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Everything starts with faith. Faith causes us to see good things in the future, and because of this we develop a vision of success and prosperity in life.
- Author Casey Treat
Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (Matthew 6:34)
The boys are in our backyard pool with a few of their friends. There is laughter. Joy. The rowdy sort of glee that comes with having a good deal of boyness in a somewhat small space.
They swim and splash and make the water nearly slosh over the pool walls.
I'm on the swing that my husband Lonny built. It's my perch. My watching spot. But today, as I sit in the sun, my thoughts wander. And soon I find myself in a worrisome place.
Summer days are numbered.
Change is near.
I never deal with change well. It may be my strongest spiritual struggle. Change brings uncertainty, and that translates to fear. Close-at-hand autumn will move us, as a family, into new territory.
Our oldest son Logan will return to Wheaton to finish his Bible degree. What will come next? Grant will begin his senior year in high school. What will the future bring? The three youngest boys and I will begin our homeschool year. Will what I teach them be enough?
Sometimes I draw worry into my emotional heart as naturally as my physical lungs draw air.
Yet, I know, as I contemplate, with still-summer sounds wrapping around me, that Jesus tells us not to worry. In fact, in His grace, he encourages us to live just one day at a time. Each day will bring what He's prepared me for. Each day will bring what, in His strength, I can handle. The rest is a burden I place upon myself.
A self-willed yoke.
A weight He's told me not to bear.
I'm still thinking about this when I'm hit with a cold water spray. Droplets fall like cool spring rain.
"Sorry, Mom," a son calls. His water gun is pointed high, and he's wearing a grin. Several boys poke their heads up from the water, hair slicked back smooth as seals.
I decide that I want to live today.
I think of the water gun in the shed behind me. I'm going to join the boys in their fun. A sneak attack will be just the thing.
This war with worry? I'm going to win it one day at a time.
It's what the Lord commanded.
And peace floods my soul as I obey.
Teach me to live one day at a time, Lord. To appreciate and work within the here and now. Help me to trust and to leave the details of my tomorrows to you.
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Shawnelle has been writing for six years, contributing regularly to Guideposts magazine, Daily Guideposts devotional and other inspirational publications. She would say that life with her men moves faithfully, on fast forward. But it's her heart's desire, her passionate prayer, to see God's goodness and glory in the fullness of her days. She longs to see Him in the unexpected moments, unexpected places, changing the ordinary to extraordinary and bringing quiet, sustaining grace.


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Calling itself a light-drenched "urban oasis" in the heart of the city, the luxury Fairmont Washington, DC is located adjacent to Georgetown and within just a mile of the White House. This Vlastimil Koubeck-designed hotel—whose facade may look familiar to fans of Enemy of the State—boasts an open lobby and award-winning amenities, such as the 17,500-square-foot fitness center (one of the city's largest). Dining options include American comfort food at Juniper, and both The Colonnade and The Loggia restaurants overlook the central garden courtyard. While the hotel's 415 rooms and suites feature neutral decor and simple furnishings, their larger-than-average floor plans and original artwork serve as unique perks.
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From the late 1990s to the present, individuals and businesses have been acutely aware of the havoc caused by poorly implemented or nonexistent information security practices. Terms such as "phishing," "cracking" and "black-hat hacking" have entered the mainstream lexicon to describe new crimes perpetrated against people. As businesses become increasingly bound to their information systems, the value of the equipment, software and services are not the only line items affected when they are violated or attacked. Less deterministic aspects of the organization, such as goodwill, public trust and market valuation, are also negatively impacted. Furthermore, the development of advanced digital storage devices has allowed public and private entities to retain innumerable quantities of personal client/customer information, which can be analyzed, bought and sold. These massive concentrations of valuable data have developed into lucrative targets for thieves. During the last decade, governmental and private organizations have joined together to develop legislation and standards that help ensure that organizations take concrete and decisive steps toward preserving the confidentiality, integrity and availability of their information systems. This effort has yielded broad, comprehensive legislation that is often difficult to interpret and even tougher to obey.
To help cope with these new challenges, the field of information security has had to develop rapidly in a short span of years. Prior to the early 1990s, there were only a few high-profile information security cases, best characterized as either belonging to the realm of international espionage—exemplified by Clifford Stoll's The Cuckoo's Egg, a case involving cracking a Cold War cyberspy ring—or the exploits of juveniles and technical enthusiasts such as the 414s and the case of hacker and now-reformed security expert Kevin Mitnick. Unfortunately, the playing field has since been leveled, and anyone can pose a threat to an organization's information security. This has placed many corporations and governments on the constant defensive and without a clear offensive strategy. The relative youth of the field, in comparison to other criminal sciences, and the lack of highly skilled professionals has left these organizations without the tools they need to adequately cope with security threats.
