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Ancient Wisdom for Modern Man: The Rumor Weed
I've entitled this morning's message The Rumor Weed, based on a Veggie Tale entitled Larry Boy and The Rumor Weed. In this Veggie Tale episode, Junior Asparagus and Laura Carrot learn the hard way just how easily rumors can get started when they accidentally launch a whopper of a story about Larry-Boy's butler, Alfred. They take an innocuous statement that Alfred makes to them and somehow reach the conclusion that Alfred is in reality an alien robot who's going to take over the earth. They then innocently repeat their thoughts to a nocuous weed who then begins to spread the rumor all over Bumblyburg. The weed feeds on more rumor and eventually takes over then entire town.
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Did you catch the lyrics to The Rumor Weed Song? "It starts as a story. Maybe it's true, maybe not, but once you repeat it, it's hard to defeat it. Now look at the mess that you've got! I'm a rumor weed! I'm a rumor weed! A tiny little story is all I need to make a big mess."
A rumor, as the song implies, is like a weed that grows so fast that it gets out of control, until you are left with a big mess with which you are completely puzzled with what to do. The rumor weed is only finally defeated when the citizens of Bumblybug discover the rumor is untrue and begin saying nice things about Alfred.
This morning we are going to resume our journey through the Book of Proverbs by looking at what Solomon has to say about spreading rumors.
- Read the Scripture text.
- the Bible contains strong warnings about spreading rumors and gossiping
- "He who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets, Therefore do not associate with a gossip." (Proverbs 20:19, NASB95)
- "Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, And do not deceive with your lips." (Proverbs 24:28, NASB95)
- the Apostle James tells us that the tongue is a fire and that it can have a corrupting affect upon our lives if we do not bring it under the Lordship of Jesus Christ
- yet rumor mongering continues to be a plague upon God's people because, in all honesty, we enjoy it
- the English Standard Version translates Proverbs 26:22 this way ...
- "The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body." (Proverbs 26:22, ESV)
- it is just as sinful as before, but now it is easier than ever to spread rumors about others
- we can gossip electronically, via email!
- why do we gossip?
A 1st WE LOVE OUR INSIDER STATUS MORE THAN WE LOVE PEOPLE
- "Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 6The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell." (James 3:5-6, NIV)
- we seldom think about the implications for the person we're spreading rumors about
- our thoughts are usually on being the first one to spread the news so that ...
- we'll get credit for being 'in-the-know', and ...
- we'll get others to share their rumors with us when they've got some delicious morsels
- ILLUS. It goes like this. Virginia asks Molly: "Hi Molly, how's your day going?" Molly sighs, "Not so great. Jordan Peters was a real monster in class this morning!" To which Virginia responds, "Oh, I know. His brother's just as bad." "Yeah, well, wait until you get Jordan next year!" exclaims Molly. Virginia leans in and says in a low voice, "I probably shouldn't say this, but their mom's seeing someone and she just doesn't have time for them. They want attention and they don't care how they get it." Molly smiles and responds, "I've heard he has stayed over several nights. You'd think she would at least wait until the divorce was finalized." Virginia ends the conversation by saying, "I know; it's terrible. If you hear anything new let me know."
B. 2nd WE LOVE TO EGG ON A GOOD FIGHT
- "A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends." (Proverbs 16:28, NIV)
- "Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down." (Proverbs 26:20, NIV)
- there are those times, when we just enjoy stirring the pot!
- ILLUS. One of my all-time favorite Hollywood musicals is Fiddler on the Roof. It's about a milkman named Tevye who regularly finds himself talking to God about the problems purposely stirring up dissension! In the opening scenes, Tevye is talking to the audience and he's telling us about the village he lives in and it's people. He says, "And among ourselves, we always get along perfectly well. Of course, there was the time when Percheck sold Laben a horse, and told him it was only six years old when it was really 12. But now it's all over. And we all live in simple peace and harmony." Then Tevye smiles, leans into Percheck and whispers in his ear, "It was really 12 years old." Percheck shouts, "It was six!" And suddenly the argument is on!
C. 3rd WE HARBOR BITTER ENVY AND SELFISH AMBITION
- the Apostle James refers to this problem in the 3rd chapter of his epistle
- "But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth."/ (James 3:14, ESV)
- Solomon tells us in verse 25 that even when such a person speaks graciously, do not believe him
D. 4th OUR HEARTS ARE NOT RIGHT
- the use of your tongue reveals what you are really like on the inside
- ILLUS. Jesus spoke to the Pharisees about this when he said that they were like tombs – White and polished and respectable on the outside, but full of corruption on the inside.
