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In Living Color, Keenen Ivory Wayans' answer to Saturday Night Live, is getting the reboot treatment from FOX. The network intends to re-launch the series, should the two planned half-hour specials prove to be a success.
The series - which made household name out of several comedians like Jim Carrey, David Alan Grier and Academy Award-winning actor Jamie Foxx - also launched the careers of Wayans' siblings: Damon, Shawn, Kim and eventual G.I. Joe star, Marlon.
In Living Color also introduced the world to singer, actress and American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez, as one of the show's "Fly Girls."
In the time it was on, In Living Color left an indelible mark on mainstream pop culture with its unrepentant brand of stereotype-skewering humor, which frequently found the show testing the limits of mid-1990s television censors. In addition to a multitude of one-off skits, the program also produced a number of classic recurring characters and skits, such as Damon Wayans' Homey D. Clown, Handi Man and Head Detective; Jim Carrey's Fire Marshall Bill; and, of course, flamboyant critics Blaine Edwards and Antoine Merriweather (Damon Wayans and David Alan Grier, respectively). Those latter skits - Men on Film, Men on Books, Men on Football, etc. – also popularized the catch phrase "Hated it!" (typically reserved for anything too focused on females).
FOX initially plans to bring the show back to help celebrate the network's 25th anniversary, with the airing of two half-hour specials sometime in the spring. However, the network is looking to have In Living Color return as a full-fledged series next season. The specials will see the return of Keenen Ivory Wayans as host, but will feature a new cast of young, up-and-coming comedians, as well as a segment spotlighting a musical guest.
Though there has been no word of anyone from the original cast making an appearance, it wouldn't be out of the question for any of them to stop by and reprise a character or just show support for the program that essentially started their career.
The return of In Living Color would fulfill FOX's search for a sketch comedy show, in the absence of the long-running MADtv, and the short-lived, Jamie Foxx produced program The Flow with Affion Crockett.
In Living Color will be a welcome return to form for Wayans (singular or otherwise), whose talent for comedy has resulted in the very funny blaxploitation spoof I'm Gonna Git You Sucka and the Scary Movie franchise; as well as White Chicks, Little Man and Dance Flick (featuring the aforementioned Affion Crockett). With any luck, In Living Color will keep Wayans occupied enough that those latter films remain sequel free.
Look for In Living Color to return to FOX sometime in the spring of 2012.
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Hallmark Hotel Liverpool Sefton Park a truly unique hotel full of charm and character. Outside you will find a typically English, beautifully restored former cotton merchants house, inside you will find a superbly refurbished hotel, perfectly complimenting the outside with its welcoming relaxed atmosphere and comfortable modern interior. With 41 individually designed bedrooms welcoming both leisure and business guests we truly are a hotel with personality.
The hotel is ideally situated, a short 5 minute drive to the city centre & within easy reach of all major motorway links as well as being set in the beautiful and tranquil Sefton Park. Our beautiful glasshouse overlooking the park serves a high standard of cuisine and the tastefully decorated Edwardian bar leads onto our Italian styled gardens.
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Recently went through tasting trials re cross-blending some of my 2012 Cabernet (Shiloh) and 2012 Merlot (Har Bracha.) I set up trials looking at 10 or 15% CS blended into the Merlot, 10% Merlot blended into the CS, the 2 wines "as is" unblended, and almost as lark a total blend of all the Merlot and CS together which would be ~60% Cabernet and %40 Merlot. 6 wines to compare side by side, not blind mind you I knew what each was.
I had done a similar comparative tasting before the wines were barreled back in late November, just as they were finishing their MLs. At that time I was sure I had two distinct wines, better left to be made and sold as 2 varietal wines.
What a shocker I got yesterday when it turned out that the best wine I can make from these 2 lots is a single Bordeaux style blend. Besides that the little things that bug me about each wine separately are cancelled out when blended (the CS a lttle too broad and fruity and slightly over-oaked, the Merlot a little too structured and tannic and lacking some quantity or more exactly quality of oak I am looking for in its oak profile - kinda the opposite of what one might expect from the varieties themselves) the blend shows "emergent properties" of complexity and nuance that just aren't evident in each wine by itself! So I plan to make only 2 wines from 2012, a Bordeaux blend and a Reserve Israeli Cabernet.
Emergent properties show up in sometimes neat and sometimes irritating ways blending wines, and was a great lesson for me about acidification when I made Estate Pinot Noir in the Russian river valley almost 20 years ago in 1994 from 5 vineyard blocks of different clones.
On a side note, I will be forever indebted to Professor Herbert Baker who taught me "Plant Ecology" at UC Berkeley 25 years ago. I almost dropped the class because the 1st lecture was impossible to hear him because of his Parkinson's disease affliction. The class TA convinced me not to, saying Professor baker was truly a legend in his field an a GREAT lecturer. The class TA fixed the audibility issue with a small PA system and podium he brought in before every class to help Dr. Baker stand through his lectures. Baker was indeed one of the great men at the very beginning of the field of ecology. Besides teaching us an enormous amount about how to look at very complex data such as the dispersion of wild plants in a field and how they reflected changing strategies of survival whether the field's aspect was a valley, slope or hill-top he had the best line about researchers' sometimes poor use of stats I've ever heard. "Don't use stats like a blind man uses a lamp-post! For support rather than illumination!" he warned us. He was the man who introduced me to the concept of "emergent properties" and it's been an invaluable concept to keep in my back pocket when I consider all the possibilities I have when making wine. Including some you CAN'T SEE or predict because they are around the corner until you get there.
This time, the "emergent properties" of my 1st blend as an independent is an extremely pleasant surprise. More than pleasant. I see again, the hand of Hashem in it. I have no clue why he helps me this way except that maybe he has always wanted me to make Kosher wine, in Israel...


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PerlIS - Perl for ISAPI
PerlIS - Perl for ISAPI
About Perl for ISAPI.
Sources of other information
Information on Perl for ISAPI can also be found in the ActivePerl-Winfaq6 manpage and the ActivePerl-Winfaq7 manpage.
What is ISAPI?
ISAPI (Internet Server Application Programming Interface) is an API for writing extensions to web servers. It was originally developed by Process Software, and adopted by Microsoft as its standard server API. It complements or replaces the Common Gateway Interface (CGI), the standard interprocess protocol for writing extensions to web servers.
ISAPI's main advantage over CGI is that it uses dynamic-link library (DLL) function calls to communicate with extension components, rather than environment variables and standard I/O, as CGI does. There's a lot of overhead when starting new processes on Win32 platforms, and DLL calls eliminate the need for new processes, thus reducing the running time.
Although it was originally developed for Microsoft Internet Information Server, many Windows NT-hosted web servers now support ISAPI. See What web servers support ActivePerl? for the names of a few. If your server isn't there, check its documentation.
What is Perl for ISAPI?
Perl for ISAPI, is an ISAPI extension that runs Perl scripts on Win32 platforms.
Perl for ISAPI is mainly used for creating dynamic content on World Wide Web sites. Writing Perl scripts that run under PerlIS is not much different than writing scripts for the Common Gateway Interface (CGI).
Perl for ISAPI doesn't have much general purpose use. For general purpose programming, stick with the perl interpreter (perl.exe).
You may also see Perl for ISAPI referred to as PerlIS. PerlIS is the name of the Perl for ISAPI DLL.
Where can I get Perl for ISAPI?
Perl for ISAPI is distributed as a part of the ActivePerl distribution. You can optionally install it when installing ActivePerl.
Why should I use Perl for ISAPI rather than Perl for Win32 (perl.exe)?
The short answer is: it's faster. The long answer gets kind of technical, but it goes like this:
The main advantage of PerlIS over perl.exe is that PerlIS runs as a DLL in the web server's process space. Because Win32 platforms set up a protected memory space for each process that is started, there's a lot of overhead in starting a new process or program. Passing scripts to an interpreter, such as perl.exe, requires starting a new process for every script, which gets expensive in terms of system resources.
DLLs, on the other hand, don't need their own process space; they use the space of the process that calls them. They don't require nearly as much overhead to start, and once loaded they stay loaded until the calling process ends. PerlIS therefore runs Perl scripts with a quicker turn-around time than perl.exe.
Extra care should be taken when you write PerlIS applications. It is difficult to crash the web server using CGI, but because the PerlIS DLL runs in the process space of the server, your web server is more susceptible to crashes and hangs caused by programming errors.
Where's the source code for Perl for ISAPI?
The source for Perl for ISAPI is not distributed to the public.
This FAQ was originally assembled and maintained by Evangelo Prodromou. It has been revised and updated by Brian Jepson of O'Reilly & Associates, David Grove, David Dmytryshyn and David Sparks of ActiveState.
This FAQ is in the public domain. If you use it, however, please ensure that you give credit to the original authors.
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text: In this episode, join Senior Digital Imaging Evangelist Julieanne Kost as she shows off some of the new features of Adobe Photoshop CS6 Extended, part of the new Adobe Creative Cloud. See the blazingly fast performance of the new Mercury Graphics Engine. Learn about the new improved processing and enhanced controls in Adobe Camera Raw 7, the new photographic blur effects, how to straighten objects using the new Adaptive Wide Angle, and more. Explore many of the timesaving and user-inspired enhancements including new type styles, re-engineered Shape layers, and the all-new Crop tool. Also explore the intuitive video editing capabilities of Photoshop CS6 and 3D capabilities of Photoshop CS6 Extended.


