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I have a poster of the skyline of New York City. It has the Empire State building as the focus (radical, I know), rising above everything around it. Rising to itself.
Skylines inspire me.
(radical again, I know)
When I saw the real life replica of this poster on my wall that I had been looking at for the last few years, it felt like déjà vu. Only, it wasn’t. It was real. And raw. My sense of wonder found its way back.
An empire state of mind, indeed.
I can’t pinpoint what my fascination with skyscrapers is. It is probably something to do with the fact that it represents an unimaginable dimension that had to be conjured before it was built. A human mind had to believe that it was not just a fiction of someone’s imagination, but a real possibility.
The opening of the Empire State building coincided with the onset of the Great Depression. The construction was in an intense competition for the title of “World's Tallest Building” - which it held for 40 years.
I live in the city of the Burj Khalifa – the tallest building in the world today. It was completed and opened in 2010. It put a new spotlight on Dubai, making its mark on the world map.
It is a stunning structure in which you see the triumph of Dubai's vision of attaining the seemingly impossible. It is a feat of engineering and wonder and glory. It is awe-inspiring when you just stand and look at it, glimmering in all its glory.
It is symbolic of a visionary leaders' strength, determination and pursuit of excellence.
From a barren desert to a record breaking skyline, this city is the biggest example of transformation. Ideas are outlandish only when nothing is done about them!
There’s something so immaculately inspiring about these skyscrapers. They break barriers and limits and stand through the test of time. Much like life.
The ground is first dug up, it is like unlearning years of conditioning brought about by society to deem you 'acceptable.' Only then can you lay a strong foundation with deep roots. And then with every experience, you build. You grow and evolve.
The One World Trade Center or Freedom Tower in New York is nothing but a symbol of rising from the ashes. Literally. Taller and stronger than ever before.
And God forbid if something were to happen to any of these structures, I am sure that something better would come out of it even then. That’s the energy of the world. Always transforming.
And when this transformational energy is channeled into something, it tends to have a beautiful outcome. Almost always.
They say history repeats itself. Whether it was the Great Depression, World War or the Great Recession, as difficult as they were, these were times that proved to be catalysts for innovation in every facet of society.
If we look at fashion, the Roaring 20s was a time when fashion took a sweeping turn away from the conservative, into a less regimented era of fashion. A hundred years later we are at a similar threshold.
After World War I, clothing prices fell and quality clothes became available to more people than ever before. Fashion and clothing was utility driven.
In 2009, after the period of economic uncertainty that swept in, consumers were looking for discreet purchases. The Recession saw a pushback of noticeable logos as the Minimalism trend gained respect whether in fashion, homes, cosmetics or skincare. The understated, timeless look gained momentum. That season Gucci’s most billed style was its ‘New Jackie’ purse devoid of the brand's wildly valuable name and trademarks.
Thereon the logo made a comeback symbolising an optimistic economy. Burberry introduced its new monogram logo in 2018, inspired by the initials of the brand's founder. On the Spring 2020 runway, Valentino introduced a new bag which showcases a magnified version of the brand’s gold V logo.
During periods of economic growth, flashy styles dominate as consumers want to show off their wealth. Whereas during periods of recession, the mood is conservative.
The Roaring 20s was a decade of economic prosperity and social change, with a distinctive cultural edge, especially in the United States and Europe, as society found its feet back after World War I. It gave us the Jazz age (think Louis Armstrong) and Mickey Mouse. Shift in women's roles as more women went to work - which led to simpler shapes but more glitz (Flapper dress). And bobbed hair. Men's tailored fits were more relaxed, and pinstripes and sportswear made their way into their wardrobes.
The pandemic brought the world to a stand still but luxury spending continued and is now soaring in the post-pandemic world as economies and societies recuperate. There appears to be a rise of elaborate, bold, glittery designs. It does offer fantasy, escape, romanticism and hope, after all.
On looking closely, one can see how the RTW Fall 2021 collection of Givenchy, Prada, Valentino are reminiscent of the Roaring 20s. This reminds me of The Great Gatsby.
As much as there is space for the big names, the most noticeable transformation is the rise of new age brands. They are the harbinger of circular design, sustainable processes and ethical supply chains, as conscious consumption becomes an intuitive way of life.
“What we’re trying to design here is system change, not new clothes,” as quoted by Raeburn for Vogue, on its launch. “It’s responsible design.”
It has been a tough and challenging time for many. But the greatest creations and opportunities have come out of times like this in the past as it calls for reflection, reinvention and a reformation.
At the core and collective level, fashion enables expression and it is evident that we are moving into an entirely new period of 20s that is Roaring and Responsible.


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December 22, 2021 2:23 pm
Photo by E. Samarin. Mos.ru
The city’s support for small and medium-sized businesses includes subsidies and grants, as well as loan guarantees.
“In my opinion, we have found an extremely difficult, but at the same time, balance between restrictive measures to protect human health and preservation of opportunities for the normal functioning of the economy. The city government only imposes restrictions when absolutely necessary. And cancels immediately, as soon as the incidence declines. Moscow business can be sure that it will not turn out to be extreme in the current difficult situation, “- said the Moscow Mayor.
According to him, the capital reacted to the crisis by increasing investments in infrastructure development, as well as targeted support for businesses and citizens. The economic downturn lasted only a few months. And then it was replaced by a new ascent.
According to the results of nine months of 2021, investment growth amounted to 21.9 percent. Production growth in the manufacturing industries – 23.4 percent. The growth in trade turnover is 11.8 percent.
“And unemployment has returned to the natural level of 0.5 percent, having decreased six times compared to the highs of last year,” stressed Sergei Sobyanin.
The most affected industries are tourism, catering, and the hospitality industry. But gradually they are returning to the pre-crisis level.
“Anti-crisis programs will continue to operate. But the most important help for business in the coming years will be the ability to work without fear of long lockdowns and excessive restrictions that paralyze work, ”said Sergei Sobyanin.
Since the beginning of the year, small and medium-sized businesses in the capital have received support from the city in the amount of over 17 billion rubles… It includes direct payments and loan guarantees.
The total amount of funds to support entrepreneurs in Moscow during the pandemic, including 2020, exceeded 34 billion rubles. Most of the amount – over 13 out of 17 billion rubles – was the city’s guarantees for loans from entrepreneurs. They helped the companies to attract financing in the total amount of 27.3 billion rubles.
More than 2.5 billion rubles were allocated for subsidies and grants. A total of 2.6 thousand applications have already been approved. With the help of these funds, you can reimburse the costs of utilities and staff training, product promotion, purchase and lease of equipment, payment of interest on loans and other types of expenses.
also in business support includes subsidizing up to eight percent of the loan rate. The final rate, taking into account city support, ranges from three to seven percent per annum.
In addition, the Moscow Government has approved a new program of concessional lending for novice businessmen. Now, for companies and individual entrepreneurs who were registered in the capital less than a year ago, the city will act as a guarantor for the entire loan amount and subsidize part of the interest rate (in the amount of the key rate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation) on a loan of up to five million rubles.
You can apply for all types of financial support at website Moscow innovation cluster.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is a translation. Apologies should the grammar and or sentence structure not be perfect.

