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|Date de publication
|28 fķvr. 2012
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|12 ao¹t 2008
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|6 ao¹t 2002
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|David S. Abdallah, Barry W. Johnson
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|Privaris, Inc.
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This application claims priority to and is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/635,762, filed Aug. 6, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,590,861 entitled "Methods for Secure Enrollment and Backup of Personal Identity Credentials into Electronic Devices," which claims priority to U.S. Patent Application No. 60/401,399 filed on Aug. 6, 2002 entitled, "A Secure Enrollment Process for a Biometric Personal Identification Device," each of which is herein incorporated by reference in their entireties.
This application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/190,061, entitled "Methods for Secure Backup of Personal Identity Credentials for Electronic Devices" and Ser. No. 12/190,064, entitled "Methods for Secure Restoration of Personal Identity Credentials for Electronic Devices," each filed on the same date, and each of which is incorporated herein by reference their entirety.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to the field of information security, and more particularly to an enrollment process for devices capable of storing and releasing personal identity credentials based on authentication of a human fingerprint.
2. Necessity of the Invention
Devices and applications that use biometric authentication are increasing in popularity and frequency of use in applications where information security and privacy is critical. The success rates of devices that use biometrics as a form of authorization are dependent on the accuracy of the process by which information is associated with the biometric; for example, it must not be possible for John Doe to intercept Jane Doe's enrollment process and enroll Jane Doe's credentials into a device with his fingerprint. A generalized enrollment process includes capturing a biometric sample, ensuring the legitimacy of the sample and the individual providing the sample, storing the biometric sample in the appropriate location in the device, and enabling access rights to the enrolled individual. If this enrollment process is performed incorrectly or ineffectively then the process of biometric authentication and the implicit guarantee of enhanced security are easily defeated.
A variety of portable electronic devices with biometric authentication are available to consumers. These include Hewlett Packard's iPAQ Pocket PC h5450, 3M-AiT's VeriMe, Privaris' BPID™ Security Device, and Sony's FIU-900 Puppy«. Each device is capable of storing fingerprints and performing on-board matching. Several of these products are configurable to allow use of cryptographic keys after proof of biometric identification. As discussed in the following section, ownership of cryptographic keys is typically used as a form of remote identification when individuals are communicating digitally. It is imperative, then, that the fingerprint is definitively linked to an individual, so that the cryptographic keys cannot be misused.
Furthermore, because the enrollment process must necessarily be stringent, and likely time-consuming, it is desirable to have a simple method of archiving and restoring enrolled credentials and fingerprints. Clearly the method must be inherently secure, because the entire enrollment process could be overridden by a compromise of the backup process.
3. Description of the Related Art
Public Key Infrastructure
The public key infrastructure (PKI) and digital certificates are very common and, when used correctly, can be used to guarantee a 'cryptographic identity' of an individual. The most common form of the PKI uses the RSA algorithm, which is now freely available to the public.
To use the PKI, an individual—Alice—applies for a digital certificate from a trusted authority. After a substantive background investigatory process, the trusted authority decides that Alice is who she claims to be and decides to issue a digital certificate. The certificate includes a public key, one half of an asymmetric key pair, which is assigned only to Alice. She retains the other half of the key pair, the private key. Due to the fundamental principles of public key cryptography, anything encrypted by the Alice's private key can only be decrypted using her public key, and vice versa. Alice is free to distribute the digital certificate and the public key to whomever she wishes.
When another individual, Bob, wishes to send a message to Alice, he encrypts it with her public key. Alice receives the encrypted message and uses her private key to decrypt it. Because Alice is the unique owner of her public key, Bob knows that she possesses the unique and accompanying private key. Additionally, Bob sees that a trusted authority, which he knows performs substantive background checks, issued the digital certificate issued to Alice. He is assured that the only person who can read the message is truly Alice. This assures one-way security.
However, Alice cannot be sure that Bob sent her the message, because her public key is freely accessible. To combat this problem, Bob also requests and receives a digital certificate from a trusted authority. Bob writes his message and then creates a digital signature for the message. He first creates a hash of the message; this process creates a fixed-length string that is unique to the message but cannot be used to deduce the message. He then encrypts this hash using his private key and appends the encrypted hash to his message. The message and encrypted hash are now encrypted with Alice's public key, and transmitted to her.
Alice first decrypts the message with her private key. She can now read the message, as described above. However, she also has the encrypted hash, which she can use to verify that Bob sent the message. She uses Bob's public key to decrypt the digital signature and obtain the hash. Alice then hashes the received message herself, using the same hash algorithm as Bob. If she obtains the same hash value as the one transmitted by Bob, she is assured that the message has not changed, and that he did actually send the message.
Enrollment Processes
3M-AiT's VeriMe stores a biometric template and a cryptographic private key for one user. When the user wishes to use the cryptographic private key, he or she must supply the correct biometric template. According to the VeriMe fact sheet, the private key is generated at the time of "secure registration" of the fingerprint. However, the fact sheet does not describe the secure registration or what it entails; it also does not discuss a secure backup and recovery process.
Biometric Associates (BAI) produces a fingerprint sensor that can be embedded into a smartcard. The smartcard can then be used to perform local biometric authentication, like the devices described above. According to BAI's website, the cards can enroll up to eight users with the use of a BAI Enrollment Station. The Enrollment Station provides external equipment necessary to instruct the smartcard to start enrolling fingerprints and personal credentials. However, the published information does not describe a secure cryptographic process for accomplishing this. It also does not describe secure backup and recovery processes.
The invention disclosed herein describes processes for securely enrolling personal identity credentials into devices with means for personal identification. For example, a handheld computer with a biometric sensor may use enrolled fingerprints to identify a user when he requests access to stored information. The enrollment of the fingerprint must tie the user definitively to the fingerprint so that future authorizations are valid.
The invention described herein provides a process for enrollment wherein a manufacturer of a personal identification device records serial numbers or another unique identifier for each device that it produces, along with a self-generated public key for each device. An enrollment authority is recognized by the manufacturer or another suitable institution as capable of validating an individual before enrolling him into the device-maintains and operates the appropriate equipment for enrollment, and provides its approval of the enrollment. In some embodiments, a biometric personal identification device (BPID) is verified that it is a legitimate device and that it has not been previously enrolled to another individual.
The BPID is an electronic, secure personal identification apparatus for which the present invention describes enrollment techniques. The security features that it offers, including integration with the public key infrastructure and local-only storage of the biometric, guarantee that the processor has authorized the dissemination of personal information.
The methods described herein are directed to post-manufacturing processes for the device, as well as the enrollment itself. Additionally, the invention describes methods for securely archiving enrolled personal identity credentials. This is to allow users to restore previously validated credentials into a new device without requiring a completely new enrollment. Correspondingly, the invention describes the restoration process, in which the stored credentials are securely downloaded into the new device.
The following detailed description is of the best presently contemplated modes of carrying out the invention. This description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, but is made merely for the purpose of illustrating general principles of embodiments of the invention.
The invention disclosed herein provides a process for securely enrolling individuals into devices with means for personal identification via use of biometric authentication (hereafter referred to as 'personal identification devices'). Because these devices are intended for use as trusted authentication devices, it is imperative that all of the information stored within the device be placed there in such a manner that it cannot be altered without proper authorization. There are two participants in the enrollment process, the manufacturer of the personal identification device and an enrollment authority.
