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Upcoming Books and New Releases
For fans of romance novels featuring football heroes, check out Avon's upcoming release, Rushing Amy by Julie Brannagh which comes out on February 25th and it's the second book in the author's Love and Football series. An arrogant ex-NFL star meets a gorgeous florist at her sister's wedding and is shocked when his patented moves prove he's got no game with this particular woman. It's always nice when the heroes have to step up their game, isn't it? I don't know if the price is permanent, but as of right now, the Kindle version is only $1.99 with the paperback at the usual release price of around $6, so I've taken advantage of the ebook discount.
Lori Wilde is well-known for her small-town Twilight, Texas series and recently the books she's put out for that series have had some tie-in to a holiday, and since she does a great job bringing the spirit of a holiday into the plot, more power to her! The latest addition is The Valentine's Day Disaster, book #4.5 in the series, and features an injured NASCAR driver looking to recuperate in his hometown who ends up face-to-face with his high school sweetheart during the town's Valentine's Day auction. Out already so go get it!
Lynsay Sands clearly deserves a yearly word count award as she keeps cranking out book after book for her Argeneau series (and vampire fiction fans appreciate all her hard work). The latest addition is the 20th book in the series (woohoo!), and Vampire Most Wanted has a renegade Argeneau hiding out in Southern California and the vampire sent to bring her back to Louisana for questioning. Put February 18th in your calendar or better yet, pre-order it.
With my adoration of all things steampunk/gaslight, I'm really not sure how author Lynn Viehl and her Disenchanted & Co series managed to sneak past me this year. Featuring a female private investigator living in an America which lost the Revolutionary War, this series looks terrific – it even has a love triangle with both an Inspector and a mage vying for the heroine's affections! With the release of the second book in the series, A Clockwork Wolf, coming out on February 25th and having our heroine petitioned by the noblewoman responsible for ruining her, I'm going to be playing catch up this week and reading these novels.
Elle Kennedy has romance readers everywhere fanning themselves with her Out of Uniform series and the latest addition, As Hot As It Gets, is actually the tenth book in the series and centers on a sexy SEAL who, after watching all his teammates find their true love, discovers a sexy gardner who pushes all his buttons…and has so many obligations she's not open to dating. Give a SEAL a challenge and expect all the stops to be pulled out.
Vivian Arend's most recent Thompson & Sons novel, Baby, Be Mine, will be on the shelves as of February 25th and I've had this one pre-ordered since December 15th as the initial buzz was so great. When a heroine has a car accident and loses her memory (and let's just say that one particular memory of that night is pretty key), she's more than baffled as to how she can be pregnant, but she's further confused when a good friend comes back from a work assignment two months later acting like he has rights where she is concerned. What gives? Do yourself a favor and get the fantastic anthology Marked which has not only the first book in this new series but also two other amazing books by Kit Rocha and Lauren Dane while you are waiting for this one.
Contests and Giveaways
Historical romance fans love Elizabeth Hoyt for good reason, so if you enjoy her books or have simply wanted to try them, you may want to take a look at the Goodreads giveaway for the first book in her Legend of the Four Soldiers series, To Taste Temptation. When a self-made man wearing moccasins shows up among the ton with a reputation for fleeing a massacre in North America that many English gentlemen didn't survive, society is scandalized but one young woman is nothing but fascinated with the forthright, sensual man who made it through the battle her brother did not. When that same gentleman begins to suspect her fiancee of culpability in the battle's outcome, she must decide whether she can rely on her newly formed trust to tell help her ferret out the truth. Enter before the February 28th deadline for your chance to win.
Entangled Publishing recently released three fantastic military romances under the Brazen imprint – including Staking His Claim by Tessa Bailey, Tawna Fenske's Marine for Hire and Temporarily Yours by Diane Alberts– and they are still celebrating with a terrific giveaway on the Fiction Vixen website. Prizes include a Kindle Paperwhite, signed copies of the books and 2 $25 Amazon gift cards, so unlock the Rafflecopter interface and get your entries before the February 26th deadline.
Since I'm a fan of Gina Maxwell's world of MMA Fighters in her Fighting for Love series, I was thrilled to see that her excellent Entangled ebooks have been picked up by St. Martin's Press to be published in print. The second excellent book in the series, Rules of Entanglement, will be coming out in paperback on February 25th, and anyone interested in winning a copy should hustle over to the Goodreads giveaway immediately and enter the contest by February 17th (that's tomorrow!). With this ridiculous cold weather, watching an uptight district attorney let her hair down with an MMA fighter while she plans her best friend's (and his sister's) wedding is exactly what the weatherman ordered!
Fun Stuff
Those clever editors at Avon Publishing have come up with a "choose your own adventure" type book, except this time it's a naughty romantic adventure. A Girl Walks Into a Bar: Your Fantasy, Your Rules is written in the first person and offers periodic decisions (like wearing control top panties, naughty underwear or going commando) with the adventure directing you to the page of your next adventure. It's tough to say from the Amazon preview as to weather the ebook as direct hyperlinks to the place in the text, but it's an intriguing direction for romance fiction or erotica to venture. Author Helena S. Paige is purportedly doing more than one, so take a look and see if this could be something you'd like – I can picture it being a great present for a girls' night out/bachelorette party!
My love for sports romance fiction is no secret, so I was pleased to see several wonderful authors like Cassandra Carr and Kelly Jamieson band together and form the Hockey Romance website to promote their upcoming work to fans. This is a great idea since if you enjoy one hockey romance, you might certainly enjoy another, so cross promoting like-minded authors leads to greater discoverability. I hope they start blogging about their favorite teams, the Stanley Cup playoffs and tricky concepts like icing to help readers appreciate the genre even more!
If you know someone who didn't have the greatest Valentine's Day, a terrific gift would be one that allows them to dwell on all their favorite Hollywood stars. As good as chocolate would be Color Me Swoon: The Beefcake Activity Guide for Good Color-Inners As Well As Beginners with it's representations of Ryan Gosling, George Clooney and Brad Pitt just begging for your set of colored pencils and some "me" time. British artist Mel Eliott has given all of us a chance to reconnect with our inner (ahem) child, so thanks Mel!
The toughest part of choosing a calendar is always debating the cute animals approach versus the hot shirtless guys you'd like to also be looking at. Compromise no more! Hot Guys and Baby Animals 2014 combines two of your favorite things and tells you what day of the week it is. You're welcome.
Great Deals
Harlequin Blaze's Uniformly Hot series is one of my favorites and if you enjoy your category romance with a military hero, I suggest you take a look. A great way to dip a toe is to take advantage of the great Uniformly Hot! Volume 1 Bundle, featuring three books from Rhonda Nelson, Tawny Weber and Karen Foley – three writers with serious military chops. Harlequin books are always well priced, but $.99 for over 500 pages of hot heroes and feisty heroines is the ultimate bargain.
I love Kresley Cole's paranormal novels (she has an entire section of my Kindle app devoted to her) and her recent contemporary The Professional was amazing, so I'm eager to sample her historical novels. A great way to try one out is to take advantage of the ebook sale on If You Deceive, the third book in her Scottish McCarrick Brothers trilogy. A former Highland nobleman, beaten and scarred years ago for a crime he didn't commit, finds the opportunity for the ultimate revenge when he realizes the man who caused him all this pain has a gorgeous daughter, one he can seduce with false promises and then cast aside. Naturally his plan goes awry, but can love survive the ultimate deception?
This great deal could have also been in the Upcoming Books section with a release date of March 3rd, but with seven books from seven really wonderful authors, the Lucky 7 Bad Boys Contemporary Romance Boxed Set should be on everyone's pre-order list, particularly with the price of $.99. Readers ge 2000 pages by Charity Pinerio, Sophia Knightly, Tawny Weber, Nina Bruhns, Susan Hatler, Virna DePaul and Kristin Miller, so I think we end up being the lucky ones!
That's it for this week. Happy reading!


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Kan. Gov. Had 'JESUS+Mary' Written on Talking Points for Pro-Life Bill
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Kansas Governor and former United States Senator Sam Brownback wrote "JESUS+MARY" on his talking points for a major pro-life bill that he signed into law on Friday.
He had written "JESUS+MARY" at the top of the page and "a culture of life" scribbled farther down on the front page, according to The Associated Press.
The major pro-life bill, House Bill 2253 or the "Pro-Life Protections Act," has been hailed by supporters and opponents alike as a sweeping piece of anti-abortion legislation.
Among its 70 pages of provisions, the PLP Act bars tax breaks for abortion providers and blocks them from participating in public school sex education classes. The recently signed law also includes language stating that human life begins at conception.
"On and after July 1, 2013, the laws of this state shall be interpreted and construed to acknowledge on behalf of the unborn child at every stage of development, all the rights, privileges and immunities available to other persons, citizens and residents of this state, subject only to the constitution of the United States, and decisional interpretations thereof by the United States supreme court," reads HB 2253.
In a statement, Brownback said, "All human life is sacred. It's beautiful … With this, we continue to build this culture of life in our state."
The law had its share of vocal opponents, as Gary Brunk of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and Western Missouri, Elise Higgins of The Kansas National Organization for Women, Peter Brownlie of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri, and Julie A. Burkhart of Trust Women issued a joint statement denouncing it as "a blatant political move."
"Providing medically inaccurate information does not benefit the health or safety of Kansans. The bill is designed to create distrust between a woman and her doctor," reads the joint statement.
The PLP Act was introduced in February by State Representative Lance Kinzer (R-Olathe). After going through an amending process, on Friday, April 5, it was approved by a vote of 28 to 10 in the Senate and passed with a vote of 90 to 30 in the House hours later.
"These measures represent a significant step forward in our ongoing effort to advance thoughtful and targeted legislation that both defends innocent human life and protects women who are so often exploited by the abortion industry," said Kinzer in a statement.
Kansas is one of many states considering or passing pro-life legislation and restrictions on abortion access. In Virginia, the Board of Health recently gave final approval of increased regulations of the Commonwealth's abortion clinics. In late March, Governor Jack Dalrymple of North Dakota signed into law a bill that bans abortions once a fetus' heartbeat is detected.
Correction: Wednesday, April 24, 2013:
An article on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, about Kansas Governor Sam Brownback having "JESUS+Mary" written on a copy of a pro-life bill incorrectly stated that the notes were on a copy of House Bill 2253. According to his communications director, Brownback's notes were on a copy of talking points rather than the bill.


