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Cougars player-coach Paul March says his side are in buoyant mood heading into Sunday's crunch showdown at home to Championship pacesetters Leigh.
The Centurions are top of the table after three games but March's team could draw level with them with victory this weekend.
Cougars claimed a thumping 40-14 win at Rochdale on Sunday, which saw winger Paul White and stand-off Danny Jones included in the Championship team of the week.
Now March (pictured) is looking for more of the same against Paul Rowley's men.
The player-coach, who was given a four-match ban on Tuesday night for questioning the integrity of a match official during the recent defeat at Doncaster, said: "We just need to make sure we've got the right attitude and if we do then we will give Leigh a game.
"On paper they're probably the best side in the league but we've got to compete with them in certain areas, primarily the middle unit.
"If we can lay that platform, then we will be able to play our own game.
"I was pleased with the all-round performance last week and we just need to carry that on now into this weekend."
March gave a debut to former Hunslet half-back Luke Haigh at Rochdale and has also signed Odsal Sedbergh's free-scoring back Andy Gabriel for the club's Under-20s side.
March added: "Luke Haigh has come in and played after just one training session and I thought his distribution was pretty good at the weekend. He provides cover while James feather is out injured."
Meanwhile, Ryan Patchett and Matthew Bailey have joined Hemel Stags of Championship One on a one-month loan.
Patchett made his breakthrough at Cougar Park last year, making his debut in the 84-4 Challenge Cup defeat to Warrington.
Bailey joined last year from Bradford Bulls but missed the majority of the campaign with a broken leg sustained at Barrow in pre-season.
The pair made their Stags debut in the 28-0 defeat to Hunslet last Sunday.
The curtain-raiser to Sunday's visit of Leigh will be Keighley Albion u-16s versus Cottingham Tigers u-16s, which will kick-off at 12.45pm.
Cougars' Challenge Cup tie at home to Wath Brow Hornets will take place a week on Saturday at 3pm due to Feather's testimonial dinner being held later that evening.
Keighley's trip to Halifax has been moved forward 24 hours to Saturday, July 5 in order to avoid clashing with the Tour de France.
* Cougars' u-20s side lost 42-18 at home to Sheffield Eagles last Thursday, with Liam Darville, Tom Courtney and Ben Blackwell on target.


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I think Seth Godin's is my favourite blog. His posts are short, concise and usually thought provoking. Seth avoids the mistake of writing too much, too often, and writing crap just to keep the content flowing.
Today Seth talks about thinking bigger. It's got me thinking about StraightPress.
I host a handful of WordPress sites for family, friends and so on. Every time a WordPress update is released, I manually go through each site, run a backup, apply the update, then test the site. It's a time consuming process, but it's important to keep the sites secure. The sites are on my server, so security is my concern. It's a bit like brushing your teeth. Important, but not always the highlight of your day.
This is where the idea for StraightPress was born. If I can manage a handful of sites, why not manage a few hundred sites, and generate serious economy of scale? Like a professional tooth brusher. We'll come round to your house at 6pm every night and give your teeth a professional clean. Great I thought, here's a business I can build that meets my criteria.
Recently I read the excellent book Scientific Advertising (pdf) by Claude Hopkins. The book was written in 1923 and is as relevant today as the day it was penned. It really is an inspirational read. It's a book about caution, practicality, being realistic. It'll never inspire you to create Google, Apple or Twitter, but like insurance, it will keep you safe, sensible and secure.
The book makes an excellent point about toothpaste. The author makes the point that tooth paste is easier sold on account of its beauty enhancement than its disease prevention. I do believe that is true. Offering a product that enhances, improves, enriches is a much easier sell than a product that prevents.
Why do you want your WordPress site kept up to date? One of the most important reasons is security. Preventing problems. But that's not a great selling point. New features is another important point. WordPress 2.6 added post revisions. Every time you save a post or page, it creates a new version. So if you mess something up, you can easily go back to an older version. That's a very powerful feature.
My question is, how do I think bigger? How do I shape StraightPress so the offering is oustanding, remarkable, notable. What can we offer, around WordPress hosting and management, that would make people sit up and say "Damn, I want me some of that"? I don't have an answer today, but it's a question that will be on my mind until I do.


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By Sonya Campbell
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BELTON - Maintenance on the historic Bell County Courthouse is under way in Belton.
The work is being handled through Corporate Facilities Management, LLC, according to County Judge Jon Burrows.
"They have done several projects for the county in the past. The work being done is part of the periodic maintenance of our historic 1885 courthouse," he said.
Burrows noted the last significant maintenance/repairs were done more than 12 years ago. "To continue to preserve and maintain this great structure, we have done or are doing several projects."
A number of the projects in the interior of the courthouse have already been completed, including repainting the interior public areas, remodeling the auditor's area; replacing the entrance doors; upgrading the audio/visual equipment in the courtroom; applying foam in the attic to stop HVAC condensation, replacing the boiler and HVAC equipment, refurbishing all pipe insulation, replacing all HVAC controls and tinting the windows to reduce heat.
The exterior renovations and repair project under way include repainting the exterior, inspecting it for possible water infiltration, recaulking and reglazing windows; repairing soffits and gutters; verifying roof integrity, removing unneeded roof vents, repairing and/or replacing damaged areas to the clock tower, replacing
hand rails and remodeling/stone capping window wells.
"We anticipate being completed before July 4th," Burrows said. "Later, we will be doing some roof patching and repairs as inspections determine are needed.
The total for all those projects is about $1.2 million, which is being paid by 2010 bond funding.
"This is a great old structure that has had various levels of concern and care since 1885. Significant work was done in the 1930s, 1950s (when the dome was removed), 1999 (when the dome was put back/building was reconfigured) and the current 2011 project," Burrows said.