To make matters worse, there are few formal instructional texts available to teach information security officers and information systems auditors how to assess information systems for security risks and establish procedures to help minimize the impact of potential incidents. Many information security training events and courses, such as those provided by ISACA, the SANS Institute and universities participating in the National Security Association's (NSA's) Centers for Academic Excellence in Information Assurance program, attempt to overcome this hurdle through a variety of instruction methods in classroom and laboratory settings. Many information security courses expose students to a variety of real-life tactics used by hackers and crackers to exploit vulnerabilities through penetration testing, thus creating a new generation of "white-hat hackers," or individuals who hack or probe systems for weak points to better defend them against attack.1
Many organizations' first engagement with white-hat hackers is during a security assessment or audit that incorporates a "red team." The red team is composed of individuals skilled in performing ethical hacking—employing the same tactics malicious hackers may use against information systems, but instead of damaging systems or stealing information, the findings are reported back to the organization.2 IS auditors can use the red team method to their advantage to gain a better understanding of new and emerging security threats and produce actionable proof to make the case for fundamental changes in an organization's security practices. Red teams made up of internal staff are problematic. If they are internal, they already have knowledge of the network and security. This violates the rule of "testing" one's own systems. Therefore, auditors who are hired from outside the company to conduct a red team audit are not given prior information about the network or security to simulate a true exercise in external intrusion. Thus, they can provide an external, unbiased test of the control infrastructure. The recent Carnegie Mellon report on insider threats points to the fact that external threats and internal threats need separate approaches.
The concept of red teaming has its beginnings in military science. It was used by the US military throughout the Cold War and into the present to help strategic planners do the following:
These basic concepts were general enough to apply to other governmental and commercial organizations experiencing their own set of security issues.
The red teaming process is a component of both the assessment and maintenance phases of the information security life cycle. It is an assessment function, in that it can yield valuable information that can be used to form a clear, objective picture of an organization's information security practices. Red teaming practices can also be used later in the life cycle by information security and auditing professionals to retest systems and procedures to determine if the suggested changes were successful and implemented. Figures 1 and 2 illustrate the information security life cycle. Red team audits can inform policy-making and improve all functions in the security life cycle and the information security (infosec) process.
Within the IS auditing sphere, as the real-life experiences of many auditors have proven, the assessment phase should ideally fall in the beginning stages of any major IT projects adopted by the organization. In addition to keeping down the costs of radically redesigning a project to defend against new security threats, this also helps a red team focus on fundamental threats that may plague the project and reduce the scope of the engagement.
The decision to pursue or forego red team testing should be predicated on the results of an extensive risk assessment beforehand. In any risk assessment, the audit team should attempt to use best practices for risk assessment to categorize risks by severity. If there are severe or undefined risks present for the organization's critical, high-value systems or projects, red team testing may be easier to justify than if the systems are noncritical and of low value. The manpower and expense of a red team exercise may also determine if this is a suitable tool to use in the audit. Depending on the size of the information system or the level of technical expertise needed by team members, the audit staff may not be able to be directly involved with the red team engagement. Auditors may have to rely on outside sources to help them augment the team's efforts. This raises an interesting dilemma: Is it necessary for auditors to acquire the expertise needed to fully evaluate systems, or should they just step back and merely oversee and direct the red team's efforts? The answer to this question is unclear and auditors must carefully consider the implications of bringing in outside assistance for such a sensitive operation.
To help navigate around these and other obstacles that may roadblock a successful red team engagement, auditors should ensure that the corporate culture is able to accept the judgment of the red team and tolerate criticism of the established practices.4
One could argue that the most fundamental operations of the organization should contribute toward a culture that cares about ensuring the security of confidential data—from the human resources department's hiring practices, which should emphasize choosing the most suitable and stable candidates for positions that may have access to sensitive information, to the facilities department's continual diligence in maintaining a safe and clean environment, to the board of directors' willingness to listen and react to senior management's suggestions to improve security, and to the staff members, who take pride in their jobs and obey the rules that not only protect the company's wellbeing, but also their own personal information, such as payroll documents, employee reviews and medical records. In the same vein, the auditee must understand that the red team is not an affront to the competence of the organization's programmers or administrators, internal workflow, or management style. Auditors should explain to management that it is merely a method used to apply a high level of stress to a system or process to gauge its effectiveness and efficiency. Audits may be used in court to defend against negligence suits. Performing audits indicates a culture that values due diligence and due care.
The team must have top cover from management to deflect the concerns from other levels of the organization to preserve objectivity in their methods and findings.5
The red team must have not only top management support but also a comprehensive agreement with the auditee that outlines the evaluation plan and identifies the exact systems or processes to be examined. Without an explicit, written assurance guaranteeing that the team is free from liability, there is a significant risk that the team may be subject to criminal and civil penalties, as it could be possible, for example, for the team during their testing to unintentionally intrude on systems that may be governed by the laws of other countries, accidentally violate the integrity of systems connected to the organization via an electronic trading system, or view highly sensitive, patented or secret material.6 Once the team and the organization have concluded the agreement, the team should have the full support of top management to conduct what C.C. Palmer characterizes as "no-holds-barred" activities against the specified systems or processes. In a control audit engagement and a red team penetration test, the best results may come from testing systems that are in normal and routine operations. The red team must strike a careful balance with management. On one hand, to gather the most accurate results, it may be necessary for management to accept that critical systems may malfunction or data may be lost during the testing; on the other, the red team must not push the systems beyond the agreed-upon parameters.7 Strong management support is also needed to deflect potential animosity and resistance that the team might encounter from an organization's IT staff after being confronted with the knowledge that their systems might not be secure. It should be stressed to management and IT that the red team engagement is not out to assign blame to any individual or team; it is only a method of gathering information so the organization can have an objective viewpoint regarding the security of its systems. The data gathered from an engagement is not merely a laundry list of problems with systems, but a potential opportunity for the organization to recognize the need for greater investment and attention to IT's needs.
