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The Jacksons - formerly the Jackson 5, which included the late Michael Jackson - are coming to New Zealand.
Full details of the concert, which is part of the group's worldwide Unity Tour, will be announced on Monday but TimeOut can reveal it will be in March and is likely to be held at Vector Arena.
The tour marks the first time the Jacksons - made up of siblings and original members Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon and Tito - have toured together since 1984's Victory Tour. It is also the first time the group has toured as the Jacksons without Michael, who died in June 2009.
Formed in the early 60s - with their younger brother Michael joining when he was 5 and later sharing lead vocals with Jermaine - the group is best known for hits such as ABC and I'll Be There when they were signed to Motown from 1969 to the mid 70s, and Blame It on the Boogie from their late 70s disco-influenced period.
The current tour started in June and their set list is made up of all the Jacksons' hits and Jermaine's solo material, as well as a number of Michael Jackson hits including Thriller's Wanna Be Startin Somethin' and Don't Stop Til You Get Enough from Off the Wall.
By all accounts reviews of the show have been good with the Hollywood Reporter saying: "The 26-song set featured a well-chosen blend of their major hits, deep album cuts and just enough of Michael's solo smashes to feel reverential rather than exploitative."
In a press statement when the tour was announced Jackie Jackson said it was a dream come true being back on stage with his brothers.
"I can't believe this is finally happening. This will be exciting for our fans around the world. And I know at each concert, MJ's spirit will be in the house with us."
Meanwhile, the punk pop guys with too much hair gel are finally coming back to New Zealand - and no, we're not talking about Green Day, because Billie Joe is still in rehab.
It's Offspring who have beaten their punk pop contemporaries to the chase and announced a show at Vector Arena on February 27.
The band - made up of original members singer Dexter Holland, guitarist Noodles, and bass player Greg K, with recent addition Pete Parada on drums - are best known for hits Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated), Self Esteem, and, of course, Pretty Fly For a White Guy.
This year they released ninth studio album, Days Go By, which features high-rotate rock single Turning Into You.
It's a long overdue return to New Zealand for the band who last played here in 1999 at North Shore Events Centre. So all you original pranksters, get your bounce on and get along to Offspring.
Tickets on sale Thursday, December 13 at Ticketmaster.
It's been a breakthrough year for the New York trio known as Fun. With the arty, melodic and epic-sounding pop rock of their second album, Some Nights, and especially the song We Are Young, they have gone from indie band status to a major drawcard. This year alone, Fun, who are on the same label as pop punk rock acts Jimmy Eat World, Panic! at the Disco and Paramore, have featured everywhere from the Superbowl to a spot on Glee. And next year they head to New Zealand for the first time to play the Logan Campbell Centre on March 13.
Tickets on sale Thursday, December 13, 9am from Ticketmaster.
British soul singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka returns to New Zealand for a full concert debut in April following a brief promotional visit earlier this year.
The Mercury Prize nominee for his debut album, Home Again, will perform two intimate New Zealand shows at Auckland's Holy Trinity on April 4, and Old St Paul's in Wellington on April 5.
Pre-sales available Tuesday, December 11, and general release tickets on-sale Monday, December 17, from Ticketmaster.
And lastly, Moon Duo, a band featuring Ripley Johnson - the guitarist from psychedelic space rockers Wooden Shjips - and Sanae Yamada, play the Kings Arms on March 1 and Bodega, Wellington, March 2, in support of their album Circles.
Tickets from undertheradar.co.nz, Real Groovy and Rough Peel Music.
- TimeOut


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Tips for Running an Exit Node
Updated 06/30/2010: Mention Reduced Exit Policy, ISP Shopping Tips, and Abuse Response Templates
Updated 08/30/2010: Update exit policy with svn, git, hg, Kerberos, remote admin panels, IRC, others
Updated 01/12/2011: Suggest creation of LLC for large exit nodes, provide links to ARIN forms and process.
Updated 02/25/2015: Torservers.net abuse templates URL has changed.
I have noticed that a lot of new exit nodes have recently appeared on the network. This is great news, since exit nodes are typically on the scarce side. Exits usually occupy 30-33% of network by capacity, but are currently at a whopping 38.5% (156 MBytes/sec out of 404 total).
However, I want to make sure that these nodes stay up and don't end up being shut down due to easily preventable abuse complaints. I've run a number of exit nodes on a few different ISPs and not only have I lived to tell about it, I've have not had one shut down yet. Moreover, I've only received about 4 abuse complaints in as many years of running exit nodes. This is in stark contrast to other node operators following a more reactive strategy. I'm convinced this is largely because I observe the following pro-active guidelines. This guide is primarily US centric. Operators in other countries may have slightly different best practices (such as registering with RIPE and not ARIN).
1. Inform your potential ISP(s)
In general, running an exit node from your home Internet connection is not recommended, unless you are prepared for increased attention to your home. In the USA, there have been no equipment seizures due to Tor exits, but there have been phone calls and visits. In other countries, people have had all their home computing equipment seized for running an exit from their home internet connection. So you will need to find a good colo and save your home connection for bridge or middle node use. Plus, bandwidth will be much cheaper in a colo center anyway.
Pick an ISP you can trust, and let them know exactly what is going on. A good first email is to ask them if they have an AUP you can read if you can't find one online. You should also ask them if they can provide the services mentioned below in this document, such as additional IP addresses, SWIP, and reverse DNS, and if these services might cost extra.
In a follow up email, you should explain Tor to them, and why it is important to the Internet, the world, and to you, their potential customer. Giving them links to our Tor Users, Tor Overview, Tor Legal FAQ and Tor Abuse FAQ is typically immensely helpful. Mentioning China and the current conflict in Iran are also likely to be helpful. If your ISP is your University, you may also want to peruse this set of recommendations specific to dealing with University administrators.
If your ISP does not approve, all is not lost: you can look into running a middle node, or a much less visible bridge node. It is better to learn this up front, rather than have your Internet connection shut down on you without warning. Exit bandwidth is often scarce, but any node is better than no node.
2. Get a separate IP for the node. Do not route your own traffic via this IP. Having a separate IP allows your ISP to more easily recognize that abuse complaints and DMCA notices can be forwarded to you to be quickly responded to with a boilerplate response, as opposed to cutting off your Internet access or providing your personal information to the copyright cartels.
3. Get recognizable Reverse DNS for this IP
Setting a good reverse DNS name for your exit IP helps to prevent knee-jerk reactions from sysadmins and DoS kiddies alike who run into bad apples coming from your node IP. Something like tor-exit.yourdomain.org or tor-proxy-readme.yourdomain.org is the best bet.
4. Set up a Tor Exit Notice
Once you have a good reverse DNS name, you should put some content there that explains what Tor is for those who see the name and try to visit it via http. If you run your DirPort on port 80 with Tor 0.2.1.x or newer, you can use the Tor config option "DirPortFrontPage" to display a notice explaining that you are running an exit node. A sample one is provided in contrib/tor-exit-notice.html in the source distribution. This way, when someone sees tor-proxy-readme.yourdomain.org in their logs, they hopefully will get the hint and read the notice before flaming you. Be sure to update the contact info and other places marked with FIXME in the notice.
