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Didn't see a prospect thread and I don't want to post this info in the AHL thread. All prospect discussion here.
@MattSlovin: David Conte, Vice President of the New Jersey Devils, on negotiations with Michigan's Jon Merrill: "I don't think there are (any)."
@MattSlovin: Conte went on to say that the Devils respect Merrill's decision to remain in a "great" hockey environment in Ann Arbor.
@MattSlovin: Conte's comments certainly point to Merrill remaining at Michigan for his junior year. But Devils are excited about his future upside.
I think he's staying for his junior year and I don't hate it. Get a full, dominant season under your belt and then bring the rain in the pros.
Our last active CHL prospect this season is a dude by the name of Scott Wedgewood. He'll be in net for the Whale tonight against Kitchener in game one of their second round series.
Wedge posted a 4-2 record in the first round to go along with a 2.31 GAA and a .929 SVP.


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The Southwest Regional Babe Ruth championship series is set and yes the hometown Mid County squad will be there to play.
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The Mid County Babe Ruth 18U team is once again knocking on the World Series door. Mid County will host the Southwest Regional at Nederland High School starting today. Mid County's first game of the tournament is slated for 7 p.m. Friday against Pine Bluff, Ark. Thursday was a special day for Mid County Babe Ruth as two locals, Jimmy Collins (shown speaking) and Skip Hopkins (back left) were inducated intot he Southwest Regional Babe Ruth Hall of Fame. Both Hopkins and Collins have been involved in Babe Ruth for over 40 consecutive years either as player, coach or board member. There are nine teams in the tournament with the winner headed to Washington state for the World Series.
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With uncluttered room all around the console, two fish boxes and a bait well under the forward console seat, the Mako 184 Center Console is ready to go fishing – just add rods and tackle. A T-top is also available.The Mako 184 Center Console may be only 18' 4" (5.59 m) LOA, but she carries a load of fishability. First, she has a foam-injected hull reinforced with a one-piece fiberglass stringer grid. The hull-to-deck joint is both chemically sealed and mechanically fastened. We don't recommend torture-testing your Mako 184 Center Console, but it's nice to know the boat's built to last. Each boat gets built-in reinforcing plates for the optional T-top, making it an easy retrofit. The 184 Center Console's modified-V 18-degree deadrise hull is a well-considered compromise between a comfortable ride, speed and stability at rest. Fishing FeaturesIn equipping the 184 Center Console, Tracker Marine proves that a smaller boat doesn't have to be shy of fishing features. The standard equipment list includes under-gunwale rod racks port and starboard, holding four rods tip-to-butt each, and a pair of in-gunwale rod holders, one on each side, engraved with the Mako logo. A second pair is optional. Forward, there are two insulated, overboard-draining fish boxes under the V-seats, a drop-in anchor well and drink holders.A 24-gal. (90.85 L) bait well lives under the forward console seat. The T-top is optional.Twin pedestal helm seats are standard, but we'd prefer either a leaning post or a double bench helm seat with a reversible back rest. Running fast in a robust chop in a boat this size really demands the helmsman stand up (unless he has a spine of steel), but mooching around inshore it's nice to have a comfortable seat. Make your choice based on how you'll use the boat.The console has dry stowage inside, space for flush-mounted electronics and a tall windscreen protected by a stainless steel grabrail. The compass is optional.Mako calls this optional helm bench a "flip-flop" seat: Push the back forward and sit facing aft. It houses a 72-qt. (68.14 L) cooler underneath. Folding, removable jump seats are also available.Power and OptionsMaximum recommended power for the Mako 184 Center Console is 150-hp, but we think most fishermen will be happy with 115-hp. Standard power is a 115-hp Mercury OptiMax two-stroke outboard, but the builder will rig her with a 115-hp Mercury four-stroke or a 150-hp Mercury OptiMax or Verado. All prices are without a trailer; Mako provides a tandem-axle EZ Loader with disc brakes as an option.Port and starboard under-gunwale rod racks are standard. Each should hold four rigs placed tip-to-butt.Two gunwale rod holders are standard, complete with an engraved Mako logo. They're placed in the transom corners; a second pair, installed farther forward, is optional.ConclusionMako, like all Tracker Boat companies in their respective spheres, is tough to beat on price. Tracker uses its buying power to negotiate aggressively with equipment and raw-materials suppliers, and passes the savings along to buyers. And Mako subscribes to Tracker's No-Haggle pricing, so you can spec and price your boat on the website and buy her for that price at any Mako dealer. We like this policy, and we like the Mako 184 Center Console's price: It starts at $28,395 with the Mercury EXLPT OptiMax, plus shipping and prep. Load it up with options and a trailer you're talking in the low-$30,000 range. She could be all you need.
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- Combine water, yeast and sugar in a large mixer bowl. Let stand 5 minutes, until foamy. Add salt, oil and 1 cup flour; beat for 2 minutes at medium speed. Add enough remaining flour to make a soft dough.
- Knead dough on lightly floured surface for 6 to 8 minutes, until smooth and elastic. Place dough in a well greased bowl, turning once to coat. Cover and let rise in a warm, draft-free place until doubled, about 1 hour.
- While dough is rising, cook bacon in large skillet until just browned but not crispy. Drain well and crumble or chop into small pieces. Reserve 2 tablespoons bacon drippings in skillet. Add onion and cook over medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes or until onions are lightly caramelized. Add Port wine and cook until very little liquid remains. Set aside to cool.
- Punch dough down. Roll into a 15 x 10-inch rectangle. Spread onions over dough and then sprinkle with bacon and cheese. Roll dough up from long side, jelly roll style. Pinch seams to seal. Cut into 12 equal slices.
- Place each slice in a greased muffin pan, cut side up. Brush with butter. Cover and let rise in a warm, draft free place until nearly doubled, about 30 minutes.
- Bake in preheated 375 degrees F oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until golden. Remove to wire rack to cool.
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What a beautiful and delicious roll! As much as they sound time consuming, these rolls were fast, easy and addicting. The dough was easy to work with, which is always a plus. I may have added a little more filling than it called for, but otherwise I kept everything the same. A definite keeper!
