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A New Roadmap for Political Factions
On June 20, 1789, toward the beginning of the French Revolution, a meeting of the emerging National Assembly was held at a tennis court in Versailles. Various factions sat together. The supporters of the monarchy sat on the right. Supporters of creating a democratic republic sat on the left. In between were a variety of factions of many shades of monarchy and republicanism. This was the origin of the terms left wing and right wing. And they have been used ever since to describe global politics. Over the years, the terminology has confused more than it has enlightened.
It didn't work all that well in the French Revolution either. Napoleon was an officer in the revolutionary army and eventually became the army's leader. He had enormous support from the public, but appointed himself emperor, to great public enthusiasm. To this day, his tomb in Paris is honored by Republican France. Now, was Napoleon right wing or left wing? That question can't be answered, nor does it need to be. He was Napoleon Bonaparte and he did what he did.
The concept of the "left" has morphed from being purely an idea about how the government should be run into being the party of the poor and the working class. European socialism can make a reasonable case for being the heir to the French revolutionary republicans. But there were conservatives who opposed free market capitalism and also were concerned with the working class while trying to preserve the existing society. Some of those were called leftists by rightists who didn't want to help the working class. And then there were leftists like Lenin who claimed to have created a revolution for the workers and then unleashed a reign of terror on them.
Consider that Milton Friedman was a great economist who developed a theory of the relationship between money and economic growth. He was also a deep believer in a limited government that does not intrude on private life. Adolf Hitler believed deeply in state control over all aspects of life. Both Friedman and Hitler were known as right wing. I would have loved to be a fly on the wall at their conversation had they both been at Versailles, as part of the "right." Or consider two leftists, Franklin Roosevelt and Josef Stalin. You could argue that they were different points on an ideological continuum. I'd argue that Stalin and Hitler inhabited the same parallel universe, and Roosevelt had more in common with well-known right winger Dwight Eisenhower.
It is not surprising that a happenstance political taxonomy created more than two centuries ago is insufficient for contemporary politics. There are very few monarchists left around. There are many people claiming to be democratic republicans, but meaning very different things by it. Everybody claims to speak for the poor and few do anything about it.
The reason this matters is that most people in a democratic society see themselves as belonging to a faction, rather than adhering to an ideological consistency or their own views on the budget deficit. People are drawn together by common values, but it is sometimes difficult for them to define what those values are. They are drawn into political factions based more on social forces than a clear ideology.
Many poor white people are attracted to Donald Trump because they know others who support him and his message resonates with their collective sensibility. Many older white professional women are drawn to Hillary Clinton because they see her as one of them. Many millennials are drawn to Bernie Sanders because others they know are drawn to him and because he says things that resonate with the group. Obviously, everyone doesn't work this way. Some sort things out themselves. But many, and even most, do it this way.
As I wrote a short while ago, a member of my staff who traveled broadly in Europe and knew many British citizens said she had never met anyone who was in favor of leaving the EU. Since the majority turned out to favor Brexit, this means she only associated with people who agreed with her. And it is likely that they agreed with her on many other issues as well. Political life has always been about belonging and sharing values. But in practice, this is not about having values and then joining a faction, but about joining a faction and then absorbing its values.
For most of us, navigating the complexities of policy issues is impossible. There are so many, they are so nuanced, and frequently they are presented in incomprehensible ways. The idea is that in a democratic society people study the issues and decide which candidate is right. But this is a caricature of what happens, given the impossibility of the model presented.
How do we decide where we belong politically? It is frequently by where we were born, who our friends are and our shared emotions about events. But there still must be a roadmap that tells us where we are. If one pole of our political position is the shared values of the people we know, the other must be some shorthand to tell us how we differ from others. Right wing and left wing are no longer useful and indeed haven't made sense for a century.
Consider Trump and Sanders. Both claim to speak for the lower classes that have suffered abuse by banks. Both believe that the economic policies of the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations have harmed the United States and that free trade has harmed the American worker. Each wants to reduce U.S. military involvement overseas. Sanders is on the left. Trump is on the right. Therefore, the young, who are attracted to the left, support Sanders. The older generation, who are attracted to the right, are drawn to Trump. Again, this does not apply to every voter, nor does this address the important issues. It certainly doesn't address personality. But it does show how the roadmap and the social grouping interact.
The roadmap is needed, but it cannot be drawn from a tennis court in Versailles in 1789. There are no monarchists, and most people at least claim to be supporters of democracy and the republic. The real division today, I would argue, is between those who regard the nation-state as the most desirable political order and those who believe that economic and political integration with other countries is most desirable. On this continuum for example, it would become clear that Trump and Sanders are nationalists, regardless of how they express it, and Clinton is an internationalist along with, for example, Mitt Romney.
Leaving out personality and character, the various factions of the United States have the ability to place themselves on this roadmap. Nationalist and internationalist are coherent distinctions that apply to many of the issues and policies being discussed now. It is an ethical distinction and even an aesthetic one. Left and right make no sense in this distinction. Someone concerned about jobs going overseas would not be a leftist, but a nationalist. Someone who believes that international connections create jobs would not be a rightist but an internationalist. A social group organizing around left and right would not serve the purpose of guiding the cohort. Nationalist and internationalist might do it.
