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Despite the partisan claims and counter-claims on both sides of the long-running dispute over alleged subsidies between Airbus and Boeing, it remains extremely unclear whether or not the World Trade Organization (WTO) will ever definitively resolve the issue. On September 3, the WTO sent both parties its confidential interim report into Boeing's allegations that Airbus has benefited from illegal direct state subsidies for airliner programs such as the A380. The fact that the WTO hasn't published its findings didn't stop the financial media and an assortment of industry analysts filling cyberspace with claims–for which they offered no concrete evidence or attributable sources–that the WTO had largely found in favor of Boeing.
By contrast, undisclosed sources supposedly close to Airbus countered that the WTO interim report had actually excluded many of Boeing's complaints against the European airframer. For its part, the WTO has stressed that its findings on the allegations against Airbus do not stand in isolation and that before the end of the year it will issue a similar interim report on Airbus's allegations that the U.S. government has indirectly subsidized Boeing programs.
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In an election year, you try to impress the various voting blocs and constituencies.
While the farm population in this country keeps dwindling, there is still a sizeable number of voters who have a keen interest in federal farm policy. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers from a few years ago, there are 1.2 million people employed as farmers, ranchers or agricultural managers. Their numbers are buttressed by loyal family members and allied industry types.
Not getting a Farm Bill passed this year could alienate many of these people.
It's in agriculture's best interest to get a Farm Bill passed this year. Budget pressures are likely to build in the coming years and, frankly, agriculture stands a better chance of getting the money it needs this year than next year.
With the possibility of significant changes in dairy policy on the horizon, it's important for dairy farmers to know what to expect so they can plan accordingly.
And, no one wants to revert to the 1949 Farm Bill ― the fallback permanent law ― when the current Farm Bill expires on Sept. 30. This might be avoided with a one-year extension, but it would simply push the debate further down the road and create greater uncertainty.
Many farmers will need drought aid this year. Yet, according to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, many of the disaster-assistance programs authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill have expired and won't be renewed unless a new bill is passed. Read more.
So, why is the Republican leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives seemingly holding up discussion of the 2012 Farm Bill?
It has frustrated many rank-and-file Republicans.
U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, told AgriTalk Radio listeners this week that he would like to see the Farm Bill come up for floor debate as soon as possible so there is sufficient time to get the details worked out in and around the August congressional recess.
An article last week in Politico quoted Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) as saying, "Bring this bill to the floor ― fast." Read "GOP leaders may squash farm bill."
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) has expressed concern that there doesn't seem to be path for getting this issue settled in a timely manner.
"I've always been very skeptical, concerned that there was a not a path in the House of Representatives to accomplish a Farm Bill in any kind of timely fashion ― before its expiration, before the election, before the New Year," he told an AgriTalk Radio audience on Wednesday.
"I just don't see this bill coming to the House floor anytime soon," Moran said.
It's a shame, because a version of the Farm Bill has already passed in the Senate and the House Agriculture Committee. It's one of the few pieces of legislation that has bipartisan support.
Pigeonholing it in the middle of the process simply reinforces the notion that Congress is dysfunctional and can't get anything meaningful done.
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Pitching Prospect of the Day: Keyvius Sampson, RHP, Padres (Double-A San Antonio): 7.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 12 K. potential plus fastball; potential solid-average changeup; fringy curveball. Sampson offers a major-league quality arsenal, but has yet to find consistent command. The stuff is more than enough to start, but he may land in the bullpen because of an inconsistent breaking ball and shaky fastball command; 59.1 IP, 18 ER, 24 BB, 60 K in 12 Double-A outings.
Position Prospect of the Day: Max Stassi, C, Astros (Double-A Corpus Christi): 4-5, 2B, 2 HR, 3 R, 8 RBI. Offensively, Stassi has a few question marks. He will expand the zone, which may cause the hit tool to only have a below-average ceiling. Some teams believe he has enough thump to make up for his contact deficiencies, but opinions vary throughout the scouting community. Defensively, Stassi is a fantastic receiver and has average arm strength that will play up due to accuracy. He will need to show he can hit enough to be put on a major-league roster, and his future is most likely to be in a backup role; .212/.280/.327 with 10 2B and 1 HR in 113 at-bats before tonight's game.
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Patrick Wisdom, 3B, Cardinals (Low-A Peoria): 0-4, 3 K. The former supplemental-first-round selection has struggled in Low-A this year.
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Students in Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Mountain View traveled to school together on bikes and by foot Oct. 9, marking International Walk to School Day.
Representatives of GreenTown Los Altos and a host of local officials turned out in force as well, encouraging students to walk or wheel to school.
Participating officials included Los Altos Hills Mayor Gary Waldeck, walking with students from Los Altos Hills Town Hall to Gardner Bullis School; Los Altos Mayor Jarret Fishpaw, walking with Santa Rita School students from The Sweet Shop to their campus; Los Altos Hills City Councilwoman Courtenay C. Corrigan, walking to school with Bullis Charter School students; Los Altos City Councilwoman Jan Pepper, walking with students from Varsity Park to Springer School; and Los Altos City Councilwoman Jeannie Bruins, walking with Oak Avenue School students and greeting families as they arrived to school.


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Mother Nature's apparent seasonal confusion in the past six months has caused a variety of problems for many growers in the Carolinas.
Warm weather in December and January followed by unseasonably cold and wet weather in March, April and May put most of the vegetables at least two weeks behind schedule. For some commodities that are planted in phases to ensure a longer harvest season, the inclement conditions resulted in one less planting this year.
"On our sweet corn we didn't get the early planting in as early as we like," said Chris Rawl, president of Clayton Rawl Farms, Lexington, S.C. "Then weather slowed down emergence on that planting, and we had to wait to put in the second planting."
Despite the issues earlier in the year, Rawl said he expects to have good quality sweet corn with harvest likely to begin in mid-June. He said that is at least two weeks later than normal, but "there's nothing we can do when the weather doesn't cooperate."
Some of Rawl's other crops were initially stunted because of the winter-like temperatures in April and early May, but he said they have recovered. Cilantro sales have been particularly good this spring, he said, with demand outpacing his supplies.
Kale also is doing well at the Rawl operation, which is good news for the family farm because it increased acreage of the leafy green by about 10% this year. Rawl said he may be able to get four cuttings out of the crop.
Further north, at Tull Hill Farms in Kinston, N.C., another leafy green is having a slow start. Kendall Hill, co-owner and chairman of the board for the North Carolina Vegetable Growers Association, said the unseasonable weather this spring gave his lettuce "a lot of trouble."
"I'm hearing the same thing about spinach from some of the growers," Hill said
Temperatures in north central North Carolina dipped into the low 30s in early May, he said.
Hill matched Rawl's assessment that most of the vegetables in the Carolinas are coming on late this year by at least two weeks. He said some cabbage growers will likely be faced with crops "burning up in the fields" if the weather turns hot and stays that way.
"We can still have a good growing season, but it's definitely late," Hill said.
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"That will have an impact on the production this fall, though, because we won't have enough time to plant as many acres as we usually do," Hill said.
Other staples for Carolina growers also are late but poised to provide good quality despite the off weather.
At Farm Fresh Produce, Faison, N.C., Steven Ceccarelli and wife, Bethany, said they're glad they re-entered the bell pepper deal for the 2013 season. Bethany Ceccarelli said the bells are coming in strong and looking good. They expect harvest to begin around the second week of June.
