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Off the trail- Winter Solstice
The morning sky has not yet begun to lighten as the truck bounces over the white, moonlit ground, tires sinking nearly to the rim in deep, snowy ruts.
To the west, Laurel Mountain and Mt. Morrison are limned in light, stars brilliant, waiting.
Tomorrow, when the sun rises, the days will begin to lengthen, one minute more every morning, one minute more every evening, every day until the Summer Solstice in June when the cycle reverses.
But not today.
Today is the shortest day of the year and tonight will be the longest night of the year. It is the day of the Winter Solstice, and the Eastern Sierra is still plunged deep into the very heart of winter, poised, breathless, waiting.
Driving silently through the white, heater struggling to keep up with the eight-degree morning, thick fog rises from Crowley Lake and obscures the road past the narrow beam of headlights. White drifts beat against the tire tracks, and the rabbitbrush and sage lining the gravel road is little more than a faint hint of branch and leaf under a white blanket.
Parking the truck, the tight beam of the headlamp illuminates a boardwalk trail curving up a slight hill, white and silver, disappearing into the mist.
I grab a towel and a thick robe and call to the collie dogs that trail me everywhere. We plunge out of the warm car and into the icy dark morning, shocked, alive, awake at last.
The hot spring at the top of the little hill is grace itself, steaming, shimmering in the mist like the Promised Land. The water is gloriously hot, biting at cold skin after the icy walk, sending huge plumes of steam into the cold air.
Sinking in, immersed, it's a waiting game now. It has been a long winter already—cold and dark and difficult and tomorrow, the days begin to get longer, the nights to get shorter. Waiting a little longer in the silent morning for the sun to rise on this last, darkest day is something I can do.
Suddenly, the silence breaks. It sounds like the wind coming to earth, all rush and lift and flex. I look up, toward the sound, and there, a foot above my head, a white heron glides over the tub, wings as wide as I am tall, parting the fog like a dream. She turns in mid-flight, as startled by me as I am by her, her fierce golden eyes meeting mine, then continues on her way; whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
I sink back into the water, breathless. A moment later, another heron, gleaming white in the rising, glides over the tub, just inches above the water.
Again we trade startled glances, again a white heron glides on into the morning, again I am breathless.
Moments later, the sun strikes the tub, parting the mist into pearl and lavender and gold, painting the water the color of the sky.
In the Old World, when calendars still followed the sun and moon, and not the Roman gods, today would be New Year's Eve; tomorrow, New Year's Day. Our ancestors marked this day with feast and fire, giving thanks for what they had, praying for what they yet longed for.
They didn't know, then, that the solstice is an astronomical event, caused by Earth's tilt on its axis, and its motion in orbit around the sun (according to the website EarthSky.org). They didn't know that because Earth doesn't orbit upright, but is instead tilted on its axis by 23.5 degrees, Earth's Northern and Southern Hemispheres trade places in receiving the sun's light and warmth most directly. The tilt of the Earth—not our distance from the sun— is what causes winter and summer. At the December solstice, the Northern Hemisphere is leaning most away from the sun for the year.
They only knew that, from tomorrow forward, the deep, dark winter would only get less deep, less dark and so, they celebrated.
Tomorrow, like they did, I will welcome the sunrise of the new year, take a deep and grateful and fearful breath, and once again, begin anew.


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January 31, 2013 08:20 ET
Five Star Equities Provides Stock Research on Beazer Homes and D.R. Horton
Five Star Equities Provides Stock Research on Beazer Homes and D.R. Horton
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Jan 31, 2013) - U.S. homebuilders prospered in 2012 as rising prices and shrinking inventories provided ample opportunities for growth within the industry. The SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (XHB) has gained over 50 percent in the past year. Five Star Equities examines the outlook for companies in the Residential Construction Industry and provides equity research on Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH) and D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE: DHI).
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CoreLogic recently reported U.S. home prices in November gained 7.4 percent year-over-year, the largest gain on 6.5 years. Rising prices is seen as a key factor in the U.S. housing market's recovery, and CoreLogic forecasts prices to continue to rise in 2013 by 6 percent.
"We have very low mortgage rates. We have good affordable house prices. And they seem to be rebounding, so that fear of buying a home and seeing it fall in value has disappeared. And we have a lot of pent-up demand," says David Crowe, chief economist with the National Association of Homebuilders. "We have people who have been waiting for two or three or more years to see those market conditions improve, and now they're taking advantage of that."
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India is planning a 4.5 billion rupee (£52m) mission to Mars next year.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the unmanned probe would enter orbit around the planet and collect scientific information. He announced the mission during a speech marking the 65th anniversary of India's independence from British rule.
"This spaceship to Mars will be a huge step for us in the area of science and technology," he said.
The spacecraft is to be launched in November next year on a frequently used rocket developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation.
India has had an active space programme since the 1960s. Since the 1970s it has launched scores of satellites for itself and for nearly two dozen other countries.
In 2008, India successfully sent a probe to the Moon that detected evidence of water on the lunar surface for the first time. India is also planning a rover mission to the Moon and is awaiting budgetary approval for a manned space mission.
Critics of Singh's Congress party say the government's priorities are wrong and it should concentrate instead on providing the basic needs of people such as electricity and safe drinking water. Last week, more than 600 million people lost power for hours when the country's decrepit electricity grid collapsed.
Indian scientists dismiss the criticism, saying that technology developed as part of the space programme has resulted in spin-offs in other areas.


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The Central Polk Parkway's planned path from U.S. 17-92 to Interstate 4 will be the topic of a public meeting Feb. 28. The meeting will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1001 Dunson Road, Davenport.
LAKELAND | The Central Polk Parkway's planned path from U.S. 17-92 to Interstate 4 will be the topic of a public meeting Feb. 28.
The meeting will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1001 Dunson Road, Davenport.
The meeting will involve a 5.6-mile route that winds through a now sparsely developed area between Ridgewood Lakes and Posner Center and the Ronald Reagan Parkway corridor and connects to Interstate 4 between U.S. 27 and County Road 54.
Florida Department of Transportation officials are sending notices to everyone who owns property within 300 feet of the study corridor and are encouraging them to attend the meeting to get more information and answers to any questions.
The eastern leg of the Central Polk Parkway is a proposed toll road that will run from State Road 60 to I-4 through suburban and rural areas of Winter Haven, Lake Wales, Dundee, Haines City and Davenport.
A western leg would connect to the Polk Parkway from S.R. 60.
The project was first proposed in 2008.
