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Happy Birthday Mr F!!! Another year older another year wiser!!!
Last night we went to celebrate Mr F's birthday at the Australian Gourmet Traveller One Star Restaurant – Restaurant Two (or Restaurant II?). Again we bringing Little Monster along to fine dining, and thank God (!) he behaved so well! We were greeted by a lovely staff and as soon as she saw our baby she called Mr F's first name :P (I guess they don't usually have diners request high chair at reservation?).
The restaurant setting is very elegant, modern and chic. The left hand side is the dining area and the right hand side is the lounge.
We bought a Living Social voucher for $89 (can use it either for lunch or dinner on Monday to Thursday except December) and it included 2 main courses and 2 desserts plus your choice of red or white wine and a mixed green to share. It sounds like a very good deal! And it's hard to believe such a famed restaurant needs to do deals? We wonder are there any tricks or hidden terms and conditions? The only condition is we have to choose from a special "Living Social Menu" rather from the alacarte menu but we are totally fine, we always choose either steak, duck or fish anyway, I am sure they must have one of them in the "special menu". Anyway we bought couple of deals before, I'd say so far it's 50:50 – 50% happy 50% disappointed. But tonight I have to say IT'S THE BEST SO FAR WE HAD!!! Super worthy!!!
There were four choices in the "special menu":
Fillet of Barramundi, Tempura Calamari, Warm Salad of Barley, Asian Mushrooms and Greens, Ginger Soy and Green Shallot Dressing
Honey Glazed Duck Breast, Sweet Potato, Chilli Jam, Brocollini, Snow Peas, Caramelized Peach Sauce
Grilled Kilcoy Eye Fillet, Paris Mash, Tombe of Mushrooms and Shallots, Porcini Cream
Potato Gnocchi, Roasted Red Vegetables, Tatziki, Macadamias, Spicy Tempura Zucchini, Cumin Butter
Too easy! Mr F of course picked the beef without hesitation and I chose the fish to share with Little Monster.
The eye fillet was great! Medium-cooked! Tender and Juicy! The mushrooms and the sauce were delicious, and of course not to mention the lovely mash!
My barramundi was superb! I haven't had a wonderful barramundi for some time, love the "just-cooked" flesh and crispy fish skin!
Here's the mixed greens, simple and tasty.
Our desserts were Valrhona Chocolate Fondant with Banana Icecream and Daintree Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee with Vanilla Bean Icecream. Yum!
To finish off the great great great dinner we ordered a flat white and cappucinno (not included in the deal) and Mr F loved the cups so much! He even checked the bottom of the cup to see what brand it is! Guess what! It's the Vittoria Coffee Cups!
What a great night! I am definitely interested in coming back for more decent meals🙂
Restaurant Two
Address: 2 Edward St Brisbane CBD Q4000
Phone: 07 3210 0600
Web: www.restaurant2.com.au


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Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Harlem High School football
Harlem, Ga--Harlem was one of the biggest surprise teams from a year ago. Jimmie Lewis and the Bulldogs went out and won six games with a big senior class leading the charge. This year, they'll have their work cut out if they want to get there again.
The Bulldogs lost 17 seniors and when your roster size is usually numbers in the 30's, well, not too hard to figure it out. What they do have back is some firepower. Austin Burt proved his worth in the backfield and hunter rippe developed at quarterback. They'll help a lot, but with all new faces up front, there is a concern.
"We have decent backs, we have good quarterbacks but the line is untested." said Jimmie Lewis "I mean I don't care how good you are in the backfield, if your line isn't good you're going to have problems, but we'll see what this young crowd will do on the line."
"It gave us more push, more drive when we come out here and practice." said Austin Burt "We push it. We have a lot of young people, but we're pushing them to get better."
The other concern lewis is hoping to work out is his defense, needs them to be better. But as he said, when your defense is also your offense, it's going to be a work in progress.

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|Unexpected Sources of Mineral Nutrition
Curtiss D. Hunt
I have a suggestion that is bound to take the monotony out of grocery shopping and put more nutrition into family meals. We know that eating the right amounts of vitamins and minerals is vital to the growth of children and maintaining the health of adults. We also know that foods are not equal in terms of nutrient content. There is a lot more calcium in an ounce of whole milk than there is in an ounce of spring water. Peanut butter contains about 22 times more magnesium than does the same amount of beer. And beef chuck roast contains 22 times more zinc per ounce than does whole milk.
Shoppers would be wise to pay more attention to the total nutrient content of their diet. Very seldom, does a fellow shopper stop their cart, gaze into the distance, and whisper "Gee, my toddler gets more of her daily zinc from foods like whole milk than from foods like roast beef." Or, "Beer is the second major source of magnesium for my 30 year-old son-in-law? Or, "Foods like milk chocolate candy are the third highest source of copper for my teenage girl!"
Such nutritionally-transfixed shoppers have already logged onto the website published by USDA's Nutrient Data Laboratory that lists the nutrient content of hundreds of foods (http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl). This is an easy thing to do. Simply type in key words that describe your favorite food (for example, "chocolate") and hit "return." The search engine will scan the nutrient database and find all foods that have your key words in the title description of the food. Next, click on a food to proceed to selection of measurement units. Click "report," and voila! all available nutritional information about that food will be displayed.
These shoppers have also read a 1983 US Food and Drug Administration report (Journal of the American Dietetic Association, volume 82, page 166) that identifies 234 foods that are highly representative of the foods infants, toddlers, teenagers, adults, and seniors eat every day. It also gives the average consumption of each food. Combining the nutrient content of a food with the average consumption of that food provides a good estimate of how much a single food contributes to the total intake of a given nutrient.
Most shoppers do not have the time to figure out how much food they consume so they must remember that foods with high concentrations of a particular nutrient are not necessarily the major source of that nutrient. For example, we analyzed 234 representative foods and found that 11 were the most mineral-rich on the basis that they ranked highest in mineral density for three or more minerals: oat ring cereal, granola with raisins, peanut butter, peanuts, bran cereal with raisins, pecans, liver, biscuits, American cheese, cream substitute, and shredded wheat cereal.
Yet, for teenage girls, none of those mineral-dense foods was the primary source of three or more minerals. Instead, the foods that supplied the most mineral nutrition to this group were represented by whole milk, low fat milk, chocolate low fat milk, ground beef, white bread, dinner rolls, orange juice, french fries, pizza, and chocolate ice cream. Even so, remember that no food is nutritionally "bad" per se. The total quantity consumed of each food is what makes the difference. That is, teenage girls, and the rest of us, must strive to eat well-rounded diets to ensure adequate intakes of minerals and other nutrients and to reduce consumption of "empty" calories.


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State of Decay developer Paranoid Productions has announced their latest project, The Church in the Darkness. Centered on the cult movement of the 1970s, and featuring the actors behind GLaDOS and Team Fortress 2's Sniper, the game tasks players with infiltrating a cult and sussing out who is and isn't a threat. Players take on the role of a former law enforcement officer who decides to head down to South America and break into Freedom Town to check on their sister's well-being. The developers also noted that they will be utilizing alternating personalities and a fluctuating narrative to ensure that each playthrough is different.
Conspiracies abound in new episodic RPG Majestic Nights
A new conspiracy-theory-themed role-playing game has been announced from Epiphany Games. Majestic Nights is an episodic thriller set in an alternate 1980s where all conspiracy theories are actually true. Players will take on the role of a Cardholder, an intelligence operative who has had a hand in some of the most well-known conspiracies, and as Cal, a downtrodden private investigator who has a mysterious past. The game is described as having "fast, light mechanics" and "an over-the-top 1980s aesthetic," with the goal being for players to gather details about each conspiracy and connect the dots.
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Recently murdered detective Ronan O'Connor begins to realize he's the latest in a long line of killings in a new trailer for Murdered: Soul Suspect. The Bell Killer video focuses on a killer who is on a spree in Salem and his connection with O'Connor. For a more in-depth look at the game, check out this hour-plus-long video of panel with developer Airtight Games from PAX East 2014.
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Square Enix and Airtight Games's otherworldly police procedural title Murdered: Soul Suspect will be making its way to PS4 and Xbox One. According to the publisher, the new versions will feature native 1080p output and improved effects, such as subsurface scattering and an increased particle count. Soul Suspect was announced early last year for 360, PC, and PS3.
