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This document details how to connect your workstation to a Cisco VPN concentrator utilizing vpnc to manage the connection.
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Kernel Configuration
- 3 Install Needed Software
- 4 Example Setup
- 5 Configuring vpnc
- 6 Set up DNS
- 7 Configuring the routing table
- 8 Manage the connection
- 9 Tips and Tricks
- 10 Useful Links
- 11 Final Notes
- 12 Acknowledgements
If you're reading this, then you likely need to connect to your office network from home or during travel. Many companies utilize Cisco 3000 VPN concentrators for their VPN needs, and I am willing to bet that most Linux newbies think that they are forced to use Windows to connect to them. Well, this document informs you that connecting to a Cisco VPN is very possible and will hopefully enable you to setup a working tunnel using your Gentoo workstation or laptop.
What this document is
- A guide to the basic workings of
- A discussion of DNS and routing issues that relate to VPNs
- Examples of managing VPN sessions
- Useful tips and tricks (hopefully)
What this document is not
- An in-depth guide to VPN/encryption technologies
- A feature by feature explanation of
The assumptions made at this point are:
- You have Gentoo installed
- You have Internet access
- You want to connect to a Cisco 3000 VPN concentrator
- You know how to configure, build, and install a new kernel
Kernel Configuration
In order for Linux to be able to open a VPN connection Universal TUN/TAP device driver support must be enabled in the kernel. What is it and why do you need it? Below is a relatively straight forward explanation from the kernel configuration dialog:
TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space programs. It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media, receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets via physical media writes them to the user space program. When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers corresponding net device tunX or tapX. After a program closed above devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and all routes corresponding to it.
You can verify yourself if your kernel has TUN/TAP support with the following command:
As you can see above,
CONFIG_TUN=m is compiled as a module. If it is disabled in your setup, enable it in your kernel of choice, rebuild, install, reboot and return to this document before continuing with the next steps.
Device Drivers ---> Network device support ---> [*] Universal TUN/TAP device driver support
If you built TUN/TAP support directly into the kernel, you should see information from
dmesg output like the following:
If you build TUN/TAP support as a module, you first must load the
tun module:
Now that the
tun module is loaded, check
dmesg output. You should see something like the following:
Install Needed Software
Now that you have a working kernel setup, you need to install
net-misc/vpnc :
Make sure to check the supported USE flag combinations and see if they apply to your environment. If you encounter a problem later with the following error, you will need to enable the hybrid-auth USE flag:
vpnc was built without openssl: Can't do hybrid or cert mode.
Example Setup
In order to make the following sections more clear, we need an example setup to work from. For the purposes of this exercise, we will assume that you have a home network of several computers. All computers are on the 192.168.0.0 / 255.255.255.0 network. The LAN in question is run by a Gentoo box using an iptables firewall, DHCP, caching DNS, etc ... and it masquerades the LAN behind the public IP address it receives from an ISP. You also have a workstation on the LAN from which you want to be able to VPN into your office with.
Our example workstation configuration looks like the following:
nameserver 192.168.0.1
127.0.0.1 desktop localhost 192.168.0.1 router 192.168.2.2 mediacenter
Configuring vpnc
Now that you have
vpnc installed and we have an example to work from, let's discuss the basics of setting up
vpnc . The configuration file for
vpnc connection settings can be located in a couple places, depending on how many profiles you want to setup. By default,
vpnc looks first for /etc/vpnc/default.conf for its connection settings. If it doesn't find that file, then it looks for /etc/vpnc.conf . This setup will only address a single profile example and will use the configuration file location /etc/vpnc.conf . Make sure you do not have a /etc/vpnc/default.conf file.
IPSec gateway vpngateway.domain.org IPSec ID group_id IPSec secret group_password Xauth username network_signon Xauth password network_password
The configuration file example above should be modified to reflect the appropriate values for your setup. The gateway option
vpngateway.domain.org can be a fully qualified domain name or an IP address. The ID and secret options should be given to you by a network administrator. If you cannot obtain this information but you currently have a working setup on a Windows box which utilizes the official Cisco VPN client, then all you have to do is export your profile. The user name and password options are for your normal network sign-on, such as a Windows NT domain account.
If you are forced to export your profile from a Windows machine, then what you will likely have is a file ending in .pcf . This file will have all the information you need. Below is an example:
[main] Description= Host=VPNGATEWAY.DOMAIN.ORG AuthType=1 GroupName=group_id GroupPwd= enc_GroupPwd=F3256220AA200A1D532556024F4F314B0388D48B0FBF2DB12 EnableISPConnect=0 ISPConnectType=0 ISPConnect=FOOBAR ISPCommand= Username= SaveUserPassword=0 UserPassword= enc_UserPassword= NTDomain= EnableBackup=0 BackupServer= EnableMSLogon=1 MSLogonType=0 EnableNat=1 TunnelingMode=0 TcpTunnelingPort=10000 CertStore=0 CertName= CertPath= CertSubjectName= CertSerialHash=00000000000000000000000000000000 SendCertChain=0 VerifyCertDN= DHGroup=2 ForceKeepAlives=0 PeerTimeout=90 EnableLocalLAN=0 EnableSplitDNS=1 ForceNetLogin=0
In the above example, we can see entries for
Host ,
GroupName and
enc_GroupPwd . Your
Username and
UserPassword may or may not be exported depending on the setup. To generate a working vpnc configuration out of it, you can use
pcf2vpnc , included with vpnc.
cisco-decrypt program, shipped with the latest vpnc.
Testing your setup
Now that you have a configuration in place, it's time to test your setup. To start
vpnc you do the following:
As you can see from the above command output, once you type
vpnc (as root), you are prompted for your password. After entering your password, which will not be echoed back to you, the
vpnc process will automatically become a background process.
