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This chapter describes issues associated with Web services security and administration, including Oracle Web Services Manager. It includes the following topics:
Section 12.1, "Using Multibyte User Credentials with wss_http_token_* Policy"
Section 12.2, "Importing Custom Policies Before Attaching and Deploying to a Service Application"
Section 12.4, "Reviewing Policy Configuration Override Values After Detaching a Client Policy"
Section 12.7, "When Using WLST to Import a Security Policy, the Same Policy May Be Repeatedly Imported"
Section 12.8, "Identity in WSDLs Is Not Used for Enforcement with ADF DC Applications"
Section 12.9, "JVM limitation for Kerberos Token Policy with Message Protection Policy"
Section 12.10, "Fusion Middleware Control Does Not List Policies When Two Servers Are SSL Enabled (Two-way SSL)"
Section 12.11, "Web Service Test Page Cannot Test Input Arguments Bound to SOAP Headers"
Section 12.12, "Possible Build Label Version and Date Discrepancy On the Policy Validation Page"
Section 12.13, "When Adding SAML Issuer From Fusion Middleware Control the jps-config.xml File Is Incorrectly Updated"
Section 12.14, "Patching of Patch Set 1 WebLogic Server Web Services Attached to Custom Polices With Patch Set 3 Oracle WSM Policy Manager"
Section 12.15, "Custom Policy Fails When an Empty Subject Is Passed"
Section 12.16, "Possible Limitation When Using Custom Exactly-one Policies"
Section 12.17, "Ignore "Services Compatibility" Error for Security Policies Used Between Oracle WSM and WebLogic Server"
Section 12.18, "Compatible Policies Not Returned When Using JDeveloper Wizard to Attach Oracle WSM Policies to Web Service Client"
Section 12.19, "SAML Bearer Token Policies Now Signed by Default"
Section 12.20, "Policyset Containing Invalid PolicyRef Causes Application to Fail"
Section 12.21, "Security Policies do not Work on Subscriber Mediator Component"
Section 12.22, "Policy Table Might not Show Attached Policies For Some Locales"
Note:See also Section 9.35, "Web Services and XML Issues and Workarounds."
In this release, multibyte user credentials are not supported for the wss_http_token_* policies. If multibyte user credentials are required, use a different policy, such as wss_username_token_* policy. For more information about the available policies, see Appendix B "Predefined Policies" in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Security and Administrator's Guide for Web Services.
It is recommended that you import custom policies before attaching and deploying them to a service application.
If you deploy an application with policies that do not exist in the Metadata Store (MDS), and subsequently import the policies, you need to restart the server for the policy attachment count to be updated.
When performing a bulk import of policies to the MDS repository, if the operation does not succeed initially, retry the operation until the bulk import succeeds.
For the most part, this can occur for an Oracle RAC database when the database is switched during the metadata upload. If there are n databases in the Oracle RAC database, then you may need to retry this operation n times.
For more information about bulk import of policies, see "Migrating Policies" in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Security and Administrator's Guide for Web Services.
If you attach a policy to a client, override policy configuration values, and subsequently detach the policy, the policy configuration override values are not deleted. When attaching new policies to this client, ensure that you review the policy configuration override values and update them appropriately.
When the connections.xml file is changed after deployment using the AdfConnection MBean, the complete connection is saved as a customization. This means that changes to the connection in a redeployed application are overwritten by the customization.
When you use Fusion Middleware Control to make changes to an application's connections.xml file after deployment, a new connections.xml file is created as a customization and stored in the MDS repository. This customization persists for the life of the application. Therefore, if you redeploy the application, the customized connections.xml file continues to be applied as a customization on the application.
To allow the redeployed application's connections.xml file to be applied without the prior customization (from Fusion Middleware Control), you must explicitly remove the
connections.xml customizations from the MDS repository.
For example, if you deploy an application with a Web services data control, then use Fusion Middleware Control to attach the 'username token client policy', and subsequently detach the policy. Then, you return to JDeveloper to edit the application and attach the 'http token client policy', and redeploy the application. When you view the application using Fusion Middleware Control, you see that it is not using the 'http token client policy' that you attached. That is because it is using the customized connections.xml file that you previously created using Fusion Middleware Control.
If you remove the connections.xml customizations from the MDS repository, the application will use the its own connections.xml file.
The following information is supported in English only in this release of Oracle Enterprise Manager:
All fields in the policy and assertion template except the
orawsp:displayName field.
If using the
?orawsdl browser address, the
orawsp:description field.
In the System MBean browser, the Description field in the
oracle.wsm.upgrade Mbean.
When WLST is used to import a security policy, be aware that the same policy may be repeatedly imported.
For ADF DC applications, the identity extension in a WSDL (for example, the certificate published in the WSDL), cannot be used as a recipient certificate for message protection policies. Instead, either the recipient key alias (declarative configuration override) or the default recipient key alias specified in the policy are used.
Within a JVM, the Kerberos acquire key works fine when there is only a single Web service principal. If there are additional Web service principals within the same JVM, the acquire key returns null. When a Web service and client exist in different JVMs, this is no longer an issue.
When a Managed Server is Two-way enabled SSL (for example, a SOA server hosting Oracle WSM Policy Manager over Two-way SSL) and the Administration Server hosting Fusion Middleware Control is correctly configured to access the Two-way SSL-enabled Managed Server, Fusion Middleware Control still does not list the Oracle WSM policies.
For Web services that have any input arguments bound to SOAP headers, the Test Web Service page in the Fusion Middleware Control console cannot show the message. Therefore, such operations cannot be tested with the Test Web Service page.
For example, if the input for a multi-part WSDL is viewed through Fusion Middleware Control, and one input argument is bound to a SOAP header, the composite instance fails with the following exception because the other part of the message was missing in the input:
ORAMED-01203:[No Part]No part exist with name "request1" in source message
To resolve such an issue, select XML View for Input Arguments and edit the payload to pass input for both parts of the WSDL.
The build label and date information on the Policy Manager Validation page represent the repository information and the version of the Policy Manager. The build label represents the Policy Manager build that populated the repository and the date is the date that the repository was last refreshed. If the repository is not refreshed during a sparse installation of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11gR1 PS2, the information will not change. Note that a typical installation of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11gR1 PS2 does not refresh the repository either.
In release 11g R1 (18.104.22.168.0), when you try to add or edit a trusted issuer from the Fusion Middleware Control console, then the
jps-config.xml file is incorrectly updated. As a workaround for this issue, Oracle recommends upgrading to 11g R1 Patch Set 2 (184.108.40.206.0).
Due to a new feature in 11g R1 Patch Set 2 (126.96.36.199.0), the "Shared policy store for Oracle Infrastructure Web services and WebLogic Server Web services", WebLogic Server Web services now utilize the Policy Manager by default to retrieve policies from the MDS repository. In Patch Set 1, WebLogic Server Web services used classpath mode by default.
After patching your Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g R1 software installation to Patch Set 2, if you have attached a custom Oracle WSM policy to a WebLogic Server Web service, you need to make sure your custom policy is stored in the MDS repository. Note that only custom policies in use need to be migrated. All seed policies will be available in the MDS repository out-of-the-box.
To migrate policies to the Metadata Services (MDS) repository, see "Maintaining the MDS Repository" in the Security and Administrator's Guide for Web Services.
If an empty subject is passed to a custom policy, it fails with a generic error. To work around this issue, you can create and set an
anonymousSubject inside the execute method of the custom step. For example:
javax.security.auth.Subject subject = oracle.security.jps.util.SubjectUtil.getAnonymousSubject(); context.setProperty(oracle.wsm.common.sdk.IMessageContext.SECURITY_SUBJECT,subject)
Note that in this example the context is of Type
In some cases, there can be a limitation when using custom Exactly-one policies. For a set of assertions within the exactly-one policy, if a request message satisfies the first assertion, then the first assertion gets executed and a response is sent accordingly. However, this may not be the desired behavior in some cases because the request may be intended for the subsequent assertions.
For example, you may have a client policy that has
Timestamp=ON and a service exactly-one policy that has a
wss11 username token with message protection assertions: the first has
Timestamp=OFF; the second has
Timestamp=ON. Therefore, the first assertion in the service exactly-one policy is not expecting the Timestamp in the request, yet the second assertion does expect it. In this case, the first assertion gets executed and the response is sent with no Timestamp. However, the client-side processing then fails because it expects the Timestamp that was sent in the request.
This limitation can exist with any cases where a client policy expects a greater number of elements to be signed and a service policy does not.
Fusion Middleware Control may display a false error message when verifying compatibility of service policies. This incompatibility message is shown when using Enterprise Manager to attach an Oracle WSM Security client policy. Upon clicking the Check Services Compatibility, a message states that policies are incompatible despite the fact that these might be compatible.
If WSM policies are attached at the Web service endpoint, use the corresponding client policy. For example, if the service has wss11_saml_or_username_token_with_message_protection_service_policy, wss11_saml_token_with_message_protection_client_policy or wss11_username_token_with_message_protection_client_policy will work at the client side. If non-WSM policies are attached to the Web Service, see the Interoperability Guide for Oracle Web Services Manager for information about the corresponding client policy and attach it.
During design time, the JDeveloper Wizard's option for Attaching Oracle WSM Policies to Web Service Clients might not return any compatible policies. This can occur due to one of the following reasons:
There are no compatible client policies corresponding to the service policies published in the WSDL.
In some cases, when you are trying to determine the compatible client policies in version 220.127.116.11 of JDeveloper running with Fusion Middleware Control Enterprise Manager that correspond to the service policies published in the WSDL of the Web service in version 22.214.171.124 or earlier.
Disable the Show only the compatible client policies for selection option in the JDeveloper Wizard. This will list all the client policies.
If Oracle WSM policies are attached to the Webs service, use the corresponding client policy. For example, if the service has the policy wss11_saml_or_username_token_with_message_protection_service_policy, it is safe to assume that wss11_saml_token_with_message_protection_client_policy or wss11_username_token_with_message_protection_client_policy will work at the client side.
If WSM policies are not attached to the Web service, refer to the Interoperability Guide for Oracle Web Services Manager for instructions on determinant the corresponding client policy and attaching it.
A new property,
saml.enveloped.signature.required, is available when configuring wss_saml_token_bearer_over_ssl policies (both client and service). In previous releases, the SAML bearer token was unsigned by default. In the current release, the SAML bearer token is signed because the default value for the
saml.enveloped.signature.required property is
To retain the behavior of the previous release, set the
saml.enveloped.signature.required property to
false in both the client and service policies. The SAML bearer token is signed using the domain sign key, but it can be overridden using the
keystore.sig.csf.key property set in the bearer client policy.
The affected policies are:
A policy set containing a policy reference referring to a non-existent policy causes failure of the application startup.
To start up the application, perform either of the following steps:
Delete the policy set containing invalid policy reference.
Remove the non-existing policy reference by modifying the policy set. Explicitly enable the policy set, which is disabled when a referenced policy is not found.
Component Authorization denyall policy does not work at subscriber mediator component. Authorization policy works for other normal mediator component cases.
Select the Web service application in Fusion Middleware Control and navigate to the Web service endpoint. Attach a policy to the endpoint in the Attach/Detach page. Sometimes the Directly Attached Polices table might not display the attached policies for the following locales: zh-cn, zh-tw, ja, pt-br, es, fr, ko.
As a workaround, enlarge the columns.


