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Chartered and Mentor Graphics Team to Offer Technology Design Kits for 65 and 90 Nanometer Common Platform Technology Processes
Mixed-signal TDKs for 65 and 90 nanometer process technology based on new Mentor Graphics ICstudio design platform now available
WILSONVILLE, Ore. and Milpitas, Calif., May 31, 2007 – Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (Nasdaq: CHRT and SGX-ST: Chartered), one of the world's top dedicated semiconductor foundries, have partnered to offer a series of new mixed-signal Technology Design Kits (TDKs) supporting 65- and 90-nanometer (nm) process technology available from Chartered. The kits have been validated and are available now for use with Mentor Graphics ICstudio™ design platform. These open-source design kits enable IC design companies to rapidly set up their design environments and immediately focus on mixed-signal design and productivity gains on leading-edge technology from Chartered.
The new TDKs enable the entire analog mixed-signal IC design flow to be tailored for customers using Common Platform technology processes. The kits provide all the foundry data files and models for use with front-end and back-end IC design tools from Mentor Graphics. Designers can work within the unified design cockpit of Mentor's ICstudio design environment to move seamlessly between designs in front-end logical and back-end physical domains.
"Access to optimized design platforms that shorten critical chip development cycles is of paramount importance to foundry customers facing the challenges of today's market. Such challenges make Chartered's open, third-party EDA and IP strategy even more relevant," said Kevin Meyer, vice president of worldwide marketing and platform alliances at Chartered. "By combining Chartered's production-proven mixed-signal processes with world-class EDA flows from Mentor Graphics, we allow our mutual customers to gain full control and predictability over SoC design and manufacturing to jump-start their designs and plan for aggressive tape-out and production schedules. This is their competitive advantage."
"We understand the time-to-market pressures facing companies, and realize that their design engineers must focus on product development, rather than setting up IC design environments," said Jue-Hsien Chern, vice president and general manager, Deep Submicron division at Mentor Graphics. "At Mentor, we're committed to helping our customers maximize their productivity, especially as they move to more advanced semiconductor technologies in order to stay competitive in their markets. Our design kit collaboration with Chartered as a leading mixed-signal foundry yields a proven design-through-manufacturing flow that saves time and eliminates costly re-spins."
"We are pleased to see the collaboration between Chartered and Mentor Graphics, as we see tremendous value being created for their end customers like us," said Godfrey D'Souza, vice president of engineering at Cswitch Corporation. "At Cswitch, we develop configurable solutions that address the performance and time-to-market needs of network, telecom, and storage equipment manufacturers. Gaining collaborative support from our EDA and manufacturing suppliers like Mentor and Chartered will enable us to put more focus on advancing our development technologies, methodologies, and intellectual property base, especially as we move to the more advanced manufacturing process node on 65nm and beyond."
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Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (Nasdaq: CHRT, SGX-ST: CHARTERED), one of the world's top dedicated semiconductor foundries, offers leading-edge technologies down to 65 nanometer (nm), enabling today's system-on-chip designs. The company further serves its customers' needs through a collaborative, joint development approach on a technology roadmap that extends to 32nm. Chartered's strategy is based on open and comprehensive design enablement solutions, manufacturing enhancement strategies, and a commitment to flexible sourcing. In Singapore, the company operates a 300mm fabrication facility and four 200mm facilities. Information about Chartered can be found at www.charteredsemi.com.
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Eduardo Goncalves, International Communications Director, The Climate Group, writes for The Huffington Post on the opportunity of a green economy.
With delegates now flying into Rio, already the talk is of the measly progress made to date and the measlier prospect of meaningful agreement at the end of it all. Even the presence of a Palestinian delegation has somehow become the latest issue to throw negotiators off-balance.
Not much further away, world leaders will be discussing the global financial crisis at the G20 summit. From the lack of action to break us out of stagnation and recession, you could forgive people for thinking they look like rabbits frozen in the headlights, unable to stir as the freight train crash unfolds.
Yet perhaps a single solution to both sets of problems is staring government leaders right in the face.
Consider this: in the midst of a double-dip recession, the UK's green economy sector has quietly been growing 5% a year. This year, China's solar panel exports outstripped the combined value of all of America's corn, beef and chicken exports. Stock markets may have been flat or falling, but the portfolios of green tech and related companies are outperforming their peers by 3:2. Crisis? Not in the green economy.
If world government and business leaders want a growth program that will kick-start the economy and create jobs, they need look no further than the clean tech sector. Forget real estate, construction or the dot.coms. Those bubbles have burst. The new growth market is green. There is growing belief that it's the most effective investment vehicle open to governments and markets right now. For people at home, there's even better news -- renewables are creating more jobs per joule than other forms of energy, and then there's the promise of greater energy security (i.e. lower bills).
So why haven't government and business leaders all jumped aboard? Actually, there are some key people waking up to it. They are epitomized by an eclectic group of savvy venture capitalists, business entrepreneurs and statesmen who penned an open letterto the G20 this week. They argue that the convergence of the economic crisis and the growing threat of climate change should in fact be approached as 'an historic opportunity' to rebuild the economy on a more secure footing.
Tony Blair will make an impassioned speech to be screened at Rio in which he talks of his vision of a world transformed by clean technologies. He calls on government and business leaders to come together and launch a 'clean revolution'.
Away from the spotlights, a series of new reports will be shared in the meeting rooms around the Rio summit. They will reveal that new clean technology can do things like almost single-handedly slash the massive carbon emissions from street lighting (saving the taxpayer a lot of money that could be invested elsewhere). Plus they will highlight extraordinary success stories of dozens of companies and governments around the world in starting to build a new economy that's not just greener -- but a lot stronger too.
So take the news reports about what may or may not be agreed at Rio with a pinch of salt. You may not have noticed it, but the revolution has already begun. It's being led by a clever group of companies and governments -- big and small -- who are simply getting on with it. Not necessarily because their primary interest is in saving the planet. They've just cottoned on to the fact that it's the best investment opportunity on the market right now and for the foreseeable future. Technologies such as solar will probably soon be the cheapest source of energy on the planet. The clever people want to be ahead of the curve.
Yes we need to speed things up. In fact we need to speed them up quite a lot if we are to be able to really reap the potential benefits. But take a look at the leaps in innovation, the big new money being invested, and the seismic changes of cost and scale in clean tech in just the last 5 years. The technological possibilities available today could only have been dreamt about when government heads first met in Rio 20 years ago.
Right now it may only be a small group who have noticed that the green economy is the big new opportunity. But just you wait until a few more government and business leaders hear about it. And if you fancy starting a stampede for the door marked 'success' -- well, why not let them know that by the end of the decade the clean tech market will have tripled in size to a whopping US $2 trillion.
That's a very big birthday cake. They're not going to want to be the kid at the party who only gets the crumbs.
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What will Texas do with Napoli?
The initial trade held promise for Mike Napoli in the form of a potential steady job at first base in Toronto.
The second trade, not so much.
Napoli is on his way to Texas, where all good Angels lately (Darren Oliver, Darren O'Day, Bengie Molina, Vladimir Guerrero) eventually seem to land.