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Itchy wrote:Mr. Kennedy,
I was thinking more about placements like these:
That field already looks pretty bulldozed to me, why artificially add a stroke by putting your basket in the air?
Or something like this.
I wasn't really thinking that baskets half way up a hill were elevated only because you have to putt up at them. I actually like courses with elevation change.
The first picture, when I see holes like that they drive me crazy. But when I see a hole like the second one, or in a tree stump or on an "ant hill" something along those lines I think are great. If it swings, hang's or anything like that, I don't see a point of the "putt putt" style basket unless it's for a fun charity type event where money isn't on the line.


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Just a quick question to put out there...
Wouldn't it be great if there could be an operating system online where you could have the same files, settings, programs, etc?
If you were a PHP developer who thinks this is a good idea, answer the poll.
I personally would not use PHP for such a project...
I couldn't have said it better. PHP is not a language designed for this type of task. I won't say it can't be done, but I can definitely say, I doubt it could be done in PHP alone.
What might you recommend to code an OS that runs online?
My first reaction would be a low level language such as C/C++, what is interesting is eyeOS, actually does a bit of both. They develop in PHP, but then use HipHop to compile the PHP down to C++ for performance reasons.
Another thing I've seen in the past is Virtual Machines via a Java Applet. Again, you have a more low level language being used (Java) to serve up the environment.
Personally, I really don't think there is a big market for Web OS anymore, at least not from a business standpoint. There aren't many applications you would be able to run, sure you could do e-mail, basic word documents, spreadsheets, etc, but when it comes to real business applications needed for day to day use, you don't have a web variant that would even be close to suitable.
I don't even understand the question.
It reads to me like "Who here thinks it would be a good thing to tree grass out of sand make with?"
How are you defining operating system? Your question seems to suggest a cloud-based application/file storage service. For this task PHP is indeed, very well suited but I'm not sure what you mean by "operating system" in this context.
I am not really sure what word to use. I would like this to run inside a browser, so users can have all their files, applications, settings, etc, while not requireing administrator access. For example, if you had a very restricted network at work, you could access this site and then not have to worry about contaminating your computer with viruses, or junking up a computer with applications. I would also like this to be open source, so then corperations could use this as maybe a terminal system. They could have a VERY basic linux kernel which loaded internet connectivity, then it would load the site where they would log on their computer. Any ideas what to call it other than an operating system?
Here, answer this and I think everyone will be clear on what you are asking:
Do you see it more in line with eyeOS or DropBox?
eyeOS Definition (Terminal/Citrix client embeded in a browser)
All web-based apps (SaaS or in-house) are called by eyeOS as web services while non web-based apps (Office or any legacy app) are virtualized in the central servers and then called by eyeOS. For example, eyeOS works seamlessly with Citrix XenApp solution. With SSO (Single Sign On), the user accesses all apps at once without having to log in and out
DropBox Definition (Cloud File Sharing)
Dropbox is a file hosting service operated by Dropbox, Inc. that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, and client software. Dropbox allows users to create a special folder on each of their computers, which Dropbox then synchronises so that it appears to be the same folder (with the same contents) regardless of the computer it is viewed on. Files placed in this folder are also accessible through a website and mobile phone applications.
I believe it would be more in line with eyeOS. I am going to check that out right now.
I looked at eyeOS and it looks almost exactly like what I want. I have a few problems though. eyeOS is not open source. That leaves little room for more creativity apps, etc. I believe we could make it much better. If I got the best coders on SitePoint together, do you think we could do this?
EDIT: P.S. I believe we could also write a small toolkit for Microsoft Visual Studio that would allow Windows 8 apps to be easily converted to our OS, as most of them are css, html, and scripting.
It's just not going to happen.
The amount of work involved would be astronomical + php is not really appropriate for it. Plus, most php programmers can't code to save their lives.
Whoa! Slow down. You are not ready for that step yet. You really need to look at this from a business perspective. You need to figure out what you want your system to be able to do, in detail. You need to prioritize that list so road maps and milestones can be established. You need to list what you can bring to the project and what skills you still need to acquire (via the help of others). You need to identify what you need to be able to develop this product in terms of hardware and where you will get it (and how much it will cost to keep that hardware going for the length of the development and beyond). You've got a lot you need to get done before you can even begin asking people to help you.
Do you see this as a business potential? As you can make money off and provide a fully open source product.
I was thinking I could have any interested developers on a team that all collabberated in the code and helped with concepts. I could have designers, coders, structuralists, etc...
We would release new code often, but once done, a company could be provided that would run the code for public use who doesn't have servers to put it on.
so you've gone from "Is this incredibly vague concept a good idea?" to "I want a team of developers and designers from sitepoint" (working for free, presumably?) in four posts? Are you for real?
I know, it's mental. What you're asking for is an incredibly complex system that would take a team of highly skilled and well organised developers probably a couple of years working more or less full time to complete.
Good luck.
I appreciate your support guys...
My job is to create crazy ideas, and at least give them a chance. I believe this is possible. You don't have to.Just don't join us then.
If we split this massive complex thing into small parts, for example one person interested in a small coding job goes and picks one, like putting in emoticons for typing ( :):rolleyes::confused::cool::blush::eek::(;):lol::D:rofl::p:nono:(::x Sorry, I had to try all those.) then they submit their code. A team of central developers put it all together and delegate tasks. It would not be that hard.
You don't have to help us. I was just asking for an opinion. Thank you for your help. Any words before I close this forum?
It's not going to happen. No way.
There is no "us", there's just you, and I don't think you understand the magnitude of the task at hand. If you think it's as simple as you seem to, then you clearly haven't thought it through enough.
I'll leave you to it now.
If you manage to get this actually done to any significant extent and people actually use this system and think it's in any way good, I will literally eat my hat. Literally. I'll buy a hat and film myself eating it on youtube.
That's how certain I am that this will go nowhere.
Exccellent. I cannot wait to see that.
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David Stern began his association with the NBA in 1966 as outside counsel, joined the NBA in 1978 as general counsel and became the league's executive vice president in 1980. Stern was unanimously elected as the NBA's fourth commissioner and began his tenure on February 1, 1984. Since then, the NBA has added seven franchises, enjoyed a fifteen-fold increase in revenues, and expanded its national television exposure dramatically. Interest generated by the league's growing international initiatives has led to the televising of NBA games in 215 countries in 43 languages. NBA TV, the league's 24-hour television network which launched in 1999, is available in 73 countries.
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How to soothe a child in pain
A child in pain is a child in need. Whether it's a small bump or graze from falling over, an earache from an infection, a sting from a needle or dealing with the pain of a medical procedure, littlies look to adults, particularly Mum and Dad, for support and comfort.
According to international pain expert Dr Leora Kuttner, author of A Child in Pain: How to Help, What to do , an adult must "emphatically acknowledge the child's pain experience and support the child in dealing with the pain".
Parents, if they respond and react appropriately, can be a great support for a child in pain, helping her learn coping strategies for and an understanding of pain.
Much of the research on children and pain suggests that the way parents behave or speak about their own pain and react to their child's pain may influence their child's attitude about pain now and in the future.
Best parental responses to pain
Children are still learning about the world they live in – and bumps, bruises and accidents are part of this process. They will naturally look at their parents' reaction to any injury or illness and use this as a guide to their own responses.