text: Personal Web Page All students, faculty, staff, and student organizations are allowed to create personal web pages on the Drexel Unix "Pages" server (DUNX1). The URL for published personal web pages is formatted like this: http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~userid. Drexel Unix Server (DUNX1) Page Listings What You Need Create Your Account To access your personal webspace you must first create a Drexel Unix (DUNX1) account. Software Setting up your DUNX1 account and uploading files will require the following software downloads available from the Drexel software site: Windows: SSH Client Mac: Fetch Get Started Step One: Creating a Public_html folder You will need a SSH (secure shell) client for the next steps. Windows users can download the SSH client from the Drexel Software site. Mac user can use the built-in terminal client in OS X. Video tutorials for Mac and PC Open your SSH File Transfer Client. To open the connection dialog box click on File -->Connect or simply press Enter or Space Bar. Type in dunx1.irt.drexel.edu for the Host Name and enter YOUR userid for the User Name. Leave all of the other settings the way they appear; that is, port number 22 and Authentication Method Keyboard Interactive. Enter your password. Verify that you have a public_html directory by typing the command ls and pressing enter. If you see the public_html directory listed, proceed to step 5, otherwise go to step 4. At the command prompt type in the command mkdir public_html and press enter. If you get the response: mkdir: Failed to make directory "public_html"; File exists that means that you already had the directory and can proceed to the next step. At the command prompt type in the command webshare and press enter. At the command prompt type in the command exit and press enter. This will disconnect you from your Dunx1 account. You only need to run this command once for your permissions to be set. Step Two: Create Your Web Pages Build out your pages for your site using your favorite HTML page editor (e.g. Dreamweaver). Step Three: Publish Your Web Pages Transfer your files to www.pages.drexel.edu via SFTP (secure file transfer protocol). How to transfer files via SSH (Windows) How to transfer files via Fetch (Mac)


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When a new bug is reported, it will initially be assigned to the bugsquad triage mailing list. If you see one of these new bugs, you should attempt to triage it. Try and reproduce it as the reporter describes using a recent KMail trunk version. Then take one of the following actions with it.
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text: What up peeps! I missed you sorry bastards so much I decided to move back to Houston - lucky you! I'll be back the weekend of Feb 15 for good and will be living in Midtown. I'm looking to get back into some riding - if anyone still does - and will probably be picking up a track bike in the near future to embrace my full blown track whore self.


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Pricey gasoline is brutal on the wallet, but it may also be lifesaving for certain drivers, namely penny-pinching teenagers who have scaled back on their drunk-driving habits.
The number of high school students who say they've gotten behind the wheel while drunk is down 54% from two decades ago, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Last year, about one in 10 teens said they drove while intoxicated. In 1991, 22.3% said the same, according to the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Teen driving and drinking are both down over the period, according to the report, due in part to laws monitoring drinking age, retailer compliance checks and more.
But more recently, the recession has also been a major factor. Youth unemployment is high as teens looking for seasonal jobs began losing them to older and more qualified job seekers.
Crunched for funds, high school students are less likely to blow their meager savings at the pump.
"Teens are especially sensitive to increases in gasoline prices and declines in economic conditions, which might have decreased their miles driven since 2007," according to the report.
The study also found that of the teens who said they drove while inebriated, nearly 85% also binge drank. Male students are more likely than female ones to drink and drive; whites and Latinos do so more often than blacks.
Only 4.6% of teens in Utah said they boozed before driving, while 14.5% of students in North Dakota said the same.
Giant Honda Accord recall delayed by parts glitch
Nationwide fuel prices tick up; California stays over $4 a gallon
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AMMAN (Reuters) - Troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fought rebels in Damascus for control of an area just east of the city center on Monday, moving tanks to defend their lines as their opponents also struck targets elsewhere in the capital.
Residents and activists said the army of President Bashar al-Assad sent armored reinforcements to Jobar, a Sunni Muslim district adjacent to the city's landmark Abbasid Square after rebels took over a loyalist position in the area, the third since fighters pushed into Jobar last week, they said.
However, Assad's forces remained well dug in in the center. "The main battle is taking place in Jobar," an opposition activist in Damascus named Amer said. "The rebels appear to be advancing in the eastern sector. But the center of Damascus is crisscrossed with concrete barriers and security is deployed everywhere; we cannot say that they (the rebels) have a real active present in the center."
He said the army appeared to be under so much pressure in Jobar that it had moved tanks there from the southwestern suburb of Daraya, near the highway to the Jordanian border, where it has been battling rebels for two months.
A video posted by a group known as Liwa al-Islam, one of the opposition fighting units around Damascus, showed its members firing a rocket they claimed had a range of 60 km (35 miles), an apparent marked improvement in the arsenal of the opposition.
Sham News Network, an opposition group of media activists, said rebels overran an army barracks in Jobar and had attacked a roadblock in Afif neighborhood overnight. Afif is located near one of Assad's presidential compounds in the foothills of Qasioun Mountain, northwest of the city.
Activists also reported a mortar attack on a police station in the central Damascus neighborhood of Arnous. It was not clear whether the mortars hit the target or if there were casualties.
"The situation is getting very tough. For the first time we have been hearing mortars fall so close," said a woman who lives in the western neighborhood of Mezze.
The Syrian military has been firing heavy artillery and rockets from Qasioun at Jobar and at a series of Sunni Muslim districts that have been at the forefront of the 22-month uprising against Assad.
Assad's core forces, from his minority Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam, are based on Qasioun. Their main supply line to coastal bases passes near the contested central city of Homs, 140 km (90 miles) north of Damascus.
Activists reported on Monday clashes in the Qalamoun region on the Damascus-Homs highway, near an army base from where Scud missiles have been fired at rebel-held territory.
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A heartfelt thank-you
To the Editor:
The Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce held its annual awards ceremony on Jan. 22 at the New York Elks Lodge. Although the weather was brutally cold and there was a recent snowstorm, the festivities were full of warm wishes as we honored four devoted individuals of our community.
Congratulations to our honorees Jennifer Derrig of the Irish Shop, Recreation Director Patrick McDermott, Lynbrook Fire Chief Edward Hynes and Police Inspector Ronald Fleury.
The evening could not have been better planned, and I would like to give a heartfelt thank-you to our Chamber secretary and dinner chairwoman, Carol Burak, who, along with her committee members, Linda Stephenson, Bill Gaylor Jr. and Steve Wangel, did an amazing job.
It's a pleasure to be the president of such a fine organization, and to have the opportunity to work with individuals who are always giving of themselves.
Denise V. Rogers
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I truly do love this time of year!
I truly do love this time of year! With the hustle and bustle of the holidays behind me, and before I start making New Year's resolutions and setting goals, I usually take some time to reflect on the past year.
With our 24/7 connected world, more than 500 TV channels, social media, 24-hour news and a constant bombardment of information, it becomes very easy to take in scads of information but never reflect on it. Attempting to take in so much, then, becomes like trying to drink water from a fire hose. It's just too much and it starts to overflow.
I encourage you to reflect on the past year. What did you learn? What did you read? What worked? What didn't work? Allow yourself time to process the information, the experiences and the learning. If not, you're just letting the knowledge overflow like my fire hose example above.
It might sound counterintuitive and even counterproductive, but I think all leaders (and since you can be a leader wherever you are, that means everyone) should plan for and even schedule time for reflection and just thinking every day. When we remodeled my home office, I made room for and picked out the MOST comfortable "thinking chair" for just this purpose.
We are so busy today as "human doings" that we forget that we are "human beings." You may be saying, "Yeah but my work is so important that I don't have time to just sit and think." As a (sometimes recovering) control freak and a person driven by accomplishment, I totally get that. But if you want to continue to make forward progress you simply must take time to reflect. And as someone famous once said, (I certainly can't remember who), what gets scheduled gets done.
For example, when you take time to reflect on what you've learned at say a conference or from reading a book you can strategize ways to get this new knowledge incorporated into your daily work or life. If you don't take the time to contemplate what you've learned and what it can mean to you, you definitely won't ever apply it in your life. And for you control freaks and accomplishment junkies, this means that you totally wasted your time attending the conference or reading the book!
Yes, taking time to just think, reflect and ponder can actually save you time and make you more productive! Reflect on those things that you did during the past year that didn't work out so well. Make a 'Note to Self' not to do that anymore. Think about what you could have done differently. You know, the definition of insanity is to keep doing the same things but expecting different results. For once, actually learn from your mistakes!
As a leader, you must be able to take the long view – have the big picture in mind at all times. It can become easy to get tangled up in the weeds of your business though.
What I mean is that you can get so caught up working IN your business that you fail to work enough ON your business. Take the time to consider how your experiences in the past can and should contribute to your strategies for the future.
Many people advocate journaling as a great way to reflect and get your thoughts together. Success gurus Jim Rohn, Jack Canfield and Brian Tracy, among others, are all big proponents of journaling. I must confess that I have an on-again, off-again love/hate relationship with journaling. (Sorry for the mixed metaphor!) I go through periods of time where I journal every day and then times where I don't journal for months. I do, however, keep daily notes that are a form of journaling. Although personally I'm not a techie nor am I a gadget person, there are several tools available to make journaling easier for your particular lifestyle.
You have to find what method works best for you, but whatever you do, make sure to work time into your daily schedule for thinking, reflecting and absorbing.
I know it's counterintuitive, but it really is true: If you want to move forward fast, you actually need to slow down and look back.
Wishing you a joy-filled, abundant and productive New Year!
Jennifer Ledet works with leaders from the "C Suite" to the front line, teaching them to improve communication and invest in relationships to impact the bottom line. She is also the author of the book, "Lead, Follow, or Get Me the Hot Sauce! Cajun Wisdom to Spice Up Your Leadership." Go to www.LedetManagement.com for more info and to receive the (free) report "The Top Five Ways Leaders Shoot Themselves in the Foot."