Red team exercises must have a project plan with limited scope (everything cannot be tested at once) and a methodology to be followed. Red teams should never just go in and mess with a system but should have a careful plan based on prior vulnerability assessments and risk to systems.
The red team should be composed of competent subject matter experts (SMEs) with experience appropriate to the engagement.8 Both the participating auditors and red team technical specialists must have, at a minimum, a firm grasp of the fundamentals of computer forensics and a good general knowledge of the systems and processes against which they will test. The red team will typically test four areas of an information system:
Highly complex systems may require that the audit team pursue advanced training or partner with third parties to adequately assess the information system. The following are some of the key areas of specialization:
There are many instructional courses being formed currently to help auditors and red team specialists keep current on new attacks and threats. At the professional level, many organizations, such as ISACA, the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and the SANS Institute, offer training and industry-recognized certification to members. At the audit specialist level, there are numerous platform- and application-specific courses available from major software/hardware companies, such as Microsoft, PeopleSoft, Cisco and Juniper Networks.11 The demand for qualified and experienced individuals in information security normally exceeds the actual supply; therefore, it may be necessary to bring in new talent to fulfill the staffing needs of the red team. The federal government has recognized this need and has formed the Center for Cyber Defenders at Sandia National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA. The program employs and trains college students in computer forensics, network programming, computer science and other key areas.12
In addition to developing a training path for the red team, auditors and specialists can benefit from the experiences and training of each team member through the keeping of detailed records of common practices and general observations made during investigations in a knowledge database. This will promote information sharing between team members and the rest of the security community and eliminate the need for additional research on problems that may have been encountered on previous engagements. This argues for a specialization in corporate forensics as advocated by Patricia Logan of Marshall University and John Patzakis, vice chairman of Guidance Software, and there are several organizations (Bank Of America, Wells Fargo, etc.) that have created such support entities within their operations.
The scope of the engagement must be focused and manageable. The audit staff should make full use of the initial planning stages of the assessment to gain enough basic information about the systems and processes that they will engage. During this phase, auditors can gauge from the responses of interviews with staff, questionnaires and details of prior audits the necessary manpower required for the red team. This will also help determine if the scope of the engagement will be at the application level or the enterprise level. Typically, application-level red team engagements will examine the security of systems that are not terminal to the organization, have a very specific set of goals and a short timeline, and are structured in approach. On the other hand, an enterprise engagement takes a broad perspective of information security and may determine the future course of the organization.13 It is important that the team focus on systems that are of the greatest importance to the organization's survival..14Examples of high-risk systems might be the organization's web site, a critical back-end database or any concentration of data used to make daily business decisions.
With thousands of known vulnerabilities and tens of thousands yet to be discovered, the red team must be careful to avoid scope creep by attempting to test for the irrelevant or trivial during the attack planning stage. The attack tree is one innovative method that can help define and manage the scope in both types of engagements. Figure 3 provides an example of an attack tree.
In an attack tree, the overarching goal of the attack, for example, cracking into an organization's payroll database, is represented at the top of the tree as the root node. To crack into the payroll database, a subgoal, which is represented by a subnode of the root node, might be to guess the password to the database or to copy the database in its entirety.15Each of these goals may have atomic, or highly specific, tasks that can be done to accomplish it, such as "run a database password cracking tool." These tasks will take the form of leaf nodes in the attack tree. After the attack tree has fully taken shape, the red team can evaluate each leaf node using capability analysis. In capability analysis, the team will make an estimation of the cost, ability and tolerance of apprehension of the attack. Therefore, in an attack tree illustrating cracking into the payroll database, it may be determined that the cost of using a freely available password cracker tool is US $0, the ability level is very low, and the tolerance of dishonesty, or likelihood that someone would use this method to crack the database without the fear of getting caught, is minimal. On the other hand, the risk of copying the database, which may be on a standalone computer, may be quite high if the attacker has to resort to stealth and physical intrusion to get to the computer. As the red team evaluates each possibility and weighs the chance that an attack is likely, the least likely options are pruned from the attack tree.16 This can be useful in determining the scope and timeline of the red team engagement, because it can help eliminate tests for low-probability and/or low-value risks and be reused in future engagements. An attack tree should consider three points of vulnerability: people, policies and technology. Testing just one will not do—a point of vulnerability can exist for each one.
Results should have immediate consideration and be acted a relatively short time period. At the team engagement, the final report organization should document all the steps and used in the course of testing. This must detailed to satisfy concerns that customers might have about the introduction programs or loss of data caused by the team must have a documented plan. The clearly state specific steps that management the risks identified during the initial possible recommendations found in a red to suggest the customer:
If the red team engagement was driven by a requirement to comply with legislation, auditors should attempt to answer the by offering specific and concrete steps to fulfill this need. For example, if the healthcare facility that had to comply with Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the report should suggest steps the organization should take to comply with the HIPAA security mandate. This mandate requires that patient data and transactions containing patient data be safeguarded to protect confidentiality, integrity and availability, but does not give any suggestions or recommendations for how a provider can accomplish these goals. Auditors can reconcile the risks to patient data and the red team's vulnerability assessment by using outside resources such as the American Medical Association's (AMA's) best practices publication, Field Guide to HIPAA Implementation, networking with other auditors and teams specializing in the same area, or drawing from past experience. A possible suggestion for this scenario might be to implement an encrypted virtual private network between two doctors' offices to deter hackers from intercepting transmissions of patient data. Another resource is the US National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST's) guidance SP 800-66, for implementing the security rule. The potential cost of not complying with just a single piece of legislation such as HIPAA's mandate can be US $25,000 per year for each requirement not fulfilled. Since a piece of legislation such as HIPAA may have thousands of requirements, the costs may exceed tens of millions of US dollars. Many large organizations may find themselves surrounded on all sides with multiple rules and regulations, including the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act for most publicly traded companies, US SEC rule 17-a-4, the US Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the state of California's SB 1386 and the US Patriot Act for many financial institutions, and numerous regulations at both the state and international levels. Each requires full compliance either now or at a date that is too close to ignore for many organizations. The cost of not testing for vulnerabilities can be expensive as well.
