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garlic as a CAUSE of mouth ulcers??48 messages in this subject.
|I tried use garlic cloves for my gums. It burned really bad and now I have two mouth sores. Does anyone have a cure?
|Dani V. 6 October 19
|I was chewing then , swallowed a garlic clove the next day I have a burning and swelling on the side of my younger
|Bob Thomas 13 August 19
|no doubt garlic is good remedy for blood pressur and many other deseas but it is also fact that also cause mouth ulcer and soures.
|om dewan 6 August 19
|Garlic causes mouth ulcers. Case closed
|Ulcersruinlives 18 May 19
|Really garlic causes mouth ulcer,i used to take nothing happened but i took it last week i developed mouth ulcer,my lips have blisters.
|Nozi 22 April 19
|I am sitting here laughing. I just reAd all these comments to my wife who is suffering from terrible mouth sores from eating a piece of home made pizza completely covered in fresh garlic. Probably two cloves piece. I guess we are all crazy eating this stuff. Yes it works to relieve some things but its ying / yang. You pay a price.
|Dan Klaben 25 February 19
I was just wondering to share some information, actually I am diabetic for the last two years. last month I had my medical tests and my cholesterol was too high. One of my friends advised me to take a clove of garlic early in the morning with empty stomach. I used garlic for a period of one month, my cholesterol level dramatically came down but I have sores on my tongue which were disturbing me. I was just thinking what might be the reason, later I came to know that it was the GARLIC... I believe every thing has pros and cons
|M. Asif 5 January 19
|I have the same experience. I used to eat raw garlic and it was fine but since 8 years ago I realised when I eat food that contain garlic (raw,cook,powder,sauce) I get ulcer in my throat and I cant sleep from couple of nights because of pain. When I eat garlic which is kept in Vinager for many years and becme soft and black it doesnt hurt me. I have been seen by many consultants but non of them can help me. It is very annoying that I cant eat many food especially starters outside because all contain garlic.
|Hali 30 December 18
|I started eating one garlic clove on an empty stomach every morning as a cure to stomach fullness and general detox.
It worked wonders and the results were visible from day one.
Things got better but after about two weeks, I found ulcers on the inside of my cheeks, gums and mouth.
It was painful and for the record, I have never had any mouth ulcers all my life and I am not under any medication so the only suspect was Garlic.
A random google lookup brought me here and I am pleasantly surprised at the posts here.
Not sure what is the cause as chewing a single garlic clove does cause irritation (burning sensation) in my mouth.
I guess I may have to give up on what was an amazing find or maybe reduce it to once in three days or so.
Thank you for maintaining this forum.
|Sim 3 May 18
|How about using garlic powder?? Any ulcers from that!
|Carol 26 February 18
|I regular swallowed garlic clove rmpty stomach for a month and got good result as my ankles swelling heeled, and pain ended. But I feel dry mouth and my toungue turned black from front like burned. I stopped garlic clove and my ankles again swelled and pain also started
|Anita 23 February 18
|Well i started to eat garlic cloves (chewing the cloves) then seallowing on a empty stomach. I think my mouth ulcer is related to the garlic and burning stinging sensation on my tounge i got hours after eating the garlic?
|Yby 10 December 17
|Garlic is very powerful. Yes, it can cause mouth sore & burns. I currently have burns on my skin from garlic.
|Stacy 6 September 17
|I came down with a cold recently and a friend recommended eating raw garlic as a natural antiviral remedy. So I went to town with the garlic: chopped them up and sprinkled it on all of my meals. While I think it did shorten the length of the cold, I now have 4 canker sores strategically located in different corners of my mouth for maximum excruciation. After stumbling upon this forum, I'm more confident in my assumption that it was the most likely culprit of my canker sores, since other home remedies I also did (gargling salt water, drinking honey&lime tea, taking vitamin C) don't seem as harmful.
|Jett 26 April 17
|When ever I eat garlic a mouth ulcer forms and it is really painful like today I ate garlic sauce and with in ten minutes I had a ulcer I get ulcers on my tongue cheek and behind my lip
|Used to be garlic muncher before realis allergic to 26 March 17
|Yes garlic causes mouth ulcers. I have developed 3-4 of them withing 2-3 days after started eating 3-4 cloves empty stomach daily. I thought it was due to flax seeds or Walnuts. But the culprit is Garlic!
|Yus 17 January 17
|When Every I eat Fried Garlic, Raw Garlic i got Mouth Ulcers. Is there any reason in Garlic..Pl give me solution this one.
|J Hussain 27 October 16
|when every i ate garlic i got affected with mouth ulcers,it suffers me lot. what's the reason.
|Javeed Hussain 27 October 16
|I ate raw garlic last night and I have a mouth ulcer today.
|Nita 1 September 16
|P.s. the first time I ate raw garlic I got 6 ulcers!
|Sar 17 August 16
|For all you people saying it's not the garlic, it IS THE GARLIC. Every time I eat raw garlic it does this even half cooked with olive oil. I like to microwave mine with butter and salt yum. It won't cause ulcer after you microwave it however it may take away the nutrients and isn't that why most of us who have health issues eat it? You can just chew it up with a mouth full of milk.
|Sar 17 August 16
|Does garlic can be reason of any kind of ulcer, I want to eat garlic everyday for burn fat does it harm me
|Mazhar ali 13 July 16
|I make Hummus with two clusters of Garlic, a jar or tahini, five lemons and two mugs of chick peas. We love it but I get ulcers under my tongue and they sting for the best part of a week or more
|Louis 9 April 16
|I'm so sorry to hear about your little one. I hope the HFM paesss soon.Your are right super cute ribbons and I love the paper lines you have shown here. Take care Em! Hope your day is a good one.
|Maddie 26 September 15
|StephanieWhy would anyone care what you or Greg think of Dawkins, or his book? You and Greg do not speak on beahlf of any community.It matters, actually, because it is an elephant in the room. The form of cognitive dissonance reduction employed when ignoring Rebecca's treatment of Stef McGraw is rather profound.I am also struck by Greg's original message: but we must move forward. It doesn't seem as though Greg (and others) want to move forward at all.
|Heavi 26 September 15
|, and correctly so, a lot of our beiaohvr at her place, and elsewhere, is wrought in that. We're doing what is old hat for the medium: when reason and honest conversation isn't possible, escalate it for the comedy.I know this doesn't fit with that rapist, rape apologist, gender traitor, reprobate meme you're all too happy to perpetuate. This just shows a massive cultural blindness on your part.Odd for a student and scholar' of human beiaohvr and its attendant culture. But, as John C. Welch said when he was DDOS my hard-drive last night, not my farm, not my pig.
|Joe 26 September 15
|there was any excuse? In case you can't reerad the comments in order:You (30): I'm still pissed at Rebecca.Me (31): So?You (33): It's an elephant in the room.Me (36): No, it's not. It gets talked about.You (42): So what's your excuse?Excuse for what? Is Greg supposed to make some excuse for not bringing up McGraw when he recommends Dawkins book despite not being entirely happy with Dawkins? Am I supposed to make some excuse for asking you what kind of stake you have in this instead of telling you're wrong about something when I don't even know what you think happened?If you want to talk about McGraw, by all means, make some point. You've already seen mine because I've been talking about it. Tell us why you feel the need to judge Rebecca and then withhold your almighty forgiveness.
|Shah 26 September 15
|i think garlic kills all the good bacteria cause imbalance in your digestive system causing canker sore. I always had sore on and off but I think garlic is the criminal
|james 4 September 15
|mix garlic with olive oil..