Xauth password option in your
vpnc config file, then you will not be prompted for your password at
vpnc startup. Additionally, if
vpnc needs some extra options not specified in the configuration file, or if you have forgotten something, don't worry, it will ask you for it.
As you can see from the above command output(s),
vpnc has done the following:
- Created the tun0 network interface, a virtual interface to handle the traffic across your VPN tunnel
- Obtained the IP address for the tun0 device from your VPN provider
- Set the default route to your VPN gateway
At this point, your workstation is capable of communicating with hosts via the VPN. Because
vpnc sets your default route to your VPN gateway, all network traffic will travel across the VPN, even if it destined for the Internet or elsewhere not specifically specified by additional routes. For some, this basic type of connection may be satisfactory, but for most, additional steps need to be taken.
Additional things you might want to have:
- DNS for the VPN
- A routing setup that will only send traffic destined for the VPN down the virtual tunnel. This way, you can browse the Internet while connected to the VPN, without your personal web/p2p etc. traffic going across the tunnel.
- A script to manage all this, because
vpncjust doesn't do enough by default.
When you are ready to end the VPN session, execute
vpnc-disconnect . An example is shown below.
Set up DNS
vpnc doesn't handle the setup and management of DNS for your newly established tunnel. The user is left to decide how DNS should be handled. You could just overwrite /etc/resolv.conf when you connect, but that would utilize your VPN DNS for all DNS queries regardless of whether or not the traffic is destined for your VPN tunnel. This is a very functional solution and if you simply need to connect to the tunnel, do your work, and then disconnect, read no further. But, if you want to be able to leave your tunnel connected for lengthy periods of time and don't want your work DNS servers handling requests for your personal traffic, read on.
The ideal setup would allow you to separate your DNS queries into two categories: VPN-related and other. Under this setup, all VPN-related DNS queries would be answered by DNS servers located at the other end of your VPN tunnel and all other queries would continue to be answered by local or ISP supplied DNS servers. This is the setup that will be demonstrated here.
So how do you set things up, so that only requests made to hosts on the example.org domain get sent to VPN supplied DNS servers? Well, you're going to need to install a local DNS server, but don't worry, it's much easier than you think. There are several software packages that can handle the type of setup we desire, but for the purposes of this demonstration,
dnsmasq will be utilized. Let's emerge it now:
127.0.0.1 .
Now you need to add an option to your
dnsmasq startup options. Edit the following option to suit your needs. Substitute .example.org with the appropriate domain and the IP address with a valid DNS server that belongs to the VPN tunnel.
# See the dnsmasq(8) man page for possible options to put here. DNSMASQ_OPTS="-S /.example.org/192.168.125.10"
Next, make sure that the first entry in /etc/resolv.conf is your local host
127.0.0.1 , followed by the location of the backup DNS servers that should handle the DNS traffic in case dnsmasq fails to start, or if it needs to forward a DNS query it doesn't currently have in its cache. An example /etc/resolv.conf is shown below.
nameserver 127.0.0.1 nameserver 192.168.0.1
Now that you have setup a rule for your VPN tunnel DNS, you need to start
dnsmasq .
Configuring the routing table
The ideal scenario would be if only the traffic destined for VPN tunnel would travel across the link. At this point, you have a VPN tunnel setup and all traffic will travel across the tunnel, unless you specify additional routes. In order to fix this situation you need to know what networks are available to you on your VPN. The easiest way to find out the needed information is to ask a network administrator, but sometimes they are reluctant to answer such questions. If your local network admin won't provide the needed information, some trial and error experiments will be required.
When the VPN tunnel was started,
vpnc set the default route to the tunnel. So you must set your default route back to normal, so that things work as expected.
Earlier, when DNS services were being configured for your VPN, you specified a DNS server to handle your example.org domain. You need to add a route for the 192.168.125.0 subnet so that DNS queries will work.
At this point, you should add any additional routes for known networks (such as for the subnet 192.168.160.0, which includes the IP address received by the TUN/TAP virtual device). If your friendly network administrator gave you the required info, great. Otherwise, you might need to ping hosts you will be connecting to frequently, to give yourself an idea about what your routing table should look like.
As you can see from the above example, the ping probes to
intranet1.example.org were unsuccessful. So we need to add a route for that subnet.
A few ping and route commands later, you should be well on your way to a well working routing table.
Manage the connection
Calling vpnc when needed
Next is an example script to manage the VPN connection. You could execute it (as root) from an xterm to start a connection to your VPN. Then all you have to do is press return to disconnect the VPN. Obviously you will need to modify this for your setup, remembering to add all the additional routes that you may need.
#!/bin/bash source /sbin/functions.sh ebegin "Connecting to the VPN" vpnc eend ebegin "Modifying the routing table" route add default gw 192.168.0.1 route add -net 172.25.230.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev tun0 route add -net 192.168.160.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev tun0 route add -net 192.168.125.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev tun0 eend einfo "Press any key to disconnect ..." read $disconnect ebegin "Disconnecting from the VPN" vpnc-disconnect eend ebegin "Reconfiguring the default routing table" route add default gw 192.168.0.1 eend einfo "VPN should now be disconnected"
Start vpnc on boot
Version 0.4.0-r1 of vpnc contains an init script ( /etc/init.d/vpnc ) which can handle multiple configurations. The default script looks for /etc/vpnc/vpnc.conf , but as many configurations as can be imagined are possible. Before and after shutdown and start-up custom-made scripts can be executed that are connected by their name to the corresponding init script (since version 0.5.1-r1). Their names end in -preup.sh , -postup.sh , -predown.sh and -postdown.sh , stored in the /etc/init.d/scripts.d/ directory. The general naming scheme is sketched in the following table.
|init script name
|needed configuration file
|preup script name
Add vpnc to default runlevel with the following commands (in this case for the standard configuration). Don't forget to add the tun module (if you have built it that way) to the kernels autoload mechanism at startup.
