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NFL Women's Fan Clubs: Where do we stand?
About a year and a half ago, GuysGirl analyzed the NFL's marketing efforts towards the 45% of it's growing fanbase, the women.
Part of that approach for a small amount of teams, has been to adopt an official women's fan club.
Though these few teams are making an effort towards the women, much more can be done.
Let's take a look at which teams are performing the best and which teams are half-assing it.
Teams that have an official fan club, but could do more
The first club in the NFL to offer an official women's club, the Baltimore Ravens, have a rather unique approach to it's women's club. While the basic level, Purple Club, is free with an annual ticketed event at the end of the year. They also offer an exclusive VIP women's club, Lavender Ladies, that's capped at 125 members and said to have a waiting list for years to come. While the Lavender Ladies costs $250 annually, something tells me it's well worth it. At least, I would hope so if I was one of those ladies paying to be a member!
The Bronco's Crush is another free club with paid VIP exclusive events and open to only 50 women. The cost of the club was not revealed on the website, but the free portion of the club offers cool events like a summer workout series, using the Broncos team gym, that gives a glimpse into what a NFL player's typical workout looks like.
The 49ers started The Faithfulistas in 2012 and while it's one of the cheaper options as far as women's clubs, outside of your initial membership package, the benefits don't seem to be solidified for 2014 yet.
C'mon Man
Teams that either don't have a fan club or make a lazy attempt at it.
The defending champs, the Seattle Seahawks, lead the NFL with women employed in leadership positions, but lack an official women's club. A woman's fan club was in such high demand, the fans went ahead and created one for themselves in The 12th Woman.
Another club that doesn't have an official women's fan club but still offers an event geared towards the women, is the Steelers. No word on if they will hold another Training Camp exclusive for women in 2014, but the 2013 event was essentially a way for the female fans to get out on the field and work with Steelers' alumni to get an up close and personal experience of drills NFL players have to run during practice.
The Detroit Lions have a "Women's Association" that includes events like "Yoga with the wives," a hosted NFL Style Lounge, and some other random events. While there's a page on the Detroit Lions' website, it's a lazy attempt, at best, to capture the female fans with zero information on how to join the association, any fees associated with the club and no listing of membership benefits.
The Chargers' Lightning Ladies is one of two female fan clubs that seem to have a standalone website, separate from the organization. The team appears to have let the official domain LightningLadies.com expire and hasn't updated the official Facebook page since December of 2012. There's still a website where you can join the club for $75, but since there's nothing about upcoming events on the website outside of a standard membership package, it might be safe to say this club is a wasted effort.
Teams that lack a female fan club:
Bengals, Browns, Bills, Dolphins, Patriots, Jets, Chiefs, Raiders, Bears, Packers, Vikings, Falcons, Panthers, Saints, Buccaneers, Cowboys, Eagles, Cardinals, and Rams.
These teams are proving that their women's clubs aren't half-assed.
The Jaguars Women's Club is only in it's second year and already is one of the best in the nation. Events like Yoga on the Field and NFL 101 were held in the past, but future events include Cooking with the Jags and their annual Cleats and Cocktails party is a can't miss event. For only $50, you gain access to exclusive events, a nice membership package and chance to network with the only team in the NFL where women outnumber the men in the overall fanbase (51%).
While the Colts' Blue Ladies has paved the way in NFL Women's Clubs, it's membership price was steep at $100. But this year, the price has dropped to $75 and the team has stated "numerous improvements" have been made to include a personalized membership kit–something no other NFL Women's Club offers. Another cool effort the Blue Ladies did was create and distribute an official Blue Ladies newsletter [PDF link] as a key driver to attract more members and keep the current members informed with news solely about the club.
The Battle Red Ladies is a free club of the Texans that offers up some cool events including something that no other women's club offers, fantasy football events!
Setting the Bar
If every team modeled their marketing efforts like these teams, the NFL world would be much happier.
The Women of Washington, aka WOW, is the official club for the Redskins and upon checking out their website, you'll see they have over 76,000 members in their club. Wow indeed. Membership is free to join with a plethora of exclusive events for the women to participate in including my favorite, a conference held at the stadium to include women speaking on a panel that served in executive leadership roles within sports. WOW also has their own Instagram, events calendar, and Twitter feed that are both managed very well and kept up to date to keep the fans constantly engaged.
The Titans are new to the women's club game with Titan True, but they certainly don't act like it. With an initial membership fee of $100, the Titans make sure you get your money's worth with a slew of events, discounted team gear, free game tickets, yoga on the field and my personal favorite, a "day in the life of a player" where the women were able to run drills, put on players equipment, and even have a film study class. The membership fee drops to $50 after your initial year; something no other team offers. In addition to some of the best league-wide offerings, the club's social media efforts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are stellar along with the best logo for a women's club in the league.
The AFC South is dominating in it's approach to women as every single team in the division has an official women's club. And not just a club, but a considerable effort to capture even more of the lucrative women's demographic with exclusive events, affordable membership packages and reasons to keep the fans continually engaged.
The NFC South and NFC North, however, have zero representation for their female fans. Outside of the Detroit Lions one women-focused event, no other team offers a single event for the ladies. Shame on you.
So what have we learned?
Some teams are making an extraordinary effort to engage their female fans, but just because there's a women's club with a team logo splashed on it doesn't mean you get a free pass.
Women aren't stupid. They want to be catered to and because women make the majority of household purchases, it would be fiscally-wise for these teams to cater towards the female fans than to ignore them.
Bravo to the Jaguars, Colts, Titans, Texans and Redskins for setting the bar in how to approach women and football.
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Apache Struts vulnerability affects versions since 2008
A researcher discovered a remotely exploitable Apache Struts vulnerability being actively exploited in the wild. A patch was released, and users were urged to update software immediately.
A security researcher discovered an Apache Struts vulnerability that affects versions of the web application development framework going back to 2008.
Man Yue Mo, a researcher at the open source software project LGTM.com run by San Francisco-based software analytics firm Semmle Inc., disclosed the remotely executable Apache Struts vulnerability, which he said was "a result of unsafe deserialization in Java" and could lead to arbitrary code execution. Mo originally disclosed the issue to Apache on July 17, 2017.
Mo publicly disclosed the Apache Struts vulnerability on Sept. 5, and the Apache Struts group released patches the same day. But by the morning of Sept. 6, Mo updated his post because "multiple working exploits [were] observed on various places on the internet."
"I verified that it was a genuine remote code execution [RCE] vulnerability before reporting it to the Struts security team. They have been very quick and responsive in working out a solution even though it is a fairly non-trivial task that requires API changes," Mo wrote in a blog post. "Due to the severity of this finding I will not disclose more details at this stage. Rather, I will update this blog post in a couple of weeks' time with more information."
Mo's discovery is the latest in string of serious Apache Struts vulnerabilities that have been disclosed recently. In March, for example, an RCE vulnerability was patched after being actively exploited by attackers.
Boris Chen, vice president of engineering and co-founder of tCell Inc., a San Francisco-based web applications security company, said, "Serialization exploits resulting in RCE are one of the most serious yet underreported vulnerabilities that applications face today, and it doesn't seem to be waning. For Apache Struts alone, this is the fourth RCE vulnerability this year."
The newly discovered Apache Struts vulnerability is a stark reminder that while websites represent the front line for most organizations, they can also become the front door for attackers.
Brian Robisonsenior director of security technology, Cylance Inc.
Michael Patterson, CEO of Plixer International Inc., a network traffic analysis company based in Kennebunk, Maine, said this Apache Struts vulnerability "is a significant finding, given that the majority of our largest companies are using Apache Struts."
"Although a patch for the vulnerability has since been released, given that many companies don't stay on top of patches, there still could be plenty of time for malicious code writers to exploit it," Patterson told SearchSecurity. "Most organizations are aware that there is absolutely no way to prevent being compromised."
Brian Robison, senior director of security technology at Cylance Inc., based in Irvine, Calif., said attacks like this are not new, but should be a wake-up call.
"The newly discovered Apache Struts vulnerability is a stark reminder that while websites represent the front line for most organizations, they can also become the front door for attackers. Many organizations develop layers of security to protect their public-facing websites, but in some cases, those layers can't stop something that looks like normal behavior," Robinson told SearchSecurity.
"No matter whether someone is using Apache, IIS or any other web server, it is critical that they keep up with patches and security feeds. A web server that is left idle while the company focuses on building the content can quickly become ground zero for a widespread attack."
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Doesn't the title of this comic book make it sound like it should be more profound?
Friends Update!
Is this a Godhead tie-in because after the disaster on New Genesis, the Forever People Summer Exchange Program will be canceled? That's too bad because the Forever People have a lot more to learn from human beings. Like how to never give up! Or how to love unconditionally! Or how to always make the third thing in a list a joke! Humans! So predictable! And, um, special! Like nothing else in the universe!
By this point, I think most of DC's readers agree with you, Guy.
B'dg, Xbox One, Grill Face, and Guy Gardner just watch as the Forever People touch their Mother Box and scream, "Taaru!" What else can they do? I don't believe there is an intergalactic law against touching your Mother Box. There probably should be. But until then, the Green Lanterns know better than to shoot first and allow the Grand Jury not to indict later.
I think if I were more with it, as the kids say, this is where I'd make some kind of a Grindr joke.
Apparently Infinity Man isn't some kind of cosmic super hero but a cosmic therapist. He begins psychoanalyzing Guy Gardner which is probably the one thing above all other things you should do if you want to piss off Guy Gardner. Also all those other things would still probably piss off Guy Gardner. He is wearing a Red Ring for a reason.
B'dg, Xbox One, and Grill Face do a thing I've never seen Green Lanterns do although I've seen every character in every fucking cartoon in the eighties do it (and at least one in the seventies!): they join together to create a giant robot. They decide to make this one look like Darkseid which is probably something I didn't have to type since I already scanned the cover. Infinity Man just grows in size to match the construct, and Guy Gardner flies up into the construct's head to help pilot the thing. Mostly he wants to pilot the construct's fists and he wants to navigate them into Infinity Man's face.
Also, just so everybody remembers that I'm a Grandmaster Comic Book Reader, I made the fist comment before turning the page to the double splash page of Guy making the construct punch Infinity Man. Sure, y'all expected that would happen. What else is going to happen with Guy at the helm (I mean other than Infinity Man knocking him out in one punch)? But I just needed everybody to know that I said that it would happen and it happened exactly like I said it would happen. None of you said it would happen that way! You were all just thinking, "How could I have guessed that was going to happen when I'm smart enough not to bother even reading Infinity Man and the Forever People?"
Ugh! My Xbox One does this all the time when I'm trying to join a game with my friends! Stupid Xbox One! Do what you were designed to do and stop acting shocked that I'm asking you to do something you were designed to do!
During the brawl, King Faraday gets knocked unconscious. Is this a Futures End tie-in as well? Maybe it's not King Faraday. Maybe it's just some other pimp.
Of course it's King Faraday. Dan Didio desperately needs all of DC's stories to be somehow interconnected.
After Infinity Man does whatever he does to King Faraday (probably X-Rated), the Forever People chat over some coffee. It seems when they merge, they all get to share thoughts with each other and with Infinity Man. So they know what they have to do if they're ever going to be free of Infinity Man: kill Highfather!
Well, sure, but then you'll have to kill Darkseid too, right? Infinity Man doesn't like anybody with free will! He thinks we should all just lie down and succumb to the universe's will! He's an idiot, that guy.
Infinity Man and the Forever People #6 Rating: No change. While this was probably a pretty decent issue because it was mostly a Green Lantern issue starring Guy Gardner, it still wasn't compelling enough for me to recommend it to anybody. Ever.
FRIENDS UPDATE: Season One, Episode Four
This episode follows two of the friends as their pasts come back to haunt them: Rachel and Ross. Rachel is visited by some of her rich friends early in the episode which makes her realize that the life she has found herself living is actually a scary, indeterminate place. Her sudden revelation that she had lost the safety of her rich parents' upper class bubble slaps her across the face like a road weary lot lizard stiffed one time too many. It's her first inkling of the existential despair that infuses so much of the twenty-something lifestyle. It's not surprising that the entire scene is punctuated by the joyful screams of her friends as they learn about each one of their seeming successes in life. Rachel is also screaming internally as each of her friends' successes punctuates the sudden chasm of adulthood she hadn't quite noticed looming beneath her. A few times during this episode, credit card companies call to check in on her, just to remind her how lost she's become, and how far afield she's roamed away from security. While spending the night with her friends, instead of them making her feel better, she drags them down into the fear of the future with her. Phoebe describes Rachel as Jack of "Jack and the Beanstalk" at one point, and it's an adept analogy. Rachel has lost her cow, a symbol of stability and sustenance, and found herself with only a few scattered beans which she hopes are magic. The beans are her friends, of course.
The other half of the episode sees Joey and Chandler taking Ross with them to a hockey game to try to cheer him up. But he remains, as ever, a literal sack of potatoes. Ross's past has come back to haunt him as the day is the anniversary of the day he lost his virginity to the woman that would later become his lesbian wife. Ross is still mired in the past. He cannot get past his failed attempt at adulthood. While the others are happy to live in denial of adulthood and responsibility rushing headlong toward them, Ross cannot ignore it for he tried to live it immediately out of high school. This is probably why he is never any fun to be around and brings every scene to a grinding halt as the viewer thinks, "Why did somebody put a sweater on that literal sack of potatoes?" The revelation that Ross has only slept with one woman in the last seven years exposes something about his character that was not so readily apparent in earlier episodes: he is the male counterpart to Rachel's character. He is also a Newborn Babe to the group. He has been in stasis for seven years and is just entering the limbo of his twenties, just as Rachel is just now joining the limbo of her twenties having lost the safety net of wealth and class.
This episode constitutes a shedding of the skin of Rachel and Ross. They are learning to leave behind the warmth and safety of their previous lives, leaving them in the cold, brutal, emotionally draining real world. But now they have hope for something better even if seeking it out can be scary and risky. And they have their more experienced friends to help guide them by taking them to sporting events and getting them drunk at home as they peep through neighbors' windows.
The funniest moment in this episode is when Ross is struck in the nose by a hockey puck. It is a stark and sudden reminder that they are all lost in an uncaring and completely random universe. Hilarious.
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The four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, record the life and teachings of Jesus.
Jesus Christ is central to the Christian religion for several significant reasons. Christians believe that the Old Testament prophesied the coming of a savior and that this savior is Jesus Christ.
Although Jesus' exact date of birth is not explicitly documented in the Bible, it is thought to have occurred between 6 B.C. and 2 B.C. Jesus was born in Bethlehem, a town in Judea. According to Luke 3:23, Jesus began his ministry when he was approximately 30 years old. He soon developed a group of devoted followers known as the Twelve Disciples who traveled with him to various towns and helped him share his religious message.
Christians believe "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life" (John 3:16). The Bible states that God sent Jesus to earth because all humans sin and the "wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23). Christians believe Jesus was crucified to pay the price of death on behalf of Christians, and without this payment, they would not be able to have eternal life, or admittance into heaven. Christians consider Jesus' crucifixion a priceless and undeserved gift from God.
The New Testament frequently discusses Jesus' future return. Christians believe Jesus will come for his followers to take them to heaven so they can be "with the Lord forever" (First Thessalonians 4:17). The Bible additionally states that Jesus will also return to destroy Satan and all evil. Although many people fear the possibility of the end of the world, many Christians look forward to it and consider it a day of redemption and deliverance. Although there are various speculations within the Christian community as to when this day will occur, many Christians believe they must help convert others prior to Jesus' return.
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"I think the destructive element is too much neglected in art."
from "The Dada Painters And Poets: An Anthology, Second Edition," (The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press: 1981), edited by Robert Motherwell, pg. xviii.
Left Chicago for Europe on October 10th. Arrived in Germany on the 11th to begin work with the Territory Band-5 at the SWR in Baden-Baden. The band's fourth album, "Company Switch"(Okka Disk), was released days before leaving, in time to bring along for the ensemble's concert schedule. The first few days of work were in preparation for a world premier of compositions at the Donaueschingen Festival, an invitation which helped enable the possibility for a short European tour. Comparing the situation for preparing the new material to last year's circumstances in Chicago is somewhat telling about the differences that can exist between working in the States and in Europe.
Last year the transcription of the compositions was aided by Nate McBride. I'm always behind, so the two of us worked for days and up to the last minute to get the charts done in time. This year I had to work on my own, and and needed to copy the charts throughout the flight to Germany and during the first couple of evenings after arriving in Baden-Baden in order to get the parts done. Last year the group (an eleven member version of the ensemble and Lasse Marhaug's first work with the band) rehearsed in my basement in order to save money, this year (the same lineup as last fall in Chicago, but with Per-Ake Holmlander back on tuba, and Johannes Bauer now on trombone instead of Jeb Bishop) we worked at the SWR radio facilities which, for me anyway, was the best rehearsal situation I've ever had in my life. It was quite a difference from being packed together in a small room in Chicago among boxes, a laundry room, ceiling support beams, cd and t-shirt stock, with some pots of coffee on the side, to rehearsing in a large recording/performing facility with a staff of engineers to help with mic placement, recording, monitors, etc., a grand piano, with a steady supply of food and drinks supplied all day while working. Last year the Territory Band played to about 300 people at the Claudia Cassidy Theater in the Chicago Cultural Center. This year the concert was performed to a sold out audience of more than 600. On the other hand, members of the group were able to play in small formations while in Chicago (Lasse Marhaug solo and Paal Nilssen-Love and I in a duo, at the Adventures In Modern Music Festival for example). Though the project was documented at a recording studio in Chicago that was fondly referred to as "the swiming pool," by one of the members of the group, the "Company Switch" sessions came out beautifully. Nor were they interrupted by an over zealous driver hired for the band barging into a performance while it was being Valtrex taped. And as nice as it was to perform in the large hall to so many people in Donaueschingen, having to try and record versions of the material for future broadcast while the room was being prepared (nothing like forcing yourself to concentrate while signs for the toilet are being loudly stapled to the walls and gaffer tape is being pulled up from the floor) for the evening's concert. But in the United States you get paid what there is (not very much) and need to find creative ways to sort out rooms and travel, while the festival in Donaueschingen covered all the flights, the band's accomodations, and paid us well.


