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How to configure SSL
This is an overview of how to configure SSL for Jetty, which uses Sun's reference implementation for the Java Secure Sockets Extension (JSSE).
Configuring SSL can be a confusing experience of keys, certificates, protocols and formats, thus it helps to have a reasonable understanding
of the basics. The following links provide some good starting points:
- Certificates:
- Other tools:
- Open SSL:
The Basics
The following steps are required to configure Jetty for SSL:
Step 1: Generate or obtain a public/private key pair and x509 certificate.
Step 2: Optionally obtain a certificate from a known certificate authority.
Step 3: Load the keys and the certificates into a JSSE Keystore.
Step 4: Configure a JsseListener with the location and passwords for the keystore.
OpenSSL Versus Keytool
For testing, keytool is probably the simplest way to generate the key and certificate you will need. However, IBMs keyman is also pretty good and provides a GUI rather than a command line.
The OpenSSL tools can also be used to generate keys and certificates or to convert ones that have been used with Apache or other servers.
The OpenSSL tool suite is commonly used by other servers such as Apache to generate manipulate keys and certificates. So you may already have some keys and certificates created by openssl, or openssl may be more trusted than keytool or some certificate authorities for step 2 may also prefer the formats produced by ssl.
If you want the option of using the same certificate with Jetty or a web server such as Apache not written in Java, you may prefer to
generate your private key and certificate with openSSL. The Java keytool does not provide options for exporting private keys, and Apache
needs the private key. If you create the key and certificate with openSSL your non-Java web server will have ready access to it.
Step 1: Keys and Certificates
The simplest way generate keys and certificates is to use the keytool application that comes with the JDK, as it generates keys and certificates directly into the keystore. See Step 1a.
If you already have keys and certificates, please goto Step 3 to load them into a JSSE key store.
If you have a renewal certificate to replace one that is expiring, take a look at Renewing Certificates.
The commands below only generate minimal keys and certificates. You should read the full manuals of the tools you are using if you wish to specify:
- Key size.
- Certificate expiry.
- Alternate security providers.
Step 1a: Generating a certificate with JDK keytool
The following command will generate a key pair and certificate directly into a keystore:
keytool -keystore keystore -alias jetty -genkey -keyalg RSA
This command will prompt for information about the certificate and for passwords to protect both the keystore and the keys within it. The only mandatory response is to provide the fully qualified host name of the server at the "first and last name" prompt. For example:
keytool -keystore keystore -alias jetty -genkey -keyalg RSA Enter keystore password: password What is your first and last name? [Unknown]: jetty.mortbay.org What is the name of your organizational unit? [Unknown]: Jetty What is the name of your organization? [Unknown]: Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd. What is the name of your City or Locality? [Unknown]: What is the name of your State or Province? [Unknown]: What is the two-letter country code for this unit? [Unknown]: Is CN=jetty.mortbay.org, OU=Jetty, O=Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd., L=Unknown, ST=Unknown, C=Unknown correct? [no]: yes Enter key password for <jetty> (RETURN if same as keystore password): password
You now have the minimal requirements to run an SSL connection and could proceed directly to Step 4 to configure an SSL connector.
However the certificate you have generated will not be trusted by the browser and the user will be prompted to this effect. This is often sufficient for testing, but most public site will need to Step 2a to obtain a certificate trusted by most popular clients.
Step 1b: Keys and Certificates with openssl
The following command generates a key pair in the file jetty.key:
openssl genrsa -des3 -out jetty.key
You may also wish to use the -rand file argument to provide an arbitrary file to help seed the random number generator.
The following command generates a certificate for the key into the file jetty.crt:
# <b>openssl req -new -x509 -key jetty.key -out jetty.crt
This command will prompt for information about the certificate and for passwords to protect both the keystore and the keys within it. The only mandatory response is to provide the fully qualified host name of the server at the "Common Name" prompt. For example:
openssl genrsa -des3 -out jetty.key Generating RSA private key, 512 bit long modulus ...........................++++++++++++ ..++++++++++++ e is 65537 (0x10001) Enter pass phrase for jetty.key: Verifying - Enter pass phrase for jetty.key: # openssl req -new -x509 -key jetty.key -out jetty.crt Enter pass phrase for jetty.key: You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated into your certificate request. What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN. There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank For some fields there will be a default value, If you enter '.', the field will be left blank. ----- Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:. State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:. Locality Name (eg, city) []:. Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgets Pty Ltd]:Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd. Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:Jetty Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []:jetty.mortbay.org Email Address []: #
You now have the minimal requirements to run an SSL connection and could proceed directly to Step 3 to load these keys and certificates into a JSSE keystore. However the certificate you have generated will not be trusted by the browser and the user will be prompted to this effect. This is often sufficient for testing, but most public site will need to Step 2b to obtain a certificate trusted by most popular clients.
Step 1c: Keys and Certificates from other sources
If you have keys and certificates from other sources, then you can proceed directly to Step 3.
Step 2: Request a trusted certificate
The keys and certificats generated in steps 1a and 1b are sufficient to run an SSL connector. However the certificate you have generated will not be trusted by the browser and the user will be prompted to this effect.
