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September 13, 2012 —
Okay, I'll admit it: I'm a teeny bit vain. I do look in a mirror once in a while and practice good hygiene on a daily basis. While I used to be a bit of a clothes horse, that particular aspect of life has changed a bit since my not-so-recent move to the Catskills. While I still enjoy getting gussied up for a special occasion, the relaxed atmosphere of life in the Upper Delaware Valley has allowed me the freedom to dress down far more often and become aware that it's possible that it might be more character, than clothes, that make the man.
I'm unsure of how much character I may possess, but I've been called one on a few occasions. Being the personal assistant to Dharma (the wonder dog) has proved to be a full-time job recently, as her invitations to appear at local events continue to flood my inbox, and fortunately, her groomer is on speed dial. Last Friday, the dog was asked to be a celebrity host of Thunder 102 radio's second annual "Hoops for Hope" basketball fundraising effort, benefiting St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital (www.stjude.org [2]) as National Childhood Cancer awareness month continues.
On-air personality Paul Ciliberto personally called Dharma and asked that she attend, while I tapped my foot, waiting for an invitation to tag along. "Oh, and bring Jonathan," Ciliberto intoned, "we'll find something for him to do, too." Nice. As it turned out, the tournament—which was held at the Paul Gerry Fieldhouse at SUNY Sullivan and involved local celebrities competing in a free throw competition that folks sponsored with pledges—was a huge success, and I got the chance to prove (once and for all) that "white men can't jump." Jeff Bank's Jason White gave me some pointers before the crowd arrived, but I suspect that he was attempting to throw me off my game, since my aim was less than perfect and I missed more than I hit the net.
As if designed to show me up, Greg Karpinsky (representing the Wurtsboro Board of Trade) strutted about, glancing balls off of the backboard (is that what it's called?), joined by Greg Goldstein (from the Misner Agency), Ken Kavanagh (of the Wurtsboro Hogs), Jim Boxberger (Monticello Home and Garden) and Ciliberto himself, who was winded just from slipping into his uniform. If nothing else, I looked good—and everyone was shocked to observe that I own the correct attire (though I prefer to think of it as an "outfit"). Donations were made, fun was had, and although I looked the part, I managed to emcee the game while playing the fool, all for a good cause.
The next morning, I washed my hair and applied some gel before remembering that it was time to put my money where my mouth is and follow through with my commitment to the St. Baldricks Foundation (www.stbaldricks.org [3]) and have my head shaved publicly (eeek) in another fundraising effort that encourages folks to go bald and stand "in solidarity with kids battling cancer." Although Dharma was willing to shave her noggin, I thought better of it, but brought her along, determined that one of us should walk away from the day with hair intact.
Event organizer Lou Monteleone worked night and day for months on end to insure that the day was a success, and it was. The "Human Line of Hope" and "Conga for Cancer" along Route 55 were inspiring, emotional and beautiful, and the huge turnout participated with wild abandon, celebrating, saluting and honoring those afflicted with pride, dignity and a renewed sense of hope as the race for the cure continues. With much fanfare, the shaving got underway and I took my seat. Feeling far more nervous than brave, I asked that we "start with a Mohawk, since it's a good photo-op" and the buzz of clippers sent shivers up my (spineless?) neck. Hoots and hollers reflected what I could not see (mirrors were nowhere in sight) and Monteleone sent me out into the crowd to collect more dollars, as I sported my (momentary) new coif before the rest of my luscious locks hit the ground.
It's over now. Naturally, the thermometer dropped the second my head was exposed, and I did shriek the next day when I groggily glanced in the mirror. Facebook friends are having a field day with their pithy commentary, and Dharma is unsure who the bald guy is driving her around the county. But I raised some much-needed funds (thank you all!), and although chilly, feel (not sure about looking) good about it. These kids are so brave that they inspire, and the shaving caused me to reflect on how fortunate I am that I have hair to lose, knowing that (with luck) it will, eventually, grow back. With chilly days already here, it's a good opportunity to add to my wardrobe and start collecting caps. Friends continue to remind me (I think they're just being kind) that "bald is beautiful" and even if I'm not, the children most certainly are.
For more about the human line of hope, click here [4].


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Waterway Alliance for Training in Environmental Research
(WATER) SUMMARY In 2005, the catastrophic aftermaths of Hurricane Katrina underscored projections by environmentalists that urban settlements proximal to coastal waters are particularly susceptible to deleterious changes in their ecosystems. Alarmingly, more than 40% of the US population lives in an urban center that is within 100 kilometers of coastal waters (http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/es/papers) . This number is expected to rise sharply by 2030 to approximately two-thirds (Global Health Council, 2003). Not Cited In light of this, a port city like historic New Orleans presents an excellent testbed in which to devise comprehensive research and education programs, as well as, effective policy that promote the sustainability, resiliency, and biodiversity of urban ecosystems. Surmounting such challenges will require cross-trained individuals who are comfortable with working at the intersections of multiple disciplines including biology, urban studies and applied mathematics. Therefore, this TIP-IUES initiative, Waterway Alliance for Training in Environmental Research (WATER), with its origins in the Biology Department at Dillard University, is designed to foster a cadre of undergraduates who are well-trained in the use of multiple frames of reference to explore linkages between natural and built ecosystems and the human behaviors that drive environmental and natural resource changes. The deliverables of this initiative will be the design and implementation of an interdisciplinary urban environmental studies (IUES) concentration which will span four disciplines: biology/biochemistry, computer science, urban studies/policies, and applied mathematics. Specifically, WATER will support the creation of two courses (an introductory urban environmental studies course and an applied environmental microbiology), a student-driven, research projects, and an open-source platform (EnviroThursday) for fertile exchange between the Dillard community, city official and city planners, and the lay public. Collectively, this proposed WATER initative will provide students with knowledge, processes, and perspectives from diverse disciplines to: (a) analyze complex bioenvironmental issues in educational, governmental, business, legal and scientific settings and (b) function as culturally competent and effective environmental professionals. Intellectual Merit The Dillard TIP-IUES synthesizes a concentration in interdisciplinary urban environmental studies on a well-articulated biological backbone with appendages from the social sciences and applied mathematics. This concentration will represent one of few models on an undergraduate campus whereby the rigor, depth and breadth the STEM discipline depend strategically on the social sciences and applied mathematics. The structure of the newly proposed curricular enhancements will not increase time to degree for biology majors, since newly developed courses will be used to fulfill existing social science and biology elective requirements. This project will lead to more critical and multidisciplinary approaches to inquiry and mastery of content knowledge in the field of environmental studies. Further, concentrators will be able to utilize the WATER initiative as a springboard to more in-depth research to model and address the unique ecological challenges concentrated within urban centers at or near sea level. Broader Impact WATER will foster interdisciplinary research and learning to: enhance the understanding of 21st century environmental challenges; provide