The results of the engagement must be kept discreet. Prior to the engagement, the organization should conduct a thorough background check of red team members. Some complex systems may require third-party companies or freelance experts to help assist auditors in conducting the testing. It is important to make sure that these individuals are trustworthy beyond doubt due to the sensitive nature of ethical hacking. Finally, confidentiality agreements should be drafted by the organization and signed by the members of the red team prior to or after the engagement affirming that no information will be shared.
A successful red team engagement should not only be a hunt for software vulnerabilities, but the members should be expected to employ novel and inventive tactics against the organization's defenses to successfully emulate a competitor or an attacker. As organizations get wise to standard distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) and password cracking attacks, hackers may rely on other means to get into the network, such as social engineering, document grinding and war driving. The social engineering hack can be perpetrated in many forms:
Social engineering tactics may be the hardest for most individuals to pull off, but the rewards of discovering that they can work against the organization's supposedly secure information systems are worth the effort and, hence, must be anticipated in the red team's investigation.
Document grinding is closely related to social engineering, in that it examines what employees consider trivial documents, such as appointments, spreadsheets, phone numbers, manuals and letterheads, and then assembles these pieces of information together to get a clear picture of how the organization works. For example, by conducting a night walk-through of open cubicles in an organization or "dumpster diving" for unshredded documents, the red team can gather passwords or names of important individuals to use during a social engineering hack, or discover the names of critical systems to use during a penetration test. Examining calendars and address books might give the red team clues into the best times to conduct their attack to coincide with an employee's vacation or shift change. They can also search the Internet for other sources of information in the form of ads in job databases, requests from key security and support personnel for technical help in forums and newsgroups, resumes posted by individuals currently or previously employed by the organization, SEC filings, or even documents posted on the company's own web site. Since these types of attacks require the element of surprise, management must not inform or alert staff of the red team's operations.
The newest tactic in hacking focuses specifically on the wireless network, the newest addition to many organizations' information systems. No matter what new specifications are developed to secure wireless transmissions, the fact remains that since packets pass unprotected through the open air, they are fully traceable/sniffable and a prime target for hackers. The tactic of war driving allows hackers and, therefore, red team members to flesh out the size of a wireless network, gather details about the relative positions of access points from their signal strengths and triangulation methods, and determine the encryption being used, if any, for the packets being sent. These can help the red team exploit a new avenue of attack to explore during the engagement. Wireless should be one of many things to be tested, rather than a single target for an exercise.
The red team exercise can be a valuable tool for auditors to use in assessing risks to information systems above and beyond those techniques traditionally used by auditors. This method has been successfully used in the past by the US military and other large organizations to simulate and defend against previously inconceivable threats.
Unfortunately, for red teaming to gain wider acceptance and usage, it must overcome two obstacles. First, auditors must increase their awareness of tactics used by hackers by training and collaborating with information security professionals. Fortunately, the body of knowledge on information security is rapidly growing and there is an ample amount of literature and courses offered to help auditors retrain. Second, the concept of "ethical hacking" is still a hard sell for organizations that might be wary of allowing someone to subvert their security without employees being given advance notice. There is no easy approach to help these organizations understand and acknowledge that the benefits to the red team exercise outweigh the negatives. The secretive nature of the red team exercise prevents auditors from producing detailed case studies to show organizations quantifiable proof of its value.
1 Kabay, M.E.; Philip S. Holt; "Career Advice: Breaking into Infosec," May 2001, http://infosecuritymag.techtarget.com/ articles/may01/features_career_advice.shtml2 Palmer, C. C.; "Ethical Hacking,"IBM Systems Journal, 2001, www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj/403/palmer.html3 United States Department of Defense, Defense Science Board Task Force, "The Role and Status of DoD Red Teaming Activities," September 2003, www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/redteam.pdf4 Ibid.5 Ibid.6 Peake, Chris; "Red Teaming: The Art of Ethical Hacking," 12 July 2004, www.sans.org/rr/papers/5/1272.pdf7 Op. cit., Palmer8 Op. cit., US Department of Defense9 Duggan, David P.; Robert L. Hutchinson; "Red Teaming 101," Sandia National Laboratories, 17 July 2004, www.cs.nmt.edu/%7Ecs491_02/RedTeaming-4hr.pdf10 Op. cit., Peake11 Institute for Internal Auditors, "Tools and Resources for Security Management," 10 August 2004, www.theiia.org/iia/index.cfm?doc_id=306112 Sandia Corporation, "Center for Cyber Defenders (CCD)," 10 August 2004, www.sandia.gov/ccd/13 Op. cit., US Department of Defense14 Op. cit., Peake15 Amezana Technologies Ltd., "Creating Secure Systems Through Attack Modeling," 10 June 2003, www.amenaza.com/downloads/docs/5StepAttackTree_ WP.pdf16 Ibid.
