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Opinion: Congress's Syria Conundrum
Best of the Web Today columnist James Taranto on how behaviorial economics influences the Congressional debate on Syria. Photos: Associated Press
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I ... why go ... first ... because the United States of America ... it is stronger ... when the Congress of United States representing the people ... at the present United States are acting together ... the president wants that's right ... represented in this initiative ... in ... welcome back to Opinion Journal I'm Mary Kissel ... Secretary State John Kerry explaining why the president should go to Congress for Congress's approval ... it does put the House and Senate though in something of a conundrum and here to discuss it ... is best of the Web Today columnist James to ransom ... I James present Obama drew a red line ... isn't this a clear cut decision is America's credibility on line here ... yes but it's not a straightforward argument reason Assad's Freeport argument is because ... America's credibility arguably is shot already ... because of Obama's dithering ... exemplified by his decision to go to Congress on the news last-minute philosophical decision which he claims he didn't need in a ... I and so calm reside at my initial instinct after hearing this was to say ... what difference does it make if Congress votes no ... higher credibility is shot one where the other ... I had to go back in and think about ... this in terms of behavioral economics in order to see it with a cognitive error I was making when you mean what what kind of caught it appeared to hit zero economics teaches science and art deco prospects there ... what this teaches is that when people are faced ... with a bad choice or worse choice they tend to become risk seeking which is to say that they tend to become insensitive to the difference between the bad choice in the worst roads ... in this case we have a bad choice ... approving ... Obama side requests to use photo for offers a few snorts Reko Forest ... at a worse choice disapproving it ... and you look at the two and they both seem like terrible choices why isn't that a choice that and Sammy the wheat made the argument on the editorial page that ... actually if we arm the rebels if we took out the Syrian Air Force capability to be her Obama said he said this is going to be just a limited strike by all we're going to do is send a message when you say you're sending a message that item undercuts the masses ... so what Obama is doing is he's ... promising to use a word that awesome was used during the Iraq war debate ten years ago ... Privacy cakewalk he saying this will be easy ... I don't think that that's sufficient to get it done ... to to do to achieve any serious objective here ... and there for me either way ... it's about trust of God that costs and what's the worst race and the worst choices to say no because the bomb as an excuse for complete inaction ... and demand that your previous guests titled made the case pretty well but here's what's interesting about that ... not Obama ... that is what's called a framing probably has another idea for behavioral economics ... commerce is presented with a bad choice at a worse choice ... the bad choice is called yes ... the worst choice is called no ... now if somebody presents you with a bad it was the worst Royce don't you want to say no ... and so ... this is another reason why it's understandable that people in Congress would be inclined to vote no ... but all the stuff but behavioral economics ... I'd to any experts on that one is cast honesty it was an advisor to President Obama ... the others Daniel Kahneman whose book Thinking Fast and Slow is where I learned all the stuff Princeton Professor Wright president of the Nobel Prize winner in economics he was not an economist is a psychologist ... present Obama claimed to have read ... Thinking Fast and Slow ... he really has no excuse for not anticipating these problems ok we're going to leave it that best of the Web Today columnist James Taranto thank you very much


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Welcome to the official website and patient portal for Kidswood Pediatrics, located in Winter Park Florida.
Here's yet another reason to encourage kids to wash their hands: it can help prevent the spread of hand, foot, and mouth (HFM) disease. HFM disease is a common contagious illness caused by viruses from the enterovirus family, most commonly the coxsackievirus.
These viruses live in the body's digestive tract and spread from person to person, usually on unwashed hands and surfaces contaminated by feces. Kids ages 1 to 4 are most prone to the disease; cases are often found in childcare centers, preschools, and other places where kids congregate. The illness typically lasts 3-5 days.
Outbreaks usually occur during the warm summer and early fall months, though they can happen year-round in tropical parts of the world.
HFM disease (not to be confused with hoof and mouth disease, a totally unrelated illness that affects barnyard animals and livestock) causes painful blisters in the throat, tongue, gums, hard palate, or inside the cheeks. Blisters are red with a small bubble of fluid on top and often turn into ulcers. The soles of the feet and the palms of the hands also may be affected with a rash that can look like flat red spots or red blisters.
Occasionally, a pink rash may be seen on other parts of the body, such as the buttocks and thighs. However, some children with HFM disease develop no symptoms, or if they do, may only have sores in the back of the throat.
It can be hard for a parent to tell if a child (especially a preverbal child) has HFM disease if sores are only inside the mouth or throat. Very young kids may not be able to complain of a sore throat, but if a child stops eating or drinking, or wants to eat or drink less often, it's a signal to parents that something is wrong.
A child also might:
If your child is continually irritable or refusing food or drink, it's time to see the doctor. While there is no medical cure for HFM disease (the illness needs to run its course), the doctor might recommend home health remedies to make your child more comfortable during recovery.
Acetaminophen or ibuprofen can be given to console a child who is achy or irritable or ease painful mouth sores or discomfort associated with fever. Do not give aspirin to children or teens as it may cause a rare but serious illness called Reye syndrome.
A child who has difficulty swallowing might be prescribed "magic mouthwash"— a mixture made by pharmacists that can be dabbed onto sores to alleviate pain. Cold foods like ice cream and popsicles ease pain by numbing the area, and will be a welcome treat for those who have difficulty swallowing (and even those who don't!).
Kids with blisters on their hands or feet should keep the areas clean (wash with lukewarm soap and water, pat dry) and uncovered. If a blister pops, dab on a bit of antibiotic ointment to help prevent infection and cover it with a small bandage.
It is very important to make sure your child drinks plenty of fluids to prevent dehydration. Call your doctor if your child remains very irritable; can't be consoled; is lethargic; or has signs of dehydration such as dry tongue, sunken eyes, or decreased urine output; or if symptoms worsen.
HFM disease usually resolves within several days to a week and kids recover completely. Very rarely it can lead to complications such as viral meningitis (infection of the fluid around the brain and spinal cord) or encephalitis (infections and inflammation of the brain)
There is no vaccine to prevent HFM disease or any other similar infection. HFM is contagious and can spread through contact with feces, saliva, mucus from the nose, or fluid from the blisters. Even after recovery, kids can pass the virus in their stool for several weeks, so still can spread the infection to others even though they're no longer sick.
Hand washing is the best protection. Remind everyone in your family to wash their hands frequently, particularly after using the toilet, changing a diaper, before meals, and before preparing food. Shared toys in childcare centers should be cleaned often with a disinfectant because these viruses can live on objects for several days.
Keep kids home from school and childcare while they have a fever or open blisters on the skin and mouth.
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Amazon Web Services has officially launched its first caching service in Australia, reigniting years-old rumours that the cloud giant intends to set up shop locally.
The firm this week revealed Sydney as the first Australian location for its content delivery and domain name service networks, adding to the 32 edge routers it has worldwide.
The location, made available through its CloudFront CDN and Route 53 DNS service, would provide local caching for content streamed or downloaded from Australian users, cutting latency for its customers over the two Singapore CDN nodes which were previously Australian customers' closest option.
Amazon launched the edge location "based on customer requests, internal logging, and the response to our recent survey", according to the company in a blog post.
"This new location will speed up the delivery of static, streaming and dynamic content to end users in Australia, and will also accelerate the resolution of DNS queries that originate from within the area," AWS evangelist Jeff Bar said.
The company said it was scouting further locations for more edge routers globally.
The cloud provider is thought to have planned its entry into Australia for some time, slowly establishing staff and infrastructure last year while scouting potential data centre sites in Sydney and Melbourne.
Equinix's SYD3 data centre has most recently emerged as the most likely candidate for Amazon's initial moves into Australia.
Several sources have told iTnews of Amazon reserving significant space in the facility, which is undergoing a $50 million expansion expected for completion in September this year.
Network engineers reported seeing traffic purporting to be from Amazon operating over a NSW-located peer server earlier this month.
A local deployment of full cloud services would allow some of Amazon's largest Australian users – which include telco Vodafone and News Limited – to more actively test and develop on a local facility.
Andy Pattinson, commercial director at AWS and salesforce.com consultancy ProQuest said the edge location was likely a "front-runner" to a fuller suite of cloud services.
"We've been hanging out for it," he told iTnews. "The edge location demonstrates AWS' increasing commitment to the Australian market."
While Route 53 had become a staple of Amazon Web Services deployments from local organisations, Pattinson said many did not use CloudFront due to the diminishing returns on latency times from Singapore or west coast US data centres.
"CloudFront's going to change that becuase they're going to be able to start serving stuff locally," he said.
"I think existing customers will absolutely start to make use of it and secondly, new customers will use it as a reason to start using AWS as well. Where they have in the past had issues with the latency, obviously they begin to go away now and that's going to be a catalyst for adoption."
A spokeswoman for Amazon Web Services would not comment on the physical location of the company's edge router or confirm plans to more widely launch locally hosted cloud services in Australia.
"Over time, we plan to have more datacenters in different countries and regions around the world," she said.


