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This option is for the supplies to be connected above the shower on the shower of the wall. This option is often combined with -SC (supply cover) to conceal the plumbing.
This option specifies that the supplies are coming from within the wall, and into the back of the shower. With this option roughing-in at correct location is important.
Specifying this option provides an integral soap tank, factory pre-piped, and installed within the shower system. The liquid soap is piped to dispensers. Acme Showers are furnished with one 6 qt. tank per 6 to 8 stations, and Meter-Trol dispensers at each station. Apex Showers, when specified for 2 or 3 stations, have a 2 qt. tank, and a single station model is furnished with a 1 qt. tank. Meter-Trol dispensers are supplied for each soap station. Classic and Capital Showers are provided with an approximate 1 gal. capacity tank. The exact size is affected by shower supply configuration.
Use of this option provides a vandal and suicide resistant shower head with a conical shape. Spray pattern is a non-adjustable multi-stream style. Shape of head prevents use as a suicide device. Recommended for use with optional -PBH Hemispherical Pushbutton.
This surface-mounted soap dish is constructed of heavy gage, type 304 stainless steel. The body is designed with a drain hole to keep bar soap dry.
Selection of this option provides a durable, chip resistant color coat finish to the exterior of the fixture. See the Color Selection Sheet for standard colors; custom colors may be specified
This is the standard flow rate for Acorn Showers
Use of this option allows for a higher flow rate of 2.0 Gallons (7.58 Liters) per Minute versus the standard 1.6 Gallon (6 Liters) per Minute. This flow rate of 2.0 gallons will no longer be available for use in the state of California after July 2018.
This option will make the housing of the fixture constructed of fourteen gage material. Fourteen gage material is .078" thick. This option is typically for heavy duty fixtures which range from 16 to 18 gage.
In lieu of the conventional shower head, this option provides a hand shower with a 60" stainless steel hose and mounting bracket.
This option provides a male and female stainless steel quick disconnect coupler assembly to allow for easy removal of the hand shower.
This specification provides for manual adjustment of spray volume. It does, however, prevent positive shutoff.
The suffix option provides a hex key control for the spray volume. This limits the adjustment to authorized personnel. This suffix option offers the same advantages as -H Hand Volume Control.
The Multi-Stream, Ball Joint Shower Nozzle is available on all Acorn Shower- Ware® systems. The spray pattern is created through a multiple orifice design and is bather adjustable to create a narrow stream or wide pattern. It is ideal in areas that are not prone to vandalism, such as hotels and athletic clubs where the user may desire a more luxuriant shower. Unit may be configured for standard Shower-Ware shower head or for Bent Arm applications -not shown; must specify.
In applications where vandalism is a primary concern, this shower head prevents the user from altering the spray or removing nozzle. Spray adjustment is made through the nozzle with a hex key. Specification of Penal Head prevents selection of additional shower head options.
Primarily specified for showers, this rugged stainless steel soap dish is recessed within the housing of the fixture. The bottom surface is lined with air-circulating dimples to keep bar soap dry.
This option provides a 24" slide bar for use with -Fx Hand Shower. Slide bar is shipped loose for wall mounting.
This cover is used with top supply showers to hide supply piping and give a finished look to a shower installation. All brackets and exposed fasteners are furnished, except fasteners for attaching cover to the building. Shown here on Capital Column.
This option specifies the bottom of the surface mounted shower fixture to be sloped. The slope is to be 30°.
This option specifies the top of the surface mounted shower fixture to be sloped. The slope is to be 30° for adequate drainage, and can not pull yourself or hide contraband on top of fixture.
This option is for the electronic valve system, namely Master-Trol and Time-Trol. The system is 24 VAC and this transformer is hardwired. Transformer is mounted to plate that fits junction box to cover connections.
When specifying an Acorn Commercial Shower, this option is appropriate when shower heads are to be provided by others. Acorn will only provide the control valve.
This suffix option permits movement of the shower head in all directions, allowing the bather to adjust the spray pattern as needed.
This modification of the standard shower head has a set screw to lock the head into desired positions. This serves to prevent water discharge into drying areas, aisles, and doorways, which is especially beneficial in group shower applications.
Specification of this suffix option will not allow the spray head to be manipulated from side to side, preventing flooding outside of tubs. In group shower applications, it prevents the spraying of adjacent bathers.
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This past Sunday evening, we came together to watch some old timey magic, as Martin Short joined Measha to perform their version of the jazz standard "Misty," (E. Garner / J. Burke) live at the Windsor Arms in Toronto.
At times tender, at others gut-bustingly hilarious, this duet has the makings of a modern classic. Featuring the piano wizardry of Aaron Davis, the performance was captured and edited in breathtaking black and white by Southern Souls' Mitch Fillion and Matt Marek.
Measha's new album "I've Got a Crush on You" is now available on iTunes, or you can order a CD copy here.
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Just got off the Glory Saturday. I didn't like the new menu at all. Would have just ate at on the Lido, but was not pleased with the changes that have taken place there also. The selection for the salad was minimal to non. There used to be a large amount of topping choices for your salad. Not this time. The food didn't even look good.


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Held on the final Friday of each month from Friday, April 27 through Friday, October 26, Summer Nights features special evening hours and half-price Museum admission after 5pm! With classic '68 film screenings in Oak Street Plaza, Amoeba Music DJs spinning '60s-inspired sets, and sizzling special activities throughout the Museum, you won't want to miss Summer Nights!
On Friday, July 27th, Amoeba's own DJ Michael Henning will be spinning international and psychedelic gems of the era and you can watch this classic 1968 film under the stars at Oak Street Plaza:
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How To: Linux on a Pen Drive
There are many options with USB Flash drives now. Here is a tutorial on how to install Damn Small Linux on a Pen Drive. This is version 4.4.7, the newest version. Plugin your Pen Drive in to the USB slot. For DSL it is a great one to experiment with because you can use a small Pen Drive to work with. A 256 MB Pen Drive allows you a lot of space since the operating system is only 50 MB.