The enrollment process includes identifying the device post-manufacturing and enrolling personal identity credentials and an associated biometric into the personal identification device. Furthermore, the invention also discloses methods for creating secure backup and recovery processes, such that an individual may securely store the enrolled information in an electronic storage repository, such as a hard drive. If his personal identification device fails he can use the recovery process to transfer the stored, enrolled information to a new device.
The two participants in the enrollment process must be definitely and separately identified for proper enrollment. The first participant in the enrollment system is the manufacturer of the personal identification device. The manufacturer is responsible for maintaining a database of unique identifiers, such as serial numbers, for all of the devices that it produces. This enables it later to determine if it manufactured a particular device. The second party is an enrollment authority, which is responsible for investigating, authorizing and performing individuals' requests for enrollment into a personal identification device. This participant may be a Department of Motor Vehicles, a building security officer, or any other person or organization responsible for issuing personal identification devices.
Initial Enrollment
This enrollment system uses the PKI described above. Each manufacturer and enrollment authority is provided with at least one asymmetric key pair that can be used for identification and encryption. The key pairs may be self generated, but the public key for each must be placed in a digital certificate signed by a trusted authority. Additionally, the manufacturer may wish to sign digital certificates owned by the enrollment authority as means for guaranteeing its approval of the enrollment authority.
The personal identification device now generates an asymmetric key pair for itself (step 102). The public key and the device's unique identifier are sent to the manufacturer (step 103). The manufacturer, or other legitimate certificate authority, generates a digital certificate for the device (step 104). This is now sent back to the device, and can be signed by the manufacturer as a token of its legitimacy (step 105). The manufacturer keeps a record of the device's public key and its unique identifier for future reference (step 106). At this point all functionality within the personal identification device is disabled, such that it is in a state waiting for future enrollment (step 107).
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After approving the applicant, the enrollment authority receives the personal identification device's digital certificate (steps 202 and 203). The enrollment authority validates the digital certificate by prompting the device to encrypt a predetermined string with its private key (step 204). The enrollment authority now decrypts the encrypted string using the public key stored in the device' digital certificate, and verifies that the decrypted string matches the predetermined string. At this point the personal identification device will receive and verify the validity of the enrollment authority's digital certificate (steps 206 and 206). It performs the same prompt and verification process described above, and can also verify the manufacturer's signature on the certificate if one exists. After confirming the legitimacy of the enrollment authority, the personal identification device creates a session key, encrypts the session key and securely releases it to the enrollment authority (step 207). The personal identification device and the enrollment authority can now communicate freely using the session key (step 208). The biometric may be downloaded into the personal identification device along with the personal identity credentials, or may alternatively be sensed locally using the device and stored locally. The enrollment process, at this stage, is application-dependent and requires the establishment of requisite credentials, etc., which are not covered within the scope of this invention.
Restoration Processes
It may be necessary in some cases to provide a backup of at least one enrolled personal identity credential and biometric. The backup may be used in the event that the personal identification device fails, such that the individual may re-enroll a new personal identification device without undergoing the entire process described above; these devices are referred to as the 'primary personal identification device' and the 'secondary personal identification device,' respectively.
There are two distinct parts of the restoration process. The first part describes a method for archiving the enrolled personal identity credential, which allows an enrolled individual to securely store his personal identity credential and biometric to a user-accessible computer disk or other electronic storage repository. This data is only accessible with permission from a device manufacturer, an enrollment authority, or a recovery authority, as specified by the implementer of the system. In the primary embodiment, this system controller will be the manufacturer of the primary personal identification device. The second part of the restoration process describes a method for restoring the stored data to the secondary personal identification device.
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The primary personal identification device then generates a symmetric personal identity credential encryption and decryption key (step 307), which is used for encrypting at least one enrolled personal identity credential. The primary personal identification device first digitally signs the personal identity credential, using a private key (step 308), and then encrypts the personal identity credential and associated digital signature (step 309). Similarly to the scheme described above, the symmetric personal identity credential encryption and decryption key is divided (step 310) into two unique and distinct parts. The first part is encrypted with a user-selected passphrase (step 311), which may or may not be the same passphrase as used above. The second part is again signed by the device' private key (step 312) and encrypted with the manufacturer's public key (step 313).
All of the encrypted and/or signed data—the biometric, the symmetric biometric encryption and decryption key, the personal identity credential, and the symmetric personal identity credential encryption and decryption key—are now stored in an electronic storage repository (step 314). In typical embodiments the electronic storage repository could be a computer hard drive, floppy disk, or network drive. The primary personal identification device releases its digital certificate to the individual for future use of its public key (step 315).
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The individual now obtains the two encrypted and/or signed parts of the symmetric personal identity credential encryption and decryption key (step 409). Similarly to the process described above, the secondary personal identification device decrypts the first part of the symmetric personal identity credential encryption and decryption key using a user-selected passphrase (step 410). It now requests the system controller, the manufacturer of the primary personal identification device, to decrypt the second part of the symmetric personal identity credential encryption and decryption key and the accompanying digital signature using its private key (step 411). Again, the secondary personal identification device verifies the digital signature using a public key possessed by the primary personal identification device (step 412). The two parts of the key are reconstructed to form one key (step 413). The key is now used to decrypt the personal identity credential and the associated digital signature (step 414), and the signature is verified using a public key owned by the primary personal identification device (step 415). The decrypted personal identity credential can now be stored appropriately within the secondary personal identification device (step 416).
A BPID is a handheld electronic device that provides multi-factor authentication and allows its registered and/or enrolled owner to control the release and dissemination of stored information such as financial accounts, medical records, passwords, personal identification numbers, and other sensitive data and information. The device has tamper-resistant packaging with from factors ranging from credit card size to key fobs, and further includes a fingerprint scanner. Although those familiar in the art will recognize that this device's biometrics can be interchanged with another biometric technology, it can be observed that Russell's BPID patent application additionally includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) and buttons for user interaction, a wireless interface for communicating with other electronic devices, and a self-generated public key/private key pair for digitally signing data. The device has been developed so that the fingerprint cannot be physically or electronically removed or transmitted from the device, and information cannot be physically or electronically removed or transmitted from the device unless released by the owner of the authorizing fingerprint. All data and processing is performed securely.
The BPID can store and run multiple applications, allowing an individual to store a variety of personal information, although it is important to note that the applications are fully independent and cannot affect other applications' data. Many of these applications require the owner to transmit information to a terminal; for example, the BPID may wirelessly transmit financial account information to a cash register during an in-store purchase. In order to make the transaction secure, the BPID uses its private key to create a digital signature on all information that the individual chooses to release. Recipients of information from the BPID use the encrypted digital signature and a database of public keys to confirm that the information came from a specific device and that the information has not been altered. If it is desired by, e.g., a driver license verification application and/or other independent applications, the BPID can encrypt all transmitted data and information so that only the intended recipient can decode the information. The BPID places the control of personal and private information in the hands of the individual that owns the information and the organization that issues the device and/or creates device applications.
