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The portrait of 'Mrs Frances Hesketh', wife of Fleetwood Hesketh, by Joseph Wright of Derby, was painted in 1769. The sitter wears a gown of dusty pink silk, loosely cut, with a voluminous skirt and deep cuff to the sleeve. This is held back with a string of pearls. Her undersleeve of fine white linen is also generously cut and falls in folds around her forearm. She holds the edge of a thin striped silk scarf, attached at the back of her bodice. Another sash of blue and gold silk is tied around her waist and knotted casually before her. She does not appear to be wearing a hoop, a petticoat supported by circular canes, beneath her gown as the outline of her legs can be clearly seen in the front. Her hair is informally arranged and falls loosely over her right shoulder.
The whole ensemble appears charming and elegant to our eyes, yet it is not what Mrs Hesketh's contemporaries would have recognised as strictly fashionable dress. It is, rather, a stylised version of classical dress, a shorthand adopted by the artist to allude to the subject's gentility (as the wife of a landed squire), intellect and artistic leanings. The reference to the ancient world, and to the 18th century's re-discovery of it, is strengthened by the inclusion of a classical urn, on the right. A number of artists adopted this approach, posing their sitters in informal, classically-inspired dress, from the 1760s onwards.
In contrast to the clothes worn by Mrs Hesketh, there are many other examples of fashionable dress to be seen in the Walker's 18th century gallery. But what exactly is 'fashionable dress' and how does it differ from other forms of dress? One could define it as a dress form that constantly changes in response to outside influences, often deliberately motivated. This transient quality sets it apart from other forms of dress. Peasant or working dress and traditional or national dress tend to remain static over long periods of time.
The wealthy have always used dress as a means of showing their social status and as a way of distinguishing themselves from other sections of society. In this sense, it could be argued that they 'invented' fashion. Its constantly changing forms allowed them to stay one step ahead of other aspiring groups. Today, more complex economic factors and a worldwide industry ensure that fashion constantly changes and that we can all buy into it if we wish.
Costume in paintings can be a good source of information about what dress was like in the past. It can also tell us much about the wearer. We can see their wealth, status, social aspirations and if they belonged to a particular group. Equally, it can be revealing about the artist and about what he or she was trying to say about their subject, as we can see in the painting of Mrs Hesketh.
The Walker's 1717 portrait of 'Henrietta, Lady Ashburnham', by Michael Dahl, is a good starting point if one wishes to study mainstream fashion of the period. The sitter wears a pale blue silk satin wrapping gown, lined with white silk, over a fine white linen chemise. This was a typically informal garment of the early 18th century, simply wrapped over in the front and secured with a belt or sash. Sometimes, a loose, quilted waistcoat was worn underneath for extra warmth.
Unlike today, people in the 18th century had a very clearly-defined sense of what was 'dress' or formal wear and what was 'undress' or informal wear. There were rules governing the circumstances in which either could be worn. To some extent, these rules were influenced by the wearer's social status and wealth. The time of day and the activity in which they might have been engaged was also important. Lady Henrietta's attire in definitely 'undress' and would probably have been worn in the privacy of her bedroom or boudoir.
Another, more restrained example of 'undress' wear for women can be seen in Arthur Devis' famous painting of 'Mr and Mrs Atherton' of 1743. Mrs Atherton wears a white silk satin 'nightgown'. This peculiarly English garment, despite its name, was never worn in bed. It was also known as an 'open gown', due to the opening in the centre front of the skirt. This allowed for the display of a matching or contrasting petticoat. In this case, Mrs Atherton wears it with a pale blue quilted silk satin petticoat, both fashionable and warm. It is probably lined with calamanco, a hard-wearing mixture of silk and wool. The cone-shaped bodice of the gown is smoothed over a tightly-laced corset, known to contemporaries as 'stays'. The full skirt and petticoat are held out over a wide hoop. Beneath both stays and hoop was worn a fine linen chemise, with lace neck and sleeve ruffles. The ensemble is completed by a small linen and lace cap on the typically neat hairstyle of the 1740s. The overall impression is that of a solidly respectable if provincial couple, which is indeed what they were. Mr Atherton was an Alderman and later Mayor of Preston in Lancashire.
In more fashionable contrast to Mrs Atherton, Mary Wright, Lady Cunliffe, as painted by Francis Cotes in 1768, wears the French-style sack-back gown or 'robe à la Française'. Such clothing was certainly considered to be 'dress' wear. Made from a dusty pink and green shot silk, it has the typical, wide 'Watteau pleat' at the centre back of the bodice. This was named after the French artist who often portrayed it in his work. The silk bows down the bodice front and at the sleeves, together with the multi-layered frothy lace undersleeves and the ruffled silk 'robings' down the sides of the bodice and skirt opening, all combine to give a much more feminine, sophisticated and indeed expensive impression of dress than that worn by Mrs Atherton.
Men's dress in the 18th century was also subject to the vagaries of fashion. A typical example of male 'undress' wear, similar to the female wrapping gown, was the 'banyan' or 'Indian nightgown'. This can be seen in Jonathan Richardson the Elder's 1732 'Portrait of the Artist's Son'. The sitter wears a red silk banyan, arranged in folds over his fine white linen shirt. He also wears a matching nightcap, which despite its name could be worn at any time of the day but never in bed. This form of headgear was put on at home, in informal surroundings when one removed one's wig. It often denoted both informality and artistic leanings in equal measure. We can see that the sitter's head has been shaved, which was commonly done to make the wearing of the wig more comfortable.
Two other examples of men's fashionable dress among the Walker's paintings are worth noting. The first is a typical form of 'undress' wear, comparable in social standing to that worn by Mrs Atherton in Devis' painting. This is the 1768 portrait of 'Richard Gildart', by Joseph Wright of Derby. By 1768, the sitter, a wealthy sugar merchant, was an old man of 95. He had been an MP for 20 years and three times Mayor of Liverpool. His dress marks him out as one of the solid merchant class, wealthy but with few social pretensions. There is no apparent desire to flaunt his money through dress. He wears a pale aubergine-coloured 'frock', an informal coat, of finest broadcloth wool, with deep 'bucket' sleeves, over a rust-coloured wool suit. The wool is expensive but not showy. His neckcloth is of fine white linen, but he wears plain grey wool stockings rather than silk. The deep cuffs on the coat were going out of fashion by 1768. Older men like Gildart, however, often clung to the fashions of their earlier years.
The second example, in contrast to Gildart's attire, is typical of 'dress' wear for men. 'Sir Robert Clayton Bt', of 1769, by Thomas Gainsborough, is shown wearing a full dress suit of pale gold silk. His coat and waistcoat are both decorated with gold metallic braid. The lace cuffs and ruffle on the cravat are rendered in a loose, impressionistic way, making it impossible to identify the exact type of lace. Sir Robert wears a short, powdered wig and holds a black wool felt or beaver tricorne hat, also trimmed with gold braid. Sometimes referred to as a 'chapeau bras' or 'arm hat', these accessories were often not made to be worn at all but to be flourished about instead. His whole demeanour, strengthened by his dress, proclaims Sir Robert a member of the landed gentry, as opposed to being in trade like Gildart.
Dress in paintings can have plenty to say, if only we know how to read its language. The costumes on display in the Walker's 18th century paintings are a rich source of information about the people of that period, their aspirations, achievements and beliefs.