solutions through innovative applications and communication; and inform policy and practice. WATER will prepare Dillard University's undergraduates to comprehensively engage bioenvironmental challenges that threaten the sustainability and resiliency of US Gulf Coast cities (in particular) and global urban centers (in general) via the employment of innovative models informed by the biological sciences, urban studies and applied mathematics. Utilizing the Gulf Coast as a backdrop, WATER will focus on the development of rigorous, discovery-rich approaches to model 21st century environmental challenges and the pursuit of authentic research to address them. By integrating the concepts and content knowledge from applied mathematics, economics and urban studies, WATER will represent the only initiative to comprehensively investigate the dynamic interactions between: the biological, physical, social, political, and economic contours of an urban center. WATER will equip our life science majors with a powerful arsenal to hold leadership positions as research scientists, policy analysts, environmental management officials, educators, restoration ecologists, conservation and field biologists, museum curators, business consultants, and political advocates worldwide. Furthermore, this initiative has the potential to increase student volume and flow between the undergraduate and graduate segments of the STEM pipeline, by exposing life science majors early on to career alternatives that fall outside of the health professions. At Dillard, the majority of students who pursue an undergraduate major in biology or chemistry do so as a means to gain entry into medical or dental school. The stark reality is that 60%-70% will change their mind by their junior year. We are confident that the WATER initiative will sculpt the career aspirations of a large percentage of these students, especially in light of the fact that Dillard's student population who mostly hail from New Orleans are very interested in environmental issues. Students who choose to pursue our environmental biology concentration will represent a cadre of students who will most likely choose to pursue graduate studies. The proposed courses, modules, instructional materials and educational software tools is expected to impact more than 100 students per year at Dillard University, a historically black institution. The proposed activities will increase faculty collaboration among the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Urban Studies. Finally, the modular nature of the developed teaching materials will facilitate the dissemination of the expected outcomes and would enhance the curricula at other institutions. The reliance on Google Sketchup, an open-source cross-platform computing environment, and other open-source software will also contribute to the broader impacts of this project. Dissemination of the generated teaching materials will be facilitated by establishing a web presence pages www.dillard.edu /WATER developed and maintained by the PI.

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Freedom Newspapers
There's a serious flaw in the thinking of reformers who believe congressional pork-barrel spending can be curbed by forcing members to attach their names to the pet projects (or "earmarks") they slip into appropriations bills, in circumvention of the normal budget procedures.
They hope bringing more transparency and accountability to the process will shame members of Congress into acting responsibly. But they underestimate the shamelessness of many members of Congress, as well as the part average citizens play as earmark-addiction enablers.
The Senate Rules Committee is working on legislation that "would allow the Senate to strip individual earmarks from conference reports, which are bills in their final stage before they are sent for the president's signature," according to The Washington Post. "Currently, lawmakers are often powerless to remove the provisions when legislation is so far advanced. The proposal would also require that the lawmakers who wrote the earmarks be identified and that each earmark carry an explanation of its 'essential governmental purpose.' In the past, much of the earmarking of legislation was done in secret. In addition, conference reports, now sometimes rushed through Congress at the 11th hour, would have to be available on the Internet 24 hours before they are voted on."
We're not saying these steps won't help. But we have doubts they will end the pig-out, given that most members of Congress aren't at all apologetic with home-state constituents about their prowess as pork-barrel practitioners. And folks back home, far from being embarrassed when members get caught with their hand in the cookie jar, cheer on the pillaging.
Americans will decry "pork" — though that outrageously wasteful project is always in another state — even while putting their home-state porker on a pedestal. "If this is pork, we'll have a second helping," is frequently the response when Citizens Against Government Waste publishes its annual "Pig Book" report — which last year identified $27 billion in earmarks (www.CAGW.org).
And while politicians often are stealthy about earmarking in Washington, they keep their press secretaries working overtime back home, turning out a blizzard of press releases about all the federal money they are hauling in.
Putting a name with a pork project is a "good first step" toward more accountability, said David Williams, the vice president of policy at CAGW. But "it's still a lot easier to put a project into a bill than it is to pull it out."
And not much would be gained by posting spending bills on the Internet 24 hours before a vote, since most of these bills are hundreds of pages long and written in a code that's incomprehensible to average Americans. It takes Williams and CAGW staff weeks of culling through these measures to amass the Pig Book. Most Americans don't have the time, patience or know-how to bird-dog the process.
But wouldn't naming names force members to explain the national importance of their earmarks? Not a problem: Members of Congress are masters of selling a clearly parochial project as a "critical national priority," and their constituents are flattered into playing along with the charade.
We appreciate the efforts and sincerity of those in Congress who are serious about putting a lid on the pork barrel. But the people also have to do their part by taking a more enlightened attitude toward home-state pork.
"They have to understand that (taxpayers from a single state) may get 20 or 30 projects worth $150 or $200 million, but that a failure to stop the abuse means (all) taxpayers are paying an extra $27 billion to fund other people's pet projects," Williams said. And the issue needs attention year round, not just when a lobbying scandal shines a light on Washington's inner sanctum.
"There are five or six people in Congress who care about this issue 12 months out of the year," Williams said. And as soon as the hullabaloo surrounding the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal dies down, everybody's attention will turn elsewhere. "The attention span of Congress mirrors the attention span of Americans," Williams said. "It's extremely short."


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In the last article, we configured the files necessary to negotiate an IPSec VPN using
racoon. I have a lot of troubleshooting scenarios
to cover this week, so let's carry on where we left off.
The one configuration I purposefully left out last time is the necessary
changes to the firewall ruleset. You might remember that we need to allow UDP
port 500 for IKE and protocol number 50 for ESP. The syntax for those rules
will depend upon whether your system is protected by
ipfilter, or is behind another type of firewall. It will also
depend upon the order of the existing rules in your ruleset and the degree of
paranoia dictated by your security policy.
For now, create two rules near the top of your ruleset. We may have to
tweak their placement later on when we start working with the negotiated
tunnel. Here is an example of some rules to an
ipfw ruleset:
#rules to allow IPSec VPN
add 00201 allow log esp from any to any
add 00203 allow log udp from any 500 to any
Until you are happy with your tunnel, you should use the
word. If your security policy allows it, consider starting with the
any keyword until your tunnel is successful. Afterwards, you can
tighten up those rules by specifying particular sources, destinations,
directions, and interfaces.
