El tifón Nuri de categoria 1 se encuentra próximo a convertirse en Categoria 2 amenazando las costas de China.

El tifón "Nuri" continúa haciéndose más fuerte en su camino hacia el sur de China, según informó hoy miércoles la estación provincial meteorológica de Fujian, en el sureste de China.

El ojo de "Nuri", la decimosegunda tormenta tropical de este año, se encontraba a 700 kilómetros al sur de la ciudad de Xiamen a las 8 horas, y se registraron vientos de fuerza 13, equivalente a 144 kilómetros por hora, en su centro, de acuerdo con la estación.

Según las previsiones, "Nuri" continuará moviéndose hacia las zonas costeras surorientales a una velocidad de 20 kilómetros por hora, y penetrará mañana jueves en el Mar Meridional de China.

Las costas de Fujian fueron azotadas la mañana de hoy miércoles por vientos de fuerza 8, equivalente a 51 kilómetros por hora, y el observario pronosticó lluvias torrenciales en la mayoría de las áreas de dicha provincia para los próximos dos días.

Fujian y la provincia vecina de Guangdong, ambas en el sur del país, sufren desde cierto tiempo un calor persistente de 37 grados centígrados. El observatorio espera que el tifón refresque el aire y haga bajar las temperaturas.

La estación meteorológica de Guangdong ha pronosticado chubascos en la parte oriental de la provincia para el viernes y el sábado.

El Ministerio de Agricultura de China emitió en la noche de ayer una nota urgente en la que exige a los departamentos de pesca y agricultura de Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangxi y Guangdong mantener el público informado y ayudar a los barcos pesqueros en caso de emergencia. (Xinhua)

20/08/2008

Fuente
Peopledaily

CONDICIONES ACTUALES

So what exactly is liberation? Well it's enlightenment, salvation, submission, et cetera. It's what Buddhists seek through meditation, atheists through independent thought, Muslims through prayer, Lutherans through faith, and me through knitting : þ It's that ill-defined freedom at the other end of the Path. We can't say for sure that's there, but the Path keeps going so we keep walking.

It's all very Dorothee Sölle.

Along that note, we're waiting to see how Fay's path pans out over the next couple of days. Some of the computer models are still thinking Fay will make a turn westward. This still could take it back into the Gulf and allow it to reintensify. The idea merely suggests that folks along the Gulf Coast shouldn't be confident with the fact that they missed out on Fay.

In the months ahead there will undoubtedly be much to write about ... the lessons learned, thoughts and inspiration, and the revelations that have come from this summer.  And although I think I can see the end of this particular jaunt up ahead, I also know there is still a little bit more to go in the next few weeks.

Some of what is to come will be straight-forward, short essays on things we all need to think about, but some will also be fashioned into a kind-of “thoughts from the trial” … borrowing from my love for the earth and hiking through the tree-lined paths. TheSpiritWalk.com, itself, will also be undergoing some big changes, including a brand-new look and a return to the original intent and direction of the site.

As I’ve said often, life is often an incredibly challenging journey … but if we allow it to be so, it's also an amazing trip, and through those challenges we are gifted beyond measure.

Stay tuned ….

Into the Dark

Originally uploaded by Streetfire2007

A patch of light shines through an opening in the trees just before the path enters the dark wood.

From the Dark Woods Project.

Mamiya 645 Super with Adox CHS 100 film developed in Rodinal.

Beloved,

There are days when nothing seems right. When every shell you pick up on the winding shore is broken. When the silken treasure slips through your fingers too quickly. When comforts are empty. And the world is noise.

On those jagged edged days, when the wind is screaming for a reason only she understands. And you find yourself all alone.
Turn your face to the sun.

There is goodness in the world, that even the river of tears cannot erase.
There is love in the world, that the numbed armies of fear can not destroy.
Sometimes that goodness is everywhere apparent. It pours from the heart of every moment. From the light of every smile.

