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In an interview Tuesday, Gifford said NBC has asked her not to plug her new Gifft chardonnay and red blend on the show.
"They let me announce it and then they've asked us to please not discuss it right now," Gifford said. "We're in the middle of the big takeover of a major corporation. I think they just want to be — and rightfully so — very careful. Everybody wants to dot i's and cross t's and you notice the wine is still sitting there but they've just asked me to be a little careful while they're under great scrutiny and I'm happy to do that."
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Growth is the lifeblood of the independent advisory industry. In addition to greater rewards to firm owners in the form of increasing returns and higher share value, the potential benefits of growth extend to employees as well as clients. Growth creates career opportunities and greater earning potential for staff. Growth can help broaden a firm's resources and deepen its technical expertise, resulting in improved quality of client service delivery.
Mismanaged growth can put firms at risk, however, stressing their foundations and threatening profitability. To achieve sustainable growth, firms need to take a deliberate approach, one that FA Insight describes as "growth by design." With a thoughtful, strategic approach, firms can take advantage of economies of scale, build value and protect profitability.
Because sustainable growth is so important, "The 2012 FA Insight Study of Advisory Firms: Growth by Design" features a detailed examination of how firms grow and how they should grow. Here, in the first of four planned articles over the course of the next 12 months, we provide an overview of study findings.
The 2012 study, with record firm participation, is the fourth in an annual industry benchmarking series begun by FA Insight in 2009. The 2012 study is preceded by "The 2011 FA Insight Study of Advisory Firms: People and Pay," an effort that focused on assisting firms to attract and retain the right people and map a path that progresses them toward ownership. (See www.AdvisorOne.com/tag/People-and-Pay.)
Impressive Gains Mask Potential Liabilities
Independent advisory firms can point to solid accomplishments in 2011. The typical firm, retaining more than 97% of existing clients, added nearly four new clients for every one client lost. As a result, the median firm expanded its client base by 6.1% in 2011, the best year for adding clients since 2008. Firms are optimistic about surpassing that rate in 2012, expecting to finish the current year with a 6.9% increase in total clients (see Figure 1, left).
While the rate of client growth improved, lackluster performance of securities markets slowed the growth of advisory firm assets under management (AUM). Up just 6.9% for the typical firm in 2011, AUM grew at less than half the rate experienced in 2010, a year when the economy and financial markets rebounded from recession. Advisors are hopeful for another rebound in 2012, however, expecting AUM to grow more than twice as much as last year.
Indeed, in spite of declining appreciation in client investment portfolios, advisory firms maintained slower but still solid revenue growth, largely because of their ability to attract new clients. Revenue for the typical firm rose 14.5% in 2011.
While off three percentage points from 2010, revenue growth in 2011, combined with limited growth in staff, contributed to levels of productivity and income per owner that the industry has not seen since the onset of the recession (see Figure 2, right). After all three measures declined dramatically for the typical firm in 2009, revenue per professional is up 22%, revenue per total staff is up 19% and income per owner is up 32% in the two years since the market bottom.
Expenses Grow Despite Productivity Improvements
The upsurge in productivity, however, has not been accompanied by efficiency gains, and expense management is a growing concern. While firms have added clients to help fuel revenue growth, clients are increasingly more costly to service (see Figure 3, right).
Overhead expenses reflect all advisory firm costs that are not directly related to delivery of advice or revenue generation, including items such as support staff compensation, office rent and technology. Since 2008, median overhead costs per client rose at an average rate of more than 9% per year, outpacing growth in client size as measured by AUM.
In 2011, the rise in indirect costs was particularly steep. Overhead expenses per client rose 17%, contributing to a 10% decline in profit per client. For the typical firm, overhead expenses increased from 38.1% of revenue in 2010 to 39.2% in 2011.
Declining Profitability
Rising expenses resulted in declining profitability, despite revenue growth. The median operating profit margin fell from 18.9% in 2010 to 14.2% in 2011 (see Figure 4, right). Owners' overall efficiency in converting income from firm revenue declined as well. Owner income (including owner compensation and profits) as a share of revenue fell to 47% in 2011 compared with 50% in 2010.
Undoubtedly, better times have returned for advisory firms, but the inability of many to grow in a manner that contains expenses and upholds profitably is cause for concern. Without achieving more profitable growth, firm owners will fail to capitalize on the advantages of scale and struggle to build value in the enterprises they have created.
Multiple Benefits of Growth
The importance of growth and the need for advisory firms to make growth a priority cannot be overstated. The most commonly cited benefits of growth are increased efficiency, profitability and productivity. These advantages are typical of firms realizing economies of scale. In addition to better quality client service, firms also report that growth offers a variety of benefits related to personnel. For example, growth often brings:
- Greater career opportunity
- Reduced dependency on key individuals
- Improved management capabilities
- Greater succession choices
- An improved ability to attract talent
Growth Can Also Have Negative Consequences
Growth does not always work in a firm's favor, however. As Growth by Design and previous FA Insight industry studies have shown, expenses can explode and profit margins can erode if growth is uncontrolled. Firms that rapidly add clients and grow revenue may at the same time experience rising overhead expenses and lower operating profit margins.
Three-quarters of firms achieving significant growth reported at least one negative impact as a result. The most commonly cited negative impacts of growth were:
- More challenges in providing career paths for all staff
- Increased dependency on key personnel
- Management capacity, technology and operating systems that cannot keep pace
Standout Firms: Higher Growth, Revenue and Owner Income
The ability to grow revenue without sacrificing owner income is a distinguishing feature of elite firms, defined here as Standout firms, or those in the top 25% of firms surveyed. By definition, and similar to our studies in past years, Standouts excel when measured by recent growth and current income. In 2011, depending upon the firm stage of development, Standouts relative to their peers achieved:
- Eight to 47 percentage points higher rate of annual revenue growth
- Twelve to 19 cents more in owner income per every dollar of revenue generated
Superior revenue growth stems from Standouts simply being better at growing their client base than their peers. Standouts are more typically motivated to grow in order to better meet the demanding needs of clients and shareholders.
Lower expenses and higher productivity drives the Standout advantage in income generation. Standouts are more careful about how they spend their money than their peers. They focus on how resources are deployed, rather than how much resources are deployed.
Standouts have been able to lower their overhead expenses as a share of revenue, usually by employing efficient and disciplined staffing practices. They also spend significantly less on non-professional staff and somewhat less on total professional compensation as a share of revenue.
Productivity is another area where Standouts shine. Professionals at Standout firms are far less likely to be under capacity than their peers at other firms, and this usually means higher revenue per professional.
Growth: Sustainable or At Risk?
Without question, the 2012 FA Insight study has found that there is a right way and a wrong way to grow. A firm growing the right way takes full advantage of scale and builds value, but value is significantly undermined if a firm grows in an undisciplined way.
To probe further into how firms can grow well, FA Insight divided advisory firms into two groups: '"sustainable growth" firms that had no significant problems as they grew and "growth-at-risk" firms, which experienced one or more negative impacts. Findings from this comparison complement and add to insight provided by the Standout firms.
Sustainable growth firms excel at converting revenue to owner income and keeping overhead expenses low. The profit margin for the typical sustainable growth firm, at 23%, is markedly higher than the 14% achieved by growth-at-risk firms. Sustainable growth firms not only achieve better profitability, but have set a course toward a steady build-up in enterprise value. They are enjoying these benefits of scale because of the following practices:
- Market focus. Tailoring the client value proposition and client experience to meet the needs of a clearly defined target market.
- Sound management practices. Managing people, technology and processes in a way that helps to maximize efficiency and productivity.
- Discipline. Consistently implementing and reviewing firm processes.
The market focus of sustainable growth firms is demonstrated through adhering to a target market, developing a clear client value proposition and implementing the value proposition consistently.
Leveraging the Operational Infrastructure
Sustainable growth firms particularly outshine their peers by having a rock-solid operational infrastructure, designed around client needs, that allows them to more consistently deliver value to their clients. Nearly all of them (97%) felt their value proposition was consistently implemented.