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How can I get the value of data-id in the done(e) method?
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There is no special convention for accessing data-x attributes like the dataset.x you tried. To get that value you need to use the standard getAttribute() method.
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Festivals - Naga Panchami 6th August 2008
Naga Panchami (Naga Chauthi)-the festival of snakes is one of the important festivals of Hindus and celebrated all over India to pay respect to snakes. It is celebrated on the fifth day of the moonlit fortnight in the month of Shravana. For 2008, it falls on 6th August, Wednesday.
Naga Panchami Celebrations
On this day Naga Devata (Cobra) is worshipped. People fast on this day and go to snake pits, Snake temples and Lord Shiva's temples and worship the snakes. They offer milk, ladoos made with sesame seeds and silver jewelry to the snakes. In houses, women draw pictures of snakes on the walls of their houses using milk, cow dung and black powder. On this day snake charmers go from house to house carrying live cobras in baskets asking alms. Even in many places like Baltis Shirale, a village located about 400 Kilometres from Mumbai, live cobras and snakes are worshipped on Nag-Panchami day.
In Orissa, West Bengal and Assam, people worship the queen of serpents-the snake deity- 'Manasa' on this day with all religious adorations. They seek her blessings for the welfare of their families and children.
In Punjab, the festival is celebrated in the month of September-October and is called AS 'Guga Naumi.' A snake made of dough is taken in grand processions around the village in a basket. An offering of butter and flour is made from each house as the procession the goes around from house to house.
In Maharashtra, women on this day wear their 'nav-vari'-nine yards saree, wear old ornaments and get ready for the worship. They sprinkle turmeric powder, vermillion powder and flowers on the live snakes, offer sweetened milk to the snakes as the snake charmers come to their doors.
In Kerala, people worship metal and stone icons Ananta or Sesha-the Cosmic Serpent in snake temples. Here people keep a cobra made of copper or silver in their worship rooms and offer milk and sweets on the altars of cobra on this day.
Other popular areas of worship during the Nag Panchami include:
Adiesha Temple in Andhra Pradesh
Nagaraja Temple in Kerala
Nagathamman Temple in Chennai
Hardevja Temple in Jaipur.
In Bengal and parts of Assam and Orissa the blessings of Mansa, the queen of serpents are sought by offering her all the religious adoration. Protection from the harmful influence of snakes is sought through the worship of Mansa who rules supreme over the entire clan of serpents. On this occasion snake-charmers are also requisitioned to invoke the Snake Queen by playing lilting and melodious tunes on their flutes.
In Punjab Nag-Panchami is known by the name of "Guga-Navami". A huge snake is shaped from dough, which is kneaded from the contribution of flour and butter from every household. The dough-snake is then placed on a winnowing basket and taken round the village in a colourful procession in which women and children sing and dance and onlookers shower flowers. When the procession reaches the main square of the village all the religious rites are performed to invoke the blessings of the snake god and then the dough snake is ceremoniously buried.
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Naga Panchami 6th August 2008


