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I often get very closely involved in animal rescues, taking them in myself when there's room. I've heard many, many reasons and excuses involved in people surrendering or abandoning animals. The ones I don't understand the most involve things that are normal habits of that particular animal. If you don't like the habits of a particular animal, why bring that pet into your home?
"But my dog is chewing up my furniture." "You don't understand, the cat is chasing herself around the house at midnight." "The puppy tears up my papers and books." Yes, I've heard all of these stories and more. In fact, I've heard worse.
But the fact is, these are all normal behaviors for an animal. Did you do any research before falling for that cute face?
It takes time, patience, and love to house train a new pet and some things are just normal animal things that no amount of training will change. Pets are going to do pet things before, during, and after the house training process. Dogs may chew up something you love instead of the expensive chew toy you buy. Cats may sharpen their claws on your favorite chair. They both may have accidents on your white carpet or get fur all over your beloved new outfit.
An animal is more than just a decoration. Did you not know this was a living, breathing being that wouldn't just fall at your command automatically? It is your job as the pet parent to help teach them new things to chew on, keep tempting things out of their reach, and to love them at least as much as they love you.
If you don't like the habits that some animals have, don't bring them into your house and get upset when they don't conform. They didn't ask to be there but you promised them a loving home.
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|The Stock Market Has a Sally Field Moment
By Todd Harrison OCT 10, 2013 11:00 AM
"You like me; you really, really like me!"
Editor's Note: Todd posts his vibes in real time each day on our Buzz & Banter.
When the going gets tough... the tough get going! --Bluto
Yesterday afternoon, following the release of the FOMC minutes, we shared our thoughts on What They Said and What They Meant.
In short, we offered the following observations:
We awoke this morning to find the world entirely more optimistic that the debt ceiling will get pushed. S&P (INDEXSP:.INX) and NDX (INDEXNASDAQ:NDX) futures traded 20 and 30 handles higher respectively, as both sides of the aisle indicated that they're open to a short-term increase in the debt ceiling. Investors, many of whom assumed a deal would get done because the alternative is guns and butter, cheered the news; if you listen closely, you can almost hear chants of "USA! USA!" echoing in the distance.
Of course, in the famous words of John "Bluto" Blutarsky, "Nothing is over until we decide it is!" The stock market, as a leading indicator, is pricing in the specter of resolution -- much as it priced in the possibility of default -- and underperforming fund managers can't let that happen without them. We've said it before, and we'll say it again: In periods of performance anxiety, the buyers are higher and the sellers are lower. The natural question is begged: "Has the storm passed?"
I will reiterate what I shared yesterday: The most likely outcome is that calmer heads will prevail, which is why the recent weakness was particularly orderly. Despite nascent signs of fright -- it's all a matter of perspective -- the pullbacks in the S&P and NASDAQ 100 measured less than 5%. (The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) declined 6.3%, right to the 200-day moving average, which happened to coincide with this spate of hope.)
Bulls will argue that this has given them fresh fuel for the year-end run; bears insist that we remain in the "denial" stage of our psychological continuum, and so it goes. All the while, the taste in mainstream America's mouth continues to sour as it watches our once proud nation wallow in front of the entire world.
The process of price discovery will continue with particulars from Washington driving sentiment, and earnings from corporate America jockeying for attention (JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) and Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) report tomorrow morning). S&P 1600 (the 200-day) remains the next tangible support while S&P 1670 (the underbelly of the 11-month uptrend) and S&P 1680ish (the 50-day) provide resistance.
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TC TO JEAN CARLYLE AITKEN; 26 August 1849; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18490826-TC-JCA-01; CL 24: 207
Kirkcaldy, 26 augt, 1849—
Accept one short word, dear Jean; it is better than no word at all; and will suffice to throw a gleam of light on our pilgrimings hereabouts.
I went off on Monday to Edinr, as anticipated, and thence right across hither, where I found Jane, in good hospitable quarters, looking very much improved since we last parted. Here we have continued ever since, as quiet as the circumstances would permit,—not near quiet enough, for indeed I have been sleeping badly rather, and so in the midst of many enjoyable things have not been enjoying myself very much.—Tomorrow (Monday) we set off for Mr Erskine's (Linlathen, Dundee) some 30 miles north, there to continue till perhaps Thursday or Friday. I meant then to have come down with Jane, and escorted her to Edinr and Haddington; but she will not hear of that,—insists on my going off direct northward, without loss of way, to do my visit to the Ashburtons, she meanwhile faring gradually southward at her leisure. I think she will be at Scotsbrig some day or two or even three days the week after this,—about the 5th or 6th of September, for instance?—but she will write herself to Jack or Mother when she has fixed. From me too, for my own behoof, you shall hear again before long.
James's Courier came aright; a sign that Jenny had got her Letter. Beautiful weather now here; harvest, good but rather late, just beginning generally. I bathe in the sea, ride &c; all which will certainly do me good by and by, tho' at present it availeth me little or nothing! Adieu, dear Sister. Ever your affe / T. Carlyle 1


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Best app to monitor text messages
How to Monitor Text Messages on iPhone 4?June 25th,2013admin
We know that the habit of texting in teenagers is increasing day by day. Mobile network companies are offering SMS packages at very cheap rates. Parents are worried about their kids iPhone usage and want to monitor text messages on iPhone particularly on iPhone 4. Mostly children spend their time in texting. They share nude pictures with their mates. Many teenagers seem addicted to texting and spouses are also cheating their partners through text messages with someone else.
Teens,Smartphones & Texting…
According to a recent research published on pew internet,texting among teens has risen from 50 text messages to 70 text messages a day. The average teen sends or receives 3, 339 text messages every month
According to this research the group of Americans between the age of 15 to 25 use to do daily 100 approximately text messages and if we calculate their text messages of per month,it is around 33000 text messages.
So,for the safe side of children and spouse,we should use Stealth Genie application,so that we can able to get access on their activities and it can safe our family from different difficulties arises due to the misuse of iPhone.
Kids are addicted to Texting?
Many parents are facing problems related to their children because of the excessive texting habits of their children. Many parents receive complaints from the school that their kids use mobile phones during classes. Some of them are very much worried because their children do texting while driving.
Some the major problems facing by parents due to the excessive texting habit of their children are discussed below:
Teenagers are sharing their personal information while texting with their friends.
- Wrong use of text messages by teenagers
- Students do texting instead of study in class
- Watching and sharing nude videos
- Kids are wasting their time in texting with their mates
- They are adopting bad habits due to texting with bad friends
How you can get access to text messages on iPhone 4?
Kids misuse texting and foul play with parents. So,for the safe side StealthGenie iPhone spy app through which you can get the sent and received texts messages to the specific iPhone 4 of your employee,child,boyfriend,girlfriend or your spouse.
It is completely invisible; the user cannot get any idea about this application. Sometimes they delete all the texts from inbox and sent items.
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RIYADH Denied the right to travel without consent from their male guardians and banned from driving, women in Saudi Arabia are now monitored by an electronic system that tracks any cross-border movements.
Since last week, Saudi womens male guardians began receiving text messages on their phones informing them when women under their custody leave the country, even if they are travelling together.
Fave apps:
what's app - instant messaging without the texting fees, it works over wireless/data network like ICQ, not using phone company texting data. Useful for those who don't have unlimited text messages.
lose it - great for tracking calories & exercise. I haven't lost a pound, but my belt does up two holes smaller than it used to.
calendar - use the reminders all the time
The scanner is very useful - you scan an item in the store and it'll tell you where the cheapest price is, and where to get it
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Recently, we showed you the best iOS apps a spy might install on their iPhone. Not to make Android users feeling they are left out, we'll be taking a look today at the best Android apps that they might use for spying.
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My parents have been monitoring my texts lately and I need to be able to text people privately. can my parents view my text messages sent through an app on my ipod touch such as text free?
Yes they could. In the case your parents are very tech savvy, they could monitor the Wifi traffic on your iPod, then analyze the packets you send and receive for any traces of text messages.
In the case that they are not tech savvy, they could simply take your iPod, open up the app, and read your texts.


