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A.B. I could sit here all day and talk about how I think Brady will go down as the best quarterback ever and how Eli Manning sucks.
But why waste all that time and effort when I am an admitted homer and the stats tell the true tale? (relax NY, Eli doesn't suck)
But before releasing the numbers I do have a point to make that I think is lost on many NFL fans in this era…
The "greatest ever" and "elite" quarterback conversations have turned ugly over the past few years. Eli Manning alone did enough to fuel the elite conversation forever with his pre-season comments (before eventually backing it up in the Super Bowl).
But what truly makes a quarterback great, elite and/or the best ever is his full body of work.
If you throw for the most yards but never win a championship, you are not the best ever. If you win multiple Super Bowls but have average passing numbers, you aren't the best ever or probably even close. MVP's are nice, but Super Bowl MVP's are twice as nice. Having both MVP's & Super Bowl MVP'S however, make you truly elite.
So as you look through the numbers, look for consistency in greatness. In other words, look for the guy who is great in every category, the guy who out of these 4 QB's & 6 categories – is never worse than 2nd.
(hint: he wears #12)
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THE world pasty champion is sharing his recipes and tips in a new book.
Billy Deakin, twice winner of the World Pasty Championships held at the Eden Project, has written a guide to preparing the county's famous dish.
How To Make An Award- Winning Cornish Pasty features his championship recipe, plus others for traditional, modern and sweet pasties.
The self-published book also includes a detailed discussion of ingredients and techniques, tips for getting a perfect crust and the all-important crimp. Described by the author as "a celebration of the pasty", the guide will also feature a detailed history.
Mr Deakin has appeared twice on the BBC's Masterchef programme and had his recipes published in magazines and newspapers.
Due to the costs involved in self-publishing, he has launched a funding campaign on Kickstarter, a 'crowdsourcing' online platform, to raise £1,200.
"Kickstarter allows me to test the water and see how much interest there is in the book, while offsetting some of the development costs," Mr Deakin wrote on his Kickstarter page.
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It's a boast grounded in fact. Even in this still-soft economic environment, McDonald's has the capital to contribute up to $200,000 per remodel with operators paying an additional $250,000 to $500,000 per unit. The final cost of each remodel will depend on whether it is exterior only (where interior already has been updated) or both interior and exterior.
Bensen told analysts McDonald's will remodel at least 2,000 of its 32,500 restaurants this year. Half will be in Europe, 600 in Asia/Pacific/Middle East/Africa (APMEA), and the remaining 400 to 500 will be in the U.S. These will be "older, higher-volume locations" across the country. One-third of its 14,000 U.S. stores already have been "refreshed." The company also will tear down and rebuild 150 U.S. stores.
Europe and Australia are farther along in interior remodeling than is the U.S. Europe also has adopted the Bridge Operating Platform's more-efficient kitchen (in 90% of European units) that allows greater menu variety and enhanced service speed. CEO Jim Skinner noted that Europe's creation of smaller-size and smaller- price "fourth-tier menu items" has helped sales. He pointed to the Snack Deluxe line in Germany and P'tit Plaisir mini sandwiches in France as examples.
For the quarter ended March 31, 2010, McDonald's announced a global comparable sales increase of 4.2% with the U.S. up 1.5%, Europe up 5.2% and APMEA showing a 5.7% increase. Skinner said Q1 sales in the U.S. benefited from Olympic-promotion Chicken McNugget sales, McCafé expansion and the Breakfast Dollar Menu. One-third of U.S. stores now operate 24/7; 80% are open by 5 a.m.
McDonald's President Don Thompson said the Breakfast Dollar Menu has been an effective response to morning-traffic softness caused by higher unemployment. "We knew we couldn't take a lot of price [increase]so it has really helped pull people back at breakfast." The Dollar Menu has increased sales of higher-margin products such as coffee, hash browns and breakfast sandwiches.
Thompson said frappés are in 9,000 U.S. restaurants and are selling above expectations even though marketing has not begun. Smoothies are in 2,000 stores and Wildberry and Strawberry-Banana smoothies will roll out nationally by early summer. Only 25% of frappé sales come at breakfast; 15% of smoothie sales (where available).
Noting that April sales continue to be up across all dayparts, as they were in March, Skinner said the McDonald's system is "energized and confident." Asked about impact of new healthcare legislation, Skinner said it was too early to know but said the law's provision for a 90-day waiting period before health insurance would be provided new employees would be a boon to its operations.


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GREGG: Focusing on others can lift our Yule spirits
The harmony bounces from ear to ear in pure a cappella pitch, in perfect syncopation. Earbuds in place, I am listening to Straight No Chaser, a group that originated at Indiana University. Outside the sky is as dark as a late December dusk, though it is still midafternoon.
Indiana, that's where I'm going
This time of year you know how I feel
Indiana, that's where I'm going
Where Christmas will always be real
The lyrics arrest my attention, especially the refrain, "Where Christmas will always be real," because isn't that what we all are grasping toward — an authentic experience, an essential experience, especially in this holiday time that has been wrested away and packaged, both literally and metaphorically?
Just last Saturday, in an effort to "catch the spirit" in a way that excludes the mall, I joined the holiday tour of artists' studios. When I turned down the last Posey County dirt road on the way to Bee Tree Pottery, I finally "caught the spirit," or the spirit caught me. I parked my muddy Jeep across from the deepest winter woods, so far off the beaten track that I had begun to despair of finding the studio at all. But there it was, a log cabin retreat flanked by a beautiful, ancient barn, an oven, kilns, a log home, gardens and trees.
Inside the barn and studio sidled cats and people, looking at artistry that was a lifestyle rather than merely an effort to hustle a dollar. Not that there's anything wrong with hustling sales, but I have been looking for something more.
The experience of sharing time and interests, laughs and talk, something created to give away — food, art, music, a favorite book, movie or idea — appeals to me, though I don't want to be totally out of step when the gift exchanges commence. There's nothing wrong with a sweater or tie, but I have searched my attic for old books, combed through boxes of old letters and poems, pulled out the acrylic paints, thinking I might create something more personal for the holidays. For my son and his fiancé, I have boxed up childhood ornaments, Christmas books and stockings so that they now can begin their own traditions.