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Man down! Murdered: Soul Suspect announcement trailer released
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There's been a murder! And the victim … is you. (Cue dramatic music). The mysterious case of who killed you will be revealed next year when Square Enix releases Murdered: Soul Suspect for 360, PC, and PS3. Not much else is known at this time, save for what can be gleaned from the brief teaser, though I think it's safe to say that some ethereal justice is at hand.


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MORLEY - Viola Jones, 80, died at 10 p.m. Sept. 2, 2003, at the Jackson Manor.
Born Sept. 30, 1922, in Leuchville, Ark., daughter of the late Charlie Allen and May F. Hause Woods, she was a member of the Hooe Baptist Church.
On May 19, 948, she married Charles J. Jones who preceded her in death on March 25, 1970.
Survivors include: three daughters, Phyllis Terry of Vandalia, Ann Nordin of Chaffee and Vicky Shoemaker of Jackson; one sister, Rachael Woods of Morley; and eight grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
One son, one brother, two sisters and one great-grandson also preceded her in death.
Visitation begins at 4 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee where services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday. The Rev. Watis Harrell will officiate.
Burial will follow in the New Morley Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be: Doug Nordin, John Nordin, Matt Pobst, Matt Luckett, Robert Shoemaker and Trevor Shaw.


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History majors with Teacher Certification and Social Science majors are granted Departmental Approval to Student Teach by the Teacher Education Committee for History and Social Science
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History majors w/social science certification and Social Science majors in all designations must have not less than a 2.75 cumulative grade point average and a 3.0 major grade point average (2.75 major GPA for catalogs from 2007 backward) to receive Departmental Approval. You must also have earned at least a "C" in all History and Social Science courses.
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You must have earned a "C" or higher in each course in the professional education core courses taught in the College of Education and Professional Studies. ISEP students must have received credit for SED 3000 and SED 3100
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While you may be granted conditional Departmental Approval prior to passing the appropriate Illinois Certification Testing System Content Area Test, you must have taken and passed the test before final Departmental Approval is granted. Only then will student teaching approval and placement be finalized
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You will submit a portfolio that includes a personal statement, resume, job letter, four recommendations, and variety of lesson plans for approval the semester prior to student teaching and/or the semester in which you are enrolled in SOS 3400. It is reviewed by the members of the Teacher Education in History and Social Science committee. COMPLETE DIRECTIONS ARE POSTED ABOVE IN THE DAP DOCUMENT. RECOMMENDATION FORMS ARE ALSO POSTED ABOVE.
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Linux Server and Network Security
The most dangerous threat to internal networks are Internet gateways. Gateways are systems (or other hardware devices) with a minimum of two network interfaces where one interface is connected to the Internet (via an ISP connection) and at least one interface is connected to an internal LAN segment. Just as a gateway allows traffic to go out from your LAN onto the Internet, it also allows traffic from the Internet onto your LAN. The trick is to only let the traffic you want onto your LAN, and it's no easy feat.
You could be legally liable if someone hacks their way into your LAN and steals confidential data (social security numbers, credit card numbers, etc) that you maintain on your clients or customers. Worms or trojans could be planted that send passwords or other sensitive information out onto the Internet to a waiting sniffer. The risks are many and the consequences could threaten the very existance of your company. It's not uncommon for large institutions like banks and insurance firms to decline pressing charges against a hacker simply because they don't want the negative press and loss of confidence they would suffer as the result of a public prosecution by a district attorney.
"Multi-homed" (multi-connection) systems such as gateways are not the only security risk. A server that is only connected to the Internet, such as a Web server, is also at risk of being hacked. You may not care if some hacker cracks his way in and defaces your Web pages. You just reload the pages. But there are other, more hideous, attacks that are not uncommon:
- Your server can be used as a base from which attacks on other systems can be launched.
- Your e-mail server could be used as a relay for spammers.
- Your system can be surreptitiously used as an IRC (chat) server or for some other band-width intensive application that steals performance from both your server and your Internet connection.
- Your could be the target of DoS (Denial of Service) attacks which renders your servers (e-mail or Web), and your Internet connection, useless.
- Internet servers that use SSL to collect sensitive information such as credit card numbers or account numbers and passwords can be targets of hackers in order to try and gain access to the devices where this data is stored. (SSL only protects in-transit HTTP traffic. It does nothing for operating system or server security.)
Addressing security issues is one of those cases where "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure". A hacker could do untold damage if they get into your system or network. And because hackers learn their trade in underground electronic communities, if one finds a way into your system you can bet that they'll let everyone else know about it.
If your company has public address space with an available IP you may want to try a little test just for grins. Do a full-boat install of Debian (including all Internet-related apps you can think of) and put the system on the Internet. It doesn't need a domain name with a DNS record, just a static public IP address. Set it up with the Apache, Sendmail, wu_ftpd, telnet, and any other services running and just leave it sit there. Check the /var/log/messages file every week or so and see how long it takes for the hackers to find it and start playing around with it. When I tried this they took all of two weeks. Since there's no way of telling what they did during their visits, you'd be wise to totally wack the partitions on the hard-drive and do an install from scratch when you do want to re-use the system as a production server.
Setting up a system like this is actually a new security tool that's emerging. It's called setting up a "honey-pot". The hackers are drawn to the the honey-pot because it's the most responsive, and are drawn away from your production servers. Before you deploy your honey-pot you may want to hang a tape drive on the system and do a full backup so you can go back to square one once it gets compromised. Again, thre's no way to really know everything that a hacker may have done to your system once they get in so the only safe thing to do is start over. Monitoring your honey-pot on a regular basis will let you know when things are happening so you can keep an even closer eye on your production servers.
Don't always assume that the "untrusted" network you're trying to protect yourself from is the Internet. If you have VPNs or other types of network connectivity established with business partners or even other divisions within the same company, you must be watchful for unauthorized access attempts from these networks as well. "Trust no one" is a good rule to follow when it comes to system and network security.
Do Your Homework
Along with the benefits of having your own Internet servers comes the responsibility of being knowledgable on how to secure those servers. Covering this subject beyond anything other than a superficial manner is beyond the scope of any single Web page. Here we only present an overview of some of the common tools used to help secure an Internet-connected server. It is by no means comprehensive and should only serve as an introduction to the topic.
Security measures can be categorized into the following four broad classifications:
Different publications may categorize things differently but that's of little consequence. The important thing is that doing so allows you to take a "divide and conquer" approach to addressing all of the various aspects involved in securing a network, its servers, and the information contained on them.
- OS configuration - "hardening" the operating system
- Application configuration - making sure the server applications you do make available do only what they're supposed to do
- Perimeter security - configuring your network infrastructure with firewalls and DMZs
- Physical security - only authorized users and systems should have access to the network infrastructure
OS Configuration
Hardening the operating system involves many things are are not only operating system-specific, but may often vary from one "flavor" of an operating system to another. Typical steps include:
- Disabling all default accounts and groups that are not needed. When an operating system is installed it sets up quite a few user accounts and groups by default. (Try logging into your Debian system using the username news and see how far you can navigate around your system's file system and what files you can cat to the screen.) There's a line in the /etc/passwd file for each user. Each line contains different pieces of info separated by colons (:) with the last item being the user's default shell (typically the Bash shell). To disable user accounts, just change the default shell to /bin/false so they can't log in.
- Change your startup configuration so that only necessary services are running. Many services open TCP/IP "ports" which hackers find when running port scans against systems. (Many applications are responsible for starting services also.) Closing all unnecessary ports is a common practice. You can run a port scanner from another system against your server to see which ports are open.
- Configure file system security (using the chmod and chown commands) so that only the bare minimum of access to files and directories is allowed.
- Utilize strong (mixed case, alpha-numberic, long) passwords on accounts that are necessary.
- Don't use common names for groups that are given high levels access
(ex: "admins").
- Use TCP wrappers (tcpd) to run Internet-related daemons and properly configure the hosts.allow and hosts.deny files to restrict access.
- Don't run a GUI if you don't need one and never leave a GUI running while the server isn't being used for an interactive console session.
- Log off of server consoles when they're not being used. This is especially important for Internet-connected systems.
There is a HOWTO on securing the OS on the Debian Web site at:
The installation routines for many Linux distributions set things wide open by default to reduce the number of technical support calls and e-mails they get. (The more wide open a system is the less likely it is that someone - or an application - will run into problems trying to perform a specific task or function.) As a result, most Linux systems are inherently insecure. Once you do make security-related changes, check to make sure that all functions of your applications still run the way they should.