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"Travelling Ink" Documentary
I'm loving this wonderful tattoo documentary, Travelling Ink, by anthropologist Cyril Siorat, directors Dr. Udi Butler and Alan Mandel and the crew from the Pitt-Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford. Here's the official description:
Through conversations with leading tattooists [and historians] from around the world, this film explores the artistry, philosophy, meaning and history of tattooing at the site of the 2010 London Tattoo Convention. The film conveys the importance of travelling and the tattoo convention, the commitment of members of the tattoo community to their art, and the challenges they face in reconciling tradition with modernity, and spirituality with mass-appeal.The film is 25 minutes long and worth every second. I've watched it a number of times to pull my favorite quotes but I couldn't narrow it down to just a few perfect sound bits. It's just all good -- from conversations on tattoo's ancient history to its sensuality to philosophies held by the tattooists interviewed. I can't recommend it enough.
Also check out the Museum's full collection of video and audio on body art.
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|2012-02-15, 06:16
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Suigetsu is afraid of Jugo? Am I the only one who remembers him tanking a Biju Dama?
Looks like they stumbled upon something interesting.
Oh, and Karin's escape preparations made her take a level in bad-ass--at least to me.
|2012-02-15, 06:20
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Sasuke's susanoo can control blaze release by making a wave of black fire which burned away the Zetsu, maybe Raikage would have been burned by blaze release at the kage summit?
When Sasuke meets Itachi it will be cool to see which susanoo is stronger as Itachi's susanoo has legendary weapons.
|2012-02-15, 06:34
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if orochimaru was such a genius,why was he so easily defeated by sasuke?
he could have used a seal on him beforehand or poison his food to incapacitate him,like tsunade did wit jiraya.
So stop making him like the one who understood everything,kishi,oro is the only chara i know who became more badass after his (pathetic)death than before.
...at less,i hope anything he uncovered kabuto didn't know,it would be nice he oro didn't trust him completly and kept secret from him.
ps:thank to the scanlator for being so fast.
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Ok..i just read the chapter..and i think that there is a contradiction in Sasuke words
Sasuke said that he want to kill everyone ninja that are Kohana village..but why Sausuke want to kill Naruto, if he think that Naruto isn't a ninja of Kohana??
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after a very awesome chapter last week.. now we have Sasuke's team chapter.... *sigh*
please I beg you, Itachi... finish Sasuke as quick as possible.... I don't need him in Naruto manga anymore....
|2012-02-15, 08:15
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... the scroll might contain the secret of how to obtain the rinnegan, at least it makes sense! That's why orochimaru was so obsessed about aquiring the sharingan from Sasuke since he knew how to transform the sharingan into the rinnegan, and the rinnegan can definitely change the war. Orochi probably did a lot of reseach at Madara Uchiha too since he had all the time, so it really fits in! Nothing very extraordianry though..
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Lol his talk justu wont work your right but he has he emo jutsu remember if tehy fight they will both die...... Remember the part where sakura wasnt sure who she would chose to heal during the war sasuke or naruto? She will probably heal sasuke because shes a pathetic ****.
|2012-02-15, 08:20
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Pretty boring chapter after all the awesome from earlier. Seems like Sasuke is planning on keeping his promise on not killing anyone from Konoha until he fights Naruto. The last page is the best part, can't wait to see Sasuke and Itachi confrontation.
|2012-02-15, 09:03
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Karin has tools in her Sasuke pic so it looks like she's planning on escaping.
It would be ironic if karin went back to Sasuke since people on many internet forum sites have been praising her for leaving Sasuke.
@Shay It seems that Sasuke killed the original White Zetsu since Sasuke killed a Zetsu that had only 1 side and the Zetsu this chapter have somewhat confirmed this.
|2012-02-15, 09:15
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I'm guessing karin will have to make a decision to heal naruto or sauce at some point during their battle or maybe kishis keeping her around so she can help explain the dark and light chakras to us some more.
I'm gonna also guess that oro's discovered secret info deals with the weakness of edo tensei because itachi insists every jutsu has a weakness and suigetsu says the info could be used to gain control over the war.
It also appeared that sauce read zetsu's mind when he held him by the head and said
"sharingan!" And he called tobi tobi instead of madara so he may know all about the war now.
Last thought: did sauce's eye do some sort of transformation thing when he said "sun" and it looked like some pigment moved to the inner circle of his sharingan? What exactly was happening there and why did he say "sun"? The title of the chapter might be related.
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|2012-02-15, 09:50
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Ino's dad can read minds so its very likely a sharingan user can also since Sasuke entered Naruto's mind to suppress the Kyubi's chakra.
Orochimaru's info may also tell how to get rinnegan from sharingan but I agree it may have info on a weakness to Edo Tensei or it may tell how to use Edo tensei which would be potentially more useful if Sasuke killed someone and Resurrected them as his Edo zombie.
|2012-02-15, 09:51
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Weak chapter...team Taka was already inferior in terms of importance, making all of them but Juugo act ooc just made things worse. Suigetsu found one whole scroll, Sasuke kills some clones...shocking! Of course, you can't have great chapters all the time, so this is necessary as well.
|2012-02-15, 09:55
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I agree this was a weak chapter. However, again this makes me feel that we have not seen the last of Orochimaru. He was too easily dealt with by Sasuske.
I think Oro will eventually completely control Kabuto, if he hasn't already...
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Legislation would give small business owners deferral on payroll tax if they open in targeted areas
Congressman Chris Collins, NY-27, is pushing the Main Street Revival Act (H.R. 952), bipartisan legislation that is intended to help promote economic growth and fill vacancies along America's main streets. Collins is the lead Republican co-sponsor of the legislation in the House.
"If Washington is serious about getting our economy back on track, we need to get serious about supporting American small business," Collins said. "Encouraging and incentivizing new small businesses, particularly in struggling areas, will be critical to rebuilding our economy and this legislation does just that."
The Main Street Revival Act would allow a small business to defer payment of payroll taxes for one year after it hires its first employee. The taxes will be paid back in equal installments over the subsequent four years. The deferment would hopefully provide meaningful relief to a new small business or one that is just at the beginning stages of growth, which is traditionally a hard time for my small business owners.
"The ability to defer payroll taxes for one year may be just enough of a break to help a new small business owner hire one more person or purchase a new piece of equipment," Collins said. "This legislation represents the practical, commonsense solutions Washington needs to take to nurture small business development, create jobs, and spur real economic development in our communities."
To encourage growth in hard-hit areas, the legislation provides the tax deferral incentive to businesses located in a Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZones) as defined by the Small Business Administration. In NY-27, sections of Batavia, Depew, Lancaster, Lockport, Medina and Livingston County are designated as HUBZones.
The bill is also limited to true small businesses, those that expect to hire no more than 25 people during the year period for which payroll taxes can be deferred. Lastly, H.R. 952 makes clear that nothing in the bill will reduce the Social Security or Medicare trust funds.
"Incentives such as the Main Street Revival Act are critical to encouraging small businesses to set up shop in vacant space in our commercial district," said Lockport Mayor Michael Tucker. "Small businesses build the economy of our downtown areas and commercial centers. I think any incentive Washington can provide in these uncertain economic times may make the difference between a business opening and a business closing."
"As the president of the Niagara USA Chamber and a small business owner myself, this kind of legislation is just the support our small business community needs as entrepreneurs look to take a risk and start a business," said Deanna Brennen. "Small businesses make up the majority of our chamber membership and they are critical to building a better local, regional and national economy."
