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Separation of concerns is a core principle of Service-Oriented Architectures. Unfortunately, this principle is often lost when it comes to the implementations of SOA services. All too often we see a big implementation class with multiple concerns such as security, transaction management, and logging all mixed in with the business logic. Using the Spring Framework and principles of Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP), we can drive the separation of concerns down into the implementation of services.
In this article, we show how to develop a Web service using Apache Axis and Spring, and secure it with Acegi Security--all while keeping the concerns nicely separated.
The example we will use in this article is a service called
FundsTransferService, which a bank might use to transfer funds from one account into another. The WSDL for this service is available along with all the source code, configuration files, and build file in the Resources section of this article. We've deliberately kept this service very simple so that we can focus on the more relevant aspects of the article. In the implementation of this service, we will be dealing with three concerns:
A real system would most likely have to deal with additional concerns such as transaction management, logging, etc.
We want to design an implementation such that the code specifications that handle each concern are cleanly separated from one another. For the web service plumbing, we will use Axis to expose the functionality as a service. The business logic for transferring funds from one account into another is encapsulated in a set of POJOs (Plain Old Java Objects). Security will be provided by the Acegi Security framework. We will use the Spring Framework and its AOP facilities to tie everything together to minimize the dependencies across all of the code that makes up the implementation for this web service.
The design for this implementation is shown in Figure 1. The objects in yellow are the ones that we need to implement. The ones in blue are from Axis; the ones in pink are from Acegi; and the ones in green are from Spring.
FundsTransferService is the interface for our service as defined in the WSDL. To simplify the diagram, we've shown all the Axis classes as a component called Axis Engine. The
BasicHandler is also an Axis class, but we've shown that separately because it is significant to our design (more on that later).
FundsTransferServiceSoapBindingImpl is a generated class from Axis that we need to implement to provide the service functionality. It will delegate to the business logic POJO
AccountMgrImpl indirectly through Spring (this will be explained in more detail later as well).
AccountMgrImpl is wrapped with an
AccountMgr interface because it's good practice, and because it also allows us to insert Spring to do its magic (although there's another way to use Spring without the interface).
Figure 1. Design for the implementation of FundsTransferService (click for full-size image).
Now back to the
BasicHandler. The reason this is needed is related to how we've chosen to provide security. In this example, we're dealing with security at two different levels: security for the web service, and security for the application code, i.e., the POJOs. In the spirit of separation of concerns, we've come up with a design that allows us to split this up. Axis allows us to plug in custom handlers that will intercept request and response messages to provide additional functionality such as security. Thus, we will create a custom handler called
AcegiBridgeAuthenticationHandler that will be responsible for dealing with web service security. It extends the Axis class
BasicHandler so that we can plug it into the Axis handler framework. Acegi will be used to provide the application-level security, i.e., providing access control on the POJOs.
To get both of these to work together seamlessly, we need to bridge the web service security context into the Acegi security context--hence the name
AcegiBridgeAuthenticationHandler for our custom Axis handler class. Not only will it handle the web service security processing, it will also be responsible for bridging the security context obtained from that processing into the Acegi environment, so that Acegi can then decide whether or not to grant access to the POJOs. It does this by extracting the security claims out of the web service request message, verifying them, and then creating an authentication token, specifically a
UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken because we've chosen username/password authentication for this example. It then sets this authentication token into the Acegi
SecurityContext so that the requester's credentials and permissions are available to Acegi later when it is controlling access on the business logic POJOs.
Now to explain how we use Spring to tie everything together. The magic lies in the little green object in Figure 1 called AOP proxy, which is generated by Spring. This object implements our
AccountMgr interface and acts as a proxy to our business logic POJO
AccountMgrImpl. This allows Spring to plug in Acegi's
MethodSecurityInterceptor to perform access-control checks when someone tries to invoke methods on our POJO. When
FundsTransferServiceSoapBindingImpl delegates web service requests to our POJO, it is actually delegating to an instance of the AOP proxy instead of directly to
AccountMgrImpl. Because
FundsTransferServiceSoapBindingImpl extends
ServletEndpointSupport, it can access the Spring application context to get a reference to the AOP proxy, which we've configured with the proper interface, interceptors, and target class,
The sequence diagram in Figure 2 shows the flow of processing that occurs when a client invokes the
FundsTransferService. The request message is received by the Axis Engine, which then invokes the
AcegiBridgeAuthenticationHandler. The
AcegiBridgeAuthenticationHandler verifies the authentication information and then creates a
UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken. Next, it sets this token into the
SecurityContext for Acegi to use later. After the
AcegiBridgeAuthenticationHandler successfully returns, the Axis Engine then calls the
transferFunds() method on
FundsTransferServiceSoapBindingImpl. The
FundsTransferServiceSoapBindingImpl delegates this to the AOP proxy, which it obtained earlier during initialization from the Spring web application context. The
AOP proxy calls the Acegi
MethodSecurityInterceptor so that it can do its security checks. The
MethodSecurityInterceptor gets the authentication token from the
SecurityContext and checks whether it has already been authenticated. Next, it uses the information in the authentication token to see if the client should be granted access to invoke the
transferFunds() method on
AccountMgrImpl. If the client is allowed access, then the
MethodSecurityInterceptor allows invocation of that method to proceed to the
AccountMgrImpl finally processes that request and returns the results, which are ultimately propagated back to the client program.
Figure 2. Sequence diagram showing processing flow through the service implementation (click for full-size image).
We'll start off by explaining the implementation and configuration for the business logic classes, since they are the simplest. See the source for the
AccountMgr interface and the
AccountMgrImpl class in the downloadable sample code. As you can see from the source, the implementation doesn't actually do anything, so we can keep things simple since this article's not about how to write code for transferring funds.
Below is a fragment of the Spring configuration file (the entire configuration file is available in the Resources section) showing how we've configured the Spring beans for the business logic so that we can use Spring's AOP facilities. The first bean entry simply sets up a bean for our
AccountMgrImpl class. The second bean entry is how we get all of the AOP proxy magic we discussed earlier to work. We set up a bean with id
accountMgr that will be obtained from the
ProxyFactoryBean. When the
FundsTransferServiceSoapBindingImpl class asks Spring for the bean with this id, the
ProxyFactoryBean will return an instance of the AOP proxy object. We configure it to implement our
AccountMgr interface so that client programs think they're just working with a business logic object. With the second property named
interceptorNames, we set it up such that a bean called
securityInterceptor (which will be explained later) can intercept method invocations to perform security checks. This allows us to plug in the Acegi security mechanisms without any dependencies in our business logic code. Finally, we set the target to the
accountMgrTarget bean so that the method invocations will eventually be propagated to our actual business logic class,
<bean id="accountMgrTarget"
. . .
<bean id="accountMgr"
<property name="proxyInterfaces">
<property name="interceptorNames">
<property name="target">
<ref bean="accountMgrTarget"/>
. . .
FundsTransferServiceSoapBindingImpl class is the web service implementation. See the source for it in the downloadable sample code. The skeleton for this class is generated by Axis, and we just fill in the methods to provide the implementation. Notice that this class extends
ServletEndpointSupport. This is a convenience class provided by Spring that can be used for JAX-RPC web service implementations to obtain a reference to the Spring application context. By extending this class, the
FundsTransferServiceSoapBindingImpl class can access the Spring context to obtain a reference to the
accountMgr bean described earlier. Since the
FundsTransferServiceSoapBindingImpl class is managed by Axis, we can't use Spring's dependency injection facilities to automatically get a reference to that bean. Thus, we have to do it explicitly in the
onInit() method. Unfortunately, this adds some dependencies in this class to Spring-specific classes. Oh, well--that's a small price to pay to be able take advantage of the benefits of using Spring and Acegi. Notice that in the actual method
transferFunds(), the code just delegates to the
accountMgr bean.
