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The class of service (CoS) mechanism generates computed attributes as an entry is retrieved for a client application, which simplifies entry management and reduces storage requirements. The CoS mechanism allows attributes to be shared between entries, and as with groups and roles, CoS relies on helper entries.
For an explanation of how you can use CoS in your deployment, see Chapter 12, Directory Server Class of Service, in Oracle Fusion Middleware Reference for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.
Any search operation can test the existence of a CoS-generated attribute or compare the value of the attribute. The names of the computed attributes may be used in any filter string from a client search operation, except in an internal filter used in a filtered role.
You must restart the Directory Server instance to consider the new CoS definitions.
The following sections describe the general principles for read and write protection of data in each of the CoS entries. The detailed procedure for defining individual access control instructions (ACIs) is described in Chapter 6, Directory Server Access Control.
Although the CoS definition entry does not contain the value of the generated attribute, it does provide the information to find that value. Reading the CoS definition entry reveals how to find the template entry that contains the value. Writing to this entry modifies how the computed attribute is generated.
You should therefore define both read and write ACIs for the CoS definition entries.
The CoS template entry contains the value of the generated CoS attribute. Therefore, at a minimum, the CoS attribute in the template must be protected by an ACI for both reading and updating.
In the case of pointer CoS, the single template entry should not be allowed to be renamed. In most cases, it is simplest to protect the entire template entry.
With classic CoS, all template entries have a common parent specified in the definition entry. If only templates are stored in this parent entry, access control to the parent entry protects the templates. However, if other entries beneath the parent require access, the template entries must be protected individually.
In the case of indirect CoS, the template can be any entry in the directory, including user entries that might still need to be accessed. Depending on your needs, you can either control access to the CoS attribute throughout the directory or ensure that the CoS attribute is secure in each entry that is used as a template.
All entries in the scope of a CoS definition, for which the computed CoS attribute is generated, also contribute to computing its value.
When the CoS attribute already exists in a target entry, by default, the CoS mechanism does not override this value. If you do not want this behavior, define your CoS to override the target entry, or protect the CoS attribute in all potential target entries.
Both indirect and classic CoS also rely on a specifier attribute in the target entry. This attribute specifies the DN or RDN of the template entry to use. You should use an ACI to protect this attribute either globally throughout the scope of the CoS or individually on each target entry where it is needed.
Computed CoS attributes can be defined in terms of other generated CoS attributes and roles. You must understand and protect these dependencies to ensure that your computed CoS attribute is protected.
For example, the CoS specifier attribute in a target entry could be nsRole. Therefore the role definition must also be protected by an ACI.
In general, any attribute or entry that is involved in the computation of the computed attribute value should have an ACI for both read and write access control. For this reason, complex dependencies should be well planned or simplified to reduce subsequent complexity of access control implementation. Keeping dependencies on other computed attributes to a minimum improves directory performance and reduces maintenance.
Because all configuration information and template data are stored as entries in the directory, you can use the LDAP command-line tools to configure and manage CoS definitions. This section shows how to create CoS definition entries and CoS template entries from the command line.
All CoS definition entries have the LDAPsubentry object class and inherit from the cosSuperDefinition object class. In addition, each type of CoS inherits from specific object classes and contains the corresponding attributes. The following table lists the object classes and attributes that are associated with each type of CoS definition entry.Table 9–1 Object Classes and Attributes in CoS Definition Entries
CoS Type
CoS Definition Entry
Pointer CoS
objectclass: top
objectclass: LDAPsubentry
objectclass: cosSuperDefinition
objectclass: cosPointerDefinition
cosTemplateDN: DN
cosAttribute: attributeName override merge
Indirect CoS
objectclass: top
objectclass: LDAPsubentry
objectclass: cosSuperDefinition
objectclass: cosIndirectDefinition
cosIndirectSpecifier: attributeName
cosAttribute: attributeName override merge
Classic CoS
objectclass: top
objectclass: LDAPsubentry
objectclass: cosSuperDefinition
objectclass: cosClassicDefinition
cosTemplateDN: DN
cosSpecifier: attributeName
cosAttribute: attributeName override merge
In all cases, cosAttribute is multivalued. Each value defines an attribute that is generated by the CoS mechanism.
You can use the following attributes in CoS definition entries. For more information about each of these attributes, see the individual attributes in Oracle Fusion Middleware Man Page Reference for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.Table 9–2 CoS Definition Entry Attributes
Purpose Within the CoS Definition Entry
attributeName override merge
Defines the name of the computed attribute for which you want to generate a value. This attribute is multivalued, and each value represents the name of an attribute whose value is generated from the template. The override and merge qualifiers specify how the CoS attribute value is computed in special cases described following this table.
The attributeName cannot contain any subtypes. Attribute names with subtypes are ignored, but other values of cosAttribute are processed.
Defines the name of the attribute in target entries whose value is used by indirect CoS to identify the template entry. The named attribute is called the specifier and must contain a full DN string in each target entry. This attribute is single-valued, but the attributeName can be multivalued to designate multiple templates.
Defines the name of the attribute in target entries whose value is used by classic CoS to identify the template entry. The named attribute is called the specifier and must contain a string that can be found in the RDN of template entries. This attribute is single-valued, but the attributeName can be multivalued to designate multiple templates.
Provides the full DN of the template entry for a pointer CoS definition or the base DN of the template entry for classic CoS. This attribute is single-valued.
You cannot use the isMemberOf attribute as a CosSpecifier to make all the members of static groups automatically inherit from a common computed attribute value.
The cosAttribute attribute allows two qualifiers following the name of the CoS attribute, the override qualifier and the merge qualifier.
The override qualifier describes the behavior when an attribute that is dynamically generated by CoS already physically exists in the entry. The override qualifier can be one of the following:
default (or no qualifier) - Indicates that the server does not override a real attribute value stored in the entry when the attribute is of the same type as the computed attribute.
override - Indicates that the server always returns the value generated by the CoS, even when a value is stored with the entry.
operational - Indicates that the attribute will only be returned if it is explicitly requested in the search. Operational attributes do not need to pass a schema check to be returned. The operational qualifier has the same behavior as the override qualifier.
You can only make an attribute operational if the attribute is also defined as operational in the schema. For example, if your CoS generates a value for the description attribute, you cannot use the operational qualifier because the description attribute is not marked operational in the schema.
The merge qualifier is either absent or merge-schemes. This qualifier allows the computed CoS attribute to be multivalued, either from multiple templates or multiple CoS definitions. For more information, see Multivalued CoS Attributes.
You might create a pointer CoS definition entry that contains an override qualifier as follows:
dn: cn=pointerCoS,dc=example,dc=com objectclass: top objectclass: LDAPsubentry objectclass: cosSuperDefinition objectclass: cosPointerDefinition cosTemplateDn: cn=exampleUS,cn=data cosAttribute: postalCode override
This pointer CoS definition entry indicates that the entry is associated with the template entry cn=exampleUS,cn=data that generates the value of the postalCode attribute. The override qualifier indicates that this value takes precedence over the value of the postalCode attribute if the attribute exists in a target entry.