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Maximum Linux Security is the best security book I've found for those who do not have a lot of Linux experience. The first four chapters cover some of the basics of Linux from a security perspective, including the fundamentals of server administration. If you are going to set up an Internet server, get this book. The book not only covers what to do, but covers the theory behind why you are doing it. It also shows you how hackers work and provides links to the tools they use to break in. You would think that a book on server security would be pretty dry, but this book is an easy read.
Application Configuration
Some applications are insecure due to the defaults used during their installations and some are just inherently insecure. Telnet and ftp are two inherently insecure applications because passwords are transmitted over the wire as clear text.
The biggest threat to many applications is their vulnerability to "buffer overflow" attacks which usually results in the hacker having access to the system with the rights of whatever user account the application was running under.
The following are some general guidelines related to applications:
- Use more secure equivalents for insecure applications (ex: ssh instead of telnet, sudo in place of su, etc).
- Keep your applications up-to-date with the latest versions. Many releases are specifically developed to address security issues.
- Determine which ports an application opens up and see if they are absolutely necessary. If they aren't, shut them down.
- Check the application vendor's Web site for information on how to make the application more secure and for any news items and or patches that address newly-discovered security vulnerabilities.
- If you have a Web server, learn proper programming techniques to ensure that CGI scripts are secure and make sure the scripts you use utilize these techniques. Also acquaint yourself with the security issues related to Server Side Includes and any Web site interpreters you may be running (such as PHP or ASP).
- In the case of a Web server, if Web page updates are fairly infrequent, you could just edit the pages on the server using a text editor or use a floppy disk to "sneaker-net" the updated HTML files by mounting the floppy disk, copying the files into the DocumentRoot directory, and then unmounting the floppy. Either of these would eliminate the need to run an ftp server service and enabling an account for the person who maintains the pages.
- If you have an Apache Web server (or have a Web site that is hosted on a shared Apache Web server) and the US government's Titan Rain investigation has you considering blocking visitors from China (which we are now doing), you can configure Apache to deny access to your site from Chinese IP addresses (see my China blocking page for more information).
- Searching Google for the name of the application along with the word 'harden' will usually yield some helpful configuration information. For instance, Googling 'harden apache' will list some Web pages which tell you what modules you can rem out (in the /etc/apache/modules.conf file) to make your Apache installation more secure.
If all you want to do is set up a simple Web server (running Apache) then there are quite a few "applications" (OS utilities actually) that run by default that are not needed. They open ports and since each open port is a possible entry point into your server by a hacker, you don't want them open. I disable them by renaming their 'S' (startup) symlinks in the appropriate runlevel directory. Since Debian boots into runlevel 2 by default, we want to go into the runlevel 2 startup directory with the command:
cd /etc/rc2.d
There we'll find the symlink S20ssh which opens the port for secure remote console sessions. If you'll be physically at the console (keyboard and monitor), there is no need for remote access. To stop the SSH server service from needlessly opening a port we disable it by just renaming its symlink with the command:
mv S20ssh _S20ssh
You can do the same for S20exim4, S20lpd, and S21nfs-common. Now if you reboot your system and run the
netstat -acommand you'll see fewer open ports. One port that does remain open though is 'sunrpc'. That's the RPC portmap service and it is notorious for being the target of exploits. If you run the netstat -apcommand you'll see that '/sbin/portmap' is the application that has the sunrpc port (port 111) open. NFS and some other applications need the RPC service. Apache does not. So for our simple Web server we can disable portmap. However, this service is called from two places so we need to rename both symlinks with the commands:
mv /etc/rc2.d/S18portmap /etc/rc2.d/_S18portmap
mv /etc/rcS.d/S43portmap /etc/rcS.d/_S43portmap
Note that disabling RPC will cause the 'nfs-common' service to fail at boot-up but that's OK. You shouldn't be mounting any network drives on a Web server anyway.
Now if you again reboot your system and run the
netstat -acommand you'll see only port 80 open (and possibly port 25 listening on 127.0.0.1 which is internal only).
Other daemons and services don't open ports but they're not needed either and they just use up memory. Two examples in the default installation that you can also rename are S89atd and, if your system isn't connected directly to a cable or DSL modem that uses PPPoE, S14ppp.
Because applications interact with the operating system, start processes, and accept input they can affect operating system security. Likewise, operating system security can affect an application's ability to function properly. Achieving maximum OS security while still retaining full application functionality is a balancing act.
This balancing act is evident when using "jails" or chroot jails. You can put any program or daemon in it's own jail. A chroot jail is a way of configuring the operating system so that the directory the application is running from appears to be the root of the entire file system. As such, the only directories the application can "see" or has access to are the ones it needs to run. That way, if an application does have a security flaw, the hacker exploiting that flaw won't have access to the entire file system.
For example, if you want to set up a DNS server be advised that BIND runs as root. As such, if a hacker exploited a security flaw in BIND they would have root access to the entire file system. By running BIND in a jail, the hacker would only have access to the BIND application directory.
The problem with jails is that they can be a pain to set up. ALL files that an application needs (library files, config files, etc.) or generates (data files, log files) have to reside within the jail. So if you were going to set up a jail for BIND in /var/lib/named you'd have to create /var/lib/named/etc (for config files) and /var/lib/named/var (for log files) directories under that directory. You also then need to create a user for the application and change ownership of the directories to that user. It may be a pain but it does isolate your file system considerably.
Securing Apache
This discussion of mod_security refers to mod_security 2.x on Apache 2.x.
mod_security 2.x only works with Apache 2.x. It is not backward compatible with Apache 1.x.
Back on our Internet Servers page we showed you how to change a couple security settings to reduce the amount of information about your server that is given out to potential hackers. However, this doesn't do anything for HTTP-targeted attacks.
If your firewall is properly configured to only allow port 80 traffic to your Web server there are still dangers that can come in on port 80, the most common being malformed URLs. There's an Apache IDS (Intrusion Detection System) module that can keep an eye out for suspicious and malformed requests and block them. The mod_security module is no longer included with Debian due to a licensing snit so you have to get it from the package maintainer. Add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:
http://etc.inittab.org/~agi/debian/libapache-mod-security2/ ./
After adding this line you'll need to run the commands:
gpg --keyserver pgpkeys.mit.edu --recv-keys C514AF8E4BA401C3
gpg --export -a C514AF8E4BA401C3 | apt-key add -
to pull down the maintainer's public key because the packages are digitally signed. Then run the update command:
apt-get update
to make apt aware of the packages available at this site. To see the name of the package that got added to the available inventory run the command:
apt-cache search mod-security
To install and enable the module simply enter the command:
apt-get install libapache-mod-security
This will not only add the module files to the /etc/apache2/mods-available directory but also adds the sym link to it in the /etc/apache2/mods-enabled directory and restarts Apache. Unfortunately that doesn't do us much good because there is no configuration file yet.
Below is a sample mod-security configuration file which you can use as is. The first part of the file configures the module's operation while the second part of the file adds the filtering rules it should use. You can copy/paste the following into a file with a name like "mod-security.conf" and then FTP that file (using ASCII mode) to your server.
Note that there are drastic differences between mod_security 1.x
configuration statements and mod_security 2.x configuration statements.
Most configuration examples available on the Web are for version 1.x.
The example below is for 2.x because that's the version available on
the package maintainer's site. If you want to customize your
configuration be sure to use the 2.x statements.