Potential performance issues are defused by focusing more on how work gets done than how money might solve a problem. Compared with growth-at-risk firms, sustainable growth firms' major business-to-client processes are more likely to be well-documented and well-understood by staff members. They are about three times as likely to have a mechanism in place for ongoing process improvement. As a result of these efforts, they are about twice as likely to consistently implement processes.
Additionally, sustainable growth firms are more likely to proactively manage technology by:
- Integrating technology components to fully support business-to-client processes
- Providing staffers with both initial technology training as well as ongoing training resources
- Setting annual budgets for new investments in technology
- Applying a consistent process in evaluating technology investments
Engineering Scale to Realize Economies
Growth is essential for owners who want to build value in their firms. Indeed, advisory firms are positioned well for growth, as they continue to add clients and increase revenues. But growth does not always benefit firms and, if done the wrong way, can be detrimental.
Achieving the full benefits of growth and avoiding negative consequences does not happen by accident. The market focus, management practices and general discipline of sustainable growth firms combine as a formidable defense against growth's negative impacts.
Creating sustainable growth requires a deliberate approach. It is an approach that stresses foresight, careful planning and thoughtful management that will put firms on the right path for realizing scale economies that translate into shareholder value. Further, in addition to economic and personal rewards for shareholders, growth by design promises career opportunities and job satisfaction for staff and superior service delivery for clients.
More to Come
In the months ahead, Investment Advisor readers can look forward to additional articles that will further explore strategies for achieving sustainable growth. While our current article provides a high-level overview of the 2012 "Growth by Design" findings, future articles will probe more specific best practices related to achieving sustainable growth. For more comprehensive guidance, including benchmarking data, the complete "Growth by Design" study is available for order through FA Insight.


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Word Count: 2205
Disclaimer: They're not mine, unfortunately.
Notes: Written for a fic meme, for notchka88 who requested "Kirk & Uhura as besties." I did that, but naturally had to throw in some K/S.
Summary: Jim spends the day with Uhura. Coffee, gossip, shopping, and Uhura encourages Jim to admit his secret crush.
It was Jim's favorite part of shore leave.
Uhura had been sworn to secrecy, and she was more than happy to keep the knowledge to herself if it meant she had someone to shop and gossip with.
It always starts the same, with Uhura sitting in a coffee shop waiting for Jim. Sure enough, always late but never a no-show, Jim sneaks in wearing sunglasses and a hat and looking suspiciously at the other patrons.
"Have you seen anyone?" He always whispers across the table, never relaxing until Uhura confirms she hasn't seen a crew member since she left the ship.
Jim finally grins as he takes the hat off and pulls the sunglasses down to stare at Uhura over the top of them. "Did you order my usual?"
She grins back, pushing a cup towards him, "don't I always?"
Jim tosses the hat and sunglasses on the table before taking a swig of coffee. "Hot!" he gasps, nearly choking on the steaming liquid.
"Blow on it, Jim." Uhura laughs. "I swear, you're like a giant child."
Jim sticks his tongue out at her. "Be nice to me or I'll go back to the ship."
"No you won't, you love this too much."
Jim reluctantly nods in agreement.
"So what's the plan for today?"
"The usual," Uhura replies. "Coffee, clothes shopping, I need a new dress and you said you needed new underwear."
Jim nods again.
"And I have to fill you in on Chapel's new guy."
Jim raises an eyebrow, "she's not still after Spock, is she?"
"Nooo, you don't have to worry about that. This is someone new."
"I'm not worried about it," Jim says as he blows on his coffee.
"Right, Jim," Uhura replies with a smirk.
Jim loves sitting outside the change room, commenting on Uhura's clothing choices as she models them. It reminds him of when he was a kid and his mom would get dressed up for dates – he'd comment on her clothes, usually negatively in the hopes of encouraging her to just stay home with him.
With Uhura he's more honest.
"Nice cleavage."
She tosses a hanger in his direction.
"What?!" he says exasperatedly. "It's true!"
She glares at him, but sticks the dress in the 'keep' pile.
He calls under the door as she tries on another dress, "so tell me about Chapel's new man."
"You're not going to believe who it is."
"Try me."
Uhura interrupts her changing, holding a dress over herself as she opens the door a crack to peer out at Jim.
"It's Leonard McCoy."
Jim grins. "You're kidding."
Uhura eyes him suspiciously. "You already knew, didn't you?"
"No, no," Jim says. "This is new information."
"Liar!" She says with a laugh. "How did you find out?"
Jim points to himself. "Umm.. Bones's best friend? Jim Kirk? Ring a bell?"
"Okay, you knew already. So why didn't you tell me?!"
"I was going to! I was saving it for shore leave gossip."
"Fine," Uhura says with mock frustration, closing the door again. "You're forgiven."
Jim sits silently for a few minutes, watching the store employees walk by.
"So.." He hesitates. "You think she's over Spock then?"
Uhura's laughter trickles out from under the door. "Well, she didn't really have a choice. He wasn't interested."
"No?" Jim asks casually as the change room door swings open.
Uhura walks out and stands in front of the mirror. "What do you think of this one?"
"It's cute, but the red one is nicer."
"But I'm always in red."
Jim grins. "Yeah, well, it suits you."
She ends up buying three dresses, including the one with the great cleavage. And the red one.
"I don't know how you go through underwear so fast."
It's Uhura's turn to sit outside the change room, watching Jim disappear and reappear wearing various types of boxers and briefs.
"I'm always ripping them. My pants, my underwear, my uniform shirts. Starfleet replaces it all, but I hate their standard issue regulation underwear.
Uhura laughs. "You're supposed to wear it though, you know."
"I'm Jim Kirk. If I want to keep getting laid I'm not wearing those all the time."
Jim disappears into the change room, only to reappear in red boxer briefs.
He stands in front of the mirror, pulling at the bottoms of the briefs where the fabric touches his legs. Even with his own underwear as an extra layer underneath, his ass looks fantastic and Uhura tells him so.
He shifts in the mirror, attempting to crane his neck to get a look at his own butt. "You think so?"
Uhura nods. "I'm almost jealous."
He grins at her in the mirror and she grins back.
"So.." She begins casually, as Jim continues to stare at himself. "Who are you trying to impress?"
Jim turns suddenly to disappear into the change room. "The ladies," he replies as an afterthought just as he closes the door.
"Ahh, the ladies," Uhura replies. "Anyone else?"
"Don't know what you're talking about!" Jim shouts under the door in a sing-song voice.
Uhura waits until he reappears, wearing blue briefs. They're so small his white regulation briefs stick out from the top and bottom.
"Woah!" She jokingly shields her eyes. "Those are tiny. I can see everything."
Jim adjusts the fabric over his bulge. "Shut up."
She watches him watching himself in the mirror. "Blue, huh?"
Jim glances up at her for a second before turning back to his own reflection. "Yeah, so? Blue's nice."
"Yeah, definitely. And it's a nice shade of blue." Uhura says, trying to hide a smile. "What shade is that anyway? I'd almost call it..." She pauses dramatically. "Science blue."
Jim turns again and disappears into the change room.
"I'm okay with it, you know," she calls after him.
There's a long silent pause behind the change room door.
Finally Jim speaks. "Okay with what?"
"With your crush on Spock."
There's another long pause, and Uhura notes that Jim doesn't shout denials under the door.
When he reappears wearing his regular clothes, he looks at her meekly. "I don't have a crush on Spock."
She laughs. "Jim, don't even start with me."
"This one's nice," Jim says, handing Uhura a bottle of pale pink nail polish.
He'd love to say she drags him kicking and screaming to the cosmetics section, but, in truth, he always goes willingly.
Uhura holds up the bottle, comparing it to another one in her hand.
"So, if someone did have a crush on Spock.." Jim says quietly. "How would someone go about pursuing that..?"
He holds his hand out to Uhura and lets her test the polish on his nails. She paints his index finger with one shade of pink, and his middle finger with the other. They always do it this way because testing it on herself would mess up Uhura's own nails.
"Well, if someone wanted to pursue Spock," Uhura begins as she tilts his fingers into the light, comparing the two colors. "I'd suggest taking it slow. He's old-fashioned and, you know, Vulcan."
"What type of.. people does he go for?"
Uhura smiles at him. "He appreciates intelligence, so you've got that going for you."
Instead of protesting the mention of himself, Jim gives in and simply nods.