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Nintendo harming itself with restrictive YouTube policies (opinion)
In addition to its backwards logic on online gaming, Nintendo is also making some mistakes with YouTube. For one, it just seems like a needless hassle to sign up for the Nintendo Creators Program in order to post "Let's Play" videos.
Now, to take things one step further, YouTube live streaming has become removed from the program.
"Live streaming on YouTube falls outside the scope of the Nintendo Creators Program. You cannot broadcast content on YouTube Live from the account you have registered to the Nintendo Creators Program."
"If you plan to broadcast content on YouTube Live, you have a couple of options. First, you can broadcast content on YouTube Live from a channel that is not registered to the Nintendo Creators Program. Or, you can cancel your channel's registration to the Nintendo Creators Program and instead, register your videos containing Nintendo's IP to the program separately."
What is the logic for this?
It is possible Nintendo wishes to avoid people cursing live while playing their games. Because of the program, the company basically "endorses" the videos and channels partnered with. From their point of view, they simply want to keep a clean image and avoid trouble. Think about the recent PewDiePie controversies relating to bigotry and racism.
Still, Nintendo is doing more harm than good by taking out live streaming from its program.
If Nintendo wants to avoid endorsing channels where the content creator uses profanity or does anything else unsuitable, they should give up the program. Let YouTubers upload monetized "Let's Play" videos or live streams without needing to sign up for a separate thing where part of the revenue goes to Nintendo.
Nintendo would create a lot of goodwill by giving up the Creators Program. Other gaming companies do not care so much if YouTubers upload their game footage. Even if those companies do not directly endorse or approve of the footage, most of them will not take the videos down under "fair use." In addition, it makes the company look less greedy to not care.
For example, think about EA's YouTube policy as of February 2016.
"EA appreciates the passion that players have for our games, and we're always excited to see the creativity that comes from our community. EA does not object to fair uses of video footage or screenshots on video sharing sites, including YouTube channels that are commercialized, as long as the footage is a version of the game that we have released to the public."
Of all companies, EA actually sounds like they are the good guys here. Any gamer can read that statement and believe "Hey, this multi-million dollar company might be on my side." At least when it comes to YouTube, EA is reasonable.
But, Nintendo is different. Those guys need to control everything, and want part of the revenue too. They opted for a long, draconian process where each video under the Creators Program "can regularly take up to three business days … to be reviewed and finalized." Their games might be better than EA, but their YouTube policies are not "cool" at all.
Plus, whether or not gamers curse on YouTube, content creators are still showing themselves having a great time playing Nintendo products. That is the best advertisement any company can have for their video games.
Nintendo is behind the times when it comes to the Internet. The House of Mario would do well to ease up a little.


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Q: SSH-Keygen user privileges- issue I am trying to SSH from one ubuntu18.04 machine to another. For that created a separate user in both machines and added that user in sudo group and edited sshd_config file for PubKeyAuthentication=yes and restarted ssh service.
Then under the createduser in 1st machine, generated ssh-keygen,
copied that id_rsa.pub key to 2nd machine under created user,
ssh-copy-id -i id_rsa.pub newuser2@[ip-of-2ndmachine]
Now im able to ssh to the 2nd machine without password,
but when i execute apt update, its showing permission denied,
how to execute the same without password now?
Note: If I give sudo apt update, its asking password, after passing password the cmd is executing.
Can someone help me to execute all cmds in 2nd machine without providing password with newuser(not root).