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Human Capital Challenges in Asia-Pacific 2011-2013: Aligning Employee Learning and Development with
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According to The Conference Board CEO Challenge® survey results for 2012, CEOs in Asia rank innovation and human capital as their two highest challenges. A survey of human capital professionals in the region identified learning and development and performance management to be two of the most significant human capital challenges facing companies in Asia-Pacific.
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Banten , once a powerful maritime capital rivaling the vast Javanese Mataram Empire, is today a fishing village with an illustrious past. The Capital City of Banten Province is Serang. Old Banten is one of the well known historical objects, only 10 km from the town of Serang. In this site, we can find a lot of remains of Islamic Banten Kingdom, founded between 16 and 18 century.
During the reign of Sultan Agung (1651-1683), Banten experienced its golden era. Unfortunately when Sultan Agung of Banten fell, the Dutch began to take over.
Banten Kingdom was an Islamic one and remnants of this mighty kingdom can still be found in this area. Most notably Mesjid Agung, this mosque dated from the 16th century still stands today. It shows the beginning of Islamic architecture.
Soekarno Hatta International Airport is the main access to Banten . It also can be reached by car or motorbike through a route of Jakarta - Serang. This is the coastal area where the Dutch formerly landed to trade.
People & Culture
The local people are called Sundanese, pious folks who sometimes believe in the age old ways. Their local dialect is also called Sundanese.
Sundanese food is perhaps suitable for most people because it tends to be bland yet tasty. Just make sure you don't take the sambal--chili sauce, that is--if you dislike spicy food. Try sate bandeng Banten , one of the specialties here. It's made of milk fish. The flesh and bones are removed, the outer skin is used as shell for the milk fish flesh, mixed with certain spices. This dish is then roasted then served. It can last for several days' time. The taste is somewhat sweet and tasty.
Tourism Office
Jalan Syech Nawawi, Palima - Serang
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Coheed And Cambria Tickets
Coheed and Cambria is an amazing, sensation rock band hailing from Nyack in the state of New York. This spectacular American rock group plays music that mixes a number of rock and metal genres; progressive rock, metal, punk rock and post-hardcore. Thus, this is more of a metal outfit but rock fans will also fall in love with it. This unique, best of both worlds band was formed back in 1995 and has since then released many albums and performed hundreds of live shows.


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Alan Leichtman, medical director of kidney and transplantation and
associate professor of nephrology, has been appointed chair of the
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)/Kidney Transplantation Committee.
Leichtman had been vice-chair since 2000. The committee also serves
the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). The committee
is charged with considering medical, scientific and ethical aspects
related to kidney and pancreas organ procurement, allocation and
sharing. In addition to his UNOS duties, Leichtman has served as
an expert member on the State of Michigan Certificate of Need Transplant
Service Ad Hoc Committee and the Michigan Department of Community
Health Certificate of Need Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Pancreas
Business researchers net NSF grant
Joni L. Jones, assistant professor in the School of Business Administration,
along with four other researchers, has been awarded a National Science
Foundation Information Technology Research Grant. The groups
$1.5 million project, Multiattribute Negotiation for Dynamic
Supply Chains, runs from 200206 and will focus on multiattribute
negotiation mechanisms and decision support tools for dynamic, multi-level
supply chains.
Robillard given pediatric award
Dr. Jean Robillard, professor and chair of the Department of Pediatrics
and Communicable Diseases, has been presented with the Founders
Award by the Midwest Society for Pediatric Research. The award recognizes
Robillards advances in pediatric research and his contributions
to the career development of pediatricians. His research has focused
on developmental renal physiology, regulation of blood pressure
during development, and the mechanics of arterial and cardiopulmonary
reflexes. In 1998, Dr. Laurence A. Boxer, professor and associate
chair of Pediatrics-Hematology/Oncology, was honored with the award,
making the U-M Health System the only institution in the Midwest
with two faculty members as recipients of the Founders Award.
Robillard also was elected recently to serve a six-year term on
the board of directors of the American Board of Pediatrics.
Masten in Whos Who of economics
Scott Masten, professor in the School of Business Administration,
has been selected for inclusion in Whos Who in Economics,
a book that lists influential economists worldwide from the year
1700 to the present, including approximately 1,200 living economists
selected on the basis of the usefulness of their research as measured
by the Social Science Citation Index.
Spreitzer joins editorial board
Gretchen Spreitzer, clinical professor in the School of Business
Administration, has been invited to join the editorial board of
Organizational Science, one of the top journals in organizational
studies. She also was elected to become the incoming program chair
for the Organization Development and Change Division of the National
Academy of Management meetings. In addition, Spreitzer had a paper
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The following applies to organization of documents and collections on the "back end" -- policies and procedures that we have adopted to clarify and facilitate our workflow.
- How collection content is organized on the S drive.
- Organization of files within the collection folder
- File naming schemes
- Organization of completed content for long-term storage
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What Makes a Hero?
The Surprising Science of Selflessness by Elizabeth Svoboda
Stories of heroes are all over the news: First responders and even concerned passersby put themselves in harm's way to help others, going against every instinct for self-preservation. What could explain such selfless acts? Even Charles Darwin struggled to understand the evolutionary upside of self-sacrifice.
Svoboda, a science writer, takes an in-depth look at some of the scientists who study altruism and what they are finding. Brain scans (including one of Svoboda) reveal that people who envision themselves giving to charity show neurological responses similar to the effects of taking an addictive drug. It's ironic, Svoboda writes, that acts of selflessness can stem from such self-centered motivations.
Svoboda also chronicles tales of ordinary people who give of themselves regularly. These inspiring case studies show how selfless attitudes can be developed or


