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What Is Glutathione? A Detailed Guide to the Antioxidant and Supplement
By Sheryl Huggins SalomonMedically Reviewed by Kelly Kennedy, RD
Foods high in Glutathione include asparagus, potatoes, and carrots.iStock (3)
If you encounter glutathione (GSH) in the aisle of your favorite nutritional supplements store, you may see it marketed as a detoxifier, immune system booster, or "master antioxidant." You may have also heard through the grapevine that some people use it before they party to reduce the impact of drinking alcohol. But you may not have heard that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warnings about a specific use of glutathione supplementation practiced by people around the world, in the name of beauty.
Read on to learn about the health benefits, limitations, and possibly negative side effects of taking glutathione supplements.
What Is Glutathione and What Does It Do?
Glutathione (gloo-tah-thy-ohn) is an amino acid compound that is naturally present in cells throughout the body. (1) Cysteine, glutamic acid, and glycine are the three amino acids that make it up. Glutathione acts as an antioxidant, preventing and delaying cell damage; as well as to detoxify chemicals within the liver, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. (1) It is also important to immune system health and the regulation of cell growth and death, per an article published in May 2013 in the journal Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. (2) Furthermore, the amino acid compound has the ability to bind itself to drugs, notes the National Center for Biotechnology Information, to make them easier for the body to excrete. (3) But levels of glutathione in the body appear to decrease with age, experts say.
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What Are Common Sources of Glutathione in Food?
Glutathione or its building blocks can be found in meat and dairy products, as well as many vegetables. Michelle Miller, a clinical nutritionist with Physio Logic in Brooklyn, New York, says that if you want to boost levels of glutathione in your body, you'll want to opt for food high in precursor nutrients that help it form, such as N-acetylcysteine, a sulfur amino acid. "When we talk about food sources we'll talk about cruciferous vegetables, or the sulfur-rich foods, like garlic or onion. Those have a lot of the building blocks." Broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and Brussels sprouts are examples of cruciferous vegetables. Other foods that are high in glutathione or its precursors include asparagus, potatoes, peppers, carrots, avocados, squash, spinach, and melons.
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The Possible Health Benefits of Glutathione
Next, let's take a look at all the possible health benefits of glutathione.
Glutathione Is an Antioxidant That May Help Fight Oxidative Damage
Without a doubt, the biggest health benefits of glutathione are the result of its antioxidant properties. Oxidative stress, which occurs when the balance of free radicals and antioxidants skews in favor of free radicals, can result in cell damage, according to the National Cancer Institute. (4) Research shows this process is linked to cancer, autoimmune disorders, cataracts, rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, and accelerated aging itself. (5)
The presence of glutathione helps guard against oxidative stress, and depletion of the amino acid compound is also associated with those disorders, per an article published in February 2014 in Integrative Medicine: A Clinician's Journal. (6) Research into the benefits of glutathione supplementation often looks at whether replenishing it in the body will help relieve oxidative stress, and therefore improve health and guard against the effects of aging.
For instance, glutathione levels are depleted in people with Parkinson's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that affects movement. That knowledge has spurred research into whether supplements can help with the symptoms of the illness, such as a small, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial published in the Journal of Parkinson's Disease in May 2017. (7) Results of the study, in which people with Parkinson's disease were given intranasal glutathione three times daily over three months, saw their symptoms improve during the trial, but no more than the improvements demonstrated in the placebo group.
Eight years earlier, results were published in the journal Movement Disorders of a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, pilot trial of people with Parkinson's disease who were given glutathione intravenously, which showed "the possibility of a mild symptomatic effect." (8)
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Yet the belief that glutathione has a beneficial effect on brain functioning motivates a number of clients that Miller sees at Physio Logic to take oral supplements (which she recommends and takes herself). "Probably 50 percent of our clients take it because they feel some sort of improved brain function from it, or improved cognition," she says. Nonetheless, most registered dietitians recommend getting nutrients from whole foods rather than supplements whenever possible.
Glutathione Appears to Have a Detoxifying Effect
As mentioned, glutathione is also a detoxifier. "It is responsible for binding to and conjugating a lot of toxins in our liver," says Danielle Citrolo, PharmD, a manager of scientific and regulatory affairs at Kyowa Hakko USA, which sells an oral glutathione supplement under the brand name Setria.
Research indicates that conjugation is a process in the liver in which enzymes such as glutathione help make foreign substances, such as drugs, more soluble and easily excreted by the kidneys. (9) Dr. Citrolo cites the conjugation of Tylenol (acetaminophen), which can cause liver damage in high doses, as an example of glutathione protective benefits. (10)
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Do People Use Glutathione To Help With the Effects of Drinking Alcohol?
