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HTTP is a stateless protocol. Many web designers have utilized a combination of cookies, parameters in URLs, and other techniques to preserve state information for users visiting their websites. WebSphere Portal as a part of its design simplifies the stateless nature of HTTP and automatically encodes state information into its URLs. WebSphere Portal also encodes navigation information into its URLs (e.g. language, back button behavior, etc.). Decoding techniques do exist to decipher the URLs but by default WebSphere Portal encoded URLs cannot be viewed in plaintext and easily determine what information the URL contains.
An unfortunate side effect of encoding all of this information into the URLs is that WebSphere Portal URLs tend to be long and ugly out of the box. For example, if you access the default Portal page by its stateless URL - e.g. http://myportalsite.ibm.com:10039/wps/portal, this is automatically redirected to a stateful URL such as:
This article will discuss techniques to keep the Portal URLs short and clean.
2015.10.30 EDIT: Portal 8.5 cumulative fix 08 has introduced several configuration options which simplifies creating stateless URLs. See the 8.5 Infocenter for more details. This blog entry will be updated in the near future to discuss how the new parameters introduced in CF08 will interact with other configuration settings noted in this blog entry.
Out of the Box Settings
For WebSphere Portal 6.1 and later the out of the box settings will generally result in a stateful URLs. There are two primary factors that play into whether or not a stateful URL will be display:
1) The type of page - standard page or static page
2) The type of URL - a URL mapping, a Friendly URL, or a Vanity URL (8.5 and newer only)
For #1, Portal 6.1 and earlier utilized standard pages for its default page type. These were shipped with pre-defined page layout templates provided by IBM code and once portlets were added to the page they largely didn't change. Over time it was determined a new design was needed to allow for more flexibility, hence the use of static pages. Portal 7.0 and later utilized static pages for its default page type. Static pages offers many advantages over standard pages, one in particular is "You can include portlets as dynamic elements and containers as placeholders for portlets in your pages. You can display these portlets by using server side aggregation, AJAX". The general recommendation would be to utilize static pages in your WebSphere Portal design.
For #2, Portal 6.0 and earlier offered URL Mappings as a short and clean means of managing URLs. URL Mappings were not dependent on the Portal page hierarchy, hence, a URL Mapping of /wps/myportal/thisblogentry may resolve to /wps/myportal/US/en/IBM/Industry/Cloud/Solutions/WebSphere/Portal/Support/This/Blog/Entry. Over time management of URL mappings becomes difficult for large Portal sites. Portal 6.1 began offering a new feature called Friendly URLs. Friendly URLs are dependent on the Portal page hierarchy and as a result allowed for simplified management of URLs. URL Mappings and Friendly URLs are for the most part mutually exclusive ... you should try to design your Portal site with one of the two, but not both, and the recommendation would be to utilize Friendly URLs given URL mappings are now deprecated with Portal 8.5. Finally, in Portal 8.5 a new type of URL - called a vanity URL - was introduced. Vanity URLs are a complement to Friendly URLs. Friendly URLs are still available and are dependent on the site hierarchy, while vanity URLs are not dependent on the site hierarchy. Using the same example above, a vanity URL of /wps/vanityurl/thisblogentry could be created that would resolve to an actual page in the Portal page hierarchy. Vanity URLs are advantageous in cases where we want a VERY short and clean URL that does not contain the entire page hierarchy information, such as a Friendly URL. For purposes of this blog entry, we will assume every page in your page hierarchy has either a Friendly URL or URL Mapping to allow for stateless URLs. If your Portal site does not have either a Friendly URL or URL Mapping on it and you implement the steps below, some pages may no longer be accessible.
Returning to our stateful vs. stateless discussion, we have 2 * 3 = 6 possible combinations above. With the out of the box settings, here is what should happen:
- Standard Page + URL Mapping = Stateless
- Standard Page + Friendly URL = Stateless
- Standard Page + Vanity URL = Stateful
- Static Page + URL Mapping = Stateful
- Static Page + Friendly URL = Stateful
- Static Page + Vanity URL = Stateful
Note in particular that the fifth combination - Static Page + Friendly URL - is the recommended settings for WebSphere Portal. While an end user may be able to bookmark a short and clean url, e.g. /wps/myportal/Home/somefriendyurl, WebSphere Portal in its design will automatically 302 redirect the user to the stateful URL. The page will render successfully, but the URL in the address bar looks long and ugly. In the next section we'll discuss how to modify that behavior so it stays short and clean.
Primary references
1) The Portal 8.0 and 8.5 Infocenters offer some excellent details on how to make Portal stateless. However, there are multiple settings noted in the Infocenter and not all settings may be required for all Portal deployments. We'll explore each setting one by one.
2) The Chief Programmer of WebSphere Portal URLs has a presentation discussing the design elements of stateful URLs available here:
Change #1 - Theme change with XMLAccess
1) The primary setting of interest is the hasBaseURL setting. From a Portal 85x system, I implemented this parameter via an XMLAccess script as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<request build="20140424-1749" type="update" version="22.214.171.124" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="PortalConfig_8.5.0.xsd">
<portal action="locate">
<theme action="update" active="true" context-root="/wps/defaultTheme85" default="true" defaultskinref="ZK_00000000000000A0BR2B300670" domain="rel" objectid="ZJ_00000000000000A0BR2B300QC6" resourceroot="dynamicSpots" uniquename="ibm.portal.85Theme">
<parameter name="com.ibm.portal.theme.hasBaseURL" type="string" update="set"><![CDATA[true]]></parameter>
After changing this setting, I observed the following results:
- Standard Page + URL Mapping = Stateless
- Standard Page + Friendly URL = Stateless
- Standard Page + Vanity URL = Stateful (redirects to stateful Friendly)
- Static Page + URL Mapping = Stateless
- Static Page + Friendly URL = Stateless
- Static Page + Vanity URL = Stateful (redirects to stateful Friendly)
*Author technical note: I had to manually create a new URL mapping via an XMLAccess script for the Standard Page + URL Mapping test.