To obtain a certificate that will be trusted by most common browsers, you need to request a well known certificate authority (CA) to sign your key/certificate. Such trusted CAs include: AddTrust, Entrust, GeoTrust, RSA Data Security, Thawte, VISA, ValiCert, Verisign, beTRUSTed, among others.
Each CA will have their own instructions which should be followed (look for JSSE or openssl sections), but all will involved a step to
generate a certificate signing request (CSR).
Step 2a: CSR from keytool
The following commands generates the file jetty.csr using keytool for a key/cert already in the keystore:
keytool -certreq -alias jetty -keystore keystore -file jetty.csr
Step 2b: CSR from openssl
The following commands generates the file jetty.csr using openssl for a key in the file jetty.key:
openssl req -new -key jetty.key -out jetty.csr
Note that this command only uses the existing key from jetty.key file and not a certificate in jetty.crt generated by step 1b. The details for the certificate need to be entered again.
Step 3: Loading Keys and Certificates
Once a CA has sent you a certificate, or if you generated your own certificate without keytool, then it will need to be loaded into
a JSSE keystore. If you did not use keytool to generate the key, then it will also need to be loaded into the keystore.
Step 3a: Loading Certificates with keytool
A certificate in PEM form may be directly loaded into a keystore with keytool. The PEM format is a text encoding of certificates and is produced by openssl (as in step 1b) and is returned by some CAs. An example PEM file is:
jetty.crt -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIICSDCCAfKgAwIBAgIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQQFADBUMSYwJAYDVQQKEx1Nb3J0 IEJheSBDb25zdWx0aW5nIFB0eS4gTHRkLjEOMAwGA1UECxMFSmV0dHkxGjAYBgNV BAMTEWpldHR5Lm1vcnRiYXkub3JnMB4XDTAzMDQwNjEzMTk1MFoXDTAzMDUwNjEz MTk1MFowVDEmMCQGA1UEChMdTW9ydCBCYXkgQ29uc3VsdGluZyBQdHkuIEx0ZC4x DjAMBgNVBAsTBUpldHR5MRowGAYDVQQDExFqZXR0eS5tb3J0YmF5Lm9yZzBcMA0G CSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA0sAMEgCQQC5V4oZeVdhdhHqa9L2/ZnKySPWUqqy81riNfAJ 7uALW0kEv/LtlG34dOOcVVt/PK8/bU4dlolnJx1SpiMZbKsFAgMBAAGjga4wgasw HQYDVR0OBBYEFFV1gbB1XRvUx1UofmifQJS/MCYwMHwGA1UdIwR1MHOAFFV1gbB1 XRvUx1UofmifQJS/MCYwoVikVjBUMSYwJAYDVQQKEx1Nb3J0IEJheSBDb25zdWx0 aW5nIFB0eS4gTHRkLjEOMAwGA1UECxMFSmV0dHkxGjAYBgNVBAMTEWpldHR5Lm1v cnRiYXkub3JnggEAMAwGA1UdEwQFMAMBAf8wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEEBQADQQA6NkaV OtXzP4ayzBcgK/qSCmF44jdcARmrXhiXUcXzjxsLjSJeYPJojhUdC2LQKy+p4ki8 Rcz6oCRvCGCe5kDB -----END CERTIFICATE-----
The following command will load a PEM encoded certificate in the jetty.crt file into a JSSE keystore:
keytool -keystore keystore -import -alias jetty -file jetty.crt -trustcacerts
Depending on the situation you may not require the
-trustcacerts option. Try the operation without it if you like.
NOTE That you need both the private key and the certificate in the keystore. So the certificate should be loaded into the keystore used to generate the CSR (step 2a). If your key pair is not in a keystore (eg if generated as step 1b), then you will need to use the PKCS12 format to load both key and certificate as in step 3b.
If the certificate your receive from the CA is not in a format that keytool understands, then the openssl command can be used to convert
openssl x509 -in jetty.der -inform DER -outform PEM -out jetty.crt
Step 3b) Loading keys and certificates via PKCS12
If you have a key and certificate in separate files, they need to be combined into a PKCS12 format file to be loaded into a new keystore. The certificate can be one you generated yourself or one that has been returned from a CA in response to your CSR.
The following openssl command will combine the keys in jetty.key and the certificate in the jetty.crt file into the jetty.pkcs12 file:
openssl pkcs12 -inkey jetty.key -in jetty.crt -export -out jetty.pkcs12
If you have a chain of certificates, because your CA is an intermediary, build the pkcs12 file like this:
# cat example.crt intermediate.crt [intermediate2.crt]... rootCA.crt > cert-chain.txt # openssl pkcs12 -export -inkey example.key -in cert-chain.txt -out example.pkcs12
The order of certificates must be from server to rootCA, as per RFC2246 section 7.4.2.
OpenSSL is going to ask you for an "export password". A non-empty password seems to be required to make the next step work. The
resulting PKCS12 file may be loaded into a JSSE keystore with the following jetty utility class:
java -classpath $JETTY_HOME/lib/org.mortbay.jetty.jar org.mortbay.util.PKCS12Import jetty.pkcs12 keystore
This asks for two passphrases. Give the password from the last step as the input passphrase and you are set. The "output passphrase" will need to appear in your jetty.xml config file as both the Password and KeyPassword of the SunJsseListener that will use the certificate.
