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Week one complete! My week started with an Arrival Workshop for the first three days and then ended with the start of classes. The professors seem very intelligent and have nice accents. One of the things I like most about … Continue reading
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Intelligent Payload Processing for New Decadal Missions
The time has come for intelligent image processing onboard the spacecraft to provide real-time ad-hoc products to our end-users. This presentation was given at the HyspIRI workshop at the NASA Greenbelt Technology Center. Scan the tag to access the screencast… if you know about Microsoft Tags!
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Just hours after Major League Baseball unveiled plans to expand instant replay in 2014, the Padres might have cried foul. Or out. Or safe.
No matter. It's still 2013, and the final word of the night was loss, as in another defeat helped along by a lack of help. One day after the Padres wasted seven strong innings by Andrew Cashner in Colorado, Tyson Ross followed with seven brilliant innings, only to have his latest gem scuffed and nicked both before and after his exit in the Mets' 4-1 victory Thursday.
Ross threw 74 of a career-high 109 pitches for strikes. He struck out eight, allowed five hits and didn't issue a walk in a start for the first time this season. He even cranked a rare single, a promising sign for someone who went on the disabled list early this season with a left shoulder injury.
"Ross really threw the ball great and has really taken to a lot of the instruction he's getting from (pitching coach) Darren Balsley," Padres manager Bud Black said. "He was poised on the mound and great between innings.
"He's getting regular reps between starts. Consistent work and a consistent four days between starts has been really beneficial."
In five outings since rejoining the rotation, Ross has compiled a 1.32 earned-run average over 34 innings.
"My fastball command is getting better every time out and you can see that with no walks," Ross said. "My bullpen work has really helped me out."
The same could not be said of his offense, which has given him just four runs of support in his last four starts.
"We had to do our part offensively and we couldn't get those guys on board (across the plate)," first baseman Yonder Alonso said after the Padres left eight runners on base. "It's frustrating. Just frustrated."
Ross departed Thursday's contest with the Petco Park scoreboard showing a 1-1 tie, the Padres stymied by fellow right-hander Zack Wheeler, who racked up 12 strikeouts in six innings.
Marlon Byrd hit a two-run double off Luke Gregerson in the eighth for the go-ahead blow. John Buck's home run in the ninth might as well have been a knockout punch.
The Padres were first staggered in the fourth, though the Mets may have gotten away with one. Third baseman Josh Satin rolled a soft ground ball toward short. Ronny Cedeno charged, bare-handed the ball and whipped it to Alonso for an apparent third out. But first base umpire Brian Knight ruled Alonso had come off the bag.
Daniel Murphy, meantime, scored from second to give the Mets a 1-0 lead. Even as Satin was credited with an infield single and an RBI, video replays showed Alonso had kept a foot on the bag.
"It's such a bang-bang play that it's hard to know what happened," Alonso said. "Any time a run scores, you're frustrated."
Earlier Thursday, Commissioner Bud Selig announced MLB's intentions to bolster its video review process next season. The proposal, aimed at reducing the number of incorrect calls made in games, will be voted upon by the owners in November.
Under the proposed rules, managers would be allowed one challenge over the first six innings of the game and two from the seventh inning until the completion of the game. In 2014, a call such as Knight's might be overturned.
Said Black: "We can talk about that next year."
Meanwhile, in 2013, the Padres slogged through another frustrating attempt at run support.
In the bottom of the fourth, they loaded the bases with one out. They came away with only one run, on Jaff Decker's game-tying sac fly.
Ross laced his single in the fifth. Leadoff hitter Will Venable followed with a single to extend his career-best hitting streak to 12 games. Alonso lined a single into center, whereupon Ross was waved home rounding third.
The 6-foot-6 pitcher slid into home but was called out by umpire Dan Iassogna. Safe or not, the play was not reviewed. The Padres remained stuck in 2013.
"I'm definitely not as fast as I thought I was," Ross said, before adding, "It's a shot we have to take. Hopefully, next time I'm a little bit lighter (on my feet)."
Another close call, though, did come under inspection. In the third, Rene Rivera narrowly missed hitting his fifth major-league home run, and his first since 2011. His drive to left-center glanced off the glove of a leaping Eric Young Jr., bounced once off the top of the wall and landed on the warning track.
Under the home run replay rules currently in use, the play was reviewed. Rivera settled for his first career triple.
A familiar scene for the Padres unfolded as Ross and Venable both went down swinging to strand a runner in scoring position.
Minus the suspended Everth Cabrera and the injured Carlos Quentin, the Padres started rookie Jedd Gyorko (0-for-4) in the cleanup spot for just the third time this year. They went 2-for-10 with RISP.


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Chestnuts are usually a forgotten snack until the special days of winter. However, waffles made with steamed chestnuts, drizzled with maple syrup and topped with perfectly crisp bacon, are a great way to energize, even on busy days. Chestnuts are even gluten-free, so those with food allergies can indulge in a delicious breakfast on a chilly wintry morning, too! Here's how to serve up this hearty morning delight!
- 2 cups gluten free, all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup milk
- 6 slices thick cut bacon
- 1 and 1/2 cups coarsely chopped, jarred chestnuts
1Preheat a medium skillet over medium high heat and cook bacon until brown and crisp. Keep the drippings for later use. Transfer cooked bacon to paper towels to drain.
2In a blender, blend the egg, milk and 2 tablespoon (29.6 ml) bacon drippings.
3Slowly add in the dry ingredients, blending until smooth.
4Add in 1 cup of the chestnuts and blend until smooth.
5Pour batter into a bowl and add in the remaining chestnuts.
6Preheat waffle iron until hot and brush iron with remaining bacon drippings.
7Scoop batter onto waffle iron and cook until steaming stops. (About 3-4 minutes)
8Serve hot with crumbled bacon and other desired toppings.
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FMR SWF Edit
Till Adobe Captivate 4, Full Motion Recording (FMR) SWF editing feature existed as a separate application outside captivate. With Adobe Captivate 5 this feature has been integrated within captivate. This feature supports the following operations – trimming of frames from an FMR SWF, inserting FMR SWFs in to another FMR SWF, splitting of FMR SWFs and merging a set of FMR SWFs. All these operations could be undone and redone. Note that this FMR edit doesn't modify any of the other objects, such as audio etc, on the slide as this feature is designed for editing of FMR SWFs than FMR Slides.
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FMR Slide
These are slides which have FMR SWFs as their background. These slides can be easily identified by the special icon attached to these slides in filmstrip as shown below (with a red circle around). These slides can be created by creating project using "record new project" menu and chooses "Full motion recording" as recording type. These slides can also be added to an existing project using Insert => recording slide menu. If an FMR SWF is readily available, then inserting a blank slide and changing the slide background to the SWF using the property inspector would create an FMR slide. Please note that FMR slides can't be created by copy pasting/drag dropping FMR SWFs on to a blank slide.
Figure 1
Property Inspector (PI)
On selecting an FMR slide, the FMR edit options in the property inspector become available as shown in the figure 2. Here user can select among different editing options such as trim, insert and split and select different parameters for a given edit operation.
Figure 2
Time line
On selecting an FMR slide, few changes can be seen in the time line.
- Based on the selected edit operation, different black markers are seen along with the play-head in the time line. On selecting trim operation, 2 black markers – one for starting point for trim and one for ending point for trim become visible (as shown in Figure 3(a)). On selecting the insert or split operation a single marker becomes visible (as shown in the Figure 3(b))
- A red line appears in the time line indicating the duration of the FMR SWF in the slide. After FMR edit, the length of red-line in the time line changes to depict the result of editing. The black markers can't be moved beyond the red line on the time line.
Figure 3(a) Figure 3(b)
Edit operations
Trimming frames
Select the "trim" option in FMR Edit "Options" dropdown in the PI (Figure 2). Then specify the starting point, from where the frames need to be trimmed, and the end point, till where the frames need to be trimmed, either by keying in the value in to "Trim from" and "To" fields or by dragging the mouse on these fields to adjust the same or by placing the play-head at appropriate position on the timeline and clicking the "Snap to Playhead" buttons in the PI thereafter. On pressing "Trim" button, the operation is performed and the timeline is updated accordingly.
Inserting FMR SWFs
Select the "insert" option in FMR edit "Options" dropdown in PI. Specify the point at which the FMR SWF needs to be inserted by keying in the value in "Insert At" field or by dragging the mouse on the field to adjust the same or by placing the play-head at appropriate position on the timeline and using "Snap to Playhead" button in the PI thereafter. On pressing "Insert" button, a dialog would appear in which all the FMR SWFs in the library are listed. The preview of these SWFs is also available in this dialog. In addition, a browse button enables the user to select a FMR SWF file from any location. Note that only FMR SWFs of Adobe Captivate 5 (or upgraded to Adobe Captivate 5) are accepted, selecting any other SWF to insert will throw an error. Note that if an FMR SWF is inserted from outside the project, that SWF is NOT brought in to the library as a resource.
