This week, Hancock Tourism announced a series of free concerts slated to take place on the grounds of the historic depot in Bay St. Louis, at the Alice Moseley Pavilion. The first event will take place from 1pm – 4pm Saturday, September 30, featuring the Vasti Jackson Band and BlueShift.
The Down Home Blues Music Series is presented by the Alice Moseley Museum, located in the historic depot. The concert series is funded by a grant from Visit Mississippi, through the Hancock County Tourism Bureau, which, in the past five years has funneled more than $4 million in grant funding into promoting Hancock County.
The September concert features BlueShift, with noted guitarist Tommy Moran. In the course of Moran's musical career, he has played and recorded with performers like Jerry Fisher, Dr. John, Dion and Gatemouth Brown.
While BlueShift is a new group, it's made up of top performers who have played together for years: Pete Leoni, Gene Moran, Regan Taylor, and Chuck Lofton. BlueShift will play from 1pm - 2:30pm.
A 2012 Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame inductee, and 2015 Albert King Lifetime Guitar Award recipient, Jackson tours internationally, yet according to event organizers, is delighted to return to "the Bay." Jackson was scheduled to headline the Alice Moseley Festival in June, but severe weather caused the cancellation of his performance.
Two additional events are planned in the free concert series. The second is slated for January 20, 2018 and the third for June 2nd. All will take place at the Alice Moseley Pavilion.
The pavilion is situated amid the large live oak trees in front of the historic depot in Bay St. Louis, a fanciful building that's home to the Visitors Center, the Mardi Gras Museum and the Alice Moseley Museum ( located on the building's second floor).
A nationally recognized folk artist and Bay St. Louis resident, Alice Moseley passed away in 2002 at the age of 94. The museum was founded by her son, Tim.
Both Alice and Tim Moseley have focused on the documentation of Mississippi culture, so hosting the Down Home Blues Music Series at the Pavilion is a natural outgrowth of that, said Tim Moseley, who also resides in Bay St. Louis.
"We hope that the Down Home Blues concert is just one of many events held at the Alice Moseley Pavilion," said Moseley. "It's a place where local families can bring their lawn chairs, sit under live oak trees and listen to music."


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Q: Ajax duplicate data checking from database for multiple same type row I am trying to make a form with multiple same type field (i.e. title) in Wordpress. In that case I need to ensure that no duplicate data is being attempted to insert before the form is submitted. I have the following chunk of code:
Titles.php
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        $results = $wpdb->get_results( "SELECT * FROM wp_webmon WHERE title='".$_POST['title']."'");
        echo $wpdb->num_rows;
    }
}
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What it does actually nothing. I really need help to make this code working. Thanks in advance.