Change #2 - friendly.redirect.enabled
2) Our second setting of interest is friendly.redirect.enabled noted on the following Infocenter page. To summarize the effect this setting has on your Portal environment:
- true (default) = send redirect to url with Friendly URL if comes in stateful WITHOUT friendly URL context send it to a Friendly URL ... hasBaseURL will then determine if it stays stateless, or, redirects to Friendly URL + stateful --> GOOD for Friendly URLs
- false = no redirect is sent "a request for a URL mapping will be served an HTTP 200 and the page content rather than a 302 redirect to the URL with navigational state encoded" --> GOOD for URL Mappings
Portal 85x environments should be moving away from URL Mappings, however, if your environment is migrated you may still have some URL Mappings in place and wish to have this setting as false. I did not enable this setting in my 8.5 environment given I am not using URL mappings and wanted the remote possibility of an end user coming in from a stateful URL with friendly URL context to be handled. However, this setting also affects 302 vs. 404 behavior in Portal, in addition to stateless vs. stateful behavior and you may wish to set it to false in a system with Friendly URLs only and no URL mappings. See this Technote for more details.
Change #3 - URL generation in themes
3) Our third setting is the navigation.jsp files. OK, so what exactly are these things if the tests in #1 above resulted in stateless URLs? The tests in #1 assume the user is coming into the Portal via a link sent by email, a bookmarked link, etc. If the user is already IN the Portal and navigation around by clicking the navigation at the top/sides of the page, this is where the navigation.jsp files come into play.
For example: If I manually enter my friendly URL, it retain this same friendly URL, short and clean, in the address bar:
However, if I hover over the same link at the top of the page and click it - I observed the following result:
For purposes of this blog entry, I performed an edit of these files on the Portal 85 default theme. HOWEVER, cumulative fixes installation may overwrite these files and it is NOT RECOMMENDED to change the default Portal 85 theme files. You should copy the theme and modify per your business requirements, implementing the navigation.jsp changes as needed. Once the files were edited, my navigation.jsp looked like the following modified:
My updated navigation.jsp under wp.theme.themes (which will affect the Welcome, Getting Started, etc. links) looked like:
<portal-navigation:urlGeneration contentNode="${nodeID}" keepNavigationalState="false"><a href="<%wpsURL.write(out);%>" class="wpthemeLeft<c:if test="${childrenStatus.count == 1}"> wpthemeFirst</c:if>"><c:choose><c:when test="${node.projectID != null}">(<c:choose><c:when test="${isHiddenPage}">[<c:out value="${node.title}"/>]</c:when><c:otherwise><c:out value="${node.title}"/></c:otherwise></c:choose>)</c:when><c:when test="${isHiddenPage}">[<c:out value="${node.title}"/>]</c:when><c:otherwise><c:out value="${node.title}"/></c:otherwise></c:choose><c:if test="${selectedNodeID == nodeID}"> <portal-fmt:text key="currently_selected" bundle="nls.commonTheme"/></c:if></portal-navigation:urlGeneration>
My updated navigation.jsp under wp.theme.modules was slightly different and looked like
<portal-navigation:urlGeneration contentNode="${nodeID}" keepNavigationalState="false"><a href="<%wpsURL.write(out);%>"<c:choose><c:when test="${wp.selectionModel[node] != null}"><c:out value="${node.title}"/><c:if test="${selectedNodeID == nodeID}"> <portal-fmt:text key="currently_selected" bundle="nls.Theme"/></c:if></c:when><c:otherwise><c:out value="${node.title}"/></c:otherwise></c:choose></portal-navigation:urlGeneration>
etc. for sideNavigation.jsp and mobileNavigation.jsp
Change #4 - WCM URL Generation
4) The final consideration is WCM content. Short and Clean URLs can be created to reference WCM content. That is a task typically associated with site design of WCM. However, WCM URL generation does not generate friendly URLs. We needed to update the themes in item #3 above to prevent the long and stateful URLs from showing, a similar change will be needed for WCM URL generation.
With friendly URLs for web content, you can construct URLs to content items that are clear and concise. Although you can construct friendly URLs that reference web content items, IBM® Web Content Manager itself does not generate friendly URLs by default. However, to cause the web content viewer to generate friendly URLs, you can create a plug-in that implements a content URL generation filter.
WCM URL generation unfortunately requires a bit more custom coding than updating a few jsp files. This custom coding was not performed for this blog article. Further, the requirements of the sample code provided note:
To use the sample filter that is described here, each page for which a content URL is generated must have these characteristics:
- The page must be a web content page with a friendly name.
- The page must have a default content association that references the parent site area of the content item.
...which may not be applicable in all environments. Also note you must have Portal/WCM v8 or higher to leverage this feature. If you are interested in this feature, please see this article for a step-by-step implementation.
Final Thoughts
- The steps outlined in the Infocenter and this blog entry should be considered a starting point for configuring stateless URLs. As a quick example, the login and logout links in commonActions.jsp will generate stateful URLs by default as keepNavigationalState="true" is preserved.
<portal-navigation:urlGeneration allowRelativeURL="true" keepNavigationalState="true" contentNode="wps.content.root" home="protected" >
<a href='<% wpsURL.write(escapeXmlWriter); %>' ><portal-fmt:text key="link.login" bundle="nls.engine"/>
...this would also need to be updated, and, you would need to weigh in on the consequences of losing navigational state information, e.g. returning the user to the same page they were on prior to logging in, should you change this setting to false. Many other examples exist and must be weighed out to keep or remove functionality.
- Carefully consider which area(s) of the Portal site you wish to have stateless URLs. For those areas, it may be advantageous to create a separate theme with the updated keepNavagationState="false" jsps and and hasBaseURL parameter in that theme.
- Remember: WebSphere Portal in its design assumes stateful URLs and completely eliminating all stateful URLs will require some significant effort. However, use of Friendly URLs with the configuration options noted above to keep 95%+ of your Portal site clean and consistent is a very real and achievable goal.


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NASA's Hubble Finds Rare Blue Straggler Stars in the Milky Way's Hub
Peering deep into the star-filled, ancient hub of our Milky Way (left), NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has found a rare class of oddball stars called blue stragglers. This is the first time such objects have been detected within our galaxy's bulge. Blue stragglers are so named because they seem to be lagging behind in their rate of aging compared with nearby older stars.
The discovery is a spin-off from a seven-day-long survey conducted in 2006 called the Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search (SWEEPS). Hubble peered at and obtained variability information for 180,000 stars in the crowded central bulge of our galaxy, 26,000 light-years away.
Hubble Finds Blue Straggler Stars in the Galactic Bulge
Probing the star-filled, ancient hub of our Milky Way, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has found a rare class of oddball stars called blue stragglers, the first time such objects have been detected within our galaxy's bulge.
The size and nature of the blue straggler population detected in the bulge will allow astronomers to better understand if the bulge is exclusively old stars, or a mixture of both young and old stars. In addition, the discovery provides a new test case for formation models of the blue stragglers themselves.
