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Think you know which states are best for retirees? Think again. Financial site Bankrate.com has ranked the best states for retirement, looking at cost of living, crime rates, tax rates, access to medical care and average annual temperatures. Here are the 10 best:
10. Virginia
One of the warmest spots on the list, Virginia has one of the lowest crime rates in the country. For seniors looking for a coastal lifestyle, Norfolk is home to miles of beaches and sailing and kayaking in the Chesapeake Bay. The city is also home to an art museum, theater company and opera house.
9. Iowa
Another cold state to make Bankrate's list, Iowa boasts low crime and living costs and high-quality healthcare. In the college town of Iowa City, retirees can take up a class at the University of Iowa or enjoy free concerts and outdoor movie nights in the summer.
10. Iowa (9 in 2012)
8. Idaho
Idaho not only has the lowest crime rate in the country, but it's also one of the most affordable states. Residents do pay higher taxes here than in other mountain states, though the tax burden remains below the national average. In Boise, retirees can find access to arts and outdoor activities, and a massive new cultural center is set to open there next year.
7. Montana
Retirees have plenty of room to roam in Montana. Even though it's one of the largest states in the nation, the state has one of the smallest populations. The cost of living isn't as low here as it is in some of the other mountain states, but Montana's lack of a sales tax helps to offset some of the extra cost. The resort area of Kalispell has the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi, as well as a regional medical center that ranks as one of the country's top hospitals.
6. Nebraska
It's not just about wide open spaces. Nebraska is one of the most affordable states in the country, has relatively low crime and residents enjoy a high level of general well-being.
5. Wyoming
For a tax-conscious retiree, there is no state better than Wyoming, Bankrate found. The "Cowboy State" also has low crime and moderate living costs, although the quality of its healthcare is far below that of the top 10 states, according to government statistics.
4. North Dakota
Residents here have to deal with some of the coldest weather in the country. But North Dakota has its advantages: extremely low crime and even better healthcare. Plus, its residents report the highest level of general well-being in the country.
3. Utah
Utah offers up plenty of options for both nature lovers and city dwellers. And, for retirees, its low cost of living and high quality healthcare make it even more attractive, Bankrate said. Salt Lake City offers a bustling downtown, with arts and cultural events and a light rail that makes getting around town easy. It's also just a half hour drive away from hiking, skiing and other outdoor activities.
2. Colorado
Not only does Colorado offer much milder winters, but its residents also benefit from high quality healthcare and a lower-than-average tax burden. Plus, its residents are among the most content in the country, according to an annual survey by Gallup of general well-being. One downside: The cost of living is higher than in 28 other states.
1. South Dakota
Yes, the temperatures dip below freezing (a lot), but South Dakota boasts low crime, quality healthcare and no state income tax. And beyond the Badlands and Black Hills, there is plenty to do.
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News outlets are reporting heavily about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which hit the Mississippi coast on Aug. 29, 2005. Heavy rain from the huge storm overwhelmed the levees surrounding New Orleans, causing flooding that destroyed much of the city.
Five years later, much of the damage still exists, and thousands of people are still waiting for help that was promised them. Many of the anniversary stories reflect the struggles many still endure.
Katrina, followed soon after by another large hurricane, Rita, was a relatively rare event; storms that large and strong don't happen often, but they do happen. And they needn't be so big to wreak havoc. Parts of Texas' Rio Grande Valley are still underwater two months after Hurricane Alex and a second, smaller storm swept through northern Mexico just south of this region. While wind damage was minimal, the rain overfilled Rio Grande watersheds and tributaries and caused flooding through much of the Valley.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is still working with people who are seeking taxpayers' money to help them repair the damage from these recent storms. But as the tales from Katrina show, those who depend on the government to bail them out might have to wait a while, and they might never get what they're looking for.
Government funds, despite what some people might think, aren't in infinite supply. After all, they are taken by force from reluctant workers, and allocated by legislators who fight over whose district gets what and how much.
When disaster strikes, some people will always be left with outstretched hands that are never filled.
Even when money is available, people have to deal with the slow, cumbersome bureaucracy that is our government. About $5.4 billion that Congress provided for Katrina relief — more than a fourth of the total $20 billion allotment — still hasn't been allocated to the people who need it.