While the description above refers to particular embodiments of the present invention, it will be understood that many modifications may be made without departing from the spirit thereof. The accompanying claims are intended to cover such modifications as would fall within the true scope and spirit of the present invention.
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, September 23, 2013, 2:32 PM
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A 'human water line' floods Palo Alto streets
Original post made on Sep 23, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, September 23, 2013, 2:32 PM
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a resident of Menlo Park
on Sep 23, 2013 at 3:17 pm
The san francisco tide gauge has been in operation for over 100 years and shows 2mm/year sea level rise. or 1/2 foot in 80 years.
Web Link
There is no sign of acceleration, in fact there is a deceleration since 1999.
Anything above this level must be based on models. Clearly the models predictions must match observations to be valid. They are not.
The author states that:
"Scientists predict a 3-foot sea-level rise would occur by 2100."
This is simply untrue and false information. The IPCC 4th assesment report provides a range of sea level rise estimates from 7-23 inches. Perhaps the author should do a little research.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Sep 23, 2013 at 3:34 pm
The only thing rising is awareness that anthropogenic global warming is the biggest hoax perpetrated in the history of mankind.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Sep 23, 2013 at 3:39 pm
Rising among the deniers. The rest of the world gets it.
Look at the arctic ice cap.
a resident of Menlo Park
on Sep 23, 2013 at 3:55 pm
Why not look at the other ice cap Sandy? After all it holds 90% of the worlds fresh water and if it were to melt it would affect sea level. If all of the arctic sea ice melted, it would not affect sea levels.
All of this points to uncertainty.
I challenge any alarmist to read this:
Web Link
Antarctic sea ice hit 35-year record high Saturday.
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a resident of Los Altos Hills
on Sep 23, 2013 at 4:08 pm
"On 13 September, the expanse of frozen water in the Arctic fell to 5.10 million square kilometres (1.97 million square miles), the sixth-lowest such measurement on record, the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) said in a statement. The annual minimum was not as extreme as the collapse of sea ice last year, which smashed through all records. But it was still well below the average of the last three decades.
"The overall trend is still decidedly downwards," the NSIDC director, Mark Serreze, said in a statement. "The pattern we've seen so far is an overall downward trend in summer ice extent, punctuated by ups and downs due to natural variability in weather patterns and ocean conditions."
He went on: "We could be looking at summers with essentially no sea ice on the Arctic Ocean only a few decades from now."
Get real.
"The annual minimum was not as extreme as the collapse of sea ice last year, which smashed through all records. But it was still well below the average of the last three decades."
a resident of Los Altos Hills
on Sep 23, 2013 at 4:17 pm
The deniers didn't believe the ozone hole either. From the denier's own link:
"However, a conclusion of the Barnes study is that the recovery of the stratospheric ozone layer – now underway – may slow/delay Antarctic warming and ice melt."
That's why the denier uses hairgel rather than the hairspray he used before.
a resident of Menlo Park
on Sep 23, 2013 at 4:31 pm
Hey sandy, I never mentioned that the arctic ice has not declined. I am well aware that it has. I mentioned that the antarctic has increased. Why are you telling me to "get real" when I never disputed the arctic decrease? I also stated that the arctic sea ice melt will not change sea level, which is what the article is about.
a resident of Barron Park
on Sep 23, 2013 at 4:45 pm
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a resident of Midtown
on Sep 23, 2013 at 8:37 pm
Nayeli is a registered user.
@ 'Cane Sandy:
I remember when Al Gore and other professional climatologists claimed that the Arctic would be "ice-free" as early as 2013. They warned of drowning polar bears. Remember?
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However, there has been more ice in the Arctic this year than any of the last forty years.
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While there are plenty of measurements on a micro scale in recent years, warming and cooling are all a part of weather. Earth has ice ages, "little" ice ages and subsequent warming periods. There have been "warmer" periods followed by subsequent cooling periods.
All of those things are beside the point in regard to the Keystone pipeline. Opposition to this pipeline is based upon little more than hysteria. The benefits far outweigh the claimed "costs." Besides, the oil will still be drilled and exported -- no matter WHICH NATION has access to it. If we don't get the oil, China and other international competitors will.
If anything, we should keep oil from the Western Hemisphere in the Western Hemisphere.
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 23, 2013 at 9:52 pm
rick is a registered user.
Wow, the bay's new shoreline? How many people have actually looked into Matadero Creek at Greer Road at high tide to see for themselves how much higher the water can get before reaching street level? Looks like more than 3 feet to me.
That's not to say we won't have occasional floods. I remember those neighborhoods being underwater in 1958.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Mitt Romney told a group of donors on Monday that he would have "preferred to see the Supreme Court give more latitude to the states, not less," in response to the Court's ruling to strike down three contested provisions of a controversial Arizona immigration law.
Romney also accused President Obama of failing to make headway on immigration reform, saying the nation's immigration enforcement situation was "a muddle."
"It didn't have to be this way," Romney said during a fundraiser at a Scottsdale, Ariz., resort. "The president promised in his campaign that in his first year he would take on immigration and solve our immigration challenges, put in place a long term program to care for those that want to come here legally, to dealwith illegal immigration, to deal with securing our borders. All these things he was going to in his first year. He had a Democrat House and a Democrat Senate, but he didn't do it. Isn't it time for the American people to ask him: Why?"
It took several hours for Romney to fully address the merits of what the Court had done. Earlier in the day, his campaign released a statement blaming the president for failing to pass immigration reform but weighing in on neither the content of the decision nor the law itself.
"Today's decision underscores the need for a president who will lead on this critical issue and work in a bipartisan fashion to pursue a national immigration strategy," Romney said in the statement. "President Obama has failed to provide any leadership on immigration. This represents yet another broken promise by this president. I believe that each state has the duty--and the right--to secure our borders and preserve the rule of law, particularly when the federal government has failed to meet its responsibilities. As candidate Obama, he promised to present an immigration plan during his first year in office. But four years later, we are still waiting."
The Supreme Court preserved the most controversial provision of the Arizona law, which instructs police offers to check the immigration status of anyone they stop or detain. The overall ruling was seen as a victory for the Obama administration, which argued that immigration was a federal, rather than state, responsibility.
Romney has avoided sharing his opinions on the specific provisions of the law, SB 1070. But he has been endorsed by and receives campaign advice from Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who helped author the Arizona immigration law. And he has said that on Day One of his presidency, he would drop the federal government's lawsuits against states such as Arizona that are seeking to implement their own immigration-enforcement laws.
Romney also has voiced his support for an older Arizona immigration law, the Legal Arizona Workers Act, which requires employers to use a federal database to confirm that new employees are eligible to work in the United States. He called that law "a model" during a Feb. 22 primary campaign debate in Arizona.


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The Best of the Obama Profile in the New Yorker
The New Yorker this week contains a substantial profile of President Obama written by the magazine's editor, David Remnick. Here are the highlights of what Mr. Obama says about himself, his presidency and topics ranging from terrorism to football:
ON SECOND PRESIDENTIAL TERMS: "The conventional wisdom is that a president's second term is a matter of minimizing the damage and playing defense rather than playing offense.