The western leg has been discussed as a way to channel traffic from an expected major industrial complex that will arise around the CSX freight rail terminal in Winter Haven to the Polk Parkway to reduce impacts on other local roads.
The stated reason for the eastern leg project is to create an alternative route to increased traffic congestion on U.S. 27.
However, the most active group apart from DOT officials involved in pushing the project has been people in the business community who have been asking for interchanges at key spots along the route to promote development in rural areas in northeastern Polk.
Many rural landowners have opposed the project because they think it will bring more noise and traffic to their area and environmentalists have criticized the project because they question whether it is justified.
Both legs are the northern part of a controversial project called the Heartland Parkway, which was first proposed in 2006 to run from the Fort Myers area to I-4.
Construction of the Central Polk Parkway, if it occurs, is still years away.
Gov. Rick Scott's proposed budget includes $12.9 million for preliminary engineering studies from the project's beginning point near S.R. 60 to U.S. 17-92. This is part of $37.9 million DOT officials plan to spend through 2015 on preliminary design work.
Although the entire cost of the project is unknown, some preliminary estimates put the cost at close to $1 billion between now and 2020.
For more information on the project, go to www.centralpolkparkway.com.
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ITHACA COLLEGE Recording Services provides high quality recordings of recitals, concerts, and sessions within the James J. Whalen Center for Music for faculty, students, and the community.
All academic performances in the Whalen Center for Music are recorded for archival.
Guests artists must fill out and submit the Media Release Form.
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Jim Brenner believes a bit of information and a thermometer could help prevent a recurrence of the chain of fiery crashes that killed 11 people on Interstate 75 in January.
Jim Brenner believes a bit of information and a thermometer could help prevent a recurrence of the chain of fiery crashes that killed 11 people on Interstate 75 in January.
As a new season for wildfires settles in, Brenner, fire management administrator for the Florida Forest Service, said the information is the dewpoint — the temperature at which water vapor in the air turns into water. It can attach to smoke particles — creating a hazardous curtain for drivers.
"If the Florida Highway Patrol knew what the dewpoint was in an area ... about the only thing you would need would be a thermometer," Brenner said. "You want to see if the ambient air temperature is getting close to the dewpoint."
Fall and winter are the primary seasons for wildfires. North Central Florida is coming off a particularly bad 2011-12 season that had the I-75 crashes, swamp fires burning for months, closed roads and breathing problems for people who lived near the fires.
Ludie Bond, fire mitigation specialist for the Florida Forest Service Waccasassa district, said summer tropical storms eased the drought conditions that preceded the 2011-12 season.
But Bond added it can be difficult to predict if a lot of fires — and their severity — will ignite.
"Today we are in a moderate drought range — not severe, but it is dry, which is typical for this time of year," Bond said. "We have not seen significant rainfall in a month, so it's pretty dry. The danger is what we had last year — the whole smoke/fog thing."
On Jan. 28, a brushfire in Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park along U.S. 441 resulted in the closure of U.S. 441 and Interstate 75. However, I-75 was reopened about 3:30 a.m. Jan. 29 because the smoke had cleared.
The crashes began about a half-hour later as motorists reported suddenly driving into a wall of smoke and fog so thick they couldn't see anything in front of them.
Some were able to pull off the travel lanes. Others stopped in the middle of the interstate. A chain reaction of crashes killed 11.
The smoke and fog were referred to by some as "superfog," but Brenner said it was more accurately a "whiteout" from an oversaturation of moisture in the air that then attached to smoke particles.
Brenner said that more than 70 percent of a column of smoke from a brushfire is water. A lot of the smoke from the residual or smoldering fire also is water.
"In a place like Florida, where we have an atmosphere that is already well loaded with as much water as you can carry, if you start overloading the air with more water it gets to the point where the air is, like, exactly where do you want me to go with this?" Brenner said. "When the dewpoint is reached, the water looks for something to grab hold of to come out of suspension. If it's in an area where fire took place, it comes out of suspension very, very quickly. It doesn't roll in. It doesn't drift in. It's just — bam."
Brenner said whiteouts of the kind that occurred Jan. 29 are rare because it took a combination of so many elements — extreme water in the air, smoke particles, calm conditions, a low-lying area and other conditions.
But North Central Florida in 2011-12 had plenty of brushfires that produced smoke issues.
The Lake Bryant fire in Marion County smoldered for several months, causing periodic road closures and health issues for nearby residents.
"It created some real challenges for folks just wanting to get on with daily living," Bond said. "They had to shut down State Road 40, school buses had to pull off the side of the road, there were some health issues with asthma."
The Levy Prairie fire in western Putnam County forced the closure of several state roads over a period of several weeks.
Bond and public information officers for the Florida Highway Patrol and the Florida Department of Transportation in the area have met to discuss ways the agencies can more quickly get word out to the public of fires, hazards and road closures in advance of this season's blazes.
"We want to be able to get information out to the public in a quick and efficient manner," said FHP Sgt. Tracy Pace.


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For the latest addition to my Interview Series, we have Laura Skelley, Group Managing Director of Max Australia, discussing her career path, the differences between corporate, government and agency work, keeping up-to-date in the PR industry and much more.
1. So you've been in the PR industry for over 13 years now, can you tell us a little about your career path.
I began my career on the other side of the fence. I initially interned at a radio station and a local TV station in the US during my undergraduate degree and then did a six month internship at CNN in Washington DC just before I finished uni during Bill Clinton's first election for the presidency.
I was hooked!
Once I graduated I went to work for CNN in DC for several years, before moving to CBS in New York. After three years in New York producing for their affiliate service I decided to make the switch to PR in order to fulfil my desire to work in a more creative environment.
I began with a stint at Shandwick in DC working on a media relations team within their public affairs division. After a holiday in Australia I decided it was time to try living overseas and applied to obtain my Master's Degree at UNSW. I then spent some time in Shandwick's Seattle office working on technology accounts in the lead up to my move to Australia.
When I arrived in Sydney I did some freelance PR work while I completed my Master's Degree in International Relations. I then took the role of Senior Account Manager for a consumer agency, Beyond the Square where I worked on a range of consumer and FMCG accounts. From there I went to 2iC as an Account Director heading up the B2B team for several years.
Finally, I was recruited to lead up Max Australia in 2007 and became Group Managing Director of Max Australia and its sister agency, Spectrum Communications, in 2010.
Both agencies specialise in technology PR and it was almost preordained that a girl from Seattle would find her home focusing on technology.
