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Plan for custom claims providers for People Picker in SharePoint 2013
Applies to: SharePoint Foundation 2013, SharePoint Server 2013 Enterprise, SharePoint Server 2013 Standard
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Summary:Learn about how to plan for custom claims providers for the People Picker web control in SharePoint 2013.
You can use the claims providers that are included with SharePoint 2013, or you can create your own custom claims providers to connect to additional sources of claims and provide additional claims in the security token for a user. For example, if you have a customer relationship management (CRM) application that contains roles that are not found in the user repository in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), you can create a custom claims provider to connect to the CRM database and add CRM role data to a user's original security token. For more information about claims provider usage scenarios, see Claims Provider.
A claims provider in SharePoint 2013 is used to augment claims and to provide name resolution. In the claims augmentation role, a claims provider augments a user security token with additional claims during sign-in. For more information about claims augmentation, see Claims Provider. In the name resolution role, a claims provider lists, resolves, searches, and determines the "friendly" display of users, groups, and claims in the People Picker. Claims picking enables an application to surface claims in the People Picker, for example when you configure the security of a SharePoint site or SharePoint service. For more information about People Picker, see Plan for People Picker in SharePoint 2013.
By default, the information that is resolved in People Picker when a query is performed depends on the information supplied by the claims provider. You can't change what information is supplied and how it is displayed when you use an out-of-box claims provider. To do this, you must create a custom claims provider that will meet the needs of your solution for finding and selecting users, groups, and claims when a user assigns permissions to items such as a site, list, or library.
When you create a custom claims provider, you can control what information is displayed and what results are returned in response to a query from the People Picker control. By default, you configure the web application to use claims authentication, and then register the claims provider on the server.
Before reading this article, you should understand the concepts described in Plan for user authentication methods in SharePoint 2013 and The Role of Claims. For additional information about claims-based authentication, see SharePoint Claims-Based Identityand A Guide to Claims-based Identity and Access Control.
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When a web application is configured to use claims-based authentication, SharePoint 2013 automatically uses two default claims providers:
The SPSystemClaimProvider class provides claims information related to the server farm where SharePoint 2013 is installed.
The SPAllUserClaimProvider class provides an All Users claim.
Depending on the authentication method selected for a zone of a web application, SharePoint 2013 also uses one or more of the default claims providers that are listed in Table 1.
Table 1. Authentication methods and default claims providers
Authentication method | Claims provider |
Windows authentication | SPActiveDirectoryClaimProvider |
Forms-based authentication | SPFormsClaimProvider |
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) token-based authentication | SPTrustedClaimProvider |
You can see a list of claims providers for a farm by using the Get-SPClaimProvider Windows PowerShell cmdlet.
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When a web application is configured to use SAML token-based authentication, the SPTrustedClaimProvider class does not provide search functionality to the People Picker web control. Any text entered in the People Picker control will automatically be displayed as if it was resolved, regardless of whether it is a valid user, group, or claim. If your SharePoint 2013 solution will use SAML token-based authentication, you should plan to create a custom claims provider to implement custom search and name resolution. |
Claims providers are registered on a server farm as features that are deployed to the farm. They are scoped at the farm level. Each claims provider object uses the SPClaimProviderDefinition class to include information about the claims provider, such as display name, description, assembly, and type. Two important properties of the SPClaimProviderDefinition class are IsEnabled and IsUsedByDefault. These properties determine whether a registered claims provider is enabled for use in the farm, and whether the claims provider is used by default in a particular zone. By default, all claims providers are enabled when they are deployed to a server farm. For information about the SPClaimProviderDefinition class, see SPClaimProviderDefinition.
For more information about zones and authentication, see Plan for user authentication methods in SharePoint 2013.
By default, when you register a custom claims provider on the farm, the IsEnabled and IsUsedByDefault properties are both set to True. Depending on the number of zones needed for your SharePoint 2013 solution, the authentication methods that are used by each zone, and the users for each zone, you may want to limit the zones in which your custom claims provider is displayed in People Picker.
Because claims providers are scoped at the farm level and enabled at the zone level, you must carefully plan the zones in which you want the custom claims provider to be displayed. In general, you should ensure that the IsUsedByDefault property is set to False, and then configure the SPIisSettings class for each zone in which you want to use the custom claims provider. To configure a custom claims provider for select zones, you can create a Windows PowerShell script that sets the claims provider for a zone by using the ClaimsProviders property, or you can create a custom application to allow you to enable a custom claims provider for select zones.
For example, consider a scenario in which there are two web applications:
The first web application, PartnerWeb, has two zones — one intranet that uses Windows claims-based authentication and one extranet that uses forms-based authentication — and is used for collaboration among employees and partners.
The second web application, PublishingWeb, has only one zone that uses forms-based authentication and is an Internet publishing site for employees, business partners, and customer partners.
Now, suppose that for the extranet zone on PartnerWeb, you want employees to be able to collaborate with business partners but not customer partners. To do this, you write a custom claims provider that determines whether the current user is a business partner or customer partner, based on the user's identity. In this example, users from fabrikam.com are business partners, but users from contoso.com are customer partners. When a user who is a business partner is authenticated in the PartnerWeb web application, a claim for a role called BusinessPartner is added to the claim token. When a customer partner is authenticated, a claim for a role called CustomerPartner is added to the claim token.