If the CoS attribute is defined with the operational or override qualifiers, you cannot perform write operations on the "real" value of that attribute in any entry in the CoS scope.
When you specify the merge-schemes qualifier, the generated CoS attribute can be multivalued in two ways:
With indirect or classic CoS, the specifier attributes in target entries can be multivalued. In this case, each value determines a template, and the value from each template is part of the generated value.
Multiple CoS definition entries of any type can contain the same attribute name in their cosAttribute. In this case, if all definitions contain the merge-schemes qualifier, the generated attribute contains all values computed by each definition.
The two situations can occur together and define even more values. However, in all cases, duplicate values will only be returned one time in a generated attribute.
In the absence of the merge-schemes qualifier, the cosPriority attribute of the template entry is used to determine a single value among all templates for the generated attribute. This scenario is described in the next section.
The merge-schemes qualifier never merges a "real" value that is defined in the target with generated values from the templates. The merge qualifier is independent of the override qualifier. All pairings are possible, and the behaviors implied by each are complimentary. Also, the qualifiers can be specified in any order after the attribute name.
When there are multiple CoS definitions for the same attribute, the definitions must all have the same override and merge qualifiers. When different pairs of qualifiers occur in CoS definitions, one of the combinations is selected arbitrarily among all definitions.
If multiple CoS definitions or multivalued specifiers exist, but no merge-schemes qualifier, Directory Server uses a priority attribute to select a single template that defines the single value of the computed attribute.
The cosPriority attribute represents the global priority of a particular template among all those being considered. A priority of zero is the highest priority. Templates that contain no cosPriority attribute are considered the lowest priority. When two or more templates provide an attribute value but have the same or no priority, a value is chosen arbitrarily.
Template priorities are not taken into account when using the merge-schemes qualifier. When merging, all templates being considered define a value regardless of any priority that the templates define. The cosPriority attribute is defined on CoS template entries as described in the following section.
The cosPriority attribute must not have a negative value. Also, attributes generated by indirect CoS do not support priority. Do not use cosPriority in template entries of an indirect CoS definition.
When using pointer CoS or classic CoS, the template entry contains the LDAPsubentry and cosTemplate object classes. This entry must be created specifically for the CoS definition. Making the CoS template entry an instance of the LDAPsubentry object class allows ordinary searches to be performed unhindered by the configuration entries.
The template of the indirect CoS mechanism is an arbitrary, existing entry in the directory. The target does not need to be identified ahead of time or given the LDAPsubentry object class, but the target must have the auxiliary cosTemplate object class. The indirect CoS template is accessed only when the CoS is evaluated to generate a computed attribute and its value.
In all cases, the CoS template entry must contain the attribute and the value that is generated by the CoS on the target entries. The attribute name is specified in the cosAttribute attribute of the CoS definition entry.
The following example shows a template entry of the highest priority for a pointer CoS that generates the postalCode attribute:
dn: cn=ZipTemplate,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com objectclass: top objectclass: LDAPsubentry objectclass: extensibleobject objectclass: cosTemplate postalCode: 95054 cosPriority: 0
The following sections provide examples of template entries along with examples of each type of CoS definition entry.
The following command creates a pointer CoS definition entry that has the cosPointerDefinition object class. This definition entry uses the CoS template entry that is stated in the example in the previous section to share a common postal code among all entries in the ou=People,dc=example,dc=com tree.
$ ldapmodify -a -h host1 -p 1389 -D cn=admin,cn=Administrators,cn=config -w - dn: cn=pointerCoS,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com objectclass: top objectclass: LDAPsubentry objectclass: cosSuperDefinition objectclass: cosPointerDefinition cosTemplateDn: cn=ZipTemplate,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com cosAttribute: postalCode
The CoS template entry (cn=ZipTemplate,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com ) supplies the value stored in its postalCode attribute to all entries located under the ou=People,dc=example,dc=com suffix. If you search for any entry that does not have a postal code in the same subtree, you will see the value of the generated attribute:
$ ldapsearch -h host1 -p 1389 -D cn=admin,cn=Administrators,cn=config -w - \ -b "ou=People,dc=example,dc=com" -s sub "(cn=*Jensen)" dn: cn=Babs Jensen,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com cn: Babs Jensen ... postalCode: 95054
Indirect CoS names an attribute in the cosIndirectSpecifier attribute to locate the template specific to each target. The template entry for indirect CoS may be any entry in the directory, including other user entries. This example indirect CoS uses the manager attribute of the target entry to identify the CoS template entry. The template entry is the manager's user entry. The manager's user entry contains the value of the attribute to generate. The value is that of departmentNumber in this case.
The following command creates the indirect CoS definition entry, which contains the cosIndirectDefinition object class:
$ ldapmodify -a -h host1 -p 1389 -D cn=admin,cn=Administrators,cn=config -w - dn: cn=generateDeptNum,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com objectclass: top objectclass: LDAPsubentry objectclass: cosSuperDefinition objectclass: cosIndirectDefinition cosIndirectSpecifier: manager cosAttribute: departmentNumber
Next, add the cosTemplate object class to the template entries, and make sure that they define the attribute to be generated. In this example, all manager entries are templates:
$ ldapmodify -h host1 -p 1389 -D cn=admin,cn=Administrators,cn=config -w - dn: cn=Carla Fuentes,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com changetype: modify add: objectclass objectclass: cosTemplate - add: departmentNumber departmentNumber: 318842
With this CoS, target entries (the entries under ou=People,dc=example,dc=com) that contain the manager attribute automatically have the department number of their manager. The departmentNumber attribute is computed on the target entries because it does not exist in the server. However, the departmentNumber attribute is returned as part of the target entry. For example, if Babs Jensen's manager is defined to be Carla Fuentes, her department number is the following:
$ ldapsearch -h host1 -p 1389 -D cn=admin,cn=Administrators,cn=config -w - \ -b "ou=People,dc=example,dc=com" -s sub "(cn=*Jensen)" dn: cn=Babs Jensen,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com cn: Babs Jensen ... manager: cn=Carla Fuentes,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com departmentNumber: 318842
This example shows how to generate a postal address with a classic CoS. The generated value is specified in a template entry that is located by a combination of the cosTemplateDN in the CoS definition and the value of the cosSpecifier attribute in the target entry. The following command creates the definition entry by using the cosClassicDefinition object class:
$ ldapmodify -a -h host1 -p 1389 -D cn=admin,cn=Administrators,cn=config -w - dn: cn=classicCoS,dc=example,dc=com objectclass: top objectclass: LDAPsubentry objectclass: cosSuperDefinition objectclass: cosClassicDefinition cosTemplateDn: ou=People,dc=example,dc=com cosSpecifier: building cosAttribute: postalAddress
Using the same command, create the template entries that give the postal address for each building:
dn: cn=B07,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com objectclass: top objectclass: LDAPsubentry objectclass: extensibleobject objectclass: cosTemplate postalAddres: 7 Old Oak Street, Anytown, CA 95054
With this CoS, target entries (the entries under ou=People,dc=example,dc=com) that contain the building attribute will automatically have the corresponding postal address. The CoS mechanism searches for a template entry that has the specifier attribute value in its RDN. In this example, if Babs Jensen is assigned to building B07, her postal address is generated as follows:
$ ldapsearch -h host1 -p 1389 -D cn=admin,cn=Administrators,cn=config -w - \ -b "ou=People,dc=example,dc=com" -s sub "(cn=*Jensen)" dn: cn=Babs Jensen,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com cn: Babs Jensen ... building: B07 postalAddress: 7 Old Oak Street, Anytown, CA 95054
You can create classic CoS schemes that generate attribute values for an entry that is based on the role possessed by the entry. For example, you could use role-based attributes to set the server look-through limit on an entry-by-entry basis.
