As well as this, there are also autotrophs and heterotrophs. An autotroph is an organism that is able to produce organic substances from inorganic substances. A heterotroph is an organism that uses its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances.
Primary succession is when there is an organism that's looking for a spot to develop because it is brand new. Secondary succession is the also an organism trying to produce, but it has been there once already and is producing once again, almost as a "second coming."
A climax community is the final stage of succession. It stays the same until a natural disaster hits.
During succession, biodiversity is increased because plants are increased as well, making a variation in biological standards.


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Q: Why does the Michelson-Morley experiment only contradict the aether? This question is related to Validity of Maxwell's equations with no aether or relativity? (so please read this first). In this question, the answers seem to suggest that getting rid of the aether was not a problem (in the sense that we don't need to throw away Newton's equations) and that there could be other special frames where Maxwell's equations hold in their 'nice' form (and not in their nice form in other frames). I have two further questions:

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*Why does the Michelson-Morley experiment only contradict the aether and not all special frames? From what I have read of the experiment, it would seem to me to suggest that it does indeed contradict all special frames and therefore that they should have concluded that there are no special frames not just that there is no aether.

*What forms other than the aether could these special frames take?

A: There is an alternate formulation to special relativity, Lorentz Ether Theory. This alternate theory allows the ether frame to still exist. Nobody teaches it. Why?
Special relativity makes two very simple assumptions, that the laws of physics are the same in all inertial frames, and that the speed of light is the same to all inertial observers. The Lorentz transformation and everything implied by it follow from these simple assumptions.
Lorentz Ether Theory on the other hand posits a special frame, the ether frame, where Maxwell's laws truly do hold. Per this theory, this is the only frame in which the one-way speed of light is Maxwell's c. Lorentz Ether Theory also posits time dilation and length contraction as axiomatic. These lead to the Lorentz transformation, and to the round trip speed of light being Maxwell's c.
The only way to distinguish these two theories is to find a way to measure the one-way speed of light. That's not possible, and thus there is no way to experimentally distinguish the two theories. Yet physics instructors only teach special relativity. You have to dig deep, very deep, to find proponents of Lorentz Ether Theory.
One reason is that the assumptions of time dilation and length contraction as axiomatic seem rather ad hoc (and that's putting it nicely). An even bigger reason is that Lorentz Ether Theory introduces a key untestable hypothesis, the existence of the ether frame. This frame cannot be detected. Time dilation and length contraction conspire to hide it from view. A bigger reason yet is general relativity. The axioms of Lorentz Ether Theory are inconsistent with general relativity. The final nail in the coffin is quantum mechanics, which eliminates the need for a medium through which light propagates. Without that very self-contradictory medium (the luminiferous aether), what's the point of having an ether frame?

The modern geometrical perspective of special relativity isn't so much that the speed of light is constant but rather that there exists some finite speed that is the same to all observers, and that light necessarily moves at this speed because it is carried by massless particles.
What motivates the existence of this finite universally agreed upon speed is geometry. What geometries yield a universe in which Newtonian mechanics appears to hold in the limit of zero velocity, and what do these geometries say about a speed that is the same to all observers?
The answer is that there are two cases: This universally agreed upon speed is infinite or finite. An infinite universally agreed upon speed results in Newton's universe. A finite speed results in Minkowski space-time describing the geometry of special relativity. Experimentally, the finite speed of light appears to be the same to all observers, thus falsifying the notion of a Newtonian universe with Euclidean space and time as the independent variable.

A: The Michelson-Morley result is a challenge to any theory which specifies a preferred frame for electromagnetism and this is why it causes problems for aether theory. I don't think the answers to your previous question imply anything else. The problem of finding the correct reference frame for electromagnetism was solved, not by finding a preferred frame, but by finding a different set of rules for transforming between frames so that it was correct in every frame.

A: my opinion for why M-M refutes aether is that "special frames" fails either Occam's Razor or the Copernican Principle.
if there was truly aether in existence and the M-M results valid, that would mean that this "special frame" moves along with the Earth around the sun all of the time.  the reason why the M-M results spoke so significantly was that they ran the experiment over and over again during multiple seasons of the year.  if the Earth is not particularly special as a place in the Universe (let's set aside that the "special frame" moves around with these "special" intelligent life forms called "homo sapiens"), we must expect that while it's possible that in the spring the Earth just happens to move along with the aether, then in the autumn in must be moving through it.  and fast enough that the shift in the interference pattern in M-M would be clearly noticeable.  but no such shift ever happened.
unlike string theory (or a conjecture of the Multiverse), the aether theory was actually falsifiable.  it made a prediction that could eventually be tested, it was tested in 1887 was falsified.  something should have been noticed unless you claim that the aether follows our planet around as we go around the Sun.

A: ...the properties of this so called aether, was meant to have zero shear and be like an idealistic medium that could not be disfigured by any known force. then how could we expect the MM experiment to have a phase lag. Aether may be non-existent but we don't know that through this experiment. Moreover, the space-time fabric is getting thicker and more relevant and could be another name for aether. So the existence of an all pervasive medium seems plausible and required.