Here is an example of some rules to an
ipfilter ruleset:
#rules to allow IPSec VPN
pass in log quick proto esp from any to any
pass in log quick proto udp from any port = 500 to any port = 500
Previously in FreeBSD Basics:
Once I've added my firewall rules, I'll reboot into the new IPSec enabled kernel. I'll also watch the startup messages as they go by. In particular, I'm looking for error messages. If you see something interesting in your startup messages, press the scroll lock key and use your page up key to go back to the error. Make sure all of your firewall rules load successfully. If you have a typo, your startup message will indicate which rule prevented the rulebase from loading.
You should also see this message in your output:
ipsec: enabled
If you don't, doublecheck that
/etc/rc.conf contains this
You should also see your route being added when
Starting local daemons:add net 192.168.1.0: gateway
If you get this error:
racoon: failed to parse configuration file.
you have a typo in
/usr/local/etc/racoon/racoon.conf. Check
carefully for missing semicolons or braces and typos in the keywords you added.
Once you've made your change, do a
shutdown now and re-check for
error messages. You want to be able to boot without error messages.
Once you have resolved any error messages, login and verify that
racoon has indeed started:
sockstat -4
root racoon 5898 6 udp4 A.A.A.A:500 *:*
and that the "gif" was successfully created:
$ ifconfig gif0
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
tunnel inet A.A.A.A --> B.B.B.B
You can also verify your route:
$ netstat -rn
Routing tables
Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire
192.168.1 10.0.0.1 UGSc 0 0 ed0
Finally, verify that the SPD contains the correct policy:
$ setkey -DP
192.168.1.0/24[any] 10.0.0.0/8[any] any
in ipsec
spid=2 seq=1 pid=183
10.0.0.0/8[any] 192.168.1.0/24[any] any
out ipsec
spid=1 seq=0 pid=183
If you don't have a policy, there is a problem with
/etc/ipsec.conf. You either have a typo or you forgot to tell
/etc/rc.conf to load that file at bootup. Once
is up at both peers, and both peers have a matching policy, you are ready to try
tunnel negotiation.
Whenever I negotiate a tunnel for the first time, I run several tests and
either take full advantage of my virtual terminals, or I use
/usr/ports/misc/screen if I'm restricted to one terminal. First, I
clear a terminal so I can watch the
racoon log:
$ clear
$ tail -f /var/log/racoon.log
If you don't get anything back when you run that
tail command,
racoon is
not logging. Even though you haven't used
racoon yet, a log should
have been created for you and entries made indicating that
started. You do want a log when you're testing a tunnel, so kill
racoon, restart it with the logging switch and try again:
$ killall racoon
$ racoon -f /usr/local/etc/racoon/racoon.conf -l /var/log/racoon.log
I then open a second terminal and start a
tcpdump session that
will just display the packets used in the IKE negotiations:
$ tcpdump port 500
Finally, I open a third terminal where I'll try to negotiate the tunnel. If your firewall rules allow you to ping, pinging the inside interface of the peer is a very good tunnel test.
If all goes well, your ping will hang for a moment while the tunnel is negotiated, then you'll see your ping responses displayed to your terminal. On your other terminals, you should see something like this:
$ tail -f /var/log/racoon.log
2002-12-29 13:03:09: INFO: main.c:172:main(): @(#)package version
2002-12-29 13:03:09: INFO: main.c:174:main(): @(#)internal version 20001216
2002-12-29 13:03:09: INFO: main.c:175:main(): @(#)This product linked
OpenSSL 0.9.6g 9 Aug 2002 (http://www.openssl.org/)
2002-12-29 13:03:09: INFO: isakmp.c:1358:isakmp_open(): 220.127.116.11[500]
used as isakmp port (fd=5)
2002-12-29 13:04:31: INFO: isakmp.c:1684:isakmp_post_acquire(): IPsec-SA
request for 188.8.131.52 queued due to no phase1 found.
2002-12-29 13:04:31: INFO: isakmp.c:798:isakmp_ph1begin_i(): initiate new
phase 1 negotiation: A.A.A.A[500]<=>B.B.B.B[500]
2002-12-29 13:04:31: INFO: isakmp.c:803:isakmp_ph1begin_i(): begin
Aggressive mode.
2002-12-29 13:04:31: INFO: vendorid.c:128:check_vendorid(): received Vendor
ID: KAME/racoon
2002-12-29 13:07:21: INFO: isakmp.c:2412:log_ph1established(): ISAKMP-SA
established A.A.A.A[500]-B.B.B.B[500] spi:2b7869ab380e7cc1:a3e29f4ac161cb25
2002-12-29 13:07:21: INFO: isakmp.c:942:isakmp_ph2begin_i(): initiate new
phase 2 negotiation: A.A.A.A[0]<=>B.B.B.B[0]
2002-12-29 13:07:21: INFO: pfkey.c:1110:pk_recvupdate(): IPsec-SA
established: ESP/Tunnel B.B.B.B->A.A.A.A spi=82702499(0x4edf0a3)
2002-12-29 13:07:21: INFO: pfkey.c:1322:pk_recvadd(): IPsec-SA established:
ESP/Tunnel A.A.A.A->B.B.B.B spi=63238165(0x3c4f015)
Note that first the Phase 1, or
SA is established with a unique
spi. Then two Phase 2, or
SAs are established, one in each direction, and each with a unique
$ tcpdump port 500
tcpdump: listening on ed0
13:04:31.067156 A.A.A.A.isakmp > B.B.B.B.isakmp: isakmp: phase 1 I agg:
13:04:31.067682 B.B.B.B.isakmp > A.A.A.A.isakmp: isakmp: phase 1 R agg:
13:04:31.680474 A.A.A.A.isakmp > B.B.B.B.isakmp: isakmp: phase 1 I agg:
(hash: len=20)
13:04:31.681046 A.A.A.A.isakmp > B.B.B.B.isakmp: isakmp: phase 2/others I
inf[E]: [encrypted hash]
13:04:31.697564 A.A.A.A.isakmp > B.B.B.B.isakmp: isakmp: phase 2/others I
oakley-quick[E]: [encrypted hash]
13:04:31.703306 B.B.B.B.isakmp > A.A.A.A.isakmp: isakmp: phase 2/others R
inf[E]: [encrypted hash]
13:04:31.770199 B.B.B.B.isakmp > A.A.A.A.isakmp: isakmp: phase 2/others R
oakley-quick[E]: [encrypted hash]
You may remember from VPNs
and IPSec Demystified that Phase One aggressive mode uses 3 packets, which
you can see from this
tcpdump. This is followed by Phase Two. Note that all
Phase Two packets are encrypted.
