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Full SubmissionINTERNATIONAL DIALOGUE ON OUR WAY TO RIO+20
A contribution from Mexico?s civil society
February 2011
Observatorio Mexicano de la Crisis A.C.
Due to the importance of Green Economy in Rio 2012, and as part of the International Green Economy Dialogue the Observatorio Mexicano de la Crisis (Mexican Observatory of Crisis) hosted an event together with the Mexican Environmental Ministry on February 3rd 2011. Up to forty experts from academia, civil society, government and the private sector participated in this event.
This document includes the results of this debate in order to contribute both to a strategic vision on green economy and to the design that is coherent both from a developed and emerging economies perspective.
The present document covers three main aspects of a Green Economy Strategy: priorities of a Green Economy strategy for Mexico, production, consumption and trade and public policy.
There are important factors that need to be taken into consideration to promote a Green economy strategy, first the costs of business as usual need to be clearly stated both at the environmental and economic level. This means not just addressing each issue independently but also understanding interconnecting aspects and their impact.
The scope of the strategy also needs to define the extent of the reform process, but mostly it needs to be understood as a way to further a more comprehensive agenda, as the one set by sustainable development (equity, rational natural resource management and the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs) in which social aspects and pro-poor initiatives can be preserved and continued. In this sense, even when this is mainly an economic strategy, for its implementation it will be necessary to take into account other efforts made throughout the years, in different countries and by other international agencies inside the framework of sustainable development and the MDGs, i.e The Marrakech Process.
It is also important for the Rio Summit to be clearly understood as the beginning or continuation of an ongoing process that will require a set of environmental, political, policy, social, economic instruments to be designed, discussed and applied by each country. Therefore it is mandatory that the Summit is attended by Heads of State and/or Government, to state their commitment to these efforts.
Considering the case of Mexico it is clear that a different growth pattern will be helpful to face current environmental, social and economic challenges, such as:
Climatic impacts on land use, on biodiversity, irrational use of natural resources and water Sanitation, waste management, and non-sustainable patterns of energy consumption.
Regarding social aspects like inequality, unemployment, underemployment and increasing violence. Economic issues including lack of competitiveness, low levels of taxation, lack of innovation, non-dynamic internal market. Even when, these challenges can be originated by different circumstances they end up being interconnected so they require comprehensive solutions that can work at the local, regional and national levels.
Currently, there are in Mexico policies which go against the promotion of an enviromentaly friendly economic growth, such as:
Policies and programmes for the agricultural sector that promote single-crop farming, migration and polarization among rural and urban areas. Therefore it is necessary to consider integrated policies that will help recover traditional forms of production and property that will restore both agricultural productivity and social structures and the quality of life in rural areas.
Increasing subsidies to urban areas promotes migration from rural communities, as well as centralization and concentration in big cities. It is necessary to recognize the real cost of living and services provided to cities, which can be reflected as an ecological foot print tax. MAKING CHANGE POSSIBLE ? THE ECONOMICS AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
In terms of political economy, there will be many adjustments to be made in order to promote a new strategy. As there will be winners and losers in the short run it is necessary to establish the means of dialogue in which rules an agreements can be defined, negotiated and accepted by different players. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that some of these instruments can be included in the policy toolkit. In the case of Mexico, these are some of the areas in which it will be necessary to pay attention:
There are no public policy instruments to promote a Green economy oriented industrial sector.
It is also necessary to create incentives to further change in production, even to consider the substitution of the current production line to a circular process to reduce waste. Emphasis should be place on innovation, training and human resources development.
National green clusters can be promoted by using integrated public policy instruments that will foster innovation and strategic sectors. Diversified industries are needed, as well as programmes to attract small and middle size producers into new green sectors. This will help provide the green economy strategy with an instrument to promote equality at the social level.
As one of the main components of the strategy is to understand the way in which Green economy can work in favour of development, in the case of Mexico it will be useful to have access to technology transfers that will help create value chains and clean industries without reproducing non sustainable international patterns of trade or macroeconomic disturbances.
Education is important in terms of promoting a new culture, which is not just respectful of the environment but also willing to shift consumption patterns and lifestyles. Consumers need to be aware of the environmental impact of their choices. In this sense, ?green purchases? from big buyers as the government, universities and retailers can be an important incentive.
A strong communication strategy needs to be implemented at each stage so governmental and private institutions can be able to inform the general public about the benefits of products, policies and decisions both in economic and environmental terms. Best practices catalogs and successful experiences can be used as a powerful instrument to communicate this message.
Any new strategy will need to be accompanied by strong transparency, accountability and social participation instruments, as well as other means to prevent corruption.
Any measure towards the implementation of a Green economy Strategy needs to the take into consideration the social dimension and effects of policies, both in terms of costs and benefits.
It will be important to advance on the design and inclusion of indicators to measure the environmental benefits of specific projects and initiatives.
Green taxation needs to be promoted with clear goals and objectives as part of the whole strategy, and must include follow-up and performance indicators.
