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The Amazing Teeny Tiny Pop Up Balcony
Arnod, who described himself to us as a "loyal reader" of Apartment Therapy, sent in photos of an amazing transformation of a super small utility balcony into an outdoor retreat. It went from a drab spot for storing cleaning tools and garbage to a charming outdoor dining spot in one weekend. Here's the story in his own words:
I'm 25 years old and live in Belgium with my boyfriend in a 100m² apartment in the lovely old city of Ghent. We've been living here for over 5 years. Because the weather has been lovely for over a month now (and it promises to be a very nice summer) we decided to create a small outdoor retreat.
We had a tiny terrace for garbage and cleaning tools, some spare paint, the willingness to spend about 70 euro and a free weekend. So we thought it through, bought some wood and plants and spent a day and a half doing some painting and handywork.
We managed to get it all very sturdy using heavy hinges and heavy duty shelf supports from the hardware store. Everything folds flat to the wall, so we can easily reach our recycling I've managed to get into the square meter behind the black little fence - using shelving. (Luckily we also have a garage downstairs, so we can always store some garbage there if needed).
It's tiny, it's ridiculous, it's a hassle to get stuff from inside once you're comfy, but it's lovely. It seats up to 3 people, catches direct sunlight from 3pm, and stays sunny the whole evening. Ideal for breakfast, coffee after work, light meals, late drinks or even some writing or reading. We're so happy to be able to just step outside so easily now. And so is Cartouche, our indoor cat.
Thanks, Arnod!
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you still won't be able to get a perfect match on a slide scanning.I have not done any critical archival job but still, I have scan a lot of slides from 135 to 4x5.aaron
What provides a "Better" result?Profiling your scanner using X-Rite's solution (i1Pro & i1Match) or SilverFast's solution (Auto IT8 & Their Targets)
Stay tuned for a new option that will surpass all of those...
You wouldn't happen to be talking about the update we are waiting for any day now from X-Rite that will be adding scanner profiling to i1Profiler would you? ;-)
If you download the PDF file linked in this introductory article http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/scanners/plustek.shtml you will find a considerable amount of material on colour management using the SilverFast AI6.6 Auto-IT8 process with several scanners including the Epson 750. SilverFast 8 produces similar results with the same targets. I also discuss colour management (including Auto IT8 profiling) extensively in my book on SilverFast 8, information for which appears in the links under my name in this post. I cannot give you a comparative analysis using XRite materials because I haven't profiled a scanner using an XRite suite of software and targets. I agree with the previous post that scanner profiling will not give you a definitive result at the push of a button. It takes you much closer than not having a scanner profile, or a wrong scanner profile, but some image editing is usually needed to optimize the scan.
You are welcome, and a happy holiday season to you too. I think your approach to try to find out what delivers better results before spending money - and more importantly scads of time on scanning - makes good common sense. I see so far on this forum, at least, there hasn't been a forthright answer to the effect: "I've done both options and here's what I found". I must say I'm a bit surprised about that. Perhaps you are posing the same question in several other forums too - can't do any harm. If some one does pop up with a respectable comparative view of these options, please do revert here and let us know. I for one would be most interested in reading about it. At the least, one thing SilverFast's Auto IT8 has going for it is its real ease of use to produce a profile. The "learning curve" for this process is close to zilch, but any one doing a lot of scanning also wants to be sure it would produce the closest to optimal outcomes of the available options.
Those that know can't say, right?
.......As for transmissive targets, I feel like the options are all very similar with no clear winner. The scanning software is so critical here, especially when it comes to the tricky task of scanning C-41 color negatives. I used to be a drum scan operator and C-41 always took such an incredible amount of time to get a scan I felt good about selling...So to make a long story short, I recommend the ColorCheckerSG target and i1Profiler for reflective scanner profiling - it's really straightforward and the results are fantastic. As it's been said before here, scanner profiling is not a magic bullet - it's one piece to a much larger workflow pie. Color correction and color management go hand in hand with any scanning workflow ...........
Scott, for people scanning film, transmissive profiling is what matters.
When you say the options are all very similar, what options do you have in mind and in what critical respects do you think they are all very similar?
As for color negatives, AFAIK from much previous research and inquiry, there is no such thing as "icc-profiling" them.
...rather one uses various inversion algorithms that neutralize the "orange" mask, image contrast and saturation (mainly) - these algorithms are either bundled with the software (SilverFast and Vuescan both do so), or one can develop them oneself in Photoshop, as I have illustrated in my book on scanning workflows. You are correct that profiling is not a one-stop shop for deriving top quality images from scans. Good colour management and editing practices are important.
Scott, by any chance did you try to take a picture of CCSG on film, and use it as a target for trasmissive scanner profiling or it's just a bad idea?
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The point is though, that it would of been common courtesy to let buyers know if there was a problem supplying a advertised part of the bike that people had paid for upfront.
Communication is the key to good business.
And also on the point of it being only $17 difference lets say 50 x 17 = $850 a little bit extra in the pocket. Every bit helps.
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I'm sure CE are going to shut up shop and retire to the Bahamas with a massive profit like that. CE are losing profit by sending out a free set of tyres to the whingers.
Maybe CE have been busy doing stuff... like sourcing unreal deals on carbon bikes with UDi2 for $2600 and didn't have time or just forgot to notify customers about the tyres.
Not even worth answering.
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I am to still fiddling with set up etc.
As mentioned above the gear changes are great, no sign of any chain rub in any gear, and the changes are perfect, no need for double taps or half changes etc.
I especially like how easy the front cogs change, all you hear is the servo and that's it.
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Kerr Center: Working for the Ag Community since 1965
For over sixty years the name Kerr has been associated with progress, education and sustainability.Robert S. Kerr was Oklahoma's first native-born governor, a wealthy oilman and a powerful U.S. senator. But he never forgot the lessons of land stewardship he learned as a boy growing up on a small farm near Ada. Enchanted with the beauty of southeastern Oklahoma, Senator Kerr came to Le Flore County in the 1950s. He established a ranch and herd of registered Angus.Senator Kerr believed strongly in the promise of Oklahoma. After he died suddenly in 1963, his wife and children established a private non-profit foundation in his name to engage in scientific, educational, and charitable activities in the state.Sen. Kerr's ideals and commitment to the people of Le Flore County live on at the Kerr Center, located between Poteau and Wister on highway 271, on the historic Kerr Ranch. Today, under the leadership of president and CEO Dr. Jim Horne, the center still manages 4,000 acres of the original ranch where the popular politician raised Black Angus cattle and entertained visitors such as President John F. Kennedy. Through livestock and horticulture projects on the ranch, a comprehensive website and educational events, the Kerr Center reaches out to LeFlore County and beyond. The center operates from earnings from its endowment, as well as grants and donations. People can support the Kerr Center's work by becoming a "Friend of the Kerr Center." Senator Kerr's daughter, Kay, and granddaughter, Christy, serve on the center's Board of Trustees, as do LeFlore County residents Barbara Chester and Keith Wright. Guided tours are offered one day a month. Visitors learn about the Angus X herd and vegetable crop trials. Learn more at www.kerrcenter.com or by calling (918) 647-9123.


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Car Review
2013 Chevrolet Impala: New Car Review
Pros: Robust and refined engine; roomy interior; available 6-seat configuration; large trunk.
Cons: Dated styling; lack of innovative features; low-quality interior materials; uninspiring dynamics.
What's New: Luxury Edition available on LT, standard on LTZ.
Chevrolet's full-size Impala sedan is a mainstay in its category, offering reliability and plenty of space to suit family needs. But the competition is tough, and the latest 2013 Chevrolet Impala includes few changes from the previous model. Meanwhile, such competitors as Buick, Chrysler, Hyundai and Volkswagen continue to modernize and refine their offerings. Fortunately, a completely redesigned 2014 Impala arrives late in 2013. Until then, this aging model will have to suffice.