"But, as I've reminded my team, the day after I was inaugurated for a second term, we're in charge of the largest organization on earth, and our capacity to do something good, both domestically and around the world, is unsurpassed, even if nobody is paying attention."
OBAMA SPEAKING TO BIOGRAPHER DORIS KEARN GOODWIN: "I have no desire to be one of those presidents who are just on the list – you see their pictures lined up on the wall. I really want to be a president who makes a difference."
DOES BEING BLACK HELP OR HURT? "There's no doubt that there's some folks who just really dislike me because they don't like the idea of a black president. Now, the flip side of it is there are some black folks and maybe some white folks who really like me and give me the benefit of the doubt precisely because I'm a black president."
ON SEEING THE MOVIE "LINCOLN": It "resonated with me, because I have yet to see something that we've done, or any president has done, that was really important and good, that did not involve some mess and some strong-arming and some shading of how it was initially talked about to a particular member of the legislature who you needed a vote from."
ON JAILING KIDS FOR DRUG CRIMES: "Middle-class kids don't get locked up for smoking pot, and poor kids do. And African-American kids and Latino kids are more likely to be poor and less likely to have the resources and the support to avoid unduly harsh penalties…We should not be locking up kids or individual users for long stretches of jail time when some of the folks who are writing those laws have probably done the same thing."
HOW HE WILL GRADE HIMSELF: "I will measure myself at the end of my presidency in large part by whether I began the process of rebuilding the middle class and the ladders into the middle class, and reversing the trend toward economic bifurcation in this society."
OBAMA ON LIFE AND THE PRESIDENCY: "One of the things that I've learned to appreciate more as president is you are essentially a relay swimmer in a river full of rapids, and that river is history…You don't start with a clean slate, and the things you start may not come to full fruition on your timetable. But you can move things forward. And sometimes the things that start small may turn out to be fairly significant.
HOW THE FIRST SPORTS FAN REGARDS FOOTBALL AND CONCUSSIONS: "I would not let my son play pro football… [But] 'at this point, there's a little bit of caveat emptor…These guys, they know what they're doing. They know what they're buying into. It is no longer a secret. It's sort of the feeling I have about smokers, you know?"
OBAMA ON THE STATES VS. WASHINGTON: "I think it's important for conservatives to recognize… [that] if I am concerned about leaving it up to states to expand Medicaid that it may not simply be because I am this power-hungry guy in Washington who wants to crush states' rights but, rather, because we are one country and I think it is going to be important for the entire country to make sure that poor folks in Mississippi and not just Massachusetts are healthy."
DEALING WITH TERRORISTS: Capturing and prosecuting them is "always my preference. If we can't, I cannot stand by and do nothing…Where possible, we can take targeted strikes, understanding that anytime you take a military strike there are risks involved."
ON LINCOLN, AND HOW PROGRESS CAN TAKE YEARS: "Despite being the greatest president, in my mind, in our history, it took another hundred and fifty years before African-Americans had anything approaching formal equality, much less real equality. I think that doesn't diminish Lincoln's achievements, but it acknowledges that at the end of the day we're part of a long-running story. We just try to get our paragraph right."


text: Hi Avocet, We were also surprised REV'IT! decided to eliminate the collar catch back on many of their jackets this year. I reached out to our Sales Rep to ask if there was a particular reason, and he reminded me of a new feature on the Sand 2 jacket. On the outer shell, behind the main zipper is a gusset that is designed to block wind. The gusset has been equipped with a set of snaps along the back edge that will allow someone to snap the gusset back in order to get airflow through the zipper. This, in REV'IT!'s thought process, eliminates the need for a collar catch back. This feature is only found on the Sand 2. As far as the other jackets, i.e. Outback, Excalibur, Levante, I can only assume it is a cost savings decision. Cheers, Ali TeamZilla


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Passion. That's the word that best describes Pat Bravo. She is driven by her passion. Her heart overflows with generosity. With the help of her husband, she has drawn on these very things to build a successful fabric and textile manufacturing company, Art Gallery Fabrics, from the ground up.
Early Years
Pat Bravo was born in Argentina. She began sewing at nine years old and attended sewing school when she turned thirteen. Following sewing school, she enrolled in law school but dropped out after three years and took painting classes. It was during this time that she met who, after 30 years, she still calls "the love of her life", Walter Bravo.
Discovering Her Passion
Pat and Walter moved to the U.S. in 1989, where Walter worked in the clothing industry. Pat describes this time as very difficult for her, as she struggled to adjust to a new culture. When her husband gave her a sewing machine, that all changed.
She fell in love with quilting. She started out learning the traditional techniques, but soon ventured into art quilts. Her creations progressed from landscape to the more abstract. As she searched for the right fabrics for her designs, she discovered that the available color palette in the batik fabrics she used were very limited and insufficient for her needs.
Filling A Need
Her landscape quilts required lots of shades to use for rocks, trees, etc. She found a book and taught herself to paint fabric. Her results were stunning and when she shared the fabric at her local quilt guild, she sold every single piece. She began selling at quilt shows in her home city of Miami and other cities with great success.
In order to reach more customers, she made the decision to open an online store. It became impossible for her to meet the growing demand. According to Pat, "some days I was painting up to 80 pieces a day." Wow! Can you imagine?
She decided to try selling fabric at the Quilt Festival in Houston. Her husband accompanied her on this trip. When he saw how large the demand for her fabric was within the quilting business, he encouraged her to make the leap into manufacturing commercially.
Going Wholesale
Walter had just sold his apparel company in New York and was looking to start a new company in Miami. Art Gallery Fabrics was born in 2004. Pat was still selling online, but soon stopped when the wholesale business took over.
Her first collection was called Oriental and was only one print in three colors. Pat was apprehensive attending her first quilt market as a wholesaler. With only her small collection, she feared ridicule from others in the industry. She created two more collections made from hand painted panels that were very successful.
Her next collection was made entirely on a computer and was called Belle Epoque. From then on, she has never hand painted again. Everything is done on a computer and hand drawn using Adobe Illustrator.
Growing The Design Team
Bari J was the first outside designer brought on to Art Gallery Fabrics by Pat Bravo. This is what she had to say about Pat –
"I met Pat back in 2009 when my first line of fabric came out. I was with another company at the time but we both knew that if the stars aligned and we could, we'd want to work together. I was so thrilled when that happened. Pat is a huge creative talent in her own right, but she is also a gifted creative director. She and I seem to speak the same language when it comes to design, and she's been able to pull my very best from me… even when I thought it wasn't there. Pat is full of passion and heart both personally and professionally. It's an absolute pleasure and honor to work with her."
Success In Business
In a live chat, Pat told Pattern Review that she believes three things for success in business; good product, honesty and a lot of sacrifice working long hours. True Up says this about Pat, "she broke into the business in true DIY style."
Lately Pat has begun aggressively marketing herself as just another designer for AGF. Soulful Eyes is her personal design blog where she shares her inspiration and love of design.
Passion For Design
Anais Crowley, Social Media Director for AG, says –
"Pat is a very passionate person. She really pours her soul into every line, every flower and every color choice. Coming from a background that has always been heavily influenced by an eclectic mix of color she has taken that into her collections. Pat is a person that strives to gain knowledge of various cultures and she transforms that knowledge into her collections. Her style is ever changing but with a familiarity and devotion to her true style."