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Recent News:
Annual Report to Donors 2011
The Annual Report to Donors acknowledges all those who have made gifts to the Stonehill College Fund from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011.
New Residence Hall Tops Conservation Efforts
The 250 students who call the new $21.4 million, five-story residence hall home are living in the most environmentally sensitive building on Stonehill's campus.
Annual Report to Donors 2010
With gratitude, we proudly recognize the alumni, parents, and friends who supported the Attaining the Summit Campaign and the Stonehill College Fund in Fiscal Year 2010.
Stonehill Celebrates Completion of Record-Setting Campaign
Stonehill's Attaining the Summit Campaign came to a close in June, raising a record-setting $59.5 million and on Thursday, September 23, the College celebrated its success inside the Pettit Atrium of the Shields Science Center.
Campaign Exceeds Goal
Attaining the Summit, Stonehill's second major fundraising campaign, set out in July, 2004, to raise $55 million. It concluded with a bang in June 2010, raising a record-setting $59.5 million, more than doubling the $23.1 million raised in Stonehill's last campaign, Securing the Vision (1992-1997).
Stonehill Attains the Summit
President and CEO of W.B. Mason Leo Meehan '75 made a surprise announcement that the Company was donating an additional $1 million to the Attaining the Summit Campaign propelling the campaign past the $55 million goal.
Alumnus' Gift Pushes Scientific Research to Next Level
Stonehill receives a state-of-the-art instrument used by such organizations as the National Cancer Institute, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as well as the world's leading pharmaceutical firms.
Alumni Connection Helps Make Green Initiative a Success
With environmental sustainability at the forefront of Stonehill's objectives, the College recently donated furniture from its Merkert-Tracy Science Center to Community Care Services.
Burning the Midnight Oil
The opening of the Shields Science Center has been a welcome addition to the Stonehill community and since the start of the semester the Center's social space, the Peggy and Ray Pettit Atrium, has been bustling with activity.
Shields Puts Money Where the Science Is
Tom Shields has made a lot of money in his life. He also has given away a lot - the most recent gift being $7 million to Stonehill College in Easton as part of its $55 million capital campaign to fund scholarships, athletics and a new science center.
Peggy and Ray Pettit Honored at Science Center Atrium Dedication
The College dedicated the Atrium in the new Science Center in honor of longtime friends and benefactors Peggy and Ray Pettit on Saturday, Sept. 12.

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We commend your efforts in attaining or exceeding this goal. Those efforts have further translated to an impressive reduction in interest penalty payments this fiscal year. Our goal is to provide the necessary tools and assistance to further reduce interest penalty assessments and/or payments.
Effective immediately, agencies will have access to a Voucher Aging Schedule by way of the Report Distribution System (RDS) only. The SAMAS Communique, dated April 1, 1996, provides the information for setting up the form IDs to receive the report. The first three characters have been given to each agency and are agency specific. The last character of the ID, however, is Y. The Job Name is VOAGING and Report Name is DRPPVOAG.
This report has proven
to be a valuable asset to the Agency for Health Care Administration
as a monitoring tool for invoice processing. The report objectives
are as follows:
The report components include standard invoice processing information. However, the essence of the voucher aging schedule is to identify the number of days which have expired between the voucher input date (MGDT) and invoice approval date (TRDT). The report is capturing only those invoices with more than 10 days between the two dates. These fields are located to the far right of the report.
Invoices which are 25 or more days old and marked with an asterisk on the Voucher Aging Schedule should be submitted promptly to the State Comptroller's Office on a voucher marked in a conspicuous way that the invoice is 25 or more days old. Vouchers marked in this manner will be expedited by the Bureau of Auditing. The exact turnaround time will vary depending on the number of vouchers received for special handling and the audit workload within the Bureau. All efforts, however, will be made to ensure the voucher is posted within prompt pay guidelines. Additionally, it should be noted that this is an ongoing effort to assist in prompt payment compliance and future automation by the Bureau will include other mechanisms to identify and promptly process these invoices.
Questions regarding voucher processing may be directed to the Bureau of Auditing at 410-9194, Suncom 210-9194.