Granted, there are benefits from Napoli's end to Texas over Canada. He's still residing in the U.S. A native Floridian, he's in warm weather. He's with a team that can go a long way. He's on natural grass in a ballpark where he'll launch some big flies over the inviting wall in right center when he's locked in and feeling groovy.
Unfortunately, I have my doubts that it will happen often enough to make him happy. That's the rub from my end with this swap that sends reliever Frank Francisco to the Blue Jays. I don't see how the Rangers can keep Napoli busy enough to suit him.
The Rangers have two promising young first baseman (Mitch Moreland and Chris Davis), two quality catchers (Yorvit Torrealba and Matt Treanor) and a new designated hitter in Michael Young.
Where, exactly, does Napoli find his playing time with this team? I'm unclear, and I'm guessing he has his doubts as well.
When the Angels face the Rangers, for example, it's doubtful Napoli will get a start unless Scott Kazmir is pitching. He'll probably get more opportunities against Oakland, with its lefties, but two or three starts a week will not be enough to satisfy him or keep his swing right.
One of the things I liked about the Angels' deal for Vernon Wells, sending Napoli and Juan Rivera to Toronto, was that it held the promise of steady work for the two muscular hitters going to the Jays. Now it looks like a garden-variety Toronto salary dump from this laptop, and that's too bad.
On a Canadian radio station after the trade, I talked up the idea of Napoli taking over first base. I felt it was the opportunity he's been seeking, and he played surprisingly well there in Kendry Morales' absence last season. I figured he'd win the job in the spring and run with it to a terrific season, making everybody happy.
Now I'm not sure what the future holds for the big lug with the big bat.
The problem with my job is I tend to care about the quality people I cover. I have to admit, I grew close to Napoli. I like him a lot. I think he has the talent to do some great things in the game. But my sense is that he's going to a role in Texas much too familiar to him – that of playing now and then and growing frustrated over time.
Because he has a big swing with power to all fields – much like Brandon Wood – Napoli needs to play on a steady basis to get and keep his swing in a comfort zone. This is not such a big deal with hitters with more compact strokes; they can sit a few days and slash a line drive somewhere. Big swingers tend to have big mood swings.
I'm having a hard time figuring out how this move will improve Napoli's mood – unless the Rangers have bigger plans for him than it appears. – Lyle Spencer
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I can only assume the Rangers have something in mind. They showed they didn't have a lot of faith in their catchers last year when they got Molina. Interesting move for sure.
I think your right, but I hope Mike has better prospects than this. I enjoyed watching him with the angels and I'm sorry to see him go. Good Luck Mike !
Napoli should start against LHP and get additional at bats as the third catcher and back up 1B/DH. If that doesn't suit him, tough. He doesn't seem like the type of guy to let his performance suffer over a playing time dispute, even if he is vocal about it. If given the choice between a guy who is content with being a role player a guy who wants to be on the field everyday, I'll take the latter.


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The commercial launch of the service, announced by a government transport official last week, follows a lengthy two-year trial aiming to replace Singapore's closed-loop stored-value cards with account-based ticketing and open loop credit and debit. SimplyGo follows an open-loop launch on a small Metro service in Taiwan in January.
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NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Moovit, which bills itself as the world's largest "urban mobility app," has begun to enable public transit ticketing and payments from its platform, as it seeks to deliver what it says is a true mobility-as-a-service experience for users.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Another major U.S. transit agency has introduced a virtual closed-loop card for Apple Pay this week, with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or Metro, announcing the move Thursday. It comes a couple of days after the Washington (D.C.) Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, or WMATA, announced it had put its SmarTrip closed-loop card on Apple's NFC-enabled devices, as well.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Apple added support for its latest closed-loop transit card for Apple Pay, enabling customers of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, or WMATA, to tap their NFC-enabled iPhones and Apple Watches to pay for rides with WMATA's SmarTrip virtual card.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – It's coming up on six years since Apple announced its groundbreaking digital-payments service, Apple Pay. And while consumer adoption remains a work in progress, Apple has had considerable success gaining participation from banks and other issuers in what is now more than 50 countries worldwide.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Another transit agency in Canada has announced it will enable mobile ticketing, along with reloadable contactless cards, citing in part the Covid-19 pandemic and the desire to reduce the use of cash, vending machines and customer interaction with agency staff.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The announcement by The Kroger Co., the largest supermarket chain in the U.S., that it has begun trialing contactless payments in a subsidiary indicates that one of the last major holdouts among big U.S. merchants will eventually accept such NFC payments services as Apple Pay and Google Pay, as well as contactless bank cards.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – There's more evidence that popular trip-planning apps Transit, Moovit and Google Maps are seeking to expand further into mobile ticketin
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – In a move seeking to expand the base of merchants that can accept its payments service, Apple Pay, Apple has reportedly acquired Montreal, Canada-based mobile POS company Mobeewave, which could enable small shop owners, restaurants and street vendors, among others, to more easily accept contactless EMV cards and NFC mobile wallets.


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New Variable Stars Discovered by the APACHE Survey. I. Results After the First Observing Season
The Ellipsoidal Variable b Persei
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Received February 26, 2014; revised March 19, 2014 and April 4, 2014; accepted May 1, 2014
Recent Maxima of 75 Short Period Pulsating Stars
Gerard Samolyk
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Received January 6, 2014; accepted January 6, 2014
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Ronald KaitchuckBall State University Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Muncie, IN 47306
Multi-Longitude Observation Campaign of KV Cancri: an RR Lyrae Star with Irregular Blazhko Modulations
Pierre de Ponthière15 Rue Pré Mathy, Lesve, Profondeville 5170, Belgium
Michel BonnardeauMBCAA Observatory, Le Pavillon, Lalley 38930, France
Analysis of Seven Years of Globe at Night Data
Jennifer J. Birriel
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Kim admitted Peter quickly caught her attention after seeing his profile on an online dating website four years ago.
Two years after kindling this online affair, Kim relocated from Coolum Beach, on the Sunshine Coast, to Mt Morgan to be with him after she found they were the perfect match.
Kim was a widow with three children aged between 14 and 16, while Peter, who shared custody of his 15-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son with his ex-wife, was divorced from his previous marriage.
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2010 RACE WINNER: Dani Pedrosa, by 3.575 seconds over Ben Spies
2010 POLE WINNER: Spies, 1 minute, 40.105 seconds
U.S. TV: MotoGP race, 2-3 p.m. (ET), Sunday, Aug. 28, SPEED (live). MotoGP qualifying, 11 a.m.-midnight (ET), Saturday, Aug. 27 (delayed). Moto2: 2-3 p.m. (ET), Tuesday, Aug. 30, SPEED (delayed). 125cc: Noon-1 p.m. (ET), Tuesday, Aug. 30, SPEED (delayed).
THE AMERICANS: U.S. riders Ben Spies (Longview, Texas, Yamaha Factory Racing), Nicky Hayden (Owensboro, Ky., Ducati Team) and Colin Edwards (Houston, Monster Yamaha Tech 3) will compete in the MotoGP race. Spies is sixth, Hayden seventh and Edwards ninth in the standings after 11 races. Kenny Noyes (Borrego Springs, Calif., Avintia-STX), JD Beach (Snoqualmie, Wash., Aeroport de Castello) and Jake Gagne (Ramona, Calif., GPTech) will compete in the Moto2 race.