Inspiring Others
What impresses me most about Pat is her desire to help those around her. Her passion is contagious. Despite everything that she may have going on, she is always accessible to her colleagues and customers. She is generous with her time and talents. I asked Shannon Donoghue of Create Kids Couture pattern company what it was like to work with Pat –
"Pat is one of the nicest and most helpful people in the industry! She mentored us through Quilt Market and if it wasn't for her we would have been SO unprepared. She is so passionate about her work and when you speak to her it's contagious. You can't help but get excited about her fabrics when she talks about them. We've had the privilege of using her fabrics on our Fall 2012 line of paper patterns and they just made the patterns!"
What an inspiring example of what passion and hard work can accomplish. She is not only passionate about creating her own beauty, but in becoming the inspiration for others to do the same. It is clear that Pat Bravo truly gives her whole heart and soul to design.
Who inspires you?


text: So this was a pilot for a Munsters remake and it didn't get picked up? I don't see why. I thought it was pretty good. It was a decent update of the old show, and light years better than "The Munsters Today." It was actually kinda cool to see Grandpa and Lily acting like Dracula and Lilith instead of just hinting at their true identities. My biggest complaint is that Jerry O'Connell wasn't as dumb and goofy as the original Herman, but I can deal with that. O'Connell's never going to properly match Fred Gwynne's performance and shouldn't try. Am I the only one who bothered to watch?


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Isolated snow showers occurred over parts of the state Christmas morning, giving areas their first white Christmas in decades, but conditions are expected to worsen as the day progresses.
While snow totals aren't expected to be excessive, with 6 to 8 inches expected, wind gusts of up to 40 mph could make driving dangerous. Sleet or freezing rain could fall at the start of the storm, making roads slippery.
Forecasters say that if you get stranded in a car, you should remain with the vehicle - but that it is best not to travel Christmas Day this year.


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Cowboys, Panthers step into NRL spotlight
North Queensland and Penrith on Monday night became the first NRL teams to come forward as the witch hunt to find the clubs involved in the Australian Crime Commission's probe into the use of illicit drugs began in earnest.
The NRL put the heat back on its sides after the ACC granted the league permission to notify the clubs referred to in the ACC's Project Aperio report - with the Cowboys outing themselves late on Monday night, while Penrith reportedly confirmed they were one of the clubs in the spotlight.
"We have been mentioned in the report but we have no information on the context," Cowboys chief executive Peter Jourdain said in a statement.
"Like all NRL clubs mentioned in this report, we will co-operate fully with the NRL and ASADA.
"Until we receive a briefing on Tuesday afternoon, we will not be making any further public comment.
"We strongly support this investigation."
Clubs were told they were in the report but were not given specific information as to the nature of the investigations, with the ACC report making links between the widespread use of banned substances, organised crime and match-fixing.
AAP contacted all 16 clubs for comment on Monday night, with Canterbury, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Brisbane, Parramatta, Wests Tigers and South Sydney all claiming they had not been contacted by the NRL.
The NRL said it was not legally permitted to name the clubs, or specify just how many clubs were involved.
"The information that has been passed on to the clubs is simply that they have been referred to within the report," NRL chief executive Dave Smith said.
"The NRL is working with the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) who will establish a more detailed briefing with the clubs regarding its investigation.
"The NRL does not have authority to name the clubs or confirm the number referred to in the report.
"Regardless of the outcome of any investigation, we are already committed to establishing the strongest integrity and compliance unit of any code and we are determined to see rugby league stronger for having addressed these issues."
Earlier Monday, Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy backed calls for clubs and fans to be given some clarity.
"I think a lot of people have said in our game and in other codes that we'd like them to name names, team or individuals," Bellamy said during a press conference to announce his re-signing with the Storm.
The Nine Network on Monday claimed Curtis Johnston, a lower grader with NRL club South Sydney, had been stood down as part of an investigation into allegations he used performance-enhancing drugs.
Johnston, who plays for the South Sydney's NSW Cup feeder club North Sydney and has yet to play in the NRL, is reportedly at the centre of an investigation following a series of damning text messages.
It is not yet clear if the drama surrounding Johnston is linked to the ACC's report.
The Nine Network claimed it had secured possession of a series of text messages from Johnston boasting about his use of banned substances.
It is believed Johnston claimed the text messages were a joke.
While refusing to name the player or club involved, NSWRL boss Geoff Carr said a player had been stood down following an allegation of illicit drug use.
"There's been an allegation and the club has been cautious and stood the player down," Carr said.
"There has been no positive test."
The establishment of a helpline to provide information in relation to anti-doping doesn't seem to have gone down too well with players, with Tigers superstar saying he would not be inclined to dob in a peer.
"First of all that's not in my nature and secondly I don't know anyone that does it (take banned substances," Marshall said.
"If I did, I definitely wouldn't be involved in any sort of way to put them (in trouble) at all."
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text: On Sunday, Dec. 16, at 6 p.m. Lighthouse Baptist Church will present "Bethlehem Star" a musical and drama. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and childcare will be provided. In "Bethlehem Star" a snowstorm forces a young traveling family to seek shelter at a roadside motel, where they experience the Christ of Christmas. It is also the story of Hal and Nettie, the owners of the "Star Motel" and the wonderful Christmas they spend with the young traveling family. Lighthouse Baptist Church is located at 11502 Hwy. 145. To learn more about "Bethlehem Star," visit www.lbccortez.org/drama or call 565-9302.


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I'm building a Class, and one of the Lets is a string that should only contain one of three options: "Blue","Red","Green"
Entering anything else will cause later functions to not work right. When entering a piece of data for a class that is a Boolean there will be an autofill option that will only show True and False. Is there a way to setup an autofill for when declaring that particular let so that those three options pop up?
Why not just validate the value that is passed in to the "Let" and throw an error if it's not valid?
Failing that, use an enumeration (with values Red/Green/Blue) instead of a string.
An Enumeration is exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks.


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Comment of the Day: People Can Change
Today science told us that the way you were in first grade is the way you're gonna be forever. This got commenters talking about their own experiences with personality and youth. But one commenter deftly debunked the whole study.
From Richard Petty Bourgeoisie:
Sorry, Science. When I was 7, I was an overweight Star Wars fan with a small dong and no sex life. Now I don't even like sci-fi!
Well, there it is then.


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10-bed Hospice Made Possible through the Jerome L. Greene Foundation
BRONX, NY, June 5, 2014 – Calvary Hospital today announced that beginning in July, the Dawn Greene Hospice will be located at Mary Manning Walsh Home (MMW) in Manhattan. The 10-bed hospice is being made possible by a $4 million gift from the Jerome L. Greene Foundation to ArchCare, for the benefit of Calvary Hospital. This hospice is a partnership between Calvary and MMW. Both are part of ArchCare, the Continuing Care Community of the Archdiocese of New York.
