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- Page 1 Kobo Touch eReader Review
- Page 2 Screen and Reading Experience Review
- Page 3 Fun Bits and Customisation Review
- Page 4 Book Store, Extras, Battery Life and Verdict Review
The Kobo Touch gives you full access to its internal memory, so if you have an existing library of ePub files you want to read, it's happy to oblige. However, it also offers the Kobo Store, Kobo's answer to the Amazon Kindle Store.
To get started you need to create and account on your PC or Mac and link it to the ereader by plugging it into your computer while the free Kobo app is running. While the two million-strong library sounds good, navigation of it on a computer isn't so hot. This is especially apparent when browsing using a computer, where the passage through subcategories feels clumsy and the software a bit under-optimised at this point.
It looks reasonably good, but is nowhere near as convenient as being able to buy a book on the Amazon website and have it beamed to your reader automaticallyonly, as you can with a Kindle. Loading the store on the Touch itself, using the built-in Wi-Fi, was also a little slow.
Prices aren't hugely attractive either, and it's not a great discovery tool. There are plenty of categories and a cheap reads section, but you can't tap on an authors name to see their other books and it doesn't assess your collection to suggest titles you might like. However, there's plenty of scope for Kobo to tweak the Store experience over the coming months.
The Kobo Store does offer multi-page previews of titles and has plenty of free books, but it's only the Project Guttenburg fare you could snap up independently of the Store. At the time of writing, no newspapers or magazines were available to us UK folk – even though there is a section specifically for this content. To the Store's credit, the Kobo Touch allows Wi-Fi sync, removing the need to connect to your computer directly after the initial setup.
Competing with an infrastructure as developed as Amazon's is always going to be tough, and the Kobo option looks a lot rosier when squared up against other manufacturers' models instead. It does offer ePub support, though, still missing from the Kindle line-up. Kobo also supports the formats demanded by the UK's main ebook lending services.
According to Kobo's documentation on the Touch, it can read CBR and CBZ comic book files too, but it refused to recognise the CBR books we uploaded to the device. Further investigation revealed it's a problem with the current firmware, and should hopefully be fixed soon.
These are neat extras, but probably aren't going to convince comic book nuts – thanks to the lack of colour. The Kobo Touch is keen on extras like this support and the reading achievements, so much so that – like the Kindle – it has its own "superfluous features" section. Within it, there's Sudoku, a basic web browser and a sketchbook. Kobo says these features are "not officially supported", but Sudoku in particular is a neat addition. Like other ereader web browsers, this one is slow and rudimentary – really just there to make further use of the built-in Wi-Fi.
Kobo has clearly been careful not to miss out on any important features of its key rivals – it's an aggressive and carefully-specced product. Even if the Kindle Touch were available in the UK, we can't imagine it would be any cheaper than the Kobo Touch.
For all its efforts, it doesn't do quite enough to make us stop wanting the touch-enabled Amazon offering, or wipe out the memory of the Sony PRS-350. It's a tiny bit slow considering the generation of ereaders it's a part of, and the Kobo Store has some way to go before it can be considered in the same league as the Amazon Kindle Store. However, it's imbued with a sense of style and fun that makes it very likeable – in a way that most previous smaller-name ereaders aren't. If you need a touchscreen reader now, the Kobo Touch, Sony PRS-350 and PRS-650 are the only models to consider. And this is the cheapest of the lot.
The Kobo Touch is the latest ereader to take on the high street buyer. And for the most part, it's a great success. It's thin, light, attractive and has an E-ink screen on-par with the best out there. On pure speed it can't match the latest Kindle, and the Kobo Store could do with some optimisation, but if you need a touchscreen ereader, this is the best-connected option available in the UK.
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The Bachelor of Arts in Accountancy prepares students for work as CPAs, internal auditors, tax advisors/accountants, governmental and managerial accountants, consultants and business advisors, to name a few positions.
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About the Family Law Week blog
The Blog is edited by Jacqui Gilliatt, of 4 Brick Court and Lucy Reed, of St Johns Chambers.
Tuesday, 24 August 2010
'Forced Adoptions': behind the Iron Curtain
4 comments:
- john said...
People are still not able to get straight answers to straight questions. Take Phil Thompson's case. The courts have lost all the paperwork. That is in Walsall not Leipzig.
The difference in England has tended to be that the families were less intellectual and poorer.
Furthermore the political estates of the constitution haven't generally been aware of what has been going on.
- 25 August 2010 at 07:57
- ianjosephs said...
Extract from "The Times" April 13th 2010 !
"Lord Justice Wall (The Senior family court judge) said that the determination of some social workers to place children in an "unsatisfactory care system" away from their families was "quite shocking".In a separate case on which Sir Nicholas Wall also sat, Lord Justice Aikens described the actions of social workers in Devon as "more like Stalin's Russia or Mao's China than the West of England" !
These judges were quite correct !In the UK thousands of newborn babies are snatched from loving families for "risk of emotional abuse",and given for adoption to complete strangers thus fulfilling the adoption targets still set by Ofsted Pac 23.Parents who complain publicly are ruthlessly jailed to protect their own privacy !
We should remove the gag on aggrieved parents and let juries decide when longterm separation of children from parents is envisaged.
- 11 September 2010 at 10:48
- Nick Langford said...
Katrina Behr describes being made to feel like "a Cinderella". Earlier this month, a girl called Winona told the Daily Mail she had felt like a "pet" in her new family after being forcibly adopted. Winona was eventually reunited with her mother.
Katrina was adopted by loyal Communist Party members; Winona, like many in this country, was adopted by local council employees.
I simply can't see much moral difference between these two systems.
- 21 September 2010 at 13:17
- Stephanie Goodman said...
I totally agree with Ian Josephs comment about Lord Justice Aikens describing the actions of social workers in Devon as "more like Stalin's Russia or Mao's China than the West of England"
It is very important to establish the well being of a child. After all they are the future generations that will one day be ruling us not us ruling them.
Stephanie Goodman
- 27 September 2010 at 15:34


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Ten Awesome Free iPhone Apps
The iTunes App Store offers lots of free apps among its ever-growing inventory of entertaining and informative mobile applications. Make the most of your iPhone or iPod touch experience with these fantastic freebies:
Comics is actually three different apps rolled into one.
It's a fantastic way of reading comic books on a 3.5-inch touch screen.
It's also a comic book store with hundreds of individual comics from dozens of different publishers, including Arcana Comics, Devil's Due, Digital Webbing, Red 5, Zenescope, and many others.
It's a great way to organize the comics you own on your iPhone, so you can find the one you want quickly and easily.
Wolfgang's Concert Vault is an app that connects you to the largest collection of concert recordings in the world. Popular concerts include The Who, Led Zeppelin, King Crimson, Neil Young, Pink Floyd, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Elvis Costello, and David Bowie. You can find concert recordings by hundreds of other artists, in addition to exclusive recordings you probably haven't heard before and probably won't hear elsewhere.
Eliminate Pro, a first-person shooter game, offers two modes of play: offline practice games and multiplayer online games. Offline practice games, which pit you against computer-controlled (actually iPhone-controlled) robots, are challenging and a lot of fun.
The multiplayer online games let you compete against other living people in real time. These games earn you credits based on your performance, and you can use your credits to buy better weapons or armor or additional energy. When you run out of energy, you can either use some of your credits to buy more energy, wait a couple of hours for your free recharge, or purchase additional energy using real money (actually, iTunes Store credits).
Just launch Google Mobile App and hold your iPhone next to your ear. When you hear the tone, say what you want to search for. The super-smart app uses your iPhone microphone to determine when you're speaking, what you said, and when you're finished. Finally, it translates your speech into a Google search query and performs the search.
Google Mobile App is available in English, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and at least half a dozen other languages.
When you type your query rather than speaking it, Google Mobile offers suggestions as you type.
Instapaper Free enables you to scan a dozen or more Web sites for articles of interest. You can use the handy Instapaper Read Later bookmark to add the page to my unread items list in Instapaper.
Then, when you have down time, just launch Instapaper Free and catch up on your reading. You can read one or all of the articles even when there's no network access whatsoever, such as on an airplane or in a boat or submarine.