A: Try this code
Titles.php
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Defining and Using Evidence in Conservation Practice
Presented by: Nick Salafsky of Foundations of Success.
There is growing interest in evidence-based conservation, yet there are no widely accepted standard definitions of evidence, let alone guidance on how to use it in the context of conservation and natural resource management practice. In this talk, I will first draw on insights of evidence-based practice from different disciplines to define evidence as being "the relevant information used to assess one or more hypotheses related to a question of interest." I then present a typology of different kinds of information, hypotheses, and evidence and show how these different types can be used in different steps of conservation practice. In particular, it is important to distinguish between specific evidence used to assess project hypotheses and generic evidence used to assess generic hypotheses. I next build on this typology to develop a decision tree to support practitioners in how to appropriately use available specific and generic evidence in a given conservation situation. Finally, I conclude with a discussion of how to better promote and enable evidence-based conservation in projects and across the discipline of conservation, including the development of different types of shared evidence libraries.
The Ocean: From Victim to Solution to Climate Change
Presented by: Jane Lubchenco of Oregon State University, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg of the University of Queensland, and Steve Gaines of the University of California Santa Barbara.
The 2019 IPCC report on oceans showed that impacts to the world's ocean from climate are significant and growing. Yet the ocean can also be a major part of the solution to climate change. In 2018, the High Level Panel on Climate Change (an initiative of 14 current heads of government committed to bold climate solutions), convened an international team of scientists and other experts to evaluate the potential for ocean-based actions to contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. These include solutions ranging from ocean-based renewable energy and ocean-based transport to conservation of marine and coastal ecosystems, fisheries and aquaculture, and carbon storage in the seabed. This webinar will present the findings of the panel report, as well as two new complementary papers on ocean-based mitigation options and on the impacts of climate change to the ocean economy.
The Art of Knowledge Exchange – Lessons from World Bank Experience and Applications for Marine Conservation
This webinar was presented by Phil Karp, Principal Knowledge Management Officer with the World Bank's Social/Urban/Rural Development and Resilience Global Practice.
Knowledge exchange, or peer-to-peer learning, is a powerful way to share, replicate, and scale up practical solutions to challenges and transform ideas into action. But designing and executing knowledge exchange to achieve intended results and integrating it as part of larger change processes remains challenging. Using its extensive experience in knowledge exchange, the World Bank has developed a systematic framework and guide to help practitioners be more effective knowledge providers, brokers, and recipients. This webinar will present the five-step framework, introduce a range of knowledge exchange instruments and activities, and discuss how this approach can be applied to marine ecosystem conservation. It will also look at the impact and implications of social media and citizen science
Improving your impact: Guidelines for doing science that influences policy and management
This webinar was presented by Jon Fisher of The Pew Charitable Trusts
Scientists devote substantial time and resources to research to help solve environmental problems. And managers and policy makers must decide which actions will lead to desired environmental outcomes, based on the best-available evidence. Yet decision-makers frequently do not use much of this evidence. They may be unaware of it, lack access to it, not understand it, or view it as irrelevant. As a result, research intended to be applied often remains unused. In this webinar we outline a set of practical steps to improve the impact of science on decision making. These steps were developed from a review of the scientific literature on this topic and the input and experiences of numerous professionals in the field. The steps can be challenging to implement but should translate into science being used to inform environmental and conservation decisions more frequently. We will leave time for and welcome discussion and feedback from webinar participants.
Resist, Accept, or Direct? A decision framework for navigating climate-driven ecological transformations
This webinar was presented by Gregor Schuurman of the US National Park Service, Wendy Morrison of NOAA, and Carrie Kappel of the University of California Santa Barbara.
In this world of rapid global change, managers often have limited ability to control the ultimate drivers of this change or resist or reverse ecological responses to it. Managers in this 'brave new world' face difficult choices as well as important opportunities to influence ecological trajectories at local, regional, and continental scales, as they work along a management spectrum from resisting, to accepting, to actively directing ecological change. Managers need clear concepts and training in navigating ecological transformation (NET) and mechanisms to coordinate transformation management across agencies and management units. The FedNET working group (composed of representatives from federal land management agencies, USGS, and NOAA) is working to help US federal land managers understand, plan for, and respond to ecological transformation to maximize conservation of species, ecosystems, and ecosystem services. The group will develop concepts, frameworks, and training opportunities to help managers navigate the "who, why, where, when, how, and what" of NET and coordinate transformation stewardship across scales. The webinar will: 1) discuss how FedNET is using the decision framework Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD), 2) present related case studies to help federal land managers understand, plan for, and respond to ecological transformation, and 3) facilitate discussion with NOAA colleagues and an Ocean Tipping Points representative on how the RAD framework might be applied to marine fisheries.
Making Marine and Coastal Protected Areas Climate Savvy
This webinar was presented by Eric Mielbrecht of EcoAdapt and Sara Hutto of the Greater Farallones Association.
Making climate change adaptation planning simple and feasible for managers, The Climate Adaptation Toolkit for Marine and Coastal Protected Areas is a new resource consisting of a complement of tools that support climate vulnerability assessment, adaptation planning, and implementation. Users are supported by essential tools including a library of over 100 curated adaptation actions organized by habitat type and climate impact, each supported by case studies and documents from CAKEx.org, and the North American Marine Protected Area Rapid Vulnerability Assessment Tool. The toolkit is particularly effective as it was co-created with MPA managers and experts from Canada, Mexico and the U.S., working in concert with EcoAdapt, the Greater Farallones Association, and the Commission for Environmental Cooperation. View the toolkit at cakex.org/MPAToolkit.
Co-Sponsors: Parks Canada, NOAA National Marine Protected Areas Center, Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (CONANP), EcoAdapt, the Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE), the Greater Farallones Association, and the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, and OCTO (MPA News, OpenChannels, EBM Tools Network)
EcoCast: A dynamic ocean management tool to reduce bycatch and support sustainable fisheries
This webinar was presented by Elliott Hazen and Heather Welch of NOAA and the University of California Santa Cruz..
Dynamic ocean management (DOM) is emerging as a solution to the challenge of spatially managing species and human activities that are dynamic in space and time. DOM strategies use real-time data on environmental conditions to design management boundaries that rapidly adjust in response to the shifting nature of the ocean and its biodiversity. This webinar introduces the fisheries sustainability tool EcoCast and explores the process of building, validating, operationalizing, maintaining, and forecasting with a dynamic ocean management tool. Join this webinar to learn about some of the challenges, solutions, and considerations of applied dynamic ocean management.
Engaging Diverse Audiences in Marine and Coastal Protection
This webinar was presented by Josie Spearman of Guana Tolomato Matanzas NERR, Ellen M. Leroy-Reed of Friends of Guana Tolomato Matanzas NERR, Dave Feliz of Elkhorn Slough NERR, Jay Haigler of Diving with a Purpose, and Lauren Swaddell of NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
Managers of coastal and marine protected areas are responsible for places that are important for a wide range of audiences, yet we often come up short in engaging meaningfully with diverse audiences. This webinar will present brief case studies about coastal and marine protected areas and non-profit partners that are working with people from diverse backgrounds to provide opportunities to understand and enjoy our ocean and coasts. Educational initiatives from two national estuarine research reserves (NERRS) -- Guana Tolomato Matanzas (GTM) in Florida and Elkhorn Slough in California -- will be presented. GTM NERR's educational programs have recently increased their ability to accommodate students and potential visitors with physical, emotional, and intellectual challenges and communities with little or no access to transportation. Elkhorn Slough NERR conducts after school and science mentoring programs, regular school field trips, and subsidized school transportation programs in a region with several predominantly Hispanic communities. Diving with a Purpose (DWP) is working with partners to engage and educate the community-at-large on cultural heritage resources that exist in marine protected areas throughout the US with a focus on the African Diaspora. Finally, the first Knauss (Sea Grant) Fellow from Guam will speak about her experiences.
Financing Coral Reef Conservation and Management: Conservation Trust Funds and Impact Investing
This webinar was presented by Kathryn Mathias of the Conservation Finance Alliance and Wildlife Conservation Society and Nicolas Pascal of Blue finance.
Description: Coral reefs provide enormous economic value to humanity and are gaining increasing attention from donors, philanthropists, and governments. This webinar will explore the use of Conservation Trust Funds and Impact Investing to support coral reef conservation. Conservation Trust Funds (CTFs) are private, legally independent institutions that provide sustainable financing for biodiversity conservation. Impact Investing is investing in companies, organizations, and funds with the intention of generating measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return. Specifically, the webinar will discuss how protected area, national, and regional CTFs can raise, manage, and invest financing for coral reef conservation and restoration. The webinar will also review how impact investing can be used to manage coral reef areas through public private partnerships. This webinar is sponsored by the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI), an informal partnership which strives to preserve coral reefs and related ecosystems around the world, as part of its collaboration with the Conservation Finance Alliance for promoting innovative financing for coral reef conservation.
We've Got Chemistry! Leveraging Partnerships and the Ocean Acidification Information Exchange to Advance Ocean Acidification and MPA Science
This webinar was presented by Julianna Mullen of NERACOOS and the OAInfoExchange.org, Jenny Waddell of Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, Francis Chan of Oregon State University, and Meg Chadsey of Washington Sea Grant.
Marine protected areas (MPAs), sanctuaries, and reserves offer refuge to a wide variety of marine species, but can they also protect vulnerable organisms from the effects of ocean acidification (OA) and other climate-related stressors? Increasingly, OA scientists and MPA managers are working together to explore questions of adaptability in marine protected areas to explore this question and sharing their ideas on a dynamic new online platform called the OA Information Exchange (OAIE). In this webinar, we will: 1) provide an orientation to the OAIE to the MPA community and other new users, 2) describe how innovative collaborations between researchers and volunteer scientists are advancing both OA and MPA science in the Oregon Marine Reserves, and 3) provide examples of efforts to document changing ocean conditions and understand potential impacts of ecosystem change in Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, including how the development of a sentinel site for ocean acidification on the Olympic Coast supports OA coordination and collaboration in Washington.
Improving coastal resiliency through vulnerability assessment and natural adaptation prioritization
Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at 2pm EDT / 11am PDT / 7 UTC
Join us Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at 2pm ET for a webinar on Improving coastal resiliency through vulnerability assessment and natural adaptation prioritization
Presented by: Dr. Patrick Crist of PlanIt Forward LLC.
Fighting Marine Debris on the US West Coast – Effective Actions and Tools
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at 1pm US EST / 10am US PST / 6pm UTC
This webinar features experts from Washington, Oregon, and California highlighting their clean-up, education, and regulatory actions to curtain marine debris.
A New Coast: Strategies for Responding to Devastating Storms and Rising Seas
Thursday, February 13, 1 pm US EST/10 am US PST/6 pm UTC
Join us February 13 at 1pm US EST / 10am US PST for a webinar on A New Coast: Strategies for Responding to Devastating Storms and Rising Seas
Presented by: Jeffrey Peterson, author of A New Coast: Strategies for Responding to Devastating Storms and Rising Seas

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This week we're moving on from working at home to…housework. The laundry room, though often the best smelling room in the house, isn't traditionally a room you want to spend a lot of time in. We can change that! The laundry rooms below are functional, stylish, innovative, and, above all else, all made by us. What more could you want? 😉 Here are some ideas to make laundry seem like less of a chore (yes, it is possible!).
While we all aspire to carry instant stain remover around with us, that's not usually the case. Having a large sink for hand washing difficult stains and delicate material is…well, handy. It also provides an alternative to the kitchen or bathroom sink for dirty jobs, and it is perfectly positioned if you need to give the laundry room a good scrub-down.
This laundry room is our most popular project on Houzz (https://www.houzz.com/pro/sscabinetry/south-shore-cabinetry-ltd). One of its most talked-about features is the hanging rod. As someone who has to remove and replace her hanging laundry from the shower rod every morning, a hanging rod would be an invaluable addition to my Dream Laundry Room. With a clearance of 36″, this rod can accommodate most clothing and will provide you with an isolated and wrinkle-free environment for your most finicky clothes.
Unfortunately doing the laundry involves a lot more than just throwing the clothes in and taking them out. Keep tools such as your ironing board on hand with a designated cubby, or you can always opt for a smaller version that pulls out from the drawer.
Store your laundry baskets and supplies in open shelving units to add a bit of aesthetic flair to your laundry room – if they're going to be in there anyways, you might as well make them work for the design! It also makes it easier to pull the baskets in and out and keep track of all parts of your washing routine, from the soap to the clothes-pegs.
From boxes of dryer sheets to piles of excess coats to handfuls of hangers – well, you get the idea. There's a lot of stuff that goes into a laundry room besides clothes. Having a little extra storage around the house never hurts, and the laundry room can be the perfect place to add it.


