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The Smoking Gun in the IRS Scandal, Part Two
Republicans are getting tripped up by the media when challenged about evidence of President Obama's personal involvement in the IRS scandal. Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan, who chairs the House committee looking into the IRS, "admitted there was no evidence" linking Obama to the IRS scandal, as MSNBC described his appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press." Camp said, "We don't have anything to say that the President knew about it." Michael O'Brien, a political reporter for NBC News, said both Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell and Rep. Dave Camp "admitted they lacked evidence that the targeting of conservatives was ordered by the White House."
But a Democratic Administration or its president does not need to issue orders or directives or make telephone calls demanding that the IRS act against conservatives. History shows that it is simply how the federal bureaucracy operates. The "smoking gun" is liberal politics as usual, and it stretches back to the Kennedy Administration.
To illustrate this point, consider an article on a left-wing website attempting to distinguish between the Obama Administration's IRS "affair" and Richard Nixon's "Watergate-era IRS scandal," The author is none other than Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who insists that what Nixon did was far worse than anything that has been done under Obama. He advised Republicans not to fall victim to "anti-Obama hysteria" and to avoid talking about Obama's impeachment.
"A principal distinction" between the use of the IRS by the Nixon and Obama Administrations, he said in his column, "is the ingredient of direct presidential involvement."
He does acknowledge that Nixon, who resigned from office because he was threatened with impeachment, "was aware that the IRS had audited him in 1961 and 1962 and presumed those audits were politically motivated by the Kennedy White House." He doesn't provide any more details, probably because he doesn't want to implicate his father, Robert F. Kennedy Sr., and his uncle, former President John F. Kennedy, in the political use of the IRS. But that is exactly what they did. In fact, they did it before Nixon, and led Nixon to believe the practice was routine.
As noted by Victory Lasky's book, It Didn't Start With Watergate, the practice of using the IRS for political purposes began with the Kennedy brothers, John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, when they were President and Attorney General, respectively. Not only were Nixon and others involved in his presidential campaign audited after John F. Kennedy won the 1960 election, "tax-exempt right-wing groups" were targeted by the Kennedy Administration's IRS for special reviews and some lost their tax-exempt status.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s article focused on a "Special Service" staff of the IRS under Nixon. What he does not talk about is a special project under President Kennedy dealing with "ideological organizations." According to the staff report "Investigation of the Special Service Staff of the Internal Revenue Service," prepared for the Joint Committee on Internal Taxation in 1975, "This program apparently was stimulated by a public statement of President John F. Kennedy and also a suggestion by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy."
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If you happen to know David Bailey, John Browder, David Dineen, David Koehler, Tom LeClaire, Julia Rose Pierko or John Seidl, be sure to thank them.
You probably dont know them in political circles. They labor in volunteer obscurity, serving on the Ada County Planning and Zoning Commission. They serve because they were appointed by county commissioners an irony that will become apparent momentarily.
But thanks to the planning and zoning commission, county residents will finally have a say on Dynamis the stealth waste-to-energy project proposed for the landfill. The commission has scheduled a Nov. 8 public hearing.
Good for the planning and zoning commission. But I just cant shake the feeling that, through no fault of its own, its decision wont accomplish very much.
It pains me to say that. I believe, after all, that public involvement is a good thing, a vital thing. I believe, too, that elections have consequences, for better or for worse.
But can I really say that, with conviction, about Dynamis, and the upcoming Ada County commission elections? I wish I could. But I cant, with any confidence.
At the same time the planning and zoning commission is trying to slow down the Dynamis debacle, two of the countys three elected commissioners are bent on ramming this project through.
And it isnt even a fair fight. The planning and zoning commission is an advisory group. A group that advises the county commissioners including Sharon Ullman and Rick Yzaguirre, the best elected friends this much-maligned project could ever hope for. Advising Ullman and Yzaguirre to slow down on Dynamis is like advising water to stop being wet.
On Tuesday, the Ullman and Yzaguirre show was back in full force, approving a lease agreement to allow Dynamis to built on 10 acres at the landfill. They also designated the area an industrial park a gambit, said dissenting Commissioner David Case, to bring the lease agreement into compliance with state law.
So, will the Nov. 8 public hearing really matter? And what about the election, two days earlier?
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Maybe. But even the commission candidates are unsure how much, or how little, they would be able to roll back this project.
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A week after Ullmans primary loss, she and Yzaguirre extended Dynamis operating contract at the landfill to 30 years. If the commissioners vote to sever this contract, they invite a lawsuit from Dynamis.
Tuesdays lease agreement is also a big, rushed deal, a precursor both to obtaining a state air quality permit and starting construction. Dynamis is under a deadline the company has an agreement to begin producing electricity for Idaho Power by February 2014. So is Ullman, who leaves office at years end and is, evidently, no longer encumbered by concerns over public opposition to Dynamis.
Regardless of the election outcome, I believe Ada County voters will elect two commissioners who will try to do the right thing on Dynamis. Case, Howell and Rincover are flatout opposed. Says Rincover: The Dynamis contract should be terminated with prejudice immediately. Tibbs isnt quite there he has unanswered questions and, if elected, would actually like to meet with Dynamis but, as he told the Statesman editorial board, hes a solid skeptic. Im an old cop. You prove it to me.
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Seriously Though…
EVERY single one of us wants happiness. Even you, so don't deny it. If you want to be miserable, then there's your happiness right there. Good for you, some people are deliriously happy being miserable. The rest of us, we want the typical picture of happiness. You know? Love and everything that goes with it. Maybe that's travelling the world with that special person. Or settling down, with the house, the garden, the kids, the dog. Making music. Making art. Growing flowers. Maybe it's none of that. We're all different, and all want or need different things to make us feel happy.
