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Print advertisement created by Herezie, France for Herezie, within the category: Agency Self-Promo.
Executive Creative Director: Andrea Stillacci
Copywriter: Jean-Laurent Py
Art Director: Sebastien Boutebel
Agency Producer: Evelyne Luce
Head of planning: Luc Wise
Art Buyer: Laurianne Dula
Retoucher: Antoine Mairot
got the balls, really ;P
they're smiling now. but wait until they're all grown up.
cool ! an agency with balls. hats off to the agency heads.
bite me
Whatever the idea, i dn't like the visual..
Photoshop is lame.
Voted best small agency of the year...(by whom?)
hmm i can't see a good try..
You can't do better than this! And they gave the prove, that they really have big balls!
Personalmente me gusta, aunque las feministas deben estar contentas (que si no hay mujeres trabajando en la agencia, que si identificas la valentía con atributos masculinos, etc). Así que si el público se enfada o se ofende, mal vamos.
the balls, the Balls, The BALLSS
All right all right all right
Pedobear is calling. He asked for a date.
Funny, but somehow wrong. You got the balls, but im not sure if thats always a good thing.
Agree with JackBlack. More like big head.
The Jobless Writer
Will Think for Salary


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The super zoomy trailer for Bekmambetov's Black Lightning is out, and Holy Hell, does this guy like slow motion. Black Lightning looks like Wanted with a Volga, but that being said this is one kick-ass Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Black Lightning:
Even though I wasn't a big fan of Wanted, you cannot deny that it was a good looking piece of film. Even when they used slow motion for EVERYTHING, it still looked good. Slow motion James McAvoy brushing his teeth! Still, I really enjoy looking at Timur Bermambetov's work. And you can see his mark all over the latest trailer for Black Lightning, and he's only the producer (Alexandr Voitinsky is directing).
We've been waiting quite some time for this trailer and this flying car movie doesn't disappoint so far.
This is a story of Moscow University's student who becomes the owner of ordinary from the first sight, been-used, but... able to fly "Volga" car. With this car he will be able to not only avoid Moscow traffic jams, but unexpectedly for himself turn to city's defender, mysterious fighter against Evil.
The Shrine:
Bloody Disgusting has a report from The Shrine's set, where they picked up this amazing photo. The film is about a group of journalists who head to a remote village in Poland to do a story on a disappearing backpacker, and of course, things go crazy and the journalists uncover a cult that likes to sacrifice humans. The whole thing is being shot with RED cameras, the report is pretty detailed, and here's the teaser trailer.
Teaser Trailer:
I can't stop hearing enough positive things about Marc Roussel's short Remote. Quiet Earth just reviewed it pretty positively, and you can never have enough clever short movies. We'll keep an eye out for it at the next film festival, where it is currently playing. Until then, here's the trailer.
Temporarily connected in time, a man tries to prevent the murder of a young woman, living in his house 30 years in the past.

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For some in the muscle car community the phrase Mopar or NoCar still rings true. The 2013 Dodge Challenger SRT8 was our first chance to get behind the wheel of the modern retro muscle car, and it rounded out or sampling, having previously driven the Camaro and the Mustang.
The Dodge has always looked good, but how does it drive? That's what we find out in this episode of Rumblestrip.NET and Ten Minute Test Drive.


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Stanford WebAuth
CAUTION: the contents of this page have not been updated since 2014 and may contain inaccurate information about Stanford's authentication and authorization systems. For information about the future direction of Stanford Authentication, start at
WebAuth is an authentication system for web pages and web applications. The first time a user attempts to access a web page protected by WebAuth, they will be sent to a central login server (weblogin.stanford.edu at Stanford) and prompted to authenticate. Normally, they will be asked for a username and password, although other authentication methods are possible. Once the user has logged in, the weblogin server will send their encrypted identity back to the original web page they were trying to access. Their identity will also be stored in a cookie set by the weblogin server and they will not need to authenticate again until their credentials expire, even if they visit multiple protected web sites.
WebAuth works with any browser that supports cookies, requires no agents or other software installed on the client web browser systems, and works with an existing Kerberos v5 authentication realm. It can also be used as the SSO provider for a Shibboleth IdP and supports SPNEGO authentication as well as username/password over TLS/SSL. See the page on WebAuth features for more major features and a brief comparison with other web authentication systems.
If you are a Stanford WebAuth user and are having trouble logging in to WebAuth or just want more information about what's going on, please see the Stanford WebAuth help page. If you are looking for instructions on protecting web pages hosted on the www.stanford.edu servers, see the Stanford WebAuth guides. To install WebAuth on your own web server, read on.
- 2014-12-12
WebAuth 4.7.0 has been released. This release is primarily around improving the user information service calls, allowing for more than one method to be sent along to be handled. It also adds additional failed login error codes used by recent MIT and Heimdal.
See the release announcement for more information.
- 2014-07-23
WebAuth 4.6.1 has been released. This is primarily a bug-fix release, with one Stanford-specific fix for mod_webauth, a build system fix, and various minor bug fixes for the WebLogin and WebKDC components. It also adds FAST support for the WebKDC.
See the release announcement for more information.
- 2014-03-18
WebAuth 4.6.0 has been released. This is a bug-fix and new feature release for mod_webauth and the WebLogin and WebKDC components. The primary new features are support for path-scoped cookies, and a remctl-based password change protocol. The primary bug fixes are WebAuthOptional support for Apache 2.4, better keyring handling with the ITK MPM, and locking and preserving of permissions of keyrings across writes.
Be aware that, when upgrading to this release, you will need to change the ownership of the mod_webauth keyring to match the User and Group settings in your Apache configuration.
See the release announcement for more information.
- 2013-08-29
WebAuth 4.5.5 has been released. This is a bug-fix release for the WebLogin and WebKDC components.
See the release announcement for more information.
- 2013-08-16
WebAuth 4.5.4 has been released. This is a bug-fix release for the WebLogin and WebKDC components.
See the release announcement for more information.
For older news, see the separate WebAuth news page.
Obtaining and Installing
WebAuth is provided under a free software license to anyone in the world who wants to use it. We provide support for the WebAuth software to Stanford affiliates, and also maintain the WebAuth infrastructure (the central login server and credential server) for the stanford.edu domain.
Here are instructions for obtaining and installing WebAuth. Please note that since the primary purpose of the WebAuth project is to provide web authentication for Stanford University, there are Stanford-specific instructions scattered through the documentation. All such instructions are clearly marked as such.
WebAuth Documentation
Installing WebAuth:
- Obtaining and installing WebAuth
- Installation guide
- Frequently asked questions
- Minimal Apache configuration
- User authentication and authorization
- Upgrading from WebAuth v2
Reference manuals:
The WebAuth protocol, which includes a more detailed explanation of how authentication works and how information is passed between a web server and the central WebKDC and weblogin servers:
WebKDC information (only of interest to people who are setting up a complete WebAuth infrastructure at another site):
New WebAuth releases are announced via the low-volume webauth-announce mailing list. To subscribe, unsubscribe, or read the archives, go to the webauth-announce list information page.
There is also a separate mailing list for general discussion and requests for help, which is also read by members of the WebAuth project team. To subscribe, unsubscribe, or read the archives, go to the webauth-info list information page.
Stanford users may instead read and post to the newsgroup su.computers.webauth, which is bidirectionally gatewayed to webauth-info. The newsgroup also gets all messages sent to webauth-announce.
Finally, if you are a Stanford affiliate and need help with WebAuth, you can submit a HelpSU request using the link at the bottom of this page. Due to limited resources, we cannot offer support to any non-Stanford users, so non-Stanford users should instead subscribe to the mailing list and ask questions there.