That said, the Impala nameplate is still trusted among older buyers as one that has stood the test of time. And for some, longevity is all that's needed to feel comfortable about a buying decision.
For 2013, a Luxury Edition package comes standard on the top-trim LTZ and is optional on the midrange LT. The package adds heated leather front seats, a power passenger seat, premium Bose sound, an auto-dimming rearview mirror, power-adjustable heated side mirrors, a universal home remote and a one-year SiriusXM subscription.
Along with its 2012 updates, there's no doubt the new equipment package makes the Impala a better car. But in a segment full of winners, it's just not enough. For that reason, the 2013 Chevrolet Impala feels as dated and stodgy as ever.
Comfort & Utility
Within, the Impala underscores its old-school approach to motoring with bland-looking gauges and a simplistic control layout. Buttons are large and easy to maneuver but lack sophistication. Then again, for those who want straightforward operation with little fuss, it's here for the taking.
Seats are supportive and plush, excellent for daily driving or long-distance cruising. Buyers can choose between 5- and 6-seat configurations. The latter makes use of a front bench, which is practically unheard of for a sedan today. Most, however, will go with the more comfortable front bucket seats with center console.
The rear seats are spacious and versatile. For those who need serious cargo-carrying functionality, the Impala offers available flip-and-fold rear seats to extend the already large trunk.
The Impala is available in three trims: LS, LT and LTZ. Standard base features on the LS include cruise control, a 6-way power adjustable driver's seat and a 6-speaker stereo. The midlevel LT adds dual-zone climate and the aforementioned fold-down rear seat. The up level LTZ brings leather upholstery, power heated mirrors, heated seats and a premium stereo.
In short, the Impala cabin can be called practical and even functional. But there's little in the way of refinement, innovation or visual appeal.
Technology amenities are limited to Bluetooth and a stereo with MP3 capability. Unfortunately, common modern features such as navigation, a rear-view camera or even a USB interface are not offered on the Impala.
Performance & Fuel Economy
All trims of the 2013 Impala are powered by a 3.6-liter V6 with direct injection. Output is a robust 300 horsepower and 262 lb-ft of torque. Energy channels to the front wheels through a 6-speed automatic transmission. EPA-estimated fuel economy is 18-mpg city/30-mpg highway.
Occupant protection comes from a complement of six airbags (front, side, head curtain) and GM's OnStar telematics service. The Impala also comes equipped with ABS and stability control for a firmer grasp of the roadway.
Driving Impressions
The Impala's engine provides good, responsive performance. It delivers strong off-the-line acceleration and plenty of confidence in left lane passing at highway speeds, all in a very smooth and quiet manner. A seamless 6-speed transmission offers a substantial feel and well-spaced shifts throughout the rev band.
The Impala's ride is as comfortable as it has ever been. It offers a plush and solid feel in all types of driving. The cabin is well shielded from road, wind and engine noise. All of these traits keep buyers coming back to the Impala.
But the Impala falls short when it comes to handling. It's unwieldy in corners and doesn't feel very sure-footed when making quick directional changes. Aggressive maneuvers are clearly not this car's strong suit. Fortunately, the Impala's larger 17- and 18-in wheels give it some much-needed road grip in the absence of agility.
Overall, fans of the Impala will be impressed with its power. The car's emphasis on ride over handling will also remain a draw among its more mature clientele.
Other Cars to Consider
Buick LaCrosse - Also part of the GM lineup, the LaCrosse is more refined and athletic than the Impala, and its near-luxury credentials make it more of a status symbol. But the Impala delivers a softer ride for those looking for that.
Chrysler 300 - The 300 has a more opulent interior and exterior. Even its ride is more luxurious. It also offers more features and better handling. The Impala excels in straight-line performance, which is rarely a priority to buyers in this class.
Hyundai Azera - The Azera is significantly more modern and refined inside and out. It offers many more innovative technology features, as well as a driving experience that is far more balanced between ride and handling.
Volkswagen Passat - The Passat is a higher-quality automobile all the way around. It's so well engineered that it makes the Impala look and feel even more pedestrian. The Impala, however, is less expensive and offers more cargo space.
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The Impala that makes the most sense is the range-topping LTZ model. It's a good value for all the standard equipment it offers. The most important of these features might be its large 18-in wheels, which will help compensate for the Impala's shortfall in handling skills. The LTZ's Bose sound system and leather upholstery will enhance the driving experience as well. We recommend adding the optional sunroof to cap the LTZ package.
Until the 2014 model arrives, the Impala might not be able to compete with the refinement of many of its rivals. But the loaded LTZ is as close as it gets for now, and in most cases it comes at a lower price than the competition.


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CYPRESS – A man was arrested after an officer saw two men using a stolen car in an attempt to take an automatic teller from a bank.
A Cypress officer shortly before 5 a.m. Monday saw a vehicle backed into an ATM outside a newly constructed Chase Bank in the 10000 block of Valley View Street, a police statement said.
The driver of the vehicle, a cargo truck, fled from the officer, police said. A short time later, the driver of the truck crashed into two cars parked in a nearby residential neighborhood.
During a search of the area, officers took Shan Alen Herttua, 38, into custody. A second person suspected in the burglary attempt was not located, police said.
Investigators believe that the vehicle, which had a hydraulic lift in the back of it, had been stolen Sunday night in Anaheim. The lift had been lowered and was being used to shear off the ATM at its foundation, police said.
The men had been unable to remove the ATM before the officer arrived, but police say they managed to cause about $40,000 in property damage.
Police arrested Herttua on suspicion of attempted grand theft, vandalism, resisting arrest, vehicle theft and hit-and-run.
Orange County Superior Court records show a man with the same name and birthdate as Herttua has had numerous run-ins with the law. The man pleaded guilty to vehicle theft charges in 1994 and 2003, as well as drug possession charges in 2005, 2008 and 2010.
Authorities still seek the second man, who they described as a white male with a thin build, about 170 pounds with a goatee who was wearing a black cap and a black pullover hooded sweat shirt.
Police are asking anyone with information to contact Cypress detectives at 714-229-6635.
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Dr. Rebecca Kay Clarke of Camden and Russell Alexander Crowder of Hodges were united in marriage October 1, 2011 at Grace Episcopal Church in Camden. Father Michael Bullock of Grace Episcopal Church officiated at the 5 p.m. double- ring ceremony.
Miss Kasey Marie Comer of Jonesville, South Carolina, and Mr. Michael Philip Martin of Lugoff, South Carolina, were united in marriage September 17, 2011 at the Mitchell House & Gardens in Lexington, South Carolina. Gary Pozsik officiated the 7:00 p.m. garden ceremony.
Channing Elizabeth Barnes and Steven Trey Childers are happy to announce their engagement. Miss Barnes is the daughter of Kathy Barnes of Camden, SC, and the late Joel Barnes. Mr. Childers is the son of Steve and Sarah Childers of Rock Hill, SC.
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Mitchell of Camden and Mr. and Mrs. William L. Glover of Camden announce the engagement of their children, Samantha Ann Mitchell of Camden and William Edward Glover of Camden.
Mrs. Karen H. Engard of Richmond, Va. announces the engagement of her daughter, Miss Nancy-Ann Nicole Engard of Richmond, Va., to Derek Jonathan Aycock of Richmond, Va. She is the daughter of Mrs. Karen H. Engard and the late Richard B. Engard, Jr. He is the son of Donald H. and Nancy J. Aycock of Camden, S.C.