For my older brother, I have sent a framed Robert Frost poem our mother gave me 43 years ago that calls to mind the life and death of our youngest sibling.
In a whirlwind of activity meant to bolster connection, holidays can leave even the most social of us feeling alone. When I feel most disconnected, I try to reach out, change direction, get away from self-centeredness. Connecting begins with the small things: a visit to someone who can't get outside, listening patiently to someone who needs to be heard, cookies baked and given away, a favorite book passed on. It is a great gift, this gift of ourselves, one that calls for time and patience, for creativity and not so much money.
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013
The Pinewood Girls' cross country team was crowned state champion at the SCISA AAA Cross Country Championships held Saturday at Heathwood Hall School in Columbia.
The Panthers had a strong meet all around as the Pinewood boys' team finished as the state runner-up for a third straight year.
Pinewood eighth-grader Maryah Nasir placed second overall with a time of 19 minutes, 2 seconds and sophomore Katie Black placed fourth overall with a 19:23 time. Next in was senior Megan Kuhn (5th) in 19:28, Emily Shuler in 20:04, Sallie Limehouse in 20:05, Isabelle Greenstreet in 20:42 and Kasey Grossman in 20:59.
All seven members of the team ran under 21 minutes and the top five Panthers placed in the top 11 runners.
Nasir, Black, Kuhn and Shuler were all named to the All-state team.
"It was an amazing win," Pinewood coach Kelly Hazel said. "For the girls, the strategy was to run man for man and position themselves in a good way to earn points and they did exactly that. The coaches and I are very proud of the way they all ran their race. They put everything out on the course and handled all that came their way."
The Pinewood boys finished as close to the winners as they ever have, coming in only 25 points behind 2013 champion Porter-Gaud. Pinewood senior Mason Hazel placed second overall with a time of 16:11 to set a new Pinewood school record and Joseph Siegel placed fourth overall with a time of 16:53. Both runners were named to the All-State team.
Next in was senior Jin Kim running his best state meet time of 17:27. Jake Birdsong finished in 18:25 and Matthew Stice in 18:27. Thomas Osborne came in at 20:30 and Ethan Yohe came in at 21:26.
"We did all we could do," Hazel said. "Congratulations to everyone. We have all worked very hard this season and special thanks to those that came out to support the team."
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A tennis stadium constructed for the National Games partially collapsed during strong winds in Riau on Thursday, sending athletes scrambling for cover and injuring two workers.
Two members of North Sumatra's tennis team arrived at the stadium Thursday afternoon when an awning covering the entrance collapsed amid heavy rain and strong winds. The roof fell on the front of the car, trapping the driver and a front seat passenger under the wreckage.
The athletes, who were sitting in the back seats of the car, were able to escape.
Two workers standing under the awning were injured in the collapse.
"A moment before it collapsed, I saw a car of tennis contingent from North Sumatra had just arrived and parked under the roof," Amran, one of the witnesses, told the Antara news agency on Thursday night. "It was around 5 p.m. and it was raining heavily with strong wind. The roof was shaking and suddenly fell down."
Amran was injured by broken glass.
The workers, Acing and Jamil, suffered serious injuries to their legs, hands and shoulders.
Local police were on the scene Thursday recording witness testimony. Officers plan to question the contractor.
The building was constructed by state-owned builders Amarta Karya, according to Antara reports. But the Jakarta Globe previously reported that another state-owned construction firm, Pembangunan Perumahan, built the complex.
But Riau governor Rusli Zainal said the accident had a natural cause and urged people not to exaggerate their claims.
"This was a small incident that should not be exaggerated," Rusli said on Friday. "The collapse is only the front part of the roof, while the field inside the building still looks firm and ready to use."
Rusli said that an independent contractor will examine the structure before the games begin.
"Such incidents should not happen on other fields," he said.
The governor is currently under investigation by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for his alleged involvement in a graft scheme to inflate the costs of the construction of stadiums for the National Games.
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"You shall invite to the path of your Lord with wisdom and kind enlightenment, and debate with them in the best possible manner. Your Lord knows best who has strayed from His path, and He knows best who are the guided ones."- Quran 16:25
"A life unexamined is not worth living"- Socrates
Threads like this always go the same way. Some guy posts about some chick he does or doesn't like (the difference being immaterial to those who respond). Then everyone responds with inane, heavily stereotyped macho bull***** like 'Bro! Stop being a fag and screw the bitch!' It's funny in a self depricating sort of way, a bit like pro wrestling, but we must not for a minute start to take this sort of chatter seriously.
The original poster most likely wrote this out of nothing more than boredom, as opposed to a genuine concern for the status of his relationship to this ho bag.
Anyway, my more informed and mature advice would be just stick it to this broad and stfu already!!
No actually I wrote it because it genuinely weirded me out. I've never been in that kind of situation where a girl I wasn't interested in tried to come on to me.
It's actually beginning to get annoying. She's in my group of friends and we went out again last night and she got drunk and the same thing happened, she was essentially hanging off me the whole night. Apparently me saying, 'Knock it off, I have a girlfriend/you have a boyfriend' isn't a clear enough message.
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An intrusion detection method wherein a vulnerability determination or vulnerability assessment of one or more computers or hosts is performed to determine whether and what vulnerabilities exist on the computers or hosts, accomplished by using existing vulnerability determination or vulnerability assessment information that can be continually updated. Attack signatures, which can also be continually updated, are identified and correlated with the specific vulnerabilities identified. One or more designated IP sessions associated with attempted vulnerability exploitation are then inhibited or disconnected.
1. An intrusion detection method comprising:
retrieving vulnerability information;
retrieving attack signatures;
performing a vulnerability assessment of one or more of the following, computers, hosts or combination thereof to determine what vulnerabilities exist on the aforementioned; and
correlating the attack signatures with the determined existing vulnerabilities to identify vulnerability exploit attempts.
2. The intrusion detection method of
distinguishing between traffic to the one or more computers and/or host having vulnerabilities and those not having vulnerabilities; and
only performing a vulnerability assessment on the one or more computers and/or hosts having vulnerabilities.
3. The intrusion detection method of
only including attack signatures that are specific to the identified vulnerabilities in the correlation step.