The design and implementation of a Green economy Strategy needs to take into account the need for mainstreaming development and in particular social concerns. Considering, previous experiences in which growth was not necessary a prerequisite for development, but a source of new problems by ignoring prevailing social inequalities. Hence, policy recommendations must integrate equality, inclusion, economic, environmental, social, development and innovation issues. Together with institutional arrangements for planning and definition of regulation instruments that will promote green economy in an integrated fashion, including different ministries and levels of government and stakeholders.
Nevertheless, as mentioned before, the Green Economy Strategy must not be considered as a replacement for sustainable development which still has much to offer for developed and developing countries alike.
Finally, all the participants in this exercise (experts and interested parties in the field) will like to thank the UN for the opportunity to contribute with their insights and will be looking forward to participating in future stages of Rio+20.


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Beach2Battleship events to affect traffic Saturday
Published: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at 11:38 p.m.
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Saturday's Beach2Battleship triathlons will make for a few tight roads throughout the day with cyclists and runners completing their races.
The Wrightsville Beach bridges will have significant race and fan traffic until 10:30 a.m. as racers leave the beach from the swim portion through Banks Channel and the transition area at Wrightsville Beach Park.
From 7:30 to 10 a.m., expect delays on northbound Market Street and Porters Neck Road as cyclists enter Interstate 140. Altogether, cyclists are expected on Market Street until noon.
From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., the Isabel Holmes Bridge and U.S. 421 southbound from Interstate 140 could face heavy congestion. Traffic delays are likely. Cars traveling to and from Wilmington and Brunswick County are encouraged to stay on the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge.
In downtown Wilmington, Water Street from Grace to Dock streets will be closed from noon Friday through 2 a.m. Sunday.
In addition, The California Roots music festival will add to the congestion. About 5,000 fans are expected to pack into Battleship Park for the all-day event, which starts at 11 a.m. Shuttles from Independence Mall and a ride-sharing program might minimize some of the impact.
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For this week's Throwback Thursday, Giant Step President/CEO Maurice Bernstein takes us back to our record release party for Giant Steps, Volume One at Supper Club in December 1993.
By 1993, the acid jazz scene was garnering much more awareness in the US and labels here were beginning to take notice with the success of Jamiroquai and Brand New Heavies. Most of the larger UK acts on majors were coming out of imprints on Polygram such as Talking Loud and FFRR. A subsidiary of Polygram US was London Records, which also had Payday Records. Payday Records was run by Patrick Moxie, who at the time also managed Gangstarr – he's now the owner of Ultra Records.
Given that acid jazz was one of our primary areas of specialty, Patrick approached us about putting together a compilation for him. Naturally, we wanted to the name to be in line with our brand, so we called the compilation "Giant Steps," adding the "s" on the end to differentiate a bit from "Giant Step."


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I knew I wanted to throw my daughter a westen/cowgirl themed 1st birthday party. I also wanted to it be full of pink and have a rustic/vintage feel. I got my initial inspiration from a pink and white striped bag of Trader Joes Kettle Corn. I concentrated mostly on the dessert table at the party but also had different tables such as the "Watering Hole" where I served juice, lemonade and water in mason jars with pink and white striped straws and the "Filling Station" where I served sandwiches and salads.
I fell in love with the fabric for the table cloth on the dessert table the second I spotted it at Hobby Lobby. I had a massive large wooden horse picture for the background and some beutiful pink roses in a large mason jar vases. The desserts included mini fruit pies, cake balls, caramel apples, kettle corn, mini cupcakes and a gorgeous pink birthday cake (and matching smash cake) made by Divine Cake Design.
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More than 20 graduates will suit up for Alabama's game against LSU in the BCS National Football Championship Game on Jan. 9 in New Orleans
Career Bests: 1,500m - 5:02.95 Mile - 5:20 3,000m - 10:41.92 5,000m - 18:07.60 4k XC - 15:07.43 5k XC - 19:05.20 6k XC -23:58
Senior (2010-11)Ran in four of the team's cross country races ... finished 78th at the SEC Championships ... came in 38th at the Crimson Classic ... was 185th at the Notre Dame Invitational.
Junior (2009-10)Competed for the Tide in all but one race during the cross country season...improved her 4,000m time by nearly 50 seconds at the Belmont/VU Opener where she ran a time of 15:07.43 and finished 24th...set a personal-best in the 5,000m Crimson Classic where she posted a time of 19:05.20 to finish 29th...posted a season-best 6,000m time of 24:36.12 at the SEC Championships where she finished 81st ... competed in six events during the track season ... had a season-best 5,000m time of 18:25.91 at the Alabama Relays ... had an indoor 3,000m best of 10:45.89 at the ETSU Niswonger Invitational ... named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
Sophomore (2008-09)Competed in six cross country races ... improved her times at 4,000m, 5,000m and 6,000m by almost 30 seconds or more ... posted a personal-best 4,000m time of 15:55.13 at the Belmont/Vanderbilt Opener ... ran a career-best 5,000m time of 19:16.88 at the Crimson Classic ... ran her season-best time at 6,000m at the SEC Championships crossing the line with a time of 23:59.43 ... posted a time of 10:43.42 in the 3,000m at the Rod McCravy Memorial ... finished 11th in the 5,000m (18:50.41) at the Tyson Invitational ... finished 20th in the 5,000m with a personal-best time of 18:07.60 at the SEC Outdoor Championships ... posted a time of 10:41.92 in the 3,000m to finish fifth at the Volunteer Track Classic ... ran a personal-best 1,500m time of 5:02.95 at the Ole Miss Invitational.
