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I'll give a brief introduction into SAML and STS before bringing the two together.
SAML is an OASIS standard and consists of several specifications. A SAML token is issued by an identity provider. A service provider relies on the identity provider to authenticate a principal (a user). The SAML assertion is provided to the service provider allowing it to make an access control decision. The main problem SAML tries to solve is Web Single Sign On.
There is a clear layering between the SAML specifications thus they can be fairly easy reused in other contexts. Another context besides Web SSO is Web Services communication - which I'll be covering here. Therefore, we only need to look into the SAML Core specification as it describes the syntax and semantics of SAML assertions. The SAML protocols are covered by SAML core too but there are not relevant for Web Services communication. This is also the case for the SAML bindings (how SAML messages are transmitted from one system entity to another) as well as for SAML profile which describes use cases for Web application Single Sign On.
A SAML assertion (also known as SAML security token) contains different kinds of statements: authentication-, attribute- and authorization decision statements. The "authorization decision statement" became deprecated in SAML 2.0 specification as it is covered in XACML and in claims based authorization based on standard SAML attribute statements. The former is quite complex whereas the latter provides already good options for fine grained authorization at less complexity. You can find more information about the latter here.
A SAML assertion contains a subject which identifies the principal. The subject can also contain additional information like key material and the subject confirmation method. One of the main topics in this blog are the different kind of subject confirmation methods and how they correlate to an STS.
As a side note, the subject confirmation method is not defined in the SAML core. Instead, the SAML profile specification defines the following three subject confirmation methods:
- Holder of Key (HOK)
The subject must contain key material so the service provider is able to validate that the requestor is in the possession of the key(s)
- Bearer
The subject doesn't contain key material and it is up to the service provider to accept the assertion or not
- Sender vouches (SV)
The subject doesn't contain key material and it is up to the service provider to accept the assertion or not. The requestor and the identity provider are usually the same.
For more information about SAML I recommend Wikipedia and the documentation at the OASIS committee.
Web Services and SAML
SAML in the context of Web Services is standardized in the SAML token profile here. It describes on the one hand how a SAML token is embedded in a SOAP message and on the other hand what kind of requirements must be met dependent on the SAML version and subject confirmation method.
I can highly recommend the following web services security usecases from OASIS as it describes very interesting use cases by combining transport level and message level security (ex. SAML HOK is very complex and has a performance impact as XML signature is required. This document describes how to use mutual SSL handshake for the proof-of-possession processing)
In 2011, many new security features have been added to CXF. Check the following blog for more information.
WS-Trust STS
The WS-Trust standard introduces a runtime component called Security Token Service (STS). A service consumer requests a security token from the STS which is sent to the service provider. Either the service provider can validate the security token on its own or sends a request to the STS for validation. This pattern is based on an indirect trust relationship between the service provider and the STS instead of between the service provider and service consumer. As long as the service consumer is in the possession of a security token issued by a trusted STS, the service provider accepts the token sent by the service consumer. This is the same pattern as for certificates and certificate authorities. This approach has significant advantages compared to a direct (brokered) trust established between a service provider and service consumer. The specification is an OASIS standard and can be downloaded here.
The STS can issue security tokens based on requirements provided by the service consumer and/or service provider. The requirements of the service provider are either expressed in a WS-Policy document according to WS-SecurityPolicy or out-of-band agreement.
A key benefit of the STS is the reduced complexity for web service consumer. A web service consumer doesn't have to know how to create the various types of security tokens its service providers require. Instead, it sends a request to the STS containing the requirements of the client and the service provider and attaches the returned security token to the outgoing SOAP message to the service provider. One service provider could require a SAML 1.1 token, another a SAML 2.0 token and another a custom binary security token. The service consumer doesn't have to understand SAML 1.1, SAML 2.0 or the custom binary security token. All he has to do is grab the returned token from the STS and attach it to the message. Thus, you can reduce the complexity in your application and move it to a centralized component.
How does a web service consumer know whether it has to go to an STS to request a token? The policy of the service provider contains an IssuedToken assertion with some additional information like the address of the STS, token type, claims, etc.
Now, it's time to explain a few parameters of the request (RST) to the STS.
specifies the type of security token requested (ex. SAML 1.1, 2.0, X.509, ...). URIs are defined for all standard security tokens.
specifies the type of key desired in the security token. There are three URIs defined:
- PublicKey
- SymmetricKey
- Bearer
specifies the required and optional claims in the security token. A claim can be the email address, role information, country, etc.
specifies the scope for which the security token is required. This can be the URL of the service provider.
specifies the creation and expiration time of the security token. The STS is not obligated to honor this range.
These parameters can be retrieved from the WS-SecurityPolicy document also. In that case, they are added as child elements of the SecondaryParameters element in the RST.
SAML and STS
How does a SAML token and the parameters sent to the STS match with each other. How does the STS know which subject confirmation method should be used? OK, let's start with the more obvious one.
1) TokenType
the token type is either SAML 1.1 or SAML 2.0. The STS creates the corresponding SAML assertion
2) AppliesTo
the AppliesTo element defines the scope and thus match to the SAML AudienceRestriction element in the SAML condition
3) Lifetime
the value of the lifetime or the lifetime choosen by the STS matchs to the SAML conditions NotBefore and NotAfter
4) Claims
the claim values maps to a SAML attribute statement. It's standardized here how claims are encoded as a SAML attribute statement. You can get more information about claims here.
How is the trust between the service provider and the STS established? This is fairly easy. The SAML assertion is signed by the STS. The signing certificate must be configured in the service provider to be trusted.
But how can the STS know whether the subject confirmation method should be HoK, SV or Bearer.
If the KeyType contains the value PublicKey or SymmetricKey, the subject confirmation method is Holder-Of-Key.
If the KeyType contains the value Bearer, the subject confirmation method is Bearer.