Université de la Réunion - Why does walking economy improve after weight loss in obese adolescents?
Why does walking economy improve after weight loss in obese adolescents?
Abstract : PURPOSE: This study tested the hypothesis that the increase in walking economy (i.e., decrease in net metabolic rate per kilogram) after weight loss in obese adolescents is induced by a lower metabolic rate required to support the lower body weight and maintain balance during walking. METHODS: Sixteen obese adolescent boys and girls were tested before and after a weight reduction program. Body composition and oxygen uptake while standing and walking at four preset speeds (0.75, 1, 1.25, and 1.5 m·s⁻¹) and at the preferred speed were quantified. Net metabolic rate and gross metabolic cost of walking-versus-speed relationships were determined. A three-compartment model was used to distinguish the respective parts of the metabolic rate associated with standing (compartment 1), maintaining balance and supporting body weight during walking (compartment 2), and muscle contractions required to move the center of mass and limbs (compartment 3). RESULTS: Standing metabolic rate per kilogram (compartment 1) significantly increased after weight loss, whereas net metabolic rate per kilogram during walking decreased by 9% on average across speeds. Consequently, the gross metabolic cost of walking per unit of distance-versus-speed relationship and hence preferred walking speeds did not change with weight loss. Compartment 2 of the model was significantly lower after weight loss, whereas compartment 3 did not change. CONCLUSIONS: The model showed that the improvement in walking economy after weight loss in obese adolescents was likely related to the lower metabolic rate of the isometric muscular contractions required to support the lower body weight and maintain balance during walking. Contrastingly, the part of the total metabolic rate associated with muscle contractions required to move the center of mass and limbs did not seem to be related to the improvement in walking economy in weight-reduced individuals.


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Hargeisa-20th June 2018- This week the president of Somaliland pardoned Boqor Osman aw Muhumud (known as Buur Madow), a traditional leader, Mohamed Kayse Mohamoud, a blogger, and Mohamed Adan Dirir, a journalist.
Mohamed Adan Dirir and Mohamed Kayse Mohamoud have been released on 18th and 19th June 2018 respectively while Boqor Osman was freed today, 20th June.
On 20th May 2018, the appeal court in Hargeisa has sentenced Boqor Osman aw Muhumed Mohamed to three years in prison, reducing 5 years jail term given by a regional court in a one day trial on 26th April 2018. The elder was accused of "bringing the State into Contempt (article 219(2) of the Penal Code), and "circulation of false news (article 328)," according to the presiding judge. The judge also said he found Boqor Osman of "insult to a judge during a hearing (article 270).
Mohamed Kayse was sentenced to 18 months in prison over "offending the honour of the President." The charge is related to a Facebook post saying the "president is a local," according to the charge sheet seen by Human Rights Centre. The judge said the post is offending the president by calling him a "local" while "the president is a national president," the judge said in his judgment.
Mohamed Adan Dirir was sentenced, in a one day trial on 8th October, to 18th months in prison for charges of criminal defamation and publishing false news.
Human Rights Centre welcomes the decision of the president and thanks all those who campaigned on behalf of them.


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ACAS…EC does it?
ACAS is a publically funded, independent and impartial organisation, mandated to liaise with both parties to an employment dispute to try to achieve a settlement. It also has many other functions, including supporting good relations between employers and employees, offering training and providing useful tools for the workplace.
However, one ACAS function that both employers and employees should definitely pay attention to is the early conciliation (EC) process. Since 2014, this ACAS process must be followed by claimants before they can begin the majority of employment tribunal proceedings.
The types of claims covered by EC are referred to as "relevant proceedings" and include (in addition to others) unfair dismissal, breach of contract, unlawful deduction from wages, discrimination, equal pay, protection from detriment and rights to time off.
What to expect during the EC process?
The EC process is fairly straightforward, but can be highly effective. According to the ACAS Annual Report 2018/19, ACAS received over 132,000 notifications from potential tribunal claimants and of this number, only 36,351 employment tribunal claims were actually begun, meaning that 73% of notifications handled by ACAS did not progress to employment tribunal claims.
If an employee wishes to issue an employment tribunal claim for any "relevant proceedings", they must first comply with the early conciliation requirement. This provides an opportunity to resolve the dispute outside of the employment tribunal and without the parties having to resort to what can be costly and lengthy employment tribunal proceedings.
Step 1: The prospective claimant submits an EC form or telephones ACAS, who will complete the form on their behalf.
Step 2: After submitting the form, ACAS will make reasonable attempts to contact the prospective claimant.
If at this stage, the prospective claimant wishes to try to reach a settlement, the matter will be passed to an ACAS conciliator, who will take further details and ask for consent to contact the prospective respondent. If the claimant does not wish to settle however, ACAS will issue an EC certificate, the number of which will need to be quoted on the employment tribunal claim form when the claimant sends that form to the employment tribunal. The EC certificate confirms that the prospective claimant has complied with their obligation to contact ACAS and they are then able to present a claim to the tribunal. The certificate ends the EC process, but ACAS can still be involved at any later stage during the course of the employment tribunal claim to try to help the parties reach a settlement.
Stage 3: If, at stage 2, the prospective claimant wishes to attempt to reach a settlement, ACAS will contact the prospective respondent. If ACAS is unable to contact the prospective respondent, ACAS must conclude that settlement is not possible and will issue an EC certificate to the claimant.
However if the prospective respondent is contacted and is also willing to engage in conciliation, then the ACAS conciliator will have one calendar month from the date ACAS received the EC notification form in which to try to help the parties reach a settlement.
That period may be extended by a further 14 days if no settlement has been reached by the end of the initial month, but ACAS considers that there is a reasonable prospect of achieving a settlement and the claimant and the respondent both wish the period to be extended.
If, at any time during the EC period, either party states that they want EC to end, then ACAS will end the process and issue the EC certificate.
Throughout the EC process, the role of the conciliator is to talk through the issues with both sides to see if a solution can be found. Where appropriate they will also:
explain the conciliation process
explain the way tribunals operate and what the tribunal will take into account in deciding the case
discuss the options available to both sides, including arbitration where appropriate
help the parties understand how the other side views the case and explore with them how it might be resolved without a hearing, and
tell them about proposals from the other side.
However, it is not ACAS's role to:
make a judgment on the case or the likely outcome of a tribunal hearing
advise the parties as to whether to accept any proposals for settlement, or
act as a representative, take sides or help parties prepare their case.
If no settlement has been reached by the end of the EC period, then ACAS issues the EC certificate.
What are the benefits of early conciliation?
The process can be simple and quick - ACAS offers a simple way of settling a claim, without the need to go to a tribunal.
Neutrality - the ACAS conciliator assigned to the case will be entirely neutral and will not provide advice to either party on the case. The process is as a go-between that can help break a deadlock when the parties are not willing to compromise in the first instance.
Cost - there is no charge for using the EC service.
Confidentiality - anything communicated to an ACAS conciliation officer in connection with the performance of their functions is not admissible as evidence in tribunal proceedings, unless the person who communicated it to the officer gives their consent.
Not just for employees - EC is also available to employers if they are concerned that there is a dispute or issue occurring within their workplace which is likely to result in employment tribunal proceedings being issued.
Provides an extension – the time limits for beginning tribunal claims are extended to take account of the EC process. Effectively, the time limit clock is stopped while the EC process is underway.
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Q: ReferenceError while trying to remove json object Background:
I'm working on a registration form in which a user can enter information about an unlimited number of people.  Each person is entered as a json object and is made up of the fields, as demonstrated below.
    addPerson: function() {
        //Create a json object for this person.

