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Volume 18 Issue 42 | March 3 - 9, 2006
Lower East Side commander focuses on rowdy bars
By Albert Amateau
At the age of 44, Captain Frank Dwyer has spent 23 years as a New York City police officer, the past four months of those as commanding officer of the Seventh Precinct in the densely populated Lower East Side.
Its been a crowded career with service as a patrol officer in Queens and Brooklyn, as an executive officer in two Brooklyn precincts, commander of a housing police service area and high-level policy and administration stints at Police Headquarters in Lower Manhattan. Dwyer also managed to earn some impressive academic degrees while on the force, including a masters degree from Fordham University in critical literary theory, no less plus a year reading criminology in Cambridge, England, on a Fulbright Fellowship.
The precinct is bounded by Houston St. on the north, Allen and Pike Sts. on the west and the East River to the east and south.
In a precinct where a dozen major housing developments and co-ops contribute to a population of 60,000 according to the 2000 U.S. Census in an area of about three-fifths of a square mile, a growing concern is the number of bars, lounges and clubs that add hundreds of patrons to the nighttime population.
When I got here in October four months ago, we had 96 bars and clubs; now its 101, Dwyer said in a recent interview at the precinct stationhouse on Pitt St. near Broome St.
Noise and unruly patrons on the sidewalks generate the most complaints. Clearly the area is saturated with clubs and a lot of places need to do more to keep patrons from creating disorder, he said. Some clubs have done what we ask posting qualified people on the street for crowd control. But some clubs dont want to spend the money and I find that inexcusable, he said.
Dwyer has personally gone to troublesome nightlife venues, sometimes with staff from the Department of Buildings for overcrowding, or vice squad officers for underage drinking violations. My intention is to ask for cooperation from clubs and to enforce the regulations, but common courtesy by patrons would solve a lot of problems. Ive reminded club patrons on the street that people live here, he said.
The precinct has a high Asian population with many Chinese immigrants, Dwyer noted. To help build a trusting relationship between police and the Chinese community, Dwyer has added a police officer to the precinct community affairs office who speaks Cantonese, Barbara Jew. A great name for a Chinese-speaking officer in this precinct, he quipped.
Being able to communicate is one of the real challenges here. People say, Oh, you probably know this already, but we dont always. Often the street knows more than we do, Dwyer observed. Right now were looking for two suspects who rob elderly Asian women in the lobbies and elevators of their buildings and we need people to trust us and talk to us, he said. Its difficult in an immigrant community where people are anxious about their immigration status. But Im looking for a robber or a rapist when I come to work, Im not thinking about immigration issues, he said.
Last years increase in grand larceny in the precinct was largely driven by complaints by patrons of bars and clubs. We keep hearing, I left my bag on the floor, or I left my wallet on the bar when I went to the bathroom for a minute. Dwyer said. He also warned about auto break-ins. If you own a car like a Honda Civic or Accord or a Toyota Camry you have to be careful where you leave it. Particularly 1996 to 2000 models. Theres a rich market in [auto] parts, he said.
While burglaries declined last year, crime is high on Dwyers priorities. Air conditioners inserted into windows near fire escapes are opportunities for illegal entry and residents should take extra precautions. Low-quality locks on doors are another problem, he said.
A standard procedure following a burglary report in the Seventh Precinct is a visit to the break-in location by Officer Ruben Tegada, the precincts crime-prevention officer, Dwyer said. He checks on the locks at the location and then goes to the rest of the building to advise people about how to secure their homes and businesses.
Dwyers decision to join the N.Y.P.D. was a natural one. His father had been a police officer in Queens for many years, and a second cousin was also a city police officer. He went to a small college, Cathedral College in Queens and became a policeman soon after graduation. He pursued his graduate degrees as a part-time scholar while a member of the police department.
And a masters in literary theory?
Sure, my thesis is still on file in the Fordham library, he said. You could read it if you want. I tried to counter Jacques Derrida by using Aristotle
. I wrote it but I dont understand it.
Dwyers police promotions came quickly; he made sergeant after five years, lieutenant in 1997 and captain in 2004.
Since reaching the rank of captain, Dwyer has gone through a dizzying variety of assignments; two weeks at Madison Square Garden during the Republican National Convention in 2004, administrative work at headquarters, service in the two Brooklyn precincts and a housing police command, back to Police Plaza and then to the Seventh Precinct in October.
I had six commands in two years. There were days when I was going to work that I had to make sure I was going to the right place, he said. Dwyer is ready for a longer stay at the Seventh Precinct. It takes a while to know a precinct and Im still learning, he said.
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That is very generous of you, but I can't accept that. Thanks! :)
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Sorry to hear about your other blog...
I also noticed that sickn3ss blog was acting up (also hosted on tor.hu) a few days ago...
I hope you kept backups!
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The Ledger's June 27 headline, "Supreme Court Gives Gay Marriage Historic Boost," should remind one of the old adage that "He who defines the terms, wins." For decades, comfortable Christians have allowed the homosexual community to define the terms.
In the past, there were bona fide laws on the books with penalties for sodomy, a term which has a direct and inescapable reference to the city of Sodom in Genesis 19. Webster further defines it as "copulation with a member of the same sex or with an animal."
Why does the headline not speak of "Sodomites" or even homosexuals? The Christian Church has in general allowed the term gay to be substituted.