To make sure that customer partners are never added to the extranet collaboration site, you add a web application policy on the PartnerWeb web application for the extranet zone that explicitly denies access to any user who has a claim for a role called CustomerPartner. The custom claims provider would also have to implement search and type-in support for the web application policy to resolve the CustomerPartner role claim so that it can be added to the web application policy. Finally, to enable this functionality on the extranet zone, you configure the SPIisSettings class for that zone to use the custom claims provider. The following diagram shows the authentication methods and claims provider settings for each web application and zone.
Figure 1. Example of the authentication methods and claims provider settings for Web applications and zones
You can set the IsUsedByDefault property by configuring it in a feature receiver that you create for your custom claims provider.
You can also override the settings of the IsEnabled and IsUsedByDefault properties by using the Set-SPClaimProvider Windows PowerShell cmdlet.
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Changing the IsEnabled property to False will disable the claims provider for the server farm. This can be useful if you have to troubleshoot issues that might be caused by a custom claims provider. In general, the IsEnabled property should be set to True. |
Claim values are a combination of the claim itself, the claims provider name, and the order in which the claims provider was installed on the server. Therefore, if you want to use a claim across multiple farms or environments, you must install the claims providers in the same order on each farm in which you want to use the claim. Use the following steps when you have installed a custom claims provider on a farm and you want to use the same claim on additional farms:
Register the claims providers on the additional farms in the same order that they were registered on the first farm.
Perform a backup of the first farm. For information about how to back up a farm, see Back up farms in SharePoint 2013.
Use the back up from the first farm to restore the other farms. For information about how to restore a farm, see Restore farms in SharePoint 2013.
As you plan custom claims providers for use with People Picker in your SharePoint solution, consider the following questions:
What zones does your web application have, and what authentication methods are used in each zone?
Are there any custom claims that should be added to users to enable more advanced permissions or security scenarios?
Will you be using SAML authentication with a trusted identity provider?
What will be the source of the values for the users and roles that will be displayed in People Picker query results?
The SharePoint 2013 Content Publishing team wants to thank Steve Peschka for contributing to this article. Take a look at Steve Peschka's Share-n-dipity TechNet blog.


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practical shotgun competitions?
I've really enjoyed shooting idpa with my handguns. I finally got a decent hd shotgun (mossberg 500). Is there any shotgun competition that is similar to idpa - practical, fun, appropriate for newbs who want just to learn and improve their skills? I've heard about IPSC shotgun comps but can't seem to find any close by (Atlanta). Ideas?
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So depending on where you live...
And what you wanted to do...
Since you have no location listed. And I would assume you are looking for something "competition"... 3-gun would be the best bet. Also note that some clubs (IDPA) will have side matches on different guns. Some may be a BUG (back up gun), shotgun and/or rifle. Not formally a part of the match but a fun side shoot... typically not scored. Just depends on your local club.
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I added my location - Atlanta. As for what I want... I guess move and shoot training or competitions for hd weapons, especially shotguns. 3gun looks like a lot of fun, but I'm not aware of any regularly scheduled competitions around here.
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so a starting point...
Here are several starting points for you.
1) IDPA http://idpa.com/clublist.asp?pick=GA 2) USPSA http://uspsa6.org/ Check out the ranges that the matches are held. Some may offer what you are looking for... either training or classes or practices... for HD shotgun. Here's one: http://georgiaipsc.com/index.php/201...ultigun-match/ Good luck!
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or, you could always try your local skeet/trap club and see just how well you do.........
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Practical or action shotgun is a ton of fun. Unfortunately it takes a back seat to pistol and rifle competitions because nobody likes to reload shotguns. There is a big shotgun match in Minnesota this year. You should join us.
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The "Almost Now…2008" disc should have simply been relegated to bonus material status on the main DVD. Sure, you get eleven live performances taken from various stops on the band's 2008 tour, but they are all incessantly interrupted by interview and backstage footage, which makes the damn thing nearly unwatchable. If you go into it with the mindset that you will be watching a tour documentary, instead of a concert, then it might be more tolerable. You're better off just getting the Live From Texas DVD if you are interested in watching a recent ZZ Top concert though.
As would be expected, the production quality is quite different between the two discs. The 1980 concert looks every bit its 30 years age, but the DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio tracks sound stupendous despite of it. The 4:3 video transfer is very grainy and frequently riddled with horizontal banding, but the camera work captured this remarkable performance very well. The 16:9 widescreen transfer on the second disc was only shot on standard video (not HD), and was not anamorphically enhanced, but the incredibly sharp and vivid picture quality left little to complain about. The sounds mixes for this disk were all stellar as well.
Much like one of my other favorite rock & roll trios, Rush, ZZ Top are one of the few bands that have managed to keep their original lineup together for nearly 40 years and still remain as vibrant and popular as they ever where (and yes, I know that Neil Peart did not join Rush until their second album). Double Down Live is a must have for any serious ZZ Top fan.
