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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Apparently Mexican Bugs HATE Wild Things Lotion Stick
A co-worker (DeAnn) of mine recently purchased Wild Things Lotion Stick, but before I could get to her, she took off and went to Mexico. Prior to leaving, another co-worker (Cathy) who bought several of my sticks gave her one of her own and insisted that she take it with her to ward of mosquitos and other biting bugs while there.
While down there, they visited a site in the jungle that was filled with mosquitos and other bugs. She and her hubby used the lotion stick. Others were getting bit right and left, but "the bugs hardly bothered us at all when we put the lotion stick on. If this stuff works down in the Mexican jungle, it will work anywhere!"
Cathy (the other co-worker), also stated that she put her lotion stick on and it "worked wonders" on preventing mosquitos from landing and biting. They still flew around, but would not land.
These are just a few of many testimonies I've received regarding this cute little 1 oz lotion stick that smells fresh and is made using all natural products. It is small enough to fit in your purse, pocket or backpack. It comes in a solid oil format but soft enough to glide on your skin with ease.
Looking for a simple, easy, fresh and natural option to artificial chemicals?
Wild Things Lotion Stick just may be your answer.
You can find it at Soapy Blessings
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
Tea Tree Oil
Allergic Skin Reactions: Tea tree oil applied to the skin may reduce histamine-induced inflammation. Although it may, as mentioned before, can CAUSE skin irritation if used in too high concentration or on people who have a sensitivity to tea tree oil.
Athelete's Foot: Tea tree oil may have activity against several fungal species.
Bad Breath: Tea tree oil is used in mouthwash for dental and oral health. However, tea tree oil can be toxic when taken by mouth and therefore should not be swallowed.
Dandruff: The use of 5% tea tree oil shampoo on mild-to-moderate dandruff may be effective and well tolerated. Further research is needed to confirm these results.
Fungal nail infections: Tea tree oil is thought to have activity against several fungus species.
Herpes: Tea tree oil has activity against some viruses, and it has been suggested that a tea tree gel may be useful as a treatment on the skin for genital herpes.
Lice: Early studies have found that tea tree alone or in combination with other agents may be effective against lice.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) chronic infection: Laboratory studies report that tea tree oil has activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Using a tea tree oil ointment in the nose and a tea tree wash on the body may treat colonization by these bacteria. However, this treatment should never take the place of recommended treatments by your MD.
Thrush (candida albicans in the mouth): In laboratory studies, tea tree oil has been shown to kill fungus and yeast such as Candida albicans. Tea tree oil can be toxic when taken by mouth and therefore should not be swallowed.
Vaginal infections (bacteria and yeast): Tea tree oil has been shown to kill yeast and certain bacteria . Although tea tree oil may reduce itching caused by yeast or bacteria, it may also cause itching from dry skin or allergy.
Here is a list of some treatments tea tree oil is used for, based on traditional and theoretical ideologies:
Abscesses, anti-inflammatory, antihistamine, antioxidant, antiseptic, body odor, boils, bone diseases (osteomyelitis), bronchial congestion, bruises, burns, canker sores, colds, chronic venous insufficiency, contraction cessation, corns, cough, dermatitis, eczema, gangrene, immune system deficiencies, impetigo, insect bites/stings, leg ulcers, lung inflammation, melanoma, mouth sores, muscle and joint pain, nose and throat irritation, pressure ulcers, psoriasis, ringworm, root canal treatment, rosacea, scabies, sinus infections, skin ailments/infections, sore throat, swelling, tonsillitis, vulvovaginitis, warts, wound healing.
How should tea tree oil be used?
There is no proven effective dose, but a common dose is 5-10% tea tree oil can be applied on the skin daily for up to four weeks. Even though 100% tea tree oil is sometimes used for fungal nail infections, it is often diluted with inactive ingredients. It is strongly recommended that tea tree oil not be taken by mouth due to reports of severe side effects after tea tree oil ingestion, . Tea tree oil solution has been used as a mouthwash, but it should not be swallowed.
Allergies to tea tree oil:
Skin reactions can occur, from mild contact dermatitis to severe blistering rashes. People with a history of allergy to tea tree oil ( Melaleuca alternifolia ), or to plants that are members of the myrtle (Myrtaceae) family, balsam of Peru, or benzoin, should not use tea tree oil. It should also be used cautiously if someone has a known allergy to eucalyptol. Many tea tree preparations often contain this ingredient as well.
This information has been collected from a variety of different sources and not meant to take the place of your own research. Always consult with your MD before using tea tree oil as replacement therapy for conditions where othere treatment has already been recommended.
Now, given all of this information, you may ask if I use tea tree oil in any of my soap and bath and body products? The answer is Yes. Do I recommend the use of my products as a replacement therapy for certain conditions? No. If you happen to receive benefits by using products containing tea tree oil, wonderful! If you experience side effects, stop using the product containing tea tree oil, as you may have a sensitivity to it.
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
Camas Days
Camas Days is coming up next week. In case you don't know where Camas is, it is a delightful town in southwestern Washington, just east of Vancouver, and across the Columbia river from Portland, Oregon.
Camas knows how to do their celebration right. All kinds of fun things to do AND a chance to win a trip to Hawaii too? Wow!
This will be my first year as a vendor at Camas Days, selling my handcrafted soaps and other related body and bath care products. I am hoping that the weather will be cooperative, warm and sunny.
Yesterday, I had a nice little surprise when I received a phone call from the newspaper in Camas, WA. A phone interview on new vendors at Camas Days. The article comes out this coming Tuesday. How fun is that?
Hope to see you at Camas Days this coming week on Friday and Saturday, July 23-24th 2010.
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Plain n' Simple Goat's Milk Soap
Goat's milk has some wonderful qualities suited for soap. Leaves skin soft, and feeling pampered. There are bunches of soapers out there that make goat's milk soap. Many have their own farms and use their own product to make soaps and lotions from their farm-produced goat's milk.
There others who have goats and a surplus of goat's milk on occasion and look for folks like me who want to purchase their goat's milk, since I don't own a farm that produces goats milk.
Now, that I have some goat's milk, I must make soap and support our local farmers, right? My contribution to the support of local goat farmers is to make a simplistic goat's milk soap, like this one you see pictured above.
Lots of folks have problems with artificial fragrances and colors; some even have issues with certain essential oils that create a fragrance. This is the reason for Plain n' Simple Goat's Milk soap.
This soap is gentle on the skin, without artificial scents, no artificial colors. Perfect for sensitive skin, and perfect for children and infants.
Stay tuned, one goat's milk soap coming up in guest size that contains just a little lemongrass oil in it.
Check out Plain n' Simple on Soapy Blessings
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Labels: allergies, children, farm, fragrance free, goats milk, infants, local, natural, plain, pure, sensitivities, support
Sunday, July 11, 2010
July 11th Today Only Special
Gorgeous Sea Turtle Soap! $1.00 off regular price...that's TODAY ONLY! There are only a few left. This offer will end by either the end of this day (my time Pacific Standard) or when they are all sold.
Lovely handcrafted soap in shape of sea turtles in shades of blues and greens. Awapuhi Seaberry fragrance added to make this a perfect gift soap or a decorative soap for you bathroom.
This isn't just a fancy soap though. This is made from oils that won't dry out your skin and oodles of lather to make this a perfect bathtime experience. Each soap is over 3 oz each.
Available at Soapy Blessings
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Saturday, July 10, 2010
Jasmine Sugar Cube Scrubs...a TODAY ONLY Special
Just what is a sugar scrub cube?
Sugar scrub cubes pamper your skin by gently removing dead skin cells.
Each cube is about the size of a regular sugar cube. Just pick one or two out of the jar and mix with a little water in your hand and start polishing. Keep cube jar tightly closed and avoid getting water in the jar and store in a cool, dry place. Sultry jasmine fragrance too!
