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Standards Corner: Is OAuth the End of SAML? Or a New Opportunity?
By Tanu Sood-Oracle on Feb 13, 2013
Author: Phil Hunt
I mentioned in my year in review post that rather then spell the end of SAML, OAuth2 might in fact greatly expand SAML's adoption. Why is that?
The OAuth2 Working Group is nearing completion on the OAuth2 SAML Bearer draft which defines how SAML Bearer assertions can be used with OAuth2 essentially replacing less secure user-id and passwords with more secure federated assertions.
Before I describe how this works, here is some quick terminology:
* Resource Service - A service offering access to resources, some or all of which may be "owned" or "controlled by" users known as "Resource Owners".
* Resource Owner - An end user, who is authorizing delegated scoped access by a client to resources offered by a Resource Service
* Client - An application (e.g. mobile app, or web site) that wants to access resources on a Resource Service on behalf of a Resource Owner.
* Authorization Service - A service authorized to issue access tokens to Clients on behalf of a resource server.
While the resource service and the authorization service may be authenticated by means of TLS domain name certificate, both the client application and the end-user often need to be authenticated. In "classic" OAuth, you can use simple user-id's and passwords for both. The SAML2 Bearer draft describes how federated SAML assertions can be used instead.
A typical scenario goes much like this.
1. Alice (resource owner) accesses a corporate travel booking application.
2. In order to log into the corporate travel application, Alice is redirected to her employer's Identity Provider to obtain a SAML Authentication Assertion.
3. Upon logging in to the Corporate Travel Application, Alice wishes to update her seat preferences with her selected airline. In order to do this, the corporate travel application goes to the authorization server for the airline. The travel application provides two SAML authentication assertions: 1) An assertion representing the identity of the client application, and 2) an assertion representing Alice. The scope requested is "readProfile seat".
4. Upon verifying the SAML assertions and delegated authority requested, the authorization server issues an access token enabling the corporate travel application to act on behalf of Alice.
5. Upon receiving the access token, the corporate travel app is then able to access the frequent flyer account web resource by passing the token in the header of the HTTP Request. The Access token, acts as a session token that encapsulates the fact that the travel app is acting for Alice with scope read & seat update.
This SAML Bearer flow is actually very similar to the classic OAuth 3-leg flow. However instead of redirecting the user's browser to the authorization server in the first leg, the corporate travel app works with the user's IDP to obtain a delegation (or simple authentication) assertion direct from the IDP. Instead of swapping a code in the second leg, the client app now swaps a SAML Bearer assertion for the user.
OAuth2's ability to leverage different authentication systems makes it possible for SAML to enhance OAuth2 security going even further to eliminate the propagation of dreaded user-ids and passwords in much the same way SAML did for classic federate web sign-on. Rather than making SAML redundant, OAuth2 has in fact increased SAML's utility.
About the Writer:
Phil Hunt joined Oracle as part of the November 2005 acquisition of OctetString Inc. where he headed software development for what is now Oracle Virtual Directory. Since joining Oracle, Phil works as CMTS in the Identity Standards group at Oracle where he developed the Kantara Identify Governance Framework and provided significant input to JSR 351. Phil participates in several standards development organizations such as IETF and OASIS working on federation, authorization (OAuth), and provisioning (SCIM) standards. Phil blogs at www.independentid.com and a Twitter handle of @independentid.
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2012: No Time to REST for the Holidays
Standards Corner: A Look at OAuth2
A Look at OAuth2 - A Follow-Up to the Reader's Comments

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A Great Air Rifle Weekend!
Posted 15 July 2012 - 03:02 PM
This past weekend (Friday, Saturday & Sunday) I house sat a relatives house. This is the lone private property I have so far that I get to hunt cottontails on, so I knew even if my days were slow that I would be able to relax and have some fun while I was there. I arrived at the property around 1pm on Friday afternoon and unpacked all my gear and other items. I then went through the process of making sure all of my air rifles were zeroed in properly (there's nothing like going to shoot and missing because you weren't zeroed in correctly). I made sure all were zeroed to their "Far Zero" or "Second Zero" for accuracy (I did this to my .22 and .25 Benjamin Marauder Rifles and my .22 Marauder Pistol Carbine). It was dang hot and humid outside, so I was glad I was able to sit in the garage and shoot out to where I was placing my zeroing targets. Once all of the gun scopes were zeroed in, I had a few beers and went inside to cool down before the bunnies typically start coming out.
Around 5pm I grabbed my .25 Marauder, shooting sticks, range finder and an extra mag of pellets, and I headed out to the two spots I know the rabbits like to hang out for their morning and evening munchies. Within minutes of looking out at my first location I spotted one munching on some green plants in the field. It was at around 39 yards. I lined it up, fired and watched the bunny go down. I looked around to see if there were any others roaming about, and upon confirming that there weren't any others in sight I went to claim my prize. A clean head shot on this one. I headed over to the other spot I usually see some bunnies and spotted two. I ranged the closest one at 40 yards, lined it up in the crosshairs and fired. Another clean head shot and the rabbit went right down. The second rabbit decided he'd seen enough and ran into the nearest hedge. I waited for another 10 minutes to see if any others would pop out and when none did, I went down to grab the bunny. With two rabbits down I headed back to the first spot and I saw two more rabbits had come out. I had to stalk in about 50 yards because they were at the far end of the property. When I finally got a clean shot I took the closest one with a head shot at 40 yards and it went right down. It's buddy didn't move and so I lined up on it and fired. Down it went too at 42 yards with a head shot. So now within about 40 minutes I'd bagged four cottontails and was feeling pretty stoked. I figured I wouldn't see anymore because of the commotion I'd created. However, about 15 minutes later as I was preparing to clean the four rabbits I had I looked out and saw another one a good distance away. So I ran and grabbed the rifle and came back. The rabbit was at around 50 yards, so I moved around 3 yards closer without spooking it, steadied the rifle on the shooting sticks, lined up and fired. Thwap! Number five for the day went right down with a text book head shot. At that point in time I was feeling really stoked! I had bagged 5 rabbits, my daily limit, in an hour. At that point the sun was slowly starting to go down and so I began cleaning them up. When I got to the last one (which was the last rabbit I shot) I noticed some fur missing from it's belly, like mange. I began to clean it, but upon removing the pelt where the skin condition on the rabbit was I noticed the flesh on the belly looked odd. So before I went any further I cut it open to find it's insides were rather messed up (oozing stuff and it's intenstines were extremely discolored. Since it had been shot with a head shot I know I hadn't damaged the internals of the rabbit, but something was clearly wrong with it. Not wanting to contract any nasty diseases I decided to toss it in the trash bag with the remains of the others. Below is a photo of the five rabbits from Friday afternoon:
Five Rabbits on Friday:
On Saturday I woke up around 6am, but didn't actually get up until around 6:30am. I threw on my shoes and grabbed the bag of the rabbit remains from the night before that I had set outside and began the long walk down the drive way to where the trash cans are kept to dispose of the remains. On my way back I noticed some movement in an area I don't usually look. Upon closer inspection I notice two cottontails chomping on some greenery in amongst some large juniper bushes. I walked past slowly, acting as though I didn't care and ignored the rabbits. They stayed still and seemed to not mind me as long as I was ignoring them. I had my keys in my pocket and when I got to my truck I unlocked it, pulled out my .22 Marauder Pistol Carbine, inserted a mag and loaded the pellet. Once I was ready I slowly walked back down the driveway to see if the rabbits were still clueless as to their predicatment. Sure enough, one of them was still visible. I carefully stalked back to within 15 yards, lined it up in the scope and fired. Down it went with a head shot. My P-Rods first cottontail. I grabbed the rabbit and walked back to the house. I looked around at my other usual spots, but didn't see any rabbit activity so I cleaned up the rabbit and made myself some breakfast.