But go with me for a minute…
You are a passenger on an airplane flying through the sky, when suddenly there's a loud bang. The lights flicker. The smell of smoke fills the air. A woman screams, and there's a baby crying. The oxygen mask drops in front of your face. You stare at the terrified faces of the people around you, sharing this horrible experience, as you feel yourself plummeting to your death. But then, you notice the screen in front of you. The film is still playing. You've seen this one before and it's at your favourite part. This is the part where the guy realises that the girl still loves him, and that everything she did, was because of this love. It all makes sense now, and they embrace. You look at the girl sitting next to you, she's staring intently at the screen, and it's obvious she enjoys this film too. Your phone beeps with a text message from your ex that reads 'Miss you. Wanna meet?'. You roll your eyes as you press the delete button. Now there's a new smell in the air. Peanuts. The girl sitting next to you is eating YOUR peanuts. That cheeky bitch. She said she didn't want any, but now she's eating YOURS. If she wanted peanuts, she should have asked for her own fucking peanuts. She licks her salty fingers and you find yourself wishing you had fingers like that. Long, slender, feminine fingers, that probably play the piano. You have always admired people who play musical instruments. You intended to learn the guitar but haven't quite gotten around to it yet. You will soon. You've just been so busy with your job. You hate your damn job. But it pays for the house. That house takes up so much of your time too. There's always some sort of DIY to be done. And it's never perfect enough. Not for your mother-in-law anyway. She's finished the peanuts. The girl next to you. She's looking over at the guy across the aisle and probably thinking about stealing his peanuts too. Some people have no fucking manners. Though he's smiling back. Maybe he likes her. She's probably prettier than you. Pretty peanut stealing bitch. Some people get all the peanuts. Life is so unfair. Now all you can think about is god damn peanuts. Every second that passes is a second you're without the peanuts you wanted.
If you were really plummeting to your death it's very unlikely that your focus would be on something as trivial as peanuts. You'd probably be feeling your heart pounding in your chest and wishing you'd given more attention to the things that really mattered. Thinking if you just had more time you'd definitely concentrate on the more important things. Enjoy life. Take pleasure in the little things and do the big things you were always too scared or busy to do. Now you'd realise that life is short and you should have just gone with your heart.
Life IS short. Yet all of us are distracted by peanuts. Not literal peanuts. But all the little stuff. The day to day crap that we all wade through. The boring job, the petty arguments, the ups and downs of life, wanting a new car, having to go to that event that we REALLY don't want to go to, finally tiling the bathroom or putting shelves up, wondering why he hasn't texted back yet. It's all fucking peanuts!
And that, my friend, makes us monkey fools. Too distracted by everything going on around us to notice we're fucking dying and our life is what's happening right now.
I'm not saying you can go through life without the peanuts. You can't. In fact, some people love the peanuts. If that's you, then have all the peanuts your little heart desires. But if your heart wants something else, and you ache inside to be somewhere else, to do something else…then do it. I know there's a million excuses as to why you can't, and they are real and valid, but I don't need to hear them.
You can feel sorry for yourself, and you can bitch and you can whine, and before you know it you'll have bitched and whined yourself ten years forward. And now you're bitching and whining AND lamenting another ten years washed over you.
You're on an airplane and it's not staying up in the air forever. You haven't got time to make any excuses or to put things off. None of us do. Start getting happy. Whatever the hell it is that makes you smile, whatever helps you get through the day, that dream you hold in your heart, that something you've always wanted to do, start paying that some attention.
You can't let your life pass you by because you are afraid. Grow up! Don't exist, live!
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Actions To Assist You Deal with Tension Properly
Invest a captivating evening out with anyone you cherish. This may cause you concentrate on the person you cherish as an alternative to concentrating on items that happened in the past and might occur in the potential.
Ingest a cup of juices or eat lemon or lime fruit to maintain relaxed when you're on the go. Also, Ascorbic Acid combats anxiety-stimulated diseases, like a cold or cough.
Figure out how to say no if you are likely to consider lots of duties and get stressed out. Even when you are naturally a pleaser, taking on excessive is going to take anxiety into your life.
Be familiar with any places on your entire body that tightens up once you feel emphasized. Frequently individuals will discover they can be carrying this out with their pearly whites, spine muscle tissues, hands or shoulders. When you have identified the areas which are tightened by stress, focus on extending and relaxing them whenever you feel tension coming on. Relaxation and decreased tension will originate fromthis.Don't
belong to the self-pity trap. When you blame other folks for the pressure degree or speak just like you do not have power over your lifestyle, you'll truly feel a lot more stressed. You should not do this. Try to imagine a world in which you didn't have any type of tension in any way. That's unachievable – just try and decrease the stress in your daily life.
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Take slow, strong, handled breaths when you truly feel anxious. Sometimes, understanding how to inhale effectively can produce a substantial big difference in handling tension and comforting a person lower. This is a great way to alleviate tension, so therefore, it should be accomplished every day to make sure your stress threshold don't get too high.
Prepare for the future in every tiny way you could today, and you will definitely be amazed from the immediate lowering of pressure if you wake up! Every single job you should do to get ready for job every morning may cause tension to stack up. Be sure to put together the ensemble you intend to put on beforehand. Obtain your lunch time ready the evening well before. Then you will be significantly more structured each day.
When your develop good time management skills, it can go a long way to reducing your stress threshold. Although you may be unacquainted with it, your body responds in a negative way for the busyness of achieving objectives promptly. This can be eliminated, should you manage your time and efforts far better. Consider a variety of methods of effective time management, like listing a plan or by using a scheduler, and see which enable you to make the most accomplished without the need of obtaining stressed out.
Determining what causes your stress can definitely help to reduce it. If you find that it is possible to eliminate a stressful thing out of your lifestyle, test it. You are going to feel good quickly!
A lot of people generate their particular personal problems. Oftentimes, needless difficulties arise soon after irresponsible or dishonest behavior, contributing to very poor decisions. A number of people will put their selves in an unnecessarily difficult situation. Rather, you need to focus on improving conditions rapidly which means you won't create the maximum amount of pressure.
