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In Election Day Olympics, US gets an F from the Russian judge

In what may be tit-for-tat recriminations for US expressions of concern regarding Russian democracy, the Russian elections chief ranks the US election system 'the worst in the world.'

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Americans have known since at least 2000 that their national election system isn’t perfect. But still – “worst in the world?”

As Americans prepare to go to the polls Tuesday, they can line up knowing that the chief of Russia’s elections commission thinks exactly that. America has no business critiquing other countries’ electoral systems, says Vladimir Churov, head of Russia’s Central Election Commission, because to compare systems internationally is to rank America’s “the worst in the world.”

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Mr. Churov argues in a recent issue of Rossiyskaya Gazeta that America’s trouble-prone voting machines, the risk of tampering in those machines, the lack of transparency in vote tabulation, and then the Electoral College system, combine to give the United States an election system that leaves much to be desired.

All the points Churov makes are already the object of plenty of criticism within the US, of course. But might it also be that the Russian elections chief is practicing a bit of tit-for-tat criticism in the midst of a souring in US-Russia relations?

It was less than a year ago that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke publicly of her “serious concern” about allegations of fraud in Russia’s legislative elections last December. Then in March, other American and international voices sounded an alarm over various problems reported by Russian democracy advocates in elections that returned Vladimir Putin to the presidency.

And with Mr. Putin’s return has come a resurgence of anti-American sentiment in Russia, fueled by a growing conviction that the US continues to underestimate Russia’s weight in international affairs while overestimating its own.

Since Putin’s return to power, Russia has escorted the US Agency for International Development to the door, and announced an end to the long-running joint US-Russia program to control loose nukes.

One result in this US election season is a steady diet on Russian government television of critical reports on topics ranging from a lack of exposure for third-party presidential candidates to sparse voting stations for the American Indian population.

Indeed it may not have been a coincidence that election-chief Churov’s blast at the US elections ran in the Rossiyskaya Gazeta, the official newspaper of record of the Russian government.

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The Russian government seemed to take particular delight in highlighting the “hypocrisy” of the US after a number of states, including Texas and Iowa, rejected the presence this year of international election observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The OSCE has observed US elections for decades, and the US supports its election observer teams in other countries, including Russia.

With just a whiff of sardonicism, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement last week, “It is strange why the US authorities, who often accuse other countries of being not democratic enough, prefer not to notice such violation of democracy in their own country.”

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Venezuela's 'color revolution?' The complexity of wearing red. (+video)

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The color red sets off alarm bells these days in this western Venezuelan city, where antigovernment protests sparked nationwide demonstrations that have endured since early February.

Save for the red stripe on the Venezuelan flag, which also has yellow and blue, here anything of that color looks suspiciously allusive to the late president Hugo Chávez, who popularized red among his supporters as the official color of his self-styled “Bolivarian” revolution.

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In this bastion of anti-Chavismo, however, it puts protesters on alert.

As I wandered on a recent afternoon from barricade to barricade along Carabobo Avenue, a normally busy road that has been choked off from traffic for a month by protesters, I caught the eye of a young man with an air of authority. He was one of the leaders of the student-organized protests. “Are you with the press?” he asked tensely, glancing at the press credentials hanging from my neck. “Do you mind if I look?”

I showed him the credentials and he relaxed. There’s no problem, he assured me. It was just that the lanyard on my press card happened to be red and he thought I was with one of the government media outlets, whose reporters, the opposition says, often spy on their movement.

“Hopefully soon we will all be able to wear red again,” he said, alluding to stripping the color of its political tinge.

As the protests continue here, the opposition is becoming more radicalized. But for now, most analysts agree, there is little chance that the government of President Nicolás Maduro – Chavez’s hand-picked successor – will be changing its colors any time soon.

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SHS play offers two-for-one

Ti Moune (Lainey Rodriguez, center) sings of her love for Daniel in the SHS production of Once on This Island.

Music, dance, romance and even sword fights are part of the theatre package Sunnyside High School is currently offering in the performance of two one-act plays.

The Little Mermaid and Once on This Island are presented as separate one-act plays and opened this past weekend in the SHS auditorium.

Though two different plays with differing styles - Mermaid is a play with dance and Island a musical - both have a common theme of love conquering all.

The program opens with Island, a vibrant musical pulled off well by the SHS cast and crew.

Ti Moune (Lainey Rodrigez) is a peasant girl who falls for Daniel (Manny Rivera), the son of a wealthy family.

The two leads do a good job with their respective roles, and the rest of the cast is spot on and well directed by Corey Murphy.

The songs are performed nicely. Costumes, art and set design all serve Island well.

The bright and beautiful Island is followed by Mermaid and, in retrospect, it might not have been a bad idea to reverse the order.

Mermaid, too, is blessed with nice sets and costumes, but with no shimmering songs to carry the tale it must rely on actors to sell the story. There Mermaid falters a bit, but it is redeemed by a pair of supporting actors.

Meagan Meyers seems to relish her role as the aptly named Maligna, the Sea Witch. She schemes and snarls and cackles, all the while channeling a great imitation of an evil stepmother in a witchy Stevie Nicks costume from one of the pop singer's late 80s music videos.

By the way, Maligna's Sea Urchin Infantry is a hoot, look for them to emerge from the audience.

The other supporting actor who does a great job of pacing Mermaid is Zane Rodriguez as Booker the Albatross. His comic asides and interaction with the audience make the character a treat.

If you love dance and acrobatics, you'll love both of these one-act performances even more, as the SHS drama troupe shines.

The remaining performances are this coming Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4-6, at 7 p.m.

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What We Like Right Now: Miss Ollie’s, Oat Scones, Twitter

I'm in love with the oat scones from Arizmendi Bakery (I've had them for breakfast the past three mornings in a row). With a hot cup of coffee in the morning, it's about as close as I come to nectar and ambrosia before noon on a work day. — Lenika Cruz

Luke’s already said basically everything that needs to be said about Miss Ollie’s, but I’d like to add that I went there recently and was literally moved to tears by the fried chicken. Like, WATER CAME OUT OF MY FACE UNBIDDEN BECAUSE THIS PIECE OF MEAT WAS SO GOOD. You need to go. — Ellen Cushing

This chicken made Ellen cry.

I have no idea why this Tumblr consisting solely of baguettes being used strange and creative ways is so great but it really, really is. — E.C.

There are some Twitter accounts that just deserve to have everyone following them. Here they are:

@NeinQuarterly Described as a "A Compendium of Utopian Negation," this account specializes in putting a spin of "cynical whimsy" on everything from existentialism, German philosophy, German grammar critical theory, pop culture and of course, despair. It's more fun than it sounds.

@love_that_goku This guy, whoever he is (he's fake, but who cares), LOVES Dragon Ball Z. I have never watched Dragon Ball Z in my life, and I still think this dude is hilarious. This last week, he was on the warpath against homophobia, suicide, and bulling. He recently discovered that bastion of feminine strength and beauty, Nineties supergroup TLC.

A horde of V.F.L.s (Very Funny Ladies): @juliasegal, @MelissaStetten , @KellyOxford, and tons of others I can't think of right now. — L.C.

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Dunn Scores Twice As Tar Heels Blank Wolfpack 3-0

Dunn Scores Twice As Tar Heels Blank Wolfpack 3-0

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.  -   Crystal Dunn scored a pair of goals and Amber Munerlyn had a goal and an assist as fourth-ranked North Carolina beat NC State 3-0 in women's soccer action Thursday night at rainy Fetzer Field.

A crowd of 1,142 braved the elements as the Tar Heels won their fourth straight game to improve to 11-2 overall and 5-2 in the ACC.  With six regular-season games remaining plus the ACC Tournament, UNC has already exceeded its win total from a year ago when it entered the NCAA Tournament 10-5-2.  The Wolfpack fell to 6-8 with the loss and 1-7 in the ACC.