If you don't want to save your password in the configuration file, you can tell the init script to show all output and prompts on standard output by editing /etc/conf.d/vpnc . Set the variable
VPNCOUTPUT to yes or no, where its default is to not display screen output.
Tips and Tricks
Graphical remote access
If you are looking for a Linux application that supports RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) then give
grdesktop a try. It's a GUI app written in GTK+ that fits in well with a Gnome desktop, but doesn't require it. If you don't want the GUI configuration dialogs that grdesktop provides, then just install
rdesktop . Ultimately, grdesktop is just a frontend for rdesktop.
If you are a KDE user, you might want to try
kvpnc . It a appears to be a very mature VPN management GUI.
If you need to connect to a Windows machine which doesn't have a DNS entry, and you know the address of an available WINS server, you can use a tool called
nmblookup to query the WINS server for the host name of the machine you want to connect to. Unfortunately, you have to install
samba to get it, but if you are going to be working with boxes running Windows you might as well want to install samba, because it includes several other useful tools.
When you have samba and its tools installed, test
nmblookup by asking the WINS server at IP address 192.168.125.11 about a host named wintelbox1.
Custom scripts on boot
The custom-made scripts for the init.d file can be used to setup a user-defined routing for the vpnc connection. The examples below show how to setup the routing table so that only connections to 123.234.x.x are routed over the VPN and all other connections use the default gateway. The example uses work-preup.sh to save the current default gateway before starting vpnc (which resets the default gateway using the VPN connection). Once vpnc has been started, work-postup.sh deletes this new default gateway, restores the old default gateway and sets the route for all connections to 123.234.x.x to use the vpnc connection.
#!/bin/sh route -n | grep -E '^0.0.0.0 ' | cut -c 17-32 >/var/tmp/defaultgw
#!/bin/sh route del -net 0.0.0.0 netmask 0.0.0.0 dev tun1 route add default gw $(cat /var/tmp/defaultgw) route add -net 220.127.116.11 netmask 255.255.0.0 dev tun1
The example scripts assume that the vpnc connection uses tun1 as tun device. You can set the device name in the connection's configuration file.
Interface name tun1 IPSec gateway vpn.mywork.com Pidfile /var/run/vpnc.work.pid
Useful Links
Final Notes
Hopefully by now you have been able to connect to your VPN of choice and are well on your way to remote office work. Feel free to file a bug at bugs.gentoo.org should you find a mistake or wish to make an addition or recommendation regarding this document.
We would like to thank the following authors and editors for their contributions to this guide:
- David H. Askew
- Sven Vermeulen
- Christian Faulhammer
- Thomas Fischer
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The walls of The Brewhouse Gallery's have new pieces of art! Part eclectic hipster lounge/part modern New York art gallery, it's a creative space to hang out, sip a brew, hold a meeting, share ideas, listen to music and appreciate local art. Free Wi-Fi and comfortable furniture (that is also for sale) make you feel right at home. In addition, there are new taps and new artists! The Rickie Report sensed it from the beginning…The Brewhouse Gallery is more than an art gallery… AJ Brockman's vision has truly created a community in Lake Park. The Rickie Report shares some highlights for the end of December through January. Don't miss Whiskey Wasps' live performance, Meet the Artist Night with Special Gift Certificates, Vintage Bike Night and Suga Wack for the Sunday night Jazz Series!
AJ Brockman: Cofounder – Gallery Curator
Tuesday through Sunday
10 am – 11 pm
561.771.1641 | Facebook | BrewhouseGallery.com
Somethins' Brewin at 720 Park Ave., Lake Park, FL 33403
Thursday, December 18th 6:30
Our New Artists:
Next artist Open house is Thursday, January 29th!
FEATURED ARTIST: Phil Fung
The Brewhouse Gallery would like to recognize the Fine Art of Phil Fung. A longtime friend of the Brewhouse Family, Phil is a Miami-born artist of Chinese-Jamaican descent whose colorful paintings represent his unique upbringing and positive view of the world. Phil has made quite a name for himself in the Miami art scene as a featured artist at Art Basel and has had some extremely high-profile clients including, The Obama Administration, Intercontinental Hotel, BMW, Delano Hotel and more.
We are lucky to have him joining us Wine & Design with Phil Fung @ The Brewhouse Gallery. No experience required!! Paint step-by-step alongside Phil, learn painting techniques, and have a great time while sipping on your favorite beverage. Check the Brewhouse website for the next dates in January and in February! You can also order more of Phil's work online at : http://www.philfungstudio.com/store/
Epic Trivia Wednesday with Think and Drink Trivia at The Brewhouse Gallery from 7 to 9! It's a great time, a really great time, a really great and wonderfully fantastic time… We promise!
Check out our Wynwood "Tap Spotlight" @ The Brewhouse Gallery. The brewery is located in the heart of the Miami arts scene and they have been huge supporters of the Brewhouse family from day one. The first craft beer we ever poured was their blonde ale "La Rubia". Did you miss the release "Death of Elvis" – a bacon, peanut butter and banana porter that has never been released outside the brewery?
We proudly serve French Press, Lattes, Cappuccinos, and other coffee creations made with locally roasted beans sourced directly from the growers. We also whip up a killer Cuban espresso. By night we offer craft beer from the finest Florida microbreweries, including Due South, Monk in the Trunk, and Cigar City, along with a selection of favorite wines.
Live music every Friday and Saturday!
LAST SUNDAY NIGHT of the MONTH
The Whiskey Wasps Playing on January 9th!
Musical performances, poetry readings, painting classes, and other assorted nighttime events keep things lively and we are quickly becoming one of the most well-respected live music venues in all of South Florida. Check our Events page to see what's brewin' next.