- Solomon tells us in verse 23, that the person who spreads rumors has burning lips
- he has burning lips because he had a wicked heart
- if you are a critical of others in your language, it's a fair indication that by nature you are a critical person
- if your language is gloomy and melancholic and joyless with little inflection, it's a good bet that you're an unhappy person
- if your language is uplifting and encouraging you're probably a joyful person
- it you are a righteous person because Jesus has made a difference in your character and conduct, that is also going to show up in your speech and the way you talk
- the only way to change your heart it to turn to God and humble yourself as David did when he prayed:
- Psalm 51:10 "Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me." NIV
- a spirit of rumor mongering is at its core murderous
- the 6th Commandment tells us that we should not murder
- Jesus came along, and in His Sermon on the Mount tells us that just as intentionally killing taking someone's physical life is wrong, so is intentionally killing that person's character with words as equally wrong
- "You know that our ancestors were told, "Do not murder" and "A murderer must be brought to trial." 22But I promise you that if you are angry with someone, you will have to stand trial. If you call someone a fool, you will be taken to court. And if you say that someone is worthless, you will be in danger of the fires of hell." (Matthew 5:21-22, CEV)
- but 'points for honesty' are negated the moment our words bring reproach upon the target of our tales
- Rumors will destroy the joy of fellowship
- "As a north wind brings rain, so a sly tongue brings angry looks." (Proverbs 25:23, NIV)
- joy is a fruit of the spirit, but where there is evil talk the Spirit of God is absent
- "For, Whoever would l ove life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech. He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it." (1 Peter 3:10-11, NIV)
- Jesus said we would love each other
- if we give evidence to the contrary through gossip, the world will have every right to judge us negatively
- "LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill? He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart and has no slander on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong and casts no slur on his fellowman ... " (Psalm 15:1-2, NIV)
- No church will effectively do the work of the ministry where tongues are out of control
- "Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down." (Proverbs 26:20, NIV)
- there is only one remedy for the rumor weed ... repentance
A. 1st IF YOU ARE SPREADING RUMORS ... STOP IT!
- "Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges Him speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it." (James 4:11, NIV)
- what if the observation about the person is true?
- "And so, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you." (Colossians 3:12-13, NIV)
- T-H-I-N-K before you speak by asking yourself five questions before you pass along information
- T – is it True?
- H – is it Helpful?
- I – is it Inspirational?
- N – is it Necessary?
- K – is it Kind?
B. 2nd IF YOU ARE LISTENING TO RUMORS ... STOP IT!
- "A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar pays attention to a malicious tongue." (Proverbs 17:4, NIV)
- there are two sides to this coin ... those who speak ... and those who listen ... both are defiled ... both are in sin, and both will ruin their testimony and ultimately destroy their church
- Saul was poisoned by those who slandered David
- "[David] said to Saul, "Why do you listen when men say, 'David is bent on harming you'?" (1 Samuel 24:9, NIV)
- ILLUS. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher Socrates, and said to him: "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about your friend?" "Hold on a minute," Socrates replied. "Before telling me anything I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test." "Triple filter?" "That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're going to say. The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?" "No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and..." "All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?" "No, on the contrary...""So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him, but you're not certain it's true. You may still pass the test though, because there's one filter left: the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?" "No, not really." "Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?"/
C. 3rd AVOID PEOPLE WHO SPREAD RUMORS
- "He who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets, Therefore do not associate with a gossip." (Proverbs 20:19, NIV)
- "But now I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a slanderer ... With such a man do not even eat." (1 Corinthians 5:11, NIV)
D. 4th MAKE IT YOUR AMBITION TO HEAL WOUNDS
- "For lack of wood the fire goes out, And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down." (Proverbs 26:20)
- a rumor can be like coals in a fire – them may appear to have died out, but when you take a stick and stir them around, they often reignite and begin to burn again?
- ILLUS. Did you know that Abraham Lincoln's coffin was opened in 1887 because a rumor had convinced many people that the pine box was empty. To the surprise of many, Lincoln's body was found just as it had been buried twenty-two years earlier. Some good rumors never die, however. Fourteen years later the same rumor circulated again. The critics would not be silenced, so Lincoln's body was exhumed again, and again his body was right where it was supposed to be.
- like the citizens of Bumblybur, wounds are healed only by kind words
E. 5th GUARD YOUR HEART AND YOUR MOUTH AT ALL TIME
- "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you." (Ephesians 4:29-32, NIV)
God calls us to live above the spreading of tales.


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Wireless Application Programming: MIDP Programming and Packaging Basics
by Qusay H. Mahmoud
Release 1.0
October 2000
Everyone is talking about the Wireless Internet, and that means we will all soon be able to surf the 'net with our palm pilots, cell phones, and other mobile devices. Currently, there is a lot of interest in creating applications for this market, and currently there are a few ways to do it. The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is one way, and another is to use Sun Microsystems's Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP).
This article is part of a series on wireless applications programming using the MID Profile APIs. It introduces you to the basics of MIDP programming and explains how to package MIDP applications (also called MIDlets). Please note that this article does not describe how to set up your MIDP environment. For setup information for the J2ME Wireless Toolkit software, see Quick Guide to the J2ME Wireless Tookit. If you prefer using the MIDP and CLDC seperate downloads with system configurations, MIDP Setup Explained. For an overview of MIDP, Introduction to Wireless Programming with the MID Profile. For a tutorial on WAP, see WAP for Java Developers.