|garlic eater 20 July 15
|hi ,,,,,I developed cheek ulcer when I kept garlic on the pocket of gum ......I did not realise the reason of ulcer and kept it many times ....now I have swollen cheeks and there is discomfort ,,,,,,please help me what to do ?????
|pooja 7 May 15
|I also get mouth ulcers when I eat garlic. I thought that it might have been for another reason considering that it is antibacterial/antiviral/anti fungal food but as it turns out according to Chinese medicine that garlic can cause too much heat in your digestive system. When your digestive system is inflamed, this causes symptoms in your body, hence the mouth ulcers. This is not to say that garlic is bad for you but if a person is already having digestive problems, garlic can and will make it worse along with other heaty foods such as ginger, peppers, caffeine, sugar, and spices.
|Shannon 9 April 15
|Started eating garlic pills a couple of days ago and I hace terrible ulcers on both my cheeks.....and my mouth feels rotten
|Ravi 3 April 15
|I am on medication that causes dry mouth, and I have always been prone to canker sores. I cannot eat garlic, chocolate, or pineapple without issues now. My mouth either gets really dry, tastes like I have chewed tinfoil, or I get a sore from it. They do make a rinse for mouth sores that I got at my local drug store, it works pretty well.
|Carla 23 January 15
|Garlic works!
|Pam 21 January 15
|Everytime I eat raw garlic clove, next day I am having mouth ulcer. I don't understand how to eat raw garlic, for its wonderful benefits.
|Ashutosh Mahajan 3 January 15
|Yes it causes me to get mouth sores. I think onions and peppers do this too among lots of other things. Vinegar does it as well. I also am now researching why every time I eat poultry I get them. I think it is the tryptophan or something like that in it. I am becoming very susceptible to these and seem to only be able to eat plain foods without lots of seasoning that tends to irritate my mouth.
|me 25 October 14
|i observe body heat and eating garlic is some trigger to cause mouth ulcers
|werx 23 June 14
|i am a 67 yr. old white male. i am a type 2 diabetic. i had pituitary cushing's disease. i now have no pituitary gland. i have had cancer 3 times. severe head and neck, and, oral. i just got through with prostate gland radiation. i bought some raw garlic from kroger this week. i peeled one clove. one clove. i have a peg tube (stomach tube). i put the one clove of garlic in my vitamix. i added my usual foods. then water. i consumed it all. i got the worst dry mouth i have ever had in my life! i thought it was the elavil i had just started to take! no, it was the garlic!!
|robert e. dean, jr. 3 May 14
|I am currently having mouth ulcer because I have been eating raw garlic to prevent colds. It feels horrible!!! Any tips on how could I make it better? Like gargling something?
|Meg 22 February 14
|Yes the garlic caused the ulcers it happened to me as well. I ate two garlic cloves by themselves and the next day I had around 7 sores in my mouth. It was excruciating for about a week. Its from the allicin in the garlic. Some people get the ulcers and some don't. I have been eating the garlic clove (one) a week lately to keep ways candida. So far I haven't gotten them again but I do only eat one now and not two and I do take drinks between chewing now , whereas before I didn't. I would take the garlic pills but I LOVE raw garlic so much. :)
|Sarah 14 January 14
|I have OLP, biopsy-confirmed, and I don't want to use steroid wash - much prefer the natural ways of healing. In my searchings i have seen several snippets of information concerning the use of garlic to quell OLP. I have only started it yesterday, but it makes my mouth feel wonderful - clean and fresh. I would like to hear from someone else who has used the method i found - crushing garlic, pressing finger in to the garlic to pick up the oil, and massaging gums and all tissue in mouth, then swish and spit. If this sounds familiar to anyone, please send your response.
Gee Gee, 7/30/2013
|Gee Gee Roos 30 July 13
|I was just Googling this because for the past two days I have eaten a clove of raw garlic and now have mouth sores. Pretty sure the garlic caused them. The sores started yesterday. I think garlic causes dry mouth which may cause or encourage sores.
|tori 21 July 13
|Garlic is quite well knows as a treatment for ulcers, acts as an astringent and calms down angry ulcers.
|mikey j 16 May 13
|I tried several times the mixture ( garlic juice, ginger juice, lemon juice, and apple vinegar, mixed with equal volume of honey) but forced to stop it because I developed mouth ulcer. After reading similar problem faced by other people who used garlic, I am almost certain that garlic causes mouth ulcer.
|Anwar Ali 8 May 13
|My husband developed mouth ulcers after eating garlic too. It has been proved many times.
|Liz 10 October 12
|Hi Sam,
It may be that the garlic bread has scratched your mouth and its developed into an ulcer. Especially if its on the roof of your mouth.
Like many others, I heartily recommend some thinly sliced garlic directly on the ulcer to heal it. It hurts at first but then the pain goes and the ulcers seems like its cauterized and magically doesnt hurt! Ive just found this out tonight eating garlic butter! Im so relieved, my ulcer was on the roof of my mouth between my 2 incisors so REALLY hard to eat anything without catching it.
I also recommend DCL liquorice, it seems to calm the inflammation.
|Jacq 6 July 07
|Could just be perhaps that the bread is too rough for your mouth and causes damage which result in ulcers - as I have the same problem with crusty rolls/baguettes. Hope they clear up soon.
|wendy u.k 13 February 07
|I am convince garlic is causing my mouth ulcers. Have only just realised that they occur after a bout of eating garlic bread etc. Has anybody else had a similar experience?
|Sam 10 February 07
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The New York City Council voted to override Mayor Michael Bloomberg's veto of the controversial Community Safety Act.
The act contains two bills, one that will create an inspector general to oversee the activities of the police department and have subpoena power, while the other bill will make it easier for people to sue the NYPD over racial profiling.
The racial profiling bill override passed 34-15 on Thursday and the inspector general bill override passed 39-10. The profiling measure will go into effect 90 days after the vote and the inspector general will be appointed by the new mayor in January.
Bloomberg expressed his disagreement with the override in a statement after the City Council meeting and vowed to fight the bills before they go in effect.
"Make no mistake; the communities that will feel the most negative impacts of these bills will be minority communities across our city, which have been the greatest beneficiaries of New York City's historic crime reductions," Bloomberg said. "It is a dangerous piece of legislation and we will ask the courts to step in before innocent people are harmed."
Opponents of the bills believe that the NYPD doesn't need to have another monitor and that the racial profiling bill will cause officers and the police department to be tied up in court, instead of fighting crime.
"The role to have permanent oversight of the police department belongs to the police commissioner, belongs to the City Council members who serve on the Public Safety Committee, which refused to pass these laws to begin with," Councilmember Eric Ulrich said. "This is not going to lower crime; the only thing it's going to lower is the moral of the police department."
Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr., who was against the bills, missed the vote to move his daughters into the University of Notre Dame. "The city just became less safe," Vallone tweeted.
Supporters of the bills believe that minorities were unfairly targeted by the stop-and-frisk policy and the bills were necessary to stop racial profiling.
"This vote for me is a very easy one," Councilmember Mark Weprin said. "I have no choice but to vote what I believe in my heart. And I feel very strongly that this is a problem that needs to be addressed. This is a policy that needs to be reformed."
Supporters also believe that the bill will improve relations between the cops and minorities.