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U.S.-Iran Dialogue on Iraq 'Extremely Dangerous'
As the U.S. and Iran prepare for talks on the declining situation in Iraq, experts say that Washington should not engage with terrorist organizations. The WSJ's Deborah Kan speaks to Jonathan Schanzer, vice president for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
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I ... the the ... some Greyson and I just sat on a Sunni militant Web site claiming that the group had executed hundreds of Shiite Iraqi soldiers ... that is making their way around the world the via social media ... Cheney me now is John sons Erik he is a Middle East expert joining us from the state of Florida ... ok John um what do you make of this situation unfolding right now in Iraq ... and how close do you believe we are to a full-blown sectarian war ... well first of all it's just note that the insurers are effectively saying that Iraq is broken up already ... there is report ... earlier today from the D League East here the United States saying it was believed sectarian breakup ... as Eric started ... on one could argue that this began two years ago on the Turks began to allow for a very permissive policy on their border allowing this group Isis ... two arming training to get financing ... and they have marched across Syria now into Iraq in a period of going deeper and deeper into Iraqi territory ... and of course now we see these reports of upwards of seventeen hundred people slaughtered in cold blood ... this is a ... tea party organization that appears ... to um to really ... not anything stand in its way in if it's only a couple of thousand ... or even a couple of tens of thousands depending on the numbers you hear ... on their will on the battlefield ... would appear to ... match that of the Iraqi army ... ok and the fact now about the US is engaging with Iran in this situation ever on offering insistence ... on to buy bad ... how dangerous of the situation is this for for the US ... look it's extremely dangerous and it's extremely ill advised ... you're looking at an organ ... the it's the it's a state sponsored terrorism since nineteen eighty three ... sponsors ... Hezbollah Hamas of course number of those ... on getting the groups that were responsible for attacking US troops ... in Iraq over the last day he of course in Afghanistan our asking them ... to help us bring home to Iraq ... this is actually somewhat laughable ... although I it's really nothing to laugh at now because of course we are involved with I seeks nuclear negotiations with the Iranians ... are asking them forces this year is only going to give them leverage at the negotiating table which is of course of even greater concern ... at an eight hour bomb I've missed a nation in recent years really taking a policy of disengagement and ... the Middle East and what I what is the Obama administration's options right now ... well ... the president said the losses are on the table in his first moves ... on an aircraft carrier ... closer to Iraq ... my sense is that of course we're not going but anybody in the ground no boots on the ground ... I think the likelihood of any DirecTV and is probably very well ... we could cease drone strikes you're there look that policy has missed ration is to not get involved ... it continues to try to get away from the Middle East and so ... on they're looking right now to run its potential partner to help stabilize the region so that they don't have to get all ... the getting extremely ill advised that the unthinkable works for for this ... but it all stems from this idea of me from behind ... choosing not to get involved in this photo up area of the world ... at KNF chorus we all know what's going on in Syria so how big a threat to is that this latest situation in Iraq to the overall security situation in the Middle East ... well again we're we're seeing now on the orders that once existed that may not exist ... for ... Isis is has demonstrated that Syria's borders certainly don't hold that Iraq's worsening on hold ... and of course having jihad organizations on that could push toward Iran could push toward the door and the push toward letting on ... and of course Israel on this gets the sense that the new leases on tilt ... and it wouldn't take much to spark additional conflicts ... and again I think that's why a ... US administration so intent on trying to find an answer I think looking for answers terrorists organizations is just not the way to bring stability at this volatile moment ... at caved on Sunday thanks very much for your insight on that topic ...


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521 Graduates in Class of 2008
President William D. Adams handed out 521 bachelor's degrees at Colby's 187th Commencement, Sunday, May 25, on the lawn of Miller Library. Bob Diamond, a member of Colby's Class of 1973 and now president of Barclays PLC, shared the podium with senior Patrick Sanders, the student-elected class speaker. Class marshal and valedictorian Christian Vesa of Arad, Romania, led the procession of seniors.
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Bob Diamond '73 Commencement Address
"Take risks," Bob Diamond '73, president of Barclays, told graduating seniors at Colby May 25. "Some of the best lessons we get are from our most difficult situations." Speaking outdoors, Diamond talked about recruiting employees from a very impressive global talent pool, and then told graduates they should enter that pool with confidence. Coming from Colby, he said, "You are very, very well prepared."
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Patrick Sanders '08, Senior Class Speaker
Elected by his classmates to speak at commencement, Patrick Sanders '08 of Fairfax, Va., called the last week on campus a "love-fest." He said, "I'm not sure I have ever given or received so many hugs—or detagged so many pictures of myself on Facebook. All-in-all, it has been quite the four years." He advised classmates that ,"Being yourself will take you further and open up more doors than anything else."
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Condon Medal
Colby's Randall J. Condon Medal for distinguished service, the only prize presented at commencement, went to Patrick Sanders, of Fairfax, Va., and Laura Perille of Englewood, Colo.


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Prince William has taken flack for eschewing a wedding ring, but there's a group of dudes who could probably get out of wearing theirs by reason of occupational hazard: pro athletes. Nonetheless, some choose to put a ring on it. And their reasons are pretty amusing.
ESPN has an exhaustive list of athletes who wear their rings on the field of play. Most of them are football players, since baseball and hockey stars have a harder time playing while ring-clad. Hockey players face special penalties for fighting with anything on their hands, including rings, but Radek Martinek says, "I fight with my right hand so I won't get fined or suspended if someone were to get cut."
Most ringed-up players say they wear the bling out of respect for their wives, but a few have more entertaining rationales. Says Houston Texans kicker Neil Rackers, "quite frankly, I'm a strapping young lad, so I have to ward off the chicks any way I can." And for Rian Lindell, kicker for the Buffalo Bills, the ring is a superstition thing: "I wore it one game and maybe I forgot to take it off and had a good game, so I keep wearing it." He's also stayed married to his wife for as long as he's been wearing it, so maybe it's good luck in that department too. Sadly, though, wearing a ring doesn't guarantee that you're a stand-up guy. One of the most prominent ring-wearing players in the NFL is none other than Ben Roethlisberger.