"You have stolen my heart, with one glance from your eyes, you have stolen my heart." Song of Solomon 4:9
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Alvin Kelly of Elgin, South Carolina, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Grace Colette Kelly, to William Carroll Rowell, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. William Carroll Rowell, Sr. of Blythewood, South Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Clarke of Mountain Rest announce the engagement of their daughter, Dr. Rebecca Kay Clarke of Camden, to Russell Alexander Crowder of Hodges. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Doug Crowder of Hodges.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Forman of Cassatt announce the engagement of their son, Roderick Forman to Sharon Huffman, daughter of Henry and Geneise Huffman of North, S.C.
Mrs. Rose C. Ryan of Camden announces the engagement of her daughter Miss Jessica Michele Patteson to Mr. David Wesley Shoemake of Camden, the son of Mr. Danny L. Shoemake and Mrs. Dedria L. Cabrales, both of Camden.
Ms. Jessica Marie Jeffers and Mr. Thomas Michael Bell both of Camden were united in marriage on July 16, 2011 at the Historic Robert Mills Courthouse in Camden. The six o'clock double ring ceremony was officiated by Mrs. Ruth Davis.
Miss Mary Catherine Lindsay and Mr. Jason Nicholas Finley were united in marriage on Saturday, July 16, 2011 at the Historic St. Luke's Chapel in Charleston, South Carolina. The six o'clock ceremony was officiated by the Reverend Joel Robert Jones of Irmo, South Carolina.
Miss Meghan Elizabeth Starling and Mr. Stuart Darrel Evans Ray of Columbia were united in marriage August 6, 2011 at Spring Valley Baptist Church in Columbia. Dr. Robert Winburn officiated the 6:00 p.m. double ring ceremony.
Daina Brooke Port and Samuel Rickenbaker Small, Jr. were united in marriage on Saturday, June 18, 2011 at Belin Memorial United Methodist Church in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. The five o'clock ceremony was officiated by the Reverend Robert Barrows and the Reverend Maurice E. Nason.
Natalie Amanda Martin and James Richard Davis, III of Camden were united in holy matrimony July 9, 2011 at First Baptist Church in Camden. The three o'clock double-ring ceremony was officiated by the Reverend Bruce Hancock. A reception immediately followed in the Church Fellowship Center.
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Australians born from 1965 will have to wait until they turn 70 before being eligible for the age pension, federal Treasurer Joe Hockey has confirmed.
But even more immediately, Australians who visit the doctor are likely to have to make a $6 co-payment, and retired politicians might have to live without some of their entitlements.
In his last major speech before the May 13 budget, Mr Hockey vowed there would be no "accounting tricks".
Instead, the budget would be based on solid, realistic assumptions.
"It will be the budget we were elected to deliver," he told the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce in Melbourne on Friday.
The treasurer justified the need for an increase in age pension eligibility, saying it gave people time to get their financial arrangements in order.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten was dismissive, telling reporters: "We don't believe the way to get the budget doing better is by attacking the vulnerable, the poor and the sick."
Age Discrimination Commissioner Susan Ryan believes the government must address as a high priority the needs of older people wanting to work now.
"We need to address age discrimination," she said in statement, adding the treasurer's plan provided a window of opportunity to change employer attitudes, social infrastructure and training programs.
Mr Hockey also said the budget would not be asking Australians to pay for entitlements politicians receive but would never get themselves.
Earlier, he declined to confirm talk that retired politicians would lose their "gold pass" for travel.
As well, the government should only do for people what they cannot do for themselves "and no more".
In his strongest indication yet about a Medicare co-payment, Mr Hockey said government services were not "magically free" and a contribution to their delivery seemed a logical and equitable step.
"There is no such thing as a free visit to the doctor," he said.
The National Commission of Audit, in its report to the government, recommended a $15 charge after 15 visits.
While Mr Hockey has said the government will wait until the budget before responding to the commission's 86 recommendations, his leader has been more forthcoming.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott ruled out abolishing a commonwealth scheme that subsidises freight transport between Tasmania and the mainland.
Retailers are starting to worry about talk surrounding a deficit levy or higher income tax rates.
Myer boss Bernie Brookes says the department store is prepared for a potential drop-off in consumer spending following the budget.
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Hiper Power Type M 780W Review
Please don't spend hundreds of dollars of your hard earned money on high performance PC components and then install a mediocre power supply. You get what you pay for! The power supply is connected, one way or another, to all the components inside your PC and any major fault can and will cause serious damage. Make sure any power supply that you purchase has built-in safety features like over-voltage, over-current and over-temperature shut downs; they will prevent damage to the rest of the PC should the power supply suffer a catastrophic failure. The power supply, in my opinion, is the most important part of any computer, whether it be an office or gaming machine. Do your research before you buy to ensure you have a unit of sufficient output power, the connectors to suit your needs, size to suit your case, etc. There are hundreds of reviews on the internet, and if you can't find a review for the particular power supply you have your eye on, then my advice would not to buy it. In my opinion, unless it's new to the market, if nobody has reviewed it it's not worth buying. You will, after reading many power supply reviews, become familiar with the major players in the power supply market and gain the necessary knowledge to make an informed decision on which one is right for you. Is the Hiper Power Type M 780W the one for you? Let's find out.
High Performance group was founded in the UK in 2001 and today employs over 250 people with eight offices and three warehouses worldwide. Hiper is now amongst the leading computer component manufacturers in the world. Products include high quality power supplies, conventional PC and HTPC cases, cooling fans, cabling, and keyboards.
"For PC-users with a focus on the values inside, the ultra-efficient Type M series is the one to choose from. With an elegant design in a matt black finish, it offers a range of 630 Watts to 880 Watts. Outstanding value for money. The new cable harness design grants a convenient assembling and clean looking PC interior."
Closer Look:
No fancy graphics on this package. The packaging is manufactured from recycled materials and the print is single colour with a dull matt finish. The lid contains a tiny power supply picture along with Hiper Power logo. The photograph of the underside is perhaps a bit misleading, as the information is not printed on the box itself, but onto a thin cardboard sheet held in place by the cellophane wrap.
Front and rear sides are a repeat of the basic design used on the lid. Case badges, should you require them, are attached neatly under the front panel lid flap.
On one side panel we get a list of features, a logo proclaiming RoHS compliance and a recycled and recycle logo. Dispose of this box in the recycle bin and it just may end up being used for another new Hiper power supply. The other side panel contains the only splash of colour on an adhesive information sticker showing the Nvidia SLI-Ready logo, Union Jack with designed in Great Britain, proudly manufactured in China, model number HPU-4M780-PE, and logos of all the agencies for which this power supply is approved. The label also tells us that the Hiper Power Type M 780W takes a universal supply voltage and is able to run from an AC supply of between 100V and 240V.
Open up the lid and the instruction manual sits neatly on top. The power supply is held firmly by foam end caps and all the cables are securely bound and tucked down one side. This power supply is not modular, but does have an interesting solution to cable management, and comes complete with a good selection of adapter and converter cables which will be covered in more depth later.
Externally, the power supply is tidy and well made in a basic black paint finish and chrome fan grill with Hiper logo at its centre. The power supply comes with a choice of main plug, UK or European. If you look carefully at the power supply you may notice that not only is there an exhaust grill on the rear of the power supply but also top and sides. More on this later.
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Earlier this week, I had the honor to being a guest on a radio show! It's called Radio Therapy Online, and their mission is to "present fun, interactive, positive podcasts in a humorous way; to provide 'therapy' for broadcasters and listeners; to spread the passion for life." Todd Michaels, one of the host/producers, had seen me on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", begun following this very blog, and thought my story would be of interest to his listeners. I was thrilled to be asked to participate, and ended up having a wonderful chat with Todd. Now the show is finished and ready for your ears!