I am not arguing in favor of any groups or for or against any of my examples (well except against Hitler, Stalin and Lenin). The point of this is not to advocate for a position, but to facilitate a discussion about how we choose who to support politically and how we distinguish between the policies and values of candidates in the United States and Europe, and perhaps elsewhere as well.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) offers a wealth of materials on Ready.gov to assist Americans in preparing for—and responding to—various kinds of emergencies. Among them is guidance for dealing with an active shooter situation: "RUN, HIDE, FIGHT." If you ever find yourself in the middle of a shooting, DHS advises that you should "RUN and escape, if possible," "HIDE, if escape is not possible," and "FIGHT as an absolute last resort."
It's not bad advice. It's punchy, much like the unforgettable guidance that we "STOP, DROP, and ROLL" if we ever find ourselves on fire. It is practical and smart. If you learn the details of DHS's guidance and marry it to the punchy slogan, and then you remember and follow that guidance in an emergency, you will probably survive. But it is worth remembering that our government does not have a great track record in its guidance for dealing with rare and high-profile crimes. Advice that seems perfectly sane and rational can sometimes be harmful in situations that are by nature insane and irrational.
Before the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, federal Hijacking Survival Guidelines said, "Do not challenge the hijackers physically or verbally. Comply with their instructions. Do not struggle or try to escape unless you are absolutely certain of success." It seemed like good advice at the time. And that's exactly what the passengers on American Flight 11, United Flight 175, and American Flight 77 did. It's what I almost certainly would have done too. And, with twenty-twenty hindsight, we now know it was the wrong thing to do.
The passengers of United Flight 93, having learned what happened on the other flights, rewrote the playbook. They gathered their forces, attacked the hijackers, and probably saved many hundreds of lives . . . sadly at the cost of their own. Because of them, nobody will ever again successfully hijack an American airliner. The passengers and crew won't let them. And the assurance of facing a unified and overwhelming violent response from a planeload of angry Americans is probably why nobody in the last seventeen years has tried. The men and women of Flight 93 made airline hijacking obsolete.
It's time that we make mass shootings obsolete too. And we can do it by applying the lessons of Flight 93.
If you find yourself in an active shooter situation, gather every bit of manpower you can muster, gather every weapon or potential weapon you can find, and FIGHT. Fight like your life, and the lives of others, depend on it. And don't stop until the threat is eliminated or you can't fight anymore.
DHS need only shorten their existing guidance and focus-in on the last and most important part: "Your last resort when you are in immediate danger is to defend yourself. Commit to your actions and act aggressively to stop the shooter. Ambushing the shooter together with makeshift weapons such as chairs, fire extinguishers, scissors, and books can distract and disarm the shooter." Just change that first sentence to make fighting back the first priority, not the last resort.
We are already moving, slowly but surely, in that direction; two notable incidents occurred just in the last month. When a student started shooting at Noblesville West Middle School in Noblesville, Indiana, science teacher Jason Seaman immediately rushed him, tackled him, and disabled him. One student was seriously injured, as was Seaman who was shot three times, but nobody was killed. And when another gunman opened fire at Louie's Grill and Bar in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, shooting two patrons and injuring two others, two armed citizens returned fire and killed the attacker before he could kill or injure others.
Many of us will never know for sure how we will handle these kinds of situations unless we find ourselves in them. Running only on instinct, some people will freeze, some people will run or hide, and some people will attack and defend. No victim of a violent crime should be judged or condemned for what they did or did not do in that terrible moment. And no amount of government messaging will entirely change the variety of human responses . . . but it can help to nudge those responses in the right direction. Some people, in the moment, will not have a strong instinct either way, and will fall back on the instructions they have received from people in authority.
Today, that instruction is to run or hide, and then, only as a last resort, fight back. So that is what many people do. That's part of the reason why, in so many of these shootings, the killer roams the building shooting and killing or injuring more, more, and more people until law enforcement officials finally arrive and put a stop to it. We need to change the message, and, hopefully, change the usual response. If you're close enough to the shooter to attack them, then attack them. Use every tool at your disposal. If you have a gun, shoot back. If not, use pepper-spray or a pocket knife. If you are entirely unarmed, use a fire extinguisher or a chair or any other blunt object you can get your hands on. Rally others to help you. Mob the shooter with immediate and overwhelming force. Put a stop to the killing.
Some of those who attack the shooter may be shot themselves, that is true. They may be shot if they run or hide too. The passengers of Flight 93 taught us that it is better to go down fighting—trying to save lives even at the cost of our own—than to sit passively and let killers kill unopposed.
"RUN, HIDE, FIGHT" does not work. There is no evidence that it save lives, and it certainly does nothing to discourage these rampages in our schools, malls, homes, and churches. We need to decide, collectively and with the support of our local, state, and federal governments, that every mass shooter from this moment on will be attacked, disabled, and killed if necessary in the first moments after they pull the trigger. And that will do more than anything else to make mass shootings—like airline hijackings before them—obsolete.
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Heinrich Nordhoff est un ingénieur allemand né le  à Hildesheim et décédé le  à Wolfsbourg. Il est connu pour avoir été le dirigeant de la firme de construction automobile Volkswagen.

