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Global Engagement"We will, through strategic partnerships, engage locally, nationally, and internationally to heighten our global impact for the greater good." - Northwestern Will strategic plan
Northwestern University boasts a vast number of international opportunities for our students, faculty members, and alumni. The offerings are as diverse as our community, ranging from exchanges and study abroad programs to international internships. To learn more about these programs, start by exploring the NUGO website, which catalogs all of our global engagement opportunities.
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Study abroad is a key educational experience for a growing number of Northwestern students. Each year, more than 700 undergraduate students study abroad through programs that shape how they think about themselves, their communities, and the world. Undergraduate study abroad programs are administered by several Northwestern offices and centers.
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There are more than 100 programs available for graduate and professional students to participate in engagement abroad opportunities. International opportunities, including joint-program degrees, medical rotations, externships, and exchanges, can be found through individual schools and programs.
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Northwestern faculty across disciplines conduct research to help solve our most intractable global problems. In addition, Northwestern University is dedicated to building collaborations with the best organizations and scholars in the world in order to advance cutting-edge research that is not possible in isolation.
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Northwestern is home to over 5,000 international students, faculty, researchers, visiting scholars, and staff, whose presence enriches and enhances our academic community. Their perspectives from more than 110 countries influence how we think about the world, cultures and people. The International Office provides professional support and advising services to international students, scholars and visitors at Northwestern University. The Office of International Program Development facilitates international delegation visits to Northwestern University for the development of global partnerships and collaborative research.
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Comment Re:"rockstar developer" (Score 2) 487
No-one who identifies himself as a rockstar developer is a rockstar developer, and no good developer would call himself a rockstar.
You are not a rockstar (developer or otherwise) unless you have the groupies to prove it.
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Submission + - Google Blockly - A Language With A Difference->
However Blockly is different. It works like Scratch or App inventor but it is written in JavaScript. This means it can be included in any web page or web app very easily. This in turn means that it can be used for education, getting people to learn to program, or as an easy to use script generator for the app. The FAQ gives the example of automating GMail filters and mangement.
The additional difference is that Blockley can compile its programs to JavaScript, Dart or Python so you can take the script and develop it further.
This is a really good idea. As long as Google doesn't throw this one out in a fit of reorganization and spring cleaning, this is a welcome new language.
Good luck Blockly!
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Submission + - India fails, Russia leads at Google Code Jam->
Are Indian and, to a lesser extent, US programmers just not good enough, or is there another explanation?
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Comment Re:Rest of the world. (Score 2) 24
* Google says: "We are unable to issue rewards to individuals who are on sanctions lists, or who are in countries (e.g. Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria) on sanctions lists."
* Facebook says: "You must... Reside in a country not under any current U.S. Sanctions (e.g., North Korea, Libya, Cuba, etc.)"
But researchers in those countries needn't worry; the government over there has their own reward program for discovering security bugs.
Comment Re:Now... (Score 1) 107
The very undirected process a hypothetical Deist god would set in motion (evolution) is specifically what Intelligent Design claims does not work.
People who believe in both Intelligent Design and evolution, and also have some knowledge of the science behind evolution and natural selection, don't necessarily say that evolution on its own cannot produce the creatures that we see, but rather say that it is so statistically unlikely that it would have required the manipulation of probability by some intelligent deity to arrive at the results we have.
But all the millions/billions/whatever times the evolution did not produce intelligent creatures we were not there to observe it. You don't know how many failed evolutions you haven't observed, so unlikeliness does not imply manipulation.
Comment Re:Compatibility or conversion (Score 1) 274
Comment Re:Compatibility or conversion (Score -1) 274
Comment Re:security through obscurity, yet again (Score 1) 100
Comment Re:Firefox's problem (Score 1) 297
Although these leaks are not Mozilla's fault, they are Mozilla's problem. Many Firefox users have add-ons installed -- some people have 20 or 30 or more -- and Firefox gets blamed for the sins of its add-ons.
Now they are going to improve reviews and make it possible to mark add-ons as memory-hogs / -leakers.
Comment Re:Recursive Logic (Score 1) 545
As I used to say "it was damn difficult to write, it should be bloody difficult to understand".
used to say when you still had a job?
Comment Re:Faulty Reasoning (Score 2) 653
Comment Re:FUCKING ENGLISH, DO YOU SPEAK IT (Score 1) 66
(not until something gets killed anyway)


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Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit Assistant District Attorneys Keagan Waystack and Gregory Bushway are assigned to Jones County and attended the Feb. 20 meeting.
When asked about a policy of making earning a GED part of the requirement for probationers, Waystack said the rule was in effect when she was hired in 2004. She said it was a rule put in place by Bushway.
"The younger they drop out of high school, the higher the recidivist rate," she said. "We want to give them the tools to have a life. If they dropped out, they need a GED, and if they are still in school, they are required to graduate."
Adult Education instructor Marilyn Norfleet asked if anyone checks to see if the probationers actually follow through with earning their GED. She said many enroll in the program, and she never sees them again. The instructor said no one checks to find out if they finish.
Waystack said that is the job of their probation officer, and Bushway said the prosecutors would follow up.
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The Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council (HSAAC) provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary and senior leadership on matters related to homeland security and the academic community, including: student and recent graduate recruitment; international students; academic research and faculty exchanges; campus resilience; homeland security academic programs; and cybersecurity.
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Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council (HSAAC) Members:
Dr. R. Bowen Loftin, Chairman
- Dr. R. Bowen Loftin, Chancellor, University of Missouri
- Dr. Joseph E. Aoun, President, Northeastern University
- Dr. Lezli Baskerville, President & CEO, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO)
- Ms. Carrie L. Billy, President & CEO, American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC)
- Ms. Molly Corbett Broad, President, American Council on Education (ACE)
- Dr. Walter G. Bumphus, President & CEO, American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
- Dr. David M. Dooley, President, University of Rhode Island
- Dr. Royce C. Engstrom, President, University of Montana
- Dr. Antonio R. Flores, President & CEO, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)
- Dr. Peter J. Fos, President, The University of New Orleans
- Dr. Rufus Glasper, Chancellor, Maricopa Community Colleges
- Dr. Patrick T. Harker, President, University of Delaware
- Ms. Marlene M. Johnson, Executive Director & CEO, Association of International Educators (NAFSA)
- Dr. Eric W. Kaler, President, University of Minnesota
- Hon. Ruby G. Moy, President & CEO, Asian American & Pacific Islander Association of Colleges and Universities (APIACU)
- Dr. Mohammad H. Qayoumi, President, San José State University
- Rear Admiral Sandra Stosz, Superintendent, U.S. Coast Guard Academy
- Mr. David Adams (Ex-Officio), Senior Policy Advisor for Law Enforcement, U.S. Department of Justice
- Mr. David Esquith (Ex-Officio), Director, Office of Safe and Healthy Students, U.S. Department of Education
- Mr. Edward Ramotowski (Ex-Officio), Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services, U.S. Department of State
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- Readout of Secretary Johnson's Participation in the Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council Meeting, Release Date: October 22, 2014
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After hundreds of armed police stormed through the Grant and Manhattanville housing projects in West Harlem last week, arresting more than 40 people in the city's largest ever raid on gangs, longtime anti-violence advocate Derrick Haynes was torn.