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HONG KONG: Hong Kong pop star Gillian Chung has spoken out for the first time since the celebrity sex-photo scandal that's dominated headlines in the territory for the past two weeks.
At least eight other actresses including Cecilia Cheung and Bobo Chan are also implicated in the scandal, along with singer-actor Edison Chen.
In a meet-the-fans session, the singer from the Canto-pop duo "Twins" didn't deny the authenticity of the compromising photos of her and actor Edison Chen floating on the internet.
Gillian Chung said: "Before, I was very naive and silly. But now I'm more mature. I thank my management, family and friends for taking care of me and for their support."
"I regret the incident and its effect on the public. I will continue to work hard, and face the future positively," she added.
This isn't the first time nude pictures of Chung have surfaced.
In August 2006, local magazine Easyfinder was slammed for publishing pictures that were taken secretly when the singer was changing backstage at a concert in Malaysia.
The twists and turns of the latest scandal have dominated the Hong Kong media for weeks.
Initially, the photos were thought to be fakes.
It's believed the images were taken from singer-actor Edison Chen's computer when he sent it in for repairs. However, police have not confirmed this.
Chen has apologised to those affected via a taped video message and said he is helping police with investigations.
Eight people have been arrested so far, but the first suspect to be nabbed, has been denied bail.
Investigations on the hundreds of photos that are circulating on the internet are ongoing.
Many have expressed support for the female artistes affected.
A teenage boy said: "It hurts the person, and she won't be happy about it. They shouldn't be posting such pictures."
Meanwhile, a young woman said: "They are wrong to post these pictures. But since it's already out there, I hope the artistes won't be too affected by this."
"I hope the government will be able to legislate, so that those responsible and bold enough to post such pictures will not avoid prosecution. A lot of children have access to the internet, and they shouldn't be exposed to such photos," she added.
Another lady said: "In this digital age, you can easily manipulate photos by cropping off heads onto another body. As for this particular case, I think the individuals themselves are responsible, because they brought it on themselves. "
This scandal is arguably one of the biggest to rock Hong Kong's showbiz world. And it has left the Hong Kong people of two minds on the issue.
Fans of these celebrities are quick to defend their idols, while internet users protest against alleged double-standards by the police in arresting those accused of uploading the pictures.
About 300 internet users took to the streets Sunday, claiming that the police had failed to investigate other cases of nude photos released without permission.
Police have also clarified that it's not illegal to transfer obscene picture files to friends but putting them onto a public domain, is. -CNA/vm
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[ PHOTO ( above ): Vanuatu Island Ambae Volcano Vent At It's Manaro Ngoro Summit Lake Voui New Island Mt. Manaro (aka) Aoba Volcano 'In Just Days' During November 2006 ( click to enlarge ) ]
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December 26, 2010 23:08:42 ( PST )
VANUATU ISLAND, Port Vila — December 26, 2010 — It may be difficult for some to realize this report is 'not science fiction', but within the Pacific Ocean volcanic arc "Ring of Fire," in just a few days of November 26, 2005 Vanuatu Island residents did not even realize their island Lake Voui was where its 'new inner island mountain' Mt. Manaro (aka) Aoba volcano was 'created in merely a matter of a few days' after their 420-year old volcano highly volatile magma was mixed into their lakebed hydrochloride sulfuric acid geochemicals, only just learned last year ( 2009 ), as the actual trigger mechanism setting off the incredibly explosive eruption.
The Ambae volcano vent inside the Lake Voui new island Mt. Manaro ( also known as ) Aoba volcano is the largest basaltic shield volcano in the New Hebrides arc. Aoba volcano is one of the largest active volcano caldera crater lakes in the world today.
Warning Signs –
On February 16, 2005 a succession of earthquakes were felt by the Vanuatu islanders during the evening. Several days later, a seismometer was installed on the north coast of Vanuatu Island where no 'significant seismic activity' was recorded there prior to the November 26, 2006 volcano eruption.
On October 5, 2005 NASA Earth Observing System ( EOS ) AM-1 satellite ( TERRA ) carried onboard a Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro-Radiometer ( MODIS ) that first ( 1st ) detected volcano Ambae volcano summit Lake Voui area registering a thermal imaging anomaly ( highly volatile magma emission degassing ), which was "8-days" 'before' the Ambae volcano erupted in the middle of Lake Voui on November 26, 2005 when Vanuatu Island residents were rocked with a Volcano Alert Level 2 ( representating the level of volcanic eruption activity ).
Shockingly, on November 21, 2005 – "2-days" after the November 19, 2005 thermal imaging anomaly ( highly volatile magma emission degassing ) – and yet still "6-days" 'before' the eruption on November 26, 2005 – the MODIS SST ( MOD28L2 Infra-Red imaging sensor product ) later detected – in Lake Voui on Vanuatu Island – a 'definite visual IR display' of 'strong hydrothermal activity' reported only as an "anomaly" that was clearly seeing Ambae volcano ( GEO-REF coordinates: 167°50′E, 15°23′S ) 'highly volatile magma degassing emissions' entering the high chloride sulfuric acid contents of Lake Voui' where mixing those two ( 2 ) ingredients would most certainly cause a phreatic explosion.
When Did The Public Know? –
It wasn't until 'after' the November 26, 2005 phreatic ( violent ) explosion of the Ambae volcano vent inside Lake Voui that the Vanuatu Island government then began to take precautions, by:
– Evacuating nearly 4,000 people away from the immediate area; – Dispatching its own local volcanologists; – Asked the New Zealand government to contribute aid assistance; – Asked donor agencies for assistance contributions; and, – Asked other aid contributors to additional assist.
U.S. National Aeronautic And Space Administration ( NASA ) Notified The New Zealand Government When? –
The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade – via NZAID – contracted INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL & NUCLEAR SCIENCES LTD. ( IGNS ) to mount a response dispatch of two [ 2 ] volcanologists [ Brad Scott ( E-MAIL: firstname.lastname@example.com ) and Steve Sherburn ( seismologist ) ] assigned objectives that also included:
– Assisting Vanuatu Island geological and government emergency response organization interpretations of its Ambae volcano eruption;
– Providing detailed assessment of Vanuatu Island Ambae volcano eruption current activity levels; and,
– Offer some prognosis of future Ambae volcano activity.
INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL & NUCLEAR SCIENCES LTD. ( IGNS ) was asked to, establish:
– Temporary seismic monitoring system to collect activity data for assessments; and,
– Provide a foreseeable means how Vanuatu Island scientists could continue monitoring future activity.
Steve Sherburn and Brad Scott departed, for Vanuatu Island, with provided:
– Seismic recording systems ( 3 ); plus,
– Additional volcano monitoring tools.
Prior Incident Response Experience On Vanuatu Island –
Due to such a short lead-time notice [ <?> ], remoteness of the Ambae volcano location on Vanautu Island, and lack of volcanological ( historical ) data, Vanuatu Island was a challenging assignment – offset somewhat by Steve Sherburn ( seismologist ) and Brad Scott ( volcanologist ) past eruption monitoring and assessment experience on Vanuatu Island, Tonga and Papua New Guinea.
The INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL & NUCLEAR SCIENCES LTD. ( IGNS ) – under New Zealand government contract – dispatched Brad Scott and Steve Sherburn whom upon arrival on Vanuatu Island found that one of Ambae volcano summit lakes named Lake Voui ( a 2 square kilometer and 150 meter deep chloride sulfuric acid lake ) was undergoing small-scale eruptions that in 'just a few days' grew into a 'new volcano cone' that became known as Mt. Manaro (aka) Aoba volcano mountain more than 656-feet wide and 229-feet tall.
On Vanuatu Island, Steve Sherburn and Brad Scott spent 6-days:
– Establishing seismic equipment; – Collecting and analyzing data; – Observing Ambae volcano eruptions; and, – Providing Ambae volcanic activity level status reports for the government of Vanuatu Island.
Support and data additional information were supplied, by:
– French [ Polynesia – Tahiti, Wallis and Futuna (aka) Fakauvea (aka) Fakafutuna Islands, Vanautu Island, Melanasia, Kanak ( formerly known as ) Canaque, Indonesia and Viet Nam populace ] scientists from Nouméa, New Caledonia; and,
– Staffers and students from Massey University, Manawatu campus in the Manawatu-Wanganui region City of Palmerston, North Island, New Zealand.
Then-secret use of Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy ( DOAS ) retrieval methods found sulphur dioxide column abundances from magma SO2 and H2S gas flux emission analysis, seismic data analysis, visual observations of Inter-établissements de Recherche pour le Développement ( IRD ) Nouméa, New Caledonia ( Nouvelle-Calédonie ) team of French scientists Ambae volcano historical activity review was followed by Ambae volcano activity level assessments.
Later, it was all declared a 'small-scale eruption' of 'no major threat' to the Vanuatu Island population, 'after information began being passed on in bulletins' ( with Bislma language translations ) to, the:
– Disaster Co-ordination Group ( Port Vila, Vanuatu Island ); – Government of Vanuatu Island; and, – Community of Vanuatu Island.
Vanuatu Island "Volcano Alert Level 2," however 'remained' – until activity declined – as bulletins indicated.
Again on Vanuatu Island, GEOLOGICAL & NUCLEAR SCIENCES LTD. ( GNS ) marked as 'important' values to permanently monitoring ( over a period of time ) each active volcano for which activity has unique characteristics observed for correlating data on any changes in volcano geophysical measurements and behaviors.
As of November 25, 2006 the Ambae volcano Mt. Manaro island vent crater wall collapsed on one side opening-up its cauldron to a chloride sulfuric acid bath from Lake Voui halting its gasious plume cloud into the atmosphere.
Volcano Magma Knowledge Not Being Shared Why? –
In 2009, it was finally learned amongst public professionals that as the Lake Voui lake-bed received approaching degassed but 'volatile-rich magma' ( from the Ambae volcano ) that was the trigger mechanism to begin the surtseyan eruption of November 2005 on Vanuatu Island.
Plasma-Optical Emission Spectroscopy ( ICP-OES ) Technicon Auto-Analyzer II Analysis –
Even today magmatic–hydrothermal system eruption-related gas fluxes into the atmosphere and geochemistry associated therewith is sorely lacking professional knowledge throughout the world.
[ PHOTO ( above ): Bathymetric map of Aoba Volcano on Vanuatu Island with adjacent islands ( click to enlarge ) ]
On December 25, 2010 shortly after midnight and approximately 140-miles south of Vanuatu Island – although nearer to the Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer ( ORSTOM ) seismic stations on Espiritu Santo Island and Efate Island – and 15-miles down at the bottom of the ultra deep sea where the epicenter was believed located.
Rainforest covered Vanuatu Island is positioned in front of the d'Entrecasteaux collision zone of geographic plates, beneath the ulta deep sea, between the North Aoba Basin and South Aoba Basin and along a fracture ( Geographic Reference coordinate: N50E ) transverse to the volcanic arc Ring of Fire.
The December 25, 2010 earthquake registered a 7.8 Richter scale, however later the U.S. Geological Survey ( USGS ) 'officially downgraded' that same earthquake to a 7.3 Richter scale measurement reported to the public by the Associated Press ( AP ).
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Kentron Intellect Research; and,
In 2001, the INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL & NUCLEAR SCIENCES LTD. (aka) IGNS (aka) GNS (aka) GNS SCIENCE – with core funding from the Earthquake Commission – began a 10-year project to provide real-time monitoring and data collection to be operated by GEONET ( a non-profit organization ), for:
– Rapid response to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and landslides; and,
– Research into earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and landslides.
GEONET involves the INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL & NUCLEAR SCIENCES LTD. ( IGNS ) building and operating a modern 'geological hazards monitoring system' for New Zealand.
GEONET exchanges information with various international institutions.
New Zealand focuses tsunami efforts with GEONET.
Pacific Ocean nations saw NZAID [ New Zealand government agency ] response with GEONET demonstrations in the Vanuatu Island Ambae volcano eruption.