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Facebook Home: Startups Show the Pros and Cons of 'Launchers'
Facebook's new push into mobile with Home, unveiled Thursday in San Francisco, has put the social network in an interesting space: the thin layer between apps and operating systems.
More than an app, Facebook Home is a "launcher." Instead of sitting in a box on the home screen, Home will take over the phone's home and lock screen and become the main interface for the phone. But the launcher doesn't fundamentally rewire the phone, it runs on top of the Google Android operating system, and simply re-skins the user interface. Like an app, the new Facebook Home can be downloaded from the Google App Store — Google Play — and will run on any Android phone.
Downloading launchers has previously been a niche, techie solution for Android users who like to customize their handsets. "For people who like to experiment with their devices," said Anshul Gupta, a principal analyst at Gartner "they download and experiment with launchers to make a better experience."
Facebook hope to bring the form to the masses. But does it lend itself to the mainstream? What are the pros and cons?
European entrepreneurs operating in this niche format spoke about the advantages and limitations of the "launcher."
The big advantage? A launcher lets you repackage your phone according to your taste or your needs.
At a design level, the simple Smart Launcher by 23-year-old Italian developer Vincenzo Colucci makes the Android interface much simpler and cleaner. Mr. Colucci's launcher gives traditionally clunky look of an Android phone a suave minimalist makeover that has proved popular on the Google Play store. His free launcher has had 1.6 million downloads — from people with top end Android phones as well as basic ones.
He said: "I designed Smart Launcher starting from a white sheet, I include a feature in it every time I need it. I don't like widgets, I don't like features that are never used. Smart Launcher doesn't have any wow effect, but it simply works well."
Coming at launchers from another perspective, that of fixing a problem, Big Launcher, a software house in the Czech Republic, repackages an Android for seniors or the hard-of-sight by resizing all icons, putting the most important ones in a 'big size' on the home screen. Jan Husak, the co-founder of Big Launcher, explained why he needed to use a launcher, not an app:
"In Big Launcher we're simplifying the whole user interface for all the important functions of the phone — including contacts, dialing, SMS messaging. These functions are normally standalone apps, but they aren't very suitable for seniors or visually impaired. They are often too complicated, using small fonts or low contrast color schemes.
"So we are replacing these apps too with our internal functions to provide the users a uniform interface for everything. Thanks to this the learning curve is great and users aren't afraid of breaking or deleting anything important."
The majority of launchers appeal to the technophiles who want their phone to be more tuned to their needs. Take the SPB Shell by Russian software group Yandex.
Vasiliy Filippov, head of mobile distribution, said: "A launcher instantly provides all the information from the cloud that users frequently ask for (weather forecast, traffic information, photo stream updates, latest news) right on the phone's home screen. It's instantly available when the user turns on the phone, so there is no need to go to a special application for specific information."
It's about convenience, Mr. Filippov says. "The best launchers provide frequently needed information on a level above applications, which is more convenient for users."
They throw in a 3D homescreen for the novelty lovers. A similar example is the most popular launcher in the Android app store, Chinese made Go Launcher X.
Will users go for Facebook Home?
Mr. Gupta thinks that this is what people want now: "In mobile the focus is more and more on service, not much on the hardware features any more. Even with the launch of the Samsung S4 [a flagship Android phone released last month], the focus was not much on the specs it was on the features that it can bring to the user.
"The manufacturers are not focusing on adding 14 megapixel cameras, but on what services you can associate with the cameras. The whole idea of the launcher is to improve the experience."
However, the deal with the Facebook launcher is that it will improve your experience of Facebook rather than just the phone.
Launchers by established players are not new and they are not unqualified successes. Samsung Motorola and HTC have all packed their own launchers into Android handsets over the past few years which have a mixed reception. Mr. Husak explains.
"In the past, when the core Android was far from perfect, [a launcher] enabled the phone manufacturers to solve the Android's imperfections, make it more user friendly and differentiate their devices from the competition. But sometimes the manufacturers are pushing too hard, so lots of power-users hate the stock launchers like HTC Sense or Motorola Motoblur because they are memory intensive and slow."
Mr. Colucci says: "A launcher is important in that some user identify with it the phone itself. If the launcher is difficult to use, the phone is difficult to use, if the launcher gets slow, the phone gets slow…and worse – if the launcher stops working, the phone stops working!"
Still, Mr. Husak of Big Launcher rates Facebook's chances in this fledgling product market.
"Lots of the available launchers use the same concept of screen full of icons and an app drawer," he said. "They are expanding this idea, adding lots of great functions and eye candy. But it is still the same concept that iPhone introduced six years ago.
"Being able to create a launcher means you can do something completely different and we haven't seen many like that. That's what Facebook did now. They're doing their own solution for people who are addicted to Facebook, as we did our own solution for visually impaired and seniors. Will it be a success? Yes, it will find the users who will love it."


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Wilderness – do you appreciate wilderness for its mountains, free-running rivers, and wild, roadless areas? Or for its clean water, clean air, wildlife, and the promise of solitude? I value wilderness for all those reasons, and I hope we can preserve these special areas for our kids and grandkids. Or as the Wilderness Act says, "to secure for the American people of present and future generations the benefits of an enduring resource of wilderness."
As the National Wilderness Coordinator for the Service, I like to visit wilderness whenever I can. Every summer, my family and I look forward to visiting refuges, parks, and national forests across the country. Our favorite part is always our arrival in the wilderness. That's where we feel the stress of the noise and commotion of people and their machines melt away. As my son says, wilderness is where he gets to experience the earth as it was meant to be. You get a different feeling about being outdoors when a grizzly bear could be just down the path, or a condor may fly overhead; when no one will rescue you if you flip your canoe or forget your matches.
That's why it is so important for the Refuge System to monitor trends in wilderness character, develop Wilderness Stewardship Plans that will preserve wilderness character, and recommend that additional lands be protected as wilderness. As we work to establish corridors and connectivity between existing refuges, we should choose places that exhibit wilderness character. Perhaps instead of responding to climate change by actively modifying habitat or transplanting plants and wildlife, the Refuge System should manage some corridors as little as possible to allow wildlife the freedom to determine where conditions are right.
I hope there will always be untamed, undomesticated wild areas where humans are not intentionally managing the water, the animals, the plants – calling all the shots. Where we can experience places on Earth, as it was meant to be. What do you think?
Nancy Roeper, National Wilderness Coordinator, National Wildlife Refuge System


