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Integrating Tivoli Federated Identity Manager and Tivoli Identity Manager
An enabler for SOA identity propagation
Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM) provides infrastructure that enables identity propagation in SOA. The TFIM Security Token Service (STS) is an identity and authentication service that implements the WS-Trust specification. The IBM Redpaper "Propagating Identity in SOA with IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager" provides an introduction to using TFIM in a SOA environment. When propagating identities between service components, there are three key requirements:
In what format must the identity be presented to a service component?
SOA platforms and applications have differing capabilities in terms of the token types that they support. Some systems are only able to support a small number of security token types natively. Others might be running on a more flexible infrastructure that can understand security tokens in a variety of formats. The TFIM SOA identity infrastructure supports the validation and issuance of a wide variety of token formats including Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Kerberos, X.509, Lightweight Third Party Authentication (LTPA), and Username.
Which identity should be propagated in the security token?
For applications composed of loosely coupled service components, it is common that the user repositories might not use the same unique identifier (that is, userid and username) for a given user. Different user repositories can use different naming conventions for constructing the user identifier, or in some cases the identity required might not be unique to a user, but be specific to their role in the organization. TFIM caters to this by providing a number of STS modules that can perform identity mapping. These modules provide the ability to look up data using:
- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
- Tivoli Access Manager (TAM) Global sign-on (GSO) credential store
- Tivoli Directory Integrator (TDI)
Simple mappings can also be achieved in TFIM by using the eXtensible Stylesheet Language (XSL).
Which attributes of an identity should be included in the security token?
Propagating more than just the username or other unique identifier provides additional information to the security infrastructure of a service component. These additional attributes can be used as part of an authorization decision or other action within the service component. Security token formats such as SAML and LTPA are capable of including arbitrary attributes in the security token. Other security token formats, such as Username, cannot. Including arbitrary attributes in security tokens is achieved in TFIM through the use of suitable security token and identity mapping modules in a trust module chain in the STS.
In environments where the portfolio of Tivoli identity management software is deployed, it is common to observe the use of Tivoli Identity Manager (TIM) to manage the account lifecycle across a number of users and systems. This article shows how to leverage an existing TIM deployment when designing and implementing a SOA identity solution using TFIM. A possible use of the solution presented in this article is shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Integrating TIM with the TFIM STS
In the diagram above, a service request is mediated by an enterprise service bus (ESB). The ESB has been configured to invoke TFIM to perform identity mediation, using an existing WS-Trust integration point. The trust module chain in the STS would first validate the security token in the incoming message using a trust module instance for that security token type. Next, the TIM mapping module instance would map the incoming identity data to a different identity using the metadata in TIM. The resulting identity data is reformed into a different security token using a trust module instance for the type of the returned security token.
About Tivoli Identity Manager
Tivoli Identity Manager is a user provisioning solution that can manage user accounts across a wide variety of platforms. For detailed information on TIM, consult the Information Center in the Resources section at the end of this article. The TIM directory (an LDAP directory) stores metadata about users and their accounts. A partial TIM data model is shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2. TIM data model (partial)
The relevant data relationships for this article are as follows:
- A person represents a human or system entity that can possess accounts on one or more managed systems.
- A service represents a system managed by TIM.
- Each service will contain zero or more accounts. Account data can consist of a user identifier and a number of other attributes. The schema for an account is determined by the type of service to which the account belongs.
- A person owns zero or more accounts. A person can own multiple accounts per service and can own accounts across multiple services, as shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3. TIM account ownership model
The TIM directory retains a copy of account data for all accounts on all systems managed by TIM. This is used in TIM for purposes such as auditing, reporting, and account revalidation. The advantage of retaining the copy of this data in TIM is that these operations can be undertaken without directly affecting the managed systems themselves.
Solution design
Figure 4 shows the high level architecture for a solution that uses TIM as a repository of identity mapping information in a SOA identity solution. A TIM mapping module is developed for TFIM using the TIM Java™ API.
Figure 4. Architecture of TIM mapping module
STS module interface
TFIM modules implement the com.tivoli.am.fim.trustserver.sts.STSModule interface. The key aspects of using this interface are:
- Creates an OSGi extension point to define the capabilities and user interface aspects of the module.
- Develops a class that implements the STSModule interface. This is where the business logic of the module is implemented.
- Creates a java.util.ListResourceBundle that contains the labels for the user interface components of the module.
The requirements for the module are to transform identities, so the map module will be the only mode supported for this module.
Table 1 describes the configuration properties that are available to the TFIM administrator when configuring an instance of the TIM mapping module. Notice that the parameters required to connect to the TIM environment are specified here. This simplifies the configuration when multiple trust module chains need to interact with the same TIM server, though for different identity transformations.
