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New York, Sept 22, 2016: On Wednesday, Baloch nationals staged a protest outside United Nation headquarters against the atrocities on the residents of Balochistan laid by Pakistan. They also urged India to give shelter to the orphaned people of Baloch.
Baloch National Movement (BNM) spokesperson Imtiaz Baloch said that there is huge refugee crisis in Balochistan.
"Baloch people have nowhere to live. Few are hiding out in Dubai few in Uganda. So India should allow our people to live in its land. There is a huge refugee crisis in Balochistan. People in huge numbers are homeless," said Imtiaz.
Imtiaz further requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to interfere, to free Balochistan from the clutches of Pakistan.
"We are hoping that the Indian Government will help us because India plays a significant role in our region. It's the largest democracy and can help us in freeing Balochistan from the clutches of Pakistan," he said.
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"Today we are protesting against Pakistan for it violating human right in Balochistan. The way mass graves are being discovered in Balochistan. Around 20000 people have been abducted by Pakistan. We are protesting here to expose Pakistan, so that Islamabad frees Balochistan and withdraws its army from there," he said.
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Here are 3 of my silk paintings. All are done with Dharma silk dyes. I live in the West Indies and have just opened my art gallery on the island. We moved here from the Carolinas. All of my transactions with Dharma have been most satisfactory, as well as the products themselves.
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About: "Dexim is a worldwide registered brand manufacturing an extensive line of accessories and applications compatible with popular consumer electronics, including iPhone, iPod, and iPad. Currently selling in over 45 countries, their mission is to provide consumers with products that offer an enjoyable, personalized, and superior experience. Because their corporate image looked so dated, consumers perceived Dexim to be much of the same, and the brand experienced a loss of relevancy and consumer interest in the US. Competing at a higher level required a brand identity redesign to make a statement and better align with their mission and values."
Design by: Motto.
Ed.'s Notes: Decent. Definitely far better than the original, if a little too envisioning-the-future-in-the-1990s-typography. Plenty of applications below (or after the jump).
Relevant links: N/A.
This post was updated March 27, 2013.
About: "Doritos (literally, from Mexican Spanish doradito or dorito: "turned golden") is a brand of seasoned tortilla chips produced since 1964 by the North American food company Frito-Lay (a division of PepsiCo, Inc.)." (Source: Wikipedia)
Design by: Hornall Anderson
Ed.'s Notes: Yeah… I don't know about that bolting triangle destroying the "o". See it on the bigger view of the logo and before/after of the packaging below (or after the jump).
Relevant links: Full line-up of Doritos variations. Taquitos.net redesign story (much more in-depth than I would ever care to get about it).
Established in 1982, Autodesk is one of the most well-known and widely used 3D design, engineering and entertainment software companies. Their two flagship products are AutoCAD, a staple in the architecture and engineering industries, and Maya, a powerful 3D animation software used by the likes of DreamWorks Animation SKG. During TED at the end of February, Autodesk introduced a new logo designed in-house.
About: "iNature Skincare is an Australian brand with skincare products made of natural ingredients, free from parabens, artificial colours and fragrances. The packaging range consists of three products with different levels of hydration — Calendula Hydrate, Calendula Nourish and Calendula Repair."
Design by: Bedow.
Ed.'s Notes: Pretty! A few more images below (or after the jump) including big view of the logo, and then some more at the link below.
Relevant links: Bedow case study.
About: (Est. 1986) "Summit Brewing Company has stayed close to its roots, serving the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes region. Summit's beers are currently available in 17 states including Minnesota, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. Summit now produces 12 varieties of premium craft beer, including seven year-round, four seasonal beers, and the limited release Unchained Series. Since its inception, the brewery has been a consistent pioneer in the craft beer movement."
Design by: Duffy & Partners.
Ed.'s Notes: Bigger view of the logo below (or after the jump).
Relevant links: Press release. Star Tribune story.
Provided quote: "Summit's new look is an evolution of the brand's past two logos, a brand expression that authentically reflects Summit's unique craft. Duffy's goal is to express the Summit name so that it punctuates the pictorial idea of an actual summit. This in-turn leverages the equity of the diamond shape that has been the hallmark of the Summit logo from the beginning. Summit Avenue, a vein running through the heart of St. Paul can be seen in the interpretation of a street sign which honors the local community and the heart of this hometown brand."
About: (Est. 2000) "Electric is a global, premium, sport and lifestyle accessory brand rooted in southern California's rich action sports, music, art and customization culture. Electric designs and markets an extensive line of sunglasses, snow goggles, backpacks, luggage and accessories through a primarily action sport and sporting good global retail network including the Americas, Europe, Japan, China and Australasia. Since 2011 Electric has been a part of PPR, a worldwide leading Luxury and Sport & Lifestyle group."
Design by: In-house.
Ed.'s Notes: Bigger view of the logo below (or after the jump). Hipster branding at its best! (And I'm not being sarcastic).
Relevant links: Press Release.
Select quote: "The new 'VOLT' logo, photography style and brand design celebrates Electric's Southern California roots with an emphasis on premium quality and timeless style."
First produced in 1882 in Germany by pharmacist Carl Paul Beiersdorf, Nivea is today one of the leading skincare products in the world owned by Beiersdorf AG (which also owns Elastoplast, Eucerin, Labello, and La prairie). Nivea's most well-known product is its original Nivea Crème which was first packaged in the iconic blue tin in 1925 and now serves as the basis for the "new global design language" introduced by Nivea this week, designed by San Francisco-based fuseproject.
Established in 1994 as an independent company and purchased by Starbucks in 1999, Tazo makes tea products and markets them as if tea were a higher calling. (I'm not knocking it, that's just the way they do it — example of copywriting: "We experience the goodness of the leaves with all our senses, but most of all with our imaginations.") Back in November new packaging started to appear in grocery stores and Starbucks and with the opening of the first Tazo store at University Village in Seattle a whole new identity has been introduced. No press release issue or design credit given. My guess is that it was internal, since Starbucks has such a strong in-house team. All the images below have been cobbled together from around the internet so it's a little hodgepodge in terms of presentation, but you'll get the point.