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When one thinks of barns, farms and animals come to mind. One often thinks of rustic rural landscapes in the middle of country. Stacks of hay, chickens, roosters and pigs are the inhabitants most often associated with barns. When asked to name a structure of a farm, this is the number one answer.They do have many functions except for residential purposes. More often than not, they are used as storage facilities. Stacks of hay are often brought in from the fields where they are stored. Then the hay is usually stacked and bundled. Afterwards, they are often put on trucks and wagons to be shipped and sold on the market.Besides hay, the harvest is also stored in these structures. When the crops are ready, they are picked out of the ground or off the trees and plants. They are then transported and stored inside these structures. Just as with the hay, they are stacked up. The farmer and the farm help usually go through the harvest to sort out the best from the bad. Fruits and vegetables which are bruised or otherwise damaged and separated in one pile from those that are good. The best of the crop is then boxed and packaged. Then they are placed on trucks and wagons to be transported and shipped for sale.Livestock are usually housed in these structures as well. Most livestock are usually in the open. Most of the time, the animals are left to graze and roam the fields and surrounding areas. The animals are placed inside when the weather turns inclement. During severe rain and thunder storms and during winter storms such as blizzards, the animals are herded inside for shelter and protection.Shelter from the elements is the main purpose of this building structure. This is to protect both the livestock and the harvested crops. Rain and frost can cause great financial lost to farmers. Hail is also the source of widespread misery for many farmers. For livestock, shelter is provided during the winter months. When temperatures drop below freezing, the hazards to the livestock are just as great as for humans. To protect their investments during the cold season, many farmers will keep their animals inside during the winter. Most barns are unheated but when the doors and transoms are closed shut, it keeps the temperature just warm enough to keep the animals from freezing to death.Security is another function for these structures. For owners of livestock, they must protect their animals from other predators such as foxes and coyotes. This is the main reason that animals are placed inside at night. With the doors and shutters closed, it keeps the predators out and the animals secure. When it comes to harvest crops, keeping them inside protects them from potential thieves. Keeping animals and crops safe and secure is one of the primary concerns for farmers and ranchers.These are the main functions of barns in agriculture. They provide shelter and protection for both livestock and crops. They are an essential investment for farmers in order to protect their livelihoods and investments.
Career Opportunities in Healthcare Management | healthcare
We live in a time when there is a lot of boom in the healthcare industry. Growing awareness of health related issues has propelled the industry into a very competitive mode thus opening the doors for a wide variety of career options.This is the best time to be a part of the healthcare industry. The field requires talented, well- versed people to help introduce the latest developments as well changing trends into the market. Healthcare managers can play a significant role in improving the health of the target segments that their organization serves. The rate at which these transformations are taking place has led to diverse career options being available in this domain. The demand for healthcare managers can be seen across a wide variety of sub-domains such as:1. Pharmaceutical Consultants2. Healthcare Firms3. Ambulatory services4. Hospitals5. Healthcare Centers6. Hospices7. Socio- Medical Trusts8. Non-governmental organizationsWith the increase in diversity throughout the entire healthcare system infrastructure, management positions are needed in wide range of allied health services other than the traditional main line jobs. However, with the increase in job opportunities, there is also an increase in the intensity of competition. A position that would once require a bachelor's degree now requires a master's degree.A career in healthcare management would imply that you could be placed in a junior to mid-level entry position in management in any one of the below specified segments:1. Human Resources2. Public Relations3. Marketing affairs4. Finance5. Medical Staff Administration6. Logistics Management7. Nursing ServicesDo you qualify for the task?What do employers look for in candidates applying for entry- level positions?Here are some of the major things a recruiter looks for:Academic Excellence/ Prior Work Experience1. Employers look out for a degree in healthcare management from a well recognized and accredited institution.2. They look out for candidates who show eagerness towards continual personal development and an increased desire to learn on the job.3. Employers evaluate your previous designations, internships and affiliations with healthcare organizations and other business settings.Skills for Efficient Communication1. The candidate must possess excellent written and oral communication skills.2. He/she must be able to develop and present reports, track the progress of a given task and propose ideas and innovative suggestions that could take the organization forward.Adaptability/ organizational integrity1. Employers seek out individuals whose personal and professional goals are in sync with those of the organization.2. A candidate should have to ability to work across all levels, i.e. with his/her peers, superiors, subordinates, external vendors, clients and service providers.3. A candidate must possess an appealing attitude and present themselves with confidence, competence and maturity.Management Skills1. Employers seek out individuals with leadership qualities. A person must inspire leadership that builds healthy work relations and takes responsibility for them.2. Conduct his/her day-to-day activities in an honest and ethical manner.3. Willing to devote their time for the success of the organization.4. Maturity to take bold decisions and owning responsibility for their actions.5. Ability to train juniors, delegate work, evaluates performance, coordinate activities across domains, etc.Possessing these skills will help you build a successful career in healthcare management.
Service Business Plan – Differences From a Product Business Plan | business services
When creating a service business plan, either start with a business plan template created specifically for a service business to save time and worry, or take great care to adjust the plan to be appropriate for a service rather than a product. These are a few elements of the plan that will require changes.TerminologyCertainly, a plan with focuses on "product", "product design" and "product development" must have those terms adjusted. Within the marketing section, "place" is often discussed as one of the 4 Ps (product, promotion, price and place). In a service business plan, "place" should refer to both the location where the service will be delivered to customers (whether this is a physical location or a website) and the methods of delivery (such as sales by phone, over the internet, in person, etc).InventoryFor a pure service, there generally is no inventory. The "product" of service is created at the same time as it is consumed. For that reason, operations management terms like "inventory management" do not apply. Mentions in the balance sheet of inventory may need to be removed to show that you are focused on a business service and demonstrate that you are not using a "cookie cutter" financial model (even if you did start out with a model template).Exit StrategyWhen a pure service business is designed around the work of the entrepreneur (for example, a consulting or brokerage business), exit strategy as it normally exists in other plans becomes more challenging. This is because the exit strategy for many small businesses is a strategic sale of the company to a larger business that values its resources. However, if most of the key resources of the business are in the entrepreneur, larger businesses would rather hire the entrepreneur away than buy the business itself. In this case, the entrepreneur may profit to a certain extent, but value does not flow to investors to provide them a return for the capital they put in. Take this into account and either show other assets being developed in the company (i.e. proprietary systems) or consider a different type of exit.


