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"It appears everyone loves this stuff... and so do I! I am only 30 weeks pregnant currently but this stuff has been a dream. When it comes to stretch marks, genetics have a lot to do with it...and they are definitely in my genes for sure! I actually have them already on hips and legs in particular, some of which were simply from a huge growth spurt I had as a teen. When I found out I was pregnant, I wanted to be as pro-active as possible in trying to keep the stretch marks to a minimum. Honestly though, I had already resigned myself to the fact that I was probably going to get LOTS no matter what I tried (my mother is prone to them as well). I found this stuff at a local boutique & started using it twice a day everyday as soon as my pants started getting the slightest bit snug. So far, I've been amazed at the simple fact that my stomach hasn't itched...at all...not even once! I hear lots of moms say that was always a problem, but not with this stuff! I do have two tiny marks near my belly button, but they are less than an inch a piece, & they don't have that typical purple color. As far as I'm concerned, that's a huge win for me...and the comfort of not having an itchy belly has been worth every penny. Looking forward to using the nipple butter & lots of other products from these folks!!!" Christa
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"I purchased this when I was pregnant for stretch marks, and it worked great. I absolutely adore the scent of this stuff, wish it came in a body spray! I ran out of face cream and decided to try this in a pinch - and my skin was so smooth and radiant the next morning. I have since been buying this product for my face and as an all over moisturizer. I also enjoy using a few pumps of this in my bath water when I feel extra itchy and dry - love this product so much!" Sarah
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"I would like to personally thank you Earth Mama Angel for making such wonderful products. The day I found out I was pregnant I started using your NATURAL STRETCH OIL. I was pregnant with TWINS! I used your oil every day and when I delivered my twins at 37 weeks and two days I had ZERO stretch marks!! Now my twin girls are 5 months old and my belly is back to normal without any stretch marks and literally perfect looking skin! My OB said it was amazing and she has never seen a twin belly without not one stretch mark!! I am a firm believer in your products!! Thank you!!!" Audrey
"I would have taken a bath in this if I could! I used this on every part of my body that stretched. I had the 1 oz bottle, but I think the bigger one would have been better with the spray cap. I ended up wearing a lot of my bottle trying to pour it out." Danielle
"I used this oil throughout my pregnancy and I used it all over my body, not just my belly. It is fantastic! I had an outbreak of eczema on my face and it even soothed that. This was my 4th baby, and basically no stretch marks before, but I knew my belly was getting bigger than ever. I was a little worried the stretch marks might come, but I am happy to report that even with a bigger belly and much bigger baby, I am still pretty much stretch mark free. No new ones! Thanks Earth Mama!" Erin G.
"When I was pregnant with my first little sweetie, I started getting stretch marks at an alarming rate! I was using cocoa butter at the time and it wasn't helping at all. My husband, at my request, doubtfully ordered me some Natural Stretch Oil which I began to use daily and after 2 days the rate of stretch marks had slowed and the itching stopped, and after a week of using it I was getting no new marks. During the next few months my belly grew and grew as my little one inside grew and grew, but there were no new stretch marks. Until I ran out of Natural Stretch Oil! Within a week of running out, I was once again getting stretch marks at an alarming rate, just like before when I wasn't using the oil. My belly looked like it was covered in ruffles because of the insane amount of marks! As soon as my new bottle came in the mail and I'd been using it for a few days, the stretch marks stopped coming once again. I'm totally convinced that this oil stopped my stretch marks in their tracks while I was using it faithfully, and that it helped to fade my marks so quickly after I gave birth." Jessica
"I have probably written 2 reviews in my life on things I REALLY LOVE, this will be my third (EVER). My husband found this product in a Vitamin Shop and brought it home for me. I didn't think much of it at the time - but ended up using it on a whim... AMAZING! I've since purchased many of your products simply because this one was so amazing (love the smell of it and so does my husband)...and never got any stretch marks! LOVE THIS PRODUCT!! Must have." C's mom
"This product is great!! After becoming pregnant my belly and breasts started growing rapidly and I could see the red angry stretch marks starting. This oil helped calm my itchy skin and the red marks have disappeared. Thanks to Natural Stretch Oil I have no stretch marks and I am in my 33rd week! Try this on existing stretch marks, it works! I also found this to help with nausea. Some days you just feel miserable and this oil helped calm the nausea and gave much needed relief. Huge fan of this product!!!" RM
"I used this during my last pregnancy, in which I put on 40 pounds and gave birth to a 9lb 8oz baby. And I never got a single stretch mark. My belly was soft and supple the whole time, no itchies at all. I am also one who suffers from nausea (especially due to smells) during pregnancy and the smell never bothered me, it's very gentle." Kimberly
"This is a great product. I love the earthy smell. My tummy doesn't get itchy anymore as it continues to grow with baby." M.S.
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"This oil is amazing! I tried other stretch mark lotions but nothing compared to this. I am currently 5 months pregnant, and have been using it since I was 12 weeks and so far not a single stretch mark. My skin also feels smooth and looks great, not to mention the nice lovely light scent. I had bad morning sickness and this scent almost made it better! Thanks so much, I just ordered the Earth Mama Body Butter and can't wait to try it!" Leah
"Got a small bottle for my first pregnancy, and a large for my current! I use this for everything from itchy, irritated skin to perineal massage to get things ready for labor. I love it, and the smell is wonderful and soothing, even when nothing seems to smell good. I have purchased this for many gifts now that I know how wonderful it is!" Lauren
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"I just wanted to say how much I love your products. We are very conscious of the products we use for ourselves and our baby boy, and we love how earth friendly and body friendly you have made your products. We have used the Earth Mama Bottom Balm, New Mama Bottom Spray, Angel Baby Bottom Balm, Angel Baby Oil, Natural Nipple Butter and Natural Stretch Oil and find that all of these products are top of the line. I have recommended them to all of my friends with children. Not only are your products safe, but they are incredibly effective. Thank you for making high quality products that are perfect for our angel baby and his earth mama."