        var person = {
            id: $("#dialog").data("person"),
            fname: $("#dialog input[name=pfname]").attr("value"),
            lname: $("#dialog input[name=plname]").attr("value"),
            title: $("#dialog input[name=ptitle]").attr("value"),
            bio:   $("#dialog textarea[name=pbio]").attr("value"),
            photo: $("#dialog input[name=photo]").attr("value"),
            owner: $("#dialog input[name=owner]").prop("checked") ? $("input[name=owner]").attr('checked', true),
            percent: $("#dialog input[name=ppercent]").attr("value"),
            edu: $("#dialog textarea[name=pedu]").attr("value"),
            skills: $("#dialog textarea[name=pskills]").attr("value"),
            prof: $("#dialog textarea[name=pprof]").attr("value"),
            awards: $("#dialog textarea[name=pawards]").attr("value"),
            community: $("#dialog textarea[name=pcommunity]").attr("value"),
            years: $("#dialog input[name=pyears]").attr("value"),
            compensation: $("#dialog textarea[name=pcompensation]").attr("value"),
        }

        $(this).dialog("close");

        upsmart.people.finishAddPerson(person);
    },

Once their object is added, each person is then displayed on a grid with their profile picture and name see code below:
    finishAddPerson: function(person) {
        upsmart.people.people[person.id] = person;
        if($("#person"+person.id).length == 0) {
            box = $("

").attr("id","person"+person.id);
            box.data("person",person.id);
            box.insertBefore($("#new"));
        } else {
            box = $("#person"+person.id);
            box.html("");
        }

        box.append($("").attr("src",person.photo));
        box.append($("
").attr("class","label").html(person.fname+" "+person.lname));
    }

Where I'm at:
In accordance with this answer by benashby, I've modified the finishAddPerson function as follows:
    finishAddPerson: function(person) {
        upsmart.people.people[person.id] = person;
        if($("#person"+person.id).length == 0) {
            box = $("

").attr("id","person"+person.id);
            box.data("person",person.id);
            box.insertBefore($("#new"));
        } else {
            box = $("#person"+person.id);
            box.html("");
        }

        box.append($("").attr("src",person.photo));
//added a delete button here
        box.append($("<button/>").attr("class","remove-user-btn"));
        box.append($("
").attr("class","label").html(person.fname+" "+person.lname));
//delete function added here, using person.id to signify the profile to be removed
        $('.remove-user-btn').bind('click', function(e) {
            removePerson($(this).attr(person.id);

            //Remove the containing div here as well
            $(this).parent().remove()
        });
    }

My Problem:
The remove button fails when i click on it and gives me the following error in my console:

ReferenceError: removePerson is not defined
removePerson($(this).attr(person.id));

I suppose I should issue the disclaimer that I'm still slugging through teaching myself javascript and jquery so if the issue seems really simple... it probably is.  Still, any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated.  Many thanks in advance!  :-)


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Biografia
La madre esercitava come diaconessa protestante in un ospedale ed era la nipote di Théodor Fliedner, fondatore della diaconia di Kaiserswerth. Suo padre, William Moses Shapira, un ortodosso russo convertito al protestantesimo, era dalla regione di Kiev in Ucraina e gestiva un negozio per turisti e pellegrini nel quartiere cristiano della Città Santa. Per la sua attività, acquistò un manoscritto che sembrava essere una versione molto antica del Deuteronomio, e nel 1882 di andare a Berlino e poi a Londra per cercare di venderlo a vari musei. Ma uno studioso francese, Charles Clermont-Ganneau, convinse gli esperti che il manoscritto era un falso;

Shapira andò in rovina a causa della faccenda, e, persa ogni credibilità, finì col per suicidarsi nel marzo 1884 a Rotterdam. Senza le risorse per rimanere a Gerusalemme, la madre di Myriam Harry decise di tornare in Germania con Miriam e sua sorella nel 1884.

Grazie a uno zio, Myriam Harry fu assunta a Parigi come assistente di un parroco e nel periodo trascorso presso di lui imparò il francese per poi diventare indipendente insegnando in una scuola privata. Inviò i suoi primi manoscritti ad alcuni giornali berlinesi e a Leopold von Sacher-Masoch che la incoraggò a scrivere e le fece conoscere Catulle Mendès che l'aiutò a stabilire alcuni rapporti editoriali. Iniziò così a collaborare nel 1898 con la rivista La Fronde, diretto da Marguerite Durand e scritto interamente da donne con un racconto pubblicato nel numero del Natale 1898 e proseguendo la collaborazione con una storia ogni due settimane: i racconti stampati su La Fronde furono raccolti in volume nel 1899, con il titolo Passage de Bedouins che ebbe subito un buon riscontro di critica e pubblico.

Nel 1904 la Harry sposò lo scultore Émile Perrault. Con il marito, vincitore di una borsa di studio di viaggio, la Harry partì per la Tunisia che sarebbe stata fonte di ispirazione per diversi suoi scritti. Molti dei suoi libri sono ispirati ai suoi viaggi in Medio Oriente. Africa e Asia.

Proposta da Joris-Karl Huysmans, che le promise la vincita per poi indirizzare altrove il suo voto, fu candidata al premio Goncourt con il suo libro La Conquête de Jérusalem (1904) che non le fu assegnato per via del fatto che era una donna. A causa di questa discriminazione nacque il Prix Femina (inizialmente "Prix La vie Heureuse") del quale Myriam Harry fu la prima vincitrice il 28 gennaio 1905 e del quale fu anche membro della giuria in seguito.

Scrisse anche molti articoli per i giornali dell'epoca, quali, tra gli altri, Revue de Paris, Revue Bleue, Grande Revue, Paris-Soir, l'Intransigeant, Candide. In particolare fece scalpore il suo reportage sul processo ai protagonisti dell'insurrezione di Thala-Khasserine per Le Temps. Nel 1950 è stata nominata corrispondente dell'Académie des sciences coloniales.

Ebbe un figlio adottivo di origine siriana, Faouaz Perrault-Harry, divenuto pittore.