Freshman (2007-08)Competed in five cross country races as a true freshman ... scored in two of the five races she competed in ... tallied a season-best time of 19:57 in the 5,000m at the Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational ... ran a season-best time of 24:27.67 over 6,000m at the SEC Championships ... posted a career-best 5:54.64 in the mile at the Kentucky Invitational ... posted a career-best in the 1,500m with a time of 5:09.53 at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... ran a time of 19:34.82 in the 5,000m at the Ole Miss Invitational.
Prep and PersonalCompeted in the mile, two mile and 4x400m relay at Oxford High School under coach Dana Webb ... holds the school record in the two mile run ... named track MVP all four seasons ... member of the 2006 4x400m State Championship relay team ... graduated in the top 10 of her senior class ... daughter of Willard and Bobbie Williams ... majoring in Chemical Engineering.


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As Hillary Clinton seeks to rebound from a highly critical report from the State Department's inspector general, Senate investigators and a conservative group are zeroing in on newly revealed evidence about the activities of a now retired State Department computer specialist in orchestrating what they charge was a "cover-up" of the former secretary of state's email practices. The role of John Bentel, whose identity as a key figure in the email probes was first reported by Yahoo News on Wednesday, is expected to be one focus of questioning today when Clinton's former chief of staff, Cheryl Mills, is deposed in a lawsuit brought by Judicial Watch over the State Department's handling of Freedom of Information Act requests relating to Clinton's emails, according to a source close to the case.
The Statue of Liberty is seen in New York harbor. Climate change might dampen Lady Liberty's glow, according to experts. The United Nations released a report Thursday saying 31 natural and cultural World Heritage sites in 29 countries are vulnerable to the effects of climate change: rising temperatures, rising sea levels, intensifying storms, longer droughts and so on.


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Both the brightly colored flowers and the leaves of bee balm are used to make tea.
I found my homegrown mint, lemon balm and chamomile were more flavorful than the herbal ingredients I could buy. I also learned that many of the old-fashioned beverage flavorers, such as rose petals and toasted sunflower hulls, are still delightful additions. And for simple pleasures, few things equal the fragrance and flavor of a few fresh leaves of lemon verbena steeped in boiling water.
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PERSONALLY, I don't agree with it after the first 10 weeks (which is when the first brain cells start producing) any time BEFORE that it's less of a big deal because they are basically just removing a cluster of cells that is fairly easy to get to (really it only takes like MAYBE 20 minutes, if that). They can do it in an in and out procedure. A second trimester procedure is more involved and they have to be more delicate (plus it's 100 dollars more).
However, I don't think it's something the government really should have anything to do with. People just assume all these women are horrible people and murderers but they really have no idea what kind of emotional trauma these woman go through, before AND after they make this decision.


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Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 5th round (67th overall) of the 1966 NFL Draft.
Drafted by the New York Jets in the 15th round (132nd overall) of the 1966 AFL Draft.
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Erin Andrews will juggle her entertainment interests again this weekend with coverage of the 83rd Annual Academy Awards for ESPN's sister station ABC.
According to USA Today, Erin Andrews will work with former ESPN anchor Robin Roberts on Good Morning America to produce a few taped segments surrounding the Oscars.
Erin Andrews showed her affinity for the arts last year when she competed on ABC's Dancing with the Stars. She and her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy finished in third place.


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News & Notes - Big Toy Day; medical center recognized; student earns distinction
Published: Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 10:53 p.m.
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Cape Fear Regional Jetport brings out 'big toys' for a day
OAK ISLAND | The fifth annual Big Toy Day will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Cape Fear Regional Jetport on Airport Road. Planes, trucks, automobiles and other vehicles will be on display.
Free Young Eagle flights for children 8 to 17 will be offered by EAA Chapter 939 from noon to 2:30 p.m., with a parent or legal guardian present. Camel and pony rides will also be offered, and souvenirs and refreshments will be available for a nominal charge.
Admission is $5 per person, with children under 5 admitted free. Proceeds benefit the programs and services provided by Communities In Schools of Brunswick County Inc. For details, call 457-3494 or visit www.cisbrunswick.org
NHRMC Coastal Family Medicine Center recognized
WILMINGTON | New Hanover Regional Medical Center Coastal Family Medicine Center has been recognized by the National Committee on Quality Assurance for its success in creating a centralized "medical home" for patient care.
This recognition, Patient Centered Medical Home, is an approach to providing comprehensive primary care for children, youth and adults. The PCMH is a health-care setting that facilitates partnerships between individual patients, their personal physicians and, when appropriate, their families.