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Re: Androids that look human
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|Tue Jan 11, 2011 4:42 am
SpaceCDTPosts: 131Joined: Sat Nov 06, 2010 2:28 amLocation: NSW, Australia Gender: Male
Re: Androids that look human
I want a sexbot!
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|Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:01 am
Re: Androids that look human
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|Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:32 pm
Duvelthehobbit666Posts: 1137Joined: Sun Aug 08, 2010 7:39 pmLocation: On a pale blue dot Gender: Male
Re: Androids that look human
SpaceCDT wrote:I want a sexbot!
who doesn't.
|Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:02 pm
ShootMyMonkeyPosts: 145Joined: Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:38 pm Gender: Male
Re: Androids that look human
)O( Hytegia )O( wrote:We know that it's a robot - because it is not behaving or looking like a human.
Yeah... there are better examples of realism out there as of more recent developments, but you're right that it's always those little things like lip movements and gesturing and so on that give it away. That's the nature of the uncanny valley.
Duvelthehobbit666 wrote:SpaceCDT wrote:I want a sexbot!
While they're not yet at the point where you can purchase sexbots, there are already widely talked about examples of realistic sex dolls. A number of radio shows, to say nothing of sites like cracked.com brought it up specifically on the topic of the uncanny valley as it so happens. Now obviously, being a doll means it doesn't actually do anything, but the fact that there's already a company making and selling these for around $6,000 pretty well says how many people would make the same response of "who doesn't?". If we get to the point of actual sexbots, then I think you're talking the downfall of society. People will just have endless sex according to their own free whims (much like the Star Trek holodeck would also do). And when you think about it, $6-10k is a lot cheaper than any real woman.
Now, something like that picture above... you'd probably see something pretty fake about it if you saw it directly or saw a video. But with a still image, you don't get that much info, and it therefore also looks that much more realistic. Also given the fact that we're pretty accustomed to seeing photos of models which have been airbrushed and retouched, the fact that it looks "too perfect" is also passable. When I first saw it, if I wasn't seeing it in the context of something about the uncanny valley, I probably would have believed that it was an airbrushed photo of an actual person.
Yahweh can't possibly get tenure --
He has only one major publication. It has no credits and no references, and was not published in a peer-reviewed journal. He used human test subjects, many of which he killed, without ethics committee approval.
|Sat Jan 22, 2011 9:19 pm
Re: Androids that look human
http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/human ... of-himself
Hiroshi Ishiguro, a roboticist at Osaka University, in Japan, has, as you might expect, built many robots. But his latest aren't run-of-the-mill automatons. Ishiguro's recent creations look like normal people. One is an android version of a middle-aged family man,himself.
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|Sat Jan 22, 2011 9:27 pm
LaurensPosts: 2995Joined: Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:24 pmLocation: Norwich UK Gender: Male
Re: Androids that look human
ShootMyMonkey wrote:
Creepy as hell...
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|Sun Jan 23, 2011 12:44 am
Re: Androids that look human
Laurens wrote:ShootMyMonkey wrote:
Would you allows something like that to take care of your kid?
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|Sun Jan 23, 2011 2:47 am
nasher168Posts: 2518Joined: Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:34 pmLocation: Derby, UK Gender: Male
Re: Androids that look human
lrkun wrote:
If it was actually intelligent and capable, I think I would. But I would probably prefer a less human-looking robot. A robot that is obviously a robot in accordance with Lyuben Dilov's so-called "fourth law":
"A robot must establish its identity as a robot in all cases."
Simply having a halo wouldn't really do it, because as is pointed out in that anime series (can't remember what its called), such a device could be turned off or removed altogether. And it would of course remain firmly in uncanny valley.
Having robots appear obviously robotic seems the simplest way to have them obey the fourth law, and it wouldn't reduce the amount of trust we give them (in fact, it might improve our relationships with them).
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|Sun Jan 23, 2011 1:57 pm
Re: Androids that look human
nasher168 wrote:lrkun wrote:
I see. I hold a different opinion on the matter. I'd like to have an android that looks human as a partner in these sort of things. ^^ hehe.
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|Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:25 pm
ShootMyMonkeyPosts: 145Joined: Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:38 pm Gender: Male
Re: Androids that look human
The way I see it, there probably are functional purposes to having robots resemble actual living things. There's certainly no need for a robot which serves some assembly line function to look like a factory worker... but then robots that are supposed to serve social functions like that Actroid or serve as direct human analogs like Ishiguro's design... or yes, even sexbots, which will definitely exist at some point... That's where having robots that look human is definitely valuable.
That's aside from the research value of being able to simulate emotions and social interactions and being able to further refine algorithms in various ways which also provides a lot of insight into human intelligence as well. I know it seems at times like projects like Kismet seem very primitive on the surface, but the effect that they have is actually quite measurable. The real sophistication in those projects is at a very deep-down level, e.g. in vision and object recognition as well as facial expression reading and so on... the robots thus far shown in the thread have far more mechanical and physical sophistication, and you'll need to go a few levels further in all aspects, but passable product is quite doable.
While I'm still on the topic of sexbots, I would add that technology-wise, we're already there. We can already make pretty realistic full-body movement (even if a robot built in that shape may not be able to stand up properly), and the technology exists to make a form that is very believable... it's not exactly going to be flawless, but for the market you're looking at, it really only needs to be good enough. I think the major barriers are consistent manufacturing in sufficient volume that you can make it affordable. Most of the people who would buy such a thing will be in middle-class range, and so you need to be able to price it in that level. Realistic dolls like the ones I posted about earlier are already in the thousands of dollars, but part of that is that they are not made in high volume and are apparently made to order. The only reason they're only in the thousands and not tens of thousands as they are is because it's apparently still based on a handful of pre-defined molds and it still uses relatively inexpensive materials -- most likely aluminium frames and latex/silicone for the body.
Yahweh can't possibly get tenure --
He has only one major publication. It has no credits and no references, and was not published in a peer-reviewed journal. He used human test subjects, many of which he killed, without ethics committee approval.
|Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:54 am
Re: Androids that look human
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|Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:22 pm
Re: Androids that look human
space launch and robonaut
* R2 will be the first humanoid robot in space. It is designed to show how dexterous robots cope in a weightless environment
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|Fri Feb 25, 2011 12:17 am
Re: Androids that look human
^-^ I like.
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|Thu Mar 24, 2011 10:13 pm
Re: Androids that look human
It's a little off the mark, but the experement is still interesting.
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|Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:11 pm
ExmortisPosts: 332Joined: Sun Jul 19, 2009 2:50 pm
Re: Androids that look human
lrkun wrote:
I call lip-synch...!
I so-ooo call lip-synching...!
Look closely guys...
That robot isn't really singing...
She is just mouthing the words...
She is a...
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|Wed May 04, 2011 11:40 am
Re: Androids that look human
Exmortis wrote:lrkun wrote:
Seeing as someone posted in this thread, I thought it was something meaningful or worth reading. And now, having read your reply, I can only say this: it's a robot. @.@ what do you expect?
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|Wed May 04, 2011 3:04 pm
)O( Hytegia )O(Posts: 3135Joined: Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:27 pm Gender: Cake
Re: Androids that look human
Some would insinuate that being drunk at 9 in the morning to be signs of serious issues.
Me? I'd insinuate it as signs of no plans and a refrigerator full of Whiskey and Guinness.
|Wed May 04, 2011 7:42 pm
Re: Androids that look human
)O( Hytegia )O( wrote:
It's not yet dead. I just haven't found something worth posting which is related to the theme.
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|Wed May 04, 2011 7:44 pm
)O( Hytegia )O(Posts: 3135Joined: Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:27 pm Gender: Cake
Re: Androids that look human
lrkun wrote: ... I just haven't found something worth posting which is related to the theme.
Some would insinuate that being drunk at 9 in the morning to be signs of serious issues.
Me? I'd insinuate it as signs of no plans and a refrigerator full of Whiskey and Guinness.
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BAMAKO, Mali — The commander of Mali's army is so confident of a swift French and Malian military victory against Al Qaeda-linked militias in his country's north that he declared that the war would be over in a month.
Taxi drivers and shopkeepers listened to Ibrahim Dahirou Dembele on crackly radios across this dusty capital Tuesday after the French military had driven militants out of the key central towns of Diabaly and Douentza on Monday.
But on one shady street corner in Bamako, university lecturer Yacouba Diallo, 30, who'd come for his customary afternoon glass of foamy bittersweet tea, wasn't sure that the Islamists could be so easily eliminated. He fears that once French troops depart, the threat will reemerge.
"The Malian military has been tested in this war and found wanting. Everyone knows that if there was no French intervention, the Malian army couldn't have resisted the jihadists," he said, downing the small glass of strong tea in a gulp.


text: Craig and Pat Niedermann of Reinbeck will celebrate their 30th Anniversary on August 21st. The couple were married on that day in 1982 at St. Edward Catholic Church in Waterloo. Both are employed at Pioneer Hi-Bred in Reinbeck. They have two children, Kim (Mark) Vavra and Kathy Niedermann all of Des Moines. They have one granddaughter, Ava Vavra.