To create a role-based attribute, use the nsRole attribute as the cosSpecifier in the CoS definition entry of a classic CoS. Because the nsRole attribute can be multivalued, you can define CoS schemes that have more than one possible template entry. To resolve the ambiguity of which template entry to use, you can include the cosPriority attribute in your CoS template entry.
For example, you can create a CoS that allows members of the manager role to exceed the standard mailbox quota. The manager role is as follows:
dn: cn=ManagerRole,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com objectclass: top objectclass: LDAPsubentry objectclass: nsRoleDefinition objectclass: nsComplexRoleDefinition objectclass: nsFilteredRoleDefinition cn: ManagerRole nsRoleFilter: (isManager=True) Description: filtered role for managers
The classic CoS definition entry is created as follows:
dn: cn=generateManagerQuota,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com objectclass: top objectclass: LDAPsubentry objectclass: cosSuperDefinition objectclass: cosClassicDefinition cosTemplateDn: cn=managerCOS,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com cosSpecifier: nsRole cosAttribute: mailboxquota override
The CoS template name must be a combination of the cosTemplateDn and the value of nsRole, which is the DN of the role. For example:
dn:cn="cn=ManagerRole,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com",\ cn=managerCOS,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com objectclass: top objectclass: LDAPsubentry objectclass: extensibleobject objectclass: cosTemplate mailboxquota: 1000000
The CoS template entry provides the value for the mailboxquota attribute. An additional qualifier of override tells the CoS to override any existing mailboxquota attributes values in the target entry. Target entries that are members of the role will have computed attributes generated by the role and by the CoS, for example:
$ ldapsearch -h host1 -p 1389 -D cn=admin,cn=Administrators,cn=config -w -\ -b "ou=People,dc=example,dc=com" -s sub "(cn=*Fuentes)" dn: cn=Carla Fuentes,ou=People,dc=example,dc=comcn: Carla Fuentes isManager: TRUE...nsRole: cn=ManagerRole,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com mailboxquota: 1000000
The role entry and the CoS definition entry should be located in the same place in the directory tree so that they have the same target entries in their scope. The CoS target entry should also be located in the same place so that it is easy to find and maintain.
Directory Server enables you to monitor certain aspects of the CoS plug-in. CoS monitoring attributes are stored in the cn=monitor,cn=Class of Service,cn=plugins,cn=config entry. For details of the each attribute under this entry and the information that they provide, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Man Page Reference for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.
Directory Server logs warning messages when it is forced to make an arbitrary distinction among multiple applicable definition entries. Such warning messages takes this form:
Definition /defDN1/ and definition /defDN2/ compete to provide attribute '/type/' at priority /level/
You can also configure Directory Server to log informational messages when the server is forced to make an arbitrary distinction among multiple, potentially applicable definition entries. To do so, set the error log to include messages from plug-ins.
Because setting additional log levels can result in a heavy logging load, you might not want to set logging on a production server.
The content of informational messages takes the following form:
Definition /defDN1/ and definition /defDN2/ potentially compete to provide attribute '/type/' at priority /level/
You can then choose whether to resolve such cases of CoS ambiguity by setting CoS priorities appropriately on the definition entries.


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The AccountController class is a controller for user authentication which is included in a default MVC project created with Visual Studio. Prior to using this controller, you will need to modify it so that it no longer refers to the HomeController which you most likely will remove. To do this, replace each of these instances:
return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");
so they are as below:
return RedirectToAction("Index", "Products");
This will cause the authentication controller to redirect a user to the products controller once an authentication action ends. The default ASP.NET MVC master page has links for a user to log in/out and register. The MVC Authorize filter facilitates control over which users may access the controller methods. Below is an example of the Authorize filter being applied to the Delete method in the products controller class:
[Authorize] public ActionResult Delete(int id) { NorthwindEntities dbObj = new NorthwindEntities(); var data = dbObj.Products.Where(e => e.ProductID == id).Select(e => e).Single(); return View(data); }
If a user clicks a delete link to delete a record of a product, the MVC framework is then checked. If the user is currently logged in, the action will proceed.. If the user has not logged in they will then be requested to provide their username and password credentials or else to create a new account. This can be made even more restrictive by specifying user names as part of the filter. Below is an example of the Authorize filter applied so the Delete method is only available to Mike Smith:
[Authorize(Users="Mike Smith")] public ActionResult Delete(int id) {
Now only Mike Smith can perform the delete actions, all other users will be asked for their credentials. The MVC Authorize filter can even be applied to the whole controller class. Below is an example of the Authorize filter being applied to the ProductsController class, so that only authenticated users can access controller actions:
[HandleError(Order=2)] [Authorize] public class ProductsController : Controller {
The Authorize filter has an Order property which works just as the HandleError Order property. If the Authorize filter is applied for the whole controller level and for a specific action method, the controller-wide setting will always have precedence unless the Order property is used.


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The 2016 San Francisco Decorator Showcase features a rooftop terrace lined by purple walls with pollinator-friendly flowers from landscape architect Chih-Wei G.V. Chang.
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Traditional Dining Room With Rustic Table
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Contemporary Home Office With Marble Art
In this room, a once empty alcove becomes a petite home office with addition of cabinets and a long countertop. Add lamp and artwork and done!
Home Office With Glass Desk
This unique home office provides an unobstructed view of the outdoor park by using glass to create the desk. The green Eames chair mixes perfectly with the modern design and blends in with the floor-to-ceiling window.
Modern Navy Blue Home Office with Exotic Wood Desk
This modern home office features bold navy blue walls, floor to ceiling shelving, a stunning exotic wood desk, hand blown glass table lamp, and mint green chairs.
Cottage Home Office With Blue Cabinet
A thick-slab tabletop pairs with slim metal legs for a unique desk in this home office. A weathered blue cabinet is a pretty place to stash files and supplies.
Home Office With Red Shelves
Flagging energy is never a problem in this petite home office. Just look up! In a fun move, the undersides of the wall shelves are painted red. And the chair is a cherry red match.
Contemporary Home Office With Yellow Chair
Inspiration must strike easily in this beautiful home office with its speckled wallpaper and sunny yellow accents. Plus, the built-in desk sits right underneath a huge window.
