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Apartments: - Bedrooms: 10 - Baths: 10 - Extra Beds: - Total Pax: 20
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Address: Via della Badia 17, Monteverdi Marittimo, 56040, Pisa
Phone: +39 0565 784172 - +39 333 4875065
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Tenuta Sant'Agnese boasts a splendid location in Tuscany; bed and breakfast with a passion for horse breeding and farming, the Tenuta rises in the Maremma area in the lower province of Pisa. It is located in an uncontaminated place among marvelous woods and water streams that create an unforgettable ambient for this accommodation in Tuscany. The seaside is just 20 km away and some of the most important archaeological sites of Tuscany are nearby. If you're looking for culture, peace and to unwind this is the ideal place.
This family-run Tuscany bed and breakfast will welcome you with raw ham, hanging salame and the scent of good wine, all produced at the farm. The chirping of birds and the sound of horses, cows and all the courtyard animals make this place a unique vacation spot in Tuscany.
The structure has been completely remodeled in recent times and a terrace with cotto tiles added. Here you can have al fresco dinners with family and friends, cooked by the expert hands of grandpa and grandma Silvio and Licia.
They will also show you your rooms, all double bedrooms with ensuite bathroom and television. Rooms are furnished with rustic style without foregoing modern comforts.
The magic crockpots of grandma Licia will let you discover the homely cooking of Tuscan Maremma. Everything is prepared with meat and vegetables produced at the farm of this Tuscany bed and breakfast.
Every Saturday upon booking, there will be a Western-style dinner with beer and tequila, to spend a delightful evening with other guests at the farm. In addition to bed and breakfast services you will also be able to have a half board and full board service. There also are wheelchair accessible rooms.
The outdoors of the farm offer hiking, excursions with quads, and of course horseback rides, a riding school and horse trekking day tours. If you have a pet, it is welcome at the farm (except in your room and in the dining room), and for a fee you will also have a safe and comfortable night shelter for your dog.
Tuscany bed and breakfast Sant'Agnese does not have a swimming pool but its vicinity to clean water streams will give you the unforgettable chance of swimming in nature in a safe environment free from chemicals.
Also if you want to try the real agrotourism experience in Tuscany, you can help out with the daily work at the farm cleaning animals, cutting wood, cultivating the vegetables and lending a hand with any of the many chores that are necessary to run the farm every day.
Have you ever thought that such an incredible place would exist? Tenuta Sant'Agnese combines the comforts of a modern Tuscany bed and breakfast with the possibility to get your hands into real farming, giving the freedom to chose in between the perfect balance that fits your holiday needs.
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The components of the cylinder head and the mating surface of the cylinder head and engine block are machined within very precise tolerances. The components must be thoroughly cleaned, inspected and if necessary properly lubricated upon installation. Refer to the Engine Reconditioning information in this section for additional information.
WARNING A camshaft removal tool should be used when removing the camshafts from the M42 engine and all E36 6-cylinder engines. Failure to use the proper tool or its equivalent could result in camshaft breakage. NOTE Both a camshaft and a crankshaft alignment tool are necessary when reinstalling the camshafts onto the cylinder head of BMW M42 engines and all E36 model engines. WARNING The cylinder head bolts used on E36 6-cylinder engines with a cast iron block are a different length and torque specification than those used on E36 6-cylinder engines with a cast aluminum block and must not be interchanged! E36 6-Cylinder Engines
NOTE It is not recommended to machine the cylinder head surface of the S52 engine. If machining the cylinder head of an M52 engine, a 0.012 inch (0.3mm) thicker head gasket is available for reassembly.
FIG : Cylinder head mounting bolt tightening sequence-E36 models with 6-cylinder engines
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NOTE This is to prevent contact between the valves and the piston tops.
WARNING Use care to not drop any pieces of gasket or debris into the oil or coolant passages.
WARNING The cylinder head bolts may not be reused. NOTE The bolts are a different length and have a different torque specification for aluminum engine blocks than those for the cast iron engine blocks.
FIG : Cylinder head bolt torque sequencer-M20 engine
NOTE New Torx® head fasteners are required for cylinder head installation. Neither the Torx® head or the hex head fasteners can be reused.
NOTE With the No. 1 piston at Top Dead Center (TDC) of the compression stroke, make sure to align the timing marks when installing the timing belt. The crankshaft sprocket mark must point at the notch in the flange of the front engine cover. The camshaft sprocket arrow must point at the alignment mark on the cylinder head. BMW recommends that the timing belt be replaced every time the cylinder head is removed and/or the belt is disturbed. Make sure the belt is properly tensioned.
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That's correct. But as I'm sure you know, most BMW engines were straight 6's! As I understand it this motor is the m52B28. I am particularly interested in any issues with removal and replacement of the head gasket as it relates to that motor!? Thanks, Glenn
ok..sorry for the delay..storm here
this is the m52 engine
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M52 2.5L, 2.8L, And S52 3.2L Engines
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Way back in 1997, Nathan Myhrvold (CTO of Microsoft at the time) wrote a paper entitled "The Next Fifty Years of Software" (Subtitled "Software: The Crisis Continues!") which was presented at the ACM97 conference (focused on the next 50 years of computing).
I actually attended an internal presentation of this talk, it was absolutely riveting. Nathan's a great public speaker, maybe even better than Michael Howard :).
But an email I received today reminded me of Nathan's First Law of Software: "Software is a Gas!"
Nathan's basic premise is that as machines get bigger, the software that runs on those computers will continue to grow. It doesn't matter what kind of software it is, or what development paradigm is applied to that software. Software will expand to fit the capacity of the container.
Back in the 1980's, computers were limited. So software couldn't do much. Your spell checker didn't run automatically, it needed to be invoked separately. Nowadays, the spell checker runs concurrently with the word processor.
The "Bloatware" phenomenon is a direct consequence of Nathan's First Law.
Nathan's second law is also fascinating: "Software grows until it becomes limited by Moore's Law".
The second law is interesting because we're currently nearing the end of the cycle of CPU growth brought on by Moore's law. So in the future, the growth of software is going to become significantly constrained (until some new paradigm comes along).
His third law is "Software growth makes Moore's Law possible". Essentially he's saying that because software grows to hit the limits of Moore's law, software regularly comes out that pushes the boundaries. And that's what drives hardware sales. And the drive for ever increasing performance drives hardware manufacturers to make even faster and smaller machines, which in turn makes Moore's Law a reality.
And I absolutely LOVE Nathan's 4th law. "Software is only limited by human ambition and expectation." This is so completely true. Even back when the paper was written, the capabilities of computers today were mere pipe dreams. Heck, in 1997, you physically couldn't have a computer with a large music library – a big machine in 1997 had a 600M hard disk.
What's also interesting is the efforts in fighting Nathan's first law. It's a constant fight, waged by diligent performance people against the hoards of developers who want to add their new feature to the operating system. All the developers want to expand their features. And the perf people need to fight back to stop them (or at least make them justify what they're doing). The fight is ongoing, and unending.
Btw, check out the slides they're worth reading. Especially when he gets to the part where the stuff that makes you genetically unique fits on a 3 1/2″ floppy drive.
He goes on from that point – at one point in his presentation, he pointed out that the entire human sensory experience can be transmitted easily on a 100mB ethernet connection.
