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NPS Pharma: Bullish Options Trade Into the Gattex FDA Panel
BEDMINSTER, NJ ( TheStreet) -- NPS Pharmaceuticals (NPSP) is slated to face an FDA advisory panel committee for Gattex for the treatment of adults with short bowl syndrome on Oct. 16. The company's FDA drug approval decision date is Dec. 30. I've structured an options trade to play the NPS Pharma Gattex panel below, but first, a brief explanation of the FDA advisory panel process.
The FDA often convenes advisory panels as part of the drug review process. These panels, comprised of outside experts, provide advice to the FDA on whether or not to approve a drug. Over the course of a day (or half day in some cases), the FDA and the drug sponsor present efficacy and safety data to the panel's experts, who ask questions and deliberate before voting on whether or not to recommend a drug's approval. It should be noted that advisory panels are just that -- advisory -- and that FDA makes the final decision on drug approvals. Still, these panels are among the most exciting biotech catalysts for traders.
Trading FDA drug advisory panels can be tricky because there are several, potentially major, interim catalysts leading up to the day of the meeting.
The first catalyst is the release of FDA's briefing documents that typically occurs two days prior to the meeting. The briefing documents usually include the FDA's clinical review of the drug. An FDA review that is surprisingly negative or positive often causes a lot of stock volatility.
If you want to trade around these FDA panels, you'll first want to decide whether to place a trade before the release of the FDA briefing documents or post release (but before the actual meeting takes place.) An alternative trading strategy is to simply wait until the meeting is over and fade the move once the stock is unhalted. Let's talk about the NPS Pharma trade into its Oct. 16 Gattex advisory panel. In this trade I will be using a no-cost bullish strategy and I will execute the trade prior to the release of the briefing documents. NPS Pharma has run up strongly into the panel already, with the stock moving from around $7 to $10 per share. Options currently imply an up or down move in the stock of $2.50 per share from current levels and analysts currently favors a positive outcome and a share pop to the $12-to-$13 per share range. Here is the trade: Buy 10 OCT 9.0 strike Calls at 1.80 = $1,800Sell (10) OCT 10.0 strike Calls at 1.15 = $(1,150)
Sell (10) OCT 11.0 strike Calls at 0.70 = $(700)
Buy 10 OCT 12.0 strike Calls at 0.35 = $350
Sell (10) OCT 7.0 strike Puts at 0.30 = $(300)
Initial P&L = $0 P&L Diagram: This is a long Call Condor fully financed by a sold Put. The trade costs nothing, excluding commissions. The trade profits as long as the stock settles between $9 and $12 by expiration --note this is below current analysts estimates that tend to be overly aggressive. Maximum profit is achieved between $10 and $11 a share and results in a $1,000 gain for this position size. Losses start at $7 and accelerate below this level given the trade structure uses a short Put (where one is basically short 1,000 shares for this size.) The Call Condor should be executed as one order with a broker. There is some optionality with the sold Put portion of the trade: It can be sold pre-briefing documents or after release but (obviously) before the stock gets halted. If you are able to catch a sell-off or a ramp up of implied volatility it may be possible to get a higher sale value and actually trade into the strategy at a credit. (Of course, if the stock moves higher, selling the Puts may no longer make sense). Pelz has no position in NPS Pharma. To learn more about using options to trade biotech stocks, check out Tony Pelz's book, The Biotech Trader Handbook or subscribe to Chimera Research Group.
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Due to how my computer, monitors, and PlayStation 3 are set up, I can actually type this while looking at the television screen showing the PS3 interface. I've decided to try liveblogging the first few hours of FFXIII-2 to see if I like playing the game in this manner, and to gauge my personal interest in dividing my attention in this particular fashion in an attempt to try something new and blog more.
How it'll work: most liveblogs use some kind of software that I have no idea where to get in order to liveblog quickly and efficiently. While I won't be using that software, I can use their format of updating in tweet-like fashion, with the entries going chronologically upwards from the beginning (the bottom-most entry) to the most recent entry (directly below this paragraph) using military time to denote hours in the GMT+8 timezone.
I'll begin in approximately 30 minutes from this post, at 19:30, after I grab dinner.
See you folks in a bit.
22:15 Standing in front of the First Time Gate. Will continue some other time.
22:13 It seems there's also a map percentage aspect to the game. Can't seem to trigger 100% on the first map though. Strange.
21:57 There appear to be sidequests for Artefacts and other items. Hmm… not sure what to think about fetch quests.
21:38 Got an artefact… Why not spell it Artifact? Is there a big difference?
21:27 So Snow actually left Serah to find Lightning for his fiance. That's nice.
21:18 So the moogle is some kind of a treasure hunting device and a weapon. How multifunctional!
21:04 Oh man. I can save anywhere and it saves to the same file I made at the start of the game. That's cool.
20:57 Crystarium has been altered somewhat. Not sure how to explain it, but basically, each crystal allows you to choose your path of development.
20:48 Staring at a meteorite. Amazed it crashed without making a bigger crater.
20:43 LOL. First non-tutorial boss is called Gogmagog.
20:35 The game uses random encounters that require you to encounter the enemy in a time limit. That's a nice implementation of two existing battle type tropes.
20:26 Hmm… early enemies dropping Accessories.
20:19 So… they give a brief overview of the ending of FFXIII through dialogue in the first hour. Not bad.
20:17 And the kupos of the moogle are weird. Some kind of dialogue weirdness.
20:07 LOL. Jumping mechanics included in the game now.
20:05 Live Trigger… Branching Dialog options, it seems.
20:01 Magical Changing Clothes. Go Squeenix go!
19:59 Noel Kreiss…. jumps into a time gate.
19:54 First Tutorial battle of the game completed, Multi-stage, very forgiving, extremely epic.
19:50 I guess they use gameplay footage to allow for cinematic actions. I got to choose how to engage my enemy in the cinema.
19:44 Apparently, the enemy is a fricking Bahamut of Chaos.
19:42 Cutscenes become actual gameplay footage now. Tutorial stage played as Lightning Riding Odin.
19:40 Caius and Lightning fight. Beasties galore in battle.
19:38 Opening Cinematic of the game. Lightning looks over the sea.
19:36 Game gives a bonus reward if you have FFXIII save data, and asks you to create a data file upon starting game. Autosave and manual save is available.
19:34 Game loaded, Opening Sequence playing. Pretty Cool.
19:30 Turning on PS3.
Namco Bandai has announced that a localization of the PS3 RPG Tales of Graces F is coming to North America.
The news was made known a few hours ago through the unveiling of a Tales of Graces F American website, as well as an official announcement on Facebook.
More information can be found on the Wikipedia Page for the game. In the meantime, I'm saving some money and hoping it gets released in my country as well.
Source: Destructoid
Breaking news folks.
Destructoid has just reported that the PS3 version of Valve's upcoming game Portal 2 will allow players to not only play with PC and Mac gamers via Steam functionality (a first!), but also to play on the PC or Mac as well.
According to Valve, anyone who purchases Portal 2 for the PS3 will also get a free Steam play copy of Portal 2, which will work on the PC or Mac.
Feel free to check Destructoid for more details, and save up some cash for the PS3 version, why dontcha?