Lose It! lets you track the calories you swallow (eat) and burn (exercise). You're able to see at a glance how many calories you could still eat today without going over your dietary budget.
Being able to see that info with just a couple of taps may motivate you to stick to the plan much better than anything else you've tried.
Now Playing has everything you need to help you decide on a movie, theatre, and show time. You can browse the movies playing in your area by title, release date, or rating. When you find a movie you're interested in, with a single tap you can
Watch its trailer
Read reviews of it from a variety of print and online sources
Have the theatres and show-time listings e-mailed to you
View in Safari the Amazon, IMDb, Metacritic, Rotten Tomatoes, or Wikipedia Web page for the movie
If you tap the Theatres button at the bottom of the screen, you can see movie theatres (instead of movie titles) sorted by your choice of the theatre name or distance from your current location. Maps and driving directions are available for all theatres, or you can see an overview map that shows all nearby theatres at once.
The reason Pandora Radio works so well is something called the Music Genome Project, which performs the Pandora magic behind the scenes. It consists of hundreds of musical attributes, or genes, that together capture the unique and magical essence of a song — its melody, harmony, rhythm, instrumentation, orchestration, arrangement, lyrics, singing, and vocal harmony.
reQall remembers things for you with the least possible effort on your part. Say the words and tap the screen a couple of times, and your reminder magically shows up in your e-mail box a few minutes later.
reQall is awesome for jotting down quick thoughts at a red light or standing in the checkout line at the grocery store.
Skype offers free voice calls and text messages to tens of millions of Skype users. There's no charge for your Skype account or for the Skype software, which is available for the iPhone and iPod touch as well as Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, Windows Mobile, Nokia N800/810, and even the Sony PSP.
After you've set up your free account, you can make free Skype-to-Skype voice calls to any other Skype user anywhere on earth for free. You can also chat with other Skype users for free.
For a few dollars a month you can even get an inbound Skype phone number (known as a SkypeIn number), so anyone can call you on Skype from any landline or mobile phone anywhere in the world. Other low-cost Skype options include voicemail, SMS messaging, call forwarding, and caller ID.


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As a defense mechanism, human nature is hard-wired to avoid uncertainty and risk.
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In this Prime Time Radio interview, master life coach, inspirational speaker and author Margie Warrell shares many techniques for unlocking the courage to speak out, break the status quo and achieve success in life. Her new book, Stop Playing Safe: Rethink Risk. Unlock the Power of Courage. Achieve Outstanding Success, also contains tools and tips for living more boldly and conquering the fear of failure.
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I had a lovely manicure at Errol Douglas a few weeks back and the lady who did my nails used Seche Vite Top Coat – amazingly enough, my manicure (and I hate having my nails done – it always destroys my cuticles) stayed and stayed.
I went out and bought this right away and have used it twice since – yes, its fabulous. I am currently sporting this with my Mavala nail polish in Juicy (a hot pink) and its not budged AT ALL for 15 days. Ridiculous, its a world record.
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Jobs report hits fiscal cliff debate
New jobs numbers handed President Barack Obama fresh evidence for his strongest argument in fiscal cliff talks: His prescriptions have been healing the economy.
Slowly, surely, but it's moving in the right direction, say Democrats, who used the November numbers — 146,000 new jobs and the unemployment rate at a 47-month low of 7.7 percent — to reiterate their call for freezing income tax rates for most Americans while increasing marginal rates for the wealthiest taxpayers.
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"It is critical that we continue the policies that are building an economy that works for the middle class as we dig our way out of the deep hole that was caused by the severe recession that began in December 2007," Alan B. Krueger, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said. "Most pressing, President Obama has proposed, and the Senate has passed, an extension of middle-class income tax cuts that would prevent the typical middle-class family from facing a $2,200 tax increase at the beginning of next year."
( Also on POLITICO: W.H. to House GOP: We're not moving)
The positive report gives Obama a bit more momentum just a month after he won a second term, and it strengthens his hand in negotiations with House Speaker John Boehner over a new deficit-reduction deal that would supersede the "fiscal cliff" of broad spending cuts and tax increases due to take effect next month.
Like an NFL quarterback who takes all the blame for a loss and all the credit for a win, Obama is now the primary political beneficiary of a slightly brighter economic picture.
Investors reacted positively to the news with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up slightly in morning trading.
Jobs numbers are always a bit of a political Rorschach test. Democrats and Republicans see what they want in the Labor Department's data, and Republicans say raising taxes on the wealthy would threaten a fragile economic recovery.
"When a store manager is short staffed because looming tax hikes and uncertainty are stalling her hiring, that's not right," House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said. "When 7.7% is cause for celebration, we know there is more work to be done. We must do better."
Democrats counter that Republicans are risking just that outcome by holding up tax cuts for the overwhelming majority of Americans to bargain for the top 2 percent. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) called out Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for that and for again using the debt limit as a political leverage point.
( PHOTOS: Fiscal cliff's key players)
"The steps we need to take to keep our economy moving in the right direction are simple. Speaker Boehner should pass the Senate's middle-class tax cut bill immediately, and Senator McConnell should allow an up-or-down vote on his own proposal to give the president the authority to avoid default by raising the debt ceiling," Reid said.
McConnell has suggested that Congress give the president the power to raise the debt ceiling, with Congress retaining the right to vote down the increase if it so chooses. But in an odd parlay on the Senate floor this week, McConnell called for a vote on the president's version of his debt ceiling plan expecting Democrats to object because they did not have the votes to pass the White House proposal.
But confident he indeed had the needed 51 votes, Reid said he was ready to proceed. McConnell then backtracked saying Republicans would only allow a vote if 60 votes was the threshold.
Republicans want current rates extended for all taxpayers and are reluctant to extend the rates for only the middle class first before a broader fiscal cliff deal is hammered out. They worry that the top taxpayers will be left out in the cold, slowing down economic growth.
They used Friday's report to emphasize persistently high rates of unemployment, with House Speaker John Boehner blaming Obama's tax proposals for stalling economic growth.


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Glass is 100% recyclable and can be recycled endlessly without loss in quality or purity - something few food and beverage packaging options can claim.
Glass Facts
- Glass is 100% recyclable and can be recycled endlessly without loss in quality or purity.
- Glass is made from readily-available domestic materials, such as sand, soda ash, limestone and "cullet," the industry term for furnace-ready recycled glass.
- The only material used in greater volumes than cullet is sand. These materials are mixed, or "batched," heated to a temperature of 2600 to 2800 degrees Fahrenheit and molded into the desired shape.
- Recycled glass can be substituted for up to 95% of raw materials.
- Manufacturers benefit from recycling in several ways: Recycled glass reduces emissions and consumption of raw materials, extends the life of plant equipment, such as furnaces, and saves energy.
- Recycled glass containers are always needed because glass manufacturers require high-quality recycled container glass to meet market demands for new glass containers.
- Recycled glass is always part of the recipe for glass, and the more that is used, the greater the decrease in energy used in the furnace. This makes using recycled glass profitable in the long run, lowering costs for glass container manufacturers—and benefiting the environment.
- Glass containers for food and beverages are 100% recyclable, but not with other types of glass. Other kinds of glass, like windows, ovenware, Pyrex, crystal, etc. are manufactured through a different process. If these materials are introduced into the glass container manufacturing process, they can cause production problems and defective containers.
- Furnace-ready cullet must also be free of contaminants such as metals, ceramics, gravel, stones, etc.
- Color sorting makes a difference, too. Glass manufacturers are limited in the amount of mixed color-cullet (called "3 mix") they can use to manufacture new containers. Separating recycled container glass by color allows the industry to ensure that new bottles match the color standards required by glass container customers.
- Some recycled glass containers are not able to be used in the manufacture of new glass bottles and jars or to make fiberglass. This may be because there is too much contamination or the recycled glass pieces are too small to meet manufacturing specifications. Or, it may be that there is not a nearby market for bottle-to-bottle recycling. This recovered glass is then used for non-container glass products. These "secondary" uses for recycled container glass can include tile, filtration, sand blasting, concrete pavements and parking lots.
- The recycling approach that the industry favors is any recycling program that results in contaminant-free recycled glass. This helps ensure that these materials are recycled into new glass containers. While curbside collection of glass recyclables can generate high participation and large amounts of recyclables, drop-off and commercial collection programs tend to yield higher quality recovered container glass.
