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NEW YORK -- The Chris Tillman Effect? Not exactly.
After watching Tillman dominate over 8 1/3 innings on Sunday, the Orioles could only hope their ace's performance had turned the momentum after an otherwise rough opening week for the rotation. But shiny new acquisition Ubaldo Jimenez, the largest commitment to a free-agent pitcher in club history, struggled with his command and didn't make it out of the fifth inning of Monday's 4-2 loss to the Yankees.View Full Game Coverage
NEW YORK -- The Chris Tillman Effect? Not exactly.
After watching Tillman dominate over 8 1/3 innings on Sunday, the Orioles could only hope their ace's performance had turned the momentum after an otherwise rough opening week for the rotation. But shiny new acquisition Ubaldo Jimenez, the largest commitment to a free-agent pitcher in club history, struggled with his command and didn't make it out of the fifth inning of Monday's 4-2 loss to the Yankees.View Full Game Coverage
"I wanted it to go another way," said Jimenez, who fell to 0-2 with a 6.75 ERA in his first two starts. "I wanted to win for the team."
Instead, the series-opening loss, in front of 48,142 for New York's home opener, highlighted all of the aspects that have led the Orioles (2-5) to lose five of their last six games. There was Jimenez's short start, a pair of baserunning blunders and Yankees starter Hiroki Kuroda scattering eight hits, while the Orioles squandered several chances in leaving five men on base.
"It's early, but no doubt, we've kind of struggled to get the runs going," said outfielder Nelson Cruz, who was doubled off first base in the second inning. "It seems like late in the games, we get it done, so it's just a matter of time that we get focused early and get it done early and don't wait until the last minute to get extra runs."
One of the O's most glaring missed opportunities came in the seventh inning. The club looked to have the makings of a rally after Cruz drove a ball to left to score Chris Davis and record team-leading fifth RBI, closing the deficit to two runs in the process. Davis had doubled to start the inning, and Matt Wieters' single put runners on the corners, with Kuroda exiting after recording the first out via Steve Lombardozzi's lineout.
"I was trying to be patient and make sure that I keep the ball down and not to walk anybody," Kuroda said of his quality start. "That was it."
After lefty Matt Thornton got Ryan Flaherty to ground out, Yankees manager Joe Girardi made his second pitching change in calling on righty David Phelps, who got Jonathan Schoop on an inning-ending groundout that kept the O's down by two.
With J.J. Hardy missing three of the last four games due to back spasms, Orioles manager Buck Showalter admitted he was a little hamstrung in terms of inserting a pinch-runner or having someone else bat.
"If we had all of our [players] available to us, we might approach that situation differently," Showalter said.
Instead, the offense -- particularly the bottom of the order -- has struggled without Manny Machado and Hardy, and Jimenez's performance didn't help things. Signed to a four-year, $50 million deal late in the offseason to help solidify the rotation behind Tillman, Jimenez walked five in a troublesome outing that came up short of expectations.
"He went through some really good sequences and then just got out of whack," Showalter said of Jimenez, who threw 109 pitches, 65 for strikes. "He was just missing a lot of pitches, but he had the type of stuff that gets you a lot deeper in the game. He'd just go through spurts where he couldn't command it. It was a cold day and he was trying to get a feel for the baseball, but you guys watched it. It wasn't like they banged him around all over the ballpark. He just couldn't get consistent with it. I know he's frustrated because there was a lot longer [of an] outing there potentially today."
Jimenez undoubtedly has potential, but he has yet to consistently put it together in his first act with the Orioles. In two starts for Baltimore, Jimenez -- who went at least five innings in each of his final 11 outings last year -- has worked 10 2/3 innings and allowed eight earned runs on 13 hits and eight walks, striking out 10.
"It was all about getting the breaking ball down," Jimenez said of his challenges on Monday. "It was kind of tough to throw inside, and I couldn't find any of them to put away hitters. I was able to get ahead, but I couldn't put any away with the breaking ball because none of them were working."
Jimenez (0-2) issued a leadoff walk in the third inning to No. 9 batter Yangervis Solarte, who came around to score, and Solarte broke a tie in the fourth with a drive that popped out of the glove of diving right fielder Nick Markakis. Jimenez struck out Brett Gardner to end that inning but couldn't get out of the fifth, as New York extended its lead on Derek Jeter's double and Jacoby Ellsbury's RBI single.
After Wieters threw out Ellsbury trying to steal second, Carlos Beltran singled. Jimenez got Brian McCann to fly out, but Alfonso Soriano singled and Brian Roberts drew a two-out walk to load the bases and force Showalter to go to his bullpen. Jimenez was replaced by lefty Zach Britton, who walked Kelly Johnson on five pitches, extending Baltimore's deficit to three runs, before retiring Solarte.
"If you look at the track record of those guys, there are some pretty good hitters there -- six, seven, eight and nine," Showalter said of Jimenez's struggles with the bottom of the order. "So it's not like you just throw your glove out there. That's one of the things that good teams like the Yankees are able to do, present challenges all the way through the order."
The O's, who recorded a hit in four of the first five innings, got on the board with two outs in the fourth courtesy of Wieters' sharp single to center field, which scored Adam Jones. Schoop gave the club a two-out baserunner in the fifth, but he was picked off to negate the hit, giving Baltimore its second baserunning blunder of the afternoon.
"There's no excuse for those mistakes," said Schoop who thought there were two strikes and got caught up with David Lough batting. "You cannot control if you are going to get a base hit, but this mistake you can control. It's not going to happen, you know? You've got to learn from it."
Said Cruz of his mistake: "I thought the ball was going to drop. I saw the right fielder because it was hit more to right field. But with the wind, I saw the replay and I thought the wind probably took it more to center field long enough for the center fielder to catch it, but that's no excuse."
Showalter said postgame that making two errors the way the O's did on Monday can't happen if the club is going to beat teams like the Yankees, although he did highlight some positives. One was Britton, who went on to pitch two scoreless innings before handing the ball to right-hander Ryan Webb, who navigated through scoreless 1 1/3 frames.
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The Legendary Starfy series is a video game series developed by TOSE and published by Nintendo. The series is about Starfy, "a legend" that lives in the palace of Pufftop. In all five games, something causes him to fall into the ocean and fight evil. So far all of the Starfy games have been released exclusively for handheld platforms.
