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Through advanced desktop updating tools, Adobe helps ensure that you have the most current runtime with the latest protections. Plus, our tight relationships and integration with mobile platform vendors, platforms, and update processes help keep your Adobe software current wherever you are and on whatever mobile platform you choose to use.
Adobe Flash Player interprets a series of instructions stored in a binary format known as SWF. The SWF files are typically hosted on a server and downloaded via web protocols to be displayed on the client computer using Flash Player when requested. SWF file content can be viewed in a consistent manner across a broad range of platforms, browsers, and devices.
SWF files typically consist of two components: multimedia content and ActionScript® instructions. ActionScript is the programming language of the Adobe Flash Platform. It is also a European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA) standard. Originally developed as a way for developers to program interactivity, ActionScript enables efficient programming of Flash Platform applications for everything from simple animations to complex, data-rich, interactive interfaces.
Flash Player also provides a set of underlying capabilities that allows developers to author media and applications that adhere to best practices for security and privacy with respect to the application user, the client computer, the host server, and the respective data.
The Adobe Flash Platform includes safeguards designed to protect all stakeholders—network and system administrators, application end users, website administrators, and application authors—from malicious and unintentional security risks introduced by other stakeholders or third parties.
Security vulnerabilities are typically the result of one of the following:
The primary security mechanism in the Adobe Flash Player security architecture is the same-origin policy. The same-origin policy used by Flash Player, as well as most common web browsers, logically separates content from different domains into security sandboxes. The sandboxes are designed to ensure that the data you share with one website is not exposed to the other websites that you visit.
In the context of Flash Player, all resources—including file requests, local data storage (shared objects), and any other resources used by a particular domain and its content—are contained within a sandbox. Each sandbox is isolated from the operating system, file system, network, other applications, and even other Flash Player sandbox instances. The stakeholders of each data resource control access to the rights to that resource, ensuring the security of its contents.
Users can request or obtain individual SWF files in a number of ways and from a variety of sources, including downloading them from external websites and copying them from a network server. Flash Player assigns SWF files—those stored on the end user's computer—and other resources, such as shared objects, bitmaps, sounds, videos, and data files, to security sandboxes based on their origin when they were loaded into Flash Player.
Flash Player limits interaction between files in different sandboxes, thereby preventing SWF files from performing operations that could introduce security breaches. However, the same-origin policy does not cover content on a local device. Therefore, Flash Player provides additional controls for content from the file system or network shares. Restricting how a file can interact with the local file system or the network helps keep users' computers and files secure. By default, local SWF files can communicate within the local file system or with the Internet, but not both.
SWF files may interact with SWF files from other sandboxes—and with servers—but only if explicitly allowed via permission controls set by the resource stakeholders of the other sandbox. For more information, see the Adobe Flash Player 10 Security white paper .
Flash Player always enforces the browser's same-origin policy. The same-origin policy is the foundation of browser security that prevents one site from stealing the data you have stored on another site. In areas where Flash Player provides functionality that is not covered by the same-origin policy or existing browser controls, Flash Player requires some form of opt-in by either the end user or data owner. This ensures that user data is protected at all times.
Flash Player takes advantage of operating system-specific compiler protections to reduce the risk of malicious individuals writing exploit code to attack your computer. For instance, on Microsoft® Windows®-based systems, Flash Player is compiled to take advantage of Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR), Data Execution Prevention (DEP), GhostScript (GS), and Structured Exception Handling (SEH). On Linux®-based systems, Flash Player takes advantage of similar features, such as fstack-protector.
Adobe Flash Player also takes advantage of various types of browser-based sandboxes and privilege restrictions:
By combining compiler flags and sandboxing techniques, Flash Player can take full advantage of protections provided by the operating system to limit the possibility of successful exploits being launched against Flash Player users. To keep up with newly discovered and zero-day threats, Adobe continually advances and expands its sandboxing implementations, increasing its robustness and support in more environments.
To provide an additional layer of privacy protection within the browser environment, Flash Player supports the private browsing mode found in the most popular web browsers, including Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. Private browsing lets you browse the web without storing any browsing history on your computer. Flash Player integrates with these web browsers to automatically clear stored data in accordance with the browser's private browsing settings.
