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Well, hello!
I feel I must somewhat give reasoning behind my impromptu absence for the past 4 weeks (yes FOUR weeks since my last visual communication with you all!) my most lengthy blog writing break to date. 2 whole weeks of illness (which I eventually established the cure to be Manuka Honey and Lemon thanks to my favourite radio presenter Steve Allen coming up with the idea on LBC 97.3) which I'm still addicted to 3-4 weeks on, but purely for the pleasurable effect it has on my taste buds. Unfortunately, the downside is that it doesn't have a positive effect on my wallet coming in at an astounding price of £12 per jar!!! Though at least I learnt a lot about the stuff during the process. Anyway, 2 weeks of illness, followed by a week of recuperating and having no time whatsoever, and then of course last week was Easter… of which I hope you all had a good one! My house is still filled with Chocolate rabbits, Easter cake and Cream eggs… though I'm not complaining of course! I must commend the supermarkets specifically ASDA for how promptly they have disposed of their Easter eggs, it seems they haven't even bothered to reduce them, just simply disposed of them… let's hope it is just a case of a bunch of early birds catching the worm so to speak in obtaining some cheap eggs for 20 pence or so, rather than them all going to waste… especially when the majority of the eggs are 50% packaging!
I digress, and it is brilliant to be back to usual and getting the chance to do some blogging again. Thank you very much for everybody's support on my other writing project which is at Published World which I have still forced myself to do on a weekly basis, and you can get a link at the top right hand corner of the page to give it a read if you haven't done so already.
There has been so much media occurrences I could have commented on during the last 3 weeks to boot! I'm not going to chat on about The Voice on Britain's got talent too much on this blog either, as to be frank I'm sick of reading articles on them now as I'm sure you are. Lot's to get through this week so let's jolly well get on with it, and once again it is brilliant to be back… though I am feeling a little rusty, maybe that WD40 which has been hanging around under my kitchen sink could finally come to a good use?
Random irritations of the week:
It's the popular part of my weekly ramblings were no celebrity wants to see themselves. I declare who has really got on my goat this week and just who are my random irritations!
<<< Is it just me that thinks that is the most irritating picture ever? All smiles yet no substance, and unfortunately the same can be said for the programme. BBC Breakfast has this week moved to Salford and it's diabolical! The show has turned into a North West guest dominated affair which now seems to lack any form of significance in a morning, talk about a bad decision! Boring Bill and Susanna seemed a little nervous on their first show, probably knowing that it is the start of a slow decline. I'm a media lover, but am I excited about this? No! It oozes cheapness and budget cuts, and I know one of the people who is working for the show backstage… and if they are employing people like that, then I simply WISH it to fail!
It seems I am not the only one to notice the astonishing editing (or lack of in Miss Willoughby's case) on BBC'S The Voice. It is no secret that she is being paid a six figure salary, yet only appeared on last weeks show for a duration of just over a minute, unbelievable! In all fairness the show isn't bad and far outweighs anything ITV have managed to create, but the show could certainly do with some polish here and there, getting rid of anybody who is surplus to requirements may be a good start!
Despite my major dislike of Ms Price, I have to admit she has to be admired! She certainly doesn't give up does she? Either that or she just likes flaunting her overly large fake assets in our faces. Her latest venture is a column in the ghastly Sun on Sunday, which between you and me I certainly don't think she writes it herself! Anyway the latest goings on is that she has ended her Sky Living contract, since the disastrous ratings of her show last year… there is a god! Let's hope no other channel are stupid enough to sign her up, though I am worried about Channel 5…
As much as I admire Channel 5 for their "wild" programming commissions, letting Gabby Logan go from her morning chat show "Live with Gabby" is quite simply a mistake. She was refreshing, energetic and a professional… quite unusual for a sports presenter and I liked her! She has been given the chop, owing to her Olympic commitments at the BBC… who has replaced her? Mylenne Klass, Jenny Frost and Kaye Adams… dull!
60 Minute Makeover saga and Catherine Gee!
Last year 60 Minute Makeover returned to our screens with a brand new presenter, former Escape to the country, Through the Keyhole and No place like home star Catherine Gee. As a former Estate Agent herself and her mount of television experience, it seemed only right that she would be the new face of the show… following a series of a voice-over rather than a face!
She isn't the typical presenter you would imagine, but I can safely say she is my favourite, a television gem. She is professional, she's well spoken and comes across as somebody who has more genuinity than pretty much any other smiley faced faked presenter thinkable. The trouble is with the programme is its time slot, it's a slot which is only going to be viewed by people out of work or possibly on a quick-lunch break, thus no full concentration is needed. It is perfected daytime television for sure, however is it claiming its full potential as a programme? Unfortunately not. Catherine Gee doesn't have enough mass appeal, she's far too well spoken for the everyday lout who has nothing better to do other than watch daytime TV, for the record I tend to pop the show on my Sky Plus to watch in the evenings, hopefully as many workaholics do!!! The shows format has remained the same over the years (aside from they no longer do bathrooms!) and the only change made is the presenter and a few of the designers. The show feels as fresh as ever, and aside from a few too many sob stories is an excellent past time.
When the show relaunched last year I did one or two blogs on the show and a discussion of Catherine Gee and a few simple observations, and it seems since the show has returned to our screens those blogs are getting hundreds upon hundreds of views all asking the same question.
"Does Catherine Gee have anorexia?"
is the main question, however others such as "Is she pregnant?" have appeared of late.
I had a rather abrupt message from somebody last week called Debroah Smith who had read my blog on 60 Minute Makeover, asking the question of basically "Who am I?!" well Debroah, for the record publicly, I am a rather successful showbiz blogger, journalist and writer who has been commended for his work by many top journalists in numerous publications. Clearly far superior for you to be reading my work anyway!
I digress, and the observation field has been in full force as it seems we are all interested in the personal lives of TV personalities and the everyday celebrity. I of course shall admit that I read article after article on many a person's love life on an almost daily basis or even the personal life in general… but should it be the case for all media personalities to remain private? Well, another reason why I admire and commend Catherine Gee is that we hardly know a single thing about her and she hardly does a public interview!!! Good for her I say, and if you're reading this Catherine, again you are an utter asset to our screens for all the right reasons… to have a presenter with sheer class and sophistication, rather than somebody who would prefer to show off their assets (such as Susanna Reid) is certainly an unusual occurrence in today's fickle television world.
