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Laurier alumna Rebecca Watts volunteers with anti-doping team at Olympics
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Feb 11/10
Rebecca Watts is excited to be present at all 17 days of the Vancouver Olympics, but the Laurier alumna wont always be taking in the excitement of the games.
Instead, she will be behind the scenes, working with hundreds of other volunteers who form the Olympics anti-doping team. Watts will spend most of her time in the anti-doping command centre, assisting with the programs day-to-day needs.
Anti-doping is important to keep an even playing field for all athletes involved, says Watts, whos hoping the search for drugs turns up no results.
A kinesiology and physical education grad, Watts interest in anti-doping was piqued after taking professor Tim Elcombes Ethics in Sport, Exercise and Health class at Laurier.
Her urge to attend the Olympics, however, came after taking a class with professor Stephen Wenn.
Anyone who has taken his Modern Olympics class wants to go to the games! Watts says. He truly encourages and motivates all his students to be a part of the Olympic movement, while educating us on the relevance of sport in society.
After graduating in 2008 and earning a sport business management degree at Algonquin College, Watts took on two internships that would give her the relevant experience to be an Olympic volunteer. One internship was at Speed Skating Canada and the other at the Association of National Anti-Doping Organisations (ANADO).
Watts recently accepted a full-time position at ANADO, which works on behalf of several national organisations to strengthen global anti-doping efforts. Watts job involves liaising with international sport federations and the World Anti-Doping Agency to plan and deliver testing programs.
At the Olympics, Watts is looking forward to meeting people from around the world who are committed to sport.
Working in an international anti-doping agency, I often liaise with people via email, but now I finally get to meet them, she says.
Having arrived in Vancouver last week, Watts has already met some of her colleagues from Japan and Korea.
Her trip wont be all business Watts is also looking forward to taking in some of the games. Olympic volunteers get to see the dress rehearsal for the opening ceremonies, and she has tickets to a Russia-Latvia hockey game and two luge events.
Watts credits Laurier with helping her get to the Olympics. While at the university she worked in the Athletics Department as a bookings and customer service coordinator, and with the mens varsity volleyball team for several seasons as an athletic therapist.
This helped me understand the athlete mentality and the commitment to sport required by elite athletes, she says. It helped me find improved ways of communicating the relevance of the anti-doping message to all athletes.
My time at Laurier was the best five years of my life. The kinesiology program is hands down the best in the country, and provides students the opportunity to succeed both academically and socially.
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Home List of Titles Mixed poly (ethylene glycol) (PEG) and oligo (ethylene glycol) (OEG) layers on gold as non fouling surfaces created by backfilling
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- Mixed poly (ethylene glycol) (PEG) and oligo (ethylene glycol) (OEG) layers on gold as non fouling surfaces created by backfilling
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- Lokanathan, Arcot R.; Zhang, Shuai; Regina, Viduthalai R.; Cole, Martin A.; Ogaki, Ryosuke; Dong, Mingdong; Besenbacher, Flemming; Meyer, Rikke L.; Kingshott, Peter
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- Backfilling a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of long poly (ethylene glycol) (PEG) with short PEG is a well-known strategy to improve its potential to resist fouling. Here it is shown, using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, contact angle, and atomic force microscopy, that backfilling PEG thiol with oligo (ethylene glycol) (OEG) terminated alkane thiol molecules results in underbrush formation. The authors also confirm the absence of phase separated arrangement, which is commonly observed with backfilling experiments involving SAMs of short chain alkane thiol with long chain alkane thiol. Furthermore, it was found that OEG addition caused less PEG desorption when compared to alkane thiol. The ability of surface to resist fouling was tested through serum adsorption and bacterial adhesion studies. The authors demonstrate that the mixed monolayer with PEG and OEG is better than PEG at resisting protein adsorption and bacterial adhesion, and conclude that backfilling PEG with OEG resulting in the underbrush formation enhances the ability of PEG to resist fouling.
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- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences. Industrial Research Institute Swinburne
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- Biointerphases, Vol. 6, no. 4 (Dec 2011), pp. 180-188
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- 2011
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- 0299 Other Physical Sciences; 0303 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry
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- Backfilling; Gold; Non fouling surfaces; Oligoethylene glycol; Polyethylene glycol
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Taken back in the days when deer hunting was used primarily to help feed folks during the winter, here are 10 of the men well known in the local community. The picture dates from the 1940s and their names were listed by my mom, Ruth Behling. They are, from the left: Al Koster, Henry Schalck, Chris Behling, George Engelmann, Arnold Glaab, Fred Quist, Dick Behling, Art Hankins, Emil Oellrich and Eddie Schmidt.
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(Amended as of June 16, 2005 Meeting)
Members Present: Dr. Louis Aikens, Mr. John Caffrey, Rev. Garry Moore, Mr. Jack Stafford, Mr. Kevin Pruitt, Mr. John Barnes, Dr. Frank Ball, Mr. Daniel Frost
Members Absent: Mr. Edward Knight III, Mr. Norris Kantor, Mr. Jeffery Forlines, Dr. Lyn Guy
Guests Present: Mr. Jim Nelson, Ms. Shelia Johnson, Ms. Anita Barilla, Mr. John Cardwell, Dr. Don Smith, Dr. Shekhar Pardhan, Ms. Jane Richardson, Dr. Jim Voelker, Mr. Frank Hart, Dr. Tom Blevins, Dr. Tom Eaves
Call to Order
Chairman John Barnes called the meeting to order at 6:45 p.m. and asked for a motion to approve the minutes of the April 21, 2005 Board meeting. Mr. Frost asked that there be a correction to the Legislative and Media Relations Report to change "ISB number" to read ISBN. Corrections were noted and the motion was made (DFrost/KPruitt) to approve the minutes as corrected. Motion carried.
Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs
Dr. Eaves reviewed the Program Reviews and the necessary requirements to make these programs successful. Discussion followed. A motion was made to approve the continuation of the programs as presented (DFrost/FBall). Motion carried.
Dr. Eaves gave the group an update on the evening degree programs that Mr. Kantor requested. He reviewed the challenges and the benefits that an evening program will present. A handout concerning the evening programs was distributed prior to the meeting. Discussion followed.
Mr. Stafford questioned the decision not to renew Dr. Eaves' contract. The motion was made (JStafford/FBall) to amend the Agenda to include the discussion Dr. Eaves' contract with the discussion of the President's contract in the Executive Session. Discussion followed. The motion carried with two Board members opposed.
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Ms. Johnson discussed the draft agreement for the separation of assets and liabilities between Bluefield State College and New River Community and Technical College. She called the group's attention to a letter outlining issues that cannot be agreed upon and will need to be addressed by the HEPC. Discussion followed. Motion was made (DFrost/KPruitt) to table the approval of the agreement on the separation of assets and liabilities until a fair and equitable agreement can be made. Mr. Frost suggested that a second draft be distributed for review at least two weeks prior to the next meeting. Mr. Barnes reminded the group that the document is a working document and action will not be taken until the Board is ready. Chairman Barnes allowed for discussion. Mr. Frost spoke to the group concerning the need for the Board to begin to take action to reclaim funds that have been taken away due to Legislative actions. He encouraged the Board to take legal action against the state for these actions. Motion carried.
NRCTC Contracted Services were discussed by Ms. Johnson next. She reviewed handouts with the group to explain how these figures were calculated. Discussion followed. Ms. Johnson asked that the Board grant Dr. Walker authority to proceed with the document as needed. Motion was made (DFrost/KPruitt) to empower Dr. Walker, in conjunction with the appropriate staff members, to review the percentages and take the needed action. Motion carried.
Legislative and Media Relations Update
Mr. Jim Nelson called the Board's attention to the information provided in their packet concerning the posting of textbook ISBN information for course listings when they become available to the bookstore. Mr. Nelson and Ms. Jane Richardson, BSC Bookstore manager and president of the WV Association of Collegiate Bookstores, drafted language for the rule to be posted for public information. A disclaimer has been attached to the drafted document to protect the college in the event the ISBN changes for any reason after the posting. Mr. Bruce Walker legal counsel for the HEPC has been contacted during the writing process of this document. Discussion followed. The group agreed to contact Mr. Bruce Walker to request a written statement from him, approving the language of the BSC draft.
Enrollment Management Report
Mr. John Cardwell reviewed the current enrollment numbers for the fall semester. He reported that the Upperclassman II currently has at least 50 students who have signed contracts for housing for BSC students for the fall semester. The unveiling for the sign is scheduled for May 26, 2005, and the Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce's Business After Hours will be hosted there in June. Mr. Cardwell reported that enrollment figures will be more precise at the end of June.
President's Report
Mr. Barnes called the group's attention to the copy of the President's Report contained in their package.
Motion was made (DFrost/KPruitt) to go into executive session. Motion carried.
Motion made to come out of executive session (GMoore/LAikens). Motion carried.
Mr. Barnes announced that the next Board of Governors meeting will be on June 16, 2005 in the Private Dining Room.
With no further business to discuss, motion was made (KPruitt/LAikens) to adjourn. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned.
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if you remove the excess air and seal the bag, then lay it flat will the tubing be covered?
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The campus community is invited to a celebration of life memorial service for Arthur C. Hills, a pioneer professor and administrator who died March 31 at age 92. The service will be held Thursday, May 23 at 2 p.m. at the Cook-DeWitt Center, Allendale Campus. A reception will follow the service.
Hills joined Grand Valley in 1963 as one of the 14 original faculty. A musician and music instructor, Hills was Grand Valley's first fine arts professor and the composer of Grand Valley's alma mater, "Hail to Thee Grand Valley."
In 1971, Hills was appointed vice president for Administration and chief academic officer and became founding director of the Performing Arts Center. In 1978 he became executive assistant to President Arend D. Lubbers and Secretary of the Board of Trustees, a position he held until his retirement in 1987.
The Arthur C. Hills Living Center on the Allendale Campus is named for him, as is the Arthur C. Hills Music Scholarship and the Art Hills Spirit Award.
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Acclaim keeps coming for a 2013 University of Arizona College of Engineering Senior Design team that included two students in the electrical and computer engineering department: Melvin Barney and Brian Suarez. The two helped design an award-winning disposable, low-power blood glucose meter, and their team is now headed to Dallas to compete in the 2013 Texas Instruments Analog Design Contest.
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"Have you played Atari today?" was an ad jingle for the Atari 2600 VCS game console during its reign in the early years of the video game industry, from the late 1970s to early 1980s. That question that could apply even now, thanks to the passion of programmers who've continued to make new Atari games for the past few years. These "homebrew" games come in cartridge form (for use on actual Atari 2600 consoles) and have free public releases as code that runs on Atari 2600 emulators. (Homebrew developers use two of the most popular emulators, z26 and Stella, to test their games.) Emulators have greatly increased the audience for homebrew games outside of those who still own the consoles.