"He likes chess, so you have that in common."
Jim nods again, his hand still outstretched as Uhura paints his fingers with two new colors.
"He's surprisingly sensitive, but he masks it of course. Just like this guy I know." She gives Jim a wink. "He's a workaholic, and the ship is his number one priority."
"Same with me."
Uhura nods, eying him carefully. "Yeah. So you're both in love with the ship, and you're both in love with you."
Jim's eyes grow wide. "What the hell do you mean by that?"
"You know, you, in love with yourself--"
"No, no," Jim interrupts, careful not to pull his hand from Uhura's grasp. "The joke about Spock being in love with me. That's not funny."
Uhura gives him a look, as if he's the biggest idiot alive. "It's not a joke, Jim. Why do you think he avoided Christine Chapel for so long? He was in love with someone else."
Jim stares at her in shock. "Me?"
He yanks his hand from her grasp, effectively smearing green nail polish across his fingers. "Why didn't you tell me?!"
"Jim, calm down." Uhura reaches for his hand again, resuming her testing. "I didn't tell you because I was waiting to see how you felt. If you weren't interested in him, there was no point telling you."
"So how do you know this? Did he tell you?"
"He didn't have to tell me. I can just see it." Uhura grabs Jim's other hand and paints on a shade of purple. "The same way I could see it in you."
"Oh." Jim's face falls a little. "So you could be wrong."
She pauses her testing and looks up at him reassuringly. "Jim, I know Spock. Trust me, I'm not wrong."
They stand in silence for a few minutes as Uhura examines the colors on Jim's hand, and Jim contemplates the news he's just received.
"Is this why.." Jim pauses. "You know."
"Why Spock and I broke up?"
"No, our break up was a mutual thing. We're just better as friends."
"But that doesn't make you his second choice, if that's what you're thinking."
Jim glances up at Uhura, and she smiles at him.
"I think he's been attracted to you since you guys first met. And then he got to know you and he fell. Hard."
"Yeah, well, that makes two of us."
Uhura lets Jim's hand fall, and she picks up two bottles before heading to the front of the store.
"So you're okay with this?" Jim calls after her as he jogs to catch up.
She pauses at the souvenir counter, pointing to some brightly colored stones. "You have to get something for your mom."
"Oh, right." Jim moves cautiously around the table, pretending to examine the souvenirs.
"So you're okay with this?" He asks again, after a moment.
Uhura glances up at him and smiles. "Jim, I don't normally approve of friends dating my exes. But you boys are clearly obsessed with each other."
Jim nods, picking up a random stone and following Uhura to the register.
"Besides," Uhura adds. "I want you to be happy. And I want Spock to be happy."
As Uhura sets her purchases on the counter, Jim comes up behind and wraps his arms around her waist. He buries his face between her neck and shoulder, and smiles. "You're the best."
She wraps her own arms around his, patting his hands. "I know. And you'd better not forget it."
"You pick the restaurant," Jim says. "Whatever you want, my treat."
"Jim, you always pay for dinner anyway."
"I know, I know, but just pretend. Today it's because you're so goddamn beautiful and amazing."
Uhura smiles and winks at him. "You'd think I just helped you get laid or something."
"Better than that," Jim grins as he follows her into her restaurant of choice. "It's better than that."
"Eat quick," Jim says after they've been seated.
Uhura glares at him over the top of her menu. "Why?"
"We've gotta get back to the ship. I've got new underwear, and a sexy Vulcan to pursue."
"Jim, be nice to him!" Uhura laughs, tossing a napkin at Jim. "He's shy and sensitive."
"A sexy and shy Vulcan to pursue! Even better!" Jim gives her a wink as she tosses a spoon in his direction.
They place their order and Jim takes a sip from his water glass. "I'm joking, you know."
"Joking about what?"
"The underwear thing, and the shy, sexy Vulcan." Jim pauses as he takes another sip of water. "I'm going to be nice to him."
Uhura grins. "I know, Jim."
"I do want to get back to the ship, though." Jim smiles shyly. "Just to see him."
Uhura jokingly rolls her eyes. "Oh god, you're like an adorable little lovestruck puppy."
It's Jim's turn to toss a spoon in her direction. "Shut up," he says with a laugh.
"Dinner first," Uhura replies. "A nice gossipy dinner together, and then we're going back to the ship. Deal?"
Jim grins and blows her a kiss. "Deal."


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Cam Jennings's curator insight, January 7, 2014 4:34 PM
Edward oh Edward look what you have done.
This is the Asian Century and thank you to RDR for the original post.
Tjc ChinaStudies's curator insight, May 25, 2015 11:32 AM
In general, this article talks about increased chinese crackdowns on online dissidents, who carry out searches into the personal details of officials of the party and other high ranking cadres.
What to take away:
- Chinese control of the media remains strong, and it appears that any form of use against the goverment is cracked down on (compromise freedom of speech, as well as accountability of the govt. to the people)
-Used to limit chinese access to infomation as well, necessary to do so to keep in power?
-Xi made a speech in August calling for the propaganda department to build a strong army to control the ground media (example)
Cam Jennings's curator insight, January 7, 2014 4:32 PM
Thank you to RDR for originally posting this article.
Edward Snowden has created an awareness not just in the world of the average mom & pop, but more importantly within the PRC & USA DOD.
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The clot thickens: New anticoagulant challenges warfarin
Blood is thicker than water, they say. Oh, really? What about those rich families who disown their children and leave them nothing? Zilch, Nada. Disowning children is a popular pastime among many cultures to make family trees look like twigs.
In general, though, I do think families stick together like peanut butter and jelly. Perhaps it's the love the binds the family, and maybe blood shouldn't be so thick.
What happens when the blood clots up in the wrong places?
"Thinning" the blood is a pretty common practice in medicine. (Thinning is a common term for inhibiting blood clot formation.) Over three million Americans have a heart arrhythmia called atrial fibrillation (A-fib). This irregular heart beat can lead to a stroke if a blood clot forms within the heart chamber, and thus many folks with A-fib are on a blood thinner called warfarin (brand name Coumadin).
After heart attack and stroke, venous thromboembolism is the most common cardiovascular disorder– about one million cases a year. A deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot in the deeper veins of the legs that can travel up to the lungs to cause a pulmonary embolism (PE), which can be fatal.
These conditions are also treated with warfarin, which is not the easiest thing to manage. Yes, warfarin is well known to be a rat poison (which sounds like "wharf" riddled with rats). In therapeutic doses, it inhibits the clotting mechanism in humans to reduce the risk of strokes in those who have a-fib and to prevent DVT formation.
Warfarin is tricky to manage because many things interact with it. The INR is the lab test we use to see if the warfarin dose is effective. The higher the INR, the less likely a blood clot will form (i.e. thinner blood). The lower the INR, the more likely a blood clot will form. Because the therapeutic window of INR is pretty narrow, only 55-60 percent of patients regularly achieve their targeted INR values on warfarin. So INR levels have to be checked frequently, at least once a month.
Many drugs will increase the INR, which means the blood is thinner and bleeding occurs much more easily.
Vitamin K counteracts warfarin, so eating foods with vitamin K lowers the INR to make blood clots form easier. Vitamin K is found in many healthy foods, in particular green leafy vegetables.
Pradaxa is the newest anticoagulation drug on the block for A-fib (nonvalvular type such as having had a valve replacement) and venous thromboembolism. Unlike warfarin, lab tests are not needed. No INR! That is a cost saver to Medicare and the patient. Moreover, it's less of a hassle for the patient and health care providers.
Unlike warfarin, this drug doesn't interact with many medicines. Also, vitamin K doesn't interfere with Pradaxa, which means less chance of developing a blood clot as well as improving one's diet by eating more fresh vegetables. Perhaps that's a reason Pradaxa at 150mg twice a day has been shown to be more effective than warfarin in preventing stroke from a-fib.
Pradaxa costs up to $8 a day ($240 a month)! Also, it's a twice-a-day drug, and some patients don't remember to take the second dose (though if it were a beauty or weight loss pill, I bet they'd remember). It can also upset the stomach.
True Blood? Try Thin Blood on HBO. Vampires who suck the blood of anticoagulated victims will bruise and bleed like an extra on Dexter.
