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This chapter covers several administration topics of an "advanced" nature that may not always be essential for the setup and maintenance of a Polarion system, but which may be useful in achieving optimal benefits.
Issues around server memory allocation and Java virtual machine are covered in the PDF installation guide documents bundled with Polarion distributions, and also available for download on the Polarion Software web site:
Windows Installation Guide
Linux Installation Guide
Multi-Repository Setup Guide (for users running Polarion with multiple native or external repositories)
Administrators of Windows installations should follow the recommendations in the section Adjusting Server Memory Allocation in the Windows Installation Guide.
Administrators of Windows or Linux installations should note the section Java Virtual Machine Memory Limit in the installation guide for their respective OS.
Administrators of multi-instance installations should note the section Memory and Virtual Machine Issues in the Multi-Repository Setup Guide.
The information in these documents can help avoid issues such as startup failure (where the Polarion service does not start) and Java Out of Memory (OOM) errors.
Your Polarion server may host more than one license type: named and concurrent, for example. For named user licenses, you need to add the user IDs of all users who will
utilize the named license in the
users file. For concurrent licenses, you may want to limit the number of users who can access the portal concurrently
(the maximum is set by the license). You may also wish to check the current usage of your license(s).
You can access and edit the
users file and view current license usage in the Polarion portal. It is only accessible in the repository scope.
To access the
users file:
Log in with administrator permissions for the repository.
If you are not in the Administration interface after you log in, click the Administration link in the tool view of Navigation.
In Navigation (topics view), click on the License topic. The License page loads.
The License page provides a plain text editor in the Assignments section which enables you to edit the
users file from the
portal using your browser. The file contains extensive comments on how to specify different license assignment schemes. Please refer to these comments and preserve them
in the file.
When you change any text in the file, the
users file.
users file can be changed only once in 20 minutes.
The License page provides sections that display statistics on how users are currently consuming the licenses available on your Polarion system. The numbers are current as of the moment you invoked the page. Refresh your browser to see any change.
For information about the usage details displayed on the page, see Administration Reference: License Usage Reference.
Polarion supports access by users who are already authenticated on the network. The "normal" login page is bypassed for such users. SSO functionality is disabled by default. To enable it, an administrator must configure several system properties in Polarion, and set up a proxy configuration in Apache. When SSO is enabled:
Polarion will not display the regular authentication (login) page if user credentials are provided in the HTTP request header (including the first request).
When Polarion recognizes user credentials in the HTTP request, it passes the user name and a predefined password to Apache, skipping display of the regular login page.
In case of CAC, even an encrypted password is included, which may be passed to Apache to be authenticated through AD/LDAP.
If authentication fails, as might occur if there are not enough concurrent licenses, for example, a message (optionally customizable) is displayed to the end user.
Users logged in via SSO may log out, thereby freeing up concurrent license slots. On logout, such users are directed to a special page (that is, they are not shown the normal, non-SSO login page).
SSO support is provided only in Polarion version 2011-SR1 and later.
A prerequisite for enabling SSO functionality in Polarion is a reverse proxy configuration in your web server environment which fills headers, so that Polarion can use the headers supplied by the proxy. Such a configuration commonly exists in Apache-based environments, and is outside the scope of Polarion Help. You should check with your web server system administrator to make sure the necessary reverse proxy exists and can be accessed by Polarion. An example Apache configuration for testing purposes is provided later in this section.
Make sure your Polarion server is accessible via http://<polarionservername>/polarion from any client. That is, Apache should NOT bind to localhost only, but to 0.0.0.0 or the server computer's public IP address.
Add the following lines into the
polarion.properties file (Windows:
polarion/configuration/polarion.properties, Linux:
com.polarion.portal.tomcat.usesProxySSO=true com.polarion.portal.tomcat.RequestHeadersCredentialsProvider.userNameHeader=userheader com.polarion.portal.tomcat.RequestHeadersCredentialsProvider.passwordHeader=pwheader
usesProxySSO property enables SSO features in Polarion.
userheader and
pwheader (required) can be any value. They are just named for the respective headers.
You can optionally add the following property:
login.proxySSOLoginFailed=Message for end users in case authentication fails or is misconfigured.
This section provides an example of a reverse proxy configuration for Apache. This configuration is not intended for production use. It is intended only to assist Polarion administrators to test whether SSO is working.
Locate the file named
proxy.conf in your Apache installation in directory
conf.d (Linux) or
conf/extra (Windows).
If not already present, create this file.
Open the file in a text editor application and add the following lines in which
<polarionservername> is the name of your Polarion server, and
<proxyservername> is the name of your Apache server:
# Needed when the proxied host uses https protocol #SSLProxyEngine On <Location /polarion> ProxyPass http://<polarionservername>/polarion ProxyPassReverse http://<polarionservername>/polarion RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^/$ http://<proxyservername>/polarion/ RequestHeader append userheader "[username]" RequestHeader append pwheader "[password]" </Location>
userheader and
pwheader are the values of the header names set in
[username] and
[password] are the credentials of the polarion user.
After restarting Apache and Polarion, all requests to
http://<proxyservername>/polarion will be forwarded to
http://<polarionservername>/polarion, and request headers
userheader, and
pwheader will be added
to these requests, meaning that all requests to Polarion from this reverse proxy are done on behalf of user specified in
Polarion utilizes an integrated Subversion repository to manage all data artifacts. Access to Subversion is controlled by the Subversion access file. Polarion provides a web based client with an interface to facilitate administrators who need to control repository access directly in Subversion. This topic explains how to locate and use the client. Subversion administration and access file management is a topic beyond the scope of Polarion Help. Basic knowledge of the SVN access file is assumed. For information about Subversion repository administration, see http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.reposadmin.html.
The Access Management feature enables you to edit data in the SVN access file online, in either repository scope or single project scope. It is an administration feature, so you must have administrator permissions for the scope you want to work with.
To use the Subversion Access Management client:
Log in with administrator permissions for the repository or project you want to work with, and open it (see User Guide: Accessing Projects).
If you are not in Administration after logging in, click the Administration link in the tool view of Navigation.
In Navigation (topics view), expand User Management and select Access Management. The Access Management page loads in your browser.
The Access Management page has 2 panes, top and bottom. The top pane enables you to browse through the repository structure as it is defined in the access file, and review the current Role and User assignments for the folders. Keep in mind that this pane is a viewport into the SVN access file... what you see is what is currently in the file.
The upper pane has a location bar that shows the repository path to the currently selected folder. Some or all of the folder names in the path are clickable depending on your permissions:
If you have global (Repository) administrator permissions, the all folder names in the location bar path are clickable enabling you to navigate all the way up to the repository root.
If you have project administrator permissions, the location bar displays the full path to the project folder, but you will not be able to navigate higher than the project root folder.
The lower pane of the Access Management page provides detailed information about access rights currently defined for the folder selected in the top pane. In the lower pane you can:
Add, edit, or remove Role assignments for the selected folder. Click the Edit link in the Roles Assignment section in the lower pane of the Access Management page.
Add, edit, or remove User assignments for the selected folder. Click the Edit link in the Users Assignment section in the lower pane of the Access Management page.
Note the assigning access by Role is generally considered better practice than by User.
Review Users and Roles that currently have read and write permission for folder currently selected in the upper pane.
Review Users and Roles that currently have read-only permission for the folder currently selected in the upper pane.
In either scope, you can edit Role assignments. This is generally considered preferable than assigning access to individual users.
To edit Role assignments:
Open the repository or project you want to manage and navigate to> in the Navigation pane.
In the top pane of the Access Management page, browse to the repository folder for which you want to edit Role assignments and select the folder. The selected folder's SVN access details appear in the lower pane.