Up - Casey Stoner. Stoner scored his sixth victory of the season and expanded his World Championship lead to 32 points over reigning World Champion Jorge Lorenzo with a victory in the last event, the Grand Prix of the Czech Republic on Aug. 14.
Up - Nicky Hayden. 2006 World Champion Hayden is the only rider to finish on the podium with different manufacturers at the Red Bull Indianapolis GP. He placed second in 2008 with Honda and third in 2009 with Ducati at his home race. Hayden started third and finished sixth last year.
Up - Marco Simoncelli. Simoncelli finally earned his first career MotoGP podium finish by placing third in the Grand Prix of the Czech Republic on Aug. 14. Simoncelli has recorded two poles among six front-row starts this season on a Honda. But he was reckless and inconsistent during races, with a series of crashes and a best finish of fifth before the Czech round.
Down - Valentino Rossi. Seven-time MotoGP World Champion Rossi has won at least one race every season since his Grand Prix career started in 1996. He is winless this year, his first with Ducati. Rossi's best finish is third in May at Le Mans.
Down - Cal Crutchlow. Crutchlow is enduring a miserable summer during his rookie MotoGP season, with a best finish of 14th in his last six starts for Monster Yamaha Tech 3 as a teammate to American Colin Edwards.
FAST FACTS: The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is one of just three current MotoGP circuits where current MotoGP points leader Casey Stoner has not won. The others are Jerez, Spain, and Estoril, Portugal. Stoner's best finish at IMS is fourth in 2008 … Seven-time MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi has won at least one race every year of his Grand Prix career, competing in 125cc in 1996-97, 250cc in 1998-99 and MotoGP from 2000-10. He is winless so far this season … The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the only circuit on the MotoGP schedule that incorporates an oval in the course … The United States is one of only three countries with more than one MotoGP race on the 2011 schedule. There also was a round in July at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, Calif. The other countries: Spain (four races), Italy (two) … An American rider has finished on the podium of the MotoGP race at the Red Bull Indianapolis GP every year. Nicky Hayden finished second in 2008 and third in 2009, and Ben Spies finished second in 2010 … American riders have won 15 MotoGP world titles since 1978, more than any other nation. American World Champions since 1978: Kenny Roberts (1978-80), Freddie Spencer (1983, 85), Eddie Lawson (1984, 86, 88-89), Wayne Rainey (1990-92), Kevin Schwantz (1993), Kenny Roberts Jr. (2000), Nicky Hayden (2006). Italy is second with nine, during that span, with seven by Valentino Rossi … This will be the 19th motorcycle Grand Prix race in the United States. The first was in 1964 at Daytona International Speedway … Riders on Aprilia motorcycles have won 11 consecutive 125cc races … Three Indiana riders are competing in the AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 series races this weekend at IMS: Gene Burcham of Plainfield, Mike Morgan of Goshen and Scotty Van Hawk of Oswego … Shelina Moreda, from Petaluma, Calif., will be the first female motorcycle competitor in the 102-year history of IMS when she races in the AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 series.


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KTM Junior Supercross Returns for '13
Feld Motor Sports Announces the Return of the KTM Junior Supercross Challenge (KJSC) to the 2013 Monster Energy Supercross Season
AURORA, Ill – Feld Motor Sports® announced today the return of the widely popular KTM Junior Supercross Challenge (KJSC). Following a five-year hiatus, the KJSC will showcase the talent of boys and girls at select Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, races in 2013. The KJSC not only gives boys and girls the opportunity to compete on the same track as their heroes, it promotes motorcycling as a family activity.
KJSC 2013 Dates:
Anaheim Race 2 – February 2, 2013
Arlington – February 16, 2013
Atlanta – February 23, 2013
Indianapolis – March 16, 2013
Las Vegas – May 4, 2013
During race day, KJSC riders will race aboard identically prepared KTM 50 SXS motorcycles and will participate in practice laps at 3:00pm and 5:00pm with a three lap exhibition race taking place during the night program. The young KJSC participants will also be able to participate in the rider track walk and be acknowledged during opening ceremonies.
"We are excited to have the KTM Junior Supercross Challenge (KJSC) back as a part of the 2013 Monster Energy Supercross season," Todd Jendro, vice president of two wheel operations, Feld Motor Sports. "The program provides an exciting and entertaining element for our supercross audience, but more importantly, the KJSC provides a great opportunity for the youth of the sport to showcase their talent and gives us a glimpse into the next generation of supercross superstars. The KJSC program has been a springboard for notable factory standouts such as Ryan Dungey, Mike Alessi and Eli Tomac to name a few. We are proud to work with KTM on continuing to promote this positive representation of our sport."Interested applicants must be 7-8 years old and meet the full requirements listed in the official rules. All rules and online entry forms can be found at the KJSC event website www.ktmjrsx.com. The KJSC is held at 5 of the Monster Energy Supercross races. Any additional inquiries about the KTM Junior Supercross Challenge should be directed to local KTM dealerships.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold futures climbed on Tuesday as traders took in Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen's testimony on monetary policy to the House Financial Services Committee, lifting the metal's tally to a rise of more than 3% in five trading sessions.
Yellen signaled that the central bank will remain on the loose monetary-policy path laid out by Ben Bernanke.
Gold for April delivery US:GCJ4 climbed $15.10, or 1.2%, to settle at $1,289.80 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange after rising as high as $1,294.40. Prices held their ground at the highest close since mid-November and have gained 3.1% since their close at $1,251.20 a week ago.
March silver US:SIH4, which briefly traded lower, closed up 4 cents, or 0.2%, at $20.15 an ounce.
"Yellen's comments have been right down the middle of the road," said Brien Lundin, editor of Gold Newsletter, adding that "gold was already trading nicely higher before her testimony began, largely on the back of a weaker dollar and strong Chinese demand."
"Apparently all the gold market needed was an absence of damaging remarks from Yellen, as the price continued to strengthen as she talked," he said. "This indicates that underlying bullish posture for gold is strong."
"The recent string of positive days is building a much better technical picture as well, and this should bring more buying into the market," Lundin said.
Yellen's prepared testimony before the House Financial Services Committee closely tracked the language of the Fed's last policy statement, repeating that the central bank would taper the pace of its asset-buying program if the economy continued to improve as expected. In a question-and-answer session, Yellen said the Fed would pause from its path to slowly exit its bond-buying program if there was a significant change in the economic outlook. Read the live blog of her testimony before Congress.
Jeffrey Wright, managing director at H.C. Wainwright, said the testimony and Q&A session "point to a longer timeline of existing interest rates regardless of the official unemployment rate," and that's positive for gold with a weaker U.S. dollar
Year to date, gold futures are up over 7% after finding some safe-haven buying last month.
The $1,300 level is "critical" and is being watched closely by many in the gold community, said Vedant Mimani, lead portfolio manager of the Atyant Capital Global Opportunities Fund. "If we get there, what will be more revealing is if gold can hold above that level."
On Monday, gold futures extended their gains to a fourth-straight session, reaching their highest point in more than 2½ months as Chinese buyers returned to the market with an appetite for the metal following the recent Lunar New Year holiday.
For the short term, gold is "starting to find some traction — potentially putting in a bottom here," according to Adam Koos, president of Libertas Wealth Management. The long-term picture is "still bright in light of the expectations of higher inflation at some point, likely in the last half of the decade."