One of my Google searches for upcoming games in 2011 had me stumbling back into the NSFW recesses of Sankaku Complex, where one article they had was a huge 1.2 MB picture of a list of multiplatform and exclusive games to the PC, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360. While Sankaku Complex said it asserted the dominance of the PS3 over the two other consoles, it seems fairly evident that the PC would be the place to go if you really want a lot of games.
I can't seem to find the original author of the picture but I'm guessing that this listing is perhaps incomplete to a certain extent as well, seeing as it's a day or two old and something new must have happened between the posting and now that would require a minor update.
Added to the picture above is a link to a blog by Adrian Werner, who also has another extensive list of PC-specific games to look forward to for 2011 and beyond.
Anyway, the point of this post is that there are a ton of great games to look forward to, and it's an exciting year for me, for a lot of reasons. I'm hoping 2011 will be much better than the year before it, and I pray that good things happen to all of us, regardless of our gaming preferences.
As Stargrace of MMOQuests would say, "Happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself!"
I'm not finished with Dead Rising 2 yet, but I think I've played enough (possibly halfway through the story) to write about Dead Rising 2. I purchased it for the PS3 with the intent of killing some time and some brain cells mindlessly beating the stuffing out of zombies. Instead, I ended up thinking deeply about certain aspects of the game that struck me personally.
If you're wondering what the story is in Dead Rising 2, it's like this: Chuck Greene and his daughter Katey came to Fortune City, Nevada as part of a zombie-slaying reality game show called Terror is Reality. During their stay in Fortune City, someone released the zombies out into the wild, infecting the general populace and making a mess out of just about everything save for the Safe House that Chuck, Katey and a host of other survivors managed to find. Sadly, Chuck's been falsely accused of releasing the zombies, so he has to clear his name in three days before a pickup arrives and arrests him.
There's a second wrinkle to this story though: Katey was bitten by her mother during a previous outbreak of zombification. The reason they're in Fortune City is because Terror is Reality pays Chuck enough to purchase Zombrex, an zombification inhibitor drug, for his daughter. With the city gone to hell and his name tarnished, Chuck Greene has to scour Fortune City, not only for clues to who framed him, but also for Zombrex to keep his daughter from turning undead.
The gameplay itself doesn't feel terribly deep (mash the B button with an equipped weapon to kill zombies or punch them, rescue survivors, create custom weapons to do more damage to zombies, level up, and repeat process with a new weapon.), but there are certain aspects to the gameplay that, when coupled with the story, make it very difficult to put down.
First, there is the time management aspect of the game. Every moment not spent on pause is time ticking away on the main quests and storyline of the game. To add a wrinkle in the process, one of the main characters sends you information on things happening in the city, and you can choose to aid people or not when this information is given up till a certain time. If it's your initial set of playthroughs, you probably won't have the strength to do everything or the firepower to cut through swathes of enemies, sadly. In other words, you cannot save everyone.
In my case, I went to an area knowing that there was a non-storyline boss character there, and I didn't have the strength to defeat it. So upon reloading a save, I had to choose between using my time more wisely and saving other people or focusing on beating that one enemy to get to the person trapped by the bad guy. Reluctantly, and with much regret, I chose to let someone die.
Related to this is general scarcity of Zombrex. To find Zombrex, you must acquire it in the city through exploration, buy it from looters who've set up shop, or earn it from rescued survivors or slain enemies. Now, finding enough Zombrex for Katey is hard enough, but some survivor quests actually pose to you a survivor who's been bitten by a zombie. The question is: do you give the Zombrex you've saved for that single survivor, or do you leave him be?
During my playthrough I encountered this once, and chose to give the only piece of Zombrex I had to the survivor. After escorting him to the Safe House, I basically had to worry about where I could get another one for my daughter. Luckily, one of the looter shops was selling Zombrex for the ridiculous price of $25,000 (with the next dose of Zombrex from him requiring $50,000, bloody pushers). With an only a small fraction of time left before Katey needed her Zombrex injection, I bought the meds, ran as fast as I could back to Katey, and got her the Zombrex shot in time.
Lastly, one aspect of the game that really hits the sadness lever on my heart are the psychopaths. Psychopaths are a blanket term gamers have used for the minibosses that appear in the Dead Rising series. There are many heart-wrenching stories of people who've been pushed over the edge by the zombie outbreak, from the chef turned cannibal cook to the roller-skating guy in a mascot costume who lost his mascot's significant other. Their stories are all caused by the outbreak and while they may have been unhinged prior to the release of the zombies, the outbreak becomes the final straw that breaks their minds.
The one some of them blame? Chuck Greene, sadly.
I want to keep playing this game just so I can find out the reason behind why Fortune City became a hellhole, as well as keep Chuck's daughter from turning into a zombie. While I do not know if Chuck can keep getting Zombrex for his daughter after the course of the game's events, seeing him fight to keep her alive makes this game quite worth it.
Here's something interesting for the PS3 users out there. The European box art for the upcoming The Sly Collection sports the words, "Classics HD" right above the title. For those who don't know what The Sly Collection is all about, it's essentially a Sly Cooper videogame compilation that's been PS3-ized for the gaming public.
Of course, we aren't interested in that. Instead, what we want to know is simple: Will there be a Classics HD line for the PlayStation 3 in the future? If so, what games will come out as part of the line?
Obviously, this kind of goes against the whole backwards compatibility thing they were going for in the early ages of the PS3's life cycle, but if some really good RPGs make their way onto the PS3 in an HD format with extras, then I may just pick a couple of them up if only for the chance at actually finishing the said RPGs.
Information gathered from Siliconera
One of the best game related songs I've ever heard, especially for a game I haven't played. Cheers.
"Because every gamer is a true gamer: motion gamers, sitting gamers, everyone. And though we may pledge fanboy allegiances to different flags, deep down inside we all serve one master, one king, and his name is gaming. Forever may he reign!"
— Excerpt from the Kevin Butler speech at Sony's E3 presscon.
I've still got two days to go on my trial, so I won't post my impressions yet, but I will give you a status update at the least.
I still have 10 hours of newbie protection, so I've been using it to explore the nearby starter surroundings.
I'm now in a guild called the Dark Hand of Valor. They apparently have two holdings in the Northeastern Region of the Darkfall Map, and my starter area is on Slightly North of the Central Western Region of the Map. That's a long freaking run, but I'm excited to make a break for it once newbie protection wears off.
Anyway, here's the main conundrum for today, and my future purchases may be swayed by your arguments below.
Basically, I have enough saved up money for either a three-month sub to Darkfall or Final Fantasy XIII. Both cost approximately 60$. However, they are vastly different games that appeal to different parts of my personality.
Darkfall currently appeals to a streak of bloodlust and competitiveness I never knew I had, along with a social aspect, which is being in a clan. Final Fantasy XIII appeals to my tried and true personality, which likes storytelling and semi-linear game mechanics to tell that story.
Note that my ideas towards both are mostly favorable, and I'm keeping an open mind towards either game. Place your choice in the comments along with which game you'd side with, and let me see if your persuasive powers will sway me!
I've been remiss in posting because I decided to try out Darkfall for seven days. This post isn't about that, however, but rather about one of the good things I have to say about Darkfall.
You see, for some reason, sandbox games scare the crap out of me, due to my mild obsessive-compulsive tendencies. I was tempted to turn on my PlayStation 3 earlier to play MAG instead of Darkfall, but I decided to muster all my courage to use up more of my newbie protection in Agon.