In an interview with Nintendo and TOSE in 2009, Hitoshi Yamagami confirmed that there are plans for a sixth Starfy game in the series. However, no further information has since surfaced about the game. [1]
- Densetsu no Starfy (Game Boy Advance, 2002 in Japan)
- Densetsu no Starfy 2 (Game Boy Advance, 2003 in Japan)
- Densetsu no Starfy 3 (Game Boy Advance, 2004 in Japan)
- Densetsu no Starfy 4 (Nintendo DS, 2006 in Japan)
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Although there are currently 5 games in the series, The Legendary Starfy (Densetsu no Starfy Taiketsu! Daiiru Kaizokudan in Japan); is the only game to have been localized outside of Japan. Nintendo of America officially localized The Legendary Starfy and released the game on June 8 2008, just over a year from the Japanese release and one day earlier than scheduled. Nintendo of Australasia later released and produced the game in Australasia in October 2009, although currently no other branches of Nintendo have localized the game elsewhere.
Nintendo of America appear to have no plans of localizing past games in the series. In a 2009 conference call set up by Nintendo between Nintendo Life and six developers of The Legendary Starfy, producer Hitoshi Yamagami joked that the reason why Starfy took so long to debut in the US was that he 'was swimming all the way from Japan' and explained that the series was always developed for a Japanese audience. The developers stated that they always wanted to bring Starfy to the US, but that Nintendo of America deemed the games 'too Japanese' for American audiences. There are various localization changes in the fifth game, where for example the manga style cutscenes in Densetsu no Starfy Taiketsu! Daiiru Kaizokudan were changed and made to read from left to right instead of right to left.
Hitoshi Yamagami, however stated in the conference call that although TOSE had no intention of releasing them at the time, "if Starfy proves to be a huge hit and fans demand that they have the first four Starfy games", then "the possibility certainly exists".
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- Densetsu no Starfy (tentative title) (Japanese)
- Densetsu no Starfy Japanese official site (Japanese)
- Densetsu no Starfy 2 Japanese official site (Japanese)
- Densetsu no Starfy 3 Japanese official site (Japanese)
- Densetsu no Starfy 4 Japanese official site (Japanese)
- The Legendary Starfy Japanese official site (Japanese)
- The Legendary Starfy North American official site
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I have read many interesting articles relating to the old stone wall on Armstrong mountain near Deepwater. It has been my good fortune to visit this point of interest recently in company with 26 Boy Scouts of Troop 91, of Mount Hope, and since there have been many and varied opinions formed as to the origin of this wall and its purpose I hope that my opinion may prove of some interest.
Under the circumstances of my inspection of this wall I was unable to investigate it very thoroughly. However I found it to be a wall made by stones being piled up in a rick and extending continuously along the side of the ridge crossing over the top of the ridge and extending along the opposite side of the ridge at the same distance from the top of the ridge on either side. This wall is very strong or appears to have been at the time it was built at the point farthest back on the ridge and at this point it overlooks a decline in the ridge, while it appears to have been made in the form of a horseshoe and does not connect on the point or the beginning of the hill as you approach it, going up from the valley at Deepwater.
I found, as has been previously stated, that there is a deposit of the black flint within the enclosure of this wall. Specimens of this flint compare favorably with the flint arrow points and tomahawks that I have found in the Garden Grounds of Fayette county, and also on Paint Creek and many points in Raleigh, Wyoming and Logan counties of which I have a collection. However, I did not find any flint other than the black. While some of this would appear to be a white flint I found it to be only the black flint discolored and appeared white, but did not resemble the white flint I have found in other places. Therefore, I feel convinced that within the bounds of this wall must have been the only source of supply of this black flint which is generally conceded to have been made use of by the Indians, and judging by the amounts that have been found in various points, would indicate that it was very much in demand. Therefore it is my opinion that this wall and the deposit of flint must have some connection.
I found that there was a large chestnut tree several feet in diameter that must have been several hundred years old, standing in the wall at the point where it crosses the ridge, and judging from the amount of stone and other evidence I believe this tree to have been standing at the time the wall was built. I found an oak tree about three feet in diameter standing in the wall along the side of the ridge and this tree I believe to tell very much about the age of the stone wall, as it is my opinion that the tree may have come up from an acorn that was in the soil when the wall was built or it may have been a small sapling that stood in the path of the wall. It appears to be unnatural in its form as though it may have been disfigured by the stone when the wall was made or by growing up through the stones. I am reliably informed that judging by the size of this oak that it would be approximately 175 years old, and I believe the wall to be about that age.
After connecting all the information that is available at the location of this wall and a careful study of the early history of this county and early settlement of the state, I am convinced that this wall was made by the pioneer Indian fighters in that section. As stated above I am of the opinion that the wall was built to fortify the deposit of flint. However, under the circumstances it is unlikely that it was built by the Indians for several reasons; if it had been the work of Indians it would have likely been the work of the Indian squaw as my knowledge of Indian habits is, that this would have been their work. This would have necessitated an Indian settlement at or near this point of the wall, and in such case the work of making the implements of flint would have been carried on at that point. However, my study of the evidence found there as compared with that found in other sections where the arrowmaker carried on his work, convinced me that only the raw material of flint was carried away from that deposit as the unusual amount of small pieces of flint such as is found in places where arrow points and other evidence that would indicate an Indian settlement and where the arrow maker carried on his work at a point convenient to his settlement which would have afforded him better protection and access for his people to more suitable hunting grounds. Also, there are several large pieces of flint found in the construction of the wall which would indicate that the builders had no regard for the value of the flint, and this fact would hardly become that of the Indian as he must have treasured a boulder of flint very highly and would have found some substitute for it in the wall.
In this summing up of facts, I feel convinced that such would eliminate the Indian as the builder of the wall and this leaves the mystery to have been the work of either the early settlers of this country or as has been suggested by some, to have been the work of some ancient tribe of people that inhabited this section prior to the Indian. Such information as we have of possibly the mound builders or stone men indicates they could not have built the wall less than many centuries ago, and in this connection, since the wall passes through a very fertile section of virgin timber, it would been completely covered with vegetation and considerably less visible after the lapse of several hundred years in the wilderness.
