text: Student Profiles Emily Remillard '07 Emily Remillard '07 Majors: Philosophy and French Hometown: Eagle River, Alaska Why did you choose to come to Bowdoin? I come from Alaska and am used to a smaller-town environment, so I ruled out big schools and cities and looked for a smaller community. People often ask me what I'm doing so far from home, but I have family in Massachusetts, so New England already felt like a second home to me. I also get asked if I was looking for another place with cold winters since I'm from Alaska, but that never really occurred to me. I actually don't like cold weather at all, but I guess I'm used to it! When I visited Bowdoin, I was impressed and inspired by some students I met who were lively, interesting and intelligent. I spent the night with some first-years in Hyde Hall, a freshman dorm, and we just sat around for most of the evening and touched on one interesting topic after another. They were intellectual but fun, too. One of those girls ended up becoming one of my best friends at Bowdoin. Why did you choose your major? I've always loved to write, argue, explain and wonder about the "whys" of life, so philosophy was a natural choice for me. I see it as sort of a neutral plane where all kinds of people can talk on an even footing, because all that matters is how good your arguments are. As a committed Christian I have always felt it is important to know what I believe about the world and why, and what the implications of those beliefs are. As for my other major, French, I accumulated enough courses almost without trying. With a second language, you either use it or lose it, so I found that I couldn't bear to skip a semester of French and let my speaking skills atrophy. I've always loved language and enjoy the challenge of figuring out the nuances of new words and phrases. Over time I've fallen in love with French culture with its stark contrasts to American culture. The French professors at Bowdoin are exceptional and enthusiastic, and they are always trying to deepen students' understanding of French culture in creative ways. What has been a course you especially enjoyed at Bowdoin? Actually, my answer here is the same as that of a previous senior you interviewed — a favorite course was Arielle Saiber's class on Dante's Divine Comedy. I guess she communicated her incredible passion for the subject matter to more than one student! Perhaps what I most appreciated was her ability to bring out the human elements — the depths of pain and guilt and longing in the story. Prof. Saiber also has a background in philosophy, and she constantly encouraged us to look at the deeper philosophical puzzles in the text. Finally, the sheer breadth of her knowledge about the historical details referenced in the Comedy made it really come alive. Another favorite was French Theater Production, taught by William VanderWolk and Charlotte Daniels. Class work consisted of memorizing and performing scenes from French plays of various periods. I've always been intrigued by acting but too shy to try it, so "French class" was a good excuse. Somehow getting into character seemed less intimidating when done in another language, and I gained a more than superficial exposure to several important French plays. Plus, the constant memorizing and rehearsing in French improved my speaking skills. What professor or professors have especially inspired you during your time at Bowdoin? I couldn't discuss my time here without mentioning Robbie Greenlee of the Music Department, who is beloved by generations of chamber choir singers. Robbie has introduced me to choral music of all kinds, and he is always challenging us to interpret the music creatively and expressively. I have also sincerely appreciated the work of Scott Sehon in the Philosophy Department. Any philosophy major will attest to his efforts to improve students' clarity of writing, speech and thought. In his classes I have learned that there is such a thing as being intellectually lazy and that a thinking person worth his or her salt must do the hard work necessary to form coherent arguments and views. His ability to analyze texts and to teach students to do the same has been very valuable to me. What extracurricular or work experiences have you had at Bowdoin? I spent some time working for Information Technology, helping to edit content on the Bowdoin Web site. This year I am an RA, and being on the Residential Life staff gives me the chance to work with many fun people I wouldn't otherwise know. I have really loved being in the chamber choir, with all of the varied musical experiences it has to offer. A constant during most of my four years has been involvement in the Bowdoin Christian Fellowship, which is a close-knit group of friends who share struggles, encouragement and laughter at the end of a long Bowdoin week. I think my favorite part of BCF has been the opportunity it gives me to discuss faith and spiritual questions with people of many different backgrounds and beliefs. Most people in the group are Christians but that is not necessary in order to come and participate. Did you study abroad during your time at Bowdoin? Yes. I spent a semester in France with the Vassar-Wesleyan Program in Paris. It was a great change of pace, and living in another culture with its own social rules and system of thinking was something that has had a permanent influence on how I think and view the world. People sometimes find that their study abroad classes are easier than those at Bowdoin, but my coursework, which was all in French, sometimes gave me a run for my money. Taking one class at one of the universities in Paris was an interesting and sometimes disorienting experience — particularly when it was shut down by nationwide student strikes over a very unpopular amendment to national employment laws for young workers. I'll never forget the day I arrived for class and found that the school's gates were locked and classroom furniture and other debris were piled in front of them so people would be sure to get the message! Class cancellations notwithstanding, I learned a lot about French history and literature that semester. I was also able to take some amazing trips to Spain and to Bruges, Belgium, a tiny town of medieval-looking buildings, narrow canals and good art museums. What have you done during your summers? The summer after my freshman year I stayed at here and worked for Information Technology on a project to redesign the Bowdoin Web site. I had never done anything of that nature before. Our tasks were pretty simple, but because I was trained from the ground up I found it interesting to learn a new skill. Our basic job was to take all of the content on every page of the site and format it into the site's new look. Along the way, though, I got a chance help make certain things on the site more accessible and logical by redoing the menu options, splitting up pages of content that were too long or didn't belong together, and helping to figure out how a new office's site should be organized. As a rising sophomore I learned all sorts of things about Bowdoin that I wouldn't have otherwise known as I went through the site content. I think the patient training I received from the IT staff and the opportunity to help change certain things on the site was something I might not have had at a larger school. As a big contrast to that, I spent last summer working at a camp in Missouri for kids from difficult backgrounds. What is your best Bowdoin memory? This isn't exactly a specific memory, but there was a certain span of a few semesters where I was part of a very close group of friends who spent most of our time together. A lot of images come back to me from that time: taking one early-morning class together and trying wake up for it all together, studying for the exams together and arguing over lecture notes and cookies, singing in choir together, bizarre incidents in the dining hall that mysteriously resulted in bent silverware, and of course, the all-important late-night discussions about everything. Basically I just enjoyed living with group of intelligent, funny, crazy people and wondering what would happen next. What are your plans for after graduation? I'm thinking of spending a year in northern China working for a non-profit organization that provides surgeries, teaching and foster care services to handicapped children, among other things. It is a small Christian organization that I was able to work with in the summer of 2005 when my dad and I were on a team that did a short-term medical clinic in the region. What advice would you give to a prospective student or first-year about the Bowdoin experience? Seek out those of your classmates who are very different from you but who are worth knowing. Talk with them about their backgrounds, their favorite professors, their independent study projects, and their dreams. Ask them about how they see Bowdoin and the world. You won't regret it. What quirky or fun thing did you wish you knew before you came to Bowdoin? Someone once told me that the quad had severe drainage problems several decades ago and that one year it rained so much that the quad flooded and people could row across it in boats. I doubt that this is true, but I love to imagine it. Some days in March, when it's been raining for a week, I almost believe it could happen! 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Need to watch Housewives? Definitely go with the ones above over their brutal NY counterparts.
Last week Bravo treated us to the 1st installment of the Real Housewives of NYC Reunion Special and then, to Andy Cohen's and Neil Patrick Harris's commentary right after regarding the reunion just aired. If you checked your tivo and have yet to watch this special, or the 2nd installment which aired this Monday, you might be wondering why the shows are 1 and a half hours in length, longer than many films. So why was that?
We think because Bravo had too many fights, below board remarks, and general vitriol to discriminate by making cuts. In the commercial for the affair you can see moderator Andy Cohen clearly losing his cool and telling the panel of hypocrites whom we are thoroughly embarrassed about having their names and actions affiliated with New York, as New Yorkers ourselves, to "Shut the fuck up!" When discussing the incident with Neil Patrick Harris, and a littany of other tasteless morsels shot out of these rude women's cannon like firecracker mouths, Neil Patrick Harris suggested that the entire cast be scrapped. He essentially asked Andy Cohen to go out and find some women who represent New York better, and who can stand to be in a room together without every conversation evolving into a screaming match, and usually in short order.
We like that suggestion. We like it a lot. Is there a real upside to making stars out of people like Jill Zarin, The Countess, Romona Singer, and Kelly Bensimon, for stabbing each other in the back? Let's start with Jill, who now starts each show with the statement that she owns who she is, and that she has learned and changed, and then who starts the reunion show by saying one of the meanest and most unsubstantiated things ever: that Romona's husband Mario has been said to be cheating by people in their social circle. When Romona unleashed the dogs with tenfold rude comments of her own about Jill and Luann, Jill's caddy and disgusting little lackey, Jill stuck to her guns, saying that she didn't know that Mario was cheating, that she had no proof, but that it was something that people were saying. Why say something like that except to be deliberatley hurtful?
Romona then not only hit below the belt, but she took Jill's belt completely off, comparing her husband to Jill's, calling Bobby, essentially a disgusting person. Now at least the Mario affair talk came up within the context of the show, albeit when a Morroccan psychic had a vision, but since she was standing around Kelly, Sonja, and Luann, whose husbands all cheated on them, she could have had her signals crossed, or more likely, was just making vague references in the manner of a charletan. From what we can see, Bobby is actually the most classy and likeable member of the show, and always takes the high road, but Romona obviously doesn't care about airing her "friend's" private dirty laundy, or suggesting that such dirty laundry exists.
Still, the affair was all that Jill needed in order to continually bludgeon Romona with, holding it over her head like a child. Jill's lapdog Luann had also used this bludgeon in the context of the show, notably, when Romona told Luann she couldn't be in her music video because it sent, pretty much, a whorish message to her daughter and to the world, leaving Luann reeling for the second time by Romona this season, who has been bludgeoning Luann basically since episode one with the comment that she is only a "weekend mother" because Luann leaves her kids in the Hamptons all week while she galavants with Jacques during the week in the city. Romona's digs are constant. Her daughter turned out great because Romona spends time with her. Luann? Not so much.
Romona explained herself on Watch What Happens Live this past Monday after part 2 of the reunion. She was actually kind of eloquent in explaining that Jill and Luann have formed a two headed monster of mean, backing each other blindly in order to hammer her family and character, and in that case, she wasn't going to hold back when it comes to what she can and will say about them. When confronted with the criticisms, well earned, in regard to her pursuit of, endless need for, and consumption of "Pina Grigiot" (forget Italian towns, can she at least say the name of the fucking type of wine correctly?), Romona had some more real zingers.
Here Romona's insults to the evil triumvirate of Kelly, Jill, and Luann are more subtle, more biting, and well, Re-meaner. Romona loves to point out that despite her drinking, even at 11AM on certain occasions, as Jill was quick to point out, she runs 4 or 5 successful businesses. Get it? I am a success on my own, and not because I divorced well, or have a rich husband. It's the truth and the truth stings. Because Andy was sure to revisit the whole Bettheny drama in regard to Kelly, because mostly, Kelly suggested she was above Bettheny, but yet, Bettheny has her own show, and better yet for her, made a multi-million dollar deal to sell her Skinny Girl Margarita label. Kelly pretended to not be jealous of Bettheny, calling her smart for branding the word "skinny." Actually, there's a lot more to it than that. She brought a low calorie premade and bottled Margarita to market, has become a best selling author and motivational speaker, an even bigger star with her own show that they'd all die for (remember Jill's shameless pandering for her own show called "Jill Gets A Hobby"?), and sold her beverage label for a reported 20M and continued profit sharing. All while Kelly has proven week in and out to be one of the most vapid and hated TV personalities alive, who many people think is balls deep in some sort of substance problem, and who leads the internet almost daily and certainly around every show with the following google query: "I hate Kelly Bensimon."
Good for Sonja, who completely blasted Kelly for talking about her in reunion episode 1. Sonja pointedly ripped Kelly for waxing on to the camera about the state of disrepair her house was in and that she was purporting to be this grand "Lady Sonja Morgan", that she was just another divorcee living beyond her means. Especially ironic when considering the hypocrisy therein since Kelly has now become entrenched as Luann's nasty little lapdog. Sonja confronted Kelly who tried to deny it all, but then Sonja explained why the comments were inappropriate, and how she was "counting my money" and even all of the bitches in Jill's gang had to back off Kelly and support Sonja. They had to explain to a very dumb Kelly that she had whatever fortune she had because she married money and that her ex bought her pad and her Hamptons house.
To Romona's credit, she seized on the opportunity presented by Bettheny's mention to hammer Jill over her own hypocrisy with regard to the fact that she is exactly the same mean, nasty bitch she has always been. Jill looked shaken, and then flipped, blaming Romona for the fact that Bettheny and Jill never made up. Romona rightly pointed out that it was she who kept trying to get Jill and Bettheny in the same room, but that it was Luann, jealous of someone getting close to Jill, who moved quickly to extricate Jill from those rooms. As for the alcohol talk, Romona went for Jill's jugular, accusing her of being an alcoholic in recovery on national TV. As for the family talk, it was Romona who kept hammering Luann until The Countess broke down–must see television indeed to see the cold Countess, who loves to snipe at people with caddy insults and then brush it off like it's all good fun–bite back tears while babbling about how hard it is to be a divorced, single mother. To which Romona again pointed out, "a weekend mother."
Jill went nuts when Romona brought Luann to the brink, calling her disgusting for saying that Jill's stepdaughter had a "deformity", and saying that it is Romona's daughter who always complains about being left alone and eating dinner by herself. Romona casually explained that Jill's daughter is deformed by the dictionary standard, but that she was sorry and had mispoke.
A WWHL poll from last Monday revealed, as could be expected, that almost zero people in the audience like Luann (9%), Kelly (8%), and Cindy (8%), who by the way is also a real cunt, if you ask us. Romona and Alex then came in at 15%, then Jill at 19% (wouldn't be surprised if she paid good money to manipulate the vote because honestly, who on earth really likes her?), and Sonja in the lead with a 25% approval figure.
As we were watching the season and the reunion marathons, we gravitated toward Sonja, the lesser of many, many evil bitches. Obviously, the only truly likeable one was Bettheny, who wisely has run for the hills. And her show, Bettheny Ever After, just about matches RHNYC in the ratings. Why? Because it's a better, more dynamic, and funnier show about one person who is a better person than all the New York housewives combined. RHNJ is killing RHNYC in the ratings because all the characters are deeper and more likeable, and their family connections make for real drama, and not the caddy bullshit we get when a bunch of untoward socialites are forced to go to a few pretentious charity events and meaningless, devoid makeup and fashion shows.
Neil Patrick Harris? He's a pretty smart guy. We're with him. How low can this show go and do we really care to see it? Scrap these "ladies", Andy Cohen, and alter the awful perception of New York they have created.
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TOKYO (AP) — Japan has hanged two inmates convicted of murder, its fourth and fifth executions this year.
The Justice Ministry said the executions were carried out early Friday in Tokyo. Former yakuza members Katsuji Hamasaki, 64, and Yoshihide Miyagi, 56, were convicted of shooting to death two rival gangsters outside a restaurant in Chiba, just outside Tokyo, in 2005. The victims were shot several times each.
Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki said it was "heinous and brutal" and the two deserved to be executed. He said he took into consideration the feelings of the victims' families and court documents when ordering they be put to death.
Human rights group Amnesty International Japan condemned the hangings. Japan and the United States are the only Group of Eight countries that have not banned the death penalty.
Capital punishment in Japan has been widely criticized by human rights groups, but polls show the public supports it. Japan's government releases few details about executions and inmates are not informed of their pending execution until immediately before it is carried out.
Executions in Japan are done by hanging. Japan executed three inmates in February. It now has 134 inmates on death row.