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The wrong side of history
Wooing Latinos with one hand, bashing them with the other
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THE backlash against the presence in the United States of some 12m illegal immigrants, four-fifths of them from Mexico and other parts of Latin America, is at full strength. Right-wing talk-radio and cable TV hosts rant about the "broken border" with Mexico; House Republicans talk of making felons out of the undocumented and those who help them. This week Colorado, with an estimated 250,000 illegal residents in a population of 4.7m, voted to deny state benefits, including non-emergency health care, to anyone who cannot prove legal residence. That law was modelled on measures already passed in Georgia and Arizona.
So how did the Latino lobby group, the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), have the power at its July 8th-11th convention in Los Angeles to attract so many star speakers from both sides of the political divide? For the Democrats, Bill Clinton, Antonio Villaraigosa, the mayor of Los Angeles, and New Mexico's governor, Bill Richardson, queued up to say nice things. So did the Republicans' Arnold Schwarzenegger, governor of California, Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas, and even Karl Rove, the White House deputy chief of staff, otherwise known as "Bush's brain".
One answer is that the Latino vote needs to be wooed. For example, Mr Schwarzenegger, who upset many Latinos last year by casually voicing support for informal "Minutemen" patrols on California's southern border, will probably need around 30% of California's Latino vote to be re-elected in November. Democrats and Republicans alike worry that a few Latino votes here or there could help determine control of the House of Representatives or even the Senate.
Beyond November, the vote will continue to be very much worth pursuing. Excluding Puerto Ricans, some 42m Latinos live in America—around 14% of the population—and more than a third are younger than 18. That should mean plenty of new voters in future elections, not least because the NCLR, conscious that only 7.5m Latinos voted in 2004, is mounting a registration drive.
Heroes and felons
Because so many of them are either illegal or are related to illegal residents, Latinos are also at the centre of a Republican tussle that puts the Senate and George Bush on one side and the House on the other. Two years ago Mr Bush, calling for the reform of an immigration policy that has left "millions of hardworking men and women condemned to fear and insecurity in a massive, undocumented economy", suggested matching enhanced border security with a guest-worker programme and a path towards legalising illegal residents. The Republican-controlled Senate, with support from Democrats, backed the president's plan with a bill (though it also added a 370-mile, or 600km, fence along parts of the southern border).
However, five months earlier the Republican-controlled House had taken a different line. It voted for a bill that would build a 700-mile fence along weak parts of the 2,000-mile Mexican border; would make no provision for guest-workers; would increase penalties for employers of illegal immigrants; would make it a crime to assist illegal immigrants; would make illegal immigration a felony, rather than a mere offence against civil law; and would certainly not give the "amnesty" of a path to citizenship for the undocumented.
In theory, some kind of compromise between House and Senate remains possible. Perhaps the House will be less insistent on criminal sanctions; perhaps the Senate will agree to "triggers" (such as proof of secure borders) before a guest-worker programme can be introduced. But in the meantime, neither side is showing much appetite for a solution. The House Republicans, taking advantage of the coming summer recess, have started a series of "town-hall" hearings on the supposed defects of the Senate bill. The Senate is replying with similar hearings of its own.
To Mr Clinton, the reason is obvious. The conservative wing of the Republican Party sees immigration as "a way of creating a divided community and distracting people from the real challenges facing the country, whether it is in Iraq and Afghanistan, or homeland security, or how to build a clean energy future, or how to solve the health-care crisis, or how to create new jobs for America."
Mr Clinton may be right. While Mr Bush keeps pushing the need for a guest-worker programme, albeit with hints that the "triggers" might be an acceptable idea, many voter-endangered Republicans see the electoral sense of keeping the immigration pot boiling. In California's 50th congressional district, for example, Brian Bilbray preached a hard line on immigration to win a special election last month. Similarly, Pennsylvania's Senator Rick Santorum, who is facing a tough fight for re-election, is suddenly emphasising that he voted against the Senate immigration bill.
In the short term, immigration as a "wedge issue" makes political sense. Whether it makes practical sense is another matter. New York's mayor, Michael Bloomberg, a liberal Republican, pointed out last week at a Senate town-hall hearing in Philadelphia that the Big Apple's economy would collapse without the half-million or so undocumented people among the city's 3m immigrants. The same, he added, would hold true of America as a whole.
In the longer term, does it even make political sense? For now, a hard line on immigration has populist momentum. But this will surely flag, as have the country's previous outbreaks of xenophobia, be they against Chinese, Japanese, Irish or even Norwegians, as the Nordic Mr Rove pointed out to the NCLR's convention. As Janet Murguia, the NCLR's president, said "The anti-immigrant demagogues are on the wrong side of history."
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Bachelor's Gabby Dated Dean, Blake Before Clayton: What to Know
There's nothing better than a Bachelor contestant with Bachelor Nation ties! Gabby Windey has been linked to two Bachelorette alums ahead of her journey on Clayton Echard's season of The Bachelor.
Blake Horstmann revealed in October that he dated the 30-year-old Colorado nurse in the past — after she dated Dean Unglert.
"We like the same girls, man. I didn't know Dean until obviously, like, 2018, but Gabby was a good friend of one of my very good friends from college, they were roommates," the Bachelorette season 14 runner-up said on his "Behind the Rose" podcast at the time. "I met Gabby long before I was on The Bachelorette, like, I want to say maybe 2015 or 2016. We hung out for a little bit, so I know her very well. And Dean, I don't know how it came up, but one time, me and Dean were sitting there — I think we were in Buffalo, and he mentioned Gabby — and I was like, 'How do you know Gabby?' And he was like, 'Dude, she was, like, my girl in college, you know, we were in love and blah blah.'"
Blake, who hooked up with Dean's girlfriend, Caelynn Miller-Keyes, before they all appeared on Bachelor in Paradise season 6 in 2019, noted at the time that he dated Gabby "for a couple months."
"She's fun. She has a very outgoing personality, very loud, like, when she walks into a room, you know she's in a room," he added. "You never know if the lead is going to be into something like that. You never know if they like the more shy, quiet type or they like the loud, outgoing type, but she's definitely very loud, very outgoing, she has a lot of friends. So if Clayton's into that, I see her getting hometowns, for sure. She's a beautiful woman. … They're gonna have the football player, cheerleader story line."
Dean, for his part, didn't name names when discussing his ex on his "Help! I Suck at Dating!" podcast in October.
"She was, like, one of the main exes. She was my girlfriend from college," he said. "Producers called me and were like, 'Hey, we're thinking of casting this person — what do you think of her? We know that you dated 10 years ago.' And I was like, 'Oh, she's great. If she gets selected for the show, she'll either win the show or she'll be the next Bachelorette.' And I firmly believe that."
Gabby, for her part, has yet to publicly acknowledge her Bachelor Nation past. According to her ABC bio, she's "much more than meets the eye. Not only is she beautiful, but she also has a lot of substance, emotional depth and a wealth of lived experiences" and is "hoping to find a man who will love her for the independent woman she is."
Clayton's season of The Bachelor premieres on ABC Monday, January 3, at 8 p.m. ET.
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Q: "Sensor outputs" or "sensors' outputs"? I acquire measurements from several sensors, and I need to filter these signals. Is there a difference between the two sentences below?
The sensors' outputs are filtered.
The sensor outputs are filtered.

A: Yes there is.
The sensors' outputs are filtered probably means that the output of each sensor is individually filtered.
The sensor outputs are filtered can be taken to mean that the outputs are combined in some way before being filtered.

A: In the first sentence, sensor's outputs just says 'outputs belonging to the sensors'. It sounds unwieldy every time you read it.
The second sentence helps establish 'sensor outputs' as a term by itself, which would be useful if you were using it repeatedly later on.