"Mrs. Greene recognized the value and uniqueness of our mission: caring for advanced cancer patients and their families. We are very fortunate that she became an advocate of our efforts to establish a stronger presence in Manhattan," said Frank A. Calamari, President and CEO, Calvary Hospital. "We are deeply grateful for this latest gift from the Greene family. It will allow many more people to access and benefit from Calvary programs, in a supportive multi-faith environment."
"My mother was deeply impressed by the incredible array of services Calvary provides each year to thousands of patients and families. The Foundation and Calvary have worked for over ten years to make a Manhattan hospice a reality. This $4 million gift will fulfill my mother's dream of making Calvary care more accessible to those who need it most," said Christina McInerney, President and CEO of the Jerome L. Greene Foundation. When Mrs. Greene passed away in 2010, she left Calvary an unrestricted bequest of $5 million for its general operating expenses, the largest gift the Hospital has ever received.
ArchCare at Mary Manning Walsh Home has long been the residence of choice for families on Manhattan's East Side seeking top-quality residential care and short-term rehabilitation for those they love. Mary Manning Walsh Home cares for people of all faiths and spiritual preferences in an atmosphere of grace and elegance.
"We are delighted to partner with Calvary Hospital. They truly understand what it means to be mission-driven," said Sr. Sean William O'Brien, O.Carm, Executive Director, MMW. "The Carmelite tradition of providing innovative and patient-focused care to the most vulnerable among us – the elderly -- is aligned perfectly with Calvary's core values of compassion, care, dignity, and non-abandonment."
"ArchCare's mission is to foster and provide faith based holistic care to frail and elderly people unable to fully care for themselves, and their families," reported Scott LaRue, President and CEO, ArchCare. "We are proud that this partnership will bring Calvary back to its roots in Manhattan, where they were founded more than 115 years ago."
Jerome L. Greene, a New York real estate attorney and philanthropist, founded the Jerome L. Greene Foundation, a family foundation dedicated to furthering the causes of education, the arts, health and social justice, in 1978. His widow, Dawn Greene, headed the Foundation until her death in 2010. Christina McInerney, Dawn Greene's daughter, is now President and CEO. She joined the Foundation's Board in 1999 and became its executive director in 2002.
To learn more about ArchCare and the Mary Manning Walsh Home, visit: https://www.archcare.org.
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TNA Impact Wrestling Results
Hulk Hogan comes out and says last week could have gotten a lot worse for Bully Ray, but his daughter was the one who stopped him. He says Bully has caused enough trouble, but they need to look to tonight because it's time for the Bound For Glory selections. Hulk talks about the guys already in it, then he says the last two winners of the series also get back in, and he brings Jeff Hardy to the ring. Hardy says he's sick of the Aces and Eights, and he's going to win the Series again, then Bobby Roode cuts them off and says he doesn't need an introduction. Roode says everyone knows about his historic title reign, and they can't talk about Bound For Glory without mentioning him. Roode says he hasn't lost the tournament, so this year he's going to two for two, then Hulk says they are going to get their first matches next week via fan vote for their opponents.
Roode gets pissed and says he would let the fans vote, but Roode says he will make it very simple, and he's going to call Hardy out and kick his ass. Hardy dares him to kick his ass now, but Bully Ray leads the Aces to the ring before he can do anything. Bully says it doesn't matter who wins the tournament because the winner has to face him, and everyone knows that they will just lose to him. He says he has a bigger problem, and it's Hulk like usual, and he wants to know why the Aces aren't represented at all in the tournament. Hulk says he thought about it, and they will get one spot in the Series, but they will have a battle royal and they have to fight for that spot. Bully says that's typical of Hulk, but it doesn't matter who's in the tournament because they all will just be a target of the Aces. Bully threatens to rush the ring and beat them up, but they stall and back off as Roode attacks Hardy and runs from the ring.
Bad Influence is backstage near a piano, and Kaz says James Storm is a tag team champion again, but he always does it with a new partner. They make fun of Gunner and say his beard scares the elderly, then they talk about how tonight is an advantage in their favor. Daniels says Hulk is actually helping them out tonight, and their win tonight will just put them in the Bound For Glory Series. He says it doesn't matter which one of them wins the tournament, but one of them will, and that is what matters.
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This is an open letter to our Forest Service employees. I want to thank you for all your hard work in managing our public lands for all Americans, not just the people of Montezuma County.
Thank you for using science in your decision making process; not emotions, personal opinions or being swayed by intimation from loud and unruly crowds. Reading the story on how you were treated by the fanatics in your meeting, trying to explain the decisions that were made on Boggy Draw, made my blood boil. How dare anyone ask you if you believe in God? It's nobody's business! What happened to freedom of religion or from religion? Didn't we fight wars over that? The downward spiral to fascism and communism, get real!
I know you did not spend the years going to school learning forest management to get rich, but because of your love for the land you protect. No-one should have to put up with the verbal abuse you did from these so-called Americans. I know how hard your job is getting grief from both sides; those who want roads everywhere and those who want limited road access. To find middle ground is not easy. The verbal abuse you endured is just what I wrote about in my last letter about conservatives and the venomous poison that comes out of their mouths. They call themselves good Christians and Americans, you could have fooled me!
I appreciate Sheriff Spruell trying to keep down an uncivil crowd, but he did not have to add his two cents. His job is to protect and serve. He should keep his personal opinion for when he doesn't have his badge on, as he represents all the people of Montezuma County, not just the right wing.
Once again thank you for all your hard work. Many of us appreciate it.
Larry Berger
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How can you change an INT var into a CHAR var?
How can you change an INT var into a CHAR var?
There is a certain range of integers that can be represented as ANSI characters. Do you want a variable that you can manipulate or do you just want to display the character value?
If you want the variable, than after you have validated the integer, you can print it into a string (sprintf), than assign the character in the string to a char type.
If you just want to display the character value of the integer than there are functions such as printf that can accomplish this by using the right control string specifier.
I don't know if cout will act like a printf control string if you typecast the integer, it might.
Consult an ANSI table.
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What kinds of control string specifiers are there?
I just did this in one of my programs try this
sprintf(oi,"%d",OI);//use sprintf to convert numbers to strings
Sorry I forgot to tell you oi is a string and OI is an int
To display an int as a corresponding ASCII character, you can use cout.put(x), where x is an int with a corresponding ASCII value. This doesn't actually change anything, but is fine for couts only.


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Winter showed up for real overnight. Since we really didn't have any snow in last year's freak winter here it will be nice for the kids and a white Christmas. Always have liked running in the snow...at least for the first couple of times it happens and then it is all right with me if it all melts.
Looks so beautiful!
Feel sick and dirty, more dead than alive.
Jess runs for bacon
Not jealous, I hate snow
You keep it, Fuzzy.
GORGEOUS! We have our first flakes here today, too, but it's just a dusting. The kids are giddy with excitement, though...
Winter showed up for real overnight. Since we really didn't have any snow in last year's freak winter here it will be nice for the kids and a white Christmas. Always have liked running in the snow...at least for the first couple of times it happens and then it is all right with me if it all melts.
I had an 18 miler scheduled.
I went outside, ran a mile, covered my feet in snow, realized that turning into the wind was out of the question if I had any desire to see where I was going, and avoided two cars fishtailing down my street. Then I turned around and went home.