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GPSolo March 2007
Reining in Bounty Hunters
About 10 percent of bail bondsmen's clients jump bail every year. Most bondsmen hire a bounty hunter, who is an agent of the bondsman, to retrieve absconders. The extraordinary powers of bounty hunters in performing their duties derive primarily from two sources: the Supreme Court's 1872 decision in Taylor v. Taintor, 83 U.S. 366 (1872), which synthesized and expanded on the common-law rights accorded bounty hunters, and the legal distinction between "state actors" and "private actors."
Bounty hunters do not have to 'knock and announce' before breaking down doors to search for the principal.
State actors and private actors. Bounty hunters have free rein in pursuing their quarry because constitutional restrictions are only binding on state actors—persons who are employed by and work for a unit of local, state, or municipal government. The Bill of Rights does not apply to bounty hunters because they are private actors, employed by the bondsman, who is a private businessperson. Because they are acting in a private occupational capacity, manhunters can question snared bail jumpers without Mirandizing them. Coerced incriminating statements they obtain from fugitives are even admissible in court.
Constitutional constraints, however, do apply to bounty hunters whenever they are legally deemed to be acting as state actors, thereby triggering Fourth and Fifth Amendment limitations on how the trackers do their job. The guiding principle for ascertaining when bounty hunters are acting as an instrument of the state, established by the Supreme Court in Lugar v. Edmondson, 457 U.S. 922 (1982), is whether they received "significant aid" from or "acted together" with law enforcement officers. Bounty hunters, and bondsmen, are most likely to lose their private actor status (a) if the police join forces with bounty hunters in making a warrantless home entry, house search, or in subduing the fugitive; and (b) if the trackers are working under the express direction, supervision, instigation, or at the behest of the police.
Taylor v. Taintor. Under Taylor v. Taintor, bounty hunters have (a) the right to seize fugitives without a warrant at any time of the day or night at the fugitive's home; (b) the right, if necessary, to break and enter the fugitive's house and to use whatever force is necessary to obtain custody of the defendant. They do not have to "knock and announce" before breaking down doors to search for the principal. Many courts extend this right to third-party residences. Bounty hunters also have (c) the right to "imprison" defendants until bounty hunters complete the final stage of their assignment—surrendering their prisoner to the sheriff of the county in which the fugitive was originally charged and admitted to bail; (d) the right to whisk captured fugitives across state lines back to the jurisdiction from which they fled, without seeking formal extradition or satisfying any procedural safeguards; and (e) the right to recover fugitives without "new process" (a new, separate warrant specifically authorizing them to make interstate seizures or forcible entries, searches, and arrests in the fugitive's home).
Licensing bounty hunters. Current efforts aimed at curtailing bounty hunter abuse, delineating the scope of their powers, and raising occupational standards involve statutory changes regulating fugitive recovery methods and qualifications for the job. The centerpiece of these reforms calls for state licensing of bounty hunters before individuals can ply the trade in that state. The most uniform requirement in states that license bounty hunters is that applicants convicted of any felony, offense involving "moral turpitude," and certain misdemeanors are categorically excluded from the occupation. However, in the majority of states, there is usually nothing to prevent convicted criminals from pursuing bail-jumping lawbreakers. A common licensing requirement is that bounty hunters be of "good character" or similar statutory language indicative of the applicant's integrity, honesty, trustworthiness, and competency. Implicit in this qualification is that applicants provide the licensing agency references from reputable citizens who will vouch for the aspiring bounty hunter's good character. Several states require licensed bounty hunters to inform, or register with, local law enforcement authorities before making an apprehension in their jurisdiction. Others require bounty hunters to wear identifying clothing or carry identification cards.
Only four jurisdictions require taking written or psychological examinations administered by the state. Slightly more than one-third require licensed bounty hunters to successfully complete a designated number of hours of formal training, classroom education, and/or continuing education. The minimum age licensure norm is 18 years.
Consequences of violating licensing requirements. First, bounty hunters who do not comply with the licensing rules can have their licenses revoked. Virtually every statute in the Bounty Hunter Laws Survey specified that licenses are renewable annually or every two to three years upon "good behavior." Moreover, the laws explicitly or implicitly allow for license revocation whenever a bounty hunter has "demonstrated incompetence or untrustworthiness in the conduct of the licensee's business," is otherwise found unsuitable for the position, or has not completed the required number of hours of continuing education. Second, unlicensed bounty hunters can be criminally prosecuted because, in licensing states, practicing bounty hunting "without a license" is a felony or misdemeanor. The distinctive value of license revocation is that it is a powerful preventive deterrent against bounty hunters abusing defendants or the fugitives' housemates, a sanction that applies to all licensed bounty hunters regardless of whether they are working as private actors or state agents.
By contrast, in nonlicensing states the only legal consequence if bounty hunters employ excessive force is the remote possibility of facing and losing a section 1983 suit: a remedy after the damage has been done. Bounty hunters in nonlicensing states can be prosecuted for any "job-related" criminal acts, the usual charge being aggravated assault against the fugitive or a third party stemming from strong-arm tactics used during a raid gone awry. But obtaining a conviction is another matter because the trackers' standard defense is that they were just "doing their job."
Abrogating Taylor. In a radical departure from Taylor and the common law, some states have imposed "new process" on bounty hunters, in two ways: First, states require bounty hunters to obtain a separate or fresh arrest warrant before seizing fugitives in a private dwelling. Second, states set certain conditions before out-of-state bounty hunters who chase fugitives across state lines can bag their peripatetic prey and take them back to stand trial. States can reject Taylor because, as separate sovereigns, they retain the authority to provide their own residents greater protections under their state constitutions than those available to all of the nation's citizens based on the Supreme Court's interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. States such as California and Iowa, which have abrogated the common-law powers of bounty hunters, have simply given bail jumpers in their commonwealth additional or "more due process" than the minimal constitutional protections afforded everyone under the Constitution. Taylor placed no Fourth or Fifth Amendment barriers in the way that bounty hunters go after absconders; it essentially provided bail jumpers no due process protections. Under the mantle of "new process," however, some states have given residential bail jumpers who jumped state lines more due process by prohibiting bounty hunters from making warrantless house arrests, requiring them to notify local authorities before seizing targets, and mandating judicial hearings before fugitives can be extradited.
This article is an abridged and edited version of one that originally appeared on page 4 of Criminal Justice, Fall 2006 (21:3).
For more information or to obtain a copy of the periodical in which the full article appears, please call the ABA Service Center at 800/285-2221.
Website: www.abanet.org/crimjust.
Periodicals: Criminal Justice, quarterly magazine; Criminal Justice Newsletter, three times per year; White Collar Crime Newsletter, three times per year (electronic).
Books and Other Recent Publications: Leapholes (fiction); Achieving Justice: Freeing the Innocent, Convicting the Guilty; ABA Standards for Criminal Justice; Annual Survey of Supreme Court Decisions; Asset Forfeiture: Practice and Procedure in State and Federal Courts; Child Witness in Criminal Cases; The Criminal Lawyer's Guide to Immigration Law: Questions and Answers; Fourth Amendment Handbook, 2d ed.; Juvenile Justice Standards, Annotated; The Shadow of Justice (fiction); A Portable Guide to Federal Conspiracy Law: Tactics and Strategies for Criminal and Civil Cases; Practice Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines; Restitution for Crime Victims: A National Strategy; Successive Criminal Prosecutions: The Dual Sovereignty Exception to Double Jeopardy in State and Federal Courts.
Gerald D. Robin is a professor of criminal justice at the University of New Haven, Connecticut. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Evelyn Lozada Is Pregnant — With Chad Johnson's Baby?
Pictures of the sexy 'Basketball Wives' star surfaced on Nov. 29 showing that she was definitely pregnant! Now the only question is: Who is the father? Read on to find out!
Evelyn Lozada and Chad Johnson officially divorced in Sept. 2012, but will they be parents together? With the Basketball Wives star's secret — that she's reportedly six month into her pregnancy — out, Chad may be wondering if he's going to be a father.
Evelyn Lozada Six Months Pregnant
Pictures were snapped of Evelyn in Miami on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, proving that Evelyn is very pregnant. In maternity wear, Evelyn strolled along the beach with her 20-year-old daughter Shaniece, flaunting her baby bump and holding her stomach frequently.
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But for Chad, whose marriage to Evelyn ended after two months in Sept. 2012, he doesn't have anything to worry about, according to TMZ.
Evelyn has reportedly been in a relationship with another man for almost a year and the relationship is very serious. The pregnancy was reportedly planned and until now, only a few family members knew about the baby on board.
Evelyn Lozada & Chad Johnson's Drama-Filled Relationship
We're happy to hear that Evelyn's second child will be born into a drama-free environment — it would've been trouble if the baby had turned out to be Chad's.
The two seemed to be happily married — they tied the knot in July of 2012 — until Chad was shockingly arrested for assaulting Evelyn in Aug. 2012. Chad was charged with domestic battery for allegedly head-butting Evelyn after an argument. He was immediately released from the Miami Dolphins, and Evelyn filed for divorce shortly after.
In Sept. 2012, Chad plead no contest and was charged with misdemeanor domestic battery, and sentenced to one year of probation.
But it really seems like that chapter of Evelyn's life is over. She's moving on with another man and a baby-to-be, and we couldn't be happier for her!
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Suffolk University Hockey Coach Chris Glionna earned his 66th career win on Jan. 12 with a 4-1 victory over SUNY-Brockport, making him the all-time win leader among Rams hockey coaches.
He surpasses Bill Burns' (1991-96) previous total of 65.
Glionna, a Suffolk alumnus, has been at the helm of the Rams since the 2004-05 season and boasted a career record of 66-127-17 with the SUNY win.
He was named Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Northeast Hockey Coach of the Year during the 2009-10 season.
In nine seasons, 15 of Glionna's players have earned recognition with All-Conference honors from the ECAC Northeast.
Glionna has emphasized service along with success on the ice. He has directed a Toys for Tots drive organized by his players over the past eight seasons. In 2010-11 the Rams donned pink game sweaters to raise awareness of breast cancer, and last season Suffolk donned fatigue-styled sweater as they raised donations for local veterans.