Although we don't cook food, we have food trucks stopping by every Friday and Saturday evening, and throughout the week you can order from local restaurants that deliver right to our door.
Monday – closed
Tuesday – Musician Spotlight "singer-songwriter in the round" – 7 to 10 pm
Wednesday – trivia night – 7 to 9 pm
Thursday – open mic night – 8 to 11 pm
Friday – live music – food truck – 8 to 11 pm
Saturday – live music – food truck – 8 to 11 pm
Sunday – just come and hang with us!
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Marlin Maniac takes a look at what to expect from first base this season.
Gaby Sanchez was a strong candidate for NL Rookie of the Year honors last year, and solidified his role as the teams starting first baseman in the process. Sanchez put up some pretty solid numbers, nothing too impressive, but considering many critics didn't have very high expectations for him, he was a pleasant surprise for the Florida Marlins.
Josh Thole has some positive news following a bullpen session with left-hander Chris Capuano.
I feel Chris Young is a lock for the starting rotation, leaving it up to Dillon Gee and Capuano for the fifth spot. Honestly, I think Capuano will be better served in the rotation, but at the same time I think Gee will as well. From what Terry Collins has hinted, chances are Capuano will be the team's lefty specialist. Lets just hope he can prove that he is 100% healthy.
Now that Andy Pettitte has retired, will Joe Blanton be donning the pinstripes this season?
At first glance, this looks like it would make sense, but would the Yankees really want to take on the rest of his contract? Is he really that worth it? My gut feeling is that Blanton will end up in the Bronx sometime this season, possibly towards the mid-season trading deadline if the "patchwork" rotation fails.
With an outfield full of question marks, what should the Atlanta Braves do with the fourth outfield spot?
If it weren't for his wrist, who knows where Jordan Schafer would be at this point in his career. He is lucky there is an opportunity for him to have a place on this year's team, but will he seize the moment? Whoever wins the job will have a vital role and could possibly inherit the starting centerfield job if Nate McLouth continues to struggle.
Federal Baseball takes a look at middle infielders Ian Desmond and Danny Espinosa, two players who are respected by other teams for their hustle.
While Desmond's attention is mostly generated by his league leading 34 errors, a lot can be said about simply running out of the box hard and putting in just a little bit more effort. By running ground balls out, it puts an enormous amount of pressure on the fielder who is then forced to rush their throw, possibly throwing it away and giving you an opportunity to reach second base. As for Espinosa, he burst onto the scene last year and instantly became a fan favorite. I like his chances to carry the momentum for another productive season.


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Hey everyone! I hope all of you made the most out of your day, regardless of it being Monday. Not too much took place with me yesterday. I woke up around 8:15am and headed to the gym for a quick HIIT workout. I completed short bursts of alternated sprinting and jogging for 25 minutes. After I was warmed up I did 3 sets of alternating burpees and mountain climbers. After a quick and sweaty gym sesh I quickly showered and got ready for work.
Work Schmerk. It was definitely a slow day which is always difficult considering the thoughts running through my mind are always how many other productive things I could be doing at the moment.
I snacked on a delicious orange:
and cilantro and jalapeno hummus with baby carrots:
Once it was time for lunch I decided to barely take a break because I was not that hungry. I munched on a combination of leftovers:
Mexican Veggies [onions, bell peppers, mushrooms, tempeh sautéed with cumin, chili powder, cayenne, and cilantro] with Crimini Mushrooms in a White Wine Reduction Sauce. It tastes much better than what it looks.
This was yesterday's casual outfit:
Necklace: Bebe [similar here] // Fringe Booties: ShoeDazzle "wandering" [here] // Striped Dress: Elizabeth & James [similar here and here]
I can't believe those booties are only $11.99 now! Ridiculous. So ridiculous that you should get a pair, now. This outfit is a true testament to how I dress. I love high-end designers but it is not reasonable for my wallet to buy only high-end designers. My favorite way to dress is mixing highs and lows. This dress by Elizabeth and James is high, but the booties and necklace are low. Catch my drift?
Moving right along.
After I got off of work I had only one thing on my mind and that was spending time with my boyfriend. We decided to try out a restaurant we have been talking about and driving by. It is called Grassroots Kitchen & Tap.
I ordered a Portobello mushroom sandwich with asparagus and he went with a blackened fish sandwich. I washed mine down with a Firehouse Porter and he had a pale ale.
Afterwards, we picked up Seven Psychopaths from Redbox and snuggled up on the couch for the rest of the night.
Yay, for iPhone pictures!
Seven Psychopaths was funny and disturbing, as expected from a movie called Seven Psychopaths. I would watch it again, especially since it has such an amazing lineup for the cast! Colin Farrell (le duh!), Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken (!), Sam Rockwell, Tom Waitts. Amazing.
I have school early tomorrow morning so I have to wrap this up. Enjoy your day and stay positive!
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Summer Hummer
July 13 - 17, 2015
(4 years old - 6th Grade)
This is a large camp with hundreds of leaders and kids excited to share Jesus. The goal of Summer Hummer is to show children the meaning of life while they are having the time of their life! Exciting activities including games, go carts, zip line, awesome entertainment, Bible lessons, and more! There are 2 divisions of the camp: Half Day Campers (4 years old – Kidnergarten) and Full Day Campers (1st – 6th Grade).
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The M-4500 series hydraulic boring attachments are available in three distinct configurations: M-4500, M-4500SS and M4500MS.
Case Construction Equipment announced the production startup of a new line of military skid steers and compact track loaders. Case has begun manufacturing and shipping the first of several thousand model M400W skid steers and model M400T compact track loaders.
