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Web services are revolutionizing the Internet by enabling applications to speak a common language: XML. Under the Web services paradigm, a single application can tap into the services of millions of applications scattered throughout the Internet. The potential of this is enormous. Web services allow cooperation, communication, and integration on a global scale.
While Web services technology enables the execution of remote functions and messaging, it does not provide a robust infrastructure for handling information. An enterprise-class application that communicates with Web services must ensure that the data can be handled appropriately.
When employing Web services, one must ask questions like: Can our application scale to increased messaging demands? If our application crashes, is the Web services data lost? How do we efficiently replicate similar Web services clients across several applications? How do we connect our Web-services-facing applications to back-end systems?
As an example, let's look at a hypothetical e-commerce application that receives and processes orders through Web services. If the Web services data is not persisted, the data will be lost if the application fails. If the system is inundated with orders -- spiking from, say, a few thousand transactions a day to 10 or 100 times that amount -- it must be able to handle the increased load. If the application needs to interface with a backend system (i.e. an inventory management system) to determine if a product is in stock, there must be a bridge for efficient and reliable communication.
These problems are created but unfortunately not solved through the Web services architecture. Web services must be combined with additional technology for robust enterprise messaging. One very strong candidate is the Java Message Service (JMS). JMS provides a reliable, scalable, and loosely coupled architecture for messaging. The combination of Web services with JMS creates an architecture that can communicate across the Internet, reliably handle data, and integrate with backend systems.
A first-generation Web-services-enabled application contains or directly interfaces with a client that communicates with Web services, as depicted in Figure 1. This architecture enables the application to find and communicate with remote systems, but does not implement data relability, scalability, and reusage of Web service client logic. The addition of JMS creates a second generation for architecting Web services systems, as shown in Figure 2. JMS decouples the application from the task of Web services messaging. Applications communicate directly or through an adapter to the JMS server.
In this new architecture, hybrid JMS and Web services clients handle the bulk of the messaging duties. Information is passed through the JMS server, which natively handles issues like failover, load balancing, and guaranteed message delivery. By decoupling the Web services client from the application, several applications can effortlessly reuse a single Web services client. Decoupling makes it a simpler process to upgrade the Web service as inevitable software changes occur. Additionally, an application that becomes busy will have its Web services data automatically queued in the JMS server until it is able to process the messages. In a tightly coupled architecture, the application's Web services piece would have to wait until the application is ready to begin processing data.
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Java and SOAP
To demonstrate this second-generation Web services architecture, we'll develop an example using several popular open source tools. This example is a simplified portion of an e-commerce system. It is composed of four Java classes:
JMSClientSendReceive.java: This class provides basic functionality for a JMS client that can both send and receive messages with JMS queues. The
OrderApplication and
ShippingClient classes extend this class.
OrderApplication.java: This is a bare-bones enterprise application for processing orders. It utilizes
ShippingClient and
ShippingService to calculate shipping costs for each order.
OrderApplication interfaces with the JMS server to send and receive messages from the
ShippingClient.java: This is a hybrid JMS/Web services client that provides a bridge between JMS messaging and SOAP communication. For simplicity, our example client utilizes the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) method for invoking
ShippingService.java: This is a simple Web service that implements one function,
calculateShippingCost, which returns a shipping cost based on the order's weight and destination.
To build our system, we'll utilize the following open source tools:
Open3.org JMS Messaging Server. The Open3.org community provides an LGPL open source implementation of the latest JMS 1.0.2-b specification.
Apache SOAP. Apache SOAP is an implementation of the SOAP 1.1 specification. We'll use Apache SOAP to build the Web services client and, together with Apache Tomcat, host our sample Web service.
Apache Tomcat: The ever-popular JSP/Servlet container hosts the
ShippingService Web service.
Figure 3 displays the basic architecture of the system.
We'll start by looking at the
JMSClientSendReceive class.
This class implements a JMS queue sender and receiver. If you're unfamiliar with JMS, take a look at this introductory article on JMS.
package org.open3.soap;
import java.util.*;
import javax.jms.*;
import javax.naming.Context;
import javax.naming.InitialContext;
public class JMSClientSendReceive implements MessageListener {
//contants for JMS
public final static String CTX_FACTORY = "org.open3.jndi.lite.LiteContextFactory";
public static final String QCF_NAME = "QueueConnectionFactory";
public final static String TO_WS_DEST_NAME = "toWS@open3soap";
public final static String FROM_WS_DEST_NAME = "fromWS@open3soap";
protected String _configFile = "config/config.xml";
protected String _configName = "standard";
protected String _parser = "org.apache.crimson.parser.XMLReaderImpl";
protected boolean _verbose = false;
protected QueueConnectionFactory _qcf = null;
protected QueueConnection connection = null;
protected Queue _queueToWS = null;
protected Queue _queueFromWS = null;
protected QueueSession sessionReceiver = null;
protected QueueSession sessionSender = null;
protected QueueReceiver receiver = null;
protected QueueSender sender = null;
//constants for xml document
public static String XML_ORDER_OPEN_TAG = "<order>";
public static String XML_ORDER_CLOSE_TAG = "</order>";
public static String XML_WEIGHT_OPEN_TAG = "<shippingWeight>";
public static String XML_WEIGHT_CLOSE_TAG = "</shippingWeight>";
public static String XML_DISTANCE_OPEN_TAG = "<destinationDistance>";
public static String XML_DISTANCE_CLOSE_TAG = "</destinationDistance>";
public static String XML_COST_OPEN_TAG = "<shippingCost>";
public static String XML_COST_CLOSE_TAG = "</shippingCost>";
public JMSClientSendReceive() {
public void init(String receiveFromQueue, String sendToQueue) {
try {
InitialContext initContext = null;
//InitialContext through JNDI
Properties props = new Properties();
props.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, CTX_FACTORY);
props.put("org.open3.xstp.server.ConfigFile", _configFile);
props.put("org.open3.jms.ConfigName", _configName);
props.put("org.open3.xstp.server.SAXParser", _parser);
initContext = new InitialContext(props);
//get the Queue Connection factory
_qcf = (QueueConnectionFactory)initContext.lookup(QCF_NAME);
//get the queue destinations
_queueToWS = (Queue)initContext.lookup(receiveFromQueue);
_queueFromWS = (Queue)initContext.lookup(sendToQueue);
connection = _qcf.createQueueConnection();
//create a receiver and sender session
sessionReceiver = connection.createQueueSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
sessionSender = connection.createQueueSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
//create the receiver and sender
receiver = sessionReceiver.createReceiver(_queueToWS);
sender = sessionSender.createSender(_queueFromWS);
//set to process onMessage events
//start delivery of incoming messages
catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("JMSClientSendReceive.init Error: " + e.toString());
public void cleanUp() {
//free up system resources
try {
catch(Exception e) {
System.out.println("JMSClientSendReceive.cleanUp Error: " + e.toString());
public void onMessage(javax.jms.Message msg) { }
public boolean sendJMSMessage(String msgContent) {
//sends a JMS TextMessage back to the JMS server
boolean sendOK = true;
System.out.println("ShippingClient: sending JMS message: " + msgContent);
try {
Message msg = sessionSender.createTextMessage(msgContent);
catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("ShippingClient.sendJMSMessage Error: " + e.toString());
sendOK = false;
return sendOK;
This class defines constants and variable fields for connecting to and using the JMS API.
