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Top management | Keun-Kyeong Kim, Head of Construction
In the small Korean village (25 houses!) where Keun-Kyeong Kim spent the first eight years of his life, there was no electricity— just batteries to power transistor radios. Maybe this is one of the reasons why "Ken," the name he adopted later in life, devoted his whole professional life to building plants that would power his fast-developing but resource-starved country.
ITER's Head of the Construction Domain, Keun-Kyeong Kim, contributed to or managed the development and construction of 25 out of the 30 Korean ''nuclear units.'' Tasked with ''bringing all things together'' he knows that ITER's busiest days are still ahead.
All in all, in different capacities from field engineer to top management in Korea's nuclear industry, the recently appointed Head of the ITER Construction Domain contributed to or managed the development and construction of 25 out of the 30 "nuclear units" in the peninsula—plus a couple in China.
In the 1970s, when Ken came of age and began thinking about his professional future, Korea was still recovering from the devastation of the war. "The country had no industrial infrastructure, nothing. We needed to develop an industry, to manufacture cars, ships, consumer electronics ... and for this, what we needed above all was electricity."
What Korea had in abundance however was human resources and ingenuity—young men and women like Ken who "wanted to implement things," to build, to create a future for their country.
Ken was attracted by architecture and "mega structures involving a lot of people." In 1981, he graduated in structural engineering and that same year got his first job as construction supervisor at the Hanbit nuclear power plant project—indeed a "mega structure involving a lot of people."
From then on, Ken's life and Korea's nuclear industry became intimately entwined. "The challenge was, and still is, to build fast and safe." Learning from other countries was central to Korea's approach. In 1983-1984, Ken spent a year at EDF, the French utility, training in seismic design, project scheduling, and radiation protection. Along with acquiring a quite decent command of French, he completed the skills that would eventually led him to key management positions in Korea's fast developing nuclear industry.
At age 60, he brings broad and many-facetted competence to ITER. As Head of the newly created Construction Domain, Ken will oversee a crucial phase of the project. "Civil works at ITER are approximately 75 percent complete," he explains, "but civil works are only part of what we call 'construction.' Component and system installation and 'bringing all things together' will be the great challenge of the coming months and years. Our busiest days are still ahead."
Ken comes from a world where power plants are built in five years, with "work actually concentrated in three." Although he is well aware of the unique nature of ITER and knows that "solutions that are effective in a specific environment might not work in a different one," he will implement here one of his core competencies—the minimizing of duration and cost in large-scale projects while enhancing safety.