About: (Est. 1983) "Glutino and Gluten-Free Pantry is a manufacturer and distributor specializing in gluten-free products. Since 1983, the mission of the Glutino Food Group has been to provide healthy gluten-free products and a healthy lifestyle to all those with celiac disease, gluten intolerance, wheat allergies and those who follow a gluten-free or wheat-free diet."
Design by: N/A.
Ed.'s Notes: Silly type for a silly name, more stuff below (or after the jump).
Relevant links: N/A.
Just launched by SKY New Zealand and Television New Zealand, IGLOO is a "digital set top box that plugs into your telly and broadcasts through your UHF aerial" giving users in New Zealand access to free-to-air channels and, its main hook, a pre-paid range of premium channels without long-term contracts, going on a month-to-month basis with only the channels you want and not bloated packages with channels no one watches. The name, brand, and roll-out have been created by Interbrand Australia.
Update: I have changed the title of the post (originally "Not your Eskimos' Igloo" (as a play on "Not your parents' this or that)) as I was not aware that Eskimo is considered a pejorative term. Apologies to anyone who thought of it as offensive; it wasn't my intention.


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Plant Ecology and Evolution (a continuation of Belgian Journal of Botany, incorporating Systematics and Geography of Plants) is an international journal devoted to ecology, phylogenetics and systematics of all 'plant' groups in the traditional sense (including algae, cyanobacteria, fungi, myxomycetes), also covering related fields such as comparative and developmental morphology, conservation biology, evolution, phytogeography, pollen and spores, population biology, and vegetation studies. It is published by the Royal Botanical Society of Belgium and the Botanic Garden Meise and contains original research papers, review articles, checklists, short communications and book reviews.
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Thread: What are your middle names?
June 11th, 2013 12:29 PM #1
What are your middle names?
Are they important for you? Do you like them? Do you find your fn + mn a good combo? I'm just curious!
My middle - and my Jewish name at the same time - is Yael. I love the sound but I'm not a big fan of this goat-meaning . And unfortunately it doesn't make a good combo with my first name at all - they are from different cultures, fn is feminine and classic, mn unisex and spunky. My own fn / mn set is a kind of compromise between my mum and dad rather than good sounding set.
And your?
Last edited by yael; June 11th, 2013 at 12:36 PM.Zelda Astrid - 21.02.2011
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Vita Malin - 23.04.2014
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June 11th, 2013 12:51 PM #3
My middle name is a boring filler middle. It does go well with my first, but I think filler middles sound good with everything. :/Caspian ~ Genevieve ~ Benjamin ~ Claire ~ Sebastian
Caspian Bartholomew & Claire Gwendolen
Currently: Corisande + Icarus + Aurelia + Casimir + Octavia
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My name is Sarah Catherine. My mom wanted Catherine to be my first name, but my dad didn't like it, so they compromised. They also picked it for my patron saint to be St. Catherine of Siena. I really genuinely love my name! Sarah means lady princess, and I think it's a pretty but solid name. The only thing I'm not too hip on about it is that it's really popular in my age group (there are seven Sarahs in my grade alone and three of us are all Sarah Catherines!). But overall I LOVE my name-wouldn't trade it ever!!Catherine Zelie | Jude Francis
Elanor Magdalene | Finnian ??
Rosemary Lark | Calder Timothy
Genevieve ?? | William Augustine
Agnes Valentine | Harrison Peter
Lucy ~ Fiona ~ Leia ~ Jane ~ Edith ~ Primrose ~ Gail ~ Gloria
Elizabeth ~ Therese ~ Maisy ~ Susannah ~ Molly ~ Juniper
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I love my first and middle they pair nicely togetherMarried my bestfriend 5/11
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Mama to Murron Lydia Genevieve 10/20
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June 11th, 2013 02:43 PM #9
My middlename is Vanessa, chosen just because my parents loved it. I love it, too. It's beautiful, and it works well with my first name.----
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Malcolm, Tristan, Aaron, Garrett, Vincent, Clark, Euan, Thaddeus, Eli or Elias, Wesley, Peter, Nathaniel
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Using Economics in Antitrust Decisions.Five Lessons from the European Scene
Five lessons on avoiding common mistakes in antitrust decision making are the subject of this contribution. Although many of the usual mistakes are wellknown by specialists in industrial organisation, practioners keep falling in the same trap time after time. But the mistakes become well-known also to a broader audience and hence it is easy to expose the incompetence or captivity of certain decision makers. The article stresses what errors are inadmissible, and why this is the case.
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Bolshoi chief in acid eye horror
DOCTORS were fighting last night to save the eyesight of the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet after a brutal acid attack.
Police and senior ballet figures in Moscow fear an embittered dancer may have ordered the attack on Sergei Filin, 42.
He suffered devastating injuries to his eyes, face, and head in a Mafia-style hit outside his home in central Moscow.
Later he told how a masked and hooded man called his name before emptying the contents of a bottle over him causing severe burns. He said from his hospital bed: "I thought he was going to shoot me. I turned around to run, but he raced ahead of me."
This is clearly tied to his professional activities
Bolshoi director Anatoly Iksanov said: "This is clearly tied to his professional activities. I really hope that the person who ordered this is found. This person is a monster."
Former Bolshoi ballerina Anastasia Volochkova said: "The cruelty of the ballet world has become surprisingly pathological."
Filin, 42, a former dancer, is expected to fly abroad for treatment to his burns following the eye operation.


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Lake Como, NJ
Lake Como previously known as South Belmar, has no oceanfront real estate but has waterfront homes along Lake Como from which the town derives its name. Lake Como's Main Street is lined with shops and leads north to Belmar and south to Spring Lake. As improvements are made to the town by its progressive Mayor and Town Council, Lake Como's identity as a quiet residential community is sure to flourish.