It is a natural reaction for us to gain an opinion of somebody, just one of those funny things in life and one thing I for one identified last year with Catherine Gee and indeed thousands of you reading this, specifically in relation to her weight. For me she does look uncomfortably thin, too thin for comfort… a possible result of an anorexic past condition? Quite possibly, but do we have a right to know? Certainly not! Though of course for us casually glancing at our televisions whilst we are munching through our daily calorie intake, it isn't the most pleasantest of sights is it? But, there again none of our business. Should we even be discussing the issue? Should it be on our radar? She's on the television to present the programme, and that she does more than adequately. She may be naturally thin, but then again maybe not… who knows? Just an observation! Another observation for the public record would be that yes, in a recent episode she seemed to be pregnant… maybe she was, or maybe it was a trick of the light? Television never flatters after all, or maybe just simply her pullover needed pulling down somewhat. It is important to remember the series isn't broadcast in the order it was filmed, that is the case on every pre-recorded television show… so maybe we shall notice again in a few weeks time. Another observation would be the fact she is no longer wearing a wedding ring, seemingly she was last year… isn't it strange how many things we can identify?
I must say Catherine is doing an even better job than she did last year in terms of presenting, this time round she just seems to be showcasing more of her elegant personality and even has a bit more to say! Keep it up Catherine, you are a truly superior presenter, of which we need more of, you're in a minority. Yes, she's well spoken and for that it can only be admired further. She may lack the general appeal, and some may brand her an irritant (I do wish though she wouldn't' try to shout in a room over the sound of a drill!) but what I brand her is an excellent television presenter with an image and personality of which you don't see in anyone else. If anyone has any complaints then maybe the likes of Christine Bleakley or Jenny Powell are more your cup of tea, though that kind of presenter we see far too much of!
60 minute Makeover continues every weekday with Catherine Gee on ITV 1.
Channel 4's Sunday Brunch is a step up from its predecessor!
I may be a little late in declaring my thoughts of Channel 4's reincarnation of the BBC'S Something to the weekend owing to my 4 week absence, however I can simply say that it is a step up to that of the BBC'S efforts.
When the BBC announced that it had axed Something for the Weekend, it prompted nothing but outrage by devoted fans through Facebook and Twitter and even celebrities got involved. One of the worst decisions in BBC history… for Sunday morning television, Something for the Weekend was better than paracetamol! What was clear though towards the final stages of SFTW, was that it needed updating, the format wasn't broken but visually it needed at the very least a minor spruce up. Don't get me wrong it was far from perfect, never running on time, the presenting skills by Tim Lovejoy and Louise Redknapp were appalling and some of the shows features were nothing short of embarrassing, but it worked!
Shortly after the show announced it was to end Channel 4 wasted no time in buying the shows format, thus keeping Tim and Simon, however for Louise Redknapp her time as a presenter was finally put out of its misery (though she was somewhat likeable wasn't she?) the NEW Channel 4 show "Sunday Brunch" is now in its fourth week and already its clear that it's a vast improvement on its predecessor. Visually pleasing, more polished and it basically just seems to work. The lack of a female presence on the presenting team, however is noticeable… which leaves me wondering exactly why Channel 4 didn't at least bring on Louise or the far superior Amanda Byram who proved herself perfect during her guest stint on the BBC show when Louise wasn't on air (most weeks!) Tim and Simon's friendship is clearly a real one, though the OTT laddish approach and outlook does become somewhat draining after half an hour, with numerous mentions to football and sports every microsecond… which is ever so tedious as I simply ask the question as to why Tim Lovejoy ever left Soccer FM on Sky 1 in the first place? I bet he regrets it now!!! Simon Rimmer's multitasking of presenting and cooking works quite well, though the strange arrangements of moving from one side of the studio to another whilst in camera shot is amateur to say the least.
To be perfectly honest I'm quite impressed how the shows format has managed to ever so elegantly change so easily into the new surroundings and way of doing things at Channel 4. It may be the same production team backstage but it all seems a lot more relaxed and free than the BBC show which had ended up a little stiff during its last few months. Of course some things haven't changed, such as Tim Lovejoy's arrogance and blatant ignorance. Whilst feature wise, the new wine tasting segment doesn't come close to Wayne's cocktails on Something for the weekend and the trends woman is utterly ridiculous. In general though it all comes together quite nicely such as one of Simon Rimmer's strange but wonderful concocted recipe's. Sunday morning TV as it should be (just with adverts!)
Madonna's MDNA sales slump isn't a problem.
I'm quite frankly sick of hearing negativity surrounding Madonna and her latest number ONE selling album "MDNA" which happens to be her twelfth studio album overall. Madonna is one of those people who has had an astounding career since her début in the 80's. I have recently just listened to her entire discography, album by album and if you do the same, you shall soon discover exactly why Madonna is the face of the music industry without a single question or mutter.
Yes, she has had a certain varied career with numerous highs and just as many lows… (Erotica anybody?) but whatever era of her career over the years she has managed to gain people's attention in ways other people would dream of. Her latest album has been controversial by title. the music videos associated with it, though whatever criticism Madonna quite rightly so sticks up her middle finger to the haters. She is proof that she can sell albums on her name alone.
Her latest studio effort broke iTunes records, UK Chart history records and became number one in so many countries with very little promotion… leading to prove that Madonna can sell records (let alone tours) by simply ever letter equating to her name. Yes, her sales figures dipped here in the UK for the second week thus meaning she dropped to 7 in the UK charts, and the latest statistics reveal that something similar shall happen in America, making her break another record of one of the biggest sales dips on the US Music charts. But at the end of the day, shall Madonna be bothered by this? Certainly not! A tour is upcoming and without a doubt it shall break her own record from her last tour in 2009. For an age of 53 she is doing things other artists could only dream of and that is something to commend… yes the album hasn't been promoted right, but let's just embrace each era as it comes… this is Madonna were talking about, though I do wish she would give up the films!
Paloma Faith Picks up the pieces in new single!
Sticking on the music scene this week, and I thought it would be wrong not to mention the astounding new single from one of our UK'S most underrated artists… Paloma Faith! She oozes individuality and character like no other, the artwork for the single as pictured above hasn't been touched by any form of computer and it is clear that for her upcoming second album Paloma is taking her career to new levels.
Her new single Picking up the pieces is full of a cinematic vintage quality which only Paloma herself could create so stunningly, the video which is linked below shares some form of Downton Abbey inspired scary theme, and it just adds to the songs uniqueness in today's charts… one to watch!
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|Cockroaches shall be the dominant lifeform!
— Cokra
Cokra is a giant cockroach kaiju and a RP character used by Gallibon the Destroyer.
Cokra was a trickster and a insufferable bug, who liked to annoy almost everybody else to no end and loved to mess with people with her trickery.
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While both Xendrax and Emperor Tazarus were not exactly fond of her, Emperor Tazarus decided to send her out due to her odd abilities and as a distraction so that the Earth Defenders would not be aware of their invasion plans. Cokra first attacked a city along with Xendrax and Camero, but was stopped by Makia and FoxMask. Afterwards she retreated. She later briefly fought against Makia again and KM! MireGoji, but was only there briefly.
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Third Appearance and Death
Cokra made good progress with her rampage across Australia, however, this was not to last. Cokra then turned against Xendrax and Camero by imprisoning them and betraying the Viledrodes, as she believed cockroaches would become the dominant lifeform. Luckily, Kamen Rider Wrath showed up again to end Cokra's reign of terror. After a long duel, Cokra and her roach swarm were killed by Kamen Rider Wrath. Xendrax and Camero were then freed and escaped back to their master Emperor Tazarus.