Most Internet technologies are designed for desktop and large computers running on reliable networks with relatively high bandwidth. Hand-held wireless devices, on the other hand, have a more constrained computing environment. They tend to have less memory, less powerful CPUs, different input devices, and smaller displays. Further, wireless networks have less bandwidth and more latency (delay) compared to wired computer networks.
The Wireless Application Protocol (or WAP), which is a specification developed by the WAP Forum, takes advantage of the several data-handling approaches already in use. Developing wireless applications using WAP technologies is similar to developing web pages with a markup language because it is browser based. Another approach to developing wireless applications is to use the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP).
With either WAP or MIDP, the Java programming language plays an important role. In WAP, Java Servlets and Java Server Pages (JSPs) can be used to generate Wireless Markup Language (WML) pages dynamically, and in MIDP, applications (also called MIDlets) are written in the Java programing language. The rest of this article focuses on using the Java programing language to write MIDlets.
Look and Feel
Figure 1: MIDP Demo
Figure 2: In Color
To get started with MIDP programming, install the MIDP reference implementation as described in MIDP Setup Explained. Once you have your environment set up, you might want to test it.
MIDP comes with several demo programs. To try the demos, run the
midp executable on the
run.jad descriptor file located in the
src\example directory of your installation as follows:
c:> midp -descriptor run.jad
If everything goes well, you see something similar to Figure 1 at left.
Because some mobile phones have color displays, MIDP supports several color ranges, so you can run applications in color. To run applications in color, set the
SCREEN_DEPTH environment variable to 8. On Windows machines, you can do this with the
set command as follows:
c:> set SCREEN_DEPTH=8
On Unix, setting the screen depth depends on the shell you are using so you might want to consult your documentation.
Once you have set the screen depth to 8, you can run the demo application in color using the same command shown above and repeated here:
c:> midp -descriptor run.jad
You should now see the demo application in color as shown in Figure 2 at right.
The MIDP Development Life Cycle
MIDP applications (or MIDlets) can be easily developed by following the few steps outlined here:.
- Once you have an idea for an application, write it using the MIDP APIs.
- Compile and preverify the application.
- Test the application.
- Package the application.
- Test the packaged application.
Developing MIDlets is not only easy, but it is also fun and interesting. MIDlet programming is easier than J2SE programming because the MIDP API is simpler. You only need to learn about a few classes before you can start writing your own MIDlets.
Now, let's look at the genesis of a simple MIDlet by developing one. The MIDlet we will develop displays some text and multiple commands.
Step 1. Writing the Application
Our MIDlet, when launched, displays a simple text message and a few commands. The source code for this MIDlet is shown in Listing 1.
Listing 1: FirstMIDlet.java
import javax.microedition.midlet.*;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.*;
// A first MIDlet with simple text and a few commands.
public class FirstMIDlet extends MIDlet
implements CommandListener {
//The exit, info, and buy commands
private Command exitCommand;
private Command infoCommand;
private Command buyCommand;
//The display for this MIDlet
private Display display;
public FirstMIDlet() {
display = Display.getDisplay(this);
exitCommand = new Command("Exit", Command.SCREEN, 1);
infoCommand = new Command("Info",Command.SCREEN, 2);
buyCommand = new Command("Buy", Command.SCREEN, 2);
// Start the MIDlet by creating the TextBox and
// associating the exit command and listener.
public void startApp() {
TextBox t = new TextBox("FirstMIDlet",
"Welcome to MIDP Programming", 256, 0);
// Pause is a no-op because there are no background
// activities or record stores to be closed.
public void pauseApp() { }
// Destroy must cleanup everything not handled
// by the garbage collector.
// In this case there is nothing to cleanup.
public void destroyApp(boolean unconditional) { }
// Respond to commands. Here we are only implementing
// the exit command. In the exit command, cleanup and
// notify that the MIDlet has been destroyed.
public void commandAction(Command c, Displayable s) {
if (c == exitCommand) {
Note the following from Listing 1:
- We import the
lcduipackages. The
midletpackage defines the MIDP, and the
lcduipackage provides user interface APIs for implementing user interfaces for MIDP applications.
- Each MIDlet must extend the
MIDletclass, similar to applets, which allows for the orderly starting, stopping, and cleanup of the MIDlet.
- A MIDlet must not have a
public static void main()method.
FirstMIDlet, the
Command class is used to create commands. This class encapsulates the semantic information of an action. The command itself contains only information about a command, but not the actual action that happens when a command is activated. The action is defined in a
CommandListener associated with the screen. Let's look at one of the command statements from Listing 1:
infoCommand = new Command("Info", Command.SCREEN, 2);
As you can see, a command contains three pieces of information: a label, a type, and a priority. The label (which is a string) is used for the visual representation of the command. The type of the command specifies its intent. And the priority value describes the importance of this command relative to other commands on the screen. A priority value of 1 indicates the most important command, and higher priority values indicate commands of lesser importance.
