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Creamery is deal central for SF techies
The Creamery, a coffee shop set amid the SoMa startups, is a magnet for tech elite and those wanting to be near them
Not long ago, while waiting for Caltrain, Ashley Mayer stopped at the Creamery to do some work.
Inside the airy SoMa hangout, amid a throng of tech types tapping away on laptops, a scruffy young hipster approached and asked Mayer if she was single. In another place, the man might have been preparing to ask Mayer out on a date. In San Francisco, there are more pressing concerns.
"Hey," the man said. "How'd you like to beta-test my app?"
So it goes at the Creamery, where members of San Francisco's tech scene congregate and caffeinate in equal measure. The 4-year-old coffee shop at Fourth and Townsend streets is a regular stop for entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, tech journalists and anyone else hoping to rub shoulders with the tech elite.
It has also become a destination for deal-making, a status cemented in February when venture capitalist Michael Arrington wrote on his blog that his firm, CrunchFund, "has probably closed ... more deals there than anywhere else."
The Creamery's rise illustrates how the city's technology boom is changing the neighborhoods where it concentrates, elevating small businesses into must-visit destinations and turning their owners into minor celebrities. It has joined Cafe Venetia in Palo Alto and Mountain View's Red Rock Coffee Co. in the pantheon of Silicon Valley coffee shops that have come to serve as external boardrooms for companies big and small.
"Everybody wants to be here," said Aarthi Ramamurthy, co-founder of lingerie sales startup True & Co., who stopped in at the Creamery recently for lunch.
Ramamurthy and her husband moved from Seattle to Silicon Valley to pursue jobs in technology. They found that even in Palo Alto, where they had settled, potential business partners kept suggesting they meet at the Creamery. Eventually, the couple moved to a new apartment in San Francisco just a few blocks away.
Corporate secrets
Maybe it's the location, between the commuting hub that is the Caltrain station, the people magnet that is AT&T Park, and the bustling startup scene that has sprung up around them. Patrons say they like the hip design, which carved a modern coffee shop out of a refrigerated room at the old Gilt-Edge Creamery, retaining the antique wooden beams and other hints of its industrial roots.
The menu pays obeisance to the city's demands for local, sustainably grown food; more than one patron has been lured in by the sign advertising the Ritual Roasters coffee served inside. Tech types appreciate the free Wi-Fi, and that management doesn't mind if you camp out for a while.
And lately, there has been an additional benefit to having coffee at the Creamery: You never know what you might overhear.
When Microsoft purchased the business social network Yammer last month for $1.2 billion, word got out not via corporate announcement or strategic leak but by a loose-lipped Yammer employee at the Creamery. Sarah Taylor, who works at recruiting firm Ignition Talent Group, overheard the employee discussing the acquisition and mentioned it on Twitter - a full 12 days before Microsoft confirmed it.
Arrington, who founded the influential blog TechCrunch before leaving it last year to start his venture firm, wrote that "if it's a slow afternoon in San Francisco, taking a walk to the Creamery will almost always result in something interesting happening."
Pluck of the Irish
Before he arrived here from Ireland, Ivor Bradley's friends gave him a piece of advice. In America, they said, you need good shoes and a good bed. If you're not in one, be in the other.
Bradley took the lesson to heart. He grew up one of 10 children in Galway, the son of a university professor, and after graduating with a hotel management degree, he moved to the East Coast to work for Ritz-Carlton. In 1996, he came to San Francisco, where he spent the next decade working in hotels and restaurants.
He also got to know San Francisco's close-knit Irish community, and in time was introduced to fellow Irishman Robert Mellett, who had purchased the Gilt-Edge property and hoped to build a restaurant there. Mellett designed the new space, and Bradley assumed responsibility for its operations. It opened on Valentine's Day 2008.
At first, the clientele was mostly Caltrain commuters and Giants fans who wandered over from the ballpark, as Mellett and Bradley expected. But over the next two years, the SoMa neighborhood transformed into the center of San Francisco's revitalized startup scene - and the Creamery's clientele transformed along with it.
"About 2010, you could see a change in the community here," said Bradley, a soft-spoken man with kind eyes and a gentle lilt in his voice. Bradley, who turns 42 on Monday, began to notice that he was receiving catering calls from companies he had never heard of: Yammer, EventBrite, Ngmoco.
That SoMa had become a tech hub caught him by surprise, he said, because unlike most of his customers, he tried not to eavesdrop on their conversations.
"To be honest, I didn't know," he said, taking a few minutes off from busing tables and chatting with customers. "We try to make sure there's privacy if people want a meeting. There's lots of little business meetings that we kind of turn off our ears to."
But eventually, the sea change became clear through the sheer volume of catering inquiries.
Businesses that requested breakfast for 10 one month were calling back six months later asking if he could do lunch for 50. Heartened by their initial success, the partners built an adjoining taqueria, the Iron Cactus.
Why a taco shop? Bradley points out that there is an Irish flag at the Alamo, and "if the Irish can go to the Alamo, an Irishman can open up a taqueria in SoMa."
Sales have increased every month for the past two years, Bradley said. And when people want to have meetings out of earshot these days, they slip into the Iron Cactus, which in the mornings has become a kind of private meeting room for the tech world.
'The new Instagram!'
"A Netflix for dogs - that was the pitch," said Sriram Krishnan, Ramamurthy's husband, who recently left a job at Yahoo.
Like many people who stop regularly at the Creamery, he has made a kind of sport out of overhearing entrepreneur's discussions with investors at the coffee shop, and considering how they might work. "Netflix for dogs" has been the most memorable to date - even if it was unclear whether the idea was to rent movies to dogs, dogs to people, or some combination of the two.
Lest anyone criticize the eavesdroppers too much, it's worth noting that many patrons seem to be talking loudly on purpose, to attract attention to themselves.
"You just hear these conversations all the time - 'We are the new Instagram!' " Krishnan said. "You think, that's ridiculous."
But a meeting at the Creamery can pay off. Ryan Mickle learned of its value recently while trying to raise funds for his startup, Yardsale, which makes an iPhone app for buying and selling things with friends and neighbors. For months he had been e-mailing a prominent angel investor asking for a meeting without getting any response.
Then Mickle learned the man often spent time on weekends at the Creamery. Mickle sent another e-mail asking if he might stop by for coffee on Sunday. Ten minutes later, he heard back from the investor - sure, came the response. Come on down.
The meeting, Mickle hints, went well.
Creating community
Bradley is keen to build a business that can last beyond the current business cycle. He has worked to cultivate his ties to the neighborhood, offering the space's back patio at no charge and encouraging companies and individuals to host events there. On Sunday, the Creamery is serving breakfast to 200 or so people taking part in the AIDS Walk in Golden Gate Park.
That means more work and longer days, but Bradley says he prefers it to his old career running hotels and restaurants. His countrymen's advice has served him well, he said - he sleeps hard, he works hard. And he waits to see what will happen next with his fellow entrepreneurs, gathered at the Creamery's old wooden tables, conjuring visions of the future on their high-resolution screens.
"It's such an exciting country," he said. "You've gotta get in there."
Casey Newton is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: email@example.com Twitter: @CaseyNewton


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On April 27, 2014 Brazil's football club matched with Villarreal's club football team. As the game went on Brazil's player Dani Alves sets up for a corner kick. Out of the blue a fan member from the audience throws a banana at Dan. Dan, nonchalantly, picks up the banana, takes a bite, and continues on with the game. Brazil won the match but this isn't about the game. After the game Dani spoke with the press he said, "It's been happening on for eleven years, we can't change it, so best to treat it as a joke. If we give it no importance, then they fail." While Dan and his team members were out celebrating what Dan didn't know was that fans were taking this racist incident to social media in awe of his swift and positive reaction to this aggression. The next day one of Dan's teammates, Neymar, decided to do the same. He posted a "selfie" with his son on Instagram. They were both holding a half-eaten banana with a caption of," We are all equal #Weareallmonkeys".
Twitter has been around for many years now for a way to express how they feel. It also can be used as a tool to help spread the word for a campaign and in this case that is what Neymar was trying to do. After Neymar posted this selfie, many people on twitter started sharing the photo and their feelings towards this incident and using the hashtag #weareallmonkeys. Protestors were also using the hashtag #saynotoracism to spread the word. Twitter helps people campaign their ideas and create new hashtags so other users can use the same hashtag and tweet for the campaign. Because of Neymar this spread a whole new campaign for racism.