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However, Parallels Access provides additional functionality for Parallels Desktop users that allows you to integrate applications installed in Parallels Desktop virtual machines, so that you can use them as if they are installed on your computer.
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- Premier League
Carrick leads tributes to Ferdinand
Michael Carrick led the tributes to Rio Ferdinand after the defender announced he will leave Manchester United when his contract expires.
Midfielder Carrick branded the centre-back a "Rolls Royce" and said his long-time partnership with Nemanja Vidic was "perfect."
Ferdinand, 35, is moving on after 12 years at Old Trafford, in which time he won the Premier League six times and the Champions League once and made 455 appearances for the club.
Carrick was a team-mate for eight years, while Vidic, who has also played his final United after agreeing to join Inter Milan, was another 2006 signing.
And the 32-year-old wrote on Twitter: "1st Vida [Vidic] now Rio, we've shared so much. Both 2 of the very best defenders of ALL TIME and I don't say that lightly.
"Vida, simply the best out and out defender I've seen. Aggression and desire to win at all costs, scared centre forwards to death! #PerfectPartnership
"Rio, A Rolls Royce, best all round CB, got the lot, defend, quick, composed beyond belief and made those around him better players."
Former United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar set a record by going 1,302 minutes without conceding a league goal in the 2008-09 season, playing behind a defence that included Ferdinand and Vidic, and was another of the 2008 Champions League-winning side.
Just want to thank @rioferdy5 & Vida for all they have done for me in the success we achieved @ManUtd!#rocksolid pic.twitter.com/Y0jogp7Kty— Edwin van der Sar (@vdsar1970) May 13, 2014
United winger Ashley Young branded Ferdinand a "legend" but former skipper Gary Neville questioned the club's wisdom in letting the two veteran centre-backs go at the same time.
He wrote on Twitter: "So it looks like Rio and Vida allowed to leave at once!!! A conveyor belt has become a cliff!"