I have found my Christmas morning rolls! These are delicious! I followed the recipe exactly and they came out perfect. I got 16 sweet caramelized onion (canned by DH), bacon and cheese rolls. Each ingredient you can taste distinctly. And, goodness you can eat with one hand. These would be great for breakfast. I served with Chicken noodle soup from this site. I am just learning to make breads and rolls using yeast and this recipe turned out fabulous in taste and texture. I will be making these for many meals. I also think it would be easy to tweak. How about cranberries, swiss cheese and toasted or candied walnuts? Yeah, think I'll try that.
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Went a little different with this idea. I didn't have Port so I subbed Marsala. Added a good pinch of Italian seasoning with the onions. Intended to use 6 cheese Italian blend but rolled and cut and realized I forgot the cheese (sitting right in front of me) so sprinkled some on top instead.
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On Monday, Robert Mulverhill Jr., 26, was drinking alcohol in an Academy Street apartment in the Village of Malone when he allegedly assaulted and forcibly took money from another man in the apartment, according to the Malone Village Police Department.
During the struggle, Mulverhill allegedly caused damage to the other man's glasses, police said.
Mulverhill was charged with second-degree robbery, a felony; third-degree assault, a misdemeanor; criminal obstruction of breathing, a misdemeanor; and fourth-degree criminal mischief, a misdemeanor.
He was arraigned in Malone Town Court and sent to Franklin County Jail in lieu of $10,000 cash or $20,000 bond.
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This one-pot vegetarian curry recipe is ever so simple to make and warms you up on a wintry evening.
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1 small red onion, peeled, finely sliced
1 small aubergine, trimmed, diced into 2cm/¾in cubes
1 tbsp garam masala
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp coriander seeds
150g/5oz okra
150g/5oz cauliflower florets
75g/3oz frozen peas
1 tsp ground turmeric
50g/2oz dried coconut, grated
½ vegetable stock cube, dissolved in 200ml/7fl oz water
salt and freshly ground black pepper
Heat two tablespoons of vegetable oil in a large lidded saucepan over a medium heat. Add the red onion, aubergine and garam masala and fry until starting to brown, about 8-10 minutes.
Dry fry the cumin and coriander seeds in a small frying pan until fragrant, then add to the onion mixture and stir well.
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Danny Willis Jr. had won five straight Limited Sportsman Division races at South Boston Speedway prior to the twin races on June 16 twin races at the .4-mile oval.
Ninth-place and tenth-place finishes in those twin races dropped him to second place behind Bobby McCarty in the division points chase, and Willis is looking for a return to form in Tuesday night's FindItHere.com 100 Limited Sportsman race.
The extra-distance Limited Sportsman race is part of the three-race FindItHere.com NASCAR Whelen Late Model 200 racing program, South Boston Speedway's annual pre-Fourth of July racing event which is headlined by a 200-lap Late Model Stock car race that pays $5,000 to the winner.
"It's our big race of the year, kind of like our Daytona 500, and I can't recall anyone winning it twice in a row," said Willis, the defending Limited Sportsman Division champion.
"I'd like to get us another win in this race. It's been about five years since I've won it, so if I can pick off another one, it would be awesome.
Prior to the June 16 twinbill, the Cluster Springs resident had been ecstatic about his strong run to start the season. Willis had reeled off five straight wins, and enters Tuesday night's 100-lapper with five wins and six top-five finishes in his eight starts.
"We never have come out of the gate so strong in the many years I've been racing," he said before the events of June 16 unfolded.
"To be able to get five (wins) in a row is a huge accomplishment for us, and we just hope we can keep things going on the same track and stay ahead of these guys in the chase for another championship."
Willis can't pinpoint the exact reason for his strong early-season success, except for possibly a few changes he and his team made to his car over the winter.
"To tell you the truth, I don't know if it's the tire combination we've been running this year or what it is," said Willis.
Consistency had been the key to Willis' run, and he has led 276 of the 400 laps of competition thus far despite his troubles on the track June 16.
"You never know what could happen in the middle or back of the pack," he pointed out.
"Everybody gets to racing hard and racing next to each other, and all it takes is one little bump to wreck somebody. It's always good to qualify on the front row, and if you can get a good run in clean air, you can run your own line and be smooth."
The key to running well in Tuesday night's 100-lap race is patience, Willis says, is patience.
"You just have to be patient and be smooth, and you can't be all out from the get-go," he pointed out.
"A 50-lap run is kind of like a sprint run, especially when starting mid-pack or worse. But, in a 100-lap race, you just take your time and be patient and save all your stuff until the last 20 laps."
Willis and his race team still are taking things one race at a time.
"That's our plan right now, and that's the goal we're sticking to, take it race by race and see how we stack up at the end of the year" he pointed out.
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Those early morning hours when the air is still damp and cool, when the dew is still fresh and sweet with the perfume of the night, bring us to the magic hours of the belly flower.
Belly flowers are those floral gems so close to the ground you need to almost be down on your belly to see them. With their smiling faces scarcely noted, we carelessly trample them underfoot, but each is a living manuscript, a reminder of nature's persistence, the endless contest between the works of the heavens and insistence of the human race.
From a practical point of view, most land possessors prefer keeping their grounds as uncluttered as possible, preferring their land covered by lawns or crops. Thus cultivated areas are not the most profitable places to make acquaintance with the wild belly flower. Nor are belly flowers to be found in floral shops or marketed at the garden centers. Instead, they tell the story of earlier wild ways.
The wildflowers that appear with the opening of these spring days represent the peaking of nature's diversity and beauty. Free from pots and pruning, they thrive in their own heavens, whether it be a high mountain meadow, a brushy fence line, abandoned road bed, homestead or the edge of a quiet stream or woodland.
Belly flower lands provide the pasturing grounds for butterflies, hummingbirds and honey bees. They are the undomesticated refuges where the daisies and dandelions, the violets and clover thrive, the baby blue bonnets and asters, the buttercups and wild roses find sanctuary. Freed from mower and poisons, they are the little appreciated beauties of the floral world.


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A week ahead of voting on the advertised FY 2013 budget, Fairfax County School Board members considered Thursday several amendments that would tailor the plan Superintendent Jack Dale's presented last month, among them, eliminating athletic fees, hiring school board support staff and studying the system's food services.
But some members worried too many of the amendments focused on adding to the budget instead of looking for ways to reduce it.
"There aren't too many reductions on our list here and I'm very concerned about that," Patty Reed (Providence) said.