Set Lists:
Disc One: Definitely Then…1980
01. I Thank You
02. Waitin' For the Bus
03. Jesus Just Left Chicago
04. Precious And Grace
05. I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
06. Manic Mechanic
07. Lowdown In The Street
08. Heard It On The X
09. Fool For Your Stockings
10. Nasty Dogs & Funky Kings
11. El Diablo
12. Cheap Sunglasses
13. Arrested For Driving While Blind
14. Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
15. La Grange
16. She Loves My Automobile
17. Hi Fi Mama
18. Dust My Broom
19. Jailhouse Rock
20. Tush
21. Tube Snake Boogie
22. Just Got Paid
Disc Two: Almost Now…2008
01. Got Me Under Pressure
02. Waitin' For The Bus
03. Jesus Just Left Chicago
04. I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
05. Blue Jean Blues
06. Heard It On The X
07. Just Got Paid
08. I Need You Tonight
09. La Grange (with Sloppy Drunk & Bar-B-Q)
10. Hey Joe
11. Tush
Performance – 8/10
Production – 7/10


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Game 2 will be on Soonersports.tv in about 30 minutes
Choplick goes 5 ip allows an unearned run on a single hit with 6 so
Garza goes 2 ip allows 3 hits and a run, walked 2 with 3 so
Jacob Evans closed it out throwing 2 ip, allowed 1 hit no runs no walks and 5 so
Sooners made 4 errors giving them 15 errors in just 5 games
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We need to get these errors cleaned up and I think we can as the season progresses and we need to shore up the defense.
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Game 2 underway now
Im getting busy but i'll post some twitter updates from time to time
1-0 OU still hitting with bases loaded bottom of the 2nd
2-0 OU scores on a double steal. Top of 3
2-0 bottom 3
OU leads 6-1 top of 7th Pine Bluff has 2 on 1 out
OU got out of the jam same score heading to the bottom of the 7th. OU pitchers have struck out 21 batters tonight so far in the double header.
This is my concern. We're 6-0. Looks great, but we've only had 1 game with 0 errors and 3 games with 3 or more. That's disconcerting. Perhaps it's just b/c it's early, but I would like to see us clean it up before the series with Pepperdine.Originally Posted by OnlyOne View Post
I think we'll have to pump the breaks on our excitement until we really play something. This team looks like it could be good, and we know we have the pitching, but as we learned in 2011, we need to wait until we get to the heart of the schedule.
This team has the tools to be something very special. First and foremost they have got to get it together in field. We will never make it if we are posting errors on the board every game. It is too early to cast judgment either way. They are going to have to play error free baseball to make a run. Second, the bullpen will have to pull their weight and I have no doubt they will. 3rd keep doing it at the plate! We have not exactly faced lights out pitching so again it is hard to judge whether or not this lineup is a legit contender. I think this team want to win and I think they know they can do it. In our come from behind games it was like they just said "Okay, let win now" and then turned it on and did it.
We gotta find a 3rd starter but I think that could be by committee. This could be a hit or miss team, they either make a run or they fall flat on their face come mid-season.
25 guys pulling on the same rope!
As with any championship quest, it will require some luck but we sure as hell can't continue to post 3+ errors every game. That will cost us more often than not, so we have to get the defensive side of things cleaned up. That being said, we're only 6 games into the season and this might just be knocking some rust off. But, if it lingers, this becomes our biggest liability.Originally Posted by metes View Post
In addition to that, metes brings up an interesting point about keeping it going at the plate. This team needs to be aggressive. We haven't faced any legit pitching yet, but there are too many good teams to think we can hang around and then just turn it on at some point. We have the horses in the bullpen to be very good, but we must continually be aggressive at the plate.
They also need to get hot at the right time. Winning is good but turning the heat up late in the year is always good!
I searched the internets and couldn't find it, I guess OUr guys made the SC top 10 last night. Anyone go the vid?
Dillon Overton is badass. My son played against him at state.
We played against him at state too. He's a beast.Originally Posted by CrimsonHeaven View Post
OU has got to reduce its infield errors. It's been way too sloppy.
We could soon be looking as some personnel changes in the line up if players don't stop making the same mistakes.
Our batters for the most part have looked very good and I think we have a pretty deep pitching staff that will be more noticeable as the season progresses.
I've noticed that our 1B have had problems picking the ball out of the dirt. It's like every single ball that's thrown low is going past them.
Originally Posted by metes View PostGuys, we may get our first test at the plate this weekend. Take a look at the guy we face on Saturday. It's just one game, but damn. Saturday: Texas A&M Corpus Christi- Sr. RHP Trevor Foss (Janesville, Wis.): 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 9.0 IP, 1 BB, 15 SOOriginally Posted by OnlyOne View Post
Ha, well, I'll need a slightly larger body of work, but that is an impressive game for sure. Hopefully we'll get the bats going.
He has the best game of his life against Texas Pan American, he is going to have to do that again if he want to keep OU off the board. aTmCC's opening day starter got his tits twisted hard. We just gotta play solid D and keep it up at the plate and all will be grand!Originally Posted by melbitoast View Post
OU tied with Iowa top of 3rd 0-0
OU baseball should have a stronger radio signal particularly when the games are not on TV
Still tied bottom of 5th Iowa hitting
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Which team? Mine played at Newcastle.
OU leads 1-0 bot 6
Bottom 7. OU up 1 - 0. Runners on first and 2nd for Iowa with 1 out. Need a dp. Very nice weather in CC today.
LMFAO!!Originally Posted by metes View Post
Sooners up 2-0 entering B8.
2-0 entering 9th. Overton 8ip 7 hits 9 so 0 BB
Finish strong dillon.
