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Do your favorite hockey players look more like toothless lumberjacks than athletes right now? If so, that's great news. A thick beard on an NHL pro this time of year means his team has made its way through the playoffs and is after the Cup — and you can spot the diehard fans (well, hopefully only the male fans) by their own burly beards worn in support. However, growing a playoff beard has benefits beyond ensuring your team makes it to the Stanley Cup finals — namely, significant savings.
History of the Playoff Beard
Playoff beards are a somewhat recent phenomenon in the history of professional hockey, with the first appearing in the 1980s. Several members of the New York Islanders sported beards during hockey playoffs from 1980 to 1983, subsequently taking home four Stanley Cup titles after winning 19 straight playoff games.
According to GuyManningham.com, Dennis Potvin explained that after playing four games in five nights, the Islanders simply didn't have time to shave. Of course, not wanting to change anything for fear of ending their streak of success, team members continued to let their beards grow throughout the series and the playoff beard superstition was born.
Today, tradition is that a beard is grown during the playoff season until the favored team is either eliminated or wins the Stanley Cup, regardless of said beard-grower's ability to produce even and/or attractive facial hair.
Why Shaving Is So Expensive
If you've been rocking a playoff beard this year in support of the Los Angeles Kings or New York Rangers, perhaps you've noticed a little extra weight in your wallet. Keeping a clean-shaven face hasn't always been an expensive endeavor, but it seems the cost of maintaining a clean-cut appearance has crept up overnight. But why?
According to BoomerandEcho.com, Gillette is to blame. You can thank this brand for starting the more blades = better shave trend. After the release of the Mach3 razor in 1998, every major competitor began producing its own line of multi-bladed — and expensive — razors.
The most infuriating part is that the actual razor handle isn't much money at all; it's the cartridges (which are supposed to be replaced weekly) that are so costly.
How to Save Money on Shaving After Hockey Playoffs
There is life after hockey playoffs, and you'll likely be expected to groom yourself accordingly. Fortunately, there are a number of ways to save money on shaving:
1. Dry your razor: The theory is that razor blades go dull quickly because of oxidation, and not necessarily use. To lengthen the life of your blades, don't leave your razor sitting in a moist pool on your bathroom counter — dry the blades after each use (blot, don't rub!) and store hanging up, if possible.
2. Sharpen blades yourself: Instead of throwing razor blades away when they begin to dull, try sharpening them. One DIY sharpening method commonly used is running the razor (in the opposite direction you would shave) along a pair of blue jeans 10 to 20 times.
3. Switch to a straight razor: You have probably seen one in action in the theaters — a barber on the big screen lathers up his client's face by brushing on shaving cream, then proceeds to carefully cut away at the stubble with a giant blade. This method of shaving isn't just for old-timey movies and fancy barber shops. The straight razor might appear intimidating at first, but it provides a much closer and cheaper shave. After an initial investment of $20 to $30 for the actual razor, you can replace blades for around $5 per 100 pack on Amazon.com.
Related: Why Retail Subscription Services Like Dollar Shave Club Are a Total Rip Off
However, the best way to save money on shaving might be to forgo the act altogether. In fact, skipping your morning shave for an entire year could easily amount to a savings of $100 to $200, depending on how often you usually replace the blades. Hmm, that's about the cost of a couple of tickets to a regular season game, isn't it? Keep your playoff beard year round and you'll have enough cash saved to be first in line at the box office next season.
So the next time someone looks at your beard in disapproval and calls you "lazy" or a "bum," kindly explain that you've given up shaving in support of your team and your bank account — it's your duty as a red-blooded, sports-loving, fiscally responsible American.
Go Kings!
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Houston won 2-0
Game 1: Wednesday, May 16 | ||
Milwaukee | 3 | Final |
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Game 2: Thursday, May 17 | ||
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Coverage: FSSW
8:05 PM ET, May 17, 2012
Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
HOUSTON -- Many times this season when J.A. Happ got into trouble on the mound, the left-hander was unable to make the pitches necessary to escape those jams.
That wasn't the case Thursday night.Jed Lowrie hit a two-run homer, and Happ threw six effective innings before three relievers completed the Houston Astros' 4-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.The shutout wrapped up a two-game sweep for the Astros, who took the opener 8-3.Happ (3-3) yielded seven hits and walked one, managing to escape jam after jam as the Brewers stranded eight while he was on the mound."He had to work out of some jams and he got some pretty good hitters to work out of those jams," Houston manager Brad Mills said. "He had to make those pitches to get out of it, but we've seen the last couple outings that it's been kind of tough to make those pitches, and tonight he was able to make the pitches. It was sure great to see."Chris Snyder, batting .179 this season, had two hits -- including an RBI single after Lowrie's homer in Houston's four-run fourth. Jordan Schafer drove in a run later in that inning with a single and also had a double in the third.Milwaukee starter Shaun Marcum (2-2) allowed four runs -- three earned -- and a season-high nine hits in five innings. The Brewers said he was bothered by a cramp in his oblique before the game, but he didn't feel it again after warming up.Marcum called the team's 1-3 road trip to New York and Houston "terrible.""We're getting guys on base. We just have to get hits with guys on base, and pitchers have to make pitches when they have runners on base and play good defense," Marcum said. "Just do all the things you were taught as a little kid, you know? Play the game fundamentally sound, and if we do that, hopefully things take care of themselves."Astros relievers Wesley Wright, Wilton Lopez and Fernando Abad combined to give up one hit in three innings, handing Milwaukee its fourth shutout.Lopez allowed his first walk of the season to Aramis Ramirez in the eighth inning. Before that he had faced 78 batters without a walk, which was the longest such streak by a reliever to start a season since John Smoltz went 92 hitters before walking one in 2004."The ball bounced our way tonight. Sometimes it doesn't, and that's kind of the difference," Happ said. "We were fortunate for that and we played good defense."Happ walked Marcum with one out in the third before a double by Norichika Aoki. Rickie Weeks followed with an infield single -- his second hit in his past 29 at-bats -- but Happ retired Ryan Braun and Ramirez to pitch out of the bases-loaded jam.Happ got into trouble again in the fifth after a single by Cesar Izturis before a one-out single by Aoki. An error by right fielder Brian Bogusevic allowed Aoki to advance to second and Izturis to move to third. Happ got out of this one by striking out Weeks before a groundout by Braun.In what became a theme for his night, Happ got into another jam in the sixth. A double by Corey Hart before a single by Jonathan Lucroy left runners at the corners with one out. Happ escaped unscathed yet again when Snyder caught a foul popup by Brooks Conrad and Izturis grounded into a force out to end the inning."We have a lot of things that we have to start doing better offensively," Milwaukee manager Ron Roenicke said. "Regardless of what happened in the fourth inning with Marcum, we don't score, and we need to start scoring."The performance helped Happ put his past two starts, when he allowed 11 runs combined, behind him."I didn't want to put too much pressure on myself, but I definitely wanted to go out and have a good one," Happ said. "I felt good physically and mechanically and ... I wasn't overthrowing."Carlos Lee singled in the fourth before Lowrie's shot to right field, which sailed over the outstretched arm of a leaping Hart, put Houston up 2-0. Bogusevic singled before scoring on a one-out single by Snyder.Snyder advanced to second on the play thanks to an error by Aoki in center field. Schafer capped the scoring with a two-out RBI single.Game notes
Brewers SS Alex Gonzalez had surgery on the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in Milwaukee. His recovery time is expected to be six months. ... Roenicke expects OF Carlos Gomez (strained left hamstring) to be activated from the disabled list on Sunday. He is on a rehabilitation assignment with Class-A Wisconsin. ... Houston opens a three-game series with the Rangers on Friday, with Wandy Rodriguez facing Texas right-hander Neftali Feliz. ... Brewers RHP Marco Estrada opposes Minnesota left-hander Scott Diamond in the opener of a three-game set Friday.