Dr. Hook cracks a joke or two, but he's a respected physician with an interesting website, drjohnhong.com. Email him with your questions!


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Death toll in NYC explosion climbs to 8
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NEW YORK >> New York officials say an eighth victim has been pulled from the rubble of a gas explosion that destroyed two buildings in East Harlem.
No name or identifying details were given for the body taken from the rubble Thursday. Of the seven other victims recovered, three women and one man have been identified A handful of people are still unaccounted for and it's still being treated as a rescue mission.
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Torrey Pines girls volleyball team learns to cope with losing
Editor's note: This is part 2 of a 5-part series detailing the highs and lows of the Torrey Pines girls volleyball team, which began the season ranked No. 1 in the country.
As she sniffles and wipes her face clean, Savannah Rennie hears only silence. She doesn't need to look up to know her teammates are looking at her, waiting for her to answer her coach's question.
Lately, the Falcons have been gradually declining on the court and in the polls. They are no longer ranked No. 1 nationally, parachuting down from their preseason mountain peak into the No. 11 spot.
A day after another lethargic win, coach Brennan Dean has called a team meeting to find out why.
"Come back to her," somebody finally says, as Rennie's silence becomes uncomfortable.
"Someone else go ahead," another teammate agrees.
"No," says Dean. "Let's hear it."
Normally, Rennie is a private person. A loner of sorts, the sophomore outside hitter isolates herself emotionally from her teammates and almost never expresses her feelings out loud.
On this particular night, though, a day after Torrey Pines improved to 20-2, Rennie has no choice.
Dean asks for her participation. Her teammates, upset at their recent slide, insist that she empathize.
"Tear it up on me," Dean continues. "What about confidence? Where is yours?"
Rennie hesitates, debating whether to respond truthfully.
"Nowhere," she admits, crying.
"Obviously, I haven't been performing. I've been putting more stress and pressure on myself. It's unhealthy for me, but it's a habit because I'm a perfectionist. I'm trying my best."
She is no different than her teammates, just the first to disclose her struggles with confidence.
Rennie's confession gives others confidence. One by one, teammates begin to acknowledge the hefty burden they feel — an improbable quest for perfection that began when the team was nationally ranked preseason No. 1.
The recent plunge from grace was slowly eroding confidence and morale, and shredding the team apart.
"Everyone is so focused on getting the perfect touch, the perfect hit, the perfect play that it's not fun anymore," says junior setter Mikaela Duhs. "We practice and all make mistakes and wonder what's happening because we're supposed to be perfect."
Emma Shafer, huddled up on the couch next to Duhs, chimes in. "Especially since we lost in Nebraska and lost the No. 1 ranking. It's taken a toll on me," she says. "It was supposed to be a perfect season."
Dean follows with a simple question. "What's been perfect in your life?"
A month prior, these issues were non-existent. Confidence overflowed, the bond between teammates strengthening with each match.
It started in September with the Durango Fall Classic. The annual Las Vegas invitation-only tournament, which showcases 48 teams, included 16 that were nationally ranked.
Torrey Pines — one game into the season — traveled to challenge themselves against the country's best and demonstrate why they towered over everyone in the national rankings.
"The Durango tournament, in my opinion, is the most prestigious high school tournament in the United States right now," Dean said.
Each winning point drew ovations from Falcons teammates looking on from the bench. Duhs raced up and down the sidelines with her palms glued together like praying hands, dapping off the outstretched hands of backup players turned cheerleaders during aces.
Players bumped chests. Even errors triggered a positive reaction. You could hear shouts of "shake it off" and other words of encouragement.
It was pandemonium.
On the court, Torrey Pines huddled together after each point to echo the cheers from the sidelines and build confidence. Middle blocker Katelyn Cuff and outside hitter Madison Dutra shimmied and shook their bodies at each dead ball, as if pleading their case for bids on dancing with the stars.
Laughter rang out, arms and clenched fists charged in the air in celebration like Tiger Woods at the 2005 Masters.
"Next point" was the common expression. They rode that mantra past Redlands East Valley and Thousand Oaks and Redondo Union. Then they handled Assumption, the No. 2 nationally-ranked team and defending Durango Classic champion, in the finals (25-22, 14-25, 25-16).
All without 6-foot-5 middle blocker Jennie Frager, who had been recovering from an elbow injury that sidelined her most of last season.
"The fact that they have so many teams; it's invitation only, very early in our season — we had only played one game in the season while others had played as many as 15 games; it's extremely grueling and we won it without our full squad, makes it truly special." Dean said.
Moments after winning the tournament, a TV reporter was interviewing Dutra and outside hitter Reilly Buechler. The rest of the team had other plans.
Huddling together behind their teammates on camera, they unleashed a team chant.
"Falcons on three. Falcons on three," their voices rang. "One, two, three, Falcons."
"When you win a tournament of that magnitude, where you know you have to bring your "A" game, you expect to win everything," Chandler said.
That aura lasted 11 days. Torrey Pines lost its first match of the season against Papillion-La Vista South in Nebraska on Sept. 26.
Their ranking remained in tact, but their perfect season did not. Shortly after, they dropped their second match, this time to Marymount, and finished third at the California challenge — their own tournament.
The players were shocked. This wasn't supposed to happen. They were the No. 1 team in the country. They weren't supposed to lose at all, let alone twice.
They started pressing – desperately trying to be perfect to live up to that expectation. But that only led to more mistakes.
As those errors mounted, the positive attitude disappeared. Some players started dragging in to practice, muttering complaints under their breath. Effort waned. Players coasted through drills, trying to just get to the end of the session.
That mentality affected their performance during matches. Against an 0-16 Mt. Carmel team it fully manifested. Eyes rolled. Bodies slouched. Girls pouted. Hand slaps replaced high fives.
Dean, too. He barely said a word to his team, although serves flew out of bounds, girls played out of position, passes and sets varied and attacks crashed into the net. He just stood there, deep furrows in his brows, clenching a clipboard in disbelief.
The "love fest," as Dean describe it, which took place in Vegas between the girls, had officially ended. Mistakes triggered bickering. Bickering triggered animosity. And animosity triggered selfish, hero ball.
Even on the sidelines, the non-starters, who normally rallied behind their teammates and delivered words of encouragement, were lifeless as buttons.
The scoreboard read Torrey Pines (25-15, 25-15, 25-21) — a victory for the Falcons — but Dean was far from pleased.
"That game was embarrassing," Dean said, sick of watching his team slowly implode. They were having a mid-season crisis. A "therapy session" was overdue.
"I guess the thing that I've been struggling with the last 24 and 48 hours has been this reflection upon Las Vegas occurring: what has changed, what is different about our team," Dean said the following day.
He pointed out a lack of motivation and desire, confidence issues among the girls and the rifts between teammates. When he'd finished, he asked the girls if they saw it, too?
"In Vegas, we would compensate for others mistakes. We would help each other to keep points alive. If someone was playing a bit off, others would pick it up," said senior libero Maddy Kerr.
"Now, if one person is having a bad game, it's bringing everyone else down. It should be everyone else's job to bring that person back up."
Yet, instead of lifting those in need, girls tore others down both verbally and non-verbally.
"Our body posture is ridiculous," said senior outside hitter Kendall Kaestner. "People are getting pissed off and responding to how other players are playing non-verbally. Yes, you might not be saying something out loud, but your body expresses it all."
Moments later, Rennie opened up further and pointed the finger directly at herself. Dean and the team overwhelmingly embraced her honesty.
"Thank you," Dean responded. "Thank you for sharing that and pointing yourself out in front of the team."
That moment broke ground.
Rennie's vulnerability, which the others had never seen, stopped the bleeding. It applied a much-needed Band-Aid over a fresh, open wound for herself and the team. And it began the process of unifying the girls again.
"That was very hard for me, but sharing that with the group was important to move on," Rennie said. "My team needed to hear that from me, come from my mouth.
"We're not going to be that team anymore. We're going to move forward and continue to climb that ladder."