You receive approximately 5oz of sugar scrub cubes, usually 28 to 29 cubes per jar. The small size of the cubes allows you to use on one area of your skin only without waste. If you want a total body scrub experience, use two or more.
Jasmine Sugar Scrub CubesClick above to see this delightful product
This is a TODAY ONLY SPECIAL!
$1.00 off listed price.
*****All you need to do is purchase this item at the regular price and your invoice will be adjusted via Paypal refund.*****
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
Plants that Contain Natural Insect Repellent Qualities
Summer has definitely arrived and with it has come all of the biting bugs that can ruin your hike, summer BBQ, camping and other outdoor activities.
So, what are your options? Most folks apply insect repellent with all of the odd, unpronounceable chemical names it includes on their skin, or wear one of those clip on thingys that have recently come out on the market.
There are a few other options, like knowing about plants that contain ingredients that naturally repel bugs. You can use these plants in your yard, around your garden or patio area to deter those pesky critters without using wacky sounding chemicals.
Here are a few of those plants you can use around your garden, entryway, patio area etc.
CATNIP: Mosquitoes HATE catnip! It's also a pretty plant with pretty flowers. Cats love it too.
ROSEMARY: Now, you can grow it to repel bugs and eat it too!!! Delish on roasted chicken (my favorite use for rosemary besides natural bug repellent.)
MARIGOLDS: Gorgeous flower and it has been used for years in gardens to keep away veggie-eating bugs. Your yard will look beautiful too!
CITRONELLA GRASS: Yes, grow some of this stuff in a planter around your patio. GREAT bug repellent!
LEMONGRASS: Another lovely grass that bugs abhor, is good for flavoring foods and for tea!!!
LAVENDER: Beautiful plant with tons of uses, including keeping bugs away. I have one growing near the entryway of my home.
MINT: YES, use for tea, flavoring and bug repellent too! It grows quite easily!
Now that you have a nice little list of bug repellent plants and have covered your yard with them, you can have bug free yard and enjoy the great outdoors, right? Not so fast! What if you want to leave your yard? Take some of those plants with you? Not always feasible. Or is it?
There are lots of ways to take it with you. Use products containing these same ingredients in a plant oil form, dried sachet form or other handy means. So you CAN take it with you when you go.
Try a candle made from some of these plants, or that include eucalyptus, cedar or juniper oil. Not the fragrance oil that is chemically produced to smell like them, but the REAL essential oil. The fragrance oil doesn't work the same way. Bugs know the difference.
Use a soap daily that contains these natural essential oils. You'll smell better too!
Used a lotion, oil, or solid oil stick that contains these essential oils. Re-apply every 2 to 4 hours. You don't need a lot. Just apply them at your pulse points: your temples and neck, inside of wrists and arms, back of knees, inside ankle bone, top of your foot...those are the most common areas.
You'll smell better than everyone else around you too!
We were out one Fourth of July, watching the fireworks display. Several folks were slapping at biting bugs while we were able to enjoy the sight using our lotion stick containing many of these oils. I happened to have a lotion stick in my pocket and offered to let a few of my neighbors try it. The next day, I sold out all of my lotion sticks and had to make more!
Do we claim that our soap and lotion sticks are bug repellents? NO! I just make them because they contain natural plant oils that are already well known to keep bugs away. I don't like bugs biting me, so I use what I know works for me. AND, they smell good!
What a concept...
And YES. There are soaps and lotion sticks in shop that contain some of these items. Click on my shop site icon if you like what you hear.
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Labels: bugs, camping, natural plants, oils, repellent, soap, summer
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Is it in the Name, the Appearance or the Fragrance?
Several weeks back, we were busy making several different types of spa soaps. These soaps contained lots of special ingredients like sea salt, clays and summer fragrances. Three different types were made, pictured below. Each were packaged in a similar manner, just different colors.
The one listed above is called Lime Margarita and is listed on etsy here
This soap has a distinctive lime fragrance and is a great summertime soap. Probably my favorite fragrance among the three kinds we made. It is also the most popular of the three online and a great seller at arts and crafts fairs.
Since it sells faster than the other two, the amount of views and hearts appear on this etsy listing is less than the others, only because it doesn't stay listed as long.
The next spa soap is this one, called Summer Fling, pictured below.
I love the swirls of blue and greens in this soap and I think it is the lovliest of the three. The fragrance is also fantastic, also a favorite of mine. The fragrance is a combination of tropical florals and citrus, my two favorite fragrance types. Combined together, it is an awesome fragrance. It is listed here on etsy. It does not have as many views or hearts as the other two, and is my lowest seller of the three both online and in arts and craft fairs. That boggles my mind because of the three we made, this one is my favorite over all in appearance and fragrance and presentation.
The last spa soap we made is pictured below.
This one is called Butt Naked and it originally was a darker blue color than Summer Fling. However, because of the nature of the fragrance I used (called Butt Naked, by the way), it slowly turned a dark gray color over the course of a week while it was curing. By the time it was fully cured, it was totally gray. I worried over that, thinking that everyone would hate the color and not buy, but I packaged it up, using a funkier look. I figured with a name like Butt Naked, it would probably hold its own anyway. It is listed on etsy here and is my second best seller of the three I've mentioned. With a fun name, I guess I shouldn't have been surprised. It has been my best seller of the three in arts and crafts fairs so far, surpassing Lime Margarita. The fragrance is fresh with just a hint of spice in the background. I love the fragrance, hate the color, love the name of this soap. What makes this a great soap is that it is quite unisex in look and fragrance compared to the other two.
All three of these have their own unique style, fragrance, and look. My personal favorite is my slowest mover by far for reasons that leave me scratching my head. OK, so maybe I'm just different than everyone else, but I thought I might ask my reading audience what YOU think. Which one of these seems the most appealing? Which is least appealing? Why?
I would love to hear your feedback.
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Right about now, you're probably unpacking months' worth of food from your refrigerator and freezer to make room for all that holiday food.
And you might found some of it had been freezer burned (i.e. brownish, leathery spots indicate freezer burned meat). What causes freezer burn?
Freezeburns are caused by cold air directly contacting your food and/or when your food dries out in the freezer.
Don't fret, as freezer burnt foods remain safe to consume. The FDA recommends cutting off freeze burn spots before or after cooking (so you don't have to taste the evidence that you failed to push all the air out of your plastic storage bag).
To prevent freezer burn:
Use only freezer-safe containers, bags and wraps and get as much air out of the packages as you can. It's the trapped air that will cause your food to dry out, discolor or develop "interesting" new flavors.
This means some frozen foods from the grocery store shouldn't really go straight to the freezer. For best results, meats should be removed from their packaging and wrapped in freezer wrap and placed in a freezer bag with all the air forced out.
But knowing how to use your freezer in general can help maintain the quality of frozen foods longer.
Don't put a bunch of warm food to the freezer at one time. This overloads the freezer, slows the rate of freezing, and can raise the temperature of frozen foods. To that point….
Set the freezer at 0°F. The higher the freezer temperature, the faster your frozen foods lose their quality.
Keep the freezer full. It seems logical that less food means you need less cold air to keep it frozen, but that's actually not the case. A freezer operates most efficiently when it is at least two-thirds full.
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Lucian Freud Remembered. Images of (and links to) his Astounding Work.
above: Lucian Freud self-portrait (one of many), Reflection, 2005
British realist, figurative and portrait painter Lucian Freud, who was one of the greatest artists of our time, passed away at the age of 88 on July 20th.
above: photo of Lucian Freud by David Montgomery
above: a young Lucian Freud in his studio (photographer unknown)
The grandson of the 'Father of Pyschoanalysis,' Sigmund Freud, Lucian was well-known and critically acclaimed for his prolific work. Many of his paintings have broken art auction records and he was greatly respected by both fellow artists, instructors, critics and the art-savvy public.
above: Lucian Freud's Reflection (a self-portrait) with two children
above photo of Lucian Freud working at night by David Dawson, 2oo5
There have been many wonderful articles, documentaries, blog posts and more written on artist Lucian Freud (occasionally spelled Lucien). For that reason, I won't go into depth about his career but will share some links to interesting articles and several images of some of his paintings (please note that his drawings and etchings are equally superb and compelling). There are additional links at the end of this article so you can peruse his vast and impressive repertoire.