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"The smell of Natural Stretch Oil is perfection! It's got a sweet, calming smell, so even if I was really nauseous it soothed and relaxed me. I didn't just use it on my belly, I used it all over as a moisturizer after my bath. And I didn't get any stretch marks — not even on my butt! It's absolute perfection." Kristin North Hollywood, CA
"I started using Natural Stretch Oil about my third month into my pregnancy. I had tried a couple of other brands, but the oils were very heavy and were leaving residue on my clothes. Natural Stretch Oil is so light, it feels great and absorbs quickly into my skin. But most important, I am in my ninth month and don't have one stretch mark! My husband and I thank you. Especially my husband because he hated the heavy smells and stickiness of the other brands." Renea B.
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"A friend gave me the Labor Ease Kit as a gift - I gave my midwife the Natural Stretch Oil to use on my perineum during delivery and I had no tears. That was an even greater gift." Katherine C. Glendale, CA


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It appears that Schalke may be losing Julian Draxler for an extended period of time. The young midfielder was injured Wednesday night in Schalke's 2-2 draw against Montpellier in the Champions League.
Draxler, 19, was taken to the hospital before the match was concluded with a suspected fractured forearm. Until the severity of the injury is known, it's too early to know exactly how long he'll be out of action.
The injury occurred in the 53rd minute when Montpellier defender Garry Bocaly fouled Draxler from behind in the area. He fell the ground, landed on his arm, and was stepped on by Montpellier goalkeeper Geoffrey Jourdren.
Draxler had an outstanding game for the time he was on the pitch. He scored Schalke's first goal in the match and drew a penalty on the play when he was injured. Huub Stevens has put a lot of faith in the talented Draxler to start this season and has been rewarded every step of the way.
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Trump Chicago Joins Trump International Hotel & Tower New York and its Restaurant, Jean Georges, in Achieving Industry's Highest Ranking
NEW YORK– Feb. 26, 2013 – Just five years after a triumphant downtown debut, Trump International Hotel & Tower® Chicago and its signature restaurant, Sixteen, have both been awarded Forbes Travel Guide's highest distinction, the Five-Star rating. In earning "double honors," the Chicago hotel joins its TRUMP HOTEL COLLECTION™ sister, Trump International Hotel Tower® New York, which once again earned Five-Star ratings for its hotel and Jean Georges restaurant. The 2013 winners were announced today and are showcased on Forbes Travel Guide's interactive website, Startle.com.
"The double Five-Star rating is a great honor both for our Chicago hotel and for the entire brand," said Donald J. Trump, chairman and president of The Trump Organization. "To have Trump Chicago follow in the footsteps of our New York flagship, and so soon after opening, speaks volumes about the relevance of the TRUMP HOTEL COLLECTION brand promise and the commitment of our hotel teams to deliver on it. I'm very proud of Vice President and Managing Director Colm O'Callaghan, Executive Chef Thomas Lents, and the entire staff at Trump Chicago for consistently delivering the highest level of service and guest experience."
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About Trump International Hotel & Tower® Chicago
Trump International Hotel & Tower® Chicago, located in the heart of the city at 401 N. Wabash Avenue, welcomed its first hotel guests in January 2008. The hotel, comprising floors 14-27 of a 92-story residential tower developed by the Trump Organization, features 339 luxuriously appointed guestrooms including one-, two- and three-bedroom suites; Sixteen, the Michelin-rated restaurant featuring the progressive American cuisine of Executive Chef Thomas Lents; The Spa at Trump® with 53 specially appointed spa guest rooms; the Trump Health Club; Rebar, a chic cocktail lounge; The Terrace at Trump and more. Designed by the noted architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with interiors by McGinley Design, Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago is a stunning addition to Chicago's distinguished skyline. The hotel and restaurant were each awarded five stars by the esteemed Forbes Travel Guide in 2013. The property has also been recognized by Travel + Leisure as one of the top 5 hotels for business travelers in the "World's Best Awards" 2012 and named one of the "World's Best Hotels" for 2013. For room and event reservations at Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago, call (312) 588-8000, (877) 458-TRUMP (7867). Click here to follow the hotel on Twitter. Click here to find the property on Facebook.
About Sixteen
Located on the 16th Floor of Trump International Hotel & Tower® Chicago, Sixteen was designed by Ivanka Trump and Chicago-based architects Valerio Dewalt Train Associates. Featuring world-class, progressive American cuisine from Executive Chef Thomas Lents and Executive Pastry Chef Patrick Fahy, Sixteen has received a five star designation from the Forbes Travel Guide, four-star ratings from Chicago magazine and the Chicago Tribune and a coveted star from the 2013 Michelin Guide. Sixteen serves breakfast daily from 6:30 to 10:30 a.m. and Sunday brunch from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Lunch is available Monday through Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Dinner is available daily from 5:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. The Bar at Sixteen, as well as the adjoining Bridges Room, open daily at 11 a.m. and serve a casual bistro menu from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. For reservations, please call (312) 588-8030 and visit Sixteen on Facebook: www.facebook.com/SixteenatTrump.
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Launched in October 2007, TRUMP HOTEL COLLECTION™ is the next generation of luxury hospitality – one that is raising the bar in the top-tier travel experience with a level of customized service unrivaled in the market today. Presided over by internationally renowned developer Donald J. Trump and his three grown children – Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric – the prestigious portfolio includes the highly acclaimed Trump International Hotel & Tower® New York, Trump International Hotel & Tower® Chicago, Trump International Hotel™ Las Vegas, Trump International Hotel™ Waikiki Beach Walk®, Trump SoHo® New York, Trump Ocean Club® International Hotel & TowerPanama, and the newly opened Trump International Hotel & TowerToronto®. TRUMP HOTEL COLLECTION recently acquired and assumed operations of Miami's iconic Doral® Golf Resort & Spa. Trump International Hotel™ Washington, D.C., a redevelopment of the historic Old Post Office building, is slated to open in 2016. Reservations can be made at www.TRUMPHOTELCOLLECTION.com or by calling (855) TRUMP-00 (878-6700). TRUMP HOTEL COLLECTION is headquartered at Trump Tower, 725 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10022. Connect with TRUMP HOTEL COLLECTION on its social media pages.
