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Sequoia Voting Systems
Sequoia Voting Systems was a California-based company that is one of the largest providers of electronic voting systems in the U.S., having offices in Oakland, Denver and New York City. Some of its major competitors were Premier Election Solutions (formerly Diebold Election Systems) and Election Systems & Software.
It was acquired by Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems on June 4, 2010. At the time it had contracts for 300 jurisdictions in 16 states through its BPS, WinEDS, Edge, Edge2, Advantage, Insight, InsightPlus and 400C systems.[1]
- 1 Company history
- 2 Controversies
- 3 Sale to Dominion and further security issues
- 4 See also
- 5 References
- 6 External links
Company history[edit]
Sequoia was involved with voting systems for more than 100 years. At the end of the 19th century, Sequoia invented the lever-action mechanical voting system. Many machines of this type are still used today in some U.S. jurisdictions. In the 1980s Sequoia was bought by Jefferson Smurfit, an Irish printing conglomerate which in turn sold it to De La Rue, a British currency paper printing and security company. After losing money for several years, on March 8, 2005, Sequoia was acquired by Smartmatic, a multi-national technology company which had developed advanced election systems, voting machines included. Thereafter Smartmatic assigned a major portion of its development and managerial teams, dedicated to revamping some of Sequoia's old-fashioned, legacy voting machines, and replacing their technology with avant-garde proprietary features and developments, which resulted in new, high-tech products. As a result, Sequoia sold many new-generation election products and experienced a healthy financial resurrection during the fiscal years of 2006 and 2007. However in November 2007, following a verdict by the CFIUS, Smartmatic was ordered to sell Sequoia, which it did to its Sequoia managers having U.S. citizenship.[2]
California decertification/recertification[edit]
On August 3, 2007, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen withdrew approval and granted conditional reapproval[3] to Sequoia Voting Systems optical scan and DRE voting machines after a "review of the voting machines certified for use in California in March 2007"[3] found "significant security weaknesses throughout the Sequoia system"[4] and "pervasive structural weaknesses"[4] which raise "serious questions as to whether the Sequoia software can be relied upon to protect the integrity of elections."[4]
"Hanging chads" controversy[edit]
A 2007 investigative report by Dan Rather charged Sequoia with deliberately supplying poor quality punch-card ballots to Palm Beach County, Florida for the 2000 election. According to former Sequoia employees, the ballots for Palm Beach County were produced with paper and manufacturing processes that were outside of normal specifications. This supposedly caused all of the problems with "hanging chads". When quality problems were found, Sequoia management ordered the production workers to ignore them. One worker speculated that the object was to discredit punch-card ballots and thus promote sales of electronic voting machines. [5]
Florida touch-screen replacement[edit]
After the 2000 election problems, Florida required its counties to replace punch-card voting systems with touch-screen systems, some of which were purchased from Sequoia. However, there were some major problems with touch-screen systems, and in 2007 Florida ordered the counties to replace them with optical-scan systems by 1 July 2008. Sequoia offered to buy back its machines for $1 each. This offer was rejected.[6]
Threat of legal action against Professor Edward Felten[edit]
In early 2008, New Jersey election officials announced that they planned to send one or more Sequoia Advantage voting machines to Professors Edward Felten and Andrew Appel of Princeton University for analysis. Felten and Appel are computer scientists interested in security issues, especially in regard to electronic voting systems. In March 2008, Sequoia sent an e-mail to Professor Felten asserting that allowing him to examine Sequoia voting machines would violate the license agreement between Sequoia and the county which bought them, and also that Sequoia would take legal action "to stop... non-compliant analysis... publication of Sequoia software... or any other infringement of our intellectual property." [7] This action sparked outrage among computer technology activists.[8] Author and digital rights activist Cory Doctorow commented "It's hard to imagine a stupider legal threat."[9]
Shortly after this, Sequoia's corporate Web site was hacked. Ironically, the hack was first discovered by Ed Felten. Sequoia took its Web site down on 20 March and removed the "intrusive content".[10]
The Avante Lawsuit[edit]
On June 2006, Sequoia Voting Systems, along with Diebold and ES&S, were sued by a small, virtually unknown New Jersey technology company called 'Avante', alleging infringement of two of its patents covering DREs (Direct Recording Electronic voting machines) and Optical Scanners. The lawsuit demands that the three companies a) are prohibited permanently to sell all their "infringing" equipment; b) recall all "infringing" equipment; c) destroy or deliver to Avante the "infringing" equipment; and d) award "infringement" damages to Avante including treble damages for "willful infringement". Sequoia Voting Systems, in particular, was sued for its Edge, Advantage, 400C, VeriVote Printer (VVPAT) and Insight machines (that is, for all of its products except one). The other two companies were sued for almost all of their products.
Smartmatic's continuing interests in Sequoia[edit]
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In April 2008, competitor Hart InterCivic attempted a hostile takeover of Sequoia. Court documents unearthed at this time revealed that Smartmatic still retained some financial control over several aspects of Sequoia. At the time, Smartmatic held a $2 million note from SVS Holdings, Inc., the management team which purchased the company from Smartmatic. In accordance to the acquisition contract, Smartmatic also retains ownership of intellectual property rights for some of Sequoia's currently deployed election products in the United States, and holds the right to negotiate overseas non-compete agreements.
The CEO and President of Sequoia and SVS Holdings is Jack Blaine, a former Smartmatic executive. During a conference call with company employees, Blaine admitted that SVS/Sequoia did not control the intellectual property of some of its novel products, which belongs to Smartmatic. These arrangements were purportedly agreed upon under the scrutiny and approval of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) of the U.S. Treasury Department, which had been investigating whether there were any ties between Sequoia, Smartmatic, and the government of Venezuela. CFIUS dropped the investigation when Smartmatic agreed to divest Sequoia, in a deal whereby all of Sequoia's shares were sold off to SVS Holdings for an undisclosed price.
Among other bidders, Smartmatic and Sequoia were competitors for the contract to provide voting machines and services to the 2010 national elections in the Philippines,[11] one of the largest contracts ever in the voting technology industry. In the bidding process Sequoia was disqualified early, while Smartmatic was declared the winner.[12]
Sale to Dominion and further security issues[edit]
On June 4, 2010 Dominion, a previously little-known company engaged in Internet voting and manufacturing of optical scanners, acquired Sequoia Voting Systems.[13] WIRED has reported that two academic computer security experts hacked an AVC Edge Sequoia/Dominion electronic voting machine in the months before the 2010 congressional election. The voting program was replaced with a Pac-Man game. The machine was opened with a screwdriver without breaking any of the "tamper-evident" seals.[14]
See also[edit]
- ^ http://www.dominionvoting.com/images/pdfs/DominionAcquiresSequoiaFinal.pdf
- ^ "U.S. Voting Technology Leader Sequoia Voting Systems Announces New Corporate Ownership". Sequoia Voting Systems, Inc. 2007-11-08. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
- ^ a b "Withdrawal of Approval of Sequoia Voting Systems, Inc., WinEDS v 3.1.012/AVC Edge/Insight/Optech 400-C DRE & Optical Scan Voting System and Conditional Re-approval of Use of Sequoia Voting Systems, Inc., WinEDS v 3.1.012/AVC Edge/Insight/Optech 400-C DRE & Optical Scan Voting System". California Secretary of State. 2007-08-03. Archived from the original on 2007-09-21. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- ^ a b c Matt Blaze, Arel Cordero, Sophie Engle, Chris Karlof, Naveen Sastry, Micah Sherr, Till Stegers, Ka-Ping Yee (2007-07-20). "Source Code Review of the Sequoia Voting System". California Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
- ^ Kim Zetter (2007-08-20). "Vendors - Sequoia Voting Systems Responsible for 2000 Presidential Debacle?". VoteTrustUSA.
