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x86 virtualization is the use of hardware-assisted virtualization capabilities on an x86/x86-64 CPU.

In the late 1990s x86 virtualization was achieved by complex software techniques, necessary to compensate for the processor's lack of hardware-assisted virtualization capabilities while attaining reasonable performance. In 2005 and 2006, both Intel (VT-x) and AMD (AMD-V) introduced limited hardware virtualization support that allowed simpler virtualization software but offered very few speed benefits. Greater hardware support, which allowed substantial speed improvements, came with later processor models.

Software-based virtualization
The following discussion focuses only on virtualization of the x86 architecture protected mode.

In protected mode the operating system kernel runs at a higher privilege such as ring 0, and applications at a lower privilege such as ring 3. In software-based virtualization, a host OS has direct access to hardware while the guest OSs have limited access to hardware, just like any other application of the host OS. One approach used in x86 software-based virtualization to overcome this limitation is called ring deprivileging, which involves running the guest OS at a ring higher (lesser privileged) than 0.

Three techniques made virtualization of protected mode possible:
 Binary translation is used to rewrite in terms of ring 3 instructions certain ring 0 instructions, such as POPF, that would otherwise fail silently or behave differently when executed above ring 0, making the classic trap-and-emulate virtualization impossible. To improve performance, the translated basic blocks need to be cached in a coherent way that detects code patching (used in VxDs for instance), the reuse of pages by the guest OS, or even self-modifying code.
 A number of key data structures used by a processor need to be shadowed. Because most operating systems use paged virtual memory, and granting the guest OS direct access to the MMU would mean loss of control by the virtualization manager, some of the work of the x86 MMU needs to be duplicated in software for the guest OS using a technique known as shadow page tables. This involves denying the guest OS any access to the actual page table entries by trapping access attempts and emulating them instead in software. The x86 architecture uses hidden state to store segment descriptors in the processor, so once the segment descriptors have been loaded into the processor, the memory from which they have been loaded may be overwritten and there is no way to get the descriptors back from the processor. Shadow descriptor tables must therefore be used to track changes made to the descriptor tables by the guest OS.
 I/O device emulation: Unsupported devices on the guest OS must be emulated by a device emulator that runs in the host OS.

These techniques incur some performance overhead due to lack of MMU virtualization support, as compared to a VM running on a natively virtualizable architecture such as the IBM System/370.

On traditional mainframes, the classic type 1 hypervisor was self-standing and did not depend on any operating system or run any user applications itself. In contrast, the first x86 virtualization products were aimed at workstation computers, and ran a guest OS inside a host OS by embedding the hypervisor in a kernel module that ran under the host OS (type 2 hypervisor).

There has been some controversy whether the x86 architecture with no hardware assistance is virtualizable as described by Popek and Goldberg. VMware researchers pointed out in a 2006 ASPLOS paper that the above techniques made the x86 platform virtualizable in the sense of meeting the three criteria of Popek and Goldberg, albeit not by the classic trap-and-emulate technique.

A different route was taken by other systems like Denali, L4, and Xen, known as paravirtualization, which involves porting operating systems to run on the resulting virtual machine, which does not implement the parts of the actual x86 instruction set that are hard to virtualize. The paravirtualized I/O has significant performance benefits as demonstrated in the original SOSP'03 Xen paper.

The initial version of x86-64 (AMD64) did not allow for a software-only full virtualization due to the lack of segmentation support in long mode, which made the protection of the hypervisor's memory impossible, in particular, the protection of the trap handler that runs in the guest kernel address space. Revision D and later 64-bit AMD processors (as a rule of thumb, those manufactured in 90 nm or less) added basic support for segmentation in long mode, making it possible to run 64-bit guests in 64-bit hosts via binary translation. Intel did not add segmentation support to its x86-64 implementation (Intel 64), making 64-bit software-only virtualization impossible on Intel CPUs, but Intel VT-x support makes 64-bit hardware assisted virtualization possible on the Intel platform.

On some platforms, it is possible to run a 64-bit guest on a 32-bit host OS if the underlying processor is 64-bit and supports the necessary virtualization extensions.

Hardware-assisted virtualization

In 2005 and 2006, Intel and AMD (working independently) created new processor extensions to the x86 architecture. The first generation of x86 hardware virtualization addressed the issue of privileged instructions. The issue of low performance of virtualized system memory was addressed with MMU virtualization that was added to the chipset later.

Central processing unit

Virtual 8086 mode

Based on painful experiences with the 80286 protected mode, which by itself was not suitable enough to run concurrent DOS applications well, Intel introduced the virtual 8086 mode in their 80386 chip, which offered virtualized 8086 processors on the 386 and later chips. Hardware support for virtualizing the protected mode itself, however, became available 20 years later.

AMD virtualization (AMD-V)

AMD developed its first generation virtualization extensions under the code name "Pacifica", and initially published them as AMD Secure Virtual Machine (SVM), but later marketed them under the trademark AMD Virtualization, abbreviated AMD-V.

On May 23, 2006, AMD released the Athlon 64 ("Orleans"), the Athlon 64 X2 ("Windsor") and the Athlon 64 FX ("Windsor") as the first AMD processors to support this technology.

AMD-V capability also features on the Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 X2 family of processors with revisions "F" or "G" on socket AM2, Turion 64 X2, and Opteron 2nd generation and third-generation, Phenom and Phenom II processors. The APU Fusion processors support AMD-V. AMD-V is not supported by any Socket 939 processors. The only Sempron processors which support it are APUs and Huron, Regor, Sargas desktop CPUs.

AMD Opteron CPUs beginning with the Family 0x10 Barcelona line, and Phenom II CPUs, support a second generation hardware virtualization technology called Rapid Virtualization Indexing (formerly known as Nested Page Tables during its development), later adopted by Intel as Extended Page Tables (EPT).

As of 2019, all Zen-based AMD processors support AMD-V.

The CPU flag for AMD-V is "svm". This may be checked in BSD derivatives via dmesg or sysctl and in Linux via /proc/cpuinfo. Instructions in AMD-V include VMRUN, VMLOAD, VMSAVE, CLGI, VMMCALL, INVLPGA, SKINIT, and STGI.

With some motherboards, users must enable AMD SVM feature in the BIOS setup before applications can make use of it.

Intel virtualization (VT-x)

Previously codenamed "Vanderpool", VT-x represents Intel's technology for virtualization on the x86 platform. On November 13, 2005, Intel released two models of Pentium 4 (Model 662 and 672) as the first Intel processors to support VT-x. The CPU flag for VT-x capability is "vmx"; in Linux, this can be checked via /proc/cpuinfo, or in macOS via sysctl machdep.cpu.features.

"VMX" stands for Virtual Machine Extensions, which adds 13 new instructions: VMPTRLD, VMPTRST, VMCLEAR, VMREAD, VMWRITE, VMCALL, VMLAUNCH, VMRESUME, VMXOFF, VMXON, INVEPT, INVVPID, and VMFUNC. These instructions permit entering and exiting a virtual execution mode where the guest OS perceives itself as running with full privilege (ring 0), but the host OS remains protected.

, almost all newer server, desktop and mobile Intel processors support VT-x, with some of the Intel Atom processors as the primary exception. With some motherboards, users must enable Intel's VT-x feature in the BIOS setup before applications can make use of it.

Intel started to include Extended Page Tables (EPT), a technology for page-table virtualization, since the Nehalem architecture, released in 2008. In 2010, Westmere added support for launching the logical processor directly in real mode a feature called "unrestricted guest", which requires EPT to work.