Il fit ses études au collège technique de Berlin, avant d'entrer en 1927 chez BMW. On le retrouve en 1929 comme directeur commercial chez Opel, où il lança le concept d'un modèle populaire : la Kadett.

Pendant la guerre 1939-1945, il semblerait que M. Nordhoff a adhéré au parti nazi.

Après la guerre, il travailla à Hambourg, où il fut recruté pour diriger l'usine Volkswagen, succédant ainsi au major Hirst, l'officier anglais qui avait cru, seul contre tous, au potentiel de Volkswagen.

C'est sous sa direction que la Volkswagen type 1 (dite Cox, Coccinelle, Käfer, Kever...) devint la voiture la plus populaire au monde. C'est aussi sous sa direction que l'usine fut mis en difficulté du fait qu'il s'obstinait à ne produire que des véhicules basés sur la mécanique de la type 1 (moteur type flat, refroidi par air, placé à l'arrière).

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The Hambledown Dream is the moving first novel by Australian Pediatric Nurse, Dean Mayes, about a young man whose spirit refuses to die.
Australian, Denny Banister had the world at his feet; a successful career, a passion for the guitar and he is in love with Sonya – his best friend and soul mate. Tragically, Denny is struck down with inoperable cancer & he is destined to die.
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In 1950s Australia, during the height of the divisive White Australia Policy, Virginia, a young Aboriginal girl is taken from her home and put to work on an isolated and harsh outback station. Her only solace: the violin, taught to her secretly by the kind-hearted wife of the abusive station owner. However, Virginia's prodigious musical gift cannot save her from years of hardship and racism.
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Sri Suka resumed : On his (only) son, Sudyumna, having thus left (for the forest), Vaivaswata Manu, desirous of (getting) a son, practised asceticism on the banks of the Yamuna for a hundred years. Then the (said) Manu worshipped the almighty Lord Sri Hari for the sake of progeny and got (in consequence of that worship) ten sons, resembling himself, the eldest being lkswaku. (Of these,) the Manu's son, Prsadhra, however, who had been made a cowherd by his preceptor (the sage Vasistha), tended cows at night, full of vigilance and keeping awake as a rule in a standing posture, sword in hand. On one occasion at night, while it was raining, a tiger entered the cowpen and the cows, that were (all) resting, started up and, full of panic, ran about in the pen. The powerful beast seized one (of them) and, stricken with fear, the cow uttered a piercing cry. Hearing that scream of the cow, Prsadhra, it is said, rushed forth with impetuosity, taking his sword, and unwittingly cut off the head of the red-brown cow, mistaking it for the tiger, in that dark night (when the stars had totally disappeared due to clouds). The tiger too, that had been struck with the end of the sword and had one of its ears severed, escaped from that place in extreme fear, dropping blood on the way. Prsadhra, the slayer of hostile warriors, who believed the tiger to be dead, was filled with grief when he saw at the close of night the cow killed by himself. On him, even though he had unintentionally committed the sin (of slaying a cow and ought to have in the ordinary course been asked to undergo an expiatory rite), the sage Vasistha (the preceptor of his race) uttered the following curse:-"Due to this (sinful act) you shall no longer remain (even) a vile Ksatriya, but shall become a Sudra (outright)." Cursed by his preceptor in these words, the hero (Prsadhra) silently accepted the imprecation with joined palms and, remaining a lifelong celibate, observed a vow of (strict) continence, which is (so) dear to ascetics. Friendly and alike to all created beings, he exclusively fixed his mind through devotion on the supreme Lord Vasudeva, the universal Spirit, (who is) free from all blemish. Having entirely given up attachment (to all sorts of enjoyments) and fully controlled his senses, nay, having no possession worth the name (beyond the bare necessaries of life) and maintaining his body by means of food etc., got by chance, he fixed his mind on the Self, and roamed about on this earth, tranquil of mind, sated through wisdom and fully composed though presenting the appearance of a stupid, blind or deaf fellow. Conducting himself in this manner and withdrawing to a forest (one day), Prsadhra (who had taken a vow of strict silence) saw a wild fire raging. (Entering it,) he allowed his body to be consumed by it and attained oneness with the transcendent Absolute. Kavi, the youngest (son of Vaivaswata Manu), who was free from (all) craving for the pleasures of sense, quitted his kingship as well as his kinsfolk while tender of age; and, installing in his mind on the self-effulgent supreme Person, he retired into the forest and entered the Supreme.
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A Jetstar plane was forced to avoid a Qantas aircraft above Hamilton Island at the weekend, Jetstar said yesterday.
Following passenger accounts of a near miss, the airline's chief executive officer, Alan Joyce, backed his crew, both of whom had continued flying since the incident, which happened at 4.20pm on Saturday.
"They did the right thing," he said. "They took appropriate action, which involved changing course to maintain separation."
All pilots and air traffic controllers had returned to normal duties after the incident, according to the airlines and the air safety authority.
Passengers on the right-hand side of Jetstar's flight 711 to Sydney reported seeing Qantas flight 1174 flying straight towards them as they prepared to take off from Hamilton Island, a popular resort.
Jetstar's Boeing 717 reportedly banked sharply to the left to avoid the larger Boeing 737 from Brisbane.
Investigators said it was not clear whether the planes had been dangerously close.
"These aircraft were under air traffic control, so they may have come close to each other, but that does not mean there was a safety hazard," said Australian Transport Safety Bureau deputy director Alan Stray.
He said each plane was aware of the other, and Qantas had had permission to pass behind the Jetstar aircraft.
The bureau was reviewing radar and voice tapes, and pilots and air traffic controllers would be interviewed, Mr Stray said.
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He said such incidents involving commercial passenger aircraft occurred roughly eight to 10 times a year.
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In recent years I've dished out my Top 10 albums, and last year went as far as sharing my 100 favorite songs. But, this year. I threw this song on during sunset and it was PERFECT. It's a "travel".
Stephen Sondheim The following list could be a maelstrom, considering the subjectivity of the category. Indeed, choosing my ten favorite Sondheim songs is an absurdly "Sophie's Choice" task.
Somewhere at 30,000 feet above the sapphire blue Pacific Ocean it occurred to me to share my Top 10 Inspirational Travel Songs. So here goes! Music, Music.
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A New York Times travel writer recommends four great cities for solo travelers, and the best time of year to visit them. Ireland remembers its heroes through the lyrics of traditional songs. And jo.
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Either way, below is the list of my "Top 10 Independence Day Songs" playlist that I crank up ever year. that exist in this country. Short of travel, that alone was telling enough of how many divers.
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Porter Fox is the editor of Nowhere and the author of Deep. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Believer, Outside, National Geographic Adventure, and The Best American Travel Writing. Raised in Maine, he lives in New York.
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The 2019 Q1 edition of the PLUS Journal is now available, and today we have a guest post from one of the authors, Peter Biging. This post is an addition to his article featured in the Q1 issue of the PLUS Journal, available here.