In the Axis configuration files (deploy.wsdd and server-config.wsdd), we'll need to make sure that the implementation class for the service is set to this class,
FundsTransferServiceSoapBindingImpl, and not the other skeleton class (
FundsTransferServiceSoapBindingSkeleton) that is generated by Axis. To get Spring to work properly in the same web application as Axis, we'll need to add the following entries to the web.xml file. The
context-param entry specifies where the Spring configuration file is located. The
listener entry sets it up so that the Spring configuration and context is loaded up at start up.
. . .
Now we'll discuss how to configure Acegi security in the Spring configuration file. As explained earlier, we configured the business logic bean so that method invocations are intercepted by the
securityInterceptor bean to perform security checks. Now let's look at how this bean is configured. Shown below is the fragment from the Spring configuration file for the
securityInterceptor bean. The
securityInterceptor bean is provided by a class from Acegi called the
MethodSecurityInterceptor. As the name implies, this class is used to enforce security on method invocations by intercepting the invocations and checking that the invoker is authenticated and authorized.
. . .
<bean id="securityInterceptor"
<property name="authenticationManager">
<bean class="org.acegisecurity.
<property name="providers">
<property name="accessDecisionManager">
<property name="decisionVoters">
. . .
We need to configure the
securityInterceptor bean with an
authenticationManager property to specify what kind of authentication to use. Since our design relies on the Axis handler to perform authentication, we don't need authentication here, so we just configure it with the
AnonymousAuthenticationProvider. Plus, the way we create the authentication token in the Axis handler will let Acegi know that it's already been authenticated, so it won't try to authenticate again. We'll explain this in more detail later when we discuss the Axis handler.
Next, we need to configure the bean with an
accessDecisionManager property to specify how it will decide whether or not to grant somebody access to invoke a method. Acegi comes with three concrete implementations of an access decision manager:
ConsensusBased, and
UnanimousBased. Acegi makes an access decision by relying on voters to vote whether or not to grant somebody access to perform a particular action. It tallies up the votes to decide whether or not access should be granted. We've chosen the
UnanimousBased access decision manager, which requires that all voters vote to grant access in order for the client to be able to perform the action. You should read the Acegi documentation for a more in-depth explanation of how this works. Next, we have to configure the
accessDecisionManager with a list of voters. Here, we'll just use one voter called the
RoleVoter. This is a class from Acegi that votes whether or not to grant access based on role-based access control. Again, you should consult the Acegi documentation for more details on how the
RoleVoter works.
The final property that needs to be configured is the
objectDefinitionSource. This is how we specify what permissions are required to access the various methods on the object that's being secured. Here, we only want to secure the
transferFunds() method, and we want to only allow access to managers. We do this by listing the fully qualified class name and method name and the required role for accessing it:
As we described earlier, we need something that will bridge the web service security context with the Acegi security context. This is where our custom Axis handler,
AcegiBridgeAuthenticationHandler, comes in. Its source is available in the downloadable sample code. We've kept the implementation very simple to make things easy to explain. The first thing you may notice is that it isn't actually doing any authentication. We just pull the username and password out of the
MessageContext and use them as is. A real implementation would, of course, actually try to verify that information. Something else to consider is that a real implementation should extract the WS-Security headers from the SOAP message and process them to get the authentication information, instead of just extracting them from the Axis
MessageContext object as we're doing here.
After we have the authentication information, the next step is to make that available to Acegi. This is done by creating an authentication token and setting it in the Acegi security context. Since we're doing username/password authentication, we'll create an instance of the
UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken. Before we do that we need to specify what authorities (i.e., permissions) have been granted to this principal. This is done using the
GrantedAuthority interface and a simple implementation of that called the
GrantedAuthorityImpl. Since we're using the
RoleVoter to make access decisions, the authorities we will be granting are roles. Again, we've simplified the implementation by hardcoding it to grant the principal a role of manager, since that's what's required to invoke the
transferFunds() method on our POJO. A real implementation would probably take the username and password and look them up in a database or directory server to find out what roles are actually associated with that principal. Or, in some cases, that information might be available in the WS-Security headers in the form of SAML assertions.
In any case, once this is done, we create an instance of the
UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken, passing in the username, password, and the granted roles. By using this form of the constructor that takes the array of
GrantedAuthority, we are actually telling Acegi that this token has already been authenticated so it should not need to authenticate it again. Next, we get the
SecurityContext by calling a static method on the
SecurityContextHolder and set the authentication token into the
SecurityContext. Now the authentication and role information are available downstream for Acegi to use to perform its security checks. Thus, we've effectively bridged the web service security context into the Acegi security context.
There are a couple of additional things to consider. First, Acegi also provides pretty robust authentication capabilities, so instead of having the Axis handler take care of authentication, you can let Acegi do that as well. To do this, create an unauthenticated authentication token by using the constructor that does not take an array of
GrantedAuthority. You will also need to make sure that the appropriate authentication provider is configured instead of using the
AnonymousAuthenticationProvider. Second, Acegi supports more than just username/password authentication. For example, if you're doing PKI-based authentication, you can use the
X509AuthenticationToken instead of the
Finally, we need to configure Axis to include this handler in the request-processing path of our service. This is done by adding the following entries to the Axis configuration files deploy.wsdd and server-config.wsdd:
<service name="FundsTransferService"
provider="java:RPC" style="document"
. . .
<handler type="java:com.mybank.security.
. . .
Separation of concerns is a key principle to developing Service Oriented Architectures. However, it needs to be applied not only at the architectural level, but at the implementation level as well. In this article, we've demonstrated how to use Axis, Spring, and Acegi to implement a secured web service that adheres to the SOA principle. As you have seen in the sample code, using this approach allowed us to minimize the cross-dependencies in the code that handled each concern of the service. The example we've shown was deliberately kept simple, but it should serve as a basis for you to develop web services with a robust security mechanism combining web services security with application-level security provided by Acegi. As mentioned earlier, a real system will most likely need to develop a handler that can process WS-Security headers and bridge them into the Acegi security context. One way to do this is to take the WSS4J, toolkit from Apache, and extend its Axis handlers to populate the Acegi security context as described in this article. You may have to do some additional work to create an Axis outbound handler that catches the Acegi security exceptions and creates more meaningful SOAP faults to return to the client.
Tieu Luu is an Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton where he works on architectures and strategies for large enterprise systems.
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Pocket change doubled as a time machine on a recent Friday at Kobo.
The Pinkertones, performing the first night of a two-night stand, planned to play Weezer's Blue Album and Pinkerton on consecutive evenings, with a coin flip at the start of the first concert determining the pecking order. Sharon Udoh of opener The DewDroppers did the honors, and when the coin turned up heads the audience was instantly transported back to 1994 — the year Weezer's Blue Album surfaced.
Though many of the songs on Weezer's much-ballyhooed debut celebrate escapism and solitude, with singer/guitarist Rivers Cuomo alternately holing up at home ("In My Garage") and in his own head ("Only in Dreams"), here they functioned as communal anthems, with the audience boisterously singing/shouting each word alongside Pinkertones frontman Phil Cogley.