Dr Kuttner has this advice for parents on how to deal with a child who is suffering chronic or acute pain.
- Respond promptly to the child's pain in a caring and practical manner – according to many pain experts, the "kiss it better" technique is a winner, particularly for children under about 6 years.
- Acknowledge the pain; don't minimise or deny it – if the child says they're in pain, believe them even if you or a doctor can't find a reason.
- Provide physical contact that works for your child – some kids may want a big cuddle, others might be better just with a calming hand on their shoulder but actual contact can provide physical and psychological relief to a distressed child.
- Remain with your child while they're in pain – children understandably do not want to cope alone with pain.
- Make sure the child knows the positive steps which are being taken to deal with the pain – maybe you've given her some paracetamol, or you've organised someone to get ice for an injury.
- Always provide hope – children need to know that the pain will go away. Providing hope can help a child face the trying times ahead.
- Help the child take her mind off the pain – use distraction like telling a story or blowing bubbles, or instruct her in breathing, relaxation or imagery to help her take her mind off the pain.
- Keep your own anxiety under control – because kids can sense your fear, and it will feed their own anxiety.
Getting professional advice
If your child is in pain for more than a mild scrape or graze, then a GP or staff at a children's hospital will have advice on how you can support your child.
For chronic or recurrent pain (like tummy pain, headaches or growing pains), it may be worth helping your child learn some coping or pain relief strategies. Ask your doctor for resources or a referral to a health professional who can help.
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This article was written by Fiona Baker for Kidspot, Australia's best family health resource. Sources include Sydney Children's Hospital Pain Research Unit and A Child in Pain: How to Help, What to do by Dr Leora Kuttner.
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Most parents claim that they don't know about the new funding system in California schools but want to get involved in guiding how the funds are spent, according to a new survey by EdSource.
The statewide survey is the first to look at how connected and involved parents are with their children's schools. It comes at a time when parents have been given a role by the State Legislature to provide input into how state education funds are spent through the Local Control Funding Formula now being implemented in schools across the state. Signed in July by Gov. Jerry Brown, the law also names parent involvement as one of several priority areas that schools must focus on.
The California Endowment underwrote the survey of 1,003 parents, conducted via telephone by the polling firm Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates Nov. 5-12.
Survey results
Fifty-seven percent of parents reported knowing "nothing at all" about the new funding formula, compared to 9 percent who said they knew "a great deal" about it, underscoring the challenge school districts and parent organizations face in educating parents about the new reforms.
Once parents were given a brief summary, 75 percent expressed support for the reforms, and one in 10 said he or she opposed them. Three-quarters (76 percent) said they were "very" or "somewhat" involved in their children's schools, with close to one-third (30 percent) reporting that they were very involved. Most gave favorable ratings – an A or B grade – to their children's schools, and most reported high levels of communication with them.
"Contrary to popular perceptions of many parents being disengaged from their child's schools, the fact that parents are already involved in their child's school, and feel welcome there, presents a good foundation for them to become involved in California's new funding law," said EdSource Executive Director Louis Freedberg.
Diversity of opinions
The survey revealed distinct differences between high-income and low-income parents, including:
• Nearly four in 10 parents (39 percent) who reported incomes of $100,000 or more describe themselves as "very involved," compared with 24 percent of those reporting incomes of $30,000 or less.
• Forty-three percent of parents with incomes higher than $100,000 gave their children's schools an A, compared with only 25 percent of parents with incomes of under $30,000.
• Thirty-nine percent of low-income parents felt that only a small group of parents had the opportunity to engage in decision-making at their children's schools, compared with 19 percent of high-income parents.
According to Freedberg, the differences suggest that schools will have to work harder to engage low-income parents – whose children are one of the targets of the new funding legislation – in their schools.
"Because of what we know about the strong link between parent involvement and academic outcomes, it is reassuring that parents from all income levels want to be involved," he said. "The challenge facing California's education leaders is how to ensure that all of them have the opportunity to do so."
Parents cited lack of time and conflicting work schedules as the major obstacles in getting more involved in giving input on how the funds will be spent.
They also said there were several steps schools could take to increase their involvement, including giving plenty of advance notice and assuring them that they would have a meaningful voice in the process. Nearly half said child care at meetings would also make a difference, and a smaller number said transportation and translations from English would help.
Most parents said they participate in a wide range of activities in their children's schools. A smaller proportion reported that they attend school board meetings (30 percent) or participate in school site councils or other school or district committees (24 percent).
Parents also said they received much of their information about their children's schools through their children. Other less dominant information sources included conversations with their children's teachers and school newsletters. As schools develop communication strategies around the school funding law, the importance of children as a major conduit of information cannot be underestimated.
For more information, visit edsource.org.


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As has been widely reported, most notably by Marc Graser in Variety, Amazon has just launched a new "never before on DVD" movie service, featuring some 2,000 titles that studios don't feel have enough traction for commercial release, but which have enough interest for cineastes and collectors to purchase on a made-to-order basis, much like the titles offered through the successful Warner Archive service.
In this case, a consortium of studios have decided that it's more cost-effective to let Amazon do the retailing, rather than opening their own divisions, a la Warner Archive's service; the studios involved include Disney, Sony, Warner Bros., Lionsgate, Universal, 20th Century Fox and MGM. The real surprise here for me is Disney, who are notoriously protective with their back catalogue.
Many of these titles will be of no interest to readers of this blog, as you can see from the image above; TV shows, mainstream commercial fare and the like dominate the offerings. But hidden in the stacks are some films of real merit, so readers should check it out for themselves and see what's of interest. Most of these titles were previously available, and still are available, as streaming video on Amazon, but now you can get them in a more stable format. So take a look, and see what's on offer.
Of course, with only 2,000 films or so for sale, that means the vast majority of these studios' films are still locked away in a vault somewhere, and this is just a drop in the bucket. Between them, the studios mentioned above could easily put some 20,000 or even 200,000 films up for potential buyers, and why don't they? Since the discs are made-to-order, what have they got to lose? I guess that's the only downside to this announcement; while it's nice that 2,000 titles never before on DVD will now see the light of day, one should never forget that there are literally hundreds of thousands of films yet-to-be-released, still waiting in the wings.
You can read Marc Graser's piece in Variety by clicking here, or on the image above.


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I would like to up-the-notch on my security practices and try to start using "Pass-Phrases" instead of a simple "Password". (A friend told me that using "password123" isn't as secure as I once thought?!) :lol:
1.) How long does a Pass-Phrase have to be, to be effective?
2.) If it is long enough, can it be a simple English sentence, of does it have to be... "AG13 di%n@#md394786!!*dkDHpnwQ" :eek:
3.) What are some practical tips to remembering it? :-/
4.) Any other bits of wisdom you security experts can share?
If you consider this article, then length is what's most important.
This cool tool seems to concur.
I usually use a sentence containing seemingly random combinations of words that makes some sense to me.
If you are hashing the password/passphrase when storing it then you don't have to place any limits on length in what you allow people to use. Whether they use a one character password or a million character password the value stored will be the same length in the database.
Provided you hash the entire value (plus a salt) in one go the longer the value that is used the longer it would take a brute force attack to break it - assuming that you don't have security in place to prevent infinite guesses at high speed. Simply calling it a passphrase rather than password would help encourage people to enter longer values. One site I saw some time ago (can't remember where) suggested using four words strung together without spaces.