Dunn tallied her 10th and 11th goals for the Tar Heels and Munerlyn racked up her first career points as Carolina outshot the Wolfpack 26-1 and had a staggering 20-0 edge in corner kicks.  Mackenzie Stelljes went the whole way in goal for NC State, making five saves.

UNC's Anna Sieloff and Bryane Heaberlin combined on the clean sheet for the Tar Heels.  Gladys Loyas had the lone shot of the game for NC State at 41:23 of the match.

The Wolfpack defense did a good job of clogging up the middle much of the night.  Although only eight of Carolina's 26 shots were technically on goal, the Tar Heels had multiple corner kick opportunities created because Wolfpack defenders were blocking Tar Heel shots over the end line.

It was Dunn who got the Tar Heels on the board at 20:25.  The senior midfielder took a through ball from Katie Bowen and finished into the lower left side of the frame from the top of the 18-yard box for her 10th goal of the season.

The Tar Heels would go on to tally two more goals in the second half, both set up by brilliant passing sequences.  At 58:48, Dunn notched her second goal of the game and 11th of the season as she knocked a 15-yard shot off the left post and into the back of the net after nifty set-up passes by Amber Munerlyn and Kelly McFarlane.

Then at 83:52, Munerlyn was the recipient of a pair of nice touches as she finished from the four-yard line past Stelljes.  Meg Morris made a strong run down the left side of the pitch into the box and centered a ball from the end line that was flicked on by Kealia Ohai to the waiting boot of Munerlyn for the put away into the back of the net.  Munerlyn had almost earned her first career goal earlier in the second half when her shot at 50:58 hit the left post.

The win over the Wolfpack lifted the Tar Heels into sole possession of fifth place in the league standings heading into Sunday's match at Boston College against the Eagles (7-6, ACC 4-4).  Virginia leads the standings with 21 points followed by Florida State with 20, Notre Dame and Virginia Tech with 16, UNC with 15, Boston College with 12, Wake Forest with 11 and Clemson with 10.  The top eight regular-season finishers earn their way into ACC Tournament quarterfinal action on November 3.

Fans can follow UNC's game Sunday with Gametracker at BCEagles.com or with live Twitter updates @ncwomenssoccer.
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3 vehicles involved in rollover crash on SB I-435, 63rd Street

Published On: Dec 24 2013 07:39:21 AM CST   Updated On: Sep 26 2013 08:25:42 AM CDT

A rollover crash slowed traffic on southbound Interstate 435 near 63rd Street on Thursday morning.

The wreck, involving three vehicles, was reported about 7:30 a.m.

The driver of the car that flipped over was not seriously hurt, according to Kansas City police.

The wreck was cleared about 8:15 a.m.

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Affordable Care Act May Not Cover Alaskans Most In Need of Health Insurance

Published On: Sep 30 2013 10:07:55 PM AKDT   Updated On: Sep 30 2013 10:07:00 PM AKDT
Affordable Care Act May Not Cover Alaskans Most In Need of Health Insurance

If you’re covered through work or Medicare, you don’t have to buy insurance on the Marketplace, the online shop the federal government set up, so you can buy insurance.

Alaskans in their late 50s and early 60s, who are not covered by their employers and are not eligible for Medicare, will pay the most in premiums—from $800 to $1,000 a month in some cases, according to insurance experts.

Younger, healthier Alaskans in their 20s and 30s will also see rates jump; in some cases, they will double.

But there is a large number of Alaskans who will benefit from the law, experts say.

At least 66,000 Alaskans don’t have health insurance. That number is expected to get higher in coming years when some businesses stop providing coverage for employees.

“These uninsured Alaskans who don't work for companies or don't have an offer of coverage in front of them, they are the winners, in my opinion, under the Affordable Care Act—provided they fall within a certain income range that allows them to avail of immediate tax credits,” said Joshua Weinstein, co-owner of Northrim Benefits.

You can get those tax credits if your income is between 100 and 400 percent of the federal poverty level—between $29,400 and $117,760 for a family of four.

For a single person, that 100 to 400 federal poverty percentage ranges from $14,350 to $57,400.

But the law won’t help everyone.

The Bailey family is among at least 47,000 Alaskans who will not be covered by ACA because they make 100 percent less than the federal poverty level, which is less than $24,410 for a family of three and less than $14,350 for a single person.

A year ago, new parents Callie and Bryon Bailey had a major scare.

“We went to pick him up from his nap, and his whole bed sheet was just covered in blood,” Bryon said. “His whole front of his shirt was just covered in blood.”

Porter was three months old and had just had his milk teeth removed.

“We were soaked,” Callie, Porter’s mother, said. “Our shirts would be covered with his blood and saliva.”

They rushed their baby to the emergency room.

“At first, they thought it was Von Willebrand, which is a different kind of bleeding disorder,” Bryon recalled. “But then when they actually talked to Kyme, our nurse, she was like, ‘Is it a boy or a girl?’ ‘It’s a boy,’ (we responded). ‘No,’ (she said). ‘That's hemophilia.’”

“Which means there is no chance of stopping a bleed without the clotting factor we give him,” Callie said.

In the months since then, the Baileys have become regulars at the Bleeding Disorders Center at Providence.

They visit the center twice a week for infusions.

“But if he bumps his head or has any other kinds of injuries, we have to bring him in,” Callie said. “So it could be an additional two-plus times a week.”

The visits aren’t cheap. Each dose of medicine costs $500. When Porter gets older, treatment will cost at least $4,000 a dose.

Callie quit her job to watch Porter, for whom a simple bump on the head could be a life or death emergency, his parents said.

Bryon works part-time and goes to school full-time for a biology degree so he can eventually become a physical therapist.

Luckily, Porter’s medical bills are covered by Medicaid.

“Every time we come, every visit since he's been born, I just go home, thinking, ‘Oh, thank God for Denali Kid Care,’” Callie said, wiping tears. “’Oh, thank you so, so much for having that program available for us.’ Because there's no way, there's no way we would be able to afford all of this. We would have to do it because he really needs it, but we'd kind of be stuck for the rest of our lives. So we're just so grateful.”

Neither Callie nor Bryon has health insurance.

“We just hope nothing happens to either one of us,” Bryon said.

“Nothing has happened, so we've been really lucky that way,” Callie said.

Health officials say they’re gambling with their luck, though.

“The mother's a carrier, and she could have health issues at any time,” said Kyme Groller, nurse coordinator of Bleeding Disorders Center of Alaska.

Once the Bailey family starts making more money, insurance experts say they will benefit from the Affordable Care Act because insurance companies won’t be able to deny them coverage for a pre-existing condition.

“Hemophilia is the most expensive chronic illness that there is,” said Groller, who has been treating bleeding disorders for 20 years. “It's more expensive than childhood cancer, because that passes. This is life-long.”

Until they’re making more than a hundred percent of the federal poverty level--$24,410—Callie and Bryon have limited options for healthcare coverage. They would be guaranteed coverage had the state expanded Medicaid coverage.

Earlier this year, Gov. Sean Parnell opted out of expanding the program, but he could revisit the issue and opt into it at any time in the next 10 years.

“As I've looked at it right now, the state of Alaska already provides health coverage for about 225,000 people,” Gov. Parnell said.  “So over 200,000 Alaskans’ health coverage is being paid for by the state. (That’s) out of 710,000 Alaskans. We do that at significant cost, and I really need to see the benefit for the cost outlay over time that we're going to be making before I agree to expand Medicaid. I haven't seen that proof to date but have reserved an open mind to consider all that in the days and months to come.”

Parnell has until mid-December to decide whether to expand Medicaid coverage.

“A lot of government policies are based on principles,” Groller said. “In healthcare, there aren't principles. These are people.”

Meanwhile, Denali Kid Care will continue to pay for Porter’s medical care, but for his parents, insurance is hope and a prayer they don’t get sick.

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Rays wish departing Baldelli well

Rays wish departing Baldelli well

ST. PETERSBURG -- Rocco Baldelli will be wearing a Red Sox uniform in 2009, but the outfielder left his mark on the Rays organization.

