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First Look: Leonardo DiCaprio as J. Edgar Hoover ! ! !
Leonardo DiCaprio smokes a cigarette on the set of J. Edgar on Tuesday (February 8) in Los Angeles.
The 36-year-old actor filmed scenes for the Clint Eastwood-directed flick, which also stars The Social Network's Armie Hammer, Josh Lucas, Ed Westwick, and Naomi Watts.
Armie, who plays J. Edgar Hoover's number two man at the FBI and rumored secret lover, recently dished that he won't just be smooching Leo on-screen once.
"It's not a kissing scene - it's a ton of kissing scenes," he told E! Online.
"[Leo is] a talented actor. I'm not nervous or afraid of it being awkward," Armie added. "The script is great. The scenes are in there for a reason. I'm really excited."
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A HUGE Milestone ----- 9 Years On ActiveRain
It has been a couple of years since Sally has written a post here.
Wishing Sally a Very Happy Birthday with this re-blog.
A HUGE Milestone
9 Years On ActiveRain
So, the majority of ActiveRain members claim that they are 'just' blogging for business; although for me, it goes much further, much deeper than that. In fact, the majority of us started out blogging, commenting and eventually, doing Active Rain Meet Ups and Gatherings. These 'getting to know each other' events are called 'connecting'.
In March of 2007 I joined ActiveRain (Randy Prothero invited me!) and took a baby step forward in writing my first post ever. That post was in fact, the epitome of the start and then the depth of how an ActiveRain Blogger blooms. The larger reality is that that first post opened up more than just the idea of 'blogging for business' and writing about real estate.
Back when I started, there were about 19 or 20k members, so we 'connected' quickly. (Can you imagine what started as so small a real estate platform that went forward to having thousands upon thousands of members???) The ActiveRain staff welcomed all posts from Group themed blogs to real estate agents, loan officers, stagers, home inspectors and well, you name it and the real estate industry has it. The ActiveRain staff was and still is a HANDS ON Real Estate Industry Platform.
You see, REAL estate is ALL AROUND US. I write about real estate, the market, advertising and everything real estate related. I also write about our Hawaiian Islands history, the island sites, the businesses and everything around my neighborhood. That is the REALITY of REAL estate. When driving around to show properties to buyers and they ask me what is a HEIAU, or what great Italian Restaurant in Mililani would I suggest; or even the best Acupuncturist/ Massage Therapist ever is?
YES, we HAVE to know what is going on around in our neighborhoods in order to be the best Real Estate Local Specialist ever! To this day, I still get calls from posts I wrote back in 2007 and the first Newspaper story that became a repeat client 3x over !
I could never have progressed in the world of real estate blogging without ActiveRain and the help of the staff members and even the 'founding fathers' Jonathan Washburn and Matt Heaton who got involved with our members! I've met many members face to face when they came to Oahu to visit...too many to mention here but I've written about mostly every meeting.
I mostly give LOTS of credit to my mentor, Bob Stewart, for my blogging success. He ALWAYS called me back and there was never a stupid question in his eyes. He didn't (and still doesn't) judge people and instead, gives full attention and a listening ear to any member who needs his help. He then gives suggestions on how to approach the situation and solve the problem. If anyone can give a helping hand, it's ….Bob Stewart. Without a hands on approach in helping members understand the world of real estate blogging, there would be no continuance of the ActiveRain as I know it. THANKS BOB!! (And...thanks Erin. With you by his side he's where he is today.... a happy guy! Well, you know what I mean!.....And Baby Chase will be here SOON!)
This time around we give thanks to Ben Kinney for stepping up and getting ActiveRain back to ACTIVERAIN. I will try and blog more and get back into being a productive member of this community
ActiveRain will always be….the PEOPLE BEHIND THE WORDS.
Happy Birthday to me
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Happy Birthday WooHoo Sally
Happy 9th Birthday to me.
P.S. The last week of February 2016, Bob Stewart, his wife Erin, my husband Gary and I…FINALLY got to meet. Erin had a work trip scheduled in Honolulu and of course they both scheduled a meet up for dinner. Both Gary and I were flattered that they invited us to dinner…..and that I finally met Bob and his wonderful, beautiful wife Erin. Here's the post Bob wrote about "our story" and "Gramma Sally in Hawaii":
ActiveRain Is About Relationships Where Geography Is NO Barrier
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Hospitalist (Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital)
- Employer
- Providence Health & Services
- Location
- Spokane, Washington
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- Oct 21, 2019
- Closes
- Oct 20, 2020
- Ref
- 2010573
- Specialty
- Hospital Medicine (MD)
- Hours
- Per Diem
- Position Type
- Permanent
Facility Name: Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital
Location Name: Spokane, WA
Brand Name: Providence Health & Services
Provider Profession: Physician/Surgeon
Medical Specialty: Hospitalist
Job Setting: Hospital, Medical Clinic
Type of Role: Clinical
Schedule: Per Diem
Sacred Heart Medical Center is seeking a board-certified/board-eligible physician to join their IM Hospitalist group. Enjoy a healthy work-life balance in the scenic beauty of Washington's second largest city.
- Join a well-established, collegial team
- Dedicated Hospital Medicine services with full sub-specialist and nursing discharge support
- New graduates are welcome to apply
Where You'll Work
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital has 644 beds, a medical staff of more than 900 and a service area with a population around 1.5 million. Sacred Heart offers some of the Northwest's most advanced services, including minimally invasive cardiac surgery procedures, robotic surgery and sophisticated diagnostic technologies. With a world-class research department, excellent residency programs, and specialized centers for orthopedics, women's health, the neurosciences and more, it is a medical leader on many fronts.
Where You'll Live
Spokane, in eastern Washington, offers a high quality of life to its 208,000 residents, with some of the nation's cleanest air and water, responsible development and a mild, four-season climate. Its affordable housing, growing arts and theater community and excellent higher education campuses make it a prime destination for families and working professionals. Outdoor enthusiasts relish Spokane's prime location, with over 60 miles of biking and hiking trails, exceptional skiing and whitewater rafting.
Who You'll Work For
Providence Health & Services (PH&S) is a not-for-profit system of 34 hospitals, more than 600 clinics and hundreds of locally driven programs across five western states: Alaska, California, Montana, Oregon and Washington. Providence is committed to improving the health of the communities it serves, with a special emphasis on its mission to serve the poor and vulnerable. PH&S is a partner organization of the Providence St. Joseph Health family and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity organization.
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Are those with "yoga bodies" narcissistic and self-obsessed? Blogger Danielle Prohom Olson writes, "Let's face it, the yoga body is not a healthy ideal. It is a body overworked and underfed. It is not the result of regular yoga classes but of a narcissistic obsession with working out. And it is driven less by empowerment than by feeling 'fat and inferior.'" To this, I stringently disagree. Full disclosure: I have what some would consider an average "yoga body" (far from Kathryn Budig's ilk). Olson's and others' statements unnecessarily polarize the conversation, and lose sight of the fact that, swimming in the same cultural stew, we're all in in this together. Flexibility and a lower BMI do not necessarily signify a "narcissistic obsession with working out," driven by feeling "fat and inferior."
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I sense that this cultural mindset deters many from initiating physical activity; the mistaken notion that to honor our body's intrinsic desire for movement is in some way to capitulate to societal norms, to self-objectify. It is challenging to disentangle self-objectification versus intrinsic motives for movement, but there are many of us for whom exercise equates the sheer joy of a rat pounding away on it's wheel in the cage, a dog bouncing for joy on its walk. Humans were built to move, aside from the baggage our culture brings to movement and bodies.
After years of equating my appearance with my self-worth, I found Kripalu yoga and let go of my self-objectifying attempts at bodily revision. Several years later I started exercising again for the joy of it, because my body and mind craved the movement and resulting clarity. Now that I am in a doctoral program, I do so routinely to manage stress, keep clear-headed, and counteract many hours of sitting. Days without exercise, my body "screams" at me. My body has changed as I have exercised, but that is the least of my motives for doing so; I am not "overworked and underfed," and don't have narcissistic body-maintenance motives. I cherish this precious bag of bones and feed and nourish it as best I can.
Self-objectification is a scourge of our era. Yet getting lost in this cultural "story" and railing against the machine fails to deliver solutions. Evaluating others based on bodily appearances or ability to execute complex asana tells us nothing of their soul, and engenders greater separation. Olson falls into the trap of identifying with the yoga body even as she decries it, embedded in the same sociocultural matrix that she denounces.
What, then, is the solution? In my journey, the cultivation of self-compassion, non-judgmental awareness, and gentle meditation in motion were integral. It wasn't planned, and occurred very gradually, but one day I realized that I no longer equated my self-worth, or the "goodness" of the day, with how many (or what kind of) calories I ate, whether or not I exercised, the number on the scale, the face in the mirror, or how my clothes fit. I just felt and knew, intrinsically, that I was…enough. I also experienced an emerging delight in vigorous movement, without feeling like it was deprivation, punishment, a slavish bore.
These days I avoid women's magazines and the toxic stories they tell us about ourselves. While I'm grateful the "yoga body" is part of the cultural conversation in the blogosphere, aside from consciousness-raising and media literacy, we can do little to change representations of "The Body" in yoga and the world at large. We can, however, initiate a ripple effect by falling in love with ourselves one moment at a time, just by entering the present moment and, as Mary Oliver so eloquently describes, letting "the soft animal of your body love what it loves."
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Using the Access 2007 Input Mask Wizard
An input mask helps to prevent users from inputting invalid data in an Access 2007 form or report. No doubt, you put a lot of time and effort into creating your Access databases. But all that time and effort can be wasted if someone is careless about entering data. Queries and reports end up being meaningless if they're loaded with invalid data.
An input mask automatically converts the appearance of the data into the proper format so that the user can easily tell whether there's a problem with invalid data. For example, you can use an input mask in a phone number field to let users know when they've typed an incorrect number of characters.
To set up an input mask for a field on a form, follow these steps:
1. Open the form in Design View.
2. Right-click the field you want to modify.
3. Choose Properties from the pop-up menu.
The Properties dialog box for the selected field appears.
4. Click the Data tab.
5. Click the Build button to the right of the Input Mask text box.
The Input Mask Wizard dialog box appears.
6. Select a mask and click Next to continue.
Some of your options include Phone Number, Social Security number, Password, and so on.
7. Make modifications to the input mask if necessary.
One useful modification is that you can choose placeholder characters to indicate to users the number of characters that they should type.
8. Click Next to continue.
9. Answer any additional questions on the remaining screens of the Input Mask Wizard dialog box and click the Finish button.
Different input masks require different information. For example, with a phone number mask you can specify whether you want placeholders to indicate the correct number of characters and whether you want the value formatted to look like a phone number.