5. Get ARIN registration (if possible)
If you can get your ISP to SWIP your IP block to display a contact and abuse email that you control, this can go a long way to reducing aggravation that they may feel from dealing with the occasional abuse complaint, because the vast majority of the few complaints that are still made will go to you instead of them.
Having your own SWIP allocation is so important to your success that it is worth specifically offering to pay the ISP extra for it if they initially refuse. RWHOIS is another possibility, but it should be considered a second choice, since most people just check the SWIP record.
To get a proper SWIP record, you should first create an account at ARIN and create POC handles and the ORG IDs for yourself. You must then get your ISP to submit a resource request template that references your POC handles and ORG IDs.
Templates at ARIN change periodically, so some ISPs may be reluctant to do the paperwork for you if it means changing their submission scripts. Again, offering to pay for this service is a good idea, if they initially stall or refuse.
6. Consider a Reduced Exit Policy
If your node is in the USA, you should consider using a reduced exit policy. Excessive bittorrent abuse over Tor unfortunately means you will likely receive a deluge of DMCA abuse complaints. We (including the very smart lawyers at the EFF) believe Tor nodes qualify as transmission providers under DMCA 512(a), not 512(c). This makes them exempt from "notice and takedown" procedures, including the need to issue "putback" responses. The EFF has even prepared a template response for improper DMCA 512(c) takedown notices that you can use.
However, your ISP may see things differently. If the abuse complaints are arriving in their staff's inbox, they may just want them to stop coming so they do not have to spend resources dealing with them, regardless of their merit. If they still won't provide SWIP registration, you can try a reduced exit policy. Other operators have had great success with using a reduced exit policy consisting of ports 20-23, 43, 53, 79-81, 88, 110, 143, 194, 220, 443, 464-465, 543-544, 563, 587, 706, 749, 873, 902-904, 981, 989-995, 1194, 1220, 1293, 1500, 1723, 1863, 2082-2083, 2086-2087, 2095-2096, 3128, 3389, 3690, 4321, 4643, 5190, 5050, 5222-5223, 5900, 6666-6667, 6679, 6697, 8000, 8008, 8080, 8087-8088, 8443, 8888, 9418, 9999, 10000, and 19638. In fact, the operator of 4 of our fastest exit nodes has reported that after switching to this policy from the default, the bittorrent DMCA complaints ceased immediately.
With that list, the only abuse complaints you should see will come from occasional comment spam (ports 80 and 443), email spam to misconfigured email servers (port 465 and 587 are supposed to be for authenticated SMTP only), and misconfigured NNTP servers (port 563 is authenticated NNTPS). You may want to review Moritz Bartl's abuse complaint template set, as well as the Tor Abuse Template set, and the Tor Abuse FAQ for information on how to handle these rare cases, when they do come up.
7. Rate limit and optionally QoS your node
I've recently conducted some measurements that showed that nodes that used Tor's BandwidthRate config option to set a limit slightly below their actual capacity were much more reliable than those that did not. Along these lines, it may also be useful to use this Linux-based QoS script to prioritize your Tor IP traffic below other traffic on your machine. Similar QoS can also be achieved via DDWRT, openwrt and of course via commercial routers. If you do use QoS other than that script, you should ensure that you provide Tor with a reasonable minimum bandwidth so that it does not starve when you do other things. Somewhere between 33 and 50% of your connection is a reasonable minimum value.
8. Consider creating an LLC to run your node
If you are a high capacity exit node operator, you should consider forming an LLC or similar corporate entity for several reasons.
First, as a high capacity exit node, you may wish to collect donations from others who are unable to run exits themselves but would still like to support the effort. Creating a separate entity with a separate bank account is a really wise idea once outside money becomes involved.
Second, corporate entities provide you with some level of shielding against headaches. Typically, you are required to list a legal representative to act on your behalf to accept legal service and to answer complaints (an Agent for Service of Process). In the United States, this point of contact is the only public piece of information you are required to give anyone about your corporate entity. This point of contact doesn't have to be you, and organizations exist to provide this service at nominal fees ($50/yr). This means that if someone decides to pay a visit, they are visiting this publicly listed legal point of contact, as opposed to your home.
Third (but related to the above), a corporate entity immediately implicitly signals that you are legally savvy and not easily intimidated by empty legal threats. For example: for some reason, some companies see legal threats as better solutions to crawling abuse than say, implementing a captcha. No one has yet brought suit against any Tor operator, but having a corporate entity as that operator tells any potential trigger-happy litigants that you are not likely to be easy pickings.
In the US, the cost of setting up an LLC with good privacy protections is between $100-$1000/yr, depending upon the state you incorporate in and the services you contract from independent providers (such as preparing and filing the paperwork for you, and phone+mail forwarding). States that have laws that make this process easy are Nevada, New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana, and to a lesser extent Delaware. States to avoid include Massachusetts and California (though the latter cannot be avoided if your ISP is also in California -- you must pay a $900 'franchise fee' to CA if you do most of your business there, regardless of incorporation).
You do not have to be a resident of a state to incorporate there. In fact, in most of the states listed above, you do not even have to be a US citizen. It is also never too late to switch your existing exit nodes from your personal control into the hands of a newly formed LLC. All you need to do is inform your ISP, and have the newly formed LLC begin paying the bill from its bank account.
We do not want to recommend specific services here, because we have not personally used them all, but full-service remote incorporation services for those states are easy to find on the web.
That's it! Happy operating!
Thanks so much for this post. I was running an exit node a few days ago and ended up using ~20GB in 24 hours! I had to shut it down because my ISP (Comcast, bastards) was checking my ports and seemed to be cutting me off, as the traffic on my circuits dropped WAY off.
If comcast cut you off entirely because of the volume of traffic, you can rate limit to help with that problem:
In fact, I'd recommend that all Tor relays add in rate limiting, for the reason that Mike gives in this blog post.
Yeah, it's likely you weren't discovered by port scanning and more likely by the total bandwidth use. However, if you're sure that is port scanning, you can put your Tor server on an unused high-numbered port (check /etc/services for blank ranges) and then customize your firewall rules to DROP as opposed to REJECT packets to your unused port ranges on your machine. DROP rules greatly increase the time it takes to port scan your machine, because scanner's packets need to be retransmitted many times to differentiate between normal packet loss and DROP rules. Also, choosing an infrequently used port will often completely escape scanners' notice, because they typically scan frequently used ports to save time. You probably also want to disable your DirPort in this case too, as that is plain text http, often contains strings that say "Tor" and easily seen by filters at *your* ISP.
There are also rumors that some of Iran is blocking port 443, so putting your Tor server on strange ports is actually helpful for that too.
Note this likely only makes sense for middle and bridge nodes. Exit nodes will be so noisy you'll eventually get some sort of abuse complaint if you don't follow Mike's steps (and possibly sometimes even if you do, it sounds like).
The rationale here is understandable, but #1 & 2 appear to have the undesirable side effect of making exit point surveillance by Government Organizations easier, assuming that the ISP in question is colluding with them (frequently the case, and in many nations, mandated by law or regulation). Is my conclusion in error? This might be less of a problem if a TOR user could whitelist or blacklist specific exit point countries (this rests on a presumption that authorities in Venezuela, for example, would likely be relatively uninterested in issues that are locally "sensitive" in Iran, for another example, and vice versa). Is there any tool in TOR that allows this? I do understand that the trade-off for wide use of such a capability would be a potential net reduction of bandwidth in an already constrained network.