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D.C. Weather Forecast: Rain Train Continues
Tonight:Mild muggy with an isolated shower possible. Lows: Upper 60s to lower 70s Wind: S 5-15 mph Tuesday:Partly sunny, warm, and humid with a 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs: Lower 80s Wind: S 5-15 mph Wednesday:Partly sunny, warm and humid with a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs: Middle 80s Wind: S 5-15 mph
The weather pattern is locked in place, for now. High pressure over the Western Atlantic and low pressure over the Midwest are stationary. So, the local weather will remain the same until the high pressure slowly shifts westward toward the mid-Atlantic Coastline.
This will make the high pressure ridge more dominant by weeks' end and the weekend. But it will not end the threat of rain. And on top of that, it will cause warmer temperatures. So as the daily rain chances drop a bit, daily high temperatures will climb a bit. It will be a very warm and humid pattern. The weather pattern described above is pulling a deep moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and Tropical Atlantic. Even though there are only scattered showers in this pattern, it feels oppressive warm and humid and looks like the sky is ready to let loose at just about any moment. This pattern is certainly not typical of early July. In Florida…this is a typical typical, in our area, not so much.


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ST. PETERSBURG — Synergy has been unstoppable in the Filipelli & O'Donnell Kennel. Its greyhounds are finally healthy, producing volumes of victories and big mutuel payouts.
Kiowa Gee Whiz can keep the momentum going for Derby Lane's leading operation today with a win in the $10,000 Matinee Idol Stakes. The 550-yard sprint is Race 8 (2:30 p.m.).
A 25-month-old son of Flying Stanley — the sport's all-time leading money earner and 2008 Matinee Idol champion — Kiowa Gee Whiz has been a microcosm of Filipelli & O'Donnell's sensational start in the new season. The speedster is tied for the meet lead with three victories, each paying at least $19.20 against Grade A rivals. His last win came in the Matinee Idol semifinals Wednesday in 30.47 seconds.
Owned by kennel co-owner James "Barney" O'Donnell, Kiowa Gee Whiz was among the greyhounds affected by an intestinal virus that plagued the kennel in 2009. He was out for nearly three months.
"He's just getting back to the way he was (before the sickness)," kennel co-owner/trainer John Filipelli said. "He got sicker than most of them; it was weeks and weeks getting him right."
Winner in 11 of 38 career starts, Kiowa Gee Whiz drew the No. 1 box for the championship race. The remainder of the field in post-position order: Lamorge Red Fish (Alderson Kennel), Odd Inspector (Charter), Dutch Dabney (Campbell), Bow Miyabi (Abernathy), Kiowa Rf Preston (Patriot), Aerial Battle (Capabal) and Kiowa Lazy Lazy (Lester Raines). First place pays $4,500.
After finishing seventh (among 16 kennels) behind champion Wayne Ward in the Tampa at Derby Lane meet that concluded Dec. 31, Filipelli & O'Donnell has been on a tear. Entering Friday, it held a 45-35 win lead over Patriot. Twenty-six of the kennel's winners have paid at least $10, nine more than $20, and only eight have been favored. The average win price is $14. Hallo Elmo Acre produced the highest win payout of $44 on Jan. 13, one of 18 victories last week for Filipelli & O'Donnell. The kennel won the 2009 Matinee Idol with Tmc's Trail Boss.
HORSES: Tom Proctor trainee Omega Cat is the early-line 2-1 choice in today's featured sixth race (2:49 p.m.), a 1 1/16th-mile allowance turf test for older fillies and mares, at Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar. First post for the 11-race card is 12:25 p.m. … Jackson Bend is among nine 3-year-olds entered in the Grade III $150,000 Holy Bull (Race 9, 5:08 p.m.) at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach. … General Quarters, 2009 Sam F. Davis winner, makes his 4-year-old debut in the $75,000 Louisiana Handicap (Race 7, 4:13 p.m.) at Fair Grounds in New Orleans. … Jockey Thomas Pompell, 36, a Tampa native, got his 2,000th career win on Catch the Prize on Jan. 16 at Turfway Park in Florence, Ky.


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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
How to Care for Leather Saddles
9 comments:
Can't beat the old ones...you've probably saved youself six month's of breaking-in time!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 2, 2009 at 9:28 AM
I think we put too much emphasis on breaking in and taking care of leather saddles. I almost didn't buy my B17 after reading all the web posts. I'm glad I ignored all that nonsense and got one any way. The only thing a leather saddle wants is to be ridden all the time and treated about three times a year. I couldn't be happier with mine and I don't give it any more thought than the old plastic ones I used to have.ReplyDelete
Thanks Anonymous, was that a new B17 or a used one? And what sort of treatment do you typically use?ReplyDelete
I agree that some people are perhaps worry-warts about their leather saddles, but leather *is* definitely a different beast than plastic, especially for folks who ride in all weather conditions.
- AnonymousJanuary 2, 2009 at 1:01 PM
It was a brand new B17. Hard as a brick. Rather than waste all kinds of effort and time on break-in techniques, I just rode it. I put a little proofide on it about three times a year and call it good. Because I'm a light person (140 lbs) I think it took a little longer to finally submit to my backside. But, it really wasn't something that would make a good story.
I ride year round. All kinds of weather conditions. I just figure my posterior will cover the saddle even in the worst of weather. Hasn't failed me yet. I'll take it inside if I park the bike in bad weather, but really don't do anything special.
Cool, thanks! A good caution against over-thinking things.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 4, 2009 at 9:09 PM
I rode today in a blowing, blinding snow storm. I really need to get some studded tires, but that's another story. As is always the case, my narrow backside kept the B17 protected during the entire 26 miles.
Does 1993 qualify for "old bike" yet?