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smartmacguy needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 18 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
Dumb Mac Guy & Smart Mac Guy
We're creating a web site for beginning Mac users: it will have the "Dumb Mac Guy" asking questions and the "Smart Mac Guy" answering them. The site will be fun and irreverent, but helpful. We would like a logo that is friendly and fun, showing charactertures or cartoons of both Dumb and Smart Mac Guy.
Newish Mac users, or people just having a computer problem.
Because we're talking about Macs, the logo has to broadcast: hip
cool, tech, young, etc.
That said, I really love this old two-head logo: http://stevenf.com/beagle/
which is not really young and hip. But I mention it here because perhaps you'll be inspired to create a modern take on it.
The logo should show charactertures or cartoons of both Dumb Mac Guy and Smart Mac Guy. They don't have to look exactly like us, but there should be a resemblance.
It needs the text Dumb Mac Guy and Smart Mac Guy. Perhaps one in an arc above the pic, one in an arc below it.
Dumb Mac Guy looks like this: http://www.stainsolver.com/artman/u…76x513.jpg
Here's a video of him: http://www.askthebuilder.com/Blackt…ideo.shtml
Smart Mac Guy looks like this:
and also in the attached picture.
Smart Mac Guy is taller and nerdier.
Once the two-character logo is finalized, we will also need two versions with just one character and his name on each. EG Smart Mac Guy's face and text beneath; Dumb Mac Guy's face and text beneath. This shouldn't be much extra work, but it is a little bit of extra work.
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Vista Equity Partners Begins Tender Offer for Active Network Shares
Thursday, October 10, 2013
The Active Network, the San Diego provider of online registration services that agreed to be taken private last month, said the buyers recently launched the tender offer payment for the company's outstanding shares.
In September, Vista Equity Partners, with offices in Austin, San Francisco and Chicago, signed an agreement to acquire Active for $14.50 per share, or an aggregate $1.05 billion. VEP established an affiliate company Athlaction Merger Sub Inc. to conduct the purchase of Active's common stock.
According to the agreement, shares not tendered in this process will be paid the $14.50 cash price without interest.
The tender offer is set to expire Nov. 6.
Since the acquisition was announced, the transaction has triggered numerous class action lawsuits, alleging that the company's board of directors breached their fiduciary duties to shareholders by failing to adequately shop the company to other potential buyers before agreeing to the transaction.
Active announced in August that it was evaluating several expressions of interest ranging from investment to acquisition.
The offer price at the time the deal was announced was 111 percent above the stock's average market price this year. At the close Oct. 9, shares, traded on Nasdaq under ACTV, were at $14.37. The 52-week range was $3.83 to $14.41.
—Mike Allen


