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Action Opportunity– Council of Canadians –Canada China Investment Pact
To survive, the Gateway pipeline would have to push past the growing opposition of British Columbians in general, the opposition of the current Liberal provincial government and the NDP government likely to replace it next year, the unanimous opposition of environmentalists, considerable opposition from at least some of the aboriginal groups along the route and, if all this were not enough, the likelihood of prolonged court battles.
(Note: This article is about an important issue that gets lost in the forest of other Harper crimes – the privatization of research.)
And now, just a few months after the Death of Evidence rally, another event is playing out behind the scenes that is partly the way of the world and partly full-blown tragedy. If those same scientists held a rally today, they would have to call it by another name. Judging from what is happening in that penumbral zone where idealism and power politics collide, a good title might be the Death of Innocence.
Is there a common thread running between Rob Anders’ wild-eyed musings about how Tom Mulcair hastened Jack Layton’s death and last week’s abortion vote, in which a majority of Conservative MPs voted for a motion their leader had urged them to oppose? I’d argue yes – the trained seals on the backbench are biting back and we are likely to see more unsanctioned behaviour in future, as MPs relish their new-found freedom. So what the Sam Hill is going on with the party that brought you Canada’s first Orwellian government? (Conservative hack John Ivison calling the Harper government Orwellian!! Can we dare hope that the times they must be a changin’!)
AND HERE COMES YET ANOTHER COURT CHALLENGE
And on Friday, Mr. Toews’ office announced that all chaplains currently working in Canada’s prisons would be given the sack … except the Christian ones, who will now be in charge of providing “interfaith” ministry.
The explanation? “The government,” his office said in a statement to CBC News, “is not in the business of picking and choosing which religions will be given preferential status through government funding.”
“The minister strongly supports the freedom of religion for all Canadians, including prisoners,” the email states. “However, the government … is not in the business of picking and choosing which religions will be given preferential status through government funding. The minister has concluded … [Christian] chaplains employed by Corrections Canada must provide services to inmates of all faiths.”
Figures obtained by CBC News show that before the contract cancellations — which will take effect by the end of March 2013 — there were about 80 full-time chaplains across the country and all but one are Christian. There were about 100 part-timer chaplains, 20 of them non-Christian.
(This from the government that has set up an office to promote religious freedom throughout the world. It’s pretty obvious that this decision is guided by their fundamental belief that Canada is a white Christian nation or they would have kept the 20 part-time non Christian chaplains. If savings were really the issue they could recruit volunteer chaplains from all religions and cancel the program entirely. As it is, the savings will be negligible but the policy is just calling out for a Charter challenge which will cost millions.)
UPDATE ON COURT CASES IN PROGRESS
A group of Canadians challenging the election wins of seven Conservative MPs has scored a victory along the road to getting the main case heard in Federal Court. The court has ruled in favour of the challengers denying a motion by the Conservative Party to force them to put down hundreds of thousands of dollars as a security deposit.
The federal government has been billed more than $3 million for its unsuccessful attempts to keep a high-stakes battle over First Nations child welfare out of the courts.
The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society and the Assembly of First Nations ….say the federal government is discriminating by not providing the same level of child welfare support to First Nations children as other children in Canada receive from provincial governments. Ottawa has challenged the advocates with legal technicalities at every step along the way, arguing that the case does not belong in the court system.
ONGOING ASSAULT ON PARLIAMENT
The governing Conservative MPs used their majority clout on a House of Commons committee Thursday to take the panel behind closed doors before voting down an opposition proposal to restrict the kind of omnibus legislation that sparked a 22-hour marathon of opposition voting last June in protest against the government’s massive bill implementing the federal budget.
The Conservative government cut operating spending five per cent in the first quarter of the fiscal year, following last spring’s austerity budget, but Ottawa is still largely refusing to explain the impacts of the cuts, says the parliamentary budget officer.
The continued stonewalling by the Harper government has Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page willing to give federal officials one more week to release information on budget cuts before he decides whether to take Ottawa to court for the information.
(The speaker of the House who is supposed to remain neutral according to parliamentary tradition. Not in Harperland.)
Opposition parties, and even some Tories, are urging the Speaker to stem the tide of partisan vitriol in the House of Commons before it becomes an all-party war of mutual rhetorical annihilation.
SUPRESSING ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO NOT AGREE WITH THE REGIME
Sponsored by Conservative MP Russ Hiebert, Bill C-377 is set for a third and final reading in the House of Commons this fall. Opposed by the opposition parties, almost all Conservative MPs have supported the Private Member’s bill.
Promoted as a way to improve transparency (not their own, of course), the bill is designed to challenge unions’ involvement in political activities and divert their resources to busy work.
In the fall of 2011, conservative students at Queen’s University in Kingston launched a campaign to defund their campus’ Public Interest Research Group (PIRG). In anticipation of a mandatory 2012 student referendum to renew the Kingston PIRG’s $4 undergraduate levy, detractors started a Facebook page encouraging students to opt out of the levy.
XL FOODS BEEF RECALL
BEST ARTICLE ON TAINTED MEAT – ipolitics – Food inspectors union calls for inquiry into E.coli contamination and beef recall
Bob Kingston, president of the Agriculture Union, said the inquiry should also investigate the impact on food safety of relying on meat processing facilities to largely police themselves.
“We have had two serious situations now. Both of them seem to be around areas of inspection that have been turned over to industry.” “At Maple Leaf, they were given the responsibility to do their own sanitation monitoring and once they were given that responsibility those machines were never disassembled and cleaned again.”
The Conservative government, under fire for its response to a massive beef recall and E. coli scare, is planning to spend tens of millions of dollars less this year on food safety programs at the Agriculture Department and Canadian Food Inspection Agency than last year, indicate new numbers from Parliament’s budget watchdog.
As of Wednesday, XL Foods and its co-CEOs Brian and Lee Nilsson were refusing comment and having security chase off reporters. Contrary to what Mr. Ritz has said earlier, Mr. Da Pont told reporters that the company was slow to report problems to CFIA and didn’t properly separate contaminated products from those being shipped out.
The plant at the centre of the biggest beef recall in Canadian history wasn’t properly following some safety procedures, the head of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says.
George Da Pont said Wednesday the CFIA had issued seven corrective action requests to the XL Foods plant in Brooks, Alta., and was monitoring them before the agency decided to shut the plant down.


You have successfully emailed the post. Several polls have shown that a majority referendum brexit British people now want a second EU referendum.
A majority of people now believe that voting to leave was “wrong. The country now has a more concrete idea of what Brexit actually means — economically, politically and in terms of the future of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Britain deserves a second referendum before March 2019. LONDON — In the last couple of months, a great divide has opened up between the government and its people. There must be no attempts to remain inside the European Union, no attempts to rejoin it through the back door, and no second referendum. What’s interesting about that statement is its absolutism: There was a vote in June 2016, May’s government says, and that was the end of democracy on the matter.
At no point — for any reason, even after two years of further research and debate, even if such a vote were requested — should Britain be allowed to think again on this massive change to the basis of our constitution and our economy. While the government has become more religiously orthodox on Brexit, the people have given the issue more thought. Here is the Survation tracking poll on whether there should be a referendum vote on the exit deal. A new Brexit referendum would be justified. Eighteen months after the first vote, we have a more concrete idea of what leaving the EU actually involves: Reduced economic growth, a weaker pound, higher inflation, and reduced trade links to our biggest import-export partners.
We now know that Brexit potentially threatens the fragile peace that Britain spent years creating in Northern Ireland. Brexit might trigger a new Scottish independence referendum. These are not trivial issues — they are core constitutional matters describing what “Great Britain” actually is, and Brexit could alter the map if we ignore them. And then there are the lies. 350 million per week that we can now spend on the NHS, as promised by the Leave campaign. So the British have very good reason to rethink this Brexit thing, and a majority of people want it to happen.


