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Supreme Court overturns indecency fines: The Supreme Court on Thursday overturned fines levied against Fox and ABC by the Federal Communications Commission for broadcasting indecent content, saying that the agency didn't give proper notice of its indecency policy before leveling the fines. The decision did not address whether the FCC had the right to issue the fines under the First Amendment.
In a statement, FCC commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel said, "I look forward to reviewing and assessing today's decision from the Supreme Court. I will work with my colleagues to help ensure that parents can protect their children from harmful content and that the agency faithfully implements its authority under the law."
FCC applauds House Internet resolution: On Thursday, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski praised the House Energy and Commerce resolution that affirms a feeling in Congress that Internet regulation should not be placed under the jurisdiction of the United Nations.
"Proposals to abandon the multistakeholder model would be devastating to the future of the Internet, and I will continue to work with my colleagues at the FCC and throughout the U.S. government to oppose such proposals," Genachowski said in a statement to The Hill.
LinkedIn sued: Following a data breach, Reuters reported that a woman from Illinois has sued the social network, claiming that it did not properly protect user data. The user, Katie Szpyrka, said that the social network had a security policy that is weaker than the industry standard. In a statement to Reuters, LinkedIn spokeswoman Erin O'Harra said the lawsuit was without merit.
"No member account has been breached as a result of the incident, and we have no reason to believe that any LinkedIn member has been injured," she told the news service.
Senate subcommittee weighs Universal-EMI merger: Lawmakers on Thursday heard arguments from music industry heavyweights about whether Universal Music Group's deal to buy part of EMI creates unfair competition for their rivals. Reuters reports that Irving Azoff, executive chairman of Live Nation, testified in support of the merger, while Warner Music executive Edgar Bronfman opposed it.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), ranking member on the antitrust subcommittee, said at the hearing that "government regulators should be wary of intervening in rapidly changing and innovative markets."


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Shroud of the Avatar - Interview @ Dagon's Lair
Dagon from Dagon's Lair informed us that they had the opportunity to chat with Richard Garriott with a focus on the single player part of Shroud of the Avatar. The inhhteview comes in two parts and is available in both French and English (part 1 and part 2).
So in essence, the way you do it so that the single player experience is not say gimped by multiplayer is by building the multiplayer around it?
That's right. That's exactly right. And I also think than when you think of multiplayer, the… in a multiplayer sense, it's actually very uncommon that your actual friends, people you actually know will happen to be online at the same time you happen to be online. You know if you think of your friends in the world. Most people have maybe a hundred people they would really call their friends and maybe only thirty of those people are actually as hardcore gamer as you are, and so the probably if you log on every other night, once every other night let's say, the probability of you and your other thirty friends being online at the same time and in the same city at the same time is not a very likely occurrence. It's actually, you know, it's not something that will constantly be happening it's something that'll only occasionally happen and so I actually think as much… I want to convince people first of all to play online, not offline. But also by the way I think there is no reason not to expose yourself to letting your friends and you see each other because it's not gonna happen that often, and whenever you happen to be in the same town, or happen to be travelling across the same part of the map, what a great joy it is to say, "Hey Bob, Chris, you know, what's up? Hey how are you doing?" and make a celebration of the fact you found each other in this virtual world. Now if what you don't wanna do is play with thousands of stranger tromping across your map, and killing all of your monsters, and getting all the loot ahead of you, and struggling for limited resources and you don't to play that what I call competitive aspect of what sometime happens in multiplayer games, then don't. We have a very simple slider that you move and set anywhere you want between travelling literally alone to only with people you know, to only with people you know and the know, so kind of two steps, or frankly anybody that happens to be nearby and so you can adjust and choose your level of comfort and you can change it on a daily basis. You can be going like you know last time I played I went ahead and slide that slider to let other people play and I didn't like it. Well okay, you'll slide it back to solo player, no harm.
For those who don't like to read, there is also an audio version available on Youtube.
Information aboutShroud of the Avatar
SP/MP: Single + MP
Setting: Fantasy
Genre: MMORPG
Platform: PC
Release: In development

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Dynaudio Accent 3 powered loudspeaker Page 2
Setting Up
According to Dynaudio, their speakers require a break-in period of several days in order to achieve their full sonic potential. The review samples were broken-in continuously for at least 72 hours, using CD program material at medium volume levels before attempting any serious listening. This, I imagine, would hold true for any dynamic loudspeaker, and I did notice a significant increase in smoothness and treble liquidity after the break-in period. For the audiophile, Dynaudio recommends that the amplifiers be left on at all times. Generally, solid-state electronics sound better when idling continuously, and since the quiescent power consumption is only 30W, that's exactly what I did. Wisely, interconnects are not included as part of the package; it is suggested that the user experiment with a variety of interconnect cables to lock in on a synergistic combination. The Cardas Hexlink interconnects (14' runs) were used throughout my listening sessions.
As usual, my front end consisted of the Threshold FET-10 preamp (I've yet to hear a more accurate preamp—cost no object), the SOTA Star 'table/SME-V arm/Virtuoso DTi cartridge, the Kinergetics KCD-30 CD player, and the Apogee-enhanced Sony PCM-F1 digital processor. Also as usual, most of my listening time was spent with my favorite black vinyl.
Hearing is believing
The first formal listening test involved the Lesley Test (which involves master tapes of my wife's Lesley's singing voice). Some serious problems surfaced even this early in the evaluation. The overall character of Lesley's voice was pretty smooth, but I had a tough time getting her voice to gel spatially. The best integration was achieved with a substantial toe-in of the speakers so that their axes crossed in front of the listening seat. Even here, the sense of image focus was not up to my expectations. Instead of a tightly focused and palpable vocal outline, which is readily achievable with, say, the old or new Quad ESLs, the result with the Active 3 could be described as bloated, somewhat veiled, and imprecise—as if the image was being pulled apart toward each channel. In addition, the lower midrange was significantly colored. My initial guess was a resonance in the range of 200–300Hz that added extra weight and chestiness to Lesley's lower registers. Once triggered by particular vowels, the effect might be described phonetically as imparting an "ah" resonance to the lower registers.
These findings were disturbing enough that I decided to return to the Lesley Test after several days of amplifier warmup, just to confirm my findings. The chestiness was still there, as was the reduction in image focus. It occurred to me that the focus problem might be related to absolute phase reversal. (Incidentally, I did check the relative phasing of the two channels and found them to be correct.) There was no easy way to verify this because neither the Threshold FET-10 nor the Active 3 possess a polarity-reversal switch. However, as I discovered subsequently, focus was consistently poor with a variety of program material, both digital and analog. Therefore, it is unlikely that the problem is attributable to polarity reversal. In fact, even in summed-mono mode I was unable to get a tight central image.
Digging deeper, I uncovered more dirt. In a supplicant posture before the speakers, on hands and knees, I observed a significant change in tonal balance as I moved my head vertically up and down the front baffle. There was even a sweet spot, precisely ear-level with the midrange driver, where much of the aforementioned chestiness disappeared. This finding points an accusing finger at off-axis acoustic interference between the drivers. Even more disturbing was the finding that the two channels did not sound exactly alike. One channel sounded better than the other, the midrange and treble being smoother, with reduced levels of that lower-midrange coloration.