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|Publication number||US5848285 A|
|Application number||US 08/578,094|
|Publication date||Dec 8, 1998|
|Filing date||Dec 26, 1995|
|Priority date||Dec 26, 1995|
|Publication number||08578094, 578094, US 5848285 A, US 5848285A, US-A-5848285, US5848285 A, US5848285A|
|Inventors||Richard L. Kapusta, Christopher W. Jones|
|Original Assignee||Cypress Semiconductor Corporation|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (16), Referenced by (63), Classifications (12), Legal Events (5)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
1. Field of the Invention
The invention generally relates to logic devices such as complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs) and in particular to macrocells for use within such logic devices.
2. Description of Related Art
A CPLD is one example of a logic device employing a macrocell. A CPLD is a programmable logic device capable of performing fairly sophisticated logic calculations by manipulating various product terms. Macrocells are employed within the CPLD provide circuitry for performing logic operations on the product terms received from the product term allocator and circuitry for routing the resulting signals either as combinatorial or registered signals. The logic operations performed by the macrocells include, for example, summing the product terms or routing the product terms through XOR gates and the like.
One exemplary CPLD configuration includes a set of logic blocks interconnected by a programmable interconnect matrix (PIM). Each logic block includes a product term array, a product term allocator, and a set of macrocells. The PIM, the product term arrays and product term allocators of the various logic blocks are electrically erasable and programmable, typically by flash programming techniques, for use in performing specific logic calculations directed to a particular application such as the filtering of digital signals or the manipulation of computer graphics data. Each macrocell typically includes, as its principal components, a single register, an input/output pin, an output enable device, a selection multiplexer and one or more feedback paths. Typically, the macrocell is configured to operate either as an input pin with a buried registered or combinatorial signal path or as an input and output pin with a registered or combinatorial signal path. The selection multiplexer and the output enable device control the operation of the macrocell. Other typical components include a clock multiplexer for selecting a clock signal for docking the register and an output enable multiplexer for selecting an output enable signal for controlling the output enable device. Macrocells may also include a polarity multiplexer for selecting the polarity, i.e., the true or complement, of logic signals routed by the macrocell.
FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary macrocell 10 used in the 37X family of CPLD devices provided by Cypress Semiconductor, the assignee of rights to the present application. Macrocell 10 includes a single register 12 receiving input product terms from a product term allocator (not shown) through an OR gate 14 connected along a macrocell logic input line 16. Line 16 and an output of register 12 are connected to a multiplexer 18. For combinatorial signal routing, multiplexer 18 selects product term logic signals directly from line 16. For registered signal routing, multiplexer 18 selects the output of register 12 which is then routed onto a first feedback path 22 for feedback to a PIM (also not shown). A second multiplexer 20 also receives the output of multiplexer 18 and selects the polarity of the resulting signal for output through an output enable device 24 to an input/output pin 26. An input or second feedback line 28 is connected from between output enable unit 24 and input/output pin 26 to the PIM. A multiplexer 30 provides signals for controlling output enable unit 24. Another multiplexer 32 selects a single clocking signal, from a group of four input clocking signals, for clocking register 12.
With this configuration, macrocell 10 operates as follows. With the output enable set to off, input/output path 26 operates only as an input path with a combinatorial input signal transmitted along line 28 to the PIM. The remaining portions of the macrocell operate as a buried macrocell for routing either a combinatorial signal or a registered signal received along line 16 to the PIM along feedback path 22. Multiplexer 18 is controlled to select whether the feedback is combinatorial or registered.
With the output enable set on, pin 26 operates as both an input and an output pin with output signals being provided through output enable unit 24 either from line 16 directly or from register 12. Again, multiplexer 18 controls whether output enable unit 24 receives a combinatorial signal or a registered signal. Feedback path 22 feeds back either the combinatorial or registered signal. Path 28 routes signals at pin 26 to the PIM.
With its various signal paths and multiplexers, the macrocell of FIG. 1 provides considerable flexibility for routing either combinatorial or registered signals and for handling input and output. However, even greater flexibility would be advantageous. In particular, the macrocell of FIG. 1 is not capable of directly registering an input signal received from pin 26 within register 12. Rather, to register such an input signal, the signal must be routed along line 28 to the PIM, then rerouted either back to the same macrocell or to another macrocell of the CPLD. In either case, the set up time for registering an input signal may be fairly long.
One proposed implementation for allowing an input signal to be directly registered is to provide a second storage register within each macrocell. Although such an implementation avoids the set up time problem noted above, the implementation requires an additional register within each macrocell, which thereby requires greater chip resources. Moreover, the provision of two registers per macrocell may be wasteful, particularly for those applications which do not require the registering of input signals.
Accordingly, it would be desirable to provide an improved macrocell arrangement which is capable of registering an input signal with minimal set up time yet which does not require the provision of an additional register within the macrocell while also maintaining the simultaneous use of the logical combination of product terms performed within the macrocell. It is to that end that aspects of the invention are primarily drawn.
An improved macrocell is provided having a single dual-purpose register configured for use as either an input register or a register for storing internal product term logic signals for buried or non-buried registered signal path routing. Circuitry for routing combinatorial signals is also provided. The macrocell, with only a single register, is capable of operating as either a dedicated input register with a buried combinatorial signal path, an input pin with a buried register or buried combinatorial signal path, or an input/output pin with a registered or combinatorial signal path.
In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, the macrocell includes the aforementioned single register, an input/output pin and an output enable control unit connected between an output of the register and the input/output pin. First, second and third multiplexers are provided for controlling the routing of signals within the macrocell. The first multiplexer has a first input connected to the input/output pin, a second input connected to a macrocell logic input of the macrocell, and an output connected to an input of the register. Signals provided along the macrocell logic input may represent logical combinations of product terms. The second multiplexer has a first input connected to the macrocell logic input, a second input connected to an output of the register, and an output connected to the output enable control unit. The third multiplexer has a first input connected to the macrocell logic input, a second input connected to the input/output pin and an output connected to a first feedback line. A second feedback line is connected between the output of the second multiplexer and the output enable control unit. The first and third multiplexers are both controlled by a first selection signal and the second multiplexer is controlled by a second selection signal. The output enable control unit is controlled by an output selection signal.
With this configuration, a wide variety of routing modes or paths may be selected including a mode wherein an input signal is routed from the input/output pin, through the second multiplexer, into the register while a combinatorial logic signal is simultaneously routed from the input logic line through the third multiplexer onto the first feedback line. In other words, in that mode, the macrocell operates to simultaneously register an input signal and provide a buried combinatorial feedback path. The registering of the input signal is achieved without significant set up time because the signal is merely transmitted from the input/output pin, through the first multiplexer, and into the register. In another mode, the macrocell may be controlled to route internal logic signals through the second multiplexer into the register while simultaneously routing input signals from the input/output pin through the third multiplexer onto the first feedback line. Signals stored in the register may thereafter be fed back along the second feedback line or output to the input/output pin. In that mode, the macrocell operates simultaneously as a non-registered input pin and as a buried registered signal path. In yet another mode, the macrocell may be controlled to route combinatorial, registered or latched signals either to the input/output pin or to one or more feedback lines, or both.