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Mike Arzie states, "When only one side of a debate gets to define the terms, then the other side is left with a preschool vocabulary of options to respond with or, even worse, they are forced to use the redefined terms in an effort to take them back."
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The dictionary describes a marriage as a legal union between a man and a woman.
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Genre: Middle Grade YA Fantasy
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Would You Read On? hosted by Diana L. Flegal
Genre: Middle Grade YA Fantasy
15 comments:
- Michelle H. said...
Hmmm...I'm intrigued. I would probably read on just to see what the little men turn out to be - but I'd probably skip ahead to find out. I wasn't really grabbed by the writing on this first page and I don't think there was a big enough "hook" to grab the reader's attention.
I could, however, picture a creepy old woman saying those words in the 2nd paragraph so kudos to the author for that!
- June 27, 2012 at 7:39 AM
- Timothy Fish said...
I think I would continue reading.
I would like this better if the author would strike the first two paragraphs. The action in the scene begins in the third paragraph and I don't see much value in what is said about Alice.
- June 27, 2012 at 8:08 AM
- Jennifer said...
I like this, especially for YA. I was intrigued by the name of the old woman...
- June 27, 2012 at 9:08 AM
- David Stearman said...
When can I buy this? I want to read on.
- June 27, 2012 at 10:13 AM
- Diane Stortz said...
If I could cut and tighten it up first, then yes!
- June 27, 2012 at 10:38 AM
- Cheryl said...
Like Tim mentioned, I would strike the first two paragraphs. After that I would definitely keep reading.
- June 27, 2012 at 11:15 AM
- Davalyn Spencer said...
I would definitely read on. After killing a couple of commas.
- June 27, 2012 at 12:01 PM
- Jeanette Levellie said...
Yes. It's a bit wordy at first, but near the end of this selection, the writing flows and is less stilted.
I do want to find out if he escapes his uncle's ire, and what the little men turn out to be. There is enough tension to intrigue me.
- June 27, 2012 at 12:58 PM
- Caroline said...
Perhaps some editing, but I'd definitely read on. Loved the creepyness! Want to see what happens next.
- June 27, 2012 at 12:59 PM
- Sharon Kirk Clifton said...
Yes, I would read on. As for those first two paragraphs, they're keepers. As a professional raconteur, I had to read Old Blind Alice's lines aloud and in character, of course.
I hear a storyteller's voice in the writing. It sounds like a great read-aloud.
The "little hairy men"? I wish the writer had given them a more evocative descriptor. And I wonder at the significance of the MC's name. Hmmmm....
I'm curious about the uncle.
- June 27, 2012 at 1:16 PM
- Heather Day Gilbert said...
Wow, I'm pretty much blown away and want to read more. One thought, though--I think it has to be EITHER MG or YA; it can't really qualify as both. It all depends on the age of the main character. I'm interested to find out who wrote this!
- June 27, 2012 at 1:48 PM
- Sharon Kirk Clifton said...
Heather, you broach upon a conundrum I have with my own novel. I think it's possible for a work to teeter on a line between MG and YA. It matters to the bookseller or librarian who wants to place it on the "correct" shelf, but does the reader care? I was thrilled when I saw this book described as MG/YA. Hooray! That's a niche my baby can squeeze into.
- June 27, 2012 at 4:38 PM
- Rebecca LuElla Miller said...
I'd definitely keep reading. There's a hint of danger, something unknown, along with the suggestion of of real life conflict.
This is a good book for "tweeners" I think, but MG readers will like it and some YA and adults. I think it has definite promise as a read-aloud.
- June 27, 2012 at 6:35 PM
- Amy Sullivan said...
Yes, yes, I'd read on!
- June 28, 2012 at 12:34 AM
- Katherine Hyde said...
I would read on. The atmosphere is intriguing. I'm a little skeptical about the old woman's voice—what's her background and ethnicity supposed to be? She doesn't really sound like Alaska to me. Other than that, I like it.
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Sapphire HD 4870 1GB Toxic Review
With the introduction of the HD 4800 series, manufacturers have been taking a twist and adding features to make them stand out among the crowd. Sapphire has been known for taking its video cards to the next level. One series that Sapphire created is Toxic. The Toxic Series allows for high overclocks and faster stock speeds using new technology cooling. Couple this excellent cooling solution with a fast card like the HD 4870 and you have a winner with the Sapphire HD 4870 Toxic Edition. Sapphire has taken this card and overclocked it out of the box so you are sure to win some late night gaming frag fests without having to do anything else with it. Also, since it has better cooling, you don't have to worry about it overheating like some of the first HD 4870's did when they hit the market.
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Fewer process measuring points – multivariable measurement (flow, density, temperature)
Space-saving installation – no in/outlet run needs
Full access to process and diagnostic information – numerous, freely combinable I/Os and fieldbuses
Reduced complexity and variety – freely configurable I/O functionality
Integrated verification – Heartbeat Technology
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Measuring principle operates independently of physical fluid properties such as viscosity or density
Accurate measurement of liquids and gases for a wide range of standard applications.