Glass Recycling Statistics
- Glass bottles and jars are 100% recyclable and can be recycled endlessly without any loss in purity or quality.
- The container and fiberglass industries collectively purchase 3.35 million tons of recycled glass annually, which is remelted and repurposed for use in the production of new containers and fiberglass products. (Sources: Precision Consulting, NAIMA)
- Over a ton of natural resources are saved for every ton of glass recycled.
- Energy costs drop about 2-3% for every 10% cullet used in the manufacturing process.
- One ton of carbon dioxide is reduced for every six tons of recycled container glass used in the manufacturing process.
- There are 44 glass manufacturing plants operating in 21 states. There are 63 glass beneficiating facilties (aka "glass processing" plants) in 30 states. At the glass processing plants, recycled glass is further cleaned and sorted to spec, then resold to the glass container manfuacturing companies for remelting into new food and beverage containers.
- In 2015, 41.9% of beer and soft drink bottles were recovered for recycling, according to the U.S. EPA. Another 27.5% of wine and liquor bottles and 15.1% of food and other glass jars were recycled. In total, 33.2% of all glass containers were recycled.
- States with container deposit legislation have an average glass container recycling rate of just over 63%, while non-deposit states only reach about 24%, according to the Container Recycling Institute.
- Beverage container deposit systems provide 11 to 38 times more direct jobs than curbside recycling systems for beverage containers. (Source: The Container Recycling Institute, "Returning to Work: Understanding the Jobs Impacts from Different Methods of Recycling Beveage Containers").
- About 18% of beverages are consumed on premise, like a bar, restaurant, or hotel. And glass makes up to about 80% of that container mix.
- In 2008, NC passed a law requiring all Alcohol Beverage Permit holders to recycle their beverage containers. Since then, they have boosted the amount of glass bottles recovered for recycling from about 45,000 tons/year before the ABC law to more than 86,000 tons in 2011.
- Glass bottles have been reduced in weight approximately 40% over the past 30 years.
- Recycled glass is substituted for up to 95% of raw materials.
- Manufacturers benefit from recycling in several ways—it reduces emissions and consumption of raw materials, extends the life of plant equipment, such as furnaces, and saves energy.
An estimated 80% of all glass containers recovered for recycling are remelted in furnaces, and used in the manufacture of new glass containers. Source, Strategic Materials, Inc.
- Recycling 1,000 tons of glass creates slightly over 8 jobs. (Source: 2011 Container Recycling Institute).
June 24, 2015 - GPI Encourages Glass Recycling for Baton Rouge, LA
In June 2015, the Department of Energy (DoE) issued a long awaited Report to Congress, and accompanying Study, which highlights both recycling collection and related sorting processes, and how using recycled glass in the manufacturing process reduces energy use at glass container manufacturing facilities. Click here to read the GPI 1-Pager, highlighting the relevant sections pertaining to glass recycling.
View a list of State Recycling Organizations (SROs). This list was developed by GPI to provide information to individuals, communities, municipalities and businesses seeking information on where and how to recycle glass. As recycling is often a local issue, the SROs have a wealth of in-state information on collection, sorting, processing and end markets for recycled glass. This list is current as of June, 2015.
GPI's 50% Recycled Content Goal - Efforts, Challenges and Opportunities Ahead for the Glass Container Industry (September 2014)


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- CSRs, certificates, and autosigning
- Disabling autosigning
- Naïve autosigning
- Basic Autosigning (autosign.conf)
- Policy-based autosigning
CSRs, certificates, and autosigning
Before Puppet agent nodes can retrieve their configuration catalogs, they need a signed certificate from the local Puppet certificate authority (CA). When using Puppet's built-in CA (that is, not using an external CA), agents will submit a certificate signing request (CSR) to the CA Puppet master and will retrieve a signed certificate once one is available.
By default, these CSRs must be manually signed by an admin user, using either the
puppet cert command or the "node requests" page of the Puppet Enterprise console.
Alternately, you can configure the CA Puppet master to automatically sign certain CSRs to speed up the process of bringing new agent nodes into the deployment.
Important security note: Autosigning CSRs will change the nature of your deployment's security, and you should be sure you understand the implications before configuring it. Each kind of autosigning has its own security impact.
Disabling autosigning
By default, the CA Puppet master will use the
$confdir/autosign.conf file as a whitelist; see "Basic Autosigning" below. Since this file doesn't exist by default, autosigning is implicitly disabled, and the CA will not autosign any certificates.
To explicitly disable autosigning, you can set
autosign = false in the
[master] section of the CA Puppet master's puppet.conf. This will cause the CA to never autosign even if an autosign.conf file is written later.
Naïve autosigning
Naïve autosigning causes the CA to autosign all CSRs.
Enabling naïve autosigning
To enable naïve autosigning, set
autosign = true in the
[master] section of the CA Puppet master's puppet.conf.
Security implications of naïve autosigning
You should never do this in a production deployment. Naïve autosigning is only suitable for temporary test deployments that are incapable of serving catalogs containing sensitive information.
Basic Autosigning (autosign.conf)
In basic autosigning, the CA uses a config file containing a whitelist of certificate names and domain name globs. When a CSR arrives, the requested certificate name is checked against the whitelist file. If the name is present (or covered by one of the domain name globs), the certificate is autosigned; if not, it is left for manual review.
Enabling basic autosigning
To enable basic autosigning, set
autosign = <whitelist file> in the
[master] section of the CA Puppet master's puppet.conf. The whitelist file must not be executable by the same user as the Puppet master; otherwise it will be treated as a policy executable.
Note: Basic autosigning is enabled by default and looks for a whitelist located at
$confdir/autosign.conf. For more info, see the page on the confdir.
autosign.conf file
autosign.conf whitelist file is a list of certnames or domain name globs (one per line) whose certificate requests will automatically be signed.
Note that domain name globs do not function as normal globs: an asterisk can only represent one or more subdomains at the front of a certname that resembles a fully-qualified domain name. (That is, if your certnames don't look like FQDNs, you can't use
autosign.conf to full effect.)
Security implications of basic autosigning
Since any host can provide any certname when requesting a certificate, basic autosigning should only be used in situations where you fully trust any computer able to connect to the Puppet master.
With basic autosigning enabled, an attacker able to guess an unused certname allowed by
autosign.conf would be able to obtain a signed agent certificate from the Puppet master. They would then be able to obtain a configuration catalog, which may or may not contain sensitive information (depending on your deployment's Puppet code and node classification).
Policy-based autosigning
In policy-based autosigning, the CA will run an external policy executable every time it receives a CSR. This executable will examine the CSR and tell the CA whether the certificate is approved for autosigning. If the executable approves, the certificate is autosigned; if not, it is left for manual review.
Enabling policy-based autosigning
To enable policy-based autosigning, set
autosign = <policy executable file> in the
[master] section of the CA Puppet master's puppet.conf.
The policy executable file must be executable by the same user as the Puppet master. If not, it will be treated as a certname whitelist file.
Custom policy executables
A custom policy executable can be written in any programming language; it just has to be executable in a *nix-like environment. The Puppet master will pass it the certname of the request (as a command line argument) and the PEM-encoded CSR (on stdin), and will expect a
0 (approved) or non-zero (rejected) exit code.
Once it has the CSR, a policy executable can extract information from it and decide whether to approve the certificate for autosigning. This is most useful if you are embedding additional information in the CSR when you provision your nodes.
If you aren't embedding additional data, the CSR will contain only the node's certname and public key. This can still provide more flexibility and security than
autosign.conf, as the executable can do things like query your provisioning system, CMDB, or cloud provider to make sure a node with that name was recently added.
Security implications of policy-based autosigning
Policy-based autosigning can be both fast and extremely secure, depending on how you manage the information the policy executable is using. For example:
- If you embed a unique pre-shared key in each node when you provision it, and provide your policy executable with a database of these keys, your autosigning security will be as good as your handling of the keys — as long as it's impractical for an attacker to acquire a PSK, it will be impractical for them to acquire a signed certificate.
