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Founder / Date...
Founded by the Buddha ("enlightened one")
- Lived from 563-483 BC
- Biblical history during this time...
- Prophecies of Zephaniah, Jeremiah, & Habakkuk
- 587 Babylonians conquer Judah, destroy the Temple & deport people to Babylon
- Building of second temple & prophecy by Zechariah & Haggai
- 538 Cyrus allows Israelites to return to Jerusalem & Judah becomes a Persian province
- Biblical history during this time...
- Buddha was born in Kapilavastu, India, which is present-day Nepal. He was the son of king of the Sakya clan. His name Siddhartha Gautama is a combination of the family name, Gautama, and his given name, Siddhartha. The title of Buddha means "Enlightened One."
- Buddha married at an early age and lived the life of self-indulgence. However, he found that this life was dull and left his home in search of enlightenment. On his journey, he met an old man, a sick man, and a corpse. From these encounters, he determined that suffering was a shared characteristic of all humankind.
- Then he came upon a calm and peaceful monk. From this encounter, he changed his outlook on life. This new life called for him to forsake his family, wealth, and power in order to be free to search for truth. This decision is known as the Great Renunciation.
- About 528 BC, while sitting under a tree, he experienced the Great Enlightenment. Through this revelation, he discovered the way to salvation from suffering. From this revelation, Buddha traveled through the valley of the Ganges River, teaching his doctrines, attracting followers, and establishing religious communities.
- Buddha discovered what he called the "enlightened path"...
- The "enlightened path" he discovered he called "the middle way"
- "The middle way" is avoiding the extremes of...
- Indulgence... living involved with the trappings of the world
- Asceticism... the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state
- The "enlightened path" focuses on deep meditation.
Location of Origination...
Nepal and India... spread to China, Japan, Korea, now worldwide
Buddhists in the world...
- Approximately 500 million (not including Chinese people)
- There are about 1.1 billion Chinese Buddhists
Buddhists in the United States...
About 2% of Americans claim to be Buddhist (6,135,071)
Holy Book(s)...
The Buddhist scripture is called the Tripitaka (Pali language).
- Tripitaka means "three baskets of the law"
- The Abidharma contains phiosphical doctrines.
- The Vinaya contains laws and regulations.
- The Sutta contains parables and sermons of Gautama (the Buddha).
- Later, Sutras were composed to provide further information on Buddha's message.
What Buddhists Believe...
- Central Theme... Buddhism teaches its followers that in this life they are only temporary vessels of body, emotions, thoughts, tendencies, and knowledge. Buddhists believe that there is no sense of self or soul when in this world. A fundamental concept of Buddhism is the notion that the goal of one's life is to break the cycles of death and birth. Reincarnation exists because of the individual's craving and desires to live in this world. The ultimate goal of a Buddhist is to achieve freedom from the cycle of reincarnation and attain nirvana. The enlightened state in which the person is free from greed, hate, and ignorance. The way to nirvana involves the person showing love for others, being compassionate and sympathetic of other people, and showing patience in everything. A Buddhist must also follow five main principles which prohibit killing, stealing, ill language, sexual immorality, and the use of toxic substances. When one successfully follows these principles, the three roots of evil (, hate, and deceit) can be overcome.
- Nirvana... is the supreme state free from suffering and individual existence. It is a state Buddhists refer to as "Enlightenment." It is the ultimate goal of all Buddhists. The attainment of nirvana breaks the otherwise endless rebirth cycle of reincarnation. Buddhists also consider nirvana as freedom from all worldly concerns such as greed, hate, and ignorance. No one can describe in words what nirvana is. It can only be experienced directly.
- God...
- Buddha acknowledged the existence of impermanent gods, and he discouraged their worship.
- He encouraged his followers to simply heed his teachings.
- Jesus... Jesus was an enlightened master.
- Holy Spirit... There is no Holy Spirit.
- Humanity...
- The Human Soul... Buddhists believe that they are temporary vessels in this world and that until they attain enlightenment or Buddhahood, they do not know their own self or soul. They believe that this world is an illusion and that as a result, one can not know one's true nature.
- Humanity consists of five temporarily connected aggregates...
- Material form (rupa)
- Feeling (vedana)
- Perception (sanna)
- Dispositions (sankhara)
- Consciousness (vinnana)
- Sin...
- Sin is related to desire according to the Four Noble Truths...
- Life is full of pain and suffering.
- Everything is impermanent and suffering is caused by the desire for things that are impermanent.
- Suffering is eliminated by eradicating the desire for impermanent things.
- This is done by following the Eightfold Path (salvation).
- Sin is related to desire according to the Four Noble Truths...
- Salvation...
- The eightfold Path involves attitudes and actions...
1. Right Worldview... a perspective that recognizes that all things are impermanent
2. Right Intention... to remain on the path of liberation
3. Right Speech... speaking words of truth
4. Right Action... following Buddhism's moral code
5. Right Livelihood... engaging in work conducive to liberation
6. Right Effort... persevering in a mind-set free from desire
7. Right Mindfulness... maintaining awareness
8. Right Contemplative Absorbtion... maintaining a meditative conscientiousness that facilitates enlightenment
- By following these principles, one ultimately becomes liberated from the cycle of reincarnation (samsara) and is absorbed into the Universal Absolute.
- The eightfold Path involves attitudes and actions...
The Afterlife...
- At death, a person's five aggregates are dismantled and cease to be a cohesive unit.
- Through reincarnation, one's desires or feelings "wander across" to another body.
- After the above wandering takes place, one then lives another life, making further progress toward absorption into the Absolute.
