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|Oracle® Java Micro Edition Software Development Kit Developer's Guide
Release 3.2 for Eclipse on Windows
This chapter describes how the Oracle Java ME SDK implements the Bluetooth and OBEX APIs.
The Oracle Java ME SDK emulator supports JSR 82, the Java APIs for Bluetooth. The emulator is fully compliant with version 1.1 of the specification, which describes integration with the push registry. JSR 82 includes two independent APIs:
The Bluetooth API provides an interface to Bluetooth wireless networking, including device discovery and data exchange.
The Oracle Java ME SDK emulator enables you to develop and test applications that use Bluetooth without having actual Bluetooth hardware. The SDK simulates a Bluetooth environment for running emulators. Multiple emulator instances can discover each other and exchange data using the Bluetooth API.
For an example, see Section 15.2, "Running the Bluetooth Demo."
The OBEX API allows applications to use the Object Exchange (OBEX) protocol over Bluetooth or other communication channels.
The Oracle Java ME SDK implements OBEX transfer over simulated Bluetooth and TCP connections.
For an example, see Section 15.3, "Running the OBEX Demo."
The Oracle Java ME SDK enables you to configure the Bluetooth and OBEX simulation environment. Because the simulation requires a sender and receiver, Bluetooth settings are configured separately for each device. Follow these steps to set device properties.
In the device selector double-check on a CLDC device.
The device properties are displayed in the Properties pane.
Scroll down to see the Bluetooth and OBEX properties. When you click a property a description is shown in the description area.
The System Properties can be retrieved in an application using the
getProperty() method in
javax.bluetooth.LocalDevice. The Bluetooth properties are fully described in the JSR 82 specification.
Bluetooth Enabled
Enable or disable Bluetooth functionality
Bluetooth Address
The Bluetooth address of this device.
Friendly Name
Set the friendly name of the device
The maximum number of concurrent service discovery transactions. The default is 8.
The maximum number of service attributes to be retrieved per service record.The default is 16.
Enable/disable a master/slave switch. Enabled by default.
The maximum ReceiveMTU size in bytes supported in L2CAP. This is the maximum payload size this connection can accept.
The default value is 672.
OBEX Maximum Packet Length
The default is 4096 bytes.
The maximum packet length affects how much data is sent in each packet between emulators. Shorter packet values result in more packets and more packet overhead.
Device is discoverable
Enabled by default.
Authentication is enabled
Enabled by default.
Encryption is enabled
Enabled by default.
Authorization is enabled
Enabled by default.
This application contains MIDlets that demonstrate the use of JSR 82's Bluetooth API. It shows how images can be transferred between devices using Bluetooth.
You must run two emulator instances to see this process, and each device must have a different phone number.
Use JavaMEPhone1 to launch Bluetooth Demo, then launch Bluetooth Demo on JavaMEPhone2.
The demo gives you a choice of Server or Client.
On the first emulator, highlight Server and use the right soft button to choose OK.
The server starts and displays a list of images. At the beginning, none of the images are available on the Bluetooth network.
Select the image you want to make available.
Press Publish image (the right soft button). The icon color changes from purple to green, indicating it is published.
On the second emulator running the Bluetooth Demo, highlight Client and choose OK. The MIDlet displays "Ready for images search". Click the Find soft button. The MIDlet finds the other emulator and gets a list of published images. Select one from the list and choose Load.
If you are running the demonstration in a trusted protection domain, the image is transferred using simulated Bluetooth and is shown on the client emulator.
If you are not running in a trusted protection domain, the first emulator (the server) displays a prompt asking if you want to authorize the connection from the client. Choose Yes. The image is displayed in the client emulator.
This application shows how to transfer image files between emulator instances using the OBEX API. This demonstration shows the use of OBEX over a simulated infrared connection.
Launch two instances of the emulator. One listens for incoming connections, while the other attempts to send an image.
For example, right-click ObexDemo, select Run With and choose the device JavaMEPhone1. Repeat and choose JavaMEPhone2.
In the first emulator, choose Receive Image. (Depending on your security level, the application warns that an OBEX connection allows other devices to talk to yours and asks, "Is it OK to make the connection?" Choose Yes.) Choose Start to run the application. The listener emulator displays a screen reading "Waiting for connection".
In the second emulator (the sender), choose Send Image and press the Start soft key. Select an image from the list and choose Send. (Depending on your security level, the application warns that the demo wants to make an outgoing client connection, and asks if it is OK. Choose Yes.) The Send Image utility uploads the image.
In the listening emulator, the utility displays information about the incoming image and asks "Would you like to receive it?" Choose yes.
The image you selected is transferred over the simulated infrared link and displayed on the first emulator.


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If the 5.3in Samsung Galaxy Note feels a little dainty for your ham-like hands, then you'll be excited to hear that the 5.5in Galaxy Note 2 is now expected to be revealed at the IFA consumer electronics trade show in August, according to MK Business News.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is expected to have a quad-core processor which will hopefully be powering Android Jelly Bean, in addition to a 12MP camera.
However, the unbreakable plane display (UBP) which was also rumoured to be featured in the Note 2 will likely be missing and will be saved for a future handset – a second Galaxy Nexus, perhaps?
Either way it's exciting stuff and promising news for shovel-handed gadgeteers who can't get enough display space to satisfy their insatiable pixel lust.
[via The Verge]
Avatar robot controlled by thought alone is a reality
5 music videos that inspired directing duo Us
Rovio set to launch Angry Pigs