I find after studying the early settlement of this section of our country that between the ages of 1750 and possibly around the year 1776 there were many conflicts between the Indians and white men. Daniel Boone was making his reputation as an Indian fighter during this time. Our people were engaged in the French and Indian war at t[h]is time. We have record of many invasions and capture of white people in this section during this time. Also, during this period it is not likely that the Indians were very completely equipped with guns and ammunition, and must have made heavy demands on any source of flint for their war material. The white man had been friendly with the Indians prior to this time and also had learned to make use of the flint as did the Indian, and is likely to have gained knowledge of this deposit of flint in the vicinity of the stone wall. Therefore, it is very probably that with the ill feeling with the Indians it would have resulted in an effort by the early Indian fighters to gain possession of this flint deposit and prevent the Indians from using it in warfare against them.
Judging from evidence as felt by the Indians and a study of the records of their invasions and carrying off of the white families, it would appear that their chief settlements were in the vicinity of Paint Creek, Garden Grounds and sections lying east of Armstrong mountain that were more adapted to hunting. This situation would require that entrance to the section of the flint deposit would have been made by the Indians by going down the ridges and entering rather than coming up from the section of the river below. A study of the wall would indicate that it was built to fortify against attack from this section and in the manner as outlined above and as stated before the wall is very strong at the point where it overlooks the decline, which would have been the point of attack by the Indians in trying to effect an entrance to their supply of flint. Also large pieces of flint are found along the ridge leading to the east from the wall for several miles which would indicate an attempt to transport it and left on the way for some reason, while no flint is observed in this manner in the opposite direction toward the river. There has been mentioned a smaller wall in the enclosure of the rock wall. This I believe to have been the second line of defense fortification and possibly high lookout points to observe Indians coming in to attack. Also the fact that the wall now indicates protection against attack from the outside bears out my belief.
In my opinion, this wall could not have been built by a few men in a short while as it required no labor other than carrying stone, and I believe this is to have been done by the ones who were engaged in guarding the flint supply. Should the wall have been built at the period that I contend, about 1760, owing to the sparsely settled country, and excitement it could have been built with very little knowledge of it by local settlers, and in its location it could have been many years before its discovery, and its builders may have moved on with the march of progress or to the great beyond, and the actual explanation of the stone wall may be a mystery forever.
Mount Hope, W. Va.
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David E. Fisher, MD, PhD is an internationally known researcher, clinician and academic, who is Chief of the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts (USA). He also serves as Director of the MGH Cutaneous Biology Research Center and Director of the Melanoma Center at MGH. A Professor of Dermatology and of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Fisher came to the MGH from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where he previously Directed the Melanoma Program. Dr. Fisher's research has focused on understanding the molecular and genetic events which underlie formation of melanoma as well as skin pigmentation. As a clinician, he has worked to translate these understandings into advances in diagnosis, treatment and prevention of human diseases related to the skin and associated disorders. A graduate of Swarthmore College with a degree in Biology and Chemistry, Dr. Fisher is also an accomplished concert cellist and received a degree from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. He received his PhD under Nobel Laureate Gunter Blobel at Rockefeller University and his Medical Degree at Cornell University Medical College under Dr. Henry Kunkel. Dr. Fisher's specialty training in Medicine, Pediatrics, and Oncology were carried out at Harvard Medical School. He recently served for three years as President of the Society for Melanoma Research, the largest international society dedicated to the study of melanoma.
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Investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a way of increasing pigmentation in human skin without the damaging effects of ultraviolet radiation.
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MGH Hotline 5.08.09 Approximately 100 people attended the Friends of the MGH Cancer Center's annual fundraising forum April 22 in the Bulfinch Tents. This year's event featured MGH skin cancer experts David Fisher, MD, PhD, chief of the Department of Dermatology and director of the Center for Melanoma, left, and Jennifer Wargo, MD, of the Department of Surgery.
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Alicia Keys Criticized For Performing Anthem While... SITTING *gasp*
Alicia Keys is getting glowing reviews for her rendition of the national anthem at this weekend's Super Bowl. However, she is also getting criticized for not standing during the performance, during which she was seated behind a grand piano. Some have assumed this is why the NFL is blocking the video of Alicia singing "The Star-Spangled Banner."
"It was disrespectful," one morning show producer told The Huffington Post. "They had enough time and manpower to think of this before the performance. They could have had her stand at her piano keyboard and sing. To me and a lot of my friends, she sounded great but the visual was wrong."
Alicia isn't the first person to appear on live TV and be criticized for not standing during the song. In September 2012, Wolf Blitzer and Piers Morgan both remained seated for at least half of the national anthem at the Republican National Convention, which resulted in CNN issuing the following statement: "CNN's anchors stood during the national anthem as soon as their cables were disconnected and they were able to do so."
"Alicia is a proud American and was honored to perform at the event," says a publicist who has worked with Keys. "Her slow version of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' was her own arrangement, accompanying herself on the piano, adding 'living in the home of the brave' at the end of the song. It's silly to see how that was being disrespectful."
However, the NFL says the performance has been removed on copyright grounds. "The Star-Spangled Banner" is in the public domain, as it was written before copyright laws existed. However, artists can copyright their own arrangements of it. Whitney Houston did just that in 1991 after she performed a pre-recorded version of the song in the Super Bowl that year.
This has "nothing to do with the content of the performance but a rights issue," said NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy, who added that NFL.com plans to post the video shortly.
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A contract proposal hammered out between the Screen Actors Guild and video game publishers was shot down after a union vote. A key sticking point seemed to be "atmospheric" work, in which one actor voices multiple minor characters.
Variety reports that the guild members who work this contract - covering 70 games publishers and all the industry heavyweights - shot it down by nearly 2:1, in defiance of the SAG board's recommendation that it be approved. In particular, SAG's Hollywood caucus considered atmospheric work - one actor performing 20 different characters of up to 300 words at a daily base rate - a "major reduction" from the current collective bargaining agreement, Variety said.
When all's said and done here, this doesn't matter as much as the star power of the SAG name would indicate. Union work accounts for roughly 25 percent of video game voice work. Also, the board of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists gave an "an overwhelming and strong" endorsement that its members approve the contract.