Btw, for those of you who would like, there's a link to two different streaming versions of the talk here: http://research.microsoft.com/acm97/
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1968 home - replacing the vinyl floor with tile floor - quartz counters, new double oven and cook top - that is all going well, but as we progressed we started to notice that we had neglected to address the cabinets.
We were told eight years ago (2nd remodel) from a cabinet shop not to replace our cabinets as they were custom and solid oak. We like them, but they need to be sanded and refinished. Need some help in how to proceed and do it right the first time. Would like to do it ourselves of course :thumbup:
The thread below from one of our "sister-sites" will help you in the right direction. It is referring to "Oak veneer" cabinets, but the principle is the same....
It would be quite alot of work if you plan on changing the color of the stain. (assuming they are stained). However, if the color is fine, a light sanding to rough up the finish and a couple coats of polyurethane would make them look new again.
You'll need to remove the doors/drawers and all hardware so it's easier to get to the face frames of the cabinetry.
Remember, very light sanding. Basically a quick wipe with the sandpaper. After all the sanding is done, use denatured alcohol to wipe down the surfaces.
Stain wont work over a finished surface. If the color is fine, a light sanding to rough up the surface will allow the poly to adhere giving you a new topcoat. i.e. gloss, satin.
Pick up a small can of poly to test an area on the back of a drawer.
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November 2nd, 2009, 09:23 PM #1
what is the best way to apply dermmatch?
I got it in the mail and attempted to apply it. I'm not sure if it's because I dampened the brush too much but then the consistancy of it was like PAINT on my scalp. I just tried to do a back and forth motion with the brush. And some of you mentioned that it doesn't come off when you touch it. When I touched my head, some of it rubbed off on my fingers. Maybe it didn't dry entirely?
And how do you girls usually let it dry? By combing it or blowdrying? And when do you know when it's dry?
November 4th, 2009, 05:03 AM #2
Re: what is the best way to apply dermmatch?
I can't help with how to apply it wet because I don't use it that way. Maybe try applying it dry as well, to see which way you prefer. Dry is better for me.. more realistic, less messy and lasts much longer. I get it under my nails a bit if I scratch my scalp, but otherwise it stays put and I haven't been able to tell of my own hl when I use it this way, under every lighting. I couldn't stand it wet, I thought it was more obvious, but that's just me. I've seen pics of others using it wet and they did a great job...
November 4th, 2009, 07:06 AM #3
Re: what is the best way to apply dermmatch?
I've applied it both wet and dry. I think Tori is right; it's a bit more realistic applied dry but it takes (me) longer that way. Try putting in on really slowly, bit by bit. My worst area is the rear of my part. I put it on starting at the edges where I have hair, and slowly moving towards center. I do find it 'catches' best just the slightest bit damp vs completely dry. When I think it's dry (it dries slowly - sometimes i hit with the dryer for a minute) I brush it Very Gently.
It totally stays put for me.
January 28th, 2010, 04:42 PM #4
Re: what is the best way to apply dermmatch?
I've become a big fan of DermMatch! It took me some practice to perfect my application but this is what I do:
After the shower I apply my usual hair styling products (start with Rogaine, then I use some curl gel and volumizing gel).
Then I apply the DermMatch, while my hair is still wet. I start by just very lightly dampening the applicator, we're talking like using a mist of water on it, don't get it wet all the way through or it ruins the application. i either just dip the end lightly in water, mist it with spray, or run it under a dripping tap (not even running tap).
Then I rub the applicator around the disk. I start by parting my hair in the middle, and rubbing the DermMatch in short strokes from about 1/2 inch from my hairline all the way to the back. Then I keep parting my hair beside that line and apply on either side of it. I side part, so I stop the application before my sidepart, but sometimes apply a bit to my temples.
Then, I take a dry towel, and towel off my hair, just the hair, not the scalp. I found that any excess gets really matted and messy. Then, I take volumizing spray, pump a few sprays into my hair, and blow dry like normal. I finish with hairspray.
Honestly, I feel SO much better about my hair using DermMatch. It took me a bit to perfect this, but I recommend this application method, it works well for me!
I'll still get it under my nails if I were to scratch my head, but by toweling off the excess from my hair before drying, it stopped from getting on my hands/pillow after it dries.
Hope this helps! I have kind of medium to dark brown hair, and I use the dark brown. It applies darker than it dries, but I recently ordered a medium brown so I'll report back on how that one goes. I was thinking about maybe mixing the two if the medium is too light.
One word of warning! I had it delivered to my office and in big letters it says DermMatch on their return address! Embarrassing!
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Hey, I was just wondering if there are any shops around Pittsburgh, besides Speed of Sound. I don't see many other shops.
This is a discussion on Shops around the Pittsburgh, Pa area. within the Tri-State forums, part of the Regional Discussion category; Hey, I was just wondering if there are any shops around Pittsburgh, besides Speed of Sound. I don't see many ...
Hey, I was just wondering if there are any shops around Pittsburgh, besides Speed of Sound. I don't see many other shops.
Well you got Speed of sound in Monroeville and Butler, whom I normally deal with. Theres Dynamic Image near Ross park mall/north hills, Total Image in Robinson twp.. Autoeffects and evolution audio in beaver falls.. i think theres one in southpark or somewhere near Century III, but Im not sure besides that.. well a few mainly truck stores too..
You mainly deal with Speed of Sound in Monroville? I also deal with them. What car is yours? I have that silver WRX that usually sits out front. I have the CF Kaminari hood. Do you deal with Mike?
Yup, normally deal with Mike.. I havent been down there since early winter so ya prob havent seen my car, but I may be down there friday or next week sometime again just depends on whats up.... not sure though. Its a blue one, rims, lowerd, 4fogs, raise factor spoiler, full gauages..
I've seen your car, nice. you also have the STI hood scoop right?
Hmm I may have to check this place out.. Speed of Sound isnt that right behind Hooters?? or am i wrong..
IM not a local...im just dating a local lol
Would be nice to hang out with some P-burgh people who arent *******s sometimes..lol
( well at least when im out in that area)
2003 Subaru WRX- Midnight Black Pearl
2007 Subaru Legacy Limited- Brilliant Silver Metallic
Yeah, it is behind hooters kinda. If your in the area any time soon my name is Dave and you can reach me here or PM me and we'll set something up. I try to get people with WRX's together,but I never know when is a good time or place. I would love to see what people are really like. (Outside this ficticious place.)
lol.. yea, its the best combo of stores ever... Hooters and Cars
You have seen me? Im from up north, Cranberry twp to be exact.. and yes, theres a STI scoop on it, i think my cars looken good right now however theres just minor problems and stuff I need to deal with,..just need that day to put it on the stands and grab a cold one, and do man-ly things.. hopefully next week when I have a few full days off...
Do you have a suspension work done? If you want some Eibach springs I have them. I only had them on for 4 months. Them I got a full coilover setup. I'll sell them to you for 125 or whatever you think is fair.
I have a coil over set, lowered about 2 1/2 right now already so no thanks ont he springs for myself, but I may know a friend who might be interested in it?
Sweet, I have been trying to sell these fro awhile. What coilover setup do you have?