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Probate is the legal process through which a deceased person's estate is properly distributed to heirs and designated beneficiaries and any debt owed to creditors is paid off. In general, probate property is distributed according to the decedent's last will and testament, if there is one, or according to state law if no will exists.
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+1. Although wide angle lens hoods are almost pointless for protection.
+1. especially for WA zooms since they take up way too much real estate in the bag
How many people use hoods indoors?
all the time. i take family portraits and without fail, every lens is grabbed at one point in time by a well meaning toddler or child wanting to look through the business end of my 85L or 70-200L


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Kerri Slezak serves as the marketing and event coordinator for the CDC. In this role, she provides planning and marketing assistance as well as logistical support for all university career fairs. Prior to working at Loyola, she held various positions at Phi Mu National Headquarters in Georgia. Kerri has a BA in communications from the University of Missouri and in her free time enjoys spending time with her friends and family and exploring Chicago.


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The great escape
E.S looked around his drab grey surroundings,
Elvis Sea-dream to you and me
Elephant Seal to them.
Eyed the camera, that blasted eye
always pointing in his direction,
watching his every move.
The paddling pool,
well, what else could it be?
A poor imitation of the sea
barely enough for a tip toe in.
"Hell No!
I've got to go, this will never do.
My needs are much too grand for this,
why cant they understand?
I need room and lots of it.
I like space and this lacks it,
unticks my every box.
Don't get me wrong
I'm a friendly kind of seal,
I like to get along
but that dammed EYE in the sky
always eyeing me
Give a guy a break
for dignities sake
I need me some
Elvis sighed
"Well I sure won't miss you
that for sure".
Clapped his flappers
One, two
One, two.
It was time to rock and roll…
In flew Sid his partner in crime.
A seagull, but still
he had the gall
of any seal he knew.
"You know the drill"
"Aye Aye Captain"
and off he flew.
Raised his tail
aimed, fired,
with a wham bam and a squirt
blinded that dammed eye.
"Thanks Sid,
my old pal.
I owe you one,
I'll never forget what you did.
Ha! Ha!"
With that said, he waddled off.
Donning his darkest shades
the ones that gave a,
I mean business,
tad sinister, shady guy look.
So no one would want to eye ball him,
keep them looking the other way
so he could make his getaway..
"So long grey.
I can't say I'll miss you.
Going where the waters run
clear and free,
filled with every delicacy that
a seal of my delicate nature needs.
Where the beaches beckon with pearly whites,
crisp, cool wide smiles that go on for miles.
Where cloudless skies in every blue
wash away those dreary greys.
But best of all
no freaking EYE in the sky
always stalking me.
I'll get me some much needed
Oh Yeah!
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Tequila, Small, and Ignite


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John Wayne Gacy is one of the nation's most notorious serial killers and now his name continues to haunt families and investigators looking for answers to unsolved murders.
Investigators have long suspected Gacy may have murdered more than the 33 young men he was convicted of killing. Now, these developments with Gacy's blood may make it possible to solve other murder mysteries.
"We found vials of his blood in the boxes that we were going through," says Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart.
Now that blood, and the DNA profile of John Wayne Gacy is part of a national DNA database that any police agency can tap into.
"If a jurisdiction had long ago submitted DNA from a crime scene, it would have had nothing to match against if in fact Gacy was the one who killed him," Dart explains. "So, by putting the DNA in there, anybody who's already submitted DNA from a crime scene might get a match as of today."
During Gacy's killing spree in the 1970's, he murdered and buried the bodies of 26 young men under his house. Seven others were disposed of elsewhere.
Sheriff's investigators say they have records that show during that time frame Gacy also traveled to 12 other states, and Ontario Canada, fueling speculation there may be more victims.
Karen Conti was on Gacy's death row defense team. She says he never told her he killed anyone, but, "he was killing young men in his house, burying them under the property, and here he had full reign, he was in the rural areas, he was in areas where no one knew who he was, and it's certainly possible that there are other victims," says Conti.
In fact, while police were trying to track down leads and identify the eight unidentified bodies found at Gacy's house, they traced one ID to a man alive in Florida who offered a chilling Gacy story.
"He then informed us that back in the 70's Gacy was down in that state, and Gacy tried killing him," says Dart.
The irony is that under state law Gacy's blood could not be sent to the lab for DNA profiling, but a cold case detective discovered a loophole.
Only since the year 2000 have convicted killers been required in Illinois to submit DNA samples. So, one of the cold case detectives had to find a work-around to get Gacy's blood into the national database.
"Homicide victims' blood gets sent to the State Police Crime Lab, they develop a DNA profile and it gets uploaded to be compared against crime scene database," says Cook County Sheriff's Police Det. Jason Moran. "I also recognized, immediately that Gacy was a victim of a homicide cause he was executed."
Gacy's trial attorney Sam Amirante does not think there are other victims out there, because while Gacy admitted to 34 murders, he never told Amirante of any others even when asked.
Because of the Gacy developments, other killers convicted before the law--which was changed in 2000 to require DNA samples--will have their DNA added to the national database, raising the possibility that additional cold cases could be solved.
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The Hinds County Sheriff's Office took a man accused of running a dog fighting and breeding operation into custody Wednesday evening. Donald Williams, 49, was named as the suspect in the case Tuesday night after deputies confiscated 25 dogs.