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I'm using #20 biscuits to glue-up several pieces of oak plywood edge-to-edge to form a larger panel. Upon gluing the first such panel there is a problem. The edges do not align flush on the face of the panel.
The plywood varies often in thickness, even though all pieces were cut from the same sheet. I was careful to register the joiner fence against a common face of all pieces. I thought all the pieces would align on that face due to the biscuits. That face was oriented up during clamping and gravity may have worked against me. The glue was also rather old, and probably too tacky. There are four more of these panels. I got some fresh glue. I'm thinking I'll try clamping with the "good" face down. That will present some difficulties wiping off the glue squeeze-out. Am I on the right track? Other suggestions for dealing with varying thickness of the plywood? |
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Joining sheets of plywood perfectly flush is going to be nigh impossible. The veneer on most plywood is extremely thin, so you only have a few thousandths' tolerance if you hope to sand the joint smooth without sanding through one side of the veneer or the other. Biscuits are not going to help much. The best thing you can do is make the joints look intentional instead of invisible, but it's hard to say how do that without knowing more about the context / project. |
Use a piece of solid oak 1x2 or 1x3 between the pieces of plywood. That way every joint is plywood to solid wood. Set the biscuit joiner just a hair different for the solid wood, so there will be a little something to sand. I am curious, how large are these glue-up panels? Never use scraps of plywood to make a larger panel that could be cut from a whole sheet. You will spend way more in terms of labor to achieve inferior results. Just go buy another sheet, it will save time and $ |
It was a last minute idea to avoid boring plywood sides on some book cases. There are relatively large center panels within a border, so it is like a frame&panel door with the frame and panels flush. It has a kind-of parquet look which I like. The construction is disappointing. The narrower "frame" components could be solid wood. Alternately I could try a narrow shallow rabbit around the panel sections. Thanks for the advice. |
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I will be cutting back my yellow, white, and pink single NOID Brugs to put up the temp green house. If anyone would like cuttings for postage just let me know, and we can get you hooked on brugs too.
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- Posted by priscilla2007 8b/9a (My Page) on Thu, Nov 4, 10 at 21:22
I would like some cutting. sending you an email. Priscilla2007 |
PA.. That HUGE white??? Ya'll it is to die for! You need to post some pic's.. |
- Posted by princealbert 8 Belton TX (My Page) on Fri, Nov 5, 10 at 23:16
Count me in if you have any left. Beautiful pictures. Patsey |
HAHAHA!!! Pa I Love that photo of you with the ear rings!!! |
- Posted by marcie_new z8 (My Page) on Mon, Nov 8, 10 at 0:26
Hi there just droping you a note MY Variegated Plumie (formerly yours)is fixing to BLOOM! I am so excited, can't wait till the blooms open I will take a picture tomorrow and post it her so that you can see. The white Brug I got from you, is it the same you are offering for postage? Thanks Marcie. |
Variegated Plummie..YUM .. I hope one of you will post some pic's.. Kylie |
- Posted by princealbert 8 Belton TX (My Page) on Mon, Nov 8, 10 at 22:59
Marcie, Yes it is the same if you got it at the SA swap. Kylie, Marcie was talking about the Brug I believe. I don't have any varigated plumies. priscilla2007 & midway (Patsey) send me an email with the colors and your addys. pa |
- Posted by beachplant 9b (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Wed, Nov 10, 10 at 9:23
If you still have cuttings available I would love to have some. Happy to pay postage of course! Thanks tons! Tally HO! |
- Posted by princealbert 8 Belton TX (My Page) on Wed, Nov 10, 10 at 18:19
Tally, Send your addy. and your choice of colors, Do you want green sticks or brown sticks. pa |
- Posted by princealbert z8 Belton TX (My Page) on Fri, Nov 19, 10 at 14:29
tally I'm still waiting for the triangle boxes from the post office and your addy. pa |
- Posted by glaswegian 5b, Ont (My Page) on Fri, Nov 19, 10 at 19:48
Holy cow.....another great offering. If it's not a problem, I'll like a piece of that tall yellow one? Mick |
- Posted by dragonsmist (My Page) on Fri, Nov 19, 10 at 23:04
i would love a few for postage if any left. |
- Posted by princealbert z8 Belton TX (My Page) on Sat, Nov 20, 10 at 16:31
Mick and dragonsmist, Send your addy in a regular email. I got the boxes from the post office. Heads up everyone. I'll send you each an email when I put them in the post office. |
- Posted by dragonsmist (My Page) on Sat, Nov 20, 10 at 21:36
sent email thanks |
- Posted by princealbert z8 Belton TX (My Page) on Tue, Nov 23, 10 at 6:40
I just wanted to tell everyone expecting cuttings from me that I'm going to wait until after the Thanksgiving weekend to mail out. I don't want them to sit in the post office over the weekend. pa |
- Posted by princealbert z8 Belton TX (My Page) on Tue, Nov 30, 10 at 14:31
They are all in the mail system now if you sent me your addy. talley and glasweigan, I never got an addy from you. send it. |
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I'm looking for some opinions from friends and strangers. I was all set to go with quartz counters (not that I was in love, but it worked) and wandered into a natural stone showroom this afternoon and a slab of Jerusalem Gold limestone called out to me. My selected floor tile is a porcelain with the look of a vein cut stone. (Sorry can't post a picture now). The look is terrific. I got a price quote of about $45/sq ft installed. Quartz will be about $60. Disclosure-- this is master bath only to be used by 2 neat and clean adults. Question -- is honed limestone a really bad idea for mainenance?