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Packed with jade jewels and other artifacts, K'utz Chman's grave is the most ancient royal Mayan burial ground found to date, investigators said.
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Development of a food frequency questionnaire for Sri Lankan adults
Jayawardena, Ranil, Swaminathan, Sumathi, Byrne, Nuala M., Soares, Mario J., Katulanda, Prasad, & Hills, Andrew P. (2012) Development of a food frequency questionnaire for Sri Lankan adults. Nutrition Journal, 11, p. 63.
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Food Frequency Questionnaires (FFQs) are commonly used in epidemiologic studies to assess long-term nutritional exposure. Because of wide variations in dietary habits in different countries, a FFQ must be developed to suit the specific population. Sri Lanka is undergoing nutritional transition and diet-related chronic diseases are emerging as an important health problem. Currently, no FFQ has been developed for Sri Lankan adults. In this study, we developed a FFQ to assess the regular dietary intake of Sri Lankan adults. Methods
A nationally representative sample of 600 adults was selected by a multi-stage random cluster sampling technique and dietary intake was assessed by random 24-h dietary recall. Nutrient analysis of the FFQ required the selection of foods, development of recipes and application of these to cooked foods to develop a nutrient database. We constructed a comprehensive food list with the units of measurement. A stepwise regression method was used to identify foods contributing to a cumulative 90% of variance to total energy and macronutrients. In addition, a series of photographs were included. Results
We obtained dietary data from 482 participants and 312 different food items were recorded. Nutritionists grouped similar food items which resulted in a total of 178 items. After performing step-wise multiple regression, 93 foods explained 90% of the variance for total energy intake, carbohydrates, protein, total fat and dietary fibre. Finally, 90 food items and 12 photographs were selected. Conclusion
We developed a FFQ and the related nutrient composition database for Sri Lankan adults. Culturally specific dietary tools are central to capturing the role of diet in risk for chronic disease in Sri Lanka. The next step will involve the verification of FFQ reproducibility and validity.
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
LAUREL, MD. 11-26-08---The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) reports that all 25 horses in Laurel Park's Barn 1 have tested negative for the neurologic form of equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) on a second round of tests. These tests end the situation that began on Nov. 12 when a 2-year old filly from King Leatherbury's stable became neurologic and tests proved she had the virus.
"Today MDA and Maryland Racing Commission veterinarians examined all 25 horses in Barn 1, confirming that all appear healthy and we lifted the Hold Order," said State Veterinarian Dr. Guy Hohenhaus. "We are pleased and relieved that this situation ended so quickly and want to take the opportunity to remind horsemen at the track and on farms across the state to remain vigilant in their biosecurity practices to prevent this and many other illnesses in their horses."
"It is a positive to put the situation behind us," said Maryland Jockey Club president and chief operating officer Tom Chuckas. "We would like to thank the MDA, especially Danny Mast and Marla Stevens, for their hard work and long hours enabling us to get through this whole ordeal quickly and smoothly."
The filly was the only horse that tested positive. She was euthanized on Nov. 15, three days after the MDA placed a Hold Order on the barn, restricting all movement into and out of the barn, pending further testing. The Hold Order was in place until all horses tested negative on nasal swab and blood samples. Leatherbury's horses will now be allowed to train in the morning, beginning Thanksgiving morning.
With today's announcement, the Maryland Jockey Club has also lifted its resctrictions on horses leaving Laurel Park. On Nov. 14, the Maryland Jockey Club prohibited horses from shipping into the central Maryland track except those from the Bowie Training Center on a Maryland Jockey Club shuttle. Six days later, after all the other horses in the Leatherbury barn and 31 lead ponies tested negative, the restrictions were amended, allowing other horses to ship in to race but those runners had to stay until the Hold Order was lifted.
"Everything will get back to normal," said Maryland Jockey Club racing secretary Georganne Hale. "With turf season ending last week we have a number of trainers who would like to take those horses to the farm for the winter. Beginning this afternoon when we take entries for Saturday's card we'll start to see some runners from the Fair Hill Training Center and other outside jurisdictions. This will also allow our trainers to run out-of-town as well."
The Maryland racing community faced an outbreak of the virus in early 2006 when three horses at Pimlico Race Course and another at Laurel Park were euthanized, forcing three live racing cards at Laurel to be cancelled due to lack of horses as racetracks in neighboring states barred horses from running in Maryland.
Equine herpesvirus causes upper respiratory infection and can lead to severe neurological disease. There is currently no known method to reliably prevent the neurologic form of EHV-1 infection. It is recommended to maintain appropriate vaccination procedures in an attempt to reduce the incidence of the respiratory form of EHV-1 infection, which may help prevent the neurologic form. Transmission occurs primarily by direct nose to nose contact or contaminated hands, equipment, feed and water. It can also be spread up to 35 feet by airborn droplets. This virus is not associated with any human health risk.
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Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains was none too pleased with wide receiver Kenny Britt after the Titans' 26-17 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. "We're gonna have to reassess everything at this point. We'll evaluate after we watch the tape," Loggains said. "Obviously, I'm not gonna hide anything. He had probably three drops in the game. The one that bothered me most was when it was 17-13, and you've got third and 2, and you've got to make that play. We dropped the ball, and it puts you in a tough spot." Also, when asked about Britt's potential, Loggains said, "Potential just means you haven't done anything."
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I'm in love with that last quote. In this game, we constantly harp on the potential talent or upside surrounding a player. Loggains definitely made a good point there. As we've all come to learn, Britt just doesn't have it. We've now waited five years for him to figure it out. He had his moments, and they were all fleeting. The Titans should move on, trade him away and maybe he figures it out somewhere else. He is "only" 25 so maybe lowered expectations and a new city can help Britt find a new role.


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Tablets and mobile phones are designed, distributed, outmoded and end-of-lifed so quickly that quality control – at least of the quickly morphing hardware – is incredibly difficult.
Most carriers routinely replace faulty phones – sometimes more than once – without pushing manufacturers to send out broad recalls aimed at one model.
RIM, on the other hand, is recalling 1,000 of its new PlayBook tablets because the operating systems were installed wrong.
The systems being recalled could have a problem loading software at startup; most haven't reached customers, and are being recalled from the channel rather than being taken out of the hands of end users.
End users who do have a problem can call RIM directly.
PlayBook, which starts at $500 with 16GB of memory, are designed to be a secure, enterprise-ready option for companies leery of iPads and Android tablets that are not as easy to plug in to their BlackBerry networks and management schemes than the PlayBook – if it had worked correctly.
RIM is a distant follower in the tablet market, where the iPad will continue to dominate, closely followed by Android devices, at least through 2015, Gartner reports predict.
Though it has a huge following within corporations, RIM has been widely criticized for being slow to respond to both development of the tablet market, and changes in user requirements for smartphones.
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Re: Data acquisition via link for Excel
Hi Gilles,
> I'm doing an internship at a company and I am just learning
> mathematica. I have to use a Mathematica notebook written to
> simulate a superconducting coil.
> It all works very nice, except that you HAVE to change
> something in the mathematica cell that retreives the
> information from excel before you run it. I can simply give
> an enter and a backspace before I evaluate the notebook. But
> because I have to run this simulation a couple times a day
> with different parameters this gets quiet annoying.