- Love Blasts: Cokra could fire out a pink, heart-shaped blast from her hands and could make people fall in love with objects by her command.
- Roach Swarm: Cokra could fire out swarms of black cockroaches from her wings.
Likes and Dislikes
- Other cockroaches
- Causing mischief
- Messing around with others
- Teasing
- Seeing cockroaches getting stomped on or killed in anyway
- Getting stabbed
- Cokra comes from the obscure book Godzilla Discovers America.
- Cokra had no powers in her source material, as such, her abilities were made up.
- Although she defected, she is the first Viledrode kaiju to die.


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Welcome It is my great pleasure to welcome you to FIATECH's Annual Technology Conference and Showcase March 31 through April 2 in exciting New Orleans, Louisiana. Creating Sustainable Business Value the "Big Easy" Way: Deploying Innovative Technologies is the theme this year. It is very appropriate since the primary focus of all our efforts is on how we can accelerate delivering increased, sustainable business value to our companies. This year's conference and showcase will offer the broadest perspective to date of the possibilities and the deployment pathways for leading edge, innovative technologies. During this 2 1/2 day special event, we will hear about and experience emerging technologies and solutions that will significantly improve the business effectiveness of the capital project industry and enable you to create sustainable business value in your company. Being in the heart of New Orleans - the historic French Quarter - we will meld the excitement of this vibrant city with the discovery of new, better ways to plan and execute our capital projects and manage our installed facilities. In addition we'll recognize and congratulate our exemplar peers during the Celebration of Engineering & Technology Innovations (CETI) Awards Gala on Tuesday night. Also at this time we will recognize those individuals who went above and beyond the call of duty within FIATECH projects, with the STAR Award. It is sure to be a night of great accomplishments and applause. If you are not a current member of FIATECH, now is the time to join us and help lead the capital projects industry into a future where all your projects deliver the results expected safely, faster, and more cost effectively than ever before. I and many leading owners, contractors and suppliers look forward to networking with you this week so that together we can accelerate the realization and gain the result of business benefits from FIATECH's vision of a fully integrated and automated capital project process. James B. Porter, Jr. 2008 Tech Conference, Chair and Chief Engineer and Vice President, Engineering and Operations -- DuPont
Special Events Joie de Vivre Opening Reception, Monday, March 31, 5:30pm - 7:30pm Sponsored by DuPont To kick off our conference with the zest of cajun flavor, DuPont is throwing an opening reception that will surely get you in the New Orleans mood! Joie de Vivre is a traditional Nawlins' expression that means Joy of Life. Come to the reception in the Technology Showcase Area (La Nouvelle East and West) and get a sampling of what makes New Orleans one of the most unique places on earth! Come and taste traditional Cajun food like Seafood Gumbo, Smoked Sausage en Croute and Crab Meat Tartlets while enjoying an open bar of New Orleans spirits such as Hurricanes and beer! Do not leave too early as we will have a New Orleans palm reader and a bone reader to tell you what lies in your future! And what New Orleans trip wouldn't be complete without a pound of beads around your neck? We will have plenty of Mardi Gras trinkets for you to take back home with you!
CETI Awards Gala, Tuesday, April 1, 5:30pm - 10:00pm To encourage innovative construction-related technologies that benefit the industry, in 2007 FIATECH established the CETI Awards - Celebration of Engineering & Technology Innovation. This award recognizes significant achievements in technology deployment and implementation in the capital projects industry. Also in 2007, FIATECH began recognizing the personal achievements of individuals with the creation of the Superior Technical Achievement Award (STAR). These individuals gave above and beyond to our projects, throughout the year. Because of their leadership, sacrifice of time and commitment, FIATECH and the capital projects industry as a whole has benefited. The reception starts at 5:30pm in the Technology Showcase, and the dinner will promptly begin at 7:00pm in the Queen Ann Ballroom. Dress for the event is business attire. Come and help celebrate the accomplishments with us on April 1st!
French Quarter Scavenger Hunt & Mardi Gras Closing Reception, Wednesday, April 2, 3:15pm - 7:30pm Sponsored by Dow Chemical Join a "krewe" of merrymakers and start the hunt! We'll begin at the hotel and each team will be given a treasure chest filled with important information, clues, quiz, map and other important materials. Krewe's will select a captain as well as other important positions needed for each krewe's success. Krewes are encouraged to be creative in their strategizing and at the appointed time the Hunt is on to historic New Orleans landmarks and meetings with live and interesting characters representing the history and culture of New Orleans. You'll get cool "treasures" at each location and the final clue will bring you to the Finish Line, back at the hotel for a well deserved treat at the Closing Mardi Gras themed reception!
Keynote Speakers Monday Barry B. LePatner, Esq., is the founder of the New York City-based law firm LePatner & Associates LLP. For three decades, he has been prominent as an advisor on business and legal issues affecting the real estate, design, and construction industries. He is head of the law firm that has grown to become widely recognized as one of the nation's leading advisors to corporate and institutional clients, real estate owners, and design professionals. A nationally recognized speaker, Mr. LePatner has addressed audiences on topics central to trends affecting the real estate industry at recent events including: "Real Estate Outlook," an annual seminar series for corporate and real estate executives; "Protecting the Owner from Pitfalls in Today's Construction Projects," a series of Continuing Legal Education lectures given to law firms and their in-house real estate departments; "Protection, Survival, Readiness: Project Strategy in the Post 9/11 World," a seminar presented to institutional, developer and corporate real estate executives; "Secure Space," a building security seminar for corporate owners and developers; and "Marketing for Design Professionals" at the Harvard Graduate School of Design's Summer Program, with A. Eugene Kohn from 1990-2004. He has written extensively and is widely quoted in the media on the subject of construction law. Mr. LePatner has previously coauthored the legal sections of the Interior Design Handbook, McGraw Hill, 2001, and Structural & Foundation Failures: A Casebook for Architects, Engineers & Lawyers, McGraw Hill, 1982, coauthored with Sidney M. Johnson, P.E. His new book, Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets: How to Fix America's Trillion-Dollar Construction Industry, is on shelves now. Recently published articles include "Construction Cost Increases: Owners Should Know the Difference Between the Myths and Realities," New York Real Estate Journal, October 2006; and "Are You Prepared—Disaster Management Plans Help Owners Protect Their Investments" in the March/April 2006 issue of Commercial Investment Real Estate magazine. Articles published in the New York Law Journal include: "Caveat Advocatus—Drafting Construction Agreements for Your Client's New Construction Project Ain't What It Used to Be," March 27, 2006. Since 1980, he has edited and published the LePatner Report, a quarterly newsletter on business and legal issues for the firm's design, real estate, and construction clients.