1st and 2nd 1 out OU batting
Hermelyn singles in a run 3-0
Bottom 9 3-0 OU
uh oh we made a pitching change
Tasin in to try and close it out he gets a groundball out to ss to start off the 9th
flyout for out #2
2 on 2 out
pass ball 3-1
now a walk 2 on 2 out. The guy that walked is hitting .056 on the year and walked on 4 pitches
strikeout to end it! OU wins 3-1!!
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Overton goes to 3-0 with a 0.38 era and 25:1 strikeout to walk ratio
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I see many low scoring games in our future this season. But with the arms we have I think we can afford a little bit of time to get the bats going.
BerryhillOriginally Posted by CrimsonHeaven View Post
Nice win for the guys today. Overton is off to a great start.
Dillon dominated use and their 2 hole kid was a stud as well.
2-0 OU bot 4
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Tip of Trail property to be auctioned June 24
Cook County will be holding a public sale of the Tip of the Trail property on Saganaga Lake on Monday, June 24 starting at 10 a.m. Cook County Auditor Braidy Powers will conduct the auction of the tax-forfeited property.
The former resort land being offered for sale is 4.61 acres and has been appraised at $350,000. That is the minimum bid that will be accepted. The assessed value of the property is $297,500 for the buildings on the site and $242,900 for the land for a total of $537,400.
The property is zoned lakeshore residential.
The Planning & Zoning Department is in the process of finding a contractor to properly abandon three septic systems at the Tip of the Trail property. All three systems were failing and one tank cover was found to be a safety hazard. The goal is to have the work done by the auction. Seven other potential septic system sites have been identified on the property.
For details on the sale, contact Auditor Braidy Powers at (218) 387-3640.


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Ghanaian pair Gyau and Nyarko impressing at Borussia Dortmund pre-season
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With some key players away on holiday following their participation in the 2014 World Cup, Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp is looking at Ghanaian pair Evans Owusu Nyarko and Joseph Claude-Gyau in his first team set up.
The duo have consistently been fielded in pre-season warm-up friendlies and they have overly impressed with attacker Gyau particularly embossing his pacey and artistic play on the flanks.
In Dortmund's 4-3 win over Heidenheim on Sunday afternoon, the American-born was in delightful shape as he scored a classy finish in the 86th minute, his goal proving to be the match-winner.
Nyarko, who played with Dortmund's second string side last season after joining them from a third-tier side has been with first team since the commencement of pre-season and has started most of the games playing alongside pedigree first team players like Subotic and Aubameyang.
Gyau, grandson of Ghana legend Agyeman Gyau, signed for Dortmund after ending his spell with TSG Hoffenheim and has immediately gone into the first team squad.


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Happy weekend lovelies :) Here are some of my favourite things I saw on the internet this week, hope you enjoy!
♥ Check out the Real or Fake competition on Adobe Students ANZ facebook page and be in to win an iPad2, Adobe products and a trip to San Francisco.
♥ My interview on Eat Well NZ - a little bit about how I maintain a healthy lifestyle and what's in my pantry
♥ Some thoughts on Sustainable Blogging over on Pugly Pixel
♥ Clothing myself with grace and truth - on dressing up with confidence and perspective. Some wise words from Amanda Johnson.


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The credit company ChoicePoint is now admitting people in all 50 states may have had their identities compromised, including people here in Nevada.
Nevada's Attorney General says the letter he wrote, along with other attorneys general from across the nation, convinced ChoicePoint credit company...to release the numbers of victims affected by its mistake.
739 Nevadans will receive letters from ChoicePoint saying their identities may have been stolen by thieves.
Brian Sandoval also plans on introducing legislation, requiring credit companies to notify YOU if there's a problem with your personal information.
Right now, California is the ONLY state with that law on the books.
Sandoval Pushes ID Theft Crackdown
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O'Brien Highway in Cambridge reopens after spill
A Cambridge section of O'Brien Highway was shut down for two hours after at least one canister of lubricant broke open after falling from the back of an MBTA truck just after 10 a.m., officials said.
The stretch of highway between Land Boulevard and Leverett Circle was closed while State Police, the Cambridge Fire Department, and the MBTA responded to clear the spill, according to a tweet sent out by State Police. Traffic was diverted at the Gilmore Bridge.
The truck was carrying Glidex, a lubricant often used on railroad tracks and switches.
MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo said one five-gallon container fell from the truck. According to Cambridge fire's incident report, two containers fell from the truck and brokenk open, spilling Glidex just near the entrance of the Museum of Science parking garage entrance.
State Police spokesman Dave Procopio said it was a minor spill. But because the substance's cleanup requires special product, it would take roughly two hours to obtain the product and clean the spill.
State Police said the highway reopened just after 1 p.m.