"The physicians and staff at CFMC have worked hard to be a trusted resource and partner in the care of their patients," said Terry Gentry, practice manager at CFMC. "This approach to health care allows the patient to build a relationship with the primary care physician who leads a team of qualified clinicians to handle the patient's health-care needs, and arranges for more specialized care when appropriate. The result is more coordinated and effective care."
Local woman earns distinction
AnaAustin Braswell, daughter of the Rev. Bill and Patricia Braswell of Wilmington, has been chosen as a member of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars. NSCS is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and membership is by invitation only, based on grade point average and class standing.
AnaAustin, a 2012 graduate of John T. Hoggard High School, is a freshman at UNC-Chapel Hill.
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Tired of the Torx30 wrench (EngineCover) every oil-change.
What about some sort of plastic (prefer metal) "quick-releaser".
Do those exist?
Second; you brought up something that just drives me NUTS. Synthetic oil shouldn't cost any more (any more than what the oil costs, that is) at a dealer or oil change place, but it always does. Why is a conventional change $29.99 but a full synthetic change $84.99? (Just using numbers I happened to see at a valvoline quick change place I drove by). Even if the oil change place was getting a big discount on conventional oil but paying retail per-quart on the full synthetic, it's not $55 more for synthetic oil. I once asked and the excuse I was given was "Well we sell less of it". The thing is; that's figured into the retail price! That's why synthetic oil probably has a bigger margin than conventional; because it's sold less often. The labor is the same; nothing changes. The oil is more expensive, so no doubt a synthetic change should cost more; but not that much more.
So yeah, that's why I do it myself too. Most oil changes places, with conventional, are so cheap nowadays that you can just swing in and not have to get dirty. But not the case with Synthetic. I get Amsoil by the case from a dealer at a good rate and change it myself.
My engine cost several thousands of dollars. to replace it .. even more.
The oil cost $25 plus $4 for the filter.
I change my own. So i can spend the money on Mobil One.
I change my oil when i want to. Not when some ahole tells me to.
So who cares when i change my damn oil??? Besides me?
Synthetic oil was originally made from natural gas.. So it was 'created'. Then (fairly recently) some started making a similar product from ordinary petroleum (and it cost less to do) So even Mobil shut down it's natural gas to synthetic plant and started making it the cheap way too.
Now, only Amesoil and maybe Royal Purple make their synthetic from natural gas like old times.
All the rest is more carefully refined from petroleum.
I use Mobil One and have no fear that is may be 'inferior'.
For me it was opposite in Canada same kind of ad just out of a -40c freezer showing cold starts.
As cynical as I am, sometimes even I am suckered in by marketing. This is the commercial that sold me on synthetic oils. Mobil1 is probably completely different today, but I've always thought this is the commercial you need to remember when you think of your turbo's best interests.
Also not all synthetics are created equal. Marketing is gimmicky. When synthetic oil caught on, people started labeling lots of other things synthetic. Brake fluid, gear oil, etc. They didn't change anything about the product; they just slapped a 'synthetic' label on it. The manufacturers don't even agree on what synthetic is. One calls a Base III stock conventional while another calls it synthetic! Synthetic oil is a crazy and varied world!
That said; I wouldn't worry too much about what the ford oil life monitor says. It's still just guessing. It's not measuring the oils viscosity, nor is it determining it's remaining additives or it's effectiveness. It's just guessing how long you can go on an average oil (semi-syn likely since that's what they use at the dealer), based on RPM's, engine heat, speeds, shift points, etc. It's probably a better 'guesstimate' than a fixed OCI; but oil can break down slower or faster. That's why OCI's are usually 'well within' the usable life of oil, unless you're doing UOA's every time, then you want to make sure you're not overrunning your oil because it just happens to be that one time it got a little hotter or sheared out of grade a little quicker. So you change it for a 'worst case scenario' for your vehicle. Given the way you drive and how the car is operated, what is the shortest amount of time that oil should remain completely within spec every single time? That should be your OCI!
For example, Toyota's current recommendation for oil change intervals is 5,000 miles if using conventional and 10,000 miles if using synthetic. Similarly, Mobil says its conventional oil (Mobil Super 5,000) is guaranteed for 5,000 miles while Mobil1 synthetic is good for 10,000. So there's more to synthetics than simply better protection.
Fwiw, I too use a full synthetic and change it every 5,000 miles. This may be overkill but in the scheme of car ownership costs it seems like really cheap insurance. And when the cost differential between conventional and synthetics is so modest, why not use a syn?
Of course if Ford allowed the the Focus intelligent oil life monitor to share its thinking with its owner (i.e. % oil life remaining) instead of withholding this information until panic time, maybe I'd follow that instead.
The 3k mile OCI was pushed by quick-lube places and found it's way into all the old wives tales. It was also pushed in a time when engines were less tightly machined, and oil was far worse. (Remember finding tons of metal shavings in your oil and filter after the first couple of oil changed on a new car? That was just part of breaking it in! Now we barely have a break in).