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Referenceable content is the holy grail of online communities. People talk about it, comment on it, link to it, tweet it and visit it over and over again. In a world full of chatter, it sets you apart as an authoritative voice.
Creating referenceable content is an art. Measuring it, however, can be more of a science.
Using the Google Analytics top content report, I'm going show you how two methods to identify content that your audience loves.
What Behaviors Matter?
Referenceable content is addictive and it drives audience loyalty. Metrics wise, this means people who:
You can get a quick snapshot of the top content for your returning visitors by visiting the Top Content report in Google Analytics and selecting "Returning Visitors" from the Advanced Segments drop down in the top right:
Easier Analysis with Pivot Tables
It's sometimes useful to compare how much a particular piece of content drives new vs. repeat visitation. You can do this by selecting the New Visitors segment as well, but this creates a difficult to read report.
Instead, try this:
The result will look like this (click to enlarge):
You can now clearly see the overall top content for Repeat Visitors next to New Visitors.
Segmenting Content by Source
You can further pivot the data by traffic source or medium (use the drop down next to Page), but I find the result difficult to interpret.
Instead, I think it's easier to drill down into Top Content reports for individual mediums, in particular Direct Traffic and Organic Search.
Let's take Direct Traffic to start:
The report will look like this (click to enlarge):
You can follow the same steps to see the landing pages the drive repeat traffic from Organic Search. I recommend you also add the organic keyword into the mix. Pick the "Keyword" from the second drop down above the list of pages:
Promote The Content People Love!
Now that you have a list of content that drives repeat visitors, promote this "best of" content across your site, Facebook pages, Twitter, etc. Raise the profile of your most important content to increase loyalty and attract links.
A Note on Bookmark Tracking Google Analytics
Bookmarks are a common way for users to access your most useful content. Most people (myself included) think that Google Analytics tracks bookmark visits with Direct Traffic.
As Justin Cutroni points out in this video and companion post, they're actually attributed to whatever traffic source is in the Google Analytics cookie (which I believe is always the last source).
Alex Cohen writes Digital Alex, a blog about marketing optimization. He's also the Senior Marketing Manager at ClickEquations, a paid search management platform for large advertisers and agencies.
You know it's a good post when you think - "I'm going to go try this right now."
Thanks Alex.
Infact that was I am going to do when finished to read all the comments thread.
Great useful post.
Thanks for the wonderful post Alex. I read the post and I was so interested with knowing the results for my site. When I tested it, I found the results amazing and very helpful. Now I know, what my site readers are more interested in. I think I must modify my site based on such factors.
Cant thank you more for that great tip shared here.
thanks for the article and tips. What you can do with analytics is almost infinite and all depends on your imagination! love it..
any other competitor that can come close to Google Analytics in terms of the features offered? would like to hear if anyone has experience with any other analytics solution...
@Empowered - Awesome! glad it was useful
@elturco - Yahoo has a tool. There's also Woopra, KissMetrics, Clicky and a bunch of others that I can't remember off-hand. If I were looking at a serious alternative, Yahoo Web Analytics would probably be the best bet. You have to ask your Yahoo rep and spend a certain amount with them.
I just want to add my "atta boy" and that Bing has some helpful Webmaster tools also. At present they leave a little to be desired, but knowing some of the MSN personnel I would look for that to change in the near future.
I have a couple of key research people I use as "indicators of coming change" in the way people (other than SEOs) use search. They have become annoyed by Googles attempt to guess what they want to know and have switched to using "Bing" as their primary search engine.
Just a heads up. Use your own indicators, but don't be surprised if Bing starts gathering more market share. If they keep up with the clean search results things will change.
Just my take.
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Barrister's is a combination of a gourmet restaurant that offers home-style American food with a few traditional pub items. The restaurant serves Seafood items, steaks, sauces and soups. Barrister's provides hand-cut daily and pasta dishes, burgers and salads. It has a bar that features several televisions that features local sporting events, as well as international soccer matches. The restaurant s menu includes fried calamari, quesadillas, toasted ravioli, crab cakes, onion rings and cheese-stuffed mushrooms. It specializes in pan-roasted lemon chicken, smoked baby back ribs and beef medallions. The restaurant also offers sea scallops, fried zucchinis and spinach dip. It provides catering services for business and social events. Barrister's is located in St Louis.
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We ordered their listed ""special"" and it was special alright. Rubber chicken, half the advertised portion, and a tenderloin sandwich which could hardly be seen on the bread because it was so small and swimming in a horseradish sauce. Even though we were comped for the chicken dinner, it should never have been brought to the table. By the way, we were the only people in the dining room. We should have suspected something was wrong right away. Our Bad. Never Again.
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Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker's meteoric rise as a Democratic superstar was slowed last month when slipped up by revealing the truth — that he thought the Obama campaign's attacks on Bain Capital were inappropriate. Booker was momentarily benched as a top surrogate for the president, and in his absence, a new big-city mayor is stepping up on Obama's behalf: Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter.
Booker hasn't been banished from Obama's campaign by any means. Thursday, he's co-hosting a high-dollar fundraiser for the president in New York City. But his appearances on the trail have become less frequent, creating a void in Obama's surrogate pool that is occupied by a significant number of Democratic mayors.
Enter Nutter, the popular Philadelphia mayor since 2008. In recent days, Nutter's been out in front for Obama. He's been an attack dog for the president for months, tearing into Mitt Romney on an April conference call with reporters.
Nutter was front and center when Romney made a prominent visit to a West Philadelphia charter school in late May, charging that the appearance smacked of insincerity.
"It's nice that he decided this late in his time to see what a city like Philadelphia is about … It's May," said Nutter, according to ABC News. "The election's in November. I'm not sure what he's going to learn here today. I don't know that a one-day experience in the heart of West Philadelphia is enough to get you ready to run the United States of America."
And unlike Booker, Nutter is not afraid of invoking Bain.