text: NEW YORK (AP) -- Lurching higher in its week of whiplash, Wall Street recorded one of its biggest gains of all time Thursday after investors seized on a few signs that the economy might just be able to avoid a new recession.The Dow Jones industrial average soared 423 points. It had already fallen 634 points Monday, risen 429 Tuesday and fallen 519 Wednesday. Never before has the Dow had four 400-point swings in a row.The pieces of news that sent Wall Street rocketing higher were not exactly blockbusters: Cisco Systems said its profit was better than expected, the job market got a little better, and France tried to raise confidence in its shaken banking system.But this is a week in which any move by the market -- higher or lower -- seems to touch off an investor stampede. So it was on Thursday, when stocks shot higher at the opening bell and never turned around.Carlton Neel, who manages about $2 billion as a senior portfolio manager at Virtus Investment Partners, said investors are so scared of being late to a rally or a sell-off that they are trading in herds."Fear tends to be a much more powerful emotion, and the sell-offs tend to be more violent than the rallies," he said. "But people are worried about missing the bottom, so you will have a few melt-ups along the way."The four days of trading this week have been the wildest for the market since the financial crisis during the fall of 2008. Each day has instantly taken a place in Wall Street history. The Dow's losses on Monday and Wednesday were its sixth- and ninth-largest by points, and its gains on Tuesday and Thursday were the 10th- and 11th-largest.The Standard & Poor's 500 index has also risen or fallen at least 4 percent each day. That has not happened on four consecutive days since November 2008, the depths of the crisis.It's only the third time since 1934, said Kevin Pleines, an analyst at Birinyi Associates. The first was October 1987 -- including the day known as Black Monday, when the S&P plunged more than 20 percent.On Thursday, American investors got an encouraging report before the market opened when European stock markets turned around their losses and had one of their best days in recent weeks.The leaders of Germany and France, the biggest economies of the nations that use the euro currency, announced they will meet Tuesday to discuss the financial crisis on the continent.The stocks of French banks have been hammered because of concerns they will be hit with massive losses from European sovereign debt. One European nation after another has struggled with debt, with Spain and Italy the latest.France is trying to assure financial markets that it will not be downgraded from AAA, as the United States was. All three leading credit rating agencies reaffirmed the top rating for France.An hour before the U.S. markets opened, the government reported that fewer Americans joined the unemployment line last week. The number filing for unemployment benefits fell below 400,000, the first time that has happened since April.When the opening bell rang, technology stocks led the market higher. Cisco Systems, a maker of computer equipment, rose more than 15 percent after it reported profit that was better than Wall Street expected. It also said its revenue this quarter would also be better than expected.The Dow finished at 11,143.31, up 423.37 points, or about 4 percent. The S&P 500 finished up 4.6 percent and the Nasdaq composite index 4.7 percent.It was three weeks ago, on July 22, when the stock market began a long losing streak. Investors were worried mostly about the showdown in Washington over whether to raise the nation's borrowing limit.Then came one sign after another that economic growth was much slower than analysts had thought, in addition to growing worries about the debt crisis in Europe and the stability of European banks.During those three weeks, the Dow is down almost 1,600 points, or about 12 percent. It is still up 70 percent since its post-meltdown low of March 9, 2009.President Barack Obama acknowledged this week's wild market swings and made another attempt to calm the nerves of Americans who have watched their retirement accounts and other investments shrivel since mid-July.The president toured a plant in Holland, Mich., that makes batteries for hybrid cars and trucks and said he understands that the volatility "makes folks nervous" and has hammered savings accounts.He reeled off a list of challenges for the economy -- unrest in the Middle East, an earthquake in Japan that disrupted American manufacturing, a European financial crisis that has hit U.S. banks, and lingering damage from the Great Recession.But he declared: "There is nothing wrong with our country. There is something wrong with our politics."Standard & Poor's cited dysfunction in the American political system, not just the nation's long-term debt, when it stripped the United States of its top-flight AAA credit rating last Friday.Even after the downgrade, investors have found U.S. Treasury bonds and bills irresistible, seeing them as a haven of safety during an uncertain time. The demand has pushed up the price of U.S. debt, which has lowered yields.On Thursday, the Treasury sold $16 billion worth of 30-year bonds at a 3.75 percent yield, the lowest borrowing rate for the government on that security since March 2009.Yields for shorter-term American debt rose, but that appeared to be a response to the huge rally in stocks. Yields usually rise when the stock market has a big day because it takes a bigger rate of return to get investors interested in bonds.Gold fell $32.80 per ounce to $1,751.50 Thursday. 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This is the first "geo-zoo" in the world. With approximately 460 species and a total of about 5000 animals it is one of the most exciting sites of Munich.
The Müncher Tierpark was founded in 1911 as the first geo-zoo in the world. At any time of year, its changing moods offer an impressive glimpse into the natural habitats of the protected landscape of the Isar floodplains. The animals are comfortable thanks to the species-appropriate approach. Without distracting bars and fences, the visitors can observe the animals with ease.
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X-R-I Testing, a provider of nondestructive-testing (NDT) services, opened a fully equipped training center adjacent to its headquarters in Troy, MI. The training center offers classes in NDT methods for aerospace applications—computed radiology, digital radiography, magnetic particle, liquid penetrant, ultrasonic and chemical-etch inspection methods.