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Field Study of Sex Trafficking in Tijuana, Mexico, 2008-2009 (ICPSR 28301)
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Sheldon Zhang, San Diego State University
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The study examined human trafficking and the commercialized sex industry in Tijuana, Mexico. The research team conducted interviews with 220 women from the sex industry (Dataset 1), 92 sex trade facilitators (Dataset 2), 30 government/law enforcement officials (Dataset 3), and 20 community-based service providers (Dataset 4).
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Access to these data is restricted. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a Restricted Data Use Agreement, specify the reasons for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research.
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To explore possible spillover effects from transnational sex trade activities, the study also conducted interviews on the United States side (almost all in San Diego) with law enforcement representatives, social service providers, and 72 exotic dancers in the city of San Diego. Field observations were also conducted in Tijuana and interior Mexico in states with established illegal United States-bound migration activities. While referenced in the project's report (Zhang, 2011; NCJ 234472), data from interviews conducted in the United States, data on community informants, and field observations data are not available as part of this data collection at this time.
For consistency with terminology used by the principal investigator, the term "prostitute" is used as much as possible in the ICPSR metadata and study documentation to refer to women who trade sexual services for money. To break the monotony, such terms as "subjects" or "the women" and occasionally "sex worker" are also used. The project's report (Zhang, 2011; NCJ 234472) describes the issue of proper terminology for women in the sex industry in more detail.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the nature, process, and possible causal factors related to sex trafficking activities in Tijuana and assess its implications on the United States' and Mexico's anti-trafficking efforts and policies.
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A total of 220 interviews were conducted with women who worked in Tijuana's sex industry (Dataset 1). The interviews with prostitutes were conducted by a team of interviewers who were residents of Tijuana and all college educated. All were either already working in the social services (some in community medical clinics), or had prior experience working with women in the sex industry. The interview questions covered the following domains of information: (1) demographic characteristics, (2) recruitment stage, (3) reasons for coming to Tijuana, (4) transportation stage, (5) arrival and settlement stage, (6) work as a prostitute, (7) income from prostitution, (8) routine and leisure activities, and (9) views on prostitution.
Another 92 interviews were conducted with pimps or sex trade facilitators (Dataset 2). These included pimps who directly controlled women and transported them to different prostitution venues on a daily basis, transporters who shuttled women from location to location, strip club owners and managers, and escort service coordinators. The main domains of information covered in the interviews with pimps and sex trade facilitators included: (1) individual characteristics, (2) interaction and transaction patterns in the sex trade, (3) prostitution in different venues, (4) patterns in recruiting and transporting women to prostitution venues, (5) financial matters, (6) problems encountered in the sex trade and the subjects' coping mechanisms, (7) involvement in other business activities, (8) affiliation with organized crime, and (9) views on the sex trade.
In addition to the core interviews with pimps and prostitutes, this study gathered opinions and impressions from law enforcement and other government officials about sex trafficking. A total of 30 government officials (mostly police officers) were interviewed (Dataset 3). Interviews with law enforcement authorities, judges, prosecutors, and government officials focused on their assessment of the trafficking problems in their jurisdictions, strategies for suppressing the problem, and recommendations for improvement. They were asked to: (1) describe the sex trafficking situation in Tijuana, (2) provide cases of arrests and prosecutions, (3) describe challenges and problems in current anti-trafficking efforts, and (4) recommend specific measures for improvement, particularly with regard to bilateral strategies to combat sex trafficking and the sex industry.
A total of 20 non-government agency representatives were also interviewed for this study (Dataset 4). Interviews with social service providers, non-governmental organizations (NGO), and advocacy groups focused on the following main domains of information: (1) the assessment of the sex trafficking situation in Tijuana or the border region, (2) their current roles and functions, (3) challenges of their agency services or functions, and (4) relationships with local government authorities.
The instruments administered to all study participants included a combination of structured questions (with fixed responses) and open-ended measures. A nominal fee was paid to both the prostitutes and the sex trade facilitators to encourage participation. No compensation was given to any public officials or representatives from the non-governmental organizations.
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The primary data collection for this study was conducted in Tijuana, where there is a booming sex industry. The selection of Tijuana as the main data gathering site was because of its geo-political location relevant to the problem of sex trafficking.
Recruitment procedures used in this study were not based on probability sampling, but on a combination of location-based approach sampling and referrals from the social networks of those involved in this project. Due to the restrictions imposed by the university Institutional Review Board (IRB), the recruitment of women in the sex industry was mostly conducted at a government-run health clinic where the "sanitary control card" is issued to registered sex workers in Tijuana. Included in the data are interviews with 220 women from Tijuana's sex industry, 92 pimps and sex trade facilitators (defined as anyone who solicited customers, arranged transactions, or otherwise enabled prostitution for a fee), 30 government and law enforcement officials, and 20 community-based service providers.
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Prostitutes (Dataset 1), pimps and sex trade facilitators (Dataset 2), government and law enforcement officials (Dataset 3), and community-based service providers (Dataset 4) in Tijuana, Mexico.
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Interviews with 220 women from Tijuana's sex industry (Dataset 1), 92 pimps and sex trade facilitators (Dataset 2), 30 government and law enforcement officials (Dataset 3), and 20 community-based service providers (Dataset 4).
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The Prostitute Interview Data (Dataset 1) contain a total of 153 variables including demographic characteristics, recruitment stage variables, transportation stage variables, arrival and settlement stage variables, description of work as a prostitute, income from prostitution, routine and leisure activities, and views on prostitution. Demographic characteristics include birthplace, age, marital status, number of children, number of siblings, education, mother's and father's work status and employment before prostitution. Recruitment stage variables include year coming to Tijuana, primary reason for coming to Tijuana, whether they have permanent residence in Tijuana, whether they rent or live with someone else, and why the respondent decided to leave town. Transportation stage variables include what person was most responsible for helping them leave their hometown, relationship with helper, gender of helper, description of first meeting with coyote, amount coyote charged, respondents knowledge of what job awaits in Tijuana, earning expectations for job and description of trip from hometown to Tijuana. Arrival and settlement stage variables include description of first few days after arrival in Tijuana, whether respondent had prior involvement in prostitution, how respondent first got involved in sex work, how long respondent had been involved in sex work, whether anyone has used physical force to get respondent to do sex work, whether anyone has lied to respondent or forced respondent into sex work, how respondent decided to enter this line of work in Tijuana if not forced and whether respondent knew of others forced into sex work. Description of work as a prostitute variables include description of business organization and operation, type of work place, working hours, days worked per year, number of vacations, narrative of work schedule and description of typical day, whether customers ever get violent against respondent, whether respondent has any protection, safety precautions taken to protect self, whether respondent has been assaulted by customer, pimps, or others in the past 12 months and whether respondent has been arrested. Income from prostitution variables include whether respondent relies on referrals and other people to stay in business, how much they charge customers, how often respondent and customers use condoms, is price charged standard in business, is there price difference for sex without condom versus sex with condom, number of customers received in a typical day and month, amount of money that goes to other people who help respondent in business, whether respondent can quit and leave when they decide and how respondent spends their money. Views on the sex trade variables include what respondent's major concerns are in the sex trade business, what respondent thinks about the sex business, whether they have lots of stress, whether they use drugs, alcohol or other medications and what are the respondent's future plans.
The Pimps Interview Data (Dataset 2) contain a total of 68 variables including demographic characteristics, interaction and transaction patterns in the sex trade, prostitution in different venues, patterns in recruiting and transporting women to prostitution venues, financial matters, involvement in other business activities, affiliation with organized crime, and views on the sex trade. Demographic characteristics include gender, age, marital status, birth place, ethnicity, citizenship, education, respondent occupation other than sex trade and income from other job. Interaction and transaction patterns in the sex trade variables include year respondent was first involved in sex trade business, description of how they became involved in the sex business, respondent initial role in sex industry, current role in sex industry, fee arrangement between respondent and girl working for them, rules of business, number of girls under respondents management, description of typical day, working hours, number of days worked per week, whether respondent takes vacations, state of business and annual income from sex trade. Prostitution in different venue variables include number of locations respondent worked at, number of partners, differentiation of roles, social nature of partners, who makes decisions in group and how partners usually communicate. Patterns in recruiting and transporting women to prostitution venue variables include how prostitutes were recruited, recruitment region, method of transportation to Tijuana, amount of money spent on transportation and arrangement between trafficker and prostitute. Financial matters variables include whether respondent gets into fights or arguments with business partners over payment issues and whether respondent hired people to help with business. Involvement in other business activities include what types of other business respondent is involved in and income from other business. Affiliation with organized crime variables include whether respondent is associated with other criminal groups, whether respondent has friends who are police or work for the government, method of corruption and cost of corruption. Views on the sex trade include a description of how life has changed for respondent since getting into the sex trade, what respondent thinks of the sex trade business, whether respondent plans to leave the sex business, what respondent plans on doing after leaving the sex business, whether respondent thinks sex trade is a problem, whether respondent has any solution or strategies to control the problem.
The Law Enforcement and Government Officials Interview Data (Dataset 3) contain a total of 30 variables including workplace information, situation of sex trafficking in Tijuana or San Diego, descriptions of challenges and problems in current anti-trafficking efforts and recommended specific measures for improvement. Workplace information includes respondents work type, length of time respondent has spent on assignment, supervisory role, jurisdiction/government type and work description. Situation of sex trafficking in Tijuana or San Diego include how serious of a problem respondents thought sex trafficking was in their jurisdiction, whether there are major trafficking groups in jurisdiction, location of trafficking groups, description of trafficking groups, anti-trafficking measures, effectiveness of current measures, description of sex trafficking policies in the United States or Mexico and changes in sex trafficking in Tijuana. Descriptions of challenges and problems in current anti-trafficking efforts variables include major challenges in combating trafficking, budget for combating trafficking, tools for combating trafficking and collaborative efforts. Recommended specific measures for improvement variables include best crackdown policies, description of specific practice and policy recommendations.
The Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) Interview Data (Dataset 4) contain a total of 30 variables including assessment of the sex trafficking situation in Tijuana, current roles and functions of agency, challenges in agency services or functions and relationships with local government authorities. Assessment of sex trafficking situation in Tijuana variables include sex trafficking seriousness in region, uniqueness in region's trafficking, how trafficking works in region, how respondent learned about trafficking, knowledge of trafficking stages and groups, knowledge of how these groups operate and respond, perception of counter policies and changes in trafficking. Current roles and functions of agency variables included what type of service agency provides, main service activity, main clientele, main clientele gender regions clients are mainly from and strategies and plans for future. Challenges in agency services or functions variables include annual budget, agency operation budget, and challenges for agency. Relationships with local government authorities variables include whether agency collaborates with other local agencies and whether there is any cross-border collaboration.
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- Zhang, Sheldon. Field Study of Sex Trafficking in Tijuana, Mexico, 2008-2009. ICPSR28301-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2014-04-10. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR28301.v1
2014-04-10 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Standardized missing values.
- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.
- The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented.
This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.