- ^ Voting Machines Giving Florida New Headache, New York Times, 10/13/2007
- ^ Ed Felten (2008-03-17). "Interesting e-mail by Sequoia".
- ^ "E-Voting Firm Threatens Ed Felten If He Reviews Its E-Voting Machine". Techdirt. 2008-03-18.
- ^ Cory Doctorow (2008-03-17). "Sequoia Voting Systems threatens Felten's Princeton security research team". BoingBoing.
- ^ Dee Chisamera (2008-03-21). "Sequoia Voting Systems Admits To Hackers Attacking Their Website". eFluxMedia.
- ^ Comelec disqualifies 2 more bidders for P11-billion automation contract The Philippine Star (May 06, 2009)
- ^ Comelec officially declares Smartmatic winning bidder The Daily Tribune, Philippines (June 10, 2009)
- ^ On Heels of Diebold/Premier Purchase, Canadian Firm Also Acquires Sequoia Brad Friedman | T Thruthout | Bradblog (21 June 2010)
- ^ Zetter, Kim (2010-08-24). "Touchscreen E-Voting Machine Reprogrammed to Play Pac-Man". WIRED.


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I loved this blush when I first bought it - it is luxurious and sheer. I have found over time that moisture interferes with the product so badly that it just won't apply properly anymore. I have never had this problem with any other brand - NARS, SK2, Cle de peau, Bobbi Brown. I don't know what the problem is, I have also encountered it with a BT eyeshadow. Sadly, this one will need to go in the bin, and given how beautiful the compact is and how expensive it was - it a a cosmetics tragedy :(
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The previous reviewer did an excellent job. I can't add much more. This is crazy expensive but the compact is luxurious. It's relatively small but not tiny. It's very heavy. The color is gorgeous as is the quilted pattern of the blush. I like that the texture is very sheer so your skin shows through. Looks very natural.
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Holy smokes, Blush Terrybly is expensive!
I tried on shade #2, Erotic Pink, at the recommendation of a Space NK worker at the NYC SoHo location. At the time, fortunately for me, they were out of stock, so I ended up getting some other products and went on my merry way. I was kind of happy that it was out of stock, since I knew from experience that by Terry products, while high in quality, are astronomically priced.
However, I couldn't get this blush out of my head! On my light golden complexion, it just looked so right! It is a cool-toned, mid rose-pink with no particular shimmer to speak of, but it somehow adds a glow to my cheeks. (The swatch on the by Terry website is quite accurate.) I usually roll my eyes at any sort of beauty marketing lingo, but the "micro-prism" technology that by Terry speaks of really does give an uplifted effect to my complexion. The texture is so fine and creamy that it blends into the skin rather than sits on top of it, and can be worn with cream or liquid foundations.
Fast forward a couple of weekends... I went to a different Space NK and plunked down the $75 USD (gasp!!!!) for this blush. Luckily, I had a $5 reward coupon, so the blow, while still awful, wasn't quite so bad.
The blush comes in a large box, about the size of a perfume box. The compact is shiny silver metal, about the size of a powder compact, and substantially heavy. It comes with a little purple drawstring pouch for storage, and also has a small brush enclosed in the compact. I've been using the brush, but have to admit it is quite cheaply formed (ie. plastic handle, and the bristles shed), so I will probably start using one of my real blush brushes to apply.
The surface of the blush is in a quilted pattern and embossed with "by Terry," which adds to the luxury effect. As another Blush Terrybly reviewer has mentioned, there is a strange rose-powder-floral scent, but that quickly fades upon application. (For the record, it is not nearly as strong as Burberry blushers.)
A couple of gentle sweeps on the cheeks lasts all day, and there is no oxidation or color change. It does not irritate my skin or dry it out. I am very happy with this blush, despite the humongous pricetag, and would love to try some other colors.
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Creech named OAC Swimmer of the Week
Sophomore notched three wins for Quakers
January 10, 2011
Julie Creech is the OAC Women's Swimmer of the Week.
AUSTINTOWN — Wilmington College sophomore Julie Creech has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Swimmer of the Week, the league office announced today.
The conference honor is the second in Creech's career.
Creech (Dayton/Centerville) had three race wins as the Quakers split home meets with Alma and Franklin.
The defending OAC 100- and 200-yard butterfly champion, Creech touched first in the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly against Alma, and won the 400 freestyle against Franklin.
"Julie really responded to the training we did down in Florida," Wilmington head coach Trip Breen said. "You take talent and add talent that wants to work hard, and you're going to have success. Julie proves that every week. Every year is different, but time-wise, she's well ahead of where she was at this time last season. Her idea of how to race has improved a lot, she has learned a lot. She's really setting herself up well for a great championship meet."


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More than a year ago we wrote the following in the conclusion to a report speculating, "Will Google Dominate the Mobile Web?"
Users have been conditioned to search online some of that behavior will translate into mobile. The evidence is already there; and the transference will likely become even more pronounced if full HTML browsers (i.e., Opera Mini, Safari, Skyfire) gain broader adoption. They explicitly seek to minimize the distinctions between the Internet and the "mobile Internet." Google also hopes there will be a few distinctions between the two over time – hence Google's WAP homepage redesign.
Despite this hope for convergence there remain a wide range of devices and user experiences in mobile. That's partly why Google is pursuing a diversified mobile strategy. It's very likely that search will have a significant role to play on the handset. The question is: will that be central and primary or secondary and more peripheral? This is very much up for grabs as the mobile market evolves and companies jockey for position. Google has a significant advantage "going in," given its brand strength and resources. But, as we've tried to argue, there are other paradigms and use cases that are emerging. The wide range of devices and user experiences thus creates potential openings for companies other than Google to rise in mobile and potentially gain mindshare and market share. We'll see if that happens.
I was remind of that report when I saw this article: iPhone apps are Google's biggest threat in mobile search. While the title sums it up, here's the core of the article:
The last example points to one of the reasons why mobile apps trump mobile search. With mobile search you don't always know whether the stuff you click on in the search results will be viewable or functional on your smartphone. But if you have a mobile app or site that's designed for that smartphone then you can be relatively confident that a search using that app will quickly return results (and links) that are optimized for a smartphone.