Williams is facing 25 counts of cruelty to animals and also a felony dog fighting charge, according to Chief Deputy Chris Picou.
The Hinds County Sheriff's Office and the Mississippi Animal Rescue League worked Wednesday to remove the remaining dogs from the rural area of Hinds County outside Utica where they were founds chained up in "deplorable" conditions.
Sheriff's office officials say the dogs, believed to be pit bulls, were "extremely aggressive" and beat up. One even ate through the plastic carrier it was being transported in. Some of the dogs had to be tranquilized before they were taken to MARL. Executive Director of MARL Deborah Boswell said the dogs will be humanely euthanized.
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If you view the fight over school books in Texas as a major battle in the culture wars, then the social conservatives on the state's Board of Education have been winning most of the skirmishes.
In a string of victories, they pushed through language that will require a return to the use of B.C. and A.D. when referring to periods of time in history.
"I simply wanted to change it because I like the traditional way of doing it." said board member Patricia Hardy.
Conservatives also pushed thorugh language that will require a focus on Roman Catholic Saint Thomas Aquinas and French theologian John Calvin.
And there will be textbook passages that examine the phrase "Laws of Nature and of Nature's God." which appears in the Declaration of Independence.
"I don't personally ever see why we would be afraid to use the language of the founding fathers, especially chose to put in the Declaration of Independence." said board member Cynthia Dunbar.
Another board member, Rick Agosto said, "I would take that insertion as more of a broad attempt to look at the western philosophies of religion and theologies."
That one passed 11 to 3. One person abstained. Conservatives also beat back a measure that would have required textbooks to emphasize the separation of church and state.
The liberals on the board were getting frustrated by that point.
"It has nothing to do with the left or the right, as we have constantly talked about instead of what is best for the children to know." said board member Mavis Knight.
There was more frustration when liberals on the board tried to require a focus on minority recipients of the Medal of Honor.
"If we can't even agree to put two names of Hispanics, just two of many that received the Medal of Honor..this is ridiculous y'all..this is a very minor thing that we are asking." said board member Mary Helen Berlanga.
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Hopefully all of your recruiting efforts have paid off and you have lots of new boys in your dens and packs. Having new Scouts also means having lots of new parents, and you need to let them know what's expected of them…soon. So don't wait any longer! Join us as we talk with Dr. Geoff Zoeller, a Cubmaster for the local pack and the vice president of membership and relations for the Patriots Path Council in New Jersey. He will share everything we need to know to create a successful new parent orientation.
Scott Woolery is the chartered organization representative for a troop in Plymouth, Minnesota, that can boast that it has 104 registered boys and has been continuously chartered since 1916. We were fairly certain that not all of these boys transitioned from Webelos, so how did he do it? How is it possible that the troop has 104 boys? We invited Scott to ScoutCast to answer those questions and more; his answers may surprise you!


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Reggie Torbor coming on in camp: Miami Dolphins talking points
By Brian Biggane
A couple of more two-a-days before Sunday's off day and Monday's exhibition opener. Asked Thursday which he was anticipating more, the remaining workouts or the game, coach Tony Sparano smiled and said, "Both." Spoken like a true coach.
Friday's talking points after the jump:
1. LB Reggie Torbor is having a solid camp.
The only time you can judge whether a backup is reliable or not is when the guy ahead of him is lost to injury and he gets put on the spot. By that measure, Torbor came up wanting last year when Channing Crowder was forced to miss the Kansas City game due to an injury and Torbor wound up without a single tackle.
Torbor, who came over from the New York Giants, where he started six games in their Super Bowl year of 2007 and the Super Bowl itself, should be coming into the prime of his career in his sixth NFL season and at 28 years of age. He's due to make $2.75 million a year and looks like he might be ready to earn it, getting pressure up the middle on a regular basis that Thursday paid off in a sack of Chad Pennington.
2. The heat is on Dan Carpenter.
Dan Carpenter faced no pressure in camp last year. He was the undrafted free agent, Jay Feely the proven starter. When Carpenter made some kicks and Feely missed a couple, he won the job and Feely was released. Carpenter went on to have a record-setting season, making 14 field goals in a row at one point, but faced criticism for his short kickoffs that resulted in the Dolphins finishing near the bottom of the league in opponents' starting field position.
When Carpenter missed kicks from 42 and 45 yards inside the bubble and newcomer Connor Barth drilled his attempts from the same distance Thursday, the pressure shifted to Carpenter. With three games coming up in an 11-day span, the competition is likely to be decided under game conditions.
3. Vontae Davis has some maturity issues.
Davis not only has fallen behind fellow rookie Sean Smith in the battle for the right cornerback job, but some of his actions on the field have to be raising some red flags with coaches.
In a punt returning drill Thursday, Davis and Courtney Bryan were assigned to gunner Eric Green. Davis grabbed Green's jersey when he tried to split the two and held on for a good 20 yards, drawing an obvious holding penalty. At first not seeing the flag, he was high-fiving Bryan afterward and then yukking it up with the official. Special teams coach John Bonamego is not going to be laughing when he looks at the tape of that screwup.
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KILSYTHE (WVVA) - A Fayette County man was arrested Tuesday night after sheriff's deputies responded to reports of a burglary at a home in the Kilsythe area.
Fayette County 911 received a call around 8 p.m. of a suspicious male on the porch of a home on Kilsythe Road.
While en route to the scene, deputies were notified by dispatch that the suspect had gained entry into the home. The home owner was out of town.
Upon arrival, sheriff's deputies located the male inside the home. He was taken into custody with the use of a K-9 unit.
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"I don't think there is a set deadline, but a lot of it is dictated by the candidates and what is going on in their lives and their ability to communicate," Bates said.
Sonny Dykes and Chad Morris both interviewed for the NC State head coaching job on Wednesday, according to a report.