Thus, the macrocell, with only single register, is capable of providing a wide variety of signal routing modes including a mode wherein the cell operates as a dedicated input register and a buried combinatorial signal path. The flexibility is achieved without requiring significant chip resources. Indeed, as compared to the macrocells described above in the Background of the Invention section, the macrocell of the invention requires only two additional 2:1 multiplexers, a single additional selection signal, and two relatively short additional signal paths. Accordingly, a significant improvement in flexibility and functionality is achieved with a relatively modest increase in chip resources. Importantly, the macrocell allows input signals to be registered with minimal set up time, without requiring an additional register. This registering of the input signal is provided via an extra path into the macrocell beyond those conventionally provided. The extra path allows the macrocell to provide the dual uses, i.e., registered and combinatorial uses. In this regard, when operated to register input signals received from an input/output pin, macrocell logic input signals may also be processed by the macrocell and routed along the combinatorial feedback path.
The improved macrocell is advantageously implemented within a CPLD of a type having a central PIM and a set of logic blocks each having a set of macrocells. All, or only a portion, of the macrocells of the CPLD may be configured in accordance with the invention. Principles of the invention may also be applicable within macrocells of other logic devices such as PLDs, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and programmable application specific integrated circuits (pASICs).
FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a macrocell configured in accordance with the prior art and capable of operating either as input pin with a buried registered or buried combinatorial signal path or as an input/output pin with a registered or combinatorial signal path.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an exemplary CPLD configured in accordance with the invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a single logic block of the CPLD of FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 illustrates a macrocell configured in accordance with the invention additionally capable of operating as a dedicated input register with a buried combinatorial signal path.
FIG. 5 illustrates a practical implementation of the macrocell of FIG. 4.
FIG. 6 illustrates a macrocell configured in accordance with an alternative embodiment of the invention capable of operating as a dedicated input pin with a buried registered signal path.
With reference to FIGS. 2-6, exemplary embodiments of the invention will now be described. The exemplary embodiments are primarily described with reference to block diagrams and schematic diagrams. As to the block diagrams, it should be appreciated that not all components necessary for a complete implementation of the invention are necessarily illustrated or described in detail. Rather, only those components necessary for a thorough understanding of the invention are illustrated and will be described. Furthermore, components which are either conventional or may be readily designed and fabricated in accordance with the teachings provided herein are also not described in detail.
FIG. 2 illustrates a CPLD 100 including a plurality of logic blocks 102 each connected to a central PIM 104. Each of logic blocks 102 includes a set of programmable logic elements which can be programmed, perhaps by flash programming techniques, to perform a wide variety of product term calculations. CPLD 100 also includes input signal lines, input clock lines, input macrocells and input/clock macrocells, which are not pertinent to the invention and will not be described.
Each logic block receives signals from the PIM over a bus line 117 and transmits signals to the PIM over separate bus lines 119 and 121. An additional bus line 123 interconnects each logic block with a corresponding input/output pin 125. In one implementation, bus 117 has a width of 36 and buses 119, 121 and 123 have widths of 16.
FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary one of the logic blocks 102. Logic block 102 includes a product term array 106, a product term allocator 108 and a set of macrocells 1101 -11016. In other embodiments, more or fewer macrocells may be employed. Each macrocell is connected, by bus lines 1121 -11216, respectively, to outputs of product term allocator 108 for receiving product terms therefrom. Each macrocell is also connected to a respective input/output pin 1141 -11416, respectively. Each macrocell is also connected, via a feedback path 116 to PIM 104, a portion of which is shown. Logic block 102 also includes other interconnection lines, such as clock lines, which are not pertinent to the invention and will not be further described.
Prior to use, the macrocell is programmed to perform selected logic operations using product terms in accordance with a particular application. In this regard, the PIM and the product term arrays and the product term allocators of the various logic blocks are programmed to collectively perform the appropriate calculations. The various macrocells of the logic blocks are employed for performing additional logic operations on the product terms received from the product term allocator and for routing the results back to the PIM or to the input/output pins for further processing. The logic operations performed by the macrocells may include, for example, summing product terms or routing product terms through XOR gates and the like. Operations performed by the macrocells may also include the use of a register or a latch for storing signals. The macrocells also handle input and output through the respective I/O pins connected thereto. Thus, macrocells generally perform logic operations, routing operations and storage operations on internal product term signals or input/output signals. The operation of the various macrocells is controlled by selection signals which may be generated internally or externally and which may be based upon programmed components.
FIG. 4 illustrates a simplified example of a macrocell of the invention. Not all components of a practical macrocell are illustrated. Rather, only those components necessary for understanding the invention are set forth.
Macrocell 110 of FIG. 4 includes a register 120, an input/output pin 122, three multiplexers 124, 126 and 128 and an output enable control unit 130, connected as shown. Multiplexers 126 and 128 are both controlled by a single selection signal C1 provided along a selection line 132. Multiplexer 124 is controlled by a separate selection signal C2 provided along line a 134. Output enable control unit 130 is controlled by an output enable control signal OE provided along a line 136. Input to the macrocell is provided by macrocell logic input line 138 and line 140 connected to I/O pin 122. Input, regardless of the source, is typically in the form of product terms, or the like. Herein, input received along line 138 is generally referred to as macrocell logic signals and input received from I/O pin 122 is typically referred to as input signals. Output from the macrocell is provided by I/O pin 122 or by first and second feedback lines 142 and 144, respectively.
The multiplexers and connection lines of macrocell 110 are interconnected with the other components to allow the macrocell to operate as either a dedicated input register with a buried combinatorial signal path, an input pin with a buried registered or buried combinatorial signal path, or an input/output pin with a registered or combinatorial signal path. More specifically, multiplexer 126 is configured to provide register 120 either with macrocell logic signals along lines 138 or input signals along line 146. Multiplexer 124 is connected directly to input macrocell logic line 138 and to an output of register 120. As such, multiplexer 124 controls whether combinatorial or registered signals are routed to control logic unit 130 and to feedback line 144. The control logic unit controls whether the registered or combinatorial signals are also passed to the I/O pin and to feedback line 148. Finally, multiplexer 128, which is connected to feedback line 148 and also to macrocell logic input line 138, controls whether feedback line 142 receives a combinatorial signal or an input signal. Multiplexers 126 and 128 are both controlled by a single selection signal C1. If C1 is set to one, register 120 receives an input signal along line 146 and feedback line 142 receives an internal macrocell logic signal along line 138. If C1 is set to zero, register 120 receives the internal macrocell logic signal from line 138 and feedback line 142 receives the signal provided along line 148 which, depending upon the operation of multiplexer 124 and control logic unit 130, may be a combinatorial logic signal, a register logic signal or an input signal.
Thus, signals output from the macrocell through the pair of feedback lines and the I/O pin are controlled by three selection signals, C1, C2 and OE. Hence, a total of eight possible combinations of operating modes are provided. Table I, below, identifies the output signals provided on the pair of feedback lines and the I/O pin for each of the eight combinations of the selection signals.