The other issue is if it is a mistake to simply run the tile and not break it up with accent tiles or a design in the shower or on the tub deck. With the quartz in mind, I was struggling to add something that made sense. As soon as I saw the limestone, I got that Zen feeling that this works. There is a stained glass window that is over the tub that is what you see as you enter the bathroom. The tile is 12 x24 and will run crosswise as you enter and run vertically in the shower. It feels to me like there is enought going on. Question -- Is it a mistake to just do the tile? I appreciate all your comments. |
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- Posted by mtnrdredux (My Page) on Fri, Feb 10, 12 at 22:38
I had a honed limestone in my MBA. It was sealed. I had it for maybe 10 years. It started to look dirty (floor especially) after 2 years. It was cleaned biweekly. This was back when tumbled edges were in, so the discoloration over time just made the whole thing sort of rustic, kwim? So it was okay. But if i were using it in a more formal look, I would have been unhappy.... |
- Posted by live_wire_oak (My Page) on Fri, Feb 10, 12 at 23:57
Even sealed it will suck up every bit of spilled toothpaste, mouthwash, makeup, hair products, etc. and you don't even have to be "messy". Many of those products will etch it as well. You need to appreciate a "lived in" look to enjoy limestone. |
- Posted by lynneblack (My Page) on Sat, Feb 11, 12 at 0:23
I wanted a limestone shower, our GC talked me out of it, said it etches, scratches, discolors, etc. He said in his opinion it's among the worst choices of a bathroom material. |
I have three friends with limestone bath counters. Two are about ten yrs. old, the other, four years. They love them, no issues, and look great to me. However, my home is filled with antiques, so I expect and like patina. I.d planned for limestone until I fell in love with a cream and caramel marble I had to have. Having it honed and will need to be more vigilant ,but life is short, get what you love! I say! Besides, my ancient marble topped chest is most definitely not pristine, and looks very nice to me. Mtnred, you see tumbled stone floors going away? What has replaced that look do you feel? I,m putting in tumbled travertine in a Versailles pattern in master bath. I see it a lot and know it's not cutting edge, but feel it still has the look of an old English country home. And btw, having fallen in love with your claw foot tub, that's going in the new bathroom, too......a straight vs. a slipper, though. Sorry, no help with the tile. Can't quite picture it. |
We had Jerusalem limestone counters in our last kitchen. Three little kids, four cats, two sloppy adults -- no problems. Our stoneyard said it is the only limestone they would recommend for countertops. I don't think a bathroom would be a more dangerous place than a kitchen for countertops. |
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CHANDIGARH: Taking up the matter of conversion of seats, the educatuion department had sent an email on April 17 asking the schools to send details like the class at the entry level, total number of seats in the entry class (general plus EWS), number of seats under EWS (i.e. 25%), number of applications received under EWS category, number of seats filled under EWS category, number of seats lying vacant under EWS category till April 17 and reasons for rejection of applications, if any.
However, what ISA has sent in its reply on Thursday is a list of letters along with dates that the ISA wrote to the DEO, DPI, and education secretary since April 2010, seeking information on issues like child mapping and the reimbursement amount.
ISA president H S Mamik said, "We are only asking the department to fulfill their duties. We have written so many letters to them in two years but we have not got a single reply. They have also failed to recognize us and until we are recognized, they can't force us to implement the provisions of the RTE Act. Moreover, the session for this year has already begun and now there are no seats, so the RTE Act will only be implemented from next year."
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Salah is an obligatory requirement for all Muslims; however, there are a few exception for special cases in which Salah is difficult (for example, for people that are traveling or for those people that have a handicap that prevents them from performing Salah as it is stipulated. Muslims must purify themselves before praying. To do so, a Muslim must first perform an ablution with a specific set of rules and procedures. The place where Salah will take place must also be clean and adhere to some guidelines. There are also some activities or situations that may render a Muslim impure for Salah (for example, bleeding.)
To pray, there is a repetition of several actions and prayers. Each of the sequences that is to be repeated is a raka'ah. Depending on the time of day, or the circumstances of prayer, the number of raka'ah changes. For example, community prayers on Fridays have a different number of raha'ah than the daily Morning Prayer. Salah also includes some additional prayers and actions that can be done as a way to further praise God, ask for forgiveness, or to continue praying. These are not obligatory, but are considered as something virtuous. The actions involved in Salah can be altered in cases of handicap or of special circumstances that do not allow a Muslim to perform them all. After having finished with prayer, there are usually other prayers held. Sometimes some specific Surah of the Qur'an is recited, or additional prayers are read or recited. Sometimes Salah is part of a larger ritual for a special occasion or celebration, in which case there are other activities that surround the normal prayer.
The times of prayer can differ among different sects of Islam. Most Muslims pray five times per day, according to the movement of the sun. The usual prayers are at dawn, at noon, a few hours after noon, before sunset, and at night. Some of these prayers can be combined depending on the circumstances; for example, Shia Muslims usually perform these prayers in sets of two, usually combining the noon and afternoon prayers, or the sunset and nightfall prayers. If a Muslims misses a prayer, he must make it up as soon as possible.