"By reforming this policy, these residents will be less likely to second guess a police officer's intentions and be more willing to help them in their investigation," said Councilmember Leroy Comrie. "I am proud to vote with my colleagues in overturning the mayor's veto and would like to thank them for helping to make this city a safer place to live."


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Tennis: Sharapova destroys Makarova and rolls into Australian Open semi-finals
Maria Sharapova's biggest challenge to achieving her second Australian Open title, apart from Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams, could be herself.
Not that anyone has managed to exploit any mental deficiencies in the world number two... yet.
The Russian not only continued her perfect run in Australian Open quarter-finals on Tuesday by swatting aside Russian compatriot Ekaterina Makarova 6-2 6-2 to set up a semi-final against Li Na, she also set a record at the grand slam.
With her 66-minute victory, Sharapova has now dropped just nine games in total, the fewest number conceded by a semi-finalist at the tournament.
Monica Seles conceded 12 games on her way to the 1991 semi-finals. Seles went on to win the title.
The world number two, along with defending champion Azarenka and 15-times grand slam winner Williams, have been a class above the rest of the women's draw at Melbourne Park.
Sharapova has refused to get too far ahead of herself, dragging out the "one match at a time" cliche after each round, though she said after her demolition of Makarova that she was pleased she was staying mentally switched on during matches despite their one-sided nature.
"That's always one of the toughest things, keeping that focus, especially when you have when you feel like you're doing the right things and you have your opponent in the right position," Sharapova said.
"You really have to follow through with what you've done and keep doing it (and) keeping your head in the right direction."
The right direction is lifting the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Trophy for the second time and Sharapova came into the quarter-final brimming with confidence.
Not only had she not dropped a set, she had also not lost any of her previous five Australian Open quarter-final matches, with one of those victories against Makarova last year.
The 24-year-old Makarova was expected to be a tough opponent having already beaten 11th seed Marion Bartoli and fifth seed Angelique Kerber to make the quarter-finals and despite Sharapova's rampage through the four previous rounds, she thought her 19th-seeded compatriot would be a challenge.
"She's beaten quality players over the course of last week, and I know that she's capable of playing really good, with deep hitting," Sharapova said.
"Also a lefty, which is a bit tricky and I thought I handled that pretty good and was able to keep my focus all the way through the match."
Sharapova, who had won her first two round matches 6-0 6-0, has bullied her opponents into submission with her powerful serve and booming groundstrokes.
Against Makarova, however, she experienced something almost alien to her - she had her serve broken for the second time. The previous break of serve was by Venus Williams in their third round clash.
As such, Makarova's temerity to break in the fourth game of the match was duly punished as Sharapova rattled off the next four games to clinch the first set in 31 minutes, then win the opening two games of the second, which only highlighted her laser-sharp focus.
"If I do come into a situation where I feel like I have to pull through or I'm not playing my best tennis or she's up and I have to find a way to win, then that's what you have on that given day," Sharapova said.
"Do I want to be in that position? Absolutely not.
"If I start the match well, I want to follow through with that along the whole way and keep that motivation and the way that I'm playing, doing the right things and keeping that focus. That's the important thing.
"It's not to think, 'oh well, should I just give away a few games'?
"It's not really a mentality of a winner, I think."
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Pseudo-DOPA Suggestions (Age Verification) Provide False Sense of Security
Age verification for social networking sites provides teens and parents with a false sense of security. I believe that age verification just cannot be the best solution to the child safety issue. Adam Thierer, Progress & Freedom (PFF) Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Digital Media Freedom basically states this as well, warning us that
"creating [age] verification schemes that are too cumbersome for the user and the site owner [could result in] having popular networking sites pushed offshore, out of reach of US laws. An overly broad definition could [also] have a chilling affect on free speech. Moreover, collection and verification of the personal information of minors raises serious concerns of privacy and data protection."
All of this is discussed in detail within the "Social Networking & Age Verification: Many Hard Questions; No Easy Solutions" report published yesterday from the The Progress & Freedom Foundation, where Thierer discusses some privacy and constitutional issues related to age verification proposals for social networking sites. He (along with many of us within the library and education arenas) logically explains that
"A combination of efforts, including greater online safety education, should be implemented to protect children from child predators and objectionable content."
I found Thierer's paper last night (read it again before work this morning) to be a rational, up-to-date, educational explanation of some of the political and personal implications of social networking and child safety issues and concerns—something I hear about often and am constantly asked about while I present on Web 2.0 and social networking topics at workshops and conferences—even while working the reference desk at Rider University! I just had to blog about it at lunch today.
What a lot of people don't seem to fully understand is that many, many websites require user interaction in some way, shape, or form, and the legislation proposed today, as written, would, if passed, pretty much outlaw all blogs and other forms of online communication, making them pretty much worthless. I understand the privacy and safety concerns being batted around, especially as a parent and educator myself, and I believe that there are no easy answers or solutions at this time, especially regarding this aspect of our digital revolution.
However, age verification is not the answer, not to mention, as Thierer states, it would be extremely difficult to control and/or manage. A combination of educational programs and parental involvement is still the most effective way to keep our kids safe online. I think our legislators and law enforcement personnel do have legitimate concerns and are mostly looking out for our best interests. Still, I agree with Thierer's statement that
"Policymakers and law enforcement should also focus their efforts on the prosecution of online predators under existing laws and ensure adequate punishment for the crimes."
Let's not go to the extreme while proposing and/or mandating legislation (like DOPA or some of the other pseudo-DOPA suggestions) which can and will effectively terminate our First Amendment rights, all for the sake of ineffectively protecting our online safety. Keep informed, and read this report and other current papers on the issue of online safety, and let's work together, rationally, on this.
Come on, you know you are eating lunch while sitting in your office at your computer anyway! Your input and other suggested readings are certainly welcome.