Well, as hard as it is to believe, that's a full 16 years old now, so I guess it counts!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 5, 2009 at 7:40 AM
Great. I have a '93 Mongoose Rockadile mountain bike. Over the years I've worn out and replaced every component on it. I guess that's not the same as restoring an old bike, but it keeps a middle aged bike on the road.ReplyDelete
I transformed it into a commuter/touring/everyday bike after the initial years of beating it up on trails. The frame is Chro-Moly and its geometry is similar to touring bikes. In my mind, it's just the perfect bike. I guess I'll have it on the road 20 years from now and I can officially call it an old bike.
from what i have read neatsfoot is not the idea treatment for leather bike saddles... softens them too much and they can then stretch out of shape... my old one I use a Swedish leather treatment called Renapur (??) and that has been good... but I have ordered some Brooks Proofhide for my new B17 Special from when I get to put it on my bikeReplyDelete
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NASCAR has become so much more than just an adrenalized racing sport. It's a cultural touchstone, what the right rallies around whenever the next Michael Moore movie or Al Franken tome arrives on the scene.
It's ours. So it's fascinating to watch a too brief but still intriguing documentary about NASCAR's roots.
"NASCAR: The Ride of Their Lives," now available on DVD, tells the history of NASCAR from its earliest days on the sandy beaches of Daytona to its current place as the king of spectator sports.
Fueled by rebellion, sand and moonshine, NASCAR began modestly but quickly grabbed hold of the southern culture. And it only spread from there.
The film, produced by CMT Films and NASCAR Media Group, doesn't whitewash the sport … or its drivers. Some, like NASCAR icon Richard Petty, are shown to be devious at times on the race track, but also uncommonly kind to their fans. And the turbulent '60s, and its racial flare-ups, dovetailed with the racism existing along the NASCAR circuit of that era.
Could the film have dug deeper? You bet. But there's so much ground to cover here it's hard not to want more of just about every chapter in NASCAR's history.
The first and second generation drivers were often burly men, powerful figures who used their might to steer their cars to victory. Some older drivers bemoan the modern innovations that let whippet thin heroes like Jeff Gordon conquer all comers, but it's hard to argue with the safety improvements that revolutionized the sport.
"Ride" might have appealed strictly to car enthusiasts, but the sport boasts a number of outsized drivers to draw in all viewers. Earnhardt. Petty. Allison. Each played a pivotal role in NASCAR's evolution, though it was Earnhardt who helped bring the sport into the corporate world.
"Ride" doesn't shy away from the sport's danger, particular regarding the death of Dale Earnhardt at the age of 49. The sequences recalling his fatal accident, and son Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s watery-eyed recollections of that tragedy, stand as the documentary's beating heart.
When it comes to NASCAR, it's often a family affair. The sport teems with dynasties, driving skills and ambitions passed down eagerly from father to son.
Narrated with class and distinction by Kevin Costner, "Ride" is a uniquely American story, one both sides of the ideological aisle can embrace if given the chance.


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I had to take a break from guitar practice to jot down a few notes. I was still in the thinking mode, having not entered the playing guitar mode. All of a sudden it hit me, who better to learn which online guitar lessons are the best ones from, than someone still learning to play the guitar? I'm an active intermediate guitar player, and you know what? The more I learn the more I realize there is lots more to learn.
Not every practice session is total fun. In fact yesterday I was struggling with excessive string squeal. Dang it. I try to make it fun. One of my tactics is to play the part I want to learn over and over, day after day, until it becomes innate. It is a proven learning strategy that repetition creates new neural pathways in the brain to perform said function. The more you do it, the better it becomes ingrained.
I'm a mid level guitar player working my ass off trying to advance. I have to really study every lesson to decide if it's any good. Because I am a good practicer, I can usually find something good in almost any lesson. The most important issue and hardest one to correct is the problem of developing bad habits. I'm very lucky, My first teacher, in the '60's, made sure I developed no bad habits, and drilled me on how to practice the guitar, and make it fun.
My second guitar teacher was one of the best electric guitar players I have ever heard play. He had perfect technique, he was not a great teacher though. At least for most people. Because I am a good learner and work hard to learn new stuff, he was helpful and in many ways instrumental in me learning to play the way I do. He also was a student a Berklee Music school, so his knowledge and technique were flawless. But easier and more gratifying ways to learn guitar were available for someone like me at that time. A 52 year old guy dying for the fastest guitar lessons for beginners course to learn to play Hendrix in a few years.
Richard knew how to play Hendrix. Richard spent more time than anyone I knew of practicing the guitar as a kid. It's very obvious how much he must have practiced when he was young. I had a lot of catchup work to do, and will never play like Richard. But I know he played his guitar almost 24/7, except for eating and sleeping, probably like Hendrix and Buddy Guy, and my other favorite guitar players.
Here is what I know from my guitar education regarding guitar lessons and guitar practice. You gotta have good guitar lessons in the beginning. Guitar for beginners, for any age group has to be taught with certain ideas in mind. Because lots of people teach guitar, there are many variations on how to teach. But, if you are not taught the correct habits regarding technique and how to practice, it won't be fun or productive. It's really important to make guitar lessons for kids fun, not a chore. Adults generally choose to play guitar electivey. An adults motivation is [usually] different from a kids.
If you can find the right teacher just down the street, and don't mind paying a lot for guitar lessons, than go for it. What I notice is the amount of qualified private guitar tutors is very low compared to the amount of guitar students. The chances of a qualified teacher being down the street are not good. Did I mention that you can buy online guitar lessons? Some people don't know that yet. Not only are video guitar lessons or DVD guitar lessons other examples of using technology to the highest degree, they are really inexpensive and you can learn at home.
First I choose songs I love and want to play, unfortunately I don't have the common sense to pick easy songs. Why do we Repeat Musical Phrases? To build muscle memory. Which is a mental record of repeated movements that enable us to move without thinking. When Hendrix sings "Castles Made of Sand" while playing all the gorgeous chordal magic on his guitar, he's not thinking much about his guitar playing. It's all instinct. Probably why it sounds so great.