Since the Haswell microarchitecture (announced in 2013), Intel started to include VMCS shadowing as a technology that accelerates nested virtualization of VMMs.
The virtual machine control structure (VMCS) is a data structure in memory that exists exactly once per VM, while it is managed by the VMM. With every change of the execution context between different VMs, the VMCS is restored for the current VM, defining the state of the VM's virtual processor. As soon as more than one VMM or nested VMMs are used, a problem appears in a way similar to what required shadow page table management to be invented, as described above. In such cases, VMCS needs to be shadowed multiple times (in case of nesting) and partially implemented in software in case there is no hardware support by the processor. To make shadow VMCS handling more efficient, Intel implemented hardware support for VMCS shadowing.

VIA virtualization (VIA VT)
VIA Nano 3000 Series Processors and higher support VIA VT virtualization technology compatible with Intel VT-x. EPT is present in Zhaoxin ZX-C, a descendant of VIA QuadCore-E & Eden X4 similar to Nano C4350AL.

Interrupt virtualization (AMD AVIC and Intel APICv)
In 2012, AMD announced their Advanced Virtual Interrupt Controller (AVIC) targeting interrupt overhead reduction in virtualization environments. This technology, as announced, does not support x2APIC.
In 2016, AVIC is available on the AMD family 15h models 6Xh
(Carrizo) processors and newer.

Also in 2012, Intel announced a similar technology for interrupt and APIC virtualization, which did not have a brand name at its announcement time.
Later, it was branded as APIC virtualization (APICv)
and it became commercially available in the Ivy Bridge EP series of Intel CPUs, which is sold as Xeon E5-26xx v2 (launched in late 2013) and as Xeon E5-46xx v2 (launched in early 2014).

Graphics processing unit
Graphics virtualization is not part of the x86 architecture. Intel Graphics Virtualization Technology (GVT) provides graphics virtualization as part of more recent Gen graphics architectures. Although AMD APUs implement the x86-64 instruction set, they implement AMD's own graphics architectures (TeraScale, GCN and RDNA) which do not support graphics virtualization. Larrabee was the only graphics microarchitecture based on x86, but it likely did not include support for graphics virtualization.

Chipset

Memory and I/O virtualization is performed by the chipset. Typically these features must be enabled by the BIOS, which must be able to support them and also be set to use them.

I/O MMU virtualization (AMD-Vi and Intel VT-d)

An input/output memory management unit (IOMMU) allows guest virtual machines to directly use peripheral devices, such as Ethernet, accelerated graphics cards, and hard-drive controllers, through DMA and interrupt remapping. This is sometimes called PCI passthrough.

An IOMMU also allows operating systems to eliminate bounce buffers needed to allow themselves to communicate with peripheral devices whose memory address spaces are smaller than the operating system's memory address space, by using memory address translation. At the same time, an IOMMU also allows operating systems and hypervisors to prevent buggy or malicious hardware from compromising memory security.

Both AMD and Intel have released their IOMMU specifications:
 AMD's I/O Virtualization Technology, "AMD-Vi", originally called "IOMMU"
 Intel's "Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O" (VT-d), included in most high-end (but not all) newer Intel processors since the Core 2 architecture.

In addition to the CPU support, both motherboard chipset and system firmware (BIOS or UEFI) need to fully support the IOMMU I/O virtualization functionality for it to be usable. Only the PCI or PCI Express devices supporting function level reset (FLR) can be virtualized this way, as it is required for reassigning various device functions between virtual machines.  If a device to be assigned does not support Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI), it must not share interrupt lines with other devices for the assignment to be possible.
All conventional PCI devices routed behind a PCI/PCI-X-to-PCI Express bridge can be assigned to a guest virtual machine only all at once; PCI Express devices have no such restriction.

Network virtualization (VT-c)
 Intel's "Virtualization Technology for Connectivity" (VT-c).

PCI-SIG Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)

PCI-SIG Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) provides a set of general (non-x86 specific) I/O virtualization methods based on PCI Express (PCIe) native hardware, as standardized by PCI-SIG:

 Address translation services (ATS) supports native IOV across PCI Express via address translation. It requires support for new transactions to configure such translations.
 Single-root IOV (SR-IOV or SRIOV) supports native IOV in existing single-root complex PCI Express topologies. It requires support for new device capabilities to configure multiple virtualized configuration spaces.
 Multi-root IOV (MR-IOV) supports native IOV in new topologies (for example, blade servers) by building on SR-IOV to provide multiple root complexes which share a common PCI Express hierarchy.

In SR-IOV, the most common of these, a host VMM configures supported devices to create and allocate virtual "shadows" of their configuration spaces so that virtual machine guests can directly configure and access such "shadow" device resources. With SR-IOV enabled, virtualized network interfaces are directly accessible to the guests,
avoiding involvement of the VMM and resulting in high overall performance; for example, SR-IOV achieves over 95% of the bare metal network bandwidth in NASA's virtualized datacenter and in the Amazon Public Cloud.

See also

 Comparison of application virtualization software
 Comparison of platform virtualization software
 Hardware-assisted virtualization
 Hypervisor
 I/O virtualization
 Network virtualization
 OS-level virtualization
 Timeline of virtualization development
 Virtual machine
 List of IOMMU-supporting hardware
 Second Level Address Translation (SLAT)
 Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI)

References

External links
 Everything You Need to Know About the Intel Virtualization Technology Archived at ghostarchive.org at 10 May 2022
 A special course at the University of San Francisco on Intel EM64T and VT Extensions (2007)
 2 day open source & open access class on writing a VT-x VMM

