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I am currently working on a research project into the effects of modular assets (benefits and problems) within games design, aimed towards UDK however a general knowledge-base for all games engines.
I have currently found a fair few tutorials and information based upon this subject, there's an entire section here on the polycount wiki (very helpful) and tutorials from 3d-palace and others that are free and available over the Internet.
The following is what I found so far.
I am after as much information on the subject as possible, this includes any tutorials on the subject, these may not be directly related to modular assets however may contain snippets of information within the tutorial and may be just an overall optimization techniques tutorial or other tutorial.
Along with these tutorials I am after any technical information on the subject, as an artist this will be my weak area on the research and not entirely sure what to search for regarding the technical aspect.
I do know that having only one asset takes up the same amount of memory and is not related to how many times it is re-used, the only new things that will be added per asset would be lightmaps and world position information, collision detection may also come into this however if this is set up by a volume in UDK over an entire surface this possibly would not be the case.
On top of information and tutorials on how to create modular assets, I would also like examples of games that heavily use a modular aspect, games such as mass effect and mass effect 2, Total war seires (uses the same units though not module it uses the same effect and also buildings I do belive use a modular design) and UT3 use modularity a fair bit in different areas of game play and to different effect.
With a large user base on these forums directly aimed towards games I am hoping that there are a few of you that may know of tutorials that may be hard to find, or may at first glance seem irrelevant to the subject.
In return of any help given I would be giving out the research I do on the subject so other people can benefit from this as well.
I would like to thank you in advanced for reading and any help provided.
google is your best friend .
I think there was some info in Kevin Johnstone's UT3 & Gears Environment Art thread.
thank you, that was very interesting, this is exactly the stuff I am after.
You should do a search for the various threads, I remember there were quite a few good entries.
Great sets of links, and a great subject! I'm also really interested in this, and would love to see the results of your research so I can expand what's covered in our Wiki. I'm a bit busy at the moment but I might be able to contribute at some point as well.
Analasys of the information will be starting shortly, I am still in need of more technical hardware related information.
Any and all help with obtaining usefull links/information are most welcome, the more the better as it will strengthen the outcome of the research and make the overall paper more reliable and usefull.
here are a few more that can be added to the list.
Some good technical reading material in the wiki page CategoryWhitepapers. I would start with the Game Renderer Articles section, then search through the whitepaper links. You'll want to learn about memory, framerate, instancing, batching, atlases, vertex duplication, etc.
It would also help you immensely to get in contact with a graphics programmer or two, so you can plumb the depths of various topics. This is the way most artists learn this kind of material, as some of it is very engine-specific (like whether and how well the engine handles instancing).
Just a quick update, I have almost finished the research of this topic I have yet to evaluate everything though, I was able to find infomation on the technical aspects from nVidia and done some some quick tests, this will be published int he full report but the overall figures where nice and though would be something good to share early.
a simple instanced asset (not a modular asset but for performance test this is all that is needed) of a 1000 polygon model instanced 2000 times saved over 3000% of memory (this was untextured) and over 10% FPS increase on a DX9 graphics card.
You know, I currently work in a book store (Borders Bookstore, Chicago), and I can't stress enough just how OUT-DATED the books are nowadays on game asset creation. In fact, there's barely any books on game asset creation to even begin with. Is this something that is just impossible to write about, given how fast this industry changes, or are people just lazy and don't care to compile this info?
I know compiling such data would be monumentaly difficult at times, but I think it'd be great to see someone compile all of the known free knowledge there is out there, from forums, websites, etc, and make a current-gen book based upon the general knowledge of current game art creation processes and techniques. Modularity would be one of them.
I wouldnt say its through lazyness, there are many factors that contribute to the reason though, in my opinion, its mainly because the life of an artist in the games industry is extremely busy, its up to something like 1/4 of the dev time is becoming crunch time where you work for extra long days (and at times for no extra pay) I think the speed of the industry changes fairly rapidly however of late no new breakthrough technologies have been made, just more raw power, so for making a model, sculting it baking the normals and importing into engine hasnt changed much, just the quality of these, the biggest breakthrough imo of late is tesselation, though this I dont think will effect artists all that much.
another reason I think is we are not writers, we make art and have no experience in wrighting so most of us dont think of it.
and the last huge factor that contributes to this is there are just so many different methods of doing things and there is alot of information out there on most of it, just not put into a single book.
there is one for texturing I know of and one for 3 for UT3/UDK there are ones for modeling however you are correct I know of none complete asset creation guide.
the only reason I am doing this project is for my university dissertation, so they are giving me the time to do so.
it is a good point that needs chaning, however I doubt it will any time soon.
If people do request the practical part that is coverd in the latter sections of the research I can upload the required files, however as this was a test into modularity there are a few issues with the level and it will be released as a UDK file and not an instalation.
I hope this is usefull to some people and whilst UDK was extensivly used the practicies and information given in this document can be used in other engines.
When it come to modular building should one work on the textures first or last? I get the feeling that for low to med poly buildings or interiors one should do the textures first. When doing hipolys one should do it last.
Great stuff Scott! I would like to upload this to the Polycount wiki, with your permission.
OBlastradiusO to answer your question, I found it best to make the assets first, make them modular to each other and fit nicely (this is coverd in detail in the report) this then enables you to make a base texture that will work with all and make the texture itself modular by using shaders to swap key aspects out (different grunge maps) Tyler Wanlass over at 3Dmotive actualy goes about it the same way as you mentioned, it can be a faster technique at times however its limited in places. If you look at page 35 I cover his technique.
If anyone disagrees with any part of the document I would like to discuss it and correct it or even expand it, one thing I would like to add to the document is a table of how different engines handle modularity with statistics, late on in the research it was found that UDK instances the meshes in the system memory but sends out a draw call for every different asset instead of batch rendering, as such the engine doesnt actualy take full advantage of instanced modular parts.
This is a great read. As you said above I'd like to know a little how each engine handles modularity, for example cryengine compared to unreal. But that's just the icing on the cake .
Tons of great links in here too. Much thanks gentlemen.
"Using these parts the model can be created from using extrude, cut, bevel and other tools to give this flat plane depth and 3D shape, while most of the UV map will be good, after altering the mesh like the above causes some problems, the extruded parts do not have any new UV coordinates and so have to be manually placed into position, this may be a little difficult as instead of making the texture based on the model, the model has to be positioned in the best location, with time this may not cause a problem however there is a chance it causes a seam in the model as these are removed in creating the texture, as this normally happens on a corner though, depending on its position in the level it might not be noticeable."
no problem, I am glad it is still being of use to people and that people are thinking of polycount! even more that people don't randomly post new threads and use the search function is even better.
Thanks for reminding me about this! Finally added it to the wiki. Thanks again Scott!
thx, i really though i did posted it for nothing since i did the error and at the moment, i'm reading your pdf file from here, i learned alot of stuff !
anyway, you need to update the links because some of them were not availlable any more.