Portrait of Harry Diamond:
Portrait of David Hockney:
photo of Hockney and Lucian Freud in Freud's atelier:
Portrait of Francis Bacon:
Father and Daughter:
Interior (after Watteau):
Interior in Paddington:
Portrait of the Queen:
Bella and Esther:
He captured himself, friends, family, fellow artists and a few famous folks (Jerry Hall, Kate Moss and more) in portraits he referred to as "naked' rather than nude. Often immortalized as sleeping or reclining, his thick brush strokes and energetic style were unmistakable. In his own words he "turned paint into flesh" and in the following selection of portraits, that is clearly visible.
Benefits Supervisor Sleeping:
Naked portrait with reflection:
two different portraits of Leigh Bowery:
photo of Leigh Bowery's sitting for Freud:
An homage to Cezanne:
Eight Months Gone, a portrait of a pregnant Jerry Hall:
his portrait of model Kate Moss:
Lucian Freud with muse (one of several) Kate Moss:
The Painter Surprised by a Naked Admirer:
Lucian Freud was also a dog lover - he owned two beloved whippets named Pluto and Eli- and many of his portraits coupled himself and friends with dogs, like those shown below:
above image of Lucian Freud, 2005, by photographer David Dawson
Girl with White Dog:
Guy and Speck:
Guy with Speck:
Eli and David:
David and Eli:
Portrait with whippet:
Double Portrait:
Double Portrait:
Triple Portrait:
Since his recent passing, many articles have appeared, here are just a few:
• A New York Times article by William Grimes and another New York Times article by Michael Kimmelman and its accompanying side show
• The Los Angeles Times' Remembering artist Lucian Freud
• The Guardian's article featuring good links and tributes to the artist.
• The Mirror's profile of the artist.
• The Telegraphs' Lucian Freud: A Life In Pictures
• The Independent's A singular portraitist. A tireless hedonist. A dear friend.
• The Daily Mail asks Did Lucian Freud Love his Art More Than His Children? in this article about his personal life.
Some links to his work:
Lucian Freud: The Painter's Etchings at MoMA
Lucian Freud at the Centre Pompidou
Lucian Freud on Artnet
Art by Lucian Freud on the Museum Syndicate
Lucian Freud on Wikipedia
Rest in Peace.
4 comments:
- Kompani said...
Thanks for an excellent selection of the great man's work. He will be greatly missed.
- Saturday, July 23, 2011
- Meg said...
Thank you so much for posting the videos. I have never seen them before.
- Sunday, July 24, 2011
Lucian Fraud at the national portrait gallery http://www.bealondoner.com/fr/blog/nadege/lucian-freud-a-la-national-portrait-gallery-de-londres
- Monday, February 13, 2012
Brilliant artist, but his art always gives me this blow of ugly reality similar to what I had experienced when I finally stopped denying my bad eyesight and got contact lenses. Gosh did I miss the merciful fog that enveloped the ugly world around me! The world without contact lenses would my definition of his art.
- Sunday, January 05, 2014
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So as of late, I've been on a cleaning rampage. It seems strange, considering I spent 10 years in the current house I live in refusing to clean my closet out even just once. Stuff has been piling up for years, forming geological strata in correspondence with my various interests and (toy) acquisitions throughout my childhood years. So as I dig through all of this crap, the more time I spend at it--the further down I delve--the more I realize what a strange kid I was. I had (and still do) this strong love of lists and organization: I've found hundreds of silly little to-do lists from way back in the 90s (way way back, man).
I just liked to have everything in order (barring the state of my closet, evidently). I'm still this way, and I still find it easiest to complete a task when I have a to-do list to guide me. I suppose this is also why I like to follow recipes very diligently, and also why I like to bake so much. Baking, obviously, is a very precise method of cooking, which leaves little room for straying from the original recipe. You really have to add the exact correct amount of everything, or else you'll end up with a completely different result.
Now, having said that, I would like to share with you my experience baking these Bourbon Currant Cookies. The recipe yeilds 6 dozen cookies, and considering only my dad and I are at home right now, I thought it best to divide the recipe in half. So, this is when you say "OK, instead of adding 2 eggs, I shall only use 1!" But, be forewarned: you should ALWAYS READ THE RECIPE THROUGH COMPLETELY before diving it. I, as you might suspect, did not follow this golden rule. So when I saw the recipe say "add one egg" I added that 1 egg to the dough post haste. But it just so turns out I was only supposed to add HALF an egg, reserving the other half for the glaze.
Oh, silly me. I knew something was up when I had finished the dough and it was more the consistency of a drop cookie, when the recipe tells you to roll out the dough and use cookie-cutters it it. At first, I thought that maybe the recipe was faulty, and that it messed up the order of sifting the flour to measuring the flour, and didn't have me add enough. So I added more flour into the mix until it became the right consistency and then I cut and baked it. Obviously, since I incorporated 2 times as much egg and an awkward amount of flour, the cookies did not bake for the right amount of time. In fact, they were still underbaked even after I left them in the oven for 7 extra minutes. But it was okay in the end! As my dad put it, they tasted like delicious mini-scones! A happy accident!
So if you want to be an idiot like me, add twice as much egg and make Mini Bourbon Currant Scones. Or you could be a rational, cognizant human and follow the directions. My 6-year-old self would probably advise you to do the latter. Either way, the addition of Bourbon really gives these a nice mellow sweetness, similar to that of the Cassis Crisps.
Bourbon Currant Cookies
Makes 6 dozen
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface
- 1/3 cup bourbon
- 1/2 cup dried currants
- 4 tablespoons heavy cream
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; mix on medium speed until smooth. Add 1 egg, the flour, bourbon, and currants; mix until well combined.
- Roll out dough on a lightly floured work surface to 1/4 inch thick. Cut into desired shapes (such as 2-inch card shapes). Whisk together remaining egg and the cream in a small bowl, and brush cookies with egg wash. Space 1 inch apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
- Bake until pale golden brown, about 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool on sheets on wire racks. Cookies can be stored in airtight containers at room temperature up to 2 days.
{End Results}
Baking Difficultly: 2/5
Ingredient Accessibility: 3/5
Tastiness: 4/5 (Granted, I am rating this on the "scones" I made; making the cookies correctly probably tastes better, but who knows! Try it out and let me know!)
Attractiveness: 3.5/5
Is it worth it?: Yeah. Very little ingredients and steps, so they are quick and taste yummy!
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As you may recall, in April of last year, the town of Concord, Massachusetts banned the sale of bottled water, making international headlines as the first town in the United States, and maybe even the world, to do so. The ban was set to go into effect in January of this year. However, voters at the annual town meeting, this week, rejected the ban, passing instead a proposal that would educate citizens about bottled water's environmental impacts. It's interesting that the vote took place at the beginning of this year's National Drinking Water Week.
The most probable reason for the ban's rejection was the citizens' right to choose bottled water over tap, which is not surprising, considering that Concord is known for being the host of the first battle of the American Revolution. Ironically, however, the voter turnout was very small. Out of the town's 17,000 citizens, only 537 residents showed up to vote on the issue, which is evidence of the town's apathy toward both environmentalism and liberty.
Either way, 83-year-old Jean Hill is not giving up. She filed the petition to ban last year, and claims that she'll be back next year, as well.
By now, it's clear that we at Filters Fast prefer filtered tap water over bottled water. However, we are also not convinced that an all-out ban is the ultimate solution. In general, most people want to protect their freedom to choose. We have written about the issue of banning bottled water in universities, and this is one of the major reasons why many schools have voted against a ban. What do you think? Should towns and cities ban the sale of bottled water?