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text: Williamson reached stumps in Jamaica on 105 not out from 263 balls [Getty Images]Kane Williamson completed an unbeaten century to guide New Zealand to a modest first day total of 240 of two in the opening Test against West Indies. A patient Williamson reached stumps at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica on 105 not out from 263 balls. NZ v West Indies scorecard New Zealand first innings T Latham c & b Shillingford 83P Fulton c Ramdin b Taylor 1K Williamson not out 106I Taylor not out 35Extras: 17Total: (2 wickets; 95.1 overs) 242Fall of wickets: 1-9 2-174 The 23-year-old came to the crease early when opener Peter Fulton was dismissed for one, edging a catch to wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin off paceman Jerome Taylor. Williams shared a 165-run partnership with Tom Latham for the second wicket. Playing in just his second Test, Latham scored a career-best 83 off 206 deliveries. Shillingford falls short He struck 10 boundaries and looked poised to reach his first Test hundred when he got a leading edge and handed a simple return catch to spinner Shane Shillingford. Ross Taylor, also batting cautiously, finished the day unbeaten on 34 after hitting three fours in one over from Taylor as Williamson put the brakes on nearing his sixth test century. Williamson moved into the 90s with a boundary but did not score off any of his next 33 balls. He eventually reached his hundred after hitting Sulieman Benn for successive fours. SOURCE: Reuters Sport Cricket


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Last week's commentary in the Local ["A Chestnut Hill resident speaks out"] brought about a strong reaction that concerned me and many others. It touched on a range of issues that could be individually addressed, but it got me thinking about the larger issue of civic activity as a whole.
In these nine years of volunteering for the CHCA, my involvement has lead me to being excited, challenged, motivated, exhilarated, exhausted, disturbed, dismayed, determined, re-energized, impressed, moved, disappointed, disheartened, relieved, renewed . . .
Civic work is all of that and more, and in Chestnut Hill we are unusually fortunate to have an amazing number of volunteers who are willing to get involved in the CHCA and other community organizations, to speak up, to volunteer in some little or big way, to show up and show they care, sometimes again and again. There are so many organizations to join, most of which begin with the words "Chestnut Hill," that it becomes confusing to discern one from the next.
The Chestnut Hill Local, owned and published by the Chestnut Hill Community Association, tries to keep its readers informed of important local news, including the activities of these organizations. As publisher, we do not dictate what the Local publishes. It publishes opinions that may not be factually correct, and provides a forum for people to communicate about the community, even if it is critical of the CHCA.
The CHCA is not always perfect. But what I will say is that the CHCA and many other Chestnut Hill organizations try very hard to do work that is important for this community and are supported by volunteers who are willing to become involved. People who criticize the output of these entities are also showing that they care. Their voices are important for everyone to hear. I encourage them to be involved, to attend meetings, to see what they can add, to learn what is really going on, to understand the challenges and the options, and to bring new ideas to make things better.
The process isn't always pretty, or easy or straightforward, but it is necessary. Communities need a community organization. People who do this work bring their individual values and expertise into an arena where they try to arrive at the best consensus they can for all involved. The CHCA board, a group of committed citizens representing many aspects of Chestnut Hill, welcomes and encourages all who are willing to come give civic work a try.
We want the CHCA, including its board, to be even more representative of Chestnut Hill. The CHCA has the experience and expertise in place to do so much, and we could do so much more if more people would step forward and become involved.
In this season of the Community Fund Drive, aided by the CHCA, it is important to remember that at our best, we join together to contribute in small ways and large to the common good, to aid local organizations who give back to the community and help improve, for all of us, what it means to live in Chestnut Hill.
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nodaemon = False
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== See also ==
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This article covers setup and usage of LIRC "Linux Infrared Remote Control" with serial or USB infrared devices.
LIRC is a daemon that can translate key presses on a supported remote into program specific commands. In this context, the term, "program specific" means that a key press can do different things depending on which program is running and taking commands from LIRC.
The Central Dogma of LIRC (an allusion to the flow of information in biological systems) is summarized below wherein the flow of information from the remote to the application is summarized with LIRC at the center of it all:
- User hits a button on the remote causing it to transmit an IR or RF signal.
- The signal is received by the receiver connected to the Linux box.
- The kernel (via the correct module) use presents pulse data from the remote on a device like /dev/lirc0, /dev/input/eventX, /dev/ttyUSBX or /dev/ttyS0.
/usr/bin/lircduses the information from
/etc/lirc/lircd.conf.d/foo.confto convert the pulse data into button press information.
- Programs that use LIRC translate the button press info from
/usr/bin/lircdinto user-defined actions according to
~/.lircrcor to program-specific mappings.
- 1 Installation
- 2 Configuration
- 3 Usage
- 4 Program Specific Configuration
- 5 Troubleshooting
- 6 See also
/etc/lirc/lircd.conf.d/foo.conf is the system-wide configuration translating scancodes --> keys. This directory may contain multiple conf files and each one is specific to each remote control/receiver on the system. These files are user-created config files and not directly supplied by lirc.
The definition of scancodes to keymaps is required to allow LIRC to manage a remote. Users have several options to obtain one.
Upstream provided
Identify which remote/receiver is to be used and see if there is a known config for it. One can use
irdb-get to search the remotes database or simply browse to the URL and do the same.
An example using
irdb-get to find a config file for a Streamzap remote:
$ irdb-get find stream atiusb/atiusb.lircd.conf digital_stream/DTX9900.lircd.conf snapstream/Firefly-Mini.lircd.conf streamzap/PC_Remote.lircd.conf streamzap/streamzap.lircd.conf x10/atiusb.lircd.conf $ irdb-get download streamzap/streamzap.lircd.conf Downloaded sourceforge.net/p/lirc-remotes/code/ci/master/tree/remotes/streamzap/streamzap.lircd.conf as streamzap.lircd.conf
Once identified, copy the needed conf to
/etc/lirc/lircd.conf.d/ to allow the daemon to initialize support for it.
# cp streamzap.lircd.conf /etc/lirc/lircd.conf.d/
User created
Users with unsupported hardware will need to either find a config file someone else has created (i.e. google) or create one. Creating one is fairly straightforward using
/usr/bin/irrecord which guides users along the needed process. If using a detected remote, invoke it like so:
# irrecord --device=/dev/lirc0 MyRemote
The program will instruct users to begin hitting keys on the remote in an attempt to learn it, ultimately mapping out every button and its corresponding scancode. The process should take no more than 10 minutes. When finished, save the resulting file to
/etc/lirc/lircd.conf.d/foo.conf and proceed.