"Rocco was a very important part of the Rays organization for the past nine years," said Andrew Friedman, Rays executive vice president of baseball operations. "We have a number of people who have watched him for the nine years he was in the organization develop into a great player as well as a great person.

"Personally, I have a lot of respect and admiration for Rocco. I got a first-hand look at what he went through. It is going to be strange to see him in a different uniform, but that is part of the game."

Baldelli began the 2008 season on the 60-day disabled list with what was diagnosed as a mitochondrial disorder, which was cited as the cause for his constant state of fatigue. Prior to April 1, the Rays declined an option to pick up his $6 million option for the 2009 season. By declining the option, the Rays had to pay him $4 million, which allowed Baldelli to become a free agent at the end of the 2008 season. Had the Rays exercised the option, the team would have had to face the same question of whether to renew him for 2010 and 2011 at a cost of $17 million, or buy him out at $2 million.

Baldelli missed the first 116 games of the 2008 season before returning to play in 28 of the Rays' last 46 games, making 16 starts -- 13 at DH and three in right field.

During this offseason, Baldelli learned that he had channelopathy, a non-progressive, highly treatable disease, which makes feasible the chances of his playing more often. However, the Rays opted to go in another direction by trading Edwin Jackson to Detroit for right fielder Matt Joyce and then they signed free-agent slugger Pat Burrell.

"At the end of the day, Rocco did what he felt like was in his best interests and we did the same," Friedman said. "It doesn't change the affection we have for him as a person. We wish him the best of luck and hope that he continues to improve from a medical standpoint."

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The Rays selected Baldelli with the sixth overall pick of the 2000 First-Year Player Draft out of Bishop Hendrickson High School in Rhode Island. He has a .281 career average in 447 Major League games with 52 home runs and 234 RBIs.

Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Larry Brown, Doug Moe cross paths via opposing teams

Their hair is gray, their legs are shot and they work on opposite sides of the bench these days. Still, it's always a nice reunion when best buddies Larry Brown and Doug Moe are on the court together. One of the sport's great one-two combos - two North Carolina Tar Heels who played, coached and laughed a lot together in the old ABA - were on opposite benches Friday night when the Nuggets played the Knicks. (Myrtle Beach Sun News)

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Two UNC golfers qualify for U.S. Women’s Amateur

Catherine O’Donnell, a rising junior on North Carolina’s golf team, and Katherine Perry, a rising freshman, tied for first place at the sectional qualifier in Lexington, N.C., to qualify for the 2010 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship. This year’s prestigious event will be played August 9-15 at Charlotte Country Club in Charlotte, N.C. (WRAL Sports Fan)

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Notes: Cuddyer not in lineup

Notes: Cuddyer not in lineup

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Twins had jokes about Michael Cuddyer's baserunning spill Tuesday night, only because he wasn't seriously injured. Early on Wednesday, the team was still confident about the right fielder's return, and placed him in the lineup. It appears the Twins decided to err on the side of caution, though, as Cuddyer was a late scratch.

Cuddyer landed on his helmet during his sixth-inning tumble, and bruised his back in the process. He likened the pain to being hit by a pitch, and said he would play in Wednesday's game, but that he wasn't sure how sore he'd be after a night's rest.

Twins manager Ron Gardenhire spoke to Cuddyer when he arrived at the clubhouse Wednesday afternoon, and reported that Cuddyer was a bit sore, but received treatment in the training room followed by an early batting practice. Everything checked out OK, Gardenhire said, so Cuddyer would play.

But it was announced just more than an hour before the scheduled first pitch that Cuddyer would rest the bruised back. Jason Kubel took his place in the lineup.

Iron men: Entering Wednesday's game against Tampa Bay, Cuddyer and Justin Morneau were the lone Twins to have played in all 26 games this season. Both were to be in the lineup Wednesday as well, although Cuddyer was later scratched.

It's a trend managers like Gardenhire like to see: Last year, Cuddyer missed just 12 games and Morneau five. With 2006 batting averages of .284 and .321, respectively, and 239 RBIs between them, Gardenhire said it's nice to have consistency.

It's not hard to see why.

"[Morneau] likes to play, he doesn't even like to come out of a game when we're going long," Gardenhire said. "You want them to be out there, but I told them both that when they get a little arm weary, they have to let me know that, too, so we can protect you and everybody else involved.

"This time of the year we have days off, and I imagine they'll be strong."

Lineup shuffle: Jason Tyner was in the lineup for the second day as opposed to Jason Kubel, who was added later as a result of Cuddyer's injury. Gardenhire went with Tyner partly because he's effective in hitting the changeup/cutters that Rays starter Jae Seo is known for throwing. Gardenhire also needed to make room for Jeff Cirillo, who came off of the disabled list Tuesday.

There's also a fair amount of history between Tyner and Tampa Bay, as the 30-year-old came up through the Rays' organization, and played for them for parts of four seasons (2000-03).

"It's nothing Kubel's done," Gardenhire said. "It's just a roll of the dice to get Cirillo an at-bat, and get Tyner in there because he's so familiar with this ball park."

Injured reserves: Lew Ford is four games into his extended Spring Training rehab and a bit behind schedule concerning his return to playing form after March surgery on a torn meniscus in his right knee. Gardenhire said it was to be expected because of limited post-surgery mobility, and added the team would wait until Ford played about 10 games before he was re-evaluated.

"He's got plenty of time," Gardenhire said.

Rondell White is "a little frustrated" with his torn right calf muscle, said Gardenhire, who noted White's teammate and friend Torii Hunter had not been able to reach White via cell phone. White's schedule remains the same. He's nearly finished with his 10-day rest at home, and will soon pack up to head to Florida, where he'll join Class A Fort Myers to begin his rehab assignment.

Down on the farm: With a 7-2 win Tuesday, Triple-A Rochester moved to 14-4, its best start since 1958. Matt Tolbert helped the cause with three hits, including a triple. ... Double-A New Britain had a season-high 17 hits in a 12-4 win over Binghamton on Tuesday. Rashad Eldridge and Brian Buscher each had four hits in the contest. ... A four-run eighth inning by the host Threshers doomed Class A Fort Myers, which was swept on Tuesday with a 6-4 loss.

Twins tidbits: Minnesota has an off-day Monday, but the pitching rotation will not change. ... Through Tuesday, the Twins lead the American League in batting average (.277) and fielding percentage (.989), and are fourth in team ERA (3.87). ... Luis Castillo's 48 infield hits ranks second in the Majors behind the Dodgers' Juan Pierre (50). Castillo also has not committed an error in his last 521 chances, a time period spanning 114 games and dating back to May 29, 2006. ... Minnesota is 12-0 when leading after seven innings this season, and 9-3 when it scores first.

Coming up: Minnesota wraps up its three-game series against Tampa Bay with a 6:05 p.m. CT finale on Thursday. The Twins send right-hander Ramon Ortiz (3-1, 2.57 ERA) to the mound, where he'll face off against Rays righty James Shields (2-0, 3.75 ERA).

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Can Weather Cause Headaches?

Published On: Nov 21 2013 05:32:27 PM EST

Although large numbers of headache sufferers, particularly individuals who struggle with migraines, attribute their pain to the weather, there has been little scientific evidence to back up their assertions. Now, a study of more than 7,000 patients, led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center(BIDMC), provides some of the first large-scale data on how environmental conditions -- weather, as well as air pollution -- influence headache pain. Reported in the March 10 issue of the journal Neurology, the findings demonstrate that higher temperatures, and to a lesser degree, lower barometric pressure, contribute to severe headaches.

“Migraine headaches affect a large proportion of the population,” notes Kenneth Mukamal, MD, MPH, the study’s first author and a physician in the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care at BIDMC. “Approximately 18 percent of women and 6 percent of men in the U.S. report having migraine headaches, particularly young and middle-aged adults.”

Knowing that migraines can be set off by “triggers,” including certain foods, alcohol, stress and hormones, Mukamal and his coauthors decided to study whether environmental factors were also acting as headache triggers.