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A year after their first Star Wars-themed art show, the Ltd. Art Gallery in Seattle, which will debut "Who Shot First?" an exhibit of awesome/bizarre/awesome-and-bizarre art inspired by all six Star Wars movies by 40 different artists (but mostly the the original trilogy). The exhibit premieres next Thursday and is running through January 27, but if Seattle is effectively in a galaxy far, far away for you, here are two of the upcoming works!
Top art: "Vader Got Served" by Aaron Jasinki
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"Astromech Droid" by Steve Thomas
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"Boba Fett" by Rich Pellegrino
"Revenge of the Sandpeople" by Mark Daniels
"Nerf Herder" by Mark McHaley
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Dear Sam.
Recieved your letter today and I'm glad to hear youre getting along so good. Your card Sat said not to write any more and I thought sure you were going to start for home. The papers had it that you were to start for home by today but since Sat there hasn't been anything said. You can't rely on the papers. I guess nobody will know till you are ordered to pack and march to the train (which will be soon I hope).
Mary had the tooth ache last night and she didn't feel well all day. She went down to the Union though this afternoon. It is lonesome here now without her. Lena is playing the piano and pa is sitting in the rocking chair reading. It is a cool night and feels kind of chilly.
Tom Higgins started for New York this morning. The buyer and asst. buyer took him. I guess he has a good job and if he takes good care of himself he might rise to be a buyer himself some day. I got your paper and read about the parade you had. I guess I would like to see it alright. You say your dish towel is wore out well why not let the dishes or tins dry in the sun. I should think your clothes would be worn out by the way you wash them every day.
There is no news here at all. There is going to be a big suger refinery put up down the end of Belmont st. They are dreging out the river and cleaning up the wharfs down there. I don't suppose they'll start building right away though. Of course you know you and I will have to watch them put it up from the window so that they will do it right.
When I mail this letter I'm going to take down my hair and get in to my bath robe and maybe by that time pa will go to bed and then Oh you Rocking chair and magazine. I hope this is your last week down there. We are all well and pa couldn't be any better. I know when Mary reads your letter she'll be dissappointed cause your not started for home yet. She is very anxious to see you like all the rest of us. Hoping this finds you well I will close
With Love from all
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Shameless - Complete Season One
I love British television. It's like being 8 and hanging out with the older, cooler kids on the block. The ones who aren't afraid to cuss, make rude remarks about, well, anybody and might even show their bum to a passing neighbor before running off in fits of laughter. According to your well bred American TV parents those kids are trouble and you should stay well away if you know what's good for you.
Shameless is good for you. The Gallagers are a family of trouble in Manchester with an absentee mother and a town drunk for a father. Six kids who all know tricks to survive as a family will offend, shock and even make you fall in love. There is Fiona, who plays surrogate mother and reluctant ingenue, Ian, a gay teenager whose stay in the closet keeps him from thug beatings but also gets more and more confining, Lip, a charming smart ass, Debbie, the dangerously protective 9 year old plus hyper-active Carl and adorable Liam. They will have you cheering for their escapades and mourning for their betrayals all the while their in-league neighbors help make trashy seem downright domestic.Continue Reading


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Tiger Woods opened the 2013 PGA TOUR season with his 75th career title at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in San Diego. Woods carded an even-par 72 in the final round to finish at 14-under-par, four shots ahead of defending champion Brandt Snedeker and Josh Teater who tied for second.
With this victory, Woods has won the Farmers Insurance Open seven times and earned eight titles at Torrey Pines (including the 2008 U.S. Open title), giving him the most wins at one venue in PGA TOUR history.
The 14-time major winner played in 13 and won eight AJGA tournaments from 1991-1993, which ties him for second most AJGA career wins and earned him the title of Rolex Junior Player of the Year in 1991-1992. Woods appeared in the Wyndham Cup from 1990-1993 as a member of the West Team and posted a record of 11-3-2, the best of any boy in the tournament's history.
Before beginning his professional career, Woods spent two years at Stanford, where he was a two-time first team All-American. In 1996 he was the NCAA individual champion, the Jack Nicklaus Player of the Year, the Pac-10 conference champion and Pac-10 Player of the Year.


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The global hierarchy of al Qaeda proper has been destroyed or made irrelevant (good), Iraq's violence is down to about a quarter it was during the dark days of 2006 (good), and Afghanistan's violence level is slightly above Iraq's (bad, it has been rising). Elsewhere the Philippines is talking to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and giving them terroritry (not good but stops killing) while Abu Sayef is run down (good). There is no longer a difference between Pakistan and Afghanistan as military operations cross borders almost daily. Meanwhile al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb is reminding Algerians of the bad days of the 1990s. The truly dark spot is in Somalia. After a series of victories by the government and their Ethiopian backers the former youth wing of the Islamic Court Union, Al-Shabaab, has received al Qaeda backing. Al-Shabaab has taken the south and is directly engaging the government, Ethiopian, and African Union soldiers.
The plotters of 9/11 are in the background while their smaller children seek to fill the vacuum.
The days of credit given to those who cannot handle it sure shook the world. Economies in recession led to markets slowing down. The big under reported story of this downturn is the falls effect on oil prices. As of late October oil prices were trading below $65 a barrel. For the last several years dictatorial countries like Russia, Venezuela, and Iran managed to expand their operations with gas profits. Will these powers slim down their operations or will they fall like the Soviet Union under pressure from their growing monetary demands.


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Some delegates called for stricter measures for flag States to ensure that their vessels' activities do not undermine or harm the effectiveness of international conservation measures. It was also suggested that flag States and coastal States cooperate to reduce the costs of onboard inspectors and observers. A distant water fishing State noted that the presence of these observers would need to be provided by the regional organizations themselves when the vessels are on the high seas.
An additional sub-paragraph was suggested that would forbid vessels given the right to fly a State's flag to engage in any activity harmful to international conservation and management measures. An additional proposal establishes special procedures to allow a ship to fly a State's flag, including the prohibition of reflagging while at sea.
A delegate asked why the word "effectively" was used in reference to conservation and management measures but not with regard to the measures taken up by the flag State. Deletion of this word was suggested, but the Chair remarked that this language is drawn verbatim from UNCLOS. An amendment was also proposed that would require flag States to enforce temporary unilateral measures of an urgent nature taken by the coastal State.
Numerous references were made to the FAO Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas, but the extent to which the text can be integrated within the Chair's document was unclear. Some delegates were of the view that it cannot be integrated or that references cannot be made to it too explicitly since its adoption by major distant fleets is still uncertain. A delegate remarked that the Chair's text had been prepared before this agreement was drafted and that the FAO effort should be considered. Small island representatives feared that the FAO agreement would not be ratified by the governments that provide flags of convenience under which substantial distant fishing takes place. Strengthening the current text would thus be preferable.
With regards to enforcement measures, a member of the Like-Minded States recommended that the provisions of L.11/Rev.1 on that matter be reproduced in the Chair's document. The Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) was also mentioned as an agreement under which the enforcement measures are effective and could be replicated at this Conference.
The debate then turned to yet another theoretical confrontation over the interpretation of UNCLOS with regards to the rights and duties of the coastal States in their EEZs and the applicability of this Conference to the high seas, the EEZs, or a combination thereof. A distant water fishing State triggered the debate with its request that the reference to the high seas be deleted in the chapeau of paragraph 22, which deals with the measures to be taken by the flag States. Representatives of the coastal States were adamant that jurisdictional matters within the EEZ are not the concern of this Conference. Nandan reflected on the fundamental dichotomy on references to the high seas throughout the text, but added that in the particular matter of enforcement, there can be no doubt whatsoever as to the extent of the coastal State jurisdictional rights in the management of the EEZ living resources, regardless of whether the stock straddles or migrates to the high seas or not.
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"One of the most perceptive and entertaining studies of the American spirit in the nineteenth century." —Richard Hofstadter
"The quality of The Stammering Century lay in the fact that its author was interested in the history of his country, not to mock the past or to instruct the present, but for its own sake. Because he was a man of intelligence and sympathy, because his judgment was notably sane and because he worked hard in the sources, his book offered a remarkable picture of the rise and decay of the evangelical strain in American reform….The Stammering Century is a work of continuing vitality and interest." —Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
"He [the reader] will find plenty in to excite his interest and stimulate his reflective powers. He will be continually wondering what is this thing in the mind of man which makes him love impossibilities, and not only believe in them but act on them. Many of Mr. Seldes's moonshine captains are rogues and frauds, but many are honest dreamers, and many are men of incoherent power." —The New York Times
"Mr. Gilbert Seldes has written a book which I for one have found extraordinarily delightful reading. Dealing as he does with all the cranks of the nineteenth century in America, he might easily have fallen into a tone of hard satire, but throughout he preserves a mood of wistful and whimsical regret….The Stammering Century is not only interesting psychologically and pathetic morally; it is also exceeding amusing, since most or the characters dealt with are delightful absurdities. Being myself inclined to crankdom, I have read the book as an awful warning, but those who have no inclination that way should read it humbly, with the realization that many of the most futile of these saints are authentically of the Kingdom of Heaven." —Bertrand Russell