Table 1. Module instance configuration properties
|Configuration property
|Sample value
|Module instance name
|The name of the module instance. This is the label displayed in the list of module instances when constructing a trust module chain.
|TIM mapping - prod
|Module instance description
|Description of the module and its purpose.
|Connects to production TIM environment.
|TIM server host
|Hostname or network address where the WebSphere® Application Server (WAS) instance hosting the TIM server is located.
|TIM server IIOP port
|IIOP port number of the WAS instance hosting the TIM server.
|TIM administrator ID
|User ID of TIM account used to access data in TIM. Note that an administrator account such as "itim manager" is not mandatory, but the account will require sufficient access to read and search account and service data in TIM. TIM ACIs can be used to grant minimal permissions in TIM for the user specified here.
|itim manager
|TIM administrator password
|Password for the TIM administrator described in the previous parameter.
|TIM base DN
|The LDAP distinguished name constructed from the short name of the organization configured in TIM, and the LDAP suffix under which TIM data is stored.
|WAS administrator ID
|User ID for authenticating to the WAS instance hosting the TFIM runtime. A value for this parameter only needs to be supplied if administrative security is enabled in the TFIM Runtime instance of WAS.
|WAS administrator password
|Password for the account specified by the preceding parameter. A value for this parameter only needs to be supplied if administrative security is enabled in the TFIM Runtime instance of WAS.
|JAAS application login
|The name of the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) application login configured in the TFIM instance of WAS and used to authenticate to the TIM server.
Table 2 lists the configuration properties available when configuring an instance of the TIM mapping module in a trust module chain. These parameters are specific to a particular identity transformation. The configuration data that defines the TIM server is obtained from the module instance properties.
Table 2. Module configuration properties
|Configuration property
|Sample value
|Service name for incoming account
|Name of TIM service in which to search for the account that corresponds to the identity received as input to the TIM mapping module. The name of the service is assumed to be unique.
|Active directory - Queensland
|Service name for target account
|Name of the TIM service in which to search for the account owned by the owner of the incoming identity. Again, the name of the service is assumed to be unique.
|Enterprise directory
|Target account objectclass
|LDAP object class used in TIM to store account data for accounts for service specified by the preceeding parameter.
|Target account attributes
|List of additional attributes retrieved from the mapped account. One attribute value per line.
For more information on exploiting the STSModule interface, consult the excellent tutorial listed in the Related topics section at the end of this article.
The TIM API is an API that provides remote connection to the TIM server from Java and J2EE™ environments. A number of resources are provided on an installed TIM system to help develop applications using the TIM API. ITIM_HOME/extensions/doc/index.html is the starting point for conceptual information and sample code for using the Java API. ITIM_HOME/extensions/api/index.html is the main JavaDoc page for using the TIM API.
The pseudo-code for how the mapping module uses the TIM API is shown in Listings 1 and 2.
Listing 1. Module initialization pseudo-code
Create a TIM platform context Create a JAAS login context
Listing 2. Mapping pseudo-code
Locate the service for the incoming identity. Search for account from incoming service that matches the incoming identity. Find the owner of that account Locate the service for the target identity. Search for an account from the target service owned by the owner from the previous step. Return attributes from target account.
The source code for the solution is provided in the Downloadable resources section at the end of this article. This can be imported into an Eclipse environment using the Project Interchange format.
One important and possibly non-obvious aspect of the implementation is that the code to construct the TIM platform context and login context needs to run in the J2EE environment, not the OSGi environment. A technique for achieving this is described in the Related topics section at the end of this article. Listing 3 shows a code snippet that implements the J2EEContainerAction class. Listing 4 illustrates how to invoke the code from Listing 3 so that it runs in the J2EE environment as required in this solution.
Listing 3. LoginHelper
public class LoginHelper implements J2EEContainerAction { ... public Object run() throws LoginException, RemoteException, ApplicationException { create platform context create login context } }
Listing 4. Invoking the LoginHelper
LoginHelper helper = new LoginHelper(...); try { J2EEContainerFactory.runInJ2EEContainer(helper); } catch (J2EEContainerActionException jcae) { throw new STSModuleException(jcae.getMessage(), jcae); }
The configuration steps required to use the TIM mapping module for TFIM are described in this section.
Prepare the WebSphere Application Server (WAS) environment
To use the TIM Java API from WAS, configure the WAS instance needs so that the required TIM classes are present and able to be invoked. In this example, these steps need to be performed in the WAS instance in which the TFIM STS (Runtime) is installed and running.
Locate the TIM API JAR files from an installed TIM system. The JAR files will be located in the ITIM_HOME/lib directory on the TIM server. On the machines running the TFIM Runtime, the JAR files should be copied into the WAS_HOME/lib/ext directory, or WAS_HOME/lib directory if the embedded WAS version is being used (such as in a test environment). The JAR files to be copied are:
- api_ejb.jar
- itim_api.jar
- itim_common.jar
- itim_server_api.jar
- jlog.jar
Restart the WebSphere Application Server instance hosting the TFIM Runtime.
Authentication to the TIM server requires that a JAAS application module be created in the WAS instance in which the TFIM Runtime is executing. Use the procedure below to achieve this outcome.
- With a browser, logon to the Integrated Solutions Console (ISC) for the appropriate WAS instance.
- From the left navigation menu, navigate to the Security" / "Secure administration, applications, and infrastructure task.
- Expand the Java Authentication and Authorization Service container.
- Choose Application logins. The current list of JAAS application login configurations is displayed.
- Click New to create a new configuration.