The benefit of HoK is that even if somebody gets into the possession of a SAML token he can't
send requests masquerading as the subject in the SAML token as he doesn't know the key (symmetric or private key). However SAML tokens with Bearer subject confirmation method must be protected. In most cases, Bearer combined with HTTPS is sufficient to prevent that "a man in the middle" can get into the possession of the SAML token.
The subject confirmation methods Bearer and Holder-Of-Key are widely used for all STS use cases as well as for Web Single Sign On in WS-Federation Passive Requestor Profile and SAML Post Profile.
OK, what about sender-vouches? Even it is not clearly stated it makes no sense to request a SAML token from an STS with sender-vouches subject confirmation method.
You might know this paper from IBM which describes how to get a SAML token from the STS with sender-vouches. Even though it's from IBM, I won't change my opinion ;-)
Let's step back once and have a look what the differences are between a SAML token with subject confirmation method Bearer and Sender-Vouches. Utlimately, it is just a string in the ConfirmationMethod element. Of course, an STS can put the string for Sender-Vouches into the SAML token - not a big deal.
The WS-Security SAML token profile defines the processing rules for HoK and Sender Vouches. In the case of Sender-Vouches it says that the attesting entity, (presumed to be) different from the subject, vouches for the verification of the subject. The receiver MUST have an existing trust relationship with the attesting entity. The attesting entity MUST protect the assertion in combination with the message content against modification by another party. The trust is established based on certificates where the attesting entity (service consumer) creates a signature which protects the SAML token and the SOAP body. The service provider verifies the signature to have the confirmation that nobody made changes either to the token or the SOAP body. The receiver (service provider) must have imported the certificate of the service consumer.
A SV SAML token itself is not signed in contrast to Bearer and HoK because there is no third party like an STS. It wouldn't make sense for an STS to issue unsigned SAML tokens as there would be no way to protect against other entities adding additional statements.
Therefore, Sender-Vouches doesn't make sense in the context of STS.
Where is SAML Sender-Vouches used? I blogged about this topic here.


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Warning: this post is going to piss a lot of people off, because I'm going to stop beating around the bush and address a very difficult topic directly.
Over at Kilroy's there is a lot of discussion about how NCS might use its lottery system to diversify its student body.
Here was my suggestion:
Hold an opt-out rather than an opt-in lottery. All CSD students in 5 mile radius automatically entered, and if they win a slot must confirm in two weeks or the slot moves down the list.Now obviously in two sentences I laid out a suggestion, not a full operational program with the details of how people would be notified, etc. etc. But my point is that if a public good (taxpayer funded education at what its advocates contend is one of the best schools in the nation) is going to be distributed via a geography-bounded lottery, then we need to take steps to insure that all children have equal access to the chance of winning.
In other words, 5-year-old children living within five miles of NCS should not be denied their opportunity to compete for a shot at the best education deal of the millenium even if their parents are not upper-middle-class people who read their newspapers every day and surf the net every night.
The responses interested me.
Let's start with Patriot:
@ Steve – so…how does this address the diversity issue? You're expecting the same group who currently doesn't fill out an application, attend open houses, etc. to "opt in". What happens when the under-represented groups don't opt-in and we're right back where we started? I think whatever plan that is developed to recruit under-represented groups has to have a positive affirmation requirement. That is, after NCS puts an approved recruitment plan in place, the family and student have to explicitly indicate they want to attend the school by applying to the school. This ensures that there is buy-in on their part. If we require low-income families to fill out a F/RL form to obtain benefits, surely requiring a family to fill out an application to attend a school is not that much to ask.OK, this is worth parsing.
You're expecting the same group who currently doesn't fill out an application, attend open houses, etc. to "opt in". What happens when the under-represented groups don't opt-in and we're right back where we started?The same group who doesn't fill out an application, attend open houses, etc. is low-income families. The implication in Patriot's sentence is pretty clear: these poor people don't care enough about their children's education to do anything positive for their education, so why should we reach out to them?
Perhaps we should reach out to them because NCS is supposed to be about opportunities for children and not about only taking the children who come with zero-defect parents.
The answer to what happens if they don't opt-in is that you can go back to DOE and say, "Look, we tried. Poor people and minorities just are not interested in first-rate academics and decorum."
But the reality is that's not what I think NCS parents are worried about, as Patriot's next statement makes pretty clear:
That is, after NCS puts an approved recruitment plan in place, the family and student have to explicitly indicate they want to attend the school by applying to the school. This ensures that there is buy-in on their part. If we require low-income families to fill out a F/RL form to obtain benefits, surely requiring a family to fill out an application to attend a school is not that much to ask.This is really interesting. The last sentence is particularly interesting in terms of the free/reduced lunch argument, because what NCS has always previously demanded is that these families fill out forms declining F/RL. Notice how the last sentence converts into a really subtle piece of what I would call welfare prejudice--in other words, "We make 'em fill out papers to get hand-outs, why shouldn't we make 'em fill out papers to get an education."
More to the point, these poor parents who didn't attend the open houses and fill out applications are suspect because . . . well, why exactly?
I recall reading Mr. Meece sayng that NCS only advertises its lottery in the newspapers (and presumably online). That, plus word-of-mouth, gets him his pool of applicants.
In case nobody noticed, poor people have far lower newspaper subscription rates, far less internet access, and in general poor parents will be less well prepared to even find out about this opportunity.
Then there was Newarkmom:
Steve's idea is interesting and must assume that NCS employs the same amount of administrative support people as the whole CSD does to accomplish such a feat. An all emcompassing lottery, doesn't run itself. And of course you would have to include all children of the 5 mile radius, including homeschoolers and private school childred to have a true representation.First, it's too hard to run an opt-out lottery because NCS is not big enough and doesn't have the resources of CSD. This is utter horsecrap. CSD can simply provide NCS with a data-run of all children enrolled in CSD schools within the 5 mile radius, and those names can be entered in the lottery.