Step 4: Configure Jetty
Remember that the default port for https is 443 not 80, so change 8443 to 443 if you want to be able to use URL's without explicit port numbers. For a production site it normally makes sense to have a HttpListener on port 80 and a SunJsseListener on port 443. Note that as these are privileged ports, you may want to use a redirection mechanism to map port 80 to eg 8080 and 443 to eg 8443. For details on this, see the Running Jetty as a non-root user.
The keystore file in this example is given relative to the jetty home directory. For production, choose a private directory with restricted access to keep your keystore in. Even though it has a password on it, the password may be configured into the runtime environment so is vulnerable to theft.
Jetty can now be started the normal way (make sure that jcert.jar, jnet.jar and jsse.jar are on your classpath) and SSL can be used with a URL like:
Note: The most common mistake at this point is to try to access port 8443 with http rather than https.
If CONFIDENTIAL or INTEGRAL security constraints are being used, then you should also configure the normal HTTP connector with which port to use for SSL:
Password Issues
If the passwords are not provided in the configuration, they may be provided as java properties (jetty.ssl.password and jetty.ssl.keypassword) else they will be prompted for.
Remember that putting your password on the command line is a security risk. They can also be set as properties within the config file, but this risks accidental discovery by developers.
If jetty is given a password that begins with "OBF:" it is treated as an obfuscated password. Passwords can be obfuscated by
running org.mortbay.jetty.security.Password as a main class. This can protect passwords from casual observation.
Renewing Certificates
If you are updating your configuration to use a newer certificate, as when the old one is expiring, just do Step 3. If you imported the key and certificate originally using the PKCS 12 method, use an alias of "1" rather than "jetty", because that is the alias the PKCS12 process enters into the keystore.


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It would be ideal to have all breeders and pet shops closely monitored but the reality is that the law still has not changed nearly enough to protect the animals wellfare or ever will. These "pets" are really nothing more to the lawmakers than property to be sold. Profit for their supporters will always overrule lawmakers as long as there are people to donate and control them. Any pet you adopt from a shelter is tramatized to some degree and require a lot of TLC and good routine with training. They often don't respond well to being put into a busy situation, such as with children or left alone for long periods. Children can be rough (even if they do not realize it) on these animals, both need lots of time to adjust to each other. I am glad to hear however you found him a good home in the end.
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Umm... besides being a very difficult comment to read, grammatically, almost everything you guessed is entirely incorrect. First of all, it's a shame you experienced difficultly with your shelter dogs, but that's not a reason to boycott the shelter. Animal shelters can be very flawed, even the ASPCA is not perfect. Every year thousands and thousands of adoptable pets are euthanized. The ASPCA could definitely help lower those numbers by cooperating with no kill sanctuaries, like what happened with the Oreo case. That being said, it's possible your first shelter dog could have been saved, but the people running the operation were too lazy and/or afraid of cost. Their was definitely something going on with the situation, and the shelter would appear to be at fault. However, your second dog may have done well with some proper training. Shelter dogs often come with some socialization or behavioral problems. It's a risk you take when adopting any dog of an unknown background. A little more research prior to adopting that dog would have helped too...
The deal with puppy mills is, in order to stop them some dogs are going to have to be sacrificed. That sounds bad, but it's really the only solution. Many people want to buy dogs from puppy mills and pet stores because they feel bad for the dog and want to get it out of that situation. It's hard to ignore that, but you have to in order to fight the problem. That's why the ASPCA is so persistent in pushing that people pledge to never buy pet store puppies. Not every dog can be saved, unfortunately. Better to rescue dogs from shelters than from puppy mills. And generally shelter dogs are healthy. A good shelter will not adopt out an unhealthy or dangerous dog. Pet stores will.
Secondly, there are laws in place that regulate safety and care for pets. These laws apply to every pet owner or breeder. A puppy mill is, simply, not following those standards. They come from breeders ignoring the laws on proper animal care and usually breeding only for profit. They don't care about the conditions of the dogs. I guess what I'm trying to get across to you is, there are all of those laws you described as guidelines for puppy mills. Puppy mills are literally operations that break those laws. That's why animals from puppy mills are generally very sick and unhealthy.
And finally, a good breeder will provide "medical care and follow-ups weeks after the purchase." Quite honestly, if you adopt from a breeder that doesn't do that, I would be worried they aren't caring for their dogs properly or are hiding some bad secret about their animals' health.
Also, there is zero validity in your statement "it is also more likely a person who pays for a pet will take better care of it than one that is adopted." I'm sorry, but pets aren't property. Every single animal should be treated with love, care, and affection, no matter where they come from. Kind of like people.... I would actually argue that people are more likely to take care of shelter pets than pet store pets. Any person can purchase a dog from a pet store, but shelters will, hopefully, do home checks or at least make sure the adopter is financially stable to be able to care for a pet.