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Bill could torpedo Omaha's tobacco tax
KETV NewsWatch 7 has learned Sen. Bob Krist will introduce a bill in the Nebraska Unicameral next month that would, if passed, either change the scope of Omaha's new tax on tobacco products or put an end to it.
Krist said he sent a letter to City Council President Tom Mulligan this week in which he both informed Mulligan of the impending bill and asked the city to delay the collection and implementation of the tobacco tax until July 2013.
The 3-percent tobacco tax, categorized by the city as an occupation tax, was approved earlier this year by the City Council amid controversy. Supporters said its proceeds -- designated to help fund a new cancer center at UNMC -- were going to a good cause. Critics, including convenience store owners, balked at the tax, saying it could cost them customers and force them to trim jobs. The day the tax was approved, Krist said the city was misusing the occupation tax concept, and said he'd look into legislative action.
The tobacco tax is set to take effect next month.
Today, Krist said he wrote the letter -- dated December 28th -- in response to an earlier letter Mulligan had written him, asking him not to pursue legislative action.
Krist is set to bring forth more details on his proposed bill next week.
"I will introduce a bill this session that defines what an occupation tax is, and what it is not," Krist said. "It will require some legislation to ensure there's no misinterpretation" of the occupation tax in the future, he said.
If his bill is approved, Krist said, anyone operating within the state would have a year to comply with its requirements. The tobacco tax could survive for a year after the bill's passage and then end, or it could move forward after being changed to fall within the occupation tax definition as laid out in the bill.
Stay with KETV.com for updates in this developing story.


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Born Mary Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was the daughter of the revolutionary feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft (see portrait above), whose powerful treatise, Vindication of the Rights of Woman [pdf version], opened up new avenues of possibility for the education of women at the commencement of the 19th century. Her daughter was one such beneficiary of Wollstonecraft's desire to reform women's education, going on to publish the wildly popular novel Frankenstein at the young age of 20. A look at the planetary aspects of Mary Shelley's natal chart, using the perspective of archetypal astrology, can help illustrate how the archetypal energies correlated with the planets of our solar system were expressed in her personal life and in her writing, with a particular focus on her masterwork, Frankenstein. An analysis of the world transits, and the personal transits they form to Shelley's natal chart, at the time of the publication of Frankenstein provide further insight into Shelley's writing.
My article revolves around the position of Pluto in Mary Shelley's chart and its powerful impact on the events in her life and her works - Chrisine Ferraro
Born of philosopher and political writer William Godwin and famed feminist Mary Wollstonecraft (author of The Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792), Mary Shelley's early environment provided fertile ground for the growth of her intellectual and literary tendencies. The loss of her mother when she was only 11 days old was the first of many indicators that crisis, transformation, and revolution were going to be a major theme in her life.
The chart below is of Mary Shelley. The box at top right in the diagram is Gemini, her ascendant, and the signs of the zodiac and 12 houses run clockwise from there. In 1797 when Mary Shelley was born the difference in planetary positions between Western and Vedic Astrology was 21 degrees, so the usual 2 degree Cancer ascendant minus 21 degrees converts to 11 degrees Gemini. This gives the visible astronomical positions for the ascendant and planets at the time of birth and allows many insights not available in Western Astrology.
I will focus only on the first house, the zodiac sign that is located inside the first house; the Ascendant; the ruling planet of Ascendant and the planet that is inside the first house. Click here for a large version of Mary Shelley's chart in a new window.
The Ascendant is at the 2nd degree of Cardinal sign, Cancer. A child expects to receive the emotional protection and also the nutrition and education from a mother, instead there is "a cold and dry Saturn". Saturn can also be the authority in the chart. And indeed this Saturn 'plays-out'. Mary loses her mother at the age of eleven days and her father is the parent who gives her basic education and 'bringing-up'. (Her biography notes that Mary Godwin's mother died when she was eleven days old; afterwards, she and her older half-sister, Fanny Imlay, were raised by her father).


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John Wilbanks needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 38 designs submitted by 13 freelance designers.
Creative Commons
We are a global non profit organization that develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation. In our ideal world, information and knowledge are available to every person, company, and institution around the globe to use, learn from, and build upon.
To accomplish this vision, we developed a set of free copyright licenses for cultural works - like blogs, music, photographs, and more - that now cover more than 500,000,000 digital works. Our copyright licenses have become standards for making works "open" on the web. We have since expanded to provide the same legal infrastructure for patents, materials transfer licenses, web standards and others where it fits with our vision and our mission. Our core areas of work are in science, education, and culture.
We support, and steward the core licenses and public domain tools and supporting technologies across sectors and geographies, and support the users of our licenses with their technical and legal questions. We steward an international conversation among experts and users, serving as the thought leaders in the legal and technical issues around sharing, and we are proud that our formal network includes 70+ international affiliate institutions. We are looking to continue to increase adoption and the ubiquity of the Creative Commons tools and technologies.
Our audience is global and far-reaching: anyone who is creating and distributing knowledge.
One function of the website ideation is to provide ideas on how to reach artists, musicians, photographers, scientists, teachers, university leaders, lawyers, government policymakers, foundations, and more, to become users of our legal and technical tools and expand the digital commons.
A second function of the ideation is to support our audience of institutional affiliates across the world and international users. How can we make it easier for non-English speakers to access and use the tools, technologies, news, and features?
A third function of the ideation is to explore how the broader community might encounter the idea of the "digital commons" via our website, and how to explain the various layers of the Creative Commons approach to constructing the shared spaces across copyrights, patents, scientific materials transfer, data, policy, and more.
Last, a fourth potential audience is the universe of philanthropic, research, and governmental institutions that invest in knowledge creation.
The ideation should be a simple, visual design for a new Creative Commons homepage that integrates content from across the following URLs:
1. http://creativecommons.org (including the education, license, and donate functions from the front page)
2. http://sciencecommons.org
3. http://wiki.creativecommons.org
The ideation should also integrate the international content of the site, which is currently represented through the international news and the links to affiliates found at http://creativecommons.org/international
Feel free to use any and/or all of the links found on the front pages of either site.
The projects linked off http://sciencecommons.org/projects should be prominently available off the design.
The ideation should also include "chrome" - a simple template that can be applied across the interior pages of the website.
Our goal is to generate ideas and conversations about design in this process, so we encourage experimentation and artistic interpretations. If there are good entries, we will award multiple prizes.
Graphics, color palettes, and media are available from http://creativecommons.org/about/downloads/ - but feel free to try out new color schemes and graphic layouts.


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Let's say I have a long sentence, like "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog." Let's further say that I need to keep this string encrypted, so I use an HMAC. Let's further further say I want to be able to do prefix searches for this string, so I also store all possible prefixes of this string, for example:
$\operatorname{HMAC}_K(\text{"T"})$, $\operatorname{HMAC}_K(\text{"Th"})$, $\operatorname{HMAC}_K(\text{"The"})$, $\operatorname{HMAC}_K(\text{"The "})$, etc. where $K$ is the key.
I recognize there are some weaknesses between rows here involving overlap, but what I'm interested in is whether having this one row's set of HMAC values is enough to make things insecure. Could an adversary work out the key, or any part of the plaintext, given a series of HMAC values for all of a given input's prefix values?
Feel free to use any flavor of HMAC if it'll help you argue that there's a weakness.


text: A discipline neither good nor evil. Saturday Evening Post/Harris A. Ewing Desember 1, 2016 Neuroscience hasn't been weaponized – it's been a tool of war from the start Alison Howell, Rutgers University Newark Maybe you think neuroscience has a peaceable history of benign efforts to improve lives and enhance human capacities. But its origins and development tell a different story – with ethical implications.