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The Power of Simplicity in Marketing
You have an upcoming marketing or sales campaign and want promotional materials that have the right combination of imaging, color, design, and narrative to make the biggest impact on your customers. How can you design the right balance for your materials to make that impact?
Balancing Perfection and Excellence
The 19th-century American essayist, Henry David Thoreau, had great advice for us living with the overload of the information age: "Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand..."
On the other hand, we can temper Thoreau's advice with a caveat by Albert Einstein: "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." So how do you strike a balance between perfection and excellence? What are the enemies of simplicity?
The Enemies of Simplicity
Marty Neumeier addresses the enemies of simplicity in his book The Brand Flip. The enemies of simplicity, according to the author, can sabotage your marketing in 7 ways:
So, remember that in our enthusiasm to succeed, we can create clutter. Start simple and build that foundation. To paraphrase our friend Thoreau, your castles in the air are where they should be. "Now put the foundations under them."


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Penn State's Libraries tapped as a social media friendly library
Penn State's Libraries tapped as a social media friendly library
In a recent survey, Penn State's University Libraries ranked 16th among other academic libraries. The "100 Most Social Media Friendly College and University Libraries for 2013" is a survey by LibraryScienceList, a new social community for librarians worldwide. It measured Penn State's Libraries use of Facebook, Twitter, You Tube, Google Plus and Flickr to interest student in the Libraries' collections and services.
The staff at LibraryScienceList.com searched the most popular social media platforms looking for libraries that actively use their accounts to promote library events, notify students of new materials, or interact with patrons in other ways. They listed 442 college and university libraries to evaluate, based on the level of activity on various platforms. The highest possible score was 100, with 32 points for Facebook, 25 for Twitter, 18 for YouTube, seven for Pinterest, four for Google Plus, and 14 for Flickr. Penn State scored 83.2; the University of Texas at Austin ranked first with a score of 94.7.
"Kudos to Penn State librarians and staff," noted Barbara I. Dewey, dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Communications. "Technology has revolutionized the way we communicate and receive information. Our innovative librarians and talented information technology staff maintain an ongoing partnership that keeps Penn State at the forefront of this activity."
For more information, call Public Relations and Marketing at 814-863-4240, during normal business hours.


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About the ProductThe ergonomic proportions and elegant lightness of structural lines guarantee both comfort and adaptability. Darwin is a collection of steel chairs, functional and easy to use, which revisits classic themes, reintroducing them by creating a delicate metal sheet mesh placed within a contemporary geometric structure. The texture effect of chair and armrest is the defining feature of the collectionメs style, which merges with the clear-cut, structural framework. Consisting of chairs, armchairs, tables, stools and high tables, all featuring ergonomic and captivating forms, Darwin is a collection defined by its exceptional style suited to all kinds of furnishing contexts.
The BrandMore about this Brand
EMU - Elettro Meccanica Umbra - was started in Italy in 1951 to produce military equipment; specifically radios. The founders of EMU, brothers Aldo and Angelo Biscarini, and Dante Menconi, stumbled on a process to plasticise the metal components of the radios to protect them from the weather.
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Tokyo tourism and gardens: Rikugien and Kiyosumi are exquisite gardens
Sarah Deschamps and Lee Jay Walker
Modern Tokyo Times
Tokyo is an enormous city which attracts Japanese tourists, international tourists, and business people, all year round. This ultra-modern city means many things to different people because for some it is all about modernity but to others they want to dig deep and see the rich culture of Tokyo and Japan. Of course, for others it is a mixture of both and for busy business people it may just be a flying visit because of the nature of commerce.
However, irrespective of the reason why people visit Tokyo or if you are a Tokyoite, the gardens in Tokyo provide a place to relax, to look at sunning nature, to understand aspects of Japanese culture, and more important, to escape the "madding crowd." Therefore, the gardens of Tokyo are not only therapeutic but the richness and style is a wonder to behold because you can feel continuity, a fusion of ideas, and feel the passion of Japanese gardeners who put everything into their work in order to create a different world
Rikugien Gardens and Kiyosumi Gardens are just two of the many gardens to visit in Tokyo and both provide a different ambience. Also, both gardens are located in quiet parts of Tokyo because Komagome and Kiyosumi Shirakawa are a million miles away from the fashion orientated districts of Shibuya and Shinjuku. This aspect makes a welcome change because the pace of life is much slower but you still have many quaint shops in Komagome which cater for handcrafts, antiques, and local goods.
Komagome is extremely close to Ikebukuro and Ueno by the Yamanote Train Line and in a way Rikugien Gardens is a perfect link. This applies to the bustling nature of fashion and commerce in Ikebukuro and the many museums located in Ueno. Also, in Ueno you will find the fashion scene in full flow and a major park which is the central theme to this lively and important part of Tokyo.
However, Komagome is a sleepy suburb but a great place to relax because of Rikugien Gardens and nearby is Kyu-Furukawa Gardens. Therefore, garden lovers have the opportunity to visit both stunning places because they are in close proximity.
All the main gardens in Tokyo are beautifully maintained and Rikugien is extremely spacious. This enables individuals to follow the main route around the exquisite pond or to walk around more natural parts of this garden by relaxing in quiet areas. The winter period, spring season, and late autumn are most relaxing because you have no dreaded mosquitoes bothering you unlike in the height of summer whereby you need mosquito spray.
Another lovely aspect of Rikugien Gardens is that you can rest and drink delicious traditional Japanese tea and eat a scrumptious small Japanese sweet. The location of the small resting place is located near to the pond and the scenery is truly stunning. Therefore, while drinking delicious Japanese tea you can feel the spirituality of Rikugien and this simplistic pleasure creates a lovely feeling for tourists who want to feel the old Japan.
Kiyosumi Gardens is equally beautiful and to reach Kiyosumi Shirakawa you need to take either the Toei Oedo Line or Hanzomon Line. Also, in Kiyosumi Shirakawa and the surrounding area you have many museums to visit and a good guide book will enhance your visit.
In a past article about Kiyosumi Gardens by Modern Tokyo Times it was stated that "The Iso-Watari section is a real treat because the stepping-stone pathways lead across the pond where it is shallow. For children, it is a time of fantastic pleasure because they can enjoy playful times and be connected with nature at its best. Also, for adults, the "child inside" comes flooding back when you walk on the stepping-stone pathways and at all times you will have opportunities to see fish in the pond."
"Inside Kiyosumi Gardens you also have stylish buildings and this applies to the Ryotei building and Taisho Kinenkan. These buildings heighten the cultural aspects and ambience of Kiyosumi Gardens. Therefore, if you enjoy photography you can combine architecture and nature together and of course each angle provides a new image to treasure."
Kiyosumi Gardens is a place where individuals, friends, or groups touring Tokyo, can sit back and look at sublime views. Also, the little pathways by stepping stones are an enthralling feature of this exquisite garden. Given this, the pamphlet guide in different languages is most welcome because it highlights important factors about Kiyosumi Gardens.
Japanese gardens are also spiritual and philosophical and each garden may have a different angle. This applies to the fusion of the respective garden with Buddhist elements, Confucian aspects, Taoism factors or being Japan, a mixture of all and of course the role of nature in the indigenous faith of Shintoism is powerful. Given this, the background of each garden is often very intriguing because Japanese gardens connect "the self" with nature. Also, space, layout, monuments, and other aspects, are meant to transcend everyday life therefore you can clearly feel the therapeutic nature of gardens in Japan.
The entire area provides many hidden treasures and this applies to the Fukagawa Edo Museum, Basho Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art and the Morishita Culture Center. Therefore, it is important to check respective websites to see what options are available to you when you visit this part of Tokyo.
Koto City in Tokyo highlights a different ultra-modern city by focusing on culture, art, haiku, music, history, and other rich traditions. Kiyosumi Gardens is a lovely central point to your visit and the different museums open up a new world and this applies to either tradition or the modern vibes of the Museum of Contemporary Art.
The gardens highlighted in this article are truly beautiful therefore please visit the links provided below.
Please visit the links below for more information about the gardens highlighted
http://teien.tokyo-park.or.jp/en/rikugien/index.html Rikugien Gardens
http://teien.tokyo-park.or.jp/en/kiyosumi/ Kiyosumi Gardens
http://teien.tokyo-park.or.jp/en/kyu-furukawa/ Kyu-Furukawa Gardens
More tourist information about places named
http://www.kcf.or.jp/fukagawa/event_list.html Koto City Fukagawa Edo Museum
http://www.kcf.or.jp/basyo/index.html Basho Museum
http://www.mot-art-museum.jp/eng/ Museum of Contemporary Art
http://shintomin.com/xoops/modules/chapox2/content.php?lid=12 Morishita Culture Center