Today we still see racialization going on and this is one example of racialization. We tend to put people with associated groups or things. In Dani's case he was racialized by being light-skinned and associated with a monkey. This racialized idea isn't new in today's world and many African American or colored person are associated with being called a monkey often. We also experience negative interpellation in which we are recognized uncomfortably and made visibly. Obviously getting a banana thrown at you is pretty visible that you are being recognized but the way that Dani approached the situation was that he didn't take it negatively. This is a huge reason why so many people went to social media to express the situation. Many people may have dealt with this situation differently and may have caused an outbreak. In addition, Dani represent the idea of mis-interpellation. Mis-interpellation is defined when we understand ourselves to be included in "everybody" but when you later realize that you clearly are not. Dani's situation clearly defined as this. Like I said before Dani could have out-raged like what most people would have done yet he swiftly took a bite of the banana and went on to kick the ball. I think it definitely takes some guts to do this.
This tweet really stood out to me because of the picture presented. We are looking at Equality because in the picture there are pictures of skeletons, written underneath them are different races. Every skeleton is the same representing equality. I like how Hume used the #weareallmonkeys hashtags because if the person who threw that banana is calling Dani a monkey then they are calling everyone else a monkey. According to the picture if they are calling a dark-skinned a monkey than they are calling themselves a monkey which explains the hashtag why we are all monkeys. This solidifies that there is colorblindness. Many people do not think they are racist yet when you throw a banana at someone there is. They might not say that they are racist when in fact they are.
Another person campaigned this incident on vine. Vine allows users to share a six second video. In this video he shares the video of Dani getting the banana thrown at him as I posted before. What I like is the caption of the vine which is "Dani Alves showing just how to react to racism." This is also an example of showing mis-interpellation is represented on social media. We see how Dani doesn't follow with crowd.
Inspired by Neymar over 100,000 people have used the hashtag #weareallmonkeys celebrities and ordinary people. Many famous musicians, actors, and other athletes began sharing their selfies with a banana in hand onto Twitter and Instagram. This helps publicize the event because when a well-known person speaks about what they believe many people tend to follow what they do. Argentine striker Sergio Aguero strike a pose with Brazilian football player Marta Vieira da Silva with their bananas to spread the word. In which you can see they start a new hashtag for other people to use and campaign.
With my colleague Marta from Brazil we say #NoToRacism. We are all equal. http://t.co/0kWLsaAgwP—
Sergio Aguero (@aguerosergiokun) April 28, 2014
Bonilla- Silva, Eduardo. "Racism without Racists." The Central Frames of Colorblind- Racism
(2010): 3rd edition. PDF file
Senft, Theresa; Noble, Saifya Omoja. Race and Social Media. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 15 October 2014.

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8 oz. Skim Milk
1 Candy Cane
1 tsp Peppermint Extract
2 Scoops ViSalus Shake Mix
3-4 Icecubes
Directions: Blend well and serve in a chilled glass.
Variations: Use almond milk instead of skim milk. Use 2 tsp of peppermint extract instead of candy cane.
Other popular ViSalus Shake Recipes include:
Almond Joy, Lemon Coconut, Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup, Mocha Cheesecake, Egg Nog


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Archive for April, 2009|Monthly archive page
Emergency BCaching Patch
As a few of you noticed, all of the sudden today your Pocket Query uploads were failing. I thought I had the PQ issues finally resolved with the last release so you can imagine my reaction. What now!??
Turns out that Groundspeak did a major upgrade to .Net 3.5 and the new XML writer used by the PQ generator produces slightly different XML. It is still VALID XML, just a little different.
The BCaching parsing logic did not handle a couple of those differences, and it wasn't the only system with problems. Older versions of GSAK, CacheMate, among others were also choking on the new version.
Fortunately, the Groundspeak lackeys are on the ball and quickly churned out a change or two that cleared up some of the issues. But BCaching was just not handling some valid XML syntax correctly so I had to make some changes as well.
There is a thread on the Groundspeak forums if you're interested.
As for those BCaching PQ uploads that failed earlier today, they have now been processed successfully.
Keep on cachin'… er, bcachin'
BCaching Release 0.4.5
Another bugfix release primarily. There are few visible changes, but some significant behind-the-scenes changes. HOPEFULLY no new bugs were introduced, but please be on the lookout.
Full details are on the forum.
BCaching Statistics Apr'09
There has been a lot of growth at BCaching in the last month.
- 190 total signups, 67 of which have completed their activation with a "My Finds" pocket query and 48 which have loaded additional pocket queries.
- 41 users have been active in the past 30 days. That's almost a 7-times increase from last month! Probably a lot of the growth is related to BlackStar users.
- 77,869 caches (99% increase)
- 376,195 cache logs (63% increase)
- Database size: about 230 MB (77% increase)
Despite the growth, the (new) server response time has been very good. I have yet to see a mobile nearby caches find or filtered find that takes longer than 0.2 seconds and with the migration to the new database server, the timeout errors have disappeared completely.
BCaching Release 0.4.4
Just a small bugfix release.
- Fixed server error when uploading pocket queries containing new countries or new states
- Fixed pocket query updates not removing travel bugs from cache inventories
- Updated waypoint icons with cleaner versions
- Modified password reset email code to allow for 4 hrs after email was sent instead of 1


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Divert calls to alternative number
Choose network mode
Insert SIM
Activate mobile phone
Check software version
Want to read an MMS? Once done, you can reply to, forward or delete it. Follow these easy instructions.
Read MMS
Tap Messages.
Tap the required sender.
Tap the required MMS to see the contents attached.
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Tap the text input field.
Key in the required reply and tap Send.
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Tap and hold the required MMS until a pop-up menu is displayed.
Tap More....
Tap the forward icon.
Key in the first letters of the recipient's name and tap the required contact.
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Americans are Spending $2,746 Every Year on Lunch
If your budget–or waistline–needs trimming, you may want to take a look at what you are doing for lunch.
According to a Visa study, Americans are spending about $53 each week on lunch, or $2,746 per year.
While 42% of Americans eat lunch at home, those who work full-time stay closer to work (53%). 26% of full-time employees eat at their desks.
The report was intended to raise consumer awareness about saving and budgeting. To help improve American spending habits, Visa also introduced a free Lunch Tracker app for iOS that will help consumers become more aware of their spending. The app will calculate how much a consumer is spending monthly and annually on lunch.
Users can also take a 30-Day Challenge to start saving money, learn cost-cutting tips and share photos of meals to show their family and friends their progress.
Additional findings include:
- Men outspent women by 60% and were more likely to eat out.
- 1% of the respondents reported spending more than $50 per lunch, on average, which adds up to more than $9,000 a year.
- 32% of respondents reported that they never bought lunch from a restaurant.
- On average, the respondents who did report eating out purchased lunch from a restaurant twice each week and spent more than $11 per outing. Consumers spent only $6.30 per day when preparing their own lunch.
- While homemakers went out less often than other groups, they spent more when they did. The average expenditure was $17.60.
- Southerners lead the nation in both frequency of lunches out and the amount spent. Southern respondents reported eating out at least twice per week and spending $1,240 a year eating lunch out. Overall, they spent $2,953 a year on lunch.
- Consumers in the Northeast were the second highest spenders. When eating out, they spent, on average, $1,001 on lunch. Overall, they spent $2,893.
- People in the Midwest spent about $896 dining out and $2,519 total.
- Respondents in the West spent $866 eating out and an overall $2,489 on lunches.
"At home or ordering food, small choices have a big impact. Paying attention to what you are spending is essential to financial wellbeing," said Nat Sillin, global head of financial literacy at Visa Inc. "Most people may not realize that they are spending over $50 a week on lunch. Visa is excited to offer the new Lunch Tracker app to help consumers form better spending habits."
The results, which are based on 2,033 telephone interviews conduction July 16 through 19 and August 6 through 9, are a part of Visa's financial education program, Practical Money Skills for Life. It was launched in 1995 and is available in 10 languages in more than 30 countries.


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Hello Everyone
We have a new challenge over at Scrap Africa here and it's a fabulous mood board.
I made a layout.
We have a highspeed train in Gauteng and hence the reason for the name Gautrain. There was so much controversy around this rail system, while it was being built and yet it is a huge success story today.
We took the children, on a little jaunt, just after it started operating and it was a thrill for us all.
I used the gorgeous BoBunny Souvenir collection.
Joe was only 4 here...he was so very sweet! ;-)
Anyways..hopefully you can play along!
We have a yummy prize too! ;-)
Scrap It Design Studio, situated in the beautiful coastal Port Elizabeth,
is selling a wide selection of Lifestyle Crafts, memory Box and Poppystamps dies.