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The "Ranch" consists of 30 rustic, well maintained units of various sizes, able to sleep two to eight persons, most with kitchens and fireplaces. Our larger buildings are capable of accommodating small groups and family reunions up to 30 people.
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Cigna Companies
The subsidiaries of Cigna Corporation form a global health service company, offering an integrated suite of health insurance and related products and services to customers and clients around the world, including:
- Medical
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- Supplemental
- Behavioral health
- Pharmacy
- Vision care
- Benefits
- Health coaching
- Condition management
- Group life, accident and disability insurance
Cigna businesses include:
Cigna Group Insurance
Cigna Group Insurance provides affordable disability, life and accident products to individual customers through their workplace, association, or other affinity group.
Cigna HealthCare
Offering managed medical, pharmacy and dental care services, including integrated indemnity and group life and health insurance, Cigna HealthCare also offers condition management, behavioral health benefits, assistance and work/life support programs, and a range of health and wellness coaching services.
Cigna Around the World
Cigna provides life, accident and supplemental health insurance plans to individuals living or traveling abroad. Through Cigna Global Health Benefits, specialized health care and related employee insurance benefits are offered to expatriate employees of multinational companies, and health care and medical care management services to workplace and consumer markets.
Committed to advancing consumer-driven benefits through the creation of technology and services, Choicelinx uses state-of-the-art technology and input from customers and partners to deliver its products in a secure, scalable and cost-effective manner.
Cigna Voluntary
Cigna Voluntary products are simple-to-use, affordable plans that are ideally suited to part-time and hourly workers and their families. This suite of voluntary and limited-benefit health insurance plans include medical and pharmacy benefits, employee assistance programs, and other supplemental products such as dental and vision care.
Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Cigna-HealthSpring got its start in 2000 and is now one of the country's largest and fastest-growing coordinated care plans whose primary focus is Medicare Advantage plans. Cigna-HealthSpring currently owns and operates Medicare Advantage plans in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington, D.C. as well as a national stand-alone prescription drug plan.
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Ethan, formerly Gold (ゴールド Gold), is the protagonist of the Gold, Silver, HeartGold and SoulSilver games and a character of the Adventures manga, having appeared in the Gold, Silver & Crystal arc, the Emerald arc, and most recently as 16 in the HeartGold & SoulSilver arc.
Gold and Silver
In the games Gold, Silver, and Crystal, Ethan wears a red and white hoodie with Poké Ball holster on the right side, over a black shirt. He wears red, white, black, and yellow sneakers, a yellow/gold and black backwards hat, and black and yellow shorts. He wears his PokéGear on his left sleeve, and carries a bulky backpack to carry his items.
HeartGold and SoulSilver
Ethan has black hair and pale skin. He wears a red hoodie, black shorts, gray and red sneakers, a gray backpack, a yellow and black backwards cap.
He is very quiet as most pokemon protagonist almost never speaks and is the outlet of the player whatever they want him to be.
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Gold, Silver and Crystal
Ethan is a young trainer from the Johto region, who sets out to prove himself three years after Red became the Pokémon League Champion. Ethan is the male protagonist in Pokémon Gold, Silver and Pokémon Crystal and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. Ethan's journey as a Pokémon trainer begins when Professor Elm asks him to run an errand for Mr. Pokémon, who lives north of Cherrygrove City. Because he may encounter dangerous wild Pokémon along the way, Elm gives him a choice between three Pokémon to protect him: Cyndaquil, Totodile or Chikorita.
Ethan meets another boy his age watching Elm's Lab from outside. When he tries to talk to him the boy abruptly shoves him away. The boy, Silver, will become Ethan's rival, analogous to Blue in Generation I. Ethan continues onward and finally meets Mr. Pokémon and completes his errand. While there he meets Professor Oak who, upon realizing Ethan's bond with his new Pokémon, gives him a Pokédex. On his way back home, Ethan again meets Silver, who has stolen one of Elm's remaining Pokémon. After defeating/being defeated by the boy in battle, he learns his name and relays it to the police in New Bark Town. Professor Elm allows Ethan to keep the Pokémon he chose earlier, and encourages him to compete in the Johto League.
From there Ethan begins on a Pokémon journey in the Johto region, facing off against its eight Gym Leaders, defeating and disbanding the newly reformed Team Rocket, and becoming League Champion by defeating the Elite Four and its previous Champion, Lance at the Indigo Plateau. Along the way he also teaches Silver to respect Pokémon as living creatures and not just as tools for battle. After being declared the League Champion, Ethan then takes a short trip on a ship, the S.S. Aqua, from Olivine City to Vermilion City in Kanto. Journeying across that region, he battles against its own set of eight Gym Leaders, including two new faces, Janine, who replaced her father Koga on his promotion to the Elite Four, and Blue, who was formerly League Champion himself, and replaced Giovanni after the latter fled. Upon getting permission from Professor Oak in Pallet Town, Ethan heads for Mt. Silver via Route 28. His journey comes to a close when he finally faces the legendary trainer Red deep in Mt. Silver's cave, who had been training there since shortly after he became League Champion three years prior.
HeartGold and SoulSilver
In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Version Ethan once again appears as the protagonist.
- Main article: Gold (Adventures)
In the Pokémon Adventures manga, his name is based on his original game's he appears in. Gold is immature and mischievous, and likes playing billiards, but sometimes he may use his Pokémon to cheat. He often listens to the radio because of his idol, DJ Mary from the Goldenrod Radio Station. He usually wears a pair of goggles and travels on a scooter. Instead of throwing or kicking his Poké Balls, he uses a billiard cue to shoot them out. Gold's hobbies include gambling, skateboarding, and trying foods from different cities. Professor Oak noted that while Red had some odd habits, Gold is much more immature and mischievous. Prof. Oak stated that Gold's special skill is Pokémon-hatching and is known as the "Breeder". He has the ability to draw out the largest potential of a baby Pokémon, having lived with Pokémon his whole life. Two examples of this are Togebo and Pibu.
HGSS Jō's Big Adventure
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Main Series
- Main article: Jimmy (Johto)
A character based on Ethan appears in the spin-off, Pokémon Chronicles, but is named as Jimmy (Kenta). In the anime, Jimmy is a traveling Pokémon trainer from New Bark Town in the Johto region. He received his first Pokémon, a Cyndaquil from Professor Elm. From then on, Jimmy set out on his journey becoming a Pokémon trainer, traveling the World of Pokémon, competing in many challenges, and catching newer Pokémon along the way.
Jimmy is portrayed as a gutsy yet impulsive trainer, charging recklessly into situations without forethought. As such, his offensive battle style mimics this behavior, as his Pokémon are trained to withstand attacks than evade them while fighting, preferring to face an opponent head-on. His primary goal is to become a strong Pokémon trainer, and ultimately rise to Pokémon Master. Jimmy became very determined and dedicated to winning many battles with his team and made a promise to them that they would travel and win every competition together.
Of all his Pokémon, Typhlosion is Jimmy's most trusted and closest companion. Since the beginning of their journey, the two have since faced many challenges and obstacles together. After suffering a humiliating loss to Silver, Jimmy's rival, Jimmy and Cyndaquil worked hard on their progress and soon Cyndaquil evolved, and later became the strong Typhlosion. Jimmy has shown that not only is he a great trainer, but his bond with his Pokémon runs very deeply and they will all do whatever it takes to get things done.
Jimmy's notable trait is his signature catchphrase "You rock, you rule!", a quote repeatedly expressed to his Pokémon with a thumbs-up victory pose after winning a battle. In the Japanese version, he uses the phrase "Okay! Perfect!". He has a noticeable crush on Marina, though refuses to admit it out loud. Both he and Marina participated in the Silver Conference a full year ahead of Vincent. It is presumed he is now traveling in Kanto.
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Ethan made his cameo appearence in the beginning of the movie Zoroark: Master of Illusions, battling against Ash with his Donphan.
- Main article: Ethan (Generations)
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- In Gold, Silver and Crystal his default name was Gold, it was later changed to Ethan in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
- Gold begins his journey at around 10 years of age. In the official timeline, Gen II parallels Gen IV, and takes place three years after Gen I /Gen III/ORAS. Since Red is around the ages of 21-31 as of Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, that would make Gold around 18-28 years of age by the same time period.
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Malted Chocolate Choux with White Chocolate Whipped Ganache
Hello dear readers!
Let me begin by wishing you a great week!
I wanted to thank you all for 6000 (!!!!) likes on Facebook! Wow! This is truly incredible and, for the most part, due to the decorated cake rolls! When there is a lot of like coming my way, it always seems to be because someone shared one of the cake rolls! It's how it all began on Facebook and it's how it's continuing now
It's ok, I love them too!
So, a HUGE THANK YOU everyone! Here is a little recipe (but Oh! So delicious) for you!
Malted Chocolate Choux with White Chocolate Whipped Ganache
Yield : about 26 choux
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup flour
- 3 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 tablespoon chocolate malted milk powder
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- pinch of salt
- 5 eggs, room temperature
White Chocolate Ganache
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 1 cup heavy cream
Topping: Chocolate Ganache
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
Pâte à choux
- Preheat oven to 375 °F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, mix the flour, sugar, cocoa, chocolate malted milk powder and salt.
- In a medium saucepan, bring the water and butter to a boil.
- Once the mixture is at a rolling boil, add all of the flour mix at once, reduce the heat to medium and stir vigorously with a wooden spoon.
- Once the dough form a ball, stir for a further 2-3 minutes to dry it. The dough will look like mashed potatoes.
- Transfer the dough into a bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Wait until the dough cool down (between 5-10 minutes). Mine was at 160°F.
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. (Note : This recipe work well with the number of eggs indicated, but you might need to be critique about this step. If you see that adding another egg will make your dough too runny to pipe, then don't. Multiple factors can account for the difference in the number of eggs needed.)
- In the end, the dough should be quite thick, but pipeable.
- Place the pâte à choux into a piping bag with the tip of your choice. Pipe circles of dough of about 1 1/2'' onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake for 7 minutes. After 7 minutes, slip the handle of a wooden spoon into the door to keep it ajar. When the choux have been in the oven for a total of 12 minutes, rotate the sheets. Continue baking for a further 8 minutes or until the choux are puffed, golden and firm. The total baking time should be approximately 20 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool.
White Chocolate Whipped Ganache
- Place the white chocolate chips in a medium bowl.
- In a small saucepan, bring the cream to a boil. Remove from heat and pour over chocolate. Let stand for about 5 minutes.
- With a whisk, gently stir until incorporated.
- Chill for about 1 hour or until the Ganache is spoonable. Whip until stiff peaks form.
Topping: Chocolate Ganache
- Place the chocolate chips in a medium bowl.
- In a small saucepan, bring the cream to a boil. Remove from heat and pour over chocolate. Let stand for about 5 minutes.
- With a whisk, gently stir until incorporated.
- Slice the top third of each choux.
- Place white chocolate whipped ganache into a piping bag with the tip of your choice. Pipe the desired amount of ganache in each choux bottom. Drizzle with chocolate ganache. Add sprinkles!