In less than six months, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Interim Tier 4 emission standards will go into effect for many types of off-road diesel powered equipment used in underground construction, and equipment owners and operators are devoting increasing attention to the changes they will bring.
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Made by Agilux in England starting in 1949, the Agifold II was a 6×6 format folding camera. This camera has a 90mm lens, a leaf shutter and shutter speeds ranging from B to 1/300.
For metering it had an extinction meter which uses a sequence of known fractions to determine proper exposure. Here's how it works….see the little slot at the top of the camera above the word agifold? When you look through it you see a strip with numbered boxes, 1,2,3…. pick the highest number that you can make out and match it up to the scale on the top of the camera….
So for instance, if I see a two on a sunny day like today, the fastest shutter speed I will get is 100 at f4.5, the slowest would be half a second at f22. Then you transfer your settings to the lens.
By the way the dial you see in the background is for determining focus. Line up the double image in the viewfinder, check the scale and then transfer that setting to the lens as well.
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From a very early age I was thrust into the world of road safety. My dad worked for Sandwell Council, which meant I, along with other members of my family, often appeared photographed in road safety publications. At one time you couldn't go through the Sandwell area without seeing my photo plastered on the side of a bus reminding people to 'Belt up!'
Members of the Brighton and Hove CTC are introducing the 'Shed Rides' aimed at those slightly reluctant cyclists who have a bike buried under plant pots and half empty tins of paint somewhere in the garden shed.
Annual charity fundraiser, all ages from 6 to experienced, at Preston Park Cycle Track, Brighton on Saturday October 25, raising funds for Motor Neurone Disease Association and Martlets Hospice - see http://www.pedalinprestonpark.co.uk
14th Sept - Shoreham, Kent. ..... no not that Shoreham this one is inland in the scenic Darenth Valley near Eynsford
Train from Upminster to Barking, short ride to FREE Woolwich ferry into KentCirca 45 miles round trip From Barking.
29th June - Waltham Abbey Leader Dave 07948 583 979
Ride through Epping Forest area to lunch in Historic Waltham Abbey
Easy ride starting at Jenny's Cafe in Hatfield, Herts. We'll ride north to Harmer Green then return by a different route back to Hatfield in time for lunch.
Easy ride suitable for families. Meet at The Inn on the Park cafe in Verulamium Park, St Albans ready for a 10 am start. We'll cycle through Gorhambury Park (site of a Roman Theatre) and return to Verulamium Park by lunchtime. Parking (not free) and toilets available.
Non-members welcome on this Bike Week ride - average speed is about 13 mph.
Circular ride ending at a pub in St Albans.
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The 60-series infrared thermometers give easy and safe temperature readings in less than a second. The handheld portable tool enables professionals to research heating and ventilation problems, monitor the status of electrical motors and electrical panels, and diagnose malfunctions with ease. The 63, 66, and 68 pistol-grip thermometers offer an easy-to-use solution for temperature measurement in hard-to-reach, hot, rotating, or dangerous situations. The units offer a wide temperature range and quick response time, superb optics for measuring the temperature of surfaces from a distance, and adjustable emissivity (66/68 only) for more-accurate temperature measurement. Model 62 has a temperature measurement range up to 500°C (932°F), offers high-resolution optics, and is accurate to within ±1% of reading. Model 61 has easy one-button operation, easy targeting with a bright laser, and a shock-absorbing holster to increase ruggedness. Model 65 also has one-button operation. Its minimum/maximum readings provide variations in any measurement.
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Dear Parents:
When we decided to bring this show to Broadway, we knew that the issues explored in Frank Wedekind's 1891 banned play were still relevant today. Merged with a true indie-rock score by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik, Spring Awakening has become a cross-generational phenomenon that continues to transcend age and cultural barriers.
We have received such a major response, not just from young people, but from parents wanting to share their unique experience with Spring Awakening and its role in helping start a conversation with their sons and daughters. They tell us that the musical opens the door to discuss the topics the "Adults" in the show fear to discuss or are determined to ignore. We have been surprised and gratified by these stories and the fact that so many parents report that the show's characters and plot inspire such meaningful dialogue --- sometimes at the theater, sometimes later at home, and sometimes both.
We thought the best way to illustrate this would be to have you hear from other parents and teens who have experienced Spring Awakening together and draw your own conclusions whether you would like to share the musical with your family.
We hope that your questions/concerns will be answered and you will find Spring Awakening not only entertaining, but thought provoking and insightful into those teenage issues experienced in every century, the world over.
Ira Pittelman and Tom Hulce
Producers, Spring Awakening


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Book your room at Surf Mar Hotel
4-star hotel on the beach, near Lloret de Mar Beach
This Lloret de Mar hotel is set on the beach a short distance from Santa Clotilde Gardens, Lloret de Mar Beach, and Parish Church of Sant Roma. Also nearby are Cala Boadella Beach and Water World.
Hotel Features
Guests at this beach hotel will appreciate convenient onsite amenities such as a children's club and a children's pool.
Room Amenities
Televisions come with satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature air conditioning, climate control, and safes.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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In addition to an outdoor pool, Surf Mar Hotel provides a seasonal outdoor pool and a children's pool. The hotel offers a restaurant and a snack bar/deli. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. High-speed wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge.
This beach hotel also offers a rooftop terrace, a library, and a children's club. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 216
- Bar/lounge
- Concierge services
- Elevator/lift
- Airport transportation
- Billiards or pool table
- Number of outdoor pools -
- Snack bar/deli
- Rooftop terrace
- Luggage storage
- Wireless Internet access - surcharge
- Tennis on site
- Arcade/game room
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Children's club
- Library
- Multilingual staff
- Garden
- Poolside bar
- Restaurant
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Children's pool
- Outdoor pool
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Available in some public areas: Wireless Internet access - surcharge
Park your car
Self parking (surcharge)
In your room
- Balcony
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Satellite TV service
- Climate control
Eat and drink
Surf Mar Hotel has a restaurant on site.