One of the major attractions to the New Jersey Shore, in the town of Lake Como, is Bar Anticipation. A popular meeting-place for young adults, Bar Anticipation hosts live music. Coors girls, beach volleyball, and good food draw thousands on a summer weekend. Vistors to other towns on the New Jersey Shore often find their way to Lake Como's Bar-A.
With a total reported population of less than 2000, Lake Como ranks as one of the smallest towns along the New Jersey Shore. Although the year 2000 Census lists 29.5% of the housing as rentals, this is sure to change as more and more families find Lake Como a wonderful year round residential community.


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ELYRIA — Accused killer Anna Carter was indicted Thursday on charges of murder, felonious assault and tampering with evidence.
Carter, 30, of Lorain, is accused of stabbing her boyfriend, 40-year-old Jerome Phillips Jr., once in the chest Aug. 11. She called 911 to report that he was drunk and vomiting and, while she mentioned that he was bleeding under his arm, she didn't tell the dispatcher how the injury occurred.
Phillips died from a stab wound to the heart, according to Lorain County Coroner Dr. Stephen Evans.
Carter was granted work privileges during a hearing on a motion Oct. 10. She was granted permission to travel to Westlake to apply for a job and possibly work at a nursing home there after defense attorney Mike Duff argued that Carter needed to work in order to fund her legal defense.
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Laparoscopic surgery to perform wedge resection of the ovaries was formerly carried out as a measure to induce ovulation and treat infertility in women with PCOS. This is rarely performed today because of the effectiveness of Clomid and other methods to treat infertility as well as the fact that adhesions (scar tissue) may remain after ovarian wedge resection. A laparoscopic procedure known as ovarian drilling of the ovaries, in which portions of the ovary are destroyed, has also been used to reduce androgen levels and treat PCOS in some women.
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The prognosis is variable among women with PCOS who undergo fertility treatments.
In women who are overweight or obese, ovulation can sometimes be achieved by moderate weight loss alone. Others may need medications or assisted reproductive technologies to try to conceive. Although the outlook for infertility treatments varies according to the woman's age and other medical conditions, studies show in general that about 80% of women with PCOS ovulate in response to oral clomiphene citrate (Clomid), and approximately 50% get pregnant. Assisted reproductive technologies can be successful for some women who do not conceive.
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Whirling Axe, the number 5 offhand axe skill as a warrior, is supposed to hit 15 times, but I'm noticing that only about 50-75% of those ACTUALLY hit as an Asura. I didn't have this problem as a Norn Warrior, but it almost makes the skill not worth using, as you would do more damage with autoattacks.
EDIT: The same issue happens with the mainhand sword Adrenal Skill, only half the hits connect.


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Seven Comments on the Wage Report
1 The annual report on Wage Irregularities in the public sector has been published for 12 years now. Each year the Bank of Israel officials star in the listings, but they never reached salaries as high as reported this week for the year 2004.
What happened in 2004? Was it a particularly good year at the Bank of Israel? were bonuses handed out for beating inflation? Did the governor decide to give the guys a treat before he retired?
No, the only thing that happened was that a new management was instated, a new governor and new director-general. They claim that over the years, the Bank of Israel lied to the Finance Ministry's wages director about the real wage hikes at the central bank.
What, the central bank lying about its salaries? Yes, and don't expect anybody to do anything about it.
Rest assured that the Bank of Israel is not the only public body omitting to report perks and remunerations. Rest assured that what's going on under the table at a lot of public bodies is a lot juicier than what's above it. And between us, why not? Why should the bureaucrats sit aside jealously watching what's going on with the prime ministers, ministers and top managers, and not share the cake?
2 The treasury calls its report "wage irregularities" but 95 percent or more of the people in the report don't get one shekel beyond their due. Every agora in their pay complies with the public sector norm.
The reader might think that the word Irregularities means just that, but most of the paychecks simply represent the norm in the bodies in question.
3 Bloated salaries are just one of the problems in the wider public sector. The heart of the problem is the huge number of superfluous institutions and jobs, and the inability to fire useless people and recruit good ones.
4 Plenty of people in the public sector know which bodies are useless and where manpower could be cut. But as long as the Americans provide aid, and as long as the public is willing to pay tax and to accept the government's helplessness to aid the poor, there is no pressure to become more efficient.
5 The wage report does not discuss the non-contributory pensions that so many of the stars in the report receive. At some institutions, the real cost of non-contributory pensions is 30% above the salaries they report, and it can even reach 60% in the case of top-level officials. The treasury avoids publishing a report on the real actuarial situation, which would show a dizzying increase in non-contributory pension provisions for tens of thousands of workers.
6 A lot of the people in the report hold other jobs too, in the public or private sector. The treasury has no ability to control it. For many a gross salary of NIS 30,000 or NIS 60,000 a month is just a perk on top of their real job. For others, a position in government is a lever to get set up in the business sector.
7 If the government would force its senior clerks, ministers, regulators and the rest of the pack controlling public resources to publish personal wealth statements on an open Internet site, during their stint in government and for three years afterwards, we'd see that grossing tens of thousands of shekels a month is nice; but a powerful position in government can be leveraged to gain vast wealth, seven digits, and that's in dollars.
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The Australian Paramedics Association and Ballina MP Tamara Smith are opposing plans to move the Life Saver Rescue Helicopter Service's operations base to Lismore Airport, saying it may delay response times and risk lives.
The plan was floated in 2014 after the expanded helicopter service was given responsibility for a wider area and new, larger helicopters were ordered requiring a bigger helipad.
But paramedics say the area is prone to fog and a gathering place for fruit bats, which could reduce operating hours by more than 30 per cent.
Frontline workers say there has been no risk assessment done on the Lismore Airport location and a flood plan is yet to be completed.
They claim they were not consulted about the relocation of the service and are concerned patients could die if response times increase as a result of the move.
The Australian Paramdeics Association has called for a rethink on the relocation and Ms Smith has thrown her weight behind them, even though work on the new base is due to commence next month.
Ms Smith said she was concerned that 'those operating the frontline of our rescue chopper service were left out of the consultation period'.