Distinctive Practices...
- The practice of the five precepts is important to develop morality (sila). Cultivation of Sila is essential as it is the foundation on which the spiritual progress is based.
The five precepts are...
1. Abstain from destroying or harming living beings.
2. Abstain from 'taking that which is not been given' (stealing).
3. Abstain from sexual misconduct.
4. Abstain from unskillful speech (lies, slander, offensive speech etc).
5. Abstain from intoxicating drinks and drugs.
Buddhism Divisions...
- There are two primary divisions of Buddhism...
- Theravada
- Teaches that Buddhism is for a select few (full time monks)
- Buddha was just a man ... an ethical teacher
- Mahayana
- Teaches that Buddhism is for all people
- Buddha was a manifestation of the Universal Absolute (a divine person)
- Theravada
- Vajrayana, an evolved division mostly in India, consists of a two truth belief...
1. Conventional truth is the truth of consensus reality, common-sense notions of what does and does not exist.
2. Ultimate truth is reality as viewed by an awakened or enlightened mind.


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The New York Times bestselling author of Still Alice delivers a compelling and poignant story about a vibrant woman in the prime of her life struck with the crippling disorder of "left neglect."
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Looks like sparks were flying between Rebekah and Marcel back in the day. When she makes her way back to New Orleans, will their history (plus Klaus' recent backstabbing of Elijah) make Rebekah side with Marcel in their battle for New Orleans? Or will her family loyalty turn her against her ex-flame?
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MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota Timberwolves have put the final piece in their offseason puzzle, announcing the club has hammered out a tentative agreement with mammoth center Nikola Pekovic.
While terms have not been released, there are media reports that the deal is $60 million over five years.
"Retaining Pek was our No. 1 priority this offseason and we're very excited that he's chosen to continue his career in Minnesota," said Wolves President of Basketball Operations Flip Saunders. "Thanks to a lot of hard work and determination, Pek has developed into one of the NBA's premier centers and is entering the prime of his career. We envision Pek and Kevin Love being the 'Bruise Brothers' and forming one of the best front courts in the NBA for a long time to come."
The 27-year-old Pekovic continued his development into the upper echelon of NBA centers during the 2012-2013 season, notching career highs in scoring (16.3 points per game), rebounds (8.8 per game) and minutes (31.6 per game).
He became the first Wolves player in over four years to be named Western Conference Player of the Week when he averaged 25.0 points, on 58.9% shooting, and 8.5 rebounds in four contests from April 1-7.
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Protest Rallies Held in Jagang Province, Rason City
| Pyongyang, April 23 (KCNA) -- Servicepersons and people in Jagang Province and Rason City of the DPRK met on Monday to vow to wipe out the rat-like Lee Myung Bak group in this land and sky.
Present there were officials of party and power organs and working people's organizations, service personnel of the Korean People's Army and the Korean People's Internal Security Forces, people of different social standings and youth and students in the province and city.
The statement issued by a spokesman for the KPA Supreme Command was read out to be followed by speeches.
The speakers said that they could never pardon the rat-like Lee group who hurt the dignity of the supreme leadership of the DPRK by mobilizing elder reactionaries no better than paupers, gangster-like students and ultra-right conservative media persons.
The strong revolutionary armed forces of Mt. Paektu will search every rat hole and hang the whole rat-like Lee group, the sworn enemy, till all of them are dried up and perish, they declared.
The rat-like Lee group will bitterly experience what severe final punishment the merciless sacred war launched by the DPRK will mete out to them for the indelible crimes they have committed so far, they noted.
Service persons and people will beat to death the Lee group and blow up their bases for provocations and build on this land a reunified thriving nation shining with the august name of the great sun.
Then followed protest demonstrations.
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Before True Blood, TV's best-loved vampire was mortal actor Jonathan Frid, who played bloodsucking Barnabas Collins on ABC's afternoon drama Dark Shadows from 1966 to 1971.
In news made public Thursday, Frid died April 14 in Ontario, Canada, where he was born and lived. He was 87.
He died from complications of a fall, said one of his Dark Shadows castmates, Kathryn Leigh Scott, reports The New York Times.
Frid's passing comes just as a new Tim Burton movie version of Dark Shadows is set to open in theaters May 11.
Johnny Depp Sports Bright White Makeup on Dark Shadows Set
Originally posted 09/14/2011 11:25AM
A face only a mother could love?
Looking like the love child of Willy Wonka and Sweeney Todd's Mrs. Lovett, as styled by Edward Scissorhands, Johnny Depp slinks into his latest role, as 200-year-old vampire Barnabas Collins, shown here on the U.K. set of the film adaptation of the Gothic 1966-71 afternoon TV soap, Dark Shadows.
"There's something about this vampire coming back after 200 years into this modern world, with a touch of the poetic, with maybe a tendency to maybe wax a little poetic now and again," Depp, 48, told MTV News earlier this year. "I have a good feeling about it. But Jonathan Frid's Barnabas was so special."
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Juba — South Sudanese president Salva Kiir Mayardit, issued a surprise decree on Wednesday sacking Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior, the widow of the late John Garang, founding leader of the country's ruling party (SPLM).
De Mabior was a long-serving adviser to the president on human rights and gender affairs. The presidential order was broadcast on state-owned (SSTV. The reasons behind the decision remain unknown.
However, critics of the government say the decision shows the extent of political differences that have arisen over the president's management of the party and national affairs since Kiir took over leadership.
There was also speculation the decision was related to de Mabior's close alliance with former vice-president Riek Machar's rebel faction, although she later distanced herself after conflict broke out in mid-December last year.