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Sociologist Jennifer Lena was kind enough to provide Election 101 with another fascinating installment to what will ultimately be a three part series of posts on music in presidential campaigns. Check out her new book, Banding Together: How Communities Create Genres in Popular Music and her post on the uses and abuses of music by politicians after the jump:
Campaign Songs and Campaign Wrongs
Jennifer Lena
In my previous post on presidential campaigns and music, I discussed the ways in which candidates obtain songs for use during their campaign, including commissioning songs and licensing them for adaptation or use of the original. Seemingly in spite of themselves, campaign staffers keep neglecting to obtain licenses for the songs they use, and so recent campaign history is punctuated by controversies over the unauthorized use of pop music in these races. I previously mentioned one case in which Bob Dole used an unauthorized parody of Sam and Dave's hit song "Soul Man," and the song's copyright holders threatened to sue. The song's use was not only unauthorized, but unwelcome by its owners. In an interview with the New York Daily News, Isaac Hayes (one of the song's authors) explained, "Nobody gave any permission here" and, "As a U.S. Senator, he ought to know that you can't do that. It also bothers me because people may get the impression that David [Porter] and I endorse Bob Dole, which we don't."
Perhaps the best-known case where unauthorized music was used by a campaign was Ronald Reagan's 1984 use of Bruce Springsteen's single "Born in the U.S.A." Although the song's lyrics clearly focus on the deleterious effects of the Vietnam War on Americans, Conservative columnist George Will heard a nationalistic cry in the song, and dubbed the singer "A Yankee Doodle Springsteen." Will got word to Reagan advisor Michael Deavers, who had his staffers seek an endorsement from Springsteen, which he immediately declined. Nevertheless, on September 19, 1984, Reagan mentioned the rocker favorably in a New Jersey stump speech, and Springsteen countered by invoking Reagan's name right before playing "Johnny 99" (a song about an unemployed steelworker) at a concert in Philadelphia. The entire episode was covered closely by the media, and proved to be an embarrassment to the Reagan campaign, although patriotic interpretations of the song's lyrics are still commonplace.
Four presidential cycles later, another Republican candidate made a similar error with similar consequences. George W. Bush used Tom Petty's anthem "I Won't Back Down" on the 2000 campaign trail until Petty threatened to sue. Bush pulled the song (and added "We the People" by Billy Ray Cyrus and "Right Now" by Van Halen). In a bittersweet turn, Petty is said to have played his song at the Gore's house minutes after he conceded the election.
Several Republicans in the current race have received cease and desist letters for using music on the campaign trail without permission. Michele Bachman allegedly got one letter from Tom Petty's music publisher for her use of "American Girl." Katrina and the Waves also asked Bachman to stop using their single, "Walking on Sunshine." Newt Gingrich was asked to stop using "How Do You Like Me Now?" by Third Side Music, the publisher that owns the right to this 2009 song by rock group the Heavy.
This is really the tip of the iceberg. In recent years, John Mellencamp and the Foo Fighters both asked John McCain to stop using their music during his 2008 campaign, and McCain settled out of court with Jackson Browne after the unauthorized use of his hit single "Running on Empty." When Charlie Crist ran for a senate seat in Florida last year, he used "Road to Nowhere," a song by rock group The Talking Heads, in one of his ads without seeking authorization from the group. Frontman David Byrne slapped him with a $1 million lawsuit, which was settled out of court; Crist also issued this apology via YouTube:
It could be, as FoxNews claims in this report, that GOP candidates are less likely to get permission to use music during their campaigns. The news service attributes responsibility to the liberal bias of the entertainment industry, and preferential treatment of Democrats by musicians (and "Hollywood" donors). In recent memory, the only high-profile Dem to be hit with a cease and desist letter was Barack Obama, who used Sam & Dave's hit single "Hold On, I'm Comin'" without permission.
Fox News may be right that entertainers are more likely to be liberal, and thus more likely to give Democrats access to their music catalogue. It could also be that Republican candidates are more likely to use music without first seeking permission or licensing the work. In either case, the surprising thing is that campaign staffers don't secure celebrity endorsements, and tend to mis-manage them when they arrive uninvited.
Consider, for example, Kelly Clarkson's recent statement of support for Ron Paul's campaign, and almost immediate retraction. Clarkson, a past winner of American Idol and chart-topping country-pop artist, posted a tweet claiming that she would vote for Ron Paul if he won the nomination for the Republican ticket—a statement many interpreted as an endorsement of his campaign. But as news spread of the racist and homophobic content in Ron Paul newsletters, critics declaimed her support for the candidate as an endorsement of hate speech. In December, Clarkson released an apology in a tweet, voicing support for "white/black/purple/orange rights" and stepping back from the controversy by claiming she wasn't a "hardcore Republican" and disclosing that she voted for Barack Obama in 2008.
Perhaps it isn't a huge surprise that Paul's campaign mis-managed Clarkson's statement of support, failing to rush to her side and help her type on-brand messages into her smart phone. After all, Ron Paul often takes the campaign stage to the tune of "The Imperial March," Darth Vader's theme song from Star Wars, a song that conjures up both space aliens and fascism.
Rick Santorum also had the uniquely strange problem of receiving a statement of support from heavy metal guitarist Dave Mustaine, only to have him claim it wasn't an endorsement. Mustaine said in an interview with Music Radar that he hopes "if it does come down to it, we'll see a Republican in the White House… and that it's Rick Santorum," but then released a statement to the press disputing the characterization of his remarks as an "official endorsement."
How can we make sense out of the evergreen problem GOP candidates have securing endorsements from musicians? Strangely enough, the answer might lie in a satirical column at on-line gossip magazine Gawker.com, inspired by Mustaine's support for Santorum. The column, titled, "Big Running List of 2012 Metal Endorsements," is updated as Gawker staffers contact and secure political platform statements from former and current members of major metal groups. Next to Mustaine's name, Santorum's appears, followed by a question mark. Other presidential office-seekers appear on the list, and there are also a number of write-in candidates including Gwar's Oderus Urungus, who votes for "Murdering every presidential candidate on a gigantic wheel of over-sized knives."
The conceit behind the list, and Gwar's "vote," is that musical communities have their own political platforms, not unlike parties, candidates, and social movements. These are the genre ideals of a group; they reflect the community's sensitivity to some problem or goal (sometimes strictly musical, and sometimes social), and a developed consensus about both its causes and how it should be addressed. One example I give in the book is Seattle's grunge rock community, within which members shared an anti-macho and anti-mainstream genre ideal; this was a reaction against both "fluffy" pop (both Madonna and Paula Abdul were popular at the time) and against the big hair and "beef cake posturing" of hair metal groups like Motley Crue, Poison and Bon Jovi. As Gwar's "vote" for President illuminates, metal's genre ideal—antimainstream, dystopian—abjures the values you'd find in almost every candidate running for a national office in the U.S. No surprise that we don't see natural alliances developing there.
But it does seem that one means by which candidates could prevent controversy over their use of music (other than securing permission in advance, of course) would be to encourage musicians to get involved in their campaigns, and to remain invested over longer periods of time. This shouldn't be too difficult, particularly if these alliances begin at the local level, in small communities, where politicians and local artists are likely to share interests and dispositions. Politicians have resources that could benefit artists—access to audiences, performance opportunities, and the press prime among them—and musicians, as I have been at pains to argue, offer resources that are important to politicians.
Jennifer C. Lena is visiting assistant professor of sociology at Barnard College.


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WireHire is a web based tool that is aimed at Small Business owners & HR (human resources) managers and consultants. This tool allows them to quickly narrow their search for candidates by asking applicants go through a automated telephone interview system. This tool also gives the candidates taking these interviews an opportunity to demonstrate why they are the best candidate for the position (in a way not possible through a resume alone.)