You get out of your dog what you put into them. If your dog was having issues with your kids, then it is your responsibility to work with them and be their leader and show them what is expected of them when living in a human world. Training and caring for your pet is a corner stone of responsible pet parenting, and NO dog, no matter where it comes from, is going to be 100% perfect, so if you aren't willing to do the work and raise your dog right, then you should re-think even having a dog. Adopting (or buying) a dog and expecting it to fit right into your life, your routine, your family, and your home flawlessly with no work involved is asinine. That is like having a child and feeding it and cleaning up after it but expecting it to raise itself and become a decent part of human society, get a job, learn to drive, and learn the law without any input from you. You did a good thing by adopting the first two dogs, and it is unfortunate that the first one did not live long, but that is the reality of shelters. Animal shelters receive minimal funding because they are over-crowded and resources are nill. If people would stop buying and start adopting, then less dogs would be bred to produce more puppies for people to buy, and more homes would be available for homeless dogs. By buying a dog, you fed into the very problem you are complaining about. Often dogs come into the shelters already sick, and because they are so over-crowded, its almost a given that any dog coming from a shelter is going to be sick and need treatment. That is just the reality of the situation that shelters are dealing with. If you don't like it, then stop complaining about it and do something about it! Tell your friends to adopt one of the MILLIONS of homeless animals currently sitting while the clock is ticking on their life. Volunteer at the shelter and help socialize these animals so they get adopted faster! Or better yet, DONATE to your local shelter! They are in dire need of funding for medical treatment, food, and other resources to care for all of the dogs and cats that are there because people decided to buy instead of adopt.
If puppy mills are banned then you cut off the supply and the demand goes down. If McDonalds was to shut down, people would have to look for burgers elsewhere. Same with dogs. If the supplier is shut down, they will look to new suppliers, ie: shelters. As the source decreases, people begin to ask questions such as "why were they banned?" and they learn the truth about where their $300-$1500 dog really came from. Puppy mill conditions are far worse than shelters, and over half of the dogs in the shelter are purebred to begin with. The problem is two-fold... the suppliers and the level of education in this country regarding responsible pet ownership. With puppy mills banned, then half of the problem goes away and the nation can shift its focus to educating pet parents to prevent irresponsible breeding from happening again in the future.
Also, responsible breeders will always take their dogs back, no matter how old they get. The problem is finding true blue *responsible* breeders and not confusing them for backyard breeders. If there isn't a contract involved and an interview, possible even a home visit, they are definitely not a responsible breeder. Medical care is always the owner's responsibility, because that is just part of owning a dog. Usually if the issue was congenital, a responsible breeder may give you the option of picking another puppy. Shelters *AND* some rescue organizations often have partnerships with local veterinarians where your first check-up is free, but if they are found to be sick the medications and treatment are still on you. That will never change no matter where you go. The resources are just not there, and definitely not profitable from a business standpoint, to treat every sick dog after it has transferred the ownership to you. Once the adoption papers are signed, the dog is your responsibility. They will treat them and keep them as healthy as possible while they are in their care, but once you adopt the dog it is up to you now. If you can't afford the medical treatment, then you should think hard about whether you are in a good position to even own a dog.
Bridgette.... do yourself a big favor and watch "MADONNA OF THE MILLS" documentary. After you watch that, then tell me if you STILL feel the same way! The best line in that documentary was... "...when you buy that puppy, you're sentencing its mother to a lifetime of misery in a puppy mill." Go to this website and watch the trailer... http://madonnaofthemills.com/
Bridgette's comment should be flagged as spam as it is obvious this has been posted by a paid person working for a pro pet store organization. People who link to the aspca are true animal lovers who car about the cruelty that goes on in the pet store industry. We don't buy puppies from stores because we don't support cruelty, period! There's so many dogs and cats out there in the shelters, waiting for a new home and we are here to give them one...Does that hurt your pocket Bridgette? Well, you hurt innocent animals and finally you will get what you and your employers deserve.
Bridgette's comment should be flagged as spam as it is obvious this has been posted by a paid person working for a pro pet store organization. People who link to the aspca are true animal lovers who car about the cruelty that goes on in the pet store industry. We don't buy puppies from stores because we don't support cruelty, period! There's so many dogs and cats out there in the shelters, waiting for a new home and we are here to give them one...Does that hurt your pocket Bridgette? Well, you hurt innocent animals and finally you will get what you and your employers deserve.


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Record US Intense Hurricane Drought Continues
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Even with hurricane Sandy and its wide impacts, things will indeed get worse. The US coastlines as a whole have actually been very lucky with respect to hurricanes since 2005, with aggregate damage (even including aggressive estimates for Sandy) 2006-2012 falling at or below the historical average. Sandy made landfall as a post-tropical cyclone of hurricane strength -- a phenomena that has only been documented 3 times since 1900 (1904, 1924, 1925 -- later this week I'll have a post on Sandy damage estimates).
The long-term intense hurricane drought means that a mere "regression to the mean" will see more hurricane landfalls and considerably higher damage in the years to come. The fashionable talk these days of a "new normal" is of course utter bullsh*t. Just wait until we return to the "old normal" -- I know that it may be hard to believe, but both hurricane damage and climate hype are set to increase dramatically in the years to come.
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Roger I like your nice guy truth to science approach, but let's be honest it is no match for the cimate change PR machine amassed by NGOs and pushing the notion that man has caused more hurricanes.ReplyDelete
The only new normal I see is for climate blame irrationalism.