Previous news reports have shown that those who have had the worst time dealing with storms' aftermath are those who depended most on government aid. Residents who had their own insurance, and Mississippi cities and counties that decided to invest local funds in storm repair, recovered the fastest. Many of them have long resumed their normal lives.
We can't accurately predict Mother Nature's whims. That is why it is important to take personal steps to be prepared always, both to mitigate the effects of any storm and to deal with the aftermath.
That means ensuring that our homes are structurally sound, taking whatever precautions are possible when storms approach, and maintaining private insurance or having the means available to repair the damage if something comes our way.
Our homes are our responsibility; it is unreasonable to hope, much less expect, that government will come to rescue whenever something happens to our property.


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Five-time Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe is fighting a "serious infection" — caused by two bugs following a series of surgeries — that is all but certain to end his hopes of ever swimming competitively again. His manager James Erskine told Australian media that Thorpe is "quite sick" and is being treated in a Sydney hospital's intensive care ward.
"He's contracted two forms of bugs in hospital," said Erskine. "He's undergone two or three operations over the last two months so, I mean bad luck." Thorpe is reportedly fighting a MRSA-like superbug, a strain of staph bacteria that's resistant to antibiotics and requires intense treatment.
The 31-year-old swimmer's left shoulder has undergone at least two operations in the past two months for injuries sustained from years of swimming. Thorpe's manager denied reports that his arm might have to be amputated because of the infection. Jordan Valinsky
About 75 percent of companies plan to give their workers year-end bonuses this year, up from 67 percent last year, according to a survey of 500 HR executives at firms of various sizes. The average bonus is expected to be 25 percent larger than last year's offerings — about $1,081, up from $858 in 2015. The quarter of firms who said they aren't giving out holiday bonuses "had financial performance issues or were concerned about the U.S. economic outlook," The Wall Street Journal reports, but about half of that group still said they hope to give out other morale-boosting gifts like extra paid time off.
After two years without a new Taylor Swift single, the drought is finally over. The pop star surprised fans late Thursday night by releasing a single with former One Direction member Zayn Malik. Swift shared the news with her fans in this cryptic post:
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— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) December 9, 2016
The collaboration marked Swift's first new release since her Grammy-winning album 1989 dropped in the fall of 2014. Swift and Malik's song, "I Don't Wanna Live Forever," will be featured in the movie Fifty Shades Darker, the second installment in the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. The film is due out early next year.
BBC described the song as a "yearning, sultry ballad" that "finds the couple pulling at the unraveling threads of a relationship." After it popped up on the U.S. iTunes store shortly before 12 a.m. ET Friday, the tune soared to the top of the charts within an hour. It is available on iTunes and Apple Music. Becca Stanek
This year, Amazon is adding 120,000 temporary workers at its U.S. warehouses for the holiday season, expanding its workforce by about 40 percent. The e-tail giant is also dramatically speeding up its orientation process, The Wall Street Journal reports. While conventional warehouse jobs usually require up to six weeks of training, the company has been using technology such as touchscreens, robots, and scanners to get new hires up to speed in as little as two days. While Amazon's newest warehouses are extremely automated and filled to the brim with robots that do much of the heavy lifting, "the greater efficiency allows them to process even more orders, a task that still requires humans."
A shorter training period saves Amazon a lot of money and could potentially allow the company to pay employees more during these hectic winter months — a crucial lure Amazon needs as it competes with rivals like Walmart and package delivery services like UPS who are also looking for seasonal help. Amazon's holiday temps typically make more than minimum wage. Kelly Gonsalves
An Illinois high school is removing books from reading lists to shield students from "sexual" content. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy was the first book to be removed from the classroom after teachers expressed concern over some "questionable passages," reports the local Patch. After the school sent out a notice about the book's removal, parents called for the banning of any work that contains "literal, metaphorical, figurative, or allegorical" allusions to sex. They specifically urged the school board to remove Maya Angelou's classic autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and some parents openly referred to Roy's book as "smut" and "porn."
"We can't have 18-year-olds reading about masturbation or sexual issues," one parent said. "I don't care if it's from Dickens or who else."
President-elect Donald Trump's transition team apparently wants the Department of Energy to send over a list of every employee and contractor involved in brokering international climate meetings in the last five years, The Washington Post reported Friday. The request is part of a 74-question questionnaire the transition team has asked Energy Department officials to fill out.