Peter J. Biging is a partner in the law firm Goldberg Segalla, LLP, where he heads up the firm's New York metro area Management and Professional Liability practice. He is also Vice Chair of the firm's nationwide M & PL practice group. Peter can be reached at pbiging@goldbergsegalla.com. Peter was assisted in the preparation of this article by Ryan McNagny, a commercial litigation and professional liability associate in the firm's Manhattan office. Portions of the content of this article will also appear in the American Bar Association TIPS Journal Year in Review Winter issue, covering a broad range of professional liability and D&O developments in 2018.
As a supplement to the Insurance Agents/Brokers E&O 2018 Year in Review article published in the PLUS Journal's 1st Quarter issue, it should be noted that just before the article was sent out for publication, the Alabama Supreme Court issued what could turn out to be an important decision on the "duty to advise." See Somnus Mattress Corp. v. Hilson, 2018 WL 6715777 (Ala. Sup. Ct. Dec. 21, 2018). In its decision, the Alabama Supreme Court affirmed an Alabama Circuit Court decision dismissing claims on summary judgment against an insurance agent for alleged negligence in failing to advise a mattress manufacturer to purchase business interruption loss coverage. The plaintiff manufacturer argued that the agent should be held responsible for the uninsured loss he suffered following a fire that destroyed a mattress factory, and ultimately ended up putting the manufacturer out of business. In affirming the dismissal, the Court held that an insurance agent/broker generally does not have a duty to advise and cannot be deemed to have assumed a duty to advise absent evidence either that (1) the insurance agent/broker misrepresented the coverage in a manner that the insured could not have known from a reading of the insurance policy, or (2) the agent/broker and insured were in a "special relationship."
Without setting any bright line rules for when a special relationship may arise, the Court took note of decisions in other states discussing when a "special relationship" can be found, and in so doing appears to have implicitly accepted the following as bases for finding of a special relationship:
Where the agent/broker has entered into an express agreement to provide coverage advice
Where there has been a long established relationship between the insured and the agent/broker of entrustment from which it clearly appears the agent/broker appreciated the duty of giving advice to the insured client, and the client's reliance upon same
Receipt of compensation by the agent/broker for consultation and advice separate and apart from receipt of commissions on premiums paid
The offering of expertise with regard to a question of coverage where the insured relied on the agent/broker's expertise in making a coverage decision
Where an ambiguous request has been made for coverage that requires a clarification
See id. at *7-9. Because it found that none of "the types of elements that trigger such a duty were . . . present in this case," id. at *10, the Court concluded that no basis existed for finding the defendant insurance agent owed a duty to advise the plaintiff to purchase business interruption coverage arising from fire loss.
This decision could prove to be significant. While the Alabama Supreme Court did not lay out its professed standard for when a special relationship can be found to exist, in engaging in an examination of and discussion of the grounds other courts have relied upon for finding of a special relationship, it can be argued that the Court implicitly adopted these standards for use by Alabama state courts going forward.
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Actress Mila Kunis to produce series featuring a Junior League member in the turbulent 70s
Last month it was announced that actress Mila Kunis, known for her breakout role in "That 70s Show" and for lending her voice to Fox's "Family Guy" as well as her portrayal of Lily in 2010's "Black Swan," will executive produce a drama entitled "Meridian Hills" for The CW Network that will feature a young, newly married Junior Leaguer as she navigates the turbulence surrounding the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment by Congress. Set at a Midwestern country club in 1972, the series follows the aspiring Mary Harriman character as she forms allegiances with some unlikely allies in their quest to change a sexist status quo.
If Kunis, who is collaborating on the production not only with Chris Keyser, who produced "Party of Five," but also with a slew of other star-studded producers including Sydney Sidner; Eric Tannenbaum and Kim Tannenbaum; "Robot Chicken's" Lisa Sterbakov; and Cami and Susan Curtis, were to give us a day in the director's chair, here are a few of the things we'd tell her about The Junior League in the 1970s:
On the pulse—Despite the fact that the E.R.A. failed to be ratified by the states, Junior League women were a persuasive voice at the local and national level, engaged in social issues and community service
In the spirit of voluntarism—The Association hosted a major national summit on voluntarism that drew not only 700 League delegates but also more than 50 national volunteer organizations, hundreds of local and state groups, and members of NOW. Ralph Nader spoke about "persistent citizenship" and George Romney spoke about personal character and self-sufficiency
In all the right places—Shirley Temple Black of The Junior League of Palo Alto was named the U.S. Representative at the United Nations Conference in the Environment. Former Association President Marjorie Lunken Ittman Hiatt was named president of Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. Less than a decade later, Sandra Day O'Connor, a long-time member of The Junior League of Phoenix, was appointed the first female Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Groundbreaking reforms—In collaboration with the National Commission on Crime and Delinquency and the U.S. Justice Department, The Junior Leagues introduced IMPACT, a multi-faceted effort focused on delinquency prevention, rehabilitation, court reform, prisons' self-help programs, runaway shelter and return service, rape prevention, and community services. The program, ultimately adopted by 180 Leagues, was an inspiration for the program that would become Crime Stoppers
Easy target—The National Organization of Women took aim at The Junior League contending that volunteer service took jobs from others who needed them and degraded women's chances for equal pay and its work on the Equal Rights Amendment. Prominent Junior League members, including Pulitzer Prize Winner Eudora Welty, defended the cause of voluntarism
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The studio's work has been well documented, with over fifty international awards, including 6 iF Hannover Gold Awards. Their work forms part of most significant permanent collections including the MoMA, New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; SFMOMA and the Chicago Art Institute, amongst others, and was the subject of the exhibition 'Industrial Facility: Some Recent Projects', held at the Design Museum in 2008. Hecht was appointed 'Royal Designer for Industry' in 2008, as well as being nominated for the Prince Phillip design prize. Colin was appointed 'Royal Designer for Industry' in 2015. In 2011 and 2013 the studio was awarded 'Design of the Year' for furniture from the Design Museum, London and Elle Decoration respectively. Their book 'Usefulness in Small Things' was published by Rizzoli in 2011. In 2015 they presented their curatorial exhibition 'Beauty as Unfinished Business' at the Saint Etienne Biennale in France.
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Q: CGI - How does Kerberos Single Sign On work I have a question regarding CGI applications and Kerberos authentication.
I know, that a webserver, like apache, can authenticate a user against Active Directory and Kerberos, and I also know that I can do this on my own, if a user sends the username & password combination.
But how would I implement a Single Sign On on my own?
Kerberos gives you a Ticket Granting Ticket if I understand it correctly, but how do I obtain it in the CGI environment?