Splitting FMR SWFs
Select the "Split" option in FMR edit "Options" dropdown in PI. Specify the point at which FMR SWF needs to be split by keying in the value in "Split At" field or by dragging the mouse on the field to adjust the same or by placing the play-head at appropriate position on the timeline and using "Snap to Playhead" button in the PI thereafter. On pressing "Split" button, the FMR SWF is split in to two. A new FMR slide is created with the second part of the SWF as its background. Note that the objects in the original slide remain intact and do not move to the second slide.
Merging FMR SWFs
This option appears in the right click menu when multiple FMR slides are selected in the filmstrip. On merging, the FMR SWFs from all the slides get merged to the FMR SWF of the slide with the lowest slide number irrespective of the order of selection. Note that the objects in the merged slides do not move to the destination slide.
Changes in Library
In the library, after each of the edit operation, new FMR SWF files named "previousname_1.SWF", "previousname_2.SWF" etc. become available in the library and the original file will NOT be available anymore. For e.g. if the previous name of the SWF was fullmotion1_1.SWF then split operation will create two SWF files named fullmotion1_1_1.SWF and fullmotion1_1_2.SWF.
Error messages
There three important error messages that one encounters while using this feature.
- "The input file is not in the FMR SWF format" – This error message is shown when user tries to insert a non-FMR SWF in to an FMR SWF.
- "The height/width of the input file is not the same as height/width specified for the project" – This error message is shown when user tries to insert a FMR SWF whose height/width do not match that of the destination SWF file.
- "Cannot merge the files as the sum of the frames in the resultant SWF file will be too large" – This error message is shown when user tries to insert/merge FMR SWF files resulting in a SWF file whose frame count is greater than the frame count limit put by the SWF format (16000)
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I just figured out when you 'trim', you only trim the video part. If you have an audio channel, you have to edit that separately in the 'Audio' panel. You can not 'trim' both video and audio at the same time. This makes it hard to synch….
How come when I split the slide, the audio doesn't also split? Same when I trim the slide. Only the FMR gets trimmed, but the audio remains at its original length. How do I trim both audio and FMR at the same time?
As of now this feature is only about editing FMR SWFs. Could you send your requirements (editing FMR SWF and audio together) in an e-mail to "firstname.lastname@example.com" so that we would consider this for our next version.
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Hoping for some help. Just captured a sample FMR to test out editing.
When I click on a point in time on my Timeline, the display always
reverts to the beginning of the recording. What can I select to 'see'
the point of my video that I want to insert objects, delete, edit, etc.
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For this trip we did a road trip of sorts. We began by flying to New Orleans and spending 2 days there. From there we made our way to Cajun country and spent 2 days in that area. We ended by driving across Louisiana to San Antonio TX where we spent our last couple of days. I had been to both New Orleans and San Antonio before, but my parents who I traveled with, had not. None of us had been to the Cajun country before, so that was a new experience for all.
Our trip started on a Saturday and we flew out of Boston on the Jetblue nonstop flight to New Orleans. The flight took off a little late and we arrived late due to having to take a longer route because of a front moving across the country that was producing turbulence. We landed about 3:40pm and claimed our luggage by about 4:10. The cab ride to the French Quarter took about 25 min to arrive at our hotel, the Omni Royal Orleans. I had stayed at this hotel once before and found it to be the perfect location on the corner of St. Louis and Chartres streets.
We had 2 hotel rooms---my parents were assigned room 351 and I was assigned 445. Room 351 is a small queen room with courtyard view and 445 is a king Jacuzzi suite with courtyard view ( I too originally booked a queen room, but received a free upgrade). However, we ended up switching rooms since the queen room is quite small and the suite was pretty big, so it made more sense for the party of 2 to take the room with more space.
We had a 6pm reservation at Brennan's that night, so we took our time walking over and arrived a little before they opened for dinner service. We started with drinks--margaritas for my mother and I and a martini for my father. The meal began with garlic bread and half French loaf. I started with the Creole onion soup which is different than French Onion. The Creole soup was thicker, had a different taste that I can't really explain and was served with croutons and parmesan cheese. My father had the oyster soup which he also enjoyed. My father, having ordered the 4 course prix fix menu, was then also served a Brennan salad (salad with a Creole style dressing). My next course was the Filet Blange which was a beef filet stuffed with Boursin cheese, peppercorns on the outside and finished with a fruity reduction. My mother had the Tournedos Chantéclair--which was 3 small filets each with a different sauce. My father had the Red Fish. For dessert my mother and I both had the Bananas Foster which is prepared tableside. The waiter wheels a cart over to your table and fills a pan with bananas and brown sugar and rum. Then he adds more rum and it flames up creating a spectacle. It is then served over vanilla ice cream. My father opted for something simpler and had the chocolate pecan pie. We all really enjoyed our meals and it was the perfect start to our vacation. In fact, Brennan's ended up being our favorite meal of the trip, though all the meals we had were delicious.
After dinner we walked around the French Quarter, down Royal St, to Pirate's Alley, around Jackson Sq to Decatur St, up Bienville and then back down Bourbon before going back to the hotel. Being Saturday night, Bourbon Street was in all its glory--packed with people in various states of disarray.
Sunday I got up and went swimming in the rooftop pool at 6:30am before we went over to Café du Monde for breakfast. We arrived there about 7:45am and most of the serving staff comes on at 8am so we had to wait a while for service. We all got an order of beignets and café au lait. I think we could have done with just 2 orders of beignets as each order has 3 large beignets.
After breakfast we did a walking tour of the French Quarter that we got out of our Frommer's guide. This took us from 8:30am until 11:30am and we basically walked up and down the different streets admiring the brightly colored buildings with wrought iron balconies dripping with flowers and greenery. We loved the architecture of the French Quarter and could have just kept walking up and down streets discovering more gems.
For lunch we had muffulettas at Frank's on Decatur St. We went there since Central Grocery is closed on Sunday and Monday. It turned out well; at least we had a table to eat the sandwich, where if you get one from Central Grocery you end up eating a greasy sandwich on a park bench which is what I did on my last visit! We got one and a half sandwiches so we each had half which was plenty; we could have gotten by with one quarter each. We all enjoyed the sandwich, which I'm sure everyone knows is an Italian sort of bread with a chopped olive salad, olive oil and various cold cuts.
After lunch we walked through Jackson Square and then got a cab to the World War II Museum which is outside the French Quarter. We spent about 3 hours at the museum before heading back to the hotel. I then decided to go to Antoine's Annex to get a gelato--the line moved very slowly but I got a single pralines and cream gelato which was pretty good but not the best I've ever had.
I then sat by the pool until it was time to head to our 6pm reservation at Café Giovanni. Here, my father got a Tuscan asparagus appetizer which had prosciutto and cheese with it. My mother and I had peach bellinis to drink. I had veal picatta for my main course, my father had voodoo shrimp and my mother had veal marsala. For dessert I had tiramisu, which was served in a pool of caramel sauce. My mother had a white chocolate bread pudding in bananas foster sauce and my father had a strawberry parfait which was essentially strawberries and whipped cream. We all enjoyed our meals once again.
After dinner I walked around taking night photos and decided to get a Hand Grenade drink from Tropic Isle. For those not familiar with them, Hand Grenades are ubiquitous around the French Quarter. They are served in a tall fluorescent green plastic glass that resembles a hand grenade at the bottom and then has a tall spout on top. The drink is served with a long straw and is garnished with a small, green plastic hand grenade toy. It was good and had a melon flavor. They give the illusion of being large, but they have a lot of ice in them and the tall narrow neck of the glass does not hold a ton of liquid. Once you purchase the first drink, if you return with your glass they give you a dollar off the full price for refills. I didn't take advantage of this, as I'm not a big drinker.
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Trip Report: New Orleans, Cajun Country . . . . and San Antonio TX
For this trip we did a road trip of sorts. We began by flying to New Orleans and spending 2 days there. From there we made our way to Cajun country and spent 2 days in that area. We ended by driving across Louisiana to San Antonio TX where we spent our last couple of days. I had been to both New Orleans and San Antonio before, but my parents who I traveled with, had not. None of us had been to the Cajun country before, so that was a new experience for all.
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Monday I once again got up at 6am to go swimming. At 7:30am we walked down Royal St to Café Beignet. We all got beignets and café au lait and while it was good, we liked the coffee and beignets at Café du Monde better. The ones from Café Beignet are rectangular and are a different consistency to the dough, while the ones from Café du Monde have more sugar, more flavor to the dough and are less uniform in shape. We also thought the café au lait from Café du Monde had a better flavor. I suggest trying both places to make your own judgment!
After breakfast we continued walking over to Canal Street to catch the St. Charles streetcar line to the Garden District. You board at the far corner of Canal and Carondelet.We got off at Washington Street and then walked up and down the streets in the Garden District, admiring all the lovely homes. They are all so different; another interesting thing to us was that the sidewalks are different in front of each home as well. Once again we followed a Frommer's guide tour. After the tour we got back on the street car and got off at Tulane University to look around the campus quickly. Lastly, we got back on the streetcar to head back to the French Quarter.