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ED: Waivers Won't Get States Out of Reporting
Guest blog by Sarah D. Sparks
Just because 26 states have been granted waivers from certain accountability requirements under the No Child Left Behind Act doesn't mean they will be able to avoid the reams of student achievement data reporting required by the law.
The Education Department is in the process of changing its requirements for the federal EDFacts system, which consolidates data from various education programs including Title I grants to districts and the School Improvement Grant program, to adapt to the varied state accountability systems which will be created by the waivers, Ross C. Santy, the Education Department's director for EDFacts, told state and district officials at the annual STATS-DC conference here Wednesday afternoon. To the obvious surprise of many of the officials who packed the room, Mr. Santy noted, "There are no exceptions to the reporting rules in the statute; the components of [adequate yearly progress] are still required."
That means waivers states, who have created brand new accountability systems, don't have to do less reporting. They actually have to do more. All states, both waived and unwaived, must report the number and percentage of students in each subgroup, how many pass the reading/language arts and mathematics tests, the number who graduate high school with a standard diploma, and so on. In particular, unless a state specifically notes in its approved waiver that it will not use supplemental tutoring and school choice at schools identified for improvement, districts still must report how much money was spent on those services.
"Under Title I for the past decade we have had SES," Santy said, referring to the federal tutoring program. "If your plan did not remove supplemental educational services, there are still data you have to report."
Moreover, districts in states that receive waivers will have new reporting to match some of the new accountability quirks. For example, some states asked to track a "lowest 20 percent of students" group, and others asked to combine some racial or language student groups to create groups large enough to meet the minimal size for accountability. Districts in these states will have to report the numbers and test performance of any combined student groups separately and in addition to reporting all of the standard student groups.
So far, Santy said the department has received only three formal comments on the proposed changes, though he expects a rush just before the deadline July 30. The department plans to review those comments and produce a second draft of the changes for public review in mid-August, with the final new reporting requirements expected out in November.
To put in your own two cents on the department's proposals, email [email protected] before July 30.


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The Batman "Black & White" series of statues are, for the record, some of the most sought-after collectibles around. For good reason: they usually look incredible. And now there's' one based on Arkham Asylum!
A friend of mine has one based on Hellboy creator Mike Mignola's take on Batman and it's the bees knees. This one, it's the bat's knees, as it does a great job of bringing the large, hulking Batman found in 2009's surprise hit game to life.
Forget those crummy 6-inch figures we showed you last week; this guy is insanely-detailed, right down the the seams on his suit.
He's out in August, and will sell for USD$80.
UPDATE - Having first seen this back in 2010, and now seeing this report saying it was due out in August 2011, I assumed the statue had been delayed. Turns out it was released last year, sold out, and this is a re-release. So if you missed out first time, get on it!
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quote:Q. I've been waiting all year for "Punch-Drunk Love" to open. Now it has, and I'm frustrated by the fact that The Powers That Be have not deemed me worthy of viewing it. It is not playing in any of the more than a dozen theaters within reasonable driving distance of my home (in southern New Hampshire). I'm not so naive as to think that a letter of complaint will have any constructive effect, but I want to do it anyway. My question is, who is responsible for the decision not to let me see this film and others like it? If I'm going to write a pointless letter, at least I want it to be thrown away by the right person's secretary. Ron Spiegelhalter, Merrimack, N.H.
A. I would contact the home office of the chains operating theaters in your area. They obviously believe that while southern New Hampshire is ripe for moronic Adam Sandler movies, it is not ready for a good Adam Sandler movie. A kind of red-lining goes on, in which "art films" are booked in the cities but denied to less populated areas. Woody Allen once claimed that none of his films has ever played south of the Mason-Dixon Line. An exaggeration, but with a grain of truth.
Q. Sadly, all my suspicions came true when I went to see "Punch-Drunk Love" this past weekend. Oh, not about the movie, which was beautifully done and surprisingly touching. No, as I feared, I found myself in a theater full of "Billy Madison" and "Happy Gilmore" worshippers who were programmed to laugh when Sandler cried, and look confused in between bodily-harm jokes. In your experience, can we expect Sandler to make more movies like PDL, or is the following of his first audience going to force him to continue SNL vehicles forever?
Ryan Cooke, Denton, Texas
A. Sandler has been bitten by the hands that feed him. "Punch-Drunk Love" has not appealed to his traditional audiences, and there is a big disconnect between critics and fans. According to the Tomatometer, 85 percent of major critics praised the film, and yet Cinemascore.com shows that exiting moviegoers rated it between C-plus and F.
Matt Fields, who operates the Athena Theater in Athens, Ohio, (home of Ohio University's 20,000 students) writes me: "There are actually people out there who think that 'Punch-Drunk' is Sandler's worst movie. Sony has just expanded 'Punch-Drunk' to 1,200 theatres (still not very wide) and as they have expanded it, the per screen average has tumbled. It just isn't playing to crowds outside of large metro areas. I just think that the moviegoing public isn't very sophisticated. I am always surprised how many college students don't know anything about art films at all. It seems that an earlier generation grew up on Godard while today's is growing up on '*******.'"