Glutathione also has a role in metabolizing alcohol. (11) When ethanol (alcohol) is processed in the body, a carcinogenic byproduct, acetaldehyde, forms. Glutathione contains the amino acid L-cysteine, which breaks down acetaldehyde into water and carbon dioxide, which are then eliminated in urine. "When we drink excessively, our glutathione levels are lowered," says Citrolo.
Miller says many of her clients who take glutathione supplements do it believing it can counteract the effects of taking Tylenol or drinking alcohol. "They may take it every time that they have a drink. Or if they go out and drink a little more heavily, they will take glutathione before bedtime to hopefully counteract that a little bit. Also for every time they need to take Tylenol."
Despite the beliefs of those who take them, oral supplements may not necessarily confer all of the health benefits that you receive from the glutathione that is naturally produced by your body. "It has a very low oral bioavailabilty, which means that when you take a capsule of glutathione and it reaches your gastrointestinal tract, a large majority of it gets degraded before it's absorbed into the bloodstream," says Seemal R. Desai, MD, a dermatologist at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
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Miller says that to get around that problem, she recommends a liposomal form of oral glutathione, which employs a drug nanodelivery system that encapsulates the amino acid compound in a membrane of lipids (organic compounds that are insoluble in water).
Still, research into the effectiveness of liposomal glutathione is early. For example, a one-month pilot study published in January 2018 in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that daily lioposomal glutathione helped increase glutathione supply in 12 subjects, thereby boosting their immune system and lowering oxidative stress. (12)
Another type of glutathione supplementation — intravenous — is used around the world for a controversial purpose: to lighten the skin.
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How Effective and Safe Is Glutathione as a Skin Lightener?
As described in an article published August 28, 2017, in the The New York Times, injectable glutathione is attracting growing interest, both in countries around the world and increasingly in the United States, among people (particularly women of color) who wish to lighten their skin tone or fade dark spots. (13)
Some do it to conform to cultural pressures that favor lighter complexions over darker ones, especially in women. It's true that naturally occurring glutathione can convert melanin to a lighter color and deactivate the enzyme tyrosinase, which helps produce the pigment. Still, the FDA warns, intravenous treatments "are potentially unsafe and ineffective, and might contain unknown harmful ingredients or contaminants. The FDA has not approved any injectable drugs for skin whitening or lightening." (14)
The risk of contaminants or infection from injections is a serious concern, says Oma N. Agbai, MD, a dermatologist at UC Davis Health in Sacramento, California, who specializes in multicultural dermatology. "It's so unregulated that when someone goes to a med spa or some kind of clinic to get this kind of treatment, you don't really know what you're injecting." If staff are poorly trained in injection techniques, "There is a risk for infection, such as fatal sepsis [blood poisoning]," she adds.
In fact, the Food and Drug Administration of the Philippines warned in 2011 that repeated injections of glutathione could lead to kidney failure, blood poisoning, and toxic epidermal necrolysis, a life-threatening infection that causes skin to peel off. (15)
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Furthermore, there have not been any long-term, large clinical trials to confirm the skin lightening effects of glutathione supplements in any form, though a review article published in 2016 in the Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology reported that a handful of small, randomized, controlled trials have shown oral and topical supplements to be safe and temporarily effective in lightening skin. (16)
Further research is needed before dermatologists like Dr. Desai, who is president of the Skin of Color Society, will recommend them for evening out hyperpigmentation [areas of skin that become darker than the surrounding area]. "We haven't found a form that really works for skin issues," he says.
In fact, glutathione is not approved at all by the FDA for dermatological use, Desai continues. If someone comes to his office requesting it, he says he would steer them toward other options — "other skin-lightening agents, in-office procedures, some special sunscreens, things like that."
Meanwhile, those who are more concerned with inner health than outer appearance can rest assured that even if they never go near a glutathione supplement, the amino acid compound is nevertheless hard at work performing vital functions throughout their bodies, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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Back in 1825, Michael Faraday, the venerated English scientist, established The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures for Children. Faraday gave the inaugural lecture himself, hoping to get a younger generation interested in science, and the tradition has carried on ever since. Above, we're skipping forward 166 years to 1991, when Richard Dawkins, one of the world's best known evolutionary biologists, presented a five part lecture series called Growing Up in the Universe. It's a rather brilliant look at life, the universe, and our place in it. And while it's geared toward a younger crowd, adults will enjoy it too. Originally televised by the BBC, the lectures now appear on YouTube, courtesy of The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science.
All of the lectures, whose titles are listed below, can be viewed in the playlist above. More RI Christmas Lectures for Children can be viewed online here. This series will be added to our collection. 1,300 Free Online Courses from Top Universities.
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It's an amazing universe that just exploded into existence from nothing, out of nowhere and for no reason.