public final static String CTX_FACTORY = "org.open3.jndi.lite.LiteContextFactory";
public static final String QCF_NAME = "QueueConnectionFactory";
public final static String TO_WS_DEST_NAME = "toWS@open3soap";
public final static String FROM_WS_DEST_NAME = "fromWS@open3soap";
These constants define the JNDI context factory and the names of the
QueueConnection factory and queue destinations. All of the system's messages travel through two queues,
toWS@open3soap and
fromWS@open3soap. The
toWS prefix refers to messages headed toward the Web service, and
fromWS handles messages coming back from the Web service. The
open3soap suffix is the namespace of the destination. We must configure the destinations in Open3.org JMS
destinations.xml file. The
destinations.xml file is under the
config/ directory of the base directory. Add these two lines:
<destination type="queue" name="toWS" namespace="open3soap"/>
<destination type="queue" name="fromWS" namespace="open3soap"/>
JMSClientSendReceive class also contains the elements for the XML document that forms the body of our messages. You wouldn't necessarily want to define your XML tags as
String constants, but we've done so for simplicity:
public static String XML_ORDER_OPEN_TAG = "<order>";
public static String XML_ORDER_CLOSE_TAG = "</order>";
public static String XML_WEIGHT_OPEN_TAG = "<shippingWeight>";
public static String XML_WEIGHT_CLOSE_TAG = "</shippingWeight>";
public static String XML_DISTANCE_OPEN_TAG = "<destinationDistance>";
public static String XML_DISTANCE_CLOSE_TAG = "</destinationDistance>";
public static String XML_COST_OPEN_TAG = "<shippingCost>";
public static String XML_COST_CLOSE_TAG = "</shippingCost>";
init() function connects the client to the server and sets up the sender and receiver sessions. In implementing the
MessageListener interface, we utilize the event listener model for receiving messages. JMS specifies that only one thread may operate on a session at a time, and therefore we create separate sessions for the sender and receiver:
sessionReceiver = connection.createQueueSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
sessionSender = connection.createQueueSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE mode is utilized. Messages are automatically acknowledged when received by the client.
This class also defines an empty
onMessage() method that is overridden by classes that extend
public void onMessage(javax.jms.Message msg) { }
The class implements a general
sendJMSMessage method that takes a
String parameter and utilizes this to build a JMS
TextMessage. The system strictly utilizes JMS
TextMessages to encapsulate the XML documents.
Our next class is
OrderApplication, which simulates an application for processing orders:
package org.open3.soap;
import javax.jms.*;
import javax.naming.Context;
import javax.naming.InitialContext;
public class OrderApplication extends JMSClientSendReceive{
/** Creates new OrderApplication */
public OrderApplication() {
super.init(FROM_WS_DEST_NAME, TO_WS_DEST_NAME);
//create and send a message
String msgOrder = XML_ORDER_OPEN_TAG +
boolean msgOK = sendJMSMessage(msgOrder);
public void onMessage(javax.jms.Message msg) {
//a message has been received from the JMS server, this message
//contains the
//get the xml data from the TextMessage
String xmlData = ((TextMessage)msg).getText();
String strShipCost = xmlData.substring(
xmlData.indexOf(XML_COST_OPEN_TAG) + XML_COST_OPEN_TAG.length(),
System.out.println("Shipping Cost=" + strShipCost);
catch (Exception e){
System.out.println("OrderApplication.onMessage Error: " + e.toString());
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
OrderApplication app = new OrderApplication();
OrderApplication's constructor calls the parent's
init() function to establish its JMS connections. Notice that the receiver is connected to
FROM_WS_DEST_NAME, which is the queue for messages coming from the Web service, and the sender to
TO_WS_DEST_NAME, which is the queue for messages going out to the Web service:
public OrderApplication() {
super.init(FROM_WS_DEST_NAME, TO_WS_DEST_NAME);
//create and send a message
String msgOrder = XML_ORDER_OPEN_TAG +
boolean msgOK = sendJMSMessage(msgOrder);
The constructor also creates and sends an XML message to be delivered to the to
WS@open3soap queue. The body of message is:
This document specifies two fields,
shippingWeight and
destinationDistance. These fields are utilized by the Web service to calculate a shipping cost for the order.
onMessage method is called when a message has been returned from the Web service client. This message contains a document that appears as:
onMessage method extracts the shipping cost from the document and prints it.
On the other side of the JMS server is the
This client is a hybrid JMS and Web services client. It extends
JMSClientSendReceive and also implements functionality for connecting to, and making a call to, a Web service. The source code for the
ShippingClient is:
package org.open3.soap;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
import org.apache.soap.*;
import org.apache.soap.rpc.*;
import javax.jms.*;
import javax.naming.Context;
import javax.naming.InitialContext;
import org.open3.soap.*;
public class ShippingClient extends JMSClientSendReceive {
//constants for Web Service
public static String SERVICE_URL = "http://localhost:8080/soap/servlet/rpcrouter";
public static String TARGET_URI = "urn:open3soap";
public ShippingClient() {
super.init(TO_WS_DEST_NAME, FROM_WS_DEST_NAME);
public void onMessage(javax.jms.Message msg) {
//a message has been received from the JMS server, need to process this
//and send it to the Web service
//get the xml data from the TextMessage
String xmlData = ((TextMessage)msg).getText();
System.out.println("ShippingClient: received JMS message: " + xmlData);
//parse the data
//for simplicity the parsing is manual, but we could use SAX or DOM
String strShipWeight = xmlData.substring(
xmlData.indexOf(XML_WEIGHT_OPEN_TAG) + XML_WEIGHT_OPEN_TAG.length(),
String strDestDistance = xmlData.substring(
xmlData.indexOf(XML_DISTANCE_OPEN_TAG) + XML_DISTANCE_OPEN_TAG.length(),
System.out.println("shipWeight=" + strShipWeight);
System.out.println("destDistance=" + strDestDistance);
//type converstions
Double shipWeight = new Double(strShipWeight);
Integer destDistance = new Integer(strDestDistance);
boolean processOK = callWebService(shipWeight, destDistance);
catch (Exception e){
System.out.println("ShippingClient.onMessage Error: " + e.toString());
public boolean callWebService(Double shipWeight, Integer destDistance) {
boolean callOK = true;
System.out.println("ShippingClient: calling Web service: (" + shipWeight +
", " + destDistance + ")");
try {
// Construct the RPC Call
Call call = new Call();
Vector params = new Vector();
params.addElement(new Parameter("shippingWeight", Double.class, shipWeight, null));
params.addElement(new Parameter("p2", Integer.class, destDistance, null));
call.setParams (params);
// peform the call
URL url = new URL (SERVICE_URL);
Response response = call.invoke(url, "" );
// response from the call
if ( response.generatedFault() ) {
Fault fault = response.getFault ();
System.out.println("ShippingClient.callWebService Error");
System.out.println("FaultCode = " + fault.getFaultCode());
System.out.println("FaultString = " + fault.getFaultString());
callOK = false;
else {
Parameter returnValue = response.getReturnValue();
callOK = constructXMLResponse(((Double)returnValue.getValue()).doubleValue());
catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("ShippingClient.callWebService Error: " + e.toString());
callOK = false;
return callOK;
public boolean constructXMLResponse(double shippingCost) {
//builds the XML string for the response from the Web service
String responseXML = XML_ORDER_OPEN_TAG + XML_COST_OPEN_TAG +
shippingCost + XML_COST_CLOSE_TAG + XML_ORDER_CLOSE_TAG;
System.out.println("ShippingClient: response from Web service. XML: " +
return sendJMSMessage(responseXML);
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
ShippingClient client = new ShippingClient();
The Web service location and URI are defined in constant fields:
public static String SERVICE_URL = "http://localhost:8080/soap/servlet/rpcrouter";
public static String TARGET_URI = "urn:open3soap";
The class' constructor calls the parent's
init() to set up its JMS client functionality. Notice that the queue destinations for the receiver and sender are the opposite of those defined in the
OrderApplication application. The
ShippingClient's receiver retrieves messages from the
toWS@open3soap queue and sends messages to the
fromWS@open3soap queue.
super.init(TO_WS_DEST_NAME, FROM_WS_DEST_NAME);
ShippingClient waits until an
onMessage() event is generated. Upon
onMessage(), the method processes the message and extracts the
shippingWeight and
destinationDistance fields. These fields are transformed to
Double and
Integer objects, respectively. These objects are utilized as parameters when calling the Web service.
callWebService method establishes the connection and makes the RPC call to the Web service. The data that is returned from the Web service is processed and converted to an XML document:
Parameter returnValue = response.getReturnValue();
callOK = constructXMLResponse(((Double)returnValue.getValue()).doubleValue())
The XML document is then sent to the
fromWS@open3soap queue, which is received by the
Our final class is
ShippingService, a very simple Web service:
package org.open3.soap;
public class ShippingService {
public double calculateShippingCost(double shippingWeight, int destinationDistance) {
return 5.0 + (shippingWeight * .75) + (destinationDistance * .001);
Our example utilizes Tomcat to host the Web service. Setting up the Web service in Tomcat is outside of the scope of this article, but take a look at James Goodwill's article on " Using SOAP with Tomcat."
