impulses travel through the heart (MayoClinic 2011a).
- Obesity
- Obesity may increase risk of developing arrhythmia and lead to cardiac problems in several ways: it can affect the heart indirectly, by increasing lipid levels, blood pressure, and glucose intolerance, or directly, by increasing the blood volume, which elevates cardiac output and causes thickening of the heart muscle in the left ventricle (Mathew 2008; MayoClinic 2011d).
- Smoking
- The mechanisms that explain the link between smoking and arrhythmia are complex. It is thought that nicotine promotes the formation of excess fibrous tissue in the heart and increases susceptibility to stress hormones. Other constituents of tobacco smoke, such as carbon monoxide, along with oxidative stress, appear to play additional roles. Moreover, smoking causes coronary artery disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which independently predispose to arrhythmia (D'Alessandro 2012).
- Alcohol abuse
- Chronic alcohol use may lead to disease/dysfunction of the cardiac muscle and cause the heart to beat less efficiently (Podrid 1987; Witchel 2003; Barnes 2010; MayoClinic 2011a).
- Stress
- Acute emotional and psychological stress may trigger potentially deadly arrhythmias (Taggart 2011; Hansson 2004; Ziegelstein 2007).
- Diabetes
- Uncontrolled diabetes increases the risk of developing coronary artery disease and hypertension. Also, episodes of low blood sugar may trigger arrhythmia (MayoClinic 2011a).
- Thyroid dysfunction
- Atrial fibrillation occurs in 10-15% of patients with hyperthyroidism, and low serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) concentrations are an independent risk factor for atrial fibrillation (Fazio 2004; Jayaprasad 2005).
- Stimulants
- Stimulants such as caffeine and certain prescription medications may lead to various types of arrhythmias. Certain illegal drugs, such as methamphetamine and cocaine, may lead to arrhythmias or sudden death due to ventricular fibrillation (MayoClinic 2011a; Hebbar 2002a).
- Oxidative stress
- Oxidative stress has been implicated in the development of ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation, particularly in situations wherein the blood supply to the heart is temporarily interrupted and then restored (eg, following a heart attack) (Wolin 2005).
- Performance sports
- Athletes are at increased risk for developing atrial fibrillation, a relatively common arrhythmia in the athletic community; it is more frequently seen in middle-aged than young athletes. Autonomic nervous system alterations, systemic inflammation, and increased atrial size are some of the factors thought to be involved (Sorokin 2011; Turagam 2012; Maisel 2003).
- Certain medications
- Certain medications including digoxin (Lanoxin®), tricyclic antidepressants, and antipsychotics can sometimes cause arrhythmias (Hebbar 2002a). Other compounds that can induce arrhythmia are some antiemetics, antibacterial agents, anesthetics, and bronchodilators. Even certain anti-arrhythmia medications such as flecainide (Tambocor®), dofetilide (Tikosyn®), and sotalol (Betapace®) may induce or worsen other types of arrhythmia (Podrid 1987; Witchel 2003; Barnes 2010; MayoClinic 2011a).


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Halestorm Play Acoustic Rendition of Unheard Song Co-Written by Weezer's Rivers Cuomo
Halestorm are a giving group, and as a "thank you" to the band's fans for pushing them past one million "likes" on Facebook, they've posted a brand new video performance. The clip is a special one as Lzzy Hale reveals that the song they're playing is called 'Sweet Love' and has never been heard before. Adding to its mystique is the fact that it was co-written with Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo three years ago.
The acoustic performance finds drummer Arejay Hale making use of what looks like a Styrofoam cooler for a drumkit, while he also mugs for the camera a little bit during the shoot. Meanwhile bassist Josh Smith performs in the back just so all four members can be on screen during the performance. And while the track is definitely melodic, led by Joe Hottinger's strumming, Lzzy Hale shows the true power in her voice in the latter portion of the performance.
There's no word on how the collaboration with Cuomo came about, but given the three-year timeline that Hale mentions at the top of the clip, it likely occurred during the creation of 'The Strange Case Of …' album.
Halestorm have been splitting their time this year between working on a new album and touring. The band has a pretty extensive fall tour schedule lined up. To see their dates, check here.


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DC Dumps Bill To Force Uber Into High Prices; Complains That The Bill Was To Help Uber
from the regulatory-capture deptEarlier today, we wrote about the city of Washington DC working on a a bill that would require startup car service Uber to charge five times as much as a cab, arguing that they need to regulate what is considered a "premium class." They don't explain why one needs to regulate what's premium and what's not, but that's what you get in a massively regulated/anti-competitive market. The public outcry over this regulation, however, has resulted in the Councilmember who wrote the amendment, Mary Cheh, backing down and shelving it.