I don't have to include all the private school children and homeschoolers in that number, because I already know that those families are families with the inclination and resources to pursue other educational options. They have already opted out of the public school system; to get into a regular CSD school would require them to show up and register, and there is plenty of evidence that they are already doing so in large numbers.
Pencadermom then tells us
I think just the idea of 'charter' school might sound intimidating to some people. I also think that some things that involve parental involvement could feel intimidating such as parent conferences, and volunteering at school
Which is precisely my point. Let's allow the lottery to offer the opportunity, and then let's structure the school to help train these intimidated parents to participate.
Let's also note that what we've gotten from all these parents is that children who are orphans, children whose parents have substance abuse problems, children whose parents are in prison, children whose parents are neglectful are to be denied a shot at one of the best schools in the country (NCS tells us that all the time) because they picked the wrong parents.
kryan67 is at least honest enough to admit what everybody else is thinking--this really has become about BOTH race and class:
Sorry, I believe that parents should still need to apply to NCS. They should have some interest in attending before they are selected. But, I believe that all parents already have the ability to attend, and that all have the same chance of being selected.
I do not like racial quotas. Not because I am an evil racist hater. In fact, the opposite. I believe that all children, from whatever race or economic background, have the ability to succeed. I think that quotas actually take away for those people who do succeed on their own merits. No one should have their co-workers whisper that they got the job to 'check off a box'. This takes away from the effort and ability of a person.
I also find it extremely racist to have a system that implies that some races require more help than others. Aren't we all created equal?
First off, it isn't the parents who will be attending--it's the children. I'm not sure how pre-K kids express an interest in a school with lots of homework. But the gist of kryan67's comment is the kids who are capable of succeeding on their own merits will apparently (at age 5) carefully select the right parents to that know they need to apply.
kryan67 doesn't come across as evil racist hater, but as something more mundane than that, as somebody who has come up with the argument that equality means that nobody should ever have any extra assistance based on their circumstances lest people snicker behind their backs.
You do have to love Patriot, again, though, for the honesty of coming right out and saying what so many NCS parents seem to be thinking:
Why is it wrong to acknowledge this dynamic and formulate a plan to address it? Since kids in these situations require a different approach and/or additional resources to teach them, why can't we identify them and offer them a different solution that doesn't involve allowing them to disrupt the learning of all the other kids? If that comes across as harsh or callus I don't mean for it to be taken that way, but it is what it is. We can't continue to advocate for these kids in a way that hinders and holds hostage the learning of all the other kids in the public school system.NCS would not be NCS, the parents are telling us, if we weren't allowed to use a filter like an opt-in lottery to keep out (a) children whose parents cannot be counted upon to be as involved as we'd like, and (b) all those poor kids who can't understand decorum and would probably just spend their days like little crabs pulling our children back into the bucket.
There is an unlovely aspect to the defense of the NCS status quo by its parents, which boils down to these two closely related ideas:
There are certain parents we don't want as part of our school.
There are certain children we don't want as part of our school.
Amazingly, at age 5, they know everything they need to know about the parents by whether or not they fill out an application form, and they know everything they need to know about these childrens future disruption of the learning environment . . . by the fact that their parents didn't fill out an application form.
The statistics suggest--surprise, surprise--that most of the children who therefore don't deserve to be at NCS are either poor, or African-American, or both.
I began following this process with a great deal of sympathy for the position of NCS parents. I am a strong believer in charter schools and school choice, so at first I assumed that people were throwing rocks at NCS just because . . . .
The more I have listened to NCS parents react to every criticism (no matter how mild) and every suggestion that changes might be made to their school in the best interests of more low-income children from the surrounding five-mile area, the more uncomfortable I have become, and the more I have come to believe that all of them stopped reading their Bibles around Exodus 34:6-7.
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Hayley Jones
posted on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 2:59 am
Is it possible to do conditional logistic regression in MPlus? I'm analysing an individually matched case-control study and need to account for the matching.
Before extending the model to add in possible mediators, I'm trying to simply replicate a conditional logistic regression which I first fitted in Stata.
The WinBUGS manual gives me an idea: conditional logistic regression is equivalent to a standard logistic regression with fixed effect intercepts that are specific to each pair. So e.g. in Stata
clogit case_control x, strata(id)
gives exactly the same results as
poisson case_control i.id x
where case_control = 1 if case, 0 if control, x is some covariate and id = an id number specific to the pair.
But is there any way that I can force MPlus to do a Poisson regression instead of logistic when it sees a 0/1 outcome?
An alternative trick (also in the WinBUGS manual) is to do a standard logistic regression of a vector of 1's on the DIFFERENCE in covariate values between cases and controls. But if taking differences like this then I don't think it'd be possible to later add in possible mediators.
for details of these "tricks")
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 9:03 am
We have not tried this but if the trick is to treat the 0/1 outcome as Poisson, try putting it on the COUNT list in the VARIABLE command.
Hayley Jones
posted on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 3:05 am
Thanks for the tip - sounds very promising!
However, for the trick to work, I need a fixed intercept in the Poisson model specific to each of 432 case-control pairs. So I tried regressing my (Poisson) case control indicator on the variable ID, telling MPlus that ID is a categorical variable.
I then get the error message
"Categorical variable ID contains 432 categories. This exceeds the maximum allowed of 10."
Is there a way around this?
Hayley Jones
posted on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 4:32 am
As a follow-up to this: I now created dummy variables for the different levels of ID and tried regressing case-control status on these (so 431 dummy variables plus some other binary covariates).
But this leads to memory issues ("THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MEMORY SPACE TO RUN Mplus ON THE CURRENT INPUT FILE") even if I close down all other programs.