Before going on any game, I usually check the internet for news and whatnot, and basically, I found out about the Ps3 fiasco I'm calling the Leap Year Bug.
So now, I am thankful to Darkfall for curbing my interest in the PlayStation 3 and saving me from having a busted PS3 Phat. It's a small thing to be thankful for, but I'm thankful for it nevertheless.
More impressions on Darkfall once the trial period ends.

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Online: Shopping is at hand
PUBLISHED: 30 Mar 2012 05:28:36 | UPDATED: 30 Mar 2012 05:50:53PUBLISHED: 30 Mar 2012 PRINT EDITION: 30 Mar 2012Marion Hume
You can hold the new city in your hand. That Australian women, isolated for so long, hungry for so long, should take to our iPads with such alacrity should have been no surprise to anyone. Except it was.
Oroton CEO Sally Macdonald, an early adopter who moved back from the US to find we were still in the age of dial-up, says it wasn't just lack of broadband width that lead to the slow shuffle online. She cites sexism, investment here being so male-dominated. She claims men simply failed to understand the relief with which time-poor women would grab the digital life-raft. (The world's leading luxury e-tailer, net-a-porter, was founded by a woman and its key investor was a woman.)
But other elements have come out of the blue. "The tipping point came really suddenly in 2009," says Eva Galambos of Sydney boutique Parlour X. "Women who had dabbled online went in deep."
And fast. Collette Dinnigan says her diffusion label, Collette by Collette, is 79 per cent sold within five days of going up on net-a-porter. By December 2011, editor Kellie Hush looked across a Grazia office piled with parcels and realized her staffers had eschewed the traditional Christmas sweep of the stores in favour of something much more tranquil. Year-round shopping is easy. "It just sits ... here," Hush says, referring to net-a-porter on her desktop. "It feels like a 'gift to self' and then it arrives so beautifully packaged."
The shocker is mrporter.com. Who knew the Aussie bloke was a peacock? We rank third on net-a-porter's brother site, after the UK and the US, with their massively bigger populations (27,000 items shipped here at time of writing). Where does our Mr Porter live? Sadly we can't tell you, as Mr Porter only discloses national stats, but we managed to locate a cache of chic net-a-porter customers living at NSW 2899 – that's 770km out into the Pacific on Lord Howe Island.
The attractions include the obvious: ease, choice, shopping with glass of wine in hand. And it will only get bigger with faster broadband speeds and new mobile technologies.
Then there's history. Years ago, when America started to shop online, it was just like buying from a catalogue – but with a mouse. But our tradition was to travel to town or to a shopping centre. We play host to the world's leading shopping mall brand, Westfield, now also an e-tailer. Isn't everyone?
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What food makes you think of California? How about New York? Nevada? We put on our foodie thinking caps and chose one ingredient or dish to represent each of the 50 states. Find out which restaurants will give you a taste of these "all-American" foods (some of which were brought to the U.S.A. by immigrants from around the globe), or check out our recipes that let you try versions of the dishes at home. Do you think there's another ingredient or dish that better represents your home state? Tell us about it! Let us know in the comments section, or post it on our Facebook page. No matter which foods make you think of the 50 states, one thing is for sure: Americans sure know how to eat good food!
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Thread: What else do you read??
June 30th, 2005, 01:55 PM #151
i have some good ideas for a fantasy book. i have the basic plot and the biggining but no between or ending. but if i do write it ill send it 2 you all via email/msn or whatever and see what you all think.and if i was lucky enough 2 get it published youd all get free copies doubt it would happen though.
oh and im going to reccomend and author hes call stuart hill hes only written one book its call "the cry of the icemark" its fantasy (what else?) i think ive already mentioned it but anyway. if you have the chance you should read it its not as good as the pellinor books but its good.its squel is being written at the mo i think.
June 30th, 2005, 02:00 PM #152
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Hey Ill help you with the story if you want, I might be able to get MSN soon so Ill tell you my addy if I do. Iv sorta got a sudden rush of ideas....if you know what I mean......
Has anyone read the book faerie wars and The purple Emperor, both by Herbie Brenan....
June 30th, 2005, 02:13 PM #153
no ive seen them in my local book store tho. they look ok. im reading 2 books at the moment theyre called across the nightingale floor and the whole bussiness about kiffo and the pit bull. the first book is fantasy in what i think is japan its good a bit poorly written tho. the second itsnt a true story i dont think but its not fantasy. however it is very funny- the funnyest book ive read. has anyone read ether of them?
post ur msn addy on the off-topic page n then we can do a coleabreation(sp) on the book.
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Ok will do, but I think if I ask me dad might actually kill me Iv signed up to a load of crap!!!!!
June 30th, 2005, 04:18 PM #155
im not allowed msn well i am but i cant be bothered to get it because i dont have internet much
June 30th, 2005, 04:32 PM #156
Coughs, are we going off topic again????
Anyone mentioned Terry Pratchett yet?
June 30th, 2005, 04:34 PM #157
no but i have read some of his such as the Guards gurards one with Carrot in it
June 30th, 2005, 04:36 PM #158
yeh i think... anyone read anything by hiruki murakami? or poalo choelo?(sp for both) they are like philisophical books about life ect. they combine fantasy with the real world and its all very deep and meaningfull.
June 30th, 2005, 04:39 PM #159
[QUOTE=*~bridie~*]poalo choelo?[QUOTE]
Do you mean the Brazilian guy who wrote the Alchemist. If yes, then I've read that particular book, was cool.
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So you guys can write books can you I suck but anyway this is off topic as I was saying.....
Raymond E. Fiest I dont know how you haven't heard of him he rules! anyhoo you will find his books in the library if ya want to read them
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I don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but His Dark Materials was a good series. (I thought it was fantasy at first but I think it could also be classed as sci-fi...)
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Who's the brazilian guy????
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Now that we have a list of user names and passwords in the correct format, we can use that list to protect the directories on our server. Each directory can use a different file containing user names and passwords—so your "top-secret" directory can have a different list of users than your "secret" directory.
There are two ways to protect files on your system. One is to put a file, called .htaccess by default, in the directory you wish to protect. This gives you the flexibility to modify individual directories quickly and easily and to give responsibility for different directories to the people in charge of those directories—but it also removes a certain element of central control.
We will thus look at the method in which access restrictions are defined in srm.conf, one of the Apache configuration files. Placing the access restrictions in srm.conf means you will have centralized control of access to your server, and you will have to restart the server each time you make changes.
Protected directories are declared in srm.conf within <Directory> and </Directory> statements with a relatively straightforward syntax. For instance, I added the following lines in this file to protect directories used in this article:
<Directory /home/httpd/html/private> AuthType Basic AuthName TestRealmName AuthUserFile /tmp/authusers require valid-user </Directory>
The first and last lines confine these declarations to /home/httpd/html/private, the protected directory on my server. Someone requesting a file within /home/httpd/html (the root directory on my web server) can do so without having to enter a user name or password. Someone trying to retrieve a file in /home/httpd/html/private (known as /private to the outside world), or in any subdirectory of /private, will have to enter a user name and password.