Most consumers who listen to music through their personal devices don't hear much of the nuance and detail that was meticulously crafted and constructed during the recording process in the studios. Sure, they "listen" to their music through their headsets and enjoy it enough to sing and keep listening to it, but they really don't "hear" the highly detailed and immersive sounds which recording engineers have meticulously captured.
There is quite a lot lost during the journey from that was faithfully recorded initially in the music studio to the path of the consumer's ears.
At the most recent Pepcom Digital Experience show in San Francisco, some of the most cutting edge companies displayed their latest mobility wares, and featured a few audiophile manufacturers thrown into the mix, which was a refreshing change. Problem was that some of the companies couldn't instantaneously demonstrate how good their audio products were since the surrounding booths would drown each other out and no one would be able to hear anything in the room.
Luckily, at the Shure booth, they didn't have that issue. Their audio demo was quite minimalist with a table that included an iPad attached to their KSE1200 analog Electrostatic Earphone System.
When I put those little earphones on, the sound was so pure and lifelike that I felt I was put right in the actual recording studio alongside with singer Lyle Lovett and his band. I could hear every little acoustic detail from his band, along with every breath that Lyle took while singing. This demonstrated to me that this is as honest as music is going to get. Even coming from the mainstream iPad, it was still unbelievable that the sound could sound so true.
My initial impression was how could something so light and small put out such detailed and realistic lifelike sound coming from these tiny little 5.8 ounce earphones? It was disbelief for me for the first few minutes, and then I just surrendered to the music and just could not stop listening.
Not only that, but these lightweight earphones were extremely comfortable. There was never an issue with "headphone fatigue" like other headphones I have tried on before. After the first minute or so, I almost forgot I had them in my ears all together once I started hearing the music.
I really got into the music while I was moving and a grooving. I was gettin' down like James Brown and I'm sure the other fellow journalists around me probably thought I was a nut or just overreacting around the Shure booth to get some attention, but I was most certainly not.
I was so immersed with the music making that was produced through this system and was listening carefully to hear if I could discover any imperfections at all, which never happened. This is as close to hear what the sound engineers hear in the studio. Nothing to obstruct between your ears and the music. It was just me and the music. Pure and simple.
Actually, the KSE1200 Electrostatic Earphone Systems aren't new with Shure. According to Sean Sullivan, who gave me the demo in the booth, he explained that the Shure KSE1200 is the second product in Shure's lineup of the Electrostatic Earphone Systems, but is the same system as the Shure KSE1500 (list price $2999) that included the same electrostatic amplifier and earphones, except that the KSE1500's amplifier included a digital front end (a DAC; a screen on it, and also a DSP built into it).
"So many people starting using the KSE1500 ($2999 list) with the analog input, but the price was still a hurdle for that. The KSE1500, and now the KSE1200 both have an analogue input and the same circuity, literally the exact same electrostatic earphones for $1,000 less. Takes all of the digital front end and stream additional components out of the mix that people really already have in their players these days," Sullivan noted.
Nowadays, most people don't need the additional components that were built into the KSE1500 system, since many media devices already have these components built in. Bypassing these items, Shure was able to release the KSE1200 for $1000 less. Especially that more than ever, common everyday media players have started sending digital audio out from their devices. More and more of these players that have been coming out allows you to store massive lossless files already have great components, such as DACs, already built right into them.
At $1,000 less, it becomes a pretty good deal. Especially, if you happened to have heard the KSE1500's when they first came out a few years ago.
But what makes these earphones extremely special compared to all the other ones out there is the electrostatic circuitry technology. This is why these headphones sound like no other.
I couldn't agree more. It sounded out of this world…and I felt like I was transported to heaven, but went back to earth after taking the earphones off.
Once you go to paradise, it's tough going back.


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John G. Stoffolano, Jr. (born December 31, 1939) is an American entomologist specializing in non-biting fly behavior, physiology, and veterinary issues of flies as vectors of pathogens.

Stoffolano was the first to discover the eye worm parasite (Thelazia) found in dairy cattle in the United States and published the paper with the nematologist MayBelle Chitwood. He also was the first to discover a new species of nematode (Heterotylenchus autumnalis, in the face fly, Musca autumnalis, now Perionychium autumnale), which was initially described by William Nickle of the USDA. He joined the faculty of the Department of Entomology at the University of Massachusetts in 1969 and was one of the first N.S.F.  postdoctoral fellows, which he took with the insect sensory physiologist, Vincent Dethier. After Princeton for one year (1970–1971), he returned to the University of Massachusetts where he has been since.

Early life and education
John Stoffolano was born on December 31, 1939, in Gloversville, New York, the son of John Stoffolano, Sr. and Elvenus Smith, originally of Nelliston, New York. Following graduation from Oneonta College, Stoffolano taught 8th grade English and Math for one half a year at Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville Consolidated School. From 1962 to 1964, he became one of 3 high school biology teachers at Oneonta High School. Stoffolano entered a master's degree program in entomology in the Department of Entomology, which was housed in Comstock Hall at Cornell University with George Matthysse, world authority on ticks, and graduated in 1962. His thesis research was on the major introduced pest face fly, Musca autumnalis, and eye pest of cattle and horses in the U.S. He was the first to study the overwintering habit, or diapause  of these flies, during which time he discovered the Thelazia eye worm nematodes. Upon completing his M.S. degree, he entered a Ph.D. program in the Entomology Department at the University of Connecticut and graduated in 1970 under the supervision of Fred Streams. During his studies, he was mentored by neural anatomist Norman Davis. Stoffolano joined the faculty at the University of Massachusetts in 1969 and took a sabbatical with Dethier at Princeton from 1970 to 1971.

Career
Stoffolano spent several sabbatical leaves in research laboratories in different countries and spent a sabbatical in London at the Pest Oversea Research Locust Laboratory researching feeding behavior of locusts with Reginald Chapman. During his studies of the fly crop, he became the first to show that the crop was more than just a storage organ of flies, but was involved in many more important functions, such as serving as a vehicle for important pathogens of both humans and domestic animals and regulation of blood sugar levels in flies. While at the Univ. of Mass., Stoffolano extended his research to understanding more about the behavior and blood feeding of the greenhead horsefly, Tabanus nigrovittatus, which is a constant nuisance along the Atlantic Coast. His extensive studies on this fly earned him the title Lord of the Flies and he was featured in an article in Yankee Magazine (2013). With one of his students, they were the first to demonstrate that what was originally thought of as one species of greenhead was really two, which was based on egg laying behavioral differences. In 1995, with a group of colleagues they discovered a new hormone in flies, which was JHIII. His interest in fly anatomy resulted in the important discovery that the cuticular abdominal placques on certain adult Diptera were key to the evolution of specific dipterous groups.

Stoffolano was involved in organizing the first workshop on education for the Entomological Society of America, following which the society created a new section in education. In 1978, he received the distinguished teaching award from the Entomological Society of American. During his time at UMass., he taught Insect Biology, Using Insects in the Classroom, Insect Physiology, Insect Behavior, and an honors course (The Impact of Insects on Human Culture). Stoffolano was the first faculty member of the University of Massachusetts system to offer a course via distance learning where he had 200 elementary school teachers from numerous states taking the course online via PicTel and Massachusetts Corporation for Educational Telecommunications. He continued to extend his research interest by taking sabbaticals at various international laboratories and establishing collaborative research. During his career, he was responsible for research demonstrating that adult house flies could vector stored pathogens in their diverticulated crop for diseases such as cholera, trachoma, ORF virus, Escherichia coli. In his book Tonino, Stoffolano became the first to produce the lineage of Grillo parlante or the talking cricket in Carlo Collodi's most famous book, The Adventures of Pinocchio. During his 2010 sabbatical, Stoffolano with his wife Susan travelled around the world visiting various countries and doing research in South Africa with the specialist on adipokinetic hormones in insects, Gerd Gade. As a result of this experience, he published the first paper showing the positive response of the adipokinetic hormone had on crop contractions of a fly.

Awards and honors
 Teacher of the year by the Entomological Society of America in 1978
 Alumni of Distinction Award from Oneonta College in 2013
 Distinguished Alumni Award from Oneonta College in 2020

Academic publications
Stoffolano wrote or co-authored over 162 scholarly papers and authored or co-authored several academic books.

Books
 Dashefsky, H. S. and J. G. Stoffolano. A tutorial guide to the insect orders (adults), spiral bound, January 1, 1977. Burgess Pub. Co., Minneapolis. vi + 57 pp. illus.
 Romoser, W. and J. G. Stoffolano, Jr. pub. Year. 1997. 4 editions. The Science of Entomology. McGraw-Hill College editions.
 Stoffolano, J. G., Jr. 2011. Tonino – the adventures of a boy/cricket from Boston's North End. iUniverse, Bloomington, IN. 424 pp.
 Stoffolano, M. and J. Stoffolano. 2012. Butterflies and Fairies of Sanibel Island. in publisher: Levellers Press

Papers
 Stoffolano, J.G., Jr. and W.A.R. Nickel. 1966.  Nematode parasite (Heterotylenchus sp.) of face fly in New York State.  J. Econ. Entomol. 59: 221–222.
 Stoffolano, J.G., Jr. and J.G. Matthysse. 1967.  Influence of photoperiod and temperature on diapause in the face fly, Musca autumnalis (Diptera: Muscidae).  Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 60:1242-1246.
 Chitwood, M.B. and J.G. Stoffolano, Jr. 1971.  First report of Thelazia sp. (Nematoda) in the face fly, Musca autumnalis, in North America. J. Parasitology 57:1363-1364.
Stoffolano, J.G., Jr., N.E. Woodley,  A. Borkent, and L.R.S. Yin.  1988.  Ultrastructural studies of the abdominal plaques of some Diptera.  Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer.  81: 502–510.
 Stoffolano J.G., Jr., Zou, B.-X. and Yin, C.-M.  1990.  The stinkhorn fungus, Mutinus caninus, as a potential food for egg development in the blowfly, Phormia regina.  Entomol. exp. appl. 55: 267–273.
 Yin, C.-M., B.-X. Zou, M. Jiang, M.-F. Li, W. Qin, T.L. Potter and J.G. Stoffolano, Jr. 1995.  Identification of juvenile hormone III bisepoxide (JHB3), juvenile hormone III and methyl farnesoate secreted by the corpus allatum of Phormia regina (Meigen), in vitro and function of JHB3 either applied alone or as a part of a juvenoid blend.  J. Insect Physiol.  41: 473–479.