De Mabior was among a number of senior SPLM members, including Machar, current vice-president James Wani Igga and former secretary-general Pagan Amum Okiech, who indicated their interest in contesting Kiir for the position of party chairperson.
While Igga later retracted his decision, saying he wouldn't run for chairperson if Kiir remained interested in the same position, the other three officials said they would go ahead.
The agenda for discussion at a general convention for the political bureau, the highest executive organ in the organisational structure of the party, was subject to lengthy delays.
Several attempts were made to hold the meeting without success, generating suspicion and confusion among members of the leadership council.
In November 2013, one month before the political dispute within the SPLM turned violent, president Kiir ruled that the term of all elective structures of the ruling party had expired with the exception of his office due to the failure to hold the May 2013 national convention.
De Mabior was among a group of disgruntled senior members of the leadership council who held a press conference on 6 December 2013 challenging the president's decision and warning against taking unilateral actions without consultation.
Igga subsequently responded with a press conference of his own on 8 December, describing the former officials as prophets of doom.
In earlier comments at an ordinary convention in October 2013, Kiir made reference to a 1991 split, saying he would not allow a similar incident to occur while he was president.
Violence erupted on 15 December in the capital, Juba, among forces of the presidential guard, before spreading to other regions throughout the country.
De Mabior said at the time that Kiir's refusal to allow internal reform in the country's ruling party and his subsequent decision to sack Machar and disarm Nuer soldiers from his presidential guards, triggered the conflict.
Mama Nation, as many refer to her, was also among a group of 11 disenchanted senior SPLM members aligned with Machar.
De Mabior, who hails from the Dinka Bor of Twic East county, served as
the minister of roads and transports in the Southern Sudan government prior to becoming a presidential advisor.
She left South Sudan in January and now lives in self-imposed exiled in Kenya, where she hosts a number of TV segments critical of Kiir's governance.
The fighting in South Sudan has pitted government troops loyal to Kiir against pro-Machar rebels, reigniting tribal tensions across the country.
Thousands have been killed as a result of the conflict, while over a million people have been displaced, many of whom have fled to neighbouring countries.
Ongoing peace talks in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, have so far failed to yield a lasting political settlement to the crisis despite mounting international pressure.


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Originally posted 08/13/2012 04:00PM
They performed together on The Mickey Mouse Club, battled it out on the pop charts and now, Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears will go head to head in primetime when their singing competitions, The Voice and The X Factor, both return this fall.
"I came up with Britney, we were very close," Aguilera, 31, said during a press conference in Malibu, Calif., at the home of The Voice producer Mark Burnett on Sunday evening. "Our paths have always crossed. They'll continue to cross. I welcome her to this family of fun and entertainment and finding new talent. Britney's a pro. She's going to give great advice!"
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Don't expect Mary J. Blige to join the ranks of celebrities adopting – she's already got her hands full.
"I don't think I'll do foster care or adopt, to be quite honest," the singer, 38, said at the Cipriani 42nd Street for New Yorkers for Children event where she was honored. "I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that [would be] poor parenting on my [part]."
Blige is stepmother to two children, Jordan, 11, and Nas, 10, with husband Kendu Isaacs, who also has a grown daughter, Brianna, 23.
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The big show on Emmy night may actually take place after all the awards have been handed out – Grammy winner Mary J. Blige will perform at the 13th annual Entertainment Tonight Emmy party, at Vibiana in downtown Los Angeles after the telecast.
"I am so excited to break the news that I will be performing at the ET Emmy party!" Blige said.
The Sept. 20 party, sponsored by PEOPLE, will also feature music spin by DJ Samantha Ronson. Previous performers to headline at the party include Prince, Duran Duran, Billy Idol and Earth, Wind and Fire.
Mary J. Blige, Melissa Etheridge Help Fight Prop 8
Originally posted 10/23/2008 10:00AM
While uncharacteristically mum about its choice for president, Hollywood's been highly vocal about another political issue – giving a loud "No" to Proposition 8.
And if those sentiments weren't clear enough, the concert by Melissa Etheridge and Mary J. Blige Tuesday night to fight Prop 8 raised $3.9 million.
The $1,000-a-head event was intended to help close the gap between the No on Prop 8 supporters, who have raised about $25 million, and the Yes on Prop 8 boosters, who have $27 million in their coffers, reports Variety.
Mary J. Blige's Concert Shout-Out to Jay-Z & Beyoncé
Originally posted 04/06/2008 12:00PM
Mum was the wedding word from Jay-Z as he hit the stage in North Carolina on Saturday – a day after a friend says he married Beyoncé Knowles – revealing nothing about a ceremony and wearing no ring.
But co-headliner Mary J. Blige on the "Heart of the City" tour couldn't maintain the same level of silence, shouting to the sold-out Greensboro audience: "Congratulations to my man, Jay-Z, and my girl B," before starting her set with "You're All I Need."
Otherwise, it was musical business as usual for Jay-Z, who stuck to the concert script, performing on his own and doing duets with Blige. Beyoncé was nowhere to be seen, and his only reference to her came when he played a few notes of "Crazy in Love," then cut it off, saying, "Sorry, B." But this is something he does at every show.
Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent in Steroid Probe
Originally posted 01/14/2008 10:55AM
Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent, Wyclef Jean, Timbaland and Tyler Perry are among the names that have surfaced on a long list of people in a current New York investigation of those who may have obtained steroids or human growth hormones, the Albany Times Union reports.
