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Fox Point-Bayside hires superintendent
The Fox Point-Bayside School District has hired Rachel Boechler to be its new district administrator.
Boechler will succeed Gary Peterson who is retiring effective June 30. Boechler will assume her duties July 1.
The School Board approved Boechler's contract Tuesday.
"Rachel was our unanimous choice for the position and we feel very fortunate to have her joining us at Fox Point-Bayside," board President Barb Mannion said in a news release.
For the past five years, Boechler has served as the Chief Operating Officer of CPS Human Resource Services, a human resources consulting firm in Sacramento, Calif. She has more than 25 years of experience in education, including working as a middle school teacher in the Muskego-Norway School District; a guidance counselor and kindergarten through 12 guidance coordinator for the Wauwatosa School District; assistant principal in Sussex-Hamilton; and director of curriculum in the Sun Prairie School District.
Burglary suspects led police on high-speed chase through Whitefish Bay, Glendale
Whitefish Bay — Two Milwaukee men who allegedly stole lawn equipment from Whitefish Bay garages are under arrest after leading cops on a high-speed, four-mile car chase through residential neighborhoods on June 30.
Forty-seven-year-old Milwaukee resident Earnest McMiller and 50-year-old Milwaukee resident Clarence Robinson have both been charged with two counts of burglary and eluding a police officer. If convicted, McMiller faces a maximum prison sentence of 31 years. Robinson, who was convicted of forgery in 2013, faces a maximum 47 years in prison because he is a repeat offender.
When interviewed by police, McMiller said he and Robinson were at a drug house on June 30 when they decided to steal lawn equipment for money. McMiller, Robinson and two other men then drove around Whitefish Bay in a minivan and a "beat-up" Kia and stole two leaf blowers, a snow blower, a lawnmower, and a hedge trimmer from residential garages, according to a criminal complaint.
A homeowner in the 5900 block of Santa Monica Boulevard noticed the men breaking into a garage and called police at 9:07 p.m. Whitefish Bay police arrived shortly thereafter, causing two of the men to flee. A police officer in the alley behind the house saw the Kia back out of the alley in reverse, while the minivan drove forward out of the alley. Both vehicles pulled out onto Belle Avenue, nearly striking an oncoming driver.
With a Whitefish Bay squad in pursuit, the Kia continued driving backward through the alley for a block, backed around the median at Santa Monica Boulevard and Montclaire Avenue, then continued southbound on Santa Monica. The Kia drove backwards at 40 miles per hour, swerving all over the roadway until it crashed into a tree. The Kia then backed northbound into another tree in the 5900 block of Santa Monica.» Read Full Article
Germantown baseball team competitive in 2-2 split
The Germantown baseball team split four North Shore Conference games last week and were competitive in each game.
So much so, it seemed that coach Jeff Wolf multiplied his number of gray hairs exponentially
The Warhawks, 11-13 overall entering this week, dropped a 4-3 eight-inning affair to Grafton on July 2 after falling 3-0 to the Blackhawks in a separate game on July 1. They won a harrowing eight-inning affair 8-7 over West Bend East on June 30 and edged Port Washington 11-9 in a back-and-forth game June 29.
Germantown will close the regular season at 5:30 p.m. Friday, July 10 with a nonconference game against Sussex Hamilton.
The game of the week, according to Wolf, was the decision over West Bend East. Germantown had taken a 5-0 lead after three innings, but then the Suns stormed back to take a 7-6 advantage after six innings.» Read Full Article
Rick Springfield to play Gathering on the Green in Mequon
Rick Springfield is in town to steal some hearts. Again.
This time, he'll be at Gathering on the Green, the family-friendly event with music, dance, fireworks, food, loads of children's activities — and, this year, Springfield, who will headline Friday's lineup at 8 p.m. at Rotary Park in Mequon.
Headlining Saturday will be Big Band Swing, including the Wisconsin Philharmonic and host Jonathan Bennett, known for "Dancing With the Stars" and "Mean Girls."
There'll be children's activities, too, including a scavenger hunt Saturday.
Tickets for Gathering on the Green are $20 to $45, free for kids 12 and younger. For more information, go to gatheringonthegreen.org.
Walk gives Bay baseball team 5-4 walk-off win over Homestead
Everyone knows that high school baseball umpires are not in their profession for the money, and Lord knows they take some seriously undeserved abuse sometimes.
But, still, given all that, what happened at the end of Whitefish Bay's nine-inning 5-4 victory over North Shore rival Homestead Thursday night should have in no way happened.
It'll go down as a game-winning RBI for Bay's Andrew James and it came in the bottom of the ninth of an intensely fought game with a Homestead squad that was working hard to keep its slim North Shore Conference title hopes alive while Bay was looking to keep a late-season hot streak going.
The point of the argument, and why Homestead coach Ernie Millard was so angry (among other reasons) was the 2-2 pitch to James by his ace Joe Panella. It was a beautiful slider that for all intensive purposes dropped in perfectly for what should have been strike three and the end of the inning.
The Homestead players started running off the field and even Bay coach Jay Wojcinski said afterwards he thought it was a strike.» Read Full Article
Glendale considers proposal for 83-room Residence Inn by Marriott hotel
Glendale — A developer is proposing to build a four-story, 83-room extended stay hotel at the northwest corner of Port Washington and Green Tree roads in Glendale.
Under the proposal, a Residence Inn by Marriott hotel would be built on 1.1 acres of vacant land at 7003 N. Port Washington Road.
The hotel, which would be located west of PNC Bank, is being proposed by Odyssey Hotel Group owner Rachit Dhingra, who owns the vacant land, the PNC Bank property and the Radisson North Shore property to the north.
Dhingra's intentions to build a 83-room hotel were known when the Glendale Plan Commission approved the PNC Bank project in August 2010. Dhingra was planning to build a Staybridge Suites hotel at the time.
The Residence Inn hotel would be positioned parallel to Green Tree Road, with a main entrance facing north. Hotel amenities include a small kitchen for preparation of breakfast foods, a sport court and an outside courtyard space with a grill, fire pit and chairs.» Read Full Article
After win over Falcons, Shorewood baseball team has rough week
Following an 11-1 victory in the opener of a twinbill with Woodland rival Brown Deer on June 23, it was a rough week for the Shorewood baseball team.