Scrap It Design Studio will soon move into a business premises in Richmond Hill
from where the owner, Elizna Parsons, will teach classes
and sell dies and other scrapbooking basics.
on FACEBOOK: SCRAP IT DESIGN STUDIO
E-MAIL: firstname.lastname@example.com
One random, lucky person will win this super prize
Included in this prize:
Teresa Collins Nine & Co Foiled File Folders and Flaps
Heidi Swapp Glitter Stickers
Heidi Swapp Stamp Set
Webster's Pages Sticker Elements
Petaloo Butterflies
Stick-on Rhinestones
Doodlebug Mini Doilies
Retail value also just over R300….
Thanks so much for stopping by!
I hope you have a super, crafty day!
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Ok, here is what i need to do. I have two harddrives in my comp, a master and a slave. I want to empty the slave drive that way it has more room. Cause it use to be another computers master but i dont use it for that anymore so there for i dont need the files on it right? So if i dont need them i would like to get them off for more room lol. Thanks.
Just format the drive. Is it hooked up as slave drive now? Is it recognized? Can you access it?
I want to go like my grandfather did. Peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming at the top of my lungs like the passengers in his car.
Yeah its recongnized, so how do i format it?
Does the drive show in My Computer? If so just right click on the drive listing and choose format.
If you have multiple partitions and wish to make it one then go to Disk Management and delete the current partitions then create one partition using all available space. Then format it. I suggest using NTFS.
Ok i have another question, i have a laptop, which i am on now. I would like to format the harddrive on it to get rid of all the files to make it run like new. Theres nothing on this laptop worth saveing besides maybe a few items. But if i format it do i just make sure that the XP Instalation disc is in the cd drive before i boot it back up?
Did WinXP come on the laptop from the factory? If so, do you have restore disks for that laptop?
I have no idea lol. Im not for sure what your talking about. I just wanna reset the laptop hard drive and reinstall XP on it so it runs alot better.
If you install a retail copy of WinXP you MAY need to find and install a host of drivers.
The laptop probably has a jidden partition that contains all the files that originally came on the laptop when it was new. If that was WinXP then that is the easier method to restore.
I take it you are not the original owner then?


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NPRM: Child Support Enforcement Program Medical Support
DATE: September 20, 2006
TO: State and Tribal Agencies Administrating Child Support Enforcement Plans under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act and Other Interested Individuals
SUBJECT: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Child Support Enforcement Program Medical Support
ATTACHMENT: Attached is a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, published in the Federal Register on September 20, 2006 (71 FR 54965), which prescribes requirements for the Child Support Enforcement Program to address medical support coverage in IV-D cases.
SUMMARY: This proposed rule:
- defines cash medical support;
- requires that all support orders in the IV-D program address medical support;
- requires that States consider health insurance available to either parent;
- redefines health insurance that is available at "reasonable cost";
- requires health insurance coverage to be "accessible";
- establishes a priority for satisfaction of child and medical support responsibility;
- allows States to close child-only Medicaid cases under certain circumstances; and
- makes changes to Federal substantial-compliance audit and State self-assessment to address medical support requirements.
REFERENCES: 45 CFR Parts 302, 303, 304, 305, and 308
COMMENTS: Consideration will be given to comments received by November 20, 2006. Address comments to: Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration for Children and Families, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20447, Attention: Director, Division of Policy, Mail Stop: OCSE/DP.
INQUIRES: ACF OCSE Regional Program Managers
Margot Bean
Office of Child Support Enforcement
- NPRM on Medical Child Support.pdf (92.73 KB)


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Posts Tagged 'authentication'
This year's articles about programming #2010
In 2010 I was less focussed on programming articles on the blog than previous years, still I have managed to create some interesting articles with code in 2010. This is an overview of the activity:
Sync Web with Phone #html #javascript #scratchpad
Having some fun today with QR codes, JavaScript and the Google Analytics URL …
The Structure of a Daily Scrum #agile #scrum
The only questions that are asked in the Daily Scrum, aka Stand-Up, are: What…
Features I Still Miss in Mail #mail #email
UPDATE: GMail has introduced my number 3. YEAH! (Gmail introduces Priority In…
YouTube Channel Unsubscribe #bookmarklet
I like YouTube, and often subscribe to new channels and unsubscribe after a w…
PCI is nice (or what I do) #pcidss
Since I started working for my company I've been exposed to PCI DSS (Pa…
Solving the URL shortening problem #twitter #tweet
I don't understand why url expansion after url shortening is such an is…
VeriSign PIP Browser Certificate workaround (PIN Request) #identity #openid
VeriSign – Personal Identity Portal is a OpenID provider with multiple …
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ProFTP configuration is in the details #ftp
I was setting up an anonymous ftp to serve up all my vservers from. (I recently bought 1.5Tb, 1Tb for my PVR and .5Tb for internal storage such as mail, cvs, http, ftp and samba.) I already had a boa web server running on another machine hosting my internal portage tree with overlays, but I preferred ftp for this task as there was no need for a pretty interface and I thought it would be fun to setup.
It had been a while since I configured ProFTPD or any ftp server, and I can only recall setting up one anonymous ftp in 1999. Naturally ftp should be easy to setup with anonymous access, no messing with pam or an authentication stuff. The configuration is pretty much the same as apache, only not as long.
I'm running a really old install of Mandrake, now Mandriva, it was installed in the 25th of December 2001. The machine itself is a laptop Mobile Pentium MMX 200.457Mhz with the original patched/recompiled 2.4.8-26mdk build date Sep 23 17:06:39 CEST 2001. The uptime is back and the main disk is failing, but it has served me well as a web/mail server and development machine. The disk actually comes from a far older machine, which is in my computer cupboard. I'm digressing.
I was installing this ftp server and configured it with the example configs from ProFTP, but it didn't work. I kept getting:
Connected to localhost.localdomain.
220 ProFTPD 1.2.2 Server (ProFTPD VServer Store) [rphh]
500 AUTH not understood.
500 AUTH not understood.
KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type
Name (localhost:root): ftp
331 Anonymous login ok, send your complete email address as your password.
530 Login incorrect.
Login failed.
ftp> 221 Goodbye.
User ftp
Group ftp
UserAlias anonymous ftp
RequireValidShell off
So I searched on the internet and read the examples again and the ProFTPD Logins and Authentication howto. I didn't find the answer until I read the ProFTPD Debugging Problems page and enabled debugging.
proftpd -nd5 The debug outputs:
rphh (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - connected - local : 127.0.0.1:21
rphh (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - connected - remote : 127.0.0.1:1525
rphh (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - FTP session opened.
rphh (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - received: AUTH GSSAPI
rphh (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - received: AUTH KERBEROS_V4
rphh (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - received: USER anonymous
rphh (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - received: USER anonymous
rphh (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - received: USER anonymous
rphh (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - received: USER anonymous
rphh (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - received: PASS (hidden)
rphh (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - received: PASS (hidden)
rphh (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - received: PASS (hidden)
rphh (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - received: PASS (hidden)
rphh (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - no supplemental groups found for user 'ftp'
rphh (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - USER ftp (Login failed): Invalid shell.
rphh (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - received: SYST
rphh (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - received: QUIT
rphh (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - received: QUIT
rphh (127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]) - FTP session closed.
Which gives me my solution, I don't have a group ftp or a valid shell. I had changed it previously to nobody:nogroup, which didn't work. So I changed Group to nogroup, enabled RequireValidShell and restarted the server.
User ftp
Group nogroup
UserAlias anonymous ftp
RequireValidShell off
I ended up spending an hour, where I could have spend 15 minutes because the install added the user ftp, but not the group. Oh well…
Originally posted here.
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VeriSign PIP Browser Certificate workaround (PIN Request) #identity #openid
VeriSign – Personal Identity Portal is a OpenID provider with multiple factor identification: Password +
- Mobile Credential (phone or mail PIN)
- Account Information Card (can be used by applications such as Microsoft CardSpace)
- VeriSign browser certificate
- VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) Credential (Physical Token)
As I have a browser certificate linked to my old browser and couldn't login with my current browser I had to figure out a workaround when I don't have the browser certificate: PIN Request. On the page that does the browser certificate request there is a hidden link to get a PIN send by mail or mobile, which you can find here.
Hope that helps you.
Podcasts I Like – Speaking of Security #podcast
The RSA Podcast Speaking of Security is one of my favourite podcasts covering security, not just because they are my former employers. They cover many of the issues faced by enterprises, many of the subjects such as online fraud and privacy, enterprise data protection, authentication strategies, and government policy are covered from enterprise perspective.
It's also a good source of discussion on RSA's Conference
technorati tags: security, podcast, compliance, pci, mifid, fraud, authentication, identity


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In recent years, workers at all levels have felt the impact of change, from massive job layoffs to budget cuts to new management. For you, as a business professional in a managerial position, this means the choices are simple: either move forward, embracing newness and innovation or lose ground falling prey to your own deep-seated fear of the unknown.