No one on the list is being accused of violating the law, says the paper, which explains that the probe is about halting the flow of the drugs by doctors who illegally write prescriptions without seeing patients. Witnesses on Long Island who are cooperating with investigators reportedly supplied the names of the celebrities, but the probe is mostly concerned with doctors' actions.
A rep for Blige, Karynne Tencer, is quoted in The New York Times as saying: "Mary J. Blige has never taken any performance-enhancing illegal steroids."
Spokespeople for the others were not available for comment. – Stephen M. Silverman
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Each year representatives of the professional horticulture industry select one flower, one vegetable and one perennial to be showcased. Each is chosen because they are popular, easy-to-grow, widely adaptable, genetically diverse, and versatile. This year the vegetable being showcased is the nearly endless world of herbs.
How do you define an herb? Probably the most fitting definition was coined by Holly Shimizu, director of the U.S. Botanic Garden. She says "Herbs are defined as plants (trees, shrubs, vines, perennials, biennials or annuals) valued historically, presently, or potentially for their flavor, fragrance, medicinal qualities, economic or industrial use, or in the case of dyes, for the coloring material they provide." This definition defines herbs by their usefulness rather than by their appearance, so even trees such as witch hazel, bulbs such as garlic and shrubs such as boxwood are included.
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July 19, 2011
Commissioner of Public Lands Goldmark announces quarterly awards for two DNR employeesEmployees honored for aiding motorists and co-worker injured in accidents
OLYMPIA – Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark has presented awards to honor two employees of the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for aiding an injured co-worker and three injured motorists while on the job.
"I am proud to present these awards to Aaron Schmidt and Calvin Ohlson-Kiehn for taking timely, professional, and effective actions to help fellow workers and members of the public," said Goldmark, who also leads DNR.
Aaron Schmidt Aaron Schmidt came to the aid of three persons injured when their vehicle spun off a road and over a steep embankment in Cowlitz County last March. After calling 911, Schmidt assessed and stabilized the injured patients, including one who was trapped in the vehicle, and provided first aid while waiting for medical help to arrive. He also helped the local fire department carry the victims up a steep embankment and ready them for transportation to a local hospital. Schmidt is a forester in DNR's Pacific Cascade Region, headquartered in Castle Rock in southwest Washington State.
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Calvin Ohlson-Kiehn Hearing calls for help while working on a snowy hillside in Skagit County, Calvin Ohlson-Kiehn located a DNR co-worker who had broken an ankle and fallen on a steep slope. After summoning help to the remote area by radio, Ohlson-Kiehn moved the injured person a warm vehicle to wait for an ambulance to arrive. His action likely prevented the injured person from going into shock in the cold conditions that day. Ohlson-Kiehn is a natural resources specialist in DNR's Northwest Region, headquartered in SedroWoolley.
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I just browsed the Comments section over at the Consumerist, where they asked people to describe corporate policies they hated or loved. Here's a quick sampling. All the words that follow are verbatim comments from others…
Smart: I like being able to return stuff at Target just by giving them the card I purchased it with so they can look it up.
Stupid: Best (Worst) Buy's policy of allowing customers to use those silly ten percent off coupons they send out only on regularly priced items. That is insulting. It is one of the many reasons I shop online and use Best Buy only as a showroom.
Smart: I appreciate PetSmart / PetCo's policy of being able to return food (3/4 or more of the bag must be left) if your pet doesn't like it.
Stupid: I called BofA recently to let them know I was going away on vacation and to expect credit and debit card charges from far-flug locations. OK, they took care of that in short order and off I went. What I didn't expect was to be hounded at least once a day for the next two weeks with email from them asking me to go online and "rate my recent customer interaction" with them. Sheesh!
Both:(post about cars that will monitor your heart rate) If the car will also dial 911 when it senses you're having a heart attack and direct emergency vehicles to your location, then it would be worth the intrusion. Otherwise, it's just letting you know you're about to die before you lose control of the vehicle and careen into oncoming traffic.


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Posted: August 29, 2012 at 3:25 p.m.
The Justice Department announced Wednesday that 20 people have been charged with drug-trafficking and firearms offenses as part of an operation targeting a drug ring centered in Waldron.
The drug-trafficking organization also had ties to Fort Smith, Mena and Dallas, according to Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas; Bill Bryant, assistant special agent in charge of the Little Rock District Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration; and Tom Tatum, prosecuting attorney for the 15th Judicial District.
Seventeen of those charged were indicted in federal court and three in Scott County Circuit Court, the Justice Department said in a news release. More than 11 pounds of methamphetamine, more than 70 pounds of marijuana, 28 firearms, two bullet-resistant vests and more than $50,000 were seized as a result of the investigation, the department said.
The investigation included more than 40 controlled purchases of meth from drug-ring members, the department said, citing court documents and discussion, adding that in several cases, minors were involved in drug distribution.
One charged in the case, Miguel Paramo, was under surveillance when he went from Waldron to Irving, Texas, to make a meth pickup and a search of his vehicle after a minor traffic accident yielded about 4 pounds of the drug, the law enforcement agencies allege.
In other instance in the case, the agencies say, a search of a "stash house" turned up 6 pounds of methamphetamine and eight firearms.
Operation Great Scott was coordinated among the Drug Enforcement Administration; the Department of Homeland Security; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; the 15th Judicial District Drug Task Force; the Arkansas State Police; the Fort Smith Police Department; the Scott County sheriff's office; and other local agencies, the Justice Department said.
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Mattel announced some awesome and very requested figures at SDCC recently. Including probably the most fan-demanded figure ever, Doomsday in CnC scale.