Finally, you know your tunnel is fully established when your
SAD contains
SAs. You can confirm that with:
$ setkey -D
esp mode=tunnel spi=63238165(0x03c4f015) reqid=0(0x00000000)
E: blowfish-cbc a24ac0e7 36f7e153 26f81300 43d0d333
A: hmac-sha1 6bb84116 e90d2b1b 2ac95285 0dd394fb afa0c3d8
seq=0x00000004 replay=4 flags=0x00000000 state=mature
created: Dec 29 13:07:21 2002 current: Dec 29 13:15:32 2002
diff: 491(s) hard: 86400(s) soft: 69120(s)
last: Dec 29 13:07:35 2002 hard: 0(s) soft: 0(s)
current: 544(bytes) hard: 0(bytes) soft: 0(bytes)
allocated: 4 hard: 0 soft: 0
sadb_seq=1 pid=50830 refcnt=2
esp mode=tunnel spi=82702499(0x04edf0a3) reqid=0(0x00000000)
E: blowfish-cbc ece45b91 af659b1f 1031b8eb e6268c60
A: hmac-sha1 eb46c7b6 12051da0 567ca3a6 1c889e72 3faa5553
seq=0x00000004 replay=4 flags=0x00000000 state=mature
created: Dec 29 13:07:21 2002 current: Dec 29 13:15:32 2002
diff: 491(s) hard: 86400(s) soft: 69120(s)
last: Dec 29 13:07:35 2002 hard: 0(s) soft: 0(s)
current: 336(bytes) hard: 0(bytes) soft: 0(bytes)
allocated: 4 hard: 0 soft: 0
sadb_seq=0 pid=50830 refcnt=1
If your tunnel successfully negotiates, give yourself a pat on the back, and do the happy dance. If it doesn't, take heart and follow along as I demonstrate some common errors.
This is a common
racoon log error message:
2002-12-29 12:48:31: NOTIFY: oakley.c:2040:oakley_skeyid():
couldn't find the proper pskey, try to get one by the peer's address.
2002-12-29 12:48:31: ERROR: oakley.c:2054:oakley_skeyid(): couldn't find
the pskey for B.B.B.B.
Fortunately, this one is fairly straightforward as it indicates a problem
/usr/local/etc/racoon/psk.txt. On both peers, check that:
You don't have to restart
racoon once you've fixed this
error. As soon as the typo/permission problem is fixed, Phase One will
If you don't receive any
tcpdump output at all, there aren't
any IKE packets being sent. This usually means that you forgot to allow
port 500 on your firewall, or forgot to tell your firewall about the changes to
your ruleset, so your firewall is discarding those packets. However, it could
also indicate a routing or policy misconfiguration. Remember, your policy tells
racoon when it is required to negotiate a tunnel.
For example, part of my policy in
/etc/ipsec.conf states:
spdadd 10.0.0.0/8 192.168.1.0/24 any -P out ipsec
This means that if I try to send packets (from a ping, for example) to a
host with an IP address starting with
192.168.1, those packets won't be sent
until IKE has negotiated a tunnel. It also means that if I send packets to any
other network, IKE does not come into play. If
tcpdump shows that
IKE isn't being used, double-check that your policy does require
ipsec for the
remote network.
Sometimes a
tcpdump will show your packets going out, but no replies coming
back. This usually indicates that the firewall at the peer is discarding the
packets. Check the firewall rules at the peer to ensure they allow IKE and ESP.
Sometimes Phase One will fail, and you can't quite tell why from the
racoon log. When this happens, I bring out the big guns and use
/usr/ports/net/ethereal utility. (See Using Ethereal) This allows me to analyze the policy negotiations in great
detail, as it records each policy parameter as sent by each peer. If Phase One
is failing, it will be because of a policy mismatch or a peer authentication
failure. If it is a policy mismatch, you should find it in the "remote"
section of
racoon.conf. However, if the remote sections are
identical, you'll really need that packet sniff to pinpoint exactly what is
Things get a lot more interesting if Phase One succeeds but Phase Two
fails. Once Phase One is finished, all of the data is encrypted. A packet
sniff won't help you in pinpointing which policy parameter is failing to match
up. If both peers are running
racoon, the culprit will most likely
be a typo or mismatch in the "
sainfo" section of
However, if the other peer is not running
racoon, you may have
some detective work ahead of you.
Many commercial IPSec implementations include additional features. It's unfortunate that some of those features are only supported by that particular product and are usually enabled by default. If Phase One works, Phase Two hangs, and you know you've configured both peers with identical parameters, you've most likely stumbled upon such a feature. Scour that product's documentation and vendor's knowledge base looking for default configurations and how to disable them.
Failing that, you may be able to find working configs between
racoon and the particular product you are struggling with. I've
found the Interoperability
Profiles at VPNC to be useful.
The maintainers of
racoon also maintain a searchable list of
known and solved issues. They also provide prompt answers to queries.
Finally, if your blood, sweat, and tears results in a working tunnel, be kind and post your how-to somewhere on the Internet. You just might make a harried admin's day.
The last scenario I want to discuss in this article deals with VPNs and anti-spoofing rules. Depending upon the firewall(s) you are using to protect the gateways, this may or may not become an issue. This scenario can be the most frustrating as IKE is able to successfully establish the VPN. Unfortunately, all of the packets that enter the resulting tunnel end up being discarded by the firewall's anti-spoof rules.
Related Reading
Virtual Private Networks
If you're unfamiliar with anti-spoof rules, they are the set of rules that
drop all traffic entering a network from a private address range. Normally,
this is useful, as most legitimate traffic coming in from the Internet can't
have a source address in the
172.31.x.x, or
192.168.x.x ranges as Internet routers drop those addresses. A VPN tunnel operates
differently. While in the tunnel, the packets have the Internet routable
addresses of the peers' external interfaces. However, the data in the packet
itself is destined for an internal address, which is usually within the private
address range.
Whether or not this is a problem depends upon the firewall and the order in
which packet processing occurs. Several factors are at play here: a packet
needs to be encrypted or decrypted, it must be
NATed, and it also needs to be
compared to a firewall ruleset to see if the packet is allowed to pass. If the
NATing occurs in the wrong place, it is quite possible that a legitimate packet
will be mistaken for a malicious, spoofed packet.