Exits are already listed in the Tor directory that clients use, which is public. The Tor project also provides a DNSRBL with Tor exit nodes to prevent incorrect blocking of Tor nodes that do not actually exit: https://www.torproject.org/tordnsel/
So the additional threat of government monitoring is not really a valid argument.
However, it might be the case that your ISP doesn't figure it out until you till them, but that will only last until your first abuse complaint if you are running an exit.
Another useful tactic might be to register your reverse DNS domain name with a top level country code that is not the same as the jurisdiction for your IP address. It might be the case that the "copyright cartels" (lol) and others will give up if they see a .se domain name, or similar :)
Interesting suggestion - Love the idea!
I fear it won't actually make a lot of difference... for the most part, I think, they're just running scare tactics. As a result, even if the DMCA notices are irrelevant, will never be pursued, and will generally get ignored, they're still increasing their coverage at no extra cost. However, I suppose at some point they've got to make a decision about whether they're going to attempt to make a lawsuit stick, and a .se (or similar) reverse DNS may mean you get filtered-out early in that process.
We've run an exit node in the past. Currently not running, will be again soon, I hope...
We had an excessively simple strategy for reducing entanglements: being based in the US, we only allowed exit to IP space delegated to Europe, Asia, etc.
Reducing the chances that any local TLA would want to come knocking is a good thing.
Excessively simple perhaps, but arguably effective, for parties at both ends of the pipe. Now if there was a mechanism for clients in a given location to select an exit node that only exited to IP space in some defined elsewhere, a user in that location could have a little bit more comfort (never guaranties!) in his or her privacy.from the snooping noses of das Heimatland Sicherheit and ilk.
>We had an excessively simple strategy for reducing entanglements: being based in the >US, we only allowed exit to IP space delegated to Europe, Asia, etc.
Re the subject and previous comments. Apparently this is possible, see TOR FAQ 3.15. However, it is not recommended, for several reasons. In that same FAQ item, there is a reference to using Blossom for this purpose. Has anyone here tried this? Is it possible to just run the Blossom client service that allows this option with an existing TOR client, or are the two clients mutually exclusive? Also, my intent was not to hijack this thread; it might be best if someone could fork this into a separate topic.
Our non-US exit strategy was the outgrowth of an idea that seems to have been largely ignored by Tor developers.
IPv4 space is largely (not completely reliably) delegated to entities called Regional Internet Registries (RIR's) in large swaths. The RIR is then responsible for passing out space to the entities in its region. There are entanglements, such as multinationals, or legacy delegations, but in large part, you can wave your hands a bit and know that any IP address between 18.104.22.168 and 188.8.131.52 is handled by the European RIR, RIPE, IP addresses between 22.214.171.124 and 126.96.36.199 are handled by Asia Pacific's APNIC, etc. You can fairly readily break down large chunks of space by RIR based on the first octet, sorting unknown or mixed use stuff into a different category.
This means that it would be fairly easy to generate "buckets" that roughly categorize IP space. Tor nodes could be separated into each of these buckets, and you could have a rough idea that you'd likely be crossing political boundaries anytime you went from one bucket to another, simply because most countries do not exist in multiple geographic regions.
So you categorize Tor nodes into buckets while indexing them: this is a 256-entry database plus a half page of code.
Now, you can do things with that data. Rather than just "randomly" picking Tor nodes for a circuit, you could prefer a first hop outside your own bucket, a second hop in neither of those buckets, and a completely random third hop. So when your US-based PC goes to Amsterdam for the first hop, Taiwan for the second, and ends up exiting in Canada, you've done a lot to make it more difficult for any one country to track back to you.
Perhaps we don't have to worry about this in the US, but looks like the Iranians do.
Getting back to the previous comment, however ----
For those of you who would like to allow exit to non-local space, I suggest looking at
Determine your own RIR (ARIN, APNIC, etc) and then generate a list of prefixes that are served by *other* RIR's. Allow exit to those prefixes. For example, a host in America can probably more safely offer exit to 41.*, 51.*, 58-62.*, etc.
It would be great to be able to choose the country of the exit node to overpass the IP filtering of some websites.
You can, it's just not easy, https://www.torproject.org/faq#ChooseEntryExit
I am running a TOR Bridge here in Darwin Australia for the Nedanet i am under constant heavy network hacking attacks originating in china you name it and there trying it !! I think a good tip for anyone running Tor is to make sure you have a better than average firewall setup ... i also run a DMZ from the router to a locked down linux box ... i have noticed also no network scanning or attacks from iran .... makes me wonder if China helps Iran with their IT security ?
If you are dealing with a box that is running other services besides Tor, simply assign it a second IP and firewall in a manner that puts on the the Tor service on that IP and disallow anything else.
Worked for me.
I've followed mikeperry's advice and sent my ISP a heads-up, suggested URLs and all. And, somewhat to my surprise, instead of some e-mail boilerplate in 48-hours or so, I got a phone call from "Steve" in within three hours. Suffice to say, 1) I shall call him tomorrow and ask him to respond exclusively via e-mail from now on, as I'm severely deaf, and 2) determine what level of service I can can be to Tor which is within the ambit of CableOne's AUP, savvy?
To wit: "This is to inform you that given the situation in Iran (and of course, China!) I shall be running Tor exit node kencf0618 mostly but not entirely from midnight to 5 a.m. I'm still tweaking my settings with your AUP in mind, as it is not my intention to degrade anyone's service. https://www.torproject.org/torusers.html.en https://www.torproject.org/overview.html.en https://www.torproject.org/eff/tor-legal-faq.html.en https://www.torproject.org/faq-abuse.html.en
Submission Date: 6/29/2009 2:43:39 PM"
I rather suspect that inasmuch as I had for a day or so checked off everything on Vidalia's exit node configuration, "Steve" shall play the Moral Panic card. My usage was 1.5G in in March, 3.0 in in April, and 2.4 in May, but 8.0 in June due to Tor, so I figured that I might've raised a red flag somewhere.
Any and all advice would be appreciated. Basically, I want a stable state of whatever it is I can get away with re Tor within my ISP's AUP. Think Venn diagram.
Thanks, folks!
hi there,
is it possible to have a special build only allowing my exit node for clients originating in china, iran etc.? unfortunately i don´t know very much about this software but am unwilling to hassle with problems from my isp. right now i´m running only in bridge mode.
i think there might be a lot more people out there like me that would install a special iran package without having to think about it anymore
This wouldn't work. The exits don't know where the client resides. If this was possible, it would quickly turn the users into a special set which may be easier to track down. Fragmenting the Tor network into a series of partitions makes everyone less anonymous.
See "Anonymity Loves Company" at http://freehaven.net/anonbib/cache/usability:weis2006.pdf
Despite the local CableOne tech telling me in the morning that Tor wasn't a problem and that bandwidth wasn't an issue (especially between midnight and noon), that afternoon I came home after work to a nasty DMCA take-down notice and a frozen ISP account. I could receive mail, but that was it, and so perforce had to deal with the sanction by phone... Apparently someone had sent a bit torrent through my machine. Some game... I'm no gamer.