The WebAuth v3 protocol and core implementation was written by Roland Schemers, based on design documents by the entire Stanford WebAuth team (with considerable work by Tim Torgenrud and Booker Bense) and based in part on the functionality of WebAuth v2.5, written and maintained by a cast of dozens over the years but most notably Jeff Lewis, Anton Ushakov, and Jeanmarie Lucker.
The mod_webauthldap module was written by Anton Ushakov.
The configuration and build system and WebAuth packaging was put together by Russ Allbery. Huaqing Zheng provided builds of supporting packages and Jonathan Pilat helped greatly with testing. Xueshan Feng oversaw the project.
The WebAuth package is currently maintained by Russ Allbery. Jon Robertson does much of the maintenance work on the WebLogin code and implemented password change and multifactor support.
RPMs are built by Darren Patterson based on earlier work by Joe Little. Many of the Solaris packages were built by Quanah Gibson-Mount.
Thanks to pod for improvements, particularly to the WebKDC, to make it easier to package for a Linux distribution, for the initial Debian package build rules, and for generic WebKDC templates suitable for a new installation and for use as examples.
Thanks to Dmitri Priimak for work on cross-realm support, WebLogin improvements, and testing of unusual Kerberos realms and principal names.
To contact any of the members of the WebAuth team, please use the contact information above rather than writing to us individually. This will help us help you more efficiently. Thank you!


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December 1, 2010
Tom Insel, M.D.National Institute of Mental Health
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When the Decade of the Brain began in 1990, scientists had developed both drug and behavioral treatments for most mental disorders, but their understanding of these disorders was primitive. Two decades later, neuroscientists are finally uncovering the brain processes involved in mental disorders. There is great promise for development of more effective treatments in the upcoming decade.
In 1990, most theories of the causes of mental disorders were based on investigations of treatments, rather than on scientific insight about how diseases arise. By 2000, we had developed more treatments—including best-selling second-generation antipsychotics and antidepressants—but we were no further along in our understanding of the causes. During the so-called Decade of the Brain, there was neither a marked increase in the rate of recovery from mental illness, nor a detectable decrease in suicide or homelessness—each of which is associated with a failure to recover from mental illness. To reduce the occurrence and death toll of mental disorders, we will need a more thorough understanding of why these mysterious illnesses occur.
People frequently cite the 1990s as the era for redefining mental disorders as brain disorders. While this conceptual shift was important, we now realize the greater importance of developing new tools: imaging techniques for quantitative studies of brain structure, function and chemistry, as well as other comprehensive tools for mapping DNA and RNA. What do we mean by comprehensive? Rather than focusing on four or five neurotransmitters, researchers at the turn of the 21st century were able to investigate thousands of genes to yield an unbiased survey of the biology of mental disorders. These advances ushered in a decade of discovery that brings us to 2010.
If scientists introduced mental disorders as brain disorders in the Decade of the Brain, researchers in the past ten years have demonstrated the importance of specific brain circuits. Unlike neurological disorders, which often involve areas of tissue damage or cell loss, mental disorders have begun to appear more like circuit disorders, with abnormal conduction between brain areas rather than loss of cells.
Neuroimaging technology has revealed that specific brain pathways, mostly located in the prefrontal cortex, are involved in major mental disorders. Deep brain stimulation, a procedure in which neurologists manipulate certain pathways via electric current, has shown promise as a treatment for depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder, on the heels of its successful use as a treatment for neurological motor disorders such as Parkinson's. In the past couple of years, via a new technology called optogenetics, neuroscientists have used light to manipulate circuits in experimental animals with millisecond precision and cellular resolution. Thus, for the first time, researchers can conduct specific tests of theories about brain circuits and behavior.
What causes a circuit disorder? Although this will be a major question for the next decade, we already have some intriguing ideas. Mental disorders such as schizophrenia and mood and anxiety disorders are mostly diseases of early life; their onset tends to occur during adolescence or early adulthood, when the brain is still developing. For example, a person with schizophrenia usually experiences a psychotic break in early adulthood, which is a time when the number of cortical synapses is being pruned. The disorder might result from the excessive loss of synapses in a critical cortical pathway when the normal process overshoots.
Since 2005, scientists studying our genes, the proteins they produce and their functions have started to identify some of the key factors that increase the risk of mental disorders, from autism to schizophrenia. The candidates include a long list of previously unknown proteins that have one thing in common: They are important for healthy brain development. Indeed, if the Decade of the Brain redefined mental disorders as brain disorders, recent research suggests that mental disorders are really developmental brain disorders, caused by disruptions in the circuitry map of the developing brain.
During this next decade, expect to see the full roster of candidates as scientists begin to describe the key variations in sequences of genes that produce altered proteins and dysfunctional circuitry. Neuroscientists already have powerful tools to move from the study of molecules to circuits and, ultimately, to behavior. How will we translate this emerging knowledge into better treatments? The answer for psychiatry will likely be the same as the answer in the rest of medicine: Basic discoveries regarding genes and proteins will point the way to molecular and cellular mechanisms, which in turn will yield new targets for treatment and prevention.
In some ways, psychiatry has been the victim of its early success, as medications found by accident in the 1960s delayed the search for fundamental mechanisms of disease that could yield new targets and new treatments. After two decades of progress, clinical neuroscientists are finally beginning to understand what underlies a few mental disorders. In the upcoming decade, which we can perhaps call the Decade of Translation, we can look forward to seeing this new understanding translate to improved treatments that will finally reduce the occurrence and death rates of these disabling illnesses.
Deep Brain Stimulation as treatment for depression…
"Deep Brain Stimulation for Depression", Mayo Clinic.comhttp://www.mayoclinic.com/health/deep-brain-stimulation/MY00184
See also: Wired Science: Deep Brain Stimulation (PBS video)http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/story/85-deep_brain_stimulation.html
Deep Brain Stimulation and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
"Deep brain stimulation shows promise for OCD: study"
Kate Kelland, October 4 2010
Controlling Neurons with Light
Jim Schnabel
July 1, 2009http://www.dana.org/news/features/detail.aspx?id=22714
Schizophrenia and synaptic pruning:
Teen Brains Clear Out Childhood Thoughts
Clara Moskowitz, March 23 2009
See also:
Scientists Identify Brain Region That May Give Rise to Schizophrenia
Carl Sherman November 6, 2009
Dana Foundation Web Articlehttp://www.dana.org/news/features/detail.aspx?id=23754
* This article was previously published in Cerebrum, 2010
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Limoncello Pound Cake
It began innocently enough at Bath and Body Works earlier this summer as I was making my quarterly pilgrimage for lotions, soaps and shampoos.
The sign out front intrigued me: Try our new summer vanillas.
I love the scent of vanilla, and it doesn't always have to be about cooking.
My grandma Nora wore this cheap perfume called Blue Waltz, which my mother said smelled like vanilla flavoring.
So maybe subconsciously, I adore vanilla because I adored my grandmother–and sweets. I digress.
The name of the body spray was Lemon Vanilla. I sprayed a little on my wrist and immediately thought, "Hmmm…..lemon pound cake.."
For the past six weeks, I have been obsessed with anything lemon: pie, cake, lemonade, lemons themselves.
This past weekend, with a couple extra hours on hand, I decided to once and for all satisfy my lemon pound cake craving.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Limoncello Pound Cake
1 c unsalted butter (no substitutes), at room temperature
3 c sugar
6 eggs
3 c cake flour
5 T lemon juice
1 T lemon zest
1 t lemon extract
1/2 t baking soda
1/4 t salt
1 c sour cream
3/4 c limoncello liqueur (optional)
1/2 c lemon juice
2 c confectioner's sugar
Directions: Cream butter and sugar together (use whisk attachment if your mixer has one) about five minutes. Add eggs one at a time, blending well after each egg.
Add lemon juice, zest and extract. Mix well. Add flour, soda and salt alternately with sour cream.