As we noted in our earlier post, Cheh had said all along that the amendment was actually an attempt to legalize Uber, after a Taxicab Commission "sting" earlier this year, which claimed that Uber was acting illegally. In response to all of this, Cheh seems upset, since she says that she worked with Uber to create the amendment, and was blindsided by the criticism:
"Several months ago, Uber contacted me and asked to work together to legalize services like Uber in the District... Since then, I have met with Uber many times, negotiated in good faith, and believed that I had reached an agreement with them last week."Others have suggested that parts of the amendment could be acceptable if they remove the minimum pricing rules. Uber, for its part, claims that it's always believed the service was legal in DC, so it never believed that the amendment was needed to "make it legal." For what it's worth Uber clearly has benefited from this fight, as it drew an awful lot of publicity to the company's presence in DC (and elsewhere). Either way, it seems difficult to see how regulating a high price benefits Uber.
And, in the end, what you're left with are questions about why taxi licensing needs to be so restrictive and so all-encompassing. Are there concerns about keeping passengers from being ripped off and keeping them safe? Sure, but there seem to be ways to deal with that which don't involve entirely regulating every aspect of the market, limiting competition and setting the actual pricing. But, in the end, as we've seen in other markets, those in regulated markets tend to figure out ways to use the regulations to their own advantage...
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Now that we know Motorola will unveil their Honeycomb tablet at CES, it appears that Samsung will rush out a competing product to try and keep pace in the tablet wars. We have heard little about Samsung's CES plans, but a report from the Korea Times thinks that Samsung will reveal updated versions of their best-selling Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab products.
It was recently reported that Samsung placed a sizeable order with NVIDIA for their Tegra 2 and we expect to find the dual-core processor in their next wave of products. Google chose Tegra 2 as the lead platform for Honeycomb, so Samsung had little choice when it came to CPU choice if they wanted to keep up with Motorola and their hometown competitor LG.
When we first got our hands on the Galaxy Tab I said it was easily the best Android tablet, but I warned our readers about signing a two-year contract for one since we knew that Samsung was already working on a Honeycomb tablet. The same thing was also said about the Nexus S – it's the best Android phone available right now, but much faster dual-core models are coming out early next year.
Several sources have said that Samsung was testing dual-core phones, but we have yet to hear any detailed reports about their Honeycomb tablet. We only have one more week to go until CES, so we will find out if there is any truth to the rumors soon.


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We've previously reported that brands get 46 percent more engagement with Facebook Timeline brand pages, according to Simply Measured's study of 15 early adopter brands. Actually, fan engagement increased 14 percent; content engagement was up 46 percent; and interactive content engagement skyrocketed 65 percent. You need to run out and post more photos and videos, stat! Right?
But wait… EdgeRank Checker also put out a study and they found that brand pages are seeing a drop in engagement, regardless of whether they've switched to Timeline. Their sample size is far larger, at 3,500 pages, so I'm tempted to buy into this one a bit more.
Wildfire had a look at 43 brands over a period of 42 days and they report double-digit increases in People Talking About This, Likes per post, and comments per brand post for 45 percent of brands representing 85 percent of total pages on Facebook. Megabrands with over 10 million fans, however, actually saw a decrease in engagement, reported ClickZ.
I think I want to believe in Vitrue's study, though. Those guys claim to have seen engagement lift over 190 percent with the new Timeline! Of course, Vitrue also "studied" the value of a Facebook fan back in 2010 and came back with the much-contested $3.60 a head figure.
There's also SimpleUsability's eye-tracking study, which showed that, despite some creative Facebook Timeline efforts from brands, Timeline brand page users actually find some of the new elements confusing.
As a marketer, I'm left with the following insights: the new Timeline layout for brand pages will increase my fan engagement from 14 to 192 percent… unless it drops. Oh, and it also depends on my vertical, size of fan base, shoe size, preference for PB & J or just PB, and proximity of my physical store to the closest natural body of water.
Cue existential crisis: What does it all mean?
Universal Truths in Online Marketing
It might all mean something. It could mean nothing at all. Isn't that the most frustrating answer ever? The truth is, there are more information sources online than you can shake a stick at.
However, there are universal truths in this insular world of ours:
- You're going to read a lot of conflicting data, "fact," and opinion.
- There is no magic formula.
- The only way to discover what works for your business is to try, test, tweak, rinse and repeat.
When studies come out this way – on a hot topic, with different methodologies and sample sizes, almost always by companies with a vested interest in the topic – it's almost a knee-jerk reaction to pit them against one another. If Study A is right, Studies B & C must be wrong, or vice versa.
What You Can Take to the Bank from Conflicting Studies
There is something to be taken from each one, even if the lesson is only that we should try some research and testing on our own accounts. We should all be grateful these companies are willing to share data at all.
Of course, the companies putting out these studies aren't altruistic angels, slaving away over data and making pretty charts and graphs for the greater good. They want publicity, backlinks, authority and reputation. It seems a fair exchange for a look into the experiences of other companies. Plus, it gives us all something to talk about for a few days.