Whether fueled by the ongoing recession, the popularity of online career niche networking (think Twitter and LinkedIn) or the influx of Gen Y onto the workplace, today's business approach is a far cry from yesterday's.
Recognizing this, the most visionary managers and leaders are revising strategies, updating skills and exploring new ways to stay competitive in a work environment rife with newness.
And their first step toward meeting these goals is to learn more about themselves.
Having a clear understanding of personal weaknesses and strengths (and the reason for them) creates invaluable opportunities to grow, improve, create and stretch. It's what drives true professionals to be the best they can be.
Forward-thinking salespeople, for example, are using the recession's down time to take a closer look at their individual sales techniques, paying special attention to how they typically generate good leads and reexamining what a good lead really is. What worked before isn't producing the same results now so uncovering and utilizing new ways to better understand themselves in order to more effectively reach today's very diverse prospects becomes critical.
Individual sales personalities are also being reassessed and readapted. For example, those who are serious, all-business types are learning to display more emotion, especially when presenting to recession-battered prospects in need of a supportive friend, not a judgmental consultant. It's now more important than ever to adapt a communication style to suit an audience. A long-winded, highly detailed sales presentation may not help establish rapport with a busy young couple looking for fast answers, but a brief and straightforward conversation might.
When sales pros take the time to increase awareness about themselves, their marketing style, and the people they serve, their contribution becomes more personal and specific, more valuable.
Communication is key when leading staff, enforcing policies and assessing performances. But merely having open, two-way discussions is probably no longer enough to promote success, enhance performance on the job and sustain employee loyalty. In today's business world, choosing the right words, exhibiting the same goals and interests buys workplace productivity and satisfaction.
Employees will put in that extra effort when they are honestly kept informed on aspects of their job and the business and they feel that they are being listened to with empathy.
Of recent years, managing change at work has become part of everyone's job description.
Top supervisors and departmental leaders know their innate business style but learn how to alter it to reach the wide array of personality types who are their staff. When speaking to Gen Y employees, for example, they often make it a point to sound technically astute while offering, helpful, mentoring advice. If older employees need direction, however, savvy leaders know it's best to adopt a softer, more anecdotal, personal tone.
Success-bound managers and leaders are receptive to change, eager to retrain, and ready to improve themselves.


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In 2000, I interviewed young women in my women's studies classes for an article on third-wave feminism. One question was: "For you, what does feminism mean?" Here are two representative replies:
"It is the study of, practice of, and consciousness of inequalities in society/history. This applies to race, gender, age, class, disability, sexual orientation, etc. I believe that each person should be able to live without oppression of any kind."
"It means fighting ALL oppressions for ALL minorities in the white male heterosexist society in which we live."I hope all feminists oppose oppression. But I'd prefer that feminism focus on gender because not everyone fighting oppression will "remember the ladies." Focusing on gender does not mean ignoring the ways that it intersects with other factors. For example, when I work on behalf of sarcoma patients, I don't consider that feminism, even though half of them are women. But I do consider my work feminist when I look at ways that women with sarcoma may get short-changed in the health-care system.
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What an exciting time it was this Wednesday on the weekly conversational series "The Ask Series" hosted by The Waterside Ikoyi with the all-round entertainer Chioma Omeruah popularly known as Chigul. This edition was a bang with Comedian, Singer and Actress as she took the attendees through her life journey and how she landed her role in the Banana Island Ghost movie.
Speaking at this edition, The Comedian said, "The name 'Chigul' was gotten from a toaster once upon a time." "I spent 12 years in America before moving back to Nigeria prior to my father's death," she added. Being asked how she went through the period of her father's death, the comedian said that she being able to wake up the next morning after the incident and go on with life meant she could go on.
"My biggest achievement so far is being the star actress of the movie 'Banana Island Ghost," Chigul said. She further emphasised that one needs to be careful what one posts on social media because the internet does not forgive. She not only mentioned that she speaks French, Igbo, Hausa, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, English (American & British), pidgin amongst others, she showcased her linguistic skills in these languages.
Tagged the "Banana Island Ghost" movie, this edition gave very interesting insights into the movie, the cast and most especially the role of the star actress Chigul which is to hit the cinemas August 4th, 2017. The producer of the movie Omorinsojo Spaine played a beautiful host to this edition. Personalities like Makida Moka, Zainab Balogun, Enyi Omeruah, Somadina Anyama of Big Brother Nigeria, and Footballer Akande Alexander amongst others were also in attendance.
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The University of Central Florida Student Government Association approved the nomination of known progressive, Grayson Lanza, as Diversity Chair —and conservative students are concerned.
Knight News received screenshots of a Facebook post by Lanza where he writes, "And let today be a lesson to all; Trump supporters are not welcome on our campus."
Statements like this are not unusual for the new Diversity Chair, and are not just limited to Facebook. Daniel Hanna, a student who voted for President Donald Trump last November, recounted to Knight News his experience with Lanza at a pro-Trump rally outside the Student Union last September.
"When we started debating politics, I eventually said you know the great thing about this country is we can both differ regarding political views but we can openly discuss it," Hanna said. "Then I offered him a handshake. He said I'm not shaking your hand, I do not tolerate you and you are not welcome here. "
Knight News made several attempts to reach out to Lanza regarding Hanna's allegations and the Facebook post, but have not received any response.
Before reaching out to Knight News, Hanna said he reached out to President Nick Larkins' regarding this appointment; he did not respond. Hanna said this specific appointment concerns him because he believes that real diversity on college campuses should include diversity of thought.
"He should not be head of diversity. I do not care if someone equally as liberal as him takes the position. As long as it's not someone who has been actively aggressive towards people who disagree with him," Hanna said. "That is the antithesis of diversity. You can talk about diversity of skin color, religion, and sexuality all you want. But diversity of thought is a real thing too, and if you 're just disregarding people who disagree with you, and you just want them off campus, what's the point."
Larkins did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
Lanza's approval by the senate comes weeks after the rejection of the former College Republican Chairwoman, Karis Lockhart, for the Governmental Affairs position.
During Lockhart's hearing, the senate questioned her on sanctuary campuses and whether or not she would be able to remain unbiased in this role. Lockhart's hearing ended as senators began to discuss her "vibe" and how she made them feel uncomfortable. Lockhart was rejected with a vote count of 5 votes for, and 13 votes against.
Larkins told Knight News that he still believes the Lockhart is the "most qualified person on this campus" to be this position. But he explained that he would not be reappointing her because she does not have the votes, and she did not attempt to sway senators. Larkins' went on to explain that he believes Lockhart's poor senate hearing was the reason she was rejected; not because of her conservative values and past affiliation with the College Republicans.
Lockhart agrees that she is the most qualified person on this campus for the role. But she believes that the senate rejected her because she is a conservative. "When the first question of the hearing was are you going to disaffiliate, I knew where the tone of this hearing was going," Lockhart said.
Knight News attempted to speak with several senators regarding Lockhart's hearing but was either turned down or asked to set up official appointments at later dates.
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A systematic discussion of Arthur Schnitzler's prose works discloses a hitherto neglected feature of his style. In his portrayal of contemporary figures one recognizes not only a humorously critical or skeptically elegiac attitude, but a new variant which is caricature. It becomes evident that the author chose a fictional mode which deviates from mimetic contours and which is the perfect medium to portray the wavering world of the fin-de-siecle and its human types. An analysis of the exaggerating narrative technique of caricature reveals the author's aggressive nature which until now has remained unnoticed. It underlines an aspect of his aversion to the artificiality and to the false doctrines of a doomed society, that of attempting, in his search for truth, to surpass a realistic narration by means of caricaturistic representation. It is his intent to provide new insights into human nature by overstating the conflicts between humaneness and evil which are most firmly pronounced in his narcissistic and sensitive characters. Caricature as an ambiguous narrative technique touches upon such related phenomena as satire and the grotesque. This relationship is discussed in the first chapter in order to define its distinct characteristics: satire is largely polemic in nature, and the grotesque is frequently an expression of abysmal and marionette-like qualities in people. Caricature, however, while sharing certain aspects of satire and the grotesque, is nonetheless a stylistic phenomenon in its own right. By exposing and magnifying man's moral ugliness as well as his presumptuousness it strips him of his power over others. The rejected human being appears ridiculous to the viewer who compares perceived reality and its distortion. This produces a sense of superiority in him which elicits laughter. By adding the subjective influence of the comic, however, a threatening exaggeration of the type can have appeasing force while only the sublime phenomena of humor can bring about exaltation and freedom of the ego. The second chapter discusses those fictional characters which can be recognized as belonging to distinct social types. They are officers, burghers, adventurers, artists, Jews, and antisemites. The important aspect is the pattern which they exhibit in their behavior and which defines them as social types. The stylistic means of caricature illuminates a new perspective by directing the reader's view towards a chaotic inner world through the exaggerated distortion of man's external deficiencies. The intent is to frighten, to teach, and to amuse. The conclusion reiterates how the literary technique of caricature helped Schnitzler present a convincing picture of Viennese society at the turn of the last century which still engages us today. While the different social types have been carefully arranged in order to be unmasked before the psychologist's scrutinizing eye, the reader obtains a penetrating and truthful insight into the chaos of the individual mind. Thus the caricaturistic mode of expression can be considered a positive means to institute a more compassionate coexistence among people.