Well! I steered everyone and their dog to the EFF's legal boilerplate, but it was only today that I finally reached someone who knew what they were talking about, Tech No. 2, and he informed me that Tor on a residential account was in itself a no-no. And by then I no longer had the nous to contest the matter. I had acted in good faith & received bad information, and that was that. Time to move on. (He was very interested in the identity of Tech No. 1!)
You learn by doing. Knowing then what I know now, I probably would have stuck with a humble relay or bridge node and stayed under the radar. Parse your TOS's and AUP's well!
A local CableONE executive has admitted that their AUP is deliberately vague, but inasmuch as he hasn't told me what of Tor if anything I can run, I am currently running a bridge relay on occasion. My reading of their AUP is that so long as I'm not degrading anyone's service or doing anything illegal, I'm good. If I'm wrong, there's always Qwest!
I truely believe what you did say here because I read most of the things you write.
But sometimes it just doesn't work for me.
"Our non-US exit strategy was the outgrowth of an idea that seems to have been largely ignored by Tor developers."
I may yet have to try that strategy. I thought I had found a viable alternative by using the "excludeexitnodes" directive in torrc, but experimentation indicates that even after paring the excluded jurisdictions down to just one, the directive is still ignored more often than honored in the interests of building what tor considers to be a viable network. That is not a complaint, just a results report from one experiment. More to follow.
Did you set ExitNodes {country code} and StrictExitNodes 1? Also, was there an exit node that allowed exit to the ports you wanted at the time?
I may have taken the documentation of "StrictExitNodes" in the manual too literally, as it mentions its use only in conjunction with "ExitNodes", not "ExcludeExitNodes" (and yes, I do have that one coded correctly :-) Thank you, that is worth a try. Be right back...
Unfortunately my first impression was correct. Using "StrictExitNodes 1" with "ExcludeExitNodes {XX}" produces a log message "[Warning] StrictExitNodes set, but no ExitNodes listed." Of course there is an obvious, if ludicrous alternative - use "StrictExitNodes 1" with "ExitNodes", passing the entire list of country codes except those to be excluded. I've already coded the list (good thing that wasn't tedious :-) It occurs to me to wonder if ExitNodes/torrc will accept an 800 char parameter string (246 each ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes x 4 chars [code + comma + space]). I further wonder just how rigorously that part of teh code has been tested for bounds checking and buffer overflows :-0 I will learn at least some of those answers, I believe...
No joy. With 238 country codes specified on ExitNodes, the log message is "[Notice] Have tried resolving or connecting to address '[scrubbed]' at 3 different places. Giving up." Restoring the redacted country codes and/or changing "StrictExitNodes 1" to "StrictExitNodes 0" produces the same message. Evidently it is choking on too long a parameter string, or the process is timing out while it attempts to process it (probably the latter). I needed to try it though - thanks for the help. I'm back to "ExcludeExitNodes {XX}" - at least Tor takes that one "under advisement" :-)
I used to run an exit node on a server hosted by intergenia (server4you), germany.
I first got notified of a complaint they received reagrding botnet activity, so I restricted the outgoing ports to HTTP and a few similar only, as well as told them the usual (its running a TOR exit node, links to the FAQ and legal disclaimer, etc...)
It went well for a couple of month, when they contacted me again, after receiving another complaint from a corporation that complained about "spying out information by electronic means" which is a crime since a couple of years ago.
the HTTP request in question was something like GET /internal/search?*.* HTTP/1.1
on port 80
The ISP informed me that "regardles of who or what caused that traffic originally, I'd be legally responsible for traffic originating from my IP, and if they'd get any more complains they'd take the entire server of line at my cost, and terminate the contract."
I am no lawyer, though this sounds pretty much like bullshit to me.
Nevertheless the TOR is no longer running as an exit node.
Does anyone know a hosting provider in germany that will accept open proxies and the like in their IP range?
I think the solution to the problem is simple. Use prepaid debit cards, pay monthly, and don't use your real name! They won't be able to come after you then. Nobody would have enough information to go after you at least. At least nobody with enough interest to. It wouldn't be a criminal matter. Setup the thing via a wifi connection at a coffee shop too because trying to go through Tor to sign-up for the ISP/host with get your account suspended from the get-go. Everybody thinks a foreign IP and/or changing IP means fraud.
Another option is to contact the CCC in Germany and see if the ISP's legal thoughts are correct. In most countries, Tor is like a common carrier, where you are not responsible for the traffic it carries. ISPs generally bend this into "your fault, not ours" and people accept it.
Perhaps this will help, https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/GoodBadISPs
Great tips. Tor is a traffic routing network. I personally have never experienced problems using the Tor Network. Generally, most computers that join Tor are good ones and have the intent to help others. Security is very important especially when it comes to your computer.
Nice one..
I completely agree but I also think experimentation indicates that even after paring the excluded jurisdictions down to just one, the directive is still ignored more often than honored in the interests of building what tor considers to be a viable network.
online games
I have a question for you ExitNode experts. There are only a few people who run ExitNodes for the whole of the UK. So, as a tor user, if I always exit through one of those, say, 10 nodes does that mean that I always appear to have one of 10 ip addresses to programs that would check for my ip address ?
If the above is true then I would be surprised how easy it would be to ban those specific IPs as 'not really being trusted to only have people from the UK'. Or is there some IP trickery built into tor that keeps the IPs more random ...
The ExitNode sends the final request, so the ExitNode's IP is what is seen. If they are all blocked you're out of luck.
Good article!!!!!!! Also the port 8088 is sometimes used for HTTP!!!!!
However, and i wrote this to the TorProject, there is the threat of ACTA on coming!!!! remember!?!!! «If it'll pass, you won't have anymore a safe harbor nor anything to protect tor nodes whenever they're used to download copyrighted things!!!!! It isn't something like the DMCA!!!!! It's a world-wide law (or almost!!) so it'll apply in the USA, Europe (Sweden and Germany included!!), Australia, Japan, and so on!!!!!!
What's also funny, is that criticizing the pro-copyright (or anti-piracy) laws will be "illegal" too!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's the freedom of speech, as seen from lobbyists!!!!!
Yeah!!! Say goodbye to the TorProject, if ACTA will go through!!!!!»
Tor won't go away. The Tor Project, inc as a non-profit may have to cease to exist in the USA, but Tor won't go away. Just like I2P, FreeNet, etc won't go away either.
Is it normal for an exit node to only use 1/3rd of the bandwidth available? What would prevent tor from using all the available bandwidth?
For we Windows uses that are not high tech as opposed to lazy --- How do we tell if the IP provider might be a problem? I have been running two bridges for a year and every so often the just stop showing any traffic. I have found the only way to get them going again is to uninstall the program and reinstall it. Yes I know I have been told I shouldn't have to do that but for now it that or just quit.
Suffice to say, the EFF runs a relay, and so do I; CableOne has a three-strikes policy, and furthermore at the second and third strikes you have to deal, not with help desk morons by phone, but with lawyers by snail mail. I wish I had had some of the fresher salient information in this thread a year ago, but as it is, a tip of the hat to those running exit nodes...! (kencf0618)
How do we tell if the IP provider might be a problem? I have been running two bridges for a year and every so often the just stop showing any traffic. I have found the only way to get them going again is to uninstall the program and reinstall it.