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shopify_api 1.0.1
Shopify API
The Shopify API gem allows Ruby developers to programmatically access the admin section of Shopify stores.
The API is implemented as XML over HTTP using all four verbs (GET/POST/PUT/DELETE). Each resource, like Order, Product, or Collection, has its own URL and is manipulated in isolation. In other words, we've tried to make the API follow the REST principles as much as possible.
All API usage happens through Shopify applications, created by either shop owners for their own shops, or by Shopify Partners for use by other shop owners:
Shop owners can create applications for themselves through their own admin (under the Preferences > Applications tab).
Shopify Partners create applications through their admin: app.shopify.com/services/partners
For more information and detailed documentation about the API visit api.shopify.com
Getting Started
ShopifyAPI uses ActiveResource to communicate with the REST web service. ActiveResource has to be configured with a fully authorized URL of a particular store first. To obtain that URL you can follow these steps:
First create a new application in either the partners admin or your store admin and write down your API_KEY and SHARED_SECRET.
You will need to supply two parameters to the Session class before you instantiate it:
ShopifyAPI::Session.setup({:api_key => API_KEY, :secret => SHARED_SECRET})
Create a new Session for a specific shop. That session is not fully valid yet, but it can be used to create a URL that you will redirect your users to:
session = ShopifyAPI::Session.new("yourshopname.myshopify.com") session.valid? # returns false
To access the API shop owners need a "token" from that specific shop. In order to get this token they need to authorize with that shop first. The URL to redirect your user to can be generated via:
url = session.create_permission_url
After visiting this URL, the shop redirects the owner to a custom URL of your application where the "token" gets sent to (it's param name is just "t"). Use that token to instantiate a "valid" session, that is ready to make calls to that particular shop.
token = params[:t] session = ShopifyAPI::Session.new("yourshopname.myshopify.com", token) session.valid? # returns true
Now you can finally get the fully authorized URL for that shop. Use that URL to configure ActiveResource and you're set:
ActiveResource::Base.site = session.site
Get data from that shop (returns ActiveResource instances):
shop = ShopifyAPI::Shop.current latest_orders = ShopifyAPI::Order.find(:all)
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Much worse, he's a quasi socialist. It's much easier to lead the sheep when you dictate what cars to drive, what light bulbs to use (only ones made in china with a level of mercury will do), what fuel to use, what food to eat, and how much money you should make. After all if you are not receiving any government hand outs they are not taxing you enough yet. Just give him 4 more years & his agenda will be near irreversible. Hale Obama!
hou hou hou merry the new album christmas
You are an idiot.
Dude its def vbulletin.. the log in box is the same... the way to get to ppls profiles and the set up of profiles... there is no way it isnt!
Yeah... I saw that... It's extremely close...
does 311 use vBulletin? it is practically the same set up as here....
what is ur previous user name
welcome to the boards
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xXBeSafeXx wrote:I thought it was kind of typical of Aro to want them as guard dogs. More protection=more power. I did like finding out that Jacob's pack weren't actual werewolves, just shape-shifters, though. It makes them seem less intimidating.
It does make them seem less intimidating. But I do find it odd how they would "shape shift" into wolves, or a wolf like form, out of all the animals in the world? I really don't remember if it was explained in the book. But then you think of what real werewolves are like, compared to the "shape-shifters."


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Wilson, Johnston among Buckeyes' top newcomers
Aug. 13, 2013
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — One comes from the Lone Star State, the other from Down Under.
Both first-year players arrived at Ohio State recently, but now find themselves in the middle of things as the Buckeyes prep for their season opener.
The most talked-about player in fall camp has been a smallish freshman running back out of DeSoto, Texas, named Dontre Wilson. Don't be surprised if you hear his name a lot this season.
"We've got new guys coming in, new guys who can make plays," quarterback Braxton Miller said, referring to Wilson and others, including Aussie punter Cameron Johnston.
Wilson has breakneck speed, zigs and zags through traffic and has a penchant for making defenders hug air.
"I think I did pretty good," he said of his first week in camp. "I just worked really hard, ran fast and showed everybody the ability that I have and the assets that I can bring to the team. I guess everybody saw it."
They saw it, all right.
Here's coach Urban Meyer on Wilson: "He's got something that we didn't have last year and that's just jets. ... And he doesn't care. He just goes hard."
Wide receiver Evan Spencer is fast. But he has had his eyes opened by Wilson: "Man, I'm going to tell you, that little joker right there is quick. He's so explosive. You never know where he's going to go, what kind of move he's going to make."
Linebacker Joshua Perry has yet to meet Wilson head to head on a play. But he's seen him shred others on defense: "He is one elusive son of a gun. The kid is all over the field. He makes cuts on a dime. He's fast."
Wilson, who is 5-foot-10 and 174 pounds, will likely stay at running back, although he could see some time at the hybrid, or H back, spot.
He's even good at inventing new words to describe his talents.
"I always thought I belonged out there," he said. "I always thought I could play with them. But I had a few good plays that showed my speed and my cut-ability."
Johnston came to the attention of Ohio State's coaching staff when he contacted the school with videos of his punting ability. He had spent one year at Deakin University before attending the Melbourne-based punter/kicker training school Prokick Australia.
Since the Buckeyes lost Ben Buchanan to graduation, they had a vacancy. So they took a flyer on the former track and cricket athlete and Australian Rules Football player. Now he's the starter.
"Isn't that an amazing story?" special teams coach Kerry Coombs said. "We went through an awful lot of connections and conversations and hard work and I spent an awful lot of time learning to speak Australian, which is remarkably different from English. We found a kid who I believe is truly special."
Meyer is as surprised as anyone about finding Johnston.
"He's a tremendous kid, 21 years old, so he's not that 17-year-old, wide-eyed guy that looks at you like, 'What planet am I on?'" he said. "He's a fast athlete, so we might be able to do some things with him, moving the pocket and so forth."
Well versed in the rules of American-style football due to education at the training school, Johnston, who has four full years of eligibility, is fitting in quite nicely.
"It's not too bad," he said. "Australia and the U.S. are pretty similar, so there's not too many differences. And Columbus is such a nice place."
Lots of other freshmen are having an impact, particularly on defense where Ohio State lost all four linemen, two linebackers and a corner from last year's 12-0 season.
Joey Bosa, Michael Hill, Billy Price and Tyquan Lewis up front, Mike Mitchell at linebacker and Vonn Bell, Cam Burrows and Eli Apple in the secondary are all making contributions.
Junior Michael Bennett is penciled in as a starter on the defensive line. He can't believe what he's seen out of the first-year players.
"I don't see a young D-lineman who isn't really good," he said. "I'm trying to think back to when I was a freshman and these guys I feel are on a whole 'nother level than I was. They're smart, they're really talented and they're really picking stuff up quick and they have an intensity that's really good."
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The Best Quotables From 'Scandal' Season 2 Finale
It's a wrap for season 2 of Scandal. And as usual, plenty of questions were answered, yet plenty more remained in Thursday night's (May 16) finale, titled "White Hat's Back On." Olivia Pope and company kept it juicy up until the last second. Click through for the best quotables.


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A world premiere translation by Peter Green, directed by John Given
March 26, 27 and 28, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Great Rooms of Mendenhall Student Center on the campus of East Carolina University.
Sponsored by the Program in Classical Studies and the Mendenhall / University Unions.
Cast and Crew:
Lysistrata: Danielle Bryan
Kalonike: Jennifer Latham
Myrrhine: Amber Moore
Lampito / Nikodike: Leigh Wagner
Commissioner: John Darrow
Cinesias: Darrell Purcell
Athenian Ambassador: Collin Jones
Spartan Ambassador: Tony Lewis
Spartan Herald: Michael Gambino
Reconciliation: M. B. Woodard
Costume Designer: Brian Maxwell
Choreographer: Lisa Wilbourne
Women's Chorus Leader: Alexandria White
Men's Chorus Leader: Kelly Hunnings
Women's Chorus: Sara Davis
Courtney Wells
Brandy Whorley
Men's Chorus: Kirsis Concepcion
Colleen Kilcoyne
Mercedes-Lynn Powers
Stage Managers: Samantha Canada
Tricia Wilson-Okamura
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Titanic exhibit coming to Lexington
Titanic exhibit coming to Lexington
LEXINGTON, Ky. —
Artifacts from the Titanic will be exhibited later this year at the Lexington Center Museum & Gallery.
The Lexington Herald-Leader reported remnants from the worst maritime disaster will be displayed at the facility from Oct. 5- Jan. 26. Lexington Center CEO and president Bill Owen says people are fascinated with the story of the 1,500 people who died when the massive ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean a century ago.
Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition has typically been shown at venues in bigger cities, and Owen said it was an accomplishment for the relatively new museum to secure it.
He said officials decided to announce it early enough that school could plan to bring groups of students.


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I'm trying to remember the **** Kim Schmitz pulled years ago . .
There were infinite threads about it here . . way way back in the days.
Long story about the arrests etc here: http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/62...et-back-online
Taking thread more oftopic perhaps, but since SOPA PIPA is in the freeze for now I think I'll wager it..
Never mind, could have just searched for it: http://www.antionline.com/search.php?searchid=551103 (does such a link work?)


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Alibi Picks
Freaky Fauna
Creeping, Crawling and Carnivorous Show
Slithery, squirmy, sticky, scary. The alliterations are endless when it comes to creatures that send shivers up our spines and goosebumps down our legs. This weekend, the ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden reveals its Creeping, Crawling and Carnivorous Show, featuring bugs and reptiles from around the world. Discover how these critters are a vital part of our natural environment, from venomous snakes and scorpions to slick lizards and the hairiest of tarantulas. This is the perfect opportunity to come down with a good case of the willies this Halloween season and learn at the same time. The show runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily tomorrow through November 4. ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden • FREE with park admission • ALL-AGES! • cabq.gov/