Opere
 Passage de Bédouins, Parigi, Calmann Lévy, 1899, 320 p.
 Petites Épouses, Parigi, Calmann Lévy, 1902, 329 p.
 La Conquête de Jérusalem, Parigi, Calmann Lévy, 1903, 393 p.
Das kleine Madchen von Jerusalem, Berlino, Welt-Verlag, 1928
 L'Ile de Volupté, Parigi, A. Fayard, Inédits de Modern Bibliothèque, 1908, 192 p.
 Madame Petit-Jardin, Parigi, A. Fayard, 1909, 188 p.
 Tunis la blanche, Parigi, A. Fayard, 1910, 319 p.
 La divine Chanson, Parigi, A. Fayard, Les Inédits de Modern Bibliothèque, 1912, 128 p.
 L'Indo-Chine, Vincennes, les Arts graphiques, 1912, 120 p., Les Beaux voyages
 La Petite Fille de Jérusalem, Parigi, A. Fayard et Cie, 1914, 350 p. (Prefazione di Jules Lemaître) / Riedizioni: Fayard, 1950, con dodici tavole in legno incise da Jacques Beltrand su composizioni di Roger Bezombes ; Editions des Malassis, 2016, 272 p. (seguito da Le Deutéronome de Shapira et les découvertes de Qûmran di Paul Auvray).
 La Pagode d'Amour, Parigi, La Renaissance du livre, s. d. (1917), 79 p
 Siona chez les Barbares (puis Siona à Berlin), Parigi, A. Fayard, 1918, 317 p.
 Siona à Parigi, Parigi, A. Fayard, 1919, 282 p.
 Le tendre Cantique de Siona, Parigi, A. Fayard, 1922, 252 p.
 Les Amants de Sion, Parigi, A.Fayard, 1923, 187 p.
 La Vallée des Rois et des Reines, au pays de Toutankhamon, Parigi, A. Fayard, 1925, 251 p.
 La Vie amoureuse de Cléopâtre, Parigi, Flammarion, 1926, 217 p.
 Le Mannequin d'Amour, Parigi, Flammarion, 1927, 247 p.
 Le Visage de la France. L'Afrique du Nord. Algérie. Tunisie. Maroc, Prefazione del Maresciallo Lyautey. L'Algérie, Georges Rozet, La Tunisie, Myriam Harry, Le Maroc, J. et J. Tharaud. Parigi, Aux Horizons de France, 1927, 306 p.
 Le premier Baiser, Parigi, A. Fayard, 1927, 152 p.
 La Pagode de l'Île flottante, Parigi, Éd. des Portiques, s. d., 119 p.
 La Nuit de Jérusalem, lithographies de Drouart, Parigi, Flammarion, 1928, 67 p.
 Le Petit Prince de Syrie, Parigi, A. Fayard, 1929, 316 p.
 Terre d'Adonis. Au pays des Maronites et des Druses, Parigi, Flammarion, 1930, 261 p.
 La Jérusalem retrouvée, Parigi, Flammarion, 1930, 284 p.
 Amina, ma Colombe, Parigi, Flammarion, 1931, 246 p.
 La Tunisie enchantée, Parigi, Flammarion, 1931, 245 p.
 Trois Ombres. J. K. Huysmans. Jules Lemaître. Anatole France, Parigi, Flammarion, 1932, 249 p.
 Les derniers Harems, Parigi, Flammarion, 1933, 249 p.
 Cléopâtre, Parigi, Flammarion, 1934, 285 p.
 Les Adorateurs de Satan, Parigi, Flammarion, 1937, 213 p.
 Ranavalo et son amant blanc, histoire à peine romancée, Parigi, Flammarion, 1939, 251 p.
 D'autres Îles de volupté, Parigi, J. Ferenczi et fils, 1940, 159 p., ill. de Engelbach, Le Livre moderne illustré
 Femmes de Perse, Jardins d'Iran, Parigi, Flammarion, 1941, 203 p.
 Irak, Parigi, Flammarion, 1941, 175 p.
 La Princesse Turquoise, roman de la cour de Turquie, Parigi, Flammarion, 1942, 248 p.
 Routes malgaches, le Sud de Madagascar, Parigi, Plon, 1943, 245 p., un dessin et 11 photographies de F. Perrault-Harry
 Micador, Parigi, Flammarion, 1944, 219 p.
 La Vie de Jules Lemaître, Parigi, Flammarion, 1946, 315 p.
 Mon Amie Lucie Delarue-Mardrus, Parigi, Ariane, 1946, 213 p.
 Djelaleddine Roumi, Poète et Danseur mystique, Parigi, Flammarion, 1947, 222 p.
 Sous le Signe du Taureau, le Sud de Madagascar, Parigi, A. de Chabassol, 1947, 319 p.
 La Pagode du Baiser, Parigi, Boursiac, 1947, 48 p.
 Damas, Jardin de l'Islam, Parigi, J. Ferenczi et fils, 1948, 265 p.
 Radame, premier Roi de Madagascar, Parigi, Ferenczi, 1949, 252 p.

Note

Premi e riconoscimenti
Prix Femina 1904 (assegnato nel gennaio del 1905)

Cavaliere della Legion d'onore

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
Myriam Harry su NEWW Women Writers

Myriam Harry  su Académie des Sciences d'Outre Mer

Cécile Chombard Gaudin, L'Orient dévoilé – Sur les traces de Myriam Harry, biographie, Levallois, Éditions Turquoise, 2019