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In Hollywood, there is such a thing as over-exposure. But now there's something that can be done to slightly alleviate pop culture fatigue.
Via CNN's Marquee Blog, an inventor has come up with a way to mute your TV every time a selected name or thing is mentioned.
The device, appropriately called "Enough Already," uses circuit boards to read closed captions, scanning for whatever buzzwords you like—let's say "Lindsay Lohan" or "The Situation." Whenever the name in question pops up, your television will head for the mute button.
U.S. & World
This is especially joyous news to TV watchers who can only handle one giant wedding per year. Kim Kardashian's, by the way, is this weekend.
While the process is a little tech-intensive, some may argue, it's well-worth the effort.
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Spruill optioned to Reno following Wednesday's game
The Arizona Diamondbacks selected the contract of infielder/outfielder Nick Evans from Triple-A Reno, according to D-backs' Executive Vice President & General Manager Kevin Towers.
Evans, 28, was hitting .354 (70-for-198) with 18 doubles, 11 home runs and 47 RBI in 51 games with the Aces this season. He also appeared in 8 games with the D-backs this season from May 28-June 12, going 1-for-11 (.091) with 1 homer and 1 RBI. Evans will wear No. 28.
Evans replaces right-handed pitcher Zeke Spruill on the roster, who was optioned to Reno following Wednesday's game vs. Cleveland.
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GREENSBORO, N.C.– Maryland women's basketball All-American and three-time ACC Player of the Year Alyssa Thomas has been named ACC Female Athlete of the Year for the 2013-14 academic year, as voted upon by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA).
Florida State football Heisman Trophy winner and baseball pitcher Jameis Winston was named ACC Male Athlete of the Year.
"What a tremendous honor for Alyssa to close out her career being named athlete of the year in the ACC," said head coach Brenda Frese. "There were so many memorable games and highlites in her career that she demonstrated what it took to perform at the highest level each and every night. She was a special player that impacted everyone. She is a player that will be remembered forever."
Thomas claimed the 24th Mary Garber Award as the conference's finest female athlete after becoming the second player in conference history to be voted the ACC Women's Basketball Player of the Year for a third straight season and leading the Terrapins to the 2014 NCAA Final Four.
"It's quite an honor to be named ACC Female Athlete of the Year," Thomas said. "I was grateful to be athlete of the year in my sport and this is just amazing. I want to thank everyone at Maryland for helping me get better and better all four years. They helped me achieve some of my biggest goals and I couldn't be more proud to be a Terp."
Maryland's Thomas led her team in scoring with 19.0 points per game and in rebounding with 10.9 per contest as the Terrapins posted a 28-7 record. In the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, Thomas passed Juan Dixon as Maryland's all-time leading basketball scorer (male or female). She ended her career with 2,356 career points and as the school's leading career rebounder with 1,235.
The 6-foot 2 Thomas led the ACC with 28 double-doubles in 35 games played in 2013-14 and led the nation with four triple-doubles. She is one of just three players in NCAA history with six or more triple-doubles in her career. The Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, native also ranked fifth among ACC players in assists (4.1 per game) and shot 51.3 percent from the floor.
In April, Thomas was selected fourth overall by the New York Liberty in the WNBA draft and traded to the Connecticut Sun minutes later in a blockbuster deal.
Thomas received 15 votes in the Garber Award balloting. Virginia soccer All-American Morgan Brian placed second with 10 votes, and Duke golf All-American Celine Boutier was named on eight ballots.
The awards are given in memory of distinguished journalists from the region. McKevlin was a sports editor in Raleigh, N.C., and Garber, of the Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal, was a pioneer as one of the first female sports journalists in the nation.


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- 03-30-2010: Open TURNS 0.13.2 just released.
This new version was already downloadable on sourceforge since the 16th of February, and thanks to Christophe Prud'homme it is now integrated into the unstable distribution of Debian.
The most prominent features are the windows port, a much better interoperability with python structures, the pretty print of most of the basic objects, quite a lot of small and big improvements of the library and some new capabilities. And of course, a bunch of bug fixes. See the detailed new features provided by this release.
The documentation has also been updated, see here for details.
- 07-22-2009: Open TURNS 0.13.1 in Debian unstable. Thanks to Christophe Prud'homme, the latest release of Open TURNS has integrated the unstable distribution of Debian.
- 07-14-2009: Updated the online documentation. See here to download the documentation of the 0.13.1 release July 2009. This new release of the documentation has the following new features.
- 07-09-2009: API Reference Guide available as inline documentation. See here for details.
Welcome to OpenTURNS' website
What is OpenTURNS ?
OpenTURNS is an Open source initiative to Treat Uncertainties, Risks'N Statistics in a structured industrial approach.
Since the beginning of 2005, a partnership of three companies has been working on building together a tool designed to perform uncertainty treatment and reliability analyses.
Key characteristics
OpenTURNS is a Unix/Linux software with three main components :
- a scientific C++ library including an internal data model and algorithms dedicated to the treatment of uncertainties. The main function of that library is giving to specific applications all the functionalities needed to treat uncertainties in studies. Targeted users are all engineers who want to introduce the probabilistic dimension in their so far deterministic studies.
- an independent application with a graphical user interface. This application was built to become the work environment for the specialist of the treatment of uncertainties. Targeted users are once again industrial practitioners: those who identify the treatment of uncertainties as a full task, which can be spread to multiple engineering domains.
- a python module with high level operators in the probabilistic and statistical field. The interest of this language is to be both a powerful scientific language (capable of using C++ libraries), and a user friendly interpreted language like Matlab's one. This python module was designed to make the development of prototypes easier (in order to test new algorithms and methods for example), to become an easy-to-use support for educational works, … This module intends to become a natural environment capable of integrating new developments within the field of uncertainty and sensitivity analysis. The targeted users are here research centres and the academic community.
An overview of all features available in OpenTURNS is given here.
Downloading Open TURNS
For the experienced users willing to directly download a specific version of Open TURNS, jump to SourceForge download area here.
Getting started
After downloading and installing? the OpenTURNS platform, you probably want to read some documentation about OpenTURNS.
You can also do your first steps with OpenTURNS by checking a basic analytical example or by building a wrapper (see old-wrapper for the old version) to link OpenTURNS with other tools (Scilab in this example).
If you want a quick start described step-by-step, please see QuickStart page.
You can find more documentation here.
- Sources are under GNU Lesser General Public License
- Documentation and this wiki content are under GNU Free Documentation License
Frequently Asked Questions
Here, you can find some of the most frequently asked questions about OpenTURNS' project.
Mailing lists
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Bug reporting
If you find a bug in any component of Open TURNS, please tell us.
We intend to distribute a software that behaves the way we (you and I) expect it to do. But before you send a new bug, please read the FAQ.
To help us solve the bugs you may have found, you have to open a new ticket (the link is shown on the top menu bar). But we were so much spammed we had to block anonymous ticket creation. So before you create your ticket you have to tell us for a login account. Here is how to ask for a login account.
After you logged in with your new account, open a new ticket and describe as much as possible the problem. That is, you have to tell us the component involved (or supposed involved), the version of Open TURNS you are using, and the sequence of actions that reproduces the bug. Without those elements, it is very difficult for us to solve it. You can also give us your email address to be informed of the bug resolution process.
But, please, do not enter any milestone. This element is only for us to inform you of the version in which your bug will be solved.
Be honest when you enter a severity. An erroneously critical or blocking bug may disturb us in our way to solve the maximum of problems.
When your ticket is created, you will be able to follow it through its number on one of the ticket reports.
There are many ways to contribute to the OpenTURNS project :
- Contribute to the OpenTURNS development
- Help us to write more documentation
- Use it and help us to catch bugs!
If you want to know more about contributing, check HowToContribute.


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SAN JOSE, CA — Product sales in the sports and fitness nutrition market are expected to reach $36 billion by 2010, according to a recent report by Global Industry Analysts Inc. The United States and Japan dominate the world sports and nutrition market, collectively accounting for more than 75 percent of sales.
With a more than 81 percent share of global sales, the food and drink market represents the leading product group for the sports and nutrition market, according to the report. Within foods and drinks, the sports/energy bar market represents the fastest growing segment while the sports/energy drinks market is the largest.


