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Chock-full of Identity Customers at Oracle OpenWorld
By Tanu Sood-Oracle on Sep 27, 2012
Oracle Openworld (OOW) 2012 kicks off this coming Sunday. Oracle OpenWorld is known to bring in Oracle customers, organizations big and small, from all over the world. And, Identity Management is no exception.
If you are looking to catch up with Oracle Identity Management customers, hear first-hand about their implementation experiences and discuss industry trends, business drivers, solutions and more at OOW, here are some sessions we recommend you attend:
Monday, October 1, 2012
CON9405: Trends in Identity Management
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m., Moscone West 3003
Subject matter experts from Kaiser Permanente and SuperValu share the stage with Amit Jasuja, Snior Vice President, Oracle Identity Management and Security to discuss how the latest advances in Identity Management are helping customers address emerging requirements for securely enabling cloud, social and mobile environments.
CON9492: Simplifying your Identity Management Implementation
3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m., Moscone West 3008
Implementation experts from British Telecom, Kaiser Permanente and UPMC participate in a panel to discuss best practices, key strategies and lessons learned based on their own experiences. Attendees will hear first-hand what they can do to streamline and simplify their identity management implementation framework for a quick return-on-investment and maximum efficiency.
CON9444: Modernized and Complete Access Management
4:45 p.m. – 5:45 p.m., Moscone West 3008
We have come a long way from the days of web single sign-on addressing the core business requirements. Today, as technology and business evolves, organizations are seeking new capabilities like federation, token services, fine grained authorizations, web fraud prevention and strong authentication. This session will explore the emerging requirements for access management, what a complete solution is like, complemented with real-world customer case studies from ETS, Kaiser Permanente and TURKCELL and product demonstrations.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
CON9437: Mobile Access Management
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m., Moscone West 3022
With more than 5 billion mobile devices on the planet and an increasing number of users using their own devices to access corporate data and applications, securely extending identity management to mobile devices has become a hot topic. This session will feature Identity Management evangelists from companies like Intuit, NetApp and Toyota to discuss how to extend your existing identity management infrastructure and policies to securely and seamlessly enable mobile user access.
CON9491: Enhancing the End-User Experience with Oracle Identity Governance applications
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m., Moscone West 3008
As organizations seek to encourage more and more user self service, business users are now primary end users for identity management installations. Join experts from Visa and Oracle as they explore how Oracle Identity Governance solutions deliver complete identity administration and governance solutions with support for emerging requirements like cloud identities and mobile devices.
CON9447: Enabling Access for Hundreds of Millions of Users
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m., Moscone West 3008
Dealing with scale problems? Looking to address identity management requirements with million or so users in mind? Then take note of Cisco's implementation. Join this session to hear first-hand how Cisco tackled identity management and scaled their implementation to bolster security and enforce compliance.
CON9465: Next Generation Directory – Oracle Unified Directory
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., Moscone West 3008
Get the 360 degrees perspective from a solution provider, implementation services partner and the customer in this session to learn how the latest Oracle Unified Directory solutions can help you build a directory infrastructure that is optimized to support cloud, mobile and social networking and yet deliver on scale and performance.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
CON9494: Sun2Oracle: Identity Management Platform Transformation
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m., Moscone West 3008
Sun customers are actively defining strategies for how they will modernize their identity deployments. Learn how customers like Avea and SuperValu are leveraging their Sun investment, evaluating areas of expansion/improvement and building momentum.
CON9631: Entitlement-centric Access to SOA and Cloud Services
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m., Marriott Marquis, Salon 7
How do you enforce that a junior trader can submit 10 trades/day, with a total value of $5M, if market volatility is low? How can hide sensitive patient information from clerical workers but make it visible to specialists as long as consent has been given or there is an emergency? How do you externalize such entitlements to allow dynamic changes without having to touch the application code? In this session, Uberether and HerbaLife take the stage with Oracle to demonstrate how you can enforce such entitlements on a service not just within your intranet but also right at the perimeter.
CON3957 - Delivering Secure Wi-Fi on the Tube as an Olympics Legacy from London 2012
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m., Moscone West 3003
In this session, Virgin Media, the U.K.'s first combined provider of broadband, TV, mobile, and home phone services, shares how it is providing free secure Wi-Fi services to the London Underground, using Oracle Virtual Directory and Oracle Entitlements Server, leveraging back-end legacy systems that were never designed to be externalized. As an Olympics 2012 legacy, the Oracle architecture will form a platform to be consumed by other Virgin Media services such as video on demand.
CON9493: Identity Management and the Cloud
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m., Moscone West 3008
Security is the number one barrier to cloud service adoption. Not so for industry leading companies like SaskTel, ConAgra foods and UPMC. This session will explore how these organizations are using Oracle Identity with cloud services and how some are offering identity management as a cloud service.
CON9624: Real-Time External Authorization for Middleware, Applications, and Databases
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., Moscone West 3008
As organizations seek to grant access to broader and more diverse user populations, the importance of centrally defined and applied authorization policies become critical; both to identify who has access to what and to improve the end user experience. This session will explore how customers are using attribute and role-based access to achieve these goals.
CON9625: Taking control of WebCenter Security
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., Moscone West 3008
Many organizations are extending WebCenter in a business to business scenario requiring secure identification and authorization of business partners and their users. Leveraging LADWP's use case, this session will focus on how customers are leveraging, securing and providing access control to Oracle WebCenter portal and mobile solutions.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
CON9662: Securing Oracle Applications with the Oracle Enterprise Identity Management Platform
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m., Moscone West 3008
Oracle Enterprise identity Management solutions are designed to secure access and simplify compliance to Oracle Applications. Whether you are an EBS customer looking to upgrade from Oracle Single Sign-on or a Fusion Application customer seeking to leverage the Identity instance as an enterprise security platform, this session with Qualcomm and Oracle will help you understand how to get the most out of your investment.
And here's the complete listing of all the Identity Management sessions at Oracle OpenWorld.


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St. Louis Hotel Guide
First things first: Start your travel planning by finding the perfect St. Louis hotels. Hotels in St Louis, Missouri cater to city folk and country lovers alike, with so-chic resorts and romantic hotels conjuring both a bustling metropolitan spirit and a certain down-home charm. Interested in seeing some wildlife? Take a look at the hotels near St Louis Zoo; it's one of the country's top five, boasting indoor and outdoor exhibits as well as a kid's petting zoo. Prefer to stay near the action? Head straight for the towering downtown hotels. These historic inns and resorts are closest to the area's best dining, shopping and late-night hot spots.
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Plan: Let state entity act as bankBy Neal P. Goswami
VERMONT PRESS BUREAU | January 04,2014MONTPELIER A Progressive state senator is floating a proposal to move 10 percent of the states cash on hand or about $35 million into the Vermont Economic Development Authority to allow for more investment in local businesses and jobs.
Sen. Anthony Pollina, of Washington County, said his plan, 10 Percent for Vermont, would spur needed economic development projects across the state.
VEDA, created by the Legislature in 1974, is a state-sponsored lender that has provided about $1.9 billion in financing to entrepreneurs and businesses that create jobs in the state. It works with banks to provide low-interest lending in exchange for promises of job creation.
The 10 Percent for Vermont plan will strengthen our economy, help middle class families and help break the cycle of budget deficits, Pollina said.
The bill, S.204, would create the program within VEDA for the purpose of establishing a banking system owned, controlled and operated by the state of Vermont. It would amend VEDAs statutory authority to allow it to engage in banking.
Pollina, a former candidate for governor, said the states budget gaps in recent years are a symptom of a bigger problem. He said revenues are down because of lost jobs and stagnant incomes that are not allowing Vermonters to spend at local businesses.
The proposal, Pollina said, would help create jobs by offering companies more financing while generating more tax revenue. That would allow the state to address what is projected to be a $70 million shortfall in fiscal year 2015 without cuts to existing state programs.
Pollinas legislation would grant authority to VEDA to accept deposits from the state and lend money like commercial banks. He said the lending would still flow largely through local banks, but the state would have more control over how the money is used.
Currently, the state deposits its cash in two large commercial banks TD Bank and Peoples United that lend money wherever it creates the most profit, according to Pollina. He said his plan would have tax dollars invested where they benefit the state most, like renewable energy projects, affordable housing and agriculture.
Any profits beyond those necessary to accomplish the mission and sound operations of the program would be returned to the general fund. The state would not see a loss of revenue, because interest would flow back directly to the state, he said.
It is estimated the plan could infuse $35 million, to start, into economic development projects based on the states recent average daily cash balance of about $350 million.