So says your belief system..
I can't believe it but it is true!!!I didn't have a laptop.sitting in my room alone feeling bored I thought of a laptop to amuse myself.from nowhere and from nothing there was a laptop on ma table!yes my friend!It is true but you won't believe me.But I know you will believe the whole crap that this universe came from nowhere without a creator!!!
Whoever that woman is who brought that f****** baby to the lecture should be dismembered.
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By Anthony Curtis
In yet another sign of the times, for the first time since it started 21 years ago, Las Vegas' "America's Party" fireworks show on the Strip won't take place this New Year's Eve. However, the southern part of the Strip from Treasure Island to Mandalay Bay will be closed to traffic on Dec. 31 and it's expected that revelers will congregate there. Downtown will also allow a gathering at the Fremont Street Experience. There will be a $25 admission fee and masks are required. The Plaza will have a fireworks show, but no other major displays have been announced.
Mirage cuts back: Beginning Jan. 4, the Mirage will be closed in its entirety from noon on Mondays to noon on Thursdays. That includes hotel, casino, restaurants and everything else on the property. MGM Resorts International says the complete weekday closure shouldn't extend past February, but the policy will be reevaluated at that time. It's the first resort to take this step since Encore, which is also completely closed Mondays through Wednesdays.
Virgin opening delayed: Virgin Las Vegas is delaying its planned Jan. 15 opening to an as-yet-undetermined date. The resort's conversion from the Hard Rock is reportedly complete, but pandemic uncertainties prompted the decision to delay.
Rain: Las Vegas' record streak of 240 consecutive dry days was finally broken last week when four-one-hundredths of an inch of precipitation was measured at McCarran International Airport, the official measuring site. It beat the previous rainless record set in 1959 by 90 days.
Question: Can you list the major casinos that are still completely closed?
Answer: The casinos that remain completely closed are Palms, Texas Station, Fiesta Rancho, Fiesta Henderson, Main Street Station, Eastside Cannery and Eldorado. Along with never having opened since the March shutdown, none of these has yet announced a reopening date.
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Netflix introduces audio description
Wednesday, 15 April 2015 14:49pm
Daredevil, a TV series about a blind superhero, has become the first program on Netflix to have audio description for people who are blind or vision impaired.
Advocacy groups in the US, including the Accessible Netflix Project, have long called for the popular video-on-demand service to provide audio description. In 2013, following a suit brought against it by the National Association of the Deaf, the service agreed to provide closed captions on 100 per cent of its content by the end of 2014.
In a blog post, Tracy Wright, Netflix's director of content operations, wrote that "Netflix is actively committed to increasing the number of audio-visual translations for movies and shows in our English-language catalogues. We are also exploring adding audio description into other languages in the future." Daredevil will soon be followed by other described TV series, including House of Cards and Orange is the New Black.
"It was great to see that the described version of Daredevil was made available in Australia at the same time as the US," said Chris Mikul, Media Access Australia's project manager for television. "Audio description is still very rare on video-on-demand services, so this is a really important development, and shows that there are no technical barriers to delivering the service online."
While the addition of audio description to Netflix titles is a very positive move, the Netflix website remains inaccessible for blind and vision impaired consumers who rely on screen readers. Robert Kingett, founder of the Accessible Netflix Project, said that Netflix and other streaming services "should include a core accessibility team to ensure everything is usable on the web and on the app."
For more information, see the Washington Post's article on Netflix and audio description.
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Red is the symbol of love, passion and intimacy. On the negative side, red color symbolizes jealousy, rage, violence and anger. The various colors make a big significance in life. It is important that you note down all the factors associated with these colors in your dream.
Every color in your dream reflects a deeper meaning in regard to the real life events. A huge number of people dream about colors. If you specifically dream about color red, it will either bring positive or negative changes in life. Red is either a color of love or a color of warning. The red color on the traffic light asks you to stop. Perhaps, in a dream it could be a warning sign preventing you from taking a wrong step or decision.
Red color dreams indicate passion and intensity to do things. If you are focused and passionate to achieve a goal, the dream is a strong indication that you will get through this mission successfully. However, understanding the context of the dream is of high importance. The role that you played in your dream in relation to these colors will take you closer to a clear picture of your dream. For instance, if you dreamt that a red rose is dying is different than the dream where you would see fresh red roses in a flower bouquet.
Red fireball: To see a red fireball in dream is a sign that something is not right in your life and your tolerance level will any time burst out. The fireball of the revenge is becoming bigger in your mind. Some people often see volcanoes instead of fireballs in dream.
Red roses: To see red roses in dream is a sign that you are looking for passion in your love life. These feelings are wild, intense and intimate. Talking to your partner will help. For singles, it is a sign that love is in the air.
Red carpet: Walking on red carpet in dream is a sign that you will gain popularity and fame in a particular role of your life.