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X Haskins& Sells at 80 Years / The Firm will mark its 80th anniversary in March. In commemoration of this milestone, we have asked managing partner Michael N. Chetkovich to comment on where the Firm stands at 80 and where we are going as we move toward our centennial year. As a starter, what does it mean for a firm, or for any organization for that matter, to be 80 years old, or 100 or 50? What is the significance of this? MNC: A good question and one I've thought about a bit. Certainly it's a time for a measure of humility a proper occasion to recognize our great obligation to all those who built the Firm and brought it to where it is today. They have given us a sturdy vehicle to work with and move forward. However, one can overdo the celebration of history. We can't afford much time for looking back; there is too much to do today. And it's what we do today that counts. Great as tradition can be, and ours is, it should not get in the way of progress. With that in mind, what major developments do you see the profession and the Firm approaching in the years immediately ahead? MNC: The profession is in a period of considerable change and ferment and there are significant issues to be resolved which are critical to our future direction. For example, there is the broad question of the extent to which our professional societies, specifically the American Institute of CPAs, should and will act for the profession, versus the individual firms, particularly the larger ones, going their own way. We in H&S always have held to the premise that a strong professional society was essential to a strong profession. So we have felt that the best approach to broad professional questions and issues was through the Institute. There have been indications that some of our contemporaries do not feel as strongly about this philosophy as we do. Regardless of one's philosophy this is something that we must resolve if we are to move forward. Should we, for example, develop auditing standards through the profession or should each firm do it on its own? And there are ethical questions, for example: how should we distinguish between advertising and self-promotion versus properly informing the public? There is no one answer, nor a simple answer, to questions such as these. Certainly there is room for and there should be a considerable area for variation in how the individual firms operate—room for innovation and individuality. On the other hand, I would think and hope that on the broad issues that affect the whole profession we ought to try to work out the answers together, and by that I mean w^rk them out in a way that's good for the public and for the profession, as well as for the individual firms. But to go back more specifically to your question of significant developments affecting the profession and the Firm. Of course, we have to be concerned about the litigious environment we are in today, and we have to be concerned over the attitude and activity of the Securities and Exchange Commission as it affects the profession. I am confident that some of the harsher aspects will be mitigated as time goes on. Although the complaints and criticism still seem to be mounting in volume, there has to be a leveling off and a more realistic perspective taken of the audit function and what can be expected of it. You mean by the SEC and the public? MNC: Yes. The SEC, the public, the courts and the profession itself. And in this connection, I think the AlCPA's appointment of a special commission to study this whole question of audit responsibility—the commission that Ken Stringer of our Firm is a member of—is a step in the right direction. I don't know that any really concentrated study ever has been given to this most important subject. The courts, of course, have looked at it to some extent. It has been looked at in pieces or from certain points of view, but we've never really put the function under close scrutiny and asked, "What can and should be expected of an audit? How much reliance can or should be put on it?" We can't expect this group to give us complete and totally definitive answers, but certainly this could be a long step in the right direction. Auditing and accounting are rather imperfect arts practiced in what we certainly know to be an imperfect society. There is a tendency to expect a much greater degree of precision from accounting and from auditing than is inherent in the nature of these functions. None of this is to say that we, as professionals, shouldn't take a critical look at ourselves and sharpen our own perspectives and our own tools on a continuing basis. This kind of self-analysis and self-improvement is essential to progress. We know that institutions and professions, like individuals, all have to be prodded to some extent or they can become complacent and unresponsive to changing needs. We have to recognize that we have a significant responsibility to a broad public and that a great deal is expected of us. The other side, as I mentioned, is that there should not be an unreasonable level of expectation. Expectation should be consistent with the realities of the situation. This, as I see it, is the real problem of credibility; it's the gap between expectation and performance. What we must consider is whether the gap is a factor of unreasonable expectations or of substandard performance or of some combination of the two. What is the proper level of performance? And similarly, what is a reasonable level of expectation? This kind of gap is going to be with us for a long time, just as it is with other professions, such as medicine and law, and that's another thing we have to recognize. 12
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In Java EE 5, a web service that is based on JAX-WS can be implemented either as an EJB endpoint or servlet endpoint. An example of a JAX-WS-based web service implemented as an EJB endpoint is provided in the Tech Tip Developing Web Services Using EJB 3.0. A JAX-WS-based web service implemented as a servlet endpoint is provided in the Tech Tip Developing Web Services Using JAX-WS.
Irrespective of the way a web service is implemented, most enterprise applications, including those that use web services, need to run in a secure environment. Transport Layer Security (TLS)/Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a point-to-point secure transport mechanism that can be used for authentication, message integrity, and confidentiality. TLS/SSL (or in this tip, simply "SSL") meets the security requirements of most enterprise application environments, and is widely adopted.
This Tech Tip shows you how to construct a JAX-WS-based web service that runs with SSL, and how to access the web service from an application client. A sample package accompanies the Tech Tip. It demonstrates a Java client accessing a JAX-WS web service using SSL. Examples are provided for web services implemented as EJB and servlet endpoints. The sample uses an open source reference implementation of Java EE 5 called GlassFish. You can download GlassFish from the GlassFish Community Downloads page.
Write the Class for the Web Service Endpoint
Let's begin by writing a Java class for the web service. SSL has no impact on the Java code for the web service endpoint. The same code works for web services that use SSL or that don't use SSL.
In Java EE 5, you can use annotations to easily construct a JAX-WS web service. Here's an example of a web service implemented as an EJB endpoint:
package ejbws; import javax.annotation.Resource; import javax.ejb.Stateless; import javax.jws.WebService; import javax.xml.ws.WebServiceContext; @Stateless @WebService public class HelloEjb { @Resource WebServiceContext wsContext; public String hello(String msg) { return "Ejb WS: " + wsContext.getUserPrincipal() + ": " + msg; } }
The @Stateless annotation marks the class as a stateless session bean, and the @WebService annotation marks the class as a web service. The @Resource annotation is used to declare resource dependencies that the class has -- in essence, what resources the class needs. These resources are then injected into the endpoint implementation. In this example, the annotation identifies a resource dependency on the WebServiceContext. The class needs the WebServiceContext to get context information about requests, such as related security information.
Here's the same web service implemented as a servlet endpoint:
package servletws; import javax.annotation.Resource; import javax.jws.WebService; import javax.xml.ws.WebServiceContext; @WebService public class HelloServlet { @Resource WebServiceContext wsContext; public String hello(String msg) { return "Servlet WS: " + wsContext.getUserPrincipal() + ": " + msg; } }
Specify Security Information in Deployment Descriptors
To use SSL in a web service that is implemented as an EJB endpoint, you need to specify security information in a vendor-specific deployment descriptor (in this tip, sun-ejb-jar.xml). For a web service implemented as a servlet, you need to specify the security information in the web.xml descriptor.
One important aspect of secure communication through SSL is server authentication, that is, confirming the identity of the server to the client. Another aspect is client authentication, where the dedicated server confirms the identity of the client. In SSL, you can have either server authentication or the combination of server and client authentication (but not client authentication alone). This tip uses the term "mutual authentication" to mean the combination of server and client authentication. (Note however that other documents might attach a different meaning to mutual authentication. For example, in some documents, the term client authentication is synonymous with mutual authentication.)
To enable SSL server authentication, you need to set the <transport-guarantee> element to CONFIDENTIAL. For a web service implemented as an EJB endpoint, you set the element in the sun-ejb-jar.xml deployment descriptor. For a web service implemented as a servlet, you set the element in the web.xml deployment descriptor. As an example, for the HelloEjb web service, the <transport-guarantee> element in the sun-ejb-jar.xml deployment descriptor should look this:
<ejb> <ejb-name>HelloEjb</ejb-name> <webservice-endpoint> <port-component-name>HelloEjb</port-component-name> <transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee> </webservice-endpoint> </ejb>
For the HelloServletService service, the <transport-guarantee> element web.xml deployment descriptor should look like this:
<security-constraint> <web-resource-collection> <web-resource-name>Secure Area</web-resource-name> <url-pattern>/HelloServletService/HelloServlet </url-pattern> <http-method>POST</http-method> </web-resource-collection> <auth-constraint> <role-name>EMPLOYEE</role-name> </auth-constraint> <user-data-constraint> <transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee> </user-data-constraint> </security-constraint>
Notice the <http-method> element value of POST in web.xml. JSR-109, "Implementing Enterprise Web Services", specifies that the service endpoint authorization must be defined using an http-method element value of POST.
In GlassFish, WSDL files are protected by SSL for endpoints with SSL or SSL mutual authentication. For SSL mutual authentication, you need to set the <auth-method> subelement of the <login-config> element to CLIENT-CERT. You also need to set the <transport-guarantee> element to CONFIDENTIAL. For instance, in sun-ejb-jar.xml;
<ejb> <ejb-name>HelloEjb</ejb-name> <webservice-endpoint> <port-component-name>HelloEjb</port-component-name> <login-config> <auth-method>CLIENT-CERT</auth-method> <realm>certificate</realm> </login-config> <transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee> </webservice-endpoint> </ejb> <security-constraint> <web-resource-collection> <web-resource-name>Secure Area</web-resource-name> <url-pattern>/HelloServletService/HelloServlet </url-pattern> <http-method>POST</http-method> </web-resource-collection> <auth-constraint> </role-name>EMPLOYEE</role-name> </auth-constraint> <user-data-constraint> <transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee> </user-data-constraint> </security-constraint> <login-config> <auth-method>CLIENT-CERT</auth-method> <realm-name>certificate</realm-name> </login-config>
No deployment descriptor is needed for the client program.