Pollina has been a longtime proponent of a state bank in Vermont. A proposal to launch one last year from Pollina and Rep. Susan Wizowaty, a Democrat from Burlington, failed to gain traction. North Dakota is the only state with a state-owned bank.
What we were working on last year in the Legislature was really to study the idea of a state bank, not to actually implement one. That bill has been stuck for a couple of years, Pollina said. The way I would look at this particular proposal is its a smaller version, or pilot project version, to allow us to see how a state bank would benefit the economy.
Providing more capital for local businesses and raising the states minimum wage, which Pollina also supports, would help the state increase the pace of economic recovery, he said.
Thats the kind of thinking we need to build a stronger economy from the ground up, he said. One of the reasons the economy is weak is because people dont have money to spend.
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PRESS RELEASE From the Office of State Senator Kel Seliger, District 31
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 2, 2012 Contact: Gina Dowdy, (806) 374-8994
"I am very concerned about the recent coverage and the results of the media and internet coverage of lean, finely textured beef. This product has been on the market for about two decades, and until it got the catchy name, it had received no particular attention as to any risk of its consumption. We must be careful about what our children eat in public schools and what is sold to the general public. This is the primary function of the USDA meat inspection program which has found this product to be in compliance with its standards. The negative portrayal has had and will have a profound effect on the industry. Already 200 jobs have been lost in the state of Texas, and this may very well cause price increases on all beef products. Coverage and reaction to this circumstance should be justified by sound science and thorough inspection."


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Counting Rings: Tree-Ring Dating
Code: T1134 Author: Tom Gidwitz Publisher: Western National Parks Association ISBN: 9781583691144 Soft cover: 16 pages, 4˝" x 6".
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A how we know booklet. This booklet explains how tree-ring dating can be used to find the age of a tree, how old pueblo ruins are, and to provide insight into science, climate, disasters, and the arts. ^~Author: Tom Gidwitz ^~Publisher: Western National Parks Association ^~ISBN: 9781583691144 ^~Soft cover: 16 pages, 4˝" x 6".


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Protesters rally after boy killed by Calif. deputyBy TERENCE CHEA
The Associated Press | October 30,2013SANTA ROSA, Calif. More than 1,000 people marched Tuesday to protest the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy by a Northern California sheriffs deputy in an encounter that sparked community outrage and an FBI investigation.
Officers stood on rooftops and others wearing helmets stood guard at barricades that kept the protesters away from the Sonoma County Sheriffs Office in Santa Rosa.
The protesters, including middle- and high-school-age students and members of the Occupy Oakland movement, assembled in downtown Santa Rosa before marching through streets with signs and hooded sweatshirts bearing photos of the boy.
Andy Lopez did not have to die, they chanted during the nearly three-hour, mostly peaceful demonstration. No arrests were made.
Lopez was shot and killed Oct. 22 by Sonoma County Deputy Erick Gelhaus, a firearms instructor who authorities said mistook a pellet gun carried by Lopez for an assault rifle.
Investigators say the hoodie-wearing teen didnt comply with commands to drop the gun and was turning toward deputies while raising the barrel when he was shot multiple times.
The incident remained under investigation by the FBI, Sonoma County prosecutors and Santa Rosa police.
Victor Manieri, 15, a freshman at Elsie Allen High School, left school early to join the march. He said he knew Andy and wanted to show support for his family.
I disagree with what that cop did that day, Manieri said. There are other methods such as using a Taser that would paralyze him, not take away his life.
Mitzi Reyes, 16, a junior at Elsie Allen, marched with her mother and two younger brothers. They also knew Andy and his family.
Im here today because I want to get justice not only for Andy but for other people that have died for no reason, she said.
The shooting has generated several protests in Santa Rosa, located about 50 miles northwest of San Francisco. On Sunday, more than 1,000 people turned out for a service to remember Lopez.
Sonoma County Assistant Sheriff Lorenzo Duenas said Gelhaus, 48, has been a Sonoma County firearms instructor and rangemaster for 19 years and has trained his law enforcement colleagues in the use of force. He is one of 26 such instructors for the county.
Gelhaus also teaches pistol, carbine, shotgun and rifle lessons for Gunsite, a private company in Arizona, according to the companys website.MORE IN Wire NewsCHARLESTON, S.C. Full Story
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A Georgia college was locked down Monday after a shooting was reported, The Associated Press reported.
At least one person was shot in a building on campus, WJBF-TV in Augusta, Ga., reported.
AP reported that the victim's condition was not immediately known.
The school was also locked down on Sunday after a gun was fired in a male residence hall, the school said in a statement.


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Three Rock County communities will now send stray pets picked up by police to the Dane County Humane Society.
Most of the municipalities are citing cost as a reason for seeking services outside of Rock County.
City leaders in Beloit, Edgerton and Janesville signed contracts with the Dane County Humane Society agreeing to use that facility for impounded animals. That agreement went into effect on Jan. 1.
Under the contract, the Dane County Humane Society will also take in stray animals from Rock County if there is enough room.
Capt. Vince Sciame, of the Beloit Police Department, said the cost of using the Rock County Humane Society drove the city's choice to look for other options.
"Due to budgetary issues, changes needed to be made there," Sciame said. "And that's why we've contracted with Dane County Humane Society to assist us with that."
Sciame said Beloit is paying the Rock County Humane Society for the person responding to any scene, as well as a fee for every pet housed in that facility. Janesville City Manager Eric Levitt explained the costs as a monthly fee in addition to the "per animal" payment.
As a part of this change, the Beloit Police Department will train its three community service officers to handle strays at the scene and transport them to the kennels in Dane County. The department also plans to get a vehicle specifically assigned to moving animals to their temporary home.
Sciame stressed citizens can still take any animals they find to the Rock County Humane Society. He said he's seen all facilities handling abandoned pets struggle lately.
"The humane societies, I think, are stretched to their limits," Sciame said.
In Janesville, Levitt said he is maintaining a dual contract with Dane and Rock county facilities. Levitt is concerned about the cost, as well as the space and age of the Rock County Humane Society.
Dane County Humane Society public relations coordinator Gayle Viney said she is pleased her organization had the means to negotiate this kind of deal.
"They were needing services that they weren't able to find or were having a hard time working out contracts in their current areas, and so they reached out to us for help," Viney said.
Dane County Humane Society officials said they can accommodate the additional animals at the Voges Road shelter by making some minor operational adjustments.
Rock County Humane Society Director Angela Rhodes was caught off guard by the new agreements, saying she was only aware that some municipalities were looking for boarding space for animals they seized from owners.
Rhodes said in an email that she is worried about reuniting pets with their owners under these new contracts, stating that "the lack of communication is incredibly disappointing as lost pets may be in other locations that we knew nothing about."


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The Fixer Upper
The Fixer Upper
Harper, Hardcover, 9780060837389, 432pp.
Publication Date: June 23, 2009
The delightful New York Times bestselling author returns with a hilarious novel about one woman's quest to redo an old house . . . and her life.
After her boss in a high-powered Washington public relations firm is caught in a political scandal, fledgling lobbyist Dempsey Jo Killebrew is left almost broke, unemployed, and homeless. Out of options, she reluctantly accepts her father's offer to help refurbish Birdsong, the old family place he recently inherited in Guthrie, Georgia. All it will take, he tells her, is a little paint and some TLC to turn the fading Victorian mansion into a real-estate cash cow.
But, oh, is Dempsey in for a surprise when she arrives in Guthrie. "Bird Droppings" would more aptly describe the moldering Pepto Bismol-pink dump with duct-taped windows and a driveway full of junk. There's also a murderously grumpy old lady, one of Dempsey's distant relations, who has claimed squatter's rights and isn't moving out. Ever.
Furthermore, everyone in Guthrie seems to know Dempsey's business, from a smooth-talking real-estate agent to a cute lawyer who owns the local newspaper. It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the pesky FBI agents who show up on Dempsey's doorstep, hoping to pry information about her ex-boss from her.
All Dempsey can do is roll up her sleeves and get to work. And before long, what started as a job of necessity somehow becomes a labor of love and, ultimately, a journey that takes her to a place she never expected--back home again.
"A summer read that's guaranteed to satisfy your thirst for Southern fiction at its best."
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"Andrews serves up a tempting and satisfying dish."
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"Entirely satisfying, an expert balance of warmth and compassion, terrific supporting characters, a little steamy sex and just enough suspense to keep you from guessing how it will all go down....As ever, Andrews injects a brisk tale with generous doses of her sassy trademark humor."
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This almost worked. I used an "insert text box" feature hoping to rotate it and after rotating it to what should have been "upside down" Word somehow let me rotate the box but not the text inside. Argh! Wasted my time.