Cllick the Image to Purchase DSL on a Pen Drive
Spin up a Live CD of DSL or use DSL off an existing computer and go to the menu Apps/Tools and Install to USB-HDD Pen Drive. Please note that the computer you will use the Pen Drive on must be capable of booting to a USB Pen Drive, that acts as a hard drive (HDD). You will see the first window and it will ask you if you want to check to make sure the is at /dev/sda. Be sure you do not have any other USB Pen Drives attached and DO NOT MOUNT THE PEN DRIVE (that potentially could damage the Pen Drive).
You will have a number of options that you can have with the install. The default options will place the entire operating system in RAM when it boots, this makes it run much faster. The default boot options are the best way to start.
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Sunday night represented an opportunity for Tony Romo to alter an unflattering reputation. Instead, he might have cemented it.
Romo came up flat in one of the biggest games of his NFL career, throwing three interceptions in the Cowboys' 28-18 loss to the Washington Redskins. For the second consecutive year, Dallas failed in a win-or-go-home scenario against a division rival. It doesn't get much more painful than this.
"It just hurts a lot right now to even think about and talk about," Romo said. "I wanted that game for a lot of people, for a lot of people who put a lot into it. It's just very frustrating."
Romo entered this game playing some of the best football of his career. He was brilliant during an overtime loss to the New Orleans Saints last Sunday and had thrown 10 touchdown passes against only one interception in four December games.
But Romo wasn't nearly as sharp against the Redskins, completing 20 of 37 passes for 218 yards and two touchdowns with the three picks. The Redskins aggressively went after Romo, blitzing him early and often. The Cowboys couldn't adjust.
It was the Redskins' incessant blitzing that led to the Romo turnover that doomed the Cowboys. Trailing 21-18 with 3:06 to play, Romo was fooled by Redskins linebacker Rob Jackson, who faked a blitz, then peeled into coverage to intercept a pass intended for DeMarco Murray. Washington took over and turned the interception into seven points. Game over.
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"That will eat at me for weeks now," Romo said.
Romo played parts of this game without wide receivers Miles Austin (ankle) and Dez Bryant (back), but Romo won't -- and shouldn't -- escape blame here. The Cowboys have lost six of seven elimination games during the Romo era, including an 0-3 record in the regular season.
The Cowboys again failed in a big spot. With Romo under center, it has become a broken record Dallas can't seem to pull the needle off.
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With the 80's band Lost Boys belting out the hits, the crowd at the 360 Sports Lounge was in a dancing mood. The Houston Social Source hosted the 80's Prom and attendees came dressed in prom gear and 80's attire. There was even a mobile Shoe Bar on site in case anyone needed new shoes for the event. And a burlesque group performed to Madonna's "Like a Virgin." It was just like high school prom, if your high school prom happened at a bar, with a live band and burlesque dancers.


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With 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh swinging golf clubs this weekend, there isn't much time for football news.
But there were, in fact, two bits of news.
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If you'd have asked me what kind of golfer Harbaugh might be, I'd have guessed a good one, as he's a natural athlete. He and professional partner Jason Day were tied for third after one round, 9-under par.
But I'd also figure him to be a club-tosser, but he was apparently loose (or caddy/defensive coordinator Vic Fangio did a good job of collecting them).
According to the report, he "amiably chatted with spectators" during his round, and joked: "No, I'm not good enough to get upset about it."
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Despite making $11.5 million last year for essentially partying, Deadmau5 just isn't happy. He took to Tumblr earlier this week to let fans know he's "going to unplug for a wee bit"—not canceling shows or quitting music, but he's "just gunna slam on the breaks for a bit and force myself to endure some quiet time."
Perhaps best known to non-fans for wearing his signature mouse head, Deadmau5 has made his name in the EDM world not just with his music, but with his strong opinions. In recent months, he's gone on record against Paris Hilton, Madonna, and Snooki (all tough targets, to be sure). Venting all that negativity hasn't made him feel any more positive, though, as he said on Tumblr, "im basicly pretty miserable right now, and need to pull the fuck back and figure out whatever the fuck it is i do."


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Karen Voelker, Accenture Customer Innovation Network Global Retail lead, knows about the most disruptive retail technologies. She has toured hundreds of retail stores. She's also walked many miles in the shoes of a retail customer—just ask her pedometer.
You've been with Accenture for 13 years. Where did you get your start at the company?
I started as an intern in 2000, working in business computer systems. One of my projects was coding a UPS tracking return system for a company. I moved over to the retail industry group in 2001, where I did retail consulting for six years. Then I moved over to the Accenture Customer Innovation Network where I started as a workshop lead. That has been my home ever since.
Tell us about the Accenture Customer Innovation Network.
We call it the ACIN ["ace-in"]. It's set up to explore the future customer experience. Our primary focus is conducting workshops with clients—typically two to three days a week. People love coming to the centers because they can try hands-on demos of the latest and greatest technology, and walk through their business challenges in an environment that stimulates creative problem solving.
Do clients always come to you?
I'd say 80 percent of the 150 or so workshops we do per year is at our locations in Chicago, Milan and Sao Paulo—or our satellites in London, Manila, Singapore and San Jose, at the Accenture Technology Labs. I think it's better when clients come to us, because they can use our tools and digital apps to experience what it's like to be a customer today. We might give them a persona—say, "you're a 25-year-old new mom looking for advice on products." We tell them what apps to try, and we'll get them into stores and have them look at the experience through the persona lens, rather than their personal lens.
What are some of the top challenges retailers share at the ACIN?