P-Rods First Cottontail on Saturday Morning:
After breakfast I called a friend of my relatives that wanted me to come over to do some Ground Squirrel pesting. They said the squirrels were out and to come on over. So I loaded up my gear and got to the friends house at around 9:30am. It was nice that they had a patio cover that shaded most of the back porch, so I was able to set up a chair in the shade and look out over the orange trees on their property where the squirrels frequented. The first squirrel went down right around 9:45am with a 60 yard shot using my .22 Marauder Rifle. To keep the story fairly short, I hung out for about 4 1/2 hours, relaxing and enjoying my quiet time with the squirrels. I missed a few shots, but managed to take down around 27 to 30 squirrels. Most shots were anywhere from 45 to 65 yards with the average shot distance being around 55 yards. I wasn't able to recover three of them, but I did take photos of 27 of the ones I could recover. The 13 ground squirrels in the first photo were shot in the morning (between 9:45 and 12pm and the other photos of the squirrels were taken during the time between 12pm and 1:30PM. It was a nice way to spend a few hours and get rid of some pesky squirrels.
Saturday Morning's Squirrels:
Saturday Afternoon's Squirrels:
I got back to the house I was staying at around 2pm, ate lunch and took a short nap. At around 4pm I decided to pump up my airguns so that all would be ready to go and wouldn't you know it... the pump decided to take a dump and wouldn't work. It's a good thing I had my 17CF guppy tank handy and I used it to fill my rifles back to their optimal fill pressures. At 5pm I made my rounds at my two spots and saw a few, but they wouldn't stay in sight for long so I didn't get any shots off for a while. Then around 6pm I see some movement in a bush around 60 yards away, so I grab my binos and take a look. Sure enough, there is a rabbit making it's way through some heavy brush, trying to stay out of sight. I got the .25 Marauder set up on the sticks and focused the reticle on the bunny. I must have sat there for 25 minutes waiting for the rabbit to give me a clear shot. Finally I squeeked it and it stood up at around 50 yards. I fired, but I didn't hear an impact. Dang! After waiting 25 minutes for a clear shot I had blown it! I hadn't seen the rabbit run off though, so I patiently kept looking through the scope for any signs of movement. After another 10 minutes or so I see something moving. It's a pair of ears and one of the ears has a little bloody notch in it where my pellet aparently had gone. So I must have pulled my shot in my haste for fire the shot and ended up shooting about 2" high. I wasn't going to do that again so I waited about another 4 minutes and the rabbit gave me a clean shot through some branches. At 44 yards I threaded the pellet through with a gratifying "Thwap!" It went down with one leg kick and that was it. I went down to grab it and brought it back up. The sun was starting to go down, but it was still legal shooting time, so I ran over to my other spot. Once I got close I slowed myself down, caught my breath and pulled out the binoculars. I spotted another bunny at around 85 yards away. A doable shot, but I wanted to make sure I didn't miss, so I stalked in to around 53 yards, set up the rifle and fired. Another bunny down with a great head shot! After that I ran down and got the bunny and took it back to where I had the other. I then cleaned them and got ready for dinner.
Saturday Afternoon/Evening's Bunnies:
That brings me to this morning (Sunday). For some reason I woke up around 4:30am and couldn't sleep. Maybe because I knew I was leaving today, or perhaps because I knew I had a few things to clean up before I left. Anyway, I got up around 5am and went out with the binoculars. I didn't see anything so I went back to the house and did a few chores, tidied up everything and got my stuff ready to go. I put almost everything in my truck except for my .25 Marauder. I walked out to my favorite spot and sat there for about 45 minutes until 7am rolled around. Nothing came out, so I headed back to the house to get some more coffee and rest for a bit. After another 25 minutes I grabbed the P-Rod and walked to the other spot. Nothing... so back to where I had left my .25 Marauder. When I got back to my spot I saw something that didn't look like it was there before. I eased up behind a row of tall juniper trees and poked my head around to take a look. Yep. There was a cottontail munching away. I figured it was at around 30 yards and raised the P-Rod for an offhand shot. My arms were a little shakey, but I managed to get it pretty still and fired. Bam! The bunny went right down and didn't twitch. It was a perfect headshot. After that I did see another rabbit about 75 yards away, but the morning hours were quickly passing and so I told that rabbit I'd see it next time around and went to clean the one I had and got ready to go.
Sunday Morning's Bunny Taken with my P-Rod:
So my weekend was relaxing, fun and as far as the shooting went... very satisfying. I bagged nine rabbits in total of which I was able to prepare eight for future meals, and I had ridded a friends property of 30 Ground Squirrels. I wish every weekend was that much fun.
Posted 15 July 2012 - 04:03 PM
I'm goin out when I get my new LW polygon barrel back from getting it machined for my .25 Mrod for sure !
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 05:53 PM
Great post, pics and shooting.
NIce of you to help out with those nasty G squirrels too, wow what a good weekend for ya.
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Posted 16 July 2012 - 08:30 AM
Dxxn, did you leave any for "seed"? j.k.
Actually Frank, there were plenty of other rabbits that I saw on my way out that day so I know there will be enough around there for next time and for "seed". I had seen another 3 or 4 rabbits on Sunday morning after I shot the one I took on Sunday, but decided I had plenty of rabbits to take home and my daughter would be happy with all of the hides that I had to tan for her rabbit fur collection.
Also, at the property with the ground squirrels there were so many that I know there will be too many the next time around. I just need to get in range of the many squirrels that were to far for me to shoot this last time around.
I also found out Sunday afternoon that my relatives know another friend of theirs that has a ground squirrel problem on her property and she is inviting me over to shoot some on there too. It will be nice if I can get 4 or 5 different properties (even though they are only around 5 to 15 acres) that I can rotate and shoot my "quiet" air rifles at. Perhaps it will lead to me getting a permission at a larger property in the future. I can only hope.
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Posted 16 July 2012 - 03:28 PM
Wow nice shooting. You make me want to get out and do some shooting but it has been too hot, humid and windy at my 2 locations
I'm goin out when I get my new LW polygon barrel back from getting it machined for my .25 Mrod for sure !
Thanks Henry. I can't wait to hear how your new Polygon LW barrel works for you in your .25 Marauder. I know you have some cool spots to shoot squirrels. If your other buddy can't go with you sometime I'd love to tag along .
Looks fun and sounds like a good advanture. !!