In the Roles Assignment section, click Edit. The table of currently assigned Roles becomes editable. Each row of the table corresponds to a Role and the permissions currently assigned to it. The last row enabled you to specify a Role and its permissions to add to the currently selected folder. Columns correspond to user role and permissions. Check boxes correspond to enabling (checked state) and disabling (cleared state) each permission.
TIP: Deny All overrides the other permission settings and revokes all permissions for the selected folder.
To add Role assignments:
Make sure you are editing the correct folder - select it in the top pane of the Access Management page. If the Role Assignments table is not editable, click the Edit link in the lower left corner.
In the last row of the table, click the green plus-sign icon (+) to add a new row. Select the Role you want to add to the access file from the list of in the Roles column. (For information about configuring Roles, see Administrator's Guide: Managing Users and Permissions: Configuring User Roles.)
Check the boxes corresponding to the permissions you wish to assign to the added Role. The options are:
Read - check to assign read-only permission, clear to revoke it.
Read & Write - check to assign read and write permission, clear to revoke it.
Deny all - check to deny all permissions, clear to revoke denial.
If you want to add another Role and set its permissions, click the green "plus sign" (+) icon in the Actions column to add another row to the table. Select the Role and assign permissions as described above.
Click thebutton in the lower pane's toolbar to save changes from the GUI to the SVN access file.
To remove existing Role assignments:
Make sure you are editing the correct folder - select it in the top pane of the Access Management page. If the Role Assignments table is not editable, click the Edit link in the lower left corner.
On the row(s) of the Role(s) you wish to remove, click the blue "minus sign" (-) icon in the Actions column. The row becomes highlighted. (If you make a mistake, click the button on the lower pane toolbar and start over.)
Click thebutton in the lower pane's toolbar to save changes from the GUI to the SVN access file.
As previously mentioned, it is generally considered preferable to assign Subversion access by Role rather than by User. The most common reason to edit User assignments is in situations where some "clean-up" of the access file is desirable, removing User assignments that may have found their way into the file at some time or another. Of course, if you wish to assign access to some specific User(s), you can do so.
To edit User assignments:
Open the repository or project you want to manage and navigate to> in the Navigation pane.
In the upper pane of the Access Management page, browse to the repository folder for which you want to edit User assignments and select the folder. The selected folder's SVN access details appear in the lower pane.
In the Users Assignment section, click Edit. The table of currently assigned Users becomes editable. Each row of the table corresponds to a User and the permissions currently assigned. The last row enabled you to specify a user and permissions to add to the currently selected folder.
To remove existing User assignments from the Subversion access file:
Make sure you are editing the correct folder - select it in the upper pane of the Access Management page. If the User Assignments table is not editable, click the Edit link in the lower left corner.
On the row(s) of the User(s) for whom you wish to remove SVN access, click the blue "minus sign" (-) icon in the Actions column. The row becomes highlighted. (If you make a mistake, click the button on the lower pane toolbar and start over.)
Click thebutton in the lower pane's toolbar to save your changes to the SVN access file.
To add User assignments:
Make sure you are editing the correct folder - select it in the upper pane of the Access Management page. If the Users Assignments table is not editable, click the Edit link in the lower left corner.
In the last row of the table, select the User to which you want to assign permissions from the list of in the Users column. (For information about configuring Users, see Administrator's Guide: Managing Users and Permissions: Configuring User Users.)
Check the boxes corresponding to the permissions you wish to assign to the selected User. The options are:
Read - check to assign read-only permission, clear to revoke it.
Read & Write - check to assign read and write permission, clear to revoke it.
Deny all - check to deny all permissions, clear to revoke denial.
If you want to add another User and permissions to the table, click the green "plus sign" (+) icon in the Actions column to add another row to the table. Select the User and assign permissions as described above.
Click thebutton in the lower pane's toolbar to save changes from the GUI to the SVN access file.
Subversion access management enables use of the tilde character (~) as an exclusion marker. Prefixing a user name or role with this character causes Subversion to apply the access rule to users not matching the rule. Polarion displays access rules as they are written in the access file, so prefixed items may appear in the Polarion access management user interface if they exist in the access file.
The system property
com.polarion.accessmngmt.useTildaFeatureForRoles in the
polarion.properties file controls whether or not
Polarion's Access Management should offer tilde-prefixed roles. The property is set to
true by default.
You can find more information about this marker, along with some examples, in the Advanced Access Control Features section of the web page at http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.serverconfig.pathbasedauthz.html.
Controlling access to Documents can be an issue in some organizations. While administrators cannot specify access control on specific Documents, it is possible
to control access to Document folders. Document folders are found under the
modules folder, under the project
folder. If, for example, you wanted to set access control on the "User Requirements Specification" Document in Polarion's eLibrary example project, you would set the desired
permissions on the folder
elibrary/modules/Specification/User Requirements Specification.
When access management restricts a user from accessing a Document, the Polarion user interface does not show the Document to the user in Navigation.
If your user account has global (i.e. repository-scope) administrator permissions, but you are editing Role access in the project scope, then the appearance of some items
in the Roles list is somewhat different than for administrators having just project-scope administrator permissions. Global administrators will see Roles prefixed
with a project ID:
myproject-project_developer or
myproject-project_user, for example. A project administrator would see the
same roles as
project_developer and
If some Excel Import Configurations become disused or obsolete over time, they can be removed via the Repository browser. Import configuration may be save either in the global/repository scope or in the scope of some project. Deleting an Import Configuration does not require administrator permissions, but the user performing the removal must have permissions to delete content from the repository in the relevant scope.
The Repository Browser path to Excel Import Configurations is:
Work Items can be exported to XML (see User Guide: Exporting Work Items: Exporting to XML. Export is accomplished by means of XSL templates (XSLT). You can create your own XSL templates to transform exported Work Items to another XML document, a HTML document, a plain text file, or PDF or RTF. When creating your own XSLT, refer to the Polarion XML Export Schema in the Administration Reference.
You can access the templates via the Administration interface: Work Items > Export Templates.
You can also use the integrated Repository Browser to access export templates. Templates are located on repository path
/.polarion/tracker/export_templates/. You must use this tool to access the XSL templates.
Each of the exporters has a unique set of templates. Which template is used for which exporter is determined by the name of the template:
Transformed XML Export:
HTML Export:
Text Export:
RTF and PDF Export:
Excel export templates enable you to set up different export scenarios for users of the Excel round-trip features. Templates specify which Work Item field are exported for round-trip, and the default type for new Work Items created via Excel round trip.
Several export templates used for exporting Work Items to Microsoft Excel format are provided in the xlsx: Microsoft Excel section of the
Export Templates topic of Administration (Administration >> Work Items > Export Templates > xlsx: Microsoft Excel. Repository folder is
/.polarion/tracker/export_templates/excel). You will probably want to create you own Excel export templates derived from Polarion's
default templates.
The following sections discuss the characteristics of an Excel export template, and describe several commonly needed customizations:
Polarion provides 3 default Excel export templates:
Basic.xlsx - Template with some basic column-to-field mapping. A good starting point for many customizations.
Empty.xslx - Contains the required tables (describe later), but nothing else. No columns are defined in the template sheet, and there is no
default column-to-field mapping. If used for round-trip export, the export dialog fields selection is pre-filled with all columns that are shown in the Table view
of Work Items.
This template is best used as the basis for new templates developed "from scratch".
TimeReport.xlsx - this template defines a work time report. It serves as a good example of how to define calculated columns in your
custom Excel export templates.
Start by downloading the Excel export templates and checking to see how much is already implemented that you can use. The
Empty.xlsx template
is the most basic template with minimal data. The
Basic.xlsx template has some typically used fields and columns pre-defined.
Time Report.xlsx template has some examples of calculated columns. Create a copy of one of these export templates to use for your customizations.
