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1. Defra is the UK Government Department
which houses the UK SPS enquiry and contact point, and which represents
the UK at WTO SPS Committee meetings in Geneva.
2. As highlighted in DTI's note the setting
and enforcement of SPS measures is decided at EU level and discussed
by several "expert" bodies such as the Standing Committee
on Plant Health and the various veterinary committees. The UK
is represented by Defra and/or the Food Standards Agency (FSA)
at these meetings and consult other Government Departments as
3. The function of the SPS Committee is
not to set standards, but to act as a forum for WTO members to
discuss such issues as the application of SPS measures (these
discussions largely focus on differences in interpretation of
WTO rulesthat measures exceed international standards,
or are not science-based, for example), the need for Special and
Differential Treatment for Developing Countries, Equivalency and
Mutual Recognition, and Transparency.
4. Defra ensures that the relevant "expert"
Defra divisions (notably, but not exclusively, Plant Health Division
and International Animal Health Division) and other Government
Departments (principally FSA on public health issues, DTI as the
trade lead, and DfID given the importance that SPS measures hold
for Developing Countries, but also FCO) are aware of and are able
to incorporate their views into the UK position by:
5. In addition, Defra welcomes representatives
of any Government Department to attend the co-ordination and formal
meetings if they wishFSA, DTI and DfID representatives
have all attended in the past few years.
6. Defra officials work closely with other
Government Departments to ensure that WTO/SPS concerns are taken
into account on those extremely rare occasions (three times since
1996) when the UK wants to introduce an emergency measure prior
to full discussions at the EU level. The most recent example of
this was the close work between Defra, FSA, DTI and DfID over
FSA's proposal to ban the use of Kava-kava in the UK, due to concerns
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Emirates Stadium side to test La Liga side's resolve with experienced forward bid.
Arsenal and Manchester City are preparing to test Athletic Bilbao's resolve to keep hold of Fernando Llorente, the club's Spain striker, in the January transfer window.
The 27-year-old's contract expires in June and he has informed Bilbao that he has no intention of extending his stay.
SOURCE: The Times
Under 'normal' circumstances Arsenal may have elected to wait until the summer to pick up Fernando Llorente on a free transfer but after a very shaky first half of the season Arsene Wenger can't really wait until the end of the season to beef up his threadbare attack.
Aside from a couple of big goal hauls against Southampton and Tottenham the North London club have struggled to kill off the opposition, a point that is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that Arsenal have managed just eight goals in eight away games, which is the same as bottom of the table QPR.
Arsenal sit in seventh spot and the very least Wenger will need from this campaign is a top four finish and the resultant Champions League qualification slot.
Currently the Gunners rely on Olivier Giroud as their main central attacking option and the Frenchman, though much improved, has on the whole failed to deliver. The former Montpellier man has scored four goals in 16 Premier League appearances, a record that is simply not good enough.
Therefore Wenger has targeted experienced Spaniard Fernando Llorente to improve his options and it would take a relatively affordable bid to persuade Athletic Bilbao to cash-in on a player who they will lose for nothing in six months time.
Llorente has scored 89 goals in 188 games over the past four seasons but has seen his form dip this term and appears set for a San Mames departure sooner or later.
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Open Thread: Everything You're Reading, Watching, Listening To and Looking At
This is your place to talk about the TV, movies, music, books and art that are thoroughly entertaining you.
I'm probably most grateful to HBO for introducing me to Swan Brooner in 2001's "Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen," but I have been loving this summer's reboot of the channel's trademark documentary series.
There's just something about a documentary -- especially a sad one. The good ones almost haunt you; I had days-long reactions to "Born Into Brothels," "The Bridge" and "Dear Zachary." (Incidentally, I'm still not sure why documentaries are highbrow, but reality television is gauche. I love 'em both.)
Anyway, while I've enjoyed every film in the series, particularly "Hot Coffee," the one currently taking up mucho brainspace is "There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane." The seriously heartwrenching doc is about Diane Schuler, who made headlines in 2009 when she killed herself and 7 other people in a horrific crash caused when she drove the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway for almost 2 miles. The victims included her 2-year-old daughter and three young nieces. Her five-year-old son was the only survivor.
It was soon found that Schuler had high levels of marijuana and alcohol in her system at the time of the crash, a fact her husband and sister-in-law refuse to accept, to the point of demanding that Diane's body be exhumed and retested. And as the documentary unfolds, it is hard to reconcile the loving wife and mother with no known history of alcohol abuse or psychological problems with the woman with a blood alcohol content more than twice the legal limit who got behind the wheel that day.
I know something about how addiction can rob you of choice -- my alcoholism is less defined by the amount I drank and more by the consequences of my drinking. I cannot drink safely -- once I ingest alcohol, I will get into cars with strange men, will lean shakily over the subway tracks to vomit, will curl up on a pile of city trash bags for a 2 a.m. nap. I suppose I'm lucky that I never jeopardized anyone's life but my own.
It's hard to understand, hard to reconcile that toxicology report with the loving wife and mother depicted in the film. The mystery of what really happened on July 26, 2009, in the hours between Diane's seemingly sober appearance on a gas station surveillance camera to the the fiery crash which wiped out 7 lives will never be solved, which is why I can't stop processing the film's images and events, turning them over and over in my mind like poking at a sore tooth with my tongue.
It is not the me-ness of me that made my bad choices, just as I suspect that it wasn't the Diane-ness of Diane Schuler that made hers. It was the addiction that opened the car door that day, the disease that turned the key. Which is why it's so hard for those who loved her to believe she would have done something like drive wasted with a car full of children. Diane wouldn't have, her alcoholism did.
See? SO SAD.
If you're a pain junkie like me (DEAD KIDS, ya'll), you can still see "There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane" on HBO on demand.


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Three releases in one year? Shocking, I know. This record has been in the works for several years - both STNNNG and CHILD BITE managed to record full length albums since this project was initially conceived. Not sure how much I need to tell you about this record, but it's a killer 5 song 1-sided LP with a multi-color silk-screened A side and it rules. Crazy art by Shawn Knight. 3 of STNNNG's final songs and 2 from CHILD BITE recorded by Wes Borland. Yep, pretty wild stuff. Anyhow, go listen to it, buy it, or do whatever you gotta do
Hey, another release in 2017! (and there's actually one more already at the plant...) This is a brand new full length from a "new" Chicago band called ENGINES. We are particularly proud of this release because, hey, I am actually in this band! ENGINES is a five piece noisy indie/punk rock band from Chicago. Originally conceived as a solo project for Philadelphia-based songwriter Craig Woods (TOWERS, ELDER, PETER AND CRAIG, TWO PIECE FEST) under the moniker HOT BAGELS, Woods moved to Chicago in 2014 and soon recruited fellow east coast transplants Lee Zickwolf (RIBBONHEAD, COSTANZA) and Jeff Twietmeyer (ALMOST ARGYLE) and Chicago native Justin Wexler (STILLWELL, FORGE AGAIN RECORDS) as permanent fixtures of the band. After two years of performing and writing as a four piece, they decided to add a full-time vocalist to the mix. Emily Jancetic (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, LONGDISTANCERUNNER), once lovingly described as the "the Kelly Clarkson of post-hardcore" by All Music Guide, joined in 2016. And thus ENGINES was born. ENGINES plays a brand of indie/punk rock that is is loud but not lacking in dynamics. Noisy, but beautiful, Chaotic, but calm. Dissonant, yet melodic. Obsolete is the complete expression of all of these elements spread out over twelve songs that stand alone but also flow into one another over the course of thirty-six minutes. Recorded and mixed by Neil Strauch at Shirk Studios (with additional recordings by Pete Grossman and Andy Nelson at Bricktop as well as Craig Woods at Kildare and his home). Mastered by Carl Saff, with amazing artwork by Shawn Knight. This is a split release between Forge Again Records, Be Happy Records, Middle Man Records, Killer Tofu Records, and 4UBRO Records. First press LP is limited to 280 copies on mixed random colored vinyl and 20 Wax Mage copies TBD. Pre-orders will begin shipping in early August. We suggest you check it out and pre-order it from one of those awesome labels or the band immediately! https://forgeagainrecords.bandcamp.com/album/obsolete
We're back to work in 2017 with an amazing new full length from Chicago's SALVATION. Blending together elements of noise rock, punk, and grunge, SALVATION has cultivated a rare sound that is injected with strikingly inventive vocals and instrumentation. With their 2017 Forge Again Records nine-song debut LP
Sore Loser
, SALVATION further refines the sound found on their 2015 Cold Slither Tapes debut
Royal Fucks
. Like their previous effort,
Sore Loser
was recorded completely live, showcasing the band's raw fervor and painstaking attention to performance perfection and detail. The vocals are raw and commanding, seeming to simultaneously invoke both aggression and agony. The rhythm section remains the strong, sludgy backbone of the album, driving each song forward as the vocals ebb, flow, and meander throughout. Sore Loser was recorded by Joe Gac at Kildare Studios and mastered by Carl Saff with cover art by Smith Smith. The first pressing of the LP is limited to just 311 copies on random colored vinyl. We suggest you check it out and pre-order it immediately! https://forgeagainrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sore-loser
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E! continues its nuanced and groundbreaking coverage of the Emmy Awards red carpet this year with the Clutch Cam, which features close-up shots of all the hottest purses and bagwear of the stars.