Of course I'm not actually interested in the values of these pair-specific intercepts but need to fit them to get the correct answer...
Any suggestions?!
Many thanks again.
Jon Heron
posted on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 5:13 am
Hi Hayley,
why not drop 400+ of your cases and try this. At least it'll show if you on the right lines.
p.s. sorry for talking to you via a US-based web-forum when you only work downstairs from me
Jon Heron
posted on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 5:52 am
I've just found a Stata FAQ showing the equivalence between clogit and the Rasch model.
Therefore, I wonder if this is as simple as getting the data into wide format and estimating the difference in item difficulty between ICC's for two binary outcome variables - cases and controls
Hayley Jones
posted on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 8:30 am
A note for anyone else reading this (I've spoken to Jon!):
After reducing the dataset to 30 matched pairs, the Poisson approach gave the correct point estimates, but different ses than Stata. The memory problem of course still stands for the full dataset.
Currently reading about the Rasch model to see if this is an alternative way to approach the problem...
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| Another One Gabites the Dust!
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Another One Gabites the Dust! (Japanese: ポケモンコンテスト! アケビ大会!! Pokémon Contest! Akebi Tournament!!) is the 114th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 580th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on February 12, 2009 and in the United States on July 11, 2009.
|Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.
Dawn and Pachirisu are practicing for the Chocovine Contest, just a day away. Pachirisu's reward for hard work is a delicious Poffin treat, but Dawn's Mamoswine and another Coordinator's Gabite deny Pachirisu even a single bite of Poffin. Pachirisu uses a new move, Super Fang, to attack Gabite for stepping on its Poffin, but doesn't even make a dent. When Ursula, Gabite's Coordinator, comes over to see what the fuss is, she recognizes Dawn as a fellow Wallace Cup competitor—and she hardly thinks Dawn deserved the win!
The next day, the Chocovine Contest begins with Dawn's Buneary displaying its aerial Ice Beam skills. Next, Jessie puts on her Jessilina disguise and shows off her Yanmega. Then it's Ursula's turn, and her Wormadam (Sandy Cloak) takes the Contest by Sandstorm. All three make it to the second round and begin to battle their way to the top, where Ursula and Gabite defeat Jessie and Carnivine. That sets the stage for a final round battle between Ursula and Dawn, and even Dawn's disobedient Mamoswine starts paying attention to the action.
Ursula's Gabite is up against Dawn's Pachirisu, and Pachirisu's spinning dodges or Super Fang attack don't affect Gabite one bit. Things look bad for Pachirisu, but Dawn keeps her cool and leads Pachirisu to a comeback. First it counters Gabite's Stone Edge with Discharge, then uses its tail to block Gabite's Dragon Claw. As Pachirisu spins into a Super Fang attack, time is called: Dawn and Pachirisu win! Even Mamoswine is just a little bit impressed. Now that Dawn has won her fourth Contest, our heroes are off to Snowpoint City for Ash's Gym battle.
The episode opens with Dawn training with Pachirisu before her next Contest. As Pachirisu uses Discharge, Ash comments on Pachirisu, saying its moves have gained a great deal of power thanks to Pikachu's advice. Pachirisu gets tired from the training, and Dawn begins to hand out Poffins to her Pokémon, when Mamoswine charges at her, sending her flying into the air, along with the Poffins. Her Pokémon manage to safely catch her, while Mamoswine catches the Poffins in its mouth and walks off, scratching its rear before falling asleep. The Pokémon become saddened by the loss of food, but Dawn reassures them she will make more. At that moment, Pachirisu notices there was a Poffin Mamoswine didn't eat, and rushes over to grab it, when a Gabite stomps on the Poffin, infuriating Pachirisu. Suddenly, a young peach-haired lady walks in, calling to the Gabite, while Team Rocket watch from atop a building. Jessie comments she recognizes the girl, and tries to put a name to her.
Meanwhile, Dawn rushes over and tries to stop Pachirisu, attempting to hold it down, but Pachirisu leaps up, causing Dawn to fall and lands on her head. Pachirisu leaps again, using its newly learned move: Super Fang on Gabite, but Gabite blocks with its fin. Brock explains Pachirisu must have just learned Super Fang from losing the Poffin, and Dawn grabs hold of Pachirisu, trying to calm it down. This only makes things worse as Pachirisu uses Discharge on her, causing her to fall to the ground again. The young lady comments that Pachirisu must not have been raised well, and Ash scans Gabite with the Pokédex. The young lady wonders what's wrong with Pachirisu, and Dawn tells her to look under Gabite's foot. She does, and is horrified that her Gabite has been soiled by the Poffin. Ash explains that the Poffin is Pachirisu's favorite food, and it was aggravated by Gabite for stepping on it. The young lady says she can fix it and hands Pachirisu one of her own Poffins. Pachirisu sniffs it, and quickly refuses it, the young lady offended by Pachirisu's actions. At that moment, the young lady looks to Piplup and asks if Dawn was in the Wallace Cup. Dawn explains she won, and the young lady mockingly says she was sure it was an accident Dawn won, shocking the group. Dawn asks if the young lady was in the Wallace Cup to, and she replies yes, and gives her name: Ursula, and explains she lost in the first round. At this point, Jessie remembers Ursula, explaining to James and Meowth what Ursula just told Ash, Dawn and Brock. Ursula then comments on how Dawn's win at the Wallace Cup was a fluke, and also explains it pushed her to work a lot harder. She says to Ash, after he tells Ursula Dawn's skills won her the Wallace Cup, "You're right! Thanks to her I started working doubly hard, to become a better, more beautiful, more graceful Coordinator. You know I should thank you for defeating me Dawn, because of you I am where I am today!" and lets out a sinister laugh. Ash and Brock are curious as to why Ursula won't let her loss go. She continues to patronize Dawn, until Dawn finally cuts her off, saying they'll settle it at the Contest. Ursula leaves, letting out a sinister laugh for the second time.