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For the first time since August 1, I feel awesome. I feel "alive" and empowered. I am hopeful. I am excited. Answering "The Call" can do that for you.
On August 1 I began miscarrying my second pregnancy. There was nothing to be done, and we were gung ho to conceive again as soon as possible. Once my menses returned we went for it and got pregnant again. I guess I have no trouble becoming pregnant. Unfortunately I began bleeding from an early first trimester subchorionic hematoma [level III research article] on October 7. I was misdiagnosed with a blighted ovum and treated as though my body was not miscarrying correctly. By the time I learned about the misdiagnosis, I had lost too much blood to save the pregnancy. I lost the baby at about 7 weeks on October 14.
So how can I possibly be saying that I feel AWESOME less than a week following my miscarriage? Let me count the ways:
- Officially started a local chapter (the first in Montana) of the International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN)
- Scheduled a benefit screening of The Business of Being Born (BOBB) for December 8 at the Roxy Theater in Missoula, MT
- Was put in contact with some terrific natural birth advocates and caregivers thanks to the BOBB production team (thanks to them for facilitating awesomeness)
- Continue to receive excellent holistic care from my chiropractor
- Received a free half-hour massage with my amazing massage therapist thanks to my chiropractor and a few enthusiastic students
- Was able to space out my schedule a bit better and alleviate some work distress
- Receive regular positive feedback about my maternal-child heath advocacy efforts
- Had an AWESOME time at the Farmers Market hanging out with my new friends and meeting other people passionate about childbirth issues
I'd like to describe my day to you. First, let me say that I have never done anything like this before in my life. Generally speaking, I am a selfish and protective person; I can be quite stingy with my time. I like "me me me" time a whole lot.
I've logged a number of late nights lately. I've been collecting information and putting together materials for today's event. I started working with a new to me program called Scribus, an open source program that aspires to "compete" with Adobe Pagemaker. It's a bit quirky, but it's not like I read any "how to" for using it. Getting ready to advertise takes a lot of time and effort. And it made me very nervous . . .
Yesterday (not a moment too soon) I was ready to print my materials. I created a bookmark that people could take away. (It'll also make a good book-stuffing library project.) I quickly made a chapter pamphlet geared towards explaining who ICAN of Greater Missoula is and what services we will provide. I also created the 1/4 page flyer about the movie that we handed out at the market. I went to bed around 1am this morning.
Today I woke up around 7am, worrying about what time to arrive at the market. I was afraid of getting there much past 8am, but since it is cold and sprinkly, I decided to stay home until my friends planned to arrive at the market to help. By about 8:45am I was set up and already (nervously) handing out flyers. One of our city council candidates set his stuff up across the sidewalk from me, and it was good to talk to him about public issues in Missoula.
My friends arrived with all kinds of fancy materials from the Birth Center. I was glad to have a couple of people there to boost my confidence. (Those people who are pushy with flyers around town really annoy me, so I wasn't sure how to approach the whole flyer distribution technique!) The Birth Center representative brought out these really cool "Jelly Babies" (wish I could find a link to a picture), but I think they were scaring "the straights", so we had her put them away. Interesting how suspicious people can be. Some people were afraid we were some pro-choice group or some pro-life group when actually we're a pro-"life choice" group of sorts. Plus, come on, who's right to life are we fighting for here – not only the baby but also the MOTHER. Oh yeah, her.
I found that I had better success with the flyers when I was over at the food area getting coffee and after I took the table down and was shopping at the market myself. (I hope that's a helpful bit of info for anyone planning to advertize on foot.) I ran into a few University colleagues, and those interactions were good for me, I do believe. One of the men I talked with works with my Dean. (Score!) Another guy I talked to is the MOST popular instructor on campus, it seems. He's going to hook me up with another professor and see how BOBB can fit into the context of a current human sexuality course. I met other doulas, a CNM from out of town, other moms and dads, other people connected with naturopathy (is that even a word or did I just invent it?). I was invited to speak about birth complications and cesarean awareness at a Birth Center class on Monday night.
I feel like this is just the tip of the iceberg. Missoula is primed to gather around this issue – I just know it. I feel confident that the Missoula Independent will support us somehow. I have a former student who works for a local TV station so maybe I can get the story out through her. So many ideas. So many opportunities in the making. So much to be done.
Still haven't figured out why I feel awesome? Well then you need "a lesson in awesomeness". (I love that saying.)


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Pilgrims to the June 10-17 International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin can download a free app for their iPhone or iPad.
Dutch Dominican Brother Luuk Dominiek Jansen developed the app in conjunction with staff of the congress.
In addition to a pilgrim guide, a pastoral resources tool, and news and multimedia feeds, the app offers information on programs in and around the Royal Dublin Society and Dublin's Croke Park, where the closing Mass will be celebrated.
A statement from conference organizers says the app searches for updates every time it is opened. All of the information is stored in a database to ensure the app can be used offline, when no data network or Wi-Fi is available while traveling.
Pilgrims can download the app from the iTunes story by searching on IEC 2012.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Some former members of Congress are hoping 2014 will be the year of the comeback.
Congress may have public approval ratings hovering near record lows, but several Republicans who once served in the House are trying to recapture their old seats. Among Democrats, former Rep. Marjorie Margolies, who was bounced from office two decades ago after casting a decisive vote for President Bill Clinton's budget plan, wants to represent the Philadelphia suburbs again.
Entering the new year, Republicans see a more favorable political landscape with President Barack Obama's political standing weakened after the botched rollout of his signature health care law. Democrats, meanwhile, will try to connect Republican candidates to their old voting records in Congress and the tea party movement, which contributed to last year's government shutdown.
Republicans currently hold a 33-seat advantage in the House, and some of the comeback efforts could be among the more competitive races in the 2014 congressional elections. As far as some of the ex-lawmakers are concerned, this year will be different.
"There's a fair amount of buyer's remorse," said Robert Dold, a Republican who represented a suburban Chicago district for one term before losing in 2012.
In New Hampshire, former GOP Rep. Frank Guinta hopes to win a third campaign against Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, the Democratic incumbent, in a race that is likely to draw interest from potential presidential candidates eyeing the state's first-in-the-nation primary. Guinta, a former mayor of Manchester, ousted Shea-Porter in 2010 but then relinquished the seat to her in 2012.
In New York's Hudson Valley, Republican Nan Hayworth wants a rematch against Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., a former White House aide to Clinton. In Atlanta's suburbs, former Rep. Bob Barr, who lost his seat more than a decade ago, is vying for the Republican nomination in a crowded primary field.
Margolies, who was known as Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky when she served in Congress, is trying to make a comeback two decades after losing her seat in the House Republican landslide of 1994. This time she could get some high-profile help: Her son Marc is married to Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of the former president and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
In California, Republican Doug Ose vowed to serve only three terms when he was elected to Congress in 1998 and kept his promise, declining to seek another term in 2004. Now Ose is making a comeback attempt in the suburbs of Sacramento, where he hopes to challenge Democratic Rep. Ami Bera.
Along the Mississippi River, former Republican Rep. Bobby Schilling wants another chance in the Illinois portion of a Quad Cities-area district that he held for one term before losing to Democrat Cheri Bustos. Schilling said his former constituents are angry over the health care overhaul, and he's made it clear that he'll seek to separate himself from the current Republican-controlled House.
"I will be able to run as an outsider. The 112th Congress never shut down the government," Schilling said, referring to his term in Congress.
In suburban Chicago, Dold predicted that 2014 would be the "year of the moderate." He defended himself against Democratic charges that he would simply add to a conservative majority, pointing to his support of abortion rights and stem cell research. "As we look at what's going on, you want moderates, you want people who work across the aisle," Dold said.
Democrats scoff at that notion.
Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., who leads the House Democrats' campaign committee, said Republicans would be tarnished by the shutdown and the politics that nearly led to a government default. "I don't blame them for trying to do everything they can to escape the brand, but they are the brand," said Israel, who dismissed the Republicans as "stale tea party candidates who have been brewing since they lost two years ago."
The sense of deja vu could extend to a slate of candidates who failed to win in 2012 and are taking another shot.
Rep. Ron Barber, D-Ariz., is expected to face retired Air Force Col. Martha McSally in a rematch of their tight 2012 race. Barber was an aide to former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in a deadly Tucson, Ariz., shooting in January 2011.
A California district east of Los Angeles could offer redemption for former Democratic Rep. Joe Baca or Democrat Pete Aguilar, who lost to Republican Rep. Gary Miller in 2012 in a district handily won by Obama. In Minnesota, Democrat Mike Obermueller hopes to challenge Republican Rep. John Kline again in a district south of the Twin Cities.
In a district northeast of Boston, Republican Richard Tisei may wage another challenge to Democratic Rep. John Tierney, who defeated the openly gay Republican by only 1 percentage point in 2012.
Some Republican efforts are already bearing fruit.
Democratic Rep. Mike McIntyre of North Carolina announced Wednesday that he would not seek re-election, a move that could clear the way for Republican David Rouzer to win the seat. McIntyre narrowly defeated Rouzer, a former legislator, in 2012 in a district that supported Republican nominee Mitt Romney in the presidential election.
In Utah, Mia Love, who is trying again to become the first black woman to represent Republicans in Congress, received a major boost in December when Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson announced he would not seek another term. Matheson, who represents a Republican-leaning district in the Salt Lake City suburbs, narrowly defeated Love in 2012.
Jon Vogel, a Democratic strategist and former executive director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said for many retread candidates, the overriding political climate could help determine their fates.
"You can't run as an outsider, and you're tied to the record that you previously had," Vogel said. "There are certain limitations and your success is either tied to the partisanship of the district or the weakness of the incumbent member."
Follow Ken Thomas on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Ken_Thomas


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The Walking Dead: Episode 5 trailered
The season finale of Telltale's critically lauded and highly successful The Walking Dead arrives this week, and this trailer demonstrates the same tightly woven drama that has us all hooked on the incredibly poignant adaptation.
The final episode of season one is called No Time Left, and arrives on the US PlayStation network on November 20, followed by a November 21 release in all territories for iDevice, Mac, PC, the European PlayStation Network, and Xbox Live Arcade.
The full season will be released at retail on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in December.