4. The intrusion detection method of
querying a security gateway for IP addresses and services of the computers; and
using the vulnerability information and the IP addresses and services.
5. The intrusion detection method of
inhibiting or disconnecting one or more designated IP sessions associated with attempted vulnerability exploitation.
6. The intrusion detection method of
updating the vulnerability information; and
repeating the steps of
7. The intrusion detection method of
determining the computer's vulnerability state, and if the computer is not vulnerable, bypassing the signature correlation step.
8. An intrusion detection system comprising:
a vulnerability determination tool to identify defects on one or more computers, hosts, or combination thereof
a correlation engine and database to correlate the defects with attack signatures to identify specific attack signatures that relate to the specific vulnerabilities identified;
an intrusion detection sensor to facilitate identifying and inhibiting or dropping IP sessions or communication traffic associated with the attempted exploitation of the specific vulnerabilities identified.
9. The intrusion detection system of
10. The intrusion detection system of
wherein the application programming interface and firewall are integrated into a single component.
10. The intrusion detection system of
an application programming interface to pull vulnerability information into a vulnerability determination tool.
11. The intrusion detection system of
12. The intrusion detection system of
13. The intrusion detection system of
14. A computer readable medium to carry out the method of
15. A system comprising one or more computers to carry out the method of
16. An intrusion detection method comprising:
retrieving network and system configuration information;
retrieving vulnerability information and attack signature rules;
analyzing potential vulnerabilities only for systems and services present in the network;
determining the presence of vulnerabilities or performing a vulnerability assessment of one or more computers or hosts to determine if the computers or hosts are vulnerable and what specific vulnerabilities exist on the computers;
retrieving vulnerability assessment information;
correlating the attack signatures with the specific vulnerabilities identified;
only examining communication traffic bound for vulnerable computers or hosts and/or only comparing communication traffic to the attack signatures that relate to the specific vulnerabilities of the computers, hosts or systems and services identified by the intrusion detection system; and
dropping or inhibiting traffic or instructing the security gateway to drop or inhibit traffic identified by the intrusion detection engine of the system or the firewall as matching the attack signatures that relate to the specific vulnerabilities identified by the intrusion detection system.
[0001] This application is based, and claims priority to, provisional application having serial No. 60/357,957, a filing date of May 22, 2002, and entitled An Adaptive Intrusion Detection System for a Computer Network.
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The present invention relates to an adaptive intrusion detection system for a computer system or network. More particularly, the present invention relates to an adaptive intrusion detection system for a computer network that is capable of recognizing both known and new types of computer attacks by learning from known types of attacks and past attacks against computer networks and automatically compensating for changes in the network that impact the vulnerability state and vulnerabilities of computers and hosts and the systems and services on the network.
[0004] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0005] Traditionally, securing sensitive systems and their information from being accessed by unwanted parties over a public system meant just that—controlling access. Unfortunately, the public nature of the Internet makes networks more easily vulnerable to attack by malevolent external entities, such as computer hackers, who create programs that launch computer attacks against networks, typically by attempting to circumvent or penetrate the network's firewall. Consequently, security is an issue of foremost concern for any organization utilizing a publicly accessible network, such as the Internet to communicate. More and more sophisticated methods have been created to address the weaknesses of the systems before them. Access control is not enough.
[0006] In response to the need for an added level of control over access to information there has been a focus on monitoring the actual content of the data, or payload, flowing into and out of systems. The purpose of this monitoring is to detect intruders. Intrusion detection is a method of monitoring all access to systems, with the hope of identifying access with a malicious intent to exploit vulnerabilities of those systems. These exploits can be used as a vehicle to, among other things, gain access to information, or to deny authorized users from using the system's resources. The intent of gathering this data by security personal is to either learn of vulnerabilities a system possesses (which can then be used to remediate the situation), or to identify the source of the intrusion in hopes to deny further access. The data gathered from intrusion detection systems can also be used in an attempt to penalize the offender.
[0007] Unfortunately, existing intrusion detection systems used, as a compliment to access control, has not sufficiently addressed the problems. Monitoring all access to systems consumes valuable time and resources. It also requires a relatively high level of technical prowess to determine when an event of note has taken place. Many (if not most) times the responsible party reviewing the data misinterprets it or is unable to respond in a timely fashion. Clearly the prior art of intrusion detection is a useful tool, but a limited one.
[0008] Controlling access to information is not reacting to events after they have occurred, but determining where systems and services are vulnerable before the access has taken place. Armed with this information a solution can then become active in defending those resources.
[0009] Network security hardware, software and/or firmware, such as firewalls and intrusion detectors and the like, are typically employed to monitor traffic across the computer network and to manage security. When an attack occurs, the event is generally logged and the network administrator may be alerted by the network security system, although generally after the damage to the network has occurred, if the network was vulnerable to the attack. In these conventional systems, the network administrator, sitting at a terminal, attempts to manually defend against attacks.
[0010] These conventional security systems have significant drawbacks: a)they can only recognize a type of attack that they have been preprogrammed to detect b)they can not adapt to attack types using past types of attacks as a guide, c) the number of known (much less unknown) attack types against networks, numbering in the thousands, is great, while the number of attack types that can be successful against a particular network are relatively small, usually less than one hundred and, without continuous significant manual adjustments to reflect the actual systems, services and vulnerabilities of a particular network, the security system cannot distinguish between attack types that can be successful against a particular network, due to the vulnerabilities of the particular network, from attack types that cannot succeed against a particular network because the vulnerabilities to those attack types do not exist in the particular network, thus making it nearly impossible for a network administrator to timely respond to an attack type that can succeed against a particular network, d) the security system cannot adjust to changes in the network without a network administrator's continuous review of a particular network's systems, services and related attack vulnerabilities, and subsequent continuous adjustment of the security system to reflect those changes. These systems have the significant disadvantage that if the security system does not properly identify an attack that, due to the particular network's vulnerabilities, can be successful, and, just as important, distinguish the attack from the multitude of attacks that will not be successful, then critical portions of the network can be penetrated or damaged before the administrator can recognize that a successful attack has occurred.