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CT reaches COVID vaccine milestone, but dip in doses expected
Julia Bergman
As transmission decreases and vaccination rates rise, the state and local hospitals are diverting resources from fighting the pandemic.
Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media
Connecticut has reached a new milestone in its COVID-19 vaccine roll-out - more than half its residents 16 and older have received their first dose of a vaccine.
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"That shortfall is really all related to Johnson & Johnson," Gov. Ned Lamont said Monday at his briefing on the pandemic.
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Officials were hoping to use the J&J supply to vaccinate college students before they return home for the semester but is now working with other states and the federal government on a plan to administer at least one dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines to them before they leave and then have them get second shots in their home state.
Lamont began his briefing Monday by addressing another public health crisis facing the state — two "needless" gun-related fatalities in Hartford that occurred over the weekend.
"COVID isn't the only thing stealing lives, so is gun violence," Lamont said, referring to the deaths of 3-year-old Randell Tarez Jones and 16-year-old Ja'Mari Preston.
Marichal Monts, pastor at the Citadel of Love in Hartford, joined Lamont virtually. The "senseless" and "unnecessary" killings took the lives of "two beautiful children with dreams in front of them," he said.
"Is this the Hartford we want? Is this the Connecticut we want?" said Monts, who also serves as chaplain to the Hartford Police Department.
Turning to the pandemic, Monts said he was heartened by the success of a 24-hour vaccine clinic in Hartford over the weekend put on by Trinity Health of New England. An estimated 4,000 doses were administered at the so-called "vax-a-thon," which targeted communities of color.
But the state's vaccine providers tasked with reaching equity targets the state state again missed the mark this past week.
One reason for that: the state received a record supply of the vaccine last week and the providers tasked with reaching those living in zip codes identified to maximize racial equity were "maxed out," so the state provided more supply to local health districts, particularly those in suburban communities, said Josh Geballe the state's chief operating officer.
As supply gets closer to outpacing demand, which is expected to happen at the end of this month, the number of walk-up appointments is expected to significantly increase, Geballe said, and the state would continue to find opportunities to bring vaccine straight to communities that need it.
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A few more species and new species from this area will be added to our work later (2014), after the publication of Dominique Lamy' Book.
We consider it as a valid species. So much differences between both C. boui and C. daucus : Shell pattern, animal color, average size, deph, habitat are completely different between these species.We have collected both species live and assume totally our choice of level specie according to da Motta. It can be found during the daytime at deph from 10 to 40 meters hidding in grass and sand, often not burried, just laying. It seems more common in 25-35m. In Martinique, it have been found in the south caribbean coast only.
Several populations occured in Guadeloupe by the past. Some have declined after Marilyn hurricane. It could be found between 8 and 15 meters.
These small shells have been a real nightmare for collectors and malacologists. Before it was described (2012), this very local specie from Le Vauclin (Martinique) was sometime named as Conus burraye which is found in Florida, effectively it is close to this specie but it can be easily separated when you look carefully to the shells though (spire). Very recently it have been finally described as Conus colombi. Some collectors related these shells to Conus hennequini but they are clearly very different. I have found hundreds of empty shells in Le vauclin in sand patches between grass fields in 2-4 meters of water. Shells must live in this habitat and may be found during the night.
This specie is very variable in color. Animal color may also vary. The most common color is the nice orange that gave its name as the "carrot's cone". Though, yellow, brown and white shells may be found too. The white ones may have also nice pink spots and sometime a pinkish overall color too. This shell may be found since the first meters hidden in rocky fissures often camouflated with it's "algae periostracum"; big gem specimens are difficult to find now.
While I was living in Martinique (2000-2002), it was really hard to find just like C. spurius. I only found fresh dead specimens in 10-20m. Among actually known species, probably the only piscivorous specie of the West Atlantic area. This specie used to be common in the past but for an unkkown (epidemic?) reason populations have declined in Martinique and Guadeloupe fastly years ago such as Conus spurius. Actually (2013) live shells have still not been collected anymore.
In Martinique, divers have seen (before year 2000) hundreds of empty fresh dead shells (south Martinique) in their diving spots, this tend to show that this specie have been decimated by some pollution, virus, bacteria, parasite ?
Divers (july 2014) have seen specimens of this specie in -40m in Guadeloupe.
This very nice and rare shell my be found deeply hidden in rocky crevices. I only found one empty shells in 5m of water in north Martinique (Carribean sea). Divers have found also some fresh dead specimens in 5-10m in south of Martinique (Caribbean sea). Specimens have been also found on the Atlantic side like the fift specimen shown (Guadeloupe).
This shell is collected in a very rectricted area.
This tiny specie may only be found in a restricted area and from 6 to 18 meters. It was found in less than 6 meters by the past but it have been overcollected by some at this depth.
This deep water specie may be found from 90-100m of water.
I found this species in 15m of water. It used to be easy to find by the past. This species may be found crawling on the sandy areas of the rocky shorelines at night. During the daytime it is buried in the sand patches.
This is not a rare shell but is is hard to spot sometimes due to it's color. It lives usually in 1-10 meters of water along rocky shorelines in small crevices or under rocks.
This shell is rarer than in the past. It seems to occur deeper that Conus daucus. Live shells usually come from 20-45 meters of water. Recent finds in Guadeloupe could extend the actual range of this supposed endemic specie.
This shell in commonly found on the Atlantic side, in 1m of water. If you swin in many beaches in Martinique, you may find hundreds of empty shells of C. puncticulatus and C. puncticulatus f. columba. They live in grass fields and sand patches. They bury in the sand during the daytime. Sometime (breeding season ?) they can be found grouped even during the daytime.
This specie is commonly found from shallow water to 20-30 meters deep. It's feeding on the well known "fire-worm". This specie is very variable. We could say that every specimen is unique. In my opinion the best way to separate them is to arrange specimens in several color variations : the dark ones (overall dark brown pattren), the clear ones (overall clear pattern), the yellow and orange ones that I call "citrinus variation" and of course all the orthers that are intergrades between these three main pattern color variations. In 2000-2002 I sent a lot of samples for molecular research on this species and results have shown that there was only one specie. So for that reason the citrinus name must be used as a variation name only. The animal is clearly the same in all kind of variations. Conus regius can be found during daytime resting sided to huge rocks, in sandy crevices along the rocky shoreline. It may also burry like most cones. It can be foudn also crwling during the day time, usually around 16h00, before the end of the day.
This shell is very rare. I only found one empty shell in 40m of water. Though vey nice specimens have been found fresh dead by the past in Fort-de-France bay in moderately deep water (40-60m). It's a very nice shell and It may reach big sizes. Actually Conus riosi apply to Martinique populations bu also to other localities populations like the Brasil one. Some authors are actually describing this shell in order to be a new specie.
While I was living in Martinique (2000-2002), it was really hard to find. I have nerver found a live specimen, only very old broken parts of shells. In Guadeloupe, live specimens may be hardly found from 5 to 10 meters in various habitats such as rubble and grass or near mangroves areas. This specie used to be common in the past but for an unkkown reason (epidemic?) populations have declined in Martinique and Guadeloupe fastly years ago such as Conus ermineus.
Could be a subspecie of Conus jaspideus. Actually named as a form of Conus jaspideus by most authors.


"Co-Sputtered SiC + Ag Nanomixtures as Visible Wavelength Negative Inde" by George Nehmetallah, Rola Aylo et al.
The fabrication and characterization of a novel metamaterial that shows negative index in the visible (blue) is reported. The real part of the negative index of this metamaterial at 405 nm, comprising co-sputtered SiC + Ag nanoparticle mixture on a glass substrate, is deduced from results of double Michelson interferometry setup which shows a negative phase delay. It is numerically verified that this metamaterial can yield near-field super-resolution imaging for both TE and TM polarizations.
Nehmetallah, George; Aylo, Rola; Powers, Peter; Sarangan, Andrew; Gao, J.; Li, Han; Archari, A.; and Banerjee, Partha P., "Co-Sputtered SiC + Ag Nanomixtures as Visible Wavelength Negative Index Metamaterials" (2012). Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications. 108.