Optional files
Depending on the application using LIRC, the following are optional. For example, mplayer and mythtv use the these files to define key maps and actions. Some other programs such as kodi for example do not make use of this at all but do have an internal system to achieve these mappings. Users should consult the documentation for the specific application to know if modifications to
~/.lircrc are needed.
~/.lircrc- File containing an include statement pointing to each program's lirc map, i.e.,
~/.lirc/bar, etc.
~/.lirc/foo- User-level config translating of keys --> actions. Is specific to each remote and to application foo.
lircd.service and enable it to run at boot time/shutdown (recommended).
Test the remote using
/usr/bin/irw, which simply echos anything received by LIRC when users push buttons on the remote to stdout.
$ irw 000000037ff07bfe 00 One mceusb 000000037ff07bfd 00 Two mceusb 000000037ff07bfd 01 Two mceusb 000000037ff07bf2 00 Home mceusb 000000037ff07bf2 01 Home mceusb
irw gives no output, double check the config files in
/etc/lirc/lircd.conf.d/ for errors.
Program Specific Configuration
LIRC has the ability to allow for different programs to use the same keypress and result in unique commands. In other words, one can setup different programs to respond differently to a given key press.
- Decide which programs are to use LIRC commands.
~/.xbmc/userdata/Lircmap.xml which is a unique xml file, rather than the LIRC standard files the rest of the programs use. Interested users should consult Kodi#Using a remote control.
- Create the expected files showing LIRC where the various program-specific maps reside:
$ mkdir ~/.lirc $ touch ~/.lircrc
- Populate
~/.lircwith the program specific config files named for each program.
$ ls ~/.lirc mplayer mythtv vlc
- Edit
~/.lircrcto contain an include statement pointing to
~/.lirc/fooand repeat for each program that is to be controlled by LIRC.
include "~/.lirc/mplayer" include "~/.lirc/mythtv" include "~/.lirc/vlc"
Remote functions as a keyboard
When using Xorg
Xorg detects some remotes, such as the Streamzap USB PC Remote, as a Human Interface Device (HID) which means some or all of the keys will show up as key strokes as if entered from the physical keyboard. This behavior will present problems if LIRC is to be used to manage the device. To disable, create the following file and restart X:
Section "InputClass" Identifier "Ignore Streamzap IR" MatchProduct "Streamzap" MatchIsKeyboard "true" Option "Ignore" "true" EndSection
Do not forget to alter the
MatchProduct property according to one shown in
Name from output of
$ cat /proc/bus/input/devices | grep -e IR
For example
WinFast for
N: Name="cx88 IR (WinFast DTV2000 H rev."
On an ARM device not using Xorg
Blacklist the offending modules by creating
/etc/modprobed.d/streamzap.conf to suppress this behavior. An example is provided for the Streamzap remote.
install ir_sharp_decoder /bin/false install ir_xmp_decoder /bin/false install ir_rc5_decoder /bin/false install ir_nec_decoder /bin/false install ir_sony_decoder /bin/false install ir_mce_kbd_decoder /bin/false install ir_jvc_decoder /bin/false install ir_rc6_decoder /bin/false install ir_sanyo_decoder /bin/false
Changing default configuration
Users not getting any output from
irw may have the default configuration in
/etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf incorrectly setup (or might have been overwritten by an update).
First, check if
/dev/lirc0 is present:
$ mode2 --driver default --device /dev/lirc0
Watch the output while pressing buttons on the remote. If output is present, edit
/etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf changing the driver and device appropriately.
If no output is presented, the task becomes locating the correct driver/device combination. First check what combination lirc detected by default. Run
ir-keytable from the v4l-utils package. and check the output. It will look similar to this:
Found /sys/class/rc/rc0/ (/dev/input/event5) with: Driver ite-cir, table rc-rc6-mce Supported protocols: unknown other lirc rc-5 jvc sony nec sanyo mce-kbd rc-6 sharp xmp Enabled protocols: lirc Extra capabilities: <access denied>
In this case, lirc automatically detected
/dev/input/event5 as the IR device, which uses the
devinput driver. Check if this combination is working by running:
$ mode2 --driver devinput --device /dev/input/event5
Now try pressing buttons on the remote. If there is no output, try different driver and device combinations. Once a working combination has been identified, change driver and device in
/etc/lirc/lirc_options.conf appropriately.
An example configuration for a MCE RC6 compatible receiver:
[lircd] nodaemon = False driver = default device = /dev/lirc0 output = /var/run/lirc/lircd pidfile = /var/run/lirc/lircd.pid plugindir = /usr/lib/lirc/plugins permission = 666 allow-simulate = No repeat-max = 600 [lircmd] uinput = False nodaemon = False


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Workshop Introduction Conference Goals Conference Organizers & Co-Chairs Workshop Program Accommodations & Travel
The International Federation of Pigment Cell Societies Development Group is hosting a small meeting in the field of pigment cell development with particular emphasis on research in differentiation, gene expression and embryology. This conference will explore these themes by gathering experts in a broad range of fields spanning basic transcriptional mechanisms through the clinical impact of pigment cell research. Special attention will be given to available resources and technologies for pigment cell research.
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ALTAMONT – Seniors Austyn Krueger and RaeChelle Leiken combined for 59 kills in four matches, leading the Lady Vandals to the championship at the Altamont Tournament on Saturday.
Each player more than doubled her season total in kills to lead Vandalia past South Central for the first time in many years in the final game of pool play and then by Cumberland in the title game to give the team a 6-0 start for the first time since coach Allison Smith took over the program in 2004.
The Lady Vandals stayed undefeated on Tuesday night, winning their third conference match of the season by beating Carlinville in thrilling fashion, 20-25, 28-26, 28-26.
The match marked the fourth time that at least one set in a Vandalia match has gone past the 25-point threshold.
"This is my team's demeanor," said coach Allison Smith.
The match was decided late in the third set, when superior efforts from three Vandalia players broke a match-point serve for Carlinville and resulted in a deflating kill that tied the set at 26.
Carlinville's potent running game proved to be too much for the Vandalia defense, as the Cavaliers ran away to a 32-14 win last Friday in a game that was marred by downpouring rain in the second half.
In one of the premier games on the Vandals' schedule this season, Carlinville showed its offensive might on its second possession, when Brendan Stewart carried the ball 77 yards for a touchdown, breaking several tackles along the way.
A new conference rival will be another big challenge for the Vandalia football team on Friday, when the Vandals travel to Staunton.