Meanwhile, reasonable efforts to mitigate known risks and address common consequences are not forthcoming. If I was cynical, I would describe this as a premeditated enterprise to foment drama, but I will refrain from speculating to the preferred outcome. Although, I will suggest the tactics associated with this cause bear a striking resemblance to those employed during the nutritional upheaval of the 80s and 90s, where we were advised by authorities to wander aimlessly from one extreme to another. It was a profitable time for the authorities and their clients. It was a confusing and unproductive time for their intended beneficiaries.ReplyDelete
I have a question, Professor. Why do experts, especially when presenting to the general public, insist on using isolated statistics such as "mean" and describe it as "normal"? There is no effort to inform or remind people that a stochastic process is modeled by a distribution, where normal is not a constant value. There is also no effort to inform or remind people why it is modeled as a stochastic and not deterministic process.ReplyDelete
"Meanwhile, reasonable efforts to mitigate known risks and address common consequences are not forthcoming."ReplyDelete
Indeed. Still no signficant discussion of designing and deploying a portable hurricane storm surge barrier that can protect any city on any coast on a few days' notice. Such a system could have prevented the flooding of New Orleans, and would have signicantly reduced the flooding damage of Superstorm Sandy.
You say
"The long-term intense hurricane drought means that a mere "regression to the mean" will see more hurricane landfalls and considerably higher damage in the years to come."
I agree with your statment in the sense that the lucky streak is guaranteed to end eventually, and we will have one or more Cat. 3+ hurricanes strike the U.S. and cause huge damage.
On the other hand, in the broader sense I don't agree that we should see more hurricane landfalls (not even intense ones) in the next few years or decades. The AMO, for example, reached its peak around 2005 and is now on its way down. Hurricanes should be less likely and less powerful during that phase, which should last a few more decades. I expect you'll be retired before we see a significant upswing in the overall number or strength.
"...later this week I'll have a post on Sandy damage estimates."ReplyDelete
If you have any breakdown on damage from storm surge versus wind (and inland flooding, if there was any of that) I'd sure like to see it. I haven't found anything in that regard.
What is the significance of showing just landfalls?ReplyDelete
That graph sucks. The bottom axis is ridiculously badly labeled. It's not clear wtf the numbers on the bottom actually mean. I assume they represent the average days between landfall, but that's not clear at all. I'm not doubting the content, I'm just noting the presentation is bad.ReplyDelete
I assume the actual marks, however, represent five-count years since 1900? This is what is normally presented in that location, while the numbers you're providing should be overdrawn on the graph itself... or something other than what you're doing.
}}} Such a system could have prevented the flooding of New Orleans, and would have signicantly reduced the flooding damage of Superstorm Sandy.ReplyDelete
New Orleans was screwed, and this fact was know a decade and more beforehand.
There was an article in the early-mid 90s in American Heritage of Invention and Technology (a quarterly) that talked about the 1900s-era pumping stations in NO.
They acked -- in the article -- that if a class 4 or above hurricane made landfall near NO that the pumping capacity would be overloaded.
I'd been watching every class 3 and above hurricane since reading that article for it to happen, and several times in a row, NO dodged an airborne bullet. Finally, in 2005, what they acked a decade or more before would happen, did.
So it wasn't at all a surprise to anyone who knew jack about the Big Easy.
Thanks ... you are correct, the presentation could be better explained, and I have neglected to bring forward the explanation that accompanied the original posting of the graph.
The X-axis shows landfalling storm count in chronological order starting in 1900 (with the 78th landfall occuring in 2005, we still await the 79th). The bars show days between successive storm landfalls. The red line shows the trend. Further questions welcomed.
Thanks for the feedback!
"Better land regulations may be able to decrease flood exposure, but they cannot do so in a significant manner – in the absence of a large-scale buys-out and house destruction program that appears extremely unlikely"
But many houses have been destroyed by the destroyed by the storm. All that is required is for the state to condemn that land and preclude further development on it. What is nutty is for the state to pay for rebuilding in the same proven high risk location.
It strikes me we're talking about two very different kinds of policy here, and I'm not sure one merits the name 'policy' at all.ReplyDelete
Clearly it is entirely in the power of the US or the states to enact legislation discouraging development on flood-prone areas, funding the erection of flood barriers, etc.. Those things can and should be done.
On the other hand, I'm not sure what legislation the US could enact that would have more than a minimal effect on sea-level rise. We could certainly tax carbon fairly heavily; that would possibly reduce our own direct carbon dioxide emissions. It would not change the rate of carbon emission elsewhere; in fact, by depressing the market price for fossil fuels, it might well lead to increased consumption elsewhere.
That isn't policy. That's simply meaningless and rather expensive symbolism.
As someone who has read a lot of online comments, I was very pleased to note the uncommon intellectual vigor of the comments posted here. I, too, was disturbed by the incompleteness of the graph, and I'm glad that Roger Pielke Jr replied to OBloodyHell's criticism of it. But there's another thing bothering me: identical type storms are called hurricanes in the Atlantic, typhoons in the north Pacific, and cyclones in the south Pacific and Indian oceans. I, therefore, would like to know the difference between a cyclone of hurricane strength ("Sandy") and a hurricane.ReplyDelete
Further question:ReplyDelete
Can you point us to the source data?