We can use their data not at face value as the be-all-that-ends-all or cornerstone of our own strategy, but as a benchmark for our own pages. It could mean as much to you as the catalyst for a full audit of your own accounts, or as little as a piece you skimmed over in 30 seconds and might only recall as, "I heard something, somewhere about that… 190 percent or something, what was that…"
It is a bit tragic that someone, somewhere, will stumble across one of the aforementioned studies on its own and make it the foundation of everything they do on Facebook until the next big, shiny headline comes along. But you're smarter than that. You know to go looking for alternate sources of information and to consider the size, scope, and most importantly the source of a study before buying in.
Take these studies for what they're worth, learn what you can from them. And then move on. Don't drink the Kool-Aid.
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Vermont Agricultural and Forest Products Development Board Announces New Chair and Board Member Appointments
The Vermont Agricultural & Forest Products Development Board (VAFPDB) is pleased to announce the election of Lynn Coale to serve as Chair of the Board, and welcomes John Mandeville who will occupy the gubernatorial appointed seat of a person with expertise in rural economic development issues. The VAFPDB primarily operates as an advisory and policy board performing in-depth analyses of the gaps, barriers, and opportunities in the agricultural and forestry & forest products sectors that are either preventing or enhancing economic growth and sustainability within these sectors. The Vermont Agricultural Development Board (VADB) was established in the 2010 legislative session (Act 158) and added four forestry sector seats to the Board in August 2012 (Act 142) for the creation of the VAFPDB.
Lynn Coale has served as a VAFPDB member since the Board's inception in 2010 and was reappointed to the Board to serve his second term in 2013. Lynn occupies the Senate Committee on Committees appointed seat of a person with experience in providing youth with educational opportunities for enhancing understanding of agriculture or forestry. Lynn is the Superintendent of the Patricia A. Hannaford Regional Technical School District in Middlebury, Vermont. The school district offers career and technical education to 1,500 high school students and 30,000 adults in Addison County, Vermont. In addition, he was a high school administrator in Wyoming, as principal of Wyoming Indian High School. Lynn has also been an adjunct professor for Central Wyoming College, the University of Wyoming, and Regis University. In addition to serving on the VAFPDB, Lynn serves on the following Boards: Vermont Farm to Plate Education, Workforce Development and Strategic Planning Committees, as well as the Vermont Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics Core Standards Review Committee. Lynn is also a member of the Vermont Farm Bureau, the Vermont Environmental Consortium, and serves a co- chair of the Addison County Workforce Development Board.
Newly appointed John Mandeville has been Executive Director of the Lamoille Economic Development Corporation since March 2010. Prior to this he was Director of the Incubator Without Walls (iWOW) program at Lyndon State College and was briefly President of Northern Community Management Corp., a property management firm specializing in affordable housing for low income families, senior citizens and the disabled. For two years, John served as the Area Business Advisor in VT's Northeast Kingdom and in Lamoille County for the Vermont Small Business Development Center (VtSBDC). He also served as an executive at the New England Culinary Institute for five years after he and his family moved to VT in 2000. Prior to Vermont, he served as Managing Director/COO for the European subsidiary of an American company in England. He has owned two businesses: a business consulting firm in Manhattan and in the central California region for international franchisor, Decorating Den, Inc.
Mark Curran has served as a VAFPDB member since the Board's inception in 2010 and was reappointed to the Board to serve a second term in 2013. Mark occupies the Speaker of the House appointed seat of a person with expertise in sales and marketing. Curran opened a natural food store with Steve Birge called Black River Market in 1978, which morphed into the wholesale distribution co. - Black River Produce, and Black River Meats, a division of Black River Produce. Curran has served on numerous local and state boards including "The Vermont Fresh Network."
The Board works closely with their ex-officio members: Secretary of Agriculture, Chuck Ross, Secretary of Commerce, Lawrence Miller, and the Commissioner of Forests, Parks and Recreation, Mike Snyder.
For a full list of current Board members please visit VAFPDB Board Members on the vermontworkinglands.com website.
About The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets: VAAFM facilitates, supports and encourages the growth and viability of agriculture in Vermont while protecting the working landscape, human health, animal health, plant health, consumers and the environment. www.vermontagriculture.com


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Admitting 'mistakes,' Reynolds bids for Jackson's congressional seat
Former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds announced Wednesday he's running again for the seat resigned by Jesse Jackson Jr., despite separate convictions for sexual misconduct and bank fraud that ended his earlier congressional career.
Standing before a red a white campaign sign that read "Redemption," Reynolds told reporters that he had made "mistakes" in the past, but still has a drive for public service.
"When you go through things in life, sometimes you have to stand up, get on your feet again and go forward," Reynolds said.
Reynolds, a former Rhodes Scholar, was once a rising Democratic star when he was first elected to the 2nd Congressional District, which encompasses parts of Chicago's South Side and south suburbs, in 1992. He was re-elected two years later, despite being under indictment for having an alleged sexual relationship with a teenaged campaign volunteer.
Reynolds resigned his seat in October 1995, after a Cook County jury found him guilty of sexual abuse, child pornography and lying to investigators. He was still in prison in 1997 when he was charged and convicted of bank and campaign finance fraud. Reynolds was ordered to spend more than six years in prison for those crimes, though President Bill Clinton later commuted the sentence.