Work Items are exported to an Excel table (a named region of the worksheet) named
WorkItems. Your template must contain this table, which should
contain only a header and one normal row - the "template" row (see figure below). In Polarion's pre-defined export templates, this table is found in Sheet 1.
Any column in this template sheet that has the a column label corresponding to a Polarion Work Item field ID is automatically mapped to the corresponding field.
This includes custom fields. You can add columns as needed. If you need to have column names that do not
correspond to field IDs, use the mapping table on the Polarion sheet.
The pre-defined Excel export templates from Polarion also contain the Polarion sheet. This sheet specifies some settings for the exporter and enables column to field mapping when template column names do not correspond to Polarion Work Item field names. Your custom template should contain this sheet with the 2 tables from Polarion's default templates.
The first table in the Polarion sheet is a table of property-value pairs that enable you to set default values for two properties:
New Work Item Type - specify the type for any new Work Items that may be specified by end users in exported round-trip workbooks based on the template, and created in Polarion during re-import.
New Comments Column - a regular expression value that matches headers of columns that should be imported as new Work Item comments.
The second table on the Polarion sheet is a column-to-field mapping table. Use this table to map any columns in the template table of Sheet 1 whose column names do not correspond to Polarion field names. Each row corresponds to a column in Sheet 1 that doesn't have a column name matching a field ID. (If there are rows in this table that duplicate the mapping on Sheet 1 you don't need to remove them. The mapping will not be duplicated.)
When adding a new column and field row to the mapping table, be sure to use thecontext menu on a row in the mapping table. Do not add rows outside the table. Rows inside the table will be shaded.
If you should happen to specify a field that doesn't exist, it will not appear to uses in the
Export Work Items dialog when they select the
Excel export option.
The end result of your customized template, when uploaded to the portal, should be that all fields you have mapped in the template appear to users as the default fields in the Selected Columns list of the Export Work Items dialog. It's recommended that you save your templates with different filenames from the default templates. You can upload your finished templates on the Export Templates page (described earlier) of Administration, then test them by invoking in the Work Items table and selecting in the Format field. If you need to modify your template to correct errors (or for any reason), you can do so and re-upload it using the Replace existing export template with this upload option.
To make an export template column read only:
Open the sheet of the export template containing the WorkItems region (normally on Sheet1).
In the first row after the header row (the "template" row referred to earlier), select the cell you want as read only.
On the cell's context menu, choose.
Select the Protection page of the dialog and check Locked.
To add another column to the Excel export template:
Open the sheet of the export template containing the WorkItems region (normally on Sheet1).
On first row after the header row (the "template" row referred to earlier), drag the lower right corner of the right-most cell until you see the outline for a new column. (Or use the content menu of the right-most cell to insert a column to the right).
Set the value of the new column's header to the name of a Polarion field to which you want the column mapped.
Alternatively, set the header value to any unique value, and then on the Polarion sheet add a row to the mapping table.
Download and open the
Time Report.xlsx export template to see an example of calculated columns.
To create a new calculated column in an Excel export template:
Create a new column as described in the previous section, but do not map it to any field. Rather, specify a unique value in the column header.
Enter the desired formula in the template row cell of the new calculated column.
Note that you cannot use relative cell references. Rather you should use table column references. For example:
=[Time Spent]+[Remaining Est.]-[Initial Est.]
Again, the calculated columns in the pre-defined
Time Report.xlsx export template can provide a useful example of such references.
It is possible to import Microsoft Word documents that contain OLE objects. Polarion can display OLE Object thumbnails during Word document import. However, some additional third-party image converter software must be installed and configured before you can import such Word documents. OLE Objects in documents must contain their thumbnails in .emf or .wmf file formats, and the image converter used must support their conversion into JPEG. OLE Objects themselves are not imported, only their thumbnails.
The recommended image converter software is ImagaMagick. Windows distributions are
pre-configured for ImageMagick. An empty folder is provided on path
C:\polarion\imagemagick which contains a README file describing what
to download, how to unpack it and what to do next. Linux distributions have the same folder under
/opt/polarion/, but it is empty. You
should obtain the download for your Linux operating system and install it to this folder.
There are some system properties in the
_common.properties system configuration file that you will need to review and set after installing
the image converter. Refer to comments in the section for the
com.polarion.oleconverter.app property that explain the settings.
There is an additional system property in the
polarion.properties file that specifies the target image format for the OLE thumbnail conversion.
Set property
com.polarion.oleconverter.convertedImageFormat=png to have thumbnails converted to PNG, or
com.polarion.oleconverter.convertedImageFormat=jpg to have thumbnails converted to JPEG format.
The system properties are located on path
polarion/configuration/ (Windows), or
%POLARION_HOME%/etc/polarion.properties (Linux).
You can customize the Polarion portal login screen to display a custom logo or other image to the right of the Polarion logo. The image must be hosted online in a location accessible to your Polarion server via http. Images may be GIF, PNG, or JPEG format.
To add a custom logo or image to the login screen:
Using a text editor, open
Add the following line to the file:
[IMAGE_URL] is the URL of the logo or other image you want to display in the login screen.
Save the file.
The Polarion server must be restarted before the image will appear in the login page.
The Repository Browser uses the following information to detect if a file is binary or text: the svn:mime-type property, the container (Tomcat)
mime-type settings, and configuration parameters
BinaryMimeTypes and
BinaryMimeTypes set in the
(located in the web client plugin folder of the Polarion installation:
polarion/plugins/org.polarion.svnwebclient_n.n.n/webapp/WEB-INF/ - where
"n.n.n" are numbers specifying a Polarion release number: 3.5.0, for example).
If mime type is detected in SVN properties or container settings, it is then looked up in the
BinaryMimeTypes and
lists. If the mime type isn't set or isn't present in those lists, then an automatic algorithm, which analyzes the first 1000 bytes of the file and returns the best
guess at the file type, is used.
This approach still cannot guarantee 100% accuracy of file type reporting and file handing in the Repository Browser. For example, one organization
might want to have a file type
.xyz treated as binary, while another wants the same file type interpreted as text.
If you find that some file types are not reported and handled correctly in the Repository Browser, or if you have some file types that you want to make sure are always
interpreted correctly, you can edit the above-mentioned
web.xml, setting mime-type mappings and interpretations in the
BinaryMimeTypes and
BinaryMimeTypes lists.
In a Polarion Multi-instance setup, all configured instances of the Polarion server start automatically when the controller instance starts unless the
property is set in the
_controller.properties file. However, there may be times when you need to explicitly start or stop Polarion instances
without starting the controller instance (to reindex an instance, for example). The following scripts are provided in the
folder to explicitly start and stop instances, and to explicitly re-index an instance.
start_instance.bat (Windows),
/opt/polarion/bin/polarion.init with
start_instance option (Linux)
If there is some instance that is not automatically started, or which needs to be restarted after having been stopped, use this script to start it.
start_instance.bat INSTANCE_ID or
/opt/polarion/bin/polarion.init start_instance INSTANCE_ID
stop_instance.bat (Windows),
/opt/polarion/bin/polarion.init with
stop_instance option (Linux)
Sends request to the multi-instance controller to gracefully stop the specified Polarion instance.
stop_instance.bat INSTANCE_ID or
/opt/polarion/bin/polarion.init stop_instance INSTANCE_ID
kill_instance.bat (Windows),
/opt/polarion/bin/polarion.init with
kill_instance option (Linux)
This is a "last resort" to force stopping of a running Polarion instance if something goes wrong and it fails to stop by normal means. Use only if necessary, as data loss may result.
kill_instance.bat INSTANCE_ID or
/opt/polarion/bin/polarion.init kill_instance INSTANCE_ID
reindex_instance.bat (Windows),
/opt/polarion/bin/polarion.init with
reindex_instance.sh option (Linux)
This script sends a request to the controller instance of the multi-instance system to re-index the specified Polarion instance.
