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CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North American retailers unveiled a five-year safety plan for Bangladesh garment factories on Wednesday that would include inspecting within a year every factory they use, following tragedies such as April's deadly garment building collapse.
The North American plan was immediately criticized by groups that think a European-led plan is stronger.
The plan announced in Washington, D.C. by the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety, which includes 17 retailers and apparel companies, comes after 1,129 workers were killed in the collapse of a Bangladesh garment plant in April, and another 112 people perished in a fire at a Bangladesh factory in November.
A larger number of mainly European retailers that have signed what is known as the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh announced a similar plan on Monday. [ID:nL5N0FB2IK] Both plans include factory inspections, worker training and ways for workers to report safety concerns. The two groups also agreed not to use factories considered to be unsafe.
Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and long-term shareholders in apparel brands and retailers said the Alliance's plan lacks sufficient worker protections and accountability mechanisms and called it a weaker alternative to the European-led accord.
European unions involved in the other accord, industriALL and UNI Global Union, called the North American alliance "another toothless" auditing program.
"This initiative is not serious," said Tom Grinter, a spokesman for industriALL.
More than four million people, mostly women, work in Bangladesh's clothing sector, making it the second-largest global apparel exporter behind China.
The North American alliance plans to inspect the more than 500 factories its members get garments from within a year, while the European-led accord plans to have initial inspections at the factories its 70 members use within the next nine months.
"I think both plans are very strong and that we should work together going forward," said Jay Jorgensen, Wal-Mart Stores Inc's (WMT.N) global chief compliance officer. "Theirs doesn't recognize the way the U.S. legal system works, which is why the vast majority here in the U.S. didn't join."
One of the main concerns North American parties had with the European-led accord was the use of a binding arbitration process that would be enforceable in the courts of the country where a company is domiciled. Binding arbitration typically restricts the ability of the parties involved to appeal any decision in court.
North American alliance members will be held legally accountable to the group. If they do not do the work they agreed to do, the board can kick members out, their funds will be kept by the alliance and companies can arbitrate to get back in, said Jorgensen, a member of the alliance's nine-member board of directors.
Daniel Duty, Target Corp's (TGT.N) vice president of global affairs who is also on the alliance's board, said that between the efforts of the alliance and the accord, the groups should be able to cover the majority of the factories in Bangladesh, more than the 500 the North American alliance plans to inspect.
Bangladesh's Ambassador to the United States Akramul Qader welcomed the North American plan and said he was "glad that alliance members have expressed (their) intention to collaborate with the EU-based accord on fire and building safety."
He also expressed hope the United States would quickly restore trade benefits that were suspended in late June because of the poor safety conditions in Bangladesh.
The U.S. decision set duties on about $35 million worth of ceramics, golf equipment, tobacco products and other goods from Bangladesh that previously entered the United States duty free.
The U.S. move does not directly affect Bangladesh's multi-billion-dollar clothing exports, since garments are not eligible for U.S. duty-free treatment.
So far, $42 million has been raised for the North American project. Companies will contribute up to $1 million a year for five years based on how much they produce in Bangladesh.
Ten percent of the funds will be set aside to assist workers temporarily displaced by factory improvements or if a factory closes for safety reasons. The money will also support a non-governmental organization to be chosen within 30 days that will implement parts of the program.
The North American alliance's plan, called the Bangladesh Worker Safety Initiative, was developed with assistance from former U.S. Senators George Mitchell and Olympia Snowe, who acted as independent facilitators at the Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington-based think tank. The alliance has asked Mitchell and Snowe to verify the effectiveness of the program over at least the first two years.
The 17 current members of the alliance include: Canadian Tire Corp Ltd (CTCa.TO); Carter's Inc (CRI.N); The Children's Place Retail Stores Inc (PLCE.O); Gap Inc (GPS.N); Hudson's Bay Co (HBC.TO); IFG Corp; J.C. Penney Co Inc (JCP.N); Jones Group Inc JNY.N; Kohl's Corp (KSS.N); L. L. Bean Inc; Macy's Inc (M.N); Nordstrom Inc (JWN.N); Public Clothing Co; Sears Holdings Corp SHLD.O; Target; VF Corp (VFC.N); and Wal-Mart.
Hong Kong sourcing company Li & Fung Ltd (0494.HK), which does business with many of the companies involved, is serving as an adviser. Additional members are expected to join.
The North American alliance's plan is also being backed by the American Apparel & Footwear Association, Canadian Apparel Federation, National Retail Federation, Retail Council of Canada, Retail Industry Leaders Association, and the United States Association of Importers of Textiles & Apparel.
Reporting by Jessica Wohl in Chicago and Doug Palmer in Washington; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe


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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger offered no excuses after his side crashed out of the FA Cup with a 1-0 home defeat to Blackburn.
The Gunners face Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Tuesday night and Wenger had made several changes, with Jack Wilshere, Theo Walcott and Santi Cazorla all starting on the bench. Even so there should still have been enough quality to see off the npower Championship side whose goal came from Colin Kazim-Richards.
"We had 11 international players on the pitch at the start of the game. We had a lot of the ball and [Blackburn] defended well. We had 16 shots at goal, they only had one shot at goal," he said.
"We made a massive mistake on the goal and we were not good enough to win the game, it is as simple as that. Not one defeat is acceptable. You are in this job to win every single game."
Arsenal now face the possibility of an eighth season without silverware, unless they can come through in the Champions League. The home fans vented their frustrations as boos rang out around the Emirates Stadium at the final whistle.
"You do not want your fans to be happy when you lose at home to Blackburn when the team has one shot at goal," Wenger said. "It is very painful and very disappointing to lose a game like that. What is important now is to focus on the next one."
Rovers boss Michael Appleton hailed his side's achievement as the "highest point" of his short managerial career.
"To come to Arsenal and get through a cup tie is one thing, but to keep a clean sheet and defend as well as we did is another, and that is testament to our players. We have two man-mountains in the centre of defence," he said.
"We had a feeling they might rest a few of their players because they have a big game on Tuesday in the Champions League. However, regardless of what side they were going to put out, we knew we would concede a lot of possession at times, but we are happy with that.
"We have a mentality now where we are hard to beat, and are resilient. It has been almost getting into the heads of the players to take pride in keeping clean sheets and enjoy defending, which people do not like doing at times, we also have a bit of quality as well."


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2013 Billboard Music Awards Performance List
The 2013 Billboard Music Awards were full of stellar performances from stars of every imaginable genre and style -- like Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Chris Brown and more!
Bruno Mars opened the show with 'Treasure,' evoking awesome Jackson 5 vibes, and it only got more fun from there.
Chris Brown brought his 'Fine China' to the Billboard Music Awards stage, and he managed to incorporate choreography, karate and keeping his shirt on all at the same time. (Too bad Kid Rock didn't appreciate it much.)