In addition, Flash Player integrates with common browser storage deletion options, including the deletion of cookies and local shared objects. For example, users can clear local storage directly from the browser settings interface settings in Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.
Finally, Adobe Flash Player implements privacy and security by default for camera (webcam) and microphone use. Because these features could cause a privacy violation if automatically enabled, Flash Player always prompts the user for explicit permission to enable the camera or microphone within an application.
End users can interactively allow or prohibit certain potentially malicious activities through a range of user-configured settings in the Settings Manager. The Settings Manager allows individual users to specify various security, privacy, and resource usage settings for Adobe Flash technology applications executing on their client computer. For example, users can control application access to specific functions, such as the webcam and microphone, or control the amount of disk space allotted to a SWF file's domain.
Prior to Flash Player 10.3, the Settings Manager was an online control panel, located on the Adobe website. In Flash Player 10.3 and later, the Settings Manager is a local control panel, enabling end users to manage their Flash Player settings directly on their desktops. With Flash Player 10.3, the Settings Manager is also in the operating system Control Panel or system preferences. Adobe encourages the use of the local Settings Manager.
The local Settings Manager emulates the design paradigm of the client operating system, making it more intuitive to the user. Users can indicate their personal settings either globally (for Flash Player itself and all Adobe Flash technology applications) or specifically (applying to particular domains only). To designate their choices, users select from six categories:
For details on managing settings through the local Settings Manager (for Flash Player 10.3 and later), visit http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlayer/LSM/index.html
For details on the online Settings Manager (for Flash Player versions prior to 10.3) visit adobe.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html
System and network administrators can control Flash Player options and Flash application access via two methods: the mms.cfg file and Global Flash Player Trust directory files. Using these files, administrators can override choices made by end users in the Settings Manager that might introduce security or privacy issues.
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The mms.cfg file is a system configuration file that enables IT departments within enterprise environments to install Flash Player across the enterprise while enforcing global security and privacy settings.
When Flash Player starts, it reads the security settings from this file and uses them to limit or change functionality. The mms.cfg file includes several types of controls, such as data loading, privacy, updating, and socket controls.
Some mms.cfg options might override settings specified by end users in their Settings Manager, including display, privacy, local storage, microphone, and camera settings. This protects the enterprise against users unwittingly providing access to malicious or dangerous executable files through their settings.
For details on mms.cfg file settings, visit adobe.com/go/flash_player_admin.
Local files are placed in the local-trusted sandbox only at the direction of a user, an administrative user, or an installer program. Administrative users, and installer programs that run with administrative rights, have the option of designating trust by creating configuration files in the Global Flash Player Trust directory.
Adobe Flash Player reads all configuration files in this directory. Although you can choose any name for the configuration files, to avoid naming conflicts or collisions, the recommended convention is to use the extension .cfg extension, along with a filename that describes the files being trusted.
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In contrast to Flash Player, which runs within a browser and inherits the browser's security capabilities like other web applications, the primary security model for Adobe AIR is that of a desktop application. Desktop applications inherently have more privileges than a web application, because they have been installed by the user on a specific system, thereby implying a degree of trust that is greater than that of arbitrary web content. On the other hand, the privileges inherent in a desktop application require a higher degree of caution because certain coding practices and patterns that might be common in web applications are not acceptable in desktop applications.
To ensure their authenticity, all AIR applications must be signed by a code-signing certificate. This certificate can either be a self-signed certificate, which is not automatically recognized as trustworthy by typical machine (unless users import that specific certificate into their certificate trust store), or a commercial code-signing certificate purchased from a major certificate authority (CA), such as Thawte, VeriSign, GlobalSign, or ChosenSecurity.
Adobe recommends that AIR application developers use a commercial code-signing certificate, which enables the AIR runtime to display the company name associated with that certificate, giving end users peace of mind that they have not downloaded a rogue application attempting to impersonate a valid product.
In contrast, if an AIR application developer uses a self-signed certificate, no information regarding the source of the application is provided to the end user, and a stronger warning message is displayed, informing the user that the AIR runtime cannot verify the application author.
AIR applications can be built using a combination of Flash technology and HTML or Ajax. In addition, AIR applications can leverage PDF for document rendering, although an AIR application cannot be based upon a PDF file alone.