<IfModule security2_module> # *** MODULE CONFIG # Turn the filtering engine On SecRuleEngine On # Only log suspicious requests SecAuditEngine RelevantOnly # The name of the audit log file SecAuditLog /var/log/apache2/modsec_audit.log # Debug level set to a minimum (0) - 9 is max SecDebugLogLevel 0 SecDebugLog /var/log/apache2/modsec_debug.log # Should mod_security inspect POST payloads SecRequestBodyAccess On # By default log and deny suspicious requests # with HTTP status 403 SecDefaultAction deny,log,status:403,phase:2 # *** FILTER RULES SecRule REQUEST_URI /etc/passwd SecRule REQUEST_URI /bin/ls SecRule REQUEST_URI /bin/uname SecRule REQUEST_URI /usr/bin/whoami SecRule REQUEST_URI cd\x20/tmp SecRule REQUEST_URI wget\x20 # Make sure that URL encoding is valid SecRule ARGS "@validateUrlEncoding" # Unicode encoding check SecRule ARGS "@validateUtf8Encoding" # Only allow bytes from this range SecRule ARGS:text "@validateByteRange 0 255" # Block Santy.A worm SecRule ARGS:highlight %27 # Block drop table SQL injection attack SecRule REQUEST_URI "drop[[:space:]]table" # Only accept request encodings we know how to handle # we exclude GET requests from this because some (automated) # clients supply "text/html" as Content-Type SecRule REQUEST_METHOD "!^(GET|HEAD)$" chain SecRule REQUEST_HEADERS:Content-Type \ "!(^application/x-www-form-urlencoded$|^multipart/form-data;)" # Do not accept GET or HEAD requests with bodies SecRule REQUEST_METHOD "^(GET|HEAD)$" chain SecRule REQUEST_HEADERS:Content-Length "!^$" # Require browser headers from all user agents SecRule "REQUEST_HEADERS:USER_AGENT|HTTP_HOST" "^$" # Require Content-Length to be provided with every POST request SecRule REQUEST_METHOD "^POST$" chain SecRule REQUEST_HEADERS:Content-Length "^$" # Don't accept transfer encodings we know we don't handle SecRule REQUEST_HEADERS:Transfer-Encoding "!^$" </IfModule>Once you get the file FTPed up to your server copy it into the /etc/apache2/conf.d directory so that Apache reads it when it starts. Don't forget to restart Apache after getting this file in place with the command:
/etc/init.d/apache restart
You can test it out to make sure it's working by entering a URL which contains the text of one of the
"SecRule REQUEST_URI"entries. For example, if your server's IP address is 192.168.1.80 enter the following in a browser's address bar:
You should get the Apache "Forbidden" error page.
You can write a lot of your own rules, including only allowing certain types of traffic from certain addresses. If you want to allow for special access and get granular with your access control, check out the documentation at modsecurity.org.
Perimeter Security
The most common means of protecting a network is using a firewall (or two in the case of a DMZ which was illustrated back on the Firewall page). The biggest problem with firewalls is that people think they're more than they actually are. A firewall's major strength is protecting against traffic-based attacks (DoS, etc). If you let people into your network from the outside, the firewall has no way of differentiating between a legitimate user and a hacker. A firewall is not a substitute for strong OS and application security.
If you're going to use a firewall package on a Debian system, keep in mind that the firewall is the application. As such, a system-based firewall won't offer much security if the underlying OS isn't hardened. (This is why the NetMax commercial firewall product includes the OS piece. It allows them to ensure the OS is properly configured.)
If you want to have Internet servers or provide remote access using a VPN server, be sure to use a DMZ configuration with two firewalls. In cases where critical or confidential business information is at risk, use stateful firewalls and IDS (Intrusion Detection System) software.
An IDS has been referred to as the burglar alarm of the network. See our Snort page on how to set one up.
Physical Security
Unauthorized access to your servers can occur just as easily from the inside as the outside. Perhaps even more so since the internal organization is seen as less of a threat. While that may be (somewhat) true from a user perspective, the unauthorized use of the organization's facilities and hardware is a very real threat.
To most people, physical security means locking up the server hardware and hubs/switches. However, it goes far beyond that. It involves the entire physical plant, the systems that connect to it, and the office space those systems are located in. It even extends to the notebooks carried by your company's road warriors. Notebooks and PDAs get stolen all the time. And there's no telling who has access to the computers of those who dial-in from home where users have a tendency to check the "Remember password" box on their dial-up connections.
I have seen countless instances of organizations that spend all kinds of money on fancy security systems surrounding the rooms that house servers and other IT equipment and at the same time have network jacks in locations that anyone can get to without breaking a sweat. Someone could hook up a pocket-sized packet sniffer and in less than a minute have all the IP address information and maybe even some IDs and passwords they need. With all of the foot traffic in large companies at quitting time, it wouldn't take much for someone with a notebook to slip into a secluded office or cubicle and spend hours on your network with no one but the cleaning people to bother them.
Networks, by their very nature, mean you don't need to be phsically at a server to administrate that server. While IT operations typically don't have a lot of clout with a facility's security people, there are some infrastructure-related steps you can take to try and lock things down. Unplugging unused or publically-accessible network jacks at the cross-connects is one measure. Restricting users to logging in only on certain systems, whether they be identified by MAC address or a hostname, and only during certain hours is a start. Security-minded organziations are also setting up VPNs on internal networks and requiring that all Intranet Web traffic be SSL to guard against unauthorized sniffing.
And how many users do you know have their passwords written down on Post-It Notes stuck to their monitor or on a piece of paper inside a desk drawer? Biometric devices have dropped dramatically in price in the last two years. You can buy a hardware device that reads a fingerprint in order to authenticate users for a little over $100 now (U.are.U Pro from Digital Persona). Setting up certificate servers helps ensure that only authorized systems have access to network resources. They're not just for remote systems anymore.
That's not to say physical security of the servers and wiring closets isn't important. Just don't overlook the obvious. One organization was so proud of their fire-proof file room for all of their personnel records until I pointed out the room had a wooden door. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Do the doors to your server room or wiring closets open out? If so, it's probably just a matter of popping the hinge pins out and a door comes right off. Crawling over the top of a wall by popping out the panels in a suspended ceiling isn't all that tough either.
There are many steps you can take to secure the physical environment. Some are electronic, some are mechanical, and others are procedural. But nothing substitutes for common sense.
Be Proactive
Security is not a "set it and forget it" proposition. Because there are no absolutes, constant monitoring is essential. New attacks are being developed every day and if you're simply going to respond once an attack is discovered it's likely too late. Hackers will use DoS attacks, log alterations (provided they can gain access), and other means to disguise other, more intrusive, exploits. In many cases simply waiting for obvious evidence that you've been hacked means you'll never know you've been hacked. The hackers will sneak in, grab what they want, and sneak back out again covering their tracks as they go.
In short, any security plan that is reactive rather than proactive is pretty lame. In addition to the security measures mentioned above, there are several things you can do to be more proactive in ensuring security:
- Monitor log files - By routinely monitoring system and application log files you get to know what's "normal" which makes it easier to spot things that JDLR (just don't look right). If you can afford the disk real estate, set up applications where logging configurations are allowed (like Apache) to log as much information as possible.
- Set up an Intrusion Detection System like Snort and have it monitor your DMZ. If you have an e-mail enabled pager or cell phone you can configure the IDS software to send any alerts to it so you'll know immediately if someone is snooping around your systems.
- Hack your systems - Obtain, learn, and use some of the same tools the hackers do. By doing so you'll see what the hackers see, which could be an eye-opening experience.
- As mentioned earlier, if you've got an available public address, set up a honey-pot system and monitor it on a frequent basis. You can use the same hacker tools against it and compare the results with those you found on your production systems.
- Got to www.cert.org and subscribe to their e-mail notifications. They do a great job of getting the word out on newly discovered weaknesses in operating systems or applications, often before any exploits of those weaknesses have been reported. They also include information on what to do about the weakness.
- Because Debian is free and the hardware requirements are so light, set up a hardened system as a standby. That way if one of your firewall or application server systems takes a dump you can configure the standby to take it's place a lot quicker than trying to figure out what happened to the system that's down and trying to fix the problem. When you're in a rush to get a system back on line some security measures may be passed over for the sake of expediency. If all of your systems, including the standby, are the same, you can simply restore a backup from the failed system to the standby system to get the security and application-specific information applied and be up and running in a matter of minutes.
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My first reaction to Hacking Linux Exposed was "Oh great, now there'll be a million more hackers trying to get into our systems". It's a veritable tutorial, including step-by-step commands, on how to use a gazillion different exploits to hack into systems. However, after further consideration we realized this book is a great resource. It not only tells you how to do things (so you can see if you can when going against your systems), but gives specific countermeasures to mitigate the risks. It also gives each exploit individual ratings for simplicity, popularity, and impact and then combines them into an overall "risk rating". Comprehensive is the one word that best describes this book. For instance, it doesn't just cover Web servers but gets into CGI and SSI threats as well. Information on how to obtain a lot of the hacking tools that are available is also given.
While it's unfortunate that society has produced the types of losers that make such measures necessary, there are steps you can take to protect yourself and your data. It's just that security has become an ever-growing aspect of network administration and this growth shows no signs of abating. Vigilance is as important a quality as technical expertise. Exercise it like your professional life depends on it, because it may.