Notes
 Stoffolano Jr., J.G. (2004). "Reginald F. Chapman". American Entomologist: 59–60.
 Graves, Annie. "Greenhead Flies | What are Greenheads?". Yankee Magazine. New England Network. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

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Living people
1939 births
Cornell University alumni

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The Purolator A26119 air filter cross references with the K&N air filter parts below. K&N offers compatible air filters for many Purolator air filters giving you an alternative.
Love this filter in the 2010 Honda CRV. It really woke up the engine and performance. Went from 26 city 28 highway mpg to 28 city and 30/31 highway so it is paying for itself.


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Karol Andrej Bel, deutsch Carl Andreas Bel; ungarisch Károly András Bél (* 13. Juli 1717 in Pressburg; † 5. April 1782 in Leipzig) war ein deutscher Historiker.

Leben
Karol Andrej Bel war Sohn des Matej Bel und studierte in Altdorf bei Nürnberg, Jena und Straßburg. In Jena wurde er 1739 Magister artium. 1743 wurde er außerordentlicher, 1757 ordentlicher Professor der Dichtkunst an der Universität Leipzig. Dabei wurde er 1762 zum Doktor der Rechtswissenschaften promoviert. In den Jahren 1758, 1759, 1762, 1766, 1770, 1776 und 1780 war er Rektor der Universität.

Er war Mitglied der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. In den Jahren 1755/56 war er Mitglied der kurfürstlich sächsischen Bücherkommission.

Von 1753 bis 1781 gab er die Leipziger gelehrte Zeitung heraus.

Bel redigierte seit 1764 die Nova Acta Eruditorum. Diese wurden nach seinem Tod eingestellt, er beging am 5. April 1782 in Leipzig Suizid durch Erhängen.

Werke
 De Maria Hungariae regina comment. hist. crit.  Leipzig, 1742
 Diss. de delectu ingeniorum Pythagorico. Leipzig 1742
 Pr. de diis Thracum. Leipzig 1743
 De Maria Hungariae non rege sed regina (Leipzig 1744) u. a.
 Vorläufige Antwort auf die von J. D. Köhler gemachte Einwürfe. Leipzig 1744
 De Archiofficiis regni Hungariae. Leipzig 1749
 De vera origine et epocha Hunnorum, Auarum, Hungarorum in Pannonia. Leipzig 1757

Literatur
 Friedrich August Weiz: Das gelehrte Sachsen oder Verzeichniß derer in den Churfürstl. Sächs. und incorporirten Ländern jetzlebender Schriftsteller und ihrer Schriften gefertigt. Verlag Carl Friederich Schneider, Leipzig, 1780, S. 16.

 Karl Bader: Lexikon deutscher Bibliothekare im Haupt und Nebenamt bei Fürsten, Staaten und Städten. Harrassowitz, Leipzig 1925 (Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen, Beiheft; 55), S. 13.

Weblinks
 Prof. Dr. phil. Karl Andreas Bel im Professorenkatalog der Universität Leipzig

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Literaturhistoriker
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Geboren 1717
Gestorben 1782
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/*
 * requestqueue.c
 *
 *  Created on: Jun 28, 2012
 *      Author: wozniak
 */

#include <assert.h>
#include <mpi.h>

#include <list2.h>
#include <tools.h>

#include "adlb-defs.h"
#include "checks.h"
#include "common.h"
#include "debug.h"
#include "messaging.h"
#include "requestqueue.h"

typedef struct
{
  /** Item in type_requests.  NULL indicates invalid request. */
  struct list2_item* item;

  /** Rank request was from */
  int rank;

  /** ADLB work type requested */
  int type;

  /** Number of work units requested */
  int count;

  /** Whether the worker is blocking on the first request */
  bool blocking;
} request;

/** Total number of entries in queue.
    Entries with count > 1 only contribute 1 to total. */
static int request_queue_size;

/** Total number of workers blocked on requests */
static int nblocked;

/** Array of lists of request object.  Index is work type. */
static struct list2* type_requests;

/** Cache list nodes to avoid malloc/free calls on critical path */
static struct
{
  struct list2_item** free_array;
  int free_array_size; // Size of free array
  int nfree; // Number of items in free array
} list2_node_pool;

/** Table of ranks requesting work so we can match targeted work to them.
    We only store ranks belonging to this server, since targeted work for
    other ranks won't arrive here.  We store pointers to the respective
    list entries in type_requests, NULL if there is no request.
 */
static request* targets;

/** Helper functions for manipulating data structures */
static inline adlb_code
merge_request(request *R, int rank, int type, int count, bool blocking);
static int pop_rank_from_types(struct list2 *type_list);
static void request_match_update(request *R, bool in_targets, int count);
static inline void invalidate_request(request *R);
static bool in_targets_array(request *R);

/** Node pool functions */
static inline adlb_code list2_node_pool_init(int size);
static inline void list2_node_pool_finalize(void);
static inline struct list2_item *alloc_list2_node(void);
static inline void free_list2_node(struct list2_item *node);

adlb_code
xlb_requestqueue_init(int ntypes, const xlb_layout *layout)
{
  assert(layout->my_workers >= 0);
  assert(ntypes >= 1);

  // INFO("requestqueue_init");

  targets = malloc(sizeof(targets[0]) * (size_t)layout->my_workers);
  ADLB_CHECK_MALLOC(targets);

  for (int i = 0; i < layout->my_workers; i++)
    targets[i].item = NULL;

  type_requests = malloc(sizeof(struct list2) * (size_t) ntypes);
  ADLB_CHECK_MALLOC(type_requests);
  for (int i = 0; i < ntypes; i++)
    list2_init(&type_requests[i]);

  // Allocate one list node per worker -
  //          otherwise will fallback to malloc/free
  adlb_code ac = list2_node_pool_init(layout->my_workers);
  ADLB_CHECK(ac);

  request_queue_size = 0;
  nblocked = 0;
  return ADLB_SUCCESS;
}

adlb_code
xlb_requestqueue_add(int rank, int type, int count, bool blocking)
{
  /* if (rank % 100 == 0) */
  /*   INFO("requestqueue_add(server=%i, rank=%i,type=%i,count=%i,blocking=%s)\n", */
  /*          xlb_s.layout.rank, rank, type, count, blocking ? "true" : "false"); */
  assert(count >= 1);
  request* R;

  // Whether we need to merge requests
  // Store in targets if it is one of our workers
  if (xlb_worker_maps_to_server(&xlb_s.layout, rank, xlb_s.layout.rank))
  {
    int targets_ix = xlb_worker_idx(&xlb_s.layout, rank);
    R = &targets[targets_ix];
    if (R->item != NULL) {
      /*
         Assuming that types match avoids complications with responding to
         requests out of order, and with more complicated data structures.
         We leave it to the client code to avoid doing this for now.
      */
      ADLB_CHECK_MSG(R->type == type,
                     "Do not yet support simultaneous requests"
                     " for different work types from same rank."
                     " Rank: %i Types: %i, %i", rank, R->type, type);
      return merge_request(R, rank, type, count, blocking);
    }
  }
  else
  {
    // Otherwise store on heap
    // When would this happen? - Justin 2020-05-13
    R = malloc(sizeof(*R));
    ADLB_CHECK_MALLOC(R);
  }

  struct list2* L = &type_requests[type];
  struct list2_item* item = alloc_list2_node();
  ADLB_CHECK_MALLOC(item);

  R->rank = rank;
  R->type = type;
  R->count = count;
  R->blocking = blocking;
  R->item = item;
  item->data = R;

  list2_add_item(L, item);
  request_queue_size++;

  DEBUG("request_queue_add(): size=%i", request_queue_size);

  if (blocking)
  {
    nblocked++;
  }

  return ADLB_SUCCESS;
}

/*
 * Merge new request into existing request.
 * Caller is responsible for ensuring types and ranks match.
 */
static inline adlb_code
merge_request(request* R, int rank, int type, int count, bool blocking)
{
  valgrind_assert_msg(R->rank == rank,
		      "attempt to merge request rank %i "
		      "into slot rank %i",
		      R->rank, rank);
  valgrind_assert(R->type == type);
  valgrind_assert(R->item != NULL);