Pour into well greased and floured Bundt cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
If you use the limoncello: As soon as you remove the cake from the oven, use a skewer to poke holes in the cake. Pour 1/2 cup of the limoncello over the cake. Let cool in pan 15 minutes.
Remove cake from pan, using a skewer poke more holes on the topside of the cake, pour 1/4 cup limoncello over cake.
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Gary Graver
Dan Steely (screenplay), Helene Terrie (story)
Gina Gianetti, Nina Hartley and Scott Irish
Since its inception, the "Taboo" movie collection never has shied away from the controversial subject of incest. In Volume VI, "The Obsession" is an all in the family affair once again.
This time out, brothers & sisters takes center stage as two twins - naughty nympho Nina Hartley (Doreen) and horny Joey Silveria (Dalton) - realize the feelings they have for each other and decide to do something about it, even if it means two timing their spouses and breaking up their marriages in the process. In the immortal words of the "Beverly Hillbillies" theme song, someone should tell the kinfolk to move away from that there situation. It's an invite for trouble.
This movie would be even greater if Kay Parker was in it but Nina Harley does a great job.
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Sound familiar?
Pre-Sales Engineers are the stage performers of the IT world; immensely capable, adaptable, confident, excellent communicators who are equally cool in front of large crowds and intimate groups. If you are in a Pre-Sales role, you have the absolute pleasure of showcasing what your product / service / solution can offer to help prospects make an informed decision. Pentaho Pre-Sales Engineers, have numerous discussions everyday with qualified prospects that want to evaluate Pentaho and prove that the software can satisfy their goals. Most prospects are looking for a solution that will help them reduce costs, increase profits and make their businesses function efficiently. Part of my job is to identify a "fit" for these objectives and recommend an approach to take when evaluating. During these discussions I am asked many questions that have definitive answers and some questions that have more than one answer. I thought it would be helpful to share the 3 most common questions asked to my team and I and our responses.
Question 1: What is the most common reason an evaluation or implementation will not be successful?
That answer is quite simple. So simple in fact I wrote a blog entry about it in March 2009. You can view it here. However I will summarize it for you in one word.
Answer: People
People involved in the evaluation process of anything, are the lead cause for its success or failure. There are those who are self sufficient, "read" the provided materials, have the knowledge and expertise to get the job done with little assistance....then there are those that expect everything to be done for them. I elaborate more about this in the fore mentioned blog entry. However, for those who need a lot of hand holding, please be prepared to present clearly identified evaluation criteria to those you will be working with.
Question 2: What skill sets are required to use the Pentaho software?
Answer: I will first state that having Java Engineering skills are not necessary. You do not have to be a Java developer to use Pentaho. This stigma can attach itself to not just Pentaho, but to other "Java" developed platforms. Someone sees the word "Java" somewhere in the Wiki or on the Web and they automatically assume they need to know Java. This is not true. Pentaho is built on modern open standards that are written in Java. All this should mean to you, is that Pentaho provides a cost effective alternative that can run almost anywhere that supports Java.
Primarily, Pentaho training is the #1 skill set needed to really exploit all of the power that the software provides from the GUI design suite. Just like learning anything new, you should attempt to pick up the manual. I certainly wouldn't start driving a car without learning how to operate it first. Other skills that can help are a general understanding of BI technologies and terminology. Relating to terms such as KPI (Key Performance Indicator), RDBMS (Relational Database Management System) metrics, dimensions, operational reporting, analyitcs, dashboards, and even a little acronym known as ETL (Extract Transform and Load). Furthermore, if you want to dive deeper and start embedding, integrating and enhancing the applications...having a Java background or even a simple web development skill set is always a plus.
Question 3: How scalable / performant is your solution?
Answer: I love this one. What answer do you think I am going to give? - Simply stated, your mileage is going to vary and greatly depends on what products you are using. Are you using the software for data integration or content delivery or perhaps both? I don't care if you have the beefiest machine on the block or are paying for the largest cloud, your scalability and performance are going to be dependent on numerous factors. Prospects are usually looking for exact sizing statistics. They want to have some predetermined knowledge of application performance as well as what hardware and software infrastructure they may need to provision. Fortunately, Pentaho has produced the Pentaho Linear Scalability White Paper for the BI platform, and an independent consultancy has created the PDI Scaleout White Paper for Pentaho Data Integration. These documents can give additional insight in setting those expectations. Pentaho Services can also conduct capacity planning sessions with prospects to give an estimate of what can be expected. In addition to the white papers please note that there are a number of real-world scalability customer success stories you can read about on our website.
Thanks for your time, I look forward to answering your questions in person.
Michael Tarallo
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text: Even though the storm is just a few days away, you can still take some steps to prepare in advance. By Kimberly Lankford, Contributing Editor October 26, 2012 It sounds like Hurricane Sandy is on track to be a massive storm. What can I still do to prepare for it? And what should I do right away if I end up having storm damage?SEE OUR SLIDE SHOW: 7 Must-Haves for Your Emergency Kit Start with the basics. You probably already know to stock up on groceries and water, fully charge your cell phone and other electronics, and make sure that your car has a full tank of gas. You'll also want to have a battery-operated radio, flashlights and a phone that isn't dependent on electricity in case the power is knocked out for a while. If you bank online, pay your bills now so they aren't delayed if the power goes out. Check out FEMA's fact sheet on building a disaster-supplies kit. Update your home inventory. People who have made insurance claims after weather disasters say that having an up-to-date home inventory is key. That way, you can file a claim on losses right away rather than having to try to remember everything you lost. If you have a smart phone, take photos or videos of everything -- including your valuables and the architectural details of your home -- and e-mail it to yourself so that you can access it from anywhere. Several insurance companies have apps that make it easy to maintain your inventory and file claims online. Or you can use the Insurance Information Institute's home inventory app or the inventory app from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Advertisement Create an emergency kit and emergency file. Store cash, insurance policies, your home inventory (if it's on paper), tax records, other important papers and key contact information in a portable file that you can take with you if you are evacuated. Better yet, store key financial records online so that they are accessible wherever you are (hard copies are handy as a backup in case you don't have online access immediately.) Protect your home. Trim shrubs and low-hanging tree branches -- trees tend to cause some of the biggest damage during a hurricane, and often such damage isn't covered by insurance. (See our story: When Your Tree Falls in Your Neighbor's Yard.) Clean your gutters of leaves and other debris so that they can handle heavy rains, and bring outdoor furniture and other loose items from your yard inside or secure them so that they don't become projectiles in high winds. If you have time and are facing a direct hit, get plywood or storm shutters or other items to protect your home. Go to FEMA's hurricane preparation page and see our story How to Prepare for a Hurricane for more information. Cover your bases on insurance. Wind damage and wind-driven rain that comes into your home through the roof, windows, doors or holes in the walls is generally covered by homeowners insurance. But water from the bottom up -- such as from the overflow of a body of water -- is not covered (for that, you'd need to by separate flood insurance). It's too late to buy a flood policy before next week's storm, but you may still be able to make changes to your homeowners insurance policy against other types of storm damage -- such as sewage backups, which are common after sewers overflow or a sump pump stops working during heavy rains. See our story Protect Your Home and Finances Against Floods for more information about flood insurance, sewage backups and other assistance you may qualify for if you have flood damage but no flood coverage. Have an evacuation and communication plan ready. Find out now where to go if you are ordered to evacuate. Your local office of emergency management can keep you informed about evacuation orders, disaster assistance centers and local storm reports. You can also get disaster updates from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA's Ready.gov site has a lot of helpful resources for preparing for an emergency and is featuring hurricane safety tips and Hurricane Sandy updates right now. Advertisement If you are evacuated, ask a family member or friend in another area to let others know your whereabouts and status. Have contact information for your insurance company and agent easily accessible in case you need to file a claim from a distance. And keep receipts for food and lodging, which may be reimbursed by your insurer even if you don't end up having damage. See the Insurance Information Institute's Preparing an Effective Evacuation Plan for more information. Be prepared in case your home is damaged. Find out the procedures the insurer recommends for filing a claim. Some insurers now have apps that make it easy to take pictures of damage and send the files, claim report and home inventory directly to the insurance company. Many insurers also send mobile claims units to disaster areas so that you can file a claim and ask questions in person. See How to Get Insurance Companies to Pay Your Claims for more information about claims and 8 Steps to Help Get Your Hurricane Claim Paid Quickly. Also, check out Make Your Insurer Pay for advice from victims of Hurricane Katrina. Go to DisasterAssistance.gov for more information about federal, state and other assistance available in your area. Got a question? Ask Kim at email@example.com.