An outdoor pool, a children's pool, and a seasonal outdoor pool are on site.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Bicycle rentals nearby
The fine print for Surf Mar Hotel
When you arrive
Check-in time starts at 1 PM
Special check-in instructions:
A tourist tax will be collected at the property upon arrival. The tax applies up to a maximum of 7 nights per person per stay.
When you leave
Check-out time is 10 AM
How you can pay
Your pets
Pets allowed, Only dogs are allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 1 per person, per night
- Self parking fee: EUR 15 per day
- Pet fee: EUR 25 per pet, per day
We should mention
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.


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You don't need directions to go somewhere great.
We'll know where we're going when we get there.
Everybody's alone.
August 2013: Thrills & Chills
I found an unlikely friend, and then I lost her.
Climate change, travel, cosmogenic nuclide surface exposure dating—y'know, the usual.
March 2012: Exploration
Hi, Rookies! If you've made anything—writing, photos, video, comix, etc.—you think might be right for us, please send it to us here. As always, thank you! ♥
Rookie is a website for teenage girls. With monthly-themed content, we update three times every weekday, and once a day on weekends. Click here to find out where to send stuff you'd like us to see. Learn about the people who write this thing here.


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The liver is a remarkable multi-tasker. It detoxifies blood; regulates glucose, protein and fat metabolism; stores A, D and B vitamins; and produces key enzymes and hormones.
The liver is the body's central chemical plant, filtering blood and removing toxins, storing sugars and lipids and producing proteins such as albumin and those that are involved in blood clotting. The liver also produces most of body's supply of cholesterol (the rest comes from food).
The liver is a vital organ of the digestive system present in vertebrates and some other animals. It has a wide range of functions, including detoxification, protein synthesis, and production of biochemicals necessary for digestion. The liver is necessary for survival; there is currently no way to compensate for the absence of liver function in the long term, although new liver dialysis techniques can be used in the short term.
This gland plays a major role in metabolism and has a number of functions in the body, including glycogen storage, decomposition of red blood cells, plasma protein synthesis, hormone production, and detoxification. It lies below the diaphragm in the abdominal-pelvic region of the abdomen. It produces bile, an alkaline compound which aids in digestion via the emulsification of lipids. The liver's highly specialized tissues regulate a wide variety of high-volume biochemical reactions, including the synthesis and breakdown of small and complex molecules, many of which are necessary for normal vital functions. Estimates regarding the organ's total number of functions vary, but textbooks generally cite it at around 500 or so.
Terminology related to the liver often starts in hepar- or hepat- from the Greek word for liver, hēpar (ἧπαρ, root hepat-, ἡπατ-).
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Alexander Gibson (conductor)
Sir Alexander Drummond Gibson CBE FRSE FRSAMD Hon RAM FRCM RSA FRSA (11 February 1926 – 14 January 1995) was a Scottish conductor and opera intendant.
Gibson was born in Motherwell and was educated at Dalziel High School. He later studied music at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, as well as in London, Salzburg and Siena, Italy. He was Assistant Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 1952-54 and conducted two productions for the amateur Glasgow Grand Opera Society in 1954. At the time of his appointment in 1957 as musical director of Sadler's Wells, he was the youngest ever to have taken that position.
Returning to Glasgow, in 1959 he became the first Scottish principal conductor and artistic director of the Scottish National Orchestra, a post he held until 1984, to date longer than any other conductor. Under his leadership the orchestra built an international reputation through recordings and foreign tours and appeared regularly in the Edinburgh International Festival and in London at The Proms. From 1981 to 1983 he was also principal guest conductor of the Houston Symphony Orchestra. He was principal conductor of the Guildford Philharmonic.
Gibson founded Scottish Opera in 1962 and was music director until 1986. Through his artistic achievements the Theatre Royal, Glasgow was bought from Scottish Television and transformed in 1975 to be the first national opera house in Scotland, and the home theatre of Scottish Opera and of Scottish Ballet, and from 1980 the Scottish Theatre Company. In 1987, Gibson was appointed conductor laureate of Scottish Opera and held this title for the remainder of his life.
He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1967, was knighted in 1977 and became president of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, where in his memory, the Alexander Gibson School of Opera was opened in 1998. It was the first purpose-built opera school in Great Britain.
Gibson had a particular affinity for Scandinavian music, particularly Jean Sibelius, whose work he recorded several times, and Carl Nielsen. He was awarded Finland's Sibelius Medal in recognition of his distinguished service to the composer's music. He was strongly committed to contemporary music and in 1961 he founded a new music festival in Glasgow originally called Musica Viva, later Musica Nova Festival, Glasgow. Among the many important premieres he conducted there was the first British performance of Gruppen by Karlheinz Stockhausen, in 1961. He was also a constant advocate of new music by Scottish composers. In the opera house he was regarded as a particularly fine interpreter of Mozart and Wagner,conducting the complete Ring des Nibelungen with Scottish Opera in 1971. He was equally at home in the Italian repertoire. In 1969 he conducted a memorable Scottish Opera production of Les Troyens by Berlioz - the first ever complete performance of both parts of the opera in one evening.
Alexander Gibson died from complications following a heart attack. He was 68.
Gibson is also commemorated by a bust in foyer of the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, home of Scottish Opera. Also, a street in his hometown Motherwell is named after him, Alexander Gibson Way.