2. What's your current role as Group Managing Director at Max Australia and Spectrum Communications like?
No two days are the same but every day is extremely busy! No one ever tells you about all of the non-PR work that goes into running a successful agency.
From strategic development to crisis management, budget management to recruitment, providing senior council to our clients through to new business, and then creating and maintaining a positive, supportive culture on top of all that. I keep a lot of information in my head at any one time.
For example, in the past month I have managed an office move, pitched a variety of new business, recruited new staff members, developed and launched a new staff review, mentoring and training programs and attended a variety of industry events, on top of day to day client work and the management of both businesses.
3. Your experience spans a wide range of sectors; developing corporate strategies, political speechwriting, working with not-for-profit organisations and now managing two agencies. What did you like / dislike about each sector?
One of the things I love the most about PR is the variety; constantly learning about new clients, monitoring changes in our industry and the media landscape and the fact that my day to day work is so diverse.
I have always loved writing and with my background covering politics, speech writing comes naturally to me. I made the move to PR in order to become more creative so the process of brainstorming and developing new ideas and strategies for clients is always a highlight for me.
I also love problem solving so thinking of new ways to approach an issue or rapidly developing a response to a crisis are also areas of the job I enjoy. If you would have asked me 10 years ago if I would like developing financial reports or managing HR process I would have told you absolutely not – but it turns out that I have an aptitude for both and actually really enjoy those parts of my job as well.
4. As the communication industry evolves and becomes increasingly digital, what do you have do to stay successful as a PR professional?
As with anything, I read a lot! Case studies of successful digital or social campaigns, thought leadership on the evolution of our industry, pretty much anything I can get my hands on. I also attend a lot of industry events.
AIMIA is a client and I also actively attend as many of their educational events as possible. I am a member of the PRIA and receive a lot of useful information from this network, as well as from a range of colleagues both in Australia and overseas. I also use digital channels, such as a range of groups on LinkedIn and people I follow on Twitter to share information and keep up to date.
Spectrum Communications and Max Australia are IPMG companies which provides us with access to industry leading digital agencies and a range of extremely talented digital specialists. We share best practice and knowledge across the group and call on each other's expertise to provide added value to all of our clients.
5. How will this impact PR agencies of the future?
I think that we are already seeing an impact.
PR agencies need to work more closely with other types of agencies, as we do with the other IPMG Digital companies, in order to ensure that PR has a say in social media campaigns being driven by digital marketing or creative agencies. PR is responsible for managing brand reputation and should always have a seat at the table, regardless of which agency actually executes the campaign.
I am not a great believer in siloed social media experts within a PR agency, as social media campaigns should always be integrated into the wider PR strategy and therefore are the responsibility of an entire account team. That said, there will always be people who have more of an affinity within this area who will act as the leads on any social media activation.
6. You have a background in journalism, how do you think it's helped you in your PR career? Do you think people working in PR should also have practical experience working in a newsroom?
I have definitely benefited from my background in news, but don't think that it is essential creating a successful PR career.
I think that every PR practitioner needs to understand how a newsroom works, the elements that make up a compelling story, how to write in a way that will capture the attention of a journalist and what the day in the life of a journalist is actually like.
This can all be garnered from spending time with journalists, talking to them about what interests them, how they work and the pressures they may face. I encourage all of our staff to meet with journalists on a regular basis to continually build relationships and further their understanding of the media landscape.
7. And lastly, what do you think are the top 5 most common characteristics of a great PR professional?
- Creative problem solving
- Curiosity and a desire to continuously learn
- The ability to multi-task & manage time efficiently
- Empathy – this is very important in successful account management
- The ability to remain calm and think rationally in any situation


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Seniors Outdoors! announces programs
Seniors Outdoors! will host these programs:
The Wednesday Wanderers will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Santa Rita Park to walk the Animas River Trail to Home Depot and back. No RSVP is required. Dogs must be on a leash. For more information, call Eric Pahlke at 247-1130.
A hike up Big Canyon Trail into Horse Gulch and possibly Paulsky Point will take place at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 23. People should meet at the Big Canyon parking lot next to New Country Toyota. This is an easy hike. Dogs are allowed, and a carpool is available for $1. For more information, call Bill Cagle at 247-1130.
A Downhill Ski Group is available. People will meet other skiers and ski with a group at their level on various days throughout the ski season. All abilities and snowboarders are welcome. Each group will meet at the base of Lift 1 (the Six-pack lift). Some will coordinate to carpool from Animas City Park. The groups usually meet during the noon hour for lunch on the second floor at Dantes. For more information, call Bruce Rodman at 385-7899 or Jim Shadid at 884-4612.
For more information, visit www.seniorsoutdoors.org.
Waterfowl hunting seminar in Montrose
Experts from Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Montrose chapter of Ducks Unlimited will conduct a seminar about waterfowl hunting Dec. 1 in Montrose.
Participants will learn about hunting tactics, use of dogs, calling, bird identification, setting decoys and more. Classroom instruction at the Parks and Wildlife office in Montrose will begin at noon, and then the class will move to an outdoor location for field demonstrations until about 4:30 p.m.
Cost of the class is $10 per person.
For more information, call (970) 252-6000 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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DC's Top Chefs and Mixologist Support LGBTQ Students at Point Foundation Event
On Thursday, September 14, at Room & Board in Washington, DC, join top chefs and mixologists when they support LGBTQ students of the Point Foundation's Cornerstone Society.
Good eating and good deeds go together! Come support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students at an exciting event featuring appetizers and craft cocktails from some of the best restaurants and mixologists in Washington, D.C.
The September 14 Point Foundation Cornerstone Society Reception helps the Foundation provide higher education scholarships, leadership development and mentorship to LGBTQ students. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet and hear from Point Scholars and Alumni, as well as network with other philanthropic-minded professionals.
Restaurants, bars, and brands featured at the event include: Cafe Saint-Ex, Compass Rose, Denizens Brewing Co., Fainting Goat, Lupo Verde, Menchie's, Republic, Sierra Nevada, Slipstream, Tiger Fork, and more to be announced soon!
Standard tickets are $100, and Young Professional tickets are $50. Tickets will also be available at the door for $125. By providing an additional donation totaling $500, attendees can receive membership in Point's Cornerstone Society, a philanthropic group of dedicated individuals that make it possible for Point to provide scholarships, mentoring, leadership training and hope well into the future.
Platinum Sponsors include HSBC, Mars, Inc., Merrill Lynch, Toyota, Verizon. Gold Sponsors are Accenture and Wig Night Out. Silver Sponsors are Botanero, Compass Rose, James Gargas & Fabrice Simeon, Hogan Lovells, Aimee Schimmel & Julie Parker and Wells Fargo. Media Sponsors are Tagg Magazine and Edge Media Network.