Other metals on Comex finished on a mixed note, April platinum US:PLJ4 tacked on $1.90, or 0.1%, to $1,387.80 an ounce, while March palladium US:PAH4 fell by 40 cents, or 0.1%, to $716.35 an ounce.
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Metals miners traded broadly higher Tuesday afternoon, along with most of the stocks on Wall Street. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index
The gold-backed exchange-traded fund, the SPDR Gold Trust
Other must-read stories on MarketWatch include:
Scary 1929 market chart gains traction
6.5% unemployment rate doesn't mean a thing to Yellen
Samuel L. Jackson strikes down upon interviewer with furious anger


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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section §5-5-2a relating to retention salary increases for Division of Corrections and Division of Juvenile Services employees based on years of service.
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Original URL: https://www.theregister.com/2006/09/08/samsung_telecom_spyware_alert/
Samsung Telecom plays unwilling host to Trojan
Stowaway spyware alert
Posted in The Channel, 8th September 2006 13:50 GMT
The Samsung Telecom's site is inadvertently hosting malware, according to web security firm Websense.
The US-based site contains a number directories and files which, if downloaded and run, install malicious code on end-users' machines. Among the nasties currently housed on the site is a Trojan horse designed to log data submitted to online banking websites.
In mitigation, the site doesn't harbour exploit code that might be used to download malicious files without user interaction. Surfers would have to be tricked into downloading and running hostile code in order to get infected, a process nonetheless facilitated by the trusted nature of Samsung Telecom's site.
Websense has contacted site admins about the problem. "The server appears to have been compromised and has been hosting a variety of [malicious] files for some time", it adds. ®


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David Krane, a partner in Google Ventures, begun more than three years ago, was Google employee 84. He started in corporate communications 13 years ago, which makes him ancient at a company that still seems rather new. But now Krane is involved in bringing the company's vast resources and experience to startups.
Google Ventures is a $200 million fund, operated as a completely independent entity within Google, Krane said during a recent visit to InformationWeek's Valley View (our monthly live Web TV show). There are 55 people at Google Ventures, which includes eight investment partners making the decisions, and then a team of engineers, product designers, recruiters, and marketers who provide some of the muscle for Google's investments. The team is measured not by the strategic value the companies provide back to Google, but simply by financial return Krane said.
In fact, Google Ventures prides itself on being hands on, and that is its main differentiator Krane said. There's even a startup lab, which serves as a "small university for entrepreneurs."
One of Google Ventures' most recent investments was Cliqr, a company that helps manage cloud migration. Other successes include NgMoco, a mobile gaming company, and HomeAway, a vacation rental specialist that went public last year.
In the video embedded below, Krane talks to us about how Google Ventures works, and some of the trends he's seeing from startups.
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MARCH 31, 2011 — A Connecticut soldier was killed in action Tuesday in Afghanistan.
Army Staff Sgt. Frank E. Adamski III, 26, of Plainfield, was among three soldiers who died of injuries they suffered when their unit was attacked with small arms. The others who died are Sgt. 1st Class Ofren Arrechaga, 28, of Hialeah, Fla., and Spc. Jameson L. Linkskog, 23, of Pleasanton, Calif.
The three were members of the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), from Fort Campbell, Ky.
Adamski, who was from the Moosup section of Plainfield, is survived by his wife, Danielle Adamski, and young daughter, Victoria, of Clarksville, Tenn. He is also survived by his father, Frank Adamski of Voluntown, and his mother, Susan Adamski of Westbury, N.Y.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy ordered state and U.S. flags lowered to half staff to honor Adamski.
"It is unimaginable that Connecticut is mourning the death of yet another soldier lost in battle," Malloy said in a statement. "Staff Sgt. Adamski's family and friends are in our thoughts and prayers at this devastating time. Staff Sgt. Adamski leaves behind a young daughter who will know and understand the sacrifice her father made on behalf of all of us."
Adamski joined the Army in March 2005 and arrived at Fort Campbell in April 2009. He served as an infantryman, assigned to Charlie Company of the 2nd Battalion.
His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star; the Army Commendation Medal; Army Achievement Medal; Army Good Conduct Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Afghanistan Campaign Medal; Iraq Campaign Medal; Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon; Army Service Ribbon; Overseas Service Ribbon; NATO Medal, Parachutist Badge; Air Assault Badge and the Combat Infantryman Badge.
Adamski's stepmother, Carol Anne Rowe, told the Norwich Bulletin that her stepson died the day before both his 27th birthday and fourth wedding anniversary. Their daughter, Victoria, turned a year old last month.
After graduating from Plainfield High School in 2002, Adamski enlisted in the Army and re-enlisted after four years, Rowe said. The Bulletin reported that he was also deployed to Iraq from January 2006 to February 2007 and had come home to Connecticut a few weeks ago while on leave.
Adamski was the third Army soldier with Connecticut ties to die in Afghanistan this year. Pfc. David Fahey Jr., 23, of Norwalk, died Feb. 28 of wounds from an improvised bomb, and Sgt. 1st Class Dae Han Park, 36, of Watertown, died March 12 when his unit was attacked with an improvised explosive device.
Fifty-four service members and civilians with Connecticut ties have died in Iraq and Afghanistan since fighting began in 2002.
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A mainstay of molecular biology research is the nucleic acid blot. "Blots" are membranes such as nitrocellulose or coated nylon to which nucleic acids have been permanently bound. Blot hybridizations with specific nucleic acid probes provide critical information regarding gene expression and genome structure. The most common blot applications used in modern laboratories are Northern blots, Southern blots and dot/slot blots. Regardless of the type of blot, the principles of probe synthesis, hybridization, washing and detection are the same. Ambion has invested substantial research efforts into understanding and overcoming the limitations of each of the steps common to all blot analyses. The following article outlines some of these advancements and the products that have resulted from our efforts.
Maximizing Blot Sensitivity
A primary limitation of all blot hybridizations is the efficiency of hybridization between the nucleic acids on the membrane, and the labeled nucleic acids in the hybridization solution. Research at Ambion indicates that under typical blot hybridization conditions, only 0.5-5% of the target molecules on a membrane are actually bound by available probe. This is consistent with published work (1). This limitation reduces the sensitivities of blot-associated assays by 20–100-fold, greatly reducing the ability to detect rare messages with Northern blots and dot blots, or to analyze limited DNA samples by Southern blotting. In many cases, maximizing the sensitivity of blot hybridization would forestall the need to switch to PCR-based detection methods, which are more difficult to set up and potentially less quantitative.
Ambion has developed a hybridization buffer that maximizes hybridization efficiency without increasing non-specific background. Our ultrasensitive hybridization buffer, ULTRAhyb™, is as much as 100 times more sensitive than commonly used hybridization buffers (Figure 1). The benefits of greater sensitivity are remarkable. Using ULTRAhyb with Northerns, mRNAs too rare to detect using standard means are detected in an overnight exposure. Single copy genes are readily detected in only 1 µg of genomic DNA by Southerns only compared to the 10 µg typically required when using standard hybridization buffers.