Guess you get what you pay for........"free".
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With a quarter fold some object must be upside down. This template would not allow it. A big waste of time.
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All it does is divide the page into four and format the text. Insert an image, insert your text and print then fold - and guess what? It's no different to inserting in Word - the image (or the text) is upside down.
A 'template' should put the objects in the right place AND with the right orientation. Waste of time, paper and ink. Shame, Avery, shame!
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Years ago when I learned Word Perfect, things were What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get (whiz-e-wig). Working with labels was fantastic. I can't understand, after all the years Avery labels has been in business, that they can't accomplish a Word Perfect environment of WYSIWYG. Avery is so frustrating! I should be able to just click on the template where I want text to begin and start typing; then fine-tune the alignment, font, etc afterward.
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Rapist sentenced to 14 years; Family Violence Response Team credited
February 6, 2013 —
Dennis DeGroat, 39, of Bloomingburg, will be spending 13 years in prison with 10 years of post-release supervision for the rape of a girl who was 13 years old.
Sullivan County District Attorney Jim Farrell said that DeGroat admitted to twice having sex with the girl in the early part of 2012; the admission spared the victim from having to testify in open court.
DeGroat was sentenced to six years in prison on the first rape and seven years in prison on the second rape, with those sentences to run consecutively.
After an investigation by the Sullivan County Family Violence Response Team (FVRT) in June 2012, he was arrested. The FVRT was formed in the wake of the murder of Christopher Gardner, who was a three-year-old child when, a jury found, he was beaten to death in 1998 by his mother and two of her friends because they thought the child had stolen candy from them.
FVRT is staffed by social workers from Sullivan County, an investigator from the New York State Police and a member of the district attorney's office. Their focus is the sexual and physical abuse of children, and they have been successful in detecting, investigating and prosecuting offenders who victimize children.
"The team has worked very hard to bring some measure of justice to the child victims of sexual assault. The victims of these crimes are extremely courageous and brave for coming forward, and we must ensure that the adults who harm these children are held accountable and that other victims feel comfortable in coming forward. The sentence imposed by the court today does that," Farrell said.
DeGroat was ordered to stay away from the victim, ordered to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison, and fined more than $10,000.


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Mona vie is a juice with antioxidants. Is it okay for me to drink while I am breastfeeding?? I am not selling or supporting this product but I am interested in knowing about breastfeeding and drinking this. This is their website. http://www.monavie.com/%5F/controller.html
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Pioneer Center for Human Services issued this news release today:
McHENRY – Register now for the 5th Annual Pedal (or Walk!) for PADS event to benefit homeless services by McHenry County PADS, a program of Pioneer Center for Human Services. The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, September 15 at Moraine Hills State Park in McHenry.
This year's event offers multiple courses for both novice and more experienced bike riders and it features a walking path for those wishing to participate in the "walk" portion of the event. Bike trails range from 2 miles to 3.7 miles long and the walking trail is one mile long. Longer routes will be available for more competitive riders.
Registration fees are $10 for individuals or $30 for a family of 5 (2 adults, 3 children). The first 100 registrants will receive an event t-shirt. There will be a raffle at the end of the event. Just for participating individuals will receive one raffle chance. For every $100 a participant raises in pledges, they will receive another chance. Plus, additional chances can be purchased for $10 each or 3 for $25.
Upon the participants return from their walk or ride there will be music, a kid's bike parade, raffles and lunch.
Online registration is available at www.pioneercenter.org until September 14. Onsite registration and rider check in on September 15 from 9:00-10:30 am. All participants are encouraged to return from the trails by noon as music, raffles and lunch will be offered from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm.
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If you have questions about the event, or would like to learn about becoming a volunteer or sponsor, contact Laurie Bivona at (815) 759-7050 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Pear & blackberry crumbles
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- Freezable
- Vegetarian
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal768
- fat33g
- saturates15g
- carbs115g
- sugars76g
- fibre0g
- protein10g
- salt0.05g
- 700g (or 4 large) ripe English pear, peeled and cubed
Like apples, to which they are related, pears come in thousands of varieties, of which only a…
- 100g golden granulated sugar
- 250g blackberry
A purply black-coloured berry comprising many individual seed-containing fruits surrounding a…
- 200g plain flour
- 100g unsalted butter, cold, cut into small pieces
- 85g shelled pistachio, roughly chopped
- 100g demerara sugar
- ice cream, to serve (optional)
Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Place the pears in a medium-size pan, add the granulated sugar and cook on a medium heat until the fruit starts to soften and releases its juices, about 10 mins. Add the blackberries and bring back to the boil, then remove from the heat. Spoon the fruity mixture into 4 individual ovenproof ramekins, or 1 large baking dish.
Place the flour, butter and a pinch of salt in a large bowl and rub together with your fingers until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Add the pistachios and demerara sugar, then stir to combine.
Sprinkle crumble evenly over the cooked fruit. This can be done up to 1 day ahead, or frozen for up to 1 month. Bake for 20-25 mins if small, 40 mins if large, until golden. If baking from frozen, add 15 mins cooking time. Remove from the oven, cool slightly, then serve with ice cream, if you like.
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Let me start by saying this out loud - I'm not a massive fan of hot fruit puds! However, my bf is, so I made this for New Years Eve last night. And it was GORGEOUS. Left out the pistachios as bf isn't a fan, and did it in a large dish as I haven't got any ramekins that big (!). Was initially a bit worried that the crumble would be soggy as we put it together earlier in the evening, but the sugar content meant it went deliciously crispy on the top, and I must say, despite my initial reservations - this is stunning. Loved how the pears kept their shape, and it was delicious with some vanilla ice cream. Might put some nuts in next time - possibly pecans or hazelnuts, maybe some flaked almonds. Will be doing this again. And again, and again...
Lovely little puds, I added walnuts instead of pistachios but adding them was a great twist on traditional crumble topping. Softening the fruit in the pan beforehand gives great. Halved the quantities but still ended up with 4 ramekins worth, so having it tomorrow as well :D Also added cinnamon to the crumble mix and served with greek yoghurt.
Cooked this 3 times now. The crumble topping is fabulous and I haven't changed it at all. I found I needed more fruit as the pears lost a lot of bulk once the juice was released. Added more pears and also, to bulk it out a bit, a can of blackcurrants (drained). Absolutely yummy, everyone who's had this has loved it with or without the blackcurrants. Think it's the topping that makes it so special though as I'm sure you could substitute any juicy fruits for the filling.
I agree it's a huge amount of calories for one little pud, but it's not as if it'll be eaten all that often! As long as you keep your food portions reasonably small most of the time, then a treat like this can only be good for you, given the ingredients, especially if you add a few oats (good at counteracting cholesterol anyway!).
I can't wait to try it and might make it next week when we have friends round. I know they happen to adore pistachios!!
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US terrorism agency free to use government databases of US citizens
It is coming to the point that it is obvious that the terrorists have won. Why? Because they have provided government the excuse to intrude more and more into our lives and government is more than willing to use it. If this doesn't bother you, you're not paying attention:
Top U.S. intelligence officials gathered in the White House Situation Room in March to debate a controversial proposal. Counterterrorism officials wanted to create a government dragnet, sweeping up millions of records about U.S. citizens—even people suspected of no crime.
Not everyone was on board. "This is a sea change in the way that the government interacts with the general public," Mary Ellen Callahan, chief privacy officer of the Department of Homeland Security, argued in the meeting, according to people familiar with the discussions.
A week later, the attorney general signed the changes into effect.
Of course the Attorney General signed the changes into effect. He's as big a criminal as the rest of them.
What does this do? Well here, take a look:
The rules now allow the little-known National Counterterrorism Center to examine the government files of U.S. citizens for possible criminal behavior, even if there is no reason to suspect them. That is a departure from past practice, which barred the agency from storing information about ordinary Americans unless a person was a terror suspect or related to an investigation.
Now, NCTC can copy entire government databases—flight records, casino-employee lists, the names of Americans hosting foreign-exchange students and many others. The agency has new authority to keep data about innocent U.S. citizens for up to five years, and to analyze it for suspicious patterns of behavior. Previously, both were prohibited.
Your activities are now presumed to be "suspicious", one assumes, just by existing and doing the things you've always done. Host a foreign exchange student? Go under surveillance. Fly anywhere the government arbitrarily decides is tied into terrorists (or not) it is surveillance for you (can the "no-fly" list be far behind?). Work in a casino, go onto a surveillance list.
And all of this by unaccountable bureaucrats who have unilaterally decided that your 4th Amendment rights mean zip. In fact, they claim that the 4th doesn't apply here.