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Since announcing her exit from "American Idol," Paula Abdul has been in high demand.
"At this point, there are so many wonderful things that are being offered to me," Abdul said. "And I got to take a deep breath, sleep a little … and go through everything."
Abdul called The Associated Press Thursday evening during a break in taping her guest appearance on Lifetime's "Drop Dead Diva." Earlier this week, she announced she was leaving "American Idol" after eight seasons as a judge on the popular Fox singing show.
In her telephone interview with the AP, Abdul would not discuss details about her "Idol" exit and would not say if the door to negotiations was still open or what it would take to get her to return to the show.
Fox Entertainment Chairman Peter Rice was asked Thursday what the network would do if Abdul sought to reopen negotiations. Rice replied: "I have no expectation that Paula's going to do that. And in terms of the negotiations themselves, the negotiations have concluded."
When asked following a meeting of the Television Critics Association in Pasadena, Calif., what Fox's reaction would be if Abdul agreed to take the network's last offer, Rice replied he didn't expect her to.
The offer is for a multiyear, eight-figure deal that represents a 30 percent increase for Abdul, according to a person familiar with the talks. The person, who was not authorized to speak publicly, asked not to be identified.
"My understanding is that her only issue is money," Rice said.
"It's something that's very saddening to us," he said about Abdul's departure.
Among possibilities for Abdul's post-"Idol" career is "So You Think You Can Dance." Nigel Lythgoe, former "American Idol" producer and executive producer and judge with the Fox dance competition, has expressed interest in Abdul appearing on the show.
"I am not going to rule that out," she said. "I'm a dancer, a choreographer. Dance is a love of mine. But I have yet to sit down and discuss anything with anyone. It's all happening within the next couple of weeks."
Meanwhile, Abdul raved about working on "Drop Dead Diva." She plays a "real judge" in the Lifetime dramedy, starring Brooke Elliott as a plus-size lawyer. As was her role on "Idol," Abdul's character provides encouragement — this time, for Elliott's alter ego, Jane, rather than aspiring pop stars.
"I'm good at that," Abdul said. "I think I've been good at that since I was a little girl. Just rooting people on and trying to get people to remember to believe in themselves."
On Thursday, she was on set in Peachtree City, Ga. Her episodesair Sept. 13 and Oct. 11.
Will this be a recurring role?
"I hope! You know, this is exactly what life's about — working with people you absolutely love working with," she said.
With Abdul gone, female pop stars will serve as guest judges on "Idol" for the seven-week audition process set to begin Friday in Denver. Victoria Beckham and Katy Perry the first to be announced by Fox.
Original judges Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson are returning for the ninth season, which starts next January, and will be joined for a second year by Kara DioGuardi.
"It's insane right now. … It's been a lovely experience and the thing that is the most charming and the most heartfelt that makes my heart swell is the outpouring of love that people showed towards me," said Abdul. "And it's overwhelming and it's beautiful.
"And I got to tell you, I'm never going to change who I am at the core. I'm a hard worker, I love working hard and nothing gives me more joy than to be on a project and working with people who are trying to achieve the same goal. And that's where I'm at right now."
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Programmers and operators struggle to effectively insert video ads into professional content across devices. Adobe MediaWeaver addresses this challenge as a core component of the latest version of Project Primetime, announced today. To simplify the process of monetizing video content and create the optimal viewing experience for consumers, MediaWeaver merges three different workflows into one:
- Seamless ad insertion into linear, live, and VoD video content using a proprietary form of "ad stitching." This allows for dynamic ad execution into any content type, on any IP-connected desktop or device, creating an engaging, buffer-free ad and content experience for consumers.
- Complete management of business rules and contractual obligations tied to inventory splits and syndication rights. This helps media companies control which partners can sell advertising against their audience and programs, creating as much value as possible from every viewer interaction.
- Ad management (ADM), directing ad calls based on pre-defined rules and obligations to any ad server. This reduces friction throughout the broadcast-to-IP video and advertising workflow, and replicates the TV national and local ad inventory split for any video delivered to a desktop or device.
Adobe customers who use MediaWeaver can take advantage of off-the-shelf integration with Adobe Auditude, Adobe's video ad server, or pass ad calls seamlessly to linear/VOD or IP-based third-party ad servers. MediaWeaver allows Adobe customers to adopt Project Primetime and its components in modular fashion, without disrupting existing workflows, implementations or contractual arrangements.
With MediaWeaver, broadcasters can replace or dynamically insert ads into adaptive video streams on any desktop and a broad range of IP-connected devices — without content prep or workflow changes.
MediaWeaver delivers smooth, immediate transitions into and out of ad breaks. This process mimics the ease and simplicity of TV broadcasting to set-top boxes, and handles national and local inventory splits effortlessly – without sacrificing the addressability of a digital environment.
Check out the video overview below along with blog posts on our other latest Project Primetime updates: Primetime Media Player and full integration across Adobe advertising and data solutions.


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Ginger is an oft overlooked miracle worker. It is a normal part of the Asian diet but rarely incorporated into the Standard American Diet (SAD!). Not only will ginger boost your immunity, but it is a massive anti-inflammatory. Why is this a plus for anti-aging?
The immune system responds to injury or disease with inflammation. This is a normal, reparative reaction that is necessary for healing. But not all inflammation is good.
"When inflammation persists beyond its intended borders and purpose, however, the immune system mistakenly attacks normal cells, and the process that ordinarily heals becomes destructive. It is now widely accepted that chronic inflammation is the root cause of many serious illnesses, especially those related to aging," says Dr. Andrew Weil, Director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine. Continue reading


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I've previously mentioned Lars Christensen's One-Click Ruby Application Builder, a "compiler" for Ruby scripts that shows a lot of potential (and current value). There's not much documentation yet, but folks are installing it, using it, and providing feedback. It works right out of the box for many purposes, but here are a few things to keep in mind as you use it...
"Failed to create directory" Error
One user reported receiving the error "Failed to create directory" when running the compiled executable. As a possible workaround, try running ocra.rb from the directory where your script is located. For example, instead of running...
ocra.rb "C:\code\rubyscripts\application.rbw"
...navigate to the "C:\code\rubyscripts" directory, then run:
ocra.rb application.rbw
Note that while this resolved the problem on my machine, it didn't help the person who originally reported the problem.
Require RubyGems
When you compile your script (which uses one or more gems) with OCRA and then run the executable, you may receive a 'no such file to load' error. Try adding the line...
require 'rubygems'
...to the top of your script, above the other require statements. I've found that a script that runs pre-compiled without this statement may not execute once compiled.
Compile Without Running
I mentioned earlier that it would be nice to have an option to avoid fully running the script, similar to RubyScript2Exe's exit if RUBYSCRIPT2EXE.is_compiling? idiom. A tip of the hat goes to reader "BackOrder", who offered the following solution:
exit if Object.const_defined?(:Ocra)
Put all your require statements at the top of your code, followed by this line.
OCRA and Mechanize: "libxml2.dll not found"
There may be a problem compiling a script that requires the mechanize gem. Running the compiled executable resulted in a "libxml2.dll was not found" error on my machine.
Note that the above observations relate to version 1.0.2 (current as of this writing) of the ocra gem.
More information is available in the OCRA forums and bug tracker.
Thanks again to Lars for creating OCRA, and to the users who have installed it, used it, and provided their feedback.
Thanks for stopping by!


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Augusta Golf Adventures at
Applewood Golf Course
Are you looking for that special golf course that has great fairways, challenging greens, and won't cost you an arm and a leg? Well you've found it!!
Applewood Golf Course is described on the Hidden Fairways web site as "The Best Kept Secret in Augusta, Georgia". With an 18-hole Championship Golf Course, a fully stocked Pro-Shop, a commercial kitchen, a driving range, a short game practice facility and a practice green, our facility can meet your every golfing need. Some people say they like us because we're a great value and others say the fairways are the best in Augusta (well, if you don't include those of ONE other Augusta golf course). But they keep coming back because Applewood is always well maintained, the layout is fun for golfers of any skill, and the staff is as friendly as you can find.
Convenient Augusta Golf
The golf course is located just a few miles south of Augusta, Georgia... home of Augusta National Golf Course, the host of The Masters... and is built into an old apple orchard. In the spring, if you time your visit just right, you can stand on the tee box and smell the apple blossoms wafting in the breeze. Or if you're coming in April, you might get to see the Azaleas and Dogwoods in full bloom. Whenever you visit, you will always find Applewood Golf Course in great shape and our friendly staff eager to serve you.