It's not the IP provider. And you meant to say ISP. It's something with your computer that is screwy it would appear most likely. Even if it isn't and it does haves something to do elsewhere it isn't the ISP. That's about the only thing you can be sure of.
you should check your provider list. some of them forbid the use of their servers for tor and other anonymization systems.
That thing about the separate IPs is helpful. It would also mean that you wouldn't experience slow-down.
I just had to shut down my exit node due to DMCA complaints for bittorrent traffic. My exit node received 7 DMCA complaints within two months. After the first two, I restricted my exit policy just slightly more open than what's listed in this article, but still pretty limited. That delayed the next couple complaints, but they kept coming. The provider was very understanding, but were getting pressure from their upstream provider. I know it's a necessary evil, but the bittorrent traffic really hurts the tor network.
can someone help me in how use ExcludeExitNode and ExitNode in my toorc file..??StrictExitNode????
I too am in the same situation. There is very little documentation on the subject. From what I can see, one simply adds ExcludeExitNodes 255.255.255.2,255.255.255.3 ... to thier torrc config file. No matter what I do I just cant get this to work. Tor continues to use the Excluded Exit nodes.
Here's what I do,
Add ExcludeExitNode XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX to my torrc file.
Restart Tor
run SIGNAL NEWNYM
Check my external IP
Nothing say 1 in every 5 goes, TOR will use the IP I specified in ExcludeExitNode. WTF? Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
I've been running a relay and a bridge relay continually since my last comment (in July 2010) without any trouble whatsoever. Not a peep from anyone. Given that my ISP doesn't want to deal with the DMCA legal paper overhead, and just cuts you off at the knees if they get a take-down notice, I'm sticking with what works. I'm not front line, exit node troop, I'm a stable segment in the logistical tail. (kencf0618)
Your post says "In the USA, there have been no equipment seizures due to Tor exits",
but this is contrary to what the EFF says:
"This spring, agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) executed a search warrant at the home of Nolan King and seized six computer hard drives in connection with a criminal investigation."
Because this post was written years before this first seizure. And the seizure wasn't because it was a Tor exit, it was because the IP showed up in some log file for some site they were investigating. Meaning, ICE didn't target Tor exit nodes, they were trolling for IP addresses and this exit node was caught up in it.
Been running a tor exit node on an unencrypted wifi bridged to my home 5 city blocks from me. still up and running after 1 year.
seemed like a good use for an old laptop and an extra alpha card and a cheap outdoor panel antenna
after i wiresharked 1k of user names and passwords i stopped logging and just left the thing on.
been tr yin to run relay for a month but all i get is a message ( NO UPNP FOUND )
i am stuck please help !!!
Please explain the implications of running anti-virus and/or internet security applications.
Every now & then I get notified by mine that tor is accessing such content. I'm glad that my security software catches these, but there are two portions to this:
* I my AV/IS stops this, it never gets to the recipient?
* If this is visible to my AV/IS, it's visible to my OS. Therefore, if my AV/IS doesn't catch it, surely I could still be compromised?
seemed like a good use for an old laptop and an extra alpha card and a cheap outdoor panel antenna
after i wiresharked 1k of user names and passwords i stopped logging and just left the thing on.
Tor is only used for child porn, piracy and credit card fraud.
This whole project offers nothing but a method for criminals to subvert protection.
The law is catching up to the internet; this was not the original intention of darpa. You're causing great harm to the economy.
This goes before the NCIC board soon; I would suggest you don't run exist nodes in North America. Your isp's will be served under the Protect IP act that looks like it will pass. Hence you will be breaking a federal mandate for infustructure protection.
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Dear Anonymous/Congrats,
Well, it's certainly refreshing to know that I am (apparently) a pirating, credit-card-stealing child pornographile ... boy, are there going to be a few surprised people who know me!
Tempted as I am to resort to name-calling & labeling, I shall not do so in your case .... it's just not worth the effort.
I use Tor (surprise surprise) because I don't especially enjoy being tracked, analysed or otherwise presumed guilty of something, simply because I am online. I also GPG encrypt my email and access many things in the most secure manners feasible. Am I a criminal or a terrorist ? No, not even a bit. But I do have a reasonable expectation of privacy ... basically, unless you have solid grounds to suspect me of illegal activity, then the contents of my "Hi Mom, how's it going?" emails are none of your business (nor of Government, Federal Agencies, Google, DCMA and anyone else feeling some bizarre 'right' to see what's there).
Help for the congenitally stupid, please ... how do you qualify your statement "You're doing great harm to the economy."? I await a response with some interest (but not a lot of hope - please prove me in error here...).
BTW, being a Government employee does not mean you are obliged to check your intelligence and ethics in at the door ... there is still scope for being human. The Borg are not yet in complete control ...
Peace through superior means - an unnamed Human Being.
Dear Congrats/Anonymous,
Forgive one more question - please explain in Simplified Plain English what you mean by "subvert protection" ....
Whose protection? Subversion how? Help! I am a Bear of Little (and rapidly shrinking) Brain ...
Yours in Piracy, Fraud and Pornography.
You sir, make me proud to be an American. If you are concerned with credit card companies profits, join the club... There are plenty of people in Washington lobbying congress that (are paid to) share your concern. If you are worried about stopping kiddy porn (I still don't understand the correlation between anonymity and the production of said brand of porn- but call me crazy), go volunteer as a big brother for some poor kids, or join one of the many organizations that actually fight child abuse without censoring everyone and everything. Studies have shown that focusing on at risk children or even abused children mitigates the risk of abuse much more effectively than prosecuting pedophiles AFTER THE CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED.
Lastly, although I believe people who have the time to post stuff like this in places like this are simply trolls (that are usually paid by some trade group that advocates for a certain industry), maybe you can ask your bosses or yourself to enlighten us on how anonymity decreases profits for media companies. Every study I have seen that was compiled by a neutral observer cannot show a correlation between anonymity and loss of profits... I'll be holding my breath waiting for a response. Troll
Thank you for all of these comments. Not to play Mr. Censor, but for the purpose of trying not to arise suspicion or ire from government officials, from the community, or even defy my own personal ethics; is there a way to have a TOR exit but still "filter" sites or content for Ethically or more importantly Legally wrong subjects like child porn or illegal content sharing?
My understanding is that you can do a fair bit to reduce the chances and frequency of abuse of your TOR exit (with reference to your desie to be able to filter legally/ethically suspect traffic) ... but, much like the USPS or any other carrier service (digital or otherwise), all you can do is reduce incidence/likelihood.
I am as yet unaware of any way to definitively stop the bad-apple traffic. Aside from just not having TOR. Or the ol' InterWeb ...
Of course you can filter in- and out- bound traffic on an ExitNode, but you would or you should get a BadExitNode flag if you do that. The main purpose of tor is to provide annonymity and fight censorship.
If you start looking at the traffic than you are only one step to censor it.
Who decides what is worth to censor and what is not?
Would you like to try e.g. 10 ExitNodes until you find one that says "ok i won't filter your traffic"? I ExitNode Operators start to do such a thing than the whole purpose of using Tor is gone. There is a strict "don't look at and don't touch the traffic" rule.