You can utilize SOAP's graphical admin tool to configure the
ShippingService as follows:
Tomcat Configuration:
SOAP Web Administration
ID: urn:open3soap
Scope: Application
Methods: calculateShippingCost
Provider Type: Java
Java Provider:
Provider Class: org.open3.soap.ShippingService
Static: No
ShippingService Web service.
Note: The
ShippingClient needs both the Open3.org JMS jars and Apache SOAP jars in the classpath. The
OrderApplication needs only the Open3.org JMS jars.
This decoupled architecture of JMS and Web service clients is obviously more complex than an application that makes the Web service call directly. Certainly, for this example, the architecture is overkill. However, as the number of applications and Web services grow, the importance of the loosely coupled architecture becomes more evident. JMS forms the backbone of many integration projects for good reason: it simplifies and enhances the handling of data. Since Web services are simply another way to integrate information and functionality, it makes sense that JMS should also be a part of it.
Gunnison Carbone is an experienced Java and Web services developer with Open3 Technologies, Inc.
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Cheaters In Racing
I say take the win away from the driver of the team that failed inspection if there was something found illegal that can cause the driver to have an advantage over others. Since this win will be taken away, it's hard to say where the driver would have finished. So, as a punishment, place the driver behind the last car on the lead lap. Finishing pay will be for that place finish. Points will be awarded for that place finish. The car that came in 2nd place would be honored with the 1st place finish. The money reduction from the cheating 1st place winner will go to the NASCAR chairty (as all fines do anyway). A portion of the money taken away from the cheater 1st place car will go to the 2nd place winner leaving the rest for that NASCAR Charity. Sponsors won't be too happy knowing their winning car isn't going to produce the money of 1st place anymore & it reflects bad on the team, so maybe the owners will start thinking if they want to risk stuff. I think all cars should be inspected after a race, not just a few.
"We know that Mother Nature is a woman. If she were a man, there would be no rain on race day."

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Richard Childress Racing
Recent News
Champion's Week Underway in Las Vegas
November 28, 2012
Kevin Harvick travels to Las Vegas this week, where he will represent Richard Childress Racing during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion's Week festivities. This year's annual awards ceremony will be held at Wynn Las Vegas on Friday, Nov. 30, with SPEED, Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio providing live coverage, beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern Time.
Friday night's star-studded event will include performances by Train, Lifehouse, Natasha Bedingfield and Phillip Phillips. Performers from The Beatles LOVE will also take the stage during the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards. The ceremony will be hosted by "America's Got Talent" judge Howie Mandel and is the culmination of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion's Week honoring the 2012 champion along with the rest of the top-10 drivers in the final Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion's Week is packed with activities celebrating the 2012 season as we build excitement for the upcoming 2013 season. Included among the events is the NASCAR National Motorsports Press Association Myers Brothers Awards Luncheon, the annual event where drivers and teams collect a number of year-end awards and accolades. Last year, team owner Richard Childress was awarded the Buddy Shuman Award. One of professional stock car racing's oldest and most prestigious honors, the Shuman award is presented annually by NASCAR and Federal-Mogul's Champion spark plug brand to an individual who has played an integral role in the continued success of Sprint Cup Series competition.
Below is a rundown of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion's Week activities. In addition to many of the events streamed live on NASCAR.COM, be sure to follow @RCRRacing and @RCR29KHarvick on Twitter and check out the RCR Facebook page facebook.com/RichardChildressRacing for behind-the-scenes action.
Tuesday – Saturday, Nov. 27 – Dec. 1
NASCAR Pit Stop Tour:
The Pit Stop Tour consists of Official Partner show cars featured in iconic locations throughout the Las Vegas strip from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Pacific Time each day. Fans can get up close and personal with the cars at the following locations: Welcome to Las Vegas sign on Las Vegas Blvd. (NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion's Car); Coca-Cola Store (Coca-Cola); New York, New York (Chevrolet); Bally's; and Fashion Show.
Wednesday, Nov. 28
Fanfest Presented by Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
The fourth annual Fanfest event will again be held on Fremont Street, and begin at 2 p.m. PT, with the arrival of the top-12 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers. The event will consist of a red carpet walk by the 12 drivers followed by a special "game show format," on-stage event featuring the drivers and hosted by nationally-known comedian Carrot Top. Race fans will have the chance to win two tickets to the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards to be held two nights later at Wynn Las Vegas. Highlights from the event can be viewed on NASCAR.COM later that evening.
Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award Reception:
This year's finalists for the Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award will be honored at a reception at Wynn Las Vegas from 6–7 p.m. PT. Following, The NASCAR Foundation will announce the award winner during this year's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards on Friday, Nov. 30. Fans can cast their vote to determine the 2012 Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award winner by visiting NASCAR.com/award before 11:59 p.m. ET November 29.
Thursday, Nov. 29
Chevrolet SS Race Car Unveiled at Wynn Las Vegas:
A press conference will be held, at 9:30 a.m. PT, at the Encore Theatre at Wynn Las Vegas, to unveil the 2013 Chevrolet SS NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car. The first 400 people to register at http://WWW.GMPROGRAMHQ.COM/CHEVYSSDEBUTwill be able to attend. (Must be 18 years of age or older and present valid ID at the venue.) Can't join us in Las Vegas? Fans can watch the unveiling live on the Team Chevy Facebook page and NASCAR.com.
NASCAR NMPA Myers Brothers Awards Luncheon:
The annual awards luncheon and industry gathering will be held from 11 a.m.–1:15 p.m.PT, in the Encore Ballroom at Encore Las Vegas, where several team awards will be presented. Among those awards are the Champion Sponsor, Champion Crew Chief, Sunoco Rookie of the Year and NMPA Most Popular Driver awards. The event will be streamed live on NASCAR.COM.
NASCAR Victory Lap:
The green flag on fan-favorite NASCAR Victory Lap will wave at 3:30 p.m., with pre-lap festivities to begin at 3 p.m. PT, when the top-12 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers will parade down Las Vegas Blvd. in their race cars with engines roaring. NASCAR Victory Lap will start and finish on Las Vegas Blvd., in front of Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, and will feature an authentic pit stop (performed by members of the NASCAR Drive for Diversity Pit Crew Development Program) and two burn-out sections for drivers with viewing areas along the route. The event will be broadcast live on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio channel 90 and streamed live on NASCAR.COM.
NASCAR After The Lap:
One of the premier events of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion's Week, NASCAR After the Lap will be held from 5–6:30 p.m. PT at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. Fans can purchase tickets at NASCARafterthelap.com for $20 each (all proceeds benefit The NASCAR Foundation) to attend the unpredictable, unforgettable driver tell-all event featuring the top-12 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers. The event will be broadcast live on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio channel 90 and streamed live on NASCAR.COM.
The Stewie Awards:
Following NASCAR After The Lap, 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Tony Stewart and Matt Yocum will host the sixth annual "Stewie Awards," a lighthearted year-in-review, which airs live on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio channel 90.