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Analyzing Microsoft's Patent Play With AOL
By Don Clark and Shira Ovide
Just what is Microsoft getting in its $1.1 billion patent deal with AOL?
There's no question AOL staked an early claim on some of the Internet's core inventions, but just how useful its patents will be in today's battles remains unclear.
The company once known as America Online provided an online community before the Web, and its business moves and acquisitions–particularly gaining control over browser pioneer Netscape Communications–helped shape the technology battle of the 1990s. Microsoft agreed to buy 800 AOL patents, and received licenses to use AOL's remaining 300 patents.
Envision IP, a firm that analyzed AOL's patent portfolio late last month, says the bulk of the patents Microsoft is buying or licensing cover things like online communications and messaging. This could include technology for email, instant messaging and "in-network" messaging, such as how on Facebook you can send messages to other Facebook users, and those messages look like emails but aren't, says Maulin Shah, the firm's managing director.
Other AOL patents cover technology around the Web browser interfaces and search results, such as ranking search listings, Shah says. The company also has patents around the Internet telephony technology known as VOIP, or voice over Internet protocol, as well as video conferencing and other video-calling functions.
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong has referred to the patents as "beachfront property in East Hampton." But the patent-advisory firm M-Cam recently came to less-flattering conclusions, stating potential buyers should consider instead whether they amount to "beachfront property on the Gulf Coast after an oil spill."
A report issued by M-Cam on March 29 concluded that 71% of AOL's portfolio have "potential commercial impairment," because of problems such as the fact that other companies have relevant patents that predate AOL's. The firm said AOL ranks only seventh in the "innovation space" around its own business, IBM, Microsoft, AT&T and others.
Microsoft declined to comment beyond a prepared statement from General Counsel Brad Smith. "Microsoft was able to achieve our two primary goals: obtaining a durable license to the full AOL portfolio and ownership of certain patents that complement our existing portfolio," Mr. Smith said in the statement.


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Healthy Families Brooklyn, a joint program of the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health and Long Island College Hospital (LICH) of Brooklyn, continues to train community members to be health advocates in their communities.
Recently, it formed an alliance with the Arab-American Family Support Center in Brooklyn to recruit and train six Arab-American women to be community health navigators. The navigators sponsor activities which promote healthful behavior, help people apply for health coverage, make primary care appointments and identify and address health needs unique to their particular community.
Healthy Families Brooklyn, established by generous funding provided by John Wren, president and CEO of the Omnicom group and chairman of the Board of Regents at LICH, 339 Hicks Street, provided the Arab-American Family Support Center with a grant to establish the successful navigator program.
For more about Healthy Families Brooklyn, contact Necole Brown, associate executive director at 718-780-1775.
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100,000 signatures reached
Wage theft is still happening and is on the rise. Why we are striking again.
of 200,000 signatures
To: McDonald's Corporation
I call on McDonald's to pay all employees the wage they deserve – and ensure that no employee is having their pay withheld illegally. No one deserves to be robbed by their boss – it's time to make sure every McDonald's employee receives the legal wage they deserve.
Why is this important?
My name is Amanda Weninghoff and I work at McDonald's in Kansas City, MO.
You probably know that McDonald's and other fast food chains don't pay us enough to make ends meet. You know what's worse? When they STEAL from us on top of that.
They call it wage theft but I call it getting robbed on the job when we are forced to work off the clock or denied breaks during long shifts.
When I was living out of my car in the parking lot of the very McDonald's where I worked, I was also a victim of wage theft. It's so infuriating to see it's happening to other workers across the country, but it's not surprising.
A new poll reports that 89% of fast food workers say it happens to them. How many fall short on paying rent or at the grocery store because they weren't paid overtime or were made to work off the clock? Even one is too many.
If we stole $20 from the cash register, we'd be fired and our employers would not hesitate to call the cops. If McDonald's and the other big chains steal thousands from their employees, they get away with it and corporate executives might even see a bonus.
That's why workers in New York, California, and Michigan brought lawsuits against McDonald's – charging they have been forced to work hours off the clock and been refused overtime. Illegal pay practices abound in the fast food business – and they can mean the difference in keeping food on the table for our families.
Two brave whistleblowers have come forward to tell the truth about wage theft at McDonald's. These former managers have a lot to say about the pressure to keep labor costs low and who, ultimately pays the price; workers like me.
Illegal pay practices abound in the fast food business – and they can mean the difference in keeping food on the table for our families.
On March 13, workers at restaurants in New York, California, and Michigan brought lawsuits against McDonald's and franchisees against illegal pay practices. From forcing employees to work off the clock, to denying breaks, to cutting overtime pay, withholding pay makes it all the harder for fast food workers to pay their rent and care for their children. No one deserves to be robbed by their boss – it's time to make sure every McDonald's employee receives the legal wage they deserve.
Help us send McDonald's a message that they can't ignore. Let them know you have our backs.
The New York Times: "Fast-Food Workers Seeking $15 Wage Are Planning Civil Disobedience"
The New York Times: "More Workers Are Claiming 'Wage Theft' "
Salon: "McDonald's ex-managers sound off to Salon: Non-existent breaks and illegal overtime"
Chicago Tribune: Survey: Almost 90% of fast-food workers allege wage theft
LA Times: Nearly 90% of fast-food workers allege wage theft, survey finds
New York Times: McDonald's Workers File Wage Suits in 3 States
New York Times: Happy Meals, Unhappy Workers (Editorial)
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For Making the Most of College, It's Still Location, Location, Location
In late December, a set of articles and essays in The New York Times focused on the public library as a place, and on the changing meaning of that place with the rise of electronic books and the demise of brick-and-mortar bookstores like Borders.
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Monday morning a bat was brought to the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency. It's one of three bats that have been found in homes in Hillsdale County.
"Screens are not in place at this time," says Health Officer Stephen Todd. "Because of the hot weather, people are opening up extra windows and doors, and so bats are gaining access to inside buildings."
When any bat enters a home, especially a bedroom, the risk for contracting rabies increases. Of the three bats in Hillsdale County -- one was confirmed positive for the disease and the other two are pending test results. In Clinton County 37 bats have been found inside homes. The Mid-Michigan District Health Department confirms five had rabies.
"This is part of a cycle we've seen where about every three years we see an increase in the number of bats," explains Medical Director Dr. Robert Graham. "And with an increase in the number of bats, we see an increase in the number of positives."
Rabies is a viral disease transferred through saliva -- usually through the bite of an infected animal. Symptoms like a fever, headache, anxiety, and insomnia will follow roughly 20-60 days later. Once signs become apparent, death shortly follows. That's why anyone who thinks they may have been exposed should seek immediate treatment.
"There are two medicines," says Dr. Graham. "There's rabies immune globulin and five doses of rabies vaccine that we put in the arm."
If you do find a bat, in your home, you want to capture it carefully using gloves. It must be dead before it's brought to a health department, so either suffocate it, drown it, or take it to a vet to be euthanized. You'll then want to bag it.
"It's important that the bat or animal is refrigerated," Todd says. "Don't freeze it, because the brain in the animal is what's actually tested. And freezing it can destroy the procedure."
If you are going to open windows or doors, make sure there are well-maintained screens. This will decrease the chances of a bat entering your home.


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14 MP CCD, 10x optical zoom with image stabilisation, macro, 3200 ISO, 2.7-inch LCD viewfinder,
720p HD video, Li-ion battery, 151 grams
Pros: Compact size, great still images and videos, 3 seconds to first shot
14 MP CCD, 10x optical zoom with image stabilisation, macro, 3200 ISO, 2.7-inch LCD viewfinder,
720p HD video, Li-ion battery, 151 grams
Pros: Compact size, great still images and videos, 3 seconds to first shot
Cons: No HDMI out, weak battery life
Price: Rs 10,999
Rating: * * * * *
NEW DELHI: Usually when you think of a camera with a large zoom lens, the first image that comes to mind is that of a chunky camera with a protruding lens. However the Fujifilm T200 breaks this stereotype by including a 10X optical zoom in a surprisingly compact body.
The T200 has a plastic body with a matte finish and silver metal outer rim. Even though the body is plastic, the camera construction is top notch and it looks and feels more expensive than it really is. The lens housing juts out slightly when powered off, but it remains easy to carry in the pocket. Strategically placed leather finish grips help you to hold it securely while shooting.