Analog Listening
The analog listening session started off with the mandatory Test Record 1 by Opus 3. The depth perspective appeared to be compressed. Transparency was just OK, and instrumental outlines within the soundstage were unfocused. I still liked the tonal balance of these speakers, but they were sure having a tough time fleshing out a soundstage. There is plenty of centerfill, but extreme right and left information clings too much to the speakers, interfering with the realization of a seamless soundstage. The chorus on Laudate! (Proprius 7800) was portrayed with broad brushstrokes; it was difficult to pinpoint individual voices. The size of the hall was difficult to visualize, as was the location of the back wall. The treble quality, at least at moderate volume levels, was pretty natural—smooth and spacious, without a hint of shrillness. However, as was evidenced on Belshazzar's Feast (EMI SAN-324), the treble can turn grainy when the speakers are pushed hard. Normally, speakers with an impressive dynamic range manage to convey the power of the orchestra effortlessly without compression or stress. In this case, however, the results were mixed because tweeter resonances, and a slight glare through the upper mids, both of which were audible at high volume levels, conspired to produce a sense of stress when the going gets tough.
Halfway through this session, I was compelled to start experimenting with speaker placement again, so bothersome was the imaging. I patiently varied both the listening position and the toe-in angle, trying to find a combination of the two that would snap the soundstage into focus. I'm sad to report that this never happened, although the experiment did yield some improvement.
Nor did the midrange fare all that well under close scrutiny. Violin overtones sounded slightly dry and grainy. I also noticed a slight glare in the upper mids. Resolution of inner detail was decent, but generally textures lacked the smoothness of, say, a decent ESL.
It struck me about this time that, in many respects, I was reacting to and describing the sound of an average solid-state amplifier. The upper-mid glare, the losses in transparency and spatial resolution, all of these could very well be solid-state irritants.
A pretty good GESR
This is a true story. J. Gordon Holt, our resident guru and Golden-Eared Subjective Reviewer (GESR for short), popped in during a recent visit to Santa Fe. Here I was sitting at my PC, painstakingly trying to flesh out this review, when JGH interrupted this delicate process. After I explained what I was doing, JGH quickly glanced over the speakers and said, "Here's what I think they sound like: the treble is somewhat soft at low volume levels, becoming grundgy when pushed hard; the mids are veiled, and the bass is pretty ill-defined." I was amazed! Two out of three, without ever listening to the speakers! Well, according to JGH, a soft dome plus active solid-state electronics added up to that sort of mental image. Not bad for an old GESR (footnote 1).
Negative reviews are much more difficult to write than positive reviews. The trick is to place the flaws in perspective and weigh the plusses and minuses in a balanced fashion so that the prospective buyer at least has a clear-cut picture of what the product can and can't do. In view of the asking price of the Active 3, any major flaws are, however, simply unacceptable. I'm tempted to say that in this realm of competition a product should not have any significant weaknesses. This is not strictly true. All of our Class B recommendations fall short in some respects, but at least they offer significant slices of reality. The Active 3 fails that acid test. Except for its bass quality, tonal balance, and dynamic range, there is essentially nothing else that I like about it. Spatial resolution and soundstage cohesiveness are disappointing for a speaker in such an exalted price range. There are some significant midrange colorations, and the treble does not hold up well during loud passages. Nor are midrange transparency and liquidity competitive with other speakers in this price class.
Many of the Active 3's active irritations may be directly traceable to its solid-state electronics. If that's the case, then it is a question of inherently good drivers sabotaged by indifferent electronics. The sound of the Active 3 does appear to be dominated by solid-state sound, and as such I'm not about to invest over $5000 per side just so I can enjoy the sound of what appears to be a mediocre $1000 solid-state amplifier.
Footnote 1: I hasten to add that the venerable JGH does listen to products before he commits himself to print with opinions on their sound qualities.—John Atkinson


text: This guy is one to watch, was in the shadow of Sammy Watkins at Clemson. The first clip shows him getting open deep and then making a really nice adjustment to catch the deep ball. The second clip to me is a bit striking in the acceleration that he shows immediately after making the catch, after breaking open deep. He just explodes after adjusting for the catch, right into the endzone. That kind of acceleration for a guy who's 6-4 is pretty remarkable imo. We could use a receiver like that- fast, explosive, tall, will go up to fight for and catch the ball. Could be a 2nd or 3rd round steal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPRy2tJ2Av0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpb70f_c1k0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7qVSSyfXDc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpU9ZUCzwqg


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Pregnancy may have driven police hunt
Prof Canter: I got it wrong and an innocent man got life | The police notes | How The Times discovered the evidence | Police admission | 'Walter Mitty' life | The 'crime' scene | Pregnancy drove police
Friends and family of Paula Gilfoyle found it impossible to believe that she could have committed suicide and experts said that it was very rare for a pregnant woman to kill herself.
This incredulity and horror may have helped drive police to look for another explanation — which only could have been murder; and her erring husband was the obvious candidate.
Peter Marzuk, a psychiatrist at Cornell University Medical College in New York, said: "It would be unusual for a woman at a very advanced stage of…


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Looking for a vacation rental in Rio, with a spectacular view and all the amenities of a central location? The property Botafogo 1903 is close to public transportation, shopping center and nightlife. Also, the neighborhood is known for the large number of cinemas. But reality can also be cinematographic: from the apartment you will enjoy the views of Urca and Dedo de Deus, natural beauties of the city.
Vacation rental in Rio with outdoor activities.
But if you prefer to wake up early, the Aterro do Flamengo is a ten minutes walk: a wooded park for cycling, walking by the sea of Flamengo beach (not suitable for bathing), and enjoy the view of the Sugarloaf. The property is spacious and well furnished, with two bedrooms with double bed and flat screen TV. Wi-fi and internet can also be accessed in the apartment Botafogo 1903, which features open and full kitchen. But the highlight of your vacation rental in Rio will be the great bathtub for relaxing after a full day.
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Aloha Elvis Whisky Decanter. Comes with original box and certificate of authenticity. No whisky remains in the decanter, but the music box still works great. It has been stored in its original box and has no cracks in the paint in the ceramic. Great gift for Elvis collectors. No returns. I have no replacements, as this is my only one. Paypal payments only please.


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Run-Power Walk 5k challenge; DAY 7
DAY 7: 5K Challenge!
To get the most out of these workouts, download the BH Trainer Powered by PEAR app to your phone. Find the Hot Mom's Club featured workout and put in your earbuds so you can be hands-free and completely focused on the real-time audio coaching giving you the ultimate workout experience!
Hit the trail, street or beach for a 5K with Coach Nancy Anderson. She will add in some strength intervals throughout your run to keep things interesting and to add an extra challenge. Your goal is to finish this 5K Challenge as fast as possible! You can run or power walk depending on your fitness level — you choose!
Today's Coach: Nancy Anderson
Type: Run or Walk
Where: Outdoors or indoor track
Equipment: None
Difficulty: Easy +
Total Duration: 3.1 Miles
Description: This 5K Run or Walk (you choose your pace) will include muscle-toning exercises that will be scattered throughout this 3.1 mile workout. Make sure to do this workout in an area where you can run and then stop for short periods of time to complete the interval strength exercises. The objective here is to make or break your previous time as you complete this workout again and again, so be sure to track this workout on the app so you can see your progress.