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Matt Striker was interviewed by Wrestling Heels Radio. Here are some highlights.
How he's feeling now: "You know, I've done I can't tell you how many interviews. You're the first person to ask me straight up how I'm doing. Thank you for asking. I'm doing alright. I've thought about pulling out a shot gun once or twice. (Laughs) I shouldn't joke about that. But you know what I mean. I sat down and I talked to my spirits and God and stuff and said "what do you have for me next." The book of Job. That's what it is. If you don't know the book of Job go and read it. I'll never lose my faith.
If he was been under utilized in WWE the past few years: "No, because what I wanted and what was needed were two different things. And I trusted judgment of management. If they said grab a helmet, grab a bat, and go out and hit… I was ready. Did I want to go out every day: absolutely. But I would always accept their judgment. There's always a reason for everything. I learned that early on. Accept it and see how you can be a part of it and make things better. "Need me to push, pull, ride. Oh don't ride. The cars too heavy? Ok cool. I'll stand over here. When you guys come back, let me know." And in this case, they just kind of never came back."
If he would go back to teaching: "I said if nothing else, thank God I have my teaching degree to fall back on. It is rewarding. It does have a lot of similarities to being a wrestler and it's where I came from. You never forget your roots. Just take a couple of classes, re-certify and God willing I should be okay."
His feelings about the current state of wrestling: "WWE product is great. Sometimes it's cool to be anti-WWE. But if you like wrestling and entertainment you should support WWE. Money in bank is gonna be ridiculous if nothing else. But Indie wrestling, there's good and bad which there always was. To me, lots of skulls popping up. Taking kids' money, putting them in plastic pants, teaching them to do nothing and kid knows how to do a back-flip. Then kid goes home and tells friends he's a wrestler. That kind of dilutes the pool. I also understand Japan wasn't what it once was. But New Japan is really taking strides to rebuild that. It's like economics. It's a bell curve. Has to go through down before it goes up. Right now I think it's on an uptick. WWE is on a bigger up tick and that will trickle down and the entirety of wrestling will benefit."
If CM Punk vs. Brock Lesnar is believable: "What are you basing your booking on? No one knows if that's going to happen. If it does, what do I think of it? Punk trains all the time. All the time, he's a gym rat. He loves every little thing. Brock could be the biggest strongest guy on the planet and I've met him and talked to him and he is, by the way, and believes that and will punch you in the face. It's not believable? Why not? Why not? Punk can hook something on Brock the same way BJ Pen could. UFC should let 175 pound guys fight 220 pound guys. I'd rather watch that than watch Heath Herring lay on someone. That's boring to me. I think Daniel Brian is master of heel hook. He could heel hook Cane in real life and the tendon will snap, so why isn't it believable.
"If you're a fan, you want to see CM Punk win because you can relate to Punk's size and life style because you don't pass a guy like Brock Lesnar waiting for the bus very often. So of course you're rooting for the underdog, you're rooting for Punk. Unless you are a guy that hates wise asses, loud mouths and always wants to smack the punk kids hanging out at the 7-11 all the time. Then you want to see Lesnar knock his head off."
If TNA is a possibility: "That's not up to me… that's up to them. I love wrestling and all aspects of wrestling and entertainment. You call my phone, I'll answer."
If he has kept up with TNA or ROH while in WWE: "I didn't watch religiously because I didn't have time, but I did catch it a few times because a lot of my friends worked there and also because you want to watch the greats and a lot of the greats are under the WWE Banner. Bully Ray.. You'll learn something from watching him every time. Kurt Angle is still Kurt Angle and that will never change. There are benefits to watching. If wrestling is on, I put the remote down. I don't care what 3 letters are on the screen."
His favorite moment in WWE: "Wrestlemania 23. 80,000 people. Rob VanDam. Monkey flips Matt Striker through the air. The moment that made people go "Whoa" meant the most to me. That's why they came. They came to see that. That was the moment. The week before we wrestled in Mexico and Rob gave me the same flip but he sent me out of the ring on the other side. I wish we could've done that on Wrestlemania."


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Free food bags
The Homeless Coalition of St. Johns County and Second Harvest Mobile Food Pantry are partnering to distribute Free Food Bags for persons in need in St. Johns County Wednesday.
Distributed will be 6,000 pounds of produce, dairy, deli and bakery items for immediate distribution to the needy community.
The Mobile Food Pantry will be set up at the Homeless Coalition's Transitional Housing Office, 62 Chapin St. in West Augustine, between the hours of 1 and 3 p.m. Individuals are asked not to arrive before noon, as space is limited.
Applicants must meet low income eligibility requirements and register to receive food bags.
Volunteers are needed to register applicants and distribute the food. Also needed are plastic grocery bags to put the food in.
Call 824-6623 for more information.
Breakfast is served
� Breakfast is available from 7 to 11 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays at Alpha and Omega Pentecostal Holiness Church, 19 Spring St. The menu includes fish for $6; salmon, bacon, eggs, corned beef and pancakes for $5.
� Lighthouse Church of God, 1230 Kings Estate Road, serves breakfast from 9 to 10 a.m. Sundays at no cost. The menu changes weekly. For information, call 797-6996.
� Corpus Christi Catholic Church, U.S. 1 South and Datil Pepper Road, serves Sunday brunch the first Sunday of each month from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The menu includes scrambled eggs, pancakes, sausage, bacon, Belgium waffles with numerous toppings, breakfast casserole, omelets and coffee and juices. After the 11 a.m. Mass the luncheon menu is available including fresh hot roast beef or pork loin served with a fresh roll. Donation is $7 with profit going to local charities. Children 10 and under eat free. Credit/debit cards are accepted.
Also beverages are always free with or without a meal.
The monthly brunch is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Council No. 13337. Call 824-5354 or 797-5587.


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Singing Irish Priest Father Ray Kelly Sings 'Hallelujah' on 'Late Late Show' (YouTube VIDEO)
Singing Irish Priest Father Ray Kelly has taken his online viral domination to the offline world. Recently, the priest from Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland appeared on the country's "Late Late Show" to perform the rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" he sang at the wedding of Chris and Leah O'Kane.
Since we posted his surprise wedding song Tuesday morning, the YouTube video has soared to nearly 19 million views at the time of this posting, making him a veritable worldwide sensation.
Eager couples from the U.S., Croatia, Poland and as far as Japan have asked the Catholic priest of 25 years to sing at their weddings. The Irish priest's face hit the big screen at Times Square in New York this week, and an Australian TV station is sending a film crew to cover his story once his Easter duties are complete.
In the first video, Father Ray Kelly talks about his viral version of "Hallelujah" on the "Late Late Show." Below that, he sings the star-making tune.


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The potentially ill-fated Affordable Care Act was implemented, in part, to address this very issue by paying providers based on results rather than on number of procedures performed. Though the act represents a step in the right direction, it is not enough – further work must be done if America is to have a healthcare system that is sustainable, affordable, and equitable for all of its citizens.