Regardless of whether the application is built primarily in Flash technology or HTML, all AIR applications include a set of AIR privileged APIs that are available to provide access to local system and network resources that would not be normally available in a web application contained in a browser. Each AIR application also contains two different sandboxes, depending on what type of content is being loaded and for what purpose:
The Adobe AIR sandboxes are similar in concept to the same-origin policy sandboxes described for Flash Player. Because the privileged APIs have access to local data from the user's machine, AIR uses sandboxes to ensure that the local data is not accidentally made available to remote content. By placing the privileged APIs in the trusted application sandbox and limiting the types of activities that can occur within that sandbox, AIR makes it easier for developers to protect end user information.
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For mobile platforms that support updates through their marketplaces, such as Android, Flash Player and AIR updates are available through the marketplace. Adobe provides the updated runtime application to the marketplace, and users are responsible for downloading the new version to their device. Adobe recommends that end users allow automatic updating of Flash Player and AIR through the market application on the Android device.
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I encourage others to E-mail Howard Myerson about the article today in the Grand Rapids Press regarding the trail closures.
Often, he takes a very biased slant against motorized offroad recreation, this time keeping quite neutral in his journalism.
More support from us to him without negativity can go a long way in the future to keep up some good exposure.
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Friday March 21, 2008, 9:38 AM
If you plan to drive your car, truck, motorcycle or quad in the Ottawa, Hiawatha or Huron National Forests this summer, be sure to stop at a forest office and pick up their new motor vehicle use maps.
The maps show which roads, trails and areas are open to motorized traffic. Forest officials say any other two-tracks are closed.
"It's taken us a year and half to inventory the roads and pull them together," said Gordon Haase, the recreation planner for the Huron Shores ranger district of the Huron National Forest.
"Motorized vehicles have always been restricted here to open roads. The map is just a defining document that shows what is open."
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The Huron National Forest map was just released this month. It is one of 28 forests around the country, so far, that have completed the motorized travel maps. The Manistee National Forest will release one in 2009.
The maps are the product of a 2006 U.S. Forest Service rule that called for every federal forest in nation to produce one by 2010. The rule was approved by then forest service, chief Dale Bosworth.
A problem in some places
He spoke of unmanaged motorized recreation as one of several major threats to the country's national forests. He wanted to halt the ever-expanding web of two-tracks and trails along with associated environmental damage.
"It is a widespread problem on the Huron and Manistee Forests," said Ken Arborgast, the public affairs officer for both in Cadillac.
"There are places where wetlands have been impacted by guys who go mudbogging and rehabilitated areas that people went and destroyed. We have hills with eight to 12 foot gullies cut into them.
"We hope the map will help by showing people where they can go."
What will not show up are familiar user routes that were never actually open. Take, for instance, a road cut for a timber sale 14 years ago that was never closed, but over time became an established recreational thoroughfare.
"There are a lot who support that the woods should not be an open free-for-all for motorized users," said Janel Crooks for the Hiawatha National Forest in the eastern Upper Peninsula. "But others are frustrated because they have been going to their particular camp for 30 years and are now learning that the road to camp is not opened to motorized use.
That's the fear for Louis Shuler. He is the executive director for the Cycle Conservation Corps. That scenario scares the daylights out of his members. He is not worried that any designated ORV routes were inadvertently closed.
"Many of our members are hunters and fishers," he said. "They want continued access to the national forests."
Pat Brower, the land committee chair for the Great Lakes Four Wheel Drive Association, said, "two-tracks are becoming an endangered species."
Brower's group is for four-wheel-drive enthusiasts. Two-tracking is a favored pastime. He says the new maps will make for more confident decisions in the woods. But he thinks two-track opportunities are diminishing in federal forests.
"They are getting caught in the pinch between urban sprawl and semi-primitive, non-motorized areas," Brower said.
Semi-primitive non-motorized areas are those established to provide quiet zones for other kinds of recreation and for wildlife. Federal forest managers are expected to balance the multiple uses called for on the forest.
"If you look at the map you will see just how roaded our forest is," said Haase. "One of the main problems we have is disruption in the forest.
"We have hundreds of road miles and very limited quiet spaces. The biologists are telling us we need to provide more quiet areas for animals."
Brower said his members have taken to using their own GPS units to map open roads in the Manistee National Forest. They fear forest staffers may try to shut riders out of roads that are currently open.