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Over the past few years, TSF has closely followed the path of Stick It Wear?!, a California-based sports apparel company run by designer Joe Durica. And for good reason: SIW has continuously churned out trendy tennis-inspired tees that feature a myriad of former and current tennis stars in classy illustrated stick form, including our all-time fave, El Toro.
Recently, Durica has expanded his coverage to the lower regions, revealing the aptly-named Eroddick women's underwear line. The bottoms come in black or white and can be donned with a pink or gray Nadal, Agassi, Safin or Ivanovic illustration for just $16.99 a pair.
"Orders are non stop on this," Durica said of the Eroddick, whose shop at Indian Wells is shown above.
But butts aren't the only thing SIW is covering these days. In addition to the new Eroddicks and already-established t-shirts, a new line of zip-up sweatshirts called Rivalries. The Rivalries line centerpieces great rivalries (Borg/Mac, Sampras/Agassi, Roger/Rafa) with two stick characters divided by the zipper itself. A true fashion battleground.
See shots of the Eroddicks (we know you want to!) after the cut.
If any of you ladies (or guys?!) plan on watching breakfast at Wimbledon (and Roland Garros) in your undies, we suggest you get to ordering a pair pronto!
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Now you can play CD-i games with your SNES controller
>> Monday, May 2, 2016
Anarterb: "Hi all, I released a very similar project called SNEStoCDi. the goal is to use a SNES (Super Nintendo) or SFC (Super Famicom) gamepad on a Philips CDi. I use it with my CDi 470, it works great. SNEStoCDi is an open-source project, based on an Arduino and pretty easy to build.
Here is the link : https://github.com/anarterb/SNEStoCDi
by the way I'm considering builing a few SNEStoCDi converters and sell them at low price on ebay, to help people who don't feel able to built it by themselves."
SNEStoCDi is an Arduino-based project that allows to use a Nintendo SNES (Super NES) / SFC (Super Famicom) gamepad on a Philips CDi player / game console. SNEStoCDi requires no more electronic than the Arduino itself. It's a pretty easy project for anyone with basic knowledge about Arduino and soldering.
SNEStoCDi is released under Creative Common CC-BY 4.0 licence : http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
How to make your own SNEStoCDi adapter
First of all, you need the Arduino IDE. If you need to, you can download it for free here : https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
You also need an Arduino, of course. I myself use Arduinos UNO and Nano but SNEStoCDi should work with most 5v Arduino versions.
To do a good and durable adapter, you will need a SNES/SFC gamepad connector (a simple way is to recycle an extension cable) and a mini-DIN 8 pin male connector.
Do the wiring :
connect the SNES/SFC connector to your Arduino : please report to wiring.jpg for more informations.
connect the min-DIN CDi connector to your Arduino : please report to wiring.jpg for more informations.
the RTS line from the CDi must be connected to an analog input. if you're curious about that, report to the Tech Stuff part.
the Arduino will be powered by the VCC provided by the CDi. do not connect any other power source to the Arduino !
Upload the SNEStoCDi software to your Arduino :
connect the Arduino to your computer.
add the SNESpad library (by Rob Duarte) to the Arduino IDE. the library provided with SNEStoCDi is a modified version of SNESpad, optimized for performances and better compatibility with the current Arduino IDE. for information on installing libraries, see : http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/Libraries
open the SNEStoCDi sketch.
check that the Arduino pins on the sketch match your wiring, if not adjust the sketch with the right pins. the sketch matches the pinout showed on the wiring.jpg file.
upload the compiled sketch to your Arduino.
That's it, you already finished :) the SNEStoCDi adapter is plug-and-play : just plug it to your CDi, plug your SNES/SFC pad, start your CDi and go suffer on some terrible games ... :) I'd be happy to know about your build, so don't hesistate to send me an email to let me know you made your own SNEStoCDi adapter.
SNEStoCDi has been tested successfully with Arduinos UNO and Nano, on a Philips CDi 470.
SNEStoCDi mapping & fancy stuff
The buttons mapping is probably exactly what you expect :
the Dpad acts as a Dpad.
the "Y" button acts as "Button 1".
the "B" button acts as "Button 2".
the "A" and "X" buttons both act as "Button 3", which is in fact "Button 1 + Button 2".
The SNES/SFC provides way more buttons than a CDi gamepad, so I had the opportunity to add some fancy stuff :
the cursor speed is adjustable in 5 steps. the "L" trigger shifts one step down, the "R" trigger shifts one step up.
the "start" button resets the speed to the default one (step 3).
the speed setting is saved into the Arduino's EEPROM, so SNEStoCDi will apply your last speed setting the next time you will use it.
the "select" button changes the buttons mapping and inverts "B" and "Y". another "select" press changes the mapping again.
Tech stuff
You might be curious about the use of an analog input where there is no analog signal. The reason is that the CDi and the Arduino have different logical levels : the CDi asserts the RTS line at about 2.4 volts when the Arduino needs about 3 volts on digital inputs. By reading the RTS line on an analog input, I've been able to set manually a lower "virtual logical level". This allows to use the Arduino alone, without any other electronic component to adapt the levels.
For some reason, all my attemps to use the hardware UART to send data to the CDi failed. This is why I used NewSoftSerial (called SoftwareSerial in the Arduino IDE) to emulate another UART. As it is only used to send data, the RX interrupt is not really used and this is why the RX pin is not connected. The CDi doesn't send anything on its TX, it only communicates on the RTS line, this is the reason why the communication between the Arduino and the CDi is kind of asymetrical.
Thank you very much for reading my bad english (I'm french), I really hope SNEStoCDi will help you to use your CDi without spending insane money on an original CDi gamepad. If you build your SNEStoCDi, please let me know on my email, I would be very happy to know my work has been useful :)
Special thanks to Rob Duarte who created the great SNESpad library, and to Paul Hackmann who provided some very useful documentation about the CDi devices and communication protocol.
bye ! Laurent Berta / email@example.com