I remember reading somewhere that Windows chunks the password in 7 character sections for processing which has the unexpected result that an 8 character long password there can be easier to crack than a 7 character one and 15 characters can be easier to crack than 14 - since depending on what you know about the person cracking the single character may provide clues as to what the rest are likely to be.
If the site places limitations on password entry - such as locking the account completely after three wrong guesses or locking the account for a few seconds after each wrong guess - then a brute force attack is far less likely to work and alternate approaches to trying to crack a password are less reliant on the length of the password - so that a three character password and a thirty character password regardless of what they contain are not significantly different in how secure they are.
Using a password or pass phrase by itself is not as secure as was once thought. Systems requiring greater security now require more than just a value supposedly known only to you in order to gain access. Often they require that you also enter a code generated or sent to a device that you carry where that code is only valid for a minute or two - meaning that gaining access also requires that you have the device available to generate the unique code. Some are even looking at fingerprints and similar as further identification.
Currently, I require Passwords to have....
At least 1 Upper-Case Letter
- At least 1 Lower-Case Letter
- At least 1 Number
- At least 1 Special Character
- Between 8-15 Characters
And when a user registers or re-sets a Password, I use this code...
// Create Salt.
$salt = substr(sha1(uniqid(mt_rand(), true)), 0, 10);
// Create Hash.
$hash = hash_hmac('sha512', $pass . $salt, VINEGAR);
Unfortunately, I have not had the time or resources to add code that locks things out after multiple or rapid attempts, although I could do this down the road.
So how does what I just described fit into what you are saying, plus my OP about "What makes a good Pass-Phrase"??
To me, a good passphrase is something easy for me to remember, but difficult for a machine to crack.
So "I ate 1000 bowls of chicken soup" is easier to remember and harder to guess than "Sit3p0iNt^"
So do you think that a Pass-Phrase that is maybe 15, 20, or more characters made up of just simple A-Z, 0-9 and spaces is good enough?
Assuming it's not something easily guessable by a human, yes. I've used things like the first four cities I visited in Europe. Unless I'm being hacked by my mom, no one's going to guess that.
I'm all for strong passwords, but when sites enforce rules (especially varying rules), they're forcing me to write down a password that I'll lose, and I'll end up doing a reset. One site will enforce password standards like yours up above, and another one (like my phone company) will forbid special characters, so now whatever mental policy I use to set passwords is out the window, and the next time I visit the site I'm doing a reset.
Not sure I want to take the time to change my Password code to Pass-Phrase code before I go live, but I will definitely start using that soon enough.
BTW, based on your own experiences, what is the average UPPER-LIMIT for Password Length on most websites these days?
To be honest, I pay more attention to minimum lengths than maximum ones, so I can't really answer that. I generally use passphrases for SSH access to Linux machines, and they usually have a huge max length.
Don't forget that (like felgall mentioned) hashed passwords are all the same length when stored.
The upper limit should be infinite. The practical limit will be the maximum length that can be passed in a form field.
Once it gets to the server a trillion character password will take up as much space as a one character password once it has been hashed so there is no reason to set arbitrary maximums.
I'm not understanding you here...
If Person #1 sets a Pass-Phrase as "Hi", and it gets hashed to, so, a 40 character Hash, and Person #2 sets a Pass-Phrase" to "I ate 1000 bowls of chicken soup for breakfast this morning at my grandma's house in Miami", and it also gets hashed to, so, a 40 character Hash, then I don't see how the Length matters?!
Also, could you please comment on whether the approach and code I posted above is secure?
You need to at least add a salt to the password when hashing it - that then means that two passwords that would otherwise have mapped to the same hash will now map to different hashes and that if someone has reused the same password across different sites that because your site uses a different salt to the other sites where they used it that finding a value that works for one site will not allow the finder to break into another site that uses the same password.
A longer password is harder to guess than a shorter one. This makes little difference to brute force attacks processing thousands of guesses a second but makes a big difference if the site only allows three guesses before locking the account or only allows one guess every ten seconds (and will ignore all but the first guess if the guesses are made faster than that)
Switching from a short password to a longer passphrase is what the users can do to build on the security of their login provided that the site has already implemented salted hashes and blocks brute force attacks. If those security measures are not implemented by the site then their account will be insecure regardless of what password or passphrase they choose.
If you have an upper limit of say 50 characters, then your user can't use a pass phrase like "I ate 1000 bowls of chicken soup for breakfast this morning at my grandma's house in Miami" if they want to.
Felgall's suggestions about "salting" and a minimum character limit of 30 would help with security.
Just my opinion...
Stephen, you're not reading what I said above...
And I showed code above that does that us a Salt... (If you look above, you'll also see I use Vinegar...)
A longer password is harder to guess than a shorter one.
Again, if all passwords get hashed to a hash that is the same length, then I am not understanding where length comes it???
If the password "Hi" gets hashed to "1234567890xxxxxxxxxx1234567890xxxxxxxxx"
...and the password "This is a much longer pass-phrase which should be more secure" gets hashed to "0987654321yyyyyyyyyy0987654321yyyyyyyyyy"
...then is seems to me that the hackers just have to hack a 40-digit password in each case?? :-/
It also seems to me that if my Pass-Phrase is 150 characters, and it gets hashed to 40-characters, then I lose 110 characters of Pass-Phrase security... :-/
That's not the case, because hackers need to find the password that maps to the hash, they don't need to fill in the hash that you store in the database in the login form (I hope ). So in order to log in they need to find that one string [password] that -combined with salt, vinegar, what have you- maps to the hash you have stored in the database (in some hashing algorithms like md5 there may be multiple strings that map to the same hash, but the chances are extremely low and most have people have moved on to something like sha1 anyway).
So in that case a longer password really does make it more secure because there are lot more possibilities that with a shorter password. For simplicity sake if you only consider letters (lower and upper case) and numbers, every position you add to the password multiplies the number of possibilities a hacker has to go to by 62, and in general the number of possibilities is 62^(number of characters). Use some graph software to draw that function, see what happens
So hackers are trying to guess just the Password, and obviously, a shorter Password is easier to guess than a long one, right?
And the fact that a Password of Length=2 or Length=200 gets reduced to a Hash Length=40 shouldn't really be a concern of mine, right?
But tell me more about these "collisions"?
If "password123" and "cotton candy" both resolve to "1234567890xxxxxxxxxx1234567890yyyyyyyyyy", then do I have to worry that User 1 could hack into User 2's account?
And could that collision break my PHP code or my database?
I guess I am not understanding where this would cause issues? :-/
Do you use pass-phrases?
If so, how long on average?
And if so, can you share in general terms the "formula" you use to achieve a level of security that you are happy with?
For example, would a Pass-Phrase like this be good enough for starters...
"I love spending my Saturday's at the library"
I don't. I try to avoid using sites that don't have proper security installed. For sites that do have proper security anyone trying to break in gets at most five guesses as to what the password or passphrase is and so the length doesn't really matter - ATMs that would provide access to your money only allow four digit numbers as passwords and three guesses and they are considered to be secure enough for that purpose so provided that the number of guesses is limited and the password length is greater than three characters the account isn't likely to be compromised that way.
It is the lack of proper security where someone can make a million guesses every few minutes that a longer password or phrase would take significantly longer to guess than a shorter one (centuries rather than days).