Tuesday Mike Park is the Hurricane Protection System Program Manager for Task Force Hope at the United States Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans. In this key position, he helps orchestrates the Corps efforts to reduce risk for the residents of the Greater New Orleans area as the Corps provides the 100 year level of protection by 2011. Prior to this assignment, he was the operations manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in charge of the Hurricane Katrina debris removal project. According to the New Orleans City Business article from July 2007, Park --- a 51-year-old New Orleans native --- "has earned a respected place in history as the man who made sure mounds of destroyed homes, shattered trees and swamp debris were removed from our roadways, public parkways and home lots." His presentation at the FIATECH annual conference is "An Overview of the Hurricane Protection System in 2008."
Wednesday Aidan Chopra works at Google as the Product Evangelist for Google SketchUp, a 3D modeling tool used by design professionals, engineers and 3D enthusiasts all over the world. He is the author of Google SketchUp For Dummies and the textbook Introduction to Google SketchUp, both of which were published in 2007 by John Wiley & Sons. Aidan holds an undergraduate degree from NSCAD University in Halifax, and a Master of Architecture degree from Rice University in Houston. At Google, his job is to be an advocate for the everyday communication of concepts, ideas and places in 3D. Aidan is responsible for the SketchUpdate e-newsletter and blog, and contributes to the efforts of SketchUp's marketing, training, product management and development teams.
Technology Showcase The Technology Showcase will be held in LaNouvelle Orleans East and West. Breakfasts, breaks and receptions will take place in the Showcase area. Below is a diagram of the Showcase floor.
Exhibitors 1. Bentley Systems 2. Vela Systems 3. AVEVA 4. e-Builder 5. McLaren Software 6. Octaga 7. CMiC 8. Quantapoint 9. Xirrus 10. Inmarsat 11. Dassault 12. Texas A&M 13. Student Projects 14. Daratech 15. Arizona State University 16. FIATECH 17. Onuma/BIM Storm 18. Kalido 19. Oracle 20. Metegrity 21. Adobe 22. Skire 23. Intergraph 24. Meridian Systems 25. Trimble 26. OnTrack Engineering 27. Software Innovation
Monday, March 31 1:00pm
Welcome Address (Queen Ann Ballroom) James B. Porter, Jr., Chief Engineer and Vice President, Engineering and Operations, DuPont
Road to Reform: How to Fix America's Broken Construction Industry (Queen Ann Ballroom) Barry B. LePatner, Esq., Founding Partner, LePatner & Associates LLP
Roll Out's Complete…Now What? Leveraging the Collaboration Platform to It's Fullest Potential (Queen Ann Ballroom) Tad Fry, Manager of Engineering, Brewing Operations and Technology, Anheuser-Busch
Technology Management Tools and Methods (Queen Ann Ballroom) Richard Neal, President, Integrated Manufacturing Technology Initiative (IMTI)
3:10pm 3:20pm
The Intelligent and Automated Construction Job Site Research Testbed (Queen Ann Ballroom) Kamel Saidi, Research Engineer, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Technology Showcase Track (Bonnet Carre) Moderator: Ric Jackson, Director, FIATECH
Emerging Technology Track (Royal) Moderator: Fran Rabuck, Director Real Time Asset Lab, Bentley Systems
Integration of GIS and GPS to Improve Utility Mapping and Damage Prevention Allan Chasey, Ph.D., Professor, Arizona State University Robert Cowan, Graduate Student, Arizona State University Louis Hecht, Executive Director, Global Business Development, Open Geospatial Consortium
Interoperability Track (Iberville) Moderator: Tad Fry, Manager of Engineering, Brewing Operations & Technology, Anheuser-Busch
Leveraging Collaborative Project Management Technology to Maintain the Built Environment Mark Douglas, MKM Associates Jonathan Knowles, Director of Worldwide Market Development, Autodesk Applying Existing Technology to Support the COAA Workface Planning Model Best Practice Lloyd Rankin, President, Ascension Systems Geoff Ryan, Insight-WFP Eric Crivella, Director Business Development, Common Point
Innovative LNG Tank Construction Techniques (Queen Ann Ballroom) Randy Park, Vice President Operations, Zachry Construction Corporation
Collaboration and the Path to Interoperability Derek Middlemas, Executive Vice President, AVEVA ERP and Interoperability Sandra Benson, Senior Industry Director - Engineering and Construction, Oracle Managing Engineering Inconsistency – Dealing With One of the By-Products of Interoperability Ewan Botterill, Director, Global Business Development Information Management, Intergraph
Monday, March 31 & Tuesday, April 1 4:30pm
BIM Track (Bienville) Moderator: Laird Landis, Manager of Virtual Design and Construction for Worldwide Facilities Group – Capital Projects, General Motors
Skanska's Meadowlands Stadium Case Study: Field-Enabled Real-time BIM and RFID Production Management Josh Kanner, Founder, Board Member, Vela Systems Dave Campbell, Vice President, Corporate Director, Skanska Andy Dickey, Product Manager, Tekla
5:30pm - Joie de Vivre Opening Reception (Technology Showcase, LaNouvelle Orleans East and West) 7:30pm Sponsored by DuPont
6:30am 7:00am
Tuesday, April 1 Breakfast (Technology Showcase, LaNouvelle Orleans East and West) Sponsored by Dassault Systèmes FIATECH 101 (optional) (Royal) Ric Jackson, Director, FIATECH
8:00am 2008 Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System Overview (Queen Ann Ballroom) Mike Park, Hurricane Protection System Program Manager, Task Force Hope of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 8:40am Information Booth – A Revolutionary On-Site Communication Concept (Queen Ann Ballroom) Janaka Ruwanpura, Ph.D., Director and Associate Professor, University of Calgary 9:05am Lessons From the Frontlines - Educating A Competitive, IT Savvy Engineering and Construction Workforce (Queen Ann Ballroom) William O'Brien, P.E., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin
9:30am 10:00am
Break (Technology Showcase, LaNouvelle Orleans East and West) Sponsored by Intergraph
Creating Sustainable Business Value Through Innovation Sam Migliore, Product Manager, Bentley Systems Enterprise Visualization: Optimizing Engineering & Construction Workflows Paul Giaconia, Group Vice President, AutoVue Development, Oracle AutoVue Collaboration Reinvented: Intelligent Communication for Capital Projects Bassem Hamdy, Vice President of Solutions, CMiC
Technology Showcase Track (Bonnet Carre) Moderator: Ric Jackson, Director, FIATECH
Emerging Technology Track (Royal) Moderator: Fran Rabuck, Director Real Time Asset Lab, Bentley Systems Optimizing Your RFID Implementation – Tips, Tricks and Techniques From the Application of RFID in Real World Construction Projects Sangyoon Chin, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Sungkyunkwan University Cheolho Choi, CEO, DoallTech Liang Liu, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tuesday, April 1 10:00am