Our next activity was to be a cruise on the steamboat Natchez which boards behind the Jackson Brewery building. We had time for lunch before the cruise so we ate at the Gumbo Pot in the brewery building. My father got the seafood gumbo and my mother and I shared a roast beef po boy. It was fine, though not one of my favorites. The sandwich was huge and had thinly shaved roast beef with gravy on French bread. There was lettuce and tomato served along side.
I then had time to walk to Dumaine St and go to Meltdown for a popsicle. They serve small popsicles in somewhat exotic flavors. I choose spicy mango flavor. I then went to Southern Candy Makers for some pralines, a peanut butter passion cup and a dark chocolate tortue. I saved these goodies to enjoy at a later time (and they were delicious--if you are a peanut butter lover I highly recommend the peanut butter passion cup).
I then met my parents back at the dock for the Steamboat Natchez. The boat goes out 3 times per day (once at 11:30am, once at 2:30pm and then a 6pm dinner cruise). They begin boarding at 2pm for the 2:30pm cruise, as the boat holds lots of people so it takes that long to get everybody on. At 1:45pm while you are waiting on the dock, they perform a calliope concert on the steam calliope of the ship.
We started out going downstream on the Mississippi river and we passed many industrial dock areas, barges, the 9th ward, a Domino Sugar refinery and a Mobil Oil refinery. At the sugar refinery they were unloading the raw sugar from a boat and dumping it into a hopper to go through the refinery process. Then we turned around and went back the opposite way up to the bridge before heading back to the dock by 4:15pm. The cruise was really nice and there was a lot to take in in only 2 hours. It is a fully narrated cruise and the narration can be heard on the open decks. You also can go inside to hear live jazz music and you can visit the engine room as well. They also serve lunch on board for an extra cost if you want that.
After the cruise my mother and I took a pedi-cab back to the hotel which was fun since we'd never done one before.
At 5:45pm we all met up in the hotel lobby to walk to dinner. Tonight our reservation was at Dickie Brennan's Steakhouse. I had a chocolate martini and my parents had margaritas. My mother and I both had the tomato and blue cheese napoleon which is layers of tomato and blue cheese served with onion and remoulade sauce. This was delicious! My father had potato leek soup which he reported was also good. For entrees I had the rib eye steak with peppercorn cream sauce, my mother had an 8 oz filet and my father had the house filet which had bordelaise sauce and fried oysters on top served with Pontalba potatoes. The Pontalba potatoes are roasted potatoes with ham, onions and mushrooms. My mother and I split a side order of Pontalba potatoes. For desserts we had a piece of coconut cake, the chocolate pecan pie and the chocolate praline mousse. I think the coconut cake was the best, followed by the pie, though they were all good.
After dinner I walked around doing some night photography and wanted to get a Pina Colada from one of the many daiquiri shops on Bourbon St before returning to the hotel for a swim in the pool.
Tuesday morning I got up at 6:30am and went for a walk around the French Quarter. This morning we were leaving New Orleans, but before doing so I met my parents at 7:45am in our hotel lobby to walk over to Café du Monde for one last order of beignets and café au lait. By this time we had smartened up and just got 2 orders of beignets among the 3 of us.
After breakfast my parents took a cab over to Hertz at the convention center to pick up our rental car. We had reserved a Chevrolet Equinox, but since they had none, we had to take a Toyota Sienna mini van. I met them back at the hotel and we loaded the luggage and were off. Our agenda for the morning was to go and view some of the plantations along the river road. We were not planning on touring any of them ( we had plans later in the trip to tour Shadows on the Teche, plus I had already toured Oak Alley and Laura). Our first stop was Destrehan where we were able to see the house from the road. Next we went on to San Francisco which is also viewable from the road. Our third stop was Laura, but you cannot view that one well from the road and the final stop was Oak Alley where you get the best view of the alley of oaks from the road. There is a pull out right across the street from the plantation and you can get a very good view from there.
Next we drove south to Houma, just to look at it and from there on to Morgan City to view the port and all the industry. We then drove on to Lafayette where we would be staying for the next 3 nights.
We arrived at our hotel in Lafayette, the Homewood Suites. We booked a 2 bedroom suite which was perfect for the 3 of us. It was 2 separate bedrooms each with its own bath separated by a living room and kitchen. The hotel also had a nice pool area out back. They get a lot of business travelers in the area and people who are there for extended stays, so Mon-Thurs the hotel also provides a free dinner--they offer an entrée, rolls, and a side dish with salad bar. Your rate also includes breakfast 7 days per week.
For dinner tonight we went to the Blue Dog Café. While not quite as good as the New Orleans restaurants, it was still a very good meal. For drinks we started with a Cajun Bloody Mary, chocolate martini and Blue Dog Margarita. My mother and I had salads with blue cheese dressing while my father had a brie, mushroom and crab meat soup. For the entrée my father had grilled catfish, I had a ribeye steak which was served with thin sliced Cajun roasted potatoes. I also added their blue cheese cream sauce on the side. The dinner was also served with light, crusty rolls and a sweet garlic butter. My mother had the Pork Asiana (pork in an Asian style sauce). For dessert my mother had the bananas foster bread pudding and my father and I had pecan pie.
I attempted to swim after dinner but found the pool water too cool, so I opted for the hot tub instead.
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Wednesday we went down to breakfast at about 8am. The hotel provides a hot breakfast in addition to traditional continental items. Today they had apple muffins, bagels, scrambled eggs, Canadian bacon and roasted potatoes. They also have waffle makers where you make your own waffle and they have toppings such as strawberries, whipped cream, powdered sugar or cinnamon. I opted to prepare a cinnamon sugar waffle for myself.
After breakfast we drove to New Iberia to Shadows on the Teche plantation. We took the tour of the house which also lets you onto the grounds and after the tour you may spend as much time walking the grounds as you wish. You can make your way down to the banks of the river and imagine what it was like in days gone by. After the tour we stopped at Burger King for lunch on our way to our next stop: Avery Island.
At Avery Island our first stop was the Tabasco Factory. First we stopped in the gift shop and looked at all the Tabasco made items. They have so many products! In addition to all the traditional Tabasco sauces, they have bbq sauce, steak sauce, mustard, soda, ice cream and more! They also give free samples of most of the products that they sell. We bought some mustard and some spiced salts and got a jar of salsa for free. After making our purchases we went into the factory for the brief tour. They show you a short film about how the sauce is made and then you proceed into the viewing area to watch the assembly line. They only work Mon-Thurs so we were lucky enough to be there on a work day.
After Tabasco we went to the Jungle Garden which is a drive through nature preserve. You drive to the gift shop to get tickets and then proceed through the marked roads of the park and are free to stop anywhere along the way to get out and take photographs. Not far into the park we stopped and saw several alligators in the water right by the side of the road. We continued along the roads stopping at various points along the way to admire the scenery. We all really enjoyed this park; it was really beautiful.
It was about 4:15pm when we finished at Avery Island so we drove back to New Iberia for dinner at Clementine. We were a little early before the kitchen opened for dinner, so they seated us and let us just order drinks until they were ready to serve.
We all had margaritas and then my father had oysters for an appetizer while I had a grilled romaine salad. A head of romaine lettuce is split down the center and put on the grill, they then drizzle it with a spiced bacon dressing and garnish with cornbread (I think) croutons. For the main course I had a strip steak which was served with 5 cheese mac and cheese and my mother had the same. The mac and cheese was especially flavorful and creamy. My father had the Creole tuna and we had a side of the corn maque choux. We wanted to try something local so we settled on the corn--it's basically corn cooked up with onions, peppers and maybe something else. For dessert I had the Oreo beignets served with strawberry sauce and my mother had bread pudding. I loved the beignets--they dip Oreos in beignet batter and fry them. Once again we all really enjoyed our meals!
Thursday we had an earlier breakfast where I had another cinnamon sugar waffle and then left the hotel at 8am for our swamp tour with Cajun Country Swamp Tours. The tour leaves out of Breaux Bridge and it took about 35 min to get there. We arrived and checked in for the 9am tour with Butch, the guide and owner of the company. The boat he uses is a flat bottomed crawfish skiff with an engine modified to be able to go through undergrowth. The boat seats about 16 people. Being a smaller vessel allowed us to go into small pathways within the swamp and bayous that a larger boat could not go to. We saw many alligators and some birds such as herons, a bald eagle and rosette spoonbills. One of the reasons we choose this tour company is the size of the boat and the fact that he leaves the wildlife wild; we wanted a tour where the guide did NOT pick up the gators or feed them in order to get a look at them. The tour lasted 2 hours.
Upon our return we drove to downtown Breaux Bridge to the visitors center to look at brochures and then walked down the street to have lunch at Angelle's. I had the Frito Pie and a chocolate shake, my mother had a cheeseburger and a chocolate shake and my father had a loaded hotdog and chocolate shake.
Next we drove back to Lafayette to visit Vermilionville. Vermilionville is a living history museum of sorts. It consists of different buildings that were typical of different periods in Cajun and Creole life. You walk through on paths and visit each of the houses. Some of them have people performing various crafts from the time period such as wood carving, spinning thread etc.
We still had a couple hours before dinner so we drove back to the hotel and my father and I went in the swimming pool.