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NIGHTMARES HAS BEEN RELEASED!
My debut novel Nightmares has been live since May 8, 2013, two days earlier than expected. Whoo hoo! Here is the longer Excerpt I promised:
Emily Preston looked up into her boyfriend Tony's worried blue eyes and squeezed his hand. "You've been frowning at me for a month now. Can't we just enjoy the prom?"
His frown deepened. "I know something's wrong. Why won't you tell me? Is it something I've done?"
Emily's stomach lurched. "No, you haven't done anything. It's me." She gestured toward the crowded, noisy room. "Look, we can't talk here. Besides, I thought we were meeting up with Kaylee and Shawn."
Tony took his gaze off her to look over the crowd of prom goers. "Shawn said he might be a little late…something about Kaylee having a problem."
Strange, Kaylee never mentioned anything to her. "What kind of problem?"
Tony shrugged. "Don't know." He nodded toward the other side of the room. "They're over there by the prom decorations. Looks like they're arguing."
Emily caught a glimpse of Kaylee's black hair and pink prom dress. The music started and couples began to move to the dance floor, blocking her view of her best friend and Kaylee's boyfriend, Shawn. Even with the brief glimpse, she thought Tony was right. "So you don't know why they're arguing?"
He leaned toward her with a grin. "Nope, but, since they're busy, we could talk outside?"
He said it to her like a question, as if he wanted her to decide if she wanted to talk. She knew he wouldn't let it drop until she agreed. Might as well get it over. She forced herself to smile. This was the moment she dreaded from the beginning of their date. What could she say? If she told him everything, he would think she had lost her mind? He guided her to the nearest exit while she fought the urge to run in the opposite direction.
The closer they came to the door, the greater the panic grew inside her. What was frightening her? Not Tony, he made her feel safe. But losing him? Maybe. His choice of a college did freak her out, since it was in another state. She would miss him horribly. Maybe deep down she feared he wouldn't return. It would explain the feelings of impending doom. Maybe even the nightmares. But it didn't explain the voice she had started hearing, or the warnings.
Maybe I'm losing my mind.
Outside, Emily shivered. A short, black, strapless prom dress doesn't offer much protection against the cold wind, no matter how good it looks on you.
Her boyfriend slipped behind her, wrapping her in his arms, blocking the wind. The heat from his body was warming.
"Have I told you how great you look?" he whispered in her ear.
Emily giggled and turned in his arms to look into his blue eyes. "No, why haven't you?"
His hold tightened and he pulled her closer. "Because I wanted to do this first." He kissed her.
She grinned. "You clean up pretty good, too. I almost didn't recognize you without all the grease and oil from that car."
Tony laughed and reclaimed her hand. "Come on. You're freezing. Let's go sit in that car so we can talk."
Emily giggled. "You know I'd follow you anywhere, but could you slow down a little. These shoes are new and I'm not used to walking in heels."
Tony dropped her hand and put his arm around her. "Oh, sorry, I forgot"
For the moment, with his arm around her, she felt warm and protected, until she remembered why they had come outside. Tony wanted answers. From the determined look on his face, she knew he wouldn't settle for anything less. But could he handle the truth? Did she even know the truth?
She remembered having nightmares about a thunderstorm as a child. Her mother had told her scary nightmares were part of childhood. She said they'd go away when Emily got older and they had. So, why terrorize her now, night after night, just like when she was little?
The nightmares were frightening enough, but the voice warning her of danger terrorized her. What she really wanted to do was run away and hide, but she couldn't, not if Tony was in danger, too.
"Remember your past," the voice had said, "so you can save Tony and yourself."
It didn't make sense. What was she supposed to remember from her past? What was she supposed to save them from, his going off to college? How could Tony and her past be connected?
She could tell him about the nightmares, but anything more, and he'd think she was a paranoid schizophrenic. Maybe he'd be right. What was wrong with her? From her earliest childhood memories, she planned to be a normal girl with ordinary problems. She couldn't explain anything to Tony; not before she put her life back together.
The lights in the parking lot glistened off Tony's black 1966 Chevelle Malibu. She didn't need to ask him if he'd spent the entire afternoon cleaning and polishing it. Of course, he'd say he did it all just for her, but she knew better. Tony practically worshiped everything motorized, but the Malibu was special to him. His dad bought it and planned to restore it with the help of his two young sons, but was killed in a car accident before he had the chance.
Sometimes she wondered if she should be jealous of that old car. Tonight, she was just grateful to get out of the wind.
As Tony opened the driver's door and Emily bent down to hop in the car, she caught a glimpse of a dark shape next to the bumper. She gasped and clutched Tony's shirt. Her heart raced and the hair on her arms stood on end.
Tony wrapped his arm around her waist. "What happened? Are you hurt?"
She shook her head. "I thought I saw someone crouched down by your car. They were wearing a hooded sweatshirt."
Tony looked around. "I don't see anyone? Are you sure?"
She forced a laugh, pretending it was no big deal. "I think it must have been a shadow. Whatever it was, it's gone now."
She slid across the seat, pulling Tony inside with her. Every nerve in her body tightened. Her heart pounded in her ears as she peered into the darkness, trying to get a glimpse of…what? What did she think was out there? Was she being watched?
So, there you have the first chapter of Nightmares. It can be found at any of the live links below:
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Heroes For When Lightning Strikes
Sometimes I think this world has gone completely mad. You can't watch TV without seeing horrible atrocities committed by people against other humans. But then in the same newscast there will often be stories about people coming together and doing some wonderful and even sacrificial things to help others, which in turn, proves that this world isn't all bad and there are heroes everywhere.
It's similar to what happens when a personal disaster, one that affects only you and your immediate loved ones. In this case I'm not talking about man against man, but nature against human. That's when you quickly learn who your heroes are.
I thought I was going to die! It was Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 7:17 am
I heard the rumbles of thunder while I was still in the shower and I hurried to finish, worried that the power might go out before I removed all the shampoo from my hair. (We live in the country and have to depend on electricity to pump water into the house, no power, no water.) I managed to finish showering and drying my hair before it happened.