That said; 3k mile OCI's won't hurt anything. They can only serve you better. Some of us put a LOT of miles on our cars and I can certainly understand it! Oil changes really are not that expensive. It amazes me sometimes that people are willing to put thousands of dollars on a body kit, but aren't willing to change the oil. If you run it hard, 3k miles, even with synthetic, isn't a bad idea. But I would definitely never exceed the manufacturers recommendation without a used oil analysis.
All that said; OCI's are a 'guesstimate' anyway based on how oil performs 'on average'. A lot of the big trucking companies use high grade synthetic oil and perform used oil analysis on the oil periodically. They sometimes go 50,000 miles between oil changes and yet will put a million miles on a motor before a rebuild. For them, it's all about money. Analysts have balanced the cost of oil changes coupled with the tremendous cost of engines or rebuilds (plus the cost of having the truck down for days/weeks). If those purely cost-driven folks think UOA's are the most cost-effective way to maintain their vehicles; then it's something we could consider on our cars too! UOA's are real simple. They'll give you a bunch of numbers you may or may not understand, but usually, it'll be along with "You better change it in the next 1,000 miles" or "You're good for another 5,000 miles easy! Send another sample in at 4,000 miles and we'll see how it's holding up". Then you're changing the oil only when it's actually needed.
BUT; UOA's are pricey when compared to the cost of changing oil in a small engine. When changing 15+ quarts in a big diesel of oil that costs $10 a quart? Sure; that's one thing. But it's a thought anyway. I do periodic UOA's to confirm my OCI's. I do 5,000 mile OCI's myself. I do occasional UOA's to A) Confirm that my OCI is still right for my car and my oil and my driving conditions, and B) having a lab examine your oil is a fantastic way to keep tabs on your engines condition.
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I have a system which was designed for use by root only and I want to run an FTP server on it. The software I use handles authentication by using same username and password as OS itself. To me it looks safer to have another user for FTP data transfer and another which would just run FTP server.
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Often, we need to pass information from one page to another. The data can be passed with POSTs or GETs from a <Form>, or as key/value pairs in a URL that the user clicks on.
This section talks about how to protect the data that we are transferring from tampering. A few methods can be implemented.
The most straight forward method is to check the input for validity. If we expect the input data to contain only numbers, then we can check the input to verify that it contains only numeric data. While these validity checks are good for preventing unexpected program behavior, (i.e. a database query fails because it was expecting the id variable to be an integer) it does not protect against tampering.
Hashing sensitive data
Hashing algorithims provide a simple way to detect tampering. For instance, when passing an id variable from page to page as a user is browsing, the program may expect that this id stays constant. By computing and sending a hash of the data, each successive page can verify, with a high certanty, that the value of the id variable has not been altered:
$secret = 'MySecretWords'; $id = 12345; $hash = md5($secret . $id);
After hashing the id value with the secret, we get a hash value. This will be passed, along with the id value, to the next page for processing:
In view_profile.php, we can detect tampering with the id value by re-hashing and comparing to the hash value from the previous page:
$secret = 'MySecretWords'; $id = $_REQUEST["id"]; //in this case the value is 12345 if (md5($secret . $id) == $_REQUEST["hash"]) { //no tampering detected, proceed with other processing } else { //tampering of data detected }
There is a disadvantage to using the hashing method discussed above; the value of id is visible to potentially malicious users. However, as long as the secret and the process for generating the hash (in this case, md5 is the hash algorithm, and the value hashed is the concatenation of $secret and $id) are unknown, malicious users will not be able to tamper with the id variable passed to the page.
Encrypting sensitive data
Next, we will discuss how we can use symmetric keys to protect sensitive data and at the same time do not reveal the actual data value.
The concept is very similar to hashing the value, but now instead we will use a symmetric key to encrypt and decrypt the data.
$key = âThis encrypting key should be long and complex.â; $encrypted_data = mcrypt_ecb (MCRYPT_3DES, $key, â12345â, MCRYPT_ENCRYPT); //encrypt using triple DES $id = urlencode(base64_encode($encrypted_data));
The id will be base64 encoded and then urlencoded into Doj2VqhSe4k%3D so we will have the url as
(For perl programmer, you can use Digest::MD5 and Crypt::CBC to archive the same output)
To decrypt the information we received we will do the following:
$id = $_REQUEST["id"]); $url_id = base64_decode(urldecode($id)); $decrypted_data = mcrypt_decrypt(MCRYPT_BLOWFISH,$key,$url_id, MCRYPT_MODE_CBC, $iv);
The idea here is to url decode the input id value and follow by base64_decode it and then use back the same algorithm to get the actual data, which is 12345 in this case.
This same idea can be used on session id to make sure the session id is not tampered with. One caveat to take note is encrypting and decrypting all data send and receive will possibly consume lot of cpu power, so make sure your system is properly size up.