New Orleans Saints offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael Jr., a Boston College alum, is on A.D. Brad Bates radar for the next head coach of the Boston College Eagles.
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NEW ORLEANS -- As the deadline approaches to qualify for disaster food stamps, the lines are getting longer at DSNAP sites in Jefferson and Orleans parishes.
So many people showed up that the lines were cut off at noon Monday. Workers at the Lakfront Arena expect to be processing all the applications that came in Monday until 7:30 p.m.
So far there is no guarantee that the application period will be extended in Orleans and in Jefferson parishes beyond Tuesday's deadline.
The Louisiana Department of Child and Family Services, which administers the disaster food stamp program for the federal government, admits there was an unexpected crush of applicants Monday in Orleans and Jefferson parishes.
This is first day when people with last names beginning with A through Z were allowed to apply, and the first day where applicants had to apply in their home parishes.
"We did see a larger than normal number, larger than we would have anticipated," said Trey Williams, a spokesman for the Department of Children & Family Services. "Because of that we had to close the sites early today around noon."
Long lines wrapped around the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans and the Alario Center in Westwego. Applicants had a long list of complaints.
"I think it is a little disorganized. I think because of the people, because of the amount of people I think it's a little disorganized," said DSNAP applicant Ann Sylvester.
"Do you realize we've been in this line before 8:30 this morning?" said DSNAP applicant Althea Ridgley. "And you got to come here, sit in the long line there, then sit all the way over here and I'm very aggravated."
"They figure we're cattle, so we're going to run out here for these stamps," said DSNAP applicant Pearl Jackson. "I came because I need stamps just like anybody else, but not to the point of this. You can't get in there."
Computers were also down for a time at the Alario Center, which slowed the application process.
The program, now know as the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or DSNAP, provides food assistance to eligible households due to lost income or damage from the storm.
Williams said despite the long lines, he's not sure if applications will be taken in Orleans and Jefferson beyond Tuesday's cut-off date.
"We're assessing the numbers right now and looking at all options," Williams said. "That is a decision that will be made later today on whether we will request and extension."
Tuesday is expected to be another busy day at the DSNAP sites.
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The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association on January 25 elected WCI's Kelly Radandt, national sales manager for Woodward Radio Group and local sales manager for WAPL-WZOR-WXMM in Appleton-Green Bay, as the WBA Vice Chair (Radio).
Kelly, who joined the WBA Board in 2008, has served as Secretary of the Executive Committee (2010) and Treasurer (2011). Kelly will become Chair-Elect in 2013, Chair of the WBA Board in 2014, and Immediate Past Chair in 2015.
She will become only the third woman to serve as Chair of the WBA Board. (The first was Susan Knaack, then WCI Vice President-Broadcast.)
In addition, Kelly has been appointed to the WBA Foundation Board.
Kelly joined WCI in May 1989 as a WAPL account executive. She was promoted to WAPL local sales manager in 1996 and is currently the national sales manager for Woodward Radio Group and local sales manager for WAPL-WZOR-WXMM. She is Past-Chair of the WCI Employee Owner Communications Committee (EOCC) and has played an active and instrumental role in the current company-wide Rev-It-Up initiative.
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At the National ESOP Association's December 4, 2011 Chapter Council Executive Committee meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, Dan Marcue, WCI Human Resources Director, was elected to Chair the ESOP Association Chapter Council effective January 1, 2012. The Council provides support, oversight, and representation to eighteen state and regional chapters of the ESOP Association. The Chair position entitles Marcue to membership on the Board of Directors for the National ESOP Association.
In response to Marcue's election, Tom Yunt, President and CEO of WCI, made the following comment: "Dan's involvement with the ESOP Association has not only benefited Dan in his personal career development, but has benefited WCI's name and brand recognition within the ESOP community, and kept us abreast of ESOP best practices and legislative developments."
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MT. VERNON — — State Comptroller Judy Baar-Topinka was in Mt. Vernon Tuesday afternoon to announce her re-election bid.
Topinka is traveling the state, part of her "Common Sense Express" Tour.
"It's time to lose corruption and over spending in Springfield," Topinka said. "Legislators, why don't you get it? You can't spend what you don't have. ... It's time for the Legislature to realize it's not our money, it's your money."


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Arica Edgell, 15, has been located in Lewis County, according to the Bridgeport Police Department.
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Bridgeport Police have changed the status of a missing teen girl from missing to a runaway, according to Lt. John A. Post of the Bridgeport Police Department.
Arica Adaline Edgell, 15, was reported missing on October 6.
As of 11 a.m. Thursday morning, there have been no additional sightings of the girl, according to Lt. Post.
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The Bridgeport Police Department is seeking information regarding the whereabouts of a missing girl.
Edgell is described as being 5 feet 1 inch tall and 105 lbs., with green eyes and blonde hair. Police said she was last seen wearing shorts and a pink hooded sweatshirt in Bridgeport Tuesday morning.
Police said Edgell may be with a 16-year-old male in a black 2003 Hyundai Santa Fe with the license plate number: 5UL275.
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What is Bluetooth?
Bluetooth is a short range communication standard developed originally by Ericsson, from 1994, as a wireless alternative to serial data cable. The technology keeps evolving even today through the gathered efforts of a Special Interest Group (SIG) composed by Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Nokia, Toshiba (the last four adhered from 1998), 3Com, Microsoft, Motorola, Lucent and many other companies that adhere to the standard. Besides the SIG, Bluetooth is also standardized by IEEE under the reference IEEE 802.15.1. [Springer2007]
From the beginning the main idea of the Bluetooth standard was to specify a low power, low cost radio technology, which could be deployed on a very large scale.