The Greyhounds subsequently lost the nightcap of the doubleheader 6-5 and then fell in successive days to Woodland East leader Cudahy (13-3), Greendale (10-1), West Allis Hale (6-0) and Whitnall (9-5) to fall to 2-12 in league play and 3-16 overall.
Coach Josh Lemke said a doubleheader sweep of Brown Deer would have been able to provide some valuable momentum for the Greyhounds, but it was not to be.
"I really liked our chances going into that game," he said. 'He (ace Joe Franke) just didn't have his best stuff. We battled to the end. It would have been nice."
Shorewood took on Whitnall in another game on June 30 and then will host New Berlin West at 5 p.m. Thursday, July 2.» Read Full Article
Homestead baseball team now in NSC race
On Saturday, June 27, the Homestead baseball team was sitting three games in back of powerful West Bend West in the North Shore Conference standings and coach Ernie Millard was resigned to playing for the best WIAA sectional seed possible.
Fast-forward to Monday night, June 29, following the Highlanders' harrowing 2-1 victory over West Bend East, and Millard found himself with a whole new outlook on things.
Previously unbeaten West had dropped games to both Cedarburg and Nicolet as of Monday night, and the Spartans (10-2 in league and 18-2 overall) had only a half-game lead on the Highlanders (10-3 and 17-5, respectively) as the regular season was slated to wind down.
West still had four NSC tilts to finish out while Homestead had three. The Spartans had one big ace up their sleeve in thwarting any Homestead plans for a share of the North Shore Conference title in that they have beaten the Highlanders twice already this summer.
But Millard is amazed at the opportunity in front of his team.» Read Full Article
Homestead will start turf work on Monday
Mequon — Construction will begin Monday, July 6, on an artificial turf football field at Homestead High School.
The artificial turf, along with the resurfacing of the track and the relocation of field events, is part of the first phase of an ambitious athletic facilities renovation projected spearheaded by the Homestead Booster Club. The booster club recently donated $1.1 million to the Mequon-Thiensville School District for the construction work.
The project is scheduled to be completed in early September.
The centerpiece of the larger athletic renovation plan is a pavilion that would include restrooms, concessions and two team rooms. Sommer's Automotive donated $250,000 to secure naming rights for the $500,000 pavilion, which would would be centrally located between the football, softball, soccer and tennis facilities.
The Highlander Strong fundraising campaign is seeking donors to contribute the remaining $250,000 for the pavilion.» Read Full Article
Nicolet baseball team notches huge win over West Bend West
When asked if both Nicolet legends Danny Winn and Sam Sivilotti had come back and hit homers and if he himself had come out of "retirement" and pitched in his Knights' stunning 5-3 upset of North Shore Conference leader and top-ranked West Bend West on June 29, Nicolet baseball coach Jason Grodsky chuckled and said: "Maybe."
But there was certainly no Winn and no Sivilotti, and two-time All-Suburban pitcher Grodsky was definitely not at the hill on that now storied evening at West Bend's legendary Regner Park.
No, there were just kids trying to make names for themselves, such as Ian Greenfield, Kyle Brahm, Matt Appleby, Craig Carey, Joe De Lia and Alex Braun as the Knights (4-8 in NSC play and 6-13 overall) pulled off their biggest win in several years over the high-powered Spartans (10-2, 18-2).
"It was a classic, old-school Nicolet victory; we did everything right," Grodsky said. "It was a great win, and I'm just ecstatic for the kids ... we played as well as we possibly could have."
The victory, Grodsky said, was built on a dramatic 10-8 come-from-behind conference victory over Port Washington on June 25 when the Knights fell behind 6-0 in the first.» Read Full Article
Whitefish Bay baseball team remains hot
The Whitefish Bay baseball team remained on its last-season roll, improving to 7-7 in North Shore Conference play and 13-10 overall.
After the emotional win over Nicolet on June 23 that was the going away party for four-year letter-winner Joe Kaszubowski, the Blue Dukes lost a tough 3-1 decision to then unbeaten North Shore Conference leader West Bend West (the Spartans have since lost twice) on June 25, beat Pius XI 6-2 on June 27 and downed Cedarburg 4-2 on June 29.
Entering play on June 30, they have won five out of their last six games.
The Blue Dukes will play three more games before the holiday, including a critical 5:30 p.m. home game Thursday, July 2, against current NSC runner-up Homestead (whom they beat 8-3 on June 19) and then will close out the league schedule at 5:30 p.m. Monday, July 6, at Germantown.
In the victory over Cedarburg, the Blue Duke scored four times in the second and then held on for the win. Brady James threw a complete-game three-hitter for the win and worked around five walks with three strikeouts.» Read Full Article
Three-day bus stoppage sends North Shore riders scrambling for transportation alternatives
Shorewood —A three-day work stoppage for Milwaukee bus drivers has local bus riders scrambling to find a ride to work, school and other errands until Saturday.
When Shorewood residents Sara Shuler and Sam Luft heard about the potential bus strike on Tuesday afternoon, they made a hurried grocery run to Trader Joe's. They usually shop at the Shorewood Pick 'n Save, but with that store closed for the rest of the year, they have been using the bus to do their grocery shopping in recent months.
With no bus service for the next three days, Shuler said she plans to ride her bike to work at Discovery World. She also works a second job with Luft on Kenilworth Avenue, but since Luft's bike was recently stolen, she is agreeing to accompany him on a 40-minute walk to work on Thursday.
Shuler said she was frustrated that the Milwaukee County Transit System was unable to reach a deal with Amalgamated Transit Union Local 998, but she doesn't blame the bus drivers.
"I'm irritated in general at the situation because we rely on the bus system," she said.» Read Full Article
Shorewood concert series debuts July 8
Shorewood — Shorewood's free Summer Sounds concert series will kick off July 8 at Hubbard Park.
Tweed Funk, Shorewood's favorite blues band, will headline on July 8, with an opening performance by Shorewood's School of Rock. On July 22, the Shorewood High School Jazz Band will open up for the Five Card Studs, a 1970s cover band. De La Buena, a popular 10-piece band playing Afro-Cuban and Latin Jazz, will perform on Aug. 5.