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Playing dress up is always a fun thing to do, especially if you plan to look exquisite and totally breathtaking. This brand new babydoll from Victoria's Secret has so much to offer; from the brilliant material of imported nylon with lace, to the sexiest flyaway style that will turn you into a total knockout.
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'My' Cobb salad
'My' Cobb salad Prep: 15 minutes Cook: 5 minutes Servings: 4 Note: Adapted from Patricia Wells' "Salad as a Meal." Ingredients: 2 1/2 ounces smoked bacon, rind removed, cut into matchsticks 1 head iceberg lettuce, chopped, about 4 cups 2 ripe heirloom tomatoes, cored, peeled, seeded, chopped 1 large ripe avocado, halved, peeled, pitted, cubed 4 ounces chilled blue cheese (preferably Roquefort), crumbled 4 green onions, white part only, chopped Yogurt and lemon dressing, see recipe below Freshly ground pepper 1. Brown the bacon over moderate heat in a large, dry skillet until crisp and golden, about 5 minutes. Transfer the bacon to paper towels to absorb the fat. Blot the top of the bacon to absorb any additional fat. 2. Combine the bacon, lettuce, tomato, avocado, cheese and green onion in a bowl. Toss with just enough dressing to lightly and evenly coat. Season with pepper to taste. Yogurt and lemon dressing: Combine 1/2 cup plain low-fat yogurt, 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice and 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt in a jar. Cover with the lid; shake to blend. Taste for seasoning. May be stored in the refrigerator up to 1 week. Makes about 3/4 cup Nutrition information: Per serving (using half the dressing): 267 calories, 65% of calories from fat, 20 g fat, 8 g saturated fat, 33 mg cholesterol, 12 g carbohydrates, 13 g protein, 705 mg sodium, 5 g fiber.
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Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are tangles of abnormal blood vessels. They can form wherever arteries and veins exist, and can be found anywhere in the body. AVMs of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) have the most serious symptoms and complications.
Risk Factors
Factors that may increase your chances of an AVM include:
- Family history—Some types of arteriovenous malformations are from genetic defects that can be passed on from one generation to the next.
- Prior head injury
- Prior surgery or radiation therapy
Many times, symptoms may not be present. In those that have them, symptoms can vary from person to person. Symptoms depend on the size and location of the AVM.
An AVM in the brain may cause:
- Headaches
- Seizures
- Loss of movement on one side of the body
- Muscle weakness
- Unable to perform movements, but not due to loss of movement
- Loss of coordination, especially when walking
- Sudden, severe back pain
- Difficulty speaking or understanding language
- Visual problems
- Memory loss
- Difficulty thinking or mental confusion
Serious complications of bleeding can lead to:
- Hemorrhagic stroke
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Pressure inside the skull—encephalitis
- Brain damage
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Some AVMs are found during an imaging test for another reason.
Imaging tests are done to evaluate the brain and spinal cord. Contrast material may be used to make structures easier to see. These may include:
You may be referred to a specialist who has experience in treating AVMs. Treatment may in a specialized intensive care unit. The goal of treatment is to destroy or remove the AVM, and prevent further bleeding, which can lead to serious complications.
Treatment options vary depending on whether or not the AVM ruptured. A combination of therapies may be used.
Medications can also be used to treat complications associated with an unruptured AVM. These may include:
- Pain relievers
- Anticonvulsants to treat seizures
- Medications to reduce pressure inside the skull
- Medications to control high blood pressure
- Medications to control diabetes
- Careful use of blood thinners
If the AVM ruptured, surgery may be delayed for 2-6 weeks. The type of surgery will depend on the size and location of the AVM. Surgical procedures include:
- Microsurgery—An operating microscope is used to surgically remove the AVM through an opening in the skull.
- Embolization—A catheter is guided through the artery until it reaches the AVM. A substance is injected through the catheter to plug the fistula. This procedure reduces the blood flow to the AVM. Embolization is more common with AVMs that are deeper in the brain.
- Radiosurgery—A beam of radiation is focused on the AVM. The radiation destroys the walls of the blood vessels that lead to an AVM. Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) delivers radiation in a very precise location. It allows for delivery of a higher dose of radiation.
There are no current guidelines to prevent AVMs because the cause is unknown. If AVMs run in your family, talk to your doctor about your options.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: Michael J. Fucci, DO, FACC
- Review Date: 06/2016 -
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BOSTON — After he didn't participate in the Bruins' Black and White scrimmage Monday, goaltender Tim Thomas didn't practice today.
Thomas practiced before the scrimmage Monday and had been on the ice every day since camp opened Saturday, as he continues to work his way back from offseason hip surgery.
"He's going to practice with us tomorrow again," said Julien. "He's going to be on the road trip with us. So it's no more than just part of the process of giving him a little bit of rest between the workouts. Because again, that's the only way he can heal properly."
The Bruins' road trip features their first two exhibition games against Montreal (Wednesday at Bell Centre) and Florida (at Rochester Thursday). Thomas isn't likely to play in either contest.
"He could. But he might be held out a little bit, and it could be more like Saturday instead of these first two games," said Julien, referring to Saturday's home game with the Panthers. "More than likely, that would be the earliest you would see Timmy playing."


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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says North Korea's government should be focused on the well-being of its citizens, not on "celebrity sporting events" to entertain the country's elite.
White House spokesman Jay Carney made the comments in response to a question about ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman's recent visit to North Korea. Rodman watched a basketball game with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Upon his return to the U.S., Rodman said Kim wants President Barack Obama to call him. Carney says the U.S. already has direct channels of communication to North Korea's government and those are the channels it will continue to use.


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Credit Suisse will continue to cut costs aggressively as it seeks to keep profits stable in the wake of poor fourth-quarter earnings and a fragile macro-economic environment, CEO Brady Dougan told CNBC Thursday.
"We've set aggressive cost cutting targets and past cost cutting is a big benefit to us coming into 2013. But we think there are additional ways in which we can continue to do that and the environment will continue to present challenge," Dougan said.
The Zurich-based bank said it will slash spending by 4.4 billion swiss francs ($4.83 billion) by the end of 2015, an increase of 400 million after earlier posting a lower-than-expected fourth quarter net profit of 397 million francs ($537.2 million), missing analyst forecasts.
Dougan insisted despite the prevailing economic headwinds the bank had put in a good performance but the bank's shares opened flat at the start of trading Thursday.


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– Life insurance is not a "set it and forget it" type of tool. While millions of Americans know it's important to protect their loved ones with life insurance, many may be unaware that when significant life events – like getting married or starting a business – occur, they need to reassess their life insurance coverage.
Even if you already have life insurance, financial and insurance professionals recommend that you review your policy periodically to make sure you and your loved ones are properly covered.
"As you go through life changes, your life insurance policy should change as well to reflect those changes," says Mike Plazony, senior vice president of the Life division at Erie Insurance. "The amount of life insurance you need really depends on where you are in your life and your individual circumstances."
Plazony lists eight specific circumstances that should prompt a policy review.
1. When wedding bells ring Anyone getting married should also say "I do" to life insurance. Without a policy in place, there's no guaranteeing that your spouse and children would be provided for in the event of the unthinkable.
2. When you buy a home Just purchased your dream home? Congratulations! In addition to taking out a homeowner's policy, you'll also want to take out a term life insurance policy. It may cost less than a whole life policy – and can cover the cost of your mortgage until it's completely paid off.
3. When you have a baby Becoming a parent changes everything – including insurance requirements. According to the Insurance Information Institute, one-third of all families with a new baby haven't updated their life insurance protection. If you already have a policy, take the time to update your beneficiary designations.
4. When one spouse decides to stay home The thing to remember here is that stay-at-home spouses continue to make a financial contribution to the family. Should that spouse pass away prematurely, the surviving spouse would have to cover expenses for child care, cleaning, cooking and other forms of home maintenance – and those can add up quickly. In fact, according to the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, the annual cost of day care for a preschool-aged child ranges anywhere from $3,900 to $14,050.
5. When a child enters college With the cost of higher education increasing every year, many parents end up co-signing on their kids' education loans. It's great that you want to help, but know that you'll be liable for the loan should tragedy strike. A life insurance policy on both the student and the parent will ensure school loans are one less worry.
6. When you open a business Many lenders require life insurance on small business loans. It's with good reason since a separate policy protecting the business can help ensure that the business debts and operating expenses are handled. It can also give you peace of mind knowing that the policy you have for your family remains available for them when they need it.
7. When retirement is imminent Leaving the workplace may mean leaving some life insurance benefits behind, so make sure you do a thorough review before the final quitting time.
8. When a divorce happens Even though you're no longer married, you may still have people who depend on you financially. Review your policy's beneficiaries and what coverage is in place to protect any children you and your former spouse had together.
Because of the complexity involved in determining exactly which type and how much life insurance you need at any given point in your life, many financial sites offer tools to help you determine your needs, such as the Erie Insurance online life insurance calculator. But even after doing your homework, you should check with your financial adviser or insurance agent to ensure you're getting the coverage that's right for you.


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Each year, the heaviest local shopping season starts with what has become known as Black Friday.
Each year, the heaviest local shopping season starts with what has become known as Black Friday.
This has been true from the time President Franklin Roosevelt, in an attempt to help the economy during the Great Depression, moved Thanksgiving from the last Thursday of to the fourth Thursday of November in 1939 so as to make the Christmas shopping season one week longer.
His hope was to turn the balance sheets of businesses from a negative "red ink" to a positive "black ink."
And the reason to shop here in Stockton and San Joaquin County is simple: 70 percent of all dollars spent here stay here to help our businesses and community prosper.
This is also the theme being emphasized this year by Gary J. Long of Gary J. Long Jewelers, who in June was installed as the president of the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce for 2012-13.
Knowing how much these dollars impact our area, I cannot fathom going out of town or to the Internet when close to 100 percent of what you may desire can be found right here at home and is carried by local stores and shops, which are owned and staffed by your neighbors, friends and even members of your families. And if what you're looking for is not at a local shop, they can help you find it and order it for you.
This annual and, for some, exciting day of shopping, should be carried on all year long to not only make shopping fun, successful and convenient for you but also to help the local businesses of our city and county to continue to provide services and jobs long after the Christmas/holiday shopping season is over.
Small local businesses are the largest employers nationally and in our community, therefore providing the most jobs to residents. It is also important to note that local businesses are owned by people who live in this community, are less likely to leave and are more invested in the future of Stockton and San Joaquin County.
It is as true here in Stockton/San Joaquin County - as it is nationwide - that where we shop, where we eat and have fun, helps to make our community home. Each one of a kind business here is an integral part of the character of Stockton and San Joaquin County.
We here at the chamber know that when we are in a local business, for whatever goods or service we are seeking, it is not just a shopping experience but also a social and community experience.
We meet the nicest people, and that is truly what this community in known for - its friendly and helpful business owners and residents alike.
Our wish is that all of you have a happy and blessed Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season, and please keep it local by shopping Stockton and San Joaquin first and always!