Package and Deploy the Web Service Application
Packaging and deploying a web service application that uses SSL is the same as for a web service application that doesn't use SSL. Keep in mind however, that if the web service is implemented as a servlet endpoint in an enterprise archive (that is, a .ear file), you need to include the application.xml file to specify the context-root for the web application.
Write the Client
After deploying the web service, you can access it from a client program. The client program for a web service application that uses SSL is essentially the same as one that doesn't use SSL. The major difference is that instead of using HTTP as the internet protocol, you need to use HTTPS. In the client, you use the @WebServiceRef annotation to declare a reference to a web service. The value of the wsdlLocation parameter in @WebServiceRef is a URL that points to the location of the WSDL file for the service being referenced. So for a web service client that uses SSL, the wsdlLocation parameter in the @WebServiceRef annotation needs to specify an HTTPS URL. For example:
@WebServiceRef(wsdlLocation= "https://serverName:8181/HelloEjbService/HelloEjb?WSDL") private static HelloEjbService helloEjbService;
You can then access the port for the web service and invoke the web service:
HelloEjb helloEjbPort = helloEjbService.getHelloEjbPort(); helloEjbPort.hello("Hello World");
Client-side artifacts are generated by accessing the WSDL file through HTTPS. To do that, you need to specify the location of a truststore file for the server and its password in the environment variable VMARGS. In SSL, you can use certificates to authenticate the server or for mutual authentication of both the server and client. The truststore file for the server contains the trusted certificates for the server and its keys.
You can specify the location of the server's truststore file and its password in various ways, for example, you can specify them in an ant script as follows:
<exec executable="wsimport"> <env key="VMARGS" value="-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=${truststore.location} -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=${ssl.password}"/> <arg line="-keep -d ${client.build} https://serverName:8181/HelloEjbService/HelloEjb?WSDL"/> </exec>
Set Up the Client Truststore and Keystore
In addition to a truststore file for the server, you also need a truststore file for the client. The client validates the server certificate against a set of certificates in its truststore. For a secure connection to be made using SSL, the client-side truststore needs to trust the server certificate. For SSL mutual authentication, the server-side truststore also needs to trust the client certificate. If you modify the server-side truststore, you need to restart the server (this allows use of the new certificate). You might not need to do this in a production environment because production certificates are signed by a common Certificate Authority (CA). The GlassFish builds include certificates for several common root CAs.
For SSL mutual authentication, you need to provide your own key in a client keystore (a file that contains the client's keys and certificates). You can use keytool, a key and certificate management utility in JDK 5.0, to generate the keystore.
Run the Client
Before you run the client that access a web service with SSL, you need to set the value of the environment variable, VMARGS. After that, you can run the application as usual. For SSL, set the value of VMARGS to:
-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=${truststore.location} -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=${ssl.password}
For SSL mutual authentication, set the value of VMARGS to:
-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=${truststore.location} -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=${ssl.password} -Djavax.net.ssl.keyStore =${keystore.location} -Djavax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword=${ssl.password}
Running the Sample Code
To install and run the sample code that accompanies this tip:
- If you haven't already done so, download GlassFish from the GlassFish Community Downloads Page, and install it.
- Set the following environment variables:
- GLASSFISH_HOME. This should point to where you installed GlassFish.
- ANT_HOME. This should point to where ant is installed. Ant is included in the GlassFish bundle that you downloaded. (In Windows, it's in the lib\ant subdirectory.)
- JAVA_HOME. This should point to the location of JDK 5.0 on your system.
Add $JAVA_HOME/bin, $ANT_HOME/bin, and $GLASSFISH_HOME/bin to your PATH environment variable.
- Download the sample package and extract its contents. You should now see the newly extracted directory as <sample_install_dir>/ttmay2006ws-ssl, where <sample_install_dir> is the directory in which you installed the sample package. The ws-ssl directory below ttmay2006ws-ssl contains the source files and other support files for the sample.
- Change to the ws-ssl directory and edit the build.properties file as appropriate. For example, if the admin host is remote, change the value of admin.host from the default localhost to the appropriate remote host. Also, make sure that the following properties are correctly specified:
- server.cert.cn. The CN name of the server certificate. It should be the host name or the fully-qualified domain name. In the default installation of GlassFish, the server certificate has the alias name s1as. You can display the CN by issuing the following command:
keytool -list -v -alias s1as -keystore $GLASSFISH_HOME/domains/domain1/config/cacerts.jks
In response, you'll be prompted for a keystore password. Respond with the default password, changeit. You can change the password.
- admin.user. The ID of the administrator who starts and stops the domain.
- admin.port. The http port number of administrative server.
- https.port. The https port number of server.
ant setup
This creates a private key in a local keystore, exports the certificate, and imports it to the common truststore. Note that a self-signed certificate is installed in the truststore. This is for testing purposes only and is not recommended for production.
- If GlassFish is running, stop it as follows:
$GLASSFISH_HOME/bin/asadmin stop-domain domain1
Then start it:
$GLASSFISH_HOME/bin/asadmin start-domain domain1
This picks up the new certificate in the truststore.
- Build and deploy the sample. First enter the following command:
ant build
This compiles the EJB and Servlet Web Services classes and creates an ear file.
Then enter the command:
ant deploy
This deploys the ear file in GlassFish.
And finally, the following command:
ant build-client
This generates artifacts and compiles the client-side code.
- Run the client application to access the web service with SSL. Enter the following command:
ant run
You should see results that look something like this:
[exec] Retrieving port from the service ejbws.HelloEjbService@4e21db [exec] Invoking hello operation on the HelloEjbService port [exec] Ejb WS: CN=serverName, OU=SSLClient, O=EJTechTips, L=Santa Clara, ST=California, C=US: Hello World [exec] Retrieving port from the service servletws.HelloServletService@ea7549 [exec] Invoking hello operation on the HelloServletService port [exec] Servlet WS: CN=serverName, OU=SSLClient, O=EJTechTips, L=Santa Clara, ST=California, C=US: Hello World
You can see additional information, such as information about the SSL handshake, by adding jvm option -Djavax.net.debug=ssl,handshake. You can do this for the sample by entering the following command:
ant run-debug
You can verify that this is an SSL mutual authentication by looking at the CertificateRequest during handshake.
If you want to see more debugging information, use the jvm option -Djavax.net.debug=all.
- You can undeploy the Web Service ear file, by entering the command:
ant undeploy
- After you undeploy the application, remove the generated client certificate from the keystores and restart the server so that the certificate is removed from memory. To do that, enter the commands:
ant unsetup $GLASSFISH_HOME/bin/asadmin stop-domain domain1 $GLASSFISH_HOME/bin/asadmin start-domain domain1
About the Author
Shing Wai Chan is a senior member of the Sun Java Application Server and Java EE SDK development teams. He has been focusing on development projects that relate to security, annotations, CMP, B2B and B2C.