- If nodes running on a cloud service embed their instance UUIDs in their CSRs, and your executable queries the cloud provider's API to check that a node with that UUID exists in your account, your autosigning security will be as good as the security of the cloud provider's API. If an attacker can impersonate a legit user to the API and get a list of node UUIDs, or if they can create a rogue node in your account, they can acquire a signed certificate.
As you can see, you must think things through carefully when designing your CSR data and signing policy. As long as you can arrange reasonable end-to-end security for secret data on your nodes, you should be able to rig up a secure autosigning system.
Policy executable API
The API for policy executables is as follows:
- Run environment: The executable will be run once for each incoming CSR.
- It will be executed by the Puppet master process and will run as the same user as the Puppet master.
- The Puppet master process will block until the executable finishes running. We expect policy executables to finish in a timely fashion; if they do not, it's possible for them to tie up all available Puppet master threads and deny service to other agent nodes. If an executable needs to perform network requests or other potentially expensive operations, the author is in charge of implementing any necessary timeouts, possibly bailing and exiting non-zero in the event of failure.
- (Note that under a Rack server like Passenger, there are generally multiple Puppet master processes available at any given time, so policy executables have a little bit of leeway.)
- Arguments: The executable must allow a single command line argument. This argument will be the Subject CN (certname) of the incoming CSR.
- No other command line arguments should be provided.
- The Puppet master should never fail to provide this argument.
- Stdin: The executable will receive the entirety of the incoming CSR on its stdin stream. The CSR will be encoded in PEM format.
- The stdin stream will contain nothing but the complete CSR.
- The Puppet master should never fail to provide the CSR on stdin.
- Exit status: The executable must exit with a status of
0if the certificate should be autosigned; it must exit with a non-zero status if it should not be autosigned.
- The Puppet master will treat all non-zero exit statuses as equivalent.
- Stdout and stderr: Anything the executable emits on stdout or stderr will be copied to the Puppet master's log output at the
debuglog level. Puppet will otherwise ignore the executable's output; only the exit code is considered significant.


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Most of us use a whole roster of household appliances every day without ever stopping to think about the invisible — but potentially lethal — stream of electricity that powers it.
In 1903, Thomas Edison infamously tried to demonstrate the hazards of alternating current, which now powers all of our homes and businesses, by using it to electrocute a circus elephant. Today, sensibly, safety precautions dictate that we keep our energy at a comfortable remove, insulated and grounded, tucked away in walls and ceilings or buried underground.
For most of us, the only reminder of electricity's deadly force comes when we see a baby make a beeline for an unguarded socket, a radio teetering on the edge of the bathtub, or we get a quick shock from a badly wired lamp.
In Vacant Circumstances: this and something else, his solo exhibition at Aceartinc., Dong-Kyoon Nam gives presence to the hidden currents that power our daily lives. By making simple but often startling modifications to commonplace appliances like oscillating fans, vacuum cleaners, and light fixtures, Nam creates a surreal domestic landscape charged as much with psychological dread as with electrical energy.
Just Once consists of two oscillating fans placed "face-to-face." Bound together in a cocoon of what must be dozens of linked white extension cords, which spill onto the floor like the train of a wedding dress, they blow at one another in an uncanny "kiss." The temptation to read the upright fans as mute human figures is overpowering and not at all reassuring.
A related, untitled work installed nearby initially looks like little more than a pile of coiled red extension cords. With the push of a foot pedal, however, we hear the muffled roar of the Shop-Vac hidden inside. The viewer doesn't know in either piece if all of the cables are actually live, though that's the assumption — that uncertainty lends the unassuming sculptures their subtle, menacing edge.
The remaining works have a similarly surreal, mildly hallucinatory quality that only heightens the exhibition's anxious tone. The Verticals is a group of seven generic-looking floor lamps that Nam has reconfigured, extending their thin supporting columns to untenable lengths, flipping them upside-down and leaning them against the walls in an eerie huddle.
Event Horizon, its title a reference to the "point of no return" approaching a black hole, is chest-height line of illuminated fluorescent lights that slices across one of the long gallery walls. Only as you get closer do you notice the countless battery-powered clocks that line the fixtures, their faces turned toward away from us, inexorably and ominously ticking away.
The only non-powered work, an expansive grid of cast plaster light switches that spreads across the rear of the gallery, conveys a similar sense of inevitability and resignation. The nonfunctioning switches, nearly invisible against the white wall, offer an overwhelming array of false choices. The pillow placed on floor below is either an invitation to lie down and give up or to pray.
Vacant Circumstance's strength is in its subtlety—the assortment of characterless appliances and fixtures makes almost no impression at all, at first. Gradually, however, you notice the faint electrical hum hanging in the air, a faint signal of a vital, vicious energy coursing just below the surface of everyday life.
Steven Leyden Cochrane is a Winnipeg-based artist, writer and educator.
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Lauren Tomkinson caused four BU turnovers and scooped up two ground balls in Wednesday night's win (photo courtesy of Gil Talbot).
BOSTON, Mass. – The Harvard women's lacrosse team turned a 10-3 halftime lead into a 16-6 win over Boston University Wednesday night at Nickerson Field. The Crimson (8-4) had eight different Crimson players find the back of the net.
Harvard snapped a six-game losing streak against the Terriers in its first win over its closest neighbor since 1994.
Danielle Tetreault led the Crimson with four goals and an assist. Jess Halpern scored a hat trick, while Jennifer VanderMeulen, Melanie Baskind and Isabelle Clarke added two tallies. Ellen Gleason, Chelsey Newman and Tyler Petropulos also found the back of the net. Baskind won a team-high four draw controls, while Lauren Tomkinson caused a career-high four turnovers and Mariah Pewarski picked up four ground balls.
The Crimson scored early and often in the opening minutes of the game cruising out to a 5-0 lead after 14 minutes of play. Harvard score four more over the next 10 minutes to take a 9-1 lead. Boston University put in two straight scores before Tetreault found VanderMeulen with 38 seconds left to close out the half.
BU pulled to within 11-6 after 20 minutes of action in the second session. The Crimson responded by scoring the next five tallies of the game and shutting down the Terrier offense over the final 10 minutes of the game.
The Crimson scooped up 18 ground balls, 10 more than BU. Harvard outshot the Terriers 27-17. Kerry Clark made four saves in the cage.
Harvard hosts Columbia, the winner of three straight, Saturday in its home finale and Senior Day. First draw is slated for 1 p.m.


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Winnipeg Artist Erika Lincoln Looks at Urban Birds in WAG Exhibition
Winnipeg electronic artist Erika Lincoln has long been fascinated by how urban birds incorporate the sounds of the city—car horns, mobile phone rings, traffic crossing signals—into their repertoire of songs, creating a hybrid call. Lincoln explores this further in a new exhibition at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Erika Lincoln: The Singing Condition will have a free public opening at 7pm on Thursday, March 31. It continues at the WAG until June 12.
"The Singing Condition presents an electronic manifestation of bird culture, one that adapts and adjusts to the ubiquitous presence of technology in a similar mode to that which we humans are experiencing in a simultaneous fashion," says Mary Reid, Curator of Contemporary Art and Photography. "This exhibition does not intend to any offer answers or create any political position. Instead it brings to light how other living creatures are inhabiting the urban space which we have created to house our own technological advances.
One of the central works in the exhibition consists of a flock of mechanical birds who "sing" to each other by the action of a motor randomly levering their beaks. Another work in the show relies upon visitor interaction—a mechanism that spins nests based on movements made by visitors in the exhibition space. Each nest incorporates plastics, yarns, and bits of metal, mimicking Lincoln's observations of birds using different types of man-made material to build their nests. An entire set of nests will be created over the run of the exhibition, providing a visual trace of visitors' involvement.
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After you set up an investment account in Quicken 2010 and describe the securities in the account, you can record an initial purchase of a share investment.
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When the final seconds ticked off the clock at Pittsburgh's Heinz Field on Saturday night, they did more than signal the end of another loss for Notre Dame. They also signaled the end of Charlie Weis's time on the sidelines in South Bend, even if there won't be any official action taken until the season officially comes to a close.
There isn't much point to debating Weis's future anymore. He has shown neither the demeanor nor the ability to teach young players what it takes to win in college football. The fans are angry, the school brass isn't even willing to offer a limp vote of confidence and you have to imagine the boosters aren't thrilled about finishing outside the Top 25 for the sixth time in the last 10 years or a trip to a second or third-tier bowl.