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In 2012, in celebration of the ninetieth anniversary of the founding of the Jewish Institute of Religion in 1922 by Rabbi Stephen S. Wise and the Free Synagogue, the New York campus kicked off a year of events honoring our past, giving gratitude for all that our community has become, and committing ourselves to continue the spirit of JIR as we look to the future. We looked with hope to our students, who represent the future religious leadership of Reform and liberal Judaism. We urged them to be Wise – to think imaginatively in relation to the needs of our contemporary Jewish community .
Through the Be Wise Fellowship in Jewish Entrepreneurialism, we dared students to make real their own vision for liberal Judaism of the twenty-first century. Students were challenged to design a project that would promote entrepreneurialism and bring a spirit of innovation and creativity to campus by exploring and experimenting with community-building and outreach techniques. Students submitted proposals to the Be Wise Fellowship in Jewish Entrepreneurialism Committee outlining the need or problem they intended to address, what they hoped to achieve, and how the project carried on the work of Rabbi Stephen S. Wise and his vision for the Jewish Institute of Religion.
Now in its third year, the Be Wise Fellowship in Jewish Entrepreneurialism provides an opportunity for students to explore our history and to further Wise's legacy by conceptualizing and carrying out bold and creative initiatives that respond to the needs of contemporary Jewry. Students are invited to work individually or in groups to design a project that will promote entrepreneurialism and bring a spirit of innovation and creativity to campus as well as showcase the values upon which Rabbi Stephen S. Wise founded the Jewish Institute of Religion that are still part of the New York campus culture.
We are pleased to welcome Rabbi Peter J. Rubinstein as Coordinator of the Be Wise Fellowship in Jewish Entrepreneurialism. Rabbi Rubinstein is the Director of Jewish Community and the Director of the Bronfman Center for Jewish Life at the 92Y, a world-class nonprofit community and cultural center serving the Jewish community and beyond in New York City and around the world. He is also serving as an advisor to and member of the Board of Directors of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation.
Rabbi Rubinstein is Senior Rabbi Emeritus of Central Synagogue in New York City, a Reform congregation affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism. He served as the congregation's Senior Rabbi from 1991 to 2014. Prior to his position in New York, Rabbi Rubinstein was the Rabbi of Peninsula Temple Beth El in San Mateo, CA, and Woodlands Community Temple in White Plains, NY.
Rabbi Rubinstein graduated from Amherst College from which he received his Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in English having written his senior thesis under both the English and Religion Departments. He was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York, with a Master of Hebrew Letters degree with honors. He spent three years as the Herbert R. Bloch Memorial Fellow at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati specializing in the history of the Jewish community during the second commonwealth. Rabbi Rubinstein has held teaching positions at Manhattanville College, Colgate University and the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion both in New York and Cincinnati.
In addition to his professional affiliations and responsibilities Rabbi Rubinstein presently serves as the co-chair of the Partnership of Faith in New York City and on the Rabbinic Board of Overseers of the HUC-JIR. He is the founder of the Rabbinic Vision Initiative (RVI) which he organized to urge and support the institutions of the Reform Movement to pursue continuing and bold initiatives and institutional change. He is also co-founder and co-chair of the Rabbinic Circle of the World Union for Progressive Judaism. He also sits on the New York Board of Directors of the American Jewish Committee.
From its inception until it was discontinued Rabbi Rubinstein was listed among Newsweek's 50 most influential rabbis in the United States, listed as #3 in its last year. In 2014 he was listed among the 28 most inspiration Rabbis in the country by the Forward. Rabbi Rubinstein is immediate past- Chair of the Board of Directors of the Auburn Theological Seminary, an historical Presbyterian seminary specializing in continuing education and multi-faith conversation.
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It is possibly the most cringe-making minute in US corporate history. Steve Ballmer, the then boss of Microsoft, storms the stage at a conference and proceeds to dance like a demented bullfrog. "Woooah," he screams and hollers, sweat running down his face, before coming to a panting halt, eyes bulging. "I have four words for you: I. Love. This. Company."
Like all senior staff at Microsoft, his loyalty to the company was so all-consuming that rivals' products were banished. Would you find a Microsoft staffer listening to an iPod? No, it would be that ultimate hip music player the Zune (don't worry if you can't remember them; they flopped). Would they Google a number for a restaurant? Of course not. They'd Bing it.
Extreme corporate loyalty has long been frowned on beyond the States. Most British businessmen, for example, struggle to express love for their children, let alone the company they work for.
But that reticence appears to be over. The former chief executive of Tesco, Sir Terry Leahy, recently admitted on radio that his zeal for Britain's biggest supermarket stretched to the contents of the family's fridge. Asked if his wife Alison had ever shopped at rival Waitrose, he said: "Occasionally, but I would complain so much that she wouldn't bother."
He added: "I bribed my children to sort of inform on Alison if ever she popped into Waitrose when she picked up the kids from school."
This corporate lifestyle-by-censorship has been given a nickname by American software engineers: "eating your own dog food". They have even conjured this inelegant phrase into a verb: "to dogfood". Ugly it may be, but it neatly encapsulates the increasing need of chief executives not just to talk the talk, but walk the walk.
Rita Clifton, a leading brand consultant, says: "The chief executive officer has to be the chief branding officer. The blurring between personal and professional life has now gone so far that you have to live and represent the brand at all times. Any lapses in behaviour will invariably be picked up by mischief-makers."
Poor old Jools Oliver was famously caught in flagrante with a Waitrose shopping bag while her husband was being paid millions to promote Sainsbury's. It was a mini-lapse, but she was doing a Ratner-by-proxy. If Sainsbury's isn't good enough for you, the critics sneered, why should we take heed of your husband?
Melinda Gates, husband of Microsoft founder Bill, made a fair point when she said she refused to buy her children iPhones: "The wealth from our family came from Microsoft so why would we invest in a competitor?"
It was a little unfortunate her daughter was then snapped jogging while listening to an iPod.
Of course, "dogfooding" is much easier for the boss if they run a fairly aspirational brand. Sir Stuart Rose, the dapper former chief executive of Marks & Spencer, ensured that the suits, pants and ties he wore when he presented the company's financial figures were most definitely St Michael garments, knowing he would be quizzed by the press. In fact, he looked so impeccable, rumours circulated that he must have sent his suits off to be tweaked by a man on Savile Row. Rose also kept quiet about the expensive silk socks he bought from the French fashion house Fogal.
But the all-consuming approach can be shortsighted, say some experts. "From a business point of view, it is a stupid thing to do," says brand consultant Jonathan Gabay. "You need to know what your competition is up to. And nothing is better than some hands-on research in your own home."
We want our bosses to be loyal, but also down to earth. And normal people shop at more than one retailer. To insist on absolute loyalty in your own house is as strange as, well, eating your own dog food.
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VANCOUVER -- The number of residential property sales in Metro Vancouver hit a 10-year low in June, prompting the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver to declare a buyers' market.
According to a board report released Wednesday, sales of houses, townhomes and apartments dropped to 2,362 last month, a 27.6-per-cent decline compared with 3,262 sales in June 2011.
"Overall conditions have trended in favour of buyers in our marketplace in recent months," said Eugen Klein, the board's president, in a news release. "This means buyers are facing less competition and have more selection to choose from compared to earlier in the year."
Despite the claim, prices for single-detached homes continues to rise in most Metro Vancouver markets, with some increasing by as much as 7.1 per cent in the past six months.
June sales were the lowest total for the month in the region since 2000 and 32.2 per cent below the 10-year June sales average of 3,484, the report shows.
New listings for detached, attached and apartment properties totalled 5,617 in June, down three per cent from the year before. That brought the market's total inventory to 18,493 units, which is up 22 per cent from the same point in 2011.
Meanwhile, the report noted, some of the hottest areas a year ago were among the coolest markets after the first six months of 2012.
Vancouver's west side, for instance, saw 769 single-detached homes sell in the first six months of 2012, down substantially from the 1,310 that sold there in the red-hot first half of 2011.
Vancouver's east side similarly saw 767 single-detached sales in the first half of 2012 compared with 1,053 in the first six months of 2011.
Richmond, another of 2011's Metro Vancouver's hot spots, saw 603 single-detached sales from January to June compared with 1,111 for the same period of 2011.