All concerts will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Hubbard Park. People are welcome to bring their own picnic or purchase food from Hubbard Park Lodge.
Burglary suspects allegedly target Bay couple at funeral
Whitefish Bay — A Hartford couple have been charged in connection with a burglary scheme that targeted people attending funerals.
Muskego police conducted a search warrant at the home of Jesse James Bullis, 31, and Emily Grabel, 23, and recovered jewelry, electronics and a handwritten list of names, addresses and times of several funeral services in Milwaukee County.
That handwritten list included the name of a Whitefish Bay couple, their address in the 4800 block of Lake Drive and the addresses of other relatives, including a note saying "service at 7."
According to a criminal complaint, the Whitefish Bay couple left their home at about 4 p.m. on May 14 to attend a close relative's funeral. When they returned home at 10:30 p.m., they found evidence of a burglary. A large amount of jewelry had been stolen from the top of a dresser.
Nearly a month after the burglary, a Whitefish Bay detective was contacted by the Muskego Police Department regarding the recent search warrant in Waterford. The detective showed a photograph of the stolen goods to the Whitefish Bay burglary victim, who was able to identify at least 16 pieces of jewelry that were stolen from her dresser. Bullis and Gabel are facing felony burglary charges. If convicted, they could be sentenced to a maximum of $25,000 in fines or 12 1/2 years in jail.» Read Full Article
St. John's Lutheran will celebrate 150th anniversary on Sunday
Glendale — St. John's Lutheran in Glendale will be hosting a celebration on Sunday, June 28th, as they begin yearlong festivities to commemorate their 150th Anniversary.
The day will begin with a worship service at 9:30 a.m. and continue with a church picnic, craft fair and an all-class reunion. Past memorabilia from the church and school will be on display. Check-in is at 11:30 a.m., lunch is at noon and the picnic and games will last from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
North Shore 911 callers to receive lifesaving CPR instructions
Bayside — Emergency dispatchers have started offering over-the-phone advice that could save lives in the North Shore.
Starting June 24, dispatchers at Bayside Communications Center responded to health-related inquiries with two simple questions: Is the patient awake? Are they breathing normally? If the caller responds 'no' to those two questions, a Milwaukee County dispatcher will coach the caller through CPR while an ambulance travels to the scene.
The average response time for a North Shore ambulance is five to six minutes, but it only takes four minutes without oxygen for brain damage to occur. That's why local health officials are hoping to get bystanders involved in resuscitation while the ambulance is en route.
"Emergency responders do a very good job, but they can't help you until they get there," said Nicole Hudzinski of the American Heart Association. "The person is going to need help before the ambulance arrives."
Milwaukee County lags behind the rest of the nation in terms of bystander CPR participation. Only 19 percent of 911 callers in Milwaukee County attempt CPR, which is less than half the national rate of 45 percent.» Read Full Article

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Los Angeles, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin announced Thursday he will not play for the U.S. national basketball team this summer.
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Samhat will replace Benjamin Dunlap this summer. Dunlap has been Wofford's president since 2000. He will take a yearlong sabbatical, then return as a humanities professor.
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Your ego will never be satisfied with what it can't convince itself it created itself. All it wants is to be affirmed. "I exist. I'm valuable. I'm cool." That's all it wants, and it wants it constantly, in an endless variety of ways.
Either you surrender to take that endless ride in fantasy land, or you might as well get off now before any more time is lost. Get off while you've still got some years left for actually living. If you're willing to do that, you can stop reading now and just do it. Just let go of all your ideas about what things mean or what they should be or whatever else. Stop trying to satisfy your "self," since it's only your false self that has ever felt any dissatisfaction anyway. Commit now to engage fully with whatever is, just as it is, even as it changes, and love it. Whenever you make that choice, that is when you will know fulfillment. And if you constantly renew that choice, you will know lasting fulfillment. If you need more convincing, please read on.
I confess that I'm making this up as I go along, but in this moment it seems that we pretty much have a choice between pretending, which is always a very thin cloak thrown over dissatisfaction and depression, or choosing honesty and courage. I choose to be honest about how much I don't know, which then requires courage to dare to actually live in such an ambiguous world. It takes a lot of courage, when there are no myths to comfort you, just to leave your house. Just to get out of bed.
If you let yourself see just a little, but don't have courage or faith or at least reckless insanity, then you're not going to be able to get out of bed. You'll only see the horror. You'll miss all the wonder and beauty. Who wouldn't stay in bed, dreaming sweet dreams, instead of going out into that?
So here I am, trying to encourage you to give it a shot. Gamble. Risk. Jump into the river and see where it takes you. I've shared lots of stories with you of the miraculous places it has taken me. Read my book, Being Bliss, if you want to read some of those stories. Hopefully my stories will give you some faith that maybe it's worth a shot. You will have to be willing to risk losing the fake security you've been clinging to, the empty hopes for senseless achievements. That's harder than it might seem. Ego wants something to hold onto, however flimsy it might be.
But I'm too sick of it to offer you that. I'm just plum tuckered out with that shoring up of ego thing. I can't even believe myself while it's spilling out of my mouth. There are lots of people you can get to tell you how great you are. I'm here to tell you that what you call "me" doesn't even really exist. It's just make believe, a story about the history of a body. The body was born to these parents. It lived in this place. It went to this school where it was given these grades for memorizing these facts about the histories of other bodies. Woohoo!
What difference does it make? I don't care whether you're from the east coast or the west coast. If you need me to ask you that before you're willing to show me the part of you that comes from nowhere, that was never born and will never die, then fine. Where are you from? Where was that body made? Was your family rich or poor or somewhere in between? Feel better now?
Of course not, because it doesn't matter. We're both supposed to pretend it does. Then pretend we had a satisfying social interaction, but really neither of us will if we deal in such falsehood. Don't ask me to be your partner for that dance. Even if I agree, I won't be doing you any favors. Ask me to sit with you while you're lost in not knowing. Ask me to travel the paths of unknowing with you, dancing all the way and seeing what we see. Ask me to remind you to laugh. To wonder. To be open and adventurous and yet wise and discerning. Ask me to give you permission to give yourself permission to greet the world with one yummy yes after another, until the mirage that is your body fades back into the desert heat.