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Peter Eckersley
Peter Eckersley is Chief Computer Scientist for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He leads a team of technologists who watch for technologies that, by accident or design, pose a risk to computer users' freedoms—and then look for ways to fix them. They write code to make the Internet more secure, more open, and safer against surveillance and censorship. They explain gadgets to lawyers and policymakers, and law and policy to gadgets.
Peter is currently focused on a new EFF initiative on the policy, strategy and governance questions raised by artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies: how fast are they progressing? What are their security and privacy implications? What policies should governments adopt now, and what will we need to do in the longer term to ensure AI develops in a way that is safe and meets human needs?
Over the years Peter has also lead EFF's work on many privacy and security initiatives including Let's Encrypt and Certbot, Panopticlick, HTTPS Everywhere, the SSL Observatory and Privacy Badger; helping to launch a movement for open wireless networks; fighting to keep modern computing platforms open; helping to start the campaign against the SOPA/PIPA Internet blacklist legislation; and running the first controlled tests to confirm that Comcast was using forged reset packets to interfere with P2P protocols.
Peter holds a PhD in computer science and law from the University of Melbourne; his research focused on the practicality and desirability of using alternative compensation systems to legalize P2P file sharing and similar distribution tools while still paying authors and artists for their work. His other activities include co-charing the Partnership on AI's Working Group on Safety-Critical Uses of AI; serving on the boards of the Internet Security Research Group and the US branch of the Centre for Effective Altruism; on the Advisory Council of the Open Technology Fund; as an affiliate of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University; and as advisor to 3D microscopy startup 3scan.


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limdis wrote:Oh yeah I got your attention with that title didn't I!
But no seriously this is a rant/opinion thread.
So, those of you on facebook I'm sure have seen people's status updates where it says something like, "HACKED by your sister!" or whatever. In reality it's nothing more than that said individual forgot to sign off on someone's computer. Does this piss anyone else off? I mean come on. That's not hacking. That's just stupidity.
Caveat: There have been a few times where I have testing friends security measures on terms to stay anonymous (as in they don't tell everyone and their mother it was me) and when I post a status update that says something like, "Access gained" so the person can see it, their entire friends list gets terrified of the evil hackers. /waves scary arms
Just gets on my nerves is all. You want to claim to be hacking then when someone actually does it we are all criminals. Anyone else share this frustration?
WallShadow wrote:Ya limdis, I feel ya. It's always either people fear you for your abilities and believe that you can 'launch a nuclear war by whistling into a telephone', or they believe that it is awesome and want you to do something impossible like hack the government.
weekend hacker wrote:People love to shout hacker, if someone is cheating at an online game he's somehow a hacker(really no clue who came up with that bullshit, but it sticked), same if you simply get 3 headshots in a row.
weekend hacker wrote:People love to shout hacker, if someone is cheating at an online game he's somehow a hacker(really no clue who came up with that bullshit, but it sticked), same if you simply get 3 headshots in a row.
What ever happened to calling things what they ware? Cheater! Idiot! Lucky Bastard!
Thank god I don't have facebook and don't have to deal with that shit as well
tuxtheevilpenguin wrote:Gha I had a roomate that decided to break into another kids facebook, He spent four hours atleast DOXing the kid. Then changed the kids password just to gain acess to the kids account, and defaced the facebook page. He then decided he was now a hacker.
He didn't spoof the IP address, Didn't delete the records of doing this from his computer and on top of that he did all of this while he was on probation. His reason for doing all of this was because he met the kid in high school six years ago and didn't like him.
Yet he decided he was now a l33t hax0r, cause he broke into one facebook account.
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The Philadelphia 76ers have won two games in a row for the first time since late November and will try to make it three straight Monday night when they host the Orlando Magic.
The Sixers toppled the Washington Wizards and Sacramento Kings, both at home, for this mini winning streak. They've won three of four, again, all in the Wells Fargo Center, where they will still have three more home contests after Monday before hitting the road just before the All-Star break.
"Two in a row finally, which is good," said head coach Doug Collins. "We sure don't make anything easy."
Against the Kings, the Sixers nearly squandered a 19-point lead in the third quarter, but held Sacramento to 12 in the final frame. Thaddeus Young, Nick Young and Jrue Holiday all scored 20 or more, but the Sixers committed 20 turnovers, including eight by Holiday, who leads the NBA in that category.
"We've got to clean that up," said Collins.
But, the Sixers have improved of late and a move by Collins might carry the explanation. Collins swapped Spencer Hawes and Nick Young into the starting lineup for Lavoy Allen and the injured Jason Richardson. Philly is 3-1 with this starting group and Nick Young has responded. He's averaged 17.7 ppg as a starter in the last four.
Injuries are just crippling the Magic. Forward Glen Davis is most likely out for the season with a fractured left foot, Arron Afflalo has been sidelined for the last four contests with a strained left calf and point guard Jameer Nelson sat out the Magic's last game, a 107-98 setback at Milwaukee, with a left forearm contusion.
Against the Bucks, the Magic started two rookies -- Andrew Nicholson and Moe Harkless -- and two second-year players in Nikola Vucevic and E'Twaun Moore, alongside J.J. Redick.
"This group continues to show themselves," said head coach Jacque Vaughn. "The competitive nature from every guy who stepped on the floor was great to see."
Harkless scored a career-high 19 points and grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds against the Bucks. Vucevic had 20 points and 12 boards as he's seventh in the NBA in rebounding.
Those two players were the first-round draft picks of the Sixers in 2011 and 2012. Both were included in last summer's blockbuster trade for Andrew Bynum, who has yet to play a minute for the 76ers.
Nelson and Afflalo are both listed as day-to-day for the Magic. Nelson played his college basketball in Philadelphia at St. Joseph's University.
The Magic took three out of four from the Sixers last season and have captured 21 of the last 26 between the two teams.


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Major ticks are calculated automatically based on the scale's startValue and endValue property values. They are visible by default. You can set a custom major tick interval or add custom major ticks using the tickInterval and customTickValues properties respectively. To specify the visibility of major ticks, use the visible and showCalculatedTicks properties. You can also specify the length, width and color of the major ticks using corresponding properties.
Use the color option instead.
Specifies the color of the scale's major ticks.
This option supports the following colors:
- Hexadecimal colors
- RGB colors
- RGBA colors
- Predefined/cross-browser color names
- Predefined SVG colors
Use the customTicks option instead.
Specifies an array of custom major ticks.
If you set the start and end scale values, major ticks will automatically be calculated and displayed. If you need to add intermediate (minor) ticks between the major ticks, set the visible property of the minorTick configuration object to true. If there are no calculated major ticks at particular scale values, you can set them using the customTickValues property. Assign an array of custom major tick values to this property. To show custom major ticks only, set the showCalculatedTicks property to false.
Use the length option instead.
Specifies the length of the scale's major ticks.
This option will be removed in the near future. Its use is not recommended.
Indicates whether automatically calculated major ticks are visible or not.
Set this property to false when you only need custom major ticks to be visible. The ticks that are calculated based on the specified tickInterval or based on a default tick interval will become invisible.
Use the tickInterval option instead.
Specifies an interval between major ticks.
Use this property to divide the scale by major ticks of a specified interval. If this property is not set, major ticks are arranged automatically.
Use the overlappingBehavior option instead.
Specifies whether or not to expand the current major tick interval if labels overlap each other.
If this property is set to true, the major tick interval always changes automatically when labels overlap each other. For instance, when labels are large due to the formatting that is applied, the tick interval will increase. In addition, when you set a custom tick interval that is so small that labels overlap each other, the tick interval will increase. To prohibit the automatic arrangement of major ticks, set the useTicksAutoArrangement property to false.
Use the visible option instead.
Indicates whether scale major ticks are visible or not.
When this property is set to false, both the major ticks that are automatically calculated and the major ticks that are specifically set (see customTickValues) become invisible. To hide the automatically calculated minor ticks only, set the showCalculatedTicks property to false.


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Faster drydown and more uniform hay conditioning are just two of the benefits of Challenger's new AHBT TwinMax auger headers, which are the first to feature the revolutionary Challenger TwinMax hay conditioner.
Unlike traditional hay conditioners, the TwinMax is unique. It uses not one, but two separate sets of conditioner rolls positioned in-line for double conditioning.
Thorough conditioning action
The first pair consists of steel-on-steel rolls that engage for thorough conditioning action on a variety of crops. This insures efficient crimping along the entire length of plant stems. The second pair consists of intermeshing rubber rolls and sit directly behind the steel rolls, applying a crushing action on plant stems as they direct the crop to the swath shield or windrow forming shields.
"Field trials and customer experience with prototype machines have already shown faster drydown and higher hay quality from the TwinMax conditioner versus standard conditioners," said Art Williams, marketing manager for Challenger hay and forage products. "Reducing drying time by several hours to a full day offers numerous benefits. For one, it provides a larger window of opportunity for producers to harvest high-quality hay and improve profitability. Getting the crop off the field quicker also reduces the chances of it being rained on and allows producers who irrigate to get water back on the field earlier. Less time in the field also means less bleaching, for greener hay," he adds.
For some producers, faster drydown also has the potential to reduce or eliminate additional passes over the field with a rake or tedder, which can reduce both fuel costs and compaction. It can also reduce the amount of preservatives needed to insure hay quality in certain environments.
Dual conditioner rolls
Dual conditioner rolls are just part of the TwinMax's secret to success, however. Another is hydraulic tensioning on both sets of rolls, which insures consistent pressure despite varying conditions, and permits quicker adjustment between crops, fields or customers. The roll gap and hydraulic tension can even be individually adjusted on both the front and back conditioner rolls.
"This allows the operator to make a near infinite number of adjustments for matching conditioning action to virtually any crop situation," Williams noted. "The combinations of roll spacing and pressure on the two sets of rolls are seemingly endless."
For more information on the Challenger TwinMax conditioner or the Challenger AHBT TwinMax auger headers in 14- and 16-foot cutting widths, visit www.challengerag.com.