Video: It's all about proper form! Watch the videos before doing the audio workout so you can learn the correct technique to get the most out of your workout and prevent injury. As you workout listen to your coach to help keep your form from straying or sagging and stay motivated!
Share your workout time for this one with everyone using the #healthyisthenewHOT hashtag! Be sure to tag @BHFitnessUSA and @NancyAndersonFit. Your run photo might be what motivates someone to get out there!
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We are often asked about the history of Polraen Country House Hotel and how, as a family, we came to move to Looe from London 15 years ago to run a small hotel in Looe in South East Cornwall.
The house certainly has an interesting past. It was built of Cornish granite circa 1740 reputedly as a coaching inn at the hamlet of Sandplace on the old road from Liskeard to Looe and remained part of the large Morval Estate until it was sold to Peter Bessell, Liberal MP for South East Cornwall in the 1960s.
Remembered to this day by many locals as the family home of their former Member of Parliament, Peter Bessell fled abroad in an attempt to escape debts so Polraen Country House was sold back to the Morval Estate. It quickly changed hands and was converted to a small hotel in the 1970s by the Hagan Family returning it to the tradition of providing bed and breakfast to passing travellers. Meanwhile, living in California, Peter Bessell agreed to return to the UK in exchange for protection from prosecution, in order to give evidence at the infamous murder conspiracy trial of the former Liberal Party Leader Jeremy Thorpe who was accused of attempting to murder his gay lover.
After the Hagans, the next owners were our predecessors, Joyce and Peter Allcroft who ran Polraen for 17 years until February 2000 when we moved with our two small children, then aged 5 and 2, from Wimbledon in London to Looe. We turned our backs on city life and our previous careers in marketing and financial services in seek of a different lifestyle – to bring up our children in a wonderful place and to be near their grandmother who had retired to live in Looe six years earlier.
In the last 15 years, we have undertaken significant refurbishment to every room in the house as well as adding a conservatory and landscaping the garden to achieve and maintain a high standard of guest accommodation for visitors to this lovely part of Cornwall. Original features include an old range, window shutters, and log fires, whilst period paints and cushioned window seats emphasize its Cornish country charm.
We are proud to have earned several awards along the way for our hospitality, environmentally aware operating practices, and Martin's great cooking. But none of this could be achieved without the support of great staff.
Just one more very important family member who puts in an appearance on request – May, our black labrador, who, at the grand old age of 14, will still happily join you in the garden for your welcome cup of tea and biscuits.


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Nobody but Jay Z could launch a YouTube channel the way the superstar is launching his Life+Times channel tomorrow, mainly because there's only one Jay Z. He's flicking the switch on by webcasting a live stream of his Oct. 6 performance at Brooklyn, New York's Barclay Center, the last of eight sold-out concerts in a row. (Watch the teaser video below for a taste of what's in store.)
The cultural icon created the channel in partnership with IconicTV, based on his personal website Life and Times, so fans can expect to see the channel emulate the website's range of music, art, sports and other of Jay Z's interests.
Some programming is confirmed, however. Following Saturday's concert, some of the shows will be: The Road to Brooklyn, a docu-drama series about the Nets and how the basketball team (in which Jay Z has a financial share) got from Newark to Brooklyn; Roc Nation CheckIn, video portraits of artists managed by Roc Nation (which Jay Z co-founded); Well Dunn with Jourdan Dunn, a series about the English supermodel previously named Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards; and Blueprint, a documentary series delving into the craftsmanship of world-famous luxury brands.
"After a decade and a half of amazing musical success, Jay Z has emerged as the definitive cultural arbiter of his generation," says Michael Hirschorn, co-founder and chief creative officer of IconicTV. "Whether it's launching new artists through his Roc Nation management company, rebranding the Brooklyn Nets in a new arena that he is inaugurating, spending time with the President, playing Carnegie Hall in a tux, hosting the charity event of the year for kids, or launching a new restaurant line, Jay is someone who does things first, better, bigger."
Related links:
Jay Z's Life and Times – http://lifeandtimes.com
Jay Z's Life+Times channel – http://www.youtube.com/user/jayz
Jay-Z press release
IconicTV – http://www.iconictv.com
Brooklyn Nets – http://www.nba.com/nets
Spin – Watch Jay-Z's Full, Final Barclays Center Show
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While new Southland coach Eric DeMar would love to consider his team for the playoffs, he has more immediate, smaller goals in mind.
"We went 1-9 last year so I'm hoping we can finish somewhere around .500 this year," said DeMar, who takes over after one season as an assistant for the Eagles. "We just need to play some good games this year. We won one game last year and finished another. The rest we got (beaten by the 45-point mercy rule). One of our goals is to not get 45ed."
For the Eagles to have any measure of success, plenty of freshmen and sophomores will be playing key roles. Only two returning starters are back in junior Michael Flores and sophomore O.J. Rendon on the offensive and defensive lines.
"Our main weakness is experience," DeMar said. "Last year we fielded mostly seniors and freshmen, and the seniors have moved on so we've got a bunch of sophomores and a couple of juniors. Our strength is we've got a good base of kids and experience on the line. We've got experience where we need and we've got talent where we need."
Sophomore Israel Landa looks like the early leader to take over at quarterback but he could also see time at running back as well. DeMar said freshman Jesse Ortiz looks like the frontrunner to become the team's tailback.
"Ortiz is a kid with a lot of potential," DeMar said. "We've got some smart kids but just not a lot of experience. I think we'll be building around some good players in the next couple years."
Freshmen T.J. Cloud and Jeff Brown will give Southland a pair of ends to work with not only this year but in the future. Both will also play cornerback along with juniors Jason and Jamie Valdez. Flores, Rendon and Oscar Flores solidify the defensive line.
One of two females to play for Southland's junior high last year could contribute on varsity. Freshman Jessica Mendez is penciled in to possibly start on the offensive line while seeing time at linebacker.
Southland is one of several area six-man teams struggling with depth and will need to stay healthy to have any chance at a successful season. The Eagles return just two starters from last year in linemen Michael Flores and O.J. Rendon, and will depend on several freshmen and sophomores to play key roles in 2002. Southland has plenty of size up front but those holes that need filling are in key skill positions.
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Padres invite 20 non-roster players
Correia, Britton among 12 pitchers with good chance to make team
By Corey Brock / MLB.com
The Padres announced on Monday that of that group of 20 players, 12 are pitchers who will report to the Spring Training complex in Peoria, Ariz., on Saturday.
Kevin Correia and Chris Britton were among the pitchers invited to camp and both have, what general manager Kevin Towers considers, a good chance of making the team.
The other pitchers include right-handers Greg Burke, Matt Buschmann, Gabe DeHoyos, Will Inman, Mat Latos, Edwin Moreno, Oneli Perez, Mark Prior and left-handers Arturo Lopez and Nick Schmidt.
Prior, who will earn $1 million is he's on the Major League roster, has been working out at PETCO Park and is on track to compete for a job this spring. Prior last pitched in the Major Leagues in 2006.
Position players who have been invited include catchers Eliezer Alfonzo, Mitch Canham and Colt Morton; infielders Peter Ciofrone, Chris Burke and Kyle Blanks and outfielders Chad Huffman and Cedric Hunter.