I do love you, you know. Your body and it's habits and stories, that I can take or leave. But you, you I really love. How I wish you'd let me actually spend time with you without all the distractions your false self is always so busy creating and maintaining. I wish you wouldn't identify with your ego's boredom when you're indulging the natural fascination that comes from just being. There is so much joy and wonder and delight available in each moment, yet it comes with no reason other than the decision to notice it. It provides no sense of ego accomplishment, because it's available with just a decision.
How unsatisfying! That's the ego's point of view anyway. And ultimately this does come down to identification with one point of view or another. If you identify with the stories about your body and the desire to make better stories that more people find impressive, you're doomed to a life of wavering satisfaction that is sure to end in utter dissatisfaction. If you turn your back on all of that and embrace the infinite unknowable as your "self," you won't have much to hold onto, but you won't need to hold onto anything.
Let's be practical about this life thing. If we are going to stay alive, we might as well enjoy it. And we might as well live it in a way that when we come to the end of living it we feel good about how we spent the time. We feel good about what we did with the opportunity. So for me this is it. I think I'll be most satisfied at the end of each day, week, year and lifetime if I can look back and see lots of honest enjoyment. If I see it wasn't all just one attempt at pretending something unreal, my ego, was actually real and valuable and really cool, and getting others to go along with that charade in exchange for my helping them pretend their egos were real and valuable and really cool too.
If you want to really do something for others, which you do, then just live a surrendered life. Let your inner wisdom guide you. Listen to what is beneath the endless scheming and begging for affirmation of the personality, the physical appearance, the mental ability, and so on. Listen to the voice that needs nothing but acts with clarity and peace. Rest in it, trust in it, and enjoy it.
Oh please don't forget to decide to enjoy it. Enjoyment of course is just a decision. It basically is just an attitude of what I call "yummy yes." It isn't just a yes. It's a yummy yes. It's a yes that comes with pleasure attached. Similarly to a plain yes, it is basically just a decision. We either decide to resist feeling good or we decide to allow feeling good. We choose to remember feeling good or to forget about feeling good. Remember now.
What does it feel like to feel good? Feel it.
Yes, that's it. That's what it feels like. Remember to feel that way often and don't look for reasons beyond the decision. Any other reason you come up with is just bull. You're just lying to yourself. Don't lie. Honesty is required above all else. Be real about what you know, what you believe, and what you are just making up. I don't know that there is really anything trustworthy about this world. Maybe it's evil. But I don't know it's evil either. So given that I don't know, and really can't know, I simply choose to make up the story that it loves me, and then go on from there. Why not? What's so great about the story that it sucks?
It doesn't really protect you from disappointment. It just protects you from the shock of the transition out of false happiness back into the reality of your disappointment, because you're clinging to illusions that will repeatedly reveal themselves to be just that.
So let's look at what the choices are that we really face. What is the desire that we're deciding to fulfill, and which to ignore?
There's a desire to be affirmed as useful, special, brilliant, good, desirable, welcome, laudable and so on. There is a desire for positive affirmation. This type of desire comes from ego insecurity. It's hard being a fragile, make believe, doomed entity. It takes a lot of shoring up, endless actually.
The other desire is to fully experience the potential of this experience, which includes experiencing it with others who are also coming from that depth of truth and clarity. With this comes compassion for the fragile egos of others and the desire to nourish the truth that lies beneath that, so that it can come more fully into expression within the world for our mutual enjoyment.
What nourishes truth, whether in ourselves or in others, is truth. Honesty. Courage. Being willing to simply engage with it and listen. Let it reveal itself within your awareness and within your radiating being. What nourishes it is noticing its point of view and being willing to see from it sometimes, being willing to let it guide you. When we do this for ourselves, it looks like openness and surrender to flow, but with attentiveness not dullness. With immersion, not detachment. We can be immersed in flow, so that there is neither clinging nor detachment. We just dive in fully then see where the water takes us. What a ride.
There must be trust of course. If we think this is a deadly river carrying us out to a crushing sea that is full of toxic debris that is sure to kill us, well no wonder one would resist such a ride. I wouldn't want to go either. Get me up on shore where it's safe. But if there is trust or at least courage to take the chance that maybe this is safe, maybe it loves us and can take care of us adequately. Well then the ride can't go wrong no matter where it takes us. We can be open to all of it.
There is still discernment. We still know that our hearing isn't perfect, so sometimes we misunderstand what we're being told. We make up for those gaps with the fruits of experience. We keep the body alive. But there isn't dogma. We don't ascribe to any belief system other than trust and honesty and courage and willingness. My dogma is "yes." That's it. That's my entire philosophy. Yes. Okay. I'm willing to see and feel and discover and keep letting go of old thoughts and beliefs, dead moments that can no longer nourish me.
What have you got to lose? What has resistance ever gotten you, except a constantly diminishing life? The box just keeps getting smaller. You don't have to go everywhere you're invited. You don't have to do everything anyone suggests. Your surrender is not to the world of ego, and egos are quite eager to try to move the other pieces on the board in favor of their own goals. That's not your responsibility, to help facilitate that.
Your surrender is to your own inner guidance. Let that move you around. Be willing to be a piece on that board. Maybe not of some great plan. Maybe the plan is only for your own life, though I do notice that others seem to be benefited quite frequently by this willingness of any piece to let itself be moved. The flow seems to use us to benefit one another, as well as ourselves. Which is great, because that's a tremendous source of joy
Spiritual maturity requires stepping up to the plate to make something out of this life. And it all starts with a simple choice -- the choice to stop accepting the ego's insecurities as your own, stop trying to fulfill something that can't truly be fulfilled because all it really wants is for a lie to be true, and instead wade out into the river and take the ride with an open heart and open eyes. See what you see and be willing to love it.
That is all anyone can really offer you. Are you willing to let that be enough, or do you choose a comforting lie instead? Either choice is fine. It is your right. But I hope you make the choice that will bring you joy instead of more sadness and pain, however scary doing so may be. Choose to notice love, all the time, and you will be living in harmony with your true self, which is in fact love itself.


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I found a story about the White House visitor logs from www.nicar.org--the EXTRA! EXTRA! link.