A: Apt commands must be executed with super user privileges, normally through the use of sudo. This usually requires you entering your passphrase. You could set up passwordless sudo on the 2nd machine for apt commands, or more safely for specific apt commands to achieve your goal.
To set up passwordless sudo, you will need to have sudo access already as the visudo commad, used to edit the sudoers file, is another command requiring root level privileges.
To edit the sudoers file with your default text editor:
sudo visudo

Add the following line to allow passwordless access to all apt commands (replacing user with your actual username):
user ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/apt

It's safer to restrict sudo access as much as possible so if you know the precise commands you're likely to run, enter those instead:
user ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/apt update
user ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/apt upgrade

Close the file and save changes to enable the new access level, you will still need to use sudo for your commands but will not need to enter the passphrase.
Be aware that granting passwordless sudo access too liberally can break the security of your system. When done incorrectly it means that anyone that can log in as your user can elevate their privileges to root level and do anything on your system.


Panda gives birth to surprise twins!
As Canada and China celebrated their friendship in a fundraising gala on Saturday, a pair of giant pandas from China find themselves back in the political spotlight.
The gala was held to celebrate the arrival of Er Shun and Da Mao.
It marked the first time the Chinese Consulate in Toronto and the government of the Ontario province has co-hosted an event.
"Other than their irresistible faces, Er Shun and Da Mao are also a very important symbol of the growing relationship between China and Canada. And tonight, they are once again in the spotlight as the government of Ontario and the Chinese consulate co-hosts a gala in their name."
"The pandas arrived here in March this year and they had a big welcome at the airport. But as a Chinese Consulate, the pandas are from China, so the Chinese Consulate should do something."
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Fang welcomed their 200 guests to the gala at the Toronto Zoo, the two giant pandas' home for the next five years.
During his speech, Fang noted that bilateal trade volume jumped up over 70 billion Canadian dollars last year, while Ontario's exports to China had increased by more than 230 percent since 2003.
Wynne said it was vital to keep building on that momentum, and the giant pandas would be leading the way toward generating a mutualunderstanding of each other's cultures.
"Ontario and China's longstanding friendship is one that I very much want to enhance and increase. We don't want to be picky, we don't want to be 'picky eaters. We want to extend the relationship because it is in everyone's best interest."
Fang and Ontario Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport Michael Chan said the money raised at the gala would be going toward the Canadian Fund for International Understanding through Culture's Canada-China Book Program.
Books will be donated to schools in China's western Sichuan province, home to Da Mao.
"This is for the people behind the panda, the people from Sichuan province in China. China also had many, many challenges, one of those challenge is the natural disaster. We all know that in 2008 the earthquake in Sichuan is just horrible."
Guests at the gala were treated to some special performances and also a live auction, where many were eager to place bids to help the cause, and support the pandas.
"Giant pandas are the cutest animals. I can't think of anyone who doesn't love them, I happen to have three dogs, one is named Bear, after the pandas because she's black-and-white. We call her the littlest bear in the world. They are a worldwide symbol of our need to work to preserve our wildlife habitats. There is a strong conservation community in Canada and in Ontario, and it's a symbol of how we need to support them to continue their tremendous work."
Er Shun and Da Mao were greeted by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on the tarmac when they arrived on a special plane late March.
Now settled into their new home, the pair have been a big draw for the Toronto Zoo, increasing their visitors by almost 10 percent.
They will be staying in Toronto for five years, before they head to the Calgary Zoo for the remainder of their 10-year loan.


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Q: Problem accessing SQL Server from network share after reinstalling SQL Server I have a problem, that is really driving me crazy.
First of all I must admit, that most of the work was done by a coworker, who isn't available anymore.
Before reinstalling the MSSQL Server rig, the whole thing looked like that:

*

*Someone has developed a little .Net c# program which connects to the SQL Server, that is located on a different network share. Everything worked

We had to reinstall the server (Windows + SQL Server) and since that moment, if the program is run from that network share, I get the following error:

"Unhandled Exception:
  System.Security.SecurityException:
  Request for the permissi on of type
  'System.Data.SqlClient.SqlClientPermission,
  System.Data, ......"

If I run the programm locally from the computer where the shares are located, it works - so I guess all security issues where set right at the SQL Server. But there has to be a problem, because it worked correct before the reinstall.
Does this make any sense to someone? Or any ideas how to fix that?
Edit: Posted error message below. The program is called by a batch script.
C:\Projekte\Tool>\\server\c$\Projekte\Tool\ToolRea
der.exe

Unhandled Exception: System.Security.SecurityException: Request for the permissi
on of type 'System.Data.SqlClient.SqlClientPermission, System.Data, Version=2.0.
0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a76a5c5b1932e089' failed.
   at System.Security.CodeAccessSecurityEngine.Check(Object demand, StackCrawlMa
rk& stackMark, Boolean isPermSet)
   at System.Security.PermissionSet.Demand()
   at System.Data.Common.DbConnectionOptions.DemandPermission()
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.PermissionDemand()
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnectionFactory.PermissionDemand(DbConnection o
uterConnection)
   at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionClosed.OpenConnection(DbConnection ou
terConnection, DbConnectionFactory connectionFactory)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.Open()
   at System.Data.Linq.SqlClient.SqlConnectionManager.UseConnection(IConnectionU
ser user)
   at System.Data.Linq.SqlClient.SqlProvider.get_IsSqlCe()
   at System.Data.Linq.SqlClient.SqlProvider.InitializeProviderMode()
   at System.Data.Linq.SqlClient.SqlProvider.System.Data.Linq.Provider.IProvider
.Execute(Expression query)
   at System.Data.Linq.DataQuery`1.System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<T>.Get
Enumerator()
   at System.Collections.Generic.List`1..ctor(IEnumerable`1 collection)
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.ToList[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source)
   at System.Data.Linq.Table`1.DeleteAllOnSubmit[TSubEntity](IEnumerable`1 entit
ies)
   at ToolReader.DataAccessLayer.ToolInfoDAO.deleteAllEntries(
)
   at ToolReader.ToolReader.Main(String[] args)
The action that failed was:
Demand
The type of the first permission that failed was:
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlClientPermission
The first permission that failed was:
<IPermission class="System.Data.SqlClient.SqlClientPermission, System.Data, Vers
ion=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a76a5c5b1932e089"
version="1"
AllowBlankPassword="False">
<add ConnectionString="Data Source=sqlserver\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=ToolDB;Integrated Security=True"
KeyRestrictions=""
KeyRestrictionBehavior="AllowOnly"/>
</IPermission>

The demand was for:
<PermissionSet class="System.Security.PermissionSet"
version="1">
<IPermission class="System.Data.SqlClient.SqlClientPermission, System.Data, Vers
ion=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a76a5c5b1932e089"
version="1"
AllowBlankPassword="False">
<add ConnectionString="Data Source=sqlserver\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=ToolDB;Integrated Security=True"
KeyRestrictions=""
KeyRestrictionBehavior="AllowOnly"/>
</IPermission>
</PermissionSet>

The granted set of the failing assembly was:
<PermissionSet class="System.Security.PermissionSet"
version="1">
<IPermission class="System.Security.Permissions.EnvironmentPermission, mscorlib,
 Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a76a5c5b1932e089"
version="1"
Read="USERNAME"/>
<IPermission class="System.Security.Permissions.FileDialogPermission, mscorlib,
Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a76a5c5b1932e089"
version="1"
Unrestricted="true"/>
<IPermission class="System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission, mscorlib, Vers
ion=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a76a5c5b1932e089"
version="1"
Read="\\server\C$\Projekte\Tool\"
PathDiscovery="\\server\C$\Projekte\Tool\"/>
<IPermission class="System.Security.Permissions.IsolatedStorageFilePermission, m
scorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a76a5c5b1932e089"
version="1"
Allowed="AssemblyIsolationByUser"
UserQuota="9223372036854775807"
Expiry="9223372036854775807"
Permanent="True"/>
<IPermission class="System.Security.Permissions.ReflectionPermission, mscorlib,
Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a76a5c5b1932e089"
version="1"
Flags="ReflectionEmit"/>
<IPermission class="System.Security.Permissions.SecurityPermission, mscorlib, Ve
rsion=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a76a5c5b1932e089"
version="1"
Flags="Assertion, Execution, BindingRedirects"/>
<IPermission class="System.Security.Permissions.UIPermission, mscorlib, Version=
2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a76a5c5b1932e089"
version="1"
Unrestricted="true"/>
<IPermission class="System.Security.Permissions.UrlIdentityPermission, mscorlib,
 Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a76a5c5b1932e089"
version="1"
Url="file://server/c$/Projekte/Tool/ToolReader.exe"/>
<IPermission class="System.Security.Permissions.ZoneIdentityPermission, mscorlib
, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a76a5c5b1932e089"
version="1"
Zone="Intranet"/>
<IPermission class="System.Net.DnsPermission, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=n
eutral, PublicKeyToken=a76a5c5b1932e089"
version="1"
Unrestricted="true"/>
<IPermission class="System.Drawing.Printing.PrintingPermission, System.Drawing,
Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
version="1"
Level="DefaultPrinting"/>
</PermissionSet>

The assembly or AppDomain that failed was:
ToolReader, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
The method that caused the failure was:
Void deleteAllEntries()
The Zone of the assembly that failed was:
Intranet
The Url of the assembly that failed was:
file://server/c$/Projekte/Tool/ToolReader.exe

A: this is a .NET-Security-Issue. It treats Apps from a Network-Share different than from a local folder.
Right now I am not sure how we fixed this in the past, but try the following: On the calling computer (not the server) set up a manual trust to this program (=Assembly) with the .Net-wizard from the control panel, using \server\share\program for navigation.
I think you can get it working with changing the Security-Levels/Zones as well.