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NEW YORK — College life is known for dorm food, cheap beer and all-nighters pulled off by a strong pot of coffee. While this stereotypical lifestyle holds true at some schools, others are opting for healthier habits.
Brigham Young University, the University of Southern California at Santa Barbara and Boston University took the top spots on Men's Fitness' Fittest Colleges list. On the magazine's Fattest Colleges list, the South didn't fare well with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the University of New Orleans and Mississippi State University coming in at number one, two and three, respectively.
The magazine partnered with the Princeton Review to survey nearly 10,000 students from more than 660 of the nation's top colleges and universities, asking them 18 questions grouped into five categories: student bodies (sex, height, weight and total weight gained or lost since beginning college), exercise, bad habits (fast food, alcohol, smoking, sedentary activities), other lifestyle choices (supplements, sleep, whether student's significant others help or hinder their fitness goals) and the campus culture of fitness (a school's physical-fitness requirements or recommendations and student impressions).
Top 5 Fittest Colleges
- Brigham Young University
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Boston University
- University of Vermont
- Northwestern University
Top 5 Fattest Colleges
- University of Louisiana, Lafayette
- University of New Orleans
- Mississippi State University
- Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
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There's no need to watch preseason games to confirm that Larry Fitzgerald and Dez Bryant are elite wide receivers, but they went ahead and offered evidence of it on Saturday afternoon anyway.
The Cowboys and Cardinals played a pretty sloppy first half in Arizona, which ended with the Cardinals up 9-0, but the two wideouts had several chances to flash their skills before the starting units were removed from the game. Fitzgerald, moving around the offense more than in the past in a similar role to the one that Reggie Wayne played for him in Indianapolis last season, caught three passes for 44 yards and had another significant gain wiped out by a holding penalty on left tackle Levi Brown.
Bryant had four catches for 74 yards, following up on a strong outing against the Raiders in last week's game. One of the catches was an impressive grab against tight coverage from Patrick Peterson, who also saw some action on offense for Arizona, on a back shoulder throw by Tony Romo. The only blemish for Bryant came when he fumbled at the end of a 27-yard gain.
That was one of five first half turnovers for the Cowboys, who also saw Romo overthrow a wide open Terrance Williams down the sideline on a play that would have likely resulted in a touchdown. The Cardinals haven't allowed one of those yet in the preseason, which is a good sign for their defense as the offense deals with some struggles of their own.
Arizona added a turnover of their own as well as a series that saw Carson Palmer, who was 7-of-15 overall, misfire on three straight passes. Palmer also had a fourth down incompletion on a throw at Rashard Mendenhall's feet during a fairly lackluster performance. Throw in a shanked 30-yard field goal for Jay Feely and the performance of the two wideouts stands out even more.


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Poll: Gun background checks wanted
Americans support a number of policies to prevent gun violence, with broad, cross-party consensus for both requiring background checks for gun show and private sales of firearms and preventing the mentally ill from owning guns, a poll released Monday found.
Eighty-five percent of Republicans, 85 percent of independents and 87 percent of Democrats back requiring background checks, according to a Pew Research Center poll. Support is almost as broad for legislation preventing the mentally ill from owning weapons. Exactly 80 percent of Americans support the policy, including 86 percent of Republicans and 78 percent of Democrats.
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The poll is largely encouraging for gun control advocates, who are making a renewed push for stricter laws after the massacre of 20 children in a Newtown, Conn. elementary school. Vice President Joe Biden, who is leading an administration task force on the issue, has said the administration is considering mandatory universal background checks for gun shows and private sales. Gun control groups say 40 percent of guns are sold on the secondary market.
Biden is scheduled to deliver his recommendations to President Barack Obama on Tuesday.
Beyond those two measures, consensus begins to break down, even though a number of policies continue to garner majority support. Creating a federal database to track gun sales has the support of two-thirds of Americans, but only 49 percent of the GOP. Sixty-four percent support putting police or armed guards in schools, but Republicans are crazy about the idea (73 percent support) while independents are lukewarm (59 percent).
Democrats are enthusiastic about bans on assault weapons, semi-automatic weapons, high-capacity ammunition clips and the online sale of ammunition. All garner majority support from the public at large, and from at least 61 percent of Democrats. But none of the bans garnered majority support from Republicans, 49 percent of whom support a ban on semi-automatics.


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BHP Billiton Petroleum will hold several jobs fairs throughout South Texas in early April.
The company, one of the biggest operators in South Texas, is looking for drilling and completions superintendents and supervisors, instrumentation automation technicians, mechanics, construction technicians, planning specialists and operations technicians – pumper lease operators.
Here are the places and times for the BHP "South Texas Road Show:"
- April 2, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Victoria Country Club in Victoria
- April 3: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Spring Creek Place Event Center in Cuero
- April 4: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Kenedy Municipal Auditorium in Kenedy
- April 9: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Floresville Event Center in Floresville
- April 10, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Jourdanton Community Center in Jourdanton
- April 11, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Solomon P. Ortiz Center in Corpus Christi
You can see more information on the company's jobs page here.


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If you're trying to lose weight and you want to go out drinking, a new study shows you may be better off cheating on your diet a little, because choosing a sugary soft drink over a diet drink as a mixer could mean the difference between driving under the legal limit and driving drunk.
A study at Northern Kentucky University gave the same amount of alcohol to 16 college students, first mixing the drinks with regular soda. The students then took breath tests to measure their Breath Alcohol Content and passed. A week later, the same group of students drank the same amount of alcohol with diet soda and failed the breath test.
Researchers told NPR that diet drinks don't actually speed up the absorption of alcohol into the blood stream. It's the sugar in regular sodas that slows it down. And if you're planning on driving after a night out, an 18 percent difference in Breath Alcohol Content is enough to get you thrown in jail.


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Diocese of Toledo Adds Mission
The Diocese of Toledo is in the process of starting a new mission in Evansville, Indiana. Fr. Daniel Hackney and his family have moved to the area, and a regular schedule of services is beginning. For information, go to: evansvilleorthodox.org.
Fr. Daniel Hackney writes:
My wife Carole, our three boys, and I are privileged to come to Evansville in order to share in the founding of a Mission in the largest city in the United States without an Orthodox Church. This effort is actually a fruit of the many years that Fr. Nabil Hanna and others labored for in the late nineties and early years of this decade, as they did Liturgies when they could for those in this area. Many seeds were planted during that era. Last September, Fr. Peter Gilquist asked me if I might be open to coming to Evansville for this work. Later that month with the blessing of His Grace Bishop MARK, Fr. Peter, and Fr Nabil, my wife and I traveled to this city to scout out the feasibility of planting this mission.
Originally blessed by His Eminence Metropolitan PHILIP to serve on Active Duty in the U.S. Army, an ankle injury precluded this possiblity. Therefore having complete a course of studies at Saint Tikhon's from 2008-2009 along with five months as an Assistant Priest at St. George Cathedral and Saint Elias Orthodox Church in the Toledo area, I look forward to sharing in God's work in this new evangelistic field. As the troparion speaks regarding the Gospel proclamation of the Apostles: "Their sounds have gone out throughout the heavens, and their glory throughout all the earth". We are sharers in carrying these glad tidings, and this holy glory of the Incarnation to the ends of the earth in order that mankind might be saved.
Who we are is the result of all that we have done and experienced in the past. My twelve years of service as a pastor in the Lutheran Church (LCMS) prior to my chrismation was rich in experience; may God bless all who are in that denomination and guide them. But chiefly I am grateful to have the blessing of his Eminence Metropolitan PHILIP and HIs Grace Bishop MARK to undertake this endeavor; and am also thankful for the sage advice given me by His Grace Bishop ANTOUN, who kindly met with our family in November. Also I am indebted to all my many firiends and mentors who have made possible this journey thus far; they are too inumerable to name. Finally, I give thanks to my wife Carole whose vocation as an ICU Nurse will help fund this work.
Through the prayers of our Holy Fathers Lord Jesus Christ our God have mercy upon us and save us.