Other inquiries in the questionnaire — which The Washington Post noted one department official called "unusually 'intrusive" — are about "which programs within the DOE are essential to meeting the goals of President Obama's Climate Action Plan" and about the social cost of carbon, a metric the Obama administration has used to determine "the benefits of regulations and initiatives that lead to lower greenhouse gas emissions."
Coupled with Trump's environmental policy proposals and his past remarks about climate change, The Washington Post said the questionnaire "provides the clearest indication yet of how Trump's administration would begin to dismantle specific aspects of President Obama's ambitious climate policies." "My guess is that they're trying to undermine the credibility of the science that DOE has produced, particularly in the field of climate science," said Stanford climate and energy researcher Rob Jackson.
Department officials reportedly have not yet decided how to address the questions specifically relating to its climate activities.
For more on the story, head over to The Washington Post. Becca Stanek
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday selected Goldman Sachs President Gary Cohn to be the director of the National Economic Council, CNBC reported. Cohn, also the bank's COO, will be the third person in Trump's White House to have ties to Goldman Sachs, following Trump's choice of former Goldman Sachs partner Steven Mnuchin for treasury secretary and his appointment of Stephen Bannon, who worked for the bank in the 1980s, as chief strategist.
In the post, Cohn will help Trump dictate global economic policy. Critics on the left, however, were quick to point out that Trump's tripling-down on alums from the nation's most powerful bank for his administration did not align with his campaign rhetoric decrying the Wall Street ties of his rivals:
Shot, chaser, etc. pic.twitter.com/6CZnL3QxaK
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) December 9, 2016
Also Friday, Trump tapped Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) to be his secretary of the interior, where she will be charged with advancing Trump's pro-fossil fuel agenda. McMorris Rodgers was elected to Congress in 2004, where she represents a largely rural district located in eastern Washington. In her time on Capitol Hill, The Wall Street Journal notes she has supported legislation to allow oil- and natural gas-drilling in the Atlantic Ocean; called for limiting the ability of the Interior Department to regulate fracking; and advocated for hydropower, a renewable source of energy popular in Washington state. She also serves on the House's Energy and Commerce Committee.
Trump has expressed a desire to undo much of President Obama's environmental policy. Obama has protected more public land than any other president. Kimberly Alters
Kellyanne Conway defends Trump's continued involvement with The Apprentice by pointing out Obama plays golf
If President Obama is allowed to play golf, then Kellyanne Conway doesn't see why it's a problem for President-elect Donald Trump to stay on as an executive producer for reality TV show The Apprentice. In an interview Friday on CNN's New Day, the top Trump aide pushed back against concerns Trump's involvement with the TV show would take away from time otherwise spent addressing presidential matters.
"Well, okay, but were we so concerned about the hours and hours and hours spent on the golf course of the current president? I mean, the presidents have a right to do things in their spare time or their leisure time," Conway said, arguing that the notion presidents "are going to be all work and nothing else all the time" is "just unrealistic."
But time isn't the only concern Trump's involvement with the show has raised. For every episode that airs, Trump will earn a sum "likely to be in the low five-figures, at minimum," Variety reported. Moreover, Trump's decision to stay involved with the show doesn't necessarily reflect the hard line between his past business endeavors and his present presidential duties that ethics experts have been pushing for.
But Conway argued Trump is "a very transparent guy." "Everyone can see what he's doing and the fact is that he is conferring with all types of experts to tell him what he is allowed to do and not to do as president of the United States," Conway said. Catch a snippet of Conway's interview below. Becca Stanek


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Squirmy Worm Dirt Cupcakes
- Prep Time: 25 min
- Cook Time: 25 min
- Ready Time: 120 min
- Yield: 24 servings
- 1 package Pillsbury™ Moist Supreme® White Premium Cake Mix
- 1 cup water
- 1/3 cup Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon green food color
- 1 container Pillsbury™ Funfetti® Vibrant Green Vanilla Flavored Frosting
- 1/2 cup finely crushed chocolate wafer cookie crumbs
- 1/2 cup chocolate candy pebbles or candy resembling small pebbles
- 12 gummy candy worms, cut crosswise in half
Preparation Directions
- HEAT oven to 350°F. Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners. Prepare cake batter according to package directions using water, oil and eggs. Beat in food color until completely blended. Divide evenly into prepared muffin cups. Bake 19 to 23 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes. Remove from pan to wire rack to cool completely.