  R->count += count;
  if (blocking)
  {
    assert(!R->blocking); // Shouldn't already be blocked
    R->blocking = true;
    nblocked++;
  }

  return ADLB_SUCCESS;
}

/*
  Internal helper.
  Update data structures for a single match to the request object.
  in_targets: if true, is target array entry
  count: number to remove, must be >= 1
 */
static void
request_match_update(request* R, bool in_targets, int count)
{
  assert(count >= 1);

  if (R->blocking)
  {
    nblocked--;
  }

  assert(R->count >= count);
  if (R->count == count)
  {
    struct list2* L = &type_requests[R->type];
    struct list2_item *item = R->item;
    list2_remove_item(L, item);
    free_list2_node(item);
    request_queue_size--;
    assert(request_queue_size >= 0);

    invalidate_request(R);
    if (!in_targets)
    {
      free(R);
    }
  }
  else
  {
    R->count -= count;
    R->blocking = false;
  }
  assert(nblocked >= 0);
}

/* Mark request as empty */
static inline void invalidate_request(request* R)
{
  R->item = NULL; // Clear item if needed for targets array
}

/*
  Return true if request is stored directly in targets array
  GCC says not to inline this. -Justin 2015/01/06
 */
static bool in_targets_array(request *R)
{
  int target_server = xlb_map_to_server(&xlb_s.layout, R->rank);
  if (target_server != xlb_s.layout.rank) {
    return false;
  }
  int targets_ix = xlb_worker_idx(&xlb_s.layout, R->rank);
  return (R == &targets[targets_ix]);
}

/*
  Internal helper.
  Pop a rank from the type list.  Return ADLB_RANK_NULL if not present
 */
static int pop_rank_from_types(struct list2 *type_list)
{
  struct list2_item *item = type_list->head;
  if (item == NULL)
  {
    return ADLB_RANK_NULL;
  }
  request* R = (request*)item->data;
  int rank = R->rank;
  request_match_update(R, in_targets_array(R), 1);
  return rank;
}

static inline int requestq_matches_tgt_node(int task_tgt_idx, int task_type);

/**
   If target_rank is in the request_queue and requests work of
   given type, pop and return that rank.  Else return ADLB_RANK_NULL.

   Assumes that the rank is one of our workers.
 */
int
xlb_requestqueue_matches_target(int task_target_rank, int task_type,
                                adlb_target_accuracy accuracy)
{
  DEBUG("requestqueue_matches_target(rank=%i, type=%i)",
        task_target_rank, task_type);

  int task_tgt_idx = xlb_worker_idx(&xlb_s.layout, task_target_rank);
  request* R = &targets[task_tgt_idx];
  if (R->item != NULL && R->type == task_type)
  {
    assert(R->rank == task_target_rank);
    request_match_update(R, true, 1);
    return task_target_rank;
  }

  if (accuracy == ADLB_TGT_ACCRY_NODE)
    return requestq_matches_tgt_node(task_tgt_idx, task_type);

  return ADLB_RANK_NULL;
}

static inline int
requestq_matches_tgt_node(int task_tgt_idx, int task_type)
{
  TRACE_START;
  DEBUG("requestq_matches_tgt_node(task_tgt_idx=%i, task_type=%i)",
        task_tgt_idx, task_type);
  int result = ADLB_RANK_NULL;
  int task_host_idx = xlb_s.layout.my_worker2host[task_tgt_idx];
  struct dyn_array_i *host_workers;
  host_workers = &xlb_s.layout.my_host2workers[task_host_idx];

  for (int i = 0; i < host_workers->size; i++)
  {
    int worker_idx = host_workers->arr[i];
    request* R = &targets[worker_idx];
    if (R->item != NULL && R->type == task_type)
    {
      request_match_update(R, true, 1);
      result = xlb_rank_from_worker_idx(&xlb_s.layout, worker_idx);
      break;
    }
  }
  TRACE_END;
  return result;
}

int
xlb_requestqueue_matches_type(int type)
{
  DEBUG("requestqueue_matches_type(%i)...", type);
  struct list2* L = &type_requests[type];
  return pop_rank_from_types(L);
}

static inline bool get_parallel_workers_unordered(int count,
                                                  int parallelism,
                                                  struct list2* L,
                                                  int* ranks);

static inline bool get_parallel_workers_ordered(int count,
                                                int parallelism,
                                                struct list2* L,
                                                int* ranks);

bool
xlb_requestqueue_parallel_workers(int type, int parallelism, int* ranks)
{
  bool result = false;
  struct list2* L = &type_requests[type];
  int count = list2_size(L);

  /* INFO("xlb_requestqueue_parallel_workers(type=%i x%i) count=%i ...", */
  /*       type, parallelism, count); */

  if (count < parallelism)
    return false;

  if (xlb_s.par_mod == 1)
    result = get_parallel_workers_unordered(count, parallelism, L, ranks);
  else
    result = get_parallel_workers_ordered(count, parallelism, L, ranks);
  TRACE_END;
  return result;
}

static inline bool
get_parallel_workers_unordered(int count, int parallelism,
                               struct list2* L, int* ranks)
{
  TRACE("\t found: count: %i needed: %i", count, parallelism);
  for (int i = 0; i < parallelism; i++)
  {
    ranks[i] = pop_rank_from_types(L);
    assert(ranks[i] != ADLB_RANK_NULL);
  }
  return true;
}

static inline void extract_worker_ranks(struct list2* L, int* result);

static inline bool find_contig(int* A, int n, int k, int m, int* result);

static inline request* find_request(struct list2* L, int rank);

static void update_parallel_requests(struct list2* L, int* ranks, int count);

/**
   ranks: output array of ranks
   returns true if ranks were found, else false
 */
static inline bool
get_parallel_workers_ordered(int count, int parallelism,
                             struct list2* L, int* ranks)
{
  double t0 = MPI_Wtime();
  if (count < parallelism)
      return false;

  /* INFO("get_parallel_workers_ordered(server=%i count=%i parallelism=%i) ...", */
  /*       xlb_s.layout.rank, count, parallelism); */

  // Flat array representation of available ranks:
  int flat[count];
  extract_worker_ranks(L, flat);
  // Timing data: only used by logging
  unused double t1, t2, t3, t4, duration;
  t1 = MPI_Wtime();
  // INFO("qsort: %i", count);
  quicksort_ints(flat, 0, count-1);
  t2 = MPI_Wtime();

  // print_ints(t, count);

  int p; // Index of start rank in flat array
  bool result = find_contig(flat, count, parallelism, xlb_s.par_mod, &p);
  t3 = MPI_Wtime();

  if (!result)
  {
    /* INFO("get_parallel_workers_ordered(): " */
    /*       "could not satisfy ADLB_PAR_MOD=%i", xlb_s.par_mod); */
    return false;
  }

  /* for (int i = 0; i < parallelism; i++) */
  /* { */
  /*   ranks[i] = flat[p]+i; */
  /*   request* R = find_request(L, ranks[i]); */
  /*   request_match_update(R, in_targets_array(R), 1); */
  /* } */

  for (int i = 0; i < parallelism; i++)
    ranks[i] = flat[p]+i;
  update_parallel_requests(L, ranks, parallelism);

  t4 = MPI_Wtime();

  duration = t4 - t0;

  INFO("get_parallel_workers_ordered(server=%i count=%i parallelism=%i) OK "
       "%.4f extract=%.4f sort=%.4f %.4f %.4f",
        xlb_s.layout.rank, count, parallelism,
       duration, t1-t0, t2-t1, t3-t2, t4-t3);

  // print_ints(ranks, parallelism);

  return true;
}

/** Extract all worker ranks in the requestqueue */
static inline void
extract_worker_ranks(struct list2* L, int* result)
{
  int i = 0;
  for (struct list2_item *item = L->head; item != NULL;
       item = item->next)
  {
    request* R = (request*)item->data;
    result[i++] = R->rank;
  }
}