Though Reynolds repeatedly referred to his past "mistakes" on Wednesday, he didn't say whether he was guilty of the crimes that sent him to prison, despite earlier pronouncements of his innocence.
"I've made the statement that I'm going to make regarding 20 years ago," he said. "I made mistakes, and that's it. I'm not gonna be – I'm not gonna allow anyone to just stick me in the ground and keep asking the same questions over and over and over again. That's my response."
The field of candidates who are running – or publicly considering a run – for Jackson's old seat seems to grow by the day. Former U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson made her bid official over the weekend, Chicago Ald. Anthony Beale (9th) said he's filed paperwork to run, and Pastor Anthony Williams has declared his candidacy. The long list of other Illinois pols who are pondering their own bids includes other Chicago aldermen, state lawmakers and Democratic insiders.
The next Congressman to represent the heavily Democratic, majority African-American 2nd Congressional District will likely be picked in the Feb. 26 special primary election.
Governor Pat Quinn has tentatively set the special general election date for March 19th, though he's urging state lawmakers to make an exception to state law and push it back to April 9th, when election officials can save money by putting the congressional seat on the ballot along with other municipal offices.


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SOCKETPAIR(2) NetBSD System Calls Manual SOCKETPAIR(2) NAME socketpair -- create a pair of connected sockets LIBRARY Standard C Library (libc, -lc) SYNOPSIS #include <sys/socket.h> int socketpair(int d, int type, int protocol, int *sv); DESCRIPTION The socketpair() call creates an unnamed pair of connected sockets in the specified domain d, of the specified type, and using the optionally spec- ified protocol. The descriptors used in referencing the new sockets are returned in sv[0] and sv[1]. The two sockets are indistinguishable. RETURN VALUES A 0 is returned if the call succeeds, -1 if it fails. ERRORS The call succeeds unless: [EMFILE] Too many descriptors are in use by this process. [ENFILE] The system file table is full. [EAFNOSUPPORT] The specified address family is not supported on this machine. [EPROTONOSUPPORT] The specified protocol is not supported on this machine. [EOPNOTSUPP] The specified protocol does not support creation of socket pairs. [EFAULT] The address sv does not specify a valid part of the process address space. SEE ALSO pipe(2), read(2), write(2) HISTORY The socketpair() function call appeared in 4.2BSD. BUGS This call is currently implemented only for the LOCAL domain. Many oper- ating systems only accept a protocol of PF_UNSPEC, so that should be used instead of PF_LOCAL for maximal portability. NetBSD 4.0 August 18, 2002 NetBSD 4.0
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Mourners donned green scarves, a tribute to Flaherty's Irish heritage, inside the majestic St. James Anglican cathedral in downtown Toronto as they celebrated the diminutive, combative politician, who died of a heart attack last week at the age of 64.
Flaherty converted to Anglicanism when he married his wife, Ontario MPP Christine Elliott, 28 years ago.
"What a sad time this is in the life of our country," said Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who began the proceedings with an upbeat personal tribute to his longtime political confidante.
Harper not only poked fun at himself by comparing his own popularity to Flaherty's — "I can't even get my friends to like me," the prime minister joked to gales of laughter from the congregation — but he revealed how his finance minister told him four years ago he wanted to leave politics. Flaherty finally quit last month.
Flaherty said in 2010 he wanted to return to the private sector in order to put more money aside for his family, Harper recalled, but was first insistent on ensuring the Canadian economy was out of the woods following the 2008 economic downturn.
"And every year after that, without any prompting from me, the call would come and Jim would say: 'Prime Minister, I'm still worried about the global economy and we're not yet in balance. I want to do one more budget.'"
Directly addressing Elliott and the couple's triplet sons, Harper said, "We have lost a partner in politics, but you have lost a partner in life."
Harper fought back tears twice during his remarks, which were otherwise a cheerful, light-hearted look back on the time he and Flaherty shared together in power on Parliament Hill.
"Occasionally, I imposed a final decision," Harper said of their periodic cabinet-table disputes.
"Occasionally I decided he was probably right. And occasionally, I decided he was wrong, but let him have his way because I just got so damn tired of arguing with him."
But as his eulogy drew to a close, Harper had to compose himself as he described the day he accepted Flaherty's resignation just a few short weeks ago.
"I told Jim that he had truly been over these eight years, in my judgment, the best finance minister in the world, if not indeed the best in our history," Harper said.
"I also wished him well in his next career ... and I told him not to be a stranger."
One of the most touching moments came when the prime minister directly addressed Flaherty's triplet sons, the 23-year-old John, Galen and Quinn.
"I lost my own father almost exactly 11 years ago, to the day," he said. "That period, I remember almost nothing of what I said or what was said to me, so powerful were the waves of emotion.
"But once that passed and perspective took hold, I came to appreciate my father's place in my life probably even more fully and deeply than if he were still here. And it is all good, and it will be all good for you."