For dinner tonight we drove back to Breaux Bridge to Café des Amis. We all had margaritas and my mother and I had salads with blue cheese dressing while my father had the crawfish cornbread appetizer. For entrees my mother and I had ribeye steaks and fries while my father had the Pasta des Amis (pasta in peppercorn sauce with vegetables and shrimp). For dessert my mother had the Syrup Cake which turned out to be a lot like gingerbread and I had chocolate pecan pie. Yet another tasty meal.
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Friday, after another one of our breakfasts, we left the hotel at 8am for our drive to San Antonio. We stopped along the way at the Texas Visitors Center just over the border on I-10 and then again in Houston to look at Rice University. We then stopped for lunch at Pei Wei. We don't have the Pei Wei chain where we live and since we love PF Chang's we were interested in trying their quick serve concept. I had honey seared chicken, my father had kung pao chicken and my mother had Mongolian beef. They were all very good but too much food for lunch (for us).
We arrived San Antonio about 5:30pm due to traffic and then street closings due to Fiesta San Antonio. We got to our hotel the Omni La Mansion del Rio and got room 518 a large room on the 5th floor overlooking the river with a shared balcony. The room had a king bed and sofa bed.
We then got a cab to Market Square and had dinner at Mi Tierra. We all had margaritas and my mother and I both had the enchilada dinner (2 cheese enchiladas served with refried beans and Mexican rice. My father had the beef El Rancho Special. For dessert I had the fried ice cream which is served in a delicious sugar covered tortilla bowl with cajeta sauce. My mother had the key lime pie. I also bought some things from the bakery for a later time: a marranito (gingerbread pig), cinnamon sugar polvoron and a sugar cookie with pink sugar.
After dinner we went back to the hotel and walked along the river walk before I decided to swim in the pool.
Saturday after a quick breakfast at Starbuck's in the hotel lobby, we went out at 8am to walk a long the river walk a little ways down to the Rivercenter Mall to the Imax theater for the 9am viewing of The Alamo. The movie is a nice introduction to the story of the Alamo and helps set the stage for your visit to see the historic site. The movie is about 45 min long and from there we walked down to the Alamo where we spent about an hour viewing the buildings and grounds and small museum which is housed in the long barrack.
Now it was time for lunch so we went back to the Riverwalk to have lunch at the Saltgrass Steakhouse. I had a cheesesteak sandwich served with fried onions, my mother had a cheeseburger served with fries and my father had a soup and half cheesesteak sandwich combo. They offer half portions of some of their desserts, so I got a piece of the Margarita pie which was like key lime pie with a pecan crust.
After lunch we continued along the river walk to purchase tickets for a river cruise. There were quite a few people in line ahead of us, but they fill the boats and they run continuously, so we didn't wait more than 10 minutes. There are 3 departure points for the cruises and we went to the one across from the Hilton hotel. The cruise took about 40 minutes and follows the loop in the river.
After the cruise my parents went back to the hotel and I continued walking--I walked down into the King William district along the river in one direction and then back tracked and walked up the straight part of the river the other way as well.
After going back to the hotel, I had time to sit by the pool and read before we had to leave for our 6pm reservation at Acenar. Acenar was about a 5 min walk from our hotel along the river and is situated on a less built up section of the river walk. We were given a table on the rail, overlooking the river. I had a Tuna margarita (prickly pear margarita) and my mother had a regular margarita. For entrees my mother and I once again had the cheese enchiladas and this time my father had the chicken mole. All 3 were served with rice and refried beans. For dessert I had the cajeta crepes which were thin crepes filled with vanilla ice cream and drizzled with cajeta sauce and garnished with fruit.
Tonight was the Fiesta Flambeau Parade, one of the pinnacle events of Fiesta San Antonio, so after another quick swim, I walked over to Alamo Plaza which is along the parade route, to see some of the parade. I got a pretty good spot standing behind several rows of people seated in chairs, so I could see quite well. The parade lasts from something like 7:30pm to 11pm and consists of bands and floats which are lit with lights and glow sticks. Some of the floats were really elaborate and must have taken a lot of time to build. Some of the bands came from as far away as Wisconsin. I stayed at the parade until about 10pm before heading back to the hotel to see the rest on television.
Sunday was our departure day and we left the hotel by 8:15am. For breakfast this morning I had the cookies I had bought at Mi Tierra. I didn't like the marranito as it lacked flavor, but the cinnamon sugar polvoron was delicious to me! Upon leaving the hotel, we took a detour and tried to drive to the street where my aunt use to live on our way to the airport, but some of the roads you have to take to get there are gated communities, so we were not able to see her old house. We were glad that we allowed a lot of extra time in going to the airport though because we found the signage confusing. Especially the signage for the rental car return. Most airports we've been too have larger and more frequent signs for rental car return, this one had small signs that were hard to read as you are driving by with other people behind you. We did finally find the Hertz return, but it was confusing, as if you missed one of the last signs you'd end up back on the highway headed north.
We dropped the car and got the shuttle back to Terminal A where Delta is located. There was only a short line for luggage drop and then no line for security. By the time we got through we had 2 hours to spare. I was able to get a 3 Finger Combo Box from Raising Caine's chicken before getting on the plane to Atlanta. We arrived in Atlanta a little early and our next flight to Boston took off late. Despite taking off late though, we did arrive on time in Boston.
We had a great time on trip. As you can probably tell from my report, neither my mother or I eat seafood. Many of the restaurants in Louisiana specialize in seafood, so we were more limited than some as to where we could find things we liked to eat. Even with those limitations, we still found the food in New Orleans to be the best of the trip. Our overall favorite restaurant for each of us was Brennan's. Best beignets goes to Café du Monde. Moving along to the best pralines category, that is a hard one. While I bought at least one praline from each of the main shops (Leah's, Southern Candy, Laura's, Aunt Sally's and Loretta's), I couldn't eat them all together to do a real taste test, so I'll have to suffice to say they all taste slightly different but I loved them all. Unfortunately we only got to two Mexican places in San Antonio, but of the two we liked Mi Tierra the best for both the food and the atmosphere.
My favorite part of the trip was probably the French Quarter in New Orleans; I just love the buildings and the history there. It's fun to just walk up and down the streets to see what you can discover. Before we got to San Antonio we only found out that Fiesta would be going on about a month and half before our trip. From what we had read we gathered it would be an extremely busy time in San Antonio and we almost decided not to go there because of it. However, while the various parades do cause street closures and some parts of the city have different Fiesta events (Market Square, San Fernando plaza, King William district), we didn't find the river walk to be extra crowded and with only 1 day that was really our focus on this trip, so it wasn't as bad as we thought it would be. I ended up enjoying the parade so that was one nice aspect. So, on the whole the trip was a success; I got to return to two fun cities with some nice history and my parents got to experience them for the first time.
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Really nice trip report! ! Thanks
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Thanks for sharing ... what a great report with lots of details, especially with the food Glad to hear about your swamp tour and leaving the wildlife wild. My husband and I did a swamp tour outside of New Orleans and chose the tour company we did for the same reason as you.
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I am hungry from reading your report! Sounds like a great trip. Thanks for sharing!
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Dec 04, 2009 - 8:19 am
just wanted to post and say that my husband did his first chemo yesterday, went way better than we expected, we were all so nervous. Going back this morning for two hours of fluids. Is this common procedure? Doctor said about 50% of patients respond to chemo, 50% do not. Is this true?
Dec 04, 2009 - 8:28 am
It is not uncommon to need fluids......my husband has his chemo (120 continuous hours) in the hospital and when we went to the dr 2 days after he left the hospital, he needed to be hydrated.
Dec 04, 2009 - 11:16 am
I am glad to hear it went well. No one has mentioned the 50% stat., I really try to avoid the stats., they will make you crazy. Our Dr. has said over and over that even though this is not curable, it is treatable, and if one treatment regime does not work, we can try something different. Paul has "partially responded" which means it has worked, but not enough. So we are looking into what that something different is.
I cannot overestimate how important the fluids were. Usually around the 6th or 7th day into the chemo cycle Paul would get fuzzy; his balance was affected, speech slurred, just plain out of it. One cycle he was hospitalized for low blood pressure due to dehydration. Turned out fluids were the trick. After we figured it out we asked to have the IV fluids at home. Since Paul had a power port it was really easy to do and we were able to stay on top of it.
Dec 04, 2009 - 2:53 pm
I have never heard of the 50% thing either. Everyone does respond to chemo differently.
It is true about the fluids, also the chemo doesn't kick in right away just as MAE said.
Al always was hydrated right after chemo before he was discharged as part of his protocol.
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Dec 04, 2009 - 11:01 pm
When Roy had his chemo treatments, they always gave him a 2 hour drip of fluids before they started his chemo drugs, and a 1 hour drip of fluids when he finished chemo before he went home, same as Al. The fluids help to keep you hydrated in case you start vomiting or get diarrhea. Plus, it helps to push the chemo drugs around in your body to get to all the hiding places where any cancer cells might be. So, don't fret about the fluids....they're good for ya!