Bad news is DC unlimited and Batman unlimited lines were cancelled so the only way to get DCUC now is through Club Infinite Earths. Unfortunately, mattel isn't reaching the numbers they want to go forward with the sub at this point. And they are saying that if they don't get there then that is likely the end of DCUC.
Mattel addressed this through Toyguru on mattycollector.com's forums. It refers to both CIE and Club Eternia for you MOTUC fans
Now I know probably all of us here that collect DC figures have been waiting for this Doomsday for eternity so lets try to make this happen. I've never subscribed before, but I want that Doomsday so bad and furthermore just want DCUC to continue in general that I'm gonna subscribe for 2014. So everyone out there go to mattycollector.com and get your subs before its too late. I think the deadline is like 8/19/13
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Secure Shared Workstations and Fast User Switching with Novell SecureLoginSecure Shared Workstations and Fast User Switching with Novell SecureLogin
Written by Ken Baker
The following represents a sample action.xml that shows some of the basic functionality of a few of the Novell SecureLogin actions and triggers:
Sample actions.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <application-runner-script> <action name="hidedesk"> <nds-logout /> <hide-desktop /> </action> <action name="showdesk"> <unhide-desktop /> </action> </application-runner-script>
In this example, the hide-desktop action hides the desktop, its icons and other programs after a user logs out of the directory and before a new user logs in to the directory. When a new user logs in to the directory, the unhide-desktop action can be used to display the desktop and its hidden icons and programs. It's the behavior of these actions that facilitates fast user switching and logon for kiosks or shared workstations. Even though the workstation remains logged in as a generic workstation user, the desktop can remain hidden and locked until an actual user authenticates.
Depending on your needs, you can create a very basic or elaborate action.xml file. While you can create the file by hand, Novell SecureLogin provides a wizard that can help you construct the appropriate event triggers and actions for your shared workstations. When you launch the wizard, it allows you to select from a set of predefined actions and then customize them to address your specific needs. Likewise, it makes it easy to specify triggers for those actions.
When creating a sample action file that provides a quick login and logout for users, you might have it first test to see if the user has authenticated to a Novell eDirectory tree. If the user is not logged in, Novell SecureLogin can then hide the Windows desktop and launch Novell Client32 to allow the user to authenticate. When Novell SecureLogin detects that the user had logged into eDirectory, the script can initiate a new single sign-on session for that user, map drives and automatically launch several applications. When the user logs off, the action file can unmap the drives, shutdown the applications, end the user's single sign-on session, and hide the desktop again. (See Figure 2.)
With one set of authentication credentials and fast user switching, Novell Secure Login can address the core IT challenges in your shared-workstation environment.
Complex Challenges, A Simple Answer
Even though every customer situation is a little bit different, Novell SecureLogin and DAS provide you the flexibility to adapt the actions and triggers to fit a variety of scenarios. One of the most typical use-case scenarios is the need to ensure that the previous user of a shared workstation is logged out, all the user's applications are closed, and the workstation is ready for the next users without having to restart Windows or cause the new users to wait a significant amount of time for authentication. The bottom-line for this scenario is the need for fast user login or fast user switching, which Novell SecureLogin provides.
A common scenario in the healthcare industry would be that whenever nurses walk up to a workstation, they need to be able to log in quickly and be automatically authenticated to a certain set of applications. However, addressing the needs of the doctors might require you to handle things a bit differently, perhaps loading and authenticating a different set of applications. And since you want to make things as easy as possible for your doctors, you might create some custom shortcuts with big, easy-to-find icons that will quickly log them off or perform some other action.
To help ensure that sensitive information can't be viewed or accessed by unauthorized individuals, you might use something like a pcProx sonar detector that can detect when logged in users walk away from their workstations. When that happens, it can trigger an action in Novell SecureLogin that starts the Windows screen-saver program and locks the workstation. After a pre-defined time interval of inactivity, you might have Novell SecureLogin automatically close down the user's applications and log the user out. You can also configure it so if the user returns before the predefined interval, the screen saver will turn off and the user's desktop will be displayed in its previously undisturbed state.
The flexibility in how you can employ the various event triggers and actions in Novell SecureLogin really make it easy to address a wide variety of shared-workstation and kiosk scenarios. In addition to the flexibility, Novell SecureLogin delivers the following key differentiating features:
- Shared credentials for Web single sign-on, enterprise single sign-on, and provisioning
- Automatic provisioning of single sign-on credentials through integration with the identity management system
- No additional hardware investment requirements, minimized administrative overhead, simplified user management, improved fault tolerance and increased enterprise interoperability through the ability to leverage existing directory infrastructures
- Support of multiple multi-factor devices
- Centralized management
- Minimal impact on workstations with Windows and Novell-workstation compatibility, a small client footprint, integration with Novell ZENworks and no modifications to the GINA
Still, the overriding message of the BrainShare session was a simple one. With one set of authentication credentials and fast user switching, Novell Secure Login can address the core IT challenges in your shared-workstation environment.


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Your thought-provoking feature on animals and humans (4 June, p 42) reminded me that there is one area in which we treat animals and humans very differently. It is the case of terminal illness.
If I am responsible for the well being of an animal and it develops terminal cancer, I am required by law to see that it is killed painlessly before it can suffer pain from the cancer. If a human being I am close to develops terminal cancer I am forbidden by law to end their suffering and must watch them endure whatever pain cannot be relieved by analgesics, until the cancer kills them.
Does this mean we are more concerned over animal suffering, or do we regard human life in a totally different way from the lives of other animals?
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La Planche des Belles Filles, France (SportsNetwork.com) - Vincenzo Nibali of Italy is back in yellow at the Tour de France.