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- We'd like to put the focus on the interview/hiring/employee side versus the telephone. But, communication symbolism is OK.The logo needs to be versatile: The primary use will be for web, but it should be capable of being used in other formats. (Print, biz cards, banners, embroidered on a shirt, etc.). ** This contest does not expect you to design these other things, but it is expected that we could easily apply this design in other uses. *
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Monday, July 13, 2009
Out of wilderness and into the mire
Or maybe we're not.
When we dropped off the pavement and out of cell range last week, we had vague hopes that a good run against the AL East and the Jays would be right back in the thick of things. But as the day-old boxscores trickled in from borrowed newspapers, the news in the agate type left us with an increasingly sinking feeling that could only be assuaged with another couple of gin and tonics and some long, searching stares into the distance across the lake.
"It's aaaallll over for the Blue Jays," our father-in-law told us with a smirk more than once over the space of the week. Although to be fair, he generally says this after every April loss. It's just that it seemed to resonate a little more this week, and we had fewer rationalizations or contextualizations with which to retort.
The season obviously isn't over, with another ten weeks to go. But with the release of B.J. Ryan and the trade rumours circling around Scott Rolen and someone else who we can't bear to mention, it seems as though an era in the Blue Jays history may be coming to a close.
Call it The Age of Vague Optimism, wherein the Blue Jays made free agent splashes and re-signed key players with a view towards some convergence of fortunes that would lead to their slipping between the behemoths and into the postseason. With the slide of the 2009 team's fortunes and the ongoing decimation of their pitching staff, it seems as though the path to that increasingly remote day of glory will be taking a detour of indeterminate length and distance, with a different crew both on and off the field.
Obviously, we're not about to jump ship on our beloved team. But the next chapters might be a test to our spirit of adventure.
The inevitable Doc post...postponed
There's a post of epic length coming on the recent rumours around Roy Halladay, but we need more time with it to shake off some of the raw reaction and come up with something vaguely coherent. Stay tuned.
Thanks and praise
Again, we offer our sincere thanks to our Man in the Prairies, the Ack, for his stellar work in what was an incredibly eventful and trying week for Blue Jays fans. His piece on the possibility of Halladay being traded ranks amongst the best things to ever appear on this site, and the 65 comments it generated are a testament to his work. Good work, Ack. Now go get reacquainted with your family.
11 comments:
- The Ack said...
I think I speak for the readership when I say good to have you back. No - great to have you back.
Looking forward to the eventual Roy Halladay Epic. It will be a nice counterbalance to my "gut reaction-don't wait for the dust to settle" post. Not that I feel any differently, really.
You touched briefly on something here, which has been gnawing at the darkest recesses of my brain....in declaring this "the end of an era", are we then absolutely writing off any faint hope that the team can be competitive in '10? Are we resigning ourselves to another Ash-ian/beginning of Ricciardi's tenure type era? Marginal (at best) major leaguers filling out a roster comprised of a drastically slashed payroll?
(If you're sick of seeing Lyle Overbay at first base, think back to the days of Dave Berg handling the duties.)
If so, holy fucking shit. Can. Not. Handle.
Wait, this is a comment, not a post. Shut up, Ack.
- July 13, 2009 at 11:26 AM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Yeah, we're not necessarily thinking that the team is going to begin a perpetual rebuilding process, because there are a lot of very good pieces there for them on which they can build: RickRo, Marcum, Snider...there's going to be some improvements from within by 2010.
But it seemed for the past few years as though the team was making a slow and gradual build towards something, and now we feel like a couple of pieces have been yanked from the bottom of the Jenga tower, and we're going to have to rebuil... er...retoo... er...well, something.
I don't know what to tell you. I wish I had a peppier view of things right about now.
- July 13, 2009 at 11:45 AM
- Ian H. said...
Welcome back to civilization, Tao. You sure picked a hell of a week to go on your wilderness retreat. I can imagine your head must've almost exploded when you heard about everything that happened last week.
Yes, well done Ack. It was a seamless transition between Tao and yourself.
- July 13, 2009 at 11:46 AM
Welcome back, Tao.
Hmm, I think you've nailed it on pinpointing the era we're in. And I'm okay with hoping for a convergence of health, luck, and discount free agents. The other possibilities, like the Marlins model, just seem so, um, heartless - but then, I guess that makes me a sucker for intangibles.
Heart always,
- July 13, 2009 at 12:41 PM
- QJays said...
Welcome back Tao.
I was going to comment, but I'll wait for your Halladay piece. Everything is so unsettled (in my mind, i mean).
- July 13, 2009 at 2:34 PM
Listening to Halladay today at the All-Star game he sounds like a guy completely defeated and ready to move. It was quite depressing. I almost jumped out my office window. Of course my office is on the first floor of the building so I am not sure what good it would.
- July 13, 2009 at 3:21 PM
- The Ack said...
I'd appreciate the symbolism of it all though, Layth.
Did not hear, but read the comments, and they did come across as a man ready to move on & resigned to his fate elsewhere.
Unrelated (but kinda related), Ricciardi should immediately flip the bird to any of these teams in pursuit of Doc who put forth these bullshit lists of "untouchable" prospects. If Halladay goes somewhere and the return doesn't include an org's best prospects, we'll know it was a move mandated from somewhere else besides JP's office....
- July 13, 2009 at 3:31 PM
You're father-in-law sounds like a prick.
- July 13, 2009 at 3:48 PM
"I think I speak for the readership when I say good to have you back. No - great to have you back."
You don't speak for me. Ack > Tao.
- July 13, 2009 at 3:49 PM
cock cheese can be funny like that
- July 13, 2009 at 8:03 PM
- eyebleaf said...
Welcome back, Tao, and a well-deserved standing O for The Ack.
- July 13, 2009 at 8:44 PM


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This question is primarily addressed to Jim, though all are welcome to answer. This is an attempt to further a conversation we had via private message; Jim expressed frustration at that medium of communication, as he said he'd prefer everyone be able to read his replies on the public forum in the event that other people might benefit from the resulting discourse.
I have raised this issue with Jim, but I have not received a satisfactory answer. I admit the possibility that this is because it is not the answer for which I am looking.
I come from a somewhat unique place: I am a Christian who feels called to join the A.'.A.'.. Crowley's writing is, to me, no less than sublime, and the A.'.A.'. itself, as defined by Crowley, is the order I have been seeking for a number of years.
Crowley presents the A.'.A.'.. as a progressive non-sectarian magical order whose purpose is to train individuals in magic and mysticism, with the aim of attaining K&C-HGA and the crossing of the abyss in order to fulfill one's true will and enter the City of the Pyramids. When described, the A.'.A.'. appears just that; yet, when analyzing the requirements of the order, one finds that the promise is not quite delivered.
The A.'.A.'. claims to be free from dogma, yet this claim falls flat when one realizes that one must employ specific, unalterable rituals. This brings me to my question.
Jim has told me that aspirants of the A.'.A.'.. can, in no way, shape, or form, alter the prescribed rituals or practices. While I understand that alteration must be limited for a host of reasons, I do not understand why certain minor alterations cannot be made. In my case, I hail from a monotheistic religion; as such, I am unable to offer worship to other God names. I therefore wish to swap out god names where applicable, under the guidance of my superior. I was told this was not an option.
The changes I wish to make are few. For example, when I perform Liber Resh, I will say, "Hail unto thee who art Adonai in thy rising..." When I perform the LHR, I say, "Christ, slain and risen." I am careful to do my best to keep the symbolism the same, e.g., when performing Resh, I use Adonai at noon when facing south to match the LBRP. With the help of my superior, I believe I could find suitable substitutions from the Christian "pantheon" (if you will) that would not alter the symbolism or effect of the ritual.
But yet, I am not allowed to do this if I were to join the A.'.A.'., and I cannot quite figure out why. I cannot think of anything more dogmatic and more sectarian than dictating which names for God must be used and not allowing for any wiggle room whatsoever. I am fine with 99% of the practices of the A.'.A.'.., and would only wish to change the god names in certain places to keep me in obedience to my religion.