"I'm not saying it's good and I'm not saying it's bad, but we had to do something to deescalate the situation," he said about the raid.
A resident of the Manhattanville Houses on West 126th Street, Haynes' brother was killed more than 40 years ago—the first casualty of the violent feud between the three gangs indicted in the police investigation last week. He has since worked to provide youth with enrichment programs that mitigate violence.
Although he said last week's raids were not most ideal of responses, Haynes and other anti-violence advocates are now seeking to create neutral areas to defuse tension and direct more funding to community organizations.
"What's going to happen is, we're going to stay the course," he said.
Last week, police raided the Grant and Manhattanville public housing complexes in the culmination of a three-year investigation into gang violence in the area. Over 100 individuals are indicted in the investigation, three of whom are juveniles.
The indictment includes allegations of retaliatory murder and violence between rival gangs in the housing developments—including the 2011 high-profile killing of basketball star Tayshana "Chicken" Murphy—and attempts to recruit and encourage pre-teens to partake in the violence.
Anne Morris, president of the Manhattanville Houses tenants association, acknowledged the necessity of the raid.
"It makes it safer for the residents here, because it's been a horror story," she said.
Several residents of both housing projects—many of whom refused to give their names for fear of retaliation by the gangs—echoed a sense of relief after the raids. Others, however, questioned why the police didn't act sooner and why the arrests had to be as dramatic as they were.
"The most devastation seems to come from the younger kids," Haynes said. "Seven, eight, nine, ten year old kids who don't understand police coming in and handcuffing kids, laying them down on the floor."
"They raped our village, they destroyed our village," Nicole Campbell, a 12-year resident of the Grant Houses, said.
Morris said that recent youth violence is the result of longstanding issues like the lack of after-school programs and youth employment opportunities.
"It's been a continual problem with not enough jobs, not enough for kids to do," she said.
She said that although construction projects in public housing must give employment preference to residents, youth often need to undergo training before they can begin work—which ultimately means that contractors hire outside employees instead of local workers.
Another part of the employment problem, Haynes and Morris said, was that fewer Grant and Manhattanville houses youth had been selected to participate in this year's city Summer Youth Employment Program—in 2013, only 27 percent of applicants received a placement. Job assignments for this summer are still being announced.
Morris also said that the lack of regular police patrols is a factor in persistent gang violence.
"If something happens then you get a rash of coverage for a few days," she said. But "these situations seem to reach epidemic stages because we don't have continual coverage."
The Thursday after the raid, Columbia Vice President for Public Safety James McShane announced support for increased NYPD and Public Safety patrols along 125th Street and Broadway. In the meantime, however, residents of the housing projects said that police presence hasn't changed in recent days.
"There's no police here," Campbell said. "They came, they left."
In a statement following the raid, District 7 City Council member Mark Levine called police enforcement "critical." He added, however, that "PSA6 and the 26th Precinct can't protect safety alone. The long-term solution to the gang violence issue lies in a dramatic increase in youth development programming in Grant and Manhattanville."
Iesha Sekou, another longtime anti-violence advocate and the CEO of Street Corner Resources, said that while plenty of community organizations are willing to work with youth, it has been difficult to secure adequate funding.
She said that obtaining funds is a "long and arduous" process, and emphasized the importance of quick intervention in anti-violence work.
"We can't play around with young people's lives," Sekou said. "We should be able to intervene at the time we see the problem."
In light of the recent increase in arrests among youth in public housing, Sekou called for a look into truancy enforcement and into teens' home lives. Parents, she said, should not have to feel hopeless.
"It doesn't mean that we criminalize the parent or that we criminalize the young people, but that we provide supportive services," Sekou said.
In addition to the city government, advocates are turning to Columbia for funds. Sekou is currently seeking funding from Columbia to create a mobile violence intervention unit.
Meanwhile, Haynes plans to ask for money from Columbia's Community Benefits Agreement to open a "play street" on Old Broadway between 125th and 126th Street, which would act as a neutral zone for youth from both developments to interact.
Neutral space is essential but hard to find, Haynes said—the Grant Houses' community center is closed, while a busy commercial area surrounds the two projects.
As of now, Haynes hopes to debut the play street at a community function on June 28. He plans to invite community based organizations and residents from both developments.
"Hopefully, they'll start talking and playing and communicating with each other," Haynes said, so that they can share the Manhattanville community center by the time temperatures drop.
"Once the fall comes in and it starts to rain, and it starts to snow, we will have broken the ice," he said.
Channing Prend and Christian Zhang contributed reporting.
Completely agree. I'm actually quite disappointed by the spectator's writing over the last year. Always trying to spin a story against the university and the other establishments in the area. Additionally, this year's paper was littered with inaccuracies. As an alumn I used to generously give to the Spec but now I refuse. Let's hope next year's staff has it's act together.
Don't you worry, I will continue to give plenty to the college and the business school - (alumn from both schools) Just not the spectator. The university is a responsible, upstanding organization while the spec is irresponsible by provocatively suggesting the university supports rapes. Absolutely ridiculous. Shame on you spec. My thousands of dollars supporting the college paper goes to zero.
Oh yeah I forgot. Columbia University frats and dorms are soooooo free from crime. Whoever heard of a rape here and there? Whoever heard of hate-based physical assaults, or just plain physical assaults around frats? All we got are a bunch of self-entitled little shits. So go ahead. Make them think that as they continue with their ways, they will never face the music. But then irresponsible Bollinger is already doing a good job of that. I am sure he appreciates your voice of support in Spec, as you are a lawyer who serves the Columbia University president.
El hecho de que usted está tan dispuesto a renunciar a estos niños me da asco. En el artículo con Taylonn Murphy y Derrick Haynes "Pedimos ayuda y nos dieron una redada", expresan mis sentimientos exactamente. En lugar de renunciar a estos niños y enviarlos a la cárcel, deberíamos estar tratando de intervenir. De lo contrario todo lo que estamos haciendo es hacinamiento nuestras cárceles ya superpobladas con niños que apenas han empezado a vivir o cometer errores. El hombre de arriba es correcta; el consumo de drogas en Harlem no es peor que el consumo de drogas en el campus de Columbia.
Lo que es aún más perturbador para mí es cuando las personas que se verán beneficiando del aburguesamiento de Harlem hacen comentarios que condenen Harlem y sus residentes. ¿Quién crees que eres para decir que estos niños o sus familias se merecen lo que les está sucediendo. Es más grande que simplemente ellos. Es un insulto a una comunidad entier y la cultura que representa. Espero que dentro de 30 años Columbia será - al menos - reconocer lo que ha hecho.


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[Video] Usher Speaks on Custody Battle, Divorce & Whether He Slept With Tameka's Bridesmaide On 'Next Chapter'
Last night, Usher was put on the hot seat as part of Own's most popular series, 'Next Chapter'. During the very candid interview, he hopscotched around quite a few questions in regards to whether he had ever cheated, if he slept with one of Tameka's bridesmaids and whether he was present at the hospital after Kyle's accident. He also was very honest on a range of topics including his marriage to Tameka Raymond, his relationship with his father, his decision to relieve his mom of her management duties and more.