The episode then cuts to the Contest, and Mamoswine is asleep, completely uninterested in Dawn's Contest. Dawn is up for the Appeals Round first, and sends out Buneary. Buneary uses Ice Beam to create a winding slide, and as it slides down it, Buneary prepares a Dizzy Punch to send it from the bottom to the top of the slide once again. After several more Coordinators display their Pokémon, Jessie is up next, using her Yanmega. Yanmega spirals around Jessie using Silver Wind, causing her to spin into the air. Yanmega's Speed Boost Ability is activated during this. Yanmega fires off a SonicBoom, which boomerangs back towards Yanmega and Jessie. Yanmega then uses Silver Wind and the two attacks collide in a shower of shining particles, and Yanmega holds Jessie on its tail as their appeal ends. Ursula is up next, using her Wormadam. She commands Confusion and then Rock Blast, causing the rocks to spiral around Wormadam. Next up is Sandstorm and Wormadam uses Confusion to create a sculpture out of itself from the sand, surprising Dawn, Ash, Brock and Jessie, who are watching. Wormadam then uses Captivate to destroy the sculpture. This ends Ursula's performance. Dawn talks with Ash and Brock on the sidelines. She even asks Mamoswine on its opinion, but it replies with snores.
Ash and Dawn discuss Ursula's appeal, and Ursula walks in, explaining that she had lost continually in the first round, but she was intending to win. She laughed at the idea of both her and Dawn reaching the final stage, and walked off with Gabite. The results appear, and Ursula, Jessie and Dawn are all in the final eight. Dawn compliments Buneary's performance, and asks Pachirisu if it's ready to go, and it is, nodding to her. In a few shots of Contest Battles, Dawn defeats her first opponent, a Weavile, Jessie uses James's Carnivine to defeat a Hippopotas, and Ursula's Gabite defeats a Hariyama. Ursula battles with Jessie, her Gabite winning over Carnivine. James and Meowth mourn for Jessie's loss on the sidelines.
The final round begins, with Dawn facing Ursula. Mamoswine takes a tiny interest, but as Ash comments on this, it returns to sleeping. It's Gabite and Pachirisu facing off, the battle begins. Brock and Ash discuss that Dawn may only be able to attack with Pachirisu's Super Fang. Gabite leaps into the air, launching a Dragon Claw, and Pachirisu spins and dodges the attack. However, Gabite's speed means it manages to get a clean hit, and Pachirisu takes damage. Dawn commands Super Fang, while Ursula commands Gabite to use Aerial Ace, managing to get past Pachirisu's defense and get several clean hits. Ash and Brock are worried about the outcome, and Pikachu, Buneary and Piplup all cheer hard for Dawn and Pachirisu. In the mean time, Gabite lands with several Dragon Claws and Aerial Aces, and Ursula is confident her victory is assured. Dawn commands Sweet Kiss, but Ursula counters with Aerial Ace, and Pachirisu seems worn out. Ash and Brock discuss about the points, and Mamoswine begins to take interest, taking a peek at the battle through a half-opened eye. Two minutes remain, and Ursula commands Stone Edge and Pachirisu counters with Discharge, destroying the shards of rock. Ursula commands Dragon Rage, however Pachirisu counters with Spark, breaking the move. Gabite uses Dragon Claw, and Pachirisu once again counters with its tail, due to Discharge's energy being stored there. This causes Mamoswine to gain more interest, and it watches with both eyes now. Thirty seconds are left, and Gabite uses Stone Edge again. Pachirisu raises its tail, creating an electric shield that destroys the shards. Dawn commands Super Fang, and Ursula is quite angry at this point, commanding Dragon Rage. Pachirisu begins to spin similar to a Flame Wheel, using its Super Fang to cut through the Attack. It reaches Gabite and bites into it, Gabite covering itself with its fins just in time to avoid major damage. With that time is up, and Dawn wins the Contest. Dawn is ecstatic with her victory, but Ursula shrugs it off, saying "A perfect example of being saved by the bell." and stroking Gabite's head. Mamoswine is extremely interested, and Ash comments, causing Mamoswine to go back to sleep. Jessie says she wouldn't have missed the Contest for the world, apparently liking Ursula's use of stance before striking. Dawn is presented with her fourth Ribbon. As the trio prepare to leave, Ursula crosses their path, saying Dawn won't get any compliments out of her. With that, the trio prepare to head out to Snowpoint City, and Ash's next Gym battle.
Major events
- Dawn meets Ursula, a fellow Coordinator and her newest rival.
- Dawn's Pachirisu learns Super Fang.
- Jessie's Yanmega is revealed to have Speed Boost as her Ability.
- Dawn wins her fourth Contest Ribbon.
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the timeline of events.
Pokémon debuts
TV episode debuts
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Piplup (Dawn's)
- Buneary (Dawn's)
- Pachirisu (Dawn's)
- Ambipom (Dawn's)
- Mamoswine (Dawn's)
- Yanmega (Jessie's)
- Carnivine (James's)
- Gabite (Ursula's; debut)
- Wormadam (Ursula's; Sandy Cloak)
Coordinators' Pokémon
- Pokémon Symphonic Medley, Battle Frontier and an instrumental version of By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ are used as background tracks.
- The dub uses Battle Frontier during the second round montage; however, the line "It's the Battle Frontier" was changed to "Let the battle begin".
- The updated version of Battle Frontier also changes the pronunciation of "Pokémon" to more correctly say the letter "é."
- The Brazilian Portuguese and Iberian Spanish dub use Battle Frontier while the Italian dub use English version and Latin American Spanish dub use a new version to this opening because the dubbing company changed.
- The dub uses Battle Frontier during the second round montage; however, the line "It's the Battle Frontier" was changed to "Let the battle begin".
- Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Paras.
- This is the first Contest since her trade in Throwing the Track Switch that Dawn did not use Ambipom in.
- The dub's title is based on the popular rock band Queen's song, Another One Bites the Dust.
- Dawn's Buneary uses a similar appeal to the one in the Celestic Town Contest.
- Team Rocket doesn't blast off or recite their motto in this episode.
- Even though Gabite stepped on the Poffin with its right foot, the Poffin was seen under its left foot when Ursula looked at it.
Dub edits
In other languages
|Mandarin Chinese
|Neslavný konec jednoho Gabitea
|Mødet med Gabite
|Gabite Delft het Onderspit!
|Gabite iskee jälleen!
|Manche Schüsse gehen nach hinten los!
|Gabite mangia la polvere!
|Gabite en gang til!
|Niestraszny nam żaden Gabite!
|Um Gabite levantando poeira!
|Uma Jóia de Gabite!
|Încă un Gabite Prăpădit
|Почти непобедимый Габайт!
|Latin America
|¡Otro Gabite muerde el polvo!
|¡Otro Gabite que Muerde el Polvo!
|Gabite åker dit en gång till!
|This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.


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As I've said before, I'm starting to lean toward the theory that the Obama administration really will make a Keystone XL pipeline decision in the next few months (and the most opportune moment might actually be just before the midterms). A strategically announced green light and a pro-jobs message could provide a much-needed boost to some of the Senate's most vulnerable Democrats in Alaska, Louisiana, Colorado, etcetera who don't ascribe to the anti-fossil-fuelism that is all the rage among the party's more progressive eco-radical contingent.
Making predictions about it at all stills feels borderline ridiculous, since the Obama administration will continue to do whatever the heck they want to without feeling at all constrained by the highly irregular five years they've been trampling all over Canada's energy sector. The biggest trouble with that imminent-Keystone-approval theory is that some of the Democrats' most high-profile, wealthy donors are self-fancied environmentalist aristocrats — i.e., out-of-touch millionaires — who are avidly anti-Keystone and who might not feel compelled to keep dropping dollars on the races in the energy-rich red-purple states where those donations will be needed most in the event of an approval. I like how Lloyd Green phrased the "green-gentry liberalism" situation at the Daily Beast:
Meanwhile, the Pew Research Center reported that the fight over the Keystone XL pipeline project was not a routine party-line battle between Democrats and Republicans, but a high-profile scrum pitting the Democrats' donor class against the rest of America. According to Pew, the public actually favors Keystone by better than two-to-one, with opposition concentrated among graduate degree holding Democrats, and Democrats with household incomes north of $100,000. In contrast to high-end Democrats, working class Democrats support Keystone—regardless of race.
So where does this leave would-be populist Al Gore—who branded Keystone as an "atrocity," —along with would-be Democratic financial savior and Keystone opponent Tom Steyer, and the Democratic Party itself? How about a world away from job-craving America, and light years from the mid-twentieth century Democratic Party.
Truth bomb. In the meantime, Canadian officials and energy executives are still putting a brave face on the situation, but not-so-subtly stressing that the way they've been treated is beyond egregious:
Contrary to what environmentalists have been claiming about killing Keystone XL as a viable way to push Canada into keeping more of their oil sands in the ground, the global demand incentivizing Canada to develop their oil sands has only kept right on growing, and be it by train, barge, or one of the about ten other proposed pipelines Canada is thinking about, some of which are already in the works, Canada is just as determined to get its oil to market. Via CNBC:
As the Keystone XL project has languished, pipeline companies have proposed a number of other projects to move oil out of Alberta, most of them entirely on Canadian soil.
TransCanada, the company that wants to build Keystone XL, recently took the first step in the approval process for a different pipeline, a massive project that would snake nearly 2,800 miles from Alberta to Eastern Canada. "Energy East" would transport a whopping 1.1 million barrels of crude a day to refineries in Quebec and terminals on the Atlantic coast.
The next largest project, Kinder Morgan's proposed TransMountain pipeline, would carry about 890,000 barrels a day in the other direction to the coast of British Columbia.
Enbridge, another major Canadian pipeline company, has two projects in the works — the Northern Gateway, which would send 520,000 barrels a day to the coast of British Columbia, and its Line 3 replacement, which could move 760,000 barrels a day from Canada into Wisconsin. Because Line 3 would replace an existing cross-border pipeline, the company argues it would not need the presidential permit that has held up Keystone XL.


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Dear Amy: My husband travels by car all week long for his job. He feels the need to be in constant contact with me via his smartphone. He calls and e-mails constantly while on the road.
Even though I work part time, he feels I should be in constant communication with him.
I admit it was fun while we were dating, but I no longer have that much to say during the umpteenth phone conversation that day. Plus I'm too busy to constantly answer his texts, e-mails and phone calls.
He feels it's my responsibility to talk to him while he's away from home. I have very litle downtime, and while I want to talk to him two or three times a day, 10 texts and 10 calls is too much for me.
How can I get him to understand that it is not that I don't love him or want to talk with him, but I just don't have that much to say!
I would like to have an hour or so each day by myself to read or catch up with others instead of talking to him. — Too Connected
Dear Connected: Your husband may be using his contact with you as a way to pass the time between sales calls (or appointments) when he's tooling through lonely towns in his car.
My first suggestion is that you two negotiate a settlement to (at least) cut in half the number of phone calls during the day. It is not your responsibility to take all of his calls, regardless of whatever else you have on your plate.
Your husband needs to realize that the less time you spend responding to his calls, the more time you will have to build up some good old-fashioned longing for him.
Before his next trip, spirit a little surprise into his car. Stick a note to the steering wheel that reads, "I can't wait to talk to you tonight, Honey." This might inspire him to hold off on calling until day's end.