Muscles will Remember Mistakes just like it remembers the correct techniques. The process of building muscle memory is simple: The fingers move, and the mind records the movement. It records with no judgment, like a security camera filming the NY streets in the TV show 24 Hours. So when you perform mistakes, your muscle memory remembers those movements just as it records correct movements. When you mess up, you might think, "dang it", but your muscle memory is recording the incorrect movement all the same.
Avoid Mistakes by Simplifying and Slowing Down. When I practice "Castles Made of Sand," I specifically do not try long musical phrases, because it did not sound like what I wanted to play, and I could have dug myself into a hole because my muscle memory would have remembered all those mistakes. What I started to do was simplify the music by just choosing a couple notes, phrases or measures to work on at a time. Once I had them memorized, I could work that area endlessly until I was at least capable of making the correct sounds. Also, I slowed down enough to make correct playing fun and easier.
This is actually really hard to do. It's not just impatience, it's that people don't realize how slow slow is. Slow is the correct tempo you need to play without mistakes. For beginner guitarists learning a lick, this could mean one note every three or five seconds. The slower you go, the faster you'll get there.
Simplifying Also Means Isolating the Skill You're Learning. Say you're learning to strum a new song that has a new strum pattern and new chords. Your job is to build muscle memory both with your left hand (fretting the new chords) and your right arm (strumming the new pattern). The problem is, until you build muscle memory, you have to exert all your focus on the skill you're learning, making sure you don't make mistakes. So how do you focus on fretting those new chord shapes while making sure you strum correctly?
You can't. So instead, practice the two skills separately. Fret the new chords and just strum once to make sure they sound good. Repeat. Then practice the strum pattern while fretting just one chord. Repeat. Once you have both skills in your muscle memory, you can practice them together.
Repeat Until You've Really Got It. It takes as many as 80 correct repetitions of a musical phrase—with no mistakes—to build primary muscle memory. If you make a mistake, simplify or slow down, and then start counting from one again. Whether it takes 20 or 80 depends on your natural aptitude. Stevie Ray Vaughan is probably one of those 1-reps guys. I am closer to being in the unlimited reps. club.
Learning strum/rhythm Patterns is different. I've found that you don't have to be quite so militant about avoiding mistakes when you're learning new rhythms, like a new pattern. While simplifying and slowing down is helpful, learning rhythms also involves the mysterious process of "getting into the pocket." It demands that you loosen up, stop worrying about sounding bad, and try to feel the music. So don't worry as much about mistakes. Once you get the strum pattern down, you'll have plenty of time to obliterate the mistakes from your muscle memory as you strum that pattern over and over and over and over.


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By Mike Musgrove
Friday, March 10, 2006
No, those cheering and moaning crowds over in the Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. booth at the FOSE government tech trade show this week weren't playing craps.
They were playing the consultant's new CIO Wargame. And while some people might have enjoyed the game, please know that the thing is actually a serious attempt by the big-time government contractor to impart some Very Important Lessons about project management to tech workers.
Booz Allen is pushing the CIO Wargame as a tool to get its clients thinking in new ways about how to get organized; the firm hopes to start taking this game to its customers, the government agencies and major corporations that helped Booz Allen bring in $3.5 billion in revenue last year.
The consultancy isn't alone in its interest in the use of games as instructional tools, of course. There's a whole "serious game" movement afoot in which organizations including the United Nations and the Defense Department are starting to use games for training or education purposes. It's not enough to show up with a PowerPoint presentation and a laser pointer anymore, apparently.
While the CIO Wargame will probably not replace Texas Hold 'Em in the hearts of the nation, it was entertaining enough to keep about 170 FOSE attendees diverted for multiple hour-long sessions at what can be kind of a tough show for those of us who don't understand the poetry of firewalls, bandwidth and IT architecture. (Full disclosure: PostNewsweek Tech Media is a major sponsor of FOSE.)
If the game is accurate, being a government agency's chief tech guy is fast-paced and stressful -- and the rules are unclear half the time. But that's not a thumbs-down. All the tech-worker folks I talked to who tried the game had a similar response, yet they all gave the game some props.
"It helps get you thinking about what projects give you the most bang for your buck," said Kenneth Viola, a tech guy for the Internal Revenue Service who played on the same team I was on yesterday.
The game, set up inside a repurposed craps table, plays like a faster and more complicated version of a board game like Monopoly.
To win, teams of players try to work together to rack up "mission points" that are amassed when the team's fictional company or agency successfully completes a "project." Players are given a table full of projects that they can choose to fund -- but only a limited number of resources, in the form of chips representing money and workers.
Projects range from "Software License Management" to building a financial data reporting warehouse. While choosing projects wisely will help a team win more points, projects can be slowed down or derailed with an unfortunate roll of the dice. Roll too high and your team might have to draw a "Risk" card -- which docks your cash or personnel or otherwise wreaks havoc on your team's outlook.
Our team racked up a few bad rolls, some from my own hand, and got a steady stream of penalty cards as a result. "The technology you purchased for this project is no longer viable," read one. "The project has been hacked," read another. Ouch and ouch.
With 124 points, my team -- with Washington Post freelancer Daniel Greenberg, a couple of guys from the IRS and a fellow from the office of the secretary of Defense -- came in 6th of 20 teams that played the game this week. The winning team, with 169 points, was made up of tech workers from the Social Security Administration; the FBI; the National Defense University; and Government Computer News, a sister publication of The Washington Post.
Penny Stoever, a Unix administrator for the Social Security Administration on the winning team, played the game twice. "I was lying in bed last night thinking of strategies," she told my colleague Ellen McCarthy as she drove her team to victory on her second go.