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Iocane: the colorless, oderless, tasteless poision that will rid your system of its rodent infestation. Though no promises about its effectiveness against Rodents Of Unusual Size.
Iocane simulates mouse events from the keyboard. Iocane can be passed a few parameters which - ideally - could each have a key binding in your favorite window manager.
If iocane is called with no parameters it starts in interactive mode (which currently lacks documentation ... hey, I just wrote this this morning). In interactive mode the directional arrows or h/j/k/l keys move the mouse cursor. The number keys simulate button presses (1 = left button, 2 = middle, 3 = right). The page up and page down keys simulate mouse wheel activation. "q" quits from interactive mode returning any grabbed keys to their normal behavior. Key bindings are all controlled from a simple rc file.
Iocane can also be passed a series of commands on the command line or the filename for a script file with a list of iocane commands. Iocane can also read command from its standard input.
Iocane is conceptually similar to some functions of xdotool, but iocane should work under any window manager (or no wm at all), is much smaller, and the interactive mode allows for a sequence of many actions without the program having to start up and close down many times in rapid succession.
Please report bugs or feature requests here. Iocane is currently 127 lines of C, and it will remain small; in other words, features will only be added if the can be added without substantially increasing resource use.
EDIT: Version 0.2 is now in the AUR
Last edited by Trilby (2012-11-03 02:23:15)
"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
Cloned, built, and working perfectly. Thank you. Looking at the source code, it looks like it would be fairly easy to add a "relative warp" command -- ratpoison's "ratrelwarp" command takes an x and y argument and moves the mouse pointer relative to the current position. Would that be something you'd like to add?
Last edited by 2ManyDogs (2012-10-29 19:52:53)
"The prettier the user interface, and the fewer odd replies the system allows you to make, the dumber you once appeared in the mind of the designer." -- Ellen Ullman
EDIT: "offset" has been replaced by "move" in v0.2.
I just pushed this addition which is called "offset" (or just "o") and can be used to move (for example) left 40 pixels and down 100:
iocane offset -40 100
That was very easy to implement, so I'm happy to do so. I am curious though how this is used or in what circumstances this is useful.
Last edited by Trilby (2012-11-03 02:23:50)
"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
Thank you. It's just a bit more flexible than your predefined move sizes. It allows (for example) for an easy implementation of "small move left" and "big move left" bound to different keys, or for diagonal moves.
"The prettier the user interface, and the fewer odd replies the system allows you to make, the dumber you once appeared in the mind of the designer." -- Ellen Ullman
how about an AUR package
how about an AUR package
Expect an entry in the AUR with a couple days once a man page is written and this is tested on at least a couple more machines.
You could speed up the development of an AUR package by testing the current version Just "git clone" the source and "make" then "sudo make install" -- pretty simple.
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"The prettier the user interface, and the fewer odd replies the system allows you to make, the dumber you once appeared in the mind of the designer." -- Ellen Ullman
I've got a couple development (git) aur packages that I break enough already. This one is simple enough that I'm going to get it ready for a versioned release to put in the AUR. That way I can break it at my leasure without worrying about who else will be affected by my experimentation.
EDIT: OK I made an AUR package for this. The man page is still absent, but I figured I can still put a v0.1 out there for people to play with. I'll update to 0.2 after this goes through some testing and has a man page.
Last edited by Trilby (2012-10-29 22:20:42)
"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
Good work, thanks.
What I'd like to see
a) chaining commands together. Sure, that could be scripted, but calling the process a single time should be more efficient. Some syntax like this maybe
iocane "m 100,-100:b 3:m x,y:..."
b) defining a clicktime, ie. how long to keep the button pressed
c) click-drag, do a click somewhere, move the mouse to somewhere and then let go of the button
Thanks avx, A and C were things I was thinking of as well. I'll add B to the todo list to.
This first version was a quick and dirty hack - almost proof of concept type; it will take some adjusting to build in the flexibility for options such as these and other projects are a little higher on the priority list, but you can hope to see these features in a future release, probably by year-end.
Last edited by Trilby (2012-10-30 11:36:00)
"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
I survived without it, surely I can make it a few more d/w/m/years
What might be interesting, is a way to emulate a multitouch-touchpad.
I have just implemented (experimental forms) of A and part of B and they are on github. The AUR version will not be updated until I build in a bit more, do some testing, and prepare a version 0.2, but anyone who wants to try what is currently on my github can note the following changes.
Iocane can take multiple "chained" commands on the command line. They must each be separated by a <space><colon><space>. For example:
iocane 0 0 : sleep 1 : offset 640 480 : sleep 1 : powder
This will not do much of anything useful other than highlight how iocane can be used. This will move the mouse to 0,0 wait for one second, move the cursor 640px right and 480 down, wait one second, then move the cursor off screen (iocane powder kills rodents - at least those of normal size). You can see two new commands, "sleep <time>" and the absence of a command is read as specific x and y cooridinates.
I've also made a script mode, so if you pass a single "-" as iocanes only parameter, it will read from its stdin for a script file composed of iocane commands each on their own line. So as an example to parallel the above (useless) behavior:
$ cat script
0 0
sleep 1
offset 640 480
sleep 1
$ ./iocane - <script
This will do the same as the command line above.
I plan on trying to get "drag" working by adding mouse down and mouse up commands which could have a move/offset between them.
Avx, what features of multitouch would you be instersted in? As I understand it - which admittedly may not be very well - multitouch input is translated by a tool such as synclient into regular X11 mouse events. A two finger drag, for example, would be translated into a mouse wheel motion with common settings. Iocane can already simulate mouse wheel scrolling.
Last edited by Trilby (2012-10-31 14:37:11)
"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
Avx, what features of multitouch would you be instersted in? As I understand it - which admittedly may not be very well - multitouch input is translated by a tool such as synclient into regular X11 mouse events. A two finger drag, for example, would be translated into a mouse wheel motion with common settings. Iocane can already simulate mouse wheel scrolling.
I don't know personally how the drivers translate the events(using the mtrack driver btw). But what I do know is that the drivers aren't yet perfect and some gestures aren't recognized often for me, so I thought using this - or another - tool might be of help.
Also, that would require support for more mousebuttons. My Logitech already has 11 buttons, while mtrack uses AFAIK 14 (or even more).
Good job on the rest, will try that out on the weekend.
One thing came to mind, don't know if that is possible, though. If I could somehow pass a window name or ID, it should be possible to set the cursor on 0,0 of that window (real content, not titlebar or some other decoration), so that wherever the window might be placed, I could script actions on it.
Any arbitrary number of buttons should be easy enough to simulate - provided the Xserver actually responds to events with that button number. An update I'll push to github tomorrow will include a few changes, including buttons 1-9, but if there is need/desire I could increase that. Sticking to 1-9 allows for the computationally cheaper hack of converting a string to a number by simple substracting 48 from the value of the first character; numbers greater than 9 would require the use of atoi() or some funky conditionals. In the grand scheme of things this is fairly trivial, but unless there is a real reason to use more than 9 mouse buttons I'd prefer to keep the lighter code.
Passing a window name and getting it's coordinates is possible but after considering it I've decided it wouldn't fit well in iocane. The reason being that to do a half-arsed job of it would be pretty easy. To do it properly, however, it would take quite a bit of scanning through recursive calls to XQueryTree, polling atoms/wmhints, matching strings, checking for subwindows in the case of reparenting window managers, and a bunch of other nonsense ... all to get two coordinates.
However iocane will play nicely with any tool that will provide those coordinates from a given window name, so I can imagine and invocation such as the following to move the mouse 10 pixels right and down from the top left of a window - lets call it FlamingSquirrel - and simulate a click there:
iocane $(cool_app FlamingSquirrel) : move 10 10 : button 1
Currently that could only be done from a command line invocation, not from a script or interactive session, as it requires shell processing for the command substitution. I can add support for this type of invocation in scripts and interactive mode as well. Then all you need to do is find (or write) a program that will give coordinates for a window given a title/name. I suspect such a program probably exists out there, or if you are comfortable with C, I could give you the starting framework for it as I made something that would have much code in common for another task on these forums (it's in jumpstart.c in the "misc" repo on my github).
In fact, you could use the following
xdotool mousemove --window FlamingSquirrel 0 0 && iocane offset 10 10 : button 1
Though if you are using xdotool anyways, I'm not sure if iocane would serve much of a purpose, unless you just prefer iocane's syntax.
Last edited by Trilby (2012-11-01 00:21:14)
"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
See your problems on the buttons and that you'll prefer to keep it simple, maybe you/me/someone could provide a simple patch and keep it updated, so it's not a part of the main tree.
As more my plans, I'm not going to use this interactively I guess. Don't know about other systems, but I would bind it to keys in my configuration for FVWM where I could replace 'cool_app' easily with a function call around things like '$[w.id]' and friends. I'm pretty sure, not every DE/WM has that possibility, but `xprop` should be a start for many people.
What I see as a bigger problem here, is the use of "<somefile", since that is shell-bound. I'd prefer to have something like this
iocane ${HOME}/somefile $options
where "$options" can override settings in "somefile" on the fly. Granted, that adds a level of complexity I'm not sure you're willing to do, though.
You would not believe , I was searching for 'xdotool' alternative a few minutes ago. Though it is not a complete replacement. But hey it is just a new born baby....
I like it , especially when combined with something like this :
iocane p && xinput disable OM
and to enable
xinput enable OM
Last edited by illusionist (2012-11-01 05:53:15)
Never argue with stupid people,They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.--Mark Twain
Thanks illusionist. Iocane will never be a complete xdotool replacement. Xdotool is well made, there is no reason to make another program that does everything just the same. Iocane is and will only be about simulating mouse events and - in that sense - is more limited than xdotool. But I hope iocane's flexibility in script or interactive mode will give it advantages over xdotool on the tasks for which it is designed.
I did just put up a version 0.2 which introduced notable changes. There is now a (limited) man page which describes the various commands that iocane recongizes. Note that the "offset" command is now gone, but has been replaced by "move" which now moves the selected number of pixels. The behavior of the previous move command - to go to specific coordinates - is now acheived by just passing two coordinates with no command.
A colon-separated list of commands can be passed on the command line, or iocane can be run in script mode by passing a single "-" as the first parameter. In script mode iocane will read either from its stdin or from a script file provided as the second parameter.
I have also made it so iocane can respond to any arbitrary mouse button numbers, but these are simply passed on to the X server, so the response depends on the server being able to handle them.
I have also experimented with simulating "drag-like" events, but there doesn't seem to be any practical way of accomplishing this. I can simulate mouse-down and mouse-up events separately, but these are completely useless and tend to be either treated like regular clicks, or just ignored entirely.
Lastly, the keybindings are now all controlled from a rc file (e.g. ~/.iocanerc). A sample rc file with a good set of keybindings is packaged with v0.2.
Last edited by Trilby (2012-11-03 03:32:11)
"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
Thanks Trilby , it works great and it's very lightweight. I use it as a replacement for crapped mousekeys of X server(which is mainly responsible for hanging of my dwm). Many thanks again.
Using Openbox + Tint2 + Idesk
thanks, dude.
now i can break my mouse and synaptics.
just looking around.
Hi Trilby,I don't know , but for some reason iocane's click events(triggered by pressing 1,2,3 etc) is not
working in gtk3 apps. It is working correctly in Qt apps and in xterm and rxvt.
Using Openbox + Tint2 + Idesk
Can you give examples of some of these programs so I can test it out?
EDIT: I just installed gtkpod (the first gtk3 program I could find) and confirmed this is a problem. I'll start investigating.
EDIT2: I have been browsing the source code of gtk3 .... that is a miserable tangle of nonsense. I also made a very simple gtk3 "hello world" type program (which is larger than my window manager ... why the hell do people like these toolkits?). I have further confirmed that gtk3 programs do not properly receive events sent via XSendEvent. I have no leads yet on how to solve this.
Last edited by Trilby (2012-11-05 14:39:25)
"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
Hi Trilby , maybe you can refer to source code for X Server itself. X server implements mousekeys. (can be toggled using shift+numlock). Mousekeys works correctly with all apps. Maybe you can browse the source code for that.
Using Openbox + Tint2 + Idesk
Thanks, but that hasn't gotten me very far.
Mousekeys doesn't have any of its own actual code - it is basically just a configuration for xbindkeys to bind certain keys to actions.
The center keypad button is mapped to "action = PointerButton()". But I grepped through the entire source tree of xbindkeys and every one of it's dependencies (through evdev) to find where this action is defined. I couldn't find it anywhere.
Does anyone know where xbindkeys's actions are defined?
"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
Hi Trilby, I binded the xdotool click functions to my numeric keypad, and found that some (not all) clicking actions of xdotool do work in Gtk3 apps. for example in nautilus 3.6, the right-click doesnt work but the left click works in it.also, scrolling action works.the problem is only when there is some menu. the left click doesn't work on menus. I tried this with both gtk2 and gtk3 apps.so , i think you can refer to source code of xdotool. what do you think? is this a bug in Gtk toolkit itself?
Using Openbox + Tint2 + Idesk
Thanks Pranavg. I'm looking at xdotool's code now and I have some ideas to test.
If xdotool does better than iocan with gtk3, then there is definitely room to improve iocane. If xdotool also fails some of the time with gtk3 then there may also be a gtk3 issue (phew!).
I'll test out some of these ideas tonight, and can hope for at least some progress on this issue by Saturday morning (US EST).
"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
Hi Trilby. I have my Caps Lock key remapped to Escape in ~/.xinitrc:
xmodmap -e "clear lock" #disable caps_lock
xmodmap -e "keycode 0x42 = Escape" #caps_lock is now escape
Recently, I noticed that executing iocane reverts Caps Lock to its old behavior. Could you have a look at what is causing this?