When the application is executed, the device chooses the placement of a command based on the type of the command, and places similar commands based on their priorities. In the above example, there are the following three commands:
exitCommand = new Command("Exit", Command.SCREEN, 1);
infoCommand = new Command("Info",Command.SCREEN, 2);
buyCommand = new Command("Buy", Command.SCREEN, 2);
In this example, the application manager maps the
exit command to the screen, and, as shown in Figures 3.2 and 3.3, creates a
menu command to hold the
info and,
buy commands
Figure 3.1: First Launched
Figure 3.1 shows how the screen looks when the application is first launched.
Figure 3.2: Exit & Menu Commands
Clicking the selection button takes you to Figure 3.2.
Figure 3.3: Info & Buy Commands
And clicking the soft button under
Menu takes you to Figure 3.3. In later steps you will learn how to test and deploy the application.
Step 2: Compile and preverify
Compiling an MIDP class is performed, using the
javac command, the same way you would compile any other Java class. On my Windows-based setting, I compile the
FirstMIDlet as follows:
c:> javac -d .\ -bootclasspath c:\pathTo\MIDP\classes FirstMIDlet.java
This command produces a
FirstMIDlet.class in the same directory (using the
-d .\ option).
After compiling your program, you must process it with the
preverify command. This command preprocesses the program for use by the K virtual machine (KVM) without changing the name of a class. The
preverify command takes a class or a directory of classes and preprocesses them. You can specify an output directory for classes; otherwise, a default directory named
output is created and all new classes are written to it. For the example above, I used the following command line to preverify my program (everything is typed on one line):
c:>preverify -classpath c:\pathTo\MIDP\classes;
c:>pathTO\FirstMIDlet.class FirstMIDlet.class
The above command creates the
output subdirectory in the current directory where the command is executed.
Note: If you try to run an application without preverifying it, you get this error message:
ALERT: Error verifying the class NameOfClass".
Step 3: Testing the application
Testing the application can be done easily with the
midp executable. To test
FirstMIDlet, I used the following command, where
FirstMIDlet is the class preprocessed by the
preverify utility:
c:> midp FirstMIDlet
Running the application in this way automatically launches the application and gives the output shown in Figure 3.2 above. This is fine if your application consists of one MIDlet. However, if your application consists of multiple MIDlets and you want to give the user a choice as to which one to run, you package the application.
How to package the application is discussed in the next step. An example of having multiple MIDlets is shown in Enhancing the Application: Listing 5 below.
Step 4: Packaging the application
If an application consists of multiple classes, a JAR file is used to group all the classes together so that the application is easy to distribute and deploy. In my case, I created the JAR file as follows:
c:> jar cf First.jar FirstMIDlet.class
The next step in packaging is creating a manifest file (or application descriptor), which provides information about the contents of the JAR file. Manifest attributes that start with
MIDlet- are passed to the MIDlet when requested. The application descriptor is used by the application management software to manage the MIDlet. It is also used by the MIDlet itself to configure specific attributes. The file extension of the application descriptor must be
jad, which stands for Java Application Descriptor.
There is a predefined set of attributes to be used in every application descriptor. For example, the descriptor file for the
FirstMIDlet is shown here:
MIDlet-Name: MyFirst
MIDlet-Version: 1.0.0
MIDlet-Vendor: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
MIDlet-Description: My First MIDlet
MIDlet-Jar-URL: first.jar
MIDlet-Jar-Size: 1063
MicroEdition-Profile: MIDP-1.0
MicroEdition-Configuration: CLDC-1.0
MIDlet-1: MyFirst,, FirstMIDlet
The attributes are pretty much self-explanatory. However, the last attribute should be discussed a little. The
MIDlet-1 attribute has three parameters: name, icon, and class. In this example, only the name (
MyFirst) and class (
FirstMIDlet) parameters are specified; the icon is left blank. You will see how to use icons in the section Adding Icons below.
The name appears in the device display so the MIDlet can be selected, the icon (if one is supplied) appears next to the name, and the class is the executable called to launch the MIDlet. The attribute name
MIDlet-1 indicates this is the first, and in this case only, midlet. Other MIDlets, if any, referenced by this descriptor would be added as
MIDlet-3, and so on.