[0011] Accordingly, an intrusion detection system is needed that is capable of: a)adapting to new types of computer attacks and storing information on known attacks and logging and acting on relevant attacks against the network, b)automatically identifying the vulnerabilities that exist in a particular network's systems and services and updating such information when changes occur in the systems and services, c) automatically updating its databases of globally (all networks including systems and services available for networks) known systems and services vulnerabilities, and the associated attack types that attempt to exploit those vulnerabilities, d)correlating the actual vulnerabilities that exist in a particular network with the signature information identifying attack types that attempt to exploit those vulnerabilities, e) actively looks for only those attack types to which the particular network is vulnerable, known as relevant attack types and taking action when relevant attack types are identified, alerting network administrators, stopping the attacks or instructing the firewall to stop the attacks, or some combination of these, before the attacks can penetrate and damage portions of the computer network.
[0012] The present invention can be embodied in intrusion detection software that can, among other ways, either be installed on a computer hardware device that contains security gateway software, such as a firewall, or it can be installed on a separate computer hardware device and operate as an independent detection sensor or integrated with security gateway software.
[0013] Advantageously, the software can operate directly on the security gateway. Most current devices are in-line, i.e. traffic passes through them either before or after the gateway, or operate as a tap. In-line devices generally operate in a redundant capacity providing many of the same restrictions on communications that the security gateway already performs, while ones that operate as a tap on the network wire usually do not inhibittraffic in the same fashion. Rather than dropping, i.e. not responding to further attempts, they break the session down, meaning that they communicate with the source and tell it to reset the session.
[0014] Embodiments of the invention include a method wherein the vulnerability state, including the specific vulnerabilities of one or more computers comprising a particular network's systems and services, is determined or a specific vulnerability assessment of one or more computers is performed to determine the vulnerability state of the particular network and its systems and services and what specific vulnerabilities exist on the computers. This is accomplished using vulnerability information that is automatically updated. Attack signatures, specific to globally known vulnerabilities are correlated with the vulnerabilities identified in the particular network and its systems and services.
[0015] The invention is best understood from the following detailed description when read with the accompanying drawings.
[0016]FIG. 1 depicts the operation of an adaptive intrusion detection system according to an illustrative embodiment of the invention.
[0017]FIG. 2 depicts the operation of an adaptive intrusion detection system according to a further illustrative embodiment of the invention.
[0018] The present invention is directed to an intrusion detection system, which has the ability to adapt over time, and is preferably used in conjunction with, or integrated into, a network security system such as a firewall. One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be implemented as any of a number of well-known platforms, preferably in a client/server architecture, although not limited thereto.
[0019] The present invention can interact with the security system's firewall, and can provide a highly effective response that can either disconnect (or block) malicious communication traffic or connections, or instruct a firewall to do so, without disrupting legitimate traffic.
[0020] An Internet-based Web interface may also be used to allow access to content such as updated information databases, firewall policy configurations, and the intrusion detection logs.
[0021]FIG. 1 depicts an illustrative embodiment of the operation of an adaptive intrusion detection system 100. This figure depicts the functionality of the present invention and shows the present invention as a separate computer. The present invention can also be located on the same device as the security gateway or integrated with the security gateway. As shown in FIG. 1, the firewall policy information is transferred from the firewall management server 102 into a vulnerability assessment or determination tool 104. A currently updated list of vulnerabilities is then also loaded into vulnerability assessment or determination tool 104. This list may be stored on firewall management server 102, on a separate hardware device or stored at a separate location.
[0022] Based upon the information contained in the firewall policy and the vulnerabilities list, if the vulnerability assessment tool is used, the vulnerability assessment tool 104 conducts an attack on the relevant equipment on computer network 106 that had been designated as potentially vulnerable to attack. The relevant equipment may be one or more computers or hosts. The vulnerabilities of this equipment and its resident systems and services are then determined and preferably loaded onto an intrusion detection management server 108. The intrusion detection management server 108 then preferably correlates these vulnerabilities with attack signatures. The intrusion detection management server 108 is then preferably instructed to only identify these attack signatures. The intrusion detection management server 108, preferably through an intrusion detection sensor 112, then instructs a firewall 110 to block the specific sessions that have been identified.
[0023] In this way, vulnerability assessment tool 104 has enabled intrusion detection management server 108 to properly identify exploits to which the equipment in computer network 106 is vulnerable, classifying them as "valid attacks." All other known attacks are then characterized as "invalid attacks." Because only a small percentage of traffic will be improperly identified as matching a known attack pattern, and, of those patterns identified, only a small percentage will match valid attacks, the present invention has the significant advantage that it can substantially eliminate false positive identifications of attacks.
[0024] Vulnerability, as used herein, means a flaw in a product that makes it infeasible—even when using the product properly—to prevent an attacker from usurping privileges on the user's system, regulating its operation, compromising data on it, or assuming ungranted trust. Vulnerability assessment means any method to determine what, and/or if any vulnerabilities exist on an application. A vulnerability assessment tool means any tool that can carry out a vulnerability assessment/determination, and is not limited, for example, to a scanning tool. Vulnerability assessments can be performed on applications which include systems and services residing on computers and hosts such as in a network. Vulnerability information means any information that relates to characterizing or identifying vulnerabilities, for example, procedures, rules.
[0025]FIG. 2 depicts an intrusion detection system according to a further illustrative embodiment of the invention. This figure also depicts the functionality of the present invention and shows the present invention as a separate computer. The present invention can also be located on the same device as the security gateway or integrated with the security gateway. In step 1, vulnerability information, assessment procedures and rules are retrieved from a central computer. Periodically, such as once every twenty-four hours, the time of which can be determined by the operator, the intrusion detection system, through a secure communication session to a central computer, transfers files to its local operating system. These files contain Vulnerability information and Assessment (VA) procedures and rules (referred to as signatures) updated with globally known data, and data which directly relates, or correlates, these dissimilar sets of information. These files can be continuously updated for the most recent known vulnerability and attack information by an operator.
[0026] In step 2, a security gateway (firewall) is queried. The intrusion detection system, through utilization of an interface such as an application interface (API), securely queries a repository located within a security gateway, or a management station, for Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and services which are offered by computers or hosts, protected by the security gateway, to the public Internet.
[0027] The vulnerability of computers or hosts is determined or assessed in Step 3. Among other methods, a VA of these computer(s) is performed using the information acquired by the query of the gateway, and the VA information and procedures previously transferred, to determine which computers are vulnerable and what, if any, defects may exist in the systems and services which would allow the computer(s) being tested to be compromised by a malicious entity.