Vancouver West and Richmond, for example, saw benchmark prices — the cost of a typical home — for all forms of housing stay relatively flat from January to June, with Vancouver West recording a 2.5-per-cent increase to $823,000 and Richmond's benchmark price dropping 0.6 per cent to $590,000.
Metro Vancouver as a whole saw benchmark prices rise 2.6 per cent in the six-month period to $621,000.
However, West Vancouver and Whistler led the way with hikes in the benchmark price of 7.1 per cent each to $1.65 million in West Vancouver and $594,000 in Whistler from January to June.
The board's June report said that Squamish — a town that saw prices stagnate in recent years — was third, recording a 6.4-per-cent increase in its benchmark price to $405,000.
Other communities that saw overall price hikes from January to June included Port Moody (5.2 per cent to $513,000), East Vancouver (4.7 per cent to $622,000) and Tsawwassen (4.4 per cent to $616,000).
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Some levels of beginning sanity are becoming apparent! Im starting to forgive my mother as if she is at a distance and not inside me! Im gaining sanity in my living situation! things are clean, rooms are clean, I have a system that is working. My clothing is getting washed! I use sport detergent and hang them on the rack to dry! I can wash them anytime and I do not have to go out to the laundry matt.
At the meetings; pretty girls that are interested in me have less control over me; they are sick and Im starting to take no interest. Im taking no interest in others at these meetings; instead, I want to run! this is a sign of sanity! Im not so needy for manipulators! ITs principles over personalities, and Im starting to see things differently. Im less tailorable of idiots taking advantage of me that I collect love and attention.
I was roll playing my mother again! I would relive my relationship with her through others. Many people took advantage of this! However, I am loosing interest in the need for this; I have worked through this! I am forgiving her. This suggests she is at a distance and not controlling me. To practice forgiveness is a sign the person is at a distance and I do not need them anymore, they are free to go!
Im interested in meeting people that are nice; people like myself; Im not willing to settle for less.
Im interested in my geographical surroundings! I grew up in this area! I came back to die, to kill myself. That is not what happened; after 20 years of recovery work, Im getting better, and just starting to feel a strange independence from the horrors of my past and the PTSD world that engulfs my mind.
As my mind regains strength, I see myself being as I was as a child; independent. Its not perfect situation. However, growth is occurring! and Im becoming more "on my own"
Im noticing less interest in sick people. I do not have to associate with manipulators. I do not need to attract them and they do not need to know me!
Im interested in finding others like myself!
My surroundings used to trigger all PTSD stuff. Now, I believe it might be possible to " be here again" in this little town, as I was 40 years ago!
ITs sad as I look back! my stability was from those around me that I believed loved me and wanted me around. What a horrible nightmare when I found out no one loved me and I was a complete stranger. This little town became a ghost town! Now Im getting used to the idea that I can learn to love this place as I did as a kid with knowing the original players are gone and will never return. It hurts a great deal..
Im glad my mother is gone! She was not safe for children! she was a dangerous person! She should have been locked up in jail and had the key thrown away! I do not regret not knowing her! She was a stranger most of the time! I regret knowing anything about this person! I hate people that hurt children! These sociopaths should be killed on the spot! Taken to the town square and beaten to death; this would solve allot of problems in a community! These type of people cause more problems destroying the general public then a war!
I desperately would like new people to associate with! Im not sure who or what or where! I have to keep forgiving until I become that person I want to be around.
I must trust God and keep working with God to become a human being again!


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Casseroles are probably one of the greatest inventions when it comes to cooking. Throw all the ingredients into a pan and bake. You end up with a delicious comfort food and when you are done, there is only one pan to clean.
Asparagus is one of my favorite vegetables at the moment, so I've been trying to figure out more ways to incorporate it into different dishes, instead of just using it as a side dish. My latest success was this Chicken & Asparagus Casserole.
I layered rice, asparagus, cream of chicken soup and chicken in a pan. I had some shredded cheese and bacon bits leftover from another recipe, so I added them on top. Bacon bits are now one of the ingredients I try to keep in the house at all times, because it can be added to all sorts of recipes.
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Arch-Rivalry In Missouri
-- As goes Missouri, so goes the nation. Well, that is if history has anything to say about the 2008 race to the White House.
Missouri has voted with the winner in every presidential election since 1904 (with the exception of 1956 race), earning the Show-Me State another nickname in political circles: The Bellwether State.
Not all that surprising, when one considers Missouri's makeup: with major cities St. Louis and Kansas City, to farms in the northern part of the state, to the rolling Ozark Mountains in the south, it's somewhat of a microcosm of the United States.
With 11 electoral votes at stake, both Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., hope to repeat their respective Super Tuesday primary victories and ride the Missouri wave all the way to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
But which will it be? And will Missouri again predict the winner? Stay tuned as ABC News takes a look at the candidates' arch rivalry as they battle their way to the White House.


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Luther Terry was a faculty member of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine from 1965 to 1975. Prior to coming to Penn, he was appointed Surgeon General in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy. It was during his term that the first United States Public Health Service report on the correlation between smoking and lung cancer was issued. The collections reflects his major research interest of the effects of smoking and health, particularly through his participation in groups such as the National Interagency Council on Smoking and Health, National Society for Medical Research, and the Nutrition Foundation.


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text: Chris, Again thanks so much for the response. What I don't understand is which component is responsible for requesting the password expiration information ? It must all of pwdGraceAuthNLimit, pwdMaxAge and pwdChangedTime in order to calculate the information needed to determine which warning to display and when to display it. It had been suggested that we test with ldapwhoami -e ppolicy. This wasn't something that was obvious to me as the man page for ldapwhoami doesn't show a -e option. Or perhaps this is an extension of the ldapsearch or similar commands to include extended parameters.....again something not obvious unless you are familiar with the code. In any case, when used with -x (since I am not using sasl) and -D uid=ldapuser,dc=....-W, only then do I see the warnings down to the second that the password will expire and if it has expired and pwdGraceAuthNLimit is greater than 0, do I see the grace period warning, when testing with ssh. A strings on ldapwhoami shows these warnings coming from ldapwhoami itself. I have seen no other such strings in ssh, sshd, telnet, telnetd or any other of the pam modules so that tells me if this can be done through a pam module, perhaps some qualifier needs to be included in the system-auth or other file in order to trigger this response or we simply need a later version of some utility or library modules ? I should also note that I am using only that software is provided with the Red Hat distribution. I work for a support organization and can only use the Red Hat provided kits. So I'd like to get this working with these restrictions. Any help greatly appreciated Al -----Original Message----- From: email@example.com [mailto:email@example.com] On Behalf Of Chris Jacobs Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 3:04 PM To: Licause, Al; Buchan Milne; firstname.lastname@example.com Subject: RE: Expired password allowed in via pwdGraceAuthNLimit w/o warning to user What I've done in my implementation is to enable password expiration warnings - with the warning age being set to just a few seconds less than the password expiration period. For example, when I login I see: $ ssh <host> <user>@<host>'s password: Your LDAP password will expire in 182 days. Last login: Thu Jul 8 18:17:24 2010 from <ip> [<user>@<host> ~]$ Granted, I still won't see a warning on the last day... but that's been reported previously and a fairly small issue. Really, I think that and your issue are both PAM issues; not OpenLDAP. - chris -----Original