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Chicago-Kent College of Law established the Center
for Access to Justice & Technology (CAJT) to make
justice more accessible to the public by promoting the use
of the Internet in the teaching, practice, and public access
to the law.
SHWC is currently seeking volunteer web facilitators for
the Self-Help Web Desk at the Daley Center. Volunteers at
the web desk gain real-world experience by helping self-represented
and under-represented litigants access legal information
through the internet. To become an SHWC volunteer or to
learn more about this program contact Michael
Hoffman at firstname.lastname@example.com
Chicago-Kent's Public
Interest Certificate Program
is currently accepting letters of intent for the certificate
program. The Certificate requires 12 credit hours for completion,
including Public Interest Law and Policy and the public
interest section of Legal Writing IV. Letter of intent forms
are available on the Center
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For more information about any of our projects please email:
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 16th Jan 2007 00:30 UTC, submitted by Oliver
FreeSBIE 2.0-RELEASE has been released. "FreeSBIE 2.0-RELEASE (codename Clint Eastwood) is based on the fresh FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE, both in terms of sources and of packages. It contains more than 450 pieces and 1,3 gigabytes of software, all in a single CD-ROM of 668 megabytes."
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good, should be part of FreeBSD
by theGrump on Tue 16th Jan 2007 03:33 UTC
RE: good, should be part of FreeBSD
by Daniel Seuffert on Tue 16th Jan 2007 08:11 in reply to "good, should be part of FreeBSD"
Sorry, FreeSBIE is already integral part of FreeBSD and supported by the FreeBSD foundation, more is to come soon.
And yes, a LiveCD is essential for every free OS these days. You can use the FreeSBIE toolkit to create your own LiveCD btw, see http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/freesbie/
Nearly all projects based on FreeBSD with a LiveCD (RoFreeSBIE, DesktopBSD etc.) use this toolkit (except Frenzy for some reasons).
Congrats to the FreeSBIE team and thnaks for all their hard work, please keep on going strong!
Best regards, Daniel


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A sexual position consisting of two males and two females. The males are both penetrating their respective females while the females face each other, making out. The males alternate thrusts to create the motion of sawing a giant redwood tree in half.
My buddy Ted and I pulled off a redwood saw with these two sluts the other night.
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January 22, 2008
Christine Baker
CHSWC Announces the 2008 Young Worker Leadership Academy in Northern California
OAKLAND – The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation (CHSWC) is pleased to announce that a Northern California Young Worker Leadership Academy will be held in Berkeley, January 24, 25, and 26, 2008. The Academy will provide a leadership development opportunity for small teams of three or four high school students from different communities in Northern California to focus on young worker health and safety. The goals of the Academy are to:
- Teach youth about workplace health and safety and help them promote health and safety in the workplace and prevent workplace injuries.
- Provide participating youth an opportunity to develop specific action plans to promote young worker health and safety in their own communities, especially during Safe Jobs for Youth Month in May each year, as well as participate as alumni and youth mentors in future Academies and in developing a statewide network of young health and safety promoters.
The Young Worker Leadership Academy has been jointly developed by the University of California at Berkeley's Labor Occupational Health Program (LOHP) and the University of California at Los Angeles' Labor Occupational Safety and Health (LOSH) Program, in consultation with the California Center for Civic Participation, a national leader in the area of youth development and youth governance. Academy sponsors include the California Partnership for Young Worker Health and Safety, a statewide task force made up of government agencies and other organizations that can play a role in protecting and educating California's young workers. The Young Worker Leadership Academy is part of the statewide Worker Occupational Safety and Health Training and Education Program (WOSHTEP) administered by CHSWC. The Academy receives additional funding from the California Wellness Foundation.
CHSWC is charged with examining the health and safety and workers' compensation systems in California and recommending administrative or legislative modifications to improve their operation. CHSWC was established to conduct a continuing examination of the workers' compensation system and of the state's activities to prevent industrial injuries and occupational diseases and to examine those programs in other states.Information about the Young Worker Leadership Academy is available by calling Diane Bush at LOHP at (510) 643-2424 or Nancy Morales at LOSH at (310) 794-5996. Information about CHSWC is available at www.dir.ca.gov/chswc and by contacting CHSWC by writing to 1515 Clay Street, Room 901, Oakland, 94612; by phone at (510) 622-3959: by fax at (510) 622-3265; or by email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The price of oil edged up to around $86 a barrel on Tuesday as markets got a boost from a survey indicating that German investors believe Europe's largest economy may be able to elude a recession.
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for January delivery was up 58 cents to $86.14 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 37 cents to close at $85.56 per barrel on the Nymex on Monday.
Brent crude, used to price international varieties of oil, was up 87 cents per barrel to $108.20 on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
Germany's ZEW indicator of economic sentiment rose to plus 6.9 points in December, from minus 15.7 in November, greatly outpacing markets expectations.
The results were interpreted as showing that while German growth would cool off during the rest of the year, the country will be not have to face a recession, especially if the debt crisis afflicting the 17-country eurozone does not deepen again.
Investors are also looking to the Federal Reserve to implement new measures to help the U.S. economy.
The Fed, which begins a two-day policy meeting later Tuesday, is widely expected to say it will start buying more long-term Treasurys to replace a program that expires at year's end and is meant to help lower long-term interest rates.
The release of data on U.S. stockpiles of crude oil and refined products will also attract traders' attention.
Data for the week ending Dec. 7 is expected to show a draw of 2.5 million barrels in crude stocks and a build of the same amount in gasoline stocks, according to a survey of analysts by Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos.
The American Petroleum Institute will release its report on oil stocks later Tuesday, while the report from the Energy Department's Energy Information Administration — the market benchmark — will be out on Wednesday.
Markets are also awaiting this week's meeting in Vienna of OPEC, which produces about a third of the world's oil supply. Expectations are that the group will not make any changes to its production levels — currently 30 million barrels a day — even though actual output is estimated at 31.1 millon barrels a day.
In other energy futures trading on Nymex:
— Heating oil rose 3.48 cents at $2.931 a gallon.
— Natural gas added 0.6 cent to $3.466 per 1,000 cubic feet.
— Wholesale gasoline advanced 2.05 cents to $2.6186 a gallon.
Pamela Sampson in Bangkok contributed to this report.