Everyone is trying to rethink the customer experience across channels. They know they want to be digital, but they don't know what that means across channels. We help them to look at the entire customer journey—how is it different on a phone, versus a tablet, versus the physical store? Clients are also trying to figure out how to get products to the customer faster. No retailer was set up to deliver direct to consumer, so what requirements need to change in the organizational and operating model to help that?
What are some of the innovations you explore with clients?
I lead a lot of store tours based on what clients are interested in. For example, this week we visited a store in SoHo where they launched a digital wall where you can shop, put items in dressing rooms, change the lighting in the dressing room, etc. It's a great example of how retailers are beginning to merge digital and physical worlds.
Are there any "ah-ha" moments that stand out in your mind when touring a store?
get really excited when I see stores that are offering more than products—they are offering a lifestyle. You remember brands that are putting stores within stores, offering a complete experience rather than a place to shop for one type of product. When it's an experience, customers are excited about trying products and learning about them.
What do you personally value most from a brand or a shopping experience?
I need things simple and easy—just a few clicks to make a purchase. I also expect fast shipping, and I get mad when I have to pay for shipping or returns. I want to see reviews and know that someone has bought a product and given their approval. I'll even ask my social network. Just recently, I bought a pair of snow boots that were highly recommended online, but turned out to be not so great. I asked my social network and now I have three or four new pairs at home, waiting for me to try them on.
Do you share on social networks?
Oh yes. I'm an influencer. I love trying new things because I'm passionate about learning. I take in new experiences or products, and I want to share my thoughts with others. I'll post my feedback on social networks and I'll look for feedback from others. I think it's because I have a fear of missing out.
Do you have any special interests or hobbies?
I am passionate about exercise and learning about new ways to work out. I love yoga and I've recently picked up running, which led me to sign up for my first sprint triathlon. I even exercise at work. On my last set of store tours, I had walked 10,000 steps by noon!


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This chapter summarizes the various APIs and programming technologies supported by Web Server.
This chapter has the following sections:
Web Server incorporates a modular architecture that integrates seamlessly with all products in the Sun Java TM System family of servers. In addition, Web Server supports a variety of APIs and programming technologies that enable you to do the following:
Generate dynamic content in response to client requests
Modify and extend the behavior of the server
Modify the content that is stored in the server
Sun Java System Web Server includes a number of software modules, which are discussed in the following topics in this section:
Web Server content engines are designed for manipulating customer data. The following three content engines make up the Web Publishing layer of the Sun Java System Web Server architecture:
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Content Handling
The HTTP engine represents the core of Sun Java System Web Server. The Web Server architecture resides on top of this engine for performance and integration functionality.
The Content Handling engine enables you to manage your server's content. You can create and store HTML pages, JavaServer Pages files JSP™, and other files such as graphics, text, sound, or video on your server. When clients connect to your server they can view your files provided they have access.
The Search engine enables Web Server users to search the contents and attributes of documents on the server. As a server administrator, you can create a customized text search interface that works with various types of document formats. Web Server converts many types of non-HTML documents into HTML as it indexes them, so users can use a web browser to view the documents that are found for their search.
Web Server extensions enable you to extend or replace the function of the server to better suit your business operations. The following server extensions are part of the core Web Server architecture:
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
NetscapeTMServer Application Programming Interface (NSAPI)
Java Servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSP)
Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a stand-alone application development interface that enables you to create programs that process your client requests dynamically.
Netscape Server Application Programming Interface (NSAPI) implements the functions and server calls when processing a request. Server Application Functions or SAFs these functions, provide the core and extended functionality of Web Server. They enable the server to process requests and divide the requests into small steps that can be arranged in a variety of ways for speed and flexible configuration.
Java servlets and JavaServer Pages extensions enable all servlet and JSP meta functions, including instantiation, initialization, destruction, access from other components, and configuration management. Servlets and JSP files are reusable Java applications that run on a web server rather than in a web browser.
Web Server includes a set of runtime environments that support the server extensions. These runtime environments include the following:
The Web Server architecture includes a set of application services for various application-specific functions. These application services include the following:
You can configure the Web Server using the Administration user interfaces (UI) or through CLI. Most of the configuration files are in the directory install_dir/https-instance/config directory. For example, if Web Server is installed on a Windows machine in C:\Program Files\Sun\WebServer7, the configuration files for the server myserver.com are in:
C:\Program Files\Sun\WebServer7\https-myserver.com\config
The main configuration files are magnus.conf, server.xml, obj.conf, and mime.types. For more information about configuration files, see the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 3 Administrator's Configuration File Reference.
This section summarizes the various APIs and programming technologies supported by Web Server, and describes how to get more information about them.
Enable you to dynamically generate responses or parts of responses to requests. The APIs and programming approaches are described in the following sections:
To modify the content of the server by adding, removing, or modifying resources and directories, use remote file manipulation.
Web Server provides a C API for defining your own server-side tags. These tags can be used in addition to the standard server-side tags (such as config, include, and so on) in HTML files.
For more information about defining and using server-parsed tags, see Chapter 2, Server-Parsed HTML Tags.
Common Gateway Interface (CGI) programs run on the server and generate a response to return to the requesting client. CGI programs can be written in the C, C++, Java, and Perl languages and as shell scripts. CGI programs are invoked through URL invocation.
Web Server complies with the version 1.1 CGI specification.
For more information about using CGI with Web Server, see Chapter 2, Server-Parsed HTML Tags
Web Server supports the Java Servlet 2.4 specification, including web application and the JavaServer Pages (JSP) 2.0 specification.
Java servlets are server-side Java programs that can be used to generate dynamic content in response to client requests in much the same way as CGI programs. Servlets are accessed through URL invocation.
You create servlets using the Java Servlets API. Web Server includes all of the files necessary for developing and running Java servlets.
For information about using the Java Servlet API, see the documentation from Sun at http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/index.jsp.