Of course it is easier to break in when they don't have to guess completely at random what the password is and instead use social media to work out what your password is most likely to be or use some means of actually capturing it (such as installing a keylogger on your computer) - in those cases it can make little or no difference what your password is.
No. The only thing that could happen is that multiple passwords work for a user, but as I said the chance is extremely small. If you use sha1 you shouldn't worry about this.
Well good password is the combination of Alphabets ,number and special character . you can protect your password for hacker if you know the way of hacking and weak point of password .
See http://shoutingblogger.blogspot.com/2013/03/how-to-protect-password-from-hacker.html


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Collins not rushing a decision on Gee
NEW YORK -- Dillon Gee's rehab assignment with Class A Brooklyn on Friday night went very well. The righty tossed 75 pitches in six innings, allowing one run on three hits and striking out 10.
Gee, who hasn't pitched since May 11 because of a strained right lat, may feel ready to come back to the Mets, but manager Terry Collins will take until at least Sunday to determine his return.
"He's going to throw a bullpen tomorrow, and after tomorrow we will make a decision when he's going to pitch again," said Collins.
That could mean that Gee, who hit the disabled list with a 3-1 record and 2.73 ERA, could return before the All-Star break for a start at home unless Collins feels he needs more time.
"You might want him to throw some more," said Collins about waiting until after the break to bring back Gee. "Tomorrow we'll make the decision about when he's going to pitch. He could pitch next week here, it could be trying to get to 100 pitches someplace else."
No matter when Gee returns, the Mets will have to make a corresponding move to make room on the active roster. That may mean optioning fill-in starter Daisuke Matsuzaka back to Triple-A Las Vegas.
"We certainly don't plan on [using Matsuzaka out of the bullpen]," said Collins. "I know this guy will give us what we need to have. He's done it before. He did it in Anaheim when we were short, even though he was getting knocked around. He came in and said, 'I'll give you seven innings tonight,' which is just how he is."
Whomever is chosen, the decision should be difficult, especially if it's a member of the bullpen. Mets relievers have allowed 11 earned runs over the last 59 1/3 innings (1.67 ERA) and rank sixth in the Majors with a 3.12 ERA.
Friday night was no exception, as Carlos Torres, Vic Black, Jeurys Familia and Jenrry Mejia combined for 26 outs when starter Jon Niese had to exit for precautionary reasons after taking a line drive to the back.
Jake Kring-Schreifels is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Colors of CoMA comes to Karats in Vail this weekend
June 15, 2012
With farmer's markets, art fairs and art festivals beginning too sprout up for the summer season, now is the time to see, touch and feel real art and jewelry up close and personal. This is also the time that Karats, a working studio gallery in the heart of Vail Village, hosts its annual Colors CoMA art show, taking place today and Sunday.
Dan Telleen, the owner of Karats, brings CoMA, or the Colorado Metalsmithing Association, show to his gallery each year to showcase the work of CoMA members and to kick off the Vail Farmer's Market at which CoMA will maintain a tent throughout the summer market season.
"'The Colors of CoMA' includes not just jewelers but blacksmiths, sculptors; really anyone that works in industrial or ornamental metal," Telleen said.
Overall, CoMA is a great support system and educational resource for artists at all levels all over Colorado. Aside from their big annual conference in July in Salida every year, CoMA offers ongoing classes for things like how to cast platinum or how to market your art.
"I've been making jewelry for over 45 years and I still learn something when I go to a CoMA seminar," Telleen said. "It's a great organization for anyone involved in metals and its only $40 a year for membership and $25 for students. They do so much for Colorado artists."
Another important resource for members is the Colors of CoMA Show and the Vail Farmer's Market itself. For students that are learning about metal, the Karats CoMA connection is an extension of the classroom, giving them an opportunity to show their work in real art fair/market setting. For other CoMA artists who have been doing metalwork professionally for their whole lives, it's a chance to get their work exposure in the Vail market and to do so without a huge expenditure of time and money.
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The summer-long residence of the CoMA tent at the Vail Farmer's Market is structured to be a mentoring situation where ideally, a seasoned artist who has shown at art fairs before and is adept at working with the public, is paired with a second artist who is just learning the ropes. They learn what its like to set up and work in a market situation and whether or not they like the experience of working a show at an art fair like the Vail Farmers Market.
The "Colors of CoMA" show is today and Sunday at Karats at 122 East Meadow Drive in Vail Village, with additional pieces featured on Sunday in the CoMA tent at the Vail Farmer's Market. For more information, call 970-476-4760 or visit karatsvail.com.


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The volume group I created was as far as I know a "default" setup... If I'm going to try to re-create the VG, the /dev/hdb1 (dying 200gig Maxtor ) will be dd' d to a 250gig drive, different size. Since I'm dd'ing the drive and it's creating a partition /dev/hdb1 on the new drive will that cause a problem? I'm guessing not, since it's essentially identical just larger? Just thinking out loud here, since I'm trying to fix (xfs_repair) a VG and the essential data I'm looking for "should" still be intact on the new drive I just dd'd from the dying one. How will the newly created VG on dev/hda4 know to incorporate the exisitng VG on the second drive /dev/hdb1? and will it matter if the VG on /dev/hda4 is not identical to the original as long as it knows to incorporate all of /dev/hdb1 into the VG and the VG name is the same therefore I can run xfs_repair on it. Don't you have to set the "blocks" or something when incorporating a new drive into the VG? Thanks for all the help and ideas. On 9/4/05, Iustin Pop <iusty@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 04:18:00PM -0400, A JM wrote: > > Yes, I think you understood correctly. The LVM spanned 1 full disk (hdb > or > > hdb1) and a partition on another disk (hda4). > > I might have a "slight" problem re-activating the VG since the original > OS > > has been rebuilt and therefore doesn't contain what I'm assuming from > your > > post, the original VG data? This is not good! > Uh oh... Could be a problem. > > Can I re-create the VG on the rebuilt OS and try to incorporate hdb1 > back > > into the new VG? Then try running xfs_repair? > Well, if both /dev/hda4 and /dev/hdb1 are available, you should be able > to recreate it. As far as I know, in default configurations, metadata is > written on all PVs. > > Try: vgscan and see if you see the VGforMyth volume. If not, try > pvdisplay /dev/hda4 and pvdisplay /dev/hdb1. Post the output. > > Regards, > Iustin Pop > [[HTML alternate version deleted]]
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Here we go! After being teased in seven-second increments earlier this week, we have the first full, official trailer for the newly-titled 'Furious 7,' which wastes absolutely no time getting right into the bonkers action, with a car being parachute-dropped onto the road during one of the crew's missions, and Paul Walker's Brian being rescued from a harrowing episode on the edge of a cliff by Michelle Rodriguez. And that's only a fraction of what we see in this trailer.


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The car you see above is the Aptera 2e all electric three-wheeled vehicle. It get's the equivalent of 200 mpg, will cost less than $45k and will be available this year. It goes from 0-60 in less than 10 seconds and is comfy cruising at over 80 mph. Google is a major investor in Aptera.
So it's April 2010 and you live in southern California. You head to the Aptera dealership and pick up the keys to your new 2e. You put your seat-belt on and reach for the radio. What song do you pick for your first drive?