My interview is in the vicinity of 20-25 minutes. Listen to it here.
It aired as part of Radio Therapy Online's weekly 2-hour show. Listen to the whole thing here. (It's broken down into 2 parts. Part 1 one of my interview starts about 34 minutes into Hour One, and Part 2 of my interview starts about 22 minutes into Hour Two.)
Thanks again, Todd, and everyone at Radio Therapy Online, for having me on your show!
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Several important features have been added to the web agents in the 2.2 release as follows:
Before this release of web agents, header and cookie information was retrieved, or sourced, solely from user profile properties. Now, header and cookie information can also be sourced from session properties.
Use the following property to choose how you want session attributes retrieved:
For the preceding property, the following modes are available as retrieval methods:
The following example illustrates this property with the retrieval method set to HTTP_HEADER:
com.sun.am.policy.agents.config.session.attribute.fetch.mode = HTTP_HEADER
The source of header and cookie information is controlled by the following configuration property in the web agent AMAgent.properties configuration file:
This configuration property has the same format as an LDAP header property. The following is an example of how this configuration property can be set:
com.sun.am.policy.agents.config.session.attribute.map = name-of-session-attribute1|name-of-header-attribute1, name-of-session-attribute2|name-of-header-attribute2
Where name-of-session-attribute1 and other similarly named properties, or attributes, in the preceding code represent actual property names.
Benefit - Support for Fetching User Session Attributes: The benefit of this feature is that session properties can be more effective for transferring information, especially dynamic information. Prior to this release, agents could only fetch users' profile attributes, which tend to be static attributes. However, session attributes allow applications to obtain dynamic user information when necessary. Since this feature allows you to fetch non-user profile attributes, you can fetch attributes such as SAML assertion.
Starting with this release of web agents, when the current log file reaches a specific size, a new log file is created. Log information is then stored in the new log file until it reaches the size limit. This default behavior is configurable. Therefore, log rotation can be turned off and the size limit can be changed.
The type of information stored in log files has not changed in Policy Agent 2.2. The following types of information are logged:
Troubleshooting information
Access denied information
Access allowed information
The troubleshooting, or diagnostic, information is stored in log files, locally, with the web agent. The access denied and access allowed information, which is often referred to as audit-related information, can be stored both locally and with Access Manager.
Configuration that relates to the local log files is performed in the web agent AMAgent.properties configuration file. Configuration that relates to the audit related logs stored with Access Manager is performed in the Access Manager AMConfig.properties configuration file.
The log rotation described in this section refers to logs that store troubleshooting information locally.
Log rotation is controlled by the following configuration property in the web agent AMAgent.properties configuration file:
Log rotation occurs automatically since the default value of this property is true. When this property is set to false, no rotation takes place for the local log file.
The following example shows this configuration property set to true:
com.sun.am.policy.agents.config.local.log.rotate = true
The following properties are also related to log rotation:
The value for following configuration property indicates the location of the debug file:
The value of following configuration property indicates the maximum number of bytes the debug file holds:
The following code example demonstrates how to set the property that controls log file size so that a new log file is created when the current log file reaches a specific size.
com.sun.am.policy.agents.config.local.log.size: n
Where n represents the size of a file in bytes. The file size should be a minimum of 3000 bytes. The default size is 10 megabytes.
By default, the log file size property is not exposed in the web agent AMAgent.properties configuration file. If you want to change the default size, add a line to the file setting this property to the file size desired.
When a new log file is created an index appends to the name of the log file as such:
amAgent-1 amAgent-2
Where amAgent represents the fully qualified path name to the log files excluding the appended number. The numbers 1 and 2 represent the appended number. The appended number indicates the chronological order in which information of a given size was filed away into its respective log file. There is no limit to the number of log files that can be rotated.
Benefit - Log Rotation: Prior to this release of web agents, all logging messages were written to the same log file. However, saving all log information to a single log file has the potential of exhausting disk space. The log rotation feature solves this problem.
Starting with this release of web agents, a new method is available for retrieving LDAP user attributes based on Access Manager policy configurations.
Policy-based response attributes take advantage of functionality now available in Access Manager that involves querying policy decisions. In previous versions of Access Manager, header attributes could only be determined by the list of attribute-value pairs in the agent configuration. Now, header attributes can also be determined by Access Manager policy configurations. With policy-based response attributes you can define attribute-value pairs at each policy definition as opposed to the method used in prior versions of Access Manager, which only allowed pairs to be defined globally in the agent configuration. For more information on policy-based response attributes, see Providing Personalization With Policy-Based Response Attributes
Benefit - Policy-Based Response Attributes: The benefit of policy-based response attributes is that they allow for personalization, improve the deployment process, allow greater flexibility in terms of customization, and provide central and hierarchical control of attribute values.
Personalization is provided in that an application can retrieve specific user information, such as a name, from a cookie or HTTP header and present it to the user in the browser.
Defining attribute-value pairs at each policy definition instead of at the root level allows an attribute value to be distributed only to the applications that need it. Furthermore, you can customize attribute names allowing the same attribute name to have entirely different property values for two different applications.
Starting with this release, web agents provide a composite advice feature. This feature allows the policy and authentication services of Access Manager to decouple the advice handling mechanism of the agents. This allows you to introduce and manage custom advices by solely writing Access Manager side plug-ins. Starting with this release, you are not required to make changes on the agent side. Such advices are honored automatically by the composite advice handling mechanism.
Benefit - Composite Advice: A benefit of composite advice is that you can incorporate a custom advice type without having to make changes to an agent deployment. Prior to the 2.2 release of web agents, no interface existed on the client side to write client-side plug-ins.
Starting with this release of web agents, malicious header attributes are automatically cleared.
Benefit - Header Attributes Set by Agents Automatically Cleared: The benefit of this automatic clean up is that security is improved. Header information that is not automatically cleared has greater risk of being accessed.
Starting with this release of web agents, the default agent host port and protocol settings can be overridden to enable load balancing. For more information, see Enabling Load Balancing.
Benefit - Load Balancing Enablement: The benefit of this override capability is that you do not need to manually change the hostname, port, and protocol settings to enable load balancing.
Starting with this release of web agents, you can install different types of agents on the same machine. Prior to this release, you could not install web agents from different product groups on the same machine. For example, previously, an agent instance for Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 and an agent instance for Apache 2.0.52 could not be installed on the same machine. Now, they can.
Benefit - Support for Heterogeneous Agent Types on Same Machine: The benefit of this feature is that a deployment that has agents in a multi-server scenario requires fewer hardware sources.
Starting with this release, fully qualified domain name (FQDN) mapping of HTTP requests can be disabled. In prior web agent releases, the methods employed for checking if a user is using a valid URL could not be turned off.
This checking capability is controlled by the FQDN default and the FQDN map properties in the web agent AMAgent.properties configuration file as follows:
A toggling capability has been introduced that allows FQDN checking to be turned off. The following property allows for this toggling:
The following property specifies whether the request URLs that are present in user requests are checked against the FQDN default and the FQDN map properties by the web agent:
The valid values are true and false.
The request URLs that are present in user requests are checked against FQDN values.
No checking occurs against FQDN values.
The default value is true. If no value is specified, then the default value, true, is used.
Benefit - Support for Turning Off FQDN Mapping: This feature allows you to turn off or on FQDN mapping comparison. This feature can be beneficial when a deployment includes a number of virtual servers for which the agent is configured using FQDN mapping.
Policy Agent 2.2 is backward compatible with Access Manager 6.3 Patch 1 or greater.
Policy Agent 2.2 is only compatible with Access Manager 6.3 when the Access Manager patch has been applied.
Be aware that Policy Agent 2.2 takes advantage of certain features that exist in Access Manager 7 that do not exist in Access Manager 6.3, such as "composite advices," "policy-based response attributes," and others.