My second suggestion involves downloading the audio version of a few good books onto your husband's phone. This might inspire him to take in a little literature or learning while he's tooling around.
Dear Amy: My spouse and I were at a recent holiday celebration, also attended by one of my spouse's co-workers. As I was chatting with a small group of fellow revelers, including the co-worker (but not my spouse), the co-worker confided that he might soon leave his job.
He then asked if I would please not say anything about that to my spouse, and I agreed. He is in a senior management position (a rung or two up from my spouse). However, this seems like useful information for my spouse to know. Whose back should I have in this situation? — Back-to-Back Baffled
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Let's assume that all of you had been "reveling" at this holiday party. I'm wondering if your judgment was impaired when you made this agreement. If you were impaired at the time, then this gives you some wiggle room.
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An article in last week's Observer addressed the Ohio Department of Agriculture's concerns about Vreba-Hoff Dairy transporting 687,000 gallons of liquid manure from the two Michigan farms to the Chesterfield Dairy east of Morenci.
A response to some questions addressed to the ODA arrived after the paper went to press.
A letter from the ODA to Vreba-Hoff dated Aug. 31 faulted the manure transport because the treatment system at Chesterfield was not operational, not "pre-charged" before use and not yet approved by the ODA, as required by a transport agreement written in April.
Bill Schwaderer, public information officer for the ODA's livestock environmental permitting program, responded by saying, "Chesterfield had sufficient storage to accept the manure and the separation and treatment system is functional."
No explanation was given about why the ODA decided to approve the transport after the Aug. 31 letter, even though it violated the transport agreement.
Schwaderer stated that the ground water pumping test conducted by Dragun Corporation was completed before the Oct. 1 deadline and data is being reviewed by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The test was ordered due to concerns about a sufficient supply of water from the aquifer tapped for farm use and also used by some residents in the area.
Schwaderer also confirmed that the Chesterfield Dairy's sand separation system and manure treatment system became operational last week.
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I came across this fantastic art lesson at my daughter's school and I had to share it with you.
It is a fun and modern twist on the tradition "bird's eye view" painting lesson.
They combined technology (by using computers and Google Earth)
with a traditional painting lesson in the art classroom.
The students started their lesson by learning how to "fly over" locations
that had special meaning to them using Google Earth in the computer lab.
Then, they focused on finding interesting compositions in those areas.
They looked for ways to incorporate a variety of textures and interesting shapes.
Then, they printed the Google Earth Images out in black and white and
used those as the basis for their bird's eye view landscape paintings.
They were encouraged to use bright colors and to add interesting textures and patterns
to "abstract" the landscapes.
The results were stunning and made a beautiful and colorful hallway display.
I can't wait to paint some colorful, abstract landscapes with my own favorite students!
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NASA'S SOFIA To Embark On New Cycle Of Science Observations
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, a joint program between NASA and the German Aerospace Center DLR, is set to begin its first full cycle of science flights starting in November 2012 and extending through December 2013. SOFIA's Science Mission Operations Director Erick Young today announced the list of researchers who have been awarded time to study the universe with this unique infrared observatory.
SOFIA is a heavily modified 747SP aircraft that carries a telescope with an effective diameter of 100 inches (2.5 meters) to altitudes above 39,000 feet (12 km), beyond the obscuring layer of water vapor in Earth's atmosphere.
In announcing the observing time awards, Young noted, "More than 1,000 hours of observing time were requested, five times the amount available, evidence of SOFIA's desirability to astronomers. The approved projects make good use of the observatory's capabilities to study objects ranging from Earth's solar system neighbors to galaxies hundreds of millions of light years away."
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There's a lot to like about the Grizzlies. They're the reigning Cinderella squad of the NBA, their logo is among the best in sports, they put a great town on the league map after years of embarrassing failure and they have, not one, but two players on their team that pronounce their English names with a French accent. Xavier Henry and Darrell Arthur have names that shouldn't scare anyone off. Ex-AY-vee-er and DARE-uhl. No biggie. But these guys? These guys are unique and they pronounce their name accordingly. ZAH-vee-ay and Dah-RELL. So very French. There's a good chance that either of these players could be the first guy off the bench next season or out of the 10-man rotation completely. Again, what's not to love about a team with that much swing? We'll regard Henry some other time. Today, let's look at what makes Arthur a king among fantasy basketball sleepers.
Right off the bat, it's worth noting that Arthur jumped from a 10.9 PER in his first two seasons to a 15.7 as a 22-year-old. Noted! (Totally worth it.) He improved hugely in every single category other than TOV and RBD by a ton in 2010. He went from averaging .437/.590 in his first two seasons to .497/.813. T'weren't no fluke, neither. He averaged more minutes and took more shots and free throws per game last season than in either of his first two. This tells you (and you, and you, but not the guy behind you because he's just trying to steal your wallet!) that he not only saw more minutes and action, but he did more with the minutes he saw. Arthur's scoring slingshot from 10.9 points per 36 in his rookie and sophomore seasons to 16.3 last year. Meanwhile, Arthur owners got 1.5 stl+blk out of a guy who was probably on the waiver wire for all but a month of the season. It's true that Z-Bo and Marc Gasol were both hurt during portions of last season and that Arthur bumped his stats a ton in October, November and March because of it, but that's kind of the point. Guys get hurt in the NBA. And right now, other the guys that aren't hurt might skip the country to play overseas. Either way, you're not going to draft Arthur in the fourth round, but he might be a steal in the 14th. He was a steal for fantasy owners last year and people have a way of not learning lessons after the first try.


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Retired officer, son charged with murder
Police make arrests in death of James Chavez
A former state police officer and his son have been arrested and charged in a July 2011 killing.
State police, Rio Rancho police and Albuquerque police arrested 56-year-old Jack McDowell and 36-year-old John McDowell at a home in the 100 block of Mica Drive in Rio Rancho on Tuesday morning. Both were taken into custody without incident.