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SDN Puzzle Game
I haven’t seen much SDN or SAP games out there…So taking my geeking love for the community, I decided to pick up my Visual C# 2005 Express (Why can’t we develop games on ABAP?) and make a simple but funny game, called…”SDN Puzzle”…Not a very creative name, but hey…I’m a programmer not a publicist -;)
You must have played games like this before…You got an scramble picture…
And you need to move the pieces till you got the big picture
Not an amazing piece of work, but at least something nice to play with.
You can download it from here SDN Puzzle

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“Show-off!” yells a woman from the back as Gibson laughs. She demonstrates hinge-kicks high above her own head, and sweat darkens the waistband of the fitted black pants that cling to the uber-roundness of her bottom. “Fight for your sexy!” she commands her class.
(CHAT, 10 a.m.: Discuss body image and race)
No one in this boot camp works out to be model thin. And nearly to a person, they reject any notion that they should, or that that standard is even cute. Or realistic. Or mentally healthy. That’s especially true of Gibson, 41, who has been a fitness instructor for 12 years, though you wouldn’t necessarily know it by looking at her.
Like many black women, Gibson describes her 5-foot-4, size 14-plus physique as “thick,” and considers herself ultra-feminine — no matter what the mainstream culture has to say about it.
She’s one of the most full-figured women in the gym, but she’s in love with her body. And it’s a sentiment that syncs perfectly with a recent survey conducted by The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation that focused on African American women. The poll found that although black women are heavier than their white counterparts, they report having appreciably higher levels of self-esteem. Although 41 percent of average-sized or thin white women report having high self-esteem, that figure was 66 percent among black women considered by government standards to be overweight or obese.
(Post, Howard University to host ‘Black Women in America’ panel)
This is not news to Gibson or the other women in her morning boot camp class. They grew up listening to songs like the Commodores’s “Brick House” and hearing relatives extol the virtues of “big legs” and women with meat on their bones.
The notion that all women must be culled into a single little-bitty aesthetic is just one more tyranny, they say. And black women have tools for resisting tyranny, especially from a mainstream culture that has historically presented them negatively, or not at all.
Freed from that high-powered media gaze, generations of black women have fashioned their own definitions of beauty with major assists from literature and music — and help from their friends.
At this gym in Capitol Heights at the crack of dawn, and in myriad other places, that thinking has made black women happier with their bodies than white women in many ways. And in some ways, it’s put them on the slippery slope toward higher rates of obesity.

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The moment we or at least I have been WAITING for is finally HERE!
Good news: The Gilmore Girls reboot teaser trailer and streaming date has been announced.
Bad news: It doesn’t stream until November 25th. So far away!!
The trailer opens up with the show’s classic theme song and you catch a tiny glimpse of Lane at the Stars Hollow gazebo, Lukes diner and, Miss Patty’s Dance School.
Then follows a scene between Lorelai and Rory and all of the excitement sets in! Lorelai asks if Rory thinks Amy Schumer would like her and while Rory doesn’t think so, Schumer actually tweeted in response to the trailer, “I would love her!” And later followed up with:
The reboot will be a four part special on Netflix that follows a year in the life of all of the Stars Hollow characters.


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I like people to decipher the story within this new illustration for themselves
"The Honey-Tongued Hostess"
I think this beauty deserves a closer look...
I am really proud of this piece. 8 x 10" prints are already in the shop if your interested.
What do YOU think the story with this one is???

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ur friends are funny and i love the song 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love this song.
I play this song whenever I'm cruisin' downtown San Francisco in my truck. I like the way you did the whole thing. Plus.... Oh, hell. I can't figure out wtf I wanna say. Great job though.
Its okay, really, it shouldn't get any more than a 1 for score, but I like SOAD, so you get 8. Your lucky i'm so generous.
a bit random, but SOAD is always good. the animation itself was pretty random overall, but it was a great time killer.
This is so pointless, bad and waste of space. Don't get me wrong, System Of A Down is my all time favourite band, but this killed the best song. If your going to make a flash movie of Chop Suey, do it properly.


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If you have read my blog at all you will know that I am a proponent of notated charts, not of lyrics and chord charts or just a melody with chords over it.
To understand why I believe in notated charts, read my previous posts:
For this post I am focusing on how to chart a song you have not written. Writing a chart for your own song is a different story.
Charting a song by another artist requires certain tools:
- A good mp3 or recording. Carefully choosing the mp3 helps your team and helps you. Find a recording that is high quality and that has the style you are looking for. I talk about the role of recordings here.
- A metronome. I use Frozen Ape on my iPhone, but a simple adjustable tick-tock will do.
- Software. Gone are the days of longhand. Get Finale. I am a huge proponent of this software and have been using it since 1991. Finale enables you to set templates, play your music back, adjust and edit music quickly, and much more. The learning curve can be steep, but the work is worth it. If you are in a church or academic institution you can take advantage of a huge discount.
- A basic understanding of music theory. You do not need to be able to analyze symphonies or understand jazz chord structures. You simply need to be able to identify a chord when you hear it as I, IV, V, 1st inversion, 2nd inversion, etc.
- A good ear attached to a good mind. Yeah, here’s the rub. You can’t use the other tools if you do not have this. You must be able to listen to a recording and distinguish individual parts, and then you have to be able to notate what you hear. This takes practice, but you can do it!
- Patience and humility. Your first charts will have lots of mistakes. Expect it, and be ready to graciously say, “Thanks for pointing that out. I will fix it,” rather than getting defensive because someone pointed out that you are human. You will get better and more confident as you do this more and more.
Before we jump in to the details, let me show you the end product. Here are parts of a completed chart (I’m not posting the whole thing due to copyright concerns, which is another issue altogether).
OK, so once you have gotten the tools at hand and figured out how to use them, here are the steps I follow in writing all of my charts. Ready?
- Figure out the tempo marking with your metronome and a word or two to describe the style. For instance, Rock ballad quarter note = 80. No wussy things like “Prayerfully” or “Hopefully.” Always use words that a musician can act on.
- Figure out the primary time signature (4/4, 3/4, etc.) and key signature. Both of these can change throughout the piece, but we will discover that as we go.
- Set up a grand staff. The top one should be Vocal and the bottom one should be Rhythm. I prefer to use a treble clef on the Vocal staff, but a bass clef on the Rhythm staff because I always begin with the bass. More on that later. Enter in all of the data (key and time signature, etc.). In a program like Finale all of this is created for you at the very beginning in the set-up screen. You enter in all of the values and it plugs them right in.
- Now listen to the recording closely all the way through. Find any places where the time signature changes and notate that on the appropriate measure. Often pop songs will add or subtract two beats in a 4/4 song for interest. There are multiple ways to notate this, but just do what makes sense to you.
- Next, do the same for the key signature, notating the changes in the appropriate measure.
- Enter section numbers/letters/descriptors. I give each section a letter and name: “A: INTRO,” “B: VERSE 1,” D: BRIDGE,” and so forth to facilitate learning and rehearsal.
- Now you should have a complete layout: Vocal and Rhythm staves, time signatures, key signatures, tempo markings, section markings, and the exact number of measures in the song. If the song has an extended ending you just need to decide how much of that ending you want to include.
- Now listen through the recording and notate the bass line. By bass line I mean the lowest note of the chord, not the bass part.
- Next figure out the chords over each bass note and enter them accordingly.
- Once the bass line and chords are entered, in Finale you can use the Clef tool and convert the Rhythm staff to the proper styles. I use slash notation for straightforward, non-syncopated parts; rhythmic notation for parts that are syncopated or require rhythmic precision; and regular notation where I need for a musician to play exact notes. I also occasionally notate the basic drum pattern at the beginning of a section.
- Now notate the melody in the Vocal staff. If the melody varies from verse to verse, I generally (not always) make a decision to keep the verses identical in deference to the congregation, who needs to learn the song quickly.
- Enter lyrics.
- By this time you probably have listened to the song a dozen times. Write in directions you want to give the team at certain points to help them. Under the Rhythm staff I write in notes such as “fill,” E Gtr solo (electric guitar solo), “piano only,” “pads,” “kick on 2 & 4,” and so forth. On the Vocal staff I write directions such as “unison 1st x,” “harmony 2nd verse,” and so forth. These directions can save you tons of rehearsal time.
- Finally write the form of the piece in the upper left hand corner of the first page so that the band always has a cheat sheet to the structure.
- Now decide if you are going to sing the song in the key of the recording or change it. A good rule of thumb is that the melody should go no higher than a “D” and no lower than a “D.” A lot of melodies are rang-ey and break these rules, but the meat and potatoes of the song should be in this range so that the congregation can sing it easily.
- As you do the final layout of the music on the page, format the chart so that you have lots of white space, reduce the size of the music to 90%, and try to keep the music on two pages. In Finale you can print individual Rhythm and Vocal charts.
- Print out the charts and read them as you listen to the song to find errors. Fix them. Be professional. No colliding lyrics, lyrics covering chords, repeat signs covering the system above, and so forth. Every detail can help you save time in rehearsal by giving you clarity. If you do not have clarity you will waste time fixing it.
- Get the charts to your band and go for it.
This is a lot of information on how to chart a song, and there are a lot of subtleties I have not mentioned, but this is my basic process. I have been developing this process for about 12 years now and I can pump out a basic tune in an hour or two. At the end of that time period I know the song like the back of my hand and am ready to walk into a rehearsal and work with the band.
I am considering creating some Finale tutorials, so let me know if this has been helpful to you.