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Boricua Actor Ismael Cruz Córdova to Star in Amazon's 'The Lord of the Rings'
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Lead Photo: Ismael Cruz Córdova attends the Premiere Of Columbia Pictures' "Miss Bala" at Regal LA Live Stadium 14 on January 30, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
Ismael Cruz Córdova attends the Premiere Of Columbia Pictures' "Miss Bala" at Regal LA Live Stadium 14 on January 30, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
If you've never seen any of The Lord of the Rings movies over the last couple of decades, you might not know that all the Latino characters were banished into the fiery pits of Mount Doom before the franchise even began. At least that's what I tell myself as no Latino characters appear in any of the movies – even though, "Frodo" is not far off from a nickname you'd give your Mexican tío. And while we can't rewrite J.R.R. Tolkien novels now to include Latinos, we will at least get a Latino actor starring in the upcoming The Lord of the Rings series on Amazon.
We don't have the 411 on a character name just yet, but we do know Puerto Rican actor Ismael Cruz Córdova (Miss Bala) will star in the show. Cruz, 32, is best known for his recurring role as professional boxer Hector Campos in the fourth season of the Showtime crime drama Ray Donovan. He will be a regular on the upcoming show, which is scheduled to begin shooting in February.
According to Deadline, executives at Amazon are not ready to reveal Campos' character on the fantasy adventure, which is said to be a prequel to the 2001 film, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. The series already has a multi-season commitment from Amazon.
Cruz is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, so we know he's got the acting chops. Now, we're just wondering if he is going to be hidden behind layers of makeup and prosthetics, as he was in the Disney+ original series The Mandalorian, where he played a purple alien criminal named Qin.
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Humanitarian Engineering – Intersections between the National Academy of Engineering's Grand Challenges, and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.
Renetta Tull is Associate Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), and Professor of the Practice in UMBC's College of Engineering and IT. She is also Founding Director and Co-PI for the 12-institution National Science Foundation University System of Maryland's (USM) PROMISE AGEP, and Co-Director/Co-PI for the NSF USM's Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP). In addition to roles at UMBC and roles with grants, she is also part of the University System of Maryland's Academic and Student Affairs unit in Adelphi, Maryland, serving the USM as Special Assistant to the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and USM Director of Graduate & Professional Pipeline Development. Tull earned the BSEE from Howard University, and the MSEE and Ph.D. in Speech Science from Northwestern University. Her work in speaker recognition and focus on disability access to technology led to her former faculty and "Engineering Research Center Faculty" roles at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Quality of Life Technology (QoLT) Center at Carnegie Mellon/University of Pittsburgh respectively.
An international speaker on global diversity in STEM, Tull has led discussions such as "Inclusive Engagement – Engineering for All," "Cultivating Inclusive Excellence within Science, Engineering, and Technology," and similar topics in India, Taiwan, Korea, Dubai, Italy, and Australia. She has also spoken in 5 countries in Latin America about women and work/life balance, family, and prevention domestic and work-place abuse. She co-led Puerto Rico's ADVANCE Hispanic Women in STEM project, and continues to lead the "Women in STEM Forum" for the Latin and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI) and the Engineering for the Americas/Organization of American States. Recognitions include: 2015 O'Reilly Media "Women in Data" cover, 2015 Global Engineering Deans Council/Airbus Diversity Award Finalist, and the 2016 ABET Claire L. Felbinger Award for Diversity. She has been an invited plenary panelist for diversity in engineering initiatives for the 2016 International Conference on Transformations in Engineering Education in India, and the 2017 Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) conference. She was a 2017 invited speaker for UNESCO's "Women in Engineering" forum at the United Nations, and an invited speaker for the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES) "Global Engagement in Diversity" webinar. Tull is active in the American Society for Engineering Education, has more than 50 publications, has given more than 200 presentations on various STEM topics, and is a Tau Beta Pi "Eminent Engineer." In 2016 and 2017 she was named in Medium.com's "35 of Women STEM Social Media Stars/Women in Science You Should Be Following On Social Media," and "List of 200 Women of Color on Twitter," respectively. In July 2017, after a bilingual presentation, Tull was elected Vice President of Initiatives for the Latin and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI), at the annual international conference. In 2018, she is serving as the University System of Maryland's Chair for the Health Care Workforce Disparities Group, and is honored to be serving the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine as a member of the national mentoring committee. She also serves the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a 2017-2018 team member for the next international engineering report. She is a passionate advocate, global mentor, and champion for equity in STEM; she invites you to engage on Twitter @Renetta_Tull #ThinkBigDiversity.
An effective administrator with research interests in international STEM education, America's competitiveness, and equal access to higher education. Technical interests and work are in the areas of speech related applications to medicine, engineering and technology; interests also include accessible technology resources for persons with disabilities. Diverse work and leadership skills are demonstrated through experience with universities, technology councils, Fortune 500 and start-up companies, medical facilities, and government projects.
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Evanston, Illinois, Ph.D., Speech Science, 1999. Dissertation: Acoustic Analysis of Cold-Speech: Implications for Speaker Recognition Technology and the Common Cold.
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The VLSI design cycle is divided into two phases: Front-end and Back-end. Front-end covers the architectural specifications, coding and verification, whereas back-end involves the physical implementation of the design on the targeted technology node.
This paper presents why LEC (Logical Equivalence Check) is important in the ASIC design cycle, how to check it, and what to do when LEC is failing. We will explore a test case to see what happens if LEC fails – how to pinpoint the problem and what steps to take for resolving the same.
Design passes through various steps like synthesis, place and route, sign-offs, ECOs (engineering change orders), and numerous optimizations before it reaches production. At every stage, we need to make sure that the logical functionality is intact and does not break because of any of the automated or manual changes. If the functionality changes at any point during the entire process, the entire chip becomes useless. This is why LEC is one of the most important checks in the entire chip design process.
With shrinking technology nodes and increasing complexity, logical equivalence check plays a major role in ensuring the correctness of the functionality.
LEC comprises of three steps as shown below: Setup Mode, Mapping Mode and Compare Mode.
There are various EDA tools for performing LEC, such as Synopsys Formality and Cadence Conformal. We are considering Conformal tool as a reference for the purpose of explaining the importance of LEC.
In the setup mode, the Conformal tool reads two designs. We designate the design types, which are Golden (synthesized netlist) and Revised (generally, the revised design is the modified or post-processed design that the Conformal tool compares to the Golden design). For the execution of LEC, the Conformal tool requires three types of files.
<design_name>.lec file guide the Conformal tool to execute different command in a systematic way.
<design_name>.scan_const file provides scan related constraints like if we want to ignore some scan connections/serdes input/output pins which are defined in this file.
<design_name>.stdlib file contains pointer of standard cells library.
During the second phase of equivalence checking, the Conformal tool automatically maps key points and compares them. When the comparison is complete, it pinpoints the differences. The Conformal tool employs two name-based methods and one no-name method to map key points. Name-based mapping is useful for gate-to-gate comparisons when minor changes have been made to the logic.
Conversely, the no-name-mapping method is useful when the Conformal tool must map designs with completely different names. By default, it automatically maps key points with the name-first mapping method when it exits the setup mode. The key points that the Conformal tool does not map are classified as unmapped points.
Extra unmapped points are key points that are present in only one of the designs, Golden or Revised.
Unreachable unmapped points are key points that do not have an observable point, such as a primary output.
Not-mapped unmapped points are key points that are reachable but do not have a corresponding point in the logic fan-in cone of the corresponding design.
In the case of aborted compare points, we can change the compare effort to a higher setting. Thus, the Conformal tool can continue the comparison on only the aborted compare points. The Conformal tool displays the completed run time and total memory used for the comparison.
At the time of sign-off or tapeout phase, the schedule is too tight to handle blocks with some critical logical failure. At times, the logical connectivity is broken while doing manual fixes or timing ECOs. The chances of a logical breakdown will be high at the tapeout phase where the physical design engineer does not have much time for block closure. Also, the chances of breaking logical connectivity are high, when you get the functional ECO and do the manual connection. Let's take a look at a practical example of LEC failure in a block and see how it can be solved.
First of all, do not panic if LEC fails during any of the levels, discussed earlier. When LEC is failing, the first step is to check the "non-equivalent.rpt" file. It may be possible that due to one broken connection, a higher number of cell names are reported in the "non-equivalent.rpt" file.
The reason behind is that many paths which are going through one failed/broken connection – and hence all its endpoints (compare points) – are reported "Non-equivalent".
The first step is to check the non-equivalent file. The sample non-equivalent file below shows the 152 compare points that are failing in in LEC.
These 152 flip-flops reported as non-equivalent are the multibit flops. In multibit flops, we merge two flops to form a single flop having multiple input and output pins. For example, if we merge two single bit flops into one multibit flop, it will have D0,D1 as input pins and Q0,Q1 as output pins.
Because of multibit flops, the report is showing 152 flop count as non-equivalent, but actually only 72 are non-equivalent. As these are two bit flops, the total count is 72x2=144 flops. The remaining are single bit flops.
Next step is to check the unmapped file. This file shows the unmapped nets where the logical connectivity is broken. We need to trace nets and find out the missing connection of those nets.
In the above image, we can see that one net (BUFT_net_362908) is not mapped in the design. As it can be seen in Fig-2, once we check this net (BUFT_net_362908) connection in LEC fail database, we see that it is connected only to the input pins of other cell (*_364714/A), but the other connection (driver side) of this net is missing due to unintentional cell deletion.
The highlighted net in the below figure shows the net reported in the unmapped.rpt file.
Here, we can see the connection of reported net in the LEC fail design.
While we do the fanout of net (BUFT_net_362908) which is reported in unmapped file, it is connected to 152 flops in LEC pass database.
Whereas 152 flops reported in non-equivalent file in LEC fail database are same as fanout of net (BUFT_net_362908) reported in LEC pass database.
Now, we need to find the actual net connection of this net in the previous LEC pass database. While checking, we can easily note that the reported net is connected to one inverter which is missing in the LEC fail database.
For finding the missing cell, we have to back trace this net in the previously LEC passed database and check actual connections.
Do not get confused between un-mapped and non-equivalent reports. In the un-mapped report we only see the floating nets of the undriven input pins, whereas in the non-equivalent report we see all the cells which are fanouts of this missing cell.
After finding the reason for the LEC failure, we have to insert one missing inverter and redo the input/output logical connection of this inverter in the LEC failed database. Fig-3 shows the newly added inverter and its input-output connection. Now, if we rerun the LEC it will pass and non-equivalent report will show zero non-equivalent points.
If multibit flops are used in the design, then the issue of mapping golden netlist versus revised netlist will crop up, as flop names will be changed in revised netlist.
Clock gating cells not getting mapped after cloning in revised netlist.
Logical connectivity breaks during timing fixing or while doing manual ECO.
Less reliance on gate level simulation.
Boosted confidence in new tool revisions for synthesis and place & route.
Watch-dog for poor RTL coding areas in the design.
Nearly exhaustive proof of equivalence without writing test patterns.
Decreased risk of missing bugs inserted by the back-end process.
This paper gives an introduction of logical equivalence check, flow setup, steps to debug it, and solutions to fix LEC. Using a real-world scenario, it also showcases the reports generated after LEC completion and suggests an easy way to find out the root cause of LEC failure. It is not uncommon for teams to run into LEC fail issues – simply taking the steps described in this paper will help you resolve the issues related to LEC.
Pratik Patel is a Senior Physical Design Engineer at eInfochips. With over 4 years of experience in lower technology node for complex networking SoCs, he has developed expertise in PnR, static timing analysis and power optimization.
Prathmesh Oza is a Senior Physical Design Engineer at eInfochips. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Communication from Charotar institute of Technology, India. With over 5+ years of experience in lower technology node for complex networking SoCs, he is an expert in PnR, STA analysis and power optimization.
Rakesh Parmar is an ASIC technical manager at eInfochips. He holds a Master's degree in Electronics from Sardar Patel University, India. Leveraging a decade of experience in technology domain and physical design, he is now focusing on delivering complex SOC ASIC products in lower technology nodes for eInfochips' customers.