Friday, Nov. 30
2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards:
The post-season, black tie event will begin at 5 p.m. at Wynn Las Vegas, where the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion driver and owner will be crowned and the top-10 drivers in the final standings will be honored. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards, the culmination of Champion's Week, will feature red carpet arrivals, celebrity guests, music and entertainment. SPEED, Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will provide live coverage of the event.
For additional information on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion's Week in Las Vegas, visit NASCAR.com/ChampionsWeek.


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Barrett spent $3.7m around recall
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- New campaign finance reports show Democrat Tom Barrett spent $3.7 million in the weeks around last month's recall election.
Barrett's campaign says the reports cover the period between May 22 and June 30. They show Barrett spent $3.68 million, raised $2.47 million and had $252,000 left.
Republican Gov. Scott Walker easily defeated Barrett in the June 5 election. His reports show he spent nearly $7 million from May 22 through June 27. He raised $6.8 million and had $1.6 million on hand.
Walker has now raised roughly $37.4 million since he took office in January 2011, obliterating his own record of $11 million raised in the 2010 gubernatorial race and single-handedly matching the total spending by all candidates and outside groups in that contest.
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min vet for you barnes!
The cops just busted one of the NBA's most unapologetic tough guys in Los Angeles.
Manhattan Beach police arrested Matt Barnes, a free agent forward who spent the last two seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers, for a traffic violation and for resisting arrest on Monday night.
CBS Los Angeles reports that Barnes' bail was set for $51,000 after Barnes was "uncooperative" and "allegedly threatened" a police officer.
Manhattan Beach police Lt. Steve Tobias said Barnes was arrested late Monday as he was walking on a busy thoroughfare in the city about 20 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles. Bail was set at $51,000.
Tobias said Barnes wasn't cooperative when he was stopped by police and was going to be booked for allegedly threatening the officer, which is a felony.
Authorities said the warrant was for driving on a suspended license.
Barnes, 32, averaged 7.8 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 22.9 minutes per game last season.
Known for picking fights and talking trash on the court, Barnes was suspended from a California pro-am league during the lockout for allegedly punching an opponent. During the 2010-11 season, Barnes threw a Dallas Mavericks assistant coach to the ground during an in-game skirmish and early in the 2011-12 season he shoved Los Angeles Clippers All-Star forward Blake Griffin to the ground, earning a flagrant foul. He was also arrested on a domestic violence charge back in September 2010 but was not charged in the incident.
On July 10, the Los Angeles Times reported that the Lakers "aren't expected" to re-sign Barnes after the team signed 23-year-old forward Devin Ebanks to a one-year contract.
A 9-year NBA veteran, Barnes' career has included stops with the Clippers, Sacramento Kings, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, Golden State Warriors, Phoenix Suns, Orlando Magic and the Lakers.
Report: Knicks like Kenyon Martin, but he wants to be paid
Kurt Helin
Aug 2, 2012, 5:22 PM EDT
The Knicks would like to add a backup power forward to the roster, someone who can come in off the bench and give them some energy, defense and a few points.
There are a few guys out there, but the Kenyon Martin seems to fit pretty well with the Knicks style and what they want to do. But theres a complication, tweets Jared Zwerling of ESPN:
Regarding Kenyon Martin, out of available PFs, hed make most sense for NYK. Versatile, knows Melo/JR. But source says wont sign for min.
The Knicks are only really handing out minimum deals the rest of the way, as are most teams at this point in the summer. Rosters are pretty much set and there are only a few spots on a few teams for more than the minimum.
Martins options are drying up the Warriors were interested but they signed Carl Landry, and the Clippers have moved on. Martin can wait this out until training camp starts, looking for some team to give him a piece of their mid-level exception. But he may have some less than ideal options to choose from when it comes time.
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You know what,I cant fault it,id wanna get paid too.
But man by the time I was this far in my career id want to win.
A source close to unrestricted free agent Chris Andersen said the power forward is open to signing for the veteran's minimum. That's all the Knicks can offer, and they could use a seasoned backup for Amare Stoudemire who knows how to score inside, rebound and block shots.
There's no word yet if Andersen, 34, is interested in the Knicks, who don't comment publicly on any free agents.
It's worth noting, though, that Andersen is a client of CAA, which also represents five Knicks: coach Mike Woodson, Carmelo Anthony, J.R. Smith, his younger brother, Chris, and new acquisition Ronnie Brewer.
While the Knicks' roster stands at 15 -- the most players a team can have come opening night -- they could add Andersen right now to their books. That's because it's very likely that Chris Smith will start the season in the D-League. Perhaps Chris Copeland as well.
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I noticed that you're pretty good with the Pics with words on them. Could you please make me a pic of Melo with the Jordan shrug that says "Haters are gonna Hate"? I'd appreciate it man!!
YESSS!! Thanks homey!!!! What do you use btw to edit photos?


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Representing: HUN
Gender: Female
Athlete Year of Birth: 1993
Athlete Weight: 43 kg
Athlete Height: 156 cm
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Athlete Biography
I was 11 years old, when I started to do Triathlon. Before I started it I do swimming and orienteering. My ambition is to start in the Olympic Games.
Athlete Language: Hungarian, English, German
Athlete Tri Entry Year: 2004
Athlete Sports Hero: Emma Moffatt
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Richard Childress Racing's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history at Daytona International Speedway ... Dating back to 1976, Richard Childress Racing has won 12 poles and collected five points-paying victories at the most-storied race track on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series circuit. RCR owns two Daytona 500 wins (Dale Earnhardt - 1998, Kevin Harvick - 2007), three Coke Zero 400 trophies (Earnhardt - 1990, 1993 and Harvick - 2010) and 14 qualifying races, including 10-consecutive victories with Earnhardt (1990 - 1999). In addition, RCR has earned the Sprint Unlimited a total of eight times, with drivers Harvick (2009, 2010, 2013) and Earnhardt (1986, '88, '91, '93, and '95).
RCR in the NSCS ... In 2,381 Sprint Cup Series starts dating back to 1969, RCR has amassed 43 pole awards,105 wins, 449 top-five finishes and 946 top-10 finishes, with an average starting position of 17.8 and an average finishing position of 15.8. RCR has earned 15 total championships (six Sprint Cup Series championships with Earnhardt in 1986, '87, '90,'91, '93 and '94, six NASCAR Nationwide Series titles, two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series titles and one ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards title) and was the first organization to win titles in NASCAR's three national series.
Save Kids' Lives by Joining the Childress Champions ... Help support the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma by selecting your favorite driver when making a bronze level donation of $33 (Austin Dillon), $27 (Paul Menard) or $31 (Ryan Newman) to CIPT. To make a tax deductable donation, visit: https://www.wakehealth.edu/OnlineGift.htm?fid=45. The Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma invests resources in research, education and awareness to improve the treatment for critically injured children in the U.S. The Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center was established through the generosity of Richard and Judy Childress. For more information, please visit www.InjuredKids.org.
Interactive RCR ... For up-to-date news and exclusive content, visit RCR's Twitter page - @RCRracing - along with the RCR Sprint Cup Series team Twitter pages - @RCR3ADillon, @RCR27PMenard, @RCR31RNewman, and driver Twitter pages @austindillon3, @RyanJNewman and @BScottRacing. Information about the 15-time championship winning organization can be found on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RichardChildressRacing and at www.RCRracing.com along with official driver pages - www.facebook.com/austindillon3 , www.facebook.com/PaulMenard27 and www.facebook.com/RyanNewmanNASCAR.