The celebrity and style network has previously used innovations like the Glam Cam and the Mani Cam to compete for the juiciest, most exclusive, red carpet moments that will make it stand apart online and through social channels.
Social media has been a strong focus of red carpet coverage at this year's ceremony. Twitter mounted a zip-line camera for all manner of overhead shots of the red carpet and other social channels have also gotten involved this year. Early reports, though, seem to indicate the zip-line cam at least hasn't made much impact — leaving the Clutch Cam to jump out as the early victor of inventive camera shots.


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Senate Approves Legislation Necessary to Balance Budget
Austin - With less than one week remaining in the 78th Legislative Session, the Senate picked up the pace today and met for more than twelve hours to consider nearly fifty bills. The Senate agreed to suspend the rule requiring that bills be placed on the intent calendar for two days before consideration so that more bills could be heard before the deadline of Wednesday at midnight.
The Senate passed several bills today which promise a number of cost-saving and revenue-generating measures to assist the state in balancing the budget.
The supplemental appropriations bill, the Committee Substitute to House Bill (CSHB) 7, makes the necessary reductions and re-appropriations to meet the revised revenue estimate made by the comptroller. The bill contains the cuts requested of state agencies in January by the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house to cover the shortfall in the remaining part of this fiscal year.
CSHB 3459 was also passed by the Senate today, which makes a number of substantive changes to statutes governing public education to net $2.6 billion for next biennium's budget.
Some of the provisions included in CSHB 3459 would change the accounting method of the Permanent School Fund for a one-time increase of $100 million, defer contributions from the General Revenue fund to the Teacher Retirement System and Employees Retirement System trust funds, and increase the active public education employees' contribution rate to its retiree insurance program, TRS-Care.
The budget is also contingent on the passage of House Bill (HB) 2292, which reorganizes the state's fourteen health and human service agencies into four for savings and new revenue totaling $1 billion. Flower Mound Senator Jane Nelson said that this bill eliminates unnecessary duplication and allows the agencies to focus on core responsibilities.
Additionally, HB 2292 establishes eligibility for the Children's Health Insurance Program at 200 percent with a 90-day waiting period and provides for six months of continuous eligibility. The bill is due for final consideration on Wednesday
Several tax measures were also approved by the Senate today, including CSHB 2458, which moves the point of collection for motor fuel taxes to add $8.3 million to general revenue.
The Senate also passed HB 3015, presented by Plano Senator Florence Shapiro, that she says will make college more accessible. Shapiro said that no student should be denied an education because of lack of financial resources.
Her education legislation would allow universities to increase tuition up to $69 per semester credit hour for fiscal year 2004, and up to $94 per semester credit hour for fiscal year 2005.
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Things went south for the Miami Heat in the third quarter as it seems no one besides Mario Chalmers could hit a shot. A prime example of their struggles came late in the third quarter when LeBron James stepped to the free throw line to attempt a free throw after a technical foul called on Danny Granger.
Like clockwork, James missed the free throw and that prompted Pacers reserve Lance Stephenson to give the choke sign in LeBron's direction.
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The CTFC will be hosting SA's 2nd Annual Fashion Graduate Recruitment Showcase in partnership with the SAFC & FP&M SETA.
The 19th & 20th of November 2015 will be the perfect opportunity for you to view the TOP 40 FASHION GRADUATES who have been carefully curated by the CTFC to showcase, by means of a static installation, their portfolios & collections. This event will serve as a recruitment drive for the industry to network with SA's future fashion faces.
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If you're just getting started with Microsoft FrontPage, chances are you've been looking at the FrontPage 98 Server Extensions. But if you're working in a fast-paced, feature-driven environment where customers are clamoring for forms that write to and read from a database (without programming) and Web sites that can have innumerable nested sub-Webs (each with a separate administrator, authors, and users), then take a look at the FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions. Both versions of the FrontPage Server Extensions are now available for most popular servers on several platforms (including UNIX) and in several languages. Let's look at what server extensions do, the differences between them, where you can get them, and my experience in migrating from the FrontPage 98 to the FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions. For commonly used FrontPage terminology, see the sidebar "A Few FrontPage Terms," page 2.
What Can FrontPage Server Extensions Do for You?
For a long time, server administrators seemed to think that FrontPage was only an HTML editor and had nothing to do with Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS). However, FrontPage is also a Web-site publishing and management tool that comes with some fine Web-management capabilities (e.g., role-based permissions and both local and remote administration tools). For the IIS administrator, the FrontPage Server Extensions let you create Web sites and assign permissions for who can browse, author, and administer them in just a couple of mouse clicks. The extensions create all the directories for you and set all the permissions. At that point, FrontPage administrators can take care of the sites themselves. Best of all, you can administer your FrontPage Web sites from any FrontPage client anywhere in the world.
For the content author, FrontPage comes with some essential features such as Automatic Hyperlink Fix-Up, which lets you move or delete files from a Web site and automatically update every reference to those files. For example, you can move all your pictures to the images directory, and they all still appear on their pages. Themes (professionally designed page elements and color schemes) let authors easily create custom graphics, text, and layout environments for customers. Authors can use wizards to set up well-behaved, ready-to-use Common Gateway Interface (CGI) programs such as the forms processor, the forum processor, and the site search engine without a programmer.
The forms processor can receive forms data, create confirmation pages dynamically, write to one or more file databases with several possible formats, and forward filled-out forms to an email address.
FrontPage-generated forums are popular, especially as self-serve classified-ad engines. The search engine is local to its Web site and doesn't require any server-side administration.
The FrontPage Server Extensions power these features. The server extensions (whether FrontPage 98 or FrontPage 2000) handle three types of tasks:
- Administration of FrontPage Web sites—Administration includes creating sub-Webs and setting role-based permissions. Several user interfaces (UIs) to this facility (i.e., admin.exe) and for FrontPage administration exist.
- Authoring—Authoring includes hyperlink maintenance, navigation bars, content creation, and publishing.
- Web functionality—Shtml.exe is the CGI processor that powers the forms, forums, and search pages in FrontPage 98 on the server side. The author sets up these forms, forums, and search pages using wizards in the FrontPage Editor.