Congress specifically sought to prevent government agents from rifling through government files indiscriminately when it passed the Federal Privacy Act in 1974. The act prohibits government agencies from sharing data with each other for purposes that aren't "compatible" with the reason the data were originally collected.
But the Federal Privacy Act allows agencies to exempt themselves from many requirements by placing notices in the Federal Register, the government's daily publication of proposed rules. In practice, these privacy-act notices are rarely contested by government watchdogs or members of the public. "All you have to do is publish a notice in the Federal Register and you can do whatever you want," says Robert Gellman, a privacy consultant who advises agencies on how to comply with the Privacy Act.
As a result, the National Counterterrorism Center program's opponents within the administration—led by Ms. Callahan of Homeland Security—couldn't argue that the program would violate the law. Instead, they were left to question whether the rules were good policy.
Under the new rules issued in March, the National Counterterrorism Center, known as NCTC, can obtain almost any database the government collects that it says is "reasonably believed" to contain "terrorism information." The list could potentially include almost any government database, from financial forms submitted by people seeking federally backed mortgages to the health records of people who sought treatment at Veterans Administration hospitals.
So they just exempted themselves without any outcry, without any accountability, without any review. They just published they were "exempt" from following the law of the land or worrying about 4th Amendment rights.
Here's the absolutely hilarious "promise" made by these criminals:
Counterterrorism officials say they will be circumspect with the data. "The guidelines provide rigorous oversight to protect the information that we have, for authorized and narrow purposes," said Alexander Joel, Civil Liberties Protection Officer for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the parent agency for the National Counterterrorism Center.
What a load of crap. If you believe that you'll believe anything government says. Human nature says they'll push this to whatever limit they can manage until someone calls their hand.
And, as if that's all not bad enough:
The changes also allow databases of U.S. civilian information to be given to foreign governments for analysis of their own. In effect, U.S. and foreign governments would be using the information to look for clues that people might commit future crimes.
So now our government is free to provide foreign governments with information about you, whether you like it or not.
This isn't a new idea – here's a little flashback from a time when people actually raised hell about stuff like this:
"If terrorist organizations are going to plan and execute attacks against the United States, their people must engage in transactions and they will leave signatures," the program's promoter, Admiral John Poindexter, said at the time. "We must be able to pick this signal out of the noise."
Adm. Poindexter's plans drew fire from across the political spectrum over the privacy implications of sorting through every single document available about U.S. citizens. Conservative columnist William Safire called the plan a "supersnoop's dream." Liberal columnist Molly Ivins suggested it could be akin to fascism. Congress eventually defunded the program.
Do you remember this? Do you remember how much hell was raised about this idea? However now, yeah, not such a big deal:
The National Counterterrorism Center's ideas faced no similar public resistance. For one thing, the debate happened behind closed doors. In addition, unlike the Pentagon, the NCTC was created in 2004 specifically to use data to connect the dots in the fight against terrorism.
What a surprise.
I'm sorry, I see no reason for an unaccountable Matthew Olsen or his NCTC to know anything about me or have the ability to put a file together about me, keep that information for five years and, on his decision and his decision only, provide the information on me to foreign governments at his whim.
I remember the time the left went bonkers about the "Privacy Act". Here's something real to go bonkers on and what sound do we hear from the left (and the right, for that matter)?
Freakin' crickets.


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Laboratory Management and Technical Issues
GGA always near 150 mg/L.
I've done everything and I can't get to the 198 mg/L value for my GGA. Here is a list of what I've done:
I'm using polyseed.
Hydrate/ aerate seed for 1h, 2h, overnight. Overnight one add few mL of GGA as food. For every test, the following volumes of seed have been tested, 2, 3, 4 and 5 mL. For some test I've tried even 10 mL.
-Different lot number of seed, same results
-Try hydratation of seed with 35 C of dilution water.
-Try 1, 2 or 3 capsule of polyseed.
-Try 2% and 1% GGA dilution same results
-Used a different source water, purchased Steam distilled water from Nursery. This water had fluoride and minerals added. From this test got values a bit higher for the 4mL of seed, 155, 158, 157 mg/L and 5 mL of seed, 157, 157 and 158mg/L for 2% GGA solution. Still not much of an improvement.
Blanks are below 0.2mg/L, and the seed depletion/mL are between 0.21 to 0.35 mg/L per mL of seed.
I've ask to colleagues to analyze source water for heavy metals, all were below MDL (Cu lower then 2 ppb), and for TOC lower then 0.2ppm.
Could the nutrient solutions played a role in affecting the GGA results? Any suggestions are welcome...
Your seed depletion of 0.21 - 0.35 is very low. The seed depletion should be between 0.6 - 1.0. I use a seed from NCL with very good results. You also might try using settled primary effluent for seed.
Polyseed has no nitrifying bacteria by design, so when you think you are doing a BOD, you are actually doing a CBOD since the nitrogen-containing materials in the sample (the glutamic acid in the case of GGA) are not oxidized to nitrate. So you would expect to get low GGA results with Polyseed.
The commercial seed sold by NCL (mentioned in the previous post) is made by BioSystems which, according to the manufacturer, also has no nitrifiers. However, my experience in evaluating several labs using BioSystems seed is that it usually performs better than Polyseed.
If your lab is at a wastewater treatment plant, the best seed is close at hand, and free. Primary effluent (such as runoff from a clarifier) should have a good population of hungry, healthy bacteria. The supernatant liquid from settled sludge is sometimes a good source of bacteria. Raw influent sometimes works, but is often very inconsistent because of natural and human activities that influence the bacteria. If your wastestream includes industrial waste, watch for the possibility of toxicity that might weaken or kill the bacteria.
My best advice to you, if you are at a WWTP, is to try taking your seed from your own wastestream and use a commercial seed as a last resort. If you are at a commerical lab, try using a seed from a local WWTP that is doing well on its own GGAs. If that works, you may want to use that seed as a permanent fix...I know may commericial labs that have had success doing that, keeping the seed sample in their incubator until a control chart shows it is starting to weaken.
Good luck!
We use the Biosystems seed material and it seems to work with more consistency than the polyseed. It is a higher demand seed material, thus more media is left with the bacteria, and they seem to recover from dehydration better. You can also use settled fresh sewage if there are not an excess of nitriers. We get near the 198 value for both BOD and CBOD.
I would surely get a new lot of GGA standard, maybe from another manufacturer, to ensure the standard is not in error. You can try new nutrient solutions, or nutrients from Hach already mixed, for comparison. The cost is not much. Find a lab that does not have a problem with BOD standards and have them use some of your source water to see if that is the cause.
Using seed material that contains nitrifiers is not the answer as ammonia from the sample and ammonia from the dilution water will both contribute to the result. This is why the BOD test has such notorious reputation as a bad procedure. Different dilutions yeild big diferences making comparison among labs difficult.
Are you making your GGA yourself? If so, are you desiccating the glucose and glutamic acid prior to weighing out? If you don't desiccate to remove excess moisture you will actually be making a standard at a lower concentration.
Your SCF does seem very low to me as well.
Thanks everyone for the suggestions. We will try the seed you requested Perry.
Joe, we are drying the GGA prior to making the solution at 103C for 1h.
I will come back as soon as I have more results to share with you.
I've tested the B.O.D.Seed and the GGA is now near 160mg/L. An improvement, I guess. Other then that we could not get the 198 mg/L magic number for the GGA.
Josée, you haven't said whether you are doing BOD or CBOD. I think we have all assumed you are doing BOD, but perhaps you are doing CBOD. If so, a 160 mg/L average is not bad.
Perry, we are doing BOD but I guess since we are using B.O.D. Seed (Or polyseed) and they have no nitrifing bacterias, it like doing CBOD for the GGA. Also since we d'ont add nitrification inhibitor to our sample we have to report BOD. In addition we analysed our PT samples and we were not even near the CBOD values.
our BOD values: 26, 59, 93, 117 mg/L done with polyseed at the time
BOD values expected: 38, 76, 125, 148 mg/L
expected CBOD values: 34, 70, 115, 136 mg/L
We are still off for the CBOD.


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Thanks all for the advice... but I am already going back and forth and back and forth from right to left. He nurses on right for 20 min, nurses on left for 20 min, dozes for 15 min, nurses on right for 20 min, nurses on left for 20 min, repeat for 12 hours... If I don't eventually supplement him, he starts freaking out crying and kicking and punching. He is only content after feeding between the hours of 11 pm and 7 am. During the day, I just don't make enough. I have been logging more than 20 feeds per day (a feed is nursing on both breasts). He is on me continuously. It has been like this for 6 days.. before that we were supplementing formula on demand but I have been trying to wean him from it by using small amounts (~1/2oz at a time) with SNS only when absolutely necessary.