Selena Gomez brought her usual Bollywood and bindis for her performance of 'Come & Get It,' which was, well, a lot like all of her other performances of the song.
Icona Pop jumped up and down a lot for 'I Love It,' and the crowd, well, loved it.
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis rocked the Wynn with 'Thrift Shop' and Wanz, bringing energy that would have been more than fit in the MGM Grand Arena with the rest of the performers. Justin Bieber pulled a reverse Lady Gaga: He rocked leather and ended his set in an egg instead of being carted into the show in one!
Miguel missed the mark in terms of a stage dive, but hit all the right notes.
Pitbull and Christina Aguilera were joined by A-Ha frontman Morten Harket for 'Feel This Moment,' making it an, uh, "A-Ha Moment." (We'll be here all week!) Pitbull later took the stage with Jennifer Lopez for 'Live It Up,' because that man's party does not stop.
Bieber also returned to the stage to duet with will.i.am, making he and Mr. Worldwide two of the hardest working men of the night.
Ed Sheeran brought the 'Lego House' down with a simple acoustic performance, while David Guetta, Ne-Yo and Akon brought a dance party with 'Play Hard.'
Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne brought body rolls and booty comments with their rendition of her hit 'High School.'
Prince, predictably, killed it with a medley of his hits. No wonder he's an icon!
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The 2013 Da Nang International Fireworks Competition (DIFC 2013) involves teams from the USA, Russia, Japan, Italy and the host team Da Nang-Viet Nam. The event will take place on 29 and 30 April in Da Nang, and its theme this year is 'Love for the Han River'. The teams want to thrill local and visiting spectators with their spectacular fireworks displays which will light up the sky over the Han River. The audience will be delighted with the spellbinding colours and the thrilling explosions, along with melodious background music. Here are the fireworks show scripts for the foreign teams that were unveiled yesterday.This is the first time that Russia's Centre of Fireworks "Khan" has participated in an Asian competition. With the their theme of "Russian Souls", the team hopes to thrill the audience with the enchanting melodies of popular songs from Russia and around the world, and intriguing shapes to paint in the sky. The visiting team said that they will put their hearts into their performance, and feel confident that they will satisfy the spectators with their wonderful lighting effects, colourful fireworks, and lovely background music.This is the third time that Team Italy has attended the event. Parente Fireworks Company's show has the theme "Feelings of the River" which was created by Mr Antonio Parente. The Italian team will have very different performance characteristics from those of their rivals. Their background music will be mainly instrumentals from different genres including New Age, electro, waltz and auditorium. It will depict the journey of the Han River from source to mouth. Spectators will be deeply impressed by the beautiful melodies as well as the incredible fireworks display by this team.Team Tamaya Kitahara from Japan is appearing at this event for the second time. They boast a harmonious combination of traditional pyrotechnic technologies and the latest choreography in their fireworks displays. Thanks to these, the team has won many prizes at fireworks competitions in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and other regions of the world. Their performance at this year's DIFC will reflect the impressive images of a garden showcasing unique Japanese cultural values, and it will be full of joy and excitement. They are expected to thrill spectators of all ages. Watching their performance will be like stepping into a colourful garden which lights up the night sky. Team Japan is predicted to make their mark at the festival with their outstanding performance.The other new participant is Team USA - Melrose Pyrotechnics. They are well-known for their professional performances to lively music, and their performance at this year's event is expected to enchant the audience with love songs dedicated to the Han River. Themed "The Girl in Good Shape Tonight", their performance will praise the beauty of the Han River with its diversified musical genres.
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Celebrating the Fourth in a Time of National Distress
Images from the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Not to be reproduced without permission.
This 1881 broadside, issued by the Fourth of July committee of the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts, informs residents that, despite the shooting of President James Garfield two days earlier, the celebration of Independence Day would go on.
A Shot Rings Out in a Crowded Rail Station
Little more than 100 days into his first term as President of the United States, James A. Garfield was headed to Massachusetts on the morning of 2 July 1881, to deliver a speech at his 25th Williams College reunion and begin a well-deserved summer vacation. Having survived a contentious convention and election, where he was assailed by rumor and political enemies on every side, and a rough start to his administration, Garfield was walking through Sixth Street Station to board the train when he was struck, first in the arm, then in the spine by two .44 caliber bullets. The assassin, Charles Julius Guiteau, was apprehended right outside the station, although, in any case, he had already hired a cab to convey him to the city jail. Garfield was transported back to the White House where a seemingly endless parade of physicians examined the wound, trying in vain to locate the bullet, and introducing bacteria into the wound that, more than likely, would be Garfield's true killer.
Garfield's medical team issued daily updates about the President's health, as mentioned in the broadside above, but many of these were overly optimistic, even outright lies. As Garfield became increasingly weak due to infection and the unbearable heat of a Washington summer, his physicians publicly maintained that he was on the road to recovery. Finally, in September, the President was moved to the Jersey Shore where, it was thought, the fresh air and quiet would do him good. On 19 September, eighty days after the shooting, however, Garfield's wound proved fatal and what must have been unbearable suffering from blood poisoning and primitive medical care finally came to an end.
The Assassin
Remembered by history as "a disappointed office seeker," Charles Julius Guiteau was much more than that--a ne'er-do-well grifter, con artist, abused child and abusive husband, shady lawyer, and failed member of the Oneida community. Born 8 September 1841 in Freeport, Illinois, Guiteau was just seven years old when his mother died, leaving him to the care of his disapproving father and an overly indulgent sister. Unable or unwilling to apply himself to hard work of any sort, Guiteau drifted from scheme to scheme, always staying one step ahead of the rent collectors and others whom he casually defrauded. In the election of 1872, Guiteau supported Horace Greeley, in the hopes that his "support" (a speech) would net him a diplomatic position. Greeley lost and Guiteau put the notion aside for a time. In 1880, however, Guiteau resumed his quest for a diplomatic post, writing a tribute to Ulysses S. Grant. When Grant failed to win the nomination, Guiteau substituted Garfield's name for Grant's in the title and began lobbying the Republican power brokers for a diplomatic post--Paris, perhaps, or Vienna. After Garfield's election, Guiteau became such a nuisance with his letter-writing and constant lobbying of politicians that he was banned from the White House and told by Secretary of State James G. Blaine, "Never speak to me again on the Paris consulship as long as you live."
After this final rejection, Guiteau determined that President Garfield himself was the real obstacle and that the President would have to die. He borrowed $15 to buy a pearl-handled revolver, brushed up on his marksmanship, and began to stalk the President, looking for the opportunity to fulfill what Guiteau would claim was his divine mandate. Despite Lincoln's assassination just fifteen years earlier, there was no Secret Service, so Garfield was regularly out in public, totally defenseless. It was only a matter of time before the determined and deluded Guiteau would act.