Collins is partnering with Congressman Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., on the legislation.
"Good ideas that help our small businesses know no political party," Swalwell said. "I welcome Rep. Collins of New York as the lead Republican co-sponsor of the Main Street Revival Act. This bill was inspired by walking the main streets of my district and talking with business owners - Republicans and Democrats - about ways the federal government can help them get off the ground, hire employees and succeed. This is sensible legislation to speed up local economic development in the neighborhoods that need it most."


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Antonio Forcione
Check out his staggering performance here, uses one guitar and there's two pairs of hands!
Joe Bonamassa
Our Joe has gone from strength to strength over the past ten years. From renowned guitarist to gifted songwriter and currently sell out shows in the Royal Albert Hall. Seen here with a discontinued LJX36C, you can grab a superb cutaway electro-acoustic with Spruce/Rosewood with the AC3R.
Bert Jansch
If Antonio Forcione is the acoustic Hendrix then Jansch may well have been the acoustic Clapton. Sadly missed and a huge influence on a whole generation of guitarists. There appears to be an LL6 pictured, a favourite with many folkies.
Jimmy Page
Speaking of those influenced by Bert Jansch here's one of his biggest fans. Best known for his electric antics in recent years Jimmy has mellowed a bit. Here he is with a CJ32, discontinued but check out the FJX730SC for a classic black acoustic.


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Wireless energy transfer turns on bulb at MIT, eliminating batteries next?By R. Colin Johnson
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MIT assistant professor Marin Soljacic, inventor of the technique, described it at the American Institute of Physics' Industrial Physics Forum last fall. His MIT team now has demonstrated the concept by remotely powering a 60-watt bulb from a distance of six feet.
The key to the technique is its use of nonradiative magnetic coupling. "Two same-frequency resonant objects will tend to couple with each other strongly, while only interacting weakly with off-resonant environmental objects," said Soljacic. "That's the physics principle enabling nonradiative wireless energy transfer."
Today magnetic coupling is used over short distances to recharge batteries such as in electric toothbrushes, but it requires that the device under charge be located very near the induction coils, since the energy of the magnetic field falls off very quickly with distance. In conventional magnetic induction, the distance can only be increased by increasing the power of the magnetic field.
WiTricity, on the other hand, uses matched resonant antennas that enable the magnetic coupling to take place over distances of several feet, without boosting the power of the magnetic field. Other groups have demonstrated radio-frequency wireless power transfers over longer distances, but only for micro- to milliwatts.
The demonstration setup consisted of matched copper coils about three feet in diameter, with the transmitting coil attached to a power source operating in the meghahertz range. The receiving coil resonated within the nonradiative magnetic field, oscillating at the same frequency, thereby efficiently using magnetic induction to illuminate the bulb.
The resonant antennas remain coupled even when objects are placed between them, as Soljacic showed during the light bulb demonstration by positioning his entire design team between the sending and receiving antennas. The light bulb continued to be illuminated despite the obstacles.
Without the resonance enabled by the matched antennas, the team claims, 1 million times more energy would have to be pumped into the transmitting coil to enable conventional, nonresonant magnetic induction.
Next the team wants to demonstrate powering a laptop computer wirelessly, by designing computer room antennas that would match an antenna coil to be built into the base of the laptop. The team not only believes it will be able to supply enough power to keep the laptop's batteries recharged but predicts it will be able to eliminate the battery altogether by directly supplying power to the laptop.
Funding the research were the Army Research Office, MIT's Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN), the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy. Soljacic's team members were professors Peter Fisher and John Joannopoulos (who is ISN's director) and students Andre Kurs, Aristeidis Karalis and Robert Moffatt.


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Emma Watson Becomes the Latest Celebrity College Casualty
Everyone loved that Emma Watson, cute British pixie, had decided to hole herself up in Providence and spend a few years at Brown. But now the Harry Potter actress and blossoming starlet has announced on her website that she's taking some time off from school to focus on promoting the final Harry Potter movie and to work on other film projects.
From her site:
Hi everyone
As you know, I love Brown and I love studying pretty much more than anything but recently I've had so much to juggle that being a student AND fulfilling my other commitments has become a little impossible.
I've decided to take a bit of time off to completely finish my work on Harry Potter (the last one comes out this summer) and to focus on my other professional and acting projects. I will still be working towards my degree... it's just going to take me a semester or two longer than I thought : )
Hope you are all well! Thank you for all your continuing support.
So, OK, sure. She could always go back! People do it. Though for every Natalie Portman, a star who actually earned her degree, there's a Jessica Biel at Tufts, an Olsen twins at NYU, a Claire Danes at Yale, a Joseph Gordon-Levitt at Columbia — all of whom dropped out to continue the work of doing famous-making things and never returned to school. Which is fine. Either way! Everyone's free to do their own thing! It's just a shame that more of these kids can't take four measly years to have a normal-ish existence, out of the public eye, until reentering Glitz World and never looking back. I mean, they could always work in the summer! Ah well. At least there's always James Franco, who's probably earning enough degrees on his own to make up for all the other young celebrities combined.
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Whiteagle wrote:Natalya wrote:Find a way to do it without ball joints and it will rock.
Why is there always such ball joint hate?!?!
I have a few reasons...
First, they are flimsy. The amount of weight they can support is pretty low.
Secondly, in creations where people use them, they are almost always exposed, so they would be easy targets. The rules even provide for considering joints as weak-points that can be damaged more easily. I don't know why you would want to set up your creation for military failure just because the joints were exposed.
Third, they don't look very good. It is like, "Oh wow, they spent a lot of time on that model--oh wait no, they didn't, they just used ball joints."
Fourth, the more skilled builders I have seen shy away from them. When they do use them, it is in awesome places like this where they add to the creation's aesthetic, instead of taking away from it.
Fifth, Bionical.
Sixth, you can do better with Technic. It is possible to achieve even cooler designs when you don't use them. See here:
The legs have four axes of motion (excluding the wheels), which is sufficient for posing, but their joints are strong enough to hold up the weight of the whole thing. You couldn't replace the joints in the Spider Tank with ball joints and have it stand. Also, two of the joints for each leg are completely obscured and can not be targeted by its opponents. The other two have the bulky armour of the leg protecting them from most other possible angles of attack.
It takes a lot of time, a lot of tinkering, a lot of experimentation, and sometimes even planning to design a mecha that uses no ball joints, but the effort will pay off in the end.


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CES 2012: Gametel Controller Brings Console Style Input To iOS
Gaming on a touch screen is pretty effective. As our gaming review archives show, countless titles demonstrate what works so well for iOS devices. However, options are good and many gamers used to physical game controllers prefer to use input devices such as the iCade.
The iCade serves the arcade gaming market perfectly with its chunky, retro appearance but that doesn't mean there isn't room for a more traditional gaming controller. This is where Fructel's Gametel enters the picture and is set to provide plenty of great functionality to gamers.
Previously only compatible with Android smartphones and tablets, the Gametel clearly has the pedigree to be a great addition to the iOS peripheral market.
The device is smaller than other iOS focused controllers while still offering a 4 way joystick with 4 face buttons as well as 2 shoulder buttons on the back. Comfortable to use with a snug clamp to keep the iOS device steady while Bluetooth does its connectivity magic, the Gametel is looking great hardware wise. A nine hour battery life just goes to back up that idea.