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Local authorities must embrace digital technologies and put them at the heart of what they do in order to improve services to citizens and save billions of pounds in the process, according to a report by "innovation foundation" Nesta.
The Connected Councils: A digital vision of local government in 2025 report recognises many local authority are on this path, but much more needs to be done, specifically around digitising the back-office.
“Local government has made huge progress in enabling residents to carry out basic transactions online. But most councils have a long way to go to deliver smooth, frictionless services and fully digitise their back offices,” the report says.
To do this councils should become more like technology companies by operating in a “lean, agile and data-driven” manner, the report says.
Many current technology trends can help councils achieve this transformation, it argues.
“Siloed services will be replaced with multi-agency teams that form around specific local challenges. A truly mobile workforce has freed up public space. Almost all transactions take place online,” the report continues.
“Instead of two-dimensional council websites, interactive platforms connect users with third-party apps and services, and stream personalised content on local democracy, jobs and services.”
The report even suggests that leading councils should work together to create their own digital products if there are no suitable offerings from vendors in the market, or make it clear to the market that a demand for such products exists.
"Leading councils should come together to stimulate the market for new digital products. Councils have specific IT requirements which aren’t currently being met by off the peg, open standards-based cloud solutions," it says.
"As a first step, councils could map their current business functions and identify areas for which software either doesn’t exist or doesn’t quite meet the needs of the local government sector. This information should then be clearly signposted to industry to stimulate the development of new solutions."
Another topic the report touches on is open data, with Nesta arguing that councils should do everything they can to digitise and publish their datasets and push them to developers to help create new tools the public can use.
“Opening up local council data could transform councils’ capacity to understand and respond to new and emerging needs,” the report says.
“It could also provide a foundation for new innovations to emerge – social entrepreneurs, civic hackers, data analysts and citizens could use this information to develop new approaches to tackling a range of social, economic and environmental problems."
The report says the Cabinet Office should take responsibility for organising this, to ensure that everyone involved is made aware of the requirements.
Nesta's report admits going digital will require some additional investment, particularly in new skills.
"While councils have a number of options for attracting and developing talent, in the long term they may need to face up to the need to pay technical employees more or buy in a greater volume of services," the report says.
"Even if these skills can be brought in from outside, commissioners will need to be sufficiently digitally literate to purchase the appropriate goods and services."
Nevertheless, it argues this must be tackled head-on in order to ensure digital becomes central to everything councils do.
"The true potential of digital technologies will only be realised when digitisation is seen as core to what councils do, as opposed to a discrete or separate set of services," the report says.
"To realise this vision, councils need a digital architecture to streamline business functions and enable data sharing and integration across all services; procurement methods which move away from big proprietary systems and prevent lock-in; and investments in experimentation, accessibility and skills."
V3 has launched The V3 Digital Technology Leaders Awards to celebrate the best in digital transformation. Entries are open now.
V3 has launched a new Digital Technology Leaders Awards to celebrate the best in digital projects, people and teams - make sure you enter now, free of charage, to be in with a chance of winning.
Latest Tesla news: Tesla share price continues to fall after Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund is linked to investment in rival
SEC 'probe' takes its toll on Tesla as new research suggests that Tesla loses $6,000 on every $35,000 Model 3
RTX 280 Ti will come with 11GB of fast GDDR6 video RAM with a 352-bit memory bus offering 616Gbps
The scale of jobs lost to automation will be at least as large as those in the first three industrial revolutions
10nm Cannon Lake Core i3-8121U CPUs make a rare outing with Intel's NUC mini PC

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Women’s Fiesta Craft Night
April 14 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Can’t wait for this night of fun and fellowship! Join us at the church for a Mexican-themed carry-in. We will have a Cricut machine and tie-dye station, and we’re ending the evening with Bingo!!!
Bring a t-shirt, socks, notebook, bag, or whatever you have to craft on. We will also have some blank items for a small fee to tie dye or Cricut something pretty. Amanda Wagner has donated some pre-made graphics for people to choose from, along with printing some on the spot.


Expect speed, upgraded visuals, more management tools.
Google has officially announced that it is rolling out its new AdWords experience to all advertisers. The new “experience” was unveiled last year, followed by a rollout over several months, from August of last year until the present. The company promised it would be available to everyone by the end of the year, and now it’s here.
The new AdWords experience promises to be faster and more intuitive, with a renewed focus on achieving business goals.
In addition to a clutter-free design and easy navigation, pages will load 20% faster, so you can get your AdWords tasks done in less time.
There are many new features that are exclusive to the new interface. Features such as the “Landing Pages” page give new ways to monitor performance and call bid adjustments give advertisers control over how often a call option appears in an ad.
In conclusion, launching the new AdWords interface is a significant milestone in the constantly evolving digital advertising landscape. Advertisers can now leverage a more user-friendly and streamlined platform to create, manage, and optimize their campaigns. As the world of digital marketing continues to become more complex, it’s essential to stay ahead of the curve. Collaborating with a trustworthy digital marketing company in India could be a smart move to make the most of this updated interface. At Brandconn Digital, our experts possess the expertise and experience to navigate these changes effectively, ensuring that your advertising campaigns achieve their full potential and deliver the desired results in the dynamic world of online marketing.


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It’s been a while since I had done any craft projects. I have been itching to do something lately, though. So when I saw this, I just knew I had to try it.
I followed the directions for a Fishnet Wrapped Mason Jar from It All Started with Paint. It was pretty easy to start.
It actually went pretty quick! It’s a little messy with all the little “hairs” coming off the twine.
And I love how it turned out! I filled it with shells and put it in my beach themed bathroom.
I love it! I think I’m going to make a couple more, too!