She added that 'despite being vocal about having the pad location reconsidered for safety and take off factors it appears they've been ignored',.
'I've been informed the Lismore site poses a number of issues that produce less than optimal conditions for take-off – and frighteningly, 35 per cent of the year, take off isn't possible at all!'
'Fog presence, fruit bats, heat, flooding and distance from the coast are the indicators that make the Lismore site unsuitable, which begs the question, why weren't other locations considered that do not have these risk factors,' Ms Smith said.
'The people of Northern NSW need to be assured that this critical emergency service operation has the capacity to function at its peak,' she said.
'With pilots and paramedics raising concerns and calling for alternative pad sites to be considered, it makes no sense to proceed with construction in February at Lismore in the face of such uncertainty,' Ms Smith says.
The MP has written to health minister Jillian Skinner calling for an urgent review on the pad location, an explanation as to why no flood management plan or risk assessment on the site has been done, and is urging her to consider the voices of those personnel at the heart of our rescue service.


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Shalva Weil
Participating countries
Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
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Femicide is a leading cause of premature death for women globally, distinct from homicide and other forms of gender violence. Femicide research is abundant in the United States. In Europe, agencies have funded initiatives on gender and violence but not specifically on femicide. Research is in its infancy and uncoordinated. It requires an interdisciplinary approach, focusing on victim and perpetrator, upon cultural (e.g."honour killings") and psychological causes, and on societal issues. The Action will establish the first pan-European coalition on femicide with researchers who are already studying the phenomenon nationally, in order to advance research clarity, agree on definitions, improve theefficacy of policies for femicide prevention, and publish guidelines for the use of national policy-makers. Different forms of publications will emerge from the Action, such as articles, books, newsletters and an Action internet site for the use of researchers, practitioners and policy-makers. Workshops will be held annually, adding advocates and researchers each year, and an Action Conference will be held to attract stakeholders until the Action will organise a pan-European conference to launch the idea of a European Observatory on femicide.


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American Idol reject William Hung is everything that is right and everything that is wrong with the American music business.
Following that very public rejection, Koch records -- home to Ringo Starr and Joan Baez -- saw money-making potential and gave him a record deal. Inspiration, Hung's debut album is the result, and it could be one of the worst albums ever released. Hung's voice is strained; he stumbles, and his diction is worse than a third grader's.
His rendition of R. Kelly's I Believe I Can Fly is painful. His voice goes from bad to unbelievably bad when he tries for Kelly's vibratos and falsettos. Two cats in heat would make prettier music.
The album is punctuated with "Inspirational Thoughts" in which Hung talks about his fans and his fame. He even opens the album by thanking the people who bought it.
The whole album (from the Village People's Y.M.C.A. toElton John's Rocket Man and Can You Feel the Love Tonight) sounds like something from a bad karaoke bar. His voice is wrapped with echoes, and the tracks are lined with synthesized instruments that sound cheap and hurried.
Hung is so bad that he gives Enrique Iglesias, notorious for his off-key singing, a run for his money on Bailamos.
But that's OK. This album isn't music you take seriously. If anything, Hung warms hearts by being adorable, by singing a heartfelt Can You Feel the Love Tonight, where you can actually hear the frailty of humanity, and the frailty of a guy who has made himself available to the cruelty of national ridicule.
Popular music today is cheap and trite. Look at Kelly Clarkson, singing heartlessly and being lauded only because she can drop an octave or two within one phrase. Look at Britney Spears, ripping off her clothes and daring to drop the singing in favor of a Vegas show.
Then look at William Hung: He's not particularly attractive (though we'll leave it to your discretion whether to hang the fold-out poster on your bedroom wall); and he can't sing. But he presents himself in a manner where it's him and not the pop artifice that's on display.
This William Hung circus is bad for the world of music, because it shows the capricious nature of it all. But it's great, because all of us have a William Hung in our hearts.
"I may not be the best singer in the world," he says on one of the tracks. "But I sing from my heart. And I sing with passion. I enjoy what I do. Not for money, not for fame. I just enjoy singing."
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The io-extra library provides a few extra IO methods that you may find
handy. They are IO.closefrom, IO.fdwalk, IO.pread, IO.pread_ptr, IO.pwrite,
IO.writev, IO#directio? and IO#directio=.
This library is not supported on MS Windows.
Support for OS X is limited. See the documentation for details.
gem install io-extra
require 'io/extra'
# Close all file descriptors from 3 up.
# Inspect all the open handles
IO.fdwalk(0){ |handle|
puts "=" * 40
p handle
p handle.fileno
# Write an array to an IO object efficiently
IO.writev(fh.fileno, %w[a b c])
Developer's Notes
You might be wondering what the difference is between my implementation of
IO.closefrom and a pure Ruby version that looks something like this:
def IO.closefrom(n)
0.upto(n) do |fd|
The primary difference is that this walks all file descriptors, rather
than only open file descriptors. However, I should note that this only
applies if your platform supports the closefrom() function. In that case,
the only advantage is speed.
You might also be wondering what the difference is between my implementation
of IO.fdwalk and a pure Ruby version that looks something like this:
def IO.fdwalk(n)
ObjectSpace.each_object(File){ |f|
yield f if f.fileno >= n
The primary difference is that this only closes Ruby file objects, not
necessarily every file handle opened by the Ruby process. For example, handles
opened via system() calls.
Note to OS X Users
The OS X platform does not support closefrom(), fdwalk() or directio(). The
hand-crafted IO.closefrom function will not work because the getrlimit()
function on OS X does not work. Patches welcome.
For further documentation, see the io_extra.txt file or the inline
documentation that was generated by RDoc (if you did a gem install).
Known Issues
The IO.writev tests fail on Solaris. We are not sure why yet.
Please file any bug reports on the project page at
Future Plans
* I may add the File::O_DIRECT open constant on platforms that support it.
* Switch from C extension to FFI.
Eric Wong for some great work on Linux compatibility and other fixes, as
well as the code for the IO.writev method.