Device properties
Compact dual-tube sensor
Medium temperature up to +150 °C (+302 °F)
Process pressure up to 100 bar (1450 psi)
Compact dual-compartment housing with up to 3 I/Os
Backlit display with touch control and WLAN access
Remote display available
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Aksesuarlar / Yedek parçalar
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BLACK BAYOU — Crappie fishing is slow to fair around the grass on shiners or jigs. Bass are best on floating worms and lizards fished around the grass. Bream are fair on crickets and worms.
CANEY LAKE — Look for the bass to be schooling early mornings and hitting topwater shad imitation lures. Deep water structure along the humps and ridges are best spots to try a big plastic worm and deep diving crank bait. Night time fishing is producing some bass on black spinner baits and plastic worms. Crappie are slow to fair with scattered catches made around the deeper tops on shiners or jigs. Catfishing is fair to good tight-lining cold worms on the bottom. Chinquapins are fair to good on the 8 foot flats on cold worms.
CHENIERE LAKE — Bass fishing is best on Rogues and topwaters early mornings while Wobbleheads are picking up some around the grass later in the day. Bream and crappie are fair on Beetle Spins and Road Runners fished under overhanging limbs.
LAKE CLAIBORNE — Bream fishing is fair on worms and crickets fished around bedding areas. Crappie are slow. Stripers are schooling early mornings and some are hitting soft plastic shad imitations in breaking schools while some have been caught trolling white bucktails. Bass are best early mornings fishing topwater lures and Baby Brush Hogs around structure. Catfishing is fair to good fishing prepared baits or liver on the bottom. For latest information, call Tim Lofton at Kel's Cove at 927-2264.
LAKE D'ARBONNE — Bream fishing has been quite good fishing worms off the banks. Lots of frying sized channel catfish are being picked up along with the bream. Crappie are rather slow and not many anglers are going after them. Bass are best early on topwater lures and buzz baits with Wobbleheads picking up some later around the grass. For latest information, call Anderson's Sport Center at 318-368-9669.
OUACHITA RIVER — Bass fishing is fair in breaking schools. Shad colored crank baits are working best. Crappie are fair with better catches made in the bayou drifting jigs. Bream are slow to fair.
LAKE POVERTY POINT — Bream fishing has been good using the Carolina Jumbo worms. Catfish are biting cold worms or cut shad around the "jungle". No report on bass or crappie this week. For latest reports, call Poverty Point Marina at 318-878-0101.
LAKE ST. JOHN — Bream fishing has been good on worms and crickets. Bass are best early and late on topwater lures. Crappie are slow but catfishing is good. Call Doug Miller or Ken Mahoney at Lake St. John Grocery (318-757-0013) for latest reports and fishing conditions.
LAKE YUCATAN — The water continues to be very low and best crappie catches have been made in the middle of the lake trolling jigs. Bass have been good on the Zara Spook while the bream are biting worms and crickets. For latest information, call James Lachney at 318-467-2259.


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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
i-mate 810-F Plays Nice with Heat, Water, and Extreme Shock
Posted by Darius Wey in "Pocket PC Hardware" @ 08:50 AM
"i-mate, the global specialist in Microsoft Windows Mobile devices and software, today launched the i-mate 810-F, the world's first complete lifestyle mobile with a lifetime warranty. Designed to meet military specifications, the 810-F combines high-end mobile technology and incredible durability in a single sleek package. Whether you work in the great outdoors or in an office, on the road or on a building site, or you just simply want a tough take-anywhere mobile, the 810-F offers everything you need for work and play. The phone comprises waterproof rubber casing and exposed metal screws to lock in the factory seal, making it impervious to almost anything. A full QWERTY keyboard, and impact resistant touch screen, means you don't miss a thing while you are out and about... The 810-F is designed around the stringent MIL-STD-810F series of standards. These standards are issued by the U.S. military's Developmental Test Command, a body whose role is to ensure equipment can withstand the rigours of the most extreme environments. This means the i-mate 810-F can cope with pressure, heat, water, humidity and even extreme shock without missing a beat. The 810-F is equally happy at a chilly -10°C or sweltering 60°C, and can be fully submerged in water."
Amid all the hustle and bustle at MWC, i-mate silently unveiled the 810-F, and if the company's claims are anything to go by, it's one device you probably won't mind leaving in your jeans pocket and throwing into the washing machine. The Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device packs a Marvell PXA310 (624MHz) processor, 128MB RAM, 256MB ROM, 2GB NAND RAM, quad-band GSM/EDGE and tri-band UMTS/HSDPA connectivity, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, aGPS, a 2.0-megapixel camera, an accelerometer, a 2.46", 320 x 240 (QVGA) touch screen, and fortunately, none of the ugliness that was the JAQ.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that the 8th International Cloud Expo will take place June 6-9, 2011, in New York City.
The International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo series is the world's leading Cloud-focused event and is held three times a year, in New York, Silicon Valley and in Europe. Over 600 corporate sponsors and 10,000 industry professionals have participated in Cloud Computing Expo since its inception, more than all other Cloud-related events put together.
Cloud Computing Expo 2011 East
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The four-day event will offer a rich array of sessions led by exceptional speakers about the business and technical value of cloud computing with more than 150 sponsors and exhibitors and over 5,000 estimated delegates from well over 48 different countries.
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Cloud Expo 2011 East will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading Cloud industry players in the world.
The growth and success of Cloud Computing will be on display at the upcoming Cloud Expo conferences and exhibitions in Santa Clara November 1-4, and in New York City June 6-9, 2011.