Blue stragglers – so named because they seem to be lagging behind in their rate of aging compared with the population from which they formed – were first found inside ancient globular star clusters half a century ago. They have been detected in many globular and open clusters, as well as among the stars in the solar neighborhood. But they have never been seen inside the core of our galaxy until Hubble was trained on the region.
Hubble astronomers found blue straggler stars in an extensive set of Hubble exposures of the Milky Way's crowded hub. Blue stragglers are much hotter – and hence bluer – than they should be for the aging neighborhood in which they live. Now that blue stragglers have at last been found within the bulge, the size and characteristics of this population will allow astronomers to better understand the still-controversial processes of star formation within the bulge.
The results, to be published in The Astrophysical Journal, are being reported by lead author Will Clarkson of Indiana University and the University of California, Los Angeles, at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Boston, Mass.
These results support the idea that the Milky Way's central bulge stopped making stars billions of years ago. It is now home to aging Sun-like stars and cooler red dwarfs. Giant blue stars that once lived there exploded as supernovae billions of years ago. If our galaxy were the size of a dinner plate, the central bulge would be roughly the size of a grapefruit placed in the middle of the plate.
This discovery is a spin-off from a seven-day-long survey conducted in 2006 called the Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search (SWEEPS). Hubble peered at and obtained variability information for 180,000 stars in the crowded central bulge of our galaxy, 26,000 light-years away. The survey was intended to find hot Jupiter-class planets that orbit very close to their stars. But the SWEEPS team also uncovered 42 oddball blue stars among the bulge population with brightness and temperatures typical for stars much younger than ordinary bulge stars.
Blue stragglers have long been suspected to be living in the bulge. Until now, it has never been proven because younger stars in the disk of our galaxy lie along the line-of-sight to the core, confusing and contaminating the view.
But Hubble's view is so sharp that astronomers could distinguish the motion of the core population from foreground stars in the Milky Way. Bulge stars orbit the galactic nucleus at a different speed than foreground stars. Plotting their motion required returning to the SWEEPS target region with Hubble two years after the first-epoch observations were made.
Hence, the blue stragglers were identified as moving along with the other stars in the bulge. It's like looking into a deep, clear pond where the fish at the bottom of the pond are swimming at a faster rate than the fish closer to the surface.
"The size of the field of view on the sky is roughly that of the thickness of a human fingernail held at arm's length, and within this region, Hubble sees about a quarter million stars towards the bulge," Clarkson says. "Only the superb image quality and stability of Hubble allowed us to make this measurement in such a crowded field."
From the 42 candidate blue stragglers, the investigators estimate 18 to 37 of them are likely to be genuine blue stragglers, with the remainder consisting of a mixture of foreground objects and at most a small population of genuinely young bulge stars.
It's not clear how blue stragglers form, or if there is more than one mechanism at work. A common idea is that blue stragglers emerge from binary pairs. As the more massive star evolves and expands, the less massive star accretes material from the companion. This stirs up hydrogen fuel and causes the accreting star to undergo nuclear fusion at a faster rate. It burns hotter and bluer.
The seven-day observation allowed the fraction of blue straggler candidates presently in close binaries to be estimated by virtue of their changing light-curve. This is caused by the change of shape induced in one star due to the tidal gravitational pull of its companion. "The SWEEPS program was designed to detect transiting planets through small light variations. Therefore the program could easily detect the variability of binary pairs, which was crucial in confirming these are indeed blue stragglers," says Kailash Sahu of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md., the principal investigator of the SWEEPS program.
The observations clearly indicate that if there is a young star population in the bulge, it is very small, and it was not detected in the SWEEPS program. "Although the Milky Way bulge is by far the closest galaxy bulge, several key aspects of its formation and subsequent evolution remain poorly understood," Clarkson says. "While the consensus is that the bulge largely stopped forming stars long ago, many details of its star-formation history remain controversial. The extent of the blue straggler population detected provides two new constraints for models of the star-formation history of the bulge."
Ray Villard
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md.
Will Clarkson
Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., and
University of California, Los Angeles, Calif.
Kailash Sahu
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md.


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Guys, we arent going to have to eat for months after this. More roasted Creationist, this time from William Dembski, Megalomania-TARD:
I ve gotten to know the producers quite well. As far as I can tell, they made sure to budget for lawsuits. Also, I know for a fact that they have one of the best intellectual property attorneys in the business. I expect that the producers made their video close enough to the Harvard video to get tongues awagging (Headline: Harvard University Seeks Injunction Against Ben Stein and EXPELLED you think that might generate interest in the movie?), but different enough so that they are unexposed.So they knew from the beginning that they were making a Frankenstein 'Inner Life.' They knew they were copying 'Inner Life', and budgeted for 'if they got caught.' They hired 'one of the best copyright lawyerz in dah biz', just in case 'they got caught.'
Sooo... This fiasco is the definition of malicious copyright infringement.
It was a nice touch on the producer s part to use the same music as the XVIVO video. Presumably they got permission from the artist is that another possible oversight to explore? But then again, one of the producers was for years in the music business. So most likely they re covered here as well.DUDE! You stole the music too?!?!?! I didnt know that. Thanks Mega-TARD.
BOTTOM LINE: Before you think the producers of EXPELLED are idiots, you might think that they are chess players who have seen several moves ahead. For instance, have you ever thought who stood to gain the most from the Machine Video featured at UD a week ago?Yeah, "Creationists caught stealing someone elses work. Again." isnt much of a headline, is it? Put it right next to "Dog bites man" on the front page, eh?
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Not sure I mentioned this but we are repainting our living room and kitchen. It is basically one big connected space and has been the same color since we moved in almost 5 years ago. I take that back, the kitchen has changed color, but just once. Started out as green, and landed on chocolate brown.
The living room walls were a taupy beige color. Not sure what I was thinking, but I think I was thinking I had to be "formal" in the colors of the main areas. Like once you buy a house you have to act older and of course decorate older. Which really is irrational but I tend to think irrationally. Until it dawned on me recently that that is just crazy talk and my house should reflect me and us in every room. Who cares if people think we're crazy for having a yellow chandelier in our kitchen, right?
So we started with "Project Living Room/Kitchen makeover" a couple of weeks ago and began with painting. I wanted a neutral grey color. This didn't sound too complicated to me. I didn't pick out a color before our trip to Home Depot because I just felt like I would know when I saw it. Like it would call my name and tell me it was meant for my walls. That didn't happen. Who knew picking the right grey could be so stressful. There's greyish blue, greyish green, greyish yellow, greyish purple....