Step 5: Testing the packaged application
Once the application is packaged, we can test it to see if everything works. To test the packaged application, use the
-descriptor option of the
midp executable as follows, which invokes the emulator and launches
c:> midp -descriptor first.jad
If you are satisfied with the MIDlet, you can now deploy it to a web server by uploading the JAR and JAD files to the web server. Once deployed to a web server, your MIDlet is downloadable; however, you must add the following new MIME type to your mime-types configuration file and restart the web server before you can run the MIDlet:
text/vnd.sun.j2me.app-descriptor jad
Use the following command to download and launch the MIDlet:
c:> midp -transient http://hostname/path/first.jad
Enhancing Wireless Applications
In this section a ticker and icons are added to the
HelloMIDlet that comes with the MIDP installation. A ticker is an advertisement that runs across the top of the screen. The source code for
HelloMIDlet is shown in Listing 3:
Listing 3: HelloMIDlet.java
import javax.microedition.midlet.*;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.*;
public class HelloMIDlet extends MIDlet
implements CommandListener {
// The exit command
private Command exitCommand;
// The display for this MIDlet
private Display display;
// create a ticker
private Ticker hi = new Ticker("J2ME is cool");
public HelloMIDlet() {
display = Display.getDisplay(this);
exitCommand = new Command("Exit", Command.SCREEN, 2);
public void startApp() {
TextBox t = new TextBox("Hello MIDlet",
"Wireless Internet", 256, 0);
t.setTicker(hi); // set the ticker
public void pauseApp() { }
public void destroyApp(boolean unconditional) { }
public void commandAction(Command c, Displayable s) {
if (c == exitCommand) {
As you can see, the
Ticker class is used to create the ticker, and the
setTicker method sets the ticker. This nifty feature is very easy to usedon't you think? I ran the application as described above and the output is shown in Figure 4. The ticker,
J2ME is cool appears at the top of Figure 4, and if you run the application, you will see the ticker as a running message across the top of the screen.
Figure 4: Adding a Ticker
Now, we have two MIDlets:
FirstMIDlet and
HelloMIDlet. A sophisticated wireless application is composed of multiple related MIDlets that collectively make a useful application. Suppose that our application consists of the two MIDlets that we have so far. We can display them as an application simply by creating an application descriptor that describes the MIDlets as shown in Listing 5:
MIDlet-Name: FirstApplication
MIDlet-Version: 1.0
MIDlet-Vendor: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
MIDlet-Description: Sample First Application
MicroEdition-Profile: MIDP-1.0
MicroEdition-Configuration: CLDC-1.0
MIDlet-1: First,, FirstMIDlet
MIDlet-2: Hello,, HelloMIDlet
I simply added both MIDlets to the application descriptor with these last two lines:
MIDlet-1: First,, FirstMIDlet
MIDlet-2: Hello,, HelloMIDlet
Figure 5: Two MIDlets
Now when I run the application, I get what is shown in Figure 5.
c:> midp -descriptor app.jad
Users can now navigate through the items on the display (MIDlets) and select the one to run.
Adding Icons
We can make the application look more professional simply by adding icons to the items shown on the display. This is easily done by modifying the last two lines of the application descriptor in Listing 5 to read:
MIDlet-1: First, /Tiles.png, FirstMIDlet
MIDlet-2: Hello, /Stock.png, HelloMIDlet
Figure 6: Icons
I have added icons, in
.png format, to the descriptor file. As shown in Figure 6, when I run the application the icons appear to the left of the items. Figure 6 shows running the application in color.
Note: Portable Network Graphics (PNG) is a file format for the portable well-compressed storage of raster images. It provides a patent-free replacement for GIF. ALL MIDP implementations are required to support images stored in PNG format, and MIDP devices are also required to read PNG images.
Programming MIDlets is fun. This article discusses the genesis and development life cycle of MIDlets. Example MIDlets with multiple commands and a running ticker were developed. The process of packaging, creating application descriptor files, and adding icons to real applications was presented through examples.
Future articles will cover more advanced topics and MIDP programming examples showing how to make network connections, working with databases, and others. Stay tuned!
About the Author: Qusay H. Mahmoud provides Java consulting and training services. He has published dozens of articles on Java, and is the author of Distributed Programming with Java (Manning Publications, 1999) and Learning Wireless Java (O'Reilly & Associates, 2002).


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Reporting date extended to Monday May 2, 2022, pending concurrence
Hearing scheduled for 09/29/2021 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
Referred to the committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
Senate concurred
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Idaho Lottery offers a variety of games for players to enjoy. The most popular game is the Powerball, which offers jackpots worth millions of dollars. Other games available include the Idaho Cash and the Pick 3. Players can purchase tickets for these games at any Idaho Lottery retailer.
To play the Powerball, players must select five numbers from 1 to 69, and one Powerball number from 1 to 26. Tickets cost $2 per play. Players can also choose to add the Power Play option to their ticket for an additional $1 per play. This option multiplies non-jackpot prizes by up to 10 times.
The Idaho Cash game is a draw game that offers jackpots worth up to $100,000. To play, players must select five numbers from 1 to 38. Tickets cost $1 per play.
Pick 3 is another draw game offered by the Idaho Lottery. To play, players must select three numbers from 0 to 9. Tickets cost $0.50 per play. Players can also choose to add the Fireball option to their ticket for an additional $0.50 per play. This option allows players to select an additional number from 0 to 9.
Where can you find Idaho Lottery Tickets?
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The first 22 mins of this game just felt like any other Browns' disappointing loss. Although this one was about to be extra disappointing, because national media experts, Vegas odds makers and local sports personalities thought this would be a game the Browns could and should win. Especially since they almost beat two perennial playoff contenders in the first two weeks. Unfortunately, that attitude changed rapidly after the opening kickoff. Excitement and enthusiasm changed into worry, and that feeling that Browns fans get in the pit of their stomach when they foresee something bad returned. It's almost uncanny. Soon after came restlessness and boos halfway through the first quarter as the offense was sputtering in first gear.