With over 235 individual park parcels throughout the Town of Oyster Bay, the Parks Department handles the awesome responsibility of operating and maintaining more than 1,000 acres of park land. A myriad of facilities are available for our residents with amenities ranging from children's play areas and ball fields to swimming pools and ice rinks. To report a maintenance concern within a Town Parklet in your neighborhood please contact (516) 797-7957.
The Permits Division coordinates scheduling for all playing fields, which must be reserved for use during their seasons. Residency requirements must be met. For information, call (516) 797-4120.
Please call (516) 797-4114 after 9AM for reservations.
Heisser Lane and Motor Avenue, Farmingdale, NY 11735 – 15.8 acres.
Children's play areas, basketball court, 2 handball courts, 3 lighted tennis courts, lighted synthetic multi-use fields for soccer, football and lacrosse, softball and baseball field (lighted), picnic area, Spray Park.
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The Parks Department also operates a number of major sports/recreation complexes. These are available to Town sports leagues on a first come-first serve basis. Call the Recreation Division at 797-4120 for reservations.
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How many computers can I install Smart Shooter on?
A Smart Shooter license is good for three different computers. It doesn't matter what combination of Mac or Windows they are. They can deactivate any machine at any time as well, but they can only have 3 simultaneous activations.
How does Smart Shooter handle portrait orientation?
Note: this camera orientation gets saved (along with camera name). So if you close and start the app again, it will still be set to that same orientation. If you physically go and re-position your camera, you then need to do "Set Orientation" again in the app to match it.
In the context menu, select "Create dump file". Once the process dump has been completed, the following acknowledge window will be presented.
This also shows where the process dump file was saved, in this case to the file: C:\Users\francis\AppData\Local\Temp\SmartShooter3.DMP Once you have this process dump file, you can send it to us at the usual address support@tethertools.com. The file itself may be very large in size. If so, we can provide a place for you to upload the file to us.
Why is the "Photo Download Directory" option disabled?
Smart Shooter exposes an option for controlling where the photos are saved to, which is named Photo Download Directory. However if Smart Shooter has been purchased and downloaded from the Apple Mac App Store, then this option is disabled. This means that the Photo Download Directory cannot be changed. To get an app accepted on the Apple app store, it has to confirm to a set or requirements from Apple. One of these requirements imposes restrictions on the location where an app can read and write files. Effectively this restriction means that Smart Shooter can only save photos to the user's "Pictures" folder. This is why the option to change this is disabled in Smart Shooter. If you have purchased from the Apple app store, but need to customise this option, then please contact us at support@tethertools.com. We can then allocate you a license, allowing you to download and use the version of Smart Shooter from our website, which does not have this restriction.
Select all the text in the "Problem Details and System Configuration" section, and then copy/paste it into an email and send it to us at the usual address support@tethertools.com.
One of the camera settings in Smart Shooter is for the camera's program mode. As with other camera settings, the UI that the app presents is driven by information from the camera. The app will query the camera for each camera setting, to get the valid range of values, and whether or not each particular camera setting can be changed. For Program Mode, most cameras do not allow you to change this from software, hence why the app will disable the dropdown menu. This is usually because the Program Mode is a physical dial switch on the camera, so the only way to change it is to physically rotate that dial. Exceptions to this are the higher end cameras, such as Nikon D810, which do not have a dial on the camera but instead an electronic button. So for such cameras, Smart Shooter does allow you to change Program Mode in the app.
Smart Shooter does allow multiple cameras to be triggered with a single button click. However when triggering cameras this way, it introduces a delay of at least 150 milliseconds between each camera. This delay is unavoidable when triggering a camera over the USB connection, as the software has to communicate with each camera in sequence. So to trigger multiple cameras simultaneously, they need to be triggered by a different mechanism. This is possible using a dedicated cable release connected directly to each camera, or alternatively some kind of remote trigger. One such provider of camera triggering systems is Esper, with their product called TriggerBox https://www.esperhq.com/product/multi-camera-triggerbox/ Or alternatively Pocket Wizards also provide various products for triggering cameras, see: http://www.pocketwizard.com Of course, at the same time, the cameras can still be connected via USB to the computer, so that Smart Shooter can automatically download any new photos, and camera settings can be managed from a single place.
The computer's USB system is the limiting factor for this, as each additional camera will use extra bandwidth and require extra CPU processing to maintain the connection. Normally between 20 to 30 cameras can be connected to a single computer. The Smart Shooter software does not impose a limit on the number of cameras, but with more than this the USB connection reliability becomes an issue. When connecting multiple cameras, try to use good quality powered USB hubs and cables. Also experiment with connecting to different USB ports on the computer itself as these can vary in performance. If the computer's own USB ports are supected to be the limiting factor, then try installing a dedicated USB PCIExpress card into the computer. If you are unable to connect all the cameras to a single computer, then you need to use multiple computers and split the cameras between then. Smart Shooter GRID can then be used to coordinate and control the cameras across multiple computers.
The version is shown in the 'About Smart Shooter' window.
For this to be possible, the lens or camera body has to be able to electronically change focus (ie. have an autofocus option). If the lens focus can only be controlled manually, then there is no physical way for the computer to turn the lens! It needs the focus drive motor either built into the lens or on the camera body. Secondly the camera needs to support live view, which allows the computer to then control the focus motor. You can check the list of supported cameras to see if you camera supports live view. Once live view is enabled, then Smart Shooter is able to directly control the focus motor. For an autofocus lens, check that it is set to auto and not manual mode, otherwise the drive motor may be inactive. Having live view enabled is the only way that you can manually change the focus. There is a separate option to tell the camera to do its normal auto focus procedure, which can be done during both normal and live view operation. Smart Shooter has a button named 'Auto Focus' which triggers this.
f you need to report a problem about Smart Shooter, its very useful to send us the log files from the application, as these contains diagnostic information about how the software and cameras are behaving. There are two methods to do this.
Why isn't my camera detected?
Some older cameras have their own menu option for USB mode, such as the Nikon D300, which may be set to 'PTP', 'Mass Storage', PC Connection'. Try changing this setting and reconnecting.