The user name, password pair is be passed using the "basic" authentication scheme that we saw earlier, in which user name, password is encoded using Base64 and sent as part of the HTTP headers following the request. Until browsers begin to support the "digest" method (or even more secure methods), all protected directories should declare the AuthType to be "Basic".
AuthName is a way of identifying this directory to the outside world. You might want to call the directory something meaningful, such as "Joe's private directory", or "FYI". You might use AuthName to distinguish between different protected sections of your web server, such as "private area" and "staff area". AuthName is generally displayed in the dialog box into which a user can enter her user name and password.
Next, we indicate which password file should be used for this directory. As mentioned earlier, each directory can use a separate password file, so it is important to specify which one you wish to use. If you expect to use more than a few password files on your system, you might want to investigate the use of groups, which allow you to grant privileges to different subsets of users in a single password file. (Users can be placed in groups, which we will not address here, but which allow you to associate each user in the password file with one or more groups).
Finally, we indicate that we will allow only valid users, meaning only those whose user names and passwords are in the password file named in AuthUserFile. You could also specify individual users who would be allowed into the site, such as:
require user reuven reena
Once you have placed this information in your server's srm.conf file, you need to tell the server to reread its configuration file. You can do this by shutting the server down and then restarting it or by sending it a HUP signal, as follows:
killall -v -1 httpdThis command sends a HUP signal (aka signal #1) to all instances of httpd currently running. Remember that Apache normally runs a number of servers simultaneously, so trying to identify individual processes and use the standard kill command is probably not a good way to go about it.
Once you have restarted the server, protected directories are only accessible to someone whose user name and password appears in one of these directories. If you want to test the protection mechanism, using TELNET (as described above) to pretend to be a web browser might be the best way to do it, in order to avoid a browser's cache of passwords.
Just as you can protect directories containing HTML files and pictures, you can also protect directories containing CGI programs. For instance, if you want to make a selected number of CGI programs accessible only to a select number of users, you can define /cgi-bin/private in the same way as you did /private.
Here, for example, is the definition that I added to srm.conf in order to protect /cgi-bin/private:
<Directory /home/httpd/cgi-bin/private> AuthType Basic AuthName TestRealmName AuthUserFile /tmp/authusers require valid-user </Directory>
As you can see, the definition is identical to that for /private, except for the name of the directory.
In this case, we will be asked for a user name, password combination if we try to execute a CGI program in this directory, using either GET or POST. (Apache allows you to set a separate access privilege for each method, so you could allow all users to GET but a restricted group to POST and still others to PUT and DELETE.) Before the request will actually be sent to the CGI program in question, we will have to authenticate ourselves.
One of the nice benefits of protecting CGI directories is that all programs in that directory immediately have access to a new environment variable, REMOTE_USER, which contains the name of the user in question. This is available to CGI programs written in Perl and using CGI.pm via the remote_user method, but all programs can retrieve the value of the environment variable.
How can this be of use? Well, we know that the user name must be unique; no two users can share a user name. Thus, we can use the user name as a primary key (i.e., a unique index) into a table in a relational database containing more information about the user—his or her age, interests and last visit.
Indeed, over the last few months, this column has looked at a variety of techniques for keeping track of information about users, most often by setting an HTTP cookie on the user's computer and setting a primary key value in the cookie.
The advantage of this system is that the user must verify his or her identity before being allowed to access the program—meaning that by the time the CGI program is executed, we can be sure that the user name exists, is associated with a real user and that this user represents that person (or has access to the user's password). HTTP cookies operate on a per-computer basis; if someone were to use my computer while I am not looking, they could retrieve information from all of the private sites from which I have retrieved cookies.
Another advantage of using this form of identification rather than cookies is that it gives the user mobility. No longer is the user tied to a particular computer or browser. While users must sign in before being allowed to use the site, they can access the site from anywhere rather than just from their computer at work or home.
There are disadvantages, too—the main one is the inherent insecurity associated with the basic authentication scheme. And some users prefer not to be bothered with having to enter their user name and password each time they visit a site. Such users would rather the site recognize and remember their settings automatically.
Listing 1 is a short CGI program written in Perl that identifies the user name entered. If this program is placed in an unprotected directory, it will indicate that no value for REMOTE_USER is available. If run from within a protected directory, however, it will return the user name that was used to access that directory.
If you were to create a table in a relational database (such as MySQL), you could define the primary key to be a user name of no more than eight characters. The value of remote_user could then be used as a reliable index into the database.
Protecting web sites is sure to be an increasingly important topic as the Web continues to mature. Apache is remarkably flexible when it comes to such security mechanisms. While I mentioned groups, there was not enough space to discuss additional options, such as restricting access by domain or IP address. See the Apache documentation for more information on this issue and the sidebar for additional sources.
While user name, password combinations are useful for restricting access to a web site, they can also be used to produce a unique key into a database. If you are thinking of creating a database to keep track of your users, you might want to consider using access controls to force users to log in.
Restricting access to directories on your web site is neither complicated nor difficult and lets you put sensitive or private materials on the Web without having to worry about someone discovering a secret URL.
Reuven M. Lerner is an Internet and Web consultant living in Haifa, Israel, who has been using the Web since early 1993. In his spare time, he cooks, reads and volunteers with educational projects in his community. You can reach him at email@example.com.
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ZACHARY- An accident involving a tractor trailer carrying crude oil has shut down LA 64 in both directions.
The crash happened around 6:45 this morning on LA 64 at Joor Road.
Witnesses tell News 2 the truck left the roadway and flipped over causing the truck to catch fire. They also say several explosions could be heard coming from the truck.
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SPX a No Go for Me
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I won't be able to go to SPX this year because of family commitments. Is anyone interested in covering the show for this site? Please email me if so.
In the meantime, the Comics Journal has put together a list of what attendees will be exhibiting or debuting (great idea!), and Heidi has the programming lineup.
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September 25, 2007 at 10:30 PMNooooooooooo! *sniffle* I'm going to miss getting to see you this year entirely, then. *sigh*
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September 25, 2007 at 10:44 PMI know! I'll miss seeing you and so many others… but my consolation is that I'll look forward to it even more next year! I hope it's a terrific show.
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Ben Twitchen is a Partner and family law solicitor, based at Taylor Walton's St Albans office. He is a member of the Law Society Family Law Panel of experts. He specialises in advising and assisting on issues arising from separation and the breakdown of relationships, as well as child law. Ben has achieved notable success in child abduction cases, preventing the removal of children from England.
Ben grew up in Australia and Essex, later studying at the University of Kent, and the College of Law in central London. He qualified as a solicitor in 2002. Ben joined Taylor Walton in 2010 and was made a partner at the beginning of 2012. He has a growing client base across the northern Home Counties and further afield.
Taylor Walton has solicitors dealing with a full range of legal areas and Ben works alongside colleagues in the conveyancing department and wills team to provide a holistic service. Ben has also developed a network of local contacts to assist clients with financial advice, planning, counselling, valuations and accountancy.
Ben is a team leader on the firm's marketing research committee and is actively involved in community projects including Round Table and Chamber of Commerce. He writes articles for the local press and social media.
Collaborative Law is an American style of dealing with divorce or separation in a constructive, non-confrontational way. It is supported by Resolution, the professional body that guides family lawyers in best practice. Ben has been a longstanding member of Resolution and is enthusiastic about this alternative to traditional Court proceedings. He has been qualified in Collaborative Law since 2006 and has experience of many cases.