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Dec 04, 2009 - 8:32 pm
My husband always went back two days for fluids...chemo on Wed...fluids Thurs and Fri..and radiation every day.
I don't know how many respond or don't respond...but I'm happy he did his lst treatment with no problems..
Dec 06, 2009 - 7:21 pm
My husband had first chemo on past Thursday, Friday he felt pretty good but the weekend, not so good., he says his body hurts all over, mostly his arms and legs, is this common? Other than that and him being extremely tired, things went ok. would love to hear from people who have experienced this.
Dec 06, 2009 - 9:30 pm
I think this is pretty common. Paul would go to the treatment center on day 1 for infusions of two drugs and than go home with a 5FU pump for five days. On day 6 he was disconnected and started IV fluids. This is when he started going down hill and continued until he hit bottom on day 10 (this is also when his blood counts were lowest). Basically just feeling really crummy. After day 10 he would start to "climb out of the hole" (his words). It seems strange, you would think that after he was disconnected from the pump, he would feel better, but that was not the case. He would recover around the 12th or 14th day and we had about week and a half of feeling good. Hope this helps.


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Halloween 2015: Frightful fun in Northern Ireland and beyond
Have some hair-raising Halloween fun with the whole family at these events in Northern Ireland and beyond.
Halloween Monster Mash - October 31
The Belfast City Council will be host the city's annual Halloween Monster Mash on the slipways of Titanic Belfast. This year's theme is 'Carnival Rock' and monsters and ghouls of all ages can show off their scary rock outfits or traditional spooky Halloween ones. The event is free and features fun for everyone, including fire shows and jugglers, street theatre, fairground rides, live music, face painting and more.
Belfast's Zombie Prom - October 31
The first Zombie Prom is coming to Belfast on Halloween night. Crumlin Road Gaol will have three levels for zombies to enjoy their first prom. There will be a special DJ and the dress code is: Only Zombies. Tickets are £35 per person and include a freaky cocktail, brainless buffet, prizes for best zombia, and King and Queen of the prom.
Paranormal Tours, Halloween Special - October 15-31
The special edition 60 minute tour will take you to the various hot spots of the Gaol where paranormal activity has been reported and the guide will tell you of the harrowing stories associated with these areas. 'Scaredy cats' beware, this year you will witness live paranormal experiments similar to those performed by paranormal investigators and ghost hunters. Tickets are £15 per person.
Creepy Crawlers - October 29- November 1
Babies who haven't found their feet, can crawl through spiders' webs and tunnels, explore to the tune of some spooky sounds and expect lots to touch and smell in the Hallowe'en workshop. This event is Ideal for little pumpkins aged 6-12 months. Tickets are £7 per baby and accompanying adults go free.
Halloween Festival - October 23-31
Nine days of Halloween festivities will be held at the Ulster Museum. These include: a scary Night at the Museum, bat workshops, the witch's brew trail, a creepy Elements family day and much more. For more information visit Ulster Museum.
Co Antrim
Boo at the Zoo - October 31
A day fun for the family at the Cave Hill site, will include creepy crafts, freaky face painting, bewitching bat talks and watch the animals tuck into their special 'trick or treat' pumpkins. Children aged 17 and under will get in free, if they are in full fancy dress costume. The event starts at 10am and last admission is 2.30pm.
Halloween Spooktacular - October 29
Dust off your broomsticks and watch a flame extravaganza, Mr Hullabaloo's Halloween Villains show and fireworks. For more information visit Co Antrim.
Co Armagh
Family Fright Night - October 31
Families can enjoy a Spooky Fright night at the Navan Centre and Fort. Travel through a horrifying curtain maze, wander through the Banshee Forest and sample the Dead Menu. There will also be some Halloween crafting and pumpkin activities. This event is not suitable for children four years and younger. For more information visit Co Armagh.
Little Spooks at Navan - October 29
Little Spooks can meet with Hansel and Gretel at the witches house in the woods, enjoy the interactive Billy Bones games and activities, make Halloween dream catchers and watch some hair-raising theatre. This event is suitable for children four years and above. For tickets visit Co Armagh.
Co Down
Hallowtides Festival - October 26-31
Co Down will host a jam-packed calendar of spooky events as part of its annual Halloween celebrations. Enjoy six days of festivities, including pumpkin carving, children's fancy dress Halloween party, O'Hare's haunted house, the spooky float parade, treasure hunts and much more.
Halloween at Cockle Row Cottages - October 25
Creepy crafts, glitter tattoos and live music will take place from 1-4pm at Groomsport. Enjoy a day of free family fun and Party Animals NI will bring their snakes, lizards, a meerkat, albino hedgehog and more creepy creatures. For more information visit North Down.
Co Fermanagh
Share Halloween Howler and Ghost Ship - October 29-31
Take part in a scary walk through the forest, pumpkin carvings, Halloween games and fireworks. Step aboard the Ghost Ship if you dare. The ship will travel around the bay with ghost stories, games, and ghoulish snacks on board. Visit Share Village for more information and tickets.
Halloween Fest and Craft Fair, Florence Court - October 25
Enjoy an afternoon of family fun and capers, along with a spooky tour of the house. For more information visit Fermanagh.
Co Tyrone
Hallowe'en Torchlight Tours - October 29-31
Stroll through the outdoor museum as darkness falls and there's only a torch to guide you. Ghosts, ghouls, and witches will lurk in the shadows at Ulster American Folk Park.
The Forbidden Forest Wail - October 28-31
This annual Halloween event will take place in Pomeroy Forest. An event not for the faint-hearted, but a fantastic experience for all. All children aged 12-16 should be accompanied by an adult. For more information visit Discover NI.
Co Londonderry
Fright Night at Jungle NI - October 9-27
Fright Night returns to The Jungle NI with a bloodcurdling, screaming vengeance, added ghoulish creatures, SIX scare zones and a host of other special effects. This year there will be six different, uniquely themed attractions to choose from which include: The Circus, Inbred Horror House, Live Zombie Paintball, Freaky Forest, Hellish Haycart and The Cornfield. For more information visit Discover NI.
Haunted House on the Hill - October 29-30
The Haunted Hezlett has moved to DOOMhill House on Downhill Demesne. The staff and students from NRC are back with spine chilling performances in this new haunting location. Bigger scares and louder screams await. Visit Discover NI for more information.
And for those who dare venture further...
Asylum Live Halloween Escape Room - October 27-November 7
You will have 60 minutes to make it out alive. With new puzzles, and a few extra nasty surprises your group will have to work together to find clues in the room and solve a series of puzzles to save yourselves. This event is recommended for ages 16+ and for more information visit Donegal.
Bram Stoker Festival - October 23-26
Dublin City will celebrate the life, work and legacy of Dublin horror novelist Bram Stoker and his gothic novel Dracula. The festival will have day and night events, including The Scary Trail, Blade I and II Double Bill and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. For more information visit Bram Stoker Festival.
Halloween Pumpkin Festival - October 30-31
Pick your own pumpkins and carve the scariest faces, walk through spooky torch-lit mazes, bob for apples and enjoy a Halloween themed menu. For more information visit Cairnie Fruit Farm.
Halloween at Glamis Castle - October 31
Frightening fun days include storytelling, child-friendly haunted tours and a chance to explore Ichabod Crane's research lab. At night you can take a creepy tour of the castle and meet the Addams Family at the end. For more information visit Glamis Castle.
Halloween Adventure - October 23-31
Stockeld Park hosts its Halloween Adventure, with several spooky events such as the Halloween Catwalk, Wizards Den, Witch Trail, Creepy Creatures and Fright Night. Visit York for more information on tickets.
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October Search Market Share: Bing Continues To Grow At Yahoo's Expense
Preliminary October search market share data from comScore are being exposed by financial analysts. We'll have to wait for the official numbers either later today or tomorrow. However, it appears there is little change from last month: Google is flat, Bing gained a fraction of a point and Yahoo lost two-tenths of a percent.
More broadly, however, the numbers reflect a long-term trend toward Bing and away from Yahoo. Google remains largely untouched. Below are the October figures we've seen:
- Google — October: 66.9 percent; September: 66.9 percent; August: 66.9 percent
- Bing — October 18.1 percent; September: 18 percent; August: 17.8 percent
- Yahoo — October 11.1 percent; September: 11.3 percent; August: 11.4 percent
We didn't see any numbers reported for Ask and AOL. Between the two they divide 3.9 percent of the US market for October. Here are last month's figures for the two:
- Ask — September: 2.5 percent; August: 2.6 percent
- AOL — September: 1.3 percent; August: 1.3 percent
Mobile market share and traffic are not reflected in the above figures.
According to StatCounter mobile now drives nearly 20 percent of global internet traffic on average. The aggregate number in the US is roughly 15 percent. But in certain categories the percentage of traffic coming from mobile devices is north of 35 or 40 percent (even higher in some local contexts).
In terms of US mobile search share StatCounter offers the following breakdown:
- Google — 88.1 percent
- Yahoo — 8.1 percent
- Bing — 3.4 percent
- All others — 0.4 percent
Last week we discussed the rumor that Microsoft CEO candidate Stephen Elop would be open to selling Bing. That would certainly shake up the market if the rumor were true and Elop became the CEO. But right now it's nothing more than pure speculation.