Nibali won Stage 10 and reclaimed the overall lead on Monday, a day after losing the coveted yellow jersey in cycling's most prestigious event. He also became the overwhelming favorite to win the title after the departure of two- time champion Alberto Contador.
Contador crashed midway through Monday's stage on a mountain descent and had his right knee treated before resuming. He rode for another 20 kilometers before calling his team car and deciding not to continue.
Nibali, meanwhile, finished the 161.5 kilometers from Mulhouse to La Planche des Belles Filles in a time of 4 hours, 27 minutes and 26 seconds. He won Stage 2 to first take the overall lead before ceding it to Frenchman Tony Gallopin on Sunday.
"This is a wonderful victory, thanks to great team work," said Nibali.
Gallopin was 1:34 ahead of Nibali following Stage 9 and wore the yellow jersey on France's national holiday of Bastille Day, but he struggled on a day with seven steep climbs, including four of the difficult Category 1 variety, and wound up 33rd for the stage.
"It was my worst day on a bike," said an apologetic Gallopin. "Four hours of suffering. Every climb was an ordeal. I really did everything I could, but I paid for my efforts last week and yesterday. I'm sorry. Even though it was hard and I had no illusions, I was still hoping to keep (the yellow jersey) deep inside. It was beyond my strength, I gave it my all."
Nibali now owns an overall lead of 2:23 over Australia's Richie Porte, who was seventh on Monday. Spain's Alejandro Valverde is another 24 seconds behind in third overall after a third-place finish on Monday. France's Romain Bardet is 3:01 behind in fourth and Gallopin dropped to fifth overall, 3:12 off the pace.
"This was the hardest stage I've ever done in a Grand Tour, with seven climbs and so many crashes," added Nibali. "I feel sorry for Alberto Contador. He crashed just in front of me and I've been scared that I'd go down as well but I don't know why he crashed."
Contador, the 2007 and 2009 champion, apparently hit an object or a hole in the middle of the road and took a nasty fall. He had his right knee bandaged, but was more than four minutes behind the peloton when he resumed riding.
According to the Tinkoff-Saxo team statement, Contador was unable to pedal because of a right knee injury when he called it quits.
"Alberto crashed on a fast and straight part of the descent," said team director Bjarne Riis. "He was reaching for his pocket and the bike was swept away under him probably because of a bump or hole in the road."
It was later updated by Riis that Contador suffered a fractured tibia.
"Alberto has broken his tibia just below the knee," Riis stated. "It's not a compound fracture, but it probably requires surgery. He will stay with us tonight and tomorrow he will travel back to Madrid to undergo further examinations and surgery if necessary."
The Spaniard became the second former winner to withdraw this year, following defending champion Chris Froome's departure in Stage 5.
"If I win the Tour, (people will say it was) because Chris Froome and Contador have crashed," said Nibali. "I already had a good lead and I was ready to fight in a big duel with Alberto. Crashes are part of the sport. I've crashed myself many times in the past as well. It's a pity that the Tour has lost two major protagonists. I hope it's not too bad for Alberto. I wish him the best."
Spain's Joaquim Rodriguez, the mountains leader after Stage 10, was riding toward a stage victory, but ran out of steam on the final ascent.
Nibali made his move with about 2.5 kilometers remaining and caught Rodriguez with just over one kilometer left. Rodriguez was also passed by seven other riders and finished ninth for the day.
"I was aware that my advantage was probably not enough for winning the stage," said Rodriguez. "Nibali was super strong."
There was no one to challenge Nibali in the final moments and he finished 15 seconds ahead of Frenchman Thibaut Pinot, with Valverde another five seconds behind.
American Tejay Van Garderen was sixth for the day, 22 seconds back, and now sits seventh overall. He is 3:56 behind Nibali's lead pace.
The Tour takes its first rest day on Tuesday before Stage 11 on Wednesday features 187.5 kilometers from Besancon to Oyonnax. It features four climbs near the conclusion, but none more difficult than Category 3.


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Fatal server error: Caught signal 4 173.14.20 legacy driver on GeForce FX5200
I'm using the 173.14.20 legacy driver with a PCI GeForce FX5200 on a Debian Lenny system running on a Mini-ITX (EPIA-M motherboard).
startx fails with:
giving up.
xinit: Connection reset by peer (erron 104): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
/var/log/Xorg.log.0 ends with:
0: /usr/bin/X11/X(xf86SigHandler+0x7e) [0x80c91ce]
1: [0xb7f98400]
Fatal server error:
Caught signal 4. Server aborting
I get the same error on the same machine with Debian Etch (oldstable). I also get the same error with earlier versions of the driver from the archive. The driver has failed on two identical machines.
But, surprisingly, I do have 173.14.20 running on a third identical machine (originally Sarge, now Etch). Something really subtle must be going on. I've attached nvidia-bug-report.log.gz from the broken machine and working-nvidia-bug-report.log.gz from the working machine.
[As an aside, I also had 1.0.8776 running successfully on all these machines last week before upgrading them. 1.0.8776 doesn't build on lenny and gives the list of errors in the attached nvidia-installer.log---but given this is no longer an active driver perhaps we should ignore this.]
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Re: Fatal server error: Caught signal 4 173.14.20 legacy driver on GeForce FX5200
hey... I'm having a very similar problem.