X86 architecture
Hardware virtualization


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'Allegiance' musical a lyrical interpretation of Japanese American history
October 4, 2012 by CHIZU OMORI, Nichi Bei Weekly Leave a Comment
Just think about it, a musical based on the incarceration experience of Japanese Americans during World War II. It struck me as an idea so far out that I couldn't imagine what it would be like. But that's the nature of creativity, isn't it? Something we lesser mortals can't imagine turns out to be something that someone else thinks is a great idea, and they produce something quite remarkable.
I had been privileged to see a DVD of "Allegiance — A New American Musical" as a work in progress last year and was impressed with the concept, but the product didn't quite look like something that would grab a big audience. Still, I had to admire the dedication and energy the creators and cast were pouring into the project, and I wondered if they could actually pull it off.
Well, I think that I can now say that yes, they really did pull it off, and that the final production now playing at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego is a triumph. We, my siblings and I, former camp inmates, went a week after the opening with the expectation that it would be a smoother running production at that point. It certainly was. The characters have been fleshed out, the transitions more clearly staged and the basic concepts more developed.
The story of the Kimura family through 60 years, from a California farm to a rejoining in 2001, is heartbreaking. Sammy and Kei, a brother and sister, and their father and grandfather are incarcerated at Heart Mountain, Wyo., one of the 10 camps housing the 120,000 persons of Japanese descent — most of whom were American citizens. Sammy is approached by Mike Masaoka, leader of the Japanese American Citizens League, and he becomes active in promoting loyalty to the United States.
Sammy volunteers for the army, serving with the famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Europe, while his embittered father is dragged off to the Tule Lake Segregation Center in Northern California for his refusal to comply with a "loyalty questionnaire."
Kei meets and falls in love with Frankie, a leader of a group that resists draft orders. When Sammy returns home, he finds out that his sister has married Frankie. In a rage, he breaks all ties with his family. After 60 years, Sammy realizes that he had been used by Masaoka, who wanted high casualties in the war to express Japanese American loyalty. At the end, Sammy is reconciled with the daughter of his sister, Kei.
The audience — a sold-out crowd, which was mostly white the evening that I saw the production — was riveted, laughing and applauding, seriously following the complicated story with rapt attention, and it gave the cast a standing ovation at the end.
So first of all, "Allegiance" passed the basic test of a theatrical offering: It is very entertaining. The singers are great, the dancing expert and the sets and lighting keep the whole show moving at a good clip. Lea Salonga (Kei Kimura) is a terrific singer, George Takei (Sam Kimura) was a good crotchety old man, and the substitute performer Karl Josef Co (Sammy Kimura), in for Telly Leung that night, was touching as the conflicted young man. We didn't leave the theater humming the tunes of "Better Americans in a Greater America" and "Gaman" like they did at some musicals in times past like "Some Enchanted Evening," but only a few great song writers have achieved that kind of success, and "Allegiance" does just fine. "Allegiance" was also a great vehicle for a number of talented Asian American performers who got a chance to strut their stuff, and that was great to see.
Going in, my big concerns were: Will they get the story right? Will they stay true to the spirit of these events? Will they convey the truly tragic consequences of government policies imposed on this inmate population? In my opinion, they do, and surprisingly well, since you can't expect a musical to be a history lesson.
What I like best is that this story is advertised as an American story, "an epic story of family, love, and patriotism." Rather than a bit of some obscure, inconsequential historic aberration that happened a long time ago, the incarceration experience here is treated as an American story that lives on and has some real relevance for today. The musical strikes notes that touch on contemporary issues like anti-Muslim reactions to the events of 9/11 and on a general level, the racism that infects our communities.
There's going to be controversy over the depiction of Mike Masaoka in this musical, and for me, this is a good thing. One matter that has been festering in our Japanese American community has been the role of the JACL during World War II, and "Allegiance" may help in bringing it out into the sunlight.
"Allegiance" is the product of Italy native Lorenzo Thione and Jay Kuo. This is their reading of the record based on available documents, and some will say that it is a misinterpretation of the record, but I believe that it is a legitimate reading. There is always conflict within an immigrant community with generational clashes of values and traditions, and in our case, because of the special circumstances, the conflicts resulted in some ruined lives and scarred families.
What could be a better way to tell our story to a general audience than song and dance? You gotta see it to believe it. "Allegiance's" run has been extended a week, to Oct. 28, so that's a sign that it's a hit. The producers want to take this to Broadway, and it looks like this might happen.
"Allegiance — A New American Musical" runs through Sunday, Oct. 28 at The Old Globe Theatre's Conrad Prebys Theatre Center. Starring Lea Salonga and George Takei. Music and lyrics by Jay Kuo;
book by Marc Acito, Jay Kuo
and Lorenzo Thione;
 directed by Stafford Arima. Tickets cost $49 and up. For more information, visit www.allegiancemusical.com.
Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Featured, Featured Articles Tagged With: 442nd RCT, concentration camps, racism, resisters, wartime incarceration, World War II, WWII

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Q: Trigger trailing white space on demand on Sublime text 3 Related with the third answer from this question, I would like to refactor this simple plugin so that it works with Sublime Text 3. Please, could you help me? I am new to python, and I don´t know anything about plugin development for sublime.
import sublime, sublime_plugin

def trim_trailing_white_space2(view):
    trailing_white_space2 = view.find_all("[\t ]+$")
    trailing_white_space2.reverse()
    edit = view.begin_edit()
    for r in trailing_white_space2:
        view.erase(edit, r)
    view.end_edit(edit)

class TrimTrailingWhiteSpace2Command(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
    def run(self, edit):
        trim_trailing_white_space2(self.view)

I have searched and the problem is begin_edit() and end_edit(). I don´t want to install a plugin just for triggering trailing white space on demand. Thanks a lot, best regards.

A: In Sublime Text 3 you simply need to map a shortcut for the native trim function. Just add
{ "keys": ["ctrl+alt+t"], "command": "trim_trailing_white_space" }

To your key bindings under Preferences → Key Bindings - User. It can then be executed by pressing ctrl+alt+t.

A: Working on ST3.
import sublime, sublime_plugin

    class TrimTrailingWhiteSpace2Command(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
        def run(self, edit):
            trailing_white_space = self.view.find_all("[\t ]+$")
            trailing_white_space.reverse()
            for r in trailing_white_space:
                self.view.erase(edit, r)

    class TrimTrailingWhiteSpace2(sublime_plugin.EventListener):
        def run(self, view):
            view.run_command("trim_trailing_white_space2")

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Next Generation of Wearables? Meet Rithmio
Rithmio, a startup building advanced fitness wearables technology that is based at EnterpriseWorks, was the focus of a Sunday feature in the (Champaign) News-Gazette business section.
CEO Adam Tilton, a doctoral student, is developing the gesture-recognition device to help athletes monitor what they've done in practice. The device is built on technology originally developed in the lab of his adviser, Prashant Mehta, an associate professor of mechanical science and engineering. The article discusses TIlton and Mehta's experience in the NSF I-Corps program and how that helped Tilton move the technology forward with a customer in mind.
Exactly what course the company will take from here hasn't been determined. "We're exploring all options," Tilton said. The company may end up collaborating with a larger firm, licensing its software or engaging in a joint venture — or it may end up preparing to build its own device.
For more, visit the article at the News-Gazette online.


wheres my box section .
also cut away front section where towing hitch bolts too.
Very nice! I'm surprised they're as good as that to start with, mine are hanging!
Hi Russ Thanks for your comments it makes it all worthwhile,beginning to think people out there forgot how to use keyboards:lol: hope you and everybody else viewing pics enjoy.
Really good detailed pics, don't go looking to hard you might not like what you find!
Derrick, I'm also guilty of looking, admiring the work but not posting.
You have done a great job, superb pictures too.
Impressive work, I wish I coud weld. Keep the pics coming Derrick. Any tips for me in what welder to go for, for a complete novice?
Yes Derrick it was me, how are the chickens?
Haha I dont have much luck with gearboxes, the Z experts on here identified it as not a 280ZX box but from something else like a Laurel so wasnt going to be up for the job I wanted it for. You werent to know that though.
Thanks for the advice on the welding, you really pick things up quickly!
You're a top bloke Derrick, no problem, I new it was going to be of no fault of yours and an honest mistake after I had met you.
I remember seeing Derricks car a couple of years ago and was amazed at the time his attention to detail, he showed me some engine parts that he restored that looked like new!!! Looking forward to more pics, this car is going to be a good contender for a concurs prize.
not sure how im going to do this one metal so much thinner.
Blimey, thats a really nice job. Good to see another 280ZX being restored. Keep the pictures coming.


These 30+ kids cutting their own hair will make you cringe. #8 LOL!
While our kids are stretching their wings and starting to make their own decisions, we feel good about it. For the most part. We've put together these hilarious pictures of what happens when kids cut their own hair.