A JSP page is a page that can be viewed in a web browser, much like an HTML page. However, in addition to HTML tags, it can include a set of JSP tags and directives mixed with Java code that extend the ability of the web page designer to incorporate dynamic content in a page. These additional features provide functionality such as displaying property values and using simple conditionals.
For more information about creating web applications that use servlets and JSP files on Web Server, see the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 3 Developer's Guide to Java Web Applications.
For more information about using JavaServer Page files, see the documentation from Sun at http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/index.jsp.
Netscape Server Application Programming Interface (NSAPI) is a set of C functions for implementing extensions to the server. These extensions are known as server plug-ins.
Using NSAPI, you can write plug-ins and filters to extend the functionality of Web Server. An NSAPI plug-in defines one or more Server Application Functions (SAFs). You can develop SAFs for implementing custom authorization, custom logging, and other modifications to how Sun Java System Web Server handles requests. For more information, see the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 3 NSAPI Developer's Guide.
The file obj.conf contains instructions (known as directives) that tell the server how to process requests received from clients. Each instruction is enacted either during server initialization or during a particular stage of the request-handling process. Each instruction invokes a SAF.
For example, the following instruction is invoked when the request method is GET and the requested resource is of type text/html. This instruction calls the append-trailer function with a trailer argument of
Served by 7.0
. The append-trailer function returns the requested resource to the client, in this case an HTML file, and appends the given trailer to it.
Service method=GET type="text/html" fn=append-trailer trailer= "
Served by 7.0
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Web Server has a set of predefined SAFs. It also has a library of NSAPI functions for developing your own SAFs to modify the way the server handles requests. For more information about predefined SAFs, see the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 3 Administrator's Configuration File Reference . For more information about custom SAFs, see the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 3 NSAPI Developer's Guide.
The obj.conf file is essential for the operation of the server. If this file does not exist, the server cannot access instructions for how to handle requests. When defining new SAFs, include the header function nsapi.h (which is in install_dir/include) to have access to all NSAPI functions.
To load new NSAPI plugins containing customized SAFs into the server, add an Init directive to magnus.conf to load the shared library file that defines the new SAFs. This directive must call the load-modules function, which takes the following arguments:
shlib— The shared library to load.
funcs— The functions to be made available to the server.
See the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 3 NSAPI Developer's Guide for more information about the following topics:
Directives in obj.conf and how they determine how the server handles requests
NSAPI functions available for writing custom SAFs
Writing custom SAFs
Loading custom SAFs into Sun Java System Web Server by adding an Init directive to magnus.conf that calls load-modules
For more information about the predefined SAFs that are included with Web Server, see the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 3 Administrator's Configuration File Reference.
The Access Control API is a C API that enables you to programmatically control the access privileges on Web Server.
Access control lists (ACLs) determine the access privileges to the resources on the server. Each ACL contains a list of access control entries. The following access control entry, for example, specifies that all access is denied to everyone for any resource having a URI that starts with /private.
acl "uri=/private/*"; deny (all) (user = "anyone");
Login to Admin Console
From the Common Task screen select the configuration from the drop-down list and click Edit Configurations tab.
Click the Access Control tab in the configuration screen.
Click the Access Control Lists (ACL) tab in the Authentication Databases screen.
Click New to create an ACL.
The default access control list resides in the directory install_dir/admin-server/config. The default ACL file is default.acl.
With Web Server you can configure and reference multiple ACL files. For more information about configuring ACL files for virtual servers, see the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 3 Administrator's Guide.
You can use the Access Control API to manipulate ACLs, read and write ACL files, and evaluate and test access to resources on the server.
You can also define your own attributes for authentication. The following example shows how you could authenticate users based on an e-mail address or on the URL that referred them to the resource:
allow (read) referrer="*www.acme.com*"
You can also authenticate the client based on your own authentication methods and databases.
You must define your own Loadable Authentication Service (LAS), which is an NSAPI plug-in in order for the server to use your attributes for authentication. Load this plug-in into the server manner by adding the following directives to magnus.conf:
An Init directive that invokes the load-modules function to load the shared library
An Init directive that calls the initialization function
For information about changes to the Access Control API in Web Server, see the comments in the install_dir/include/nsacl/aclapi.h file.
The Certificate-Mapping API consists of data structures and functions used to manage certificate mapping.
When a user authenticates to the Web Server by sending a client certificate, the server uses information in the certificate to search the user directory for the user's entry.
You can configure some parts of this process by editing the certmap.conf file. This file specifies the following:
Instructs the server searches the directory for the user's entry.
Determines whether the server goes through an additional step of verifying that the user's certificate matches the certificate presented to the server.
For more information about certmap.conf, see the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 3 Administrator's Configuration File Reference.
You can also modify this process programmatically. Web Server includes a set of API functions, the Certificate-Mapping API functions that enable you to control this process. You can write your own functions to customize how certificate subject entries are found in the directory.
To use this API, you must have a copy of the Directory SDK. You can download a copy of this SDK from http://developers.sun.com/index.html.
The following table lists the APIs available in Web Server.Table 1–1 APIs Available in Web Server
Interfaces for Generating Dynamic Content
Custom Server-parsed HTML Tags
Java Servlets
About Servlets in Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 3 Developer's Guide to Java Web Applications
JavaServer Pages
HTML with additional JSP tags
Introducing JSPs in Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 3 Developer's Guide to Java Web Applications
CGI (one process per request)
C, C++, Perl, shell, and other languages
The Common Gateway Interface: http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/overview.html
APIs for Writing ServerPlugins
NSAPI (in-process shared object/DLL)
Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 3 NSAPI Developer's Guide
Changes from previous versions of Web Server are summarized in this section.
A new API for defining customized server-parsed tags as NSAPI plug-ins has been added. For more information, see Chapter 2, Server-Parsed HTML Tags.
Server-side Java applets (HttpApplets) are not supported. Use Java servlets instead.