- New York Times
- Scottish Opera - the first ten years by Conrad Wilson, 1972 ISBN 0-00-410584-2
- It's a Curious Story - The Tale of Scottish Opera 1962-1987 by Cordelia Oliver, 1987 ISBN 1-85158-066-2
- Alex - the Authorised Biography by Conrad Wilson, 1993 ISBN 1-85158-574-5
- The Theatre Royal : Entertaining a Nation by Graeme Smith, 2008 ISBN 978-0-9559420-0-6
- Playing for Scotland:History of the Royal Scottish Orchestra. By Conrad Wilson, published in 1993 by Collins
External links[edit]
- Alexander Gibson (conductor) at AllMusic
- Alexander Gibson biography at the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Ancestral information from descendant Thomas K. Gibson
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Senator Boxer: Pass the Middle Class Tax Cut Now
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Dear Friend:
Yesterday, on the Senate floor, I urged House Speaker John Boehner to pass the Middle Class Tax Cut Act so that taxes for 98 percent of Americans – including 13 million California families – will not go up on January 1st. To watch my speech, please click here.
Back in July, the Senate passed this legislation to extend tax relief for the middle class. But House Republicans are holding the bill hostage to their demands for tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires.
U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer


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From Wikipedia: In anatomy, the core refers, in its most general of definitions, to the body minus the legs and arms. Functional movements are highly dependent on the core, and lack of core development can result in a predisposition to injury. The major muscles of the core reside in the area of the belly and the mid and lower back (not the shoulders), and peripherally include the hips, the shoulders and the neck.
Overall athletes can benefit from core training because it is our foundation for nearly all your movements. Having a strong and stable foundation improves efficiency when you run, jump, lift, and more. You increase your power, and also reduce your chance of injury. Let's get stronger!
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"People ask me, 'what do I do for abs?' I tell them, stabilize the mid-line like a motherf*@!er, that's what you do" ~ Coach Glassman
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Why Schmidt's Campaign Travels with Obama Could Be Bad for Google
Why Schmidt's Campaign Travels with Obama Could Be Bad for Google
As I've already noted on my Google Watch blog today, Google CEO Eric Schmidt is hitting the campaign trail with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Schmidt told The Wall Street Journal his involvement stems from personal choice and is not intended to reflect Google's political views as a whole. A Google spokesperson in Washington confirmed this position, telling me today:
Eric is actively campaigning for Barack Obama because he believes that it is time for a change in America. In addition, his personal views on technology and energy are similar to Senator Obama's. Google of course remains neutral in the campaign.
But I can't help but wonder how such a move could backfire should Obama's running rival, Republican presidential candidate John McCain, come away victorious Nov. 4.
Where would that leave a company like Google, which needs to convince the government its search advertising practices do not violate privacy rules, and wants to keep the current privacy regulations from getting more stringent?
There's no question Google can't be partisan and must not align itself with any one party. Yet Google's Schmidt is permitted to consort with and cozy up to candidates to take their temperatures on technological issues that could impact their companies.
Not surprisingly, some political pundits think this could be a faux pas; despite Schmidt's and Google's claims to the contrary, some folks may choose to see Schmidt's endorsement as really being Google's endorsement.
Jeffrey Chester, executive director of the Central for Digital Democracy, told me:
Google has tremendous business before a potential Obama White House. For propriety's sake, Schmidt should have kept his personal politics private. This appears to be an attempt to further curry favor and influence with a new administration.
Chester noted that Congress will be tackling online privacy, which many consider the key threat to Google's economic future. Aligning oneself, even if it is for personal reasons, too closely with an administration before that future administration is installed can be dangerous for Google.
Mr. Schmidt's work on behalf of Obama-while undoubtedly heartfelt-does place a conflict of interest cloud over any future Google and Obama administration relations. He's actually placing a potential President Obama in a potentially vulnerable situation. Mr. Schmidt is not General Colin Powell-his place is in Mountain View-not on the campaign trail. He should have written a check and kept in the background.
Will Schmidts Lobbying Blow Up in Googles Face?
I also believe Schmidt is sincere when he says his involvement with Obama is a personal choice, but I've no doubt he will use his time with Obama to lead him to Google's point of view on technological issues.
He may use the time to sow more seeds about greater open access for wireless devices, or perhaps laws that let Google continue running its advertising business unfettered.
He may convince Obama that Google isn't infringing on our privacy, and may in fact convince him that contextual advertising is good for advertisers and consumers, since it improves ad relevancy.
In short, Schmidt could use his time on the campaign trail to show what a good guy he is, and by extension, just how great Google is for stimulating the U.S. economy. After all, while eBay, possibly Yahoo and other smaller Internet businesses are laying people off during this recession, Google is seemingly immune.
This isn't the first or last time companies and political parties would align. AT&T and other phone carriers seem to be leaning toward McCain and the Republican campaign. Schmidt and Obama share similar personal views on technology, including on network neutrality, while companies such as AT&T are scared to death of Obama's position.
As Dallasnews.com noted Sunday, a network neutrality law would impose strict rules on how companies manage traffic on their networks, which could force AT&T and other carriers to offer free services marketed by competitors such as Google.
But if Schmidt lobbies for Obama and Obama loses to McCain, what happens then? Does McCain, out of some zealous vengeance, go after Google? Do he and his party craft superstringent online privacy rules that bind Google's ability to grow?
Does McCain pressure the Department of Justice to manage Google's pending deal with Yahoo, or prevent similar deals from going forward in the future?
These are issues that bear watching as we hurtle toward the presidential election Nov. 4.


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Since moving Coffee Hero headquarters from Northgate to Ballard, I haven't yet figured out a way to home roast coffee without a visit from the Seattle Fire Department. So yesterday I headed out in the rain on a quest to find an espresso blend for my home machine.
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I had been meaning to try Enlighten Cafe which is a Seven Roasters account. It was just a few blocks away. Not only did they not sell whole beans there, but they are in desperate need of barista training. My espresso was close to 4 oz. The Hula Blend is forgiving, but not that forgiving.