For the domperidone dose, I am seeing an LC/pedi who prescribed the dose I am on. I need to get her permission to increase, I suppose.
I do have a supportive DH but he is back at work so the days are long and soooo frustrating. I hold out for as long as possible before give formula, but it is so stressful and he is so unhappy and so am I. I am not enjoying any nursing during the day and I fear it is spoiling the whole experience for us both. :-(
The only time LO is happy and content is when DH comes home and I turn him over in desperation, and he gives him 3 oz of formula from a bottle.


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Expect snowJanuary 03,2014Its winter in Vermont, and its snowing. Is that news?
Yes, it is, but why? It has always seemed that many weather stories throughout the media landscape are stating the obvious.
Snow in Colorado. Heat in Texas. Sun in Los Angeles. We remember the weatherman played by Steve Martin in the movie L.A. Story who had a plentiful stash of small suns to post on his weather map to describe the endless skein of sunny days.
Was it always thus? Or has the hyped-up atmosphere of todays news made a practice of magnifying the obvious?
For the purposes of a nonscientific and noncomprehensive look back, we grabbed a random January from the Rutland Heralds dusty past, and we opened up the bound volume to Jan. 2, 1935.
There on page one was the following:
New England Lashed by New Year Storm.
70-mile Gale Whips Small Ships; Vermont and N.H. Get 2 Feet of Snow.
The AP report came from Boston, dated Jan. 1. It said:
New England learned today that the infant it greeted with wild outbursts at the midnight hour last night, was not such an infant after all.
From the tip of Cape Cod, where a 70-mile northeaster whirled small craft helter skelter in Provincetown harbor, to the northern section of Vermont and New Hampshire, where two feet of snow buried the countryside, the little Miss 1935 made it known she was here with teeth.
It turns out a storm in 1935 was big news, though it may be that a winter without storms would be even bigger. Its true the story was telling readers something they already knew, but it was telling them something more. It was letting them know they were part of something larger and that the human community was experiencing something like they were experiencing.
A traveler to Asia has reported that people in northern Afghanistan say that when the clouds resemble the tail of a horse, rain will follow in two days. It is not exactly a weather satellite, but it is a bit of folk wisdom that sometimes works.
With our advanced technology satellites and Internet, among other innovations our eye on the sky is much more sophisticated. As the latest storm has barreled into New England, we heard first how it was wracking Ohio. We have been introduced to complex discussions of weather fronts, low pressure, high pressure and even such colorfully described phenomena as the Alberta clipper. If we were to make a study of satellite photos, we might even be able to identify, at certain times of year, the tail of the horse to determine if it is a predictor of rain to follow.
When we hear of adverse weather shared by people in other places, it creates the sense of a larger community and of human solidarity, even if Vermonters become smug when we hear how 2 inches of snow have paralyzed Washington, D.C. (Washingtonians can grow smug at cherry blossom time as Vermonters shiver through April.)
In 1935, the Herald reported, 5,000 men went to work in Boston to keep abreast of the snow, if possible. Other trouble was reported in Provincetown, where the gale swept two tons of coal from the deck of the Coast Guard patrol boat, the Harriett Lane, forcing the boat to return to port for more fuel.
The present storm will not be the worst to hit Vermont; it was expected to batter Massachusetts far more severely. But we know what its like. A few years ago, we had our Valentine Days storm, when we got 30 inches, followed by the St. Patricks Day storm, also severe.
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Athlete Profile
Athlete: Dima Limonov
How I Eat
I eat quality foods but don't measure the amount
How I Train
I workout mostly at a CrossFit Affiliate
My Athletic Background
I played youth or high school level sports
My Experience With CrossFit
I began CrossFit with a coach (e.g. at an affiliate)
My Work/Rest Schedule
I usually only do 1 workout a day
I typically rest 4 or more days per month
How long have you been doing CrossFit?
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Welcome back to our series on IRIX binary compatibility. In this part, we will study IRIX and NetBSD threading models. We will also examine how it is possible to emulate IRIX native threads on NetBSD, though NetBSD does not support a similar feature for its native binaries.
Traditional UNIX systems implement multitasking by using multiple processes. A process is the unit of execution. It has an execution context and a virtual memory space, both private and specific to the process.
This scheme has some drawbacks. Consider the need for efficient interprocess communication. Traditionally, the programmer needs to arrange for an area of memory to be shared between processes. This makes the program more complex. Another problem is that switching virtual memory spaces on process switches can be expensive.
The solution to these problems is multithreading. In UNIX terminology, multithreading is the ability to run multiple execution contexts within the same virtual address space. Each execution context is known as a thread. The set of threads sharing the same address space is usually known as the process. Since memory is shared among the different threads of a process, communication between threads is transparent and efficient.
There are two popular ways of implementing threads on a UNIX system: kernel assisted threads and user threads.
With user threads, the kernel is not aware that there are multiple execution contexts in the process. Everything is done in userland, by timely switching between the threads. The advantage of this method is that there is no need for kernel support, which means that it is easy to implement user threads on any UNIX system. Additionally, there is an existing standard for the programming interface: POSIX.1c. Because of these two advantages, user threads are often referred as portable threads or POSIX threads.
In This Series
IRIX Binary Compatibility, Part 6
IRIX Binary Compatibility, Part 4
IRIX Binary Compatibility, Part 3
IRIX Binary Compatibility, Part 2
IRIX Binary Compatibility, Part 1
The big disadvantage of user threads is that because the kernel has no knowledge of the existence of the threads, when one thread makes a blocking system call, the process, and therefore all of the threads in that process, are blocked. Also, because the kernel only sees one process, user threads cannot take advantage of multiple processors.
Kernel assisted threads are designed to address these two drawbacks. With this scheme, the kernel is responsible for scheduling the different threads within a process. Because it is aware of their existence, the kernel can schedule other threads of a process when a thread makes a blocking system call. The kernel is also able to balance multiple threads of a single process among multiple processors. One big disadvantage of kernel assisted threads is that it requires kernel support, which means that some UNIX kernels will not support them. Kernel assisted threads are not easily portable. This is why kernel assisted threads are also known as native threads.
Another big drawback is that there is no standardized programming interface
for handling native threads, and each OS has its own set of system calls syntax
and semantics. For instance, Linux creates native threads using Linux uses
and IRIX uses
One side note about kernel processes. Kernel processes are UNIX processes
running entirely in kernel mode and never executing in user mode. Examples of
kernel processes are the
pagedaemon(8) on NetBSD, whose job is to
swap out pages that have been unused for some time. Because it only manipulates
kernel structures,
pagedaemon does not need to run in user mode, therefore it is named as a kernel process. The problem is that kernel processes
are sometimes referred as kernel threads because they are different execution
contexts all sharing the kernel virtual memory space. This creates confusion
with native threads, which do exactly the same thing though they share a user
virtual memory space. In order to avoid confusion, we will try to speak about
kernel processes and kernel assisted threads (or native threads) using these
names in this document.
IRIX supports portable threads, of course, but because this is all implemented in userland, it is transparent for our IRIX emulation on NetBSD. We do not have to set up anything to support that.
Native threads are implemented through
sproc(2) system calls
and variants:
and so on. Variants differ from the original system call by offering options
such as the possibility to choose where the new thread's stack will be
allocated. IRIX has special terminology for native threads created by
sproc(2): they constitute a share group.
Here is
sproc(2)'s prototype:
pid_t sproc (void (*entry)(void *), unsigned inh, void *arg);
The first argument is the thread entry point. Once the kernel has created the new thread, it returns to userland and resumes execution at the address pointed to by the entry argument.
inh stands for inherit. This integer value holds a few flags
which specify whether various resources should be shared or not between the
thread and its parent. Sharable resources include: address space, UID/GID,
process limits, file descriptors, umask value, and working directory.
arg is a pointer to the thread entry function's
arguments. There is no argument counter, as the parent and the child are
supposed to know each other well enough to be aware of what is pointed to by
Now, what about NetBSD? Of course NetBSD supports user threads, although
there is no built-in user thread library. If you need user threads, you have to
install a third-party thread library. The NetBSD package collection includes
multiple user thread libraries:
devel/pth, and
devel/mit-pthreads. Of course all the
packages work. There are three implementations available because none is
perfect, so we leave the choice to the user.
With native threads, things become more difficult since NetBSD does not support native threads yet. Given this situation, emulating IRIX native threads may seem an impossible task. Fortunately, it is not, and we will explain why a bit later. For now, let us explain why NetBSD is so poor regarding threading.