FrontPage is one part editor and three parts server extensions. Development tools such as Microsoft Visual InterDev receive a lot of press for their server-side parts, but Visual InterDev uses the FrontPage Server Extensions. The reason for this widespread use of the FrontPage Server Extensions is that CGI handles the server extensions' functions. CGI is an international standard, and all Web servers support it, so FrontPage clients can publish their Web sites and content to any server (e.g., IIS, Apache, O'Reilly, Netscape) that has the FrontPage Server Extensions installed. I still have an old Apache server running that hosts a lot of ISP personal Web sites. My Web authors publish to it all the time, and they have no idea that it's not IIS.
Before the FrontPage Server Extensions, the common practice had been to let customers use FTP to update their Web sites. Because setting unique permissions on every subdirectory is time-consuming and because users could create subdirectories, some administrators set one group of permissions (read, write, and execute) for an entire Web site. This lack of control and lax security provided a perfect environment for the customers to accidentally lose or delete their Web content. Customers could even write content to somebody else's site.
The FrontPage Server Extensions help solve these problems. First, FrontPage sets the appropriate permissions on every directory and file in a FrontPage Web site when it creates the site. It creates hidden private directories for components such as the CGI programs, so the author isn't in danger of accidentally deleting some required component. Next, FrontPage lets me, the administrator, assign role-based permissions (e.g., browse only, author, administer) on each FrontPage Web site and sub-Web individually. As the FrontPage administrator, I can let an author update content on a particular Web site, but not create new Web sites. Of course, I can also override the default settings and set custom read, write, and execute permissions. And finally, I can author and administer my FrontPage Web sites from any FrontPage client anywhere in the world.
A Few Words About Security
The server extensions raise two main security concerns: How well does authentication work, and can an unauthorized user attack the server through the server extensions? The FrontPage Server Extensions in FrontPage 98 use Basic authentication over the Internet (the browser ships the password in cleartext). With FrontPage 98 and Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 4.0, you can use Windows NT Challenge/Response authentication if you're in an NT domain in an intranet setting. The FrontPage 98 Server Extensions and Basic authentication provide the same level of security as FTP but without the hands-on administration that FTP requires to secure the content directories. If you need better security than Basic authentication for FrontPage 98, you can set up the Web site and FrontPage so that all authoring uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
The FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions support NT Challenge/Response authentication over the Internet, as does IE 5.0 and the other Microsoft Office 2000 applications. This authentication makes these extensions more secure than either FTP or FrontPage 98. This capability poses some very exciting possibilities, which I'll discuss in a future article. If NT Challenge/Response authentication isn't secure enough for you, you can still add SSL.
The FrontPage Server Extensions' vulnerability is very low. The FrontPage client uses HTTP to communicate with the server extensions just like a browser. FrontPage implements a remote procedure call (RPC) on top of the HTTP power-on self test (POST) request, which goes to the Web server. This request lets the FrontPage client send and request documents, update the tasks list, add new authors, and so on. The Web server sees POST requests addressed to the FrontPage Server Extensions' CGI programs and directs those requests through the Internet Server API (ISAPI—you can find out more about ISAPI and CGI at http://www.w3.org). Because the server extensions accomplish all editing and publishing within the HTTP protocol, the FrontPage Server Extensions offer malicious users nothing exotic to take advantage of. And FrontPage correctly communicates between client and server through proxy servers and firewalls.
From a security perspective, letting a POST request invoke an executable that resides outside the domain of the Internet server that is making the request isn't desirable. So, when the FrontPage client sends a POST request to the Internet server, the URL of the CGI program the client is requesting is local to that Web site. This process preserves security in the Web server. Therefore, each Web site needs to have separate server extensions, Web applications, and CGI programs and scripts.
How Server Extensions Work
To save space on the hard disk, rather than create multiple copies of the server extension executable files in every Web site, FrontPage installs stub copies of the server extensions in each FrontPage Web site. (A stub is a tiny executable program that calls another larger program. In this case, the stub calls the FrontPage Server Extensions program that resides in a single directory in the Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions directories on the HTTP server machine. The stub versions reside in the _vti_* directories of each FrontPage Web site and sub-Web. This approach saves a lot of space on the hard disk without compromising the Web sites' autonomy or server security.
The FrontPage Server Extensions stub directories and the other private directories that FrontPage uses to store the Web site information all start with an underscore (_). Authors don't manipulate the content of these directories directly; FrontPage uses them for private information about the site. (You can see these directories in the Microsoft Management Console—MMC—under the FrontPage Web site and in the FrontPage client when you select the View hidden directories check box on the View, Web Settings, Advanced tab.) FrontPage also keeps the following information in these private FrontPage directories (i.e., the directories that start with an underscore) in each Web site:
- A full text index of all the files in a Web site
- A hyperlink map of all the files in a Web site
- The navigation structure for the Web site
- One or more themes (optional)
- A tasks list
- The security settings for the Web site
- The databases used to store forms results (if any)
The FrontPage Server Extensions install automatically on a sub-Web when a FrontPage administrator creates it, but an NT administrator must install the FrontPage Server Extensions on the server.
Administrative Tools
FrontPage 98 and FrontPage 2000 offer many administrative interfaces. Both versions have a command-line version and an HTML interface. As Screen 1 shows, FrontPage 98 uses the FrontPage Server Administrator to administer individual FrontPage Web sites. To find the Administrator, click Start, Programs, Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack, Microsoft Internet Information Server, FrontPage Server Administrator. FrontPage 2000 replaces FrontPage Administrator with a snap-in for the MMC.
When I use the FrontPage client to open Web sites or sub-Webs, I can create new sub-Webs under an existing Web domain (also called a virtual server), set role-based permissions on the site, create content, and browse the Web. I can also select users and groups who can browse the site. (The logon window appears automatically, but these users must already have an account on the server's NT domain.) Only the NT server administrator can add new users to the NT domain, which is a shortcoming of this system: Large members-only sites probably don't want to use the FrontPage browse permissions. I use Microsoft Site Server to handle authentication on my members-only sites, but the authors publish their content using the FrontPage Server Extensions.
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|When some readers tried to create nested Web domains as Marnie Hutcheson described in "How to Build a Web Development Environment" (November and December), they had problems publishing content to their new Web sites. Read about this bug and a workaround for it on the IIS Administrator Web site.
What's New in FrontPage 2000
The FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions are fully backward compatible: They do everything the FrontPage 98 Server Extensions do. All existing Web sites continue to function as before.
FrontPage 2000 has several new administrative functions. In addition to the server extensions upgrade, check and fix, and authoring controls, you can perform the following tasks from the MMC:
- Configure FrontPage extensions for individual sub-Webs
- Convert sub-Webs to simple directories
- Add FrontPage administrators
- Recalculate hyperlinks
The new FrontPage 2000 UI combines the FrontPage Explorer (i.e., for content management) with the FrontPage Editor to create one uniform desktop that performs all tasks. In FrontPage 98, there were some awkward moments when content authors couldn't find the function they wanted because they were in the wrong tool (e.g., putting a short name on a page in Navigation view in FrontPage Explorer to get it to show up on a navigation bar in the Editor).
Web content authors get easy-to-use, no-programming-required database capabilities. Using the Database Connection Wizard, they can connect to a text file database, a Microsoft Access database, or a system (e.g., Data Source Name—DSN) database and send submitted forms directly to that database. The wizard makes binding the form fields to the database table fields a snap. You can use the Database Results Wizard to set up pages that retrieve and display the contents of a database in table, list, or drop-down form.
Of course, you can create custom Microsoft SQL Server databases and even send parameters and field values in your queries. Previously, you needed to use a tool such as Visual InterDev to interact with databases. Now, FrontPage uses wizards to walk content authors through the process of creating or linking to a database and binding the form fields to table columns in just a few minutes.