The reporter used statistical computer skills to do this reporting because they needed to look at the White House visitor records requests and figure out in what way the visitor logs are incomplete or if they look incomplete in any way contrary to what the Obama administration says about them.
These are necessary computer skills for the story because it is a lot of data from a pretty long time period and would be extremely difficult to go through without the help of a computer.
The story also has a live data feed from whitehouse.gov, and that extra feature is another computer skill that the reporters had to have been aware of to produce this story.
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Perhaps it's just a coincidence but, as the first Camaro built during the Government Motors era, the fifth-gen has developed a voracious appetite for excess. Unlike the Fed's penchant for piling up IOUs, however, fifth-gens are racking up horsepower and knocking down performance milestones at an absurdly brisk pace. Less than six months after the '10 Camaro debuted they were already running 10s, and the 9-second barrier was shattered before the 2011 models were even on the delivery trucks. In the walk of fifth-gens, 500-plus rear-wheel horsepower street beasts are already quite common, and Mike Whitestone's LS7-powered '10 SS is one of them. Not only does its 457ci small-block belch out 700 hp, it does so with near-stock driveability while delivering 26 mpg. Now that's what you call progress. As the owner of G-Force Motorsports (www.gforce-tx.com), Mike's partially responsible for this explosive fifth-gen arms race, and his car represents a very deliberate exercise in fully exploiting the new Camaro's potential.
Like many late-model aficionados, Mike grew up around L98s and LT1s rather than fuelie and Rat motors. As the streets of Houston began asserting themselves as the unofficial epicenter of the GM EFI scene in the late '90s, Mike got in on the action with a '96 Impala SS. Strapped with a 409ci stroker LT1, the big B-body ran 10.90s in the quarter-mile on spray and victimized loads of unassuming street thugs along the way. Between these sordid exploits, Mike mastered the art of fine-tuning finicky engine management computers, and fellow racers began soliciting his services for their cars. Before long, his hobby turned into a full-time business and Mike and his buddy Jay Schuster opened up G-Force Motorsports in Pearland, Texas. Although the shop also builds late-model Mustangs and Chryslers, LS-powered GM vehicles are its specialty. So when spy photos of the '10 Camaro started popping up all over the Internet, Mike knew he had to get one. "We had a hunch that the fifth-gen was going to be real popular and we wanted to know it inside and out by testing out mods on our own car instead of using customer cars as guinea pigs. It took several months of sitting on a waiting list to get the car but, once we did, it didn't stay stock for long," Mike says.
Almost immediately after taking delivery of his new Camaro, Mike threw every bolt-on at the stock LS3 he could find. It was now time to get serious, and he hatched a sinister plan that had been in the works for well over a year. "GM brought out an LS7-powered fifth-gen prototype to SEMA one year and it served as the inspiration behind this build," he says. "We wanted to make as much power as a blower car on motor, so big cubic inches were a must. It's easy to cam the heck out of a motor and make big power but cars like that are a pain to drive around town. Our goal is to make lots of power while retaining stock-like driveability. We call it adult horsepower."
Since fifth-gens weigh nearly two tons from the factory, Mike pulled a C5R aluminum block out of an Impala that was in the shop in order to minimize mass. It was bored to 4.135 inches and its long cylinder sleeves enabled lengthening the stroke to 4.250 inches with a Callies steel crank. It swings a set of Callies rods and custom Wiseco 11.4:1 forged pistons. To feed the hungry 457ci short-block, Mike scored a sweet deal on a set of LS7 heads that came off a customer's Corvette Z06. After some mild port work by West Coast Cylinder Heads, the LS7 castings flowed an outstanding 400 cfm. Matched with a relatively mild COMP 243/254-at-0.050 hydraulic roller cam and a ported LS7 intake manifold, the combo rips out 700 hp and 626 lb-ft of torque.


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HTC HD7S vs HD7: Who's got the brighter screen?
HTC announced on Monday the HTC HD7S for AT&T, a variant of the HTC HD7 available already on T-Mobile in the US and O2 in the UK.
The phones for all intents and purposes are identical except one small detail: the new HD7S features a Super LCD screen rather than an LCD screen.
So does it make a difference? We put the two models side by side to find out.
It's clear that the HD7S is the better of the two, plus you'll get a phone that you can use in 2 years time after T-Mobile shuts down its spectrum if and when the AT&T merger goes through.


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Catch-up wrote:I have a list. I had the posters that the library made of the girls' portraits framed, picked them up and they look fabulous! Plus I found a perfect necklace for my sister's birthday. Got my flight to Baltimore for NADWcon booked and it was almost $100 less than I was expecting to pay! Then got the newsletter announcing that they'd be doing a cocktail event for the fireworks on the 4th and booked that too. Exchanged emails with my friend Carol who I'm going to be rooming with and can't wait to see her.
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Based on the autobiographical writings of California-based journalist and poet Mark O'Brien, this movie tells the story of a man confined to an iron lung who is determined--at age 38--to lose his virginity. With the help of his therapists and the guidance of his priest, he sets out to make his dream a reality.
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Drug Discovery SeminarEvent Details: 4:00 p.m., December 08, Room 968, Doisy Research Center
Kelly Chibale, Ph.D., the founder and director of the University of Cape Town's Drug Discovery and Development Center, will present a seminar on "Drug Discovery in Africa: Challenges, Status and Opportunities" at 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8 in room 968 of Doisy Research Center.
|Kelly Chibale, Ph.D., directs the University of Cape Town's Drug Discovery and Development Center.
The seminar is sponsored by the Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology and the Center for World Health and Medicine.
The Center for World Health and Medicine has been exploring opportunities to forge broader partnerships between SLU and the University of Cape Town. The universities are collaborating to establish an international clinical compound library and working together on proposals that could lead to the discovery of new therapeutic strategies for tuberculosis and malaria.
In April the University of Cape Town launched its Drug Discovery and Development Center, which is dedicated to identifying new chemicals that can be turned into lifesaving drugs for infectious diseases and medical conditions such as heart disease. Like SLU's Center for World Health and Medicine, the University of Cape Town's center aims to bridge the gap between basic science and clinical science to find new cures and treatments for deadly diseases.