- PLACE wafer crumbs and candy bits from frosting into 2 separate small bowls. Frost one half of the top of each cupcake with a thin layer of frosting. Dip frosted area lightly into wafer crumbs; sprinkle lightly with candy bits. Make a 1-inch deep hole near center of each cupcake using a straw or skewer. Insert half a gummy worm into hole, cut side down.
- PLACE remaining frosting in a decorating bag fitted with a grass tip (133). Squeeze frosting, beginning at outside edge and working toward center, onto unfrosted half of each cupcake to resemble grass or weeds. Arrange 2 to 3 candy pebbles on top of each cupcake.
Nutritional Information Per Serving
Serving Size (1 cupcake of 24), Calories 240 (Calories from Fat 80), Total Fat 9g (Saturated Fat 3g, Trans Fat 1g), Cholesterol 25mg, Sodium 210mg, Total Carbohydrate 38g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 27g), Protein 2g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 2%, Iron 4%.
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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WisDOT: Expect traffic delays on way to Lambeau Field
If you're traveling to Lambeau Field for the Green Bay Packers-Minnesota Vikings playoff game on Saturday, the Wisconsin Deparment of Transportation says you should expect road construction and heavy traffic.
The department says while most construction projects have stopped and two lanes of traffic will be open, there may be backups while going through construction work zones.
Here's a list from the Department of Transportation of the major roads in northeast Wisconsin most Packers/Vikings fans will be traveling and the road conditions they should anticipate:
·Brown County– Drivers will encounter 11-foot travel lanes and reduced shoulders in multiple locations along a 10-mile segment of highway. The speed limit is reduced to 55 mph from just south of Scheuring Road to I-43.
·Winnebago County – A majority of 12 miles of highway, from 9th Avenue to Breezewood Lane, has restricted shoulders and lane widths. The speed limit on US 41 between 9th Avenue and US 45 is reduced to 55 mph in both directions.
·Brown County– WIS 29 is closed to traffic between Packerland Drive and US 41 with all WIS 29 traffic being rerouted to the new Shawano Avenue adjacent to old WIS 29. Access is maintained to US 41 from WIS 29/Shawano Avenue. WIS 29 east and westbound between County J and Packerland have restricted shoulders and lane widths. Backups should be anticipated along this stretch of roadway.
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Byron's Drive-In announced Thursday it will be closing on Feb. 28, 2013 at 10 p.m.
Industrial Investments, Byron's Drive-In landlord, notified the restaurant of its plans to demolish the landmark at the corner of North Nimitz Highway and Paiea Street.
Andy Wong opened up Byron's Drive-In in 1965 and it has been going strong for 47 years.
Thirty-five employees will be affected by the closing.
Byron's Drive-In is known for its shrimp burger, oyster burger, fried Twinkies and Green River drink.
Kuahiwi Ranch will lose a 1,000-pound-per-month buyer of ground beef.


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Envisioning Laurier Process
Laurier as a Comprehensive University
Oct 3/08
In the feedback that the Senate Envisioning Committee has heard there emerge a number of possible avenues for Laurier to pursue as it moves into the future. Decisions on which of these avenues we should take is fundamental to creating the vision for our university. Please consider the statement below, representing one possible avenue, and let us know what you think. The statement does not represent an official position of the Senate Envisioning Laurier Committee, but is meant to stimulate thought and encourage discussion:
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By Sheryl Borden: Creative Living
Information on museum collections, using grapefruit and oranges, and making centerpieces will be the featured topics on "Creative Living" at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon.
Pamela Kelly works with the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe. She will explain how licensees use the historic collections of museums for product development and how there is a place in any home for historic pieces or family heirlooms, along with contemporary furniture.
Kymberly Meade is the marketing coordinator with TexaSweet Citrus Marketing Inc. She will demonstrate how to entertain with grapefruit and oranges, and show how to make an elegant centerpiece with these fruits. Other tips include the health benefits and proper selection. She's from Mission, Texas.
Michelle Robertson, who is a floral designer, will show how to make a centerpiece for every day or for special occasions. The tips apply to just about any type of floral arrangement. She is the manager of Hestand's Floral and Gifts in Portales.
Information on using beads in knitting, hemming techniques and Mexican cuisine will be the featured topics on "Creative Living" at noon Tuesday and 2 p.m. Saturday.