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asset pledged as security to ensure payment or performance of an obligation. In bank lending, it is generally something of value owned by the borrower. If the borrower defaults, the asset pledged may be taken and sold by the lender to fulfill completion of the original contract. Four types of collateral, as recognized by the Uniform Commercial Code, are commonly used in secured lending: (1) trade goods, (2) paper (negotiable instruments and title documents), (3) intangibles, and (4) business proceeds (cash). Collateral assigned to the lender can even be the asset being financed, as in asset-based lending , where a loan might be secured by business inventory or accounts receivable. In a home mortgage loan, the borrower gives the lender a mortgage on the house being purchased.
When bank assets are securitized, or converted into marketable securities in the secondary market , the principal and interest payments serve as collateral for the securities offered for sale to investors.
See also security interest , collateral loan , security agreement , asset-backed securities , side collateral- secondary; on the side.
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25 March 2008, Bucharest - Advent International, a leading global buyout firm, has completed the acquisition of LaborMed Pharma from its founders. LaborMed, based in Bucharest, manufactures and distributes generic pharmaceuticals, primarily for cardiovascular and central nervous system ailments. The company recently launched a portfolio of drugs for diabetes. LaborMed also has its own distribution arm, through which it sells direct to over 80% of the country's pharmacies and wholesalers - a particular strength.
The company was founded in 1991 and has built a good reputation, based largely on the quality of its R&D. Its facilities and laboratories are state-of-the-art and EU-compliant, supported by eight warehouses throughout Romania, providing easy access to local pharmacies as well as nationwide visibility. The company is profitable on anticipated turnover, to year end 2007, of some €29 million and employs approximately 500 people, mostly in development, manufacturing, sales and distribution.
Advent, which acquired Terapia in 2003 and supported its transformation from a local generics producer into a regional leader, until its acquisition in 2006 by Ranbaxy, believes LaborMed offers potential for similar growth. The company is currently no. 6 in the Romanian market, with a number of existing products yet to achieve their sales potential, a relatively small pipeline of new products and an under-utilised but excellent distribution platform. Romania's pharmaceuticals market remains relatively under-developed, with 2006 annual spend of €72 per head compared to a western European average of €423.
Advent is bringing in a new senior management team to the company to replace the retiring founders and managers. The team, all of whom worked with Advent at Terapia and who are co-investing in LaborMed alongside Advent, comprises Stephen Stead CEO, Adi Stroilescu Business Development and Mircea Ilie CFO. Stephen Stead has recently left his position as CEO of Poland's largest independent manufacturer, Polpharma, in order to lead the buy in team at LaborMed.
Advent and the buy-in team intend to build LaborMed through organic growth and through the acquisition of companies with specialist, complementary drug portfolios, as part of the industry's consolidation. The finance and marketing functions will be strengthened.
Commenting on the acquisition, Emma Popa-Radu, Head of Advent's Bucharest office, says: "We have been looking for another pharmaceuticals business in the region for some time and are delighted to have completed this buy-in in a market with few quality assets now available. LaborMed has good, modern laboratories, manufacturing facilities and warehousing, all of which are key to our plans for developing the product portfolio, expanded manufacturing capacity and maximising the distribution business."
Stephen Stead, LaborMed's new CEO, added: "I am very pleased to return to Romania and work alongside the Advent team again. This is a great opportunity to both invest in and lead LaborMed, a high quality company which provides an excellent platform for future growth."
Advent International has been investing in the pharmaceuticals sector for over 20 years. In addition to Labormed, selected investments include Fada Pharma S.A., Argentina's leading manufacturer of generic pharmaceuticals acquired by Polygon Labs; Viatris, a branded pharmaceuticals business acquired by Meda; and Terapia, Romania's largest independent generic pharmaceuticals manufacturer, acquired by Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. (Mumbai: RANBAXY).
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Northern Illinois Special Recreation Association The commissioners of the Cary Park District were instrumental in the formation of NISRA (Northern Illinois Special Recreation Association). Through planning meetings with parents and elected officials from three other local communities, a partnership was formed to extend recreation services to residents with disabilities. Officially founded in March of 1976, NISRA began providing programs to residents in Cary, Crystal Lake, Harvard and Huntley.
Today the park district staff and commissioners remain proud and committed to providing life-enriching recreation experiences to residents with special needs. The Park District's membership in NISRA contributes to the strength of the Association which now serves 13 park districts and municipalities with year round activities promoting friendship, skill development, and fun. The Park District and NISRA staff also partner to include residents with disabilities in park district programs.


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[709] Lesions Arising in the Setting of Autoimmune Metaplastic Atrophic Gastritis (AMAG) in an Urban Tertiary Care Setting
JY Park, T Cornish, D Lam-Himlin, C Shi, E Montgomery. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Background: Autoimmune Metaplastic Atrophic Gastritis (AMAG) is an early manifestation of pernicious anemia, preceding the hematological changes of pernicious anemia by years to decades. Autoimmune atrophic gastritis manifests in 1 to 5% of the general population. It has been associated with the development of intestinal metaplasia and neoplastic lesions. Pyloric gland adenoma (PGA) is a newly recognized lesion that is highly associated with AMAG. We investigated the presence of PGA and other lesions arising in the setting of AMAG in our urban tertiary care center.