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1937 Coca-Cola Soda Ad
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Original, vintage Coca-Cola Soda advertisement from November 1937.
This (like all our artwork) is an ORIGINAL. It is not a reprint or reproduction. It comes preserved in a sealed collectible-quality case (acrylic glass-style front providing UV protection, acid free backboard, metallic edging, professionally packaged and security sealed, and includes an official certificate of authenticity with a unique identification / serial number).
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The TPS795 family of low-dropout (LDO), low-power linear voltage regulators features high
power-supply rejection ratio (PSRR), ultralow noise, fast start-up, and excellent line and load
transient responses in small outline, 6-pin SOT-223 and 3-mm × 3-mm WSON packages. Each device in
the family is stable with a small 1-µF ceramic capacitor on the output. The family uses an
advanced, proprietary BiCMOS fabrication process to yield extremely low dropout voltages (for
example, 110 mV at 500 mA). Each device achieves fast start-up times (approximately
50 µs with a 0.001-µF bypass capacitor) while consuming very low quiescent current
(265 µA, typical). Moreover, when the device is placed in standby mode, the supply current is
reduced to less than 1 µA. The TPS79530 device exhibits approximately
33 µVRMS of output voltage noise at 3-V output with a 0.1-µF
bypass capacitor. Applications with analog components that are noise-sensitive, such as portable RF
electronics, benefit from the high-PSRR and low-noise features, as well as from the fast response


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Yankees-Athletics Preview
The New York Yankees ended a frustrating run with a major offensive outburst by their standards.
Now they have to go to a building where they've been punchless during a seven-game skid.
The visiting Yankees get their first look at Oakland Athletics starter Sonny Gray on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series.
New York (34-31) had gone 12 straight games without scoring more than four runs before Thursday's 6-3 victory capped a three-game sweep in Seattle. Red-hot Jacoby Ellsbury hit a two-run homer and Derek Jeter went 3 for 4 with two RBIs.
Ellsbury extended the longest hitting streak in the majors to 16 games, the longest for New York since Jeter's 19-game run two years ago. The center fielder, hitting .381 during his tear, exited the contest with right hip tightness but said he expected to be in the lineup Friday.
Jeter had seven hits in the series as he moves on to Oakland, where his .340 regular-season average is his second-highest at any current AL park.
"It feels good to come out here and win three games," manager Joe Girardi said. "It's not an easy place to win."
It's not easy for his club in Oakland, where New York has totaled 18 runs during a seven-game slide – its longest there since dropping 10 straight Sept. 9, 1989-May 1, 1991.
New York could be in for a difficult night against Gray (6-2, 2.83 ERA), who is limiting opponents to a .222 average. He gave up five runs in 5 1-3 innings in a 6-3 loss to Baltimore on Saturday to drop to 1-1 with a 6.00 ERA in his last three starts after going 5-1 with a 1.99 ERA in his first 10.
Still, the right-hander has been a big reason why Oakland (40-26) owns the majors' best ERA at 2.83.
"I just think it's the approach we've been able to take into every game," Gray told the Athletics' official website. "We keep it fairly simple. Like Curt (pitching coach Curt Young) said last year, 'Don't let a moment get too big.'"
New York starter David Phelps (1-4, 4.88) has lost his last four starts and has an 8.15 ERA in the last three. The Yankees have dropped all five of Phelps' road starts, with the right-hander going 0-3 with a 5.28 ERA. He surrendered seven runs over 5 2-3 innings last Saturday in an 8-4 loss at Kansas City.
Phelps has thrown five scoreless innings in three relief appearances against the A's but has never started against then. The Oakland hitter he has faced the most is Alberto Callaspo, who is 1 for 5 but away from the team on paternity leave.
Oakland starts a 10-game homestand after completing a 5-4 trip Wednesday with a 7-1 rout of the Los Angeles Angels, who could have pulled within 1 1/2 games of the AL West leaders had they completed a three-game sweep.
"It's always nice when you play over .500 on the road," manager Bob Melvin said. "That's why this was a big swing game for us too. And in the division to be 3 1/2 instead of 1 1/2 is big too. Now it's early in the season but some games are a little bit more important than others and this game certainly was."
Oakland took two of three in New York last week as Yoenis Cespedes and Brandon Moss each homered twice.


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Mount St. Mary's Hospital is celebrating the nearing of completion of more than $10 million in diagnostic equipment and infrastructure improvements made at the facility over the past three years.
And starting this month, Mount St. Mary's is beginning an investment that will total more than $2.4 million for the implementation of an electronic medical record that will be needed to meet the requirements of the federal Healthcare Reform's Affordable Care Act, while enhancing patient care.
Hospital President and CEO Judith Maness said the investments would add to the overall life of the hospital building and enhance comfort for patients and employees.
"These investments in our hospital's infrastructure and building systems are critical to our sustainability and efficiency," she said. "These types of investments are often postponed due to clinical or information technology needs. We are fortunate to have a strong sponsor in Ascension Health, which helps to keep us up with state-of-the-art technology and local elected officials who recognize the importance of this facility to the community."
Improvements completed in recent months include:
•$1.4 million cooling tower replacement.
•$1.4 million for the replacement of the main air handlers. This included installation of four new air handlers with a direct digital control building management system and a new motor control center for electrical distribution. This replaces 1964 original equipment and technology.
•$1.34 million to provide full heating and cooling in each individual room of the main facility tower for the convenience of patients.
•$300,000 for the installation of new windows, replacing the 1965 single pane non-insulated glass throughout the main tower.
•$350,000 to create OB/GYN physician office suites on the second floor.
•$275,000 for a third gastrointestinal (GI) procedure room to accommodate added workload.
Maness said much of the work is the result of an energy efficiency study conducted for Mount St. Mary's by Pres Energy, a consultant for the New York Power Authority. Once priority projects were identified, State Sen. George Maziarz was instrumental in securing financial assistance.
"We could not do this on our own and thanks goes to Senator Maziarz, the Power Authority and others who stepped forward to ensure that this facility is safe and efficient for our patients," Maness said.
In addition to the infrastructure improvements, Maness said the hospital is also celebrating capital improvements that have been initiated in clinical and business areas over the past three years.
These include:
Neighborhood Health Center $1,700,000
New Cooling Tower and Chiller System $1,400,000
Business Plaza $250,000
Cardiology Physician Offices $150,000
Sprinkler System -- Additional Installation $250,000
New Digital Mammography Units (2) $250,000
New Ultrasound Units (4) $200,000
Breast Specific Gamma Imaging Unit $300,000
New Operating Table (Neurosurgical/Spine Procedures) $60,000
Colomba Drive Rehabilitation Suite Upgrade $200,000
(2) New Nuclear Med Cameras $550,000
New Flouroscopy Room (Imaging) $350,000
New X-ray Equip. in EmStar Emergency Dept $175,000
New Cystoscopy Room $400,000
New Physician Offices $50,000
New X-ray Room D in Imaging Center $150,000
Four New Air Handlers $1,400,000
Patient Room Fan Coil Units $1,340,000
Installation of Bldg. Mgmt. System $300,000
Installation of New Windows (Facility-wide) $300,000
New OB/GYN Exam Rooms (8) $350,000
Additional GI Procedure Room $275,000