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Enjoy the beauty of Long Island Sound from the pool. The home's clean lines and neutral color palette amplify the natural beauty of the nearby beach.
Pool View Overlooking the Beach
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A dramatic entry to the garden features large native and tropical trees to help hide the view of the property from the street. Horizontal fencing, sculptural palms and large masses of tropical understory all help to create the sense of a lush, expansive entrance.
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Relax by the fire pit while the kids head to the beach. The seating area is conveniently located near the beach, making it a short walk to the waterfront.
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Sophisticated Front Yard is Welcoming Entrance
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Pattern and texture bring layers of interest to this small and functional home office, from the herringbone wood floors to the paneled accent wall. A red desk chair stands out as the main hit of color in the clean, modern space.
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Beautiful flowering plants and manicured hedges surround the sophisticated crushed gravel patio and koi pond. Hand-stacked stone above the waterfall mimic architectural elements found in other parts of the garden.
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Here's a short travel video about Curitiba, Brazil for those who might be joining us at our 54th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association. Much thanks to our Arrangements Chair, Fabio Eduardo da Silva for providing the link.
The Parapsychological Association is an international professional organization of scientists and scholars engaged in the study of psi (or 'psychic') experiences, such as telepathy, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, psychic healing, and precognition. The primary objective of the PA is to achieve a scientific understanding of these experiences.
First established in 1957, the PA has been an affiliated organization of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1969. The PA is a non-profit, non-adjudicating organization that endorses no ideologies or beliefs other than the value of rigorous scientific and scholarly inquiry.


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Santiago Ramos thinks a new series on the SyFy Channel does a better job of considering "the relationship between personal identity and software avatars" than the "Biggest Movie of All Time". From the upcoming edition of The Catholic Key:
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Reviewed by Santiago Ramos
The new science fiction series "Caprica" is more evidence to back up what has become conventional wisdom: in our time, the quality of television drama outmatches that of mainstream Hollywood cinema. One gets the sense that some filmmakers believe their audience to be just as two-dimensional as the images they summon to the screen. Television drama, on the other hand, is the kingdom of writers, who deal with dialogue more than with imagery, and assume an audience with fully-formed frontal lobes. The most famous avatars in the world right now are on the big screen, yet the first two episodes of "Caprica" deal with the relationship between personal identity and software avatars with a deeper poignancy than is found in Biggest Movie of All Time.
"Caprica" is a city and a planet, the capital of a 12-planet system surrounding a distant star. Its shiny civilization is advanced and wealthy and decadent. Daniel Graystone (Eric Stoltz) is a brilliant scientist who was made a millionaire by his invention of a virtual reality simulator, and currently designs artificially-intelligent robots for the Ministry of Defense. The foreboding is obvious, of course, but the show is far from cliche.
Graystone's daughter, Zoe (Alessandra Torressani), high school-aged but just as intelligent as her father, spends much time within the virtual reality night clubs that have become a popular craze among the youth of "Caprica" — they are loud, violent, full of sex and drugs and random killing (when you're living through an avatar, you can explore the full range of your animalian urges and wake up unscathed — well, physically unscathed, anyway). But Zoe doesn't indulge in those things. She is a follower of the true god, and she visits the night clubs to cast judgment and to plan for a day of deliverance. The religion of "Caprica" is polytheistic — everyone believes, or sort of believes, in the full pantheon of Greek gods. Monotheists are seen as dangerous absolutists. Zoe is one of them.
The plot-trigger moment for the two-hour pilot — and, most likely, for the entire series — is the terrorist attack wherein Zoe dies. Travelling with one other member of her religious sect, she was escaping "Caprica" for the more religious planet of Gemenon; she didn't plan on her friend's excess of zeal. Her friend blows himself up and the train they were travelling in is torn to bits. Government authorities quickly pin the blame for the attacks on a terrorist group called "Soldiers of the One." Daniel Graystone—who had become alienated from his daughter and was on bad terms with her at the time of her death — is disconsolate. But he finds hope in the free-standing avatar that Zoe had created of herself before she died — an avatar that can "think" for itself.
Graystone wants to implant that avatar into a robot, and "resurrect" Zoe. He explains his plan to a friend who also suffered the loss of his daughter in the same attack: "Do you know what your brain is, Joseph? It's a database and a processor, that's all. Information and a way to use it … [Zoe] took a search engine and turned it into a way to cheat death."
But Zoe, while a technological genius, would not have been so sanguine about her mad-scientist father's plans — she judged him with a standard that put her at odds with his society: "There is truth in the world," she tells a friend. "There is a right and there is a wrong. And there is a god, a god who knows the difference."
Lines like that make me feel the way Virginia Woolf felt when she discovered the great Russian novelists who were writing about far more interesting characters than her bland Victorian compatriots. Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy were writing about faith, violence and ideology, with stories set in places almost as alien to Virginia as "Caprica" is to us. Yet the writers of "Caprica" risk a lot in crafting such obvious parallels to the world we live in here on Earth. They risk becoming too allegorical, or worse, they risk becoming moralistic. But the picture they set up has enough ambiguity built-in that they will be able to avoid sounding sanctimonious: on the one hand, Zoe is right about Caprica's decadence and violent excesses; on the other hand, terrorism is evil.
The most interesting dimension to the show, I think, has to do with the relationship between science and religion — that is, between Graystone and his daughter's avatar. If indeed we are nothing by a database and a processor, as Graystone maintains — why is it that we refuse to accept this simple fact? Why do we refuse to accept that death is the end?
And why is it that the SyFy Channel is becoming one of the few places where we can ask these questions in a story?
Santiago Ramos is a graduate of Rockhurst University in Kansas City and has written for First Things (online), Commonweal, The Pitch, Traces, Image Journal and various blogs. He is currently studying toward a Ph.D. in Philosophy at Boston College.


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In this year of bloated movies with inflated running times, Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey feels perfectly at home. Yes, its 169-minute running time is inexcusable and the whole thing has more padding than Eddie Murphy's Norbit fat suit. But in 2012 that seems pretty standard in terms of the theoretical heavy hitters — and these minutes move far more briskly than such overstuffed compatriots as Les Miserables, Flight, This Is 40 and, yes, Zero Dark Thirty. Frankly, I was prepared for the worst — in part, I admit, because I'm pretty much Tolkiened-out. (I have trouble even reading the character names and not rolling my eyes.) And being prepared for the worst, I was agreeably surprised. Oh, I have issues with the film (I'll get to those), but all in all I think of it as The Hobbit: A Better Than Expected Journey.