"Every day, Mitt Romney and his supporters and his campaign talk about his experience as a job creator, but when anyone tries to discuss that issue or his experience, we see the crocodile tears come out and the claim that those who want to explore his record don't believe in capitalism," Nutter said on another conference call.
Recently his role has expanded. On Monday, Nutter took on Romney in a CNN interview and defended the president against Romney's attack ad pegged to Obama's recent "the private sector is doing fine" line that has incensed Republicans.
The local press in Philadelphia is starting to notice Nutter's ascent in the Obama campaign. The Philadelphia Weekly chronicled Nutter's stepped-up role Wednesday:
Nutter has taken the role of Obama surrogate far more seriously, it would seem, than some other area Democrats. He has essentially never gone off message when touting the president — unlike Gov. Ed Rendell and Newark Mayor Cory Booker, both of whom infamously have clarified their remarks about the president and Romney—and has used every chance he's got to attack the former Massachusetts governor on his tax returns, record at Bain Capital, gubernatorial policies and immigration policy.
It's not just the anti-Romney messaging Nutter is helping Obama with. Appearing at the U.S. Conference Of Mayors meeting in Florida Wednesday, Nutter attacked the congressional gridlock in Washington in a way that fits right in with Obama's campaign playbook. From Bloomberg BusinessWeek:
"It's keeping capital on the sidelines," Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said of the factionalism in Congress. "Business people are not sure what direction we're going in."
"We need them to do their jobs," Nutter told BusinessWeek, echoing a cry often heard from Obama on the campaign trail. And it's not one-sided: The president has given Nutter some prominent shout-outs.
"You've got one of the best mayors in the country," Obama told the audience at a Philadelphia fundraiser Tuesday. "Mayor Michael Nutter is here."


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We combed through hundreds of your profile re-design feedback emails and most of you give the layout a thumbs up! So with that said, the new profile and snazzy upgrades are now yours to enjoy permanently. There may be a few of you who are still on edge. I get that; change can be hard to embrace.
To help make the transition a little easier, I've outlined a list of the new enhancements that are available with the new profile.
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New layout makes your activity and that of your friends and teammates the main focus of your profile. So anytime you prop, comment, upload or upgrade to a new level (I'm almost to a playground veteran) that activity shows up on your feed.
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Attractive display of your points and level. Because when I earn my playground veteran status, I want you all to know!
Update your status from your profile. Sweet!
Shows off your fan pages. Get your fandom on!
Shows your friends what you have in common when you visit other users' profiles. Similarities bring us together!
Ok, if you're still not sure about the new design, take a deep breath. The new profile page doesn't change any of these popular actions:
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As with all other parks of the Canadian Rockies, you don't need to travel deep into the backcountry to view Yoho National Park's most spectacular features—many are visible from the roadside. The sights below are listed from east to west, starting at the park boundary (the Continental Divide).
Spiral Tunnel Viewpoint
The joy that Canadian Pacific Railway president William Van Horne felt upon completion of his transcontinental rail line in 1886 was tempered by massive problems along a stretch of line west of Kicking Horse Pass. "Big Hill" was less than five kilometers (3.1 miles) long, but its gradient was so steep that runaway trains, crashes, and other disasters were common.
Nearly a quarter-century after the line opened, railway engineers and builders finally solved the problem. By building two spiral tunnels down through two kilometers (1.2 miles) of solid rock to the valley floor, they lessened the grade dramatically and the terrors came to an end.
At this viewpoint along the highway, interpretive displays tell the fascinating story of Big Hill, with distant views to a tunnel entrance.
Yoho Valley
Fed by the Wapta Icefield in the far north of Yoho National Park, the Yoho River flows through this spectacularly narrow valley, dropping more than 200 meters (660 feet) in the last kilometer (0.6 miles) before its confluence with the Kicking Horse River. The road leading up the valley passes Kicking Horse Campground, the park's main campground, and climbs a very tight series of switchbacks (watch for buses reversing through the middle section).
The road ends 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) from the main highway at Takakkaw Falls, the most impressive waterfall in the Canadian Rockies. Meaning "wonderful" in the language of the Cree, Takakkaw tumbles 254 meters (830 feet) over a sheer rock wall at the lip of the Yoho Valley, creating a spray bedecked with rainbows. It can be seen from the parking lot, but it's well worth the easy 10-minute stroll over the Yoho River to appreciate the sight in all its glory.
Natural Bridge
Three kilometers (1.9 miles) west of Field is the turnoff to famous Emerald Lake. On your way out to the lake, you'll first pass another intriguing sight. At Natural Bridge, two kilometers (1.2 miles) down the road, the Kicking Horse River has worn a narrow hole through a limestone wall, creating a bridge. A trail leads to several viewpoints.
Emerald Lake
One of the jewels of the Canadian Rockies, this beautiful lake is surrounded by a forest of Engelmann spruce, as well as many peaks over 3,000 meters (9,800 feet). It's covered in ice most of the year, but comes alive with activity for a few short months in summer when hikers, canoeists, and horseback riders take advantage of the magnificent surroundings.