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Oracle® Fusion
Applications Sales Implementation Guide
11g Release 5 (11.1.5)
Part Number E20373-05
This chapter contains the following:
Define Help Configuration: Overview
Set Help Options
FAQs for Assign Help Text Administration Duty
Manage Help Security Groups
Help File Customization
Embedded Help Customization
The Define Help Configuration task list contains tasks that let you set up and maintain Oracle Fusion Applications Help for all users. Use the Set Help Options task to determine if certain aspects of Oracle Fusion Applications Help are available to users and to control how aspects of the help site work. Use the Assign Help Text Administration Duty and Manage Help Security Groups tasks to set up customization of help content.
After performing the help configuration tasks, you can review the predefined help and consider whether to add or customize any content. You can also customize help that is embedded in the application, for example hints and help windows, using other tools such as Oracle JDeveloper and Oracle Composer.
Use the Setup and Maintenance work area to access the tasks in the Define Help Configuration task list.
Help feature choices on the Configure Offerings page in the Setup and Maintenance work area control the look and behavior of Oracle Fusion Applications Help, and also determine which help options are available. Help options are setup options on the Set Help Options page.
Select the Local Installation of Help feature choice so that the Define Help Configuration task list appears in your implementation project, and you can select two additional features (Access to Internet-Based Help Features and Help Customization) to control the fields available on the Set Help Options page.
Select this feature choice to provide users access to features that involve navigation to sites on the Web. If you select this feature choice, then the Web Sites Available from Help Site section is available on the Set Help Options page.
Some help includes links to the Oracle Fusion Applications Technology Library. If you select this feature, then these links open the library on the Oracle Technology Network Web site. If you do not select this feature, then you must apply the Technology Library patch from My Oracle Support so that users can access the library locally.
Select the Help Customization feature choice if you intend to customize predefined help or add your own files to help. For example, you can add internal policies or procedures as help, and Oracle User Productivity Kit content, if any. Not selecting this feature choice only hides the relevant setup options; help customization is not disabled for users with customization access. To disable help customization, remove the Oracle Fusion Help Text Administration duty from the job roles where it is predefined.
If you select this feature choice, then the Custom Help Security feature choice is available, as well as all these sections on the Set Help Options page:
Custom Help
User Productivity Kit
Privacy Statement
Select this feature choice if you want certain help files to be available only to a restricted set of users. You can define the user groups allowed to view corresponding help files. Do not select this feature choice if you do not have this requirement, because the feature can have an impact on performance.
If you select the Custom Help Security feature choice, then the Manage Help Security Groups task is available in the Define Help Configuration task list in your implementation project. There are no help options associated with this feature choice.
Announcements and collaboration features (discussions, ratings and comments) allow users to share information regarding help and the subjects that particular help files cover. These collaboration features are also used elsewhere in Oracle Fusion Applications. Announcements and discussions may not be available in a public cloud delivery of Oracle Fusion Applications.
Use the Set Help Options page in the Setup and Maintenance work area to enable the announcements and discussions features and to set options about ratings. When administering these features, consider the purpose of each feature and points that are specific to Oracle Fusion Applications Help.
Use announcements to broadcast information to all users of your help site. You can provide information about help, for example new custom help that was recently added, or about anything that users should take note of, for example a change in company policy. Announcements can appear on any of the tabs on the home page of Oracle Fusion Applications Help. You can target specific user groups by posting announcements to specific tabs, for example, posting information related to implementation to the Functional Setup tab.
Only administrators for discussions can post announcements to the help site. For more information on granting administrator roles for discussions, see the Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle WebCenter.
Users can use discussions to post questions or comments about subjects covered in specific help files. For example, after reading help on expense reports, users might have questions or comments about company policies or processes for expenses. Other users who later access this help file would benefit from the information in the discussion.
You can set a help option to enable discussions. Each help file would contain a Discuss link that all users can use to read discussions about that file. They can also start a discussion topic or post to existing topics. These discussions are visible only to users in your enterprise.
Do not enable discussions until servers for discussions are up and running.
Users can rate any help file on a five star system and provide feedback about the content. This information is helpful to other users in deciding which help file to open. Help files with a higher average rating are listed first in help windows, and in the help listings you see as you browse using the help navigators.
The scope of ratings and reviews is limited to your enterprise.
Provide a link to your Oracle User Productivity Kit (UPK) library if you have UPK licensed and custom UPK content to share with your users. You give them access to a library of custom UPK content in addition to any custom UPK demos that you added to the help site itself. UPK demos that you add as custom help are available only in the See It mode, so the library can include the same demo in other modes. If you have UPK versions earlier than 3.6.1, then you cannot add UPK demos as custom help, so the link is the only way for users to access custom UPK content from the help site.
The URL to enter on the Set Help Options page
should be the full path from the Web server where you
are hosting your Oracle User Productivity Kit (UPK) content to the
index.html file that opens the table of contents for the library,
for example,
http://<your domain>.com/UPKcontent/PlayerPackage/index.html. In this example, you or your UPK administrator would publish one
UPK player package that contains all the content to be linked to from
Oracle Fusion Applications Help, as well as the index.html file, and
place the PlayerPackage folder in a manually created folder called
UPKcontent on the Web server.
Users with the Oracle Fusion Help Text Administration duty role have access to customize help in Oracle Fusion Applications Help. This duty is assigned by default to various job roles, in particular the administrators for product families.
You can assign the duty role to other users who need access to customize help. Use the Manage Duties task in the Setup and Maintenance work area to search for the Oracle Fusion Help Text Administration duty role on the Role Catalog page, and map additional job roles to this duty role.
This example demonstrates how to create a help security group to define a set of job roles that have access to help. The help security group can then be assigned to particular help files so that only users with any of the defined roles have access to the help.
The following table summarizes key decisions for this scenario.
Decisions to Consider
In This Example
What type of users do you need to limit help access to?
Human resources (HR) specialists
Is there a specific time period for which this access is needed?
No, the help files should always be viewed only by the HR specialists
Where do you want this group to appear in the list of values for help security groups?
Define a help security group and assign a duty role to the group.
Help Security Group
HR Only
Viewing by HR specialists only
Display Sequence
You have created a new lookup code for the Help Security Groups lookup type, which is a standard lookup. The lookup code has the name, meaning, and description that you defined for the help security group.
You have also created a data security policy for the help database resource, specifying that the Human Resource Specialist role can view help that is defined with the HR security group. If you go to the Manage Database Resources and Policies page and find the database resource, or object, ATK_KR_TOPICS, then you can see the policy for the Human Resource Specialist role, with the condition that the column name, SECURITY_CODE, is equal to the value HR.
If you have the appropriate job roles, then you can customize the help files in the help site. Use the Manage Custom Help page to maintain both predefined and custom help files. You can create, duplicate, edit, and delete custom files, or set their status to Active or Inactive. For predefined files, you can only duplicate them or set their status. For each help file, predefined or custom, use help locations to determine where the help file appears in the application and in the help site. You have various options in how you add custom help, for example by uploading a file or specifying a URL.
To make a copy of all custom help for testing, migration, or other purposes, use the export and import feature in the Setup and Maintenance work area.
There are various ways to access help customization.
Many help files can be accessed from help windows in the application. If you want to customize help in the context of a help window, for example create a custom help file and add a link to it from a specific help window, then start by opening that help window. When you click the Manage Custom Help link, you go to the Manage Custom Help page, and the help location fields are automatically populated with values that correspond to the help window. This way you can easily select existing files to add to the same help location, and when you create a new file, the same help location appears by default.
Open the Manage Custom Help page directly from the home page of Oracle Fusion Applications Help or from search result pages.
To edit a specific file, you can either find it in the Manage Custom Help page, or open the file itself and click the Edit link.
Likewise, you can find glossary terms in the Manage Custom Help page, or click the Glossary link in the global area to open the Glossary tab, search for the term, and click Edit.
When you search in the Manage Custom Help page, make sure that the Custom Help Only check box is not selected if you are looking for predefined help.
Oracle Fusion Applications Help contains various types of help content, including demos, examples, FAQs, glossary terms, help topics, and PDF guides. A business process or product can be supported by some or all of these help types.
Demos are Oracle User Productivity Kit (UPK) topics that visually demonstrate how to use the application to complete a short task or portion of a task. Demos can also provide an introduction to complex dashboards and work areas.
Examples provide real use cases of features to illustrate how and when to use the feature, or scenarios to illustrate abstract concepts. Worked examples show exactly what you need to do to achieve a specific result, emphasizing decisions that you make and values that you enter.
FAQs, or frequently asked questions, provide brief answers to questions that you might have regarding a task or page. For example, they can briefly explain what a term means, why something happened, how you can perform an action, or what happens if you perform the action.
Glossary terms provide definitions for words or phrases used in help. You can search or browse glossary terms in the Glossary tab of Oracle Fusion Applications Help. Where the links are available, you can also see the definition when you hover over the term in help content for other help types.
Help topics explain key concepts, illustrate how application components work together, or assist in decision-making by explaining points to consider or the options you have. Help topics can also provide reference, overview, and other information.
PDF guides present a collection of help content from the other help types, except demos, in an organized and logical format. For example, there are guides addressing specific business processes and setup offerings. You can see lists of all guides from the Guides menu in Oracle Fusion Applications Help.
Help locations determine where users can find help files, custom or not, from either the application or the help site.
Help locations include:
Page or section values
Help hierarchies
Primary locations
The value in the Page or Section field on the help customization pages represents where users can click a help icon to open a help window that contains a link to the help file. In most cases, this value represents a page or region header in the application. Help windows are also available on specific tabs or windows, and in the Setup and Maintenance work area for specific task lists or tasks. You can associate a help file with multiple page or section values, or with none at all.
The page or section value reflects the logical navigation to the help window. For example, Edit Opportunity page, Revenue tab, Recommendations window does not mean that the help file is available in three different places. The help icon is in the Recommendations window, which is accessed from the Revenue tab on the Edit Opportunity page.
If the value suggests multiple locations, for example Create and Edit Opportunity pages, then the help file is available from the page header of both the Create Opportunity and Edit Opportunity pages. If the page or section value is, for example, a dashboard region that appears in multiple dashboards, then the value does not specify the page name but just the region. The help file is available from that region in multiple dashboards.
Help files are associated with help hierarchies, which are used to categorize help files and aid users in finding help. Each help file can have multiple hierarchies, with at least one of type Business Processes. The business process hierarchy is based on the Business Process Management model. Every page or section value is predefined with a specific business process hierarchy. If you select a page or section without entering a business process hierarchy, the predefined hierarchy appears by default.
The Search by Business Process navigator in the help site is based on the business process hierarchy. For example, if you assign two business process hierarchies to a help file, users can find the file in both locations in the navigator. When the user clicks More Help from a help window, all help files assigned to the same business process hierarchy as the page or section value are returned as search results.
Similarly, the Search by Product navigator is based on the Product hierarchy type, in which level 1 is the product family, level 2 is the product, and level 3 is the business activity owned by that product.
The Search by Functional Setup navigator is based on the Functional Setup hierarchy type. The level 1 nodes for this hierarchy are:
Functional Setup Manager, which includes help about using the Setup and Maintenance work area.
Guides, which contains level 2 nodes that correspond to business areas and setup offerings. All the user reference and functional setup PDF guides are included.
Offerings, which contains level 2 nodes for each setup offering, and lower levels for the main task lists in the offerings. Help for the task lists and tasks are included.
The Search by Common Tasks navigator is based on the Welcome hierarchy type. The level 1 nodes represent categories of functional areas common to all users.
The primary location of a help file designates the hierarchy that is displayed for the help file in search results and within the help content as breadcrumbs. You cannot change the primary location of a help file that came with your help installation. Primary locations of predefined help are based on the business process hierarchy, while custom help files can have primary locations based on hierarchies of any type.
When you open any predefined help file, including glossary terms, that came with Oracle Fusion Applications Help, you can see an edit option if you have roles allowing edit access. When you edit predefined help, keep in mind:
What happens to the original help file
Where predefined help appears
Considerations specific to glossary terms
When you edit predefined help, you are actually creating a new custom help file based on the original file, with the same help locations. The customized version replaces the original, which becomes inactive and hidden from users. You can display both versions by reactivating the original in the Manage Custom Help page.
In the Search Results: Existing Help region on the Manage Custom Help page, there is no option to edit predefined help. You can duplicate a predefined help file, edit the copy, and optionally inactivate the original.
All predefined help comes with preassigned help locations, including at least one based on the hierarchy of type Business Processes. Many also have predefined page or section values that indicate where the help can be accessed from help windows in the application.
To change where predefined help appears, either in the help site navigators or in the application, create a duplicate in the Manage Custom Help page. Change or add help locations to your custom copy, and inactivate the original.
Even though glossary terms do not appear in the help site navigators, you still need to enter at least one help location to categorize the glossary term.
When you edit a predefined glossary term, the original term becomes inactive. Existing links to the glossary term, from other predefined and custom help files, will automatically point to your custom version. If you later inactivate the custom glossary term, make sure to activate the original term so that the links still work.
When you create or edit custom help, follow best practices when you include links to help files or other content. If you are working on custom help created by duplicating a predefined help file, then you may see existing links from the original file in the Help Content section. The types of links that you can work with include:
Related help links
Standard hypertext links
Links to documentation library content
Glossary term links
For all link types, except the standard hypertext links, you must create or edit custom help with a Text or Desktop source type. In other words, you must type the help content directly in the application or use an HTML file that you upload to help. For standard hypertext links, the source type can also be URL.
Related help is the section at the end of help files that contains links to other help files. The syntax for related help contains a comma-separated list of IDs that represent help files.
This figure provides an example of related links code.
You can delete this code to remove all related help,
or delete individual links (for example,
Aside from deleting related links to predefined help, do not edit them in any other way.
You can create standard hypertext links to any file or Web site as long as you ensure the stability and validity of the links, including links to other help files, custom or not. These links can appear anywhere in the body of your help file as long as they come before any related help links.
In the Help Content section, highlight the text that you want to use as link text and click the Add Link icon button.
For links to other help files, open the file to which you want to link, and click the E-Mail link. Use the URL in the autogenerated e-mail text as the link to the file.
The syntax for links to HTML files in documentation libraries, for example the Oracle Fusion Applications Technology Library, is:
<span class="HP_topic-link_bridgeDocument-linkToSTDoc_"><?ofa
linkToSTDoc(WCSUG4636) ?><span class="HP_topic-linktext_">Understanding
Tags</span><?ofa endLink ?></span>.
WCSUG4636 is the anchor
ID and
Understanding Tags is the link
text. You can:
Modify the link by replacing the existing anchor ID or editing the link text, or both.
Remove the link by deleting all the code for it.
Create links to documentation library content by following the same syntax. These links can appear anywhere in the body of your help file as long as they come before any related help links.
To ensure that you are linking to a supported documentation library, enter anchor IDs only from documentation libraries that are linked from predefined help topics.
Glossary term links provide definitions in a note box when users hover over the term in help files.
This figure shows an example of code for a glossary term link.
In this example,
accounting period is the link text, or glossary term, and ACCOUNTING_PERIOD_001 is
the identifier, or title ID.
To remove the link but retain the text, delete all the code except the term itself.
To add custom glossary term links, you must follow the link syntax and use the correct title ID for the glossary term.
To find the title ID for a custom glossary term, search for it in the Manage Custom Help page or the Glossary tab to access the Edit Help page for the term. The title ID is displayed on the Edit Help page.
If your custom help has glossary terms and the source
type is Desktop File, then make sure before uploading that the quotes
around the glossary term are actual quotation marks in raw HTML, not
". Otherwise, quotation marks will appear
when users view the help file.
This example demonstrates how to customize a PDF guide that came with Oracle Fusion Applications Help. This guide is currently not available from any help window in the application.
The following table summarizes key decisions for this scenario.
Decisions to Consider
In This Example
What changes do you need to make to the guide?
Change the title of a chapter and remove a section in that chapter, to hide content about a particular subject
Which help window should the customized guide appear in?
The help window for the entire Welcome dashboard of Oracle Fusion Applications
Which help navigators should the customized guide appear in, and on which node?
Same as the original guide, plus the path associated with the help window
Do you want to limit access to the customized guide?
No, same as the original guide
Edit a copy of the original PDF guide, and use the Manage Custom Help page to replace the original PDF guide with your new file.
This example demonstrates how to add custom Oracle User Productivity Kit (UPK) topics as demo help files. These help files function like any predefined help file for demos. You can search and include these files in help windows and navigators as you would other help.
In this scenario, you are adding two demos about social networking, to appear in help windows on the Welcome dashboard.
Your demo must be made with UPK 3.6.1 or later to be added as help.
The following table summarizes key decisions for this scenario.
Decisions to Consider
In This Example
What UPK content do you want to add to help?
From a UPK module containing five topics, add two as custom demos on the help site
Which help navigators should each demo appear in, and on which node?
Because the two demos are about social networking:
Which help window should each demo appear in?
On the Welcome dashboard of Oracle Fusion Applications, one demo goes in the help window in the Activity Stream region, and the other in the People Connection region
Do you want to limit access to the help files for the demos?
Do you want the help files to appear in the New and Updated pane?
Generate a report of UPK document IDs, which you will use when creating custom help, to identify the UPK topics that you want to add. Publish the UPK module as a player package, then create custom help for the UPK topics that you want to use as help demos.
The name of the UPK topic.
Source Type
Oracle User Productivity Kit
File Location
The full URL of the player package folder on the Web
server, for example,
Document ID
The document ID of the UPK topic to add to the help window in the Activity Stream region. You can copy and paste this ID from the Microsoft Excel file that you generated earlier.
Help Type
Help Security Group
Terms relevant to the demo.
Summary of the demo.
Include in New and Updated pane
The Help Location section contains values for the help window in the Activity Stream region. This help file will also appear in the Search by Business Process navigator under this predefined hierarchy.
When you create or edit help, select a help security group that represents the set of roles that you want to have access to the help. If you do not see the Security Group field, then your administrator has not selected the Custom Help Security feature choice. The Unsecured group has no associated roles, so anyone can view the help. The predefined Secured group includes all internal employees and contingent workers, unless this group has been edited. You can create security groups and associate roles using the Manage Help Security Groups page, which you can access by starting in the Setup and Maintenance Overview page and searching for the Manage Help Security Groups task. Your new security groups are immediately available for use to secure new or edited help files.
You must specify a page or section to add the existing help to. To ensure that help is added to the correct help window, go to the page or section in the application, click the Help icon, and click the Manage Custom Help link in the help window. Alternatively, in the Manage Custom Help page, search for at least a page or section and a level 1 value for the Business Processes hierarchy type before selecting the Select and Add option.
You cannot select and add help to a particular hierarchy, on the Manage Custom Help page, without a page or section. To add just a hierarchy, search for the help file, add a new help location, and specify only the hierarchy information.
Oracle Fusion Applications Help patches update all help files, both active and inactive, except custom help. Custom help files are not affected by patches. Consider reviewing inactive files to see if you want to activate the updated version, or to make similar edits to the custom versions of those files, if any.
You can customize help that is embedded in the application, for example hints and help windows, for all users of Oracle Fusion Applications.
Embedded help customization is fully described in the Oracle Fusion Applications Extensibility Guide.