One way for us to take the next step towards a healthier and more cost-effective future is by focusing on behavioral waste – costs resulting from lifestyle choices such as bad eating habits, smoking, poor adherence to health plans, substance abuse, and limited stress management. These habits are not only costly (between $303 and $493 billion per year), they're deadly; heart disease, obesity, diabetes, and certain types of cancer have all been traced back to the choices we make in our everyday lives. Although that may sound discouraging, it ought to be empowering. Everyday habits can be reversed, and with them, so can the costs and diseases they create. That is the aim of lifestyle medicine, the competency that will help determine the future of healthcare in America.
Whereas drugs and surgery tend to focus on treating the symptoms of chronic diseases, lifestyle medicine targets the behaviors that are root causes of them – thus creating a feedback loop of sustainable health-care rather than revolving door sick-care. Led by pioneers such as Dr. Dean Ornish, President and Founder of the nonprofit Preventive Medicine Research Institute, a growing body of evidence demonstrates the clinical and financial effectiveness of lifestyle medicine. Specifically, Dr. Ornish has proven in over 25 peer-reviewed studies that lifestyle medicine:
- Reverses the progression of even severe coronary heart disease, generates more reversal after five years than after one year, and leads to 2.5 times fewer cardiac events.
- Reverses the progression of type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol levels, hypertension, and obesity;
- Slows, stops, or reverses the progression of early-stage prostate cancer;
- Beneficially changes the expression of your genes in over 500 genes in three months;
- Lengthens telomeres, thereby beginning to reverse the cellular aging process.
These unprecedented clinical effects are grounded in similarly transformational financial ones. To illustrate these impacts, let us examine lifestyle medicine's impact on heart disease in America.
Heart disease is currently the leading cause of death in the United States, and 90% of it is attributable to lifestyle-related activity. Furthermore, it accounts for 17% of all health expenditures in the United States and its costs are expected to triple to $818 billion by 2030. Simply put, there is no aspect of the healthcare industry that needs lifestyle medicine more than heart disease does – and in 2011, Medicare recognized that need. It did so by deciding to reimburse for 72 hours of a new benefit category, Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation (ICR), which covered – for the first time – lifestyle medicine programs such as Dr. Ornish's program, Ornish Lifestyle Medicine™. Since that time, other commercial payers have followed Medicare's lead and decided to cover the program, thus establishing lifestyle medicine as a viable clinical treatment alternative for cardiac disease.
These votes of confidence from Medicare and other commercial payers have not gone unfulfilled by Ornish Lifestyle Medicine – far from it. By the second quarter of 2016, the program had over 1500 participants nationwide, and their results actually exceeded those predicted by clinical trials. Over the course of the nine-week program, the average participant's weight decreased by 5.9%, cholesterol decreased by 20.5%, triglycerides decreased by 12.1%, blood pressure decreased by 6.15%, and depression score decreased by 53.5%.
Along with these superior clinical outcomes, Ornish Lifestyle Medicine has reduced long-term costs for providers – thus making the program extremely valuable as the industry seeks to reduce behavioral waste and transition to a fee-for-value payment model. A study conducted at a large commercial health plan, for example, determined that offering Ornish Lifestyle Medicine resulted in an average savings-per-participant of $17,687 over a three-year period (based on the value of the dollar in 2000). Providers and patients also benefit from the program's attendance rate, 93.5%, which clearly outstrips that of other, more-traditional methods for combatting heart disease. For providers, this rate means more reimbursable hours, and therefore, more revenue; for patients, this rate means life-changing clinical outcomes, reduced readmissions, and lower long-term costs.
In short, this program has created a new paradigm for how we treat heart disease in America; it brings about a synergy between the interests of providers and consumers in an often zero-sum healthcare industry, and it does so by targeting the very same behavior patterns that generate the majority of our country's behavioral waste: nutrition, stress, exercise, group support, and smoking. This approach extends beyond heart disease as well; as Dr. Ornish's research demonstrates, lifestyle changes bring about similar results for patients with prostate cancer, obesity, diabetes, and other chronic diseases as they do for patients with heart disease.
The use of lifestyle medicine to treat heart disease starkly contrasts the methodology of the rest of our healthcare system. A cartoon that Dr. Ornish likes to show during his presentations illustrates this very point; in the cartoon, a janitor is trying to mop up water on the floor of a bathroom, but the faucet is still running and the sink is still overflowing while he does so. "Wouldn't it make more sense," Dr. Ornish asks, "if we just turned off the faucet?" That's the difference between our current healthcare system and lifestyle medicine; lifestyle medicine turns off the faucet - it corrects the behaviors that cause chronic diseases and behavioral waste - whereas our current healthcare system simply keeps trying to mop up the floor.
We must, therefore, follow the heart disease industry's lead and expand the use of lifestyle medicine. Doing so would directly limit chronic disease and behavioral waste in America, and bring us one step closer to a healthcare system that makes sense for patients, providers, and the country alike.


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Adobe has published a Security Bulletin (APSB16-30) announcing the availability of hotfixes for ColdFusion versions 11 and 10. These hotfixes resolve a critical vulnerability that could lead to information disclosure (CVE-2016-4264). Adobe recommends customers apply the relevant hotfix to their product installation using the instructions referenced in the security bulletin.
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Soundgarden's Chris Cornell performs at the Gorge Amphitheatre on July 30
Photo: The Recording Academy
Welcome to The Set List. Here you'll find the latest concert recaps for many of your favorite, or maybe not so favorite, artists. Our bloggers will do their best to provide you with every detail of the show, from which songs were on the set list to what the artist was wearing to which out-of-control fan made a scene. Hey, it'll be like you were there. And if you like what you read, we'll even let you know where you can catch the artist on tour. Feel free to drop us a comment and let us know your concert experience. Oh, and rock on.
By Jamie Harvey
George, Wash.
In the middle of nowhere in the state of Washington, on the edge of a cliff, I stood smashed against a barricade with my hand outstretched toward Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell as he sang "Outshined" a few feet from my face.
Thousands of us had congregated at the picturesque Gorge Amphitheatre for a special show consisting of the influential Meat Puppets, prog-metal band Mastodon, California rock band Queens Of The Stone Age, and recently reunited headliners Soundgarden for the final show of their first tour in more than a decade. It was a roster made just for me, and a few thousand others who continue to feel grunge music's lasting impact to this day.
After a day consisting of an early flight, a long drive and hours of waiting in the heat, energy ran low as guitarist Kim Thayil, bassist Ben Shepherd, drummer Matt Cameron, and Cornell walked onstage. But as soon as they launched into "Searching With My Good Eye Closed," it made it all worth it. There's nothing like singing every word and air-drumming along to your favorite songs with the band playing a mere few feet in front of you, knowing that there are thousands singing behind you.
The GRAMMY-winning track "Spoonman" had crowd-surfers coming over my head. "Gun" took us back to the beginning — a rougher, dirtier version of Soundgarden. "Jesus Christ Pose," one of the band's quintessential songs, swirled us into their controlled chaos. "Blow Up The Outside World," from 1996's Down On The Upside, felt especially fitting for this show, as it was easy to forget any place but here existed.
Cornell introduced "The Day I Tried To Live" as a song he wrote as a "soundtrack to a day." "My Wave" had me studying Thayil's understated guitar work. But the song that really fit the day was "Burden In My Hand": "Follow me into the desert as thirsty as you are" was exactly what it felt like we had done.
"Ugly Truth," a track from 1989's Louder Than Love, had me remembering the seemingly impossible stories I heard locals share about seeing the grunge bands in their heyday. The more contemporary, mellower sound of "Fell On Black Days" giving way to older tracks "Hunted Down" and "Drawing Flies" was like hitting the rewind button on a live band. On crowd favorites "Black Hole Sun" and "Outshined," our voices almost overshadow the band's.