The whole place shook and the noise was sharp and deafening and I could smell something burning almost immediately. I had no idea what the lightning struck, but I thought it was the house. I put on a bathrobe, picked up my little dog, Annie, who was as terrified as me and looked out the front door. I could see my car beside the house and from the doorway, it looked like the car's passenger side was on fire. My heart plummeted a my knees almost buckled.
I knew I had to do something, even if it was to just get out of the house, because if my car was burning, then it would explode and the house would go too. Shaking so bad I could hardly walk, wearing only a bathrobe and no shoes, carrying Annie and my cell phone, I ventured outside, feeling guilty because I was leaving my four cats in the house.
The tree was split from the ground to almost the top!
It was apparent right away that lightning had struck the large cottonwood tree on the other side of our driveway. The tree was badly split and still smoldering in spite of the rain. I made my way behind the car and that's when I saw the flames coming from the driveway. The ground was on fire. The only source it could be coming from was the propane line that ran from the tank, in front of the tree and into the house.
My first thought was to move my car away from the fire and I started to go back inside to get my keys. I realized there wasn't time…I had to shut the propane tank off now.
Only one problem, I had no idea how to do it. My husband always did that sort of thing, but I've seen enough explosions on TV to know that if I didn't, it would probably explode either the furnace or the tank or maybe both and I wouldn't be able to outrun it. Besides, I would be sentencing the four cats inside to a sure death. I had to do something, even if it was wrong.
I opened the lid on the top of the tank and chose the knob that looked like a shut off valve and twisted. The flame made a sucking noise and went out. I held my breath for a few seconds, praying it hadn't sucked the flame inside the tank or sent it into the furnace. When nothing happened, this gave me hope that I had done the right thing.
I went inside the house and I could still smell something hot. The smell was stronger now. I had to call 911 in case there was a fire inside the walls.
But there was another problem.
In my own defense, I was home alone, my husband had already left for for his job. I was shaking so badly I could hardly stand and my mind would not focus. I still had enough wits about me to know in an emergency seconds count, so I grabbed my cell phone again, but…
I have to explain that I had just gotten a new smart phone about a month or so before. It was the first of it's type I had ever owned and I had been slowly learning how to use it.
Well, and I know this is going to make it sound like I'm really just nuts, but I couldn't remember how to make an outgoing call. I'd only done it once before. Everyone I call are in my contacts and I did remember how to get to them, so I pushed contacts, then favorites and hit the first one at the top.
Again, in my own defense, seconds count in an emergency. I still wasn't sure the house wasn't on fire because the smell of something burning had grown stronger. I had read of peoples houses smoldering inside the walls before igniting. I couldn't take the time to explain what was wrong. So when my daughter, who lives forty-five minutes away, answered the phone, I said, "Jamie, call 911 for me", and I hung up.
I then called my husband, Pat, he's programmed too and I told him what had happened and that I had called Jamie to call 911. He works more than 50 miles away and I was worried he'd drive too fast coming home, but he had to know and I needed him at home.
By now I had calmed enough to remember how to use my cell and I called the power company and they said they would be right out.
Because I didn't tell Jamie why I needed her to call 911, they sent a deputy sheriff who showed up about ten minutes later. As soon as I saw him, I felt better, I was no longer alone, but then I had to confess why I didn't make the call myself. He was very nice and understanding. He asked me if I wanted him to look around or he said he could send the fire department. I told him about the fire in the driveway and that I had already put the fire out and he laughed. I really wasn't trying to be funny, but I do see the irony in it now.
It wasn't long after the deputy arrived that our long time neighbors and friends (they are both retired) drove in. I hadn't even thought about calling them, but Pat had. The deputy was just about ready to leave by then and that's when, Jamie and her husband David arrived and of course Jamie chewed me out about how I called her and then hung up. According to her husband, she was almost in as bad a shape as her mother.
Our son-in-law, David brought us a generator to use until we could get the power back on. It worked great.
We had to replace the breaker box inside the house and many of the outlets, which meant we needed an electrification to replace the box. We contacted several, but they were all to busy and then our son-in-law David said he knew someone and he called him. The guy couldn't come that day, but promised he would be there the next day and he was. By the end of Thursday, one day after the lightning strike, we had electricity again.
We needed to have the furnace checked out and because of the circumstances of a lightning strike, the guy made a special effort to come out right away. The temps were only in the forties during the day.
He had bad new for us. The furnace was completely ruined. He told us if we wanted to get a second opinion, he didn't mind and when we declined, he said he could be there the next day with a new one.
Our New Furnace
How often do contractors actually show up when they say they're going to? He was a man of his word! He brought everything needed for the repairs. He even brought a trencher, something he doesn't normally do, to put in the new propane gas line and regulator to the house. By the end of that day, Thursday, only one day after the strike, we had a new working furnace.
The telephone box outside on the opposite end of the house from the lightning strike. Pieces of it were found in the middle of the yard.
The phone lines throughout most of the house were also melted, which explains what I had smelled burning. The main line from the basement was melted into the carpet in the living room.
The phone company sent someone that day and the guy went out of his way to fix what he could, even doing a few replacements he wasn't supposed to do, but by the time he left, we again had a land line that worked, only one day after the lightning strike.
The phone line that was melted to the carpet.
In the basement, besides the furnace, the lightning split the water pipes and Pat replaced the pipes Thursday morning.