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Brian Boyle became "Iron Heart" after making a full recovery from a tragic car accident. At 18 every major organ in his body was damaged and doctors thought he would not survive, let alone walk again.
"Every day was not guaranteed, every day was a blessing, it was a gift. To go from that experience, where I saw first-hand the power that medicine has, that healthcare providers have for their patients, the compassion, the support the drive; just having that team effort all the way through kept me going," says Brian Boyle, a.k.a "Iron Heart," athlete and American Red Cross National Volunteer.
Now Brian has become an Ironman athlete, the American Red Cross National Volunteer, an author, artist and role model. Best of all he says, he runs alongside his father, fiance and his lucky dog.
"To see my dad out there doing it, it was just amazing. That was just the coolest part about it, to see my dad out there pushing the pace, and running alongside Pam the whole way. We just finished strong," says Boyle.
The Maryland Healthcare Education Institute (MHEI) teamed up with Brian to create this first annual Iron Heart walk and 5K. Brian says he ran every step in gratitude.
"My racing is my way of saying thank you to my healthcare team, not just in PG Hospital, but to anyone in healthcare. It's my way of saying thank you for choosing this career, thank you for choosing this path in life, and for all you do for patients and their families," adds Boyle.
The Iron Heart event raised money for MHEI scholarships for healthcare providers.
"We had about 54 people that turned out for the race today, and we're hoping for more next year. Really our goal was to get out here and have fun, and have everyone with us," says Jena Large, Iron Heart event organizer.
A race for Brian Boyle the Iron Heart, who doesn't have a finish line in sight.
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cjbulldogg needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 284 designs submitted by 66 freelance designers.
VotefortheBest.com will be a website where users will be able to vote for their favorite business, like CitySearch and Yelp.
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We are looking for a logo design that is simple, clean and creative. A a first draft of the logo can be viewed at http://www.voteforthebest.com. We like this logo, but want to take it to the next level. This logo can be used as inspiration, but we also welcome fresh, new ideas.
The logo should be red, white, and blue, since we want to have voting/patriotic undertones to the logo. The undertone should be very slight though – i.e. no American flags or stars/stripes.
We want the simplicity of a Web 2.0 logo. We also envision somewhat of a modern 70's twist to the logo (which is why we chose the current font). A similar font would be great, but is not required. The logo should have a bit of quirkiness to it to make it memorable, but not over the top and complex.
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Kanye West, Kim Kardashian Pose Nude on L'Officiel Hommes Cover
Two of the most attention-whoring celebs in the world -- Kanye West and Kim Kardashian -- are turning heads with their nude embrace on the latest cover of L'Officiel Hommes magazine.
It's a helluva sexy photo, which was shot by Nick Knight. We don't know if the couple are reenacting how they conceived their baby or if Kanye is showing Kimmy a new Heimlich maneuver. Either way, it may be a little TMI of the parents-to-be.
Nevertheless, we believe (correct us if we are wrong) this is the first time KimYe has ever appeared on the cover together officially as a couple. Aside from their steamy PDA cover, not much information is available regarding the feature story in the magazine.
In the meantime, the sex of Kanye and Kimmy's baby has been revealed. According to a source, the superstar couple is expecting a baby girl. "They're over the moon," said the source. "Kanye always wanted a girl." The baby is expected to arrive in July. "[Kanye] is so excited," said Kim. "It's really cute how excited he is."
Hopefully, the baby will put Kanye in a calmer mood once she enters his world. Recently, at his second sold-out London concert, the Throne rapper screamed into the microphone and threw it down onstage. Apparently, Yeezy wasn't happy with the sound quality of his show.
The spring 2013 edition of L'Officiel Hommes magazine, with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian on the cover, will arrive on newsstands next month.
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Canadian Olympic slopestyle and halfpipe snowboard teams announced
Following the announcement of the US Olympic slopestyle and halfpipe teams yesterday, Canada named the rest of its Olympic slope and pipe riders today. Back on January third Mark McMorris, Seb Toutant, and Spencer O'Brien were first named to the Canadian Olympic slopestyle team and they will now be joined by Max Parrot and Charles Reid for the men and Jenna Blasman for the women.
With the level of competition riding that Mark, Seb, Max, and Spencer have delivered over the past few seasons, the Canadians will be bringing one of the strongest slopestyle teams to the Games.
The Norwegians all just announced a hammer slopestyle team that will be tough to beat.
See who made the Norwegian team here.
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NEW YORK (AP) – His 12 years in office may be winding down, but New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday signaled that he has plenty of business to get done, from local issues such as schools to influencing broader debates on guns and immigration.
The mayor gave his final State of the City address Thursday as he faces his last 11 months in office, basking in what he sees as his key accomplishments. Indeed, some favorite statistics _ such as a record-low 419 homicides last year and a record-high 52 million estimated tourists _ were emblazoned on banners hung at the Barclays Center, Brooklyn's new basketball arena.
"Our goal is not to spend the year cutting ribbons," Bloomberg said in a speech that fell on his 71st birthday. "We'll take on the toughest jobs _ and the most politically difficult jobs."
Those, as Bloomberg sees them, start with rebuilding the city after Superstorm Sandy and range into areas such as charter schools, marijuana arrests and gun control.
His speech, delivered before a crowd of officials, city workers, public school parents and others, drew some mixed reviews from lawmakers for its vigorous defense of the hundreds of thousands of "stop-and-frisk" encounters city police initiate each year.
Rebuilding after Sandy is the most important task this year, Bloomberg said. The storm killed more than 40 people in the city and damaged or destroyed thousands of homes.
Bloomberg vowed to rebuild communities to be more safe and sustainable. While Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed to spend $400 million to buy Sandy-damaged homes and return the land to nature, Bloomberg underscored his no-retreat stance.
"We cannot _ and will not _ abandon the waterfront," he said.
Aides are expected to deliver a key report by the end of May on how to protect the city from extreme weather. And in a gesture of getting back to normal, the mayor vowed that the city's beaches would open, as usual, by Memorial Day weekend.
Schools have been a key, and contentious, aspect of Bloomberg's tenure. Early on, he got the state to disband the city school board and give his administration direct control of the nation's largest public school system.
New high schools focused on health care and the energy industry will open this year, he said Thursday, along with some 26 new charter schools in September. Some of the charter schools will be in existing public school buildings, an idea that has drawn objections from some parents.
"Charter schools are public schools, and their students deserve access to public school facilities," he said.
Taking on another issue that has ignited debate in the city, Bloomberg vowed to stop booking and arraigning many people arrested on low-level marijuana-possession charges.
Starting next month, people who get picked up on charges of having a small amount of marijuana will be released with desk appearance tickets if they have ID and no open warrants, the mayor said. Now, many are formally booked and sent to court on the misdemeanor charge, a process that can take 36 hours.
"It's the right thing to do, and it will allow us to target police resources where they're needed most," Bloomberg said, adding that he continues to back a push to change state laws to make low-level marijuana possession a non-criminal violation.
The change comes after several years of back-and-forth between the city and drug policy advocates over the soaring number of such arrests in the last decade.
The mayor also unveiled a slate of environmental initiatives, including asking the City Council to change the building code so that up to 20 percent of new public parking spaces are wired for electric cars and to ban plastic foam food containers from stores and restaurants.
Polystyrene foam has long been a takeout staple because of its light weight and heat-keeping properties, but it takes a long time to break down in landfills. Several cities around the country have banned such containers, and Bloomberg said New York should follow suit.
"Something we know is environmentally destructive, that is costing taxpayers money, and that is easily replaceable is, I think, something we can do without," he said.
While polystyrene is used in Styrofoam, the brand isn't used in food packaging, according to its manufacturer, the Dow Chemical Co.
On a larger scale, the city will advocate for allowing in-state college students who came to the U.S. illegally as young children to get state financial aid. And Bloomberg, who has long been a vocal gun control advocate, devoted a forceful part of Thursday's speech to calling on listeners to press Congress for changes to gun laws.
Bloomberg invoked the toll of gun violence to defend stop-and-frisks, in which police stop, question and sometimes pat down people officers believe are acting suspiciously, but who may not meet the probable-cause standard for an arrest.
Police call the tactic a crucial crime-fighting tool that helps net illegal weapons, but it has spurred lawsuits and proposed legislation from critics who see the stops as unfair and racially suspect. The vast majority of those stopped are black and Hispanic.
"I understand that innocent people don't like to be stopped," Bloomberg said. "But innocent people don't like to be shot and killed, either."
The mayor's remarks were an unwelcome surprise to City Councilman Jumaane Williams, an outspoken opponent of the city's extensive use of the tactic.
"He made it a point to double down on stop, question and frisk. … It was like he was pushing it out there to try and taunt people," Williams said later.
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Recently crowned Portuguese Liga champion for the 32nd time, SL Benfica poses a unique challenge for the Revolution on Wednesday night | GameDay Video >>
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Just one month before the best players on the planet will gather in South Africa for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, one of the most storied clubs on the planet is coming to our own backyard. Tomorrow night, Wednesday, May 19, Portuguese powerhouse SL Benfica will visit Gillette Stadium to take on the New England Revolution in an international friendly match. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m.
Benfica completed its 2009-10 Portuguese Liga campaign just 10 days ago, and with a stunning record of 24 wins, two losses and four draws, comfortably won its record 33rd title. Perhaps even more remarkable was Benfica's goal difference, having scored 78 goals while conceding just 20 in a total of 30 league matches. Along with second-place finisher Braga, Benfica automatically qualified for the 2010-11 UEFA Champions League.
For the fans, Wednesday night's match offers a fantastic chance to watch some of Europe's elite players up-close-and-personal. For the Revolution players, it provides a unique opportunity to compete against one of the top clubs in the world. The Revs have played international clubs in the past, but they haven't participated in a friendly in the midst of the regular season since July 19, 2006, when they played Scottish club Celtic FC to a 1-1 draw at Gillette Stadium.
"It'll be a good opportunity for some of the guys to play against one of the most well-known teams in Europe," said head coach Steve Nicol. "Obviously they're champions, so it'll be a good experience."
Because of the "friendly" nature of the match, both clubs will be allowed to make unlimited substitutions. With that in mind, Nicol may choose to give the bulk of his roster the opportunity to play against Benfica, including those players who haven't played significant minutes in the regular season. Players like Nico Colaluca and Kenny Mansally would likely relish the chance to prove themselves against such competition.
Three players who will most definitely be hoping to impress the coaching staff are Ivan Gvozdenovic, Jason Griffiths and Jean-Baptiste Fritzson, a trio of trialists who will be eligible to play for the Revs on Wednesday night. All three joined New England for training on Tuesday morning and will have their chance to shine in a game situation against Benfica.
"Training is training," said Nicol about analyzing the trialists. "There's nothing better than seeing guys actually play in a proper game to see what they've got and what they can do on the field."
Gvozdenovic, 31, is a Serbian defender/midfielder who most notably had a spell at Red Star Belgrade with current Revolution midfielder Marko Perovic. Griffiths, 23, was drafted by the Revolution in the third round (48th overall) of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft after a four-year career as a defensive midfielder at the University of Kentucky. Fritzson, 24, has scored seven goals in 15 appearances for the Haiti National Team.
While the trio of players will certainly provide more options for Nicol when naming his lineup against Benfica, New England's head coach was quick to strike down the notion that their primary purpose is to provide rest for the players currently on the roster.
"The fact that we've had so many games means guys are tired," Nicol admitted. "But at the same time, the guys we've brought in are absolutely on trial. They're not here to make up the numbers, so to speak. They're here to show us what they can do, and if they do well, then we'll certainly be interested in signing them."
It's one thing for trialists to prove themselves in preseason matches against college teams or fellow MLS clubs, but to make an impression against one of the top clubs in Europe is another thing altogether.
Benfica boasts an array of international stars who have featured for some of the top national teams in the world. Among those on the club's roster for Wednesday night's match are Nuno Gomes (Portugal) and Javier Saviola (Argentina).
"For me, as a younger guy – what an opportunity," said rookie forward Zack Schilawski, who just one year ago was preparing for his senior season at Wake Forest. "Looking at the roster that they're bringing, it looks like they're bringing some big-time players."
With such an extraordinary list of players set to suit up for Benfica, Schilawski admitted that he'll be slightly star-struck.
"For me – such a young guy – there's kind of an awe factor every game," he said. "Even in MLS, there's at least one star … that you're going up against. Whether it's (Dwayne) De Rosario, Landon Donovan, Sacha Kljestan or guys like that. [With Benfica], these are international stars, guys that are making it in Europe. It's going to be fun."
There's no doubt that Schilawski and his teammates will have fun on Wednesday night. But while the ultimate goal of a "friendly" match is to put on a show for the fans and gain quality experience against an international opponent, the players can't hide from the fact that whenever they take the field, they want to win.
"It's hard to step on the field and not be competitive at this level," said Pat Phelan, who will be experiencing his first international friendly with the Revs. "We're excited to be playing [against Benfica], and as soon as we get out there, we're going to go after it and try to get a win."