Finding the Server Extensions
The FrontPage Server Extensions are available from a variety of sources. Here are some of the places where you can obtain them:
FrontPage 98 Server Extensions. You can find the FrontPage98 Server Extensions in the following places:
- The NT 4.0 Option Pack
- The FrontPage 98 CD-ROM in the \servext subdirectory (You'll find several versions of the FrontPage Extensions for various servers, both NT and UNIX, and lots of languages, such as the one for Intel processors and US English—fp98ext_x86_enu.exe.)
You can get the answers to your questions about the FrontPage 98 Server Extensions by browsing the Microsoft FrontPage 98 Resource Kit at http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/frontpage/wpp/serk98. The downloads are at http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/ languages/fp/98exts/license.asp. If you decide to go with the FrontPage 98 Server Extensions, download the 98b patch, too. You can obtain the details about what's in the patch and download it from http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/ downloaddetails/fp98bupd.htm.
FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions. You can find the FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions in two places:
- The FrontPage 2000 CD-ROM
- The Microsoft Developers Network (MSDN) at http://msdn.microsoft .com/workshop/languages/fp/default.asp (my personal favorite)—see the Web site table of contents, Server Extensions topic to find the download page. On this site, you'll find all the latest news and newly released versions for other languages, OSs, and Internet servers. The Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Resource Kit is on the download page, too, and I think it's the best resource kit yet. I found answers to all my questions about installation and administration there—it's very well organized.
The server extensions available in Office 2000 Premium are in the Office Server Extensions (OSE) on CD-ROM number 3. To install the OSE, select Install the Office Extensions from the Autorun menu. The difference between the FrontPage Server Extensions and the OSE is important: The OSE use the FrontPage Server Extensions as a foundation, then add collaboration features such as Web discussions, subscriptions, and notification to the basic FrontPage Web administration and management features.
The OSE are primarily for intranet applications. The FrontPage Server Extensions work on the intranet, the Internet, and a variety of OSs and Internet servers (other than IIS). The Office 2000 Server Extensions rely on Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE), OLE DB, and Active Server Pages (ASP) technologies, so they only work on IIS. The OSE also leverage functionality found only in IE 5.0 and other Office 2000 products (e.g., Access).
Migrating to FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions
I've been testing the FrontPage 2000 client against the FrontPage 98 Server Extensions for about 4 months. Everything has worked smoothly. Existing sites worked as usual when I published the FrontPage 2000 client-generated content. One problem I encountered occurs when Front-Page 98 authors and FrontPage 2000 authors work on the same site. FrontPage 2000 navigation bars have a new option that creates links to the Child pages under the Home page in the FrontPage navigation structure. This option is great, but FrontPage 98 doesn't support it. Some strange things happened to the site navigation bar, depending on which author had most recently updated the Web site. I also had trouble with the navigation view. Sites created in FrontPage 98 lost their navigation structure when someone opened them in FrontPage 2000, which could be a problem if the site had a lot of content. The solution was for everyone to use the same version of FrontPage—everyone opted to upgrade to FrontPage 2000.
Upgrading to FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions
Installing the FrontPage 98 Server Extensions is fast and painless. If you're running IIS 4.0 and the Option Pack, you already have them on the server, even if you aren't using them. If you want to install the FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions, you must first install the Option Pack—so you'll have the FrontPage 98 Server Extensions anyway.
The FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions install and update in two steps:
- The installation program copies the files, does the housekeeping, and restarts the server.
- You tell the FrontPage Administration Tools to set up the server extensions on the virtual Web servers you have in the machine. The first time you perform this step, the tools upgrade the primary virtual server on the machine. The upgrade installs the FrontPage 2000 stub executables and .dll files on the machine's primary virtual Web server and its sub-Webs.
When I upgraded from the FrontPage 98 Server Extensions to the FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions on my development server, I simply ran the fpse2k_x86_eng.exe program that I had downloaded from the Web site. I followed the wizard, gave it my initials, and accepted the license agreement and the default directory for server extensions. The program copied files and updated Web sites for quite a while, then asked to restart the server. When the server came back up, the setup program finished the installation. A message appeared recommending that I install the server extensions on my Web servers.
To update the server extensions, run the Internet Service Manager (ISM) from Start, Programs, Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack, Internet Information Server, Internet Service Manager, which will bring up the MMC with the IIS snap-in. Right-click the server machine name, and choose Upgrade Extensions from the Task menu. Updating all the FrontPage Web sites in the virtual server can take a while depending on how many Web sites are on it. Save the MMC console settings. The upgrade process upgrades all the sub-Webs under the selected virtual server. If you have multiple virtual servers defined in your server machine, you'll need to repeat this process for each one. If you haven't upgraded the server extensions on a Web site, you'll see a message on the Server Extensions tab in the Properties window of the Web site telling you that you need to upgrade the server extensions on the Web site.
The FrontPage 2000 upgrade process preserves all existing role-based permissions. The process also downgrades browse-only access permissions of any group (on the server) that contains the IUSR_computername Anonymous account. The FrontPage 98 Server Extensions are more liberal with permissions, regularly assigning many roles to the Everyone group.
If you access the FrontPage Server Administrator (fpsrvwin.exe) from the Start menu (Start, Programs, Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack, Microsoft Internet Information Server, FrontPage Server Administrator) after you install the FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions, you'll receive a message telling you that a newer version of the server extensions exists on the machine. From now on, you'll use the FrontPage snap-in in the MMC to configure the extensions and to perform the administrative functions that come with FrontPage 2000.
The FrontPage Server Extensions snap-in shows up as a new tab on the Properties sheet both for the server machine, as Screen 2, page 5, shows, and for the virtual Web sites, as Screen 3 shows.
Testing the New Server Extensions
Because every version of FrontPage Server Extensions is backward compatible, older Web sites won't notice any difference when you upgrade to the new extensions. My customers who use the FrontPage 98 client haven't noticed any difference in the performance of their Web sites, their navigation bars, their themes, Web content, forms, forums, or search pages. The new FrontPage 2000 forms that submit their content directly to the database are a real hit; users can easily make pages that let them retrieve information from the database.
FrontPage 98 Explorer also has some new features (e.g., new values in the FrontPage Web Settings Parameters tab). And the Permissions window under Tools now has a Computers tab in addition to the Settings, Users, and Groups tabs.
Web content authors who are using FrontPage 2000 are delighted at the pages they can create. The FrontPage 98 Server Extensions gave me fewer customer crises; the FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions promise to make me a very popular Web diva.


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Nintendo CEO Denies Wii U Hard Drive Inclusion
English transcript of analyst Q&A session appears to have contained an error.
An official English language transcript Nintendo posted today from its E3 analysts briefing and Q&A session appeared to confirm the inclusion of a hard drive in the Wii U.
Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata was asked about the size of the built in Wii U hard drive. The response, as posted at the Q&A transcript (currently inaccessible) read: "We haven't said anything about the hard drive that we'll be including with the system itself. But we have said, through the USB connection, consumers will be able to take advantage of a wide range of the hard drives that are available in the market, and for quite cheap now, to add memory to their system however they like."
It looks like this English translation had an error. In Nintendo's Japanese Q&A transcript, accessible here, the question and most of the response are the same, but the first sentence reads: "We have not said that we will be including a hard drive with the Wii U system." The rest of the reply is the same.
Nintendo has removed the English language Q&A, so it's likely that they're fixing the issue.


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Solve the integral of sec(x) by using the integration technique known as substitution. The technique is derived from the chain rule used in differentiation. The problem requires a knowledge of calculus and the trigonometric identities for differentiation.Continue Reading
In the integral, multiply sec(x) by (sec(x) + tan(x))/(sec(x) + tan(x)). Since the value is the same in both the numerator and denominator, it is equivalent to multiplying by one, which leaves the original value unchanged.