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A profound spiritual experience in the northern New Mexico high desert ignited the heart of Natalie Gail with the physical experience of God’s love. In her book, FearFlip: Following Fear to Find Your Freedom, Natalie shares the paradigm-changing appreciation of fear and offers FearFlip™, a unique, powerful, and effective process to transform all anxiety into lasting love.
In FearFlip you will:
- Learn how to value fear as a trusted, reliable friend that you can count on to guide you right back home to peace.
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“FearFlip is for anyone who wants to break out of the downward emotional spiral created by fear, anxiety, depression, and ongoing stress. Natalie Gail provides a fresh perspective and clear path to asking the right questions that can help a person move through fear. When used in a therapeutic setting, this powerful process becomes even more effective as the client journals and interacts with the therapist to move through the emotionally stuck place that fear creates. In a nutshell, FearFlip is a vehicle for positive change whether it is used alone for self-help or with a therapist. I will incorporate this unique and practical therapeutic tool in my clinical training of both interns and therapists.”
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The BC College of Engineering required an expanded data center to serve its classroom and lab spaces. In conjunction with BC’s architect, ESI designed the HVAC system for full climate-control of the new IT space.
ESI provided a study of boiler plant replacement options serving two large residence Halls on the Boston College campus. After completing the study, ESI prepared MEP construction documents illustrating the construction of a dual-fuel, high efficiency boiler plant, with dedicated DHW heating system. The Boiler Plant was incorporated into the Campus EMS. In addition, heating zone controls were added to the residence halls to minimize energy use. This project also included modifications to the existing normal power distribution system and upgrade of the existing emergency distribution system serving the boiler plant and residence halls including a new 250kW diesel emergency generator in a sound-attenuated weatherproof enclosure, new emergency electric room and standby distribution to support the new boiler plant.
ESI conducted a survey/study of the chiller plant serving the O’Neill Library at Boston College. The report identified existing Mechanical/Electrical conditions. To minimize major modifications to the existing infrastructure, ESI recommended at 260-ton chiller. Again, to minimize piping modifications, the recommended chiller was a 2-pass variety.
ESI was retained by BU and Wilson Butler Architects (WBA) to provide Mechanical/Electrical Engineering services in support of their Master Plan infrastructure upgrade program for the College of Fine Arts Buildings at 855 Comm. Ave and 808 Comm. Ave, both of which are over 80,000 sf. The first phase of this project was to conduct a Master Plan study, in collaboration with WBA. The second phase, completed in summer of 2008, was infrastructure upgrade design and construction services for 855 Comm. Ave including new 15kV primary electrical service (NSTAR 15kV Station located inside the building to serve this building and the adjacent building), new 480/277 Volt, 2500kVA single-ended substation, new 300kW diesel emergency generator in a sound attenuated weatherproof enclosure, new emergency and standby distribution system, new 800 ton central chiller plant with pumps, rooftop cooling towers, new steam-to-hot water converter system to serve two buildings from campus steam, and basement chilled water and hot water piping distribution to serve future risers on upper floors. Total cost for this phase of the project was over 5 million dollars.
The next phase of this project involved fit-up of the 855 Comm. Ave basement with Music Classrooms, pre-fab practice rooms, central station AHUs, and Direct Digital controls. This multiphase fit-up reached completion in spring 2009. This project presented some significant challenges due to space constraints, difficult access for survey, and critical sound criteria for the spaces served. Total cost for this phase of the project is valued at over 10 million dollars.
ESI also was involved in Mechanical/Electrical design upgrades for large Classrooms in the College of Arts and Sciences at 725 Comm. Ave.
ESI completed a Technical Energy Audit for BU’s Photonics Lab in Boston, a facility with Laser labs, Wet labs, Clean Rooms, and large Teaching Classrooms. As a result of this study, ESI was hired to design, provide construction administration, and commissioning services in support of implementation of over $2 million in infrastructure upgrade projects, which have decreased building energy consumption by over 25%. Additional details include:
- Replaced (8) induced dilution lab exhaust fans.
- Reworked chilled water piping to implement process chilled water free cooling utilizing AHU cooling coils for heat rejection.
- In the final stages of implementing a building wide controls infrastructure upgrade with optimized sequencing and night setback.
- Analyzed ventilation on a room-by-room basis and reduced overventilated spaces to code compliant minimums.
- Retrofitted (3) steam boilers with microprocessor parallel positioning controls and variable speed drives.
- Upgrades projected to reduce building energy consumption by 20%.
ESI designed a new Chiller Plant for the Administrative Complex at Brandeis University. The new plant includes a new 150-ton chiller, condenser and chilled water pumps, free cool plate and frame exchanger, ASHRAE 15 refrigerant machine room ventilation system and new direct digital controls for automatic control of the plant.
For the Kutz building at Brandeis University, ESI provided mechanical and structural plans and specifications to install a new cooling tower and related pumps for Kutz Building. One of the main objectives of this project was to relocate the tower to the building’s roof to eliminate it from the front of the building. In addition, ESI provided stamped electrical drawings for the project as well as Construction Administrative services.
ESI designed a new chiller plant, custom air handling systems and electrical infrastructure for this prestigious museum which houses priceless works of art. Due to limited mechanical space, a new custom air handler was designed that could be “stick built” in place during a limited shutdown period. The new system will provide both temperature and relative humidity control for the museum. The campus direct digital control system was expanded to include this new system. This project is currently under construction.
In 2011, ESI was introduced to Brown University via reference from Acentech Acoustical Consultant Doug Sturz, who was retained by Brown to evaluate acoustical problems associated with the recently installed HVAC systems for the Pembroke Hall Multi-Purpose Center. Although the project size was small, the architectural constraints to potential changes to the Room’s HVAC systems limited design retrofit options. Based on ESI’s evaluation and follow-up remedial design, the acoustical issues were reportedly resolved, providing a successful introduction of ESI to Brown University’s Facilities Dept.
ESI was retained by Brown in 2012 to evaluate feasibility of replacing the inefficient air-cooled chiller system serving the building’s central air handling system S-1 with chilled water from the central plant as well as converting the unit preheat from central plant steam to hot water. The Building EMS serving the AHU-S-1was also upgraded in this project. In consultation with Brown’s facilities engineering department, an innovative dual duty replacement coil configuration was chosen to permit use of the existing AHU fan system with central plant chilled and hot water. ESI successfully commissioned this project in early 2013.
Based on energy evaluation of the building performed by another consultant, ESI was retained by Brown to provide design and construction administration services for the implementation of a new Waterside economizer (Free Cool) system to permit chiller shutdown in the winter, as well as boiler system remedial design changes to permit efficient use of existing gas-fired condensing boilers for summer duty independent of the central campus heating plant. Project was successfully commissioned by ESI in 2012.
Engineered Solutions Inc. was retained by Brown in 2011 to evaluate HVAC system upgrade options for this historic vintage 1770’s facility. Due to tight space and historic preservation constraints, as well as the need to maintain year-round building operations during system upgrade construction made this project a major challenge. Working closely with Brown’s Facilities Engineering and Maintenance staff, as well as an outside Construction cost consultant, ESI identified feasible options for complete replacement of the existing building HVAC systems without major disruption of Building operations (allowing for partial space shutdowns during semester break periods). Based on the results of our study, Brown University decided to go forward with a capital improvement program valued at approximately $4.5 million dollars. ESI received positive feedback from Brown regarding the quality and depth of our study and was retained in late 2012 to serve as the prime consultant for development of construction documents for this project to permit bidding of the work in time for major construction commencing summer of 2013. We proceeded through schematic design; however, the project was suspended in early 2013 due to University funding constraints..
ESI was hand selected by Harvard University and their most trusted advisor, Northstar Project Management, to provide MEP engineering services for the complete replacement and modernization of Harvard’s most prestigious building, Massachusetts Hall. Massachusetts Hall, built in 1720, was originally utilized as a dormitory and was occupied by the American Army during the Revolutionary War. Currently the President and Provost of Harvard with their staff occupy the building. The building also houses a freshmen dormitory on the top level. The existing MEP systems in the building have exceeded their useful life and do not provide a comfortable, convenient and efficient environment for Harvard’s senior administration. The existing systems were in varying states of disrepair and newer HVAC systems were very loud within important office and conference room spaces. One of the most important challenges of this project was to maintain the historical and architectural beauty of the building.
The MEP upgrade designed by ESI include a new bathroom core up through all levels, new electrical service, and an entirely new HVAC system. Due to the low floor to ceiling overhead, ceiling ductwork could not be tolerated. ESI also did not want to apply a hydronic solution that would place noisy fans in the occupied spaces. After long hours spent in the building, ESI conceived of a VAV air handling system that would rely on perimeter vertical supply ducts that would rise within wall pilasters and millwork. Dual air handlers and VAV boxes located in the basement connect to the perimeter supply air risers. Careful consideration was given to noise attenuation. This $12M project required careful planning and pre-purchase of long lead time items so that construction could be completed over the summer of 2018.
ESI, as a consultant to Payette Architects, provided HVAC plans through Design Development for the Fogg Museum of Art on the main campus. Due to the collections stored on-site, climate control was a key element in the renovation project. Custom built-in-place AHUs were designed to condition the building along with state-of-the-art control systems. The project was put on hold due to budget constraints and has not been constructed as of this date.
ESI studied the feasibility of utilizing a cogeneration plant to provide power and heat for one of Harvard’s large research buildings (NRB). The study examined 800 KW gas engines and fuel cells, both with 100% heat recovery utilized for the buildings HW reheat systems. Harvard is in the process of reviewing the study.
ESI was hired to design new air handling systems to replace three existing air handling units which provide make-up air to this chemistry lab building. ESI developed a phased construction project that allowed the 3 units to be replaced with two new custom air handling units without loss of service to the critical labs in the space.
ESI designed a new 500-ton chiller plant (including cooling towers) for the JFK School of Government. The challenging aspect to this project was the tight space constraints we had to work with. Cooling towers were equipped with VFDs for control and the renovated plant was incorporated into their campus EMS.
ESI was hired to examine the design, construction, and operation of the “problematic” 240 ton geothermal HVAC system serving a portion of their campus. ESI identified design and construction deficiencies and provided construction documents to remedy the problems and revised Sequences of Operation to minimize the burden on the Operations staff.
ESI was hired by Tufts University and Payette Associates to design and oversee construction of Tufts Medical School’s new Gross Anatomy (GA) Laboratory, cadaver embalming and teaching space within its BRPH complex in Boston. ESI was selected by Tufts because of our successful long track record of designing and completing difficult building MEP infrastructure and renovation projects at Tufts’ Medford and Boston campuses. This GA project also required extensive building HVAC infrastructure system upgrade, of which is one of ESI’s specialties. This $15M construction project involved the complete renovation of 25,000 SF of Tufts BRPH complex in Boston. New infrastructure systems to meet the stringent air change, temperature, and relative humidity requirements of the lab included a new 40,000 CFM roof-mounted air handler, new exhaust systems, new air risers, heat recovery systems, electrical infrastructure, and extension of other building utilities. The new lab will maintain appropriate temperature and relative humidity levels for preservation of cadaver specimens even when occupied by 240 students and faculty regardless of outdoor conditions. Since the BRPH is fully occupied, careful planning and design was required to ensure the safety and comfort of building occupants during construction of the new GA lab.
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ESI was selected by Tufts to develop an MEP master plan for this complex Laboratory that incorporates four older buildings in downtown Boston. Currently the HVAC systems do not provide adequate air changes and cooling to the lab spaces. There is also insufficient emergency power and normal power at the complex to support larger HVAC systems to properly ventilate the building. Working with the project architect and owner, ESI has developed a plan that will allow for the installation of new HVAC system to meet the required air changes in this complex without constructing a new normal power service and without significant interruption to normal operations in the building.
2009 Boiler Burner Study – ESI evaluated the (4) Tufts Boiler Plants for merits of burner control retrofit options for the low-pressure steam boilers.
2011 - Phase I of the Tufts Central Boiler Plant Upgrade Project - installed new gas service for the (2) 700BHP Cleaver Brooks low pressure steam boilers and also burner control upgrade for the (2) CB boilers with new dual fuel burners (gas and No. 2 fuel oil), originally fired via No. 6 fuel oil.
2013 – Phase II of the Tufts Central Boiler Plant Upgrade Project – new fuel oil system to serve the (2) 700 BHP Cleaver Brooks Boilers and (1) Erie Watertube 800 BHP boilers, consisting of (2) new underground fuel oil tanks, new duplex fuel oil pump set, new tank monitoring/leak detection control system.
ESI was hired to design a new HVAC and kitchen ventilation system for this main dining facility at Tuft’s Medford Campus. The existing system was very ineffective at maintaining comfort and proper ventilation for the two commercial kitchens in the building.Also, during hot summer months, the walls of the occupied spaces and kitchens would become wet with condensation due to insufficient cooling/dehumidification and control of room temperature setpoints. ESI designed a new building wide HVAC system that corrected all of the temperature and humidity problems with the building but without an increase in the operating cost of the building. The new system included a new chiller plant for cooling to replace inefficient DX cooling systems, variable volume grease hood exhaust controls, makeup air VAV control and four new air handlers to supply to dining and kitchen spaces. Another efficiency enhancement maximized the transfer of dining room ventilation air into building kitchens so that dining room air could be used twice rather than only one time before being exhausted from the building. This project has exceeded all expectations and runs without mechanical disruption.
ESI has completed design of a new process chiller system utilizing a heat recovery chiller to allow for free make-up air preheating during winter months. ESI first studied many different chiller replacement options and helped the owner understand the pros/cons of each option. Based on the favorable energy savings and simple operation, a heat pump chiller solution was selected.
Because of ESI’s extensive experience with existing building infrastructure system upgrade work, Tufts University selected ESI to plan, design and oversee construction for the installation of new air handling systems to replace three original, 50-year-old air handlers. This project was complicated by the fact that the library is occupied year-round, and extended interruption in HVAC service is not acceptable. Also, due to lack of space for replacement air handling units, the new units had to be installed in the same space as the existing air handlers. ESI developed a phased scheme that called for the installation of two new, custom, stick-built, 45,000 CFM air handlers over a two-year period so that the library would never be without air handling capacity for an extended period.
ESI was hired to provide MEP/FP engineering services for the design of a new 45,000 square foot student campus center. The new campus center was just completed on the two lower levels of an existing building that was originally constructed in 1967. Very little infrastructure upgrade work had been completed at this building over the past 40 years making this renovation very challenging. To make matters worse, the main kitchen and cafeteria, which serves all commuter and resident students, was located on one of the floors to be renovated. After an extended SD phase that established the extensive MEP/FP requirements for this project, ESI designed all new HVAC systems, kitchen ventilation systems, electrical infrastructure and distribution systems, emergency power systems, plumbing and fire protection systems for the building and project. This $17 million, multi-phased project was successfully completed in July of 2012.