The Atari 2600 homebrew community is the largest among groups who develop original games for classic video game consoles. (This probably corresponds with the fact that the 2600 was the top-selling console during its time. The 2600 was the first video game system for many gaming enthusiasts who were alive then.) The scene is competitive but friendly, where authors share their expertise, advice, and even source code with one another and with those who are looking to program their own homebrew games.
"It's a lot of fun, with various trade meets and video game expos organized every year. Homebrew development seems to be taking off more than ever," says Joe Grand. In 2001, Grand released SCSIcide (see Figure 1), the first homebrew Atari 2600 game to use the console's paddle controllers (a technical challenge to implement for the system). This fast-paced "twitch" game -- its theme and gameplay inspired by the inner workings of a hard drive -- also has the distinction of being the Atari 2600 homebrew game that has sold the most number of copies in cartridge form -- over 200 copies. The 28-year-old, an electrical engineer by trade, resides in San Diego, California.
Figure 1. SCSIcide by Joe Grand
Nostalgia is a primary, initial motivation for most who homebrew their own games. Many were children during the heyday of the Atari and daydreamed of making their own games for it. A more practical reason is the challenge; it takes a certain finesse, and patience, in coding ability to make good games for the decades-old system.
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Programming the 2600 is the art of dealing with limitations. Developers must find ways to optimize for speed and limited memory space. The system has no video buffer, the total code size cannot exceed 4K and can only use 128 bytes of RAM, and, adds Simon Quernhorst, "you even have to share that with the processor stack. This means that occupying too much memory results in crashing programs, as you might have deleted some information used by the processor."
Quernhorst, a 28-year-old IT consultant in Wesel, Germany, created the puzzler Mental Kombat. At present, he is making another Atari 2600 homebrew game, based on Aztec Challenge, a 1983 game originally for the Commodore 64 home computer.
In terms of graphics and sound, the Atari only has two sprite objects -- each just eight pixels wide. The background is restricted to 40 pixels per scanline. There are only two available sound voices.
To hear these homebrew Atari programmers put it, these very technical constraints make programming the system ... fun?
"It's a lot like working a puzzle," Paul Slocum describes, "and there's something satisfying about working so closely with the hardware [and] not having layers of software between you and the CPU." Slocum, 29, lives in Dallas, Texas, where he works as an embedded systems programmer. He wrote Marble Craze and Synthcart, a program that produces music on the Atari 2600. (He even uses the Atari as an instrument in his own band.) Currently, he's developing an RPG officially featuring characters of the cult online animated series, Homestar Runner.
"I'm still attracted by the simplicity of gameplay, graphics, and sound. It's the art of minimalism," says Quernhorst. "The limitations of graphic registers, RAM, sound voices, and colors increase the challenge of getting nice results."
"Because the Atari 2600 hardware is so limited, you must concentrate on the gameplay," emphasizes Thomas Jentzsch, who has created two homebrew games for the Atari -- Thrust and Jammed. The 39-year-old is a software developer for a mobile phone company in Düsseldorf, Germany. "The gameplay must be as perfect as possible. Then the player will soon forget the limitations of the system. That makes the biggest difference between the classic games and many modern 'games' that concentrate way too much on eye and ear 'candy,' and often neglect the gameplay dramatically."
The tools needed to make games for the 2600 are surprisingly simple. There are only three: a text editor (many Atari homebrew game developers recommend TextPad), a 6502 cross assembler (such as DASM), and one of the aforementioned emulators (z26 or Stella) to test the code.
The programmer's skillset is more important. Developers need very good familiarity with the 65xx assembly language in order to understand the architecture and addresses that set the sprites, read the input devices, play the sounds, and do everything else on the 2600.
"You must love dealing with bits and bytes, because the Atari 2600 requires 100 percent Assembler coding," warns Jentzsch. "And you need some perseverance; often, coding is quite frustrating and sometimes a solution for a problem seems to be almost impossible. There are far more abandoned than finished projects for the Atari 2600, mainly because the programmer burned out."
"It's not actually that tough a technical challenge to program the machine. But programming it efficiently and effectively is what separates the experts from the rest," says Andrew Davie, a 40-year-old professional programmer in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Davie developed the game Qb (Figure 2), as well as many technologically innovative programs for the Atari 2600 that other homebrew authors have put to use, such as Interleaved ChronoColour, which brings full-color bitmap capability to the machine. He's also written several articles guiding newbies on how to program the 2600.
Figure 2. Qb by Andrew Davie
Playing the final product on an actual Atari 2600 system requires that the code be burned onto ROM chips. Those who are not interested in figuring out the intricacies required to do this can usually seek out assistance from others in the Atari 2600 homebrew scene who make game cartridges for the system. The easiest and quickest way to test homebrew code on an Atari is the Cuttle Cart, is a cartridge that can hold downloaded code.
"There's nothing like playing a game on the real hardware using real controllers -- emulators can only get you so far," says Grand.
Thanks to emulators and the processing speed of modern computers, the development process for making Atari 2600 games is far more convenient and faster now than it was for those programmers on staff at Atari back in the late 1970s. One advantage they had over present-day homebrewers, though, was the availability of better debugging tools. The members of the Atari 2600 homebrew scene make up for this by relying upon each other's advice and assistance.
"The hardware, simple as it is, is still not fully understood [by us]," says Davie. The homebrew scene learned yet more about the Atari when one of the companies that previously owned the Atari name released additional technical information to the public. "It's only since the circuit diagrams for the TIA chip [a central component of the Atari 2600] have been available, and since some clever individuals started analyzing the operation of the chip, that we're coming to understand why the hardware behaves as it does -- and how to use this knowledge to make effective programs," says Davie.