Thanks Hotchkiss. It was a fun time.
What a hunt!!! The P-Rod may be the best airgun tool for small game hunting.
Thanks Brant. I do love doing short range pesting and small game hunting with my P-Rod. It is a good small game air gun out to 40 yards for sure. Sometimes 50 yards for ground squirrels.
That's an eventful weekend, good shooting.
Thanks Yateswell. It was a great weekend for me and I hope to get a few more like that soon.
Great shooting. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks True2ThySelf. I wish I was able to get out more so I had more to share.
You had one Hare of a weekend ARH sorry I couldn't pass it up.
Great post, pics and shooting.
NIce of you to help out with those nasty G squirrels too, wow what a good weekend for ya.
Thanks Screwwork. I do love hunting rabbits, both Cottontails and Jack Rabbits. For me, hunting the small game I can actually make meals out of is more gratifying than just shooting, but I do like shooting the ground squirrels too. Makes for good target practice. Shoot, I even got to use my modified 1322 with a 12" barrel on it on a ground squirrel on Saturday. When I went down to see if I could recover one it was still crawling around. So I got within about 12 yards, lined it up in my open sights and fired the 1322 pistol. Tagged him right in the noggin and he quit moving after that. All in all it was a great weekend.
That's a haul, nice shooting Ray.
Thanks ShooterJohn. I always like bring something back, especially when I see the smile on my daughter's face as she sees how many pelts I've brought back to tan for her. That always makes her happy. In fact, just today she asked me when I was going to take her rabbit hunting with me so that she could shoot one. I told her as soon as she shows me she can hit the bulls eye with her airgun at 20 yards a few times in a row that I will take her to an easy spot so that she can hunt some rabbits. She was all smiles after that.
What a great way to spend your weekend. Good shooting alla round.
Thanks Rustygun. I think we would all like some great weekends more often.
Wow, that's great having so many properties to hunt on. Pretty cool how one can lead to another also. Talk about a lot of fun times now and in the future. Way to go!
Thanks Frank. Yeah, as of right now I've only got the one private property that is on about 5 or 6 acres for rabbits and the other property that is about 5 acres where I shoot the ground squirrels (I need to talk to them about hunting rabbits on their property in the morning or afternoon too), but if this other friend of my relatives pans out it will be nice to have another small property to shoot the G-Squirrel pests and hopefully be able to bag a few bunnies while I'm at it. I am definitely hoping that by word of mouth I can get quite a few more, especially when I'm able to share my results with the owners of the properties and they see how effective I can be with my "quiet" air rifles. I'm really hoping for more fun times to come.
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I have already asked a simular question about Former Nazi camps and prisons in Europe, now I would like to know if there are any Gulag camps that I can see from the inside?
Given how many camps there were you could be sure to find a few:
I am sure there are a few more that I haven't found.
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You can also visit one of the first and the largest labor camp open in the 1920s which is now again a Monastery. Соловецкий Лагерь Особенного Назначения (СЛОН) was closed in 1933.
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Not exactly in Russia (but still closer to Moscow than Magadan), I visited ALZHIR gulag near Astana in Kazakhstan a few years ago. It is more a memorial than a real "camp" as you might imagine it. I had a picture of one of these labor camps in my mind, it doesn't look like this. If you drive around you can still see some old Kolkhozs where people are still living, and they still have these soviet signs. Basically it is a vast area where the people (mainly women and children) were held in huts and worked in the fields.


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Few claim tax refunds Torrington sends out 953 notices of overpayments
Had the public not been informed, Crovo, the city's private tax collector, could have walked away with $200,000 after July 1 when the taxpayer's ability to collect overpayments made in the 2009 grand list year expired. State law limits a taxpayer's ability to collect refunds to three years from the date the tax was due.
Crovo's office posts overpayments to a website three months before the statutory collection period expires, which is all that his contract requires. When it negotiated Crovo's last contract in 2011, the city required use of the website, which tax collectors in other municipalities use so taxpayers may look up their tax information and pay bills. If refunds are owed the amount is listed in red, but accounts listed in Torrington often do not appear until Crovo's contract requires they are posted.
City Assessor Donna L. Patchen, whose office computer system ties into the tax collector's, has said the overpayments are often suppressed, or hidden from public view, until Crovo's contract requires they be public. Taxpayers can go 33 months after their tax bills were due and not know, when checking their accounts online, they are owed a refund.
Municipal tax collectors in the state's 168 other municipalities, who work on the town payroll, actively turn overpayments back to the public and keep records of the transactions available for public inspection.
According to city documents the Republican-American obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests, Crovo has returned $92,194 to 91 taxpayers as of Oct. 1. Another $109,405 owed collectively to the remaining 862 people and businesses has not been returned.
According to data gathered in July, the tax office was then sitting on a collective $89,303 in overpayments by 617 taxpayers for the 2010 grand list and $296,763 by 904 people from 2011. The figures represent personal property, real estate and motor vehicle taxes.
Crovo is the only municipal tax collector in the state who is a private contractor rather than a municipal employee. He has been tax collector since 1999, when he won a bid after Angram Business Services Inc., which collected taxes from 1995 to 1999, filed for bankruptcy. His uncle, Raymond Crovo, served as tax collector from 1963 to 1983.
Crovo's handling of overpayments is high on a list of complaints that has led the City Council to call for a forensic audit of his financial records to determine whether he is operating within state statutes and adhering to his latest four-year contract, which was approved in 2011.
Deborah Ferry, whose 81-year-old mother received one of the city's letters in May, complained to former Mayor Ryan J. Bingham's office May 16 after she said her questions to the tax office about how to apply for the refund were met with hostility.
"I have never been treated so rudely," she wrote. "I will not pursue this. The possibility of receiving $43.35 is not worth the treatment I received from that office."
Tax records show Ferry's mother, Lorraine G. Thibault, never received her $43.35.
IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME Crovo's handling of overpayments has been questioned.
He took fire in 2008 after a Sunday Republican investigation found he shielded tax records from city officials and the public, thereby hiding more than $500,000 in overpayments over a three-year period. After three years, any overpaid money, not accounted for in a particular year, generally goes into municipal coffers. In Torrington, however, it goes to Crovo. As an independent contractor, Crovo ensures 100 percent of the annual $70 million tax levy is paid to the city, and thus assumes the risk when taxes are unpaid.
His salary is 0.1 percent of total collections, or about $95,000, but city records show that in 2012 the city turned over $415,878 to his office for his salary, certificates of correction for assessments and uncollectable accounts.
After taxes are paid, Crovo turns over the entire amount owed on tax bills to the city. When assessments are corrected to reduce tax bills that have already been paid, the city returns the balance to Crovo so it may be turned back to the taxpayer. Crovo has interpreted his contract to allow him to keep the difference if taxpayers do not request their refund in writing.
He has sued the city over the letters sent to taxpayers owed refunds, saying it violated his contract.
Corporation Counsel Raymond J. Rigat has said the city charter allows Crovo to keep fines, interest and penalties on delinquent accounts, but neither the charter nor Crovo's contract allow him to keep overpayments. Crovo disagrees, as according to his lawsuit, he counts on retaining the overpayments as a part of his business plan.