"We trust them, but not the data they work with," Brower said. "We have historically found gaps and errors."
One certainty is that national forest staffers have a big job ahead and, perhaps, an even bigger enforcement headache. It is one thing to put a route on a map, another to make sure that the entire route is clearly marked on the ground.
There are places today were several trails come together. Motorized users need to be able to distinguish quickly and easily that a route is legal or not.
And yet, that necessary signing does not exist everywhere. A rider or driver could easily make the wrong choice without ill-intent.
"I'm sure that is possible at this point," said Crooks with the Hiawatha forest. "Enforcement is going to be a process of education. We need to let people know where to get maps and how to use them."
Unfortunately, that too is somewhat of a problem. Forest staffers say their maps are available online. But they readily admit those maps are unusable without a special printer. The other alternative is a very large magnifying glass.
The maps are available, however, free from each national forest office. They will mail them for free or you can stop in and get one. Just be sure to stay off those closed two-tracks on the way.
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When he called for the interview he mentioned that he had received a considerable amount of positive email from enthusiasts about his last article.
I'm not surprised at this quote, he chuckled when I said it.
Pat Brower, the land committee chair for the Great Lakes Four Wheel Drive Association, said, "two-tracks are becoming an endangered species."
Brower's group is for four-wheel-drive enthusiasts. Two-tracking is a favored pastime. He says the new maps will make for more confident decisions in the woods. But he thinks two-track opportunities are diminishing in federal forests.
"They are getting caught in the pinch between urban sprawl and semi-primitive, non-motorized areas," Brower said.
|March 21st, 2008, 07:24 PM
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On a bright note, while I don't know the area, the maps for the Huron look good with plenty of the 4 digit roads still on map. I only see a few seasonally closed connectors intact, is this what chiefly gets eliminated?
Excuse the posting with all the extra crap, first time doing it.
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Herp-a-Derby Collectable Cards
Yukiarashi and McFini have really outdone themselves. If you've never participated in the weekly LGV destruction derby, maybe the official Herp-a-Derby Collectable Cards will inspire you to join in on the explosive action. Including hilarious renditions Red 5 staffers Zhivas, FadedPez and ThaCheez, if you've never partaken in the event before, how could this not convince you to?
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Fan art comes in a variety of forms and aesthetics but few are as stylized and unique as NamiNgalan's latest pieces. With creative depictions of new Chosen types including descriptive footnotes that delve into the custom weaponry, we just couldn't pass up the opportunity to showcase these imaginative takes on Firefall baddies. Our favorite is the Melding blade-wielding Chosen who sports a jet pack and talon-like boots. Cool right?
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hi gud day! Im newbie with glocks and i have just received a glock G22 as a gift. will anybody give me some advise about this fa? whats the pros and cons? thanks!
Now they think that they can get away with leaving us'sn out.
Yeah Right
Folks: put on a display to educate the g19'ners
Don't need pictures:
It's a Glock
Post your G22 support of the year
hi gud day! Im newbie with glocks and i have just received a glock G22 as a gift. will anybody give me some advise about this fa? whats the pros and cons? thanks!
rmglock22: Sir; The G22 was introduced as the go between 9-44-45
Outstanding unit; was tried as the 10mm but didn't fly. Has more felt recoil
so I'm told. I enjoy mine. more accurate than I.
Mighty fine Gift.
Post your thoughts and many a Glockster will appear with quality opinions.
Good Shooting
rmglock22: Sir; I'm not sure what to add.
Be careful with reloads and hand loads. Have had some reports that the G22 has had some problems with ka-boom.
Limp wrist will cause incomplete cycling
Firm grip; good to go
180 grain jacketed
Don't buy just one box to shoot.
15 x 3 rounds of shooting and you are out.
good shooting
sir glockamania: what do you mean with "trigger reset"? what does it mean?
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Suppose that you use Glockmiester's competition trigger;
Included in the packaging is the adjustable trigger; part of Glockmiester's
deal is over-travel;
It is adjustable: overdone; trigger will not reset.
Meaning: when you pull trigger nothing happens.
Suggest you go to Glockmiesters site and most if not all Glock questions are answered.
Sirs: ka boom to g22? how could we refrain from this? shall we replace the barrel? what barrel would you advise? thanks!
rmglock22: Sir; the recorded info "Kaboom" seem to revolve 'reloads'
Personal experience: I have none.