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I have very much appreciated your help and expertise during this whole process and I would certainly not hesitate to instruct Taylor Walton in the future.
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Ringing in the new year normally means dancing the night away, but a fundraiser in Barriere is throwing bull riding into the ring.
The Farm Kids Scholarship Fund, a non-profit organization that helps further the education of rural youth, is hosting a New Year's Eve bullarama and dance fundraiser at the North Thompson Agriplex in Barriere.
The dance is for those 19 years and up but the bullarama is for all ages. The bull riding, sanctioned by Elite Professional Bull Riders, features 29 riders competing for a prize of $5,000 and a silver belt buckle.
And while the riders come from across North America, the bulls are from the North Thompson.
"If you want to cheer for the local guys, you might be cheering for a bull," said Steven Puhallo, founder of the Farm Kids Fund.
This is the organization's first year in operation and the bullarama will be its first fundraiser. The goal is to provide ten $1,000 scholarships to graduating Grade 12 students in rural communities at the end of the 2012/2013 school year.
"We just get teary eyed that we can help kids like that," said Puhallo, knows what it's like to be a farm kid as he grew up on a cattle ranch just north of Kamloops.
The mandate of the organization is to raise funds to help rural students further their education through events that promote agritourism and the overall western rural lifestyle.
However, it is not just the Farm Kids Fund benefiting from this New Year's Eve event. The event is also supporting a number of other groups helping out with the evening including the Barriere Lions Club, the Yellowhead 4-H Club and the Barriere riding club.
Doors open for the Dec. 31 event at 6:30 p.m., the bullarama begins at 7 p.m. with the dance to follow at 10 p.m. until 2 a.m.
Tickets can be bought online at www.farmkidsfund.ca, at the Horse Barn in Kamloops or at the North Thompson Star Journal in Barriere. Tickets for the bullarama and dance are $50, for the bullarama only is $30, and there is no cost for children 12 years and under.
A shuttle service running between Kamloops and Barriere will also be available ($80 and includes both bullarama and dance).
For more information, visit www.farmkidsfund.ca, or to sponsor the event, contact Steven Puhallo at 250-371-7654.
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The Swedish-based company retracted from their Russian customer magazine an article featuring a lesbian couple, saying it could potentially violate Russia's new law banning 'homosexual propaganda'
Traditionally gay-friendly furniture supplier IKEA has coming under heat for conforming to Russia's law banning 'homosexual propaganda'.
The Swedish company scrapped an article from the December issue of their Russian customer magazine 'IKEA Live,' saying the editorial could violate the country's anti-gay law.
The article included photos and text about a lesbian couple.
The company who has broadcast gay-friendly adverts since the 1990s said, in this case, it must remain neutral.
Advert has divided viewers with some calling it offensive and homophobic and others saying there is an element of 'self-ridicule'
IKEA Taiwan is being accused of homophobia following the release of a tongue-in-cheek gay-themed advert premiered last week.
Promoting IKEA's 2014 range, the advert posted on 12 August shows two men in a street at night. After a short conversation, one of them is carried away into the back of a lorry.
The other man returns home to find a third younger man waiting in his apartment, who he goes to embrace.
Marketing manager apologizes for 'unintended offense' of 'negative and stereotypical' advert
IKEA Thailand has apologized to Thai Transgender Alliance for 'the unintended offense' caused by an advert featuring a transgender person.
The advert, shown on Bangkok's BTS Skytrain system and YouTube, features a transgender woman who is so shocked by a sale item she speaks in a masculine voice - causing the man she is with to run away.
Thai Transgender Alliance demand response from IKEA Global on 'negative and stereotypical' advert
Thai Transgender Alliance have sent an open letter to IKEA to complain about a 'negative and stereotypical' advert.
The offending advert, called Luem Aeb (meaning 'forget to deceive'), was broadcast on Bangkok's sky train system from 28 December 2012 to 13 January 2013 and on YouTube.
'The MTF transgender/transwomen character is openly mocked as being "deceitful",' read the open letter to IKEA from Thai Transgender Alliance.
Employees' benefits are extended to same-sex partners for the first time in Italy
IKEA Italia has extended the employees' benefits and welfare to the same-sex partners.
The announcement comes on International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia today (17 May).
It is the first time a major company in Italy has made the move and the Swedish brand decided to do it in order to boost Italian discussions about LGBT people's rights.
From today IKEA's gay and lesbian employees can ask for maternity, paternity or emergency leave, can have their partners' health insurance, redeem a wedding voucher and have partner discounts at IKEA.
A national conference about gay rights in workplaces will be held in Rome on 17 and 18 of May
A national conference on diversity management and the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workers will be held in Rome, Italy, the 17 and 18 of May.
Parks Liberi e Uguali, an Italian association of gay-friendly businesses, has organized the GLBT People at Work conference. Among them are Lilly, IKEA, Johnson & Johnson, Telecom Italia and IBM.
Parks executive director Ivan Scalfarotto told Gay Star News: 'The conference is a great occasion for businesses and enterprises.
The team take on meatballs, Ikea, gay royals and the word 'tranny'
This week HomoLAB are joined by performance artist La John Joseph at the Soho Theatre in central London.
Plus the team discuss meatballs, after Amy and Baylen's adventure to Ikea, the first openly gay royal and how offensive is the word 'tranny'?
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Authorities have reported that a man sought for questioning in a homicide that took place July 4 on Gopher Canyon Road is now in custody. Authorities with the Los Angeles Police Dept. arrested Alexander Michael Wyman on July 11. San Diego County Sheriff's Homicide Unit took custody of Wyman on July 12 and subsequently booked him into the Vista Detention Center on a murder charge. (previous story) 54-year old man victim of homicide on Gopher Canyon Road Authorities have reported that a 54-year-old man who lived on a property on Gopher Canyon Road in unincorporated Vista was a victim of homicide on Friday, July 4. According to Sheriff's Homicide Lt. Glenn Giannantonio, about 3:40 p.m. that day, "deputies responded to the 3600 block of Gopher Advertisement Giannantonio said paramedics "attempted to revive the man but were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at the scene." The victim has been identified as Robert Joseph Evasick. "A person of interest has been identified in this case," said Giannantonio. "Alexander Michael Wyman is wanted for questioning." Giannantonio said Wyman lives at the property and he and Evasick were acquaintances. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Homicide Detail at (858) 974-2321/after hours at (858) 565-5200. It is possible to remain anonymous and be eligible for up to a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. Call Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477. 3 comments
we need more to this story. home invasion? domestic violence turned homicide? robbery attempt? a person of interest doesn't tell us much.
Arrested in LA on Friday Night.....
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Marshmallows got more than they bargained for at PaleyFest's opening night, where "Veronica Mars'" creator Rob Thomas surprised the audience with an hour-long behind-the-scenes documentary titled, "By The Fans: The Making of the Veronica Mars Movie."
The documentary opens with the day the now-famous Kickstarter campaign launched, March 13, 2013, and continues throughout the entire filming process and then some. The audience got to see footage of the cast reuniting, goofing off and even giving Stosh 'Piz' Piznarski (Chris Lowell) a hard time.