IT IS NOT CLEAR how many of the taxpayers who received the city notices from Assessor Donna L. Patchen in May actually submitted the two-page form and copies of their canceled checks or receipts to receive their refund. Crovo did not return a request for comment and the information is unavailable in other city departments that keep duplicates of some tax records.
Crovo paid $51,391 to Dudrow Torrington, $6,793 to Torrington Downtown partners, $6,464 to O&G Industries and $6,387 to Charlotte Hungerford Hospital. The top 11 refunds, all of which were more than $1,000, account for $84,086. The other 80 total $8,108 in amounts from $2 to $638.
Benjamin Snead, of the Westport-based Paragon Management Group, which manages Dudrow, said his company learned just before the letters were mailed that it was owed a refund because of a 2009 assessment appeal. Snead said Dudrow, which paid $719,855 in taxes on its $22 million Winsted Road property, applied immediately in May for its $51,391 refund, but didn't receive a check until Aug. 19.
"It took a full three and a half months, but we got it and we are happy to get it," he said.
Andrew J. Nargi, who received a letter May 8, informing him he was owed $15.47 because he sold a 2004 Suzuki motorcycle before the end of the tax year after he paid his yearly tax of $92.63, has not received a refund.
According to assessors' records, Nargi's adjustment was ordered Aug. 11, 2010, but he was unaware he was entitled to a refund until May.
Nargi said he went to the tax office the day he received the city's letter and asked what he needed to do to recover his money. He said a woman working in the tax office, who would not identify herself, told him he had to prove he paid his tax before he could submit an application for reimbursement. Nargi said he went home and found a stamped receipt proving he paid $92.63 on June 30, 2010 and submitted his application.
As of Friday Nargi had not received a check. "They said 'if you don't get the money you can assume that you are not entitled to the money,'" he said.
Scott Butcher, in an email to former Mayor Bingham's office May 29, detailed his encounter with the tax office when he called seeking information about a letter he received notifying him he was owed a refund.
The city letters said to contact the tax office for information. When Butcher called, he was told the letter was sent to him in error and that there were no taxes due back to him. In his complaint, Butcher asked the mayor to investigate to verify nobody else is "shorted on their tax dollars."
Records show Butcher has not been paid his $117 refund.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL meet jointly with the Board of Finance at 6 p.m. Tuesday so both boards can authorize $20,000 to pay for a defense of Crovo's lawsuit and $99,000 to pay an auditor who has yet to be hired to scour Crovo's books.
The last audit on Crovo's office was called in 2008 to investigate overpayments that were never returned, favoritism, customer service complaints and how Crovo handled tax sales. When Crovo wouldn't share information, that audit wasn't completed until 2010 after many delays.
The City Council hopes that Crovo's lawsuit will give access to documents through discovery and deposition that the city has never been able to otherwise inspect.
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Posted 28 September 2012 - 06:27 AM
There has been a rash of injuries and replacements this season. I'm glad to see Ashley Bouder scheduled for next week, I've missed her. It seems Sara Mearns is going to miss the whole season (although they haven't posted the final week of casting yet).
I've seen several performances over the past few weeks. Will try to get it together to post some more comments. But I have to note the amazing Adrian Danchig-Waring, who I saw twice in Agon. Just amazing energy and form, every movement articulated to its absolute fullest with crispness and clarity, and jumps so effortless it almost looks like he's not even moving -- an uncanny effect. If this man isn't principal material, I don't know what is!
Posted 28 September 2012 - 06:30 AM
Posted 28 September 2012 - 01:49 PM
I saw the trilogy last Saturday night and my disappointment was with "Orpheus" The performance fell flat due in a large part to Marcovici's Orpheus. I saw no longing, desperation or resolve in uniting with Eurydice in his performance. It was a distant laid-back performance---was Eurydice truly the love of his life? The anticipated "Curtain" also literally fell flat...it looked like an ordinary scrim. I am sorry if I come across as too negative but my long memory goes back to the first performance by Ballet Society....Magallanes, while not a technical dancer was a devastated Orpheus, and Tallchief, who I have always thought of as an actress-dancer was spellbinding as Eurydice....and that Curtain!! It had a life of its own---and literally ate up the stage and the performers.
It's wonderful to hear from someone who saw the first performance, atm711. Marcovici (and Taylor) did move me, and in memory still do. It was the Dark Angel that disappointed, especially because in the person of Jonathan Stafford, he was of smaller stature than Marcovici's Orpheus; also because of the rust color of his costume, which the black and white shots hadn't prepared me for. Between the two, I found the character physically unimpressive and a little cartoonish looking. Likewise, the Furies struck me as the Funnies. Still, given the historical importance of the ballet, I was thrilled to see it again.
I'm curious about what you or anyone else who was there thought of Chase Finlay's Apollo earlier. He sure does look the part, but even apart from his stumble, there were moments where he didn't seem quite on the music. I expect he's given better performances in the role.
Posted 01 October 2012 - 11:30 AM
Some might be interested in this article, titled "Going Hollywood", in the Times regarding the Fall Gala, and how arts institutions are trying to incrrease their profile and their bank accounts by attracting celebrities to their galas.
Posted 01 October 2012 - 12:55 PM
I thought that at the Saturday matinee and Sat evening performances with partly overlapping, partly differing casts the company looked energetic, intelligent, and engaged. Overall, the dancers were terrific. And the ballets!!! Classical ballet broken down and reassembled from the inside out--to become something utterly astonishing and deeply moving. I have to admit that for me it's also a very challenging program, even mentally exhausting, like a blockbuster art exhibit; by the time you are looking at your 60th Cezanne you are just a little dizzy...
I don't have time to go into detail re performances plus or minus, but I will say that Sterling Hyltin was electric in Symphony in Three Movements and Megan Fairchild playful, womanly, and quietly radiant in Duo Concertante. Fairchild was also excellent--musical and even witty--in Danses Concertantes the night before, despite an opening slip; in fact, these three performances were the best I have seen her by far; she seems to have reached a new maturity and artistry as a dancer. In Duo Concertante Finlay and she made a nice Martins/Mazzo after image, but by comparison with her, he needs seasoning.
This weekend was also my first chance to see Robert Fairchild in a substantial dancing role (the Martins role in Stravinsky Violin Concerto) and I was very impressed. I had seen him in Double Feature and Liebeslieder last spring--in both of which I thought he was excellent,but this performance really sharpened my impressions of him as a dancer. In some ways, he seems to me the quintessential American male dancer of our era. I'm not forgetting Hallberg, but the latter seems to belong more to the Bruhn/Dowell line of elegant classicists; one recalls Hallberg's French training, supplemented more recently with the note of drama that the Bolshoi seems to be injecting into his persona. Fairchild more obviously recalls the NYCB lineage of D'Amboise, Villella, and Woetzel -- while also being just entirely himself. He is wonderfully easy and yet still precise in the quality of his movement--likewise boyish and yet manly, graceful and yet sculptural. The last quality is something particularly pleasing to see in a role created on the very sculptural Martins. Call me a fan.