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Being the Continuing Adventures of a Woman and her Trusty Kayak in New York Harbor, the Hudson River, and Beyond. (with occasional political rants just to keep things lively!)
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Say Cheese!
Ah, Joe's, Joe's, Joe's. I nearly cried back when they closed. I had only discovered this incredible shop with the freshest of fresh mozzarella back in the spring of 2012, I'd been a regular customer for just about a year when they closed their doors in spring of 2013, and if I were a person who did a lot of hugging of people at work I would have hugged my boss Karen when she walked up to my desk last fall and said "Guess what, I saw a sign in the window of the M&O Deli on the corner of Thompson and Prince, they're selling Joe's mozzarella." As it was she was highly entertained at the way my face lit up and how I started babbling with glee - "Really? Joe's? No way! That's awesome!"
I haven't indulged recently but for some reason (well, for that reason and also that we've just finished our year-end close so there's a good chance that we'll be starting into a slightly more relaxed period at work, including more getting out by 6 if not earlier) I'd been thinking that I should go get some, so when Baydog and I were talking Jersey peaches on Facebook around 6 and he figured out that I was still at work and told me to stop working and go get some smoked mootz, I didn't need any arm twisting to shut down and go.
The cheese got pretty badly nibbled on the way home, but only by me, so that's ok.
SO happy to be looking forward to another summer of caprese salads -- or was that carp-rese?
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When it comes to online identity theft, it's a minefield out there. Every day, some cyber crook is devising new ways to sneak into our online accounts and pilfer money, or just our sanity.
And computer hackers are getting better at it, becoming increasingly sophisticated in their methods and targets.
"In the last five years, the bad guys have gotten as good as or better than the good guys," said Robert Siciliano, security expert with McAfee, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based online security company.
Since 2005, about 560 million consumer medical, financial and personal records have been breached by hackers who broke into databases of numerous government agencies, hospitals and companies, from General Motors to Twitter. That's according to the San Diego-based Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.
No one is entirely safe, say online security experts.
"Based on the massive amount of information that people give away and the staggering number of security breaches that occur each year, it's inevitable you're going to become a victim," said Adam Levin, founder of IdentityTheft911, a security breach consulting firm.
But there are ways to toughen up our defenses against online identity theft. Here's some advice:
. Beef up passwords: Too many of us use the same, wimpy passwords, whether it's for banking, shopping or socializing. If just one account gets hacked, they're instantly all vulnerable.
Passwords should never be: a dictionary word, a sequence of numbers/letters (i.e. 45678 or abcdef) or anything that's personal (your kid's name, dog's name, anniversary).
Instead, they should be: at least 8 characters, a mix of upper-/lower-case letters, a combination of letters and symbols (#, &, $, etc.)
Try to make it something you can easily remember. Use the first letter of each word in a favorite phrase or song title, for instance. If you're on a site like Amazon.com, suggests Levin, include the letters AZ.
Too many passwords to remember? Use a password manager, which stores multiple passwords in an "online safe" where you only need one password for access. "They let you randomly generate strong passwords for all your accounts and store them securely," says Joanne McNabb, chief of California's privacy protection office.
McNabb said there are free versions: KeePass (for Windows, OS X, Linux, Android and iOS), Password Safe (Windows) and Keychain (Mac).
. Skip the quizzes: "What dog are you?" "What Michael Jackson dance move are you?" "Could you survive the Hunger Games?"
All those trivia quizzes, polls, surveys and personality tests that populate the online universe may be perfectly benign. Or they could be a cyber crook trying to assemble puzzle pieces of your identity.
"You have to look at the information elicited through those quizzes as components to a nuclear weapon," said IdentityTheft911's Levin. "Many of these personal factoids are harmless on their own but when combined, they create a mosaic of your life" that can be used by hackers.
His advice: Don't indulge.
. Answer with caution: When signing up for online accounts, we're often required to answer selected security questions: your first pet, favorite color, mother's maiden name, high school mascot. But if someone wants to break into your online accounts, every answer they need could already be out there via social media.
Instead, use fake answers that you'll remember or repeat the same answer to every question: "Dog," for instance.
. Don't click: You get an email from a friend, who wants to share a link to a cute video, political commentary or an intriguing story.
Problem is: It might not really be your friend, but an impostor. Or your friend may unwittingly be sharing an infected link that could worm its way into your computer.
"Don't click links in the body of an email. Ever," said McAfee's Siciliano.
If it's a work colleague who said she's sending a link or if a company you've signed up for is sending a confirmation link, it's probably OK. For everything else, "just hit 'Delete.' "
. Social media savvy: There are ways to reduce your risks while still enjoying online socializing, notes McNabb. Among them: Never post your email address or your full birth date (especially the year). Lock down your account so it's viewable to "friends only." Don't accept friend requests from people you don't know.
. Palm of your hand: Your mobile phone can be a source of cyber intrusions, either by downloading apps infected with viruses or clicking on texts/links that try to con you into disclosing financial or personal information.
At the very least, McNabb says, everyone should use a password on mobile phones.
And don't click on the "Save my Password" feature, says Levin. If your mobile device lands in the wrong hands, that feature could provide instant access to everything stored on your phone.
. Check your accounts: Although he freely uses his credit card online, Siciliano says he carefully scrutinizes his monthly credit card statements. "If you're not looking at your statement frequently, the next thing you know you're paying for dinner of a cyber-thief."
Same for your credit reports. Every adult is entitled to a free, annual credit report from each of the three credit reporting bureaus (Experian, TransUnion and Equifax). Check yours to ensure that no fraudulent accounts have been set up in your name.
"Monitor what's going on; either pay for a monitoring service or look at your bank and credit card accounts every day for fraudulent activity," said Levin.
If your financial institutions offer it, sign up for online or text alerts of suspicious account activity.
. Get security patches: Update your computer with the most current anti-virus and anti-spyware security.
Most newer PCs will do automatic updates, but if you have an older PC that requires manual updates, it may be time to upgrade. "You should be in at least Windows 7 or the latest version of Mac software. . You shouldn't be driving a Ford Pinto," Siciliano said, noting that older browsers and operating systems are often targets of hacker attacks.


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The Boathouse4 Self rated
The Boathouse Newbridge Road, Bath, BA1 3NB
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- Very Good
- 38 guest reviews
"Everything was excellent, my only criticism would be the shower wasn't great...."
"Nice rooms and location with a great breakfast..."
"First time I have stopped at this hotel. fist class, looked after well not just the night time when arrived fairly late but also the next mo..."
"We booked this hotel as my wife and I were running the Bath Half, a last minute change of plan meant our daughter needed to come with us and..."
"A very nice hotel in a picturesque location. Staff were friendly. Room was clean, comfortable and of a good size with the usual facilities...."
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With landscaped gardens and picturesque views over the River Avon, this pub offers individually designed guest accommodation. Parking is free on site, and there is free Wi-Fi throughout the building. The Boathouse has a large raised deck with scenic river views, and the garden leads down to the water.
Outdoor seating is available for al fresco dining in beautiful and peaceful surroundings. Guests can enjoy a range of real ales, and there is a carefully selected wine list. Hearty food is available in the restaurant, made from high-quality local ingredients. A full English breakfast is also available each morning. Central Bath can be reached in under 10 minutes by car and the Newbridge Park and Ride is situated next door, and offers frequent daily bus services to central Bath. The Roman Baths are 3 miles from The Boathouse, and Bath Spa Railway Station is a 5-minute drive away
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- Car parking available onsite, Car Parking Available Offsite, Park and Ride
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- Wi-Fi Available, In-room Broadband, Wi-Fi Available In Public Areas, Wi-Fi Available In Rooms
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- Disabled Access Public Areas, Disabled Access Bedrooms, Disabled toilets on ground floor, Wheelchair Access, Wheelchair Access To Reception, Wheelchair Access To Restaurant, Wheelchair Access To Bar, Wheelchair Access To Disabled Car Parking Spaces
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Everything was excellent, my only criticism would be the shower wasn't great....