The speed of "Rusty Cage" got the mosh pit really going, as those of us in the front got squished for what seemed like the thousandth time that day. But we weren't going anywhere, not with "Head Down," one of my favorite tracks, next. "Pretty Noose" showcased the best of both Soundgarden worlds: a trudging hard rock sound with a pretty vocal melody over the top. "Superunknown," the title track to the band's 1994 album, gave way to the slow and ominous "4th Of July," a song that captivates my attention every time I hear it.
It felt like I had broken ribs and there were bruises on my arms and my feet had gone numb, so I had to muster every last bit of my will to make it through the encore, but it was by far the highlight of the show for me. My soul was smiling for "Room A Thousand Years Wide" and "Beyond The Wheel." This was pure Soundgarden to me — hard and heavy but with a soft touch, with guitar and vocals that just make your jaw drop.
The show closed with the driving "Slaves & Bulldozers," which was fitting as I had spent the day a slave to the music and I felt like I had been bulldozed. But this is what I do for the bands I love.
Set List
"Searching With My Good Eye Closed"
"Jesus Christ Pose"
"Blow Up The Outside World"
"The Day I Tried To Live"
"My Wave"
"Burden In My Hand"
"Ugly Truth"
"Fell On Black Days"
"Hunted Down"
"Drawing Flies"
"Black Hole Sun"
"Rusty Cage"
"Head Down"
"Pretty Noose"
"4th Of July"
"Room A Thousand Years Wide"
"Beyond The Wheel"
"Slaves & Bulldozers"
To catch Soundgarden in a city near you, click here for tour dates.
(Texas-based Jamie Harvey is the rock community blogger for GRAMMY.com. She attended 112 shows in 2010. You can follow her musical adventures and concert recaps at www.hardrockchick.com.)


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While cycling home today I had an idea for a new fundraising idea for the Royal British Legion, which I would like your feedback on. Some of you may remember my Cycling the Line trek last November which I did with my good buddy Steve, well, while I want to do some more fundraising for the Legion this year, I am going to give my back and knees a rest from the bike for a while. So, this year my thought is a charity auction, to take place on November 11th with all proceeds going to the Legion.
The loose plan is that I talk to a friendly auction house (someone like Bosely's) and see if they are willing to host a charity auction and then set about convincing people to put some stuff up for auction. I am thinking celebrities could offer some signed photo's or other stuff, and as this is a military themed auction I was going to contact medal collectors and dealers that I know to contribute odd medal or other piece of militaria they no longer need in their collection to the auction. I have other contacts that I can talk to about other stuff military – uniforms, hollywood props and other stuff, plus contacts in the media and publishing where I may be able to get some interesting things for the auction.
So there is my plan. What do you think? Realistic or fanciful and naive? Do you think I will get enough pieces for the auction, do you have any ideas/contacts/advice. I would like to try to raise a similar amount to what we raised last year on the cycle ride – that being about £3500. So I am probably looking at 100 – 150 lots…
I would be very interested to hear/read your thoughts..


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This is the first in a series of three posts on the digital exhibitions I worked on this spring. You can jump ahead to part two. Part three is up, too.
Or at least that's the way it felt for me this spring. For one reason or another, my large projects this term ended up being three different forms of gallery and library exhibits, each filled with undergraduate scholarship. I'll discuss each in turn, just because they were each interesting enough that they deserve proper space for consideration.
One that I knew coming into the term I would have was the second instance of something I first worked on in the spring of 2012. Professor Laura Wexler (American Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies) is deeply interested in photography and its role in our lives. In particular, she has run since 1999 the Photographic Memory Workshop at Yale and offers a seminar titled "Photography and Memory". You can read my writeup of last year's project, but one thing that I neglected to note then was just how excited we were about this: To our knowledge this way of getting student scholarship into the YUAG was entirely novel and this level of public exposure of undergraduate research is rare. Not all the students last year were undergraduates, and possibly even most were not, but even for graduate students at Yale, short-form scholarship for a general audience is uncommon.
Somewhat predictably, this year's edition was easier in many ways, but because I knew that was likely, I decided to bring things up a bit where I could. Where I noted in last year's writeup that "This kiosk came together in a flurry of effort and coordination," I conveniently omitted that the recordings were done very much in a duct-tape-and-gum manner. The recordings were done in a spare room in our offices, in our conference room, and in a spare office at Photo + Design. In each case, I used Audacity, a half-decent microphone we have, and was the sole engineer and producer. There's a fog of perfection at Yale that makes doing things this way feel illicit, which is of course one of the attractions. But I also didn't want to bias gallery visitors against the installation just because it wasn't professionally recorded. Consequently, I skipped all mention of that.
This year, the recording process was also how I wanted to focus on ratcheting up the assignment from our perspective. Surely, Yale of all places has a push-button high-quality recording studio for student work? Alas, no. Some of the residential colleges have studios, and good ones, but they are limited to students in those colleges. Doubtlessly, we could have gotten around that requirement, but I've been there and would not have wanted a fellow student using up my college's resources on the down low. Naturally, the School of Music and the Music Department have their own studios, but there again, they are reserved for students in those units. Enter the Yale Broadcast & Media Center studios. All signs pointed to them as the best place to get this done. The one catch, which wasn't one, was that the work we were doing there needed to be disseminated in some way, and since we were doing audio work, we needed to make a podcast out of it. I can't call that a catch, because being pushed to make our work more public is a Good Thing.
This brings me to the major difference from the course side this year, which was that the assignment was baked into the syllabus. Last spring, the assignment was added after the start of the course, and possibly even after registration, which very much threw the students. We can look on the students' reaction more or less charitably, but possibly the most nearly neutral way to see it is that Yale students are very busy, and bristle when they encounter academic surprises. I mention this change at this point in my recap because I believe it is half of why the recording sessions went so smoothly this year. The other half is that we had a proper studio and a proper engineer in Phil Kearney from Broadcast & Media, and the students knew they needed to perform. (It didn't hurt that more than one student had some experience with Yale's student radio outfit, but most did not.) Consequently, most students got their reading done — and done well — in one take. The downside of that was that we spent far too much of the 30-minute slots I had allotted (based on last year's efforts) with time on our hands. I couldn't have asked for a better engineer, though, than Phil, as it wasn't until we had gotten most of the way through the student sessions, with only one reschedule, that he said, "You know, we could just schedule them 5 or 6 at a time and just have the next one go when the previous one is finished."
So I thank Phil for his skill and his patience, Professor Wexler for doing this assignment again, Davids Odo and Whaples from the YUAG for their work on the image and coordination side, and Thomas Raich of YUAG for going above and beyond in getting this kiosk up and running when driver and OS issues exploded 10 minutes before I was due on a train to Washington, D.C. I look forward to next year and how we can continue to integrate student digital scholarship with cultural institutions on campus.
The exhibit is still up in the (gorgeously new) Study Gallery at the YUAG, so if you can, do head over and see it. Neither YUAG IT nor I (nor Professor Wexler) are thrilled with some sloppiness of the touchscreen we needed to use this year, last year's being already allocated for other needs. But if you do go and find the cursor unresponsive, just touch far away from your target and then try again. We've found that tends to be better than repeatedly trying to move the cursor by small increments.


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New Barnum High School principal hired
Brian Kazmierczak of Pequot Lakes has been hired by the Barnum School District to be the new high school principal. The Barnum School Board passed a motion to hire Kazmierczak at the monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 21.
Three candidates are being considered for the position of Transportation Supervisor.
The board entered into a lengthy discussion about whether to hire a fourth teacher for kindergarten. As of the present time, 67 new students and two returning students are registered, said Elementary Principal Tom Cawcutt.