About Jackson's controversial use of the 48 frames-per-second (twice the normal speed) approach, I can't say for sure since I only saw it at 24 fps — though that presumably retains some of the enhanced sharpness, and it may account for some of the film's less delightful aspects where crepe-hair and putty are a little more obvious than they should be. I can, however, say that there is way too much time expended on cramming 13 dwarves into Bilbo Baggins' (Martin Freeman) hobbit hole (there must be another way of phrasing that). I wouldn't have been at all surprised if one of the later arrivals had stuck his head in and asked, "Is my Aunt Minnie in here?" (Come on, at least some of you will get that!) The resultant dwarf eating, guzzling, belching, singing and general knockabout could have done with some serious pruning. (And, no, I don't buy the idea that it has to do with character development since the characters are never developed.) Similarly, there's a later sequence involving three trolls — that might as well be named Moe, Larry and Curly — that could have been cut out of the movie altogether.
Other aspects of the film feel a bit like Peter Jackson's Greatest Hits revisited. The trip to where the elves live — Maxfield Parrish Land or whatever it's called — seems mostly like an excuse for Hugo Weaving as Elrond (is his last name Hubbard?), Cate Blanchett as Galadriel and Christopher Lee as the pre-evil Saruman to pop up, but I can't say I minded it in the least. It might also be noted that it adds a little weight to the otherwise fairly slim story — and its often even slimmer characterizations. Apart from Bilbo and Ian McKellen's Gandalf (who is, like the aforementioned trio, already established), there's not really much characterization. The king dwarf, Thorin (Brit TV actor Richard Armitage), is just mostly sullen and ill-tempered. Radagast (Sylvester McCoy) — and his rabbit-powered sled — is an amusing (and apparently magic mushroom-addled) addition, but most of the film's new characters are just sort of there — though effective enough.
The question is whether or not this needed to be stretched out into three movies — apart from milking the Tolkien cow for all it's worth. ( It probably didn't.) But it's been done, and it's been done much better than I could have imagined — at least in its first installment. Yeah, it aims for the kind of emotional kick at the end like the one in Fellowship of the Ring and it falls short because it hasn't really earned it. And its final image certainly holds a lot less dread than the one in that film, but this is carping. Did I have a good time watching it? Yes. Did I think it was too long? Yes. Could I understand more than half of what Gollum (Andy Serkis) said? No, but that's nothing new. All in all, any movie that reveals that Gandalf knows how to play Whackbat is hard to dislike. Rated PG-13 for extended sequences of intense fantasy action violence, and frightening images.
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In Golan Heights, Druze villagers are preparing for war
For the last month, shopkeeper Salah Abu Saleh has found himself having the same conversation again and again: When the war between Israel and Syria begins, what single foodstuff would he not tire of eating?
"People come in and they buy meat, cans of tomatoes and chickpeas – you know, the basics. They are thinking ahead to what they can feed their families if the war between Syria and Israel lasts months instead of weeks," he said, standing in the small shop he runs in the center of Majdal Shams. "We are being practical, but even in war you want to eat something you like."
In this crowded hillside village that straddles Israel's border with Syria, everyone seems certain that war is on the way. The village, which faces Syria to the northeast and Israel to the southwest, has watched with nervous anticipation as Israel's military has heightened preparations along the border and Syrian tanks can be seen maneuvering in the distance. Residents have cleaned out bomb shelters and hospitals have run emergency drills.
"You don't witness as many wars as we do without getting a sense when one is about to land on your doorstep," said Maryam al Din, a 78-year-old resident of Majdal Shams. "Ask anyone in the village, anyone in the villages around, and they will tell you that if you put your ear to the ground, you will clearly hear that war is coming to this place."
News last week that Russia would be going ahead with the sale of an advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missile system to Syria has heightened tensions along the border. Israeli officials have said that the sophisticated weapons system would be a "red line" for Israel, especially as they fear that Syria could transfer the missiles to militant groups across the region. Israel's top generals have warned that they will act to make sure that dangerous weapons from Syria aren't dispersed to militants, and Israel is widely believed to be behind three separate airstrikes that targeted weapons convoys on Syrian soil earlier this year.
In response, Syrian President Bashar Assad has threatened to "open a front on the Golan Heights."
"There is clear popular pressure . . . and Arab enthusiasm" for such a conflict, Assad said during an interview last week that was broadcast on Lebanon's al Manar TV, the broadcast outlet of Hezbollah.
His words, and the equally ominous statements being made by Israeli officials, have only hastened preparations in Majdal Shams.
"We are in a very complicated situation, caught between very strong armies and countries. But for us it is simply that we are Syrian Druze and this land, as it is, should be in Syria," said Fakher Safdi a resident of Majdal Shams.
Majdal Shams fell into Israeli hands during the 1967 Six-Day War. A village of 23,000 Syrian Druze – the Druze are ethnically different from Arabs and follow a religion that borrows from a wide variety of philosophies – it looks more like a city in Syria than the Israeli towns and villages just a few miles away. While Druze who live farther south near the Sea of Galilee largely have embraced the state of Israel, serving in the Israeli army and learning Hebrew in schools, the Druze of the Golan Heights, including Majdal Shams, have always seen Syria as their traditional homeland.
"We long to return to there and to be united with our families once again," said Dr. Taisser Maray, who works in a local village clinic. "We see ourselves as part of Syria, and so we hurt for what is happening there."
Like the Druze in Syria, Majdal Shams has found itself divided between those who support the rebels and those who support the Assad regime.
"Families are split, divided between support between one side and another. There have been demonstrations, clashes, we are just trying to keep the peace. That is most important," said Maray.
In the streets, graffiti in support of the opposition has been scrawled on a wall just a few blocks from a shoe store where photos of Assad were proudly displayed. Residents said that now, as always, their allegiance is to Syria rather than to Israel, but they were unsure of what their country would look like in a year, or even in a month's time.
"What happens in Syria we feel here," Safdi said. "We all have family there – brothers, sisters, parents. We hear the news from them and our hearts are heavy for what is happening in our country. It is a very complicated position to be in, but all we can do is prepare and survive."
Dr. Maray said villagers felt they were being watched by Israeli intelligence, which closely monitors contact the Druze in Majdal Shams have with their families in Syria, and by the Assad regime, which questions the loyalty of the Golan Druze to the Syrian state.
"You feel you are being watched and guarded from every side," he said. "Yes, this is a strange position to be in."


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This afternoon I head to Quilt Market in Pittsburgh. If you are attending, I hope you will stop by the F+W booth Friday at 11:45. I'll be there signing copies of Vintage Quilt Revival! For those of you not able to go, I thought I'd post some pretty fabric here for you today. :)
I received this fabric last week from designer Laura Gunn - her latest line Flutter for Michael Miller Fabrics. Last Winter I bought some of Laura's bird prints from her Etsy Shop. I used them to decorate my guest room, so she knew I was going to be excited when I saw her new line. I can't wait to use these to make some coordinating pillows!
I am planning on pairing them with some of Laura's Painter's Canvas that I have on hand. Most likely I'll keep in simple with either log cabins or just squares.
I also wanted to share that I officially have two more patterns available in print.
You can find those in my pattern shop, along with PDF downloads. Any printed patterns purchased this week will ship once I'm back from market on Monday. If you are a shop and would like wholesale information, just email me!