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Ben Affleck & Seraphina: Baskin Robbins Stop!
Ben Affleck carries his precious daughter Seraphina while making a stop at Baskin Robbins on Sunday (December 23) in Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Later in the day, the 40-year-old actor was seen playing with his pet pooch, who had been waiting in the car.
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Earlier in the day, Ben's wife Jennifer Garner and their older daughter Violet dropped by the Brentwood Country Mart in Santa Monica.
The day before, Ben was spotted taking his daughters for some shopping at the Williams-Sonoma store in Brentwood.
FYI: Ben is wearing a Big Star USA jacket and jeans.
15+ pictures inside of Ben Affleck and Seraphina satisfying their sweet tooth…


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Praising freedom: While curtailing itEDITORIAL
July 07. 2014 10:48PM
Before Independence Day, U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Reps. Carol Shea-Porter and Annie Kuster issued statements commemorating July 4. Normally we pay little attention to such statements. This year's were interesting, though.
Nothing in the content was unusual. For years, Democrats have tended to treat July 4 as if it were Memorial Day or Veterans Day. They issue a line about celebrating freedom at picnics and parades, then they quickly switch to praising the troops. But as right as they are that freedom is won at the business end of a rifle, they gloss over or never even mention what our men and women in uniform are defending.
The holiday is Independence Day. That makes many on the political left uncomfortable. Independence means not being bossed around, either by kings or nanny state leftists. So Shaheen, Shea-Porter and Kuster tend to ignore the true meaning of the day and talk about parades and members of the armed services.
A 2011 academic study published in Psychological Science explains why. "A single exposure to an American flag resulted in a significant increase in participants' Republican voting intentions, voting behavior, political beliefs, and implicit and explicit attitudes, with some effects lasting 8 months," it found. As columnist Jonah Goldberg writes on this page, the activist left really does not like America very much.
Leftists dislike liberty, which means they dislike the very foundations of this nation. They want control. They want to rule — not govern, rule.
Shaheen, Shea-Porter and Kuster issued their half-hearted tributes to Independence Day shortly after they had attacked several Supreme Court rulings that upheld American's constitutional rights to free speech and freedom of religion. They praised "freedom" after attacking it. The praise was insincere, the attacks were not.
In office, Shaheen, Shea-Porter and Kuster work every day to diminish liberty and enhance government power. From Obamacare's individual mandate to your ability to contribute to political causes you support to your freedom to speak your mind on a public sidewalk, they fall on the side of government coercion.
"What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence?" Abraham Lincoln asked in 1858. "It is not our frowning battlements, our bristling sea coasts, the guns of our war steamers, or the strength of our gallant and disciplined army. These are not our reliance against a resumption of tyranny in our fair land. All of them may be turned against our liberties, without making us stronger or weaker for the struggle. Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms. Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands, every where. Destroy this spirit, and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors."
"Independence" is a word uttered rarely these days, usually only once a year. If our politicians actually believed in it, we would hear it from them more often, and we would see it in their votes, not just in their annual Independence Day emails.


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|Brooklyn, N.Y.
|High School:
|Convent of the Sacred Heart
|Management Science
2013-14: Started the season in the eight seat of the 3V8 crew at the Foot of the Charles (11/16) … moved to the V8 boat in the spring season, starting in the four seat at the Beanpot (3/29) … moved to the five position for the next three outings … also rowed in the one seat of the V4A crew at the Knecht Cup (4/12) … moved to the three seat of the for final two races of the season … helped the team to a win against Bucknell for the Dennis Kamrad Trophy at the Dad Vail Regatta (5/10) … also part of a crew that took first-place in the petite final at the IRA Championships (6/1), defeating crews from Georgetown and Tulsa.
2012-13: In the two seat at the Dartmouth Green Monster (11/3) … four seat of the N8 boat at the Foot of the Charles (11/10) … two seat of the novice 4 entry at the Beanpot (3/30) … six seat of the novice 8 crew at the Knecht Cup (4/13) … closed the season in the two seat of the novice 4 boat at the Muri Cup (4/27).
Off The Water at MIT: Majoring in management science … minor in linguistics … Associate Advisor … exec member of New House.
High School: A 2012 graduate of Convent of the Sacred Heart High School … member of the basketball team … MVP of the JV team … also participated in soccer and track.


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Christmas Cookies
Makes about 2 dozen cookies, about ½ ounce each
1½ sticks butter, softened
½ cup sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
2½ teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
how to prepare
Preheat oven to 375°.
In a kitchen mixer, cream the butter, Sweetie Magic™ and sugar together at medium speed. When the mixture is light and fluffy, add the egg and vanilla. Process until combined. Sift the dry ingredients together and fold into the butter mixture until combined.
Drop small scoops of the dough (about 1 tablespoon each) onto a nonstick sheet pan. Or, roll out the dough and cut with cookie cutters. Bake until the cookies are lightly browned on the tops and cooked through, about 20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.