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If you hear the name "Roppongi", you're first thoughts are probably "it's a place filled with clubs, bars and other entertainment that supports night life scene."Despite this however, we took on the challenge of introducing you to the excitement that Roppongi in the day time has to offer.
The final push! What to beware of during the offer phase
After the application screenings and a few rounds of interviews the perfect candidate has been found. You are at the stage to make an offer but there are still some things to be aware of. Naturally, just because an unofficial job offer has been made does not mean the candidate will accept it. A candidate who has been actively job hunting and you certainly wish to employ will have attracted many other companies as well. This article will cover what should be done when making a job offer to give your company a slight edge over others.
Know what your candidate wants from a job change
There are various reasons a candidate may be seeking to change jobs. It could be simply wanting advance in their career, increase their income. They could be tired of exhausting work and wish to change to a job where they have more personal time. Others may be tired of the relations with their colleagues at work. Look back on all the interviews with such a candidate and appeal to them in your offer with what they want and what you can provide.
Get a feel for the candidate. Confirm their ambition and job hunting situation
You want to know as much as possible about your candidate when at the offer phase. With the help of employment agencies, understand the candidate's motivation in entering your company, satisfaction with salary and other factors, concerns they may have when they change jobs, current job hunting situation and how intent are they on changing jobs. In the case an employment agency is not involved, be extremely careful when asking questions as these can be sensitive topics. Effort such as arranging meeting or dinner with a current employee the candidate can speak frankly to may be necessary to gather such information.
Send out the offer as early as possible
Many candidates apply for position at several companies. Send out an offer to the candidate who fulfils the requirements of the job vacancy as soon as possible. If the offer is sent out late, the candidate's motivation to enter your company may decrease or may decide to accept the offer of another company.
These are the points to be aware of during the offer phase. The time, money and effort put into recruitment should be go to waste because of carelessness. Get to know and understand your candidate until the very end.
Read more about Japanese recruitment information, see Japanese-Jobs.com ( https://jp.japanese-jobs.com/en).
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The world of business is changing fast. Across all sectors from superannuation and banking to retail and recruitment. Companies are reshaping the way they communicate to the customer and the way the customer relates to the company. The digital revolution is here. Companies like Telstra, Australian Super, The Search Party and Westfield have already adapted.
This is based on Deloitte's 2017 White Paper 'Digital Disruption, Short fuse, big bang,' which is based on data and expert opinion, which is based on in-depth experience, judgement and market knowledge.
One third of the Australian economy is on the brink of major digital disruption. But this is more than iPhones and internet. This is about the evolution of business. Australia is ready – we are in the top 5 in terms of 'smartphone penetration'. Australia is ready for its new cohort of entrepreneurs and innovators.
Deloitte has analysed the situation. No matter what industry you are looking to find a job in down the track, you can be assured that it will be looking for new ways to enhance the customer experience through digital innovation; it is just a matter of time.
According to Deloitte's research:
- 32% of the Australian economy have a 'short fuse, big bang' including Retail Trade, ICT media, Finance, Professional Services, Arts and Recreation, Real Estate
- 17% of the Australian economy have a 'short fuse, small bang' including Accommodation and Food Services, Wholesale Trade and Construction, which is borderline
- 33% of the Australian economy have a 'long fuse, big bang' including Education, Transport and Post, Health, Recruitment and Cleaning, Agriculture, Government Services, Utilities
- 18% of the Australian economy have a 'long fuse, small bang' including Manufacturing and Mining
[Source: Figure 1, Deloitte's Digital Disruption Map – White Paper]
With a degree in Business, Networking or Engineering Technology, you will be prepared for an exciting career in a time of great change. On top of foundational subjects in Business and IT, you can study electives like Cyber Security, Cloud Networking, Digital Marketing, and Startup Entrepreneurship.
While you study, your future bosses will be working out how to respond to minimise threats and maximise their business's digital potential.
Why don't you think about it too? Deloitte are suggesting three main ways to consider the digital disruption and how to respond. These include:
- Recalibrating cost structures (looking at human resources, supply chains and overheads to compete with digitally powered low-cost newcomers)
- Replenishing revenue streams (establishing new sources of revenue models as old ways are superseded)
- Reshaping corporate strategies (reviewing assets, risk and corporate agility for business in a digital world).
If you get your degree in Business, Networking or Engineering Technology now, you'll have the chance to start thinking about these problems and come up with solutions ahead of time. There has never been a more exciting time to get into the world of digital commerce and trade, cloud networking and cyber security.
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Its been a while so lets try again. Had a hangout with Chris and we briefly spoke about the next T3 round. Chris will work on a top prize ;-)
The mission is simple, get airborne climb to 20m
Fly a cube with 50m sides, pausing for one minute at each corner, so your flight time cannot be anything less than 8 minutes..... Bonus points if you can stay longer at each corner....
The neatest cube KML wins.
If you can do this with a 3D aircraft I feel you would have a very strong chance of winning!
I will close the competition on April the 14th. I will be looking at where you are flying very closely. Please don't try this in public places or within 500m of any building / road.
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Yesss!!!!!!!! its been too long since the last T3
Hmm, not within 500m of buildings or a road? In densely populated Belgium I think the only place I'll satisfy that requirement is in the forest in "de ardennen" :-)
My rc club is next to a road, so I can't even do it there ? Terrain DiestModelClub
I'm 5 or 10 minutes into this infomercial & still haven't come to the thread topic. How far ahead do I need to skip for that? Gary, are you are 3DRobotics employee?
Hey Gary it is a formidable challenge First time I Have seen "The Cube" Is there a vertical assent and decent in each of the corners ?can it be flown Manual? or does the pattern have to be flown by an AMP? have a Good Day!
@u4eake if its an RC club I will make an exception. @J its at the end and no. @Carl well you could try hand fly it and I would consider awarding more points for that but creating a cube would be very tricky me thinks. @Mohammed thanks.
I was going to ask about the 500m thing. A bit strict IMO, but as long as we have a flying club exception that's cool. My club is probably within 500m of the road, and another building.
Question: I haven't done any precision waypoint plotting in MP. Any tips on how yo plot this 50m cube?
Great sounding contest,
I'd appreciate actual definition of flying cube though it sounds like you only want the corners covered, not necessarily all of the vertical and horizontal edges.
Showing something like actual expected (ideal) flight path could help a lot.
One other thought, this time of year allowing only 1 month seems a bit light, a lot of us could get pushed out simply because of bad weather.
Sounds great in any case.
NEED MORE TIME... hehe done for April 1st is really rush, winter is not calm at the moment in Canada...
Give us 1 more month?
Like the idea a lot!
Ok, lets meet in the middle and add two weeks, 14th of April will amend the date above.
As for the flight path. The neatest cube will probably win so flying across the diagonals is probably not the best plan.
Gary, I think the question is, do we need to do 4 vertical legs? Or can we fly the 4 points on one level, and then move up and 4 points on the second level and land? or do we need to show all 4 vertical legs?
Dany, psh! I flew last night at my house in -9C. But I'll need to fire up the Land Rover to get in to the flying field!


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This past weekend we went on a mini family getaway to the Jersey Shore. I got to sleep in, do brunch, go shopping, AND take a nap. Plus, we didn't have to spend any days away while my husband had training since we were together. (I also breastfed in a restaurant without flashing any waitstaff, as I had done last week so that's a win.)
While shopping was nice, I enjoy the convenience of receiving my online orders from Pink Blush, like this super comfy top.
It all made me realize how precious family and our time together is — parking lot toddler meltdown while I was baby wearing his newborn brother included. I never want to take ANY moment together for granted.
So, in an effort to be more consciously present with my family this summer (and always), I am setting times for reading/responding to emails, content creation, engagement + campaign applications... both to maximize my time and to feel less guilt about being on my dang iPhone too much.