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The reaction is allowed to occur and the position of the isotopes in the products is measured; this shows the sequence that the isotopic atom followed during the reaction. One isotope has a mass of 331 g/mol and is 35.0 % abundant. Natural abundance is the measure of the average amount of a given isotope naturally occurring on Earth. Definition of isotopes chemistry dictionary.. This is the definition of an isotope along with examples. The 100 best corporate citizens forbes. For webquest or practice, print a copy of this quiz at the Chemistry: Isotopes webquest print page. Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc. is the world's leading producer of stable isotopes and stable isotope labeled compounds. However, subtle chemical effects do result from the isotope definition: 1. a form of an atom that has a different atomic weight from other forms of the same atom but the…. Back to Science for Kids The abbreviation for natural abundance is NA. Par extension, on appelle souvent isotope un nucléide caractérisé par son nombre de protons Z et son nombre de neutrons N (ou son nombre de masse A = Z + N), mais sans distinction concernant son spin ou son état énergétique. The definition of isotope and atomic mass Stable and radioactive isotopes Information about specific isotopes of elements like carbon and nitrogen; Practice Exams. isotope [i´so-tōp] a chemical element having the same atomic number as another (i.e., the same number of nuclear protons), but having a different atomic mass (i.e., a different number of nuclear neutrons). In a neutral atom, the number of electrons equals the number of protons. Anthropogenic isotopes include some cosmogenic isotopes, such as carbon-14, chlorine-36 and hydrogen-3, as well as krypton-85. For example, naturally occurring carbon is largely a mixture of two isotopes: 98.89% 12 C (mass = 12 amu by definition) and 1.11% 13 C (mass = 13.003355 amu). Mass spectroscopes also are employed to separate isotopes and to measure the abundance of concentrated isotopes when used as tracers in chemistry, biology, and medicine. 333 g/mol. Isotopes can be divided mainly into two groups as stable isotopes and unstable isotopes. There are 275 isotopes of the 81 stable elements available to study. History. Isotope definition, any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different atomic weights. Key Areas Covered. Because most elements exist as mixtures of several stable isotopes, the atomic mass of an element is defined as the weighted average of the masses of the isotopes. Radioactivity, property exhibited by certain types of matter of emitting energy and subatomic particles spontaneously. Elements are defined by the number of protons in the atomic nucleus. 334 g/mol. 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Isotope definition is - any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties. Visit us to learn more. Definition of isotopes chemistry dictionary Isotopes are variants of a particular chemical element which differ in neutron number, and consequently in nucleon number. Isotope, one of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and position in the periodic table and nearly identical chemical behaviour but with different atomic masses and physical properties. An atom is first identified and labeled according to the number of protons in its nucleus. Isotopes have different mass numbers, though, because they have different numbers of neutrons. What are isotopes Calling them 'fatter atoms' is considered rude. 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A radioactive isotope, also known as a radioisotope, radionuclide, or radioactive nuclide, is any of several species of the same chemical element with different masses whose nuclei are unstable and dissipate excess energy by spontaneously emitting radiation in the form of alpha, beta, and gamma rays. Parts of a quantitative research report. Every chemical element has one or more radioactive isotopes. The foundation of mass spectroscopy was laid in 1898, when Wilhelm Wien, a German physicist, discovered that beams of charged particles could be deflected by a magnetic field. 6 protons & 6 neutrons e. How many protons and neutrons are in the second isotope? Radioactive isotopes find uses in agriculture, food industry, pest control, archeology and medicine. In its most simple conception, the method of isotope dilution comprises the addition of known amounts of isotopically-enriched substance to the analyzed sample. There are 275 isotopes of the 81 stable elements, in addition to over 800 radioactive isotopes, and every element has known isotopic forms. Learn the basics about radioactive isotopes.The identity and chemical properties of any atom are determined by the number of protons in its nucleus. Here, Carbon-12 is a stable isotope whereas carbon-14 is mostly a radioactive isotope. 336 g/mol. Home Science Chemistry. All isotopes of a given element have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons in each atom. radioactive isotope radioisotope. The main difference between stable and unstable isotopes is that stable isotopes have stable nuclei whereas unstable isotopes have unstable nuclei. 25.0 % 63 Cu and 75.0 % 65 Cu. Here are three isotopes of an element: 12C 14 13C C a. 335 g/mol. Radiocarbon dating, which measures the age of carbon-bearing items, uses a radioactive isotope … If the atomic mass of copper is 63.5 g/mol, what is the % of each isotope? 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Makati, Phillippines (November 20, 2018) – In spite of the times, the first ever community-led blockchain startup challenge in Philippines, DISH 2018, is starting strong. The landmark blockchain hackathon has managed to bring in 10 groups of motivated and talented individuals from all walks of tech startup life, as the attendees are almost exactly evenly split between technicals, non-technicals, and hybrids! Half of the groups have 5 members each, though group size is ranging from as small as 3-persons teams to as large as 6-persons.
To oversee and appraise the hard work of these driven individuals, we present the panel of judges for DISH 2018. For our panel of judges (who are, to our great honor, also the event's mentors), we are proud to present a crew of experts: Chris Verceles, Caspar Oostendorp, Gautam Anand, and Mark Vernon. Engineers, coders and technical specialists with decades of work on their belts, these five are as experienced with tech as they are experienced with the necessary business acumen that accompanies every startup. Their judgment and mentorship are a great addition and a shining point of our event.
Meanwhile, from the tech entrepreneurship side, we have Caspar Oostendorp as our judge and mentor, who has spent his last two decades building and running tech businesses both in the Netherlands and the Philippines. A formidable businessman, Caspar is also coder in his own right and is very involved in the blockchain community in the Philippines through education and event organizing.
Last but not the least, we have our software engineer judge – a purist coder, Gautam Anand. In the past year, his focus has been writing and security auditing smart contracts, but Anand has been a tech advisor and developer team leader for projects from web backends to machine learning and IoT.
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As we are gearing up for the first ever community-led blockchain startup challenge in the Philippines, it's already exciting to see all those from different backgrounds, experiences and ages coming together simply to further the role of blockchain in the local scene. Let's work together for DISH 2018 to end on a high note and pave the way for even more community-organized Filipino blockchain events and initiatives in the future. Sign up with us now for the last open slots to participate in a first-of-its-kind blockchain event in Manila: Click here: https://dish2018.typeform.com/to/DQ1piM See you this Saturday!