The article also assumes continued smartphone penetration. The question is how much and how soon?
While apps pre-date the iPhone, the iPhone made apps central to the smartphone experience. Our earlier speculation was that apps, browser favorites and other input methods (e.g., camera phones) could affect the centrality of search as a way to obtain content on mobile devices.
All the major smartphone platforms now have apps stores: iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile, Palm and now Nokia/Symbian. What we're now callling smartphones and their successors will eventually come to dominate the market. But when that will be is up in the air. In five years a significant minority of US and global phones will function as mobile Internet devices (and potentially have access to apps).
The market is fluid and it's still too early to tell conclusively but we agree that the emergence of apps, combined with the limitations of "mobile search" today make it less likely that a PC-like search experience will be as central in mobile as it is on the desktop. That still could change as mobile search evolves -- the iPhone 3.0 upgrade has a spotlight like search feature -- and as voice becomes more reliable as a mobile search interface.
For Google that means it must develop its display and contextual ads business for mobile, which it is, rather than simply assume and rely upon search revenues. They will grow but, in the near term, they may not produce the mobile gold rush that some are anticipating.
Related: The Ovi store launch has apparently not gone well.


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Syrian Ship Loses Load of Nitric Acid off Egypt
A Syrian ship carrying 165 tons of nitric acid lost a part of its load Saturday before sinking off the Egyptian Mediterranean coast, the Egyptian press reported Sunday.
The captain of the Daliah-S, which carried ten crew members and two passengers, noticed that the nitric acid was leaking into the sea about six hours after the ship left Alexandria and sent out a distress call to Egyptian authorities.
Emergency workers found the boat's passengers severely affected by fumes in life boats about 15 kilometers (10 miles) from Abu Kir, near Alexandria. The ship had already sunk.
The head of the government's environment agency, Ibrahim Abdel Gelil, told the government daily Al-Akhbar that the nitric acid had diluted, decreasing the risks of pollution on the country's coasts.
The Egyptian Environment Minister, Nadia Makram Ebeid, went to Alexandria to evaluate the situation, according to press accounts – CAIRO (AFP)
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Is the Latino market right for you? To analyze your product or service's potential with the U.S. Latino market, first look for any natural demographic or cultural affinity that might give you an advantage. For example, if you sell children's clothing, the fact that Latinos tend to have more children than the general population might mean there's tremendous potential for your product. On the other hand, if your product is an electronic denture cleaner, the fact that Latinos tend to be younger than the general population might suggest your opportunity is limited.
Second, do your homework. The following are a few examples of the kind of information that can be easily found in a library or on the Internet:
- Latinos tend to use more personal-care items (especially cosmetics and fragrances) than non-Latinos.
- Latinos tend to have larger households than non-Latinos. This means the primary shopper generally shops more often and buys larger quantities.
- Latino parents tend to outspend other parents when it comes to their children, particularly on clothing.
- Latinos spend a great deal of time (and money) keeping in touch with their families back home. Probably for this reason, they outspend their non-Latino counterparts in such areas as long-distance calling, air travel and wire money transfers.
One key to successfully targeting Latino customers: Don't make assumptions. If your product targets a relatively affluent group, such as a home improvement product targeted at homeowners, it would be a mistake to assume there's no opportunity in the Latino market. Almost 60 percent of Latinos in Dallas own their own homes. Where are they buying their home improvement products? Your opportunity might be enormous if you find that no one has addressed this group before--and you step forward to become their home improvement company.
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Local journalist Jonathan Green didn't realize what he was getting into when he took the Men's Journal article assignment that led to his first book, Murder in the High Himalaya: Loyalty, Tragedy, and Escape from Tibet.
"I started out thinking it would be this macho male adventure story," Green tells me as we talk in the kitchen of his house in Longmeadow. "But it ended up as this female epic about bravery, loyalty, and friendship."
One of the friends he writes about, Dolma Palkyi, a Tibetan refugee now living in India, is the main source for Green's book. The other, Kelsang Namtso, was Dolma's best friend and the unfortunate victim of the atrocity for which Murder in the High Himalaya is named.
"This is a story about women being braver than men," Green says.
In September, 2006, Kelsang, a 17-year-old Tibetan nun, and Dolma, one year Kelsang's junior, were among a small group of Tibetan refugees attempting to cross the Himalayas over the Nangpa La Pass, 20 miles east of the world's most famous summit, Mount Everest. Despite its high altitude and inhospitable terrain, the Nangpa La is a popular route for Tibetans seeking to flee China and freely practice Tibetan Buddhism.
In fact, Nangpa La, guarded by Cho Oyu, a "sister" mountain to nearby Everest, was the route that led the Dalai Lama to self-exiled safety over 50 years ago.
"Frequented by thousands of climbers each year," Green's website explains, "Cho Oyu lies 19 miles east of Mt. Everest on the border between Tibet and Nepal. To the elite mountaineering community, it offers a straightforward summit—a warm-up climb to [its] formidable sister. To Tibetans, Cho Oyu promises a gateway to freedom through a secret glacial path: the Nangpa La."
Three weeks into their arduous journey, but now a mere 20 minutes from freedom, the refugees were struggling up the pass, cold, shivering and ill-fed, when Chinese border guards began firing on them. One of their many shots hit Kelsang, who was killed almost immediately. The next day, the body of the young nun was thrown into a crevasse.
The entire event was witnessed by a group of Western climbers who were camped at the pass en route to the summit of Cho Oyu. One of the climbers, a Romanian named Sergiu Matei, filmed the shooting, then managed to smuggle the film out of China. It later aired on CNN, the BBC, and many stations around the world. Today it can be seen on YouTube.
Yet despite this video evidence, Green tells me that there is an ongoing propaganda campaign in China against his book, which the Chinese government has banned. On his office computer he shows me multiple videos, some in Chinese, some translated into English, of various people claiming that Matei's video is a fabrication and Green's book is full of lies, written only make the author money.
"I find it flattering," Green says, adding that the inflamed criticism is an indication of good journalism.
A veteran investigative reporter, Green regularly travels the world over, reporting on such varied topics as human rights abuses in West Africa, Colombia's cocaine trade, and rainforest destruction in Borneo. For his efforts he has received several awards, including the Magazine Design and Journalism Award for "The Dirty Secret of Your NHS," and the Amnesty International Media Award for "Selling Soccer Into Slavery," both of which he wrote for his native Britain's Mail on Sunday magazine.
But the more research he did on the story of Dolma and Kelsang, the more he knew that his reporting of this event would be even more significant than what he had done in the past.