Bluetooth uses the 2.4Ghz ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medical) frequency range. The technology is normally intended for communication between mobile devices at distances of up to 10 meters apart. This allows the formation of Personal Area Networks (PAN) from devices that can be transported by a person - remember that very common are also Local Area Networks formed by WiFi enabled devices at distances of up to 100 meters apart. An important feature of Bluetooth is that it is low power when compared with other technologies like WiFi which has much higher connection maintenance power consumption.
An important reason to give attention to Bluetooth is that most mobile phones, either smartphones or not, are equipped these days with Bluetooth transceivers. Bluetooth is the only alternative for direct communication between non-smart phones (and other devices), since many are not equipped with WiFi interfaces, nor other short range radios.
The most widespread Bluetooth standard, class 2, version 1.2, allows communication at ranges of up to 10 meters with no obstacles in-between, with a bandwidth of 1 Mbps.
Bluetooth is a well developed standard. Its complete specification can be accessed by registered companies from the Bluetooth SIG website (www.bluetooth.org). Obsolete Bluetooth specifications are publicly available. We present in the following paragraphs the fundamental concepts of the technology.
To distinguish between the various radio interfaces that can coexist in close vicinity, Bluetooth uses device addresses with 48 bits long which are usually represented as a 12 hexadecimal digits number - for example, 00:22:65:91:fc:bc. A Bluetooth device can accept various connections from other devices, even simultaneously. In fact, a client can have one or more connections via Bluetooth to the server applications running on a particular remote device. These connections are implemented in Bluetooth using the concept of services, a similar notion to the TCP/IP ports. A Bluetooth service is uniquely described by a name, an UUID or a port number. Symbian uses the term channel to denote a Bluetooth port in its C++ and PySymbian APIs.
At runtime, different port (or channel) values can be assigned to the same Bluetooth service at various instances. For a client application on a different device to be able to connect to this service, Bluetooth uses the Service Discovery Protocol (SDP). The SDP of a device uses a dictionary called the Service Discovery Database, where the server applications are registered to be advertised by the Bluetooth stack to other devices. The client applications perform a lookup after the service name (or UUID) in the database of the neighboring devices of interest and obtain the port (channel) number of the target service.
Bluetooth Profiles
Some of the Bluetooth services are considered universal. They are specified in the standard and are called profiles. Two general profiles are especially useful when programming: Serial Port Profile (SPP) and the Object Exchange (OBEX) Profile.
SPP is built around the RFCOMM protocol (Radio Frequency COMMunication, also called serial port emulation). RFCOMM is a connection oriented transport protocol and it uses socket objects to manage the connection.
The OBEX profile is designed to exchange data such as files, contact and scheduling information. It uses RFCOMM as a transport protocol, but can work over TCP/IP or IrDA as well.
There are other more specialized profiles like Dial-up Networking, Fax, Headset, LAN Access, all using SPP, and File Transfer, Object Push Profile (OPP) and Synchronization, which rely on OBEX.
Communicating via the OBEX Push Profile
A very robust and simple way to communicate via Bluetooth is to send the data via the OBEX Push Profile (OPP) and then read the received Bluetooth Messages. The second step can be achieved by using, for example, the pyinbox module, which can access the Bluetooth messages received by the phone.
The advantages are the following:
- the programmer does not have to create the listening server socket, since the Symbian OS creates itself the OPP service.
- OPP uses the Bluetooth only as long as data is transferred and automatically disconnects immediately after transmission, which results also in good power management.
- sending a file via OPP is a very standard routine - many tools support it and also it requires calling very robust and simple routines.
- the receiver application can treat asynchronously the Bluetooth messages. In fact the receiver application does not even have to be running when the sender application transfers data - the only requirement is that the standard Symbian OBEX Push Profile has to be started which is the case when the Bluetooth is turned on.
- it is easier to debug the Bluetooth communication since you can use the Messaging application to see the Bluetooth messages received.
Below, we present an example where two applications are created: one for sending messages (based on OBEX protocol) and other for receiving messages (using the pyinbox module).
Normally the Bluetooth messages (received via the OBEX Push Protocol) are stored on the C drive. In case we want to avoid filling up the internal memory, we can configure Symbian to use a different drive. To do this on S60 3rd edition phones you have to open the Messaging application, go to Options, Settings, choose Other and then at "Memory in use" specify the drive to store the messages. If you choose the label of the E drive, the Bluetooth messages are stored in the E:\private folder - for example, E:\private\1000484b\Mail2\. On S60 2nd edition you can use, for example, the third party application MsvDriveE to move the Messaging folders to the E drive.
Also, to avoid being asked each time "Receive message from [name]?" when a Bluetooth message is being transferred, you have to pair the two communicating devices and authorize the connection on this device. More exactly you have to open the Bluetooth application, choose the right tab ("Paired devices"), go to Options, select "New paired device", discover the other device and enter a passkey, which has to be confirmed at the other end. When the pairing is completed, go to Options and choose "Set as Authorized".
The simplest way to add the pyinbox extension, as described in the Extending Python on Symbian chapter, is to copy the kf_pyinbox.pyd and module_config.cfg files found in the pyinbox distribution in the "module-repo\dev-modules\pyinbox" folder of the PySymbian SDK installation. These files will be copied by the PySymbian application packager when creating the SIS.
#Sender application
import e32
#PySymbian 1.4.5 has the Bluetooth specific functions in the module socket, while PySymbian 1.9+ has them in btsocket.
pys60_version_number = e32.pys60_version_info[0] * 10 + e32.pys60_version_info[1]
if pys60_version_number <= 14:
import socket as btsocket
elif pys60_version_number >= 19:
import btsocket
pathFileName = "E:\\file_2send"
blueToothServerAddress, services = btsocket.bt_obex_discover()
The name of the OBEX Push Profile is different among the manufacturers:
Nokia uses u"OBEX Object Push",
some WindowsCE devices use u"(OPP) Object Push\x00".
Therefore, we use the common substring of these two to search for.