I tried for example listing the whole environment variables apache provides and also the data transmitted via POST request, nothing useful showed up.
Is this possible at all, or do I have to rely on the webserver?
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In Zaragoza, we have now two blessed families. On November 18 at 11:00 a.m., we held a half day seminar in a Civic Center, in the City of Zaragoza, with the title: "The Family, School of Growth in Love" given by Manuel Campillo with the participation of a total of 29 people, 15 of them were participants for the first time.
In this event, we take the opportunity to offer the holy wine, with a toast the commitment of an eternal love with God and lasting peace in the family.
The day was cloudy and rainy, and it seemed that no one would come to the event, however, finally 15 guests appeared.
It has been a very inspiring talk even after finishing the conference everyone stayed for a while in the room, because they were a bit curious and interested in knowing more and participating in other future events such as what was done in that day.
We are very grateful for the collaboration and participation of brothers and sisters of Barcelona, Madrid and Zaragoza that thanks to them and the unity of all we have achieved that victory.
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About XMU
Enchanting Xiamen
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Reasons to study at XMU
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One of the most prestigious comprehensive universities administered by China's Ministry of Education
A university supported by the national "211 Project" and "985 Project"
1. "Strength of the South"
Xiamen University (XMU), founded in 1921 by Tan KahKee, therenowned patriotic leader of overseas Chinese, was the first Chinese higher-education institutionestablished by an overseas Chinese. XMU is the only universityin China's Special Economic Zones that enjoys privileged support from both the national "211 Project" and the "985 Project". The University is on track to become a world-renowned research university and is committed to creating an internationalized academic environment and campus culture. XMU is recognized as a first-class national institution of higher learning with an international reputation as a centre of scholarly excellence.
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XMU campuses are situated around the Xiamen Bay on the edge of the Taiwan Strait, withbreathtakingviews of undulating green hills and vast expanses of seawaters. They rank among the world's most beautiful campuses. Located on the southern tip of Xiamen Island, the Siming Campus lies in close proximity to several places of interest and is adjacent to a sandy beach. The newly-built Xiang'an Campus is situated in Xiamen'sXiang'an District, bounded by the Xiangshan Scenic Area on the north and the sea on the south. XMU campuses resemble beautiful gardens, with serene lakes, lush foliage and magnificent buildings of KahKee architectural styles. The Xiang'an Campus houses the School of Life Sciences, the School of Medicine, the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the School of Public Health, the College of Oceanography and Earth Sciences, the College of Environment and Ecology, the College of Energy, the Overseas Education College, and the Southern Base of Confucius Institute Headquarters.
XMU's Malaysia campus is expected to receive 500 students in its first intake in the autumn of 2015. The majority of the students will come from Malaysia, China and other countries (especially other ASEAN nations). In the first phase, five colleges will be up and running, including the College of Information Science and Technology, the College of Ocean and the Environment, the College of Economics and Management, the College of Chinese Language and Culture, and the School of Medicine. As the first overseas campus operated by a top-ranking Chinese university and the first campus in Malaysia built by a Chinese university, the Malaysia campus marks a significant step of XMU towards internationalization.
3. Highly professional faculty and well-established disciplines
XMU implements a strategy of strengthening itself through human resources development. The University has recruited a large number of top-notch professors, many of whom are prominent scientists and leading scholars. XMU currently has 2,678 faculty members, of whom 1,918 or 71.6% hold doctoral degrees and 1,023 or 38.2% have at least one year's experience of overseas study and work. XMU affords high priority to the diversification and internationalization of the mix of its faculty. Of the 127 full-time faculty members recruited in 2013, 39 hold doctoral degrees from overseas universities. XMU offers a comprehensive range of programs in humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering and technology, management, medicine, andthe arts.
4. International exchange and cooperation
XMU is becoming increasingly internationalized and is actively engaged in multilateral and global cooperation. The University has established partnerships with over 270 higher-learning institutions around the world. It also actively participates in exchange programmes and collaborative research projects, and regularly hosts international academic conferences. XMU co-builds 15 Confucius Institutes globally and plays an active role on multilateral cooperation platforms, such as the Global Engineering Education Exchange (GE3), the Global U8 Consortium, the EU's Erasmus Mundus, the ASEAN University Network, and the Yellow Sea Rim University Group. XMU has hosted a wide variety of events, such as the San Diego State University Day, the Southampton University Day, and the China-Japan University Presidents Forum. It has also staged Xiamen University Day events at its partneruniversities.Students during their studies at XMU have an opportunity to participate in academic exchange programmes or pursue further studies at world-renowned universities.
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The tuition fee and cost of living at XMU are relatively low compared with most of the other prestigious universities in China and beyond. A good variety of scholarships are available to international students, including Chinese Government Scholarships, Confucius Institute Scholarships, Confucius China Study Plan Scholarships, Fujian Provincial Government Scholarships, and Xiamen University Scholarships. Full scholarships cover tuition, accommodation, food, healthcare and insurance costs, while partial scholarships cover one or several items under full scholarships.
6. Accommodation and food
The international student apartments on campus are set in picturesque surroundings and enjoy sea views and fresh sea air. The dorms are equipped with modern facilities and the Overseas Student Service Centre provides attentive services. Overseas students can also choose to dine in any of the 10 canteens on campus that serve a wide variety of cuisines.
7. First-class facilities
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Q: PHP Recursive Function/Loop to determine lowest level(s) of menus, items etc I am having trouble with writing a simple(!) PHP function to return an array of values under the following scenario.
I have a database table that simply lists parent and child categories (e.g. menu, sub menu, sub sub menu) in two fields 'parent_id' and 'category_id'. I want to tunnel down through the table to pull out all the bottom category_ids - i.e. those that are not listed as 'parents' to any others but are children (or grand children or great grand children)  of the category_id input to the function
I have a function a bit like this (it runs on osCommerce based code so the sql query stuff looks odd
function tep_get_bottom_categories( $categories_id) {
    $bottom_categories_query = tep_db_query("select categories_id from categories where parent_id = '" . $categories_id . "'");
    while ($bottom_categories = tep_db_fetch_array($bottom_categories_query)) {
        if(XXXXXXXXXXXXX)//<---- tried lots of stuff here
            {$results[]=$bottom_categories['categories_id'];}
        else
            {tep_get_bottom_categories( $bottom_categories['categories_id']);
        }
    }//end while loop
}// end function