While he was originally drawn to the story from the perspective of the Western climbers who witnessed Kelsang's killing, Green has grown critical of the culture of extreme mountaineering and its "brotherhood of the rope." He points to the climbing clientele who can afford to pay up to $70,000 dollars for the privilege of being professionally guided up Everest and the other 25,000-foot peaks and then write self-congratulatory books about their triumphant experience, talking about the importance of self-esteem at speaking engagements for which they charge exorbitant fees.
"The whole thing has become a joke," Green says. "It's all about making money. All these books are about the heroism of these white climbers," who, he says, compared to the Tibetans, "are cowards."
"The people who changed," he continues, "who had a realization of their lives, were the refugees."
One event in particular provides a stunning contrast between the elite world of wealthy big-mountain climbing clients from the West and the impoverished Tibetan refugees whose paths they often cross deep in the mountain passes. It's the story of a Tibetan refugee girl who fell into a crevasse on the Nangpa La, three years before Kelsang's murder.
"Her 15-year-old sister and others in the group, having no climbing ropes, attempted to tie their belts together and dangle them to the girl, who was screaming in panic. They could not see or reach her," Green writes in Murder in the High Himalaya, "but they could hear her screams. The icy maw of the crevasse gripped her body, but the more she struggled, the more her body heat melted the ice around her and the deeper into the dark clutches of the chasm she fell."
Across the Nangpa La, a climbing expedition was preparing to tackle the summit of Cho Oyu. The expedition's cooks, who had been looking through binoculars in horror as the refugees hopelessly struggled to save the trapped girl, alerted the mountaineers to her horrific situation.
"The climbers had ropes, ladders, and everything that was needed to rescue the girl," continues Green. "Instead, as it was summit day, they ... ignored her plight, and carried on up the mountain instead, leaving the girl to die."
"There are lots of stories like that," Green tells me, reflecting on the awful crevasse death from the stillness of his office.
Perhaps not surprisingly, Murder in the High Himalaya has been largely ignored in the climbing community, whose members feel that Green has a biased agenda, he says.
But it has been appreciated elsewhere. As we head back to the kitchen from Green's office, we pass a framed letter on his entry wall from none other than the Dalai Lama. A copy of the letter appears at the beginning of Murder in the High Himalaya as a sort of foreword. Green met the Dalai Lama while finishing his research for the book.
Closer to home, Green tells me of a reading he did at Springfield Technical Community College. He wasn't expecting a big turnout, but "the auditorium was packed," he says. "Those kids really got it."
The STTC Book Club then wrote Green a check for Dolma, who is hoping to save enough money for an airplane flight from India to Europe. Green continues to stay in regular contact with Dolma.
"That whole [STTC] event was the most gratifying," says Green. "I felt at that moment that the book had resonated. It had done what it was supposed to do."
Green continues to share Dolma's and Kelsang's story with interested parties. And his readers no doubt look forward to traveling with Green again, wherever his work may take him in the future.


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vSphere 5.1 Gotcha with Single Sign On (SSO)
To be honest this is more of a PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair) issue on my part. I was doing an upgrade from vSphere 4.1 to vSphere 5.1 and in the process upgrading vCenter (Simple Install). After the upgrade had completed successfully I logged in to the vSphere Web Client as the admin@system-domain user (who is the admin for Single Sign On). To my horror I could not see any vCenter objects registered and couldn't access vCenter. After a little head scratching I remembered why.
This is by design. This is a measure to ensure separation of duties between authentication admin and virtualization admin for security reasons. The admin@system-domain user doesn't have any access or authority to vCenter. So if you wish to use an SSO user to access vCenter you should set up a separate account and then log into vSphere Web Client or vSphere Client using a vCenter administrator and grant permission to the newly created SSO user (not the admin user). You are not prompted or warned of this if you do a simple install. However if you're doing a split install (each component installed individually) you will be prompted to select who you'd like the vCenter Administrator to be. This is covered in the vSphere 5.1 Installation and Setup Guide – see How vCenter Single Sign On Deployment Scenarios Affect Log In Behavior.
While I was going through this process I also ran into vCenter Single Sign On installer reports: Error 29155. Identity source discovery error (2034374), which is one of the errors that I spoke about in my article vSphere 5.1 Generally Available – Important Upgrade Considerations. When you run into this error you will have to sign into vSphere Web Client using the admin@system-domain user and manually register your AD domain. Make sure that when you're specifying the distinguished name for users and groups that you do it correctly. For example, OU=Users,DC=CORP,DC=DOMAIN,DC=COM, OU=Groups,DC=CORP,DC=DOMAIN,DC=COM. It is not case sensitive and note that specifying the OU is optional (Thanks Erik Bussink for the reminder). However if you don't specify the OU there may be a performance impact as the searches will traverse the entire directory. I would recommend narrowing it down to an OU if possible. Once you've configured your AD correctly and run a test connection which is successful you should consider changing the order of the default domains and making the AD first.
Be aware that if you have hardened your environment and removed any local users on the vCenter Server from being vCenter Admins you could easily get locked out of vCenter if you are unable to communicate with AD (or configure it incorrectly in SSO). This is because no SSO users will have rights to vCenter by default as explained above. Also be aware that if SSO is installed on a different server from vCenter that it will not have any knowledge of the local accounts on the vCenter Server that were granted access. This could be a major problem for you if you have put your Domain Groups into the Local Groups on your vCenter Server and then assigned permissions from there (all local group and user permissions have been removed remember). The first thing I'd recommend when you get SSO working is to create a new SSO user to use in case of emergencies and troubleshooting. Carefully plan and execute your upgrade and you'll avoid these issues.
Because SSO is using token based authorization (based on RSA technology) time sync in your environment will be critical. If your vSphere Hosts do not have consistent time, or your SSO / vCenter Server and other components don't have consistent time you will run into trouble. You could find yourself being locked out of the environment, or services will failing to start. If something weird starts happening that you don't expect you might want to look at all the system clocks and ensure they are in sync.
Good luck and I hope you are successful with your upgrade process.
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October 7, 2012 at 7:18 am | #4
Hi David, How big is your environment? If it's larger than 5 hosts and 50 VM's you'll need to move to a full version of SQL (std edition at minimum) if you want it to be supported. In order to do the upgrade you'll need to create an SSO DB. You may need the SQL management tools for this (which don't come with Express edition) if you want to keep it in the same DB instance as vCenter. If you don't have any other management tools linked into your vCenter and don't need the stats you may opt for a fresh vCenter. You'll have to upgrade SQL Express to 2008 as a minimum as 2005 is not supported. You may be able to get away with a simple install and in-place upgrade (after upgrading SQL Express) and run the SSO DB on a SQL Express instance 2K8. But I haven't tested this and there doesn't appear to be any good documentation on it that I can find. It might pay to file a support request as well before you start the process, or at a minimum file a documentation bug (firstname.lastname@example.com) as this isn't covered well in the docs currently. Let us know how you get on. Also the SQL Express situation is covered in KB 2006706.