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Regular Season Series
Milwaukee leads 9-8 (as of Thu 5/17) | ||
Mon 4/23 | @MIL 6, HOU 5 | Recap |
Tue 4/24 | @MIL 9, HOU 6 | Recap |
Wed 4/25 | HOU 7, @MIL 5 | Recap |
Wed 5/16 | @HOU 8, MIL 3 | Recap |
» Thu 5/17 | @HOU 4, MIL 0 | Box Score |
Fri 7/6 | MIL 7, @HOU 1 | Recap |
Sat 7/7 | @HOU 6, MIL 3 | Recap |
Sun 7/8 | MIL 5, @HOU 3 | Recap |
Mon 7/30 | @MIL 8, HOU 7 | Recap |
Tue 7/31 | @MIL 10, HOU 1 | Recap |
Wed 8/1 | @MIL 13, HOU 4 | Recap |
Fri 8/10 | @HOU 4, MIL 3 | Recap |
Sat 8/11 | @HOU 6, MIL 5 | Recap |
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Fri 9/28 | HOU 7, @MIL 6 | Recap |
Sat 9/29 | @MIL 9, HOU 5 | Recap |
Sun 9/30 | HOU 7, @MIL 0 | Recap |
Complete Schedule: Brewers | Astros |
Scoring Summary
4th | J Lowrie homered to right (343 feet), C Lee scored. | 0 | 2 | |
4th | C Snyder singled to center, B Bogusevic scored, C Snyder to second on throwing error by center fielder N Aoki. | 0 | 3 | |
4th | J Schafer singled to shallow center, C Snyder scored, J Schafer to second advancing on throw. | 0 | 4 | |
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Game Information
Stadium | Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX |
Attendance | 15,173 (36.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
Game Time | 2:59 |
Weather | indoors |
Umpires | Home Plate - Brian Knight, First Base - Mark Wegner, Second Base - Mike Muchlinski, Third Base - Wally Bell |

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Daniel Bryan
Bryan Lloyd Danielson- Birthdate: 05/22/1981 (age 33)
- Height: 5'10"
- Weight: 210lb
In WWE, Danielson is a four-time world champion...
John Morrison was a guest on The Roman Show where he spoke about Daniel Bryan, among other topics.
He said: "Those guys like Daniel Bryan and CM Punk, The Shield, guys who I knew coming up. Daniel Bryan was around even before I was around. Seeing how good he was back then and seeing how hard he worked for that long. Seeing him get that opportunity in this run as WWE Champion feels really good. You can tell it feels really good to the fans obviously because they are so enthusiastic when he comes out. It's cool to watch the landscape shift in WWE."


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I just decided to check out the Hi-Point Firearms Web Site. They are a maker located in Dayton, Ohio
Anybody Ever Own/See/Shoot One?
I had to go take a look because I could not believe that they were offering a full size polymer frame "Made In USA" firearm in .45acp & .40 S&W for the suggested retail price of $179.00 and with an unlimited lifetime warrenty yet!?!
They also offer a 9mm carbine for dirt cheap. It's strange looking though.
Their .45 seems a little large (to me) for concealed carry. Here is a photo.
Gosh...I can't even buy a doggone Colt slide (only) for $179.00 !!!
I might just hafta plunk down some pocket change & buy one of these odd looking beasts...just for the heckovit. Geesh...I would like to buy one just to take it apart on a Sunday night.
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Supreme Court justices hear "contraception mandate" challenge
Mary Wilson, Capitol Bureau Chief | 03.26.14
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United States Supreme Court Building
U.S. Supreme Court justices have heard arguments in a case that puts the federal Affordable Care Act's so-called "contraception mandate" under the spotlight, as well as the rights of for-profit corporations.
Two family-owned businesses say they'll have to violate their religious beliefs to comply with a federal requirement that employee health care plans cover certain kinds of birth control.
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Conestoga Wood Specialties, a Mennonite-owned business based in Lancaster County, has joined with the Christian family-owned Hobby Lobby crafts stores and affiliated book stores. Owners of both companies say they should get a religious exemption from providing certain contraception in their employees' health care plans.
Lawyers argued in court Tuesday about whether for-profit corporations can claim religious exemptions to federal law. Justice Elena Kagan said if the court rules for Conestoga Wood and Hobby Lobby, religious objectors will "come out of the woodwork" to challenge a number of federal laws. But Paul Clement, the lawyer for challengers, said the court can narrowly define who can claim a religious exemption -- for example, not extending such a definition to include publicly-traded corporations with shareholders.
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Some liberal justices questioned how a for-profit corporation could be deemed to exercise religion, especially if owners are split on the subject. But Justice Antonin Scalia said it's simple - "whoever controls the corporation" decides if the corporation is religious.