- Supply the alias value ITIM.
- Click Apply.
- Under Additional properties, select JAAS login modules. The list of current JAAS application login modules is displayed. It should be empty.
- Click New.
- Enter com.ibm.itim.apps.jaas.spi.PlatformLoginModule for the module class name.
- Check the Use login module proxy checkbox.
- Click OK.
- Click Save to save these configuration changes directly to the master configuration.
Deploy the TIM STS module
Because TFIM STS modules are packaged as OSGi plug-ins, they can be rapidly deployed to update a TFIM Runtime environment. Use this procedure to deploy the TIM mapping plug-in.
- Copy the download com.tivoli.am.fim.demo.tim.mapping_6.2.0.jar to the FIM_HOME/plug-ins directory.
- With a browser, logon to the Integrated Solutions Console (ISC) for the appropriate WAS instance.
- Navigate to the "Tivoli Federated Identity Manager" / "Domain Management" / "Runtime Node Management" task.
- Click the Publish plug-ins button as shown in Figure 5. This updates the TFIM Management Service with the plug-ins from the TFIM install directory to where the new plug-in was copied in Step 1 above.
Figure 5. Publish plug-ins
- Click the Load configuration changes to Tivoli Federated Identity Manager runtime button as shown in Figure 6 to update the TFIM Runtime.
Figure 6. Updating TFIM Runtime configuration
- Verify that the module name com.tivoli.am.fim.demo.tim.mapping.TIMMappingModule now appears in the list of modules by navigating to the Configure Trust Service / Module Types option in the ISC.
- Check that the hostname designated in the TIM server's instance of WebSphere Application Server can be resolved from the TFIM machine. This step is required because the endpoint for communicating with the TIM server is provided from the TIM instance of WAS during the initialization of the TIM API. The hostname used by the TIM instance of WAS can be determined by checking the file WAS_HOME/profiles/profile-name/logs/AboutThisProfile.txt from the WAS instance used by TIM. If required, update the DNS or local host confguration database on the TFIM server.
Using the solution
To use the TIM mapping module deployed in the previous section involves three steps:
- Creating and configuring a module instance
- Using the module instance in a module chain
- Testing the solution
These steps are described in the ensuing sub-sections.
Create a module instance
A module instance needs to be created before it can be used in a trust module chain. Table 1 describes the configuration properties for an instance of the TIM mapping module. Figure 7 shows how the TIM mapping module instance can be configured in using the Integrated Solutions Console. Refer to Table 1 for guidance on choosing suitable values for the configuration parameters.
Figure 7. TIM mapping module instance properties
A single instance of the TIM mapping module can be used in multiple trust module chains. Multiple instances of the TIM mapping module must be configured if the TFIM environment needs to connect to more than one TIM environment, or if different credentials need to be used to access the same TIM environment.
Use the module instance in a module chain
Figure 8 shows how the TIM mapping module might appear after being configured in a module chain. Refer to Table 2 for guidance on choosing suitable values for the configuration parameters.
Figure 8. Configuring the TIM mapping module in a module chain
Test the solution
A simple test harness to see the TIM mapping module operate uses a simple WS-Trust RequestSecurityToken and sending it to the TFIM Security Token Service. A convenient representation of the incoming and outgoing token types is the TFIM internal STS Universal User (STSUUSER). A sample input message is provided in the Downloadable resources section and is shown in Listing 5. The security token in Listing 5 includes an STSUUSER security token including a single name attribute. No other attributes are included.
Listing 5. RequestSecurityToken message
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:wsa="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing" xmlns:wst="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/trust" xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy" xmlns:stsuuser="urn:ibm:names:ITFIM:1.0:stsuuser"> <soapenv:Header/> <soapenv:Body> <wst:RequestSecurityToken> <wst:RequestType> http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/trust/Validate </wst:RequestType> <wst:Issuer> <wsa:Address>urn:test</wsa:Address> </wst:Issuer> <wsp:AppliesTo> <wsa:EndpointReference> <wsa:Address>urn:test:timmap</wsa:Address> </wsa:EndpointReference> </wsp:AppliesTo> <wst:Base> <stsuuser:STSUniversalUser> <stsuuser:Principal> <stsuuser:Attribute name="name"> <stsuuser:Value>dbrown</stsuuser:Value> </stsuuser:Attribute> </stsuuser:Principal> <stsuuser:AttributeList /> </stsuuser:STSUniversalUser> </wst:Base> </wst:RequestSecurityToken> </soapenv:Body> </soapenv:Envelope>
A TFIM test environment is configured with a trust module chain that includes:
- STSUUSER token module in validate mode
- TIM mapping module in map mode
- STSUUSER token module in issue mode
An HTTP client, such as curl, can be used to deliver the WS-Trust request to the TFIM STS. Sample usage is provided in Listing 6.
Listing 6. Curl command to test TIM mapping module
curl.exe --header "soapaction: anything" --data-binary @rst.xml \ http://10.251.231.128:9080/TrustServer/SecurityTokenService"
Listing 7 shows a sample response after successful processing using the TIM mapping module. Notice that the resultant STSUUSER security token contains a different username. Additionally, surname and common name attributes are extracted from the target TIM account and included in the resultant security token.