The recent Cloud Expo at the Javits Center in New York City was the largest Cloud Computing conference ever produced, more sponsors, exhibitors and delegates than all other Cloud events of the year combined!
All main layers of the Cloud ecosystem will be represented in the 7th and 8th International Cloud Expo - the infrastructure players, the platform providers, and those offering applications, and they'll all be here to speak, sponsor, exhibit and network.
"Cloud Expo was announced on February 24, 2007, the day the term 'cloud computing' was coined," said Fuat Kircaali, founder and chairman of SYS-CON Events, Inc. "Cloud has become synonymous with 'computing' and 'software' in two short years, and this event has become the new PC Expo, Comdex, and InternetWorld of our decade. By 2012, more than 50,000 delegates per year will be attending Cloud Expo."
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Google Earth Used to Bust Illegal Swimming Pools
Google Street View has been known to preserve records of crimes past. Now, a Long Island town is using Google Earth satellite images to go after rule-breakers. Riverhead has busted 250 homeowners for backyard pools constructed without proper permits. Creepy!
Sean Walter, an attorney and first-term town supervisor in Riverhead, N.Y., insists he is a staunch defender of privacy rights and the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable search and seizure.
But Walter supported using Google Earth images to help identify about 250 Riverhead homes where residents failed to get building permits certifying their swimming pools complied with safety regulations. All but about 10 eventually came to town hall.
Google Earth has also become an important tool for the FBI, though they're not saying what they use it for. According to federal contract records reviewed by the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, the FBI has spent more than $600,000 on Google Earth since 2007, with $320,000 spent on a product called Google Earth Fusion. Fusion "allows organizations which already possess their own data to input this information into Google Earth and display it in geospatial form," according to Consumer Watchdog.
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FRITZ!Box 6590 Cable Service - Knowledge Base
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Two telephone numbers are displayed for one call call in the call list
The caller signals both telephone numbers as his own number. In addition to the number actually assigned by the provider (Network Provided Number), the caller also transmits a telephone number he chose for himself (User Provided Number). The FRITZ!Box displays both numbers in the call list; the first number is the user provided number, followed by the network provided number in parentheses. If the FRITZ!Box should not accept these calls, set up a call block for the user provided number.
Companies with large PBXs may use a user provided number to direct calls to a certain number (for example to the reception desk or the switchboard). Call centers also like to use user provided numbers (for example toll-free telephone numbers) that are completely independent of the number assigned by the provider.
Often you can call both numbers back. The network provided number is the telephone number that the provider assigned to the telephone line. This means that it is the "real" telephone number and can always be called back. However, the unlike the "real" telephone number, the user provider number could have been manipulated by the caller since the telephony provider does not check whether the number is correct ("no screening").


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Course Reserves
Instructors may place materials on reserve in the Mathematics Research Library for 400 level and above classes in:
- Mathematics
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- Applied Mathematics
- Biostatistics
If desired, Math will accept materials for small 300 level classes.
Reserve materials for lower division classes should be sent to Odegaard Undergraduate Library Reserve. OUGL Reserve is open longer and can serve undergraduates far better than we can. The available loan periods there are 2, 4, and 24-hour, and 3-day. Most reserve books are shelved in the open reserve stacks on the first floor of Odegaard. Students can browse this collection and check out books at the circulation desk or the self-check machine. Odegaard also has a small collection of closed reserve materials kept behind the circulation desk. These items have a history of theft or vandalism and are usually in very high demand. Books kept in this collection circulate for 2 hours and are library use only. Math and stat texts tend to be in very high demand.
Loan periods in Math are usually 4 hours for textbooks, and 24 hours for supplementary materials. Books, journal articles, media, personal copies, and electronic materials may be placed on reserve. Consult the Libraries' Course Reserve page for specific information and for copyright compliance suggestions.
The Library will process and maintain all reserve materials, but instructors may also choose to manage their own electronic reserves. Using the self-management option gives instructors greater flexibility and materials can be put on reserve more quickly-- see Managing Your Own E-Reserves. The Libraries strongly encourages instructors to consider self-managing their own reserve lists.
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Reserve lists for the Mathematics Research Library should be submitted as soon as possible! A long lead time allows us to recall books in use or buy and process them if necessary. Please use the Course Reserves Request Form to submit lists of materials.
Instructors may also submit a list by email, mail, in person or by phone. Each request should include at a minimum:
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Potentially Insane Ways To Increase Your Fuel Efficiency
Wayne, the world's most fuel-efficient driver, really hates wasting gas. From MotherJones:
Wayne doesn't get high mpg marks by tinkering with engines or using funky fuels or even, most days, by driving a hybrid. He gets them by driving consciously – hyperconsciously….
Wayne is doing no more than 15 miles per hour. Before he's out of sight, though, he turns a full loop on the exit road to slow himself down, so he doesn't have to brake at a traffic jam ahead. Wayne hates braking.
Here are just a few of the techniques Wayne uses to save gas.
We are not endorsing these, they're just interesting:
• Avoid braking. As in, stop the car without braking.
• "Ridge-riding" This is Wayne's term for riding over the white line. It tells people that he's moving slowly, and has other benefits: "Ridge-riding, Wayne explains, saves gas in the rain, as it gets the wheels out of the puddly grooves in the road created by more, let's say, traditional drivers. "People are burning fuel to throw water in the air," he says, adding that you can hear if you're driving in the road's grooves or out of them."