I went back and forth, back and forth, while Brandon tried to offer suggestions and the girls shared a bag of skittles. By the time the skittles were gone and the girls were both sticky messes I decided on a color. "Silver Screen" by Behr.
Yes. Thats the one.
B- "You sure?"
Me: "Yes? No? Why are you asking me that don't ask me that!"
So we get the guy to mix it. He shows me the end result. Looks lighter than I thought it would but he assures me it'll be darker on our walls. I ask him "So, this is what you would consider a neutral grey color, right?" Guy- "Yes"
But I didn't want to stress and thought that once it dried it would look darker. So I left. Because basically I get super anxious with things like that and have to go busy myself with something and B won't let me touch a paint brush because apparently I get paint on baseboards. Once. I got paint on the baseboards once and now I'm banned from the paint brush.
So I left for Hobby Lobby to busy myself and by the time I got back he had done a huge portion of the walls. Mind you there is a ton of wall space to paint and he had done a good chunk of it so I would have a good idea of what it looked like when I got home. A gem I tell you! But I walked in and right away---I hated it. It was not the color I wanted. Not what I had envisioned. I didn't want to say anything to B cause he worked so hard. But gosh, I didn't like it.
He could tell. I mean who am I kidding, I do not hide my emotions well. Never have. But I insisted it was fine, that I would live with it, because I didn't have a choice, I mean there isn't really an exchange/return on paint.
So I did the next thing I do when I'm stressin. I got in the shower. Things are better in the shower. Time sort of stops and you can clear your mind. Put things into perspective, dramatically cry into the streaming water....
But then my awesome husband comes in to tell me called the manager at Home Depot and they were going to let him trade out the paint. He was actually calling to see if he could bring it back and have them darken it, but when he did, a really rude girl answered the phone and then hung up. B called back to talk to the manager about the rude girl and he apologized and told him to come and they would do a complete trade. Hollah! So thank you rude paint girl. I'm sorry for whatever was making you grouchy, but I'm happy you were rude to my husband so we could trade out the paint.
So B left for Home Depot and I jumped on line and pinterested and googled the best neutral grey's out there. Thats when we found Dolphin Fin by Behr. Or maybe it found us? Either way, my walls are now a perfect neutral grey. And phase one to our makeover is complete. I'll share the pictures when my kitchen is back in order, cause right now it's missing a table. Since we are re-doing the one I found and talked about here.
Brandon sanded down the top this weekend and under neath all of the dents, scratches, fork markings, and apparently some family clog dancing sessions, is some super beautiful wood. If you follow me on instagram you got this little peak at it.
Next we are going to stain it and paint the bottom portions white. Project Living Room/Kitchen Makeover is coming together. Not exactly as fast as I would like for it to, but according to Brandon if we did things at my speed we end up with painted base boards. Whut-Ever.
I'm currently obsessed with furniture makeovers. Looking for the right color to paint my antique cabinet that I talked about here I happened upon this coral beauty.
and on that same blog, this beautiful blue!
Now I'm torn. Coral or a Robins Egg blue? Tell me what you think. Leave your vote in the comments, you can simply put coral or blue and I'll go with the majority! Do it. I'll be your best friend and Brandon will thank you for taking the pressure off him to help me decide :)


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I'm a bit of a junkie for self-monitoring. Most recently I've watched my rather disturbing sleep patterns with LARK and used the living dead to increase my fitness with Zombies, Run. So when Nike announced they weren't (initially) releasing the Fuelband in Europe, I was pretty upset. Teeth were gnashed. Kittens were maimed. Eventually I got one. Two months in and here are my thoughts.
Basically the Fuelband is just a watch and pedometer, albeit in a rather fetching rubber strap. To be fair, it also shows some other stuff (calories and "Fuel") but they're really just functions of the number of steps you take. It syncs with an app on your phone and there are a vast number of rather boring achievements to unlock.
And, eh, that's pretty much it.
So I thought I'd make up a list of some things the Nike folks might want to consider for V2.
1. Make my achievements mean something. Why can't I unlock discounts on Nike products?
2. Bring on board some interesting API partners. So far there is a rather boring Path integration and nothing else. Can that really be it? Why can't I boost the energy in my favourite game by running a couple of miles?
3. Add heart and sleep monitor functionality. I'm not sure how much this would add to the physical form factor but given that Nike already provides it with their other wrist devices, it's a complete no-brainer. And would probably increase utility by about 200%.
4. Wrist-based callerID. Possibly limited by Apple in terms of cross-functionality but certainly a nice-to-have.
5. Integration with Klout! Make my fitness a key part of my social credit rating. If only to see the reaction on Twitter
6. Sweat/electrolyte count. Yes, I know that sounds ridiculous but for those of us who have hyperactive sweat glands, it would be interesting to track.
With some of these in place, the Fuelband starts to become pretty interesting. In fact, I could see the day when Nike could make their running shoes free when coupled with a premium Nike+ service. But first it needs to become more than just a rubber strap that tells the time.
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The Euro (EUR) is the official currency in France. Currency can be exchanged at banks, bureaux de change and some large hotels, though you will get a better exchange rate at the ATMs. Major credit cards are widely accepted, particularly in major tourist destinations. Foreign currency is not accepted.
The international access code for France is +33. Most public telephones accept phone cards, which are available in newsagents. Most hotels add a surcharge to calls, which can be very expensive; the cheapest way to call abroad is often with a phone card from a public telephone or at a post office. The local mobile phone operators use GSM networks and have roaming agreements with most international mobile phone companies. Internet cafes are available in towns throughout France.
Emergencies: 112.
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Shuttle buses leave the airport regularly for Marseille Saint-Charles Rail Station, where connections can be made to other destinations. Buses also connect the airport with Aix-en-Provence bus station and Aix-TGV rail station.
Avis, Budget, Europcar and Sixt are represented at the airport.
Metered taxis are avaliable outside the airport.
Facilities include a variety of retail outlets and duty-free shopping; bars, restaurants and cafes, a Business Centre, and banks, ATMs and bureaux de change.
Parking at Marseille Provence Airport costs €7 for the first hour and goes up to €16 per day in lots P1 and P6; €5 for the first hour up to €13 per day in P5 and P10; and €4.50 for the first hour up to €9.50 per day for P3 and P7, which are farther away but served by a free shuttle.
Wifi is available in the business centre and Halls 1, 3 and 4.