Our TV in the living room and the DirecTV receiver, were ruined. The satellite on the roof was fine. We had just gotten a new box about a month before, because our old one had quit working. When I called, I explained to the girl what had happened to the new one and she said we were covered under an act of nature clause, which meant it was replaced for free. We didn't even have to pay the technician that came and installed it on Friday, two days after the lightning strike.
The lightning also destroyed my computer in my office. I'm posting this from my work computer. The good news…my files were backed up.
The cottonwood tree after the lightning strike, was split almost to the top. It creaked and twisted in the wind. It was another disaster waiting for a strong wind to make it happen. The thing had to come down and soon.
Pat, two of his brothers and a brother-in-law spent the weekend taking it down. Not an easy task with a tree that size, while it loomed over the top of our house, but they managed it.
The offending tree is now gone.
It has been almost a month since that day and we are almost completely back to normal. Although I will never hear another rumble of thunder and not think about that day and what might have happened if I had still been in the shower when it struck, I am happy to be alive today.
Someone was watching over me that morning and I feel blessed that so many people went out of their way to help us, going above and beyond of what they had to do. They didn't risk their lives doing it, but they saved ours and for that they are my heroes.
What kind of personal disasters have you faced? Were there heroes who came to your rescue? Tell me about it.
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My annual story of thanks. Enjoy.
My fifth birthday party has long been the gold standard in my life for celebrations. Just ask Kristin, Kirk, Kathy, Debbie or Nancy. They were there. And I know they all relished in – and probably were a little jealous of – my highly original cowboy theme, the amazing assortment of backyard games, and my mom's decorations, the focal point being a table covered edge-to-edge with M&Ms. I've lived most of my life thinking nothing could ever top that celebration.
Funny thing, during the last few years, I've had a different kind of annual celebration that knocks the socks off that cowboy-M&M-rich day. I actually celebrated it this past week. It was six years ago this week that my doctor called me at home on an uneventful Sunday afternoon to deliver a cancer diagnosis. Since then, life has never returned to the old normal.
The new normal, after surgery, recovery and subsequent treatment is, as my oncologist says, learning to manage this disease. That includes a combination of thirty-some prescriptions and supplements every day to keep sleeping cancer cells asleep. It also includes living three months at a time before heading back to the clinic for a series of tests with hopes of getting another hall pass of good health for the next three months.
"How long will we be doing this?" I asked my doctor shortly after we started our journey together.
"Until you die," he replied.
But, the new normal is also unleashingly good. The new normal comes with the permission to live richer, to speak freely, to cry openly, to make mistakes, to take chances, to say "yes" to new things, and to tell those "someones" in your life just how deep your love is for them.
My someones are my three children. They were drafted into this story without choice.
As anyone who has dealt with cancer will tell you, from the moment you receive your diagnosis, you become a survivor. I also have come to learn that cancer is a family disease. That makes the entire family survivors.
The truth is – and I say this with nothing but respect for the millions of people living with cancer – my kids and I like to refer to ourselves as cancer warriors. How, exactly, does one become a warrior? We make a conscience effort to make each day count. We help others. We volunteer. We reach out. And, we appreciate what we have as opposed to dwell on the fear of what we could lose.
I started running in races a few years ago. It was part of my mental health program. Perhaps you've seen me? I'm the guy at the back of the pack. Always. But being slow has an advantage. It allows you to observe others. My favorite "other" was a woman in the Lincoln Half Marathon a few years ago. She was older than me. We were both bald so we had a natural connection. She was running with a pack of people who clearly adored her. Her husband, I assumed. Children. Friends. Neighbors.
On the back of her pink t-shirt she had written her words of wisdom with a black marker.
Someday I won't be able to run. But today I can.
She was a warrior, too.
Every cancer story is different. And, it is with the most humble gratitude that I acknowledge my six year mark. Far too many are not as fortunate.
If you know anyone who deals with cancer – survivors, warriors, family – I hope you'll ask them how they are doing. Better yet, give them a hug. Do it today because, well, today you can. They will be warmed by your thoughtfulness.
So how are we going to celebrate our 6th birthday this week? Probably no different than we've celebrated the last 2,190 days. Maybe I'll spread M&Ms all over the table.
The URL should tell you the beauty of what this site is all about.
As someone who is one year free, you're an inspiration.
@Lisa …..thank so much. LOVE your bunny avatar.
And to my other 1 year survivor friend! Wow! So psyched for you. Let's inspire each other. Your kind of story makes me soooooo happy!
This was such an incredible post because it was so honest. Taking a situation like this with a grain of salt is not easy, but you are being the best example ever to your children by doing what you need to do, each day, to live the life that you want to live and leave the legacy that you want to live.
A lot of people never get that far.
Happy Anniversary Jim! I love the positive outlook on life you have. Again, I can't wait to read you're story.
Very inspiring post. Happy 6 year to you, and I hope you have many more. Thank you for sharing your story. My hope is that more people can become "warriors" just as you and your clan have become!
@jaimie – Love you too! I loved your blog. Feel better!
Lindsay – you are so right! Every. Day. Has. Value!
Marco- Dang, I'm glad I know people like you! Just the Chicago Marathon right now…need some fillers.
Melissa…I actually visualize myself wearing warpaint sometime when dealing with heavy, cancer issues. It puts me in the fighting mood!
Jim — how about running the Ricky Byrdsong Race Against Hate on Sunday, June 19? It's a 5k so it won't take you all day and it starts at 8 am in Evanston. It's a good time and celebrates a wonderful man's life!
Kevin – you're one of the bravest, toughest cancer warriors I know. You are changing the world.
Congrats, Jim! That's quite a milestone.
Jim, I'm so glad I found you and congratulate you on raising three children. I shall contact you in the future for a guest post if that's OK. Sonia.
Hi Sonia – thanks for the nice note! I see you live in OC – we are out there a lot…all of my cousins are there! Thanks for the support and have a great week!
Congrats, Jim! Hope you had a great day!