If everyone realizes the futility of keeping Weis around, you wonder how many realize what his departure will represent. When Weis goes, he'll take Notre Dame's claim to a place of superiority in the football hierarchy with him.
Plenty of people will argue that they lost that place sometime during the Bob Davie or Tyrone Willingham eras, but the Irish had been through down times before (see Faust, Gerry) and come out smelling like a rose. With Weis, though, things were different from the get-go. They gave him an enormous contract extension weeks into his first season and revered him like he walked on water simply because he won a few games with another coach's players. That wild departure from their historical reticence to commit to a coach early in his tenure was a glowing neon sign of the school's desperation to remain relevant in a football world that had blown by them at warp speed.
Giving Weis that extension was a naked attempt at recapturing everything that made Notre Dame special and extending their myth of grandeur under a famous coach who joined Rockne, Parseghian and Holtz in the pantheon of the Golden Dome. They made it clear that Weis was the man who would restore the glory that was a birthright for all who wore the colors. They placed such a big bet on Weis that their spot at the top of the college football food chain was on the table.
That attempt failed and it failed so miserably that all Notre Dame has now is a fight song, a few good marketing ploys and a place of honor among football fans who think it is still 1955. Their schedule and rigorous recruiting standards make it very difficult to compete with the powers in the SEC and the Big 12, and their national appeal matters much less in a world where cable television brings dozens of teams into every household on a weekly basis.
Notre Dame may still believe they are different than the rest of college football. They may believe that their higher regard for academics, tradition and rituals makes them better than everybody else. But the fact is that they are about to fire their third straight coach with a winning record for failing to live up to the outsize expectations that those beliefs hold.
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Josh Alper is a writer living in New York City and is a contributor to FanHouse.com and ProFootballTalk.com in addition to his duties for NBCNewYork.com.


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Is Daisuke Matsuzaka Worth The Risk? 3 Teams That Should Roll The Dice On Him
Sunday November 18th, 2012
Jake Dal Porto: What has become of Daisuke Matsuzaka? The once highly-touted Japanese import has struggled in recent years, posting a 5.53 earned run average since 2009. Due to this, the interest for him is extremely low.
However, don't expect Matsuzaka to go unsigned this winter. While he is certainly a gamble, he's worth the risk for teams with restricted payrolls.
Here some of those teams that could roll the dice on the 32-year-old:
Kansas City Royals
Pitching is essentially the only thing preventing the Royals from contending in the American League Central. Good pitching doesn't come at a cheap tab though, and the Royals cannot afford to take gambles with a moderate payroll at their disposal. Matsuzaka would be a perfect example of an addition that could fill both of those needs. After rolling the dice in a trade for Jonathan Sanchez, however, Kansas City might be a bit hesitant to take risks.
Then again, Kansas City doesn't have many alternatives because gambles entail risks. That is, if they wish to improve their rotation through bargain free agency pickups. And that would appear to be the most foreseeable happening, given that the tier one pitchers in Zack Greinke and Anibal Sanchez would stretch their wallets a tad too far.
Jeremy Guthrie, who compiled a 3.16 earned run average this year, could return if both parties can agree on a reasonable contract. Bruce Chen was consistent at times, but his final 5.07 ERA proves otherwise. Two 28-year-olds in Felipe Paulino and Luke Hochevar both possess ace like stuff, but consistency has prevented them from reaching elite levels.
So, outside of Guthrie, the Royals don't have much consistency, even after dealing for home run happy Ervin Santana. Instead, they boast a surplus amount of potential with young flame-throwers across the board. It's just a matter of when those assets will be ready to be mustered into the rotation. Some, in retrospect, will never be ready, and Royals' brass might be banking on their prospects to turn out a little too much. Sure, some of the top flight prospects that are on the brink of breaking the major leagues-or have already had a taste it, are nearly locks to contribute at some point, but sometimes, it's nice to have some normality and that can come from Major League tested verterans.
While not a guarantee by any stretch of the imagination, Matsuzaka could temporarily solve the back-end of the Royals' rotation and possibly push them closer to a wild card berth. If the once highly touted import contributes successfully, great. If not, it's not a huge deal, even for a low-income club such as the Royals themselves. Teams tend to go through 8-9 starting pitchers in the course of a year, and Dice-K would at minimum, provide the club with some much needed depth.
San Diego Padres
Similar to the Royals, the Padres cannot afford to throw money around carelessly as wise buys at bargain prices suit them better. Plus, the players they choose to add must be capable of retaining their respective effectiveness for a decent amount of time because the Pads aren't quite ready to compete. This past year, they made a mini-push to coax in one of the two wild card spots, but they fell short. It was surely a step in the right direction, though.
Perhaps a more capable rear-end of the starting rotation would pull them closer to contention. Aside from Clayton Richard (33 starts and Edinson Volquez (32 starts), San Diego struggled to find suitable pitchers to fill the remaining three spots. In fact, no one out of the 15 pitchers that started a minimum of one game besides Richard and Volquez, started more than 15 games this year. A good fraction of those 15 will likely shift to different roles or different cities next year, so the Padres will have some holes to patch up.
With Cory Luebke returning from injury, flame-thrower Andrew Cashner emerging, and Edinson Volquez likely departing, one of those holes will be the fifth spot in their rotation. That is, if management elects to avoid using an inexperienced alternative. With that thought aside, this is where Matsuzaka could provide some help. The Padres management has been talking about featuring a payroll near the 100 Million Mark, so it is plausible to for them to be active in the FA Market.
Better yet, the Padres are a great fit for Matsuzaka, whose seeking to turn the tables on what was supposed to be a promising career.
First off, Petco Park is one of the most pitcher friendly stadiums in baseball. Yes, even with the fences scheduled for a makeover that is expected to even out the playing field. The brisk and thick air at night are two factors that still give Petco a scary appearance for hitters.
And lastly, Matsuzaka won't have to deal with the dreadful big-market media. In Boston, criticism is taken to another level. Sometimes that level is too much for said player to handle, and it proves to effect their performances on the field. In San Diego, however, he can relax a bit more, which should benefit him more than anything.
Toronto Blue Jays
The Blue Jays have certainly had a very successful off-season so far. Thus, they have no areas of concern, right? Wrong. In spite of adding two quality starting pitchers in Mark Buehrle and Josh Johnson from the Marlins, the fifth starter will seemingly be a problematic area if management can't bridge the gap. As of today, J.A. Happ would be their fifth starter. Brett Cecil is slotted in the 6th spot on the depth chart. Dice-K might also bridge the gap until Tommy John returnees Kyle Drabek and Drew Hutchison come back half way through the year.
Realistically, though, they won't be able to do much improving on Happ, as no big-name free agents will want to be shoved to a lower role. So, why not give Happ some veteran competition for the role?
If Happ prevails, Matsuzaka could be deferred to a bullpen position. Perhaps he could be used as a long man. Either way, adding Matsuzaka is a tiny risk for the newly deemed spenders.
(*The views and opinions expressed in this report are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of mlbreports.com*)
Jake Dal Porto is a Baseball Writer with MLB reports and a student from the Bay Area. Jake's favorite sports moment was when the Giants won the World Series back in 2010. He loves to use sabermetrics in his work. He thinks they are the best way to show a player's real success compared to the basic stats such as ERA, RBIs, and Wins. Jake also enjoys interacting and debating with his readers. Follow him on Twitter: Follow @TheJakeMan24
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Posted on November 18, 2012, in MLB Player Profiles, MLB Teams: Articles and Analysis and tagged Andrew Cashner, anibal sanchez, boston red sox, brett cecil, clayton richard, cory luebke, daisuke matsuzaka, drew hutchison, edinson volquez, ervin santana, Felipe Paulino, j.a. happ, josh johnson, kansas city royals, kyle drabek, luke hochevar, mark buehrle, miami marlins, MLB Rumors, san diego padres, tommy john, toronto blue jays, zack greinke. Bookmark the permalink. Comments Off on Is Daisuke Matsuzaka Worth The Risk? 3 Teams That Should Roll The Dice On Him.