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Southern Comfort Redux
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Any respectable survey of the South's exciting food renaissance should include a nod to the city of Jackson, Mississippi. Join us for a taste of the Magnolia State when seven of Jackson's most talented chefs prepare a menu of Southern comfort foods.
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Captain America is back and this time he has to fight his most formidable opponent yet... Iron Man!
And we have some knockout prizes to celebrate the release of Captain America: Civil War.
We have seats to be won to join thousands of fans - many planning to turn up in their favourite superhero costumes - for the midnight launch screenings at Cineworld Sheffield on Thursday night .
Hard core fans can even book for a triple screening of the Captain America trilogy, which starts early that evening at 6.30pm.
Our two first prize winners will each get a pair of tickets to that triple bill - to see Captain America, The Winter Soldier and then, just after midnight, the brand new Captain America: Civil War.
Our first runners up get a pair of tickets each to see Captain America: Civil War on the IMAX screen, also just after midnight on Friday morning.
Other runners up will get tickets to see the film for free after the opening weekend. We have two pairs for the IMAX theatre, two pairs to see the film in 4DX and two pairs for a standard screening.
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Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, and a host of others return for the new film.
Captain America and Iron Man go head-to-head in this superhero-studded blockbuster based on the comic book by Mark Millar (Kick-Ass, Kingsman).
Look out for guest appearances from Ant-Man, Hawkeye, Vision, Black Widow, Black Panther, Falcon, War Machine and... Spider-Man!
Following an incident involving the Avengers, which involved much collateral damage, politicians propose a governing body to monitor the activities of superheroes. This brings Captain America Steve Rogers into conflict with Iron Man Tony Stark, with the other Avengers choosing sides. But while fighting each other, they must work out how to protect the world from a new enemy...
Directed by the Russo brothers (Captain America: The Winter Soldier), it promises to be darker and more emotional than any Marvel movie yet.
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The college years are a time of new friendships, new responsibilities, and new academic and social opportunities. There will be times of joy, sadness, anxiety, frustration and celebration. We are engaged in a partnership – you, your student, and the University.
Research has shown that involvement in your student's college experience directly affects their academic and personal success! The Office of Students Affairs and Chatham University want to work together with you for our common goal of creating self-assured, productive individuals who are prepared to lead and to face an ever–changing world. The fact that you are visiting this page speaks to your commitment to your student's experience at Chatham. Take every opportunity to visit the campus, especially during Family & Friends Weekend in the fall.
The Office of Student Affairs oversees Family & Friends services and programs. The staff members below are your points of contact and can assist you with any questions or concerns you may have.
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The Guzman
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For a certain segment of the Washington Nationals' fan base Cristian Guzman will never be anything more than Jim Bowden's original sin. Bowden forfeited a 3rd round draft pick to the Twins in his haste to sign the free agent All-Star shortstop to a 4 yr/$16M dollar deal in November 2004.
No one who was paying attention to the Nats in 2005 can forget the initial return on that investment. Guzman's inaugural season in DC was his worst since his rookie campaign and one of the worst in baseball. He posted a terrible .219/.260/.314 line (53 OPS+), but still appeared in all but 20 of the team's games and amassed nearly 500 plate appearances. (He did hit .325/.367/.470 in September though!)
Of course, we only found out in the offseason that Cristian had been playing almost all of 2005 with a bad shoulder. Surgery and rehab cost him all of 2006, aka Year 2 of his much derided 4-year contract. In Guz's absence Royce Clayton and Felipe Lopez split time forgettably at shortstop.
2007 brought a renewed Guzman with bionic shoulder and Lasik eyes. The surgical enhancements worked to the tune of a 328/380/466 line in 46 games to start the season. Then disaster struck, courtesy of Josh Barfield's stupid over-sized head. Another season down the drain, but Guzie was nothing if not a master of timing.
In the walk year of his initial 4-year deal with the Nationals, Cristian built on his 2007 sample to post the second best full offensive season of his career. His .316/.345/.440 line in over 600 plate appearances earned him a return trip to the All-Star game. More important, Guzman was able to parlay a solid season and a quarter into a 2-year, $16M contract extension, courtesy of Jim Bowden. (See if you can spot the recurring theme here.) It's hard to believe now, but this was basically a market-value deal at the time. Of course. the market tanked about three months later, but I digress.
2009 was a typical Cristian Guzman season. Empty .284 batting average, few walks, little power. His range at shortstop, always suspect, certainly didn't improve after his 31st birthday. Still, he managed to make the All-Star ballot once again, and even threw a brief thrill into the fan base when he was rumored to be shipping up to Boston.
As 2010 dawned, big changes were in store for Cristian. No longer the default option at shortstop, he was expected to be an $8M utility infielder, backing up rookie SS Ian Desmond and free agent 2B Adam Kennedy. Cristian's bat had other ideas. A hot month of May (.381/.411/.452) garnered him 19 starts, and most-favored status with manager Jim Riggleman. He was in the lineup almost every day from then on, delivering a typically Guzmanic .282/.327/.361 on the eve of his trade to Texas.
Almost all of Cristian Guzman's problems in DC stemmed from the fact that Jim Bowden paid him to be something he had never been and never would be. (The remainder stemmed from injuries.) Was Guzman worth what he was paid? No, but that hardly makes him unique, and it's not even really his fault. For five and a half seasons Cristian Guzman took the field for the Washington Nationals every day that he was physically able. He played through injuries, three managers, two GMs, and a revolving cast of mediocre-or-worse teammates. (Where have you gone, Bernie Castro?) Through it all he smiled, stretched for those grounders just past his glove, and waggled his fingers after every slappy single.
He may have been a symbol of everything that was wrong with the current incarnation of DC baseball, but he wasn't part of the problem. Farewell and good luck Cristian. Where ever the road takes you, you'll always have a home here in Washington, DC.


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The LG 47SL90 47-Inch 1080p 120Hz LED LCD HDTV has set the bar for LCD HDTVs. A perfectly designed and crafted panel, virtually seamless from edge to edge and the ultra slim cabinet combine to knock the socks off any aesthete.
3,000,000:1, a superb ratio that would floor any A/V fanatic. The unit utilizes a full range of LED lamps to control the levels of brightness to provide amazingly consistent clarity and color. Outfitted with 120Hz TruMotion technology, motion blur has been eliminated completely for fast motion clarity and focus. An Intelligent Sensor performs its duties reliably and automatically changes the picture to the lighting conditions of the room for the optimal viewing experience. When used in conjunction with other LG products, such as a Blu-ray disc player, simply insert the disc into the player and the television will turn on and set itself to the proper input. A notably neat feature.