Set the value of u as equal to sec(x) + tan(x).
Based on the standard differential properties of trigonometric equations, du, the derivative of u, is set to (sec(x) * tan(x) + sec2(x)) dx.
Substitute u and du into the given equation to get du/u. Substitute into sec(x) by (sec(x) + tan(x))/(sec(x) + tan(x)) to get the equation (sec(x) * tan(x) + sec2(x))/(sec(x) * tan(x)).
Using basic integration rules, determine the integral of du/u as ln |u| + C.
In the equation ln |u| + C, replace the u with its given value of sec(x) + tan(x) to get the final solution of ln |sec(x) + tan(x)| + C.


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Imagine savoring fresh-picked strawberries on a weekend morning, plucking plump figs from your mini-orchard to quarter and serve at a farm-to-table meal with friends, or harvesting and sautAcing the edible stalks of garlic bulbs. If the size of your space is bringing you back to reality, here's the best part: you don't need a big backyard to grow your own food. In fact, you don't need a yard at all. Andrea Bellamy, founder of the acclaimed blog Heavy Petal, gives you the dirt on growing gorgeous organic food with very little square footage. Simple, straightforward, design and growing advice can help you transform just a snippet of space into a stylish and edible oasis. Bellamy goes beyond the surface and shows you how to create and maintain healthy soil, decide what and when to plant, sow seeds and harvest, and most importantly, enjoy the process. So go ahead, picture that tiny nook, corner, strip, porch, alley, balcony, or postage-stamp-sized yard overflowing with fingerling potatoes, fragrant herbs, sugar snap peas, French breakfast radishes, and scarlet runner beans. Armed with luscious photography, encouraging tips, and sophisticated designs, you're sure to be inspired to join the grow-your-own revolution.Youa#39;re living with itaand, in summer, practically in itaso you may as well design your edible garden to be beautiful as well ... It could be your grandfathera#39;s suna drenched veggie patch behind the old house, or the casual luxury of the penthouse suite deck you can see from your balcony. ... Your choice of plants ( attractive edibles combined with ornamental flowa ering plants) and structure ( formal andanbsp;...
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You probably know that behind every website, there is the code, a language telling the computer what to do. And that's about how much Melissa Pierce said she knew about computer programming when she had an idea.
"I had just finished a documentary film, and I was trying to build a website for that," she said.
It was a simple idea to build her own website, and she knew enough to get started.
"I saw one of my friends who said, 'Come to open hacking, everyone's welcome, bring your project," she said.
So she went off to an open hack night, a sort of a support group for programmers. But she never expected the response from the group of men.
"This shouldn't be happening, there should be space for women who are beginners who want to find people to teach them," Pierce said.
And that was the foundation for Chicago Women Devleopers. Now, her brainchild is a full-on computer workshop for women. Taught by women, like Francesca Slade, a software engineer with Google.
"The terminology around tech can be intimidating if you're not familiar with it," Slade said. "The hardest part is not writing the program, it's to figure out how to set up your computer."
So they teach you how to set up your computer with programming languages like Ruby, Python, or HTML. Classes are laid back, just once a week. Who attends? Women like Angeleah Daidone, hairdresser turned computer programmer, and LaToya Allen, a bartender working on her own app for craft beer.
"I've learned so much, they've been teaching me several languages, framework, been doing a project I would never have done for myself," Allen said.
So a simple question about creating her own webiste is now helping hundreds of Chicago women discover a potential career in tech.
"We have been recognized as a place that's welcoming, friendly, you can ask what you might think is a stupid question, we'll answer," Pierce said.
Daidone, who was a hairdresser for 10 years, is now transitioning to a new job as a computer programmer. By the way, the cost of the class? Four sessions in one month will cost $80. Depending on your progress, you can learn the basics of creating a website in a few months, which is a fraction of the cost of having someone do it for you.
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Rating: 4/5
Publisher: Goldminds Publishing, LLC
Publication Date: May 20, 2014
Origins: From Author for Review
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Synopsis: Juliana Birdsong is your typical eight-year-old with an obsessive-compulsive mother who's too paranoid to leave the house. Making double-lined, black-out drapes to protect their home from the outside world, her mother only looks up from her sewing machine when Perry Mason comes on TV - the type of successful man Juliana should marry if she wants to get anywhere in life. But Juliana has other things to worry about. Night after night, she's awakened by a terrifying dream where she's chased down a long, tapering highway on the back of her father's motorcycle heading for an enormous, twisting funnel cloud that waits on the horizon. Even after locking it away inside her bedside drawer, Juliana wonders if there are parts of the dream she hasn't seen yet. Years later, she finds dynamic trial lawyer, Oliver Morrissey and she marries him for love. Life is going reasonably well for the priviledged socialite - that is, until she's faced with losing everything, including her children. Stepping out of her Lexus, Juliana peels off her Chanel sunglasses and glares up at her childhood home that's now smothered in ivy. Inside, there's only her estranged father left, who she's sure caused her mother's death. Moving in, she discovers a nude portrait of her with an odd set of tiny red footprints on the ankle, and another surprise she's not expecting: Her father has Alzheimer's and he needs her. Plus, a shipment of mysterious oil paintings arrives, all with his signature. When Juliana puts a brush in his hand, it sets off a surreal time warp and the canvases eerily transform, painting a different picture of the parents she thought she knew. As tragic secrets emerge that mirror her own, Juliana's old demons come back to haunt her. Consumed with his care and desperate for her old life back, the dream is still chasing her and it's catching up fast. Just when she can't run any faster, the funnel cloud is waiting on the horizon, twisting even faster than before.
Review: Juliana Morrissey is unhappy in her marriage. She's tired of being a second class citizen in her own home. However, when her husband Oliver serves her with divorce papers at their marriage counseling session, she's floored. If Juliana won't have Oliver, he'll take everything away from her – including their twins. Juliana moves back into her childhood home, chocked out by ivy, and learns what it's like to appreciate the simpler things in life. Her father needs her help because he has Alzheimer's and Juliana discovers a side to her father – and her family – she never knew. Juliana's past is rushing to catch up with her just as her future may be slipping through her fingers.
PAINTING JULIANA is a novel of struggle, redemption, and contemplation. The characters are top-notch. I absolutely hated Oliver and I wasn't a big fan of their kids either because they were so easily swayed. Her brother's partner is delightful and I felt so badly for her father. Reclaiming her maiden name, Juliana Birdsong, I was happy to see her rediscovering herself "pre-Oliver". Through her father's art, Juliana learns some dark secrets about her family and herself. PAINTING JULIANA is a soul-searching novel in which you learn you can only learn from the past – not return.


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Sunday, 31 October 2010
Woe to you, oh earth and sea
For the Devil sends the beast with wrath
Because he knows the time is short
Let him who hath understanding
Reckon the number of the beast
For it is a human number
Its number is six hundred and sixty six
....happy halloween
minimalistic, sheer peek-a-boo fashion, Dark 90's Goth Vamp Lip
....now wouldn't you say she's right on trend for today
Oh and I so gotta start wearing my hair like that
..oh god just realised how Gwen's hair matched that of Bjorks in the previous post(must have subconsiouslly been an obssesion in my mind)
Saturday, 30 October 2010
Violent Happy
she's crazy scary and if you want to make me cry, just tell me she's standing behind me.
.....but, i love her music and especially her look in this video(click image)
(my favourite song though is defiantly Army of Me)
Friday, 29 October 2010
.....lights will guide you home
wearing: my favourite Velvet skirt from TOPSHOP THAT WONT EVER STAY DOWN
wasn't feeling particularly happy today so never made it to uni today
....went to SKETCH bar last night for HP's paparazzi event, which ill talk a bit more about in a later post.
Right now I think im just going to stay in bed and try to remember why I do the things I do...