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Tamaz Chiladze (; 5 March 1931 – 28 September 2018) was a Georgian writer, dramatist and poet. He was the elder brother of Georgian writer Otar Chiladze.

Biography
Chiladze was born to the family of an economist and a writer in 1931 in Signagi, Georgia. He graduated from the Department of Philology of Tbilisi State University in 1954. In the same year, Chiladze published his first collection of poems. Ciskari magazine printed his first story, Taking the Walk with the Pony Phaeton. In 1965, his play The Aquarium was staged at the Rustaveli Theater. He had since been recognized as the author of the anthology of Georgian classical dramaturgy. According to the author, the first critic of his writings was his mother, who was a poet herself.

Works and awards

Chiladze's works have been translated into different languages. He was awarded several prizes, among them the Shota Rustaveli National Prize and the First Prize of West German Broadcasting for the radio-play The Paradise Quartet.

Novels
The Wander by Pont Cart
Winter is Over
The Pond
The Sunset Lights
The Brueghel Moon

Poems
The Sun Dial
The Memory
The December Sun
The Noon

Plays
The Debutante's Role
The Eighth Floor Nest
The Aroma Grass of Arabia
The Day We Met
The Farewell to Lions

References

1931 births
2018 deaths
20th-century poets from Georgia (country)
Nobility of Georgia (country)
Rustaveli Prize winners
Magic realism writers
Psychological fiction writers
Male poets from Georgia (country)
20th-century male writers
People from Tiflis Governorate

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Q: how to access parent of javascript object I have a slideshow class looking like this:
//Our slideshow class
function Slideshow(moduleId) {

  this.moduleId = moduleId;

  this.activeSlide = null;

  this.slides = new Array();

  this.newRound();

}

and I instantiate it telling it what module it is on like this
self.modules[moduleId].slideshow = new Slideshow(moduleId);

Now as you can see, it is already "mounted" on a module named by the moduleId, so my question is: Is this object (the instance of Slideshow) aware of it's parent?
Can I find out the moduleId by doing something like
parent.name

and get the moduleId that way?

A: No. Because JavaScript passes objects by reference, the same Slideshow object could actually be referenced by several "parent" objects simultaneously.


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McEachern, Bruce G.
Lieutenant Colonel Bruce G. McEachern, CD was born in Calgary. He graduated from Trent University in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree and then studied law at the University of Toronto. He then set up his own practice in litigation law.
He joined The Queen's Own Rifles as a Rifleman in May 1976 and was accepted as an Officer Cadet the following year, after completing the Basic Infantryman Course. After completing his RESO Phase I and II course during the summer of 1977, he received his commission.
After serving as a platoon commander, he receipted his promotion t Captain in 1984. After taking leave to pursue his legal career, he served as Adjutant from 1987 to 1991. He received his promotion to Major in 1993.
McEachern was appointed Deputy Commanding Officer in September 1995, and held this position until he was appointed Officer Commanding of 60th Company in September 1996. In October 1967, he commanded the company for the Combat Readiness Evaluation, in which he was identified as a top company commander in the garrison. He was also a company commander during Operation Recuperation in 1998 following the disastrous ice storm that wrought havoc on much of Eastern Ontario and Quebec. He was promoted Lieutenant Colonel and was appointed Commanding Officer in September 1998.


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Montana Financial Planner Salary
Whether you prefer the densely forested mountains and lakes to the west or the rolling plains and prairies to the east, Montana is an outdoor enthusiast's dream. Hunting, fishing, hiking, camping and photography are all on the menu in Big Sky Country, with the Rocky Mountains running up the western half of the state. The people have a no-nonsense friendliness and a commitment to self-reliance, which you're aware of if you're a Montana resident. Young people flock to college towns like Missoula and Butte, and professionals of all stripes find success in the larger cities if Great Falls and Billings.
Montana employs a graduated income tax rate model like most states. It taxes 1% of the income of the lowest earners, and up to 6.9% for those making more than $18,400, making it essentially a flat tax for higher earners. Montana is one of five states with no general sales tax.
It also has pretty low unemployment overall with an unemployment rate of 4.4% in December 2020, which is .9 percentage points higher than in December 2019 but still is lower than the U.S. unemployment rate of 6.7% for the same time period, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
The CFP Board estimates there are 210 certified financial planners in Montana, or just 0.2% of the population, making this a potentially attractive market for finance professionals in terms of competition for clients.
This guide provides salary data for finance professionals in key markets in Montana. The tables include hourly rates, but these are for comparative purposes only. Most finance professionals either charge clients a flat fee, or they build a commission structure into client contracts. Even with commission-based compensation, being a CFP requires you to be a fiduciary, which requires advisors to act on behalf of their clients and not advise based on an advisor's own self-interest, commission, products or services.
Read on for analysis of salary data for finance advisors, stockbrokers and life/annuity providers in Billings, Great Falls and the nonmetropolitan western region.
Financial Advisor Salary in Montana
Montana's estimated 180 financial planners and advisors, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019, are evenly spread across Billings to the east, Great Falls in the central part of the state and the west Montana nonmetropolitan areas. Data is limited for such a small number of professionals, but a six-figure average and median in Great Falls indicate competitive earning potential in this market. See the full data set below.
Annual median wage
West Montana nonmetropolitan area
Stockbroker Salary in Montana
Stockbrokers are agents who sell securities, commodities and financial services directly to clients. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates only around 200 live and work in Montana, but those who do make a good living at it. Billings is an especially lucrative market, with an average annual salary of $93K and a 90th percentile about $200K/year. Data is limited for such a small market—find available details in the table below.
Life/Annuity Producer Salary in Montana
Life/annuity producers sell insurance packages and services directly to clients. Of the nearly 700 who live and work in Montana, the majority are split between Billings and the western Montana nonmetropolitan area with 170 in Great Falls, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019 data. Annual mean salaries range from $54K to $88, with six-figure 90th percentiles indicating that some agents find a lucrative client base in this state. See the full data set in the table below.
(Salary and job growth data reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2019 for personal financial advisors; securities, commodities and financial services sales agents; and insurance sales agents. Figures represent national data, not school-specific information. Conditions in your area may vary. Information accessed February 2021.)
Montana Resources
How to become a Financial Planner in Montana
How to Become a Financial Advisor in Montana
How to Become a Stockbroker in Montana
Monatana Financial Advisor Salary
Montana Stockbroker Salary


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Q: How can I process options using Perl in -n or -p mode? When running perl -n or perl -p, each command line argument is taken as a file to be opened and processed line by line. If you want to pass command line switches to that script, how can I do that?

A: There are three primary ways of passing information to Perl without using STDIN or external storage.

*

*Arguments
When using -n or -p, extract the arguments in the BEGIN block.
  perl -ne'BEGIN { ($x,$y)=splice(@ARGV,0,2) } f($x,$y)' -- "$x" "$y" ...

*Command-line options
In a full program, you'd use Getopt::Long, but perl -s will do fine here.
  perl -sne'f($x,$y)' -- -x="$x" -y="$y" -- ...

*Environment variables
  X="$x" Y="$y" perl -ne'f($ENV{X},$ENV{Y})' -- ...