The game's designer, Bob Ryer, has been designing games and simulations for Booz Allen for 18 years; he designed board games for a living before coming to work for the consultancy.
One of Ryer's current projects, called Under Heaven, is a board game he's building on commission for the Department of Defense and based on the writings of military philosopher Sun Tzu. The point of the game is to familiarize its target audience with Chinese modes of thinking.
Whether or not Ryer's game instills players with a new way of looking at how to tackle problems in their day-to-day world, it's hard to miss one point in the CIO Wargame. Chips representing contractors -- or "specialists," in the parlance of the game -- are worth twice as much as those for government workers.
And one government worker, Igor Bosnjak, said he saw another, larger point of the exercise: "Everybody is talking about the game," he said. "Booz Allen wins."
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sanny the hedgehog
July 18th, 2008, 1:42 PM
yes, its been confirmed hat that there is going to be a pokemon platinum for the DS. the release date is sometime this fall for japan, for america sometime in early in 2009. in other places im not sure. giritina is going to be on the cover but he has a different form, also in this game i think shamin is going to be in it he's got a different form too. so far thats all i know. i'll try( the key word is try!) to keep this thread up dated.


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Home > Festivals > Christmas Celebrations in Hong Kong
Christmas in Hong Kong (WinterFest)
Not exactly a Chinese festival -- but still the people in Hong Kong do celebrate Christmas.
So what do Hong Kong people do on Christmas?
The day after is a holiday too -- "Boxing Day" based on the English tradition. Of course most people take days away between this and the New Year to make a long holiday break.
The Christian churches run religious services as you would expect and St John's Cathedral and so on are busy -- we used to go to the Union Church one most years in the old days as my family were friends with some people there though we are not religious ourselves.
Also look out for Christmas fairs held in hotels or open air which typically run by local westerners and therefore the goods and gifts they sell are more westernized too. Local international schools may also run school fairs with food stalls, second hand items to sell and game stalls for kids. Some charge an admission fee and some don't.
This view of the harbour from a ferry shows the Hong Kong exhibition and convention centre in the middle -- the low dark structure, and behind it the brightly lit buildings of Hong Kong. The tallest tower in this view is Central Building, which is nowhere near Central! It's in Wanchai, but never mind.
The view is really wonderful and pretty but hard to capture in a photograph, at least with my limited photographic skills.
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2nd suspect found guilty of elderly woman's death
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) - One of three men accused of killing a 71-year-old woman during a robbery has been found guilty of first-degree murder.
Guadalupe Ramos was attacked in August 2012 outside the Foods Co. grocery store on Haley Street. An alleged gangster came up behind Ramos and ripped a gold chain from her neck. That knocked the frail woman to the ground, causing fatal injuries. Ramos suffered emotion-precipitated sudden cardiac death and blows to her trunk and extremities, the coroner's office said.
Christopher Patterson, 19, has been identified as the man who allegedly carried out the robbery. He was arrested and next has a competency trial set for May 6.
Thursday, a jury convicted co-conspirator 28-year-old Lawrence Slaughter.
A jury previously found 26-year-old Maxamillon McDonald guilty. He drove the getaway car that night.
Both Slaughter and McDonald were active members of the East Side Crips, according to the Kern County District Attorney's Office. Slaughter was also on parole and was wearing a GPS ankle monitor that placed him at the scene of the deadly robbery.
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World Cup: Socceroos name squad
The panel discusses Ange Postecoglou's 30-man squad and which teams might come out on top in Brazil.PT10M0S http://www.theage.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-38a3m 620 349 May 14, 2014
SYDNEY Injured midfielder Mile Jedinak is set to miss the Socceroos' farewell friendly against South Africa in Sydney on May 26 but the incumbent skipper is confident he'll be fit for the World Cup.
Jedinak expects to be sidelined for up to three weeks with a groin injury, suffered in Crystal Palace's final match of the English Premier League season against Fulham on Sunday.
"It's a little bit sore and it's going to mean I miss a couple of weeks or so, but I just got the scan results back and honestly the news is probably as good as I could have hoped for," the 29-year-old told News Corp Australia.
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"The doctors say I'm looking at two to three weeks, so I have to concentrate now on doing everything in my power to be ready in that timeframe."
Jedinak is due to be named in coach Ange Postecoglou's 30-man preliminary squad for the World Cup on Wednesday, but is likely to delay his trip back home to join the Socceroos' pre-tournament training camp - which starts on Thursday.
"I'm definitely coming back to Australia at some point in the next couple of weeks, the club and the national team staff are just working out the details now of exactly what the rehab will be," he said.
Australia kick off their World Cup campaign against Chile on June 13 in Cuiaba.


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The Federalist Society will host a discussion on gun control led by guest speaker Mr. Clark Neily, a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice.For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/04/08/15933/
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TNH 3.127 (Roberts Classroom)
The Texas Legislature is considering school vouchers, which if permitted could have state funding going to religious schools. The Texas State Board of Education continues to dictate that intelligent design appear in the nation's textbooks. Professor Larry Sager will discuss these hot button policy issues as well as the important question raised by former UT Law Professor Brian Leiter: Why tolerate religion?
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TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
Please join us for a special event featuring Charles Moyer from the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights, who will present a talk entitled "The Inter-American System of Human Rights: From an auspicious beginning to an uncertain future." Professor Ariel Dulitzky will serve as respondent. Light refreshments will be served.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the keystone of the Inter-American System, has gone from being a staunch defender of human rights, especially during the darkest periods in the hemisphere, to having to defend itself from attacks by the governments that created it and established its norms. In addition, the more recently established Inter-American Court of Human Rights has been a spill-over victim of these attacks. The Organization of American States, which exists to promote and protect human rights, is now the battleground where the war on the system is being played out.