NSAPI has new features.
Java Servlets 2.2.1 and JavaServer Pages 1.1 specifications are supported.
HTTP/1.1 cookies are supported.
Descriptions of CGI variables have been added to CGI Variables.
You can invoke servlets as SSI in HTML pages by using the <SERVLET\> tag, as discussed in Chapter 2, Server-Parsed HTML Tags.
NSAPI has new features.
Programs such as servlets modify a virtual server instead of the server as a whole. (To add programs as in iPlanet Web Server 4.1, you can configure only one virtual server.)
Web applications are now supported as described in the Java Servlet 2.2 API specification.
NSAPI has new features. For details, see the NSAPI Programmer's Guide for Sun ONE Web Server.
Some configuration files have changed. For details, see the iPlanet Web Server 6.0 Programmer's Guide (http://docs.sun.com/source/816-5687-10/index.html).
The Access Control API has changed. For details, see the comments in the server_root/plugins/include/nsacl/aclapi.h file.
Java Servlets 2.3 and JavaServer Pages 1.2 specifications are supported.
HTTP extensions for the WebDAV protocol in compliance with RFC 2518 are supported.
NSAPI filters that enable the custom processing of HTTP request and response streams are supported.
HTTP compression through the use of native HTTP request and response stream filters is supported.
Legacy servlets, that is servlets configured through the servlets.properties, contexts.properties, and rules.properties files are not supported.
For information about migrating legacy servlets to web applications, see the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Developer's Guide to Web Applications.Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 3 Developer's Guide to Java Web Applications.
Java Servlets 2.4 and JavaServer Pages 2.0 specifications are supported.


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***This was originally posted on BreweryLaw.com.***
Earlier today, the Washington State Liquor Control Board imposed a ban on certain alcoholic beverages that contain caffeine, guarana, taurine, or other similar substances. The language of the ban regulation can be found on the LCB's website. The ban is a direct response to a number of dangerous alcohol-related scares to college students who had been consuming Four Loko, an alcoholic energy drink.
I originally reported that the ban seemed to broad enough to include a prohibition on coffee beers — but it appears that is not the LCB's intention. Breathe easy, beer lovers.
This law is being implemented under the State's emergency powers, which provide for expedited regulatory powers in times of need. The law is temporary and will expire in March 2011. Thus, the LCB will be prompted to begin the regular law-making procedure to put together a final, more clear, regulation.
Here is the current language that is being put in place:
WAC 314-20-022 Alcohol energy drinks. No product that combines beer, strong beer, or malt liquor with caffeine, guarana, taurine, or other similar substances which are commonly referred to as "alcohol energy drinks" may be imported into the state, produced, manufactured, distributed, sold or offered for sale by a licensed retailer in the state of Washington after November 17, 2010.
Many will say that the language is a bit broad, referring to products that "combine beer….with caffeine…which are commonly referred to as 'alcohol energy drinks'." First of all many products, including coffee, contain caffeine. Secondly, "alcohol energy drinks' is an undefined term that could bear a myriad of meanings.
Its difficult to enact a regulation that specifically applies to a particular product. Remember, the LCB doesn't simply want Four Loko to stop referring to itself as an "energy drink" in order to avoid the law. So, the LCB will have to use discretion in how this law is enforced until a more clear final regulation is put in place.
The LCB will rely on the purpose of this law in determining its enforcement. The purpose was to prevent that production and sale of "energy drinks" that are pre-mixed with alcohol. In fact, the LCB's fact sheet specifically states that the ban does not implicate the mixing of liquor and energy drinks (i.e. Red Bull & Vodka), stating that "the ban applies only to pre-mixed, malt-based products."
Coffee beers are pre-mixed beverages containing added caffeine. So, they fall along the lines of this regulation. Alas, the LCB does not intend to go after them, as they are not commonly referred to as "alcohol energy drinks." It requires a bit of interpretation, but it will work for most in the beer industry.
The LCB informed me that coffee beers will not be implicated because brewers add coffee, not caffeine, and for the sole purpose of flavor. The difference is that Four Loko, and beverages like it, add caffeine, and for the sole purpose of "energy."
A little interpretation in enforcement should keep this from immediately affecting the brewing industry. However, a more advanced law-crafting procedure looms and the State could decide to include coffee beer. In 2009, the FDA decided to make a run at pulling these beers off the market.
The combination of recent alcohol poisoning and the difficulty of regulating a small sample of a particular type of product ("energy" drinks v. caffeine-added drinks) might require the LCB to enact a more sweeping regulation. Thus, it may behoove the Washington Brewers Guild and other brewing groups to get involved in the new rule-making procedure.
For now, Mocha Death is safe.
Filed under: The Events Tagged: ban on caffiene in alcohol, coffee beer, four loko, LCB, Liquor Control Board, Washington state ban on alcohol energy drinks


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Hovering behind a fat obstacle like a tree trunk on a windy day may have costs
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Swirling air can make hummingbirds work harder to hover, but only when the air's vortices open wider than a bird's wing.
The first measurements of how much a flying animal's metabolism revs up when coping with turbulent air come from five Anna's hummingbirds (Calypte anna) that Victor M. Ortega-Jimenez of the University of California, Berkeley and his colleagues tested. In a wind tunnel, the hummingbirds hovered at a feeder downwind from a cylinder of varying size. Buffeted by vortices of air whipping off slim cylinders (2 or 4 centimeters in diameter), the birds held their position without needing extra oxygen even with wind speeds of 9 meters a second, or about 20 miles per hour.