The Bulldogs (2-0) have returned to the South Central Conference this season, and have already showed that they came to contend for championships, having held both Pana and Hillsboro to just seven points.
Staunton is led by dual-threat quarterback Jake Bruhn, who has thrown for at least 115 yards and run for at least 59 yards in both games this season.
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The Vandalia soccer team scored its first goal of the season on Tuesday, but the Vandals weren't able to come away with the win as Christ Our Rock Lutheran won, 3-1.
"We did some things right, but we did a lot of things wrong," said coach Walt Kinney. "Right after they scored that first goal in the first five minutes, we deflated and played that way for the next 15 minutes."
Senior Sawyer Dickenson connected on the goal, with an assist from Jussi Craycroft.
ALTAMONT – South Central's volleyball team put a devastating loss behind and then made a frantic comeback to take third-place at Saturday's Altamont Tournament.
After falling to Vandalia, 28-26, 19-25, 15-17, in the final game of pool play, the Lady Cougars had to deal with another South Central Conference team in Greenville.
After losing the first set, 20-25, South Central dominated in set two, winning, 25-13, and then came out on top in a back-and-forth third set, 17-15.
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The Lady Eagles posted a 3-2 record and defeated Heyworth in straight sets to place third at Saturday's Mattoon Invitational.
Senior Perry Manley was named to the All-Tournament team after posting 75 assists, five kills and two service aces.
St. Elmo opened the tourney with a 17-25, 25-18, 10-15 loss to Heyworth, before defeating Warrensburg-Latham, 25-20, 25-21, and Taylorville, 20-25, 25-11, 15-3.
The stat leaders of Vandalia's fall sports teams are all listed below. Statistics are calculated using stats taken in-person when possible. For other games, coaches reports are used.
The Vandalia golf team fell to Effingham on Tuesday, 154-191.
Senior Blake Swofford led the Vandals (4-4) at Effingham Country Club, shooting a 41 to finish in a tie for fourth.
Sophomore Zach Schaal shot a 47 for Vandalia's second-best score, but all six of Effingham's golfers had 44 or lower.
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I found a rather embarrassing error in my Mt. Hamilton by Bike publication, so I wanted to set the record straight regarding a fatal plane crash at the Lick Observatory.
I said the plane that crashed was a jet, which would have been impossible on May 21, 1939, when the accident happened. I was also off by a day on the accident. The first jet flight did not take place until August 27, 1939 — the Heinkel He 178.
Someone told me it was a jet and when I did the search online I found the account but did not follow through to identify the plane, which was a Northrop A-17 single-engine Army attack bomber, built around 1935-7. It could also be called a Douglas brand aircraft.
A thorough account of the tragedy was written in The Scientific Monthly, July 1939, and is now available online.
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Worst tasting Coffee Ever (COFFEE and HIV, 2010)
Nov 26, 2010
Dear Doctor Robert,
I am thankful that you take time to read this. I am sure you got better things to do, so I will jump straight into my question.
I very recently went with my girlfriend on holiday to a country which has a history of high HIV rates. During our trip, we had dined in at a restaurant and I had ordered a latte coffee with my meal. When I was finishing my latte, I realized there was some sticky fluid at the bottom of the cup. The good thing is I spat most of it out. Back then, I had thought it was condensed milk or something harmless. However,I am sure that I have ingested some of it.
After a while, being a paranoid that I am, I started thinking that it might have been semen that was in the latte.
Now this is where it gets embarrassing - I did a little experiment. Through obvious methods which I won't describe here, I managed to put some semen(my own) into a cup of water and -*ahem*- drank it myself. Anyway, I realized that the taste and texture of it was very similar to what was in that cup of latte, especially how it coagulates and sinks to the bottom of the cup. It was also quite tasteless, especially when the taste was covered by the taste of the latte.
So I came to a conclusion that IT WAS someone's semen in that cup of latte.
I guess you probably know my question by now - Is there any risk of HIV transmission, assuming the person has HIV and it was semen which I drank? Please note that the country I went had a high percentage of HIV infections (I did not disclose the name of the country so as not to unfairly anger any citizens of that country who may read this.)
Thanks a million for reading my question
Response from Dr. Frascino
Dude, tell me you're kidding. Please tell me you're kidding! You didn't really add some of your special sauce to a perfectly good latte for your "little experiment," did you? Now Starbucks is going to have to expand its menu again to include drinks that are spiked with this new tasty high-protein boost. What will they call it? The "macho macchiato" or perhaps the "baby-batter cappuccino"?
To address your concern, the HIV risk is completely nonexistent.
By the way, I absolutely agree with your self assessment of being paranoid.
Dr. Bob
hiv blood in coffee (HIV BLOOD IN COFFEE, 2010) Nov 5, 2010 Dear Sir
I am afraid hiv blood was syringed into my coffee and subsequently drank same. Can Hiv transmission happen by these means?
I will donate to your foundation
Thank you
Response from Dr. Frascino
Believe it or not, the fear of HIV in cappuccinos comes up quite frequently in this forum. (See below for a small sample of what's in the archives.) The HIV-transmission risk is nonexistent, but it's certainly a way to ruin the taste of a perfectly fine cup of joe.
Dr. Bob
HIV transmission through coffee? Nov 27, 2008
hello, the other day I went to starbucks and got coffee that the guy seemed to take forever to make. I started watching what he is doing midway through waiting but seemed to miss the integral part of him pouring milk and acual coffee into my cup. Afterwards I had really sick thoughts of him deliberately adding blood or semen in my cup but then thought I was being too paranoid. In a few days after drinking this coffee I developed real troubling flu-like symtoms - low grade fever that wouldn't go away and a really bad fatigue. My mind cannot rest right now because the only thing I can think of is that starbucks and how the guy looked like he was hiding something. Do you think he chances of getting HIV this way are high or am I panicking for no reason? I want to note that I m not in a high risk caregory of behavior for getting HIV so all other mehods of transmission for me should be ruled out.
Response from Dr. Frascino
Everyone knows the baristas at Starbucks do not "cream" your coffee. You have to add your own "stuff" at the milk and sugar bar, silly boy.
Dr. Bob
Coffee Drink Jul 20, 2005
Is it possible for hiv to be transmitted in a hot drink?