Hi Michael,
Not sure if you have come across this or even if it's a supported configuration. For one of the VC instances I have the Users are in one domain but the Groups they belong to are in another domain and there is a trust in place. Good practice is to use groups, so is this a configuration that could be used because in my lab I haven't been able to get it working yet.
Hi, Great article, Thanks for sharing your experience with us!
I've had a similar problem that after upgrade from 4.1 to 5.1 I couldn't login to vCenter with any domain users. I can login only with a local user of the windows machine that running my vCenter. I still didn't find a solution for it, do you have any tips?
Did you do the upgrade logged on to the vCenter VM as domain user or local user?
If you logged on as domain user SSO will automatically connect to your AD and will recognize domain users you have. If you logged on locally during the upgrade you need to define your AD in SSO after upgrade. If you have backup, you can try to redo the whole process.
Too many things have been changed in the configuration since the upgrade, I don't want to redo it…
Not sure what do you mean by "define your AD in SSO" where should I do it? I do have vCenter single sign on service running on my vCenter server but I don't see where to configure stuff related to the SSO.
I configured on each host in the Authentication services my domain but it is still not letting me login with my AD users.
Thanks for your help mate!
November 13, 2012 at 5:15 am | #15
Oren, I've got impression you're not using the Web Client? Pls install the Web Client from the 5.1 ISO. In 5.1 all authentication now goes to SSO not the vCenter anymore.
Pls have a look this two links, hopefully it helps:
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2032135 http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2012/09/vcenter-s…


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Today, workers at a Jimmy Johns franchise in Baltimore, Maryland are going public with their union - the IWW Jimmy Johns Workers Union! They will be conducting a job action today in order to win tip jars for in-shop workers. Lets give their action a little more oomph and show the bosses that we union members stick together! The store is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. (EST), so lets keep the phones ringing all day if you can call in multiple times. If you only have time to make one or two calls, focus your calls during the lunch rush (11-2) and right before the Orioles games (3-4 p.m.). A couple of ground rules: no threatening, try to avoid profanity, and most importantly call often!
Here are the numbers to call:
Pratt Street store: 410-685-3377
Mike Gillett (owner): 410-404-5684
Erik (Pratt st GM): 443-925-9153
And here is what you should say (feel free to add more though!)
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By the IWW Gender Equity Committee
August 1, 2014
Events of harassment, sexual violence, abuse and misogyny have transpired in many branches and projects of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). A recent job survey showed that 1 in 6 people experience sexual harassment in the workplace. This survey goes on to say that 51% of those harassed say it was from a peer, not their boss. However grassroots and radical our union's purpose, as a union made up entirely of peers, without bosses, we are not exempt from societal norms—such as the subjugation of people based on sex, gender identity, race, disability, sexual orientation and class. Women and gendered minorities within this union are intensely and disproportionately affected and victimized by these incidents which are without a doubt the rotten fruit of patriarchy.
Submitted on Пят, 08/08/2014 - 1:08pm
From the IWW - Rio Grande Valley, South Texas
Members and Friends of the IWW: It was decided at the last IWW-RGV (South Texas) General Membership meeting to affiliate ourselves with the Human Rights Coalition of South Texas. This is a declared autonomous group "committed to the dialogue and movement for Human Rights in our Border Communities".
Submitted on Пят, 08/08/2014 - 12:30pm
At the close of Work People's College Europe, fellow workers show solidarity outside Tegel prison in Berlin with the prisoners union, founded there at the end of May with the involvement of our incarcerated fellow worker Oliver Rast.
The prisoners union needs solidarity now.
Write to the Speakers of the prisoners union:
Speaker: Oliver Rast, Deputy: Attila-Aziz Genc
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I.W.W. organizer Frank Little was in Butte, Montana, in the summer of 1917, organizing for the OBU after the disastrous Granite Mountain - Speculator Mine fire that killed 168 miners earlier that year. Early in the morning of August First, agents of the Copper Trust forced their way into his rooming house, dragged him out, and lynched him from a railroad trestle. He's buried in a Butte cemetery.
Fellow Workers will meet at Stodden Park in Butte (directions below) at noon on August 2nd for a potluck lunch and to get acquainted or re-acquainted, maybe have a brief organizing meeting; and maybe, if we're so inclined and anyone brings instruments, some music.
Then, after the potluck we'll convoy a mile or so down to the cemetery where FW Little is buried, have a brief ceremony, and hopefully some inspiring soapbox speeches and more music; and if necessary, do a little tidying up around FW Little's gravesite.
All this will be pretty informal, without a formal program or a rigid time schedule.
Remember, this will be a potluck, so bring something to eat, and enough extra to share !
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Email - ghq [at] iww.org
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ATLANTA, December 16, 2014 – The Georgia Public Service Commission (Commission) today took another step in the expansion of solar energy in our state with the unanimous approval and certification of ten solar power purchase agreements (PPA) for the Georgia Power Company. These projects will add more than 515 megawatts (MW) of solar generation to the Company's energy mix.
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ATLANTA, December 15, 2014 – Governor Nathan Deal today administered the oath of office to Commissioners Doug Everett and Lauren "Bubba" McDonald as they begin their new six-year terms on the Georgia Public Service Commission. The voters overwhelmingly re-elected Everett and McDonald on November 4, 2014.
ATLANTA, December 2, 2014 –The Georgia Public Service Commission (Commission), in comments filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), urges the EPA to "significantly modify" the proposed "Clean Power Plan Rule" filed by EPA on June 2, 2014 under Section 111-(d) of the Clean Air Act. In its comments, the Commission says "the proposed rule is unclear and will create difficulties for regulators and ratepayers in Georgia. We request an adjustment to Georgia's final goal to relieve the hardship we believe the rules, as written, will impose."
December 1, 2014 - Atlanta, Georgia - The Georgia Public Service Commission has filed comments on the EPA proposed Clean Power Rule. The text of the comments is found in the document below.
ATLANTA, November 4, 2014 –The Georgia Public Service Commission (Commission) today unanimously re-elected Commissioner Chuck Eaton for another two-year term as chairman of the Commission.
ATLANTA, October 23, 2014 – The Georgia Public Service Commission today unanimously approved the construction of three solar photovoltaic installations on three Georgia military bases as part of a partnership between the Georgia Power Company and the U.S. Army. The three bases are Fort Benning, Fort Gordon and Fort Stewart.
ATLANTA, October 2, 2014 – The Georgia Public Service Commission advises consumers to start preparing now for the upcoming winter heating season. Consumers need to ensure their homes and heating systems are ready for the cold weather as well as making sure they are getting the best value for their natural gas dollar. If you wait until the last minute you could be shivering while you wait for a service technician or pay higher winter prices. "Georgians need to prepare for the upcoming winter season before the cold temperatures are upon us," said Commission Chairman Chuck Eaton.