The government's lawyer, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, said providing women the full range of birth control should be considered of utmost importance, and if the two challengers win, their female employees will lose statutorily guaranteed rights.
Clement said the government can ensure access to such contraception methods without involving employers at all, by setting up a program that bypasses employers completely. But Verrilli contends employers may object later if they are even minimally involved -- for example, having to sign a form to let workers obtain certain birth control methods.
"I think we should have a good outcome, but I've been surprised before in this case," said Randy Wenger, a lawyer for Conestoga Wood. He said he's been with the case "since day one."
"If we just switched the scenarios around, sometimes that makes it easier for people to understand what's at stake with them," Wenger said. "Mennonites are conscientious objectors to military service... imagine if Conestoga Wood were being forced during wartime to provide components for military service and the government were saying, 'you're a corporation... your religious liberty's not implicated because we're only telling your business to do this."
"In a free country," Wenger continued, "shouldn't there be some escape valve where we're not forcing people to do things that violate their most basic convictions?"
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The national Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team (WWAST), represents some of our nation's bravest and most determined heroes, soldiers and veterans. These young extremely athletic men have sustained severe injuries resulting in amputation while serving in the military/war, and through extensive rehabilitation, they have become competitive athletes again.
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Is Internet access a human right? Top 10 nations that say yes.
(Read article summary)Four out of 5 people worldwide say Internet access is a human right, according to a recent BBC poll. Even more than Americans, Chinese believe that to be true.
Courtesy of Richard Barrow
Chinese believe more strongly than Americans that Internet access is a basic human right.
But Americans are more likely to search the Internet for a girlfriend or boyfriend, according to a recent BBC poll of 27,000 people across 26 nations.
IN PICTURES: Top 10 countries that say Internet access is a basic right
Perhaps because Americans can surf a number of websites cordoned off by the great Chinese Fire Wall – from the Dalai Lama's personal web page to the Internet Movie Database – more Chinese (87 percent) see the Internet as a fundamental human right than do Americans (76 percent).
Worldwide, 79 percent of all Web users say access to the Internet should be a fundamental right. (Read the full report here.)
That ranks China as the world's 8th most ardent believer in Internet access as a basic right, while America falls in the middle of the pack.


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New to Typophile? Accounts are free, and easy to set up.
Lifted from pic in today's business news report that Hudson's Bay may buy Saks.
So I wonder what fonts or fonts have the comb over ampersand shown on the Saks & Company street level lettering?
Ah, after almost ten years somebody else has finally noticed that beauty.
I haven't seen that form anywhere else, ever.
And "comb over": funny!
So this stumps the typophiles?
Presumably this lettering style dates to when the store was designed by department store specialists Starrett & Van Vleck and built in 1922-24? The bronze letters may be more recent but the ampersand matches the style of the large letters over the entrance.
See photo of front entrance, with architecural information.
As an aside, note from the ID request photograph that one of the bronze quatrefoil design squares is missing. Perhaps suggestive of a company that may be ready for takeover.


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THE IDEA: embrace
The $100 infant incubator and more: a user-based design process that integrates critical needs, extreme affordability, and breakthrough technologies
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How It Works
- Identify needs
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THE PERSON: Jane Chen
Jane Chen is a reformed management consultant turned social entrepreneur living in India to lead Embrace
After she quit her management consulting job to work on HIV/AIDS issues in China and Africa, Jane saw stunning healthcare disparities firsthand. She got an MBA and Masters in Public Policy, and co-founded Embrace with a team of engineers to create affordable, life saving products for mass distribution. Jane is now headed to India to launch the $100 incubator.
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20 million premature and low-birth-weight babies are born every year and are at high risk of death or disability because of hypothermia. The solution is a low-cost incubator, as traditional incubators cost up to $20,000 and are scarce in developing countries. Jane Chen was part of a team of design students at Stanford University in 2007 that developed an incubator that costs less than $100, which uses an innovative phase-change material to regulate a baby's temperature. It requires no electricity, has no moving parts, is portable, and is safe and intuitive to use. Jane then co-founded Embrace Labs to make sure the incubator reaches those who need it most. Using the design methodology, supply chain and distribution network from the incubator project, Embrace Labs expects to introduce similar products beginning in 2010. With these kinds of "game changing" products and technologies, millions of babies and children around the world can expect to live longer, healthier lives.
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Plan Specification: HHF-3714
Total Square Footage: 1,629Main Level: 1,098Second Level: 531Bedrooms: 3Baths: 2Garages: 1Width: 45 ft Depth: 43 ftFoundation: Basement, Crawl Space, Slab Foundation
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Plan: HHF-3714For a scenic lake or mountain lot, this spectacular design takes full advantage of the views. I designed a three-sided wraparound deck to expand the relationship between indoor and outdoor living. The sunken living room with a 19-ft. cathedral ceiling, a skylight, a beautiful fireplace and glass galore is the heart of the floor plan. Both the formal dining room and the kitchen overlook the living room and the surrounding deck beyond. The main-floor master bedroom has a 12-ft. cathedral ceiling and private access to the deck and hall bath. Upstairs, two more bedrooms share a skylighted bath and flank a dramatic balcony sitting area that views to the living room below.
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Winter Wonderland for Insects
You've probably already "put a bug" in Santa's ear, telling him what you want.
But have you ever thought of putting a bug on your holiday card?
If you're an entomologist, absolutely. If you like insects, probably. If you're not a bug lover, no.
However, here's what can happen if you mosey on over to the Bohart Museum of Entomology this Sunday, Dec. 18 from 1 to 4 p.m. on the UC Davis campus.
The creative folks at the Bohart Museum, located at 1124 Academic Surge on California Drive, are sponsoring an open house, themed "Insects in the Winter Wonderland." There you can learn where insects go in the winter.
And you can create a holiday insect card to take home and share with others.
The event, free and open to the public, is the last of the Bohart Museum's 2011 weekend open houses. You'll have to wait 'til 2012 to attend the others.
"We will be focusing on what insects do and where they go when it gets cold," said Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator at the Bohart. "For example, monarch butterflies survive the winter by clustering together in Mexico or on the California coast; tomato hornworms overwinter underground as pupa, and honey bees can stay warm inside their hives and live off of their stored honey."