“Air temperature, humidity and barometric pressure are among the most frequent reasons that people give for their headache pain,” explains Mukamal, who is also an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. “But none of these reasons have been consistently verified. We wanted to find out if we could verify this ‘clinical folklore.’ We also wanted to determine whether air pollutants trigger headaches, much as they have been found to trigger strokes.”

Mukamal and his coauthors designed a “case crossover” study, which directly compares levels of pollutants and meterological variables at the time of the patient’s hospital visit with corresponding levels on preceding days and subsequent weeks. The study looked at 7,054 patients who went to the emergency room of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center between May 2000 and December 2007 and were discharged with a primary diagnosis of headache (2,250 diagnosed with migraine; 4,803 diagnosed with tension or unspecified headache). Using meterological and pollutant monitors, they then compared measurements of a number of environmental factors – air temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, fine particulate matter, black carbon, and nitrogen and sulfur dioxides -- during the three days previous to patients’ hospital visits and then again at corresponding dates to determine whether these factors trigger severe headaches.

“In other words,” says Mukamal, “our study design was able to directly compare weather and air pollution conditions right before an emergency visit with those same factors measured earlier and later the same month.”

The findings showed that of all of the environmental factors considered, higher air temperature in the 24 hours prior to the patient’s hospital visit was most closely associated with headache symptoms, with a 7.5 percent higher risk of severe headache reported for each temperature increase of 5 degrees Celsius (approximately 9 degrees Fahrenheit). To a lesser degree, lower barometric pressure 48 to 72 hours prior to patients’ emergency room visits also appeared to trigger headache. The researchers found no evidence that air pollutants influenced the onset of headache, but could not rule out a smaller effect similar to that previously seen for stroke.

 “Certainly our results are consistent with the idea that severe headaches can be triggered by external factors,” says Mukamal. “These findings help tell us that the environment around us does affect our health and, in terms of headaches, may be impacting many, many people on a daily basis.”

Mukamal recommends that headache patients sit down with their doctors to identify the triggers that lead to their headache symptoms, adding that even though the weather can’t be altered, doctors might be able to prescribe medication that can be administered prophylactically to help avert the onset of weather-related headaches.

Furthermore, he adds, “On a population basis, we need to be concerned about incremental temperature rises anyhow, and should advocate for responsible environmental management. The annual cost attributed to migraines is estimated at $17 billion, millions of people are adversely affected and the public health implications may be enormous.”

This research was supported by grants from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Study coauthors include BIDMC investigators Gregory A. Wellenius, ScD, and Murray A. Mittleman, MD, DrPH; and Helen H. Suh, ScD, of the Harvard School of Public Health.


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Hokies Prep for Duke

Published On: Dec 24 2013 12:20:57 PM EST   Updated On: Oct 22 2013 08:58:26 AM EDT

Despite not playing, the Hokies debuted at No. 14 in the first BCS standings of the season and begin the stretch run Saturday against Duke.

Virginia Tech is refreshed after a week off and ready for the stretch run.

The 16th-ranked Hokies (6-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) will put their six-game winning streak on the line Saturday against Duke (5-2, 1-2) at Lane Stadium.

Quarterback Logan Thomas says it's hard to sit on the sidelines on a football Saturday, but the time away was beneficial. Thomas says his injured right foot feels better, and his throwing arm feels live again.

Coach Frank Beamer says during the week off the Hokies addressed little issues that have slowed their running game. He also warned his team about Duke, saying "you just turn the video on" know how dangerous the Blue Devils can be.

Duke fell behind Virginia 22-0 on Saturday and rallied to win 35-22.

The Blue Devils have scored 70 points in the last two games, and despite the fact that the Hokies have won 12 straight in the series, Beamer is wary of the Devils firepower.


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Clerk fires shots at robber in Daytona Beach

Published On: Dec 27 2013 03:40:13 PM EST   Updated On: Dec 27 2013 06:09:32 PM EST

An attempted robber was shot at three times by a store clerk and then chased by police until his car flipped and caught fire Friday afternoon, police said.

It all started when the man, identified as Eric Scott Riddle, 35, brought a pellet gun to a store on International Speedway Boulevard and tried to rob it, according to police.

The clerk grabbed a gun and fired three shots. Riddle was not hit and fled the store.

Police began a pursuit at International Speedway Boulevard and Martin Luther King Boulevard. Riddle lost control of his Honda Civic on Keech Street, crashed through a fence and flipped his vehicle in the city yard.

The car caught fire, and police officers had to put it out before pulling him from the car.

The pellet gun was found inside the vehicle.

Riddle was arrested and taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

He will be charged with armed robbery and fleeing and eluding.

Related: Florida mug shots

Florida mug shots: Week in review

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Archbishop Listecki helps distribute Easter hams

Published On: Mar 26 2013 12:52:54 PM CDT   Updated On: Mar 26 2013 03:42:02 PM CDT

Kent Wainscott

Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki helped distribute Easter hams and food boxes to 100 House of Peace families.

The hams were donated by Badger Hams and Jim Wozniak.

"It's a reminder to the rest of us that we have a responsibility to take the gifts we have and to share them with others. A simple aspect, but it means so much," Listecki said.

The food boxes included fixings for a traditional Easter meal.  The items were donated by Mike Graf of Letterhead Press Co.

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Two men charged with theft of Lipinski Stradivarius violin

Published On: Feb 07 2014 01:02:55 PM CST   Updated On: Feb 07 2014 07:14:43 PM CST

Charges have been filed against two men accused of stealing a violin worth more than $5 million.

Universal K. Allah, 36, and Salah Salahadyn, 41, are charged with being party to the crime of robbery and possession of THC with intent to deliver.

VIDEO: Two men charged in stolen violin case

The criminal complaint states that police reports indicate Salahadyn was also known as Salah Jones, but at some point changed his name.

According to the criminal complaint, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Frank Almond was stunned with a Taser in the parking lot of Wisconsin Lutheran College on Jan. 27.

Almond told police he was temporarily incapacitated, and when he regained control of himself he realized the Lipinski Stradivarius violin, made in 1715, was missing.

Also missing were two violin bows valued at $50,000, an iPad, chargers and a cellphone.

Detectives working at the scene recovered small "confetti-sized particles" that investigators said were consistent with those emitted when a Taser weapon is fired. Detectives said the small pieces of paper contain an identifying serial number.

The FBI determined through the serial numbers that the Taser had been purchased by Allah. The complaint says Salhadyn had his friend buy the Taser because he had a concealed carry permit.

Investigators said that a citizen approached an off-duty officer on Feb. 2 stating he knew where the violin was located. The person told the officer that he gave Allah a ride home on Feb. 1, where he stated that a man named Salah had stolen the violin.

A confidential source also told police that Salahadyn spoke to them of stealing high-end art, and "how easily it could be stolen from unsuspecting victims." The source also said that Salahadyn spoke of stealing a Stradivarius violin "because of its potential value and the fact that it could be snatched from the hands of a musician as they walk down the street."

Salahadyn led detectives to a residence in the 400 block of East Smith Street in Bay View late Wednesday night. Investigators found the violin inside of a black suitcase in the attic of the residence.

Both men appeared in court Friday afternoon. Allah's bail was set at $500 cash.

"We are very happy with what happened in court today. I think the commissioner was very fair and looked at the evidence very closely," Allah's defense attorney Paul Ksicinski said.

Salahadyn's bail was set at $10,000 cash, and his lawyer did not comment.

Each of the men faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted of both counts.

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Tri-State soldiers return home to hero's welcome

After nearly a year in Afghanistan, some dedicated Tri-State soldiers made it home Friday night. A group of soldiers from the 737th Engineering Detachment of the Army Reserves touched down at CVG and was met by dozens of friends, family members and complete strangers.