A: Here is a short example program (name it t.pl), how you can do it:
#!/bin/perl
use Getopt::Std;

BEGIN {
  my %opts;
  getopts('p', \%opts);
  $prefix = defined($opts{'p'}) ? 'prefix -> ' : '';
}

print $prefix, $_;

Call it like that:
perl -n t.pl file1 file2 file3

or (will add a prefix to every line):
perl -n t.pl -p file1 file2 file3


New York Jets are owned by Robert Wood Johnson IV, who bought them in 2000 for $635 mil.
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Major corporate sponsors are PepsiCo (nyse: PEP), Anheuser-Busch InBev (nyse: BUD), Verizon (nyse: VZ), MetLife.
Revenue and operating income are for 2009 season and net of revenue sharing and stadium debt service.
8Compares the number of wins per player payroll relative to the rest of the NFL. Postseason wins count twice as much as regular season wins. A score of 120 means that the team achieved 20% more victories per dollar of payroll compared with the league average.
9Rank based on average rating in local market for regular season games from Nielsen out of the NFL's 32 teams.
11Local revenues divided by metro population with populations in two-team markets divided in half.


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So I didn't make the girls Easter dresses this year. I am not much of a 3D sewer :) I have dabbled in costumes, pj's, and shorts. You know, the easy things that don't need to come out looking all that great. So the idea of Easter Dresses has me running for the hills.
With that said, a few years ago (aka 2009) I saw this tutorial over at Crazy Mom Quilts for Patchwork Dresses. Now that is something I can handle!! I made four, one for each of my 2 daughters and one for each of my 2 nieces (edit . On my side of the family. If I had made them for the nieces on my husband's side I would have been sewing forever :). I made a few adjustments to the tutorial, mostly for length purposes. The tutorial was so easy to follow and I just love how they turned out!!
They're beautiful! They would make beautiful Easter dresses! Just add an Easter bonnet and cute purse and perfect!
How cute is that - picture me sitting with my head turned to the side grinning at your baby! Love the dresses - just use Easter fabric!
Those are so cute!! I think I will have to try that!!
Oh man, I can't believe how big Kami has gotten since that picture. I had forgotten about those awesome chubby cheeks and legs.
Oh goodness! Those little dresses are adorable!
What absolutly adorable Patchwork dresses. Yes do make some more.
They're adorable! you did a great job! They look so cute too!
Two nieces? You only have TWO NIECES?
That's a great idea and they really look Eastery to me!
Cutes dresses and sweetest baby picture ever!
The dresses are adorable... and so is the baby... I have one about that size right now! I'll have to check out the turtorial...and probably add some length too.
Who cares about the dresses...check out those cutie patooties IN the dresses! I could squeeze that baby out of that dress....What a cutie pie is she????


Jeremy: Don't you have anything to say for yourself son?
Selena: But you treat me like one, don't you?
Pattie: Not anymore I don't, I need air *gets up and looks at Jeremy* Coming?
Jeremy: *follows behind Pattie and closes the door* So *looks at Pattie* What do you think about all of this?
Jeremy: Oh really? What about Selena?


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Thune's bullying of Facebook far worse than anything Facebook did
Imagine that Democrats ran Congress and investigated the Fox News "fair and balanced" claim. They'd say they're protecting you from false advertising.
But nobody would believe it. We'd grasp the truth instantly: the Democrats are bullying and harassing a news outlet just because it has a right-wing slant.
Supporters of the First Amendment, whether left, right, or libertarian, would condemn such an attack on free speech. Even if they hate Fox.
Fortunately, that's all hypothetical.
This, however, isn't: Senate Republicans are questioning Facebook for how it provides news. Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune said, "It's a matter of transparency and honesty and there shouldn't be any attempt to mislead the American public."
How did Facebook "mislead" the public?
According to Gizmodo, Facebook uses algorithms to determine content for its "trending news" section. Humans oversaw the process to avoid duplication, promote breaking news, and ensure the news sources are mainstream.
So there was bias in preferring non-ideological news sites to ideological ones. And the human overseers had their own conscious and unconscious biases.
That's the scandal: Facebook might be biased because it's run by humans. As if that's unusual.
But Conservatives who like to feel persecuted for their beliefs are predictably feeling persecuted. Thune's investigation is his way of throwing them red meat in an election year.
But worse than that, Thune wants to bully, harass, and possibly punish a private business for the way it provides news to its users. Apparently, if there isn't "equal time" for right-wing coverage, they're not doing it right.
Perhaps Facebook isn't as unbiased as advertised, just as Fox may not be fair and balanced.
But are their boasts really deceptive? Who's being deceived?
And who's the victim?
That's the question we must ask before we demand the government to investigate anything, especially the practices of a free press.
Reading something you don't like doesn't make you a victim. Neither are you a victim if a particular site fails to provide you news that you can find elsewhere.
I'm glad for Gizmodo's story on Facebook's alleged biases. More information is always helpful to the consumer. You are free to view it as so important that you want to quit using Facebook. Or you might think it's no big deal.
What's important is that YOU decide. And we should all stand against Thune and all who believe Congress should investigate journalistic outlets who don't present the "right" kind of news the "right" way.
If we tolerate this inquisition, no news outlet is safe from Congressional bullying. No journalist is safe.
And you're not safe.
Posted by James Leroy Wilson at 9:40 PM
Labels: journalism, media


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Struggling Greens still to reveal their hand as stakes are raised
There's an old saying in poker that if you haven't spotted the weak link within 30 minutes of arriving at the table then you are it.
Saturday, 12th November 2011, 1:04 am
Wharfedale's director of rugby Mike Harrison says the stakes are getting so high in National One now that 11 games into the season, there are no weak teams to play against; no free passes.
After just two wins all season, and one victory in the last nine, Wharfedale may have to look closer to home for the weak link.
For they are second bottom and in danger of ending a near 15-year association at third-tier level by leaving the division through the wrong exit door.
Fortunately, Harrison and head coach Tommy McGee have yet to play all their cards.
The cold hard facts of the table may not lie, but dig a little deeper and they can plead a case for being very unfortunate in a number of close games. Five of their last eight defeats have been by fewer than four points, and two of those, including last Saturday's despairing loss at home to Sedgley Park, have been by a single point.
Plus a large number of players are expected to return from the treatment table, hence the optimism around Threshfields as they head to Blaydon today.
"We'll find a way out of it but it has been very frustrating," says Harrison. "We haven't kicked our goals in the last three games so that doesn't help.
"In all honesty the performances on the pitch haven't been that bad.
"I don't think Tommy and the coaches can do a lot more. We just need a win to turn it.
"In my 15 years of coaching and being a director of rugby I've never known the division be so tight.
"The standard has risen each year and that is the case again.
"There's not the easy teams there used to be down at the bottom of the league.
"Plus we're in a recession and northern teams have been hit harder by that. But I don't want to use that as an excuse."
To emphasise the growing strength of the division, Wharfedale are level on points with third-bottom Birmingham and Solihull who were a Championship outfit not so long ago, while the two teams setting the pace – Ealing Trailfinders and Fylde – were only promoted last season.
"If we can put our best team out I still believe we're a match for most in this division," adds Harrison.
"The alarm bells are ringing though, we know that if we don't start winning games soon it will only get harder after Christmas.
"But I'm fairly confident, as is everyone at the club, that we can get out of the bottom three."
Dan Hart has recovered from a slight knock to feature in a largely unchanged team.


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Q: Mongorestore Timeout I am executing mongorestore using this command.

mongorestore --uri mongodb+srv://{mongoUser}:{mongoPass}@{mongoHost} --ssl --authenticationDatabase {mongoAuth} --db {db} --gzip --archive={fileLoc} --drop

I am restoring multiple collections at a time. 3 other collections were successful but on the last one which is the biggest one as well, I am getting this error.
Failed: webhook-activity.user: error creating indexes for webhook-activity.user: createIndex error: connection() error occurred during connection handshake: dial tcp: i/o timeout
Details
mongorestore version: 100.5.4
mongo version: 5.0.12
I am using the same command for all my collections.