During the candid interview – and what Usher says will be his first/last interview where he ever talks about his highly publicized wedding to fashion stylist Tameka Raymond and his much talked about custody battle with Tameka – Usher spoke very candidly with Oprah about everything from people not being supportive of his marriage to the regret he felt before/after going through with it.
He admitted that he was very sadden that his own mother chose to not show up at his wedding but later, when things fell apart, he apologized to her for 'being right'. He also revealed that, although he and Tameka no longer see eye to eye, he is trying to be the best father he can possibly be and he said it is Tameka who has made them enemies.
Check out a few highlights plus video from the interview below:
On why he agreed to do the interview
To really give me the opportunity to have a voice because there has been so much that has been said and I have not been able to address it. I never wanted to have to and [I knew that] here, I would have the opportunity to document something that someday my kids will be able to see. This will be the only time that I've ever chosen to speak about it, you know? Ive been a man of integrity throughout the entire progress, which I hope that my boys will understand.
On why he regrets marrying Tameka
It's pretty hard to walk away from a high-ticket marriage. I'm still kicking myself in the ass behind that one. I say I'm kicking myself in the butt because I always felt like maybe we weren't ready and maybe this wasn't the time or the way to do it and part of that played into the demise of it.
I wanted to give her the wedding that she wanted, but I wasn't quite ready […] I really wanted to do things right or at least the perception of what right may be. I impregnated this woman, we were in a relationship, we were in love, so I felt like this was the right way to do things based off my own… I was taking responsibility because she was pregnant but also too, I don't know if I had the best point of reference. My own father wasn't there, so I didn't want to be like him in a way. At least he married my mother and I don't know what their story was so let me make the right decision and make this right
On whether he loved Tameka and how he felt about his mother not turning up to the wedding
Yes I did. I was in love. My mother, she definitely told me that she didn't think that it was gonna work. She didn't come to the wedding, which also played a great deal in my hesitation. I was upset that she couldn't support me through that very difficult point in my life. If I were in her position, I would have come [to the wedding], just to show support but I understand that it was very hard for her. She's a single mother. It had always only been me and her. Singles mother have always been extremely protective over their boys. Nobody is good enough for their child ever and this is just the reality of how she dealt with it
On whether he truly fired his mother
I never fired her, what happened is I relieved her of her duties. You could consider it firing if that was all that was there, but that's not. There was a opportunity to be a grandmother, an opportunity to have what truly matters which is family. And that's why I wanted us to have that separation because it becomes so complicated to communicate in business but not have that foundation of family were we would not have to fight over issues.
On how the media affected his relationship with Tamkea
I think it played a great deal in the insecurities that anyone would have, you know.. do they accept who I've chosen? Of course it hurt me. This is supposed to be the light of my life and the person I feel that I'm going to spend the rest of my life with and nobody is responding the way that I'd like them to respond. There were times when I think we both spoke out and we shouldn't have. My relationship, personally, was always meant to be between me and her and unfortunately those opinions probably drove us in the wrong direction. I can remember being on MTV and I went on and defended her and I should have never have done that. That made no sense. Man if that's someone you choose then that's someone who you choose.
On when he knew the marriage was not going to work
I really felt the marriage was not going to work before Naviyd was born. When we had Usher, it was by far one of the most incredible moments of my life. I couldn't have been more happy and after that, I did get a great sense of the insecurities that were there and the fact that she wasn't coping well with being in this position. Being married to Usher, and all that came with that.
On whether he was faithful to Tameka during their marriage
[Pauses] Towards the end of our marriage, I found myself lost and I just wanted out. [shakes head] No, I was faithful at heart but not faithful all the way. Even having a conversation with another woman, period, about matters of your relationship or emotions is, in my opinion, not being faithful.
On whether he cheated on Tameka
When we were separated, yes, I was. We were not divorced.
On whether he had an affair with Tameka's bridesmaid
Well, the conversation about the bridesmaid has always been one that's been complicated, very difficult. Outside of my marriage with her and our separation and our divorce, I did have exchanges with [the bridesmaid]. We were friends. She was someone who was a part of the children's lives before and it had always been perceived that we were in a relationship or we either had some sort of exchange. This was after the marriage.
On why he was absent when Tameka's son Kile Glover was in the hospital
I miss Kile and I happened to be in Los Angeles when I received the call from Tameka and she said I need to get back, something happened with Kile up on Lake Lanier. I didn't know how real it was so I reached out to Ryan, of course respectfully, to get an understanding. He told me that their had been an accident and I said well I can fly Tameka back and would you like me to do that and he said 'Yes, get her back here as soon as possible,' so I got her back on the phone and I got her a plane.
[He was] a great part of my life. We cooked together, we laughed, we sang. He loved to sing and dance, he loved to tell jokes. […] It hurts me to hear people speculating that I wasn't at the funeral because I absolutely was at the funeral. I was at the burial as well.
On his current relationship with Tameka
We don't see eye-to-eye. The judge has given her a verdict, has given her order and I try my hardest to abide by that and that 100 percent. The friend that I was to Tameka, I don't know that I could ever be again because I really felt like we were friends. She made us enemies in a way that I could never understand.
On what made him cry on the witness stand
What made me cry on the witness stand was the fact that I had to conjure up what I had to live in Berlin. I guess their accusation was that I was on drugs or something like that and I said quite the contrary. [He went on to say that he was dealing with his father's death, not being able to see his children and a list of things that caused him to have a meltdown.]
On if he makes love to his own music
[Laughs] You caught me. Some may say this may be rather narcissistic, but, um, yeah [laughs] I think i do a pretty god job, I'm a good motivator for the moment. I think if i had a playlist or something like that prepared [….] Some guys don't take their time; they don't even care to put music on. I like to set the mood before I actually got there. It starts with a little bit of Teddy P, get a little bit of Luther Vandross in there, a little bit of Marvin Gaye, and then your more modern Usher.
Later in the interview, Usher brought out his mother, Jonetta and she spoke about how happy she was when she found out Usher had won the child custody battle as well as if she thinks there is a woman that's good enough for him. [It seems as though she almost slipped up and said Chilli]. When asked if she regretted not attend Usher's wedding, she responded:
No, I still don't. I couldn't because I knew that we would be in the space that we have been in for the last year. I knew it. I knew it and I just couldn't embrace it and there was never a day that he couldn't call me. […] and trust me I struggled with it. We've really had conversations about it. I never said 'I told you so' but the thing that I've really expressed to him [is] that 'If you've learned something from this, 'its okay!' And he has because he said to me, ''I'm sorry, I should have listened.' and when he said it, I was like 'Wow! He owned it'. That was really special to me.
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The Extensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) is a general-purpose Access Control Language providing context-aware authorization decisions. In this blog we will demonstrate how the Layer 7 XML Networking Gateway can provide centralised fine-grained access control using the Axiomatics Policy Server (APS).