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair and former prime ministers Brian Mulroney, Kim Campbell and John Turner were among those on hand for the funeral, as were various federal cabinet ministers, including John Baird, Peter MacKay, Jason Kenney and James Moore.
Harper and his wife, Laureen, arrived in advance of the cortege, followed by Gov. Gen. David Johnston and his wife. Harper exchanged pleasantries with Mulroney and shook hands with Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne as they sat down.
At one point, Mulroney and an ailing Turner, famous political rivals, were seen to exchange smiles and nods.
A host of familiar faces from the Ontario legislature — former premier Ernie Eves and Conservative Leader Tim Hudak among them — were also present.
Flaherty's sister, Norah, told the story of how their mother once discovered him throwing pennies in the trash — a foreshadowing, perhaps, of his decision in 2012 to do away with the costly one-cent piece.
"When Mum asked Jim why he was throwing out the pennies, he said, 'They're not worth anything,'" she said. "Somewhat prophetic."
Harper and his wife were particularly emotional during Norah Flaherty's remarks, frequently dabbing their eyes as she spoke of what a loving and loyal brother he was to his seven siblings.
A sombre but composed Elliott was effusive in her praise of her husband.
"He was the most intelligent man I ever met, and his clarity of thought was unparalleled," she said.
"He was a proud Canadian who loved our great country, and even when his life became more difficult in the last year or so, he persevered until he was certain he would leave things in order for his successor."
Added Quinn, in a poignant message to his father: "Put your feet up, lay your head back, close your eyes and relax. We will take it from here."
Flaherty's death, which came less than a month after his retirement as minister, sent shock waves through the national capital, where flags have been flying at half-mast and the Peace Tower has been bathed in green light.
Labour Minister Kellie Leitch, a Flaherty confidante who rushed to his condo in an attempt to revive her friend and had dinner with him on the eve of his death, delivered a reading at the funeral on Wednesday.
Mark Carney, the former Bank of Canada governor who now heads the Bank of England, was also on hand at the funeral, which took place under tight security just blocks from Toronto's famed financial district, a favourite Flaherty stomping ground.
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, whose friendship with Flaherty caused the diminutive finance minister some uncomfortable moments in the media spotlight last year, was also in attendance.
Before the proceedings got underway, a choir assembled behind the altar and an organist filled the chamber with hymnal music as mourners awaited the arrival of the cortege carrying Flaherty's casket. The towering archways of the cathedral were bathed in green light.
Large white tents were erected on the lawn of the cathedral. Across the street, a phalanx of TV cameras documented the arrival of family, friends and dignitaries.
Onlookers began gathering several hours before the ceremony was scheduled to begin. One man had his patriotism on full display, wearing a white jacket adorned with a red maple leaf and clutching a Canadian flag.
The busy downtown Toronto streets surrounding the church were closed to all vehicular traffic, except for streetcars.
The ceremonial journey of the casket began in Whitby, Ont., and proceeded along Highway 401, down the Don Valley Parkway and through downtown Toronto before its scheduled arrival at the church just before 3 p.m. ET.
Hundreds of dignitaries and citizens had lined up to pay their respects Tuesday at Whitby's Abilities Centre, which caters to the disabled and able-bodied alike. Harper arrived late in the day for a private viewing.
Flaherty's state funeral is the first such honour since 2011, when former NDP leader Jack Layton was laid to rest.
State funerals are customarily only given to current or former prime ministers, governors general, sitting cabinet ministers or members of the Royal Family.
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Its right at the entrance to the spanish town harbour in virgin gorda, if its breaking belive me you cant miss it.
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WalkShort walk (5-15 mn)
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Alternative name yacht harbour rights
Wave qualityRegional Classic
ExperienceExperienced surfers
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BottomReef (coral, sharp rocks etc..)
PowerHollow, Fast, Powerful, Ledgey
Normal lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good day lengthLong (150 to 300 m)
Good swell directionNorth, NorthWest, West, NorthEast
Good wind directionSouthEast, East, NorthEast
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Best tide movementRising tide
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walk to the end of the feild by the jetty and carefully pick a spot to enter, lots of urchins and coral, also when you paddle across the channel watch out for boats cause they will run you over, its a very tight channel and big boats do acess it.
Hollow as a friggin log on the right swell but also very very shallow, so just dont fall on the takeoff or you will hit the bottom, that is full of urchins, also elkhorn, fire, and staghorn coral lurk inches below the surface, you can ride it all the way over the reef to the channel then it wiil get deep, carefully pick your way back out or paddle all the way back around.
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When we used to travel internationally, before the age of mobile phones and easy email access, we used to register with the U.S. Embassy in each country we would visit. The idea was to let the American Embassy know of your presence in the area just in case there were any problems, either with the traveler or with the country.
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Sentinel-3 Calibration and Validation Planning Meeting
The Global Monitoring for Environment and Securing (GMES) Sentinel-3 mission will measure sea-surface topography, sea- and land-surface temperature, ocean-colour and land-reflectance's with high-end accuracy and reliability in support of GMES Marine, Land, Emergency and Security services and for environmental and climate monitoring. The Sentinel-3 mission will generate and provide sustained near real-time core-products for GMES as an operational service. The mission will be operated jointly by ESA for Land products and EUMETSAT for Marine products.