I'm using the 173.14.20 legacy driver with an AGP GeForce FX5200 on Gentoo Linux 2.6.30 r2
this is what I get:
xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.28161
X.Org X Server 1.6.2
Release Date: 2009-7-7
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.30-gentoo-r2 i686
Current Operating System: Linux 2.6.30-gentoo-r2 #1 PREEMPT Wed Jul 8 19:55:58 Local time zone must be set--see z i686
Build Date: 10 July 2009 06:27:31AM
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Jul 13 21:37:44 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
0: X(xorg_backtrace+0x38) [0x813aad8]
Fatal server error:
Caught signal 4. Server aborting
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
giving up.
xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
I'm not sure if our problems are the same as mine is AGP and yours is PCI but I thought maybe this would help spawn a discussion that would help both of us.
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Where are all the LGBT elders? What happened to the Gay Liberation notion of not going gently into that good night? Well, Maureen Cotter, who is turning 70, is defying invisibility with a new one-woman show, produced by veteran actor/writer/producer Michael Kearns in her Silver Lake debut.
"As an aging member of our community, it has become shockingly clear that we are the invisible ones. At nearly seventy years old, Maureen is a naughty, timely, and charismatic entertainer. She deserves to be seen," says Kearns.
Cotter is performing for three Saturday nights only - January 12, 19, and 26, 8:00 PM—at the Spirit Studio, 2601 Hyperion in Silver Lake (@ Evans, above Barbarella's, 90027). Admission is $12 at the door. There is an open bar. Reservations are not required.
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Cotter has experienced a storied life: After graduating from high school in New England, she bought a 1939 Chevy at a junkyard and headed west to the Pasadena Playhouse where she received a B.A in Theater Arts. After her acting career, she entered Cal State L.A.'s graduate program to study psychology and wound up as the Chaplain's Assistant at the Pacific State Mental Hospital.
"Tired of having feces thrown at me," the lesbian comic says, she got a job at the California State Penitentiary for Women. Her experiences "in prison" comprise My Guarded Secrets, a book that will likely be published in 2013.
After her jail time, Cotter became a highly successful head hunter for the next thirty-five years. It wasn't until she turned sixty that she pursued her creative side. She has since written eight solo shows, numerous magazine articles and achieved civic and artistic accolades.
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SOMETHING about Ashley, the severely disabled 9-year-old American girl, has touched a nerve in the US and beyond. For more than two years she has been receiving high doses of hormones to stunt her growth, and she has had radical surgery to remove her breast buds and uterus to ensure she does not mature sexually.
Ashley's parents insist these measures are for her benefit - that they will enhance her quality of life while they continue to care for her in their own home. Others accuse them of subjecting their daughter to potentially dangerous treatments for their own convenience, and denying her what they say is her right to grow up. There is unlikely to be a definitive answer, but the debate has shed unexpected light on the dilemmas facing those responsible for the welfare of severely disabled children.
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My copy came through earlier this morning...These aren't detailed impressions, because I really need to get back to playing :) I've played a few hours of the adventure so far, and I'm really impressed by it, despite enduring a few technical issues upon starting the game, which I thankfully rectified in "settings" for the most part.
The Witcher 2's game world feels very rich and fascinating, I'm finding it very easy to get side tracked by things and wonder at their conception. The simplest of actions feel enjoyable, in a almost Zen-like Shenmue way. I won't dare rushing through this game when there's so much to discover, and trigger, by your interactions with NPC's and the environment.
The dialogue between characters is great, I'm really loving it. The voice acting here is far superior than the original game, which isn't hard to achieve at all in truth, but it still stands out as being special in my ears, It's making me chuckle for all the right reasons. It has a distinctly British flavour which I'm confident will amuse many.
The games Mo- cap is superb, particularly when depicting battle. Animation overall is certainly impressive. The visual style and character of objects really gives a great feeling of substance to this game, the world feels well conceived down to the finest of details, and I find myself wanting to explore it more as a direct result.
I'm really enjoying the combat, I'm finding it challenging and very satisfying. I'm also liking the clearly laid out route for upgrading your abilities. This game is a lot clearer in my head, and I'm really appreciating it after the original games overbearing complexity in certain areas. Put simply, the combat here is fun and as interesting as you want it to be. Advance settings is the only way to play this game in the fashion it deserves though.
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- http://www.g4tv.com/videos/52929/the-witcher-2-how-to-kill-a-witcher-trailer/?quality=hd
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The producers of In Focus with Martin Sheen have announced a new report highlighting innovative scholarship programs designed to meet the needs of military families.
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Set for a spring debut, In Focus Martin Sheen is turning its cameras on scholarship programs that are meeting the higher education needs of military dependents. Some of this scholarship money is appropriated specifically for children of service personnel who have dies in service to their country. Other programs are designed to help returning service members with the money they need to get more education in order to compete in a highly educated workforce.