Point Foundation empowers promising LGBTQ students to achieve their full academic and leadership potential -- despite the obstacles often put before them -- to make a significant impact on society. Since 2002, Point has awarded approximately 400 scholarships making it the nation's largest scholarship-granting organization for LGBTQ students of merit.
The event will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 14 at Room & Board, 1840 14th St. NW in Washington, DC.
Register online at https://pointfoundation.org/events/cornerstone-reception-dc-2017/
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HSBC Flash PMI On China Industry At 2-Year High
Growth in China's factory sector hit a two-year high in January, a preliminary private survey showed Thursday, as manufacturers received more orders, both local and foreign.
The HSBC flash purchasing managers' index rose to 51.9 in January, the highest since January 2011 and above the 50-point level that shows accelerating growth from the previous month, Reuters reported.
The PMI, the first preview of China's economic health in 2013, is the latest indication it is steadily recovering from a near two-year cool-down.
"Despite the still tepid external demand, the domestic-driven restocking process is likely to add steam to China's ongoing recovery in the coming months," Qu Hongbin, chief China economist at HSBC, told Reuters.
HSBC said the sub-indices for output, new orders and employment that account for three quarters of the flash PMI all improved in January to hover above 50.
The output index climbed to 22-month highs while the employment sub-index was at its highest since May 2011.
Demand for Chinese exports also improved slightly this month, the flash index showed, but it shed little light on whether the pick-up would last.
The new export orders sub-index rose to 50.1 in January, up from December's 49.2 that pointed to waning demand.


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A remake, using the Source graphics engine, of the highly popular game Counter Strike. The game is very controversial amongst gamers because hardcore players of the original Counter Strike refuse to acknowledge it because of the changes the development team made such as bigger hitboxes, lower powered weapons and the dirty AWP scope..
"Oh no, not another Counter Strike vs Counter Strike Source thread"
by Jaketehl33t July 20, 2006
The newest Counter-Strike version that came with Half-Life 2.
Improved graphics, and physics.
Improved graphics, and physics.
by n00b March 19, 2005
A completly new game engine to the original sierra engine. Better grahpics, physics, and all new bump maping. All weapons remained the same, and some argue weather the game play is better, worse or the same.
Counter strike Source is better! Worse! Who Cares!!! ITS FUN!
by sam mcneil October 06, 2006
by LuuS3R! December 19, 2006
A ghetto ass video game that looks like shit and plays like shit. If you're gonna play a REAL military game download americas army freaks! AND FORGET World of Warcraft too, or better yet get outside and get some fresh air gamers!
Play Americas Army or dont play at all and get some fresh air nerds!
by Bertish June 21, 2005


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SOURCE: Paragon Software Group
February 06, 2013 11:03 ET
Paragon StarWind iSCSI SAN & NAS Offers Savings of up to 90 Percent When Compared to Proprietary Hardware-Based Products
Paragon StarWind iSCSI SAN & NAS Offers Savings of up to 90 Percent When Compared to Proprietary Hardware-Based Products
IRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - Feb 6, 2013) - Paragon Software Group (PSG), a leader in data storage, backup and recovery, announced the launch of its new product offering, Paragon StarWind iSCSI SAN & NAS. Delivered in conjunction with Massachusetts-based technology partner, StarWind Software, this new software solution is a storage hypervisor that turns any industry-standard Windows server into a reliable, fault-tolerant, and unified SAN and NAS, while utilizing common "off the shelf" or existing storage devices and network infrastructure. Offering savings of up to 90 percent, iSCSI SAN & NAS is a powerful alternative to traditional High Availability (HA) products that rely on costly, proprietary, hardware-based HA architectures.
The product offers several deployment options including a three-node HA structure designed to eliminate a single point of failure. The product's configurations are double fault tolerant (failure of 2 out of 3 storage nodes) resulting in 99.999% uptime. As a flexible and easy-to-manage solution, any IT administrator familiar with Windows servers can configure and deploy the Paragon StarWind iSCSI SAN & NAS solution in a matter of minutes.
"We've leveraged over 20 years of expertise in the storage and data management space and combined that with the proven technology from StarWind Software to bring a truly innovative high availability, enterprise-class storage product to our customer and reseller community," said Tom Fedro, president of Paragon Software Group. "Our unique software approach delivers a measurable five '9's' in up-time performance while eliminating the need for expensive, proprietary hardware, empowering new market segments to embrace the high availability model."
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Editor's note: The following is the first of a two-part series on the historical Luckey Hospital in Wolf Lake.WOLF LAKE — In Wolf Lake, a town of less than 500 people, stands a piece of history that has restored, but on the brink of being obsolete.The Luckey Hospital Museum stands on the corner of U.S. 33 and Ind. 109. It was originally built in 1929 by Dr. James E. Luckey, and began as a fully operational hospital in 1931.
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This year marks the one-hundredth anniversary of the Winnipeg Sketch Club (WSC), an organization that operated in close association with the Winnipeg Art Gallery when it first began. Drawing on the Gallery's permanent collection, this exhibition pays tribute to the Sketch Club by featuring works by 25 of its leading and best known contributors, from L.L. FitzGerald to Clarence Tillenius, W.J. Phillips to Leo Mol, and Pauline Boutal to Tom Lovatt. The exhibition illustrates the great range of pursuits Sketch Club members were engaged in, and presents not only "sketches" but also sculptures, prints, and finished paintings.
The Winnipeg Art Students' Sketch Club, as it was initially known, was conceived in 1914 by Alexander Musgrove, the Winnipeg School of Art's newly installed Principal who also served as the Sketch Club's first President. At this time, membership was limited to students and faculty of the School. Weekly sketching sessions were held at the Industrial Bureau Building, home of what was then called the Winnipeg Museum of Fine Arts, which hosted the Club's inaugural exhibition in 1916. From the very beginning, the WSC gave members the opportunity to work from the live model, and produce studies of nude and elaborately costumed figures. It went on to orchestrate outdoor sketching trips to sites throughout the city and beyond. Over the decades, Sketch Club members have documented Winnipeg's changing skyline and used a variety of media to record countless city landmarks, many of which no longer exist.
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Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State women's basketball team improved to 4-3 on the season after defeating non-conference opponent New Jersey City (2-6) this evening in Farmingdale, N.Y. Junior forward Gabrielle Green (North Babylon, N.Y./North Babylon) was one of four Rams in double figures, scoring the games only double-double of 14 points and 12 rebounds.