TABLE I______________________________________C1 C2 OE Result______________________________________0 0 on Feedback line 144 receives registered macrocell-logic signal Feedback line 142 receives registered macrocell-logic signal I/O pin receives registered macrocell-logic signal as outout0 1 on Feedback line 144 receives combinatorial macrocell-logic signal Feedback line 142 receives combinatorial macrocell-logic signal I/O pin receives combinatorial macrocell-logic signal as output1 0 on Feedback line 144 receives value of register 120 Feedback line 142 receives combinatorial macrocell-logic signal I/0 pin receives value of register 1201 1 on Feedback line 144 receives combinatorial macrocell-logic signal Feedback line 142 receives combinatorial macrocell-logic signal I/O pin receives combinatorial macrocell-logic as output0 0 off Feedback line 144 receives registered macrocell-logic signal Feedback line 142 receives combinatorial I/O pin signal I/O pin provides a combinatorial input signal0 1 off Feedback line 144 receives registered I/O pin Feedback line 142 receives combinatorial I/O pin signal I/O pin provides a combinatorial input signal1 0 off Feedback line 144 receives registered I/O pin Feedback line 142 receives combinatorial macrocell-logic signal I/O pin provides a registered input1 1 off Feedback line 144 receives combinatorial macrocell-logic signal Feedback line 142 receives combinatorial macrocell-logic signal I/O pin is not used (buried configuration______________________________________ only)
Thus, eight modes of operation are specified using the three selection signals C1, C2 and OE and substantial flexibility is thereby achieved in choosing combinations of signal paths. In other implementations, it may be desirable to control multiplexers 126 and 128 by separate selection signals to provide still further combinations of signal paths. However, such requires additional chip resources for specifying and routing the additional selection signal.
Of the eight modes illustrated in Table I, of particular interest is the mode wherein C1 is 1, C2 is 0 and OE is off. In that mode, the I/O pin is used to provide a registered input pin signal. With the input from pin 122 routed along line 146 into register 120. Registering of the input signal is achieved with minimal set up time since the signal is only transmitted along line 146 and through multiplexer 126 to register 120. This is in contrast with a conventional CPLD arrangement wherein the registering of an input signal requires that the signal be routed into a PIM, or similar, then rerouted to a macrocell for registering. The use of the macrocell of the invention as an input register is also achieved with only a single register in the macrocell. This is in contrast with other conventional arrangements which require a separate register within each macrocell for separately registering an input signal. Hence, efficiency and flexibility is achieved without requiring substantial additional resources.
In the mode wherein an input from the I/O pin is registered (i.e., when C1 is 1, C2 is 0 and OE is off), feedback line 142 receives a combinatorial macrocell logic signal and feedback line 144 receives a registered I/O pin input signal. An alternative embodiment, described below, is provided wherein both feedback lines 142 and 144 receive a registered I/O pin signal for the same mode of operation.
As noted, FIG. 4 illustrates a simplified implementation of a macrocell. FIG. 5 illustrates a practical implementation including additional components provided, for example, for selecting appropriate clock signals, output enable signals, and the like. The macrocell of FIG. 5 is similar to that of FIG. 4 and like components are identified with like reference numerals incremented by 100 and such components will not be redescribed. Additional components include an output enable selection multiplexer 250, a clock selection multiplexer 252, an OR gate 254, a polarity multiplexer 256 and a decode unit 258. Output enable multiplexer 250 selects a single output enable signal from a pair of product term output enable signals, logic 0 and logic 1. The output enable signal selected by multiplexer 250 is transmitted to output enable control unit 224 along line 236.
Clock multiplexer 252 selects one clock signal from among four input clock signals for use in clocking register 220. Decode unit 258 operates to control whether register 220 is a D-type edge-triggered register, a T-type edge-triggered register, or a D-type level-triggered latch along with generating the selection control signal for multiplexer 224. Polarity multiplexer 256 includes true or complement inputs connected to multiplexer 224 for selecting the true or complement of the signal provided by multiplexer 224. Finally, OR gate 254 operates to sum or add a plurality of input product terms for input along line 238 as a macrocell logic signal. In other embodiments, more complex logic gates may be provided instead of, or in addition to, OR gate 254 for performing a variety of logic operations. As with the macrocell of FIG. 4, the macrocell of FIG. 5 includes various multiplexers for routing the macrocell logic signal as either a registered or combinatorial signal or a buried registered or buried combinatorial signal. The macrocell also includes circuitry for routing an input signal to register 220 for storage therein. The operation of the macrocell and the various signals output therefrom will not be redescribed.
FIG. 6 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the macrocell of FIG. 4 having a slightly different internal routing arrangement. The macrocell of FIG. 6 is similar to that of FIG. 4 and like components are identified with like reference numerals incremented by 200 and such components will not be redescribed. Whereas the macrocell of FIG. 4 includes a feedback path connected directly from the macrocell logic input to one input of the multiplexer connected to feedback line 142, the arrangement of the macrocell of FIG. 6 has a feedback path 343 connected from an output of the register to the multiplexer of the feedback path. Connecting the aforementioned feedback path from an output of the register, rather than from the macrocell input line, allows feedback line 342 to output a registered signal rather than a combinatorial signal as with the embodiment of FIG. 4. Table II, below, illustrates the various signals output on the pair of feedback lines and the I/O pin for various values of selection signals C1, C2 and OE.
TABLE II______________________________________C1 C2 OE Result______________________________________0 0 on Feedback line 344 receives registered macrocell-logic signal Feedback line 342 receives registered macrocell-logic signal I/O pin receives registered macrocell-logic signal as outout0 1 on Feedback line 344 receives combinatorial macrocell-logic signal Feedback line 342 receives combinatorial macrocell-logic signal I/O pin receives combinatorial macrocell-logic signal as output1 0 on Feedback line 344 receives value of register 320 Feedback line 342 receives value of register 320 I/0 pin receives value of register1 1 on Feedback line 344 receives combinatorial macrocell-logic signal Feedback line 342 receives combinatorial macrocell-logic signal I/O pin receives combinatorial macrocell-logic signal as output0 0 off Feedback line 344 receives registered macrocell-logic signal Feedback line 342 receives combinatorial I/O pin signal I/O pin povides a combinatorial input signal0 1 off Feedback line 344 receives combinatorial macrocell-logic signal Feedback line 342 receives combinatorial I/O pin signal I/O pin provides a combinatorial input signal1 0 off Feedback line 344 receives registered I/O pin Feedback line 342 receives registered I/O pin I/O pin provides a registered input1 1 off Feedback line 344 receives combinatorial macrocell-logic signal Feedback line 342 receives registered I/O pin I/O pin provides a registerd input______________________________________
Table III provides a comparison of the operations of the embodiments of FIGS. 4 and 6.