• Drive with no air conditioning, and with the windows up. Yes, "and." Not "or". And. (Wayne lives in the Chicago/Milkwaukee area, for those of you familiar with that region's lovely weather.)
• Take sharp turns at 50 mph with the engine off.
• Push the car out of the driveway.
• Draft 18-Wheelers by driving close behind them. (Never do this!)
The lengths Wayne goes to save gas are strange, occasionally very unwise and sometimes oddly admirable. When the world ends, we'd like to know Wayne. Perhaps not before. —MEGHANN MARCO
This Guy Can Get 59 MPG in a Plain Old Accord. Beat That, Punk [MotherJones via Get Rich Slowly]
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BELVIDERE, N.J. - October 12, 2012 --Two Warren County residents have been arrested after some high school students became sick after eating cookies believed to be laced with marijuana.
Dennis Horvath and Sharon Getz of Pohatcong are each charged with four drug offenses and one count of child abuse.
Warren County Prosecutor Richard Burke says several students at Phillipsburg High School reported being sickened on Thursday after eating the cookies. It's not clear how they got the cookies.
Police from Phillipsburg and Pohatcong Township searched the suspects' residence and say they found marijuana plants, suspected marijuana cookies and drug paraphernalia.
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Samsung announced a new program on Monday to help enterprise IT shops feel more confident about allowing workers to use the coming Galaxy S III smartphone on the job.
Galaxy S III smartphones sold by all five U.S. mobile carriers starting later in June and early July will be branded SAFE, for Samsung Approved for Enterprise.
The SAFE program means Samsung has set up support and quality assurance for 338 smartphone management policies important to IT, including 256-bit encryption on the device, enhanced support for Microsoft's Exchange ActiveSync, support for leading Virtual Private Network software and for a number of Mobile Device Management systems.
The new 4.8-in., Android 4.0 smartphone will be sold starting in late June or July from AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless and US Cellular. Most list the price as $199.99 with a two-year contract.
Some U.S. carriers have begun taking pre-orders for the smartphone and Samsung officials said Friday that one of the biggest U.S. carriers has seen 44% of the pre-orders being made by business users. Business customers either pay for the devices themselves on their own accounts, or companies set up accounts for their workers and pay for them.
Android hasn't been the top choice of IT shops for ease in management partly because there are so many OS versions and models available, analysts have noted. Still, Android devices make up half of the smartphones sold around the globe, and the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend is in full swing, analysts said. Samsung is the largest producer of Android smartphones.
"Android has the ability to blow that [manageability] door right open, with Samsung dragging Android through the enterprise," Timothy Wager, vice president and general manager of Samsung enterprise sales, told Computerworld. "We're systematically going after the enterprise customer, on the most desireable device we can offer."
Wager said other Android smartphone makers have set up quality assurance programs for IT manageability with a single carrier, but this is the first time such a program will work across five carriers.
To provide SAFE quality assurance, Samsung has offered a Software Development Kit to MDM and VPN providers with access to Samsung's Application Programming Interfaces, allowing those vendors to integrate their software on the SAFE devices for each different wireless carrier, Wager said.
Wager said Samsung is also in the process of gaining FIPS compliance for the Galaxy S III, which important to healthcare, government and financial firms. Samsung has won FIPS compliance on the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Tab 10.1 Wi-Fi tablet from Verizon Wireless. SAFE will be certified on other tablets in the future, Wager said.
The MDM vendors Samsung has worked most closely with for the Galaxy S III launch include Afaria, MobileIron, AirWatch and SOTI, Wager said. A large enterprise would need to have MDM software installed in its data center to offer the full benefits of the integration with the Galaxy S III, although ActiveSync does offer some MDM capabilities useful for small- and medium-size businesses (SMBs), Wager said.
MDM can be used by corporations to control how many or what kind of apps their workers use, as well as for remote wipe of data from lost devices. MDM sometimes is also a tool to help IT distribute apps from its own internal app stores or public app stores.
Because of the SAFE compliance, Wager said a worker can buy a Galaxy S III and "go into the office and show the IT guy that it complies," Wager said. "We know the demand for Android is there and workers want to bring them to work. With SAFE, the IT compliance issue should go down."
Samsung also announced Safe2SSwitch, a trade-up program that gives users the ability to quickly see how much their smartphones are worth, so they can quickly trade-in for a SAFE device. With it, a user will soon be able to scan a QR code with an existing smartphone to be taken to a site than can detect the smartphone model and present its value and provide directions for a trade-in to a SAFE smartphone. The QR codes will be published in computer trade magazines, Wager said.
While the IT compliance inherent in SAFE will help companies feel more secure about their workers using the Galaxy S III, Wager said it is the smartphone device that is driving sales. "IT compliance of a smartphone doesn't drive buying behavior; the device drives the behavior," he said.
The Galaxy S III has features that will attract business users, including a larger screen for reading emails and access to faster LTE networks. "The larger screen is a huge driver for the mobile pro," he said.
An added advantage of using an Android device inside an enterprise is that custom apps can be less expensive to develop, given Android is built on open source software, Wager added.