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If you're looking for a MacBook Air, Ivy Bridge notebook, or HDTV sized 46 inches or larger, July may be the month to open your wallet.
It's hard to escape Apple's TV ads for its MacBook Pro with Retina display, but searchers looking for a deal on a Mac portable more likely will find one for the older version of the Pro's sibling, the MacBook Air, according to DealNews's monthly "Best and Worth" report scheduled for publication Monday.
"While we did see one deal shave $105 off the Retina's list price, chances are any deals we see in July will be modest," DealNews reportes. However, the site is optimistic about deals on older MacBook Airs with Intel's Sandy Bridge processor. Prices for a basic unit with 11.6-inch display, 2GB of RAM, and a 64GB solid state drive have hit an all-time low of around $740, while prices for the 13.3-inch model will probably hover around $1000 during the month.
When Apple introduced its Retina MacBook Pro in June, it refreshed its Air line as well, which has resulted in a decline in the price of the model of the ultralight notebook introduced last July. "So if you don't mind having a generation-old MacBook Air (which is still just one year old!), July will be your month," DealNews notes.
Shoppers for PC laptops can also expect to find deals during the month.
Bargains on notebooks with 15-inch displays based on Intel's Ivy Bridge processor will be around $600, DealNews predicts. Ivy Bridge notebook prices will be influenced by Intel's introduction of more affordable versions of the processor in the coming weeks.
Meanwhile, the price of dreadnought notebooks designed to act as desktop replacements appear to have reached a pricing plateau. Deals at around $800 will be the norm during July, DealNews notes.
Although the summer historically isn't the best time to buy a digital Single Lens Reflex camera, DealNews detects some softness in the DSLR market that will translate into July deals.
During the holiday season, the shopping site typically sees a spike in the number of DSLR deals picked by its editors. The same is true at the beginning of the year, when new camera models are announced. "But lately we've been seeing a surprising number of all-time low deals on consumer SLRs," DealNews reports. The trend began in May and carried on in June, and DealNews expects it to continue into July.
Overall, HDTV prices will remain stable during the summer, but for brand name 46-inch HDTVs, those prices have stabilized at all-time lows. Those low prices will continue through July, DealNews says. Name-brand HDTV bargains for 46-to-47-inch sets should be had at around $500. "Anything at or below $490 is an all-time low for this category," DealNews says.
For deal hunters looking for Christmas in July, the price-watching site cautions shoppers to beware of merchants declaring Black Friday sales during the summer months. DealNews acknowledges that these are enticing, but warns shoppers to be wary: "few of these Black Friday sales will feature the rock-bottom pricing that consumers come to expect from the 'darkest' of shopping days."
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Experts and leading executives from the home and personal care industry can check here for the latest events on the production and merchandising of cosmetics, detergents and cleaning products.
This trade meeting is staged bi-annually in winter. The conference is directed at manufacturers and suppliers in the detergents and cleaning products sector and is typically attended by more than 150 experts involved in research and development, analytics and quality assurance.
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A few members of a high school girls basketball team from Farmington, Ill., thought it would be funny to slyly flash the shocker in their team picture. As you can see above, it was indeed funny, but the school administration didn't seem to think so, and the girls were suspended.
Here's one of the suspended girls, explaining the situation on Twitter:
Yeah, #fuckfarmington. But while you're being mad at the school administrators for being stodgy and lame, remember that some narc probably had to explain to them what the shocker is before any suspensions could be handed down. This is all your fault, narc.
G/O Media may get a commission
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Welcome to OhioAspire.org! This website was developed especially for Ohio Aspire teachers and staff as a place for a variety of helpful resources.
- Want to try out some instructional resources in your classroom? You can do that through the PDN Library.
- Need to register for an upcoming Ohio training? Click on the link for the Professional Development System.
- Looking for new teaching ideas and lesson plans? Try the Teacher Resource Center and Eureka! listed under Teacher Resources.
These examples highlight just a few of the many resources available at OhioAspire.org. Take a few minutes to explore the site. We think you will find it a valuable place to visit.


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Patricia Wells's Zucchini Carpaccio with Avocado, Pistachios, and Pistachio Oil
Too-hot-to-cook season has an unfortunate tendency to coincide with "what am I going to do with all of this zucchini? season." Instead of overheating your kitchen by baking loaves upon loaves of zucchini bread, we have a cool and elegant solution courtesy of Salad as a Meal by Patricia Wells, this Zucchini Carpaccio with Avocado, Pistachios, and Pistachio Oil.
The salad begins by dressing thin slices of zucchini with lemon-pistachio oil and allowing the vinaigrette to sit and seep deep into the zucchini. Topped with slices of avocado and a shower of pistachios, thyme, and fleur de sel, this is the sort of salad that will have you looking forward to your next zucchini harvest.
As always with our Cook the Book feature, we have five (5) copies of Salad as a Meal to give away this week.
Reprinted with permission from Salad as a Meal by Patricia Wells, copyright © 2011. Published by William Morrow.
- Yield:4
- Active time: 15 minutes
- Total time:1 hour
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon Lemon Zest Salt (recipe follows)
- 3 tablespoons best- quality pistachio oil (such as Leblanc) or extra- virgin olive oil
- 4 small, fresh zucchini (about 4 ounces each), rinsed and trimmed at both ends
- 1 large ripe avocado
- 1/2 cup salted pistachios
- 4 fresh lemon thyme sprigs, with flowers if possible
- Fleur de sel
- Lemon Zest Salt
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest, preferably organic
- 1 tablespoon fine sea salt
For the Lemon Zest Salt: Combine the lemon zest and salt in the spice grinder, and grind into a fine powder. Transfer to a small jar and close with the lid. (Store, sealed in the jar, in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. After that the lemon flavor will begin to fade.)
For the salad: In the jar, combine the lemon juice and flavored salt. Cover with the lid and shake to blend. Add the oil and shake to blend.
With the mandoline or chef's knife, slice the zucchini lengthwise as thin as possible. Arrange the slices on a platter and pour the dressing over them. Tilt the platter back and forth to coat the slices evenly. Cover with plastic wrap and let marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes, so the zucchini absorbs the dressing and does not dry out.
Halve, pit, and peel the avocado, and cut it lengthwise into very thin slices. Carefully arrange the slices of marinated zucchini on individual salad plates, alternating with the avocado slices, slightly overlapping them. Sprinkle with the pistachio nuts. Garnish with the thyme sprigs and flowers and fleur de sel. Serve.


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The Oracle ATG Web Commerce LDAP Repository is an implementation of the Repository API that enables you to store and access profile data in an LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) directory. The LDAP repository is similar in functionality to the SQL repository, as described earlier in this guide. While by default Oracle ATG Web Commerce Scenario Personalization is configured to use an SQL profile repository, you can change the configuration to use an LDAP repository instead. See the ATG Personalization Programming Guide for information about configuring Oracle ATG Web Commerce to use an LDAP profile repository. LDAP directories are widely used to store personnel information and other kinds of data. LDAP repository lets you to tap into the profile data you already have in an LDAP directory, and to share user information across multiple applications.
Also, you can configure Oracle ATG Web Commerce's application security scheme to use an LDAP repository, rather than an SQL repository. See the Managing Access Control chapter in the ATG Platform Programming Guide for more information.
Just like the SQL repository, the LDAP repository implements the Oracle ATG Web Commerce Repository API to allow you to store, access, modify, and query user profile information. As in the SQL repository, repository items are first created as transient items (RAM profiles); they become persistent after they are added to the database.
It is important to note, however, that the LDAP repository implementation is not specific to user profiles in any way. Because an LDAP directory can be used to store any kind of data—people, groups, mailing lists, documents, printers—you can use the LDAP repository to expose any of that data in Oracle ATG Web Commerce. This chapter focuses on using LDAP as a profile repository, because that is the most common application of LDAP. However, other uses are possible.
This chapter includes the following sections:
Overview: Setting Up an LDAP Repository: An overview of the steps you should take in designing and setting up an LDAP repository.
LDAP Directory Primer: A brief introduction to LDAP concepts and terminology
LDAP Repository Architecture: A description of the way item descriptors and repository items work in the LDAP repository.
Repository Views in the LDAP Repository: How multiple Repository Views can support multiple item descriptors in the same repository.
LDAP Repository Queries: A brief look at how queries work in the LDAP repository.
Configuring LDAP Repository Components: How to configure the components that make up the LDAP repository
LDAP Repository Definition Tag Reference: A detailed reference on the XML tags used to define an LDAP repository.
Sample LDAP Repository Definition File: An example of an XML file that defines a simple LDAP repository.
DTD for LDAP Repository Definition Files: The XML DTD for LDAP repository definitions.


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A Sandwich A Day: Josephine Special Hero at Paulie's Place
A new sandwich every day.
In this great city of ours, one could eat a different sandwich every day of the year—so that's what we'll do. Here's A Sandwich a Day, our daily look at sandwiches around New York. Got a sandwich we should check out? Let us know. —The Mgmt.
I didn't realize until I bit into the Josephine Hero ($5) at Paulie's Place that honey mustard must have gone out of style quite some time ago: one taste of this sandwich and I was hit with a flavor I'm sure I haven't experienced since the early aughts. I missed it! It was my training mustard back in the day, and to it I owe my dedication to Dijon. I may have never gotten here without it.
In addition to honey mustard, the not-that-interesting hero bread was layered with grilled chicken, ham, and sorta but not really melted swiss. I liked the sweet and savory balance of the double-meat with the bygone condiment. Sure, the chicken was dry, but the sandwich is quite large and only sets you back about $5. Seriously.
So, like the grilled cheese before it, this sandwich is in no way a perfect specimen, but it sure packs a lot of bang for your buck, and if you're in the area a lot, it's a notable non-dumpling cheap eat option.
Paulie's Place
83 Baxter Street, New York NY 10013 (map) 212-394-8018