ATLANTA, September 16, 2013 – The Georgia Public Service Commission today unanimously approved an expansion of the Hearing Aid Distribution Program which provides hearing aid services to children from ages 0 to 19. The Commission approved an amendment to its contract with the Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation (Foundation) which contracts with the Commission to provide hearing aid services.
ATLANTA, September 9, 2014 — Commissioner Stan Wise, in a September 3 letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, says the EPA's draft rule to reduce carbon emissions from electric power plants, known as the proposed Clean Power Rule, will "place undue hardship on Georgia consumers." In the two-page letter to McCarthy, Wise says he is appealing to McCarthy's "sense of fairness" by sharing some insight into how the proposed rules might impact Georgia.
ATLANTA, September 3, 2013 – The Georgia Public Service Commission joins with the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) in announcing September 8-14, 2014 as National Lifeline Awareness Week in Georgia. Access to local emergency services and community resources is vital to all residents. Lifeline helps low income consumers connect to the nation's communications networks, find jobs, access health care services, connect with family, and call for help in an emergency. For some, a local phone can be the difference between social connection and complete isolation.
ATLANTA – September 4, 2014 - Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols on September 3, 2014 hosted a "Lunch and Learn" session on "Commercially Sexually Exploited Women and Children in the Atlanta Metro Area" at the Midtown Atlanta law offices of Arnall Golden Gregory LLP.
ATLANTA, August 19, 2014—The Georgia Public Service Commission today unanimously approved Georgia Power Company's request to verify and approve the expenditures in the Combined Ninth and Tenth Vogtle Construction Monitoring Report for the period between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2013, in Docket Number 29849. The total amount approved today for the Vogtle expansion is $389 million, bringing the total construction cost verified to date to $2.599 billion.
ATLANTA, July 28, 2014 -- Georgia Public Service Commissioner Stan Wise today called "insurmountable" the challenges in trying to establish multi-state plans to meet the proposed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Power Rules under Section 111 (d) of the Clean Air Act. Commissioner Wise participated in a. Workshop on Regional Compliance Options for Section 111 (d) in Washington, D.C sponsored by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) under a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.
ATLANTA, June 27, 2014 – The Solar Foundation has awarded Georgia Public Service Commissioner Lauren "Bubba" McDonald its 2014 Individual Achievement Award because of his efforts to promote solar energy in Georgia. The Foundation presented the award during its recent Summer Solstice event in Washington, D.C. "I am honored to receive this award," said McDonald. "As we continue to move forward with solar energy in Georgia, I will work to ensure that it is done responsibly and without ratepayers' subsidies."
ATLANTA, June 17, 2014 – The Georgia Public Service Commission (Commission) today approved the Georgia Power Company request to credit to consumers a portion of the fuel cost that pays into the Nuclear Waste Fund, a move that will save Georgia Power customers about $31 million a year. The Company submitted the proposal for Commission approval after the Department of Energy formally set the fee it collects under the 1982 federal Nuclear Waste Policy Act to zero effective May 16, 2014.
ATLANTA, June 2, 2014 -- The following is a statement from Georgia Public Service Commissioner Stan Wise in reaction to today's issuance of carbon dioxide rules by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: The Obama Administration continues its war on coal with the issuance of carbon dioxide rules for existing coal plants. These overreaching rules trump state authority, put energy users at risk to future price swings, ignores the investments and progress Georgians have made to improve the environment, and are a backdoor attempt to force federal renewable energy mandates.
ATLANTA, May 20, 2014 – The Georgia Public Service Commission (Commission) took another step today to diversify Georgia's energy portfolio. The Commission approved a proposed agreement that will add 250 megawatts of clean renewable wind energy to Georgia's electric grid.
ATLANTA, May 16, 2014 – The Georgia Public Service Commission (Commission) is applauding the U.S. Energy Department announcement that it will zero out the fees it has collected under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to fund a non-existent Nuclear Waste Repository, thereby saving Georgia consumers approximately $31 million a year. The Department is complying with a November 19, 2013 federal court order to stop collecting this fee which was assessed on nuclear power companies and then passed onto consumers. Since 1982, Georgia electric consumers have paid an estimated $1.2 billion in fees and interest into the fund.
ATLANTA, May 13, 2014 – Georgia Public Service Commissioner Lauren "Bubba" McDonald participated today in the dedication of the Georgia Solar Farm, the largest solar array east of the Mississippi, near Social Circle in Walton County. The Georgia Public Service Commission authorized this project as part of the original 50 megawatt solar project in 2011. The power generated on this site is supplied to Georgia Power Company through a long term purchase power agreement.
ATLANTA, May 6, 2014 – Georgia Power Company is expected to file with the Commission a plan that looks to install solar projects at three major U.S Army bases in Georgia that will further the Army's efforts to meet its renewable energy and energy security mandates. Georgia Power announced during today's Administrative Session that it will file an update to its 2007 renewable action plan that will include a memorandum of understanding with the Army to pursue the three projects. More details will be released once the Company makes its filing.
ATLANTA, May 7, 2014 -- Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols and his wife leased an all-electric Nissan Leaf automobile last fall, despite having very few places to charge the vehicle in Athens. Today Commissioner Echols, at the request of the University of Georgia, was the first "customer" at the University of Georgia Auxiliary Services new Level 2 electric vehicle charging station in the North Parking Deck on the University campus. Echols also made remarks at a small ceremony and demonstration held in the North Campus Parking Deck.
ATLANTA, April 2, 2014 – The Georgia Public Service Commission (Commission) has taken another step forward in solar energy development in Georgia and unanimously approved the release of a Request for Proposal (RFP) to solicit bids for the development of 495Megawatts (MW) of solar generation to go on line in 2015 and 2016. The RPF will be posted today on the web site of Accion, Inc., the Independent Evaluator, at www.gpasi.accionpower.com. Interested bidders should apply through this web site through April 30, 2014. The Commission is expected to make a decision regarding this RFP by December 16, 2014.
ATLANTA, April 1, 2014 – The Georgia Public Service Commission reminds all Georgians that April is National Safe Digging Month and that anyone who plans to excavate where underground utilities are located must call 8-1-1 before they dig. Damage from excavation activities to gas and water pipelines, along with sewer systems and buried distribution power lines, remains a leading cause of utility incidents resulting in death or injury.
ATLANTA, March 18, 2014 – The Georgia Public Service Commission (Commission) today unanimously adopted a resolution urging the Georgia Congressional Delegation to act immediately to accept the Department of Energy (DOE) recommendation to adjust to zero the current fee charged to Georgia Power Company ratepayers for the Nuclear Waste Fund. Today's Commission action follows the November 19, 2013 U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C. decision that mandated the Secretary of Energy to submit a proposal to Congress to adjust the current Nuclear Waste Fund fee to zero until such time as either the DOE resumes work toward the Yucca Mounty project or until Congress provides for an alternative waste management plan.