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College Hockey:Tigers Earn Fourth Straight No. 1
Providence Earns Poll Position
MINNEAPOLIS — Colorado College took a 5-2 exhibition victory over the U.S. Under 18 Team, and that was enough to preserve the No. 1 ranking in this week's USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll. While the win doesn't count in CC's overall record of 23-4-5 and will not be considered by the NCAA for tournament selection, the Tigers held the top spot in the USCHO.com Pairwise Rankings (PWR), which mimics the selection criteria.
No. 2 Cornell won a pair of home games to finish the regular season at Lynah Rink with a perfect 13-0 record. The Big Red need just one point in the two final road games to clinch first place in the ECAC. Cornell was steady at No. 3 in the PWR.
A trio of Hockey teams finished in the next three poll spots. The Boston College Eagles captured No. 3 in the poll and tied for No. 4 in the PWR after a sweep of conference opponent and Beanpot rival Northeastern. No. 4 New Hampshire downed Merrimack 6-1 and then tied Mass.-Lowell 4-4. After losing to unranked Massachusetts 4-2 on Friday, Maine rebounded for a 4-0 win Saturday but fell two spots to No. 5 in the poll.
Idle Ferris State was the beneficiary of some losses in the middle of the poll. With North Dakota losing twice to MSU-Mankato and dropping two places to No. 10, combined with No. 7 Minnesota losing an overtime games against in-state rival Minnesota-Duluth and consequently falling in the poll, Ferris State climbed to No. 6 in both the poll and the PWR.
Providence enters the poll at No. 15 this week, earning a win and a tie in a pair of overtime games against No. 11 Boston University. The Friars are on a hot streak, going 7-2-2 in its last 11 games, including a 4-1-2 record against ranked teams. All three regular season meetings between Boston University and Providence went to overtime, and the two teams will meet in the Hockey East quarterfinals for the fourth time in the last five years.
Hockey East finishes conference play this weekend, with two games between the top two teams in the conference and two teams tied for No. 4 in the PWR, No. 3 Boston College and No. 4 New Hampshire. Also squaring off for a pair of games are the No. 11 Terriers and No. 5 Black Bears, which meet for two games in Orono.
It is the penultimate weekend in the other leagues, and No. 8 Michigan faces Michigan State in one of the greatest rivalries in college athletics. The Spartans received six votes in the poll, and stand tied at No. 16 in the PWR to Michigan's No. 10.
The WCHA will also see the top two teams in conference play, as the current second-place team in the league, No. 10 MSU-Mankato, travels to top team No. 1 Colorado College. Also, No. 12 Denver makes its push for conference positioning, taking on host Minnesota, currently No. 7 in the poll and No. 8 in the PWR.
The USCHO.com Poll is compiled by U.S. College Hockey Online, and consists of 40 voters, including 28 coaches from the Division I conferences and 12 beat writers from across the country. The poll is published weekly by the Associated Press.
The PairWise Ranking is a system which attempts to mimic the method used by the NCAA Selection Committee to determine participants for the NCAA Division I men's hockey tournament. The PWR compares teams with a Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) at or above .500, judging them by four criteria: record against common opponents, head to head competition, record against other teams with RPIs at or above .500, and the RPI.
The PWR can be reformatted and redistributed by any media outlet or person, provided USCHO's URL (http://www.uscho.com/) accompanies the results.
The following is a self-policing forum for discussing views on this story. Comments that are derogatory, make personal attacks, are abusive, or contain profanity or racism will be removed at our discretion. USCHO.com is not responsible for comments posted by users. Please report any inappropriate or offensive comments by clicking the "Flag" link next to that comment in order to alert the moderator.
Please also keep "woofing," taunting, and otherwise unsportsmanlike behavior to a minimum. Your posts will more than likely be deleted, and worse yet, you reflect badly on yourself, your favorite team and your conference.


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Communications Suite 6 Update 2: What's New
By Joesciallo-Oracle on Apr 25, 2009
What's New in Sun Java Communications Suite Update 2
System Virtualization Support
System virtualization is a technology that enables multiple operating system (OS) instances to execute independently on shared hardware. Functionally, software deployed to an OS hosted in a virtualized environment is generally unaware that the underlying platform has been virtualized. Sun performs testing of its Sun Java System products on select system virtualization and OS combinations to help validate that the Sun Java System products continue to function on properly sized and configured virtualized environments as they do on non-virtualized systems.
Communications Suite supports the VMware container (VMware ESX Server 3). As support for other virtulization platforms (LDOMs, xVM Server, and so on) becomes available we will update this document.
For information about Sun support for Sun Java System products in virtualized environments, see http://docs.sun.com/doc/820-4651.
Updates to comm_dssetup.pl
The comm_dssetup.pl script has been updated to include support for OpenSSO and to add schema for Instant Messaging.
What's New in Sun Convergence 1 Update 2
Convergence 1 Update 2 includes the following changes and new features:
Shared/Subscribed folders
Users can now share their mail folders or subscribe to other's shared mail folders. To learn more about how to Share a mail folder or subscribe to a shared folder, see the online help.
Mail Quota
The mail quota feature enables you to see mail usage information. You can see mail quota when the administrator sets your mail quota. To learn more about how to see your mail quota, see the online help.
Spell-Checking Email
Sun Convergence enables you to perform a spell check automatically before sending email. To enable this feature, select the "Always spell check before sending a message" option from the General Mail Preferences. After you enable the spell-check feature, your email will be checked for spelling mistakes before you send the email. For more information about setting the spell-check feature, see the online help.
Marking Messages as Spam
Spam messages are unsolicited bulk emails that the you get in your mailbox. You can mark messages as spam or not spam from the mail user interface. To learn more about taking action against spam messages, see the online help. To know more about how to do this, see the online help. To know more about how to configure Convergence for handling spam messages, see Enabling the Spam Feature .
Single SignOn and Authentication using Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0
Sun Convergence 1 Update 2 now supports OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 for authentication and Single SignOn. To know more about how to do this, see Configuring Sun Convergence With Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0.
What's New in Messaging Server 7 Update 2
Messaging Server 7 Update 2 includes the following changes and new features:
Internal Version Number
The internal version number (displayed in various places like the SMTP and IMAP banner) is now 7u2-x.yy (was 7.0-3.01 for 7 Update 1). The number 2 in 7u2-x.yy now signifies the update number to help associate specific releases with the update release it was based on.
Microsoft Exchange Journaling Format
Messaging Server 7 Update 2 supports the Microsoft Exchange Journaling Format, enabling integration with ZLTI's archiving software.
Update of MTA ClamAV Filter Plugin to Support New INSTREAM Command
The following table shows the new option for the ClamAV option file, its description, and default value.
|Enables (1) or disables (0) the use of INSTREAM scanning in clamd. Starting with ClamAV 0.95, clamd fixed the deficient design that required two TCP connections to be made when scanning a data stream (control connection and data connection). Now only a single connection is needed which allows for simpler and faster processing (no setup/processing/teardown of data connection) and also allows ClamAV to scale horizontally by placing multiple scanning systems behind load balancers. Attempting to use this option with an earlier version of ClamAV will result in a scanning failure.
Redesign of the ENS Client and Server
The Event Notification Service server and client were redesigned in this release. There is a new client API (ens.h) that is backwards compatible. The previous ENS server is installed under the name enpd1 for customers who may wish to use it.
Enhancements to the reconstruct Command
reconstruct -a attempts to rebuild most aspects of a user's folder, thereby eliminating the need to run multiple commands (such as reconstruct -m then reconstruct -r. Since reconstruct -a rebuilds the entire folder, it was time consuming.
To rectify this, reconstruct -a now performs a consistency check on each folder in order to determine whether or not to reparse all the messages along with various other repairs. If you run reconstruct -a -f, a full repair and reparse is forced. If you run reconstruct -a -n, only a consistency check is run, printing out errors found in the folder. This may be useful in order to catch issues before fixing them.
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IP v6 Phase 1 Support
IP v6 Phase 1 is supported in this release of Messaging Server.
What's New in Instant Messaging 8 Update 1
Instant Messaging 8 includes the following changes and new features:
Yahoo Gateway in Instant Messaging
Sun Java System Instant Messaging 8 Update 1 co-packages a gateway for Yahoo messaging clients. The gateway enables Sun Java System Instant Messaging users to communicate with their contacts on Yahoo. This feature enables easy installation and configuration of the Yahoo gateway with Sun Java System Instant Messaging. You can configure the gateway by using the configure utility.
What's New in Delegated Administrator 7
Delegated Administrator 7 includes the following changes and new features:
Direct LDAP Access to the Directory
There are two choices for accessing the directory with Delegated Administrator:
- Direct LDAP access to the directory
- Directory access through Access Manager (Legacy Mode)
In this release, by default, Delegated Administrator accesses the directory through direct LDAP calls. By using direct LDAP access, Delegated Administrator removes the former dependence on Access Manager. You can now provision Communications Suite domains, users, and groups without installing or using Access Manager.
Alternatively, you can continue to use the old access method, via Access Manager.
- You can provision objects in a Schema 1 or Schema 2 directory
- You can use Access Manager (Realm mode) with the Communications Suite products (including Delegated Administrator)
- You can run Delegated Administrator, and any other Communications Suites product, without installing or using Access Manager
To take advantage of these choices, you must
- Select "Direct LDAP access to the directory (DL)" when you run the Delegated Administrator configuration program, config-commda
Support for Schema 1
Delegated Administrator supports provisioning domains, users, and groups in a Schema 1 directory. To enable Schema 1, you must
- Select "Direct LDAP access to the directory (DL)" when you run the Delegated Administrator configuration program, config-commda
Custom User Attributes Can Be Added to the Delegated Administrator Console
You can add custom user attributes that can be provisioned in the Delegated Administrator console. The custom attributes must belong to your LDAP schema before you can add and use the attributes via the Delegated Adminstrator console.
For more information about this feature, see Customizing the Delegated Administrator Console.
Preserving Customized Configuration During Upgrades
Now you can run a merge utility, damerge, to preserve your customized configuration after you upgrade Delegated Administrator and run the Delegated Administrator configuration program.
When you upgrade Delegated Administrator and run the Delegated Administrator configuration program, the properties in the configuration files are reset to the default values for the new release. However, you can replace the default values with your earlier, customized configuration by using the damerge utility.
For more information about this feature, see Preserving Delegated Administrator Customizations During Upgrades.
What's New in Connector for Outlook 7.3 Update 1
Connector for Outlook 7.3 Update 1 includes the following changes and new features:
Bug Fixes Only.
What's New in Communications Express 6.3
Communications Express 6.3 includes the following changes:
Login Access to Access Manager From Within Communications Express
You can now login to Access Manager directly from Communications Express. To do this, you must set either of the following parameters in the uwcauth.properties file:
- uwcauth.identity.login.url
- uwcauth.identity.ssl.login.url
If you have enabled identity, then you must set the above parameters to avoid receiving error messages when you login.
This configuration would only be possible if you have enabled Access Manager by setting the uwcauth.identity.enabled parameter to "true" in the uwcauth.properties file.