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Function template instances
It's worth taking a brief look at how template functions are implemented in C++, because future lessons will build off of some of these concepts. It turns out that C++ does not compile the template function directly. Instead, at compile time, when the compiler encounters a call to a template function, it replicates the template function and replaces the template type parameters with actual types! The function with actual types is called a function template instance.
Let's take a look at an example of this process. First, we have a templated function:
template <typename Type> // this is the template parameter declaration Type max(Type tX, Type tY) { return (tX > tY) ? tX : tY; }
When compiling your program, the compiler encounters a call to the templated function:
int nValue = max(3, 7); // calls max(int, int)
The compiler says, "oh, we want to call max(int, int)". The compiler replicates the function template and creates the template instance max(int, int):
int max(int tX, int tY) { return (tX > tY) ? tX : tY; }
This is now a "normal function" that can be compiled into machine language.
Now, let's say later in your code, you called max() again using a different type:
double dValue = max(6.34, 18.523); // calls max(double, double)
C++ automatically creates a template instance for max(double, double):
double max(double tX, double tY) { return (tX > tY) ? tX : tY; }
and then compiles it into machine language.
It's worth noting that the compiler is smart enough to know it only needs to create one template instance per set of unique type parameters. It's also worth noting that if you create a template function but do not call it, no template instances will be created.
Operators, function calls, and function templates
Template functions will work with both built-in types (eg. char, int, double, etc…) and classes, with one caveat. When the compiler compiles the template instance, it compiles it just like a normal function. In a normal function, any operators or function calls that you use with your types must be defined, or you will get a compiler error. Similarly, any operators or function calls in your template function must be defined for any types the function template is instantiated for. Let's take a look at this in more detail.
First, we'll create a simple class:
class Cents { private: int m_nCents; public: Cents(int nCents) : m_nCents(nCents) { } };
Now, let's see what happens when we try to call our templated max() function with the Cents class:
Cents cNickle(5); Cents cDime(10); Cents cBigger = max(cNickle, cDime);
C++ will create a template instance for max() that looks like this:
Cents max(Cents tX, Cents tY) { return (tX > tY) ? tX : tY; }
And then it will try to compile this function. See the problem here? C++ has no idea how to evaluate
tX > tY! Consequently, this will produce a compile error.
To get around this problem, simply overload the > operator for any class we wish to use max() with:
class Cents { private: int m_nCents; public: Cents(int nCents) : m_nCents(nCents) { } friend bool operator>(Cents &c1, Cents&c2) { return (c1.m_nCents > c2.m_nCents) ? true: false; } };
Now C++ will know how to compare
tX > tY when tX and tY are objects of the Cents class! As a result, our max() function will now work with two objects of type Cents.
Another example
Let's do one more example of a function template. The following function template will calculate the average of a number of objects in an array:
template <class T> T Average(T *atArray, int nNumValues) { T tSum = 0; for (int nCount=0; nCount < nNumValues; nCount++) tSum += atArray[nCount]; tSum /= nNumValues; return tSum; }
Now let's see it in action:
int anArray[] = { 5, 3, 2, 1, 4 }; cout << Average(anArray, 5) << endl; double dnArray[] = { 3.12, 3.45, 9.23, 6.34 }; cout << Average(dnArray, 4) << endl;
This produces the values:
3 5.535
As you can see, it works great for built-in types!
Now let's see what happens when we call this function on our Cents class:
Cents cArray[] = { Cents(5), Cents(10), Cents(15), Cents(14) }; cout << Average(cArray, 4) << endl;
The compiler goes berserk and produces a ton of error messages! The first error message will be something like this:
c:\test.cpp(45) : error C2679: binary '<<' : no operator found which takes a right-hand operand of type 'Cents' (or there is no acceptable conversion)
Remember that Average() returns a Cents object, and we are trying to stream that object to cout using the << operator. However, we haven't defined the << operator for our Cents class yet. Let's do that:
class Cents { private: int m_nCents; public: Cents(int nCents) : m_nCents(nCents) { } friend ostream& operator<< (ostream &out, const Cents &cCents) { out << cCents.m_nCents << " cents "; return out; } };
If we compile again, we will get another error:
c:\test.cpp(14) : error C2676: binary '+=' : 'Cents' does not define this operator or a conversion to a type acceptable to the predefined operator
This error is actually being caused by the function template instance created when we call Average(Cents*, int). Remember that when we call a templated function, the compiler "stencils" out a copy of the function where the template type parameters (the placeholder types) have been replaced with the actual types in the function call. Here is the function template instance for Average() when T is a Cents object:
template <class T> Cents Average(Cents *atArray, int nNumValues) { Cents tSum = 0; for (int nCount=0; nCount < nNumValues; nCount++) tSum += atArray[nCount]; tSum /= nNumValues; return tSum; }
The reason we are getting an error message is because of the following line:
tSum += atArray[nCount];
In this case, tSum is a Cents object, but we have not defined the += operator for Cents objects! We will need to define this function in order for Average() to be able to work with Cents. Looking forward, we can see that Average() also uses the /= operator, so we will go ahead and define that as well:
class Cents { private: int m_nCents; public: Cents(int nCents) : m_nCents(nCents) { } friend ostream& operator<< (ostream &out, const Cents &cCents) { out << cCents.m_nCents << " cents "; return out; } void operator+=(Cents cCents) { m_nCents += cCents.m_nCents; } void operator/=(int nValue) { m_nCents /= nValue; } };
Finally, our code will compile and run! Here is the result:
11 cents
Note that we didn't have to modify Average() at all to make it work with objects of type Cents. We simply had to define the operators used to implement Average() for the Cents class, and the compiler took care of the rest!
|14.3 -- Template classes
|14.1 -- Function templates