Besides the 2600's limited amount of memory, homebrew game developers say that the most difficult aspect about writing software for it is dealing with its display kernel. Since the system lacks video RAM, each scanline must be programmed directly. The picture on the screen has to be drawn in synchronization with the video beam, which can be a tricky feat to pull off, and there are only 76 CPU cycles per scanline. The game code must also control vertical synchronization, repositioning the electron beam at the top of the screen to start a new frame.
"Following the raster beam, you have to set each pixel and color just in the right moment to show it. If you want to show a sprite from lines 50 to 60, for example, you have to set the sprite values by hand at exactly the scanlines 50 to 60 on the correct horizontal cycle," explains Quernhorst. "This makes variable sprite positioning quite difficult. Such things are much more easy on other machines, as you can simply set the X or Y values to their registers at any time during your program."
To squeeze out the best screen display under this restriction, the display kernel usually has a unique design for each game. The display for an action game, where objects on the screen move quickly, would need to function differently from that of a puzzle game, where the objects would probably be static.
"You have a limited amount of time [for] each TV frame to do game processing before you have to start drawing the screen again. So you have to guarantee that under all conditions, your game-handling code will finish within that amount of time," says Slocum. "This can be tough since you usually have to cut it close."
Another issue with the 2600's display is that the color order and location of the data bits on the screen are randomly selected. This routine is a time-consuming function which, if not executed properly and placed in the right section of the code, can result in annoying flickering of objects on the screen. For his game, Grand says he made the decision "to run the routine once at the beginning of each level, which led to a quick flicker of the screen. This way, gameplay wouldn't be noticeably affected by flickering every time a data bit was read."
All of this extreme, stripped-down simplicity does have one benefit: making a game can be a one-person effort. "Game development projects for old machines can be done by single developers, while modern game systems require a lot more manpower, if you want to make state-of-the-art games for these platforms," says Quernhorst." It's almost impossible for a single person to create a cool game on a modern platform. It's easier to develop cool games for the ancient machines due to their limitations."
Ultimately, it's more than just the challenge that attracts programmers like Quernhorst and his colleagues to make new games for the Atari -- or for any classic game console. There's a passion and love, not only for the systems themselves, but for the community of fans who have been helping the old hardware remain relevant today.
"It really feels good to know that the time, frustration, and money spent to develop and manufacture the game was all worth it. It's nice to give back to the community and provide people with a new game for an old platform," Grand says.
Homebrew game authors Andrew Davie, Joe Grand, Thomas Jentzsch, Simon Quernhorst, and Paul Slocum discussed with the O'Reilly Network their experiences in making games for the Atari 2600.
O'Reilly Network: What inspired you to make your own Atari 2600 game?
Andrew Davie: I had many games under my belt, but only as programmer/designer. I'd not had the opportunity to develop a full product from concept through programming, marketing, and sales. I saw the 2600 as an ideal platform to do all of these in one go. I also happen to adore the 6502 processor -- the Atari has a variant of this, and was fascinated by the technical challenge of getting the machine to do anything, let alone something interesting. I was originally motivated by Bob Colbert's pioneering work on Okie Dokie.
Thomas Jentzsch: I must admit that I had almost completely forgotten my Atari 2600 when I accidentally found a working emulator for it on the Web. But almost immediately I remembered the fun I had back then. Soon after that, I found the Stella developers group and saw a new challenge for my Assembler programming hobby.
Simon Quernhorst: I'm a collector of Atari VCS cartridges for years now, and I decided to start a development project in 2001. I've been programming demos and games for the Commodore 64 for years. Therefore, the machine language of the VCS was nothing new to me -- just different addresses had to be learned and checked. (Quernhorst created A-VCS-tec, as seen in Figure 3.)
Figure 3. A-VCS-tec Challenge by Simon Quernhorst
Joe Grand: I was already collecting cartridges for the Atari 2600, and I wanted to work on a project that combined my hobby and my professional life -- electrical engineering. Not only did I code the game, but I created a custom circuit board. The boards fit into the standard Atari cartridge cases and all components are easily obtainable at many electronics stores. This made the manufacturing process much easier and less frustrating. I built the first 50 games by hand to sell at a gaming expo and sold out almost instantly.
Paul Slocum: The challenge of programming for such a minimal system, and I really wanted to when I was a kid. I actually still have game designs I drew up in elementary school, although I don't think many are feasible on the 2600.
O'Reilly Network: What's your personal favorite Atari 2600 game? Why?
JG: Activision's Kaboom!. It's the type of game that forces you to get "into the zone" and just space out. It's a very "Zen-like" game. It was the inspiration for SCSIcide.
AD: I don't really have a favorite. I am mostly interested in the technology, rather than the game itself. Having said that, Dig Dug was a very good conversion effort, so I'm partial to that at the moment. Many of the modern homebrews are excellent.
SQ: I'd mention H.E.R.O. It's really good and was well-designed overall. I also enjoy most of the modern homebrew games. Just to mention a few: Qb, Star Fire, Marble Craze, Merlin's Walls, and Thrust (Figure 4).
Figure 4. Thrust by Thomas Jentzsc
TJ: From the classic period, Starmaster. It was one of the very few games I owned, and it combined action with some strategy. I was very addicted to the game back then.