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An apparatus is disclosed for processing information including a bus, a controller circuit, the controller circuit being configured to control transfer of information over the bus, and a slave circuit. The slave circuit includes a slave timing circuit which variably generates a ready signal indicating when the slave can accept data to allow the slave circuit to function in computer systems having different bus speeds. The controller circuit and the slave circuit exchange information via the bus at a speed controlled by the ready signal.
1. Data transfer apparatus for adapting a computer system having a bus connecting to expansion devices to interact compatibly with an expansion device designed to couple to a plurality of differently configured buses; said apparatus comprising:
a system clock generator for generating a cyclic system clock signal;
a synchronous bus for transferring data at a predetermined speed; said synchronous bus including a path for transmitting said system clock signal, said synchronous bus further including a signal path for conveying start signals to said expansion device, each start signal indicating that a data transfer is required between the expansion device and said bus;
an expansion device coupled to said bus containing circuitry selectively programmable to configure the respective device to conduct data transfers relative to said bus at one of a plurality of speeds including said predetermined speed; and
means coupled to said bus for transferring programming signals via said bus to said programmable circuitry on said expansion device for selectively configuring said expansion device to conduct data transfers relative to said synchronous bus at said predetermined speed; said programming signals including data signals representing numerical timing information associated with said predetermined speed;
said programmable circuitry including:
a register for receiving and storing said data signals representing said numerical timing information; and
a programmable timing circuit coupled to said register and said bus for utilizing said numerical timing information and said clock signals repeatedly to control data transfers between said respective expansion device and said bus at said predetermined speed, said programmable timing circuit including means for generating a ready signal after a predetermined number of cycles of said system clock signals following receipt of each said start signal, said ready signal indicating that the expansion device is ready to transfer data relative to said bus, and said predetermined number of cycles conforming each respective transfer to said predetermined speed,
wherein said programmable timing circuit further includes two registers and two programmable counter circuits respectively associated with individual ones of said two registers, and wherein said numerical timing information contains two distinct numerical timing values that are stored in respective ones of said registers and are loaded cyclically from said registers into said respectively associated programmable counter circuits; said at least two counter circuits being stepped by said clock signals after loading of respective numerical timing values therein, and upon reaching a predetermined count state establishing conditions for enabling issuance of said ready signal; said timing circuit further including means for selecting between outputs of said counters, in data transfers designated by individual ones of said start signals, to variably control delays in issuance of said ready signal corresponding to said numerical values held in said respective registers.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said bus is subject to attachment to a plurality of different types of devices including memory devices and Input/Output devices, and wherein said bus includes a path for providing a selection signal for each said data transfer operation; each said selection signal indicating whether a respective data transfer is between said expansion device and a said memory device or between said expansion device and a said Input/Output device; one of said two programmable counters being associated with data transfers relative to a said memory device, and another of said two programmable counters being associated with data transfers relative to a said Input/Output device; said programmable timing circuit being responsive to said selection signal for selecting the output of one of said two programmable counters for controlling generation of said ready signal.
3. Apparatus in accordance with claim 1 wherein said programming signals are transmitted to said at least one expansion device during initialization of said system, establishing the respective said at least one expansion device in a predetermined configuration relative to said synchronous bus and said system.
4. An expansion device for attachment to a computer system having a synchronous bus with a predetermined configuration, said bus containing paths for conducting data signals and cyclic clock signals said expansion device being adaptable for transferring data relative to a plurality of differently configured buses including said synchronous bus; said expansion device comprising:
a programmable timing circuit coupled to said bus for receiving and storing configuration control data issued by said computer system during a first predetermined time interval preceding conduction of data transfers on said bus; said control data including timing information specifying a predetermined speed at which data is to be transferred between said expansion device and said bus wherein said timing information includes two discrete numerical values; said programmable timing circuit also including: means for receiving start signals via said bus after said first predetermined interval, each said start signal indicating that a data transfer is required to be conducted between said device and said bus; and means responsive to said start signal, said clock signals and said stored timing information for generating a ready signal at a predetermined time after receipt of each said start signal, said predetermined time conforming each said data transfer to said predetermined speed, wherein said programmable timing circuit generates said ready signal after a variable number of cycles of said clock signal determined specifically by said timing control information;
wherein said programmable timing circuit includes:
two programmable counters,
two registers for separately storing said two numerical values in association with said two counters,
means for repeatedly loading said two values from said registers into said associated counters,
means for cyclically stepping said counters in synchronism with said clock signals, and
means for generating a ready signal when a selected one of said two counters reaches a predetermined state after being loaded with the numerical values from the associated registers and stepped;
and wherein said bus is subject to attachment to memory and input/output devices with which said expansion device is able to communicate, and said bus further includes a path for providing a selection signal to said device; said selection signal indicating whether a data transfer is to be conducted between said expansion device and a said memory device or between said expansion device and a said input/output device; said programmable timing circuit being responsive to said selection signal for selecting one of said two programmable counters as said selected one of said two counters controlling generation of said ready signal.
5. An expansion device in accordance with claim 4 wherein said first predetermined time interval occurs during initialization of said computer system.
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/146,472 filed Nov. 2, 1993, now abandoned, which is a continuation of prior/parent application Ser. No. 07/543,276 filed Jun. 25, 1990, now abandoned.
The present invention relates to computer systems which are configured to receive expansion cards.
Generally in computer systems and especially in personal computer systems, data are transferred between various elements such as a central processing unit (CPU), input/output (I/O) adapters, I/O devices such as bus masters (i.e., elements which can control the computer system) or bus slaves as well as memory devices such as the system memory. These elements are often interconnected via a system bus which is part of a system architecture. The architecture is designed for the movement of data, address and command information with or between these elements. In personal computer systems, one such architecture has become an industry standard and is here referred to as the Family I bus architecture.
The Family I bus architecture has become widely used by personal computers such as the IBM PC and PC/AT. The Family I bus architecture transfers information using eight parallel paths (an 8-bit wide bus) or 16 parallel paths (a 16-bit wide bus). A significant feature of the Family 1 bus architecture is the requirement of performing all transfers in synchronization with one basic clock signal, hereinafter referred to as a CLK signal. The CLK signal is an 8 MHZ signal which is provided to every element which is connected to the bus.
Because of the popularity of the Family I bus architecture, it has become advantageous to extend the Family I architecture to a 32-bit wide format. Customer acceptance requires maintaining downward compatibility with the original Family I bus architecture. Presently, maintaining downward compatibility requires that all elements on the architecture's bus operate at the original Family I clock rate of approximately 8 MHz. Techniques for allowing the bus to operate at different speeds have been proposed.
In one aspect, the invention is an apparatus for processing information including a bus, a controller circuit controlling transfer of information over the bus, and a slave circuit. The slave circuit includes a slave timing circuit which variably generates a ready signal indicating when the slave can accept data. The controller circuit and the slave circuit exchange information via the bus at a speed related to the ready signal.
In preferred embodiments, the slave timing circuit includes a speed selection circuit which provides speed information based upon speed selection information provided by the controller circuit, the slave timing circuit includes a counter circuit which provides a generate ready signal based upon the speed information, the slave timing circuit includes a device control circuit which receives the generate ready signal and generates the ready signal based upon timing information provided by the controller circuit via the bus, and the timing information includes a start transfer control signal which indicates at what time to initiate a transfer via the bus.