Murder or Medical Malpractice?
At his indictment on 14 October 1881, Guiteau pleaded not guilty due to three causes: insanity--Guiteau felt he was acting as an agent of God in the assassination; medical malpractice--it was not the bullet that killed Garfield, but rather poor and unsanitary medical care; and lack of jurisdiction--Garfield died in New Jersey, beyond the purview of the Washington court. Defended by his brother-in-law George Scoville, a lawyer of thirty years, with just two criminal cases under his belt, Guiteau began a seventy-two day trial that on many days must have closely resembled a carnival. Jury selection alone took three days, with 131 potential jurors called. Guiteau constantly interrupted the proceedings: berating his counsel, badgering witnesses, passing notes to the crowd, and making repeated requests for money and legal help--neither of which ever arrived. Numerous medical "experts" testified as to Guiteau's sanity, or lack thereof, and Guiteau's ex-wife and siblings were called to the stand, none of them doing much to support Guiteau's defense of insanity, however. The trial finally came to a close on 25 January 1882, and after a little more than an hour of deliberations, the jury returned with a unanimous verdict of guilty. Guiteau's execution was scheduled for 30 June, two days shy of a year since the shooting. Despite numerous appeals, and Guiteau's continued belief that his act would be vindicated (even celebrated) and that he would be freed to become a star on the lecture circuit, Guiteau was hanged on the appointed day, as nearly 1000 spectators waited outside the jail, cheering when the news of his death was announced.
Garfield and Massachusetts
James Garfield may have owed his presidency, at least in part, to Massachusetts' own George Frisbie Hoar, a three-term Congressional colleague and close friend. Hoar presided over the hotly-contested Republican Convention of 1880 and had thought from the start that if the delegates "could be shut up by themselves and not permitted to leave the room until they agreed, the man on whom they would agree would be General Garfield." After six days and thirty-three ballots with delegates for Ulysses S. Grant, James G. Blaine, and John Sherman unable to gain a winning majority, there was considerable backstage wrangling to find a nominee that could unite the party, much of it centered on an unwilling James Garfield. On the thirty-fourth ballot, Garfield received seventeen votes and the tide began to turn against the front-runners. Hoping to avert his nomination, Garfield rose to his feet, saying, "No man has a right, without the consent of the person voted for, to announce that person's name, and vote for him, in this convention. Such consent I have not given." Hoar cut Garfield off, immediately calling for the next ballot. As Hoar recalls in his Autobiography, "I interrupted him in the middle of his sentence. I was terribly afraid that he would say something that would make his nomination impossible, or his acceptance impossible, if it were made." Two ballots later, James Abram Garfield won the nomination of the Republican Party and, by the smallest popular vote total ever, the election over Democrat Winfield Scott Hancock. The George Frisbie Hoar papers at the MHS contain letters from Garfield to Hoar; see the finding aid to the George Frisbie Hoar papers. Letters from Garfield can also be found in the papers of liberal reformer Edward Atkinson; see the finding aid to the Edward Atkinson papers.
Sources for Further Reading
Ackerman, Kenneth D. The Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield New York: Carroll & Graf, 2003.
Blaine, James G. Twenty Years of Congress. 2 vols. Norwich, Conn.: The Henry Bill Publishing Co., 1884-1886.
Clark, James C. The Murder of James A. Garfield: the President's Last Days and the Trial and Execution of His Assassin. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 1993.
Hoar, George F. Autobiography of Seventy Years. 2 vols. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903.
Mitchell, Stewart. "The Man Who Murdered Garfield," Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, vol. 67 (October, 1941-May, 1944), p. 452-489.
Smith, Theodore Clarke. The Life and Letters of James Abram Garfield. 2 vols. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1925.


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Dec 05, 2012
The Commonwealth Fund concluded that consumers saved $1.5 billion in 2011 as a result of a provision that limits how much insurers can spend on expenses not related to medical care. Meanwhile, Avalere Health found that drug coverage plans offered on health exchanges will vary by state.
Los Angeles Times: 'Obamacare' Saves Consumers Nearly $1.5 Billion
Consumers saved nearly $1.5 billion in 2011 as a result of rules in President Obama's healthcare law that limit what insurance companies can spend on expenses unrelated to medical care, including profit, a new analysis shows. Much of those savings — an estimated $1.1 billion — came in rebates to consumers required because insurers had exceeded the required limits. The study by the New York-based Commonwealth Fund also suggests that the Affordable Care Act forced insurers to become more efficient by limiting their administrative expenses, a key goal of the 2010 law (Levey, 12/5).
Modern Healthcare: Reform Law Aiding Insurance Consumers: Report
A new report estimated insurance consumers benefited from $1.5 billion in either rebates or reduced costs last year, due to requirements of the healthcare overhaul. But insurers warned that money could have funded anti-fraud and quality-improvement programs. Research supported by the Commonwealth Fund, which backed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, concluded that the law's medical loss-ratio requirements implemented in 2011 provided big savings—mainly in the individual insurance market. Individual market policyholders had "substantially reduced premiums" due to the law's requirement that insurers spend at least 80% of premium dollars on direct healthcare or quality-improvement activities, or else pay a rebate to their customers, according to the report (Daly, 12/5).
The Associated Press/Washington Post: Study: Prescription Drug Coverage Under Obama Health Care Law Could Vary Markedly By State
A new study says basic prescription drug coverage could vary dramatically from state to state under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. That's because states get to set benefits for private health plans that will be offered starting in 2014 through new insurance exchanges (12/4).
The Hill: Analysis Finds Big State-By-State Swings In Prescription Coverage
President Obama's signature healthcare law requires insurance plans to cover a range of prescription drugs, but the number of drugs covered will vary widely from state to state, according to a new analysis from Avalere Health. The Affordable Care Act requires plans to cover a set of "essential health benefits," including prescription drugs. To prevent benefit mandates from driving up premiums, the Health and Human Services Department has said it will let states fill in most of the details about their essential-benefits packages (Baker, 12/4).
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MPR: Federal Health Care Law
The federal health care overhaul is here to stay after surviving an epic legal battle at the United States Supreme Court and the contentious 2012 elections. But that does not mean the massive law will remain intact, as enacted. Congress may be tempted to raid some of the Affordable Care Act's funding as part of a deal to avert the collection of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts known as the "fiscal cliff." The court battles are hardly over; legal challenges involving issues the Supreme Court did not address when it upheld the law in June, 2012, are already underway. But for the most part, key provisions, such as the individual mandate requiring most Americans to obtain health insurance, will take effect January 1, 2014 (Stawicki, 12/4).
This is part of Kaiser Health News' Daily Report – a summary of health policy coverage from more than 300 news organizations. The full summary of the day's news can be found here and you can sign up for e-mail subscriptions to the Daily Report here. In addition, our staff of reporters and correspondents file original stories each day, which you can find on our home page.