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Citizens, Parents Discuss Fate of Sandy Hook Elementary School After Tragic Shooting
Just one month after the tragedy that rocked a picturesque small town, school administrators and local citizens are now discussing the fate of Sandy Hook Elementary School.
On Sunday afternoon, a few hundred locals gathered at nearby Newtown High School to discuss if students and teachers eventually need to return to the site where 20 children and six adults lost their lives in mid-December. Opinions were mixed.
"It's hard to imagine my child walking back into the building," said one parent in attendance.
Others feel the school should be remodeled and possibly renamed for Victoria Soto, the 27-year-old teacher who died while attempting to shield her students from the lone gunman. The mayor of Stratford, Conn., where Soto grew up and attended school is also considering naming a future school building after her.
"I have two children who had everything taken from them," said Audrey Bart, whose children attend the school but weren't injured in the shooting. "The Sandy Hook Elementary School is their school. It is not the world's school. It is not Newtown's school. We cannot pretend it never happened, but I am not prepared to ask my children to run and hide. You can't take away their school."
One suggestion from retired officer Fran Bresson who also attended the school in the 1950s is to reopen the existing facility but to demolish the classrooms were the teachers and students were slain.
"To tear it down completely would be like saying to evil, 'You've won," noted Bresson.
Students began returning to classes in a vacant school building in nearby Monroe, Conn., that has been renamed Sandy Hook Elementary. On the first day of classes, armed police officers were present.
Monroe Police Public Information Officer Lt. Brian McCauley told The Christian Post on Monday that two police officers have been assigned to Sandy Hook on a full-time basis and one officer is stationed at the entrance to make sure only those who have business at the school are admitted.
"We're very concerned about security at the school and have chosen to provide protection for the foreseeable future," McCauley said.
Prior to the Sandy Hook shooting, Monroe provided a school resource officer at every middle and high school and now has assigned officers to each elementary school.
The Christian Post attempted to reach Lt. George Sinko of the Newtown Police Dept. to inquire about school security after the shooting but did not receive a response prior to publication.
Three schools where children died at the hands of gunman have dealt with the issue differently.
Virginia Tech converted the building where 30 people lost their lives in 2007 into a violence prevention and peace studies center.
At Columbine High School, where two gunmen killed 12 fellow students, the school later reopened and replaced the library with an atrium.
Five girls lost their lives at West Nickel Mines Amish School in 2006 and the small building was torn down and another built several hundred yards from the original site.
A second meeting is planned for Friday with the goal to reach a final decision sometime in March.
"I think we have to start that conversation now," Newtown First Selectwoman (Alderman) Patricia Llodra told AP. "It will take many, many months to do any kind of school project. We have very big decisions ahead of us. The goal is to bring our students home as soon as we can."