That's no use without good software support, however. Fortunately, it's looking good for the console style controller with all iCade suite titles already supported as well as other iOS games such as No Gravity, Silverfish, Super Crossfire HD and Terra Noctis also covered. Regular 148apps readers will note that all these titles are great examples of quality iOS games making it an ideal starting point for such a device. It's looking pretty attractive to gamers in need of a more console style control system.
No solid release date has yet been given for the GameTel in the US. While it's available in selected European countries, at the moment it doesn't support iOS while the relevant app works its way through the approval process. We'll be sure to keep up to date on any release date for the device.


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The Sun JavaTM System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 software set includes web agents and Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE) agents. This guide discusses J2EE agents, the functionality of which has increased for this release. This chapter provides a brief overview of J2EE agents in the 2.2 release as well as some concepts you should understand before proceeding with a J2EE agent deployment. For a general introduction of agents, both J2EE agents and web agents, see Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 User's Guide.
This term is used throughout this book to refer to a J2EE-compliant container that is either an application server or a portal server.
As was true in previous releases, J2EE agents enable deployment containers to enforce authentication and authorization using Sun Java System Access Manager services. To ensure secure client access to hosted J2EE applications, J2EE agents enforce the following:
J2EE Declarative and Programmatic Security (defined in the deployment descriptor of individual applications)
URL Policies (defined in Access Manager)
Single sign-on (SSO)
This chapter provides information about J2EE agents for the 2.2 release of Policy Agent as follows:
J2EE agents can protect a variety of hosted J2EE applications, which can in turn require policy implementation that varies greatly from application to application. The security infrastructure of J2EE provides declarative as well as programmatic security that is platform-independent and is supported by all the J2EE-compliant deployment containers. For details on how to use the declarative and programmatic security of the J2EE platform, refer to J2EE documentation, available at http://java.sun.com/j2ee
The way J2EE agents are used has not changed significantly in the 2.2 release. The agents perform more effectively and efficiently in this release, but the basic functions are the same.
J2EE agents help enable role-to-principal mapping for protected J2EE applications with Access Manager principals. Thus at runtime, when a J2EE policy is evaluated, it is done against the information available in Access Manager. Using this functionality, administrators can configure their hosted J2EE applications to be protected by the agent, which provides real security services and also other key features such as single sign-on. Apart from enabling the J2EE security for hosted applications, the J2EE agents also provide complete support for Access Manager-based URL policies for enforcing access control over web resources hosted in the deployment container.
The following examples demonstrate how the J2EE agents can be put to use:
Consider a web-based application that facilitates the auction of various kinds of merchandise between interested parties. A simple implementation for such an application will require the users to be in one of three abstract roles, namely Buyer, Seller, or Administrator. Buyers in this application will have access to web pages that display the listed auction items, whereas the Sellers may have access to web pages that allow them to list their merchandise for new auctions. The Administrators may have access to yet another set of web pages that allow them to finalize or cancel existing auctions in whatever state they may be in. Using the deployment descriptors, the application developer can express this intent by protecting such components using abstract security role names. These abstract role names in turn can be mapped to real principals in a J2EE agent. For example, the role Buyer may be mapped to an Access Manager role called Employee, the role Seller to an Access Manager role called Vendor, and the role Administrator to an Access Manager role called Admin. The abstract role names used by the application developer can be used to protect the necessary web pages and any specialized Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) components from unauthorized access by using declarative as well as programmatic security. Once this application is deployed and configured, the agent will ensure that only the authorized personnel get access to these protected resources. For example, access to the pages meant for Sellers to list their merchandise for auctions will be granted to user Deepak only if this user belongs to the Access Manager role called Vendor. Similarly, users Scott and Gina can place bids on this listed item only if they belong to the role called Buyer. Once the auction period expires, the auction can be finalized by user Krishnendu only if he is in the role called Admin.
A web-based commerce application may have a variety of specialized EJB components that offer a spectrum of services to clients. For instance, there could be a specialized component that enables the creation of purchase orders. Similarly, there could be a specialized component that allows the approval of purchase orders. While such components provide the basic business services for the application to function, the very nature of tasks that they accomplish requires a security policy to enforce appropriate use of such services. Using the deployment descriptors, the application vendor or developer can express this intent by protecting such components using abstract security role names. For example, a developer can create a role called Buyer to protect the component that allows the creation of a purchase order and a role called Approver to protect the component that enables the approval of a purchase order. While these roles convey the intent of an application developer to enforce such security policies, they will not be useful unless these abstract role names are mapped to real life principals such as actual users or actual roles that reside in Access Manager. The J2EE agent enables the container to enforce such a runtime linkage of abstract security roles to real life principals. Once the agent is installed and configured, the application security roles can be mapped to real principals. For example, the role Buyer is mapped to an Access Manager role called Staff, and the role Approver is mapped to an Access Manager role called Manager. Thus when user Arvind tries to access the application's protected resources to create a purchase order, the agent allows this access only if this user is a member of the mapped role Staff. Similarly, a user Jamie may wish to approve this purchase order, which will be allowed by the agent only if this user is a member of the mapped role Manager.
A content-based web application can offer pay per-view services. The application may be partitioned into two domains: the public domain that is accessible to anonymous users, and the private domain that is accessible only to the subscribers of this particular service. Furthermore, the protected domain of this application can also be subject to strict conditions based on how the user has authenticated, the time of day, IP address-based conditions and so on. Using Access Manager-based URL policies for web resources, an administrator specifies such complex policies for the application resources, which are evaluated by the agent in order to ensure that access to these resources is granted only when all conditions are satisfied. An administrator can set policies that govern access to these resources at any level of granularity, such as that for a single user or for an entire organization. For example, one such policy may govern access to certain resources in such a manner that the user must belong to a particular LDAP Group called Customer and that the time of the day be between 9:00 am and 5:00 p.m. Thus, if user Rajeev attempts to access this resource, the agent allows access only if this user is a member of the LDAP Group Customer, and if the time of day is between 9:00 am and 5:00 p.m.
All J2EE agents communicate with Access Manager by XML over HTTP. J2EE agents contain two main components: The agent realm and the agent filter. Together, these two components affect the operation of the deployment container and the behavior of protected applications on the deployment container.
Agent Realm
The agent realm, which is installed as a deployment container-specific platform component, enables the deployment container to interact with principals stored in Access Manager. The deployment container then communicates with Access Manager about user profile information. The agent realm must be configured correctly for the agent to enforce J2EE security policies for protected applications.
Agent Filter
The agent filter is installed within the protected application and facilitates the enforcement of the security policies, governing the access to all resources within the protected application. Every application protected by the agent must have its deployment descriptors changed to reflect that it is configured to use the agent filter. Applications that do not have this setting are not protected by the agent and might malfunction or become unusable if deployed on a deployment container where the agent realm is installed.
The agent realm and agent filter work in tandem with Access Manager to enforce J2EE security policies as well as Access Manager-based URL policies for authentication and authorization of clients attempting to access protected J2EE applications.
The agent provides a fully configured and ready-to-use client installation of Access Manager SDK for the deployment container. This SDK offers a rich set of APIs supported by Access Manager that can be used to create security-aware applications that are tailored to work in the security framework offered by Access Manager. For more information on how to use Access Manager SDK, see Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Developer's Guide.