Setting caps on the number of new open enrolled students was also discussed. It was said that the Esko School District has had enrollment caps for five years. It was suggested that the Esko School District be contacted for more information about how well the system has worked.
Families with children in elementary school that move into the Barnum School District could still attend school in Barnum, it was said.
Board Chair Pat Poirier said that he wanted no more than 25 students to a classroom. However, it depended on the budget. The school district is going to be deficit spending in the future.
Superintendent Dave Bottem recommended examining the budget first before a decision is made. He pointed out that the school board will be adopting the budget for the 2013-2014 school year in a month's time.
Supt. Bottem gave the board a legislative update.
He said that the school district will be receiving more funding for the all-day every-day kindergarten and for some other programs.
Although Supt. Bottem presented numbers about increases and decreases in funding to the board, the final results of school funding by the Legislature were not yet known.
A special meeting of the Finance Committee will be set.
iPads in the classroom
Four kindergarten teachers presented examples of how well iPads are working in the classrooms.
The iPads are used by the students to master different math standards. The information that the student is entering into the iPad is transferred to the teachers' computers immediately. Teachers can see how well the student is doing and provide assistance, if necessary.
Students are using Google to get information about a variety of subjects. They can pick a topic and do research.
Students can take notes on the iPads, and that information can be used to document their learning. One of the teachers said that she feels that the iPads have transformed reading and math for the students.
One of the teachers said that she had videotaped herself reading, and that video is used to help students that are having difficulty. She said that she can be there for the student while she is helping other students.
Two hundred actions are available on the iPads, said one of the teachers. She can tailor activities to the individual students.
The use of the iPad helps students build confidence. One teacher told of a bright student with low self-esteem that found that he could program the iRobot on the iPad. He programmed everyone's iRobot.
The next meeting of the Barnum School Board was set for Tuesday, June 18, at 6:30 p.m.


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Subscribe To Killer Instinct's DRM Situation Not Present In Xbox One's TOS, Policy Guide Updates
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The Killer Instinct DRM blow-up was quite a thing. A lot of sites covered it, a lot of people were angry, a lot of hate circulated, but no one really knew what went down or why. I mean, wasn't there already a policy guide out about what sort of DRM the Xbox One would have? And shouldn't the incident in the Killer Instinct video be a part of that? Well, not quite.
We've heard a lot of theories, speculation, excuses and guesswork but received very few explanations. And while Microsoft has acknowledged the event, thankfully, we had two people come forward to help identify what exactly happened that led up to the Killer Instinct DRM situation, with tournament organizer at Queens College in New York, Elliot Oyola, and the lead streamer from Team Spooky, Arturo Sanchez, explain what happened and why.
So a quick recap is that the owner of Killer Instinct was playing the game in a local offline match on an Xbox One he did not own. The Xbox One dropped its connection to the Wi-Fi, and even though the owner was still logged into the console and playing the game, the game itself kicked them out to verify that the owner was the proper owner of his own game.
Some argue that this is the exact same DRM measures put into place on the Xbox 360, but it's not quite the same. The difference is that the Xbox 360 does a DRM check before a game starts, not during the middle of the game. As noted in Microsoft's own policy and content usage guide on their official Xbox support site under section 5, part 5 of their Xbox 360 DRM policy FAQ ...
"When you try to use a protected game, video, or add-in, the Xbox 360 console checks whether you have a valid license for that piece of content. If the license allows you to use the content, the Xbox 360 console plays the content or allows use of the add-in.
This DRM check typically happens before you get into a game, not during. If you get into the game then you're fine so long as you don't log out. In the case of the Xbox One, if the connection drops during play of a digital title – even if you're accessing an offline portion of the content – it will still require a content ownership ID check, which is what happened during the Killer Instinct tournament.
What's surprising is that despite this form of DRM not necessarily fitting the 24-hour check-in clause from the Xbox One's original policies, this is DRM that wasn't covered in the Xbox One's revised and updated DRM policy guide following Microsoft's initial digital rights management reversal. This kind of security protocol is also not present in the official Windows DRM policy guide, even though it shares similar content rights management policies as the Xbox 360 and Xbox One.
In fact, after reading the Terms of Service and policy guides for Killer Instinct from the digital store page on the Xbox One, there was no mention of this specific kind of DRM. In addition to this, the official press release from Microsoft regarding the reversal reads slightly different than what sort of DRM is in place that affected several tournament organizers playing Killer Instinct, which reads...
"In addition to buying a disc from a retailer, you can also download games from Xbox Live on day of release. If you choose to download your games, you will be able to play them offline just like you do today. Xbox One games will be playable on any Xbox One console -- there will be no regional restrictions.
The interesting thing about it is that the title wasn't being "shared" but rather played on a different console. Is the owner of the game playing digital content on another console that isn't the home console considered "sharing"? There's no clear-cut policy guide on this distinct issue or what users should look out for regarding digital content ownership rights, or if accessing their own game from a different location is considered as "sharing". Technically, had this information regarding the DRM been made available and clear beforehand, maybe the blow-up over the Killer Instinct DRM in the video would have been far more tame.
Also, if you check the official Xbox One news wire update from former Microsoft executive Don Mattrick, you'll notice that there's also another statement regarding playing games offline – though the clarity of the message doesn't distinctly point out what sort of regulations are in place for offline play – with the statement saying...
"An internet connection will not be required to play offline Xbox One games – After a one-time system set-up with a new Xbox One, you can play any disc based game without ever connecting online again. There is no 24 hour connection requirement and you can take your Xbox One anywhere you want and play your games, just like on Xbox 360."
However, it's not just in the revised policy guide that the idea of playing anywhere at anytime is stated without the inclusion of the clause that you must be online at all times to maintain access to digital content you paid for, it's also on the official website that houses the following quote...
"A single Xbox Live Gold membership works across both Xbox One and Xbox 360 – your membership covers both. And you can log into a friend's Xbox One and access all your downloadable games, preferences, and apps."
Now, it is true that you can play your games that are registered to your Xbox One in offline mode; I tested Killer Instinct on the Xbox One and purposefully disconnected the Wi-Fi during the middle of a match. The match continued on like nothing had happened, except when I tried to access Xbox Live it stated that I wasn't connected to the net.
However, the video evidence from the Killer Instinct tournament and testimonials of tournament organizers led us to contact a representative for Microsoft about the specific kind of DRM that the FGC has encountered and whether Microsoft would issue a revised policy guide for that kind of DRM. According to the representative, these issues will be brought before Microsoft and, for now, Microsoft has stated that they will continue to support the FGC during this time.
We'll continue to keep you updated on additional information and details regarding the Xbox One and its DRM as we continue to dig for clear answers to this situation.
[Update: There is a small part in the games section through the "Other" section on the support site relating to digital Xbox One games, stating that users must be logged into Xbox Live at all times to access them]


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Finally, I have finished my new set of designs!
My fingers can attest to a mammoth week of stitching, but I really loved doing these designs - and I hope you like them too! :-)
I have created a package of 9 festive designs that can be used in many different projects.
First of all there is "Skating Rosey"....
...and the Charms...
....the exquisite JOY, adorned with pretty beads....
....and The Four Trees!
The Four Trees are all 6in x 10in finished; the Charms are 4in square and 3.5in x 5 in; Skating Rosey is 5 in x 7 in ; and JOY is 5 in square.
The set of 9 designs are available for purchase right now in my ETSY store!
Now...the giveaway!!
Seeing as so many of you are enjoying the little treasures Blossom and I are finding in our favourite store here in Charters Towers, I decided to begin the giveaway with something from there.
If you are the lucky winner of my giveaway you will receive this pretty vintage reproduction tin...