Dale's proposal asked f to the school system, which amounts to about $135.4 million. County Executive Anthony Griffin has informally mentioned a 5 percent increase in the county's transfer, which would amount to an increase of about $80 million.
Member Megan McLaughlin (Braddock) said she's spoken with two supervisors who think Dale's request
"Some members feel we need to present a needs-based budget but I'm very concerned about this $50 million difference and the fact that we're adding to make it even larger," Reed said.
"I feel pretty confident we'll be able to negotiate this in public view and iron everything out. I don't get the same sense that we're doing something we should not be doing here," Pat Hynes (Hunter Mill) said.
The school board will vote on the amendments and adopt an advertised budget Feb. 9. Fairfax County Executive Anthony Griffin releases his budget plan Feb. 28.
On Thursday, several board members discussed ways to increase support for the school board office. Dan Storck (Mr. Vernon) proposed adding eight support positions, ideally including one ombudsman. The final structure of those positions, he said, would be left to the board. Board Chair Janie Strauss (Dranesville) proposed adding a single communications position to assist the board in better interacting with and giving information to the public, mostly through online venues.
Early costs for proposals were estimated at $600,000 and $100,00, respectively.
Reed called any plan to add more staffing premature.
"I'd like to suggest we have a small, concise study done by experts who can come in and assess our job responsibilities and make some suggestions about how we might be best organized," she said. "We clearly need some help in order to do our job but [I think we need to] have someone help us do that."
Reed said the previous school board set aside $500,000 that could be used to evaluate the "effectiveness of operations." School staff said Thursday the two studies the board decided to pursue will amount to less than $100,000. What's left can be used for a staffing study, Dale said.
Other issues the board addressed:
Enrollment/Compensation Costs
Enrollment — nearly 4,000 more students than last year.
The jump will require about $45.7 million in additional funding. Board member Megan McLaughlin (Braddock) said while the system needed more money to accommodate that number of students, she wondered if the system could handle the increase with a smaller jump.
Few touched on the proposed pay increases for teachers. McLaughlin asked what exactly the $3.3 million in extended time for teachers would fund. Dale said it was based on a program eliminated several years ago, but how extra classroom and curriculum time would be measured and compensated for still need to be discussed with teachers unions, he said.
Athletic Fees
Athletic fees were introduced during the board's budget crisis in the late 2000s, members said, and were not intended to be a permanent part of the system's revenue structure.
The fees generated about $1.7 million in revenue last year. Initially, the system said it could remove fees in 2014, but "I think we can do that this year," said Sandy Evans (Mason), who is carrying an amendment that would eliminate the revenue stream and replace it with an increase in the county's transfer.
Ryan McElveen (at-large), who campaigned in part on eliminating those fees, also supported Evans.
Food Services
Three board members developed amendments to address requests for an overhaul of the system's food services, which includes school lunches.
Real Food For Kids, a Vienna and McLean-based parent group has asked the board for nearly a year to help bring about those changes.
Strauss and McElveen both proposed amendments to conduct a comprehensive study of the current food services system, with McElveen's specifically mentioning the desire for an outside consultant.
Board Member Elizabeth Schultz (Springfield)'s amendment asks for funding for a pilot program that implements some of the changes suggested by RFFK and the system's Nutrition Task Force.
Dale said a pilot program would require a renovation or build out of a kitchen. Schultz suggested Clifton Elementary School as a location for that build out, saying reopening the school and testing a new food program were concurrent opportunities that might work best together.
Doing a build out of an unoccupied kitchen saves time and money, she said; exploring that opportunity at Clifton Elementary School would also give the board a chance to address the consequences of closing the school last June, among them, space issues, the addition of trailers and stresses on the special needs program at the three overflow schools.
Her amendment attempts to address both opportunities at the same time, she said.
- Eliminate the expansion of E-CART(Electronic Curriculum Assessment Resource Tool), which provides teachers approved web-based curriculum, until its effectiveness is measured. This would save $0.3 million. (Hynes)
- Put an "electronic checkbook" for FCPS online, similar to the one that exists for the Virginia State Board of Education (Schultz)
- Set up program that records school board work sessions and meetings and makes them available to residents. Estimated costs includes one-time fee of $12,000 and less than $8,000 a year after that. (Evans)
- Assess the system's pre-kindergarten literacy and kindergarten readiness program. A cost estimate wasn't attached to the study. (Hynes, Tammy Kaufax (Lee).
"Whatever we pass a week from now the community is going to have expectations based on this budget," and the board needs to be ready to manage and meet them, McLaughlin said.
The board will present and vote on its final amendments at its meeting next Thursday. For a full budget schedule, click here.


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Judging from the latest numbers, Springfield's Charter Commission will probably be convening next year.
The five-member commission is charged with studying Springfield's needs and recommending a form of government for it to adopt. The question of whether such a commission was necessary was put to Springfield voters on the 2012 ballot.
While the initial tally of votes provided by the Union County Clerk's office indicated voters didn't want the commission, it has a near-100 vote lead after absentee votes were counted. According to numbers provided by the Springfield Township Clerk's Office, 2311 Springfield voters favor the Committee's formation and 2147 oppose it.
The vote is not final, . Nonetheless, several notable election observers have remarked that the vote is likely to pass.
The formation of the Charter Commission was supported by Republicans and opposed by Democrats. The Democrats have charged Republican Mayor Ziad Shehady with engineering the commission to change our form of government to a directly elected mayor and creating a full-time job with executive powers for himself. In debates and other public comments, Republicans have stressed that as the Commission is composed of residents, it is a way for the people to decide their own form of government.
In addition to voting for or against the commission, Springfield residents also voted for prospective members. The votes, including absentee ballots, are as follows:
- Jim Bonacorda 865
- Denise Devone 1,081
- Hugh Keffer 1,072
- Cunningham 1,036
- Geri Bujnowski 922
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — In what's been a rather abysmal third-quarter earnings season so far, where Google Inc. has been the only star, three diverse tech companies — Amazon, Microsoft and Zynga — all managed to positively surprise investors on Thursday.
Even though Amazon.com /quotes/zigman/63011/delayed/quotes/nls/amzn AMZN +0.78% reported a net loss for the third quarter, its 24% revenue growth notably exceeded Wall Street's estimates. This was good news, especially after eBay's /quotes/zigman/76117/delayed/quotes/nls/ebay EBAY +0.04% own disappointing outlook last week. Investors have been worried that the recent government shutdown will hurt overall holiday sales in the all-important fourth quarter, after the National Retail Federation predicted public employees would curtail their holiday shopping.