I understand that the A.'.A.'. teaches that all god names are merely different ways of referring to your HGA -- but if this is true, why am I not permitted to refer to my HGA by a different god name? I am unsure if I personally believe that every god-form is an aspect of the one true God, but because my religion teaches that other gods are false gods, I do not wish to violate that. I am not looking to get into a discussion concerning the veracity of this -- I remain on the fence about the issue, but that is not my concern here. My concern is that the A.'.A.'.. purports to be non-sectarian, but then requires its members to say very specific god names from very specific pantheons. That is the exact opposite of non-sectarian; that is dogmatic and shows a lack of revisability. If the A.'.A.'. is free from dogma, why can I not mildly alter the rituals by changing a single word?
It comes down to this: whether or not Christianity is the one true religion, my HGA thus far has revealed himself to me through the Christian paradigm. Why can I not use the names that I know my HGA by? Why, if I join the A.'.A.'., do I have to use Egyptian deity names, when my HGA has told me (to the best of my discernment, anyway), to refer to him by Christian and Jewish names?
I think the A.'.A.'. needs to carefully consider its actions in light of its ethos. An order cannot claim to be scientific and free from dogma whilst simultaneously dictate which god names an aspirant MUST use. This completely flies in the face of the A.'.A.'.'s stated ethos. An organization that claims to teach universal religion, but then requires its adherents to worship an Egyptian sun God, is not teaching universal religion. The organization can, of course, use those god names -- that's not the problem. The problem is forcing all adherents to use the same god names and being unwilling to permit any substitution.
All I'm told is that the problem lies with me -- that there are psychological blocks and hang-ups that I have. This may be true, but what if it's not? What if it is actually a violation of my higher will to use these god names? Are we so convinced in the truth of thelema that we are unwilling to admit the possibility that we are mistaken? And if Ra, for example, is different than Adonai, I would be worshiping a different God. Jim, even if you think I'm nuts and my fears are baseless, can't you at least see where I'm coming from? Can't you see how dogmatic this looks to me? How is this different than the Muslim requiring adherents to say that they accept Mohammed as God's messenger? Or Christianity saying you must say the name of Jesus? If we want to get away from the iron grip of dogmatic religion, can't we allow for some modifications? I'd be completely fine if I was allowed to use something completely incontrovertible, like "God." I'm not even demanding that I bring the name "Jesus" into this. All I'm asking is to substitute god names out that I feel my HGA prohibits me from using. Only I know my HGA; do you think Crowley would want an aspirant to go against the guidance of his HGA just to be "by the books"? If someone's HGA asks them to change a ritual, shouldn't they follow it? Isn't that the entire point of this? Does the jot and tittle of the rituals really usurp the authority of an aspirant's HGA? That really seems like putting the cart before the horse, no?
The conclusion is this: My HGA seems to be leading me to join the A.'.A.'.. But I know my HGA under the Christian faith and therefore my HGA does not allow me to call him by certain names (at his stage in the game, anyway). In this exceptional circumstance, can't an exception be made?
TL;DR: If I join the A.'.A.'., I am not allowed to alter the god names of any of the rituals. I believe this goes against the non-sectarian and anti-dogmatic ethos of the organization. Why am I not allowed to make minor alterations under the guidance of my superior and in response to the leading of my HGA?


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In addition to processing requests in the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Directory Server also responds to requests sent in the Directory Service Markup Language version 2 (DSMLv2). DSML is another way for a client to encode directory operations. The server processes DSML as any other request, with all of the same access control and security features. DSML processing allows many other types of clients to access your directory contents.
Directory Server supports the use of DSMLv2 over the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1) and uses the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) version 1.1 as a programming protocol to transport the DSML content. For more information about these protocols and for examples of DSML requests, see Chapter 13, Directory Server DSMLv2, in Oracle Fusion Middleware Reference for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.
This section covers the following topics:
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You can use DSCC to perform this task. For information, see Directory Service Control Center Interface and the DSCC online help.
Set the DSML mode to on.
$ dsconf set-server-prop -h host -p port dsml-enabled:on
Set the secure DSML port.
$ dsconf set-server-prop -h host -p port dsml-secure-port:port
Set the non—secure DSML port.
$ dsconf set-server-prop -h host -p port dsml-port:port
By default, this port is set to disabled
Restart the server.
$ dsadm restart instance-path
According to the parameters and attribute values you defined, DSML clients may use the following URLs to send requests to this server:
The relative-URL can be read and set using the dsml-relative-root-url property.
You can use DSCC to perform this task. For information, see Directory Service Control Center Interface and the DSCC online help.
Set the DSML mode to off.
$ dsconf set-server-prop -h host -p port dsml-enabled:off
Set the secure DSML port to disabled.
$ dsconf set-server-prop -h host -p port dsml-secure-port:disabled
Restart the server.
$ dsasm restart instance-path
You can configure the level of security that is required to accept DSML requests. To do this, you must configure DSML client authentication.
Set the DSML client authentication mode.
$ dsconf set-server-prop -h host -p port dsml-client-auth-mode:dsml-mode
By default the dsml-client-auth-mode property is set to client-cert-first.
dsml-mode can be one of:
http-basic-only - This is the default value. The server uses the contents of the HTTP Authorization header to find a user name that can be mapped to an entry in the directory. This process and its configuration are encrypted through SSL but do not use client certification. This is described in DSML Identity Mapping.
client-cert-only - The server uses credentials from the client certificate to identify the client. With this value, all DSML clients must use the secure HTTPS port to send DSML requests and provide a certificate. The server checks that the client certificate matches an entry in the directory. See Chapter 5, Directory Server Security for more information.
client-cert-first - The server will attempt to authenticate clients first with a client certificate if one is provided. Otherwise, the server will authenticate clients using the contents of the Authorization header.
If no certificate and no Authorization header is provided in the HTTP request, the server performs the DSML request with anonymous binding. Anonymous binding is also used in the following cases:
The client provides a valid Authorization header but no certificate when client-cert-only is specified.
The client provides a valid certificate but no Authorization header when http-basic-only is specified.
Regardless of the client authentication method, if a certificate is provided but it cannot be matched to an entry, or if the HTTP Authorization header is specified but cannot be mapped to a user entry, the DSML request is rejected with error message 403: "Forbidden".
When performing basic authentication without a certificate, Directory Server uses a mechanism called identity mapping to determine the bind DN to use when accepting DSML requests. This mechanism extracts information from the Authorization header of the HTTP request to determine the identity to use for binding.
The default identity mapping for DSML/HTTP is given by the following entry in your server configuration.
dn: cn=default,cn=HTTP-BASIC,cn=identity mapping,cn=config objectClass: top objectClass: nsContainer objectClass: dsIdentityMapping cn: default dsSearchBaseDN: ou=people dsSearchFilter: (uid=${Authorization})
This configuration indicates that the server should use the HTTP user ID as the uid value for a DN stored in a Directory Server suffix. For example, if the HTTP user is bjensen, the server tries to execute the bind using the DN uid=bjensen,ou=people.
For the mapping to work properly you must therefore complete the value of dsSearchBaseDN. For example, you can change the value of dsSearchBaseDN to ou=people,dc=example,dc=com. Then if the HTTP user is bjensen, the server tries to execute the bind using the DN uid=bjensen,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com.
dn: cn=default,cn=HTTP-BASIC,cn=identity mapping,cn=config objectClass: top objectClass: nsContainer objectClass: dsIdentityMapping cn: default dsSearchBaseDN: ou=people,dc=example,dc=com dsSearchFilter: (uid=${Authorization})
Within the mapping entry attribute dsSearchFilter, you can use placeholders of the format ${header} where header is the name of an HTTP header.
The following are the most common headers used in DSML mappings.
This string is replaced with the user name contained in an HTTP Authorization header. An authorization header contains both a username and its password, but only the user name is substituted in this placeholder.
This string is replaced with the email address that might be contained in an HTTP From header.