How do you resolve the situation if your particular firewall's processing
order is working against you? Sometimes trial and error in rule order will
work. You've already created rules to allow the VPN to be established; those
were the IKE and ESP rules. You'll still need rules allowing your users to
access the services you wish to allow through the tunnel, otherwise you
wouldn't have created a tunnel in the first place. Try placing those rules
towards the top of a rulebase. Include the "
quick" word in the case of an
ipfilter rulebase.
If that doesn't help, it may be time to reconsider the usefulness of the anti-spoof rules in regards to your particular security policy. Balance the need for the VPN against the benefits gained from the anti-spoof rules. If you log those rules for a week or two, you'll have an idea of how much those rules are used and how much protection they offer.
If your security policy requires the anti-spoof rules, there is some information that can be gleaned from the Internet, which might apply to your situation. As firewalls mature, they gain extra features. There may indeed be an extra switch or keyword that you can place in your rulebase that will resolve the anti-spoof problem. That extra knob may be in the works and available in another six months.
I'd like to leave you with some resources, which I have found to be helpful:
I hope you have enjoyed the cryptosystems series. I had a chance over the holidays to go through my "things I want to try out if I ever have more time" list. I'll share some of the results in the next article.
Dru Lavigne is a network and systems administrator, IT instructor, author and international speaker. She has over a decade of experience administering and teaching Netware, Microsoft, Cisco, Checkpoint, SCO, Solaris, Linux, and BSD systems. A prolific author, she pens the popular FreeBSD Basics column for O'Reilly and is author of BSD Hacks and The Best of FreeBSD Basics.
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By Pastor Barbara Beale
William Shakes
peare once said, "God has given you one face, and you make yourself another."
What kind of mask do you put on every day? In my "wardrobe" I have many masks, and my favorite is a happy face. That way, others may not notice the sadness or loneliness that I may be experiencing.
Another favorite of mine is the mask of perfection, you know, the one who lets others think that we "have it all together," but in reality, our "all together" is falling apart?
The masks we wear keep others from seeing the "real us." It just may be too embarrassing if we were ever "found out" that we are not the perfect, student, the perfect, boss, the perfect child, the perfect spouse, or the perfect Christian. So, every day we don on our masks, go about our business, and when friends ask how we are, we just smile and declare, "Great! How are you?"
While we may be able to keep others from seeing who we really are, God sees straight through our masks and right down to the real us. God sees all of our flaws and mistakes and failures and yet God loves us completely and unconditionally.
Isn't it comforting to know how much He loves us? Psalm 139 tells us that God searches us and knows us. God knows us completely, from the inside out. God knows a word before it even reaches our tongue. God is familiar with our ways.
God isn't surprised by us because God knows our every thought, our every worry, our every joy, our every hurt. There is nowhere we can run from His Spirit and nowhere to escape God's love.
There is no mask we could ever make or buy that would hide our true selves from God. With God, we can stop pretending, we can take off our masks, and God (and perhaps others, too) will love for who we are and whose we are. So let us throw our masks away!
Barbara Beale is pastor of St. Luke's Lutheran Church/Schroeder, ELCA


text: Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits. --Mark Twain A friend of mine was recently in a "facebook war." All these people she went to school with were up in arms about various "programs" foisted on us by our spendthrift gubmit. Yet one of the loudest shouters had a kid who had a heart transplant, most of it paid on the public dime. She had a daughter with an illegitimate kid, both of whom were on welfare. Another person who was shouting about "those big leeches on society" was on disability herself. When challenged, they explained in loving detail how special and different their own special circumstances were, and how that was what the programs were for... not "leeches on society." The difference, of course, is that we know "them" (the "leeches") as stereotypes, not individuals with individual circumstances. One man's reason is the other man's excuse. Right here on this forum I have observed people who lament our budget crisis and the terrible intervention of the gubmit that led to social security... yet insist that they, personally, get every dime SS promised (even though the "promise" always comes with a caveat.) Now don't get me wrong, I think SS is a very, very good program, and that person should get every dime. My point is, the special and different circumstances we each accord ourselves vanish when we think about the "other guy." I also take as a given that we are all subject to the hypocritical instinct alluded to in the Twain quote. So... What would we change that does not depend on demonization of the other? For example, what changes are needed on behalf of this class or that class, immigrants, etc. -- what is most needed, what will work best -- without regard to the personal demonization of this or that group of people? I'll drop in an example: every rich person is not "the monopoly guy", for purposes of this thread :singing:... Every person who is unemployed is not lazy or stupid or deserving of being unemployed... Every immigrant is not undocumented, and every undocumented immigrant is not a habitual violent criminal (sneaking over the border is often cited as their "criminal" behavior, but that's a far cry from crack-dealing and gang-banging.) Every person receiving one or another form of public assistance is not lounging around a luxurious penthouse watching (my favorite new meme on this subject,) "a wide-screen tv." Dig a little deeper and you find the majority of the rich are just guys happy that they "made it," not Leona Helmsley clones; the great majority of the unemployed would rather have a steady decent-paying job than anything else in life; the majority of immigrants are legal; the majority of undocumented immigrants just want to work hard and make it; the majority of people "sitting around watching a wide-screen TV" are renting it for 37 bucks a month and are looking over their shoulder for the re-po man. There's a whole branch of social sciences devoted to people's mass behavior in economic decision-making. What people do, to put it simply, is not what they should do, for the best distribution of good outcomes. We do not act rationally. So since we know how great masses of people behave, should we concern ourselves with getting best outcomes, when the stakes are high, or should we concern ourselves that "other people's habits" be allowed to flourish, and then condemn them? Open discussion. The more "TL; dr" posts the better. I'm sick of the bumper sticker slogans. If you have a thought, please explain in a way that someone who disagrees will understand. And just for this thread -- just here -- I am going to try really hard not to respond with put-downs either. I'd love to do this thread in serious/respectful mode, regardless of everybody's behavior elsewhere. I'm going into it acknowledging that all of us do the hypocritical thing. Now let's think through our various positions, but without gnawing away at "other people's habits." The other thing: let's think about the question of whether government has a role, when all our facts say we will get a certain outcome at the mass level, yet the better outcome has to come at the cost of government, rather than personal, action. Since this is just a more scientifically accurate "reforming of other people's habits," is this too an overreach? How about if government has to pick up the tab when "other people's habits" can be easily and accurately predicted to create a need for government intervention? I look forward to the thoughtful comments that will follow. PFnV


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August 14, 2013 —
After the heavy rains that turned the sometimes placid-looking Delaware River into a turbulent, choppy and muddy maelstrom, visitors to the area didn't think of the dangers a trip down the river can bring.