Other highlights? Well, when the curtain went up on Stravinsky Violin Concerto Saturday afternoon and Janie Taylor was standing facing the audience with two men on either side of her, there was something so relaxed, attentive and subtly galvanizing in the way she held her body while just standing for the first few bars of the music, that I felt instantly that this was a performance it had been worth my while to get on a plane to see.
Lots more to say about the weekend--including my enjoyment of Reichlen in Movements for Piano and Orchestra Sat night (and the final sensual moments of her berceuse in Firebird the night before)--but I'll stop. For myself, I think that if NYCB can consistently perform the major Balanchine modernist works at this level, then they are doing very well indeed. Was every performance a home run? No. And in patches Symphony in Three Movements could perhaps have used more of a charge from the entire ensemble. (Actually I was a little pooped myself at that point in the program.) But no-one I saw dance was lax or out of their depth, as I have sometimes seen at NYCB. As for the ballets: I find them to be among the most wonderful works of art ever created. Sorry I can't see the Agon program as well.
Posted 01 October 2012 - 01:28 PM
Posted 01 October 2012 - 03:46 PM
I thought Finlay's Apollo was marvelous at the Saturday evening performancem except for that one major stumble near the end of his second solo. He was brimming with excitement and energy. I also have to mention how wonderful Tiler Peck was in Baiser- so wonderfully musical and lyrical.
I'm so glad to hear that Finlay did so well. I've seen from you past reviews that you and I are very often in agreement! I haven't seen Finley yet this year - last year he seemed over his head in the things I saw him in, but I always thought he has it in him.
Agree with you about Tiler Peck in Baiser - one can't say enough.
Posted 02 October 2012 - 07:15 PM
1. M. Fairchild and DeLuz looked great in Rubies.
2. Enough can't be said about Tiler Peck - her musicality and upper body are wondrous
3. Erica Pereira has been a soloist for a while now and continues to underwhelm.
I have other thoughts, but would love to hear from others.
Posted 03 October 2012 - 05:42 AM
I thought the most significant debut last night was Reichlin in the second movement of Symphony in C. I think this is still a work in progress for her. She is, in my opinion, a more natural choice in neoclassical ballets than tutu and tiara roles. (I would love to see Reichlin move up to the lead in Agon.) Last night sometimes Reichlin was tentative and/or not with the music. The bigger issue, though, was lack of interpretive nuance or connection w. J. Stafford. I thought her performance fell short overall, but I'm sure it will improve over time. This is an iconic and difficult role to master.
Scheller was marvelous in the first movement in her debut. Such speed and precision.
I think Pereira (third movement) is at a disadvantage because she still looks like a teenager, especially in a sophisticated tutu ballet like Symphony in C. I thought Lauren King (fourth movement) did well, but her performance, I'm sure, will look more polished in future outings. Carmena and Adrain D-W were very impressive in the thrid and fourth movements.
Posted 05 October 2012 - 02:21 PM
The program started with Sterling Hyltin and Robert Fairchild in Duo Concertant. Their energy was refreshing. Sterling has always appeared almost coltish to me. Her lines are precise, and her footwork was clean. It probably doesn't hurt that she has beautifully arched feet. She really seemed to be having a great time while dancing. Fairchild was good, and I appreciated his attack. I have to say my focus never veered far from Sterling though.
After the Rain was next with Wendy Whelan and Craig Hall, and I felt very lucky to have been there to see it. This has to be one of Wendy's best roles. It fits her like a glove. Craig was a great partner but Wendy and the choreography of this piece just seem to be meant for each other. It was emotional and she came off as vulnerable. Beautiful.
Moves was next, and it's just not really my thing. It seems like there are a number of interesting things you could do in a ballet without music but this had none of them. The dancers were good, but the piece seemed long. Even the leotards worn by the women seemed unflattering and outdated. Just not my favorite!
After intermission the program concluded with Hallelujah Junction. This was the first Martins ballet I have ever seen. I loved the music and it was great to see the dancers moving at such a quick pace. As the lead, Janie Taylor was captivating. There were times when her technique didn't seem as strong as some of the other dancers in the company, but she is a dancer that you want to watch. It's hard to take your eyes off of her. Daniel Ulbricht was a firecracker, plain and simple. He's a small dancer that packs a huge punch. The corps couples seemed to have just as challenging of choreography as the principals. Lauren Lovette stuck out to me for having a truly lovely movement quality. She's musical, and she has beautiful lines. Surely she'll be dancing more soloist roles soon.
Posted 05 October 2012 - 05:48 PM
Hi Vipa. I was there last night, too. Fairchild has improved tremendously in Rubies since her debut a few years ago, but Bouder is still my favorite in this role. DeLuz was fantastic. I agree with you about Tiler Peck in Andantino.
I thought the most significant debut last night was Reichlin in the second movement of Symphony in C. I think this is still a work in progress for her. She is, in my opinion, a more natural choice in neoclassical ballets than tutu and tiara roles. (I would love to see Reichlin move up to the lead in Agon.) Last night sometimes Reichlin was tentative and/or not with the music. The bigger issue, though, was lack of interpretive nuance or connection w. J. Stafford. I thought her performance fell short overall, but I'm sure it will improve over time. This is an iconic and difficult role to master.
Scheller was marvelous in the first movement in her debut. Such speed and precision.
I think Pereira (third movement) is at a disadvantage because she still looks like a teenager, especially in a sophisticated tutu ballet like Symphony in C. I thought Lauren King (fourth movement) did well, but her performance, I'm sure, will look more polished in future outings. Carmena and Adrain D-W were very impressive in the thrid and fourth movements.
Abatt I agree with your comments but just want to add. I'm glad Lauren King was given a shot at a principal role in this ballet. She alway brings a beam of light to the stage. She fell short technique wise particularly with her turns, but I'm sure she will improve. I think she should be a soloist.
Reichlin is very much a work in progress in the role, but I agree she will improve.
Pereira - unfortunately I have never seen her do a satisfactory performance in any role.
Rubies - I just want to add that I liked Savannah Lowery in the "big girl" role. She wasn't as clean as Reichlin in the role, but I love her go for broke attitude. IMO she delivered.
Posted 06 October 2012 - 03:53 PM
Posted 07 October 2012 - 06:08 AM
I wanted to take this opportunity to praise Reichlin's tall girl earlier this week. I know it's been said before, but she was incredible. Her jumps were huge, and she had the right combo of sex appeal and technique. She completely eclipsed everyone on stage.
Posted 08 October 2012 - 10:37 AM
For me, the real excitement in this ballet is the corps. Their formations are inventive and change in the blink of an eye. They really were a force. Sara Adams had a few beautiful moments where she was featured. I really want to see more of her. It was very strange for me to focus more on the corps when people like Tess Reichlen and Ashley Bouder are dancing, but that's where my focus went. Reichlen looked very good in the choreography, much more comfortable than she did in Symphony in C the previous evening.
I loved the music, especially since it wasn't what I would think of for ballet music. I think Justin Peck has a unique talent. It was a huge success in my book.