At the back is a 2.7-inch display, a mode dial selection switch, navigation pad and various indication lights. This placement does make the screen a bit smaller in comparison to some competitors that offer 3-inch displays. And with so many buttons placed together, things do get a bit cramped. People with large hands might want to check this out before buying. On the other hand, the inclusion of the mode dial at the back does help in changing modes faster. The top is bare and has just a shutter button, zoom ring and the power button with a blue LED indicator. Underneath the camera is a proprietary connector for USB connectivity to the PC and transferring data. What is surprising is the exclusion of the 'F' button on the camera. Many Fuji cameras usually come with an 'F' button that offers one-touch access to various image settings. All those settings are still available in the T200, but you will need to go through the menu to change those.
For a compact camera, the T200 shoots impressive photographs. There was virtually no noise visible for photos shot in daylight and indoors under artificial light. At night though, noise was visible when we cranked the ISO sensitivity to 400 and above. The 10X optical zoom is helpful to bring distant subjects closer, but the zooming speed is a bit slow. Startup and shutdown time of the camera is just a second and it takes another second to focus on the subject. So in under 3 seconds, you will have your first photograph – very impressive for a budget camera.
The camera offers some other interesting features to play around with. The motion panorama feature turned out to be an improvement over the usual panorama mode. It's not as smooth as Sony's 'Sweep Panorama' that takes a panorama in a single sweeping motion— Fuji's technology still requires you to manually match markers from the first image to the next using the display. When the markers line up, the camera automatically clicks the image and then stitches them together to make a panorama. Another interesting feature is Face Recognition, which things a step further from face detection. Once the camera detects a face, you can assign it a name. The next time the same person is in the frame, the camera will focus more on that person (as he/she will be a 'known' face).
Video is recorded in 720p HD resolution with great quality but only monaural sound. The lack of an HDMI out is a downer as this means that to watch HD content on TV, you will first have to transfer it to a computer.
The battery of the camera lasted for around 150 shots with mixed use of the flash. However, at the price, the Fuji T200 is quite the steal. If you need something that offers superb quality images with a decent zoom range in a small size, this is it.


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Latest Sign of Trouble for McCain: RNC Ads in Montana
Laura Meckler reports from Hershey, Pa., on the presidential race.
How bad does the electoral map look for John McCain? Consider that the Republican National Committee begins advertising this week in Montana, a classic Republican state.
Democrat Barack Obama has been running ads in Montana for months, hoping to put the state into play and has already spent some $2 million in the state. One recent poll, by Montana State University Billings, has him up by four percentage points. Other recent surveys have McCain up by single digits.
The total RNC ad buy in the state is about $300,000, a Republican official said. "One of the appeals of Montana is that it's a cheap insurance policy," the official explained.
Several independent organizations that track the Electoral College math now classify Montana, based on public polling, as a toss up. That includes former Bush adviser Karl Rove, who also classifies North Dakota as a toss up on his site.
The decision to begin advertising in Montana was made by the independent expenditure arm of the RNC, which is legally forbidden from coordinating with the McCain campaign.
Republicans running for president have taken Montana for granted for years, and with good reason. The state has favored Republicans in the last three presidential elections. Four years ago, Bush took 59% of the vote there. Bill Clinton did win it in 1992, though, thanks to independent Ross Perot, who sliced off 26% of the electorate.
Even without Montana, the state-by-state race is looking dire for McCain. He has all but conceded every state won by Democrat John Kerry four years ago except Pennsylvania, and polls show him trailing badly there. Obama is also leading in many states that President Bush won in 2004, including Iowa, New Mexico, Colorado and Virginia. On top of that, McCain is being forced to defend North Carolina and Indiana, both won handily by Bush in 2000 and 2004.
For the final week of the campaign, the RNC's independent expenditure arm is spending more than $12 million in nine states, eight of which were won by Bush in 2004. They are Indiana, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and Montana, plus Pennsylvania.
The Republican official said that there are not many options left for political ad spending because the airwaves are already so saturated. "Both sides are at DefCon 4 in Ohio," the official said, adding that there is now just a little bit of actual TV programming between all the political ads.
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Johnny Football and the NCAA Loophole
How copyright infringement is straining the idea of the amateur athlete
The tale of Johnny Manziel's bootleg T-shirts is about how an amateur athlete has to get robbed before he can get paid. It begins with a black market and ends with a conspiracy theory. Johnny Manziel is a sophomore at Texas A&M University. He plays quarterback for the football team. He runs like a rabbit and has an arm like a cannon. Last year he won the Heisman Trophy for being the best player in the sport. In College Station, Tex., they love him. They call him "Johnny Football."
Last fall, a Texas man named Eric Vaughan started selling T-shirts with the slogan "Keep Calm and Johnny Football." They were popular, especially since Manziel merchandise isn't widely available. As an amateur, or "student athlete," in the NCAA's parlance, Manziel is not allowed to profit from his image or likeness, so cannot sell T-shirts. The university is also limited at how it can merchandise off of his popularity. It can sell jerseys with his number, but not his name, and it can use the nickname "Johnny Football" only in promotional and editorial material, such as game programs. T-shirts are out of bounds for the school as well. Vaughan was filling this void.
But his catchphrase comes with a catch. Manziel and the school had set about trademarking "Johnny Football" in November, and on Feb. 15, JMAN2 Enterpises, the company Manziel set up to manage his assets, filed suit against Vaughan for trademark infringement. This raised a delicate question: If Manziel won the suit and was awarded damages, could he keep the money without forfeiting his amateur status? The NCAA, according to ESPN, told Texas A&M that he could.
The news ignited speculation about the loophole that might bring down the NCAA. If Manziel can collect damages, journalists asked, what's to stop a friend or Texas A&M booster from purposely infringing in order to pay him? Soon, every big-time college athlete could have a shell company, selling T-shirts and hats, that they set up in order to sue. Not so fast, the NCAA said yesterday. According to Sports Illustrated, the NCAA told Shane Hinckley, Texas A&M's vice president of business development, that if a student-athlete and booster conspired to sell merchandise, that would be a violation of NCAA policy. "So that's pretty much out," Hinckley said.
Perhaps. In any case, the NCAA is keeping athlete pay underground where it has always been. Except now, if a player is lucky, some enterprising bootlegger will steal his image and make a killing. And then that player can finally get paid on the up and up.


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Dukes Take Ohio in OT 82-79
Dec. 30, 2005
Duquesne out-lasted the Ohio Bobcats for an 82-79 overtime win Friday evening at The Convocation Center. Loui Hall led all scorers with 22 points while Aiga Bautre added 20 points for the Dukes. Nicole Sinclair grabbed a game-best 13 rebounds while Carmen Bruce had a game-best six assists. The win ends the Dukes' non-conference slate and puts DU 5-6 on the season.
Rachel Frederick led four Bobcats in double figures with 21 points and she grabbed a team-high eight rebounds in the loss.
Chandler tied the game 5-5 at the 16:07 mark before the Bobcats hit a 9-1 run - all three pointers - for a 14-6 edge at the 12:44 mark. A 6-0 run sparked a 12-5 drive for the Red & Blue, which cut the Ohio lead to 19-18 with 8:47 ticking. A 10-0 Ohio run gave the host a 29-18 edge at the 6:09 mark. The Dukes inched to within a 23-31 reach before OU upped the lead to a 37-27 margin with 1:47 ticking. A three by Malgorzata Flaga cut the lead to a 37-30 Bobcat edge at the break. The Dukes held a 20-18 rebounding edge, but where out-shot .467 (14-30) to .321 (9-28) from the field.
Aiga Bautre hit a goal and Hall netted a three pointer to open the second frame and cut the Bobcats' lead to a just a 37-35 edge. A quick Ohio timeout settled the host which went on a 5-0 run to take a 42-35 edge. Bautre's three pointer sparked a 7-2 Dukes' run to cut the lead to a 46-42 Ohio advantage at 12:02. Brittany Warren's three started a 7-0 run which gave Duquesne a 49-48 edge - its first lead of the game - at 10:10. Warren's inside shot from Carmen Bruce gave the Dukes the lead. The Bobcats snagged a 50-49 edge shortly after on two made free throws, but an 11-5 Duquesne run kept the Dukes alive with a 60-55 lead with 6:30 showing. The Dukes went cold from the free throw line hitting just 2-6 attempts and Ohio inched to a 60-62 reach, but Duquesne hits its free throws down the stretch where they counted connecting on 8-10 from the line. Ohio tied the contest at 73-73 after a costly carry call on Flaga with just :22 ticking. The Dukes brought the ball up-court and called a time out with :13 showing to set up their play, but Hall's attempt in the paint rolled off the rim to send the game into OT.