Without a doubt, the theme of the film was the fans. Weaved throughout each segment were fans who traveled from all over the world to attend Comic-Con and other panel events. Some even crossed the ocean just to catch a glimpse of the actors filming. There were even a few fans who popped up at every single event.
Thomas couldn't be any more appreciative of the fans who made the movie happen. The Warner Bros.-distributed pic had its premiere on Wednesday night, one year to the day after the Kickstarter push began.
"I want to thank the fans of 'Veronica Mars' for making this happen again," Thomas said at the packed PaleyFest sesh at the Dolby Theater. "You are the best fans in the world. You have been put to the test. You all stepped up in such a huge and unbelievable way and we're so grateful for that."
After the screening of the documentary, the cast came on stage to participate in a panel discussion moderated by Hitfix's Alan Sepinwall. One of the first questions asked was whether or not certain cast members feared not getting asked back for the movie.
"Obviously," joked Lowell, Veronica's season three love interest and fans' second choice pick behind Logan Echolls (Jason Dohring). "I was dead in the water."
Of course he was ultimately asked back, and even plays Mars' boyfriend at the start of the film. Although when he first got a call from Thomas, he thought Thomas was going to tell him he would be killed in the movie, giving #TeamLogan fans a victory.
He wasn't the only one nervous about his future in the feature film. Wallace Fennel, Veronica's best friend, (Percy Daggs III) also wasn't so sure how he fared. If he didn't get offered a role, he had a plan.
"I had the NAACP on speed dial!" Daggs joked.
The panel discussion also included what it was like for the cast when they found out about all of the money raised. For Kristen Bell, who plays the title character, it evoked an ardent response.
"A lot of passion and a lot of hard earned pay checks went into this," she said. "We're not flippant about it. That's fucking radical."
So when it came time to reprise her role, Bell knew she had to perform for the show's fans who had made the project come to life.
"I was a bit nervous but only because of how comfortable I was during those three years," Bell said. "There's always been a little bit of fairy dust on this project and I don't know how or why."
Sepinwall also asked the cast and Thomas what shows they would raise money to bring back a la "Veronica Mars." Thomas immediately said, "Freaks and Geeks." Dohring said "Party Down," a Starz series that featured many "Veronica Mars" alums such as Ryan Hanson, who played meathead "Dick Casablancas."
Very much in Dick Casablancas fashion, Hanson, when asked if his character had grown up at all in the movie, answered, "Dick is still a dick. Just a bigger Dick. It's hard to beat Dick."
Some things never change.
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Kevin Pietersen Dropped From England Team
Cricketer Kevin Pietersen has been dropped from the England team, ending his international career.
The 33-year-old, regarded as one of the most talented and exciting players ever to represent the country, was told by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) that he had not been included in the England squads for the forthcoming tour of the Caribbean later this month, nor the World Twenty20 to be held in Bangladesh in March.
During an international career that spanned almost a decade, Pietersen played 104 Test Matches, 136 One Day internationals and 37 Twenty20 Internationals for England. In total he scored 13,797 runs.
His departure comes after England coach Andy Flower also left his job following the team's Ashes whitewash in Australia.
Pietersen met Paul Downton, managing director of England cricket, this week and was told that the unanimous decision of the management, including the selectors, had been that now was the time to start the rebuilding process after England's disastrous performance.
In a statement, Pietersen said: "Playing cricket for my country has been an honour.
"Every time I pulled on the England shirt was a moment of huge pride for me and that is something that will live with me forever.
"Although I am obviously very sad the incredible journey has come to an end, I'm also hugely proud of what we, as a team, have achieved over the past nine years.
"I believe I have a great deal still to give as a cricketer. I will continue to play but deeply regret that it won't be for England."
Downton said: "Clearly this was a tough decision because Kevin has been such an outstanding player for England as the fact that he is the country's leading run scorer in international cricket demonstrates.
"However, everyone was aware that there was a need to begin the long-term planning after the Australia tour.
But TV presenter and cricket fan Piers Morgan told Sky News that Pietersen had been made a scapegoat.
"He's just been the highest run scorer in Australia during a debacle of a series, and he is the scapegoat chosen by the ECB clowns as I put them, and the weaselly captain Alastair Cook, who had a catastrophe himself. He's the guy they have singled out for blame.
"The whole thing is completely crackers."
However, former England captain Bob Willis said Pietersen had been disruptive "all the way along the line".
"In the big team England ethic, it's very important for everybody to be pulling in the right direction," he told Sky News.
Sky News Sports Correspondent Paul Kelso said: "Pietersen is the most gifted cricketer of his generation, but also the most divisive.
"And after a disastrous Ashes tour marked by disruption in the dressing room, he's paid the price for England's failure.
"Perhaps only in England could the answer to the worst defeat in history be to sack your best player."
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CSI Case File #9 'You are my Hero' and GIVEAWAY WINNER!
First of all - WOW! The response to my Makeover Giveaway was INCREDIBLE! I can't believe the interest. Thank you for all of the amazing and kind comments that were left and welcome to all my new followers!
But let's get to the winner, shall we?? :)
{drum roll please}.............
Using a random number generator, the winning comment was number 37
And number 37 was made by PHOTOCHIC!!
Congratulations PHOTOCHIC!! Please email me at email@example.com with your shipping details. I will get this out to you as quickly as possible. Please post pictures of your prize when you receive it. I would love to see it.
Now on to another CSI Case File.
For those who are new to "CSI - Colors, Stories, and Inspiration", every week, Debbi shares a Case File challenge. The challenge consists of a scene (color palette), evidence, and testimony (journaling). I LOVE this concept as it really stretches my creativity and allows me to try new techniques, styles, and journaling prompts.
Here is the amazing challenge this week. (Isn't the color palette simply divine?)
And my layout.
My Evidence includes:
1. Text pattern (piece of dictionary paper)
2. Striped pattern (piece of blue striped paper)
3. Dictionary page (piece of dictionary paper)
4. Bird accent
5. Mesh (punched blue paper)
6. Use something translucent (embossed background paper, misted to show the embossed pattern)
My Testimony includes:
1. Use a line or phrase from the song Wind Beneath my wings. (that is where my title and journaling came from)
Hidden journaling reads: "You are my hero, Did I ever tell you that you're my hero?, You have given my strength to go on, You have given my hope when I had none, You have given my wings so I can fly, You are my hero."
And some close-ups.
You should really check out what the DT created this week. UNBELIEVABLE!
Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend.
11 comments:
- Auntie Em said...
Love your LO! I really like the row of photos and the colours you used.
What a fun concept. It would make a great crop theme too! Hmmm....need to do some thinking on that one!
Thanks for sharing! :) - March 3, 2012 at 10:20 AM
- Auntie Em said...
PS..Tina, thanks to you I just signed up on CSI! Looks like fun! :)
Thanks for the link - March 3, 2012 at 10:54 AM
- Diana Waite said...
Wow this layout is AWESOME, love the mix of colors and textures--and I have that punch--love it! :)
- March 3, 2012 at 11:15 AM
- Helen Tilbury said...
Beautiful Tina!! And congrats to your winner!
- March 3, 2012 at 11:20 AM
- Ashley Horton said...
Congrats on winning the goodies, Heather!! I know you will make some amazing layouts and cards with them!! Love this beautiful page, Tina! The way you used the colors really works well with your photos!