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Q: Firebird 2.0 transaction SELECT performance In Firebird 2.0, is using an explicit transaction faster on a SELECT command than executing the command with an implicit one?

A: All SQL commands (SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE etc.) can be executed ONLY within some transaction. You cannot run a command with out transaction being started prior to it.

A: Explicit and Implicit transaction are a feature of the component set you're using to access the database, not a feature of Firebird itself. As mentioned before, Firebird always does everything within a transaction. This has a couple of implications for you:

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*Using a "Implicit" transaction can't be faster then using a "Explicit" transaction because from Firebird's point of view, a transaction is a transaction, doesn't matter who started it.

*Getting the best performance sometimes requires fine control over "Commits". While the "Implicit" transaction can't be faster then the "Explicit" transaction, the Explicit might be faster because you can control your StartTransactions and Commits. While you usually want to do all updates to a database within one transaction (so they all succeed or fail as a set) you sometimes want to split operations into multiple groups: If you need to bulk-insert many-many records, you probably want to Commit one every 1000 records or so.

A: Firebird cannot execute SQL commands without a transaction.
PS: You get the best performance results if you commit transactions, rather than rolling them back. Even if you only called SELECT and changed nothing.

A: Besides what was already said, take into account that the transaction can be:

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For a SELECT it would be best to use a Read-Only transaction
PS: There are other types of transactions but this two are the important ones for this topic.

A: Usually transaction adds some overhead. However, you should be careful if you do not have some default transaction started when you connect to Firebird.

A: In my experience the implicit transactions tend to default to Auto commit Retaining, so they should be slower.  You can always change the default behaviour.
But I would recommend using explicit transactions as Commit Retaining may cause you grief further down the line if it blocks too many transactions.  If it does then access to Firebird can slow down dramatically as it traverses through all the held-up/blocked transactions to determine the correct value of the data.
Here are some discussions on it
http://forums.devshed.com/firebird-sql-development-61/difference-active-transaction-863103.html
http://www.slideshare.net/ibsurgeon/3-how-transactionswork

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I have been looking at some source code for some default pens for MUI. Is there a chart of what pens these are?
As in, how they relate to standard GUI pens: TEXTPEN, SHINEPEN, etc.
Yeah, I saw the autodoc. It says the spec can be 1 of 5 ways. But no real details/examples.


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import com.appacitive.core.exceptions.AppacitiveException;
import com.appacitive.core.infra.*;
import com.appacitive.core.interfaces.AsyncHttp;
import com.appacitive.core.interfaces.Logger;
import com.appacitive.core.model.AppacitiveStatus;
import com.appacitive.core.model.Callback;
import com.appacitive.core.push.AndroidOptions;
import com.appacitive.core.push.IosOptions;
import com.appacitive.core.push.PlatformOptions;
import com.appacitive.core.push.WindowsPhoneOptions;
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An IBM project to expand the market for its Power processor is making headway, with new hardware announced Wednesday that aims to challenge Intel's dominance in the data center.
IBM launched the effort with Tyan, Nvidia, Mellanox, and Google. Sales of IBM's traditional, Power-based Unix systems are declining, and through the OpenPower Foundation it hopes vendors will produce a variety of systems that will breath new life into the architecture.
It's doing it in a couple of ways. First, it provided hardware reference designs for Power servers, along with open source firmware, virtualization and other software, to let third parties like Tyan build their own systems using Power 8 processors.
That's already a big change for IBM, which historically kept its Power technologies close to its chest. But IBM's business model isn't set up to sell low cost systems, and it's encouraging hardware partners to produce servers in the sub-$6,000 range to reach new customers.
IBM is also licensing the Power architecture itself, in a model similar to that used by ARM, so other companies can build derivatives of the Power chip. That's a longer-term effort, but IBM is also announcing that China's Suzhou PowerCore expects to release the first non-IBM Power server chip in the second quarter. Dubbed CP1, it will go into a server being developed for the local Chinese market.
IBM, obviously, doesn't see it that way. It says Power can offer significant cost-performance advantages, especially for big, data-intensive applications, thanks to its high thread count, on-chip bandwidth and the large amount of memory it can address.
It has a partial vote of confidence from Google, which said last year it had built its own Power-based server board. It's still not known whether Google plans to use Power servers in production, though one of its engineers is chair of the OpenPower Foundation.
Rackspace is also a fan. It's designing a Power 8 server that it will use to offer a new, bare metal compute service running the OpenStack cloud software. Aaron Sullivan, Rackspace senior director and distinguished engineer, showed an early version of its server board, dubbed Barreleye, at the Open Compute Project Summit last week. "This will be much more efficient for our apps than anything we have today," he said in a talk at the event.
Xilinx and Altera are also on board. They say they're working with IBM and its partners to allow programmable chips, known as FPGAs, to be used with Power chips to accelerate particular types of workloads.
A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the name of Suzhou PowerCore.