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About as soon as Dallas lost their last game of the season, a veritable consensus formed in fan circles about what Dallas should do: almost any fan mocker worth his salt had Dallas picking up Carl Nicks in free agency and drafting David DeCastro in the 14th. That this quinella might be hard to pull off didn't faze the crowd, and arguing with any of these guys an amazing waste of time. I felt as if I was looking at the daily barrage of "Patrick Peterson falls to the Boys" exuberance all over again.
As @FO_MTanier has noted on Twitter, this interest in DeCastro spills over into the media as well.
It's taken perhaps a month, but those fans that claim "insider" connections, and are respected in general for, perhaps, actually having those connections are saying now that the Boys are more looking for a center in free agency and will let the guards they have develop. Costa is regarded as the weak link, not the collection of talent at guard. Further, Steven Jones has said that the defense needs work, and media/fan draft interest is beginning to shift to others, people such as Melvin Ingram, Luke Kuechly and Dontari Poe.
The recent combine workout, including a 4.38 40 times of Robert Griffin III has changed the fan status of RG3 in the eyes of Redskins fans to something approaching blowtorch heat. It hasn't been mellowed by Saint Louis openly shopping the second pick. The first pick is pretty much assumed to be Oliver Luck, but a fella with a cannon arm, clear intelligence and Vick-like speed leads people more and more to think that Mr. Griffin will be, at worst, a poor man's Vick. And if he's more judicious with his throws than Michael, learns the game more intimately, well then all the better. There is now the smell of potential top 10 QB around RG3.
Four teams are thought to be interested in Robert Griffin: Cleveland, Washington, Miami, and Seattle. How much of that is real, how much of that is assumed, I can't tell presently. Talk radio has Cleveland in the driver's seat for a trade, as it has 2 number 1 picks, and the #4 pick as well. The Skins, by contrast, have only the #6 pick.
A #2 pick is worth 2600 points on the JJ chart. Cleveland's #4 is worth 1800, and their #22 pick is worth 780, about even in value. That said, Peter King is making comparisons to the trade for Ryan Leaf, which netted 2 firsts, a second, and Eric Metcalf. Already, in Redskins fan circles, people are saying they wouldn't pay 3 #1s for RG3, but if the Leaf trade sets the benchmark, I'd suggest that the equivalent of three #1 choices is the going rate for a potential top 10 QB.
The Redskin's first round choice is worth 1600 points. How do they make up 1000 points without at least giving up another #1? Beyond that, what sweetener could they give that would make their trade better than Cleveland's two #1s?
Useful links:
NFP's take on Dallas team needs.
NFP's take on Redskin team needs.
NFP's take on Eagles team needs.
NFP's take on Giants' team needs.


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Food over new limit for radioactive cesium
Following the introduction of new safety regulations in Japan, several types of food have been found to contain radioactive cesium above the legal limit.
Stricter health standards for staple foods such as vegetables and rice were introduced on Sunday. Permissible levels of radioactivity were reduced from 500 to 100 becquerels per kilogram.
Health ministry officials said bamboo shoots harvested in the Kisarazu and Ichihara regions east of Tokyo were contaminated with 120 and 110 becquerels of radioactive Cesium per kilogram respectively.


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Hopefully she's feeling a little more chipper these days. Photo from Kelley Ryan's website.
Here's Part Three of my 2009 look at the Yuletunes compilation on Black Vinyl Records. Incidentally, the Power Pop blog also has a post about Yuletunes today, written by NYMary, along with an interesting snippet from her upcoming book about the band Shoes, Boys Don't Lie.
Songs don't come much happier than Bill Lloyd's "Underneath The Christmas Tree," which depicts a guy and his girlfriend spending an evening decorating their tannenbaum. Set to a catchy, guitars and drums arrangement, it sounds like it could have been a 1960s Top 40 hit. Lloyd conveys the holiday fun with lines like, "Tinsel in your hair, presents everywhere" and "You're a sight to see underneath the Christmas tree."
Meanwhile, Kelley Ryan is inconsolable on the somber ballad, "It's Not Christmas," as she spends the holiday alone "for the first time in years." For Ryan, whose emotional vocals display a hint of Country & Western, all of the season's colorful traditions have turned a deep blue. It's not clear why the longtime beau is no longer there, but a reference to her looking longingly at the phone suggests there's hope for a reconciliation. Like Spooner's contribution to Yuletunes, "It's Not Christmas" is a well-crafted song that leaves you wondering just when you would want to play it.
Singer-guitarist Herb Eimerman's gorgeous ballad "You Gave Me" celebrates family traditions at Christmas, as well as the way love and values are passed on from one generation to another. The lyrics take us to a festive holiday gathering at the parents' home where their children and grandchildren bask in "the love from this fine house." Eimerman compares himself to a tree that has grown stronger over the years and tells his Mom and Dad, "I learned all my love from all your love you gave me." This touching song could become a seasonal favorite if it was ever given enough air play on the radio. Eimerman is currently a member of The Britannicas, whose new holiday song, "Chris Hillman Christmas" is included on the Kool Kat Kristmas compilation.
The Critics uncork an irresistible energy on their romantic "She Feels Like Christmas Day." This is probably the only song on Yuletunes that would fit in just as well on a non-holiday CD, if you consider the way the band uses Christmas as a metaphor for the overwhelming joy of finding love on lines like, "Let me be your favorite toy."


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JERUSALEM (AP) — Scarlett Johansson has parted ways with the international charity Oxfam because of a dispute over her work for SodaStream, a company operating in a West Bank settlement that features the Hollywood star in an ad that will air during the Super Bowl.
Johansson became the latest casualty of a widening campaign to boycott the settlements, drawing attention to a larger debate about whether Israel will become an international pariah, at a steep economic price, if it fails to reach a peace deal with the Palestinians.
Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid stoked such fears this week, warning that if negotiations break down "and we enter a reality of a European boycott, even a very partial one, Israel's economy will retreat backward and every Israeli citizen will feel it straight in the pocket."
His comments reflected a growing sense in Israel that the coming weeks will be decisive for the country's future.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is formulating ideas for an Israeli-Palestinian framework agreement and is expected to present them next month. Israeli and Palestinian leaders have balked at some of his expected proposals and, if sticking to their positions, could derail what is widely seen as a last chance for ending a long-festering conflict.
Meanwhile, European officials have warned that Israel could face deepening economic isolation if it presses forward with the construction of settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, war-won lands the Palestinians want for their state. The fate of dozens of settlements, home to 550,000 Israelis, is a key sticking point in the talks.
Johansson, 29, stepped into that controversy this month when she agreed to become a global brand ambassador for SodaStream, a Tel Aviv-based company that makes home soda machines and has its main plant in an Israeli industrial park next to the West Bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim.
The actress, nominated four times for a Golden Globe, is to appear in a SodaStream ad during the Super Bowl on Sunday.
Her decision riled Oxfam International, a humanitarian aid organization for which she had served as global ambassador for eight years, helping raise donations for victims of natural disasters in Indonesia and the Philippines, among other causes.
On Wednesday, Johansson said in a statement that she was stepping down from that role, citing a "fundamental difference of opinion" with Oxfam. The actress, whose movies over the past two years include "The Avengers" and "Her," said she supports economic cooperation between "a democratic Israel and Palestine."
Oxfam accepted her resignation Thursday. The organization said it believes SodaStream and other businesses operating in West Bank settlements contribute to the "denial of rights of the Palestinian communities that we work to support."
The charity said it opposes all trade with Israeli settlements, deemed illegal by most of the international community.
Johansson was one of 17 celebrity ambassadors for Oxfam. Others who are continuing in that role include the band Coldplay, pop singer Annie Lennox and U.S. actress Kristin Davis of "Sex and the City" fame, the organization said.
Davis was involved in a similar controversy as Johansson. She stepped away from her Oxfam duties while appearing in ads for Ahava, a cosmetics firm that manufactures in a West Bank settlement, but then returned to the charity.
The Palestinian-led movement of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) on Thursday welcomed the controversy surrounding Johansson, even though she decided to stay with SodaStream.
"Without doubt, the biggest loser in this well publicized BDS campaign was SodaStream, which was exposed to the whole world as an occupation profiteer," said Omar Barghouti, a leader of the movement founded in 2005 by Palestinian grassroots activists.
The BDS campaign has won support from activists around the world, and recently scored a number of successes. Among other things, a small but growing number of European businesses and pension funds have dropped investments or limited trade recently with Israeli firms involved in West Bank settlements.
BDS activists promote different objectives, with some focusing on a boycott of the settlements and others saying everything Israeli must be shunned until there is a peace deal.
BDS supporters argue that Israel will withdraw from war-won lands only if it has a price to pay for continuing the occupation. Israeli leaders dismiss such claims, pointing to their willingness to negotiate a land-for-peace deal with the Palestinians.
In an interview with Associated Press Television News on Wednesday, SodaStream's chief executive, Dan Birnbaum, shrugged off the boycott campaign.
"To the best of my knowledge, we have not lost a single customer," he said. "If anything, it advances our awareness around the world, because people are talking about SodaStream."
He said the company does not want to "sacrifice" the jobs of 500 Palestinians who work in the SodaStream factory "for some political cause" of activist groups.
Johansson was chastised by some and praised by others.
Barghouti said in a statement that she "reminds us of the few unprincipled artists who during the struggle against South African apartheid sold their souls and stood on the wrong side of history."
The World Jewish Congress praised her as "a role model for others confronted with insidious anti-Israeli pressure."
A call placed to Johansson's representative by The Associated Press on Thursday was not immediately returned.
In Israel, the potential danger of a widening boycott, once dismissed as a fringe issue, is increasingly taking center stage in public debate.
The Israeli Treasury has examined various scenarios, and Lapid, the finance minister, said the results are worrying.
Even in the case of a limited boycott that reduces Israeli exports to the European Union by 20 percent, the damage would amount to about 20 billion shekels ($5.7 billion) in exports annually, he said.
Israel's GDP — just under $260 billion in 2011, according to the World Bank — would lose about $3 billion each year, he told a high-profile security conference in Tel Aviv late Wednesday.
Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-line Likud Party played down the risks, saying Israel "has the tools to prevent boycotts." He did not elaborate.
Steinitz, a former finance minister, told Israel Radio on Thursday that any deal that endangers Israel's security would do far more economic damage than a boycott.
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Black-hat hackers are beginning, slowly but at an increasing pace, to lock down and encrypt medical data, then demand a ransom fee before they'll turn over the data in usable form again.
While reports of such activity are scattered and few at the moment, my guess is that we're at the beginning of a wave of such attacks, especially attacks targeting small medical practices with unsophisticated security set-ups.
Consider what happened recently to a clinic in Queensland, Australia. Over one weekend, a server holding seven years of patient records was breached and the data encrypted with "military-grade" tools, according to blog Naked Security.
The attackers, who seem to be based in Eastern Europe or Russia, are demanding $4,000 AUD for the release of the records, the blog reports. The clinic is attempting to avoid paying by bringing in its own security experts, but the experts retained by the clinic are apparently fairly doubtful that they can break the encryption scheme.
Such attacks have begun to occur in the U.S. as well, all targeting smaller medical practices with minimal security support. It's little wonder that such practices are being targeted; even if they have decent, industry-standard firewalls, antivirus software and password-protected servers — as the Aussie clinic did — such protections are child's play to defeat if you're a professional cybercriminal who's done this kind of thing many times before.
Even if the practice has tougher security in place than usual, how likely is it to have good security hygiene, such as frequently updated and patched firewalls and strong, regularly switched out passwords? Without security staff on board, not too likely.
Given the devastating consequences that can occur if a medical practice is unable to regain its data, it seems to me that it's time the entire healthcare industry take an interest in this problem. Smaller practices need help, and we've got to figure out how to make sure they get it.