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Total Reviews: 21
Average Rating:
Great company - 06/03/2016
by Bradley from Wendover
Excellent, but not for all face types - 06/23/2015
by Jonathan B. from Boston, MA
Just right for my hands and eyes - 06/02/2015
by Chris C. from Appleton, Maine
Great for Birding - 01/28/2015
by John from SC
Vortex Talon HD 8 x 42 binoculars - 11/12/2014
by C Savage from Texas
Review - 06/20/2014
by Randall K. from Michigan
good for students - 05/30/2014
by john from california
Good Glass - 12/28/2013
by Paul from Minnesota
Pleases the Optical Experts - 06/04/2013
by Michael from Houston
Great Binoculars - 04/04/2013
by Paul C. from mio, mi
Very pleased - 02/18/2013
by Mike T from Pennsylvania
Impressed - 02/01/2013
by tom w. from lehigh acres florida
Vortex Talons - 11/27/2012
by Alan B. from Mystic, CT
You just can't get better. - 10/09/2012
by Steve from Milwaukee, WI
Good glass - 06/15/2012
by Paul from Minnesota
Fully Satisfied - 05/02/2012
by Michael from Albuquerque
Vortex Talon is Great - 03/06/2012
by Burney from Lakewood, WA
Vortex Talon - Fantastic Binos - 01/09/2012
by Jim from Sacramento, California
Excellent optics! - 06/09/2011
by Bradley from Watertown, Wisconsin
A great birding bin at a good price - 05/03/2011
by Bob from Bridgewater, NJ
Vortex Talon Binocular - 04/23/2011
by Charlie from So Cal


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DALLAS HUNTER WALSER is 9 years old today, March 9. His parents are Charles and Tracy Walser of Lexington. Grandparents are David and JoAnn Walser, Bill and Becky Blackwell, all of Lexington; Ellis and Edna Murph of Shalotte, NC. Great-grandmother is Ruth Wilson of Lexington. Dallas's siblings are Crissie Curry, 32 and Chasanie Cross, 27. His mother is the former Tracy Murph.
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I feel for the football players at the University of Pittsburgh. After being jerked around for the past year with instability at the coaching helm, their former head coach Todd Graham sucker-punched Pitt players with a shocking announcement that he'd accepted the Arizona State coaching through, wait for it….a text message.
Even Kim Kardashian has delivered better break-up messages.
As Andrea Adelson, a ESPN college football blogger and former Orlando Sentinel columnist, astutely pointed out, Graham gutted the essence of Pittsburgh's football philosophy, delivered big promises only to underwhelm with a 6-6 record and then bolted at the first opportunity of advancement after just one listless season.
Sure, Graham is totally within his rights to leave. But something feels wrong about how the NCAA allows coaches to career hop, but has rules in place which discourage athletes for transferring, even if they've been dumped by coaches and administrators.
You can sense the pain and frustration in the tweets from Pittsburgh players Devin Street and Brandon Lindsey when reading their tweets.
Devin Street, a wide receiver, said he felt "like dirt" and "literally sick."
"That man pulled me in his office one on one and lied to me"
"If y'all say we can't get mad..Y'all are crazy you grown men out there how would you feel if you been lied to and used."
Brandon Lindsey, a defensive end added, "For someone who said they read the bible everyday, he must've missed the pg that said 'thou shall not lie'."
Generally, I'd prefer athletes keep their thoughts to a minimum on social media, particularly the 140-character, career-killing twitter. But they were justified in voicing their opinions here because Graham left them with no better options of communication.
It's a shame the NCAA allows 20-something-year old "amateur" athletes to be held to a higher standard of accountability than the adults who are making millions off of their talent.
Perhaps, the NCAA could enforce a rule that demands a head coach give some type of time commitment, possibly a minimum three-years, from a head coach to their respective school barring fireable offenses and circumstances. Considering the fact that these rule committees are largely made up of college presidents, one would think it would be in their favor to move for this action.
In college sports, particularly football and basketball, the head coaches are the stars, not the athletes. So what's wrong with demanding a little more integrity from these people?


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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's Landmark Series designates historic rock and roll landmarks around the United States. To date, 10 sites have been selected that are integral in telling the story of rock and roll's formative moments. As a part of the designation, the Rock Hall hosts panel discussions to illustrate the historic site's particular impact and integrates what was happening socially, politically and historically at the time into classroom teaching for teachers and students.
Other landmark sites across the country include the Whisky-a-Go-Go in Los Angeles where the Doors were resident performers; King Records in Cincinnati, a prominent American record label started in the 40s and The Crossroads in Clarksdale, Mississippi. On January 28, 2009, the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa was designated a historic landmark as the location where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson played their last concert of the Winter Dance Party tour before a plane crash took their lives.
Five sites are located in the Cleveland area and include Brooklyn High School, the location Elvis played his first concert north of the Mason-Dixon line; Leo's Casino, where a great number of Motown acts broke in their stage shows before they took them on the road , the Corner Tavern, owned by Don King in the late 50s and early 60s and home of some of the most popular jazz and rhythm and blues acts; WJW Radio, home to Deejay Alan Freed who popularized the term "rock and roll" and WEWS TV, home of The Upbeat Show, a syndicated music variety show that broadcast on 110 stations across the country and spotlighted performers in the 60s.