I've been pretty active in January, but I've finally let this blog gather a little dust. Not much, but a little.
The reason for my recent computer problems was dust. Well, sort of. I opened up my computer because the fan was getting super noisy. That could have been because the ball bearings in the fan were going bad, but it also could have been just due to a huge dust buildup. You see, life in China comes with more than the recommended daily dosage of dust.
So I was cleaning the dust out of my computer's innards. I used compressed air. (I didn't know how to say that in Chinese, so I went around the computer market asking for "air in a can" (Ìý×°µÄ¿ÕÆø). I'm pretty sure I sounded like a moron, but it eventually yielded the desired result.) Even compressed air proved insufficient, though. I ended up cleaning a lot of the dust out with q-tips. Big chunks of it.
While cleaning out the dust I carelessly knocked my wireless network card loose (which I'm not even using, ironically), causing my computer woes.
I ended up getting a new power source anyway. The bearings really were going bad on the fan, and the inside was just dusty beyond help. Dust takes its toll.
Shortly after I arrived in China, I went on a trip to a park with some Chinese friends. It had been a while since I had seen grass, so I was happy to sprawl out on it, which promptly resulted in my Chinese friends' disapproval. "It's dirty!" they told me. I just shook my head. In a corner of the world where there's so little nature left to enjoy, they regard what little is left as "dirty"? That's so sad! Then, as an afterthought, I ran my hand across the grass. My palm was turned gray. Dust. From the grass.
That little incident drove home that I really didn't know how everything worked here, even when I was so sure I had it all figured out.
I've learned to watch out for dust in China. It can choke your computer's internal fans. It makes daily sweeping almost essential. Dust is even on the grass, and gets into everything if you let it. You don't realize how much dust there really is in the air here until you experience it.
As with the rest of the dust around me, the dust on these pages will soon be dislodged and released to afflict the less diligent.
Ahh, the artful John, has revealed itself, again. BTW, the excessive dust buildup was surely due to the fact that your high-rise two bedroom apartment was next door to the Plaza 66 Tower 2 construction site, a lot the size of a metro city block. By the way, did they ever finish that? I know construction moves at lightspeed in those parts.
Is the dust natural, as in it's really dry and dirt turns to dust, or is it pollution related?
Pretty sure it's mostly pollution-related. I remember when I was living in Beijing, my window-sills would get absolutely covered with this fine grit every single day. It wasn't really dust the way you find in North America.
so where does this dust come from? construction? sandstorms from mongolia?
Yeah, China's pollution problems are pretty bad, but what the hell, it needs to develop. I rather have a dusty country with a 8% GDP growth than a clean country with a 2% GDP growth! Once China becomes a moderately rich country, it can worry about the environment it screwed up along the way!
Mike, it's all of the above. There is a LOT of construction dust in the air in the parts of China that are developing. My home is away from the polluted areas, but still gathering a lot of dust.
I'm scared to open MY computer, but I'd hate to wait until it just fritzes. It's over 3 years old, so it must be filthy inside.
So John, How does one say "compressed air in a can" in Chinese?
When I was in Jiuzhaigou living in a village (within a national park ) with no obvious sources of air pollution or nearby construction, but when the wind blew it still blew up clouds of dust (although less so than the city — we did sit on the grass sometimes!). I'm wondering if its just that soil of China has been so constantly farmed for thousands of years. The dirt just seems different! It's soft and powdery, quite strange.
Well, THAT was now a sensible comment by Da Xiangchang on January 19, 2005, even in the face of articles like the one published by NASA's Earth Observatory service (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/1999/19991206786.html), wherein it is commented that China is losing up to 30% of its crop production due to haze! So, now, Da Xiangchang, the 6% GDP growth that you have scored over countries with a GDP growth of 2%, is being spent trying to obtain crops produced at higher prices, due to the haze pollution, to try to survive! How's the thinking?


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Writers of the Future Winner, Patrick Rothfuss, Publishes His Second Book in Fantasy Trilogy
Hollywood, CA—The year was 2002 and Patrick Rothfuss had just been awarded his first place trophy as a winner in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest with "The Road to Levinshire," his first professional sale. (Writers of the Future Volume 18; www.writersofthefuture.com) Since then, his own personal story has become another one of the Contest's great successes beginning with his breakout novel The Name of the Wind followed by his just released, The Wise Man's Fear.
As Patrick puts it, "It all started when I won the Writers of the Future contest. Well, honestly it started long before that. I'd spent eight years working on my fantasy trilogy, then a solid year stacking up rejections. I couldn't get an agent or publisher interested to save my life.
"Then I re-worked a piece of my trilogy into a stand-alone story and submitted it to Writers of the Future. It won first place in its quarter, and before I knew it I was out in LA at their workshop, learning the fine points of the writer's craft from Tim Powers himself.
"It was out at the workshop that I met Kevin Anderson as well. We ended up talking about writing in the lobby of the hotel. After he read my story on the plane home he e-mailed me, telling me I should talk to his agent.
"But it all started when I won the Writers of the Future contest. They were my first publication. My foot in the door. Without them, I can honestly say would not be where I am today."
Patrick Rothfuss is also featured in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future: The First 25 Years, a compendium of the winners and judges from the first 25 years of the contest and their own incredible personal stories of how they broke into the field of writing.
The Writers of the Future contest was created by L. Ron Hubbard in 1983 as a means of allowing the newcomer a chance to have their work seen. And this program has provided that starting point for so many careers. Over 300 writers have seen their name in print over the 26 years of the contest's history, with nearly 100 now having successful careers as a writer. In addition to continuing on in the field of speculative fiction, several have gone on to publish in genres such as mystery and romance, to write for television and motion pictures and to become editors and critics.
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Mestečko (ungarisch Lednickisfalu – bis 1907 Mesztecskó) ist eine Gemeinde im Nordwesten der Slowakei, mit  Einwohnern (Stand ), die zum Okres Púchov, einem Teil des Trenčiansky kraj, gehört.

Geographie
Die Gemeinde befindet sich im Tal des Flüsschens Biela voda zwischen den Weißen Karpaten und dem Javorníky-Gebirge, nahe der Grenze zu Tschechien. Das Ortszentrum liegt auf einer Höhe von  und ist achteinhalb Kilometer von Púchov entfernt.

Nachbargemeinden sind Vydrná im Norden, Dohňany (Ortsteile Zbora und Dohňany) im Osten und Süden, Zubák im Südwesten und Záriečie im Westen und Nordwesten.

Geschichte
Mestečko wurde zum ersten Mal 1471 als Myeztechko schriftlich erwähnt und gehörte zum Herrschaftsgebiet der Burg Lednica. 1598 stand eine Mühle und 21 Häuser in Mestečko, 1784 hatte die Ortschaft 54 Häuser, 63 Familien und 363 Einwohner, 1828 zählte man 52 Häuser und 370 Einwohner, die als Landwirte und Viehhalter beschäftigt waren. Im 19. Jahrhundert arbeitete eine Brennerei im Ort.

Bis 1918 gehörte der im Komitat Trentschin liegende Ort zum Königreich Ungarn und kam danach zur Tschechoslowakei beziehungsweise heutigen Slowakei. In der ersten tschechoslowakischen Republik arbeitete ein Teil der Einwohner als Saisonarbeiter in der Südslowakei, während andere als Korbmacher, Viehhalter, Weber und Hersteller von Hausschuhen tätig waren.

Bevölkerung
Nach der Volkszählung 2011 wohnten in Mestečko 522 Einwohner, davon 512 Slowaken. Zehn Einwohner machten keine Angabe zur Ethnie.

355 Einwohner bekannten sich zur Evangelischen Kirche A. B., 138 Einwohner zur römisch-katholischen Kirche, vier Einwohner zu den Siebenten-Tags-Adventisten sowie jeweils zwei Einwohner zu den Baptisten und zur evangelisch-methodistischen Kirche. Sechs Einwohner waren konfessionslos und bei 15 Einwohnern wurde die Konfession nicht ermittelt.

Verkehr
Mestečko liegt an der Straße 1. Ordnung zwischen Púchov und tschechischer Grenze bei Lysá pod Makytou sowie an der Bahnstrecke Púchov–Horní Lideč, mit nächstem Bahnanschluss im Nachbarort Záriečie.