We explained before that both user threads and native threads have their drawbacks. In an ideal world, we would want both a standardized API, and a thread model where threads can take advantage of multiple processors and are not blocked because of a blocking system call issued by another thread.NetBSD is now close to be that ideal world thanks to Nathan J. Williams, who is working on an hybrid thread model that maps user threads to kernel threads. This concept is called Scheduler Activations and was first introduced by Sun Microsystems in Solaris.
There is no thread capability built into NetBSD, whether user or native, just because we want the ideal world for NetBSD and nothing else. But before we enter the perfect world, we want to emulate IRIX native threads.
In fact, NetBSD does support native threads. NetBSD just lacks the API to
spawn native threads from userland. From the kernel, and especially from a
foreign OS emulation subsystem, there is no problem: you can create a native
thread. This has been used for Linux emulation first since a lot of Linux
applications require native threads through the
clone(2) system
call. In order to emulate Linux's
clone(2), NetBSD needed some
support for native threads. We end up with this strange situation where the
NetBSD kernel is able to emulate features that it does not support natively.
In the NetBSD kernel sources, native threads are supported through the
fork1(9) kernel function, found in
fork1(9) has some options, including the possibility to share the
virtual memory space with the parent.
It is worth mentioning that the NetBSD
fork(2) system call
implementation is just a wrapper to
fork1(9) with appropriate
int sys_fork(struct proc *p, void *v, register_t *retval)
return (fork1(p, 0, SIGCHLD, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, retval, NULL));
In this file, there is also a
sys___clone() function, which is
a Linux
clone(2) compatible system call. It is not exported in the
kernel API, but if you ever want to natively build a Linux application that
clone(2) on NetBSD, consider adding
sys___clone() to NetBSD native's
syscall.master and
rebuild a kernel (note that you also need to patch the libc to make the system
call available).
Having described threads and the NetBSD implementation, let us move on to something more serious: the actual implementation.
Everything is done in
Here we have the various
sproc(2) variant implementations:
irix_sys_sprocsp() and
irix_sys_sproc(), respectively implementing
sprocsp(2), and
All these functions call
irix_sproc() with appropriate arguments.
irix_sproc() does the actual work, which is mostly to call
But things are not that simple. For various reasons, we need to be able to walk through the threads list in a share group. Therefore, we need a chained list of processes in the share group.
There are handy macros in the NetBSD headers
<sys/queue.h> that are really helpful here. Documentation
can be found in the
queue(3) manual page. There are macros to
declare the list, to walk through it, to insert elements in it, and so on. All
the pointer arithmetic is done in the macro, and the programmer can focus on the
actual use of the list. This is wonderful.
Creating the list is easy. To store the pointers to next/previous elements
in the list, we can use a field of the emulation specific part of struc proc
(it is pointed to by the
p_emuldata field, and we created a struct
irix_emuldata to describe it. Check the previous article about signal emulation if you need details about this). The only problem is
deciding where to store the head of the list. Storing it in the
irix_emuldata structure is not a good idea, since we have no
guarantee at all that the processes holding the head of the queue will not
terminate before the others.
The solution is to allocate a structure, which describes the share group. It
is defined in
sys/compat/irix/irix_prctl.h and is called struct
/* IRIX share group structure */
struct irix_share_group {
LIST_HEAD(isg_head, irix_emuldata) isg_head; /* list head */
struct lock isg_lock; /* list lock */
int isg_refcount;
Here we have the list head, defined using the
LIST_HEAD macro,
one lock on the list and a reference counter.
The list declaration will expand in the declaration of a structure. The
first argument to
LIST_HEAD is the structure name. This name does
not really matter; we use the name of the field in struct
irix_share_group, as this is more convenient. The second argument
does matter; it is the type of the list elements. Here we specify that our list
is made of struct
irix_emuldata elements. (Note that 'struct' is
omitted. The macro will add it.)
In the struct
irix_emuldata, we have one field that holds the
list pointers. The declaration is done with another macro:
LIST_ENTRY(irix_emuldata) ied_sglist;
The lock is used because several processes could try to manipulate the list at once. This can of course happen on a multiprocessor system, where the two processors may be in kernel mode at the same time, trying to manipulate the same kernel structure. It can also happen on a uniprocessor system, too. Imagine we have to walk the share group list to apply some collective operation. For some reason this operation may cause the process to sleep, awaiting some particular event. During the sleep, other processes will be scheduled, and they may try to modify the list too. When our first process wakes up, it may be working on a list element that no longer exists, which is quite likely to cause a panic.
The solution to this is to use a lock. Locks are manipulated through the
lockmgr(9) function. Simplest uses are to get a shared or
exclusive lock and to release a lock. Here is an example of
lockmgr(9) use:
(void)lockmgr(&lock, LK_SHARED, NULL);
/* Do something */
(void)lockmgr(&lock, LK_RELEASE, NULL);
We use shared locks when we want to read the list. Several processes may be doing this at once. They will all ask for a shared lock and get it.
Exclusive locks are requested when we want a process to modify the list.
Upon exclusive lock request,
lockmgr(9) will sleep until all
shared locks are released, which guarantees that no reading process is still
reading. Once exclusive lock is acquired by one process, any other process
lockmgr(9) for a shared or exlcusive lock will go to
sleep, thus ensuring that no process can read while our process is writing.
The reference count enables us to track the
structure usage. When a process is added to the list, we increase the count.
When a process is released, we decrease the count. When the count hits zero, we
can free the structure, since nobody is using it anymore.
One of the first jobs of
irix_sproc() is to check if the
irix_share_group structure has already been allocated. If this is
not the case, the structure is allocated and the calling process is added to
the list. The child process will be added later, as we cannot add it before it
is actually created.
fork1() has an argument named
func which is used
to specify the child entry point. This can be a NULL pointer if we want to
return immediately to userland, or it can be the address of a kernel function
used to perform some custom tasks before returning to userland. Since we need
to arrange the child environment and to add it to the share group list, we use
this feature. The child entry function is called
irix_sproc_child() and is defined in
It is worth mentioning that the child entry function must be a kernel
function. Passing a userland address here will cause a panic. To return to a
custom userland address after
fork1(9), the solution is to specify
a kernel child entry function and to modify the child registers saved onto the
stack in that function so that, on return to userland, the process will execute
our userland function.
While executing
irix_sproc_child(), we need some information
from the parent. (The kernel stores all fundamental information about a
process in the proc structure, so we read that.) This can lead to some
problems if we just let the parent exit
irix_sproc() while
irix_sproc_child() is executing. If the parent returns to
userland and catches a deadly signal, our child can be left manipulating a
stale proc structure. This is very likely to cause a panic.
This situation can arise easily in a multiprocessor system where the second CPU will execute the child while the first CPU executes the parent. But it can happen on a uniprocessor system as well. If the child sleeps awaiting some resource, the kernel may schedule the parent to run and resume the child later.
The solution is to force the parent to sleep on a flag and make the child
awaken the parent when it will no longer be fatal for the child to be orphaned.
The address of the flag is passed to the child using the
argument to
fork1(9). This argument is a pointer that gets passed
to the child entry function. For
irix_sproc_child(), we defined it
as a pointer to the
irix_sproc_child_args structure (defined in
struct irix_sproc_child_args {
struct proc **isc_proc;
void *isc_entry;
void *isc_arg;
size_t isc_len;
int isc_inh;
struct proc *isc_parent;
struct irix_share_group *isc_share_group;
int isc_child_done;
The structure is allocated in
irix_sproc() and is used to
transmit a lot of information between the parent and the child: the child proc
structure pointer (
isc_proc), the
len, and
inh arguments that were
given to the
sproc(2) system call (
isc_len, and
isc_inh), the
parent proc structure address (
isc_parent), the share group
structure address (
isc_share_group), and the flag on which the
parent is sleeping, awaiting for the child to finish building itself
Now that you have the whole picture, let us move to something even more
irix_sproc_child() needs to set up the stack and
registers just like IRIX does. Of course this is not documented anywhere, and
this is why things are getting more interesting. Time has come to reverse
engineer IRIX's
sproc(2) implementation. But this will come in the
next part, so stay tuned.
Emmanuel Dreyfus is a system and network administrator in Paris, France, and is currently a developer for NetBSD.
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Jason Varitek and Carlton Fisk
According to the power agent Scott Boras, Varitek is not interested in a minor role, he is interested in a full time roll. Last week, Curt Schilling said that he had a conversation with Varitek, in which Varitek said that he might be willing to catch less games, but Schilling isn't sure if he's mad about that. Obviously, Varitek doesn't want a reduced roll, after all, he's in great shape, and can call games like no one else. Even though I've been told not to trust agents (even The Matrix advises us not to), I agree with the example that Scott Boras turns to, Carlton Fisk.