The instance must be stopped before running the re-index tool.
reindex_instance.bat INSTANCE_ID or
/opt/polarion/bin/polarion.init reindex_instance.sh INSTANCE_ID
For more information on indexing and re-indexing, see Administrator's Guide: System Maintenance: Indexing and Reindex
You don't need to explicitly stop non-controller instances before shutting down the controller instance. The shutdown scripts will automatically stop all running instances.
There are some system properties that can be useful for experienced Polarion administrators. These are set in the file
polarion.properties (Windows:
C:\polarion\configuration\polarion.properties, Linux:
When not present in
polarion.properties, or if added to the properties file and set to
true, indexing of the content
of attachments is enabled. It will increase the time needed to index or re-index the system, depending on how many attachments exist. When enabled, attachments to
Documents, Wiki pages, and Work Items are indexed. (Attachments to Test Runs are not indexed.) Attachment indexing is performed by a background job when the server
is started. Users may not be able to search attachments for some time until the indexing job is completed.
Setting this property to
false will improve the indexing time, but users will not be able to search attachment content. If indexing is taking
too long and this property is not present, or present and set to
true, try setting it to
false, adding it to
polarion.properties if necessary.
Regardless of the setting, other attachment fields (author, title, fileName, updated and length) are not affected by this property and are always indexed (and therefore searchable by users).
The attachments index can be explicitly refreshed via the Index and Cache page in Administration.
If property
attachments.indexingOfAttachmentContent.enabled is enabled, this property sets the maximum file size, in megabytes, that will
be indexed for content, and therefore searchable for content by users. If an attachment is larger than the value specified in this property, only the
attachment fields (author, title, fileName, updated and
length) are indexed and searchable.
The value can be either an integer value (file sizes of 1 MB or more), or a float value. If no value is provided, or the property
is left out of the properties file, a default value of 10 MB will be used if
attachments.indexingOfAttachmentContent.enabled is enabled.
attachments.maxAttachmentSizeInMB=0.5 (i.e. 512 KB)
attachments.maxAttachmentSizeInMB=5.5 (i.e. 5.5 MB).
Sets the maximum number of heading levels available in Documents. Default value: 10. There is no upper limit to the number of levels allowed. The headings list in the Document Editor offers users the number of heading levels set in this property.
Document table of contents (TOC) is not affected by this setting. The TOC displays up to 15 heading levels.
Headings of all levels are preserved in round-trip for Word and Excel.
Word round-trip templates can define styles for all the heading levels. If a template does not provide enough styles for all existing heading levels in a Document, new styles are created during export (named e.g. Heading 10).
The user of an exported Document can add headings up to the number specified in this property, or defined in the template when the Document was exported.
When changing content structure in an Excel workbook exported for Excel round-trip, there is no upper limit on heading levels.
Beyond level 5, headings are not differentiated visually other than by outline number.
When set to
true, outline numbers are shown in the Title field of Work Items contained or referenced in
a Document, and viewed in the Table view. Outline number appears in the title of the item in the Work Item form in the Work Item viewer/editor.
Size of the global documents cache.
Default value: 100. Zero is a permissible value.
Try setting to a lower value of memory consumption is a problem.
Size of the transactional documents cache.
Default value: 100. Zero is a permissible value.
Try setting to a lower value of memory consumption is a problem.
Has much less impact than
Controls whether or not old revisions of a document should be stored in the global documents cache.
Default value:
Setting the value to
true will result in
more memory being used, but may speed up start-up and some
Which revision is taken as the first one to process when Polarion is started for the first time, or if its runtime data were cleared (e.g. due to reindex).
Possible values are
FIRST and
Default value:
setting this to
HEAD will speed up fresh
start significantly, but the history of Work Items will not be
available (only changes done after the start).
Controls whether or not build artifacts auto-recognition during startup should be disabled (affects only projects where there are no configured build artifacts and auto-recognition is not disabled on the project level).
The auto-recognition can be initiated manually from Administration.
Default value:
Setting the value to
true will result in
significant speed-up of first start or reindex.
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A journalist has been arrested as part of the British police investigation into claims of corrupt payments to public officials.
The 38-year-old woman is the 53rd person held under Operation Elveden, which is running alongside Scotland Yard's phone-hacking investigation.
She was held at her home in Sussex at 6.30am local time on suspicion of conspiracy to corrupt and suspicion of conspiracy to cause misconduct in a public office, police said on Thursday.
The reporter was bailed to return to a Sussex police station in March.
Her arrest came on the back of information provided to police by News Corporation's management standards committee, which was set up in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "The 38-year-old woman, a journalist, was arrested at her home at approximately 6.30am on suspicion of conspiracy to corrupt contrary to the Criminal Law Act 1977 and suspicion of conspiracy to cause misconduct in a public office contrary to the Criminal Law Act 1977."
On Thursday, Prime Minister David Cameron's former spin doctor, Andy Coulson, and ex-News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks appeared at the Old Bailey, also accused of making corrupt payments to public officials.
Coulson and ex-News of the World royal correspondent Clive Goodman are charged with conspiracy to pay for information, including a royal phone directory known as the "Green Book".
Coulson, 44, and Goodman, 55, face two counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office - one between August 31, 2002 and January 31, 2003, and the other between January 31 and June 3, 2005.
Brooks, 44, and former Sun chief reporter John Kay, 69, are charged with conspiring to pay Ministry of Defence employee Bettina Jordan-Barber around STG100,000 ($A154,906) for information.
The three each face one count of conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office between January 1, 2004 and January 31, 2012.

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Here are the top 10 converting websites for June 2008*. These are based on Nielson Panel data and are calculated by toolbar user to final conversion.
1. ProFlowers 28.40%
2. Office Depot 25.60%
3. FTD.com 24.30%
4. 1800flowers.com 20.30%
5. Lane Bryant Catalog 18.7%
7. Eddie Bauer 16.8%
8. Roamans 16.1%
9. Vistaprint – 15.2%
10. eBay – 14.9%
*Source: Nielsen Online / Marketing Charts
Just like last month the 3 major florists made the list; did dads get lots of flowers? I didn't. However, I did get a nice Nikon D60 DSLR camera (thanks to my wonderful kids and wife.) As you look at the additional benchmarks below, there seems to be a negative trend from the previous month. A lot of these benchmarks have trended down. Could it be related to the economy?
Page Views Per Session 12.72
Product Page Views Per Session 3.42
Average Time on Site (in seconds) 476.59
Average Items/Order 5.90
Average Order Value $120.82
Shopping Cart Conversion Rate 31.74%
Shopping Cart Abandonment 68.26%
New Visitor Conversion Rate 2.02%
On-site Search Session 15.07%
On-site Search Conversion Rate 6.64%
On-site Search Average Order Value $130.41
Direct Load:
Traffic % 48.06%
Sales % 65.61%
Conversion Rate 3.49%
Natural Search:
Traffic % 13.43%
Sales % 8.41%
Conversion Rate 1.92%
Traffic % 7.06%
Sales % 2.40%
Referral Conversion Rate 1.40%
* Source: Coremetrics LIVEmark Benchmarks US (PDF) – UK benchmarks PDF available.
Coremetrics LIVEmark leverages aggregate performance data across more than 300 participating brands to deliver over 35 benchmark metrics addressing performance indicators such as campaign and channel effectiveness, site stickiness and conversion rates.
If you need help increasing your numbers, I know someone reliable and proven who can help you. Just ask me.
This is marriage season. I think I read somewhere that more marriages take place in June than in any other month. It's probably true.