Author and designer Jane Davis will show various ways to use beads in knitting, focusing on using larger beads when making very casual projects. She lives in Ventura, Calif.
Sewing expert Nancy Lovett will demonstrate how to do hems with cover stitching, which resembles ready-made garments. Lovett represents Ann Silva's Bernina Sewing Center in Albuquerque.
One product — 10 different recipes. That's the premise behind Vicki Gagliano's segment, which focuses on one of the most popular ethnic influences during the last decade — Mexican cuisine. Gagliano represents Lawry's Foods in Monrovia, Calif.
Texas fiesta soup
• 1 Rio Star grapefruit, sectioned
• 2 Texas oranges, sectioned
• 1 cup plum tomatoes, chopped
• 1/2 cup green bell pepper, chopped
• 1/4 cup cucumber, peeled, seeded and chopped
• 1/2 cup tomatillo, chopped
• 2 tablespoons purple onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 cup tomato juice
• 1/4 cup chicken broth
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
• Salt and pepper
Coarsely chop grapefruit and orange sections, and place in a bowl. Add remaining ingredients; cover and chill 4 hours.


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A top Wisconsin Democrat says former Trek executive Mary Burke would be the front-runner in a gubernatorial primary.
Burke, Winnebago County Executive Mark Harris and state Sen. Kathleen Vinehout all are mulling getting into the race next year against Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate said Wednesday that he believes Burke would be the "instant front-runner" for the party's nomination and could clear the field.
Tate's remarks come after Harris said he plans to decide whether to run by Labor Day. Vinehout says she won't decide until next year.
Tate noted a primary in last year's recall push against Walker left the survivor, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, weakened. Walker easily defeated Barrett.
Harris said he's still wrestling with his decision and he's fine with Tate's remarks.


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The county's total number of registered voters is 5,017.
County Judge Rene Mascorro said the sales tax could have served to help ease the tax burden on county residents.
"Obviously, I am disappointed with the election results but will accept the will of the voters," Mascorro said. "The county will continue on its path to prosperity, and the Commissioners Court and I will continue to make financial decisions that make good sense for the taxpayers. Unfortunately for them, the entire burden of the county budget will continue to rest entirely with them where it could have been lightened to some degree by a county sales tax."
Meanwhile, the Woodsboro school district's $5 million bond issue to finish up on improvements made with the $9.9 million bond issue voters passed in 2005 passed by a 165 to 148 vote.
The Woodsboro school district's total number of registered voters is 1,931.
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Broder's report, released just last week, detailed a trip from the Washington area in Maryland to Norwich, Connecticut, with many stops in between including Newark, Delaware; New York City; Milford, Connecticut; Branford, Connecticut and Groton, Connecticut.
During his trip, Broder mentioned many instances where the battery suddenly depleted quickly and he had to call Tesla for assistance on how to maximize range between charging stops (which were about 200 miles apart from one another or less during the trip). He said he received different advice from different Tesla employees, and even bad advice from one that said to sit in the car for half an hour with the heat on a low setting in order to warm the battery after it depleted from an overnight stay in Groton.
At one point, the car even needed to be towed in Branford because the battery drained much sooner than anticipated.
When Broder published the article about his trip, Musk posted the following tweet:
Musk investigated the accusations by referring to the diagnostic data logged into the car from the actual journey. He discovered that the report wasn't entirely accurate, citing the car's data that suggests Broder was driving too fast at times, took a detour that he never mentioned in the article, and didn't charge the car completely.
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Musk said he would publish the driving log from the trip soon to prove that Broder lied in his report.
This isn't the first time Musk has gone after those who gave his company's vehicles poor reviews. In March 2011, Tesla's Roadster made an appearance on the UK car show
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Regretfully, it is pretty clear that two of the Sox past No. 1 draft picks are at a crossroads with Brian Anderson getting sent down to AAA Charlotte and Josh Fields continuing to struggle after being relegated to bench duty.
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On Monday night, the school board put its support behind the collaboration that will provide real-life stories and examples demonstrating the consequences of risky behaviors. That includes messages on binge drinking, drugs, and unsafe dieting.
Professionals at Gundersen Lutheran and graduate students at UW-L will give the presentations.
Aubrey Stetter, a graduate student and a driving force behind the program, says there are a lot of important messages to share and a number of myths to debunk.