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Accardo hoping to move on
Jeremy Accardo is one pitcher who wants to hit the free-agent market after Saturday's tender deadline passes. The right-handed reliever is hoping the Blue Jays decide against offering him a contract for 2010, providing him with a fresh start.
"We've had no discussion with the club nor do we intend to," Damon Lapa, Accardo's agent, said in an e-mail on Friday night. "It is our hope that Jeremy is non tendered by the Jays."
Clubs have until 11:59 p.m. ET on Saturday night to offer contracts to each of their arbitration-eligible players. Accardo is among a handful players who fit into that category for the Blue Jays, who are most likely trying to trade the pitcher before deciding whether to tender him a contract.
Last season, the Blue Jays took advantage of the fact that Accardo still had a player option, sending him back and forth between Triple-A Las Vegas and Toronto throughout the year. As a result, Accardo's service time remains just shy of four years, meaning it will take an extra year for him to be eligible for free agency.
In the 26 games Accardo appeared in for the Blue Jays in 2009, the 27-year-old posted a 2.55 ERA with 18 strikeouts and 17 walks over 24 2/3 innings. Two years earlier, Accardo found himself in the closer's role for Toronto after B.J. Ryan suffered an elbow injury, and the reliever saved 30 games and fashioned a 2.14 ERA over 64 appearances.
Accardo — acquired from the Giants in a three-player trade in July of 2006 — was under contract for $900,000 last season and could face a pay cut by hitting the open market. That is a risk the pitcher is ready to take.
Beyond Accardo, the Blue Jays have arbitration-eligible players in utlity man Jose Bautista, catcher Raul Chavez, as well as pitchers Shawn Camp, Jason Frasor, Brandon League, Shaun Marcum, Dustin McGowan and Brian Taller. Bautista, who posted a .235 average while earning $2.4 million, is the most likely non-tender candidate among that group.
ALSO: According to a report on FOXSports.com, the Blue Jays have some interest in free-agent outfielder Marcus Thames. A Jays source declined comment, but GM Alex Anthopoulos already saw his policy of not talking about reports or rumors when it was publicly confirmed on Thursday that the team has interest in outfielder Joey Gathright. Thames' agent was not immediately available for comment, either. What is clear is that the Jays are looking for short-term solutions in the outfield, and Gathright and Thames fit that description.
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See ya. Accardo carries marginal value at best. Yes, he was the defacto closer a couple of years ago and 30 games, but he also blew a bunch. The following year he fell apart, both on the mound and with injuries. He pitched alright last year statistically, but 17 walks in 24 innings will come back to bite you sooner or later. Anyway, he'll probably sign elsewhere for the league minimum, Perhaps PIT or CIN or FLA or KC.
McGowan and Marcum should get offers.
Tallet deserves an offer. He's not really a high caliber player, but he was very accommodating last year.
Frasor, Camp and Chavez are very replaceable.
League is worth a shot as he wont get much of a raise through arbitration.
Bautista needs to go. He makes to much $ to ride the pine. I never liked that the Jays picked him up. PIT shipped him off because they realized that he didn't have enough talent to play on their team and they are an awful team. Sure he plays several positions. But his .240 (on a good year) avg is just too big of a liability.
But Thames and Gathright are NOT the answer. I'd rather see Lind in the OF and Ruiz at DH then Lind at DH and a Thames/Gathright platoon in the OF.
I agree. However, I would like to keep McGowan until we know for sure that it is over. Remember Chris Carpenter? Also, if I have to watch Thames or Gathright this year at the expense of the kids — I'm not watching, period. I'm all for re-building, but the kids must play.
Looks to me like we might now understand who the malcontents were in that so called club house riot-Ryan and Accardo, well aided by JP, talking to the press to take his last shot at Beeston.
That being said, just who in the hell does Accardo think he is? I can understand his disappointment being sent down last year, but Accardo himself was the root cause of that because of his poor performance in later 2007 and early 2008 before he sustained an injury. This guy was paid $900,000.00 in 2009 to play a kids game, which frankly was $500,000.00 more than he should have got paid based upon his 2008 performance and the fact he was paid $392,200.00 in 2008.
If nothing else, that should have bought loyalty because it certainly wasn't a reward for performance of 2008, but clearly Accardo thinks only of himself and not the team. I do understand being disappointed, but he should have sucked it up for the good of the team.
I for one am getting tired of these over paid egotistic malcontents-he should go out and test out the real world in the US where people are living under bridges. Offer him arbitration at $500,000-$600,00 per years, sign him and then dump this jerk to a team like Pittsburgh and forget about him, but under no circumstances do you release him.
I agree with GS. Keep him in order to trade him. He obviously has value to other teams so it's much better to get something for him rather than nothing, Unlike with what happened to Rios. Granted Accardo alone wont bring much though but it's better than nothing.
I don't know why anyone would want to see us non-tender Fraser, Camp, Chavez or any of these players with the possible exception of Bautista. If we do that, we get nothing in return. Why wouldn't we tender a contract to them, sign them and then trade the ones we don't want to keep for prospects.
The problem with Bautista is how much JP gave him last year-$2.5 million up from $1.8 million the year before which I though was probably $800k above what it should have been. He is way overpaid for a 4th outfielder/utility guy. Accardo is the same problem, JP was continually overly generous. Bautista would be ok to keep but not at that price level, it really should be in the $1-$1.5 mill range.
Sometimes fans want change — just for the sake of change. Take Bautista. We know, now, what he can and cannot do. We know that he is not part of our future. Therefore, get rid of him. Do any of really care if Bautista's major-league experience helps us reach 77 wins rather than 75? Absolutely, not. But I am interested in watching a young player hit .240 for most of the season if that player is a guy like Snider who one day will likely hit .340. Again, let's get our kids out there and let's see what we have at the major-league level. Are they going to struggle? Sure, but isn't that where the 69 scouts we will eventually have in our system come into play? Isn't it about building from within, through smart drafting and trades. Look how excited we were last year when we heard that Ruiz was coming up. Why were we excited? Because we were sick of watching our regular players, like Overbay, Wells, Rios, etc. do absolutely nothing. I would rather see Ruiz, Dopriak and Arencebia getting their hacks this year, rather than waiting for them to cut their teeth next year. However, with Cito at the helm, there is likely not much chance of that…..