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Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Monday, 25 October 2010
still the best day of my life
Saturday, 23 October 2010
Jeepers, Creepers, where'd ya get them peepers
Abashed the Devil stood and felt how awful goodness is
Friday, 22 October 2010
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Monday, 18 October 2010
"Borderline Personality Disorder. An instability of self-image, relationships and mood... uncertain about goals, impulsive in activities that are self-damaging, such as casual sex."
Sunday, 17 October 2010
ooh the suspension
Facebook chat Convo about a house party
Me: do I have to dress slutty tonight
Friend: Ehm...no just wear whatever crazy stuff you usually put on
Me: so you wont mind me showing up in dungarees?
Friend: Why dont you wear one of your cute homeade T shirts and a skirt
(frown lines on my face)
Me: Oh YEAH!
....I obviously showed up wearing my dungarees(vintage), Cropped top(TOPSHOP) a single fishnet knee tight(which everyone kept asking if I lost the other one....NO!) and my Office wedges...oh and my dads old coat not pictured here
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I saw that post. I don't have enough WIPs but I don't think I could ever attempt it :o but I wish you luck for the coming year.ReplyDelete
Wow that is a lot to be working on Pamela, I guess slow and steady will get you there. Hope the arm is healing well.ReplyDelete
Not only is the list long, it is filled with time consuming and slightly complicated projects. Remember there is always the option of NOT completing all the 17 projects! First of all, have FUN! and do take care of that broken arm of yours.ReplyDelete
Good luck with that lot Pamela! I am joining up with Elaine (crazyquilteronabike) and Motivational Mondays. Elaine has a journal system which breaks tasks down into doable amounts which I think might work for me. xxReplyDelete
What a lovely array of projects. Hope your arm mends soon so that you can start working on them. Thanks for joining in!ReplyDelete
Hi Pamela,wow such beautiful work,good luck with your finishes my friend.ReplyDelete
A lot of wonderful projects. I'm looking forward to your progress.ReplyDelete
Those projects are going to be beautiful!ReplyDelete
Always good to have work to look forward to.
I wish you good luck too.
Good luck :-), have fun!ReplyDelete
Wow, what a list, Pamela. These projects look wonderful. I hope that your arm will be fine very soon so that you can tackle the 17 list.ReplyDelete


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Microsoft has released language support for Internet Explorer 9 for 53 additional languages. This makes Internet Explorer 9 now available in a total of 93 languages, making it now available in more local languages than any other browser on Windows.
Here is a chart which shows the total number of languages available, with the ones now introduced being shown in blue color.
Firefox is available in 86 languages, followed by Chrome 11 at 45, Opera 11 at 44 and Safari 5 at 16.
Visit the IE9 worldwide download page to download in in the language of your choice.
The English version of IE9 works with all versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7, so you can install it on any version of Windows. You can install the localized versions of Internet Explorer 9 in a language that only matches your version of Windows. If you have a multi-lingual Windows or if you have already installed IE9 English can install Internet Explorer 9 language packs.
Microsoft also plans to start offering IE9 in the 53 new languages starting next week via Windows Updates and expects to complete the roll out by June-end.
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As much as I try to disuade people from building processes that might come back to haunt them later, this one always seems to come up. So I gave in, I figure it might be useful from an admin perspective at some point, so here it is.
Use it at you're own risk, and don't go swimming at least 1 hour after use.
CREATE PROC usp_CopyTable @TABLE_CATALOG sysname , @TABLE_SCHEMA sysname , @TABLE_NAME sysname , @TMP_TABLE_NAME sysname OUTAS SET NOCOUNT ON BEGIN DECLARE @sql varchar(8000), @GetDate varchar(25) IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Tables WHERE TABLE_CATALOG = @TABLE_CATALOG AND TABLE_SCHEMA = @TABLE_SCHEMA AND TABLE_NAME = @TABLE_NAME) BEGIN SET...
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Water shortage? How to use what you have and thrive. List as many benefits as possible to this home-made system and stand a chance to win one floating island, worth R1200. PS the floating islands are vegetated with edible plants. Food. Make your list in the comment space below this story. Entries close 31 October. … [Read more...]
Nigerian woman weaves wonders from water weeds
Along the Niger Delta, an abundance of vivid purple flowers are blooming gently on the surface of the water, adding a touch of colour to the inland waterways. But that's where the beauty ends because these striking flowers are water hyacinths - an aquatic weed wreaking havoc in local communities and ruining water supplies. Not only does this fast-growing water pest … [Read more...]
Climate hearings heat up with an eye on Paris
Many moving events are happening in the build up to the most important conference ever on the future of this planet. Last week parliament's Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs devoted one and a half days to holding Climate Hearings. Here was a bumper full hall of colourful people from our rainbow nation – from all sectors and walks of life – pleading with the … [Read more...]
Don't get lost in a sea of climate information
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TeaM Energy Operations Skills Olympics Winners
February 24, 2016
TEAM ENERGY OPERATIONS SKILLS OLYMPICS WINNERS – Winners of the recently held TeaM Energy operations skills olympics in the Sual Power Station (SPS) in Pangasinan were awarded by executives of TeaM Energy Corporation (TEC). The Skills Improvement in Control Analysis Tournament or SICAT aims to enhance the operator's skills in control analysis by responding appropriately to technical issues to prevent any break-down in plant operations. This ultimately improves plant efficiency and availability to the Luzon grid. This skills olympics is one of its kind here in the Phlippines and is patterned after The Tokyo Electric Power's (TEPCO) own skills tournament. Standing from left to right: Dr. Satoshi Tanishima, General Manager, Fuel and Power, Human Resources Development Center, TEPCO; Toshiro Kume, EVP and CFO, TEC; Koichi Tamura, EVP, Operations, TEC; Ruben Licerio, VP/Station Manager, SPS; Noriyuki Ueda, VP, Operations Optimization, TEC. Standing in front are this year's SICAT Operations Olympics winners: Orlando Mayandoc, Ferdinand Villanueva, and Danilo Farnacio. Together with them are Ric Llanda, AVP, Operations, SPS; Marlon Palomar, AVP, Maintenance Department, SPS; Rodel Daban, AVP, Technical Services Department, SPS; and Maria Teresa Lopez, AVP, Corporate Affairs, TEC. Not in photo are other members of the winning team: Marlon Esmende, Sergio Lappay, and Ferdinand Casaclang


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Fresh Apple Sparkling is a brand new line of cosmetics by Skinfood. The line consists of a toner, emulsion, serum, cream and two products for men which I don't bother to pay any attention to. All of these products target pores and are intended to contract them and minimise their appearance by controlling production of sebum. These are supposed to contain apple extracts to diminish the appearance of pores and carbonated minetal water to leave the skin feeling fresh.
I was sent by one of my favourite e-bay sellers samples of most of the products in the line (except the serum) to try out. I used them religiously as instructed: toner, followed by emulsion and then by cream and here's what I found out:
1. Fresh Apple Sparkling Pore Toner
I was somehow mislead by the name "sparkling" and I expected to feel some kind of sparkle on my face but there's no sparkle whatsoever.. The toner is very definitely alcohol-based ( I actually like these toners cause they help me combat the occassional blemishes I get) and leaves my face feeling clean and fresh. But it does have quite strong alcohol smell.
2. Fresh Apple Sparkling Pore Emulsion
The emulsion is the most liquidy emulsion by Skinfood I've tried. It applies easily, sinks in quickly but remains sticky on your face. Smells fresh and makes a good start for the day but if used without the cream described below it leaves my skin sticky and shiny and I prefer it to be much more matte (it would get shiny after a couple of hours anyway).
3. Fresh Apple Smooth Pore Cream
The cream is an invaluable discovery for me and I would recomment it to anyone with pore problem or anyone who wishes to have her skin nicely prepped before applying foundation. To me this actually is not a cream but the best pore and mattifying primer I've ever used.