TABLE III__________________________________________________________________________Embodiment Shown in FIG. 4 Embodiment Shown in FIG. 6C1 C2 OE Function Function C1 C2 OE__________________________________________________________________________0 0 On registered macrocell output This is the registered macrocell output 0 0 On registered macrocell same for both registered macrocell feedback on both feedbacks embodiments feedback on both feedbacks (software should use top (software should use top feedback since it is faster feedback since it is faster)0 1 On combinatorial macrocell This is the combinatorial macrocell 0 1 On output same for both output combinatorial macrocell embodiments combinatorial macrocell feedback on both feedbacks feedback on both feedbacks (software should use top (software should use top feedback since it is faster) feedback since it is faster)1 0 On register loop with I/O pin These are register loop with I/O pin 1 0 On the top feedback has the different in both feedbacks have the value contained in the what is fed value contained in the register loop combinatorial back register loop macrocell feedback on (software not expected to bottom feedback use this) (software not expected to use this)1 1 On combinatorial macrocell These are combinatorial macrocell 1 1 On output different in output combinatorial macrocell what is fed combinatorial macrocell feedback on both feedbacks back feedback on top feedback (software could use this to registered macrocell provide extra routability feedback on bottom feedback since both feedbacks are (software could use this to the same speed) provide extra functionality since both combinatorial and registered versions of the macrocell logic are fed back)0 0 Off buried registered macrocell This is the buried registered macrocell 0 0 off with I/O pin as a same for both with I/O pin as a combinatorial input embodiments combinatorial input buried registered macrocell buried registered macrocell on top feedback on top feedback I/O pin as combinatorial I/O pin as combinatorial input on bottom feedback input on bottom feedback0 1 Off buried combinatorial This is the buried combinatorial 0 1 Off macrocell with I/O pin as same for both macrocell with I/O pin as a a combinatorial input embodiments combinatorial input buried combinatorial buried combinatorial macrocell on top feedback macrocell on top feedback I/O pin as combinatorial I/O pin as combinatorial input on bottom feedback input on bottom feedback1 0 Off buried combinatorial 1 0 Off on the I/O pin as a registered input 1 0 off macrocell with I/O pin as left is the I/O pin as registered input a registered input same as on both feedbacks buried combinatorial 1 1 Off on the (software could use this to macrocell on top feedback right with the provide extra routability I/O pin as registered input feedbacks since both feedbacks are the on bottom feedback swapped same speed)1 1 Off output is tri-stated 1 1 Off on the buried combinatorial 1 1 Off buried combinatorial left is macrocell with I/O pin as a macrocell on both different from registered input feedbacks 1 0 Off on the I/O pin as registered input (software could use this to right on top feedback provide extra routability buried combinatorial since both feedbacks are macrocell on bottom the same speed) feedback__________________________________________________________________________
Table III includes, for each combination of input C1, C2 and OE, a brief description of operations software accessing the macrocells may perform. In Table III, "top" feedback refers to feedback lines 144 and 344, respectively, of FIGS. 4 and 6. "Bottom" feedback refers to feedback lines 142 and 342 of FIGS. 4 and 6, respectively. For example, for the C1 equals zero, C2 equals zero and OE equals one input combination of FIG. 4, software employing the macrocell is expected to use the top feedback path since the top feedback path is somewhat faster than the bottom feedback path. The same is true for the C1 equals zero, C2 equals zero and OE equals one input signal combination for embodiment of FIG. 6.
In considering Table III, it should be noted that first, second, fifth and sixth rows of the table describe modes of operations which are identical for the two embodiments. Moreover, the seventh row mode for embodiment of FIG. 4 provides identical functionality and performance as the eighth row mode of the embodiment of FIG. 6 and vice versa. Accordingly, the most significant differences between the two embodiments are within the modes described within rows 3 and 4. The mode of operation set forth in row 3 is not expected to be used by software. Also, it should be noted that modes described in rows 5 and 6 do not include descriptions of software operations since the modes used as described without any additional choices. The same is true for row 7 of the FIG. 4 embodiment and row 8 of the FIG. 6 embodiment. Of the eight rows set forth in Table III, five of the rows correspond to modes of operation that are particularly useful. These are rows 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7 corresponding to the embodiment of FIG. 4 and rows 1, 2, 5, 6 and 8 corresponding to the embodiment of FIG. 6. The other modes of operation may or may not be useful.
What has been described are various embodiments of a macrocell having a single register and configured to be capable of directly registering an input signal and simultaneously providing a buried combinatorial logic path. The macrocell is also capable of performing the routing functions of conventional macrocells. The macrocell is advantageously employed within CPLDs. However, principles of the invention may be exploited in other devices incorporating macrocells, or similar cells, including PLDs, FPGAs and pASICS.
Also, it should be noted that, whereas the invention has been described with respect to a macrocell having one and only one register, principles of the invention may be applicable in macrocells having more than one register. For example, macrocells, configured in accordance with the principles of the invention, may include two or more registers for use in providing more complex routing paths.
In general, the embodiments described herein are intended merely to illustrate the invention and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention.
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The Shanghai Disney Resort Management Company has announced plans that will improve the overall energy efficiency of the resort by three times.
The resort’s heating, cooling and compressed air will be supplied by a Combined Cooling and Heating Plant (CCHP), a grid-tied, gas-fired power plant that co-generates cooling and heating via engine waste heat, and produces compressed air by self-generated electricity.
Mike Crawford, General Manager, Shanghai Disney Resort, said, "Shanghai Disney Resort has been devoted to seeking new technology and business solutions which reduce our impact on environment, save resources, and promote sustainable technology, and to support all kinds of cooperation with our local partners. The CCHP project is an excellent example of partnership, localization and Disney’s long-term commitment to environment protection. We are excited to be creating a world-class destination here in Shanghai to showcase environment friendly and leading Chinese and international technologies."
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Analysts Anticipate Xylem Inc. (XYL) Will Announce Earnings of $0.57 Per Share
Brokerages forecast that Xylem Inc. (NYSE:XYL) will post earnings of $0.57 per share for the current fiscal quarter, Zacks reports. Seven analysts have issued estimates for Xylem’s earnings, with estimates ranging from $0.56 to $0.58. Xylem reported earnings of $0.48 per share during the same quarter last year, which suggests a positive year over year growth rate of 18.8%. The business is expected to report its next quarterly earnings report before the market opens on Tuesday, August 1st.
According to Zacks, analysts expect that Xylem will report full year earnings of $2.32 per share for the current fiscal year, with EPS estimates ranging from $2.26 to $2.36. For the next fiscal year, analysts forecast that the firm will post earnings of $2.66 per share, with EPS estimates ranging from $2.60 to $2.71. Zacks’ EPS calculations are an average based on a survey of sell-side research analysts that follow Xylem.
Xylem (NYSE:XYL) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May 2nd. The industrial products company reported $0.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.38 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $1.07 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.05 billion. Xylem had a net margin of 6.75% and a return on equity of 15.53%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 26.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.35 earnings per share.
Several research analysts have issued reports on XYL shares. Barclays PLC raised shares of Xylem from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $51.00 to $59.00 in a research report on Monday, May 15th. CIBC reissued a “buy” rating and set a $58.00 price objective on shares of Xylem in a research report on Thursday, April 6th. Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc. set a $58.00 price objective on shares of Xylem and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 5th. BidaskClub raised shares of Xylem from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 28th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets started coverage on shares of Xylem in a research report on Wednesday, June 21st. They set an “outperform” rating and a $60.00 price objective on the stock. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twelve have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. The company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $56.85.