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Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week - No. 6
By Alan Grosbach, Manager of Communications and Sports Information
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - John Gilbertson of The Master's (Calif.) has been named the NAIA National Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week, the national office announced Wednesday. Gilbertson was selected based on his performance from Oct. 8 - 14 and was chosen out of a pool of conference/independent runner of the week selections.
This is the second national weekly award for Gilbertson in the last three weeks.
Gilbertson, a senior from Saugus, Calif., set two records en route to winning the Bronco Invitational on Oct. 13, hosted by NCAA Division I Santa Clara (Calif.). He finished the 8K route in 23:40 and in the process broke the school and course record at Baylands Park. This event was the second NCAA Division I race won by Gilbertson and his fourth overall this year.
Gilbertson defeated 156 runners from a wide range of schools, including NCAA Division I institutions such as Stanford and UCLA.
For complete results for the Bronco Invitational, click here.
For the complete NAIA Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week calendar, click here. The next Runner of the Week will be announced on Oct. 24.
Nominees: Landon Hamilton, Cumberlands (Ky.); Austin Houchens, Berea (Ky.); Zach Widner, Siena Heights (Mich.); Nicolos Jones, Tougaloo (Miss.); Eric Avila, Southern Oregon; Grant Gunneson, Aquinas (Mich.); Greg Montgomery, College of Idaho; Adam Crawford, Bethel (Ind.); Cole Cisneros, Georgetown (Ky.); David Duque, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas); Dave Marks, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho); Marcus Hobbs, Indiana Tech; Patrick Understeller, Viterbo (Wis.); Seth Prince, Indiana East; Andrew Landstrom, Concordia (Ore.); Taylor Whitmore, Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.); No Nomination, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Joash Osoro, William Carey (Miss.); Jacob Sapper, Missouri Baptist; Andy Roof, Montreat (N.C.); Denis Patrick, Dickinson State (N.D.); No Nomination, St. Thomas (Fla.); Alex Avilez, Missouri Valley; Anthony Vecchio, South Carolina Beaufort; Oliver Lange, Westminster (Utah); Brian Corcoran, Saint Xavier (Ill.); Brooks Swigart, Arizona Christian; Daniel Lyon, Cal State San Marcos; Austin Epting, Blue Mountain (Miss.).
2012 NAIA Men's Cross Country Runners of the Week
Week 1 (Sept. 12): Frank Adelman, Southwestern (Kan.)
Week 2 (Sept. 19): Evans Kirwa, Embry-Riddle (Fla.)
Week 3 (Sept. 26): Greg Montgomery, College of Idaho
Week 4 (Oct. 3): John Gilbertson, The Master's (Calif.)
Week 5 (Oct. 10): Evans Kirwa, Embry-Riddle (Fla.)
Week 6 (Oct. 17): John Gilbertson, The Master's (Calif.)


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Quincy has been known for decades as "the Coca-Cola town" due to it's early financing of the Coca-Cola Company by numerous townspeople. Quincy is located about 16 miles northwest of Tallahassee. What could be a bedroom community is in fact a charming historic town with a vibrant downtown. Picturesque historic buildings line the streets, housing restaurants, shops, and Quincy Florida Bed and Breakfasts.
Use a Quincy Florida Bed and Breakfasts as a base from which to explore this part of Northwest Florida. Visit the Pebble Hill Plantation, an early 19th century plantation that became a museum in 1983. Walk through the Natural Bridge Battlefield State Historic Site, where Confederate soldiers prevented Union troops from taking Tallahassee. Take a tour of the Old Capitol in Tallahassee, constructed in 1845 and used through 1978. Exhibits include political history of the state of Florida and the history of the building.
Nearby Lake Talquin State Forest offers boating, hiking, and fishing. The St. Marks Historic Railroad Trail runs 16 miles from the Apalachicola National Forest to the Gulf of Mexico and is favored by cyclists. The Maclay State Gardens feature nature trails, bike paths, fishing and boating, but it is the delightfully designed floral gardens surrounding a 1930s mansion that inspire most visitors.
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge is a mere hour from Quincy, on the Gulf of Mexico. Birders will delight in the hundreds of species of birds who make the refuge their home, such as peregrine falcons and black-necked stilts. Also at the refuge is the historic St. Marks Lighthouse, built in 1832. While not open to the public, it is a favorite with photographers, for it stands tall alongside saltwater estuaries.
Allison House Bed and Breakfast is in the heart of a 36 block historic district as designated on the National Historic Register. They have received numerous awards; from Most Historic Inn to Best Breakfast in the Southeast to Most Affordable Luxury Bed & Breakfast voted by their guests in competition with B&B's nationwide. Escape to the charm of an English-style bed and breakfast atmosphere.
At McFarlin House Bed and Breakfast you enter an era of time past as you step onto the Southern, wrap-around porch, through the double beveled doors. Warm, inviting hospitality awaits you in this beautifully restored, Queen-Anne Victorian bed and breakfast. The McFarlin House Bed and Breakfast is also located in the heart of the 32-block Historic District of Quincy. The McFarlin House sits on approximately 1.5+ acres of grounds that are in constant seasonal change with a large variety of camellias, brilliant pink Japanese Magnolia trees, day lilies, jasmine, gladiolas, hydrangeas, crepe myrtle trees, a leather leaf mahogany, and a grand Gingko tree. Once you've seen it, you'll understand why this magnificent Queen-Anne Victorian beauty might just be the perfect place for your wedding, reception, rehearsal dinner, bridal luncheon or tea, or why the inn is a favorite location for couples to spend their wedding night.
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Shiite demonstrators raised the Iraqi flag over Jordan's Embassy after more than 2,000 people marched through Baghdad demanding an apology for the alleged involvement of a Jordanian in a suicide bombing that killed 125 people.
Friday's protest -- the largest in a week of mounting anger -- came two days after the leader of the clergy-backed United Iraqi Alliance claimed during Iraq's first National Assembly meeting that neighboring Jordan wasn't doing enough to prevent terrorists from slipping into Iraq.
A US soldier was killed Friday when attackers fired on an patrol in Baghdad, the military said. At least 1,519 members of the US military have died since the Iraq war started two years ago, according to an Associated Press count.
Yesterday, assailants targeted security forces in the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk, gunning down one police officer on his way to work then later blowing up a roadside bomb near a funeral procession carrying his corpse, police officials said.
Four police died in total and two others suffered injuries, said police Captain Ahmed Shinrani.
Also yesterday, a suicide attacker detonated an explosives-laden vehicle against a US military patrol on a highway 5km northwest of Ramadi, a city 113km west of Baghdad, said Sergeant Laith Ismael of the Iraqi police.
There was no word on casualties and US military officials couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
US and Iraqi forces also clashed Friday with gunmen in Ramadi after militants attacked a government building. No casualties were immediately reported.
On Friday, hundreds of protesters converged on the Jordanian Embassy after finishing prayers at three Shiite mosques around Baghdad. They burned Israeli and Jordanian flags and shouted slogans against Jordan's King Abdullah II, such as "Take your embassy away. We do not want to see you!" and "There's no God but God, Abdullah is the enemy of God!"
Three men in green camouflage, including one wearing a black balaclava mask, were later seen on an embassy roof raising an Iraqi flag on a makeshift flagpole. Another pole that previously held the Jordanian standard was bare.
Shiites have staged smaller protests in recent days after the Iraqi government on Monday condemned celebrations allegedly held by the family of a Jordanian man suspected of carrying out a Feb. 28 terrorist attack that killed 125 people in Hillah, 96km south of Baghdad. Nearly all the victims were Shiite police and army recruits.
The Jordanian daily Al-Ghad reported that Raed Mansour al-Banna carried out the attack, the single deadliest of the Iraqi insurgency. The paper later issued a correction, however, saying it was not known where in Iraq al-Banna carried out an assault.
"The Jordanian king must apologize to the people of Hillah and the people of Iraq," said Qasim Hussein, a Shiite cleric at the protest. "Blood money must be paid to the victims of Hillah."
Iraqi police and special forces gathered outside the embassy but failed to prevent demonstrators from reaching the building. The protesters later dispersed. No violence was reported.
A number of Iraqi politicians, including interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, have demanded explanations from the Jordanian government.
Jordanian government spokeswoman Asma Khader said her country condemned all terrorism and reconfirmed Jordan's solidarity with the Iraqi people.


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Gentoo penguins (credit: Mark Brandon)
TX 26 October, 9pm on BBC One
Frozen Planet, a new landmark series on the BBC and produced in partnership with The Open University, will feature David Attenborough's epic voyage across the Arctic and Antarctica.
It will showcase the fragile, jaw-dropping beauty and majestic power of the elements in the greatest wilderness on Earth. From underwater images of a deadly brinicle, a finger of ice, growing and killing everything in its path to teams of orcas working to generate massive waves to wash their seal prey from the ice, the story will cover ice, seasonal change and animals' struggle to survive.
Dr Mark Brandon, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science at The Open University and academic consultant for the series, said: "Having carried out scientific research in the polar regions for many years and been on location with the Frozen Planet team, I know firsthand just how unique this frozen wilderness is – and how fragile. We want to show what rising temperatures mean to the people and animals living there, but also the effect it will have on the rest of the planet."
Alastair Fothergill, Executive Producer, Frozen Planet, said: "This ultimate polar expedition will show many filming firsts and reveal the frozen wildernesses of the Arctic and Antarctica as never seen before – and which may never be seen again. We spent four years producing the series, and relied heavily on scientists to make it happen. The seemingly hostile environment will impart a whole new sense of wonder and understanding, and we hope it will inspire people to undertake their own journeys of discovery."
The Open University is offering the chance to continue exploring the icy wildernesses of the Arctic and Antarctica. OpenLearn, its free interactive study site, offers geographic information from Arctic and Antarctic experts, videos of the wildlife in each polar region and historical moments in polar exploration.
A free Open University poster with maps, images and fascinating facts about the polar regions can also be ordered from www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/frozenplanet.
Or take the learning journey even further with the new The frozen planet course starting 12 November 2011. The course reveals the wonders of the polar world and explains how ice has shaped – and controls – the planet. It has polar-focused activities and film clips from the spectacular Frozen Planet series, and looks in depth at the environment, science and wildlife.
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| June 1, 2012, 7:25 am
I dig mountain flowers.
Don't get me wrong. I love boxing bears, elk wrestling and chasing cougars as much as the next guy. But after a long winter of clanking down a snowy trail in spikes, tights and jacket–wondering if I'm going to go skidding onto my backside around the next icy bend—come summer I need to go trail running among some awesome blossoms.
Here are three of my favorite flower viewing trails. All within an hour (or so) of Denver. Cool vistas, primo single track, an abundance of flowers and breath taking climbs. Literally.