Amazon beats sales targets, shares jump
Amazon reports another period of strong double-digit sales growth, along with a net loss for the third quarter that was in line with what Wall Street had anticipated. MarketWatch's Dan Gallagher reports.
Microsoft /quotes/zigman/20493/delayed/quotes/nls/msft MSFT -0.69% proved to be another surprise, with strong results and news that it sees stabilization in the personal computer market. Sales of its business software for servers and data centers also helped fuel better-than-expected results. The theme on the company's conference call was a "strong commercial" business and "ongoing improvement" in the consumer business, with some continued volatility in the PC market.
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Each year we host the Social Soup Experiment. This year, on October 19, the experiment brought a new wave of community members to eat heaping bowls of hearty bean and farro soup and join in conversation with their fellow diners.
In celebration of our new 18-month High Line Calendar, we're exploring each month's featured image to bring you more of the behind-the-scenes details.
In 1934, the initial stage of the West Side Improvement Project was completed: a shining new elevated viaduct was unveiled, connecting New York Central Railroad's freight line with Manhattan's West Side. This great engineering achievement eliminated 105 street-level railroad crossings and allowed manufacturing and food processing buildings flanking the railway to connect directly with its train cars to load and unload freight.
At the southern terminus of the High Line was a new St. John's Park Freight Terminal at Spring Street. This massive new building allowed for 150 standing train cars, a leap ahead to support increasing manufacturing demands on the neighborhood's businesses.
This month's photo, at right, appeared in a 1934 promotional brochure detailing the West Side Improvement Project. Looking north along the new – and to-date unused – tracks of the High Line, anticipation was building for the debut of the new elevated railways. New York Central Railroad wrote about the project in their brochure:
We'd like to thank our High Line Volunteers for everything they did to support Friends of the High Line in 2013!
Their help in the maintenance and programming of the park was crucial to keeping the High Line an extraordinary space for New Yorkers and City visitors. More than 200 volunteers aided the High Line in different capacities – guiding tours, tending the plants, welcoming park visitors at an information desk, cleaning design features, assisting High Line staff during public programs (on the park and in the neighborhood!),answering visitor questions, keeping records in the office, taking beautiful photographs, removing snow, and more. We couldn't have done so much this year without the help and dedication of this extraordinary group of people. Thank you!
Here is a compilation of photos and quotes from this incredible year. We hope you enjoy them.
The High Line's planting design is inspired by the self-seeded landscape that grew up between rail tracks after the trains stopped running in the 1980s. Today, the High Line includes more than 300 species of perennials, grasses, shrubs, and trees – each chosen for their hardiness, adaptability, diversity, and seasonal variation in color and texture. Some of the species that originally grew on the High Line's rail bed are reflected in the park landscape today.
This week we share one of our gardeners' current favorites with you.
Photographer Timothy Schenck captured this vibrant autumn photo this morning as a light rain fell on the Chelsea neighborhood. Peering out from between the trees in the 10th Avenue Square, on the High Line at West 17th Street, Tim's photo captures a north-facing view of the park's fall foliage and our newest High Line Billboard at West 18th Street.
Contrasting with the overcast day, Thomas Demand's new High Line Billboard installation, High Line, offers an unwavering bright patch of blue sky next to the park. This seemingly simple poetic image of an empty clothesline is actually a photograph of a meticulously constructed paper and cardboard replica of these everyday objects.
The large billboard format, which High Line Art Curator & Director Cecilia Alemani has used to augment the presence and impact of artworks, creates an interesting interaction with park goers and sparks the imagination. Clotheslines are both familiar and exotic – in the sense that they are recognizable, but don't quite fit into our 21st-century city-dwelling existence. (Maybe a more Manhattan-centric version could involve quarter slots or a drop-off laundry reference?)
However you choose to interpret and enjoy the new High Line Billboard, it's not a bad thing to be reminded of a summer breeze on an idyllic countryside, especially on rainy days like today. Stop by soon – this High Line Billboard will be on view until Monday, December 2, 2013.
First-time High Line visitors may wonder: Does this park run into that building? Does this park go through that building? The High Line does, in fact, run through a handful of buildings. For those who expected their walk to be an exclusively outdoor affair, this impromptu inside view can prove surprising. But what really makes this arrangement so arresting is not the invasion of these buildings' interiors, but rather those buildings' accommodation of the High Line.
The truth is that most of these buildings were constructed alongside the High Line specifically to integrate with it. This design allowed the freight trains that ran goods along the High Line to stop in on the second level of these buildings for easy loading and unloading. Originally, many buildings welcomed the High Line inside their loading docks high above the street. Today, the High Line runs through only two buildings that were originally built to host trains: the Cudahy Packing Company building and the National Biscuit Company (Nabisco) building.
High Line Photographer Mike Tschappat took this wonderfully moody image of a deep red-brown Brownies hairy alumroot during a recent early morning photo walk. Fall has arrived on the High Line and the vibrant reds, oranges, and yellows are wonderful to see. The crisp air and brilliant sun should stay with us through the weekend.
On Saturday, enjoy the foliage and stay for some Halloween fun. From 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM, we'll be hosting our fourth-annual Haunted High Line Halloween, featuring a variety of spooky activities throughout the park.
On September 30, Friends of the High Line Co-Founders Joshua David and Robert Hammond were awarded the prestigious Vincent Scully Prize by the National Building Museum for their work in creating our park in the sky. Joshua and Robert were the fifteenth recipients of the prize, which recognizes exemplary scholarship, criticism, or practice in architecture, historic preservation, or urban design.
As part of the award ceremony, Joshua and Robert gave an original talk, "Harnessing Friction," in which they recall their efforts to create a new kind of public space in the High Line. During the speech, they explore the many qualities that make the High Line unique. "Generally, in a park you seek to escape the city," says Joshua. "The High Line was designed to celebrate its urban condition and the built environment that surrounds it," he adds. Below, view a video of speech, which also includes an opening tribute by last year's recipient – the Pulitzer Prize–winning architecture critic Paul Goldberger – and a question-and-answer session with Joshua and Robert.