Nice to see all the good stuff from the internet. However, one small comment: the number 1 conversion rate website misses a w (ww instead of www) in the URL.
No big problem, because everyone would understand it.
I guess when people want flowers they want flowers!
The website with the highest conversion rate
has a home image that is completely in
I guess the subject is such that one needs that kind
of design.
But really great, they are well placed in organic results
(some really valuavle links from good sites)
and have such a good conversion rate.
Every web marketer's dream.
Great information for affiliate managers.
Very interesting. Most of the sites look very user unfriendly. There SEO is top!
in your conversion benchmarkting report you have 3 categories direct, natural and referrals, but they do not add up to 100% what is the the other source making up the remainder of the traffic
Office Depot sure made a huge comeback from the last report. Seems the flower sites had it monopolized. Office Depot must be doing something different/right nowdays! I'll be taking a look at what they changed recently because whatever it was, it worked!
[...] that simple. Commonly the answer would be between 2.5% and 3%. However, if I take for example the Top 10 list of the top converting retail sites I would see a very different picture. First of all these sites convert at 14% and above. For the [...]
wealthy affiliate vs profit…
Si quieres ir un poco más allá necesitas utilizar los afiliados. Cada vez hay más redes de afiliados para ganar dinero pero aunque con este método es más dificil conseguir ganar dinero puedes llegar a conserguir verdaderas fortunas. Vuelvo a decir…
n your conversion benchmarkting report you have 3 categories direct, natural and referrals, but they do not add up to 100% what is the the other source making up the remainder of the traffic
would be great to know how it compare to anything hitwise has.
I see pro flowers are two years running at the top. See if they are there in 2010.
I see pro flowers are two years running at the top. See if they are there in 2010.


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Condo, 2 Bedrooms + Loft, 2 Baths, (Sleeps 9)
This lovely 2 bedroom, 2 bath with loft (1380') condo is 'Michigan's Best Little Kept Secret'. It is beautifully decorated and very up-to-date. The condo is within walking distance to the fitness center/indoor pool, fishing ponds, and tennis courts. It overlooks the open grassy area. You can be sitting on your deck in the summertime relaxing or watching your children play ball. It is an upper unit and not a lower unit; therefore, you will not have the noise of people walking above you.
This non-smoking condo features the following: gas log fireplace, 1 car garage, two person Jacuzzi tub, central A/C, 2 phones, 4 TV's , 2 DVD's, 3 VCR players, stereo with 5 Disc CD player, balcony off of living room and off of upstairs master bedroom, full kitchen equipped with dishes, cookware, microwave, dishwasher, blender, mixer, coffee maker and washer/dryer.
This condo has a master bedroom upstairs with a king bed plus two twin beds (new carpeting), TV with DVD, full bath and Jacuzzi tub. The upstairs loft has a bunk bed with full on bottom/twin on top. The loft also has a sofa. There is a TV/VCR in the loft. The 2nd bedroom has a queen bed (new carpeting) with a TV/VCR and full bathroom. There is a family room on the first floor with a Flat Screen TV/DVD/VCR combo and stereo with 5 Disc CD player.
All linens are provided. Please bring your own beach towels for swimming pools and jacuzzi tub. No pets. No Smoking.
We are only 4.5 miles from Petoskey State Park which offers beautiful sandy beaches. Other nearby lakes: Lake Michigan, Burt Lake, Mullet Lake, Crooked Lake, Round Lake, Lake Charlevoix, Douglas Lake, Walloon Lake
Shopping and fine dining and casual restaurants in Petoskey & Bay Harbor, Harbor Springs, Charlevoix & Cross Village
Only 30 minutes to Mackinaw Island or Mackinaw City's outdoor waterpark
The Young Americans perform every summer very close to the Trout Creek Condos, and they are fabulous. Tickets include hors d'oeuvres, dinner and the show. It's an enjoyable evening out for both adults and children.
If golfing is your passion, there are several championship golf courses nearby. In the winter you can ski or snowboard at Nubs Nob the #1 ski resort in the Midwest. Our condo is only 1/2 mile from Nubs Nob. Boyne Highlands Ski Resort offers much of the same with longer runs. Boyne Highlands also has tubing in the wintertime. Winter Park in Petoskey has a free outdoor ice skating rink.
If you enjoy going to the casinos, the Odawa Casino is located in Petoskey.
- Suitability:
- Events Allowed
- Long-term Renters Welcome
- Minimum Age Limit for Renters
- children welcome
- non smoking only
- pets not allowed
- wheelchair inaccessible
About Connie Bierlein
I grew up in Frankenmuth, MI, attended CMU and graduated from Northwood University with a BBA degree. I still reside in Frankenmuth with my husband and two sons.
Connie Bierlein purchased this condo in 2004
Why Connie Bierlein chose Boyne Highlands
My brother had owned property in Harbor Springs, and we would come up every year. We decided to buy this condo, because we loved the area.
What makes this condo unique
It has all the conveniences of home.
Guestbook comments from the owner
Perfect place to stay. Loved watching the kids play soccer off the deck! Although USA lost to Belgium. Played golf in great weather and enjoyed some peace and quiet. Your home is beautiful and had all the amenities anyone could ask for. Thank you for sharing!


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211-299 W Vandalia Rd has a Walk Score of 43 out of 100. This location is a Car-Dependent neighborhood so most errands require a car.
This location is in Greensboro. Nearby parks include Woodlea Acres Park, Shannon Woods Park and Shannon Hills Park.
Nearby schools include Vandalia Elementary School, Allen Middle School and Cyrus P Frazier Elementary School.
The closest grocery stores are ALDI Greensboro, NC, Tienda Esperanza and Food Lion of Greensboro.
Nearby coffee shops include Cafe Mocha, Starbucks and Circle K. There are eight restaurants within a 15 minute walk including Hardee's / Red Burrito, Libby Hill Seafood Restaurants and Dragon Express.
211-299 W Vandalia Rd is near University of North Carolina - Greensboro, Bennett College and Greensboro College.
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Coexistence? Not as Great as it Sounds
Voices, April 20, 2010
"Coexistence" is a catch-all phrase used by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Communications as it moves from an existing message format to a new one.
SWIFT uses the phrase to assuage the concerns of users of the popular financial messaging network about change.
The change at hand: Moving to messages whose components are tagged in the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) of the Web. In effect, "co-existence" says users don't have to adopt XML message formats. They can keep using the International Organization for Standardization's 15022 format, also known as MT messages, for communicating details of financial transactions.
Or they can move to the new standard, ISO 20022, which uses XML. The XML messages can include more information, using appropriate "official" tags. SWIFT had planned to phase out all MT message types in favor of MX messages beginning this year.
But in 2006 it decided to back off. SWIFT's customers said it would be too difficult to make any change. They had already spent plenty of time and money moving to the ISO 15022 messages in 2001, which replaced the older ISO 70775 messages.
Now there is no official mandate (or date) to phase out MT messages. Too many firms apparently have hardcoded their information systems to use MT formatting.
But is coexistence such a good idea?
It might be a practical one for SWIFT. It can't exactly force its users to move to 20022 messages and it could easily lose plenty of support should it decide to do so. SWIFT has a strong following in Europe. But it is still playing catchup in the U.S. and Latin America, particularly Brazil.
Since SWIFT makes its bread and butter charging between five and 20 eurocents for each message that passes through the network, the financial pressure is intense. SWIFT must reduce the challenge its customers face in moving to ISO 20022, as it tries to create a single message standard for all text communications between financial institutions, market venues, information suppliers and customers.
But is coexistence really such a practical solution for SWIFT's users?
