Edventures in Normalcy

I’ve censored the following, in protest of a bill that gives any corporation and the US government the power to censor the internet–a bill that could pass THIS WEEK. To see the uncensored text, and to stop internet censorship, visit: http://americancensorship.org/posts/16661/uncensor

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1. Psychomania (1973) The Death Wheelers
2. Rodan (1956)
3. Frightmare (1983)
4. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
5. The Dead (2010)
6. Trick or Treat (1986)
7. Night Warning (1983)
8. Frankenhooker (1990)
9. Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (1976)
10. Werewolf Woman (1976)
11. Blood Diner (1987)
12. The Burning (1981)
13. Maximum Overdrive (1986)
14. Meet the Feebles (1989)

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I want to thank Cinedelphia for supplying the above movie list, originally found here, and I would also like to thank Exhumed Films for supplying a fantastic opportunity in film to viewers such as myself.

This past Saturday I went to the Casablanca Restaurant in New Castle.  Celeste had not been there before so it was quite the treat.  They have a fantastic dining experience and I highly recommend it to anyone that has not been.

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Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)

• This is a requirement for the next item.
• The installer can be found here.

1. Initiate the installer, click Next at the first screen.

   

2. Click the select box for I have read and accept the license terms. and then click Install >.

3. 

4. Click Finish.

   

Install OpenSSL

1. Download the installer from here.
2. Initiate the installer, click OK if you see this screen

   

3. Click Next >.

   

4. Select the radio for I accept the agreement and click Next >.

   

5. Click Next >.

   

6. Click Next >.

   

7. Click Next >.

   

8. Click Install.

   

9. Choose a donation option right for you and click Finish.

   

10. Once installation has completed, it places the dll’s in the following places:

    C:\WINDOWS\system32\libeay32.dll
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\ssleay32.dll

Install the Miva Merchant Empresa engine

1. Download the latest installation from here.
2. Initiate the installer, click Next >.

   

3. Select the radio for I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next >.

   

4. Click Next >.

   

5. Click Install.

   

6. Click Finish.

   

Install GD

1. Download the latest gd-latest-win32.zip from here. I personally had to obtain the zip using archive.org, in which you can download the same file as I have saved it here.
2. Create a new folder within the Miva Merchant Empresa installation directory and name the Folder SYSTEM. You should then have one of the following paths

   C:\Program Files)\Miva Merchant\Miva Merchant Empresa\SYSTEM

   Or:

   C:\Program Files (x86)\Miva Merchant\Miva Merchant Empresa\SYSTEM

3. Open up the gd-latest-win32.zip file.

   

4. Inside of the bin folder you will find a file bgd.dll.

   

5. Copy this file to the SYSTEM folder we created earlier.

   

6. Grant IUSR read access to this dll.

Configure IIS for the Empresa Engine

• First off, if this is a 64bit version of IIS6, it needs to be run in 32 bit mode in order for Miva Merchant Empresa settings to show. To load IIS in 32 bit mode, put a shortcut on the desktop, edit the shortcut adding ‘ /32′ to the end of the path, causing the path to end up being:

%SystemRoot%\system32\inetsrv\iis.msc /32

• Also, you will want to configure IIS to run 32 bit applications. To do this, run the following command:

  cscript.exe C:\inetpub\adminscripts\adsutil.vbs SET W3SVC/AppPools/Enable32bitAppOnWin64 1

IIS Web Server Extension

1. Open IIS and select Web Service Extensions.

   

2. Click Add a New Web Service Extensionand enter the requested information:
   • Extension Name: Miva
   • Required Files:C:\Program Files\Miva Merchant\Miva Merchant Empresa\MivaVMIIS.dll

     Or for x64 Required Files: C:\Program Files (x86)\Miva Merchant\Miva Merchant Empresa\MivaVMIIS.dll

   • Check Set Extension Status to Allowed

   

3. Click Ok.

IIS Mapping for .mvc

1. Open IIS, right-click Websites and select Properties.

   

2. Click on the Home Directory tab and then click Configuration.

   

3. On the Mappings tab, click Add.

   

4. Enter the requested information:
   • Executable:C:\Program Files\Miva Merchant\Miva Merchant Empresa\MivaVMIIS.dll

     Or for x64 Executable:“C:\Program Files (x86)\Miva Merchant\Miva Merchant Empresa\MivaVMIIS.dll”

     • Remember to include the double quotes

   • Extension Type: .mvc
   • Leave the other options as the defaults

   

5. Click OK.
6. I recommend checking a website to ensure the mapping has propagated throughout the website tree.

ISAPI Filters for x64 based OS’s

• Since IIS will be running essentially in 32 bit mode, we need to make sure that other entities, such as .NET 2.0 are set to run the 32 bit versions as well.

1. Open IIS, right-click Websites and select Properties.

   

2. Click on the ISAPI Filterstab.

   

3. Select ASP.NET_2.0.50727.0 and click Edit….

   

4. For anything .NET, you can update the Executable field replacing “Framework64″ with just “Framework”, keeping the rest of the field intact. Click OK. Click OK.