J2EE agents offer greater functionality in the 2.2 release. Several important new features have been added as follows:
Removal of J2EE Agent Dependency on LDAP and on Administrative Accounts
J2EE Agent Support for Client Identification Based on Custom HTTP Headers
J2EE Agent Support for Application Specific Agent Filter Operation Modes
In the 2.2 release, certain restrictions have been removed as follows:
Unlike previous releases, J2EE agents in the Policy Agent 2.2 release do not use a direct LDAP connection. Instead, J2EE agents obtain support for their entire functionality by communicating with Access Manager solely with XML over HTTP.
Benefit - Removal of Dependency on LDAP: The benefit of not having an LDAP dependency includes greater flexibility and scalability of deployments. Since J2EE agents no longer depend on LDAP connections, they do not require the opening of LDAP communication ports in firewalls, which was a requirement with certain deployment scenarios in prior J2EE agent releases. With the LDAP dependency removed, the 2.2 release of J2EE agents requires fewer configuration changes during installation in protected regions, such as in a demilitarized zone (DMZ), giving more deployment flexibility and easing administrative overhead. Removal of the LDAP dependency also ensures that LDAP server resources are focused to support Access Manager instances. A focus on Access Manager instances facilitates the sizing process by eliminating considerations about the load that an agent would require. This makes the deployment easily scalable and more flexible and provides the optimal utilization of deployed resources.
With the authorization of administrators now being handled by an agent profile account, the dependence on two administrative accounts, the amAdmin account and the amldapuser account, has been removed. Now, during installation, the agent installer prompts you for the agent profile account.
Benefit - Removal of Dependency on Administrative Accounts: The benefit of not using the amAdmin or amldapuser administrative accounts is greater security. The 2.2 release of J2EE agents depends solely on a limited agent profile. This dependence does not rely on the existence of sensitive account information in the agent deployment configuration.
Starting with this release of J2EE agents, the installation process includes the following features that allow for a smoother, less restrictive, more secure installation process and deployment:
J2EE Agent Support for Installation Using Non-Administrative User Accounts
The requirement in prior agent releases that the installation user have root (or Administrator) privileges has been removed. The agent can now be installed by any user regardless of access privileges.
Benefit - Support for Installation Using Non-Administrative User Accounts: The benefit of this feature is that it contributes to a more flexible installation process. Because privileged user accounts are not required, you can install agents in any directory location based on user preferences.
All sensitive information, such as passwords, is now read from files. This information is not typed in clear text during an interactive session. Therefore, it is never displayed on the command line or in any logs. See Using the Installation Program of Agent for IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.0 for information about creating and using a password file during the agent installation process.
Benefit - Secure Handling of Sensitive Information: The benefit of this feature is increased security. With the use of this feature in the new installation process, typing passwords in clear text is not necessary, thereby making the installation process less vulnerable to password theft.
All J2EE agent configuration and log files are generated and maintained within an agent's installation directory. This installation directory is referred to as the Policy Agent base directory. In code examples this directory is listed as such, PolicyAgent-base. For more information about the Policy Agent base directory, see J2EE Agent Directory Structure in Policy Agent 2.2. The distribution files for the 2.2 release of J2EE agents are provided to you in three formats. You can choose the format that best fits your site's requirements: zip format, tar format, or a package format. The files are small in size since the installer for this release uses a simple configuration mechanism. In summary, when you unpack the binaries, the configuration and log files remain within the installation directory.
Benefit - Self-Contained Installation: This feature contributes to a more flexible installation process. The fact that an installation is self-contained facilitates the installation process and the subsequent administration process.
There is no longer any restriction on using multiple different binaries of the same agent on the same machine.
Benefit - Support for Multiple Physical Installations: This feature contributes to a more flexible installation process. The fact that multiple binaries of the same agent can co-exist on the same machine allows for flexibility in securing complex environments where more than one server is installed on the same machine. Typically such environments are used for development purposes or for production using high capacity hardware systems.
Starting with this release, you can deploy a J2EE agent on an instance of a deployment container where Access Manager has already been installed. This situation only applies when the J2EE agent and Access Manager both support the deployment container.
Note that Access Manager should be installed prior to the agent being installed.
Benefit - Coexistence With Access Manager: Certain situations benefit from having a J2EE agent and Access Manager on one machine, which is commonly desired for development environments and for environments where the deployment container is installed on a high capacity system which can support customer applications along with the Access Manager deployment.
Starting with this release, J2EE agents can be configured to use custom HTTP headers to identify the remote client IP address and host name. This client IP address is used to validate an Access Manager session or to evaluate applicable policies.
Benefit - Support for Client Identification Based on Custom HTTP Headers: This feature is specially useful in situations where a proxy server exists between the remote client and the agent-protected server. In such situations a problem occurs in that the client address information carried within the request is replaced by the address information of the proxy server. This address replacement adversely affects session validations and policy evaluations, which depend upon the correct address information. However, when proxy servers can be configured to send the actual client address information in separate headers, then J2EE agents in the 2.2 release can use that information. In summary, this feature allows agents to use the actual client address information in this type of deployment as if the request were never intercepted by an intermediate proxy server.
Starting with this release of J2EE agents, a bundled application is available to perform housekeeping tasks on the deployment container.
This bundled application, when deployed on an agent-protected deployment container instance, expands the agent's functionality. For example, this bundled application allows the agent to receive notifications and to support cross-domain single sign-on. In previous releases, this functionality was tied to an application referred to as the primary application, which was secured by the agent.
Benefit - Agent Specific Application for Housekeeping Tasks: The benefit of including this application with J2EE agents is that previously imposed restrictions have been removed from the primary application. In prior releases of J2EE agents, the primary application had to support such housekeeping tasks, often requiring additional configuration. For instance, in prior releases, deploying the primary application with blind web-tier declarative security required changes to the agent configuration to ensure that the agent would function properly. This additional configuration is not necessary with the current release since the agent-specific application for housekeeping tasks takes care of all such functionality.
Starting with this release of J2EE agents, the following features are available that enhance Uniform Resource Locator (URL) policy:
The aforementioned features affect how agents enforce policy decisions. These features are described in the following paragraphs.
J2EE agents can now leverage session failover functionality to ensure that remote policy evaluation failover can occur if an Access Manager instance becomes unavailable.
Benefit - Remote Policy Evaluation Failover: The benefit of this feature is the potential for a seamless user experience in the event of a failure or maintenance related outage of various servers within the Access Manager deployment.
Starting with this release, J2EE agents can be configured to use two different mechanisms to remotely evaluate policies as follows:
The agent remotely requests policy evaluation for all resources applicable to a user within the agent's scope of protection.
The agent remotely requests policy evaluation for the resource accessed by the user and not any other resources that the user might access later.
Benefit - Configurable Policy Evaluation Mechanism: The configurable policy evaluation mechanism has a variety of benefits depending on the situation. The very fact that you can configure the policy evaluation mechanism is beneficial in that it enables you to choose the mechanism that best fits your site's requirements. Moreover, each mechanism has its advantages and disadvantages.
When configured to perform policy evaluation for all resources within an agent's scope of protection the first request is, by design, time consuming while subsequent requests are faster since the results get cached locally by the agent.
For the second mechanism, the first request is no slower or faster than subsequent requests. All requests are processed relatively quickly. However, this mechanism increases network communication between the agent and Access Manager. Furthermore, the two mechanism can produce different types of cache growth in agent memory and thus must be evaluated closely to select the best option for your site's deployment. Key factors that could affect such a decision include the number of possible distinct resources and the number of policies applicable to an average user.