The Sentinel-3 satellite is now being manufactured and expected to launch in late 2013. The Satellite carries improved follow-on instruments to the highly successful ENVISAT platform including:
A Synthetic Aperture RADAR Altimeter (SRAL) providing operational continuity to high-orbit inclination RA-2 altimetry,
An Ocean and Land Colour Imager (OLCI) providing operational continuity to ENVISAT MERIS spectrometer measurements and,
A Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer (SLSTR) providing operational continuity to ENVISAT AATSR visible and thermal infrared measurements.
The use of OLCI and SLSTR instruments in synergy will provide continuity to SPOT Vegetation products.
After launch, a 5-month Mission Commissioning Phase (E1) followed by a Long term Operational Mission Phase (E2) will be initiated. During E1 intensive activities will establish the functionality and initial performance of the Sentinel-3 system based on calibration and validation activities. Following a successful commissioning review, the satellite will then continue in nominal operations for Phase E2 supported by on-going calibration and validation activities to monitor and maintain data quality.
This joint ESA-EUMETSAT meeting will present an overview and status of Sentinel-3 calibration and validation activities, review the Draft Sentinel-3 Calibration/Validation Plan (CVP), seek lessons learned feedback and inputs from previous R&D and operational missions, the calibration and validation community and, provide Sentinel-3 teams with prioritized recommendations to ensure an effective and successful mission cal/val outcome. In particular, emphasis will be given to operational cal/val issues and associated activities.
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The only modification I made to the recipe is that I used only 8oz of portabella mushrooms, and no white mushrooms. I also found that I didn't need all the broth that was called for.
When I buy dry white wine for a risotto recipe, I always buy the cheapest wine possible. If the remainder is drinkable, that's a bonus :) I'm happy to say that tonight's chardonnay was more than just drinkable, it was quite good! Especially when paired with my mushroom-less risotto.


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Deadly blizzard paralyzes Great Plains
TOPEKA, Kan. - Fierce winds and snow that caused fatal accidents and closed highways in five states crawled deeper into the Great Plains early Tuesday, with forecasters warning that pre-holiday travel would be difficult if not impossible across the region.
Hotels were filling up quickly along major roads from eastern New Mexico to Kansas, and nearly 100 rescue calls came in from drivers in the Texas Panhandle as blizzard conditions closed part of Interstate 40, a major east-west route, Monday night.
Travelers through Kansas scrambled to rearrange their plans, mid-trip. The Fairfield Inn in Hays booked three dozen-rooms in a mere 20 minutes Monday night, as drivers got off Interstate 70, the state's main east-west route, earlier than planned. Greg Boughton, a hydrologist from Cheyenne, Wyo., and his family quit traveling in the afternoon after their SUV nearly slid into a ditch.
"It wasn't worth risking it," he said Tuesday, as he, his wife and their two children prepared to get back on the road, heading east toward family in Tulsa.
About 10 inches of snow fell in western Kansas before dawn Tuesday and several more inches along with strong wind gusts were expected, National Weather Service meteorologist Marc Russell said.
"We're talking about whiteout conditions," he said.
Schools in Manhattan, Kan., canceled classes for the day, anticipating several inches of snow. Topeka was pelted by a cold rain, which was expected to turn to a wintry mix of light sleet and snow later in the day.
In Hays, some guests at the Fairfield Inn were extending their stays an extra day, said Randy Beck, who was working the front desk. To the west, a 70-mile stretch of I-70 was among the roads that remained closed Tuesday morning.
"Southwest Kansas is pretty much shut down completely," said Derek Latham, a dispatcher for the Kansas Highway Patrol in Salina. "I have one trooper who almost went into a ditch this morning, and he came across four other cars that went into a ditch. That was just this morning."
Heather Haltli, 29, and her husband were traveling from their home at Hill Air Force Base in Utah to attend a family funeral in Abilene, Texas, but the storm slowed them down so badly that they had to take refuge at the Comfort Inn in Garden City, Kan.
"We've been traveling about 20 miles per hour all the way from Denver," Haltli said Tuesday. She said they had passed up to 15 wrecks including rollovers, upside down cars and jackknifed trucks as they drove through Colorado.
"I don't think we'll be able to make the funeral, but we'll keep going," she said.
The storm was blamed for at least six deaths Monday, authorities said. Four people were killed when their vehicle collided with a pickup truck in part of eastern New Mexico where blizzard-like conditions are rare, and a prison guard and inmate died when a prison van crashed on an icy road in eastern Colorado.
The late-autumn snowstorm lumbered into the region Monday, turning roads to ice and reducing visibility to zero.
In northern New Mexico, snow and ice closed all the roads from Raton to the Texas and Oklahoma borders about 90 miles away. Hotels in Clayton, N.M., just east of where the three states touch, filled up. Multiple highways remained closed early Tuesday.