Burke, 28, played six positions last season with Arizona -- four positions in the infield and both corner outfield spots. He hit .194 in 86 games, and Towers thinks he is a much better hitter than that and that moving around as much as he did never allowed Burke to get comfortable.
Burke is a career .241 hitter over 445 games in his five Major League seasons with the Astros (2004-07) and D-backs (2008).
"He's a scrappy player who runs well and a solid defender," Towers said. "He has played behind [Craig] Biggio in Houston and [Orlando] Hudson in Arizona. I don't know if he's ever really gotten a chance to show what he can do.
"Even though it's a non-roster deal, we feel like he's got a chance to be on our ballclub."
Towers likes the fact Burke is a right-handed hitter and has mashed left-handed pitching to the tune of 50 points higher (.274) than right-handed pitchers. Towers indicated that he wouldn't rule out the possibility of Burke playing the outfield, especially against a tough left-handed pitcher.
Then there's Blanks, a first baseman who isn't on the 40-man roster, only because he doesn't have to be protected yet. But he's as highly regarded a prospect as the Padres have.
Blanks has had consecutive seasons of more than 20 home runs and 100 RBIs and figures to get a lot of playing time at first base in Spring Training with Adrian Gonzalez playing for Mexico in the World Baseball Classic.
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Economists give Obama low marks. This is to be expected, since they generally know more about markets, profits, property, and civil government than Obama, his press, and the people who voted him in.
To make this an educational opportunity and not simply a condemnation, I recommend the following on economics:
1. Anything on the topic by Thomas Sowell.
2. George Gilder, Weath and Poverty.
3. Michael Novak, The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism.
4. Richard John Neuhaus, Doing Well and Doing Good.


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The last time we heard anything regarding a rumored "Planet of the Apes" sequel/reboot/remake whatever you want to call it, it was a proposed remake of 1972's "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes", the time-travel movie that went back in time to explain how the apes came to rule over the planet Earth in the first place. The reboot, it was said, would leave out the time travel storyline, and focus on an intelligent ape name Caesar who, because of evil humanity's treatment, revolts and, you know, breaks stuff. So what's the latest big rumor? That Scott Frank may be directing the possible remake/reboot. Maybe.
Here, I'll let CHUD break it all down, being that I'm kind of lazy and what have you:
Well, I got scooped by Production Weekly. Their latest issue has the news that ["The Lookout" director Scott Frank] is writing and directing the film, and that it's name is no longer Genesis: Apes (or Planet of the Apes: Genesis, as it was also called) but simply, regally, Caesar. Caesar, of course, is the name of the ape who leads the rebellion against the humans in Conquest.
Like the Genesis: Apes script, Frank's movie will eschew the time travel aspect of the original series and will present Caesar as a chimpanzee whose intellect has been stimulated by genetic experimentation. And while I'm sitting on most of the information my source divulged, I will say that Frank's vision doesn't include six foot tall chimps. Don't expect this to be an ape suit movie.
Expect the flick in 2010. If it happens at all, that is. At this point, who exactly is clamoring for an Apes sequel/reboot? I thought Tim Burton's version sorta killed all need for that, but I could be wrong.
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Embodiments of the present invention relate to Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), and more specifically, to verifying authenticity of a signature for an LDAP attribute value.
Light Weight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) has become very popular due to its efficient and fast data access. A large number of applications/services are currently being developed which use an LDAP directory as their centralized data repository.
In the LDAP directory, data is stored as entries including key/value pairs. A key/value pair may consist of an attribute name and an attribute value. For example, an entry representing a person may include the textual string "telephoneNumber" as the attribute name and the numeric string "+1 800 123 4567" as the attribute value.
An LDAP directory can be queried to provide an attribute value of an LDAP entry. The attribute value is sometimes used to prove certain status of the entry. For example, the attributes of an LDAP entry for a person may include the person's social security number, driver license number, employee status, contact information, etc. Upon providing the values of these attributes, the person may be granted certain privileges, such as driving a rental car, access to an employer-sponsored facility, etc.
Conventional LDAP directories do not prove to a recipient that the attribute values sent to the recipient are authentic. The recipient is not provided with a means of verifying the authenticity of the received attribute values. Rather, the authenticity of the attribute values is implied from the fact that the values are received from a particular LDAP directory server. Relying on the data source, rather than the authenticity of the data itself, may sometimes be undesirable. For example, conventional LDAP techniques may be more susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks and less adaptable to a network environment where proxy servers are used. Thus, there is a need to develop a secure and efficient technique for allowing a recipient to verify the authenticity of the attribute values returned from an LDAP directory.
The present invention is illustrated by way of example, and not by way of limitation, in the figures of the accompanying drawings and in which:
Described herein is a method and apparatus for verifying authenticity of a signature for an attribute value from a repository entry such as an Light Weight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) entry. In one embodiment, a client device receives a message including an attribute value of an attribute from a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) repository entry and a digital signature. In response, the client device verifies that the digital signature authenticates the attribute value. In one embodiment, the verification is performed by hashing the attribute value to produce an attribute hash, hashing an identifier of the attribute value and the attribute hash to produce a new signature, and comparing the received digital signature with the new signature.
In the following description, numerous details are set forth. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art, that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form, rather than in detail, in order to avoid obscuring the present invention.
Some portions of the detailed descriptions which follow are presented in terms of algorithms and symbolic representations of operations on data bits within a computer memory. These algorithmic descriptions and representations are the means used by those skilled in the data processing arts to most effectively convey the substance of their work to others skilled in the art. An algorithm is here, and generally, conceived to be a self-consistent sequence of steps leading to a desired result. The steps are those requiring physical manipulations of physical quantities. Usually, though not necessarily, these quantities take the form of electrical or magnetic signals capable of being stored, transferred, combined, compared, and otherwise manipulated. It has proven convenient at times, principally for reasons of common usage, to refer to these signals as bits, values, elements, symbols, characters, terms, numbers, or the like.
It should be borne in mind, however, that all of these and similar terms are to be associated with the appropriate physical quantities and are merely convenient labels applied to these quantities. Unless specifically stated otherwise, as apparent from the following discussion, it is appreciated that throughout the description, discussions utilizing terms such as "processing", "updating", "maintaining", "determining", "identifying" or the like, refer to the action and processes of a computer system, or similar electronic computing device, that manipulates and transforms data represented as physical (electronic) quantities within the computer system's registers and memories into other data similarly represented as physical quantities within the computer system memories or registers or other such information storage, transmission or display devices.
The present invention also relates to an apparatus for performing the operations herein. This apparatus may be specially constructed for the required purposes, or it may comprise a general purpose computer selectively activated or reconfigured by a computer program stored in the computer. Such a computer program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, such as, but not limited to, any type of disk including floppy disks, optical disks, CD-ROMs, and magnetic-optical disks, read-only memories (ROMs), random access memories (RAMs), EPROMs, EEPROMs, magnetic or optical cards, or any type of media suitable for storing electronic instructions, each coupled to a computer system bus.
The algorithms and displays presented herein are not inherently related to any particular computer or other apparatus. Various general purpose systems may be used with programs in accordance with the teachings herein, or it may prove convenient to construct more specialized apparatus to perform the required method steps. The required structure for a variety of these systems will appear as set forth in the description below. In addition, the present invention is not described with reference to any particular programming language. It will be appreciated that a variety of programming languages may be used to implement the teachings of the invention as described herein.