In this scenario we will be using the APS Policy Decision Point (PDP) via the SOAP XACML PDP Service. The APS PDP evaluates XACML Access Requests against XACML Policies, providing permit/deny authorization decisions. The Layer 7 XML Networking Gateway will act as Policy Enforcement Point (PEP), capturing service requests, transforming request context into XACML Requests, interpreting XACML Responses and enforcing authorization decisions.
Below is the Layer 7 Policy for the RESTful Broker Service. The Broker Policy provides in-policy authentication and invokes the Evaluate Request using XACML SOAP PDP Policy Fragment to provide the XACML fine-grain authorization. Fragmenting the XACML Authorization keeps the core policy simple; whilst providing a reusable XACML Authorization Fragment.
The policy secures the Broker Service using SSL (line 2); this protects the credentials used to authenticate to the Gateway. Service clients are required to provide a username/password via Basic Authentication (line 3); the credentials provided are verified against the Gateway's Internal Identity Provider (line 4). Optionally we could replace the Internal Identity Provider with LDAP or a Federated Identity Provider.
In line 6 we have included the Audit Messages in Policy Assertion. As shown below, we've set the Audit Events level to Warning and saved the Broker Requests and Reponses. This provides a simple method to test and debug our policy. Note: auditing settings should be limited to development and problem resolution.
Policy lines 8-11 set the input parameters for the Policy Fragment; line 8 sets the APS instance we'll use to evaluate the XACML Request. Whilst lines 9-11 set parameters we'll be using to build the XACML Request. In this case we are using the authenticated user as the Subject of the XACML Request, the Service's Gateway URL as the XACML Request Resource and the HTTP Method as the XACML Request Action. When securing SOAP Policies via XACML, implementers should consider setting the XACML Action to the SOAP Action.
Once the parameters for the XACML Request have been provided the Evaluate Request using XACML SOAP PDP Policy Fragment at line 13 is invoked. If the Policy Fragment determines access is denied a HTTP Error Code of 403 (Forbidden Access) is returned to the service client; execution of the Policy terminates within the Policy Fragment and the client's request is not routed to the backend. If however the Policy Fragment determines access to the Broker Service is permitted, execution continues on line 15 and the client's request is routed to the backend Broker Service.
The illustration below shows the composition of the Evaluate Request using XACML SOAP PDP Policy Fragment.
The Policy Fragment contains several Add Audit Details Assertions used audit the XACML Request/Response and SOAP Service Request/Response. When using the aforementioned settings for the Audit Messages in Policy Assertion the output of these Audit Messages can be viewed via the Policy Manager's Gateway Audit Events dialog.
The Set Context Variable Assertion in line 3 uses the xacml-subject, xacml-resource and xacml-action context-variables (see Policy lines 9-11) to create an XACML Request. The XACML Request is stored to the xacml-request context variable.
The XACML Request is then wrapped in SOAP Envelope and stored within the soap-request Message context-variable (line 5). Storing the soap-request variable as a Message allows use to use the SOAP Request as a HTTP Request for a Route via HTTP(S) Assertion. The generated SOAP Request uses the InstanceAccessQuery2 SOAP Action; the xacml-instance context variable is provided to identity the APS Instance to evaluate the XACML Request.
The constructed SOAP request is sent the APS SOAP PDP using the Route via HTTP(S) Assertion (line 9). The result of the Routing Assertion is stored within the soap-response context variable.
In line 10 we use the Evaluate XPath Response Assertion against the soap-response context variable to extract the XACML Response from its SOAP Response wrapping.
Using the responseXpath.element context-variable set by the XPath Assertion we then store the XACML Response within the xacml-response context variable (line 11). In this example we log the xacml-request and xacml-responses as audit messages; real-world policies should take care to examine XACML Responses for obligations. Depending on the nature of the obligation, handling could occur in-policy or be off loaded to file, email, JMS or obligation service.
To determine the decision from the XACML Response, we use an XPath Assertion to find the content of the Decision element within the SOAP XACML Response (line 13). Then using the responseXpath.result context variable (set by the XPath Assertion), we store the decision within xacml-decision context variable (line 14).
Now we've retrieved the decision from the XACML Response, we need to determine if the policy should continue execution and allow access to the backend service, or terminate execution returning a forbidden access error/message. At line 16 we include an At least one assertion evaluate to true Assertion; within this we nest two All assertions must evaluate to true Assertions.
The first All Assertion branch uses the Compare Expression Assertion to verify the XACML decision is not permit. This All Assertion branch will evaluate to true if the XACML decision is either deny or indeterminate; if this occurs the Customize Error Response Assertion sets the HTTP Error Code to 403 and HTTP Response Message to access forbidden. The Stop Processing Assertion then terminates the policy.
Alternately if the XACML decision is permit, the first All Assertions branch will fail. At this point the second All Assertion branch is evaluated, the Compare Expression Assertion will return true. This satisfies the All Assertion branch and At least one Assertion branch allowing execution of the Policy Fragment and Policy to continue.
Lastly at end Policy Fragment we export any context variables we'd like to make available to the main Policy.
You've now seen how you can create a Layer 7 XML Networking Gateway PEP to secure your services using the Axiomatics Policy Server PDP.
This example could easily be extended to include PEP caching of XACML decisions using the Look Up in Cache and Store to Cache Assertions. Additional enhancements could also include usage of obligation handling services and authentication services.


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Hotel offers tranquil garden setting moments from Shanghai sights
Nestled in seven hectares of historic gardens in the city's former French Concession area, the Radisson Blu Plaza Xing Guo Hotel Shanghai makes it easy to trade the bustle of the city for a scenic, peaceful location. Each room and suite offers splendid decor and amenities like Free broadband, wireless Internet access. Treat clients to a meal at Li Palace, and wrap up the deal with a drink in the hotel bar. Our garden location provides Shanghai wedding planners with a beautiful, memorable venue for outdoor events; however, a ballroom, smaller meeting rooms and a conference center are also available for company meetings, product launches and day seminars.
- Our hotel is only 15 minutes from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport (SHA) and 45 minutes from Pudong International Airport (PVG).
- Upgrade from a Superior Room to a Business Class Room for access to the Plaza Club Lounge, offering daily breakfast and evening cocktail service.
- Whether you need a quick bite in between meetings or prefer a romantic dinner followed by drinks, our four restaurants and bars have the dining experience you're looking for.
- An ideal place for weddings in Shanghai, the Radisson Blu has indoor and outdoor venues, catering options and an unparalleled sales team.
- From the moment you arrive until the moment you wave goodbye, services like a concierge, currency exchange and 24-hour customer service ensure a smooth visit.
- Host a company cocktail party in Li Pavilion for up to 220 guests, or reserve the versatile conference center for your next training seminar.


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50 million iPhones sold + 35 million iPod touches = 85 million iPhone OS devices
Steve Jobs reported today that Apple had sold 50 million iPhones and 35 million iPod touch for a grand total of 85 million iPhone OS devices on the market (okay, 85,450,000 including the iPad).
Jobs said this was a great target for developers. He's right. No matter how many complaints there are about iPhone OS and Apple's stewardship thereof, that's a tremendous install base of devices that can pretty much all run the same OS (give or take a few features here or there) and same apps.