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Welll I think your translation is ok apart from two things (of course it maybe that I misunderstood what you wrote).
In the first lines what he says is (I think; and my Homeric Greek is rather rusty mind you) that they should return home after roving, if they are to avoid death etc (as you wrote).
In the last line I think they are going to ask Apollo to take the plague from them


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A favorite act wherever he goes, Jim mixes his cynical, biting, self-deprecating material with some of the most off the wall off the wall and original impressions you'll EVER see. Quoted by the Boston Globe as "...off-beat and original.". Not only is Jim one of the most popular headliners in New England, he's a regular performer in Las Vegas and Atlantic City! Jim also has an impressive resume of national television credits which include: HBO's U.S. Comedy Arts Festival's "Best of the Fest", NBC,A&E's "Caroline's Comedy Hour", Comedy Central's "Two Drink Minimum", "Stand-up, Stand-up", "Make Me Laugh", "Comic Re-mix" and "Shorties Watchin' Shorties" and Comcast's "Comedy Spotlight". With out a doubt, Jim's show will leave you wanting more. No two shows are exactly alike but do, however, include his signature closing bits: the insane Roy Schieder as Chief Brody in the film "JAWS" with a surprising twist. Not to mention, the ever popular trip to insanity and homage to a true comedy legend: Don Knotts as BATMAN!! No hugs from his Dad means a great night of entertainment for all! Not a bad trade off, huh?
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President Bush has tried to be reassuring in defending the National Security Agency program of electronic eavesdropping on telephone calls between people in the United States and possible terrorist suspects overseas that was disclosed last December: "One end of the communication must be outside the United States."
Along with many legal scholars, we are still convinced that program is illegal under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which was passed following the disclosure of massive wiretapping programs in the 1970s and set up a secret court to issue warrants for surveillance of Americans. The fact that Gen. Michael Hayden, the CIA director-appointee who ran the NSA program, has expressed a willingness to "bring the program under federal law" suggests we are not wrong.
So now comes the news that the wiretapping program was small potatoes. Using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth, the NSA has been secretly collecting the phone records of millions of Americans, with the goal of assembling a database consisting of every phone call placed in the United States. The idea is to use "data mining" to detect patterns or anomalies in telephone use that could lead authorities to identify terrorists.
The confidential sources who revealed the program to USA Today say it only collects telephone numbers, not names, addresses, Social Security numbers or other data. But it is easy to find a person's identity from a phone number, and it would be amazing if that hadn't been done.
There are several problems here. The first is that it is probably illegal for the National Security Agency, which was formed to monitor overseas communications, to collect this data in secret. In addition to the NSA charter, the Communications Act, first passed in 1934, has privacy provisions that seem fairly clear: Phone companies are not allowed to share data about customer calling habits unless presented with a warrant, and the fines can be stiff.
Second is that the program is probably useless when it comes to detecting terrorism. Jim Hall, director of information policy studies at the Cato Institute, who serves on a Department of Homeland Security data privacy committee and has discussed the issue with numerous experts, told us that data mining can be useful when looking for common patterns, like how a thief might use a stolen credit card. But terrorist acts are uncommon. One is more likely to get 99 percent false positives, which will lead to a waste of investigative resources, than to prevent a terrorist attack through this method.
It may be very American to be fascinated with the potential of technological fixes. Even aside from the privacy concerns – and they are serious – this looks like an enormous waste of time and taxpayers' money. It should be ended immediately.


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Dental center disclosed having received Medicaid payments for services in violation of regulations
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced an agreement with Erie County Medical Center to recover $268,493.50 in excess Medicaid payments on claims for services at its dental clinic during the period from Jan. 1, 2006 through Sept. 30, 2012.
"For millions of New Yorkers, Medicaid provides access to critical and cost-effective health care services," Schneidermansaid. "Those who abuse this integral program endanger the welfare of New York's most vulnerable citizens. My office is committed to ensuring that Medicaid is preserved for those who need it most."
Medicaid regulations authorize reimbursement for teeth cleanings only once during a six month period, unless there is a medical necessity for more frequent cleanings and a notation in the patient chart to that effect. In some cases, ECMC's dental clinic had billed Medicaid in violation of this rule for patients who received cleanings more often than once in six months. In other cases, the dental clinic billed for services it provided that were not properly documented in patient files, other services provided more frequently than permitted, and services for which Medicaid does not allow for reimbursement - all in violation of Medicaid regulations.
The excess payments were revealed during an audit of the ECMC's dental clinic performed by the attorney general's office, following the hospital's own internal audit last fall. After reviewing ECMC's disclosure report, the attorney general's office requested ECMC to generate a series of billing reports, which showed overpayments of $210,646.41 during the audit period. The attorney general's office then performed its own review concerning patient chart documentation and discovered further overpayments to the hospital of $57,849.09.
Schneiderman thanked the Erie County Medical Center for self-disclosing the results of its internal audit and cooperating with his office's investigation.
The case was handled by Gary Baldauf, Buffalo regional director of the attorney general's Medicaid fraud control unit, under the supervision of Deputy Attorney General for the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Monica J. Hickey-Martin and Executive Deputy Attorney General of Criminal Justice Kelly Donovan. The investigation was conducted by Supervising Special Auditor-Investigator Raymond August and Special Investigator James Zablonski, under the supervision of Chief Investigator Dominick Zarrella.


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The Daily Word in Locksley boot, affirmative action brownies, and Amazon's latest technology.
Brought to you by the artist formerly known as the US Space Program.
Mike Locksley gets canned after loss to Sam Houston State.
Albuquerque teen gets arrested for burping in class.
Casino shooting leaves Hells Angels leader dead and two others injured.
City acquires some more balloon landin' land.
NASA's dead satellite takes its fall.
Earth-shattering news about Catwoman's mask.
Controversy erupts over affirmative action bake sale at Berkley.
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Jimmy Schönning's Small & Stylish Swedish Apartment
Stylishly masculine and monochromatic, Swedish stylist Jimmy Schönning's most recent project, Svea 126, is a masterwork of space saving solutions. At a mere 420 square feet, this Stockholm apartment packs function and personality into every crevice, while still managing to achieve a surprising sense of luxury.
Sure, a fireplace and balcony don't hurt, but Schönning's real genius for space can be seen in the unifying black and white color palette and in his decision to demolish most of the original interior walls to achieve a more open floor plan. In doing so, he has created a series of stand-alone spaces that easily flow from one to the other.
Functionality is the key to this apartment's success:
Entry - A small coat closet made of MDF was added to the hallway. Oversized knobs act as a handle and a place to store bags at the entry. The decision to hang on old wooden box on the wall for storage rather than resting it on the floor meant that valuable floor space could be used to store Schönning's bike - an urban imperative.
Living room - An Ikea chaise has been transformed with cover made of worn old sailor hammocks, rough linen and grommets, resulting in a contemporary piece that feels lovely, old and worn.
Bedroom - Storage flanks both sides of a large bed, while a dividing wall at the foot separates the bedroom area from the dining area. The reverse side features a metal clock face that acts as a memo board, and a curtain hung to the side of the bed provides the ability to completely close off the area for privacy.
Office - A compact workspace is tucked in between the bed and the fireplace, topped with dramatic artwork and surrounded by open storage.
Kitchen - Counters and appliances were pushed against the walls to create a large dining area that's perfect for entertaining Jimmy's many friends and family.
Bathroom - The bathroom has been made into a combination washroom/laundry room with the addition of a stackable washer and dryer. Black and white tile has been used to create a graphic, yet unifying statement. An Ikea sink sits atop a sideboard designed by Schönning that features a granite top made by his grandfather.