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International Women's Day - Using Fashion as a voice
Fashion Revolution 2022.
The continuation of feminism through fashion enables clothing brands to think about their whole supply chain and how female textile workers fit into that chain. Many modern brands are speaking out against the oppression of female textile workers and ensure their clothing factories are a safe place to work.
A little act of rebellion in mid-1800 transformed ladies fashion and abilities when Amelia Bloomer rode her bike with pantaloons on. She helped to revolutionise how nimble and active a women's lifestyle could be and showed society that a woman could define herself. Society panicked but soon women around the world were donning pants for practicality.
In the '80's women used fashion as a voice in the workplace to say to their male counterparts, "I'm one of you". Their knowledge, skill and business acumen had more meaning when dressed up in a man's suit. Safe to say, women are glad those days are over!
And in 2018, women in Hollywood used fashion as a voice to show their unified support of the Time's Up Movement by wearing black to the Golden Globe Awards, saying no to workplace discrimination & sexual harassment.
Fashion is a feminist issue because it's overwhelmingly women who sew and model your clothes. On 8 March, 2022, we are using International Women's Day to give a voice to the many women who make and model your clothes.
Ethically made clothes go beyond the fabric and into the working condition of those that make your clothes. If the clothes you buy are not ethically made, then you know that the women who made them do not have fair payment, safety and respect. They are in a form of modern slavery, and according to the Global Slavery Index (2018), fashion is the second most predominant sector driving modern slavery.
For every piece of clothing you see in Big W, K Mart or Target, you find millions of female employees working in conditions likened to modern slavery. Many women are sexually harassed and work long hours for little pay when making your clothes. 80 per cent them are women with children and although they are paid a living wage, it is only enough for one person to access minimum necessities, like food and shelter. It is not enough for a family to afford any quality of life.
Watch this video by Oxfam where Bangladesh worker, Anju, is paid just 37 cents an hour to make clothes sold here in Australia.
Watch this video by Bazaar that acknowledges the dark side of modelling for top fashion designers.
More and more fashion brands and retailers are using their clothes to speak out against injustice and demand a fairer future for women. "We don't have to be subjugated to participate in a world where women work under unethical management. We can choose to make the world a safer and fairer place for women who make and model our clothes. We can value them by purchasing clothes from brands who care about the people who work for them" says Natasha Hughes, owner of On Chic Baby Clothes.
And that extends to our children. As modern women we can choose what to dress our babies in. We don't have to dress them in the blood and sweat of women who barely see their own children. We can choose not to cloth our youngest citizens in mass produced, designs that are accessible cheap, and toxic and are made under duress.
This International Women's Day we have compiled a list of our favourite female owned, baby fashion brands leading the way in sustainable and ethical fashion for the next generation.
Melissa Blight – Aster & Oak
Wanting to make the world a better place, Melissa ensures that her baby clothes support environmental and human rights. Her high ethical business standards keeps watch over the supply chain. "We want our products to have a meaningful and positive impact on everyone involved in their creation." Aster & Oak require the working environments of their factories in India to be structurally safe, hygienic, and supportive of physical and mental health and well-being. Their workers are paid far above the minimum wage set by the International Labor Organisation and fair wages means that workers can care for themselves, their families, and their communities.
Murabai Winform – Purebaby Organics
Murabai pays her workers fairly for their time, and follows the GOTS framework for working hours, ensuring everyone has time to rest and spend with their families. She visits her two suppliers in India and China regularly and speaks to them weekly and cares about the effect her baby clothes has on the women who make them.
Vasanthavalli, a checking coordinator, has worked with Murabai's supplier in India for about 12 months. We asked her how she feels about working in the factory and she simply said "happy". She lives in the local area, so it's just a short 6km journey by bus, to and from work. We love the beautifully bright colours she and her colleagues wear each day.
Fiona Su – Fibre for Good Babywear
Fiona thought there had to be a more sustainable way to make organic baby clothes so she uses regenerative farming practices and water saving techniques for her fabrics. In addition, she also looks after the workers who make her baby clothes. Her brand ensures hygienic working conditions for their workers, safety on the job, and humane working hours.
Peta Stinson - Sapling Child Organics
Peta knew there was a way to create beautiful baby clothing in a truly sustainable way so she embarked on getting her designs sewn in fair trade factories in India. Having Princess Charlotte dressed in her baby clothes was an amazing accomplishment but ultimately she hopes to change the way people view fashion by showing that the making of her baby clothes is responsible and ethical.
If you want to be part of the fashion revolution, follow @fash_rev on Instagram. Throughout the pandemic, fashion brands have made billions, while the majority of workers in their supply chains remain trapped in poverty. To address this, we are calling for new laws that require businesses to conduct due diligence on living wages. This will transform the lives and livelihoods of the people that make our clothes, and help redistribute money and power in the global fashion industry.
And when you next buy something for your wardrobe, ask the person at the counter... "Who Made My Clothes?"


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26 Percent of 14 to 19 Year-Old U.S. Women are Diseased
Risk and Reward; the Life and Times of STDs
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has published a new study that says 26 percent of young women between the ages of 14 and 19 in the United States is infected with at least one sexually transmitted disease (STD). According to the report 48 percent of black women have STD's and 20 percent of whites. Equal rights advocates are upset that fewer white women are diseased and are lobbying Congress to increase STD's among the pale girls.
"Clearly the white chicks aren't passing around disease at the rate black women are and that shows a lack of equality and we believe that no white girl should be treated for STDs until a proper level of equilibrium is established," said ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero, handing out "How to Have Risky Sex" pamphlets to white Middle School girls at Happy Hooker High. "This is no time to get caught up in arguments over whether abstinence is a good thing, or whether people should have fewer than ten partners. That's the kind of thing that bothersome moralists trot out at times like these, when more socially evolved people know that indiscriminate sex has nothing to do with the issue. It's about rights and equality."
Still some people think that indiscriminate sex with multiple individuals could transfer STDs regardless of color or social background. "I can catch a cold by hanging around kids with colds, and I can accumulate stuff from kids if I run around taking things out of their pockets and putting them into mine," said Angus McGee, a six year old who attends Andrew Jackson Elementary School and has frequent bouts of common sense. "I don't know what an STD is, but if people who have it do close-up stuff with people who don't, the people who don't might get some of it on them, and then they'll have it too. I got some bubble gum on me that way once."
The results of the study were presented last week at a CDC conference in Chicago on preventing sexually transmitted diseases. The report said that one in four U.S. girls between the ages of 14 and 19 carries at least one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases (human papillomavirus (HPV), chlamydia, herpes simplex virus, and trichomoniasis). African-American teenage girls were most severely affected. Nearly half of the young African-American women (48 percent) were infected with an STD, compared to 20 percent of young white women. The two most common STDs overall were human papillomavirus, or HPV (18 percent), and chlamydia (4 percent). CDC recommends that girls and women between the ages of 11 and 26 be vaccinated against HPV. CDC has no problem with indiscriminate sex, but are big on vaccinations.
"Everyone likes random and indiscriminate sex including former president Bill Clinton and former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, so you know that there's noting wrong with it," said Wendy "Boom Boom" LaRue, a part-time CDC executive and a full time hooker who enjoys spreading cheer and STD's among the general population. "It's got nothing to do with equality or morality, those are just ideas that folks with some kind of social agenda have. Bang who you want, just make sure there are plenty of drugs around and get vaccinated early and often. Sure you have pain sometimes and occasionally a part will fall off, but that's no big deal. It's going to happen sooner or later anyway."
In other news, presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have yet to say if they'll eventually partner up and run together as candidates for president and vice president of the United States. No word on which or how many STD's they currently partner with either.
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The effects of ageing on the distribution of vesicular acetylcholine transporter immunoreactive inputs to pelvic motoneurons of male Wistar rats
Richard Ranson, P. Dowling, Robert Santer, Alan Watson
This paper provides substantial evidence for a cholinergic influence on motoneurons that maintain continence and subserve sexual reflexes. Ultrastructural studies demonstrated terminals with characteristic C-type morphology and that the numbers of these terminals, in aged rats, were largely maintained in spinal regions modulating these behaviours.
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What Is "Failure to Warn"?
Some useful products, however, contain certain inherent dangers that cannot be eliminated without making the product less functional. For example, gasoline is extremely flammable, which creates some inherent risk from its use. However, if gasoline were not combustible, it would not be able to power an engine.
Many millions of consumers are injured every year when the products that they are using failed to provide warnings of the dangers that are associated with the products. The warning labels on the product itself and the owners manual must be clear, concise, and explain all the possible dangers and risks that can be associated by the product.
Who Can Be Liable for a Failure to Warn Claim?
A manufacturer, distributor, or a retailer can be held strictly liable for a failure to provide adequate warnings for a product that they sell if a consumer suffers a injury as a result of the lack of warnings on the products. Failure to warn is a strict liability lawsuit and even a defendant who did not make or manufacturer the product can be held liable for selling or producing the defective product even if their company or business did not act negligently.
What Factors Are Involved in a "Failure To Warn" Lawsuit?
"Failure to warn" lawsuits follow the basic principles of any personal injury suit. The plaintiffs, the party bringing the case to court, must show that the manufacturers knew about the danger posed by the product, had a duty to warn consumers about the danger and were negligent about their duty in such a manner that the consumer was hurt by the product. The plaintiff must be able to show that each one of these points is true.
The defendant can claim ignorance about the danger, especially if the plaintiff used the product in such a way that is not obvious to any reasonable person. Automobile producers cannot reasonably be expected to know that a person can use a car as a weapon against a former spouse.
However, it can be reasonable to assume that infants or young children may attempt to consume small items. Manufacturers can be reasonably expected to be aware of design flaws, breakdowns and/or common mis-usage and to warn about the danger.
If a manufacturer does know about the risks inherent in the use of a product, and a this failure to warn causes injury, the manufacturer may be liable for whatever injuries result. However, to create liability, the person using the product must show that he or she would have followed the warning, if one had existed.
This duty to warn does not apply to dangers that are obvious to the ordinary consumer. For example, kitchen knives are very sharp, and they must be very sharp to perform their intended function properly. This fact means that there is some inherent risk of harm in the use of kitchen knives. However, every ordinary consumer should be aware of this risk, and take steps to minimize it. A manufacturer of kitchen knives would probably not be liable for failure to warn, even if the injured consumer was truly unaware of the fact that they are sharp.
There may also be a duty to warn against the dangers of the product when used for something other than its ordinary purpose, if such use is foreseeable. For example, it is fairly common for people to use chairs as step stools, even though that is not what chairs are designed for. A manufacturer of chairs should know this, and should probably warn consumers that this is not their intended use, and that using them in this manner creates a significant risk of injury.
A word indicating a possible risk, such as "DANGER!", "WARNING" OR "CAUTION".
The warning should identify the nature of the risk, such as possible fire or poison.
Inform about the consequences of heeding the warning, such as loss of eyesight, risk to pregnancy or death.
Use of pictures is highly encouraged, as not every consumer may be literate in the language used by the manufacturer.
This part is not only true of "failure to warn" suits or personal injury cases, but all court hearings in general. The plaintiff must show injury and that the injury was caused by the lack of a warning from the makers of the product. Note that the "injury" does not refer to the physical or permanent; wage loss from injury, hospital bills and damage to other property can be counted for collection by the plaintiff.
However, the injury must be caused by the lack of a product warning. Manufacturers cannot be held responsible if the injury was caused by prior medical problems from past accidents or work-related injury.
In order for the defendant to warn the users of the product about the dangers of the product, the defendant must place the warning in places that could be read by the users of the product. The warnings cannot be buried somewhere in the manual. The warnings must be understandable to the average user of the product in a visible place that an expected user of the product would be able to see the product. This means that some products that have lots of dangers are required to have warning labels directly on the product itself.
Do I Need An Attorney for a Failure To Warn Lawsuit?
Although these cases can sound simple, there are many hidden legal pitfalls. An experienced personal injury lawyer can help you win a lawsuit involving the failure to warn about product risks.