In other news, Director Steven R. Loranger sold 66,132 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $55.01, for a total value of $3,637,921.32. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 65,030 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,577,300.30. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Tomas Brannemo sold 14,080 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $50.36, for a total transaction of $709,068.80. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 21,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,057,560. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.75% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Asset Planning Services Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of Xylem by 0.3% in the first quarter. Asset Planning Services Ltd. now owns 2,107 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $106,000 after buying an additional 7 shares during the period. Contravisory Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Xylem by 96.1% in the first quarter. Contravisory Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,345 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $118,000 after buying an additional 1,149 shares during the period. Cribstone Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Xylem by 1,214.6% in the first quarter. Cribstone Capital Management LLC now owns 2,432 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $124,000 after buying an additional 2,247 shares during the period. CENTRAL TRUST Co boosted its stake in shares of Xylem by 160.3% in the second quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co now owns 2,655 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $146,000 after buying an additional 1,635 shares during the period. Finally, FNY Partners Fund LP bought a new stake in shares of Xylem during the first quarter valued at approximately $151,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.91% of the company’s stock.
Xylem (NYSE XYL) opened at 57.62 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $10.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 41.45 and a beta of 1.18. Xylem has a 52-week low of $45.60 and a 52-week high of $57.66. The company’s 50-day moving average is $54.55 and its 200-day moving average is $50.91.
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GODZILLA Graces The Cover Of Empire Magazine
Godzilla seems to be picking up steam on the marketing front! A couple of days ago, we got a good look at the monster in the form of a new poster. While we really didn’t get a good look at his face, we got to check out just how massive Godzilla will be. Towering over every building in the shot with him, Godzilla will surly be looking to bring the destruction during his rebooted movie.
Fast forward to today, and we get another glimpse of the title character. This time it comes in the form of an Empire Magazine cover. The cover features Godzilla in all his glory, however, he is a little washed out in color where we don’t get a full reveal.
With Godzilla being on the cover of the magazine, I’m sure we can expect some more goodies from the film. The magazine featuring the movie will be on news stand on February 27th. Check out the cover below, and catch the film when it is released here in the states on May 16th later this year.
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A group of journalists has been working together in an unusually open collective to create www.yanukovychleaks.org since roughly 17,000 documents were pulled from the bottom of a private lake on Yanukovych’s palatial Mezhyhirya estate. One of the team’s leaders, Dymitro Gnap shared the following during the Open Data Hackathon.
For those interested in getting involved:
Considering the plethora of potential stories, I was curious what in particular Dymitro might pursue. One of which is the story of the $15 million furniture market research contract between two apparently Yanukovych-related firms…
YanukovychLeaks is a fascinating example of an intentionally Open project bent on social justice. Follow, explore, learn more, research or contribute at www.yanukovychleaks.org – that’s what it’s there for.
See Dymitro’s pre-annexation take on Crimea here.


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[permaculture] food forest productivity
raincascadia at yahoo.com
Wed Mar 11 13:48:00 EDT 2009
The following applies to a complete diet in a Mediterranean climate. If you are only wanting what is usually (in the US) referred to as "produce," then the area would be much smaller. Chestnuts are often treated as a vegetable, but most nuts and legumes are treated as grains, which are the staple of most people's diets. Since grain is so important as food and grain cultivation takes up so much space and is so unsustainable, we should be trying to grow these, or substitutes for these, as well as fruits and vegetables. On the other hand, fruits and vegetables require more fossil fuel for shipping, due to their weight, lose more vitamins in transport, and cost more, so it is probably a good idea to start with these.
My friend was growing enough food for himself and his small son on 4000 square feet, following the recommendations of John Jeavons, in northern California. He spent a lot of time weeding, due to the sunlight that was being wasted by the short annual plants he was growing. We speculated that yields would be higher if food trees and other perennials were integrated into the garden, requiring less space to feed the same number of people.
The amount of food a given area is able to produce is dependent on many factors: the fertility of the soil, the amount of irrigation water available, the climate (particularly the length of the growing season for the intended crops), the species mix, the amount of work put into it, and the willingness or ability of the people eating from the garden to eat what is produced. You also need to determine whether you are measuring yield in pounds of food, calories, or dollars. If you take average production numbers for orchard monocultures of the species you are interested in as your baseline, this will give you a yield below that of any food forest you could design. Many nut trees can produce at levels similar to grain crops. I haven't done much research on it, but I feel confident that most fruit trees outcompete most annual vegetables. Root crops are pretty much the only ones that trees have a hard time comparing to, with potatoes being the miracle crop
(and these can even produce in the shade of a food forest). Root crops substantially reduce the area required to grow food for a specified number of people. These can be grown in the margins and open spots within food forests, if necessary.
So, if you included a diverse number of species that could produce a rounded diet, I would guess that 4000 square feet per person is probably a good place to start as an estimate. However, on a small scale, it might be difficult to grow enough species to produce a rounded diet, just because of the size of most trees. I would love to hear of any results that you come up with.
More information about the permaculture

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For the second straight year, women will cycle down the Champs-Élysées in a race of their own.
Last year marked the inaugural La Course by La Tour, a one-day race for women prior to the end of the Tour de France. Marianne Vos, who won last year’s race, is injured and won’t be able to defend her title but the field is still filled with world-class cyclists, including current world champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot.
American Coryn Rivera recently won the Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen and should contend at La Course. She finished sixth in Paris last year.
“With La Course just around the corner,... Read More

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Picture this: You’re doing your weekly grocery shop and there’s a great deal on a family pack of chicken thighs. And now that you’re looking in the meat section, you were thinking maybe you’d have a cookout this weekend and the ground beef is on sale. And you might as well stock up on buns because, well, it’s summer and you always need buns.
Somehow you walk out of the store with more than enough to feed you, your family, and then some. You’re still feeling pretty good though — until you get home and you are hit with that sinking feeling that comes from knowing that you can’t possibly eat everything before it goes bad. No worries, though, right? That’s what the freezer is for.
But what if those thighs come out covered in ice and freezer burn? Are they still safe to eat? We investigated.


‘Secret cables allow government spies in many countries to listen in to conversations on Vodafone’s network, the telecom giant has revealed.
The company, which is publishing a report on surveillance by governments, said the system was widely used in some of the 29 states where it operates.
The direct-access wires or pipes are connected to its network, allowing conversations to be recorded and mobile phone users to be tracked. In six of the countries, the wires are a legal requirement for telecoms companies.
Stephen Deadman, of Vodafone, told The Guardian: “These pipes exist, the direct-access model exists.’


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It took countless EPs, sleeping on Jamie Foxx's couch and more for Ed Sheeran to get to where he is now. It goes without saying that Ed is one of the hardest working musicians out there with his extensive tours, lengthy discography and all those years spent playing small gigs to chase his music dream -- which he most definitely caught.
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Are you a landowner or manager who would like to see more quail and other upland wildlife? Reading books and online research can help, but nothing beats seeing actual techniques and practice, as well as viewing the results.
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and the Missouri legislature and governor have taken actions to increase penalties for those caught poaching Missouri game animals and other native wildlife species.