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KINGSTON — On Thursday, local state Assembly representatives handed out another $1.15 million to help a bunch of local school districts with their budgets.
KINGSTON — On Thursday, local state Assembly representatives handed out another $1.15 million to help a bunch of local school districts with their budgets.
That "local aid" is controlled by the Assembly and outside of the strict funding formulas.
The Assembly bumped the aid under the state education formulas by $27.4 million, or 3.68 percent. That is in addition to $4 million in emergency money secured for the financially troubled Marlboro School District.
It comes on top of the boost the legislature gave districts in excess of the governor's proposed aid.
The standard formula aid totals $772.3 million across the region's 34 school districts.
"I always try for additional funds for school districts because it helps homeowners with taxes and preserves programs," said Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther D-C-Forestburgh, whose district includes the Fallsburg, Middletown, Roscoe and Sullivan West schools.
Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, D-Kingston, was able to help get an additional $50,000 for the New Paltz School District. The Onteora and Rondout schools, which also are in his Assembly district, originally faced some of the deepest cuts in school aid for 2013-2014, but some of that money was restored.
In addition to helping to get emergency aid to Marlboro, Assemblyman Skartados also helped to gain an additional $250,000 for the Newburgh and $50,000 for the Highland school districts.
"Because these are low-income, high-need school districts that can use the addition fund and my objective is to keep property taxes down," said Skartados, D-Milton.
As for Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney, R-Clinton, she said she is in favor of schools receiving more aid, but she did not vote in favor of the extra money because the measures were "highly political and partisan."
Only the majority parties in each house, Republicans in the Senate and Democrats in the Assembly, were able to secure the extra money for their school districts.
Tenney, as well as other lawmakers, say the laws for school aid need to change.
"I didn't get the same opportunity to give additional money to schools in my district because I'm not in the majority and I think school aid needs to be divided more fairly," she said.


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The TX-L37E30B puts LCD finally on a par with Panasonic's all-conquering plasmas. The LED-powered TV is positioned above a trio of HD ready models in 20 and 32-inch screen sizes and it has a lookalike 42-inch sibling.
It's far from a budget option at £850, but it offers advanced networking features and access to a new world of IPTV content, courtesy of Panasonic's new cloud-based Viera Connect service.
The TX-L37E30B may not have much truck with this year's other great obsession, 3D, but it is a handsome set. The finish is gunmetal grey, with clean sharp lines.
The topography of the back panel rather confuses depth measurements, bulging out to accommodate speakers at the base; at its deepest it's 75mm.


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Eight SEC teams are among the 64 teams that make up this year's NCAA Division 1 Baseball Championship bracket; and three of them are in the top eight, thus will be hosting regional and super-regional tournaments.
• Football isn't the only collegiate sport dominated by teams from the Southeastern Conference. How about baseball?
Eight SEC teams are among the 64 teams that make up this year's NCAA Division 1 Baseball Championship bracket; and three of them are in the top eight, thus will be hosting regional and super-regional tournaments.
Actually, this isn't much of a surprise to people who follow college baseball, but football fans in this state may get a shock when they note that Florida is No. 1 and neither Alabama nor Auburn made the list. Adding to that shock for Tide fans is that LSU did, although the Tigers are the No. 7 seed. South Carolina is seeded eighth.
The other top-eight seeds are (2) UCLA, (3) Florida State, (4) Baylor, (5) Oregon and (6) North Carolina.
Other SEC teams in this year's field are Kentucky, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, Arkansas and Ole Miss. In addition, two schools that will become members of the SEC this fall, Texas A&M and Missouri, also made the baseball Top 64.
The only two teams from Alabama to make the field this year are Samford and UAB, neither of which are members of the SEC.
The tournament will begin Friday and continue throughout most of June.
They call it the College World Series, which is a misnomer because that only applies to the final eight teams in the tournament. Actually, it is the NCAA Division 1 National Baseball Championship. Same thing with the women's event, which should be called the NCAA Division 1 National Softball Championship.
One of the first things I was taught as a young sports writer was to always call something what it actually is when writing about it.
• While on the subject of baseball, I'm going to take that thought a step farther and say Larry Foster was once the best high school baseball coach around here, and the Attalla school board made an excellent choice in bringing him out of retirement.
Foster played baseball many years ago, and he coached in a later generation. He was successful in both eras. The upcoming group of athletes is of an even later generation, but the game is still hitting and pitching, throwing and catching, running bases and playing defense.
It is my belief that Foster will be just as good of a coach today as he was when his Blue Devil teams were winning state championships for Etowah High. The only question will be if his players of the future will be as good as the ones he had in the past.
•A month after the International Motorsports Hall of Fame inducted its Class of 2012 an elimination process already is under way to pick next year's inductees. First name on the list of 20 candidates that are to be narrowed to five by June 8 is that of Dale Inman, cousin to the Petty family.
Dale is best known as the crew chief for Richard Petty for three decades. Under his watch, Petty won 198 races and seven championships. He also was the crew chief for Terry Labonte when he won the 1984 title.
During the recent Alabama Sports Hall of Fame banquet I sat next to Donnie Allison. The conversation was about automobile racing. One topic was whether driver or equipment played the bigger role in winning a race. Allison said Petty was a better driver than most and had good equipment, so he was going to win a lot of races. However, the biggest factor that enabled Petty to really dominate racing all those years was Inman. I don't understand why he hasn't already been inducted into this hall of fame. The honor is long overdue.
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Most of us want the same thing when it comes to an abdominal workout: rock-hard, washboard, six-pack abs!
Whatever nickname you want to give your abs, most of us seek this outcome: We want to utilize the best abdominal exercises to give us the best results.
"You don't need to do highly-intense workouts and strength training exercises to get sculpted abs," says Sean Wells, a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the NSCA, and the fitness expert at BistroMD. "The best abdominal exercises are actually activities you can perform in the comfort of your own home. All you'll need is a floor mat, and an exercise ball. You can also opt to use a pair of light dumbbells."
Courtesy of our fitness expert, here are some of the best abdominal exercises you can do to get the results you are looking for.
1. Supported Side Plank
"Not only does a supported side plank help you develop the abs you want, but it also strengthens your thighs and arms," says Sean.
For this abdominal exercise, you will need: a floor mat or an exercise ball (preferred), and a pair of light dumbbells (between 5-10 pounds each).
To start, place your left hand, palm down, firmly on the floor. Kneel and lean the left side of your torso on an exercise ball. Keep your left hand pressed firmly on the floor on the far side of the ball, and extend your legs.
Press the outside of your left foot into the floor, and lift your right leg to hip-height. While doing this, make sure your foot is in line with your hips and shoulders. Extend your right arm up toward the ceiling with or without the dumbbell.
Hold this position for about 60 seconds, or for as long as you can. Switch sides, then repeat. (if you don't have an exercise ball, you can modify this exercise for a more advanced workout. See photo.)
2. The Roll Up
"Another one of the best abdominal exercises you can do is the roll up," says Sean. "This works your central abs, as well as your inner thighs."
For this exercise, you'll only need an exercise ball and a floor mat.
Start out by laying down on your floor mat with your knees bent and legs together, leaving your feet pressed firmly into the mat.
Hold the ball between your hands above your chest.
Curl your chin to your chest, and roll up while rounding the ball over your knees and reaching arms and ball out over legs.
Slowly roll back down, keeping the ball down in front of your chest with legs bent and together. Do about 6-8 reps, and then rest.
3. The Rolling Pike
"The rolling pike is another great abdominal exercise because it works your central abs, as well as your shoulders, and your glutes," says Sean.
For this exercise, all you'll need is an exercise ball.
Start in a plank position with the ball under your thighs, with your hands directly under your shoulders.