There are many choice quotes from the ceremony, but perhaps the most inspiring comes from someone who was present only in spirit. Joshua and Robert conclude "Harnessing Friction" with a quote by the great urbanist Jane Jacobs, herself a winner of Vincent Scully Prize: "Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody only because, and only when, they are created by everybody."
To the untrained – a category most of us citygoers fall into – gardens look pretty inert. However, beyond the beautiful blooms and verdant leaves of your common garden, a whole ecosystem of life is orbiting around the plants.
A sparrow here, and a mockingbird there. Then there are the large beneficial bugs: worms aerating the soil, and spiders, lady beetles, and praying mantises munching on some of plants' worst pests. Soil itself is packed with minerals, organic matter, and very importantly, a whole host of tiny and even microscopic organisms. A teaspoon of soil may contain up to a billion bacteria, many of which are beneficial to the garden ecosystem. All these critters together help support healthy soil and healthy plants, making plants more resistent to diseases and pests.
Learn more about how High Line Gardeners keep the park healthy after the jump.
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MILLEDGEVILLE — The Milledgeville Police Department confirmed a Monday traffic collision ended tragically with the death of a 19-year-old Sparta female. Tekeyah Mapp succumbed to head trauma Tuesday.
The accident occurred Monday around 2 p.m. near the intersection of North Jefferson and Briarcliff streets outside of the Flash Food Store.
Two vehicles were involved.
Major John Davis said Mapp was traveling northbound on North Jefferson Street when she swerved to avoid colliding with a vehicle turning right into the convenience store.
"When she swung out, she overcorrected and the vehicle spun completely around into the southbound lane of traffic," Davis said.
Mapp's car struck a truck heading south. The impact occurred on the driver side door.
Davis said the crash crushed her door leading to the severe injuries. She was unconscious at the scene.
"It's awful when anyone dies in an accident, but it's especially tragic when it's someone so young," Davis said.
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---- — The Women's Resource Center, a domestic violence agency serving the Grand Traverse region, has received a $20,000 grant from the Mary Kay Foundation.
The Mary Kay Foundation awards $20,000 grants to more than 150 domestic violence shelters across the country. The Women's Resource Center was one of just four programs in Michigan to receive this funding.
The Womens Resource Center will use the grant to provide critical support for its three Transitional Houses and Emergency Shelter. In 2011, the WRC provided housing to more than 400 women and children in the five-county region.
Three Grand Traverse Pavlions' employees are among eight recipients in the state to receive $1,000 scholarships from the Michigan County Medical Care Facilities Council. The employees are licensed practical nurses Melissa Moss and Nancy Hogue, both of Traverse City; and Roxanne McCrimmon of Kingsley.
The Wexford-Missaukee Area Great Start Collaborative has received a $2,000 grant funded by the Helen and Harvey Pell Fund for Education of the Cadillac Area Community Foundation.
The grant will be used to sponsor a local Early Childhood Conference in March 2013 in conjunction with Parenting Awareness Month. It will be aimed at helping parents, grandparents, care providers and educators increase their knowledge, skills, expertise and awareness of child development topics.


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I made these after making 4 other good kinds of cookies. Once my husband tasted these, the other cookies got barely touched til these were gone. You do have to grease the pan, and may have to adjust baking time just a bit, but these were sooooo good. I made a glaze from powdered sugar, milk and a few drops of anise extract and drizzled it on with a fork. They were delicious!
These are easy and taste great. Be sure to grease the pan. The batter more like a cake than cookie don't let that worry you. Wonderful. I made these also in a lemon version: omit anise; add 1 Tablespoon lemon extract and 1 teaspoon fresh lemon zest.
This cookie definitly beats Stella Doro Anise Cookie!! This cookie is crisp on the outside and very soft on the inside. A big hit at my family parties.
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Looking for some variety? Try out indie rock like The Motion Sick, alternative like Edge, pop-rock like Dance for the Dying, or nu-metal like Powerman 5000, all with new RBN songs on Xbox 360 today. We also have five new releases coming Tuesday on the PS3, including releases by Aiden and Ill Niño!View Post
It's another fantastic day on the Rock Band Network! Xbox 360 gained 21 new RBN tracks today, including songs by Jonathan Coulton, Pythia, and Machinae Supremacy. We're also announcing 5 new songs on PS3 for Tuesday, including "Strangers" by Free Spirit, "Without Morals" by Nevermore, and the long-awaited rock musical refugee "Now or Never" by Stagehands!View Post
Add something unusual to your Rock Band 3 catalogue! This week, we've got 19 new tracks on Xbox 360 in genres ranging from intricate prog (Rishloo) to hip-hop (The Break Down) to novelty ("BRODYQUEST"), and more. We've also got five new tracks coming to PS3 on Tuesday, including metal (Winds of Plague), pop-rock (Go Radio), and prog (Vangough). Enjoy!View Post
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It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superman. It's actually two of those three and it was recently over Carlsbad.
Posted on YouTube Dec. 28, a video of an RC plane in the shape of Superman was captured on the cell phone of 27-year-old Kyle Gough, a Cal State Fullerton student who said he was cycling along the North County coast last week.
According to U-T San Diego, "Gough tracked the figure for a few minutes until he found the pilot, later identified as Otto Dieffenbach III."
The pilot is 82, and is getting more than his 15 minutes of fame.
Gough and his friend followed the soaring superhero to a stretch of beach where two men were operating its remote control. Superman was brought back to land for a quick battery change and when he took off again, Gough pulled out his cellphone to record the flight.
Initially, he wanted to show his father — "he's a big Superman fan," Gough explained — but eventually posted the video online. It's since garnered more than 300,000 views on YouTube and liveleak.com.
Gough, who works as a security contractor and is a student at Cal State Fullerton, said he stayed at the beach for two hours talking to the man flying the superhero. He said the machine appeared custom-made — its legs moved individually as it flew, and even came with a cape.


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Prospective Students, Students, Alumni, and Friends of Marquette:
I am so greatly honored to serve as the dean of the Marquette University College of Engineering.
Every day I am proud to witness more than a thousand Marquette engineering students work diligently with endless energy to become not just good engineers, but people preparing their lives for service to others. Students learning how to discover the next biomedical breakthrough that will facilitate a medical treatment, or the latest leap in electrical and computer engineering that further improves our quality of life. Students learning how to solve critical problems with water or wastewater for generations to come, or surpass the hurdles to make a product or process faster, smaller, stronger, better.