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Realtors: Sacramento housing market 'insane'
Average home on the market just 15 days
Realtors said the Sacramento housing market is making a huge comeback, but the problem is there is a very limited stock.
At last count, there were only 1,500 homes for sale in all of Sacramento County.
A few years ago, Realtors said there was as many as 10,000 homes on the market.
Leigh Rutledge works for Dunnigan Realtors. She told KCRA 3 that an $875,000 home on 40th Street in East Sacramento sold in just seven days.
Homes selling for $350,000 are selling within a matter of hours.
Rutledge said a shocking number of people are coming in with cash offers. They are either getting cash from stocks or borrowing from family.
Rutledge told KCRA 3 investors are also buying homes cheap and driving up the housing prices by keeping inventory low.
Homes with good price points are getting multiple offers, and home buyers in many cases are willing to pay above the asking price.
Realtors said it's a good time to buy, but to increase a potential buyer's odds, it's best to work with an experienced agent and be preapproved for a loan.
Rutledge said real estate agents know which homes can't be touched by investors for the first few days that they go on the market.
Prices are climbing in Sacramento, but agents said it's a steady increase.


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Frank Nerenhausen has been promoted from McNeilus vice president of Sales to Oshkosh executive vice president and Commercial segment president. Approaching 25 years with Oshkosh, he will oversee a segment spanning the flagship, McNeilus and London Machinery mixer and refuse truck brands, Con-E-Co plant equipment, and IMT truck-mounted cranes and service vehicles.
Nerenhausen succeeds Mike Wuest, who headed the Commercial segment since 2004 and is credited with expanding its global presence and overseeing the launch of compressed natural gas-powered concrete mixers and refuse vehicles. [Mike Wuest's] leadership during the global economic recession has provided a strong foundation for our company to build upon, says Oshkosh President Charlie Szews. Frank Nerenhausen will bring considerable sales skills and strategic vision to [his] position and build momentum for capturing future opportunities.


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Today starts another fun challenge!! Be sure to check the bottom of this post for last week's winner :) **NOTE:: starting with this new term, there will be two Featured Players for each challenge. More details below.
Create a NEW project (card, tag, layout, altered item, etc).
(stamps from other companies can be used, but please make sure that PS images are easily seen)
Post your Paper Smooches SPARKS project on your blog. We would love you to include our SPARKS banner (shown on the right column) somewhere on your post, but it is not required. (right click on the SPARKS challenge banner and save to your computer. If you have any trouble, I am happy to e-mail the image to you)
Please link to our web site: www.papersmoochesstamps.com - and include Paper Smooches somewhere on your post. Submit a direct link to your blog post using our linking system below.
If you do not have a blog, please upload your project to our Flickr Group and link to our web site in your description. Submit a link to your gallery image using our linking system below.
Here's what you are playing for:
The deadline for this challenge is: Sunday, November 25th at 10:59pm EST
- Two Paper Smooches SPARKS players will be chosen as our Featured Players. Featured Players will not receive a badge or gift certificate.
- One Paper Smooches SPARKS player will be chosen and named our PS Pro. This player will be featured on the PSS challenge post as well as on the PS blog (Fridays), receive a blog button to display on their blog, and $30 credit to the Paper Smooches store!!!
The deadline for this challenge is: Sunday, November 25th at 10:59pm EST
The next challenge will be posted on: Monday, November 26th at 12:01am EST
Winners will be announced at the bottom of the new challenge post.
I am honored to share our design team samples with you. You can click on the links to see more of their beautiful work!
It brings us GREAT JOY to see you using our stamps. Thank you SO MUCH for sharing your creativity with us. We truly appreciate you! We can't wait to see what you create!!! Good luck:)
All skill levels are welcome. You can enter as many times as you like.
Our PS PRO winner for the November Designer Drafts sketch challenge is....
******NEW: Starting with this new term, there will be two featured players and one winner for each challenge. Featured players will not receive a badge or gift certificate. Our PS PRO Winner will receive a winner's badge to display on their blog, as well as a $30 gift certificate to the Paper Smooches store!
Last week's entries were SUPER AWESOME! Our Featured Players and runner-ups for the November Designer Drafts challenge are....
Our PS PRO winner for the November Designer Drafts sketch challenge is....
Congratulations, Christine Dring. Please email {sbmmhoover at yahoo dot com} to receive your badge and $30 gift certificate to the Paper Smooches store!


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Remember when an in-flight meal was considered a guaranteed part of the flight, rather than being seen as some newfangled, exciting privilege? Remember too when every fourth joke by a stand-up comic was about how the seat-back tray was more edible than the food served on top of it?
Apparently, modern airlines do not remember that golden age (HAH!) of air travel, because they're now apparently fighting each other by promoting food options. No word yet on whether they'll start competing with each other by offering "Get Out of TSA Genitalia Patdowns Free" vouchers, but hope springs eternal.