What I know about is from reading and trying to glean info.
Does it discourage me: NO.
Have other guns Kaboomed: Yes.
Is it because it's a Glock that more attention is paid?
Don't know.
In a Manuel from Glock: Recommends not using reloads.
I don't use Reloads.
Will I have a problem?
All tools can and do have "a moment" Will I loose sleep?
I still have my G22; you shouldn't have to guess at my answer.
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Discussion in 'The Trash Can' started by Vash01, Sep 30, 2012.
Since I don't see one for the men, I am starting this poll.
I think you should have included an "Other" option.
Plus, you have forgotten Joubert and Weir. Oh, and I forgot Oda. They're going to be there too, you know . But thanks anyway.
No Weir and Oda
but Kozuka, Gachinski, Miner are on the list ?
Weir hasn't competed in over two years so i see why he's not on the list. Kozuka and Gachinski are only a little over a year removed from being on the podium at Worlds.
I think it'd be cool to see Denis Ten make the GPF. And I'm not really a Tomas Verner fan, but who doesn't like a comeback?
ETA: How did Weir get two GP spots, but Lysacek only has one? And not to be mean, but why is Ross Miner one of the poll options?
You should go plow through the Grand Prix Assignments thread in GSD.
ETA the answer from the GP Announcement :
I saw them as has beens, so they were not included. There are lots of young skaters with promise, and I wanted to give them a chance, besides the obvious certainties like Chan and Takahashi.
Is Lysacek doing 2 events? If there is any chance he does I might have included him, as even though I dont think he will be good enough to beat Chan, Takahashi, or Hanyu, I think he could possibly beat anyone else and come away with two 2nds or a 2nd and 3rd.
In any case I voted the obvious 3, plus Kozuka, Abbott, and Fernandez.
Kozuka and Gachinski are far more likely to make the GP final than Weir and Oda. It will be surprising if either Weir or Oda even make it to Worlds ever again. What makes you think Oda is above Kozuka in anyway at this point. I think this was a great poll, the only chance I would have made is to replace Miner with other (thus all the redundant poll options there was no room for like Weir, Miner, Oda, and the unknowns who might be shock by getting a 2nd GP somehow like Evan and Plushenko, would be available to their uber fans).
Lysacek is scheduled only for Skate America.
I still believe!
Joubert is a has-been after placing one spot off the podium at last year's World's Championships?
Where are Joubert, Weir and Oda? The list is not fair!
i guess pelvic thrusts are out of vogue in some circles
Have those circles not seen Joubert's pelvis? Let alone the thrusts from that region??
I like how Kozuka doesn't get a first name...
Vash01 couldn't remember! Poor Kozu.
You may want to give them a chance, and they will have that chance, but things still may turn out different in reality . I agree that Weir may not get anywhere, but Oda just showed himself well at Nebelhorn Trophy. And, as for Joubert, better look at his competition at the respective GP events. It's Takahashi (quite sure to beat Joubert) and then Song, Rippon, Reinolds, Machida and Voronov at CoC. Of course, some of them can beat Joubert - if a disaster happens. And then at TEB it's Abbott, Amodio, Weir, Song and Verner. All of them have a chance, but Joubert can do it too if he skates well.
Edit: I conveniently forgot that Takahashi may not even be at CoC if all the Japanese skaters are withdrawn from there. Then Joubert really has a chance at winning CoC.
I hope Brian Joubert can finally win CoC (at the cost of 1 gold medal for Takahashi).
I'm also hoping that Denis Ten can embody Stephane Lambiel in his programs and wow us (and barely scrape into the final)
Yes, if Takahashi won't be there, then Joubert really can win it if he skates fairly well.
As for Ten - Lambiel didn't choreograph his programs. Lori Nichol did. Lambiel just tweaked and "polished" them.
There isnt enough poll options for everyone. I can see why people think Joubert should have been included but it is funny to see people crying over the #4 Japenese skater or a 28 year old who retired years ago skating his best and coming 6th in a major event won by Lysacek arent included in a poll. There arent 25 poll options people.
True story. That's why I didn't bother doing one for men and ladies- just too hard to pick 12, especially for men. Maybe we need to run them like PSOTY and create 2 semifinal polls and then a grand finale poll with the top 6 from each.