On those soft days, love hides in the eaves to drop like sweet honey on your forehead and sings her lilting lullabies in the arms of the winds.

But on some days, Beloved. On days like today....
We need to look, to see.
So turn your face to the sun.
Even when she is nowhere to be seen.

Go inside yourself. Find a speck, a splinter of beauty to be grateful for.
'Yes', the day has worn you. And 'Yes' our mistakes have been so many.
But say 'Thank you' anyway.

Take account of all that is in your possession.
A mind. A heart. A body.
A life that breathes, even if for just one more day.

Now count the eyes that have smiled
at you on your wild journey,
the hands that have held you tenderly,
the ears that have listened,
the prayers that have been made on your behalf.
And whisper your 'Thank you' again.

Count the sky that has watched you grow
with His painted eyes,
The heaving waves that find their echo
in the tides of your breathing,
The little birds that have sung
you their songs,
The stars which have been a lamp
to your path,
and are your
rightful inheritance.

Count unexpected laughter,
Count undeserved grace,
Count Passion and Love making and Dreams yet to be born,
And bow your head and say 'thank you',

Now count the lives who still need your light,
The hungry, the sick, the helpless,
Count the children who will die today
and imagine if with the breath of your body
you could help just
one.

Turn your face to the sun,
And know yourself as a child of the light.
You are the Goodness that cannot be extinguished,
The love that burns through the darkest night.

And perhaps,
In turning
You will see what i have seen,
that this day where everything seemed wrong,
was not your curse,
It was your gift,
Your chance...
To find inside yourself a forgotten 'thank you',
To smile in the face of the grim suppressors,
To stand in the heart of the glowering darkness
and turn your face to the sun.

~ Dr. Maithri Goonetilleke

To read more of his poems visit his blog 'Soaring Impulse'.

We have just come back from a brilliant weekend over in Deganwy.  We were really lucky with the weather.  The rain managed to avoid us during the times we were outside.  The North Wales Path which follows the coast from Bangor to Prestatyn is now open on the section from Conwy to West Shore, Llandudno.  What a lovely short walk it is from Deganwy to West Shore.  Great sea views!

Personally, i think they are tyring to get commuters to purchase and use their Smart Link cards, and do away with the use of Metrocards.

I had briefly considered getting the Smart Link card but realized that i would have to purchase the card for $5.00, and then add fare money to the card.  No way!  I ain't paying $5 for a card to put fare on it when i should get it for free like the Metrocard.

Ever since i had trouble with the PATH turnstiles stealing money from my Metrocard on the Jersey side of the tracks, i only buy single fares.  So far that has worked out with the exception of the occassional request that the machine ask for exact change which results in the machine dispensing a $2.00 Metrocard for a $1.75 PATH fare.

I hope they fix the turnstiles so they accept most forms of cards.

Interesting to know that a person of my own batch from IITD is involved..

link via Blogoscoped

For some, the recognition comes gradually.  For others, it comes in a flash of insight.  "Hey, I don't have to continue living like this!  There's a whole new life out there!"  The time comes when you realize that it"s time for a change.  If any of this sounds familiar to you, how to deal with this time for change is what this  "Work Longer"  weblog is all about.

How your "time for change" works itself out may be different for each of us, depending on what you want from your "whole new life out there". For some, it's a matter of greater achievement, more financial security or higher recognition. For many, it's the freedom to pursue personal passions, whatever they may be.  It could even be a combination of two or more of these objectives.  The point is, how do you make the transition from where you are now to where you want to be? What is your path?

The interesting thing you notice when considering the path at this stage of your life is that the path itself is now as important to you as the objective. It used to be that the objective was the paramount consideration. Now you recognize that the journey is as important as the destination. That's different! And that difference is bound to alter how you go about the transition from where you are now to where you want to be.  In fact, if you look close enough, the path of transition is actually an integral part of "the whole new life" itself.