Postscript: comScore has posted the official October numbers.
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Business magazine Forbes recently revealed The Seven Crippling Parenting Behaviours That Keep Children From Growing Into Leaders.
For me, it was all old news, delivered far too late.
It's hard to admit you have made a mistake when you're bringing up little ones, but this week I've been forced to accept I've totally messed up.
Despite honestly literally my best efforts, I have a problem child. There's no way my Major Ferguson is ever going to be a leader of anything – he's a total scaredy-cat… and that's not just my opinion, it's just been confirmed by an expert.
I'm basically guilty of every single one of The Seven Crippling Behaviours – most of which boil down to being over-protective, rescuing too quickly and raving about small accomplishments too easily.
Major has only just started to go outside, six months too late (over-protective), and when he does, I go with him to check he doesn't fall in with a bad crowd or get stuck up a tree (rescuing)… and he has THE SWEETEST FACE IN THE WORLD, which I remind him of more than a thousand times a day (small accomplishment/too easily.)
But whereas Major's sister June has thrived under my adoring regime and is now an issue-free, fearless feline, Major is terrified of everything.
If the phone rings, he has a heart attack. If my husband coughs, he acts like a bomb has gone off.
Sometimes he's delighted to see me, the very next second he'll mistake me for a hitman hired to whack him, and will scarper as if all his nine lives depend on it.
We have only ever worshipped Major Ferguson, but when we reach to stroke him, half the time he purrs, and the other half he cowers, like we're definitely going to smack him yet again.
One of the nurses at my vet surgery is training to be a cat behaviourist and when I mentioned Maje's behaviour, she offered to come round and observe him.
Obviously if she decided he's just a nervous cat that would be that, but if there was anything we could do to help him relax and be more confident – short of him taking drugs or alcohol – I was eager to give it a try.
She'd been in a room with Major for less than five minutes when she made her diagnosis.
Firstly, he had very sensitive hearing and was troubled by the timbre of our doorbell and phone – yes, really – and secondly he had low self-esteem. (Has he never heard me telling him he has the sweetest face in the world?)
I tried not to burst into tears, but it was tough. What had I done wrong, apart from everything?
Making my cats happy and secure is the thing I put the most effort into in my life, so by the time the cat behaviourist left, it wasn't just Major with low self-esteem.
Luckily she had some suggestions on how to make things better (for the cat – for me there's no hope, obv).
First we have to change our doorbell and phone to ones that ring on a lower register, or just stop letting people contact us at all (a small price to pay for a cat's happiness, in my opinion.)
Second, we have to play with Major with a toy on a little pole, waving it around in front of him, and then – and here's the important part – we have to let him catch it. Each time he does, serotonin will be released in him, he'll feel good about himself and his self-esteem will improve.
I'm resigned to Major never being a leader now – that's fine. But if I could sneeze without him shooting up the curtains like he's been fired out of a cannon, that would be great. Fingers paws crossed…
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You think you got problems? Well you don't even know about suffering actually, unless you're dealing with the huge issues Kim Kardashian's facing at the moment.
First – as everyone knows, obviously, because what's happening in the world that's more important than this? – Kim bravely dyed her hair blonde.
She rocked the look for a few months, but in the 947,000th selfie she posted last Saturday, she revealed she'd returned to her natural brunette colour.
"I'm back!" she announced, self-congratulatorily (just for a change).
But now poor Kim has been plunged into a nightmare of unimaginable levels. "I'm so annoyed I dyed my hair dark!" she confessed dramatically on Monday. "I wanted to switch it up since I feel everyone went light, and we started filming a new season of Keeping Up With The Kardashian* so I wanted a fresh look. BUT now I am missing my light hair! HELP!!! What do I do? Go light again or stay dark and get used to it?"
It goes without saying that we should all be thinking of and praying for Kim at this tremendously difficult time.
*Note the Freudian typo in the title of her show, by the way. It's KardashianS actually, Kim.
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I know I shouldn't cry because it's over but smile because it happened… but that's turning out to be much easier said than done.
Inequality between the sexes
A new study has shown that women have significantly more nightmares than men do. As if periods, childbirth and menopause weren't bad enough, this is now proof that life is even unfair to girls when we're unconscious. Boo.
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Boring now. Go away.


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Visual Studio Add-Ins are small application extensions developed to improve the user experience from the IDE. I have been always curious how it is possible to create an external tool which has the ability to cooperate with Visual Studio's environment. I believed the extensions are often full of hacky and non-standard solutions. Development of an Add-in was surely far from my confort zone, so I've decided to take a deep dive to this area. The number of the Visual Studio Add-In articles on the web is not really astonishing, that's why I think you will find this article useful.
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OpenGL rendering control under managed C++ (WinForms)
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The purpose of this article is to introduce a simple, but complete solution for OpenGL rendering under managed C++. Probably each of you were facing the same situation several times when neither intensive search gave you acceptable results. That was my case few mounts ago when I realized there is nothing like OpenGL control built into the .Net framework. There are only few partial and limited "solutions" out there, demonstrating just the basic principle. The result of my effort is a custom OpenGL Control, which can be easily used through the Visual Studio's Designer.


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Ex Troubles, Now Troubles
I'm kinda bummed that I couldn't come up with a more clever title, the word "ex" should lend itself to some interesting wordplay.
I'm at a little bit of a sticky situation that I'm fairly unfamiliar with and wouldn't mind some input on.
Prologue: I was in a mono relationship for five years, we'd been exclusive and very mono, engaged to be married, talking about kids, the whole nine yards. Our relationship fell apart for a variety of reasons, poly being one. To call it a messy breakup would be akin to calling the Hindenburg an "oopsie." A lot of bitterness and anger on both sides, for valid and bullshit reasons. One of her best friends is a ladyfriend of my acquaintance currently, that was an arrangement that my ex proposed before we separated and her friend and I have continued. We try to keep it out of the limelight, neither of us has a desire to "rub" anything in anyone's face.
Currently, my ex and I have been separated for a year and change. I haven't even spoken to her in probably a year. Recently I came to learn that she's been..."checking up on me" via FB through the accounts of other people. A little FB stalking is whatever, but I have also come to learn that she's aware of my presence on other sites. Sites where there is no way that I am aware of that she would know of. She's apparently read my entire OKC profile that no one I know has. She's also, from what I hear, been stepping up her inquiries about me to mutual friends.
This is a little...unsettling. I'm not in fear for my life or anything like that but, emotional stability has never been her strong suit and actively searching me out and keeping tabs on me for a considerable stretch of time after we've separated is not the most normal activity in the world.
I'm used to ex's who have problems, but its usually DUDE ex's that get the hint once they see the 6'1'' friend standing behind the girlfriend when she reiterates that they are over. I have no real experience dealing with an ex girlfriend who hasn't crossed the "restraining order" line yet but is still paddling around in the shallow end of crazy.
I'm not interested in making up and being friends, I'm not looking to bury any animosity or sign a peace treaty. I just want to be left alone.
I am as direct as a T-Rex with 'roid rage and about as subtle. It isn't intended to cause upset, I just prefer to talk plain. There are plenty of other people here who do the nice, polite thing much better than I can. I'm what you'd call a "problem dinner guest."
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Inter-agency co-operation and new approaches to employability
Lindsay, Colin and McQuaid, Ronald and Dutton, Matthew (2008) Inter-agency co-operation and new approaches to employability. Social Policy and Administration, 42 (7). pp. 715-732.
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This article examines the role of inter-agency cooperation, which is one form of 'partnership', in new approaches to employability in the UK. The article articulates a 'model for effective partnership working' on employability. This model is applied first in a general review of employability policy and then to discuss case study research on the recent 'Pathways to Work' and 'Working Neighbourhoods' pilots. It is argued that successful partnerships need a clear strategic focus based on a necessity for inter-agency cooperation and institutional arrangements that allow for shared ownership, trust and mutualism, and flexibility in resource-sharing. While some of these factors are apparent in UK employability services, an over-reliance on contractualism and centralized organizational structures may undermine partnership-based approaches. Many of the success factors associated with effective partnership working appeared to be in place, even though the role of the Public Employment Service was fundamentally different in each case (as a key actor in implementing the first pilot, but largely withdrawing from the implementation role in the second). The article concludes by outlining the relevance of this model and the case study findings to discussions of the future development of employability policies and related partnership working.
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When the Dead Kennedys sang "Let's Lynch the Landlord," they may have echoed the sentiments of many skateshop owners, but then again, perhaps singer Jello Biafra was merely bitter about his inability to cultivate a positive relationship with his own landlord.
Skate-shop owners should understand that it is the goal of responsible landlords to establish working relationships with merchants that are beneficial to both parties. The landlord doesn't want a vacant space, and the merchant doesn't want to be sucked dry by high rent, common-area charges, marketing fees, and other perceived "hidden costs." A good deal can lead to greater profitability for a merchant, but in order to get that good deal, the merchant must understand how to work with the landlord.