Jack McDowell is a retired New Mexico State Police officer. Because he was a police officer, authorities said they took tactical precautions during the arrest.
Everyone who lives in the Mica Drive neighborhood said they knew the McDowells.
Residents said they knew John McDowell had a history with police, so they assumed he was at the center of the commotion they heard Tuesday morning.
The arrests capped an 18-month investigation into the death of 35-year-old James Chavez.
"This is one of those cases that has kinda haunted us," Rio Rancho Police Sgt. Nick Onken said.
Investigators spent much of the day going in and out of the McDowell home looking for evidence.
"This has been a very long and tumultuous investigation with leads and losses of those leads over the past 18 months," Onken said.
The case was launched 18 months ago when rescue officials got a 911 about Chavez' slaying. Soon after that, the father and son were on police radar.
"We never had enough evidence at that point to go forth with a warrant," Onken said.
Detectives said they believe John McDowell knew Chavez but they won't say how.
Police said they found more evidence in the case a few weeks ago that eventually lead to the McDowells' arrests.
"Whenever a law enforcement officer decides to cross that line to go over and become part of what we spend our careers combating, it's very distasteful. It's nothing that we ever look forward to," Onken said.
According to state police, Jack McDowell was last in their records in 1998 when he retired as an officer of the department.
Both men have been charged with an open count of murder, aggravated burglary and tampering with evidence. They are being held on $1 million cash-only bonds.


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Tidy Tiger necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 196 diseños de 39 diseñadores freelance.
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My business has been in opperation for a year yet I struggle with finding a look for my buisness.
I work with busy professionals in their home offices or in corporate offices to plan their space and organize their files, tasks and electronic files.
Although I like a warm look that would appeal to homeowners as well my focus and niche will be the office and business clients.
I am a sole proprietor on a tight budget yet I feel I can't move to next logo without a more professional look and having a logo is important.
Me, I am a very energetic, fun loving, kind, honest and hardworking lady of 40 years of age.
I started this business as a lack of organization in the workplaces I have been in was driving me crazy. I needed to orgnanize and do it for those that value it.
I am partial to purple and blue colours with grey. My current website (http://www.tidytiger.biz) may offer some idea of what appeals to me yet the current design on there is clip art, which I can't use and I regret putting on there. It is temporary.
My new weebly site at ( http://tidytigersolutions.weebly.com/ ) which I will be editing and trying to stick with has more blue than purple yet I am open to a range of colours here.
The TIGER look I like yet I like it a little more subtle looking and hinting of Tiger qualities more than any images of full tigers.
Small Business owners and Busy Professionals that are frantic and stressed out and need an office re-vamp or new filing system.
Medium sized business and corporations that need workflow design, space planning, meeting facilitation and manuals and forms creation.
I am open to the design being incorporated right into the name of the company in some way. "Tidy Tiger Solutions" That said the idea to have the "g" in tiger made to represent a tiger tail came across my mind.
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A powerful comment on Krugman's blog in response to "Reinventing 1934 macro." Who is Dan Hunt?
This is a misreading of Schumpeter entirely. The problem with inflation is not that it doesn't work to east the pain, it's that it has side effects that make the cure worse than the disease. I'd like to understand why that point of view is as callous as you've tried to paint it Mr. Krugman, both here and in your magazine article. I presume as well you disagree with any medical procedure that involves pain, irrespective of its result on final outcomes?
In any case, if memory serves Mr. Krugman, you are one of the economists who has pointed out how much more severe each successive financial crisis has become. And yet you see no linkage with these teachings you so deride. To deepen the irony, as I understand it, you are currently looking to build a model of Minsky moments. Who was it again, that Hyman Minsky studied under at Harvard? Yea…. Joseph Schumpeter. And what was one of Hyman Minsky's most renowned teachings? That new-Keynesians such as yourself have dangerously misunderstood Keynes, leading to mistaken policy proposals such as that de jour. May I suggest a book?
Your grasp of recent events is no better. This wasn't a housing boom and bust, just the latest chapter in the ongoing, nearly three-decade-long credit bubble, painstakingly cultivated by self-styled slayers of business cycles like yourself. One could also trace the 80's real estate bubble and S&L crisis, the late 90s stock bubble and all manner of other speculative manias from then to now (commodity futures anyone?) to the same underlying credit fueled phenomenon. It's as Keynes called it- casino capitalism, only in this version, the only safe bet is the one against the house.
The legacy of all that bad policy are deep, painful maladjustments to modes of consumption and production that have been postponed for decades now. Does US goods producing productivity justify the massive chasm between its wage and per-capita consumption levels and those of its emerging market trading partners? Does it make sense that all we do here is produce 'services', drive big cars and live in 5 bedroom homes with two car garages? As a cockney might say, yeur arvin' a laugh.
That mess cannot be fixed painlessly. Resources and investment have been terribly misallocated- people have developed the wrong expertise, whole countries have developed (or underdeveloped) the wrong infrastructure, people have grown accustomed to the wrong lifestyles, companies have researched the wrong developments, for the wrong markets, etc. etc. That's not going to have serious costs manifesting themselves in poor outcomes in people's lives? More laughs. It simply cannot, and if the last 30 years have taught us anything, it is the absolute necessity of such adjustments. The necessity of periodic retrenchment, pain and unemployment when commerce and intermediation is organized as it is in a capitalist economy.
That does not mean we need ignore the lessons of Keynes with regard to what happens when there are bad loans, then bad banks and all manner of misappropriated savings, then collapsing asset prices and effects on intermediation, animal spirits etc. What it does mean, is that we cannot let expedients have worse consequences than that which we hope to expedite. And we have. In spades. This stimulus and all the inflationist monetary nonsense you have advocated that have gone along with it, are just more of the same.