Kathryn Weldon, an analyst at Current Analysis, said that SAFE will help IT shops have more confidence in workers using Android. "But I'm not sure IT has much of a choice, as their employees will be bringing them in on an BYOD basis," she said.
One benefit of Samsung's approach is that Samsung is not creating its own MDM but is partnering with an established crop of them.
She said that SAFE in combination with MDM tools approaches the security and manageability of BlackBerry Enterprise Server, a mainstay of corporate users even with the decline of maker Research in Motion.
The benefit of SAFE with an MDM system is that a corporation won't need to pay for RIM licenses or work behind RIM's Network Operations Center or pay for ongoing maintenance, she said.
"Since SAFE will integrate with all the main MDM platforms, it presupposes an MDM platform already in place," she said. "Between the 300-plus IT policies of SAFE and the existing management control and base level security of an MDM platform, I do believe that the stigma in the enterprise for Android shouldstart going away."
BES has support for more than 500 IT policies, more than the SAFE approach of 338, Wager admitted. "Today we don't do as much" as BES, but Wager urged customers to consider where Android is headed compared to BlackBerry.
Andrew Braunberg, also an analyst at Current Analysis, agreed that programs such as SAFE will drive broader enterprise adoption of Android. "Without programs such as SAFE and HTCPro and others, Android really has no chance of being broadly supported by enterprise IT," he said. Samsung benefited in winning a diverse partnership with various MDM players "no doubt driven by its leading position in the Android smartphone market."
Matt Hamblen covers mobile and wireless, smartphones and other handhelds, and wireless networking for Computerworld. Follow Matt on Twitter at @matthamblen or subscribe to Matt's RSS feed. His email address is email@example.com.
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How can I reactivate Web Protection in the Avira Toolbar?
Interested in browser safety?
Avira has just launched the new Avira Browser Safety extension for Firefox and Chrome!
It's FREE, highly discreet and most importantly, it blocks infected websites before they load.
Get Browser Safety now.
Would you prefer the Avira SearchFree Toolbar? Then please read on!
With Avira version 2014 update 5 (released in June 2014) , the Avira SearchFree Toolbar has been removed from our portfolio. Therefore, all new Avira Antivirus installations from update 5 upwards do not offer the toolbar installation anymore.
Avira provides alternatively the Avira Browser Safety. This free, highly discrete browser extension protects your online privacy and blocks malicious websites before they load.
For additional information please see this helpful article.
If you are still using the Avira SearchFree Toolbar, please read on.
You notice that Web Protection of Avira Free Antivirus is deactivated in the Avira Toolbar and you wonder how to activate it again?
The problem can be solved by a repair installation. Therefore, please proceed as follows:
Go to the "Programs and Features" by clicking on Start → Control Panel → Programs → Programs and Features. Thereafter, select the installed Avira product and click on Change
Select in the following Window the option "Modify" and click on Next
Make sure that the component "Web Protection" is set activ and confirm with a click on Next
After the repair installation has been completed, the setup window will close automatically. Please check the result in the browser.
If the Web Protection still remains disabled, that means you have a technical problem with your system. In this case please contact our Avira support.
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Ithaca Seminars
Academic challenge and transition to college
Ithaca Seminars are the gateway to the new Integrative Core Curriculum. All students will enroll in one of our exciting interdisciplinary liberal arts courses designed especially for first-year students. We believe that enrolling in an Ithaca Seminar is an excellent way to start off your college career. The courses are academically engaging with an additional emphasis on transition to college issues. All seminars get involved in a plethora of activities and opportunities to introduce you to IC's bounty of events, student groups, and academic and community services.
The Goals of the Ithaca Seminar Program
- Offer first-year students an intellectual liberal arts experience in a small class setting;
- Provide a classroom experience where students will learn to analyze and critically evaluate ideas, arguments, and points of view;
- Introduce students to the Integrative Core Curriculum and their electronic portfolio;
- Connect learning with other aspects of academic and college life to help first year students make a successful transition to college.
For more information about the Integrative Core, please click here.
Please contact Shaianne Osterreich, Interim ICSM Program Coordinator for the Ithaca Seminar Program, if you have any questions.


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Lighting controller
Several features have been added to the GRAFIK Eye QS Wireless lighting controller, including a load type configuration that provides optimized dimming for the Cree LR4 and LR6 LED loads. Additional features include a time clock to activate presets and after-hours events on connected Energi Savr Nodes without affecting the local GRAFIK Eye QS, QS sensor module support for large sensor counts and extended reception, IR eye support that extends the product's IR range, and 2- and 3-button Pico controls for portable control or to add an additional control point.
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Control stationDesigned to provide motor control in areas classified as Divisions or Zones by the NEC or the CEC, as well as in Zone areas as defined by the IEC, the UniCode 2 control station is now available in four standard materials: polyamide, fiberglass reinforced polyester, 316L brushed stainless steel, and aluminum with a gray epoxy powder coating. All models incorporate the Ex de method of protection, which the company says eliminates the need for external seals. Customizable features include a choice of standard and illuminated push buttons, selector switches, control and load break switches, and pilot lights employing high-intensity LEDs with a lifetime of 100,000 hr.