Cogley and his band, which included local mainstays Alex Weinhardt (drums), Ben Schreiber (bass) and Jacob Wooten (guitar), fed off this energy, delivering an hour-long set that transcended mere nostalgia. True, the songs didn't venture far from the originals, but the mates appeared less invested in recreating a note-for-note copy of the album than in capturing the wit, pathos and power-pop energy of tunes like "My Name is Jonas" and the towering "Say It Ain't So." Best of all might have been the majestic "Only in Dreams," which simmered for five hypnotic minutes before the twin guitarists locked in and pushed the song to a grand climax, like a plane picking up speed and gracefully lifting off the runway.
Of course any attendees hoping to hear later Weezer material like "Hash Pipe" might have been disappointed; they probably would have had as much luck getting fictional '80s Billy Joel cover band Uptown Girl to play "We Didn't Start the Fire."
Instead the focus remained wholly on that era prior to the time Cuomo started cavorting with Muppets. In turn, The Pinkertones offered up a handful of time-appropriate B-sides, bashing through a gnarled take on "Mykel & Carli" and a sweetly melodic "Suzanne." The band also previewed Saturday's show, performing a pair of cuts off Pinkerton: "Why Bother?" and a riotous "The Good Life." Judging by the brief teaser, I'm betting audiences enjoyed the second evening every bit as much as the first.

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Did you notice Mitt Romney has snagged another important swing-state endorsement?
It's a Wisconsin WOWSER!
The Wisconsin State Journal backed Obama in 2008, but they're now two thumbs-up for Mitt Romney:
Wisconsin State Journal
November 4, 2012
Not enough hope and too little change.
That is President Barack Obama's record on the economy, debt and Washington gridlock after four years in the White House.
The State Journal editorial board endorses Mitt Romney in Tuesday's presidential election.
Romney showed as the Republican governor of Democratic-leaning Massachusetts that he can find agreement across the partisan divide. And his vice presidential pick — Wisconsin's U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Janesville — suggests Romney is serious about tackling America's fiscal mess.
Romney has an impressive record of success in the private and public sectors. He's a numbers guy who focuses more on results than ideology. That's why so many of his fellow Republicans during the GOP primary criticized him for not being conservative enough.
Romney has been a strong leader in business and civic life. This includes turning around many troubled companies and the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Romney better understands how and why entrepreneurs and employers decide to expand and add jobs. He's more likely to get the private-sector going strong again.
We endorsed Obama for change last time around. Now we're endorsing change again: Mitt Romney.
WaPo adds:
"The State Journal is based in Madison, a very liberal city where few voters are likely to be persuaded to back a Republican. But the state's largest paper, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, is no longer endorsing presidential candidates, giving this move more weight."
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By Jared Tucker: Freedom New Mexico
Spring is here, summer is fast approaching, which means it's time to bring the best harvest of vegetables to area farmers' markets.
Beginning the end of June, area vendors will gather at two locations — one in Clovis and one in Portales — to sell a variety of fresh produce, according to Farmers' Market Manager Margie Plummer.
She said her harvest is running behind for this time of year, but other vendors should have plenty of squash, onions, beans and other vegetables to sell when the markets open.
"Portales will probably have 15 to 20 different vendors, 10 which are full time, and Clovis has about that many, maybe a little more," said Plummer.
Plummer said there are many benefits to buying fresh produce from the farmers' market — two are nutrition and quality.
Plummer said produce grown outside the U.S. or in other states loses vitamins and quality from being shipped and stored days before it's sold.
"There's no comparison to the quality. Because when this is ready, we'll probably pick it today or tonight, and sell it tomorrow," she said.
Plummer said there is more to the farmers' market than just selling vegetables. It's a social event.
She said some people, especially the elderly, come out to the market just to visit.
Don Sena is an employee at Portales Hardware, and said he enjoys coming out to the farmers' market every year to buy fresh vegetables and talk to people he hasn't seen in a while.
"Mainly the fresh vegetables, especially the green chile, you know, the smell of it when they roast them," said Sena, talking about what he likes best about the market. Sena also said he would like to see more protection from the sun at future farmers' markets.
Plummer said the Clovis Farmers' Market opens June 26, and the Portales market July 1.
Plummer hopes to have more live bands and entertainment this year than previous ones at the grand opening, sometime around August. Plummer said she will announce the exact date of the grand opening festivities, which will include produce give-aways and much more.


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Diversity and cross-cultural issues in Jamaica
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|In fulfilling the Peace Corps' mandate to share the face of America with their host countries, Peace Corps is making special efforts to see that all of America's richness is reflected in the Volunteer corps. More Americans of color are serving in today's Peace Corps than at any time in recent years. Differences in race, ethnic background, age, religion, and sexual orientation are expected and welcomed among our Volunteers. Part of the Peace Corps' mission is to help dispel any notion that Americans are all of one origin or race and to establish that each of us is as thoroughly American as the other despite our many differences.
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In fulfilling its mandate to share the face of America with host countries, the Peace Corps is making special efforts to see that all of America's richness is reflected in its Volunteers. More Americans of color are serving in today's Peace Corps than at any time in recent years. Differences in race, ethnic background, age, religion, and sexual orientation are expected and welcomed among our Volunteers. Part of the Peace Corps' mission is to help dispel any notion that Americans are all of one origin or race and to establish that each of us is thoroughly American despite our many differences.
Our diversity helps us accomplish that goal. In other ways, however, it poses challenges. In Jamaica, as in other Peace Corps host countries, Volunteers' behavior, lifestyle, background, and beliefs are judged in a cultural context very different from their own. Certain personal perspectives or characteristics commonly accepted in the United States may be quite uncommon, unacceptable, or even repressed in Jamaica.
Outside of Jamaica's capital and tourist towns, residents of rural communities have had relatively little direct exposure to other cultures, races, religions, and lifestyles. What people view as typical American behavior or norms may be a misconception, such as the belief that all Americans are rich and have blond hair and blue eyes. The people of Jamaica are justly known for their generous hospitality to foreigners; however, members of the community in which you will live may display a range of reactions to cultural differences that you present.
To ease the transition and adapt to life in Jamaica, you may need to make some temporary, yet fundamental compromises in how you present yourself as an American and as an individual. For example, female trainees and Volunteers may not be able to exercise the independence available to them in the United States; political discussions need to be handled with great care; and some of your personal beliefs may best remain undisclosed. You will need to develop techniques and personal strategies for coping with these and other limitations. The Peace Corps staff will lead diversity and sensitivity discussions during pre-service training and will be on call to provide support, but the challenge ultimately will be your own.
- 1 Overview of Diversity in Jamaica
- 2 What Might a Volunteer Face?
- 2.1 Possible Issues for Female Volunteers
- 2.2 Possible Issues for Volunteers of Color
- 2.3 Possible Issues for Senior Volunteers
- 2.4 Possible Issues for Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual Volunteers
- 2.5 Possible Religious Issues for Volunteers
- 2.6 Possible Issues for Volunteers With Disabilities
- 2.7 Possible Issues for Married Volunteers
Overview of Diversity in Jamaica
The Peace Corps staff in Jamaica recognizes the adjustment issues that come with diversity and will provide support and guidance. During pre-service training, several sessions will be held to discuss diversity and coping mechanisms. We look forward to having male and female Volunteers from a variety of races, ethnic groups, ages, religions, and sexual orientations, and hope that you will become part of a diverse group of Americans who take pride in supporting one another and demonstrating the richness of American culture.