This string is replaced with the hostname and port number in the URL of the DSML request, which are those of the server.
To have DSML requests perform a different kind of identity mapping, define a new identity mapping for HTTP headers.
Edit the default DSML-over-HTTP identity mapping or create custom mappings for this protocol.
The mapping entries must be located below the entry cn=HTTP-BASIC,cn=identity mapping,cn=config.
Use the ldapmodify command to add this entry from the command line, as described in Adding Entries Using ldapmodify.
Restart Directory Server for your new mappings to take effect.
Custom mappings are evaluated first. If no custom mapping is successful, the default mapping is evaluated. If all mappings fail to determine the bind DN for the DSML request, the DSML request is forbidden and rejected (error 403).
By default, JSR clients do not preemptively pass the HTTP Basic Authorization header in requests when the Oracle Web Services Manager (OWSM) oracle/wss_http_token_client_policy policy is configured. The Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition DSML web service does not request this authorization header from the client. Therefore, a client that is willing to use HTTP basic authentication must be configured to preemptively stash the header in the initial request. You can achieve this by setting the ClientConstants.PREEMPTIVE_BASIC_AUTH property to true in the request context.
The OWSM oracle/wss_http_token_over_ssl_client_policy policy includes timestamps in the SOAP header by default. These timestamps are not supported by Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition, so you must set the orasp:include-timestamp attribute to false in the policy description. For example:
<orasp:require-tls orasp:include-timestamp="false"/>


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It is the usual problem. You found the one weak RAM card, and the test fried it (assuming it was the test). You have just been very lucky so far.
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Donald Trump released his birth certificate today. Upon doing so, he demanded that President Obama do the same.
"Now, this guy either has a birth certificate or he doesn't," Trump said in an interview with Fox News. "And I didn't think this was such a big deal, but I will tell you, it's turning out to be a very big deal because people now are calling me from all over saying, please don't give up on this issue....I'm starting to wonder myself whether or not [ Obama] was born in this country."
The politics of this are pretty straightforward. Roughly 40% of all Republicans either do not believe or have doubts that President Obama was born in the United States. By "validating" these suspicions, Trump is hoping to bump up his standing in GOP presidential polls in key early states like Iowa and New Hampshire. Championing the "birther" movement is a low-cost ticket to double-digit poll ratings, he reasons.
But it's not without risk. The downside, obviously, is that it makes Mr. Trump appear deranged.


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Global investment in clean energy fell for the second year in a row to $254bn last year, with green investment in Europe crashing by 41%, new figures showed on Wednesday.
The drop casts a pall over a high-profile investor summit at the United Nations on Wednesday.
The summit, organised by the Ceres investor network, was supposed to build momentum for the shift to a clean energy economy – a transformation requiring global investment of some $1 trillion a year by 2030.
But investment in clean energy headed downwards last year, according to the figures released at the summit by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). It was the second year of declining investment in clean energy from a record $318bn in 2011, the research showed.
BNEF's founder, Michael Liebreich, said there were some bright spots in the decline. "The top‐line figures don't tell the whole story," he said in a statement.
He said the sharp fall in investment in Europe was partly the result of declining costs for solar panels, bringing down the costs of rooftop solar. Even with the lower figures for clean energy investment, global solar installations grew by 20% last year.
Meanwhile, Liebreich said there was new investor interest in electric vehicles and renewable power projects.
But with big economies such as Germany, Italy and France scaling back government support for new projects, clean energy investment fell from $98bn to $58bn in Europe, a drop of 41%.
Germany saw the biggest decline, from $26.2bn in 2012 to $14.1bn last year – the lowest since 2006.
Britain, in contrast, saw a relatively modest decline from $14.3bn to $13.1bn.
Clean energy investment was even down in China – for the first time in decade – with a 3.8% drop. In America, investment in clean energy and technologies fell by 8.4% to $48.4bn, Bloomberg said.
The biggest exception to the downward trend was Japan, where clean energy investment rose 55% to $35.4bn last year, as the country tried to replace its nuclear power plants.
The new BNEF figures look set to add even more urgency to appeals for financial institutions to drastically step up investment in clean energy.
The UN's climate chief, Christiana Figueres, this week urged global financial institutions to triple their investments in clean energy to reach the $1 trillion figure needed to avoid a climate catastrophe.
Figueres planned to take her case directly to the financial institutions at the investor summit on Wednesday.
She will try to persuade investors that it is in their financial interest to move now to limit their exposure to coal and oil.
"There is study after study coming out saying: 'beware we are invested in assets that are already and will soon be losing value'," she said.
But with the latest figures from Bloomberg, Figueres's task became even more difficult.
It appears that clean energy investment will have to grow four-fold – an even more ambitious target than Figueres had originally estimated.


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Anyone for Hawaii?
Wheels are in motion for drumming up votes for Shane Victorino on the NL Final Vote. Sure the other clubs involved are doing the same.
Seems to me Hawaii can be a big player in the voting. We need a volunteer to fly to Honolulu right away and parade around the islands campaigning for Shane. Anyone interested? (Just kidding).
Have you favorite Shane Victorino moment? Post it in the comments.
Hello NL Central
Seven games this week are against two NL Central teams, Reds (four starting tonight) and Pirates (weekend).
That division is baseball's tightest. The last-place Pirates are just 7 games behind the leading Cardinals.
The Reds at 40-40 are only 3 out. Home or road, it doesn't matter as Cincinnati is 20-20 for both.
Sergio Escalona is seeing the country. The 24-year-old lefty reliever's best friend is a suite case.
He began the season with the Reading Phillies and was promoted to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs after 14 games. He relieved twice in AAA and then began a yo-yo to the major leagues. Five times he's been up with the Phillies and five times, back to LV, all between May 17 and July 5.
Phillies radio voice Scott Franzke had a great line, "Sergio's spent more times in an airplane than on the mound in his big league career."
Phillies Insider is on twitter as barons63.
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don't have to send anyone to HI. we all saw the story 'bout shane and mayor nutter going thru philly asking for votes.
we always support our local bruddahs! shane and the phillies, no ka 'oi. (da best) aloha keoks


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Established in 1926
The sandstone arch that is called Natural Bridge has stood for millenniums. The arch is 78 feet long, 65 feet high, 12 feet thick and 20 feet wide. Some geologists believe that the stunning natural sandstone arch is at least a million years old. There are other natural archways in the area, but none have gained the prominence of Natural Bridge. Since 1889, visitors have made the trip to the eastern Kentucky mountains to see this amazing natural wonder.
Natural Bridge is composed of what is known in geological terms as Pottsville conglomeratic sandstone. Large blocks of stone falling off either side of a narrow sandstone ridge caused the first opening that began the transformation of the sandstone outcropping into an archway. The weathering process, along with the root systems of plants, continued to develop the unique archway that makes up Natural Bridge.
The natural beauty of the area and the great sandstone archway had potential for commercial development. In 1889 the Kentucky Union Railway established a rail line through the town of Slade to connect with some of the Commonwealth's most extensive timber resources. Railroad executives also sensed the potential for visitors to come to the area to witness the spectacular beauty of the land. The railroad acquired the land around Natural Bridge and began to build trails and campgrounds. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad later acquired the property and in 1926, donated the lands around Natural Bridge to the state park system, becoming one of the four original state parks.
In 1927 Hemlock Lodge was added to the new park, providing comfortable guest accommodations. It burned in the early 1960s. A new lodge, built in 1962, is located on a dramatic ledge overlooking a deep valley. The park has 2,400 acres and is basically surrounded by the Daniel Boone National Forest. There are over 18 miles of hiking trails to Natural Bridge. The park also includes a four-acre pond with one-acre Hoedown Island in the middle of it. The Island is the scene of folk dancing and is a popular part of the park. Also, 40-acre Mill Creek Lake is an excellent place for fishing for bass, bream, catfish, crappie, and rainbow trout. Or, you can bring your canoe and paddle while witnessing the splendid beauty of the rock formations.