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BIG SPRING, Texas — Eastern New Mexico University's men finished fifth in the Howard College rodeo over the weekend.
Senior Kyle Roberts of Durango, Colo., teamed with Jake Cobb of Weatherford College (Texas) for first place in team roping with a time of 13.3 seconds.
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Homer resident Ms. Patricia Louise Horton, 71, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at Main Street Assisted Living in Homer. No services are planned at this time.
Ms. Horton was born Dec. 24, 1940, in Oregon. She graduated from Taft High School in Taft, Ore. Soon after graduating she attended Linfield College in McMinnville, Ore., for one year. In 1993 Patricia moved to Wasilla.
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It could potentially be a cash cow for the state.
A commercial development at the Diamond Head of Waikiki could bring in millions to help repair and upgrade other public schools.
"Actually we are doing an inventory of all our schools and the condition of the schools," said School Superintendent Kathy Matayoshi.
Imagine again, what could happen if Queen Kaahumanu school moved from its current campus on Beretania Street.
Opening up the lot for private development is just one option.
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Sen. Jill Tokuda wants to take a cautious approach to displacing schools and developing public land.
She proposes a pilot project managed by the lietenant governor using two school sites yet unnamed.
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- Greening procurement of infrastructure construction: optimising mass-haul operations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
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- The construction industry has made significant progress towards construction processes for sustainable buildings through programs and guidelines such as ISO 14000 and LEED. However, the lack of research into greenhouse gas production resulting from processes during construction constitutes a significant gap in our knowledge. Linear infrastructure construction processes were examined to find a major contributor of greenhouse gas emissions. One micro-process, earthworks materials handling (commonly known as mass-haul), has been identified. The challenge is to define and develop sustainability measures, methodologies and tools for mass-haul that takes place during linear infrastructure construction. ICT tools and construction management programs such as DynaRoad do provide continuing updates of construction progress. These data can be utilised in mathematical optimisation techniques focusing on scheduling activities, objects or locations of mass haul. The expected outcome of the research is proof of concept for the utilisation of optimisation and modelling techniques to devise measurement tools and methodologies for greenhouse gas emissions of mass-haul during infrastructure construction. Verification of the concept is expected to be through the application of e-government procurement protocols based on total mass-haul activities for tendered projects. These can then be assessed against environmental factors linked to greenhouse gas emission rates in other domains, thus extending sustainability practices during infrastructure construction.
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First, I'd like to thank all of the readers who sent me their suggestions
on what they'd like to read about in the future installments of
this series. Your input is very valuable to me, because I do not
want to write about things you are not interested in. The list of
topics is very long and I will have to sort it into thematic units
that can be covered in one or more articles, but among your suggestions
are also topics that can be bundled together with others in a form
of a list of tips. And this time, we'll take a break from
and discuss small and simple things that you can do to improve the security of your OpenBSD system.
root Logins Over SSH
This is something you should turn off as soon as you install
OpenBSD. Logging in as
root over networks, whether they are public
or private, is bad practice from the point of view of security.
You should never trust your network, and assume that the traffic
might be sniffed. And it doesn't matter that you are using SSH;
always assume the worst. The good practice is to log in as an ordinary
user and then use
su to become superuser, or, even
better, use
sudo to execute commands you need to run
root. (As it happens, ONLamp.com has two articles about
sudo by Michael Lucas, "Eliminating Root with Sudo"
and "Sudo Aliases and Exclusions.")
To turn root logins off, edit
and change
#PermitRootLogin yes
PermitRootLogin no
Save changes to make them permanent, and you won't have to worry about it anymore.
Juggling file permissions takes some practice, but those who master it will end up with a more secure system and less headaches. To help you with that, ONLamp.com published an interesting article, "Using Groups to Eliminate Root," by Michael Lucas. Read it and apply that knowledge in practice.
Related Reading
Practical UNIX and Internet Security
Properly used, file permissions, ownership, and groups can greatly
enhanced the overall security of your system, as shown in the default
OpenBSD configuration. However, OpenBSD (and other BSD systems)
provide an additional file protection mechanism known as file flags.