What Might a Volunteer Face?
The comments below are intended to stimulate thought and discussion. They come from Volunteers serving in many countries, so not all of the issues discussed may have an impact on your Volunteer experience. Rather, they are included here to make all Volunteers aware of issues that one particular group or another may face. As you read them, you might ask yourself, "How would I feel if that happened to me?"
Possible Issues for Female Volunteers
Female Volunteers find that women's equality and independence are defined differently in Jamaica than in the United States, with different expectations for women's roles. In Jamaica, female Volunteers may be expected to have a husband, children, a boyfriend, or some combination of the three. They may be expected to "stay at home." They may be proposed to on a daily basis or subjected to sexual advances or touching. Verbal harassment can be extremely crude.
Possible Issues for Volunteers of Color
A person of color may be the only minority trainee or Volunteer within a particular project, and may work and live with individuals with no experience or understanding of his or her culture. They may not receive necessary personal support from white Volunteers or be questioned about socializing exclusively with other minority Volunteers. Assumed to be Jamaicans, African-American Volunteers may be accepted more readily into the culture than other Volunteers and treated according to local social norms. They may also be categorized according to local stereotypes concerning skin pigmentation, such as the view that those with lighter skin are smarter or more dependable. Another stereotype Jamaicans make is calling fair-skinned blacks "red" or "white" Jamaicans.
Possible Issues for Senior Volunteers
Seniors may find themselves treated with more respect than younger Volunteers and thus have different interactions with Jamaicans. They may find that younger Volunteers look to them for advice and support; some seniors find this a very enjoyable part of their Volunteer experience, while others choose not to fill this role.
Possible Issues for Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual Volunteers
Homosexuality is generally not accepted in Jamaica's culture, and local laws prohibit homosexual behavior. Revealing one's sexual orientation could result in a violent verbal or physical attack, so it is safer to be discreet outside the Peace Corps family. Gay men may be referred to derogatively as "Batty Man," "Batty Boy," or "Chi-Chi Man."
See also the recent NYT article, Attacks Show Easygoing Jamaica Is Dire Place for Gays:
One night last month, Andre and some friends were finishing dinner when a mob showed up at the front gate. Yelling antigay slurs and waving machetes, sticks and knives, 15 to 20 men kicked in the front door of the home he and his friends had rented and set upon them. [...] "One time may be an isolated incident," said Rebecca Schleifer, a researcher for Human Rights Watch who has studied the issue and regularly gets calls from the island from gays under attack. "When they happen on a repeated basis across the country, it is an urgent problem that deserves attention at the highest levels."
Possible Religious Issues for Volunteers
Volunteers in Jamaica, a predominantly Christian nation, can expect many meetings to begin with a prayer. They should also be prepared to be criticized for not attending church.
Possible Issues for Volunteers With Disabilities
Volunteers with disabilities may not find many facilities that allow easy access. They should be prepared for encountering unsolicited attention, fear or lack of knowledge regarding persons with disabilities, or lack of empathy or support.
Nevertheless, the Peace Corps Office of Medical Services, as part of the medical clearance process, determined that you were physically and emotionally capable, with or without reasonable accommodations, of performing a full tour of Volunteer service in Jamaica without unreasonable risk to yourself or interruption of your service. The Peace Corps/ Jamaica staff will work with disabled Volunteers to make reasonable accommodations in training, housing, job sites, and other areas to enable them to serve safely and effectively.rasdafd=-jokah-t0jkd-safo-kt-syodjfp-sdghfsghi-bjo0-vfbs-gh0adkof-sdhokvf[pshod[vp-skdgvfopsoivsopadohih
Possible Issues for Married Volunteers
There may be differences in job satisfaction and/or different needs. Younger Volunteers may look to couples for advice and support. Married couples are likely to be treated with more respect because the community sees marriage as a responsibility; and you may be asked why you do not have children.


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Dermal Irritation
Products that come into contact with the skin should be tested for potential skin irritation and/or corrosivity, in order to protect consumers from potentially hazardous materials. In vitro skin irritation assays are economical alternatives to in vivo animal and human tests, and are ideal for screening of raw materials and final formulations, and for some regulatory labeling purposes.
In vitro skin irritation and corrosivity assays at IIVS offer a wide range of alternatives to traditionally-used in vivo animal tests for predicting the dermal irritation, corrosivity, cytotoxicity, phototoxicity, and/or anti inflammatory potential of test materials. A tiered approach may be recommended, as each dermal in vitro assay is unique in terms of its applicability, sensitivity, prediction model, and its compatibility with specific test materials. The anticipated aggressiveness and/or physio-chemical properties (e.g., solubility) of the test material are often considered when determining the most appropriate assay to use.
At IIVS, a positive and negative control are run with each assay. Specialized protocols may be prepared as requested through consultation with an IIVS Study Director.
Select from the menu at left for more information about individual dermal irritation assays. Each assay section will include an overview, applications, and brief Step by Step procedures.


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1/19/12 – Day Two of the 2012 Phillies Phantasy Camp
My father always preached to me that if you have consumed a decent amount of alcohol in a given night, in addition to drinking a lot of water, ALWAYS take two aspirin before your head hits the pillow to prevent any morning uneasiness. It never fails. Thus, my morning started out great… other than the fact it was 6:30 AM.
A good breakfast and incredible weather got the day off on the right foot. As I waited to board the bus, I ran out to the back of the hotel to catch the sun rising.
I exited the lobby and was greeted by this automobile. I was really hoping this was the "veteran bus".
Even though it's been a year since last Camp, the bus ride over to the Carpenter Complex was as familiar to me as the back of my hand. The veteran bus I rode on pulled in to the parking lot and I immediately got chills. The sun rising over Mike Schmidt Field every single morning, casting the most beautiful shadows over immaculate diamonds is a nothing short of miracle.
As we came off the bus, a sandwich board directed us to the other entrance to the clubhouse. We would not be experiencing the pomp and circumstance like the rookies, but that's OK. This is THEIR moment.
As the rookies were listening to Scott Palmer's emotional speech and the voice of Dan Baker reading off their names outside, I made my way to my locker and found my brand new uniform. I'm so happy this moment did not lose any of it's luster. I still got goosebumps seeing that crisp and perfect jersey.
I had some time to take a breath and get ready to greet the rookies when they entered. I started hearing laughing and went to investigate. Ike Reese's locker had already been targeted for some good old-fashioned hazing.
I was then instructed to take my place and welcome the rookies. The looks on their faces as we clapped and cheered for them… I know that very well. That gave me so much joy to be a part this special moment for them. Every single one of them looked like little kids. I'll never forget entering that clubhouse for the first time. I hope they don't either.
Ike Reese made his way in, filming the moment on his smartphone. I heard his howling laughter when he came to his locker.
In the middle of chatting with some familiar faces from last year, and talking with the new guys, I got myself suited up for our first Kangaroo Court session.
I made a point to get out to Bright House Field a little early to snap some photos, maybe even catch some current Phillies doing some morning workouts, just like last year. There were rumblings of a Vance Worley sighting, but no dice. No bother. The weather was absolutely stunning, so much warmer than last year. I just took it all in.
Kangaroo Court was ready. The judges' garb was laid out. Let's get blue!