Five friends boarded a raft on the afternoon of August 10. One of them fell in, and despite the efforts of two of his friends who jumped in to try to save him, and the following full-scale rescue operation coordinated by the National Park Service (NPS), he was still missing the following day. Devin Harrison, 20, from Ireland, became the first drowning victim on the Upper Delaware River in two seasons.
The NPS had set up an emergency center at Knight's Eddy Indian Head Canoe camping site next to the river and Route 97, about a mile down from the point where the accident happened. On August 11, Sunday afternoon, at the site, NPS Information Officer Ingrid Peterec said it was now a recovery operation.
Harrison was in the United States on a work visa. The names of the others on the raft were not available, nor any information about the victim's family.
Dive teams were at work trying to locate the victim in the still fast-moving river on Sunday afternoon, and rescue teams from the emergency management services were patrolling the stretch of the river where the accident took place. An Airboat was combing the waters, and jet boats went by raising waves, which the apparently oblivious rafters, kayakers and canoers enjoyed.
The weather had cleared up, and a large number of them were both on the river and enjoying the cliffs right next to the accident scene. Many onlookers stopped by on Route 97 to observe the ongoing efforts of the emergency teams.
At the emergency site in Knight's Eddy, Peterec continued, "After trying to rescue their friend, the two friends managed to get back into the boat, and they made it to the shore, where a 911 call was made from one of the residences." The drowning victim was not wearing a life jacket, while the two who jumped in to save him were. Peterec spoke about the safety the simple gesture of wearing a life jacket can bring, "You just bob on the water."
In an update on August 13, Peterec said in a phone call that the victim had been located on Monday at 12:30 pm at Knight's Eddy Indian Head Canoes. "He was recovered by the park rangers who were just patrolling the river on a boat. They just spotted him," she added. His body was taken to Catskills Medical Center in Harris.
Harrison's parents, who are from Ireland but who were on a trip to Alaska, were flying in to attend to the incident.
The raft was rented from Kittatinny Canoes. "But nobody can force anyone to wear the lifejacket once they are in a raft," acknowledged Peterec.
"We didn't have any deaths last year," commented the visibly upset Peterec, going on to explain she hoped the public information campaign that has been done in cooperation with NPS and several local agencies has played a part in that. Public posters and flyers have been placed in all river access points, and a short information clip is showing in Stroudsburg Theater.
"We try to catch them before they actually get to the river," said Peterec. NPS has also worked with Adams Outfitters, which has placed messages on the electronic billboards on the major roads leading up to the area.
The rescue operation was coordinated by the NPS, and Park Ranger Kevin Reish was the Incident Commander for the rescue operation. When the 911 call goes out, the alarm goes to the nearby emergency teams, depending on the incident location. Peterec said that in addition to the NPS team, the Highland Fire Department, Youngsville Dive Team, Lumberland Dive Team, and Matamoras Rescue Team were alerted.


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One of the desired outcomes of our programs is to equip children for life. This is a very important commitment to families who struggle each day to get by.
There are 295 sponsored children living in the community of Bagong Barrio, Philippines, and almost all of their parents have irregular, low-paying jobs.
"Many have jobs, but mostly temporary employment as factory workers, vendors and jeepney drivers.
"This is not a peaceful place to live in. There are drunks everywhere. They create noise and a lot of stir. This is also a popular dumpsite for murder victims. Taxi drivers hesitate to drive through here because we have a notorious reputation.
"A taxi driver was recently killed by gang members. There are many drug users here. The root of all of these, of course, is poverty," says Arnel, pastor of the Community Gospel Church.
The pastor himself used to be a neighborhood bully. He would terrorize people passing through the narrow, dark and damp alleyways of Bagong Barrio. But now he is serving the Lord.
This church has been a partner of Compassion in the Philippines since 1986. Through Paglinang Student Center, the church provides vocational training to sponsored youth as one way of equipping them for life.
"Our objective is that before (the sponsored children) leave the center, they should have something to fall back on for their daily living," said Liza, child development worker and youth facilitator for Paglinang Student Center. "Not all of them can go to college, and not all of those who do make it to college can land a good-paying job."
Liza handles 18- to 21-year-old sponsored youth. She is in charge of coming up with ideas for vocational training. This Saturday, she has decided to teach them how to prepare dishwashing liquid, detergent soap and hand sanitizer.
Every Saturday, all 295 sponsored children come to the center for their weekly learning, training and discipleship. The older kids are scheduled in the afternoon.
"Before, our youth did not fully appreciate their vocational activities, which used to mainly focus on arts and crafts. Now, we have begun doing what interests them and what can potentially help them earn some money as they become responsible adults."
Liza personally loves arts and crafts activities and claims that she first learned to appreciate them when she was still a sponsored child.
For today's vocational training, she has coordinated with Swak na Swak Pangkabuhayan, a nongovernmental organization (NGO) that trains young Filipinos how to start and run a small, manageable business. Liza attended a training seminar with the NGO, paid a capital of P2,400 (U.S. $55.80) for the materials, and was now ready to teach the sponsored youth.
She hoped to make 100 to 120 bottles of hand sanitizer today and would challenge the young people to sell them and experience how to earn money on their own.
Her students arrived at 3 p.m. and they were surprised to see bottles and pails containing blue liquid substance. Liza instructed what to do and explained that dishwashing liquid, detergent soap and hand sanitizer are easy to prepare and very marketable.
In the meantime, other sponsored children also had their own vocational training classes. The younger youth, 12 to 17 years old, were busy learning how to make Christmas decorations for sale.
"The idea is to teach these children how to make a feasibility study, finish a project and earn possible income," said Gina, center director for Paglinang Student Center.
Separated into three classes according to age, sponsored children learned how much the materials for the Christmas decorations cost, where they were bought, how to make the decorations, how much and where they can sell the decorations, and how much profit they can make.
"It is important for us to learn how to do these things," said Kathleen. "I want to learn how to use my time wisely and not just spend it playing and hanging around."
Kathleen wants to run a restaurant business someday. She said she can now earn a little money from fixing cell phones, a skill she has learned from the student center.
"We have had so many activities in the center, such as camps, talent festivals, and sporting events," said Kathleen, "but one of my favorite activities is learning how to make things."
Gilbert also appreciated their activity today. He said, "This is good so that we can have an idea how to find a job and possibly to start a business someday."
Across the rooms where these young people worked on their crafts is the kitchen where three sponsored youth were cooking spaghetti. One of them, Nica, explained that cooking was their assigned vocational task for today. Nica is aspiring to become a chef one day. Her task for today was to cook delicious spaghetti and feed all the other sponsored children.