The consistency is quite thick but it applies so nicely. I think it contains silicones cause it makes my skin soooo incredibly smooth. Pores become invisible and my skin gets visibly evened out and this cream eliminates all the stickiness of skin after using the emulsion. My skin is matte and smooth but has a unique rubbery feel ( like some nail bases do),therefore I find it easier to apply foundation by stippling or patting, not gliding in strokes or circles but it adheres so incredibly well and stays put all day.
This product is a must for me and I'm ordering it full size as soon as possible.
All the cosmetics in the line have a pleasant, fresh, citrusy smell, which is good cause I expected green apple which isn't one of my favourites. I believe most products in the line are worth having but they're not indispensable whereas the cream is a must-have!
This review was based on complinemtary samples.
I got the full-sized pot of cream and I must say it's slightly different than the sample, not as thick in consistency, therefore is less similar to a primer but still a very good product to use under make-up.
Thanks to the invaluable comment I received I realised the cream I bought is different from the one I sampled. There are two of them: sparkling and smooth, sparkling being an excellent moisturiser and the smooth one resembles a primer. I'm gonna order the smooth one cause it's perfect and use it under make-up and use the sparkling one before going to bed.
Disclaimer: I bought the full size product myself for my personal use and I am not affiliated with any company. I am not paid to do this review and everything I said here is my genuine opinion.


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Who controls the nation's immigration laws? Although the question seems straightforward, the historical picture is mixed, and the text of the U.S. Constitution does not point clearly to the answer. While the Constitution's text and the various Supreme Court cases interpreting this text suggest that the federal government has the exclusive power to enact and enforce the nation's immigration laws, state and local authorities still play an important role in the regulation of immigration because they shape the conditions of daily life for immigrants in their jurisdictions.
Federal Immigration Power
Article I, Section 8, clause 4 of the Constitution entrusts the federal legislative branch with the power to "establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization." This clear textual command for uniformity establishes that the federal government, specifically Congress, is responsible for crafting the laws that determine how and when noncitizens can become naturalized citizens of the United States. But control over naturalization does not necessarily require full control over immigration. And indeed, for the first century of the United States' existence, many states enacted laws regulating and controlling immigration into their own borders. Various states passed laws aimed at preventing a variety of populations from entering the borders of their states, including individuals with criminal records, people reliant on public assistance, slaves, and free blacks.
It was not until the late 19th century that Congress began to actively regulate immigration, in particular, with measures designed to restrict Chinese immigration. By this time, the Supreme Court had begun to articulate clear limits on state immigration powers. In 1849, with the Passenger Cases, the Supreme Court struck down efforts by New York and Massachusetts to impose a head tax on incoming immigrants. Four justices concluded that such taxes usurped congressional power to regulate commerce under Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the Constitution. A unanimous court applied the same rationale in 1876, striking down a New York state statute taxing immigrants on incoming vessels in Henderson v. Mayor of New York. A few years later, in 1884, with a decision in the Head Money Cases, the Court for the first time upheld a federal regulation of immigration, also on Commerce Clause grounds.
From that time on, the Court upheld federal immigration regulations against constitutional challenges, although the underlying rationale shifted. With the Chinese Exclusion Case in 1889, the Court began issuing a series of decisions in which it treated congressional power over the regulation of immigration as a virtually unreviewable, plenary power. The Court upheld congressional immigration laws and executive enforcement of those laws against a series of challenges, in spite of their patently discriminatory nature and lack of due process guarantees for noncitizens. The Court repeatedly suggested that this federal power flowed from the federal government's prerogative to control foreign affairs.
From the late 19th century through the present day, the Supreme Court has upheld almost every federal immigration regulation against constitutional challenge, citing Congress's plenary power in this area. As Justice Kennedy wrote in the 2012 decision in Arizona v. United States:
The Government of the United States has broad, undoubted power over the subject of immigration and the status of aliens. … This authority rests, in part, on the National Government's constitutional power to "establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization," U. S. Const., Art. I, §8, cl. 4, and its inherent power as sovereign to control and conduct relations with foreign nations….
State and Local Immigration Regulation
The Passenger Cases established that states cannot tax immigrants without running afoul of the Commerce Clause. But what about laws that regulate the lives of immigrants in other ways? The Supreme Court has explored limits of the power of state and local governments in a series of immigration-related cases decided over the past century. One of the earliest and clearest decisions in this regard appeared in 1941 with the case of Hines v. Davidowitz, which involved a challenge to a Pennsylvania law that would have required noncitizens to register with the state government and carry a state-issued registration card. At the time the law was passed, there was no comparable federal regulation, although the federal government soon afterward did pass a comprehensive, national law governing the registration requirements for noncitizens in the United States. Even after the passage of the federal law, the Pennsylvania law did not conflict with the federal law; it merely would have required noncitizens to comply with Pennsylvania's registration provisions as well as those of the federal government. The state of Pennsylvania argued that because their regulation could co-exist with the federal scheme, it was constitutional. The Supreme Court disagreed. Reasoning that the power to regulate noncitizens goes to the heart of the federal government's power over foreign affairs, the Court struck down Pennsylvania's alien registration scheme. The Court wrote:
[W]here the federal government, in the exercise of its superior authority in this field [of immigration], has enacted a complete scheme of regulation and has therein provided a standard for the registration of aliens, states cannot, inconsistently with the purpose of Congress, conflict or interfere with, curtail or complement, the federal law, or enforce additional or auxiliary regulation.
The lesson here was clear: the regulation of immigration was a matter for the federal government. Any efforts to regulate immigrants where Congress had regulated—even complementary efforts—were unconstitutional.
In later cases, the Court made clear that there is room for state and local involvement in the regulation of the lives of immigrants, albeit not necessarily in the regulation and enforcement of laws controlling the flow of immigration itself. In DeCanas v. Bica (1976), the question before the Court was whether a California law that imposed sanctions on employers who hired noncitizens unauthorized to work in the United States infringed on federal immigration powers. The Court rejected the challenge to the California law, concluding that, in the absence of a comprehensive federal scheme to regulate the employment of unauthorized workers, California's law was not preempted by federal immigration law. DeCanas acknowledged the power of states to regulate immigration-related matters that fall under the states' traditional police powers, provided the states' laws do not conflict with federal immigration law.
Between 1976 and 2011, the Supreme Court did not take up the question of sub-federal regulations of immigration again. This did not mean, however, that states and localities were staying out of the business of regulating immigrants. In 1994, a majority of California voters passed Proposition 187, an initiative designed to prevent noncitizens living in the state without legal authorization from accessing a variety of benefits, including state-funded health care and education programs. A federal district court in California enjoined the Proposition in the case of LULAC v. Wilson (1995), concluding that the state had no authority to regulate immigration in this way because this was a federal prerogative.
As the unauthorized immigrant population grew in the United States, and as Congress continued to stalemate on efforts to enact comprehensive federal legislation to reform the nation's immigration laws, some states and localities took more matters into their own hands. Monica Varsanyi traces the increase of legislation in her book Taking Local Control: Immigration Policy Activism in U.S. Cities and States (Stanford: 2010):
In 2005, according to the Immigration Policy Project of the National Conference of State Legislators, state legislatures considered approximately 300 immigration and immigration-related bills and passed around 50. In 2006, 500 bills were considered, 84 of which became law. In 2007, 1,562 immigration and immigrant-related pieces of legislation were introduced and 240 became law. And…in 2009, approximately 1,500 laws and resolutions were considered in all 50 state legislatures, and 353 were enacted.