Regression to mean, yes, but I disagree that means "hurricane damage and climate hype are set to increase dramatically in the years to come." What we're like to see a relative change only, The average will return but not anything dramatic. Only the media will make it seem otherwise.ReplyDelete
Also, that assumes there's no real long-term climate change going on. If destructive hurricane landfalls are down, it MAY be just the normal swing around a stable mean. But it could also mean the mean is changing, meaning going down, and we may have many decades with fewer big hurricanes.
Who was it that said, "prophecy is difficult, especially about the future." I think that applies here.
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Kobe Bryant 8 wrote:The guy is incredibly skilled. Best robbery in the NBA since the Kobe/Divac deal.
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Imagine if they had gotten this guy sooner?
Weezy wrote:We really are spoiled to have a PF this good and I definitely think he's under appreciated by some here.
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Imagine if they had gotten this guy sooner?
I was thinking that today, If only Pau was playing for Miami and we got Pau and Lamar for Shaq. We would have been title contenders for the last five years even with some of those scrubs that were on our team at times, and that actually would have been a fair trade. Oh well we were in the finals last year and this year we have 58 wins with 10 to go, all is well.
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You entered the lobby and Lakers fans were everywhere, with at least five Lakers jerseys for everyone one Nets uni. They wore Lakers gold No. 24, Lakers gold No. 8, Lakers white No. 24, Lakers purple, gold Gasol jerseys, old-school Lakers jerseys without the notched collar, old-school Lakers warmups, Lakers t-shirts and even ... shhhh! ... the occasional Shaq jersey.
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Not much of this is surprising. Lakers fans are everywhere. With 55 playoff appearances in 61 seasons and more than half of those postseason trips -- 29 -- have reached the NBA Finals. They're America's basketball team, and those who loved them were out in full force.
So it was no shock late in the third quarter when the MVP chants started rolling down from the upper reaches of the Izod Center like a summer storm across the Plains.
They stood. They cheered. They partied and woofed like it was 1989 and they were at a taping of "The Arsenio Hall Show."
And then, they realized who was at the free throw line. It wasn't the man they had come to see. Instead of a 6-foot-6 future Hall-of-Famer with supernatural skills, it was the Lakers' 7-foot Spaniard with facial hair as scruffy as a desert floor.
If it had been a Hollywood movie, the needle would have scratched across the record. As it was, an embarrassed hush followed as the Lakers' faithful allowed Pau Gasol to sink his second free throw in the relative library-like silence.
It was a shame, really, that the Lakers fans stayed quiet. They should have kept it up. Kobe Byrant is the Lakers' MVP, but on Friday the P in MVP stood for Pau.
Now, to give the Lakers' fans credit, Bryant -- on a sprained ankle -- had just drained three 3-pointers in a row and made the nice pass that led to Gasol getting fouled. But it was Pau's night.
Gasol finished with 36 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists to lift L.A. to a 103-95 win over the Nets here on Friday. The win clinched the best record in the West. Any sense of excitement about that? "No, not really," said a blasé Bryant. "It's a good accomplishment, but we have a lot of work ahead."
The win also made them a perfect 4-0 on this seven-game road trip. Earlier this season, the Lakers swept a six-game road trip. If they run the table on this seven-game swing, the Lakers will have done something no other NBA team ever has. If this game against the more-than-game Nets proved, the Lakers will need both Kobe and Pau to accomplish that or any goal this season.
"I thought I was having a pretty good game before he got hurt," Gasol said of Bryant's late-late second quarter ankle sprain. "He was being aggressive. He wasn't 100 percent, but he continued to play, continued to compete."
Being aggressive has never been an issue for Bryant, who launched 19 shots, but only connected on five of them. But basketball belligerence has never been Pau's style. Despite the 11 boards, Phil Jackson noted it could have been more.
"I liked everything Pau did except rebound," Jackson said. "In the first half, he did not rebound the way I wanted him to rebound. It's one of the things we keep harping on him if we're going to be a team that competes and what we expect to do. We need to rebound the basketball."
Considering the Lakers lead the league in rebounds per game with 44.2. It seemed like nitpicking. But because he's Phil Jackson, he can quibble. He's won nine titles and he has seen the NBA game played as close to perfection as it could be played. Pau, knowing his being a pest in the post is necessary for the Lakers to succeed, agreed.
"I left a couple rebounds go, especially in that second quarter," Pau said. "There were two or three rebounds that I wasn't persistent enough to go get them and control them.
"But I stayed strong in the second half, was able to get a couple nice rebounds and a couple nice blocks and that was it."
Gasol makes it sound as simple as he made it look on Friday. Then again, that's what an MVP does ... even if the fans don't recognize.
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"I don't know if people know I dislocated my pinkie finger. And [Tyreke] told me, 'You wanna go home or you wanna be here?' I want to be here. And he said, 'All right, then go tape it up and let's play. Let's go. We not stoppin' at no stores. Straight gas. That's what we do, just keep going.'"
Definitely an awesome mix. As long as we can make the move without giving up future picks. I think it'll have to be a three team trade. The way Lopez is playing I think it would be fair straight up but the money doesn't look like it'll work. Maybe we get Grant Hill and another scrub.