Ambion has developed a hybridization buffer that maximizes hybridization efficiency without increasing non-specific background. Our ultrasensitive hybridization buffer, ULTRAhyb™, is as much as 100 times more sensitive than commonly used hybridization buffers (Figure 1). The benefits of greater sensitivity are remarkable. Using ULTRAhyb with Northerns, mRNAs too rare to detect using standard means are detected in an overnight exposure. Single copy genes are readily detected in only 1 µg of genomic DNA by Southerns only compared to the 10 µg typically required when using standard hybridization buffers.
Figure 1. ULTRAhyb™ Detects a Signal in Only 8 Hours, Compared to a Minimum of 5 Days Using Competitors' Hybridization Solutions. Six identical Northern blots were assayed for p53 using 106 cpm/ml of a random-primed, labeled probe. The blots were incubated in the hybridization buffers indicated, following the manufacturer's recommendations for time and temperature. All blots were washed identically using 2X SSC/0.1% SDS and 0.1X SSC/0.1% SDS. The blots were exposed to the same piece of film at -80°C with one intensifying screen for the indicated times.
1. Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 1989. Sambrook, J. Fritsch, E.F., Maniatis, T. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
2. Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, 1994. Ausubel, F.M. and others, editors. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
QuikHyb, Rapid-hyb and ExpressHyb are registered trademarks of Stratagene, Amersham and CLONTECH, respectively.
Reagents for Northern and Southern Blotting
Although Ambion's positively charged nylon membranes and wash buffers were developed primarily for Northern blot applications, they are also well-suited for other types of blots (e.g., Southerns, dot/slot blots, gene arrays). In addition, Ambion has recently introduced SouthernMax™ Gel Prep/Gel Running Buffer and SouthernMax Pre-Transfer and Transfer Buffers, which are specifically designed to decrease gel running time to only 4 hrs and gel transfer time to as little as 2 hrs. With these optimized reagents, Southern analysis can be completed in a single day.
NorthernMax™ Rapid Transfer Buffer offers maximum transfer of RNA from agarose gels to membranes in two to three hours, regardless of size. Ambion's NorthernMax procedure uses downward passive transfer. Downward transfer does not crush the gel and makes use of gravity to speed the transfer process. The alkaline NorthernMax Rapid Transfer Buffer nicks the mRNA in the gel, reducing even the longest transcripts to molecules that can be effectively transferred to membrane, ensuring that all RNAs transfer with equal efficiency.
Ambion's positively charged nylon membrane, BrightStar™-Plus, has the lowest background and highest target retention of all membranes that we have tested. Each lot of membrane is compared to previous lots for consistency by our Quality Control Department, a claim that other molecular biology companies can not make.
RNase-free Wash Buffers
Ambion's Low and High Stringency Wash buffers are optimized to reduce background and cross-hybridization without decreasing hybridization signal. Each lot of blot hybridization products is functionally tested by our Quality Control Department to assure the highest possible sensitivity and lowest background. In addition, all solutions are certified nuclease-free.
Millennium Markers™
Northern blots are used extensively to assess mRNA size. Ambion offers Millennium Markers™, a set of evenly spaced, single-stranded RNA transcripts to help accurately determine mRNA size. The Millennium Marker mixture includes 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 9 kilobase transcripts that can be radioactively labeled, probed with our Millennium Marker Probe, or ethidium bromide stained to provide an accurate sizing ladder in gels or on autoradiographs.
Compatible Reagents for Blot Hybridization
All of Ambion's blot hybridization products were co-developed to ensure that they are completely compatible with one another. This means that you can use our products to assemble an optimized system that will give you the best possible results from your Northerns, Southerns, dot/slot blots, and gene arrays.
- Vernier, P., Mastrippolito, R., Helin, C., Bendali, M., Mallet, J., Tricoire, H. (1996) Radioimager quantification of oligonucleotide hybridization with DNA immobilized on transfer membrane: application to the identification of related sequences. Analytical Biochemistry 235, 11-19.


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The Oak Island Lighthouse will be CLOSED on the following days in 2020 – NO TOURS
Due to the Executive order issued by Governor Cooper on Saturday 3/14/20 stating that all public venues be canceled until further notice, the Town of Caswell Beach and the Friends of Oak Island Lighthouse will comply and have suspended all tours until further notice. No reservations for any tours will be accepted at this time. Please check back in February 2021 for an update on the status of tours. Our primary concern is for the safety of our visitors and health of our all volunteer staff.
Once tours have been reinstated, we accept reservations year round for Top Tour requests with AT LEAST 2 weeks advanced notice for a reservation and 4 weeks in JUNE, JULY and AUGUST. Last minute requests (less than 2 or 4 weeks in advance) will be considered if other tours have already been scheduled and space still remains. There is a maximum of approximately 20 climbers per tour and ALL tours are in the MORNINGS and climbers MUST be at least 9 years old.
Summer top tours (Memorial Day through Labor Day) are only scheduled in the mornings on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.
Please visit our tour webpage here ==> tour page for additional details and to request your tour.
The Oak Island Lighthouse is owned by the Town of Caswell Beach, however, all governance, tours and maintenance activities are run by a 501c(3) Tax Exempt organization (FOIL - Friends of Oak Island Lighthouse) that the town created. If you would like to help support the Lighthouse and our "Keeping Our Light Strong" campaign to fund our recent repairs, your tax deductible donation would be greatly appreciated. 100% of all donations and profits from our merchandise sales go to the maintenance of the lighthouse. FOIL is completely run by volunteers, have NO paid staff and receive no funding from the government. THANK YOU!
Checks may be made out to FOIL and sent to:
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Public "no reservation required" free tours to the second level (NOT to the top) are offered every Wednesday and Saturday (10 AM - 2 PM) ONLY starting after Memorial Day and running through Labor Day. Visitors climb 1 level (12 steps) for anyone age 7 and up. A docent will provide information about the lighthouse and answer any questions you may have.
Climbing to the top is available year round for anyone 9 years or older with AT LEAST 2 weeks advanced notice for a reservation and 4 weeks in JUNE, JULY and AUGUST. Requests with less than 2 or 4 weeks notice will be offered the opportunity to join already scheduled tours IF openings exist. Memorial Day through Labor Day, top tours are only offered in the mornings on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. We are closed on most major holidays. Top tours are up 131 metal ship stairs to an outside balcony and are currently offered free of charge and by appointment only. Please check our tour page for additional details and to find out how you can request a tour.
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RACING: Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti sweep Toronto front row
TORONTO >> Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti came to Toronto with the message "Target Loves Canada" featured proudly on both their cars and their firesuits.
So far, the slogan rings true.
The Target Chip Ganassi Racing teammates swept the front row in qualifying for Sunday's race, the second in a doubleheader weekend at Exhibition Place.
Dixon won the pole in Saturday's qualifying, knocking teammate Franchitti from the top spot when he made his laps during the second group.
A day earlier, Franchitti won the pole for Saturday's first race.
It comes after last weekend's breakthrough moment for the team as Dixon led a 1-2-3 podium sweep at Pocono. Charlie Kimball finished second at Pocono and Franchitti third as the team picked up its first win of the season and first podium sweep for Ganassi drivers in any series.
It was also the 100th win for Target, which is celebrating this weekend the recent openings of the first Target Canada stores in the country.