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Born in 1834 into a family of publishers, it is unsurprising that John Seeley took very early to literary and philosophical learning. Upon graduation in 1857, he was made a fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge and in 1859 published his first book, a collection of poems under the pseudonym John Robertson. In 1863 he took the chair of Latin at University College London. He made a stir with his anonymous Ecce Homo (1865), a doctrinal tract influenced by positivism; the resultant controversy was entered into by the likes of A. P. Stanley, Cardinal Newman and Gladstone. In 1869, despite having never published a historical work, he was made Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge; in his inaugural lecture, he made clear his …
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Even for historians as gifted as Thomas Kidd and Barry Hankins, three hundred pages is not nearly enough to do justice to the full diversity of Baptists in America, the title of their new book from Oxford University Press. So I'm not surprised that they pay little attention to the rather pietistic Baptists I know best. Founded as the … Continue reading
Today I'm happy to introduce Jared Burkholder, a fellow "Pietist schoolman" who will be blogging here every other Friday! Jared is Associate Professor of History at Grace College and Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana, where he also chairs the History and Political Science department and directs the Office of Faith, Learning, and Scholarship. He holds … Continue reading
One of my favorite recent books is The Activist Impulse: Essays on the Intersection of Evangelicalism and Anabaptism, eds. Jared Burkholder and David Cramer. It helps me better understand my own interest, as a rather pietistic evangelical, in the Anabaptist tradition, and my reservations about it. While the contributors don't shy away from the tensions … Continue reading
Here… • What kind of financial support do evangelical colleges and universities receive from their sponsoring denominations? • Short answer: Data are sketchy, but… not as much as they used to. Case in point, Bethel University. • Are these good measures for ranking colleges: The mid-career salaries of alumni? How meaningful they find their work? … Continue reading
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Authorities have identified two men who died in when a driver lost control of a car and slammed into a utility pole in northwest Harris County.
The single-vehicle crash occurred about 2 a.m. Wednesday in the 5100 block of Breen, near Antoine, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies said Edwin Alvarado and Deverick Hardy died at the scene.
No other injuries were reported.
Deputies said Alavardo was driving his mother's red Nissan Sentra westbound on Breen when he failed to remain in a single lane and veered from the road. The car plowed into a ditch, hit a utility pole and flipped onto its roof. Hardy was a passenger in the car.


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Day 9 - Trabzon - Sumella Monastery Giresun 200 km
Turkish customs we spend there almost 4 hours for a 5 minute job. We were the last to leave the port. First went all the passengers, then all the cars, then us. They tried to imply that something was missing from my green card. I disagreed. They let us go.
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We had a very tasty breakfast in Trabzon center and then took a short walk around the square.
The initial plan was to visit Sumela Monastery and found some accommodation around there. Since here we had all our bookings in advance, since we did not know the schedule of the ferry we did not planned in advance. We were free to stop whenever we wanted. Or, keep riding :)
The road to Sumela was a twisty but good 2 lane road going in the mountains south of Trabzon. Being Sunday the monastery was very crowded but beautiful.
The monastery is close to Macka, about 30 km south of Trabzon. From Macka there are another 17 km to the actual site of monastery. Before that you will pass entrance of Altındere National Park (Milli Park) where one must pay a small fee. With the bike you can get as near as a few meters to Sümela itself, where there is a car-park in front of Hagia Barbara Chapel. Also you have to pay the entrance to the monastery itself.
The position of the monastery is what makes it spectacular; I believed that it would be quite a challenge to enter there without the approval of the defenders.
The story of the monastery is something like this: built in the fourth century, before the Roman Empire split into east and west, by two Athenian priests, Barnabas and Sophronius. The fell into ruin numerous times throughout its history, the best moments of its existence being under Byzantine and Ottoman rule.
The last century was the worst for Sumela. It was abandoned following the chaos and inter-ethnic violence at the end of World War I. In the recent years Turkish government has stepped in to restore and protect the monastery and to turn it into a museum.
Lots o people and indeed a very humid atmosphere.
When we were about to leave the monastery we met an very nice and helpful tourist guide from Uzungol Ekrem who give us information about the area. We also met a couple from Greece coming here on a Scooter. Amazing.
Initially we planned to sleep around the Sumela, but being still early and wet, we decided to get back to the coast and find accommodation there. So we ride another 150 km and find a hotel in Giresum for 90 TL. Giresum its a very pleasant little town with a fortress up the hill (Kale) and a university. We eat some local fast food (delicious) had a beer on the hill and went to sleep.
A few words on the coastal road from Trabzon to Samsun: It is an excellent 4 lane road with a spectacular view of the sea and of the mountains. It will be part of the Black Sea Costa Road when the ring shall be completed. Not in my life time, but nevertheless.
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the next step – going beyond just posing people
With the recent post on a few guidelines on posing people, I wanted to add the reminder that when photographing people, our final destination isn't just the posed photograph, but that we should try and capture something about our subject. Something about their personality, or showing some facet of who they are and their lives.
When photographing couples in particular, my accent is on photographing their relationship as well. In addition to the portraits of the couple, I want to show how they interact with each other – playfulness and intimacy. We need to create images which have emotional impact – images that have some resonance with their friends and family when they view them.
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Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS) or "dry eye" is a very common ocular disorder affecting the cornea and conjunctiva. This condition is the result of inadequate tear production. Normal tear production is essential to good ocular "health" and a deficiency in tears can lead to serious and sometimes permanent eye problems. Although untreated KCS can potentially be a blinding disease, it is relatively easy to diagnose and usually responds favorably to long-term medical therapy. Below are some important facts about this disease.
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Three stories featuring an element of voyeurism - one man observing the object of his affection. 1. Mitsumete Itai (I'll Be Watching You): Chief Yamaguchi, a middle-aged married company manager, meets up with carefree motormouth Abe Kazuki once a month for dinner and sex. But each man secretly longs for greater intimacy. Over time they do become close, but the Chief's transfer to America and family problems threaten to ruin their fragile affair. 2. Ore ga Iru Kara (Because I'll Be There): High school student Yagi is caught making out with a girl by Karino, senior member of the rugby club. As the school bad boy, this is no big deal for Yagi - especially since he and Karino weren't friends in the first place. But when the tables are turned a week later, Yagi must summon the courage to be a hero. 3. Yume no Hate (The End of a Dream): John, a jaded male escort, has dreams of being with Chris, his aloof agent. How can a client's run-of-the-mill filming request drive these two professionals apart?
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