/**
   Find k contiguous entries in array A(n), starting at A[p],
   where A[p] % m == 0.
 */
static inline bool
find_contig(int* A, int n, int k, int m, int* result)
{
  int n_k = n-k; // Useful place to give up
  int p = 0;
  // INFO("find_contig(): n=%i k=%i m=%i", n, k, m);
  do
  {
    // printf("p trial1: %i\n", p);
    // Advance to next allowable PAR_MOD start point
    while (A[p] % m != 0)
    {
      // printf(" A[p]: %i\n", A[p]);
      if (++p > n_k) return false;
    }
    // printf("p trial2: %i\n", p);

    int start = A[p];
    // printf("start: %i\n", start);
    int next = start+1;
    int q = p+1;
    int z = q+k-1;
    if (z > n) break;
    for ( ; q < z; q++)
    {
      // printf("A[%i]=%i\n", q, A[q]);
      // Proceed while we have sequential ranks
      if (A[q] != next++) goto loop;
    }
    // Found it!
    *result = p;
    // INFO("find_contig(): found: p=%i", p);
    return true;

    loop: p = q; // Not sequential: try again
    // printf("loop: p=%i n_k=%i\n", p, n_k);
  } while (p < n_k);
  // INFO("find_contig(): nothing.");
  return false;
}

static inline request*
find_request(struct list2* L, int rank)
{
  // printf("find_request: %i\n", rank);
  request* result = NULL;
  for (struct list2_item *item = L->head; item != NULL;
       item = item->next)
  {
    request* R = (request*) item->data;
    if (R->rank == rank)
    {
      result = R;
      break;
    }
  }
  assert(result != NULL);
  return result;
}

static void
update_parallel_requests(struct list2* L, int* ranks, int count)
{
  int copy[count];
  memcpy(copy, ranks, count*sizeof(int));
  for (struct list2_item *item = L->head; item != NULL;
       item = item->next)
  {
    request* R = (request*) item->data;
    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
    {
      if (R->rank == copy[i])
      {
        request_match_update(R, in_targets_array(R), 1);
        // Move last element to present element, shrink array
        copy[i] = copy[count-1];
        count--;
      }
    }
  }
}
void
xlb_requestqueue_remove(xlb_request_entry* e, int count)
{
  TRACE("requestqueue_remove(%i)", e->rank);
  // Recover request from stored pointer
  request* r = (request*) e->_internal;
  assert(r != NULL);
  if (count >= r->count)
  {
    e->_internal = NULL; // Invalidate in case of reuse
  }

  bool in_targets = in_targets_array(r);
  request_match_update(r, in_targets, count);
}

int
xlb_requestqueue_size()
{
  return request_queue_size;
}

int
xlb_requestqueue_nblocked(void)
{
  return nblocked;
}

adlb_code xlb_requestqueue_incr_blocked(void)
{
  nblocked++;
  assert(nblocked <= xlb_s.layout.my_workers);
  return ADLB_SUCCESS;
}

adlb_code xlb_requestqueue_decr_blocked(void)
{
  nblocked--;
  assert(nblocked >= 0);
  return ADLB_SUCCESS;
}

void xlb_requestqueue_type_counts(int* types, int size)
{
  assert(size >= xlb_s.types_size);
  int total = 0;
  for (int t = 0; t < xlb_s.types_size; t++)
  {
    struct list2* L = &type_requests[t];
    types[t] = L->size;
    total += L->size;
  }

  // Internal consistency check
  assert(total == request_queue_size);
}

int
xlb_requestqueue_get(xlb_request_entry* r, int max)
{
  int ix = 0;
  for (int t = 0; t < xlb_s.types_size; t++)
  {
    struct list2* L = &type_requests[t];
    assert(L != NULL);
    for (struct list2_item* item = L->head; item; item = item->next)
    {
      request* rq = (request*) item->data;
      r[ix].rank = rq->rank;
      r[ix].type = rq->type;
      r[ix].count = rq->count;
      r[ix]._internal = rq; // Store for later reference
      ix++;
      if (ix == max) break;
    }
    if (ix == max) break;
  }
  TRACE("xlb_requestqueue_get() => %i", ix);
  return ix;
}

// void requestqueue_send_work(int worker);

static adlb_code shutdown_rank(int rank);

/**
   The server is shutting down
   Notify all workers in the request queue
 */
void
xlb_requestqueue_shutdown()
{
  TRACE_START;
  for (int i = 0; i < xlb_s.types_size; i++)
  {
    while (true)
    {
      int rank = pop_rank_from_types(&type_requests[i]);
      if (rank == ADLB_RANK_NULL)
        break;
      adlb_code rc = shutdown_rank(rank);
      valgrind_assert_msg(rc == ADLB_SUCCESS, "requestqueue: "
                          "worker did not shutdown: ", rank);
    }
  }
  // Free now-empty structures
  free(type_requests);
  free(targets);

  list2_node_pool_finalize();
}

static adlb_code
shutdown_rank(int rank)
{
  DEBUG("shutdown_rank(%i)", rank);
  struct packed_get_response g;
  g.code = ADLB_SHUTDOWN;
  // The rest of the fields are not used:
  g.answer_rank = ADLB_RANK_NULL;
  g.length = -1;
  g.type = ADLB_TYPE_NULL;
  g.payload_source = ADLB_RANK_NULL;
  g.parallelism = 0;
  SEND(&g, sizeof(g), MPI_BYTE, rank, ADLB_TAG_RESPONSE_GET);
  return ADLB_SUCCESS;
}

/*
  Initialize fixed-size array of list nodes.
  Allocate ahead of time to get non-fragmented memory.
 */
static inline adlb_code list2_node_pool_init(int size)
{
  assert(size >= 0);

  if (size == 0)
  {
    list2_node_pool.free_array = NULL;
  }
  else
  {
    list2_node_pool.free_array =
            malloc(sizeof(list2_node_pool.free_array[0]) * (size_t)size);
  }

  list2_node_pool.free_array_size = size;
  list2_node_pool.nfree = size;

  for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
  {
    struct list2_item* item = malloc(sizeof(struct list2_item));
    ADLB_CHECK_MALLOC(item);
    list2_node_pool.free_array[i] = item;
  }

  return ADLB_SUCCESS;
}

static inline void list2_node_pool_finalize(void)
{
  for (int i = 0; i < list2_node_pool.nfree; i++)
  {
    free(list2_node_pool.free_array[i]);
  }

  free(list2_node_pool.free_array);
  list2_node_pool.free_array = NULL;
  list2_node_pool.free_array_size = 0;
  list2_node_pool.nfree = 0;
}

static inline struct list2_item* alloc_list2_node(void)
{
  if (list2_node_pool.nfree > 0)
  {
    list2_node_pool.nfree--;
    return list2_node_pool.free_array[list2_node_pool.nfree];
  }
  else
  {
    return malloc(sizeof(struct list2_item));
  }
}

static inline void free_list2_node(struct list2_item* node)
{
  if (list2_node_pool.nfree == list2_node_pool.free_array_size)
  {
    free(node);
  }
  else
  {
    list2_node_pool.free_array[list2_node_pool.nfree++] = node;
  }
}

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Сальвалео́н-де-Игуэ́й (исп. Higüey, Salvaleón de Higüey) — город в Доминиканской Республике.

История и география
Город Сальвалеон-де-Игуэй расположен на крайнем востоке Доминиканской Республики и является административным центром провинции Ла-Альтаграсия. Один из крупнейших мест паломничества католиков в Карибском регионе, важный туристический центр.

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Галерея

Источники
 Thomas Wilde (Hrsg.), Alex Aabe u.a. Dominikanische Republik. Reise-Handbuch und Landeskunde, Verlag Manfred Klemann, 78204 Singen.

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Sam Rockwell in Line to Play Merle Haggard in Upcoming Biopic
Tricia Despres
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Merle Haggard's life is set to come to the screen in an upcoming biopic, tentatively starring Sam Rockwell.
According to Deadline, Amazon Studios have signed on for a biopic on the artist best known for hits including "Mama Tried," "Workin' Man Blues" and "Okie from Muskogee." Rockwell — whose credits include The Green Mile, Frost/Nixon, Vice and Richard Jewell, and who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, is reportedly first in line to play Haggard, and would do his own singing in the film.
Deadline reports the as-yet-untitled movie focuses on Haggard's "tumultuous rise from inmate who served three years at San Quentin — where he was among the prisoners who watched the first prison performance of Johnny Cash in a life-changing moment — to the clubs in Bakersfield hometown, to Capitol Records in Los Angeles to becoming what Kris Kristofferson called 'the greatest artist in American music history.'"
Haggard's widow Theresa Haggard will write the script alongside Robin Bissell, who will also direct the film. The two will also produce the film, based on Haggard's 1981 memoir Sing Me Back Home.
Theresa Haggard was Merle Haggard's fifth wife. They were together for 23 years and had two children together, Jenessa and Ben Haggard.
Merle Haggard Through the Years
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New Zealand Rubgy Hero Jonah Lumo in Kidney Drama
Jonah Lumo, the New Zealand Rugby legend, had another kidney scare recently, but was discharged from hospital a few days ago.
At his peak, Lumo was a true legend in rubgy and was responsible for many of new Zealand's international wins in the late 1990s. He played in 63 rugby Test Matches and two World cups. Yet one year after his début on the international scene in 1995 he was diagnosed with nephrotic kidney syndrome. This did not stop him from becoming one of the sport's start attractions and he had a very dynamic presence on the field. In 2004 he had a kidney transplant from broadcaster Grant Kereama, which initially seemed very successful. His kidney problems raised the profile of kidney diseases in general, especially in New Zealand.
Recently he decided to take part in a charity boxing event, Fight for Life, in Auckland, New Zealand, on December 3 2011, and has been in serious training for the event. Several other big sports stars are also taking part. Asked about the risks of boxing, he was quoted in another kidney blog as saying "There's no difference between this and playing rugby. Life is too short to be wrapped up in cotton wool." (See footnote). A fantastic attitude to take for someone who has had a transplant.
Then on September 24 2011, Jonah was admitted to hospital with severe kidney problems as his transplanted kidney seemed to be failing. Attempts have been made to repair any problems with the kidney, but doctors fear that he may need a second transplant and that his kidney is liable to fail well short of the expected 20 year life they initially thought it should have.
Since then, Jonah has been on dialysis, and been treated with drugs in an attempt to save the kidney but was released from hospital on October 11. The drug treatment and the kidney problems have had a huge knock on effect on the rest of his body, he is suffering bouts of tiredness and nausea, and it is not clear whether he will take part in the boxing match (unlikely, we'd say), as his immune system is somewhat depressed due to the drugs being used to prevent rejection of his transplanted kidney. It is also not clear whether he will eventually have a second transplant.
Footnote: For our American readers, rugby is a British game, very much like American football ( in fact that's where your football came from).
Except there is a lack of body armour, and the team doesn't change players every five minutes, they stay on the field for the entire game.
It's a game for HARD men.
Flu and the dialysis patient
As winter comes closer and closer, it's time for dialysis patients to think about flu and vaccinations. For most people flu is a problem but just like any other illness. For those on dialysis with CKD, it's a bit more serious and can result in pneumonia and other equally serious problems. It really is worth speaking to your doctor and dialysis specialist about getting vaccinated. Fresenius in North America are offering an annual flu vaccination to all their patients. Don't miss out on this. Ask your doctor's advice and reduce the risk of problems in the coming months from the seasonal rise in flu.