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text: Copper thefts drop By Eric Eyre October 8, 2012 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- New laws designed to crack down on copper theft in West Virginia seem to be working, state lawmakers learned Monday.But an increase in out-of-state or transient scrap metal dealers threatens to undermine the progress police are making to curb thefts.Frontier Communications reported that copper-wire cable thefts dropped from 200 to 130, when comparing the first nine months of 2011 to the same period this year.West Virginia State Police also said copper theft reports have steadily decreased -- from 50 during the first three months of this year, to 35 during the second quarter, and down to 21 during the past three months."Copper thefts are down significantly," said Bryan Stover, corporate security specialist at Frontier. "Hopefully, that trend will stay the same."In June, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin signed into law two new bills designed to clamp down on copper theft. One bill makes it a felony to steal copper cable and disrupt telephone or utility service. The other law restricts the sale of copper and other metals at scrap yards across the state."The laws seem to be working, but we're still in the early stages," State Police Capt. Bill Scott told members of a joint House-Senate committee Monday. "It's still hard to gauge."Stover said telecommunication firms, utilities and railroads are working closely with law enforcement authorities and scrap dealers."We have to work together," Stover said. "I think this shows we are working together. Now that the word is getting out that you can't do this, it's a real deterrent." Stover said Frontier customers typically lose service when thieves swipe copper-wire cable strung across telephone polls.During the June 29 derecho, thieves also stole 20 of Frontier's backup generators, which are housed at remote sites, Stover told lawmakers during Monday's interim meetings.Roland Fisher, president of the West Virginia Scrap Dealers Association, said his organization's members are following the new rules and cooperating with utilities and law enforcement agencies.Under the new law, people who sell copper and other scrap metal to recyclers must fill out paperwork and show a photo ID. "The important thing is that the recycler has all the information on the seller," Fisher said. However, Fisher said transient scrap dealers from states as far away as Texas and Michigan bring trucks to West Virginia and buy scrap metal. "The gypsy dealers are a lot harder to stop," he said. "It's very difficult to control."Such transient dealers also buy platinum stripped from vehicles' catalytic converters, said Ruth Lemmon, director of the West Virginia Automobile and Truck Dealers Association.Thieves have stolen catalytic converters from auto dealer lots, shopping centers, schools, and even from a hospice organization's parking lot. Lemmon has received reports of thefts in Parkersburg, St. Albans and Wheeling in recent months.Thieves can remove a catalytic converter from a car or truck in as little as 40 seconds, she said."It's a very serious issue," Lemmon said Monday. "It's our belief that it's the gypsies who are buying them. I don't think it's the legitimate scrap dealers."The new law requires scrap dealers to fingerprint anyone who sells five or more catalytic converters at the same time. "It's not your established scrap yard that's buying this stuff," echoed Chris Bower, special agent with the CSX railroad police. "It's the smaller, back-door, mom-and-pop operations. These new scrap yards are springing up almost daily, and they know it's illegal to purchase stolen material."The new law also is designed to make it more difficult for transient scrap dealers to operate in West Virginia.The rules require operators to have a business license, a permit through the Department of Environmental Protection, a scales certificate with the Division of Labor Weights and Measures section, and a registration with the Secretary of State's office. Some lawmakers questioned whether a drop in copper prices led to fewer thefts. Fisher and others said copper prices declined earlier this year, but have rebounded over the past three months -- at a time when thefts decreased significantly.Reach Eric Eyre at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-4869. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Innerviews: Dual-identity surgeon riding high in horse racing world 2 Huggins, WVU tap South Florida hoops talent 3 WVU seeking improvements during off week 4 Former State Police captain now chief in Winfield 5 Rod Run and Doo Wop brings classic cars, music to Boulevard for 12th year Tales of bullying, efforts to stop it shared at Capitol Previous Story Eliminating 'double-dipping' would be costly Next Story


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New 24-7 recycling drop point in Granby can help local schools
July 6, 2013
GRANBY — Infinite West and Rocky Mountain Re-Source and Re-Use Center announce two new programs to Grand County that upcycle and recycle what some people might consider to be trash. Both programs will operate at the Rocky Mountain Re-Source Center at its location at 55 North First Street in Granby. The upcycle/terracycle program will consist of a drop-off point in front that is self-serve and will operate 24 hours a day.
Tins for Tots, the other program, is an aluminum can collection program that allows one to recycle aluminum for cash and put the proceeds towards the schools. This program operates during business hours.
Upcycling is the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of better quality or for better environmental value. Upcycling is the second component of the "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" waste hierarchy.
Recycling is a process to change materials (waste) into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful materials. It reduces the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduces energy usage, reduces air pollution (from incineration) and water pollution (from land-filling) by reducing the need for "conventional" waste disposal, and it lowers greenhouse gas emissions as compared to plastic production.
Rocky Mountain Re-Source and Re-Use Center will have three new bins in place out front at all times to accept new classes of upcyclable materials. Each bin will hold one type of product. The first bin will collect Colgate oral care products such as toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes and floss containers. Another bin will be for tub containers, such as cream cheese tubs, margarine tubs, yogurt tubs or any sort of tub type containers including lids. A third bin will be for paired-only shoes that are actually reused instead of upcycled into new products. These shoes must be in pairs and have no holes please.
"These items will be shipped to a company called Terracycle, which upcycles the materials into a product it can sell," said Thomas Harris, upcycle committee chair and vice president of the board for Infinite West. "Terracycle pays us for the product and we in turn use that money to help teachers with critical supplies that are needed in our schools." Infinite West plans to administer and distribute the funds gained from this upcycling project. Anyone can see and purchase these products via http://www.dwellsmart.com.
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"We encourage anyone in the community to drop off these specific sorts of recyclable products at these drop points in Granby," Harris said. "This is a great way to make Grand County green and sustainable while helping our local schools at the same time." Infinite West started collecting products at East Grand Middle School last year and is now expanding to this new effort.
" Ultimately, the nonprofit hopes to have drop-off points for its products in each community in Grand County," Harris said.
Terracycle has diverted billions of units of waste and used them to create more than 1,500 products available at major retailers, ranging from Walmart to Whole Foods Market. In addition, The Rocky Mountain Re-Source Center and Infinite West have also teamed up to start an aluminum-cans-for-schools program called Tins-for-Tots. Collect your cans and take them to the Re-Source Center and let Mike know that you want to donate your recycling proceeds to East Grand School District instead of cashing out. Mike Wyatt, owner of the Center, also takes scrap metal of all sorts for market value, anything with a cord, and any re-sellable construction items. The Center also accepts whole cars to be donated for scrap with proceeds going to schools. For more information about this new worthwhile program, call Thomas Harris at 970-531-6054 or Mike Wyatt at 970-531-7932 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Infinite West is a nonprofit in Grand County dedicated to responsible and inventive renewal of our natural, economic, and cultural resources. The organization encourages education and practice of the 3R's toward an environmentally, economically sustainable community in Grand County.


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I've only skimmed this thread so perhaps this has been covered, but wanted to make sure to point out that DSA products have a dedicated ADC per channel, thus support true simultaneous sampling. Most DAQ products have a single ADC and mux the input channels, which is obviously not simultaneous sampling. This may or may not be important to your application.
Are these glitches between EVERY sample? Or perhaps at tbe beginning and end of every output 'task'? I don't see how they can occur between samples, unless they can be easily filtered out.... I need to create audio streams, and perhaps the glitches are not apparant in the band of interest (they only have very high frequency content.. I'm sure the DSA type H/W can prodiuce audio stream, but I was looking for a lower resolution (accompanied by a lower price).