Lift your hips, and roll back under your shins without bending your knees. Hold in this position for a few seconds, then slowly return to your starting position. Do this exercise for about 6-8 reps. (This is exercise is bit more difficult to perform. If you think you may hurt yourself, use caution, or consult with your physician.)
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IntroductionThe 250,000-380,000 currently-known plant species (2,7,8,11) , or members of the kingdom Plantae, are organisms that live on every continent and in nearly every habitat on Earth (10). Plants include some of the primarily water-dwelling organisms called green algae (specifically a group known as the charophyte algae(12)), and the embryophytes or land plants which evolved from green algae (1,12,14). A sometimes-used broader definition of plants also includes the rest of the green algae as well as red algae and glaucophyte algae (9,14). The subset of plants called land plants is divided into two main groups itself: nonvascular plants (those that lack specialized systems allowing them to transport water and nutrients internally; these include mosses, hornworts, and liverworts (5,7)); and vascular plants (those that do have vascular transport systems; these include ferns, lycophytes, gymnosperms, and the highly diverse flowering plants (14)). Plants have special cell walls around each of their cells built in large part out of a carbohydrate called cellulose (7) that makes them especially strong and firm (6). Unlike most other organisms, most plants produce their own food through a process called photosynthesis (9), in which they soak up sunlight, usually with their leaves, and deploy this sunlight within a complicated biochemical system to turn carbon dioxide combined with water into energy-rich sugars (3,15). Through this process, plants have a crucial effect on the global climate and the environment—they remove carbon dioxide, a gas that contributes to global warming, from the air (13), and release oxygen, which is essential for animals, fungi, protists, many bacteria, and even plants themselves in order for them to extract energy from organic molecules (4,15). In addition, plants provide food and shelter for many kinds of organisms, and humans rely on them directly for grains, vegetables, fruits, wood, paper, clothing, and many medicines (8,11). In the future, they may be useful as sources for new medical drugs (8), emerging cleaner, renewable fuels, and other products (6). For all of these reasons and more, plant conservation is critically important (2,8,11).


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INDIANAPOLIS -- So far the story of Peyton Manning has been one of whether he'll be healthy, whether he'll be cut by the Indianapolis Colts, and when all this will happen.
But amid the saga of stories and statements and interviews with counter-interviews, I must tell you this:
The Dolphins surely do have a confidence about their ability to land Manning if and when he's available. Why?
Well, here at the Super Site, I' got the chance to talk to several NFL and Dolphins sources Thursday evening and everyone tells me the Dolphins definitely will be making the play for Manning. Secondly, I come to find out Manning is something of a South Florida fan.
A club source told me Thursday evening that Manning has indicated several times during his career an affinity for the region and most recently put his money where his mouth his in that he and his wife bought a condo on South Beach. The name of the condo is Continuum.
"His wife is also a big fan of the area," the source told me. "He likes the area. He likes the vibe of the area more than you might think. They own a condo down here. And no other team that could be trying to sign him will be able to say that."


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If you're thinking about buying an Android phone right now, chances are you're stuck deciding between two models — the HTC One, or Samsung's yet to be unveiled Galaxy S IV. Had HTC played their cards right, and managed to get everything in order, the One would be available and shipping just as soon as Samsung had a chance to announce the Galaxy S IV. But that's not the case. It has been revealed today that the actual release of the HTC One has been pushed back several weeks to late March, early April for some regions. More than enough time for Samsung to convince buyers to jump on the Galaxy train.
Originally announced by UK retailer Clove, HTC has pushed back the release date of the One from March 15th, to the 29th. HTC has confirmed the move in a press statement saying that, "We will start fulfilling pre-orders by end March in certain markets and will roll out to more markets as we approach April." Normally a two week delay is nothing to think twice about, in fact it's commendable of HTC not to rush out a shoddy product just to meet previously stated deadlines. But these two weeks in particular may be cause for concern.
HTC is running out of time to make a big comeback in Android. Samsung has become the number one Android manufacturer in the world, and is absolutely dominating the competition. With the HTC One, HTC had a distinct advantage in that not only did they unveil the One before the S IV was even being teased, but it would be available right before Samsung had anything to announce. Now, Samsung will have a full two weeks after announcing the Galaxy S IV, on March 14th, to convince would be One owners to go with Samsung instead.
Update: we have received word from HTC that the previous comment does not apply to US-bound models of the HTC One. T-Mobile, Sprint and AT&T have yet to announce when they will start selling the HTC One, but the device is expected to show up is retail stores before the end of the month.


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Just another bout of the illness we we all are familiar with, "curiosity".
How did HTS choose the exploits it wants the users to learn about in the missions? Did it take a few common exploits, and mix them in with some more rare exploits? Did it take a list of them? Mix in some 0 day attacks (of course, that would be back in the early days of the Internet) as well? Was it the creator's own expertise in exploits?
Also, will the missions ever be updated with new vulnerabilities to be taught?


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Guest | September 4, 2012
By Guest • Tuesday, September 4, 2012 - 15:46
This is a guest post by Ian, originally published at The Real Story.
The Koch brothers are spending $6million on a new anti-Obama ad; an ad featuring a Canadian woman from Ontario.
Shona Holmes claims our medicare system blocked her from getting the immediate treatment she needed to prevent her from dying from a brain tumour. She mortgaged her home to buy life saving treatment at a Mayo Clinic in the US.
Except she never had a brain tumour. She had a benign cyst on her pituitary gland. Very serious, but not life threatening and treatable in the time period planned in Ontario.
I completely get the fear one goes through when you get told you have a tumour on or near the brain. I do have a brain tumour and have come close to dying more than once.
My tumour is actually a brain stem tumour that has spread throughout the area around my brain stem, around my throat, below my nose, on my spinal chord and flopping around next to my carotid artery.
It will probably kill me, not now, but someday. But more importantly, I'm alive because of our medicare system.
Friends I made during treatment in the States didn't have Canada's options. They died. Let me tell you about that.
In 2002 I had a tennis ball sized tumour excised from my nasopharyngeal cavity. The surgery saved my life but wasn't enough to keep me alive. Scalpels couldn't get every microscopic chunk of tumour so the next step was radiation.
The problem with radiation around the brain is that it kills the good with the bad – you can decide for yourself which is which. So I needed something precise with a record of effectiveness. In my case that meant proton radiation.
Proton radiation isn't available in Canada. At the time there were four sites in the US that offered it and I was referred within two weeks to Loma Linda hospital, just off the number 10, half way between LA and Palm Springs.
All it took was a letter from my radiologist to MSP reviewing my condition and very limited treatment options. The full expenditure was immediately approved and I was on my way to Loma Linda.
I spent three months there at the out patient clinic buried deep underground with it's concrete walls a metre thick. Proton radiation requires an atom splitter and Loma Linda had a big track underground that created the velocity to smash atoms and send a single proton ray down a tube and out a gun into my head.
It was right out of DC comics. Lex Luthor was probably sitting alone in some white office behind the thick walls, laughing at us.
Five days a week I'd go in for my treatment, strapped down on a metal bed with a mask molded to my face, keeping my head still as the proton gun pumped the rays into it.
Like some crazy asylum, the waiting room was full of patients. Most were there for one of two reasons – brain tumours or prostate cancer. The prostate guys were generally older, richer white men who could afford to pay for the best, optional treatment for prostate cancer. They gathered around the TV and watched Fox news.
The others were regular folks with brain tumours and HMO funding.
There was a free phone in the waiting room and there was always a line for it. At the end of the line was a patient on the line, often to their HMO talking about funding.
I made friends there with a woman from Texas with a lousy husband, kids and her own promising career. Except, like me, she had a chordoma.