Copyright (c) 2004-2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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Troy Dumais (Ventura, Calif.) and Kristian Ipsen (Clayton, Calif.) placed sixth in the men's synchronized 3-meter final to qualify the U.S. for the Olympics on that event, and Haley Ishimatsu (Seal Beach, Calif.) finished 18th in the women's platform preliminary to earn the United States its second Olympic spot on that event. The U.S. has now qualified eight of its maximum 12 Olympic spots (spots are for the U.S., not the divers themselves; the team will be selected at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in June.).
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"It was very stressful, but I'm happy we're in. I'm glad the U.S. will have another chance to try again at this pool," Ipsen said.
China's Qin Kai and Luo Yutong scored 445.71 for gold, and Russia's Evgeny Kuznetzov and Illya Zakharov finished with 439.83 points for silver. Bryan Nickson Lomas and Huang Qiang earned Malaysia a bronze medal and an Olympic spot with 432.09 points; also qualifying were Ukraine and Canada.
The top 18 finishers in the women's platform prelims qualified their countries an Olympic berth and earned a spot in Tuesday's semifinals. Ishimatsu scored 276.10 points to grab the last spot, although it was a waiting game to find out whether she'd advanced. She was in 21st place heading into the last round and came through with 60.80 points on her last dive, a back 2 ½ with 1 ½ twists. She was the 23rd diver in a field of 40, so she could only watch and wait to see if her score would be enough.
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New parts of Great Wall of China to open to tourists
More areas of the Great Wall of China will be opened to tourists, according to a report by state media agency, Xinhua.
The Great Wall of China is some 21,196 kilometers long, but tourists (domestic and international) have been only able to officially access around 30 kilometers of the structure.
More on CNN: Great Wall of China longer than previously thought
To accommodate swelling visitor numbers during weekends and holidays, authorities will open two more Great Wall of China sections to travelers.
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Visitors to these sites, which have been restored, often complain of overpriced tours, aggressive touts and armies of tourists that would put the Mongols to shame.
To sidestep such hassles and admire the true majesty of the huge fortification, here are six suggestions for alternative ways to take in the Great Wall of China.
The high-flyer: Great Wall helicopter tour
Badaling is notorious for queues and tourist groups. Fly over them, the view is better.
HNA Capital Helicopter, a subsidiary of Hainan Air, lets travelers view the Great Wall of China from the air, out of the window of a six-seat AS350B3 chopper.
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Flying comes at a price. The cheapest option is RMB 1,500 (US$236) per person for a mere 15 minutes.
Helicopters takes off at Badaling Airport, which is six kilometers, or a 15-minute drive, northwest of Badaling. Tours usually last around 15 minutes, but can be extended up to an hour for a higher fee.
Passports are required for the flight.
Reserve a trip a few days in advance through email@example.com or +86 10 9507 1039.
More on CNN: Dos and dont's at the Great Wall of China
Along the dragon's back: Wild Great Wall of China tour
Erected to ward off pesky barbarians, the Great Wall of China stretches from the coast of Hebei far inland towards the Gobi Desert.
Most of it remains standing, but only small sections have been restored for tourism.
"The places around Beijing are very Disneyland-ified," says Nellie Connolly, marketing director of Beijing-based travel company WildChina.
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There's far more to explore on the ancient wall from Shanhaiguan (山海关), where the wall meets the sea, to Jiayuguan (嘉峪关), where the wall crosses the old Silk Road.
All of these sections remain wilder than the Potemkin Beijing sections.
WildChina's 11-day tour "Along the Dragon's Back" takes travelers to most of the Great Wall of China sections in one package. The trip costs US$3,100 for two people, but can be individually customized.
WildChina, +86 10 6465 6602 (China), +1 888 902 8808 (United States); www.wildchina.com
More on CNNGo: Leave the hordes behind: 5 China trips off the beaten track
The outdoorsman: Stay overnight on the Great Wall of China
"When people come to the Great Wall of China, they want to explore the history and see why it was built," says Terrence Ou, CEO of the Great Wall Adventure Club.
A day trip to the tourist sites won't achieve that, but a sleepover on one of the world's most storied ruins certainly will, he says.
The Great Wall Adventure Club organizes trips to sleep in a watchtower where soldiers were formerly garrisoned.
When night falls, the only thing above is the stars, while the incredible land of the surrounding hills is absolutely silent.
Options include a two-day stay in a watchtower at the Gubeikou Great Wall (古北口长城) in Beijing's Miyun county. Price starts from US$579 per person.
The Beijing-based tour company will provide a Chinese-English bilingual guide to explain the legends behind the wall, from sections used to resist the Mongols to those that repelled the Japanese.
Great Wall Adventure Club, +86 13811545162, email@example.com, www.greatwalladventure.com
More on CNNGo: How to find a great escape in the Great Wall
The road racer: Bike to the Great Wall
Most travelers whiz along the highway in order to reach the Great Wall of China. That's a shame.
"When you take a bus you don't have time to stop," says 24-year old traveler Henry Yin, who's originally from Kunming.
"But when you bike you can stop whenever you want," adds Yin. "You feel closer to the scenery."
Riding a bike will take much longer than riding in a vehicle, but visitors see a different side of China -- on the way to the Great Wall of China lie quintessential Chinese villages and rolling farmland.
Several companies organize biking trips to the wall, such as Bike China.
You can also rent a bike and get a map. From the Summer Palace north toward the Huanghuacheng (黄花城长城) section the road is easy, and you pass beautiful scenery on the two-hour journey.
More on CNNGo: Cycling routes that'll take your breath away
The speed freak: Great Wall of China via sidecar
The best angle for petrol-heads to admire the Great Wall of China may just be aboard a vintage motorcycle sidecar.
Yves du Parc of Beijing Sideways prefers "to take guests to the lesser known parts of the wall" in this lesser-known way.
The motorcycle tour company provides tailor-made trips on vintage Changjiang motorcycles that blaze around the mountains to hidden parts of the wall, with a hike and a homemade lunch.
A typical trip goes to Huanghuacheng (黄花城水长城), stopping on the way at the Silver Mountain Pagoda Forest (银山塔林), a collection of Jin Dynasty Buddhist towers.
The tour takes one day and costs RMB 2,000 (US$314) per person (lunch included).
The trip can be extended with a sleepover in a guesthouse near the Great Wall of China for RMB 3,500 (US$550), or two full days for RMB 4,000 (US$629), which includes meals, accommodation and a trip to the Ming Tombs and Summer Palace.
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Tours are available in English, Spanish, French and Italian.
Beijing Sideways, +86 139 1103 4748; firstname.lastname@example.com; www.beijingsideways.com
More on CNNGo: 15 places to see in China that aren't the Great Wall
The sedan chair: The Great Wall of China done in style
See the world wonder while resting in the lap of luxury.
Boutique hotel Commune by the Great Wall is located right next to the fortress. All of the 35 inventive villas, created by 12 different Asian designers, provide a front-seat view to Shuiguan (长城水关), a wild wall stretch 40 kilometers northwest of Beijing. This is the east part of Badaling.
The authorities have done little restoration along the wall here: ancient ramparts are only a 10-minute walk away from those ultramodern digs.
Commune by the Great Wall (长城脚下的公社), exit No.53 at Shuiguan G6 Jingzang Highway, Beijing 北京市G6京藏高速公路53号水关长城出口; from RMB 2,300, +86 10 8118 1888, www.communebythegreatwall.com
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NBC10 learned that on Wednesday night Philadelphia police questioned the father of a five-year-old girl who was abducted from her school on Monday. She was found alive Tuesday morning, by a man police called a hero for his actions.