For skate-shop owners who are already on bad terms with their landlords, this may seem a case of "too little, too late," but usually something can be done to repair a working relationship.
When shopping for a location, one option is to call a leasing agent, who is responsible for negotiating the rent, terms of the lease, and other charges. An agent will have several questions for any potential merchant. Before meeting an agent, however, put together a business plan, financial statements, and an idea of how much you can budget toward rent.
It's also a good idea to spend some time at any potential location before contacting the agent. Check to see if it's well kept, contains other businesses that are complementary to a skate shop, has a high or low vacancy rate, competition in the area, and what its proximity to skateparks and schools is.Once the location has been thoroughly researched, give the leasing agent a call. Inquire about availability of space in the center, and if possible, arrange to meet with the agent on-site to walk through some of the vacant spaces. A leasing agent can learn a lot about a potential merchant from this meeting, so dress respectably and be on time. Treat it like a job interview, and make a good first impression.
Besides the basic rent, find out about other fees such as common-area charges, real-estate taxes, insurance fees, marketing fees, and utilities. If interested, the leasing agent can put together a proposal for a merchant to review. It would be a good idea to figure how much the proposed first-year sales will be. If the total rent to the landlord exceeds twenty percent of that figure, look around more unless there is absolutely no other alternative. There are still a lot of costs for a business before profit is made, such as paying for goods and labor. Rent shouldn't be slowing a business down before it even starts.
When looking for a good merchant, the landlord has several goals in mind. Property owners want to make a certain amount of money, and have a merchant who pays on time and adds value to the center by maintaining a clean and attractive store. By understanding the needs of a property owner, a skate-shop owner can establish and maintain a healthy working relationship that will benefit both parties in the long run.


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At Twisty's request, I am bringing attention to this horrible story. Please go read her entire post at I Blame The Patriarchy for more details:
Hold onto your hats.
Balochistan Senator Sardar Israrullah Zehri stunned the upper house on Friday when he defended the recent incident of burying alive three teenage girls and two women in his province, saying it was part of "our tribal custom." [cite]
The justification for this appalling hate crime? The women wanted "to marry of their own will."
The fiends perpetrating this savagery — a group that apparently included some village bigwigs — first wounded the women with gunshots, "in the name of honour."
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Students have the opportunity to choose from a number of strong programs at the University of Hawai'i which allow them to focus on Japan. Asian Studies offers undergraduate, graduate, and graduate certificate programs in Japanese Studies while fifteen other departments also offer degrees with a specialization in Japanese Studies.
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ASIAN STUDIES (School of Pacific & Asian Studies)
BA in Asian Studies
The undergraduate program in Asian Studies is for students desiring a liberal arts education and a broad background in traditional and contemporary Asia. Students seeking a bachelor's degree in Asian Studies with a focus on Japan must meet all the requirements for admission established by the School of Pacific & Asian Studies at the University of Hawai'i.
Major Requirements
- Thirty-six credit hours of Asia-related course work are required for the BA in Asian Studies.
- All Asian Studies majors must take: ASAN 201-202, ASAN 310 or 312, and six credits of ASAN courses at the 300 or 400 level (fifteen credits).
Students can choose from one of the following plans:
Plan 1
- Twelve credit hours, predominantly Asia-related, from one of the following disciplines: anthropology, art, economics, geography, history, linguistics, literature, music, philosophy, political science, religion, sociology, speech, or theatre and dance.
- Nine credit hours of Asia-related courses outside the primary field of concentration, as approved by the adviser.
Plan 2
- Twelve credit hours of course work on one Asian country or region.
- Nine credit hours focused on one or more additional Asian countries or regions.
Minor Requirements
For the Asian Studies minor, students must complete 15 credit hours including: ASAN 310 Asian Humanities or ASAN 312 Contemporary Asian Civilization, ASAN courses numbered 300 and above (minimum of 6 credits), Asia-related courses in disciplines other than the major field numbered 300 and above (maximum of 6 credits). The Asian Studies undergraduate adviser identifies Asia-related courses in various disciplines and assists in planning schedules and preparing minor forms.
The formal declaration is made through the Office of Student Academic Services in SPAS. New and transfer students may apply directly to the Asian Studies Program for admission. The undergraduate adviser is:
Ms. Patricia Dunn
School of Pacific & Asian Studies
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tel: 956-0827; fax: 956-2682;
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web: BA in Asian Studies.
MA in Asian Studies (Japanese Studies)
The Asian Studies program focuses study on a particular geographical and cultural region in Asia from several disciplinary viewpoints. The master's degree in Asian Studies is offered with an option of a thesis (Plan A) or non-thesis (Plan B) program, but the thesis option is strongly recommended. The Director of the Center for Japanese Studies and other faculty members serve as graduate student advisors for students concentrating on Japan.
The MA degree in Asian Studies requires:
Plan A (Thesis)
- A minimum of thirty-six credit hours. Of these, at least eighteen must be earned in courses numbered 600 or higher (including six credit hours in ASAN 700 Thesis Research).
- A minimum of two semesters (full-time) academic study, or four six-week summer sessions.
- At least six credit hours (excluding pedagogy courses) in the Japanese language beyond the 401-402 level (entering students who have achieved this level and can demonstrate proficiency through examination may select alternate courses equaling six credit hours with the consent of their area advisor).
- Two core seminars on Japan (ASAN 600 and ASAN 750) that prepare students for interdisciplinary work.
- At least three credit hours in Asian Studies (in addition to ASAN 600, 750, and 700).
- Enrollment in ASAN 700 (Thesis Research) for six credits.
- A minimum of eighteen credits of interdisciplinary study related to Japan, with at least three credits taken in each major field (Humanities, Social Science, and Arts), with no more than nine concentrated in any one discipline.
- Satisfactory completion of a master's thesis and an oral examination on the thesis by the student's three-member faculty committee.
Plan B (Non-Thesis)
- The same as Plan A, except: a) Six additional credits of area course work in lieu of ASAN 700 (Thesis Research). b) A presentation of an integrated portfolio of two seminar papers and satisfactory completion of an oral examination based on the papers by the student's three-member faculty committee.
The Department of Anthropology allows students to concentrate in the anthropology of Japan and Japanese culture at the BA, MA, and PhD levels. An undergraduate major may take the regular anthropology method and theory courses, the two semester course ANTH 483-484 (Japanese Culture and Behavior), and electives from other departments (as approved by the undergraduate adviser). ANTH 720 (Anthropology of Japan) is a course offered approximately every 2-3 years for graduate students focusing on Japan. Master's and doctoral students may concentrate directly on Japan related interests. Web: www.anthropology.hawaii.edu.
Faculty: Christine Yano (Professor).
The Art Department offers a BA in Art History under which one may take a number of courses in Japanese art. It also offers an MA in Pacific and/or Asian Art History within which students may concentrate their studies on Japan. The Department has six courses specifically related to the arts, applied arts, and architecture of Japan, plus a range of other Asian topics. Web: www.hawaii.edu/art.
Faculty: John Szostak (Assistant Professor).
Students have several opportunities to combine Japanese studies with their business curriculum. They may concentrate on Japan while pursuing an international business major for the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), and the Masters of Business Administration (MBA). It is also possible to complete both the MBA and MA in Asian Studies with an emphasis on Japan. Six credits from Business can be used to fulfill Asian Studies requirements, and nine credits from Asian Studies can be used to fulfill MBA requirements.
The Japan-focused Master of Business Administration (JEMBA) is a cooperative educational program between the Shidler College of Business and the Hawaii-based Japan-America Institute of Management Science (JAIMS). JEMBA allows students to engage in an intensive twenty one-month study program which includes Japanese language and culture courses and an internship with a major corporation in Japan. Web: www.shidler.hawaii.edu.
Central to the study of Japan is the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures. The Department has approximately forty Japan specialists (lecturers, instructors and professors) on its faculty. They teach approximately 100 undergraduate and graduate sections in Japanese language and literature each semester with a total enrollment of close to 1,500 students per semester.
The Department offers a variety of approaches to language learning. In addition to a standard track that emphasizes the four skills in the first three years of instruction, there is a two-year performance-centered track that concentrates on speaking and listening in specific JSL situations. At the fourth-year level and above, the Department offers specialized reading courses in literature, the humanities, social sciences, periodicals and newspapers, and special types of texts, plus courses in classical Japanese grammar, contemporary linguistic analysis, pedagogy, composition, and translation. The Department also offers bilingual/heritage language courses (including specialized fourth-year courses in oral/aural and composition) and courses with an Okinawan focus. Beginning at the third-year level, students with specialized needs can arrange independent reading courses. Most core language courses through the fourth level and some content courses are offered during the two six-week summer sessions.
In addition to its language offerings, which support students in various disciplines throughout the University, the Department has its own degree programs at the BA, MA, and PhD levels. These programs, which have an extensive language requirement, offer a focus in literature (pre-modern and modern) or linguistics (structure, history, sociolinguistics, pedagogy), guided by 17 professorial faculty in the Department who specialize in these areas. Minor and Certificate programs are also offered. Web: www.hawaii.edu/eall.