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LMDE with MATE
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Got MINT Menu to work from panel. (that is very good)
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I've got a super cool how-to to share today, flavoured honey! This is a fine and fancy treat. And using honey, you can capture the summer's sweetest fruits and most fragrant herbs. I purchased some jars of raspberry honey and elderberry honey from a Mennonite farmer at the Savour Stratford market a few years ago, and as I started to run low on my supply, it occurred to me that I could do what I always do, and make it myself! DIY it!
Luckily for me, flavoured honey couldn't be easier to make. And the following instructions are so simple they can barely even be called a recipe. So I'll lay out some guidelines, and you choose your favourite fruit!
Here's what you'll need:
Fresh fruit (preferably pesticide free), honey, jars.
Honey is a powerful antibacterial and antimicrobial agent. It has a low pH level and a high sugar content, both of which help to hinder the growth of microbes. This makes it a perfect substance for preserving delicate fruits and herbs. Your homemade strawberry honey will be shelf stable, and will taste like sweet summer long into the ugly winter!
Preparing fruit honey is as easy as choosing your fruit and your honey! Once you have chosen, say strawberries and raw honey, all you need to do is settle on your ratio of berries to honey, and blend the two ingredients together. You may choose to do this over heat, or not. Blending the honey and fruit on the stovetop will result in a very different flavour. The flavoured honey produced over heat will have a 'cooked' (obviously, haha) and less fresh flavour, sort of like fruit jam. Once the fruit and honey are mixed, just pour the mixture into jars, seal with a lid (no canning involved), store and enjoy when the mood strikes you!
I washed and cleaned some local organic strawberries. Then I decided on a ratio of 3:1. Three parts honey (500g honey) to one part strawberries (165g berries). I weighed out my berries and blended them in a blender. You could also use a food processor, or mash 'em up by hand, just don't add any water.
Then I mixed the honey and the strawberry puree together in a bowl. (I told you this was easy!)
And then I was pretty much all done. This is what my fresh strawberry honey looked like. Yum!
Now, here is my stove-top raspberry honey (cooked),
I picked up a jar of honey and some nice pesticide free raspberries at my local farmer's market.
I decided on a ratio of 2:1, 500g of honey to 250g of raspberries, and I weighed out my berries.
I combined the honey and strawberries in a pot and brought them to a boil over high heat (stirring constantly). Once it reached a boil, I turned down to medium heat and let the honey simmer for a few minutes.
I removed the pot from the heat (we have a gas stove so I can remove the heat without moving the pot) and used our little emersion blender to blitz the mixture a few times to make it smooth. Again, you could just mash the berries as you go, or transfer the hot honey to a blender and blend as much or as little as you like.
Can't you just taste those tangy raspberries when you look at this picture?
I had so much fun making my berry honey two ways. Here's what I learned:
I really preferred the taste of the fresh berry honey. They are both delightful, how could they not be?, but the taste of the fresh summer strawberries is so striking. The flavour is so wonderfully and magically preserved in the honey, it's like you're out in the strawberry field...
Also, I like the lower fruit ratio better. I found that the raspberry honey had too much fruit and it made the honey a bit too runny and not very 'honey-like' for lack of a better word. I think for me, 3 or 4 parts honey to 1 part fruit is a much better balance.
Try it out for yourself and see what you think! You may love the cooked honey with lots of fruit!
I'm sure you don't need me to tell you that the possibilities are endless for this easy to make treat! You could blend in blueberries, blackberries, orange blossom, mint... Perhaps a combination! Maybe strawberry basil honey, or a dark cherry and rose honey!
If you're wondering just how to go about blending herbs in with your honey, come back to the blog tomorrow for a short post on how to make lavender honey.
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WASHINGTON — The deficit in the broadest measure of trade swelled to a record $541.8 billion in 2003, according to a government report that comes as trade and the loss of jobs have become major issues in the presidential campaign.
The latest snapshot of trade activity released by the Commerce Department on Friday showed that the "current account" deficit last year was 12.7 percent bigger than the previous all-time high deficit of $480.9 billion in 2002.
In a second report from the department, businesses — keeping a close eye on the economic recovery — boosted stockpiles of supplies in January by 0.1 percent. Businesses' sales, meanwhile, went up by 0.4 percent.
The increase in inventories in January wasn't as large as the 0.3 percent rise some economists were calling for. While businesses' feelings about the economy have improved in recent months, they are still cautious, especially when it comes to hiring, economists say.
On the trade front, the current account report is considered the best measure of a country's international economic standing because it tracks not just the goods and services reflected in the government's monthly trade reports but also investment flows between countries and unilateral transfers, including U.S. foreign aid payments.
The Bush administration says the best way to handle the mushrooming deficits is to get other countries to remove trade barriers and open their markets to U.S. companies. But Democrats and other critics point to the deficits as evidence that the president's free-trade policies aren't working and are contributing to the loss of U.S. jobs.
President Bush in speeches this week promoted his free-trade policies and spoke out against economic isolationism — a swipe at presumptive Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, though Bush didn't mention him by name.
Kerry, a Massachusetts senator, has said he would place all trade deals under a 120-day review and would require companies to provide notice before moving jobs to other countries.
Since Bush took office in January 2001, the economy has lost 2.2 million jobs. That's something that Kerry and other Democrats have made a point of emphasizing, and they hope voters will think twice about re-electing Bush when they go to the polls in the fall.
Striking a note of optimism, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, in an appearance on Capitol Hill Thursday, said he believed "employment will begin to increase more quickly before long" as economic output continues to expand.
Job losses have heightened fears that U.S. workers are losing out to foreign competition and has led to proposals to erect protectionist trade barriers, Greenspan said. The Fed chief warned that a "new round of protectionist steps" represented "alleged cures" that he said "would make matters worse rather than better."
In the current account report, the United States' deficit in goods was the main factor in the bigger overall deficit for 2003.
The deficit in goods widened last year to $549.4 billion, from $482.9 billion in 2002.
In the services category, the United States is running a surplus. However, the surplus in services narrowed in 2003 to $59.2 billion, compared with $64.8 billion in 2002.
Investment earnings shifted to a surplus of $16.6 billion in 2003, from a deficit of $4 billion in 2002. The category of unilateral transfer, which includes payments that the United States makes in foreign aid to other countries, widened to $68.3 billion last year, up from $58.9 billion in 2002.
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Got Water Vapor?
by Terri Gregory, SSEC Public Information Coordinator
June 2002
Also In the News...
This issue of
In the
News covers news and events from April and May 2002. Also see Features
for stories appearing in those months about icebergs calving, remote sensing
in high-spectral resolution, and more IHOP 2002. Use images freely with
credit to the Space Science and Engineering Center, University of WisconsinMadison.
IHOP 2002Gary Wade (NOAA, stationed at SSEC), Wayne Feltz (CIMSS) and other SSEC researchers are providing satellite products for the International H2O Program (IHOP), taking place in May and June over the U.S. southern Plains states. The group is providing near real-time animations and intercomparisons of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) products derived from the GOES sounding instrument to IHOP organizers. These displays for the most recent six hours are specifically focused over the Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Panhandle region for both forecasting assistance as well as product assessment. It is hoped that increased exposure to displays of derived product imagery at its full resolution, purposefully enlarged over the study area, will encourage wider evaluation and acknowledgment of the value-added benefits as well as the deficiencies of current GOES Sounder data.
CIMSS researchers Gail Bayler and Jim Nelson with Tim Schmit and Gary Wade of NOAA are producing single-field-of-view retrievals from sounder information. This higher resolution imagery focuses on a smaller geographical area and provides more detail than the traditional product. These new products derived for total precipitable water and lifted-index stability have also been added to the standard larger scale animations on the CIMSS Real-time GOES Page where they can be compared to traditional 3x3 field-of-view products derived from satellite information. Besides real-time data, animations from a recent preseason situation over the IHOP area (16-17 April 2002) are available. These efforts are only a small part of CIMSSs participation in IHOP.
SSEC participated remotely in press day, May 13, with a news release. Dave Tobin, stationed with the AERIBago in the Oklahoma Panhandle, spoke with media and appeared on Amarillo, TX television news. SSECs contributions were also mentioned in releases from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and Dryden Flight Research Center.
In the field, the AERI observed the atmosphere in its signature spectra on May 23. Winds were strong northeasterly, skies were generally clear with temperatures in the 60s (F). That afternoon a surge of moisture returned close to the ground causing rapid destabilization just southeast of the AERIBago site.
Tis the Season
UWMadisons Why Files pays tribute to baseball in an April feature. The on-line educational resource looked at the physics of the all-American pastime. Try out the on-line ball game, fueled by Tom Whittakers Java applet and see how altitude changes your fast or curve ball pitch. Carefulits habit forming. Elsewhere in the pages, Tom Achtor, an avid baseball fan, explained how technology and skill have made it much easier for baseball fans to know what weather to expect for their games. And associate scientist Tom Zapotocny, another fan, explains why its hard to forecast rain, snow or any other precipitation.