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jabari Brown scored 23 points and Jordan Clarkson added 13 as Missouri defeated Hawaii 92-80 Saturday night in its first game at Kansas City's Sprint Center as members of the Southeastern Conference.
The Tigers' lead remained in single digits for most of the game until Wes Clark fed Ryan Rosburg with a nifty pass for a two-handed dunk and a 10-point lead with just less than 8 minutes remaining. It gave the crowd a dose of energy on a night when both teams struggled to put together any sort of momentum or extended run.
Moments later, Clark drilled a 3-pointer to extend the Tigers' lead to 13 points. Still, Hawaii's Garrett Nevels responded with a 3-pointer of his own. But the Rainbow Warriors couldn't get closer than 7 after that.
Rosburg emphatically ended Hawaii's upset bid with another dunk with 2 minutes remaining.
Christian Standhardinger led Hawaii with 22 points before fouling out. The Rainbow Warriors lost their fifth-straight game on the mainland.
The Tigers were playing in the Sprint Center for the first time since winning the 2012 Big 12 Tournament final against Baylor. That was Missouri's final game before bolting to the SEC. It was their sixth-straight victory in the venue.
Videos welcoming Missouri back to Kansas City from local business leaders and politicians were played on the video board during timeouts, but a chunk of empty seats littered the arena.
Hawaii made sure Missouri didn't have an easy return to its Big 12 roots. After trailing by one at the half, the Tigers used a quick 12-6 spurt to grab the lead early in the second half.
Just like in the first half, the Rainbow Warriors responded to both runs.
Hawaii wasn't as flashy as the Tigers, but they used timely 3-pointers and free throw shooting to take its halftime lead. The Rainbow Warriors outscored Missouri 16-6 from the free throw line in the first half before the Tigers scored a multitude of free throws to ice the game.
For most of second half, Hawaii stayed hot from the free-throw line, but it shot only 1 of 8 from 3-point range.
Missouri weathered Hawaii's attack by using penetration to drive the ball and then either kick out to an open guard for a 3-point attempt or to an open big man down low when help defense arrived on the ball. Missouri dominated the points in the paint 56-36.
The Tigers stayed undefeated in their third game without coach Frank Haith, who was suspended by the NCAA for five games for his role in the Nevin Shapiro scandal while Haith was the head coach at Miami. He is eligible to coach his first game of the season Nov. 28 against Northwestern.
Missouri held Isaac Fotu, who leads Hawaii in scoring with 16.7 points per game, to only 7 points, helping offset the other four Rainbow Warriors who scored in double figures.
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The latest long-shot bid to break up California has launched amid complaints about excessive taxes and regulation.
A group seeking to carve out a breakaway state called New California issued a declaration of independence that asserted California's existing government had "failed in their oath of office, obligations, and responsibilities as representatives of 'We the People' to provide a republican form of government".
It accuses California politicians of "repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of a Tyranny over the Counties of New California".
"After years of over taxation, regulation, and mono party politics the State of California and many of it's 58 Counties have become ungovernable," the group said in a press release.
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The proposed 51st state would sprawl across California's northern and inland counties, areas that tend to be more sparsely populated and conservative than the dense urban centres of the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles.
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As of a few minutes ago, both the AVL lists for the major league auctions and the Prospects lists for the minor league drafts are up on their respective forums. The AVL lists have been up for a couple of days - I apparently neglected to post that information in the league forums at the time.
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CHICAGO (AP) — A federal agency says a date has been set for Northwestern football players to vote on authorizing a union to represent them in collective bargaining with the university.
A spokesman for the National Labor Relations Board confirmed Wednesday that the vote is scheduled for April 25.
The players will cast ballots on whether to organize under the College Athletes Players Association, known as CAPA. CAPA took the lead in pushing for the right to form the nation's first college athletes' union at Northwestern.
In a decision that rocked college sports, the regional director of the agency ruled last week that the Northwestern players were employees and so could unionize. The Evanston, Ill.-based university has said it will appeal the ruling to the agency's national board in Washington, D.C.
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Yale takes a six-match win streak on the road to Harvard and Dartmouth this weekend and closes out the conference regular season with two chances to clinch sole possession of an Ivy League championship.
Entering the weekend, the Bulldogs (17-5 overall, 11-1 Ivy League) are two matches ahead of Princeton and Columbia in the conference standings. Princeton and Columbia also have two conference matches remaining.
The Bulldogs play at Harvard on Friday at 7 p.m., and face Dartmouth on Saturday at 5 p.m.
Defense has been a hallmark to Yale's season. The Bulldogs began the week as the Division I leader in digs per set (19.00) and the top Ivy League team in opponent hitting percentage (.165).
On offense, Yale leads the conference in kills (13.95), assists (13.04) and hitting percentage (.248).
Individually, Allie Frappier became the latest Bulldog to win an individual honor. The conference named Frappier Ivy League Rookie of the Week on Nov. 8.
The freshman outside hitter pounded a team-best 31 kills, including a match-high 19 in a win over Princeton last Saturday, to help Yale clinch a share of the Ivy League title – the Bulldogs' third conference title in four years.
Frappier is the second Yale freshman to be named rookie of the week in 2011. Mollie Rogers has won the honor three times.
In the victory over Princeton, the Bulldogs used a combination of offense and defense. Yale hit .318 for the match – including .469 in the third – and had a 107-84 advantage in digs.
Yale reached the 10-win mark in Ivy League play for the eighth straight season after a 3-0 win over Penn last Friday.
Three different Bulldogs struck for double figures. Allie Frappier and Mollie Rogers both produced double-doubles in kills and digs for Yale, while Kendall Polan had 33 assists and 21 digs. Polan continues to lead the Ivy League in assists per set.
Harvard lost at Columbia, 3-0, on Friday and dropped a five-set match at Cornell on Saturday. Harvard stands at 11-11 overall and 4-8 in Ivy play.
The Big Green (14-9, 6-6) split a pair of five-set road matches last weekend. Dartmouth beat Cornell and lost to Columbia.
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Every design studio has at least one of Edward Tufte's books. They're traditionally distributed during the sacred initiation ceremony through which one becomes a Graphic Designer: a cloaked celebrant makes the sign of command-option-escape and anoints the novice with toner, the congregation recites the paternoster from Paul Rand's Design, Form, and Chaos, and the now-ordained Designer is presented with the Holy Relics that will form the heart of his or her own workplace: a manga-inspired wind-up toy, a framed fruit crate label with a smutty pun, an overwrought and temperamental stapler with a European pedigree, and a copy of Envisioning Information.