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Player of the Week - No. 6
Ferreira becomes the first player since Bethel's (Ind.) Stephanie Harwood, who took Player of the Week honors in consecutive weeks in Sept. 2008, to win the award twice in a single season. Ferreira's placement set the tone for a fourth-ranked Cougar team that won all five of their matches on the week. She totaled 215 assists, 54 digs and 23 kills in 18 sets as Columbia notched wins over No. 2 Embry-Riddle (Fla.), No. 11 Indiana Tech and No. 18 Missouri Baptist. For her play, she was named the Most Valuable Player of the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Tournament.
The 5-9 junior from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ranks fifth in the NAIA with 11.34 assists per set. She leads the Cougars with 669 assists this season and her 3,733 career assists places her second on Columbia's all-time list.
The next Player of the Week announcement will be on Oct. 18.
Nominees: Kim Weaver, Cornerstone (Mich.); Bethany Beckman, Arizona Christian; Taylor Calverley, SAGU (Texas); Linjun Ji, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.); Sabrina Scott, Southern-New Orleans (La.); Cat Neumann, Union (Ky.); Lauren Chamness, Kansas Wesleyan; Katie Lee, Jamestown (N.D.); Mckenzie Thompson, Ashford (Iowa); Paige Lay, Indiana East; Lindsey Oberacker, Point Park (Pa.); Samantha Worsham, Loyola (La.); Sara Hickenbottom, William Jessup (Calif.); Fernanda Ferreira, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.); Erin Frank, Briar Cliff (Iowa); Julianne Dougherty, Webber International (Fla.); Kaylee Piatt, Southern Nazarene (Okla.); Christine Douglas, Biola (Calif.); Kelsey Pritchard, Taylor (Ind.); Hannah Meadows, College of the Ozarks (Mo.); Erin Sherman, Rio Grande (Ohio); Carissa Oelke, Judson (Ill.).
2011 Composite Winners
Week 1: Danica Markovic, Texas at Brownsville
Week 2: Paula Ferreira, Columbia (Mo.)
Week 3: Yiting Cao, Spring Hill (Ala.)
Week 4: Kim Weaver, Cornerstone (Mich.)
Week 5: Kristin Pressley, Oklahoma Baptist
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Hurricane. The mere mention of the word causes concern for south Louisianans inland and those along the coastal region of the state. And, it is with good reason, too. A hurricane is an enormously powerful force of nature, with winds as high as 160 miles per hour, which can wreak havoc on anything that may chance upon its path.
Even today, one needs only mention 'Audrey' or 'Hilda' or 'Katrina' or 'Isaac' in association with hurricanes, and south Louisianan's are immediately taken back to the horror and destruction of those deadly storms.
The hurricane season begins June 1 and ends November 30.
Sheriff Mike Tregre said, "In spite of the fact that hurricane forecasters are predicting a calmer season for 2016, it is crucial that we do not let our guard down when it comes to hurricane safety. Good, sound emergency preparedness is perhaps the single most important defense against these potential killers. Preparation means learning the hurricane warning messages and planning ahead to help reduce the chances of injury and major property damage."
High winds, torrential rains and storm surges are part of the hurricane package, and attempting to combat these forces at the last minute can be deadly.
Sheriff Tregre advises St. John Parish residents to familiarize themselves with, and incorporate, this basic safety information as part of their hurricane emergency preparedness plan.
Know the difference between a hurricane watch and a hurricane warning. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
If at home:
If you must evacuate:
Electrocution, clean up accidents, fires and other recovery-related accidents can become part of the aftermath of a hurricane and cause deaths. Don't be lulled into a false sense of security just because the wind and rain have subsided. Be on guard.
Remain where you are until you receive official word from authorities that the storm has ended and it is safe to leave. Remember, it is probable you will be
without power, water, and other services. Monitor local radio and TV broadcasts for information regarding emergency medical aid, food, and other types of assistance.
Sheriff Tregre concluded, "It's a fact. Hurricane disasters have occurred in the past and will again in the future. Our best defense against injuries and property damage is to take precautions well in advance of the threat of a hurricane. Don't delay. It's never too early to devise an emergency preparedness plan.
Vigilance is the key to securing the safety of your family and your property."
Call the Sheriff's Office at (985) 652-9513 to learn more about hurricane emergency management or click on a related links below.
Date: August 30, 2017


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This week in fashion law: Counsel requests a short recess (but still has you covered)
So, it turns out that the past two weeks weren't an anomaly: it's actually sort of tricky to juggle active litigation and a regular Friday news column. Who knew? That means that while my firm's latest fashion- and entertainment-related lawsuits are live, my CATWALK JUSTICE posts, and probably my LAW OF FASHION posts as well, could be sporadic. But don't worry: you're sure to hear from me at the first sign of activity in the fashion case of the year, Louboutin v. Yves Saint Laurent, and I would never keep you in the dark on litigation over meta-fashion, either. For now, though, when it comes to run-of-the-mill lawsuits against members of the Jersey Shore cast, you're on your own, kids.
With that said, remember that there's a s#*tload of information about fashion law already stored up in these very pages. So if you read news coverage of this case or that and want to learn a bit more about the legal principles at issue, LOF probably has a post on point. Observe:
- This week, Chanel filed a lawsuit against 399 -- not 400, but 399 -- websites that have allegedly sold counterfeit items bearing the retailer's trademark. Among the accused are chanelOnline.com, replica-coco-lv.com, and chanelhandbags-outlet.net. Sure enough, LAW OF FASHION has addressed the legal issues associated with counterfeit sales of luxury goods on the Internet. And if you're rusty on the difference between garden-variety trademark infringement and (the much more serious act of) trademark counterfeiting, LOF has a post on that, too.
- This week, there was both good news and bad news for models, each carrying legal overtones. LOF has discussed some of the legal issues surrounding modeling before. And those issues, unlike the models themselves, aren't pretty.
- Nike recently won the battle against
humortrademark dilution in a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board decision denying a trademark registration to applicants for the mark "JUST JESU IT," which the TTAB found too evocative of Nike's famous "JUST DO IT" mark. (Of course, that was sort of the point.) But it hasn't been all rosy for Nike on the legal front, as the company's EU trademark application for the phrase "dynamic support" was rejected by the European Union General Court as "merely descriptive" of the shoes in question. Need a refresher on the whole "merely descriptive" thing? LOF has got your back.
- On Thursday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued mall staple dELiA*s for allegedly firing one employee after announcing she was pregnant, and forcing another unfortunate employee into early maternity leave. (Okay, so LAW OF FASHION hasn't discussed pregnancy-motivated discrimination specifically, but you might find it enlightening to read about other types of sex discrimination in the workplace.)
- Fashion students (all students, for that matter), this is important: don't import foreign editions of textbooks to save money! The Second Circuit this week reaffirmed its August ruling that such importation may constitute copyright infringement. Why? It has to do with a hotly-debated limitation on copyright law's "first-sale doctrine," which LAW OF FASHION touched on at the end of an interview in late July.
- West Hollywood, long animal-friendly, has tentatively approved an ordinance that would ban the sale of fur within city limits, which should serve as a reminder of the growing importance of "ethical fashion" and the legal/regulatory/compliance issues that go along with it. As mentioned on here, this writer is jointly taking the lead on these issues at the New York CIty Bar's newly-formed Fashion Law Committee. Mark my words: fashion brands whose products consist primarily of animal products and companies that fail to adequately monitor human rights conditions behind the manufaturing of their goods are going to find themselves in a distinctly Borders-esque situation a lot sooner than they expect. In other words, obsolete. And in some instances, in violation of the law.
On that ominous note, 1) have a swell weekend, 2) use it to catch up on Glee, now that the third season has started (with the fantastically talented Darren Criss as a regular!), and 3) look for future blog posts and CATWALK JUSTICE columns, to be posted as the vagaries of litigation permit...
[This post and all of the content located at the linked web pages are for entertainment and informational purposes only, and do not constitute legal advice or create an attorney-client relationship among any individuals or entities. Any views expressed in this post or at the linked web pages are those of the writer on a particular date, and should not necessarily be attributed to this writer, his law firm, or its clients.]