Finally, I started Lisa Congdon's Creativebug class this week. I decided it would be fun to do some drawing with my 7 year old daughter. That's hers up top with all the colors. She is loving it! I'm not sure she has ever spent so much time on one picture. And I am not someone comfortable with drawing, but Lisa really breaks it down into simple idea and shapes. I highly recommend it!
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WASHINGTON - U.S. health regulators are warning doctors and women of child-bearing age that half-a-dozen medications used to treat migraine headaches can decrease children's intelligence if taken while their mothers are pregnant.
The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that the drugs, including Depakote and Depacon, should never be taken by pregnant women for the prevention of migraine headaches.
The pills, which all contain the ingredient valproate sodium, already carry a boxed warning about the risk of birth defects. But the FDA said it is adding new warnings to the drugs after a study showed they decreased IQ scores in children whose mothers took them while pregnant.
"We have even more data now that show the risks to the children outweigh any treatment benefits for this use," said Russell Katz, the FDA's director for neurology drugs.
Earlier this year, researchers at Emory University reported that valproate-containing drugs were connected with an 8 to 11 point reduction in IQ scores for children at age 6. The study compared children whose mothers had taken different classes of neurological drugs while pregnant. The results supported similar findings from when the children were age 3.
Depakote and similar drugs are also used to treat bipolar disorder and seizures. While the FDA said it would not contraindicate the drugs for those uses, the agency said women of child-bearing age should only them as a last resort.
"Women who can become pregnant should not use valproate unless it is essential to managing their medical condition," the agency said in a statement.
Depakote is marketed in the U.S. by AbbVie, which was spun off earlier this year from parent company Abbott Laboratories. AbbVie also markets several other versions of the drug, including Depacon, an injectable formulation. The FDA's warning also affects Stavzor, a pill marketed by Noven Pharmaceuticals for bipolar disorder.
The FDA said it is working with the drug manufacturers to change their products' pregnancy code for migraines to X. The code indicates that the drug's risks outweigh its benefits for the given use.


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Nearly every driver crossing San Francisco Bay Area bridges will need to pay a higher toll starting July 1.
Wednesday (Jan 27), the Bay Area Toll Authority bumped the cost of crossing the Bay Bridge to $6 during commute hours, and the price for driving across the other six bridges to $5, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
The move will also impact carpoolers for the first time and those who pull recreational vehicles. Truck drivers will also see their tolls increase – but not for awhile.
The Golden Gate Bridge, which is owned and controlled by an independent district, is not affected.
The package of toll hikes unanimously approved by the authority after months of public hearings brings to the Bay Area congestion-based tolling and carpool tolls for the first time. About a dozen speakers asked the commission either to kill or reduce the toll increases. Among the opponents were casual carpoolers, and recreational vehicle and boat users.
On the Bay Bridge, drivers crossing during weekday commute hours – from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m – will have to pay $6. During other weekday hours, the toll will remain at $4. On weekends, it will rise to $5. The toll will increase to $5 at all other times on the Dumbarton, San Mateo, Richmond-San Rafael, Carquinez, Benicia-Martinez and Antioch bridges. Carpoolers on all bridges will see their free ride end, as they're charged $2.50.
Truck drivers will see the steepest increases, but in an attempt to soften the blow to struggling truckers, their increases will be delayed for a year to allow them to negotiate with their customers to cover increased costs. Trucks and other multiple-axle vehicles will be charged $5 per axle. They now pay between $6 for a three-axle vehicle to $13.50 for a seven-axle vehicle.


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The dynamic Roman Bratasiuk runs one of the most quality-conscious Estates in South Australia. His love of the defined and complex wines of France's best winemakers is mirrored in the balance and sophistication of the wines he produces. Everything is hand picked and yields are low, resulting in some remarkably concentrated wines that combine power and complexity. From Old Vines Grenache to Single Vineyard Chardonnay, the wines are as diverse as they are exciting.
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The great red grape of the northern Rhône where it reaches its optimum levels in the violet-scented muscular wines of Hermitage and the graceful sappy Côte Rôties, which in the latter case is sometimes blended with Viognier. The wines of Cornas are renowned as producing Syrah-based wines very close in quality to Hermitage, while St Joseph and Crozes-Hermitage also represent some good value examples. It is also a component of many southern Rhône reds, namely Gigondas and Châteauneuf-du-Pape. As Shiraz, it is Australia's most important red variety, found in various guises from ripe fruit-forward commercial wines to intense concentrated old vine cuvees such as Grange and those of Clarendon Hills. In the best instances Syrah/Shiraz produces deep, spicy, age-worthy wines.
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These hand-crafted plastic woven bracelets are made in the heart of West Africa with bright colors that add ethnic vibrance to any look. Made in Mali. 3" wide. BB-0104
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Highlights: I am driven by a need to create. I'm happiest when I'm creating something beautiful – something that inspires, lifts up and brings joy and colour to the world. Something that hopefully others love to look at and gives them joy. All my original paintings are packed carefully, are signed on the back and front (the purely abstract paintings are signed only on the back to allow for them to be displayed vertically or horizontally) and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. This painting is size 56 cm x 76 cm (or about 22 inches x 30 inches). A frame size 70 cm x 90 cm would work well. For more details about my inspiration, medium, and signature style, please read on.
Inspiration: Since I was a child, I have collected all sorts of stones, seashells, corals, sand, and pebbles. I love feeling connected to nature through collecting such beachcombing finds. I've spent countless happy hours searching for agates along the shores of Lake Superior in the USA or looking for a particularly interesting seashell or fossil in Ireland. And of course, I love gemstones. Of course, partly I am inspired by the gemstone colours – and I find it fascinating that many gemstones (a perfect example being lapis lazuli) used to be ground down into powder to make the necessary pigment for artists hundreds of years ago. But I also find their formation fascinating, as I'm a bit of a geology fan. And lastly, I find meaning in the diversity of gemstones found in the natural world – that an emerald can have lots of different shades of green. That many gems (amethysts, sapphires and others), actually naturally occur in a multitude of colours. And so for this painting, I was inspired by my love of gemstones - their circular shape, their colour saturation and their iridescence (shimmer, pearlescence, and of course, lustre). You might be surprised to know that while most Sapphires are blue, Sapphires actually come in a variety of colours including vivid orange (that particular variety is called Songea Sapphire). Similarly, while Garnet is best known for a rich burgundy almost plum red colour, they naturally occur in other colours including a golden yellow and a leaf green.
Medium / Style: I strive to create artwork that is beautiful and inspiring. Artwork that transports the viewer into another world. Art that is calming and serene but also full of life and energy. My particular style of work has developed over the years based on my combining two radically different yet similar mediums – the old and the new. The old is calligraphy ink, which has a long tradition of hundreds of years particularly in Asia and has a fabulous ink rich black colour that moves with the water so well. My other medium is quite new – liquid acrylic ink – it's a specialty ink that has been specially formulated based on acrylic paint to work with water better than normal acrylic paint. The end result is that my signature style has lots of movement from the interaction of the inks and the water. I adore strong colours that jump out of the painting and grab attention. The bolder the better! This artwork is created on luxury heavyweight Fabriano watercolour paper which has a rough texture that enables me to create some wonderful patterns and textures with the inks and water.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Suddenly, security has become a pressing concern among technology's highest-profile players.