"They wanted me here for a second interview, that's it, just to make sure my story is consistent," Terry Robinson told NBC10's Daralene Jones in an exclusive interview.
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Robinson said his daughter is recovering "and I'm working to recover myself and so is the family. It's a hard process, knowing that the person who committed this act to my child is still out there."
He said he had no idea who is behind the abduction, but "they wouldn't have brought me down for a second interview if things weren't working themselves out."
"I'm standing here saying my son is a good son," Terry Robinson's mother told us earlier in the night. "Right now, my son feels lost, helpless, because he couldn't help his daughter."
The Special Victims Unit announced Wednesday that they are searching for a man and a woman they believe had something to do with the crime.
One of the suspects, according to police, is the woman that went to Cullen Byrant Elementary on 60th and Cedar Avenue and signed the kindergartner out of school around 8:50 a.m. on Monday.
The woman claimed to be the 5-year-old's mother to school employees. She told them that she had to take her daughter to breakfast and was allowed to take the child from the school, the family told NBC10.
Authorities describe the suspect as a dark-skinned black woman in her 20s, standing 5-foot-8, wearing Muslim garb, who may have been pregnant. They also believe she has green or light eyes and may go by the name "Rashida."
They say that the suspect and victim walked away from the school and met with a man several blocks away at a nearby home.
That man, Police Captain John Darby says, is now a suspect.
He is described as a light-skinned, possibly white male, in his late 30s, with short, brown hair. He was last seen wearing sweatpants and a long-sleeved blue T-shirt. Police also say there may have been other adults involved.
Authorities believe the child was taken to a home not far from the school. They have narrowed the area down to a four-block radius with the school being the central point. That area is Spruce to Christian Street and 56th Street to Cobbs Creek Parkway. They are now going door to door with a description of the alleged abductors.
While in captivity, the victim was blindfolded and told to undress, according to police. She was given an adult T-shirt and at one point, was made to hide underneath a bed, Darby announced in Tuesday's press release.
Police believe the victim was targeted and say she was asked for by name at the school.
The girl, who was found on a 69th Street playground by good Samaritan Nelson Mandela Myers, was missing for less than 24 hours.
Sources tell NBC10 the child was kept in a home overnight and that other children were also inside the home.
"Based on the evidence given to us, this little girl suffered conditions that no child should endure," said Captain Darby during the press conference.
"She's traumatized," said the victim's grandfather Asim Abdur-Rashid. "She's 5 years old and she's been out all night. She's been away from her mother, sisters and brothers and she's traumatized."
Detectives spent about 15 minutes inside the family's home Wednesday afternoon. Sources tell NBC10 they took the girl back to the playground on 69th Street where she was found. Detectives are hoping she can remember any detail that will help them figure out who abducted her. The girl returned home late Wednesday afternoon. Relatives of the girl tell NBC10 everyone is hoping that the person or people who abducted her are caught soon.
The Fraternal Order of Police is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. The Citizen Crime Commission is offering an additional $5000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
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- Summary
In its seventh-generation of family ownership, Wüsthof has been making some of the finest kitchen cutlery in the world since 1814. The Gourmet line features precision stainless-steel blades that resist stains and rust and hold an exceedingly sharp edge.
- The compact size and sharp point of this paring knife make it perfect for tasks that require more finesse such as peeling fruits and mincing small vegetables.
- Stamped blade is made of high-carbon stainless steel for top performance and durability.
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WikiFur:This week's featured article/Week 12, 2011
Oklacon is an annual furry convention in Roman Nose State Park, near Watonga, Oklahoma, USA. It is a full-weekend event, running every year on the weekend of or immediately preceding Halloween. This predominantly outdoor convention emphasizes hands-on community and small-group craft, gaming, and wilderness activities, with most attendees camping on the park's grounds or sharing communal bunk bed buildings, called A-Frames, around the group camp site. It was the first outdoor-format furry convention in the US, and it enters its ninth year as the largest outdoor furry convention in the world.
Even with an annual turnout of approximately 250 attendees, several individuals prominent in the fandom have visited this convention, including 2, Blotch, Jeff Goode, and Sub-level 03, which made its debut in the Furry Fandom at the first event in 2003. Oklacon has maintained the same charity since its inception, Safari's Interactive Animal Sanctuary in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, USA. From 2004 through 2010, the attendees of Oklacon have raised $26,492 for the charity, averaging one of the highest per-capita donation rates among furry conventions worldwide. (more...)


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At the Technical Expert Meeting on Land Use, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said that land use is responsible for just under a quarter of human induced greenhouse gas emissions. This is mainly the result of deforestation and agricultural emissions from livestock, soil and nutrient management. Agriculture, forestry and other forms of land use are responsible for a large share of emissions in many developing countries.
Several developing country governments made presentations at the Technical Expert Meeting which demonstrate the considerable efforts they are undertaking. China's massive reforestation efforts aim to achieve 40 million hectares increase in forest area by end of 2020 over 2005 levels. 60% of this was already achieved by 2013. China also intends to integrate forest carbon into its national pilot emissions trading scheme. Brazil pointed out that from 2004 to 2013, it has reduced deforestation rates in the Amazon by 79% .
Brazil also said that all developing countries can do significantly more to curb emissions from deforestation with international support, notably with the help of REDD+. REDD+ stands for 'Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries' . It creates a financial value for the carbon stored in forests, offering incentives for developing countries to reduce emissions from forested lands and invest in low-carbon paths to sustainable development. At the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Brazil formally submitted key information and data on the status of its greenhouse gas emission reductions in the forest sector, paving the way for other countries to follow.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations pointed out that food production is projected to increase 60-70% by 2050. It also said the good news is that there are options which can increase productivity, help reduce emissions and strengthen resilience benefits, particularly in agriculture. Many of these are sustainable land management practices. The World Bank gave an overview of the state of financing, technology transfer and capacity-building, and the Global Environment Facility outlined the areas it is working in to help fund sustainable agriculture.
Support for climate action with the help of land use is also available tom the new Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN). The CTCN is now fully operational and is currently collaborating with 6 countries, also covering agriculture and forestry. For example, the CTCN has received a request from Honduras to help install technology and enhance local capacity for monitoring and protection of mangrove forest in coastal zones.
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Alan Robertson (a.k.a. email@example.com) founded the Linux-HA development effort, acted as project leader for 10 years - from 1998 through 2008. He is employed by IBM and was part of the Linux Technology Center (LTC) for five years. He created a good bit of the content of the original web site. He has an HA file and network server in his house. In September, 2007, he started a blog on managing computers - which has good information on it. Most recently, he's reviving the ciblint program.
For historical and career details, see his biography and resume.
Alan is known to be opinionated, enthusiastic, has a sense of humor which ranges from whimsical to slightly outrageous, a certain fondness for memorable phrases, has a lovely and intelligent wife who is making one or more Linux Quilts for him.
Themes Alan is known to repeat over and over:
- Complexity and Reliability
- Who Wants Low-Availability Systems?
- The Three R's of High-Availability
His theory is "When ya don't know many tunes, ya gotta sing da ones ya know". It comes as no surprise to people who know him that he has a T-shirt which says "Real Men Sing Real Loud".
As a fairly frequent international traveller, he has his own theories on how to handle jet lag.
For the excessively weird out there, he offers this collection of pictures of him - found by Google, and one from OLS 2002, and one from the Minneapolis Cluster Summit. On a similarly excessive note, there is an interview with him, and even a second interview, and a short article about his "way cool" EEE PC bag hack. Of course, now there are lots of netbook cases out there. But few as colorful as this one!