Posted 08 October 2012 - 12:07 PM
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#3. Blister Beetle Poison
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Despite that, through the years blister beetles, like leeches, have been used for a wide variety of completely worthless medical purposes. At varying times they've been used to cure gout, rheumatism and impotency. Spanish Fly is actually made from ground-up blister beetles. Unsurprisingly, the only result has been generations of people inadvertently poisoning themselves, all bonerless and covered in wet, ugly welts.
Yet, also like leeches, modern scientists are finding out you can in fact use the poison cantharidin for all sorts of things. Today it can be found in real medicine curing warts, removing tattoos and punching cancer in the face, as scientists (in China, anyway) have discovered it inhibits the growth of a number of cancer cells.
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The only problem with eating shrimp is that you can never eat all of the damn things. You can eat the guts, even that little poop chute they call a vein to keep it classy, but you can't really do anything but slurp the shells and let them pile up next to your recliner.
Or so you thought. Some scientists in the army have found an extremely cool way to use those nasty old shrimp corpses to stop people from dying. They've developed a revolutionary medical patch that stops even the worst arterial bleeding entirely within one to five minutes.
By zapping out some of the chains in the atoms making up shrimp shells, this patch is able to control even hemorrhagic bleeding with incredible success, putting mankind one step further in our insatiable quest to kick death in the balls forever or, failing that, make drunken knife throwing competitions a little less lethal.
And after the knife-throwing we can all have a snack. Everybody wins!
The HemCom company is even now selling them in bulk to the U.S. Government, who expects them to reduce all combat deaths by 20-30 percent and leave our armed forces stinking of low tide.
#1. Hookworms
Hookworms are just one more sign of Mother Nature's mindless, unreasoning hatred of the human race. They live in dense piles of rotting fecal matter, as well as the bodies of any people or livestock unfortunate enough to live near giant mounds of excrement. They breed rapidly inside their hosts and spread like wildfire around close-knit populations with poor sanitation, so keep your eyes peeled the next time you're in Detroit.
Once a hookworm finds its way inside of your body, they proceed to fuck like nasty monkeys until your insides are riddled with wriggling worm larva. The worms leech off valuable nutrients from your body and can cause a whole host of maladies from diarrhea to intestinal blood loss (which is the way polite people say "ass bleeding").
While hookworms are undeniably horrible for the poverty-ridden denizens of Third World Nations, they could prove extremely useful to those of us that won the cosmic jackpot and grew up in a developed country.
Professor David Pritchard and his team of bad ass Men of Science have a theory that small hookworm infections may be the most effective allergy medication on earth. Hookworms force your body's immune system to go into the physiological equivalent of a quarterback blitz in order to protect your intestines from the ravenous swarm of nematodes. Maintaining such a high-level assault force stops the rest of your immune system from going into overdrive, which renders your body unable to have a severe allergic reaction.
Thanks, you terrifying bastard.
All of the results aren't in yet, but it looks like a small infection of 10 or so worms isn't large enough to cause a danger, but appears to virtually shut down allergic reactions in the host and may be able to control asthma and Crohn's disease. Pritchard and his boys were so confident about their theory that they infected themselves with hookworms in order to prove it. Are you paying attention Hawking? That's how you do motherfucking science.
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For movies that are depressing for a whole other reason check out Rick's look at 5 Awesome Movies Ruined By Last-Minute Changes. Or find out about some action stars whose careers had a less than happy ending in 5 Movie Martial Artists That Lost a Deathmatch to Dignity.
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The 6 Most Disastrous Uses of Work Email Ever
They say you should never write anything in an email that you don't want to see on the front page of the New York Times. And while you may shrug and ask why in the world the Times would print your email about how drunk you got last night, well, you'd be surprised.
These guys found out the hard way.
#6. Peter Chung: Investment Banker, Sex Machine
Peter Chung's future couldn't have been brighter. After graduating from Princeton he landed a sweet job with The Carlyle Group, complete with a fancy apartment. Chung soon found himself tempted by the money, women and fast lane existence that apparently exists in Korea for young investment bankers.
Investment banking in America.
Investment banking in Korea.
Showing off the virtues instilled by his expensive education, 2 weeks after landing his new gig Peter was emailing his friends about his ambitious plans for the future:
" ....CHUNG is going to fuck every hot chick in Korea over the next 2 years (5 down, 1,000,000,000 left to go) the second bedroom is for my harem of chickies...I know I was a stud in NYC but I pretty much get about, on average, 5-8 phone numbers a night and at least 3 hot chicks that say that they want to go home with me every night I go out."
It's all about Seoul.
We're not sure where he got the billion hot chicks from. Either Chung was bad at math or he had no real standards when it came to women. In any event, he had set the bar high for himself and needed some help from his friends back home:
"Oh, by the way, someone's gotta start fedexing me boxes of domes, I brought out about 40 but I think I'll run out of them by Saturday."
We suspect this was not due to any real shortage of "domes" (from the context we assume he means wiener covers) in Korea, but rather to hammer the point home that he was getting some, but in a responsible manner. He might have also been embarrassed to ask his mother to send him condoms in with her usual care package of cookies and socks.
Chung apparently took things a little too far when he boasted about how everyone in the industry was kissing his ass:
"...I have bankers calling me everyday with opportunities and they pretty much cater to my every whim - you know (golfing events, lavish dinners, a night out clubbing)"
A night out clubbing? With bankers? Awesome!
The Fallout:
We're not sure what was worse, Peter writing the email in the first place, deciding to send said email from his work account or his choice of friends to send the email to. The result was the email being forwarded to a whole lot of people in the investment banking industry.
Within days, Chung was forced to resign in disgrace, probably with a case of crabs to boot. Thus the Sex King of Korea's reign ended shortly after it began, and his plan to fuck every beautiful woman in the country was likely never realized.
#5. Richard Phillips: Master of the Dick Move
Richard Phillips was a senior associate with the biggest law firm in London (Baker & McKenzie) and as such, was under a lot of pressure to be an even bigger dick than a normal lawyer.
So when a fifty year-old secretary and mother of two accidentally spilled some ketchup on his pants, he saw the perfect opportunity to pull the biggest dick move in the history of the firm by sending her this email:
"Hi Jenny, I went to a dry cleaners at lunch and they said it would cost $4 to remove the ketchup stains. If you could let me have the cash today, that would be much appreciated. Thanks Richard."
Of course, we can't read Richard's mind, so maybe he had some great reason as to why, based on an accident, he had to demand financial restitution from a secretary making a fraction of his six-figure salary. Maybe he suspected it wasn't an accident? Or worse, that it wasn't ketchup.
Either way, when Jenny didn't respond fast enough for his liking he went to her desk a few days later and left her a note to collect the four bucks, without which he could obviously not make his mortgage and car payments.
As it turns out Jenny was a little slow to pony up the cash because her mom had gotten sick and died, which on the grand scale of things ranks slightly higher than paying some bullshit claim for dry cleaning. This explains why she was pissed when she came back to work and she decided to offer a reply:
"Obviously your financial need as a senior associate is greater than mine as a mere secretary. Having already spoken to and shown your email and Anne-Marie's note to various partners, lawyers and trainees in ECC&T and IP/IT, they kindly offered to do a collection to raise the $4"
We think she was being sarcastic. Also, she copied her message to a few hundred people in the office.