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If you want to attempt block access to unsavory destinations and decrease chances of trouble, you could try running filtering software such as Peer Block. AFAIK this would still allow use of tor for more most purposes. As for a bad exit node flag, i have no idea if that will happen or not. Cheers, A New Relay Runner.
This seems like too much trouble for what it's worth to be honest. The amount of friggin configuration required outside of the box is just unbelievable....
Not worth it me thinks; especially if I'm going to possibly be served DCMA notices!!!
ICE didn't target Tor exit nodes, they were trolling for IP addresses and this exit node was caught up in it.
True. My thoughts exactly.
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(Dec. 10, 2007)--Malgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba, UTSA associate professor of modern languages and literatures, will present a lecture, "Transformations of the Black Madonna Around the World," and booksigning from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 11 at the San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 West Jones Ave. Sponsored by the Friends of Latin American Art, the event is free and open to the public.
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Oleszkiewicz-Peralba joined the UTSA faculty in 1995. She earned bachelor's and master's degrees in Spanish and Portuguese from Queens College, a magister in Iberian and Latin American studies from Warsaw University, and a Ph.D. in Latin American literature and culture from New York University.
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Those who visited the tented showrooms browsed through hundreds of Oprah's personal belongings from her homes in Santa Barbara, Indiana, Maui and Chicago. It was a fierce competition. Saturday's bidders were competing for items with online and telephone bidders. Thousands of people across the U.S., Canada, India, the Philippines and other parts of the world had already made their bids prior to the main event.
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About the 7805, I'm using one I bought from Radio Shack to power a PIR and a remote doorbell set up I built. I am not using any caps on it and everything seems to be working fine. Do you only need caps on the 7805 when working with high drain items or should I go back and add one?


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Join the United States Botanic Garden for an Earth Day Celebration on the Conservatory Terrace Friday, April 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Numerous programs and children's activities are being offered and experts will be on hand to lend advice on gardening. Learn about the U.S. Botanic Garden's Landscape for Life sustainable gardening program and hear fresh ideas for food, health, home and life from other participants. Plan to get your hands dirty by potting a plant to take home or join in for another activity.
Representatives from the U.S. Botanic Garden and area organizations will be on hand to provide information about home and community gardening and how individuals and families can live more sustainably. See the native plants in the National Garden to draw inspiration for your own sustainable gardening. Some of the day's participants include:
- Architect of the Capitol
- EPA Water Sense Program
- U Maryland's Home and Garden Information Center
- Capitol Bike Share
- USDA People's Garden
- Earth Day Network
- And more
In case of inclement weather, the event will be held inside the Conservatory.


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Phoenix Golf Set for Horizon League Championships
By: Ellyn Hansen
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - The Green Bay men's and women's golf teams are headed to Howey-In-The-Hills, Fla., for the Horizon League Golf Championship, which will begin Sunday. For the second straight year, the teams will be playing a three-day, 54-hole tournament at Mission Inn Resort and Club, with the final round set for Sunday.
Last season, the Green Bay men finished fourth at the Horizon League Championships. With experience on their sides, juniors Chad Ebert and Cam Fuller look to lead the Phoenix to a conference title this season. Ebert finished in eighth place and Fuller placed 13th at the 2011 league championships.
Ebert, a junior, shot a season-low round of 69 at the Butler Invitational this past fall, finishing tied for third place. His season scoring average is a team-best 74.5. Fuller looks to continue his play this week after coming off a season-low 72 two weekends ago at the Detroit Mercy Invitational. Sophomore Dan Ozga seeks to continue his great play, coming off a season low round of 69 at the Bradley Invitational. Ozga's season scoring average is 76.1, second on the squad.
On the women's side, the Phoenix will be led by junior Christina De Boer and senior Eleanor Yorobe. DeBoer leads the Green Bay team with a season scoring average of 84.5 and a low round of 78 at the Western Illinois Invitational. Yorobe, with a season scoring average of 86.6, looks to finish her career strong. She shot her season low round of 79 at the Valparaiso Invitational. Last season, the Phoenix women placed seventh at the HL Tournament.Play will begin Friday morning and will continue through Sunday. Live scoring updates will be available throughout the championship and can be accessed on GolfStat.com for both the men and the women.


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You would like to think that the gaggle of planners trying to fulfil Mayor Len Brown's dream of creating the world's most liveable city might have the odd coffee with the transport planners designing the world's most excellent public transport network.
But returning for a second wade through the dense tome that is the draft auckland regional public transport plan, I'm having my doubts.
On the one hand you have the dreamers with their plans of pedestrians and vehicles cavorting like lambs and lions on shared boulevards, but on the other you have this grand blueprint for zapping commuters in and out of the city along these same streets as quickly as possible.
For anyone who doubts the need for the inner-city rail tunnel, this draft public transport plan is the document to change your mind.
The plan is to increase the percentage of peak period trips to the central city by public transport from the current 47 per cent to 55 per cent by 2022 and 70 per cent by 2040.
Overall, it's planned to double public transport trips citywide from 70 million to 140 million in the next 10 years.
Of course not all of those extra commuters will end up in the CBD, but without increased capacity on the trains - the loop will double the number of trains able to use the downtown Britomart station - the vast majority of those who do will have to squeeze into buses to get there.
If you think parts of downtown are unpleasant places in peak hours because of noisy, diesel-belching buses, imagine double the number in the same space.
I had gone searching to see if Queen Elizabeth Square outside the Britomart train station had been rescued from its present fate as the de facto main bus station. It seems not, though the stylised charts do fudge the details.
What is alarming is the fate of Queen St, which in 2007 got a $40 million makeover, complete with nikau palms and Chinese granite paving. It is now marked as "Rapid Transit". Presumably that means a busway rather than railway - the proposed tunnel to run further west under Albert St.
The golden shopping mile is also identified as part of the "frequent service network". Seeking definitions, we're told "rapid services ... have exclusive access to their own rights of way along high-density corridors".
As for "frequent services", the draft explains "the core element of the new system will be the frequent service network which will provide all-day high- frequency services at least every 15 minutes".
In other words, Queen St, including Queen Elizabeth Square, is being identified as having an exclusive busway inserted into it.
The devil is, as always, in the detail. How many buses are they talking about and how exclusive a lane?
A year ago, when the city planners unveiled their city centre masterplan, they rebuffed the mayor's desire to turn Queen St into a mall, saying it "might be an unnecessary and overly expensive step".
They said "desired outcomes could be delivered through a shared space approach with buses, service vehicles and local traffic ... sharing the street with pedestrians'.'
Even if we regard ourselves as more nimble on our feet than Wellingtonians, the experience of bus versus pedestrians in the capital when the two share the same street is a lesson we'd be foolhardy to ignore. Bus drivers on split shifts with impossible timetables and scurrying jaywalkers are not a good mix.
What the plan does highlight is that if Auckland plans to double the number of commuters on public transport, the extra buses and carriages have to go somewhere, particularly in the confined area of the CBD.
Last year, in arguing the case with a reluctant Government, Auckland transport planners claimed that without the rail loop, Auckland would by 2041 need an exclusive busway, four lanes wide, running out of the city.
"In many circumstances in Auckland this would take the entire width of the roadway and effectively stop all general traffic from using those roads," they said.
They were talking of routes like Hobson St. Now it seems even Queen St is not safe.