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Kentucky Headhunters Celebrate 25 Years of Pickin' On Nashville
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It was the album that Nashville – or the music industry as a whole – didn't quite know what to do with. But, the fans quickly figured it out. On October 17, 1989 – twenty-five years ago today – Mercury Records released the album Pickin' On Nashville, the debut disc from The Kentucky Headhunters.
The band originated in 1968 and was comprised of Richard and Fred Young, along with cousins Greg Martin and Anthony Kenney. They didn't look or sound like any other groups in the business, they were more comfortable in t-shirts and jeans than your typical stage attire – and their sound was a hybrid of Country, Southern Rock, and Blues.
Growing up in Edmonton, KY on a family farm, the band had played together for over twenty years prior to their big break. That time period included a couple of brushes with the spotlight. Under the name Itchy Brother (Richard Young recalls the name came from a scraggly lion from the cartoon Bongo Congo), the group were groomed by Capricorn Records in the 1970s, and almost signed with Led Zeppelin's Swan Song Records in the early 1980s. However, the third crack at the big time proved to be the charm.
With a lineup that now included bass player and vocalist Doug Phelps, and his brother, Ricky Lee, the die was firmly cast for stardom. Having created a buzz with their live appearances in the Southern Kentucky area, as well as "The Chitlin' Show," their popular radio show at WLOC in Munfordville, by 1988, the Headhunters were ready to take their sound nationwide. Encouraged by their fans and friends like Tom Long, Larry Shell, and manager (and former Swan Song exec) Mitchell Fox, the boys agreed to roll the dice and take their music to Nashville.
Richard Young remembers their showcase in Nashville. "As soon as I hit those first chords of 'Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine,' it looked like someone yelled "'There's a bomb in here!' With the exception of the bartender, waitress and a few friends, we cleared Douglas Corner. One man was left standing, Harold Shedd, then president of Mercury Records. He came up, took one of our homemade albums and left. The next day he called and said, 'Boys, we may be cooking hamburgers next year, but I gotta try this."
Shedd's gamble proved to be right on the money. "Walk Softly On This Heart Of Mine," the Bill Monroe classic was released as the first single, hitting the Billboard Country Singles chart on September 30, 1989. Radio didn't know what hit them, as the group watched the single move up the charts. Though the single only made it to No. 25 on the charts, Stan Hitchcock at CMT was paying attention, and the video spread the music of the Kentucky Headhunters around the nation like wildfire.
Pickin' On Nashville included three more singles, "Dumas Walker," "Rock and Roll Angel," and their top-ten cover of Don Gibson's "Oh Lonesome Me." When the dust settled, the disc sold well over two million copies, and was named as the 1990 Album of the Year by the Country Music Association – not bad, when considering the group recorded the album in three days for only $4500 – an unheard of amount of time and money then and now. The success of the album also led to back-to-back wins for Vocal Group of the Year from the CMA in 1990 and 1991. They also won the Academy of Country Music trophy for Vocal Group of the Year, an American Music Award, and the most coveted award in all of music – a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for the album. Their fan base would also include some of the biggest artists of all time, such as ZZ Top. Young recalls a conversation he once had with the architects of Rock & Roll, Carl Perkins. "You know Carl, I was beginning to think we would never get an album out," he told the man behind "Blue Suede Shoes." To which Perkins replied, "Yeah buddy, but when ya'll came out, you came out sideways!" Truer words were never spoken.
All of these years later, the success keeps coming for the Kentucky Headhunters. Never one to be pigeon-holed in any one specific genre, the group continues to tour and record to this day. All in all, they have released thirteen albums, including their self-titled disc this year. They also continue to play to packed houses both here in the United States and abroad.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Pickin' On Nashville, the Headhunters will be featured in a special article on Billboard.com this weekend where The 615's Chuck Dauphin ventured from Nashville to the group's "Practice House" in the Edmonton, KY to recall the impact that the record made – and continues to make. Also, the Kentucky Headhunters will be featured in special programming on SiriusXM this weekend, sharing their reflections and memories of the music. Richard Young sums up his feelings on the group's success, saying simply "We are lucky boys, who have lived a charmed life."
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