Miva VM Settings

1. Open the site in question within IIS, right-click the site, and choose Properties.

   

2. Choose the Miva Merchant Empresa tab.

   

3. Enter the requested information:
   • Restrict scripts to the following directory and below:

     This will be the same as the Home Directory

   • Store data in the following directory:

     In my case, this is usually be the same as the Home Directory, but in C:\MivaData\subfolderName

4. Click Browse for the Look for SSL root certificates in the following directory: setting.
5. Make sure you are using the openssl-0.9 directory because we installed OpenSSL 0.9 and not version one.

   

6. Click OK.

Commerce and System Libraries

1. There are a total of 3 main Commerce libraries (LinkPoint, AuthorizeNet, and CyberCash). AuthorizeNet and CyberCash can be obtained elsewhere while LinkPoint was included in the Miva Merchant Empresa installer.
2. Once downloaded place them in the appropriate location:

   C:\Program Files\Miva Merchant\Miva Merchant Empresa\COMMERCELIBRARIES

   or

   C:\Program Files (x86)\Miva Merchant\Miva Merchant Empresa\COMMERCELIBRARIES

3. Right-click on the COMMERCELIBRARIES folder and choose Properties.

   

4. Click on the Security tab.

   

5. Click Advanced, check the checkbox for Replace permission on entries on all child objects with entries shown here that apply to child objects and click OK.

   

6. Click Yeson the warning message.

   

7. Click OK to close the COMMERCELIBRARIES Properties box.
8. Continuing from the last screen within IIS, click Libraries.

   

9. Click Addto add the AuthorizeNet Library.
   1. Change the Library Type to

      Commerce

      .

   2. Set the Method to

      AuthorizeNet

      .

   3. Enter in the path to the MCATHNET.DLLfile:

      C:\Program Files)\Miva Merchant\Miva Merchant Empresa\COMMERCELIBRARIES\MCATHNET.DLL

      Or:

      C:\Program Files (x86)\Miva Merchant\Miva Merchant Empresa\COMMERCELIBRARIES\MCATHNET.DLL

   4. Verify your settings

      

   5. Click OK to save your changes.
10. Click Add to add the CyberCash Library.
    1. Change the Library Type to

       Commerce

       .

    2. Set the Method to

       CyberCash

       .

    3. Enter in the path to the MCATHNET.DLLfile:

       C:\Program Files)\Miva Merchant\Miva Merchant Empresa\COMMERCELIBRARIES\MCYBCSH.DLL

       Or:

       C:\Program Files (x86)\Miva Merchant\Miva Merchant Empresa\COMMERCELIBRARIES\MCYBCSH.DLL

    4. Verify your settings

       

    5. Click OK to save your changes.
11. Click Add to add the GD Library.
    1. Change the Library Type to

       System

       .

    2. Set the Method to

       GD

       .

    3. Enter in the path to the bgd.dllfile:

       C:\Program Files)\Miva Merchant\Miva Merchant Empresa\SYSTEM\bgd.dll

       Or:

       C:\Program Files (x86)\Miva Merchant\Miva Merchant Empresa\SYSTEM\bgd.dll

    4. Verify your settings

       

    5. Click OK to save your changes.

Test using the Miva Diagnostics tool

1. Copy diag6.mvc from either location below, and paste it in the webroot.

   C:\Program Files\Miva Merchant\Miva Merchant Empresa\TOOLS

   Or

   C:\Program Files (x86)\Miva Merchant\Miva Merchant Empresa\TOOLS

2. From within IIS, locate this file, right click on it and choose Browse.
3. Run each test.
   1. Under System Variables make sure miva_sslavailable = 1.
      • If it equals 0 try installing OpenSSL again.
   2. Under License Manager Callyou want to make sure all tests pass:

      

   3. Under Installed Database Libraries you want to make sure all tests pass, and that it shows both MivaSQL and MySQL:

      

   4. Under Installed Commerce Librariesyou want to make sure all tests pass, and that it shows LinkPoint, AuthorizeNet, and CyberCash:

      

   5. Under Installed System Libraries you want to make sure all tests pass, and that it shows GD:

      

I saw a post on reddit where Lex did her nails to look like a nebula, Nebula Nails. Having been thoroughly impressed by it, I am working on gathering the polishes to do this myself, or maybe with some help.

Her list for the polishes is:
Polishes used:

Obtained:
OPI DS Mystery
Orly, Space Cadet
Sally Hansen, Mint Sprint / Lightening
Sinful Colors, Hottie / Cloud 9
Essie, Mint Candy Apple
Pure Ice, Wild Thing

Needed:
Sally Hansen, Blue Blast / Back to the Fuchsia
Nicole by OPI, Loyalty to Royalty

I found this one, which I like:

and then this one, which speaks to me, quite a bit:

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