This year one of my blogging goals is to take part in more linkies. Living Arrows is run by the lovely Donna over at What The Redhead Said and is the perfect way for me to get back into joining in.
Each week I'll share a photo of Lamb & Bear that I feel is a moment I want to remember.
A little bit late but here is my selection of photos for this months 'mummy and me' linky with Nicola from Life Through My Eyes.


JR, a moving and innovative artist who exhibits freely in the world's streets, has been named the recipient of the 2011 TED Prize — an award granting $100,000 and something much bigger: a wish to change the world with the support of the TED community. JR represents a new chapter in the TED Prize. While a seemingly unconventional recipient, his work matches the creativity and innovative spirit of TED's community, and his art inspires people to view the world differently –- and want to change it for the better.
In Rio, he turned hillsides into dramatic visual landscape by applying images to the facades of favela homes. In Kenya, for his project "Women Are Heroes," he turned Kibera into a stunning gallery of local faces. And in Israel and Palestine, he mounted photos of a rabbi, imam and priest on walls across the region –- including the wall separating Israel from the West Bank.
JR remains anonymous -– never showing his full face, revealing his name, or explaining his huge portraits –- to allow for an encounter between the subject and passers-by. "JR's mind-blowing creations have inspired people to see art where they wouldn't expect it and create it when they didn't know they could," said TED Prize Director Amy Novogratz.
Over the course of the next months, JR will be working with the TED Prize team to develop an auducious wish that will involve the world in a brand new piece of art. The wish will be announced at TED2011 in Long Beach, California, at the end of February.
FACE2FACE: When we met in 2005, we decided to go together in the Middle-East to figure out why Palestinians and Israelis couldn't find a way to get along together. We then traveled across the Israeli and Palestinian cities without speaking much. Just looking to this world with amazement.
This holy place for Judaism, Christianity and Islam. This tiny area where you can see mountains, sea, deserts and lakes, love and hate, hope and despair embedded together.
It's obvious, but they don't see that. We must put them face to face. They will realize. We want that, at last, everyone laughs and thinks when he sees the portrait of the other and his own portrait.
In a very sensitive context, we need to be clear. We are in favor of a solution for which two countries, Israel and Palestine would live peacefully within safe and internationally recognized borders. All the bilateral peace projects (Clinton/Taba, Ayalon/Nussibeh, Geneva Accords) are converging in the same direction. We can be optimistic.
We hope that this project will contribute to a better understanding between Israelis and Palestinians. Today, "Face to face" is necessary. Within a few years, we will come back for "Hand in hand".