The game began with some very peculiar play calling on offense that led to a couple three-and-outs to start the game. Defensively, the Browns stayed in it, which was promising. I think the decisive point in the game for Browns' fans came on an intentional grounding call by a seemingly confused Tyrod Taylor when there wasn't even a rush on him. With a shiny new toy, the No. 1 overall pick Baker Mayfield, on the sidelines chomping at the bit, many Browns fans started to question why Taylor was still on the field. Fast forward to about three minutes left in the first half, and Taylor is sacked yet again, and this time his head slammed against the turf. He immediately grabbed at his helmet to indicate he suffered some sort of injury. My mind instantly went to Mayfield's debut. Sure, you never want to see a player lose his job because of an injury, and with the way the offense was performing, did we really want Baker coming into this mess?
Nonetheless, Mayfield entered the game and jumped into a two minute drive, which, in hind site, was probably the best time for him to come in. There's no time to overthink, only time to react. Mayfield's first play was a quick, three-step throw to Landry for about 14 yards. The defense quickly came to the line for the next play, and he hit tight end David Njoku down the seam over the corner and in front of the safety for 17 yards. By this time, the energy in the stadium immediately changed. As a side note, you could feel the energy change at Game On in Lakewood, where LOTL was watching the game (yes, we were definitely hoping to unlock Bud Light's Victory Fridge. Check out a video we took of the fridge opening here). That drive led to a field goal which got the Browns on the board going into halftime.
In the second half, the momentum continued. Mayfield had clearly prepared himself for this moment in a way that not even the Browns' coaches could dream of. If they would have known he could play like this, there is no way they would have started Tyrod at the beginning of the season. Mayfield's impact was immediate. Everyone's demeanor changed, from his teammates, to the fans at the game, to the fans watching at home. It was a memorable moment, and by now, we all know how it ended. Baker led the Browns on a drive with only a few mins remaining to take the lead. Then the defense, which were given only their second lead in the first three games, picked off rookie quarterback Sam Darnold to end the game, end the drought, and open the fridges.
The Browns had won a regular season NFL football game for the first time since Christmas Eve in 2016 — a winless drought of almost two full years. After the game many expected Mayfield to react as if the Browns had won the Super Bowl, but the cool, calm and collected rookie showed his leadership and maturity when he was interviewed right after the game by the NFL Network.
Mayfield's performance got the spotlight for obvious reasons, but some other players really stepped up and contributed to the win. None other than Denzel Ward, who not only provided great coverage all night, but also got the turnaround going with his strip sack and return deep inside Jet's territory.
Thursday night's performance left the Browns' with a difficult decision on who to start as quarterback going forward. I say difficult because you never want to take away a guys job because of an injury. But circumstances sometimes dictate results, and Mayfield getting into the game was directly due to Tyrod's injury. Mayfield took advantage of the opportunity and he is the future of the franchise. So making the decision wasn't too difficult, but the emotion behind it was. Tyrod has been a stand up leader for this team all pre-season and has stabilized the position while the team waited for Mayfield to be ready to take over. It happened quicker than he would have liked, but Tyrod came to Cleveland knowing full well that the team was going to build around Mayfield.
Now we move on to week 4 and Mayfield's first start as quarterback of the 1-1-1 Cleveland Browns vs. the 0-3 Oakland Raiders. Despite the record, Oakland is a team that has talent. They have a very good quarterback, a solid offensive line, and some playmakers. Their Achilles heel so far this season has been second half defense, and a lot of that has to do with the lack of a pass rush, which is pretty amusing since the team traded away Khalil Mack, one of the top pass rushers in the NFL just before the season started.
Look for the Browns to get their running game going and try to control the line of scrimmage. I don't think they will put any harnesses on Mayfield, and I hope they just let him rip and let him do what he does. I think you will see a more emotional and vocal leader out of Mayfield now that he's been given the keys and this is his team. Hopefully, we will see more of the same out of the defense and their good pass rush, with a secondary that has a reputation for creating multiple turnovers each game. It should be a good game and I predict a Browns' victory, 24-17.


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Residents Demand Answers at Council Meeting on Police Killing of Sayed Faisal
Bob Odenkirk Named Hasty Pudding Man of the Year
Harvard Kennedy School Dean Reverses Course, Will Name Ken Roth Fellow
Ex-Provost, Harvard Corporation Member Will Investigate Stanford President's Scientific Misconduct Allegations
Harvard Medical School Drops Out of U.S. News Rankings
In publishing Slanted News, the Beacon Press has performed a notable service for thoughtful Americans. This slim but meaty volume constitutes the first valid survey of the question of bias in our country's newspapers. (Its author, now a copy editor on the Boston evening Traveler, was formerly sports editor of the Harvard Crimson, graduated from the College in 1943, and took a master's degree from the Harvard Business School in 1946.)