> So if there is anyone who knows how to work around this
> problem please tell me.
> Thanks for your trouble.
It depends what you have to change ....
If you know the different parameters beforehand, you can use separate
notebooks for each parameter, or you can iterate over the parameters in a
single notebook. The last is more automatic, but the first may be
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The well liked Bollywood actor Aamir Khan really knows how to select the scripts that better suit him. As a prove of this capacity are the great number of films in which he had starred. Even after the films have been rejected by quite a few grate names in the film industry such as Salman Khan or Saif Ali Khan. It seems that Aamir does not mind at all. In fact he is more than happy for this, as he has the possibility of acting in quality movies.
As sources state, it seems that Aamir Khan was not the first choice for Reema Kagti, who at first took the film script to Salman Khan. When the producers approached Aamir, not only that the Bollywood actor accept this project, but at the same time talked about the huge potential at the box office of the picture.
Considering that the movies made by Aamir and turned down by Saif Ali and Salman Khan have turned out to be a real success, it seems that Aamir really knows want he's doing.


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Kuhner: Filmmaker Michael Moore "Is The Riefenstahl Of Our Time"
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In a February 10 Washington Times column, Jeffrey Kuhner called Michael Moore "the Riefenstahl of our time - someone who uses film in order to aid and abet the mortal enemies of the West." Kuhner further wrote that "Moore - like most transnational leftists - is a traitor."
From Kuhner's column:
Michael Moore is a hypocrite. He embodies all that is wrong with Hollywood: He is a shameless, self-serving propagandist masquerading as an idealistic "artist."
Like many on the radical left, his philosophy boils down to one seminal idea: hatred of America.
"Fahrenheit 9/11" was not simply a crude piece of anti-Bush propaganda. It was a deliberate attempt to distort the reality of what occurred in the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001: that radical Islam had declared war on America. Just as the infamous director, Leni Riefenstahl, produced "Triumph of the Will" as a propaganda tool to bolster Adolf Hitler's regime and demoralize the Western democracies in the struggle against Nazism, Mr. Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" sought to undermine America's resolve to confront Islamic fascism. He is the Riefenstahl of our time - someone who uses film in order to aid and abet the mortal enemies of the West.
Mr. Moore - like most transnational leftists - is a traitor. He has betrayed his country by calling for its defeat in Iraq. He has betrayed his fellow progressives through his blatantly hypocritical behavior. And he has betrayed his fellow filmmakers by peddling cheap propaganda as art. His celebrity status is a damning indictment of contemporary Hollywood.
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Since the late 1950s she's been an icon for young girls and a collectable for the old(er) girls, she's been a hard hitting career woman and a cultured lady of leisure, she's also had the long term boyfriend and a fling with a surf hunk. Yes, Barbie has had it all, and will continue to have it all for the foreseeable future. But how much do you really know about the most famous doll in the world? Here are ten things you probably didn't know about Barbara Millicent Roberts.
1. Back in 1959, Barbie's first career was a teenage fashion model. The doll was available with both blonde and brunette hair and was sporting a stylish black and white striped swimsuit (and fabulous heels, of course).
2. Barbie has had over 80 different careers in her 53 years. From being a palaeontologist to a political candidate (her manifesto focusing on animal rights, educational excellence and opportunities for girls) and vet to pilot.
3. Barbie is marketed and sold in more than 150 nations and one Barbie is sold every three seconds somewhere in the world. According to statistics, if placed head to toe, Barbie dolls and members of her family that have been sold since 1959 would circle the earth seven times. That's a whopping 165,200 miles of Barbie.
4. Barbie had to go through Pentagon approval when she joined the Army as a medic Sergeant, enlisted in Desert Storm. The US officials wanted her costumes to reflect the true uniforms soldiers wear in the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps.
5. Due to serious critics and slamming of a growing trend of eating disorders amongst young girls, Barbie's waist has been widened in an attempt to reflect a more natural human body, rather than a size zero waist and a disproportionate chest.
6. Over 100 million yards of fabric have been used for making Barbie's limitless wardrobe. This makes Mattel (the company behind Barbie) one of the largest apparel manufacturers in the world.
7. In 1967, Twiggy became the first celebrity to join the Barbie family – she was soon followed by rapper MC Hammer which came with a mix-tape of his songs. It turns out, you can touch this, as long as it's plastic.
8. Barbie's first, and long term boyfriend came onto the scene in March 1961. He was named after the son of Barbie founders Ruth and Elliot Mattel. Ken and Barbie broke up on Valentine's day 2009 after 43 years going steady.
9. Over the past 53 years, Barbie has gone through over 43 pets, and not just something an ordinary girl would have. She's been the owner of a panda, a giraffe, a lion cub and a zebra.
10. Barbie has five sisters; Skipper who was born in 1964, Tutti her twin who was suspiciously born 7 years later than Barbera in 1966, Stacie came to be in 1992, Kelly in 1995 and Krissy in '99.
There's no time like Christmas to get your child interested in the world of Barbie (or to buy a collector something new and shiny), so why not buy someone a Yuletide treat? Leading UK retailer Argos sell a wide range of Barbies suitable for any budding enthusiast.
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This is a discussion on I need to do a "sign inventory" within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Based on some current discussions here, I think I'll pick a Saturday to go around to the stores I normally frequent and check for a ...
Based on some current discussions here, I think I'll pick a Saturday to go around to the stores I normally frequent and check for a "no weapons" sign. I'll make a list of "who's naughty and who's nice" toward concealed carry. I might also send a letter to some of the "naughty" ones, like my local mall.
I really don't like Home Depot in the first place. So.... *if* they have a "no weapons" sign and Lowe's doesn't, maybe I'll spend a wad at Lowe's, then send a letter to Home Depot with a copy of the receipt letting them see how much business they missed, now and in the future.
"I practice the ancient art of Klik Pao."
sounds like a good idea,let us know how your search goes.
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Never seen a Lowes or Home Depot posted.....as far as the other places, if you don't know there posted it isn't a problem. If you go looking then you DO know and have no choice but to avoid them.
Be sure to "LQQK" everywhere for the no weapons signs..our local theater thinks it's cute to have the signs at the BOTTOM of the entry doors, abt 2.5 inches off the ground.
I have yet to see one, and to be honest, half the time I do not look. It's concealed, therefore it does not exist.
There have been a couple of places that it had crossed my mind that they might bar (I seem to remember Dicks Sporting Goods as one of them), but amongst all the signage on the doors and windows at the entrance, no "No Guns/Weapons" signs.
I know that there is a big set of guidelines for Public places, but private business...I thought that Colorado was pretty explicit on the Must Post rule, but damned if I can find the guidelines for it now. Even the definition of "Public" can get a bit hazy
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i guess im lucky. i have only found one no gun sign around here, which was recently removed.
The day I changed the world. (well my world anyway)
Last week I noticed a No Gun sign on one of the doors to the local supermarket.
So I got on the web and look up letters to write about this and see if I could get them to take it down.
This is what I sent them. Some of it is taken form other letters I found on the web.
I also called the Pitt county sheriff for my ccw Facts.