Every file can have a number of flags (listed in
chflags and
man 2 chflags), out of which the
following are particularly interesting, from the point of view of
system security:
sappnd: system append-only, only superuser can write to this file and even then, any writes are in append mode (information is added to the end of the file, without overwriting earlier information).
schg: system immutable, only superuser can change, move or delete this file.
uappnd: user append-only, only owner and superuser can write to this file and even then, any writes are in append mode (information added to the end of the file, without overwriting earlier information).
uchg: user immutable, only owner and superuser can change, move or delete this file.
To set flags, use
chflags, e.g.:
$ chflags uchg ./signature
To unset flags, add
no prefix, e.g.:
$ chflags nouchg ./signature
sappnd and
schg flags are set,
they can only be unset while the system is at security level 0 or
-1. Not even root can change these flags in any other mode.
You can check file flags with
ls -lo (compare its
output with that of
ls -l).
How do file flags help? Well, if you set
schg flags on binaries,
the attacker cannot modify them and insert rogue code. Similarly,
if you set that flag on files in the
/etc directory,
nobody will be able to make changes to them.
Every time you log on to your OpenBSD box, you are greeted with this message:
Last login: Fri Sep 13 23:08:33 2002 from basket.foo.bar
OpenBSD 3.1 (GENERIC) #59: Sat Apr 13 15:28:52 MDT 2002
Welcome to OpenBSD: The proactively secure Unix-like operating system.
Please use the sendbug(1) utility to report bugs in the system.
Before reporting a bug, please try to reproduce it with the latest
version of the code. With bug reports, please try to ensure that
enough information to reproduce the problem is enclosed, and if a
known fix for it exists, include that as well.
This innocent-looking greeting is very valuable to attackers,
who have much greater chance of succeeding in their malicious
attempts if they know what type of system they have broken into.
Of course, an experienced hacker will always find ways to quickly
identify the system, but the system ought to make life a little harder for
rookies. So it is prudent to hide that information from those who
don't need to know, i.e. everyone but the system administrator, who
by definition ought to know what system he or she is administering.
The message of the day is stored in
/etc/motd. It is
a simple text file and you can create your own replacement
/etc/motd using
vi or any other plain-text editor. Remember that you should not reveal the nature of the
system, so avoid mentioning the name of the system or even its type.
You can set it to something silly, like:
I find your presence disturbing. I will watch your every
step while you are here.
Now, this not exactly a warm welcome, but so what? Security is not about being warm and fuzzy. If you want, you can include the phone number or the e-mail address of the help desk, but some administrators say it is a bad practice, as administrators and their personnel are also vulnerable to sophisticated social engineering techniques applied by hackers. In any case, the less information you give out, the better. If you don't want to display greetings at all, just do:
$ /dev/null > /etc/motd
That will keep OpenBSD from saying anything at all.
Yes, this has been beaten to death, but you really ought out to
use long and difficult-to-guess strings. For example, instead of
jonnyBgood, use something like
This is much harder to type, but is also much harder to guess or
Because even the simplest default OpenBSD installation contains hundreds of files and directories, it is virtually impossible to watch them all and detect changes made to them. Of course, you could write a script that checks file sizes and creation or modification dates, but these security measures are rather weak -- dates can be modified and changes to files do not have to result in changes in size of the affected files.
A much better mechanism for detecting changes are checksums
generated by
rmd160, or
sha1. For example, when you
download a new release of OpenBSD, a patch, or a package, the
distribution sites publish checksums for every file. After you
download the chosen file, you ought to run
cksum or
md5 (it depends on which algorithm was used) on that file and compare the results with the checksum published on the site
from which you downloaded your files. When these results do not match,
you may have downloaded rouge code and you should delete such files
immediately. (Note that checksums generated by
md5, and other commands are computed using different
algorithms, so if
md5 generates a strange-looking
result, check if the original checksum was perhaps computed using
The beauty of checksums is the fact that even a change of one byte in a file generates a different checksum, so any modifications made to files can be detected immediately.