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The Sox, all of a sudden, look very different if you think of them without Varitek. The C, the pitch calls, the durability, the clutch hits, the beard! One of those guys that would just be weird seeing play on another team, even though he played briefly for the Mariners.
I agree. You guys need Varitek. It's almost as bad as the Padres trying to function without Trevor Hoffman. I mean, he's like the BEST Padre ever besides Tony Gywnn and you just don't let him go.
We so need Tek to call the games and to help train his replacement. Let's face it – he can't play forever. And Curt – stop talking for others!
LOL, Julia, on the Curt comment. Elizabeth, I didn't realize you lived in Miami. I used to live in FL and loved the heat. The hurricanes? Not so much.
I always assumed Varitek's knees would go before his bat. This will not be an easy negotiation, but I just can't see the captain in any other uniform.
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Hey, Elizabeth … Congratulations !!!
On being the "Featured Blog" on the MLB.com/Blogs homepage !!! … I agree with your thoughts on Jason Varitek … He is the "captain" of the Red Sox, and signing him for two years makes sense … Great defense, and "calling a good game" is more important for a catcher, then his offensive stats … That's what makes Jose Molina so valuable to the Yankees as a back-up catcher … Of course, it is always a bonus to have a catcher that is also a great hitter, such as Carlton Fisk with the Red Sox; or, Thurman Munson, and Jorge Posada with the Yankees !!! … Anyway, keep up the excellent work on your Blog; and, Have A Very Happy Thanksgiving !!! … Jimmy [27NYY]
AHHHHHHH!! You're on the front page!!! Congrats! YES, I HATE football, and I'm not even sure why. It is just disgusting, and it has way too many crazy fans. And my newpaper, UGH. Sundays are the only days I get it, but it is still sickening. The front page of the sports section was covered in chargers nonsense. They are doing badly this year, so I'm very excited. If the Padres were really bad, the chargers need to be bad too. And they are, so there! Yeah, I try not to get into many football arguments because I usually lose. I really don't have a good solid reason why I hate football, so I can't really argue it. Unfortunately, a lot of my friends are big football fans, and they play full games a lot. SIGH. Seriously, I don't think I know anyone who feels the same way about this but you and my mom🙂
Nice blog, I like how you have added pictures to it. Pictures are just nice to look at and give you a break between reading. Congrats on the front page, keep it up.


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BlackBerry Stays Alive; Apple Expands Its Universe: Tech Weekly
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- BlackBerry
BlackBerry earned 22 cents a share on $2.7 billion in revenue during its fiscal fourth quarter. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company, formerly known as Research In Motion, to lose 29 cents on $2.84 billion in revenue.
The Waterloo, Ontario-based company said it shipped 6 million BlackBerry smartphones, including 1 million BlackBerry 10 smartphones and 370,000 PlayBook tablets. About 55% of BlackBerry 10 users came from other platforms, CEO Thorsten Heins noted on a conference call. The company ended the quarter with a subscriber base of 76 million, down from 79 million in the third quarter.
BlackBerry shares traded higher for the week, rising 22% in the first quarter.
T-Mobile is finally getting an Apple
The T-Mobile iPhone will be among the first to be priced under its new no-contract plan. That means the iPhone -- as well as the Samsung Galaxy Note II, the BlackBerry
The model is designed to take advantage of the company's new LTE network that T-Mobile says it's building across the country. Unlike other iPhone models, T-Mobile unit will benefit from being able to "fall back" to its current HSPA+ 4G network speeds instead of the 2G or 3G back-ups that other carriers use.
That idea is part of T-Mobile's plan for simplifying how consumers buy and pay for a phone. The company calls itself the "un-carrier." Unlike other major carriers, T-Mobile is offering no-contract plans with unlimited voice, text and messaging plus a minimum of 500 KB of data for $50 a month. Additional data will be added at cost in 2 GB increments.
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For Immediate Release
February 9, 2011
Record number of Illinois students take AP exams
Twice as many Illinois seniors take AP exam than a decade ago
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Board of Education today announced a record number of Illinois students took AP exams in 2010, according to the seventh annual AP Report to the Nation. The percent of Illinois graduates completing more than one AP exam has more than doubled since 2001, and nearly twice as many seniors in 2010 posted a successful score on an AP exam than those graduating a decade ago.
Illinois ranked in the upper half of the nation in 2010 for the number of high school seniors – 17.2 percent – who scored a 3 or higher on an AP exam. In addition, participation among all categories – by gender, ethnicity and economic class – increased in Illinois as the state begins implementing more rigorous college and career-ready standards.
"The gains that Illinois students have made in terms of AP participation and success is another sign that our students are moving in the right direction and taking more challenging coursework to prepare them for college and careers," said State Superintendent of Education Christopher A. Koch. "We expect these gains to continue as we implement Illinois' new, internationally-benchmarked learning standards."
Illinois ranked 16th in the nation for having the greatest percent of seniors posting a 3 or higher, which studies have shown is predictive of college success and college graduation. The percentage of Illinois students reaching that benchmark has increased by more than 6 percentage points since 2001 when 11 percent of students scored a 3 or higher. More than a quarter of all high school seniors in the Class of 2010 took at least one AP exam during high school.
Last year, the Board adopted the more rigorous internationally-benchmarked Common Core Standards in English and mathematics. Science standards are currently being developed. Illinois is one of 11 states serving on the governing board of the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC). The new online assessments, which will be better aligned to the state standards, will be ready for states to administer in the 2014-15 school year.
Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School in Flossmoor, a southern suburb of Chicago, was singled out in the AP Report to the Nation for having the greatest number of African American students from the Class of 2010 scoring 3 or higher on the AP Psychology exam. Over time, increasing numbers of African American and Latino students are participating in AP.
- In Illinois, Hispanic or Latino high school seniors in 2010 represent 15.1 percent of the AP examinee population, up from 7.9 percent in 2001. The percent of Hispanic seniors scoring successfully on an AP exam grew from 11.7 percent in 2009 to 12.3 percent last year.
- Nationally, Black or African American high school seniors represent 8.6 percent of the AP examinee population. In Illinois, Black or African American seniors in 2010 represent 11.6 percent of the AP examinee population, up from 5 percent in 2001.
- More low-income students are participating and experiencing success in AP than ever before. Nationally, 21.1 percent of seniors in 2010 that took an AP exam while in high school were from low-income families, up from 15.9 percent in the Class of 2006. In Illinois, 23.6 percent of seniors taking the test in 2010 were from low-income families, up from 15.9 percent in the Class of 2006.
Other highlights from the Illinois Supplement of the seventh annual AP Report to the Nation:
- Across the state, 16.8 percent of the graduating Class of 2010 took at least one social science AP exam – more than in any other subject area.
- The most popular AP exam in Illinois for the graduating class of 2010 was U.S. History with 12,259 tests taken compared to Chemistry with 4,089 tests taken.
- In Illinois, 56.5 percent of examinees from the Class of 2010 were female, compared to 56.7 percent nationally.
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Home List of Titles Dynamic performance management in multi-tenanted business process servers using nonlinear control
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- Title
- Dynamic performance management in multi-tenanted business process servers using nonlinear control
- Author(s)
- Patikirikorala, Tharindu; Kumara, Indika; Colman, Alan; Han, Jun; Wang, Liuping; Weerasiri, Denis; Ranasinghe, Waruna
- Abstract
- The methodologies to develop multi-tenanted architectures have been investigated in the recent literature due to the popularity of cloud computing. A number of challenges need to be overcome if multitenanted architectures are to be effective and efficient. Among the challenges is the management of performance properties while effectively sharing the limited resources between the tenants. This work presents an approach to design such a management system for a multi-tenanted business process server. This approach not only enables performance to be maintained at different levels for different tenants depending on their priorities, but also autonomously detects the overloads of aggressive tenants and dynamically changes the control objectives to safeguard the business operations of other tenants. The novelty of the proposed approach is the use of the nonlinear feedback control. The experiment results indicate that the proposed nonlinear control approach achieves the objectives much better compared to the existing fixed and linear control techniques.
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- Source
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science: proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing (ICSOC 2012), Shanghai, China, 12-15 November 2012 / Chengfei Liu, Heiko Ludwig, Farouk Toumani and Qi Yu (eds.), Vol. 7636, pp. 206-221
- Publication year
- 2012
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- 08 Information and Computing Sciences
- Keyword(s)
- Business process server; Business processes; Management systems; Multitenanted architectures; Nonlinear feedback control; Nonlinearity; Performance management; Web servers
- Publisher
- Springer
- 0302-9743 (series ISSN)
- 9783642343209, 3642343201
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- Copyright © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012.