ATLANTA, March 5, 2014 – "On behalf of the Georgia Public Service Commission, I'd like to congratulate the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners on reaching a milestone 125-year anniversary today. NARUC provides an innumerable amount of services for its members, from education to networking to sharing best practices. The lessons we learn from our colleagues across the country help us make better and more informed decisions here in Georgia. NARUC provides the foundation that lets this happen," said Commission Chairman Chuck Eaton.
Atlanta, Georgia, February 21, 2014 -- Commissioners Lauren "Bubba" McDonald, Jr. (R-Habersham County) and Doug Everett (R-Albany) are applauding the U.S. Energy Department's finalization of $6.5 billion in federal loan guarantees to assist Georgia Power with the construction of two new units at its Alvin W. Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant. Both Commissioners joined with U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz; Georgia Power President and CEO Paul Bowers; Chairman, President and Southern Company CEO Tom Fanning; and U.S. Congressman John Barrow, House of Representatives, 12th District of Georgia, for the formal signing ceremony yesterday at Plant Vogtle in Waynesboro, Georgia.
ATLANTA, February 18, 2014 –The Georgia Public Service Commission (Commission) today publicly recognized Georgia Power Company for its extraordinary work in restoring power to more than 700,000 customers who were left without electricity as a result of the winter ice and storm last week. Commissioners applauded the Georgia Power crews who worked around the clock during the three day event to restore customers affected by power outages. Georgia Power's Emergency Operations
WASHINGTON, D.C, February 12, 2014— Commissioner Lauren "Bubba" McDonald, Jr.(R-Habersham County) briefed White House energy advisors this week on the Georgia Public Service Commission's approval of additional solar power generation capacity into the state's electric system without placing upward pressure on rates or using ratepayer subsidies. The Commission last year approved an additional 525 Megawatts of solar capacity in Georgia Power's 2013 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). This decision brings the total solar capacity that will be on line in Georgia by the end of 2015 to 800 Megawatts.
Atlanta, February 4, 2014 – Commissioner Lauren "Bubba" McDonald, Jr, today urged the U.S. Congress to take action on developing a plan for a Nuclear Waste Repository. "It's time for Congress to step up and ensure compliance with the plan which called for a Nuclear Waste Repository back in 1982," said McDonald. He noted that Georgia electric ratepayers have paid more than $1.3 billion (including interest) into the Nuclear Waste Repository Fund since 1982, yet to date no repository exists.


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Updated On: Dec 12 2012 02:10:00 PM CST
Gusty south winds brought back unseasonably warm air Wednesday across Iowa, National Weather Service forecasters said.
The system will push highs 10 to 15 degrees above normal for mid December.
Temperatures pushed past 50 degrees in part of Iowa Wednesday. Highs in the upper 40s are forecast the rest of the week.
A storm system is expected to bring rain to much of central and southern Iowa Friday night into Saturday.
A wintry mix is possible over the far northern part of the state Saturday.
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Tension Haunts Hyderabad
April 22, 2010 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Nilofar Suhrawardy, MMNS India Correspondent
NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD: With political leaders and parties keen to "exploit" the recent tension in Hyderabad to their advantage, they are playing all possible cards they can. The old city was rocked by tension, following a dispute between two groups over religious flags last month (March 27). Riots broke out, causing loss of three lives and injuring around 150, which led to curfew being imposed on March 29. As the situation became normal, curfew was gradually lifted from the areas rocked by communal violence. Curfew was completely lifted last week (April 10), though prohibitory orders banning assembly of five or more people remained in force.
Investigations being conducted by the police on who was responsible for the communal violence are expected to take another week. On this, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crimes), K. Narsimha Reddy said: "We are thoroughly investigating the matter to know the exact reasons that led to communal unrest. Strict action as per law will be initiated against all those involved in the communal clashes."
With more than 180 cases booked in connection with the communal violence, around 250 people have been arrested. Yet, verbal missiles between the rival political parties continue to be hurled at each other. While accepting that communal violence should not have taken place, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah (Congress) claimed that he had "deftly" handled the situation. Following his return from New Delhi after a three-day visit, he claimed that Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi was "extremely happy" with his government's performance in Andhra Pradesh (AP). Referring specifically to communal tension in Hyderabad, he said: "She has been happy over the deft handling of the situation arising out of communal riots in old city of Hyderabad, though such things should not have happened in the first place" (April 17). Her words, according to him, were: "She told me- You have tactfully handled the situation, I am happy." She also expressed appreciation on the situation being "normal" now, he said.
Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has not reacted favorably to police rounding up Hindus also for their alleged role in recent communal clashes in Hyderabad. The party organized protest rallies and demonstrations across Andhra Pradesh last week (April 17). Blaming the police for its "high-handedness" in booking charges against Hindu youths, the BJP activists shouted slogans against the state government and police. They demanded withdrawal of cases against workers of BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The police reacted by taking more than 200 BJP activists into preventive custody. These included the BJP's AP unit chief, G. Kishan Reddy (Member of Legislative Assembly), general secretary N. Ramchander Rao, former union minister Bandaru Dattatreya and party's national secretary Dr. K. Laxman.
Several BJP leaders were taken into custody earlier in the month also (April 7), when they tried visiting some riot-hit areas in Old Hyderabad. A five-member team formed by BJP president Nitin Gadkari, included Prakash Javadekar, Shanappa, Prahlad Joshi, Nirmala Sitharaman and Dr. Laxman. The police tried convincing the team, led by Javadekar, not to proceed as prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC were still in force. As the police denied them permission, the BJP members entered into an argument with them. Sitharaman and his party members blamed the state government for acting in a "dictatorial" manner. The BJP activists raised slogans against the police. More than 50 BJP members, including Reddy, were taken into custody. Condemning the police action against BJP's "fact-finding" team, Reddy was addressing the media.
Though the concerned authorities must be credited for not allowing the recent communal clashes to spread further, questions continue to be raised on their having taken place. Who is to be blamed for planning these clashes, where did the state police and intelligence services fail in preventing them are some of the questions which remain unanswered. These have gained greater importance with tension prevailing on continuance of peace and harmony in sensitive parts of Hyderabad. As the third anniversary of Mecca Masjid blast comes closer, tension is further aggravated by fear on whether it would pass by peacefully. A blast occurred inside the Mecca Masjid in Old Hyderabad on May 18, 2007, when around 10,000 people were gathered for their Friday prayers. The blast and subsequent police firing led to 14 deaths and more than 50 injured.
Last year, on May 18 at Falaknuma, a Home Guard was killed by a member of an alleged terrorist group.
Though, last year's incident did not lead to any communal clashes, with the third anniversary of Mecca Masjid blast being preceded by riots, tension prevails among the citizens. Even though police has picked up riot suspects from both the communities (Hindus and Muslims), signaling that it is taking a tough stand against whosoever is a "suspect," fear continues to haunt the people. Apprehension about situation still not being normal in Hyderabad has hit the state's tourist industry also. This is indicated by more than 50 percent hotel rooms going unoccupied this March. Situation remains grim, as expressed by Ram Misra, president, Hotels and Restaurant association of AP. He said: "The first quarter is not showing any pick-up at all so far. Normally by now, the bulk bookings are into the system and we know May will be fine. But as of now in April-May, there is nothing happening."