Visitors also can enjoy a live "petting zoo" with such residents as Madagascar hissing cockroaches and walking sticks.
The Bohart Museum, directed by Lynn Kimsey, professor of entomology at UC Davis, houses a global collection of more than seven million insect specimens, the seventh largest insect collection in North America, and is also the home of the California Insect Survey, a storehouse of the insect biodiversity. Noted entomologist Richard M. Bohart (1913-2007), who was Lynn Kimsey's major professor, founded the museum in 1946.
The Bohart Museum launched its series of weekend openings for the fall season on Saturday, Sept. 24 with "Catch, Collect and Curate: Entomology 101."
The remaining schedule for the 2011-2012 academic year:
Saturday, Jan. 14, 1 to 4 p.m.: "A New Year, a New Bug, How Insects Are Discovered"
Sunday, Feb. 12, 1 to 4 p.m., "Bug Lovin'"
Saturday, March 10, 1 to 4 p.m., "Hide 'n' Seek: Insect Camouflage"
Saturday, April 21: 10 to 3 p.m., UC Davis Picnic Day
Saturday, May 12, 1 to 4 p.m., "Pre-Moth'ers Day"
Sunday, June 3, 1 to 4 p.m., "Bug Light, Bug Bright…First Bug I See Tonight."
Regular hours are from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday. The museum is closed on Fridays and on major holidays. Admission is free.
More information is available on the Bohart website or by contacting Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator at email@example.com or (530) 752-0493.
It's not too late to have a "buggy" holiday.
A ladybug in the winter. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee heading toward Christmas Cheer, aka red-hot poker (Kniphofia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Things to be Thankful for--Bugs
Thanksgiving will come early to the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis.
An open house, appropriately themed "Thankful for Bugs," is set from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 1124 Academic Surge on California Drive.
And it's free.
Visitors can view insect specimens from all over the world. And they can hold such critters as live (yes, live!) walking sticks and Madagascar hissing cockroaches.
A special activity: draw an insect and create your own button to wear. "We are busting out the button maker to make the insects we love," said Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator. "Hopefully, people will appreciate dung beetles and flies as important decomposers,and wasps as insect predators, along with the indispensable butterfly and bee pollinators."
The museum, directed by Lynn Kimsey, professor of entomology at UC Davis, is the home of seven million insect specimens. Founded in 1946 by noted entomologist Richard M. Bohart (1913-2007), it is dedicated to teaching, research and service.
The Bohart also maintains regular hours from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday. It is closed on Fridays and on major holidays. Admission is free.
More information is available on the Bohart website or by contacting Tabatha Yang, at email@example.com or (530) 752-0493. Due to limited space, group tours will not be booked during the weekend hours.
Visitors to the Bohart Museum can hold a walking stick. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug in the hand is worth two in the bush? A walking stick at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
For the Love of Bugs
Well, there is that "ick" factor.
"If you have a grizzly bear or a beautiful bird, many people are engaged right away," Mace Vaughan, director of the Pollinator Conservation Program of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation told Nuwer. The Xerces Society, headquartered in Portland, Ore., protects invertebrates, especially pollinators.
"People think all invertebrates have an ick factor," Vaughn commented, "but in fact almost all don't."
So true.
People who don't like bugs sometimes run, stomp or scream--not necessarily in that order.
But at the Bohart Museum of Entomology on the UC Davis campus, there's a sense of awe and wonderment. See, the Bohart Museum is home to a global collection of more than seven million insects but a popular attraction is the "live petting zoo," comprised of assorted Madagascar hissing cockroaches, walking sticks and the like.
And children do "like."
Bob Dunning of Davis recently brought along three of his children, Molly, 9, Emme, 8, and Mick, 6, to enjoy a Bohart open house.
Emme, especially, was drawn to the Madagascar hissing cockroaches, aka hissers. She watched one crawl up her arm and around her neck. She didn't flinch. Right on cue, brother Mick let his hisser do the same. Molly? She preferred to watch.
Bohart volunteer Ralph Washington, who received his bachelor's degree in entomology from UC Davis, told them that these cockroaches are native to Madagascar. The Madagascar hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa) is one of the largest cockroach species and can reach two to four inches in length.
"They're like goodwill ambassadors to the Bohart and the cockroach family," said Tabatha Yang, education and outreach director, who estimated the museum holds about 40 to 50 Madagascar hissing cockroaches at any given time.
"Some visitors think of them as big beetles, and when we tell them they're cockroaches sometimes they get a little concerned," she said. "They're thinking of the pest species."
An added attraction is that Madagascar hissing cockroaches, aka "hissers," make a noise—they hiss.
"They hiss for a variety of reasons," Yang said. "The males hiss at each other over territory and they hiss to attract females. When we pick them up, they do an 'alarm hiss' so we will leave them alone and put them down."
Sometimes they're so used to being handled that they don't readily hiss. That's when the museum staffers raid the personal collection of entomology graduate student Emily Bzdyk, who keeps some in her Bohart office.
The Bohart Museum, located at 1124 Academic Surge on California Drive, is directed by Lynn Kimsey, professor of entomology at UC Davis. It's open for visits Monday through Thursday.
To draw in folks who can't attend on weekdays, the Bohart Museum offers special weekend open houses.
The next weekend open house is Saturday, Nov. 19 from 1 to 4. The theme: "Thankful for Bugs." Want to attend? It's free. And, you'll have a buggy good time.
But be sure to bring your camera. If a picture is worth a thousand words, a picture of a bug on a kid ought to be worth at least 10,000.
Madagascar hissing cockroach crawls up the arm of Mick Dunning, 6, of Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ralph Washington, who has a bachelor's degree in entomology from UC Davis, talks about the hissers to Mick, Emme and Molly Dunning (right). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Emme Dunning, 8, of Davis, and a hisser. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Discovering Warrior Wasps
Lynn S. Kimsey is an entomologist, and has been one for most of her life.
It's an interesting piece. Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and professor of entomology at UC Davis, traces her interest in entomology to age 5, when she received her first butterfly net.
"I've pretty much had a burning passion for insects ever since, except for a brief foray into marine biology as an undergraduate," she told LiveScience.