Farmingdale State built up a 20-point advantage in the first, leading 30-10 with 7:27 remaining, before NJCU went on an 11-2 run over the next five minutes to cut their deficit to 11 just before halftime. The Rams led 41-25 at the half. Three players for Farmingdale scored 10 or more points in the first half, including freshman guard Shemique Hooks (Westbury, N.Y./Westbury) with 11 points, sophomore guard Janel Monah (Westbury, N.Y./Westbury) and Green each had 10. Green also pulled down nine rebounds, eight of which were offensive.
Farmingdale State led throughout the entire second half, increasing their lead to as much as 23 points with seven minutes to go, and held on for the 75-57 victory.
Hooks finished with 20 points, junior Kimberly Blakney (Brooklyn, N.Y./Benjamin Banneker) had 18 points and seven steals and Monah had 10 points.
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1. Re: DH55HC MB Bios?Diego_Intel Mar 1, 2010 12:15 PM (in response to Loneranger53)
If the system is restarting by itself the issue could be related to the memory installed. What are the full specifications for the memory you are using on the system (speed, voltage and timings)?
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2. Re: DH55HC MB Bios?Loneranger53 Mar 3, 2010 12:52 AM (in response to Diego_Intel)
I'm running a core i5 650 @ 3.2GHZ..... Memory speed is 1066 MHZ.... 4GB of OCZ3P1333LV4GK DDR3 1.65v the board says memory voltage is 1.5v. The memory latency is CL7-7-7-20.
The computer has been running for the last 3 days with no problem. After reading your reply I decided I would clear the CMOS rerun the bios update. I was going to put the CD in the drive before shutting down, as soon as I pushed the button to open the drive it crashed. When I turned it on it was indicating it had a thermal trip. But opening the case and feeling around there isn't any heat, nothing is hot. I believe Realtemp when it says 20-25C.
I adjusted the memory voltage to 1.65V we'll see if that makes any difference.
3. Re: DH55HC MB Bios?Diego_Intel Mar 3, 2010 11:31 AM (in response to Loneranger53)
If the memory is rated for 1.65v this instability issue could be related to how the memory is being clocked by the motherboard, However you should keep in mind that the processor installed may be damaged when using a voltage higher than 1.6v.
However a processor thermal trip message is not expected, however if the system is able to restart right away after this happens, then probably this could be just a misreading from the system BIOS.
The best troubleshooting that could be done on this particular problem would be swapping some of the components involved such as the processor, motherboard and memory.
4. Re: DH55HC MB Bios?Loneranger53 Mar 9, 2010 12:07 PM (in response to Diego_Intel)
Ok, my first question is. Why is there a 1.65v setting for the memory if the processors the board was designed for can't handle it? Anyway I did set the voltage for 1.65V and it hasn't crashed and/or complained about a thermal trip since. Near as a I can tell the only problem now is the hardware monitors in the bios saying that they are "NOT PRESENT". I would go back a version on the bios if I wasn't worried that I would just get thermal trip problems again. Due to the older bios displaying monitor temps in the high 50's even with the Corsair cooler in place. If it works don't fix it comes to mind. That doesn't mean I don't want a resolution to the problem. By the way swapping all those parts for testing is not an option, unless someone is going to supply those parts.
5. Re: DH55HC MB Bios?Diego_Intel Mar 9, 2010 4:39 PM (in response to Loneranger53)
The 1.65v and above settings are available since this motherboard is an Extreme Series motherboard, those settings are available for you to customize them depending on the system configuration you would like to use, this provides flexibility to your system, even if it implies overclocking which may damage the components on the system if it is not properly done. You may take advantage of such features under your discretion.
6. Re: DH55HC MB Bios?yanqiang Mar 10, 2010 12:51 AM (in response to Loneranger53)
Because new processor integrate memory controller, so if the memory voltage is too high, it may damage processor, that's why Intel suggest to use memory which voltage is lower than 1.6V.
And regarding hardware monitor issue, because ME need to keep some info in the memory, so please try another 1.5V memory and see if same issue happens again
7. Re: DH55HC MB Bios?Loneranger53 Mar 10, 2010 9:08 PM (in response to yanqiang)
I have searched all over and not found anything that says a Core i5 would be damaged by 1.65v memory. The memory (OCZ) says it's designed specificly for the i3, i5 & i7. On to the latest... I did a recovery on the bios due to there had to be something wrong there. After the recovery low an behold the Hardware Monitoring was working again. The temps are listed as CPU core 40.7, MCH 59, PCH 59, VR 54 and Memory 48. If this is correct I would say it's high but I have the Cosair water cooler on the CPU so it shouldn't hot. I had a heck of a time to get the machine to boot it kept crashing with that thermal trip. But it would boot in safe mode and not crash. I had to dump and reinstall the MEI but finally it would boot and has been running for a couple hours now. When I ran Real Temp the temps are 20-30 all the time so I still don't believe this thermal trip stuff. In the Device Manager the Intel Management Engine Interface has a yellow triangle and "!". I've tried uninstalling to fix that but it hasn't worked. So far I'm not thinking much of this board or processor.
8. Re: DH55HC MB Bios?Diego_Intel Mar 11, 2010 5:04 PM (in response to Loneranger53)
You may refer to the following site for the memory limitation information:
Concerning the temperature readings you listed, they are within specifications. Keep in mind that at BIOS level, all power saving features (which also reduce heat) are not present on BIOS, like Enhanced Intel® SpeedStep® Technology (EIST) for example, so you can consider the temperature readings on BIOS like running the motherboard on burning mode.
Regarding the ME exclamation mark, what I can think would be to clear the CMOS removing the CMOS battery and all power cables from the power supply to the motherboard, leaving the system without power for 20 minutes at least, this would be to refresh the ME interface and then load the latest driver for this hardware from this link:
9. Re: DH55HC MB Bios?Loneranger53 Mar 12, 2010 2:47 PM (in response to Diego_Intel)
I reset the memory voltage to 1.5V, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the problem anyway. I pulled all the power per your instruction, once reset the bios seems correct. Of course when I booted it crashed with a thermal trip, it did that twice. Then it booted, I uninstalled the MEI rebooted and then reinstalled the MEI. Using the newest software of course, (been using the newest all along) but that driver will not install correctly. I want to load Windows Home Server on that machine but I'm not going to until Vista runs correctly. There has to be some timing issue in installing all the pieces of that MEI. The event viewer says it fails to handshake with the firmware.