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SURREY, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Nov. 7, 2016) - Ascot Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:AOT) -
The Premier property covers more than one hundred square kilometres near the town of Stewart in northwest BC, and includes the old Premier Mine, a past producer of 2.1 MOz Au and 44.9 MOz Ag.
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True widths are generally believed to be 70-90% of intersected widths in the Premier area. (*) samples cut to 1opt or 34.29 g/t Au.
This release is the 7th for the season reporting 40 holes P16-1121-1160, previous results were released on June 8, July 5, July 21, August 11, September 12, and October 14, 2016. Drilling is now complete for the season. Results will be released as they become available (64 holes are pending). Ascot drilled 69,123 meters in 279 holes in 2016. Detailed results table, locations and figures can be viewed at the following Ascot link: www.ascotresources.ca.
Graeme Evans, P. Geo and Lawrence Tsang, P. Geo provide the field management for the Premier exploration program. Graeme Evans, designated as the Qualified Person (QP) as defined by National Instrument 43-101 has prepared the technical information in this news release.
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Report: Mobile Security Apps Generally Effective
Avast, Bitdefender, ESET, F-Secure, Ikarus, Kaspersky, Qihoo, Trend Micro, and TrustGo all detected 98 to 100 percent of the samples. AV-Comparatives suggests these be considered equally effective, without worrying about tiny differences in the actual scores. Lookout, McAfee, Sophos, and Webroot all fell into the next sample range, from 93 to 98 percent detection. This is still a good result, according to the report. Click the image below for a full chart of results.
In addition to checking thousands of in-the-wild Android threats, researchers installed 200 popular safe programs on each test phone, checking to be sure the security software didn't erroneously identify any of these as malicious. In every case, the security program correctly left the valid programs alone, with no false positive identifications.
For the battery-drain test, the researchers used an elaborate measuring device that replaces the battery and reports in great detail on the amount of power drawn. To avoid data fluctuations due to system load, they set up their own wireless LAN and 3G sources. Based on a survey of mobile users, they created a profile of normal system activities such as making calls, browsing the Web, and checking email. They measured the battery drain while performing these tasks with and without security products.
The drain attributable to the security products was never more than about two percent. To put it another way, adding a security tool will cost less than 30 minutes per day in battery life. The report does point out that cloud-based solutions such as Webroot generally use more power than those that are strictly signature-based.
The full report goes into great detail about the varying feature sets of the covered products. You can obtain the report from the AV-Comparatives website, or click here.
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HP-SPI deal underscores apps security integration
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Hewlett Packard's acquisition of Web applications security specialist SPI Dynamics on June 19 illustrates a growing demand among enterprise customers to have vulnerability-scanning tools integrated into their software development platforms.
Following closely behind IBM's June 6 acquisition of Watchfire, one of Atlanta-based SPI's closest rivals in the Web applications and software code-scanning space, the HP buyout highlights the rapidly emerging trend toward integration of security testing tools into the software development process.
HP, which acquired software development giant Mercury Interactive for $4.5 billion in cash in July 2006 in a move that greatly expanded its interests in the area, said that it plans to blend SPI's business and its 140 person staff into the software unit at its Technology Solutions Group, the division responsible for its server and storage products, as well as its IT consulting services.
In response to the growing threat of attacks on applications-level vulnerabilities, the company said, more customers than ever before are building security testing requirements into their development projects.
By folding applications security testing into its existing portfolio of tools, HP officials said, the company has added an increasingly strategic piece of the overall software development puzzle.
"This adds a new chapter to the applications side of the house; we think of applications and [IT] operations working together, and this adds the piece of security assessment from early on in the [software development] lifecycle all the way through to production," said Jonathan Rende, vice president of products for the Quality Management Software group at HP.
"This is a new dimension of that, that is so complementary because there is a whole set of users who are getting involved in security assessment in the lifecycle," Rende said on a conference call with media and analysts. "There are security experts who determine policies and prepare applications before they go live, but then there are also the developers and quality assurance professionals who need to ensure security before the applications go live."
In a research report published by market analysis firm Gartner in May 2007, industry experts said that by 2009, some 80 percent of major software development lifecycle vendors would offer source code security scanning tools as part of their platforms.
The company said that further that 60 percent of IT organizations will have made vulnerability detection an integral part of their development process by 2010.
HP's move to buy SPI and IBM's acquisition of Watchfire provide tacit evidence that those predictions are already coming to pass, said Joseph Feiman, the Gartner analyst who authored the report.
"In a span of two weeks, two of the largest applications security companies have been acquired by development platform providers, which proves that users of those platforms understand that having applications security as a discipline is as important to them as network or operational security," said Feiman. "This is the part of security that is being built into applications by customers, and it should be an integral part of these [software development] platforms to allow them to do that work."
In addition to appeasing customers who are already calling for integrated applications security testing tools, the HP-SPI and IBM-Watchfire deals should increase the trend toward software developers making security auditing part of their everyday work, the analyst said.
SPI has been a longtime partner of HP, which has offered its tools as a package with its Mercury and OpenView software development products -- just as Watchfire had been selling its applications security products packaged with IBM's Rational code-authoring tools before getting snapped-up by the firm.
Both platform providers' moves to bring security testing capabilities under their own control should benefit their individual marketing efforts and customers' development lifecycle plans, other analysts said.
"SPI had integration with Mercury from a partner standpoint, but that type of a relationship is never as tight as it is within a product suite produced by the same company, and SPI will now be able to take better advantage of HP's installed base of customers," said Dr. Chenxi Wang, analyst with Forrester Research.
"Mercury is the leader of the quality testing market, and customers are increasingly making vulnerability testing a part of that type of work, as opposed to an afterthought, so it makes a lot of sense of HP to make this type of deal," Wang said.
Page BreakOne of the most significant benefits of adding SPI in particular is that it has both Web applications inspection and source code scanning tools in-house in the form of its WebInspect and DevInspect product lines respectively, along with its own QAInspect quality assurance tools, said the analyst.
SPI's combination of code and applications analysis software may give HP an advantage over its rivals, including IBM, Wang said, as she cited Watchfire's forte as based in pure Web applications assessment -- work typically done by quality and assurance testers -- not in technologies built specifically for use by applications developers.
"HP has a commitment to pushing this type of security technology deeper into the development lifecycle, integrating with Mercury now makes a lot of sense to their long-term vision," said Wang -- who has worked previously for the HP Labs research group as an independent consultant. "Having SPI's development-phase tools may give HP a leg-up over IBM-Watchfire; HP wants to be selling these types of tools directly to developers, not QA testers."
According to a report issued earlier this month by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a federal agency that develops technology standards, some 92 percent of all IT security vulnerabilities exist in software applications, which Wang cited as an "astounding" figure.
With customers clamoring for a way to reduce their risk to such issues, HP and IBM have seen the business opportunity and moved to address it, she said.