The laws in question included restrictionist provisions such as measures designed to bar unauthorized noncitizens from housing and employment, as well as integrationist measures increasing immigrant eligibility for state benefits such as health insurance and English language education. The spate of state and local regulations on this wide range of immigration-related issues prompted the Supreme Court to again attempt to delineate the power of sub-federal entities to regulate immigration in two recent cases. In both of these cases, the Court acknowledged that states can play some role in regulating the lives of immigrants, even as it reaffirmed federal primacy in the regulation of immigration.
The first case, which the Court ruled on in 2011, Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, involved a challenge to an Arizona state law, the Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA), which allows the superior courts of Arizona to suspend or revoke the business licenses of employers who knowingly hire unauthorized noncitizen workers. The Chamber of Commerce of the United States and various business and civil rights organizations sued to prohibit the law on the grounds that it was expressly preempted by federal immigration regulations. They cited the provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), which created a fairly comprehensive federal statutory scheme requiring employers to maintain records of employees' work eligibility, penalizing employers who hire unauthorized workers, and protecting authorized workers from discriminatory hiring practices.
The Supreme Court disagreed. Instead, the Court noted that IRCA includes a clause that expressly allows for state regulation of the employment of unauthorized workers through "licensing and similar laws." The Court found that LAWA was a state licensing law expressly permitted by Congress in the text of IRCA. So while states cannot impose civil or criminal penalties on individuals or entities that hire immigrant workers lacking federal work authorization, they can use their licensing powers to address the same problem.
Federal, State, and Local Relationships
Amid all of this, the federal government has historically involved state and local officials in enforcement of the nation's immigration laws, especially when public opposition to immigration grows. In the 1930s, during the height of the Great Depression, a number of city and state governments became actively involved in rounding up and removing Mexicans, and Mexican Americans, to Mexico.
In recent years, the federal government has increasingly sought to develop relationships with state and local officials, sometimes against the will of officials in some jurisdictions. Some state and county governments have entered into voluntary agreements with the federal government, known as 287(g) agreements, which allow their agents to investigate the immigration status of individuals in their jurisdiction and to enforce immigration laws under the supervision of federal authorities. The federal government has also attempted to actively engage all state and local law enforcement in immigration policing indirectly, through a program called Secure Communities. As described by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE):
For decades, local jurisdictions have shared the fingerprints of individuals who are arrested or booked into custody with the FBI to see if they have a criminal record. Under Secure Communities, the FBI automatically sends the fingerprints to DHS to check against its immigration databases. If these checks reveal that an individual is unlawfully present in the United States or otherwise removable due to a criminal conviction, ICE takes enforcement action….
This program thus attempts to leverage the policing powers of states and localities to federal law enforcement ends. Some communities have attempted to resist participation in the Secure Communities program, raising questions about the federal government's power to require the participation of states and localities in these initiatives.
Immigration Enforcement at the Supreme Court Again
The Supreme Court's most recent foray into immigration enforcement came with the case of Arizona v. United States, which involved a challenge to Arizona's S.B. 1070, a 2010 law that was expressly intended "to discourage and deter the unlawful entry and presence of aliens and economic activity by persons unlawfully present in the United States." The law created or amended four sections of Arizona state law so as to effectively create criminal liability for being present in the United States without authorization. Although proponents of the law argued that it merely "mirrored" federal immigration law, the law criminalized conduct that is not criminalized under federal law, and it created more severe penalties for some conduct penalized already under federal law.
S.B. 1070 generated a media firestorm, a maelstrom of public criticism and protest, as well as an outpouring of vocal support. It also became the focal point for broader discussions of the validity of state and local immigration regulation and enforcement, as a number of states and cities enacted provisions that copied and even expanded upon the Arizona law.
The Court struck down three provisions of the law in 2012, including a provision that would have required noncitizens to face state penalties for failing to carry proof of their lawful status. The majority cited Hines v. Davidowitz, and noted that Congress had already enacted comprehensive regulations in the area of noncitizens' registration requirements. The Court also struck down a provision that would have criminalized individuals for working without legal authorization. The Court noted that Congress had enacted a comprehensive scheme for the regulation of unauthorized workers with the passage of IRCA, and that Congress had rejected the incorporation of criminal sanctions for workers. Therefore, the Court reasoned, attempts to criminalize workers conflicted with the objectives of federal law. Finally, the Court struck down a provision that would have allowed Arizona law enforcement officials to conduct arrests of noncitizens where they had probable cause to believe the noncitizen had committed an offense that would make them deportable. The Court observed that even federal immigration officers do not necessarily have the authority to arrest someone upon having such probable cause, and that this provision of S.B. 1070 gave Arizona's officials "greater authority to arrest aliens on the basis of possible removability than Congress has given to trained immigration officers." The Court concluded that the result would be "unnecessary harassment of some aliens … whom federal officials determine should not be removed."
The Court did not strike down the entire Arizona law, however. The Court upheld the provision that allows state and local law enforcement to check an individual's immigration status by contacting the federal government whenever that individual is already detained lawfully (on nonimmigration grounds) by law enforcement and the officer has reason to believe that the individual is unlawfully present in the United States. Consequently, if a state or local officer in Arizona makes a lawful stop in the course of their ordinary duties, and develops reasonable suspicion about a person's immigration status, they are now required by Arizona law to contact the federal government to ascertain immigration status whenever practicable. However, the Supreme Court was very clear that these immigration checks could not prolong a stop beyond the time for which it would otherwise be authorized absent the immigration check, and that the ultimate power to determine immigration status rested with the federal government.
Federal Primacy, Local Power
In the wake of the Court's decision in Arizona, lower courts declared a number of other state and local statutes, including laws in South Carolina and Georgia and local ordinances in Hazelton, Pennsylvania, and Farmer's Branch, Texas, unconstitutional. But these rulings have not ended state or local involvement in regulating the lives of immigrants. Since 1996, states have been authorized by federal law to deny noncitizens present without legal authorization many forms of state benefits. Consequently, many states now deny all but the most basic emergency services to undocumented residents. State and local law enforcement officials also have broad discretion in how they enforce laws. In some jurisdictions, general criminal law provisions are enforced in ways that target noncitizens, thereby operating as a form of indirect immigration policing.
Finally, various states and localities resist particular federal immigration directives. For example, in 2012, the Department of Homeland Security began a program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). DACA not only defers any formal removal proceedings against certain eligible noncitizens, but it also allows those noncitizens to receive federal work authorization and apply for driver's licenses. However, it is the states, not the federal government, that issue driver's licenses, and at least two states, Nebraska and Arizona, have resisted providing DACA recipients with driver's licenses. On the other side of the equation, several states and localities have indicated their unwillingness to participate in the federal Secure Communities program, and have declined to comply with ICE requests to prolong the detention of certain noncitizens pending transfer to federal authorities.
In short, although there is a uniform federal immigration law, and although the Supreme Court has declared unequivocally for over a century that the federal government has the exclusive power to make and enforce that law, the policies and practices of state and local governments throughout the country continue to shape the lived experience of the immigrants within their jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the letter of the law, federal immigration law is always mediated by powerful intervening forces at the state and local level.


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I-75 motorcycle crash injures 2
Two Michigan residents were injured Friday when their motorcycle overturned at an Interstate 75 rest area in Hancock County.
John Sedlack, 50, of Owosso, Michigan, the motorcycle driver, and his passenger, Julie Edick, 59, of Flint, Michigan, suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries, the Findlay post of the State Highway Patrol reported. They were taken by Hanco Ambulance to Blanchard Valley Hospital, the patrol said.
The patrol said Sedlack was entering the northbound rest area, south of Findlay, about 5:30 p.m. when he lost control of his motorcycle as he attempted to negotiate a curve from the off ramp to the rest area parking lot. The motorcycle overturned, and both Sedlack and Edick were ejected, the patrol said.
Both were wearing helmets.
Sedlack was cited for failure to control, the patrol said.
Assisting at the accident scene were Mount Cory Fire Department and R&A Towing.