Before Chibale founded the University of Cape Town's Drug Discovery and Development Center, he was director of the South African Medical Research Council Drug Discovery and Development Research Unit. He has been a chemistry professor at the University of Cape Town and member of the university's Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine.
Chibale was a U.S. Fulbright senior research scholar, Wellcome Trust visiting fellow and Pfizer visiting professor. He was elected as a life fellow of the University of Cape Town and fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa. He received a 2010/2011 National and Science and Technology Forum-BHP Billiton Award for outstanding contributions to science, technology and innovation over the last five to 10 years.
Chibale has spoken extensively on the scientific, technological and economic challenges associated with finding drugs to treat tropical diseases. His research interest is developing drugs to treat diseases that are common in Africa such as malaria, tuberculosis, cancer helminthes and cardiovascular disease.


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In a recent post the Aura PHP blog compares the "lightness" of two different micro-framework-oriented packages - Silex and Aura.Web_Project (of the Aura framework project.
Too many people, including the Silex article author, use absolute terms like "light" and "heavy" and "bloated", instead of relative terms like "lighter" and "heavier" and "more bloated" and "less bloated", to describe software. Any time someone uses an absolute term like that, you need to ask: "Compared to what?" [...] don't know if the measurements in that article are valid or useful for defining "what makes a microframework" but they do provide a basis for comparison. I understand that some people think "measuring (size|lines-of-code|number-of-classes) is stupid and it doesn't matter!" Maybe it is, maybe it's not. [...] So, let's go with that article and use its approach to make a comparison between Silex and Aura.Web_Project to see if my earlier claim, using the terms and measurements outlined by the Silex post author, is accurate.
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DARLINGTON suffered their second successive home defeat at Heritage Park when Northwich Victoria were the victors in an entertaining game.
The Vics forced kick off to be delayed by an hour after being caught in traffic on the M6, but showed no signs of rustiness, while Darlington, by contrast, endured a torrid first half of football.
Northwich took the lead on 30 minutes when Brian Summerskill walked through Quakers' defence after Gary Burnett's shot was parried out by Peter Jameson. The Vics midfielder rounded the keeper and slotted home.
Quakers, meanwhile, were made to wait until five minutes before half-time before registering a chance. Amar Purewal cut in from the left and shot wide, before Chris Moore and Bruno Pilatos combined for the former to fire a deflected shot wide. Purewal volleyed over from Moore's resultant corner.
After 40 seconds of the second half, Darlington spurned a gilt-edged opportunity to restore parity when Chris Hunter volleyed over from seven yards.
Nathan Fisher and Purewal went close in quick succession as Quakers strived to get an equaliser.
Northwich defender Paul O'Neil received lengthy treatment for a head injury and was replaced on the hour mark, before Stephen Thompson fired a powerful shot into the hands of former Gateshead stopper Tim Deasy.
The Vics were kept quiet in the second half but full-back Chris Smalley saw a snap-shot saved by Jameson on 71 minutes, while Burnett forced another stop out of the Quakers keeper minutes later.
Curtis Edwards fired over the bar on 84 minutes, while Deasy tipped over a Purewal header moments later as Quakers turned the screw.
The hosts continued to pile forward but could not get the necessary goal to prevent back to back losses.
Darlington: Jameson, Pilatos, Scott, Davis, Hunter, Robinson, Moore (Johnson 74), Edwards, Purewal, Fisher (Dowson 57), Thompson. Subs: Bell, Johnson, Thomas, Galbraith.
Northwich Victoria: Deasy, Smalley, Bailey, Henry, O'Neil (Thomas 64), Wisdom, Summerskill, Boyle, Burnett, Taylor (Clarke 70), Garvin (Nangle 71). Subs: Armstrong, Wright.
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Q: I own a survivor '68 427 Corvette with a Holley carburetor. It has started leaking out of every orifice where there is a gasket. I have been running pump gas in the car, and I suppose the alcohol has gotten the best of it. I was thinking of rebuilding the carb myself, but a friend of mine suggested that the job might be too difficult for an amateur. (I'm not sure I trust him: He owns a Mopar.) So the million-dollar question is, who can I trust with the rebuild?
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A: When it comes to carburetor restoration, my personal opinion is that you're better off having a specialist perform the job. Most local garages simply won't have the proper equipment or the skills to do an all-inclusive rebuild.
Fortunately, there are several companies throughout the country performing this service. We decided to take a trip to one such outfit, Daytona Parts Company, and spend the day with owner Ron Hewitt. We'll take you through a Holley-carburetor restoration so you can see some of the differences between a do-it-yourself rebuild and one that is performed by a pro.
Hewitt gave us a tour of his facility, where every aspect of the restoration is performed. We found stacks of original engineering drawings that DPC's rebuilders refer to on each restoration; this ensures that every carburetor is as close to original as possible. Before any work begins, two or three close-up photos are taken of each carburetor from different angles so the carb can be easily identified. (As you can imagine, carburetors show up at the shop in a variety of conditions.)
The process starts with an inspection of the carburetor's overall condition; this helps the tech determine what's original and what's not. Remember, some of these carburetors are more than 50 years old. If your carb was ever used as a core and sent to a production rebuilder, it's possible that the parts were mismatched during the overhaul. A production rebuilder will normally tear down 10 to 15 like units at a time and run all of the components through a cleaner before the reassembly process begins. This can easily cause a mismatch.
Good restoration shops will check all the part numbers found on the carburetor, including the main and secondary metering blocks, as well as the list and date codes. They will also inspect items that were changed through the production run, such as throttle shafts or float bowls, to ensure that the most-correct parts are put back on the carb. An inspection for any part numbers that may have been re-stamped is also performed. Hewitt finds several of these each year, especially on Carter AFB (Aluminum Four-Barrel) carbs.
Carburetors are precision parts, so an inspection of overall condition is important. Hewitt looks for metal fatigue, slightly stripped threads, hairline cracks, worn throttle-lever bushings, and pitting from oxidation, all of which can be a problem with older carbs. It's usually impossible to repair pitting during the re-plating process, as there is typically not enough material to grind it out. If you're looking for the correct carburetor for your car at a swap meet, remember to try to find a core unit that fits well, with no oxidation or pitting.