"Obviously Pocono was a big deal for us, 1-2-3, because we had been struggling so much," Franchitti said. "But I wouldn't make too much of (momentum). We did a test at Sebring when everybody else was (testing) at Pocono, and I think we learned some stuff there.
"But if there is some momentum, we'll definitely take it because it's better to be on an upward swing than a downward swing."
Dixon was surprised to get the pole.
"I saw the first or second lap time, and I said, 'Wow, that's a lot quicker than I thought,"' Dixon said, adding he had an issue in Friday qualifying when "I gave up a ton of time. It's nice to reward ourselves with the pole."
IndyCar points leader Helio Castroneves qualified third and was followed by defending series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay and Will Power.
Power grazed the wall during the second group and a banner got snagged under his car during his qualifying lap. It eventually flapped off but landed on the nose of Sebastian Bourdais' car. At roughly the same time, James Jakes slammed into a tire barrier as the session came to an interesting end.


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The last four chief executives of IBM - a longtime corporate sponsor of the Masters - have been members of the exclusive golf club in Augusta. The latest CEO of the computer giant happens to be a woman. Virginia Rometty was appointed this year.
One problem - a woman has never worn a member's green jacket since Augusta National opened in 1933.
"I think they're both in a bind," Martha Burk said recently. Burk, who spearheaded an unsuccessful campaign 10 years ago for the club to admit a female member, told CNN on Friday that she fears Augusta and IBM will work out a "sham solution" to make the issue go away.
"The company has a huge responsibility here not to undermine its first female CEO," Burk said. "If they accept anything less than full member - or resign their sponsorship, which is another option - they're going to undermine their new CEO. And they'll be making a statement that they don't consider her an equal to her predecessors."
Still to be determined is how much traction the topic will muster going into the Masters.
Augusta National, through a spokesman, declined to comment in keeping to its policy that membership issues are private. IBM did not immediately return a phone call to AP seeking comment.
Rometty is said to play golf sparingly. Her greater passion is scuba diving.
Hootie Johnson, chairman of the club a decade ago, ignited the controversy back then when he said that while Augusta might one day have a female member, it would be on the club's timetable and "not at the point of a bayonet".
Burk applied pressure on just about everyone connected with the club and with the Masters, the major championship that garners the highest TV ratings. She demanded that four companies drop their television sponsorship because of discrimination. She lobbied PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem not to recognize the Masters as part of the tour schedule.
It didn't work. The protest fizzled in a parking lot down the street from the club during the third round of the 2003 tournament.
"We did raise the issue," Burk said on CNN. "If we had not done that, this would not be on the table now."
Not only is the debate back, this time it has a face - Rometty, a 31-year veteran of IBM who has been ranked among the "50 Most Powerful Women in Business" by Fortune magazine the past seven years. Rometty was number seven last year.
The chairman of Augusta National - and the Masters - is Billy Payne, who ran the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. When he replaced Johnson as chairman of the club and of the Masters tournament in 2006, he said there was "no specific timetable" for admitting women.
The question was raised at the 2007 and 2010 Masters. Both times, Payne said membership issues were private.
Rometty succeeds Sam Palmissano at IBM, which runs the Masters' website from the bottom floor of the media centre. According to a list published by USA Today in 2002, the three CEOs prior to Palmissano also were members - Louis Gertsner, John Akers and John Opel.
As the corporate sponsors became the target, Johnson wound up doing away with TV sponsorship for two years at the Masters to keep the corporate partners - IBM, Coca-Cola and Citigroup - out of the fray.
Only IBM returned as a TV sponsor for the 2005 Masters. The others were SBC Communications and ExxonMobil.
Burk said she would not be surprised if IBM pressured Rometty to say she doesn't want to be a member.
"Really, I don't think it's her responsibility," Burk said. "It's the board of directors. They need to take action here. They don't need to put that on her. They need to say, 'This is wrong. We thought the club was on the verge of making changes several years ago, and we regretfully end our sponsorship to maintain her credibility and the company brand.'"
The debate returns just in time for one of the most anticipated Masters in years. Tiger Woods finally returned to winning form last week at Bay Hill and is considered one of the favorites, along with US Open champion Rory McIlroy. Eight of the top 20 players in the world rankings have won heading into the first major of the year, a list that includes world number one Luke Donald.
Now comes a sensitive issue that dogged the tournament a decade ago, and might not go away easily. Women can play the course at Augusta National, but cannot join the club or wear the Augusta green jacket, which is reserved for members and stands as a status symbol in business and golf.
Rometty could become a central figure in the argument over female membership whether she wishes to or not.


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I was interviewed this past week on "The Booster Pack" by Terry Bartley - a local Clark Kent-type who runs a blog/news site with a proper Justice League that describes itself as "A Variety Pack of All Things Geeky." Covering everything from comics, to cons, to movies, and Magic, and more, I had the pleasure of having a short conversation with Terry about "Calamity Cash & The Town with No Name," where the idea came from, what our distribution model has been like, and all the support we've gotten along the way. It's a only a little over 20 minutes long, and well worth a listen, if I can say so myself.
And make sure to keep following The Booster Pack for all your pop culture-related news, and my interviewer, Terry Bartley, on Twitter @terrybartley. And thanks, Terry!
And buy "Calamity Cash & the Town with No Name" here:
"Calamity Cash & The Town with No Name" (25 pages, $3.50, plus shipping): The mother/daughter vigilante team of Tana and Cal Cash are on the run from an Afro-rocking, Kung-Fu assassin, and have been forced to make their last stand in a nameless desert town hiding an unbelievable secret - every last citizen is in the Witness Protection program! Out of gas, low on ammo, and with their backs against the wall, Calamity and Mama Cash become the town's unlikely protectors, but with friends so quickly becoming enemies, and old enemies becoming friends, is the whole place doomed to burn? And will our heroines be the ones to light the first match? A modern-day action/adventure western with words by Randall Nichols, and art by Justin Cornell.


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EDITORIAL: Malloy has yet to put Connecticut's fiscal house in order
The state's budget for the fiscal year that ends June 30 is already so deeply in the red that a law has kicked in requiring Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to come up with a plan to cut the projected deficit.
Despite Malloy's $1.5 billion in new taxes and a workers pay freeze, the new deficit isn't much of a surprise. Overly optimistic revenue projections, an underestimation of spending and piling on more spending programs produced the expected results.
Last year, the state ended with a deficit of $143.6 million. To cover it, Malloy had to give up plans to put some money in the state's empty savings account, the rainy day fund, and instead used money intended to pay down past borrowing to keep the state running.
This year's projected deficit already is $365 million in an operating budget of $19.14 billion. Next year's projected deficit is $1.18 billion.
Much of this year's deficit is due to a rapid increase in Medicaid enrollment. The Malloy administration is seeking federal approval to cap enrollment and tighten eligibility standards. As of now, Medicaid spending accounts for $190.9 million of the deficit.
Despite the administration's fanciful hope that increased capital gains revenue from stockholders taking profits in anticipation of taxes going up next year, the revenue projections are gloomy. Revenue is expected to be $128 million less than budgeted.
The governor has pledged not to raise taxes to close the projected gap. After last year's record tax increase, a repeat should prove intolerable to taxpayers whose pay has been stagnant while their costs of daily living and health care have increased.