So the questions for you the reader are threefold. Does this discribe where you are now? How would you discribe the "whole new life out there" that you dream about?  And do you have a path for that journey?  We'd love to hear about you.

I saw them taking down the barricade when I was going at around 10 pm.

And today walked up the brand new set of stairs. It feels sturdy. It's also painted in a sort muted blue-grey so as not to offend people or get noticed as something to vandalize.

I sat in my backyard this morning enjoying my coffee and reading Joan Anderson's "The Second Journey, The Road Back to Yourself."  She references her conversations with Joan Erikson (Erik Erikson's wife),  regarding Erik Erikson's Stages of Development.  Erikson created the Life Cycle chart indicating each phase of a person's life when they either learn or don't learn crucial things that will help them move through life in a productive and happy way.  Joan Erikson added to the chart by indicating a strength to be gained during each phase.  Joan Anderson realized that we don't just learn and gain a strength and then move on to the next phase.  We can continually improve upon the strengths after we gain them.  Life is not just a straight line forward.  It is a loop-de-loop, back tracking, do-it-again-and-again-to-get-it-better kind of life.  We have the ability, if we choose, to improve and grow and become more of the person we want to be during our lifetime.   And as Joan's chapter is titled, Miles to Go, I know I have miles and miles to go to become the person I want to be.  Change and growth are what makes life interesting, challenging and rewarding for me though they can be scary and uncomfortable along the way.  I tend to start anew frequently, sometimes with an end in mind, but usually just a direction to move toward.  I love the forks in the road along the way that provide opportunities for new adventures.

What we call the beginning is often the end.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.
       The end is where we start from.
                 --T. S. Eliot

A good traveler has no fixed plans
and is not intent on arriving.
           --Tao Te Ching

Gail Brokaw, MA, Life Coach
http://www.embracethepossibility.org

John Gerard

use CGI;

Instanciando o CGI em $my_cgi por exemplo, podemos utilizar todos os seus recursos, inclusive o cookie( ) que será responsável pela captura dos cookies.

Assim sendo, podemos iniciar nosso CGI indicando uma condição que verifica se há um determinado cookie setado na maquina do usuário ou não. Ou seja, este seria o motor do programa, a parte de autenticação, que poderia ser algo como:

if ($cgi->cookie("login") eq "login" && $cgi->cookie("senha") eq "senha"){
   #      ( CONTEUDO RESTRITO)      #
}else{
  #      (TELA DE LOGIN)       #
}

Com este código ja podemos liberar ou restringir acesso para os usuários.
Mas, com certeza o script ainda não está pronto. Sim, falta a parte principal! A de Setar/Definir Cookies.

Como iniciamos nosso programa com uma condicional, caso esta retorne falso, faz sentido colocarmos uma tela de login para que usuário então, realize o login, criando assim um cookie de autenticação.

Nosso formulário pode ser definido apenas com:

<form method='post' action='?login'>
     <h3>Autenticação</h3>
     Login: <input type=text name='login' value="" size=8>
     Senha: <input type=password name='senha' value="" size=8>
    <input type="submit" value="OK">
</form>

Aqui entrará então os dados do usuário, que serão transmitidos até a querystring login.
Dentro dessa querystring então, poderemos capturar o login e senha atribuídos e se forem autênticos salvaremos os valores junto ao Cookie do usuário.

Note como realizar isto:

if($ENV{QUERY_STRING} eq "login"){     # Quando o usuário envia o formulário,
  if ($cgi->param("login") eq "login" && $cgi->param("senha") eq "senha"){ # Se o login é autêntico

     #   IREMOS SETAR O COOKIE   #
     &addCookie;
 }else{           # Senão

   # MOSTRAREMOS MENSAGEM DE ERRO #

 }
}

Os parâmetros de verificação de login são exatamente iguais aos utilizados no início do programa, porém, dessa vez não faz a checagem com os dados do cookie, mas com os dados do formulário recebido. Quando a condição é falsa, poderemos mostrar uma mensagem de erro, dizendo que o login/senha informados estão incorretos, mas caso retorne verdadeiro, para facilitar, iremos chamar uma função que realizará a tarefa de gravar o cookie: &addcookie.