Catch the Action ... The 56th running of the Daytona 500 will be televised live Sunday, Feb. 23 beginning at 1 p.m. ET on FOX and will be broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. The Duels at Daytona, two 150-mile qualifying races will take the green flag Thursday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. ET and will be broadcast live on FOX Sports 1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
Austin Dillon
No. 3 Dow Chevrolet SS
Event Preview Fact Sheet
This Week's Dow Chevrolet at Daytona International Speedway ... Austin Dillon will pilot Chassis No. 440 in the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. This is the same Chevrolet SS that Dillon utilized during January testing, where he topped the speed charts.
Dillon at Daytona ... Dillon made his first start in the Great American Race in last year's Daytona 500 driving the No. 33 Honey Nut Cheerios Chevrolet to a 31st-place finish, after he was involved in a multi-car incident on lap 137 of 200. In four Nationwide Series starts at the 2.5-mile restrictor-plate track, the Welcome, N.C., driver has three top-five finishes, with a best finish of fourth in July 2012. He also has two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at Daytona.
Pole Sitter ... Dillon will lead the 43-car starting field to the green flag on Sunday afternoon after earning his career-first Sprint Cup Series pole award with a lap of 196.019 mph (45.914 seconds). It marks the fourth time the No. 3 has won the pole for the Daytona 500, and its 67th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole, overall.
Welcome, Dow ... Dillon's rookie year in the Sprint Cup is also Dow's first year as a primary sponsor with RCR and the No. 3 Chevrolet. Together, both teams embrace the power of safety, science and technology as RCR tests Dow products under the most strenuous conditions. Dow also drives innovation to help address many of the world's most challenging problems, bringing a broad range of sustainable products and solutions to customers in nearly 180 countries. www.dow.com
#CheerThe3 ... Beginning this week, limited edition Cheerios boxes to commemorate the return of the No. 3 to NASCAR's premier series with NASCAR champion Austin Dillon will be available to shoppers exclusively at The Kroger Co. Family of Stores nationwide. The collectible Cheerios box, which required rare brand approval to replace the traditional red heart with the iconic No. 3, also features historic photos and facts about the legendary number. Fans can interact and receive unique content about Austin Dillon and the No. 3 race team throughout the 2014 season by visiting the "Cheer the 3" social media communities on Facebook (www.Facebook.com/Cheerthe3 ) and Twitter @Cheerthe3.
Time to Duel ... The Duel at Daytona features two 150-mile races from which the majority of the final starting grid for the Daytona 500 will be set. By virtue of qualifying first in last Sunday's qualifying session, Dillon will be on the pole in the first of the two qualifying races on Thursday, Feb. 20.
What does it mean to you to sit on the pole for the Daytona 500 driving the No. 3 car?
"It's amazing. Dow has had a good start. They actually just got the first Olympic medal for us in the luge, in the women's luge for a bronze, and now they got the pole at the Daytona 500. It shows that the technology that that group is able to bring, not only as a partner with us, but as a performance partner. So, it's pretty cool to see what they've been able to do. As far as starting the year off with a pole right here, it brings some momentum into our season already to show that RCR cars have speed, and I'm so happy to be working with Gil Martin and all of our guys. I sat down at the test at Nashville Superspeedway we had, and it was fun just to sit back and watch them work. They're so experienced and good at what they do. I know I'm the young guy out of the group, the rookie of the group, and I really think I'm going to learn a lot this year from these guys."
How much responsibility is it to drive the No. 3 car?
"I think it is a huge responsibility. Everybody knows who made this number famous, and with my grandfather and his friendship they were able to build something great that will never be touched. But, we feel like with bringing it back as my grandfather's grandson and working with RCR it's going to be special. And I feel like we've put in a lot of hard work and effort at the shop and we're prepared for everything that's to come. I'm just so thankful that we were able to work with great sponsors like Dow and Cheerios to make this happen. It takes a lot of things to come into place to get this opportunity and it's a dream come true to be in the situation that I'm in. I'm going to take it every day and I feel fortunate to be in this situation. I want to go out there and run well, and go out each time try and set goals to be able to crush. We want to go out there and set high goals and maintain those. I feel like if we do that, it makes everything that much sweeter."
Paul Menard
No. 27 PEAK/Menards Chevrolet SS
Event Preview Fact Sheet
This Week's PEAK/Menards Chevrolet ... Paul Menard will pilot chassis No. 447 for both the Budweiser Duel and Daytona 500. This No. 27 Chevrolet SS is a new addition to the Richard Childress Racing stable this season.
Stats for "The Great American Race"... Menard has 13 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Daytona International Speedway. His best start of first came in July 2008 and his best finish of sixth came in the 2012 Daytona 500. The Wisconsin native has completed 2,156 of 2,309 laps attempted at the 2.5-mile superspeedway, leading 38 of them.
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Time to Duel ... The Duel at Daytona feature two 150-mile races to determine the final starting grid for the Daytona 500. By virtue of qualifying 10th in last Sunday's qualifying session, Menard will start fifth in the second of the two qualifying races on Thursday, Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. ET on FS1.
Meet Menard at the Chevy Q&A ... Fans can participate in a question-and-answer session with Menard on Friday, Feb. 21 at 1:40 p.m. Eastern Time on the Team Chevy Stage, located in the merchandise area outside of Turn 4.
Paul Menards Thoughts about Teammate Changes This Season: "The atmosphere is good around Richard Childress Racing with the new NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams. The No. 27 team is pretty intact with the exception of two new engineers, but for the most part we have the same core group of guys. There are a lot of changes around us with Ryan (Newman) and Austin (Dillon), which is exciting. Ryan brings a new outlook to RCR and a level of experience to our group as a consistent Chase (for the NASCAR Sprint Cup) driver with multiple wins and has worked with several premier racing organizations. Austin has more NASCAR championships than Ryan and I combined. He's a young kid full of energy and he's a lot of fun to be around. I think it's going to be a great and I'm ready to get it all started."
Menard's Thoughts on the Daytona 500: "The Daytona 500 is the biggest race of the year for our sport. You can hear and feel the excitement building through the day as we get ready for the green flag. RCR and our No. 27 Menards team has put a lot of work into this race and we feel good about our Chevrolet. The best part for me is getting in the car, strapping in and thinking about the 500 miles of intense racing that lies ahead at Daytona. Winning this race is a dream for any driver and I hope we're right there when the checkered flag flies on Sunday."
Ryan Newman
No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet SS
Event Preview Fact Sheet
This Week's Caterpillar Chevrolet SS at Daytona International Speedway ... Ryan Newman will drive chassis No. 446 in Sunday's Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. This No. 31 Chevrolet SS is brand new and will take to the track for the first time on Wednesday for the two scheduled practice sessions.
Newman in the Daytona 500 ... Newman is the proud owner of a Harley J. Earl trophy by winning the 50th running of the Daytona 500 in 2008. In total, the South Bend, Ind., native has 25 starts at the 2.5-mile superspeedway as well as four top-five and six top-10 finishes. His average start is 20th, average finish is 20th and he's led 101 laps of completion.
About Caterpillar ... For nearly 90 years, Caterpillar Inc., has been making sustainable progress possible and driving positive change on every continent. Customers turn to Caterpillar to help them develop infrastructure, energy and natural resource assets. Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. The company principally operates through its three product segments - Resource Industries, Construction Industries and Power Systems - and also provides financing and related services through its Financial Products segment.More information is available at: www.caterpillar.com.
Featured Caterpillar Dealers … Ring Power CAT CAT will be featured on the deck lid of the No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet SS this weekend in the Daytona 500.
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Down to the Duels ... Newman recorded the fifth-fastest lap on Sunday during NASCAR's Daytona 500 qualifying session earning him the third starting spot in Thursday night's first 150-mile Duel event. He'll start directly behind the Daytona 500 pole sitter and teammate Austin Dillon. The top-15 finishers in each Duel race -- excluding Dillon and Martin Truex Jr. who are starting first and second in the field -- will earn an automatic spot in the Daytona 500 by filling positions three through 32.