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La Frenz FIC International Cup 2016 es la cuarta edición de la Frenz FIC International Cup que tuvo lugar en Malasia del 22 de mayo al 1 de junio de 2016. Los 8 equipos de clubes que participaron en esta edición, incluido el campeón defensor Internacional, todos los jugadores son menores de 19 años.

Este torneo ha sido apoyado y aprobado por la Asociación de Fútbol de Malasia, la Confederación Asiática de Fútbol y Johor FA.

Besiktas se retiró por razones desconocidas, por lo que solo 7 equipos competirán por el torneo esta vez.

Estadio
Johor Bharu será la ciudad anfitriona de este torneo. Se han elegido dos estadios para el partido.

Equipos que compiten

Fase de grupos

Grupo A

Grupo B

Etapa eliminatoria

Semifinales

Tercer lugar

Final

El ganador

Premio en efectivo
El torneo ofrece uno de los premios en efectivo más lucrativos jamás ofrecidos en la región de la ASEAN para un torneo de menores de edad. El premio total en metálico ofrecido para este torneo se distribuye de la siguiente manera:

 US$ 50,000 - Campeón
 US$ 25,000 - Subcampeón
 US$ 15,000 – Tercer Lugar
 US$ 10,000 – Cuarto Lugar

Goleadores

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Competiciones de fútbol sub-19
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for my Ryung (by Elfdoll), so I'm posting the instructions.
1. Here's the pattern - enlarge it to the proper size - see ruler on pattern. The liner pattern is so wide at the ankle in order to accommodate the doll's heel.
*these patterns were made to fit Ryung by Elfdoll, who is 58 cm tall, with 7.2 cm long feet. If your doll is a different size, you will need to shrink or enlarge the patterns.
2. Cut out the liner and sew up the front seam. Test to make sure it goes on and off your doll's foot easily - if not, make the pattern wider at the ankle and redo. I used a very worn out dish cloth with frayed edges for my liner. I first stained the fabric with diluted acrylic paints, and after letting it dry completely, then heat set the paint with an iron, and then washed it with laundry detergent to remove any excess paint.
3. Hand-stitch the front seam down on the inside.
4. Cut out the leather pieces (I used fake leather) and machine stitch around the edges.
5. Insert 1/4" eyelets up the front and back pieces as shown. The four lower eyelets, which are close together, are for the top of the foot. The other seven are for lacing up the leg.
6. Cut out four sets of soles; one from white card (so it won't stain the doll's foot), one from thicker cardboard, and two from thicker suede. Paint the edges of one set of suede soles dark brown.
7. Take half a paper towel and wrap it around foot and fold back on top of foot to build up toe area. Cover entire leg with plastic wrap and tape into shape. *This is to make the toe area of the boot bigger than the small actual foot of the doll, and to protect the leg from glue in the next steps.
8. Position the white cardboard soles under the doll's foot, and glue the bottom of the liner all the way around as shown.
9. Cut two thin leather strips and glue up the front and back of liners (sorry, no pattern). These are to protect the liner from the backs of the eyelets (which may be a bit sharp), and it 'fills in the holes' when looking through the eyelets.
10. Glue the leather toe piece over the front of the liner, with the clipped edges going under the sole. Measure a length of ultra-suede lacing to fit from under sole, up through the first eyelet and back down under the sole. Cut and glue into position. Repeat as shown for all three upper foot eyelets. *If I did it again I would use a darker leather for the toe upper.
Underside of sole showing all the glued-under parts.
11. Cut 34" lengths of ultra-suede lacing and glue one end onto boot back, then glue boot back onto liner and sole. Glue the leather sole with painted brown edge onto bottom of sole, then the thicker cardboard sole, then the last suede sole.
12. Paint the sole dark brown. *This is why you first painted the edge of the upper suede sole brown - so you wouldn't get paint on the liner.
After the paint has dried completely, give the entire sole a coat of satin or matte varnish.
13. When the boot has completely dried, carefully pull it off the doll's foot. Then remove the plastic wrap and paper toweling. Lace up the boot as shown, going from front to back. The ends of the laces will be too long, so wrap them around the top of the boot and tie them. A few small beads on the ends of the laces will keep the laces from being pulled out of the eyelets.