SERVICE_NAME_SUBSTR = "Object Push"
for serviceName in services:
if serviceName.find(SERVICE_NAME_SUBSTR) >= 0:
#The port number is usually 9 on Nokia Symbian phones. But we cannot take this for granted.
port = services[serviceName]
btsocket.bt_obex_send_file(blueToothServerAddress, port, unicode(pathFileName))
The other phone can retrieve the Bluetooth message invoking the code below. Note that pyinbox has a very similar API to the inbox module for SMSes. Besides the functions used in the code we can also bind a callable to be notified of the reception of Bluetooth messages (note that invoking pyinbox.description() in the callable returns an exception or an empty string). Also we can use pyinbox.address(), pyinbox.message_type(), pyinbox.time(), pyinbox.unread().
#Receiver application
import e32
import pyinbox
def ProcessBluetoothMessage(btMsgId):
global bluetoothInbox
fileNameBTMessage = None
if e32.s60_version_info[0] >= 3:
#For S60 3rd+ edition.
btMsgData = bluetoothInbox.data(btMsgId, 0, bluetoothInbox.size(btMsgId))
#bluetoothInbox.attachment_path() gives exception on S60 3rd+ edition, most
# likely because the messages are stored in the OS protected \private folder.
#For S60 2nd edition.
pathFileNameBTMessage = bluetoothInbox.attachment_path(btMsgId)
if not pathFileNameBTMessage: #Should not happen.
return -1
fInput = open(pathFileNameBTMessage, "r")
# read() without parameter will read all bytes from the file, take care when dealing with large files
btMsgData = fInput.read()
print "The name of the file within the Bluetooth message is %s." % bluetoothInbox.description(btMsgId)
#The data of the file within the Bluetooth message is available in btMsgData.
bluetoothInbox.delete(btMsgId) #We delete after processing the file.
bluetoothInbox = None
def BluetoothServer():
global bluetoothInbox
0x10009ED5 is a value that must not be changed, which specifies to the Inbox adapter to read only
the Bluetooth messages from Inbox.
bluetoothInbox = pyinbox.Inbox(0x10009ED5)
def BluetoothServerReceiver():
global bluetoothInbox
Enumerate all Bluetooth messages from Inbox, read their data and then delete them.
0x10009ED5 must not be changed - specifies to read only Bluetooth messages from Inbox.
""" btMsgList = bluetoothInbox.list_messages(0x10009ED5)
for msg in btMsgList:
BluetoothServer() #Invoke once the BluetoothServer() to create the BT Inbox adapter.
while (True):
#Check periodically for the BT messages in the Inbox. After we process a new BT message we delete it.
A Bluetooth Client-Server Application Using RFCOMM
In this section we present a simple FTP-like application, which uses the RFCOMM protocol (Serial Port Profile) for communication. The client application asks the server to send a specific file from its file system. This happens forever in a loop, which gives also the opportunity to test the maximum communication range between the devices.
A number of other publicly available client-server applications exist – see for example the chat example from [Scheible2007].
This application uses the btsocket module to advertise the service, connect and accept connections. As described below using Bluetooth sockets is very similar to TCP/IP programming, which is treated in detail in the Basic Network Programming chapter:
- use the btsocket.AF_BT constant to specify the Bluetooth address family instead of AF_INET, as in IPv4,
- set the desired security of the Bluetooth connections and
- advertise the Bluetooth service.
Note that in TCP/IP the service is registered at a numeric port value agreed upon at the design of the protocol, which is hard-coded in the server and the client applications and, therefore, no advertising is needed for the connection to be established.
To advertise a Bluetooth service, we use:
bluetooth.bt_advertise_service(name = u"My_BT", socket, flag = True, class_ = btsocket.RFCOMM)
- 'name is a Unicode string representing the service name;
- socket is the server socket;
- flag, when True, tells to start advertising;
- class_ specifies the type of communication protocol to use - either btsocket.OBEX or btsocket.RFCOMM.
To stop advertising the service we can invoke the previous function with the flag parameter set to False.
Similar to the Basic Network Programming chapter, we use file-like sockets, to abstract away the buffering details of the data from the sockets.
We must warn that calling btsocket.connect() can lead in few cases to program instability - see, for example, the following discussion: http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Discussion/showthread.php?207039-BlueTooth-RFCOMM-crashes-when-used-between-2-Nokia-N95s. This problem should be addressed and solved in the near future.
The code of the client-server application can be found below.
import appuifw
import e32
import os
import struct
import sys
import btsocket #For PySymbian from 1.9.x onwards.
except ImportError:
import socket as btsocket #For PySymbian up to 1.4.x.
BT_RFCOMM_SERVICE_NAME = "My_BT"
LOCAL_FOLDER = "E:\\BlueTooth"
if not os.path.exists(LOCAL_FOLDER):
stderrFileName = LOCAL_FOLDER + "\\stderr.txt"
stderrFile = open(stderrFileName, "a")
sys.stderr = stderrFile
stdoutFileName = LOCAL_FOLDER + "\\stdout.txt"
stdoutFile = open(stdoutFileName, "a")
sys.stdout = stdoutFile
def SendFile(fdBlueTooth, pathFileName):
#appuifw.note(u"Entered SendFile().", "info")
fileSize = os.path.getsize(pathFileName)
fileSizeStr = struct.pack("<i", fileSize)
#Read the binary file from disk.
fInput = open(pathFileName, "rb")
fileData = fInput.read()
fileData = "[NO_FILE]"
#appuifw.note(u"Exiting SendFile().", "info")
def FileTransferServer():
serverSocket = btsocket.socket(btsocket.AF_BT, btsocket.SOCK_STREAM) #One can use SOCK_DGRAM as well.
channel = btsocket.bt_rfcomm_get_available_server_channel(serverSocket)
serverSocket.bind(("", channel))
btsocket.bt_advertise_service(unicode(BT_RFCOMM_SERVICE_NAME), serverSocket, True, btsocket.RFCOMM)
For btsocket.set_security(), we can use a combination of one or more of the following flags:
- btsocket.AUTH - it means that the Bluetooth connection needs to be authenticated with a passcode;
- btsocket.AUTHOR - the user is asked to authorize the incoming connection;
- btsocket.ENCRYPT - encrypt the communication.