If I input a value to the function that has children then it will produce those in an array of $bottom_categories and then do the same all the way down to the final bottom categories - however these are not singled out and placed in the $results array as I need something to go where  XXXXXXXXXXXXXX is but that is evading me mightily.
I'm assuming that I need to label each loop of the function in some way but I fail to see how - thanks - Graeme

A: You can do this purely in SQL:
SELECT category_id, (SELECT count(*)
                     FROM categories AS ci
                     WHERE ci.parent_id=co.category_id) AS children
FROM categories AS co
WHERE parent_id=xxxxx
HAVING children=0

A: I would always run the else case and check if the query has any results. If it has no children you are ready and insert it into the list; otherwise same as before.
Example code:
function tep_get_bottom_categories( $categories_id) {
  $bottom_categories_query = tep_db_query("select categories_id from categories where parent_id = '" . $categories_id . "'");

  if( /* check num_rows == 0 */ {
    {$results[]=$categories_id;}
  } else {
    while ($bottom_categories = tep_db_fetch_array($bottom_categories_query)) {
      {tep_get_bottom_categories( $bottom_categories['categories_id']);}
    }//end while loop
  }
}// end function


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September 4, 2011: The Land Rover DC100, a modern interpretation of the iconic Land Rover Defender, will make its debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. Land Rover also confirmed that production of the new Defender is intended for 2015.
Commenting on the Land Rover DC100 concept car, Gerry McGovern, Director of Design, Land Rover, said, "Replacing the iconic Defender is one of the biggest challenges in the automotive design world. It is a car that inspires people worldwide. This isn't a production-ready concept but the beginning of a four-year journey to design a relevant Defender for the 21st century."
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That is why, instead of getting investments from traditional shareholders, People's Energy's founders, David Pike and Karin Sode, decided to make customers the shareholders. They will begin to return 75% of the profits to customers in an annual rebate when they reach profitability at ~20,000 customers.
People's Energy's ambition is to give a million people in the UK control over their own energy. As they grow, they are also determined to contribute to the decarbonisation of the energy production, just as it is vitally important to them to enable everyone to get affordable energy, whatever the household income and circumstances. They believe no-one in the UK should have to choose between buying food or having a warm home.
We are delighted that such a forward-thinking, innovative company like People's Energy has decided to support us! For every new customer that registers with them, People's Energy will pay us £20 for every person who signs up for Dual fuel i.e. gas and electricity, using the code "HF1005", and £10 for every person who signs up for single fuel i.e. electricity only.
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A new ant with eyespots for defense?
Great to see Alex back, and with such a beautiful shot. I had a little post ready, so I figured I would go ahead and put it up. Maybe it will give Alex a little bit more time to recuperate after what sounds like a tough journey back.
One of the things I have discovered about studying a diverse arboreal group in a system that allows such easy access to the canopy is that undescribed species are relatively plentiful. In my main cerrado site, I have 17 Cephalotes species and 3 of them are undescribed. In my fist study at a second site, just 30Km down the road, a fourth new species showed up. All of these species are exciting in their own way, but one is particularly striking. I thought I would share a few shots with you. The main point of interest that I wanted to talk about is the coloration, and particularly the eyespots in the gyne.
Why might these eyespots be there? Well, evidence suggests that Cephalotes are quite distasteful, so the best explanation is that this is some kind of aposematic coloration. While eyespots are remarkably rare in ants as a whole, they are quite common in Cephalotes. In my experience, though, they are rarely this pleasing to the human eye (or at least this myrecologist's eyes). After mating, Cephalotes gynes roam the canopy in search of a suitable cavity to start their colony. Hanging out in trees for a couple of years, I have seen this searching behavior many times, but never managed to get a decent shot of it (unlike more talented photographers).
The soldier caste has a similar coloration to the gynes. While this could be nonadaptive developmental spillover from the gyne (it fades out in smaller members of the soldier caste), it may also have some adaptive value. Soldiers, the relatively rare and expensive sterile caste, shuttle between the colony's various nests on a daily basis, so the eyespots may help ward off possible predators while they do it.
As for what I should call this gorgeous ant, I have a few ideas, but I would love to hear what you all think in the comments.