In the 2.2 release, J2EE agents provide a composite advice feature. This feature allows the policy and authentication services of Access Manager to decouple the advice handling mechanism of the agents. This allows you to introduce and manage custom advices by solely writing Access Manager side plug-ins. Starting with this release, you are not required to make changes on the agent side. Such advices are honored automatically by the composite advice handling mechanism.
Benefit - Composite Advice: A benefit of composite advice is that you can incorporate a custom advice type without having to make changes to an agent deployment.
The policy-based response attribute feature allows the policy service to provide static and dynamic attributes based on the resource accessed by the user. These attributes can be made available to the agent protected application as HTTP headers, request attributes, or cookies.
Benefit - Policy Based Response Attributes: A benefit of the policy-based response attribute feature is that it provides more flexible support for application-specific agent customizations compared to prior Policy Agent releases, which only allowed for static profile attributes to be fetched.
Starting with this release, J2EE agents provide support for user mapping modes that have flexibility in the user names they choose. In prior releases, a user name had to be an Access Manager user ID. Now, user names can be chosen from a few different sources as long as the names are for authenticated users who have trusted identities. A trusted identity can be established on the agent-protected server for a security principal (or for an equivalent trusted identity of the user). This mechanism allows the agent to choose a user ID for the authenticated user from the user's profile attributes, the user's session properties, or an HTTP header accompanying the user request.
Benefit - Support for Flexible User Mapping Mechanisms: The main benefit of this feature is that it enables a J2EE agent to integrate with a greater number of applications. Some applications do not accept Access Manager user IDs as user names. J2EE agents can now integrate with those applications since Policy Agent 2.2 can be configured to provide different types of user names.
Before this release of J2EE agents, information for HTTP headers, request attributes, or cookies was retrieved, or sourced, solely from profile attributes. Now, this information can also be sourced from session properties.
Benefit - Support for Fetching User Session Attributes: The benefit of this feature is that session properties can be more effective for transferring information, especially dynamic information. Prior to this release, agents could only fetch users' profile attributes, which tend to be static attributes. However, session attributes allow applications to obtain dynamic user information when necessary.
Starting with this release of J2EE agents, you can easily check the exact version of the agent you are using, including build date, build number, and client SDK version. Prior to this release, administrators could not easily identify the build date of the agent they were using. Since code changes occur between build dates, identifying the exact build can be useful. For the details on how to check the version of an agent instance, see agentadmin --version.
Benefit - Support for Version Checking: The benefit of this feature is that it allows you to quickly check the version of the J2EE agent you are using, enabling you to determine which features and bug fixes are included.
Starting with this release, J2EE agents support not-enforced IP lists. This new feature is similar to a pre-existing Policy Agent feature that also concerns not-enforced lists, specifically not-enforced URI lists.
The two features share similarities, but are really quite different. Again, the pre-existing feature supports not-enforced URI lists. With that feature, an agent always grants access to a URI that appears on a specified list in the J2EE agent AMAgent.properties configuration file. On the other hand, the new feature supports not-enforced IP lists. With this feature, an agent always grants access to resources when the request comes from a machine with an IP address that appears on a specified list in the J2EE agent AMAgent.properties configuration file.
With the new feature, when a request is made to access a resource, a J2EE agent determines the IP address of the machine where the request originated. The agent compares that IP address to all the addresses on the not-enforced IP list. If that address is on the list, then that request and all subsequent requests from that IP address are treated as if the resources requested are not enforced.
The not-enforced IP list can include exact IP addresses and IP addresses that use the asterisk, *, wildcard character to represent one or more characters.
Benefit - Support for Not-Enforced IP Lists: The benefit of this feature is that it allows clients on the not-enforced IP list to by-pass authentication and authorization requirements. This feature can be employed for administrative, troubleshooting, and testing purposes, too.
Starting with this release, J2EE agents provide support for custom response headers. The agent can be configured so that custom response headers are set on every request. Such headers are defined statically in the J2EE agent AMAgent.properties configuration file and are honored on all enforced web resources as identified by the agent.
Benefit - Support for Custom Response Headers: The benefit of this feature is that it enables instructions, by way of custom response headers, to be sent to a client or any intermediate entity between the agent-protected server and the client browser. For example, a custom response header could be sent instructing an intermediate proxy server not to cache server responses to client requests.
Starting with this release, J2EE agents can be configured to identify an application logout event and to synchronize the event with the Access Manager logout. The agent can identify the logout of an application based on preconfigured information sent with a request as follows:
The request URI
A query parameter sent with the request
A request parameter sent within the request body
Benefit - Support for Application Logout Integration: The benefit of this logout integration feature is that end users can potentially perform a global log out by simply logging out of an application. Also, J2EE agents, starting with the 2.2 release, are very flexible in terms of the variety of ways they can identify the log out of an application. This flexibility facilitates the integration between J2EE agents and applications since applications will rarely require any modifications to enable them to match any requirements of the agent.
The application-specific filter operation mode mechanism allows different applications to use different levels of protection as necessary. Different filter operation modes provide different levels of functionality, thus enabling the selection of the best mode for each protected application.
Benefit - Support for Application Specific Agent Filter Operation Modes: This feature provides customized protection for every application. For example, if two applications are deployed where one uses J2EE policies and the other does not, the agent can be configured to use different filter modes for each application. The agent will provide support for J2EE policies, but only for the application that has such policies. The results is the optimal use of system resources since the agent does not enforce the evaluation of J2EE policies for the application that does not have any J2EE policies.
Starting with this release, J2EE agents support a prioritized (or an affinity-based) selection of login URLs for authenticating users. End users are directed to the URL highest on the list if it is available. If not, the second URL on the list is targeted. If a URL higher on the list becomes available again, the agent switches to that URL.
You can disable this affinity-based selection process if desired, which would allow you to use a round-robin selection scheme.
Benefit - Support for Affinity-Based Login URL Selection: This feature is used when two or more Access Manager instances are deployed in geographically distant locations. To best manage the authentication process, you can give the highest priority to URLs of locally available Access Manager instances, resulting in faster response times.
Starting with this release, the J2EE agents provide a bundled sample application to demonstrate the key features and functionality of the agent. Some of the features demonstrated are:
J2EE declarative security
J2EE programmatic security
URL policy-based access control deployed on an agent-protected deployment container
For more information about the sample application, see The Sample Application and see the list following Table 2–2 for information about locating the sampleapp directory within the J2EE agent base directory. The sampleapp directory includes instructions on how to use the sample application.
Benefit - Support for a Sample Application: The sample application illustrates how applications must be configured to take advantage of the protection that agents provide. The sample application also demonstrates how key functionality, such as support for J2EE security and Access Manager based URL policies, can be used.
Policy Agent 2.2 is backward compatible with Access Manager 6.3 Patch 1 or greater.
Policy Agent 2.2 is only compatible with Access Manager 6.3 when the Access Manager patch has been applied.
By default, J2EE agents in the Policy Agent 2.2 release work with Access Manager 7. While the 2.2 release of Policy Agent requires some configuration to work with Access Manager 6.3 Patch 1 or greater, the amount of configuration required is relatively limited. For more information, see Configuring A J2EE Agent With Access Manager 6.3.
Be aware that Policy Agent 2.2 takes advantage of certain features that exist in Access Manager 7 that do not exist in Access Manager 6.3, such as "composite advices," "policy-based response attributes," and others.