Other industry watchers noted that it will become increasingly difficult for standalone applications security providers to compete with the tools being integrated by companies with powerful development arms like HP and IBM.
SPI Chief Executive Brian Cohen said he believes it will be hard for such companies to compete in light of the demand for integration with development platforms.
To highlight the point, the CEO alluded to the fact that it may have been tough for SPI to maintain its partnership with IBM -- with whom its products have also been packaged for sale and consumption -- in light of the Watchfire deal.
"Our belief was that the ultimate success of SPI would be to see our technology integrated into a broadly distributed platform sold to software developers, and it is clear that organizations such as HP feel the same way," Cohen said. "I don't see a standalone business long-term without integration for these types of technologies."
However, officials with SPI rivals like Cenzic said that while security testing is being built into the software development process, there are still millions of applications already in production that will need vulnerability assessment tools that aren't tied to one development platform or another.
"There are 50 to 100 million Web applications out there, and less than one percent is being tested for security vulnerabilities, so the scope of the opportunity is still huge outside of development," said Mandeep Khera, vice president of marketing for Cenzic. "Everyone in this industry has been hoping to have developers and quality assurance groups buying our products, but that's not really happening yet; there has been a big movement with more people budgeting for these tools over the last nine months, but there's still a long way to go."
Cenzic has existing relationships with both HP and IBM, and Khera said that he believes the firm will be able to continue to market itself to those companies' customers, in particular those firms who use both development platforms or want to keep applications security testing as a separate process.
HP officials said that the SPI buyout will not preclude it from continuing to work with its other existing vulnerability assessment partners.
While Khera said that there may come a time when Cenzic considers a sale to a larger software development or security player if the timing is right, the executive maintains that his company has no immediate plans to begin marketing itself for acquisition.
However, some industry watchers see the HP-SPI and IBM-Watchfire deals as a sure sign that additional consolidation is on tap across the applications security and software quality assurance segments.
"The game isn't over; there will probably be a few more acquisitions as the securing of applications is becoming a function of applications development, so it's likely that development platforms and tool suites become the home for more of these products and companies," said Jon Oltsik, analyst with Enterprise Strategy Group.
"It's hard to sell security testing tools after-the-fact. Customers and vendors really do want to introduce this into initial sale of development tools, it broadens your portfolio if you're HP or IBM, and you can push security up as a priority to developers," he said. "These companies had a tough time selling their tools as standalone products, and as a result, I'd expect to see more of these deals."


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Only in Salem, kids, only in Salem. Days of Our Lives heartthrobs Eric Martsolf (Brady) and Galen Gering (Rafe) claim they had no problem shooting the soap's Magic Mike spoof airing April 23. But let's get real here. When you launch your career on Pa… Read more


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Rock Hill, S.C. – The Lady Cobras basketball team lost a tough game on Tuesday night to division I Winthrop University 58-47. Coker held a five point lead at halftime, but a strong second half by the Eagles dropped the Lady Cobras to 0-2 on their young season.
Kiesha Beavers (Williamstown, N.J.) led the Coker offense with 15 points and six rebounds, while Henna Koponen (Vantaa, Finland) had a double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds on the night.
Winthrop's Shanice Cole led all scorers with 18 points, while adding eight rebounds. Jessica Fansler also scored in double figures, dropping in 13 points.
It was an extremely even games, with neither team shooting exceptionally well from the floor; Coker shot just 33.3 percent, with Winthrop shooting 35.2 percent. Both teams committed over 20 turnovers, while the Eagles held the advantage on the boards, grabbing 46 rebounds compared to Coker's 32.
Coker returns to the floor on Saturday, Nov. 21, as they travel to Florence, S.C. to take on cross-town rival Francis Marion University at 2:00 p.m.


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The Series 9 Decamired Blue 1.5 Cooling Filter from Tiffen is for those who want a sure-fire way of getting accurate color temperature readings. Using this formula, you can transpose temperatures from one point to another easily and quickly. This system is also useful when you wish to bring a certain amount of creativity to color photography.
Decamired filters are used to maintain consistent color temperature during the day's shooting. Decamired filters are available in two series - reddish filters that warm the light and bluish filters that cool the light with each series available in four densities: 1.5, 3, 6, and 12. When filters from the same series are used, they can be combined.
Decamired filters can be readily combined to create almost any required color correction. In measuring the color temperature of the light source, and comparing it to that for which the film was designed, required filtration can be easily calculated.
A filter that produces a color temperature change of 100K at 3400K will produce a change of 1000K at 10,000K. This is because the filter relates to a visual scale of color. It will always produce the same visible difference. A color change of 100K at the higher temperature would hardly be noticed.
To use this concept, subtract the mired value of the light source from that of the film. If the answer is positive, you need a reddish filter; if negative, use a bluish filter. Mired-coordinated filters are termed as decamireds. Mired value divided by ten yields decamireds. The 60 mired shifts, above, would be produced by an R6 filter, where the higher values were that of the lighting.
Sets of such filters generally come in values of 1.5, 3, 6, and 12 decamireds in both B (bluish) and R (reddish) colors. These numbers are additive; that is, a pair of R3's produces an R6. An R6 plus a B6 cancel each other out to produce a neutral gray.
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Dr. S. Devasahayam MA., PIM., ESMP comes from a traditional Siddha practicing family who kept the light of nature cure for more than 100years. He combined the proven secret recipes of herbal medicines based on clinical applications which brought an outstanding success in curing many chronic health problems even they are handled by most of the modern medicines. His experience in the field of siddha brought prevention and cure for many diseases and the alleviation of common ailments.read more


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Run Online Dating Profiles on Major Online Dating Websites
Προϋπολογισμός $2-8 USD / ώρα
Why this project ?
We are a private and discreet matchmaking company who works for private clients. This clients like dating specialized marketing, and they don't have enough time of their own to run their online dating profiles on websites like [url removed, login to view], [url removed, login to view], [url removed, login to view], [url removed, login to view], tinder
So, they decided to outsource the task of updating and managing their real online dating profiles. those are NOT fake profiles.
Who can do this ?
A phone line with a US number will be required, as well as software to record every call.
If you speak good English,have basic internet/computer skills, and can show perseverance through... you can do it.
If you have already worked in the dating industry, if you are a matchmaker, a life coach or if you are a good marketer, you will do it much better.
How to do it ?
Etape 1 - After awarding this job, the client will give to the awarded freelancer, access to his online dating profiles, with logins and passwords. Then your job is to read all of them, understand the client's real profile and re-write the profiles in a more appealing way, also deleting and uploading better pictures to some of them.
Etape 2 - On a skype interview with the client, the freelancer will understand and describe the target matches for his taste, as well as show the updated profiles of his own , now more attractive.