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TEMPE, Ariz. - Arizona State grabbed the first game of a three-game series against the Oregon Ducks on Friday night behind a strong pitching performance by Brady Rodgers (4-1). 3,614 fans at Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark saw the Devils use the 5-2 win to improve to 19-6 on the year, 3-1 in Pac 10 play.
Rodgers started and went 7.2 innings, giving up two runs on eight hits while striking out four. Trevor Williams got the final out in the eighth and Mitchell Lambson got the last three outs to earn his third save of the year.
The Ducks would strike first in the top of the second when Shawn Peterson singled through the right side to drive in Aaron Jones. Oregon would push one more run across in the inning on a Brett Thomas single to left, but would fail to score the rest of the way.
The Devils would tie the game up in the fourth inning when Zach Wilson stepped to the plate with a man on and drove the ball over the left field fence for a two-run homerun to even the game at two. It was Wilson's fourth homer of the year.
The Sun Devils would strike again in the bottom of the fifth inning after Andy Workman led off with a double to left center. He would come across to score on a Zack MacPhee groundout to second base. ASU would add two more runs in the inning on an Oregon wild pitch that would allow Johnny Ruettiger to score and a Joey DeMichele single to center that drove in Riccio Torrez.
Deven Marrero and Joey DeMichele were each 2-4. Andy Workman was 2-3 with two RBI and a run scored, while Zach Wilson drove in two runs in the win.
The Sun Devils will continue their weekend series against the Oregon Ducks by playing game 2 Saturday night. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. for Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark.


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About 435 supporters of the Boys & Girls Club of the South Coast Area in San Clemente gathered for the club's "Great Futures Start Here" dinner and auctions Saturday night at the Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort & Spa in Dana Point. It was the biggest turnout in the event's 30-year history, the club said.
Last year's party raised about $160,000, and the goal this year is to raise $170,000 to support the club's services for about 1,900 children.
Saturday's event included an appearance by Preston Payton, the club's 2012 Youth of the Year and first special-needs member. It also featured more than 300 silent-auction items and 23 live-auction items including jewelry and trips to Australia, Africa, Hawaii, Lake Tahoe, San Francisco and more.


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1. The claim: Your sun-protection lotion starts to degrade the second you step into the sun—and wearing this compromised formula may cause you to suffer the same free radical damage you'd get from unprotected UV exposure.
The truth: "This information comes from a small, isolated 2006 study," says dermatologist Deborah S. Sarnoff, senior vice president of the Skin Cancer Foundation. Turns out the research tested sunscreen formulas that are now mostly obsolete. "In the past, some sunscreens were not photo stable, meaning they'd gradually break down and release free radicals when exposed to UV light," says Sarnoff. Today, however, under new FDA rules, all sunscreens labeled "broad spectrum" must show proof of photo stability. Sarnoff warns, though, that even photo stable formulas are ineffective after 90 minutes of UV exposure, so reapplication is still key.
2. The claim: A form of vitamin A (retinyl palmitate, an antioxidant found in a quarter of all sunscreens) can speed tumor growth in skin exposed to UV light.
The truth: "This is based on one FDA study in which mice were treated with a vitamin A cream and exposed to direct sunlight," says Joshua Zeichner, MD, assistant professor of dermatology at Mount Sinai Medical Center. "But—and this is key—the mice weren't wearing sunscreen, so they got fried." In fact, there's evidence that oral medications derived from vitamin A may help prevent skin cancer. "They are sometimes used off-label to slow the development of skin cancer," Sarnoff says. "Retinyl palmitate in sunscreen is fine."
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ZF-11420: Zend_Session doesn't allow you to destory and recreate a session
My requirement is, When user agent change session should destroy, and it should start new session. But Zend_Session::start() is throwing an exception if destroy was called before start().
try {
} catch (Zend_Session_Exception $e) {
Zend_Session::start(); // breaking here
Zend_Session::registerValidator(new Zend_Session_Validator_HttpUserAgent());
Uncaught exception 'Zend_Session_Exception' with message 'The session was explicitly destroyed during this request, attempting to re-start is not allowed.' in library\Zend\Session.php:431
I have a global session management in bootstrap, which validates the request and starts session. By that time, request won't be dispatched. Then why to make another request to redirect to another page? As we already knew that session is wrong one? we could easily start new one right?
As I understood, The reason is the second start() command is silently ignored if it was already called in that request.
{{session_destroy()}} will (by design) prevent any further session cookies to be sent. This means your use case must be avoided if you are using cookies.
Here is more info in php manual comments: http://php.net/manual/en/…
Here are my analysis on the issue: http://framework.zend.com/issues/browse/…
You don't need to destroy session in order to regenerate id. That is a wrong understanding of how sessions work.
Here is how you clear a session with ZF:
// assuming sessionData is the namespace you're using
The above will result in all data in the namespace to be unset and this change will be saved in your session storage.
This is how you change session ID by sending a different cookie to browser:
This will result in generating a new session id and sending a new session cookie to the browser. The old session id (old cookie) becomes invalid after this function call.