Vamos ao código dessa função:

  $cookie1=$cgi->cookie(-name=>'login',    # Define o nome do novo cookie
                                         -value=>$cgi->param("login"), # Define o seu valor                
                      -expires=>'+30d', # Expira em trinta dias
                      -path=>'/',                          # Servirá para todas as nossas páginas
   ); 

  $cookie2=$cgi->cookie(-name=>'senha',    # Define o nome do novo cookie
                                         -value=>$cgi->param("senha"), # Define o seu valor 
                                         -expires=>'+30d', # Expira em trinta dias
                      -path=>'/',                          # Servirá para todas as nossas páginas
   );   

print $cgi->header(
      -cookie=>[$cookie1,$cookie2], # Salvamos os cookies
       );
}

Notou como não é nenhum bicho de sete cabeças? Vamos a explicação agora.
O atributo name, como o próprio nome já diz, é onde definimos o nome do cookie. Este primeiro, é o do login que salvaremos no browser do usuário.

Em seguida, vem o seu valor, com o qual será obtido depois pela chamada do método CGI através do atributo cookie([NOME]).

 O outro atributo, expires é opcional, ele define qual a duração do cookie, se não especificarmos nenhum valor, ele valerá apenas enquanto o usuário estiver na página.

Por último, o path, é o caminho inicial de onde o cookie poderá ser lido. Por exemplo,  se definirmos /cgi-bin/, os arquivos contidos na pasta, ou por exemplo, em /cgi-bin/algumapasta/ reconhecerão o cookie, mas os arquivos em /htdocs/ não terão acesso. Isto é meio confuso, por este motivo, o padrão é '/' que permite acesso a todo o conteúdo.

Note que realizamos a criação de dois cookies, login e senha, por isso realizamos o processo duas vezes.

Agora, com os dados definidos, devemos mandar a resposta para o browser, e esta, como parte do cabeçalho, caso você esteja trabalhando sem o CGI, lembre-se que deverá vir antes do "Content-type".

No nosso caso utilizaremos a função header( ) do CGI para implantar o cookie para nós.

Para isto foi necessário apenas informar os dois cookies através do atributo cookie.

Bem, com isso podemos ter um sistema de autenticação funcional que utiliza cookies. Agora basta soltar a criatividade, e implantá-lo em seus sistemas.

Abraços.

[ Sistema de Autenticação por Cookies ] 

Login: admin | Senha: admin

#!/usr/bin/perl
use CGI;
###########################################################

$cgi=new CGI(); # Criamos uma instância em CGI
$login=$cgi->cookie("login"); # Este parâmetro obtem o valor
do atributo login dentro do cookie
if (!$ENV{QUERY_STRING}){ # Em cada pagina que o usuário visitar
if ($cgi->cookie("login") eq "admin" && $cgi->cookie("senha")
eq "admin"){ # valida o cookie
&home; # passa para a função restrita
}else{
&login;
}
}
if ($ENV{QUERY_STRING} eq "restrito"){ # Em cada pagina que o usuário
visitar
if ($cgi->cookie("login") eq "admin" && $cgi->cookie("senha")
eq "admin"){ # valida o cookie
&restrito; # passa para a função restrita
}else{
&login;
}
}
if($ENV{QUERY_STRING} eq "login"){ # Quando o usuário envia
o formulário, verificamos...
if ($cgi->param("login") eq "admin" && $cgi->param("senha")
eq "admin"){ # Se mandou login e senha corretos...
&addCookie; # Adiciona cookie
}else{ # Senão
$msg = "<font color='red'>Login/Senha inválidos!</font>";
# Mensagem de erro
&login; # Redireciona para a tela de login
}
}