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Jeff Cecil, MD, is a family medicine and obstetrical care who admits patients to Platte County Memorial Hospital, Wheatland, Wyo.
Question: I'm over 50 years old and have not had a colonoscopy, it might be because of fear. What can I expect from one?
Answer: The age to qualify for a first colonoscopy is 50 years old (unless you have family risks for colon cancer, pain, or bleeding…in which case you might need a colonoscopy before the age of 50).
The current recommendation for screening is one colonoscopy every 10 years starting at age 50. Screening is performed because colon cancer is common and because early detection and prevention saves lives.
The procedure itself only takes about half an hour but the preparation, done the evening before the scope, is an event. One gallon of "golytly" or "nulytly" is a lot to drink, and is not very delicious. Most patients do not enjoy the prep. It must be accomplished near a bathroom.
The procedure itself is an exam of the large bowel that is performed with a fiberoptic scope which is the size of an index finger. Only longer. Any polyps found during the exam can be completely removed. Since polyps could later degenerate into cancer, removing them prior to malignant changes prevents cancer. If masses larger than polyps are found they can be biopsied (sampled) for diagnosis.
The usual medications given for sedation during a colonoscopy are carefully measured to allow patient cooperation and comfort at the same time. Patients do not suffer attacks of bad speech or behavior while sedated. They just become sleepy and sometimes say "yes", "no", or "OK". Pain medication is needed because air is passed into the colon through the scope, to allow visualization. The air in the colon can be more uncomfortable than the scope itself.
Complications from colonoscopy are not common. The worst complication is bowel perforation, which is very rare for experienced physicians.


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Randy Joe Jackson
Position: RB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: November 13, 1948 in Atlanta, TX
Died: July 21, 2010 in Wichita, KS
High School: Atlanta
College: Wichita St. (school history)
Drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 4th round (79th overall) of the 1972 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 1 (13070th overall since 1950)
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The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana operates a construction company, gaming commission, housing authority, tribal court, and health and social services divisions. Its museum was razed in 1999 and is being replaced by the Cultural and Educational Resources Center. The business entity was established in 1974 and incorporated in 1989; the history of the native Biloxi and Tunica tribes, however, goes back centuries, if not millennia. French explorers first encountered the Tunica tribe in the late 17th century. The US government recognized the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe in 1981.


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Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) State Grants
PHEAA State Grants are available to students in associate degree programs who are taking at least six credits. A Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) must be filed for each academic year. Students must be a Pennsylvania resident in order to receive the PHEAA State Grant, and maintain satisfactory academic progress to be considered for a second year.
If a student is enrolled in more than 50% of their classes online, they may not qualify for a state grant.
At least 50% of the courses a student is enrolled in must take place in a classroom to receive a PHEAA State Grant. If you have a medical disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, you must provide PHEAA with ADA-supporting materials from your medical healthcare provider and the ADA Accommodation Request Form (PDF). If your program is structured in a way that does not allow for at least 50% classroom instruction, no exceptions can be made.
There is a limit on the number of remedial credits allowed for PHEAA State Grants. Veterans are eligible to apply for the PHEAA State Grant and are given preference. Income is generally not considered when determining veterans' awards.
Deadline: May 1 for all Pennsylvania residents. Students must be enrolled at least half time in an eligible program from the beginning of the semester.
Federal Pell Grants
Federal Pell Grants are based on the student's financial need (the difference between "cost of attendance" and the "expected family contribution" of the student). Students must complete the FAFSA each academic year in order for their EFC to be calculated.
Deadline: Students can submit the FAFSA anytime during their period of enrollment for Pell Grant consideration. In general, we recommend the FAFSA should be submitted after January 1 and prior to the beginning of the academic year for which you are applying.
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG)
The Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG) is available to students with exceptional need and is awarded as part of the total financial aid package. Application is made to the College by submitting the FAFSA.