Store Phone: ***-***-***
I stopped in this store to pick up supplies for Sundays church meeting last Friday. Upon entering the store, I noticed the No Guns sign posted one of the doors ( law requires all entrances Be posted) . I cut a 180, went back out the exit doors, walked to my truck, upholstered my gun and locked it up.
Often the signs are not posted due to distain for gun owners or a hatred of the Second Amendment. It is often posted due to lack of knowledge of the law, or that the store owner has been misinformed that they are required to post.
Few merchants realize the ramifications and backlash that a "No Gun" sign entails.
North Carolina businesses may think they are making a "safer" environment for their employees, while in fact they are putting them in danger by posting a "No Gun" sign, as well as missing prime revenue. In this economic climate, no one can afford that.
By WILLINGLY posting a "No Guns" sign you are only forbidding law-abiding citizens from carrying concealed handguns into your establishment. All so called gun-free zones only disarm the law-abiding and actually make it safer for the criminal.
Gun owners are a well-behaved, law abiding, well-funded bunch and to deny them access to a stores goods doesnt make any sense at all. Word travels fast in the gun community as to which businesses are gun friendly and which ones do not like gun owners.
I cant come in my favorite store? I have spent $200 a week for years at Krogers on groceries, pet food, business supplies/food and now I am barred from my favorite grocery by the "No Gun" sign. Do you want my business?
By placing a "No Gun" sign, on a store was essentially saying: Hey robbers, come on in, there are no guns here. We are defenseless. And declaring that any given business is "defenseless," any thief is encouraged to hit that place.
Criminals have long preferred unarmed victims. No criminal wants to encounter resistance or get shot when they get their "crack money." Therefore, placing a "No Gun" sign endangers employees as well as shoppers.
I would also like to inform you that all handguns in the store must, by law, be completely concealed. You or your employees would never know there are guns on the premises. There is Zero chance for some one getting freaked out.
Further, I would like to inform you, citizens with the licensees who carry concealed firearms are NOT felons, have never been judged mentally defective, are fingerprinted, had a federal back ground checked and have personally been given their license by a county sheriff.
Now how much Do you know about your other customers?
I called pit county sheriff department and they tell me they get about 15 requests for the carry concealed licenses per week. These are not cheap! The class you Must take is 200-300 (depending on the instructor) and the filing permit with the sheriff is $100.00 people are not going to pay 300-400 dollars to be in a victim disarmament store. You will be losing approximately 15 customers a week. I understand a full-service Wal-Mart with grocery across the street from you. Estimates say that it siphons off 24-58 percent of your business weekly. You need valuable customers like me to stay loyal to you. And from what Ive heard, Wal-Mart does NOT post No Gun signs."
At this time I would like to inform you that I and the members of my church have noticed your sign, and we are going to respect you wishes, by shopping else ware as long as you have guns banned. And will not do business with your store until the sign is removed.
No Gun signs turn law-abiding customers away while advertising a safe working environment to criminals!
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Thank you for contacting The Kroger Co.
We know and understand that you have a choice in where you shop and are grateful that you've chosen to do so with
us. Be assured that your concerns are being shared with the store manager.
Thank you for shopping at Kroger. There is nothing more important to us than making sure your shopping
experience meets your expectations.
Dawn **********
Consumer Affairs
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Today I drove by and the sign was gone!
I am feeling really good right about now.
This was all about 2 months ago. I'm just reposting it here.
For a pleasant vacation, travel to FL and look for 'signs'...now I have heard a person or two post about one, but I've lived here since 2000 and have yet to see one.
They mean absolutely nothing here.
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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GREAT JOB Thoth8!
I have yet to see any place posted. Letters will be dispatched upon seeing them ...
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Farnoosh Brock fled with her family from Iran to Turkey when she was eleven years old. They were supposed to leave only for a three-week holiday, but they never came back, choosing to depart from their war-torn homeland for a better life.
After three years in Turkey, Farnoosh finds herself in America, where she struggles to fit into the culture but manages to get by and eventually enters college. From there she excels and finds herself in a successful corporate career, earning more than six figures a year.
Despite enjoying a fantastic career, Farnoosh feels unfulfilled. Her job isn't stimulating or challenging, and even though it only requires four hours a day and she can work from home, she quits to start her own business.
Farnoosh transitions into a full-time blogger and information marketer. She manages to build a following and successfully launches a product on travel, which unfortunately doesn't do great, but she knows what went wrong.
Learning from her mistakes, Farnoosh launches another product, this time helping people with exercises, and she has a profitable product. She builds on her success, moving into the Green Juicing market and has another successful product on her hands. Next, she begins coaching to help corporate people with their career and offers advice on how to leave the corporate world if they would like to follow in her footsteps.
What's so amazing about this story is Farnoosh has done all of this in less than two years from the point she quit her job. This woman has some serious hustle.
Of course, I had to know HOW she manages to produce so much and so quickly. From building up a successful blog audience, to launching information products and all the steps needed to do that (sales page, product creation, email list, etc), having a best seller on Kindle, speaking at events – Farnoosh somehow manages to do it all in such a short period of time and almost entirely by herself!
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You're right Yaro. She does as some sick hustle! Don't we all need this type of mentality.
It is amazing how she tries new things no matter what if she fails or not. Trying new things can be a very smart move to success. And she surely show it.
Hope she has continued success.
Dear Samuel, thank you so much! So much! I need the encouragement :))! You gotta try until something works, right? Are you on an entrepreneur journey too? Wishing you the best and thanks for your thoughts here, Samuel.
Hi Samuel, strange – I replied to your comment this morning. Well, thank you so much for the kind words and the encouragement, and a new phrase: "some sick hustle" – I am gonna take it as a compliment :)!
THANK YOU so much for the interview, Yaro! It was fun and such an honor to be featured on your podcast series.
Great success story – about Farnoosh Brock – reminds us that road blocks are nothing with the right attitude, hustle & mindset. Have a great day on purpose!
Hi and thanks so much for the kind words…. I love the beautiful way you summarized it. That's was a lot more articulate than what I could have said. Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the interview.
Inspirational story! It's great to hear stories like this from time to time.
It kind of restores your faith that it is possible if you believe in yourself and you persist. Never give up!
Rich, thank you so much. If that's all you took away from the interview, it is the best message. Thank you for sharing it! 🙂 Never EVER give up on things you want! That's right.
Great story! It's very inspiring how she does all these things in just a span of less than 2 years. I salute her!
Dear Lorii, thank you and I know you can too. Believe in yourself, make a plan, fight those doubts, and push through. Let me know if you need more tough love and I am happy to dispense it. 🙂
Farnoosh, how wonderful to see you/hear you here on Entrepreneurs Journey! Your journey is wonderfully inspiring.
You do move at lightening speed and you've accomplished so many great things in such a short period of time. Just fabulous!
Dear Aileen, too sweet, thank you. It's been a very hardworking period in my life but also a very satisfying one. I think the energy came from the freedom after leaving corporate. Thank you for always supporting me!!!
Hi Farnoosh, i sincerely commend on your efforts and achievements so far. How i wish every would be entrepreneur would follow your foot steps. One thing i know is that whatever the mind can concieve, believe, it can achieve, therefore keep it up. I will go and take a look at your blog now.
@ Yaro, thanks for sharing.