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5 Fantastic debut albumLbarton2070 | 02/03/2012 | See all Lbarton2070's reviews (1)As a fan of chiddy bang from the start its great to see their debut album after all their EP's. I'm currently listening to this all the time at the moment. Great singles and great overall album
4 Breakfast never tasted so good!llcooljoe | 23/05/2012 | See all llcooljoe's reviews (2)The first time I became aware of Chiddy Bang was the single "Opposite of Adults", and then I forgot all about them.Until I heard "Ray Charles". What a great song. Having read the reviews here I decided to buy the album "Breakfast", and for the most part I'm glad I did. I can't say I love every track on the cd but how many albums can you honestly say that about? Strangely enough the title track "Breakfast" is one of the weakest songs here, but after a shaky start we move quickly into 4 songs in a row that are great! "Handclaps and Guitars", "Mind Your Manners" and "Ray Charles" all up tempo bouncy hip hop tracks with catchy melodies and great rapping from Chiddy. Then they slow things down a bit with "Does She Love Me?' which is nice, and shows a slightly more serious and tender side from the duo.I have to say I tend to skip the next song "Run It Back" not because of the singing, which I like, but I don't feel the music and rap gel well together. The music is quite slow and yet the rapping is loud and fast. It doesn't quite work for me. But things soon warm up again with "Whatever We Want". My favourite slow number on the album is "Talking To Myself". When I first heard it I found the singing slightly strange but now I love the clever lyrics, good beats and rapping.The highlight of the whole album has to be "Happening" featuring VV Brown. Just a great feel good song, that bounces along at a great pace, and could easily be a big summertime hit for Chiddy and Xaphoon Jones. Yes to some it will be a bit too commercial and poppy, but what's wrong with that? These guys can do both pop and non-commercial music, as the final track "4th Quarter" with its much tougher sound, proves.All in all a great album, with only a couple of tracks I tend to skip as I'm playing it, which, for me is highly unusual.The single "Ray Charles" reached 13 in the UK Charts, but their first single from the album "Mind Your Manners" didn't chart here at all, but hopefully their future releases will do better because they really do deserve to have more success here in the UK. Take a listen to "Breakfast" and I'm sure you'll agree.


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The security-conscious will tell you that a multi-factor authentication scheme involves requiring items from two or more of the categories "things you know," "things you have," and "things you are." Passwords and passphrases both fall under the "things you know" umbrella, and while there are commercially viable options for the latter two categories — security dongles and biometric fingerprint scanners, for example — neither have taken off with the general public. Partly that is a cost issue, to be sure, but the complexity of public-key infrastructure (PKI) smart cards does not help, either.
Late in 2010, however, Google unveiled an open source project called Google Authenticator that allowed the common smartphone to serve as the "thing you have" factor. The search giant subsequently rolled out support for the scheme for its web applications, but its standards-based functionality and Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) support have brought it success in a variety of third-party systems as well.
On the smartphone side, the Google Authenticator project provides application software for Android devices, Apple iPhones, and Blackberry handsets. Because these applications are software and generate authentication strings for the user to enter at login time, however, there is some question whether or not they truly "count" as a second factor. Traditionally, hardware authentication tokens must be physically connected to the computer to authenticate a user, though some one-time password (OTP) generators are standalone. Unlike the Android app, however, those devices are meant to make it difficult to extract the key without destroying them. Accessing the key from a phone, then running the app elsewhere (e.g. an Android emulator) would circumvent the "things you have" requirement.
The project's official tagline is "Two-step verification," a subtle acknowledgment of its distinction from a strict definition of multi-factor authentication. But to narrow that security risk, the system generates OTPs that are only valid for a short duration (generally no more than one minute). That does not stop an attacker who steals your device from getting a valid OTP from the application, but it makes it more difficult for an attacker to forge a login through eavesdropping. Specifically, it prevents replay attacks (such as wandering eyes behind you in line at the coffee shop jotting down the passcode) and makes interceptions (such as wandering eyes paired with extremely fast fingers) highly unlikely. Using an OTP will help against credential-stealing attacks, such as those used to compromise kernel.org.
Google Authenticator supports both the Hashed Message Authentication Code (HMAC)-based OTP (HOTP) and the Time-based OTP (TOTP) specifications, both of which were developed by the Initiative for Open Authentication (OATH). Both algorithms use a pseudo-random seed value or key that is known only to the server and the client; the seed is concatenated with a "moving factor" — the piece of the puzzle that makes the password one-time-use only — and the result hashed to create the expected passcode.
HOTP, the older of the two, uses an integer counter that increments for every new passcode. TOTP uses a timestamp as the moving factor instead, with provisions for the server to define whatever time window it wishes to accept as valid. That value enables humans to type in the passcode at a convenient speed, and also allows for clock drift between server and client. Although TOTP is regarded as more secure, HOTP is already finalized as RFC 4226, while TOTP was still at the draft stage when the Google Authenticator project was launched (it has since become RFC 6238).
The mobile clients provided by Google support storing multiple HOTP and TOTP credentials, and can be used to generate passwords for any compliant implementation of the algorithms. There are two mechanisms for entering the seed value associated with each saved account: devices with a camera can take a photograph of a key in an appropriately-formatted QR code, or the user can manually enter the key as a Base32 string.
For the server side of the system, the project provides a command-line tool to provision new keys, and a PAM module — although "server" is not quite accurate; the module will work on traditional desktop Linux distributions as well. According to the user comments on the module's wiki page, Linux appears to be the only operating system supported out of the box; there is a patch reported to work on FreeBSD 8.2 and another for OpenSolaris, but no luck yet for Mac OS X or other PAM-supporting OSes.
The key provisioning tool is called google-authenticator. When run, it generates a new key (primed from /dev/urandom), along with a "verification code" and five "emergency scratch codes." The verification code is used by Google to associate an account with a cellular number via SMS message, and the scratch codes are eight-digit numeric strings designed for use in account recovery — neither is part of the core algorithm. The google-authenticator tool writes the key and the emergency scratch codes into the ~/.google_authenticator file. If libqrencode is installed, it will also generate a QR code formatted for consumption by the mobile applications — the format includes metadata for use by the application, including the hostname, user name, and key type ("totp" or "hotp"). It also writes a URL to stdout containing an HTTPS link to Google's online QR code generator, with the same information as the payload (although, obviously, using the online generator does send your secret key and user/host data to a Google web server...).
The PAM module is named pam_google_authenticator.so, and can be enabled by editing the PAM configuration file for the appropriate service (typically located in /etc/pam.d/). Simply adding
auth required pam_google_authenticator.so
There is a patch available that will require the Google Authenticator module only if a .google_authenticator file is present. This approach could be used to partition accounts into "high-security" and "low-security" groups, but it could also come in handy if something goes haywire during setup. TOTP can handle a certain degree of clock shift, but the last thing you want to do is activate it for all of your login accounts before thoroughly testing it. To that end, the project also provides a demo utility for testing TOTP passcodes, and an interactive online debugger to ferret out clock and interval problems.