Interoperability Track (Iberville) Moderator: Tad Fry, Manager of Engineering, Brewing Operations and Technology, Anheuser-Busch
Flat Build™ and Green Project Delivery; Controlled Engineering Records From EPC to Owner Gui Ponce de Leon, Ph.D., P.E., CEO and Managing Principal, PMA Construction Managing Controlled Engineering Records for the Critical Information Transfer From the EPC to Plant Sustainment and Operations at Suncor Energy Using CERLL Philip Cleghorn, Manager Intranets, Extranets and Enterprise Content Management, Suncor Hugh Ritchie, Program Industry Manager - Energy, Open Text
10:00am BIM Track (Bienville) Moderator: Laird Landis, Manager of Virtual Design and Construction for Worldwide Facilities Group – Capital Projects, General Motors
Git-R-Done: Blue Collar BIM (An Integrated Processes Case Study) and Second Generation BIM: Emerging Scenarios and Values Finith Jernigan, Executive Architect & Author, Design Atlantic William Gordy, Deputy Fire Chief, City of Salisbury Technology Showcase Track (Bonnet Carre) Moderator: Ric Jackson, Director, FIATECH Visibility and Efficiency Across the Project Life Cycle Bruno Berti, Senior Director of Product Line Management, Meridian Systems Delivering Value Through Business Process Management John Leet, Director of Marketing, Skire The Rosetta Stone: Value Added Via Integration Mike Milinusic, President, OnTrack Engineering
11:00am Emerging Technology Track (Royal) Moderator: Fran Rabuck, Director Real Time Asset Lab, Bentley Systems
Who's Teaching Your SmartBuildings Now and What Are They Learning? Rich Chmielewski, Chemical & Biofuels Marketing Manager, Siemens Jeff Becker, Director, Global Wireless Business, Honeywell Process Solutions
11:00am Interoperability Track (Iberville) Moderator: Jorge Vanegas, Ph.D., Director and Professor, Center for Housing & Urban Development, Texas A&M University
Design, Operate, Maintain (DOM) – A New Systems Perspective on Plant Asset Life Cycle Management and Information Interoperability Sidney Snitkin, Ph.D., Vice President, General Manager, Enterprise Advisory Services, ARC Advisory Group
BIM Track (Bienville) Moderator: Laird Landis, Manager of Virtual Design and Construction for Worldwide Facilities Group – Capital Projects, General Motors A Pentagon LEED Certification Case Study for Developing New Integrative Technologies for Managing Sustainability Kathy Alberding, Partner, Heller & Metzger Barbara Heller, President and CEO, Design+Construction Strategies
Tuesday, April 1 12:00pm Lunch (Hunt Room Grille) Sponsored by AVEVA 1:00pm Sponsorship Welcome Message from AVEVA (Queen Ann Ballroom) 1:15pm
BIMstorm™ - The Big Easy Way (Queen Ann Ballroom) Kimon Onuma, President, ONUMA Stephen Hagan, Project Knowledge Center, Property Development Division, Public Buildings Service US General Services Administration, National Capital Region (GSA) Dianne Davis, BIM Process Director, President, AEC Infosystems
Conversation With Next Generation Tool Developers (Queen Ann Ballroom) Moderator: Ric Jackson, Director, FIATECH
2:30pm 3:30pm
Technology Showcase Track (Bonnet Carre) Moderator: Ric Jackson, Director, FIATECH
Hi Performance Wi-Fi Networking, the Great In–Building Enabler Kurt Sauter, Director, Product Marketing, Xirrus The Connected Site - An Industry Moves Into the Future LaVonne Frazier, Director, Trimble Mobile Satellite Communications – Enabling Remote Construction Connectivity Simon Curran, Business Development Manager, Inmarsat
Emerging Technology Track (Royal) Moderator: Fran Rabuck, Director Real Time Asset Lab, Bentley Systems
Break (Technology Showcase, LaNouvelle Orleans East and West) Sponsored by Software Innovation
Mobile Augmented Reality for Construction and Production Charles Woodward, Ph.D., Research Professor, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Jani Peltopuro, Section Manager, Design Technologies, Poyry Forest Industry
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Jonathan Bowman, Business Development Manager - AEC/EPC Vertical Market, Adobe Systems Dave Anderson, Vice President of Engineering, Oracle
Interoperability Track (Iberville) Moderator: Robin Benjamins, Integration Manager, Bechtel ISO 15926 WIP Implementation - Cooperation in ADI Julian Bourne, Product Manager & Research Analyst, NRX Global Manoj Dharwadkar, Director, Technology Management, Bentley Systems
Tuesday, April 1 3:30pm
BIM Track (Bienville) Moderator: Laird Landis, Manager of Virtual Design and Construction for Worldwide Facilities Group – Capital Projects, General Motors
How Much is Regulatory Inefficiency Costing You? – No BIM, No BAM and No BOOM Bob Wible, Project Manager, FIATECH Codes and Standards Automation - Transforming Engineering Specifications From Static Documents Into Intelligent, Electronic Resources Leon Gorbaty, Rotating Machinery Specialist, S&B Engineers and Constructors Application of Building Information Modeling for Plan Review and Approval in e-Government Eunice Lee, Special Projects Coordinator, International Code Council
Technology Showcase Track (Bonnet Carre) Moderator: Ric Jackson, Director, FIATECH
Improving the Planning Process for Sustained Business Value Jonathan Antevy, CEO and Co-Founder, e-Builder Joseph Buysse, Project and Product Life Management, K. Hovnanian Homes Exploiting Cutting-Edge Gaming Technology and 3D ISO Standards in Capital Projects Ola Odegard, CEO and Founder, Octaga John Arthur, CTO and Founder, Octaga
Emerging Technology Track (Royal) Moderator: Fran Rabuck, Director Real Time Asset Lab, Bentley Systems
Spatial Imaging Benefits for the Owner/Operator Ken Dooley, N. America Account Manager, Trimble Laser Models - A Clear Revolution Eric Hoffman, CEO, Quantapoint
Interoperability Track (Iberville) Moderator: Allan Chasey,Ph.D., Professor, Arizona State University
Maximizing the Business Value of Facility Management Automation Jennifer Keller, Manager, Facility Planning, Dow Jones Chris Keller, Managing Director, Facilities Solutions Group
BIM Track (Bienville) Moderator: Laird Landis, Manager of Virtual Design and Construction for Worldwide Facilities Group – Capital Projects, General Motors
The Enterprise Responsive Building Toby Considine, Ph.D., Systems Specialist and Chair OASIS oBIX TC, University of North Carolina
5:30pm 7:00pm
CETI Awards Reception (Technology Showcase, La Nouvelle East and West) CETI Awards Gala (Queen Ann Ballroom) * Business attire
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Wednesday, April 2 6:30am
Breakfast (Technology Showcase, LaNouvelle Orleans East and West)
8:00am Google, Google on the Wall, Who's the Best Prepared of All? (Queen Ann Ballroom) Aidan Chopra, Product Evangelist, SketchUp and Google Earth, Google 8:40am Future Construction & Transportation Technology (Queen Ann Ballroom) Chang-se Kim, President, Korea Institute of Construction & Transportation Technology Evaluation and Planning (KICTEP) 9:05am
Meeting the Information Management Challenges of Today's Capital Project Environment - An Owner Operator Perspective (Queen Ann Ballroom) Edward Fry, Manager, Major Capital Projects IM/IT Support, Chevron