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Twitter Suspends 360,000 Accounts For Promoting Violence And Terrorism On Social Media
AllNewsAppsScience And Future
Shreya KalraUpdated on Aug 19, 2016, 11:21 IST
Twitter has suspended 360,000 accounts for promoting terrorism online, it wrote in a blog post on Thursday.
Global efforts to silence #Daesh online are bearing fruit.#UnitedAgainstDaesh pic.twitter.com/InNXnYUmEj
— مركز صواب (@sawabcenter) July 13, 2016
Many countries around the world including Iraq, Lebanon, France and Turkey have recently been at the receiving end of deadly terror attacks where scores of people died. Twitter has been criticised in the past for not monitoring its accounts and policing content being posted. Since last year, however, their account suspension rate has increased by 80%.
The social media company said there is no "magical algorithm" for identifying terrorist content on the internet but they have increased collaboration with other social media platforms and organisations such as True Islam in the US, Imams Online in the UK and The Sawab Center in the UAE to help track down accounts and content that may be harmful.


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Q: Laravel 5.4 Regex accept 2 possible strings - error with | I'm trying to use Regex validation in my Laravel 5.4 project.
I would like two possible strings to be valid. For example, I will only accept "Michael" or "Mike." I want them both to be valid.
I have been using https://regex101.com/ to help me figure this out. However, what works there does not work on my project.
Here is my code:

'name' => 'required|regex:/^(Michael|Mike)$/',

Here is the error:
(1/1) ErrorException
preg_match(): No ending delimiter '/' found
So, it seems like PHP is reading this as if the | is a new request and therefore can't find the end of the first regex request /. Is there anyway to make sure that it reads that this is an either/or statement within the ()?
Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks!

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Q: Spring security. Custom AuthenticationManager I have spring mvc application. And i've added Spring Security with CustomAuthenticationManager. This is application-security.xml that included in appContex.xml. In login.jsp i use standart login page with 2 inputs: name='j_username' & name='j_password' and than in method in CustomAuthenticationManager.authenticate(Authentication authentication) i receive only password, but not principal with it name. What am i do wrong?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
    xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p" xmlns:security="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.1.xsd
                        http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-3.1.xsd
                        http://www.springframework.org/schema/security http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.0.xsd">

<bean id="loginPassAuthenticationFilter"
    class="org.springframework.security.web.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter">
    <property name="authenticationManager" ref="customAuthenticationManager" />
    <property name="allowSessionCreation" value="true" />
    <property name="filterProcessesUrl" value="/j_spring_security_check" />
    <property name="authenticationFailureHandler" ref="customAuthenticationFailureHandler" />
    <property name="authenticationSuccessHandler" ref="customAuthenticationSuccessHandler" />
</bean>

<bean id="customAuthenticationManager"
    class="com.whatever.security.CustomAuthenticationManager" />
<bean id="authenticationFilter"
    class="org.springframework.security.web.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter"
    p:authenticationManager-ref="customAuthenticationManager"
    p:authenticationFailureHandler-ref="customAuthenticationFailureHandler"
    p:authenticationSuccessHandler-ref="customAuthenticationSuccessHandler" />

<bean id="customAuthenticationFailureHandler"
    class="org.springframework.security.web.authentication.SimpleUrlAuthenticationFailureHandler"
    p:defaultFailureUrl="/?error=true" />

<bean id="customAuthenticationSuccessHandler"
    class="org.springframework.security.web.authentication.SimpleUrlAuthenticationSuccessHandler"
    p:defaultTargetUrl="/" />

<bean id="authenticationEntryPoint"
    class="org.springframework.security.web.authentication.LoginUrlAuthenticationEntryPoint"
    p:loginFormUrl="/" />
<security:authentication-manager />
<bean id="passwordEncoder"
    class="org.springframework.security.authentication.encoding.ShaPasswordEncoder">
    <constructor-arg value="512" />
</bean>