Ask Ryan Anything ... Newman is schedule to participate with fans in a one hour NASCAR Reddit AMA session presented by Quicken Loans on Friday starting at 4:30 p.m. Eastern.
Race Rewind ... Last season, Newman led three laps in the Great American Race on his way to a fifth-place finish.
What are your thoughts heading into this weekend's Daytona 500 with your new CAT Racing team at RCR?
"I am really looking forward to it, especially seeing how fast we have been running so far here in Daytona. I feel it's a privilege to have the opportunity to be a part of an organization that has been so successful in so many ways and on so many levels. I have had three heroes as race car drivers growing up. They were Richard Petty, A.J. Foyt and Dale Earnhardt. The point about Dale Earnhardt was a lot of people that are still at RCR had an influence and were a part of so many great championships. Those championships happened because Earnhardt could beat the competition before he ever got to the race track. That's our chore or our task to replicate that and have every organization out there fearing us when we show up at the track. As a member of this RCR team, I look forward to the next couple of days of racing. It's all about having fun. If I can see that checkered flag before everybody else, then it's a good day. It will make the start to 2014 so much better."
What does winning the 50th Daytona 500 mean to you?
"It was such a special day for so many reasons especially when you look at the history of NASCAR. I joined a prestigious group of drivers like Dale Earnhardt, Richard Petty and Buddy Baker. I always thought if I was going to amount to anything in NASCAR, I would need to win the Daytona 500. I did and let me tell you, winning that race meant, and still means, a lot."


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Home List of Titles A compromised-time-cost scheduling algorithm in SwinDeW-C for instance-intensive cost-constrained workflows on a cloud computing platform
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- Title
- A compromised-time-cost scheduling algorithm in SwinDeW-C for instance-intensive cost-constrained workflows on a cloud computing platform
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- Liu, Ke; Jin, Hai; Chen, Jinjun; Liu, Xiao; Yuan, Dong; Yang, Yun
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- The concept of cloud computing continues to spread widely, as it has been accepted recently. Cloud computing has many unique advantages which can be utilized to facilitate workflow execution. Instance-intensive cost-constrained cloud workflows are workflows with a large number of workflow instances (i.e. instance intensive) bounded by a certain budget for execution (i.e. cost constrained) on a cloud computing platform (i.e. cloud workflows). However, there are, so far, no dedicated scheduling algorithms for instance-intensive cost-constrained cloud workflows. This paper presents a novel compromised-time-cost scheduling algorithm which considers the characteristics of cloud computing to accommodate instance-intensive cost-constrained workflows by compromising execution time and cost with user input enabled on the fly. The simulation performed demonstrates that the algorithm can cut down the mean execution cost by over 15% whilst meeting the user-designated deadline or shorten the mean execution time by over 20% within the user-designated execution cost.
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- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
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- International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications, Vol. 24, no. 4 (Nov 2010), pp. 445-456
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- 2010
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- 0805 Distributed Computing
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- Cloud computing; Cloud workflows; Cost-constrained workflows; Instance-intensive workflows; Workflow scheduling algorithms
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- Sage
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DD2 is 6m old. We are waiting on solids as long as possible.. well so i have been introducing them just to see if she wants them/is ready.. if she doesnt thats ok with me. We have tried homemade food, Baby jar food, and a mesh feeder.
She prefers the mesh feeder- is that ok instead of babyfood if shes not into solids yet?
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A three-alarm fire in the University of Wisconsin Medical Sciences Center at 1300 University Avenue has been extinguished, according to Madison Fire Department spokeswoman Lori Wirth.
The fire was reported after 8 a.m. this morning when fire was spotted on the roof of the building. It was knocked down at 8:44 a.m.
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So, I think I have a fast let down. But, she has started only eating for 4 minutes and then stops. When I pump, that is usually the end of the foremilk but the hind milk doesn't let down until around 10 minutes of pumping. Any suggestions?? Thanks.
So, I think I have a fast let down. But, she has started only eating for 4 minutes and then stops. When I pump, that is usually the end of the foremilk but the hind milk doesn't let down until around 10 minutes of pumping. Any suggestions?? Thanks.
How are her diapers? If they are green and frothy, that indicates an imbalance of what she's getting. If they are the normal seedy yellow or some variation along those lines, you're fine and I wouldn't worry about it. Pumping and direct nursing are different. Here's some info on foremilk/hindmilk you might find helpful. http://www.kellymom.com/bf/supply/fo...-hindmilk.html
She has had the green in her diaper before, but not lately. I did notice a little frothyness yesterday, but only once. The rest have all been normal. Thanks for the article, I'll read it!
Although it is hard...TRY not to compare your LO to a pump. You would be amazed at how much more your LO can get out and how much faster. In the really early days due to slow weight gain...my LC wanted to weigh LO before and after nursing to see how my output was, she thought it might be an issue..I did not because I could hear and see him swallowing. He got an amazing 6 oz out of one side in a very small time frame....do not remember exact time but it was around 5 minutes.
Some LO's get very very efficient, very fast. The only way to determine what LO is getting is by looking at the output. You can try switch nursing to ensure you LO gets more hindmilk if she will allow it. Her belly might be truly full, and she might refuse.....
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At 3 weeks old my son suddenly became a 5 minutes eater- and still is 6 months later. Sometimes they just get very efficient. I also have a strong let-down which I think contributes. Do you feel letdown? For me it's a tingling in the top part of my breast about 30 seconds to 1 minute into nursing. The hindmilk starts being pushed out as soon as letdown occurs. If you can hear her swallowing lots and the diapers look ok try not to worry. I had to talk to my LC and LLL leaders like 10 times about this before I finally believed everything was OK!
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This was the hardest thing for me. My ds has a 5minute feed ever since we left the hospital. I worried and worried and worried. I was in for lc, weight checks, worrying about him not getting hindmilk etc. He has always been fine. He had enough wets and dirty diapers and his weight gain was always above average. It was SO hard for me after hearing "breastfeed 10-15 minutes on each breast". "Each Breast"??he never nursed on "Each Breast"!
Hope that helps to reassure you some
Breastfed for 20months
WOW...Am I ever glad to find this post!
My LO is 8 weeks now and ever since he was born he's been a Quick Feeder! He usually does about 3-5 minutes per side if I am lucky.
I too did not believe the Dr's and Lc that as long as his output was good then all was fine.
When I was in the hospital I would lie to the nurse about how long I was feeding per side just to get them to leave me alone...I know its bad but they were really pushy that I should feed at least 20 min per side YIKES!!!
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Many of you may not give it a second glance, but among all the furor and concern about permissions requested by market apps and privacy, all Custom ROMs (CyanogenMod included) ship with one major security risk — root!
We have been struggling with how to handle this for quite a bit, and took a first step with the first public CyanogenMod 9 alpha builds, by disabling the previously-default root access over USB. You can still get adb root access by running "adb root" in terminal, should you ever need it.
We recently merged 3 patches into CyanogenMod 9, to further address this: http://goo.gl/eCjDV http://goo.gl/oWAFI and http://goo.gl/34vai.
What follows is an explanation of the changes, how they affect you and our reasoning behind them.
What do the patches do?
They disable root selectively and in a configurable way. Users will be able to configure their exposure to root as:
- Disabled
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- Enabled for Apps only
- Enabled for both
How does this change affect the usage of your device, and root apps you have installed?
On a default CyanogenMod installation, root usage will have to be explicitly enabled by the user. This means that the user is fully aware that any application that uses root may perform actions that could compromise security, stability and data integrity. Once enabled, the process mirrors that of the current process, apps that request root will be flagged by the SuperUser.apk and the user will have to grant selective access.
Why the change?
At CyanogenMod, security has always been one of our primary concerns, however, we were hesitant to make a change that might disrupt the current root ecosystem. With CyanogenMod 9 we have the opportunity to do things better, whether its the code in the OS, UI/UX, or security – we are taking this time to do things with a fresh approach.