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Nigeria reclaim their place among football elite with Afcon triumph
The Super Eagles defeated Burkina Faso on Sunday evening in Johannesburg to reclaim their place among continental champions and set up a new period of African domination
By Lolade Adewuyi
Nigeria ended their 13-year long unlucky streak on Sunday in the Africa Cup of Nations final, beating Burkina Faso in Johannesburg to secure a return to the top of the pile on the African continent.
For many, it seems like Stephen Keshi's side have rolled back the years with their performances during this tournament, which more were reminiscent of the powerful side that he captained to Afcon glory back in 1994.
That strong collective rode roughshod over the continent, and then reached the round of 16 at its maiden World Cup appearance, and even though Keshi claims that this current team is still a work in progress, they have showed enough potential to hint at even better things to come.
They were never one of the favourites when the competition started on January 19, yet on Sunday, Keshi made history by becoming only the second man to win the trophy as both player and coach.
Many of today's young Nigerian football fans have never known this much joy watching the Super Eagles. Nineteen years is a long time to wait since last tasting victory at senior level and for many younger fans, their team was never expected to perform as well as they have done.
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Nigeria's journey to the Afcon title was, however, never easy. Keshi announced a squad of 17 new faces in his 23-man squad, with six playing in the Nigeria Premier League. And that inexperience showed, with the team starting the tournament on a shaky note, drawing their first couple of matches.
But the 2-0 defeat of Ethiopia courtesy of penalties from Victor Moses – a player who had only recently changed allegiance from England to Nigeria – gave them confidence going into the quarter final encounter against Cote D'Ivoire.
But the Elephants were so psychologically superior that even the Nigeria Football Federation held little hope – they had begun making plans to buy return tickets for the players immediately after that quarter final game, such was the lack of belief in their team's ability to conquer the Ivorians who had become a thorn in their flesh for the past seven years.
Didier Drogba's side seemed to relish inflicting pain on Nigeria ever since his lone goal sent the Super Eagles packing in the semi final of Egypt 2006. It was the turn of Salomon Kalou at Ghana 2008 as the Elephants once again proved superior.
However, Keshi's men turned the fear into positive energy and went on to stun the Elephants with goals from Emmanuel Emenike and Mba.
After conquering their biggest foes since the rivalry with Cameroon, the door was opened for Nigeria to dominate their other opponents and win the title. This they did with relish, mauling Mali 4-1 in a one-sided semi final in Durban and setting up a final encounter with the Stallions who had already achieved more than they could ever imagine on the international stage.
Paul Put's men were by no means a pushover. They played compact football, had strength typical of West African teams and had the flair of Jonathan Pitroipa who had been cleared to play the final after Caf rescinded his semi final sending off against Ghana.
However, they missed the goal-scoring ability of Alain Traore whose injury meant that he could not reprise his late goal against Nigeria in their opening game of the tournament.
Nigeria were the favourites going into the final match – they had won two Afcon titles in the past and had finished in the top three of the competition more times than any other nation.
Still, the battle needed to be won on the pitch and the Super Eagles dominated. They should have scored more, but were denied by wasteful finishing, although it didn't help that they were without the services of burly Spartak Moscow striker Emenike who had come to be known for his bullish attitude towards defenders.
Just as the first half neared its end, youngster Sunday Mba turned up with a shuffle and sidefooted the ball past Daouda Diakite. Nigeria held on to their lead, mindful of not letting the Stallions back into the game like they have done in the past. And at referee Djamel Hamoudi's final whistle, goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama was not sure whether to pick up the referee on his shoulders or go on his knees. Luckily, he chose to celebrate with his colleagues as the stadium erupted.
Public announcement | The Nigerians are back
The Super Eagles will leave Johannesburg with the continent at their feet. However, there's more ground to be conquered.
The Fifa Confederations Cup will be their first test on the world stage in June. They have been drawn with world and European champions Spain, South American winners Uruguay, and Oceania champions Tahiti. This is the next step to proving their worth.
But first, they will savour this conquest for many months to come because suddenly, it is once again fashionable to be a Nigerian.
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Description:In October, Wells Cathedral will host FAMILY TREE, the touring sculpture exhibition which has already been seen at the cathedrals in Rochester and Portsmouth. Family Tree is a touring exhibition of sculpture and graphic work by American artist Rafael Klein. The sculptures – made from steel, copper and bronze - explore the ways we are all connected, using the tree as its central metaphor. 'This is an exhibition which works on many levels. It fits so well into the Romanesque arches of Portsmouth Cathedral, and has echoes of the humanistic tradition of the Renaissance and also is reminiscent of the tree of life motif in traditional Christian art. Rafael Klein has produced art which fits well into the context, and at the same time is stimulating and challenging.' Dean David Brindley Portsmouth Cathedral. ARTIST TALK Klein will be giving an Artist Talk about the exhibition and about his own artist books on Wednesday, 18 October at 4pm as part of the WELLS FESTIVAL of LITERATURE you can book for this free talk below.
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All sessions of the VWBPE 2019 Conference are held in Second Life®. All times are in SLT (PST).
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Hosts: Ann von Rhein, CET; Quintus Petilius Secundus, MUSA SL; Petrus Cornelius Silvanus
Description: The hunt is an interactive and immersive activity in one part of a virtual museum set up as a Viking village in SL. Participants engage in an innovative adventure in order to solve different problems dealing with history while using English to cooperate creatively.
Participants will be able to immerse in a mixed hunt and escape the room historical setting.
Access: Second Life. See the conference website for information about creating a Second Life account. Either SL or Firestorm viewers are recommended. Avatars must be at least 60 days old. Contact the owner in advance (Severus Alexander) if you would like to bring new avatar students.
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Accessibility: A script of the presentation will be provided.
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How to Plan Pages for Your Web Site in iWeb
iWeb is the Web site creation and editing application included with Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Every properly designed Web site has a purpose: to inform, to entertain, or to provide downloads or contact information. The pages you add to your site should all reflect that common purpose.
iWeb can produce the following types of pages for your site:
Welcome: This is the default first page that iWeb adds to a site you create. The Welcome page familiarizes your visitor with the idea behind your site, and perhaps offers a snippet of the latest developments on the site in a "What's New" paragraph.
About Me: This page provides a biography of you or another person, listing things like your age, favorite songs, and favorite foods. (After all, that's important stuff.) Links are provided to your photo album pages and other Web sites you want to share.
Photos: iWeb makes it easy to add one of those cool online photo galleries for your snapshots, complete with a Web slideshow! You can add Events and albums from iPhoto, too.
My Albums: You can organize all your Photos and Movie pages on a single My Albums page. Visitors click a thumbnail to jump to the corresponding page Photos or Movies page; it's a visual index done the right way.
Movie: Got a QuickTime movie you've created with iMovie to share with others? This is the page that presents it to your adoring fans.
Blog: Adding a blog (or personal Web journal) page is a somewhat different beast: iWeb keeps track of each addition you make in an entry list so that you can quickly add or delete entries without requiring tons of scrolling, cutting, and pasting. A blog page also includes an archive so that deleted entries aren't lost forever.
Podcast: Consider a podcast as an audio (or audio/visual) blog that is designed to be downloaded to a visitor's iPod for later enjoyment. As does the blog page, a podcast page has an entry list and an archive list attached to it.
Blank: Yep, an old-fashioned blank page, ready for you to fill with whatever you like.
Before you even launch iWeb, jot down on a piece of paper (or put in a Sticky) these important points:
What message do I want to communicate to visitors?
What tone will I use — funny, serious, or businesslike?
What stuff do I want to offer: photos, movies, or podcasts?
Now you have the starting point for your site and you know what you want to include!


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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
In The Spirit
21 comments:
- ronan said...
absolutely stunning as usual! i love the colours <3 mmm gingerbread! one thing i love about winter ;) xxx
- December 13, 2011 at 9:49 AM
- Emily Cureton Booth said...
This looks so cozy! Love it!
- December 13, 2011 at 11:31 AM
- Theonlyfashionprincess said...
Such a cute dress and cardi, suits so well together x
- December 13, 2011 at 11:35 AM
- doodah day said...
This outfit is really smart with the colours! I love love love that cardigan... wish it was mine.
Just wanted to let you know that you got yourself a new reader! :-) Sorry about the possible spelling mistakes, I'm from Finland and writing this on my bed...