Scott Palmer spoke first, laying out the day's events, where to go, when to go, etc. A few words from the head photographer, ESF folks, and the crew chief for the umpires (complete with day's first F-bomb)… then came the judges. Larry Andersen, John Kruk, and Ricky Bottalico took their spots on the bench, along with Mickey Morandini as the court-appointed defender. The F-bomb count immediately surpassed 100 within the first 10 minutes. That was fast.
The very first person called up was Dave Steel. I had met Dave the night before at dinner. His father, who I remembered from last year, had given his son the Camp as a gift, and they would both be on our team this go round. Dave, as I would come to find out throughout the entire week, is a renaissance man. Steely Dave had been charged in the case of "premature cupulation". He apparently wore his cup from the hotel to the clubhouse, then later went looking for it, as he thought it was missing. This was definitely a sign of things to come with big Dave.
More laughs ensued as case upon case was heard, usually followed by Morandini's catchphrase, "I got nothing". Ike Reese would be the last victim of the day, charged with skipping Milt Thompson's hitting clinic the day before.
We made our way back to the fields where we got our pictures taken with the Legends. Afterwards, I returned to the clubhouse to change in to the red batting practice jersey, as to separate the veterans from the rookies. After some group stretching, the rookies were summoned to their various stations for specific drills (hitting, outfield, infield, pitching, and base-running). Us veterans shagged flies, took grounders, and split up for a quick pick-up game to get us loose. This was much more relaxing than the constant rotating around the complex that the rookies were going through.
Standing out in the green of the outfield, taking in the warm Florida sun, hearing the sounds of fungo bats, just me and a fly ball… pure baseball heaven.
Before the morning session ended, there were rumblings coming from two different fields. On the Richie Ashburn, cheers were overheard as Ike Reese, taking batting practice from Ricky Bottalico, parked one over the rightfield fence. No offense to Ike, but he had a horrible-looking swing. But… he was a professional athlete. He's a VERY strong man. If you are in shape the way Ike is, it doesn't matter how bad you look at the plate, you are bound to get a hold of one and muscle it out of the park.
Here's Ricky Bo giving Ike some post-AB tips.
Over on the Mike Schmidt field, an extra special Phillies guest was making the rounds. There he was… one of the greatest Phillies ever… Dick Allen.
Unfortunately, Allen had retired a year after I was born, so I never got to see him play. Oh, but I have read enough about him and heard plenty of stories from my father about his skills to know he was THE man. It was amazing to hear all the Campers saying how Allen was their favorite player when they were growing up. This was their Mike Schmidt.
Plus, how can anyone NOT love this?
After that, it was back to Bright House for lunch. Seriously, this is tough work.
Scott Palmer got on the microphone and announced the teams. It was finally time to get down to business. I knew three of my teammates would be returning, so I chose to once again, play for the Drillers, coached by Kevin Stocker and Mike Lieberthal. I had been contemplating a switch to a new team, just for the experience of having new Phillies Legends as my coaches, but I had such a blast with Stock and Lieby, and knowing the stellar guys that would be coming back, I couldn't pass up the opportunity.
During the draft, Ike Reese was sitting next to me. He was chosen for the Sky Chiefs, coached by Greg Luzinski and Terry Harmon. Luckily, we would get to face them later in the Camp.
So it was off to Steve Carlton field to get ready for our first game against the Mud Hens. We were greeted by our player representative, Joe. He was the Drillers' rep last year and I was so happy to have him back. This year, the Drillers added a General Manager to the mix. Folks who sign up as GM's at Camp are given the opportunity to help draft players and be a part of the team-building experience. Our GM this year was a lovely man named Rick. As it turned out, his son Howie would also be playing with us. This now made two father-son combos that would be on the team. I was absolutely thrilled to be a part of this, to see the joy in each other's faces… but at the same time, not surprisingly, I experienced moments of sadness.
This is what my dad and I should have been doing.
As to be expected, I started the game at catcher. Before the lunch break, I saw Lieby who said to me, "Sarge, you ready to catch?!" I had a feeling even before Camp started I would be tabbed to take the spot behind home plate. Even though that's not my first, or even 7th choice, I was actually looking forward to it. To be completely honest, the only thing I don't like about catching is all the damn gear! Other than that, it's a pretty great position… well, there is the constant strain on your knees and legs, the foul balls off you various body parts, the everlasting pain on your catching hand… OK seriously, who in their right mind says, "I want to be a catcher"?
Our opening day starting pitcher was Steely Dave. He had really nice velocity and occasionally threw a fork or drop-arm. As the game went on, we found ourselves in a pitcher's duel. That is until the 4th inning. We pulled ahead 2-1, and in the 5th, broke out the whoopin' sticks. Five runs on eight hits. Our star of the game, John "The Mailman" Ashcom, delivered with a big single. The floodgates opened. Five consecutive singles. The Mud Hens retaliated with one run, but we returned the favor with one of our own, courtesy of Ashy's double. Steely Dave ran in to some trouble and was relieved by veteran Driller, Dave Mongeluzi. Dave closed the game and we started out the Camp on a high note, winning 8-4 with 14 hits. Definitely a huge improvement over last year. All of a sudden, we had the Championship Game on our minds!
How did I do? Let's just say, I had fun watching my team win. I caught four innings and patrolled rightfield at the end. I pulled out my best Carlos Ruiz impression by fielding a squibber in front of home plate, and throwing a perfect strike to first. I didn't have the new hockey-style masks, but the traditional backwards batting helmet/mask combo, so I'm hoping my whipping-off of the mask looked pretty cool… I'm sure it's didn't, but I'd like to think so.
At the plate? It wouldn't be one of my patented batting performances if I didn't start out the Camp with two strike outs. The first looking, of course. The third was a "broken bat" grounder to second base. Later I started taking pictures of the bat, to which Stocker threw out one of his hundreds of little sarcastic comments, this one about my "massivly shattered bat". Yes, it really was just a tiny crack, but I don't care.
As if the day couldn't have ended better, we followed the most amazing sunset all the way back to the hotel. Unlike last year, the warmer weather and clear skies created absolutely stunning scenes of natural beauty each day on our return trip. Every night looked like a painting filled with the most vibrant of reds and oranges. I wanted to take pictures on the bus, but this was the one time I just wanted to take it all in. I waited until I got back to the hotel to capture the last moments of the day.
The night ended with the Bull Session. All the Legends gathered, took questions from the audience, and told stories of their playing days. This is just another opportunity for some good-naturing ribbing on each other. Rick, our team's GM, got up to ask a question, but before he could, made a nice gesture that would end up backfiring on him. He had procured himself a couple bottles of wine from the Phan wine and cheese tasting a couple hours before. Rick, who is a big lover of wine, had opened a bottle for us at dinner. He told Larry Andersen that he would like to give him some as he knew he loved wine. The problem was, there about a half a glass left. He brought up the red and an unopened bottle of white dessert wine. Well this just caused all sorts of "you got to be kidding me?!"-type of responses. Larry proceeded to down the remaining wine like the champ that he is.
Rick was sure to be called up tomorrow morning in Kangaroo Court.
There were many great quotes from the Legends, but my two favorite came from, not surprisingly, members of the '93 Phillies. A Camper had asked Terry Harmon about playing in Connie Mack Stadium, as he was the only Phillie there to do so. John Kruk blurted out, "He played when the managers wore suits!" Classic.