- March 3, 2012 at 11:25 AM
- soapHOUSEmama said...
congrats to the winner!! Love that LO, Tina! Great colors!
- March 3, 2012 at 11:57 AM
- Me-Ma Kim said...
AWESOME Layout! CONGRATS to the winner! Have a GREAT Day,
Me-Ma Kim - March 3, 2012 at 1:51 PM
- KellyF said...
Congrats, Heather, lucky girl!! This layout is absolutely gorgeous!! You really rocked that color scheme!
- March 3, 2012 at 1:56 PM
- photochic said...
Oh my goodness! I am IN AWE! I cannot believe I won the giveaway! Thanks so much!!
- March 3, 2012 at 4:36 PM
- Me-Ma Kim said...
I have something for you on my blog! Check it out here: http://me-makimsplace.blogspot.com/2012/03/liebster-blog-award.html
Have a GREAT Day,
Me-Ma Kim - March 5, 2012 at 8:01 PM
- Eila Sandberg said...
Absolutely wonderful page Tina! love the beautiful misting and the photo of your dad brings back so many memories of my own hero, no more with us. Very sweet cluster, everything is just so beautifully put together - as always! xoxox
- March 10, 2012 at 1:00 AM


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In Pictures: Al Ahly Approaches The Semi-Finals, Defeating Al Zamalek
Once again, the clash of the two football giants, Al Ahly and Al Zamalek, has ended in favor of Al Ahly; through a decisive header by Abu Treka.
Al Ahly defeated their arch-rivals Al Zamalek 1-0 in the second round of 2012 African Champions League group stage matches; in the first time the two teams have met since the Port Said massacre earlier this year.The win is a major boost for the Red Devils chances of reaching the semifinals as they now have two wins from two, while for Zamalek it was a second straight defeat that leaves their hopes hanging by a thread.The decisive moment of the match came on 79 minutes when veteran Ahly midfielder Mohamed Abu Treka ghosted his way in between two defenders to get on the end of a delightful chipped cross from Mohamed Nagi.
Al Ahly now leads Group A with six points, followed by Chelsea (four points), TP Mazembe (one) and Zamalek (zero).
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Gillard faces a fraction too much faction
PUBLISHED: 13 Jul 2012 00:07:00 | UPDATED: 27 Jul 2012 14:09:09PUBLISHED: 13 Jul 2012 PRINT EDITION: 13 Jul 2012Geoff Kitney
Labor's attacks on the Greens have made Julia Gillard look once again like she is following, not leading. Photo: Harrison Saragossi
Every time Julia Gillard sees the prospect of a turn in her political fortunes, the road ahead suddenly straightens and the climb gets steeper.
The Prime Minister's July 1 moment is already fading into history with no obvious evidence that the start of the carbon tax has finally begun to undermine Tony Abbott's credibility.
When Gillard described how she expected the political landscape beyond July 1 to unfold, she did not see – and nor did anyone else in Canberra – that a small, forthcoming political event in Victoria would be of any significance.
Suddenly, the byelection for the state seat of Melbourne is looming as yet another political challenge for Gillard.
Melbourne is Labor heartland, party property for a century. A byelection in Melbourne would normally be of no consequence beyond the matter of whom the new Labor member would be.
But next Saturday, July 21, will be different and the consequences of this could be felt far beyond the boundaries of the seat and the state Parliament. It appears virtually certain that this symbolic piece of electoral real estate will be captured by the Greens.
The loss of a heartland state seat might normally be a matter of minor concern for the federal party. Its federal implications would be discounted on the basis that voters clearly differentiate between state and federal issues.
Gillard made this observation when asked this week about Melbourne. It was, she insisted, a matter for the state party.
But this was sophistry that ignored leaked internal Labor Party research that reportedly found that when voters were asked why they were not voting Labor they cited the federal government and Gillard by a factor of three to one, compared with state issues. This guarantees that a Labor defeat in Melbourne will reverberate through the federal party and around Gillard's leadership in dangerous ways.
The leaking of internal polling damaging to Gillard was clearly intended to have this effect.
The idea that the toxic unpopularity of the Gillard government has seeped so deeply into the Labor brand that it could lead to the loss of an iconic state seat to the Greens will add urgency to debate about Gillard's leadership and about the challenge Labor faces from the Greens.
Gillard's post-July 1 political strategy of applying the blowtorch to Abbott's credibility and his over-the-top campaign against the carbon tax will be deflected.
But if this is the intention of Gillard's enemies, they have already been given priceless assistance by her friends.
The decision by the powerbrokers of the NSW Labor Party to launch a full-frontal political assault on the Greens before the state Labor conference in Sydney this weekend has seized the media agenda.
Leading the charge have been two of the figures whom Gillard sees as critical members of her leadership support base – NSW ALP secretary Sam Dastyari and Australia Workers Union national secretary Paul Howes.
Their decision to open a second front against the Greens when Gillard was devoting all her resources to the first front – Abbott's false anti-carbon tax crusade – was hatched as a means of uniting the Labor factions at the conference this weekend.
For a branch of the party struggling to recover from the savaging it received at the state election last year, the Greens are an easy target.
Anger on the Labor Left at the Greens' decision to vote with Abbott to deadlock parliamentary debate on border protection has given the fractious NSW factions a cause on which they can take a united and robust stand. But this anger is not confined to NSW.
For the Left in Victoria, locked in its battle with the Greens in Melbourne, the actions of the NSW party have been taken as a declaration of open warfare on the Greens.
Suddenly, Gillard finds herself engaged in major battles on both her Right and Left flanks, without consultation from those who decided it was time to go to war against the Greens.
Her supporters insist that she understands the reasoning for the decision to open hostilities.
They say that it's a good sign that the Labor Left is coming out fighting for pragmatic realism on the asylum-seeker issue and abandoning the high moral ground from which no solution to the problem of boat arrivals was possible.
"This clears the way for us to clearly differentiate the Labor product from the Greens at the next election," a senior source says.
"By shifting in this way, the Labor Left has exposed the Greens as a party of ideological indulgence, preferring moral purity to governing.
"There is a proportion of the Green vote which we know is very uncomfortable about this and which can be won back to Labor."
Even some senior Labor figures, who want Gillard removed from the leadership and Kevin Rudd returned, argue that launching a pre-emptive strike on the Greens was a good idea, regardless of any leadership implications that it might have. "The impasse in Parliament on the asylum-seeker legislation was the result of the self-indulgence of the Greens," a key Gillard opponent says.
"We could not ignore this. It gave us the chance to highlight the lopsidedness of the arrangement we have with them. We give and they take. We need to redress this because if we don't they will keep taking votes from us."
He says this is an issue for Labor no matter who is leader.
While there was a risk voters would be confused by the eruption of conflict between the two anti-Abbott parties, for Labor not to take the opportunity to differentiate itself from the Greens would have been be a serious mistake. "If this leads to further question of Gillard's leadership, that is to the good but it is not why this is happening."
But he adds that he hopes that Labor people will reflect on the fact that Gillard's failure to more clearly define what she stands for and to give Labor supporters compelling reasons for sticking with her government are fundamental reasons that the Greens have made such deep inroads into Labor's support base.
For Labor, fighting Abbott on the right and the Greens on the left is the unavoidable reality of the times.