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Pre Wedding Photos in Paris.
Singapore couple Daryl and Baldwin are hopeless romantics so the decision on where to take their pre-wedding photos was an easy one – Paris. And even though the weather wasn't on their side, the raindrops kept many indoors, leaving the couple to roam the city relaxed and stress-free. While most brides choose various styles and looks for their engagement photos, Daryl definitely highlights her bridal beauty. She starts by wearing a long veil over her curled locks.
She dons a strapless blush pink gown. It features a mermaid silhouette and dramatic skirt.
Baldwin complements her elegant look in a classic black tuxedo with a black bow tie. He even momentarily joins her underneath her veil.
When she removes the veil, one can see the blush-colored roses and carnations, assorted white flowers, and baby eucalyptus that make up her bouquet.
As she turns her back to the camera, the elegance of her gown is elevated thanks to the Seine River and the faint appearance of the Eiffel Tower in the distance.
The ruched bodice of her gown is flattering and modern.
The photographer grabs an up-close shot of her beautiful engagement ring as she rests her arm against the bridge.
Baldwin has a polished charisma and it shows through his handsome and sophisticated style.
Of course, they had to capture Paris' most famous landmark. The imposing Eiffel Tower is another personality in their photos, a detail that can't be missed.
The Alexander III Bridge evokes refinement with its ornate lamp posts and gilded details. It provides the perfect spot to pause along the Seine.
They make their way over to the Quais de Seine to experience the river from another vantage point. As cars and busses whizz by them, the couple maintain their composure and grace as they continue their photo session.
Even with gray skies, Daryl and Baldwin emit a brilliance as they embrace for a few last photos.
Much like Paris itself, Daryl and Baldwin's pre-wedding photo shoot emits romance and sophistication that's hard to find. With their statement styles and genuine passion, this couple found no better place to capture their engagement than the City of Love.


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Plans for 100 homes rejected with village claiming it has taken fair share
Village homes rejected. - Credit: Mead Realisations
Plans for up to 100 homes in Yatton have been thrown out amid claims the village has taken its fair share of growth.
Putting forward land at Rectory Farm in Chescombe Road, Mead Realisations said the country is facing a housing crisis and North Somerset has a housing shortfall.
It said the adverse impacts on the roads and environment did not outweigh benefits including 30 per cent affordable housing, but North Somerset Council disagreed and said the four-hectare site would be better suited to just 25 homes.
The application was met with 150 objections and 60 letters of support.
One opponent said: "Although the hundred houses you have planned is not a significant amount, the continued effects of these small amounts build up and up."
Another said: "Yatton will no longer be a close knit community but a town of strangers, that isn't why I moved here 18 years ago.
"Trying to sway applications by saying there will be affordable housing is a joke, affordable housing doesn't have a price tag of £300,000!"
Yatton Parish Council likewise raised concerns about the cumulative impact of developments in the village, while the Yatton and Congresbury Wildlife Action Group said the scheme would have a detrimental impact on the landscape, nature conservation and protected species.
Supporters of Mead Realisations' plans argued that more homes were needed, the growth would support local businesses and the land is close to the village centre and train station.
Refusing permission, North Somerset Council planning officers said: "A significant number of allocations have been made at Yatton, including 631 dwellings identified in the site allocations plan, plus the allocation at Mendip Road, and any sites of up to about 25 units that might come forward at the settlement edges.
"Planned development at Yatton represents 43 per cent of planned growth within the nine service villages."
They added: "The applicant was asked to withdraw this application and submit a revised scheme on part of the site adjoining the settlement, providing about 25 units. Such a scheme would have accorded with the strategy set out within the development plan. The applicant declined to take this route.
"As proposed, the development would deliver housing at a scale that is not anticipated or sought by the Neighbourhood Plan."
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Water spills from a retaining pond into a vertical chute a few yards from the dam's earthen wall.. A small park is located here on Lower Dam, with some small benches and parking area, and a metal walkway stretches across the chute. Lush green woods follow the sandy East Branch Ontonagon River downstream from the dam.
Note: while this is most definitely not a natural waterfall there are some hints that one is buried underneath the reservoir.
Leaving Sidnaw on Sidnaw South Road, turn right on Lake 13 road and follow it for 3.2 miles before turning left onto Lower Dam Road. Park near Lower Dam, about a mile south, and follow the grassy dam over to the park and 'falls'.


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A second music festival, in which Kiwi music sensation Lorde was a headline act, is now at the centre of investigations into the motive and movements of Las Vegas massacre gunman Stephen Paddock.
And NBC reported today that Paddock also searched for hotels near Boston's famous baseball field, Fenway Park.
Paddock booked a room at a Chicago hotel on the weekend of the Lollapalooza music festival some two months before he opened fire on a country music concert in Las Vegas from a 32nd-floor room of a hotel and killing 59 people, an official says.
The official said police had found no evidence Paddock ever went to Chicago during the weekend of Lollapalooza - a music festival that attracts hundreds of thousands of people including, this year, the oldest daughter of Barack and Michelle Obama.
Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock. Photo / AP
Lorde was a headline act at Lollapalooza, as she was at the Life is Beautiful event in Las Vegas in September - another music festival for which Paddock had booked accommodation overlooking the venue.
Lorde performed at Lollapalooza briefly before wild weather ended her set early.
TMZ reports that Paddock would have had a similar view to the one he had of the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas where he killed at least 59 people.
About 400,000 people, including Barack and Michelle Obama's oldest daughter, Malia, attended the festival, which also showcased artists like The Killers and Muse.
The official, who was not authorised to discuss the investigation of Paddock's movements, spoke only on condition of anonymity after being briefed on the investigation.
The Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, where Paddock made the reservations, overlooks the main stage and other stages at Grant Park where the music festival is held every year.
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Paddock's booking of the hotel room, first reported by TMZ, comes as investigators, trying to determine a motive for the Las Vegas shooting, have been trying to track Paddock's movements in the days before he opened fire from the Mandalay Bay casino resort on Sunday night.
Air Force One departs Las Vegas past the broken windows on the Mandalay Bay hotel, where shooter Stephen Paddock conducted his mass shooting along the Las Vegas Strip. Photo / Reuters
Unlike many other mass killers, Paddock led such a private life that no one seemed to know him well, and those who did had no sense he was capable of gunning down 58 people and injuring hundreds more before killing himself.
Meanwhile, Boston's police commissioner says he will contact federal investigators about a report that the Las Vegas shooter researched locations in Boston, including hotels near the city's Fenway Park baseball stadium. Few, if any, hotels have views of the grandstands.
But William Evans said Thursday he could not confirm the report and had not been briefed on the matter
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker also says he's aware of the reports but could not discuss them because of the ongoing investigation into the mass shooting.
Baker said that police officials based in Boston were "fully plugged in" to the investigation and were in contact with Las Vegas authorities
FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said he was surprised Paddock had provided so few clues, and that has proved challenging.
Clark County Sheriff did share on Wednesday night said Paddock had rented a Los Vegas apartment in another high-rise above another music festival a week earlier, though he could not say why.
He said he felt it was unlikely Paddock could have pulled off the elaborate plan alone, though investigators have no idea who may have helped him.
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Croc' of Gold
mardi 1 October 2013
...and everything else
Forget caviar and even truffles – the world's most precious food item turns out to be saffron, surprising quantities of which are produced right here on our home soil...
The humble crocus, a close relative of the iris family, has become a familiar sight to gardeners, who will tell you that the stamens which add the fiery stab of gold to the heart of the flowers are used to make saffron. In fact, they're only partly right. The precious spice comes not from the common autumn crocus but from just one particular variety, Crocus sativus Linnaeus – and with such a minuscule amount available from each plant, you can begin to see why saffron currently retails at around 30-60 euros/g, depending on its quality and origin. Sounds like a lucrative crop, don't you think?
The only slight problem is that you'll need to hand-pick – ideally, this should be done as soon as the flower opens – more than 500 stamens or 'pistils' in order to produce a single gram. This means over half a million for a kilo. The plant only produces three per flower, and after picking they'll need to be carefully oven or sun dried to preserve them, prior to 4-5 weeks' storage, to allow their full aromatic qualities to develop. Another factor contributing to the market price is the age-old one of spices passing through many hands between the producer and the retail customer. On the other hand, selling direct, an option denied to many workers in under developed economies, has made saffron production an increasingly worthwhile activity in wealthier societies with the spending power to indulge in luxury items. Right here in western France, for example, a growing number of independent saffron producers are doing just that.
As it turns out, it's nothing new. After conquering Gaul the Romans made themselves at home here, planting not only vineyards but also fields of crocuses, which yielded saffron for dyes, for cleansing the waters of thermal baths and, of course, as a highly prized spice whose use sent out a powerful message of wealth and social standing. It also figured in religious rituals. When the legions departed much of their civilising influence followed suit, and saffron ceased to be cultivated in France until the 8th century.
Things changed, though, after the celebrated victory over Saracen invaders by Frankish forces, commanded by Charles Martel, in the Battle of Poitiers in 732. Like the Romans, the Moors had brought with them supplies of saffron, whose culinary and medicinal properties were thus rediscovered, prompting a significant revival in crocus cultivation both here and in Spain. Poitou-Charentes became a significant producer with the coming of the Black Death in the mid-14th century, when large quantities of saffron were employed in an attempt to disinfect homes of families stricken with the disease. Significant saffron – 'safran' – production continued locally until the bulbs were destroyed by frost during an exceptionally severe winter around 1765, when temperatures plunged to below -30°C. Few had the means or inclination to replant, not least since such hard times provoked a more general decline in those working the land, apart from those involved in viticulture and wheat production.
A handful of workers kept the tradition alive, however, and today their successors have been joined by a surprising number of enthusiastic and dedicated new producers. Among them are members of the Union Française des Professionnels du Safran, and/or Les Safraniers du Poitou-Charentes, with a regular presence at local markets or selling direct from the farm. And, since flowering time is between late September and early November, now might be the perfect moment to see this time-honoured activity at its colourful best.
Buying locally produced saffron makes sense, not only since you're supporting the region's small farmers, but also as you'll have the reassurance of a provenance which other sources can't always provide. Anything with sky-high values is fair game for opaque trading practices, and saffron is no exception. Spain's annual production, for example, amounts to around 1.5 tonnes, yet an estimated seven tonnes are sold as 'Spanish saffron'. This is explained by Iranian traders having set up companies on Iberian soil, exploiting a loophole which allows them to market Iran-sourced saffron (whose typical market value is half that of the more highly-regarded Spanish product) as 'Producto de España'.
Since 1994 the ISO 3632-2 has set a minimum standard for both filament and milled saffron, by way of tightening up quality control. Why? Because it's not unknown for counterfeiters to attempt to mimic saffron using turmeric, yellow dye, chilli, marigold petals, etc. Fortunately, once you know what to look for, the real thing is readily identifiable by its unique spicy aroma and deep red colour. If you drop saffron threads in water they should swell and tint the water with vibrant yellow. Taste it and it should be bitter and spicy, and if you're still not convinced that what you have is true saffron then carefully examine the individual threads – you're looking for a red, trumpet-shaped upper portion, linked to a more slender yellow tendril. If they're not connected then be wary.
For a list of local producers see here.
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est le premier single du girl group britannique Eternal. Publié le , il est issu de l'album Always & Forever (1993). Il a été écrit par Bob Khouzouri et Mark Stevens.