Listing 7. RequestSecurityTokenResponse message
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <soapenv:Header /> <soapenv:Body> <wst:RequestSecurityTokenResponse Context="" wsu:Id="uuid3f8593db-011b-1170-9091-8fc4ea885e3e" xmlns:wst="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/trust" xmlns:wsu="..."> <wsp:AppliesTo xmlns:wsa="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing" xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy"> <wsa:EndpointReference> <wsa:Address>urn:test:timmap</wsa:Address> </wsa:EndpointReference> </wsp:AppliesTo> <wst:RequestedSecurityToken> <stsuuser:STSUniversalUser xmlns:stsuuser="urn:ibm:names:ITFIM:1.0:stsuuser"> <stsuuser:Principal> <stsuuser:Attribute name="name" type=""> <stsuuser:Value> cn=David Brown </stsuuser:Value> </stsuuser:Attribute> <stsuuser:Attribute name="Username" type="..."> <stsuuser:Value> cn=David Brown </stsuuser:Value> </stsuuser:Attribute> </stsuuser:Principal> <stsuuser:AttributeList> <stsuuser:Attribute name="sn"> <stsuuser:Value>Brown</stsuuser:Value> </stsuuser:Attribute> <stsuuser:Attribute name="cn"> <stsuuser:Value> cn=David Brown </stsuuser:Value> <stsuuser:Value>David Brown</stsuuser:Value> </stsuuser:Attribute> </stsuuser:AttributeList> <stsuuser:RequestSecurityToken> <stsuuser:Attribute name="KeySize" type="com:tivoli:am:fim:sts:RST"> <stsuuser:Value>0</stsuuser:Value> </stsuuser:Attribute> <stsuuser:Attribute name="RequestType" type="com:tivoli:am:fim:sts:RST"> <stsuuser:Value> http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/trust/Validate </stsuuser:Value> </stsuuser:Attribute> <stsuuser:Attribute name="Base" type="urn:ibm:names:ITFIM:1.0:stsuuser"> <stsuuser:Value> <stsuuser:STSUniversalUser> <stsuuser:Principal> <stsuuser:Attribute name="name"> <stsuuser:Value> dbrown </stsuuser:Value> </stsuuser:Attribute> </stsuuser:Principal> <stsuuser:AttributeList /> </stsuuser:STSUniversalUser> </stsuuser:Value> </stsuuser:Attribute> <stsuuser:Attribute name="Forwardable" type="com:tivoli:am:fim:sts:RST"> <stsuuser:Value>true</stsuuser:Value> </stsuuser:Attribute> <stsuuser:Attribute name="RenewingAllow" type="com:tivoli:am:fim:sts:RST"> <stsuuser:Value>true</stsuuser:Value> </stsuuser:Attribute> <stsuuser:Attribute name="Issuer" type="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/trust"> <stsuuser:Value>urn:test</stsuuser:Value> </stsuuser:Attribute> <stsuuser:Attribute name="RenewingOk" type="com:tivoli:am:fim:sts:RST"> <stsuuser:Value>false</stsuuser:Value> </stsuuser:Attribute> <stsuuser:Attribute name="AllowPostDating" type="com:tivoli:am:fim:sts:RST"> <stsuuser:Value>false</stsuuser:Value> </stsuuser:Attribute> <stsuuser:Attribute name="Delegatable" type="com:tivoli:am:fim:sts:RST"> <stsuuser:Value>false</stsuuser:Value> </stsuuser:Attribute> <stsuuser:Attribute name="AppliesTo" type="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy"> <stsuuser:Value>urn:test:timmap</stsuuser:Value> </stsuuser:Attribute> </stsuuser:RequestSecurityToken> <stsuuser:ContextAttributes /> <stsuuser:AdditionalAttributeStatement /> </stsuuser:STSUniversalUser> </wst:RequestedSecurityToken> <wst:Status> <wst:Code>http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/02/trust/status/valid</wst:Code> </wst:Status> </wst:RequestSecurityTokenResponse> </soapenv:Body> </soapenv:Envelope>
This article described the design and implementation of a mapping module for TFIM that leverages the identity metadata stored in TIM. This module can be used in SOA identity propagation scenarios in components such as enterprise service buses to transform identity information.
Downloadable resources
- PDF of this content
- Project interchange (tim-project-interchange.zip | 101KB)
- Manifest file for TFIM OSGi connector (MANIFEST.MF | 80KB): File is found in the com.tivoli.am.fim.osgi.connector_188.8.131.52/META-INF directory.
- Deployment package for TIM mapping module (com.tivoli.am.fim.demo.tim.mapping_6.2.0.jar | 101KB)
- Sample WS-Trust request to test mapping module (rst.xml | 2KB)
Related topics
- TFIM 6.2 Custom Module Development Tutorial
- The Tivoli Federated Identity Manager Version 6.2 Information Center.
- The Tivoli Identity Manager Version 5.0 Information Center.


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A fuel tanker making a delivery to a gas station in Westchester County erupted into a fireball early Friday.