[0028] Once this list of defects is gathered, a correlation is performed to match the specific attack signature(s) with the specific vulnerabilities determined in the above steps. These attack signatures define specific attributes a communication session would need to posses to exploit the identified defect.
[0029] The intrusion detection system then loads these attack signatures into a pattern detection engine that has direct access to the communication streams between the protected computer and the Internet. The detection engine examines all communication sessions that pass through the security gateway. Armed with the attack signatures the detection engine can identify specific traffic that is destined for a computer with a specific software defect. In another embodiment, the intrusion detection system can instruct the security gateway to only forward, to the pattern detection engine, communication destined for a computer or host that was, in the prior step, determined to have vulnerabilities, thereby improving overall efficiency.
[0030] In step 4, damaging content is identified and communications are inhibited. When the intrusion detection system has determined that a specific communication session possesses damaging content, the intrusion detection system inhibits, drops or discontinues further communication with the offending source or, it utilizes a second API or interface to securely instruct the security gateway to inhibit, drop or discontinue further communication with the offending source. The length of time for discontinuing further communication with the offending source can be predetermined and set by an operator. This process then protects the computer from communication sessions which would be damaging to it and/or prevents unauthorized access to private information or resources.
[0031] In a further embodiment of the invention the information discovered in the vulnerability determination or VA is used to determine a computer or host Vulnerability State. In traditional systems this is not a current consideration and the system has to expend excessive processing time interrogating each set of data contained in every communication session to all protected computers or hosts and the rate of traffic passing through the firewall and/or system is degraded. This is changed though by considering for which destination the traffic was bound. After the firewall checks a packet for the proper source, destination and service, it can make another check before the firewall/gateway or the intrusion detection engine engages in the process-intensive operation of trying to compare its payload against signatures—the destination's vulnerability state. Determining the vulnerability state of computers or host, the software program knows ahead of time that the destination is not vulnerable to a connection so the final in-depth signature based tests can be bypassed, and therefore, the communication traffic rate would is more efficient. By having the detection engine of the intrusion detection system or the firewall/gateway only examine communications that need to have a signature analysis performed, the software's performance can be improved.
[0032] The invention further includes a computer readable medium and a system comprising one or more computers to carry out the methods described herein.
[0033] While the invention has been described by illustrative embodiments, additional advantages and modifications will occur to those skilled in the art. Therefore, the invention in its broader aspects is not limited to specific details shown and described herein. Modifications, for example, to the computer hardware, order of method steps and configuration of components, may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, it is intended that the invention not be limited to the specific illustrative embodiments, but be interpreted within the full spirit and scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.
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Saraswatichandra completes 200 episodes
MekhlaS | Thursday November 28, 2013
TV show Saraswatichandra, which is based on Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi's Gujarati novel of the same name, completed 200 episodes on Thursday, November 27. Lead actor of the shoe, Gautam Rode, says it's been a "great journey".
Sonam Kapoor: I like everything about stardom
Alpan Saxena | Tuesday May 14, 2013
Being a celebrity comes with a price but Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor says she likes everything about stardom, including the constant attention and the odd hours.
Monica Bedi: Didn't know TV fetches you so much love
Riya Chakravarty | Friday May 10, 2013
Monica Bedi, seen in a negative role in TV serial Saraswatichandra, is amazed at the kind of love and recognition television is fetching her.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali engaged in a turf war over Ram Leela
Purnima Ranawat | Friday March 22, 2013
And accusations from filmmaker Mukul Abhyankar about Sanjay Leela Bhansali allegedly having stolen the title of Ram Leela have not gone down well with him.
Not scared of being called vamp of small screen: Monica Bedi
Purnima Ranawat | Tuesday February 26, 2013
Actress Monica Bedi, who plays a vamp in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's debut TV show Saraswatichandra, was not sceptical about doing a negative role and says she does not fear being typecast on the small screen.
Wait for the right role is over with Saraswatichandra: Monica Bedi
Riya Chakravarty | Monday February 18, 2013
Monica Bedi, who will be seen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's debut TV show, the grand Saraswatichandra, says that with this opportunity in hand, her wait for the right role is over.
Saraswatichandra not adapted as it is: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Purnima Ranawat | Friday February 15, 2013
Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who has adapted Gujarati novel Saraswatichandra for an eponymous TV show, admits some changes have been incorporated for the story to suit the medium.
Rani Mukherji launches Sanjay Leela Bhansali's debut television show
Chandni | Friday February 15, 2013
Bollywood actress Rani Mukherji on Thursday launched filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali's debut show on television- Saraswatichandra.
Competition on TV is intimidating: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Purnima Ranawat | Thursday February 14, 2013
Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who is entering the cluttered TV medium with Saraswatichandra, a show replete with "never-seen-before grandeur", says he feels intimidated with the competition on small screen.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's debut TV show promos out, it's grand
Purnima Ranawat | Saturday February 9, 2013
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It's inspiring to see the 2,000 square-foot store in the new Dress for Success Houston building at 3310 Eastside Street. The space is filled with donations of professional clothing and accessories for disadvantaged women entering the job market. Each quarter, Banana Republic helps update the store displays for the season. While suits are regularly donated, Dress for Success Houston is always […] [Read More]
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The Best Webmaster Job Description: 7 Key Duties
By Don Nicholas • 05/18/2015
The evolution of a webmaster job description continues in the digital age
Five years ago, apps and responsive website design weren't even on the radar of a webmaster. Ten years ago, website analytics weren't as dynamic. The idea of setting up "goals" and "funnels" made you think of soccer games and changing your oil rather than ROI and data.
For some companies, a webmaster is an internal employee that handles the required job duties. Other companies, in the hopes of keeping internal staffing minimal, hire webmasters on a contract basis to maintain their website.
Regardless of how a company approaches the position, a webmaster is needed to monitor a website to assure it stays online, functions without flaw and assures users a rich online experience.
In some situations, the components of a webmaster's job can be delegated to multiple people to ensure efficiency. At Mequoda we have four systems directors who manage nineteen websites, and with that, more than a dozen webmasters / developers who work for them. Just like any other role, the webmaster job description continues to grow with its environment and is always adapting to many roles for an organization.