The last came from Mickey Mornadini, who ended the session with a story about former Phillies pitching coach and Brooklyn Dodger, Johnny Podres. In 1993, Danny Jackson was pitching in Cincinnati. Jackson was giving up a lot of homeruns, and in turn, the stadium would set off fireworks. Needless to say, it was like the 4th of July. Podres walks out to talk to Jackson. When Danny asked Johnny, "What the hell are you doing here?", Podres responded, "I'm just giving time for the fireworks guy to reload."
And with that, we retired to the bar, yada yada yada, it was a helluva day.
You can read about Day Two from last year's Phillies Phantasy Camp here, here, and here.


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Self-proclamed Donetsk Peoples Republic policemen watch refugees fleeing Shakhtarsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine on Monday. An international police team abandoned its attempt to reach the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines plane for a second day running Monday as clashes raged in a town on the road to the area.
SHAKHTARSK, Ukraine Heavy fighting raged Monday around the Malaysia Airlines debris field, once again preventing an international police team charged with securing the site from even getting there.
Government troops have stepped up their push to win back territory from pro-Russian separatists in fighting that the United Nations said Monday has killed more than 1,100 people in four months.
The international delegation of Australian and Dutch police and forensic experts stopped Monday in Shakhtarsk, a town around 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the fields where the Boeing 777 was brought down.
Sounds of regular shelling could be heard from Shakhtarsk and residents were seen fleeing town in cars. Associated Press reporters saw a high-rise apartment block in Shakhtarsk being hit by at least two rounds of artillery.
The mandate of the police team is to secure the currently rebel-controlled area so that comprehensive investigations can begin and any remaining bodies can be recovered.
The second cancelled site visit over two days has strained tempers among the observation team.
There is a job to be done, said Alexander Hug, the deputy head of a monitoring team from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. We are sick and tired of being interrupted by gunfights, despite the fact that we have agreed that there should be a ceasefire.
Andriy Lysenko, spokesman for Ukraines national security council, denied that Ukrainian forces are fighting within the 20-kilometer (12-mile) radius around the crash site where President Petro Poroshenko last week said there would be a cease-fire to allow investigators to work.
Ukrainian forces are not conducting combat operations in the area where the plane crashed, he told a briefing. There is a ban on this. He said, however, that rebels were shelling the area.
The Defense Ministry says Ukrainian troops have entered Shakhtarsk, although checkpoints blocking the western entrance into town remain under rebel control. It also said fighting was taking place in Snizhne, which lies directly south of the crash site, and in other towns in the east.
Rebels in Donetsk said on Twitter that fighting was ongoing in the village of Rozsypne, where some of the wreckage still lays strewn and uncollected.
A rebel military leader, Igor Ivanov, told Russian state news agency RIA-Novosti that the village had fallen into government hands, but that information could not immediately be confirmed.
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- There are many difficult challenges ahead in the design of an energy-efficient communication stack for wireless sensor networks. Due to the severe nodes' constraints, protocols have to be simple yet scalable. To this end, collective social insects behavior could be adopted to guide the design of these protocols. We exploit the simple behaviors of ant swarms in foraging and brood sorting to design a hierarchical and scalable data dissemination strategy. In order to allow a realistic evaluation, a comprehensive simulator involving critical components of the communication stack is incorporated. The proposed scheme promotes a uniform distribution of clusterheads, which subsequently enables substantial energy savings over other clustering algorithms.
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The only two MVPs in club history teamed up on the ceremonial first pitch Monday night, Vladimir Guerrero (MVP in 2004) throwing to Don Baylor (MVP in 1979). The throw was to the right side of Baylor, 64, who reached across his body to make the catch, causing his right leg buckle in a grotesque manner.
Baylor suffered a fractured femur, and he had surgery to repair it Tuesday. Recovery time is typically three months, but Baylor was already trying to figure out a way to stay active in his first season as the club's hitting coach.
"Don's one tough guy," manager Mike Scioscia said before the Angels' 8-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday. "He's not giving in to anything. He wants to get back and help us. He'll get this done, and we'll see exactly where he is, what he can do. ... Knowing Don, he'll want to come on the next road trip.
"He's going to have an impact for sure -- watching video, texting, staying connected -- whether he's here or not."
Assistant hitting coach Dave Hansen will take over the hitting coach duties in the meantime, and the club summoned Paul Sorrento, the organization's minor league hitting coordinator, to help Hansen.
Baylor's injury is second gruesome, freak accident suffered at the plate area in Angel Stadium in the past four years.
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Archie Bunker: All I can tell you, Edith, is I'm surprised at you! Dragging me off to a moving picture like that! It was absolutely disgusting!
Edith Bunker: Well, I'm sorry, Archie, how was I to know? I thought it was a religious picture, "Cardinal Knowledge!"
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I am in complete agreement with everything you said. You hit the nail right on the head, and you have evidence to back-up your claims. I've been to one game thus far this season, and I do not plan on going back unless I get free tickets, like you said; the Yankees organization will certainly not miss us in the short-term. I am happy to watch games on TV, but it makes me shake my head that the loud and raucous atmosphere is completely absent through the TV. It may get loud at the game, but most people watch on TV anyway, and that is how most people will judge a stadium; I know I do. The old Stadium had a very heavy and constant buzz through the TV, even during regular season games. The NYS has an empty and removed atmosphere through my TV, and that is my personal experience.
Has anyone noticed that when the Yankees are going into the bottom of the 9th of a game they are down, the Jumbo-Tron plays clips of past walk-off hits? If I was a player, that would bother me to no-end; it's almost like a jinx. As a fan, it bothers me.
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Sat in DN's seats last night with my son. That's sect 420B, row 10. I basked in the glory of NYS.The frieze was so close that I could almost touch it. It used to be an ornate,detailed classy symbol of YS,hanging stately near the edge of the upper deck. Now it is a nearly flat,spindly-looking thing that is set back too far due to the short "roof". I enjoyed every minute of the Yanks win, including Jeter adjusting his batting gloves after every pitch, a la Chuck Knoblauch. Ha ha, these modern players are so great. I would not enjoy the Stad experience as much if they ever did away with the silly YMCA bit, or the constant looks at the fans on the giant screen, giving their Jersey Shore waves and gang hand-signs. I did get to hear a recording of Bob Sheppard introducing Derek {batting gloves} Jeter, and after the game there was another recording of Frank Sinatra singing "New Shrine, New Shrine". At OYS/RYS, Sheppard and Sinatra were actually there! I heard from a fan that had been there the night before that the blind lady from Hope Week ran her hands across the frieze and declared "Fail Fake Stadium Fail!"
Before you blast me, keep in mind that I am poking fun at both sides of the NYS debate. If I hated it, I wouldn't go. But when I sit there I can't help thinking about what once was and what this place might have been.
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen,and welcome to Yankee Stadium. Here are the lineups for todays game...
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Avid fan of the greatest Stadium ever built! Both in beauty and aesthetics throughout its long Glorious history.
Sorry, I would rather not have to deal with so many drunks (like the 1970's) at a game when I take my wife and kids. My God, people get cut off only two hours from the first pitch. Where's my crying towel?
If people are so lazy that they can't get out of their seat and go get something, that they need to be served in their seat, well what can I add to that.
I don't mind if vendors go the same way as the OYS/RYS and Shea Stadium ushers.....another useless union job that was thankfully eliminated in both new ballparks. Another group of whiners who always had their hand out for doing nothing.
There are many other professions that would like to earn $250-$300 for approximately 4 hours of time.
So I am glad that you have decided to stay away from the Stadium.