<form name='f' action="<c:url value='j_spring_security_check' />"
    method='POST'>

            User:
            <input type='text' name='j_username' value=''>

            Password:
            <input type='password' name='j_password' />

            <input name="submit" type="submit"
                value="submit" />

            <input name="reset" type="reset" />

</form>

A: I recommend to use Security Namespace (link to the example of minimal configuration):
http://static.springsource.org/spring-security/site/docs/3.1.x/reference/springsecurity-single.html#ns-minimal
Here the link how you can define your own authentication provider :
http://static.springsource.org/spring-security/site/docs/3.1.x/reference/springsecurity-single.html#ns-auth-manager
Creation of your own authentication provider solves most use cases.
Please tell me if you need any additional clarifications.
Best regards,
Michael


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SINGLES: James Shaheen d. Nick Bolger CL 5-4, 4-0; Priyan DeSilva d. Davis Collins CL 4-2, 4-2; Ulku Steiner d. Jack White 4-0, 4-0; Kirin Nagar d. Smith Oleary 4-2, 4-0; Scott Carsanan d. Taylor Pearce 3-5, 5-4, 1-0; Pierce Jenkins d. Adam Darwich 0-4, 5-3 1-0.
DOUBLES: Shaheen/ DeSilva d. Bolger/Collins 6-1; Nagar/Brandt d. White/OLeary 7-6; Steiner/Williams d. Pearce/Darwich 6-3.
SINGLES: Nick Bolger (CL) d. Andrew Zaperski 4-1, 4-0; Davis Collins (CL) d. Braxton Sandman 4-2, 4-2; Jack Presson (R) d. Brad Beckert 4-2, 1-4, 1-0; Jordon Norona (R) d. Jack White 2-4, 4-0, 1-0; Alex Boggis (R) d. Smith OLeary 4-5, 4-0, 1-0; James Dixon (R) d. Taylor Pearce 4-2, 4-2.
DOUBLES: Bolger/Collins (CL) d. Zaperski/Sandman 6-1; Presson/Narona (R) d. White/Bircak 7-6; OLeary/Pearce (CL) d. Dixon/ Parlan R 7-5.
SINGLES: Luke McClelland (CCD) d. Alex Yang 5-4(7-2), 2-4, 10-6; Calvin Ma (CA) d. Maylin Van Cleeff 6-0, 6-0; Vaed Khurjekar (CCD) d. Kevin Wu 2-4, 4-1(10-2); Pat Mulqueen (CA) d. Jackson Motchar 4-5(3-7), 4-5(5-7); Shan Butter (CA) d. Tarun Prakash 4-0, 6-4; Kent Carroll (CCD) d. Luke Wilson 3-5, 4-2(10-6).
DOUBLES: Yang/Ma (CA) d. McClelland/Van Cleeff 6-2; Wu/Mulqueen (CA) d. Khurjekar/Motchar 6-2; Butter/Wilson (CA) d. Prakash/Smith 7-6(7-5).
SINGLES: Luke McClelland (CCDS) Andrew Zipersky (RC) 6-0,6-2; Braxton Sandman ( RC) Maylin Van Cleeff (CCDS) 1-4,4-1,(10-4); Vaed Khurjekar (CCDS) Jack Presson (RC) 4-2,4-1; Jackson Motchar (CCDS) Jordan Norona (RC) 5-4(7-2),5-4(7-3); Tarun Prakash (CCDS) Alex Boggis (RC) 6-0,6-0; Kent Carroll (CCDS) Rhett Parham (RC) 4-0,4-0.
DOUBLES: McClelland/Van Cleeff (CCDS) Zipersky/Sandman (RC) 6-3; Khurjekar/Motchar (CCDS) Presson/Norona (RC) 7-5; Prakash/Smith (CCDS) Boggis/James Dixon (RC) 6-2.
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DOUBLES: Yang/Ma (CA) def. Townsend/Comisar (PD) 6-2; Wu/Mulqueen (CA) def. Campbell/Lovett (PD) 6-3; Buonanno/Rohan Ramani (PD) def. Buttar/Wilson (CA) 6-4.