There were no injuries, but authorities in Pelham Manor said a nearby convenience store was severely damaged.
Authorities said the driver and the gas station attendant escaped from the Oil City station on Secor Road without injuries.
Fire officials said the explosion could have been catastrophic if it had happened at another time of day, but because it was 2 a.m., no one was at the gas station.
Firefighters were able to save a nearby auto body shop that also caught fire.
Fire Chief Joseph Ruggiero said the tanker truck was offloading when something went wrong.
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1 ½ cup water
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Dash of Tabasco
1 cup couscous
4 T. butter
1 tsp. dried dill weed
1 clove garlic, minced
1 cup chopped red bell pepper (optional)
8 small mushrooms, thinly sliced
½ cup coarsely shredded carrots
½ cup chopped green onions
½ tsp. salt
In medium saucepan combine water, bouillon, and Tabasco. Heat to boiling. Remove from heat. Stir in couscous, cover tightly, and allow to stand 30 minutes. In large skillet, melt butter and stir in dill, garlic, pepper, mushrooms, and carrots. Sauté until slightly limp. Add green onions and salt, tossing lightly. Stir in couscous and mix thoroughly. Serve immediately.


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Arx Libertatis is a cross-platform, open source port of Arx Fatalis, a 2002 first-person role-playing game developed by Arkane Studios. Arx Fatalis features crafting, melee and ranged combat, and a unique casting system where the player draws runes in real time to effect the desired spell. The Arx Libertatis source code is based on the publicly released Arx Fatalis sources. This does however not include the game data, so you need to obtain a copy of the original Arx Fatalis or its demo.
Asymptopia Crossword Builder (Math/Text) is an application that runs in any modern Web browser, but does not require an Internet connection (if it is installed locally). The application was designed to allow teachers to quickly produce well-designed, challenging activities. The application features a configuration panel where the user can either enter their own word-hint pairs, or generate math-crossword problems via a single button. The math functionality generates word:hint pairs like: "four:7/x-3/8=11/8", where the hint corresponds to the problem, and the student would write the letters "four" in the corresponding boxes of the puzzle.
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, July 31 (UPI) -- On Wednesday, Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma declared the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus a public health emergency.
In a public statement, the president acknowledged, "The disease is beyond the scope of any one country, or community to defeat. Its social, economic, psychological and security implications require scaling up measures at international, national, inter-agency and community levels."
"The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) poses an extra-ordinary challenge to our nation. Consequently, and in line with the Constitution of Sierra Leone Act Number 6 of 1991, I hereby proclaim a State of Public Emergency to enable us take a more robust approach to deal with the Ebola outbreak."
Sierra Leone is among three West African nations most affected by the Ebola outbreak. Guinea and Liberia are also grappling with the deadly virus. Earlier this month, the World Health Organization established a coordination center in Guinea's capital, Conakry, to assist with resource mobilization to the infected areas.
As of July 31, WHO reported a total of 729 deaths and 1,323 cases from confirmed, probable and suspected Ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Of those, 533 cases and 233 deaths were reported in Sierra Leone.
The president of Sierra Leone said he would travel Friday to Conakry to meet with leaders to discuss their coordinated response to the outbreak.
He also announced the establishment of a Presidential Task Force on Ebola to implement the following actions for a period of 60 to 90 days:
-- All epicenters of the disease will be quarantined;
-- Police and the military will give support to health officers and NGOs to do their work unhindered and restrict movements to and from epicenters;
-- Localities and homes where the disease is identified will be quarantined until cleared by medical teams;
-- Public meetings and gatherings will be restricted with the exception of essential meetings related to Ebola sensitization and education;
-- Active surveillance and house-to-house searches shall be conducted to trace and quarantine Ebola victims and suspects;
-- Parliament is recalled to promote MPs leadership at constituency levels;
-- Paramount chiefs are required to establish by-laws that would complement other efforts to deal with the Ebola outbreak;
-- Mayors, chairmen of councils and councilors are hereby required to support Ebola control measures in their local government areas;
-- All deaths must be reported authorities before burial;
-- New protocols for arriving and departing passengers have been instituted at the Lungi International Airport;
-- All foreign trips by ministers and other government officials will be cancelled except absolutely essential engagements.
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A GNOME Personal Information Manager (PIM), consisting of the iCal-based
GNOME Calendar and the vCard-based GNOME Address Book.
WWW: http://www.gnome.org/gnome-office/gnome-pim.shtml
No installation instructions: this port has been deleted.
The package name of this deleted port was: gnomepim
PKGNAME: gnomepim
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No options to configure
Number of commits found: 53
Rename this ports to use the real vendor package name. The advantage of this
is to allow our users' keyword search works and easier for users to file the
Bugzilla report when they use our name of ports. Debian, Gentoo, NetBSD and
other OSs have the correct package name, but not in our ports tree.
My team, FreeBSD GNOME Team, have agreed with it.
PR: ports/97985
Repocopy by: marcus
Add USE_GETTEXT to appease portlint.
Remove USE_REINPLACE from all categories starting with D
Bump PORTREVISION on glib12/gtk12 consumer ports to ease the upgrade path.