A machine-accessible storage medium includes any mechanism for storing or transmitting information in a form readable by a machine (e.g., a computer). For example, a machine-accessible storage medium includes read only memory ("ROM"); random access memory ("RAM"); magnetic disk storage media; optical storage media; flash memory devices; electrical, optical, acoustical or other form of propagated signals (e.g., carrier waves, infrared signals, digital signals, etc.); etc.
The clients 102 are coupled to the LDAP directory server 108 via the network 106, which may be a public network (e.g., Internet) or a private network (e.g., Ethernet or a local area Network (LAN)). The LDAP directory server 108 may contain a server front-end responsible for network communications, plugins for server functions (such as access control and replication), a basic directory tree containing server-related data, and a database back-end plugin responsible for managing the storage and retrieval of LDAP repository data. In one embodiment, the LDAP directory server 108 includes a signature composing unit 203 for composing signatures for the attributes of LDAP repository data. The signature composing unit 203 will be described in greater detail with reference to
In one embodiment, the clients 102 communicate with the LDAP directory server 108 via a web server (not shown). For example, the clients 102 may host web browsers that communicate with the web server using HTTP to request information. The web server may then communicate with the LDAP directory server 108 using LDAP to retrieve requested information from an LDAP repository 112. Alternatively, the clients 102 may communicate directly with the LDAP directory server 108 using LDAP to request information stored in the LDAP repository 112.
The network architecture 100 may also include one or more application servers 104 that host various applications requesting information from the LDAP directory server 108. The application servers 104 operate as clients in communication with the LDAP directory server 108. Similarly to the clients 102, the application servers 104 may communicate with the LDAP directory server 108 directly or via a web server.
The LDAP repository 112 may be part of the LDAP directory server 108, or it may reside externally (e.g., on a database server). The LDAP repository 112 may contain a tree of data entries, each of which includes an attribute name and an attribute value. Attributes may be further specialized through subtypes. For example, "language" and "title" may be subtypes of the attribute "common name." When performing a search of the LDAP repository 112, a search request may specify the base attribute to retrieve data entries with all subtypes of this attribute or it may specify a certain subtype, in addition to the base attribute, to retrieve only data entries that match the specified subtype of the attribute.
For example, the search request for a person's social security number (SSN) may indicate that an attribute certificate for the SSN value is requested. The request for an attribute certificate for a particular attribute may be indicated in the subtype field of the attribute, such as "ssn; signature." Alternatively, the search request may specify the request for an attribute certificate in a control message attached to the search request. The control message is compliant with the LDAP protocol. In one embodiment, the control message is a numeric string indicating a request for an attribute certificate.
After the control unit 213 identifies the request type, the parsed information is passed to the back end 202. The back end 202 of the LDAP directory server 108 includes an update unit 215 to perform update operation to the LDAP entries 226, and a query unit 217 to perform query operations. The back end 202 is also coupled to the LDAP repository 112 for accessing the LDAP entries 226. The back end 202 is also coupled to the front end 201 to receive the parsed information from the control unit 213 and to return retrieved values to the front end network interface for transmitting a reply to the requestor. In one embodiment, the reply may be in the form of a response control, which has the same format as the control message mentioned above, with the control value including the attribute certificate.
An attribute certificate includes a signature and additional information for a recipient to verify the signature. In one embodiment, the signature is generated on the fly by the signature composing unit 203 of the LDAP directory server 108. The signature composing unit 203 receives an attribute value retrieved from the LDAP repository 112, hashes and encrypts the attribute value to generate an encrypted signature. The encrypted signature is then sent with the attribute value to prove authenticity of the attribute value.
In another embodiment, the signature is generated offline and stored in a signature directory. Generating the signature offline typically reduces the query response time. However, stored signatures may be susceptible to malicious attacks. Thus, in one embodiment, write access to the stored signatures is restricted to ensure data integrity.
The attribute authority 310 is responsible for receiving LDAP data from a data source, such as a human resource division, composing signatures for the received LDAP data, and storing the signatures in the signature directory 320. The attribute authority 310 may also read LDAP entries 226 from the LDAP repository 112 and compose signatures for attribute values in the LDAP entries 226. The LDAP directory server 108 is responsible for retrieving attribute values from the LDAP entries 226 and the corresponding signatures in response to a query.
Referring to
Referring to
An example of a query using a control message to request an attribute certificate is described below. Assume that an LDAP entry is described by:
dn: uid=jsmith, ou=engineering, o=red hat
cn: john smith
telephoneNumber: 123 456 7890
employeeStatus: employee
citizenship: united kingdom
A query that requests an attribute certificate for the telephone number and citizenship of John Smith may have the format as follows:
filter: (uid=jsmith)
base: o=red hat
attributes: telephoneNumber citizenship
+control: attributeCertificate
An example of the response to the query includes a regular LDAP query response portion and an attribute certificate. The regular LDAP response portion includes:
dn: uid=jsmith, ou=engineering, o=red hat
telephoneNumber: 123 456 7890
citizenship: united kingdom
The attribute certificate, in the form of a control response, includes:
dn: hash(uid = jsmith, ou = engineering, o = red hat)
telephoneNumber: hash(123 456 7890)
citizenship: hash(united kingdom)
signature generated by signature composing unit 203.
The signature generated by process 500 can be easily verified by a recipient, e.g., the client 102 or the application server 104 of
In some embodiments, a signature may be generated for a group of attributes in anticipation of a request. That is, attributes may be grouped according to a pre-determined grouping policy before the arrival of a query. This scenario typically occurs in the offline signature generation where space for storing the signature is considered. An attribute group, in this scenario, may contain more attributes than the ones requested by a query. This scenario is different from the one described in process 500 where only the requested attribute values are used to generate a signature. For example, an attribute certificate generated for a pre-determined attribute group may include the attributes of telephone number, citizenship and employee status. This attribute certificate may be used in response to a query that requests a subset of the attributes in the attribute group, e.g., telephone number and citizenship. Thus, in response to a query that requests an attribute certificate for the telephone number and citizenship of John Smith, the LDAP directory server 108 may transmit a reply having the format as follows:
The regular LDAP response portion:
dn: uid=jsmith, ou=engineering, o=red hat
telephoneNumber: 123 456 7890
citizenship: united kingdom
The attribute certificate:
dn: hash(uid = jsmith, ou = engineering, o = red hat)
telephoneNumber: hash(123 456 7890)
citizenship: hash(united kingdom)
employeeStatus: hash(employee)
signature composed by attribute authority 310.
In the scenario described above, the hash value of the employee status is included in the attribute certificate even though the query does not request it. The scenario is described in greater detail with reference to
Referring to
The recipient of the certificate generated by process 600, e.g., the client 102 or the application server 104 of
Referring to
The exemplary computer system 900 includes a processing device 902, a main memory 904 (e.g., read-only memory (ROM), flash memory, dynamic random access memory (DRAM) such as synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) or Rambus DRAM (RDRAM), etc.), a static memory 906 (e.g., flash memory, static random access memory (SRAM), etc.), and a data storage device 918, which communicate with each other via a bus 930.