Dear Theodore, what great praise. Thanks so much! I love what you set about the mind and THE WAY you said it! Do you ever listen to Wayne Dyers? He has been one of my favorite inspirational speakers and has had an influence in my hustle in the last 3-6 months I would say. Thanks again and wishing you the very best too – don't forget to say hello over at Prolific Living when you stop over.
Huge thanks to Farnoosh and Yaro for sharing this great story!
I certainly can relate to everything Farnoosh says about working in the corporate world. I used to work in a large corporation; for me two years was all I could take. This was by far the darkest era of my life. Misery beyond limits. It was an incredible life and learning experience in so many ways, with one the main lessons being that I needed to get out of that environment, which I did. It is sad and tragic to see so many people stuck in that environment, at the expense of their health, happiness, and unfulfilled potential. As an example, I recently reconnected with a colleague from the company where I used to work – he is in senior management, but has gone through two heart attacks, bypass surgery, and he is counting days till he can retire – what is the point? To be fair, some people thrive in that kind of environment, they are just created for it and they would not trade it for anything. But it is not for everyone.
Oh Olga, I hear you I do. I knew YOUNG kids in their twenties in our customer support group that had strange health issues and a couple of them passed away and I could swear the stress of work had something to do with it, but back then, I could not conceive of doing anything else – sigh! Now I am on a mission to spread the message that at the very least, you must consider your options. I have as many of those colleagues as you do, in high management, director, VP positions and married to a job that is slowly killing them. If you want to help me spread the word, I'd love to have a cheerleader. Thanks so much and thrilled for you to be out of there. Thanks for your kind words too.
This is GREAT thanks both Yaro and Farnoosh for this – I hope to achieve something similar, I definitely have faith and determination – it's just good to learn when to outsource as I've been trying to do too much myself! I wish you continued success and best wishes, Clare 🙂
Dear Clare, you can you can – don't say "I hope" , say "I will", "I shall" and see what great difference it can make for you. I wish you the best and if I can do anything to help you, just let me know. Thanks for taking the time to comment here.
Your story shows anyone can reach their goals with the right amount of effort. Yaro, keep posting more stories of this kind for inspirational purposes 🙂
Hi Farnoosh,
Yea u'r right, Wayne Dyers is a great motivator. however, i've seen your great work at prolific living and has already bookmacked it, please keep it up. I will also be linking to you from my blog. Take care and more greeze to your elbows.
Hi Farnoosh, great to hear about your story. I am sure this would motivate a lot more entrepreneurs who has been wanting to pursue their dreams but didnt to move out from their comfort zones. And i think one great spirit an entrepreneur should displaye is perseverance. To hang on to what you believe, and never give up despite failures and challenges.
great to hear you here Farnoosh – been following you for a while. there are some similarities in our stories and a lot of what you believe in and preach resonates very well with me. keep up the good work.
Hey Farnoosh. Very inspiring story! Here in South Africa we really need some form of positive energy from time to time. I am fairly new to this business. I have some ideas I am brainstorming. Hopefully I can be successful and prove to myself that there really is a way to be freed from the Corporate Cycle! Keep up the good work!
Hi Farnoosh,
I downloaded yesterday your interview to my phone, and went out for a walk, listening to your fascinating interview.
I was impressed with the passion you have for what you are doing, and passion is the life force of success. Your story is of full of inspiration, and has the power to motivate everyone who wants to make changes in his or her life.
To some extent, your story is similar to mine. I too, had a steady job for many years, until I decided to quit and do something more satisfying. It was a well deliberated decision, which took me some time to make and as in your case, my wife backed me up with it.
I am now doing something I love and enjoy doing, writing books, and writing articles for my website and blog, in a similar niche to yours.
Wow. Beautiful. Thank you sooooo much Farnoosh for opening your heart and sharing your story and life wisdom with us. I am touched by your words and your messages have given me that extra spur I need right now to dig a little deeper and carry on. Stay blessed and keep shining. And thanks Yaro for all you do to keep our hearts and mind alight and flowing with truth. Prayers to you and your families. Thank you


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Critical Mistakes Most Leaders Make When Leading Knowledge Workers.
By Bea Fields
Friday, 11th November 2011
Unless you have been living under a rock, you probably know that we are no longer living in the Industrial Age.
You remember that era a time where machines and things were the drivers of our economy and people were there to simply run and churn those machines. Machines, things and people were replaceable. It did not take a brain surgeon to run machines. It just took an able body who acted like a robot to turn on a machine, run the machine or work an assembly line.
Well, here we are today the year 2011, and while some companies have truly gotten that we are now in the era of the knowledge worker, many modern day companies are still trying to lead based on the rules of the Industrial Revolution.
Those rules included:
Start at the bottom, working on the assembly line or in the mail room and hope you work your way up to the top (a hierarchical form of leadership was the norm).
Pay your dues for 20 years and then ask for a promotion. You may get it or you may not.
Dont rock the boat! We have about five people who are making decisions, and you will do as we say, and you ARE replaceable.
No feedback meant all was okay, and then suddenly, a worker was called in and handed a pink slip for not supporting the way we do things we are a hierarchy, and you are trying to fight that!
People were treated like commodities disposable commodities, so trust was not par for the course.
Command and control styles were encouraged.
Just be quiet about what you have seen and know, and do your job, and you will be just fine.
Passion, purpose and voice were too touchy/feely so they were never discussed.
The worth of a person was measured by the number of hours they put in and how quickly and effectively they could run a machine or assemble a product
The more hours your worked, the more loyal you were, the more valuable you were to the company.
I could go on and on about the rules of the Industrial Age. My point to you is that the above set of rules is outdated and not in sync with todays knowledge worker. Information, creativity and brain power are now our most valuable assets, yet companies are not leading based on this idea.
The following will spell out the 7 most common mistakes I see leaders make with todays knowledge worker and how you can not only avoid them but shift your strategies so that you get the most out of your knowledge workers.
1. Discouraging knowledge workers to find and then use their own voice.
The new employee wants to know that they can be truly authentic in your organization and be able to bring their own unique voice to your company. Giving your knowledge workers permission to speak up and to use their own voice will inspire them to actually contribute new ideas and strategies to help your company thrive.
2. Not offering current, up to date training.
Todays knowledge worker was raised on a diet of knowledge, and they actually crave more knowledge. Because of the internet, the knowledge worker knows that at any hour of the day, they can go online and find more new information. Offering training in a second language, leadership or managerial skills or marketing and sales skills and delivering this training using digital media and shadowing will hold the attention of the knowledge worker and will actually help the knowledge worker build out their skill set for a stronger career down the road.
3. Training the knowledge worker using old classroom-style training methodologies.
The Industrial Revolution brought the world a lecture/chalkboard/classroom format, and it worked. But times have changed. We now have the internet, social media sites, cell phones with texting and internet capability and digital mechanisms to enhance learning. It is critical to understand that the knowledge worker of today often comes to the workforce with an environment induced form of ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder). This is not to suggest that the new knowledge worker has ADD, but the majority of young men and women between the ages of 22-32 will admit that because of their use of social media, cell phones and instant messaging (and using them all at the same time), their brains have been trained to focus for a short period of time and then flip to a new thought or activity and that this occurs hundreds of times each day. By using new media, shadowing and experiential training, you will be able to grab and hold the attention of the knowledge worker much better and for longer periods of time than in using the classroom/lecture/power point method of training.