Till political leaders continue to exploit sensitive issues for their interest, the state's citizens and also the visitors, including tourists, are bound to remain skeptical about normalcy marked by peace and harmony in Hyderabad.
YSR's Death Raises Questions
September 10, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Nilofar Suhrawardy, Muslim Media News Service (MMNS)
NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD: The sudden passing away of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy (60) in a chopper crash last Wednesday (September 2) has raised intriguing questions about certain crucial issues. One is instantly forced to deliberate on loopholes present in the security actually provided to political VVIPs and apparent negligence displayed towards ensuring that helicopters used by them have no technical flaws and are capable of handling weather problems. If as initial reports indicate that the helicopter had technical problems, why was it retained in service to be used leading to Reddy's death and of four others on board? The same helicopter had developed a technical snag earlier this year, while Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama was flying from Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) to Gulbarga in Karnataka. The Dalai Lama was told during the flight that the helicopter was experiencing technical problems. The pilot managed to land the Bell-430 chopper safely at its destination. The Dalai Lama used a different chopper on his return flight.
If the concerned aviation staff was aware of the technical problem in chopper, why was it made available for use by Reddy? The helicopter crashed over Nallamala while flying to Chittor from Hyderabad. It has also been said that chopper ran into rough weather and then crashed. This implies that the chopper may have crashed because the pilot was not given the right information about weather problems, he may have over-estimated the plane's weather-handling capacity and/or despite being aware of these risks he took the chance, as he did not want to refuse on flying the VVIPs. The pilots face the risk of losing jobs on refusing to fly top dignitaries, even if their stand is backed by strong reasons such as bad weather.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is looking into whether the local Met office gave the correct weather report before the VVIP flight took off. The hard fact of weather being unpredictable cannot be ignored. Nevertheless, this does not minimize importance given to checking vital air safety checks of helicopters being used in India. It may be noted here that DGCA has only one part-time inspector to conduct safety checks of more than 200 helicopters deployed across the country. Even if this inspector was engaged full-time in conducting safety checks, it is certainly not a one man's job to thoroughly inspect 200 helicopters all over the country. As it takes two days to thoroughly inspect one helicopter, it would be impossible for him to inspect all 200 helicopters even in a year's time. Considering the new importance being given by politicians to use helicopters, isn't it time that they paid some attention to safety of choppers they use and weather conditions. Not too long ago, an angry state chief minister ordered the transfer of a pilot simply because the latter had refused to fly the VVIP because of bad weather.
Reddy's death has also exposed a dark side of Indian political culture once again. Though there is nothing surprising about it but one is certainly amazed at how chaotic and stormy Indian politics can get in the race for political chairs. This has been exposed with Reddy's death being followed by confusion and political battling on who would succeed him as the chief minister. While the confusion has ended for the time being, with swearing in of Reddy's Financial Minister K. Rosaiah as the caretaker chief minister (September 3), the political heat has not yet settled down. A new set of ministers was sworn in to form the state's new cabinet (September 6). But the battle is still on with their being a heated campaign in favor of Reddy's son Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy as the next chief minister. A letter signed by 36 ministers in the late Reddy's cabinet has urged Congress president Sonia Gandhi to consider him for the post. The letter said: "Just like Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Jaganmohan Reddy has a good following among the masses from grass-roots level and is acceptable to all sections, particularly the downtrodden and weaker sections, for the post of chief minister."
Several former ministers stated that they would join the cabinet only if Jaganmohan was made the chief minister. It is pathetic that supporters of Jaganmohan have even disrupted condolence meetings being held in his father's memory. Shouting shrill slogans they forced early end of a condolence meeting being held in Hyderabad in the presence of acting Chief Minister Rosaiah, Union Minister Jaipal Reddy and state Congress president D. Srinivas. The three leaders had to be quickly escorted to safety by security personnel as Jaganmohan's supporters tried to mob them (September 6). Considering that Jaganmohan's entry into Lok Sabha this year is only his first step onto the Indian political stage, one is forced to wonder whether his supporters are considering him as the "right" candidate only because he happens to be late Reddy's son? Shouldn't he be first given time to prove his political mantle as his father did?
Circumstances leading to Reddy's death and the political storm over who would be next chief minister have exposed two dark sides of Indian politics. One is negligence of needed air safety measures even for political VVIPs. The second is inherent instability leading to confusion and chaos when leader at the top suddenly moves off the political stage. If entering Indian politics is being treated like a cakewalk, as Jaganmohan's supporters seem to, it would certainly provide rivals of Congress enough political ground to rise again in the state!


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During the 17th century, notable Dutch writers and scholars, such as PC Hooft and Joost van den Vondel, used the Netherlands' Muiden Castle as a temporary place to kick back and discuss ideas. The Netherlands is also the home of featured jewelry designer Marijke de Goey.
De Goey's prolific creativity extends to poetry, land sculptures, as well as jewelry. She also manages to fit worldwide lectures, seminars, and workshops into her schedule.
A graduate of Holland's Rietveld Academy, where she studied monumental textiles, de Goey developed a propensity for clean sculptural forms.
Her numerous, award-winning land sculptures beautify Austria, New Zealand, and Amsterdam, and she affectionately sees them as "jewelry for the landscape," while referring to her jewelry pieces as "sculptures for the body."
De Goey does not feature many photos of her jewelry on her website, but the designs are contemporary, and sleek without gemstones. Her design approach sticks to the basics; simple geometric structures are the foundation from which she builds a slightly more intricate form.
The angle within a straight line becomes an irregular shape or cube while the twists of curved lines meet in large interconnected loops. "Curved lines twist like a super feminine gesture in and around the human body," she says. "Lines turn into a square; a square turns into a cube. Linking cubes is the next step to creating a piece of jewelry."
De Goey's slender, futuristic stainless steel jewelry pieces were featured in the Body Language Exhibition at New York's Cooper-Hewitt Museum, and Charon Kransen's traveling jewelry exhibition in Canada, and the United States.
Photo 1 (top right): Stainless Steel Linear Earrings
Photo 2 (bottom left): Stainless Steel Looping Bracelet
Friday, January 22, 2010
MARIJKE de GOEY
2 comments:
- Molly said...
What delicate, unique designs! I have never heard of De Goey jewelry, but I will sure look into it now. I am really interested in jewelry designs and designers, because of my business, but this delicate, angular craftsmanship is really intriguing.
Thanks for the informational posts! I'll definitely check out your blog again.
- January 22, 2010 at 5:06 PM
- Carlotta said...
Thanks for commenting Molly, and I am glad you will keep stopping by.
- January 23, 2010 at 11:23 AM
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