Circle 301
Control panelThe 331LC Duplex control panel offers digital level control in a stainless steel NEMA 4X enclosure. Designed to offer one solution for 208V, 240V, or 480V, 3-phase pumps with overload protection up to 32A each (10 hp max at 208V, 10 hp max at 240V, 20 hp max at 480V), each panel features a CW6CDC 4mA to 20mA controller, a solid-state alternator relay for even run time, run lights, elapsed time meters, lag delay circuitry, and seal leak lights. Additional features include hand/off/auto selector switches, alarm horn, and a high level flashing red alarm beacon with a dry contact for telemetry connection.
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Circle 302
DMX controller
The DVC2 PAD wall-mounted DMX stand-alone controller includes an easily accessible USB port located underneath the unit. Compatible with the company's software, the controller features a glass face, three touch-sensitive buttons, and a 5-pin connector block. Measuring
86 mm × 86 mm × 10 mm, the product works with an optional 1VAC/DC to 12VAC/DC adapter.
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A key player in the logistics business in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) provides ground handling services for 100+ airlines and 1,000+ freight forwarders worldwide. The IT environment handles more than one million transactions daily and enables 4,000 users to monitor the progress of cargo, documentation, and customs clearance. Hactl needed a workload automation strategy that would keep mission-critical data flowing through systems, enabling the company to manage cargo in the smartest possible way.
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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole - The Video Game, is an action flight game set in a fantasy world based on the bestselling book series by author Kathryn Lasky, with a storyline that parallels the plot of the upcoming 3D fantasy family adventure film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole. Warner Bros. this morning released the character profiles for the game.
In Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole - The Videogame, a young owlet named Soren arrives at the Great Ga'Hoole Tree and tells of his escape from the evil Pure Ones, revealing a new threat to the owl kingdoms. Players take on the role of Shard, a promising young Guardian, setting out on a secret mission to reveal the truth and uncover the sinister plans of the Pure Ones.
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|2004-02-11, 16:23
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Why are so many anime series fascinated with incest?
I'm not jumping to conclusions and associating Japanese cultural standards to what I see presented in anime, but I can't help wondering about this. It's difficult for me to even watch shows like Onegai Twins because of the whole premise. Granted, I've not seen the whole thing and it could be just a huge misunderstanding, but still. Apparently dating a cousin is a peccadillo at worst too. What gives?
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|2004-02-11, 18:55
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Only about half of states in the US actually ban first cousin marriages, most of the others require that the couples get counselling or has some restrictions but otherwise it's perfectly fine. In Europe most countries don't have restrictions. So the creep factor is really something held by the minority of the world. First cousin marriages are actually quite common among many other cultures and in religions. In fact, there have been scientific studies that show that first cousin mates are actually very natural in nature and is in fact just as health if not healthier to the species than mating outside of the extended family. Many of history's greatest ppl are actually children to first cousins.
|2004-02-11, 22:11
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Yea...it can be a tad weird when watching something that has incest, but you do have to realize that itis isn't based off our culture/morals/whatever. Would I...probably not, but would others...possibly. Just remember...it is entertainment, if you want the real thing....read the tabloids or some junk.
|2004-02-11, 23:41
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If you'd been raised elsewhere, it wouldn't be creepy at all...
Barring education, why is it creepy? The chances of genetic deformities aren't nearly so high among first cousins, so it's not even as evolutionarily disadvantageous as immediate-family incest (though it doesn't mix the gene pool sufficiently, and more importantly the social pool...)
X is a man, Y is a woman, the two should get together, no?
[and no, I'm not going to hit on my first cousins either... it's too creepy...]
|2004-02-12, 00:10
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|2004-02-12, 00:18
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Biologically speaking incest is not desired for its high possibility of genetic mutations. On the other hand however it may also leads to reinforcement of other aspects (which is how we managed to breed various strains of animals).
Socially, incest is frowned upon because of the conception of sexual predatorship. The family is supposed to be the safest social unit you are supposed to have. To be 'preyed' upon sexually would be a betrayal of that trust, affecting the family as the basic unit of society. Therefore, most cultures have put incest as a no-no.
|2004-02-12, 00:28
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My spin is that it shows laziness. Going to a family reunion to hook up it.... well queer. It decrease genetic diveristy over time and makes us (the human race) more susceptible to disease and genetic disorders. Oh yeah almost for got parasites. But its not harmful in the short term.
|2004-02-12, 00:36
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Oh well, as you say, Slade xTekno, it must just be "tradition" or something like that. Something that got so deeply engrained into one's consciousness over multiple generations, or something. I wonder how much of it has to do with family tradition, and how much of it has to do with personality of the individual... Hmm...
If we look in the animes that we are talking about (Onegai Twins, Da Capo, etc.), what you see has no "predatorship" at all. So, is it just the "weird" factor that is the root of the problem now, or does this "pendulum" effect still cloud our clear judgement (causes some to feel uneasy, when logically there is no reason to)?
Anyways, sorry - I'm just fascinated by psychology, and this is an interesting topic because it reveals a lot about our beliefs and values, and how different cultural opinions intersect (or don't).
|2004-02-12, 01:01
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Location: 加拿大
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For those of you who likes to read, here's an interesting website on incest (don't worry, it's not explicit):
It's from a Christian's point of view. But I'm surprised that the page wasn't as biased as I thought.
Oh, by the way, can anyone find a reliable website that shows the statistics of yearly incest cases in different countries? Incest could be more common than we think, and it would be interesting to see which country has the highest rate of incest. I tried searching but I keep finding porno instead. Although, there were some sick, albeit kinky stuff...