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6 Best Things To Do at New York's Coney Island in Winter
Ellen Freudenheim
Ellen Freudenheim is the author of four guidebooks to Brooklyn, where she has lived for more than 20 years.
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A visit to Brooklyn's Coney Island during the off-season makes for a bracing experience. It's eerie and dramatic: the open sky, the ocean, and the backdrop of the famous Cyclone roller coaster and Parachute Jump.
Coney Island in the wintertime is beautiful in an isolated, industrial-urban-landscape kind of way. It's the perfect escape from the hustle and bustle of New York City.
Coney Island's amusement park and beach are closed September through May, but there's plenty to do, and eat, and dream about as you wander the area off-season. Come prepared for brisk ocean breezes.
Hang With Sharks at the New York Aquarium
David Shankbone/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-2.5
602 Surf Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11224, USA
New York City's world-class aquarium has amazing exhibits and fish-feeding shows. Open year-round, with both indoor and outdoor exhibits, the Aquarium makes for a nice date or good family fun. If the weather turns unpleasant, the indoor of the aquarium is a great place to take refuge with an indoor reef filled with sharks, rays, and sea turtles, plus a 4-D interactive movie experience.
For a bite to eat, the Oceanside Grill offers a sustainable seafood menu with dishes like fish tacos and fish and chips. Best of all, the eatery only has no environmentally-friendly packaging— so no plastic straws, cups, or bags.
Stroll the Atlantic Ocean Boardwalk
37 Riegelmann Boardwalk, Brooklyn, NY 11224, USA
New York's most famous boardwalk offers views of Coney Island's rides and amusement park on one side and the rolling Atlantic Ocean on the other. For tourists and first-time visitors, a good itinerary is to start at by the amusement park and then walk all the way to Brighton Beach.
In Brighton Beach, you can find a good, hot bowl of authentic Russian borscht before heading back home on the subway. The staff at local favorites like Varenichnaya between Brightwater Ct & Brighton Beach Avenue, Skovorodka at Brighton 7th St & Brighton 6th Street, and Chaykhana between Bay Parkway and Bay 29th Street are always ready to provide a hearty meal for travelers they spy coming in from the cold.
Eat a Nathan's Hot Dog at the Original Hot Dog Stand
1310 Surf Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11224-2497, USA
Founded in 1916, Nathan's is hardly a mom-and-pop stand anymore. As there are now about 8,000 Nathan's Famous hot dog stands in the world, it's become a global franchise. But this indoor stand at Coney Island is the original. Some people swear the dogs here taste better than anywhere else and scarfing down a foot-long near the pungent sea air is a quintessential Brooklyn experience.
Nathan's also offers hamburgers and chicken sandwiches if you prefer a hot dog alternative. As a side dish, the crinkle-cut fries with cheese, bacon, or both are well worth the cholesterol increase, or a grab a serving of piping hot onion rings. For something to drink, the freshly made lemonade is the perfect sweet and tart refreshment to go along with the meal.
Feast on Classic Brooklyn Pizza at Totonno's Pizzeria Napolitano
Joe Hall / Flickr / CC BY 2.0
1524 Neptune Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11224, USA
Even in as serious a pizza-eating place as Brooklyn, Totonno's pizza stands out among the hundreds of local pizzerias in the borough. The thin crust, fresh sauce, and everything else on the menu are made each day on the premises. Locals swear by the pizzas that are baked in a brick oven and you'll find the restaurant buzzing from the time it opens.
Totonno's has justifiably earned a slew of Zagat raves since it opened in 1921, but as for decor, it's as minimal as the pizza crust is thin.
Explore Coney's Past at the Coney Island Museum
Brad Paris / Getty Images
This idiosyncratic little museum is dedicated to preserving Coney Island's unique history. What you'll find upon walking in is a monument to the unsanitized, zany, freak show side of Coney's past.
The museum has old photos, antiques, memorabilia, and relics of Coney Island's past. In addition, you might catch a special exhibit like a collection of vintage funhouse mirrors, lectures, and live performances. Entrance costs $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for seniors and children under the age of 12.
If watching isn't freaky enough for you—why not join in? For a $1500 tuition fee, Professor Adam Realmanteach and the staff at Coney Island USA's Sideshow School will reveal the tricks the trade. Graduates walk away knowing how to eat fire, swallow swords, walk on glass, charm snakes, sleep on a bed of nails and more. Only students 18 and older are permitted to matriculate.
Watch (or Join) the Coney Island Polar Bears New Year's Day Ocean Dip
Stephanie Keith / Stringer / Getty Images
Starting a new year with an icy dip is a great Brooklyn tradition. Founded in 1903, the Coney Island Polar Bear Club claims to be the nation 's oldest winter bathing organization.
Hundreds of New York Polar Bears gather in Coney Island every New Year's Day for a 1 p.m. dip in the Atlantic Ocean, whatever the weather. The water may be frigid, but it's a party once you dive in. As a bonus: There's no fee for swimmers or observers.
While the Club meets every Sunday from November to April for a swim in the Atlantic Ocean, the January 1st dip attracts the biggest crowd of the year. To participate, bring along swim attire (and a change of clothing) and show up at the beach near Stillwell Avenue between 10 a.m. and noon to register for the event and sign the waiver.
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HomeConcert ReviewsFM / Romeo's Daughter
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FM / Romeo's Daughter - Academy 2, Manchester (UK) - 9th March 2012
Having seen many poorly attended shows in Manchester in the last year, it was heart-warming to see two purveyors of our favourite outdated and irrelevant genre being upgraded from the 600 capacity Academy 3 to its 1000 capacity big brother. Add in a very large number of good friends, a few Fireworks/Firefest staff and a cheap hotel with a 24-hour bar (where Girlschool were also staying!), and you have the perfect recipe for a grand night out.
Romeo's Daughter are plugging their fantastic new album, 'Rapture', so it's testament to the quality of the new songs that 'Trippin' Out', 'Bittersweet', 'Lightning' and 'Keep Walking' didn't sound out of place among the classics from the first album. Leigh Matty was in great voice and the band were all smiles as the crowd sang along loudly to every word of 'Velvet Tongue' and 'Attracted To The Animal', whilst the fanatical response to the anthems 'I Cry Myself To Sleep' and 'Wild Child' must have given the headliners an inkling of the euphoria that would greet their performance of the entire 'Indiscreet' album twenty-five years after its release.
It may not be the most comfortable of venues to see a band in, but I've rarely seen a bad show in the Academy's middle room, mainly due to the acoustics being pretty good for a plain rectangular room and the crowd always being noisy and appreciative. Tonight was no exception, as the opening magical chords and keyboard bleeps of 'That Girl' elicited a swell of emotion that didn't subside all night. The songs from F.M's early days all have choruses you can chant along to, which is exactly what happened with 'Indiscreet' numbers 'I Belong To The Night', 'The Other Side Of Midnight', 'Face To Face' and especially 'American Girls' (haven't heard that one for a while!), all with 1000 note-perfect backing vocalists... well, apart from Dargan in my left ear, and possibly me! Steve Overland has to be one of the best vocalists the UK has ever produced, and whilst many singers from the 80s are struggling to get near the original notes in concert, Steve just makes it look effortless. Jim Kirkpatrick has grown into the role of lead guitarist and is a perfect fit, whilst bassist Merv Goldsworthy and keyboard player Jem Davis play their parts coolly and with huge grins. For his part, this is probably the hardest I've ever heard Pete Jupp hit the drums, giving the songs a punchier edge and elevating the slightly lesser great songs like 'Hot Wired'. In the more laid-back moments, 'Love Lies Dying' and 'Frozen Heart' ("The one that started it all for us") are just as sublime as the first time you heard them, whilst another nice touch was the arrival of original keyboard player Didge Digital (sporting a bald head and flashing green spectacles) for the end of the 'Indiscreet' section on 'Heart Of the Matter' - possibly the first time I've ever seen two keytars on the same stage.
The old stage favourite 'Dangerous' was a welcome surprise, as was the chant-along non-album single 'Let Love Be Your Leader', the perfect early F.M. set being brought to a close by a series of upbeat highlights from the 'Tough It Out' album, namely the title track, 'Don't Stop', 'Does It Feel Like Love', 'Bad Luck' and 'Burning My Heart Down'. The sole encore and last track of the night has traditionally become a cover tune, but thankfully this time they passed on 'Heard It Through The Grapevine' and 'Purple Rain' in favour of another that they played regularly back in the day, a storming version of Rod Stewart's 'Hot Legs'. F.M. have always been a great live band, but this show may well have been the best I've ever seen, which considering how many times I've seen them in the past is no mean feat. Roll on the 'Tough It Out' 25th Anniversary tour!