While the governor can blame part of his budget problems on the lagging economy, the continuing problems are more a product of decisions made by him and a legislature controlled by the Democrats.
In addition to the expansion of Medicaid, the governor won a state earned income tax credit, which is sending $110 million annually to the working poor, who under Connecticut's progressive tax structure owe no income taxes. The labor concessions that the governor won from government workers' labor unions have fallen short of their expected savings. The state also still is handing out some $40 million a year in longevity bonuses to state employees as a reward for simply staying in their jobs.
If the poor state of Connecticut's finances were in doubt, a Hartford firm that does municipal credit research just ranked the state as having the poorest credit quality of all states. The report by Conning Inc. cited poor job growth, depressed home prices, low growth of tax revenue, high debt and unfunded retirement health and pension burdens. The governor's office has disputed the report, but Conning's overall assessment is similar to those of the major credit rating agencies.


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FILE - In this June 11, 1963 file photo, Gov. George Wallace blocks the entrance to the University of Alabama as he turned back a federal officer attempting to enroll two black students at the university campus in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Wallace backed down when President John Kennedy federalized the Alabama National Guard and ordered troops to Tuscaloosa. Wallace's daughter, Peggy Wallace Kennedy, said her family has lived in the shadow of the schoolhouse door ever since. She said her father never told her why he did it and she never asked him before he died in 1998. Since then, she has been involved in civil rights events in Alabama. She wants to give hope to people by showing that families can change. (AP Photo/File)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — For 50 years Peggy Wallace Kennedy has lived in the shadow cast by her father, Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace, when he stood in a doorway and tried to stop two black students from integrating the University of Alabama.
That single episode in the American civil rights movement — his infamous "stand in the schoolhouse door" — attached an asterisk to her name, she says. It's a permanent mark she can never erase, despite her own history as a moderate Democrat who gave early support to candidate Barack Obama for president in 2008.
"If you're George Wallace's daughter, people think the asterisk will always be there. 'Oh, your father stood in the schoolhouse door,'" she said in a recent interview.
Kennedy was just 13 at the time. Her mother, Lurleen Wallace, had whisked her away to a lake fishing cabin with her three siblings that day, so they would be nowhere near the wrenching historic drama in which her father played a leading role.
George Wallace, a pragmatic politician and a populist, may or may not have been a true believer in segregation — even though he took office in 1963 with a pledge: "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever."
On June 11, 1963, he stood in the doorway of the University of Alabama's Foster Auditorium to keep Vivian Malone Jones and James Hood from enrolling for classes.
Wallace stepped aside after President John F. Kennedy federalized the Alabama National Guard.
Jones and Hood enrolled, and Wallace became a national political figure who would run for president the following year.
On the 50th anniversary, all the major players — Wallace, Jones, Hood and Nicholas Katzenbach, the Kennedy administration's representative in Tuscaloosa — are dead.
Wallace died in 1998 after serving four terms as governor, but never once did he discuss the events of June 11, 1963, with his daughter.
Kennedy says his motivations then remain a mystery to her even now.
"He never talked with me about it. I don't even know that he talked with my mother about it. I never heard them have a conversation about the schoolhouse door stand at all," Kennedy said.
Looking back 50 years, Peggy Kennedy recalled that she was a young teenager who was terrified about what might happen to her father amid the tensions and potential violence of the conflict. And as the years went by, somehow it was just a subject they could not discuss.
"When the subject was broached it was brushed aside," she told an audience last March.
She speculates that maybe he was just keeping a political promise, but she can't say for sure.
Culpepper Clark, author of the 1993 book "The Schoolhouse Door: Segregation's Last Stand at the University of Alabama," believes Wallace's daughter is correct in her assumption.
"Wallace clearly bonded with and identified with white voters in Alabama and he kept a promise," Clark said.
Kennedy said her father's actions were difficult for her to understand because her mother, who also became governor, had raised her not to think that she was better than anyone else.
"At that time I just didn't understand why he would just stand and not let two African-Americans enter a university," she said.
But she said the episode marked an irreversible change for the Wallace family.
"That day was kind of the end of our hope for a simple life. It was really the beginning of our living under the shadow of the schoolhouse door for my whole life."
She visited her ailing father frequently in the last years before his death. The conversations were short, due to his health, and he wanted to talk about politics, not the past. After all, "politics was the family business," she said.
But she never found out why he felt he had to stand in the schoolhouse door. "I definitely regret that," she said.
What Kennedy does know is that her father changed after an assassination attempt during his 1972 presidential campaign. A bullet fired by Arthur Bremer — whose self-proclaimed intent was to assassinate either Wallace or then-President Richard Nixon — left Wallace paralyzed from the waist down and in constant pain for the rest of his life.
"What it did for him, he realized how much he had made the African-American community suffer, and he realized he needed to be forgiven, genuinely forgiven," she said.
Wallace went to black churches to apologize for his segregationist views and won a fourth term as governor in 1982 with widespread black support. He honored Jones and Hood and welcomed civil rights leaders like Jesse Jackson into his Montgomery home.
"He was a different man when he passed away. I can assure you of that," Kennedy said.
Kennedy is also a different woman. For years, she stayed in the background as her husband, lawyer Mark Kennedy, rose through the political ranks to become a justice on the Alabama Supreme Court. Only after his retirement did she step out of the shadows, first by endorsing Obama in 2008. She told voters that America still needed healing and "having Barack Obama to lead will give us back our power to heal."
Then in 2009, she attended events in Selma to remember "Bloody Sunday" — the day in 1965 when her father's state troopers attacked voting rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
In Selma, she introduced U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder — Jones' brother-in-law — and they shared a wish that Jones had lived to see the moment. Then she marched across the bridge holding hands with U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, who was severely beaten during "Bloody Sunday."
Kennedy said she crossed many bridges in her life, but none as important as that one.
Last March, she joined Lewis and other members of Congress on a civil rights pilgrimage at the University of Alabama, and she walked through the same wood-and-glass doors her father sought to block. The daughter of the governor who promised "segregation forever" saw a campus with a student body that is almost 13 percent black.
Kennedy, 63, said she has tried in recent years to step out of the shadow of the schoolhouse door and show that families can change.
"Maybe I gave somebody a little bit of hope," she said.


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An inquest into the death of a writer who was swept to his death on New Year's Day will take place today.
Harry Jack Swordy, 27, died after being washed out to sea off Loe Bar, near Porthleven in Cornwall, in the first hours of 2014.
Mr Swordy, from Guildford, Surrey, is believed to have been paddling at the beach when he was hit by a large wave.
Following his death, Mr Swordy's friends launched a Twitter appeal to have the UK's bad weather named after him.
The emotional appeal, named #StormHarry, also encouraged people to donate to the RNLI who helped search for him.
In a blog post written for the appeal, Mr Swordy's friend Tom Luddington said he would be "so missed".
"Harry was such an amazing character, so full of life, warmth and plans for the future," Mr Luddington wrote.
"Harry, amongst other talents, was a professional story teller. His stories were full of beauty, wonder and they were clever and moving.
"We are campaigning that the storm, named by the US media as Hercules, be re-named Storm Harry in his memory.
"If feels right that a legend begin about wonderful Harry that he danced up the biggest storm ever, barefoot in the sea."