Kimsey recently drew international attention with her discovery of gigantic "warrior wasps" on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.(The male measures about two-and-a-half-inches long, Kimsey says. "Its jaws are so large that they wrap up either side of the head when closed. When the jaws are open they are actually longer than the male's front legs.)
And what is "the most important characteristic a researcher must demonstrate in order to be an effective researcher?"
"A burning curiosity and the need to know."
Kimsey is also quick to point out the societal benefits of her research. "Understanding insects, where they occur and the ecosystem services they provide, is critical for our how important insects are to us. They are our principal competitors — they feed on us and our animals, they make us sick and yet provide critical pollination, recycling and nutritional services."
We're glad to see LiveScience singling out scientists for a "behind-the-scenes" look. It humanizes the scientists who do such intriguing research.
We remember when apiculturist Marla Spivak, a 2010 MacArthur Foundation and Distinguished McKnight Professor and Extension entomologist with the University of Minnesota, shared some of her thoughts with LiveScience.
When asked "If you could only rescue one thing from your burning office or lab, what would it be?" Spivak answered "My students." Then, showing a trademark sense of humor, she added "If there were bees in the lab, I would grab them, too."
Kimsey, too, has a honed sense of humor. The Bohart Museum is the home of a global collection of seven million insect specimens and what she calls "the live petting zoo"--insects you can touch and handle. They include Madagascar hissing cockroaches, a rose-haired taranatula, and walking sticks.
We thought she might gleefully answer "walking sticks" when she was asked what she would RUN out of burning building with, but no.
Kimsey replied: "My external hard drive: My entire research life, my brain, is in that drive."
Lynn Kimsey with a gigantic "warrior wasp" she discovered on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Blood Bugs at the Bohart
Wear your favorite insect costume. Show off your insect tattoo.
When the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis hosts its pre-Halloween open house from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 30, it promises to be a "blood-suckin' good time."
And it's free and open to the public.
One of the highlights will be an insect costume contest. A prize will be awarded to the "best dressed insect" under 6; ages 7-12, 13 to 18, and adults. Judging will be based on creativity and originality, said Tabatha Yang, the Bohart Museum's education and outreach coordinator.
In addition, a prize will be awarded to the best overall insect tattoo, Yang said.
Another special event is the 3:15 p.m. mosquito pinata bashing. The pinata is the work of Brittany Nelms, a PhD student within the Entomology Graduate Group with a designated emphasis in Vectorborne Diseases (she studies with William Reisen of the Center for Vectorborne Diseases). The pinata will be filled with candy and some insect toys, Yang said.
Among the "blood bugs" on display will be mosquito, bed bug and biting fly specimens. (Not to worry--they're specimens; they're not alive.)
Located at 1124 Academic Surge on California Drive, the Bohart Museum houses a global collection of more than seven million insect specimens and also maintains a live "petting zoo" with such residents as Madagascar hissing cockroaches and walking sticks.
The Bohart Museum, directed by Lynn Kimsey, professor of entomology at UC Davis, launched its series of weekend openings for the fall season on Saturday, Sept. 24 with "Catch, Collect and Curate: Entomology 101."
Whack! Tabatha Yang, the Bohart Museum's education and outreach coordinator, takes aim at a mosquito pinata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is the mosquito pinata, made by Brittany Nelms, that will be bashed Sunday, Oct. 30 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)


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By Mark Kanny, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Jul. 26–After seven seasons as artistic director of Pittsburgh Opera, Christopher Hahn says he "was clearly looking for bigger challenges."
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"I think of myself as an impresario in the old-fashioned sense," says Hahn, 56. "It means an ability to spearhead artistic endeavors with a keen eye always to the bottom line."
He likes the idea of having "the two sides of the company in my head.
Hahn has been planning Pittsburgh Opera programs and casting on a three-year cycle, but now he will be able extend it out five years.
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"Lots of people don't understand why having our own rehearsal space is so vital for the quality of what we do on stage," Hahn says. At the Benedum Center, the opera has only four days on stage for rehearsals. "That is an extremely tight schedule" for an opera company of Pittsburgh Opera's stature.
The official opening of the opera's new home will be spread over three days, starting Oct. 2 with an evening event for high-level donors and board members. The next day, the opera will throw a neighborhood party in what might be called the upper Strip District. The official ribbon-cutting ceremony and first performance — by young opera center singers — will be Oct. 4.
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The opera sold 31,657 tickets — 72 percent of the house — for 2007-08. That figure includes 5,376 subscribers who bought 18,960 tickets — 44 percent of the house.
For the 2008-09 season, the opera has sold 4,050 subscriptions as of July 18, compared with 4,063 on July 18, 2007. But subscriptions sales thus far have generated $36,000 more in revenue because of subscribers moving up to longer subscriptions and-or better seats. The 2008-09 season has an anticipated budget of $8 million.
The value of the opera's endowment was $13,341,807 as of June 30.
"Aida" was Pittsburgh Opera's most successful production financially in 2007-08, with 102 percent attendance for the final show.
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Elevation: 17,200'
Good things come to those who wait…
At least that is what we must remind ourselves of. Another day of marginal weather had us scratching our heads about the possibility of a summit bid while other teams have had enough and are headed down. But with a fortified camp and a weeks worth of food and fuel, we plan to exercise patience and optimism. As storm days stack up, it is all too easy to let altitude and lethargy tear a person down. Exercise is the best remedy, and so this afternoon we climbed the first hour of the autobahn to stretch the legs and open the lungs. With new snow covering the route, we worked hard breaking new trail up to 17,700 feet, and the pickets that protect the steep slopes had to be dug out. To be sure when our time comes to go for the top, our team will be the most acclimated and best conditioned team at high camp.
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Hey Double A hope ypur not freezing your #$## off that would suck… Can't believe you guys are hanging in there at 17k. Life at sea level is nice and warm but I'm sure the views and experience y'all are having is really special. Stay safe… Looking forward to good weather for you so you can achieve the summit, good luck too you and all your partners up there.
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James Arthur Wellington Foley Butler, 4th Marquess of Ormonde was born on 23 September 1849 and died on 4 July 1943. He was the son of John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde and Frances Jane Paget. He was JP in the county of Kent and DL in the county of Kilkenny. He was the 28th Hereditary Chief Butler of Ireland.