"We hope that these youth will find employable, real-life applications for all that we teach them.
"We make vocational and skills training intentional. We provide skills-development training in computer technology, electronics and other areas," says Gina.
Liza believes that the dishwashing liquid, detergent soap and hand sanitizer are easy to make and could give the youth a good chance to earn a few pesos for their families. And Mariela, one of Liza's students, agreed.
"I think these products are very sellable. I will definitely try to make them on my own and sell them. Actually, I have already planned to start a business on something along this line, linen softener. They are affordable, easy to do, and sellable."


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I want to call our online readers' attention to a story that we published on this site Friday about seasonal affective disorder. During the winter months, many folks in northern Illinois suffer from the mood disorder, which can lead to depression.
On Monday, we learned that one of the primary sources in that Friday story wasn't telling us the truth. Essentially, we were duped into believing his story that he suffered from SAD, when he now says he did not. He told us Monday that he was playing a "joke" on us and "it kind of went too far."
Well, the joke is on us. We should have verified his story with someone else, his doctor or a family member. We did not, so we are left to clarify the story.
You can read our Note to Readers clarifying the record on top of the original story itself here.


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Wyeth vs. Levine: Should Drug Label Standards Be Determined By Juries?
It is with some degree of trepidation that I enter the fray on the Wyeth vs. Levine case. I've been watching the media frenzy about the lawsuit with interest – mostly because (for the first time in a while) I think that the pharmaceutical company is in the right on this one – and that most journalists (and even medical journal editors) have missed the salient points.
I think that a close review of the case is instructive in two ways. It shows: 1) the dangers of making legal decisions based on the perspective of the victim (a risk of harm equal to 1 in 20 million is unacceptable to that one person who suffered the consequence, but tolerable to the other 19,999,999 others) and 2) that a simple case of medical malpractice has made it all the way to the US Supreme Court because (as I discussed in my last post) a democratization of knowledge (juries reading a drug label) was believed to democratize expertise (how a physician would understand the label).


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Hi mama's!
I believe that I have too much milk for my little guy... He's 8 weeks old, and I still find myself very engorged, particularily at night. It seems to depend on how much he eats that day, as to how engorged I'll become that night (he generally sleeps about 4 or 5 hours after his last feeding of the night, then eats for only a few minutes--maybe 5, then eats every 2 to 3 hours until he's up for the day). It took me a long time to not be engorged almost all the time after he was born, and then there was a period of maybe a week or two when I was rarely engorged (except for at night), but now it seems to be back again. I have been feeding one breast per feed, but I think part of my problem stems from the fact that he's recently begun to only eat for 5-10 minutes at a time, when before he'd eat at least 10 minutes and also ate more often (although I still do find myself putting him to the breast often if something's wrong, to see if it will soothe him).
So anyway, I started this morning with 3 hour blocks at 9am. It's now 11pm and I'm still finding that toward the end of the 3 hours, the other breast is very full. When will I see some relief? I decided to start this after I had a terrible time last night with much pain from engorgement, and I tried waking baby to eat, but since he was still so tired and not "ready" to eat, it only took off a little of the pressure--but there wasn't much relief.
I really want to be able to have a good night's rest, since my lo seems to be able to! Being awake in pain really sucks, especially if he's soundly sleeping away...


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This very exciting year is coming to an end. I have had an incredible time, and I have met so many great people. I wish you all safe and happy holidays. I will definitely try to stay in touch through the off-season. Mitzi and I are going to spend a few weeks in Italy, hoping to find some great food and recipes.
This recipe is a great accompaniment for your holiday dinner. It is pretty easy and has a very unique flavor.
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/4 cup fresh, small-dice fennel bulb
1/4 cup small-dice white onion
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 cup rice
2 cups water
To taste, salt
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1 tablespoon fresh, chopped fennel tops
1/4 cup toasted, chopped almonds
Sauté the fennel bulb, onion, and black pepper in the butter and olive oil over medium-high heat in a thick-bottom pan.
Add the rice when the onions are translucent. Stir the mixture until the rice is evenly coated with the oil.
Add the water and bring it to a boil; immediately turn to a simmer. Season the water with the salt. Cover the pot until the rice is tender (approximately 15 minutes).
Remove the pot from the heat and add the remaining ingredients.
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Fall is definitely the reason people live in Ohio. It is my favorite time of the year. The leaves change from green to an array of beautiful colors. Every once in a while, a big wind will come along and blow enough leaves off the trees to fill up the sky. You know fall is here because you can smell it in the air.
I remember when I was a kid visiting my cousins on the farm. My cousins Remo and Geraldine had a huge garden and canned everything. I remember too that they had a bunch of apple trees; one tree had five different kinds of apples. They also would let all the kids help make the best apple cider ever. We had to pick the apples and wash them before crushing them with an actual cider press that you had to work by walking around the press holding a pole. The pole was connected to a big screw that was attached to a thick wooden plate that would go up and down on the inside of the press mashing the apples. The press was not solid so the juice could run down the sides into a trough that was funneled into containers. I cannot really remember what we did after that. The cider was then probably strained and bottled. I will tell you one thing I do remember: It was so good that we would always drink too much and get stomachaches.
The recipe below is a perfect accompaniment for those fall apples — great flavors for great memories. Serve it at an outdoor party during a hayride or when the kids are bobbing for apples.
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/4 cup whole milk
1 tablespoon poppy seeds
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon blackstrap molasses
4 ounces soft cream cheese
2 tablespoons sour cream
1 tablespoon honey
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
While stirring continually, simmer the first five ingredients together for one minute.
Remove from the heat and cover for five minutes; chill.
In a mixer on high, whisk the last four ingredients together, scraping the sides as needed to keep an even texture.
Add the chilled mix to the cream-cheese mix.
Mix on high for one minute, scraping the sides as needed to blend the ingredients evenly.
Chill until served.
Six servings
It's getting down to the wire this season with some of the best drag racing competition ever. You don't even want to get up from in front of the TV. I understand! But you have to eat! Stay home and call your friends over to watch race day. Here is a recipe with quite a zap that your friends will be sure to remember.
6 large, fresh jalapeño peppers
6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 cup water
1.5 ounces grated cheese (your favorite; I used Gruyère)
To taste, salt
To taste, freshly ground black pepper
1 quart peanut oil
Boil the whole jalapeños in lightly salted water for 10 minutes.
Drain the jalapeños and shock them in ice water until chilled.