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Who's the best dunker in NBA history, in-game or otherwise? Personally, I have no idea.
I mean, technically speaking, I'm lying—I do have an idea. But I don't have, or know how to reach, a definitive conclusion on the matter. The two most iconographic dunkers ever are, I think, Michael Jordan and Vince Carter. MJ's awe-inducing hangtime and tongue-hanging-out swagger are ubiquitously enmeshed in the fabric of the sport. And Carter, well, the emergence of Vince Carter was something along the lines of discovering a new species. Carter supplanted every dunker in the world by his second NBA season (after he did this), and is responsible for arguably the most memorable dunk in the history of basketball. But the best dunker ever? I'm not sure.
You could make a case for Jordan, Vince, and numerous others. Jason Richardson, Dwight Howard, Chocolate Thunder, Skywalker Thompson, Dominique Wilkins, LeBron James. He's only two years deep, but based strictly off of his share of SportsCenter highlights, you could even make a case for Blake Griffin.
Like I said, I'm not here to give a definitive opinion. Not because I'm unmindful or oblivious—I've paid close attention and have pondered the question for some time—but instead because I'm unsure. If I did give an answer, it would vacillate to the point of a cop-out—MJ one day, Vince the next, if I'm feeling rebellious maybe Shaq or Shawn Kemp, Dominique for a bit, back to MJ, back to Vince, back to I really don't know and now my brain hurts. In this case, the Eye Test doesn't help me deduce anything; it merely muddles my judgement and adds to the confusion. Beauty could be in the eye of the beholder, but my eyes can discern no difference between the value of an Aston Martin and a Lamborghini, feel me?
There is something that I do know, though. It's that if you're having the conversation, or debate, over who the best dunker in NBA history is, then you better include Clyde Drexler.
Where do we start? For one thing, it's not entirely your fault if you don't include him in the debate, or don't know much about him other than his nickname ("The Glide") and that he was on the '92 Dream Team. If you didn't watch Blazers or Rockets games from the mid-80's until the mid-90's, it's understandable for you to view him as nothing more than a trivial name on the imaginary, extra-long list of "NBA Greats." It's actually kind of his fault, because Glide was never about the glitz and glamour that accompanied NBA stardom.
Drexler was, as the headline of a SLAM 14 story penned by then-Editor-in-Chief Russ Bengtson read, "Quiet As Kept." To convey Drexler's I'm just here to play basketball, so please just leave me alone with all the other stuff mindset, Bengtson said the following about Glide, partly because he wrote the story, but also because Drexler wouldn't speak up for himself—Drexler never returned SLAM's phone call for the story because, well, he didn't care much about giving insight into his personal life or advancing a self-image:
"Clyde Drexler's face has never been on a Wheaties box. No rap albums, no movies. Reebok don't make the Glidenosis shoe. You won't see Clyde on TV hawking soda he doesn't drink, fast food he doesn't eat or cars he doesn't drive. The only time you will see Clyde Drexler on TV is when he's playing basketball for the Houston Rockets. What too many people seem to have forgotten is that that's the only time that really counts."
And if that's the case, boy, did Glide make it count.
If a misfortunate opponent was caught between Clyde and the basket on a fast-break, the majority of defenders were smart enough to clear the runway and seek shelter. There were a few stubborn ones, including Bill Cartwright (0:40) and David Robinson (1:38), but they learned their lesson too, just through a harsher course. Carter may have had the trampoline bounce and Jordan may have had the "Secret Stuff" from Space Jam, but Clyde Drexler had wings. His soaring jaunts to the hoop were so were effortlessly powerful that Glide's dunks were equal parts vicious and graceful, if that makes sense.
If it doesn't make sense, my bad, but no worries. Today, on Clyde's 50th birthday, we celebrate with a short-yet-powerful video montage (above) that our friends at Hoops4Life compiled to bring Drexler's greatness back to life.
Drexler was fast, long, uber-athletic, and posted statistics across the board that leave my brain dumbfounded and my stomach feeling queasy. For a 20-year old like me—one who was a puny seven years of age when Drexler's 15-year run in the L came to a conclusion—my first glance at Drexler's numbers had me on the verge of becoming Hitch-faced.
Ten-time All-Star, NBA Champion ( '95 Rockets with Hakeem Olajuwon, Kenny Smith and Co.), Dream Team Gold medalist, First-ballot HOF inductee (2004) and named one of the 50 Greatest Players Ever—OK, Solid.
• 1990 NBA Finals (losing to Isiah Thomas' Pistons in five games): 26.4 points, 7.8 rebounds, 6.2 assists.
• 1992 NBA Finals (losing to Jordan's Bulls in six games): 24.8 points, 7.8 rebounds, 5.3 assists—In the Finals? 25, 8 and 5 on MJ? Wow.
• 1995 NBA Finals ('Chip): 21.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, 6.8 assists.
• Overall NBA Finals averages: 24.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 6.1 assists.
Two near quadruple-doubles:
• Blazers at Bucks, January 1986: 26 points, 9 rebounds, 11 assists, 10 steals.
• Rockets vs. Kings, November 1996: 25 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, 10 steals.
Quadruple-double? What? Two times? Ten years apart from each other?? I'm sick.
But perhaps this stat, more so than any other, portrays the totality of Clyde Drexler's impact on the game: Glide is one of only three players in NBA history to have posted career totals of at least 20,000 points, 6,000 rebounds and 6,000 assists. The other two were Oscar Robertson and John Havlicek. In short, the dude undeniably did it all.
A perennial All-Star, model of consistency, NBA Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist, and arguably the most aesthetically pleasing basketball player ever, it's only right that we pay our respects. Happy Birthday, Clyde.
As for the debates and basketball banter, well, the next time you ask yourself, "Who's the best dunker ever?" make sure you include Clyde Drexler.
Or don't. He never cared anyway.