Of course, the GDM example above is not Google Authenticator's intended use-case. Securing SSH and other remote-access methods makes more sense for those whose machines are safely tucked away in an office or closet; any attacker with physical access to a local login prompt has many other attractive opportunities. Any PAM-aware application can take advantage of the module, however — including Apache, which opens the door for many multi-user, web-based applications.
Indeed, there are already numerous third-party projects to integrate Google Authenticator into WordPress, Drupal, and other Content Management Systems (CMS), as well as instructions to use the PAM module for security-conscious packages like OpenSSH and OpenVPN.
Perhaps the more pressing question is whether or not it is wise to introduce a dependence on an application available only for iPhone, Android, and Blackberry devices. As popular as these platforms are, they still leave some users out in the cold, and there may be times when you need to log into a machine and your phone is unavailable for any number of reasons — from job site security, to accidental loss, to simple battery failure. USB security fobs do not suffer from the same limitations.
To that end, however, Google Authenticator benefits from the existence of other HOTP and TOTP implementations. While there are not many to choose from, there are a few: OATH Toolkit, multiOTP, and LinOTP are all free software. I tested Google Authenticator TOTP codes against OATH Toolkit's command-line oathtool. You can perform a passcode-generation hash by running:
oathtool --totp --now="the_current_time" your_secret_key
Thus, there are options for users who cannot or will not carry a device with an official Google Authenticator client application. The availability of compatible command-line options is not a completely secure solution for the lost-phone emergency scenario, though, because it requires you to store the secret key in a third (or fourth, or fifth, etc.) location.
Nevertheless, as the CMS extensions and wrappers for various languages demonstrate, the Google Authenticator project has taken off to a degree that other OTP utilities have not (and there are several using other algorithms, including OTPW and Mobile OTP, both of which have PAM support). That makes the project a net gain for system security, perfect multi-factor authentication or not. The code is packaged for Debian and Ubuntu, and there are contributed builds available for OpenSUSE and Fedora, although there does not appear to be an official package for either of the latter distributions. If the distributions come on-board in force, perhaps OTP adoption will one day be commonplace.
Google Authenticator for multi-factor authentication
Posted Dec 7, 2011 14:41 UTC (Wed) by fuhchee (subscriber, #40059) [Link]
For what it's worth, these are all things we "have" - knowledge, objects, body parts, and unfortunately each of them may be maliciously replicated.
Posted Dec 7, 2011 15:11 UTC (Wed) by jzbiciak (✭ supporter ✭, #5246) [Link]
I don't think you can collapse these so readily. The three categories have rather different properties.
Still, nobody's arguing security can be made perfect, multifactor or otherwise. But, the more (and more varied) the factors are, the higher the bar gets raised. It requires an attacker to compromise more than one path before they achieve their goal, at a minimum reducing the probability of success to the product of the probabilities of compromising either factor. There's also the increased likelihood of detection, which potentially reduces the probability of success further.
So, I wouldn't be so quick to poo-poo multifactor authentication.
Posted Dec 7, 2011 17:42 UTC (Wed) by erwbgy (subscriber, #4104) [Link]
Excellent description. It is also worth noting that biometrics are hard to forge but are not secrets and can be easily stolen
Posted Dec 15, 2011 14:18 UTC (Thu) by gvy (guest, #11981) [Link]
Posted Dec 16, 2011 16:54 UTC (Fri) by mpr22 (subscriber, #60784) [Link]
Nuremberg process ruled out that enumeration of people is a non-expiring crime against humanity.
I'm having trouble parsing that, since the grammatical inconsistency is such as to make it impossible for me to tell what the intended meaning is. (And what does "enumeration of people" mean, beyond "assigning unique numbers to all members of a group of people"?)
Posted Dec 7, 2011 19:03 UTC (Wed) by jimparis (subscriber, #38647) [Link]
Posted Dec 13, 2011 3:09 UTC (Tue) by ghane (subscriber, #1805) [Link]
Does it have to be a working eyeball?
-- Sanjeev
Posted Dec 7, 2011 15:22 UTC (Wed) by jubal (subscriber, #67202) [Link]
(also, it's different in various languages.)
Posted Dec 8, 2011 13:53 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
Posted Dec 9, 2011 11:08 UTC (Fri) by sdalley (subscriber, #18550) [Link]
Posted Dec 7, 2011 16:43 UTC (Wed) by iabervon (subscriber, #722) [Link]
Posted Dec 8, 2011 11:52 UTC (Thu) by ekj (guest, #1524) [Link]
Card-number (embossed on card) expiry-date (embossed on card) CVC (printed on card) owner name (printed on card).
Posted Dec 8, 2011 13:41 UTC (Thu) by epa (subscriber, #39769) [Link]
Posted Dec 9, 2011 15:53 UTC (Fri) by skitt (subscriber, #5367) [Link]
Wikipedia is your friend...
Posted Dec 9, 2011 16:04 UTC (Fri) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]
It all explained in much details where usually such things are explained.
Wikipedia is your friend... or foe
Posted Dec 15, 2011 14:24 UTC (Thu) by gvy (guest, #11981) [Link]
Posted Dec 9, 2011 16:26 UTC (Fri) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]
Posted Dec 12, 2011 19:00 UTC (Mon) by BenHutchings (subscriber, #37955) [Link]
Posted Dec 13, 2011 7:10 UTC (Tue) by paulj (subscriber, #341) [Link]
I don't know if there's causation, but after a couple of times of doing this, I now no longer get prompted at all anymore for a VbV password. ;)
Posted Dec 8, 2011 16:21 UTC (Thu) by jwarnica (subscriber, #27492) [Link]
Back in the physical swipe days, the embossing of the card and carbon paper made an imprint. The imprint was not just the card number, but demonstration that the card was actually there when the imprint happened.