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LITTLE ROCK � A lawmaker quoted from a classic movie to describe an impasse between legislative and judicial branches over an audit.
LITTLE ROCK � A lawmaker quoted from a classic movie to describe an impasse between legislative and judicial branches over an audit.
�In essence, what we have is a failure to communicate between these two branches of government,� said Sen. Linda Chesterfield, D-Little Rock. �I think that�s part of the problem.�
The failure-to-communicate line was voiced by the Strother Martin character in �Cool Hand Luke,� but neither side in the state dispute is suggesting that anyone �spend the night in the box� for any misdeeds. In fact, lawmakers are hoping to remedy the problem in the upcoming session rather than allowed it to go to the courts.
The issue came to light last month when the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee was briefed on a state audit questioning the state Supreme Court�s legal authority to create 15 positions and use attorney license fees to pay the employees� salaries and create a retirement system for them.
The audit said that Article 16, Section 4 of the Arkansas Constitution gives the General Assembly the authority to set the number and salaries of the clerks and employees of the different departments within state government.
Supreme Court Clerk Leslie Steen and J.D. Gingrich, director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, attended the October audit committee meeting but said little about the practice, saying they couldn�t comment on a legal or constitutional issue.
Supreme Court Chief Justice Jim Hannah told the Arkansas Legislative Audit and the Joint Budget Committee last week that Amendment 28 of the Arkansas Constitution gives the Supreme Court the right to add the positions, set the salaries and pay the employees, along with providing benefits.
Hannah, who was discussing the Supreme Court�s proposed budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year, was asked about the audit and said the state Supreme Court in 1972 set the precedent for the court�s ability to use the license fees to create the additional 15 jobs, which help regulate the practice of law in Arkansas.
Gingrich said the 15 jobs are within the Office of Professional Conduct, which handles complaints about lawyers and holds hearings to determine whether there have been any violations of the professional code, and the Office of Professional Programs, which provides the Bar Exam, offers continuing legal education, has a program for indigents who need legal help and assists judges and lawyers who might have addiction or substance abuse issues.
�All Arkansas judges are bound by the Arkansas Code of Judicial Conduct, which prohibits us from discussing legal issues which could come before the court,� Hannah said during a legislative budget hearing last week. �For this reason, there is really very little that I or members of the court or any judge can say on the subject.�
Hannah added that the �Supreme Court has been regulating the practice of law since citizens of Arkansas adopted Amendment 28 in 1938. We have not changed anything about the way in which we exercise that authority.�
�The funds which we utilize for the purpose are paid by private attorneys and have been a part of the scope of the Legislative Audit and reported to the General Assembly in a written audit for as long as I am aware,� the chief justice said.
Hannah went on to describe the audit finding as �unusual� and said the Supreme Court has been placed in �a unique situation because the audit findings were not financial in nature. Rather, they were findings about the interpretation of the constitution, specifically Amendment 28.�
�I have never seen a legislative audit report that would question the interpretation of a constitutional provision when it has already been interpreted by the Supreme Court,� he said. �Likewise, I can�t comment any further about that because if there is any change to be done, it would have to come before the Supreme Court for a ruling, and for that reason � I can�t prejudge something.�
Frank Arey, attorney for the Division of Legislative Audit, said during the budget hearing that the audit finding was not questioning the Supreme Court�s authority to set the licensing fee. He also said auditors were aware of the Supreme Court�s 1972 opinion.
�We cited this opinion in our the notes of our audit findings,� he said. �Our problem with treating this opinion as precedent is that it does not mention Article 16, Section 4, at all � which mentions your authority to set the number and salaries of the different employees of state government.�
�If this opinion had mentioned Article 16, Section 4, I don�t think we would be in front of you today on this issue,� Arey told lawmakers. Arey said a lawsuit could decide the issue, adding that any such suit would likely end up before the state Supreme Court. When pressed by Chesterfield, Arey said the Legislature could address the issue in the 2013 session.
After the meeting, Sen. Larry Teague, D-Nashville, who will be co-chairman of the Joint Budget Committee during the next session, said he expects some legislative action to be taken.
�I am fine with them spending the money, and I don�t want to mess with the program, but I think that it�s a legislative issue,� Teague said. �I think that the Legislature ought to appropriate the dollars, and I would assume if nobody else tries to do that then I would do that in the next session.�
Sen. Johnny Key, R-Mountain Home, agreed, saying the state Supreme Court�s budget could be amended to add the 15 additional employees and legislation could be passed allowing the attorney licensing fees to be used for salaries.
�In our discussion, it sounded a whole lot more complicated than that, and there was talk of lawsuits and everything,� Key said. �I do think it is something we need to have a thorough conversation about amongst our members.�


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6 animals beloved by crazy drug lords
It's a zoo out there
Federal drug enforcement agencies have been busy in recent decades as the drug war exploded in countries like Mexico. Large parts of the country are effectively in the control of drug barons, giving them the confidence to build grand and large. A private zoo plays to the vanity of high-level drug dealer — what better way to show your dominance than with cages full of lions, jaguars and tigers in the backyard? A tiger is infinitely more impressive than a gold-plated 9 mm handgun.
When police and federal agents do take down the homes of drug lords, they stand a decent chance of finding private zoo facilities. We've done a survey of news reports and compiled the following list of animals that your average crazy drug lord would love.


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A newly-constructed home on the highly sought-after three-block stretch of land called the Gold Coast hit the market for a whopping $40 million — making it San Francisco's most expensive home.
The sprawling mansion features seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms and four half-baths, a gourmet kitchen, spa, gym, massage room, a theater and two wine rooms throughout 11,400 square feet.


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How to Dispose of Toxic Junk Safely
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Got a scary slurry of old, hazardous items in the basement that you're not sure what to do with? Set a date with your neighbors to combine and sort.
Find out where to properly dispose of each category at Earth911.com, and then divvy up the drop-off duties.
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Workshop 1: Creating a Community of Writers
Workshop 1 explores the components of a community of writers and what teachers can do to create and foster such a community. After a brief introduction to the goals of all eight workshop sessions, middle school teacher and writing expert Linda Rief and several of the teachers whose classrooms are featured in Write in the Middle share strategies they use to build a safe writing environment for their students starting at the beginning of the school year.
In separate extended classroom segments, Velvet McReynolds, a seventh-grade teacher from Hoover, Alabama, demonstrates two community-building strategies: the Monday Meeting and teacher as writer. The Monday Meeting, a frequent activity in Velvet's classroom, allows students to share personal information with their classmates in a non-threatening setting, while the teacher-as-writer strategy provides students with a model for participation in the writing community.
During a third extended classroom segment, fifth-grade teacher Jack Wilde demonstrates one of his daily routines: the read-aloud. In a related interview, Jack explains how reading books aloud to his class helps to build a successful writing community by giving the students shared experiences with reading and responding to writing.
Through additional classroom examples, teacher discussions, and interviews, Workshop 1 also examines how room arrangements can encourage written and spoken communication and how sharing their writing helps students become part of the writing community.
"Creating a Community of Writers" closes with an exploration of some of the psychological and emotional needs specific to young adolescents and their learning. After National Middle School Association Executive Director Sue Swaim offers insight into the unique changes middle school students are undergoing, three of the teachers discuss how these developmental issues affect their instructional choices.
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