The major events in Melbourne just keeps on coming !! White Night the week before and RAAF Centenary Airshow just last weekend. Now this week … It's Moomba Festival time !
The Moomba Festival runs over the Labour Day long weekend (Mar 7th to 10th) and is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year ! Dubbed the "festival for the people", it truly is an iconic and unique Melbourne event.
Situated along the Yarra river on the southern edge of the CBD, the festival has something for everyone. There are lots of rides, food, art displays, performances, etc to cater for all ages.
The classic Moomba Parade down the streets of Melbourne. It is so huge it is telecast LIVE on free TV !
The famous Birdman Rally where competitors launch themselves off a platform in hilarious costumes & ridiculous contraptions in a bid to see who can fly the furthest. Most result in spectacular crashes into the river!
Fireworks display every night !
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*Sigh* More Proof Of App Weak Security
By Evan Schuman
It's becoming increasingly clear to IT how critical it is to keep applications secure. One problem, though, with keeping apps secure is making sure that they at least started out secure, which is harder than it should be.
Consider this scary piece from Engadget where they found that security in the mobile Android world—specifically apps in Google's Play Store—is rather amorphous. "Apple's App Store at least tries to curate product security, while Google's Play Store is like playing appsec Russian roulette," noted the story, which tellingly had a hed and deck that said "'Secure' apps in Google's Play Store are a crapshoot. If you're trying to hide photos or videos on your Android, just give up now."
"Hiding" may have been a bad word choice, as the goal is truly to protect those files, allowing access only to authorized users. Then again, if global cyberthieves are on your authorized user list, all is good.
I'd push back and say that this situation is even worse. It's true that Apple's App Store does make developers jump through a few more hoops than do their Google counterparts, but even it doesn't have the resources that they can cost-effectively deploy to do meaningful pen testing of every app before it's approved.
Apple's app security philosophy is closer to that used for decades by virus-detection systems. In effect, it relies on crowdsourcing. The best anti-virus programs today won't protect you against the newest nasty viruses. It relies on having a large customer base and assumes that the first customer victimized will reach out to the anti-virus vendor for help. The vendor in this way learns of the new virus and adds that new attacker to its definitions list and thereby protects everyone else. The first victim is pretty much out of luck.
Apple operates similarly. It assumes that if there's a major security hole, one of its millions of customers will get burned by it and Apple will then learn of it and can patch it for everyone else.
Apologize for the cliché, but this is no way to run a railroad. This is why you need to secure your own dedicated app security system. You simply can't rely on app vendors—or app enablers, such as Apple and Google—to do this for you.
Here's another frightening news item: ThreatPost noted that "b" and pointed to a "study of 45 million transactions during a three-month period" which "identified privacy leakage as the most serious problem with too many apps sending metadata, location and personal identifiable information to the developer's server or an ad server.
This shouldn't come as much of a surprise as we have noted the many times that apps are found to leak data that caught the end-user and the developer unaware. Even an app that has been vigorously tested for data leakage can be a security problem once it moves out of the developer's sandbox and into a real-world mobile environment, where it must interact with other apps (many written after the app in question was deployed), helper apps (crash detection, backup, etc.) and a constantly changing mobile operating system.
There again it makes having an independent app security strategy essential.
Evan Schuman has covered IT issues for a lot longer than he'll ever admit. The founding editor of retail technology site StorefrontBacktalk, he's been a columnist for CBSNews.com, RetailWeek, Computerworld and eWeek and his byline has appeared in titles ranging from BusinessWeek, VentureBeat and Fortune to The New York Times, USA Today, Reuters, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Baltimore Sun, The Detroit News and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.


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Veteran U.S. death metallers MALEVOLENT CREATION have completed recording their 13th album, "The 13th Beast". The effort is tentatively due in early 2019 via Century Media Records.
MALEVOLENT CREATION's founding guitarist Philip Fasciana said: "Get ready!!! New MALEVOLENT CREATION album 'The 13th Beast' is ready to be mixed and mastered and ready for all to hear! Very proud of everyone involved and how heavy this album came out. I couldn't be more proud of my band members and the music we recorded for all of you to hear!"
"The 13th Beast" features the band's current lineup, consisting of Fasciana alongside new additions Lee Wollenschlaeger (vocals, guitar), Phil Cancilla (drums) and Josh L. Gibbs (bass).
Fasciana stated about MALEVOLENT CREATION's latest incarnation: "After receiving so many great videos and songs from singers wanting to take over the vocal position after the departure of original vocalist Bret Hoffman, I finally have found the right man for the job.
"I received a few songs from Lee Wollenschlaeger and his solo project IMPERIAL EMPIRE and was so impressed that after a lot of conversations and hearing his own compositions and demos of him singing MALEVOLENT CREATION songs, I could not deny his talent… He is also playing guitar in the band, which makes us now a four-piece."
Hammerheart will gradually reissue all MALEVOLENT CREATION albums on LP, deluxe 2-CD, MC and as merchandise. This includes MALEVOLENT CREATION's first three albums for Roadrunner, the LPs for Pavement/Artic and all records released in the 21st century.
Hammerheart owner Guido Heijnens is also the manager for MALEVOLENT CREATION. All worldwide bookings are now taken care of by Eternal Rock.
MALEVOLENT CREATION's last album, "Dead Man's Path", was released in 2015 via Century Media.