Message----- From: firstname.lastname@example.com [mailto:email@example.com] On Behalf Of Licause, Al Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 11:55 AM To: Buchan Milne; email@example.com Subject: RE: Expired password allowed in via pwdGraceAuthNLimit w/o warning to user From the previous post, we can see the expiration messages and grace period messages when using ldapwhoami with -e ppolicy. If I look for those expiration messages, I see they are coming from the executable ldapwhoami. I find some expiration messages in sshd, but nothing with grace period messages other than "Invalid login grace time" and nothing from telnetd which is not all that surprising given it's age. Can I assume from this that we need a newer sshd component in order to see these grace period messages ? Al -----Original Message----- From: Buchan Milne [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 4:56 AM To: email@example.com Cc: Licause, Al Subject: Re: Expired password allowed in via pwdGraceAuthNLimit w/o warning to user I did not reply to your off-list mails, primarily because I was out of the office (at a data centre) all of Friday, and without internet access over the weekend. You could have sent those replies to your original thread to the list ... On Friday, 2 July 2010 20:09:15 Licause, Al wrote: > I have installed and configured the ppolicy overlay software on a Red Hat > V5.4 server along with the openldap server software and the following > components: > > openldap-servers-2.3.43-3.el5 > python-ldap-2.2.0-2.1 > openldap-devel-2.3.43-3.el5 > checkpassword-ldap-0.01-1.2.el5.rf > mozldap-6.0.5-1.el5 > openldap-2.3.43-3.el5 > openldap-debuginfo-2.3.43-3.el5 > openldap-servers-overlays-2.3.43-3.el5 > nss_ldap-253-22.el5_4 > openldap-clients-2.3.43-3.el5 > > PROBLEM: > > I have notice that when an ldap users' password expires, and > pwdGraceAuthNLimit is set to a non-zero value...in my case it is set to 1 > for testing purposes, the user is allowed to login one time. The next > login forces a password change. > > On the first login, allowed via pwdGraceAuthNLimit, there is no > announcement sent to the user telling them that the password has expired. You should actually get a prompt to change your password immediately. BTW, if your PAM setup was correct, you should have seen warnings about expiry before this. Did you bother testing with a guaranteed-to-work tool, such as (with appropriate values to -D option) 'ldapwhoami -e ppolicy' ? > Nor that they will have to change their password on the next login. I > have to wonder if there is also a missing announcement that might tell the > user how many more logins they are permitted given the value of > pwdGraceAuthNLimit > > It was suggested that the problem may be in the pam configuration. > > I am using the following /etc/pam.d/system-auth file that is autogenerated > by authconfig: > > #%PAM-1.0 > # This file is auto-generated. > # User changes will be destroyed the next time authconfig is run. > auth required pam_env.so > auth sufficient pam_unix.so nullok try_first_pass > auth requisite pam_succeed_if.so uid >= 500 quiet > auth sufficient pam_ldap.so use_first_pass > auth required pam_deny.so > > account required pam_unix.so broken_shadow > account sufficient pam_localuser.so > account sufficient pam_succeed_if.so uid < 500 quiet > account [default=bad success=ok user_unknown=ignore] pam_ldap.so > account required pam_permit.so This should be pam_deny.so, but is likely not the cause of your problems. > password requisite pam_cracklib.so try_first_pass retry=3 > password sufficient pam_unix.so md5 shadow nis nullok try_first_pass > use_authtok password sufficient pam_ldap.so use_authtok > password required pam_deny.so > > session optional pam_keyinit.so revoke > session required pam_limits.so > session optional pam_mkhomedir.so > session [success=1 default=ignore] pam_succeed_if.so service in crond > quiet use_uid session required pam_unix.so > session optional pam_ldap.so > > > I am testing by logging into the client with ssh. I also have many of the > pwd* values set fairly low for quick testing. This is the default policy > in use: > > dn: cn=Standard,ou=Policies,dc=mydomain,dc=com > objectClass: top > objectClass: device > objectClass: pwdPolicy > cn: Standard > pwdAttribute: userPassword > pwdLockoutDuration: 15 > pwdInHistory: 6 > pwdCheckQuality: 0 > pwdMinLength: 5 > pwdAllowUserChange: TRUE > pwdMustChange: TRUE > pwdMaxFailure: 3 > pwdFailureCountInterval: 120 > pwdSafeModify: FALSE > pwdLockout: TRUE > pwdReset: TRUE > structuralObjectClass: device > entryUUID: 421d8558-1a33-102f-8b9e-a5541f2aaf30 > creatorsName: cn=Manager,dc=mydomain,dc=com > createTimestamp: 20100702143843Z > pwdMinAge: 0 > pwdMaxAge: 300 > pwdGraceAuthNLimit: 1 > pwdExpireWarning: 86400 > entryCSN: 20100702154010Z#000000#00#000000 > modifiersName: cn=Manager,dc=mydomain,dc=com > modifyTimestamp: 20100702154010Z > > This is the test users profile: > > dn: uid=ldap1,dc=mydomain,dc=com > uid: ldap1 > cn: ldap1 > objectClass: account > objectClass: posixAccount > objectClass: top > uidNumber: 10001 > gidNumber: 150 > homeDirectory: /home/ldap1 > loginShell: /bin/csh > gecos: ldap test user > pwdPolicySubentry: cn=Standard,ou=Policies,dc=mydomain,dc=com > structuralObjectClass: account > entryUUID: 334312be-1a33-102f-8a83-a5541f2aaf30 > creatorsName: cn=Manager,dc=mydomain,dc=com > createTimestamp: 20100702143818Z > pwdHistory: > 20100702151010Z#220.127.116.11.4.1.1422.214.171.124.40#38#{SSHA}BIxGPXPqBY+ > 2yK6pY2i+6l7UbE/gaVhY > pwdHistory: > 20100702154253Z#18.104.22.168.4.1.1418.104.22.168.40#38#{SSHA}q4inOFGO+0N > c6T0q6FYiiMrPCTTUqQdr > pwdHistory: > 20100702183229Z#126.96.36.199.4.1.1418.104.22.168.40#38#{SSHA}3T0Cna8AGIg > X69V7zsDxGiTx/q0ceBnc > userPassword:: e1NTSEF9WkZ0ekJrUWVOQVJrMDhFbDJXd0VNaU1maWlGVURaT28= > pwdChangedTime: 20100702183229Z > pwdGraceUseTime: 20100702184519Z > entryCSN: 20100702184519Z#000000#00#000000 > modifiersName: cn=Manager,dc=mydomain,dc=com > modifyTimestamp: 20100702184519Z > > > I have examined various log files and enabled debugging in system-auth (now > removed to show the standard autogenerated content) for any clues. I have > examined various pam modules and library files with strings to see if I > could get an idea as to which module may be at fault. > > I have to admit I am no pam expert and given the number of combinations and > variations possible in the system-auth file alone, I don't feel > comfortable modifying this file to any great extent. > > I have omitted the slapd.conf and client ldap.conf files assuming that they > are not at fault and don't have any obvious omissions which could cause a > warning messages to be suppressed during login, but can supply them if > required. You need to supply the pam_ldap ldap.conf (/etc/ldap.conf on RH), specifically verify whether 'pam_lookup_policy' is set to 'yes'. Please see 'man pam_ldap'. > If the default system-auth file generated by the authconfig utility defeats > a feature of the ldap or other system modules, It doesn't "defeat" a feature, but the feature does need to be specifically enabled. > we need to report this to > Red Hat and have the problem corrected. Of course, then this entire discussion is more or less off-topic here ... Regards, Buchan This message is private and confidential. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender and remove it from your system.


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A coalition of U.S. states lined up on Friday to sue to block President Donald Trump's move to scrap a key component of Obamacare, subsidies to health insurers that help low-income Americans pay out-of-pocket medical expenses.
One day after the administration announced plans to end the payments, Trump said he would dismantle Obamacare "step by step," even as his latest action raised concerns about chaos in insurance markets.
Trump's action took aim at a critical component of the 2010 law, his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama's signature domestic policy achievement. Frustrated by the failure of his fellow Republicans who control Congress to repeal and replace Obamacare, Trump has taken several steps to chip away at it.
The administration will not make the next payment to insurers, scheduled for Wednesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said. The subsidies cost $7 billion this year and were estimated at $10 billion for 2018, according to congressional analysts.
The Democratic attorneys general of New York and California were joining forces with several other states, including Kentucky, Massachusetts and Connecticut, to file a lawsuit in federal court in California. The states will ask the court to force Trump to make the next payment, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, a Democrat, told reporters.
The new lawsuit would be separate from a case pending before an appeals court in the District of Columbia in which 16 Democratic state attorneys general are defending the legality of the payments.
About 10 million people are enrolled in Obamacare through its marketplace, and most receive subsidies. Trump's action came just weeks before the Obamacare open enrollment period begins on Nov. 1 for 2018 insurance policies through the law's marketplace.
Democrats accused Trump of sabotaging the law. But Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer expressed optimism about chances for a deal with Republicans to continue the subsidy payments.