For a fuller understanding of the invention, reference should be had to the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. Throughout the specification and drawings, # indicates a logical NOT signal.
FIG. 1 shows a computer system which includes cards according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 shows a diagrammatic-block diagram of a timing circuit of the FIG. 1 multiple speed expansion card.
FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of the FIG. 2 timing circuit.
FIG. 4 is a timing diagram of the FIG. 2 timing circuit.
Referring to FIG. 1, computer system 10 includes controller circuit 12 which includes CPU 12c, bus control circuit 12bc and system memory 12m, fixed speed expansion card 13, a plurality of multiple speed expansion cards 14 and bus master expansion card 15, which may function as a controller circuit. CPU 12c and system memory 12m of controller circuit 12 communicate with expansion cards 13, 14, 15 via digital, multibit, parallel bus 16 under the control of bus control circuit 12bc. Expansion cards 13, 14, 15 also communicate with other expansion cards 13, 14, 15 via bus 16 under the control of bus controller 12bc. Each multiple speed expansion card 14 includes timing circuit 18 which receives signals from and provides signals to bus 16. It is understood that computer system 10 is not limited to this configuration but can include any combination of expansion cards 13, 14, 15.
Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, timing circuit 18 provides a card ready signal (RDY) which is programmable and variable based upon control information which is received from bus 16. More specifically, timing circuit 18 includes programmable speed control circuit 20 which programmably defines the speed of the RDY signal based upon control information which is received from controller circuit 12 via the data portion of bus 16. The control information includes a memory speed selection value which is stored in memory speed selection circuit 24 and an I/O speed selection value which is stored in I/O speed selection circuit 26. These values are provided to timing circuit 20 when computer system 10 is initialized.
The values stored in circuits 24, 26 are accessed when multiple speed expansion card 14 is addressed by either controller circuit 12 or bus master expansion card 15 to perform a data transfer sequence over bus 16. The data transfer sequence is either a memory transfer or a I/O transfer. A memory or I/O control signal (MIO), which is provided to card 14 via bus 16, indicates the type of transfer to be performed. A high MIO signal indicates a memory transfer and a low MIO signal indicates an I/O transfer.
Memory ready counter 28 and I/O ready counter 30 control the response time of the RDY signal depending on the speed information which is provided by circuits 24, 26, respectively. The memory and I/O values may be different so that each operation can have a unique programmed response time. Counters 28, 30 continuously provide the generate ready signals (GEN MR, GEN IOR) for each type of transfer; device control circuit 32 selects the appropriate generate ready signal and transmits the RDY signal to bus 16 based upon the state of the MIO control signal which is received from bus 16 and the GEN MR and GEN IOR signals.
Generating a RDY signal which is programmable and variable allows expansion card 14 to be used with computer systems having different system clock speeds. Because memory and I/O operations require a preset amount of time to execute, the RDY signal may be used to slow bus transfers by signalling that the requested transfer may not yet be performed, or to enable transfers by signalling that the requested transfer may be performed. Thus, by varying the number of system clock cycles needed to generate the RDY signal as the bus speed changes, the amount of time allowed to perform functions on expansion card 14 remains unchanged. More specifically, increasing the number of system clock cycles needed to generate the RDY signal allows expansion card 14 to operate in a system having a faster bus speed and decreasing the number of system clock cycles needed to generate the RDY signal allows expansion card 14 to operate in a system having a slower bus speed. Additionally, because the RDY signal is used, no new signal paths need be added to bus 16 to provide the multiple speed feature.
Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, memory speed selection circuit 24 includes register 40 and I/O speed selection circuit 26 includes register 42. Registers 40 and 42 contain the selection values for memory and I/O speeds, respectively. Both of these registers are loaded under program control via the data portion of bus 16 when a predefined I/O command is active.
In the preferred embodiment, registers 40, 42 are each 2-bits wide, and are loaded from data bits 0 and 1 and data bits 2 and 3, respectively, of bus 16 when the I/O command is active. Registers 40, 42 are preset to a default state corresponding to an 8 MHz bus speed during power-on reset so that a valid RDY signal response may be provided in response to the I/O command that is used to load registers 40, 42. This default state is necessary because registers 40, 42 directly control all ready signals which are issued by expansion card 14. Additionally, if expansion card 14 is added to an existing system which does not implement the multiple speed feature, card 14 operates properly.
The two bits stored by register 40 are provided to counter 28; the two bits stored by register 42 are provided to counter 30. When expansion card 14 is addressed by controller 12 or bus master expansion card 15 and a data transfer control signal is active on bus 16, memory counter 28 and I/O counter 30 begin counting.
More specifically, a transfer sequence which is synchronous to a system clock signal (CLK) (i.e., timing information), and is initiated by activating an address start transfer control signal (ADDST#) which is active low is shown in FIG. 4. The values which are stored in registers 40, 42 may be different for memory and I/O operations. E.g., in the example shown in FIG. 4, the value which is stored in register 42 requires three clock periods for card 14 to respond to each I/O data transfer and the value which is stored in register 40 requires zero clock periods for card 14 to respond to each memory transfer.
The first instance in which the ADDST# signal becomes active commences operation of timing circuit 18 for a double I/O transfer (i.e., two back-to-back transfers). The MIO signal is low when ADDST# is active indicating that the transfer is an I/O transfer. The low MIO signal enables AND gate 44 and disables AND gate 46. Accordingly, device ready control circuit 32 passes through the output of I/O counter 30 (GEN IOR).
Counter 30 is loaded with a value of three from register 42 while the ADDST# signal is active. Counter 30 is then enabled to count down during time periods when a data transfer control signal (DATT#) is active. An active DATT# signal indicates that bus 16 is in a data transfer mode. Counter 30 decrements on the falling edge of the CLK signal when enabled by the DATT# signal.
When the count of counter 30 gets to zero, the GEN IOR signal becomes active and is passed through AND gate 44 and OR gate 48 to latch 50. Latch 50 receives this signal and, on the rise of the CLK signal, issues the RDY signal which has a three clock period delay.
NAND gate 52 and AND gate 54 cause counter 30 to restart a count of three, so that the subsequent transfer is properly timed. More specifically, NAND gate 52 becomes active when the RDY signal is active along with the inverse of the DATT# signal and the CLK signal. The output of NAND gate 52 propagates through AND gate 54 when the ADDST# signal is high. The output of AND gate 54 (the LOAD COUNTERS signal) causes counter 36 to reload to the value which is stored in register 42. The same sequence is then repeated a second time and RDY is again issued after a three clock delay. The vertical ticks on the RDY signal of FIG. 4 indicate when controller circuit 12 samples the RDY signal via bus 16.
FIG. 4 also shows the timing for the output of gate 54 (the LOAD COUNTERS signal) and how counters 28, 30 are loaded every time the ADDST# signal or the RDY signal is active. In the preferred embodiment, counters 34, 36 are simultaneously loaded because for every operation, one counter is a "don't care".
In FIG. 4, the second active ADDST# signal initiates a memory transfer over bus 16. This same MIO signal enables AND gate 46 to monitor the output of counter 34, the GEN MR signal. Simultaneously, AND gate 44 is disabled by the MIO signal and is not used during Memory transfers. Counter 34 is loaded with the count of zero from register 30 while the ADDST# signal is active. Counter 34 is then enabled to count down during time periods when a data transfer control signal (DATT#) is active. An active DATT# signal indicates that bus 16 is in a data transfer mode. Counter 30 decrements on the falling edge of the CLK signal when enabled by the DATT# signal. In the example, zero is loaded into counter 34 and thus a zero delay is provided for memory transfers. I.e., the RDY signal is always active and never causes a delay. The RDY signal always being active continues to load counter 34 with zero every period of the CLK signal. Therefore, counter 34 never counts down; it is continually loaded to zero. Accordingly, the GEN MR signal is always active, and passes through AND gate 46 and OR 48 to keep latch 50 continually set.
Other embodiments are within the following claims.
For example, because one of counters 34, 36 is always idle, the outputs from registers 30 and 32 may be multiplexed to one common counter. When only one counter is used, the M-IO signal is used to determine which register 30, 32 loads the counter.
Also for example, the memory and I/O differentiation could be removed to give all transfers the same ready delay time whether the transfer is a memory transfer or a I/O transfer.
Also for example, the timing of the expansion card could be differentiated by more than memory and I/O. For example, the first transfer of a sequence of back-to-back transfers could have a first programmed delay and subsequent transfers could have a different programmed delay or card initialization I/O transfers could have a first programmed delay and normal I/O transfers could have a second programmed delay.
Also for example, the delay of the RDY signal could be dynamically changed by periodically loading the speed selection registers.