This section provides information about J2EE agents in Policy Agent 2.2 that will help you install and get accustomed to the product. J2EE agents have undergone some major changes for the 2.2 release that affect how you interact with them. Read the following subsections to understand the more significant ways that changes made in the 2.2 release affect the manner in which you use a J2EE agent.
The installation process for J2EE agents is quite different for the 2.2 release. This guide provides you with a chapter that explains all the details necessary for understanding this process, from unpacking the J2EE agent binaries to installation related commands, to the directory structure of J2EE agents once the binaries are unpacked. See Chapter 2, Vital Installation Information for a J2EE Agent in Policy Agent 2.2.
The agentadmin program is a required tool for the 2.2 release of J2EE agents. The functionality has increased significantly. The most basic of tasks, such as installation and uninstallation can only be performed with this tool.
For detailed information on installation related tasks performed with this program, see Role of the agentadmin Program in a J2EE Agent for Policy Agent 2.2.
For information on all the tasks performed with this program, see Key Features and Tasks Performed With the J2EE agentadmin Program.
Deploy, and interact with the sample application included with Policy Agent 2.2. Interacting with the sample application is perhaps the best way available to you to learn how J2EE agents work. The sample application is deployed at URI/sampleapp. The sample application demonstrates agent configuration options and features. With this application, you can view agent configuration examples and you can test if an agent was deployed successfully. To learn more about this application, read about the sampleapp directory explained in the list following Table 2–2. Moreover, the sampleapp directory includes a README.TXT explaining how to build and deploy the sample application. While you can build the sample application if you desire, this step is not required. When you unpack the J2EE agent distribution, a sample application named agentsample.ear is created for you. The full path to this application is as follows:


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|Mastodon Maze opened at the Pacific Design Center January 29th. It featured a labyrinthine group showcasing pre-existing pieces from some of our favorite artists: Philip Cameron, Christian Cummings,Michael C. Hsiung, Daniel Ingroff, Alison O'Daniel, Paul Pescador, David Maupin, Mike Metzger, and Donnie Luu... Mastodon Maze ran concurrent to the Art Los Angeles Contemporary at the Pacific Design Center.
Additional photographs by Taylor Brittenham and by Mya Starks &Graham Kolbeins
I had recently been invited to participate in Mastodon Maze by Graham Kolbeins and Mya Starks, which was held on the fifth floor of that crazy Pacific Design Center. It was my first time there; it's a mix between a super mall and some futuristic law building.
Benjy Russell's "A Brave New World" photos (right) and Andrew Extein's "JK"
Mastodon Maze was, of course, set up like a maze. Some artists got little cubicle room sections that you could wander into and through. Set into Charles Irvin's section.
Installation by Paul Pescador.
Works by Charles Irvin were some of my favorite pieces in the maze. Boner Confernce, I've been to one of those. . . I mean, I have not. Crazy crazy artwork and really funny stuff.
More by Charles Irvin. It says And the Word Was Made Flesh.
Alison O'Daniel's "Hair Metal Siren"
Michael C. Hsiung's bamboo wall.
Mary Ann Heagerty's finger sculptures
Mary Ann Heagerty's finger sculptures and mirror diamond
Paleolithic artisan Michael Metzger's workshop space
Some really cool sculptures / installation.
Reuben Perelman's "Device for Critical Dialogue"
Lisa Katnic parties in the partery
Ashley Huizenga studies a piece by Charles Irvin
Mary Ann Heagerty's sculptures dazzle Ashley Huizenga
Michael Metzger leads a rope-building workshop
Me ruining my own sale.
Wasn't there that terrible song - I touch myself. . . this one is sorta of the demented version. Art by John Taylor Dempsey
Art by that Chinaman, Michael C. Hsiung.
Stephen Rowan's installation
One of the co-curators Graham Kolbeins (right) and Rachel Pitler.
Hovin Wang from The Human Pyramids Artist Collective inside Daniel Ingroff and Katie Ryan's "Ideal Bazaar"
Bottom half of Pearl Hsiung
Downstairs they were holding the ArtLA Contemporary. Here's Pearl getting her picture taken in front of her piece in the Steve Turner Contemporary Gallery.
Lisa Katnic's "Partery"
Katie Ryan and Daniel Ingroff's "Ideal Bazaar"
Kashy Khaledi serves delicious Duel wine
Tyler Thacker
Mary Ann Heagerty's Mirror Diamond and Fingers.
Ashley Huizenga's screening room/installation.
My father, David Hsiung, coming up with his own poses for this picture.
Photographer Taylor Brittenham
The Hsiung Clan.
Tent sound structure by Nick.
Mya Starks and Graham Kolbeins, the co-curators of Mastodon Maze.
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2014 Jeep Cherokee: New York Auto Show
What is it?
The 2014 Jeep Cherokee is the brand's all-new midsize SUV, replacing the Liberty. Two engines are available: a 184-horsepower 2.4-liter four-cylinder and a muscular 271-hp 3.2-liter V6. Both are paired with a 9-speed automatic transmission, which has the most forward gears of any current transmission. Jeep says that's good for fuel economy, achieving up to 31 mpg on the highway. The Cherokee also uses a center-mounted touchscreen and a host of safety and security features.
How much?
Jeep hasn't announced pricing, and we're not entirely sure ourselves. We expect it to be more expensive than the outgoing Liberty -- which started around $24,000 -- but cheaper than the Grand Cherokee, which starts just over $29,000.
When can you get it?
The 2014 Jeep Cherokee goes on sale this fall.
Add it to your shopping list because...
While the Liberty was more of a niche player, the 2014 Jeep Cherokee offers a lot of new features to entice a broader audience. A new "ParkSense" system, for instance, aids drivers in parallel and perpendicular parking. The new 9-speed automatic will return great fuel economy. And the Cherokee is the first model to use the 3.2-liter version of Chrysler's highly-praised Pentastar V6. Plus, there's a new TrailHawk model that boasts more off-road capability.
Other cars to consider:
Chevrolet Equinox - The midsize Equinox SUV also uses a four-cylinder and a V6. At 182-hp, the four-cylinder is virtually identical to the Cherokee's - and it produces a similar 32 mpg.
Ford Edge - Like the Cherokee, the Edge straddles the boundaries between a compact SUV and a midsize. It also offers two rows of seats and a starting price well under $30,000.
Toyota RAV4 - The RAV4 is all-new for the 2013 model year. We're impressed with its new styling and updated interior. Unlike the Cherokee, the RAV4 only offers a four-cylinder engine.
Used Ford Explorer - If you're on a Cherokee budget but you want something a little bigger, consider a pre-owned version of the Ford Explorer. The current model came out in 2010 and offers three-row seating in addition to an available fuel-sipping 4-cylinder engine.
Used Toyota Highlander - Like the Explorer, the Highlander offers available three-row seating and 4-cylinder or V6 engines. With a starting price around $30,000, it's a little more expensive than the Cherokee -- but a used one will be in the same price range.
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About IITBAA
Alumni Centre, 1st floor, Gulmohar,
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Powai, Mumbai 400076, INDIA
Tel: (+91-22) 2576-7019 / Fax: (+91-22) 2572-3475
Established in 2001, IIT Bombay Alumni Association creates and maintains a life-long connection between the Institute and its alumni, who number more than 35,000. In collaboration with an extremely dedicated volunteer board of directors, the Alumni Association works to connect alumni, support students and build an unforgetable Institute experience through a diversity of events, programming and services.