Processing device 902 represents one or more general-purpose processing devices such as a microprocessor, central processing unit, or the like. More particularly, the processing device may be complex instruction set computing (CISC) microprocessor, reduced instruction set computing (RISC) microprocessor, very long instruction word (VLIW) microprocessor, or processor implementing other instruction sets, or processors implementing a combination of instruction sets. Processing device 902 may also be one or more special-purpose processing devices such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a digital signal processor (DSP), network processor, or the like. The processing device 902 is configured to execute the processing logic 926 for performing the operations and steps discussed herein.
The computer system 900 may further include a network interface device 908. The computer system 900 also may include a video display unit 910 (e.g., a liquid crystal display (LCD) or a cathode ray tube (CRT)), an alphanumeric input device 912 (e.g., a keyboard), a cursor control device 914 (e.g., a mouse), and a signal generation device 916 (e.g., a speaker).
The data storage device 918 may include a machine-accessible storage medium 930 on which is stored one or more sets of instructions (e.g., software 922) embodying any one or more of the methodologies or functions described herein. The software 922 may also reside, completely or at least partially, within the main memory 904 and/or within the processing device 902 during execution thereof by the computer system 900, the main memory 904 and the processing device 902 also constituting machine-accessible storage media. The software 922 may further be transmitted or received over a network 920 via the network interface device 908.
The machine-accessible storage medium 930 may also be used to store the LDAP repository data entries 924. The LDAP repository data entries 924 may also be stored in other sections of computer system 900, such as static memory 906. The signature directory 320 of
While the machine-accessible storage medium 930 is shown in an exemplary embodiment to be a single medium, the term "machine-accessible storage medium" should be taken to include a single medium or multiple media (e.g., a centralized or distributed database, and/or associated caches and servers) that store the one or more sets of instructions. The term "machine-accessible storage medium" shall also be taken to include any medium that is capable of storing, encoding or carrying a set of instructions for execution by the machine and that cause the machine to perform any one or more of the methodologies of the present invention. The term "machine-accessible storage medium" shall accordingly be taken to include, but not be limited to, solid-state memories, optical and magnetic media, and carrier wave signals.
Thus, a method and apparatus for verifying authenticity of a signature for an attribute value from a repository entry have been described. It is to be understood that the above description is intended to be illustrative, and not restrictive. Many other embodiments will be apparent to those of skill in the art upon reading and understanding the above description. The scope of the invention should, therefore, be determined with reference to the appended claims, along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled.
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Philharmonics and Bridges.
I illustrated the San Francisco Symphony with Michael Tilson Thomas conducting , under the Golden Gate Bridge, for the Wall Street Journal in 2003. Last weekend , and 4 years later, I drew the Long Island Philharmonic on a Long Island Expressway overpass for the New York Newsday. I don't get to draw entire symphony orchestras, and bridges very often, but, I think I've cornered the market.


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A handful of Apple patents has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office, several of which relate to the company's iLife suite, FaceTime and Aperture software.
Patent number 20110102457 involves brushing tools for digital image adjustments. Among other things, methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed for applying an image adjustment to an image. A choice of image adjustments is presented to a user of a data processing device. A user selection is received from among the choice of image adjustments at least one image adjustment that a user desires to apply to an area of interest of the image.
The user selected image adjustment is applied to an entirety of an image. A preview of the user selected image adjustment applied to the entirety of the image is displayed. Also, user input comprising user selection of a brushing application is received. The user selected image adjustment is applied to the area of interest of the image...| Read more »


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Teachers are demoralized and parents are ill-served by successive waves of "hoaxes" that have swamped American education, argued New York University education professor Diane Ravitch at a teacher education conference over the weekend.
"In a far-reaching speech in which she lambasted a variety of players on the educational landscape — from self-styled education 'reformers' to Teach for America to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan — Ravitch said American schoolchildren are being shortchanged by an inordinate emphasis on testing," according to a report in Diverse Issues in Higher Education.
"For nearly five years, states and districts have been trying to evaluate teachers by test scores, and it hasn't worked anywhere," Ravitch said. "It makes testing too important, promotes teaching to the test, and gaming of the system. We know all know this. But the policymakers don't. Where's the evidence? It's a hoax. By 'hoax' I mean a legislative mandate or a program that you must obey that has no evidence behind it," Ravitch said.
"Testing is a critical component of accountability," Deborah Delisle, assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education at the Education Department, told the Washington Post last month. "Parents and community members want to know how we can measure student growth and student learning. We hold central to the fact that testing is an essential component."Comment on this story
Ravitch's campaign against the testing paradigm has struck a chord among teachers, with large-scale pushbacks occurring in New York and several other states.
Ravitch's vigorous attack over the weekend followed visits the last month to Capitol Hill, where she promoted her new book sounding the same theme. "Asked about the latest reform trend — ideas around the importance of developing character traits like 'grit' and 'determination' in students to help them succeed academically — Ravitch said she didn't think those traits in children could or should be measured," the Washington Post reported.
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New project - succulent picture frame.
Here is a link to the new project I am starting - planting a small picture frame with succulents. You can hang them outside, or put flat on a table. Note - this is from the site, I am just starting mine!
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A few years ago I made a similar project by planting a moss wreath with succulents. It lived on our shed wall for the summer and was so much fun. You start with small cuttings, and let them root in the frame or wreath. After a few weeks they start to grow and spread.
I keep a collection of succulent plants on my porch, just to make projects or small terrariums with.
You can buy very small succulents of different varities at the Home Depot or Lowes. They run about $2 or $3 each, but once you have them, you can propogate by breaking off the "leaves", letting them dry out a day or two, and putting into cactus mix. Or just mix builders sand and potting soil.
I've collected them over the years from friends, plants I buy, or traded with other gardeners. I keep small pots of them on my porch to keep using for new projects. Most will keep growing for years.
If you have some friends to do this with, you can chip in and get a bunch of varieties to start with.
yes - they are great. best part is you can leave them a month of more without watering and they are fine!
I did some terrariums in various clear glass jars and dishes one year. They were fun, but the plants got too big after a while. I took them apart, and started all new plants form the leaves. They just get recycled every year.
I got a succulent in a teacup. It is very cute, it seems to be shrinking. I have been watering it, but am I giving it too much water? Should I take it out of the teacup and put it in the ground, like a plant in my garden? I do not understand this plant at all!!!
They need very little water. They need to dry out, and even shrivel a bit, befor you water them. Sone can live outside, depends on your winters. My hen and chicks live outside and look a bit ragged in winter, the. Come back in the spring.
It is also normal for them to lose lower leaves and keep growing upward. if they get too leggy, you can clip off the top, let it dry out a few days, then bury the stem and it will start over.


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Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Miller of Watkinsville, Georgia, announce the engagement of their daughter, Kelli Nicole Miller, to Michael Brian Magee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Magee of Henderson, Nevada.
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The future bride is a 2000 graduate of Oconee County High School and a 2004 graduate of The University of Georgia with BSFCS Degree in Dietetics. She is currently pursuing a career in Public Health.
Miss Miller is the granddaughter of Mrs. Frances Reinhardt of Dudley, Georgia and the late Mr. Frederick Reinhardt; Mr. and Mrs. Jerold Miller of Dudley, Georgia.
The future groom is a 2000 graduate of North Cobb High School and a 2004 graduate of The University of Georgia with a BA Degree in Speech Communications. He will begin Law School at The University of Georgia in the fall.