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Udon Thani Restaurants
Udon Thani (อุดรธานี) is a province and a major city in the northern part of the Isaan region of Thailand (for these restaurants I’ll focus on places to eat within Udon Thani city).
Udon Thani (อุดรธานี) is quite a large city, with probably a population of 1/2 a million people. That means there’s enough of a population for quite a few outstanding restaurants and foods to try.
Fiery plates of green papaya salad (ส้มตำ som tam), sour and spicy soup (ต้มแซ่บ tom saab), and both grilled fish (pla pao ปลาเผา) and grilled chicken (ไก่ย่าง gai yang), are popular dishes you’ll find throughout Udon Thani. Sticky rice, known better as khao neow, is the ultimate staple throughout Isaan.
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My favorite Udon Thani restaurants:
Taw Baw Pla Pao (ท่อบ่อปลาเผา) – Udon Thani is famous in Thailand as an excellent province for eating freshwater tilapia fish, and probably the most well-known restaurant that serves pla pao, or roasted fish in the city is Taw Baw Pla Pao (ท่อบ่อปลาเผา). I had actually eaten grilled fish so many meals before I made it to this restaurant that I didn’t actually try their grilled whole fish, but I decided to try some of their other fish dishes, including their laab pla (ลาบปลา), a minced fish salad, which was probably the best version I’ve ever had in Thailand. This restaurant serves delicious fish dishes, and it’s a nice friendly and laid back environment. This is probably one of the best Udon Thani restaurants I would recommend – you can’t miss it!
Udon Miang Pla Pao (อุดรเมี่ยงปลาเผา) – Another outstanding restaurant that specializes in fresh tilapia fish in Udon Thani, is Udon Miang Pla Pao (อุดรเมี่ยงปลาเผา). The fish are stuffed with lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves, coated in a crust of salt, and grilled until juicy perfection. We ate the miang pla pao (เมี่ยงปลาเผา), a grilled fish served with a bounty of leaves and herbs and side sauce. You first grab a few leaves, add some fish and some condiments, then some sauce, and consume. The fish was incredibly fresh and cooked to perfection. Another excellent restaurant in Udon Thani, and another fantastic relaxing environment.
Laab Nuad (ร้านลาบหนวด เนื้อวัว 100%) – Along with many fish restaurants, Laab Nuad is a restaurant that specializes in Thai Isaan beef dishes, and makes them extraordinarily well. You’ll find dishes like koi neua (ก้อยคั่วเนื้อ), slices of beef dressed in fish sauce and lime juice, that is often served raw, or slightly cooked, and a fantastic version of tom saeb neua buay (ต้มแซ่บเนื้อเปื่อย), Isaan beef soup. Along with beef, Laab Nuad also has serves puang nom moo yang (พวงนมหมู), grilled pig breasts, which are stunningly tender and flavorful. But my favorite thing about eating at Laab Nuad, and to me what makes it one of the best restaurants in Udon Thani is the sauce – an unbelievably good concoction of dry chili, fish sauce, lime juice, and bile to give it a hit of bitterness.
Baan Pla Joom (ร้าน บ้านปลาจุ่ม) – Like you’ve already seen in this list, fish, specifically freshwater tilapia, is one of the most famous and popular things to eat in Udon Thani. Along with grilling, and making fish into salads, another common way you’ll find fish eaten in Udon Thani is in a dish called pla joom (ปลาจุ่ม), which is basically a fish hotpot. Baan Pla Joom (ร้าน บ้านปลาจุ่ม) is a nice laid back Isaan restaurant, situated literally at the end of the runway at Udon Thani airport. While they serve other Isaan dishes, their main speciality is the hotpot. The ingredients were fresh, the sauces were delicious, and I especially liked the laid back atmosphere.
As I continue to explore and eat at more Udon Thani restaurants, I’ll continue to blog and update this page.
Have a great time in Udon Thani, and enjoy the food!
– Mark Wiens
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Today on Meet the Press, Sen. John McCain claimed, “Most Americans — when they are asked ‘do you want to set a date for withdraw?’ — they say no.” Watch it:
McCain is wrong. Most American support a timetable for withdrawal. Here’s the latest CNN Poll:
CNN Poll conducted by Opinion Research Corporation. Aug. 2–3, 2006. N=1,047 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3 (for all adults).
“Which comes closer to your view about U.S. troops in Iraq? The U.S. should set a timetable for withdrawal by announcing that it will remove all of its troops from Iraq by a certain date. The U.S. should keep troops in Iraq as long as necessary without setting any timetable for withdrawal.”
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GREGORY: Let me show you something you said about public support for the war back last year in November. Put it on our screen. “If we can’t retain the support of the American people, we will have lost this war as soundly as if our forces were defeated on the battlefield.” As you well know, 60% is against the war. They say the war in Iraq has not been worth it. Has this government lost the people?
MCAIN: I don’t think so. Most Americans — when they are asked “do you want to set a date for withdraw?” — they say no. I’ve expressed my frustrations to you this morning. But they are not ready to face the consequences of failure by setting a date certain for withdraw. And I believe that they largely, although frustrated, recognize the consequences of failure.