If we comment btsocket.set_security() then the connection is performed
automatically without any authorization, authenticatio, nor encryption.
#btsocket.set_security(serverSocket, btsocket.AUTH | btsocket.AUTHOR)
connectionSocket, client_addr = serverSocket.accept()
fdBlueTooth = connectionSocket.makefile("rw", 0)
appuifw.note(u"Server created pipe.", "info")
while True:
command = fdBlueTooth.readline()
appuifw.note(u"Received command %s." % command, "info")
tokens = command.split(" ")
if tokens[0] == "get-file":
SendFile(fdBlueTooth, LOCAL_FOLDER + "\\" + tokens[1])
appuifw.note(u"Connection lost", "info")
if connectionSocket:
def FileTransferClient():
connectionSocket = btsocket.socket(btsocket.AF_BT, btsocket.SOCK_STREAM)
address, services = btsocket.bt_discover()
address contains the Bluetooth device addresses selected in the Discover menu (ex: 00:13:fd:fb:66:16) and
services contains a map with keys service names and values channel (or port) number
(for example: {u'My_BT': 2, u'OBEX Object Push': 9}).
if BT_RFCOMM_SERVICE_NAME in services:
channel = services[unicode(BT_RFCOMM_SERVICE_NAME)]
connectionSocket.connect((address, channel))
fdBlueTooth = connectionSocket.makefile("rw", 0)
appuifw.note(u"Client created pipe.", "info")
fileName = "file_2send"
while True:
fdBlueTooth.write("get-file %s\n" % fileName) #Note the \n required by the readline() in FileTransferServer().
global LOCAL_FOLDER
fileSizeStr = fdBlueTooth.read(4)
fileSizeTuple = struct.unpack("<i", fileSizeStr)
fileSize = fileSizeTuple[0]
#print "Received 4-bytes data: %s" % txtData
data = fdBlueTooth.read(fileSize) #We can use also fdBlueTooth.readline().
#We can write data in "E:\\" + fileName.
appuifw.note(u"Received fileSize = %d, data = %s." % (fileSize, data), "info")
appuifw.note(u"Connection lost", "info")
if connectionSocket:
appuifw.note(u"Target is not running a file transfer server", "error")
def Main():
index = appuifw.popup_menu([u"Server", u"Client"], u"Choose Device Type")
if (index != None):
if (index == 0):
elif (index == 1):
if __name__ == "__main__":
Other PySymbian Bluetooth Modules
A useful module is miso. Besides the API for process handling, phone rebooting and so on, miso implements two Bluetooth related functions:
- miso.local_bt_address(), which returns the Bluetooth device address and
- miso.local_bt_name(), which returns the name of the Bluetooth interface.
Additionally, the UtilBluetoothPyExt module programmatically allows to turn on and off the Bluetooth interface and get the name of the Bluetooth interface.
- S60 Platform Bluetooth API Developers Guide. http://www.developer.nokia.com/info/sw.nokia.com/id/89261a1d-ed6d-4cc5-8855-8250a33de328/S60_Platform_Bluetooth_API_Developers_Guide.html
- [Scheible2007] Jürgen Scheible and Ville Tuulos. "Mobile Python. Rapid Prototyping of Applications on the Mobile Platform", 2007
- [Springer2007] H. Labiod, H. Afifi, C. De Santis. "Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee And Wimax", Springer, 2007
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth
- [Wiki_protocols] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth_protocols
- [Wiki_profile] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth_profile
- Sing Li and Jonathan Knudsen. "Beginning J2ME: From Novice to Professional", Third Edition, 2005
© 2010 Symbian Foundation Limited. Portions copyright Alex Susu and others in wiki document history list. This document is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode for the full terms of the license.
Note that this content was originally hosted on the Symbian Foundation developer wiki.


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4:26pm Thursday 15th November 2012 in News By Zoe Forsey, Senior Reporter
A pub in St Albans is counting up the cash raised during a fundraiser held in aid of Help for Heroes.
The Plough in Sleapshyde collected £2,500 for the cause with a day of games, raffles and competitions.
Bill McGrath, who runs the pub with his wife Carol, said: "We had great support on the day from our customers old and new and we were delighted to have two former soldiers in attendance.
"We were also very lucky with the weather."
An auction and a raffle were held during the day with prizes donated from local businesses up for grabs.
Mr McGrath added: "We would like to thank all our loyal customers, for their continued support and donations, without whom none of this would be possible."
In total £2,272 was raised during the event, which was held on September 8, and the pub decided to round this figure up to £2,500.
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The Cruise Director and his staff were amazing. Such a dedicated and talented group of people. The shows on board were exceptional. Especially the Blue Planet Show. From ice skating to diving to dance and song all shows were truly brilliant. All done on the high seas weather permitting as accidents could easily occur if weather was not favourable at the time of the shows. We were lucky enough to see some shows twice as we rebooked for a second week. We loved the ship so much that we ended up booking back to back cruises, thus we did Eastern and Western Carribean destinations.
Our wedding dinner was at 150 Central and it was such a memorable night. Truly amazing food and great service. Food combinations were so interesting and proportionally sized as the courses just kept coming. A degustation menu which is the way to dine in this restaurant. All food on board Allure was of a high standard especially in the specialty restaurants. We are now home and have the post cruise blues and miss everything about Allure. Thanks Royal Carribean for making our wedding and honeymoon so special over the 14 days we cruised on her...Gayle and Christian Jordan. (Australia)