Mr. Magee is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Stanhope of Madison, Mississippi; Ms. Lois Stanhope of Iverness, Florida; and the late Mr. and Mrs. William Magee of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
The wedding is planned for 6:00 p.m. Saturday, July 10, 2004 at St. James UMC in Athens, Georgia. All family and friends are invited to attend.
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Backlogging from yesterday.
It's difficult to even remember a lot about this one, since I was drinking it while I was packaging up some teaswaps for Auggy and takgoti. I was more concerned about the ratio of tea to bag, and how I was going to fit everything in a box, than I was about the flavor of this one.
Anyway, it's a rooibos blend, and it actually smells very pretty when you stick your nose in it. There's a strong berry scent, but underneath those berry tones is a warm, comforting twinge of vanilla. The entire tea looks very pretty as well, with the red of the rooibos contrasting against the deeper reds of the currants and hibiscus, and the white shavings of white chocolate.
So I steeped this one up, and the flavor is a bit disappointing. The tart, berry flavors completely overwhelm the vanilla here. The only thing that works out well is that I think the vanilla does tame down a lot of the tartness, and allows for flavor elements like hibiscus to be muted (which is always a plus, in my opinion). The white chocolate, I couldn't taste, and the rooibos has its typically woodsy-sweet flavor. None of it is particularly aggressive or assertive. If anything, the blend is a bit bland.
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Landslide Vulnerability - 27/08/2008
Geo-information technologies (GeoIT) play an important role in all phases of the risk-management chain in hazards such as flood, forest fire, windstorm, earthquake, volcano and landslide. The application of GeoIT in hazard management has been successfully investigated in various projects and at different levels, for example at European level by preview-risk, a project in the Sixth EU Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP6), and orchestra, to mention but two. The establishment of Early Warning Systems is of special interest as a means of decreasing damage to people and environment. It is thus a topic extensively addressed, for example in Germany at national level in the 'Geotechnologien' programme funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the German Research Foundation (DFG). An overview may be found at www.geotechnologien.de/forschung_en/forsch2.12_en.html.
In this programme the joint project 'Development of suitable information systems for early warning systems' (EGIFF) addresses the issue of using information systems for early recognition of various aspects of geological hazard, including landslide. Although, as mentioned above, this has been examined in several projects, there remain some important and still unsolved research questions, mainly relating to prediction and decision making. Concerning the latter, the responsible decision-makers are usually confronted with huge amounts of data, both structured and unstructured. To enable reliable early warning this data must be pre-selected, analysed and prepared. Decision-makers should be provided with a reliable and manageable amount of information for their warning decision and for taking preventive measures. In particular, improvement in information analysis and preparation is being broadly researched, for which techniques including GIS, numerical simulation, spatial-data mining, geo-databases and linguistics will be combined (Breunig et al., 2007).
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One of three EGIFF sub-projects, SLIDE (Coupling Simulations of Landslides with Geo Information Systems for Decision Support and Early Warning), aims at prediction and support of decision making and is being carried out by the Geo Information (GI) research group, in co-operation with the soil-mechanics group at Bundeswehr University, Munich. It is difficult to predict that parts of a slope or rock will fracture and cause a landslide; the mechanism is barely understood. Existing early-warning systems are mostly based on direct measurements using, for example, geodetic techniques, which leads to very short reaction times in case of detected landslide. A new approach has thus been introduced: numerical simulations in 3D by the Finite Element Method (FEM). This requires many different forms of input, including soil information, temperature and precipitation data, Digital Terrain Models, soil types and geological structure. This information fills the FEM meshes and, after numerical simulation, itself an extremely complex process, output results include hazard potential, deformation, movement vectors and stability indices. A GIS controls the whole process, and handles the results in such a way that they support decision making.
This new method requires intensive testing with real data to come to a better understanding of the hazard and forecasting of impending events. For this purpose a test area has been established south of Munich where the Bavarian Ministry has collected a great deal of data over the past fifteen years. The project has been provided with this data, allowing calibration with retrospective analysis of past events. Numerical simulations have begun and results will soon be published. More information at:
- Breunig, M., Reinhardt, W., Ortlieb, E., Mäs, S., Boley, C., Trauner, F.-X., Wiesel, J., Richter, D., Abecker A., Gallus, D. and Kazakos, W., 2007; Development of Suitable Information Systems for Early Warning Systems (EGIFF). In: GEOTECHNOLOGIEN Science Report: Early Warning Systems in Earth Management, pp 113-123.
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how long does it take after u notify a public defenders office for them to get back to you? they received paper work the last day of april, and i called and no-one has returned my call or anything, i have court on may 28th. when someone else with me already heard from one. please this is vary inportant to me!!! thank u for ur help with this matter, if not notified in a certain amount of time can anything be done? i don't understand why thay heard from someone and i have not!!!
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I am sorry but there is no time limit as to when the pd will get back to you. Many public defenders are good lawyers but they are very overworked. To be honest, they may not talk to you until the day before court or the courtdate itself.
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The label sent it for free? Damn thats a pretty sweet deal, this is the first time I've heard anything about these guys. I'll have to check it out.
Album Rating: 3.5Well, their management did, really. Year of the Sun records' PR shit is handled by a company called Kerosene Media (they also do PR for a few other labels I think) and they send me their records to review.
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The commercial folks who rent my 120' Rohn 45G tower loaded it up with 24 heliax's and antennas. It finally went over in a measly 106 mi/h wind last week. The failure was a tension failure of one of the ground anchor guy rods. It just necked down and gave up, although it appears that there was a fatigue crack from the last year's 134 mi/h storm. Before they put it back up, we had a look at the new Rohn catalog. Guess what? The 5/8" rods are only good for 7300 lbs load, which doesn't make much sense if the catalog says you need three 6700# strength guys in each direction. Next time it goes up with either 3/4" (rated at 17600#) or better 1 1/4" (rated at 49000#). The tower was originally installed in complete conformance with the Rohn catalog drawings, but now that the mistake is clear, everyone feels a bit sheepish. And I'm glad it didn't give way when I was up on the tower, although I wouldn't climb in our storm winds on a bet. One of the other guy rods was also cracked and ready to let go. The one that did looked just like the Porsche connecting rod bolts I used to lose to fatigue fracture when I was racing. A word to the wise, check the rating of your guy anchors as well as your guy cables, and don't use the setups called for in the older Rohn catalogs without questioning them! 73 de Dave, W6NL (ex-W6QHS) BTW, I'm back to work, so ham radio will be taking a definite back seat for the time being. -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: firstname.lastname@example.com Administrative requests: email@example.com Problems: email@example.com Sponsored by Akorn Access, Inc & KM9P
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Today I found out a cool nice thing. As we all know Microsoft ASP.NET Ajax 4.0 is shipped with the new caching support for the JS library it uses. This feature is called the CDN and basically it is working and increasing performance by spreading lots of servers around the world that store JS files like the ASP.NET Ajax 4.0 and the Jquery library files. From Microsoft: "By taking advantage of the Microsoft Ajax CDN, you can significantly improve the performance of your Ajax applications. The contents of the Microsoft Ajax CDN are cached on servers located around the world" For...