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Light blue linen tea towel
$15.00 – $36.00
We believe that linen is the ultimate luxury – one of nature's greatest gifts, a textile that cares for you, heals and cleanses, providing you and your family with a whole list of unique benefits that you would never expect from a thing seemingly so simple as a piece of fabric.
Our wish is for you to embrace this gift and welcome it to your home, enjoying those benefits every day, making it a habit to feel refreshed and invigorated in your environment.
• 100% linen
• Stonewashed for softness
• Dimensions – 50x70cm / 20×28″
• Natural, vegan, hypoallergenic
• Made in Lithuania
• Oeko-Tex® certified to be free of harmful chemicals and safe for your entire family
If you need a custom size – contact us and we will make one that is just right for you.
When ordering a set of two or three, please tell us which colors you want in a comment.
We don't keep stock but sew every order separately, making it especially for you, therefore our order preparation time is 3-5 business days, or up to 10 business days if we don't have the right color in stock.
We offer free worldwide shipping via registered (trackable) priority post.
Delivery time is:
2 – 6 business days to EU countries
2 – 3 weeks to non-EU countries
Possibly up to a month if you are in a remote area.
The unique powers of linen:
• quickly absorbs moisture and quickly dries
• inhibits pathogenic micro flora, has a bactericidal effect
• linen textiles create a pleasant microclimate in the room by reducing the intensity of static electromagnetic fields and by absorbing ionizing radiation
• hypoallergenic – doctors recommend that people with allergies wear and use linen items in their daily life
• reduces the level of humidity, prevents the development of bacteria, absorbs odor
• resistant to fungus as well as to attacks of various parasites
• effortless to care for – linen is dirt and stain resistant and yet can be washed often, leaving no lint.
All Stitch & Saga products are made from high-quality organic material obtained from vegetable fibers, colored with natural dies and washed with a special home-made soap, with no chemical treatment. It is environment friendly, fair trade and Oeko-tex certified to be safe for your whole family.
Made in Lithuania, one of the Baltic countries to which linen is part of national heritage.
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Heat wave ushers in Friday storms
A few showers across north counties this morning will continue to weaken and move east. We're monitoring a storm complex that developed overnight in Minnesota. It's now moving into far northern Iowa and western WI. Typically, these complexes weaken with the subsequent morning hours. If we see any of these storms holding together, we would see it about mid morning. Highs today reach the mid 80s by mid afternoon.
There is a chance for rain and storms again overnight and into early tomorrow morning. Skies will become partly sunny with highs in the upper 80s. Spotty storms may fire again late tomorrow afternoon and evening.
Sunday looks to be hot, humid and with lower chances for scattered storms. Highs will reach 90 or better for Sunday and Monday. Storm chances increase once again for Monday and Tuesday as our highs hold close to 90.
Prepare for the heat. Be sure to check on neighbors without air conditioning. Check out libraries, shopping malls, etc. for spots to cool off. Drink plenty of water and take it easy outside.


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Today's video technology makes it easier than ever to acquire enormous amounts of media, all of which needs to be ingested, managed, and organized in a way that is useful at every stage of post-production and distribution. Fortunately, Adobe Prelude CS6 provides users with a fast, easy interface for ingesting, transcoding, duplicating, tagging, commenting, and communicating about media. In this course, video expert Maxim Jago introduces the core concepts of metadata management and tagging using Adobe XMP metadata. You'll learn how to organize, ingest, transcode, tag, comment, subclip, and build a rough cut before sending media on to Premiere Pro for editing — the complete workflow with the new Adobe Prelude CS6.
- What Is Adobe Prelude?
- An Overview of the Interface
- Adding Comments
- Sharing Clips and Rough Cuts Directly with Adobe Premiere Pro CS6
Course page: http://www.video2brain.com/en/prelude-workshop


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The primary mechanism for the backport of fixes for security vulnerabilities in Oracle products is the quarterly Critical Patch Update (CPU) program. Critical Patch Updates are released on dates announced a year in advance and published on the Critical Patch Updates and Security Alerts page. The patches address significant security vulnerabilities and also include code fixes that are prerequisites for the security fixes.
The security updates for all products which receive CPUs are available to active Oracle Support customers on My Oracle Support. Follow the links below to learn more about Oracle's Security Fixing policies.
Security Alerts are a release mechanism for one vulnerability fix or a small number of vulnerability fixes. Security Alerts were used up until August 2004 as the main release vehicle for security fixes. In January of 2005, Oracle began releasing fixes on a fixed schedule using the Critical Patch Updates.
Oracle may issue a Security Alert in the case of a unique or dangerous threat to our customers. In this event, customers will be notified of the Security Alert by email notification through My Oracle Support and Oracle Technology Network. The fix included in the Security Alert will also be included in the subsequent Critical Patch Update.
As much as possible, Oracle tries to make Critical Patch Updates cumulative; that is, each Critical Patch Update contains the security fixes from all previous Critical Patch Updates. In practical terms, for those products that receive cumulative fixes, the latest Critical Patch Update is the only one that needs to be applied when solely using these products, as it contains all required fixes.
Fixes for the other products that do not receive cumulative fixes are released as one-off patches. It is necessary for these products to refer to previous Critical Patch Update advisories to find all the patches that may need to be applied.
It is Oracle's policy to announce security fixes as much as possible only when the fixes are available for all affected and supported product version and platform combinations. However, there are two exceptions to this policy:
1. On-Request program: Oracle does not systematically produce patches for certain product version and platform combinations with historically low patch download by customers. Production of such patches must be requested by customers. The on-request program and the process to request such patches for recent or future CPUs are detailed in the Patch Availability Document accompanying each Critical Patch Update release.
2. Minor delays in patch availability for up to two weeks from the announcement date generally due to technical issues during the production or testing of the patch.
Note that in certain circumstances, Critical Patch Updates for particular version-platform product combinations may consist of announced and unannounced vulnerability fixes. An unannounced vulnerability fix can be included in a given Critical Patch Update patch when some, but not all, parts of the vulnerability are fixed, or because the fix is available on some, but not all, version-platform combinations of a given product.
Security fixes are also included in patch sets (or equivalent) and in new product releases. Oracle policy is to include all security fixes in a Critical Patch Update in subsequent patch sets and product releases. If this is not possible, due to the timing of a release, Oracle creates a patch containing the latest Critical Patch Update fixes that can be applied on top of the newly released patch set or product release.
In order to provide the best security posture to all Oracle customers, Oracle fixes significant security vulnerabilities based on the likely risk they posed to customers. As a result, the issues with the most severe risks are fixed first. Fixes for security vulnerabilities are produced in the following order:
Note that Oracle strongly recommends that customers use only supported product versions and that customers apply critical patch update fixes without delay on the releases they are using. This is because Oracle does not provide fixes for out-of- support product versions. However, they are very likely to be vulnerable to vulnerabilities fixed by CPU patches, and malicious actors often reverse engineer CPU fixes, weaponize them, and attempt to malicious exploit these issues shortly after the publication of each CPU release.
Important note: please be reminded that Oracle recommends that the Critical Patch Update be the primary means for customers to keep up with security fixes for all affected products, as Critical Patch Updates are released more frequently than patch sets or new product releases.
Each Critical Patch Update has an advisory as its top-level document. This advisory lists the products affected and contains a risk matrix for each product suite.
The risk matrices provide information to help customers assess the risk posed by the security vulnerabilities in their specific environment. They can be used to identify the systems most at risk so they can be patched first. Each new security vulnerability fixed in a Critical Patch Update is listed in a row of the risk matrix for the product it affects.
In October 2006, Oracle switched from a proprietary method for indicating the relative severity of security vulnerabilities in the risk matrices to the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS). FIRST's web site describes CVSS as a rating system "designed to provide open and universally standard severity ratings of software vulnerabilities." CVSS is a standardized method for assessing the severity of security vulnerabilities. For each vulnerability newly fixed in the Critical Patch Update, Oracle provides values for CVSS metrics indicating the preconditions required to exploit the vulnerability and the ease of exploit; and the impact of a successful attack in terms of confidentiality, integrity and availability (CIA) to the targeted system. CVSS uses a formula to turn this information into a Base Score between 0.0 and 10.0, where 10.0 represents the most severe vulnerability. The risk matrices are ordered using the CVSS Base Score, with the most severe vulnerability at the top. Version 3.0 of the CVSS standard has been adopted by Oracle in April 2016, and is currently being used. Use of Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) by Oracle provides a detailed explanation on how the CVSS ratings are applied in Oracle's risk advisories.
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) numbers are used by Oracle to identify the vulnerabilities listed in the risk matrices in Critical Patch Update and Security Alert advisories. CVE numbers are unique, common identifiers for publicly known information about security vulnerabilities. The CVE program is co-sponsored by the office of Cybersecurity and Communications at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and is managed by MITRE corporation. Oracle is a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA), that is the company can issue CVE numbers for vulnerabilities in its products. Note that the ordering of CVE numbers in Oracle's security advisories does not necessarily correspond to dates of discovery of the vulnerabilities they reference. In other words, CVE numbers are not assigned in order of the discovery dates of vulnerabilities whose fixes will be delivered in those distributions. This is because CVE Numbering Authorities (CNAs) like Oracle periodically get sets of CVE numbers from MITRE so a separate request for a new CVE does not need to be made every time a vulnerability is discovered. CVE numbers are assigned to vulnerabilities sequentially by Oracle from the pool of CVE number assigned by the CVE organization about 3 to 4 weeks before the scheduled distribution of the fix through the Critical Patch Update program.
In order to help organizations quickly assess the importance of the potential security issues fixed in the Critical Patch Update, Oracle provides an executive summary with a high-level synopsis of the security issues in each product addressed by the Critical Patch Update. This executive summary provides an explanation in plain English of the vulnerabilities addressed in the Critical Patch Update.
Oracle publishes a summary of the Critical Patch Update Documentation on the Thursday prior to each Critical Patch Update release date. This summary, called a Critical Patch Update Pre-Release Announcement, provides advanced information about the upcoming Critical Patch Update, including:
While Oracle ensures that each Pre-Release Announcement is as accurate as possible at the time of its publication, the actual content of each Critical Patch Update may change after the publication of its Pre-Release Announcement. The Critical Patch Update Advisory should therefore be considered as the only accurate description of the actual content of the Critical Patch Update.