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June Wellbeing Event
A wonderful June afternoon of Wellbeing with our Exeter customers.
We had so much fun with our customers last week at our Exeter Wellbeing Session- an afternoon filled with great conversation, lots of cake, and even some music by Exeter Supervisor, Charmaine.
Our Wellbeing Programme is part of our aim is to make our customers' care experience not just good – but great. We want to help combat our customers' social isolation and encourage a sense of independence through monthly events and trips which help create a community of friends.
“We see a real difference in our customers who attend our coffee mornings, lunches and other events. This initiative provides real opportunities for contact and conversation – so vital in combatting feelings of isolation and loneliness, as well as providing respite for unpaid carers looking after loved ones.”
- Director, Sarah Flint


Ubiquitous Tracking Projects
Current tracking solutions routinely used in a clinical, potentially surgically sterile, environment are limited to mechanical, electromagnetic or classic optical tracking. Main limitations of these technologies are respectively the size of the arm, the influence of ferromagnetic parts on the magnetic field and the line of sight between the cameras and tracking targets. These drawbacks limit the use of tracking in a clinical environment. The aim of this project is the development of so-called inside-out tracking, where one or more small cameras are fixed on clinical tools or robotic arms to provide tracking, both relative to other tools and static targets.
These developments are funded from the 1st of January 2016 to 31st of December 2017 by the ZIM project Inside-Out Tracking for Medical Applications (IOTMA).


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What a delight it was to meet up with fellow members for our summer meeting at our regular venue, the Gosford/Edogawa Commemorative Gardens and Regional Gallery. Regrettably, and for understood and respected reasons, several of our members were unable to attend and they were missed. Present were Kent Robinson, Samantha Hyde, Gwen Bitti, Verna Rieschild and Beverley George. A welcome guest was poet Michael Thorley.
The end of the year already, and what a year! Despite all, it was such joy to welcome each other again as we gathered beneath the bird-squawking trees at The Oaks–Hazel Hall, Marietta McGregor, Gregory Piko, Glenys Ferguson, and Jan Dobb. We missed Kathy Kituai who could not be with us but who was much in our thoughts.
During our relaxed conversations of haiku and life, which seemed appropriate for an end-of-year gathering, little gifts and greetings were exchanged across the table to express our appreciation of the bonding we’ve come to experience. Friendship in haiku is certainly something special.
Illawong Haiku Group held their Christmas gathering on Wednesday 8th December at the home of member, Alison Miller. Along the streetscape her house was not dissimilar to neighbouring homes until you walked through the gate. Aside from two small grassed areas in the front and backyard it was like entering a botanical oasis in suburbia. An abundance of colour, shapes and textures.


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Seacoast towns hope for return of school building aid
House Finance chair points to other priorities
HAMPTON — As some school districts in the Seacoast prepare to ask voters to approve building projects come March, some officials are hopeful the Legislature will once again fund state building aid for schools.
The Hampton School Board will ask voters to pass a $25.9 million renovation of Hampton Academy in March, while the Exeter Region Cooperative School Board will ask voters for a $21.9 million addition to the Cooperative Middle School in Stratham.
Newmarket will ask voters to approve spending around $39 million to expand and renovate both the junior-senior high school and elementary school.
Several of those running for House seats in Hampton this past campaign season said they either would push for bringing back school building aid or support it, including Renny Cushing, a Democrat, and Phil Bean, newly elected as a Republican. There has not been funding allocated to pay for new building projects in the last several years. Money has recently only been put in the budget to pay off debt from previous school projects.
New Hampshire's school building aidprogram was established in the 1950s but a moratorium, which was supposed to be temporary, was enacted in 2009 during the Great Recession.
Newly elected state Rep. Mike Edgar, D-Hampton, said he intends to support efforts to fund school building aid again by putting the money in the budget. He said building projects are incredibly expensive for municipalities to handle on their own. In the past, the state has paid for a percentage of a project’s cost.
“It’s such a large expenditure for towns to do on their own,” Edgar said. “It’s important to be able to get some type of assistance from the state so they can actually provide the type of facilities for an educational program both for learning and the other things that go along with it.”
SAU 90 Superintendent Kathleen Murphy said she is hopeful Gov.-elect Chris Sununu’s past remarks stating he hopes to reinstate building aid for schools mean ending the moratorium is on the horizon. She plans to submit an application for aid to the state Department of Education this year to make sure Hampton Academy is near the front of the line, as well as to testify in Concord if the Legislature takes the discussion up.
Sununu’s spokesman David Abrams said it was too early for the governor-elect to comment. Attempts were also made to reach Senate President Chuck Morse and Speaker of the House Shawn Jasper for comment this week but were unsuccessful.
State Rep. Neal Kurk, R-Weare, chairman of the House Finance Committee, said it is impossible to say now whether the Legislature will fund building aid again in the next session. However, he said requests for the reinstatement of school building aid are not new and anticipates a similar discussion to previous years.
“It’s the same conversation,” Kurk said. “A number of years ago (the Legislature) made a policy decision, wanted to pay off obligations (before spending on new projects)… and every two years we revisit that, and in the past we’ve said ‘yes, our policy makes sense,’ and we continue with a smaller building program.”
State Sen. Martha Fuller Clark's district includes Newmarket, which has unsuccessfully attempted to pass improvements to its schools for years. She said she has worked with state Rep. Michael Cahill, D-Newmarket, to bring back building aid for schools and hopes conversations this year inspire change.
Clark, D-Portsmouth, suggested taking money from the current budget’s projected surplus to fund school building aid.
Kurk was skeptical about that idea. For one, he said, revenue was down in November, meaning the surplus may not be as significant as initially expected. Another point he said was that requests for portions of the surplus money is extremely competitive and school building aid may not be the state’s top priority compared to those in agencies like the Department of Health and Human Services.
Nathan Lunney, a Newmarket School Board member and the business administrator for SAU 90, said he understands other concerns may take precedent over funding for building aid. However, he is hopeful local legislators who said this past year they intend to push for the funding will do so and make a stronger effort than in previous years.
“I’m not confident there’s going to be money appropriated in this cycle, but it’s a conversation that I’m confident they’re going to have,” Lunney said.


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‘Stand with Ukraine’ events planned across Canada to mark war anniversary – National
Thousands of Canadians from coast to coast are expected to attend a series of rallies in support of Ukraine on Friday to mark the one year anniversary of Russia’s invasion.
Led by the Ukrainian Canadian Parliament, about 40 ‘Fight Ukraine’ events are planned in major cities across the country, from St. Johns, Newfoundland to Whitehorse, Yukon.
Events are scheduled at various times throughout the day, but the majority are candlelit vigils in the evening.
A year later, Canadian Ukrainian reflects on Russia’s war: ‘You feel like a traitor’
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears in Toronto to speak to the media about the solemn anniversary.
He will be flanked by Defense Minister Anita Anand this afternoon. Prime Minister Trudeau will also participate in a night owl for victims of war.
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On Thursday, the prime minister said Canada’s support for Ukraine would not wane. He said that the Ukrainian people are not fighting only for themselves, but for the ideals and rules that underpin all democracies.
The year-long conflict has dealt a deadly blow to the Ukrainian people, killing tens of thousands of civilians and displacing millions more.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a defiant video speech on Friday morning, recalling the horrors unleashed by Russia’s aggression a year ago and vowing to boost victory in 2023.
Ukrainian children displaced by war welcome to Toronto schools
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