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The Loch Ness Monster smiles for the camera -- sort of, Ellis Island closes, actor William Holden passes away, and Madonna releases "Like a Virgin," all on this day.
1969: During the Vietnam War, independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the story on the My Lai massacre, the March 16, 1968, mass murder of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam by United States Army soldiers. Hersh would win the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for his work in reporting on the massacre and its cover-up.


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Opening Night – Well, That Stunk
In my mind, I'm using a much stronger word, but if I put it in here it will probably get asterisked out. So feel free to substitute other words for "stunk".
After much pregame pomp and circumstance, the defending World Champion Phillies began their quest for a repeat last night, hosting the Atlanta Braves. Brett Myers got the nod for the Phillies, filling in for ace Cole Hamels, who was not quite ready after a brief spring setback with a tender elbow.
In 2008, Myers was like Jekyll and Hyde. First Half Myers pitched so poorly, he was sent down to the minors mid-season to work out a few things. Second Half Myers came back up to the big club, and pitched superbly down the stretch and in the postseason.
Unfortunately for the Phils, First Half Myers was apparently on the mound the first two innings last night. After retiring the first two batters, F.H.M. allowed a single by Chipper Jones (when will he retire, already!?), followed by a blast into the second deck in right by Brian McCann.
In the second inning, Jeff Francoeur smacked a leadoff homer to left, followed two batters later by another solo shot, this one off the bat of rookie centerfielder Jordan Schafer. No cheapie over the short leftfield flower beds, it went to the deepest part of center. I don't normally feel bad for the opposition, but ESPN guy Jon Miller kept calling him "Logan" during the broadcast. He did eventually correct himself.
Second Half Myers came back out for innings three through six, but the damage had already been done.
The Phillies' bats had nothing on Derek Lowe, who only gave up two hits through eight innings. The Phils were able to score in the ninth against Mike Gonzalez, thereby avoiding the shutout, but it was too little, too late. Phils drop the opener, 4-1.
Today is an off day, and it's probably just as well, because the weather isn't supposed to be very nice. On Tuesday, Jamie Moyer will face Jair Jurrjens, and hopefully nail down the first win of the season.
(Myers photo by me)
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You're right about Myers. He can't leave his change-up high in the zone like that or it's going to be a long season.
Toby, you are so right. That pitch McCann hit was just asking to be belted out of the park. I'd prefer not to see anymore of that this season!
Well, despite the crappy game, I had fun hanging out with people before the game; friends in the diamond club, Todd, Larry, my sister-in-law was there….I was a busy girl! Well, just posted photos!
And our game is rained out!! But I know what you mean; we all want to win on Opening Day!
I know how you feel, Sue. My guys just got their butts kicked by the O's. But repeat after me: It's a long season. (Now if only I could remember that on a daily basis.)
F.H.M. is my new favorite acronym! Love it. Also, I definitely noticed how Jon Miller kept calling him Logan! I had one of those moments where I wished I could have jumped through the screen and explained that his name was actually Jordan; but, considering Jon Miller's baseball knowledge is greater than mine, Logan will have to suffice.
Good luck to the Phils in the next game! I really like Jamie Moyer so I hope he pulls out a win.
At least you got your opening day on time! And you got to see real baseball that counts!!
😦 Game 2 is not going any better right now.
Ha, Chipper just signed a three year extension…he has better numbers vs. the Phillies than any other NL team.
😦 Game 2 is not going any better right now.
Ha, Chipper just signed a three year extension…he has better numbers vs. the Phillies than any other NL team.
We lost our opening game too.😦
Hope you guys are doing better tonight.


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July 10, 2013 —
LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY — The Catskill Art Society (CAS) will host an artist talk at 3 p.m. and an opening reception from 4 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 20 for a new exhibition called "Out of Place." This is a two-person exhibition featuring large paintings and small watercolor/collages by Lisa Samalin and found objects and stained images by Charles Wilkin. The show runs through Sunday, August 25.
"Out of Place" emphasizes the unexpected glimpses of story and mystery that emerge from unusual pairings and juxtapositions. By putting subjects into strangely dreamlike surroundings, or introducing looming figures to invade otherwise familiar scenes, both artists evoke a sense of heightened awareness through their works.
Lisa Samalin got her BFA from the School of Visual Arts. She lives in New York City and has a home in Sullivan County. Charles Wilkin has been a working collage and mixed media artist for over 15 years. He currently splits his time between his studios in the Catskills and Brooklyn.
For more information, visit www.catskillartsociety.org [1], or call 845/436-4227.


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April 5, 2012 —
There are many early signs of spring that tug at my heart strings: the first robin scrounging for worms in the warming soil, the forsythia blooming with sunshine-yellow buds, even the overturned trash cans that waking bears rummaged through during the night. I scan the woods surrounding my home at this time of year and quietly celebrate each of these tiny triumphs, just before the Museum at Bethel Woods opens it's doors for the season, welcoming locals and visitors to experience the rich history of the land on which it resides—the world-famous Woodstock Music Festival that took place on the now hallowed grounds, back in 1969.
Having received an invitation for a pre-opening "sneak peek" and walking tour with museum curator Wade Lawrence, I joined some fellow journalists on a blustery day last week, prepared to see a few posters, maybe an artifact or two and scribble some notes for this column before rushing out to something more interesting. Wrong.
Fascinating, stunning and stimulating are but three of the superlatives that spring forth as I review the experience in my mind. I was peripherally aware of artist David Edward Byrds' early poster contribution to the "Aquarian Exposition," slated for Wallkill, NY, and his ornate, intricately detailed Grecian water-pouring nude was familiar, but not the image that one immediately thinks of when pondering the three-day concert that shaped a generation.
Instead, it's Arnold Skolnicks' bold red-and-white paper-cut graphic proclaiming "Three Days of Peace & Music" (by then moved to White Lake, NY), adorned with a white dove perched on it's "olive branch" guitar neck, that is (IMHO) arguably the most recognizable concert poster in the world. The story of these two artists, and the subsequent legend that surrounds the iconic festival that still reverberates today, is at the heart of this exhibit; and curator Lawrence's excitement, conveyed while explaining how the show came to life, was contagious.
Just prior to strolling through the gallery, Lawrence took a few moments to invite us to explore the center's web site (www.bethelwoodscenter.org [2]), which is chock-full of info, including the concert schedule for 2012, Event Gallery functions and the organization's ever-growing community outreach program. As we neared our destination, he drew our attention to the new "Corridor Gallery," which showcases original photographic images, contributed by Woodstock Festival attendees.
The moment one steps in to the main exhibit, "Byrd/Skolnick: A Tale of Two Posters," the atmosphere is transformed. Instantly transported to the '60s, memories flooded my (once-a-hippie's) mind as I began to soak up the visuals around every corner of the museum. The video walls boasting interviews with both artists are an important part of the experience, as they go into vivid detail on how the two vastly different posters were commissioned and created. Having been informed that neither Byrd nor Skolnick had ever met, I made a note to return on April 28, since the two will appear for the "Rock Art Poster Fair" and publicly take part in "A Conversation with Stephanie Plunkett."
More than a year of preparation went into this exhibit, and Lawrence explained that this show is "the first scholarly installation that we've done from scratch," peppering our tour with anecdotal references to the project's roots, as we paused to examine the timeline of artwork that the original posters spawned. From images advertising "Livestock" (one day of music and comedy) to "Piestock" to Snoopy's little feathered friend created by Charles Schultz (www.schulzmuseum.org [3]), the seemingly endless array of Woodstock-inspired sketches, paintings, postcards and books unfolds before the visitors, dizzying in scope, rich in history.
Slightly overwhelmed, I collected myself and picked up some written materials on my way out, still tingling with excitement over the many surprises that this exhibit holds in store for those who visit. The press release reads, in part: "This special exhibit brings together over 150 items that show the broad range of Byrd's and Skolnick's artwork: Broadway shows, television, movies, impressionistic oil paintings, fine art compilations and sensitive photographs of erotic nudes." Who knew? True to their word, "this exhibition is a must-see for every Woodstock fan, collector, art historian or teacher," and I can't recommend it highly enough.
On display from April 1 through July 22, the retrospective is sure to capture the hearts of those who revisit the '60s experience, as well as a new generation of art lovers and pop culture enthusiasts who are just discovering the deeply layered history that San Francisco's 1967 "summer of love" ignited throughout our nation and around the globe. For more information, visit the Bethel Woods website or call 866/781-2922.


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