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Governor: Japanese company to make $1 billion Upstate investment

Published On: Feb 18 2014 01:15:30 PM EST   Updated On: Feb 19 2014 06:26:58 AM EST

Gov. Nikki Haley announced Tuesday afternoon the largest-ever single business investment that will be made in South Carolina.

Haley announced that Toray, a Tokyo-based company, will make a $1 billion investment in Spartanburg County with a carbon fiber manufacturing business in Moore that will create 500 jobs.

Toray has acquired approximately 400 acres in Spartanburg County for its future business expansion. The site is located along Highway 290, with access to Interstates 26 and 85.

“South Carolina offers Toray Industries an ideal location for our next North American manufacturing facility. Here we will have proximity to major customers, both in the U.S. and in Latin American markets. We appreciate the great working relationship we have established with the state and local officials, and we look forward to becoming part of the South Carolina business community,” said Akihiro Nikkaku, president of Toray Industries.

Haley was at a Spartanburg Rotary Club meeting when she made the major jobs and business development announcement.

Haley also talked about a number of issues regarding the state's economy and business development. She spoke about the successful response to the winter storm before she made the announcement. Haley also talked about investing in the infrastructure of the state, including road maintenance and the ports.

Haley talked about streamlining the state government and putting much of the oversight under the governor's office.

She said she has continued to successfully work at bringing jobs to all parts of South Carolina, even in some very small towns.

David Britt, chairman of the Economic Development Committee of the Spartanburg County Council said, “We are extremely excited to welcome Toray to Spartanburg County. We know who the golden goose is here in Spartanburg, and that is business and industry. For two decades, we have had an excellent partner in BMW, and we expect Toray to have a similar effect in our region."

Haley had hinted that she would make the announcement in a Facebook post Monday night. She wrote, "I am looking forward to my trip tomorrow to speak at the Spartanburg Rotary Club. I might just make a fun announcement while I am there! Stay tuned. . ."

Before she made the Toray announcement, she joked that once news organizations saw her Facebook post, they started reporting that maybe the governor was pregnant.  She laughed and said, "That would not be fun news," and she also said she wouldn't make that kind of announcement at the Rotary Club.

Those who work and live in Moore are excited about the announcement.

"This particular area of the county has been dead as far as industrial development or anything like that is concerned," said Donald Nivens.

Nivens has owned Nivens Apple Farm in Moore for 40 years.  He said the facility will give Moore the boost it needs.

"I think property values will be increased of course, like what the BMW area over there did, and that will make it possible for a lot of people over here to relax a little bit.  Like me for example, I am at 80 and I am ready for retirement, and if I sell my property I will have a real good retirement," said Nivens.

Toray is expected to be up and running within a year and a half.

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 From:  Vincent Fleuranceau <vincent at bikost dot com>
 To:  m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
 Subject:  Re: [m0n0wall] Using m0n0wall as a larger PPTP/VPN-server
 Date:  Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:08:59 +0100
-------- Message original --------

> 1) As one can see in the PPTP-configuration-page there's a 16-user limit
> today in the PPTP-server. I guess that means that only 16 concurrent
> users can be authenticated and logged in at the same time. We have great
> programmers here which could re-write this to make m0n0wall be able to
> allow more users in that case, but maybe somebody's already working on
> this? I couldn't find it in the todo-list anyway. Somebody?

-- Vincent


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 From:  Fred Wright <fw at well dot com>
 To:  m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
 Subject:  Re: several messages
 Date:  Thu, 9 Sep 2004 23:30:44 -0700 (PDT)
On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Rob Diehl wrote:

> I was having some problems with my PPPoE DSL connection being dropped
> (using m0n0wall's PPPoE client). After several weeks and much research
> and frustration, I believe I have found it is due to m0n0wall sending
> out LCP packets and not receiving any LCP echos from my provider
> (Bellsouth).

Just to get the terminology straight, it's sending LCP Echo Request
packets, and failing to receive LCP Echo Reply packets.  This exchange is
like a ping, but at the LCP layer instead of ICMP.  It's a crock that they
don't honor it, but good luck getting them to fix it.

Disabling "LCP" would disable PPP altogether. :-)

> Soo.... I found a way to disable LCP by editing /var/etc/mpd.conf and
> setting the "link keep-alive" option to 0 seconds.
> What are the implications of disabling LCP? If my modem drops connection
> for some reason, will m0n0wall just sit there and not ever try to
> re-establish a connection? What if a PC requests something on the
> Internet, will it then try to reconnect?

There are two possible motivations: detecting link loss, and defeating an
idle timer on the other end (though LCP echoes aren't necessarily
sufficient for that).  It appears that MPD is only expecting to use it for
the former purpose, since otherwise you could enable it without the
timeout (which at least isn't a documented possibility).

I don't believe MPD will do "dial on demand" as currently configured by
m0n0wall, although it has that option.

On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Rob Diehl wrote:

> Well, out of curiosity I unplugged my phone line from my DSL modem, and
> let it retrain and no problems. I even turned off my DSL modem and
> turned it back on, and m0n0wall reconnected transparently without me
> even knowing. Next, I tried leaving my modem plugged in, but unplugging
> the phone line for an extended period of time until m0n0wall reported a
> LINK DOWN event in the log. Then I plugged it back in and immediately it
> re-established my connection.

Execept for the last, the PPP client and server may not have even noticed
the link loss.  That's the whole reason for periodically testing it.

When it "immediately reestablished", what did the log show about who
initiated that and why?

> Now, the interesting thing is that even with keep-alive set to 0 to
> theoretically disable LCP echo requests, I still see "mpd: [pppoe] LCP:
> no reply to 1 echo request(s)" and so on when the phone line is
> disconnected. Why is this?

Continually, or just once?  It may try to "test" the link after it's
brought up.

Did you specify both values ("seconds" and "max") as 0?  That might

Of course MPD logging information is so verbose that you probably need to
change the "show last 50 lines" to "show last 50,000 lines" to see what
you want. :-)

					Fred Wright


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Disk Diag Makes Deleting Old Files Easier

I think, if we were to do a random poll, we’d probably find that most of us hate keeping our computers running smoothly more than any other task. Looking for old files and keeping the trash cans empty are unenviable jobs, and as the owner of a small business, I’ve contemplated hiring an all-purpose secretary to handle email and computer maintenance — but that’s not really practical.

All joking aside, one of my favourite things about my Mac are the apps that are available that help make boring tasks like cleaning up my hard drive less dull. Oddly, one of my favourite apps of all time, DaisyDisk, made the task fun. Finding joy in mundane things like computer maintenance is one thing that only Macs can offer, and that’s why I was thrilled to give Disk Diag a shot. It’s a simple app on the Mac App Store meant to do one thing well: clean out your old files. Read on to compare it with some of the competition and see if it’s for you.

Disk Utility is an application that’s built into OS X that can perform lots of useful and even scary actions. Experienced users find frequent need of this handy tool but those newer to the Mac experience are often cautioned to steer clear, for good reason.