"Track 2" data is similar; I dunno what it contains, but provides similar evidence that the actual card was actually used.
Expiry date help for phone or internet transactions, as does the CCV2 codes; just more evidence that someone has the card in hand.
Generally, the theory was that it is hard/impossible to copy two of these at the same time. Signature and CC # embossing are on the opposite side of the card. CCV2 # and CC#, opposite sides (for most cards), etc.
Obviously, as time has moved on, the effort/gain ratio of each of these has been overcome, and thus the introduction of more things.
Google Authenticator for multi-factor authentication - credit cards
Posted Dec 9, 2011 17:05 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link]
Expiration date is not normally an authenticating factor. I used to successfully submit charges all the time with made up expiration dates. The reason the rules require the merchant to provide that is to prevent the merchant from neglecting to check the expiration date.
The key value of the card verification code (the few digits printed somewhere on the card, aka CCV2 et al) is that it isn't recorded and transmitted all around, like the card account number obviously is. Anyone involved in accounting can see your card account number, but few people ever see your card verification code.
In the original design, secrecy of the card account number wasn't considered a security feature at all. It was public knowledge and security was provided by physical presence of the card and a signature alone. As telephone ordering became more important, banks started trying to keep the account numbers secret as a security measure, but that's obviously pretty weak. Likewise, even secrecy of checking account numbers is now considered a security measure.
This is strange...
Posted Dec 10, 2011 6:51 UTC (Sat) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]
I used to successfully submit charges all the time with made up expiration dates.
How can you do that? I've had card from a few banks, but they all reject transactions with incorrect expiration dates (at least electronic ones). This is PITA when card expires: if order is placed with old expiration date and is not shipped before it's annulled and new one is issued then you need to go to the web site and change the data. And not all sites provide nice interface to do that...
Posted Dec 10, 2011 15:16 UTC (Sat) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link]
expiration date in credit card authentication
Posted Dec 10, 2011 18:02 UTC (Sat) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link]
It doesn't surprise me that for some charges the expiration date has to be right. There's a lot of diversity in this area.
But I know that traditionally, the expiration date wasn't part of authentication. When I did it, it was in 1999 using a traditional merchant credit card terminal.
Banking computing standards often take a decade to make even a trivial change because regulators are very careful. I'm pretty sure that this terminal wasn't even capable of transmitting the expiration date I typed to its partner.
Posted Dec 14, 2011 20:55 UTC (Wed) by eli (guest, #11265) [Link]
Signature and CC # embossing are on the opposite side of the card.
Posted Dec 8, 2011 17:17 UTC (Thu) by iabervon (subscriber, #722) [Link]
Posted Dec 9, 2011 1:23 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link]
The system really doesn't rely on a semi-trusted point-of-sale agent; the retailer is about as untrusted as anyone by VISA, which is why he used to have to get an imprint of the card, and now has to swipe it through a reader. To prove to a large extent that the card was actually present. In addition, the retailer has to produce a signature that reasonably matches the one on the card, proving to some extent that the owner of the card was there too.
The only thing I've seen change since the early days is that for small transactions, someone - I don't know if it's Visa or the retailer - is now willing to take the risk of fraud in exchange for speed and convenience.
Posted Dec 9, 2011 10:20 UTC (Fri) by mpr22 (subscriber, #60784) [Link]
Posted Dec 9, 2011 16:27 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link]
I find it impossible to regard a signature as being in any useful sense "something you are". The useful property of "something you are" credentials is that a fraudster can't learn to have them, and a fraudster can certainly learn to have your signature.
And yet the main reason signatures exist is that many people do regard them as something you are, being difficult for a fraudster to learn.
I, for example, could almost certainly not reproduce your signature, no matter how much I practiced. So there's one fewer fraudster to worry about.
None of the security mechanisms we're talking about are perfect, so it's all about reducing, not eliminating, the chance of fraud.
In any case, it's not "something you know" -- if it were, then you could instantly disclose to someone how to write your signature.
(Incidentally, the other major purpose of a signature that people often overlook is not as security, but as a statement. The fact that someone wrote his name (or even an X) on a piece of paper makes it impossible for him to argue he didn't mean to commit himself. As most people are honest, whether he signed or not is often not disputed).
Posted Dec 7, 2011 19:41 UTC (Wed) by sfromm (subscriber, #41967) [Link]
Posted Dec 7, 2011 23:49 UTC (Wed) by smoogen (subscriber, #97) [Link]
Posted Dec 8, 2011 0:28 UTC (Thu) by dwmw2 (subscriber, #2063) [Link]
It appears you can't use google-authenticator with one's SSH key, which is unfortunate. I would like this a lot better if I could do OTP and still use my SSH key.
You really also want to fix GA bug #51 if you want to use Google Authenticator for real. Storing the key in ~/.google_authenticator, so that any code running as your user can read or change it, is entirely stupid. Imagine if your system password was stored in ~/.passwd instead of /etc/shadow where you can't even read it!
Unfortunately, this involves patches to two of the least responsive upstream projects I've ever had to deal with ☹
access to the shared secret
Posted Dec 8, 2011 2:50 UTC (Thu) by tialaramex (subscriber, #21167) [Link]
But with these OTP systems the stored value is a shared secret. If the bad guy has it, they can successfully authenticate as you with no additional work.
Posted Dec 8, 2011 2:58 UTC (Thu) by dwmw2 (subscriber, #2063) [Link]
"This is way, way, worse "
Posted Dec 8, 2011 13:50 UTC (Thu) by PlaguedByPenguins (subscriber, #3577) [Link]
Posted Dec 8, 2011 6:55 UTC (Thu) by Cato (subscriber, #7643) [Link]
Posted Dec 8, 2011 9:13 UTC (Thu) by dwmw2 (subscriber, #2063) [Link]
"Thanks for flagging this, that's truly a terrible design decision and makes me wonder about the rest of Google Authenticator."