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text: By PSW Staff • April 10, 2013 The new Si Expression range of consoles; larger image below At this week's Prolight+Sound 2013 show in Frankfurt, Soundcraft is showcasing the new Si Experession range of digital consoles. Available in three frame sizes, new Soundcraft Si Expression 1, 2 and 3 consoles offer 16, 24 and 32 fader and mic inputs, respectively. (Check out video coverage of the new Si Expression line below.) All three are capable of up to 66 inputs to mix by connecting any Soundcraft stagebox, including the two new Mini Stagebox 16 and 32 (16 x 8 and 32 x 16) models, or by connecting additional inputs over MADI or AES/EBU. All external inputs are additional to the connections on the desk itself. The new mixers incorporate processing from Harman Pro siblings BSS, dbx, Lexicon and Studer, and many top-end professional features like a color touch screen, iPad ViSi Remote control, and Soundcraft FaderGlow, adopted from Soundcraft's Vi Series large format flagship consoles. FaderGlow is a patented technology that automatically illuminates specific faders in varying colors according to their assignment enabling you to focus on the mix, not where signals might be. A powerful DSP engine provides 4-band parametric EQ, delays, gates and compressors on every input, parametric and 30-band graphic EQ, compressors and delays on all outputs, as well as four Lexicon stereo effects devices, all capable of being utilized at the same time. Soundcraft ViSi Remote allows remote control of the console from an iPad. Freely assignable fader layers allow placing inputs and outputs anywhere on any layer, optimizing mix control for the most important channels. Andy Trott, Soundcraft and Studer vice president and general manager, states, "A Soundcraft at this low price point is a departure from tradition for us. TThe Si Expression is based on new technology bridging the current Si Compact and Si Performer ranges and meets a totally new price point for Soundcraft making this product highly attractive to those looking for a professional console, at a budget price. "Other companies will continue to produce 'cheap' mixers," he continues, "we make professional, high-quality, easy to use mixers in the same price range—which makes the customer's decision easier." The console also offers a wide range of networking and option cards, the most recent of which is the BSS BLU Link card, also new, which enables simple and automatic connection to the dbx PMC16 personal monitoring system. Soundcraft Harman Professional Comments Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Name * Email * Website Tagged with: Consoles Harman Musikmesse New Products Soundcraft · all topics Subscribe to Live Sound International Subscribe to Live Sound International magazine. Stay up-to-date, get the latest pro audio news, products and resources each month with Live Sound.


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Today's freebie, a set of iPhone chat bubbles, is a sweet contribution from fellow UK based web designer Nicholas Craig. Goes without saying that they're pretty awesome.
You can check out more of Nicholas' work over at Dribbble, and you can hear what he has to say over at Twitter. The least you can do is say thank you ;)


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There's very little love for Sean Avery across the NHL and its fans, and no where is he more hated than the Days of Y'Orr office. No explanation needed, the guy's just a giant douche, end of story. So when we heard that he was arrested last Friday for assaulting a police officer, we couldn't help but crack a smile.
But then we got to thinking…doesn't everyone deserve a second chance? Prison is a hard place, hard enough to maybe even turn someone like Avery into an upstanding citizen after just a short time. He's since been released, but we wanted the inside story. We wanted to find out just what happened to him within those walls.
Avery wasn't available for comment, but we found someone who was. Someone who befriended him for the short time he was locked up. After the jump, he tells us the story of…
Gotta admit, before last Friday I didn't know much about ol' Avery, just what the boys in the big house told me, and let me tell you none of it was too pleasant. I didn't think much of Avery when I first met him either…well, other than the fact that he was a little racist.
Oh, it weren't a big deal or nothing, being locked up as long as I have, you learn not to sweat the small stuff. Anyways, Avery and I got to talking a little more, nothing more than small talk though. Avery must've heard through the grapevine of my talent for acquiring things from the outside, because it didn't take long for him to approach me with a request.
It was a strange request, but I heard stranger. There was just one issue. I don't know if you all know this, but there is just one way to smuggle things into a prison, and I ain't never met a puppy that took kindly to being stuffed in someones rectum. Mr. Avery would have to go wanting. Still, we found ways to keep him occupied.
After that we were inseparable, two peas in a pod. But it wasn't long before I saw a change in Avery. He didn't talk about it, but everyone knew what happened. They're always looking for fresh meat and new blood in the showers, and he was as new as they get.
From what I heard from those that saw it happen, Avery never fought…he screamed though…screamed like a little girl. Some say it drove him so mad that he was smiling after. None of us blamed him for keeping to himself. Believe you me, that kind of abuse makes all kinds of thoughts run through a man's head.
Avery spent the rest of his time in prison with himself and his thoughts, nobody bothered him until he received the news of his release.
Well there you have it, that's about all I can recall of Sean Avery's short time in prison. The boy came in here pretty rough around the edges, but the slammer has a way of changing people, and I think that he's going to be changed for the better…


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Haha, this one is hilarious :D My favorite out of all the the ones so far. Reminds me of another Blog I read somewhere, just it wasn't about Gnomes and their impulses =PGreat job Malgayne!
Hah, that was a good one.Although I'd like to point out that gnomes are not growing up fast these days. They are not growing at all, not an inch above their first ft. Should have told him that his first demons may not be what he had been dreaming of. It takes a while to find the perfect one, and although Imps and Voidwalkers may seem like a good choice for the time being, sooner or later one will find the Succubus, the Fel Hunter...
Hey, some people develop taste for b*tches, be they human, gnome, or...demon.
Haha, that's hilarious. I was not expecting the story to end up like that.