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104 Microlog entries tagged with ‘food’

Recipe for lasagne bread (scaccia)
Holy moly that looks delicious. #   ·

Recipe for Southwestern soup
It might be properly spring now but it’s still quite chilly, so something like this would go down a treat. #   ·

Make Chipotle’s Delicious Cilantro-Lime Rice at Home
I’ve never eaten at Chipotle (the nearest one to us is in, what, London?) but coriander and lime rice sounds like a winner to me. #   ·

Why the calorie is broken
Because, in short, some calories are different from others; our bodies are more discerning about how they break down the things we eat than food science long gave them credit for. Anecdotally, it makes sense to me: I’ve been eating more protein and even more (brown) carbs since the start of the year, but less sugar. Same amount of calories as before, give or take a few, but my weight loss has been much easier. #   ·

How MSG Got A Bad Rap: Flawed Science And Xenophobia
It’s just a chemical compound. You know what else is a chemical compound? Sodium chloride — table salt. Fuck confirmation bias. #   ·

Hot dog! 100 years of Nathan’s Famous at Coney Island – in pictures
I’m not sure a Nathan’s hot dog is worth an hour’s queue in the sun on Memorial Day afternoon. But they’re alright, like. #   ·

White fish with spicy beans and chorizo
We’ve got some white-fish fillets in the freezer, this seems like a good thing to do with them. #   ·

Japan Centre online store
This crowd were at the MCM Comic Con last summer. The shipping’s a bit ridiculous if you’re not mindful to select the standard post option, but there’s a decent selection of Japanese goodies here. #   ·

Stir-Fried Chicken With Ketchup
Just chicken, flour, oil, seasoning and regular store-bought ketchup? Okay, I’m doing this. #   ·

Sugar-free tiramisu recipe
Well, except for the rum, which is made from sugar. I mean it’s basically boozy molasses. #   ·

I have journeyed to the soul of chocolate and I bring you good tidings
Very tempted to try this, if I can find a lower-budget method. I make cold-brew coffee all the time, but nothing fancy: just steep it in a cafetiere for 12 hours (I’ve got one on the kitchen counter right now) then keep it in the fridge in a Volvic bottle. #   ·

Momofuku Pork Belly
Deceptively simple; it’s all in the execution. I spot a similar preparation for pork shoulder there, too. Haven’t had pulled pork in ages, over a year it must be… But we’ve got our own thing with the overnight dry rub. It’s good, trust me. #   ·

Why food allergy fakers need to stop
It’s depressing that this is even a thing. No one thinking about the real consequences of their actions. Also, it’s deeply insulting to people who actually have serious allergies or intolerances. [c/o Kottke] #   ·

Aubergine rolls with spinach & ricotta
Made this twice last week, but with a twist: those rolls are a pain in the hole, so we just stirred the roasted aubergine slices right into the spinach and ricotta mixture. Delicious. #   ·

The foodie traveller on … reinventing poutine in Toronto
If these count as poutine, then Abrakebabra taco fries should too. I’m serious! #   ·

Recipe for creamy macaroni and cheese
I think this could do with some tweaking; I doubt it needs a pound of cheese. #   ·

Simple Rules for Healthy Eating
Exactly what it says on the link. #   ·

Jason Wilson: Paleo isn’t a fad diet, it’s an ideology that selectively denies the modern world
“The paleo diet is premised on a false image of stasis and harmony projected from an entirely arbitrary point in the long history of human evolution.” This is as damning a debunk as you’re ever going to find. #   ·

How to Make Caramelized Onions in the Microwave
Although it takes about as long as it would to do them on the stovetop, I’m not sure why I’d bother. Still, they are delicious [c/o Lifehacker]. #   ·

What it’s like to compete in the Chopped kitchen
Decent interview with a past contestant giving a pretty detailed behind-the-scenes at the Food Network’s best show. #   ·

This page lists all Microlog entries by MacDara Conroy tagged with ‘food’. You will find many more entries sorted by month and by category in the Archives.


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Simotion incorporates logic, motion control, and functions such as temperature and pneumatic control in a single, integrated system. Hardware platforms include controllers, PCs, and drives.

A general trend in machine design is toward more-complex equipment that runs faster and performs more tasks with higher precision. At the same time engineers are under the gun to design them faster while cutting costs. Siemens, Alpharetta, Ga. (, is addressing these seemingly disparate goals with a new family of machine controls. Simotion incorporates motion control, logic, and functions such as temperature and pneumatic control in a single, integrated system.

"What makes Simotion innovative," says Tom Kopanski, vice president of Siemens Automation and Motion Div.," is that all the necessary control functions to automate a machine are in one system." No longer do machine builders have to overcome the expensive technological hurdles involved with integrating different makes and models of drives and controls into a working system, he says. This saves machine builders considerable engineering time and frees them to concentrate on their core competence, he adds.

A motion-control system that integrates peripherals and drives is said to make it easier to optimize motion sequences. This lets engineers get the most from the machine while cutting costs and speeding delivery. An integrated system also makes it possible to create many different machine variations from relatively few modules. Modular designs are more easily adapted to customers' requirements, and they, too, speed machine commissioning.

Another advantage is scalability. Simotion's basic capabilities are logic control and speed regulation. Other software modules such as position, gear, and cam functions are loaded as needed from a motion-control library, and machine builders and retrofitters have the flexibility to write their own application-specific programs as needed.

"Machine builders and OEMs can make motion control with Simotion as sophisticated or simple as they want," says Derrick Fisher, Simotion product manager. "We start with a basic core software module. By adding custom or Siemens standard software modules as needed, it is possible to build libraries that can be used with PCs, controllers, or drives." And the same operating system runs on all hardware platforms, which "gives machine builders greater flexibility than ever before," he says.

"The single-system design of Simotion helps speed ramp-up time and makes troubleshooting easier because programming and troubleshooting in one package is more efficient than working with numerous ones," adds Fisher.

The system will also benefit end users, he says. When different components and software packages are used to tackle different motion-control tasks, a small modification often means new hardware, a new design, and additional engineering and configuring time. An integrated system, says Fisher, often lets users program changes without modifying hardware.

Siemens estimates Simotion will save 10% of the machine cost and as much as 20% during operation.Simotion is configured and programmed with Siemens Scout engineering software. In addition to having standard IEC 1131-3 compliant interfaces, Scout provides Motion Control Chart (MCC), a graphical editor for programming sequential and motion programs. Scout offers self-guided wizards and text dialog menus to aid configuration.

Simotion is intended for complex motion-control applications, including packaging, printing, plastics, textiles, and presses. The U.S. market for such systems is approximately $1 billion, which Siemens expects to grow at an average annual rate of more than 5%. For more information, visit


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From Borut Hadžialić <>
Subject Re: Tomcat NTLM Authentication
Date Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:03:25 GMT
One of the links I sent you was broken, the right link is:

Oracle Jdbc connection with kerberos

Or just google for 'oracle jdbc kerberos' if they move the content again.