Design: We searched all non-consultation gastric biopsies from 1988 to 2008 using our laboratory information system and further analyzed the histopathologic features of all cases coded as AMAG. In addition, we further selected cases that had been confirmed as AMAG by immunohistochemical staining (IHC) for the body of the stomach (negative gastrin) and the presence of linear and nodular ECL-cell hyperplasia (chromogranin). All polyps and/or neoplastic lesions from this subset were reviewed.
Results: The gastric biopsies (n=54,814) were from 45.5% male (M) and 54.5% female (F) patients comprising 66.4% white, 23.6% African American (AA) and 10% other (non-white Hispanic, Asian, etc.) patients. Gastritis as a general category accounted for 69.3% of gastric biopsies; AMAG was diagnosed in 619 cases of which 527 cases from 380 patients had confirmatory IHC. Based on these cases, AMAG occurred in 0.7% of biopsies with a 2:1 F:M ratio. It was diagnosed in 0.7% of gastric biopsies from white patients, and in 0.8% of gastric biopsies from AA patients. For white males and females the average age was 68.6 and 63.9, respectively; for AA males and females the average age was 64.6 and 62.6, respectively. A review of polyps and/or other neoplastic lesions showed 147 polyps (107 hyperplastic, 15 inflammatory, 11 gastric adenomas, intestinal type, 11 oxyntic gland pseudopolyps, and 3 PGAs), 9 adenocarcinomas, 3 lymphomas, and 23 carcinoids. One of the PGAs had been previously diagnosed as a gastric hyperplastic polyp with changes indefinite for dysplasia.
Conclusions: Consistent with recent epidemiologic surveys of pernicious anemia, the histopathologic diagnosis of AMAG occurs with similar frequency in AA and white patients. The review of prior cases has revealed a single case of PGA that was not previously recognized. Although PGA is strongly associated with AMAG, the current investigation reveals that even in the setting of AMAG, PGA is a rare entity.
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Just wondering if this one is worth planting. I don't have much space available that is appropriate for camellias, and can only plant the best of the best.
What is its' growth habit like? Is it a good bloomer, and disease resistant? Sandy |
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Hello, Sandy. I do not grow this one but, since you live in Florida, consider checking out the Harry P Leu Gardens in Orlando bordering Lake Rowena. With well over 2000 camellias varieties, they may have the shrub and -if they do- you could actually go see it. Luis |
Thanks Luis. I'll check it out. I also have a phone number for a couple in Ocala that have a huge garden filled with camellias, so I am going to give them a call. I am so glad that you respond to my posts. There doesn't seem to be a lot of activity regarding camellias. Sandy |
I have noticed that too. Activity ebbs as we get into mid summer and increases as we closer to Winter. Of course, sometimes nothing much (bloomage-wise) happens to camellias between Spring and August. A retired aunt of mine used to live in Ocala so I visited there often. Sorry I missed the opportunity to see the garden that those people there have! Have a good time visiting; I hope they have a Guest Star Camellia! Luis |
Thanks Luis. I guess I'll find out what this camellia looks like when the buds finally open up. In the meantime I'll see if Megily nursery can tell me a bit about it, as they are the wholesaler it came from. I've been really "bad" and going to Bob Wines' camellia nursery here in Ocala. I have purchased several this past week. I just mass planted 17 Shishigashiras in a large island conbtaining 3 good size palm trees. It gets dappled sunlight. I've been planting sasanquas in areas with marginal sunlight for roses, and some japonicas too. Today I went back and bought Dolores Edwards. Couldn't stop thinking about those beautiful pink blooms. I wish more landscapers would plant camellias instead of the same boring green shrubs over and over in all the developments. Sandy |
I went shopping locally a was disappointed with the selection so far. Lowes had none and a local nursery had none either. And those are placs were I have seen some for sale every year. Oh welllllll..... The only one flowering for the last week here is Kanjiro, which has single pink flowers but all the others have big buds patiently waiting to open. Some look like they are ready to burst so maybe there will be more bloomage in 1-2 weeks. |
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Alfa Romeo GTV6
The Alfa Romeo GTV6 gets to show off briefly in a thrilling high-speed chase with police in the movie Octopussy (1983). Stolen from a German woman using a telephone booth, allowing Bond to make it to the Octopussy's circus in time to warn the NATO General present there of the Soviet plot.
The GTV6 boasts some eye-catching elements, sharing the sharp lines and artfully arched hatchback of its predecessor, the Alfetta GT. But the GTV6 differs from the daintier Alfetta in its use of larger bumpers and black trim, which were trends of the 1980s. Then the hottest 'cheap' sports car in Europe, and the most popular Alfa Romeo sports coupe ever made. Giorgetto Giugiaro, one of the most famous automobile designers of all time, helped design the Alfetta, the predecessor of the GTV6. The Italian designer was also responsible for the Lotus Esprit that stars in The Spy Who Loved Me.
Alfa's have always been described as being made for the man who has more sense of style than money. Not very expensive cars and they don't hold their value very well, among other things, but being Italian, Alfa puts their heart and soul into every car they design. If you noticed in the opening chase scene in Quantum of Solace, they used Alfa 159's. For anyone who's ever actually done research on this car, you'll notice all the small beautiful Italian details. The intake manifold in made of a polished metal and the valve cover is painted a Ducati looking red. The interior is very stylish as well. Why they lose their value so quickly is beyond me.