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Gondola Fever
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Somehow I envision your closet as being very deep, indeed.ReplyDelete
The water color treasures seem unending in what must be vast vaults filled with your wonderful images, Carol.
Yes it's like the storage rooms at the Met here...ReplyDelete
I wish :)
Yikes, your comments click went awry and displayed the raw xml for the web page! I don't 'think' any email addresses were revealed....ReplyDelete
meanwhile, I have contacted a lady who loves Venice and asked her to check out your gondolas
personally I prefer calorific paintings, you know raspberry macrons, strawberry tarts, that kind of thing...
A ha!ReplyDelete
I must quickly concoct a Macaron on a gondola ride for 'Mouse'!
I would LOVE a gondola sale.ReplyDelete
I came home from Venice a week ago, and already missing my favorite city!
the light in Venice just makes every photo perfect, even ones I've taken.ReplyDelete
This is a great idea!
Simple answer: OUI!ReplyDelete
Wonderful pics, stunning paintings!! As always!! xxReplyDelete
I loved Venice..it satys with you foerever.ReplyDelete
Lovely paintings~
Oh! can I please have my pistachio ice-cream whilst sitting in a gondola with a handsome Italian paddling away!! or is this what is know as -"having your cake and eating it too"ReplyDelete
Do you realise Carol that BEAR has the perfect outfit to be a gondolier !!! nice and stripey - perhaps he could row my boat. C'est possible!
Venise... j'aime tellement Venise... Fin mars j'y ai passé un si beau et excellent séjour... Des souvenirs multiples remplissent ma boîte à bons moments, dans un petit coin de ma mémoire... Vos photos me les réaniment... Des couleurs et des lumières exceptionnelles...ReplyDelete
Gros bisous
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yes please a sale of gondolas I just started watercoloring nd my hydrangeas now look like dwarf llilac trees lol I would like to buy one'ReplyDelete
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my email is up above Diane if you're interested in the gondolasDelete


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- Premier League
Former Hammer Cole dies at 27
The second player to score a competitive goal at the new Wembley Stadium, Mitchell Cole, has died at the age of 27.
Writing on its official twitter feed, the Football League said: "We are sad to hear former Southend, Stevenage and Oxford player Mitchell Cole has passed away. Our thoughts are with his family and friends."
The former midfielder had been forced to retire as a professional player in February last year owing to a heart attack.
Cole, who was married to the sister of Liverpool's Joe Cole, scored for Stevenage against Kidderminster at Wembley in the 2007 FA Trophy Final. He said last year he would be risking death if he were to play again.
In an interview with the Sun, he said: "A few players around the world die of this every year. The specialists told me that every day I have a one per cent chance of dropping dead and sport quadruples that risk. When he gave me the numbers and showed me images of my heart, it hit me hard."
Despite retiring from the professional game last year, Cole did make a handful of non-league appearances, some of which came for Arlesey Town.
However, according to their director of football, Gary King, watching Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba suffer a cardiac arrest in an FA Cup tie with Tottenham in March convinced Cole to give up the game for good.
King told Press Association Sport: "We were watching that game in the clubhouse and he turned to me and said 'I'm not playing again`, although I'm told he might have been playing five-a-side in London last night."
The PFA joined the Football League in expressing its condolences, tweeting: "The PFA is deeply saddened by the loss of 27-year-old Mitchell Cole, our thoughts are with his friends and family."


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The Supreme Court may have neither the power of the sword nor the power of the purse, as Alexander Hamilton observed in "The Federalist Papers," but the FBI is taking its recent ruling on warrantless Global Positioning System tracking seriously, the Wall Street Journal reports.
To comply with the court's ruling in U.S. v. Jones, the FBI has disabled about 3,000 GPS devices it was using to keep track of suspects' locations, the Journal quotes FBI General Counsel Andrew Weissmann as saying Feb. 23 at a conference titled "Big Brother in the 21st Century."In the decision on that case, handed down last month, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that planting a GPS device on a vehicle constitutes a "search" within the definition of the Fourth Amendment and therefore requires a warrant to be constitutional. As GCN reported at the time, that decision upheld the reversal of nightclub owner Antoine Jones' conviction on federal drug trafficking charges.Weissmann said the FBI had some difficulty collecting the trackers it had switched off and had even tried to obtain court orders so it could find and collect them.He added that the high court's decision was causing the FBI to do an even broader re-evaluation of its investigative policies beyond the technological angle.
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, the Journal quotes FBI General Counsel Andrew Weissmann as saying Feb. 23 at a conference titled "Big Brother in the 21st Century."
The key word in Mel's statement is "suspect". That simple word makes all the difference. That "suspect" is just as innocent as the person in the second sentence in the eyes of the law.
Even ignoring the "suspect", I have absolutely no problem with requiring law enforcement to obtain a WARRANT if they think they have reasonable cause. If they've got cause, explain it to a judge. Law enforcement needs to ignore the "Easier to get forgiveness than permission". Get the permission.
I totally agree with Mel's observation.
The problem was they planted it on the car while it was on private property in the State of Maryland after the warrant for its use in DC expired. See paragraphs 3 and 4 of this GCN article: http://gcn.com/Articles/2012/01/23/Supreme-Court-GPS-tracking-warrant.aspx?sc_lang=en&Page=2 As always, there appears to be a technicality involved, and these techincalities proect both the guilty AND THE INNOCENT!
I find it amusing that the FBI is having to get Court Orders to go a retrieve some of their tracking devices. That should serve as a lesson in this experiment... if you have to get Court approval to retrieve the device, you probably needed Court approval to place them in the first place.
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Management Professors Attend Academy of Management Annual Conference
A number of CoB management faculty attended the recent annual meeting of the Academy of Management, held Aug. 9 – 13 in Orlando, Fla.
The Academy of Management (AOM, the Academy), a professional association for scholars of management and organizations, was established in 1936. It publishes several academic journals, organizes conferences, and provides other forums for management professors and managers to communicate research and ideas.
During the meeting, it was announced that the Technology & Innovation Management (TIM) Division will be organizing a scholarly session in Paul Bierly's honor at next year's annual meeting in Philadelphia in August 2014. It will be organized by Michael Santoro of Lehigh University, who was a friend and colleague of Paul's. Paul was an officer in the TIM division. The TIM Division also paid tribute to Paul during its meeting.
Several professors presented research at the conference:
Bill Ritchie presented a paper entitled: "Antecedents and Outcomes of Expatriate Culture Adjustment: An Assessment Tool for Nonprofit Managers"
Karen Jansen was invited to speak on academic careers in the Organizational Development and Change division's doctoral consortium. She also presented a paper entitled "Making Sense of Fit Over Time" in a showcase symposium called "Person-Environment Fit: Unanswered Questions and New Directions."
Tom Tao attended the Professional Development Workshop (PDW) "From Mobile to Mobility: Technological Change and Innovation in the Global Vehicle Industry," and presented his paper "Alliance Portfolio Strategies in Emerging Markets--The Case of China."
Ali Shahzad presented his paper titled: "Greasing The Squeaky Wheel? Stakeholder-Centric Governance as a Response to Stakeholder Pressure"
at the SIM Divisional Paper Session # 848 - Stakeholder Influence on Firm Performance. He was also invited to chair a BPS divisional paper session #961 - Managing Stakeholders.
Fariss Mousa was both recruiting and presenting a paper at the academy. The paper was titled "The Effect of Slack Resources on Innovation: The Moderating Roles of CEO Tenure and Compensation." His co-author on this paper is JMU Finance Professor Jaideep Chowdhury. The name of the session was Corporate Governance and Innovation.
Laura Leduc and Marshall Pattie presented a workshop entitled "Methods for Incorporating Experiential Learning." The PDW was a big hit and there was standing room only! Laura also assisted with recruitment and attended the HR division Executive Board meeting (as well as other HR division events that they request she attend as a board member). Marshall presented a paper on ethical leadership.
Matt Rutherford attended the event as a recruiter.
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Bumgarner, Posey hit grand slams, SF beats D-backs
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Madison Bumgarner became the first pitcher in 48 years to hit two grand slams in a season, and Buster Posey also hit a slam Sunday that boosted the San Francisco Giants over the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-4.
Posey and Bumgarner became the first batterymates in major league history to hit grand slams in the same game.
A double by Bumgarner helped set up Posey's slam in the fifth. Bumgarner homered the next inning — he also hit a slam on April 11 against Colorado.
The last pitcher to launch two slams in a season was Tony Cloninger, who hit both in the same game for Atlanta on July 3, 1966, against the Giants at Candlestick Park.
Bumgarner (10-7) threw 6 1-3 innings to end a personal three-game losing streak. He gave up four runs and 10 hits, striking out five.
Vidal Nuno (0-1) allowed four runs and six hits in five innings during his second start with Arizona.
The Giants finished the first half by winning five of nine. That followed a stretch of 18 losses in 23 games that cost them their lead in the NL West.
Cody Ross hit a two-run homer for the Diamondbacks, who are 5-8 in their past 13 games. Martin Prado had three hits and drove in a run.
Nuno, acquired from the New York Yankees in a trade for Brandon McCarthy, had not allowed a run in his first 11 innings with the Diamondbacks before Posey's slam.
Bumgarner escaped a perilous sixth because of some fancy defensive plays, including his own.
Ender Inciarte and Prado each singled to start the inning. With Paul Goldschmidt batting, Bumgarner caught Inciarte taking off early for third for the first out.
Right fielder Hunter Pence tracked down Goldschmidt's drive one step before slamming into the fence and third baseman Pablo Sandoval made a diving stop of Mark Trumbo's sharp grounder to end the inning.
Nuno breezed through the first four innings before running into trouble in the fifth. Bumgarner's one-out double started the rally. Pence was hit by a pitch and Sandoval, who had three hits, singled ahead of Posey, who homered into the left-field bleachers.
A double, an infield fielding error and a walk set up Bumgarner's slam in the sixth against Matt Stites. Bumgarner earlier victimized Jorge De La Rosa of the Rockies.
NOTES: Goldschmidt went 0 for 4 and had his career best streak of safely reaching base end at 32 games. ... Giants 1B Brandon Belt was a late scratch due to back tightness. ... INF Marco Scutaro was a little sore according to Giants manager Bruce Bochy and was given the day off. ... Posey has three career grand slams, including the postseason. ... Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said he was going to spend part of the All-Star Break watching his son play in the Cape Cod League. ... Ross' homer gave him 501 RBIs for his career.