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Dr. Richard Abben, a native of Illinois, received his undergraduate degree from Augustana College and his medical degree from the University of Illinois' Abraham Lincoln Medical School in Chicago. He completed his internship and residency training in internal medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He then completed a research and clinical fellowship in cardiovascular diseases at Harvard�s teaching hospital, the Brigham and Women�s Hospital. Following completion of his cardiovascular training, he joined the staff of the Pacific Heart Institute in Santa Monica, California and later became co-director of Interventional Cardiology.
Dr. Abben joined the staff of Cardiovascular Institute of the South in 1988 and currently is the Director of Cardiac Interventions and the Arrhythmia Center. He has broad experience in both interventional cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology and is a lecturer, researcher, and published author in both areas. Because of this experience and his long-term commitment to patient care, he has developed a large clinical practice while at CIS. He has particular expertise in cardiac rhythm devices, having been one of the South�s first implanters of a cardiac resynchronization (Biventricular) pacemaker in 1998. His experience has allowed him to organize and direct an ongoing physician�s training course in device therapy. For over twenty years, he has also co-directed an international interventional cardiology symposium entitled Principles and Perspectives in Interventional Cardiology, an annual venue that has consistently attracted the leading minds in interventional cardiology as faculty members.
He is a member and fellow in numerous professional societies, including the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Physicians, the American Heart Association, the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, and the Heart Rhythm Society. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases and is one of only a handful of physicians in the country that has completed subspecialty certification in both Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology and Interventional Cardiology.On multiple occasions, he has been named by Louisiana Life magazine as one of Louisiana's "Top Doctors.� He was also nominated as one of New Orleans City Business' Health Care Heroes of 2013.
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The California State University, Sacramento Creative Services Team brings together the talents of creative and technical professionals utilizing state-of-the art tools and facilities. The result: compelling, effective and cost effective products to meet the communication, education and outreach needs of government and non-profit clients.
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Todd Carlton Scott
Position: DB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: January 23, 1968 in Galveston, TX
High School: Ball
College: La-Lafayette
Drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the 6th round (163rd overall) of the 1991 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 27 (3730th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
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Bitoin advocates have been patiently waiting when Jeremy Allaire, founder of Circle Internet, would reveal for his plans for developing Bitcoin products. The wait ended today at the Bitcoin 2014 conference in Amsterdam where Allaire took the stage to outline his plan for Bitcoin, posted The Wall Street Journal.
Allaire who has raised $26 million in money for his company detailed a free and seamless process to import traditional currency from a linked bank account and convert it into a Circle bitcoin account. As an Internet based financial services company Circle will be the digital custodian for a customer's Bitcoin account.
The accounts will be quoted in bitcoin and the customer's local currency. Allaire expects to attract the eagerly enthusiastic bitcoin user and a new market of consumers. He expects that the new account owners will be driven by the demographics of a young, technology oriented consumer.
While he is opening opportunity for the consumer to purchase around the world and provide merchants with buyers on a global level, Allaire is taking great care to provide transparency. Circle will offer a secure network structure audited by a national cybersecurity firm. Client best practices will be the mantra for Circle strict attention to security while providing offline cold storage vaults, as well as free insurance on deposits.
Circle will possess the features of Coinbase and Blockchain for providing a wallet and processing but providing traditional bank features of deposit and insurance. While Allaire's vision for the development of an Internet financial services company is presented, it heralds the future world of transactions and not with the bank version of the twentieth century when you got a free toaster with opening an account.
Blockchain took away the pitfalls of a centralized situation like Mt.Gox under one person's control and provided individual wallets. Coinbase stepped up the security with providing a private key to the owner to unlock their account without Coinbase access or knowledge of the key code. Now, Allaire is taking bitcoin transactions to the next level for a global market to pursue easy exchange for goods and services.
Because of the $26 million in venture capital investment moneys Allaire explains that Circle does not need to turn a profit in the start- up stage. Its goal is to introduce the consumer to the possibilities of bitcoin transactions and how to benefit from its use.
Allaire emphasizes that Circle is not to encourage speculation for bitcoin virtual currency but, "We want to make it easy for consumers to deposit and convert currency into a digital form that they can then use globally and instantly, not offer a trading exchange for investors to bet on a speculative asset."
Since Robocoin announced that it will establish Bitcoin ATMs and regard transactions as "deposit" and "withdraw", Allaire is using the same vocabulary to describe this process and brand it with Circle. The first Robocoin ATM was placed in Congress in late March with Congressional representatives using the machine for bitcoin exchange and purchases.
Allaire is well versed with the Internet as developer in 1995 with his brother and co-founder of the Allaire Corporation for the web development tool ColdFusion. He remained as Chief Technology Officer when Macromedia acquired the company in 2001. After he left Macromedia in 2003 he founded Brightcove in 2004 to create a video distribution platform for the Internet.
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Oct. 18, 2011
Junior attacker Griffin White (Mission Viejo, CA/El Toro HS) of the UCLA men's water polo team was selected as the UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week for Oct. 10-16.
White scored four goals in UCLA's two wins over the weekend, including a team-leading three goals in the Bruins' 7-6 MPSF victory at No. 1-ranked Stanford on Saturday. He also had one goal in UCLA's 12-9 win at No. 14 Santa Clara on Sunday. White has tallied seven goals in UCLA's last three games, pushing his season total to 21.
This is White's first UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week honor of the season and of his career.
Also nominated: Katja Goldring, W. Cross Country; Chandler Hoffman, M. Soccer; Alex Shi Yup Kim, M. Golf; Stephanie Kono, W. Golf; Tabi Love, W. Volleyball; Kent Morikawa, M. Cross Country.


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How to Plant Sunflowers
Discover how to grow these sunny flowering plants in your garden with this simple step-by-step guide.
The Complete Gardener's Guide ,
Materials Needed
- sunflower seeds
- seed compost
- gardening pots with drainage holes or biodegradable pots
- watering cans
- support canes
Step 1: Fill Small Pots with Seed Compost, Make Hole in the Center with your Finger
Place one seed in each hole, and then cover. Ensure pots have drainage holes, or use biodegradable types.
Step 2: Water With a Can Fitted with a Fine Rose
This will help protect the delicate seedlings from damage. Keep the seed pots in a warm, frost-free place during germination.
Step 3: Replant Seedlings Once They Reach About 6 Inches Tall
Wait for until the danger of frost has passed. Support taller varieties with canes, especially in exposed sites.
Step 4: Maintain Your Plants
Dwarf sunflowers are ideal for patio containers; taller varieties are best for sunny borders. Keep plants well watered until they are fully established. Mature plants will cope with some drought.
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I'm in the midst of building a new desktop (first time building my own). I bought MSI NF750-G55 AM3 NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI HDMI ATX motherboard, and HEC 6C28BS Black / Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower case. When they both arrived, I realized that the I/O panel on the case doesn't have the same holes that the motherboard needs.
So my two questions are:
What should I have done? Both claim to be ATX. Do I just need to look more carefully at the pictures?
What should I do now? Can I just remove the whole panel (leaving empty spaces between and around the different ports? Specifically, will it cause problems to do this?
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Diagnosing Parkinson's disease can be a complicated process. Because there are no laboratory tests that can confirm you have the disease, your doctor will need to consider your medical history, assess your symptoms, and sometimes perform tests to rule out other conditions before making a Parkinson's disease diagnosis.
Parkinson's Diagnosis: Seeing the Right Doctors
What causes Parkinson's to develop in the first place is still a mystery, but scientists know that the disease process begins when the brain becomes deficient in a chemical called dopamine. With diminishing amounts of dopamine, a person with Parkinson's will, among other issues, have trouble moving, experience tremors, and move more slowly. The disease typically affects people over 50 years of age.
To find out if you have Parkinson's disease, you might want to consider visiting a neurologist — a doctor who specializes in disorders affecting the nervous system — especially a neurologist whose specialty is in movement disorders like Parkinson's disease.
You may also want to speak with a doctor who is familiar with new research and therapies for Parkinson's, as well as a gerontologist — a doctor who specializes in problems of the elderly.
Parkinson's Diagnosis: Medical History
Because Parkinson's disease is a condition that gets worse over time, early diagnosis is essential, so you can start taking steps to reduce your symptoms and perhaps even slow the progression of the disease.
Your doctor will start by reviewing your medical historyand asking questions about other factors that may be contributing to your symptoms, such as the use of dopamine-blocking medications like Haldol (haloperidol) and Prolixin (fluphenazine).
Parkinson's Diagnosis: Discussing Symptoms
Your doctor will also ask you, and perhaps family members or friends who accompany you to appointments, about the symptoms you have been experiencing. There are four primary symptoms of Parkinson's disease. To make a diagnosis, at least two of them must be present:
- Tremors at rest — shaking of a limb when you are not otherwise moving
- Rigidity — stiffness in your arms, legs, and trunk
- Bradykinesia — slowness of movement
- Postural instability — balance and coordination problems
If your symptoms are more pronounced on one side of your body than another, a Parkinson's diagnosis is even more likely.
Parkinson's Diagnosis: Neurologic Examination
Your doctor will also perform a neurologic exam, which involves looking closely at your symptoms and having you do things like:
- Walking around the room
- Sitting down in a chair
- Returning to a standing position
- Turning around
- Tapping your index finger and thumb together
- Tapping your foot on the floor
- Relaxing while your doctor moves your neck, arms, and legs around
- Maintaining your balance while your doctor pulls you backwards
Parkinson's Diagnosis: Tests Your Doctor May Order
No medical tests can specifically diagnose Parkinson's disease, but your doctor may order certain tests to rule out other conditions.
When your doctor suspects that another disease, such as carbon monoxide poisoning, may be the cause of your symptoms, her or she may order:
- Electroencephalogram (EEG). This test looks at the electrical activity in your brain.
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) scans. These imaging tests let your doctor see detailed images of your brain.
- Blood or other laboratory tests. These tests may also help rule out other conditions that could be contributing to your symptoms.
When a Parkinson's Diagnosis Isn't Definitive
Sometimes, even after a thorough medical history, neurologic exam, and the ruling out of other conditions, a Parkinson's diagnosis may still not be clear. This is because early symptoms of Parkinson's disease are often mild and could possibly be due to other, less serious conditions.
But if you do have Parkinson's disease, your symptoms will gradually progress, becoming worse over time and impacting your daily functioning. By working closely with your doctor to monitor your condition, you will be able to recognize whether symptoms worsen, and your doctor will be in a much better position to make an accurate diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.
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Sarah Timms
Height: 5-4
Hometown: Moore, S.C.
Previous School: Dorman H.S.
Eligibility: Sr.
Competed in every tournament … Posted a season-best low-round 80 at the Patsy Rendleman Invitational … Finished a season-best 12th at the Converse Spring Invitational … Posted an 86.83 stroke average on the season … Finished 31st at the AU Invitational with a two-round total70 … Placed 18th at King University's Invitational with a two-round 165 … Claimed 46th at the Patsy Rendleman Invite with a 165, including the season-low 80 on day two … Finished 67th with a 181 at Flaglers' Fall Slam … Posted a two-day total 174 at the Converse Spring Invitational … Tied for 51st at Hilton Head Lakes Invitational with a 173 … Tied for 58th at Wingate's Pinehurst Challenge with a 181 … Posted an 81 to share 28th at the Agnes McAmis Memorial … Placed 40th with a three-day total 276 at the South Atlantic Conference Championship.
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Named Athlete of the Week at Dorman High School … Placed third in the region in 2010 … Placed second in the region in both 2008 and 2009.
Born on Jan. 22, 1993 … Daughter of Leslie and Tammy Timms … Majoring in Education.