But when researchers used a 9-centimeter-wide cylinder, vortices widened to 173 percent of wing length. This time hummingbird metabolisms increased some 25 percent on average — even at


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David J Leffell, MD
David P. Smith Professor of Dermatology and Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology and Plastic); Section Chief, Dermatologic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology
Departments & Organizations
Dermatology: Dermatologic Surgery: Cutaneous Oncology Program; Dermatologic Laser Surgery Program; Mohs Surgery
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Yale Cancer Center: Genomics, Genetics, and Epigenetics | Head and Neck Cancers Program | Melanoma Program
A graduate of Yale College and the McGill University Faculty of Medicine in Montreal, Leffell completed his residency training in internal medicine at Cornell Cooperating Hospitals and then in dermatology at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He comlpeted an NIH post-dcotoral research fellowship in dermatology at Yale followed by a clinical fellowship in dermatologic surgery at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor. Author of the popular book "Total Skin," Leffell is an expert clinician, specializing in skin cancer and melanoma diagnosis and surgical treatment using the Mohs micrographic technique. The Cutaneous Oncology Unit that he founded in 1988 now performs specialized surgical treatment on more than 3,500 patients annually. His major clinical interest is the management of skin cancer, including basal cell cancer, squamous cell cancer and melanoma. In 1996 Leffell was a member of the research group that discovered the skin cancer gene known as PTCH. In addition, he has conducted collaborative research clarifying the role of ultraviolet radiation in skin cancer and skin aging. Author of more than 150 publications, Leffell has also done research on epidemiologic aspects of skin cancer and wound healing.
Education & Training
|McGill University (1981)
|Yale College, Biology (1977)
|University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
|N.I.H Postdoctoral Fellow
|Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
|Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
|Cornell Cooperating Hospitals
|Cornell Cooperating Hospitals
|Board Certification
|AB of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (1984)
|Board Certification
|AB of Dermatology, Dermatology (1987, recertified: 2009)
Honors & Recognition
Best Cancer Doctors in America (2017)
Connecticut Magazine Top Docs 2016Connecticut Magazine (2016)
Best Doctors in AmericaCastle & Connolly (2016)
Best Doctors in New YorkCastle and Connolly (2016)
Professional Service
Dermatology Focus (publication of The Dermatology Foundation) (2004 - 2014) Medical Editor
Society for Investigative Dermatology, Committee on Resident/ Fellow Programs (2004 - 2008)
Women's Dermatologic Society, Networking Committee (1998 - 2001)
Women's Dermatologic Society, Mentorship Award Committee (1998 - 2001)
American Academy of Dermatology
Society for Investigative Dermatology
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CHICAGO >> Neither the brutal cold nor the league's worst defense could stop Josh McCown and the Chicago Bears.
McCown threw for a career-high four touchdowns, and the Bears scored on their first eight possessions to grab a share of the NFC North lead with a 45-28 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on a frigid Monday night.
The Bears (7-6) retired Hall of Famer Mike Ditka's number at halftime and pulled even with Detroit in the division race on a night when the game-time temperature was in single digits and the wind chill factor was below zero.
The loss left Dallas (7-6) a game behind Philadelphia in the NFC East and owner Jerry Jones calling for more aggressive play-calling on defense.
The bone-chilling conditions didn't stop McCown from throwing for 348 yards or keep the Bears from running away with a lopsided victory.
It was one they desperately needed after consecutive losses, and although Detroit holds the head-to-head sweep, the Bears are back in the thick of the playoff race.
"All we could do is try to beat the Dallas Cowboys," coach Marc Trestman said. "We kept it as simple as that. We didn't get into all the hypotheticals and all the things that go into winning or losing a game."
Alshon Jeffery's leaping catch between two defenders in the corner of the end zone in the closing seconds of the second quarter gave the Bears a 24-14 lead, and they continued to pour it on in the second half after a gut-wrenching overtime loss at Minnesota last week.
McCown, making his fourth straight start with Jay Cutler sidelined by a high left ankle sprain, completed 27 of 36 passes.
Brandon Marshall caught six passes for 100 yards, and Jeffery added 84 yards receiving after breaking his own team record the previous week with 249.
Matt Forte chipped in with 102 yards rushing and 73 receiving, and the Bears racked up 490 yards in all.
Tony Romo threw for three touchdowns but completed just 11 of 20 passes for 104 yards for Dallas. DeMarco Murray ran for 146 yards against the league's worst run defense, but the Cowboys were overmatched after winning two straight.
They also lost linebacker Sean Lee to another injury this time a neck issue after making a tackle in the third quarter. He missed the previous two games with a hamstring problem.
The game-time temperature was 8 degrees with the wind chill at minus 9, but the freezing conditions did nothing to slow either team in the early going.
Murray burned Chicago for 52 yards on six carries on the game's opening possession to set up a 2-yard scoring pass from Romo to Dez Bryant.
After Bryant's TD, McCown tied it with a 4-yard pass to Earl Bennett and put Chicago ahead 14-7 early in the second quarter with a 7-yard scramble.
Jason Witten tied it at 14 on a 10-yard touchdown catch, but the Bears grabbed a three-point lead on Robbie Gould's 27-yard field goal with 1:33 remaining in the half.


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This little propaganda reminded me that I wanted to blog one of Mr King's bravest speeches. Perhaps bringing what he said to light will help to explain the animosity of those behind the whisper campaign.
Below are excerpts from a speech Mervyn King gave at the Second Bagehot Lecture Buttonwood Gathering, New York City, October 2010. He had me from the mention of Bagehot in the title, but just the first few paragraphs will tell you why he lost Wall Street and Washington. He directly challenges "extend and pretend" as a solution to the crisis:
Banking: From Bagehot to Basel, and Back Again
Walter Bagehot was a brilliant observer and writer on contemporary economic and financial matters. In his remarkable book Lombard Street, Bagehot brought together his own observations with the analysis of earlier thinkers such as Henry Thornton to provide a critique of central banking as practised by the Bank of England and a manifesto for how central banks could handle financial crises in future by acting as a lender of last resort. The present financial crisis dwarfs any of those witnessed by Bagehot. What lessons can we draw from recent and current experience to update Bagehot's vision of finance and central banking?