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Kuwait starts voting for 14th parliament
Kuwait started voting early on Saturday in parliamentary elections that will test the power of the sweltering summer heat, the long hours of fasting and the boycott calls of opposition figures in influencing turnout.
Officials said that 439,715 men and women are eligible to vote for the 309 candidates vying for the parliament's 50 seats.
Kuwait News Agency (Kuna) said that ballot stations "have witnessed noticeable turn-up of voters since their opening at 8 am." Many who showed up at ballot stations were young men and women, the official news agency said.
Kuwait media reported that there was "a long line of voters early in the morning", with "significant presence of voters at the Second Constituency". The elections are held in the middle of the summer season, with forecast putting the temperature at around 50 degrees in the middle of the day, Kuna said.
Polling stations at the five electoral constituencies will remain open from 8am until 8pm and will not close for iftar, expected at 6:44pm.
Voting for the 14th parliament in Kuwait's history will be done under the one-voter, one-vote system, introduced in December for the election of a parliament that was dissolved by the Constitutional Court in June.
Female voters outnumber the males by more than 27,000 voters. Officials said that women make up a voting bloc of 233,619 (53.12 per cent) while the number of men is 206,096 (46.87 per cent of total voters).
However, the outcome for the eight women candidates remains a mystery in the country dominated by social traditions that tend to favour males over females. Women won their political rights in May 2005, but history for them was made in 2009 when four women won seats.
The victory dynamism disappeared in 2012 when no woman won in the February parliamentary elections largely dominated by tribal and religious figures. However, women were able to make a comeback in December when three of them won seats in the national polls boycotted by the opposition after they rejected the decree that amended the controversial 2006 electoral law and slashed the number of candidates a voter could elect from four to one.
The bitter dispute has continued until today and several opposition figures said that they would boycott Saturday's elections. However, some of those who boycotted in December said that they were reversing their stance after the Constitutional Court in June ruled that the decree was in line with the constitution.
Rulings by the Constitutional Court cannot be challenged, leaving almost no room for the opposition to maneuver against the elections under the one voter-one vote concept.
The elections are held in the middle of summer and 18 days into Ramadan after the country's Emir Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah issued a decree on June 26. Under Kuwait's rules, t
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Many time's I've made my hair wavy and curly using the easy method of braiding my hair and leaving it for a couple of hour's or overnight, but this time I wanted it to be less uniform and wavier, so I tried a new method that I thought up myself and with the help of a YouTube video. It turned out really well so I thought I would share it with you!
Step 1:
Your hair can be wet or dry for this, but I think the closer it is to freshly washed, the stronger the results, so I would advise either having wet hair or dampening it first. Then, section the hair into four section's.
{Part it down the middle, like two ponytails, then split each of these in two, going from your ear's to the back of your head. This doesn't need to be neat, in fact, it may be better if it's messy}
Braid each of these section's as far to the end as possible, then tie with either small bobbin's or those little hair elastic's you can get in Claire's. If you have a long tail after the hair bobbin, try twisting it and looping it back into the hair tie to give the ends a wave.
|This was the next morning, please excuse the mess :)
Step 2:
If you're going to bed, or just hanging around the house, you can just leave your hair like this, or tie up the braid's. I decided to experiment though, so I took each end and pinned them at the opposite side with bobby pin's, in a criss-cross manner, and tucking in each end behind bit's of hair. It kept my hair up all day and it looked really nice too! I might even use that style in future for a day out or even for a formal occasion, though I would do it much neater, it would need clear elastics at the ends and the pin's would need to be hidden.
Step 3:
After leaving it for a few hour's until dry, or overnight, all you need to do is let it down and you're done! You can either brush through the curl's for a softer effect or simply separate the wave's a little for a mermaid effect. Then all you have left to do is style it how you want to! I just straightened my fringe a little and added a floral headband.
|From the back, you can see how parting it into four section's create's higher curls and a less consistent wave
|The results!
If you have any question's, please ask. And I would love to know how you got on if you tried this method!


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Expert Advice
Be a Great Mentor
Patrick McIvor
Usually, I get inspired by an idea or question for my blogs and run with it, that's pretty much how I've been working since I started writing in December 1999. This month I decided to try something new, I turned to Facebook and posted a request for suggestions. Overwhelmingly, we have a winner, Mentoring - NewBie's.
I love this because the answer is the same as "How to train a dog? First you train the owner." Here are 5 things I look for in a mentor.
Be Interested, Not Interesting
A great mentor is interested, not just interesting and great mentors understand this. It is the fact that someone is interesting, unique and most often uniquely talented that creates the notoriety that makes them well known enough to be considered a mentor. However, great mentors also understand that there is no need to make themselves seem anymore interesting to their mentee. Great mentors know it's their interest in the mentee that makes a great mentee, not how interesting they are to the mentee.
Walk The Walk (ETR)
This is probably the single leading reason for the demise of our society's work ethic, instead of celebrating people who do the right thing and "walk the walk," we started celebrating Snooky and Paris, people who didn't do the right thing, work hard or pay their dues. Earn The Right (ETR) to share, because it is actually what you do every day. People who are great aren't great once in a while or only on their good days, they work hard, fight, over-come and don't make excuses. They do all the little things right every day, there is no secret and there is no other way. Walk The Walk.
Not Worried About Being Right
Great mentors know what they're good at and don't need to check to see if they're right. Great mentors are secure in their technique. If you think of classic mentor situations, trades (carpenters, plumbers, mechanics, etc) arts (painters, sculptures, photographers) academia and medicine (that's what universities are for) and even martial arts (different styles and now camps), they all have their way, not necessarily right, but their way. If you mentored with Picasso, Jackson Pollack or Warhol, would you debate if it was the RIGHT WAY? If that's the way the mentor says to sweat the pipes and they NEVER leak or have problems, should anyone worry if it is right? There are a lot of different right ways, great mentors aren't worried about that.
Know When To Say "No"
A great mentor doesn't need to prove they can do it and they know what they're best at and when they need to prove it. I often think of the great martial arts movies where the frail old mast is sitting quietly when a bunch of young punks try to bother or harm him/her. No fighting words, no big show, just what is needed to make their point and leave all the punks wondering how they just ended up being schooled.
Be An Archer
There is a great book called "The Prophet" where a parent is compared to an archer launching and arrow in the right direction and I think the same goes for mentors. As a parent, you're happy to be hitting the target and know you're not going to get a bull's eye every time.


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It was only a matter of time, really: the good people over at Droid X Forums have scrapped together a 12-step root that so far (based on limited feedback) seems to work.
Still, I'd be a little worried about that tricky eFuse kill switch if I used my newly rooted Droid X to load a custom ROM. But I'm one of those faint-of-heart types. [Droid X Forums via BGR]