Recent Updates
IIT Bombay, IIT Bombay Alumni Association organised a Valedictory Function for the graduating Class of 2011and pledges for 'Give 1 for IIT Bombay' from the batch are off on a flying start...more
IITBAA launches the Nashik Chapter of the Association ... more
Vision and Priorities
The mission of the Association is to foster strong bonds between alumni, students and the Institute, to keep alumni informed, and create a network enabling them to remain engaged with their alma mater and help shape it's future through the Association's programmes and services.
Alumni Outreach
Building Membership: The university's alumni are its lasting legacy and strongest voice. Finding new ways to build an engaged membership base is an integral task of the Association. Joining IIT Bombay Alumni Association is one of the easiest ways to reconnect, give back to the Institute, and serve as a springboard for further involvement.
How to Become a Life Member: Anyone who has completed one academic year as a student at IIT Bombay is eligible for life membership. Membership fees are Rs 3000/- plus Service Tax as applicable. Currently the Service Tax is 15% (14.05 Service Tax+0.5% Krishi Kalyan Cess(KKC) Service Tax).
- Life Membership fee is Rs. 3000 plus service tax as applicable on the date of receipt. Currently, service tax is 14% + Swach Bharat cess of 0.5% + Krishi Kalyan cess of 0.5% (i.e 15% in all); thus gross amount payable is Rs. 3450. You can download the application form, fill it up, attach a photograph and a cheque for Rs. 3450/- (Rs. 3000+15%(14.05 Service Tax+0.5% Krishi Kalyan Cess(KKC) Service Tax) drawn in favour of IIT Bombay Alumni Association and post it to:
IIT Bombay Alumni Association,
Alumni Centre, 1st floor, Gulmohar,
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Powai, Mumbai - 400076, INDIA
Tel: (+91-22) 2576-7086 / Fax: (+91-22) 2576-7019
- You could also apply and pay online here.
Involvement and Services: Developing an active and engaged alumni network empowers both the Institute and its graduates. Whether our alumni are interacting with the Institute or its student body, attending events, working with the Institute on various Legacy projects or serving as volunteers, their contributions make a difference to IIT Bombay. The Alumni Association continues to seek innovative ways to serve alumni by providing social, educational, and professional opportunities that appeal to our broad constituency.
Your Alumni Association offers
Alumni Career and Networking Services: Membership links you to a strong network of more then 5000 members functioning in various capacities in different parts of the world. You can participate in seminars, workshops, and technical events that showcase your skills and accomplishments, and take advantage of opportunities to meet specialists and eminent captains of industry.
You could be a part of 'Innovations' an annual event organized by the Pune Chapter of IITBAA to foster innovation in the society. The focus is on innovations originating in Science and Technology and the event showcases selected novel ideas in practice, and provides a platform for the innovators to disseminate their ideas to a wider and well-connected audience.
Life-long Learning: Enjoy lectures, discussion sessions, on-campus conferences, conducted by eminent alumni and current and emeriti faculty.
Student-Alumni Contact: Support current students @IIT Bombay through different mentoring oppertunities either by being a part of on-campus lectures or through an in-person or online commitment; provide internships; recruit fresh graduates; present career programs etc.
On-going Benefits: Access to on-line alumni directory; free email account and forwarding service; 50% concession in the accomodation charges at the Institute Guest House; access and concession in library membership charges, swimming pool and other Gymkhana facilities.
Events and Reunions: Be a part of events @ IIT Bombay and different parts of the country. The Association organises and facilitates a host of events every year at IIT Bombay. This includes the Alumni Day which is held on the last Sunday of every year, the Silver Jubilee Class Reunion and various other reunions. Association members are also invited to campus events like Foundation Day, Convocation Day, and other cultural events on Campus. For instance, the Association also organises 'Varshastuti' an evening of classical music on campus held in the month of August every year.
In addition, there are picnics outings, sports events, and meetings of various special interest groups within the alumni in Mumbai and elsewhere in the country as part of its chapter outreach events.
Geographic Alumni Chapters: Activities of the Association are not just limited to the campus, and there are thriving city chapters that organise events all over the country and can provide you with opportunities to renew old friendships and start new ones.
Travel: Head out on a weekend jaunt or take an educational voyage or expedition with IITBAA alumni, friends, and family members.
Replenish: Support education @ IIT Bombay through 'Swadhaar', IITBAA's Student Loan Scholarship Programme: Every year, for the thousand plus students who enter IIT Bombay, there are many from the socially and economically challenged segments of society, who cannot get any-or-enough-financial aid, including loans or scholarship money. The Swaadhar scholarship is essentially a loan given by past students (alumni) of the Institute to its present students who repay it back with a nominal interest for the benefit of the future students.
Support your Hostel @IIT Bombay through the Hostel Alumni Team Stewardship Programme (HATS) , an unique alumni driven initiative that facilitates the reconnection with your hostel, old friends and current students of IITB, and enables you to support infrastuructural improvements in your old hostel, thank old mess worrkers and support inovative student research projects.
Support your country @ the village level by being a part of the Village Knowledge Centre Project (VKC), an initiative of IITBAA's Bangalore Chapter. VKC acts as a nodal centre for knowledge connectivity of villages in and around Bangalore.


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Camila Cabello's departure from Fifth Harmony in December 2016 has left her on rocky terms with the remaining four members. Camila said she's tried to get in touch, but they aren't speaking to her.
"I did [try to reach out], yeah," she told Billboard in a new interview. "I don't want to get into the details of that because it was really intense and it's hard for me to talk about. It makes me sad."
But no matter how sad she may feel about the fallout, Cabello was ready to tell her own story. "I was always super open [that] I couldn't just sing other people's words and be totally happy with that," she said. "I always encouraged the girls to do the same. We didn't write our records. We were interpreting somebody else's story. Fifth Harmony is an entity or identity outside all of us, and I don't think anybody felt individually represented by the sound — we didn't make it." Besides lacking control over Fifth Harmony's music, Cabello took issue with the way she was sexualized.
Cabello added, "The easiest route would be to shut my mouth, sing the songs, wear the clothes and keep going, you know? I mean, [we were] at the peak of our career. It's definitely not the safe option."
Before Cabello had a chance to announce she would be leaving the group, Fifth Harmony pre-empted her and tweeted the news to fans. Cabello later said she was "shocked" to read their statement, which was issued without her knowledge.


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If a killer with an assault rifle would be deterred from attacking a school by a teacher with a pistol, he or she would simply attack a hospital, a church, a sports rally, a political meeting, a bus, etc. ("Gun advocates detail plan to arm teachers," April 3).
Unarmed teachers are not the problem.
William L. Akers, Windsor Mill


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Beast (2018)
A gothic fairytale following three generations of women struggling with the aftermath of a divorce.
Two For Joy (2018)
A powerful coming-of-age drama about a sister and younger brother who must care for their troubled mother as their relationship reaches critical mass.
Rare Beasts (2019)
Mandy is a career-driven single mother, elevated from her class by her career, who falls in love with the charming, religious, traditionalist Paul.
Eternal Beauty (2019)
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Collateral (2018)
Set over the course of four days, the four-part drama explores the spiraling repercussions surrounding the fatal shooting of a pizza delivery man. Refusing to accept this is a random act of senseless violence, tough and single-minded Detective Inspector Kip Glaspie is determined to discover if there is a darker truth.
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