Black bears are an important resource in Missouri for their value as a game species and their contributions to regional biodiversity and ecosystem health. Sightings have become more common in recent years. Join Missouri Department of Conservation staff at 8:30 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Echo Bluff State Park amphitheater to learn about the scientific data collected in the Missouri Black Bear Project and what the future of Missouri Black Bears holds. Learn about bear history and the surprises found in test results.
Missouri deer and turkey hunters can get the most current information on fall hunting from the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) “2019 Fall Deer and Turkey Hunting & Regulations Information” booklet, available where permits are sold and online at huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/fall-deer-and-turkey-hunting-regulations-and-information.
Join researcher Lanny Chambers at Onondaga State Park as he captures, bands and studies ruby-throated hummingbirds during at a banding event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, July 27 at the park’s visitor center. Reservations are not required.


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Recent Design Projects
Sharon Lynne Wilson Center ArtsPark
Margot Mazur and Dr. Gerould Wilhelm and their guild of practitioners have done extensive work around this Center for the Arts. ArtsPark was designed to increase the connection of their community to art and nature by united nature and art in inspiring ways. The design was focused on the referencing of the geological significance and original vegetation. Most recently, Margot collaborated with the sculptor Susan Falkman to create a limestone cairn to serve as entrance signage to the ArtsPark.
Hand-colored Botanical Drawings for Public Art Spaces
Recently, Mary Marguerite Lowther (Margot Mazur) completed over 1600 botanical illustrations—black ink drawings—for the book Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis. Now she is hand-coloring the drawings, planning to have them transferred to tiles to be used in public art projects. A whole mural of them could beautifully convey the floristic diversity in the Chicago Region.
Creating Naturescapes—outdoor spaces where children can enjoy creative play outdoors and develop a love of nature—is a passion for CRI. Fox Valley Country Day School "Kid Cove", Akakwaa Naturescape, and Morningstar Montessori's Classroom in Nature are wonderful examples.
The Pokagon Cultural Center Project
Working through colloquium with the Anishnabek people, and using site assessment to understand ecological and cultural history, CRI assembled a diverse team of professionals to develop a comprehensive design plan for this community.
Educational & Interpretive Projects
Passionate about these projects, Margot and an artist's guild rich with talent made up of artists, artisans, craftspeople, and writers create works with fine art quality, durability, sustainability, imagination, and beauty. From hand drawn interpretive signage of native plants and animals to miniature bronze sculptures of animals of a place to hand carved woodland folk, to streetscapes of permeable pavers to beautiful red cedar boardwalks and hand made way finding signs … they love a challenge and opportunities to do original work.
Our Design ProcessColloquium-Centered Creative Direction
The issues related to design today are much more complex than ever before which compels many clients to seek designs more individually and specially attendant to their programs and place. That which we design, particularly sustainable designs, must be more timeless than designs have been in the recent past. Although reeducating ourselves by turning from the design practices we commonly turn to is no easy task, CRI challenges itself to find a new way of thinking about how contemporary models of design can be developed to better serve the way to a healthier seventh generation.
Design professionals most commonly serve the client in either a single-studio approach or in a newer approach called "integrated design". As the title implies, although "integrated design" broadens professional participation, the approach still tends to be a hierarchical process in which all ideas are filtered through one profession and generally only one of the professions has a relationship with the client.
"Colloquium-Centered Creative Direction" is the new design idiom CRI is modeling to meet todays needs.
We have found that this process:
- Engages the client in the design process and draws from them a deeper understanding not only of their own needs but what is possible and heretofore unimagined.
- Results in a place-oriented design that always looks to save what is native, restore and conserve what is possible, and find ways to acknowledge and integrate existing assets or resources.
- Makes one less likely to default to boilerplate solutions.
- Creates a place of quality and locally resourced beauty crafted by local artists, artisans and craftspeople whenever possible.
- Is really a lot of fun and rewarding for all involved because egos are sublimated and all are working towards a common goal and participating to their highest and best effort.
So often the arts hold truths that stand the test of time in the wisdom and vitality of their message. The School of Athens, painted at the beginning of the 16th century, has come to be a meaningful piece for CRI from which we infer the beauty of the colloquium. For us, it is a visual representation that recognizes that neither one person nor one discipline can achieve the wisdom and perspective necessary to address the complex nature of design today. Our reading of the painting sees the coming together of inductive reasoning as represented by Plato and other figures on his side of the painting and deductive reasoning as represented by Aristotle and other figures on his side of the painting. Plato reminds us that there are numinous realities that come to bear on the facts of existence, while Aristotle emphases the importance of our five senses and empirical observations. The two frontal architectural arches depict the coming together of both ways of thinking. They meet at the top, support each other, and the whole is linked by the keystone of wisdom. This marriage of minds, in colloquium results in perspective as seen in the middle of the painting where the great hall moves back to show the long view. Important in nature is the irritant that stimulates change. Note the sprawled, cynical figure of Diogenes and the thoughtful, yet unsatisfied figure of Heraclitus in the left foreground.
Following this notion, CRI's approach to design is colloquium-centered. A Creative Director guides the process from beginning to end. A team of professionals is chosen based on the needs of the project and a willingness to work on the design guided by a Creative Director, with the participation of the client and with the work being accomplished almost entirely in colloquium.
It should be noted this is a very different approach from "Integrated Design", a process currently used in many design projects today. Several important differences came to light for CRI in choosing to move from "Integrated Design" to "Colloquium-Centered Creative Direction". They are as follows:
- In a typical "Integrated Design" process a Creative Director is not seen as necessary. In their place a lead is chosen from the team of professionals usually falling to an architect or engineer. From CRI's perspective, the lead cannot help but take on a proprietary role over the process, which naturally leads to an emphasis on their profession. In the case of an architect, for example, the building becomes the priority. CRI has found when a team of professionals are unencumbered by a hierarchical design structure such as is found in most contemporary design processes they are freed to be more creative and to work more openly across the table with experts in other fields.
- It has been our experience that "integrated design" does include a broader array of professionals than if the design was all handled in house by a single design firm. A more nuanced, responsive and workable design is likely to result if tradesman and craftspeople are involved in the colloquium. In colloquium-centered design, with the exception of the tactical details, design concepts are filtered by the entire colloquium and dialog with the client, who becomes the ultimate filter.
As the Colloquium-Centered Creative Direction circle illustrates, the client and their places are at the center of this process from beginning to end. For the process and project's success, the client is asked for a clear commitment of time and participation in the colloquium as well as clear communication so the team can work in harmony and stay connected.
The client's first job is to define a set of first principles. First Principles are neither guiding principles nor goals and objectives. In as much as they come from the client's firm understanding of their program and needs they cannot be compromised at any point in the design process. Throughout the process the client will be guided in a thorough discovery of their needs and become educated to all the opportunities available to fulfill their needs. Centrally seated the client is constantly being enriched by the team of professionals and inspired by creativity. Over time, the client becomes the guiding force behind the aesthetics and design of the project.