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With feed prices so high this year, cutting shrinkage losses are a must.
by Dennis Halladay, Hoard's Dairyman Western Editor
With half of the country now in a drought disaster area, if there was ever a year for dairy farmers to take reducing silage losses seriously, this is it.
The most silage you have is when it is standing in the field; the least you have is when it is being eaten. In between are a depressing number of "where did it go?" events that result in less feed being in the bunk than you expected. In a year like this where feed supplies may wind up being critically short and prices could wind up being unbelievably high, minimizing as many of them as possible could easily save a dairy farmer tens of thousands of dollars.
According to Keith Bolsen, professor emeritus at Kansas State University, about 20 percent of corn silage is lost to shrinkage each year. What's startling is, he emphasizes that single-digit shrinkage is readily doable if the dairy's silage team makes a commitment to build and pack piles properly, cover and seal them thoroughly, and use proper feed-out face management.
He says the easiest way to cut 3 to 5 percent from shrinkage losses is to use enough tractors to pack piles properly. Corn silage should be packed to a density of 15 to 16 pounds of dry matter per cubic foot and 44 to 48 pounds of fresh weight per cubic foot. However, he often sees packing densities in the mid-30s or less.
He and other forage specialists are proponents of inoculants, oxygen barrier film covers (pictured here) and face management practices that reduce exposure to air. This last item is a favorite of Bolsen's and another area where the difference between sloppy and smooth and only removing what needs to be fed, can cut silage shrinkage by another 2 to 4 percent.
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New multinational wheat initiative aims to raise global yields and develop new varieties
30 November 2012
- Long-term initiative plans to invest US$50-75M in first five years
Representatives from governmental and non-governmental organisations across the world have agreed to establish a new multinational initiative - the Wheat Yield Network (WYN). The Network will support research and development activities to raise global wheat yields and develop new varieties adapted to different geographical regions.
The WYN has been established within the framework of the G20 sponsored Wheat Initiative.
The WYN has been instigated by BBSRC (UK), USAID (USA) and CIMMYT (Mexico) and was launched at a meeting in Mexico City sponsored by SAGARPA (Mexican Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development, Fisheries and Food). The meeting was opened by the Mexican Minister of Agriculture, Francisco Javier Mayorga Castañeda.
The WYN will be a truly global endeavour that utilises a new collaborative approach to bring together funding from governmental and non-governmental public bodies and the private sector, to support both core infrastructure and facilities alongside transnational open calls for research, all targeted at raising the yield potential of wheat.
Wheat provides some 20% of the global calories consumed by mankind yet production faces myriad pressures such as climate change and changes in land use; all of which are compounded by the overriding pressure to feed a burgeoning global population.
The WYN is a long-term endeavour and aims to raise the yield potential of wheat through sustainable approaches by up to 50% over the next twenty years.
Steve Visscher, Deputy Chief Executive of BBSRC, said: "Wheat is one of the world's most important staple crops but it is under great pressure at a time when we need to find ways to feed our growing global population whilst also adapting to climate. The challenge of increasing yields and developing new varieties is too big for any one agency or country to meet. By working together, sharing infrastructure, expertise and results, the partners in the Wheat Yield Initiative believe we can make a greater impact."
The partners in the Network have agreed to work together in a unique way. The Network will include Government bodies, NGOs and, in the near future, private sector companies. All the partners are committed to transparency, collaboration, open communication of results and data sharing and coordination to maximise global impact and eliminate duplication of effort.
The WYN is a long-term initiative with a twenty year ambition. Over the first five years the partners are planning to invest US$50-75M.
Notes to editors
The following organisations were represented at this first meeting of the Wheat Yield Network:
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Australia
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), United Kingdom
- Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), China
- Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), International
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina
- Department for International Development (DFID), United Kingdom
- Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA), Brazil
- General Directorate of Agricultural Research (GDAR), Turkey
- Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Germany
- Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC), Australia
- Home Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA), United Kingdom
- Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), India
- Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias/ La Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación (INIFAP/ SAGARPA), Mexico
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), France
- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Japan
- National Research Council Canada (NRC), Canada
- Syngenta Foundation, Switzerland
- The Agriculture and Food Development Authority (TEAGASC), Ireland
- United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS), USA
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID), USA
About the Wheat Yield Network
About The Wheat Initiative
The Wheat Initiative aims to reinforce synergies between bread and durum wheat national and international research programmes to increase food security, nutritional value and safety while taking into account societal demands for sustainable and resilient agricultural production systems. For more information see: www.wheatinitiative.org.
About BBSRC
BBSRC invests in world-class bioscience research and training on behalf of the UK public. Our aim is to further scientific knowledge, to promote economic growth, wealth and job creation and to improve quality of life in the UK and beyond.
Funded by Government, and with an annual budget of around £500M (2012-2013), we support research and training in universities and strategically funded institutes. BBSRC research and the people we fund are helping society to meet major challenges, including food security, green energy and healthier, longer lives. Our investments underpin important UK economic sectors, such as farming, food, industrial biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.
For more information about BBSRC, our science and our impact see: www.bbsrc.ac.uk.
For more information about BBSRC strategically funded institutes see: www.bbsrc.ac.uk/institutes.
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After a summer and fall that saw local releases at a fever pitch, perhaps it was inevitable we'd see something of a retrenchment for the dark days of winter. While many of the heavyweights got out in front of the holiday season, either plans haven't finalized yet or there's simply a need for everyone to take time to reload, as the first two months of 2012 see most of our bigger bands either out of town or laying low to record.
That opens things up for some new blood, though. There are a number of debut albums on the slate, and there's also plenty of time for everyone to get psyched for the city's first true marquee show at the Civic Center in quite some time, revitalizing a space that really does have a long history of serious rock experiences.
DEC 28 THE MODEST PROPOSAL RELEASE SELF-TITLED DEBUT AT BAYSIDE BOWL | This is just about exactly how you'd like things to happen. High school band win MAMM SLAM, land recording time as reward, release debut album roughly nine months later, just in time to kick off the MAMM SLAM's next round with this here show. Yeah, MAMM SLAM is a battle of the bands, but it's a bunch more than that, too, with an emphasis on all of the business aspects that go into being a band. Everything from the Modest Proposal's timing to its material on this self-titled full-length shows they've learned their lessons well.
That time they won was with Jim Begley and Steve Drown at the Studio, and the pair have helped them create a great late-'60s grit and growl in their guitars, especially, and in frontman Philip Rogers's vocals. He sounds a little like a young Eric Burdon, actually, and the album's proper opener, "Hang Your Head," has a little bit of that shagadelic flavor to it. They'll probably get a lot of Doors references, too, with "Sweet Saline" and the hushed whispers with the organ chords that bounce, but "Sticky Smile" has an R&B flavor to it, even some Morphine vibe when sax player Matthew Creasy gets particularly low-end.
There are a couple tracks here that seem a bit unformed, like "The Opportunist," which has a lot of energy to it, but doesn't seem to go anywhere, and "Season's Change," which features finger-picked guitar and some decent cello work from Charlie Hayes, but actually cries out for that somewhat clichéd full-band ramp-up in the second verse. Better that than flat.