Il atteint la  des ARIA Charts et la  de l'UK Singles Chart.

Une version antérieure de la chanson a été enregistrée par Glenn Jones et publiée en 1990.

Single musical sorti en 1993
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The historic Darden Mill. Home of the West Virginia Railroad Museum and the AFHA Forest Discovery Center
The museum is open Thursday – Sunday from 9:30 am to 5pm. We are closed from November to mid-April. There is a $5 admission fee to visit the museum. Children 12 and under, and museum members, receive free admission. Contact us to arrange a group visit.
The West Virginia Railroad Museum is located in the historic Darden Mill in Elkins, West Virginia—a city that was built by the railroads. The Mill is on the corner of First Street and Railroad Avenue, two blocks south of the heart of downtown and the old railway depot. The Darden Mill was built in 1902, on land purchased from the West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway Company. It was a grain mill between 1902 and 1943, run first by the Elkins Milling Company then by the Darden Company. In the second half of the 20th century, it was a farm supply store, used furniture store, and a junk shop.
The building is owned by C-HOPE (Citizens for Historical Opportunity, Preservation, and Education in Randolph County), who purchased and restored the building. Located just blocks from the railroad depot and alongside the train tracks, the Darden Mill is the ideal location for the West Virginia Railroad Museum.The museum has limited parking, but free on-street parking is widely available in the downtown area.
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Q: Why doesn't R check for missing arguments at start of call? I noticed that R functions check for missing arguments only at the time when the specific argument is evaluated in the function body.
Example:
f <- function(x, y) {
    Sys.sleep(3)
    return(x + y)
}
f(1)

The function takes 3 seconds to fail and report the missing argument rather that at the start of the function call. What is the advantage of such an implementation?
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I'm aware of force() and missing(). I would like to know what the advantage is of missing() on an argument immediately before evaluation rather than at the start of a function call. Is there a necessary reason for such an implementation?
As a contrived example
f2 <- function() {
    Sys.sleep(3)
}

f <- function(x, y) {
    if (missing(y)) stop("y missing")
    print(x)
}

f(1, f2())

The "expensive" call to f2() is still avoided by lazy evaluation, but its missingness can be checked without evaluation.
EDIT2:
I guess you can argue that it gives more flexibility for generating default values, in another contrived example
f <- function(x, y = 1:3) {
    if (missing(x)) {
        x <- y
    }
    x
}

f()

such code would fail if argument checking was done immediately upon function call. However this code is better written as function(x = y, y = 1:3). Though I guess such a feature would be used by a non-trivial number of codebases and changing the behaviour now would be more trouble than it's worth.

A:
R uses lazy evaluation. That is, arguments to functions are not evaluated until
  they are required. This can save both time and memory if it turns out the
  argument is not required.
  In extremely rare circumstances something is not evaluated that should be.
  You can use force to get around the laziness.

Burns, Patrick. 2011. « The R Inferno ». http://www.burns-stat.com/pages/Tutor/R_inferno.pdf.
So, this following code will fail faster :
f <- function(x, y) {
 force(y)
 Sys.sleep(3)
 return(x + y)
}
f(1)

or
f <- function(x, y) {
  if(missing(y)) stop("missing y")
  Sys.sleep(3)
  return(x + y)
}
f(1)