This is not the first attempt at the problem. Nathan Blumberg's One-Party Press? appeared in 1954, but it was based on newspapers accounting for only 14% of the national circulation. And Blumberg, furthermore, badly misinterpreted his own statistics.
Arthur Rowse states early in his book that American newspapers have on the whole become fairer over the years in their news presentation. He believes that our papers have the highest standards of any in the world, epitomized in the "Canons of American Journalism" drawn up some years ago by the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Still, as he goes on to show, we have no cause for rejoicing.
For the purpose of this survey, Rowse chose to concentrate on part of the 1952 Presidential campaign coverage.. He cites some important background statistics: according to Editor & Publisher's poll of the nation's newspapers, in terms of circulation 80 percent of the papers sold daily editorially backed Eisenhower, 11 percent supported Stevenson and 9 percent were uncommitted; of the weekly papers 75 percent favored Eisenhower, 20 percent Stevenson, with the others undecided.
Now much has been said about a "one-party press," frequently as the result of confused thinking. To some the term has meant the predominantly pro-Republican editorial stand in the nation's press; to others it has referred to allegedly biased handling of news coverage. Rowse is careful to emphasize the great difference between partisanship on the editorial page and partisanship in the news columns. It is the latter that provide the real test of a paper's objectivity.
The major portion of the book is devoted to a thorough examination of the period from September 18 to 28, 1952. This week and a half provided an excellent test of objectivity, for it saw the controversial furor over the Nixon and Stevenson campaign funds.
In evaluating a newspaper's performance, Rowse did much more than tally up the number of column inches a story received. He rightly states that length is one of the least important indications of bias. He asked a great many questions, such as: How soon after learning of a story did the paper print an account? Was it on the front page or an inside page? How prominently was it displayed? What was the size and wording of the headline? What was the tone and content of the story as it appeared? How were quotation marks used? Were there also front-page photographs, or cartoons; or first-page editorial, either so labeled or not?
Rowse here examines carefully the performances of 31 daily newspapers, plus one more in the appendix. He chose the 32 papers wisely, mainly on the basis of circulation, reputation and location; and he also tried to include a sampling of political views and ownership groups.
The papers surveyed, with their affiliated papers, accounted for about half of the total U.S. newspaper circulation. Of the top 32 papers in circulation, only six were omitted; and of these six, five were in chains already represented. The papers represented 15 of the 17 largest metropolitan areas, and included seven chains and five of the nation's 65 tabloids. Fourteen were evening papers, of which 11 editorially endorsed Eisenhower and three backed Stevenson; 18 were morning papers, all pro-Eisenhower.
Rowse also availed himself of Edward L. Bernays' 1952 survey of all daily publishers to pick the "ten best papers" in the country. The ten, listed in order, were New York Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Christian Science Monitor, Louisville Courier-Journal, Kansas City Star, New York Herald-Tribune, Chicago Daily News, Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, and Milwaukee Journal. Rowse omitted only two of these, the Washington and Louisville papers, on the grounds that they were not in key electoral areas.
Most of Rowse's analysis focuses properly on front-page treatment. He illumines his discussion of each paper by reproducing a photograph of the whole front page of the first edition that carried the Nixon Fund story.
Of the 14 evening papers, only four put the Nixon story on page one at the earliest opportunity; four buried it inside the paper; and six did not run it the first day at all. But as soon as the Stevenson fund story broke, all the evening papers played it on the first page. Of the 18 morning papers, only eight front-paged the story in the next edition; seven ran it inside; and three omitted it completely.
Rowse found the charges of news bias to be valid--in selection, in display and in tone--on both political sides, but preponderantly in the pro-Republican direction. He concluded that, "with the possible exception of the New York Times, all papers--both Republican and Democratic--showed evidence of favoritism in their news columns in violation of their own accepted rules of conduct," and that "almost every example of favoritism in the news columns coincided with the paper's editorial feelings." This "would indicate that over 80 percent of the nation's newspaper readers may be getting their editorials with some Republican flavoring."
On the basis of Rowse's analysis it is possible to assign the newspapers he treated to various categories from fair to foul. The break-down would be pretty much as follows:
Most fair: The New York Times ("The New York Times is in a class by itself.")
Very fair: Baltimore Sun; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Generally fair, but slightly biased (the first two in the Democratic direction, the rest in the Republican): Milwaukee Journal (bias mainly in front-page cartoons); St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Chicago Sun-Times; Kansas City Star; Cleveland Plain Dealer; New York Herald Tribune; Portland Oregonian; Christian Science Monitor.
Moderately biased (both pro-Republican): New York World-Telegram and Sun; Philadelphia Evening Bulletin (which boasted of its fair political coverage).