In terms of the vending situation, I'm sorry to hear about your friend. I didn't realize those guys work on commission. I thought they get a base salary and commission on how much they sell. In the new place, with the wider concourses and larger amounts of food stands, you are almost encouraged to get your food and head back to your seats. Camden Yards is the same way. I liked the fact that there were less vendors walking around blocking me from seeing the game, but it's too bad that their wages were cut.
Today I Consider Myself the Luckiest Man on the Face of this Earth...
I would like to take the great Di Maggio fishing....They says his father was a fisherman. Maybe he was as poor as we are and would understand...
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The Old Man and the Sea
Cleon Jones catches a deep fly ball in F. Scott Fitzgerald's Valley of the Ashes, and a second-grader smiles in front of the black and white television.
There's really not much which can be done about others' opinions -- AND I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THEM TO PHRASE THEM AS OPINIONS RATHER THAN FACTS -- but as for helping to keep the board cleaned up, we can only promise to do our best. As you know, I've been somewhat active in the Ballparks forum these days. So, again, I hope you don't leave for good.
Btw, I especially love that gridiron pic, DN4L ! Nice shot!
"And their chances of getting back into this ballgame are growing dimmer by the batter."
Put it in the books.
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As you can see from other posters responses I had ample opportunity to do the same but I remained tame and civil.
Others in this world have the right to express their own opinions and if some can't handle the adversity I'm not sure how they survive in the real world.
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I don't know what to choose. I can sit on the upper floor and look at the jealous peasants walking by or go down and be alone with my own kind. Most likely if there are any celebrities there, they would be downstairs.
Overall, I am pumped up. I don't think I will be able to go to another baseball game after this experience. I already can't eat the food at Nationals Park after eating Lobel's. As you can tell, I like to know what to do so I don't look like a chicken with its head cutoff.
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This is interesting. Since the new Yankee Stadium opened last season, New York has posted a major league-best 97-45 home record. NICE!!!!!!!
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I am here for the game. I missed this stadium. Pictures just don't show the great exterior of NYS.
EDIT: it looks like it is a sell out today. People trying to buy tickets at the stadium are unsuccessful.
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Anyone who has taken a ceramics class or is somewhat familiar with the process of making pottery will appreciate the technical and artistic innovations of Peter Voulkos (1924–2002). Far from a typical potter, Voulkos established his reputation in the 1950s by using clay to create monumental works that redefined the conventions of the medium. As founder of the Los Angeles County Art Institute's ceramics program in 1954 and the program at University of California, Berkeley, in 1959, he also contributed to the rise of the West Coast as a major center for contemporary art.
The Museum recently installed Black Divide Butte, 1958, in the front sculpture garden. The piece consists of thrown forms joined together to create a massive and voluminous clay sculpture. Black Divide Butte was made in Voulkos' studio on nearby Glendale Boulevard during an early experimental phase in his long artistic career, when he was most influenced by abstract expressionism. Although he continued to expand the formal boundaries that were possible with clay, Black Divide Butte remains a quintessential example of what made Voulkos the acknowledged leader of the ceramics revolution.
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First, thanks so much to the abipod people for the site and lebellium for your review of the YP-G50 (for which I was tempted until I realised that I just wanted to play music!) and the YP-U6.
I just purchased an U6, I have downloaded the U5 Popcon pack hoping it would be compatible but it doesn't seem to recognize any user popcon. I also tried putting it in a folder, it just shows the built-in characters. So I guess it uses another format, but which one and how to install it? Or how can I find out?
Any help would be appreciated — the tiny manual doesn't say anything about Popcon — though it's not really urgent ;)
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So unfortunately I don't have a U6 in my hands yet but what I can tell you now is that on the Korean Samsung website the Popcons for the U5 and the U6 are not the same.
I'll try to download some U6 Popcons for you tomorrow
Right now I have to sleep^^
I'm French^^ *GenerationMP3 Samsung Moderator*
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I hope they can still be made with any graphic editor and not with the bundled software, since I'm on Mac OS. I haven't thought about the korean website, I'll take a look too.
Bonne nuit !
edit: There's some progress. I created a Popcon from the built-in Popcon editor (very, very basic editor ), it created a directory with my Popcon name with the files inside. The files are still Bitmap (BMP), 40x40 pixels, but now it's 4-bit (16 colors). I converted the U5 Popcon Pack to 4-bit files so I could use them on my U6 (cf. attached zip file - I removed the instructions and pictures because they were for the U5, they're a bit the same though!).
This is strange, they decreased the number of supported colors from the U5 to the U6: from 256 (8-bit) to 16 (4-bit), and even more strange: the U5 supported 256 colours but the display was only black and white (or so I've read)?
This is where are the official Popcons for the U6 (registration needed):
For now they provide only black and white Popcons, while the device is shipped with coloured ones, I wonder why.
I made a coloured Popcon (cf. attached Popcon.zip) but it shows up as greyscale on my U6.
Current: Samsung YP-U6 // Unsuitable: Seinheiser HD 280 Pro // Deceased: Meizu M6 miniplayer
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Hum it's both interesting and strange^^
So if I well understood all Popcons, even the colored ones (have you tried the gmp3 popcon?), display in greyscale on your U6
And indeed, the Popcons from YEPP are not colored! I don't understand why as the default Popcons on the U6 are colored!
In my gmp3 U5 review I wrote "Ecran OLED 4 lignes 16 nuances de gris (128*64)". I don't remember where the information comes from but it's far from the 256 colors you mention^^
The U6 display is a color CSTN 1" (128*64).
BTW, I put the U6 Popcons from the Samsung Website in attachment
That would be great if you could adapt my read-me file for the U6. Without any instructions people won't know how to put the Popcons on their U6!
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I just tried the gmp3 popcon, it looks like a shade of grey or a faint purple, not as blue as the battery indicator which is more blue/turquoise. I'll try with Popcons displaying several colors, I'll do more tests (it's just boring to do :P )
For the U5 I was only talking about the file format of the Popcon files: the file format is 8 bit, 8 bit images support a palette of 256 colors but, as you said, the display suports less colors (16 shades of grey); so I don't see what's the point for Samsung of using a screen that disallows the user to use all the file format's capabilities
They should have used 4-bit bitmaps instead to save a tiny bit of space, or maybe they changed their mind and it was too late to go back. Or maybe I'm missing something
I'll make the changes on the instructions files
Thanks for the U6 Popcons!
edit: the instructions for the U5 were saying the bitmaps are 24 bits :O I'm confused.
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I made this fine piece of art with Gimp:
I saved it as a 24bit RGP Bitmap picture, and as a RGB picture with 16 colors (4bit).
I converted (but kept the original) the 24bit picture as a 8bit picture.
And just to make sure the problem isn't on Gimp's side, I converted the 4bit image (made with Gimp) to 4bit (with ImageMagick).
All the converted files were still displaying colors on my computer. So I copied to the U6:
The 24bit image made with Gimp
Its 8bit conversoin made with ImageMagick
The 16 colors (8bit) image made with Gimp
Its conversion to 8bit with ImageMagick.
Each of them were displaying on the U6, even the 24bit Bitmap, but still as greyscale.
Now for the crazy part:
I made another piece of art:
I saved it as a 24bit image wih Gimp, same thing as the first image, and it was grey. I opened it with graphic viewer (Preview) and saved it again as a 24bit bmp to make sure Gimp isn't the culprit. My U6 was unable to read it, it kept giving me a built-in Popcon.