On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Borut Hadžialić
<> wrote:
> Hi Hila,
> I have a similar requirement in my current project. End users (using
> browsers and java desktop apps) which work on windows workstations
> which are in a domain, must be able to log in the application without
> needing to type in username and password (using their windows
> credentials). Additionaly, the connection to the underlying database
> must also be done using those user credentials.
> My steps while implementing this were:
> 1. Implement authentication (browser->server, desktop app -> server)
> which uses kerberos
> 2. Enable credential delegation so your app server can impersonate
> client when connecting to the database
> 3. Connect to the database as the client from within app server
> code/process (this is database-specific)
> This is how I solved it:
> I use SPNEGO for browser/webapp scenario authentication. These
> materials helped me come up with a working server side SPNEGO
> implementation:
> This is what I ended up using for reading a SPNEGO token:
> Some general information about kerberos from msdn:
> Very nice articles about credentials delegation (you need that so your
> app server can impersonate clients when it connects to the database)
> I also had some java desktop apps which needed to authenticate in a
> similar way, which use Spring HttpInvoker as a remoting protocol, so I
> decided to make HttpInvoker pass some SPNEGO headers as well, and it
> seems to work:
> We use Oracle as the database and some materials that were helpfull were these:
> Oracle Jdbc connection with kerberos
> Some general info on Oracle Advanced Security
> If you also use Oracle I can send you a complete code example for this
> - I have the whole thing working for simple tests..I should have a
> more complete implementation in few weeks.
> Cheers.
> 2011/3/7 הילה <>:
>> Hey,
>> The tomcat is running on windows server 2008 R2 STD
>> I don't now if using windows authentication is less secure and affects all
>> network's security, since this user have permissions only on the DB. you
>> can't even perform login to servers with this user.
>> anyway, I appreciate your comments and discussion of why it's less secure or
>> not, but I need to perform this (task I've been given from guys in high
>> above positions), so please help with what I'm trying to do :]
>> If I can't use spnego and other stuff of the list i've found, what can I do?
>> Thanks
>> Hila
>> 2011/3/6 André Warnier <>
>>> ???? wrote:
>>>> Hey,
>>>> I want to change the way that tomcat authenticates to the DB of our
>>>> application, from SQL authentication to Windows authentication.
>>>> We use Tomcat 6.0.29 , and the user and password to connect to the DB is
>>>> specified in clear text in the xml configuration file under the folder
>>>> conf/catalina/localhost.
>>>> My goal is to remove the user and password from the xml file, and letting
>>>> the tomcat windows service run with a domain user that has permissions to
>>>> the DB.
>>>> when I searched for a solutions for what i'm trying to do, i got to this
>>>> page-
>>>> Which suggest these methods:
>>>> -Waffle/JNA
>>>> -Tomcat SPNEGO
>>>> -Jespa (commercial)
>>>> -Tomcat IIS Connector
>>>> -Samba JCIFs (obsolete, no NTLMv2)
>>>> Are one of these methods suit for what I'm trying to do?
>>>> When reading about Tomcat SPNEGO, it says that users working on a windows
>>>> client OS and IE or Firefox, can be silently authenticated (SSO) to a
>>>> Tomcat
>>>> running on a windows server via NTLM or kerberos. It doesn't seem to be
>>>> what
>>>> I aim for, since tomcat users are not interest me, only the tomcat windows
>>>> service and how it connects to the DB
>>>>  Exactly. Now you have the issue correctly framed.
>>> And you are right above : all these methods indeed identify/authenticate
>>> the client of the Tomcat application to Tomcat, not Tomcat itself to
>>> something else. (**)
>>> The one thing missing in your description above, is that your Tomcat server
>>> is running on a Windows machine.
>>> And also that your back-end database system is able itself to perform user
>>> authentication either in clear-text (user-id + password), or via Windows
>>> NTLM authentication.
>>> (And, if the back-end database server is set to do NTLM authentication,
>>> then it can only do so for Domain user-id's; NTLM authentication will not
>>> work with a "server-local" user-id).
>>> So now you have to make one additional effort of thinking rationally, and
>>> answer the following fundamental question : why ?
>>> I mean, what exactly is the problem with having a user-id and a password
>>> for the database, in clear in a Tomcat configuration file ?  Are there users
>>> that can connect to the Tomcat server, and read those configuration files,
>>> and which should not be able to do so ?
>>> And if that is the case, can you not do something like :
>>> a) either block these users from accessing the Tomcat server (the best
>>> solution)
>>> OR
>>> b)
>>> - start Tomcat under some Windows user-id (with password)
>>> - set the permissions of the Tomcat configuration files, so that *only*
>>> this user-id can read them ?
>>> Various people have previously tried to point out different aspects which
>>> remain true, among which :
>>> 1) encrypting something is often a chicken-and-egg kind of problem : if you
>>> encrypt something, then you need to decrypt it somewhere else; and the key
>>> to decrypt it has to be stored somewhere also. And so on..
>>> 2) in terms of security, it is much better to run Tomcat under a "server
>>> local" user-id than as a Domain user-id.  That is because the local user-id
>>> only gives access to the local machine, while a domain user-id gives access
>>> to the whole domain.
>>> By running Tomcat as a domain user, you decrease the security of the whole
>>> network.
>>> 3) security is always a matter of multiple layers of defense.  In this
>>> case, your first line is to prevent unauthorised people to access the Tomcat
>>> configuration files.
>>> Because if they can do that, then they can break through any other security
>>> that you would put in place.  Think about it : no matter how, Tomcat needs
>>> access to the DB. If Tomcat has access to the the DB, then any user who can
>>> control Tomcat can access the DB. (*)
>>> 4) your second line of defense, would be that the DB server only accepts
>>> connections from Tomcat.  This way, if someone can get hold of the user-id
>>> of Tomcat, at least they cannot use it to access the DB directly.
>>> (*) Suppose Tomcat runs under domain user-id XYZ, with a very secret
>>> password.
>>> If I can get access to the Tomcat configuration files, then I can also
>>> install any Tomcat application somewhere, and make Tomcat run it.
>>> And this application will run under the Tomcat user-id, even if I do not
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To: Frank van der Linden <>
From: John F. Woods <>
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Date: 10/12/1997 10:25:40
> You made the right moves, but the new kernel crashing got you in a
> tight spot. Old utilities, new libraries, new kernel should work.
> Provided that you have COMPAT_12 in your kernel, I should have mentioned
> that in my "heads up" message..

Yup, it was just the kernel crash which was my problem.  (I now suspect it
was crashing on loading the XFree86 aperature driver, since that was about
the right place and that's an ideal way to crash if you are mistaken about
which kernel symbol table to use!)

One strange thing, however:  I have the Columbia Appletalk Protocol package
installed, and haven't recompiled it yet.  It worked fine with the July 13
kernel, but now it fails during startup with the following message:
"abwrite: Message too big".  It is either trying to do a sendmsg() or a
sendto() (I'm not sure offhand which conditional compilation flags I've got
enabled).  Has the format of a struct iovec changed recently?  Are there any
other really obvious forehead-slapping kinds of things that are suggested
by this paltry evidence, or am I going to have to dig more here?  (And should
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On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 03:24:32PM +1100, matthew green wrote:
 > these should both now "just work", including the ability to
 > run 32 bit apps from real i386/sparc systems without anything
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(now we just need to be able to build packages with -m32!)

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From: Frederick Bruckman <>
List: pkgsrc-changes
Date: 01/09/2002 04:51:12
Module Name:	pkgsrc
Committed By:	fredb
Date:		Wed Jan  9 02:51:12 UTC 2002

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Module Name:	src
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Subject: Re: pkgsrc bulk builds on SunOS
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Date: 06/29/2005 10:53:49
I am new in pkgsrc.
I am working with Solaris10 on a AMD Opteron. (w1100z)
Boostrap work fine , but some packages have problem. I don't have Workshop

> From: Hubert Feyrer <>
> On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, grant beattie wrote:
> > as for the bulk builds on these systems, I was waiting for the 2005Q2
> > branch to be tagged (which it now has been), and I will kick off
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> In the past I did pkgsrc-current builds, and when the branch was tagged
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Saturday, March 05, 2011

Do Customers Deconstruct Advertising?

It's all too easy to get bogged down in analysing advertising given the investment of time, money and reputation that it represents. I'm not always sure what good it does and I'm far from certain that non-marketing professionals ever do that - unless of course we foolishly ask them to do so in focus groups.

But I'm going to do it anyway because this ad from a company close to my heart has appeared everywhere. Can you see what grabbed my attention? It's the small i in innocent, juxtaposed with the capital J in juicy in the line at the bottom - a design conceit that means that the start of both sentences is different and, to me, visually jarring.

Designers rightly talk about fonts being important - but what's the point if simple consistency is overlooked? In the great scheme of things, it probably doesn't matter. It's unlikely to stop people from buying juice, but it irritated me and I wonder if I am not alone in that.

Blogger Chris said...

I agree. Produced by committees.

There will be post-rationalisation.

2:20 PM, March 09, 2011
Blogger a from l said...

Assuming the small "i" was deliberate and not a mistake (such things happen) you kind of gave a clue in your reaction as to why it was done. Your eye skimmed over the line then stopped and read it more carefully. That presumably is why they did it.

11:58 AM, March 12, 2011
Blogger john dodds said...

The i is deliberate - they always use a lower case i.

While I like the idea that the J emphasises the juiciness, I'm not sure if it was intentional. That said, I know somebody who will.

7:24 AM, March 14, 2011
Anonymous Dan from innocent said...

Hello. This is Dan from innocent (creative director and font heretic). The reason we did it is because it stood out more, following on from the preceding sentence. You actually read it, and the fact that it's grammatically correct is good too. It's one of those decisions you make where a few of our designers wanted one thing and a few wanted another. Nobody is right, everyone is wrong, and I hope we sell more orange juice as a result.

And the commenter who said that we always write innocent with a lower case 'i' is correct - it's our one wilful bit of grammatical disobedience.

6:39 AM, March 17, 2011
Blogger john dodds said...