Discussed with: kris
Approved by: portmgr (implicit)
Conversion to a single libtool environment.
Approved by: portmgr (kris)
Replace ugly "@unexec rmdir %D... 2>/dev/null || true" with @dirrmtry
Approved by: krion@
PR: ports/88711 (related)
- Add SHA256 checksums
Mass-conversion to the USE_AUTOTOOLS New World Order. The code present
in bsd.autotools.mk essentially makes this a no-op given that all the
old variables set a USE_AUTOTOOLS_COMPAT variable, which is parsed in
exactly the same way as USE_AUTOTOOLS itself.
Moreover, USE_AUTOTOOLS has already been extensively tested by the GNOME
team -- all GNOME 2.12.x ports use it.
Preliminary documentation can be found at:
which is in the process of being SGMLized before introduction into the
Porters Handbook.
Light blue touch-paper. Run.
Clean up handling of locale directories at deinstall-time:
* Don't remove "system directories" (which were created by BSD.*.dist)
* Silently try to remove locale directories which we might have created
- This version is not on ftp.gnome.org and mirrors
- Add SIZE to GNOME ports
Submitted by: trevor
Whoa there, boy, that's a mighty big commit y'all have there...
Begin autotools sanitization sequence by requiring ports to explicitly
specify which version of {libtool,autoconf,automake} they need, erasing
the concept of a "system default".
For ports-in-waiting:
Ports attempting to use the old style system after June 1st 2004 will be
sorely disappointed.
Bump PORTREVISION on all ports that depend on gettext to aid with upgrading.
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USE_REINPLACE must be defined before REINPLACE_CMD may be used.
Remove gnomepilot support since gnomepilot has been retired.
Remove REINPLACE commands that were rolled into gnomehack.
Remove USE_GNOMENG.
Clear moonlight beckons.
Requiem mors pacem pkg-comment,
And be calm ports tree.
E Nomini Patri, E Fili, E Spiritu Sancti.
Make this fetchable again.
Update to 1.4.9.
Use a description that says what programs the gnomepim package contains,
and what they are.
Remove BUILD_DEPENDS on gm4 as this is now inherited from devel/bison.
Add a BUILD_DEPENDS on gm4 which fixes a neat build problem on
Submitted by: bento and ktrace
Remove extraneous '/' from pre-install target.
Submitted by: Alexandr Kovalenko <email@example.com>
GNOME has just changed the layout of their FTP site. This resulted in
making all the distfiles unfetachable. Update all GNOME ports that fetch
from MASTER_SITE_GNOME to fetch from the correct location.
Update to 1.4.8.
Use USE_GNOMENG.
Remove extra MASTER_SITES - the distfile is now awailable from the
Fix a problem where gnomecal would crash on the first of every month, and
correct the link to gnomecal's help documentation. Bump PORTREVISION.
PR: 38773 (help docs)
Obtained from: gnome-pim CVS (crash fix)
Update to 1.4.6.
add missing files.
Not objected to by: gnome
Reviewed by: knu (mentor)
Provide backup MASTER_SITE.
Submitted by: Joe Marcus Clarke <email@example.com>
Fix compilation when WITHOUT_PILOT is defined.
Correct logic for optional pilot support.
Remove empty files.
Pilot-link now lives in ${LOCALBASE}, not in ${LOCALBASE}/pilot.
Add USE_BISON, because port having problems building itself using byacc.
Correct WITHOUT_PILOT test in one place.
Make Pilot support "on" by default, so that package build on bento will
contain all possible features.
Put in missing .else - this should make WITH_PILOT working.
Update to 1.4.3.
SWitch maintainership of core GNOME ports to a small group of committers
(email@example.com), since this is now definitely too big for just one person.
Update to GNOME 1.4 -- massive changes all around, for the sake of CVS repo
bloat, I'll only list the updates.
-pthread --> ${PTHREAD_LIBS} -D_THREAD_SAFE --> ${PTHREAD_CFLAGS}
Convert category deskutils to new layout.
Rename ${FILESDIR}/patch.nopilot to ${PATCHDIR}/extra-patch-nopilot.
Implement USE_GNOME, part 1.
Clean up PLIST handling with PLIST_SUB magic
Re-sobomize to use pre-patch instead of post-extract
Extensive patchfile cleanups using sobomax's wonderful post-extract rule
Add optional gnomepilot support (WITH_GNOMEPILOT directive) The default is
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Say hello to GNOME 1.2 audio/gnomemedia 1.2.0 deskutils/gnomepim 1.2.0
devel/bugbuddy 1.0 devel/glade 0.5.9 devel/libgtop 1.0.9
games/gnomegames 1.2.0 graphics/imlib 188.8.131.52
misc/gnomeusersguide 1.2 misc/gnomeutils 1.2.0
sysutils/gnomecontrolcenter 1.2.0 sysutils/gtop 1.0.8
x11-fm/gmomemc 4.5.50 x11/gnomecore 1.2.0 x11/gnomelibs 1.2.1
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Walter Oliver Melvin, appellant pro se.
Richard Norwood League, Office of the Attorney General, for appellees.