When the webmaster's job is delegated to multiple people as mentioned above, a systems director, like the ones we have at Mequoda, serves as the primary point person. If that individual is working with multiple clients, technical and interface projects can become the responsibility of additional designers and developers.
The elements of a webmaster job description listed below help bring context to the role. If you are looking to hire a full-time webmaster, or begin a contractual relationship with one, the following requirements should be included in your job description. Additional components may be added, depending on the needs of your organization.
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Webmaster job description element #1: Maintain an inventory of advertisements and manage the ad server software.
As many online businesses are running advertisements, webmasters often times maintain these ads and set parameters for them within the site's architecture.
Webmaster job description element #2: Debug issues that arise with the performance of the website.
This task is incredibly important when e-commerce and member retention is involved with a site. If bugs aren't addressed as quickly as possible, revenue and conversions will be lost.
Webmaster job description element #3: Interface for performance issues.
Webmasters need to be the liaison between IT partners and your company. They will be the ones who address issues with your hosting company or email service provider. Maintaining a strong relationship with these partners will allow your webmaster to tweak hardware to avoid downtime.
Webmaster job description element #4: Troubleshoot the site.
This involves areas including content, links, order flows, registration flows and transaction logs. If problems arise with these areas of the site, the webmaster will make corrections directly or delegate the task to other members of the IT department.
Webmaster job description element #5: Review statistics and monitor analytics.
In addition to making sure everything is functioning properly on the website, a webmaster provides analysis of the website's business health and creates conversion paths so that the marketing team can monitor their efforts.
Webmaster job description element #6: Maintain responsive design.
Stay up to date on the web's latest technologies and make sure the site and its products are always mobile-friendly and multi-platform ready.
Webmaster job description element #7: Plan for future changes to the website.
Beyond the focus of day-to-day activities, the improvement of the website as a whole is a necessary consideration for webmasters. As the Internet evolves, the webmaster's job is to stay current with software and hardware that can improve the success of an online business.
Do you have the technical aspects of your website working towards your organization's vision?
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Riana Says:
April 13th, 2011 at 9:24 am
That's the best description I've read yet. I'm usually small on words when it comes to telling my webmaster duties.
Tamara G. Suttle Says:
April 13th, 2011 at 11:32 am
Thanks so much for spelling out this job description! For those of us that are not technically inclined, we often overlook the importance and the details of this job!
I'm happy to tweet your post and link to it in my blog, too!
Chris Says:
April 19th, 2011 at 10:53 am
Hi Tamara,
Thanks for the comment. We are glad the information is helpful and are always happy to get our content linked to.
Carla Says:
April 20th, 2012 at 11:33 am
This is the best job description that I've found for a webmaster this far. It pretty much covered everything that I was trying to jot down in a resume. Thanks!
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American Express Company Announces Final Results of Exchange Offers Business Wire NEW YORK -- December 12, 2012 American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) announced today the final results of its previously announced private offers to exchange (i) any and all of its outstanding8.125% Senior Notes due 2019 for its new 2.650% Senior Notes due December 2, 2022 and cash and (ii) any and all of its outstanding8.150% Senior Notes due 2038 for its new 4.050% Senior Notes due December 3, 2042 and cash. The exchange offers expired at11:59 p.m.,New York Citytime, onDecember 11, 2012. Based on information provided by D.F. King& Co., Inc., the exchange agent for the exchange offers, as of the expiration date $1,108,629,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2019 notes had been validly tendered for exchange and not validly withdrawn, representing approximately 63.35% of the outstanding 2019 notes, and $779,693,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2038 notes had been validly tendered for exchange and not validly withdrawn, representing approximately 77.97% of the outstanding 2038 notes. In accordance with the terms of the exchange offers, American Express has accepted or will accept all of the old notes that were validly tendered for exchange. American Express expects final settlement to take place on December 13, 2012. The exchange offers have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or any state securities laws. Therefore, the new notes may not be offered or sold inthe United Statesabsent an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws. American Express has entered into registration rights agreements with respect to each series of the new notes. This press release is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security. The exchange offers were made solely by the confidential offering circular for the exchange offers, dated November 13, 2012, and the related letter of transmittal and only to such persons and in such jurisdictions as permitted under applicable law. In particular, this communication is only addressed to and directed at: (A) in any Member State of the European Economic Area that has implemented the Prospectus Directive, qualified investors in that Member State within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive and (B) (i) persons that are outside the United Kingdom or (ii) investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order") or (iii) high net worth companies, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). The new notes are only available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such new notes will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this document or any of its contents. This press release contains forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements contain words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "will," "may," "likely" and similar expressions. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. American Express undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the timing of final settlement of the exchange offers. About American Express American Express is a global services company, providing customers with access to products, insights and experiences that enrich lives and build business success. Learn more at americanexpress.com and connect with us on facebook.com/americanexpress, foursquare.com/americanexpress, linkedin.com/companies/american-express, twitter.com/americanexpress, and youtube.com/americanexpress. Key links to products and services: charge and credit cards, business credit cards, travel services, gift cards, prepaid cards, merchant services, business travel, and corporate card Contact: Investors/Analysts: Ken Paukowits, email@example.com , +1.212.640.6348 or Fixed Income Investor Relations Vivian Zhou, email@example.com, +1.212.640.6182
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Ridgway wrestling won six matches by pinfall and nine overall in a 46-24 victory over St. Marys Thursday night at Ridgway Area High School.
"The kids were very aggressive," Ridgway coach Gary Gerber said. "We're real pleased because we've been under the weather. The kids wrestled hard, there were some real pleasant surprises there."
The match opened at 182 pounds as Kyle Caggiano bumped up to wrestle Joe McLaughlin of St. Marys.
The Elk County Catholic Lady Crusader basketball team rolled to a 47-29 victory over the Brockway Lady Rovers Wednesday evening at ECCHS.
The two teams kept the score fairly close throughout the first half. ECC held a 10-7 lead at the end of the first period and extended their advantage to 25-15 at halftime. Brockway closed the gap slightly by the end of the third period, reducing ECC's advantage to 31-22.