There were probably 6-8 unplowed inches on all the streets I saw when I went out, and it was like running through sand. It hasn't let up any since. I'm going to have to figure out when to do this run - probably on the treadmill, or in the single digit temperatures tomorrow. Before tomorrow, I don't even feel safe driving out there.
My wildly inconsistent PRs:
5k: 24:36 (10/20/12)
10k: 52:01 (4/28/12)
Marathon: 4:19:11 (10/2/2011)
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Looks gorgeous. I've never run in snow.
"The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire."
It's always fucking hot in Miami! (except for 3 days of the year)
SO JEALOUS! We had some flakes today but mostly just rain...boo...
Pretty to look at but you keep it.
So lovely... Ours comes and goes, it doesn't stay. Today it's raining and I see the grass. :-(
PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013
Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013
18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010
Beautiful! I was just about to post a new topic to see who likes to run in the snow, but I think yours will elicit enough comments from both sides of the fence.
I just got back from 14 miles in my first snow run (probably 2-3 inches by now). Pretty heavy snow for the first half of the run and it was awesome to be the only set of tracks through several local park paths. By the end the plows were out in force but that meant tons of slush and totally soaked feet by the time I got home.
Still, I had a big smile on my face for the whole run - love the snow. It was an awesome workout and I'm sure I'll appreciate tomorrow's SRD.
Train smart ... race smarter.
Chief Unicorn Officer
Very pretty!
I don't mind snow a few times in the winter, but not too often. It is really nice to go run in it when no one else is around. I am lucky because they plow pretty well in my city, but it's not a huge city, so I can usually get away with running in the plowed parts or in tire tracks in the middle of the street and not have to constantly move.
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A 15-year-old boy accused of stabbing a much-loved teacher to death in her classroom is due to appear before a judge today (Friday).
The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will appear by video link at Leeds Crown Court a day after he appeared at the city's youth court accused of murdering Ann Maguire, 61, as she taught a lesson at Corpus Christi Catholic College on Monday morning.
Yesterday, Mrs Maguire's husband, Donald, stared intently at the youth when the boy appeared for a two-minute hearing.
The teenager is due to appear before Judge Geoffrey Marson QC at 9.30am.


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ASUS Radeon HD 3850 X2 1GB Review - Mainstream Dual-GPU Option
ASUS Brings X2 to the HD 3850
When AMD introduced the Radeon HD 3870 X2 1GB card in January of this year it was an attempt to become competitive once again with NVIDIA's high-end graphics cards like the 8800 GTX and 8800 Ultra. It was moderately successful, but of course the 3870 X2 required the power of two of AMD's 3870 GPUs and 1GB of total frame buffer (512MB to each GPU) to do it. Since then AMD hasn't released any new cards but NVIDIA has been actively getting back any ground they had lost in the various markets with the release of the 9600 GT, 9800 GX2 and the 9800 GTX. AMD's partners on the other hand appear to be TRYING to pick up the slack that AMD left dangling: first from Diamond with the less-than-successful Radeon 3870 1GB and now from ASUS.
ASUS' goals for this card are pretty simple: create an AMD-based graphics card that fits into the gap that exists between the Radeon HD 3870 512MB and the Radeon HD 3870 X2 1GB in terms of both price and performance. Some creative engineering and product positioning aim to do just that.
The ASUS EAH3850X2 1GB Graphics Card
Taking a look at the new ASUS EAH3850 X2 card you could be confused into thinking you were looking at another ASUS product that is nearly identical in appearance; the design is obviously identical though this time ASUS has ironed out the issues we saw before and you can actually buy this product too - what a novel idea!
lane PCIe 1.0 device for chip to chip communications; we obviously know
that the 3850 X2 (as well as the 3870 X2) card is a PCIe 1.0 card but
in reality that isn't making much of a difference in terms of
real-world GPU performance today.
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I'm starting to get a little ........ed. When I built my new computer this past christmas, I put a fairly cheap 550W XPower PSU in it. Not surprisingly, it burnt up in about 2 months. So I replaced it with a Thermaltake 480W PSU that appeared to be working great...
So I go on vacation this past weekend, turning my PC off for about 4 days straight. I came home last nite, plugged everything back in, and powered up. It booted into Windows and was up for about 10 seconds when it just shut off for no reason whatsoever. Many attempts after this to power it back up resulted in nothing. The mobo lights were on, it had enough power to show the watt usage on the panel that came with the PSU, and it even spun the fans just slightly whenever I pushed the power button... but alas, it would not come back to life.
So now I'm on my 3rd PSU in less than 6 months. Does anyone have any good suggestions? In the meantime, I'm using an industrial 510W PSU from work (the one that gets all the high marks in all the PC gamer mags). I think I may end up just keeping this one and buying work a replacement. My only beef is that it is loud (I used one before when the first PSU died).
Here's my specs if anyone is curious and can tell me why I might be burning up PSUs:
3.4 GHz P4
2 SATA 120 GB HDs
1 12x CD burner
1 6x DVD player
128mb Geforce 6600 PCIe vid card
SATA Raid card
2 x 120mm fans
Everything else is onboard (sound, network).


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Duck Dumpling
To a medium saucepan add garlic & sesame oil. Cook over medium heat for
1-2 minutes. Add bok choy, carrot, bean sprouts, coriander and celery and continue cooking for 2-3 minutes. Add duck breast and cook for further
7-8 minutes or until duck is cooked. Season with pepper, vinegar, brown sugar and soy sauce. Set aside to cool. Wrap the filling in rice paper and steam for
5 minutes. Serve immediately
Nutrients Per Serving
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|5.5 g
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It may be a long and hard season for Milan after Serie A opened with a shock defeat for the Diavolo. Giancarlo Rinaldi wraps up the Week 1 action.
There is a horrible moment between the sickening crunch of reversing your car into another vehicle and getting out to survey the damage. You hope, despite all the evidence, that perhaps things will not turn out as badly as you thought. But for Milan fans, on early indications anyway, the fears that this season may be a write-off appear well justified.
The misery among Rossoneri followers recently has been as smothering as the thickest Lombardy fog. The big name departures and cut-price arrivals have produced a pessimism far deeper than they ever thought Silvio Berlusconi's pockets might be. After years of watching Oscar-winning performances, they are facing up to some pretty grim reality TV.
Prior to the first round of Serie A matches there was at least the hope that their low-cost line-up might not be as disappointing as they imagined. Perhaps, if they could combine perfectly as a team, they might deliver a League challenge worthy of the club's famous colours. Defeat by Sampdoria at San Siro saw that dream deflate more quickly than a bunch of balloons at a dart-throwers convention.
The players and Coach looked tetchy and Adriano Galliani appeared about as comfortable as a man trying to sit still on a bed of thistles. Max Allegri, understandably, preached against panic and promised his revamped squad would come on leaps and bounds in the weeks to come. He did, however, drop a heavy hint that the last few days of the transfer market might be vital to their prospects of achieving anything this year.
The trouble is that it will be hard to produce any quick fix to what has appeared to be a pretty ad hoc approach to acquisitions. There are gaps throughout the squad which it will be almost impossible to plug adequately in the space of less than a week. In truth, the radical belt-tightening at the club makes it seem unlikely any huge investment will be made to address the situation.