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The Mainstream Media Has No Shortage Of Resources
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You regularly see people in the newspaper business, as well as some professional media critics, complaining about the terrible consequences of falling advertising revenues in the mainstream media. There seems to be a worry that as the Internet makes the news business more competitive, traditional media organizations won't be able to afford to do "real" reporting any more. It's not a crazy argument, but more often, the opposite seems to be true. Take the recently-completed Democratic Party convention. Ezra Klein points out that there were a ton of reporters who had to justify their presence at the convention, and so rather than focusing on what was happening on the stage (which they could have just as easily done by watching it on TV) they wandered around looking for trumped-up controversy to cover, giving undue attention (in Ezra's view) to a few disgruntled Clinton supporters. Meanwhile, Matt Yglesias points out that CNN appears to have flown its stars to Denver, put them up in hotels, and constructed an elaborate new set for them, all so they could "cover" the convention in precisely the same way they would have covered it if those same stars had stayed at home in Atlanta or DC. Far from having inadequate resources, on the most high-profile news stories, the mainstream media seems to squander vast sums of money on things that only marginally improve the quality of their coverage. There are a variety of factors that may be undermining the quality of mainstream media coverage, but at the moment, a lack of resources doesn't seem to be among them.
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(b) To participate in the contest, "'2 Broke Girls' Pot of Gold Sweepstakes presented by Concorde Institute" watch weekdays beginning Monday, March 5th, 2018 – Friday, March 16th, 2018 where CW44 will superimpose a phone number and a code word on the screen between 7:00:00 pm and 7:59:59pm. The fourth caller each night to reach the phone number shown and provide the correct code word will be entered to win.
(c) One entry per household, additional entries per household will cause all entries from the household to be disqualified.
(d) Sponsor is not responsible for telephone service outages, delays, equipment malfunctions, busy signals, hang-ups, errors or data loss of any kind, lost or unavailable connections, or failed, incomplete, garbled or deleted transmissions or voicemails or other technological difficulties that may prevent an individual from completing his/her telephone call.
Entry materials that have been tampered with or altered are void. If the judges determine, in their sole discretion, that there is any suspected or actual electronic tampering with the Contest or if technical difficulties compromise the integrity of the Contest, the judges reserve the right to void the entries at issue and/or terminate the Contest and conduct a random drawing to award the prize among all eligible entries received as of the termination date. If the Contest is terminated due to tampering or technical difficulties prior to its expiration date, notice will be posted at http://www.cw44.com. If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entrant that tampers with the operation of the Contest or violates the Official Rules of the Contest.
(e) Broadcasts are subject to preemptions and scheduling changes. If such changes occur they will be posted on the WTOG/CW44, website: http://www.cw44.com
(f) Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries.
- Eligibility Restrictions:
(a) The contest is open to Florida residents who are 18 years of age or older. Employees of WTOG/CW44, CBS Corporation, other television and radio stations in the Tampa Bay market, and their affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising agencies and their immediate family members and persons living in the same household are ineligible to participate or win.
(b) Viewers are eligible to win a WTOG/CW44 contest only once every sixty days. Only one winner per household is permitted in any contest. Viewers are eligible to win a prize valued at $600.00 or more only once every six months.
(c) All entries become the sole property of WTOG and will not be returned. By entering, entrants agree to abide by these rules, and warrant and represent that their entry is their original work.
(d) Contestants are required to provide truthful information and the WTOG will reject and delete any entry that it discovers to be false or fraudulent. The Station will disqualify any entry from individuals who do not meet the eligibility requirements, and the WTOG will also delete any entry received from persons under the age of 13.
- Prizes:
- Five (5) prize winners will each receive a $500 American Express gift card. (Prize value: $500.00)
(b) Prize can be won during 7:00:00pm and 7:59:59pm on CW44, weekdays between Monday, March 5th, 2018 and Friday, March 16th, 2018.
(c) All prizes or prize certificates may be picked up at the office of WTOG/CW44, 365 105th Terrace NE, Saint Petersburg, FL 33716. Any prize or prize certificate not claimed within seven (7) days of winning will be forfeited by the winner. In the event that a prize or prize certificate is mailed to the winner, it will be with the prior written consent of the winner and therefore, winner assumes the risk of its arrival. WTOG/CW44 is not responsible for the safe arrival of a prize or prize certificate.
(d) Contest prizes are not transferable. Prizes may not be substituted for or redeemed for cash. Station reserves the right to substitute prize of comparable value.
- Selection of Winners:
(a) Decisions of contest sponsors with respect to the contest are final.
(b) The fourth caller each weeknight between Monday, March 5th, 2018 and Friday, March 16th, 2018 to call and provide the correct code word after the call-in number and code word are displayed between 7:00:00pm and 7:59:59pm will be entered to win. CW44 will randomly select five (5) winners from the pool of qualifiers.
(c) Winners must watch CW44 between 7:00:00pm and 7:59:59pm to win.
(d) Winners will be notified on or around Monday, March 19th, 2018.
- Conditions:
(a) Payment of all federal, state and local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner and winners may receive an IRS Form 1099 or equivalent from Station.
(b) By participating in the contest, the winners agree to have their name, voice, or likeness used in any advertising or broadcasting material relating to this contest, and to sign a publicity release, affidavit of eligibility and release of liability prior to acceptance of the prize. By accepting the prize, winners grant to Station the right to use the winners' names, voices, pictures and/or likenesses for purposes of advertising and publicity in any and all media now known or hereafter invented, without further permission or additional compensation (except where prohibited by law). All expenses on receipt and use of prize are the sole responsibility of winners. Winners, by acceptance of their prizes, agree to release Station, CBS, their respective parents and subsidiaries, and their respective advertising, promotion and production agencies from any and all liability, claims or actions of any kind whatsoever for injuries, damages or losses to persons and property which may be sustained in connection with the receipt, ownership or use of the prize or while preparing for, participating in, and/or traveling to any prize-related activity.
- Contest sponsors reserve the right to make changes in the rules of the contest which will become effective upon announcement.
- Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other errors in the printing, the offering or the administration of the contest or in the announcement of the prize.
- Failure to comply with the contest rules may result in a contestant's disqualification.
- To obtain a copy of the official rules and/or winner's list, please write by May 16th, 2018 to:
"'2 Broke Girls' Pot of Gold Sweepstakes presented by Concorde Institute" Contest Rules
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Manchester and the Mountains Regional Chamber of Commerce is getting creative and serious about endorsing the diverse activities in our area. The first annual Women's Outdoor Weekend, May 15-17, is a shout out to women of all ages. You don't have to be an athlete, or an outdoors woman to participate. Just come with your sense of adventure, and be prepared for luxurious lodging, fine dining, and Land Rover shuttle service to your chosen activities.
Activities include fly fishing, clay target shooting, Land Rover driving training, and hiking. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights you will stay at our inn, The Barrows House, or the Reluctant Panther. You will dine at the finest restaurants in town.
Honestly, if we weren't lodging hosts, I would sign up for this weekend as an opportunity to try things I would never attempt on my own, or with Yoshio. I can't remember the last time I did fun, challenging stuff with a bunch of women, and I've never had a weekend where all the logistics were taken care of and I just had to show up. That, to me, is a real luxury.
To reserve your spot call 802-362-6313 or go to wowvermontweekend.com.


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Trigonon Review
- Publisher: Just Funny Games S.r.l.
- Genre: Strategy
- Released: 3 Mar, 2011
- Size: 66.4 MB
- Price: $0.99
- Unique and challenging pinball-like puzzler.
- Detailed visuals and elegant interface design.
- Atmospheric soundtrack.
- 40 levels to master.
- Extremely difficult to master; gold scores will require precise skill and luck.
- Odd story concept; no real pairing with the gameplay or visual design.
If you fancy yourself a deft hand at angling shots you'll find Trigonon to be a snap, but for us mere mortals it's simply a challenging, if beautiful puzzler to eat up your spare time.
- Full Review
- App Store Info
Trigonon by Just Funny Games goes to a lot of effort to introduce players to the concept of pinballs being 'thoughts' that need to be captured by exploiting memories (positive and negative) and other metaphorical objects, but ultimately this puzzler will test your skills at quickly analyzing levels and creating barriers capture all the balls as fast as possible.
Tapping on the level will generate a barrier (as long as you have enough energy to do so) and can subsequently be spun around and repositioned before locking it in to place. To save time, players are encouraged to work backwards from the goal to get the ball to the exit in one shot, however thought-obstacles in the form of positive, negative and 'intuition' will require precise timing and angling to avoid or exploit as required.
Reaching the 'Gold' times will feel like an impossible goal beyond the first few levels as you struggle to quickly and efficiently tap, turn and place barriers in time, especially when trying to wrangle the balls in to the goal within the bronze time can be difficult enough. If nothing else your genuine thoughts will be racing to keep ahead of the game, so perhaps the 'factory of your mind' concept isn't such a bad one after all.
Last, but not least, the atmosphere is simply breathtaking, from the high definition visuals to the relaxing soundtrack that keeps you focused on the task at hand. It doesn't go very far (if at all) to reinforce the 'mind' metaphor, but it does efficiently and elegantly display everything you need to know, making it easier to intuit solutions without resorting to pausing the level.
Trigonon isn't an easy game to finish and is easier to recommend to those after an intense challenge, but casual players aren't prevented from enjoying the title either; worth checking out.
Description*** 1 WEEK SPECIAL PROMOTION ***
Trigonon will receive soon a new content update!
Do not miss this opportunity: your training starts today!
Feed your mind and be ready!
This version introduces a new social feature: Thanks to the integration of the new API Kamcord (http://kamcord.com/), users can record and share on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube..., the most exciting moments of their games, without having to leave the game!
Enter in the maze puzzles of your mind. Free your brilliant thoughts. Every day thousands of spheres of thought remain trapped in cages of negative memories and your brain barriers. Play Trigonon, a unique sphere game and hone your intuitive ability. Use Positive Energy Fields, interact with Positive and Negative Memories, Insights, and Switch Connections. Do not waste time. Get started now.
Trigonon is a mind puzzle game that drags you into the depths of the unconscious did not know you had. Explore 50 virgin areas of your mind over 4 environments.
But pay attention! Your thoughts are constantly moving, you have no control over them. It will be up to your intuitive ability to channel them in the Field of Positive Energy. How to alter the trajectory of a Thought? Creates and directs a limited number of Barriers on each Area, and thus generates complex paths to free your Thoughts. Each game will require new solutions.
Relive your Positive memories and destroy your Negative memories. Use the Connections to reach previously unattainable places and interact with the Switches to control them.
Trigonon features 50 unusual puzzles that require logic, skill and timing. Find new and increasingly uncharted paths to complete them as quickly as possible and win all the gold medals. Get all 16 Achievements and share your best times in the charts of Game Center or directly with your friends on Facebook.
- Unique Gameplay
- Beautiful Graphic supporting Retina Display
- 50 Different Areas
- 5 Sectors
- 16 Achievements with GAME CENTER Support
- Ranking system with 6 Game Center Leaderboards
- Hints system in game
- User Guide in Extras Menu
- Awesome Original Soundtrack
- Kamcord support integrated to record your games and share them on principals social networks; Challenge your friends or help them to complete the hardest levels!