Here is a fixed version of your source code:
Zend_Session::registerValidator(new Zend_Session_Validator_HttpUserAgent());
try {
} catch (Zend_Session_Exception $e) {
// clear all data in all namespaces
foreach(Zend_Session::getIterator() as $name=>$ns){
// alternatively $_SESSION = array()
// generate new session id and send new cookie to browser
It is an expected behavior as Zend_Session wraps around php built-in session support. By PHP's design, after destroying a session it must not be started again.


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Lift truck user survey: How customers acquire, maintain and replenish their fleets
The modern patterns of lift truck usage, acquisition and maintenance would be utterly unrecognizable to the facility manager of 1982. His fleet maintenance staff might be sufficiently qualified if they knew their way around an automobile engine. His finance department, with whom he rarely communicated, might arrange for delivery of a number of new forklifts every five years. The new equipment would join old equipment on the floor, on the dock, and in the truck shop, for as many years as it was on the depreciation schedule.
Modern facilities can now select from a range of technologies to improve efficiency, capture data and drive process improvement. That said, there are still companies today that have found success in the older, simpler ways of fleet management, as well as companies that did not have a good experience when they finally decided to give new solutions a chance. From pen-and-paper safety checks to wireless runtime data, the results of a recent lift truck usage survey by Peerless Research Group (PRG) illustrate the modern lift truck landscape while capturing its rapid rate of change.
Designed to gauge activities and trends in lift truck usage, maintenance and management, this survey gives insight into the usage of fleet management technology, the impact of the economy on lift truck acquisition, and the types of trucks in use. In June 2012, a survey was sent by e-mail invitation to Modern Materials Handling magazine subscribers. A total of 348 qualified responses were received from readers who are personally involved in the evaluation and purchase of lift trucks in their facility.
According to Judd Aschenbrand, director of research for PRG, the survey indicates a level of market activity that should be very encouraging to lift truck suppliers. Of the 64% of respondents who indicated they would buy or lease a lift truck in the next 24 months, one in 10 said they planned to buy 20 or more, and the average number was slightly more than six units. Exactly 30% said the new equipment would expand the size of their fleet.
The survey also contains cautionary data on how suppliers could lose business, with one in three respondents indicating they have removed a supplier from their short list. About half of respondents claimed to have such a list, which consists of those companies they find to be most competitive, responsive and dependable.
"One of the messages here is that when users talk about reliability, they're talking about it on two levels," says Aschenbrand. "One is the equipment itself and the other is the company. If the customer feels disappointed in either, the supplier risks losing the business."
For this article, we selected a few of the most telling study results and asked Michael McKean, fleet management sales and marketing manager for Toyota Material Handling, for his take on what the numbers say about the past, present and future of lift truck usage.
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Josh Bond is Senior Editor for Modern, and was formerly Modern's lift truck columnist and associate editor. He has a degree in Journalism from Keene State College and has studied business management at Franklin Pierce University.


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ZF-8569: enable jQuery if addOnLoad is used
It would be better to enable jQuery if already the "addOnLoad()" method is set in the code.
I had the problem that I only used the "addOnLoad()" moethid in my view script but if I loaded my page no script tag was added into the html code.
For this I used "$this->jQuery();" in my layout but it for now it only works if you also use the enable method ("$this->jQuery()->enable();") but this extra method which has to be set is not documented in the reference guide.
So it would be very useful to append jQuery that it's already enabled if you use a "addOnLoad()" method in your view script or anywhere else.
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All things Mother Earth Living
by Robyn Griggs Lawrence, Editor at Large
palm oil, sustainable palm oil, WWF, rainforests
Used in everything from cookies to lipstick, palm oil is a common ingredient in many everyday items. Its use has doubled in the United States over the past four years—mostly because its lack of trans fats makes it easier to label processed foods as "healthy." Unfortunately its popularity has lead to extensive destruction of tropical forests, which are being cleared to make way for oil palm trees.
Rainforest may have been chopped down and ecosystems destroyed to make room for the organic palms. Photo By georgegoodman/Courtesy Flickr.
Choosing organic palm oil is a good step, but that label simply means that chemical fertilizers and pesticides weren't used on the trees. Rainforest may have been chopped down and ecosystems destroyed to make room for the organic palms.
To combat this problem, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, (RSPO) an international organization set up to define sustainable palm oil standards, put 1.3 million tons of certified-sustainable palm oil on the market last year. As of May, only 1 percent, or less than 15,000 tons, of that oil had been sold. Most buyers just won't pay the extra cash for sustainable palm oil.
To encourage buyers, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) plans to assess the major palm oil buyers, including major supermarkets, cosmetics and food manufacturers, over the next six months and publish a Palm Oil Buyer's Scorecard ranking them. The WWF also asks that these major global retailers, manufacturers and traders of palm oil commit to using 100 percent certified sustainable palm oil by 2015.
What do you think? Would you give preference to WWF-sanctioned palm oil in your next purchase?
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