9:30am 10:00am
Break (Technology Showcase, LaNouvelle Orleans East and West) (Raffle for Rally Around the Roadmap - iPhone Giveaway) Sponsored by CMiC Simulation Guided Project Planning (Queen Ann Ballroom) Chuck Sander, Principal Consultant, ePM Pat Gorman, Director of Technical Development, ePM
10:30am Expanding Roadmap Opportunities (Queen Ann Ballroom) Deke Smith, FAIA, Executive Director, buildingSMART alliance, National Institute for Building Sciences (NIBS) 11:10am Technology Showcase Track (Bonnet Carre) Moderator: Ric Jackson, Director, FIATECH
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Assuring Asset Documentation Integrity With Automated Business Processes for the Enterprise Mike Jones, Vice President of Marketing, McLaren Software The Information Management Crisis in Major Capital Projects Ray Simonson, CEO, Software Innovation Unifying Projects, Processes and Resources in a Capital Project's Construction and Operation: Leveraging the Value of Plant Life Cycle Management Rolf Gibbels, Director, WW Industry Leader Process, Power & Petroleum, Dassault Systèmes
Emerging Technology Track (Royal) Moderator: Fran Rabuck, Director Real Time Asset Lab, Bentley Systems
Business Model Driven Integrated Asset Information Management Hakan Sarbanoglu, Director of Knowledge Center, Kalido Bill Nystrom, Project Management and Maintenance, BP
Interoperability Track (Iberville) Moderator: Robin Benjamins, Integration Manager, Bechtel
Aspects of Executing Project Engineering Utilizing Life Cycle Software Tools and Techniques Stephen Kersch, Corporate Systems Business Development Manager, Mustang Engineering Jim Klein, Manager of the Technical Resource, AVEVA
Wednesday, April 2 Track (Bienville) 11:10am BIM Moderator: Laird Landis, Manager of Virtual Design and Construction for Worldwide Facilities Group – Capital Projects, General Motors
Extending BIM to Capture Construction Process Documentation James Goedert, P.E., Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chairman of the Construction Systems Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Pavan Meadati, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Construction Management Department, Southern Polytechnic University
12:00pm Lunch (Hunt Room Grille) 1:00pm
Making Cents With BIM (Queen Ann Ballroom) Laird Landis, Manager of Virtual Design and Construction for Worldwide Facilities Group – Capital Projects, General Motors
3DVirtual Reality for Production Optimization & Asset Management (Queen Ann Ballroom) Alexandre Casalechi, Developer of Automation Projects, Petrobas Marc deBuyl, Vice President of the Americas and Managing Director, VRcontext Nelia Mazula, Technical Manager, VRcontext
The World's Largest Supercomputer, and What It Could Do for Your Company Melyssa Fratkin, Manager of External Relations, Texas Advanced Computing Center, University of Texas at Austin
FIATECH: Serving the Industry (Queen Ann Ballroom) Ric Jackson, Director, FIATECH Gary Barnes, IS&T Product Manager, Bechtel
Closing Remarks, Invitation to 2008 Members Meeting (Queen Ann Ballroom) James B. Porter, Jr., Chief Engineer and Vice President, Engineering and Operations, DuPont Keith Roe, Chairman, President, CEO, Burns & Roe
French Quarter Scavenger Hunt (Queen Ann Ballroom) Sponsored by Dow Chemical
Mardi Gras Closing Reception Sponsored by Dow Chemical
Conference Adjourns
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Post-Program Events
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FIATECH Board of Directors Spring Meeting (Iberville)
8:00am - 5:00pm
Roadmap Champions Workshop (Bienville)
8:00am 5:00pm
ISO 15926 Implementers Workshop (Royal)
Chair: Gary Barnes, Portfolio Manager, Bechtel
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Hey! Are you a mountain bike junkie like my good self? If so, take a look at the Kona Explosif and other Kona's availiable in bike shops here there and everywhere.When I first got my Explosif (to save time, it will be called Rumplestiltskin Jnr. herewith), I immediatly upgraded Rumplestiltskin Jnr.'s front forks to RockShox Judy XC's which made the front end a whole lot lighter and easier to control. My option was to opt for some Kona Project 2's for Rumplestiltskin Jnr. but I decided to go with the Judy's.
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Long Name: Explosif
Type: Mountain Bike
Model: Explosif
Front Forks: Marzocchi Fondo Race 1 Lock-Up 100mm
Rear Derailleur: Shimano Deore XT
Front Derailleur: Shimano Deore LX
Gear Shifters: Shimano Deore
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|Eric P. Fried, Vijayasekhar Mekala, Rajeev Mishra, Manjunath A. Pattanshetti, Suresh Sabarathinam
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for controlling access to data processing system resources. More specifically, the present invention relates to permitting a user to grant privileges to a child user, but limiting those privileges to avoid a child removing privileges of the user.
2. Description of the Related Art
Modern computers and networks of computers may provide multiple levels and gradations of authority for users to use within the computer or network. An authorization is a key that enables a function for use by a user within a data processing system. The authorization may be grouped with other authorizations to form, collectively, a role. A role is one or more authorizations in combination. Authorization may be assigned from one user to a second user. Depending on the data processing system, an authorization may be assigned to a user by assigning a role to the user, where the role includes the authorization. Thus, for a group of users, as related to a specific function, some users may be authorized to use the function, and some users may not be authorized to use the function. The first group of users are said to be assigned an authorization corresponding to the function.
Users of the computer are created in a hierarchy. A first user can create a second user. A parent-child relationship is a relative term that indicates that between a first user and a second user, one user directly created the second user. In this example, the first user is the parent user of the second user.
Examples of some authorizations that may be assigned to a user include an authorization "aix.security.user.remove" to use "rmuser", an AIX� command to remove a user specified on the command line. AIX� is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries or both. A second example is an authorization "aix.security.user.change" to use "chuser" an AIX� command to change attributes of a user specified on the command line. One of the attributes of the user is the roles assigned to the user. The command "chuser" is used to remove roles from a user or add roles to a user. Since a role is a collection of authorizations, removing a role from a user through "chuser" command actually removes one or more authorizations from the user.