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Authz and Anon Authn Agony
A recent first-time attempt at using Subversion's path-based authorization module turned out to be less trivial than I'd planned because I was trying to use it with a repository that allowed anonymous read access. Things went well at first — I did some copying and pasting of sample httpd.conf directives and authz file contents from Version Control with Subversion, tweaking as necessary to suit my needs. In a short time, I had what I thought was the perfect setup. I was wrong.
Say, like me, you wish to configure a repository such that it permits anonymous reads to most of it, authenticated reads to the rest of it, and authenticated writes to the whole thing. You already have an Apache htpasswd file with your writers' usernames and password hashes, and you've configured Apache to use that htpasswd file for authentication, and an authz file for authorization. You then make the obvious additions to your authz file:
[groups] writers = someuser1, someuser2, … [repository:/] * = r @writers = rw [repository:/trunk/private-area] * = @writers = rw
There's a group with your writers' usernames. There's a rule which grants anonymous read to the world, and write access to just the writers. And there's an override rule which removes read access from unauthenticated users in the repository's private area. Looks great.
Then you start testing.
Upon checking out your repository's /trunk directory, anonymous users get what you'd expect — the tree, minus the /trunk/private-area directory.
But what about your authenticated would-be writers? Ah, therein lies the rub! There are no authenticated users. Since anonymous users can checkout the tree, Apache never bothers to query you for authentication credentials. And you can't force Subversion to transmit authentication credentials when Apache hasn't asked for them.
So what's the workaround?
First, you could disable anonymous access altogether, and force non-writers to share a username like "anonymous" and a publicized password. In your authz rules, the user "anonymous" would have only read permission, and only on the public portion of the repository. This works fine, but at some discomfort to non-writers. They now have to supply a password which, though not secret, might still be non-obvious and/or unknown to them.
Secondly, you could just leave things the way they are, and force writers to checkout just the private area of the repository separately. They won't have the luxury of both the public and private areas being connected inside a single working copy, but that might be okay.
Thirdly, you could keep the private stuff in its own repository. For writers, this is very similar to the second workaround. But your writers won't be able to make a private thing public without breaking the history across repositories.
Finally, you could setup a second <Location> block in your httpd.conf file which points to the same repository but with a slightly different URL (for example, with "-no-anon" appended to it). In this block, disallow anonymous access. Then add a matching redundant entry in your authz file, too:
[repository-no-anon:/] * = @writers = rw
Now, anonymous non-writers can checkout from the original repository URL without prompting, and won't see the private area. Non-anonymous writers can checkout from the alternate repository URL with prompting, and will see the private area. (Thanks to Max Bowsher for this great hybrid workaround idea.)
39 comments for "Authz and Anon Authn Agony"
The Subversion book points out the correct way to handle this: you need to set
AuthzSVNAccessFile /path/to/repo/authz
Require valid-user
Satisfy Any
with your authentication options.
That way the client will first try the request unauthenticated, mod_authz_svn will refuse it based on your authz file, and so Apache will return 401 telling the client to retry with authentication. The client then prompts the user for a password, Apache gets the same request but with credentials, it is accepted by mod_authz_svn, and everyone is happy. -
Thanks for your comment, Dan C. But as one of the co-authors of the book, I definitely checked there first before claiming defeat.
My httpd.conf is actually configured exactly as you (and the book) recommend. The problem in my situation is that only a subdirectory of my repository is meant to be private. That would work fine if Subversion fetched each file and directory in the tree individually, with separate HTTP requests which could each be individually optionally authenticated. But Subversion uses a single large REPORT request/response for checkouts and updates and such.
Because the root of my repository is readable by all (per my authz rules), mod_authz_svn won't refuse it based on my authz file, and Apache won't return 401 telling the client to retry with authn. That means my one checkout REPORT request will succeed as an anonymous user. But Subversion will still internally verify that my anonymous user has access to each and every path under the checked-out tree, and because that user doesn't have access to the private portion of the tree, Subversion will simply omit that subtree from the checkout altogether. -
I can't seem to get your suggestion to work; my situation is only slightly different. I have 3 classes of users: anon, regular, and special. In my repository, I have a single folder (let's say "private") that should be rw only for special users, invisible to everyone else. Anon can read everything but private, and normal users have rw on everything but private.
I have added a new Location entry to httpd.conf, which is exactly the same as the original one except the name is slightly different.
I then add the perms as you suggest to dav_svn.authz:
* = r
@regularusers = rw
* =
# Now spec the alternate url, such that only special users have rw on everything
@specialusers = rw
When I attempt to checkout using the new url repo-special, I still get the "403 Forbidden" error as before.
Any ideas?
Thanks…thomas b -
I can't seem to get your suggestion to work; my situation is only slightly different. I have 3 classes of users: anon, regular, and special. In my repository, I have a single folder (let's say "private") that should be rw only for special users, invisible to everyone else. Anon can read everything but private, and normal users have rw on everything but private.
I have added a new Location entry to httpd.conf, which is exactly the same as the original one except the name is slightly different.
I then add the perms as you suggest to dav_svn.authz:
* = r
@regularusers = rw
* =
# Now spec the alternate url, such that only special users have rw on everything
@specialusers = rw
When I attempt to checkout using the new url repo-special, I still get the "403 Forbidden" error as before.
Any ideas?
Thanks…thomas b -
Thomas B, does your second httpd.conf Location block demand authentication for all accesses, like my post recommends? Is there a chance that in your testing Subversion is using a cache non-special user's credentials against that special repository?
Thanks for the article, Michael!
It really saved me a lot of time and hair on my head! -
Hi Michael,
Is it possible to make some folders invisible to certain users? For example, assuming I only have 2 folders, FolderA & FolderB in my repository. Currently, irregardless of the user's permissions, a "svn ls" would list both folders. Is there a way to prevent certain users from seeing the existence of FolderB?
Thanks in advance.
John -
@John: Sure! What would path-based authorization be if not a means by which to authorize access to paths? Take a cruise though the Path-Based Authorization section of Version Control with Subversion (http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.serverconfig.pathbasedauthz.html). Basically, you need two things in place: 1) authentication, so that Subversion always know what user is accessing what, and then 2) the authorization rules that say which paths a particular user can and cannot access, and whether that access is read-only or read-write. Now, this only works when using Subversion in client-server model (hosted via Apache/mod_dav_svn or svnserve), but that's the most common deployment scenario anyway, so hopefully it's yours, too.