Response from Dr. Frascino
HIV transmitted in a hot drink??? Were you the guy in line in front of me at Starbucks earlier this evening who ordered a "decaf grande half soy, half low-fat, vanilla double shot, gingerbread cappuccino, extra dry with one Sweet-n-Low and one Splenda, hold the HIV???" Hmmm . . . I thought so.
No, HIV is not transmitted in hot beverages.
Dr. Bob
Blood in coffee after fight Oct 21, 2009
Hi Sir, I have had quite a bit of worry today after an event that happened and I am not sure if it is a risk or not. I was in a bathroom at a downtown shelter where i volunteer and a fight broke out between two guys.The one guy was bleeding pretty bad near the sink. I had left my coffee siting on the counter and grabbed it and ran out. Had a sip and noticed there was blood in the coffee. I only had one sip but was wondering if I may have put myself at risk with this. I know blood is a risk but diluted is it still please answer I am a little batty over this freak incident. Will donate $100 on its way.
Response from Dr. Frascino
Blood landed in your Starbucks? Wow, that must have been some brawl! As for an HIV-acquisition risk via cappuccino, relax Max! The risk is nonexistent. There is no cause for concern, freak-out or even HIV testing!
Thank you for your tax-deductible donation to The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation. It's warmly appreciated!
Be well. Stay well. (Yes, you are indeed well!)
Dr. Bob
SWALLOWING CUM???!! Jan 6, 2006 I'm really scared that I might have been exposed to HIV. I was working while a customer bought me a coffe drink and I think he might have cum in the drink. Can I be exposed to HIV if he has it and in that way? I mean, basically Iv'e heard that if you swallow cum from an infected person that the chances of exposure are quite likely.
Response from Dr. Frascino
You think someone "creamed" your coffee???? Hmmm . . . oh my, my, my. Believe it or not, I've answered questions like this before. See below and remember that just because the barista is a hot-blooded hunky Italian dude, it doesn't mean he's going to spunk your cappuccino with extra cream. OK?
Dr. Bob
Coffee Drink Jul 20, 2005
Is it possible for hiv to be transmitted in a hot drink?
Response from Dr. Frascino
HIV transmitted in a hot drink??? Were you the guy in line in front of me at Starbucks earlier this evening who ordered a "decaf grande half soy, half low-fat, vanilla double shot, gingerbread cappuccino, extra dry with one Sweet-n-Low and one Splenda, hold the HIV???" Hmmm . . . I thought so.
No, HIV is not transmitted in hot beverages.
Dr. Bob
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We have a royal wedding, amounts to about the same level of discourse.
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Luckily, I have not heard about that ever since I left being a subject of the queen!
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This struggles' lop-sided scoreboard may fray our interest, but the grace,and courage of the players still inspire.
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No. I love photography.
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:) Glad you're ok, dear
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Naj!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hello!!!! Saaleh jadid mobarak! :-*
Got this book a while ago, was going to write about it! Glad to see you have it too! :-)
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I wish you well in your travels
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- Naj said...
Friends I am so sorry about this sloppiness in moderation. Blogger has become funny in a sense that when I approve a comment it logs me out and so my postings have become inconsistent.
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update handbooks for initramfs changes needed for separate /usr and other partitions. bug #415175, bug #434550, bug #434554, bug #434732
update handbooks for lazy unmount, bug 361561, thanks to swift for the patches
bring alpha handbooks up-to-date for the autobuilds. new releases, so major version bump to handbook files. bug 292726. also add new file verification instructions for downloaded isos, bug 283402.
Typo fix for lilnload. Fixed all networked alpha handbooks, all translations except [tr], since that handbook is invalid anyway (who put it in the tree?). Left alone networkless handbooks, as they're out of date anyway (no release since 2006.1). No content change, so no revbump. Bug 244494.
release time. note that since this is beta1, the release dir and stage/media names have been adjusted accordingly. also, the handbooks are marked with a disclaimer=draft, so once the final is out, that will be removed and the release names adjusted. in the mean time, these are live. the beta is officially released. no, it's not april fools, but it is april 1st. :)
2007.0 release is here; final changes and new docs
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added bootloader note for bug 137410, thanks to tcort for the patch
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Simmons goes yard twice as Braves down Reds
Cincinnati, OH – Andrelton Simmons hit two home runs and had four RBI as the Atlanta Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 7-4, in the opener of a three-game series.
Jordan Schafer knocked a solo homer while Freddie Freeman and Evan Gattis also had an RBI apiece for the Braves, who have won just seven of their last 18 games after starting the season 12-1.
"It was fun," said Simmons. "Felt good over the plate, got a couple pitches over the plate. Thanks to my teammates though, they gave me a good scouting report before I had to face anybody, so they made it easier."
Braves starter Paul Maholm (4-3) had six strikeouts and allowed two runs on four hits and two walks in 5 2/3 innings. Craig Kimbrel pitched a scoreless ninth to notch his tenth save.
Joey Votto, Brandon Phillips, Jay Bruce and Todd Frazier each drove in one run for the Reds, who saw starter Bronson Arroyo (2-4) give up four runs on eight hits and two walks over five frames.
"Our guys kept fighting and these guys are going to keep fighting," said Reds manager Dusty Baker. "And that's one thing about our club. One day, we're going to get over that hump."
Freeman singled with one out in the first inning to score Chris Johnson, who drew a walk.
Simmons' first homer, which came off a 1-0 pitch by Arroyo, started the second. Two innings later, he hit a blooper to left that plated Dan Uggla, who tripled to lead off the inning, for a 3-0 lead.
The Reds responded with two runs in the bottom of the inning. Zack Cozart singled to lead off and Votto walked. Phillips then doubled, scoring Cozart. Bruce grounded out to first, but Votto reached home.
Gattis ripped a double to center in the fifth to score Justin Upton, who singled to start the frame.
The Braves tacked on three more runs in the top of the eighth on back-to-back shots by Simmons and Schafer, who was brought in as a pinch-hitter.
Cozart and Votto hit back-to-back doubles to start the home half, with Votto's scoring Cozart. Three batters later, Frazier's grounder to third brought Votto home.
Kimbrel came to pitch in the ninth. He allowed singles to Donald Lutz and Shin-Soo Choo, but got Cozart to pop out and struck out Votto to end the game.