His on ball D is incredible! Once he makes a PG give the ball up it is almost impossible for him to get the ball back in his hands. Bledsoe is so quick and sags a little off to jump the ball and other players are scared to make the pass. Clippers are missing that true 7' like Lopez who would be a great fit! Bledsoe barely even plays they have to move him when Chauncey is back. Please keep boosting your trade value Lopez we need this kid!
And almost all of his turnovers are in transition as the byproduct of being too aggressive on a team that flourishes from PG aggression on the break. He's not throwing the ball away in the half court, hell, he made one or two amazing passes when driving.
I want this man on the Pelicans YESTERDAY.
Just tell me who I need to strap to the brainwashing machine to get it done.
he has not playing well of late and is not getting many minutes tonight...he only played 4 min in the first half and willie green got 8 minutes!!!
we might not have to give up our first rounder after all
The guy was absolutely horrendous his first two years. I'd rather see him produce for more than just two months before I want us to go and give up some quality assets for him. Even Aminu looked good at the beginning of this year. I'm not saying Bledsoe is that bad or anything, but let's see if he can keep this up now that he's a focus on the scouting report. Regardless, from what I've seen, I'm really unimpressed with his half-court offensive game which I think could be a big problem for this team. This team will always play at a slow pace and I'm not sure how Bledsoe would do. He really needs to work on his jumper and decision making for him to be a starter in my opinion.
That's actually good in comparison to what he had a few nights ago.
7 TO's in 18 minutes.
Two of them happened in transition when he got caught pressing. Then he has two in half court that came when he was trying to do too much.
It's something he has to work on. That and his shot. It's improved but it needs serious work. Eh. I'm willing to take a chance.
Yet another chance? We have taken plenty of those in our team already
Bledsoe plays another game with 18 minutes and dominates the little things once again. Ill say it again with starter minutes he would be an absolute terror. With Bledsoe at the point of our attack and Davis as our last line of defense we will be the best defensive team in the NBA! He would change us light years. The better Lopez plays the more this trade becomes possible. in 18 minutes he has 3 rebounds 4 assists and 6 steals! Give him 36 mins he has 6 rebounds which is very good for a PG 8 assists which isn't to bad either. Then the 6 steals if they even turn into 10 that is amazing. He does not just jump passes he pressures the ball handler so much and gives them fits. He will change us drastically in the pick&roll, pick&pop, and defensively from what we are now. Our defense jumps at least 10 spots with just his addition and we get 5 more easy buckets in the paint a game from assists.
That's like expecting someone that gets a block in the span of two minutes will therefore produce 18 blocks in 36 minutes. Simply impossible.
He's fantastic defensively and rebounds the ball, yes, but in a half-court offense, he really struggles.
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I'm sorry but not even Chris Paul has netted double digit steals in a single game in his entire career. It's incredibly rare.
If we're going to play the per minute statistics though, the guy only averages 5 assists per 36 minutes yet averages 3.8 turnovers. Besides the alarming turnover rate, he is a horrific outside shooter. Those 2 alone will hold him back until he improves, especially for a team like ourselves who mostly plays in the halfcourt like ourselves.
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For my thoughts on Bledsoe, I agree with what MM is saying on twitter - the guy has loads of potential. But the numbers he produces on an 18 minute stint is not the same when he plays 36 minutes. Bledsoe plays with energy and he won't get to use all of that in a 36 minute stretch. I loved it when Jason Smith said (from MM again) that the way he plays in 20 minutes will be totally different from the way he'll play in 36 minutes since he needs to pace himself right or else risk being a liability on the court because of fatigue.
But he's a devastating defender - one that if paired with Gordon - will (theoretically) form a significant perimeter defensive attack.
You can be a risk taker when your team is so talented and you have Chris Paul ahead of you. I bet he wouldn't be so loose with the ball if his role wasn't to be an aggressive spark plug. I am intrigued to find out just how more controlled and paced Bledsoe's game would be if he were the starter. Picking and choosing when to gamble on a steal, when to press the break (which should be damn near always with his speed), and when to fold 'em and wait for his team and set up the offense.
the question is... would he be a good fit in montys system, Bledsoe is good at full speed, but Montys PG always walk with the ball 20 seconds
He's a good fit, the question is simply whether the Hornets can put together a package that would be good enough to pry him loose
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MISENHEIMER, N.C. Led by Ashley Pittmans (Norris, TN) 23 kills and attack percentage of .500, King College was able to pick up a 3-1 (25-13, 23-25, 25-17, 25-23) victory over Pfeiffer University in Conference Carolinas womens volleyball action on Friday night in the Merner Gym. The win pushes the Tornado to 10-8 overall, 4-1 in the western division while the Lady Falcons even to 6-6, 3-2 in the east.
The opening set belonged completely to King as Payton Tipton (Cleveland, TN) served up a string of seven-straight points early on with an ace and kill by Sarah Van Goethem (Aurora, CO) posted a quick 11-3 lead. After two more kills by Van Goethem and back-to-back aces by Kirsten Hamel (Weaverville, NC), the Tornado found themselves up a dozen at 16-4. Van Goethem would pick up another one of her 19 kills on the night to end a rapid set one 25-13 for the visitors.