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Stiftelsen Ekocentrum är en stiftelse som arbetar med att sprida kunskap och inspiration i hållbarhetsfrågor. Stiftelsen grundades 1993 och är baserad i Göteborg.

Ekocentrum har en permanent utställning i lokaler i Göteborg, som besöks av mellan 18 000 och 20 000 personer årligen, och visar olika exempel på att ställa om till mer hållbar utveckling.

Ekocentrum har sedan starten 1993 drivits utan bidrag och finansieras genom intäkter från utbildningskunder och utställare.

När Toyota 2006 fick Göteborgs kommuns miljöpris så valde man att skänka prispengarna på 1 miljon kronor till Ekocentrum.

Ekocentrum är från och med den 30 september 2021 utfärdare av ett eget miljödiplomeringsmetod utifrån kraven från Svensk miljöbas, en miljöstandard upparbetad av föreningen SUSA – Sustainable Standards (tidigare Svensk Miljöbas). Certifieringen använder en miljöledningsmetod med fokus på verksamhetens omställning till cirkulär ekonomi. Stiftelsen Ekocentrum håller miljö- och hållbarhetsutbildningar för verksamheter som vill miljödiplomera sig eller få inspiration för sitt miljöarbete.

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Paristrion
Παρίστριον, Παραδούναβον, Παραδούναβις
Province (doukaton) of the Byzantine Empire
10th/11th–12th century
The province of Paristrion ca. 1045.
Dorostolon
• Establishment.
10th or 11th century
• Disbanded as a province.
Paristrion (Greek: Παρίστριον, lit. 'beside the Ister'), or Paradounabon/Paradounabis (αραδούναβον / Παραδούναβις), which is preferred in official documents, was a Byzantine province covering the southern bank of the Lower Danube (Moesia Inferior) in the 11th and 12th centuries.[1]
Although Byzantine authors use the term to describe the lands along the Danube in general, the province of Paristrion seems to have comprised mostly modern Dobruja.[2] It is not certain exactly when the province was established: the Romanian scholar Nicolae Bănescu considered that it was established immediately after the end of the Rus'–Byzantine War of 970–971, while others, such as Vasil Zlatarski, thought it a later, mid-11th century creation.[1] It was governed by a katepano or a doux, and was probably based at Dorostolon (modern Silistra), where a Byzantine strategia ("generalcy") is indeed attested in the 970s.[3] In the aftermath of his victory over the Rus', Emperor John I Tzimiskes (r. 969–976) appointed general Leo Sarakenopoulos as commander over north-eastern Bulgaria, based at Pereyaslavets/Ioannopolis. Sarakenopoulos and his subordinates engaged in major fortification activities in the region of the Dobruja over the next few years, where abandoned Roman-era forts were rebuilt and re-occupied.[4]
The region however fell back under Bulgarian control under the Cometopuli brothers in 986 and was held until c. 1001, when Byzantine control was re-established. Bănescu, however, considered that Dorostolon at least remained in Byzantine hands throughout.[3][5] From the 1030s on, the region faced the continuous raids of the Pechenegs. The population was withdrawn to a few large fortified centres, and the Pechenegs were allowed to settle in the province as allies and colonists (termed mixobarbaroi by contemporary authors) and kept pacified through subsidies and through a vibrant trade. It was not until the early 1070s that the Pechenegs launched an open rebellion, and posed a constant threat to the Byzantine Empire's Balkan provinces until decisively defeated at the Battle of Levounion in 1091. Despite occasional Cuman raids thereafter, the Paristrion remained largely peaceful and prosperous in the 12th century.[6] The province seems to have been disbanded by the late 12th century.[1]
-Basil Apokapes- 1056-1064
-Nestor 1074-1078( in rebellion)
^ a b c ODB, "Paristrion" (A. Kazhdan), p. 1589.
^ Stephenson 2000, pp. 55, 78.
^ a b Nesbitt & Oikonomides 1991, pp. 150–151.
^ Stephenson 2000, pp. 56–58.
^ Stephenson 2000, pp. 59, 63–64.
^ cf. Stephenson 2000, pp. 80–107.
Kazhdan, Alexander, ed. (1991). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-504652-8.
Nesbitt, John W.; Oikonomides, Nicolas, eds. (1991). Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Volume 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea. Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. ISBN 0-88402-194-7.
Stephenson, Paul (2000). Byzantium's Balkan Frontier: A Political Study of the Northern Balkans, 900–1204. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-77017-3.
States and territories disestablished in the 12th century
Provinces of the Byzantine Empire
Medieval Dobruja
11th century in Bulgaria
Themes of the Byzantine Empire


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Lippi keen to manage Real Madrid
Monday, April 18th, 2011 13:30:00
MILAN: Veteran tactician Marcello Lippi is keeping his options open for a return to coaching, but made it clear he would not be interested in taking charge of a Serie A club, hinting at Real Madrid — just days after speaking about Chelsea.
The World Cup winning Lippi is seeking employment after leaving his post as Italy coach following a failed campaign in South Africa last year, which saw Italy finish bottom of their group.
Lippi has been linked with a number of clubs, including Juventus and Roma, but he admits he is unlikely to manage an Italian club as he aims to move abroad.
"There is plenty of will to get back into football, but what is certain is that I won't be leading an Italian side," he told Rai Sport.
"I am waiting for the right offer. Whether it's a club or a national team I will accept. There have been some offers, but I thought they were not right.
"I would be very attracted to the Premier League. As for Real Madrid, who would not go there? I would run there.
"In the past they had offered me the job, but I decided to stay on at Juventus."
Lippi continues to be linked with Chelsea and a number of other clubs around Europe.
And his latest comments come just hours after reports claimed Real manager Jose Mourinho had enrolled his children in a school near Inter Milan's training ground as speculation grows over the Portuguese's future.
Deadly unit
Stoke striker Walters hails teammates in thrashing of Bolton
ONE LAST HURDLE, MATE! (From left) Huth, Thomas Sorensen and Ryan Shawcross of Stoke celebrate the final whistle during the FA Cup semifinal against Bolton Wanderers at Wembley Stadium on Sunday. Stoke wiped out Bolton 5-0
LONDON: Stoke striker Jon Walters paid tribute to his teammates after the resounding 5-0 semifinal win over Bolton at Wembley yesterday.
Stoke will face Manchester City in the final after Walters scored twice, with the other goals coming from Matthew Etherington, Robert Huth and Kenwyne Jones.
"We wanted to achieve something this year. It was a tough game but we did really well from back to front. I'm quite honest," Walters told ESPN.
"It's been very hard over the years but a lot of people have helped me along the way."
Defender Andy Wilkinson, who is from Stoke, said words cannot describe it.
"It's unbelievable. The fans have been great, it's like a home game for us. I'm a bit emotional, I'm going to enjoy it and then focus on the final," he said.
Etherington said Stoke scored some great goals yesterday.
"We get our knockers, people say certain things about us. Today was our day to prove them wrong. We are used to being the underdogs," he said.
"The manager said before the game and we will be the underdogs in the final as well. Bring it on."
Stoke boss Tony Pulis paid tribute to chairman Peter Coates and his family for the way they had turned Stoke into an established club in the Premier League.
"It's fantastic for everybody connected with the football club. The Coates family have taken over a club that was really down in the dumps and they've turned it around," he said.
Pulis also praised his players.
"It was a great performance. To do it on a stage like this is great. We know Bolton and 90 per cent of their goals came off phases of play off Kevin Davies, so we narrowed everyone in and made sure their wide players were covered.
"From that tight position we knew we could cause them problems on the break."
Bolton manager Owen Coyle bemoaned his side's poor defending.
"I certainly don't think anybody envisaged what happened," he said.
"From our point of view we've lost soft goals today. I think we were the architects of our own downfall.
"We were certainly way below what we are capable of. We didn't perform to the levels we have before," said Coyle.
Bolton captain Davies described the demolition by Stoke as "a terrible dream".
"It was a horrible experience, the manner of the defeat. The first goal was like something from five-a-side rather than on an occasion like this," he said.
"To see the goals going in, I don't know what to say. It was just one of those days. We will try and put it right. It is just a terrible dream at the moment.
"We are all devastated and very emotional. It is very difficult and we feel ashamed and embarrassed.
"We feel sorry for the supporters as they paid a lot of money to come down. We've had a lot of plaudits this year and we will take the criticism and stand up as men."
Davies also believes his dream of lifting the FA Cup is over.
A losing semifinalist with Chesterfield in 1998, he said: "It is one of those things, it seems to have got away from me. This was probably my best chance of getting to the final."