I told you I'd know someone far wiser in these things. Thanks Dan - long live heretics.

2:26 AM, March 18, 2011
Blogger Mark McGuinness said...

And I thought I was nit-picky... ;-)

2:03 AM, April 04, 2011

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  • Watch and work with a great variety of gears, learning how each is used in today’s world.
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  • Learn about the Planiverse, a 2-dimensional world developed by mathematician A.K. Dewdney, and invent mechanisms that would work in a 2D universe
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Sunday, February 26, 2012

CPS Sketch Challenge

I was up and at it early this morning so had time to craft before heading of to the days activities.

I used Early Espresso card base and embossed ripe avocado with a Tim Holtz embossing folder I bought a while back (Notebook).  The red layer is Tea Leaves patterned paper from PTI.
I matched the sleeve on the to go cup to the tea leaves layer also paper pieced the lid so it looked more white than the cup.
The sentiment is from Warm Happiness (PTI).  The tea bag is from Morning Cup (SU!) and the to go cup is from Heart 2 Heart (my new favorite set :)

The focal layer was cut using SU!'s new Framelits dies

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  1. Love that cute cup...of tea!! I thought it was coffee at first! Thanks for playing along with CPS sketch 254!!

  2. Love the matching sleeve on the cup!! Great job on the sketch and thanks for joining us at CPS this week!

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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Amendment 4 foes name Manatee/Sarasota co-chairs

The statewide organization leading the campaign against the Amendment 4 growth-control measure on the November ballot has named its co-chairs for Manatee and Sarasota counties. They are:
  •  Mike Burton, a natural resource regulatory policy and wildlife habitat restoration consultant. He also is chairman of the Palmetto Planning and Zoning Board.
  • Rev. Don Roberts, president of Goodwill Manasota and a Methodist minister.
  •  Jon Thaxton, an environmentalist and a member of the Sarasota County Commission.
As experts in their respective fields, our Sarasota/Manatee team brings fresh insights to the Amendment 4 debate," said the campaign's executive director Ryan Houck. "We are honored to have their full and active support."

Amendment 4, speared by the Florida Hometown Democracy organization, would require local governments to win voter approval before they can change their jurisdiction's comprehensive plans, which guide all growth and development related decisions.

In a related development, the Federation of Manatee County Community Associations on June 9 will host a debate on Amendment 4. It will be from 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. at the Manatee County Central Library, 1301 Barcarrota Blvd., Bradenton.

For more information, call (941) 746-2151.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Crist: No special session on drilling ban

Gov. Charlie Crist told the Miami Herald today that he has ruled out calling a special session to consider putting on the November ballot a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban drilling 10 miles off Florida's coasts.

The political winds in the Legislature, said the governor, don't make this a good time for the idea, despite the Deepwater Horizon spill now threatening the state.

"The Senate is more amenable than the House, although I’m trying with the House,''Crist said, according to the Herald's Naked Politics blog.

"The holdup in the House is that I think they pushed very hard previously to get drilling in the Gulf and maybe time will help bring them around to the view that isn’t such a wonderful idea given what has happened,'' he said.

Friday, May 14, 2010

Gubernatorial candidate Dockery to speak in Bradenton

State Sen. Paula Dockery, R-Lakeland, who is vying for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, will be guest speaker  May 25 at a meeting of the Manatee Forum, Republican Women Federated. She will present a report on the Florida legislative session, according to organizers.

Introducing Dockery will be state Sen. Nancy Detert, R-Venice.

The meeting will start at 6 p.m. at Bradenton Country Club, 4646 Ninth Ave. W., Bradenton. Dinner is $20.

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PolitiFact checks out Buchanan (with video)

Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan, representing Sarasota and Manatee counties, voted April 27 to block a cost-of-living pay raise for himself and other members of Congress. He made a claim on video that, "In the last 50 years, we've only balanced the budget five times." St. Pete Times/Miami Herald's PolitiFact/Florida decided to "see if Buchanan's recollection of history is correct."

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Monday, November 05, 2012

Random Thoughts The Night Before

According to Investors' Business Daily, the re-election of Barack Obama rests on five claims all refuted handily by people who have actually run a business: 1) Bush tax cuts and deregulation caused the recession, 2) He stopped a second Great Depression, 3) His policies are working, 4) A slow recovery was inevitable, and 5) Nobody could have done any better.

We've heard stories of voter fraud, notably voting machines conveniently malfunctioning in favor of the incumbent, in the battleground state of Ohio. Thankfully, our friends at The Daily Beast have come to the rescue. If you see this kind of shenanigans going on at your polling place, click here:

Many liberal voters will go to the polls with less enthusiasm than they did four years ago. Conor Friedersdorf explains better than most why he refuses to vote for Obama in, of all places, The Atlantic.

... if you're a Democrat who has affirmed that you'd never vote for an opponent of gay equality, or a torturer, or someone caught using racial slurs, how can you vote for the guy who orders drone strikes that kill hundreds of innocents and terrorizes thousands more -- and who constantly hides the ugliest realities of his policy (while bragging about the terrorists it kills) so that Americans won't even have all the information sufficient to debate the matter for themselves?

After all, we are incapable of deciding for ourselves. That's why we have the mainstream media to decide for us, right?

Many conservatives, including prolife Catholics (as opposed to pro-death Catholics, who are a walking oxymoron, but that's another story), would consider Mitt Romney to be the lesser of two evils. Even the Washington Examiner concedes he is not the darling of the conservative base to which he has appealed (while still endorsing him twice). But there is more involved here than the lesser of two evils, as commentator Bill Whittle explains in the video clip above. We are choosing what kind of America we want. On one hand, there is the one the Founding Fathers intended, that of a constitutional republic, subject to the rule of law, as opposed to an effete and arrogant oligarchy. On the other hand, there is a European-style pseudo-socialism, which even Europeans are beginning to reject, one that pits race and class against one another, while its leaders are wined and dined by the socially "enlightened" upper-crust.

(By the way, The Daily Caller already knows the loser for this year.)

Running for a second term as President is a man whose past associations, including a known and self-admitted domestic terrorist who actively supported the man's entry into politics, could not get him past a routine civil service background check. Tomorrow will be the day America decides whether that matters. In so doing, a nation chooses the course it richly deserves. We do not imagine those whose freedoms will be in jeopardy. Indeed, those who profess the Catholic faith already have reason to be alarmed.

But we can still have a little fun with it (while we still can), courtesy of comedian and Brooklyn native Chris Rock. Sort of adds new meaning to the term "Rock The Vote," don't you think?

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Has anyone else ever considered this swim (esp. any other Canadian swimmers). Seems pretty epic... crossing from the mainland to Newfoundland. Looks doable, 16k at the closest point, surface temp max of 17C (end of August), currents / tides are a little wonky but predictable. Anything else here ever consider this one?

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Julia Miller comes to USD 408 straight out of Bethel College.

She will teach vocal music to fifth through 12th grades and will be the fall musical director.

This is Miller’s first teaching job after graduating in May. Passionate about music, she hopes to make vocal music relatable to people of any age and teach her students to work as a team to deliver a strong performance.

Marion adds three to school staff

Alisha Frazier has eight years of teaching experience. She will teach art, and be the sophomore class sponsor.

A graduate of Emporia State University, she received a bachelor’s degree in art and has an English as a Second Language endorsement from Newman University.

Fraizer has two dogs and said she is excited to be a part of the Marion community.

“Helping students foster an appreciation of the arts and grow in their artistic skills is my No. 1 goal,” she said. “I look forward to all the wonderful things this school year will bring.”

The new family and consumer sciences teacher, Ellen Haslouer, has been teaching since 1980.

She comes to Marion after 16 years in Hope. In addition to her teaching duties she will be the FCCLA adviser.

Haslouer received a master’s in secondary education in Kansas State University and a bachelors in FACS from the University of Kansas.

She and her husband, Charles, have three adult children.

Last modified Aug. 14, 2014