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HOUSTON - Houston Police promised to find out why a burglary victim had to wait more than four hours for a police officer before she gave up Thursday.
Thieves broke into Sara Howell's home in southwest Houston Thursday night.
"It's scary. It's nerve-racking because I'm sitting out in my car all by myself, and nobody's here to help me," said Howell.
Howell said she immediately called 911 when she got home at about 7 p.m. and noticed that her front door was broken and electronics inside were missing.
Howell said she continued to wait for a response even after a second call to police. She said she called police four hours later.
"At midnight I called back just to cancel the unit because it wasn't going to do us any good to just sit here all night," she said.
Howell said she called police again Friday afternoon. About three hours later, a police officer was dispatched to take her report.
A police spokesperson said there were problems with Howell's call and police are reviewing call logs to figure out what went wrong.
The department spokesperson said the normal response time for a burglary call is 34 minutes.
Houston police said anyone who doesn't get a fast response should call the department's non-emergency number at (713) 881-3131 and ask for a supervisor.
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The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Vince Lombardi
Firming equity markets in the U.S. were enough to bolster oil prices after their negative start on Tuesday reversing the selling from the decline in China's PMI data. The oil complex has been under pressure for the last several weeks as the market focuses on a weakening oil demand scenario on the back of a slowing global economy. Most of the macroeconomic data hitting the media airwaves over the last several weeks has been suggesting that economies in both the developed and emerging market world may be heading for a period of slowing… even the main economic and oil demand growth engine of the world China.
That said several equity markets around the world have been continuing on an upward path suggesting that those particular regions of the world may not be slowing but in fact actually still expanding. When I look at the individual bourses in the EMI Global Equity Index table (shown below) the equity markets that are in positive territory for the year are all in developed world countries while the emerging market countries listed in the Index are showing year to date losses. In addition most of the gainers are in countries that have very accommodative monetary policies including aggressive quantitative easing programs like Japan and the U.S. (the two largest equity gainers in the Index).


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Rays offense unable to support bullpen effort
OAKLAND -- Tampa Bay pitchers have combined for a 2.50 ERA over their past four games, and the Rays have lost all of them.
The latest example was Sunday when the Athletics completed a series sweep, beating the Rays, 5-1.View Full Game Coverage
OAKLAND -- Tampa Bay pitchers have combined for a 2.50 ERA over their past four games, and the Rays have lost all of them.
The latest example was Sunday when the Athletics completed a series sweep, beating the Rays, 5-1.View Full Game Coverage
The Rays have scored a total of five runs during their four-game losing streak. They've lost seven of eight overall.
"We didn't play enough offense," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "When you lose games like this, it will get picked over pretty well. We score runs and those things get overlooked."
The Rays were 4-for-26 with runners in scoring position during their stay in Oakland, a paltry .154 average.
"We'll get through this," Maddon said. "We'll be fine. In a lot of these moments, the right guys have been up in RBI situations. It just didn't work out. You just have to fight your way through it, that's all. It's all about the guys you planned to get you here and you stay with them."
The top four hitters in Tampa Bay's lineup produced one hit in 15 at-bats. The rest of the lineup was 6-for-17.
"It's one of those things that the offense is struggling," Rays outfielder Wil Myers said. "Every run we get it seems like we have to scrap for."
That's what those in the A's dugout were also thinking.
"It's where it all starts with us, the starters," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "If they can get deep in games, going against a staff like they have over there, you know you're not going to score a ton of runs. The whole series, up until the last inning of this game, felt like a couple runners on and you don't know where it's going."
Myers was thrown out at the plate with two outs in the seventh. He had doubled ahead of Desmond Jennings, who singled sharply into left field.
"With two outs you just take off," Maddon said. "Wil froze a little bit. You can slice it any way you want, we have to be more offensive."
The throw from Yoenis Cespedes was cut off by Josh Donaldson, who seemed surprised he had plenty of time to throw home to get Myers.
"I knew the situation," Myers said. "It was a line drive to my right and I froze on it. I should have gotten a better read on it. When you're not scoring runs, things like that get magnified."
For the second straight game, former Rays catcher Stephen Vogt came through with a big hit, this time belting a home run against Jake McGee to make it 3-1 A's in the seventh.
"He's caught me here and there in Spring Training," McGee said. "But that was a really great at-bat. He's down 0-2 and then takes a couple of good pitches. He hit a fastball and I didn't think it was going out and it just keep carrying."
Jamey Wright came out of the bullpen to make his first start since Aug. 25, 2007, with the Texas Rangers.
He lasted 1 2/3 innings, allowing a leadoff home run to Coco Crisp and two other hits. He walked two and struck out one. Alex Torres (4-1) went 3 1/3 innings, allowing an unearned run on three hits and a walk.
"Overall we did pretty well into the seventh," McGee said. "We were only a run down into the seventh. You just have to go one pitch at a time and not get caught up in what the whole team is doing."
The Rays used a total of six relievers, all of whom did well enough to keep the Rays close.
James Loney had two hits, including a home run that tied the game at 1 in the second. It was the Rays' first homer in seven games. Loney entered the game with a Major League-best .362 average on the road.
Brandon Gomes, Wesley Wright, Josh Lueke and Cesar Ramos also appeared on the mound for the Rays, who now head to Anaheim, where they have won 13 of their last 16 games. Evan Longoria has the second-highest batting average (.397) at Angel Stadium among visiting players with at least 50 at-bats.
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Tom Sizemore accused of domestic violence
EmptyActor Tom Sizemore has been arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of domestic violence.
Police spokesman Richard French says the 47-year-old actor was arrested Wednesday night in the downtown area. French did not have details of the incident.
French said Sizemore remained jailed Thursday morning. His bail was set at $20,000.
Sizemore couldn't be reached for comment. Representatives for two agencies listed as representing Sizemore said they no longer did so.
Sizemore, who appeared in such movies as "Black Hawk Down" and "Saving Private Ryan," was convicted in 2003 of domestic violence involving his ex-girlfriend, former "Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss.
He's also had a string of drug-related arrests in recent years.