The glitches occur at the binary transitions -- i.e. the transition from 01111 to 10000. So you'll see one big glitch for every wavelength. You might be able to recenter the waveform with a DC bias such that you never use the MSB bit of the DAC. That might help. You can also filter, but I'm not sure you can maintain hi-fidelity with that method.
Thanks. Duh... I should have thought about the 'resistor ladder' type of DAC and the bit transition glitches....
The devices that I would be driving with the analog output are inherantly band-limited and have anti-aliasing filters. This should help. But the glitch will be puting lots of energy into any kind of filter. I need to think about this one....


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Brady named Henrico Christmas Mother
Citizen Staff Reports 10/02/12
Terry McConnell Brady, a retired Henrico County math teacher, has been named the 2012 Henrico Christmas Mother.
A native of Abingdon, Va., where she grew up on a farm with three brothers, Brady resides in the Tuckahoe District and is a long-time member of Tuckahoe Presbyterian Church, where she serves as a Sunday school teacher and works in the outreach division. She also volunteers with Meals on Wheels and the American Cancer Society, and has been involved with the Henrico Christmas Mother program for three years.
Brady has been married to her husband, Patrick, for 48 years and they have three children and six grandchildren. She enjoys spending time with her family as well as reading and gardening.
The mission of the Henrico Christmas Mother is to provide new clothes, toys, books and food to qualifying families, the elderly, and adults with disabilities during the holiday season.
The 501(c)(3) organization is run by an all-volunteer Council consisting of former Henrico Christmas Mothers and representatives of each of Henrico County's five magisterial districts. This year's Henrico Christmas Mother Council officers include President Shelly Poole, Vice President Betsy Foster, Treasurer Mary Shaia, Assistant Treasurer Betty Lyon, Recording Secretary Robin Smith, Corresponding Secretary Karen Moore and Members-at- Large Charlotte Melton and Ruth Radzisauskas.
Donations of checks may be mailed to Henrico Christmas Mother, P.O. Box 70338, Henrico, VA 23255-0338. To make online donations or to learn about volunteering, sponsoring a family or applying for assistance, visit http://www.henricochristmasmother.org or call 236-9741.
State trooper shot in Henrico cul-de-sac
Citizen Staff Reports 09/20/2017 General NewsPublic SafetyCrime Report
SEPT. 20, 11:30 A.M. – A North Carolina woman who Virginia State Police say shot a state trooper in Henrico last night has been charged with attempted capital murder of a police officer and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
The woman, Karisa Shyanne Daniels, 23, of Durham, N.C., allegedly fired at Senior Trooper C. A. Putnam on Lakeway Court, a Henrico cul-de-sac near September Drive shortly before midnight, following a chase. > Read more.
C-SPAN bus to visit UR Sept. 27
Citizen Staff Reports 09/20/2017 EducationGeneral News
The University of Richmond will host a multi-media C-SPAN bus Sept. 27 from 1 to 3 p.m. The "50 Capitals Tour" – open to the public on – is designed to engage students and community members through interactive demonstrations of C-SPAN's multi-platform public service resources.
The 45-foot customized motor coach will be placed on the University Forum. > Read more.
Free flu shots available at MedExpress, opening Sept. 20
Citizen Staff Reports 09/18/2017 BusinessGeneral NewsHealth
MedExpress Urgent Care will open a new neighborhood medical center in Henrico Sept. 20 at 8040 W. Broad St. To help Richmond-area residents prepare for the upcoming flu season, the new center will offer free flu shots to patients ages four and up starting the day the center opens and while supplies last.
An open house celebration and ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held prior to opening day, Sept. 19 from noon to 2 p.m. > Read more.
Crime Stoppers' Crime of the Week: Sept. 18, 2017
Citizen Staff Reports 09/18/2017 General NewsPublic SafetyCrime of the Week
Crime Stoppers is seeking information about a shooting in Richmond that resulted in an injured child and the murder of an adult.
At approximately 10:21 p.m., Sept. 9, Richmond Police were called to the 3200 block of 5th Avenue for a report of a person shot. They quickly located two victims suffering from gunshot wounds, a 57-year-old male and a 9-year-old female. > Read more.
Business in brief
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Commonwealth Senior Living at the West End, located at 2400 Gaskins Rd., will hold their grand opening on Oct. 3 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The community recently underwent a multi-million-dollar renovation which included the addition of a new memory care neighborhood, new resident suites, an expanded dining room, and brand-new courtyards and additional outdoor spaces. Commonwealth Senior Living associates will be on site to provide tours of the newly renovated community. > Read more.
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Wegmans to sponsor Turkey Trot 10K
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CalendarThe Henrico County Drug Court will sponsor an inaugural 5k run/walk event to support the continued recovery of its participants and graduates. The 5k will be held from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Deep Run Park, 9900 Ridgefield Pkwy., and will include face painting, music, a bounce house, silent auction and other family fun. The race will start at 9 a.m. The cost to participate is $25, or $15 using the online promotion code HENRICO, plus processing fees. To register, visit http://runsignup.com/Race/VA/Henrico/HenricoCountyDrugCourtAlumni5k. The registration deadline is Sept. 20. The event will be part of a national recognition of September as Recovery Month. Proceeds will benefit Henrico Drug Court activities that promote the ongoing recovery of individuals who have graduated from the program. Established in 2003, the Drug Court strives to reduce crime and recidivism through timely intervention and comprehensive treatment of substance abusing offenders. For details, call (804) 501-7596. Full text


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Dalai Lama Honors AU Alumna
In February 2014, the Dalai Lama hosted an event called Unsung Heroes of Compassion, which honors individuals who set examples for compassion in action around the world. The event has been held four times since 2000, and this year College of Arts and Sciences alumna Susan Dix Lyons was among the honorees.
Dix Lyons graduated from the American University with a BA in literature in 1989 and after more than a decade as a journalist went on to found Clinica Verde, a sustainably designed clinic for families living in poverty in rural Nicaragua. Dix Lyons was inspired by the stories of her grandparent's travels in Latin America as part of her grandfather's work with the Inter American Press Association. When she learned about a local group near her California home that was building homes for the poor in Nicaragua, she was drawn back to the stories of her grandparents and her own experience as a young journalist in Central America many years before.
Nicaragua is the second poorest country in Latin America and has the highest rate of adolescent fertility. One in four pregnancies occurs to a teen mother, while one in five children is chronically malnourished. Dix Lyons selected Nicaragua as the site for the first clinic both because of her personal connection to the country and the relationships she has formed with the local community.
The clinic opened in January 2012 after four years of fundraising, designing, and building and now serves more than 14,000 patients annually. The clinic provides women's health services such as prenatal care, health education, and cervical cancer screenings; children's healthcare including wellness visits, immunizations and nebulizations; adolescent healthcare and sexual reproductive health education; care for adults including disease care, counseling and nutrition education. The clinic also has a pharmacy and is raising money to open an on-site laboratory.
"We take a preventive approach to healthcare," Dix Lyons says. "Providing not just clinical care but nutrition and health education in an environment designed to promote positive health outcomes."
In March 2014, the clinic started to partner with Global Student Embassy on a biointensive garden, which will be used as a demonstration farm and tool for teaching nutrition to the families and local schools the clinic serves.