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It amazes me that this has to be said, but this should be your cardinal rule at work:
Do what you say you're going to do, by when you say you're going to do it, or update people accordingly.
Every single time. No matter how small.
Why? Because your word should mean something. Because your credibility is at stake. Those things matter.
This behavior is so uncommon that if you do it 100% consistently, you'll develop an awesome reputation for being reliable and keeping your word, no matter how tiny the issue at hand. People notice this stuff, and they remember.


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Riders, 3 US Men & 3 European Women, Now Flying Rapha-FOCUS Colors
Rapha Performance Roadwear announces today the 2012-2013 roster for Team Rapha-FOCUS, a professional cyclocross racing team. The third-year team will expand to six riders, balancing the men's and women's teams, and will contest an international schedule with the intention to place riders on their respective national teams for the 2013 World Cyclocross Championships to be held in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
Returning team riders are reigning United States Cyclocross Champion Jeremy Powers (Massachusetts, USA), reigning United States U23 Cyclocross Champion Zach McDonald (Washington, USA), Christopher Jones (California, USA), and Julie Krasniak (Metz, France). Newly signed riders Gabriella "Gabby" Day (Sleaford, United Kingdom) and Sabrina Schweizer (Wangen, Germany) will join Julie Krasniak in bringing Rapha-FOCUS to the women's ranks. The team will race an international schedule beginning with the raucous, season-opening CrossVegas and continue with specific focus on the US Grand Prix of Cyclocross series and UCI World Cup events.
"Last season was an absolute success," says Slate Olson, General Manager, Rapha North America. "We felt the best way to improve the team was to bring balance and place a focus on women in the sport," he adds. Further, "Between the growth of the team and the anticipation of what we expect in Louisville, it's going to be fun this season."
Martin Böckelmann, Team Liaison Manager, FOCUS Bikes, adds, "Team Rapha-FOCUS has been important for us because cyclocross is the origin of FOCUS. Cyclocross is in our hearts and we see it on the rise in Germany and throughout the world. Further, we have supported women racers in cyclocross from our beginning days and are excited to build such a dynamic team for women in this sport. We share the same passion for the sport as Rapha and are proud to continue our relationship in the support of Team Rapha-FOCUS."
Reigning United States Champion Jeremy Powers expressed his enthusiasm for the coming season and the team, "This is a big team but I can tell already that it will be easy to get along. We'll probably need some more space under the tent, though! We all share the same ambition so we'll push and encourage each other and I expect the women will get some great results. For all of us there's gonna be a lot of moving and shaking this season."
The team will wear Rapha Pro Team apparel with an updated team design during racing & training with off-the-bike selections from the Rapha City Wear collection. A range of team-inspired apparel is available beginning today at rapha.cc.
FOCUS Bikes provides the all-carbon Mares Rapha Focus bicycle, available to the public for the first time this year. A team-use-only disc brake version of the Mares Rapha Focus will be available for Rapha-FOCUS riders.
About Rapha
Rapha creates the finest cycling clothing and accessories in the world. Designed without compromise for the most discerning rider, Rapha products blend style with optimum performance. A passion for road racing means Rapha is more than just a product company. It is an online emporium of performance roadwear, accessories, publications and events, all celebrating the glory and suffering of road riding. www.rapha.cc
About FOCUS Bicycles USA
Based in Carlsbad, California, FOCUS Bicycles USA is dedicated to enhancing the cyclist's experience with premium, race-inspired machines, which integrate German engineering, precision design and cutting-edge technology. True to the brand's German lineage and world championship pedigree, FOCUS bicycles are developed, built, tested and delivered with the utmost efficiency and to exacting standards. For more information check www.focus-bikes.com.
Team Rapha-FOCUS Roster
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Latest UCI World Rankings have Jeremy Powers 11th in the world and the top rider from the United States! Ryan Trebon and Tim Johnson are the 2nd and 3rd in the US placing 17th and 24th in the world respectively.
Source: UCI Cyclocross Rankings 06 Dec 2011]]>