##############################
########## FUNÇOES ###########
##############################
sub addCookie{
$inicial="?";
$codigo=int rand(100000); # Pega um número qualquer
$cookie1=$cgi->cookie(-name=>'login', # Define o nome do novo cookie
-value=>$cgi->param("login"), # Define o valor
-expires=>'+'.$cgi->param("expira"), # Expira em tempo especificado

-path=>'/', # Servirá para todas as nossas páginas
);
$cookie2=$cgi->cookie(-name=>'senha', # Define o nome do novo cookie
-value=>$cgi->param("senha"), # Define o valor
-expires=>'+'.$cgi->param("expira"), # Expira em tempo especificado

-path=>'/', # Servirá para todas as nossas páginas
);
print $cgi->header(
-cookie=>[$cookie1,$cookie2], # Salvamos os cookies
-location=>$inicial); # Vai para pagina inicial
}

sub home{
print qq|Content-type:text/html\n\n
<html>
<head>
<title>Home</title>
<meta charset="iso-8859-1" />
</head>
<body>
Home \| <a href="?restrito">Conteudo Restrito</a>
<h1>Home</h1>
<p>Olá você esta logado como <b>$login</b>.</p>
<p>Você pode visitar os links acima/atualizar esta página
várias vezes, mas quando
o tempo expirar, você voltará à tela de login.</p>

</body>
</html>
|;
}
sub login{
print qq|Content-type:text/html\n\n
<html>
<head>
<title>Login</title>
<meta charset="iso-8859-1"/>
</head>
<body>
<a href="?">Home</a> \| <a href="?restrito">Conteudo
Restrito</a>
<p>$msg</p>
<form method='post' action='?login'>
<table style=text-align:center id='autbox'>
<tr>
<td colspan=2>Autenticação</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>Login:</td><td>
<input type=text name='login' value="admin" size=8></td>
</tr>
<tr><td>Senha:</td><td>
<input type=password name='senha' value="admin" size=8></td>
</tr>
<tr><td>Expira em:</td><td>
<select name="expira">
<option value="30s">30 segundos</option>
<option value="1m">Um minuto</option>
<option value="5m">5 minutos</option>
<option value="10m">10 minutos</option>
<option value="15m">15 minutos</option>
<option value="1h">Uma hora</option>
<option value="1d">Um dia</option>
<option value="1M">Um mês</option>
</select></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan=2>
<input type="submit" value="OK"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>|;
}
sub restrito{
print qq|Content-type:text/html\n\n
<html>
<head>
<title>Conteúdo Restrito</title>
<meta charset="iso-8859-1" />
</head>
<body>
<a href="?">Home</a> \| Conteudo Restrito
<h1>Conteúdo Restrito</h1>
<p>Olá você esta logado como <b>$login</b>.</p>
<p>Você pode visitar os links acima/atualizar esta página
várias vezes, mas quando
o tempo expirar, você voltará à tela de login.</p>
</body>
</html>|;
}

Here's what I saw first thing this morning...Chris hard at work on the gravel pathway through our side yard. The sun dappling through the walnut tree was a nice bonus.

HA NOI — A bright torch, token of a movement to learn and follow the moral example set by President Ho Chi Minh, stopped over in the capital city yesterday. It is set to arrive in HCM City on September 2.

President Nguyen Minh Triet was present at a ceremony to play host to "Viet Nam’s bright torch following the steps of Uncle Ho."

The President said despite the country coping with many difficulties, the Party and people would stand together to advance the country forward, determined on achieving a strong nation of wealthy people living in an equal, democratic and civilised society.

The torch is scheduled to cross 36 cities and provinces along the country, from Cao Bang Province in the north to the southernmost province of Ca Mau, before arriving at the Ho Chi Minh museum in HCM City.

This is the second time the torch-light procession has been held to commemorate the August Revolution and Independence Day which falls on September 2 every year. —