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Laughing... so hard... it hurts XD
Gnome puberty woot! Very bizarre hahaha! I was expectting something else until I read "hair in unexpected places" which made me LOL-ed hard :D good work, keep 'em coming plz XD
Catholics and demon haters grab your tourches and pitchforks and kill the Witch! Gnomes shoudn't be demon lovers. My Blood Elf hunter LOVES killing Gnome warlocks. There all like 'I weild magic im awsome.' And I just stare and say 'If your so powerful how come I can do this and slice there heads off. =D....So in conclusion I say this.......Pizza and Mana Crystals....dont mix! =D
I completely agree with Ramen.....mmmm steak-flavored ramen.......the gnome corpses litter my yard ^_^ riddles with arrows GO Blood Elf Hunter!
Rofl, very funny blog.
I just had this talk with my kid. When they ask you gotta level with them honestly. But keep it age appropriate...
Hahaha, very nice! Keep these up, looking forward to future installments!
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"sirens story" part 1: Turning me out!
Fiction, Anal, Cruelty, Cum Swallowing, Hardcore, Interracial, Lesbian, Male Male/Teen Female, Masturbation, Oral Sex, Rape, Spanking, Teen Female Solo, Threesome, Violence, Written by women
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Posted Wed 17th of February 2010
this is a story about a very sexual girl, it may or may not be true ill let you decide
This is my first story, so yea all comments appreciated even criticism.....
I was a product of a raped woman. My mother at 14 years old was beaten and raped in a field, she didnt know who he was , just some crossing black man who wanted my beautiful Italian mother i suppose. She gave birth to me "Siren" 7 and a half months later. Despite how i came about she loved me.
At the age of three i saw my mothers step father rape her. A man whom i loved like a grand father who took care of me and my mother. I couldnt understand why he was hurting her. I remember vividly some how, he pulled her clothes off and tied a gag around her mouth. He pulled his dick out and began fucking her i seen the tears roll out of her eyes, and i began to cry with her. He pumped and pumped into her for what seamed like forever to me, and suddenly he pulled his penis out and shot his come all over her face and called her a filthy slut, and said you should be lucky that i put my dick inside of you. This wasnt the last time, he raped her often, then one day we left. Me my mother and younger brotherstayed in a motel for weeks. One night i woke to the familiar sounds of my mothers screams. I saw a big black man on top of her fucking her ass, hard, he was grunting deeply. I didnt know what to do i could see him starring at me as he pumped into my mom. I just cried wondering who he was how did he find her. After he finished he said thanks bitch while he fixed his pants, and as he walked out he looked at me and said your to beautiful to cry baby.
All of that soon was behind us. My mother and her high school sweetheart got married mind you they had already given me a little brother who was two years younger than me. And by the time i was 6 i had a second brother. My aunt came to stay with us for a while after the baby was born she sleept in my room. She was 16 and a slut, she had her boyfriend sneek into our house at night. The first time i remember so well. He didnt kiss her once just demanded everything, he started by pulling her jeans off and saying "rub your clit bitch" while she did that he pulled his dick out, i remember thinking it was so big, he began to stroke it a bit getting it ready, my aunt then said fuck me baby fuck me now. He said you have to show me how much you want it and that you deserve it. She got on her hands an knees and begged for his dick she said ill do anything. He grabbed her head and thrusted his dick inside her throat, i thought she was going to die. But she sucked him deep, he grunted (i flashed back to the grunts of the man fucking my moms ass). He pulled her up pushed her face down on the bed and spread her ass cheeks apart he plunged into her ass, she didnt make much noise just a few moans, i guess she was use to it. He bounced on her ass the night lite in my room provided just enough lite to see his dick thrusting in and out of her ass. I guess i was turned on a bit. He turned her over and shoved himself back down her throat and he let his load off in her mouth. He said if she wanted his dick in her pussy then she knew what to do. She began sucking his balls and stroking his dick, until he was rock hard again. He told her to bend over she did, and he rammed his cock into her pussy slaming against her ass making it jiggle. She moaned in extacy like that was what she had been waiting for. He said you better fuck me bitch, and she began pushing her ass back against him. He slapped her ass over and over as she drove back down on his dick. She tensed i seen it comeing in her face she shook feverishly. She gave another hard slam on to his dick, and held it there. He began to pump and then i seen him give a hard push forward and he held on to her ass for a moment. They soon left and i layed there thinking about what i witnessed . I suddelny had the urge to rub my pussy. I did just that thinking about everything, thinking that the rapes of my mother were diffrent yet the same. I quickly fell asleep.
A few months later a friend of mine had came over to my house after we went swimming we played in my room still in bathing suits. She asked me if i wanted to play house i agreed. She said i could play mommy and she would be daddy. She leaned over and kissed me i kissed her back and opened my mouth she followed by inserting her tounge, we kissed for a while then i stopped and said i was bored. She was like "i know something else we could do my cousin taught me" i said ok. She told me lay down and then she got on top of me. She began to rock her hips back and fourth, i reacted by rocking with her. It felt good. So good i had to pull her to me and kiss her. We stopped after a while, and then layed next to each other. She said that was fun baby, i agreed. She said that she liked the way it made her in betweens feel, and she touched her self down there and i touched her to.
We continued this for several months. It was sensational when we first did it with no clothes on, i felt urges through out my tiny body. We once did it while her cousin adam watched us. He pulled his penis out and stroked it, while he watched us humping and tounging. After he orgasmed he came over and touched my pussy and said ur quite beautiful baby. He kissed me, then left.
A few months later my mother and step father told us we were moving our family was expanding and we needed a bigger space. We moved a month later. Far away, and i never saw baby again. I missed her so much i would just lay there thinking of her.