...a gorgeous silver and gold Christmas fat quarter, my OWN silver and gold block from The Four Trees, and 10 beautiful gold and white antique glass buttons!
All packed neatly ready to arrive at your door.
So how do you win?
You will receive ONE entry for leaving a comment.
You will receive TWO bonus entries if you leave another comment telling me you have blogged about my giveaway with a link back to THIS blog entry - then I can check your blog easily. :-)
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[August 26, 2014]
By Mary Milliken and Eric Kelsey
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - For all the
talk about newcomers raising the game of television, the industry on
Monday chose to bestow its top Emmys on the long-running shows
"Breaking Bad" and "Modern Family" and long-time television actors
who held off challenges from film stars.
"Breaking Bad," AMC's unlikely tale of a teacher-turned-drug
kingpin Walter White, won the night's biggest honor, the Emmy
for best drama series, for the second year in a row while lead
Bryan Cranston took best drama actor for the fourth time in that
It was a nostalgic vote of sorts for the series after it ended
on the fifth season with widespread acclaim and devoted
binge-watching fans. It held off the ballyhooed HBO anthology,
"True Detective," the bayou thriller starring Oscar winner
Matthew McConaughey and fellow film star Woody Harrelson, who
Cranston beat.
"Thank you so much for this wonderful farewell to our show,"
said "Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan, who also celebrated
Emmy wins in best supporting actor and actress categories for
Aaron Paul and Anna Gunn.
"This is indeed a wonderful time to be working in television,"
Gilligan added. "I think you all know that."
"Modern Family," ABC's light-hearted take on contemporary family
dynamics, won its fifth consecutive Emmy for best comedy series,
leaving Netflix Inc's dark jailhouse comedy "Orange Is the New
Black" as one of the big losers of the night.
The 66th annual Primetime Emmys took a somber turn toward the
end to remember Robin Williams, the versatile actor and comedian
who died two weeks ago in an apparent suicide at the age of 63.
With a lump in his throat and a tremble in his voice, actor
Billy Crystal remembered the madcap performer as "the brightest
star in a comedy galaxy" and concluded: "Robin Williams - what a
There were plenty of laughs in television's biggest night, from
Julia Louis-Dreyfus passionately locking lips with "Seinfeld"
guest star Cranston to Melissa McCarthy asking if her car would
be towed.
When asked about the prolonged smooch later, Cranston quipped:
"I think it's not a question of 'why?,' more a question of 'why
First-time Emmys host, comedian Seth Meyers, took early pokes at
the stalwart broadcasters facing edgy competition from Netflix,
the first outlet to win acclaim for original content streamed
online with political thriller "House of Cards."
But this year's Emmys, handed out by the Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences, signaled that there was still plenty of love
for the likes of ABC and CBS, particularly in the realm of
ABC's "Modern Family" made history by tying 1990s NBC sitcom
"Frasier" for the most comedy victories.
"'Modern Family' has been a big, beautiful dream for the last
five years and we thank you for not waking us up," said series
co-creator Steven Levitan.
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Although the big broadcasters did not have a horse in the race for
best drama, Julianna Margulies won best drama actress for her role
as lawyer Alicia Florrick in CBS's "The Good Wife."
"I feel like this is the golden age of television, but it's also the
time for women in television," said Margulies. "I feel very grateful
to be here."
Jim Parsons won his fourth lead acting Emmy for playing the pedantic
nerd Sheldon in the CBS comedy "The Big Bang Theory," and
Louis-Dreyfus won her third consecutive Emmy for her role as the
foul-mouthed, gaffe-prone U.S. Vice President Selina Meyer on HBO's
political satire "Veep."
"I love the idea of being powerful and powerless at the same time,
it mirrors Hollywood in some ways," said Louis-Dreyfus of her Selina
In other comedy awards, comedian Louis C.K. won his second writing
award for his FX show "Louie," and Stephen Colbert's Comedy Central
fake news show "The Colbert Report" won the Emmy for best variety
program for the second consecutive year.
The miniseries "Fargo," based on the cult film from the Coen
brothers, gave FX Networks its first Emmy for a program, but actors
from the critically acclaimed miniseries lost out on awards despite
being heavy favorites, especially lead actor Billy Bob Thornton.
HBO's "The Normal Heart" earned best TV movie honors for its
depiction of the early fight against AIDS.
The premium cable outlet HBO, owned by Time Warner Inc, scored more
Emmys than any other network with 19 wins out of its 99 nominations.
But it failed to win big in top-line categories and its fan
favorite, the medieval fantasy "Game of Thrones," lost out again in
the drama race.
One of the big surprises of the night was "Sherlock: His Last Vow,"
which won a total of seven Emmys for the U.S. public broadcaster
PBS, more than any other show.
For the first time in some 40 years, the Emmys were moved up from
their usual Sunday night spot in September so as not to conflict
with NBC's ratings-powerhouse "Sunday Night Football" and MTV's
Video Music Awards.
(Additional reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy and Lisa Richwine; Editing
by Ken Wills)
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Passionate Housewives Desperate for God, by Jennie Chancey and Stacy McDonald.
This is sort of the anti-feminist manifesto. I found the book inspiring, but didn't really give me anything new. The back of the book says, "Do you wrestle with cultural messages that demean the homemaker's calling and exalt instead the emotionally androgynous power-woman?" Um, no, not really. I'm pretty secure in my role as a lawyer-turned-stay-at-home-mom.
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Willy Wong, an ADAA winner from 2003 for his experimental identity series called The Weather Resort, has been making impact with plans for NYCxDESIGN's celebration of design.
Adobe Design Achievement Awards 2003 alumnus, Willy Wong is now the Chief Creative Officer at NYC & Company, which is the City of New York's official marketing, tourism and partnership organization. Willy also serves on NYCxDESIGN, which is a collaboration among the City Council, Mayor's Office, City agencies and a steering committee. The steering committee is composed of some of the City's most renowned design institutions, educators, entrepreneurs, curators, and designers.
NYCxDESIGN organizes New York City's inaugural citywide event to showcase and promote design in all disciplines. The citywide events will be held from Friday, May 10, through Tuesday, May 21, 2013 and will collectively celebrate New York City's contributions to the evolution of design. Events will be hosted at a multitude of venues across all five New York boroughs, including large conventions, galleries, design institutions, and public parks. NYCxDESIGN will bring visibility, education, and inspiring dialogue to the forefront of the city's experience, increasing cultural awareness and appreciation for design of all disciplines.
Wong began contributing to NYCxDESIGN because of his passion to, "…support an incredibly valuable industry and thriving community, to expand the local economy and job base, and ultimately to help the City and the world function and look that much better. As the world's stage, NYC is where design students, designers and those who love design from every corner of the globe all aspire to see, feel, build, share and shine. And it's an ecosystem that thrives on cross pollination between disciplines."
Wong also added that in NYC, design permeates through all boroughs, "…from the sustainably manufactured office furniture that decorate the interiors of Manhattan's skyscrapers, to the urban grid on which they sit; from the asymmetrical earrings that were 3D printed in Queen's Long Island City, then featured in a mobile app, which was developed in the Flatiron district, using bespoke web fonts crafted in Brooklyn…"
Wong is also President of AIGA/NY, and has been dynamic in broadening community involvement and providing opportunities for educational mentorship during the NYCxDESIGN events. Cultural centers, such as the Cooper-Hewitt Design Center in Harlem and The Museum of Arts and Design, will have sessions available for design enthusiasts of all ages, including children. The Times Square Alliance will partner with AIGA/NY's Mentoring Program, by hosting a culminating project created by students from the New York City High School of Art and Design.
With the ADAA offering a more robust and ambitious mentorship program in 2013, we're thrilled to share the NYCxDESIGN opportunities with ADAA alumni and extended community.
To explore more about NYCxDESIGN go to: http://nycxdesign.com/
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