Artistic 2.0
(C) 2003-2010 Daniel J. Berger
All Rights Reserved
This package is provided "as is" and without any express or
implied warranties, including, without limitation, the implied
warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
Daniel J. Berger


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A 30-acre brush fire that came uncomfortably close to homes and apartments in San Jose Wednesday is being pinned on a pigeon that sat a little too close to another, PG&E officials said.
The fire, which was reported at about 2:15 p.m. on Communication Hill, just off Highway 87 near Curtner Avenue, was contained shortly after 4 p.m. The flames narrowly missed the homes near the top of the hill.
Crews found a downed power line and a charred pigeon with its wings blown off near the area where the fire is believed to have originated, PG&E spokeswoman Jennifer Zerwer said.
Zerwer said it looked like the bird was resting on a wooden support cross arm when it brushed up against another winged friend, creating a short circuit.
"It was zapped by the wire," Zerwer told the Mercury News.
An out building was burned and two firefighters were hurt fighting the blaze.


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Directed by Aktan Arym Kubat
Aktan Arym Kubat writes, directs and stars in this low-key Kyrgyzstani drama about a village electrician who becomes caught up in the cultural and political changes sweeping his country.
Svet-Ake (Arym Kubat) uses his electrical know-how to bring light to his poverty-stricken village, tapping into a nearby power grid to ensure an ongoing supply and helping poor pensioners by fiddling their electricity meters.
When his Quixotic schemes are discovered by the authorities, Svet-Ake is fired from his job and is forced to examine the ambiguous morality of his actions.
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- Studio: Thunderbird Releasing
- Release date: 07/11/2011
- Genre: Drama
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Ruby: Amazon Associates Web Services (AWS / ECS) Sample Code
Step one is complete. In my last post, I discussed how I started working on the development of a Facebook Application using Ruby on Rails. While I mainly discussed the process of getting a Windows environment setup to develop and test Ruby, I also outlined the four step process that I was going through in order to build a relatively simple application. require 'amazon/aws'
To review, they were:
1. Acquire the data I was interested in.
2. Parse and save that data to a database (MySQL)
3. Display that data within an application. (Ruby on Rails)
4. Integrate that application with Facebook.
In this post, I will discuss the process I went through in the process – how to acquire the information that I was interested in. The focus here will be around creating a Ruby script – one that interacts with Amazon's Associates Web Services (AWS / AAWS), formerly known as Amazon E-Commerce Services (ECS). The outcome I was looking for from this effort was to simply print the information from my script to the screen to validate I had the correct information. Storing that information in a database would be done in the next step.
My desire was to leverage some of the GEM packages that were already out there – and build my script on top of those components. It was an interesting process – to say the least. For that reason, I will be posting sample code – since I had such a hard time finding any as sample code snippets are important to relative newbies like myself that have not written code in years.
Let's get started...
The main goal I was trying to accomplish in acquiring data was to lookup a specific item on Amazon and return key information about that item – primarily description, pricing, and other common elements of the product on Amazon. Simple enough, right?
That is what I thought. I started with some quick Google searches and immediate came across a gem called Amazon/ECS (link here) that I thought would do the trick. I downloaded that gem, amazon-ecs-0.5.3 and started trying to create a sample script. What I quickly discovered is that the sample script only facilitated a product search that returned a list of results, rather than the type of specifics that I was looking for. It took me some time to figure that out from looking at both the documentation and then the source code of the gem package.
While not well documented, the gem package seemed to do what it was supposed to do; it simply did not meet my requirements. It was time to see what alternatives were out there. And, unfortunately – this is where it gets confusing.
There are two gem packages out there for Amazon's AWS and I'll refer to them by the installation name since they are both call Amazon AWS – one is referred to in your script as ruby-aws (ruby-aws-1.2.0) (link here) and the other as amazon/aws (ruby-aaws-0.4.4) (link here). Given the information that I sorted through using Google – it took me way too long to figure this out. Hopefully you can learn from my experience here.
First, let's start with ruby-aws – which I installed the package for using the command "gem install ruby-aws". Very quickly, I realized that this package was similar to the amazon/ecs package and its main purpose was to search on Amazon and return results rather than returning information about a specific product. I knew I needed to move on, but as I referenced above – it took awhile to understand the differences between the two Amazon AWS gem packages for Ruby.
Once I finally found and installed the amazon/aws by entering "gem install ruby-aaws", I looked for some sample code. As with most of these packages – the documentation and samples are not to the level of a beginner who is still learning a good amount of the concepts and syntax of the language. Still, in less than an hour I was able to make a request to the Amazon AWS web service via a Ruby script leveraging amazon/aws package. (You can get Ruby AAWS here)
Here were the results on my item search for a Playstation 3 80GB system, Amazon Item ID B001COU9I6 – slightly edited, for readability:
upc = 711719801504
mpn = 711719801504
list_price =
formatted_price = $399.99
amount = 39999
currency_code = USD
= 0711719801306
studio = Sony
binding = Video Game
publisher = Sony
is_memorabilia = 0
product_group = Video Games
hardware_platform =
Playstation 3
platform = PLAYSTATION 3
feature = Includes PlayStation 3
80 GB system, Dualshock 3 wireless controller, and free PlayStaion Network
membership, Internet ready, Wi-Fi, 80 GB of hard disk storage for all your
games, music, videos, and photos. Built-in Blu-ray player to give you the best
high-definition viewing experience and pristine picture quality. Play your
entire catalog of CDs and DVDs.