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Sales of 1-3 million in US is not close to correct. In 2009, prior to 3GS..."AdMob's June 2009 Mobile Metrics Report also offers an estimated breakdown of the number of iPhone and iPod touch devices sold in various countries. The company estimates that there have been 13 million iPhone and 12 million iPod touch units sold to date in the US based on user data in AdMob's network." Cya ABL.
Thier are 11 million iPhone users in the united states and then thier are users in other countries . If you don't know something don't respond . By the way why do people feel the need to tell the world that thier going to switch to droid . By the way droid has problems brakes and freezes . VERIZON limits the phone . The grass is always greener on the other side .
Is anyone else as skeptical about buying/selling ads on the iPhone as I am? AdMob claims completely different numbers on iPhone sales than other sources. One can only wonder if the inflated number doesn't increase their earnings. I would dearly like to know if there is any independent source out there who can verify ad views on the iPhone. But I guess that's like looking for a source that can independently verify Google's numbers too. (Not that it matters--they don't care and won't pay for numbers they don't agree with).
Strange, in the top 10 best selling phones of all times there's no iphone. Perhaps Steve wants us to believe something else.


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Experience a wide variety of bird, mammal and marine animal mounts depicted in elaborate scenes, as well as actual boats and models of ships and other large marine vessels.
Hall of Ancient Life
The Harvest Foundation of the Piedmont Hall of Ancient Life greets visitors as the first exhibit gallery with a vast assortment of fascinating displays of ancient creatures and modern science.
Uncovering Virginia
Walk through Virginia's natural history from beginning to present inside the museum's Uncovering Virginia exhibit gallery.
Join us every 2nd Saturday from May through August 2015 for "Science Saturdays." Meet museum curators, view fascinating collections, and learn about current and upcoming research!
It's barbecue, beer and...bugs on August 14! "Bugs, Beer & BBQ" includes a variety of beer choices, amazing barbecue, and live music by Tenured Soul! Register for the Cornhole Tournament and compete for museum prizes!
Be sure to visit our newest special exhibit, Exploring Virginia, opening September 5, 2015!
VMNH is taking part in Smithsonian Museum Day Live!, a nationwide event where participating museums across the country offer free admission with a Museum Day Live! ticket.
Museum open Sundays May 24 through September 6
Summer Discovery program includes Sunday openings, discounted new memberships, Summer Camps, and Science Saturdays.
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After an exhaustive, international search, the Virginia Museum of Natural History announces the hiring of Dr. Alex Hastings as assistant curator of paleontology.
Dr. Casey elected District Director of NSTA
Dr. Dennis A. Casey was elected District VIII Director of the National Science Teachers Association.
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Halloween is almost here and I'm sure you've been wondering, "How can I use a wedding dress as my Halloween costume?" …what only me? Maybe it's just because of the abundance of bridal gowns I'm surrounded by every day, haha.
Semi-seriously though, the "trash the dress" photo sessions appear to be very trendy right now. Why not use your wedding dress (which you already know you look amazing in) one last time as a Halloween costume? Many photographers may even include a "trash the dress" session as part of their wedding photo packages. If your wedding is being held in the fall, making your session Halloween themed is a great nod towards the season.
In any case, I've come up with a list of the best wedding dresses to appear in a scary or Halloween themed movie. For those of you who still have not chosen a costume, perhaps this will serve as inspiration. Or maybe it will simply inspire you to rent one of these spooky flicks for your weekend. In any case, enjoy and Happy Halloween!
1. The Bride of Frankenstein
Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Dr. Frankenstein (goaded by an even madder scientist) builds his monster a mate.
In This Photo: Frankenstein's Bride
2. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barbershop down in London, which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.
In This Photo: Mrs. Lovett, Singing "By the Sea" and imagining her wedding.
3. Addams Family Values
A comical Gothic horror-movie-type family tries to rescue their beloved uncle from his gold-digging new love.
In This Photo: Debbie walking down the aisle to Uncle Fester
4. Bride of Chucky
Chucky hooks up with another murderous doll, the bridal gown-clad Tiffany, for a Route 66 murder spree with their unwitting hosts, two eloping high-school graduates.
In This Photo: Chucky and Tiffany
5. Corpse bride
When a shy groom practices his wedding vows in the inadvertent presence of a deceased young woman, she rises from the grave assuming he has married her.
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"Im not here to change other peoples opinion but Ill tell you one thing: he did not give me the belt, he did not throw the fight," Weidman said. "It was nothing like that. He was doing exactly what he does in all his fights. He had his hands down, he was trying to mentally defeat me, make me freeze, make me feel like I didnt deserve to be in the ring with him. I didn't want to let him do that. I wanted to put him in his place, and that's it."
Ironically, Weidman indirectly acknowledged that Silva's tactics did affect him, saying he did feel disrespected as the fight went on and the former champion persisted, and even though he knew there was a very specific reason Silva was doing it.
A close observation of the moments after the fight also confirmed it, with Weidman saying Silva was a "disrespectful piece of s---" seconds after he scored the knockout. The new champion confirmed he was fired up in the heat of the moment, at one point mockingly asking Silva if he wanted help up from the mat, but said he calmed down soon after and that he still holds a huge amount of respect for the Brazilian legend.
"That was the first time I ever got emotional in a fight," he said. "I wanted this fight so bad. I knew I had the tools to do it, it was just a matter of going out and doing it. Not letting him fight his fight, just fighting my fight which is don't care what he's doing. Just keep moving, I'm going to punch him in face, and look for takedowns. I did everything I said I was going to do."
Weidman said he felt he was winning the whole way, from his early takedown and ground work -- he said he saw Silva's "eyes roll back" on one ground strike -- to his standup.
Later, when they returned to their feet and Silva started goading and talking to him, the Brazilian told him, "Don't wrestle, they want to see a standup fight."
"I felt in control," Weidman said. "He was doing all that stuff, but in my mind, I'm just laughing. Im like, 'Bro, Im winning the fight. Im punching you right now and you're standing there with your hands on your hips. You can do that all day if you want.' It got to the point where I figured, Im going to get in this guy's face, and put my hands on him, and that's what I did."
It happened in the second, as Weidman continued to move forward with combinations. It was the fourth punch of a series -- a left hook -- that sent Silva crashing back and towards the end of his lengthy reign.
Even to Weidman, that split-second was surreal.
"When I was punching him once he fell to the ground, I was like, 'Holy crap, this is happening. Oh my God,'" he said.
While Silva has said he isn't interested in a rematch, Weidman believes that was just an emotional reaction to an unexpected moment, and that the fight will happen. In fact, he wants it, and the Feb. 2014 timeline is right in line with his thinking, since he said he has a few health issues he'd like to address first.
Weidman said that even in victory, he does not feel like he put on his best performance, citing a "sluggish" feeling possibly due to his one year off, as well as some mistakes in his submission game that he felt could have ended the fight even earlier. But he also has no regrets. He went for victory at every turn and never let the great Silva break him.
And if they do build a sequel, the new champion says his thoughts about Silva next time around will not change a bit.
"I think hes still unbelievable, I think he's still the greatest of all time, and I think Id still beat him again," he said.