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Resolution wants to complete AMP Life deal
16 July 2019by Mike Taylor
AMP Limited has thrown the option of keeping its life insurance business open and operating in the face of significant regulatory hurdles, but Resolution Life has made clear it wants to continue trying to complete the transaction.
In a statement issued following AMP's announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) yesterday, Resolution reaffirmed its continued strategic interest.
"Resolution Life notes today's update provided by AMP Limited on the sale of AMP's Life insurance businesses to Resolution Life and the regulatory challenges to achieving the conditions precedent for the transaction within the agreed terms of the transaction," the statement said.
"Resolution Life reaffirms its strategic interest in expanding its in-force specialist life insurance business to Australia and New Zealand. Resolution Life's business is focussed on the careful, long-term management of existing policy-holders."
"Resolution Life views the acquisition of AMP Life as an excellent opportunity," it said.
"As such, the two parties are now engaged in discussions regarding a restructuring of the transaction (including updated terms) to accommodate the regulatory requirements whilst delivering a de‐risked transaction with execution certainty, which meets the needs of all stakeholders," the statement said.
The statement came as key life insurance executives assessed the impact of AMP resuming a business as normal approach to its life insurance business in circumstances where it still accounts for $1.72 billion in in-force risk annum premium representing 11 per cent of the market.
The managing director of specialist life/risk research house, Dexx&r, Mark Kachor said he believed the impact of such a move would be significant not just because of the competitive dynamic of the sector but because of the pragmatic pricing decisions it was likely AMP would have to take.
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In other news, plastics recycling was a big focus at the 2018 ISRI Annual Convention. The Plastics Spotlight focused on domestic demand in light of the Chinese plastic import bans.
At the session, Maite Quinn; Sims Municipal Management, Scott Saunders; K.W. Plastics, Steve Alexander; Association of Plastic Recyclers and Danielle Easdale; First Star Recycling discussed the situation. Overall the consensus of the panel was that while there is a long term opportunity for domestic processors, but it will be challenging as the nature of the stream is changing.
In addition to this session, the Convention covered other topics such as how plastic processors can reduce contamination, how brand owners can use more recycled content in their products and understanding plastics through resin identification.


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Provides practice in factorising quadratic expressions where the co-efficient of the squared term is 1 - e.g. x² + 3x + 2 = (x + 1)(x + 2) - either by inspection or by decomposition.
Provides practice at using the cosine ratio to find missing sides and angles.
Students determine volumes from pictures of partially filled measuring cylinders. Sliders on each cylinder allow teachers to set the volume shown on each cylinder.
This is an interactive worksheet which students can use to practice multiplication tables from 1x to 12x on screen. It includes a timed option where the student's time to complete is given in seconds.
Provides practice in addition and subtraction of integers - e.g. 3 + -1, 6 - -2. A vertical number line is provided to assist students in understanding the concept.
This markbook calculates percentages and grades based on numeric results e.g. 15 out of 20. Results for up to 12 assessment items are calculated and averaged to give an overall grade.