Strongly biased (all but the first pro-Republican): New York Post; Buffalo Evening News; Chicago Herald-American; Minneapolis Star (whose publisher professed belief in news "without bias or slant or distortion or suppression"); Boston Post (whose major efforts during the period were the championing of Senator McCarthy and the denunciation of the Boston Public Library for housing Russian literature); Detroit Free Press (which at the end of the period said it was "proud of its long record of unbiased coverage of the news"); Indianapolis Star; Los Angeles Times; New York Daily Mirror; New York Daily News (whose president said a survey of bias would "do more harm than good"); San Francisco Chronicle (which claimed no bias in campaign coverage).
Very heavily biased (all pro-Republican): Boston Daily Record (New England's largest-selling daily); Des Moines Register; St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Most biased (pro-Republican): New York Journal-American ("No newspaper in this study showed more political favoritism in its news columns").
As regards newspaper chains, the survey yielded the following: the Block chain came off well; the Scripps-Howard rather poorly; the Knight, Pulliam and McCormick badly; the Cowles very badly; and the Hearst worst of all.
Local residents might be interested in the rating of the Boston papers. There were eight major dailies in Boston in 1952. Rowse analyzed three of these in detail, and commented in an early chapter on four others. From this, the order of merit would seem to be: the Christian Science Monitor; the morning and evening Globe; the evening Traveler; the Herald; the Post (now defunct); and lastly the Daily Record.
Rowse concludes his book with remarks on the problems of measuring bias. "The persons best qualified to evaluate newspaper fairness," he says, "are newspapermen themselves; yet they are unwilling to do this." He thinks that the next step is to set up regional panels of newspapermen who would meet periodically and rate each paper's performance.
The whole question is of vital importance and merits prompt action; for it affects every one of us.
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For the answer, we must look at the line "But globalisation must involve…which is possible without the communication provided by the internet".
From this, we can infer that internet is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for globalisation.


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Street Week: Bruce Randolph
Outside this barbershop on Bruce Randolph are racist slights and movements toward justice for Black people. Inside, a warm place for people to talk.
Meet the people of Bruce Randolph Avenue.
Editor's note: Kevin and Dave roamed Bruce Randolph Avenue and talked to most everyone they saw. Every day during Street Week, we're rolling out mini profiles of the everyday heroes they found. Find more here.
Patrick Efferson deftly glides a trimmer across a customer's beard, finishing a clean-looking shape-up — the kind that leaves you wondering if it's possible for hair to hug a head any closer. The barber applies some aftershave. "That stings, boy!" jumps the older man in the chair.
We're inside Exclusive Cuts Barbershop, the business Efferson owns and runs on Bruce Randolph Avenue. Despite the name, the barbershop is anything but unwelcoming. Soul music blasts through speakers just above conversation level, and conversation runs rampant here.
"People don't have enough places to vent — with men and men of color having a place to vocalize and talk about the things that are bothering them and not be looked or frowned upon," Efferson says. "Besides a barbershop, I can't tell you any place in America where that's the atmosphere, that's the vibe.
"None of us are psychologists … but we might play a part in helping mental health problems."
Exclusive Cuts is a warm place where customers from the neighborhood talk about who bought a Cadillac and what's going on locally and nationally, whether it's the changing neighborhood or the civil rights movement for Black justice.
"It's a safe place for people of color to vocalize," Efferson says. "They may not be politically active, but this is a place where they can talk about frustration or even cross-check and say, 'How you doing with all this?'"
Trae Riggs, Efferson's friend and fellow barber, proudly grew up around Bruce Randolph.
"My granny, she's been here since forever," he says. Riggs' mom grew up nearby on Filmore Street. He loves the area.
"Even with all this COVID stuff going around, you know, it's not going to stop people from being friendly to one another," says Riggs. "When you walk outside, you know, you feel like you're at home, you know what I'm saying? Nobody don't be bothering nobody, everybody speaks … everybody friendly. And that's what Bruce Randolph represents — friendliness."
It's cliché to frame Bruce Randolph the street in the image of Bruce Randolph the man — who was all about humanity and giving. But Randolph's soul is palpable here at the barbershop and down the street at the bus stop where, a day earlier, men delivered hot meals to people sitting on an RTD bench.
"You know, what (Randolph) started, just giving back and assisting wit the means that he did have — feeding people, possibly housing people, and also just being that community anchor … a patriarch of this community, to identify or be connected to any of that is cool," Efferson says. "I don't have the means to feed people, but you know, I can assist by haircuts and providing the atmosphere."
Efferson moved his shop to Bruce Randolph two years ago from nearby Colorado Boulevard where he leased for eight years before being pushed out by rising rent. He sees his new area changing, too. It's impossible to ignore. His shop is on a block where new businesses mix with old. And though he and Riggs see gentrification, they're not shunning new neighbors.
Still, a positive attitude doesn't absolve negative realities. A while back, a new business with white owners opened nearby. Efferson, who is Black, received a delivery for his neighbor's place by mistake. He walked up to the owner in the street to give her the package.
"But the look she gave me was this look of like, leave me alone. Don't talk to me."
He explained the situation to her. Moods changed.
"That wasn't a cool feeling," Efferson said. "And those feelings make you recognize the difference in the community."