10. Re: DH55HC MB Bios?Loneranger53 Mar 26, 2010 2:22 PM (in response to Loneranger53)
I have done all things that you have suggested (except swapping parts) the only things that have changed are, the hardware monitor in the bios work now and the computer hasn't crashed. Those are good but..... If the computer needs to reboot or if you shut it off and then boot it up every first try at booting, it gets to starting the OS and then shuts off and what is it..... THERMAL TRIP.... Turn it back on, let it go through beeping garbage and it will boot up fine except for MEI the driver will not load. I have installed the latest driver and software but it doesn't make any difference.
11. Re: DH55HC MB Bios?Diego_Intel Mar 29, 2010 12:10 PM (in response to Loneranger53)
The ME driver issue could be an operating system corruption problem, you may need to try a separate operating system installation to isolate this
Concerning the thermal trip issue, this could be either processor or motherboard related, check with your place of purchase to see if you can replace one of them and see if the issue persists.
12. Re: DH55HC MB Bios?Loneranger53 Apr 8, 2010 10:34 PM (in response to Diego_Intel)
Hmmm I found a bios update on the website from just a few days ago. Oh it address the issues I have been having. Why is it I didn't hear about it.
By the way the so called prefered method to update the bios rendered the board inoperative. The recovery method doesn't work either. I had trouble the last time I updated the bios but this time it just made the board totally useless.
13. Re: DH55HC MB Bios?Diego_Intel Apr 12, 2010 12:40 PM (in response to Loneranger53)
At this point you may try a BIOS recovery update on the system, if the problem continues check with your place of purchase or the Intel support channel to get an RMA for the motherboard
14. Re: DH55HC MB Bios?Loneranger53 Apr 14, 2011 11:47 AM (in response to Diego_Intel)
You guys are worthless I threw the board away.


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How Sirius' Move Towards 'Direct Licensing' Is Bad For Artists
from the labels-will-receive-the-Big-Bonus-and-artists-will-receive-The-Shaft dept
Currently, Sirius/XM pays digital public performance royalties to SoundExchange for the music it plays; SoundExchange then distributes 50 percent of the royalties to the sound recording copyright owner (usually a label) and 45 percent to the featured performer. The non-featured performers receive the remaining 5 percent.Perhaps the most beneficial aspect of the current agreement with SoundExchange is that it gives unrecouped artists (and that's most of them) an ability to earn money from their music, rather than just seeing the royalties disappear into the labels' opaque accounting system. On top of that, royalty rates paid to artists (if they're recouped) could actually decrease:
Under the current structure, the money doesn't pass through the record labels first; payments to performers are made directly and simultaneously, which means the performer gets his/her money for the digital performances whether they've recouped or not. And in some cases, performers are receiving checks with four or five figures on it, and the money keeps growing with each distribution.
If labels start to license to Sirius/XM directly, guess who gets all the money? The labels. Artists will no longer be paid directly and simultaneously via SoundExchange. Instead, their money would be passed through their label.
How much Sirius/XM pays SoundExchange is based on a rate set by the Copyright Royalty Board with input from stakeholders, in compliance with federal statute. Currently, Sirius/XM pays 7.5 percent of its gross revenue...Then there's this. Billboard reported in August:Obviously, Sirius (like any business) would like to cut its costs. The labels are likely interested in doing the same thing. However, direct licensing would allow the labels to, first of all, gather all royalties up front without a simultaneous distribution to the artists and then redistribute those royalties, most likely at a much lower rate.
The question arises if the labels will pay the artist half the royalty, or 50 percent, they receive for each time a song is played, or will some labels choose to pay them their artists the regular royalty rate, which typically ranges between 15 percent and 20 percent.
There's simply nothing good for artists in this new arrangement. The SoundExchange board is made up of 9 artist reps and 9 label reps, ensuring some sort of equitable treatment for everyone involved. Bypassing this setup means that all future negotiations will be between the labels and Sirius, leaving the artists without any say in the matter. Furthermore, this new setup would allow Sirius to alter its offering, aiming to compete with Rhapsody, Spotify, etc., all without positively affecting the licensing payout.
In moving to directly license masters, the company is seeking expanded licenses that will allow for more functionality. For example, it wants to allow subscribers to record programming blocks and be able to rewind and fast-forward that segment. It also is seeking to allow music to be cached locally on devices and applications that have that capability. In seeking the former, it is in effect asking for a waiver from the sound recording performance complement of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which limits how many times songs from an artist can be played within an hour.Clearly, Sirius would benefit the most from this new arrangement. But the labels will benefit as well, regaining control over the incoming royalty stream as well as controlling the entirety of the disbursement. This explains why the labels would be willing to accept 100% of a smaller payout, rather than 50% of a larger sum. Any way you slice it, the affected artists are on the losing end of the bargain.
That would make satellite radio much closer to on-demand services like Rhapsody, MOG or Spotify, which operate under an entirely different licensing structure. Even non-interactive services like Pandora currently pay a different rate than satellite radio. By bypassing SoundExchange, Sirius/XM could up paying an even lower fee for expanded offerings.
While many will point out that Sirius is looking out for only its own bottom line, it would be disingenuous to place all the blame at its feet. Most labels have no desire to equitably share revenue with their artists, especially unrecouped signees. If the labels decide to follow through with this, the licensing deal will only reaffirm the status quo at the expense of the actual performers.
(Additional note: Jeff Price at the Tunecore blog makes an important point. Artists who are their own label (unsigned) will actually receive less through SoundExchange.
[I]t's causing an uproar for artists who have transferred their copyrights to labels (i.e. artists "signed" to a label), not for the millions of artists that are their own record labels. It all depends on which side of the coin you're on.So, all in all, SoundExchange is not a "one-size-fits-all" solution. Truly independent artists would likely see gains if direct licensing were put into place. However, artists whose music is controlled by labels would see a tremendous dropoff.)
Under the current law, an artist who is also the record label (which the hundred of thousands of TuneCore Artists are) could make less money (and get paid less often) if their Sirius satellite radio payments go to SoundExchange...
[W]hat happens if you are both the lead performer AND the record label (like 95% of all TuneCore Artists)?
For the sake of conversation, assume an entity like TuneCore enters into a deal with Sirius to go direct (we have not, but bear with me so I can make the point), and the rates Sirius pays are not so low that the artist/label would make more money, not less, by getting paid directly.