- December 13, 2011 at 12:01 PM
- sara tee said...
this is such a pretty outfit, it's so great for the holidays! I'm in love with oversize sweaters especially at the moment.
- December 13, 2011 at 12:09 PM
what a cuteness of a dress! love how festively you styled it!
- December 13, 2011 at 1:36 PM
- Rose-et-Violet said...
This is so cute! And wow, holidays till February? Lucky! I don't get off till the 20th and then back to school on January 16th. ):
But seriously, these bangs are perfectly suited for your face, but I think your hair before was fine too!
- December 13, 2011 at 1:44 PM
- Elizabeth of PrettyNiftyThriftyFashion said...
oh i just love your red cardigan, it looks so warm and cozy!!!!! plus that dress is adorable :)
- December 13, 2011 at 4:22 PM
- SHOP STYLE CONQUER said...
omg you look so pretty! i love the outfit and the photos are so prettty!
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- December 13, 2011 at 5:45 PM
- Hannah said...
Oh, I love this outfit, and your bangs! They are so cute. I love them. These pictures makes me want Christmas, it's kind of festive.
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- December 13, 2011 at 7:02 PM
- The Midwest Muse said...
I LOVE your bangs, Kaylee! A total upgrade! Not that you need it, but dang! I really love the wallpaper in the background. Perfect for the holidays.
- December 14, 2011 at 4:06 AM
- Zane said...
wonderful outfit and I love the background too. and your bangs look amazing :)
- December 14, 2011 at 1:33 PM
- Darlene said...
How lovely! You could be the cover of a Christmas magazine. Love the shoes, wherever did you get them? They are sweet!
- December 14, 2011 at 5:18 PM
- Jamie Rose said...
I completely understand how you feel about getting bangs because I felt exactly like that a year ago! It's kind of strange that you got yours almost a year to the day from when I got mine. It must be something about December!
- December 14, 2011 at 10:32 PM
- 6roove said...
cute look ;))
- December 15, 2011 at 3:16 AM
- Tiina said...
the bangs really suit you! I've been going through your blog and I have to say, I adore your style, you're so inspiring!
- December 15, 2011 at 1:28 PM
- chelsea.jade said...
Your hair looks amazing lovely!! Love your cardigan :)
- December 15, 2011 at 3:04 PM
- This Charming Style said...
Oh my gosh, your fringe looks gorgeous!! I can't wait to catch up on your blog <3. You look so beautiful in red, black and white! I've missed you! xx
- December 16, 2011 at 11:07 AM
- Annie said...
OOohhh I've been wanting bangs forever...but I'm too chicken to do it! Love this outfit...so pretty & festive. Kind if excited I stumbled upon your blog :)
The Other Side of Gray
- December 21, 2011 at 5:19 AM
- Frannie Pantz said...
I've been on the fence about getting bangs for some time now. Yours look great! I love your pretty dress as well!
- December 21, 2011 at 8:14 AM
- Selene said...
love these photos!
- December 21, 2011 at 10:10 AM


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Taking on a die-hard tea partier
The establishment scored huge victories in primary races Tuesday. Their next potential target: Rep. Justin Amash.
Business groups, executives in Michigan and even some of his fellow home state Republicans are abandoning the hard-line tea party conservative, famous in Washington for voting "no" on bills as wide ranging as the debt ceiling to defense funding.
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Members of the Meijers family, owners of the massive Midwest supermarket chain, are all in behind Brian Ellis, Amash's Republican primary challenger. As are the political arms of Home Depot, Dow Chemical and the International Franchise Association.
The primary race is in the beginning stages of what could be an epic throwdown in August between the business community, usually reluctant to play in a Republican primary, and big conservative outsiders, including the Koch brothers and the Club for Growth, who are dumping money into Amash's campaign.
( Also on POLITICO: Poll: Opposition to tea party rises)
It is just one example of the many battles playing out in Republican races all across the country, where an emboldened establishment wing has accused movement conservatives of straying too far from the party's pro-business roots — and winning.
"Once you get to know [Amash], and I know that district from being around Michigan for long enough, he's completely out of line with these people," said Rep. Mike Rogers, a senior Michigan Republican in an interview. "He votes more with the Democrats than with the Republicans, and that's not out of principle, that's out of him branding himself as something different."
Rogers even cut Ellis a $5,000 check, a bold move for a fellow Republican Michigander.
The president of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce said his group will consider endorsing Ellis, adding that many one-time Amash business supporters have switched their allegiances after growing frustrated with his voting record and unhelpful office on even routine matters.
And Amash isn't getting love from the rest of his Wolverine State colleagues in D.C., either. Lawmakers and corporate and association PACs are typically wary of putting money up against a sitting member of Congress, but many have started to pour money into Ellis' campaign. Ellis is the founder of an investment advisory firm.
( Also on POLITICO: Thom Tillis beats tea party challenge in North Carolina)
"Because my vote explanations shine a spotlight on Congress, I've upset people who are used to operating in the dark," said Amash in a statement. "They don't like having their votes exposed as fringe and outside the mainstream."
Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) said he will stay neutral. Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.) said she didn't know if she would weigh in, before running into the House chamber.
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) said Amash isn't a "serious member of Congress," and added "this is someone here playing games, and trying to be on the opposite side of Republicans." Nunes gave his opponent $5,000.
Nunes said his dealings with Amash on a water bill critical to California turned him off.
"He's been leading the charge and not telling the truth about [NSA surveillance policies]," Nunes said in an interview. "He's been fanning the flames, and it gets to the point where my assessment is this is a guy willing to work with San Francisco Democrats to protect bait fish, and at the same time he's Al Qaeda's best friend in the Congress."
Amash has been critical of the National Security Agency and caused a floor fight last year over a controversial amendment to curb the agency's ability to collect phone data from Americans.
( On the Ground: How Lindsey Graham outmaneuvered the tea party)
Amash defended himself against Nunes' attacks.
"I vote less often with Nancy Pelosi, the real San Francisco Democrat, than any member of Congress. I opposed Nunes' water bill on constitutional grounds, and his comments are unbecoming of a representative," Amash said.
The push to try to beat back against the conservative flank is a continuing trend for the party. On Tuesday night, GOP establishment forces defeated a Rand Paul-endorsed candidate in North Carolina, and Speaker John Boehner obliterated a self-branded tea party challenger who had support from outside groups.
Main Street Partnership President Steve LaTourette said Tuesday night's primary establishment victories will just increase how aggressive groups get in the upcoming primaries and general elections.
"They are looking for their first win of the season and I think our guys are happy with what happened in North Carolina and Ohio and if you look at that we're going to remind [Club for Growth President Chris] Chocola every time," LaTourette said.
LaTourette said that it is unlikely Main Street Partnership will enter the Amash race because it is focusing on defending Republican incumbents against conservative challenges.


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Gently-Baked Salmon with Cabbage, Bacon, and Dill
This is the "Slow-Roasted Salmon with Cabbage, Bacon, and Dill" recipe from serious eats.
It's quite quick and easy to prepare and tastes fantastic.
I wouldn't have thought it'd be possible to make salmon come out so soft and succulent, but baking it at low temperatures works wonders. And the mild sweetness of the cabbage cooked with bacon really compliments it.
- savoy cabbage, 1 head (halved, cored, and roughly chopped)
- bacon, 6 slices
- onion, 1, diced
- water, 1 cup
- salmon fillets, 4 (4-6 ounces each, skin removed)
- fresh dill, chopped, 1 teaspoon (plus more for garnish)
- olive oil, 4 tablespoons
- butter, 2 tablespoons
- lemon juice, from one lemon
- salt and pepper to taste
Cook the cabbage
- In medium saucepan, place bacon and heat over medium. Cook, stirring occasionally, until fat is rendered from bacon and bacon is beginning to crisp.
- Add onion and cook for an additional minute, then add cabbage and water.
- Bring to a boil, then simmer until cabbage is tender, 20-25 minutes, adding more liquid if necessary.
- Once very tender, season with salt, pepper, and half the dill.
Prepare and cook the salmon
- In the meantime, season salmon fillets with salt and pepper and place salmon on non-stick sheet pan.