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Reds.MLB.com's Chris Haft reports free-agent P Pete Harnisch, who was released by the Cincinnati Reds on Jun. 6, 2003, is healthy and drawing interest from several major league teams, according to Gregg Clifton, Harnisch's agent. Clifton also said Harnisch (elbow) probably tried to come back too soon last year after undergoing Tommy John surgery in April, 2002. "He's healthy, ready to go and feels great," said Clifton. "He would be a great alternative in this economic market. He'll probably work out for several teams over the next few weeks and then we'll make some decisions." Harnisch has a 111-103 record over 13 major league seasons.
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Labor got its day in the sun on Monday, rallying workers' advocates from San Diego to Boston for causes such as health insurance and living wages.
The events took on special significance on the eve of the Democratic National Convention in North Carolina, and about two months before elections with implications for the future of workers from coast to coast.
"We have got to make these 63 days really count," Solana Beach Deputy Mayor Dave Roberts, who is running for county supervisor, told a crowd in Escondido. "If we don't support the worker, we are going to destroy the middle class."
Charlie Jungk with Occupy Escondido said one of the key elements for Monday's event in Escondido was "getting people fired up to vote — especially Hispanic voters."
While Labor Day events tend toward liberal activists, they weren't the only ones who said the day helped highlight their cause in the walk-up to the November elections.
"We have 23 million Americans who would like to find work but can't, and ironically it's the unions with their insistence on higher taxes and higher regulations that are driving jobs out of our country and our state," said Tony Krvaric, chairman, of the Republican Party of San Diego County.
More than 50 people gathered in the atrium at Escondido City Hall to celebrate Labor Day with speeches and a march through the heart of downtown with signs with slogans such as "Reject greed." They listened to poetry and music — think Dolly Parton's "9 to 5" — as they sweated in 90-degree heat.
The event was supported by the Escondido Democratic Club, which is trying to raise the profile of its yearly gathering that honors the "dignity of work" by drawing in speakers from across the region.
"Labor is really the group that built America and some segment of the population is forgetting that and they are constantly putting down the unions," said club president Chris Nava.
She bemoaned the lack of attention to the holiday beyond retail sales it might bring or an extra day at the beach.
"I feel that in the past we have not done enough, particularly in North County," Nava said. "Hopefully, the third annual (event) will be even bigger and better."
Nava and others linked current issues to a long history of struggles to improve labor laws and norms, such as the 40-hour workweek and child-labor standards.
"I am here to celebrate what I believe to be the last protection for the middle class, which is organized labor and collective bargaining," said Escondido Councilwoman Olga Diaz. "People worked in terrible conditions to build this country, and when they organized they were able to overcome some of those things."
As a councilwoman, she's been involved in labor negotiations with city employees' associations. "What I have noticed is that … if it wasn't for organized labor and collective bargaining, we would bulldoze over our workers in a second," Diaz said. "We would cut their pay. We would cut their benefits. We would extend their hours. We would ask more of them than is possible."
Also on Monday, the San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council held its annual Labor Day Breakfast in San Diego's César Chávez Park, and a day earlier labor sympathizers celebrated the holiday with a Working Class Motocross Challenge in Lakeside. On Saturday, the San Diego County César Chávez Commemorative Committee is planning to hold its Labor Day celebration at Chicano Park in San Diego.
Patrick Pierce, a spokesman for the labor council, said breakfast in the park drew roughly 450 people, including San Diego mayoral hopeful Rep. Bob Filner, a Democrat, and several other candidates. "Obviously, an election year … helped out" attendance, he said.


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Police ask public to help ID smash-and-grab robber at Benson Park in Hudson
October 06. 2013 3:21PM
HUDSON - Police are looking for help identifying the suspect in a car robbery at Benson Park in Hudson.
Thieves broke into a car and stole a woman's purse at the park on Sept. 17. Nearly two weeks later, on Sept. 29, a charge for gasoline at a Gulf station near the park soon after the robbery was discovered on the victim's account. Police obtained a photograph of a woman who was in the car from the gas station video system and tied her to the man who used the charge plate to make the gasoline purchase.
Detectives have released a photograph of the woman and ask that anyone with information concerning the suspect's identity contact Hudson Police at (603) 866-6011 or call the Hudson Crime Line at (603) 594-1150,


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What usually happens in cases like this is that they arrest one member of the group, threaten him with twenty years in jail or more, and then offer to cut it down to a much shorter sentence if he cooperates. So when you read that a leader is "working with the FBI" that doesn't mean he was an agent provocateur all along, but that he was "turned" at some point and allowed to continue to act like a member of the group until they could arrest everyone else.
Anyone engaging in online civil disobedience has to consider the possibility that people they are working with might be government agents and that even people they have known a long time might sell out the group to save themselves.
On the other hand, some of the Anon schemes were so lame (like the tools for DDoS that made no attempt at all to cloak participants) that I wonder if they weren't law enforcement stings from the beginning.


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Recently, I was looking for stateful packet firewalls and now stumbled across
which seems to generate iptables rule-sets.
Have you any experience with it, which you can share?
The developer says
"FireHOL is a stateful iptables packet filtering firewall configurator. It is abstracted, extensible,
easy and powerful. It can handle any kind of firewall, but most importantly, it gives you the
means to configure it, the same way you think of it."
Another "source"[2] describes it very promisingly, but I always have my doubts here:
"FireHOL a simple yet powerful way to configure stateful iptables firewalls. It can be used for
almost any purpose, including control of any number of internal/external/virtual interfaces,
control of any combination of routed traffic, setting up DMZ routers and servers, and all kinds of
NAT. It provides strong protection (flooding, spoofing, etc.), transparent caches, source MAC
verification, blacklists, whitelists, and more. Its goal is to be completely abstracted and powerful
but also easy to use, audit, and understand. "
/edit: Two reasons for this post:
a) Is it worth the time to look at it in detail, or is it "better" to configure iptables directly
(please define "better" in the context you want to understand it ) ?
b) For those who never heard about FireHOL and have difficulties to confiure iptables properly,
this might be a good starting point.
Thanks &
[1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/firehol/
[2] http://www.astalavista.com/?section=...d=file&id=3175