Hi Michael,
Thanks for the prompt reply. Sorry if I was not clear in my previous post but I have implemented Path-Based Authorization (on Apache) and implemented authentication as well. The issue really is that a user who does not have read access to a folder will still be able to see the existence of the folder. Is there a way to hide the folder such that if a user does not have read access to the folder, he will not be able to see the folder itself?
For example:
* = r
@regularusers = rw
* =
@admin = rw
In the above example, all users would be able to "see" the Logs folder even though they are unable to access it. Is there a way to disallow @regularusers to see the existence of the Logs folder?
John -
@John: OH! Sorry, yes, I misunderstood the question. Unfortunately, no, that's not possible with Subversion today. It's been documented since the inception of Subversion's authz policy as a known leakage (see http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/notes/authz_policy.txt).
Hi Michael,
Thanks for pointing that out.
John -
Thank you so much for your post. It was extremely useful (saved my day).
-Patricia -
I have a related question. If I follow your suggested use of the extra tag in the Apache configuration file, it all works out fine in terms of checkout. However, when it is time to create tags for a project that has some private folders, it seems that I'll have to go through the pain of setting the authorization rules for each of these tags, since, although I am tagging the whole trunk, I don't want the private folders to be accessible by the general public in my new tags .
Do you have any suggestion as to how to deal with this problem? Or, would you perhaps say that what you described as your third option in your post (that is: create a separate repository that holds your private folders) may actually be the most practical approach in this case?
-Patricia -
@Patricia: Subversion's authorization logic is path-based, not object-based like a real ACL system might be. So yes, when you change the path of a versioned object deemed private by authz rules (either via a rename, or by exposing the object at multiple paths due to a copy such as you'd use when branching and tagging), you must update the authz rules to account for the change. For this reason, I think it very unwise to mix public and private data in the same tree if that data is likely to be branched or tagged.
Is it possible to use LDAP for authentication and still use SVN authz to restrict user access when using Apache as the server?
@Michael: Sure. I've not personally managed such a configuration (so I can't help you with the details), but my understanding is that this is a very common setup in corporate environments.
@Michael Griffith:
You can enable LDAP authentication as follows (in apache config):
DAV svn
SVNPath /var/lib/svn
AuthzSVNAccessFile /var/lib/svn/authz
AuthLDAPEnabled on
AuthLDAPUrl ldap://ldap.server:389/base-dn
AuthType basic
AuthName "Subversion Repository"
require valid-user
One problem here is that ldap groups are not used in the authz access checks.
I have written a patch to the authz module that uses the system groups (via getgrnam)
instead of the groups defined in the authz file under the [groups] section.
I.e. using libnss_ldap, you get the groups from ldap for access checks!
I plan to propose this for upstream subversion code soon.
Cheers – Michael -
Oops, sorry, I found a working configuration where instead of "AuthLDAPEnabled on",
the following two options are set:
AuthzLDAPAuthoritative on
AuthBasicProvider ldap
I currently don't have a setup available to verify correct workings.
But I think this was the correct version.
Michael -
Oops, sorry, I found a working configuration where instead of "AuthLDAPEnabled on",
the following two options are set:
AuthzLDAPAuthoritative on
AuthBasicProvider ldap
I currently don't have a setup available to verify correct workings.
But I think this was the correct version.
Michael -
Can someone tell me whether would be possible to give a user read/write access to only a subdirectory inside a private directory where he can't even read the content?
To be more clear, think about the user JOHN accessing a repository with the following structure:
/trunk/RestrictedToJohn-A (the files here should be unreadable by john)
/trunk/RestrictedToJohn-A/RestrictedToJohn-B (the files here should be unreadable by john)
JOHN can only read/write a specific subdiretory and I can't allow him to even read the content of the parent folders. The "AllowedToJohn" folder is part of the project contained in the parent folders so I don't think would be necessary to create a specific repository to store it.
I tried the following, without success:
internal = user1,user2,user3,…
external = john
* =
@internal = rw
@external = rw
Any advices are welcome!
Thank you! -
@JFO: What you are trying to do is quite common, but if you are seeing problems then I suspect you are hitting the likes of Subversion issue #3242[1], "Subversion demands unnecessary access to parent directories of operations".
[1] http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3242 -
@C. Michael Pilato: Thank you to point me to the issue page!
The workaround suggested there by Christian Iversen worked for me. How I have a lot of subdirectories it gave me a little work to setup everything, but now it is fine.
Thank you very much! -
I was sent a link to your article after posting a help message regarding sub-directory permissioning on the subversion user group. The final work-around you suggest (creating another Location URL), does not seem to work if you want to also restrict read access to a sub-directory. It seems there is a security hole in this approach, which is that web-browsing of the anonymous URL still allows browsing of the restricted sub-directory. Just wondering if you had any suggestions for this case.
-Gabriel -
@Gabriel: There is no security hole (besides the documented leak of the name of the private directory itself[1]). The authz rules don't cease to apply simply because the access is anonymous — it's just that any access which requires a real username ain't gonna get granted.
This isn't merely a theoretical workaround. I use this approach myself for the 'svn-org' repository on svn.collab.net. Now, rather than use two name-based locations, I opted for another approach: anonymous access over http and authenticated access over https, but the concept is the same. (The benefit of the approach I took is that I don't need separate authz rules for my two "locations" since the repository's "name" is the same in the SSL vs. non-SSL cases.) So please, I invite you to visit that repository at http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn-org. And then browse the 'trunk/private' directory. Tell me what you find. Not much more than "Nuh-uh" custom 404 handler, I'm guessing. If, however, you visit https://svn.collab.net/repos/svn-org (note the http*S*), and you have a valid login, and that username is granted read access to 'trunk/private', you can fully browse the contents of that directory.