A good rebuilder will contact you before teardown to let you know about any wrong parts or condition problems that were found during the inspection. Fortunately, most restorers have an abundance of extra parts they can draw from if a problem is found with your unit.
Now, let's address the teardown process. This where your carburetor is disassembled and separated into unlike alloys for correct cleaning in an acid bath, glass beader, or ultrasonic cleaner, depending on the material. After cleaning, most parts are cleaned again in a special vibrating tumbler using ceramic pellets. This is all in preparation for the correct original finishes to be applied before re-assembly. There were many finishes used on carburetors, including black oxide, various colors of cadmium, zinc, and more (Image A). These vary depending on what kind of carb is being rebuilt, the metal alloys involved, and the era it comes from.


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> It's called BasLin ... it runs on a 285+ with 3MB of RAM. It has MGR
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>> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 11:28:26AM -0700, Bill Kendrick wrote:
>>> On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 09:35:09PM -0700, Gabriel G. Rosa wrote:
>>>> I'd recommend saving media, and going with QEMU[1] or Virtualbox[2]
>>>> (both of which run on windows) and installing a throw-away
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>>> I hear that Ubuntu's installer now comes with a feature that lets you
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>>> drive. That's pretty hot.
>>> Anyone got a link to the technology behind that? (I'm guessing it's not
>>> Ubuntu-specific, but just something they happen to be using and
>>> touting.)
>> Heh. I remember being able to do something similar in 1996 on some
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The standard does not define such elements as
Details of character format and transmission bit rate are controlled by the serial port hardware, often a single integrated circuit called a UART that converts data from parallel to asynchronous start-stop serial form. Details of voltage levels, slew rate, and short-circuit behavior are typically controlled by a line-driver that converts from the UART's logic levels to RS-232 compatible signal levels, and a receiver that converts from RS-232 compatible signal levels to the UART's logic levels.
Since application to devices such as computers, printers, test instruments, and so on was not considered by the standard, designers implementing an RS-232 compatible interface on their equipment often interpreted the requirements idiosyncratically. Common problems were non-standard pin assignment of circuits on connectors, and incorrect or missing control signals. The lack of adherence to the standards produced a thriving industry of breakout boxes, patch boxes, test equipment, books, and other aids for the connection of disparate equipment. A common deviation from the standard was to drive the signals at a reduced voltage: the standard requires the transmitter to use +12V and -12V, but requires the receiver to distinguish voltages as low as +3V and -3V. Some manufacturers therefore built transmitters that supplied +5V and -5V and labeled them as "RS-232 compatible."
Later personal computers (and other devices) started to make use of the standard so that they could connect to existing equipment. For many years, an RS-232-compatible port was a standard feature for serial communications, such as modem connections, on many computers. It remained in widespread use into the late 1990s. While it has largely been supplanted by other interface standards, such as USB, in computer products, it is still used to connect older designs of peripherals, industrial equipment (such as based on PLCs), and console ports, and special purpose equipment such as a cash drawer for a cash register.
The standard has been renamed several times during its history as the sponsoring organization changed its name, and has been variously known as EIA RS-232, EIA 232, and most recently as TIA 232. The standard continues to be revised and updated by the EIA and since 1988 the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA). Revision C was issued in a document dated August 1969. Revision D was issued in 1986. The current revision is TIA-232-F Interface Between Data Terminal Equipment and Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment Employing Serial Binary Data Interchange, issued in 1997. Changes since Revision C have been in timing and details intended to improve harmonization with the CCITT standard V.24, but equipment built to the current standard will interoperate with older versions.
In the book PC 97 Hardware Design Guide, Microsoft deprecated support for the RS-232 compatible serial port of the original IBM PC design. Today, RS-232 is gradually being superseded in personal computers by USB for local communications. Compared with RS-232, USB is faster and uses lower voltages, and has connectors that are simpler to connect and use. Both standards have software support in popular operating systems. USB is designed to make it easy for device drivers to communicate with hardware. However, there is no direct analog to the terminal programs used to let users communicate directly with serial ports. USB is more complex than the RS-232 standard because it includes a protocol for transferring data to devices. This requires more software to support the protocol used. RS-232 only standardizes the voltage of signals and the functions of the physical interface pins. Serial ports of personal computers are also often used to directly control various hardware devices, such as relays or lamps, since the control lines of the interface could be easily manipulated by software. This isn't feasible with USB which requires some form of receiver to decode the serial data.
As an alternative, USB docking ports are available which can provide connectors for a keyboard, mouse, one or more serial ports, and one or more parallel ports. Corresponding device drivers are required for each USB-connected device to allow programs to access these USB-connected devices as if they were the original directly-connected peripherals. Devices that convert USB to RS 232 may not work with all software on all personal computers.
Personal computers may use the control pins of a serial port to interface to devices such as uninterruptible power supplies. In this case, serial data is not sent, but the control lines are used to signal conditions such as loss of power, or low battery alarms.
The RS-232 standard defines the voltage levels that correspond to logical one and logical zero levels. Valid signals are plus or minus 3 to 15 volts. The range near zero volts is not a valid RS-232 level; logic one is defined as a negative voltage, the signal condition is called marking, and has the functional significance of OFF. Logic zero is positive, the signal condition is spacing, and has the function ON. The standard specifies a maximum open-circuit voltage of 25 volts; signal levels of ±5 V,±10 V,±12 V, and ±15 V are all commonly seen depending on the power supplies available within a device. RS-232 drivers and receivers must be able to withstand indefinite short circuit to ground or to any voltage level up to ±25 volts. The slew rate, or how fast the signal changes between levels, is also controlled.
Because the voltage levels are higher than logic levels typically used by integrated circuits, special intervening driver circuits are required to translate logic levels. These also protect the device's internal circuitry from short circuits or transients that may appear on the RS-232 interface, and provide sufficient current to comply with the slew rate requirements for data transmission.
Because both ends of the RS-232 circuit depend on the ground pin being zero volts, problems will occur when connecting machinery and computers where the voltage between the ground pin on one end, and the ground pin on the other is not zero. This may also cause a hazardous ground loop.