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Walter Oliver Melvin seeks to appeal the district court's order refusing habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Our review of the record and the district court's opinion accepting the recommendation of the magistrate discloses that this appeal is without merit. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of probable cause to appeal and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court. Melvin v. Johnson, C/A No. 87-1074-HC (E.D.N.C. Aug. 8, 1988). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the Court and argument would not aid the decisional process.


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Wynton Marsalis has been described as the most outstanding jazz musician and trumpeter of his generation. He is also one of the worlds top classical trumpeters, a brilliant composer, a devoted arts advocate, and an inspiring educator. He has served as artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center since its inception. For his oratorio Blood on the Fields, Marsalis became the first jazz musician to win the Pulitzer Prize for music. In 1983, he earned the distinction of being the only artist ever to win Grammy Awards for both jazz and classical records, and he repeated the accomplishment the following year. His latest album, He and She (Blue Note), was released last month. The Quintet: Wynton Marsalis (trumpet), Ali Jackson (drums), Carlos Henriquez (bass), Dan Nimmer (piano), and Walter Blanding (tenor sax).
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Heather Masse grew up in rural Maine and currently makes her home in New York. She has appeared on A Prairie Home Companion a number of times, often with her band the Wailin Jennys. Now, while the Jennys take a break from touring, Heather is keeping busy with other projects. She performs regularly with her Brooklyn-based outfit, Heather and the Barbarians a group that first formed when the members were students at the New England Conservatory of Music. Their album Tell Me Tonight was released in 2007. Heathers solo EP is titled Many Moons (Heather Masse Music). Look for a full-length album from her later this year.
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The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band is led by A Prairie Home Companion music director Richard Dworsky. A masterful keyboard player, composer and improviser in any style, he writes all the script themes and underscores, and he has accompanied guests from James Taylor to Renée Fleming. His latest CD is So Near and Dear to Me.
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Lovingly selected from the earliest archives of A Prairie Home Companion, this heirloom collection represents the music from earliest years of the now legendary show: 1974–1976. With songs and tunes from jazz pianist Butch Thompson, mandolin maestro Peter Ostroushko, Dakota Dave Hull and the first house band, The Powdermilk Biscuit Band (Adam Granger, Bob Douglas and Mary DuShane).


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A Muslim Brotherhood official said that the US has secretly been communicating with the Brotherhood over the past few days. The US has focused on four main issues in its discussions:
- The Brotherhood's ideological stance toward Israel and its vision for the future of relations between Egypt and Israel
- The Brotherhood's stance toward supporting the Hamas government and its vision in how to deal with the Copts and their rights in Egypt
- The Brotherhood's stance on women's rights
- The formation of a new government in Egypt and the potentially different roles for key ministries such as the ministries of defense, interior and foreign affairs
In a statement to Al-Masry al-Youm, the Brotherhood official said, "In her latest visit to Cairo, [Secretary of State] Hillary Clinton wanted the Brotherhood's opinions and views regarding these four main issues. The Brotherhood's views are especially important now it rules Egypt and Mohammed Morsi is the president of the republic. The Brotherhood will also most likely dominate the future government, just as it controlled the dissolved parliament."
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, also said that Clinton demanded to be informed of the Brotherhood's final stance regarding the peace agreement between Egypt and Israel. The Muslim leaders' reply was clear: they respect the agreement, but they believe it needs to be modified.
"This issue has been a major cause of contention between the two parties. Clinton demanded the Brotherhood clearly state and declare that Israel has the right to establish a state on its territories. The Brotherhood rejected this demand," said the Brotherhood official.
He continued: "The Brotherhood leadership stated that although they respect the peace agreement between Egypt and Israel, they will not take any stance that is in direct conflict with the Brotherhood's ideology. Clinton then inquired about their stance toward Hamas. The Muslim Brotherhood replied that they support the Palestinian people as a whole, not just Hamas. They believe that the Palestinians have the right to establish a state on their territories, with Jerusalem as its capital."
Clinton also inquired into the Brotherhood's stance on the formation of a new government, and their positions on the key ministries of "interior, defense and foreign affairs." The Brotherhood said that the role of these ministries — particularly the Ministry of Defense — will be under negotiation.
The official said that the Muslim Brotherhood's responses in this regard made Clinton uncomfortable. The US administration is fearful of the prospect of the Brotherhood having the right to mobilize the Egyptian army and deploy it near the Israeli borders. The US administration also expressed its desire that key ministries be kept under the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces' (SCAF) control, rather than the control of the Brotherhood.
The official added that this issue has specifically accounted for much of the debate between Clinton, Field Marshal Tantawi and the SCAF's leaders. The Secretary of State conveyed the US' concern about the Brotherhood's uncertain stance on Israel. Clinton also expressed that Washington prefers that the key ministries remain under SCAF control in order to avoid any potential tension between Egypt and Israel.
Regarding the Brotherhood's stance on the conditions of the Copts, the US demanded the Brotherhood approve the establishment of a Coptic university, along the lines of Al-Azhar University. The Brotherhood rejected this suggestion on the grounds that establishing such a university would nurture sectarianism in Egypt. Moreover, Al-Azhar University has existed for decades.