The LG 47SL90 47-inch 1080p 120Hz LED LCD HDTV is a paragon in the field. With technology becoming increasingly cheaper in design, construction, and quality it is a blessing to find a diamond amidst the rubble. If you are looking for a good deal on this television you can get one by clicking this link.


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China TV duped by Virgin's April Fools' announcement of glass-bottomed plane service
Beijing When Virgin founder Richard Branson made an April Fool's Day announcement about starting a glass-bottomed plane service, at least one major news outlet didn't see through to the joke. China's huge state broadcaster, CCTV, ran it as odd but real news.
The broadcaster reported it a day later on the nightly news program "World Express," where Chinese Internet users quickly spotted the gaffe and spread the word.
By Wednesday, CCTV had pulled the clip from its website. When "World Express" producer Xu Qi was reached on her cellphone by The Associated Press, she asked for a callback later because she was in a meeting, but later repeated calls rang unanswered.
CCTV had reported that Branson's Virgin Atlantic airline would start flying the first-ever glass-bottomed planes between London and Scotland. It quoted as the source the British newspaper The Daily Mirror which had made it clear it was in on the joke by reminding online readers that it was April Fool's Day.
CCTV also aired photos originally posted in Branson's blog on Virgin's official site Monday and carried by the British tabloid. Quoting The Daily Mirror, a CCTV news announcer said that passengers need not worry about safety because the see-through bottom would be aviation-grade glass.
"Maybe to spice up its programming for ratings, CCTV sometimes fails to check the source of the information," Beijing journalism professor Zhan Jiang said.
It is not the first time China's state media have fallen for spoof news articles.
When the U.S. satirical website The Onion proclaimed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un the sexiest man alive in November, it ended up as real news li> on websites of several Chinese newspapers, including the Communist Party's flagship People's Daily.


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Working With Graphics – Popular Software Packages Vs. Freeware Alternatives
The need for graphics software is something that has grown exponentially along with the development of modern day computers, the internet, and of course, the digital camera. The exact use for it varies not only among the different users, but from the different tasks one single user want to finish – it being photo retouching of the private family album, creating elements for your blog or website, or making a brochure for your private business. And we expect to finish up all these tasks in one program – two at tops. It goes without saying that we expect a lot from the graphics software we choose to utilize. Now, for many users, both professional and the semi-professional home users, Adobe Photoshop is the obvious choice. Some love and swear to Paint Shop Pro, the cheaper alternative from Corel, while millions of pc users are satisfied with what Microsoft and Apple ship with their operating systems. Now, those who fall into the last category, may not find this article as useful as those who belong in the first two, as the simple photo retouching tools they already have installed with their OS serves their needs. For the rest of you however, read on to see what other free software options you have, and why you should, or should not, choose to utilize them instead. I am going to split the article into categories, to help you draw your own conclusion as to what software will do the job, hopefully without costing you a buck.
1 Support
Many users of commercial software find this point very important when they're deciding which package to use. Will the software support my printer/wacom tablet/camera import/scanner/OS – and if it doesn't, will they offer me help to solve the problem? The answer with commercial packages is – yes and no. All major software developers offer support, usually over email, phone or chat, and as long as they have the answer to your question in their database, they'll give it to you. For more complex problems however, the poor, underpaid technician may not be able to help you – and this is, contrary to popular belief, one of the big advantages of Open Source Software (OSS). OSS has the advantage of being followed by a strong community – not only with graphics artists that take use of the software, but also the programmers that actually helped develop the code itself. In other words, you may be able to get your answer directly from the source, and even have someone help you create a patch especially for you. That's something Adobe, Corel and Microsoft would never offer you. On the other hand, getting those answers may be a bit more complicated than picking up the phone. It may take some forum browsing, a few emails, and some waiting before the problem is solved. Now, the last kind of software release, which is also free, is from professional software developers that release their software for free. They may have different reasons for doing this. Some release their older versions for free while the newer versions cost money – like a demo solution, only better (remember, that version was the newest just a year ago). Some do it just for the advertising – perhaps they have some other software that they're selling at a higher price, and just want to get your attention. The backside of downloading these alternatives is that most of them offer none or very limited support – in other words, if you're having problems, you're on your own.
To sum it up, Open Source projects may actually offer the best support in the long run, even if it takes some research to find your answers, but professional software are tested for months before release, usually have support for most drivers and hardware built in, and may therefore remove the need for the support in the first place. If you need new software for a project quickly, to reach a deadline, you may be safer off going for a commercial package. If, on the other hand, you want to learn some graphics editing, perhaps do some retouching on your private photos, I would not let this stop me.
2 What does the program actually offer?
This is another important point for many – how far can you stretch the programs technical abilities before it snaps? This is actually kind of a tricky question, because most major software packages – both free and commercial – give you the option to install third party plug-ins. (for those who do not know what this is, it is a piece of code that is loaded along with the software to serve one particular need – in most cases to use a filter on an image that the application did not offer in the first place). The number of plug-ins available for OSS is big – the number for Photoshop is vast. However, more does not necessarily mean better, and you should not let the number of plug-ins available guide you when purchasing software. Also, again in the commercial vs free packages, it is a question of price; most major Photoshop plug-ins are not free – all OSS plug-ins are.
Having mentioned the plug-ins, let's see now what the programs offer themselves. Photoshop has set the standard for image manipulation software for 15 years, and it's as far as the author can see, impossible to design a program in this genre without being inspired by it. That being said, it does not mean that freeware alternatives cannot stand up to its standards, but it does mean that you'll rarely find something in a free package that Photoshop did not already offer. Having tested most of the major freeware pretty thoroughly, what I have discovered is that they offer pretty much the same abilities as Photoshop does – but with 85% the usability. In other words, it can get most of the work done, but not all, and what it can do, it won't do as streamlined as Photoshop. It's worth mentioning though, that I am talking about advanced editing here – not simple retouching and drawing. For the photo editor – the free ones will undoubtedly to the job for you. For the internet graphics editor - it will undoubtedly also get the job done. For the advanced graphics/photo editor, the last 15% can make you raise an eyebrow and wonder why you ever considered free software. The conclusion is that the major freeware packages will cover the needs for 90% of the users.