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IDYLLWILD, Calif. Authorities in Southern California issued evacuation orders for hundreds of homes Wednesday as a major wildfire approached in the mountains southwest of Palm Springs.
Large parts of the communities of Idyllwild and Fern Valley were under evacuation orders with an estimated 300 to 400 homes affected, U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Carol Jandrall.
Residents were being allowed home to pick up essential items before evacuating, Jandrall said.
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About 60 homes were already under evacuation orders and seven have been destroyed or damaged by the wildfire that broke out Monday.
Temperatures were in triple digits in the area and humidity in the single digits, said Tina Rose, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
"I was here at sun-up, and the fire was burning like it was 3 o'clock in the afternoon. That is extreme fire behavior," Rose said, adding that the area had not burned in many years. "The slightest little spark is going to make a run and torch trees. It's just so bone dry."
The blaze destroyed three houses, damaged another and destroyed three mobile homes, a cabin, a garage and about a half-dozen vehicles, the U.S. Forest Service said in a statement Tuesday. Eleven outbuildings, five commercial buildings and several smaller structures also have been lost.
The wildfire started Monday between Palm Springs and Hemet, near the rural Riverside County community of Mountain Center, and grew to more than 22 square miles by Wednesday morning. It was burning in thick brush and trees at an elevation of 5,000 to 7,500 feet.
More than 2,200 firefighters and 25 aircraft had the blaze about 10 percent contained.
Camp Ronald McDonald, which hosts programs for children with cancer and their families, was also evacuated.


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VANCOUVER — It was not just another practice Tuesday for coach Milan Dragicevic and his UBC men's hockey team.
This one was tough. His players weren't in a good mood and neither was Dragicevic, now in his 12th season as Thunderbirds' coach.
Dragicevic and his players were shocked to learn Tuesday morning that the men's hockey program had not made the first cut of UBC's sport review.
Sixteen of the current 29 varsity teams at UBC secured their status for the coming years. But 13 others did not and now must proceed to the second stage of the review and present a five-year plan for their programs. A decision on their futures will be made in mid-February.
"The team was very disappointed, upset, unclear of what would happen next or what the next steps are, kind of not believing that this potentially might happen," Dragicevic said. "So that is kind of the mood they were in during practice and before practice."
"It is really disappointing," added UBC goalie Steven Stanford. "Just not knowing what is going on with our futures here at UBC is pretty frustrating. There was a lot of confusion, disappointment and just disbelief at practice today."
Almost the entire men's hockey team attended Tuesday's noon-hour news conference where UBC vice-president Louise Cowin and Ashley Howard, managing director of athletics and recreation, attempted to explain the decision. The players left moments before the news conference concluded to get to Tuesday's practice.
"I was shocked considering we have been around for 100 years and how much community involvement our players do," Dragicevic said. "Hockey is Canada's game and we have been around for so long. We want to keep that tradition and we want to give players in B.C. the opportunity to play in the best league possible and UBC is the only team in B.C. that allows that. So why make changes when this is it? "Everything else is club. We are the only varsity team in B.C. These players want to play competitive hockey, they want to stay close to home. UBC is the place for them."
The 16 team and individual sports that survived Tuesday's cut included men's and women's basketball, women's field hockey, men's football, women's ice hockey, men's soccer, men's rugby, women's volleyball and men's and women's cross country, rowing, swimming and track and field.
In addition to men's hockey, those sports moving on to stage two include men's and women's golf, women's soccer, men's field hockey, women's softball, men's baseball and men's volleyball.
Arif Virjee and a number of his men's field hockey teammates attended Tuesday's news conference and were clearly disappointed.
"It's extremely disappointing," Virjee said. "The UBC men's field hockey team has been incredibly successful over the years, littered with men's national team players, academic all-Canadians. They have a shoe-string budget and we are very surprised.
"This is my last year for UBC. I think it is more disappointing for the first- and second-year players. They made choices coming here and they are going to have to make some decisions going forward."
During the news conference, Cowin made a point of saying that 29 varsity teams are simply not sustainable. But both she and Howard refused to say what the ideal number is.
The review process has faced heavy criticism, particularly from UBC alumni.
"We had no illusions going into this process," Cowin said. "We knew it would be difficult and we have deeply committed coaches and student athletes and we have many active and passionate alumni who care deeply about UBC athletics. We are immensely grateful to them, but we knew many of them would not be happy about this.
"We simply could not have gone on with 29 varsity teams and it's not just a question of financial resources. We have been clear from the start, the sport review is not about cutting the budget. We are increasing it. The sport review is about redistributing our resources so that all of our student athletes get the optimal support and that UBC varsity teams truly excel in their sport."
The problem is many of the sports now left twisting in the wind have been quite successful. The men's and women's golf teams, for example, have combined to win 17 national titles over the last 12 years. And the men's volleyball team is nationally ranked.
"I think the whole process has been tremendously flawed," said Dr. Derek Swain, who represents an alumni group called Save UBC Varsity Sports. "I do they think they have gained some awareness of the importance and value of sport and I think it is likely we may well see that some sports at risk of being cut right now may in fact be eventually saved. I am hopeful that is going to be the case. I do think it has been a process that has been unnecessarily tedious and divisive and it has created far too much angst."
Over at the Doug Mitchell Sports Centre, Dragicevic and his team vow they are not about to give up.
"We have to make a presentation in two weeks, but the one thing is this is a lot bigger than just our players and the coaching staff here," he said. "This involves every player that has worn a UBC Thunderbirds uniform for hockey. We're a small part of it and the good part of it is our alumni will be heard. They contribute a lot of money to the UBC program and to the academic programs as well.
"We're down a little bit now, but there's absolutely zero quit in our group. We firmly believe that men's hockey will be here and be here for many years to come."