From the modern homebrew games, Oystron. This was one of the first homebrews I found, and it is a great game. It was Oystron that made me want to program my own game. It defined a new level for Atari 2600 homebrewing and showed that a homebrew game could match the old classics.
O'Reilly Network: What interesting technical challenges did you came across when you made your game?
PS: I made it extra hard on myself by doing a paddle game. Paddles must be read while displaying whatever's on the screen, and timing is critical during the display. Since SCSIcide was the first homebrew game to use the paddle, there was no previous work to reference.
One byte of RAM was used to store the current numerical value of the paddle. At the beginning of each frame in the vertical blank, the capacitor inside of the paddle controller is discharged and, a few cycles later, set to recharge. During every scanline draw, the value of the capacitor is read. How long the capacitor in the paddle takes to charge determines the vertical position of the [player character] on the screen.
For example, less resistance in the potentiometer of the paddle will cause the capacitor to charge more quickly, and place the [player] towards the top of the screen. If the paddle is moved in the other direction, increasing the resistance of the potentiometer, the capacitor will take a longer time to charge, and the [player] will be placed lower down the screen. Programming efficient and "non-fluttering" paddle control took the longest amount of development time and required a great deal of experimentation with the Atari 2600 system.
SQ: The Atari VCS can only handle banks of 4kb at one time, and a technique called "bankswitching" is used to access more
ROM. You can tell the machine which of the 4kb banks is currently in use and
access this ROM then. The problem is that the memory is always numbered in the
same way. This means that an address
$0F00, for example, is used
two times; once in Bank 1 and once in Bank 2. When jumping from one bank to the
other, the processor jumps into Bank 2 at just the address where you left Bank
1. For example, a bankswitch command at
$0E03 in Bank 1 lets the
processor continue at Address
$0E06 in Bank 2.
O'Reilly Network: Did you develop any unique code that takes advantage of the Atari 2600's technology?
TJ: For Thrust, I invented a smooth looking, bi-directional "delayed" scrolling that is still quite unique for the 2600.
JG: My proudest achievement was implementing the paddle support, but I also created a six-digit hexadecimal scoring routine based on some old score display code, and implemented a cool random number to generate the random color and location of the data bits on the screen.
AD: The Interleaved ChronoColour technology was independently developed, but does duplicate similar technology already available on other machines. It introduces "full-color" bitmap images on the Atari 2600, where previously only single-color-per-pixel images were possible. This has extended the graphics capability of the 2600 significantly. The technology involves real-time multiplexing, in time and space, of red-green-blue-component images to achieve a color image.
SQ: I invented a PAL/NTSC-switch on Mental Kombat. As far as I know, no other game now uses this technique. This makes the cartridge run on any machine worldwide without problems or mixed-up colors.
PS: I'd say my most innovative work was with music. I wrote a music driver that managed to do fairly decent music in spite of only having two sound channels and very limited pitch. And the driver uses very little processor time, so you can easily run it in the background in-game.
O'Reilly Network: What advice do you have for others who are interested in making their own homebrew games for the Atari 2600?
SQ: If you already know assembly and machine language: take a lot of time and patience and prepare for a very exact programming challenge. The 2600 is very timing-sensitive. Using too many cycles in one scanline may, for example, lead to mixed-up graphics and colors. In very timing-sensitive routines, counting the cycles of every operation by hand might help to ensure that you're not using too many cycles.
JG: Experiment, experiment, experiment, and be patient! There are a huge number of resources available now that provide disassembled games, commented source code, development tools, emulators, and discussion lists.
It might appear easy, since there are so many homebrew game projects going on right now. But take small steps and play around a lot. That is the best way to learn. There are lots of people in the community willing to help out new developers.
Writing a game takes time, as does thinking up graphics and packaging, making the cartridges, etc. You won't make a quick buck, so only do it if you love it.
Howard Wen is a freelance writer who has contributed frequently to O'Reilly Network and written for Salon.com, Playboy.com, and Wired, among others.
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Whereas Dave Ramsey's Baby Steps have often been dissected one at a time, my goal in this post is to give an overview of the steps as a unit and explain why the order is essential.
Hopefully, these steps can help you create a focused life plan for your finances, regardless of your age or financial well being.
First, the Baby Steps:
- Step 1: $1,000 in an emergency fund.
- Step 2: Pay off all debt except the house utilizing the debt snowball.
- Step 3: Three to six months of savings in a fully funded emergency fund.
- Step 4: Invest 15% of your household income into Roth IRAs and pre-tax retirement plans.
- Step 5: College Funding
- Step 6: Pay off your home early.
- Step 7: Build wealth and give.
The Power of Focus
Dave's premise with the Baby Steps is that people can accomplish great things IF they can just be focused. When you read over these seven steps, you think, "Yes. I need to be saving. But I also need to be investing for retirement. I should get my house paid off early. But I also need to be getting out of debt and saving for my kid's college."
You would readily agree that all of these goals are important for successful financial planning. The problem is that your stress level kicks into overdrive with the prospect of doing them all. You clench your jaw and do what you are capable of doing while feeling anxious about the goals you place on the back burner.