Remove the jalapeños from the ice water and pat them dry with a paper towel.
Make a slit in the jalapeños from the stem to the bottom; remove the seeds.
Tightly pack the cheese into every pepper.
Mix the flour and water together until smooth; season with salt and pepper.
Roll the stuffed peppers in the batter and deep-fry in 350-degree peanut oil until done. Note: I put a little extra batter on the slit of the peppers so that they do not split open and let the cheese come out while cooking.
Get a glass of water!
Eight servings
Everyone's grandmother cooked a little differently, especially potato salad. I have had potato salad with celery seed, horseradish, seafood, and a number of other variations. I particularly love a lot of pickles in my potato salad. Sometimes I pour the pickle juice in the potato salad for even more pickle flavor.
Jeg's buddy Jim brought me a jar of McClure's Pickles to the track. Wow — they are pretty awesome! I love the flavor and the texture. I like the tough outer part much more than I like the soft inside with the seeds. That is why I took the seeds out of this recipe. This recipe brings a new look to a picnic. Who ever thought of eating potato salad with your fingers?
1.5 cups peeled, small-dice potato
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup peeled, finely diced celery
2 tablespoons finely diced red onion
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1 tablespoon brown mustard
2 hard-boiled, chopped eggs
8 halves pickle
2 slices cooked bacon (cut each slice into eight pieces)
To taste, salt
To taste, white pepper
To taste, paprika
As needed for garnish, parsley sprigs
As needed for garnish, chive tops
In lightly salted water, cook the diced potato until tender; strain and chill.
Add the following to the potatoes and stir until well mixed: mayonnaise, celery, red onion, chopped parsley, brown mustard, salt, and white pepper.
Scoop out the inside of each pickle half. I used the back side of a vegetable peeler.
Put the potato mix into each pickle shell.
Sprinkle with paprika.
Stick two pieces of bacon in each. Sprinkle on chopped egg.
Garnish with parsley springs and chives.


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Across the board (despite their own admission of left leaning bias in news and current affairs) the BBC delivers deliver so many excellent programmes,
So why does this sort of thing still happen? They should be compensating Help For Heroes directly out of the money that Stickler trousered for this, just as they should have also deducted the damages that had to pay to McAlpine for the false accusations Stickler made about him.
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12 days ago dd2 (along with dd1 and ds) got a cold. It started with a runny nose, then a fever for 3 or 4 days, and is still left with a runny nose. I called the ped last week and they said she is still too young for meds. I was to do the cool mist humidifer (not sure how this will help) and keep cleaning out her nose. I do clean her nose out endlessly and I know green is bad (which it is yellowish green in the morning and clear all day).
She is not sleeping well, she is up and down all night and nursing (not just using me as a paci). I am lost at what I can do, my nipples hurt from feeding all day (mostly at night), is there anything I can do for her?
Should I bring her to the dr monday for having a runny nose for 2wks? I mean if I can not give her anything for a runny nose OTC what can a dr do?
She seems ok all day except at naps she wants to be held not put down (in her swing) and I can not hold her all day.
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The Federal Reserve is preparing to reduce its economic support. By contrast, the European Central Bank is considering more stimulus. So is the Bank of Japan. The Bank of England seems to be moving toward raising interest rates.
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Its a long way from the coordinated efforts that major central banks made after the 2008 financial crisis erupted and economies began to stall. As governments slashed taxes and spent stimulus money, central banks shrank rates to unclog credit and avert a 1930s-style depression.
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Many economists say central banks have no choice but to pursue divergent interest-rate strategies now because of their economies varying growth rates.
It just reflects different stages of the economic recovery in different parts of the world, said Stuart Hoffman, chief economist at PNC Financial Services Group. The U.S. recovery is well ahead of recoveries in Europe and Japan.
Sung Won Sohn, an economics professor at California State University, Channel Islands, noted that the United States acted faster than others to boost growth with aggressive low-rate policies. U.S. regulators have also been more forceful in requiring U.S. banks to raise capital and deal with bad loans. Those actions have contributed to stronger U.S. growth, he said.
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Ten Ten is controlling Obitos body.... It's the only logical scenareo.
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Ten Ten is controlling Obitos body.... It's the only logical scenareo.
For her a corpse is just another ninja tool....
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For her a corpse is just another ninja tool....
TenTen is truly a force to be reckoned with...................
wow just like the guy above me said they put all of Tobi doings in the damn Obito Uchiha profile on Naruto Wiki lol. It even explains how he became Tobi too lol
I have tried to read the walls of text that this thread had and, well...
Ow, my head... it's pounding from the text... Need to rest my eyes..
Anyway, I want to put in something silly(although still possible, IMO) as a partial explanation for all of this...
Simply put, no one has noted that space time jutsu is what made Tobi's little "ghost phasing" jutsu and the Kamui technique(I am not going to argue about whether they are the exact same or different or something, that's not the point here) work. I also know that Minato also uses space time jutsu as well...
My wager is that a space time jutsu is what allowed Obito to survive the boulders(I am not indicating that Obito himself did it, unless well... I'll explain that in a moment), and move him to a place where things could be done to him.
The silly part of this, of course is that it wasn't in the same time as when Obito was crushed, but a different one, or even a place outside time. In other words, somebody used time hax, and time travel is actually involved to some degree. As to why it hasn't been abused to hell and back earlier... Well, in Kishi's defense, at least the plot hole in that would be nowhere as big as the "Tobi is Obito" bit by itself, and it truly shows that "Sharingan = Hax", something that I believe is implied, if not outright spelled out to everyone, during the course of this series.
I would love to know what people would think of this silly thought of mine, truthfully. And I do hope that Kishi does have a good explanation for all this. That is all.
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Another Question is that Suigetsu in the background when Obito meets the other Ninjas ? On the right is one that looks like him, or is it Dan ?
Dan is a different generation... that's genma, yo can see him in the gai's team when fighting against kakashi, rin and obito... he was the jonin that was supervising the chunnin fights but got killed by Gaara after he discovered kabuto was ploting with the sand ninjas
may be someone took over obito's body and manipulating him....he does not seem to be true Uchiha... as he mostly evaded attacks than fighting...:shrug:
waiting eagerly for manga No.600 :confused:
Gotta say I expected better from Kishi.
- The silent flashback.
- Seeing more of Obito and Anko.
- The reveal of Tobi being Obito.
- The numerous mistakes given in the flashback.
- The sheer randomness of the "twist".
I cared more about seeing Kakashi unmasked than Tobi.
Who fought minato around the time naruto was born then?
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