But for Gillard, the sudden switch by key allies to attacking the Greens just as she is focusing her attack on Abbott is a problem because again it looks as though she is following, not leading.
The Australian Financial Review
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An Opinion on Color
It lives in nature, life, our dreams and our moods so why are we not using color to decorate anymore?
You may argue that we are using color but it is muted, refined, and subtle—in other words, we are becoming the masters of the use of non-color color.
I come from the world of to-the-trade. Meaning that we are trained professionals that help our clients create the home, shop, hotel, etc., of their dreams. But I am beginning to think these dreams are being overshadowed by non-stimulating propaganda that is being thrown at us by retailers or tentative trendsetters. Why is this? Is it maybe easier to not use color? is it cheaper to not use color? Definitely. Is it nice to not have to think or be stimulated by our environment, maybe? Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of stunning spaces where the color is void but in the past, there was a happy medium between color and non-color camps. Now, for some reason, non-color has a strong majority.
Maybe it is a phase and I am overreacting. I admit I am slightly biased by the fact that I have had the opportunity to work in Murano, Italy for the last 20 years where color was always King. But even that is fading quickly. There is magic in working with the maestros who are utilizing the alchemy of creating color with hundred year old formulas.
Do you know what the most globally popular car color sold in 2011 & 2012 was? White! White, then silver in second place, then black and gray as reported by Forbes.
The use or appreciation of color goes far beyond our particular tastes. Color is used as a tool in a psychology, and in science as well as holistically.
In Chromotherapy or Color Theory, Color is attributed to our state of being, maybe that will be enough to persuade you to use color. Scientists have determined that color leads to better performances, red for detail-oriented task, blue for creative task. A blue room can be used to create the feelings of calm. Evidence has suggested that installing blue-colored streetlights can even lead to a reduction of crime in those areas.
Another study looked at historical data and found that a sports teams dressed in a mostly black uniform is more likely to receive penalties.
Yellow can increase metabolism.
Green can improve reading ability. Green is also thought to relieve stress and help heal. Those who have a green work environment experience fewer stomach aches.
Pink is thought to have a calming effect as well. One shade known as "drunk-tank pink" is sometimes used in prisons to calm inmates. Sports teams sometimes paint the opposing teams locker room pink to keep the players passive and less energetic.
In the Chromotherapy or Color Theory treatment:
Red is used to stimulate the body and mind and to increase circulation.
Yellow is used to stimulate the nerves and purify the body.
Orange is used to heal the lungs and to increase energy levels.
Blue is believed to soothe illnesses and treat pain.
Indigo shades are thought to alleviate skin problems
In Holistic healing, spiritual and healing properties are associated with colored crystals and gemstones.
Ruby strengthens both the physical and emotional heart. It brings love, confidence, loyalty, and courage.
Malachite stone is a transitional stone, perfect for assisting change.
Lapis lazuli is a mind healer. It gives voice to your reasoning capabilities.
Jade attracts prosperity, wealth, and love.
Emerald discharges any negative energy that is polluting your aura.
So although I may seem "red" with anger or "blue" because we are not using the amazing color palette available to us, I hope that when push comes to shove, and you have the opportunity to bring color into your life, please take the plunge and use the power of color for your benefit.
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Triple Crown Q and A with Al Unser
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There wasn't a $1 million bonus for Al Unser when he became the first and still only driver to sweep Indy car racing's "Triple Crown" in 1978.
The Fuzzy's Triple Crown, whose second leg will be contested July 7 at Pocono Raceway, renews the tradition of the three 500-mile races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Ontario (Calif.) Speedway from 1971-1980 and from 1981-1989 at Indianapolis, Pocono and Michigan International Speedway.
The $1 million bonus compliments of Fuzzy's Ultra Premium Vodka will be awarded to Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan if he can complete the sweep of the superspeedway races at Pocono Raceway and Auto Club Speedway on Oct. 19.
Unser won all three races in that single season in the Jim Hall-owned First National City Travelers Checks-sponsored car. He recently talked about the Triple Crown and related topics:
Q: What do you think about the Triple Crown coming back to Indy car racing
A: I give INDYCAR credit for bringing back the Triple Crown. You know it used to be three 500-mile races and over the years the tracks and track distances changed. In the beginning it was three 2½-mile tracks. Then we lost Ontario and raced at Michigan that was 2 miles so we had to run 250 laps. I am glad it's back and maybe in the future they can make Pocono 500 miles to keep it all 500-mile races across the board. This is a start, a positive start.
Q: To win all three 500-milers in the same year
A: Winning them all was a great gift. We thought we accomplished the world when we won all three. Jim Hall was really happy and the whole team was, too. In each one of those races I didn't think I had a chance of winning. We figured we had a chance of competing up front. You know, winning, oh man. We were not happy with that Lola. Then all of all of a sudden, like at Indy, I looked up at the board and we were in the race. Ontario was the same way.
I didn't think we'd be all that competitive even though we won Indy and Pocono. And we pulled it off between Jim (Hall), Huey (Absalom), Franz (Weis) and the whole team we pulled it off. At Pocono, we gambled by not changing tires. We took a big chance and it paid off. You never know for sure until that dang checkered flag falls who's going to win. And we just did it the right thing time times that year. I got a ring that said I was a Triple Crown winner and USAC gave the team $10,000. I know for sure we didn't get a million dollars.
Q: On your 1978 Indy car season and why join Jim Hall's team
A: You search out who wants to go racing and win. When Parnelli (Jones) ended his Indy car operation at the end of the 1977 season I talked to Jim Hall, who wanted to get into Indy car racing. Jim came to Albuquerque and we sat down and had a long talk about all parts of the future operation engines, chassis, sponsors, personnel. Jim's first proposal was way off and I said, 'We're not going to make it,' so Jim left and then he called me back two weeks later and we met again. This time he had everything in line, it all came together -- the right dollar figures, team members, sponsors, the engine department and we were good to go racing.
Jim got Huey (Absalom) and Franz (Weis); they were key people in the success of our program. Jim really wanted to win and made it happen. I felt that's what drew me over to race with the team.
Q: Why were you and the team so good in the 500 milers
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Pocono was the trickiest track because Indianapolis and Ontario were smooth and the corners were all kind of alike. At Pocono, it was rough and each corner was so different Turn 1 was like Trenton, Turn 2 reminded me of Indianapolis and Turn 3 was flat like Milwaukee. But it was important to try to get the last turn right for a good lap. I'd try to drive steady and smooth and it just seemed like they kept coming back to me, and soon enough my pit board had a "1" on it and I was leading.
Actually driving for Parnelli, I won the final 500-mile race of '77 at Ontario. So I won four straight 500-mile races one in '77 then the Triple Crown in '78. At Ontario, we just ran steady all day. I remember running against (Gordon) Johncock and (Johnny) Rutherford for the lead and Johncock ran out of gas at the end so that made it easier for us. He had the boost turned way up and just ran it out of fuel trying to keep the lead.
Q: What are Tony Kanaan's chances to win the Fuzzy's Triple Crown
A: All I can say is he is capable of winning. He showed that. But there are about 10 other guys out there that will be close chasing him. If he can win Pocono and then California (Auto Club Speedway) I'd be happy to have him join me as a Triple Crown winner.
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