Surely the most important lesson from the financial crisis is the importance of a resilient and robust banking system. The countries most affected by the banking crisis have experienced the worst economic crisis since the 1930s. Output is somewhere between 5% and 10% below where it would have been had there not been a crisis. Unemployment is up, businesses have closed, and the direct and indirect costs to the taxpayer have resulted in fiscal deficits in several countries of over 10% of GDP – the largest peacetime deficits ever.
The Practice of Banking
At the heart of this crisis was the expansion and subsequent contraction of the balance sheet of the banking system. Other parts of the financial system in general functioned normally. . . .
For almost a century after Bagehot wrote Lombard Street, the size of the banking sector in the UK, relative to GDP, was broadly stable at around 50%. But, over the past fifty years, bank balance sheets have grown so fast that today they are over five times annual GDP. The size of the US banking industry has grown from around 20% in Bagehot's time to around 100% of GDP today. And, until recently, the true scale of balance sheets was understated by these figures because banks were allowed to put exposures to entities such as special purpose vehicles off balance sheet.
Surprisingly, such an extraordinary rate of expansion has been accompanied by increasing concentration: the largest institutions have expanded the most. . .
Bank of America today accounts for the same proportion of the US banking system as all of the top 10 banks put together in 1960. . . .
While banks' balance sheets have exploded, so have the risks associated with those balance sheets. Bagehot would have been used to banks with leverage ratios (total assets, or liabilities, to capital) of around six to one. But capital ratios have declined and leverage has risen. Immediately prior to the crisis, leverage in the banking system of the industrialised world had increased to astronomical levels. Simple leverage ratios of close to 50 or more could be found in the US, UK, and the continent of Europe, driven in part by the expansion of trading books (Brennan, Haldane and Madouros, 2010).
And banks resorted to using more short-term, wholesale funding. The average maturity of wholesale funding issued by banks has declined by two thirds in the UK and by around three quarters in the US over the past thirty years – at the same time as reliance on wholesale funding has increased. As a result, they have run a higher degree of maturity mismatch between their long-dated assets and short-term funding. To cap it all, they held a lower proportion of liquid assets on their balance sheets, so they were more exposed if some of the short-term funding dried up. . . .
Moreover, the size of the balance sheet is no longer limited by the scale of opportunities to lend to companies or individuals in the real economy. So-called 'financial engineering' allows banks to manufacture additional assets without limit. And in the run-up to the crisis, they were aided and abetted in this endeavour by a host of vehicles and funds in the so-called shadow banking system, which in the US grew in gross terms to be larger than the traditional banking sector. . .
The size, concentration and riskiness of banks have increased in an extraordinary fashion and would be unrecognisable to Bagehot. Higher reported rates of return on equity were superficial hallmarks of success. These higher rates of return were required by, and a consequence of, the change in the pattern of banks' funding with increased leverage and more short-term funding. They did not represent a significant improvement in the overall rate of return on assets. Not merely were banks' own reported profits exaggerating the contribution of the financial sector to the economy, so were the national accounts. . . .
Moreover, a financial sector that takes on risk with the implicit support of the tax-payer can generate measured value added that reflects not genuine risk-bearing but the upside profits from the implicit subsidy. And even without an implicit subsidy the return to risk-bearing can be mismeasured. It is widely understood that an insurance company should not count as profits the receipt of premia on an insurance policy that will pay out only when a low-frequency event occurs at some point in the future. But part of the value added of the financial sector prior to the crisis reflected temporary profits from taking risk and it was only after September 2008 that much of that so-called economic activity resulted in enormous reported losses by banks.
It is possible to make a very rough estimate of the possible size of this distortion in the reported financial sector output data. If we assume that true labour and capital productivity in the financial services industry grew in line with that in the wider economy in the 10 years prior to the crisis, then, given the inputs of capital and labour over that period, the official estimate might have overstated UK financial sector value added by almost £30 billion up to 2007 – around half of the growth in the official measure. . . .
The theory of banking
It is this structure, in which risky long-term assets are funded by short-term deposits, that makes banks so hazardous. Yet many treat loans to banks as if they were riskless. In isolation, this would be akin to a belief in alchemy – risk-free deposits can never be supported by long-term risky investments in isolation. To work, financial alchemy requires the implicit support of the tax payer. . . .
For all the clever innovation in the financial system, its Achilles heel was, and remains, simply the extraordinary – indeed absurd – levels of leverage represented by a heavy reliance on short-term debt.
Modern financiers are now invoking other dubious claims to resist reforms that might limit the public subsidies they have enjoyed in the past. No one should blame them for that – indeed, we should not expect anything else. . . .
Finding a Solution
The guiding principle of any change should be to ensure that the
costs of maturity transformation – the costs of periodic financial crises – fall on those who enjoy the benefits of maturity transformation – the reduced cost of financial intermediation. All proposals should be evaluated by this simple criterion.
The first, and most obvious, response to the divergence between private benefits and social costs is the imposition of a permanent tax on the activity of maturity transformation to "internalise the externalities". Such a tax, or levy, has been discussed by the G7, and introduced in the UK. . . .
Why Basel III is not a complete answer
Basel III on its own will not prevent another crisis for a number of reasons.
First, even the new levels of capital are insufficient to prevent another crisis. Calibrating required capital by reference to the losses incurred during the recent crisis takes inadequate account of the benefits to banks of massive government intervention and the implicit guarantee. . . .
One criticism of Basel III with which I have no truck is the length of the transition period. Banks have up to 2019 to adjust fully to the new requirements. Although some of the calculations of the alleged economic cost of higher capital requirements presented by the industry seem to me exaggerated (Institute of International Finance, 2010), I do believe that it is important in the present phase of de-leveraging not to exacerbate the challenge banks face in raising capital today. Banks should take advantage of opportunities to raise loss-absorbing capital, and should recognise the importance of using profits to rebuild capital rather than pay out higher dividends and compensation.