Posted Dec 8, 2011 10:57 UTC (Thu) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]
When I am using Kerberos, for example, the ticket cache is stored in something like /tmp/krb5cc_1000. Anybody who has access to my account can read and use those tickets to get access to any service I have access to. These are stored under 700 and are rw by my users. Kerberos can be two-factor if I a service asks for a password in addition to the ticket from the ticket granting service. The 8 hour expiring of the ticket provides plenty of opportunity for mischief.
When I am using OpenSSH, again my keys are stored in ~/.ssh/ and is read/writable by my user. Openssh keys are legit and commonly used two-factor authentication since I need both the keys and the password to decrypt them.
How is ~/.google_autheniticator worse?
Even if I have a hardware dongle or a physical RSAkey-style OTP password then if somebody has access to my account they have access to the hardware key or any OTP key I type into the system just as much as I do. If somebody has access to your account on your PC that your using then it doesn't matter what sort of authentication system your using, your screwed anyways.
Is there something I am missing here?
Posted Dec 8, 2011 11:43 UTC (Thu) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]
I thought it was part of what you needed on the client side. My mistake.
In this case it's not like kerberos tickets or private ssh key at all. It's more like the public key for SSH RSA/DSA authentication.
Even then it's not horrible or stupid, I think. It seems obvious that ~/.google-authenticator file is intended for the user to setup for themselves without administrative help in addition to passwords. So in that case it makes sense that it's in the home directory.
Is there a mode for the administrator to setup the secrets without user intervention; without the ~/.google-authenticator file?
Posted Dec 8, 2011 13:12 UTC (Thu) by dwmw2 (subscriber, #2063) [Link]
So no, the problematic part is not that it's like the SSH public key. The problematic part is that it's like keeping your SSH private key lying around on the file system without a passphrase.
And yes, the patch I mention above will allow you to keep the files in a root-owned and root-only-readable location.
Posted Dec 7, 2011 22:19 UTC (Wed) by Yenya (subscriber, #52846) [Link]
For those who don't like phones
Posted Dec 8, 2011 4:19 UTC (Thu) by PlaguedByPenguins (subscriber, #3577) [Link]
Posted Dec 8, 2011 6:24 UTC (Thu) by wahern (subscriber, #37304) [Link]
When I create a new shell account on my server I hand one of these out.
I just bought 10 for $99 (holiday special). I think if these were in the $3-$5 range they'd sell much better, but what do I know.
Yubico also sells a tiny USB hardware security module to securely (i.e. irretrievably) store the OTP secrets for authentication. It's pricey but still the cheapest HSM solution by far that I'm aware of. The HSM isn't necessary, of course, but it's an extremely nice option.
Posted Dec 8, 2011 7:02 UTC (Thu) by Cato (subscriber, #7643) [Link]
The only issue with Yubikey is that it requires a USB port so there's no way to use it on most smartphones, many of which don't even have a USB port. Same goes for some Internet cafes that don't allow USB devices to be plugged in, and some corporates perhaps. The great thing is that it does work without drivers for any computer that has a USB keyboard interface.
Duo Security might be a better option for desktop and phone use. It is more or less a superset of Google Authenticator, with phone/text callback as well as smartphone apps, but also has the option of a hardware token with display for the random passcode.
Links: - http://yubikey.com/ - http://duosecurity.com/
Posted Dec 8, 2011 9:49 UTC (Thu) by Yenya (subscriber, #52846) [Link]
- central authority: I maintain several servers, and I want to be able to log in even in case the server is half-broken (i.e. DNS or network only partly functional). For an ordinary user, Yubikey is a great technology. For a server admin, not so much.
- multiseat: at home, I have a multiseat workstation, and I have so far not found an easy way how to configure to which head the hot-plugged keyboard (the yubikey module) should be mapped. I have primary keyboards for both seats configured statically in their respective ServerLayout sections in xorg.conf.
Posted Dec 8, 2011 12:30 UTC (Thu) by Cato (subscriber, #7643) [Link]
For multiseat, a USB-based login method may not be very suitable as it requires the login process to know more about Yubikey - perhaps a smartphone or traditional token would work better.
Posted Dec 9, 2011 0:49 UTC (Fri) by wahern (subscriber, #37304) [Link]
It doesn't matter if the HOTP counters on the servers become out of sync with each other as long as the counter on the key is monotonically increasing. The servers will fast forward until they find a match (within a configurable limit).
Admittedly you open yourself up to replay attacks. But you're hardly in a worse position than with regular passwords. TOTP is better in this regard, but what matters is how much better HOTP is compared to the baseline.
I pine for the day when my Goldkey USB crypto token works out-of-the-box (or my 10 year old Schlumberger crypto card, for that matter), but that day isn't here yet.
Posted Dec 9, 2011 1:01 UTC (Fri) by wahern (subscriber, #37304) [Link]
Posted Dec 8, 2011 7:44 UTC (Thu) by ssmith32 (subscriber, #72404) [Link]
Other than seeming way way way more complicated..
And, I guess, it didn't get hacked when RSA did :D
Posted Dec 8, 2011 9:42 UTC (Thu) by pilif (guest, #3857) [Link]
Posted Dec 8, 2011 14:21 UTC (Thu) by bdauvergne (subscriber, #6989) [Link]
Here is a Python library implementing all of the OATH OTP-linked standards (HOTP, TOTP and the more obscure OCRA):
Then a little python-snippet to generate a TOTP generator (TOTP client) as a javascript bookmarklet:
If works as google-authenticator but in the browser. You can put the bookmarklet near the QRCode as simple <a/> link, and people can bookmark it. Just click on the bookmark and a message box open with your password. I think it only works with decent browsers (chrome&mozilla).
Posted Dec 13, 2011 17:07 UTC (Tue) by beast (subscriber, #227) [Link]
I've put up some notes on using this on a java webapp
Posted Dec 23, 2011 17:09 UTC (Fri) by kokopelli (guest, #11341) [Link]
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