Some challenging aspects to granting authorization to a user revolve around preserving the authorizations of the parent user of the user receiving the assigned authorizations. For example, in conventional systems, a user, for example, named user-B, creates a child user, named, for example, user-C. User-B also assigns authorizations to user-C to access the commands "rmuser" and "chuser", the command to remove users and the command to change user attributes, respectively. Such an arrangement can permit user-C to stage a coup of sorts. For example, user-C may execute "rmuser user-B," effectively eliminating the user account and authority of user-B. Another anomalous power of user-C is the ability to establish a permanent appointment by diminishing the roles (or authorizations indirectly) of user-B. For example, assume that user-B has two roles R1 and R2 associated with "aix.fs.create" and "aix.fs.remove", respectively. Aix.fs.create authorizes creating file systems, using, for example, a command "mkfs." Aix.fs.remove authorizes removing file systems, for example, using the command, "rmfs." User-C may execute "chuser roles=−R2 user-B", effectively removing role R2 from user-B. Breaking the association of user-B to role R2 disables user-B from removing any file systems. Consequently, user-B cannot execute rmfs command. The data processing system blocks user-B access to rmfs by removing "aix.fs.remove" from user-B. Moreover, if user-C has been given authorization to create further users, each of these users might be assigned similar authorizations such that these users could similarly remove authorization of the ancestors to such users, for example, user-B.
When a set of authorizations are grouped together to form a named role it can be helpful to exclude, on an authorization-by-authorization basis, one or more authorizations. This exclusion can be helpful in instances where a worker is temporarily assigned a task within the data processing system. It could be burdensome to assign a role for such an ad hoc arrangement.
Thus, a role having certain authorizations masked out could achieve some benefits. In addition, a need exists to provide a user with a mechanism to exclude descendant users from applying authorizations against the user.
The present invention provides a computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product to protect a first user from authorization limitation by a second user. The computer may receive an authorization command from the second user, wherein the authorization command targets the first user, and the second user is at least partially authorized to operate the authorization command. The computer determines that the first user is an ancestor user of the second user. In addition, the computer, responsive to a determination that the first user is an ancestor user of the second user, prevents operation of code of the authorization command to change an authorization of the first user.
The novel features believed characteristic of the invention are set forth in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, as well as a preferred mode of use, further objectives and advantages thereof, will best be understood by reference to the following detailed description of an illustrative embodiment when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
With reference now to the figures and in particular with reference to
In the depicted example, local area network (LAN) adapter 112 connects to south bridge and I/O controller hub 104 and audio adapter 116, keyboard and mouse adapter 120, modem 122, read only memory (ROM) 124, hard disk drive (HDD) 126, CD-ROM drive 130, universal serial bus (USB) ports and other communications ports 132, and PCI/PCIe devices 134 connect to south bridge and I/O controller hub 104 through bus 138 and bus 140. PCI/PCIe devices may include, for example, Ethernet adapters, add-in cards, and PC cards for notebook computers. PCI uses a card bus controller, while PCIe does not. ROM 124 may be, for example, a flash binary input/output system (BIOS). Hard disk drive 126 and CD-ROM drive 130 may use, for example, an integrated drive electronics (IDE) or serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) interface. A super I/O (SIO) device 136 may be connected to south bridge and I/O controller hub 104.
An operating system runs on processor 106 and coordinates and provides control of various components within data processing system 100 in
Instructions for the operating system, the object-oriented programming system, and applications or programs are located on storage devices, such as hard disk drive 126, and may be loaded into main memory 108 for execution by processor 106. The processes of the present invention can be performed by processor 106 using computer implemented instructions, which may be located in a memory such as, for example, main memory 108, read only memory 124, or in one or more peripheral devices.
Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the hardware in
In some illustrative examples, data processing system 100 may be a personal digital assistant (PDA), which is configured with flash memory to provide non-volatile memory for storing operating system files and/or user-generated data. A bus system may be comprised of one or more buses, such as a system bus, an I/O bus and a PCI bus. Of course, the bus system may be implemented using any type of communications fabric or architecture that provides for a transfer of data between different components or devices attached to the fabric or architecture. A communication unit may include one or more devices used to transmit and receive data, such as a modem or a network adapter. A memory may be, for example, main memory 108 or a cache such as found in north bridge and memory controller hub 102. A processing unit may include one or more processors or CPUs. The depicted example in
The aspects of the illustrative embodiments provide a computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for masking or otherwise inhibiting specific authorizations within a role from being accessible to a user with respect to a parent user. In addition, some embodiments may recursively apply such a mask to successive generations of users created directly or indirectly by a user. Consequently, a user can achieve some immunity from adverse changes to authorizations of the user, at least with respect to descendant users of the user.
A command mask is a mask set by a user when entering input to change or establish authorization of a second user. Such input, coupled with an authorization command, changes authorizations with respect to a target user. An authorization command is a command or other input by a user that, if executed in the least restrictive environment, permits a user to change authority of a second user to access functions of the data processing system. The command mask may be entered, for example, at a command line, as described above. The command mask may be a bit field, for example, 1100, wherein each bit position indicates whether a corresponding authorization is permitted, relative to a targeted user.
A bit field is comprised of bits located in bit positions. A bit position is an ordered location in a sequence of bits. A bit position may be, for example, a first bit position, a left-most bit position, most significant bit, and the like. For purposes of bits shown in the form 0000, the first bit position is the left-most bit position and the most significant bit. The bit position right of that first bit position is the second bit position. For example, a bit field, "1100", may associate bits from first bit position through last bit position with authorizations. An authorization associated with the first bit can be, for example, "aix.security.user.change" used to execute chuser command. An authorization associated with the second bit through fourth bit can be, for example, "aix.security.role.change" used to execute chrole command; "aix.security.auth.change" used to execute chauth command; and "aix.security.user.remove" used to execute rmuser command, respectively. Thus, a bit field "1100" may serve to mask the chuser and the chrole functions from use by the target user against the user's ancestors.
An authorization mask is a bit field associated with a user that is a child of another user. The child user is the target of a command entered by the parent user, wherein the parent user sets the authorization mask explicitly with the command mask, or implicitly by combining the command mask with a recursive authorization mask. The authorization mask associated with a user indicates which authorizations a user is prohibited from executing with respect to ancestors of the user. A recursive authorization mask is a bit field associated with a parent-child relationship such that for each bit set, an associated authorization is suppressed from being applied against the parent user by any child user or descendant user of the child user. Moreover, the bit also indicates, with respect to the associated authorization, that neither the child user nor the descendant users of the child user may apply the associated authorization against an ancestor user of the parent user. Consequently, the recursive authorization mask may indicate, directly or indirectly, suppressed access to authorization for all descendants of the target user. The difference between an authorization mask and a recursive authorization mask is that the authorization mask is applied to limit authorizations of a specific user, while the recursive authorization mask is applied to the specific user as well as all offspring users of the specific user. In other words, the recursive authorization mask can propagate down generations of users, while the authorization mask propagates down one user.
Thus, in the examples of
As described above, a command may include a recursive flag. A recursive flag is a flag to recursively apply the authorization. A recursive flag may be set on a command line, for example, using a string "−r". A recursive flag may be set using a graphical user interface, for example, providing a user selectable button to opt for selecting a "recursive" option.