The MiG-21 is without doubt the most successful aircraft ever in use within the Bulgarian Air Force. The aircraft has also the longest operational record of all the fighters of the Bulgarian Air Force. The last Bulgarian MiG-21s will be phased out after 50 years of operational service at the end of the year 2012.
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21) is a supersonic fighter built in the Soviet Union. The NATO code name for this fighter is Fishbed; the two-seater variants are called Mongol. The aircraft received the nickname Balalaika in Russia and in Poland the aircraft was affectionately nicknamed Ołówek (pencil). The first version of the MiG-21 was seen as a plane of the second generation. Later variants of the MiG-21 were considered to be third-generation fighter aircraft. The MiG-21 has served in more than 50 countries. The MiG-21 has a number of records on its name. The MiG-21 is the most produced supersonic fighter in the world. Also, the aircraft had the longest running production in the world from 1959 until 1985. More than 10,000 aircraft of this type were built by Mikoyan-Gurevich. These numbers are exceptional for a modern fighter. The MiG-21 was the successor to the MiGs from the series MiG-15, MiG-17 and MiG-19. The design of the aircraft which became the MiG-21 was started at the beginning of the 50s. The prototype of the Ye-1 was completed in 1954. The second prototype, the Ye-2 was equipped with swing wings. The final draft of the MiG-21 was the Ye-4 which was equipped with the original delta wing configuration. The aircraft made its first flight on June 16, 1955. The aircraft was first shown publicly during the Soviet Aviation Day at Tushino Air Base near Moscow in July 1956. In the West, there was not much information available about the MiG-21. The MiG-21 was in the West initially referred to as the Sukhoi Su-9. The aircraft was later designated as the Fishbed when it became clear it was a new type.
sault Mirage III. The basic design of the MiG-21 was based on a delta wing structure. The MiG-21 had small tail wings unlike the French aircraft from that age. The aircraft was built with the shape of a long thin missile with a pilot sitting on top of it; the aircraft had also a hole in the front for inhaling air to the engine. This hole contained also the nose cone which later would carry radar. The first MiG-21 variants were operating in the interceptor role besides the Su-7 and later the Su-9. Like many other aircraft, the MiG-21 was built for combat at short distances. The aircraft was able to stay only 45 minutes in the air. At later versions of the MiG-21, this problem was solved by a much larger fuel capacity. Because of the delta wing structure and a weak engine, the MiG-21 had a huge turning circle in the air. The MiG-21 was therefore in disadvantage as air superiority fighter compared to many American air superiority fighters. Only from the MiG-29 the Soviet Air Force offered a plane which was superior to the Americans.
The Bulgarian Air Force had a total of 7 MiG-21 airbases. These airfields were; the 1st Fighter Air Base (Dobroslavtsi) (1ва Изтребителна авиобаза Доброславци) at the north of Sofia, the 2nd Fighter Air Base Gabrovnitsa (2ва Изтребителна авиобаза Габровница) at the north of Montana, the 3rd Fighter Air Base (Graf Ignatievo) (3ва Изтребителна авиобаза Граф Игнатиево) at the north of Plovdiv, the 4th Fighter Air Base Uzundzhovo (4ва Изтребителна Авиобаза Узунджово) at the north of Haskovo, the 5th Fighter Air Base Ravnets (5ва Изтребителна Авиобаза Равнец) at the west of Burgas, the 6th Fighter Air Base Balchik (6ва Изтребителна Авиобаза Балчик) at the north of Varna and finally the 26th Reconnaissance Air Base Dobrich (26та Разуз- навателна авиобаза Добрич) at the north of Varna. Graf Ignatievo was in 1963 the first Bulgarian airbase which received the MiG-21. The oldest MiG-21 variant within the Bulgarian Air Force was the MiG-21F-13. The MiG-21 had replaced the major part of the MiG-15, MiG-17 and MiG-19 fleet within the Bulgarian Air Force. The 2 airbases Dobroslavtsi and Gabrovnitsa flew only a very short period with the MiG-21, because these airfields were converted to the MiG-23 in 1978 and 1982. These airfields used from 1964 until the arrival of the MiG-23 the MiG-21PF and MiG-21MF. The MiG-21s at these 2 airfields were part of the 1st Fighter Aviation Division. The 2 airfields Graf Ignatievo and Uzundzhovo formed the 2nd Fighter Aviation Division. From 1964 until now, these airfields were equipped with the MiG-21F-13, the MiG-21P, the MiG-21PF and MiG-21bis. Uzundzhovo was disbanded in 2002 because of budget cuts.
The 3rd Fighter Aviation Division was formed by units of the 2 airfields Ravnets and Balchik. The units at these 2 airfields flew many years with the MiG-21. From 1966 until 1998, these airfields were equipped with the MiG-21PF, MiG-21PFM, MiG-21UM and MiG-21bis. In 1998, both airfields were closed due to drastic cuts which were announced by the Bulgarian Air Force. In the period from 1998 until 2002, more than 2/3 of the Bulgarian Air Force was cut. The MiG-21s on the seventh airbase Dobrich had a special function. This airbase was specialized in photo reconnaissance. The first MiG-21 arrived in Dobrich in 1966. Until 2002, the units at Dobrich used the MiG-2R, the MiG-21F-13, the MiG-21RF-13, the MiG-21MF and MiG-21UM. Graf-Ignatievo is at this moment the only airbase which is still operational with the MiG-21. The airbase is equipped with the MiG-21bis and MiG-21UM. At the end of 2012 the impressive career of the MiG-21 in Bulgaria comes to an end after more than 50 years of operational service. The aircraft will be phased out after it has served during 50 of the 100 years in the existence of the Bulgarian Air Force. In total, the Bulgarian Air Force had in this period 224 MiG-21s in service. The tasks of the MiG-21 will fully be taken over by the MiG-29 which is also based at Graf Ignatievo. It is still unclear whether the MiG-21 will be followed up by another aircraft type or not within the Bulgarian Air Force.


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package org.apereo.cas.support.saml.web.flow.config;

import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
import net.shibboleth.idp.profile.spring.relyingparty.security.credential.impl.BasicResourceCredentialFactoryBean;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
import org.apereo.cas.authentication.principal.ServiceFactory;
import org.apereo.cas.authentication.principal.WebApplicationService;
import org.apereo.cas.configuration.CasConfigurationProperties;
import org.apereo.cas.services.ServicesManager;
import org.apereo.cas.support.saml.OpenSamlConfigBean;
import org.apereo.cas.support.saml.SamlProtocolConstants;
import org.apereo.cas.support.saml.web.flow.SamlMetadataUIParserAction;
import org.apereo.cas.support.saml.web.flow.SamlMetadataUIWebflowConfigurer;
import org.apereo.cas.support.saml.web.flow.mdui.AbstractMetadataResolverAdapter;
import org.apereo.cas.support.saml.web.flow.mdui.ChainingMetadataResolverAdapter;
import org.apereo.cas.support.saml.web.flow.mdui.DynamicMetadataResolverAdapter;
import org.apereo.cas.support.saml.web.flow.mdui.MetadataResolverAdapter;
import org.apereo.cas.support.saml.web.flow.mdui.StaticMetadataResolverAdapter;
import org.apereo.cas.web.flow.CasWebflowConfigurer;
import org.jooq.lambda.Unchecked;
import org.opensaml.saml.metadata.resolver.filter.MetadataFilter;
import org.opensaml.saml.metadata.resolver.filter.MetadataFilterChain;
import org.opensaml.saml.metadata.resolver.filter.impl.RequiredValidUntilFilter;
import org.opensaml.saml.metadata.resolver.filter.impl.SignatureValidationFilter;
import org.opensaml.security.credential.impl.StaticCredentialResolver;
import org.opensaml.xmlsec.keyinfo.impl.BasicProviderKeyInfoCredentialResolver;
import org.opensaml.xmlsec.keyinfo.impl.provider.DEREncodedKeyValueProvider;
import org.opensaml.xmlsec.keyinfo.impl.provider.DSAKeyValueProvider;
import org.opensaml.xmlsec.keyinfo.impl.provider.InlineX509DataProvider;
import org.opensaml.xmlsec.keyinfo.impl.provider.RSAKeyValueProvider;
import org.opensaml.xmlsec.signature.support.impl.ExplicitKeySignatureTrustEngine;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
import org.springframework.webflow.definition.registry.FlowDefinitionRegistry;
import org.springframework.webflow.engine.builder.support.FlowBuilderServices;
import org.springframework.webflow.execution.Action;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * This is {@link SamlMetadataUIConfiguration}.
 *
 * @author Misagh Moayyed
 * @since 5.0.0
 */
@Configuration("samlMetadataUIConfiguration")
@EnableConfigurationProperties(CasConfigurationProperties.class)
public class SamlMetadataUIConfiguration {

    private static final String DEFAULT_SEPARATOR = "::";

    @Autowired
    @Qualifier("shibboleth.OpenSAMLConfig")
    private OpenSamlConfigBean openSamlConfigBean;

    @Autowired
    private CasConfigurationProperties casProperties;

    @Autowired
    private ResourceLoader resourceLoader;