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|2004-02-12, 11:33
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I think I'll say a few things to clear things up about O. Twins, if someone hasn't watched it yet. Like in Teacher, Twins is meant to unoffensively examine the struggles people may have with what society considers to be questionable relationships. In this case, the main character, Kamishiro Maiku, is living with two girls, Miyafuji Miya and Onodera Karen. All three are adopted, with only one clue as to who they might have once been: a picture of a 2- or 3-yr-old boy and girl playing in a baby pool outside of a small cottage. All three came to the cottage to maybe find out about their past. Maiku rents the house, but since both girls have the picture, he suspects that one may be his twin sister(the other would not have any clear familial relationship to him). Rather than abandon a possible relative, he lets both stay with him in exchange for their helping around the house and cooking, etc. After a few episodes, the problem is clear: All three had grown very close, and the questioned relationship allows certain thoughts to come. If they're related they will be together forever, but if this beautiful girl and cool guy aren't related, then they could fall in love. All three struggle constantly with this, completely uncertain. When they think someone might not be related, the deep affection suddenly feels like a potential romance. Without wanting to, they all find themselves swinging unanchored between family and strangers, not knowing which they are, or which they wish to be. Of course in the end, they find who's who, and with questions of propriety cleared away, their uncertainty is washed away and they are all forced to directly face what they see in their hearts. The only thing "incest" in the story is the obligatory occurences, like catching a girl when she falls and finding your hand on her chest(and giving it the automatic squeeze), or falling ontop of one another, landing on one another's lips. The show examines a struggle with incest, but incest itself doesnt occur. So please stop saying that this show is about that. or at least find one of the threads that already exist on the subject.
|2004-02-12, 11:59
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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Seiryuu, that is an extremely good summary of Onegai Twins - good job! That is exactly why I say that I don't understand at all why "incest" would bother people in that show. Nothing ever happens, and it's totally unoffensive; it's certainly not "about" that, as you say. Again, good job on the summary - very well written!
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Osborne details painful cuts for UK
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After months of phoney war, George Osborne has detailed the coalition's battle plan to beat Britain's £109bn deficit, confirming hundreds of thousands of casualties across the public sector.
The Chancellor also announced sweeping reforms to the welfare system, saying "fairness" is the government's guiding principle.
Osborne announced:
- A 490,000 reduction in civil service jobs over four years, mostly by not filling vacancies, but "there will be some redundancies".
- Total Royal household spending cut by 14 per cent by 2014.
- Cuts to central funding of councils of 7.1 per cent per year for four years.
- Higher rents for new social housing tenants.
- A 24 per cent cut in the Foreign Office budget over four years.
- Police spending cut by four per cent per year over four years.
- Counter-terrorism and intelligence budgets protected.
- Savings on Home Office and Ministry of justice budgets of six per cent per year, with a plans for a new prison suspended.
- Cuts to legal aid.
- Plan to extract "maximum sustainable tax revenues" from banks, including permanent levy.
- An extra £900m to be spent pursuing tax evaders.
- State pension age for men and women to reach 66 by 2020.
- Higher employee contributions to public service pensions.
- All working age benefits and tax credits replaced with a single payment.
- New restrictions on housing and council tax benefits to save £7bn per year, on top of £11bn savings already announced.
- Child benefit withdrawn from higher rate taxpayers, as previously announced.
- Pensioners' benefits maintained.
- NHS protected but will make £20bn savings, to be reinvested in health.
- A 50 per cent increase in apprenticeship funding.
- Science budget protected at £4.6bn per year.
- Up to £1bn to be invested in a carbon capture pilot project.
- BBC World Service to be funded from the licence fee rather than the Foreign Office.
- Licence fee frozen for the next six years.
- Cap on train fare increased, raised to inflation plus three per cent.
- School resources protected.
"The decisions we have taken today bring sanity to our public finances," said Osborne.
"We've taken our country back from the brink of bankruptcy."
The average savings in departmental budgets will be 19 per cent, lower than the 25 per cent anticipated in June's emergency budget.
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This fall, country music songwriting sensation Jim McCormick is teaching the class, The Craft and Business of Songwriting, for the Department of Music Industry Studies at Loyola University New Orleans.
McCormick, who has spent more than 10 years working in the Nashville music scene, recently landed two songs on the country music charts. "Take a Little Ride," Jason Aldean's current radio single, debuted at No. 19 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart. The song was so successful that, at 189,000 copies sold, it broke the all time record for debut-week sales of a single by a male country artist. The song is currently at No. 3 on the chart. Another McCormick song, "You Don't Know Her Like I Do," recorded by Brantley Gilbert, reached No. 1 on the Billboard chart in July 2012 and has already sold more than 500,000 copies as a single.
Country music superstars Tim McGraw, Randy Travis, Trisha Yearwood, Trace Adkins and Ronnie Milsap are among the other artists who have recorded McCormick's songs.
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He has a bachelor's degree in English from Georgetown University and a master's degree in poetry from the University of New Orleans. McCormick is a frequent guest lecturer at music schools and conferences around the world, and his poetry and scholarship have been published in multiple academic journals. He is also a current governor on the Recording Academy's Memphis chapter board and a member of Leadership Music's class of 2013.