[1] See 'KNOWN LEAKAGE OF UNREADABLE PATHS' in http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/authz_policy.txt for details. -
Yup, my mistake. An oversight in my testing as my browser session was caching the authenticated access. Details on the svn user group…
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-users/200912.mbox/browser -
While setting up the authz file I am running into a problem similar to what others have seen. My authz file looks like:
dev_all = user1, user2
qa_all = qa1, qa2
* = r
@dev_all = rw
@dev_all = r
@dev_all = r
With the above authz file, I would expect the dev_all group to not be able to commit changes to "repo:/trunk/branches/V40″ and to "repo:/trunk/branches/V50″. However, they are able to commit their changes. What am I doing wrong? Also, if I change the very first line from [/] to [repo:/], access is denied to everyone. Please help me – I have been at this for a couple of days now! -
sga: Are you sure that the 'repo' string in your configuration string is accurate? If it's not clear, the format of those section headers is:
where REPOSITORY_NAME is the single-path-component "name" of your repository. By default, a repository's name is the basename of the directory where it lives (so, "floopy" for the path /usr/local/svn/repositories/floopy). But that can be changed via the SVNReposName mod_dav_svn directive.
Try removing the repository specifier from your headers temporarily (so that they read just as "[/trunk/branches/V50]" and "[/trunk/branches/V40]") and see if the situation improves. If it does, that might mean that Subversion is using a different "repository name" for your repository than you expected. -
Hi there,
I want to give svn web access to all(read only , Should not ask for password).
And commit access to restricted users. Is it possible. If Yes Please Help me.
Thanks in Advance for your reply.
Santhosh -
Santhosh, thats pretty much exactly what this post is talking about. If
all you want is repository-wide restrictions, you can follow the simple
instructions in the Subversion book for making this happen. See
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.serverconfig.httpd.html#svn.serverconfig.httpd.authz.blanket -
Thank you very much
Hi Michael.
I have configured svn in one server, I have another svn server also. If I am doing svn commit in the first server it should reflect in the second. Is there any chance to execute this. Please Assist me.Also I want to make a system trusted with one client machine, ie. only for root user it should not ask for password.
Thanks in Advance!!!!!!!
Santhosh Kumar K V -
Waiting for your reply… just tell me it is possible or not…
Santhosh -
Hi there,
I pretty much had your third solution, but it doesn't work.
subversion = jm
* = r
@subversion = rw
* =
jm = rw
My apache conf contains
Require valid-user
which is the Debian default config, and should "allow anonymous read, but make committers authenticate themselves", however I get (403 Forbidden), when trying to checkout repository jm, whether using svn "–username=jm" or not.
I guess that's because I would need to specify "* = r" for each repository separately…
Is there a simple and intuitive way to do this?
enclose the "require valid-user" in a "LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT" block BTW
@JM: If you only require a valid user for write requests (those other than
GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT), then your read requests will hit the server
anonymously regardless of what you pass via –username. Per the rules
youve listed, you must be user jm to read from the jm repository.
Therefore, anonymous (that is, not jm nor anybody else) reads from that
repository are disallowed. -
* =
@writers = rw
If I read the subversion 1.5 (r3305) documentation correctly, wouldn't the above example denied everybody to the 'repository-no-anon' repository since "* = "got matched first before "@writers = rw" ?
Per documentation: "Another important fact is that the _first_ matching rule is the one which gets applied to user" -
Patrick: I think that bit of the documentation might be just plain wrong. As far as I can tell, mod_authz_svn will parse all the rules in a section that apply to the user, and will allow the most permissive ones to "count".
Have the following :
*=However when checking out calc/goals, the doc directory is also checked out for a user who is NOT in test_grp.
When checking out explicitly calc/goals/doc, the access is forbidden
Never mind, figured out .. SVNPathAuthz was off..


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Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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Baltimore, MD (Sports Network) - Ryan Sweeney went 4-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored as Oakland took an 8-1 win over Baltimore in the rubber match at Camden Yards.
Jack Cust had two hits, scored twice and drove in two while Cliff Pennington went 4-for-5 with two RBI for the Athletics, who have won five of their last six.
Trevor Cahill (8-2) won his seventh straight decision as he went seven innings and was charged with just one run on four hits with a walk and four strikeouts. He has not lost since May 16, a run of nine starts.
"I made pitches when I had to (and) when guys got on base I was able to keep my sinker down and get out of it. The team helped me out a lot defensively and offensively," Cahill said.
Nick Markakis drove in the lone run, while Jake Arrieta (2-2) was roughed up for four runs -- three earned -- on seven hits with four walks and two strikeouts over six innings of work for the Orioles, who had won five of six coming in.
"I just have to learn to trust my stuff a little bit more, stop being so picky around the zone and trust that it's good enough to get these guys out," Arrieta said.
Baltimore jumped on top in the first inning as Corey Patterson led off with a double, moved to third on Miguel Tejada's groundout and crossed the plate on Markakis' sac fly.
Oakland, though, answered with a three-run second. Sweeney hit a one-out single and came home when Cust followed with a double. After Mark Ellis walked, Gabe Gross hit into a fielder's choice that saw Ellis forced out at second. Pennington then tagged a double to left that chased home both runners for a 3-1 lead.
The A's added a run in the fifth for a 4-1 advantage. Daric Barton led off with a single and was replaced on base by Adam Rosales, who moved to second when Ty Wigginton missed a pickoff throw. Rosales later scored on a Sweeney single.
In the sixth Baltimore got a leadoff single from Patterson and he stole second after Tejada flied out. However, Markakis struck out and Wigginton grounded out to end the inning.
The A's plated four more runners in the seventh to solidify their lead. With men on first and second, Sweeney drove in one with a single, and Cust chased home another with a ground-rule double. Ellis followed with an RBI single and, after Matt Albers took over on the mound, Gross knocked an RBI single to left for an 8-1 lead.
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The Forest – a Finnish Favourite
Around 65 per cent of Finland's total land area is covered in forest. Pine, fir and birch trees are significant features of the landscape. Forests are like water in Finland: ever-present, including in the major cities. Even in the capital city of Helsinki there are sizeable forested areas, some of which are designated nature reserves.
There is something magical about the forest. The Finnish soul has always been linked with the forest. The green colour is calming; the gentle rustling of the leaves and pine needles is like music. Finns feel good in the forest. Not alone, not lost – the forest provides protection and peace. Hiking in summer, cross-country skiing in winter, gathering berries and mushrooms or simply a gentle walk in the woods: these are popular leisure activities in Finland. The forest is simply a part of everyday life in Finland.
Silence, Please
In the rush and crush of modern life, the rarities are what we value most, such as space, quiet and time. The space to breathe, a time to dream… you can find these treasures in Finland, where the lakes are many and the people are few.
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