OK, but how do you detect changes in hundreds of files? Apply
a touch of Perl, for example. The following two scripts,
makefilelist.pl and makemd5list.pl, will
help you manage the list of files you want to run
#!/usr/bin/perl -W
# makefilelist.pl -- create a list of all files with full access
# paths
# Copyright 2002 Jacek Artymiak
# License: XFree86
open (FILES, "ls -Rp1 /* |") or die "Couldn't open file list: $!";
while (<FILES>) {
# make new path
if (/^\/.*:$/) {
$newpath = substr($_, 0, length($_) - 1) . "/";
# skip empty lines
if (/^$/) {
print $newpath . $_ . "\n";
close FILES;
Make makefilelist.pl executable and run it to create a list of files:
$ chmod 0700 ./makefilelist.pl
$ ./makefilelist.pl > ./excludedfiles
The result of running this script is a list of all files and
directories on your system. Generating it may take a while, but
you will only have to do it once. Once makefilelist.pl
is done, edit
excludedfiles and remove all entries
except those that you do not want to compute MD5 digests for. You
have to do this for two reasons: you do not want to compute MD5 digests
for files that are constantly changing, like system logs or files
in users' own directories, and to shorten the time it takes to
compute MD5 digests -- you don't really want to do it for every file
on your department's file server. Also, some files in the
/dev directory, like
/dev/random, will
md5 indefinitely, so they are prime candidates for
Fortunately, you only have to create this file once, and then
maybe add an odd file or two to the list from time to time. And anyway, if you
had been looking for a good excuse to finally learn all of those
vi commands for wholesale editing of large files, you
have just found one.
Once you're done editing, save it and run the second script to generate MD5 digests for all files that are not on the list of excluded files.
#!/usr/bin/perl -W
# makemd5list.pl exclude_files -- create a list of MD5 digests
# for all files except exclude_files
# Copyright 2002 Jacek Artymiak
# License: XFree86
open (SKIPFILES, "< $ARGV[0]") or
die "Couldn't open skipped file list: $!";
open (ALLFILES, "ls -Rp1 /* |") or
die "Couldn't open file list: $!";
$n = 0;
while (<SKIPFILES>) {
$skiplist{$_} = $n++;
while (<ALLFILES>) {
if (/^\/.*:$/) {
$newpath = substr($_, 0, length($_) - 1) . "/";
if (/^$/) {
$newfile = $newpath . $_;
if (exists($skiplist{$newfile})) {
print `md5 $newfile`;
close ALLFILES;
close SKIPFILES;
Make makemd5list.pl executable and run it to create a list of MD5 digests of all files not on the list of excluded files:
$ chmod 0700 ./makemd5list.pl
$ ./makemd5list.pl ./excludedfiles > ./md5files
The whole operation may take a while, especially when you are letting makemd5list.pl run on your departmental file server.
You should run makemd5list.pl at least once a day,
but running it more often is even a better idea. Once an hour is
not too cautious. After every run of makemd5list.pl,
compare its results with the previous results using
man comm) and check any discrepancies. Any
changes in binary files or configuration files ought to be treated
with utmost suspicion and investigated ASAP.
Well, that's it for this week, more tips next time.
PS. The scripts are available here.
Jacek Artymiak started his adventure with computers in 1986 with Sinclair ZX Spectrum. He's been using various commercial and Open Source Unix systems since 1991. Today, Jacek runs devGuide.net, writes and teaches about Open Source software and security, and tries to make things happen.
Read more Securing Small Networks with OpenBSD columns.
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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/51696
- Title
- Kinetics of scrap melting in liquid steel
- Author(s)
- Li, Jianghua; Brooks, Geoffrey; Provatas, Nikolas
- Abstract
- The melting rate of steel bars with various sizes, shapes, and initial temperatures in a 70 kg liquid steel bath (1650°C) was measured to investigate the kinetics involved in steel scrap melting. Our measurements revealed that a solidified shell was formed around the original bar immediately after it was immersed into the liquid steel. This shell and an associated interfacial gap generated between it and the original bar were found to be critical to the melting kinetics. We also found that the total melting time decreased linearly with increasing initial bar temperature. The melting process was simulated using a two-dimensional phase-field model that considered heat convection with a constant heat-transfer coefficient. Our simulations were in good agreement with our experiments and showed that the heat conduction associated with the interfacial gap was one of the most important physical aspects controlling the melting of steel scrap.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science, Vol. 36, no. 2 (Apr 2005), pp. 293-302
- Publication year
- 2005
- Keyword(s)
- Computer simulation; Dissolution; Heat conduction; Heat convection; Heat transfer coefficients; Melting; Solidification; Specific heat; Interfacial gap; Liquid steel; Melting kinetics; Steel scraps; Steel
- Publisher
- Springer
- 1073-5615
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2005 ASM International and The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society.
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