3 Hardware Issues
Will the program work with my printer? How about my Wacom? My digital camera? Actually most of the hardware compability is dependent on your operating system. For example, some versions of Mac OSX did not support tablets, and a wacom would therefore be treated like a regular mouse – thus removing the pressure sensitivity. The same thing is true if you do not install the correct drivers in Windows.
As for the printer – most software that includes support for printing, relies on the drivers you installed when you first connected the printer. In other words, if printing works in other programs, there's no reason it won't work when you're working on the graphics. There are some other printing issues that are worth thinking about though, I will cover these in the next section.
4 More printing issues
Apart from driver support, there are some issues you should think about if you are going to print your artwork. Color management, for example, can be tricky, and not even Photoshop had a good enough printing dialogue until CS3 was released. Again, this depends on your use of the software – professional users may need total control of how their documents are rendered for print. If you're using it to print your family photos on the other hand, you may not need these settings (and you probably won't understand them either). Photoshop does give you better control over your printing profiles – but it's only necessary for the advanced user.
Having read this article, I hope you are able to reach a conclusion. There is no doubt that free open-source projects have reached a point where they are nearly as advanced as expensive, commercial software, and can cover most of your needs. As much as I love photoshop, I also love the open-source community, and nothing would make me happier than if I could save you a few hundred bucks! My website www.freegraphicstools.com contains some links and reviews if you are ready to try out some of the Photoshop alternatives. You may be surprised that even Illustrator, 3D studio, Adobe Premiere, After Effects and Microsoft Office all have freeware alternatives that are rich in functionality!
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The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme General Assembly met in Monte-Carlo this past weekend, where 76 of 107 of the member federations were in attendance. Conducting a bit of FIM business, one of the more interesting points to note from the meeting was the FIM General Assembly's acceptance of two new applications to join the FIM. One of the applications came from Fédération Motocycliste de Côte d'Ivoire (FMCI), which replaces the Ivory Coast's previous federation, the FISAM.
The second application though is a bit more interesting, as the FIM General Assembly accepted the Palestinian Motor Sport and Motorcycle Federation (PMSMF) as the FIM's 108th member federation. Able to accomplish what the United Nations has been unable to do in the past 25 years, the FIM acceptance is a growing trend in international politics, and it adds recognition to the the eight-year-old PMSMF, which has already be granted member status in the car realm with the FIA.


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Almost every family household these days will have had the dreaded conversation about kids being online too much. Parents worry as they don't know what their kids are up to, kids get annoyed because their parents 'don't understand'… it's a common situation that can end up in a lock of horns between both parties. It's…… Continue reading e-Safety An adult's guide
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Half term is nearly over and the evenings are rapidly drawing in. Halloween is upon us and the clocks have gone back. Here at Adventure Science we embarked on a new exciting experience this week. Rather than our usual model of us taking our business and knowledge into schools, we decided to take full advantage…… Continue reading The Big Adventure
Adventure Science – Back to School
As the new school year approaches and we brace ourselves for the autumn ahead, the Adventure Science team are back working even harder and preparing for a multitude of up and coming exciting projects! As a company, we are very much still in our infancy and are constantly being asked 'so…what exactly is Adventure Science?'.…… Continue reading Adventure Science – Back to School
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Adventure Scientists in the making.
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Allpress Espresso
Time Out says
We have yet to visit Allpress when it hasn't been crowded. This winning corner spot – tables and counter at one end of a light-filled room, the coffee roaster at the other – is a solid fixture in Shoreditch's increasingly well-populated catering scene. Allpress is for all sorts: local business or gallery people, families with young children, residents relaxing with the newspapers. Many come just for takeaways, and there's often a queue (which can sometimes lead to a wait for a table).
The coffee is terrific, whether filter or espresso-based. Happily, you don't need to fear ordering a plain espresso here; avoiding the extremes of long roasting time leaves the beans with flavours of berries and dark chocolate. Filter brews from a changing roster of beans are well made and well suited to more leisurely sipping. Food is a strong point. Baked goods are wonderful, and sandwiches more innovative than those at many comparable places. Allpress has it all.
Time Out Editors: Allpress opened a second London branch in summer 2015. Read our review of its Dalston Roastery & Café here.
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Still good coffee but it doesn't look like TimeOut's photo anymore. I thought this was supposed to be a new list? Anyway, it's moved a few doors down to the corner of the street and is teeny, teeny, tiny with hardly any food to speak of now. That photo makes it look like the Tardis. You could probably fit the whole of the new shop in that coffee roaster...
The barista was a miserable Aussie, who took an age to make a flat white. They roast their beans for far too long, making the coffee way to strong to the taste. It's a common fault with indie roasters unfortunately. Give them a few more months of complaints and they will eventually get it right. The space is clean, bright and a wonderful place to sit and drink a hot drink though. R.
Great tasting coffee. But the service can be embarrassingly slow - it took 20 minutes today to make a flat white and there was no apology from the staff - just a surly lack of interest. Very disappointing.
This place is probably one of or the best places for a coffee. Yes they don't obsess they just make good coffee and a lot of it. Never seen this place not packed. Service is great - shoreditch is renowned for being a tough place to get a smile. Have only ever been treated well in this hipster joint. I have been once a week at last for the past year and wouldn't go anywhere else!
Hello flat white. Hello mortadella sandwich. Hello hot girl who was on the till today. Nothing not to like about Allpress except its full all the time.
Love my weekend ritual of Allpress.. Eggs and soldiers, fresh oj and yummy filter! Had the Eccles cake too today. Was amaze! Can't understand comments below.. All the girls and guys are super nice! Just wish was more seating!!
I just read the crappy reviews when googling the actual name of this cafe and felt compelled to provide some balance - I had the first decent flat white with an extra shot coffee there this morning after 6 weeks in Europe. I saw them roasting the evening before and couldn't wait to get there this am. The coffee was perfect and the price was comparable to what I pay in Perth which really is expensive for what you often get. The staff seem normal for this grunge meets hip designer area and I sat and read the paper and used the ipad and Internet via subscription wi-fi happy as pig in the proverbial for an hour or so and quite comfortably despite the ebb and flow of other customers. Bought a takeaway for my wife and she gave it two thumbs up. I wish this was my local coffee joint!
This place takes forever to get a coffee. Bad service with no apologies after a 20 minute wait for a takeaway coffee on a non busy morning.