SWIFT itself concedes that coexistence may not be cost-effective. In fact, it might be more costly than actually migrating to the new format. That is because firms must maintain the current data dictionaries for the MT messages and the new MX versions, at the same time. These dictionaries explain what information goes into each of the data fields in the messages and the format that must be used.
Firms must be able to translate between the two syntaxes and know which customers want to use which syntax. Worse, the MT format, operations executives say, allows for too much interpretation. That's because information can be inserted into a message in free-format text.
That means a sender can just write a lot of sentences which require the recipient of the message to interpret text. That is fraught with risk of error.
The MX message system, by contrast, forces each piece of usable information to be tagged with the appropriate category of information or action into which it should fit.
"In general, [MX] messages will offer more granularity in the information so their use enables investment managers, broker dealers and custodian banks to improve straight-through-processing rates," says James Wills, senior business manager for standards at SWIFT. "Consequently they can drive down costs, reduce operational risk and readily accommodate increased volumes as their businesses grow."
Operations executives agree. Some say that payment messages are the most notorious for misunderstandings because of the free format text; others say that it is corporate action messages.
SWIFT is rolling out the new MX formats based on ISO 20022 starting in November for corporate actions. The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp., the U.S. umbrella organization for clearance and settlement services, is migrating to the new ISO 20022 message formats for its corporate action notifications by 2015.
Yet another key exception to the policy of coexistence: the MX messages related to subscriptions, redemptions and post-trade processing of investment funds often create a faulty historical record.
Firms relying on the older MT messages found that too much communication between investors, fund managers and fund distributors was taking place via email and paper. It was a clear path to a lot of errors and additional clean-up cost.
So how much can using MX messages really save firms in manual processing and lower error rates?
SWIFT can't currently provide a hard dollar return on investment. Neither could any of the dozen operations executives contacted by Securities Industry News last week.
"It depends on the type of post-trade function involved, the size of the firm and the current operational efficiency," says one operations executive. "But we do feel that [straight-through processing] rates will increase with the new messages."
Feeling may not be good enough. Operations executives generally need to prove a return on investment to business executives responsible for signing off on new projects.
And migrating to the new ISO 20022 messages can be a labor-intensive coding project. It could take anywhere from a few weeks to a few months or even years depending on the number of internal applications involved.
SWIFT says the savings will come from the maintenance of ISO 20022 messages, all tagged and orderly. But how to calculate those savings is still up in the air.
"As is the case with any change in standards there are costs involved in managing the changes. It may be difficult to forecast the total benefits of more straight-through-processing when the new standard is fully implemented, but there is no difficulty in proving the case for coexistence when a firm has to deal with two different standards in incoming messages," says Vijay Oddiraju, president of Volante Technologies, a metadata management software firm in New York.
Volante says its Composer software can easily translate between ISO 15022 and 20022 messages; firms don't need to recode their operating systems. Last year, SWIFT also unveiled its own toolkit to do the same.
Unfortunately, financial firms really do need to keep processing the current ISO 15022 messages. At least until all of its counterparties and customers migrate to the new message type. Nobody knows when that will be, of course without a mandate from SWIFT.
Therein, lies the chicken and the egg. SWIFT officials say the mandate must come from the "SWIFT community." That means the firms which use the SWIFT network.
Hopefully, either the chicken or the egg will take charge sooner than later. The industry can't afford to be inefficient. Regulators won't allow it. Neither will investors.
The topic of coexistence is set to be discussed at the annual SWIFT Operations Forum Americas (SOFA) conference on Wednesday and Thursday at the Marriott Marquis in Manhattan.
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The challenge of coexistence is outweighed by the benefits ISO 20022 will deliver. We'll see improvement in standards, as well as a reduction in 'interpretation' of messages, and therefore in the significant risk this poses to accuracy. The use of the ISO 20022 MX messages and, if used correctly, their market defined extensions, will also lead to a significant reduction in errors, and with the global adoption of such standards, will reduce risk. Even before ISO 15022 is eradicated, i.e. during coexistence, the ISO 20022 extensions could possibly be applied to the ISO 15022 free format text tags and start to reduce the dependency on a person interpreting what is being said accurately. I believe the technology is in hand to manage coexistence and as firms start using 20022 and see its additional benefits, they will encourage the market to change. Like all new technologies it will take those early adopters to see the benefits and promote them to others. With the adoption by the DTCC here in the U.S. there is already a vote of confidence and move in the right direction. As to costs, SWIFT will not be the only network capable of managing ISO 20022 messages. There is good competition and as more firms adopt this standard the economies of scale themselves will reduce these costs. Today's software has also significantly eliminated the need to hardcode data and instead provides manageable tables that are updated irrespective of the format of the incoming messages. This in itself reduces the operational risks of coexistence as a firms process will, for the most part, remain unchanged. - Gerard Bermingham V.P. Business Strategy, Information Mosaic
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Colville High senior middle linebacker Alex Pond has been named to the 2011 Associated Press Washington All-State football team (Class 1A).
The teams (4A, 3A, 2A, 1A, 2B, 1B) are annually voted on by writers and editors from around the state.
Pond, named in the fall as the Northeast A League Co-Most Valuable Player on Defense, helped lead the Indians to a second straight Northeast A League championship. Colville finished 6-5 and made the state 1A playoffs.
The 6-5, 220-pounder led the Indians in tackles this fall with 108 (sixth best all-time). He had three fumble recoveries, one interception and blocked three kicks. Of those 108 tackles, 32 of them were solo. He also scored ColvilleŌĆÖs only defensive touchdown of the season.
Standout athlete
A tight end on offense who also got some early-season reps at quarterback, Pond scored four offensive touchdowns.
The standout three-sport athlete is a four-year starter on the CHS boyŌĆÖs basketball team and one of the top javelin throwers at the 1A level.
Pond hopes he can play at the next level. ThatŌĆÖs the goal.
ŌĆ£IŌĆÖd like to play (football) in college,ŌĆØ Pond said on Monday before he joined the basketball team for a practice session. ŌĆ£I know I can play somewhere. I just donŌĆÖt have a clue where at this point.ŌĆØ
Pond says he much prefers playing defense.
ŌĆ£I like hitting people,ŌĆØ says Pond.
Downhill fast
Yes, Pond, who figures heŌĆÖs probably best ŌĆ£at getting downhill quick and making my reads,ŌĆØ offered that linebackerŌĆÖ punch line with a smile.
Pond figures until CHS defensive coordinator Bill Carpenter interceded a couple of years back, he was destined to be a defensive end. D-end is where Pond might find himself in college.
That would be okay. It would mean that his dream of playing college football had been realized.
On a mostly inexperienced team this fall, Pond knew he had to lead ColvilleŌĆÖs defense on the field. But he also had to assume a leadership role as one of the teamŌĆÖs few seniors. That was a new responsibility, but one he embraced.
ŌĆ£I never really had to do that before,ŌĆØ Pond concedes. ŌĆ£We always had leaders. ŌĆ£But I donŌĆÖt mind. I like to lead by example.ŌĆØ
While the 2010 team rolled through the season unbeaten before losing in the first round of playoffs to Cashmere, a profoundly inexperienced 2011 team wasnŌĆÖt really expected to accomplish much.
After an ugly start, Pond and his teammates improved enough to annex a second straight Northeast A League title and won a playoff game before losing late to Royal.
Chances are, the 2011 football season will be one that CHS players and coaches remember fondly for a long time. Much was accomplishedŌĆölittle was expected.
ŌĆ£After those first few games, it was really satisfying to get as far as we did with what we had,ŌĆØ Pond says.
Coach Carpenter knows that Pond has the skill setŌĆöand the frameŌĆöto play somewhere in college.
ŌĆ£HeŌĆÖs a great athlete who has strength and speed to go with that size,ŌĆØ Carpenter said, adding that ŌĆ£for a big guyŌĆ"for him to play linebackerŌĆ"we thought was kind of a stretch because of his height and pad levels.