The Fallout:
Richard's pathetic attempt to get the money and Jenny's subsequent bitch slap response was forwarded to pretty much everyone in the city, and then it was loose on the internet for the whole world to see. Soon the law firm had to respond by investigating the incident (the investigation likely consisted of the partners at the firm asking Richard why he was such an asshole).
This little guy doesn't seem to mind the ketchup.
Eventually Richard resigned from the firm, claiming he wanted to take time off to study and not at all because he became the laughing stock of lawyers everywhere. It may not have worked out much better for Jenny, however, as she also took a leave of absence, indicating co-workers wouldn't deal with her after the incident. Probably not by email, anyway.
#4. Claire Swire Gives a Testimonial for Semen
Claire was an employee of a British Internet provider back in 2000 who had a unique talent for finding and sleeping with total asses. At the time of the incident the latest loser she had found to date was a lawyer named Bradley Chait.
While at work one day Bradley decided to send a joke involving a certain male, sexual bodily fluid (note: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SEMEN). This apparently was the kind of stuff that turned Claire on and she decided, in her own classy way, to give Bradley a bit of an ego boost by writing him the following:
"I hadn't swallowed in years but yours was yum and very good for me too! Apparently its a very good conditioner for your hair too...getting a funny picture in my head..."
This was obviously a Hallmark moment and that might have been the end of it, but Bradley wasn't the kind of guy to let such an honest and heartfelt sentiment go unnoticed. To make sure all his friends knew what an amazing stud he was, he decided to forward the email to his friends with a note:
"Now THAT'S a nice compliment from a lass, isn't it?"
"My friends need to know how good my semen is."
We can only hope that Bradley had enough sense to realize that he may have made a mistake when one of his friends wrote back telling him that he felt "honour bound" to forward the email on. Soon the world knew that Bradley tasted "yum" and that he was a dick. And also that his friends had a weird sense of "honour."
The Fallout:
Bradley and Claire quickly became internet famous, as web surfers everywhere were enthralled with the idea that somewhere in the world two people were having sex.
The website of the law firm where Bradley worked soon crashed from all the people trying to see what Bradley looked like.
There was even some collateral damage as a website of a company that employed a completely different Claire Swire went from an average of 500 hits to over 70,000, confirming once again that even border line pornographic interests can drive Internet traffic like nothing else.
As for the two lovers, Bradley was suspended by his firm and Claire went into hiding, the shame of having once performed oral sex sure to stain her family for the next five generations.


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4 Coca-Cola Glasses Green Tint Glass Vintage-Style Retro Coke Can 12 oz. Tumblers for $5.99 + free shipping
Can of Coca-Cola not included.
Price is reflected in cart.
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sold at dollar tree for $1 ea
they're cheap because nobody wants a glass shaped like a can...
I don't drink Coke but I think the glasses are cute :)
Yeah - I was also going to say, you can go to the Christmas Tree Shops and get them $1/ea also.
Sold on the green tint look. Plus I'm not driving around looking for dollar trees to save $1 (net of tax).
i just use a can opener to cut the top off of the can. and no i don't do it in a way that would cut my mouth.
@cmatsaki2: But you can always find lots of other useful stuff, holiday decorations, 2/$1 greeting cards, and cheap snacks at Dollar Trees. I go in for poster board and end up spending $30.
Eh. :l Normally make mini gift baskets around the holidays with these. They're very-very fragile.
@donslin: Yeah, I go to Dollar Tree more often than I go to the supermarket. Disposable dishware, zip bags, food storage containers, closet organizers, small bungee cords, gift wrap, picture frames, home office supplies, arts and craft supplies, movie theater candy (some of it very retro)... it's the most useful store on my list.
I have a Coke collection theme for part of my kitchen, and I've been looking for these. I have the regular glasses, but the can shaped ones are unique. I've been to the Dollar Stores around me looking for them and none of them stock the can shaped glass. Good deal for me.
ALSO: If you care, save 5% off on the order using code ' loyal5 ' or ' JAN5OFF '.
@moondrake: You know some of the stuff in Dollar Tree is actually like .89 or .79 elsewhere right?
Like I used to get a certain energy drink there, but I found Big Lots usually has it for .79. Makes a difference when you're stocking up. RIP IT!
@johnt007871: There are few Dollar Tree items I have found cheaper elsewhere. But usually not enough savings to go to a different store for. I don;t just go there for the savings, although it is nice to shop someplace where I can buy anything I want without mulling over the expense. I like it because it has such a wide variety of useful items in a comparatively small store.
@cmatsaki2: "driving around looking for Dollar Trees"? Have you heard of the Internet? Judging by the up-votes, more than a few people are glad someone mentioned these are $1 there.
Can never have too many coke glasses.
@moondrake: Exactly. It's just fun!
While they may be cheaper at a Dollar Tree, the question is if you are close to one and if they carry them. I happen to work near a Dollar Tree 45 minutes away from where I live, and I'm even luckier to have 3 Dollar Tree stores within 7 miles (15 minutes) of my house. I have never seen this style Coke glass at any of them (yet), and the Coke glasses (the regular bell shape) we did get from them broke within a couple uses (being washed or just placed into the sink!). The bell shape Coke glasses I've bought elsewhere have yet to break (unless we dropped them). I wonder if the quality is the same.
@baybei: Dollar Tree has free shipping to their store, but you have to buy items by the box. Boxes are usually reasonably sized, though.
But it's a 36 pack and looks clear, not green. Other selections:
4 packs of 16oz Sundae Glasses
12 packs of 14.5oz old fashioned mugs
Green contour glasses are available in 16oz ($1 ea) and 6oz (.59 ea) in 12 packs.
@baybei: I'm pretty sure people would understand that if they didn't have a Dollar Tree nearby then there's wouldn't be a better deal for them.
I believe the post was just to inform anybody was was interested in the glasses---and might even be going to a Dollar Tree or who happened to be very close to one---a better price might be possible.
I'm pretty sure the original poster wasn't demanding that you or anybody else go to Dollar Tree for them, or even buy them at all.
I believe most of the deals posted here are meant simply to inform of what is out there that you might be interested in and not be aware of. Obviously, if you aren't interested, or the deal doesn't work for you, then you are free to ignore it.
Again, just to be clear---you are not REQUIRED to buy the glasses at Dollar Tree--or to buy them at all.
Actually, this is the cost to buy the world a coke (in 2011 dollars):
Which, incidentally, is less than Coke's annual marketing budget
christmas tree shop has these for 99 cents in both green and clear.
What I was saying is, while Dollar Tree may have them, not everyone would have access to them. I know none of my Dollar Trees have these, or they didn't the last time I walked around one.
My biggest concern would be the quality. After having several Coke glasses from The Dollar Tree shatter into a million pieces while trying to clean them or placing them into a sink (which is NO FUN!), I don't know if their quality is as good as the ones you could get elsewhere. That was my main point. In fact, I'm not even sure the ones from the offer are any kind of good quality, seeing someone posted that they are very very fragile scares me. The most I would buy these for was to put them in a collection (if that). Shattered glass in your sink/hand is no fun, and even in a collection you'd have to clean them occasionaly.