Too bad i read reviews just now...before going there. Stuff are not nice..with weird sense of humor. I asked if they can add more milk to my latte (was way too strong) and received "No", i was silent for a sec like wtf!? Then lady realised i didn't get her humor and just went to make some more milk for me... For my taste coffee wasnt nice... Also i ordered one almond croissant ...thought i would break my teeth, was hard like a stone! Friend of mine ordered sandwich..all ingredients came separate..so u have to make it your own...which is interesting, but whole hard boiled egg!?? Then some of the stuff came to measure our table while we were "enjoying" our meals....i found it quite rude.
coffee was good, service could do with a smile (at least a fake one). They need to rearrange the tables.
Coffee was ok but the staff really need to learn the art of customer service. Rude, disinterested and not even a fake smile! With such strong competition in the area this is not a smart choice in behaviour!
Allpress is the nearest coffee shop for me so I really tried to like it. But the girls behind the bar really need to improve their customer service skills! I ask myself everytime when I leave the shop who has recruited these people!! I have to say that the girl with the Eiffel Tower tattoo is really nice, but the rest... I never heard "hello", "thank you" or anything else from the others. They just place your coffee (take away) on the bar when its finished, without a word or a smile.
Great coffee... Great staff all bar the one older lady who was particularly rude with a huge attitude. Shame she let the rest of the girls down. There are many coffee shops in the area and she's given me and I'm sure many others a good reason not to return. Not so bad now but given the area they can be sure the hype will run down!
I just love Allpress... they are currently closed for christmas and im really missing the place. The staff make it what it is... the little red head dani and blonde gemma really make the place what it is. Calling people by name and teasing the locals. Mixed plate is AMAZING with egg, avo, ham, cheese, tom and some mixed toast. Another favourite is the stufffed mushrooms. Allpress we have been waiting a long time for you! Im a yoga teacher around the corner and so happy its only a little walk for great coffee, service and a smile!
Beautiful coffee shop and the roastery in the same room only adds to it. Minimalist wooden furniture and fresh coffee just go so well together. Coffee tastes great in the cafe as well as at home if you buy some beans or ground coffee. Did not try sandwiches, but looked good. I don't get dboy's comment about the ongoing gentrification of Redchurch Street. Its not a Pret, not an Eat and the coffee is superb. And it has soul! Before so-called 'gentrification', Redchurch Street was just another pitiful alley of same, same, sad boozers and unappealing fake leather shops. But each to their own...
I love Allpress and have to disagree with the comment below about not having wifi.. I'm tired of seeing mac books on every table and people treating social spaces like an office. Also to call it drip coffee this person doesnt have the taste buds to comment. Sandwiches are great, if not on the expensive side but staff told me everything is sourced from the best and this will obviously reflect in the price! I'm happy to pay extra to not eat cheddar on hovis white bread.
1st good coffee I've found in London.
I did enjoy coming here as i just live a few doors down, the coffee tastes great but the amount you get is ridiculous in comparison to the price you pay, but we are all hipsters and put up with it. While waiting in the queue today I ripped my £5 note by accident and asked if they could just tape it and they refused. I could have paid by card but a taped note is still just as valid and as a regular i decided that they should have no more of my custom, the next shop down the road didn't mind and shall be henceforth my place of choice. Thankfully this area is beautifully gentrified so it wasn't a long walk to find another overpriced coffeeshop.
Worth a visit, as a non-londoner, I like the quirkiness, yet, smart presentation of Allpress. I know there are probably hundreds of independents that deserve my patronage, but the staff were friendly, it is clean and bright. The on-site coffee roaster is pretty cool too... As far as the coffee goes, it's London, you pays what you gets... if you like coffee, go to Allpress, if you like milk and syrup, with a single weak, poorly extracted coffee shot waved at it, then by all means, hit the starbucks. Well run, and good coffee drinking staff, so at least they like what they serve!
£2.50 for a take away coffee that tastes as good as it gets is cheap in my mind considering down the road at your chain franchise you pay £2.20 for the same size but get more milk and hazelnut flavouring than anything else... The staff are friendly, funny and enjoy themselves. The food is equally good.
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EIGHT FLOOD warnings remained in force Sunday evening despite an improving forecast for Yorkshire.
The Environment Agency said people should remain vigilant as river levels remain high and wet weather is likely to continue into this week.
The flood warnings covered the rivers Aire, Derwent and Ouse. The agency said it was not expecting to issue any new ones in the next 24 hours.
A spokeswoman added: "Incident rooms remain open and staff continue to monitor the situation around the clock both in the office and out on the ground with field teams inspecting flood defences across Yorkshire.
"Environment Agency teams have been working 24/7 over Christmas to support communities in Leeds and York affected by December's floods and prepare for further rainfall.
"Repairs have been completed to the Foss Barrier and it is now operational. River levels in York will remain high over the next few days in response to recent and forecast rainfall. We are making sure communities across Yorkshire are getting all the support they need for the response and clean-up operation."
The update came as Prime Minister David Cameron tried to seize back the political initiative with the announcement of £40m extra funding for Yorkshire's flood defences.
Overall the weather situation has improved but the Met Office has forecast further heavy rain into Monday across parts of north-east England.
York's Foss Barrier is now operational and flood waters in the city have receded but the River Ouse is set to remain high for several days.
Environment Agency teams remain out in force pumping away flood water, repairing damaged defences, clearing river blockages, monitoring water levels and sending out flood warnings. Environment Agency staff from across the country have been sent to provide support in affected areas.
Over 40 additional Environment Agency pumps have been dispatched to the north of England to ensure that flood water is pumped away as fast as river levels will allow.
Craig Woolhouse, Director of Incident Management at the Environment Agency, said: "We will continue to work with local authorities to support communities that are recovering from the devastating impacts of flooding and our thoughts are with everyone who has been affected by these terrible floods.
"In many parts of northern England the overall situation has improved but we are keeping a close watch on the potential impact of more wet weather Sunday and Monday in the south-west and north-east of England.
"Our teams are working around the clock to repair flood defences, protect communities, and pump away flood water.
"Communities affected by flooding can find advice on the Environment Agency website, local authorities' websites and on social media using #floodaware."


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The Chapter was created in September 2011, although most members of this chapter work with honeypots since 2001 and were part of another chapter in the past.
In the Distributed Honeypots Project we developed some tools to emulate the SIP protocol. Regarding data analysis, instead of focusing in the scanning/reconnaissance aspects, the focus was on analyzing only the characteristics of the INVITE messages. Together with a CERT.br staff member we worked in the analysis of all call attempts. The analysis of data collected between September 2011 and September 2012 will be published next December at the Usenix ;login: Magazine.
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The 2 most attacked services in our network of 50 honeypots are SSH and SIP.
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