The treatment for chordoma was 8-10 weeks of proton radiation, give or take a few days. It cost somewhere between $100 and $200 thousand and most HMO's didn't want to cover it. My friend was no exception. So several times a week she'd get on the phone to plead with her insurer to pay for another week of treatment.
She didn't complete the treatment. And she stopped answering my emails a year later. She was dead.
I met a very funny guy from the South with some kind of cancer of the scalp. He didn't complete. He's dead.
I was asked to talk with a young guy who didn't have the money to get a proper diagnosis until too late. So as the chordoma destroyed the vertebrae in his neck he saw a chiropractor who told him he was out of alignment. For two years he was out of alignment. Then in terrible pain he saw a real doctor. He didn't complete. He's also dead – late diagnosis, limited treatment.
There are problems with our system. Waiting lists for painful but less catastrophic illnesses are often too long.
But in Canada there are no people at the end of a phone pleading for funding to continue life saving treatments. People die in the States because they can't afford treatment and their private plans won't pay for it.
I'm at the BC Cancer Clinic a lot. I see frustrated people. I'm often frustrated. But I don't see people pleading for treatment they need but can't afford. None. You can't say that about the US.
People like me, living in Canada, have it so much better.
Watch the Americans For Prosperity attack ad below:
I'm Canadian, living and working in the Alberta Oil Patch.
My parents split up long ago, my mom and step father moved to the US, and my father and step mother went to small town BC.
My step father founded and operated a private hospital in the US. Meanwhile back in Canada, my father (dentist) had to deal with a lot of medical issues in a small town in BC. He wound up with some cross border medical care for treatments that were not available in Canada, but common place in the states.
The first illusion in the US, is that of 'choice'. For the most part, people are getting the health care the company they work for provides for them. There is little difference between one provider and the next.
In the US, the blur between business and health care has caused a lot of damage. The profit motive often overrides health care priorities. 'Pre-existing conditions' can wipe you out simply because an insurer can no longer make a lot of profit off of you.
The typical US HMO offers worse service than is available in Canada. And in Canada, I can travel to any province and expect treatment. (In the US, you are generally limited to only one hospital.) A US HMO is more limited, and costs a lot more since it must make a profit.
Watch Sicko for a good comparison.
And some numbers, the US spends nearly double what we do in Canada.
Americans live shorter lives;
One last bit… I have seen negative outcomes in Canada. I am also very familiar with the differences from one side of the border and the other. Some family members have gone across the border to get medical services by paying cash. (This is equivalent to an American who is denied treatment by an HMO.)
My point is that I pay less, get more, live longer, and get better service. I haven't seen any alternatives that can compete in Canada. After a land mark case in Quebec where private insurance was made legal… NO ONE BOUGHT ANY. The insurance company in question scrapped their offerings. In fact right now the woman in that Ad can legally buy insurance in Canada right now, that will cover the costs of whisking her down to the Mayo Institute to deal with treatments not covered by Canadian Health Care. So why didn't she do this? In fact why don't most Americans get multiple insurance sources to help cover what their HMO won't?
That Landmark case…
"Watch Sicko for a good
"Watch Sicko for a good comparison."
Here in Australia we have healthcare pretty much the same as what it showed the British in that film experience. It's all paid for. There is no fear that if you break an arm, or acciently chop off a finger, that you will need to sell the house or your possesions to do it. If you are in between jobs and on the dole and have an accident, it's ok, it's covered.
If you have an accident, or need emergency treatment, the whole thing is free from the ambulance ride, to the surgery. What you don't get though is short waiting lists for complex procedures. If your life is being threatened, then it's done asap. But if you are after say a hip replacement etc. Then you go on the public waiting list. If you want it done asap, you can pay privately.
We don't have employer paid private health insurance schemes over here either. It's the individual that pays it.
My Mum has cancer at the moment. She was working in aged care until a month ago where she was diagnosed. The diagnosis and all the immediate radiation and chemo is completely covered under our medicare system. If we lived in the states, she would need to sell the house. If everything goes ok, she will be a productive member of the community, paying taxes. Having Medicare cover the costs means there will be less stress and she will be a self funded retiree, not a drag on the welfare system upon retirement.
Bird replied on Permalink
You should do research, but you won't listen.
Sounded good right up until you mentioned those massive money-making quack remedies … radiation and chemotherapy. Basically they are a glass key. If you are lucky they work once and you may regain your health after the massive damage they do to you. But you will have had to go on anti-biotics while your immune system has been damaged. So the next time you get cancer the anti-biotics are less likely to pull you through and the cancer will come on more virulent. Its a pity you have rejected reason or you might be able to do the research necessary to help your Mum. I was too late for my own Mother.
David B. Benson replied on Permalink
Medicare is paying the majority of my (excellent) cateract surgery.
Medicare for all!
Bird replied on Permalink
(Un)Skeptics Are Suckers
Sucked into supporting Obama's healthcare on the wrong assumption that it will deliver a system like Canada's. Is there anything you people get right? Obamacare is about expanding the power the bigshots have over people by taking control of their medical options. Its another power grab. In the same way as the CO2-science fraud is all about rationing energy.
Obama Health Care is completely unlike Canadian Health care. This is understood. And has been presented on radio up here in exactly that way.
Obamacare is about providing health care to people who can't afford it. Its effectively a tax on people who can afford healthcare. (Or am I missing something?)
It still costs more, and delivers less than the Canadian system.
On the plus side, Obamacare will provide health care to people who can't afford it.
If it was a Canadian health care system, Dole would be able to afford to go back to Hawaii and grow pineapples. (Dole pulled out of Hawaii because Hawaii put a law on the books that all employers had to provide health care. The cost of food production went through the roof.)
Bird replied on Permalink
"Obamacare is about providing
"Obamacare is about providing health care to people who can't afford it. Its effectively a tax on people who can afford healthcare. (Or am I missing something?)"
Completely wrong. Its about defunding old person care, and limiting options, thus effectively putting the entire population, minus Senators and Congressmen, at the mercy of the medical monopoly. Its setting up a patronage system. Because to live you'll need to opt out somehow, so that you'll wind up needing to trade favours. Obamacare was invented by the son of a terrorist, and it was one of a number of trial balloons pushing to totalatarianism that were run prior to the emergence of the tea party, wherein a strategy of feigned normalcy was adopted and the pace of the wrecking crew slowed somewhat.
OMG, bird brain has started
OMG, bird brain has started infecting other posts with his right wing conspiracy paranoid delusional rubbish.
Mate, they are missing you back onthe Alex Jones blog. They are talking about the federal reserve right now!
Its a full time job.
And of course its just another source of income… as explained by Monty Python.
Ian Forrester replied on Permalink
That wasn't Monty Python
That is a documentary about the Fiends of Science.
Bird replied on Permalink
Federal Reserve
What a mega-sucker. You actually think the Federal Reserve ISN'T a conspiracy and a giant rip-off. You are actually being sarcastic about it. What a moron!!!!!! Not an economics sophisticate I can see. Never got further then Keynesian propaganda 101 I'm sure. Good Lord. Being a willing stooge as a way of life. The Gimp. I myself am a field-slave trying to keep his head held high.
Bird replied on Permalink
Rockefeller, Flexner, Doc Simmons And The Medical Monopoly.
You are the sucker mate. You just believe what you are told remember? Thats your epistemology. You go to Randi's internet sewer, where everyone is wetting their finger and poking it in the air to try and find out what is the point of view that everyone is labelling mainstream, and then you position your ass accordingly and with reference to that mainstream point of view. Thats your whole epistemology. That's why you are all suckers. The American medical system has been a giant ripoff since not too long after old man Rockefeller commissioned the Flexner report. Its a pity the poison spreads past the US borders.