The extra period opened with traded goals before a three-point play put Ohio at 78-75 lead. Hall's goal in the paint gave DU a 77-78 reach before Simone Reed was sent to the line for the Bobcats. Reed crossed the line on her first attempt to negate her first made free throw, but she hit the second for a 79-77 edge. Duquesne ended the game hitting 5-6 from the line for the 82-79 final.
Ohio held a slight 40-39 rebounding edge, but committed 20 turnovers which resulted in 25 Duquesne points. Ohio out-shot the Dukes .426 (26-61) to .383 (23-60) from the field.
Duquesne will face its third consecutive road opponent when it travels to Saint Joseph's Jan. 3 to open the Atlantic 10 season in a 7:00 pm tip-off.


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I've installed and configured latest HAL and ConsoleKit, everything
alright, exepts one thing - while I'm logged in as user (not root) I
mount partitions and removable media in KDE media manager (system://
Error message I'm getting looks like this:
hal-storage-mount-fixed no <-- (action, result)
And here is tail of HAL log:
using action hal-storage-mount-fixed for uid 1001,
system_bus_connection :1.4
19:07:55.346 [I] hald_dbus.c:4874: ************************
19:07:55.346 [I] hald_dbus.c:4875: Client to local_server was
disconnected for
19:07:55.346 [I] hald_dbus.c:4876: ************************
19:07:55.346 [I] hald_dbus.c:4915: ***************************
19:07:55.346 [I] hald_dbus.c:4916: ********* unregistered 80e5780
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19:07:55.347 [I] device.c:1811: Removing locks from ':1.9'
/usr/lib/hal/hal-storage-mount exited
19:07:55.353 [I] hald_dbus.c:3659: No more methods in queue
19:07:55.353 [I] hald_dbus.c:3722: failed
with 'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.PermissionDeniedByPolicy' 'hal-
no <-- (action, result)'
I have allowed to mount media to all active and inactive users in
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MESA COUNTY, Colo. - Flu season is once again upon us, and before it kicks into high-gear health officials are reminding you to get your flu shots.
Dixie Burmeister recently visited with Veronica Daehn Harvey with the Mesa County Health Department to find out more.
"We're really urging people to get vaccinated now, so that they will be ready when flu season really hits," Daehn Harvey explained.
Not only do officials say it's important to protect yourself, but it's particularly critical to vaccinate those at higher risk, such as pregnant women, children under five, people with chronic medical conditions, and those 65 and older.
Daehn Harvey says those populations are particularly vulnerable because if those populations got the flu, the complications of it could be more serious.
There are some groups, however, that people shouldn't get the vaccine.
"So you wouldn't want to get the flu vaccine if you weren't feeling well. You would want to wait until you were feeling in good health," Daehn Harvey explained. "If you have a condition called Guillain-Barré Syndrome, and if you have any life-threatening allergies, you'd want to avoid getting the flu vaccination. But everybody else, the CDC recommends everyone six months and older who doesn't have those conditions get the vaccine."
There are more options than ever before in terms of how you take the vaccine and what type you can get.
"At the Mesa County Health Department we have injectable, nasal mist... high-dose, and intradermal," Daehn Harvey explained. But if you want an egg-free vaccine, if you want a preservative-free vaccine, most doctor's offices, primary care physicians, should be able to offer that."
There's a special offer that goes with immunizations Monday, September 30th only, otherwise, immunizations can be received at several other times.
"Tomorrow, September 30th, from 9am to 1pm we have a flu vaccination clinic, here at the community services building, which is 510 29 1/2 road, just off of North Avenue. And it's a really cool deal. If you get your flu shot, and you need a tetanus booster, you can get that for free," Daehn Harvey explained.
Symptoms of the real flu may not be just what you think. Daehn Harvey knows first-hand how bad the bug can be.
"I had the flu last year," Daehn Harvey revealed. "I did not get a flu shot, and it's the first year I haven't gotten it, and I will never not get a flu shot again. I felt so sick. I felt like I was never gonna get better. I mean, it was really, really miserable."
So what is the main reason people seem to shy away from flu vaccine?
"I would say the biggest misconception about getting your flu vaccine is that it's gonna make you sick," Daehn Harvey said. "And that's just simply not true."
The major message Daehn Harvey wants to get to you is...
"If you get sick with the flu, it can be very serious. And it's so easy to protect yourself by getting a quick vaccination," she says.
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Former Proskauer CFO Hits Firm With Discrimination Suit
Proskauer Rose has built a reputation as one of the nation's leading defenders of employment discrimination suits.
But now the firm is on the receiving end of a discrimination suit, filed today in New York state court by the firm's former Chief Financial Officer, Elly Rosenthal.
Law firms have been hit with many discrimination suits over the years, often by women and minorities who claimed they were wrongly passed over for partner. But it's rare to see a suit filed by an employee at this level of seniority.
"Despite a nearly two-decade track record of success, during which Ms. Rosenthal never received a single negative review, she was marginalized by male superiors . . .and then terminated after she took medical leave" for breast cancer, she alleges in her complaint, which seeks $10 million in damages.
The Law Blog has sought comment from the firm.
Rosenthal alleges that women are "conspicuously" absent from Proskauer's leadership ranks and comprise only 15% of the firm's partnership.
Her complaint uses Proskauer's reputation against the firm. As Proskauer's website "proudly proclaims, for more than 70 years the firm has been 'synonymous with labor law' — on the side of the country's 'largest employers,'" the complaint states. "Unfortunately for Elly Rosenthal. . . .this management-side experience has served the firm all too well."
Update: Proskauer issued the following statement: "We were disappointed to learn that a former employee, Elly Rosenthal, has filed a suit against the Firm. Any assertion that Ms. Rosenthal's employment was affected because of her gender, age or claimed disability is meritless. Many of our high-level managerial and administrative positions are held by women over the age of 50 and we have steadfastly supported our colleagues who have suffered illnesses or otherwise needed accommodation related to disability. We regret that Ms. Rosenthal has taken this step but we are confident that our actions will be vindicated by an independent decision maker."


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Short Address by Deborah Jones at Ecumenical Animal Service for Animal Creation, Clifton cathedral, October 4, 2003
Dear friends and honoured guests
We are nearly at the end of our service here today
In which we have given praise and thanks to God for his wonderful creation.
We have also shown our sorrow for the harm our human race has inflicted
On the innocent animals God creates and loves.
We have sought his mercy and asked God to replace the stony hearts of men with hearts of flesh and feeling.
And they are stony indeed. Who but stony-hearted people could cause the plight of the 50,000 Australian sheep left to drift in the Corma Express on the Arabian ocean for over two months in blistering heat and depleted food stocks, looking for a port to receive them – where the survivors may be put to death - which would, at least, end their ghastly ordeal?
Oh yes, there are people for whom their suffering means not one jot.
Any more than they are moved by the agonies that animals are put through in circuses, laboratories, factory farms and battery cages, nor are they touched by the sight of overflowing pet rescue centres, dancing bears – and so on, and so on.
Yet many of these people are our Christian brothers and sisters, encouraged to think of themselves as the whole point and pinnacle of creation – as if the whole panoply, the living kaleidoscope of the natural world exists purely and simply for our human benefit to do with as we like.
But all who call ourselves Christian, are challenged by the Reverend Henry Primatt, writing back in 1776:
"We may pretend to what religion we please, but cruelty is atheism.
We may make our boast of Christianity, but cruelty is the worst of heresies.
We may trust to our orthodoxy, but cruelty is the worst of heresies."
Let us pray and work to rid our Churches of this atheism, this worst of heresies – this sin
For it is sin to impose the power of the strong - for the strong's sole benefit – onto the weak, it is sin to consider the Other – be it person or animal – as an instrument, an unfeeling object to be used, it is sin to put one's tastes and preferences before the real needs of others, it is sin to abuse the creation for which we have been given responsibility
So we now implore the power of the Holy Spirit - upon us and all the members of Christian Churches everywhere to reject the heresy of cruelty, to guide us to make right decisions in our daily activities, to encourage us to bring an end to the terrible injustice daily done to weak and vulnerable creatures in our name.