@baybei: They'd make kind of cool window planters for herbs, it you were into that retro thing.
Purchased these this morning. Paid via paypal. Since 9am this morning I've had a couple thousand dollars in fraudulent transactions on my card attached to my paypal account. Apparently they need to do some security checks on their website.
Needless to say I had a bad shopping experience with this website and would NOT recommend it.
No room for ice!
@stantonl33: Do you you anti-malware, keep it up to date, and scan regularly? I suspect PayPal related malware more than the dealgenius website.


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From this link on Indus Valley writing, I came to know that:
The first Indian script, developed in the Indus Valley around 2600 B.C. is still undeciphered. Thus, it is still not possible to fully understand this civilization, as we have no readable records of their beliefs, history, rulers or literature.
That means until we can understand the writings, we can not be able to understand the culture properly. But many ancient languages have been deciphered till date.
So what are the reasons archaeologists could not be able to understand the writing of Indus Valley writings?


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FOLLANSBEE - The Brooke County Solid Waste Authority hopes this spring to hold community collections of discarded hazardous household chemicals and computers and other electronic devices.
Plans already have been made by the West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection to collect discarded tires on April 20, with other details to be announced.
On Tuesday the board authorized Becky Harlan, its recycling coordinator; to advertise for a business to accept hazardous household waste, such as cleaning products, some automotive fluids and paints and dispose of them in an environmentally safe manner.
The group hopes to coordinate the collection with another business for various electronic devices, including computers and televisions, which landfills can no longer accept because they contain potential contaminants.
The board has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the state Department of Environmental Protection for the two collections.
Brooke County residents also may bring their old computers and televisions to the board's recycling center between 8 a.m. and noon Monday through Friday. The center is on Mac Barnes Drive, near the Brooke County Animal Shelter off state Route 2 in Beech Bottom.
In other business, the board:
Referred a proposed contract from Greenstar Recycling of Pittsburgh to its attorney, Michael Gaudio.
The board called a special meeting to meet with a representative of Greenstar earlier this month.
Glenn Kocher, the board's chairman, said Greenstar has proposed an arrangement through which it might accept recyclable material from the solid waste authority but said he couldn't comment further at this time.
In addition to accepting electronics at its recycling center, the board accepts tin and aluminum, paper and plastics numbered 1 or 2 at bins at Hooverson Heights Primary School, Follansbee and Wellsburg middle schools, Brooke High School, the Wellsburg Rite Aid and Bethany College.
Karen Williams, the board's office manager, said Kohout Construction of Wellsburg will begin installing insulation at the recycling center soon. Kohout also will repair holes in the storage building's roof for the $2,724 project supported by a state grant.
Authorized Harlan to apply for a $20,000 grant from the state Solid Waste Management Board for its day-to-day operations and a state-required routine audit.
Is slated to hold its next quarterly meeting at 6:30 p.m. April 23 at its office at 231 Rockdale Road.
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I've had problems the last few upgrades. Things have been added to Ubuntu that I don't particularly care for. Window buttons have moved, Indicator Applets have sprung up, menu icons have vanished and each upgrade I've found myself having to "fix" things to get them back to how they were.
I'm not going to get bogged down in whether my opinion is "correct" or otherwise, just that I'd like to stay the same.
The upgrade to 11.04 poses major issues for me where all of the following statements are true:
- I like new versions of packages
- I'd like to be on the current version of Ubuntu to help people with that version
- I'm too busy to spend hours recovering my panel-based desktop configuration
- I have no desire to try Unity now. I may want to in the future, but not today, thank you.
My understanding is that the default upgrade would dump me in a Unity environment regardless of my previous desktop settings.
I'm aware of the Classic mode. My understanding is it's currently a completely new configuration of panels made to look more like Unity. I realise I could battle it to the death to get my current theme/panel-settings/pannel-applets back, but unless it just defaults to my current desktop, I'm not very interested in it. I'd rather not upgrade.
So the question is: Can I upgrade to Natty without destroying my desktop? Is there a clean upgrade path for users (for example) who have hundreds of users they can't afford to retrain right now? Or are we stuck on Maverick for the foreseeable future?
Edit: I guess to clarify a sub-questions would be: What does Classic Mode show when you do an upgrade? The old, previously configured desktop or a new stock configuration? I might have to test this in a VM to see what happens but it's a lot of bandwidth to spend on an experiment.
Edit I upgraded today. Took me to Unity, I logged out and into Classic (as expected). Most of the settings appear in tact, Compiz has a whole load of new defaults and lost settings (fair enough), most of my panel applets (window lists, clock, notification area) aren't loading. There will be a follow up question.


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I am trying to reference the wikipedia commons image in an english wikipedia info box. The image is a wikimedia commons picture with a Japanese name. Somehow it does not allow it to be placed there. Is there a special way to reference non romantic language file names in images?
You can reference pictures with non-latin names in infoboxes and anywhere, no problem.
Just use copy-paste like you would do for a latin characters URL.
You should ask this on en-wp, not here! see WP:PICTURE, you can use the methods described on that page for any kind of file name, just copy the complete file name and paste it in the wiki code.
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Aaron Glaser does many things. His Internet videos have been featured on sites such as Funny of Die, College Humor, The Huffington Post, Comedy Central.com, Gawker, and a Tea Party website that didn't really get the joke.
As a stand-up, Aaron has performed all over NYC and LA, notably Comedy Bang Bang, Crash Test, The Improv, Stand Up NY, The Laughing Devil, Comix, and The PIT. He cut his teeth at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City as a cast member in various sketch and improv shows as well as several house teams. He toured colleges as a writer/performer with The Raspberry Brothers (like "Mystery Science Theatre," but live!) for a time.
Writing contributions include Heeb Magazine, Jockular.com, MTV Tre3s, and the late night show "The Edge" on ABC affiliates. He has appeared in several commercials and a couple of feature films. His Twitter account, @aaron_glaser was profiled in The New York Times. Recently, he had a video featured on "Tosh.0" on Comedy Central.
Don't let his sweater and glasses fool you, in high school he was a two year starter on the defensive line.


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After 5 years of using Blogger, I decided to move Babblings About Books, and More to Wordpress. The reason is because Google can delete a blog without any warning, specifically those blogs with "erotic" content.
Because of this, I've moved Babblings to Wordpress because I can't chance that my blog here will be deleted without any warning. The blog here will remain, and you can still access past posts, but will no longer be updated.
It's the same Babblings with WTFckery, book reviews, publishing information and opinion pieces from yours truly. I hired Parajunkee to help me create the new Babblings, and without her aid and advice I would have been lost. If you need someone to help you create a blog, or update one (including creating an awesome banner) Parajunkee is the one to go to!
Please join me at my new home, where anyone is invited to slip off their shoes, pull on some fuzzy bunny slippers and relax. (Mho Fho is also coming along for the ride).
I hope to see you there!