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Local woman seeks community's help for mass act of kindnessWritten by Matt Liasse | | firstname.lastname@example.com
Joni Meyer-Crothers encourages people to do acts of kindness every day of the year – paying for the car behind you in a fast food drive thru, baking cookies for a public service worker and taping money to a gas pump.
The good deeds are part of the campaign "365 Days of Kindness," featured on Meyer-Crothers' blog, freetastesgood.com. Anyone can access her list of acts of kindness at www.freetastesgood.com/365-days-of-kindness.
"None of us can help everyone, but all of us can help someone," Meyer-Crothers wrote on her website.
Done last year, the success of the project prompted Meyer-Crothers to do it again.
"We wanted to take this to the next level," Meyer-Crothers said. "We decided, once a month, we would do something really, really big."
On Feb. 8, Meyer-Crothers, with the help of followers of her blog, will be paying for laundry service for local community members in need. The event will take place 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at All Wash Laundromat on 1504 Broadway Street. Meyer-Crothers is aiming to complete 250 loads of laundry, including a wash and drying cycle. Wash cycles will begin at 11 and 11:45 a.m. and 12:30, 1:15 and 2 p.m. with all 50 washers running consecutively.
Meyer-Crothers said the laundry detergent, fabric softener and other supplies will be paid for as well and there will be food provided for the families as well.
The idea came from talking with local churches and community members.
"They said one of the hardest things for them is to get their laundry washed," Meyer-Crothers said. "When you don't have money to pay for your essentials, it makes it even harder to go to the Laundromat.
Meyer-Crothers is looking for donations for the event to cover the quarters used at the machines. At press time, Meyer-Crothers raised $1,2478, less than $300 away from her goal of $1,500. Anyone can make a donation can directly at http://www.freetastesgood.com/posts/help-us-provide-free-laundry-service-inner-city-toledo-4-hours-february-8th. The link works with credit cards or one can mail a check or cash to Free Tastes Good, P.O. Box 312, Sylvania, OH 43560.
If she exceeds her goal, the money will be left at the Laundromat for people who come in after the event is over.
Meyer-Crothers' website has been featured on "Extreme Couponing," "Today" and "Rachael Ray Show." The objective is to show people how to save money and give back in their community.
"With the blog, since we have so many followers, we thought [we could] show people how to give back," Meyer-Crothers said. "To me, it's more important to give back [and] pass the blessing along to other people."
For more information, contact Meyer-Crothers at email@example.com.
"I cannot even begin to express how excited we are to be taking on this adventure," Meyer-Crothers said on her blog. "Our prayer is that God will be glorified and that many lives will be changes because of someone showing a random act of kindness to many people."
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i have been pondering this for sometime. i wanted to see if i can come up with an alternative to the typical bolt modifications. given i really handy with CAD, i have cycled thru a few iterations for a "turn key" solution.
my objective was to get the bolt and trunnion as simple of design as possible so it can be milled easily. i am trying to get some time on a friends 3d plotter for some working models and then to a cnc.


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|SFHA: New welfare cuts could be as damaging as 'bedroom tax'
Commenting on today's (Wednesday 8 July) Budget, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) expressed concern that the announcements made by the Chancellor will have a detrimental impact on communities directly and housing associations indirectly, and SFHA is urgently calling on the UK Government to reconsider these cuts.
|SFHA celebrates 40 years as national body for Scottish housing associations and co-operatives
To mark its 40th anniversary year, the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) is kicking off the celebrations at its annual conference (1). As well as looking to the future, the Federation is also reflecting on lessons from the past.
Mary Taylor, SFHA Chief Executive, said:
"The SFHA, and the housing associations and co-operatives across Scotland, has had a very eventful 40 years, mostly supported by governments and political parties across the spectrum. There have been incredibly challenging events such as the Right to Buy and, more recently, welfare reform – but the Federation and the sector have remained resilient.
"Our members have a vital role to play in housing and providing services to some of the country's most vulnerable people, and the SFHA will continue to support our members through this next period of change.
"Although there are further challenges ahead with the roll-out of Universal Credit, further devolution will also bring new opportunities for social landlords, and we look forward to representing their interests to both governments and aiming to ensure the best possible outcome for our members and their tenants in the years to come."
The SFHA originally started as 'the Scottish Committee', a sub-committee of the National Housing Federation, and in November 1975, it became a separate organisation. Since 1975, the Federation has been the national representative body for housing associations and co-operatives in Scotland, providing policy advice and lobbying governments in order to try and bring about positive change for its members and their tenants. (2)
The SFHA Governing Body Members Annual Conference is organised by the SFHA to provide the opportunity to share information and to hear about major policy and other developments in the housing field. Read more HERE
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A Wagener man on Tuesday became the 10th arrest resulting from a drug raid by the Aiken County Sheriff's Office last week.
Marvin Ricky Johnson, 45, of the 1600 block of Wagener Trail Road, was arrested at his home and charged with two counts of manufacture/distribution of cocaine base. He was placed in the Aiken County detention center.
Johnson's arrest was the result of a raid on Friday night in Aiken's Shiloh Heights area that netted nine arrests with a variety of charges, according to Sgt. Jason Feemster.
The Sheriff's Office Narcotics Unit and SWAT team executed the warrants on a mobile home in T&S Trailer Park and a home on the 100 block of Hillview Circle.
The warrants were obtained after an investigation led to several controlled purchases of crack cocaine that were made at the two locations simultaneously, deputies said.
The S.C. Department of Social Services also responded to the scene and placed two children that were in one of the homes in the care of family members, according to reports.
Also seized in the operation were a firearm, several grams of cocaine, marijuana, controlled prescription pills and more than $6,000.
Teddy Kulmala covers the crime beat for the Aiken Standard. He is a graduate of Clemson University and hails from Williston.
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Friday, January 31, 2014
The Georgetown County School District was unaware how bad the water situation was in Andrews. which led to the decision to allow schools to open on Friday.
Dr. Randy Dozier, school superintendent, said the first the district heard about the problem was when staff called on Thursday night to report a problem with water pressure at the three Andrews schools.
My expectation would have been a call from the [Town] of Andrews that [they had] a real problem, Dozier said.
The district contacted Andrews officials around 9 p.m., and were told the problem was being worked on.
It would have been premature to make that decision Thursday night without knowing when it was going to be fixed, Dozier said. We assumed they would have it fixed [Friday] morning.
Dozier said the district has faced water problems at schools before, but never one that took so long to resolve.
After being closed for three days because of the winter storm, Georgetown County schools were scheduled to reopen Friday on a two-hour delay.
Dozier said he hoped the extra two hours would have been plenty of time to fix the water problem.
The staff, and any students who had already arrived at Rosemary Middle and Andrews High schools were moved to the elementary school, and then buses began taking kids home around noon.
Dozier said staff members remained at the schools to monitor the water situation.
Its been a real challenging week, he said.
Other agencies
Georgetown County Water and Sewer District has been working with from the Town of Andrews, Georgetown City, Georgetown County and The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control to help solve the water problem in Andrews.
Raymond Gagnon, executive director of the GCWSD, said they responded first thing this morning and activated an interconnect valve connecting GCWSD water to the Town of Andrews.