Etape 3 - Write 5 templates for very attractive "opener messages" to be sent to target matches. Write also the phone conversational script for the matchmaking company, prior to introducing our client.
Etape 4 - is to Start opening some conversations with target audience to check on what conversations are hooking.
Etape 5 - is to make a summary of all conversations and target profiles links and send to the customer daily, the customer will confirm the targets to pursue for face to face meetings, and phone numbers, as well as talk about the available schedules and places for face to face meetings.
Etape 6 - Make the appointments for meetings and confirm the meetings on the phone with the targets, using the phone script written in etape 3 to do this.
Etape 7 - Go back to Etape 4 and keep doing this everyday.
Our goal is to get the best possible dates for our customer.
How tough/easy this job is?
Like any personal matchmaking,this too requires a lot of patience and time Investment. A good perception on what is happening on the other side of the screen and improvements on the online behavior are important, but basics always remain the same. The more leads you collect and open, the more chances are there that you get a phone number and a date done.
The job cannot be called tough,but it requires patience, and daily inputs. Just follow the plan daily, and you will do it.
In my experience, if you invest 3 hours daily, you get to close at least 2 dates per week. With experience and skills improvement, the number can be even more.
How much will I get?
There is a fixed fee of $5.00 per worked hour plus a bonus for every successful date of our client (if the target match shows up on the date) the company will reward you with extra $10.
Other important things
I cannot super manage and that's why I need your help. I want a hard working and honest freelancer. I expect a daily report to know how the work is going.
I know you still may have queries, and I will help you with all your queries. Once agreed, I will send instructions on how to proceed with the project.
** Please no robotic answers. Read, understand and then write a proposal if you are interested. If you have any relevant experience, please do write about them.
About the US phone number,skype, hangouts, google voice or similar are accepted, as long as there is a US number on the phone identifier at the other side of the phone line, and as long you can record all calls on the system you are using, whatever it is.
About the worked hours, you must use the freelancer time tracker,this will automatically bill and warrant the worked hours.
11 freelancers κάνουν προσφορά κατά μέσο όρο $5/ώρα για αυτή τη δουλειά
Hello, Hope you are well. I just found your job post and i am very interested for your new project. After read your job description carefully i understood that you need freelancer who handle your online dating site. I Περισσότερα
hello sir, am a computer science graduate from belarus and i have passion for dating with similar experience. i can professionally handle the task
We already built 2 dating app in both platform. Which are quite similar to Tinder. I would be happy to show you. We have experience to build a Dating app. We are interested to work with you on this project. Can Περισσότερα
hello sir. i am faiq khan from Pakistan and i am a good logo designer. i am expert of graphics. i have good skill in photoshop, magix video editor, adobe after effect, coral draw etc. my imo and whats app no is +9230 Περισσότερα
Dear Re: Freelance VA position please accept this as my application for the position of freelance VA with Peace, Love & Tambourines. Here is the crux of the qualifications that I present: • Track record of providing ef Περισσότερα
Hello, I read your job/project description and it's very close to what I'm looking for at the moment. I'm available to start right away and that I always tailor my work schedule according to the client's tim Περισσότερα
Hi, Please, I am interested in your vacancy. I have time and abilities to do your project. I am fluent in writing and speaking English, I have customer service experience. I am also currently working two hours per da Περισσότερα
Hello, I have experience in dating site I am Brazilian and I live in Brazil I worked in [login to view URL] and [login to view URL] My English is not 100%, but I am Brazilian I do not know if I'm good for your project.
I am a professional when it comes to online dating & photography. Sometimes just a few adjustments to the images can make a huge difference! Also, I know about key information that is very handy in the online dating wo Περισσότερα


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Bouknight Shines at Panthers Workouts
UW alum Jovon Bouknight seems to be making a positive impression on the Carolina Panthers.
"The Carolina Panthers may have found a hidden gem in undrafted free agent Jovon Bouknight. Signed by the Carolina Panthers on 5/5/06, Bouknight has shown great promise during the offseason voluntary "summer school" workouts. He has shown the ability to seperate from his defenders and demonstrated solid hands when given the opportunity."
Bouknight ran a slow 40 at the Combine and teams stayed away during the draft, but all you had to do was see him play at Wyoming to know he was faster than his Combine time.


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Kid Rock wasn't a fan of living with cyclist Lance Armstrong in Iraq back in 2007 because the cyclist was constantly passing gas during their visit to an American Army base.
The "All Summer Long" hit maker joined forces with Armstrong, actor Robin Williams and comedian Lewis Black for a tour of the Middle East to boost soldier morale and they were all shacked up in a small bunk for several days.
While the rocker admits he had a blast performing for the troops, he didn't particularly like having Armstrong as a roommate.
He tells GQ magazine, "I've been over there for the military so many times, and oh, I can't tell you, I hate that region. At least in Vietnam (during the war) they had the [bleep] beers and dope. Robin Williams went to Iraq with us. It was him and Lewis Black and Lance Armstrong. And we got stuck at this base. Like, there was literally four bunk beds lined up, and we each had a handler.
"It was like camp. You know, it's dark, and Robin and Lewis just started making jokes, like, about our ordeal. And then Lance Armstrong won't stop farting. So every time there'd be just a moment of silence and it'd be like (fart noise)."


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The Turbine Security includes a Security Service as well as Actions and Screens that can be extended in the Templating Services.
The default Relational Database schema that Turbine uses for the database security service includes the data structure for the managing of permissions. The default or core schema can be viewed at;
The main tables are TURBINE_GROUP, TURBINE_USER, TURBINE_ROLE and TURBINE_PERMISSION. The Permissions are the individual actions a user is allowed to take in the system. The Role is a container for the Permissions, in other words a Role can be made of many Permissions. User is an account that is interaction with the System and the Group is a something that a User would want to do something in. In the Turbine mailing lists it has often been described in the same way as a project. In a project you have fulfill a role, however a User doesnt "belong" to a project they merely have a role in that project ( or group ). In this manner too a User can have many Roles within the one Group. For instance a User may have the Role Developer in the Group, but may also have the Role of Administrator as well. While initially confusing at first, as there are no group-user or role-user containers, it is a flexible system and strong system.
A User's interaction through the system is controlled by the Permissions they are able to partake in. The AccessControlLists manage this information and present it via RunData and User Interfaces to the application. The RunData interface through the getACL() method presents the AccessControlList Object.