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RALEIGH — Cardinal Gibbons continued its playoff trend of scoring early and shocked defending state champion White Oak 4-1 Tuesday evening to capture the Eastern regional championship and advance to the 3A state championship game Saturday.
The Crusaders (21-2-1) will face either Charlotte Catholic or Weddington at 11 a.m. at N.C. State.
Christina Gibbons scored in the opening minutes of the two previous playoff games, but this time it was junior midfielder Morgan Reid who drilled in a direct kick in the third minute for the 1-0 lead. From that point, the Crusaders offense continued to keep the pressure on the Vikings defense.
Ten minutes later junior forward Calleigh West scored close in off an assist by Gibbons.
Im happy, pleased, thats how we expect that we will play, Gibbons coach Michelle Miller said. We try to score early, I dont think thats any secret, so it was good to see the ball go in the net early. They have an amazing keeper, so to get that first one and know we could score was important for us.
The Crusaders added two more first half goals, both by leading scorer Christina Gibbons. In the 18th minute she took a pass from Angela Hiltbrunner, turned to the goal, drove and knocked in a shot. Eight minutes later she scored from about 15 yards out with an assist by Kathleen Hickey, and the Crusaders led 4-0 at halftime.
"We had problems with some matchups in the first half, but Gibbons has a lot of pieces, a lot of weapons, White Oak coach Buddy Carroll said. (Christina Gibbons) was step above most players were played against. We didnt match up well with her, especially early, and that caused problems.
I thought I was going to have an advantage because I was able to turn on her a couple of times," Gibbons said of her defender. "I felt like I had a little bit of an advantage."
The Crusader also had an advantage of controlling the ball.
"We are a possession oriented team and that is our strategy, our goal, and have the other team chase us," Miller said. "And when we can do that were tough to beat. We kept pressure on their defense. And we were able to limit them to long distance shots tonight.
"We have a number of players who can score. Teams like to key on Christina, but the great thing about this team is theyre unselfish. We have other kids who can score, and Lauren Magdefrau had a fantastic game. Shes huge for us off the bench, quick, dangerous and just lifts us up everytime she comes into the game."
White Oak defeated Cardinal Gibbons in the Eastern finals last year on the way to the schools seventh state title. The Vikings finished 20-5 this year.
"We lost 90 percent of our scoring from last year, but we played well to get this far," Carroll said. "Im only losing one senior, so we were a young team and will have a lot back next year."
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"Everyones been playing well, most definitely," Gibbons said. "I feel like everyones excited, everyones pumped up, especially after this game. So hopefully we can get it done."


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At Seeds of Change®, we are passionate about growing deliciously good food, from the seed, to ingredients, to your plate. We are growers and care about the way food is grown and the people who grow it. We think it's important to help people know where their food comes from and how it is grown. We also want to help make a difference and share the good by supporting sustainable community-based gardening & farming programs through our 1% fund. To support our mission, Seeds of Change is seeking partners to Share the Good with the community through their gardening or farming programs. We will distribute 12 individual grants for $10,000 to fund programs that we believe enhance the environmental, economic, and social well-being of gardens, farms, farmers and communities through this "Share the Good" Grant Program (the "Program"). Please read below for details on the Program and how to participate.
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Applications must be submitted from one (1) organization. Collaborations from multiple organizations will not be considered.
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Eligible Organizations may apply between 12:00 pm Eastern Time ("ET") October 24, 2012 and 11:59 am ET November 30, 2012 ("Submission Period"). Any application electronically submitted or postmarked with a date that is after the end of the Submission Period will not be accepted. Limit: one (1) entry per Eligible Organization.
To have your organization considered for this Program, you may submit an application in one of two ways: 1) You may visit SeedsOfChangeFoods.com/ShareTheGood and provide the application content detailed below and click "Submit," or 2) you may mail in a paper application to Seeds of Change, Attn: "Share the Good" Grant Program, P.O. Box 4908, Rancho Dominguez, CA 90220. A paper application must include all of the content detailed below, in Section IIIC. All applications submitted online must be received during the Submission Period and paper applications must be postmarked within the Submission Period and received by December 7, 2012 to be considered.
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When answering the questions, Eligible Organizations should demonstrate the ways in which their organization educates the community about food, the impact that the Eligible Organization has on the community, the Eligible Organization's need for additional funding, and a plan for using the funds. It is also beneficial to let the community know that you are applying for a grant through the Program. See Section IV for information about what the judges will be considering when evaluating your organization's application and need for the grant.
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All applications will be judged as discussed in Section IV. Grants are intended to provide a one-time infusion of funds to establish and carry out projects in these areas. Examples of projects that may be viewed as particularly geared toward the goal of the Program are those that increase community access to fresher, more nutritious food supplies and those that incorporate an educational outreach component to their project. For example, the Program is well suited for an organization that may need additional funding to provide training materials, articles, workshops, webinars/web-based programs, pamphlets and other media, generated from the results of the funded projects that can be adapted for use by other communities.
Odds of being selected depend on the number of Eligible Organizations and our analysis of their application in accordance with these Guidelines. Machine or computer-generated submissions will be disqualified. Seeds of Change will not be liable for lost or damaged entries. Proof of transmission does not constitute proof of submission of an application. All federal, state, and local laws apply. All applications become the property of Seeds of Change and will not be acknowledged or returned.