The Creative Director first and foremost represents the interests of the client. The establishment of First Principles enables the Creative Director to reach into a broad network of professionals to create a colloquium with the expertise to fulfill the directives set out by the First Principles. Adept at the skill of listening and an excellent communicator of the client's story is essential to convey to the practitioners a sense for the client's aesthetics and preferences. With regard to our model, The School of Athens, creative direction would not be achieved by either Plato, Aristotle or even Socrates. While fostering an environment of collaboration the creative director is constantly pushing and expanding on the creative output of the colloquium. The creative director is bound to uphold a level of excellence to ensure that the deliverables are attendant to the First Principles.
The Client, the Creative Director, and the Guild make up the colloquium. The Guild runs the gamut from design professionals, consultants, construction professionals, code enforcers, artists, artisans, and craftspeople. We are especially interested in forming The Guild from locally available expertise whenever possible. Of special importance to CRI is the bringing together from the beginning of the project local artists, artisans and craftspeople. For far too long we have left our "creatives" in the shadows when, in fact, they are generally the most in tune to local resources, mores, and the local idea of beauty.
CRI's Colloquium-Centered Creative Direction
The Client is at the center of this process; everything revolves around the project goals, objectives, and first principles established by the client. The client should be inspired and guided by the entire team to make the best decisions.
The role of the Creative Director is to represent the interests of the client, to select of the Guild, to facilitate communication and collaboration, and to assure the First Principles are not abrogated.
The Guild includes the creative professionals selected to design and build the project—architects, ecologists, consultants, landscape designers, accountants, strategists, engineers, artists, craftspeople.

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George Gordon McCrae
L'envoi from Balladeadro
See where the allied armies camped,
Where plumed and painted dancers tramped--
'Tis still the same, the same wild scene,
As though the ploughshare ne'er had been.
Grey Tomboritha still the skies
With bold and massy front defies;
And gorge, and chasm, and long-ledged rocks
Echo the ever-thundering shocks
Of waters dashed with headlong force,
Wild cataracts leaping on their course.
In dark Maroka's vale the stream
Reflects the slanting solar beam;
There the proud lyre-bird* spreads his tail,
And mocks the notes of hill and dale--
Whether the wild dog's plaintive howl
Or cry of piping waterfowl,
Or the shrill parrot's answering scream,
As, gem-like, dangling o'er the stream
He hears, re-echoed from the rock
The whirlwind whistle of the flock.
Alas! and what a change is there!
And yet the landscape still is fair.
There smiled the woodland by the rill:
'Tis gone--the waters turn a mill.
There the Mirbango village lay:
Mirbango maidens, where? O say,
Where the tall braves, whose warrior songs
Once wooed the dark-eyed Darakongs.
Yon sheltered hollow, 'neath the steep,
Now dotted o'er with browsing sheep,
Holds the last graves the dark man owns--
The treasure of his father's bones.
All else, alas! has passed, is o'er;
Time's wing has swept hill, vale, and shore;
All, hence to farthest northern strand,
Obeys the white, "the blood-stained hand;"
And grey-beards by the fire at night,
Warm, basking in its ruddy light,
The young, in solemn tones, advise
To shun all stranger-women's eyes.
"Our fathers," quoth they, "as we trace,
Thus lost a country--doomed a race."
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Hawks’ biggest question: What happens with Patrick Kane?
There’s a tremendous amount of uncertainty regarding the future of Patrick Kane.
As it stands today, Kane remains under police investigation for an alleged incident in early August, in which he’s accused of raping a woman at his Buffalo-area home. He hasn’t been charged but, per the Buffalo News, has met with both the Hamburg Police Department and Erie County District Attorney.
Kane also hasn’t spoken publicly or issued a statement since the alleged incident.
That silence, though, hasn’t stopped various entities from cutting ties with the Chicago star. EA Sports dropped him from the cover of the NHL ’16 video game and Kane’s former OHL team, the London Knights, removed his eponymous moniker from its annual training camp routine.
Needless to say, the optics surrounding Kane aren’t good right now.
Which is why the ‘Hawks are facing a difficult set of circumstances less than three weeks out of their own training camp. Publicly, the club has said little about the investigation -- “We’re disappointed but hopeful,” club owner Rocky Wirtz said in mid-August, per the Tribune -- while the NHL said it was monitoring the situation.
“You can assume we are doing everything we need to be doing from the league’s perspective,” deputy commissioner Bill Daly told the Sun-Times in an email earlier this month.
The situation is filled with unknowns.
It’s unknown if Kane will ever be charged by the Erie County DA and, if he is, when it will happen. It’s unknown if the league will intervene -- like it did with the LA Kings during Slava Voynov’s domestic assault incident, suspending the Russian defenseman indefinitely -- and it’s unknown if, should Kane be charged, he’d be allowed to continue playing, like Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov was after being charged with assault in 2013.
It’s also unknown if Chicago could -- or, would -- discipline Kane internally, or what role the NHLPA would play in all of this.
Right now, it’s all speculation until the Blackhawks descend on the University of Notre Dame on Sept. 18 for training camp. By then, the picture should be clearer.
Unless, of course, it isn’t.


§ 38–822.04a. Central kitchen report.
(a) Within 90 days of October 1, 2019, the Office of Planning shall submit a report to the Mayor and the Council describing best practices for developing a central kitchen in the District to:
(1) Prepare, process, grow, and store healthy and nutritious foods for schools and nonprofit organizations;
(2) Support nutrition education programs; and
(3) Provide job-training programs for students and District residents.
(b) The report required by subsection (a) of this section shall:
(1) Include research and case studies on central kitchen facilities in other jurisdictions;
(2) Identify any agencies that should design, build, or manage a central kitchen facility; and
(3) Consider how a central kitchen facility could assist other facilities serving meals, such as child development centers, senior centers, recreation centers, and corrections facilities.


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Households in drought-ravaged California can now get up to $2,000 for digging up their water-guzzling lawns, and $100 for tearing out their inefficient toilets, as the US state struggles through its fourth year of historic water shortages.
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced the two new rebate programmes last week to encourage citizens to drastically cut the amount of water they waste.
The "turf and toilet" campaign aims to replace more than 10 million square feet of lawn and upgrade more than 60,000 water-wasting toilets.
DWR will give a $100 rebate to households replacing one old toilet and up to $2 per square foot of thirsty lawn replaced with landscaping featuring hardy plants that need less water.
The turf rebates are targeted at around 10,000 homes, with a focus on disadvantaged communities hardest hit by the drought.
Funding for non-grass alternatives will be capped at $2,000 per household, and people can claim even if the drought has already killed their lawn.
The state has earmarked $24m for the turf replacement scheme, and $6m to flush out wasteful old toilets.
With California facing one of the most severe droughts on record, state Governor Jerry Brown declared a drought State of Emergency in January and directed state officials to take all necessary actions to prepare for water shortages.
Also last week the California Department of Fish and Wildlife took the unprecedented move of evacuating rainbow trout from a fish hatchery at Friant because a lack of incoming fresh water was causing the reservoir to overheat.
The fish were trucked to a nearby lake.
Photograph: California will pay up to $2 per square foot of thirsty lawn replaced with hardy plants that need less water (Muhammad Mahdi Karim/Wikimedia Commons)