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package io.debezium.connector.mongodb;

import io.debezium.pipeline.ErrorHandler;
import io.debezium.pipeline.EventDispatcher;
import io.debezium.pipeline.source.spi.ChangeEventSource;
import io.debezium.pipeline.source.spi.ChangeEventSourceFactory;
import io.debezium.pipeline.source.spi.SnapshotChangeEventSource;
import io.debezium.pipeline.source.spi.SnapshotProgressListener;
import io.debezium.pipeline.source.spi.StreamingChangeEventSource;
import io.debezium.util.Clock;

/**
 * Factory for creating {@link ChangeEventSource}s specific for the MongoDb connector.
 *
 * @author Chris Cranford
 */
public class MongoDbChangeEventSourceFactory implements ChangeEventSourceFactory<MongoDbPartition, MongoDbOffsetContext> {

    private final MongoDbConnectorConfig configuration;
    private final ErrorHandler errorHandler;
    private final EventDispatcher<CollectionId> dispatcher;
    private final Clock clock;
    private final ReplicaSets replicaSets;
    private final MongoDbTaskContext taskContext;

    public MongoDbChangeEventSourceFactory(MongoDbConnectorConfig configuration, ErrorHandler errorHandler, EventDispatcher<CollectionId> dispatcher,
                                           Clock clock, ReplicaSets replicaSets, MongoDbTaskContext taskContext) {
        this.configuration = configuration;
        this.errorHandler = errorHandler;
        this.dispatcher = dispatcher;
        this.clock = clock;
        this.replicaSets = replicaSets;
        this.taskContext = taskContext;
    }

    @Override
    public SnapshotChangeEventSource<MongoDbPartition, MongoDbOffsetContext> getSnapshotChangeEventSource(SnapshotProgressListener snapshotProgressListener) {
        return new MongoDbSnapshotChangeEventSource(
                configuration,
                taskContext,
                replicaSets,
                dispatcher,
                clock,
                snapshotProgressListener,
                errorHandler);
    }

    @Override
    public StreamingChangeEventSource<MongoDbPartition, MongoDbOffsetContext> getStreamingChangeEventSource() {
        return new MongoDbStreamingChangeEventSource(
                configuration,
                taskContext,
                replicaSets,
                dispatcher,
                errorHandler,
                clock);
    }
}


The patches usually vary in size from small to large and frequently appear on the knees, elbows, scalp, hands, feet, or lower back. Psoriasis is more common in adults.
Moderate or severe psoriasis results in the inflammation of the skin with raised red regions topped with loose, silvery, scaling skin.
Treatment basically includes creams and lotions. These are generally used with other treatments such as shampoos, ultraviolet light, and prescription medicines.