batteries_included = 0
= PlayStation 3
edition = 80 GB
amazon_maximum_age = 240
title =
PlayStation 3 80GB
model = 711719801504
label = Sony
brand = Sony
release_date = 2008-08-20
item_dimensions = weight = 1500
width =
height = 3.9
product_type_name = VIDEO_GAME_HARDWARE
is_autographed = 0
package_quantity = 1
manufacturer = Sony
graphics_memory_size = 256
package_dimensions = weight = 1610
= 1380
length = 1730
height = 720
esrb_age_rating = Everyone
amazon_minimum_age = 60
And here is what you have been waiting for, the sample code that I used to generate the script. In order for you to run this code, all you need to do is copy it into a file called "amazon.rb" and execute it via command line by typing "ruby amazon.rb". Note: You must have an Amazon AWS API key (here) and replace it in the section below that says YOUR AMAZON API KEY HERE:
Let's walk through the various components of the code to understand what is happening here…
require 'amazon/aws/search'
include Amazon::AWS
include Amazon::AWS::Search
il = ItemLookup.new( 'ASIN', { 'ItemId' => 'B001COU9I6',
'MerchantId' => 'Amazon' })
rg = ResponseGroup.new( 'Medium' )
req = Request.new(KEY_ID, ASSOCIATES_ID)
resp = req.search( il, rg)
item_sets = resp.item_lookup_response[0].items
item_sets.each do |item_set|
item_set.item.each do |item|
attribs = item.item_attributes[0]
puts attribs
First the setup. All we are doing here is setting up your script to have the right packages and classes available to Ruby when you execute.
#the gem packages your require
require 'amazon/aws'
require 'amazon/aws/search'
# your includes for this script
include Amazon::AWS
include Amazon::AWS::Search
Now we are building the request. The key components here are your Amazon AWS API key which is required (you can get one here), your Amazon Associates ID which is optional if you want to refer would-be buyers, and then the Amazon product ID and the store that it belongs to. There are several options you have here (see this page for more information) that can be customized to your needs – this accomplished exactly what I was trying to do. Note: If your item is sold by a third party and/or is out of stock for Amazon – then with the below settings you will not get a result without some tweaking.
Now we have the Response Group setting which controls the amount of information returned by your item lookup. So you can see the difference, for the Playstation 3 80GB system, here are the "Small", "Medium", and "Large" outputs. You can detect test this by simply changing the value of the response group in the below code to get the values you're looking for:
# Put your ASSOCIATES_ID and KEY_ID here, ASSOCIATES_ID is optional.
# create your lookup object here using the ASIN or product ID
il = ItemLookup.new( 'ASIN', { 'ItemId' => 'B001COU9I6',
'MerchantId' => 'Amazon' })
# choose a response group of small, medium, and large which controls the number of attributes returned
rg = ResponseGroup.new( 'Medium' )
# add your associates id and api key to the request
req = Request.new(KEY_ID, ASSOCIATES_ID)
Now that we have built our request and know the expected output of our query, it is time to execute the query. In the section below, we are executing the item lookup with our parameters for the Item Lookup (il) and our Response Group (RG). While executing the query we return the set of attribute and then output them to the screen.
# execute the request and create a set for the item attributes
resp = req.search( il, rg)
item_sets = resp.item_lookup_response[0].items
item_sets.each do |item_set|
item_set.item.each do |item|
attribs = item.item_attributes[0]
# return the item attributes to the screen
puts attribs
And that's it – with simple modifications to the above script (or none at all) you can lookup any item at Amazon.com with the Amazon AWS API in Ruby and return the attributes for further usage.
Hopefully this was simple for beginners (like me) and you now have some workable, usable sample code to get started with. If so, let me know with a comment.
Next up for me is now to store this data in a simple MySQL database!
require 'amazon/aws'


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I recently plonked the kids in front of the computer to watch a bit of iSky and discovered that despite my best efforts I could not find a way of making the video go full-screen (or even 2x the size). I was stuck with about a 5" window in the middle of the screen.
Has the re-sizing functionality been removed (or am I imagining that it used to be available?) or am I missing something really obvious here, like a missing plug-in?
Running an 18-month old Compaq Presario all-in-one desktop, on Win 7 with plenty of RAM and processor speed for the job, so don't think it's hardware related.
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LONDON, Ont. — Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he did not take a call from Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin over the nomination of a new judge because it would be "inappropriate." But McLachlin says she made no such call for Harper to refuse, resulting in an extraordinary contradiction between two of the most powerful people in the country.
The chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada insisted Friday there was nothing wrong with how she and her office consulted with the federal government regarding a presumptive nominee to the high court's ranks.
In a rare public statement, Chief Justice McLachlin confirmed that her office contemplated a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper to discuss the eligibility of Federal Court judges from Quebec.
"Ultimately, the chief justice decided not to pursue a call or meeting," said a news release from the Supreme Court that included a statement from McLachlin herself.
"Given the potential impact on the court, I wished to ensure that the government was aware of the eligibility issue," McLachlin said.
"At no time did I express any opinion as to the merits of the eligibility issue. It is customary for chief justices to be consulted during the appointment process and there is nothing inappropriate in raising a potential issue affecting a future appointment."
The comments came just as Harper himself defended his own actions in the controversy that surrounded the nomination of Marc Nadon, a semi-retired Federal Court of Appeal judge from Quebec who in March was ruled ineligible by the very panel of justices the prime minister wanted him to join.
Harper said he consulted constitutional and legal experts both within and outside the government, and they agreed there would be no problem in nominating Nadon to one of the three spots on the court reserved for Quebec judges.
It would have been "totally inappropriate" to have consulted the Supreme Court justices themselves about the appointment, Harper said.
"The other suggestion that has been made is that rather than consulting experts from outside, I should have consulted judges who would eventually be ruling on the case," Harper told a news conference in London, Ont.
"I believe that would be totally inappropriate."
Were the prime minister or other minister of the Crown to consult a high court judge about a case due to come before the courts, "I think all the opposition, the media and the legal community would be completely shocked by that kind of behaviour," Harper said.
"What I did was appropriate: I consulted both internal and external constitutional experts and I allowed the Supreme Court to make its own decision."
Harper also said the decision to reject Nadon means that Federal Court judges from Quebec are essentially ineligible to sit on the high court, a circumstance he said he considers unfair.
"Through this decision, the reality is that the Supreme Court has decided that a Quebec judge at the Federal Court is a second-class judge," he said.