We have been feeding them water since 9:3-0 or 10 a.m. this morning, Gagnon said.
It is helping. They could immediately see their water pressure increase.
GCWSD is providing water to Andrews well so they can fill their elevated tanks.
Gagnon said there is a leak somewhere that they are still trying to find.
He said working with the different officials has been like a brotherhood of utilities working together to solve this terrible problem.
Jim Beasley, spokesperson for SCDHEC, said they have no specific concerns, only a general concern associated with system pressure loss and the potential for contamination of those portions of the utilitys distribution system.
Anytime there is pressure loss, there is a potential for contamination to enter the system. That is why we ask customers to adhere to the boil water advisory until it has been determined that the system is back to a normal operating condition, Beasley said in a written statement.
This is why we require the utility to issue a boil water advisory and conduct representative sampling throughout the affected portions of their system.
He wrote that their role is to provide oversight of the utility to ensure that processes are following in accordance with state regulations.
The utility is assessing its system to identify the cause or causes of the low water pressure, Beasley wrote.
The utility is responsible for issuing a boil water advisory that offers guidance to its customers. Our staff and the county emergency management agency have been working with the Town of Andrews today to make sure this advisory gets distributed to customers, and the system is properly sampled.
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Enforcement, NOT Amnesty!!!!!!
"If theyre going to come here illegally, apply for & receive assistance through a corrupted Government agency encouraging this lawless behavior, work under the table & send billions of dollars each year back to their families in Mexico, while bleeding local economies dry, protest in our streets waving their Mexican flags DEMANDING rights, while I have to press 1′ for English, then they need to be shipped back to where they came from!" -Chad Miller
Tactical Machine will give you 10% off, if your a Vet or say you saw them on Facebook..
Hell they will even put it together for you and have it ready when you get there.
Musibike. "AR sweet to assemble." All those damn flying springs and crap..
The AK is a cake walk compared too that flying spring, small pin crap..
My cat ate one spring, went in his food dish. He is fine, it passed..
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781
we call those little flying pin things--- "flying-fleas"-- the good thing is you can recover them with a shop magnet-
the irony is if you making an AR-15 lower you got to have all these super tiny three foot long aircraft drill bits.
when i was in atwoods they had a bunch of the on sale for $2.99 each---
if the AR didn't have those tiny flying fleas and the two press pins in the gas block it really would be a "leggo block" deal.
Keep in mind here. Your talking too a guy who along with his Nam Marine D.I. retired Bro. Took us 2 hours to figure how to take the damn bolt and charging handle out..
"Meathead your a retired Marine D.I. and you do not know how the hell this thing comes apart?"
"Shut up Doggie, it's been a few years, we will figure it out."
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781
There are no more TRIGGER GROUP sets available.
yep full panic mode-- i am glad i bought that 9mm lower when i did.
don't look like there is going to be any in stock for a long time--
Rock River Lower Parts Kit last lower parts kits in stock they got 70 RR with OD green pistol grips--all other LPKs are OOS
looks like MY LPK got shipped cause these are long gone--
JSE is very good about restocking --if you have something on BO with them --most of the time there is not a long wait.
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I've been putting off ordering my upper half from RR till after Christmas,
Now they can't give lead times or delivery estimates.
i still need to buy a bolt and or BCG--but i have bought several things lately -- nothing i was not going to buy anyway. but i had to step up the purchasing because of the panic of 2012--
https://www.cobratactical.com/Cobra-..._1448-5-0.html and GUN ACCESSORIES
don't know if either has got any mags though.
all the sites are showing AR's and stripped lowers as being GONE, as I type this, 12-22-12.
Hello Gents.
This time around, I have been watching this with some amusement, since I have already taken all of the needed steps and preps.
As of today, ALL of the major manufacturers and distributors are OUT. They have nothing to sell. Everyone who had a wish list, big or small has blown their wad.
The most conservative backorder estimate is 6 months. The doom and gloom is 2014.
Prices have risen beyond 30%. It now costs just as much to buy the parts to assemble an AK-74 as it does to assemble an AR-15 in a similar configuration ($425-$490). That is if you can find the parts for sale.
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I was searching online for a healthy snack my preschooler could bring to school today to share with her classmates. I couldn't be happier with this snack and it was super easy!
All you need are carrots, cream cheese and black olives! I cut up the carrots last night and put them in some Tupperware with cold water and also cut the olives in half and put those back in their brine. This morning all I had to do was "paste" the cream cheese on the carrots and plop the olives on top – my three year old helped me with that step.
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This post is part of a weekly series of 'link-up' Posts which reflect on life's journey, old memories and family stories (see below for more info).
The beauty of my job is that I get to spend a lot of time daydreaming about old times. Is it me, or do you have to remind yourself how young you actually were when you did certain things which your own kids are now asking to do?!
My nieces are now at an age when they are holidaying with boyfriends, and before long it will be my own lads who are turning their broad teenage backs on me and tattooing the names of Ibizan lovelies on their backsides… *teeth making lip bleed*
When I was a fresh, self-conscious 14 year old I embarked upon a school trip to Greece. This was my first trip abroad that didn't involve a ferry to Calais and a lot of rain.
My main memories of this week-long excursion are as follows:-
1. The inability to stomach any of the crap that the cheap 'schoolgirl-appropriate' hotels fed us. I seemed to be suffering from a virulent resurgence of that evolutionary survival reflex which appears in toddlers… you know when they suddenly refuse to eat anything but sausages for fear that new foodstuffs may poison them. My memory may be shaky, but I am sure that there was even olive oil on our ice-cream. Bluuurrrghh.
2. Miss Barnsley on a donkey. Say no more.
3. The fact that I was right to 'drop' History. Delphi, Marathon, Mount Olympzzzzz…snooze-fest.
4. The matching cheesecloth summer dresses that my bestie and I purchased. Lisa (left) was curvaceous and self-confident. I thought I was plump and ugly. When our American-Tan tight clad Latin teacher, a little over-excited by the heat perhaps, requested our cooperation for a photographic record of the moment, my heart plummeted. The evidence has been retained for your enjoyment 30 years on.
How I ever got a boyfriend, God alone knows.
I am dying to hear your own stories and memories about those early holidays which you took without your parents. Maybe you went abroad for the first time, or went away with a friend's family? Perhaps, like me, it was a school trip somewhere.
Post an entry to your own Blog and use the Linky tool (link below) to enter your memories into the fray. If you like, just leave a comment and join in that way, but do join in.
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Please visit the other blogs on the list and leave a comment or two – it makes everyone's day!
In next week's Linky we will take a look back at the memory of your childhood pets. How old were you? Was it a trip with school friends and their families, or maybe a new boyfriend was on the scene? Did you venture abroad for the first time, perhaps? I am dying to hear your stories, so please come back and take part!!
No rules, just take the theme and write, then come back and join in with the Blog Hop on Tuesday…
More about the Life's a Journey weekly memories series.