A mattress made with poor materials will deteriorate more quickly than those made with high-quality materials.
For instance, the quality of materials used to create a mattress's comfort layer is an easy way to determine its overall lifespan. Mattresses made with low-quality foam for the comfort layer can see noticeable wear within one year of purchase. Elements such as a fine latex core can last for more than twenty years. Meanwhile, innerspring cores offer a midway point of a ten-year lifespan.
There are two ways to extend the life of the comfort layer, and therefore the entire mattress. One is to flip a double-sided mattress, essentially allowing the comfort layer to be accessed from both sides. Another option is to utilize a topper, which can be replaced as it deteriorates without affecting the mattress itself.
A mattress is the sum of its parts, so the quality of a mattress is determined by the pieces used to create it.
The core of a mattress is usually made up of steel coil springs. The gauge or thickness will factor into the quality of the mattress in addition to determining firmness and support. The coils are measured in quarter increments; the smaller the number, the thicker the spring. High-quality springs measure at 14-gauge. Coils between 14 and 15.5-gauge offer more give while 12.5-gauge springs are the firmest.
Bonnell coils: First developed in the 19th century for use in buggy seats, Bonnell springs are knotted with a round top and hourglass shape made of steel. Bonnell units are coils laced together with cross wire spirals.
Offset coils: Hourglass coils with flattened top and bottom sections. The flattened sections are held together with helical wires to form and innerspring unit, forming a mattress that is designed to conform to the shape of your body.
Marshall coils (also known as wrapped coils, encased coils, or pocket springs): These thin-gauge, barrel-shaped coils are separately encased in fabric pockets so that they work independently of one another, allowing for individual movement and support.
There are a variety of all-foam and partial-foam mattresses on the market, including materials such as flexible polyurethane, visco-elastic, memory foam, and latex rubber foams as well as polyurethane and visco-elastic foams combined with plant-based content.
Latex foam: Latex foam mattresses are typically a blend of synthetic and natural latex, although some all-natural latex mattresses are available. Synthetic foam is produced using either the Talalay or Dunlop process, the first which produces a softer feel than the latter.
Memory foam: These mattresses use visco-elastic foam over a polyurethane base. The base is a firmer substance while the foam covering conforms to the body.
High-density foam: High-density foam mattresses use a compact foam made from polyurethane with large open cells that are packed tightly together. These mattresses offer an innerspring system to help prevent sagging that often occurs with time.
Some mattresses are made without spring or foam, but rather are bladders that can be filled, particularly with air or water. Air mattresses have chambers that are filled with air to supply support, typically through the use of baffles.
Waterbeds are filled with water rather than air and utilize various types and amounts of fibers to produce the level of firmness desired.
How often one uses a mattress and how long one keeps it are also determining factors in its lifespan. Mattresses are expected to last approximately ten years, and most Americans replace theirs after a decade of use. People may replace their mattress because of a variety of reasons, including deterioration, cleanliness, and issues with pain.
The lifespan of a mattress is also affected by the care put into it. Be sure to regularly rotate your mattress and flip it as well to help it wear more evenly. Newer beds typically do not need flipped, but instead should be rotated every two weeks for the first two months of ownership, followed by every three months after that. Box springs should be rotated every six months.
Do not eat or drink while in bed to help protect it from stains or damage. You can also cover your bed with waterproof, washable mattress cover. Some mattress covers even protect against allergens and bedbugs.
Many people don't realize that one effective method of cleaning a mattress is with a vacuum cleaner. It can prevent dust and dirt from becoming ground in. If you spill something, you can clean it with a little bit of warm, soapy water on a clean washcloth. Be sure not to overdo the water, because too much moisture can cause mold.
A quality mattress can last between five and ten years if properly kept and cared for. Be sure to use it properly, regularly wash your sheets, and maintain your mattress as suggested by the manufacturer. Proper care may extend the life of your mattress and keep it comfortable for its entire lifespan.


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Osama's Driver Freed In Latest Guantanamo Release Ibrahim al-Qosi was released and sent home this week. Now, 168 detainees remain, down from a high of 680 in May 2003. It's part of the Obama administration's quiet effort to reduce numbers at the prison.
Osama's Driver Freed In Latest Guantanamo Release
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Dina Temple-Raston
Ibrahim al-Qosi, shown here on July 11 in Khartoum, Sudan, was released from Guantanamo Bay prison this week after spending a decade there. He was Osama bin Laden's former driver, and he pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy with al-Qaida and supporting terrorism. There are now 168 prisoners remaining at Guantanamo. STR/Reuters/Landov hide caption
STR/Reuters/Landov
Ibrahim al-Qosi, shown here on July 11 in Khartoum, Sudan, was released from Guantanamo Bay prison this week after spending a decade there. He was Osama bin Laden's former driver, and he pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy with al-Qaida and supporting terrorism. There are now 168 prisoners remaining at Guantanamo.
The latest detainee to leave the Guantanamo Bay prison boarded an Air Force jet earlier this week. His destination: Sudan. The man, 52-year-old Ibrahim al-Qosi, had admitted to being Osama bin Laden's bookkeeper, driver and sometime cook, and he was one of the first prisoners to arrive at Guantanamo in 2002.
Now, he is the latest to leave. His departure brings the total detainee population at the U.S. naval base in Cuba down to 168 — from a high of 680 in May 2003.
Qosi, who is from Sudan, is the latest example of the Obama administration's quiet efforts to move prisoners out of Guantanamo.
"It is wrong to think that there are no ways out of Guantanamo," says Matthew Waxman, a professor at Columbia Law School who advised the Pentagon on detainee affairs during the Bush administration. "The population has slowly been going down, and there are several avenues by which detainees can be released or transferred."
Avenues For Release
There are basically three formal ways for detainees to get off the island. First, they can prove in court that they shouldn't be held at all — through habeas corpus appeals.
Another option is that other countries can accept them. A couple of months ago, for example, El Salvador took in two detainees from Guantanamo.
The irony is that some detainees who have been convicted of war crimes are being released much earlier than detainees that are not brought for any trial at all.
Matthew Waxman, law professor and former Bush adviser
Finally, prisoners can go to trial — either in a military commission at Guantanamo or, more rarely, in a federal court — or work out a plea bargain.
That's what bin Laden's driver did. He pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and supporting terrorism, and was sentenced to 14 years. Part of that sentence was suspended in the plea deal.
"The irony is that some detainees who have been convicted of war crimes are being released much earlier than detainees that are not brought for any trial at all," says Waxman.
Late last month, the Pentagon may have found one more way to release a detainee: drop the charges entirely.
The Pentagon announced it was dismissing charges against a Kuwaiti prisoner named Faiz al-Kandari, but didn't explain why. Kandari had been charged in October 2008, but had never been brought to trial. He was accused of training with al-Qaida, among other things.
The timing of the Pentagon's decision about Kandari was interesting. The announcement was made just as the Kuwaiti ambassador announced that he was in discussions with the U.S. to get the last two Kuwaitis out of Guantanamo.
"This administration is trying to use a lot of tools, not just trials before military commissions, as a way out for detainees," said Sam Rascoff, a professor of law and security at New York University. "There has been an effort on the part of the administration to chip away here and there and release at least a couple of individuals and to telegraph that they might be interested in releasing more."
Closure Still A Long Way Off
President Obama promised to close Guantanamo by the end of his first year in office, but that self-imposed deadline has long since passed. Congressional opposition has made it very difficult to move detainees or try them in the U.S. These latest releases could allow the administration to boast that it is taking steps toward shuttering the facility.
Another example: The administration is exploring whether to move several Taliban detainees from Guantanamo to a prison in Afghanistan.
Under this scenario, the Taliban fighters would be out of Guantanamo but still in custody. If that happened, under law, the U.S. defense secretary would have to sign off on the transfer and certify that the men didn't pose a danger to the United States.
Columbia University's Waxman says that even with creative ways to transfer detainees out of the prison, the reality is that Guantanamo isn't going anywhere soon.
"Guantanamo is going to be open for a long time," he says.