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Maps / Re: St Peters map« on: February 12, 2018, 03:54:17 PM »
Due to computer problems Lost Hope is lost.
Luckily I had backups or all the other maps and I have updated them all
I have a copy of the old 'Lost Hope' level - see attached.
Maps / Re: Wishinwell« on: June 14, 2017, 06:29:02 PM »
great level ! i liked soo much
Maps / Re: Four Corners« on: May 22, 2016, 01:25:31 PM »
Thank you very much for the reply.
I managed to use the level editor and I included all the diseases. Also if I schedule an earthquakes, random earthquakes won't happen anymore. So I schedule one for 30 months ahead and nothing happens till the month number 30. The problem is that after the scheduled earthquake, random ones start to happen again. My hospital was destroyed in a couple of months, even having a lot of handymans and I'm personally taking care of it. Earthquakes really ruin this game.
Which is the last map of your campaign? In the last map there are also epidemics (contagious diseases)?
The only bad thing about Four Corners is that there are no heliport.
The last map is 'Royal Hospital'. I would imagine so, but since the maps were done before epidemics were implemented, I am unable to say whether or not they work. The CorsixTH project seems fairly dead at the moment, so maybe when it livens up again I will go through each one of my maps and run tests and make amendments. It would be possible to include a heliport in the middle, replacing the central building I suppose. I will do this in the future.
Hospital Café / Re: Not all diseases are available?« on: May 22, 2016, 12:32:13 AM »
I downloaded the map pack and I player Four Corners that seem like a complete map. But not all equipments are there, not all diseases are there. The hairy guy, the aliens etc. The amount of treatments are limited. This is a limitation of the map or the Corsix ?
I refer you to my reply here - http://forums.corsixth.com/index.php/topic,5445.15.html
Maps / Re: CorsixTH mappack - Updated 2014-06-07« on: May 22, 2016, 12:30:46 AM »
Since I don´t really play the game anymore. Anyone willing to take over maintaining this mappack?
I think CosixTH is great though.. :-)
I wouldn't mind taking it over if no one else has offered.
Maps / Re: Four Corners« on: May 22, 2016, 12:28:02 AM »
I liked this map, is the exactly what I wanted to use the map editor for. But I don't understand why not all diseases are there. The hairy guy, the aliens etc. The amount of treatments are limited. Why?
Also its possible to make a version without any earthquakes?
This map is part of an entire scenario I created for CorsixTH three years ago. Given that each map is supposed to get progressively harder, not all diseases and treatments are included - more are encountered later on, most likely the ones you refer to. The earthquake mechanic is not something map editors such as myself can control - it seems to be a standard function of the game that is currently unalterable, but in the future might become optional.
Maps / Re: ChrizmanTV Custom Campaign Map Pack« on: March 15, 2015, 11:54:45 AM »
how to replace the Stock maps??
The maps above will be included in a future version of CorsixTH as a 'custom campaign' and so they cannot replace the original campaign maps. Meanwhile, you can download each one individually and play them as single scenarios.
Hospital Café / Let's Play Theme Hospital« on: February 18, 2015, 11:05:00 PM »
For the past few months, I have been uploading a "let's play" of the original Theme Hospital on my YouTube channel. I will post the links below as and when each episode is uploaded. I hope you find it somewhat enjoyable, and I would like to know whether people would be interested in me doing a "let's play" of my own series of custom maps I made for CorsixTH when I have finished the original game. Thanks!
Episode 1 - Toxicity
Episode 2 - Sleepy Hollow
Episode 3 - Largechester
Episode 4 - Frimpton-On-Sea
Rat Shoot 1
For the past few months, I have been uploading a "let's play" of the original Theme Hospital on my YouTube channel. I will post the links below as and when each episode is uploaded. I hope you find it somewhat enjoyable, and I would like to know whether people would be interested in me doing a "let's play" of my own series of custom maps I made for CorsixTH when I have finished the original game. Thanks!
Episode 1 - Toxicity
Episode 2 - Sleepy Hollow
Episode 3 - Largechester
Episode 4 - Frimpton-On-Sea
Rat Shoot 1
Hospital Café / Re: Theme Hospital 1995 Promo« on: November 03, 2014, 11:15:03 PM »
Very nice! For some reason, I couldn't get the sound to work even though I tried the standard DOSBox procedures - maybe there was something not quite right with the application itself. Still, very nice that you have a version with working sound!
Graphics / Re: UI Toolbar Graphics« on: June 19, 2014, 09:05:01 PM »
Looking nice.
As you may have noticed by now, the forum is quite deserted, not many people visit here.
The best way to get attention is to make a branch of the graphics repository, and add your sprites to it.
If that fails for you, you may want to opt for adding the graphics itself to an issue in that project.
If that fails for you, you can try posting the files here, and making an issue with a link to the forum post.
As MarkL said, you can try the IRC if you have problems, but people are not always available (or are busy and cannot react immediately), so you may have to wait a while. Depending on your location that may or may not work nicely.
Anyway, I am not a developer for CorsixTH, but I think the first aim is to replace the current sprites, in particular more or less 1-to-1, so you should keep the same number sprites, and same use, as we have now. (Hopefully a real developer can confirm this for you soon.)
That means that if the original sprites have 3 parts for the text-speech bubble, you should also make 3 sprites (I don't know what it uses, so your current solution may be correct.)
Secondly, new sprites will be added in the SDL2 branch, which uses full colour (32bpp RGBA) sprites. Instead of 8bpp images that you have now, you should make 32bpp images. You thus also don't need to limit yourself to the current palette (although if you go for retro-looks, it may be useful to do so). It would be useful if you make everything 'outside' the sprite fully transparent. The rendering code skips the transparent parts, so it displays the background. Partial transparency is also allowed, although I don't know why you'd want to use it.
In all, it looks to me that you on the right path. Afaik nobody else is working on UI graphics, so they will come in handy.
Thanks for the tips. I'll get to it when I have the time. It was really just a "proof of concept" thing, but I will certainly look towards making the adjustments that's you've suggested.
Graphics / Re: UI Toolbar Graphics« on: June 15, 2014, 05:14:19 PM »
If you want to get them into the game the best place to share them is https://github.com/CorsixTH/CorsixTH-Graphics.
They look fine to me, but I am not an expert on such things
I don't exactly know how to use the GitHub site - it's a lot more complicated than the previous one. :/
Graphics / UI Toolbar Graphics« on: June 15, 2014, 11:43:30 AM »
Hello there. I've recently been working on some sprite graphics for the UI Toolbar and thought that you could implement these into the game at some point in the future. This is just a taster, but let me know if you want me to continue with these so that the whole UI Toolbar can be updated. The attachment contains the icons that pop up from the bottom of the screen to get you to the fax machine, and the adviser's speech bubble. Enjoy!
Research Department / Re: Music« on: June 04, 2014, 02:32:11 PM »
I think what Sam has created already is very good and I enjoy listening to it. I know I'm usually associated with creating custom maps, but I might be able to compose a couple of tracks if you would like me to. To listen to some of my work, please follow the link below.
Emergency Room / Re: Building my own map. Issues with spawning and placing items.« on: May 26, 2014, 09:45:48 AM »
Okay, I did what you said and put different parcels for different buildings like I saw you did on Royal Hospital, except Parcel 3 was the only building that worked. So I went back and made them all Parcel 3, but again, it was the only one that worked. I also went back and made the sidewalk on some parts Parcel 1, thinking maybe that's how you spawned patients. Nope, didn't work. Ugh, this is so frustrating.
I know what the problem is. It happened to me and is a bug with the map editor. You'll have to redraw the areas of the hospital buildings. Usually, you can get away with just redrawing one side and replacing the windows, if you have any. It's time consuming and frustrating, but it's the only way.
Emergency Room / Re: Building my own map. Issues with spawning and placing items.« on: May 25, 2014, 11:40:15 AM »
I built my own dream map, attached it to a level, but it is still not playable. When I first enter the level I can't place anything anywhere for whatever reason. Then it says there is no spawn point, and to place walkable tiles. I went back and placed a cement tile around the whole map's edges and that still didn't work. Idk what to do.
You have to "parcel" the land for you to place anything within the hospital buildings. Try parcelling the area of each hospital building using the parcel tool. This might also fix the spawn/walkable tiles problem too. Try parcelling first and see if that solves all of the problems - sometimes one action leads to two solutions.


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Okay, we all know that flip tees are a little cheesy, but this might have to be an exception (or not). It's a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Raphael flip tee! It's Raphael from the 1980's series, which is awesome. Of course, the T-Shirt wearer must exude a lot of cool and some (or a lot) of crude. If you got the previous sentence, then you're a bonafide 80's kid. Cheers, to you!
By the way, if you're a Turtles fan, be sure to read my post on my exclusive trip the Nickelodeon Studios for a special Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Preview event for the upcoming TV show.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Raphael Costume Flip Tee is available now from TV Store Online for $20.95.


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Default Value
4000 or inherited
Is readable
Is modifiable
Is multi-valued
This property defines the maximum number of values per index key that the server maintains in an index list. It can be set for an entire server instance, for an entire suffix, and for an individual attribute type. You can also set individual thresholds for equality, presence, and substring indexes.
When you do not set specific threshold values, the values at each level are inherited from the more global values. Thus the default suffix threshold value is inherited from the setting for the server instance; the default attribute type value from the setting for the suffix. In addition to inheritance of default settings, this property handles settings as follows.
The threshold value is inherited from the more global setting.
The threshold value is rounded up to 2000.
The setting is used as a guaranteed minimum threshold. Because of internal mechanisms, the real value can be slightly more than the specified value.
After you modify this property for an entire server instance or an entire suffix, import all data from LDIF to reinitialize all indexes.
If you modify this property only for a specific attribute, it is usually most expedient to use the dsconf reindex command on the attribute for which you changed the threshold. The dsconf reindex command runs a directory task to reindex the attribute while the server instance is online.
Syntax values shown in lower case or partly in lower case are literal values.
Those shown in upper case are syntax types, defined as follows:
A valid attribute type name such as cn or objectClass.
true or false.
A valid distinguished name such as ou=People,dc=example,dc=com.
A duration specified in months (M), weeks (w), days (d), hours (h), minutes (m), seconds (s), and miliseconds (ms), or some combination with multiple specifiers. For example, you can specify one week as 1w, 7d, 168h, 10080m, or 604800s. You can also specify one week as 1w0d0h0m0s.
DURATION properties typically do not each support all duration specifiers (Mwdhms). Examine the output of dsconf help-properties for the property to determine which duration specifiers are supported.
A valid e-mail address.
An IP address or host name.
A positive integer value between 0 and the maximum supported integer value in the system address space. On 32-bit systems, 2147483647. On 64-bit systems, 9223372036854775807.
An interval value of the form hhmm-hhmm 0123456, where the first element specifies the starting hour, the next element the finishing hour in 24-hour time format, from 0000-2359, and the second specifies days, starting with Sunday (0) to Saturday (6).
An IP address or range of address in one of the following formats:
IP address in dotted decimal form.
IP address and bits, in the form of network number/mask bits.
IP address and quad, in the form of a pair of dotted decimal quads.
All address. A catch-all for clients that are note placed into other, higher priority groups.
0.0.0.0. This address is for groups to which initial membership is not considered. For example, for groups that clients switch to after their initial bind.
IP address of the local host.
A valid LDAP URL as specified by RFC 2255.
A memory size specified in gigabytes (G), megabytes (M),kilobytes (k), or bytes (b). Unlike DURATION properties, MEMORY_SIZE properties cannot combine multiple specifiers. However, MEMORY_SIZE properties allow decimal values, for example, 1.5M.
A valid cn (common name).
A three-digit, octal file permissions specifier. The first digit specifies permissions for the server user ID, the second for the server group ID, the last for other users. Each digit consists of a bitmask defining read (4), write (2), execute (1), or no access (0) permissions, thus 640 specifies read-write access for the server user, read-only access for other users of the server group, and no access for other users.
The full path to the file from which the bind password should be read.
A valid, absolute file system path.
A DirectoryString value, as specified by RFC 2252.
An SSL cipher supported by the server. See the Reference for a list of supported ciphers.
An SSL protocol supported by the server. See the Reference for a list of supported protocols.
A time of the form hhmm in 24-hour format, where hh stands for hours and mm stands for minutes.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
Stability Level
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