"We're going to have a very good opportunity to get this done in a bipartisan way" during negotiations in December on broad federal spending legislation, "if we can't get it done sooner," Schumer told reporters.
Hospitals, doctors, health insurers, state insurance commissioners and patient advocates decried Trump's move, saying consumers will ultimately pay the price. They called on Congress to appropriate the funds needed to keep up the subsidy payments.
Trump, who as a candidate last year promised to roll back the law formally called the Affordable Care Act, received applause for his latest action during an appearance on Friday before a group of conservative voters.
"It's step by step by step, and that was a very big step yesterday," Trump said. "And one by one, it's going to come down, and we're going to have great healthcare in our country."
He said he was taking "a little different route than we had hoped" because of Congress' inability to act. Republicans for seven years had vowed to get rid of Obamacare, but deep intra-party divisions have sunk their efforts to get legislation through the Senate.
Trump on Friday called Obamacare "a broken mess" and urged Democrats to reach out to him to make a deal.
"The Democrats ObamaCare is imploding," he said in a Twitter post. "Massive subsidy payments to their pet insurance companies has stopped. Dems should call me to fix!"
Since taking office in January, Trump has made the monthly subsidy payments, which he had called a "bailout" for insurance companies.
Trump had threatened many times to cut the subsidies. Health insurers that planned to stay in the Obamacare market prepared for the move in many states by submitting two sets of premium rates to regulators: with and without the government subsidies.
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners said Trump's move would drive up premium costs for consumers by at least 12 percent to 15 percent in 2018 and cut more than $1 billion in payments to insurers for 2017.
The American Medical Association, the nation's largest group of doctors, said it was "deeply discouraged" by the subsidies cut-off.
AMA President David Barbe said the move "creates still more uncertainty in the ACA marketplace just as the abbreviated open enrollment period is about to begin, further undermining the law and threatening access to meaningful health insurance coverage for millions of Americans."
Health insurers' stocks took a hit on Friday, with Centene Corp (CNC.N) and Molina Healthcare (MOH.N) both sinking about 3 percent. Hospital shares also fell, with Tenet Healthcare (THC.N) down 4 percent and Community Health Systems (CYH.N) down 3 percent.
"The effect of the order is likely to be profoundly destabilizing, disruptive and potentially materially damaging to hospitals and those exchange plans who are still required to offer benefits despite the loss of the cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments," Mizuho analyst Sheryl Skolnick wrote in a research note.
Health plans still in Obamacare exchanges will incur immediate, potentially big losses, and some will rapidly exit the marketplaces, Skolnick wrote.
Hospital operators should expect debts to rise in 2018 as their co-pays and deductibles go unfunded, she added.
The White House announced the cut-off just hours after Trump signed an order intended to allow insurers to sell lower-cost, bare-bones policies with limited benefits and consumer protections.
Republicans have called Obamacare an unnecessary government intrusion into the American healthcare system. Democrats have said the law needs some fixes but noted that it had brought insurance to 20 million people.
The White House said that based on Justice Department guidance, it concluded it could not lawfully pay the subsidies because "there is no appropriation for cost-sharing reduction payments to insurance companies under Obamacare."
Additional reporting by Jeff Mason, Steve Holland, Makini Brice, Lawrence Hurley and Susan Heavey in Washington, Megan Davies in New York, Brendan O'Brien in in Milwaukee and Divya Grover in Bengaluru; Writing by Will Dunham; Editing by Bernadette Baum and Lisa Von Ahn.
States Will Go to Court to Fight for Obamacare Subsidies
A coalition of U.S. states lined up on Friday to sue to block President Donald Trump's move to scrap a key component of Obamacare, subsidies to health insurers that help low-income Americans pay out-of-pocket medical expenses.


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Recipe from Carolyn Christiansen
Serves 4-6
6 cups mashed potatoes
2 cups cheese (I use hard: cheddar, colby)
3 Tb. chives or green chilies (for spice/color)
1/2 chopped & sauteed sweet onion
Mix these together and press into a casserole dish or pie pan (the deeper the better). Cook under the broiler for 2 minutes.
In a large bowl, mix:
3 cups leftover meat, shredded or chopped
3-4 cups of leftover or mixed cooked veggies
1 cup sour cream
1 can cream of celery soup
1 can (small) french fried onions
2 tsp. garlic
Pour into potato crust and bake at 350 for 30 min. Serve with a sprig of parsley and a cup of hot cider near a crackling fire with a good book. This is heartier than soup, but just as warm and comfy! It is great after the holidays, to use up all the leftovers. You can also make the crust out of leftover stuffing, but there is never any stuffing left at my house, as I use cranberries and apples in mine!
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Sequel of Lemony Snicket?
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Sequel of Lemony Snicket?
Is there anyone who knows if there is any plans of doing a Lemony Snicket-sequel? Wich book will it be based on if there is a plan to make another movie?
but... but ... but.... Shirley is in Book 4!!!!! Shirley!!!!!!!
...........but hey, book 6 is brilliant!!! My favvy... thanks for the info by the way~
"I decided that I wanted to make movies that would uplift people." - Jim Carrey
RE: Snicket 2
i hope esme squalor and the quagmire kids appear in the next one.
yours sincerly, Countess Olafina equalor
Yeah!! I would really love to see him play Shirley!!
I also can't wait to see who plays Esme...... and the Quagmire kids!! that is so true.... they should have them in the next movie... pretty important characters! If this all does follow on with the books... then Jim would play a gym teacher, an auctioner (I'm dying to see this character.....), erm.... i dunno what he does in the seventh....i think he's just Olaf in that one...., then a hospital administrator (remembering Fletcher in Liar Liar, "Oh yeah... the job , the thing... er.... what do you do again?") and last of all..... uhh...... at the circus? I forget
"I decided that I wanted to make movies that would uplift people." - Jim Carrey
They could possibly make a sequel. But I certainly hav'nt heard anything on it. I hope they do make one though. But they might have to change the kids that played Violet, Klaus, and Sunny to new people. Emily, Liam, and the twins playing Sunny are probably getting too old to play those characters. I hope I am wrong though.
I completely agree.... plus... i read from a newspaper, Emily won't be making any more movies until she turns 18.... she wants to finish off school first
"I decided that I wanted to make movies that would uplift people." - Jim Carrey
RE: Lemony 2
Also i hope that Edgar and Albert poe appear in the next one.
yours sincerly, Countess Olafina equalor
I bet Jim doesn't take part, since he hates sequels
Muse - 10, 11, 14, 22 & 23 November 2006
Muse - Wembley Stadium - 16 & 17 June 2007
Muse - Royal Albert Hall - 12 April 2008
Muse - 10 November 2009 & 13 November 2009
Muse - 11 September 2010
But he might take it because he gets to do different characters; in each book Olaf has a new disguise~ if Jim doesn't do the next movie, i most likely won't be seeing it....
"I decided that I wanted to make movies that would uplift people." - Jim Carrey
I've read in a couple of Jim's interviews that he IS interested in a sequel to this film because Olaf is always showing up as different characters.
Yeah, I think that is right. He is never the same caracter for adults. Only the Baudelaire children can see who he really are. But rumours about wich book it will be based on? Is they really true? I don´t thinks so! Book 5-9 seems to be a very long movie. It´s sad that they never will make a film based on "The Miserable Mill". Maybe it is to dark for chidren to watch. I´m also sad because it would have been fun to see Jim up dressed as a woman.
Hmmm, I don't know if there comes a sequel, but I just saw the game to the movie for Nintendo Gamecube at the store.
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The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), FIBA Europe and FIBA with the support of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation (LBF), the Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB) and the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Lithuania (MoTC) launched an information campaign on road safety at EuroBasket 2011, which was held in Lithuania from 31 August to 18 September. The campaign, running under the motto "We play and drive by the rules", built up on the success of a similar campaign launched last year during the FIBA Basketball World Championship 2010 held in Turkey. The campaign aimed to inform people around the world about the simple rules that save lives on the road. Its objective was to encourage respect for the rules on the road, as well as on the court. The high note of the campaign was reached during the two semi-final games, when the players enrolled a "We play and drive by the rules" banner on the court.
The players and teams of EuroBasket 2011 promote"We play and drive by the rules" message
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