Beginning on or about December 1, 2012, a panel of judges made up of Seeds of Change® farmers and brand leaders and strategic partners will evaluate the organizations' applications to select the twelve (12) Eligible Organizations that they consider to be in the best position to receive and use the grant award. The judges' review will be conducted in two parts. First, the judges will evaluate whether the applicants meet the Eligibility Criteria and all other requirements set forth herein. Next, for those that pass the first phase of review, the judges will evaluate each application based on the extent to which the organization does the following:
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– How the organization helps teach people where their food comes from. How the entry effectively builds the connection between the journey from seed to plate. How the organization greater enables and empowers the community to make healthy eating choices. (up to 30 points)
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– Whether the entry clearly identifies the organization's mission and measurable goals, and ties its activity, impact and value to its community and to the Seeds of Change® mission to Share the Good. Make it clear what your organization accomplishes, and how it makes a difference. (up to 25 points)
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- Whether the entry provides sound methods for executing its activity and achieving tangible results for its community. How does it get people excited about gardening and farming? Also whether the project leader, collaborators and partners have the capacity and commitment to see the project through to completion, while engaging the community and seeking to Share the Good. (up to 20 points)
- In addition to submitting an individual application, community members may also nominate an organization. Applicants can receive multiple online nominations through SeedsOfChangeFoods.com/ShareTheGood from supporters to share the message of what the organization is doing to Share the Good. The number of unique nominations an organization receives will be considered by the judges during the review process. (up to 10 points)
After reviewing the applications, the judges will tally the scores and rank the applicants based on their scores. The top twelve scoring applicants will each be eligible to receive one (1) $10,000 grant. In the event of a tie, the organization with the highest point value in the category of Community Impact will be selected as a potential award recipient. Each potential award recipient will be selected and announced on or about December 15, 2012. All award recipients will be required to complete Award Documentation (defined below). We will contact the Share the Good Ambassador of the selected organizations. Failure on the part of the Share the Good Ambassador to respond within forty-eight (48) hours or to return the Award Documentation within ten (10) business days may result in disqualification of the entire organization and the selection of an alternate potential award recipient. If a selected award recipient declines the award, an alternate potential award recipient will be selected.
Seeds of Change will award twelve (12) individual grants for $10,000 to fund programs that are selected by the judges, as described above in Section IV. Checks will be made payable in the name of the organization. Those organizations preferring to receive payment via an Electronic Funds Transfer may arrange to have that done as well. All awards will be distributed by January 31, 2013. The award is not transferable and may not be substituted. The award is subject to all federal, state, and local taxes and recipient will be responsible for such taxes.
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Day 2 at Outdoor Retailer in Salt Lake City proved to be even more exciting than day 1. We met Stompy the Mammoth, Skip Yowell, the founder of Jansport, and saw myriad amazing new products.
The highlight of the day, however, was the pedicab ride from the Salt Palace to back to the hotel. After a long day of hiking about the trade show, an exhilarating ride in the pedicab was the ticket. After I jumped in, another pedicab pulled up next to us and the race was on! Through the streets and up the curbs of the Salt Lake City sidewalks we hustled- in the end, my pedicab won the race back to the hotel- it was all in fun.
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The Vigo County YMCA is celebrating its one-year anniversary today offering the public free use of the facility and classes.
The event is from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. with numerous free classes being offered for everyone.
"We really want the community to come out and join us for our one-year celebration of serving them," said Eleanor Ramseier, executive director of the Vigo County YMCA. "This is, in fact, for the community."
And for $5, people can enjoy a lemon-shake up and a sati babi, provided by Satibabi Inc. All donations go to the YMCA's summer camp.
Over the past year, Vigo County's YMCA has had a few keystone moments, said Deborah Ringo, CEO of Vigo and Clay County's YMCA facilities.
"Obviously opening the facility was a huge accomplishment," she said. "Another big moment was raising over the 320 units (individuals, a family or a couple) needed to show that the community was committed to the Y opening a facility in Vigo County."
Within the first year the YMCA has seen success by passing the original goal of units — 1,600 units was the projected number, but it ended the year with 2,400.
As the first year concludes, the Vigo County YMCA looks forward by partnering with Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. That enables the use of Rose Hulman's pool facility by YMCA members and using their space for exercise classes.
"I am really excited Rose-Hulman decided to partner with the Y," Ramseier said. "It shows they noticed that we have been there for the community."
The YMCA will also be focusing on the growing phenomena of childhood obesity. They are helping to curve those numbers by focusing on programming and classes, especially for the youth, she said. As the YMCA grows, its capacity to help out the community also grows.
"I am very proud of the work that has been done to make this Y a success," Ramseier said. "We are blessed to have an amazing staff and great community partners to make this a reality. I believe the Y is a model for other not-for-profits."
For more information, call the Vigo County YMCA at 812-232-8446 or visit its website at www.vigocountyymca.org.
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Pediatric physician and author Dr. Martha Bushore-Fallis stresses small choices for a big impact.
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Dr. Martha Bushore-Fallis committed her life to caring for children at the age of 5, and has spent her career in a succession of volunteer positions to protect and advocate for the life-threatened child. She has contributed 25 years to caring for victims of bullying and violence as a pediatric emergency physician, and is now focusing on a new artistic venture in the hopes of continuing her positive impact on her community and beyond.
In Dr. Bushore-Falliss new book, Book of Lyrics, she includes the lyrics and pictures portraying her musical drama, Freedom Found. The musical story tells of an immigrant family and their experience with bullying. Readers are encouraged to color the pictures and act out, read and discuss the message with family as a way to inspire children to adopt the values that will help lead them to a better future.
Dr. Bushore-Fallis created this experience to put an end to the horrific violence amongst our youth. She said, I chose theater, music and dance as educational methods for reaching the hearts of children and families to change their minds when words alone cannot do so.
Our world is rapidly becoming smaller. We are all connected and share responsibility for who we are and what part we play in what the world will become, Dr. Bushore-Fallis said. Each of us can work tirelessly and steadily to promote goodness and inclusive understanding of others who have different gifts, and discourage evil and exclusivity. With proper support, youth challenges are opportunities to demonstrate ones values. It is not how tough your challenges are, but how determined you are to overcome them and the core values that guide you that define character.
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It's been a month and a week since baseball immortal Carlton Fisk was allegedly found passed out behind the wheel of his pickup in a New Lenox cornfield, but the former Red and White Sox star has yet to make it into a Joliet courtroom.
Fisk was scheduled for a hearing Thursday morning but his drunken driving case postponed until Dec. 17.
Fisk's , is fighting to get his superstar client's driver's license back and to have evidence ejected from the case.
Fisk, 64, lost his license when he allegedly refused to take a breathalyzer test during his arrest Oct. 22 on charges of driving under the influence, improper lane usage and illegal transportation of alcohol.
White has also filed a motion claiming the New Lenox police illegally arrested Fisk since there was "no reasonable suspicion of criminal activity" to give them cause to pull him over in the first place.
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New Hampshire's charter school law has been in limbo for the better part of a year. The Attorney General's Office has told the state Board of Education that its interpretation of language passed last session prohibits the board from allowing any new schools to open. Oddly, the authors of that language intended precisely the opposite.
This session, to clear up the misunderstanding or competing interpretations, legislation was proposed to restore the old statutory language. The sole purpose of such a change is to clarify the board's ability to authorize schools and resolve the attorney general's objection.