As the artist is both the label and the lead performer, the artist gets MORE money then he/she would if he/she went via SoundExchange, as 5% of their money is not being given to unions. I have no idea if this TuneCore-like entity would charge an administrative fee like SoundExchange (never thought about it), but if it did, and it was less than 6.7%, the artist would make even more money. In addition, the artist would most likely get paid more quickly and more accurately then if the money went through SoundExchange.


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A complete set of credentials for students planning to reside in the U.S. and verification of financial support must be sent to the Graduate School with a formal application for admission and a $30 nonrefundable application fee in U.S. dollars (credit card, check or money order). All information must be in English.
The university must have proof of English proficiency. A minimum score of 550 (paper-based) or 213 (computer-based) on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) exam is considered acceptable. A score of 7.0 on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is acceptable. If a student attends an ESL program, successful completion of level 109 is considered acceptable.
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How to Plant Amaryllis
Article written by blogger Kylee Baumle from Our Little Acre
Now that Halloween is over and the holidays will be here sooner than we'd wish, it's time to look at the next phases in gardening. One of them focuses on indoor container planting. My very favorite winter houseplant during the winter months is amaryllis, known botanically as Hippeastrum.
The large bulbs can be found now in garden centers, with some of them already potted and started for you. If you've had amaryllis before and saved the bulbs, now is the time to pot them so you'll have blooms in time for the holidays. It takes about six to eight weeks for them to grow enough to produce a flower stalk and bloom.
The proper way to plant an amaryllis bulb is to find a pot that is just a little larger than the size of the bulb; they like to be crowded. Fill the container with potting medium and place the bulb so that it's a little more than halfway covered. Amaryllises don't like to be submerged up to their necks in soil, or there's the danger they'll rot.
Once you have it potted, water it and wait. Don't water it again until you see signs of growth from the top of the bulb. Depending on the type of amaryllis, you may see foliage first or you may see a flower stalk. When you see either peeking up out of the top, continue with a watering schedule where you wait until the potting medium is dry before watering again. This will help avoid bulb rot and will discourage fungus gnats, those tiny black flying insects that houseplants can get.
If you've never tried to keep an amaryllis bulb after it has finished flowering so you can enjoy it again, it's not hard to do. After the flower starts to wilt, cut the stalk just above the bulb and discard. Continue watering until the foliage shows signs of decline. During this post-bloom watering, it's helpful to add a water-soluble fertilizer to help the bulb later when it's forming its next bloom. It's not advisable to fertilize while it's in bloom.
I've kept amaryllises for many years, planting them out in the ground through summer, and then lifting them in fall before frost. They need a six-to eight- week resting period before being potted again for more beautiful blooms.


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WASHINGTON, March 16 - President Bush's tax cuts survived an important challenge in the Senate on Wednesday, when lawmakers voted by the narrowest of margins to defeat budget language that would have made it more difficult to extend the cuts for another five years.
In a 50-50 vote, the Republican-controlled Senate rejected so-called pay-as-you-go rules, which would have required that any tax cuts or new spending programs be offset with savings in other areas. Last year, the Senate approved the rules, prompting a dispute with the House that ultimately prevented Congress from passing a budget.
The defeat on a tie vote came on a roller-coaster day of debate on Capitol Hill over spending and fiscal policy. House lawmakers approved an $81.4 billion emergency spending bill, mostly for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, by a vote of 388 to 43. The House also took up its own budget bill, with a vote on final passage expected Thursday.
The Senate also voted Wednesday in favor of a budget provision that would ease the way for oil drilling in an Arctic wildlife refuge and defeated a measure that would have added $1.04 billion to federal financing for Amtrak. The extra Amtrak money was opposed by the White House, which is calling for the end of the railroad's subsidy in its 2006 budget.
The closeness of the vote on tax cuts showed how uneasy some Republicans were about extending the cuts as the federal deficit grows. In his proposed $2.57 trillion budget for 2006, Mr. Bush vowed to reduce federal spending enough to cut the deficit in half over the next five years. But advocates of the pay-as-you-go rules say Congress must do more. Joining with the Senate's 44 Democrats and 1 independent to support the rules were 5 Republicans.Continue reading the main story
"I just don't understand how we can continue to go this way," said Senator George V. Voinovich, Republican of Ohio, who was a chief sponsor of the defeated measure.
"We're living in a dream world," he added. "This deficit continues to grow."
But with 55 Republicans in the Senate, proponents of tax cuts prevailed. Senator Charles E. Grassley, the Republican of Iowa who is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said that without the tax-cut extensions "you are going to have the biggest tax increase in the history of the country."
Mr. Bush's proposed budget included $100 billion in tax-cut extensions over five years. The Senate Republican leadership, in an effort to win the support of Republican moderates, balked at that number, reducing the amount of tax cuts in their budget proposal to $70 billion. Their intent was to extend the major reductions, in capital gains and dividend taxes, which are set to expire in 2008.
But that plan did not go far enough for Mr. Voinovich and Democratic advocates of the pay-as-you-go rules.
"Our Republican colleagues, who used to be fiscally conservative, have now become borrow-and-spend advocates," said Senator Kent Conrad of North Dakota. "They have no intention of doing anything about these budget deficits except add to them."
As the House began its own budget debate, the Republican leadership on Wednesday smoothed over what appeared to be the last obstacle to passing a spending plan: a revolt among an alliance of conservatives and moderates who wanted to make it more difficult for the House to exceed its own budget limits. The leadership had opposed the effort, but after several days of negotiations, conservatives settled for the right to challenge any subsequent spending bill that exceeds the amount set in the budget. The objection could be overridden by a majority vote. Conservatives had pushed for a two-thirds vote.
"It is one more safeguard against excessive spending," said Representative Roy Blunt, Republican of Missouri, who is the majority whip.
Representative Mike Pence of Indiana, chairman of the conservative House Republican Study Committee, which was pushing for the change, called the leadership's offer a "generous concession."
He said as many as 30 Republicans had threatened to withhold support without the provision, putting the budget's eventual passage at risk.
Earlier Wednesday, the House approved an emergency spending bill, but blocked a provision for $590 million to build a United States embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. The Senate is expected to take up the bill next month.Continue reading the main story


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Integrating Azure AD (v2.0 endpoint) into an ASP.NET Core web app
This sample shows how to build a .Net MVC web application that uses OpenID Connect to sign-in users with Microsoft Accounts and accounts from multiple Azure Active Directory tenants, using the ASP.Net Core OpenID Connect middleware.
For more information about how the protocols work in this scenario and other scenarios, see Authentication Scenarios for Azure AD.