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Collateralisation aims to reduce counterparty risk incurred on OTC market transactions by setting up a guarantee. This contract defines how the assets used as collateral are calculated. The collateral management analyst is in charge of reconciling portfolios of transactions with the counterparty, calculating the value of these portfolios, and exchanging collateral assets with the counterparty as stipulated in the contract. Working closely with all functions of operations management, you are involved in contract management, calculating and verifying the valuation, managing margin calls and disputes, while contributing to the improvement of processes.
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Carpet Bombing Cancer with Invincible Oxygen
10:17pm on February 11th, 2014 4:37pm on January 25th, 2017
This is exactly what you want to do to your cancer tumors. You want to blast them with oxygen. In my book Anti-Inflammatory Oxygen Therapy I introduce oxygen itself as the ultimate chemotherapy. Pharmaceutical scientists would not ever have thought of this freebie though it does cost money to concentrate it to the levels necessary to annihilate cancer cells.
With oxygen doctors can blast cancer cells to smithereens and patients can do it in the comfort of their own homes. The fact that we can stratify tumors based on hypoxia (low oxygen conditions) gives us a clue to cancer cells greatest vulnerability—oxygen. Cancer shares a common vulnerability with viruses, bacteria and fungi all of who hate high levels of oxygen.
When we send in unending waves of oxygen into cancer cells, just like in warfare, we can carpet bomb them with oxygen to soften them up before going in for the kill. Research scientists from the Cancer Research UK–MRC Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology & Biology at the University of Oxford have discovered that oxygen makes cancer cells weak and less resistant to treatment. Previously scientists have tried to cut off the blood (thus oxygen) thought to be fuelling tumor growth. The idea has been to starve and kill the tumor. When we use oxygen as a treatment it actually improves the blood vessels within the tumors thus increasing the concentration of oxygen present.
Oxygen stimulates the growth of new blood vessels in tumors and the common belief is that this leads to metastasis and genetic instability in cancer.[1] The theory follows that breathing oxygen or enriching the oxygen content of hypoxic (low in oxygen) cancer tissues improves therapy. Instead of boosting a tumor's growth potential, it has the opposite effect and weakens the cancer cells from the inside, making them much more sensitive to harsh radiotherapy or any therapy that is applied for cancer treatment. Cancer cells fight to survive but oxygen makes them vulnerable to any other treatment used. Cancers low in oxygen are three times more resistant to radiotherapy. Restoring oxygen levels to that of a normal cell makes the tumors three times more sensitive to treatment.
UT Southwestern scientists led by Dr. Ralph Mason reported in the online issue of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine that countering hypoxic and aggressive tumors with an "oxygen challenge" — inhaling oxygen while monitoring tumor response — coincides with a greater delay in tumor growth in an irradiated animal model.[2]
Scientists at the University of Colorado Cancer Center said, "It seems as if a tumor deprived of oxygen would shrink. However, numerous studies have shown that tumor hypoxia, in which portions of the tumor have significantly low oxygen concentrations, is in fact linked with more aggressive tumor behavior and poorer prognosis. It's as if rather than succumbing to gently hypoxic conditions, the lack of oxygen commonly created as a tumor outgrows its blood supply signals a tumor to grow and metastasize in search of new oxygen sources — for example, hypoxic bladder cancers are likely to metastasize to the lungs, which is frequently deadly."[3]
A team of researchers lead by Dr. Bradly Wouters, at the University of Toronto, Canada assert that tumors with large areas with low levels of oxygen (areas known as hypoxic regions) are associated with poor prognosis and treatment response.[4] Not all the regions of a tumor are equal in terms of their oxygen levels. One clinically important implication of this is that tumors with large areas with low levels of oxygen (areas known as hypoxic regions) are associated with poor prognosis and treatment response.
Dr. Paolo Michieli and colleagues, at the University of Turin Medical School, Italy found that tumors rely on hypoxia to promote their own expansion. Hypoxia is a key factor driving tumor progression. This is a hallmark of malignant tumors and has been suggested to promote tumor progression.[5]
Dr. Chiang and colleagues at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) say, "Cells initially shut down the most energy-costly processes, such as growth, when they're under hypoxic stress."[6]
Scientists from the Manchester Cancer Research Centre have affirmed that tumors with lower levels of oxygen often respond less well to radiation therapy. Being able to measure how well-oxygenated an individual's tumor is would give doctors a valuable way of identifying which patients might benefit from treatment with oxygen.[7]
Researchers at the University of Washington and Washington State University have also recently reported in the journal Anticancer Research that an environment of pure oxygen at three-and-a-half times normal air pressure adds significantly to the effectiveness of a natural compound already shown to kill cancerous cells. In the new study, using artemisinin or high-pressure oxygen alone on a culture of human leukemia cells reduced the cancer cells growth by 15%. Using them in combination reduced the cells growth by 38%, a 50% increase in artemisinin's effectiveness.
"If you combine high-pressure oxygen with artemisinin you can get a much better curing effect," said author Henry Lai, a UW research professor of bioengineering. "We only measured up to 48 hours. Over longer time periods we expect the synergistic effects to be even more dramatic."
In Scientific American we read Dr. Jeanne Drisko, at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City telling us that vitamin C given intravenously can have the effect by promoting the formation of hydrogen peroxide. "Cancer cells are particularly susceptible to damage by such reactive oxygen-containing compounds.
Oxygen is Invincible
Oxygen is invincible in its ability to give or take away life and that goes as much for cancer cells as it does for healthy human cells. Oxygen can heal and it can kill so it is perfect for infections of all types. Every ozone user knows this. One cannot stay physically present on earth forever but with enough oxygen enduring youth can be ours until our time is up!
Although oxygen will not save everyone oxygen does operate at the heart of life, along with its sister, CO2. There is nothing more basic to life, so command of both carbon dioxide and oxygen give us what we need to fight cancer and many other serious diseases. The only safe way to use oxygen at high enough levels to kill all cancer cells is when it is used with carbon dioxide.
We already know that Carbogen (a mixture of 95% oxygen and 5% carbon dioxide is inhaled as an adjunct to treatment for various oncologic applications. Tumors are generally hypoxic in nature and researchers theorize that increasing the tumor oxygenation during administration of treatments, such as radiotherapy, make the tumor more susceptible to the therapy being administered.
One can fight cancer with many tumor reducing substances but without oxygen as the primal substance in abundance one's efforts will be impotent. There are many ways to help oxygen delivery capacity but the best way is by insuring that carbon dioxide is present in sufficient quantities and then flood the cells with oxygen.
Of course magnesium will oil the process and is necessary for optimal oxygen carrying capacity as well as for controlling calcium, cell wall permeability, insulin production and cell wall receptivity to it. Selenium and sulfur, cousins with oxygen on the periodic table, offer other dimensions on oxygen. Bicarbonate is another form of CO2 and this is why I am in love with magnesium bicarbonate added to everyone's water.
Oxygen Depletion and Inflammation in Livid Color
Digital Thermography will tell patients and their doctors exactly where the enemy is. The images produced from digital thermography cameras are really electronic data of absolute temperature measurements that can be viewed as an electronic image presenting a spectrum of colors that indicate increased or decreased levels of infrared radiation (heat) being emitted from your own body's surface. Cancers at different stages have an increased tissue metabolism resulting from rapid multiplication of the cells. Increased metabolism can generate heat that may be detected as an asymmetry in your scan. Thermography detects the resulting heat from biochemical reactions and physiology and is distinctly different from tissue structure-based diagnostic methods, such as MRI, mammograms, and ultrasounds.
Thermography is another method of screening for breast and other cancers that is completely safe, non-invasive, does not subject your body to harmful radiation and doesn't hurt at all. Current research has determined that the key to breast cancer survival hinges upon it being detected as early as possible. If discovered in its earliest stages, 95% cure rates are possible.
Digital Infrared Imaging is based on the principle that metabolic activity and vascular circulation in both pre-cancerous tissue and the area surrounding a developing breast cancer is almost always higher than in normal breast tissue.
In an ever-increasing need for nutrients, cancerous tumors increase circulation to their cells by holding open existing blood vessels, opening dormant vessels and creating new ones (called neoangiogenesis). This process frequently results in an increase in regional surface temperatures of the breast.
Digital Infrared Imaging uses ultra-sensitive medical infrared cameras and sophisticated computers to detect, analyze and produce high-resolution images of these temperature variations. Because of extreme sensitivity these temperature variations may be among the earliest signs of breast cancer and/or a pre-cancerous state of the breasts and other cancerous tissues.
Just like the CIA and Pentagon have their high-resolution digital cameras looking down on us from space we can use a Digital infrared camera and look into our bodies for the first signs of oxygen depletion, which will show up as inflammation. Much better to prevent cancer with oxygen then wait for that nasty moment when receiving a diagnosis of cancer.
In September 2009 I wrote, "My overall treatment philosophy for cancer is to trap the cancer in a deadly crossfire and demolish it with safe concentrated nutritional medicinals and solid health practices including plenty of sun exposure, exercise, touch via massage, and breathing techniques." At that point sodium bicarbonate was my main weapon of choice, and it still is along with magnesium, iodine and selenium. But now we have the ability to recruit the heaviest weapon against cancer there ever will be and that is oxygen.
Everyone who has used a Hyperbaric Oxygen chamber knows of the hidden power of oxygen. Anti-Inflammatory Oxygen Therapy uses a new intense way of doing Oxygen Multi Step Therapy otherwise known as Exercise with Oxygen Therapy (EWOT). It is a safe way to get massive amounts of oxygen into your bloodstream.
In a nutshell, you breathe an oxygen mixture while you walk on a treadmill or ride a standing bicycle. The Live Oxygen and Extreme Oxygen systems provide the most innovative systems for everyone from cancer patients to high performance athletes and everyone in-between. EWOT does not require a prescription. No oxygen tanks to pay for each month. All you need is an oxygen generator, which takes room air and removes the nitrogen, providing up to 95% pure oxygen and the EWOT to Live O2 Upgrade Kit.
Increasing your oxygen levels can offer amazing metabolism & immune function improvement. Most diseases thrive in low oxygen environments. The healthful benefits of EWOT include higher oxygen levels to all parts of the body. Keep the body highly oxygenated and reduce the risk of many diseases. Anti-Inflammatory Oxygen Therapy incorporates Live Oxygen Therapy along with my full Natural Allopathic Protocol to provide a learnable form of medicine that one can practice in the comfort and safety of one's own home.
Special Note to my Readers: You will see on my protocol page that I have put the Live Oxygen system as the lead protocol item ahead of the former heavyweight champion of Natural Allopathic Medicine, which was magnesium. Though oxygen training cannot be done correctly without significant magnesium supplementation this system of intense oxygen training is the tiger tank of the entire medical world. It will do some heavy lifting medically speaking for patients with severe and even desperate situations. Oxygen therapy is as wonderful as it is because more oxygen translates into more cellular energy, more healing energy and more energy to help us feel good and perform better in life. And importantly, when enough oxygen rushes into oxygen deficient cells, there is instant energy available for detoxification of cellular poisons that have been building up.
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Bowden said she offered to pay for the $1.70 lunch, but her supervisor rejected her offer. She was placed on termination leave last Tuesday pending a meeting with the District 25 School Board.
District School Board member Jacob Gertsch declined to comment, calling it a personnel matter. Administrators could not be reached.
"This is just breaking my heart," Bowden said.
As of Monday, more than 1,800 people had signed the online petition started by Raushelle Guzman, of Pocatello, hoping to convince the district to rehire Bowden. Guzman said she doesn't know Bowden, but she does have two children who attend District 25 schools.
"I think (Bowden) did the right thing and I think we need to make sure that every child that wants lunch can have lunch," Guzman said.
Bowden has worked for District 25 for three years and said she's never been reprimanded for her job performance. She said she did receive a verbal warning once for giving a student a free cookie.
She plans to seek legal counsel regarding the termination letter accusing her of theft.
"I broke the rules, but I offered to pay for the meal and I don't think I deserved to lose my job over it," Bowden said.
Last week, Interim Superintendent Douglas Howell said District 25 works to make sure children who live in economically disadvantaged homes receive free or reduced hot lunches. Shelley Allen, spokeswoman for the district, said that students who exceed an $11 charge limit are provided something to eat, such as a peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich and milk.
Bowden said if a child is over the limit, workers are supposed to take his or her tray away and dump it.
"I know I screwed up, but what are you supposed to do when the kid tells you that they're hungry and they don't have any money?" she asked.