//get the AccessControlList Object //from RunData AccessControlList acl = data.getACL(); //check if the User ( from the http request ) //has permission to view the invoices if( acl.hasPermission("viewinvoice") ) { data.setMessage("You have permission to view the invoices."); setTemplate(data, "Invoice.vm"); } else { data.setMessage("You do not have Permission to view the Invoices"); setTemplate(data, "UnauthorizedRequest.vm"); }
This will check if the User has permission to view this in the Global Group which is useful for managing Anonymous Users as well as logged in Users across your application. If however you need stronger security, such as only allowing users that have logged in, and have a Role in a specific Group, the Permission will need to be matched to the Group and User. As an example, assume one of your groups is "Accounting" and the Invoice information is only to be viewed by Usersthat have a Role in Accounting as well as the Permission "viewinvoice", the above method would be re-written;
//get the User from RunData User user = data.getUser(); //get the AccessControlList Object //from RunData AccessControlList acl = data.getACL(); //check if the User has logged in, //has a role in the group and //has permission to view the invoices if( user.hasLoggedIn() && acl.hasPermission("viewinvoice", "Accounting") ) { data.setMessage("You have permission to view the invoices."); setTemplate(data, "Invoice.vm"); } else { data.setMessage("You do not have Permission to view the Invoices"); setTemplate(data, "UnauthorizedRequest.vm"); }
If instead the Permission could be across any of the Roles the User has, the method acl.hasPermission(String permission, GroupSet groups), can be used. As always check the Javadocs for more detail.
Managing Anonymous Users and Logged In Users poses problems in applications for managing the Secure/Strong parts of the application and the Unsecure/Weak parts of the application. In Turbine, the Action and Screen components make managing this process quite simple. Assume the only Velocity Template allowed to be viewed without being logged in is the actual Login.vm template. As this is the only Screen that needs to be Unsecure/Weak we can manage this via the parent of Login Screen.
package com.mycompany.modules.screens; //parent which allows Users to view the screen public class WeakScreen extends VelocityScreen { //nothing to check that the User //can view this screen protected void doBuildTemplate( RunData data, Context context ) throws Exception { //call to Super super.doBuildTemplate(data, context); } } package com.mycompany.modules.screens; //the java component of the Login Velocity Template public class Login extends WeakScreen { //nothing to check that the User //can view this screen protected void doBuildTemplate( RunData data, Context context ) throws Exception { context.put("date",new Date()); //call to Super super.doBuildTemplate(data, context); } }
Note that there is nothing in that method which checks that the User has logged in. On the other hand, for the Secure or Strong Actions and Screens we would want a check to ensure that the User has logged in.
package com.mycompany.modules.screens; //Strong screen which checks for login public class StrongScreen extends VelocityScreen { //check that User has Logged in before bothering //to add anything to the context. protected void doBuildTemplate( RunData data ) throws Exception { if (data.getUser().hasLoggedIn()) { doBuildTemplate( data, TurbineVelocity.getContext( data ) ); } else { //send the User to the Login Template data.setMessage("Please Login first!"); setTemplate(data,"Login.vm"); } } } package com.mycompany.modules.screens; //as an example use the Invoices again public class Invoice extends StrongScreen { //can view this screen protected void doBuildTemplate( RunData data, Context context ) throws Exception { context.put("invoice",new Invoice()); //call to Super super.doBuildTemplate(data, context); } }
In the latter example, before the Screen populates the Context it will check for the User being logged in by the doBuildTemplate(data) method in the parent. If the test fails, the context isnt created for the Invoice screen. Another way to manage this is to seperate the screens into two packages, com.mycompany.modules.screens.unsecure and com.mycompany.modules.screens.secure and have a Default.java Screen in each of the packages mimicing the above approaches.


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text: I have problems with RH 7.1 in NFS. We have one SMP server and nine nodes. There are only two nodes seem to work as we expect(standard: we can run MPI Programs at least). In other nodes we can mount Server:/home to Node#n:/home successfully, but we can not run programs in /home on those nodes. When I tried to run any executables (except commands), there came NFS errors (task 69 can't request a slot) on nodes. Actually I used $dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdc to clone all other nodes from one prototype, which can work smoothly. I tried ld.so which is supposed to prevent the errors above. Furthremore, I tried to change the size of package in fstab. I failed to make it work any way. We use LNE100TX Ver 2.0(by Linksys) NIC cards which are recognized as Lite-On ones by RH7.1. We have problems to make these cards work when we tried to use Scyld Beowulf. Anyone have problems with that kind of card? Maybe it is not RH's fault ;-) BTW: all the nodes I tried are totally same. Any suggestion is appreciated ! Jian WUGRAV Washington University(St.Louis)


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The 2010 scientific expedition undertaken by the European program called Mediterranean En-Dangered (MED) reveals that 250 billion microplastics could be found in the Mediterranean Sea.
The main goal of the program, which will end in 2013, is to quantify the distribution of plastic pollution and better understand its dynamics in the Mediterranean Sea.
Microplastics are usually defined as plastic particles smaller than 5 millimeters, so for most part they are invisible to human eyes. Samplings were conducted within 20 centimeters depth at 40 sites located in the northwestern basins of the Mediterranean Sea mainly off France and northern Italy.
Ninety percent of the samples were composed of microplastics, with some containing up to six times more micro-fragments of plastic compared to plankton, which means that the marine biomass was largely dominated by plastics.
In general, micro debris floating on the Mediterranean Sea reached 115,000 particles per square kilometer with a maximum of 892,000 particles.
The concentration of plastic debris found in the sea is similar to the one measured in the Atlantic of the Northern Hemisphere or in the 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch' which has a huge density of plastic debris. However, these first findings should be extrapolated with cautions to the whole Mediterranean Sea since sampling sites were limited geographically.
The amount of plastic that will be manufactured in the next ten years will nearly equal the total produced in the 20th century.
Plastic is a major contributor to marine pollution. Impacts of microplastics to organisms and the environment are largely unknown.


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The Chicago & Alton Railroad Depot was built in 1879 has now been restored and moved to its current location as part of the National Frontier Trails Center in Independence, Missouri. Restoration of the Railroad Depot was done from 1992 to 2002.
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The United States is one of the most diverse countries on earth, jam packed full of amazing sights from St. Patrick's cathedral in New York to Mount Hollywood California.The Northeast region is where it all started. Thirteen British colonies fought the American Revolution from here and won their independence in the first successful colonial rebellion in history. Take a look at these rolling hills carpeted with foliage along the Hudson river here, north of New York City.The American south is known for its polite people and slow pace of life. Probably they move slowly because it's so hot. Southerners tend not to trust people from "up north" because they talk too fast. Here's a cemetery in Georgia where you can find graves of soldiers from the Civil War.The West Coast is sort of like another country that exists to make the east coast jealous. California is full of nothing but grizzly old miners digging for gold, a few gangster rappers, and then actors. That is to say, the West Coast functions as the imagination of the US, like a weird little brother who teases everybody then gets famous for making freaky art.The central part of the country is flat farmland all the way over to the Rocky Mountains. Up in the northwest corner you can find creative people in places like Portland and Seattle, along with awesome snowboarding and good beer. Text by Steve Smith.