"All the other judges from all the other provinces have the possibility of a promotion to the Supreme Court, but not Quebec judges — they no longer have that right, as others do."
On Thursday, Harper's office issued a statement that suggested McLachlin had tried to speak to the prime minister about his plan to nominate Nadon — a characterization Justice Minister Peter MacKay did little to discourage.
"Clearly there was an issue over a pending appointment and after having spoken to the chief justice, it was my considered opinion that that call shouldn't take place," MacKay said Friday at an event in Halifax.
"It was ultimately (Harper's) decision whether he spoke to her or not, but I just felt as justice minister that it was not an appropriate call."
Thursday's extraordinary statement was prompted by a media report that said Conservative government members have become incensed with the top court after a series of stinging constitutional rebukes.
Among those government setbacks was the eventual court ruling that Nadon was not qualified under the Supreme Court Act.
The nine-member court has been short one justice for almost a year as a result of the bungled appointment.
Harper's chief spokesman issued a statement late Thursday saying that McLachlin "initiated" a call to MacKay to discuss the Nadon appointment at some point during the selection process.
"After the minister received her call he advised the prime minister that, given the subject she wished to raise, taking a phone call from the chief justice would be inadvisable and inappropriate," Jason MacDonald said in the statement.
"The prime minister agreed and did not take her call."
The PMO's statement was released while McLachlin was participating in an event at the University of Moncton where she was delivering a speech. She was unavailable for comment Thursday.
Earlier, however, the Supreme Court's executive counsel issued his own extraordinary statement, saying McLachlin's advice had been sought by the committee of MPs vetting possible Supreme Court nominees.
"The chief justice did not lobby the government against the appointment of Justice Nadon," said the statement from Owen Rees, the court's executive counsel.
"She was consulted by the parliamentary committee regarding the government's shortlist of candidates and provided her views on the needs of the court."
McLachlin's office pointed out to both MacKay and the prime minister's chief of staff that appointing a Quebec justice from the Federal Court of Appeal could pose a problem under the rules — an issue Rees said was "well-known within judicial and legal circles."
Rees wrote that McLachlin "did not express any views on the merits of the issue."


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Chicago, IL – January 6, 2012 – Zacks Equity Research highlights AGCO Corporation (AGCO - Free Report) as the Bull of the Day and Urban Outfitters (URBN - Free Report) as the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Monsanto Company (MON - Free Report) , Syngenta AG (SYT - Free Report) and The Dow Chemical Company .
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Driven by strong global demand for agricultural equipment, AGCO Corporation (AGCO - Free Report) reported third quarter EPS of $0.87 versus $0.66 in the year-earlier quarter, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.75. For fiscal 2011, AGCO expects EPS of $4.30.
Global industry sales are anticipated to grow in 2011. With a full product line of farm equipment and a wide network of dealers and distributors, we believe AGCO is well positioned over the long term to capitalize on the need for increased food production, which is being driven by worldwide population growth.
Moreover, the company is also looking to expand operations in high-growth emerging markets, which bode well for future operating performance. We maintain our Outperform recommendation with a target price of $51.00, based on a P/E of 11.7 and our fiscal 2011 earnings estimate.
We are initiating the coverage on Urban Outfitters (URBN - Free Report) with an Underperform recommendation. Despite registering growth of 6.3% in the top line, the company's third-quarter 2012 earnings of $0.33 per share fell 23.3% from the prior-year quarter due to the rise in cost of sales and SG&A expenses.
The company's inventory level, which rose 27%, remains a matter of concern. The company, in order to clear its inventory, is selling the slow-moving stock of women's clothing at increased markdowns, which in turn, is weighing upon margins. Its gross margin contracted 571 basis points to 35.4% during the quarter.
Management now expects the fourth quarter gross margin to be lower than the third quarter. Fashion obsolescence remains the key issue for the company's business model. In the past, this has weighed down on the company s comparable-store sales and operating margins. The company is presently inflicted with the same fashion risk.
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Monsanto Company (MON - Free Report) posted a strong financial result in the first quarter of fiscal 2012 with an EPS (excluding restructuring expense) of 23 cents, breezing past a meager 2 cents recorded a year ago. The result exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 19 cents.
The company generated revenues of $2,439 million, up from $1,836 million registered in the year-ago quarter. The revenue exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2,034 million based on improved sales in the growing Latin America market.
Management affirmed its free cash flow guidance for fiscal 2012 in the range of $1.3 billion to $1.5 billion, reflecting an investment of $600 to $700 million in capital expenditures.
For fiscal 2012, the company expects net cash provided by operating activities to be $2.2 billion to $2.5 billion, and net cash required by investing activities to be approximately $900 million to $1 billion.
The company guided high on full-year 2012 ongoing EPS, expecting to achieve $3.39 to $3.44 of ongoing and as-reported EPS.
Going forward, a strong US Order book coupled with a pipeline of advanced R&D appears to add momentum to the stock.
During early December 2011, Monsanto Company declared a quarterly dividend on its common stock of $0.30 per share. The dividend will be payable on January 27, 2012 to shareowners of record as of January 6, 2012.
Monsanto Company is a leading global provider of agricultural products for farmers, operating in Seeds and Genomics and Agricultural Productivity segments. Monsanto's biotechnology research and innovations position it as a market leader above its peers, such as Syngenta AG (SYT - Free Report) and The Dow Chemical Company .
We currently maintain a long-term Outperform recommendation on the stock. Monsanto has a Zacks #2 Rank, which translates into a short-term Buy rating (1-3 months).
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The former Falcons, Packers, Jets and Vikings quarterback was in Dallas over the weekend for an SMU Athletic Forum luncheon and, while in town, Favre reminisced on his love of the Tom Landry-led Cowboys teams of the 1970s as a kid growing up Mississippi.
"I grew up a Dallas Cowboys fan. I loved Roger Staubach," Favre said, per the Dallas Morning News. "That was back when teams kept the same players on the roster for a long time. Drew Pearson, Randy White, Charlie Waters, Danny White, Robert Newhouse, Tony Dorsett, Billy Joe DuPree, I could go just on and on. I always dreamed of playing for the Cowboys, playing in the Super Bowl."