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Release Date: 1998-10-30
Genre: Drama, Romance
Rating: PG-13
Duration: 1hr 37min
As Spain simmers on the very edge of civil war and families are being torn apart by their political allegiances, Mary, a young Irish girl, arrives to work as a governess with the Areavaga family. Enter the Areavag's handsome young son, Francisco. Mary is drawn to his fiery politics and passionate opinions, which are at odds with the government, as well as with his wife. Mary and Francisco find themselves at the heart of a family and a nation divided. Mary irrevocably alters the lives of those around her, as her beauty and innocence arouses a love both forbidden and profound.
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So everybody's seen Star Trek by now, right? It was totally awesome, and really, just about everything that I would possibly want from a reboot of a very beloved franchise that I have spent a long time enjoying. Of course, you'll notice I said "just about everything." There's one thing, and it's not even a criticism of Star Trek so much as it's that the movie fell into the same trope that a lot — scratch that — nearly every movie, novel, television show, or other media production made in the Western World falls into.
So does anybody remember Star Trek: Nemesis? I mean, I'm sorry for bringing it up and making you think about it, but if you will recall, that Star Trek movie featured a giant, scary, pointy-ended Romulan ship dedicated to the destruction of the Federation and cast the comparatively underpowered Enterprise as the only line of defense opposing it. Sound familiar? Yeah.
There's just something, apparently, about the little guy standing up to the giant threat from beyond. And I'll be the first to admit, this makes for a great story. Unfortunately, in recent years, it's made for the great story, especially in Hollywood. Our hero is always inexperienced, overpowered, and outclassed, and yet somehow he comes out on top — and by somehow, I of course mean "by banding together his friends to outmaneuver and outmatch the overpowering threat." Every. Single. Time. Every. Single. Story.
The US and the Underdog
The United States of America has the underdog story written into its DNA. We like to tell ourselves that we won our independence by fighting off the terrible and overwhelming outside threat of the British army. Of course, there are two problems with this: firstly, it didn't actually happen that way, and secondly, that was a long time ago, and the US today is nothing like the thirteen colonies in our collective imagination. Now, I'm going to unpack that right now, but I get hella pedantic, so you might want to just skip to the next header. In any case, to unpack:
First off, the British were not the enemy from outside — they were us; we were them. The thirteen colonies were British colonies, peopled by British colonists, and while there were certainly valid and compelling arguments to secede, we have, on this side of two hundred years, turned the British into an Other, when in fact the shared culture between the colonies and the British Isles accounted for far more than their differences. The American Revolutionary War was a family blow-up where two brothers (or more accurately, a father and son) have a violent argument and then don't talk to each other for twenty years... and we started it by breaking laws and refusing legal (though unethical) searches. We weren't the victims of an unprovoked attack from outside our borders; we decided to draw a new border down the middle of the British Empire.
Secondly, the popular account of the Revolutionary War tends to forget our allies, the French, the Spanish, and the Dutch (also known as all of Western Europe at the time)... and the world war they started in Europe that siphoned off British troops and supplies from the American front. We only won here because the British were fighting a much bigger war over there. Or to put a finer point on it, we only won because we were less important than the French, Spanish, and Dutch all trying to invade London at the same time. And then, through a number of historical factors that I won't go into here, after the wars were over, the newly-minted United States of America dropped their erstwhile allies like a hot potato. We didn't outmaneuver and outwit the big, bad redcoats... we outmaneuvered and outwitted the poor redcoats that got abandoned in the colonies while their friends fought in the real war.
Now, up till now, all that criticism really does is challenge the historical pertinence of the American myth. Which is to say, the artistically responsible thing to do in such a situation is to keep making movies and whatnot about this myth, but do so with a little subtlety, a dash of irony, and perhaps a touch of humility. The American Revolution is a glorious, fantastic piece of history, but it's way more interesting when it's nuanced with all those little facts and details that make it something other than a straight-up black-and-white conflict.
However, there's another problem with fetishizing our little national myth. In 1776, we were thirteen backwater colonies having a spat with Dad. In 2009, we are the last standing superpower, the leader of the free world, the engine of the global economy, and so on and so forth. We aren't the little guy any more. We just aren't. We are a nation that possesses frightening amounts of power — which is not to say power that we "shouldn't" have, but power that we must be very, very careful about using. At this level of power, it's very easy to make more problems than you solve — and the easiest way to do that is by swinging around our last-standing-superpower weight as if we were the scrappy little underdog out to take down the way-more-powerful Othered badguys. In the light of that reality, telling ourselves that we (and Captain Kirk) are the underdogs is not just wrong, it's irresponsible.
Trek on the Small Screen
So do you remember Star Trek? Like, the television show? Back when it was Kirk, Spock, and McCoy on a barely-decorated soundstage, there was us, the Federation, and there were the Klingons. These two states had big conflicts over their mutually-opposed points of view. (Romulans, on the other hand, were usually over there and only occasionally got on screen.) But the vast majority of the universe was populated by third parties: unaligned worlds who both the Federation and the Klingons wanted to sway to their side. Sound familiar? That's because the historical context of original Trek was deep in the midst of the Cold War, where NATO and the Warsaw Pact saw the globe as a chessboard of potential allies in the inevitable war on the horizon. Importantly, though, there's only one episode where the Federation and the Klingons are actually at war, and it's over by the end of the episode.
Additionally, the original Enterprise is only the underdog when it confronts the universe itself. That is, incomprehensibly powerful avatars of the unknowable infinite — guys who style themselves like Greek Gods and perform what is effectively magic. These guys are never representatives of nation-states, and they never come back (they would eventually be wrapped up into one character, Q, in TNG). When the Enterprise faced off with other nation-states, though, they were equals at worst, and usually had the technological advantage. Nobody ever had a bigger, badder ship than the Enterprise. And again, at the time, nobody had bigger, badder ships than the American Armed Forces, either. The US wasn't the underdog, so neither was the Enterprise.
Zip forward 18 real years and 76 fictional years to The Next Generation. Again, it is science fiction written for its own time. The once-vicious rivalry with the Klingons has cooled to nothing; instead, the Federation deals with two fascist states, the Romulans and the Cardassians, and an international cartel, the Ferengi Alliance. However, all three of these are rarely anything more than an annoyance. There is nothing in the universe that matches the Enterprise, which traipses from world to world, sometimes appreciating the varied cultures they find and sometimes judging those cultures with their massive technological advantage. They are burdened by the Prime Directive (which Kirk found to be little more than an annoyance) and the ethical considerations of their actions, especially considering the imbalance of power they enjoy.
Sidenote: one could argue that the Borg are TNG's big bad guys, much like the Klingons were original Trek's big bads. You'd be right — at least, insofar as Kirk didn't fight Klingons as much as we like to think he did, and there was only one borg episode in each season of TNG, except the first season, in which there were none. The Borg are an anomaly — a hackneyed, caricatured, and silly anomaly, but an anomaly nonetheless.
Also consider Deep Space Nine, the first Trek franchise started after the fall of the USSR. DS9 takes TNG's re-envisioning of Trek one step further. Now the Federation is the only real superpower in the universe, and is thrust into the position of shepherding fledgling democracies such as the Bajorans from the rapacious hunger of teetering fascist states like the Cardassians. While Sisko and DS9 itself is often outmatched by big, menacing ships, the Federation is not, and what keeps the station alive is Sisko's ever-present ability to get on the phone and have the bulk of the Federation come beat Gul Dukat into paste. In this milleu, much of DS9 considers to what extent the Federation should involve itself in other states' internal affairs, given that its very presence changes the political landscape ("The problem is Earth!"). The show examines and challenges issues of sovereignty, terrorism, and religion. It was Trek for the 90s.
...that is, until the Dominion muscled in and stripped any semblance of relevance from the show, turning into a highly entertaining by thematically dead pot-boiler.
Now, I didn't watch Voyager or Enterprise. Whether they follow the other series' trend of producing speculative fiction that matters to their audience or go the way of the movies, I have no idea.
Trek on the Big Screen
We might also briefly consider the Trek movies, which have an incredibly wide spread of artistic success. The first was straight-up speculative fiction, and redid what the original series did very well: awe in the face of a vast and incredible universe. And it tanked. As a result, Roddenberry was pulled from the sequels.
Wrath of Khan smashed into theaters with high-action swashbuckling in space, bringing back a well-remembered antagonist from the series, conveniently missing any of the thematic trappings he previously possessed. And what happens? A crippled Enterprise faces off against another Federation ship, itself not crippled, commanded by an ubermensch. That's right: they're the underdogs. Harnessing the underdog myth, Khan was tons of fun, thematically dead, and a box-office success. In Search for Spock, Kirk and the crew have to, well, search for Spock, but the Federation itself tries to stop them. Voila, the protagonists are underdogs again! Then, it's a skeleton crew on the Enterprise against a Klingon bird of prey. Double-win! (Star Trek III is the only successful and critically-aclaimed odd-numbered movie.) Then comes four, where the crew start off as fugitives from the Federation, then time-travel back to the 80s. They are fish-out-of-water, which is sort of the comedic brother of action-adventure's underdog, and the movie is also a success.
Such strings of success can't last forever, of course, but that wouldn't stop the makers of Trek movies to abandon the underdog theme. In The Final Frontier, of course, the crew of the Enterprise goes up against God, or at least, an unreasonable facsimile thereof. In The Undiscovered Country, Kirk and Spock are thrown into a Klingon jail, and later attacked by an unbeatable cloak-and-shoot Klingon warbird. You have the Borg in First Contact, the Son'a in Insurrection, an ineffectively-scary-Picard-clone-boy in Nemesis.
Tangent: You might notice I skipped Generations in there. If Generations had a coherent plot, I could draw a conclusion from it. However, since it doesn't, I can't, so we're just skipping over it.
In many ways, you could lay the blame for the turning of Trek nostalgia into a never-ending underdog-fest at the feet of the movies. You'd be right, but it wouldn't be as damning a criticism as you might think. This is because the Trek television formula of thinly-skinned speculative fiction aimed at current events simply doesn't translate to the big screen. The production cycle for an effects-driven feature film, for one, is simply too long. Certainly there are speculative fiction films that comment on the present day, but they look more like Gattaca than Star Trek. Or to look at it another way, the budget for a effects-driven feature film necessitate a broad audience, and there, well, isn't a broad audience for speculative fiction. (Perhaps there could be, but that's a totally different topic.) And, since the television formula for Trek doesn't work on the big screen, they have to go with something else... and nothing draws in an audience like an underdog story.
And Now...
Which brings us to Star Trek by JJ Abrams, a man who has produced lots of properties, lots of money, and very very little subtext. In Abrams' hands, I foresee a string of fun, exciting, successful Trek movies that say nothing. We will see the completion of the decades-long process of turning Star Trek from speculative fiction into space opera, systematically picking up everything that Trek ever said, taking it out behind the woodshed, and quietly strangling it until it goes limp. But if it wasn't Abrams, it would be somebody else. Star Trek isn't Star Trek when it's on the big screen, and probably can't be, even if it wants to.
Star Trek dissolving into a fun and witless commodity does not mean, however, that we can't have other properties that don't go the same route, though. There's hope yet. The first step is putting down the underdog pipe and stepping up to the reality that America and Americans, yes, even you, have some significant power in this world and a responsibility to use that power wisely. The stories that go along with this, the stories that allow us to talk about how to do right by the world, can be just as engaging as underdog stories.
We can tell stories like Schindler's List, about the path to realizing that you aren't the underdog, that you have considerable privileges compared to other people, and that means that not only can you make a difference, but you ought to.
We can tell stories like Charlie Wilson's War, about stumbling onto making a difference and how horrendously complicated it can be.
We can tell stories like The West Wing, where the vast and complicated world intersects with our own, internal and personal lives, and somehow we need to find a path that may not be the right path as judged by history, but is the path that lets us not hate ourselves.
We can tell stories like Castle, where people who aren't politicians or civil servants step up to do the right thing.
We can tell stories like Forgetting Sarah Marshall, for crissakes, where nobody is a bad guy but everybody has problems to overcome, and if we help each other get our heads out of our asses, we might just make the world a better place.
We don't need bloodthirsty invaders, corporate overlords, or shadowy conspiracies to produce situations where we can make a difference. We don't need to be the chosen one or bound by duty or have our family slaughtered by the badguys to be able to make a difference. Just being human and living on Earth gives us opportunities every day to be good people. We should tell stories about that. It can't be that hard.