ŌĆ£But heŌĆÖs a natural (at linebacker). Alex has a great nose for the ball and he did a great job. He was our leader.ŌĆØ
For CarpenterŌĆÖs money, Pond hasnŌĆÖt come close to reaching his potential as a football player yet.
ŌĆ£He hasnŌĆÖt even hit the tip of the iceberg as far as his potential goes,ŌĆØ Carpenter said. ŌĆ£He can easily put on 20 to 25 poundsŌĆöand he can play tight end or even tackle. He has that kind of body.ŌĆØ
Player of the Year: Connell running back Matt Hadley, sr.
First team:
Quarterback: Billy Green, jr., KingŌĆÖs
Running backs: Matt Hadley, sr., Connell; Evan Truax, sr., Montesano; Jake Clizbe, sr., Kalama.
Wide receivers: Trey Handy, sr., Nooksack Valley; Kade Eppich, sr., Connell.
Tight end: Joshua Schreffler, sr., Cascade Christian.
Offensive line: B.J. Salmonson, sr., Nooksack Valley; Bo Russell, sr., Montesano; Devon Winters, sr., Cle Elum; Kennan VanHollebeke, sr., Connell; Caleb Barnes, sr., Cashmere.
Defensive line: Jesse Wallace, sr., Toledo; Tyson Brook, sr., Connell; Josh Aho, sr., Zillah; Alex Pond, sr., Colville.
Linebackers: Jake Gall,jr., Cle Elum; Cole Schwartz, sr., Chelan; Joshua Schreffler, sr., Cascade Christian; Chandler Salsbury, sr., Connell.
Defensive backs: Austin Baker, sr., Montesano; Brady Widner, so., Zillah; Travis Kretschman, sr., Cle Elum; Jake Archer, sr., Cascade Christian.
All purpose: Devante Harris, jr., Tenino.
Kicker: Braydon Ross, sr., Goldendale.
Punter: Antonio Gonzales, sr., Highland.
Honorable mention:
Quarterback: Michael Amsel jr., Chelan.
Running backs: Austin Johnson, jr., Kalama; John Murphy, sr., Meridian; Jake Gall, jr., Cle Elum.
Wide receivers: Jake Archer, sr., Cascade Christian; Derick Ross, sr., Zillah.
Tight end: Joe Benedict, sr., Montesano.
Offensive line: Mason Friedline, jr., KingŌĆÖs; Braden Decker, jr., Forks; Bo Russell, sr., Montesano.
Linebackers: Nolin Bare, sr., Goldendale; Austin Johnson, jr., Kalama; Justin Hause, sr., Lakeside; Kyle Weiler,sr., Cashmere.
Defensive backs: Wade Gaston, jr., Goldendale; Karson Kuehner, jr., Life Christian.
All-purpose: Michael Newman, sr., Cle Elum.


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Mr Chris Oliver, Consultant Trauma Orthopaedic Surgeon, Chairman CTC Cyclists' Touring Club Scotland. I realise that every single day that I now have is pretty incredible but you've got to want to lose weight. You've got to want to get the motivation. Every day is now a bonus. As a consultant orthopaedic trauma surgeon I made a career out of saving other people, but put my own life in danger when my weight ballooned and I became 'super-obese'. At my heaviest I topped the scales at 27½ stone with both my chest and waist measurements at 56 inches. I would be out of breath just trying to climb a few steps. Like many successful career people, so much of my time was dedicated to work that I lost sight of what I was doing to myself. If I hadn't managed to lose 12½ stone I'd probably be dead! In 2007 I had an adjustable laparoscopic gastric band but now five years later I have really managed to turn my life around and I am a walking example of what a difference shedding 12½ stone can make. Apart from walking I also cycle, kayak, dive and compete in triathlons. I have recently completed the Pedal for Scotland Sportive 112 mile cycle ride in nine hours and next year I am planning to cycle over 3,500 miles from Los Angeles to Boston. Initially I started getting fit again by short walks and cycles, then aquafit and going to the gym. Every day I do some form of exercise and keep an exercise diary. As I got fitter I progressed to vigorous spin-cycling and long swims. I feel like I wasted 25 years of my life being obese. I don't think I ever had an eating disorder, been a binge eater or a substance abuser – I have just worked very hard over the years for my career and patients. I don't think I have ever really overeaten, it's just been normal eating but without enough physical exercise. If you don't exercise and maintain a normal food intake you will put on weight, it's not that you've been putting too much food in your mouth. I know that surgery isn't for everyone; I'd rather have never put the weight on in the first place and never needed to have the surgery. My patients no longer recognise me! Motivation throughout was imagining the activities and sports I had done as a youth and wished to do again. Although the clock is ticking fast through life, it's never too late to turn your life around. Cycling has significantly changed my life. Since March of 2012 I have been chairman of CTC Scotland. I have been involved with a fair bit of media but in addition:
- Road Safety Operational Partnership Group (RSOPG) led the cyclists' organisations debate with MSPs and Scottish Transport Minister at Cycle Safety Summit.
- Assisted formation Cross-Party Parliamentary Cycling Group at Holyrood. MSPs, government officers and cycle stakeholders.
- Pedal on Parliament 3,000 cyclists, cycle on Holyrood. Social media and publicity support
- Building bridges with: Transport Scotland, Bike Club, Scottish Cycling, Cycling Scotland, Sustrans Scotland, Spokes, Pedal-on-Parliament, Scottish National Cycling Interests Group, Active Alliance
- Chief Medical Officer Scotland – Sir Harry Burns & Scottish Government Fitness Champion – Dr Andrew Murray. Scottish Government cycling support.
- Senior editor of CTC campaign briefing "Cycling and Health"
Website : http://www.ctc.org.uk/scotland
At local level, CTC members form Member Groups to organise rides, tours, events and training, as well as sometimes get involved in local campaigning. CTC in Scotland brings together representatives of these Member Groups, and other organisations, to discuss and deal with matters relating to cycling in Scotland.There are many local cycling clubs and several cycle campaigning groups in Scotland and the rest of the UK. CTC is the one body which embraces all kinds of cycle use and interests.
Falling off a tricycle and splitting my lower lip
Being so unfit I could not climb up the Great Wall of China, rather would have died. So had bariatric surgery. Laparoscopic Gastric Band in 2007. Was 27.5 stone now lost 12.5 stone.
I have always been a kayaker and have paddled expedition whitewater all over the world. I lost about 15 years kayaking as I was too fat to fit in a kayak. The Laparoscopic Gastric Band is just a tool to change your life.
With a laparoscopic Gastric Band you will inevitably lose weight if you do not cheat. Chocolate milk and Black Pudding have been my salvation on long endurance rides. The biggest motivator has been patients and colleagues who do a double take when they see me and often fail to recognise me being half the man I used to be.
At present I am training to ride from Los Angeles to Boston, 3,500 Miles in the summer of 2013. I am doing one hour interval turbo sessions over the winter to work on increasing cadence and leg speeds. I have been using the 3LCTV videos. My lapband is still very tight and I will have to get it released to do the endurance ride. I'm still losing weight but putting on muscle. My relationship with food has completely changed; the lapband is a tool to change your life. The band is not the answer to everyone that is obese.
If you want to lose weight you must do something radical to motivate yourself to change behaviour. Don't leave it too late waiting for a heart attack or stroke to occur. Go for it.
I wanted to try and pay something back to cycling by giving some leadership.
Six sprint triathlons, The Caledonia Etape (three times – coming nearly last the first year but now progressing to half way up the field), LEJOG in 2009. In Feb 2013 I'm competing in the Scottish CycloCross Championships, looking forward to the mud.