However, regarding the issue of Coptic rights, the Muslim Brotherhood reassured the US by agreeing that the Copts may address their personal status based on their own religious customs. They also approved a unified law for all Coptic houses of worship and on allocating official positions to Coptic officials.
Regarding the issue of women's rights, the Muslim Brotherhood confirmed that women will not be marginalized during their reign. They assured the US that they will respect and preserve women's rights and freedoms and will also maintain all the gains that women have so far achieved.


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Hello everyone I have been lurking around here for a few days now and I thought I would say hello . I have really enjoyed looking at all your bunnys photos and I am findig the info on this site and on your posts very helpful thank you all so much.I am a new bunny mom and it was a surprise but I am so enjoying him he has added alot of joy to mine and my family's lives already.My little girl turned 6 on wend. and my father in law bought "her " a bunny It was a happy surprise but a surprise none the lessI know that a rabbit needs lots of care and a gentle hand and I am ready to do everything that he needs to be happy so first thing was I ran to the good old internet and did some searches on rabbit care and I found this wonderful site .I am not sure of his age the info I got from my father in law is they told him he was young and a dwarf. He came from a feed store and is very sweet and not shy so I suppose he has had lots for handling and good treatment .From the pics i have seen on bunnys I belive he is a gray dutch he is pretty small, still a baby.After just 2 days of litter box training in his pen there is no pee anywhere but the box and most poops are in there as well. When he runs around my living room he still leave little pills but today they are much decreased from last night . I keep him in his cage but let him out for play and get to know his home and family time .Our family consists of my husband ,me our 3 children (daughters ages 6 and 10, and a son 12) , 2 doxies (Scooby and Milo )and a cat ( Bella) the youngest dog(Milo) thinks he is great and is very gentle with him but we still keep a close eye on him and the cat wants to play but she is very gentle as well .My other doxie only lives with us part time he has grandma next door who he would rather be with (she spoils him rotten) and he has a very high pray drive so I dont trust him at all around Marshmallow it is gonna take alot of training watchful eyes in that ones case for now we just don't let him out of the cage while scooby is in the house but on a good note when he is in the cage scooby just ignores him so there is some hope there yet.The kids know he is not to be picked up and he is not a toy. We lay on the floor and let him come to us for pets this seems to be working well. And on his first night here we had the pleasure of our first bunny binky !He does them alot it has to be the cutest funniest thing I have ever seen lol .He never runs from me when it is time to go back to his home in fact he loves it . Well that's about it for now so a big hello from our family to yours now lets see if I can manage to post some pics of the lovely and binkytastic Marshmallow
Oh he is GORGEOUS! Welcome to Binky Bunny!
they told him he was young and a dwarf.
lol They all say that! *roll eyes* He's dutch. And that's a smallish breed. He could have another breed in the mix as that's pretty common. They coloured portion of Marshmellow looks to be agouti fur. You may be able to see the colour bands down the length of the fur - very cool. Does he even have the agoutis typical white belly? It appears white and colour closer to the skin.
Happy to hear you're family is enjoying having him. Rabbits are spell binding!
Thank you very much for the warm welcome .Yes I think he is gorgeous also . He in fact does have bands of color on each hair gray and light brown.Sort of a gray background and light brown tips its a lovely combo if i do say so myself I thought that dwarf was doubtful when I saw the pics of true dwarfs with their tiny ears, but it doesnt make him any less wonderful . For his belly he wont let me inspect it the little stinker , but from what i can tell its mostly white with some gray bloches but i cant realy get a good look ill have to wait til he does a back leg stand lol and sneeak a closer look
Edit. when I picked him up to put him back in his house I managed to get a better look at his tummy without to much fuss .His belly is indeed white but the undercoat is gray closer to the skin
He's such a cutie! I don't own a dutch, but I hear that they're very smart and sometimes sneaky ;-) I'm sure he'll keep you on your toes!
eta: I believe his color is called "grey dutch". http://www.dutchrabbit.com/aboutthe...0;Jersey's right - definitely an agouti color. I think the same grey agouti color in non-dutches (of course without the dutch white markings) is called chinchilla, but I guess they don't the same color terminology in every breed.
Yeah, if he were solid in that color, I'm fairly sure it would be called chinchilla - not sure why it's not a chinchilla dutch. But that makes it tricky if you're searching under non-dutch colors. I guess grey dutch was easier to come up with for the first person who bred one :-P


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Prior to the main event will be an optional short loop hike at 3:00 pm, guided by a docent from the Irvine Ranch Conservancy. Bommer Canyon is not generally open to the public and is the site of the old Irvine Ranch Cattle Camp. Some of the original structures exist today, adding to the rustic feel of the Canyon. Bommer Canyon is also an important preservation area for many local plants and wildlife, including several endangered species. Hike distance will be one mile on the Nature Trail and Corral loops and will last about one hour. It is a very easy hike and suitable for all ages and abilities. There will be several stops during the hike that will focus on food plants that are native to the Orange County region. We will see, smell, and hopefully taste (there should be berries at this time of year) plants that are edible for wildlife and humans, incorporating Native American uses and relevance to the modern world.
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