Charles Moyer has devoted his professional career to the international protection of human rights. He was a Specialist of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights from 1970-79 and was elected to be the first Secretary of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, where he served during the 1980s. Prior to joining the Inter-American Commission, Moyer served as an Army Artillery officer and was a Peace Corps volunteer in Venezuela. After his retirement from the Organization of American States in 1989, Moyer served as an adjunct professor at American University's Washington School of Law. He currently works with the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights in San José, Costa Rica. Moyer received a B.A. from Gettysburg College and a J.D. from the University of Michigan.For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2013/04/08/16214/


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In a well-publicized incident that occurred in the summer of 2005, a variety of items from a Boeing 737 commercial aircraft reportedly washed up on a beach in Scotland. Included in the collection were items from the interior of the plane, such as seats, in-flight magazines and safety information cards.
At first, government officials feared the worst, but further investigation showed the gathering of items actually came from a scrapped airplane that apparently had been dumped into the ocean.
Boeing has no control over what airlines or recyclers do with scrapped planes, but that didn't make the news any easier to take, explains Boeing's William Carberry, program manager, aircraft and composite recycling. Carberry also serves as Boeing's technology leader for sustainable product development of commercial aircraft.
In response to the incident, says Carberry, the U.K. government initiated the WINGNET study (an acronym for Waste Reduction in Aircraft-Related Groups) in cooperation with Oxford University to explore solutions managing end-of-life aircraft. Then, in 2006, a group of 11 companies based in the U.S., the U.K. and France, banded together to form the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA). Its primary mission was to set up policies for the disassembly and recycling of aircraft that were both environmentally responsible and safe.
"It is important to have industry-accepted standards for aircraft dismantling and recycling," says Martin Fraissignes, executive director of AFRA. "End-of-service aircraft are valuable assets; owners want to ensure that they are dealt with by skilled experts, who will manage their assets in both a responsible and environmentally sustainable way."
Boeing, one of the founding members of AFRA, also has a vested interest in responsible recycling, says Carberry, who serves on AFRA's board of directors. "When you've got a company acting rogue, then it looks bad for the whole industry," he says.
Growing retirements
Jessica Kowal, a spokesperson for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, says the company estimates that as many as 14,000 commercial aircraft are likely to be retired over the next 20 years, as older, less fuel-efficient planes are replaced with newer, lighter and more fuel-efficient models. Toward that end, Kowal notes, the number of commercial aircraft in use is likely to double, to a level of around 41,000 planes, by 2032.
Separation issues
Separate from the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association's (AFRA) "Best Management Practices (BMP) Guide" is the study of where and how aircraft aluminum, or other recyclable materials, can be reused. According to Boeing's William Carberry, about 90 percent of the current value of a typical end-of-life aircraft is in the parts. "But that only constitutes about 20 percent of the weight," he says.
Among the planes being recycled today, aluminum is the largest recyclable component by weight, Carberry says. AFRA's guidance document certainly recognizes the environmental benefit of recycling aluminum, he says, noting that recycled aluminum uses just 5 percent of the energy it takes to make new aluminum from bauxite.
But today's recycled aircraft aluminum typically isn't as valuable as it could be, indicating one of the industry's current challenges. At issue is the fact that some 15 different aluminum alloys are used to make a plane, and they're held together with rivets.
"Passengers really appreciate how tightly and well-bound those rivets really hold those aluminum panels together," says Carberry, "but that's really a challenge when you're trying to separate those different aluminums."
If the various aluminum alloys aren't separated, he says, they are suitable only for use in lower-end manufacturing applications. On the other hand, adds Carberry, "If you could separate that material into a high enough purity," he says, "you could reuse it back into aviation."
Carberry says separation of the aluminum alloys could in fact lead to as much as a 100-fold increase in the scrap's value. For instance, two different high-grade aluminum alloys are used for the top and bottom sections of airplane wings, where they provide the opposing characteristics of flex and compression.
"The two are very different alloy chemistries, and when you mix them together, you destroy the value of both," says Carberry.
While the topic of how to deal with the various grades of aircraft aluminum is not one that's covered under AFRA's BMPs, it is a topic that AFRA members are now working to address. Carberry says AFRA members are studying an improved shredding technology designed to separate the different alloys.
"There's a need for better technology," Carberry concludes. He explains that aircraft-grade aluminum isn't used in other industries. But if it's recycled properly, a closed-loop system could develop. "Our goal is to try and keep aerospace materials in aerospace manufacturing," Carberry says. AFRA is hoping its future efforts will help the industry do just that.
Another key objective for Boeing, Kowal describes, is the company's focus on sustainability and environmental stewardship. "Our goal as a company and as an industry is to reduce the environmental footprint of the industry," she says. That can be done in a number of ways, including fuel efficiency, air traffic management, reduced waste and increased recycling. "We try to take a life-cycle approach," she says.
With what looks like an increase in fleet retirements likely to occur in the years ahead, AFRA's efforts are coming at an opportune time. Carberry says AFRA is working to add controls and guidelines to an industry that, for the most part is unregulated: the disassembly and recycling of end-of-life aircraft.
AFRA says its members represent every sector of the aviation industry, from manufacturing to materials recycling, and that leaders from every part of the value-chain have joined AFRA to develop end-of-life solutions. Some of the more recognizable names in AFRA's membership list include ELG Metals, Magellan Aviation Services, Rolls-Royce, Pratt & Whitney and Schnitzer Steel.
AFRA's founding organizations succeeded in creating a charter with regard to the management of end-of-life aircraft, explains Carberry. The goal was promoting both safety and environmental responsibility in what Carberry says can be a rather abrupt scrapping process.
"The act of taking an airplane apart is not regulated by any agency," Carberry points out. Therefore, AFRA's goal, he says, has been to create controls that would bring environmental responsibility and safety to the process.