For the most part, though, this is an album that really rocks at points, without getting heavy for the sake of getting heavy, and is pretty unique to these environs, with a mix of jazz (there's a very good sax lead on the somewhat hurdy-gurdy "Soft Girl") and even some Pixies flair, as when Hayes apes Kim Deal on the opening of the otherwise very '70s "Blue and Gold." Throw in the MacDonald brothers, Angus and Luke, on guitar and keys, and these songs are full-bodied, well executed, and generally a lot of fun. Definitely impressive for a group of guys who haven't yet walked down the aisle and picked up a diploma.
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As I seem to have a thorn in my ass lately, as a result of buying at
Christmas time. To many CO just can't say [MERRY CHRISTMAS].
It's something like Happy Holidays, or Seasons Greetings.
I would like to state that I would not do business with these
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Patriots lose to Warrior boys
The visiting Brainerd Warriors remained unbeaten with an 82-38 pounding of the Pequot Lakes Patriots in a non-conference boys' basketball game on Monday, Jan.14.
The Warriors, who improved to 9-0 overall, and are off to their best start since the 1965-66 season when Brainerd started 10-0. Brainerd took advantage of 39 turnovers to score 40 of their points.
The Patriots, 5-7 overall, are scheduled to host Mid-State Conference opponents in their next two games – facing Wadena-Deer Creek on Friday, Jan. 18, and Detroit Lakes on Tuesday, Jan. 22.
Jack Sauer led the Warriors with 19 points and Marcus Comstock finished with 13. They sparked Brainerd to a 50-percent shooting night (31 of 62).
Brainerd's ball pressure resulted in numerous turnovers. It helped the Warriors rattle off 22 unanswered points to open the second half and build a 73-27 edge. The Warriors' pressure caused Pequot to make just 4 of 20 baskets in the second half, and just 31 percent (14 of 45) for the game.
The Patriots didn't score in the second half until Jack Kreitz buried a three with 8:33 remaining. The Warriors built a 51-27 halftime cushion. Brainerd forced 21 turnovers in the first, scoring 24 points off of those miscues.
Pequot Lakes started out with a hot hand, seizing an early 12-8 lead. The Warriors scored 14 of the next 16 points, and 20 of the next 26, for a 42-19 edge and the contest was all but over.
Jordan Redmond scored all of his team-high 10 points in the first half for the Patriots.
Brainerd 51 31 — 82
Pequot Lakes 27 11 — 38
Jack Sauer 19, Jacob Blong 8, Marcus Comstock 13, Ian Haug 5, Chris Bowman 4, Tony Sauer 10, Taylor Huber 8, Jagar Hanson 6, Nick Schwen 2, Isaiah Smith 2, Logan Davis 3, Geoff Sheflo 2. FG 31-62 (50 percent). FT 13-21 (62 percent). 3-point baskets 7-23. Turnovers: 10.
Brett Peterson 6, John Craig 3, Jordan Redmond 10, Travis Jacobson 6, Keegan Johnson 1, Brandon Hehir 3, Conner Davich 2, Kevin Beltz 2, Jack Kreitz 3, Sean Murray 2. FG 14-45 (31 percent). FT 5-7. 3-point baskets 5-13. Turnovers: 39.
Grand Rapids 58, Patriots 36
On Thursday, Jan. 10, the Thunderhawks improved to 9-2 overall as sophomore Alex Illikainen scored 31 points, including 21 in the second half, in the non-conference matchup.
Pequot Lakes did grab a 6-2 lead before Grand Rapids rallied for a 14-11 lead with just over four minutes left in the first half against the shorthanded Patriots, who played without Tyler Tappe and Keegan Johnson due to injuries. The Thunderhawks then scored the final five points of the half for a 19-11 lead in a low-scoring half.
Grand Rapids, which is ranked No. 7 in Class AAA, extended its lead to 30-15 in the first five minutes of the second half. The visitors eventually extended the lead to 40-20, and the outcome was pretty much decided. The Thunderhawks enjoyed their largest lead at 58-33 late in the game when the reserves took the court. That's when the Patriots' Sean Murray hit a 15-foot jumper for his first varsity points.
"They're a good, young team with 10 players on the varsity roster going six-foot or better," said Pequot Lakes coach Garry Grewe. "We stuck with them for a while, but we got in foul trouble and made quite a few turnovers."
Jordan Redmond led the Patriots with 14 points.
Grand Rapids 19 39 — 58
Pequot Lakes 11 25 — 36
Mike Barrette 3, AJ Watland 9, Evan Reitter 6, Justin Gill 1, Alex Illikainen 31, Sam Rodenberg 2, Sam Smokrovich 6. FT 20-34 (59 percent).
Kevin Beltz 3, Jack Kreitz 2, Sean Murray 2, Wes Mumm 1, Jordan Redmond 14, Brandon Hehir 8, Travis Jacobson 6. FT 8-20 (40 percent).
Patriots 52, Crosby-Ironton 51
Pequot Lakes handed the Rangers a shocking defeat behind Travis Jacobson's 24 points and Redmond's 22 in Mid-State Conference action on Tuesday, Jan. 8.
The Patriots snapped a three-game losing streak and handed the Rangers their first Mid-State loss after three wins. C-I, which was ranked as high as sixth in Class AA, also entered the game with an 8-2 record. The Patriots improved to 3-2 in the Mid-State.
The Patriots grabbed an early 6-2 lead, but C-I answered with a 12-2 run. The Rangers extended the lead to 21-10 later in the opening half, but Pequot Lakes cut the deficit to 21-18. C-I's Will Goodwin then made a pair of three-point shots to grow the lead to 27-18.
The Patriots would close out the first half with a 7-2 run to pull within 29-25 at intermission. The rivals battled over the first nine minutes of the second half as the Rangers maintained a 43-37 lead. But Pequot Lakes rallied with a 12-1 run to assume a 49-44 lead with three minutes remaining. The rally was sparked by Jacobson's nine points.
The Patriots didn't have the luxury of enjoying the lead very long as C-I tied it at 49 on a pair of three-point baskets with 1:44 left.
Pequot Lakes turned the ball over with 55 seconds remaining. The Rangers were running down the clock when Redmond stole the ball and scored on a layup despite being fouled. The senior added the free throw to give the Patriots a 52-49 lead with 19.9 seconds remaining.
C-I added a layup in the final seconds to make it a one-point game. Pequot Lakes did turn the ball over just before time expired, but C-I's desperation shot missed and the Patriots escaped with the win.
"The guys all stepped it up tonight with Tyler (Tappe) not playing because of a knee injury," Grewe said. "Both Travis (Jacobson) and Jordan (Redmond) had outstanding games, and we beat C-I on the boards (24-15). We also shot 50 percent from the floor."
Goodwin came up big for the Rangers with 22 points, including making six three-point baskets. Redmond added 10 rebounds for Pequot Lakes, which won despite committing 19 turnovers.
Pequot Lakes 25 27 — 52
Crosby-Ironton 29 22 — 51
John Craig 2, Wes Mumm 2, Jordan Redmond 22, Brandon Hehir 2, Travis Jacobson 24. FT 8-14 (57 percent). FG 22-44 (50 percent).
Will Goodwin 22, Caleb Baker 11, Riley Jacobs 7, Garrett Van Horn 5, Daniel Hudrlik 6. FT 5-10 (50 perdent). FG 27-66 (41 percent).