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- Title
- The scarcity of intellectual property
- Author(s)
- Ciro, Tony
- Abstract
- It has long been argued that intellectual property is justified on a number of alternative bases. Economic, labour and spiritual theories have been advanced to justify propertising intellectual creations. The thesis of this article is that justifications used for tangible property cannot be used to support the propertising of intellectual property. Intellectual property differs to tangible property because tangible creations are physically scarce. Intellectual property does not suffer from the same scarcity problem because it makes use of a plentiful commodity in the form of information. Intellectual property becomes scarce because of artificial constraints which are imposed by a legal framework that restricts access to public dissemination and use of the intellectual work that is created. It is, therefore, argued that justifications used to support the propertising of tangible property cannot be used to justify the propertising of intangible creations. Instead, an explanation founded upon the creation and protection of investor value can be advanced to explain, but not justify, the enforcement of intellectual property rights as they currently exist.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- The Journal of Information, Law and Technology (JILT), no. 1 (2005)
- Publication year
- 2005
- Keyword(s)
- ACCC; Australian Competition and Consumer Commission; Commercial information; Government secrets; Intellectual property; Market instrumentalism; Pareto equilibrium; Personality theory; Resource allocations; Trade secrets
- Publisher
- University of Warwick
- 1361-4169
- Publisher URL
- Peer reviewed


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Telling Vermont's Italian storyCourtesy of Tomasi Family
Mari Tomasi and her English setter enjoy some quiet moments as Tomasi writes, most likely during her years writing for the Works Progress Administration. She lived in Montpelier her whole life and wrote about Barre.
When Mari Tomasi died of cancer in 1965, she still lived in the house where she was born at 63 Barre St. in Montpelier.
The street is significant for a couple of reasons. First, it is named for the town she immortalized in much of her written work, and Montpelier's other great novelist, D.P. Thompson, in the 19th century also made his home on Barre Street, a few hundred yards from the Tomasi house.
Tomasi is best known today for her second novel, "Like Lesser Gods," as well as the compendium of oral history interviews collected for the Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration from 1938 to 1940. The project used tax dollars to employ journalists and fiction writers during the difficult years of the Depression.
Despite the increased interest in her work over the past several years, Tomasi's personal life remains, to a great degree, a mystery. Her nieces, Linda and Barbara, remember a stylish woman who was so appealing that people were drawn to her. Embracing her Italian heritage, Tomasi cooked in the Piedmont tradition, and polenta was a staple on the Tomasi table.
In season, she gathered wild mushrooms in the forests around Berlin Pond, and every fall she harvested chestnuts from trees along Three Mile Bridge Road. Like many in town, she picked dandelions for wine and served the greens in salads.
A doting aunt, she had pet names for her nephews and nieces, selected from classical mythology, remembered all of their birthdays, and encouraged them to speak Italian. Despite her vivacious nature she was a devout Catholic, and religious icons and symbols were rife in the Barre Street home she shared with her family. Priests from the church down the street often came to their home to celebrate the Mass for Tomasi's infirm mother, and a font of holy water near their front door was refreshed weekly. Once she even paid niece Barbara a dollar to learn the Hail Mary in Latin.
She was very active in the Poetry Society of Vermont, and Berlin poet Arthur Hewitt was a great friend, kindred spirit and enthusiastic supporter of her verse.
Linda and Barbara remember family outings on Sunday afternoons in Tomasi's gold Studebaker or Aunt Mari working in her beautifully maintained perennial garden, where a typewriter mounted atop a stump served as her makeshift study in fair weather.
Early life
Tomasi's parents emigrated from Turin, Italy, to Montpelier in the early 20th century, and she was born (as Marie) in the capital city on Jan. 30, 1907. At birth she had a walking disability, and her gait was marked by a distinctive limp. She was taken to Burlington for corrective surgery, which was partly successful, and later convalesced on a trip to Italy. Never marrying, she remained at her family home at 63 Barre St., pursuing a career as a writer and journalist. She never regretted her dedication to writing and her family.
Tomasi found time to work as an editor for the Montpelier Evening Argus during the war years, as well as edit the Vermont State Welfare Magazine, compile three state legislative yearbooks and serve briefly as Montpelier's representative to the Vermont General Assembly. She also wrote for Vermont Life.
Her parents, Bartolomeo and Margarita, chose Vermont for their home because the Green Mountains resembled the area around northern Italy's Lake Como and the countryside near Turin from whence they came. In Montpelier they established a grocery and cigar store. Tomasi attended St. Michael's School on Barre Street. After graduation it has been reported that she briefly attended Wheaton College. It is known that she attended Trinity College in Burlington, a Catholic school. With her father's death in 1926 she no longer had the resources to pay for tuition and left academia to test her ability as a writer for newspapers and magazines.
Through the Poetry Society of Vermont she met Arthur Wallace "Pop" Peach, a professor at Norwich University, who recognized and nurtured her talent.
Her first book, "Deep Grow the Roots," published in 1940, is set in fascist Italy and brought her distinction as a new American novelist. The novel is a warning about the menace of Mussolini and his virulent fascist form of government. Very likely it was based on her visit to Italy. The novel had modest sales, but Tomasi's work was well received by the critics as a promising new voice in fiction, earning her recognition and a fellowship to the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference at Middlebury College.
Barre's story
While working on her first novel, she was employed by the WPA for the Writers Project. She collected oral histories in Barre, and her work, aside from contributing to source material for the Granite City, instilled in her the knowledge and background of the granite industry (she collaborated on a thesaurus of terms used in the manufacture of monuments) that enabled her, with the support of a Bruce Fellowship, to write "Like Lesser Gods," her enduring second novel that has been hailed as a significant work in the literature of Italian-Americans.
It is set in the fictional village of Granitetown, unmistakably Barre. The theme of immigrant assimilation is in stark contrast to the imminent tragedy of silicosis, the disease that sent legions of stonecutters to an early grave. This tragedy was compounded by the fact that the carvers loved their art and practiced their craft despite its mortal consequences.