Other posts in this series:-
Week 1 – My earliest baby photo
Week 2 – Old School Portrait
Week 3 – Earliest Writings
Week 4 – Bestest Friends
Week 5 – Teenage Crushes
Week 6 – First Movie Memories
Week 7 – The Song You Snogged Your Hand To
Week 8 – Homage to Grandparents
Week 9 – Favourite Childhood Books
Week 10 – Tying the Knot (again)
Week 11 – Blue: Girl Guide Uniform Shambles
Week 12 – Cuddly Companions
Week 13 – A Rope, Some Pals and Jelly on a Plate
Week 14 – Pink NHS Specs, 1975
Week 15 – Regrettable hairstyles of the 1980s – The Mullet
Week 16 – The Lo-Tech Times of Childhood
Week 17 – Rollermania!
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By Justin Skelnik | Photo contributions by Ross Dettman
Chicago Wolves Head Equipment Manager Craig Kogut has been enamored of the game of hockey since he was five years old.
Growing up, he dreamed about playing professional hockey. As a teen, he realized that he was too short to make it to the big leagues, but that didn't dash his goal of making a living from hockey. Kogut knew that he wanted to work in hockey in some capacity and being part of a pro team was the next best thing for him.
"I worked at Gunzo's Hockey Headquarters and in those days they supplied the Chicago Blackhawks," said Kogut. "After high school, Wally Gunzo helped me get the assistant equipment manager job with the Blackhawks in 1985-86.
"After that, I managed a sporting goods store up until my start here. I always wanted to play but when I figured out that wasn't going to happen, I realized that being involved with a team is the next best thing."
Being involved in his capacity means long hours during the season and having to deal with a room full of players with lots of needs. On a home game day, Kogut can spend upwards of 16 hours at the Allstate Arena.
"I like to get to the rink around 7 a.m., and the first thing I do is fire up the coffee maker," he said. "After that, it is just cleaning up stuff left behind from the day before, prepping the room for the players, getting the benches ready for the morning skate and handling a few quick repairs.
"I like to use the morning to get those things out of the way because no one else is here. It is quiet time before the players get here and that is when I like to get most of my work done."
Once the players arrive, Kogut takes care of any last minute needs that arise before the morning skate. While the players hit the ice, Kogut has a short period of down time, when he watches the skate and waits for the players to come off. When that happens, Kogut's day starts to pick up.
"After the morning skate, we do the laundry, get the room prepped for the game and sharpen about 16 to 18 pairs of skates," he described. "I'll also take care of any last- minute repairs and hang the jerseys for who is playing that night. After that, we just wait for the boys to show up and tend to their needs."
It is a pretty routine schedule Kogut has created and mastered, but he insists it is one that he must follow exactly in order for his work to be done before the players get back to the rink for the game.
During the game, Kogut can be found on the edge of the Wolves bench watching attentively, but he isn't on the bench to watch the team score goals or block shots. His eyes are trained to watch other things.
"The biggest thing that people probably don't understand is that I am not there to
watch the game," he said. "I am there to watch for things like stick breakage. My main focus on the bench is to make sure I am ready to give a stick to a guy that comes running over to the bench with a broken one. I will also hone skates and tape a player's stick in between shifts or a timeout. Those are the things I am focused on during games."
After a game it's more laundry and cleaning up the locker room for the next day. Kogut says he usually leaves the arena around 11 p.m., depending on how quickly the players leave the rink and if there is a game the next day. All in all, it is a long and demanding day, but his hard work doesn't go unnoticed.
Wolves General Manager Wendell Young has seen Kogut work for 16 years and knows his players are cared for very well.
"Kogut knows the business and is good at what he does," said Young, who has worked with Kogut as a player, coach and now executive. "He always is prepared and handles everything that is thrown at him. He does things in-house that are usually outsourced by other teams.
"The knowledge and tutelage he provides is unmatched. We always joke that we don't just develop players for the NHL, but also equipment managers. I think Kogut has sent six or seven former assistants to the NHL."
Kogut's current assistant, Dan Mulligan, has been with the team since the start of last season. Many outside of the Wolves locker room and hockey operations department may not know Mulligan, but Kogut knows how valuable a good assistant equipment manager can be.
"At the AHL level, you need two guys here on a daily basis," said Kogut. "I don't know how some teams do it without two guys. His job is more or less my backbone.
"I think we work fantastic as a team. He will come in and get the laundry going and take care of the visiting team when they come into town and do their laundry. He also takes care of the team's airport runs. He is a huge part of this organization whether people know it or not."
When Kogut reflects back on the 16 seasons he has spent with the Wolves, he doesn't think of long days or lengthy road trips. He likes to remember things like four championships and the cleanup that followed them; spending time with former coaches John Anderson and Marty Howe on off days; and just being lucky to work for the Wolves organization.
When asked about the future, Kogut didn't hesitate about where he would like to see himself.
"I want to be here," Kogut said. "I never thought I would be here for 16 years and now I want to be here for another 16 years. Hockey has been my whole life. I know nothing else."


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I know there are several women dealing with it being their angels first birthday this month and I just thought I would share how it was for me. The days leading up to Will's birthday had some very hard moments. I sobbed through the fireworks on the 4th. I went through his memory box a few days earlier and sobbed more. And then just broke down at various times. Yesterday, Will's birthday, was amazingly peaceful for me. We woke up at 7 and said happy birthday to Will at 7:07 - and then went back to sleep. I had taken the day off work so if I had emotions to deal with I could on my own terms. My husband stayed home with me for part of the morning and then went to work, I did a little housework and watched some tv - my mom and sister called to see how I was doing and I was able to have "normal" conversations with them without tears. Mike and I went out to dinner with his parents and then released balloons, that was the only time I cried yesterday, and it was a gentle cry. I am amazed at how "at peace" I feel now that the first year is over, it feels light a great weight has been lifted off my shoulders, there is no more "a year ago I was pregnant" to bring me down. Don't get me wrong - I don't love or miss him any less - I just have more peace. I hope that this will help ease some of your apprehensions of your anniversaries to come - as for me the apprehensions were the hardest. Thank you all for all of your support when I have needed it and wishing you all well.
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SPRINGFIELD Elizabeth R. Betty Larabee, 72, formerly of Springfield, died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, at her home in Plymouth, surrounded by her family.
She was born Aug. 17, 1940, in Hillsborough, N.H., the daughter of Lloyd E. and Lucille M. (Benoit) Reasoner.
She attended Springfield schools, graduating from Springfield High School, Class of 1958. She also graduated from Putnam Memorial School of Nursing in Bennington.
On March 6, 1960, she married Ivan R. Larabee in Springfield.
She was employed at the Springfield Hospital and then Springfield Health and Rehab. Center for many years, and also for several physicians offices in Springfield. She also worked in real estate in the area.
She was an active member of the North Springfield Baptist Church, her Springfield High graduating class, and the North Springfield School Preservation group. She volunteered at the Adult Day Center in Springfield.
She enjoyed vacationing in York, Maine, gardening, yard sales, and collecting blue glass and blue birds.
Survivors include her husband Ivan of Plymouth; a daughter Lisa Wyman of Plymouth; a son John Larabee of South Hero; a sister Patricia Reasoner of Shelburne; three grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, at 1 p.m. at the North Springfield Baptist Church. The Rev. George Keeler, pastor, will officiate.
Burial will follow in the Oakland Cemetery in Springfield.
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