Shipping root enabled by default to 1,000,000+ devices was a gaping hole. With these changes we believe we have reached a compromise that allows enthusiasts to keep using root if they so desire but also provide a good level of security to the majority of users.
What concerns remain?
Many of you reading this are savvy enough to note a remaining hole in this approach – recovery and unlocked bootloaders. The bootloaders are out of our hands, there is little to nothing we can do on that front.
Regarding recovery – with unlocked bootloaders, a malicious user could just flash a new recovery image (without any potential security we could apply) or just dump the data partition. This however, requires physical access to the device. As such, the security standards for this are highly reliant on you, the device owner. Data encryption is available in ICS to safeguard your data. (Warning for emmc only users – encrypted /data means recovery will be non-functional.)
The onus is on you to secure your device; take care of your possessions, and this risk is minimal. Always make sure you take devices out of your car before you go into the mall and remove them from pockets before washing laundry. Common sense is a basic security tool.
But Why?
We honestly believe there are limited uses for root on CyanogenMod, and none that warrant shipping the OS defaulted to unsecured.


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A Hawaii lawmaker wants to capitalize on Hawaii's reputation of producing some of the best marijuana in the world.
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A bill would make marijuana cultivation legal for export to countries where it's legal.
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Cabanilla's bill would create a working group to study marijuana farming in Hawaii and develop an action plan for its export to countries where it's legal, such as Uruguay.
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Members of the committee include Warren Keyes, Phillip Sanchez, Ricky Piwetz, Kenneth Wright and Anthony Daniel.
The committee is charged with recommending policies regarding the Refugio County Airport and help the community become more aware of airport operations while advising on capital improvements and planning for the facility.
Commissioners also approved a resolution to approve the proposal by the Refugio County Appraisal District to purchase adjoining office space to the district at a cost of $25,000 and renovation costs of $150,000.
The funds to purchase and renovate the office space come from the district at no cost to the county.
The appraisal district must get approval from al the governmental entities to proceed with the purchase, including city councils, school districts and the county.
The commissioners also received a Refugio County Sheriff's Office report on traffic enforcement.
A total of 237 citations were issued for January with total estimated fines totalling $60,641.
Commissioners also acknowledged employee status changes.
Jaime O'Reilly was promoted from a deputy to a patrol sergeant for the Sheriff's Office with salary change from $40,671 to $42,696; Larry Patton II was employed as a deputy for the Sheriff's Office effective Feb. 1 at a salary of $40671; and Kenda Nelson was employed as the director of Elderly Services with a salary of $42,716.
Commissioners also discussed a request from the Refugio County Historical Commission to place a historical marker on the courthouse grounds near the sidewalk across from the Sally Scull marker for the birthplace of Clara Driscoll.


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Skip to comments.The Protection Of Lawful Commerce In Arms Act, H.R. 800, VOTE TODAY!
Posted on 10/20/2005 1:14:04 AM PDT by Richard-SIA
H.R. 800/S. 397 to be voted on today! Call congress ASAP!
It is time to pass the Lawful Commerce In Firearms Protection Act, no more delays, let's get it done TODAY!
The House is scheduled to bring up H.R. 800/S. 397 for a vote today. (Thursday).
We need to continue fighting for the CLEAN version of the bill to protect gun makers from HCI's predatory lawsuits, H.R. 800).
It is imperative that you make your last-minute calls to the Hill in support of H.R. 800, especially if you have not done so already.
Please ask your Representative to oppose S. 397, the amended senate version, and to insist upon H.R. 800, which contains no gun control or "studies" at all.
So let's get this one passed today, then demand passage of H.R. 2088, H.R. 1603, and H.R. 1703.
Passing ANY of these bills would set the anti's back several years, passing them all would set the anti's back about about forty years!
I am tired of fighting from defense, let's get serious and put the anti's on the defensive for a change.
My congresscritter has been notified ~ Bump!
On CSPAN now!
Passed 283 to 144
I called, done.
Can we get a vote count after the vote is taken? I already know how one of my senators, if not both, will vote.
Which bill passed?
H.R. 800 or S. 397? That's the question.
It was S. 397 complete with the asinine Gun Lock provision.
Indeed, I just got it from the horse's mouth. "Commenting on the passage of this landmark legislation, NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre said, 'This is an historic victory for the NRA. Freedom, truth and justice prevailed, and today S. 397 is one step closer to becoming the law of the land.'"
We'll have to take some solace in the fact that the NRA is still pushing for shall issue, concealed carry privileges, including Alaska's new concealed carry right, in all states, and uniform state law pre-emption over local gun control laws. Here are references about body armor standards which pertains to the other amendment in S. 397 to study ammo and LEO body armor.
Body Armor Standards and Testing
A half step forward, politics prevailed.
It's high time for this law, to stop the back door approach the left is using to deny us Constitutional rights.
Give them the chance and they will start sueing Car Manufacturers over drunk drivers.
Thanks for the ping! Good news!
Check the roll call. Socialist Bernie Sanders running for the Senate, Jim Jefford's open seat in Vermont, voted for S. 397.
On the bright side, perhaps someday the Supreme Court will find itself ruling that the trigger-lock provision is an infringement of the Second Amendment. One can hope.
During the voting they took a call from a woman in Houston (I believe), that set the record straight concerning "Armor Piercing" ammunition. She stated correctly that if the amendment passed it would've outlawed every "Hi-Powered" hunting rifle round currently in existence in this country.
To pre Gun Control Act? Would that mean I could buy surplus weapons over the internet and have them shipped direct to my house? Cool. I want a 20 mm Solothurn or Lahti, they both fire the same 20x138B shell, just a little medium loading :)
Actually a half step forward for the industry, but a step onto the slippery slope towards mandatory trigger lock usage for us.
However there is a little bit more good news. From S 397 as passed.
(a) Findings- Congress finds the following:
(1) The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
(2) The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the rights of individuals, including those who are not members of a militia or engaged in military service or training, to keep and bear arms.
Now that doesn't carry any force of law, it's in the findings, not the parts that will make it into the US Code. However it is something to be cited the next time a law which violates the second amendment is challenged in court.
The down side is that darn trigger lock business, although since in this bill it's not mandatory to actually use them, I guess it doesn't infringe on the right to either keep or bear arms.
"H.R. 800 or S. 397? That's the question."
It has to be HR-800 if the vote was 283-144. The senate only has 100 people.
The House voted for S. 397 as is. Check comments# 14 & 15. They didn't want to risk going to a conference committee.
It has to be HR-800 if the vote was 283-144. The senate only has 100 people.
That seems logical but with Democrat voters..sometimes the votes can be bigger than the whole eloctorate !
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La Crosse mayoral candidate Tim Kabat presented his plan Wednesday to bring local government closer to residents while revitalizing neighborhoods.
He wants to create neighborhood partnership centers in the city.
The idea would be to buy up a run-down house and fix it up. The house would then be used by the neighborhood as a meeting place, and as an office for city government like police and fire services. After a few years the home would be sold and the city would buy another run down home and repeat the process.
Kabat says the city would work with neighbors to target homes most in need of repair. "It's gotta come from the grassroots level, from those neighbors, identifying those more problem properties and then the city would work with them to go through the program to acquire and renovate," said Kabat.
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McGROGAN, James, 81, of Weirton, WV, died peacefully, Sunday, January 20, 2013, at his home surrounded by his loved ones.
He was born December 6, 1931, in Pittsburgh, Pa, son of the late James F. and Catherine (Smith) McGrogan.
Jim was of the Catholic faith. He attended Catholic Central and Weir High Schools. He served in the United States Navy on the ship U.S.S. Salem, during the Korean War at the age of 17, where he enjoyed boxing and won the light weight championship of his fleet. Jim had a great love for music, art, physical fitness, gardening, friends, and family. He retired from Weirton Steel after 30 years of service.