Within a year of AFRA's founding, the members had published a guidance document comprising four procedure statements guiding processes as well as providing checks and balances for the disassembly of aircraft. Those procedures were revised over the next couple of years. Then, in late 2011, says Carberry, another AFRA initiative, inspired by growing numbers of recycling industry members, emphasized metals recovery and recycling. That effort resulted in a set of about 30 specific measures AFRA members specified as best management practices for recycling of end-of-life aircraft.
"Basically, that guidance said that you will collect your material in a way that it can be segregated and integrity maintained to the pedigree of the material, and you will do it within the jurisdictional requirements of where you are located," Carberry says of the AFRA initiative.
In recent months, he says, the organization has merged the disassembly and recycling guidelines into a single document. The end result, which was completed in 2013, has been one guidance document containing three major sections, says Carberry: facility, training and certification requirements; disassembly activities; and recycling activities.
AFRA says its "Best Management Practice (BMP) Guide" has significantly improved the management of end-of-life aircraft in terms of environmental and sustainable performance.
"AFRA has connected all of the dots in pulling together industry-developed best practice throughout the whole process," explains Fraissignes. "There is now a one-stop shop of best practice, which runs from the moment an aircraft lands after completing its final service flight, right through to when the aircraft material is fully recycled. This has to be a welcome development in the industry."
Looking at AFRA's growing membership numbers, its efforts appear to be well-received. As of late 2013, the Washington, D.C.-based organization comprised around 71 member companies from around the world specializing in the management of aging aircraft fleets.
AFRA also has created an accreditation program, based on the BMPs, operated with the assistance of a third-party auditing group. AFRA Accredited Companies must pass rigorous audits to ensure compliance with the BMPs, the association says. Independent auditors measure the company's performance in each area, be it dismantling, engine removal, recycling or a combination of these processes.
"Very few companies pass that the first time out," says Carberry. He adds, "It's meant to be an interactive program."
Today, 26 companies around the world are accredited to the disassembly, recycling or disassembly and recycling BMPs. Currently six companies are accredited recyclers of aircraft under AFRA's standards, and three of those companies also are AFRA-accredited disassemblers.
Fraissignes says a key benefit of accreditation and the BMPs is the reassurance of abiding by the best industry standards available. "It is also clear that those offering tenders for dismantling aircraft are looking favorably on AFRA members and those who are AFRA accredited," he says. "The guide contains valuable solutions for aircraft dismantlers and recyclers who wish to show they are at the forefront of best practice within the industry. It also allows them to capture maximum value, by increasing the amount of materials that are available for recycling."
On a global scale
An important distinction of the BMPs, Carberry says, is that they were intended to be global, because member companies are located in countries with widely differing environmental regulations.
"What the standard said was, 'You should do certain things, and you should do them in a way that meets the jurisdictional requirements of where your facility is located,'" says Carberry. For instance, the BMPs don't specify recycling rates. Instead, they identify practices for both aircraft disassembly and recycling that are determined to be environmentally responsible and safe.
"You could read them from the perspective of any country where your facility is located and they would have relevance," says Carberry.
He also notes that just as there's no law guiding aircraft disassembly and recycling, recycling companies don't have to be accredited in order to recycle aircraft materials. But by publishing, maintaining and promoting the BMPs, AFRA says it hopes to stave off the creation of government regulations that could potentially hurt the aviation industry, Carberry says.
"The philosophy is, if the industry doesn't take responsibility, then the regulators will take over." And that, he adds, could have negative business consequences. "It's never good to be regulated by the government when you can do it better yourself," he says.
While it appears that a good number of planes are expected to be retired over the next two decades, not all of those will be immediately scrapped, Carberry says. In fact, he says, some retired planes can sit in desert parking lots for years before being dismantled. The number of expected retirements also could change, he explains, depending on a host of factors, including the health of the global economy and whether airlines decide to fly newer, more fuel-efficient planes or to continue flying older gas-guzzling models. Either way, the recycling of aircraft materials is likely to increase in the years ahead.
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Initially conceived as an end-of-the-year thank you to fans, Aloha's new Light Works EP finds them exploring a ground vastly different from their last effort, Some Echoes. Both are surely heavy on mood, but Some Echoes was expansive and full while still holding onto infectious melodies and interesting vocals throughout. Light Works isn't short on melody, or interesting vocals, but the album relies much more on acoustic elements—mainly, the guitar—making the album sound quieter, but also colder, than its predecessor.
"Body Buzz", the first of seven songs on the record, is also the most tuneful. It serves as a nice bridge between the band's previous work and this new material. It is an inviting, if laid-bare, song, where a plain piano shoulders the load where the band's usual atmospherics are. Combined with the acoustic guitar, and Tony Cavallario's reverb-soaked vocals, the song has a dream-pop feel. But there's enough drums and stripped-down delivery that the song retains its weight and never becomes precious or light.
From there, Aloha goes into "Broken Light", which sounds at first like older Aloha, with the drums up front and center. However, it slides down into the spacey wandering of the rest of Light Works. It is clear here that the rhythm is taking backstage to Cavallario's guitar and vocals. But that quieter, more solitary sound works on "Broken Light", as the plucked guitar strings have just enough hollow echo, and the holes between drum strikes give the song a nice feeling of space. As the song pushes on, without getting louder, the elements compound and the song builds not to a climax, but instead to near climax, and Cavallario continues to repeat himself. It becomes a piece as frustrated as it is murkily complacent. In its way, "Broken Light" borrows heavily from Some Echoes in that it uses simple elements and combines them to make an atmosphere that the song almost can't contain, but does.