- Drizzle olive oil over fillets, top with half the dill, and finish with small knob of butter.
- Cook 15-18 minutes for medium rare, or up to 25 minutes for medium, depending on thickness of fish.
- Remove from oven and drizzle with lemon juice.
- Divide cabbage and salmon among plates and garnish with more dill, if desired.
- Serve immediately.


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Revolution's BAsics With Bob Avakian
BAsics, in short, is a fundamental primer on revolution and into the imaginative and gifted political mind of Bob Avakian, and it will take a cadre of thinkers—many of whom will gather on April 11, Monday at 7pm at the Harlem Stage at City College—to distill the portent of the glorious future he envisions.
By Herb Boyd
One doesn't need a B.A. or a bachelor's degree to understand or to grasp the essential meaning of the lessons delivered in Bob Avakian's latest book, BAsics.
As in most of his books and columns in "Revolution"—the Revolutionary Communist Party's paper from which much of BAsics is derived—the writing is clear, the analogies simply conceived to breakdown complex issues, and the content absolutely relevant.
In the opening chapter on how a worldwide system of exploitation and oppression is created, Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, offers one word: slavery.
"There would be no United States as we know it today without slavery," he writes. "That is a simple and basic truth." And this basic truth, which is given expansive annotation, is a recurring theme in the book and forges the foundation of his political thought, particularly his ideas on the remedies for capitalism and imperialism.
If it weren't for the often brutal exploitation of Black workers, Avakian contends, "There wouldn't even be a U.S. imperialism today."
That global imperialism, he continues, is at the core of U.S. world domination and the reason for the suffering of so many people. But if things are so terrible in America why are so many clamoring to get in, is a question he raises and answers. "Because you have fucked up the rest of the world even worse that what you have done in this country," he concludes.
For the most part the book is a compilation of capsules, brief paragraphs that deal with a considerable number of social, political, and cultural issues. In his chapter, "Making Revolution," many of the questions raised by those who believe such a task much too daunting, if not impossible, Avakian is at his best, dispatching each concern in a rational and passionate way.
Any revolutionary struggle in the U.S. will have to include all of the various nationalities, which he perceives as pivotal. "But you're also never going to make revolution in this country without a vanguard that bases itself on a scientific approach to these questions—and to every other decisive question—a vanguard in which everybody contributes and struggles with each other on the basis of striving to grasp that scientific approach…" he asserts.
Later in the book he returns to this proposition, providing a more explicit example, using an analogy from basketball. On a basketball team there are the stars, the Carmelo Anthonys, who want the ball in crunch time when the game is on the line. "These are the ones who not only soar to great heights themselves but in so doing raise the level of their team as a whole," he writes. "Why shouldn't the advanced forces of proletarian revolution—those who have the most profound interest in this revolution and the most profound desire for revolution—why shouldn't they be capable of this kind of greatness?"
Avakian and his comrades certainly express this "profound desire for revolution" and have been no less than resolute and determined to see that day when capitalism, racism, and imperialism have been cast to the dustbin of history.
BAsics, in short, is a fundamental primer on revolution and into the imaginative and gifted political mind of Bob Avakian, and it will take a cadre of thinkers—many of whom will gather on April 11, Monday at 7pm at the Harlem Stage at City College—to distill the portent of the glorious future he envisions.
And with such notables and stalwarts confirmed, including Ruby Dee, Cornel West, jazz great David Murray, Carl Dix, Elaine Brower, Aladdin, reg. e. gaines, and Matthew Shipp, it should be an unforgettable event and evening.
For information on ticket prices and other inquires call 212 691-3345.
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Using conferences to break logjams
So now they want to talk?
With the government shut down, House Republicans are suddenly pursuing a formal House-Senate conference—something the GOP leadership has shunned all summer on the 2014 budget resolution and new farm bill. It echoes of a last-minute ploy by Speaker John Boehner in the fight over payroll taxes in 2011. But could it yet be a framework for real negotiations?
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That's the question facing the joint leadership and much depends on whether Boehner is prepared to push for a clean continuing resolution as part of the deal to get the talks underway.
On a 54-46 roll call, Senate Democrats quickly tabled the Boehner proposal Tuesday. But Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) left open going to conference if the House first adopted the Senate-passed CR which would keep agencies operating until Nov. 15.
"Once that happens we are happy to go to conference," Reid told the Senate. "But only if the government is reopened."
Boehner's selection of eight Republican House conferees suggests some serious purpose. He has included Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) but also chairmen representing the Budget, Appropriations, and Ways and Means Committees.
The four lower-ranking conferees are drawn heavily from Appropriations: this is a CR after all. But they also represent a cross section of his conference from young conservatives like Rep. Tom Graves (R-Ga.) to veteran moderates like Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (D-N.J.).
The CR is not a natural vehicle for large scale budget talks. But Boehner needs a path out and may fear that he is backing into a still more dangerous situation over the debt ceiling next month.
If he can jump start budget negotiations now, it could make the next hurdle easier. But it will also require more commitment than the speaker has shown so far.
Indeed, matched against this promise of talks is the House GOP's long record of avoiding precisely such House-Senate negotiations.
Rank-and-file Republicans tell POLITICO that the party is paying a huge price now for having avoided talks with the Senate, after Democrats passed a budget resolution in March. A House-Senate conference would have given some context to the current standoff and a budget reconciliation bill remains the best vehicle for dealing with the entitlement savings Republicans want.
The tortured history of the farm bill is a second example. While it is lost in the furor over the government shutdown, the current farm bill law ran out Tuesday as well. Here too the House leadership has dragged its feet over beginning talks with the Senate, which has been waiting since June. The continued stalling — even after the protracted fight over food stamps—is a major irritation for rural lawmakers in both chambers.
Invoking the Constitution, Boehner did his best to dress up his CR proposal, "The best path forward right now is for both chambers to convene a formal conference committee where we can resolve our differences," he said in a statement Monday night. "That's the system the founders set up for us, and it's what the American people expect us to do."
But as the House leadership has grown more centralized, there has been a greater reluctance to have conferences. Speakers fear that if the talks stall, the minority is allowed to bring pesky motions on the floor to instruct the negotiators. But also conferences tend to give committee chairmen more independence from the leadership.
For example, Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) has been subjected to repeated humiliation from the leadership in trying to move a five-year farm bill to conference with the Senate. But once there, he will have more freedom to bargain and be more the captain of his ship. If Lucas were to come back with a bipartisan package, could Boehner and Cantor really afford to deny him a vote on the floor?
At this stage, Senate Democrats are clearly distrustful of the House's intentions. And the December 2011 payroll tax fight experience is telling.
Back then, Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) reached agreement on extending the 2 percent payroll tax break which had been resisted by some factions in the House GOP. With his back to the wall, Boehner called for a House-Senate conference much as he did Monday night. Days later the House gave in and passed the extension.
The same dynamics could rule now. But the underlying issues are greater and both sides know they have to find a way to actually talk.


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The College of Creative Arts consists of five departments and one school: Art, Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts, Cinema, Design and Industry, Theatre Arts, and the School of Music and Dance. Special facilities include five theatres, a modern concert hall, an art gallery, radio and television studios, dance studios, computer arts laboratories, an intermedia laboratory, a film shooting stage, ADR, Foley and other post-production areas, and a multimedia performance space.
Each semester, the College of Creative Arts presents an innovative program of events and exhibitions that features the visual, media, and performing arts. Presentations include faculty and student recitals, main stage and workshop plays, dance productions, exhibitions, film and video screenings, interdisciplinary arts symposia, lectures, workshops, collaborations with professionals, and an annual festival of student films.
Student-produced radio and television programs are cablecast daily to the campus from the college's broadcasting studios. Student work in art, film, and design and industry is on exhibit throughout the year. Regularly scheduled music recitals and concerts feature outstanding artists, some of which are made possible through a grant provided by the May T. Morrison Foundation. Each June, the college is host to the Irving Klein International String Competition.
Students are encouraged not only to participate in the production of events but to attend a variety of programs as part of their educational experience. Discounts for students, senior citizens, SFSU faculty, staff, and alumni are available.
Two events calendars are available each semester from the Box Office in the Creative Arts building or by calling (415) 338-2467 and can be found at www.sfsu.edu/~allarts/.