It is foolish, of course, to judge everything on one game. Milan had the odd splash of misfortune in their opening match and might yet click into the kind of form that can revive their fortunes. The first signs, however, are that this season will be no bunga-bunga party for the boys in red-and-black.
Their feelings will only have been made worse by the result of the reigning champions. Despite all the clamour surrounding their Coach, Juve seemed to indicate that they would not let it affect them by sweeping Parma aside. There are greater tests to come, of course, but the Bianconeri will have been delighted with how their new acquisitions seemed to slot perfectly into a winning machine.
It got no better for Milanisti looking for a crumb of comfort from their city cousins. Inter, who have quietly gone about some nice Calciomercato business, had little problem getting past newly promoted Pescara. That Antonio Cassano played a key part in one of the goals of their 3-0 victory will only have added to the melancholy air at Milanello. The boy from Bari, however, was beaming from ear to ear in post match interviews. He did not look like he was missing his old colleagues too much.
The other greatly anticipated encounter in Serie A was the return of Zdenek Zeman at Roma after 13 years away. The Stadio Olimpico was packed for the occasion but visitors Catania did their best to spoil the party. In the end, the match lived up to all the hype – and stereotypes – you would expect of one of the Czech Coach's sides.
Having gone behind to an offside goal, the Giallorossi produced a rousing second half performance to send their supporters home just about happy. It took a Pablo Daniel Osvaldo overhead volley to drag them back into the match. It brought back memories of a similar outstanding strike from last season against Lecce which was ruled out for offside.
There was still time for Roma to slip behind again and then produce an amazing finale thanks to youngster Nicolas Lopez. His cool chip over the last defender and thumping finish showed plenty of promise and delivered a precious point. There was still time for the home side to try to throw it away as the visitors hit the crossbar. Nobody, surely, could have left the ground feeling they had been cheated out of their ticket price for the match.
The tactician himself, however, was unimpressed. In his own laconic style he told reporters that he was disappointed that everything he had tried to instil in his side pre-season had, by and large, failed to materialise on the pitch. Nonetheless, it underlined that, for neutrals at least, Roma will be a team not to be missed this season.
Above all, it was a pleasure to get back to playing football rather than all the scandal, doom and gloom and conspiracy theories of the summer. There was enough evidence to suggest that the fight for the Scudetto could still be a lively one, some beautiful goals were scored and a few new faces impressed. If the rest of the campaign continues like this it could definitely be a pleasing season – although Milan fans might find that hard to believe right now.
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"Carlene has revived their songs before, but never with this intensity and emotion
. There's a new maturity to her stomping, brooding treatment of 'Little Black Train,' or the thoughtful 'Give Me the Roses'."The Guardian
"This isn't meant to be a sepia-toned reproduction of those old songs. Instead, Carter brings them into her musical world charging June Carter's murder-suicide ballad 'Tall Lover Man' with the sort of twangy, poppy, country-rock treatment that has always been the daughter's calling card
and reprising her own 'Me and the Wildwood Rose' to sing her memories of time spent on the road with the Carter Sisters. This may be the best record this Carter girl has ever made."Boston Globe
"Carter has developed a gratifying maturity in her singing. You can hear it showcased in the lovely, simple arrangements
. She doesn't approach these old songs as sacred relics to be enshrined with pious respect. Rather, she treats them like living, vital pieces of art that can withstand being taken apart, thought about and re-imagined
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Library design approved
The design of the new library will be a one-story, 12,000 square foot building with a partial basement. There will also be a section called the children's barn that will be used as the children section of the library.
Betsy Bleakie, the executive director of the Mark Skinner Library, is excited about what the new building has to offer to a wide range of age groups. Everything from toddlers to the elderly will have a way to connect with the new library, she said.
"The lower level is where the Manchester Historical Society will be housed for there collections," said Bleakie. "We will also have our seminar conference room that is available for use and for rent that a company could come in and rent out."
There will also be "touchdown work spaces" that are meant for short-term business people who can use that space as an office if they are away from there regular office located elsewhere.
"Those are meant for short-term business folks who may have there main office over the mountain and they just need a quite, private space that they can count on," said Bleakie. "If you need something to rent for the week or a month and have your own private place, that will be available." To pay tribute to the extensive history of the now old Mark Skinner Library building, there will be a room named the Mark Skinner Reading Room that will be the provide the library with a primary space where people can interact.
"That is really going to be like your community living room where you can read, do research, and converse with others," said Bleakie. "It might be a place where you can relax and just enjoy yourself. We want this library to be a vibrant, electric kind of place, not a quite and 'shush' kind of a library. With technology and this sea of information at our fingertips that only makes sense."
The design of the new building also includes an area called the children's barn that will allow for kids to have their own space while at the library. There will be a crafts room for where activities, events, and story times for toddlers, said Bleakie.
There will be another room for just middle school level kids called "the loft," which is a place where kids from grades five to eight can hang out after school in an environment that focuses on learning.
"That will house furniture, computers, resources, areas to hang out and work, study in groups, to do group projects, get homework help and just hang out with friends after school," said Bleakie.
There will also be an area of the library called "cafe commons" that will give people the chance to grab a coffee and sit and talk with a friend or two, read the newspaper or listen to music while doing a little work, said Bleakie.
"It is much more than just a library. Much more than just being about books," she said. "Books are sort of one thing that we will have to help people be more informed. No matter what stage of life you are in there will be something at the library for you."
Bleakie said that the new building will offer everything from teaching the elderly how to use email and social media to better communicate with their children and grandchildren to having the ability to try and learn a new language.
The presentation at the DRB meeting was given by Chris Cole of the Cole Company of Manchester, who is also the property manager for the project, and chairman of the board of directors, Mike Ryan. The new building is designed by Johnson Robertson Associates out of Somerville, Mass. Cole said that a "mock-up" of the building will be constructed in a few weeks to give everyone an idea of what the actual building will look like in person.
Along with the library moving to a new location, there will also be a name change to the building. Currently, the idea is to name the new library the Manchester Community Library because the library will be used more like a community center along with a library, said Bleakie. Bleakie said that the name of the building is not set in stone and could be changed if a large donation is made by a family or individual that would prompt the building to be named after them.
The total cost of the project, including acquisition of the property, is $6.6 million. $1 million of that will be put into doubling the libraries endowment fund. They currently have $2.5 million raised, which leaves $4.1 million left to be raised by the time they hope to break ground by the end of April.
The Mark Skinner library was first established in 1897 and was built by Francis Skinner Willing, who dedicated the building to her father, Mark Skinner, a Chicago judge and philanthropist who was born in Manchester and returned to live there every summer. In 1964 the building was enlarged with an addition that doubled library space. A new wing of the building added an expanded circulation desk, open reading room with high ceilings and large windows, and a basement reading room.
For most of its history Mark Simmer Library was governed and operated as a private library. In 2003 it was converted to Manchester's public library, supported partially by taxpayer funds and partly through endowment and fund-raising.
To contribute to the capital campaign call Betsy Bleakie at the Mark Skinner Library at 382-2607 or email Christine Miles, a former chairwoman of the library's board of trustees, at email@example.com.
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