Exactly. It was hard to pick 12 men, and I had to drop some deserving skaters. I decided on younger skaters partly because they are still improving and we may not have seen their best yet. I am not even sure that Joubert will actually compete in two GPs this time - he very well might, but he has a lot of mileage on him, so I am not sure that he will be at the top. By the same token, I did not even pick Mao Asada to make the GPF (I did not create that poll, but I voted for 6 other ladies) even though she remains my most favorite lady skater today.
It's because he's finally reached a Madonna/Cher status!
It's offical. judgejudy27 predicts Ross Miner will be on the podium at the Grand Prix Final.
This comment got me thinking, "it's not that unlikely that a fourth-ranked skater from a strong country would end up in the Grand Prix final". I was sure that this happened recently with the Japanese ladies. But I was wrong, according to wikipedia, the last time a country had four entries at a Grand Prix final was 2000! These four Russian ladies made the GPF:
1. Irina Slutskaya
3. Maria Butyrskaya
4. Julia Soldatova
6. Viktoria Volchkova
It also happened the year before (bonus points to who can guess the country/discipline):
1. Alexei Yagudin
2. Alexei Urmanov
3. Evgeni Plushenko
5. Alexander Abt
For the 1997 GPF, in the ladies discipline, Russia and the U.S. were the only countries represented:
1 Tara Lipinski
2 Michelle Kwan
3 Irina Slutskaya
4 Maria Butyrskaya
5 Olga Markova
6 Tonia Kwiatkowski
Poor Oda. He is so unloved just because he is no. 4.
Yes, I can understand that there's no Oda or Weir, but Miner instead of Joubert? And I don't believe in Rippon anymore. He can't reach the top unless he starts doing quads - and doing them well.
I think Oda will do well. From what I seen in Nelbon trophy...he seem to get all of his money jumps back. Sure its a little early in the season, but he did land 3A and 4T with step out...so what knee injury? lol I guess Oda will be one of those skater, who do well in GP series but bomb in World due to misfuntune (Olympic) or zeyaks himself out. But I am hoping he prove us wrong.
I don't think it's because he's no. 4 guy. He's been very inconsistent in his career and was out for the whole season last year. It's this kind of stuff that makes people think that maybe he's going downhill and there's hardly anything to expect from the skater.
Not that I'm diminishing his strong will not to let go of any chances given to him. He's a special skater, really.


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Remember waiting for images on a page to load?
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Kathleen Wynne is Ontario's 25th Premier and first female Premier. She was elected to the Ontario Legislature in 2003 as the MPP for Don Valley West, and she became the leader of the Ontario Liberal Party in January 2013. She was re-elected on June 12, 2014 with a majority government and was sworn in to office on June 24, 2014.
Kathleen is committed to building Ontario up, creating new opportunities for people and ensuring a more secure future for every person in the province.
Kathleen and her government have a robust economic plan focussed on:
Kathleen has served as Ontario's Minister of Agriculture and Food, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, Minister of Transportation and Minister of Education.
As the Minister of Agriculture and Food, Kathleen championed Ontario's $34-billion agri-food industry and brought in the Local Food Act.
As the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Kathleen finalized a new funding agreement with the federal government to improve access to affordable housing.
In her role as Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, Kathleen worked in partnership with First Nations communities to address issues such as mining development and First Nations land claims, and improving quality of life for aboriginals living off-reserve through affordable housing and recreation programs.
As Minister of Education, Kathleen led the government's efforts to reduce class sizes, implement full-day kindergarten and provide more opportunities for high school students to reach their full potential.
During Kathleen's tenure as the Minister of Transportation, she secured a new transit expansion plan for Toronto including the Eglinton-Scarborough LRT, and oversaw Ontario's largest highway investments, including the Highway 407 East Extension and the Windsor-Essex Parkway.
Before being elected to the Ontario Legislature, Kathleen served as a Public School Trustee on the Toronto District School Board. She has led citizens' groups in a number of grassroots community projects, and has played a major role as an organizer and facilitator.
Kathleen has three adult children, Chris, Jessie and Maggie, and three grandchildren, Olivia, Claire and Hugh. She and her partner Jane have lived in North Toronto for more than 25 years.