The awe-inspiring beauty of Natural Bridge State Resort Park is an inspiration to those who wish to see one of the great natural wonders of Kentucky. The Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission has set aside 1,188 acres within the park as a nature preserve. This not only protects, but also enhances the pristine beauty of this eastern Kentucky marvel.
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Decked out in neon safety vests and yellow hard hats, the construction workers lay on their stomachs before a low stone wall. Their tools were not nail guns or jackhammers, but tiny paintbrushes. Delicately, they filled in dozens of names etched into stone.
They weren't laboring on some ordinary bricks-and-mortar edifice. They were making public art -- a monument to fallen firefighters on the Capitol grounds in St. Paul.
Similar scenes are playing out across the country as cities turn to public art to fuel a sense of fun or drama that enlivens urban streets, parks and transit stations.
In St. Paul, $4.5 million in public art is being touted as key to the ambience envisioned for the Central Corridor light-rail line and its terminus, Union Depot. With the help of a hefty injection of federal money, each of 18 stops along University Avenue will feature original art appropriate to each site, such as portraits of black leaders including Roy Wilkins at the Victoria Avenue stop to evoke the old Rondo neighborhood.
From Lilliputian statues along the High Line walkway in New York to the giant silver sculpture affectionately called "The Bean" in Chicago's Millennium Park, the idea of using art to create appealing urban environments is gathering steam, even in a tight economy.
In fact, economic development is being used as a pro-art argument, as other Midwest cities including St. Louis, Kansas City and Des Moines look to Chicago's investment in art as a boon to tourist dollars.
"Public art is about making a space special and memorable," said Josh Collins, communications manager for the Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority. "It gives people a sense of community and pride. They're not just walking through some place. They're walking through a great place they'll want to come back to and tell their friends about."
Private money for 'public' art
The movement is not without controversy. One person's vital investment in the urban landscape is another's waste of scarce tax dollars, as demonstrated by the dust-up two years ago over city-funded, $50,000-a-pop, artist-designed drinking fountains in Minneapolis. City Council Member Meg Tuthill lobbied to have the initial plan for 10 fountains reduced to four, citing pothole repair as a more pressing need.
"I'm all for public art, as long as we make it functional, like bus benches and bike racks," Tuthill said. "We are not at a time when we can justify spending the money otherwise."
"Public art" doesn't necessarily mean public dollars, however -- only that the art ends up in a public space, said Jack Becker, director of the St. Paul nonprofit Forecast Public Art.
"Lots of people think they paid for the Mary Tyler Moore statue on Nicollet Mall," he said. "But [cable TV's] Viacom commissioned it to promote Nick at Night rerun programming. They put up a Ralph Kramden statue in New York, too."
The $720,000 for the new Capitol monument -- which was dedicated Sunday -- was collected from firefighters throughout Minnesota. "The Wave" at Target Field, the striking wind-veil sculpture enhancing one entire wall of a huge parking garage, was financed entirely by Target Corp. Several artworks in a plaza at the new 10-story Mozaic building in Uptown Minneapolis were paid for by its developer, the Ackerberg Group.
Large infrastructure projects such as bridges and light rail are public art's best friends.
A total of $3.25 million is budgeted for art on the Central Corridor line, plus $1.25 million at Union Depot. The latter project is funded by Ramsey County, but the Federal Transit Administration is covering 80 percent of the cost. That agency is also paying for half of the art along University Avenue, with various metro and state agencies making up the rest.
"Those federal dollars are earmarked for transit projects, so if they didn't come here, they'd be going to projects in Portland or Denver or Seattle," Collins said. The federal government recommends spending between 0.5 percent and 5 percent of capital costs on art. The Union Depot project is at "about .85 percent," he said.
Public art is also included in plans for the Vikings stadium, the Saints stadium in Lowertown St. Paul, the transit hub by the Twins stadium, the Hwy. 7 bridge in St. Louis Park and a new I-35 exit ramp at Lake Street in Minneapolis.
A national model
St. Louis Park has found an innovative way to get more art with less public money. The suburb is seen as a national model for asking private developers to pony up cash for public art as part of the deal.
Its latest success is "The Dream Elevator," a 44-foot-tall sculpture by Minneapolis artist Randy Walker that pays homage to the city's historic grain elevator. It's now under construction in front of a new senior-living complex at 36th Street and Wooddale Avenue.
Another trend encouraging officials to promote public art is a move away from so-called "plop" art -- works that don't have a direct correlation to their surroundings. Instead, artists are involved from the outset of projects, which not only saves money but results in art that better fits its environs.
Irrigate, an initiative led by St. Paul artists who live near the Central Corridor, is an example of the trend. A partnership between the city of St. Paul and two nonprofit arts organizations, Irrigate connects artists with neighborhood groups and small businesses along or near the six-mile corridor. One result: A colorful stained-glass design by artists Steve Bougie and Richard Fuller beautifies a chain link fence at University and Raymond avenues.
"It's not art for art's sake," said Mary Altman, public-arts administrator for the City of Minneapolis. "It's an organic part of the community, meant to be interacted with."
She cited the success of Minneapolis' new utility-box program. The city offers artist-created designs on vinyl that neighborhood associations can purchase at low cost to cover those ugly curbside fixtures.
"My phone hasn't stopped ringing" since the program was introduced, Altman said.
Liesl Fenner, who manages the public-art program at the national advocacy nonprofit Americans for the Arts, said that the thriving Twin Cities scene reflects a national trend, but that a downturn may come: "A lot of the projects being completed now were funded through capital-improvement dollars approved years ago."
Fenner offered another reason that elected officials mindful of being seen as spendthrifts might support public art in tough times: "When dollars are tight, people who can't afford to see a play or go to a museum can still enjoy public art. It's free and accessible."
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Commission opens Europe's Single Market for Mobile TV services
Today, the Commission has adopted a strategy favouring the take-up of mobile TV across the 27 EU Member States. The Commission urges Member States and industry to facilitate and accelerate the deployment of mobile TV across Europe and to encourage the use of DVB-H as the single European standard for mobile TV.
"Mobile broadcasting is a tremendous opportunity for Europe to maintain and expand its leadership in mobile technology and audiovisual services," said Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for the Information Society and Media. "Europe is today at a crossroads. We can either take the lead globally – as we did for mobile telephony based on the GSM standard developed by the European industry – or allow other regions take the lion's share of the promising mobile TV market. 'Wait-and-see' is not an option. The time has come for Europe's industry and governments to switch on to mobile TV."
Until now, the introduction and take-up of mobile TV in the EU has been slow while Europe's competitors have progressed significantly. Unless Europe takes concrete action immediately, it risks losing its competitive edge. For example, the mobile TV penetration rate of South Korea, Asia's most developed mobile TV market, is close to 10%. Yet penetration in Italy, the EU's most advanced market, is still less than 1%.
The Commission is strongly committed to the success of mobile TV (see IP/07/340) which could be a market of up to €20 billion by 2011, reaching some 500 million customers worldwide. The Commission sees today's Communication on Strengthening the Internal Market for Mobile TV as crucial to create jobs and business opportunities for content creators, service providers and hardware manufacturers, and to bring new value-added services to citizens.
Three key success factors have been identified by the Commission for mobile TV take-up:
2008 is considered by the Commission as a crucial year for mobile TV take-up in the EU due to important sports events, such as the European Football Championship and the Summer Olympic Games, which will provide a unique opportunity for raising consumers' awareness and for the adoption of new services.
In March 2006 the Commission encouraged setting up a European Mobile
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A week or so ago, a fellow genealogy blogger posted a link to BigHugeLabs.com where you can create all sorts of cool stuff like maps and puzzles. I thought it would be interesting to create a visual representation of where our ancestors came from so I created these two maps based on where our American ancestors were born. Looking at the maps confirmed that my paternal roots are primarily Southern, while my maternal roots are more Northern!
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