Weather EventsLake fogSoutherly flow of unseasonably warm, moist air across the cold waters of the Great Lakes led to the development of large plumes of advection fog on April 16, 2002. GOES images were taken every few minutes, allowing the evolution of the fog plumes to be closely monitored, while the less frequent but higher-resolution MODIS imagery revealed striking detail in the fog structure resulting from complex interactions between wind and coastline. Advection describes what happens when warm air blows over a cold surface. The air near the ground cools and fog forms. Scott Bachmeier analyzed the weather situation on the CIMSS GOES Gallery. NASAs Earth Observatory Web site, which has been nominated for a Webby award, featured the MODIS imagery on April 22.
The tornado that struck La Plata on April 28, 2002 was the first F-5 tornado ever recorded in Maryland. The imagery from GOES-8 was available every 510 minutes during the event. The satellite, which usually sends images of a whole hemisphere every 20 minutes, had been placed into Rapid Scan Operations mode earlier in the day, taking images of a severe weather region very often. An enhanced-V cloud-top signature was evident in the La Plata storm on the infrared imagery, but not until 23:10 UTC, after the super cell became tornadic. Images from GOES, MODIS, and the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer on the NOAA polar-orbiting satellite are available on the CIMSS GOES Gallery.
Wildfire detectionFrom December 2000 through February 2001, large wildfires consumed millions of acres of grasslands in central Argentina producing large smoke palls that extended over the South Atlantic Ocean. Elaine Prins (NOAA, at SSEC and leader of its biomass burning monitoring group) and Joleen Feltz and Chris Schmidt (SSEC) prepared a three-month summary of the fires, detected by the GOES-8 Wildfire Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm (WF_ABBA, a technique developed by university and NOAA researchers).
The researchers provided their summary to L. Moxey, a graduate student at the University of Hawaii, as part of a collaborative effort to assess the affected area. Moxey is comparing multispectral satellite data and satellite-derived fire and vegetation products from a variety of remote sensing instruments, operational and experimental, and in coarse and high spatial resolution. This study strives to see how remote-sensing data from a variety of instruments can be applied to wildfire detection and mitigation, surface change detection, and the creation of environmental impact and hazard maps.
Polar WindsLars Peter Riishojgaard of NASAs Data Assimilation Office reports that polar wind measurements from MODIS have a positive impact on short-range forecasts over the Arctic and Northern Hemisphere (outside the tropics) for the case study period March 5April 3, 2001. These results are similar to what was previously reported for the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts impact study. The DAO also demonstrated that the forecast impact for Antarctica is slightly positive.
WeatherCIMSS researcher John Mecikalski spoke with Janesville Gazette reporter Mike Dupree about weather conditions. The article was to have run in late April.
RecordsSSECs Scott Lindstrom reported that April 16s low temperature of 66 at Truax Field (Dane County airport), was the warmest low on record for April. It tied the low of 66 on April 5, 1929. The rest of April and May produced no more warm records.
AntarcticaNew icebergsA large part of the Ross Ice Shelf calved as iceberg C-19 on May 10, bringing the extent of the shelf to roughly the size it was in 1911 when Robert Scott Falcon visited, according to Antarctic scientists. Linda Keller, a researcher with the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS), discovered the new berg when she posted the mornings satellite image to SSECs AMRC iceberg page. Ernest Mastroianni of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel covered the break on Sunday, May 12.
Reuters News Service contacted SSEC Friday, May 10. On May 13, the new calving and UWMadisons discovery of it was featured in the New Zealand Herald, Torontos Globe And Mail, Reuters in the United Kingdom, and in the U.S. UniSci featured the SSEC release, but incorrectly named the new iceberg. It should be C-19. The UniSci Web site features university science news and is published by UniScience News Net, Inc., FL.
The History Channels Antarctica, a Frozen History, features Jonathan Thom (SSEC) and Douglas MacAyeal, University of Chicago glaciologist placing Automatic Weather Stations and other equipment on iceberg B-15 in January 2001. Thom and MacAyeal appear both in the program and in advertisements. Their work was also noted in CBS and NBC national news programs in March.
The Antarctic Meteorological Research Center provided a NOAA satellite image of B-15 and related icebergs to NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center for an April 16 article on the affect of those bergs on oceanic plant life. This NASA research focuses on how iceberg calving is keeping phytoplankton from blooming. Scientist Emile Okal also uses an image in a paper in Science magazine.
Susan Solomon, NOAA scientist who wrote The Coldest March, notes that she was able to make temperature comparisons because the Automatic Weather Station had been invented. She used that information together with the records left by Robert F. Scotts meteorologists to show that Scott and his team were caught in a very unusual and prolonged cold event on their return journey from the [South] Pole, she said in an essay, Writing The Coldest March, in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (May 2002).
Data and Expertise
The exhibit Playing With Time opened at the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul in mid-March and uses SSEC imagery. It runs until the end of August when it moves to science museums in Durham, North Carolina (till January 2003) and Berkeley, California, traveling around the country until 2009. SSECs work is not included in the searchable on-line examples.
The Tokyo
Science Museum has produced a video promoting the Geocosmos
globe hanging in the Museum. The video gives information on the 6.5
meter (21 feet) globe and the weather satellite data that SSEC provides.
Space News reporter Rich Isaacman interviewed Liam Gumley for an article on EOSDIS, NASAs Data and Information System for Earth Observing System data. Isaacman focused on user frustration with EOSDIS, which provides data to researchers several days after it is acquired, according to Michael Keebaugh of Raytheon. Isaacmans article stated that Gumley, MODIS direct broadcast project manager, is seeing researchers turn to direct broadcast who do not have a pressing need for live data. In background for the article, Gumley explained that SSEC became a direct broadcast facility for MODIS data to complement current work. SSEC has a well-developed database of satellite data, is the national archive for U.S. geostationary satellite data and provides data in real time. Moreover, SSEC, through its Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, is a premier locale for atmospheric research using atmospheric satellite data. Also, SSEC develops software (IMAPP) to make the data useful to scientists. Having EOS direct broadcast ability adds to extant capabilities.
Images from the CIMSS Web site, including one from the GOES Gallery, have been selected to illustrate Robert Raubers college textbook, Severe and Hazardous Weather. The book is due out this summer, published by Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company of Dubuque.
NASA and SSEC are cited in an article on technology transfer in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (March 2002). The article (page 389) mentions the important part that R&D organizations have in developing observing systems. It cites NASA and UWMadisons SSEC as great examples of the transition of research to operations, stating that they are indispensable in the development of earth satellite systems.
An article by Professor John Harries of Blackett Laboratorys Space and Atmospheric Physics Group, London, mentions SSEC founding director Verner E Suomi. The article will appear in the Century of Space Science, slated for publication in June 2002 by Kluwer Academic Publishing.
A celebration of GOES IM accomplishments noted the contributions of Verner E. Suomi to satellite meteorology. ITT hosted the presentation at the Smithsonians Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC on May 15.
Neutrino News
Wired magazine is featuring construction of the new South Pole Station in its July issue which comes out around the 15th of June. Francis Halzen, principal investigator for IceCube, spoke with Wired editor Jeremiah Steele.
FYIIn a Congressional hearing held in April, James Walsh (R-NY) asked National Science Board Chairman Eamon Kelly to explain why funding had not been requested for IceCube R&D and the High-performance Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research. Walsh lauded Kelly for his Board chairmanship, noting that he helped secure larger budgets for the foundation, but pressed him for an explanation of how priorities are set. As reported in FYI, an online report of the American Institute of Physics, Walsh and others were somewhat critical of NSFs inability to adequately fund high priority research projects.
Jodi Cooley, physics graduate student, explained neutrino science to physics students at Winona High School. She introduced them to the first in a new generation of telescopes, AMANDA. The Winona Daily News covered the talk.
Weather Guys
Weather GuysWeather Guys Steve Ackerman and Jonathan Martin appeared not only on Wisconsin Public Radio in April and May, but in Wisconsin Week, the campus newspaper. University Communications Katie Zimmerman wrote about the Guys appearance on Larry Meillers WHA call-in show the last Monday of each month, when they field a wide variety of audience questions. Ackerman, who teaches in UWMadisons Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS) and directs the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, attributes the shows success to its ordinariness Everybody has common experiences with the weather. Martin, also a professor in AOS, agrees: Im not sure theres another thing that occupies peoples minds quite as frequently as the weather. Meiller said that, even under a barrage of questions, the Guys are rarelyif everat a loss for words. Wrong in the article, the Guys actually appear at 11:45 a.m. every last Monday of the month, in Madison on 970 AM or 90.7 FM or on the Internet.