The Lady Falcons would bounce back and show life in a set two win as a kill and ace by Jordan O'Bryant (Reidsville, NC) got the ball rolling. Two more OBryant kills would lead to a 9-7 Pfeiffer advantage before a kill by Pittman evened the contest at 10. A service ace by Kelly Lancellot (Naples, FL) and throw down by Anna Vizvary (North Augusta, SC) gave the Lady Falcons the set lead for good at 16-12. A pair of Pfeiffer errors allowed King a momentary comeback, before the Tornado returned the favor with two miscues of their own to make it 20-16. After another OBryant aces, Lancellot and Kim Amerell (Lynchburg, VA) would lead the way resulting in a two-point, 25-23 set win to even the match at one apiece.
Both teams traded early points in the third until a four-point spurt led by Van Goethem and Shannon Earwood (Carson City, NV) put King up for good. Van Goethem put down another kill and ace while Earwood went back-to-back in the kill department for a 14-11 lead. A pair of Pittman kills and handful of Lady Falcon errors quickly pushed King to set point before another Pfeiffer mistake ended set three 25-17 for the Tornado.
Set four again was close from start to finish featuring a tied score 11 times with three late lead changes. Trailing 20-17, King started their rally with two-straight kills by Mariah Herington (Jonesborough, TN) to get the Tornado within one. After an ace and subsequent service error by Joscelyn Knott (Lake Mary, FL), back-to-back kills by Van Goethem and Pittman put the visitor up one forcing a Pfeiffer timeout. Out of the break, Milana Mervosh (Roebuck, SC) tied the score at 22 with one of her four kills on the night in front of a Pittman kill and ace by Natalie Brown (Brentwood, TN) gave the Tornado match point. Pittman would end the night just like she started with her 23rd and final kill to give King the 3-1 match win.
Pittman and Van Goethem were the only two to reach double figures in the kill department for King with Earwood putting up a match-high 50 assists. Knott led three players with double-digit digs popping up 25 in the victory. King hit .381 as a team on Friday posting a .400+ hitting percentage in each of their three victorious sets.
Pfeiffer was led by Amerells 15 kills followed closely behind with Lancellots 13. Setter Cate Glendenning (Holly Springs, NC) dished out 44 assists while OBryant led the way in the digs department with 13.
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CHIEF LOGAN STATE PARK — More than 20 Logan County business people attended Tuesday night's Logan County Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours at the Chief Logan Rec Center and got to see plans for the proposed expansion of the health and wellness facility.
The center usually has a maximum number of 2,300-2,400 members in the spring and without expansion, that is about the maximum that can be accomodated unless the center is expanded.
Chief Logan Rec Center Director Terry Mullins welcomed the business people onto the middle tennis court for Business After Hours. The center is always a hub of activity, with more than 150 people signing in every day. A step aerobics class was held on the first tennis court during the event and numerous people were walking the track above the courts and playing basketball on the court behind the step class.
The business leaders enjoyed refreshments and the company of friends during the Business After Hours, which was sponsored by the Logan County Chamber of Commerce.
Mullins showed the group the plans that are drawn up that will include expansions to the first and second floors of the building. Expansions will take place in three phases. The first phase will include basketball courts, group exercise rooms, a set of locker rooms and concession stands, which will provide an additional source of revenue for the center.
"We are hoping to secure funding for the expansion from grants. Right now, we are relying on donations. Raising the fees for membership will be a last resort. We want to keep our fees low so everyone can take advantage of the health benefits the center has to offer," said Mullins.
The Chief Logan Rec Center is a state-of-the-art health and wellness facility that has an Olympic-sized swimming pool, an elevated walking track, three tennis courts and fitness rooms where members can work out with weights, bikes and other equipment. The rec center hosts classes ranging from water aerobics to spinning to martial arts.
It is also host to a new swim team, the Southern West Virginia Stingrays, which is a member of the HYCAT Swim Club out of Charleston. The swim team recently held its first swim meet as a member of HYCAT and had two swimmers win in different heats.
The University of Pikeville (UPIKE) calls the center's court home and practices at the center two days a week and holds an exhibition with the University of Charleston in February. Other schools also practice at the center, with more expressing interest every day.
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A lot of children are now enrolled in organized sports activities, and more and more children are starting at a younger age. Children are enticed by successful professional sports players and strive to be like them. Many parents enroll their children in organized sports activities with the hope that their child would get an athletic scholarship for college and go on to become a professional player. However, parents must realize that only a few children end up becoming successful professional players.
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A bankruptcy trustee says the minority owners for the Sacramento Kings are being denied their right to match the offer presented by a Seattle group to buy the team.
The Maloof family has agreed to sell a reported their 65 percent of the team for $525 million to a group led by Chris Hansen and Steve Ballmer, with the goal of moving the team to Seattle next season.The deal reportedly includes a $30 million, non-refundable deposit.
The Sacramento Bee reports a court-appointed trustee, overseeing a seven percent share owned by Bob Cook and other minority owners, says they have first right of refusal to buy the team. In essence, they have the right to match the Hansen offer.
A source close to the Maloofs reportedly said the family doesn t believe the minority owners have that right.
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