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Nicolas Pepe needs to adapt quickly to Premier League: Unai Emery, The Ivory Coast International started in three of Arsenal's six games of this campaign and is yet to show why the Gunners have paid £72m to bring him to the Emirate Stadium.
Emery admits that he and his coaching staff are working closely with Pepe to speed up his adjustment in the hope that he'll be able to impress against Aston Villa on Sunday.
"He needs to adapt," Emery said. "He's playing well, but progressively we know there's going to be more of him to help us out, and I want him to take the last quick step in adapting for us.
"We're working with him-after training, we're watching individual videos with him." He's playing well, but we also need to be strong with every player in our club to make a lot of improvements.
"Emery and his players faced a lot of criticism after a two-goal half-time lead slip at Watford last weekend-where they were finally lucky enough to leave with a share of the spoils.
But, after making seven alterations, Arsenal struck a 3-0 Europa League victory over Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday night.
Former Paris St Germain boss Emery acknowledges that he ultimately has to deliver to the club's supporters, but insists that he is never too responsive to the result. "I stay calm when we win, when we lose, I stay calm," he added.
"I want to win more than lose and I really want to be consistent on our way and on our way forward. We know that every match is very important because we have a lot of fans in London, England and around the world.
"We know our responsibility and we know we want to give them very good moments, we want to give them special moments and feel connected with us because it is not only how we can win, it is also how we can play and how we can give them our energy, our capacity, our skills and enjoy each match with us."
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World consumption of natural fibres is expected to increase due to growing demand from health and eco-friendly consumers. There exists a good potential if attempts are made to exploit natural fibres like ramie, cotton, bamboo, eri etc. for promotion of apparel fabrics with newer appeal and comfort characteristics by blending techniques.
The main objectives of blending two or more fibres in predetermined quantities is to produce yarns and fabrics of improved quality, functionally and/or aesthetically that cannot be obtained by using only one type of fibres alone. The other purpose of blending is to economise the input mixing cost and improve the process performance. The individual characteristics of a fibre exert a greater or smaller influence in the blended textiles depending upon its proportion in the blend. The properties of yarns and fabrics made from the blend depend on the choice of fibres and their properties in the blend. Blended textiles are finding increasing application in highly diversified fields ranging from apparels to technical textiles. By blending, fabrics of novel types and with special effects can be produced for the niche market.
Ramie, an under exploited natural lingo cellulosic fibre ,also known as king of natural fibre finds stiff competition as a textile material due to its limited location specific availability and lack of knowledge of Degumming and processing. However, a lot of work has been carried out from time to time under different Research and development Projects in different research institutes, we have not achieved success for development of finer grade textile quality blended yarns. Ramie-cotton blend under A. P. Cess Fund project limited to 24s yarn in bulk quantity which is finer than commercially produced 100% ramie yarn developed on long staple spinning systems. Due to the unavailability of specialized ramie processing systems in India, novel blends of ramie with other natural fibres using spun silk spinning system and short staple spinning system needs to be developed which will produce finer binary and tertiary blended yarns for application in apparels and functional textiles. Fancy yarns and slub yarns are playing a significant role in textiles. Since there is no such research evidence of binary blended and tertiary blended yarns available, it is the high time to explore in the area of blended and slub yarns. Since ramie and Eri silk, both natural fibres belongs to the North eastern Region of our country, hence any technology developed will benefit the rural economy of N.E.H region of India.
To develop binary/tertiary blended yarn and slub yarn by ring/rotor/compact spinning technology.
To develop binary/tertiary blended yarn by spun silk processing technology.
To develop suitable fabric/product by weaving/knitting.


Image above: I enjoy combining old Norwegian objects with very modern design from outside of Norway. The wallpaper is from Sanderson. The equestrian boots and helmet belong to my youngest daughter, Noomi.
Image above: This porch overlooks the fjord. It's so nice to sit out here and watch the sunrise in the mornings.
Image above: I painted the ceilings with a high-gloss white paint. The reflections bring the nature outside into the house.
Image above: The light in this room is amazing. I'm surrounded by windows overlooking nature. I bought this desk in Drøbak, Norway, at an outdoor market and painted it white.
Image above: My six-year-old daughter, Noomi, inspires me to become even more openhearted and creative each day. It's fantastic seeing her paintings, the way she is mixing colors. She made the yellow lantern in the photo. This baby carriage was bought at a friend's antique shop.
Image above: These are my father's old rain boots. Every time I walk in the door and see them, I'm reminded of him.
Image above: Cooking is a huge part of my life . . . it's a way to express creativity. Good food and good red wine are also important to me.
Image above: The living room looks different in every type of light. It's so beautiful just after the sun goes down.
Image above: The deck is a place for relaxation. When I get home from work, I like to drink a glass of wine and read my book out here.
Image above: These stairs are original to the house. They're so charming that I don't have the heart to replace them.
I think it's the extra raisins I had that's making me mushy, yet I mean those wishes with all my heart! Any dad who appreciates his daughter's art deserves warm wishes.
In my next life, I want to come back as Norweigian. I love the food and the people and the Scandanavian style. Thanks for sharing.
All the white! Not overdone at all. The white doesn't feel "blah," rather it accentuates the pieces in every room. Lovely!
wow! such a beautiful home in such beautiful surroundings.
Fantastic design,amazing view and the painting-job is outstanding. This man knows the drill….Cool-very cool!!
the view is the winner in this home, you've showcased it so beautifully! I agree with Teresa, I hope to be reincarneted as a scandinavian!
I want all of the outdoor spaces! Not just the views, but the way the decks are done and the original stairs are just so cool!
Love the views and the huge windows!
It's a beautiful place for sure.
What an amazing view from the living room. Very cool Scandinavian fittings.
Gorgeous, in every way! I adore those stairs.
His home is beautiful. The big windows and the light color of the house doesn't compete with nature. You feel one with it.
A great example of a liberal use of white can create warmth in a home. I love the view of the outdoors from your porch and windows. Beautiful. I also love the little touches of memories you leave here & there in your home ( I do the same).
I think this home is beautiful! Love all of the natural details! Agree with both posts above too- move me to Scandinavia!
Robert just recently sold this home to a lucky buyer…with all of the furniture in it!
lucky new owner !! this place is so beautiful and peaceful !
This home is just STUNNING! Thank you so much for sharing!
The living room, the deck, the stairs outside… OH MY GOD.. Just Gorgeous!
this home is so tranquil. i would do anything for an amazing deck like that!
Who makes that fuzzy blanket? I want it!
This is a beautiful place, can I live here?!
that blanket in the black metal chair on the porch is gorgeous—what is it?
I am so lucky to have you as a father. You are simply amazing!
What a beautiful, beautiful home.


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Monte Wesley Lee (born February 9, 1977) is an American baseball coach, who is the current associate head baseball coach and recruiting coordinator for the South Carolina Gamecocks. He played college baseball for the Charleston Cougars from 1996 to 1999. He then served as the head coach of the College of Charleston Cougars (2009–2015) and the Clemson Tigers (2016–2022).

Under Lee, the Cougars reached four NCAA Tournaments, including one NCAA Super Regional.

Playing career
Lee played four seasons of baseball (1996–1999) at College of Charleston.  An outfielder, Lee was a career .333 hitter and had 22 home runs.  He became the program's fifth major-league draftee when he was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals following his senior year and played two seasons of minor league baseball, advancing as high as Single-A.

Coaching career
Lee began his coaching career with a two-year stint (2001–2002) as an assistant at Spartanburg Methodist, a junior college located in his hometown of Spartanburg, South Carolina.  During Lee's tenure, the program reached an NJCAA Division I World Series and set a single-season win record.  Lee then spent six seasons (2003–2008) as an assistant at South Carolina.  The Gamecocks qualified for the NCAA tournament in each of Lee's six seasons and also appeared in two College World Series.

College of Charleston
Lee was hired as the head coach at College of Charleston prior to the start of the 2009 season.  In Lee's second season, the Cougars broke the 40-win mark and appeared in their first NCAA Tournament in his tenure.  At the Myrtle Beach Regional, the Cougars advanced to the regional final with wins over third-seeded NC State and first-seeded Coastal Carolina, but were eliminated with consecutive defeats by Coastal in the championship round.  In 2012, the team shared the Southern Conference regular season title and advanced to another NCAA Tournament, where it went 1–2.  In 2014, Charleston won the conference tournament in their first season in the Colonial Athletic Association. The Cougars then won the Gainesville Regional with a 3–0 record, defeating host Florida and Long Beach State twice. In the Lubbock Super Regional, the Cougars were defeated by Texas Tech in consecutive 1–0 games. In 2015 season, the Cougars won the CAA regular season crown with a 21–3 record, before falling to the UNCW Seahawks in the CAA Championship game. Charleston was selected as a #2 seed in Florida State's Tallahassee Regional, where they went 2–2, finishing second behind the host Seminoles.

In Lee's seven seasons at Charleston, 21 players were selected in the Major League Baseball Draft.  Pitcher Heath Hembree was taken in the 5th round by the San Francisco Giants in 2010 and reached the major leagues in 2013.  A total of six Cougars were taken in that draft, the highest total of Lee's tenure. In his final season at Charleston, the Arizona Diamondbacks selected pitcher Taylor Clarke in the third round, making him the program's highest ever selection.