"We looked a little rusty tonight, but we're playing good defense again," said ECC coach Ken Pistner.
However, Pistner noted that the team missed a lot of shots throughout the game.
Thursday's workshop meeting of the St. Marys Area School District Board of Directors saw the presentation of the district's annual progress report. Superintendent Ann Kearney said in taking time to "reflect back on the accomplishments of these past twelve months, the community can stand proud of the school district's efforts to provide programs that embody the district's mission of 'empowering learners for the 21st century.'"
ST. MARYS – A train rumbles through a mountain tunnel, steam pumping and its whistle alerting the nearby town to its presence. While it's a familiar sight to many area residents, this isn't a real scene but a creation known simply as "Tom's Trains," a train-focused exhibit on a large platform at the home of Tom Schloder on East Eschbach Road in St. Marys.
Betty M. Wonderly, 75, of 938 Troup Valley Hill Rd., Mount Pleasant Mills, and formerly of Kersey, died suddenly on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at Elk Regional Health Center.
She was born Feb. 17, 1936 in Kersey, a daughter of the late Irwin Sylvester and Madeline Minnick Wonderly.
Betty spent many years caring for and kenneling dogs, and had a great love for her dog, Dee Dee. She enjoyed spending time with her family and especially enjoyed coming home to spend Christmas with them ever year. She also enjoyed shopping and crafts.
During Tuesday's City Council meeting, St. Marys resident Warren Stewart inquired about two issues regarding the demolition of the Dimitri building and the upkeep of the parking garage.
In reference to the empty lot on the corner of Center Street made vacant by the demolition of the Dimitri building, Greene said the only work remaining is for the gas company to cut off some of the pipes. He replied to Stewart's inquiry, stating that parking meter heads will be replaced on the street.
The Coaches vs. Cancer campaign at the recent Elk County Holiday Tournament was once again a success, with Roben Daghir, volunteer survivor for outreach and awareness, noting that the group doubled their donations from the previous year.
"At the time of the final count at St. Marys Area High School, we had $1,200," Daghir said. "I have heard from some of the coaches that they had donations given to them following the games. Those donations will be added to the $1,200 total."
A grant through the Stackpole-Hall Foundation has initiated an out-of-school youth program to be carried out by a collaboration with the Ridgway YMCA and the Elk County 4-H Program.
The 4-H program will open the door for Elk County children between the ages of eight and 18 years old to learn leadership, teamwork and other valuable skills that will encourage them to be proactive forces within the community.
According to 4-H Out-Of-School Programs Coordinator Jody Johnson, the program will focus on a variety of STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering and Math] activities.
In Tuesday night's Jay Township reorganizational meeting, the appointments of John Schneider and Victoria Burlingame to the water authority by township supervisors caused some residents in attendance to question the appointment process and the supervisors in their decision.
Applicants for the two vacancies within the the water authority board included Maria Pirazzi, Wendy Bonanno, Martin Rosenfeld, John Schneider, and Victoria Burlingame.
The vacancies originated with Jim Huff and Fran Gustafson withdrawing their names from consideration.
St. Marys City Council's two newest members, Nedward Jacob and Gregory Gebauer, presided over their first official meeting on Tuesday evening. During the meeting, council was split in half as to how to fill the vacant seat on the council. The seat was vacated by Gwen Auman, who relocated her residential address outside the City of St. Marys.
Councilman Dan Hepner said that between Jacob and Gebauer, the two received 54 percent of the vote, with Auman coming in third. The fourth-place vote-getter was past council member Tom Farley, who received 22.5 percent of the vote.


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We can now declare it official: the general perception of the Iraq war is changing, including among the mainstream media.
Yesterday, the Washington Post ran an editorial that began:
The evidence is now overwhelming that the "surge" of U.S. military forces in Iraq this year has been, in purely military terms, a remarkable success. By every metric used to measure the war—total attacks, U.S. casualties, Iraqi casualties, suicide bombings, roadside bombs—there has been an enormous improvement since January. U.S. commanders report that al Qaeda has been cleared from large areas it once controlled and that its remaining forces in Iraq are reeling. Markets in Baghdad are reopening, and the curfew is being eased; the huge refugee flow out of the country has begun to reverse itself. Credit for these achievements belongs in large part to U.S. soldiers in Iraq, who took on a tremendously challenging new counterterrorism strategy and made it work; to Gen. David H. Petraeus, the architect of that strategy; and to President Bush, for making the decision to launch the surge against the advice of most of Congress and the country's foreign policy elite.
On the front page of today's New York Times, we read this:
The American military said Sunday that the weekly number of attacks in Iraq had fallen to the lowest level since just before the February 2006 bombing of the Shiite shrine in Samarra, an event commonly used as a benchmark for the country's worst spasm of bloodletting after the American invasion nearly five years ago. Data released at a news conference in Baghdad showed that attacks had declined to the lowest level since January 2006. It is the third week in a row that attacks have been at this reduced level. The statistics on attack trends have long been a standard measure that the American military has used to assess violence in Iraq. Because the data have been gathered for years and are deemed generally reliable they allow analysts to identify trends…. "These trends are stunning in military terms and beyond the predictions of most proponents of the surge last winter," said Michael O'Hanlon, a military analyst at the Brookings Institution, referring to President Bush's troop reinforcement plan. "Nobody knows if the trends are durable in the absence of national reconciliation and in the face of major U.S. troop drawdowns in 2008."
And Newsweek's foreign correspondent Rod Nordland reports:
For someone who has returned periodically to Baghdad during these past four and a half years of war, there has been one constant: it only gets worse. The faces change, the units rotate, the victims vary, but it has always gotten worse…. For the first time, however, returning to Baghdad after an absence of four months, I can actually say that things do seem to have gotten better, and in ways that may even be durable…. Al Qaeda in Iraq is starting to look like a spent force, especially in Baghdad. The civil war is in the midst of a huge, though nervous, pause. Most Shiite militias are honoring a truce. Iran appears to have stopped shipping deadly arms to Iraqi militants. The indigenous Sunni insurgency has declared for the Americans across broad swaths of the country, especially in the capital. Emerging from our bunkers into the Red Zone, I see the results everywhere.