A few days after Facebook Inc. FB, -0.36% disclosed that it was hit by a "sophisticated attack," Apple Inc. said it had also suffered a security breach, according to a published report.
Apple AAPL, +0.61% said a small number of employee-owned Macintosh computers were breached, adding that the company is working with law-enforcement agencies on the problem, according to a report by Reuters.
On Friday, the social-networking site Facebook said it had been breached after some employees went to a mobile developer's website, which turned out to have been compromised. The company said it found "a suspicious domain," which it then tracked to an employee's laptop. The laptop was discovered to house "a malicious file." See story: Facebook hacked in 'sophisticated attack.'
The Apple breach came against the backdrop of what appeared to be a wave of high-profile attacks on the Twitter feeds of notable companies.
The official Twitter page of Jeep was apparently hacked Tuesday, a day after Burger King's account suffered a breach. The Twitter page for the @Jeep account showed the company logo with the words, "Just Empty Every Pocket, Sold To Cadillac."
On Monday, Burger King's Twitter page was changed to read, "Just got sold to McDonalds because the whopper flopped." A Twitter spokesman said the social-media site does not comment on individual accounts. A Jeep spokesman told MarketWatch that the company is aware of the issue and is working to resolve it as soon as possible.
Tuesday also brought a warning from Google Inc. GOOG, -0.21%, which said in a security-update blog post that cybercriminals are increasingly focused on stealing passwords to break into Google email accounts as a way to send spam users. In the blog post, Google said that it has seen "a large increase in fraudulent mail sent from Google accounts" since 2010, when "spammers started changing their tactics."
The update posted by Google security engineer Mike Hearn observed: "With stolen passwords in hand, attackers attempt to break into accounts across the web and across many different services. ... We've seen a single attacker using stolen passwords to attempt to break into a million different Google accounts every single day, for weeks at a time. A different gang attempted sign-ins at a rate of more than 100 accounts per second."
Google posted the warning to highlight what the company said were its recent successes in preventing hacking attacks.
The company said its security team has developed a system that "performs a complex risk analysis to determine how likely it is that the sign-in really comes from you."
Google said such measures had helped cut the number of compromised accounts by nearly 100% "since the peak of these hijacking attempts in 2011."


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Shadin Hossain
An artistic journey that is as inspiring as it is unlikely
Unlike most artists who benefit from formal education, followed by a group or shared show and finally/ hopefully land a solo show, the tale of Shadin is nothing like that...
Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Shadin started his journey to America at the age of 17 to pursue his dream of a better life with more opportunities than he could see possible in his homeland. Due to the age requirements he was rejected, when he finally turned 18 he re-applied and a year later found himself standing in New York City.
Although he viewed drawing as a hobby it was never a goal he strived for. When he first arrived in NY in 1993, he took any job he could get, from a janitor to a pizza delivery boy, as long as he was working in America he felt blessed. One day he stumbled into the Omega Gallery, a Fine Art framing and restoration business in New York City, which turned out to be an unexpected life changing event . There he learned everything he could about fine art framing, restoration, preparation and presentation. At the Omega Gallery, Shadin was able to take his boyhood hobby and turn it into a practical career opportunity.
After five years as an apprentice, in 1999, Shadin opened his own establishment. Partnering with his brother he opened Galleria on Third in the Murray Hill section of New York City specializing in museum quality custom framing, restoration, repair and presentation. Galleria on Third has been in business over 15 years, and maintains one of the best reputations for quality of work and customer service. Shadin has worked with and advised everyone from students and up-and-coming artists to celebrated world renowned artist, from novice collectors to life -long collectors of master works.
After years of advising and framing other artist's work, Shadin has finally traveled full circle and has returned to his own artistic passion and is creating a unique style that combines pop art sensibility with folk art. Working with a combination of acrylics, epoxies, plastic, paper and most of all an indelible spirit. Shadin's 3-D collage pieces are gaining the attention of art lovers everywhere and was recently featured on NY1 as the New Yorker of the Week this past August 2011 . In addition to being a talented artist, Shadin and his Galleria on Third have also been recognized for his philanthropic nature as he hosts Benefit Art Shows throughout the year which caught the attention of the New York Daily News, Art Business News and Décor Magazine. The proceeds of these charity events have benefited a variety of organizations with a focus on helping needy children including partnerships with World Vision and Smile Train.


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A sister is honoring her late brother, Mark Allen Cravens, with a food drive to help Ohio veterans in need.
A sister is honoring her late brother, Mark Allen Cravens, with a food drive to help Ohio veterans in need.
Caroline Cravens said her brother, a Desert Storm veteran, served in the Air Force for more than three years.
"Mark was honorably discharged in June of 1993," she said. "Two weeks later, he died in a motorcycle accident at the age of 21. He had a love for motorcycles, and the military was his life."
In addition to his sister, Cravens has a surviving identical twin brother who also served in the Air Force for 20 years and is an Iraq veteran.
Marking the 20th anniversary of his death, Caroline Cravens, a Powell resident who works in Gahanna, said her main goal for Supporting Veterans -- The Mark Allen Cravens (MAC) Food Drive is to collect nonperishable goods for Ohio veterans who attend VA clinics.
"The nonperishable goods are for the veterans that are dealing with financial difficulties," she said. "It is very sad what I just recently learned. There are some veterans that only eat one meal a day. It's time to take a stand and support our fellow veterans who fought for our country and show them support as they sacrificed their lives for us."
The drop-off for the food drive is at the VFW Post 9857, 2330 Stelzer Road, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Aug. 6.
Post Commander Ron Ward said he offered the post as a drop-off site.
"I work at a booth at the Franklin County Stand Down at Veterans Memorial," Ward said. "You'd be amazed how many veterans come through. There are a lot of homeless veterans out there."
Every year, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs provides services to homeless veterans at Stand Downs across the country. The VA's first Stand Down was held in San Diego in 1988. The intent is to provide services to homeless veterans. the Stand Downs typically are one- to three-day events, providing such services as food, shelter, clothing, health screenings, VA and Social Security benefits counseling and referrals to a variety of other necessary services, like housing and employment.
This year's Central Ohio Homeless Veterans Stand Down is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at Veterans Memorial, 300 W. Broad St. Admission is free for veterans, who will be offered a variety of services and a hot meal.
"They have doctors, lawyers and judges there," Ward said. "They have all kinds of clothing. It's a big deal."
He said VFW Post 9857 helps veterans periodically with rent or food but nothing on a regular basis.
"We have a service officer for veterans who need help to get benefits going," Ward said.
Cravens said her brother was a police officer in the Air Force.
"He was an outstanding soldier, brother, son and friend," she said. "I am so proud to call him my hero. He was such a good person and always gave back to his community. So now I think it's time to honor him in his name and give back."