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Missing four Ashes Tests with 'unusual' side strain was frustrating: Josh Hazlewood
By Sports Halchal Last updated Feb 2, 2022
Sydney : Australian pace bowler Josh Hazlewood said on Wednesday that the side strain, which kept him out of the last four Ashes Tests, was an "unusual" one and kept him on tenterhooks before every match selection.Hazlewood was sidelined with a side strain after playing a stellar role in the opening Test at The Gabba (Brisbane), which the hosts won by nine wickets.The 31-year-old bowler is now looking forward to the five-match T20I series against Sri Lanka beginning February 11."That (selection) carrot was dangling there throughout the whole summer. If I'd had a normal (side strain), a big injury and you know you're going to be out, then you can deal with it all at once. But it just kept teasing, kept teasing, I might be able to play this one, I might be able to play that one," Hazlewood told cricket.com.au on Wednesday.Hazlewood said that the nature of the injury, where he thought he could recover quickly to take the Ashes workload, was made worse by a "false sense of confidence"."I've certainly had a typical side strain, where you tear your oblique (muscle), you can't bowl another ball and are out for at least six or seven weeks. This one was different… the strength came back really quickly, and I could do a lot of things in the gym. It was just bowling, that dynamic movement, that caused a bit of grief. It was an unusual one," added Hazlewood.
The first T20I against Sri Lanka will be Hazlewood's maiden professional game since the Brisbane Test almost two months ago. The pacer also said that he had carried some discomfort in The Gabba Test as well and that the Cricket Australia (CA) medical staff had managed it well.Hazlewood said the injury probably started developing soon after the team arrived with its maiden ICC T20 World Cup trophy in the UAE in November, but he was unable to pinpoint exactly when it all started."I'd go back to even halfway through quarantine when I was bowling at training. We thought it was a bit of just rib impingement because when you tear a muscle, it just goes in one ball. We thought it was something else… but it kept lingering around. I got through quite a lot of work in that period and leading into the game (at the Gabba) it was still there a little bit, but I thought I was managing it."You try and put your finger on something when you do an injury, whether it's taking shortcuts here or there or an increased workload or you missed your mark at training. But I'm not sure with this one, to be honest. There's obviously an increased workload, but apart from that, it was just an unlucky one, I think."The pacer said that missing four Ashes Tests was one of the biggest disappointments in his life."It was very frustrating. You probably don't realise it as much now, but when you look back in 10 years … people will talk about the Ashes when they won 4-0 in 2021… and it'd hit you again. It was frustrating watching and obviously as time goes on, you'd be reminded of it more often than not. But that's part of fast bowling, I guess."
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