Large Institutions
The implicit subsidy to banks that are perceived as "too important to fail" can be
important to banks of any size but is usually seen as bigger for large institutions for which existing bank resolution procedures either do or could not apply. Moreover, most large complex financial institutions are global – at least in life if not in death. . . .
Solving the "too important to fail" problem will require ultimately that every financial sector entity can be left to fail without risk of threatening the functioning of the economy. . . .
More Radical Reforms
One simple solution, advocated by my colleague David Miles, would be to move to very much higher levels of capital requirements – several orders of magnitude higher. . .
Another avenue of reform is some form of functional separation. The Volcker Rule is one example. Another, more fundamental, example would be to divorce the payment system from risky lending activity – that is to prevent fractional reserve banking (for example, as proposed by Fisher, 1936, Friedman, 1960, Tobin, 1987 and more recently by Kay, 2009). . . .
The advantage of these types of more fundamental proposals is that no tax or capital requirement needs to be calibrated. And if successfully enforced then they certainly would be robust measures. . . .
Of all the many ways of organising banking, the worst is the one we have today.
I have explained the principles on which a successful reform of the system should rest. It is a program that will take many years, if not decades. But, as Bagehot concluded in Lombard Street, "I have written in vain if I require to say now that the problem is delicate, that the solution is varying and difficult, and that the result is inestimable to us all."
At a time when bankers are keen to supersize bonuses and dividends, based on massively relaxed accounting and transparency standards and a huge public subsidy, Mervyn King reminds us that any so-called "profits" are the result of alchemy that socialises losses to the taxpayers and inflation-hit masses of the world.
He demands more equity capital, no public subsidy, division of systemically important functions from TBTF banks so that they can be left to fail, curbing of dividends while banks rebuild balance sheets and other policies inimical to Wall Street, global banks and their puppets in the Fed.
Look at Bill Isaac's plea for higher bank dividends in the FT this week. Look at insider selling by bank executives. (hat tips to Barry Ritholtz and Simon Johnson) On suspects some executives are desperate to loot their banks before they fail again.
Gee, why would the New York Times want to question Mervyn King's authority just now? This couldn't stink more if it had Judith Miller's byline on it.


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MIDDLEBORO – Town officials have negotiated a sweet deal with High Point Treatment Center and the zoning board approved a 72-bed permit Thursday.
The non-profit drug treatment center will pay more than $136,000 a year in lieu of taxes and kick in nearly $300,000 to repair a town-owned parking lot on Pearl Street.
Middleboro's deal is substantially better than what the tax-exempt organization pays Plymouth, where there are 100 beds, and Brockton, where there are 196 beds.
During its 30-year tenure in Plymouth, High Point has not paid local taxes nor made payments in lieu of taxes, said Town Manager Melissa Arrighi.
In Brockton, High Point is leasing its space and the landlord pays local taxes. But Brockton Mayor Bill Carpenter said High Point is negotiating to buy one of the buildings it is now leasing.
Carpenter said the city does not receive payment in lieu of taxes from any nonprofit group in the city, but, he added, that is going to change, citing ongoing negotiations with High Point President Daniel Mumbauer.
As far as High Point's presence in the city, Carpenter said, "my experience has been positive. I think we need more treatment facilities; it's unfortunate, I wish we didn't."
When asked if he'd recommend hosting a treatment center, Carpenter points to the well-documented crisis of opiate addiction in the region and said, "I don't think communities are jumping up and down to have one, but we need to increase the available beds for addicts."
The Plymouth town manager said she has had no problems with the drug treatment center in her town.
"High Point has kept a relatively low profile," she said.
Middleboro residents have voiced concern about a drug addiction treatment center in the downtown and fear it will lower the values of their homes.
In south Plymouth many neighborhoods have grown up around High Point, and Arrighi said she hasn't seen a drop in property values.
John McKay is a neighbor to the High Point facility in south Plymouth, and he says, "I don't even know it's there."
McKay has heard complaints about the center, but he has had "no problems whatsoever." When asked if drug addicts wander his rural neighborhood, McKay said, "I don't have any of that."
The two-story brick hospital where High Point will be located sits on 3.5 acres in the heart of Middleboro's downtown and was built in 1925. The hospital closed its doors in the early 1990s and has been vacant ever since.
Jeffery DeMarco said his company, Campanelli Companies, will renovate the Middleboro site and expects to start work in May. It will take about a year to complete the $12 million project, and DeMarco said local subcontractors will be given first preference in hiring.
Mumbauer said more than 100 jobs will be filled at the Middleboro center and the positions will include nurses, doctors, counselors, administrators, maintenance workers and security personnel. He said Middleboro residents will be given first preference in hiring.


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Mobile distribution board for use in non-hazardous area
A mobile distribution board can be an useful tool for maintenance purposes on large plants (for hazardous areas as non-hazardous areas). This compact mobile distribution board can be easily transported around the facility.
The unit shown on the pictures is a non-Ex execution, however, the majority of the unit has been equipped with explosion protected materials since the customer preferred the durable explosion protected materials rather than the industrial materials.
The distribution board, as shown on the pictures, has been executed with:
- 2 Stainless Steel cabinets with transformers as power supply for the mounted sockets and transportable lighting fixtures
- Various sockets, 63A and 32A
- Distribution board, series 8146, with main switch, fuses and circuit breakers
- 'Lighting tubes' for 8 lighting fixtures and power supply cable
The mobile distribution board as shown is a non-Ex execution.
The unit has been equipped with inflatable tires and a Stainless Steel rain cover. The 8 lighting fixtures are equipped with magnetic clamps so they can be easily attached at the place where temporary lighting is critical.