This sample has been updated to ASP.NET Core 1.0. Looking for previous versions of this code sample? Check out the tags on the releases GitHub page.
How To Run This Sample
Getting started is simple! To run this sample you will need: - Install .NET Core for Windows by following the instructions at dot.net/core, which will include Visual Studio 2015 Update 3. - An Internet connection - An Azure subscription (a free trial is sufficient)
Every Azure subscription has an associated Azure Active Directory tenant. If you don't already have an Azure subscription, you can get a free subscription by signing up at https://azure.microsoft.com. All of the Azure AD features used by this sample are available free of charge.
Step 1: Clone or download this repository
From your shell or command line:
git clone https://github.com/Azure-Samples/active-directory-dotnet-webapp-openidconnect-aspnetcore-v2.git
Step 2: Register the sample with Microsoft
- Sign in to the Application Registration Portal with either a personal or work or school Microsoft account.
- Click on Add an app
- Enter a friendly name for the application, for example "WebApp-OpenIDConnect-DotNet-v2" and click on Create application.
- Click on Add Platform and click on the Web tile.
- Enter the redirect URI for the sample, which is by default
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save
All done! Before moving on to the next step, you need to find the Application ID of your application.
- While still in the Application Registration portal, find the Application ID value and copy it to the clipboard.
Step 3: Configure the sample to use your Azure Active Directory tenant
- Open the solution in Visual Studio 2015.
- Open the
- Find the
Tenantproperty and replace the value with your AAD tenant name.
- Find the
ClientIdand replace the value with the Application ID from the Azure portal.
- If you changed the base URL of the sample, find the app key
ida:PostLogoutRedirectUriand replace the value with the new base URL of the sample.
Step 4: Run the sample
Clean the solution, rebuild the solution, and run it.
Click the sign-in link on the homepage of the application to sign-in. On the Azure AD sign-in page, enter the name and password of a user account that is in your Azure AD tenant.
About The Code
This sample shows how to use the OpenID Connect ASP.Net Core middleware to sign-in users with Microsoft Accounts and accounts from multiple Azure Active Directory tenants. The middleware is initialized in the
Startup.cs file, by passing it the Application ID of the application and the URL of the Azure AD tenant where the application is registered. The middleware then takes care of: - Downloading the Azure AD metadata and finding the signing keys, and finding the issuer name for the tenant. - Processing OpenID Connect sign-in responses by validating the signature and issuer in an incoming JWT, extracting the user's claims, and putting them on ClaimsPrincipal.Current. - Integrating with the session cookie ASP.Net Core middleware to establish a session for the user.
This sample has been coded to support both Microsoft accounts and Azure Active Directory accounts. The code that enables this can be found in Startup.cs where you first need to disable issuer validation,
app.UseOpenIdConnectAuthentication(new OpenIdConnectOptions
// (...)
TokenValidationParameters = new TokenValidationParameters
ValidateIssuer = false
And then leverage the OnTokenValidated notification to implement your own issuer validation logic depending on which tenants you want to support (any tenant, Microsoft Account + specific list of Azure AD, single Azure AD, just Microsoft Account, etc)
app.UseOpenIdConnectAuthentication(new OpenIdConnectOptions
Events = new OpenIdConnectEvents
OnTokenValidated = TokenValidated
private Task TokenValidated(TokenValidatedContext context)
// Example of how to validate for Microsoft Account + specific Azure AD tenant
string tenantID = context.Ticket.Principal.FindFirst("http://schemas.microsoft.com/identity/claims/tenantid").Value;
IEnumerable<string> approvedTenantIds = new List<string>
"<Your tenantID>",
"9188040d-6c67-4c5b-b112-36a304b66dad" // MSA Tenant
if (!approvedTenantIds.Contains(tenantID))
throw new SecurityTokenValidationException();
return Task.FromResult(0);
You can trigger the middleware to send an OpenID Connect sign-in request by decorating a class or method with the
[Authorize] attribute, or by issuing a challenge,
await HttpContext.Authentication.ChallengeAsync(OpenIdConnectDefaults.AuthenticationScheme, new AuthenticationProperties { RedirectUri = "/" });
Similarly you can send a signout request,
await HttpContext.Authentication.SignOutAsync(OpenIdConnectDefaults.AuthenticationScheme);
await HttpContext.Authentication.SignOutAsync(CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme);
When a user is signed out, they will be redirected to the
Post_Logout_Redirect_Uri specified when the OpenID Connect middleware is initialized.
All of the middleware in this project is created as a part of the open source Asp.Net Security project.
Mais exemplos por Danny Strockis
- Build a multi-tenant SaaS web application using Azure AD & OpenID Connect
- Calling a web API in a web app using Azure AD and OpenID Connect
- Calling Azure AD protected web APIs in a web app using OAuth 2.0
- Performing single sign out of all web apps using Azure AD
- Build a multi-tenant SaaS web application that calls a web API using Azure AD


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Although today's covert audio/video recorders are small and easy to conceal, but when the job calls for wearing shorts and t-shirts the number of places you can stow gear gets few in number. The WCV-BHOL solves that problem by giving you generous amounts of storage space for recorders, transmitters, batteries and some firearms as well. Another huge benefit this concealment holster also provides is compression of covert gear closer to the body which reduces the risk of imprinting of the gear against clothing. This belly band is designed to fit waist sizes of 24-27 inches.
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After Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Brain-Injured Veterans Search for Solace
Returning U.S. Veterans Face Physical and Mental Hurdles
GERMANTOWN, Md.—Pete Bunce walked into a room at a U.S. military hospital in Germany in March 2004, and stared hard at the unconscious young Marine on the bed. His head, gouged by shrapnel from an insurgent bomb in Iraq, was grotesquely swollen. His face was distorted and his right eye was near blind.
Mr. Bunce spoke his first thought: "This is not my son."


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Macy's has certainly hit all the right notes in their Fall 2012 look book. Their lineup is a delicious cacophony of bright blues, elegant neutrals, and warm earth tones, designed to appeal to every woman's sartorial sensibilities. Our eyes are on the gorgeous Rachel by Rachel Roy coat (priced at a steep $229, but hey, we budget-conscious girls can dream!), and the adorable bright blue blazer from Style & co. ($59) which can instantly upgrade your casual jeans look. If you're looking for fab fall options without resorting to the usual cardigan fare (though Macy's has that one available, too), these will do very nicely.
Check out the rest of the Macy's Fall 2012 Look Book after the jump.
Macy's Fall 2012 Look Book
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