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I would highly recommend this garage. ALL staff were very pleasant and helpful and their customer service was exceptional. We approached them with a broken clutch and a need for an urgent repair due to my daughters driving test the next morning. They promised to have it ready for collection early the next morning. However their communication was good and they did far better than that they delivered it back to us the very same evening avoiding the stress and worry of collecting it the morning of the driving test. The car now drives beautifully and if you live locally to this garage do yourself a favour and get them to fix your car.
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Drive By Voting
Posted 25 March 2004 - 07:38 PM
Either way, that's what I'm doing.
Posted 30 March 2004 - 09:11 AM
This is a recent occurrence and one that I am keeping an eye on! :-)
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Does everyone think that this problem is still occurring?
Or have things calmed down now?
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Are the people who were posting low scores now posting high ones? Or are the high scores just a general trend?
Posted 27 April 2004 - 06:22 PM
Just an idea anyway...
Posted 28 April 2004 - 01:18 PM
Maybe make a person's vote not count for the first 30 days of their opening? Really the voting isn't that important to me anyway - the critiques are what I enjoy. As it stands right now, the photo(s) with the highest scores is not necessarily the best shot.
Posted 28 April 2004 - 04:45 PM
I find it a bit strange when a technically poor photo gets a 10 and a comment of "I love this". I submit to this website in the hope someone can critique my efforts to help me become a better photographer. I feel the scoring has to reflect technical competence, style, composition and feel, rather than whether it's a cute doggy in the (off-centre) picture.
Keep the 9s and 10s for the truly great photos, and don't be afraid to score low, provided you can justify it with a comment.
Posted 29 April 2004 - 12:48 PM
It ruins the critiqueing process because those that really care about improving their photography aren't going to continue to post. I don't want to see this place go down in that respect.
Posted 29 April 2004 - 02:43 PM
Yeah, OK they aren't the greatest pics in the world, but possibly deserve higher than a 6. I would say that though ;0) In fact, looking back Neddy seems to have given me a 6 for all my pics apart from one and almost always only gives a rating and no comment.
Never mind anyway...
Posted 29 April 2004 - 03:12 PM
Time to let the rating system go. It serves no positive purpose at this point.
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And for what it's worth, a non-cook can appreciate a good meal, but they will not appreciate it to the depths that a cook will, simply because they do not know what went into the mix. Whether you decide to rate on that is, of course, your perogative. I agree with Neddy in that some of these photo are way off base in their rating (IMHO), and believe me, the online photo albums of the internet are filled with proof that not "everyone with a camera can take a decent picture of a bug". We are trying to understand these lower ratings moreso than discredit them. And without an explanation as to why, we'll never learn. I don't want every photo I see to tell a story and show the subject's history, present, and future. But then again, maybe someone does. It explains a lot if those are the standards you hold a photo to. I am still curious as to what you would give an honest 10 to. There are few photos I could award a 10 to as well, but it would be most interesting.
Maybe we should consider having some kind of 'your top 10 all time photos' list, of famous or amateur photographers on this website somewhere? It would show the different tastes of different visitors.
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When it comes to accessing the Internet, today's consumers expect to connect wherever they go — whether it's a restaurant, hotel, airport or shopping mall. But as technology continues to evolve, it's not uncommon for people to carry more than one device, which requires more bandwidth equating to more expense for hotel operators striving to meet guest demands.
"A lot of us still have laptops, but we also now have smartphones, and carrying three devices when traveling is common today," says Josh Weiss, vice president of brands and guest technology at Hilton Worldwide (www.hiltonworldwide.com), based in McLean, Va., and operating more than 4,100 properties. "In 2014, 80 percent of hotel guests will have a tablet with them, and this didn't even exist before 2010."
Not only do multiple devices place more demand on a hotel for high-speed Internet access (HSIA), but also with devices changing so rapidly, it's hard to predict what will be needed next or how much bandwidth will be necessary to avoid interrupting the guests' experience.
"There is nothing more frustrating than getting a free connection, and it's no good," says Trevor Warner, president of Warner Consulting Group (www.war
nerconsultinggroup.com) in Columbus, Ohio. "The issue for hotels is how do they provide what is essentially plug-and-play capability for guests while their devices are constantly changing. And many are carrying up to five devices now."