Unused interface signals terminated to ground will have an undefined logic state. Where it is necessary to permanently set a control signal to a defined state, it must be connected to a voltage source that asserts the logic 1 or logic 0 level. Some devices provide test voltages on their interface connectors for this purpose.
Presence of a 25 pin D-sub connector does not necessarily indicate an RS-232-C compliant interface. For example, on the original IBM PC, a male D-sub was an RS-232-C DTE port (with a non-standard current loop interface on reserved pins), but the female D-sub connector was used for a parallel Centronics printer port. Some personal computers put non-standard voltages or signals on some pins of their serial ports.
The standard specifies 20 different signal connections. Since most devices use only a few signals, smaller connectors can often be used. For example, the 9 pin DE-9 connector was used by most IBM-compatible PCs since the IBM PC AT, and has been standardized as TIA-574. More recently, modular connectors have been used. Most common are 8P8C connectors. Standard EIA/TIA 561 specifies a pin assignment, but the "Yost Serial Device Wiring Standard" invented by Dave Yost (and popularized by the Unix System Administration Handbook) is common on Unix computers and newer devices from Cisco Systems. Many devices don't use either of these standards. 10P10C connectors can be found on some devices as well. Digital Equipment Corporation defined their own DECconnect connection system which was based on the Modified Modular Jack connector. This is a 6 pin modular jack where the key is offset from the center position. As with the Yost standard, DECconnect uses a symmetrical pin layout which enables the direct connection between two DTEs. Another common connector is the DH10 header connector common on motherboards and add-in cards which is usually converted via a cable to the more standard 9 pin DE-9 connector (and frequently mounted on a free slot plate or other part of the housing).
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The signals are named from the standpoint of the DTE. The ground signal is a common return for the other connections; it appears on two pins in the Yost standard but is the same signal. The DB-25 connector includes a second "protective ground" on pin 1. Connecting this to pin 7 (signal reference ground) is a common practice but not recommended.
Use of a common ground is one weakness of RS-232: if the two devices are far enough apart or on separate power systems, the ground will degrade between them and communications will fail, which is a difficult condition to trace.
Note that EIA/TIA 561 combines DSR and RI, and the Yost standard combines DSR and DCD.
The standard does not define a maximum cable length but instead defines the maximum capacitance that a compliant drive circuit must tolerate. A widely-used rule-of-thumb indicates that cables more than 50 feet (15 metres) long will have too much capacitance, unless special cables are used. By using low-capacitance cables, full speed communication can be maintained over larger distances up to about 1,000 feet. For longer distances, other signal standards are better suited to maintain high speed.
Since the standard definitions are not always correctly applied, it is often necessary to consult documentation, test connections with a breakout box, or use trial and error to find a cable that works when interconnecting two devices. Connecting a fully-standard-compliant DCE device and DTE device would use a cable that connects identical pin numbers in each connector (a so-called "straight cable"). "Gender changers" are available to solve gender mismatches between cables and connectors. Connecting devices with different types of connectors requires a cable that connects the corresponding pins according to the table above. Cables with 9 pins on one end and 25 on the other are common. Manufacturers of equipment with 8P8C connectors usually provide a cable with either a DB-25 or DE-9 connector (or sometimes interchangeable connectors so they can work with multiple devices). Poor-quality cables can cause false signals by crosstalk between data and control lines (such as Ring Indicator).
A non-standard symmetric alternative, commonly called "RTS/CTS handshaking," was developed by various equipment manufacturers: CTS indicates permission from the DCE for the DTE to send data to the DCE (and is controlled by the DCE independent of RTS), and RTS indicates permission from the DTE for the DCE to send data to the DTE. This was eventually codified in version RS-232-E (actually TIA-232-E by that time) by defining a new signal, "RTR (Ready to Receive)," which is CCITT V.24 circuit 133. TIA-232-E and the corresponding international standards were updated to show that circuit 133, when implemented, shares the same pin as RTS (Request to Send), and that when 133 is in use, RTS is assumed by the DCE to be ON at all times.
Thus, with this alternative usage, one can think of RTS asserted (logic 0) meaning "ready to receive characters" from the DTE, rather than a "request to send" to the DCE.
A commonly used version of loopback testing doesn't involve any special capability of either end. A hardware loopback is simply a wire connecting complementary pins together in the same connector (see loopback).
Loopback testing is often performed with a specialized DTE called a Bit Error Rate Tester (see Bit Error Rate Test).
Alternatively, the DTE can provide a clock signal, called transmitter timing (TT), on pin 24 for transmitted data. Again, data is changed when the clock transitions from OFF to ON and read during the ON to OFF transition. TT can be used to overcome the issue where ST must traverse a cable of unknown length and delay, clock a bit out of the DTE after another unknown delay, and return it to the DCE over the same unknown cable delay. Since the relation between the transmitted bit and TT can be fixed in the DTE design, and since both signals traverse the same cable length, using TT eliminates the issue. TT may be generated by looping ST back with an appropriate phase change to align it with the transmitted data. ST loop back to TT lets the DTE use the DCE as the frequency reference, and correct the clock to data timing.
|Common Ground
|7 (same as primary)
|Secondary Transmitted Data (STD)
|Secondary Received Data (SRD)
|Secondary Request To Send (SRTS)
|Secondary Clear To Send (SCTS)
|Secondary Carrier Detect (SDCD)
A 20 mA current loop uses the absence of 20 mA current for high, and the presence of current in the loop for low; this signaling method is often used for long-distance and optically isolated links. Connection of a current-loop device to a compliant RS-232 port requires a level translator. Current-loop devices can supply voltages in excess of the withstand voltage limits of a compliant device. The original IBM PC serial port card implemented a 20 mA current-loop interface, which was never emulated by other suppliers of plug-compatible equipment.
Other serial interfaces similar to RS-232:


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Not the most stylish laptop, the Toshiba Portégé R600 is practical, comes with lots of features and is incredibly small and light.
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Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.
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Power efficient low voltage processor based on the Penryn 3M core that features all Penryn functions like Virtualization and Trusted Execution.
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12.1": This is a common display format for subnotebooks. Most netbooks have a tinier display. The advantage is, that the subnotebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the small display needs few energy, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is a bit exhausting for the eyes, especially with high resolutions.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
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