4. Excluding the knowledge worker from team decisions.
This is one area that is a constant concern with the knowledge worker. They feel that their opinions, ideas and contributions are not valued, so they are deliberately excluded from strategic meetings which could be enhanced by their contributions. The new knowledge worker wants to know that they are helping the companies they serve be better, make a difference, be more profitable or help to conjure up the next big idea that will put your company on the map. At the end of the day, the new knowledge worker needs to be invited to sit at the table senior leaders, and it is critical that you take their ideas, suggestions and contributions seriously. These men and women will be your future leaders, and it is imperative that you show them that their minds and ideas do count and you want them in on your most critical discussions.
5. Treating the knowledge worker like a disposable commodity.
If you are a leader, and you are seeing your knowledge worker as a commodity to use for a short period of time and then send them out the door, you are not only doing a disservice to your employees, you are building a brand that says you value things more than people. This attitude simply wont fly in todays world. Consumers are watching companies more and more to see if they can spot that you have a high level of emotional intelligence, and your knowledge workers will be the first to know if you are using them just to drain their brains and then send them packing. The knowledge worker wants to be treated as a valued member of your team a human being and not a machine or a thing.
Trying to inspire the knowledge worker by offering more money.
This is probably one of the biggest mistakes you can make as a leader or manager of the knowledge worker. Young hires between the ages of 22-32 truly have a different set of values than those of their parents. While they all agree that they do need enough money to be able to live, they truly value time over money, friends over big titles and promotions and opportunities for ongoing learning over getting paid overtime. When trying to inspire the knowledge worker, offering them two hours off on Friday to spend time with friends, to contribute back to the community or to take an extra course at a nearby location will be much more valuable than offering them a few extra bucks to work harder and longer hours. This demographic of workers have watched their parents work their fingers to the bone just to keep up with the Joneses, and then watched as their parents were downsized, laid off or fired. To work longer hours just to please the boss and make overtime pay is not the carrot you will want to dangle under the nose of the knowledge worker, but time off or extra learning will have the knowledge workers mouth watering.
Discouraging dreams and passions.
In my experiences, I have been quite saddened to see leaders throw water on a burning passion of the new knowledge worker. The new worker of today will come to your organization with big ideas, dreams and passions, and these should be encouraged, cultivated and woven into the decision making for your company. If the knowledge worker feels that her dreams are being supported, she will stick around your company much longer than if she is told to be realistic and just put that dream on hold.
At the end of the day, a leadership process where senior leaders are communicating the worth, potential and possibilities to their new knowledge workers, the future for your company can be bright and limitless.
Bea Fields
is the President of Bea Fields Companies, Inc. and the Founder of Five Star Leader Coaching and Training, a leadership consulting firm currently serving over 800 clients world-wide. Along with Scott Wilder, Jim Bunch and Rob Newbold, she is the co-author of Millennial Leaders: Success Stories From Todays Most Brilliant Generation Y Leaders. The new book explores and analyzes Generation Y the young adults currently between the ages of 18 and 30 from a socio-economic standpoint.
The book highlights 25 members of this generation who have already made a name for themselves, and provides crucial insights for business and political leaders seeking to tap into this demographic. Along with Corey Blake and Eva Silva Travers, she is also the author of Edge: A Leadership Story, which was named a finalist in the 2008 National Best Book Awards in the category of Business/Motivation.
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Unix Insider –
As regular readers of Unix Insider probably know, Peter Galvin has abdicated as Unix Insider's security czar to start a new system administration column for this magazine. Following Peter's lead, this column will continue to provide practical, technical information about computer security based on real-world experiences.
I'm currently working as an independent security consultant in the New York financial market. This gives me the opportunity to design and implement solutions in different environments in parallel. Because every environment is unique, it's possible that something that worked out great for me will be totally wrong for you. There's no single solution or product that is optimal for all people at all times. My goal is to provide the gory technical details of problems encountered and solutions that have worked in most environments.
As has been discussed numerous times, most security problems are the result of human negligence. If more programmers followed the advice set forth in Peter's April 1998 column, there wouldn't be as much to write about here. I've worked with developers who refuse to even follow basic source code control such as SCCS. Unfortunately, system administrators often have no control over the development environment and are unable to impose proper development procedures.
What the administrator can do is to consider the application suspect and place it in a padded cell using chroot.
I cowrote with Peter the May and June 1998 Security columns, which described the installation of a Web server in a padded cell environment that my partner, Jonathan Klein, and I installed at a client site. I was rather surprised at all the feedback complaining that padded cells are too difficult to set up correctly. While it's true that there's a lot of technical detail involved in creating a padded cell, and while it certainly isn't a procedure for novices, it is worthwhile to learn since it's a proven procedure that has been used for years. To help make the learning process easier, this column includes scripts written by Jonathan to create a basic padded cell.
Creating a basic padded cell
A padded cell is a unique environment specifically tailored for an application. As such, these scripts probably won't work for your particular application -- you'll need to edit the sample list files. We've used these to configure the Netscape server, Sendmail, FTP, and list servers, and we edit the list files each time.
The following shell scripts can be used (with modification) to create a basic padded cell:
The shell scripts use the following ASCII input files:
There's also a C program to create the proper device permissions:
You can click on the links above to see the scripts; I'll also provide quick explanations of them below.
This is a top-level master script that calls and runs all the other scripts.
This script creates the directory structure needed to simulate a mini-Unix operating environment. It creates directories such as /etc, /usr, /lib, /usr/lib, and so on. The script decides which directories to create based on the input file, dirlist. The file provided here is an example only and needs to be edited for your particular application.
This script makes all the required symbolic links for directories. For example, it will create the symbolic link from $root/bin to $root/usr/bin. The input file for this script is symdirlist.
This script creates the devices in the cell directory that will be required by the application. It also creates the symbolic links as required. The input file for this script is devlist. Be very careful to edit this file and include only the devices you will need. Remember, the devices listed are only a guide. This script also uses a C program, mkperm.c, to set the correct permissions for the devices.
This script copies into the cell the system files you will need to run the application. The input file is filelist.
Important note! Some of the files that are copied in must be modified to remove information you don't want public, such as the root password.
Files that must be modified include:
- passwd and shadow: These files need to be in the cell so the application will work. However, they need to be stripped of all the user data that isn't needed in the cell. Although the root account should be in the cell's passwd and shadow files, the password data is meaningless and must not be valid. The real root account works outside the cell.
- hosts and services: Again, just put in here what you need in the cell, although a cracker could easily find out what services you are running by running portscan.
Additional files, such as nsswitch.conf and inetd.conf,
may need to be modified.
This script creates all the file symbolic links that are required such as the lib.so files. The input file is symfilelist.
Using the scripts
It is highly recommended that you run this on a test system first if you are unfamiliar with chroot. If you are installing a padded cell for production use, you should have it reside on a dedicated filesystem. For testing and/or learning purposes, you can just make a directory in a filesystem with sufficient space.