Following the food collection, the distribution will be held Aug. 7 at the Mifflin Township Police Station, 2455 Agler Road, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
To receive the nonperishable goods, veterans must present a veteran identification or honorable-discharge papers.


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Swanson Goes Back To Basics With Unsalted Cooking Stocks
Campbell Soup Co., Camden, N.J., rolls out Swanson Flavor Boost concentrated broths and Swanson Unsalted Cooking Stocks, a great convenience for home cooks.
Developed by Campbell chefs, Swanson Flavor Boost delivers concentrated broth flavor in a convenient liquid packet and is 100 percent natural with no artificial flavors, colors, preservatives or added MSG. An ideal way to round out a dish, it brings a balanced, seasoned, flavor to stir-fried or skillet dishes, pasta, vegetables and more without adding excess liquid. It's available in three varieties: Chicken, Vegetable and Beef flavored.
Stock, an essential foundation for a number of main course dishes, gravies and sauces, is prized for its robust, meaty notes. Swanson Unsalted Cooking Stocks offer an easy way to incorporate the delicious taste of homemade stock into meals, without adding salt or having to stand over a simmering pot for hours on end. They are available in two varieties: Chicken and Beef flavored. They are 100 percent natural with no added MSG.
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3⁄8 yard of small red check for blocks
8—1⁄8-yard pieces of assorted white prints for blocks
1⁄2 yard of small red polka dot for inner border and sashing
1 yard of red-and-white stripe for middle border and binding
1-1⁄3 yards of large red polka dot for outer border
2-3⁄4 yards of backing fabric
49" square of quilt batting
Finished quilt top: 43" square
Finished block: 7-1⁄2" square
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BioTown, USA - Three Phase Project
Phase I of the BioTown plan, is the promotion, education, and increased use of ethanol and biodiesel as agriculturally derived replacements for petroleum distillates.
Goals of Phase I
- Educating residents about and encouraging residents to use ethanol and biodiesel.
- Install an E85 (85% ethanol, 15% gasoline) pump and a B20 (20% biodiesel, 80% petroleum diesel) pump in town to make alternative fuels available to BioTown residents.
- Replace the town's fleet with vehicles capable of using alternative fuels.
- Generate highly visible events that allow the alternative energy story to be told across the state, nation, and world.
In undertaking this project and becoming BioTown, the Town of Reynolds intends to work closely and cooperatively with the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, The Office of Energy and Defense Development, Indiana Soybean Board, Indiana Corn Growers Association, Central Indiana Clean Cities Coalition, White County Industrial Foundation, and the White County Agricultural Association.
Upon the near-completion of Phase I in November 2005, the BioTown, USA, project delved into Phase II. Phase II of the BioTown project includes the research, development and implementation of plans to transform agricultural and municipal wastes into electricity. Set in a rural county, there are more than 150,000 hogs within a 15 mile radius of Reynolds, as well as several other sources of organic waste streams (biomass), making it an ideal location for an anaerobic digester, manure gasifier or some similar type of technology to convert manure and biomass into energy for the homes and businesses in Reynolds.
The Indiana State Department of Agriculture has commissioned a detailed research initiative that will take an in-depth, analytical look at energy uses in the Reynolds area, potential biomass feedstocks, byproduct uses and available technologies for waste conversion to energy. This document is in its final preparation stage and will be released to the public in late–March 2006. This is a critical piece of research that will help define and provide clarity of what potentials exist.
Phase III focuses on producing synthetic natural gas from agricultural wastes and biomass. Much of the technology that will comprise Phase II has great relevancy to Phase III. The bottom line of both phases is to understand and select a technological process that is the most efficient and economical at converting waste to methane gas, which can be processed to a usable form of energy.
Our work in Phase II will pave the way for suitable execution of Phase III. While Phase III is the last phase, it is being pursed congruent with all other ongoing work.


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Michael Staton writes that the value of a college degree (the actual diploma) will lose much of its value in the coming years. Due to the onset of technology, certifications, and online learning, he sees an unbundling of higher education.
The value of paper degrees will inevitably decline when employers or other evaluators avail themselves of more efficient and holistic ways for applicants to demonstrate aptitude and skill. Evaluative information like work samples, personal representations, peer and manager reviews, shared content, and scores and badges are creating new signals of aptitude and different types of credentials.
For my experience as a nontraditional student, recruitment manager, and an instructor, I can appreciate his point. As a college student, I arrived to the classroom with almost seven years of work experience. While I didn't have any certifications or badges, I did arrive with many of the competencies usually developed over four years of college. My academic credentials were spotty at that point, but my ability to understand real world concepts was far beyond that of my peers who had just entered college. Once I graduated with my four year degree, I was at a decided advantage when it came to soft skills — work ethic, office politics, and time management. One of the best compliments I received was from a manager at my first "real job" who thought I had been with the organization for many years. He was shocked when he learned I was there only a few months.
I see the same situation and many of the same types of students in my classrooms, particularly those in the military. Given their experiences and backgrounds, military students are able to grasp leadership concepts much faster than those that have minimal work experience.


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The Transcranial Doppler Simulator is a comprehensive anatomical and physiological model of the cerebral circulation, combined with an ultrasound Doppler generator. With this program you can practice the different TCD approaches and examine a wide variety of cerebral circulatory pathology.
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My mother was an excellent cook, as was her mother before her, and probably her mother before her. It's what women did back then–they took care of home and hearth and in the days before restaurants were tres chic, they cooked big, nourishing meals to feed big families.
OK, so maybe I am not an excellent cook, but I am a good cook–when I want to be. Twice this past week, I told the story of coming home from college–and it wasn't often–and placing my order for dinner that morning, so it would be ready when I arrived around seven. It was always the same–fried pork chops, mashed potatoes and brown gravy.
In the 30 plus years since that bygone era, I have repeatedly tried, and alas failed, to replicate those delectable tender morsels. I don't know what her secret was, short of using a well-seasoned antiquated cast iron skillet, but nothing I do even comes close. Many of the recipes I make today are from my mother's collection, many handwritten in her small perfect cursive. It's sometimes painful to see her written words–she's been gone 10 years now–but I am ever so thankful I was the one to inherit her recipes and can share them with others.
But no matter what I make, there's no doubt, everything made by mom is better.
Candy Cake
Sift together:
3 1/2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
Combine and set aside:
1 lb. orange slice candy
8 oz. pitted dates
3 1/2 oz. flaked coconut
2 c. walnuts or pecans
Mix together:
1 c. butter
2 c. sugar
add four eggs, one at a time
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 c. buttermilk
1 c. orange juice
2 c. sifted XXXX sugar
To the creamed butter/sugar mixture, add dry ingredients and the fruit and candy mixture. Mix all together, pour into greased and floured tube cake pan. Bake at 250 degrees for 2 1/2-3 hours.
As soon as the cake comes out of the oven combine the orange juice and XXXX sugar and pour over the hot cake. Let stand in the pan overnight.
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