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Q: NullPointerException when reading manifest signed webstart jar behind authentication layer I have a java webstart application running in a tomcat web server.
The single jar referenced by the JNLP has been signed.
The entire web-application is behind a basic authentication layer.
Web.xml extract:
    <security-constraint>
    <display-name> Client (SSL)</display-name>
    <web-resource-collection>
        <web-resource-name>Client (SSL)</web-resource-name>
        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
        <http-method>GET</http-method>
        <http-method>POST</http-method>
    </web-resource-collection>
            <auth-constraint>
        <role-name>clientuser</role-name>
    </auth-constraint>
    <user-data-constraint>
        <transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee>
    </user-data-constraint>
</security-constraint>

 <login-config>
    <auth-method>BASIC</auth-method>
    <realm-name>Client Webstart</realm-name>
</login-config>

When I run the JNLP, webstart correctly asks me to fill in the username and password, but then crashes with the following null pointer exception:

java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployManifestChecker.verify(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.security.AppPolicy.grantUnrestrictedAccess(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.security.AppPolicy.addPermissions(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.jnlp.JNLPClassLoader.getTrustedCodeSources(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.CPCallbackHandler$ParentCallback.strategy(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.CPCallbackHandler$ParentCallback.openClassPathElement(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath$JarLoader.getJarFile(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath$JarLoader.access$800(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath$JarLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath$JarLoader.ensureOpen(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath$JarLoader.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath$3.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath.getLoader(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath.getLoader(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.deploy.security.DeployURLClassPath.getResource(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.jnlp.JNLPClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.doLaunchApp(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

A: The problem turned out not to be security related, but actually another part of the web.xml that I didn't post before:
    <servlet>
    <description>
        The Client.
    </description>
    <display-name>Client</display-name>
    <servlet-name>GenerateClientJNLPServlet</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>web.GenerateClientJNLPServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>GenerateClientJNLPServlet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

<security-role>
    <role-name>clientuser</role-name>
</security-role>
....

The URL pattern for the servlet had been set to *. Which meant that when the JWS process went to the specific location to download the jar is was redirected back to the servlet, which served an error.html page in its response instead of a jar.
I have now limited the servlet url to:
<url-pattern>/LaunchClient/*</url-pattern>

while the jar continues to be hosted at /releases/*

A: Add "all permissions" attribute in your JAR manifest. Refer this url for details http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/jweb/security/manifest.html


The eight-passenger La Nouvelle Etoile debuted for Go Barging in 2002. In a former life, the ship operated as a transport barge. La Nouvelle Etoile cruises the canals and waterways of France, Holland, Germany and Luxembourg.
The four cabins are all over 200 square feet. All feature Internet access, satellite TV and bathrooms with double sinks. Bathrooms are shower-only and feature hair dryers and upscale products. One cabin caters to persons with disabilities.
Cruises include all meals with wine, all shore excursions (tour the famous Keukenhof Gardens in Holland, Brie cheese tasting with a master cheese maker, for instance), an open bar and bikes for passenger use. Optional excursions, including hot air balloon rides and golf, are extra.
Public spaces include a saloon with piano, dining area and a sun deck with loungers and hot tub. The ship also features a small exercise room with treadmill and bike, and an elevator. The barge is also fitted with a lift for wheelchairs.
The five-person crew is made up of a captain, chef, tour guide, housekeep and pilot/engineer.
One of widest barges in European Waterways' fleet, the all-inclusive Athos carries 10 passengers on the Canal du Midi in Southern France.


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Soaring Swiss franc hits hoteliers hard
The Swiss franc is soaring, making Switzerland an expensive option for foreign tourists. Hoteliers are left suffering the blows.
By Tamara Thiessen
ttgazette@hotmail.com
REPORT FROM SWITZERLAND—Since the Swiss central bank's decision to ditch its exchange rate control with the euro in mid-January, the country's hoteliers are being hit hard as foreign tourists snub them due to high prices.
The exchange rate cap, which went into effect in 2011, put a ceiling on the Swiss franc's maximum value of just over €0.83 ($0.89). Its lifting triggered a 30% surge of the franc against the euro and sent tremors not only through global markets but the tourism and hotel industry. Currently the franc maintains near parity with the euro at 1.04 francs ($1.07/£0.69).
National tourism chiefs and hoteliers believe the situation is serious, with some ski resorts in the Alps reportedly forced to slash prices by up to 20% to absorb the shock of the disadvantageous exchange rate and woo tourists frightened off by spiraling prices for everything from a hotel bed to a beer or burger and chips.
During the first two months of the year, occupancy in Switzerland was down 0.4% to 56.7%, average daily rate was down 2.7% to 251.26 francs ($258.88) and revenue per available room was down 3.1% to 142.45 francs ($146.77), according to data from STR Global, sister company of Hotel News Now.
According to the Swiss Tourism Federation, the umbrella association for the industry, hotels fit within one of the few industries which can't benefit from a bolstered franc. "Tourism is being affected by exchange rate movements more than any other industry," it said in a statement. A rise of just 1% in the franc's value translates to between a 0.5% and 1% drop in overnight stays, said the federation, with alpine and rural tourism hit hardest.
The outlook is bleak
With increasingly less bookings and more cancellations from foreign tourists in the Alps over past weeks, Jürg Schmid, director of Switzerland Tourism, feels the outlook is bleak.
"The appreciation of the Swiss franc has massive implications particularly for alpine and rural tourism. They do not profit from the more stable business tourism," he said. Business tourists, he added, account for two-thirds of overnight stays in the country's major cities.
The organization foresees a decline of up to 17% in overnight stays in traditional tourist mountain areas during the next two years if the euro exchange rate sticks to around 1.05 francs ($1.09).
Andreas Züllig, president of the Swiss hotel association Hotelleriesuisse, shared a similar outlook. He fears the strong franc will speed up the extinction of small, family-run rural hotels—a phenomenon that has been happening since 2010, as tourists favor shorter city stays and day trips to the mountains. In that time the total number of hotels in Switzerland had slid by about 10%—from 5,500 to 5,000—he said, with city hotels, particularly upscale properties, the beneficiaries.
"Most hotel losses have been in alpine regions, while the urban hotels have been full," he said. "Now we expect this trend to accelerate."
The troubles for Swiss hotels might only have just begun, with the bigger test coming during the busy summer months.
According to Eurostat data, some 2.5 million roomnights are booked by foreigners per month in summer. That's 70% more roomnights than during the peak ski season, reports Reuters.
In major cities, hoteliers are nervous about what's in store. Already notable drops in bookings at 4-star hotels indicate the luxury sector is less waterproof to the crisis than some believe.
Jörg Arnold, GM of Zurich's 650-year old Storchen overlooking the Limmat river, said the signs so far are not good after such a strong performance in 2014.
"We thought after 2012 when the euro dropped from 1.58 to 1.20 Swiss francs ($1.64 to $1.24) but was stabilized by the national bank we would be back on track. But with (the 15 January decision by the central bank), we are right back in the same position all over again," Arnold said.
On top of losing foreign tourists, Arnold said hotels are losing vacationing Swiss who are being lured to neighboring countries where they get much better value for money.
On his Twitter account, Swiss Tourism's Jürg Schmid urged his fellow Swiss to take holidays at home to help soften the blow of drops in foreign tourists. But according to local news sources, many Swiss are snubbing domestic ski slopes for Austrian ones.
Now Arnold fears a repeat at urban hotels.
"The difference is already being felt in the cities as the Swiss are not only going shopping in the Eurozone but increasingly spending their vacations there as they save up to 15(%) to 20%," he said. "So already we are missing out on the frequency of leisure guests in Zurich."
Hoteliers respond
At resort towns in the Ticino region near the Italian border, it's much the same story, Arnold said.
"At our second hotel in Ascona, the manager of Castello del Sole has big troubles to fill his rooms though the weather forecast there is beautiful," Arnold said.
Arnold said the hotelier's response is to cut costs rather than room prices and focus on improvements.
"We are not moaning as we are entrepreneurs and know what we must do. We have to find more ways to cut our high costs, with more efficiency, better productivity, more cooperation's to share services, etc."
As Switzerland's biggest market, Germany, continues to dwindle, the swell in Asian guests is hoped to fill in the gap. The national tourism office says Asian overnight stays tolled at a record 4 million in 2014, a year-on-year increase of 9.9%.
Still it's city hotels which stand to benefit most, Schmid said. "The mountain regions are much more dependent on European guests who are much more sensitive to costs."
Christine Waelti, manager of marketing and communications from Basel Tourism, said business tourism is definitely helping Switzerland's biggest city sail through the crisis, with overnights by foreign tourists in the first months of 2015 slightly up from the same time last year at about 70,000.
"As a destination with a lot of business, travel currency fluctuations are not as crucial for us than for alpine destinations," she said.
It is too early to tell whether the widespread reluctance to cut profit margins will only price Swiss hotels out of the market more.