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Atlanta catcher Brian McCann made his return from a shoulder injury. He was 0- for-4 with a walk ... B.J. Upton was 0-for-4 with a walk and four strikeouts for the Braves ... The Reds were 3-for-15 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base ... Phillips has 28 RBI, most among second basemen in the majors.


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The Rubicon Project, a Los Angeles-based advertising startup, just got major bragging rights. It beat Google on one key metric that advertisers care deeply about—reach, or how broadly their message gets seen.
In the month of July, according to ComScore, the ads that Rubicon brokers on behalf of its customers reached 212.7 million unique visitors, or 96.2 percent of the U.S. audience. It beat Google, which reached 206.6 million unique visitors, or 93.4 percent of the audience, with its websites and advertising network.
In June, Rubicon reached 200 million unique visitors in the U.S. for an 88 percent reach.
The Rubicon Project's software helps Web publishers sell their advertising space. It mainly serves the 1,000 largest Web properties—the ones that aren't part of giants like Google, Facebook, AOL, or Yahoo.
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Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that the Department of Justice will no longer defend Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act in court because it is unconstitutional. This is the provision prohibiting federal recognition of the marriages of gay or lesbian couples. As if that wasn't big enough news by itself, DoJ has concluded that legal classifications based on sexual orientation, like those based on race, sex, national origin, and religion, should be subject to a higher level of judicial scrutiny.
While the Department has previously defended DOMA against legal challenges involving legally married same-sex couples, recent lawsuits that challenge the constitutionality of DOMA Section 3 have caused the President and the Department to conduct a new examination of the defense of this provision. In particular, in November 2010, plaintiffs filed two new lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of Section 3 of DOMA in jurisdictions without precedent on whether sexual-orientation classifications are subject to rational basis review or whether they must satisfy some form of heightened scrutiny. Windsor v. United States, No. 1:10-cv-8435 (S.D.N.Y.); Pedersen v. OPM, No. 3:10-cv-1750 (D. Conn.). Previously, the Administration has defended Section 3 in jurisdictions where circuit courts have already held that classifications based on sexual orientation are subject to rational basis review, and it has advanced arguments to defend DOMA Section 3 under the binding standard that has applied in those cases.
These new lawsuits, by contrast, will require the Department to take an affirmative position on the level of scrutiny that should be applied to DOMA Section 3 in a circuit without binding precedent on the issue. As described more fully below, the President and I have concluded that classifications based on sexual orientation warrant heightened scrutiny and that, as applied to same-sex couples legally married under state law, Section 3 of DOMA is unconstitutional.
This is the first recognition by the United States government that gays and lesbians have suffered a long history of discrimination so bad that it makes suspect any laws that treat people differently based on sexual orientation. Moreover, that discrimination continues today and limits their political influence.
[T]he adoption of laws like those at issue in Romer v. Evans [prohibiting the state from passing civil rights protections for gay people] and Lawrence [laws making their private sexual conduct a crime], the longstanding ban on gays and lesbians in the military, and the absence of federal protection for employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation show the group to have limited political power and "ability to attract the [favorable] attention of the lawmakers." Cleburne, 473 U.S. at 445. And while the enactment of the Matthew Shepard Act and pending repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell indicate that the political process is not closed entirely to gay and lesbian people, that is not the standard by which the Court has judged "political powerlessness." Indeed, when the Court ruled that gender-based classifications were subject to heightened scrutiny, women already had won major political victories such as the Nineteenth Amendment (right to vote) and protection under Title VII (employment discrimination).
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The incident took place at about 5:15 p.m., as Dunlap was picking up family members who were at the arena for the SEC women's basketball tournament. According to the Tennessean, police say Dunlap drove up onto a sidewalk and directly in front of the arena doors, and that when officers asked him why he was driving on the sidewalk, he told them he was there to pick up his father, who uses a wheelchair.
The officers directed Dunlap to an area where he could pick his father up and said they would assist his father in getting to the SUV, but told him that he couldn't park in the plaza directly in front of the arena. Dunlap refused to move, officers continued to tell him that he had to, and eventually, after he still wouldn't move despite being warned he'd be arrested, officers placed him under arrest.
Dunlap did not resist arrest and was cooperative after he was arrested. His bail was set at $1,000.
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'Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta' Season 2, Episode 6 Recap: Traci Shows Her Insecurity, Mimi Goes Off at Video Shoot
On 'Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta' Season 2, Episode 6, Lil Scrappy comes to visit Momma Dee and she has an "end of engagement" cake to celebrate the breakup between him and Erica. Scrappy is angry over this and goes to his father, who is a preacher, to speak to him about his ongoing issues.
"It may be that your mom is the problem," Scrappy's father says.
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Of course the ladies get mad and call Traci a "hater." So she kicks them out. And she still refuses to give DrewBabey $25,000 for the store. Traci meets up with her sister and tells her about the interviews. Her sister advises her not to go forth with partnering with Drew for the store. "Business and pleasure and business and family don't work," her sister states. Wise words.
Kirk and Rasheeda aren't agreeing on the future of the baby they are expecting. He doesn't want a child at the moment. Kirk says she should have been on the pill. But he forgets that it takes two to get one pregnant.
Stevie J comes by to check on Che Mack, who was robbed of all her items. He brings her a new 40-inch flat screen television. "I hate seeing a woman cry," says Captain Save 'Em himself. Joseline confronts Stevie about working with Che Mack. "Why are you even working with this hoe, because for real, you haven't finished this album yet," Joseline tells him. But he lies to her. "I'm not in the studio with Che Mack," Stevie claims.
Stevie J and Mimi have an awkward run-in together, which confirms for Mimi that she needs to move on completely. "It's about me and my daughter now," Mimi says. She's now removing the matching tattoos she and Stevie got together early in their relationship.
Later on, Mimi and Nikko are at a video shoot for a singer named Johnny. K. Michelle comes through to check on Mimi at the shoot. "Why is Johnny singing about women when he likes men? says K. Michelle.
Johnny overhears and asks her why she was calling him gay. The conversation escalates. A couple of minutes later she's now attacking Nikko. "That's your girlfriend," says K. Michelle in reference to Johnny. Now she thinks Nikko is gay. He subsequently kicks her out of the video shoot and they exchange insults as she walks out the door.
Mimi loses her temper this time and starts yelling at everyone. "Why can't s--- be about me sometimes," she says turning red. We agree that at this point, she has the right to go crazy.
Until next time.
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