Bill Cook, who works at the Best Western in Clayton, said he hadn't seen such a storm since the 1970s, when cattle had to be airlifted with helicopters and the National Guard was called in to help out.
The storm came after much of the country had a relatively mild fall. With the exception of the October snowstorm blamed for 29 deaths on the East Coast, there's been little rain or snow. Many of the areas hit Monday enjoyed relatively balmy 60-degree temperatures just 24 hours earlier.
Snowfall tapered off early Tuesday in the Oklahoma Panhandle, although the weather service warned of blowing snow and single digit temperatures after dark. Up to a foot of snow fell in Boise City, Okla.


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'American Idol' Recap: Top 8 Tackle the '80s
On tonight's episode of 'American Idol,' the Top 8 tackled the '80s. While the '80s is a fun decade, full of excess and larger-than-life-ness, the Idols focused on the ballad side of the spectrum. Again, it was a little snoozy, with slow song after slow song. The producers wisely paired the contestants up for duets that were sprinkled throughout the individual perfs, to add some life and livelihood to the proceedings.
Here is your PopCrush recap on how the Idols had their way with the '80s.
Deandre Brackensick: The falsetto-voiced wonder sang 'I Like It' by DeBarge, at first seated in the crowd, which clapped along to the melody. He was going for the Prince thing.
Phillip Phillips: He rocked Genesis' song 'That's All' with his guitar. He stopped strumming, at Tony Kanal's suggestion, during the bridge, to connect with the crowd. He's an original.
Joshua Ledet: The vocal gymnast chose Simply Red's 'If You Don't Know Me By Now.' He turned it into a torch song, beautifully so. He also has that Prince thing going on. He held back and then let loose. Another powerhouse perf.
Colton Dixon: Our favorite Christian rocker with good hair chose Cyndi Lauper's 'Time After Time.' He gave it such an unusual makeover, making it faster in some parts and adding dramatic flourishes. Great job, C. Dixon!
Elise Testone: She tried her hand at Foreigner's 'I Want to Know What Love Is,' which has a powerful chorus that could've been written for her voice. She was a bit out of tune, though.
Jessica Sanchez: In an ep full of snoozy ballads, Sanchez introduced us to her Bebe Chez alter ego and kicked things into high gear with Whitney Houston's upbeat 'How Will I Know.' She slayed it.
Hollie Cavanagh: The mini-diva is surgically precise and technically flawless with her performances and she turned in a version of 'What a Feeling,' the 'Flashdance' theme, that sounded like it was from a Broadway musical. She keeps overthinking it ... every week.
Skylar Laine: The country rocker wanted to do a ballad, so instead of stomping on stage, she went soft and sensitive for the first time with 'Wind Beneath My Wings.' It was a showstopper.
Colton Dixon + Skylar Laine: They melted their voices on 'Islands in the Stream.' It was in Laine's wheelhouse, since it's a country tune. But they harmonized so well.
Deandre Brackensick + Hollie Cavanagh: They held hands and bounded around to sing The Pointer Sisters' dance hit 'I'm So Excited." It was cute and quite good.
Phillip Phillips + Elise Testone: The resident rockers delivered a flawless but fresh rendition of the Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks duet 'Stop Dragging My Heart Around.'
Joshua Ledet + Jessica Sanchez: The powerhouse vocalists got soulful (and upbeat) on 'I Knew You Were Waiting for Me,' by George Michael and Aretha Franklin. There wasn't enough stage for these two. Their voices hit the heavens.
Tune in tomorrow night to find out who is sent home. Unless the judges offer up the save, we'll be down to the Lucky 7 after tomorrow night's elimination results.


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(Reuters) - Drought conditions in the United States grew even worse over the last week as historic drought conditions crept north and threatened new winter wheat planting in several states.
September was the driest in 118 years of U.S. record keeping for North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana and was the third-driest September for Nebraska and Oregon, said Mark Svoboda, a climatologist with the University of Nebraska's National Drought Mitigation Center.
Farmers trying to plant the nation's new winter wheat crop are struggling over whether or not it is worthwhile to plant into bone-dry soils in those states, said Svoboda.
"We had a brutally dry September. There is a lot of concern now about no moisture," Svoboda said. "A lot of folks are holding off and wondering if they should even plant winter wheat and plant spring wheat instead."
Fully 69 percent of the U.S. winter wheat area is suffering from some level of drought, Svoboda said.
Roughly 63.55 percent of the contiguous United States was under at least "moderate" drought as of October 9, down from 64.58 percent a week earlier, according to the Drought Monitor, a weekly compilation of data gathered by federal and academic scientists issued Thursday.
But the portion of the United States under "exceptional" drought - the most dire classification - rose to 6.18 percent, up from 6.07 percent a week earlier.
In the High Plains, which includes Nebraska and the Dakotas, severe or worse drought levels covered 87.58 percent of the region, up from 87.51 percent the prior week. An estimated 28.24 percent of the region was in the worst level of drought, up from 27.91 percent a week earlier.