Once established as one of the better quarterbacks in the league after being traded from Atlanta to Green Bay, Dallas tormented their former fan. Favre went 4-3 in his first seven playoff games, with all three losses coming at the hands of the Cowboys.
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Avago Technologies Ltd. said Tuesday that its fiscal third-quarter profit jumped as revenue from its semiconductors climbed.
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After approximately eighty movies, seventy presenters, twenty-two panels, films in over a dozen formats, and four glorious days, the 7th Orphan Film Symposium has come to an end. Much thanks has to go to all who helped put on this massive undertaking, especially to the mastermind behind it all, Dan Streible. Please also take a moment to peruse our list of sponsors, without whom none of this would have been possible.
While this year's symposium may be over, please keep checking here for Orphans-related content still to come. In the coming weeks and months you can expect audio from nearly every presenter to appear on the web, as well as video and photos from many presenters. To read more about this year's Orphans, look at the program website for more information about specific presentations, or below read a sampling of what people have been writing about this year's Orphans:
Cullen Gallagher and Mark Asch, "Get to Know the Seventh Orphan Film Symposium," L Magazine, Apr. 7, 2010.
Eric Kohn, "Orphan Film Symposium: Watch, Listen and Learn," Screen Rush, Apr. 4, 2010.
Heather Baysa, "Film School of Hard Knocks: Every Two Years These Orphans Get a Home," Village Voice, Apr. 6, 2010.
Jennifer R. Waxman, "7th Orphan Film Symposium DVD Produced at NYU Libraries," The Back Table, Mar. 31, 2010.
"Orphan Film Symposium," Moving Image Source.
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Emmanuel Okujo, the police officer who shot his girlfriend's sister, was arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate Court, on Tuesday, on a one count charge of attempted murder.
His charge sheet stated that the accused had, on February 10, 2012, attempted to murder one Blessing Isabor by shooting her with his "K2 police service gun with serial number '64487′, which inflicted injury on her left cheek."
The sheet further stated that the offence contravened section 228(1) and was punishable under section 288(2) of the criminal law of Lagos State Cap17 vol.44 laws of Lagos state of Nigeria 2011.
Blessing was also in court, with a huge bandage on her left cheek.
Her family expressed sadness over the incident, saying she would need more than of N3.5 million to undergo a plastic surgery to regain her old look.
The magistrate, J. A. Anabor, however, granted the accused bail in the sum of N100,000.
The case was adjourned to October 19, 2012 for further hearing.
It will be recalled that Okujo was earlier accused of also kidnapping Blessing's 18 year-old sister, Patience, who was said to be his girlfriend.
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By Nicole Thompson
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Tim Hortons Field lacks important accessibility features for people with disabilities even though it's been in use for months, say members of a city advisory committee.
The issues include poor visibility and barriers for people using mobility devices.
The sports field, where the Hamilton Tiger-Cats play their regular season, opened last September. But the stadium on the site wasn't declared "substantially complete" until May.
Last month, members of the city's Advisory Committee for Persons with Disabilities toured the facility, which was renamed the CIBC Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium for the duration of the Games.
"The city's project team has met with the Advisory Committee for Persons with Disabilities (ACPD) on site to review their list of concerns," Rome D'Angelo, director of facility management and capital programs, wrote in an email.
D'Angelo says some of the committee's recommendations are on a deficiency list of issues yet to be addressed.
Others need to be added, some members say.
Terri Wallis, a member of the committee for nine years, says while on the tour she saw wheelchair accessible washrooms with handles on the hinge-side of the door. In addition, the emergency call buttons were too far from the toilet, making it easy for people to fall over when trying to push them, she says.
Wallis, who uses a wheelchair, says the carpet pile was so high that it was hard for people who use wheelchairs and scooters to wheel on.
Tim Nolan, also a committee member, says that while he didn't attend the tour, he's heard that there are issues with sightlines at the stadium, particularly for people in wheelchairs and scooters.
None of those mobility issues are on the deficiency list, D'Angelo says.
There were also significant issues for people with vision loss, Wallis says.
For people who have partial or impaired vision, increased contrast makes it easier to see important details.
But in the stadium, "everything is grey, various shades of grey," Wallis says.
One example, she says, is the stairs. Typically, in this type of venue there's a bright yellow warning strip on each step.
At the new stadium, the stairs are "light grey with a dark grey warning strip," she says. "So nobody can see that. It's completely useless."
Moreover, the glass windows and doors have grey decals on them, also hard to see.
Both of these issues are on the list of stadium deficiencies, D'Angelo says.
Another item on the list: Braille on directional signs that's too high for people in mobility devices to touch and use. Wallis also noted the Urban Braille at the site didn't indicate there was a stadium. D'Angelo said this was not on the deficiency list.
In spite of these shortcomings, the city shared an email from a stadium worker who wrote that a spectator in a scooter said stadium volunteers and staff made a visit there on Saturday easy for her.
D'Angelo wrote in an email that any issues he was made aware of would "be discussed with the contractor and (Infrastructure Ontario) and dealt with as a deficiency or through the stadium operations group."
Alan Findlay, vice-president of communications at Infrastructure Ontario, wrote in an email that they "welcome any feedback to build on our high standards and will work with the city on any concerns the committee brings forward," including "seeking any corrective action for items (for which) Ontario Sports Solutions is responsible."
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Description :
When using OPIE for PAM and OpenSSH, it is possible for remote
attackers to determine the existence of certain user accounts.
Note that Nessus has not tried to exploit the issue, but rather only
checked if OpenSSH is running on the remote host. As a result, it
does not detect if the remote host actually has OPIE for PAM
See also :
Solution :
A patch currently does not exist for this issue. As a workaround,
ensure that OPIE for PAM is not installed.
Risk factor :
Medium / CVSS Base Score : 4.3
Family: Misc.
Nessus Plugin ID: 17705 ()
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