On the Web,
the Weather Guys are listed among Larry Meillers regular guests.
Their story appeared in Wisconsin Week Wire on April 24. It was
also included in the UWMadison News Release Daybook for April 27May
12 and was released regionally on May 1. Melva Lara, anchor for the Wisconsin
portion of NPRs All Things Considered, quoted Ackerman and
Martin on April 28, on comments they gave on global warming.
VISITViewTom Whittaker has released a major upgrade to the software used by the National Weather Service in its teletraining programs for forecasters. The release uses Java2 software and enables the use of additional image file formats (Portable Network Graphics (PNG) and PowerPoint 2000). It also contains audio processing code to remove unwanted high-frequency elements of recorded audio. Other changes included additional code for assisting in the construction of overlays and tear-off controls that are more consistent across platforms.
Monitoring Forest FiresMost false fire alarms in North America are typically made in spring and fall. They are often associated with reflection off clouds under extreme view-angle conditions and at sunrise and sunset. As part of NOAAs pre-operational evaluation of the WildFire ABBA (Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm), comparisons of versions 5.9 and 6.0 have shown improved performance with version 6.0 for both GOES-8 and GOES-10 during May. The latest version eliminates many false alarms detected under extreme view-angle conditions at sunrise and sunset. Elaine Prins (NOAA) and Chris Schmidt (CIMSS) analyzed experimental fire products generated since August of 2000.
AGU papersCIMSS and NOAA researchers who monitor biomass burning with the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) have submitted four abstracts to the American Geophysical Union (AGU) annual meeting held in May 2831, 2002 in Washington D.C. Elaine Prins, Joleen Feltz and Chris Schmidt submitted three abstracts to the special session, Fires, Scars, and Smoke: Observations, Impact, and Policies. They present an overview of the GOES Wildfire Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm (WF-ABBA) processing system and comparisons of GOES WF-ABBA fire observations with carbon monoxide values derived from downwind Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT).The third is an invited talk on recent GOES fire monitoring activities and applications in the Western Hemisphere. Their fourth abstract was submitted to the session, AERONET: Aerosol Observations, Related Investigations, and Synergism, regarding aerosol measurements derived from GOES-8 measurements in North and South America compared with sun photometer data taken during two field campaigns.
FLAMBEElaine Prins (NOAA, at SSEC, lead scientist for the group who monitors biomass burning) and Chris Schmidt (CIMSS) are authors on the presentation of Project FLAMBE, or Fire Locating and Monitoring of Burning Emissions. According to Jeffrey Reid of the U.S. Navys Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego, FLAMBE is one of the few projects to take real-time satellite data and put it into a real-time aerosol forecast model. While we emphasize the relationship between smoke and weather, we are also working to estimate burned areas, smoke fluxes and radiative impacts, climate effects, and assess regional air quality. The GOES Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm (ABBA), developed in the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies by NOAA and UWMadison researchers, forms the basis for FLAMBE model input. Smoke production estimates based on the ABBA data are integrated into a Naval Research Laboratory transport model that allows scientists and meteorologists to give early warnings of haze events downwind. It is also the first product that can provide estimates of biomass burning particle emissions, said Elaine Prins of the NOAA NESDIS Advanced Satellite Products Team and lead scientist of the Wildfire ABBA monitoring program. FLAMBE news was released by NASAs Rob Gutro of the Goddard Space Flight Center on May 28.
Polar windsThe paper, Cloud-drift and Water Vapor Winds in the Polar Regions from MODIS was submitted to IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, for a special issue on NASAs newly launched Aqua satellite. The paper describes how wind information can be obtained from polar-orbiting imaging instruments, specifically MODIS, and provides results from model impact studies at ECMWF and NASAs Data Assimilation Office. Authors are Jeff Key (NOAAs Office of Research and Applications, ORA, stationed at SSEC), Dave Santek and Chris Velden (SSECs CIMSS), N. Bormann and J.-N. Thepaut (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts), L.P. Riishojgaard and Y. Zhu (Data Assimilation Office), and Paul Menzel (ORA).
Tropical CyclonesLater this year, the American Geophysical Union is publishing Coping With Hurricanes, An Historical Analysis of 20th Century Progress, edited by Robert Simpson, Richard Anthes and Michael Garstang. Chapter 11, The Burgeoning Role of Weather Satellites, was written by Chris Velden (of SSECs CIMSS), Joanne Simpson, W. Timothy Liu, Jeff Hawkins, Kurt Brueske and Richard Anthes.
A group of UWMadison engineering and chemistry students were selected for a NASA student payload. According to SSECs executive director for technology, This program solicits a wide range of student projects and provides funding and flights on NASAs Zero-G simulation aircraft (aka Vomit Comet) for winning concepts. Stephen Steiner (Chemistry) and Nick Kho (Engineering) lead the group who have been using SSEC basement shop facilities to develop their payload, called Zero-G Aerogel. The group is trying to perfect a substance that is light and strong but brittle and blue. The student group hopes to show that a clear, hence more salable, product can be made in zero gravity. The National Geographic cable channel devoted a half-hour to student projects including theirs on May 8.
this spring, Margaret Mooney of SSECs Office of Space Science Education
gave a series of programs to local Girl Scouts in cooperation with NASA.
The April 13 presentation at UWMadisons Pyle Center focused
on geology and was attended by 4 Blackhawk Council Girl Scout troops.
PTA helpSSEC employees participated in Weather Night at Elm Lawn Elementary School in Middleton, WI. Robert Aune (NOAA, stationed at SSEC) organized the PTA-sponsored event, held Tuesday evening, April 9. A half-dozen research meteorologists treated students to various examples of how modern technology is used to measure atmospheric parameters and predict tomorrows weather. High-resolution images from MODIS and GOES, projected on large screens, were very popular. The event also included the chief meteorologist, Bob Lindmeier, from Madisons NBC-TV affiliate, and material from the National Weather Service office in Sullivan, WI. The Middleton-Cross Plains newspaper, the News-Sickle-Arrow, covered the event, with pictures.
Honors and Service
Award CIMSS researcher Tony Schreiner has been named Team Member of the Month for NOAAs National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service for June 2002. Schreiner was nominated by NOAA workers who work with CIMSS scientists at UWMadison for his significant contributions to NESDIS mission through the development and generation of cloud products derived from the NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES). He was especially recognized for accomplishments over the last year, when he developed the new GOES clear-sky radiance product. Schreiner has generated the first datasets showing cloud-top pressure from the GOES sounding instrument that are used daily by the National Weather Service and in regional numerical weather forecasting. In emphasizing his importance to his NESDIS team, the nominators noted that his work on better characterizing the current state of the atmosphere has resulted in many valuable contributions to NOAAs mission of improving weather forecasts. His recent accomplishments exemplify the collaborative scientific spirit characteristic of a university cooperative institute.
Tom Achtor, SSECs executive director for science, was recently elected a Co-Chair of the International TOVS (Tiros Operational Vertical Sounder) Working Group (ITWG). The ITWG is a subgroup of the International Radiation Commission which serves the needs and acts as a forum for scientists around the world who specialize in data analysis and applications from satellite sounding instruments. Achtor and Tony Reale of NOAAs NESDIS Forecast Products and Development Team for Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites currently lead an ITWG group on Satellite Sounder Science and Products. CIMSS provides the ITWG community and other international interests with software which applies radiance measurements to derive temperature and moisture vertical profiles. Achtors term as Co-Chair is for 5 years.
Chris Velden will serve as Subject Matter Editor for Satellite Meteorology for the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
Annual staff awards were announced in Wisconsin Week and Wisconsin Week Wire for April 3. Wilton Sanders, an SSEC principal investigator on astrophysics projects, was honored for his service to the university. Read the SSEC release for more salient details of his career of service and research.
The 6th International Winds Workshop was held in Madison, Wisconsin May 710. The event was co-sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Japanese Meteorological Agency, and NOAA/NESDIS. Chris Velden of SSECs CIMSS organized the event locally, held at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center. About 50 scientists attended including those from CIMSS. Half traveled from outside the U.S. Welcomes to the meeting were given by Velden, Paul Menzel (NESDIS scientist at SSEC), Jo Schmetz of the EUropean organization for the exploitation of METeorological SATellites and Don Hinsman of the WMO. Papers were presented on satellite wind retrieval methods, mesoscale applications of satellite winds, assimilating data and numerical weather prediction model impacts.
Good Words
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To define or explain some terms, I used the textbook, MeteorologyUnderstanding the Atmosphere, by Steven A. Ackerman and John A. Knox, © 2002, ThomsonBrooks/Cole.