Originally published in 1949, the book has seen two subsequent printings, first in 1988 and again 10 years later. Despite a style that may seem dated to some, the book has been popular as a means of interpreting the Italian-American immigrant experience and as an insight to the lives of Italian stonecutters in Barre.
To Tomasi, the granite is even more interesting as a symbol. "It is not merely blasted, hoisted out of the earth, sawed, carved, polished, and shipped to far-off places. Certainly, the granite is reminiscent of the ice in Thoreau's Walden Pond, which in winter was cut from the top of the pond and sent all over the world. Like the ice, the granite celebrates a region but also, by its distribution, achieves a level of both actual and symbolic universality."
The leading character of "Like Lesser Gods," Pietro, also appears in Tomasi's short story "Stone," published in 1942. In this instance the disease slowly compromises his health, and Pietro is admitted to a sanatorium that resembles the one that once cared for sufferers on Beckley Hill in Barre. There he dies the slow and inevitable death from silicosis but, nevertheless, content in the satisfaction of his art.
The WPA interviews later published as "Men Against Granite" were collected primarily by Tomasi with assistance from Roaldus Richmond, whose work on the project was primarily administrative and who would also become a novelist in the genre of Western fiction. Under the direction of folklorist Ben Botkin, they used a questionnaire to collect basic information from their sources and then conducted a free-ranging interview in which the informant became a storyteller.
The expressed purpose of the project was to create a body of interviews that would extol the melting pot of America, featuring Barre's wide range of ethnic groups. Botkin intended the archive to combat the nationalistic fervor of fascism, which had become popular in Italy and Germany. Sadly, the collection of interviews remained unpublished for more than 60 years. New Deal projects were often discredited in their time because of suspicions of the political agendas of many of the participants. Nevertheless, the 52 narratives that compose "Men Against Granite" evoke the Granite City in all its pre-war glory.
At this time, while still working for the WPA, Tomasi also began the research that would become "The Italian Story in Vermont," a substantial nonfiction work that appeared in Vermont History in 1960.
Whether she is considered enigmatic or self-effacing, her work has seen a resurgence of interest among critics who study the literature of the immigrant experience. Her equal devotion to the ideals of her family and heritage, as much as literature, may account for the small body of work she produced in her short life. But in recent decades her work has been read as much (if not more) as when she lived on Barre Street in Montpelier.
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Geneva Motor Show The Geneva Motor Show, known simply as 'Salon Auto' to connoisseurs, will run from the March 6 to March 16. Automakers from around the world will converge on the Swiss city to display their latest designs and innovations. Financial News takes a look at some of the most hotly anticipated cars at this year's event.
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Petrol heads around the world are about to get their first look at brand new cars from the likes of Ferrari, Bentley and Lamborghini, as the 84th Geneva International Motor Show prepares to open its doors.


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An explosion in a Sandmarine forces the WDC and the WSC to either join forces or risk dying at the bottom of the Sand-sea. Can they stop fighting long enough to save their own lives?
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Remembering Chuck
I've never been one to blame the manager for a team's short comings.
It's the job of the team with its skills and talents to live up to the true potential.
However, behind every great team is an even greater coach. Chuck Tanner was the epitome of that kind of great coach.
He was heralded as the ultimate "player's manager" with not only his knowledge of the game but interpersonal relationships with the members of his team.
Those "Beyond Baseball" commercials seen on TV truly define what Tanner saw through the national past time.
In a statement, Pirates President Frank Coonelly said "Chuck was a class act who always carried himself with grace, humility and integrity. While no one had a sharper baseball mind, Chuck was loved by his players and the city of Pittsburgh because he was always positive, enthusiastic and optimistic about his Bucs and life in general."
Even though the city of Pittsburgh is far removed from having a heartbeat for baseball the outpouring of support has been overwhelming. People who haven't seen, or cared about, a baseball game for ages cared about Tanner and remembered a time long ago when baseball was the living and dying point of the Steel City. Tanner brought attention to the game and even though it took his death to garner the necessary support, there has been a wonderful display of emotion to Tanner, himself, his family and the Pirates.
A nationwide audience has bestowed best wishes to the club and Tanner. Being a feature on Sports Center, ESPN's bottom line, MLB Netowork and even the nightly national news, Tanner was a perfect ambassador to baseball and was adored for generations. For a time on Twitter, his name was even trending along the likes of Justin Bieber and Egypt.
Moving forward, the centerpiece of teh "We-Are- Fam-a-lee" Bucs of 1979, Tanner's legacy will never be duplicated. He wasn't the winningest manager of his time or in Pittsburgh, but he still has the distinction of being the last skipper to lead the Pirates to the World Series.
He will surely be missed. His spirit has never wilted from the organization as even up to his dying days he was an advisor to the General Manager in the Pirates front office. Tanner will always be a part of the Pittsburgh Pirates, his attitude forever etched inside of all ballplayers that set foot in PNC Park. He did his job, now it would be nice for the Pirates to give back. As I'm sure will be the case, Tanner needs to be honored in the 2011 season. A patch on the jersey would be great but a memorial within the walls of PNC Park would be a great tip-of-the cap to a Western Pennsylvania native and true believer in the black and gold.
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Some people called ex- Pittsburgh legend Willie Stargell the "Papa" of the "We Are Family" crew. If that is true, then Chuck Tanner was the wise grandfather figure who everyone listened to when he spoke.
Not out of simply respect, but the man knew the game of baseball with a keen eye for the small things that became big in the clutch.