The more devices, the bigger the demand on a hotel's network, which often leads to frequent upgrades, and demand isn't slowing down any time soon. At Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Conference Center (www.sheraton.com) in Raleigh-Durham, N.C., the 300-room hotel recently upgraded its guest bandwidth from Time Warner (www.timewarnercable.com) to 50 MB per second at the end of 2013, and already sees the need to upgrade to 100 MB within the next six months, says Michael Martino, general manager of the property.
"People today travel with a laptop, iPad, cell phone and a Nook, and it's not uncommon for them to fire up any and all devices during their stays," he explains. "Also, streaming movies has become more popular than ever."
While the technology available is not new, many network providers are building out farther to reach more businesses, and there are more options in fiber and fixed wireless, says Warner. Fiber offers scalability up to 2 GB with better uptime, but it's not available
"Verizon (www.verizon.com) will not install copper anymore. They are only installing fiber, so there is a huge shift happening," he notes. "But you can't get fiber everywhere. It depends on how many providers are in the town and if they have fiber built out to the area of the hotel."
Revenue from Tiered Pricing
While the cost per megabyte of bandwidth is going down, the need for more continues to increase, and although many hotels take on this expense as part of operations, more and more are beginning to add premium options as a revenue stream to make HSIA more affordable.
At all Hilton properties, working with partners including Cisco (www.cisco.com), AT&T (www.att.com) and Motorola (www.motorola.com), Wi-Fi is free in the lobby, and to Hilton Honors Gold or Diamond members in the hotel rooms. Fees vary per brand, but the company is in the midst of rolling out a new tiered pricing program for its focused service brands this year, including Hampton Inn, Homewood Suites, Hilton Garden Inn and Home2 Suites — which by number constitutes more than any other brands in the chain.
"The Internet is much more standardized, and we will still be offering it free to guests, but are introducing a premium tier where guests will pay a fee for more bandwidth," says Weiss.
This decision was made because many guests were asking for the ability to access more bandwidth, stating they would be willing to pay a small fee for it, but also because the cost of bandwidth is continually increasing with upgrades, he notes.
"The purpose of the program is that guests were asking for it, and the cost of upgrading is not going away for us, so it's a partial offset of keeping bandwidth that is up-to-date," Weiss explains. "It's not like electrical and plumbing where it needs maintenance, but we don't need to put pipes twice as large as the previous that are only five years old."
At the Sheraton Imperial, the property does not charge hotel guests for Internet in the rooms or public spaces because other hotels in the area do not, and there was a need to remain competitive. However, the hotel does charge a fee for accessing Internet in the meeting space.
"For some of the larger conferences where bandwidth is an important part of the conference, it is a revenue stream opportunity," says Martino. "We could go a month with no demand and then two months with heavy demand. But we are the only hotel in a 10-mile radius that offers that kind of convention space."
Monitoring supply and demand
Bandwidth demand can vary day by day and depends on several factors, including: how many guests are staying at a hotel, how many devices they are carrying, and if a hotel is hosting a conference. As a result, it's important to monitor bandwidth usage continually to make sure guests' expectations are being met, and to know ahead of time when upgrades will be needed.
"In monitoring demand on a daily basis, you can see the trends, and as more and more technology is being carried by travelers, it is going to continue to be a requirement," says Martino. "Hotels are going to have to build that into their model."
Also, when monitoring usage, it's easier to spot where a hotel may be overspending on bandwidth. When building a new property, the recommendation might be 100 MB of bandwidth per second, but depending on the size and guest population, this could be too much.
"Everybody buys a 100 MB circuit because they think they need it, and then we will pull reports showing they are only using 20 MB," says Warner. "They are throwing away money. Hotels need to pull utilization reports to see the growth in usage. Then they will know when it's time to upgrade, which is usually when 90 percent of the total amount of bandwidth they have is being used. Then it's time to increase."
At Hilton, all hotels have a Web-based tool built by AT&T delivered through the Hilton Internet Portal so management can monitor every aspect of usage at the hotel. If they exceed a set threshold, they will be alerted, and if it continues, then an upgrade of bandwidth is considered, Weiss says.
"We want all of this to happen before it starts coming up in a guest comment or complaint," he says. "We set the thresholds so it's not at maximum capacity, and we will get an alert when approaching that level, which is before it would interrupt a guest."


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