How controversial is this bill? It isn't. The bill was endorsed by the House Education committee and passed the full House on a voice vote. Nor is this a partisan issue. The current governor has a history of being supportive of charter schools and her budget includes the funding to open a few more each of the next two years. This legislation makes that possible.
Further according to a recent news report "the Board of Education and the Attorney General have both said they would welcome the clarity such a change could provide."
So without any concerted opposition, this common-sense legislation should pass quickly so the new schools everyone agrees should be authorized can open and be ready for the school year starting in September. So it would have seemed until political gamesmanship entered the stage.
Although it has already passed the House once, the bill has to go before the House Finance Committee. It was in Finance that the games began. Rep. Dan Eaton saw the bill as a political pawn to be held hostage.
Eaton is a particularly powerful member of House Democratic leadership. He is both majority floor leader (a key parliamentary position) and chairman of division 2 of House Finance (one of the most important budget writing positions).
In a public hearing, Eaton discussed with a lobbyist testifying before the committee his idea that the House neither pass nor defeat the bill. Instead, he wanted to hold the bill - and therefore the ability of the government to authorize new charter schools that the governor and state board are ready to support - hostage to future budget negotiations.
Eaton said "I'm looking at this as political. I want to have a trump card or two, and this is a healthy trump card" for a future negotiation with the Senate over the state budget.
Consider what he's saying: He liked the bill and supports the policy, but he believes he can use the bill as part of a hostage negotiation with the Senate. He wants to say to the Senate "I know you want this, but we'll kill it even though we like it too unless you do something else we want that is completely unrelated."
Without question, some give and take and normal compromise will be part of a budget process. Everyone expects the House and Senate to pass different budgets and to then negotiate over the details of what gets included. But this bill isn't part of that process and wouldn't be part of that negotiation unless Eaton gets to keep it captive in a back room. In effect, he's looking at charter schools and saying, "I'm sorry you got caught in the crossfire, but I think I can sell you for a good price."
The governor's budget plans on five additional charter schools opening in September. The state Board of Education has said there are five schools ready to be authorized as soon as this language is in place. What no one counted on was Eaton's desire to "have a trump card or two."
Every session there are maverick legislators who go off on their own with some half-baked plan. But remember that Dan Eaton is no maverick backbencher. What makes this attempted abuse of power harder to excuse is that he's one of the most powerful members of leadership. Division chair of House Finance is one of the most powerful positions in the House, as is majority floor leader, and he has both jobs.
There's a simple solution here: kill it or pass it. The bill isn't complicated. You want to authorize new schools or you want to extend a moratorium. But don't hold schools hostage to your Machiavellian budget gamesmanship.
Charles Arlinghaus is president of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, a free market think tank based in Concord. He can be reached at email@example.com.
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The Web Proxy Autodiscovery Protocol
WPAD certainly isn't new technology. In fact, it's been around for many years. However, it seems that many system administrators are unaware of its magic. Simply put, WPAD allows you to offer proxy information to users in your network without ever touching their computers. The feature is supported by most browsers, and in general, it "just works".
Although proxy information can be sent over DHCP, unfortunately, not all clients honor those settings. For maximum compatibility, it's best to have a local DNS record that points the domain "wpad" to a Web server. You put a configuration file named wpad.dat in the root level of that Web server, and clients get proxy information automatically, assuming they're configured to do so. (Most are by default; this is what your browser refers to as automatically detecting proxy settings.)
Here's a simple wpad.dat file:
function FindProxyForURL(url, host) { if (isPlainHostName(host) || dnsDomainIs(host, "my.local.network.domain.org") || (host=="127.0.0.1") ) return "DIRECT"; else return "PROXY my.proxy.server.address:8080"; }
For more detailed information on how to configure your custom wpad.dat file, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_auto-config.
And, for more information on the Web Proxy Autodiscovery Protocol itself, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Proxy_Autodiscovery_Protocol.
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security risk
WPAD is a security risk!
On a windows (AD) network it is a risk not to implement it. Or not add a dns entry called wpad.
If ordinary users are allowed to add computers to AD, it is possible to add a computer with the name wpad. Then it would get a entry in dns pointing to that computer. If the user of that computer sets up a hack proxy, he can monitor all web access (even https), without users noticing anything... Man-in-the-middle-attack!
Windows also have (or had, don't know if it is fixed) the flaw that if it didn't find address wpad.companydomain.co.uk it would try wpad.co.uk...
security of wpad implementation really depends on the admin
While that may be true, the question becomes this: why are ordinary users allowed to add computers to AD? If you have a compromised sys admin account, that's a totally different thing. Btw, the only reason why this (what you mentioned) would work is because the AD implementation is so open: not only are ordinary users able to add hosts, but the name resolution (dns/netbios) is also foobared. For example, dynamic DNS of whatever DNS service you run is enabled (it is enabled by default on Windows DNS). Any formidable admin can fix name resolution issues, as well as ordinary users being able to add to AD - though these issues are separate and you can fix them independently of each other (one should think that adding stuff to AD is related to name resolution, but not the same topic).
And, on those last few lines, I personally don't think that's a flaw: thats how you implement department/sub-domain proxies too.
If one allows name resolution incorrectly, then that stuff you mentioned can happen. Then again, it really depends how you designed your infra.
Advanced playground
Only a few gotcha's:
For maximunm compatibility you should provide that the url
is active and has to be a "application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig" mime-type.
You can achieve some redundancy using:
return "PROXY 10.0.10.10:8080; PROXY 10.0.10.20:8080; DIRECT;"
It means that if 10.0.10.10 does not respond (not squid itself, but it seams to be wether or not the proxy host responds to icmp pings - for most implementations), use it. If not use 10.0.10.20, else go directly to the destination.
beware of pitfalls with
beware of pitfalls with regards to IPv6 implementations on different systems and browsers. ie: firefox might return the 128bit ip6-address from myIpAddress()
Personally agree with this.
Personally agree with this. WPAD method for proxy implementation is great. Ever tried to work with Linux GW implementation + SQUID + Windows Desktops? It's a headache when you need to tell the Windows Update clients to go through proxies if all other connections need to GW is blocked with exception of the proxy IP address. With WPAD, this is seamless ... and the updates are faster since they're cached by SQUID!
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