In Kansas, a top wheat growing state, drought levels improved slightly over the last week. "Extreme" drought, the second-worst level of drought, expanded to 95.70 percent of the state, up from 93.25 percent a week ago, though the worst level of drought was at 44.63 percent, down from 44.73 percent.
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With the increase in smart building automation systems, the need for wireless, battery powered sensor nodes is growing. This training covers the basics of wireless sensor node optimization with a focus on extending battery life.
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This training series provides an introduction to voice recognition and some of the basic concepts of audio systems that use voice as a user interface. It provides a guide to required components and how they match to embedded processors and other devices available from Texas Instruments. And it takes a look at the software, tools, designs, and demonstrations available from TI for building your own voice recognition and processing application.
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From Interstate 35: Take the East 2nd Street/US 77 South exit #141. Turn on to East 2nd westbound. Follow East 2nd Street for approximately 2.5 miles to Garland Godfrey Drive and turn right at stoplight. (See further instructions below.)
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Business data frequently measure more than one aspect; that is, it is multivariate. The objective of this course is to introduce powerful methods for understanding and obtaining managerial insight from multivariate data. Multivariate methods studied in the course include a selection of principle component analysis, factor analysis, canonical correlation, discriminate analysis, multidimensional scaling, cluster analysis, and neural nets. Readings, cases, examples and exercises are drawn from diverse areas of business. Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor and the Graduate Advisor.
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GREENWOOD, S.C. – The No. 9 Georgia College men's tennis team (8-4, 3-3 PBC) lost their third Peach Belt Conference (PBC) match of the season at No. 11 Lander University (11-0, 3-0) Friday afternoon, 7-2.
The Bobcats fell behind 2-1 in doubles. Jerome Leborgne (Coordimanche, France) and Johan Wadstein (Helsingborg, Sweden) got GC started off on the right foot, dropping Paul-Henri Arrigoni and Oscar Axelsson, 8-1. Leo Bernardes (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Tyler Franks (Greensboro, Ga.) were defeated by Henrik Willers and Oscar Perman, 8-2. Tobias Rausch (Mannheim, Germany) and Robert Angelucci (Acworth, Ga.) were edged out by Carlos Marques and Christopher Mattsson, 8-4.
Leborgne played in the No. 1 spot but lost to Arrigoni, 7-5, 6-2, marking Leborgne's first loss in his last three matches. GC split the next two singles matches. Wadstein downed Willers, 6-7, 6-0, 10-4 but Rausch was defeated by Perman, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. Wadstein improves to 7-4 on the season.
The Bobcats dropped the bottom three singles matches of the day. Bernardes was toppled by Marques, 6-4, 6-3. Franks was the next Bearcat victim as he fell to Axelsson, 6-2, 6-3. Wictor Andersson (Karlskoga, Sweden) closed out the day for the Bobcats dropping his match to Mattsson in three sets, 7-6, 6-4, 10-8.
The Bobcats will travel to Erskine College Tuesday, March 15 for a 2:30 p.m. start.
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Blaze: Discourse on Art, Women and Feminism
How has feminism matured over the years? What are the pressing agendas for today's feminists working in the arts?
Blaze: Discourse on Art, Women, and Feminism, emerges as a navigational text, celebrating past victories while charting new directions for today's second wave and third wave feminists. A feminist anthology, Blaze is comprised of feminist artists, art historians, critics, journalists, curators, interdisciplinary artists, and arts administrators of diverse backgrounds, living across the United States. The book grows out of the 2006 Annual National Women's Caucus for Art (WCA) conference, held in Boston, Massachusetts.
Blaze features 14 detailed and well-documented feminist histories that narrate a number of pertinent strands of activism regarding feminist art, scholarship, and organizational development while exploring current crossroads. The book addresses an assortment of timely issues related to leadership, representation, work, collaboration, criticism, environmental interventions, and social justice platforms. Blaze: Discourse on Art, Women, and Feminism captures feminist arts professionals working together across differences.
Co-editors: Karen E. Frostig and Kathy A. Halamka
Karen E. Frostig, PhD, is a visual artist, author, associate professor at Lesley University, and research associate at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Brandeis University. Exhibiting and lecturing across the US and abroad, her latest work concerns Holocaust legacies. Her many publications include Expressive Arts Therapies in Schools (1998, 2007). Dr. Frostig was co-chair of the 2006 WCA conference, chair of the panel program, and is currently a board member of the WCA.
Kathy A. Halamka is a visual artist, curator, instructor at Bentley College. She received her BA, from Stanford University, and her MFA, from Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Ms. Halamka was co-chairperson WCA 2006 National Conference, is a national WCA board member, regional coordinator New England "The Feminist Art Project" at Rutgers University. Her work is shown at the Bromfield Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Justin Alexander was 5 years old the only time he met his father, James Fuller.
"I remember he bought me a bike and was helping me ride it," said Mr. Alexander, now 32, who grew up with his mother and grandparents in Michigan and Ohio. "That's the only memory I have of him."
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