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Siddhartha Mukherjee, who won a 2011 Pulitzer Prize for "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer," will present a lecture and book signing at the Johns Hopkins University East Baltimore campus on Thursday, Jan. 12, at 4:30 p.m. in the Albert Owens Auditorium in the Bunting-Blaustein Cancer Research Building at 1650 Orleans St.
Since this talk is expected to draw a large Hopkins crowd and seating in the Owens Auditorium is limited, the lecture will be webcast live for those who are unable to attend and will be archived to watch later. The author will sign only personal copies of the book; no books will be sold. Dr Mukherjee's lecture is part of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center's Visiting Professor Lecture Series.
Mukerjee's book describes how diagnosis and treatment of human cancers has develope from ancient Egypt to the present day. The lecture will cover the history of cancer and the status of cancer treatments and research today.
Mukerjee is an assistant professor of medicine at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center of Columbia University. He graduated from Stanford University, won a Rhodes Scholarship and earned a doctorate from the University of Oxford. He received his medical degree from Harvard University.
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When someone teams up with Damien "Jr. Gong" Marley on a reggae track, we pay attention, and that includes Bruno Mars. Even more so now that they've released this mesmerizing tie-dye video, which may give you superpowers if you're on exactly the right amount of "liquor."
Bruno Mars & Janelle Monáe Announce North American Tour, "Hooligans in Wondaland" + Dates with Plan B
Bruno Mars and Janelle Monáe have announced a co-headlining tour with their respective Hooligans and Androids, called "Hooligans in Wondaland." Ticket bundle presales (including a Janelle package with meet-and-greet and exclusive release) begin on Thursday 2/17 and public on-sale starts Saturday 2/26.
Check out the full tour schedule, including dates with Plan B and Mayer Hawthorne, after the jump.
Bruno Mars, Cee-Lo, and B.o.B Vid – The Other Side
Off of Bruno Mars' solo debut, It's Better if You Don't Understand (available now), "The Other Side" features the standard powerful, raspy vocals of Cee-Lo and a rap verse from B.o.B.


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On Wednesday January 22 TMZ reported that an emerging young comedian, Brando Murphy, is following in his fathers footsteps. The only problem is, Eddie Murphy, the famous actor and comedian that Brando is insinuating is his father - is actually not.
Reportedly, Brando Murphy who has used the fact that he looks just like Eddie Murphy in his stand up comedy routine has done several things to make people believe that he is Murphy's son. During a past comedy show at an L.A comedy club Brando Murphy states that he gets tired of people telling him that he looks just like Eddie Murphy because he hears that everywhere he goes. He jokingly said that when people approach him and ask him "do you know who you look like," he responds by saying "of course I know who I look like. I can't help it. I was born with this face."
Eddie's lawyer fired off several threatening letters to Brando Murphy, claiming the comedian has all but advertised on a sandwich board that he's Eddie's offspring. In one letter -- obtained by TMZ -- Eddie's lawyer, legal pit bull Marty Singer, threatens to sue him for millions if he doesn't back off.
The comedian has even taken the liberty of changing his last name to Murphy. He has taken photos where he is wearing similar red leather pants and jacket just as Eddie Murphy wore in his classic 1983 stand up comedy television show 'Delirious,' for the promotion of an Eddie Murphy biopic which he was set to star in but, has yet to be released.
In addition to changing his last name the young comedian has also performed with Richard Pryor's son, Mason, in the "Sons of Comedy" tour and has showed up at the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Eddie frequents and screaming, "My father won't talk to me!
Although he is being accused Brando is insisting that he has never presented himself as the son of Eddie Murphy. He's calling Eddie's accusations "vile, base, contemptible, miserable, wretched and loathsome."
Brando says he'll sue Eddie for defamation if he continues what he calls a campaign of intimidation.


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Matt L. Leavitt, DO, Longwood, FL - President and Chair
Kenneth J. Washenik, MD, PhD, Los Angeles, CA - Vice Chair
Zoe Diana Draelos, MD, FAAD, High Point, NC - Secretary
Dow B. Stough IV, MD, FAAD, Hot Springs, AR - Treasurer
E. Antonio Mangubat, MD, Seattle, WA - Past President
Russell Knudsen, MBBS, Australia
Paul T. Rose, MD, JD, FAAD, New Port Richey, FL
Glenn Charles D.O. Boca Raton, FL
Bessam Farjo M.D. Manchester, UK
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William M. Parsley, MD, FAAD, Prospect, KY
Marc R. Avram, MD, FAAD, New York, NY