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NYC Marathon returns amid increased security
NEW YORK (AP) — Geoffrey Mutai sees the scorching fast times put up by his training partners and figures he should be able to match them.
They're doing the same workouts, so he's confident he can put up the same results. When Dennis Kimetto broke the course record at last month's Chicago Marathon, Mutai said, "I was feeling it was me."
Mutai already owns the course record at the New York City Marathon, where he will defend his title Sunday. His goal is to go even faster.
The Kenyan won in New York two years ago in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 6 seconds. That was the last time the NYC Marathon was held, and much has changed since that day Mutai describes as "perfect."
The 2012 race was called off because of the destruction of Superstorm Sandy, but not before the week's events enraged many residents and runners. City and marathon officials initially vowed that the race would go on, and many New Yorkers recoiled at the idea of possibly diverting resources after a natural disaster. The decision to cancel didn't come until a day-and-a-half before the scheduled start time, and by then, many out-of-town entrants had already made their long trips to the city after hearing the earlier assurances.
Then in April, at another major marathon in the Northeast, the scene of cheering fans packed along the race course lost its innocence. Two bombs exploded near the finish line in Boston, killing three people and injuring more than 260.
The increased security Sunday will be most evident near the finish line in Central Park. There will be barricades around the park limiting entry points, bag checks, bomb-sniffing dogs.
More than 47,000 runners are expected at the start of the 43rd running of the NYC Marathon, taking on the 26.2 miles through the five boroughs. A handful will be competing for the $100,000 prize for the men's and women's champions.
Five races within the race to watch:
— Mutai has run the fastest marathon in history, 2:03:02 in Boston in 2011. It didn't count as a world record because the course is too straight and downhill. The official world record was lowered in September to 2:03:23 in Berlin by Wilson Kipsang, who also sometimes trains with Mutai. Two weeks later, Kimetto nearly broke it again when he won Chicago in 2:03:45. New York is a difficult course, unlikely to produce a world record. A windy morning is in the forecast for Sunday, which may also keep Mutai's course record safe.
— Stephen Kiprotich's personal best time is 2:07:20, slow by today's standards. But he keeps proving he knows how to race. The Ugandan was the surprise gold medalist as the 2012 London Olympics, then proved that was no fluke when won a world championship in August. That New York is a championship-style setup, with no pace-setter, bodes well for Kiprotich.
Kiprotich and Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede, the reigning London Marathon champ, are also competing for the World Marathon Majors title, a $500,000 bonus.
— A year ago, Meb Keflezighi planned to run the 2012 NYC Marathon and the 2013 races in Boston and New York, and then retire. He jokes he should qualify such pronouncements with "Subject to change."
So much for the first two races on that list. New York was canceled, and he pulled out of Boston because of injury. Now the 38-year-old Keflezighi is flirting with the idea of competing through the 2016 Olympics.
"Can I squeeze a little more out of it?" he said. "Otherwise, I feel content where my career has been."
He took silver at the 2004 Olympics, the first American man in 28 years to win a marathon medal. And at the 2009 NYC Marathon, he became the first American champion in 27 years.
Keflezighi missed some training because of a calf injury, but he finds confidence from strong performances in the past when he didn't seem to be at full strength.
— Kenyans Edna Kiplagat and Priscah Jeptoo train together and expect to work together for the first part of Sunday's race. The two are competing for a second prize: the World Marathon Majors title. If either wins in New York, she will earn the $500,000 bonus. Kiplagat is the two-time defending world champion, and Jeptoo won the London Marathon this year.
Kiplagat, who won in New York in 2010, is a force in championship-style races.
"This is one of the best courses — it's not a flat course," she said. "It needs a lot of strategy and a lot of mental strength. And I'm happy when I'm on it. It's still very fresh in my mind, the whole course."
— Firehiwot Dado and Buzunesh Deba grew up together in Ethiopia. Deba now lives in the Bronx, but they were reunited at the last NYC Marathon, in 2011. They worked together to chase down Mary Keitany, who had pulled away to a big lead. Dado won and Deba finished second in breakthrough performances for both. Now Dado returns as the defending women's champion, and Deba is trying to win in her new hometown.


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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis' status as a superhero has bit the dust.
Rome police early Thursday scrubbed the wall near the Vatican where "SuperPope" had been displayed, showing Francis as Superman in flight and clutching his black satchel of values to spread to the world.
Artist Mauro Pallotta had put the image up on Monday in homage to Francis. Pallotta's agent, Margaret Porpiglia said Thursday the artist is now hoping to avoid a city fine, but is considering making a street art piece depicting "anti-hero" Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino.
The white caped crusader pope, which was actually painted on paper and affixed to the wall with water-based glue, had drawn immense popular interest around the Borgo neighborhood of tiny cobblestoned streets near St. Peter's Square.


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This post inspired by this post by the amazing, the fabulous, the handsome Smitty, inspired by this post by Skippy Stalin. It appears that some earnest, well-meaning young woman wrote a sign that made its way around the interwebs, reading, "I need feminism because my university teaches 'How to avoid getting raped' instead of 'Don't rape' at freshman orientation."
A quick logic lesson: would this young lady also approve of "I need Randianism because my university teaches 'Lock your dorm room doors' instead of 'Respect the private property of others' at freshman orientation"? (If so, that's cool by me – let me be clear.)
Moving right along, let's talk about what big, bad, scary conservatives have to say about rape. In 2008, the Supreme Court decided the case of Kennedy v. Louisiana, holding that the state cannot execute a man for raping a child so violently that her vagina detached from her cervix and her rectum protruded into her vagina. 'Feminist' jurists voted that the sub-human walking filth could not be executed for his crimes, while Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito, and other right-wing whackadoodles believe that the Constitution permits us to execute such sub-human filth. Not the greatest record for 'feminism' and rape.
Since I'm a lawyer, I can't help but think of other Supreme Court jurisprudence that is not exactly helpful in preventing rape or getting the message through to men that rape has consequences. There are the famous gun-rights cases, Heller and MacDonald v. Chicago, wherein the conservative faction held that guns – which make small women able to beat up their would-be rapists – cannot be banned wholesale by the government. The liberals, who distort the Equal Protection clause to their 'feminist' ends, couldn't find it within themselves to say that women have a right to meet men with equal or greater force.
Just on that record alone, normal people would conclude that liberals want women to be raped and don't want to mete out punishment to rapists.
This is a problem when the rapists in question are drunk horny twenty-something men on a college campus. They've spent their entire lives getting the message that sex is just fun, anyone who says that women get all emotional about sex are repressive patriarchs, and rape doesn't carry consequences like getting your gonads blasted off with a Sig Sauer.
Against that backdrop, what is there for a university to do besides teach young women how to not get raped? If homeowners were never armed and door locks were deemed to be tools of the patriarchy, I would spend all my time teaching would-be victims how to not be victims, too. But that hardly means that I would condone robbery.


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With her much-anticipated new denim line already in stores, Jessica Simpson wants you to get in a pair of fall. "I am so excited to share my new denim line with everyone!" Simpson tells PEOPLE. "It is comfortable, affordable and trend-right. I am already wearing them and loving them!" And even though the stylish jeans start at an already-affordable $49, Jessica is giving PEOPLE readers an extra 20% off by entering "JSJpeop" at checkout when you shop at jessicasimpsoncollection.com. And that's not the only way, she's sharing the line with her fans. Jessica is hitting the road, appearing at select department stores to help shoppers find their perfect jeans for fall. And that's not all. One lucky fan will receive the chance to get personally styled by Jessica at her appearance at Belk South Park in Charlotte, N.C., on September 18, winning a Jessica Simpson Collection wardrobe hand-picked and presented by Jessica herself. For a list of Jessica's in-store appearances (and to enter the "Get Styled By Jessica" contest), visit jessicasimpsoncollection.com/events—Andrea DeSimone


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