Serena and Christian got engaged in May. Sorry, correction, Serena and Christian got engaged in March, disengaged again three days later after Serena had suffered nightmares, migraines, loss of memory, who knows what other trauma (yes, all right Serena, I know I exaggerate; you don't need to tell me every five seconds), and re-engaged again two months later, after she had confronted her commitment-phobia full on and Christian had been remarkably patient.
Where was I? Oh yes, beginning of May. So I naturally assumed they would be getting married in July or just possibly August. Why on earth wouldn't you wed as soon as possible - especially if you're Christians and you aren't living together? I even suffered a state of minor panic as to how we would get her brother back from Palestine for her Big Day, given that he'd just raised the funds to go and work with a charity in Nablus for his long vac.
Don't worry, Serena assured me: they were planning to get married in June. Actually, they would prefer to get married in May but they realised that would be difficult with two of her siblings having exams. June, eh? Well, I suppose we can do it if we really get our skates on. You need three weeks to read the banns: I know that, from being married to a clergyman.
"How can you possibly let her make you wait that long?" Her incredulous younger sister asked him.
"I've waited all my life to find her," Christian replied. "I think I can wait another year." He was already pretty high in my estimation before this succinct little speech. From then on, there could never be any doubt that Serena had done well to revisit her phobia. He knows how to handle this lass.
Girls, Serena is right. I know, I know: Jane's Austen's heroines simply picked out a pretty muslin number already hanging in their wardrobes and were perfectly happy with that. But that was then and This Is Now. The wedding industry has gone insane. My dear father asked me how much a wedding dress costs these days.
"Oh goodness, a fortune I expect," he said. "I don't know. Fifty pounds? A hundred?" Sweet.
This wedding thing has really caused me to grow up. When Serena was a teenager her idea of Heaven, or at least of going shopping with her mother, was that we would traipse up and down Oxford Street all day long, occasionally stopping to drink Americanised coffee, eat millions of calories and discuss our numerous purchases. Unfortunately, this coincided with my idea of Hell so we didn't do it often, and when we did it wasn't very successful.
I have now redeemed my maternal crown so spectacularly that I could shove it in the Tower and you could all pay to gawk at it.
I managed to book an entire day of wedding-dress-shop appointments all over London, all so neatly dove-tailed into one another that I took my own breath away. I even succeeded in co-ordinating it all around an early morning telly fixture that I got at the last minute, which must make put me in the frame for the Nobel Prize for Shopping.
We had agreed that we would take Rosalie, Serena's youngest sister and bridesmaid, so she could get all enthusiastic too.
But I won't bore you with all of it. Serena had told me, primed by previous said housemates, that wedding-dress-shopping does more for your self-esteem than years of psychotherapy. Not just because years of psychotherapy would be enough to make anyone suicidal. But because everything you put on makes you look a million dollars. And she was right: yes, even in the shops that were full of tat.
Other than that, and the process of elimination - oh, and the girlie-bonding of course - the only worthwhile bit of the day was the trip out of London to Swoon, in West Byfleet. It is indeed to swoon for.
If you are getting married in a hurry or on a budget (who isn't?) or just don't happen to want to spend thousands and thousands of hours of your life on designing and fitting and redesigning and refitting and sourcing and re-deciding your wedding dress, over the course of several hundred of trips to your dressmaker, do yourself a favour and book an appointment with Deborah in Swoon.
She sells designer samples and once-worn wedding dresses. And her shop is utterly fab.
I'm sorry to say that when Serena stepped into one of Deborah's dresses, I burst into tears. No, not because she'd just trodden through the train and done four figures' worth of damage: don't be so cynical. Because she looked so loverly. Most annoyingly she preferred another dress but I can't answer for her taste.
There was a moment of delirium when I thought we were going to solve this dress-thing in an afternoon with about ten months to spare, which would really have been quite frightening.
But no, Serena does actually prefer to spend thousands of hours deciding on her wedding dress, and what's more I had just found a shop as wonderful as Swoon and even more appropriate for my daughter, but my coffee's getting cold so that can wait for another day.
Mum is an addict; she admits it freely. Beds, sofas, bookcases and more eccentric items of furniture arrive regularly, all results of her Ebay Habit. The list includes a tennis net, fireplaces, loo seats and even loos – more loos than she has bathrooms. Only the other week she was trying to buy a tea urn, of all things. The Ebay Dependence is a little surprising given that Mum is so allergic to all forms of offline shopping. Presumably, in those prehistoric times when that was the only option, she managed to clothe herself somehow, although I have no idea how. I have to say the compulsion does have its advantages: she has revamped the entire house for approximately the price a neighbour spent on one room.
I'd barely broken the news before the e-mails started arriving. "You can get such good deals" she cooed, flooding my inbox with Big Fat Wedding Dresses: ghastly fluffly affairs, abounding in ribbons, ruffles and sleeves you could hide an illegal immigrant in. I stopped looking when the enormous silk flowers and bows appeared. Eventually I managed to persuade her that, while ebay is a wonderful source for many things, perhaps in the case of a wedding dress it might be worth hitting a shop or two.
Right, so this is where we'd got to.
1 + 2 = Completely Barking Bonkers.
I can get lost going from the bedroom to the bathroom. Let alone the City of London to the Backs of Cambridge. And the thing is, if I were a guest at such a wedding, I would want to get lost. If I still lived in London - and surely the only people who would really welcome a London wedding would be those who live there - I would get to the hanging-around-for-the-photographer bit, and think, Blow this: I'll just nip home for a cup of tea. And quite possibly not nip out again.
Was I going to point this out to her, however? Would I poke my own eyes out with a burnt stick?
Yes, dear. Of course. Nothing is impossible. (Undesirable is a different matter.) You want to have most of your wedding reception on a motorway through Hertfordshire, you may have it on a motorway through &c. Darling. My job, surely, was to put all the options clearly before her, let her decide, then make it happen. If her plan was utterly loopy, what was that to me?
Christian's job, however, is to live with her for the rest of his life.
Which was how it came about that they visited Trinity Cambridge together. And even Serena had to admit that, yes, you're right, it is the loveliest place imaginable. In. The. World. (Except where Shaun and I wed, which was King's, next door. Just to keep the record straight.) Every bit as lovely as it was when she was an undergraduate, only more so.
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First hitch. The College is not primarily a wedding venue. Nor even, somewhat surprisingly, a tourist destination. It is a Place of Learning. I realise Serena may not have been fully aware of this when she was supposedly studying there, but I gather that was what was in Good King Hal's mind when he shoved the place up, or so the Fellows like to believe. This being the case, the Chapel is not readily available on most Saturdays - or even on most days - of the year. The blasted students are in it, worshipping God of all outrageous cheeks.
So, ok, when might it be free, please? Easter Vacation: April, came the obliging reply. No good, I said: her brother and sister will be swotting for Finals. (I wish.) April will be impossible. Next available date, Long Vacation: August. Oh my word, they don't want to wait that long! Half their friends will have left the country. And her brother won't be able to organise the music because all his musician friends will have long gone down from Cambridge. August would be near disastrous. Have you got anything in between, please?
There was only one date in the summer of 2013 - between Easter and August - when Trinity Chapel was available for a wedding, and that was Midsummer Saturday, 22nd June.
Which would be absolutely perfect! It was the first Saturday after her siblings would be sure to have finished exams, and the last Saturday before their possible graduation - so all the Cambridge musicians would still be there to sing and play for the service.
The more we looked at it, the more it transpired that it was the only date in the summer when they could get married. It was absolutely the most perfect day in the whole year.
Only trouble was, another couple thought so too. And they had thought so before Serena and Christian had thought so: indeed, just when Serena was making Christian wait for a couple of months so she could be sure she really wanted to be married at all.
Trinity Chapel was already booked. For the only summer Saturday when they could be married there. From the College's point of view and ours.
For a moment I felt like strangling her.
Never mind. It was just possible they might be allowed to use the Chapel the day before, the Friday: all depended on May Week celebrations. Or maybe they would be given permission much earlier on the same Saturday, before the other couple who were booked to wed at 3 o'clock.
Let's put it all on hold for a moment, shall we? After all, it may turn out to be academic.
The next hitch was getting permission to wed there at all. Serena and Christian would have to be interviewed by the Chaplain, and demonstrate that they genuinely wanted a Christian ceremony and weren't simply using the place as a classy photographic backdrop. I think that was what they had to demonstrate, anyway. On the grape vine we heard all sorts of rumours: it would be disallowed because she had left the College more than three years previously, or because Christian was Norwegian, or simply if they didn't answer all the questions with sufficient theological acumen.
That's two of you I want to strangle then.
After which we spent several weeks researching whether a Friday wedding would really be as awful and annoying for their guests as Christian thought it would. Answer: yes. Silver lining, I said. If they allow you to get married at breakfast time on Saturday, we'll save money by sharing the other couple's flowers. Somehow, this didn't console them.
Funnily enough, deep down I always knew it would end as it did. There came a day, after numerous requests to confirm when and whether, when the Chapel Secretary rang me and said exactly what I had uncannily expected her to say. The other couple had cancelled. And not, happily, because they had split up or anything traumatic. The date didn't suit them after all.
"Bad news," I rang Christian. "You can't get married there at all." Serve him right, eh?
So anyway, Serena and Christian will marry in the most perfect venue, on the most perfect day of the year. Trinity Chapel at Midsummer.
This wedding is charmed, I said. I always knew it was.


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Treks are not just limited to hiking in the mountains or climbing big rocks, it is to find the adventure where ever you travel to. We never found a reason to not to travel to Kerala. We don't need a reason to experience the sun come up from the rice fields of Kumarakom and go down in the Vembanad lake which can be just a few hours of walk or half an hour ride on a bike (bicycle). There is no perfect season to visit God's own country.