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December 31, 1924 - August 4, 2014
Levina A. Meinken, age 89, of Delavan, WI, passed away Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, at Lakeland Health Care Center in Elkhorn, WI. She was born Dec. 31, 1924, in St. Charles, IL, the daughter of Peter and Lucy (Vergowen) Heymans. She married Robert Meinken April 11, 1953, in Hubbard Woods, IL. Levina was a wonderful homemaker, wife, mother and grandmother.
Levina is survived by her husband, Robert of Delavan; one daughter, Joann (Michael) Dobbins of Mooresville, NC; one granddaughter, Lauren Dobbins; a sister, Martha Miller of Algonquin, IL; numerous nieces and nephews.
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`The world of medicine has lost one of its most competent practitioners'
The team at Shaare Zedek Medical Center's emergency room is used to many terror attacks, but Tuesday night's suicide bombing at Jerusalem's Cafe Hillel brought a new, horrific experience.
The team at Shaare Zedek Medical Center's emergency room is used to many terror attacks, but Tuesday night's suicide bombing at Jerusalem's Cafe Hillel brought a new, horrific experience.
As the hospital's doctors and nurses waited to treat the wounded, they received word that the head of their emergency room, Dr. David Appelbaum, had died in the attack.
Appelbaum, 50, had taken his daughter, Nava, 20, to the cafe on the eve of her wedding, and the two were among the seven Israelis killed in the suicide bombing.
Colleagues said Appelbaum, who moved to Israel from Cleveland, Ohio, in 1981, had often been among the first to reach and treat terror attack victims.
"He would appear at the site of every attack, volunteer, get in the ambulances to evacuate the injured to the emergency room," said Dr. Kobi Assaf, director of the emergency room at
Jerusalem's Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem.
"I recall how he was distressed by the injured - by what he had seen - but again and again, at night, he would be there. We have lost a dear good man."
Appelbaum's father-in-law, Shubert Spiro, eulogized Appelbaum and his daughter at yesterday's funeral in Jerusalem by asking, "Can there be a greater tragedy than this?"
Noting that Nava's National Service was in the aiding of child cancer patients, Spiro said: "The Jewish people have lost a devoted daughter, the nation of Israel has lost one of its proud, loyal and courageous sons. The world of Torah has lost a true talmid chakham (scholar), and the world of medicine has lost one of its most competent, one of its most creative, and one of its most humane practitioners."
Spiro, addressing Appelbaum's five surviving children, said: "All of you have to grow up now,
very quickly. There's no more time for childish things."
Appelbaum had returned to Israel earlier Tuesday after speaking at a New York University terrorism symposium marking the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Hours after landing in Israel, Appelbaum met Nava, to impart some last-minute advice before
her wedding.
As ambulances began transporting the wounded to Shaare Tzedek, hospital director
Jonathan Halevy was wary. Appelbaum was usually the first to report to the hospital after a bombing, however, there was no sign of him.
"It was clear to me from very early on that
when he didn't show up - and I knew he was in Jerusalem, and he hadn't called - a terrible tragedy had occurred," Halevy said. "Confirmation of my suspicions came shortly."
Word that he was one of the victims came from a rescue worker who recognized him at the scene. And the hospital staff had to cope with their own grief as they treated the wounded.
To understand the grief and pain, "it was enough yesterday to look at the sorrowful faces of the emergency room workers while they were treating the wounded streaming into the hospital from the attack," Halevy said.
For his daughter's wedding, Appelbaum had prepared a book with sayings from family members and himself, biblical passages and marital advice.
On a visit to the family early yesterday, Halevy leafed through the book. "The fact that a man
flies, three days before his daughter's wedding, to share this doctrine about preparing for a mass terror attack, which Jerusalem hospitals have unprecedented knowledge of, is an example of his combined outlook - complete dedication, to both work and the family," Halevy said.
Appelbaum was identified at the scene by one of his colleagues, Dr. Yitzhak Glick, from Efrat. Glick arrived at the site of the attack with his emergency team from Gush Etzion in order to help with the evacuation of the wounded and recognized Appelbaum almost immediately.
A little before midnight, the word began spreading through the corridors of Shaare Zedek. Doctors, nurses and staff members cried bitterly. Within minutes, Appelbaum's children began arriving at the hospital, and were later joined by his wife.
Appelbaum worked at Shaare Zedek for many years, but left several years ago in order to set up Terem, a center for emergency medicine in Jerusalem. He returned to the hospital to run its emergency room.
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Hi David, can you point me to the source for the 10% reduction figure? Is there a year-by-year chart? I had thought the reduction was far more dramatic, down to 37 from 1000 in the mid1990s according to the story last year that you noted was itself an old one.
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2014 Formula 1 world championship second-half to lands in Belgium this weekend after a summer break, and title rivals Lewis Hamilton has compare his tussle for this season's Formula One title with Mercedes colleague Nico Rosberg to a game of poker.
Nico now has an 11-point lead over his nearest title rival Hamilton with eight races of the season remaining and their competition has become increasingly heated over the course of the season.
Hamilton disobeyed team orders by rejecting to permit Rosberg to pass him during last month's Hungarian Grand Prix, and he admits that there is an edge to his relationship with the German.
"The battle does feel a lot more intense this year," Hamilton said. "When I was racing against Raikkonen and Massa, they were in a different team and their cars had different strengths and weaknesses to my car and, in my team, it was just me that was really competing with them.
"Now I'm racing against a guy who has the same car as me – we both have access to exactly the same data and feedback so it is really hard to try and be ahead.
"It's a little bit like playing poker – you have a set of cards and the other guy is not supposed to know what you've got, but Nico and I can see each other's cards so then it's more difficult to beat each other."
The Briton added: "It is definitely more challenging, because you have to find ways to create small margins. And so what you do is bring your skills, things that you've learned, things you can put into the mix.
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I'd talked about the metrics zeitgeist in a recent post (click here) and saw a great piece by Carl Bialik aka the Numbers Guy in today's Wall Street Journal. In short, Bialik did some research to show that the oft-quoted $27,000 - $30,000 cost of an average wedding is probably wrong. The culprit is simply that most of the studies use the mean instead of the median. Of course, there are some additional issues with these surveys caused by self-selection, e.g., the people who tend to respond to these surveys may be the type more inclined to spend more on their weddings.
So why am I talking about wedding costs and budgets in a corporate portfolio management blog? Because this wonderfully illustrates how metrics get used incorrectly. Metrics & data are only useful in a portfolio management effort or in any setting if they are right, and oftentimes, companies get so wrapped up in the act of measuring that they forget about the quality of the information going in and the resulting outputs that are generated.
Let's take the wedding example and apply it to a corporate setting. Let's say the $27,000 mean represents the average sales per customer for a software company. Based on this information, the company decides that the sales team should be incentivized in a way that encourages them to go after sales greater than $27,000. And let's assume that the mean was artificially inflated because of a single $1 million sale and median sales were actually closer to $13,000. Now you've created incentives that are impossible for the sales team to hit. This will probably result in them going after customers they can't get which will result in them ultimately getting demotivated and quitting which will ultimately result in the company going bankrupt.
Ok, that was a bit dramatic, but the purpose of this exaggerated example is that because something is measured doesn't imply it has any predictive or useful value. Worse yet, using this poorly measured metrics data can actually result in the making of decisions which destroy value - in stark contrast to their objectives. Remember to just say no to bad metrics.
Anyone out there with any interesting, funny bad metrics examples you've seen?
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