    @Autowired(required=false)
    @Qualifier("loginFlowRegistry")
    private FlowDefinitionRegistry loginFlowDefinitionRegistry;

    @Autowired(required=false)
    private FlowBuilderServices flowBuilderServices;

    @Autowired
    @Qualifier("servicesManager")
    private ServicesManager servicesManager;

    @javax.annotation.Resource(name = "webApplicationServiceFactory")
    private ServiceFactory<WebApplicationService> serviceFactory;

    @ConditionalOnMissingBean(name="samlMetadataUIWebConfigurer")
    @Bean
    public CasWebflowConfigurer samlMetadataUIWebConfigurer() {
        final SamlMetadataUIWebflowConfigurer w = new SamlMetadataUIWebflowConfigurer();
        w.setSamlMetadataUIParserAction(samlMetadataUIParserAction());
        w.setLoginFlowDefinitionRegistry(loginFlowDefinitionRegistry);
        w.setFlowBuilderServices(flowBuilderServices);
        return w;
    }

    @Bean
    public Action samlMetadataUIParserAction() {
        final String parameter = StringUtils.defaultIfEmpty(casProperties.getSamlMetadataUi().getParameter(),
                SamlProtocolConstants.PARAMETER_ENTITY_ID);
        final SamlMetadataUIParserAction a = new SamlMetadataUIParserAction(parameter, metadataAdapter());

        a.setServiceFactory(this.serviceFactory);
        a.setServicesManager(this.servicesManager);
        return a;
    }

    @Bean
    public MetadataResolverAdapter metadataAdapter() {
        final ChainingMetadataResolverAdapter adapter = new ChainingMetadataResolverAdapter();
        adapter.getAdapters().add(getStaticMetadataResolverAdapter());
        adapter.getAdapters().add(getDynamicMetadataResolverAdapter());
        return adapter;
    }

    private MetadataResolverAdapter configureAdapter(final AbstractMetadataResolverAdapter adapter) {
        final Map<Resource, MetadataFilterChain> resources = new HashMap<>();
        final MetadataFilterChain chain = new MetadataFilterChain();
        casProperties.getSamlMetadataUi().getResources().forEach(Unchecked.consumer(r -> configureResource(resources, chain, r)));
        adapter.setRequireValidMetadata(casProperties.getSamlMetadataUi().isRequireValidMetadata());
        adapter.setMetadataResources(resources);
        adapter.setConfigBean(openSamlConfigBean);
        return adapter;
    }

    private void configureResource(final Map<Resource, MetadataFilterChain> resources,
                                   final MetadataFilterChain chain,
                                   final String r) throws Exception {
        final String[] splitArray = org.springframework.util.StringUtils.commaDelimitedListToStringArray(r);

        Arrays.stream(splitArray).forEach(Unchecked.consumer(entry -> {

            final String[] arr = entry.split(DEFAULT_SEPARATOR);

            final String metadataFile = arr[0];
            final String signingKey = arr.length > 1 ? arr[1] : null;

            final List<MetadataFilter> filters = new ArrayList<>();
            if (casProperties.getSamlMetadataUi().getMaxValidity() > 0) {
                filters.add(new RequiredValidUntilFilter(casProperties.getSamlMetadataUi().getMaxValidity()));
            }

            if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(signingKey)) {
                final BasicResourceCredentialFactoryBean credential = new BasicResourceCredentialFactoryBean();
                credential.setPublicKeyInfo(this.resourceLoader.getResource(signingKey));
                credential.afterPropertiesSet();
                final StaticCredentialResolver credentialResolver =
                        new StaticCredentialResolver(credential.getObject());

                final BasicProviderKeyInfoCredentialResolver keyInfoResolver =
                        new BasicProviderKeyInfoCredentialResolver(
                                ImmutableList.of(
                                        new RSAKeyValueProvider(),
                                        new DSAKeyValueProvider(),
                                        new DEREncodedKeyValueProvider(),
                                        new InlineX509DataProvider()
                                )
                        );
                final ExplicitKeySignatureTrustEngine engine =
                        new ExplicitKeySignatureTrustEngine(credentialResolver, keyInfoResolver);

                final SignatureValidationFilter sigFilter = new SignatureValidationFilter(engine);
                sigFilter.setRequireSignedRoot(casProperties.getSamlMetadataUi().isRequireSignedRoot());
                filters.add(sigFilter);
            }
            chain.setFilters(filters);
            resources.put(this.resourceLoader.getResource(metadataFile), chain);
        }));

    }

    private MetadataResolverAdapter getDynamicMetadataResolverAdapter() {
        final DynamicMetadataResolverAdapter adapter = new DynamicMetadataResolverAdapter();
        configureAdapter(adapter);
        return adapter;

    }

    private MetadataResolverAdapter getStaticMetadataResolverAdapter() {
        final StaticMetadataResolverAdapter adapter = new StaticMetadataResolverAdapter();
        configureAdapter(adapter);
        adapter.buildMetadataResolverAggregate();
        return adapter;
    }
}


I have TWO NEW SHOWS to let you guys know about!
Make sure you grab your online passes to watch the Breaking Out tour live-streamed gig at 7pm GMT!
We're going to play the full tour set AND have an ongoing Ask me Anything throughout the gig too!!
I'm super pleased to announce that we've been chosen to play a fab new venue in London - 93 Feet East, Brick Lane - as part of Absent Kelly Presents.
Come on down and celebrate not having to work for a few days due to chocolate eggs!
Tickets are available by emailing me HERE, and only £6!
See you online, or in person, soon!
Thanks as always for your ongoing love and support with my music, it means so much in my darker times that you're all there. You've been amazing this week, thank you.


The changes that were announced today aren't revolutionary, but if you like more features filling up the white space of Google, it's got you covered.
First of all, when you visit Google's homepage on a mobile device, you'll be seeing a new version of the Google feed that was introduced last year in the search app. Google's calling this feature "Discover" now and it'll surface content and relevant articles based on what Google knows about you. It's all part of a rebranding push around taking users on a "Journey" rather than just providing answers.
The search giant is also trying to get more visual and ripping off some features you've seen elsewhere. You'll be encountering a lot more information cards and images. Activity cards will now appear at the top of search results that show your previous searches and activity when Google decides it would be "useful" to display that content. In case you don't like being reminded of that search, you'll be able to delete individual card entries. There will also soon be an option to save your own searches into "Collections" for future reference, and anytime a tech company puts the power in the user's hand we should give due credit.
Google's also diving into the "Stories" game that Instagram and Snapchat have popularized. While the company says this feature is still in its early stages, you'll be seeing more AMP stories in which a topic comes with curated text information, video, and images.
Image search is getting an overhaul that will highlight more text content and include the quality of the page's content in making ranking decisions and newer content will receive priority on the page. Additionally, Google Images is getting integration with Lens, the company's tool that enables you to identify subjects that you take a photo of in the real world.
Google's also taking on LinkedIn with its new job search tool, "Pathways." The feature was apparently built to provide users with relevant information about skills and locally available training alongside results for job listings.
All-in-all, it seems like Google is doing what it can to keep you on its service a little longer before you inevitably click away. You can read more about some of the smaller changes that Google is making here.