Cycling Los Angeles to Boston 3,500 miles with my 22 year daughter in summer 2013. I'm on a supported tour with Crossroads.
I have travelled a lot. Think I'd go back and ride in Bhutan again for the wilderness.


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DNA mismatch repair (MMR) is the body's system for recognizing and fixing mispaired bases (adenine with thymine, guanine with cytosine) that occur during genetic replication and recombination. It's a vital process because it eliminates mutations that can result in defects and the development of different cancers.
It's also a bit of a mystery, in part because no one has ever actually seen the system at work. Until now. In a paper published in the November 23 issue of the journal Cell, Richard Kolodner, PhD, a member of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, professor of medicine and member of the Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego School of Medicine and colleagues use fluorescent visualization techniques to show what's happening in vivo for the first time.
The researchers studied live cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, or Baker's yeast. "MMR in yeast and humans is exactly the same," said Kolodner. "Yeast and humans use the same proteins and the repair process involves the same steps in each organism."
They focused on the Msh2-Msh6 and Mlh1-Pms1 protein complexes, known to play a role in MMR. "We saw that the MMR protein that detects errors in the DNA linked to the proteins that replicate the DNA," said Kolodner. "We also saw that when the first MMR protein encountered an error in the DNA, it assembled a second MMR protein onto the DNA to initiate the repair process."
The discovery reveals for the first time a key mechanism used by MMR proteins to find individual damaged sites in DNA among the vast numbers of non-damaged DNA sites in a cell. Having a better understanding of how DNA is repaired could ultimately lead to future therapies to assist the process or treat existing cancers.
"Inherited defects in MMR genes cause one of the most common forms of inherited cancer susceptibility known," said Kolodner. "In addition, a significant number of non-inherited cancers have MMR defects that play a role in their development. And sometimes in cancers that have become resistant to chemotherapy, the acquired resistance is due to selection for a MMR defect during treatment."
Co-authors of the paper with Kolodner were Arshad Desai, Catherine E. Smith, Christopher S. Campbell and Hans Hombauer, all at the Ludwig Institute and UC San Diego School of Medicine.
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Lund International Choral Festival
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Sweden is known to have a choral tradition that is full of life. In fact, it is one of the most wide spread popular movements in the country. Lund, in particular, has a flourishing choir scene with many choirs, some of which are well known also abroad. It is therefore natural for the city to engage in a recurring choir festival. Lund International Choral Festival opened in October 2006 for the first time and will occur every two years from then on. The festival is an excellent way to create a forum for choral and cultural life both nationally and internationally. The week will be an inspiring event of great musical experiences when some of the world's most prominent choirs, vocal ensembles and conductors gather in Lund.
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I am a senior in high school, just two weeks from graduation. If I end up going to college, I know that I definitely want to take a year or so off. I want to really learn things first hand. I want to see the world and study cultures and people. If anyone out there has been there and can reflect back, I would love to hear from you. What should I study? Where should I go? What should I really think about? I want to give the rest of my life a boost and give myself a solid foundation in my youth. Thank you in advance for your help.
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The inspiration for local poet R.T. Castleberry's latest chapbook, Arriving at the Riverside, comes from a familiar place. "I was working at a job that I didn't really enjoy and I could not escape, so the characters in my poems could," says the writer, who will appear at the Nano Fiction Reading Series today. A co-founder of the Flying Dutchman Writers Troupe and editor of Curbside Review, Castleberry creates verses with a strong narrative base, with stories unfolding in whimsical ways. In Riverside's title poem, a man takes a midnight walk: "Twisting in a cakewalk strut, / he has a red rooster feather hanging at his belt, / a black cat bone turning in his hands," Castleberry reads, adding, "It's a little blues and a little surrealism all wrapped up in one." Castleberry reads more with poet Peter B. Hyland - a recent nominee for a Pushcart Prize - at 7:30 p.m. Kaboom Books, 3116 Houston. For information, call 713-869-7600 or visit www.nanofiction.org. Free.
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Nearby schools include Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School, Pennypacker Hall and Boston Archdiocesan Choir School.
The closest grocery stores are Broadway Marketplace, Harvard Market and Black Ink.
Nearby coffee shops include Starbucks, Darwin's Limited and Dunkin' Donuts. There are 105 restaurants within a 15 minute walk including Angelo's Pizza Co, Atrium Dining Room and Mona Lisa Pizza.
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Im not a fan
I thought it was one of the worst songs from his album. Sounds juvenile. Now it's a single. Bollocks.
He let me down...Digging: Interpol - El Pintor
Digging: Interpol - El Pintor
makes sence seeing as it is his best attempt to make a chorus
Disappointed with his solo stuff. Just gonna go and listen to silent alarm
I was a bit dissapointed with his solo album but it's way better than anything bloc party have ever done.
I went there.
I can admit they started going downhill ever since Silent Alarm but still!
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Apple pretty much invented the hype machine, so its no surprise its running wild now. With the developer conference coming up on June 9 in San Francisco, many have pegged this date as coinciding with Apple's release of a 3G version of its handset wonder. With this anticipated new handset comes a whole slew of new hyped-up expectations, obviously including a faster network, as well as a slimmer design and perhaps a price tag thats even cheaper than before.
In a research note released last week, Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi is recommending a carrier subsidy on the iPhone to bring the price down to the $200 level. He predicts this will lead to a significant boost in sales. Sacconaghi compared Apple to Motorola at the height of its success with its RAZR handset. When the price dropped from $500 to $150, the sales run rate of the RAZR doubled. He expects the same would happen to Apple if it too drops prices.
The subsidy would only apply to those customers that sign up for an AT&T postpaid service plan. According to Bernstein, AT&T activations have only accounted for 50% of all iPhones sold to date. The rest have been unlocked phones used over different networks, something AT&T cannot account for.
By our estimates, AT&T would still book $120 to $240 more revenue from an iPhone subscriber than from the average postpaid subscriber, Sacconaghi wrote. Furthermore, the price elasticity required to make a $200 subsidy worthwhile appears relatively modest. The economics may be even more attractive if AT&T raises data fees for the 3G iPhone and/or reduces its revenue share with Apple.
With a 3G network and sleeker design presumably on their way, AT&T could probably get away with increasing the data fees associated with the phone to make up for the subsidy. At $30 per month, it would still fall below the unlimited data fee for BlackBerry users.
The hefty price tag on the iPhone has clearly been one of its biggest limiting factors. Even after Apple instituted the first price drop, $400 or $500 is still a lot to pay for a phone. Yet, that hasnt stopped more than 1 million people from buying the handset faster than any other phone to date. The iPhone subsidy would clearly benefit AT&T. Apple, on the other hand, could potentially be the company feeling the bulk of the subsidys effects. Since it is probably taking a cut of AT&Ts service revenue from the data plans, AT&T will likely ask Apple to, in turn, lower the price it is being charged for the phones. However, if its a traditional subsidy that AT&T comes up with, and phone sales double as Bernstein predicts, Apple makes money no matter what. Everyone -- customers, AT&T and Apple alike -- goes home happy.
Apple has always been good at fending off pricing pressure. It has kept its top-tier iPod at relatively the same price over the years to avoid its products becoming commodities. A cheaper iPhone not only runs the risk of cannibalizing the iPod product line, but if it also happens to be souped up with a faster network and sleeker design, the logic of a subsidy just doesnt make add up. It isnt in Apples DNA.
Right now this is all speculation. Neither AT&T nor Apple have committed to anything. Even the Canadian launch of the iPhone via Rogers did not shed any light as the Canadian carrier hasnt released any specifics. We will have to wait until June or perhaps even later to find out if Apple will thank its loyal customers with a cheaper phone. Knowing Apple, however, nothing is a done deal.
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