Copy the scripts into /usr/local/bin. In this directory, make a directory called lists and copy in the five list files (dirlist, symdirlist, devlist, filelist and symfilelist). Edit the list files accordingly. To find out which libraries the application needs, run ldd on the application. For example:
 # ldd /usr/lib/sendmail libresolv.so.2 => /usr/lib/libresolv.so.2 libsocket.so.1 => /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1 libnsl.so.1 => /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1 libkstat.so.1 => /usr/lib/libkstat.so.1 libc.so.1 => /usr/lib/libc.so.1 libdl.so.1 => /usr/lib/libdl.so.1 libdl.so.1 (SUNW_0.7) => (version not found) libdl.so.1 (SISCD_2.3) => (version not found) libintl.so.1 => /usr/lib/libintl.so.1 libmp.so.1 => /usr/lib/libmp.so.1 libdl.so.1 (SUNW_0.7) => (version not found) libdl.so.1 (SUNWprivate_1.1) => (version not found) libdl.so.1 (SISCD_2.3) => (version not found) libw.so.1 => /usr/lib/libw.so.1 #
If you're creating a production cell, make a filesystem just for the cell (e.g., /usr/local/cell) and mount it as /usr/local/cell (or whatever). If you're just using this for testing or learning purposes, it isn't necessary to make a separate filesystem. For test purposes, I'm using a directory, /tmp/cell_test as an example.
 # /usr/local/bin/make_cell /usr/local/bin/lists /tmp/cell_test Make Directory Entries Make Directory Symbolic Links Make Device Entries Copying Files Make File Symbolic Links Padded Cell creation complete # # ls -lR /tmp/cell_test
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ls -lin the example above.)
Don't forget to clean up /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow! Also check all the other system files that were copied in. In this case, I copied in /bin/sh to use as an example. If you don't need it in the cell, remove it.
Here's a basic example of how the cell works:
 # pwd /usr/local/bin # /usr/sbin/chroot /tmp/cell_test /bin/sh # pwd / # cd /usr/bin # ./ls ./ls: not found # /usr/bin/ls /usr/bin/ls: not found [control-D] # pwd /usr/local/bin
Because I didn't copy /usr/bin/ls into the cell, it isn't found when I run /bin/sh under chroot.
Copy the application binaries into the cell. For an application that needs to be built, run the build outside the cell because it will require system resources for the build that aren't necessary to run the application. When you copy the binaries in, remember that you are considering the directory /tmp/cell_test to be root (/). For example, Sendmail would be copied in to /tmp/cell_test/usr/lib/sendmail. Make sure the appropriate permissions are set.
 # cp -p /usr/lib/sendmail tmp/cell_test/usr/lib # ls -l /tmp/cell_test/usr/lib/sendmail r-sr-x--x 1 root bin 378264 Dec 6 15:09 /tmp/cell_test/usr/lib/sendmail
Test to make sure the application works in the cell:
 # /usr/sbin/chroot /tmp/cell_test /usr/lib/sendmail -bt ld.so.1: /usr/lib/sendmail: fatal: libresolv.so.2: open failed: No such file or directory Killed
Sometimes the errors are pretty obvious, as in the example above. For the more obscure errors, use truss as follows:
 mount /proc as a loopback filesystem for debugging purposes: # mkdir /tmp/cell_test/proc # mount -F lofs /proc /tmp/cell_test/proc # cp /usr/bin/truss /tmp/cell_test/usr/bin/truss # /usr/sbin/chroot /tmp/cell_test /usr/bin/truss /usr/lib/sendmail 2>& 1 | tee>/tmp/out # more /tmp/out execve("/usr/lib/sendmail", 0xEFFFFE28, 0xEFFFFE30) argc = 1 open("/dev/zero", O_RDONLY) = 3 mmap(0x00000000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xEF 7C0000 open("/usr/lib/libresolv.so.2", O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT ld.so.1: /usr/lib/sendmail: fatal: libresolv.so.2: open failed: No such file or directory write(2, " l d . s o . 1 : / u s".., 90) = 90 getpid() = 23561 [23559] *** process killed *** +
In this case, I'm missing libresolv.so.2. (Actually, I removed it to generate the error.) Using truss can be rather painful, but it's very helpful in identifying missing devices.
Once you get all the libraries and devices the application needs in the cell, test it again to see what else it may need:
 # /usr/sbin/chroot /tmp/cell_test /usr/lib/sendmail -bt /etc/sendmail.cf: line 59: fileclass: cannot open /etc/mail/sendmail.cw: No such file or directory dbm map "Alias0": missing map file /etc/mail/aliases: No such file or directory WARNING: cannot open alias database /etc/mail/aliases; reading text version ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked) Enter <ruleset> <address> >[control-D]
The cell is missing some files that Sendmail needs, such as /etc/mail/aliases and /etc/sendmail.cw. (I previously copied in a basic /etc/sendmail.cf file.) As always, check any file you copy into the cell to make sure it's something you want public. After you have the required files for the application, try it again:
 # /usr/sbin/chroot /tmp/cell_test /usr/lib/sendmail -bt ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked) Enter <ruleset> <address> > 3,0,4 firstname.lastname@example.com rewrite: ruleset 3 input: fennelly @ wkeys . com rewrite: ruleset 96 input: fennelly < @ wkeys . com > rewrite: ruleset 96 returns: fennelly < @ wkeys . com . > rewrite: ruleset 3 returns: fennelly < @ wkeys . com . > rewrite: ruleset 0 input: fennelly < @ wkeys . com . > rewrite: ruleset 199 input: fennelly < @ wkeys . com . > rewrite: ruleset 199 returns: fennelly < @ wkeys . com . > rewrite: ruleset 98 input: fennelly < @ wkeys . com . > rewrite: ruleset 98 returns: $# local $: fennelly rewrite: ruleset 0 returns: $# local $: fennelly rewrite: ruleset 4 input: $# local $: fennelly rewrite: ruleset 4 returns: $# local $: fennelly > 3,0,4 firstname.lastname@example.com rewrite: ruleset 3 input: user @ unixinsider . com rewrite: ruleset 96 input: user < @ unixinsider . com > rewrite: ruleset 96 returns: user < @ unixinsider . com . > rewrite: ruleset 3 returns: user < @ unixinsider . com . > rewrite: ruleset 0 input: user < @ unixinsider . com . > rewrite: ruleset 199 input: user < @ unixinsider . com . > rewrite: ruleset 199 returns: user < @ unixinsider . com . > rewrite: ruleset 98 input: user < @ unixinsider . com . > rewrite: ruleset 98 returns: $# smtp $@ firebox $: user < @ unixinsider . com . > rewrite: ruleset 0 returns: $# smtp $@ firebox $: user < @ unixinsider . com . > rewrite: ruleset 4 input: $# smtp $@ firebox $: user < @ unixinsider . com . > rewrite: ruleset 4 returns: $# smtp $@ firebox $: user < @ unixinsider . com . > >
At this point, it looks like my application is working and I can proceed with production testing. When the application is considered ready for production, the system startup files can be modified to start the application in the padded cell, as in a modified version of /etc/init.d/sendmail to start Sendmail in the padded cell. The modified startup of Sendmail could look something like this:
 PADDED_CELL=/usr/local/cell /usr/sbin/chroot ${PADDED_CELL} /usr/lib/sendmail -bd -q15m