He is proceeded in death by his parents, his wife of 44 years, Betty Lou (Jones) McGrogan, and his nephew, Joseph W. McGrogan.
Surviving are his brother and sister-in-law, Joseph W. and Liz McGrogan, one daughter and son-in-law, Kathleen L. and Charles Ashbee, one son, James P. McGrogan, four grandchildren: Kari Ashbee, Shane (Jen) McGrogan, Lindsey (Rick) Nagy, Mickey (Megan) McGrogan, six great-grandchildren: Deben, Karli, Katie, Charlie, Nathan, and Riley.
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When Dolores Keesler was unexpectedly removed from her appointment as Damascus Township's representative to the Upper Delaware Council (UDC), where she had been serving as chair following her election in January 2011, she was stunned.
That termination by Damascus supervisors, Keesler said, misrepresents the balanced perspective she feels she brought to her role. Various members of the UDC have publicly complimented Keesler for her conduct during UDC meetings. But even before she was elected chair, Keesler regularly asked tough questions when she felt it was necessary. It's a practice that has gained her respect from some and wariness from others.
"I was very happy serving my community on the UDC," she said, "then I was thrust into the limelight. My vision for the township includes protecting our clean water and air, improvement and maintenance of town infrastructure, transparency and open governance, disclosing conflicts of interest and a sustainable economy. "
Early in 2011, the supervisors called Keesler in for a meeting and told her they had gotten complaints about her stance on gas drilling. Keesler told them she was striving to be fair and even-handed on the issue. "They labeled me anti-gas," she said. "I am not anti-anything. I am pro. I am for our environment, for our river's life. I'm for taking the time to make sure we get this right, so that our grandchildren can enjoy a productive and safe future here."
While a large percentage of the land in the township is under lease, the number of leaseholders representing that acreage is estimated to be considerably smaller than the number of non-leaseholders who live and vote there. It is that portion of the citizenry that Keesler would like to see more fully represented in the township, where each of the current supervisors is a leaseholder with personal stakes in the development of natural gas.
Keesler has become increasingly unhappy with how township supervisors are conducting business. Beyond the issue of gas drilling, Keesler said she has a number of other concerns. "I want accountability," she said. "I want to see the books."
While considering what to do, she began receiving phone calls and email messages from other residents urging her to run for supervisor. "This has nothing to do with retaliation or revenge," Keesler said. "It's about what is the right thing to do."
Despite being past the deadline for getting on the official primary ballot, she decided to run. Keesler said that both Democratic districts in the township are supporting her write-in candidacy. Last week, she and others mailed letters to 1,300 Democratic and Republican voters in the district, asking them to write her name in on the ballot for the primary election on May 17. Keesler is a write-in candidate for both ballots.
The letter highlights Keesler's years of involvement with Damascus Township. That experience hearkens back to the days when township officials met in Elvin Swenson's basement with barely enough room for a few chairs. When she learned in 1971 that the government was going to do something with the river, she went to see the supervisors, only to be told there was nothing they could do. She began reaching out to neighbors.
Today, Keesler seeks to correct the perception that she does not support private property rights. In fact, she fought hard for those rights as a result of the Tocks Island Dam Project, which forced the sale of her aunt and uncle's beloved property containing the now public—and very popular—Buttermilk Falls. Despite the loss, Keesler says that she appreciates the National Park Service's role in the region, cleaning up trash, performing law enforcement duties, enhancing river safety and protecting the natural resources.
Having participated in the long struggle and even longer healing process that ensued, Keesler anticipates a similar process related to natural gas development in the region. "People on both sides of this issue need to sit down together and seek common ground," said Keesler. "Whether you're a leaseholder or not, if something goes wrong, we all need to be on the same page to protect our way of life. That's one reason why we shouldn't rush into this.
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Keesler's parents owned a property in the Upper Delaware and she and her husband bought their own on River Road in 1965. She began teaching for the Wayne Highlands School District in 1975 and retired in 2001. A lay speaker for Callicoon United Methodist Church, Keesler says that her life has been an unpredictable path that tends to follow God's lead.
As she rounds this next bend, she asks, "Where do You want me now?" And she's confident of the answer.
"I set my foot in the river in 1954 as a child and knew this was home," she said. "My first date and my first kiss happened here. My late husband and I became the parents of three children. Now I have six grandchildren who I hope will someday have the opportunity to live in the area and avail themselves of the wonderful richness I have experienced here. This is where I belong."


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The Ashland Community and Technical College campus became completely tobacco-free on all campus grounds and parking areas on August 1, 2011. The tobacco-free policy applies to all areas of campus prohibits the use of all tobacco products on all grounds and parking areas (traditional cigarettes, e-cigarettes, chewing tobacco, pipes, cigars, snuff, etc.
When this change was enacted on August 1, 2011, ACTC will join more than 600 other United States colleges and universities with tobacco-free policies in place for the entire campus, indoors and out.
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Members of the Tobacco-Free Task force have been presenting to, and interacting with, a wide variety of both students and employees. There will be more forums and discussion opportunities in the future.
Smoking or use of any tobacco product is prohibited in any facility or on the grounds of the Ashland Community and Technical College.
The policy applies to every person who comes to the Ashland Community and Technical College campus, including visitors, faculty, staff, volunteers, students, and service representatives.
Tobacco products include, but are not limited to, cigarettes (traditional and e-cigarettes), chewing tobacco, pipes, cigars, and snuff.
Each of Ashland Community and Technical College's three campuses are included in this policy.
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The Tobacco-Free Policy states that tobacco is not to be used on campus, including personal vehicles. However, for a brief period of time, the college will allow tobacco usage in personal vehicles as a period of adjustment.
Yes. When this change is enacted on August 1, 2011, ACTC will join more than 600 other United States colleges and universities with tobacco-free free and smoke-free policies in place for the entire campus, indoors and out. Campuses in Kentucky that will be going tobacco-free include: the University of Louisville, University of Kentucky, Morehead State University, and Bellarmine University.
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Bellaire council approves gazebo
BELLAIRE While it appears many love the new gazebo built in the south end of village park in Bellaire, it was brought to light its building was not done with council's approval.
Councilman Jim Piatt sought to rectify that during Thursday's village council meeting. Piatt motioned to have it officially approved.
"In order to keep with the rules, council has to approve any additions or corrections to the park," Piatt said. "The gazebo is in place, without the council's approval.
Therefore, I move this council approves the placing of the gazebo as a permanent structure in the park."
Piatt's motion passed 6-0.
Councilwoman Lou Ann Bennett explained the procedure for anyone wishing to use the park. She also explained she will be handling the booking.
If a church or community group wants to use it, they can do so with no charge for a deposit, Bennett noted. For a reunion or birthday party, etc., there will be a $100 deposit which will be returned once the gazebo is cleaned out following use and no damage has been done.
Bennett noted a number of people have already inquired into using the gazebo for a whole assortment of reasons.
Solicitor Joe Vavra told council that he is waiting on the Pultney Township Trustees and their resolution concerning the joint fire district formation for McMahon Valley FD before before initiating further discussion on council floor.
Council approved suspending the three reading rule for passing ordinances and resolutions and passed Resolution 997, a "resolution declaring rates for deduction withholdings for the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund."
The rates were adjusted to: 10.75 for the remainder of 2013; 11.50 for 2014 and 12.25 percent starting July 12, 2015.
The resolution passed 6-0.
An additional resolution, plus another ordinance, were heard without movement and will go on to a third reading at the next council meeting.
The ordinance is to authorize the village to convey a .662-acre piece of property to the Belmont County Port Authority for economic development.
The resolution is to authorize the village to extend its current sewage disposal contract with the East Ohio Regional Wastewater Authority.
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