I soon let go of her and the urges returned. I relived them by humping stuffed animals and rubbing myself, it wasnt the same, but it would half to do.
When i was ten i began to grow boobs, i was so proud of them, my body was maturing i had become quite beautiful every 1 agreed and so did i. Eventhough i was half black i was still real light i really just looked nicely tanned. I had long curly hair, light big brown eyes, i was pretty tall for my age, slender but not to slim, i had a nice firm butt not to big. I was proud of my body. Id look at my naked self in the mirror and squeez my boob rubb my pussy, i was so turned on by myself.
One day i took a walk to the park i met to girls they were 11. Heidi and Brandi they had been life long friends. Heidi was very pale short with blonde hair and blue eyes she was cute. Brandi was tall, taller than me even, with long beautiful legs, she was very skinny very tanned,(i later found out she was native american) she had jet black hair that hung just above her perfect ass. She was perfect to me. The three of us became inseprable, we shopped, shared clothes, talked for hours we became a threesome..
After a month or so they told me they had a secret to tell me. I promised not to tell a soul. Heidi blurted out "we are lesbians" Brandi corrected "bi sexual" we still like boys. They said that they had sex with each other often, and that i was welcomed to join if i wanted. I was happy i missed person to person contact. i couldnt wait until we were officially a threesome
Our first time was something i would never ever forget. We were at heidis house she had the type of parents who didnt pay much attention to her and often left her alone. Heidi and Brandi began kissing and rubbing each other, undressing one another. I remember watching brandi, i felt the urges stirring inside of me. Heidi pushed brandi on the bed, and pushed her face into Brandi's pussy. Brandi moaned, i loved hearing her moan, i got undressed and began to rubb and finger fuck myself, as i watched Heidi face fuck Brandis wet pussy sliding her tounge in and out, she made it look delicious. I saw Brandi start to shake and thrust her hips upward, Heidi held onto her firm, and pushed her tounge deep into brandi. Brandi let out a moan, Heidi released her, stood up and turned toward me, he face glistened from Brandis juices, she came over and kissed me, releasing some of Brandi into my mouth. To me it tasted so great i had to lick heidis face. Brandi called us over to the bed with her. She told me to bend over, i listened i felt her get behind me. I felt her fingers trickle down my ass crack and then to my pussy. I felt her rub my clit, i jumped a little, she giggled, and before i knew it i felt her tounge on my clit. I let out a long moan, this felt like what ive been waiting for my whole life. Brand started to talk to me... Do you like that baby? Yes.. Then she would give my ass a little smack, she said "i wanted you every since i first layed eyes on you" i knew how she felt. She pushed inside of me and fucked the shit out of my pussy with her tounge. I saw Heidi infront of me rubbing herself, i looked at her pussy soaking wet from her own juice, i decided i had to have her, I told her to scoot forward, and for the first time i ate pussy, and it was so amazing. I felt my body tingle, and tighten, Brandi knew and she griped my hips and pulled me hard down on her tounge and held me there, while she swirled her tounge inside of me. At that moment i let out a scream, then collapsed my face into Heidis pussy. I continued licking and sucking on her until i felt her warm juice in my mouth, and she moaned and let out a huge sigh. Heidi pulled me on top of her and began to lick her cum off my face. After we put on panties and t-shirts Brandi put her leg around me and heidi put her arm around me.
Last thing i remember was kissing Brandi and drifting to sleep, Happy that we had become a threesome
To Be continued..
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Thanks I actually have already used this advice in writing 5 other stories..
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Try keeping paragraphs to to five lines max.
Computer screens are far harder to read than books and your writing, with its long paragraphs just comes across as a wall of words and very difficult to read.
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I reviewed the Nike CEO over on Sweet Sweet Lax and found this head (for offensive players only) to be stiff, pinched and light. It was also a breeze to string because of all the sidewall holes. It was so easy to string, I actually went back to mesh on this head and the pocket that's developing so far is on point.
No one likes a boring white head, except for about 90% of lacrosse players (I'll convert them eventually), so I went ahead and dyed the living daylights out of this one. I started with a black base, but before doing that, I completely covered the head in stickers, tape, and other such materials. Then I stuck it in the black dye. Then I peeled some stickers off. Green dye. Replaced the stickers over the green, pulled off more stickers and into the Blue. Repeat for purple, then red, then tangerine, then finally, Tan. I used a LOT of tape and stickers. But it came out tight!
I'm thinking this is my Basquiat stick. Nike, like Andy Warhol, created a masterpiece that could be created in bulk. I, like Basquiat, then changed the head (or painting) by smearing color all over it. And now, once again, it's an original masterpiece. The original creation is still there, but now it has been added to, and the way it speaks to us is more complex.
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A neural network created by connecting 16,000 computer processors appears to support biologists' theories on how the human brain identifies objects.
Google scientists working in the secretive X Labs have made great strides in using computers to simulate the human brain.Best known for inventing self-driving cars and augmented-reality eyewear, the lab created a neural network for machine learning by connecting 16,000 computer processors and then unleashed it on the Internet. Along the way, the network taught itself to recognize cats.
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To find the cats, the team fed the network thumbnail images chosen at random from more than 10 billion YouTube videos. The results appeared to support biologists' theories that suggest that neurons in the brain are trained to identify specific objects.
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