Each of these stories has important caveats: it's far too early to celebrate, things can still get worse, Iraq is still a violent and fragile society, and the political opportunity created by the surge has yet to be taken advantage of by Iraq's central government as eventually it must be if the country is to become stable. Nevertheless, it's not too early to say that the military success in Iraq has the dimensions of a sea-change, and that, in turn, is having positive, radiating effects, as Max Boot noted earlier today.
What lessons can we draw from what we have seen during this remarkable year?
First, the changes in our military strategy clearly were necessary and should have come sooner. Second, President Bush deserves credit for having endorsed the surge in the face of ferocious opposition from Democrats and deep skepticism from Republicans. The President was almost alone in taking his stand—one now vindicated by events. Third, those who months ago declared that the surge was a failure and that Iraq was irredeemably lost were wrong and in some cases reckless in what they said. Fourth, change—sometimes for good and sometimes for ill—can happen faster than we think. Fifth, what we are seeing unfold in Iraq, under the leadership of General David Petraeus and his team, may well rank as among the most extraordinary military turnabouts in our history. The U.S. military, given the right strategy, is performing tasks that were thought to be nearly impossible. And sixth, the MSM, which has been skeptical (for some good reasons) about reporting good news from Iraq, is now doing just that, and it deserves credit for doing so.
It will be interesting to see if public opinion shifts in light of these developments. My sense is that the country remains deeply weary of the war, which will never be popular, and that there will be a considerable lag time before public opinion shifts in any significant way, if at all. But if progress continues the public will probably, with reservations, stick with the war until we achieve a decent outcome.
The other effect of the progress in Iraq is that it may not be nearly as potent a political weapon for Democrats as they thought six months ago. The facts on the ground have changed dramatically—and so may the politics of the war. Leading Democrats massively have mishandled their approach to this conflict. Almost every week, it seems, they position themselves as champions of a premature withdrawal, despite the awful geopolitical and human cost that would follow in its wake. These Democrats speak as if the events of the last year never happened. But blessedly they have—and more and more people realize they have. Even in Iraq, the truth will out.


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Today, the Senate will vote on a motion to proceed to the Buffett rule, formally known as the Paying a Fair Share Act. This concludes a two-week push by Senate Democratic leaders and the Obama Administration on the bill, and the larger conversation around tax fairness and the need for the rich to pay a higher amount than those in the middle class. On a conference call just now, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, the primary sponsor of the bill, described it as a return to a progressive tax code, rather than a gimmick. "Until very recently, this has been the economic policy of this country for decades if not generations," Whitehouse said. "The gimmick has been the little trick that has allowed high income earners to pay less on taxes."
Unfortunately, Whitehouse is mistaken on a couple fronts. This is a gimmick in the sense that nobody expects the legislation today to pass. While Whitehouse and Chuck Schumer both said on this call that they "expect to pick up some Republicans" in the vote today, they made no guarantee that they would get the seven Republicans needed to push past the 60-vote threshold and move the Paying a Fair Share Act to the floor. In fact, I would actually be surprised if they got more than Susan Collins' vote today on the Republican side, if that. The schedule calls for a vote at 5:30 pm ET. [cont'd]
Schumer described "cracks in the dam" of Republican opposition to higher taxes on millionaires generally. The aforementioned Collins (R-ME) endorsed a millionaire's surtax that would somehow exempt small businesses, and Congressman Rick Crawford (R-AR) suggested a millionaire's tax in broader legislation that included a balanced budget amendment. But these are hedged positions, and none of them relate to the Buffett rule, which would set what amounts to a millionaire's minimum tax.
The legislation has been criticized for not taking in a great deal in revenue. The CBO forecasts it as raising $47 billion over 10 years. However, if the Bush tax cuts are extended, that number rises to close to $160 billion, according to outside projections. Anyway, Whitehouse said, this is a matter of tax fairness as much as it is revenue. "It's a little bit ridiculous that we have people making these enormous incomes and paying lower tax rates than those who are solidly in the middle class and working hard to get by," he said. "This is a question about Washington, whether this town is so captive to the special interests that they can't do something that is sensible and fair."
"If (Republicans) think fairness is a gimmick then they're just completely out of touch with the American people," Schumer added.
Other observers have wondered why Democrats wouldn't simply move to change the underlying policies that create the tax inequity on high-income earners. For example, most of the reason that so many millionaires pay a smaller percentage in taxes than middle-class earners comes from the preferential tax treatment on capital gains and dividends. Why not just raise them back to 35%, instead of their current position at 15%? Whitehouse claimed that his legislation catches the capital gains tax break "but also many others that might be involved." Since you can defer capital gains and time their release to whatever tax year you choose, that's not entirely true.
When the bill fails today, Schumer says that Senate Democrats will continue to press the issue. He suggested that they may tie the revenue increases from the Buffett rule to specific items that revenue would pay for. "We could tie it to helping kids pay for college… helping small businesses with the R&D tax credit… we could tie it to deficit reduction," Schumer said. "There are lots of ways the American people would prefer to spend $47 billion than tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires."


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Audi Names T-Mobile as the Wireless Carrier for Advanced Audi Connect Systems in the U.S.
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Audi today announced that T-Mobile USA, Inc. will serve as the U.S. wireless carrier for its Audi Connect systems in the company's newest Audi luxury vehicle lines. Available with the arrival of the 2012 Audi A7 in April, the Audi Connect services include voice-activated Google Earth™, Google™ Local Search, and Sirius Traffic™ information combined with Google Earth™ imagery. In addition, Audi Connect allows users to obtain real-time news, weather, and fuel prices from other providers. Audi Connect is also able to turn the vehicle into a secure mobile Wi-Fi hotspot, allowing vehicle passengers to retrieve information on the Internet conveniently and securely.
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MARION, Ill. -- Friday, Aug. 21 is the final day for local officials in Hamilton and Union counties to submit requests for federal public assistance (infrastructure) for damages from May's severe storms, flooding and tornadoes.
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MARION, Ill. -- Hamilton and Union counties were designated eligible for federal Public Assistance (PA) today. That brings the total number of counties to eight, according to officials from the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The July 2, 2009 major disaster declaration covers disaster-related infrastructure costs caused by the severe storm, tornadoes and flooding that occurred May 8 and 9. It provides federal reimbursement to state and local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations.
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