We call on Church leaders to preach the gospel of love for the whole of creation, and we demand of civil leaders to do all that is in their powers to pass laws and regulations that protect and respect all that live and feel.
So may all those of you here present who wish to declare your intention to be on the side of our fellow creatures in the animal world, to offer them kindness and compassion, stand now and say together the rite of commitment:
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It appears reports of Jimmie Johnson's demise have been extremely exaggerated. After going the first 11 races of the season without a victory, Johnson dominated in Dover and cruised to his second straight win in 2014.
"We can get on a roll," said Johnson. "We've got some good tracks ahead for us. I think that tracks really build momentum for teams and drivers, and going to Charlotte is a great track, here is a great track for us, Pocono next weekend is Chad's favorite racetrack, and I think you can look ahead at the summer months and see who historically runs well at different tracks and kind of pick your favorites. It certainly has been that way for us."
The win is Johnson's ninth career win at Dover and he is now the all-time laps leader at the Monster mile.
Kansas native Clint Bowyer rebounded from an early dust up with Kyle Busch and battled to a fourth place finish.
"It was a day -- alright. It's just kind of the way everything goes," said Bowyer. "I hated to be in that situation with the 18. It's one of those deals where I thought I was clear obviously and wasn't and ruined his day and certainly didn't help mine. But, nonetheless the guys kept digging and working hard and kept fixing it up -- and man I tell you if it wasn't for debris cautions and stuff like that that keep coming out I think we can be in contention to win one of these things. We certainly had the fuel mileage and everything else. Did our homework with the facts that were given, and unfortunately those facts changed."
The race was red flagged twice. Once for an accident between AJ Allmendinger, Greg Biffle and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr and once when a six inch piece off track came apart and slammed into the front end of the Cesena sponsored car of Jamie Mc Murray.
"It was unfortunate for the 1 man," said Bowyer. "He couldn't hit it any worse. I knew as soon as -- I was right behind him and as soon as he hit it boy that thing took off and flew up in the air and ruined his day. "
NASCAR representatives say they checked out the track prior to the race, which is standard procedure and didn't see any issues in the area.
"Well, the track doesn't want things like this to happen any more than we do or the competitors do," said NASCAR VP of Competition Robin Pemberton. "I mean, you always go into a facility -- things happen, and that's why we have -- that's why we're trained, we have people that are trained in these types of things, and that's why the group is able to make repairs in 20 minutes or so."


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There have been many cyclists who disregard the use of cycling mirrors thinking that there is really no high need to install such. However, everyone must take into consideration the need to always stay safe and secure and these mirrors like Cycleaware's Roadie Mirror can really help in not letting you meet those blind spots of the journey.
It is a rubber plug that would replace the handlebar plug on the left portion of your typical road drop handlebars. It comes with a mirror assembly part that fits well to the plug. It would only take you a total of 30 seconds to install it not to mention that it has a ball and socket design that gives way for easy adjustment. The view it will render you is also free from any type of vibration.
The mirror assembly part is made out of solid plastic material but you can assured that…
There have been many cyclists who disregard the use of cycling mirrors thinking that there is really no high need to install such. However, everyone must take into consideration the need to always stay safe and secure and these mirrors like Cycleaware's Roadie Mirror can really help in not letting you meet those blind spots of the journey.
To ride any bike without a proper bell can put your safety at so much risk. It is like riding a train without the rails. One of the best bike bells you can find in the market would be the Soma Fabrications Crane Suzu Lever Strike Brass Bicycle Bell.
You will find that many of the traveling individuals who are off to work or school choose to use the bike to get to their destinations instead since gasoline prices are still on a hike. Also, with more and more people traveling by car, the streets are always prone to experience heavy traffic which can cause too many delays in your schedule.
The Soma Fabrications Crane Suzu Lever Strike Brass Bicycle Bell is seen as nothing less than beautiful by almost every reviewer online. In fact, even music experts who have heard its ring agree that it brings out a…
May is National Bike Month and to start off the campaign, Specialized continues its 12th year of celebrating the Bike to Work Day Industry Commuter Cup Challenge on May 14, 2010.
Specialized encourages industry leaders to take part in the Bike to Work campaign with hopes that society will soon make it a habit to ride a bike when commuting daily. Renowned personalities among the industrial leader, bike dealers and all bike lovers will be encouraging one another to enjoy living in one carless day. Aside from promoting the Bike to Work movement, it will launch a friendly competition. This is in line with the celebration of the National Bike to Work Month.
"Each year's Bike to Work effort creates such a visible presence of cyclists on the road that motorists actually take notice, slow down and make room for riders, creating an improved commute for everyone," said Ian Dewar, manager…
To lessen the city's carbon emissions, Denver launches B-cycle. It is a bike-sharing system that promotes healthy choices by commuting via bicycles to and from city spots. Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper explains further, "Denver residents embrace healthy and sustainable living, so it's natural that Denver is now home to the first large-scale bike-sharing system in the U.S. We're confident that Denver can set an example for the whole country and show that bike-sharing is a viable transportation option to help improve the overall health of Americans and reduce our carbon footprint."
The B-cycle was created by Humana, Trek Bicycle and Crispin Porter + Bogusky. The initiative was designed to accommodate U.S cities, universities and corporate campuses. The B-cycle bikes have a computerized tracking system which records different data like how much calories did you burn, your contribution to the city's efforts in reducing carbon emissions.
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Redline Bicycles takes on 2010 with the Redline Metro Disc. The commuter bike has a wide variety of accessory fittings which allows you to personalize this lightweight ride.
The Redline Metro Disc is equipped with a frame of 6061 Alloy double butted 130mm rear spacing. Redline added a vibration dampening carbon fork which is the Redline RCT Carbon fiber with Eyelets and a Sugino compact crank.
With an 18 speed gearing capacity, the bar, stem and seatpost are equipped with Ritchey components.
For brakes, Redline used Avid BB5 disc 160mm rotor and a velo plush saddle. The wheels are Alex DA 16 Alloy Aero Double Wall rims with alloy quick release disc hubs and 14g stainless spokes.
The Metro Disc 2010 comes in matte black color. Retail price is $899.99.
Keen introduces the Coronado Cruiser which offers comfort, practicality and laid-back style. Using canvas for lining, the shoe also has leather upper and a non-marking rubber outsole.
A trademark design of Keen's would be the wide toe-box. Ideal for platform pedals, the Coronado Cruiser also features a stiff sole and a rubber cap to protect your toes.
The lace-up shoes has soft rubber forefoot pod for better pedal grip. It has a ¾ length plate which is optimal for increased energy return and support.
The Coronado Cruiser for men comes in two colors. These are two-toned dark earth on brindle and black on black colors. For women, the shoes come in two-toned colors as well. The colors are simply taupe on brindle and black on black. The shoe also has a vulcanized eco-friendly construction to appeal to eco-conscious cyclists.
Keen promotes the Coronado Cruiser to be worn on and off your bike. Great…
If you are a cyclist, it is important for you to be safe along the road with the help of different safety items like the reflector light. These are good items that will protect you from potential accidents especially if you want to be safe at night.
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Another feature of Nite Ize SpokeLit LED Safety Light is that they will fit the common spoke wheels available in the market. So if you have these…


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A snow emergency for Waynesboro was declared at 8 this morning. All vehicles parked along Main Street between Clayton and Fairview avenues and South Potomac Street between West Main and Second streets were to be removed by 10 a.m. Vehicles not removed are subject to fines or towing.
Waste Management is not collecting trash or recyclables in the Borough of Waynesboro today.
Trash and recyclable collection in the Borough of Waynesboro will be a day behind through Saturday due to the snowstorm.
The blood drive scheduled for Thursday in the American Legion, Waynesboro, has been canceled.
The WAHS breakfast club meeting planned this morning has been rescheduled for 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 13, at Mountain Gate Family Restaurant.
Auditions for "Waynesboro — You Have Talent" scheduled for this evening have been postponed. A new date has not yet been set.
The health department in Washington County, Md., canceled clinic services today. This includes the family planning and teen walk-in clinics, dental services and behavioral health outpatient services.
The Civil War lecture scheduled Thursday at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, has been postponed until Thursday, March 28. After dinner at 6 p.m., Tim Rowland will speak on "Why the Anaconda Plan Would Have Worked" at 7 p.m.
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