"We aim to change the way communities see and think about their health," Dix Lyons says, "addressing wellbeing as a set of linked behaviors that support the physical, emotional, and spiritual person through a dynamic, preventive approach integrated within communities."
Unsung Heroes of Compassion
The 2014 Unsung Heroes of Compassion event honored 51 individuals from around the world who "work to alleviate the suffering of others without expectation of reward."
Meeting the Dalai Lama was at once humbling and inspiring for Dix Lyons.
"It was a heightened call to action: a reminder that there's so much more work to be done," Dix Lyons says. "It was also great just to connect and get to know the other honorees – a global community of people who are all working hard to do what they can to improve conditions for those who might otherwise be left behind."
This new call to action will be the stepping stone for Clinica Verde's optimistic future.
"We're at a stage now where we're exploring how we can expand our impact," Dix Lyons says. "Whether through helping to design and build other health hubs such as ours, developing as a site for training and education, social franchising – or even bringing our model to underserved areas in the U.S. We're looking for experienced partners and people with big visions."
Her Time at AU
Dix Lyons says American University shaped the path she has followed.
"I had incredible professors who encouraged and inspired me, and I developed friendships with people who influenced my values and ambitions in a very positive way," Dix Lyons says. "There was an activist culture while I was there that allowed us to really engage with the things we cared about. We were passionate and excited to contribute and find a sense of purpose, and we had a lot of fun. I left AU ready to take on big challenges."
Dix Lyons credits her literature degree with introducing her to new perspectives, ideas, and passions that affected how she approaches every challenge she faces. It also provided the basis for her communications skills, which she still practices by way of short perspective pieces that she records for KQED in San Francisco. She also teaches Media and Social Innovation as an adjunct professor at Pacific Union College in Angwin, California.
Her Advice to Students
"Do things," Dix Lyons says. "Say yes to every opportunity to grow. Approach each task, however small, with a sense of dedication and excellence. Face your fears. Throw yourself out there, and don't give up on your vision for a better world in which you play a critical part."
"I think we're each designed to serve an important role in life. Be open to discovering it - and realize that the path to finding your purpose is rarely a straight line. And, of course, cherish your partner and family. Their love will sustain you during the inevitable defeats."
More information on Clinica Verde can be found on its website, and information on the Unsung Heroes of Compassion can be found here.


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Renewable chemicals company Allylix Inc. has hired Leandro Nonino as vice president of sales and marketing for flavor and fragrance products.
"Leandro has an extensive background in the global flavors and fragrance ingredients business and brings to Allylix his extensive network of relationships with customers in those markets," said Carolyn Fritz, CEO of Allylix.
Prior to joining Allylix, Nonino served as the global director of Firmenich's flavor ingredients business segment, and sales director for the Americas for the company's ingredients division. While at Firmenich, Nonino's responsibilities included international sales and marketing, mergers and acquisitions, and long term strategic product planning.
In addition to his flavor and fragrance experience, Nonino has a decade of brand and product management experience in the food industry at Bestfoods, Danone and Masterfoods.
Join the flavor community for two days of in-depth education and networking at P&F's Flavorcon, November 18–19 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Flavorcon attendees will take away new tools and information to help their organizations meet the flavor needs of local and global consumers and customers.


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Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 10 Minutes
1 jar Cookwell and Company Green Chile Stew
1 pound ground turkey meat
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup HEB Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese OR substitute 8 oz H-E-B EZ Melt or Velveeta, cubed, for cream and cheese
- Brown ground turkey in a large pot on medium-high heat.
- Add in cream and cheese. Stir until cheese is melted.
- When cheese is melted, add in Green Chile Stew and allow to simmer on low heat for about 5-10 minutes.
- Enjoy with cornbread!
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Put two film fanatics in adjoining cubicles at Minnesota Public Radio News and you know what they'll be talking about. Stephanie Curtis, the Movie Maven, and arts reporter Euan Kerr are the Cube Critics and today, they picked their favorite movies of the year -- so far.
Here's the really interesting article Stephanie mentions at the beginning of the segment. We wanted to link to it at Boston.com.


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Alex AthasBasketball Player, 1938-48Warren Easton HS/Tulane UniversityInducted: 1980A three-sport athlete who made his biggest mark in basketball, Alex "Greek" Athas died in 2009 at the age of 86. He was a three-time All-SEC selection in basketball while playing for Tulane in the 1940s.Athas lettered in football, basketball and track and field at Warren Easton High School before moving on to join the Green Wave. His time with the Greenies was interrupted by a stint in the Navy during World War II when he saw combat duty in the Pacific.During his first year at Tulane (1943-44), he led the SEC with 14.1 points per game and set a single-game tournament scoring record with 28 points. Tulane, which registered a 72-14 record during Athas' years, twice played for the SEC Championship, both times losing toe Adolph Rupp's Kentucky squads.In addition to basketball, Athas played one season of football and was a standout in track at Tulane. He was the SEC Champion in the 220-yard low hurdles and the broad jump.After playing professional basketball for three years, Athas returned to Warren Easton as a coach, assisting with football and track and field as well as ervig as the head basketball coach over the next 34 years. He retired in 1988.He has also been selected to the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame and the Warren Easton Hall of Fame.Source: Times-Picayune
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The Lighter Side of Thanksgiving: Dishes Inspired by MyPlate
Assemble the scalloped potatoes up to 6 hours in advance and refrigerate, covered with foil. Allow potatoes to come to room temperature before baking. Bake along with the turkey during the last 1 1/2 hours of roasting.
Recipe: Simple Scalloped Potatoes
Take your sweet potatoes to the next level by adding the juicy deliciousness of pineapple into the mix.
Recipe: Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Pineapple
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Mandibular Tori Surgery
I have mandibular tori in my lower jaw. They are VERY large and seem to be growing and you can now see them bulge through my face. I am 60. They don`t bother me otherwise. I am reluctant to have them surgically removed. Will they get larger? Should I have them removed now before I get older? What are the risks and what is the recovery like?
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Workforce Week of Action to Focus on Adequate Investment in Programs That Work
Aug 10, 2011
In the midst of the recession, more than 8 million adults and dislocated workers were served by programs under Title I of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). More than half went on to find jobs and many others participated in services to increase skills and job readiness. On the college front, over 9.4 million low-income students received financial assistance from the Pell Grant program to further their education and millions more received job preparation and basic skills training through other federally supported training programs, including adult basic education and career and technical education. However, the national unemployment rate is still greater than 9 percent and more than 14 million Americans who want a job simply can't find one. With numbers like these, maintaining the nation's federal workforce development programs is more important than ever. Current Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke echoed this sentiment when he said:
Although helping workers acquire up-to-date skills is always important, it is especially critical now, when long spells of unemployment are threatening the longer-term employability and productivity of many.
Despite the clear and demonstrated need for these programs, Congress already cut more than $1 billion in funding for workforce programs in Fiscal Year 2011. Such measures are highly counterproductive in the current economic context; however, many members of Congress are considering even deeper cuts to workforce investments for Fiscal Year 2012, threatening the nation's ability to get Americans back to work.
In response, more than 25 national organizations are coming together to raise awareness and maintain this necessary investment in workforce development programs. The recent efforts are culminating with the National Workforce Week of Action Aug. 15 to 19.
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