An antecedent user is a relative term that indicates between two users, that a first user influences the creation of the second user, such that the first user is known as an antecedent user of the second user. The antecedent user has a parent-child relationship to the second user or an ancestor relationship to the second user.
For example, user B sets roles for user C using command 231 of
As a further example, user C sets roles for user D using command 232 of
As a final example, user D sets roles for user E using command 233 in
However, a positive determination to step 307 causes the data processing system to determine whether the command is recursive (step 311). If the command is recursive, for example, −r on the command line, then the data processing system applies the command mask with the source recursive authorization mask to set the target recursive authorization mask (step 314). In other words, the target recursive authorization mask can be written to the data structure of
A negative determination at step 303 causes the data processing system to terminate thereafter.
However, a negative result to step 403 causes the data processing system to not form a parent-child data structure of the target user (step 407). Attendant with step 407, the data processing system may issue an error. Processing terminates thereafter.
The operation of flowchart 500 may be a detailed description of step 303 of
Thus, illustrative embodiments permit a user to extend a mask to descendants below a child user. The user may be immune to removing or otherwise interfering with permissions previously established for the user, to the extent that the user assigns a recursive mask to a child user. Accordingly, a data processing system may be maintained and may continue to be controlled effectively by users, despite malicious attempts by subordinate users.
The invention can take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment containing both hardware and software elements. In a preferred embodiment, the invention is implemented in software, which includes but is not limited to firmware, resident software, microcode, etc.
Furthermore, the invention can take the form of a computer program product accessible from a computer-usable or computer-readable medium providing program code for use by or in connection with a computer or any instruction execution system. For the purposes of this description, a computer-usable or computer readable medium can be any tangible apparatus that can contain, store, communicate, propagate, or transport the program for use by or in connection with the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.
The medium can be an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system (or apparatus or device) or a propagation medium. Examples of a computer-readable medium include a semiconductor or solid-state memory, magnetic tape, a removable computer diskette, a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), a rigid magnetic disk and an optical disk. Current examples of optical disks include compact disk-read only memory (CD-ROM), compact disk-read/write (CD-R/W) and DVD.
A data processing system suitable for storing and/or executing program code will include at least one processor coupled directly or indirectly to memory elements through a system bus. The memory elements can include local memory employed during actual execution of the program code, bulk storage, and cache memories which provide temporary storage of at least some program code in order to reduce the number of times code must be retrieved from bulk storage during execution.
Input/output or I/O devices (including but not limited to keyboards, displays, pointing devices, etc.) can be coupled to the system either directly or through intervening I/O controllers.
Network adapters may also be coupled to the system to enable the data processing system to become coupled to other data processing systems or remote printers or storage devices through intervening private or public networks. Modems, cable modem and Ethernet cards are just a few of the currently available types of network adapters.
The description of the present invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and description, and is not intended to be exhaustive or limited to the invention in the form disclosed. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. The embodiment was chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention, the practical application, and to enable others of ordinary skill in the art to understand the invention for various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.
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Mallu: A colloquial name given to people from the state of kerala, India.
1. Statement: You always find mallus in herds or groups.
Fact: Mallus are social animals like hyenas and live in packs of two or more members. This can be attributed to their anticipation of revolution and of course no one wants to be left behind in devouring the spoils. As a corollary, hyenas like mallus, are scavengers. They prefer the "killing" to be done by someone else.
2. Statement: Mallus are well-educated.
Fact: When you have masters degree holders driving buses and PhD holders working as peons you dont call them well-educated. They are over-educated.
3. Statement: Mallus are fond of coconuts.
Fact: Another under statement. The best way to stifle a mallu would be to cut his sources of this wonder-fruit. Coconut and its by-products make up approximately 67% of a mallu's body composition. Make it 93% if you include the kilo-litres of coconut oil applied on his/her hair. Twice everyday we take bath in lukewarm cocount oil and have only coconut chutney for food seven days a week.
4. Statement: Most Mallus are communist and are champions of the downtrodden.
Fact: Irrespective of political parties a mallu belongs to, he is inherently communist in thought, and endeavours to usher in an egalitarian era of proletarian delight (now, what does that mean!). One in which man and man are equally poor and miserable.
5. Statement: Mallus are highly mobile and are everywhere.
Fact: Of course they are. Neil Armstrong claims to have had tea and parippuvada (also called dal vada in certain regions of India) at a "Nair Chaya Kada" (tea shops run by Nairs) when he made mankind's first Lunar landing. The only inference we can make out of his statement is that mallus are extra terrestrial!
6. Statement: Mallus are very good at languages.
Fact: Ever heard a mallu speak English and you wouldnt doubt the truth behind this statement. Mallu English is a language of its "vvown and is mechh zimbler thaan the Qyoon's Engleesh". Mallus are equally adept at speaking any alien tongue which will put the original speakers of the language to shame at their own linguistic ineptitude. We mallus also speak Malayalam.
7. Statement: More than half the Mallu population is in the middle-east.
Fact: The entire oil belt in the middle-east (also called "Gelf" or "Persia"), has a liberal concentration of Mallus, most of them working in "highly skilled" occupations as drivers, fire engineers, mechanics, fitters and crane operators. That they wouldnt have stooped to doing such menial labour back home is a different issue. (Highly likely that years ago, some "awakened", communist mallu tried to reason out marxist possibilities of a workers' revolution to his Arab boss and got himself hanged for it). The NORK (Non Resident Keralite) equation is gradually shifting in favour of Western Europe and the US with more mallu nurses finding jobs in those regions. The fact that Kerala survives on income repatriated by the Mallu diaspora still remains undisputed.
8. Statement: Mallu names are the finest examples of brevity and simplicity.
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9. Statement: Mallus have a literary and cultural bend of mind.
Fact: The long hours an average mallu spends languishing in thought about the impending socialist revolution gives him ample time in ideation and literary creation. Besides, the many productive man-days of celebrating regular hartals and lockouts by reading weeklies like Manorama, Mangalam, Fire, Naana, Vellinakshatram etc ensure that the spark of cultural and literary creativity is kept burning. (Anyone who has seen Kinnarathumbikal in which Shakeela occupies most of the screen-space, would vouch for the mallu's eye for creative movie making).
10. Statement: Mallus are athletic and sporty.
Fact: Who hasnt heard about P T Usha! Given the long coastline that stretches from Kanyakumari to Mangalore, all mallus run on the beach daily for at least 4 hours to keep themselves fit. P T Usha during her heydays used to crisscross the state lengthwise and get back home for an early lunch each day. Mallus are equally adept at other physically demanding sports activities like participating in political processions, striking work, throwing stones at KSRTC buses and watching serials on satellite TV from 2:00pm to 10:00pm everyday.
11. Statement: Mallus are a conceited lot.
Fact: Mallus are just not conceited alone. They are crafty, calculating, conniving and contort facts to attain their ends (Take the case of this post! Dont you think the author has a hidden agenda?). Deceptive double-crossers! And all with a smile on their face.
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