Clemson
On June 18, 2015, Clemson hired Lee to be their 28th head coach in program history; Lee became only the third head coach at Clemson since 1958 (taking over a program that ranked 8th all-time in Division I wins at the time of his hire).

Monte Lee guided the 2016 Tigers to an ACC baseball tournament title in his first season, defeating the defending ACC Champion Florida State Seminoles in a marathon game by a score of 18–13 at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, NC. The win produced the program's first conference title in ten years and Lee's first Clemson team captured the program's 10th conference tournament title and 15th overall ACC championship - both league records. Lee also became the third consecutive Clemson head coach to win the ACC in his first season, joining Bill Wilhelm (1958) and Jack Leggett (1994). The Tigers' 44 victories in 2016 are the second-most victories by a first-year head coach in Clemson history. A strong finish to the season propelled the Tigers to their 41st appearance and the #7 overall national seed to the NCAA tournament.

In 2022, Lee earned his 500th career victory.  The Tigers defeated College of Charleston on March 29th to give Lee the victory. At the end of the season Lee was fired as head coach after failing to make the NCAA tournament.  It was the second consecutive season that Clemson did not qualify for the tournament.

Return to South Carolina
On August 18, 2022, Lee returned to South Carolina as the team's associate head coach and recruiting coordinator.

Head coaching record
The following is a table of Lee's yearly records as a collegiate head baseball coach.

References

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While most of us only go to the Internet to have fun and be entertained, some others make quite a lot of money from the Internet. Ethan Klein is one of those lucky few, and not only does he make money on the Internet, but he has also made a name for himself.
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Ethan Edward Klein was born on 24 June 1985 in Ventura, California. He was born into an Ashkenazic Jewish family of Gary and Donna Klein. His paternal grandfather was the late American film and television producer Leonard Katzman. Ethan Klein is of Jewish and American descent. He attended Buena High School, studied English literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in creative writing. Upon graduation in 2009, he was placed on the Dean's honor roll. Before his YouTube star, Ethan worked as a marketing executive in Israel. He claims that those days were the most boring of his life.
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In addition to the comedy for which Ethan is known, his station has also highlighted serious social problems and is trying to draw attention to them in the hope of attracting the right attention that can offer a solution. The videos not only break down but also touch on Internet trends, personalities, and YouTube politics. The innovative and dynamic nature of its YouTube channel encourages its fans and followers to keep coming back.
Besides stand-up comedy and live tours, the Kleins also sell merchandise on their h3h3 website. All these and perhaps some other sources of income make the net worth of this YouTube star around $2.5 million.
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Ethan is married to Hila Klein (née Hakmon) and both are internet entertainers. Hila was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, and served as a soldier in the Israeli defense forces. The couple met while Ethan was in Jerusalem on his trip to Jerusalem under the Israeli Birthright. The couple lived in Israel for a time before moving to the United States.
Hila attended an art school and is currently making and selling her art online. Recently, she has launched her own fashion line Teddy Fresh, which includes clothing and accessories with a small teddy bear as a logo.
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Ethan is the biological grandson of Leonard Katzman, the late American producer and screenwriter most notable for the primetime soap Dallas.
He has a mild form of Tourette's syndrome. This makes his eyebrows noticeably twitch, something he often addresses in his videos.
h3h3productions was named "YouTube channel of the year" by Reddit in 2016
VAPE NATION is the most popular video on the channel. The video has so far garnered over 20 million views.
The Kleins have a FUPA account for victims of unfair copyright claims. After their high-profile legal battle, the money from the GoFundMe account created to support the Kleins was moved directly to another "Fair Use Protection Account". The funds are to be used to protect subsequent victims of unfair copyright claims.
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On his new album, The Tenth Muse (due out April 7 on New Focus Recordings), Holman bridges the ancient with the modern through 16 ethereal compositions inspired by Sappho's writings (as translated by Anne Carson). Holman's pieces take the fragmentary nature of Sappho's poetry as it has come down to us as a guide for balancing structure and improvisation, clarity and mystery.
Holman's stark but enticing music is brought to life by a gifted quartet well versed in exploring heady concepts with impassioned vigor and airy sensitivity: Holman, saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist Sam Sadigursky, vibraphonist Chris Dingman, and pianist Bobby Avey.
Holman initially discovered Sappho's poetry through his wife, who introduced him to the Greek poetess during the early days of their courtship, the intoxicating period when every aspect of taste and personality is a new discovery. The words that survived from antiquity seemed to reflect his own feelings across a gulf-spanning millennia, while the significant portions that had been lost over time added a sense of entrancing uncertainty.
It also resonated with Holman's instincts as a composer/improviser, whose own muse subsists on the relationship between the written and the spaces left open for spontaneous invention. To further distance the compositions from his own instincts, Holman devised different systems of cryptograms for each piece – pitches and rhythms associated with specific letters or words (the best known example being J.S. Bach's coding of his own name into compositions using notes associated with its four letters).
The Tenth Muse premiered at Dave Douglas' FONT (Festival of New Trumpet Music) in September 2013. The music is remarkable for its intimacy and fluidity, sliding effortlessly between the composed and the improvised with grace and elegance, though not without a full-blooded urgency. The unusual instrumentation provides an expansive palette, which Holman seizes on in a variety of ways. His trumpet and Sadigursky's woodwinds are supple and soaring, tethered by the resonant power of Avey's piano and softened by the gauzy luminescence of Dingman's vibes.
Based in New York City, trumpeter Matt Holman has distinguished himself as a composer, conductor, bandleader and top-tier soloist in many of the leading jazz ensembles of our time. Along with his adventurous chamber-jazz recordings, Holman has performed and/or recorded with Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, the John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble, Fred Hersch's Leaves of Grass, Bang on a Can's Asphalt Orchestra, the Joel Harrison Large Ensemble, the JC Sanford Orchestra, New York Voices, Kenneth Salters Haven, the Anna Webber Quartet, Matt Ulery's Loom, Andrew Rathbun, and more. He has earned international performance and composition awards including the International Trumpet Guild's Jazz Improvisation Competition, the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition, and the 13th annual BMI Foundation's Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize/Manny Albam Commission. A dedicated and passionate educator, Holman currently teaches at Manhattan School of Music and Hunter College.


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Why Chinese Solar Stocks Are Up Again Today
Travis Hoium, The Motley Fool, AOL.com
Jan 8th 2013 4:40PM
What: Shares of solar manufacturers continued their roller-coaster ride today after China set a big target for solar installations. Suntech Power jumped 11% today, while LDK Solar is up 10%, and Trina Solar also popped 10% for a short time today.
So what: China's deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, Liu Tienan, said that China installed 7 GW of solar in 2012 and will install another 10 GW in 2013. The country is dumping money into solar at a time when most of its domestic manufacturers are struggling and there are shrinking outlets for supply, with Europe struggling with its own financial problems.
Now what: China is trying to save its solar industry, but even 10 GW may not be enough. Even in a year when China installed 7 GW, the industry reported huge losses, and debt from state banks was still needed to prop up the industry. There was about 40 GW of overcapacity in solar this year, and adding a few GW of demand won't solve the structural problems in the industry.
If you really want to invest in China's solar manufacturers, I would stick to the better (relatively speaking) balance sheets of JinkoSolar or Trina Solar over debt-laden companies like LDK Solar and Suntech Power. If you're looking at LDK, Suntech, or Yingli Green Energy you should ask yourself: Do you want to own a company with billions of dollars in debt and losses every quarter in the hope you'll get a bailout from the Chinese government? Short-term these stocks may be popping, but long term, their financial performance will continue to struggle, and that's bad news for investors.
I still think the way to play the industry is with First Solar and SunPower , because they don't have to rely on Chinese state-run banks for funding and they have a history of stronger financial performance than most Chinese competitors.
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