I hope that the Pirates do a patch or some form of honorable remembrance for the clubhouse guru who truly kept the beat for the family vibe.
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Will miss Tanner. It's not often managers get traded. Only the good ones. I need a '79 Pirates striped 'Dictator' cap, Matt. Not a fake one. Something genuine. Where or where?
I have a lot of memories of Chuck and the Pirates coming to Shea in the 70's. He was most definitely a class act; sorry for your Pirates' Family loss.
I just changed the oil on the 'ol blog site and I'm ready for another season. Good luck this year Matt.
Nice piece. Tanner was one of a kind and really knew talent. I wrote a post a few weeks ago about Goose Gossage and mentioned Tanner in it several times. Tanner was really the one that made Gossage into the closer and HOFer that he became.
I loved the '79 Pirates! Tanner brought it all together. I even loved the hats.
"He wasn't the winningest manager of his time" but his leadership and enthusiasm for the game shaped a lot of ballplayers and made quite an impact on the Pirates and on the game. A memorial would definitely be fitting.
Did you know that as a player, Tanner was one of the original Angels? And he was a Milwaukee Brave. Quite a history really.
I too loved that '79 team. My Dodgers had won the NL pennant in '77 and '78, but sucked in '79. So when the Pirates, with a lot of players I liked, represented the NL (and I rationalized, I would probably root for almost anyone but Philly), it was easy to root for them. And when they fell behind in the World Series, it was easy to believe they'd come back with the spirit they showed. That era is when I developed a soft spot in my heart for the Pirates. They are one of the few other teams that I really enjoyed seeing win it all.
Count me as another that loved that '79 team. I remember so well watching them on TV. Their enthusiam was contagious. Nice tribute Matt. Like Kristen said, a memorial would be fitting.


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Three Rivers High School students Ashlee Deleon, Anahi Avendano and Adrianne Saenz are to be commended for raising $1,900 for Layel Lowe.
Their goal was to raise $1,000 to toward medical equipment.
They raised money through a raffle, which included donated items: a blanket they made, candy sales and a bake sale.
The girls were in complete charge of all these events and did a wonderful job.
Their advisers are Jacqueline Coquat and Natalie Carroll.
Thank you to everyone who donated raffle items, money time and love.
We are proud to live in such a caring community.
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February 5, 2013
Anne S. Clapper, 91, of County Highway 107 Amsterdam stepped into eternity on February 5, 2013 in Venice, FL.
She was predeceased by her husband, William H. Clapper who died March 26, 2010.
Survivors include a son, Dale (Char) Clapper and three grandchildren, Dale II, Derek N. and Drew Clapper, all of Venice, FL; and three sisters, Marg Dawes of Glens Falls, Helen Szymanski of West Palm Beach, FL, and Mary Wharton of Clifton Park.
A private graveside service will be held in the spring at the Broadalbin-Mayfield Rural Cemetery.
Local arrangements are by the Robert M. Halgas Funeral Home, Inc. 111 County Highway 106 Johnstown.


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What is Common Grounds?
Our Mission
Common Grounds provides a place at EMU where:
- relationships develop in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere
- talents, beliefs and ideas can be safely expressed
- a variety of food and drinks are offered
- a wide range of engaging events occur
- operations are financially responsible and environmentally sustainable
- students gain valuable skills and experience in leadership and service
Our Vision
Common Grounds will serve as the premiere place on campus to come together to encourage dialogue, develop relationships, build community and support learning within EMU, extending out to the world beyond.
A little history…
In December 2001, EMU received a grant from the Lilly Foundation. In EMU's proposal, a coffeehouse was visualized as a place where students, faculty and staff could come together to comfortably and safely dialogue about meaningful topics.
The Lilly and University Accord Directors, along with SIFE (Students In Free Enterprise), took an abandoned area next to the old gym and transformed it into a coffeehouse. "Common Grounds Coffeehouse" was the name chosen from a campus-wide vote, and the spirit of that name has always shaped the way it has been an open and inclusive place for all. The grand opening was December 4, 2002, with the doors opening permanently in January 2003.
Through the years, Common Grounds has evolved to better serve the interests and needs of the campus community. Changes in student leadership, menu, services, equipment, furniture and artwork have all contributed to the feel of the space. For many, our atmosphere has always had the unmistakable feel of home.
In 2005, a renovation headed by student manager, Ben Beitzel, completely remodeled and upgraded the kitchen and counter area. Also in 2005, oversight for Common Grounds was shifted to the Division of Student Life, demonstrating just how invaluable it had become in only 2 short years. Complete financial responsibility shifted to Student Life with the end of the Lilly Grant in 2009. In 2010, as part of the long-awaited "Phase II Commons Renovation", Common Grounds saw its overall space increase. This renovation notably included a new floor, a new office, a stage, better lighting, and heat/air conditioning.
The people
From the first day, Common Grounds has always had EMU students in key operations and leadership roles. It is the staff who bring the space to life, with their warmth, energy and care. Common Grounds has 5 student managers who serve in a leadership capacity, overseeing all services and functions for the facility. In addition, 15 students run the daily operations as barista.
The last important part of Common Grounds is you—thank you for being a part of what makes us shine. We hope you'll come in and stay a while.
For general inquiries and information about Common Grounds contact: EMU Student Life at 540-432-4135 or
Common Grounds is located on the first floor of the University Commons, next to the Student Art Gallery and the Lee Eshleman Studio Theater. (See Campus Map)