The inquest will take place in front of Cornwall Coroner Dr Emma Carlyon at the Municipal Buildings in Truro, Cornwall, this morning.


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Bangladesh cricketers narrowly avoid mosque shootings
Members of the Bangladesh cricket team had just arrived by bus at Masjid Al Noor mosque for Friday afternoon prayers when they heard gunshots.
Had they arrived a few minutes earlier they would have been inside the mosque, where at least 30 people were killed by a gunman with an automatic rifle. Another nearby mosque in Christchurch was also attacked, and overall 49 people were killed and more than 20 seriously injured.
Police charged one person, detained three others, and defused explosive devices in what appeared to be a carefully planned and racist attack.
When the bus carrying some players and coaching staff arrived at the mosque, they heard but did not see the shootings, Mohammad Isam, a journalist traveling with the Bangladesh team, told The Associated Press.
The players were kept on the bus by police, then later allowed to leave and to walk to nearby Hagley Oval, where they'd been scheduled to begin the third cricket test against New Zealand on Saturday.
The players eventually returned to their hotel shaken, distressed, and in no mental state to consider playing cricket, Isam said.
The test match was cancelled, and the Bangladesh squad was preparing to fly home on Saturday.
Team manager Khaled Mashud told espncricinfo.com the players had a lucky escape.
"We must have been about 50 yards from the mosque. I would say we were really lucky," Mashud said. "Had we reached even three or four minutes earlier, we probably would have been inside the mosque."
Players and team staff had earlier taken to social media to recount their narrow escape.
Opening batsman Tamim Iqbal tweeted: "entire team got saved from active shooters. Frightening experience and please keep us in your prayers."
Performance analyst Shrinivas Chandrasekaran posted: "Just escaped active shooters. Heartbeats pumping badly and panic everywhere."
Mushfiqur Rahim posted "Alhamdulillah Allah save us today while shooting in Christchurch in the mosque ... we r extremely lucky ... never want to see this things happen again ... pray for us"
Bangladesh Cricket Board President Nazmul Hassan Papon said nobody expected such an event to occur in New Zealand, but the shootings highlighted the fact that teams from South Asia deserved the same high level of security when they traveled as their home countries provided to visiting teams.
"It is not only, say, Bangladesh or India or Pakistan at the high risk," he said. "That is why we feel that the security that countries like Bangladesh gives to other teams when they come to play in Bangladesh, we should also get the similar type of security arrangement or support from the host country."
Former Bangladesh international cricketer Sajol Ahmed Chowdhury gave thanks that all the players were safe.
"The Bangladesh cricket team is our national asset," he said. "There is a World Cup coming (in May in England) which is a big concern. We hope that this sort of incident never happens again."
New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White said the cricket community was "shocked and appalled."
"On behalf of New Zealand Cricket heartfelt condolences to those affected," chief executive David White said. "I've spoken to my counterpart at Bangladesh cricket — we agree it's inappropriate to play cricket at this time. Both teams are deeply affected."
International Cricket Council chief executive David Richardson said it "fully supports the decision to cancel the test match."
"Our thoughts and sincere condolences go out to the families and friends of those affected by this horrendous incident in Christchurch," Richardson said.
The test match in Christchurch was the first to be cancelled since 2002, when a match between Pakistan and New Zealand in Karachi was called off after a terrorist bombing in the city.
More AP Cricket: www.apnews.com/cricket and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports


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Gallardo, Brewers cool off Price, Rays
St. Petersburg, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - Yovani Gallardo outdueled Tampa Bay ace David Price, as the Milwaukee Brewers salvaged the finale of a three-game series at Tropicana Field with a 5-0 victory over the Rays on Wednesday.
Price has been the subject of trade rumors with the non-waiver deadline approaching Thursday afternoon. However, Tampa Bay's recent surge has quelled much of the speculation with the All-Star lefty still under contract for next season.
"I know it's been hanging over our heads," said Rays manager Joe Maddon about the trade talk. "Our guys have done a really good job of playing through it."
Tampa Bay lost for just the second time in its last 13 games and fell two games under .500. The Rays haven't been at the .500 mark since they were 10-10 after a game on April 22.
Price (11-8) surrendered four runs -- three earned -- on seven hits over seven innings on Wednesday in his first loss since June 20 against Houston. He had won six straight starts and was trying to become the first Rays pitcher ever to win seven in a row.
Gallardo (6-5) picked up a win for the first time since June 19 at Arizona. He had been 0-1 in six starts since, and on Wednesday yielded just four hits with a walk and five strikeouts over seven scoreless innings. The right-hander also threw 7 2/3 shutout innings in his last outing five days ago against the New York Mets in a no-decision.
Martin Maldonado went 3-for-4 with four runs batted in for Milwaukee, which halted a three-game skid. Aramis Ramirez chipped in a pair of hits, including a run-scoring single.
The Rays squandered a scoring chance in the first inning with runners on the corners and one out, as Evan Longoria bounced into a double play, and the Brewers took advantage of a pair of walks in the second to move in front.
After Ramirez led off the second with a single, Price walked Rickie Weeks and Mark Reynolds to load the bases with one out. Maldonado followed with a single into center to score two runs.
"I didn't make pitches when I needed to in the second inning, walked two guys there," said Price, who added the trade discussion was "the last thing on my mind."
The Brewers picked up one more in the third with the aid of a Tampa Bay miscue. Jonathan Lucroy led off with a single and Ryan Braun followed with a potential double-play ball toward shortstop, but Yunel Escobar was unable to field it cleanly. The error set up Ramirez's RBI single for a 3-0 edge, but the Brewers ran themselves out of a possible big inning when Braun was caught stealing third while Weeks struck out.
Gallardo fanned Ben Zobrist with a runner on third to end the home third, then set the Rays down in order over the next two innings before Maldonado struck again with a two-out RBI double in the sixth for a 4-0 advantage.
The Rays again went quietly in the home sixth before James Loney ended Gallardo's string of 13 straight retired with a two-out single in the seventh. Logan Forsythe followed with a base hit, but Escobar grounded out to end the inning.
"Gallardo was good, he was really good," added Maddon.
Maldonado was at it again in the eighth against Kirby Yates, dropping a single into right-center field to score Khris Davis, who had doubled to start the two-out rally.
Jeremy Jeffress worked around a leadoff single in the bottom of the eighth and Francisco Rodriguez cleaned up a bases-loaded mess in the ninth, striking out Escobar to end the game for his 31st save.
Game Notes
Gallardo earned his 87th career win, surpassing Ben Sheets for sole possession of fifth all-time in Brewers history ... The Brewers had lost each of Gallardo's last six starts ... Price had allowed three runs or less in each of his last nine starts and still hasn't surrendered more than three earned runs in his last 12 outings. The last team to reach him for more than three runs was Miami on June 4 and he hasn't been tagged for more than three earned runs since Boston scored five on May 24 ... Zobrist extended his hit streak to six games with a first-inning single ... Longoria snapped an 0-for-11 skid with a single in the ninth ... The Brewers improved to 3-6 all-time against Tampa Bay ... The Rays have Thursday off before starting a three-game home series against the Angels on Friday ... The Brewers open a three-game set Friday at St. Louis.