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The Make Up Show, NYC...A Huge Success
The Make Up Show NYC was one of the most successful in its history. More than 7000 professional and aspiring make up artists attended the show which featured more than 85 exhibitors on two floors as well as dozens of hands on workshops and seminars. There was a rare lineup of keynote speakers and appearances from some of the top makeup artists in the industry including Dick Page, Pati Dubroff, Brook Wall,Gina Brooke, Brigitte Reiss-Andersen, and Mathu Andersen. Each of these artists shared secrets to success and techniques in inspiring keynotes and demonstrations.
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Required Courses (6 credits)
- REEI R600 Proseminar in REEI Area Studies (3 cr)
- REEI R601 Interdisciplinary Colloquium in REEI (3 cr)
Area Studies (18 credits)
- 4 courses (3 credits each) from area studies offering, one each from:
- 2 courses in the area of concentration (3 cr each): International Business
- M.A. Essay and examination
Language Requirement
M.B.A. Requirements
- 42 credit hours of graduate courses
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Additional Requirements
- Courses must be passed with a minimum of a B average and must be area-related. Essay committee should consist of REEI and Business professors.
- At least 21 credit hours must be taken in the College of Arts and Sciences.
- Courses should be selected in consultation with the REEI Academic Advisor.


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My entry in the Pinterest Challenge is a project I completed some time ago, but never got around to posting on the blog. I was looking for a special meal to serve on Christmas morning, and I remembered this tasty-looking pin for overnight blueberry french toast from my recipes board on Pinterest.


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Subsonic is a music server that lets you store your music on one machine and play it from other machines, cell phones, via a web interface, or various other applications. It can be installed using the subsonicAUR package on AUR.
Additional config
Run subsonic daemon NOT as root
By default, subsonic runs as root. This can be changed at any time after installation, even if the daemon has never run.
Stop the daemon, if it's running:
# rc.d stop subsonic
Add a system user "subsonic" without home folder and add it to "audio" group if you want to use the jukebox feature:
# useradd --system --groups audio subsonic
Change folder owners as follow. Path may change, and the ones listed below are the current (2013-02-05) defaults. If the
transcode folder does not exist, you should #Install Transcoders.
# chown -R subsonic:subsonic /tmp/subsonic # chown -R subsonic:subsonic /var/subsonic # chown -R root:root /var/subsonic/transcode # chown -R root:root /var/subsonic/jetty/*/webapp
Change this line in
${JAVA} -Xmx${SUBSONIC_MAX_MEMORY}m \
to this:
sudo -u subsonic ${JAVA} -Xmx${SUBSONIC_MAX_MEMORY}m \
and restart the subsonic daemon.
# rc.d start subsonic
Install Transcoders
By default, Subsonic uses FFmpeg to transcode videos and songs to an appropriate format and bitrate on-the-fly. After installation, you can change these defaults so that, for example, Subsonic will transcode FLAC files using FLAC + LAME instead of FFmpeg. At a minimum, you should Install the ffmpeg package from the official repositories. You may also want to install flac and lame.
For security reasons, Subsonic will not search the system for any transcoders. Instead, the user has to create links to the necessary transcoders in the
/var/subsonic/transcode folder. Create the
transcode folder if it does not already exist, then make the necessary symlinks.
# mkdir /var/subsonic/transcode $ cd /var/subsonic/transcode # ln -s `which ffmpeg` # ln -s `which flac` # ln -s `which lame`
Finally, restart subsonic daemon.
# rc.d start subsonic
Systemd Setup
The subsonic installation includes a systemd service file. To install it:
# cp /var/subsonic/subsonic.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/subsonic.service
Then, run:
# systemctl --system daemon-reload
And finally enable it:
# systemctl enable subsonic.service
HTTPS Setup
To enable HTTPS browsing and streaming, open
/var/subsonic/subsonic.sh in an editor and change this line:
To this:
And restart the subsonic service.
UTF-8 file names not added to the database
You must have at least one UTF-8 locale installed.
If you start subsonic using
/etc/rc.d/subsonic, and your /etc/rc.conf has
DAEMON_LOCALE="no", then the subsonic daemon will be started with the C locale, and Java will skip any folders with "international characters" (e.g. ßðþøæå etc.). Either set
DAEMON_LOCALE to
"yes" (but this will affect all rc.daemons), or add a line to the beginning of
/var/subsonic/subsonic.sh which sets
LANG to an installed UTF-8 locale, e.g.
FLAC playback
The FFmpeg transcoder doesn't handle FLAC files well, and clients will often fail to play the resultant streams. (at least, on my machine) Using FLAC + LAME instead of FFmpeg solves this issue. This workaround requires that the FLAC and LAME transcoders have been installed, as explained in #Install Transcoders.
Start Subsonic and go to
settings > transcoding. Ensure that the default FFmpeg transcoder does not get used on files with a "flac" extension, then add a new entry. You'll end up with something like this:
|Convert from
|Convert to
|Step 1
|Step 2
|mp3 default
|... NOT flac ...
|ffmpeg ...
|mp3 flac
|flac --silent --decode --stdout %s
|lame --silent -h -b %b -
Madsonic is a fork of Subsonic with extra features, does not require a registration fee (read completely free) and is available in AUR.
Once you start the server, pay close attention to the Transcoding options, as you will probably have to change the command from "Audioffmpeg" to "ffmpeg".


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Zalminen wrote:Priest bronze challenge: a popup that refuses to go away:
Doesn't matter what I do or click, the popup just stays there.
So not only do we have a zombie dog, but a zombie popup as well...
EDIT: and now that I posted the screenshot and returned to the game, the popup disappeared as soon as I moved the mouse. Strange
EDIT2: And a little later the game froze while displaying the victory light pillar but started working again when I switched to another tab and back.
I'd better restart my browser, might be some other plugin causing the freezes or something.
lunawuff wrote:I really hope they fix this stuff pretty soon. And I have a small request going forward... can you guys maybe think twice before doing a huge update right before taking a few weeks off? I don't begrudge the time off at all, everyone deserves a break, but maybe wait to do the major bits of tinkering until you get back?
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Saturday, February 23, 2013
New Scanner
A new scanner has been purchased -- Hooray. Just waiting for the computer man to help install. Will have plenty of time since I have retired from my job.
1 comment:
- Nancy said...
Oh, you've been gone so long! It will be wonderful to see new postcards again! I had your blog on my sidebar and may have removed it because you weren't adding postcards. I'll have to put it back on once you add more postcards. I hope you computer man can do it soon!
Congratulations on your retirement. I hope you have wonderful things planned.
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With bifold doors leading from the kitchen/diner and living room, this home is perfect for entertaining. The study is ideal to avoid the hassle of going to the office or could be a great studio or hobby room. With not one but two bedrooms with ensuites, the choice is yours which to make your master bedroom, it even has doors from both leading onto a terrace - perfect for that sunny morning cup of coffee.
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Symphony contemporary Linear range encompassing both function and form with many utilities tall units to allow eye level double oven, soft close doors and drawers
A+ rated Bosch fully integrated appliances including fridge freezer, dishwasher, oven and gas hob
Low energy lighting to the underside of the units
Hansgrohe mixer taps
A contemporary finish of white painted walls and ceilings
White satin skirting boards and door frames
In the master bedroom sliding wardrobe with a choice of door finish subject to stage of build
White sanitary ware by Roca
Full height stylish Saloni tiling around the bath plus half height to walls with appliances
Chrome towel rail
Shaver socket
Recessed low energy spotlights
Turf or planting to the front of your home – plot specific please speak to your Sales Advisor
Rotovated and top soiled rear gardens
Outside tap
Low energy downlighters to the cloakroom, kitchen, bathroom and ensuite
BT and Sky+ points fitted to the living room and master bedroom – Sky+ subject to subscription
Mains operated smoke, heat and carbon detectors
Gas fired A rated condensing boiler providing heating and hot water
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