Faculty: David Ashworth (Associate Professor), Joel Cohn (Associate Professor), Haruko Cook (Professor), Shinichiro Fukuda (Assistant Professor), John Haig (Associate Professor), Robert Huey (Professor), Kazue Kanno (Associate Professor), Terry Klafehn (Assistant Professor), Kimi Kondo-Brown (Associate Professor), Nobuko Ochner (Associate Professor), Katsuhiro Ota (Assistant Professor), Katsue Reynolds (Professor), Leon Serafim (Associate Professor), Arthur Thornhill (Associate Professor), Alexander Vovin (Professor), Dina Yoshimi (Associate Professor).
The UHM graduate program in Economics is consciously directed toward policy challenges in the Asia-Pacific region. Many of the faculty maintain expertise in Asian economies and pursue Asia-related research. Graduate students with an interest in Japan may take an economics course specifically on Japan as well as courses on Asian economic development, international monetary economics, and international trade and welfare. These courses cover issues that are particularly relevant to the Japanese economy. Given the geographic location of UHM and the interests of the faculty in the Department of Economics, students may write their theses and dissertations on Japanese topics. Web: www.economics.hawaii.edu.
Faculty: Theresa Greaney (Associate Professor).
The Geography Department gives one undergraduate course and one graduate seminar course on the geography of Japan, which may be repeated for credit. Undergraduate geography majors may write honors theses on Japan, and may participate in the University's Study Abroad programs in Japan. Graduate students in the Geography Department with a regional interest in Japan may specialize in a variety of systematic perspectives in physical geography and human geography. Theses and dissertations have addressed Pacific tsunami, the medical geography of rural Japan, Korean communities in Japanese cities, Japan's forest resources, transported Japanese garden landscapes, sacred space of new religions, planning for the Nagano Olympics, and nature tourism on Yakushima. Non-majors as well as geography majors with interests in regional change within contemporary Japan are especially welcome. Web: www.geography.hawaii.edu.
Faculty: Mary McDonald (Associate Professor).
In the History Department, undergraduate students may focus their course work on Asia with a special concentration on Japan, and write their senior tutorial papers on some aspect of Japanese history. At the MA level, students may write their theses on topics of Japanese history under Plan A (thesis) or may specialize in East Asia under Plan B (comprehensive exams). The History Department has a PhD program in which candidates may concentrate on Japanese history (pre-modern or modern). Web: www.hawaii.edu/history.
Faculty: William Wayne Farris (Soshitsu Sen XV Distinguished Professor), Mark McNally (Associate Professor), Yuma Totani (Associate Professor).
The William S Richardson School of Law offers three types of opportunities for students interested in pursuing studies in Japanese law. First, for classified graduate students, graduate certificate candidates and East-West Center grantees, students may enroll in elective law classes including courses such as Law and Society in Japan and US-Japan Commercial Transactions. For students pursuing a law degree, the school has established a Pacific Asian Legal Studies certificate program, leading to a law degree with special emphasis in Asian and/or Pacific Island law. Additionally, students enrolled in law school may pursue a "dual degree" with other graduate programs on campus, including an MA in Asian Studies. Web: www.hawaii.edu/law.
Faculty: Mark Levin (Associate Professor).
Graduate students in linguistics must specialize in three areas, one of which can be Japanese linguistics. The Department is particularly strong in the areas of Austronesian linguistics, Pidgin and Creole studies, children's acquisition of language, sociolinguistics, syntax, and phonology. The Department relies on the faculty and courses in Japanese linguistics offered by the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures to assist its students in their study of Japanese linguistics. Web: www.ling.hawaii.edu.
The Pacific Asian Management Institute (PAMI) of the Shidler College of Business offers short-term credit certificate programs during the summer (two six-week sessions), field study opportunities, a lecture series, and conferences for students and business people. For additional information, please see description under "Business" in this section and "PAMI" under "Campus Resources". Web: www.shidler.hawaii.edu/pami.
Graduate students in the Music Department may pursue an MA or PhD in Ethnomusicology or Music History of Japan. The Ethnomusicology Program enjoys an international reputation in the study of Asian and Pacific music and dance, including theoretical studies and practical applications. Japanese performing arts are a major component of this program. The University of Hawai'i is the only American university providing instruction in the Okinawan traditions. Music students may also specialize in a particular Japanese musical instrument or vocal style, including the traditions of chamber, court, and theatre music. Web: www.hawaii.edu/uhmmusic.
Faculty: Ricardo Trimillos (Chair of Asian Studies).
The Philosophy Department offers both an MA and a PhD in comparative philosophy as well as in Asian philosophy. Graduate students within the Department can focus their research on 20th century Japanese philosophy, traditional Japanese Buddhism, Japanese aesthetics, Bushido, or aspects of Japanese culture as they relate to philosophy. Web: www.hawaii.edu/phil.
Faculty: Masato Ishida (Associate Professor), Steve Odin (Professor).
Within the Political Science Department, it is possible to concentrate on the study of various aspects of Japanese political life at the MA and PhD levels. Graduate students may take courses and/or pursue research in the following areas: Japan's future, Japan's international relations, international law in Japan. Web: www.politicalscience.hawaii.edu.
Faculty: Petrice Flowers (Assistant Professor).
The Religion Department offers an MA in Asian Religions with an area concentration in East Asian religions. The study of Japanese religions covers the early, medieval, and modern periods, and focuses on Buddhism, Shinto, Christianity, and the New Religions. Through its active relationships with major Buddhist universities in Japan, the Department arranges conferences, exchange programs, research projects, publications, and study abroad opportunities. Web: www.hawaii.edu/religion.
Faculty: Helen Baroni (Associate Professor). Michel Mohr (Associate Professor)
The Sociology Department offers opportunities to specialize in the study of Japan at both the MA and PhD levels. The sociology program brings together a unique concentration of Asian area specialists on its faculty and has developed a specialty in the comparative sociology of East Asia. Students interested in Japan take the regular departmental course sequence in theory and methods, and then develop expertise in specific sub-fields of sociology while working on Japan-related research projects of their own choosing. At the MA level, the culmination of the research is the thesis while the doctoral program encourages presentation of papers at professional meetings and publication in professional journals along with preparation of the dissertation. Web: www.sociology.hawaii.edu.
Faculty: David Johnson (Professor), Hiro Saito (Assistant Professor), Patricia Steinhoff (Professor).
The Department of Theatre and Dance offers MA, MFA, and PhD degrees which can include some specialization in Japanese Theatre. On the master's level, students should consult the UHM catalog for curriculum requirements. In general, it is possible to do the equivalent of fifteen to twenty credits in Japanese Theatre within a general or Asian Theatre study program. On the PhD level, a student can chose a program in Asian Theatre or Asian-Western Comparative Theatre, with the area of focus, and the dissertation in Japanese Theatre.
The Department provides Japanese Theatre courses in history, literature, performance analysis, theory, and acting open to all UHM students. It has an international reputation for producing Kabuki plays in English in authentic performance style, as well as No, Kyogen, and contemporary Japanese drama in English. Master artists from Japan, including Nakamura Matagoro, Nakamura Ganjiro, Yoshida Minosuke, Nomura Mansaku Nomura Shiro and Shigeyama Akira have taught courses in the Department. The Department possesses a large collection of audio-visual materials for the study of performance, including more than 1,000 videotapes, especially Noh, Kabuki, Bunraku, and contemporary avant-garde performances. Web: http://hawaii.edu/theatre/futurestudent/asian.php.
Faculty: Julie A. Iezzi (Professor).


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3.125-Gbits/s LVDS buffers reduce jitter
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Santa Clara, Calif.National Semiconductor Corp. added three signal-conditioning buffers to its low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) product portfolio.
According to National, the DS25BR100, DS25BR110 and DS25BR120 buffers are the industry's first LVDS devices to offer transmit pre-emphasis and receive equalization for jitter performance up to 3.125-Gbits/s, while using less power than previous-generation buffers.
National's DS25BR100, DS25BR110 and DS25BR120 are single-channel LVDS buffers that provide enhanced signal integrity up to 3.125 Gbits/s. They offer jitter performance at 9 picoseconds (ps) typical and low power at 100 milliwatts.
National optimized the DS25BR100, DS25BR110 and DS25BR120 LVDS buffers for high-speed signal transmission over FR-4 backplanes and cables used in communications, storage and imaging systems. For example, they drive 2.5-Gbits/s transmissions over 10 meters of InfiniBand cable or 40 inches of FR4, with 0.15 units interval (UI) of residual jitter at the equalizer output. They can also boost signals in next-generation serial digital interface (SDI) broadcast video routers and home theatre digital visual interface (DVI) cable interconnects.
The DS25BR100, DS25BR110 and DS25BR120 LVDS buffers provide 7 kV of electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection and are well-suited for buffering signals from the new generation of 90-nm and 65 nm FPGAs and ASICs.
The 3.125 Gbits/s DS25BR1xx devices are housed in a small 3 mm x 3 mm 8-LLP space-saving package.
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