Maybe it's a bug, after all!
I'll post the converted pack tonight.
Current: Samsung YP-U6 // Unsuitable: Seinheiser HD 280 Pro // Deceased: Meizu M6 miniplayer
Your post is killing my brain (would be already hard to follow you in French so in English...)! lol
But from what I understood, it's impossible to display colored Popcons, right?
"the instructions for the U5 were saying the bitmaps are 24 bits :O I'm confused." > I read that in the U5 Guide at the time. Now it has been replaced by the U5/U6 guide but actually there is no difference. The instructions are the same for the U5 and U6.
I put it in attachment. It's in Korean so you won't understand anything but if you check the step 3), you can recognize the words "24" and "RGB".
I translated "24 bits" into Korean with Google translation and I got "24 비트", what is actually written on the PDF so I assume the guide tells us to save the picture in 24 bits RGB mode.
PS: "I made this fine piece of art" ahaha contemporary art?
I'm French^^ *GenerationMP3 Samsung Moderator*
Ah I'm sorry! My head explodes too I found the culprit: the tool I was using to analyse the files (to see how many colours they use) gives different (false) informations than another one -- or maybe I don't know how to use it Sorry for misleading you and all the U6 users (if there are any other ) Let's forget about all that file format/display colours
Anyway, yes, coloured Popcons are working but show up as greyscale. Bulit-in Popcons, however, are showing up with colours.
Ok for the 24bit instructions, I'll stick (no pun intended) to make 24bit BMP now, I'll try again and again, maybe I'm missing a step...
I zipped and attached the pack for the U6, I included the official Popcons, the korean guide and brochure.
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This album is pretty good! If you're not familiar with the band, the title might give you the wrong impression. One might think they're NS.....and the lyrics to "I Wage War" wouldn't help their case either lol.
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Imagine yourself on a leisurely drive through the winding countryside of South Wales. You pass luscious green rolling hills speckled with woolly sheep and patches of lush woodland. This journey ends down in a deep valley, complete with a river running through it, at a stately home built somewhere around 1810. You make your way up to the beautiful home past the stables and horses, and find yourself sitting in the conservatory in the center of the large house. The conservatory is filled with beautiful plants, where the sunlight pours in through the many windows to warm your soul. This memory was one of many shared by Christine San Jose, who has "84 years' experience in high tea."
Christine San Jose is a British native and grew up with the "duty to king and country to drink tea every day." On that particular day, San Jose recalls sitting in this very conservatory with her friend when a three-tiered tea trolley was rolled in with "oodles of tea." She enjoyed scones with rhubarb and damson preserves, English digestive biscuits, slices of ham, salad, as well as "good" bread and butter. It was a moment in time that remained with her all these years.
Traditionally, high tea was eaten in the early evening, around 5 or 6 p.m. and included much more than just a cup of tea. It was a substantial meal, equivalent to supper that originated in England. Delicious sweet foods, such as scones, cakes, buns, or tea breads were combined with tempting more savory foods, such as cheese on toast, toasted crumpets, cold meats and pickles or poached eggs on toast and, of course, plenty of tea.
High tea was historically much more of a working-class family meal than it was an elite social gathering. In England the working class made up the majority of the population and there was great pride to be amongst the working class. The "high" in high tea does not imply that fancy, high-class, or expensive foods are served (or that high tea is enjoyed by well-to-do Britons). It actually refers to afternoon tea served on a dining room table (a high table) as opposed to afternoon tea served on a "tea table" (a low table). By contrast, afternoon tea is traditionally served around 4 p.m. This is a lighter meal a satisfying "snack" between lunch and dinner that will include scones, thin sandwiches, biscuits, and assorted cakes.


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Life is hard and filled with failure. Think of it as a raging erection, but replace the forthcoming ejaculant with failure. Did that help? Somehow I don't think that helped. I mean, upon reflection, that opening sentence was pretty clear, and the subsequent line was pretty gratuitous. I kind of messed up the whole beginning. Then again, messing up holes is what a failure boner does best, amirite? Oh dear. That doesn't work. You can only make puns verbally because when you see "whole" and "hole" written out, it kind of kills the joke. And it wasn't really the greatest joke in the first place. Anyway, this sure is one train wreck of a paragraph, which maybe was all part of my master plan for introducing an article about screwing things up. Or maybe it wasn't planned. Maybe I just know that no one's reading the introduction, because after misreading the title, the Internet has skipped over this part, attracted by the bright shiny lights of #6 below. Then again, the people who do that are failures, which brings us full circle. Hey, circle. Hole. Failure boner. My lord, its like some big beautiful free writing where everything makes sense. Could this actually be the greatest paragraph ever written? I'm not sure. It's kind of long and hard. ZOMG! I'm so in the zone.
Sometimes a cigar is just a terrible pun-filled rambling introduction.
Anyway, life is hard and filled with failure. While many tasks -- like mastering the violin or mapping the human genome -- invite failure, there are plenty of things that are so simple, we have no excuse for messing them up. And yet, we still do. Here are six things I botch all the time for no good reason.
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We buy a lot of shredded cheese in our house. Great for omelets, or chicken parms, or tuna casserole, or for eating a handful of shredded cheese over a sink like barbarian.
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Using technology that became widespread in the '90s, many packaged foods now make use of vacuum seals. Y'know, that thing where you force one strip of tiny plastic into the groove made by two other parallel lines of plastic. What could be simpler? Nothing. Nothing could be simpler. It is literally a two-piece puzzle. Any idiot can do it.
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"Yeah, it's not typically a problem."
Except that if you don't line it up right on the first or at most the second try, you give up. Or at least I do. I grab it with one hand, pinch, push, and slide. Sometimes it lines up and seals. Sometimes it doesn't. When it doesn't, I just repeat the process, but two failures? I put it back in the crisper unsealed and blame the children. A simple task I fail at several times a week. (I don't mean blaming the kids -- I'm really good at that.)
5 Hearing a Phone Number Right on the First Listen
Look, some people are just crap at giving their phone number. They rush through it and mumble. Or sometimes you're trying to hear the number in a terrible environment. Maybe you can't hear it over the pounding dance beat at the club or the wail of police sirens as you seek digits at the local high school, you creep. But I don't have any excuses. I just can't hear phone numbers right in my head the first time. Well, not never, but be prepared to say it more than once.
It took me years to learn the lyrics to this song.
But even though I suck, at least I won't make it seem like it's your fault. I won't stress the wrong digit as I repeat it back to you with the subtle implication that you somehow tricked me: "OH! Five-three-oh-nine. Gotcha!"


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To paraphrase an old poster: Today is the first day of the rest of your training. It doesn't matter where you started or how far you've come. Today is the day. Your training didn't start 6 weeks ago. Your training started the last time you hit the road. John "the Penguin" Bingham Life is not tried, it is merely survived if you're standing outside the fire
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Good thing I opened that link at work! Ya gonna get me in trouble with the wife!!
Ha! Hey, I wasn't nekkid!
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Running garb can be very attractive! I realized earlier this year that one of the "perks" of racing was getting to see all these really hot guys in skimpy shorts...
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I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
But the main point is, you can and should increase your carb intake when exercising. Even if you are diabetic. But if you are diabetic, you need to monitor your blood sugar and make sure you are not overdoing it.
Yes, consuming the carbs immediately before/after and during may be a bit easier on your body than trying to load them early that morning.