Unfortunately, the rest of the record doesn't hold up quiet as well. Where the first two songs subvert the rhythm section, much of the rest of the EP leaves rhythm behind completely. What made Aloha—and Some Echoes in particular—so successful was the impeccable drumming and bass lines that they could lay all that shimmering sound on. Without them, and there are moments earlier in the catalog when this happens, the songs just fall apart. So it goes here. The last five tracks sound like early rehearsals of songs that have yet to be fleshed out. They are not without their interesting moments, and Cavallario's vocals are sweet as ever, but the songs just don't hold up.
The best example comes with closer "Equinox". Based largely on some improvised guitar, the song is the most expansive of the bunch and, clocking in at over six minutes, the straight-up longest. It brings to mind an older Aloha song like "Brace Your Face", but the comparison is not a favorable one. Instead, hearing "Equinox" makes you pine for the elements that make "Brace Your Face" work so well. "Equinox" ambles along aimless while "Brace Your Face" establishes its territory and stalks it with confidence. "Equinox" lacks any cohesion whereas "Brace Your Face"—which is actually a longer song—has a structure that is as clear-cut as it is interesting in its construction. And, finally, "Brace Your Face" is a great rock song. And while "Equinox" doesn't aspire to any sort of rock, it is almost difficult to identify it as a song. The experimentation behind it might have merit, but the execution does not.
And that might be the best thing to say about the whole album. After a strong start, its experiments weigh it down. The problem with the new direction on Light Works is that it doesn't seem like the band fully committed. Instead of pushing some interesting new elements, they fell back on their new reliance on the acoustic guitar, which couldn't be less inventive. For better or worse Aloha is half-reaching for a new sound, and they halfway get there.
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Family friendly, two-story cottage on Lake Huron in village. Priced right for our current economy. No smoking, no pets. Upstairs dorm room sleeps 10 in three full-size and four twin beds. Two twin beds in downstairs bedroom. Family owned and managed locally. Our cottage can be yours for a weekend or weeks. Cottage available year round. Also perfect for local family overflow visitors. See additional photos on Facebook: Chickadee Cottage. Owners glad to give tours when cottage not in use. We require at least one responsible adult over the age of 20 in renting party. No high tech facilities. Simple old-fashioned family cottage.
Great place to get together with the whole family. It was a great setup! The upstairs was so amazing. We kept finding ourselves up there relaxing with our grandsons. A wall of windows that opened with a cool breeze flowing in. Everything was provided. Lots of seating area in the dining and living room. Kids spent the whole day in the water and making sand castles. The water was shallow for quite a ways out, so we weren't as nervous when they were in the water. Beautiful street in front of the cottage which provided me with a great place to run. The adults took turns taking walks together because it was so enjoyable. The damage deposit was returned promptly. Wonderful time was had by all.
Beautiful views fom the cottage, I walked in and it took my breath away! Beautiful furnishings,adequate cooking and eating utensils.Plenty of sleeping room.
The beach was as described, we went down to the public beach,it was very nice.
Very nice neighbors! Beautiful and exquisite gardens in the neighborhood, delightful walks. We saw deer and rabbits (grandchild loved this!)
Miss the sound of the waves at night.
We became fascinated with the chickadees at the birdfeeder and learned more about them.
We rented this cottage for an annual fishing weekend with friends. Port Sanilac does not have many traditional lodging options. There are two motels, both quite dated, and a b&b which is ok but not a great value in our opinion. This cottage, however, suited our needs perfectly.
The cottage sits directly on Lake Huron, mere steps from the water. The beach appears to be quite rocky and likely unsuitable for swimming, but with water temperatures in the mid 40's, that was not an issue. The cottage is approximately a half mile from downtown, the marina, and beach. There is a nice deck overlooking the lake. The grounds and interior are in excellent shape, tastefully decorated (yes, the Chickadee theme abounds), and very clean.
The main sitting room/dining room overlooks the lake and has comfortable seating (I dozed happily in the recliner after a long day on the water). The kitchen is very thoroughly equipped, with every requirement for a housekeeping type stay met. There is also a nice bbq grill.
Sleeping arrangements include a bedroom downstairs with two twin beds and an upstairs with like 7 beds, including one full and the remainder twins. There is one bath up and one bath down. The downstairs bath is off the bedroom, and it might put some people off that anyone using that bath will walk through the bedroom to get there. That didn't bother us. As a couple used to sharing a bed, we would have preferred a queen to the two twins, but again, not a major issue. The beds were comfortable and clean, and there were plenty of good quality towels available.
Booking with the owner was professionally handled and hassle free, with our damage deposit returned in short order following our stay. There was a $50 cleaning fee which is not spelled out on the website but was clearly communicated prior to our booking. I would suggest including that in the fee structure articulated on the web.
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Despite recent cases of raw-milk related illness, push continues to legalize N.J. sales
There's healthy support for a plan to legalize individual raw milk sales in New Jersey following an outbreak of illness across the border in Pennsylvania this year.
Raw milk contamination linked to a Central Pennsylvania farm sickened about 80 people earlier this year. This week, Pennsylvania's health department warned consumers to get rid of unpasteurized milk and cheese from a Berks County dairy. Supporters of the New Jersey proposal don't seem daunted.
Assemblyman Gilbert "Whip" Wilson, D-Camden, says he's still behind the push to allow raw milk sales in the Garden State.
"They brought some raw milk up to the Statehouse, and I drank it. It tasted good to me, and I'm still here talking to you today," Wilson said. "I've heard some good things about raw milk and also some negative things about it. It's like watching your TV; something comes on TV you don't like, you change the channel."
Wilson says he's supporting consumer choice and looking to keep New Jersey dollars in the state.
Bruce Krupke is with the Northeast Dairy Foods Association, a trade group whose members sell only pasteurized dairy products.
"It's confusing to me why legislators in New Jersey would entertain the sale of raw milk for consumers," said Krupke. "New Jersey is one of the few states that has a longstanding law against raw milk. Why now to consider allowing it for sale is very questionable, especially with evidence that it can make people sick."
In February, federal health officials released a 13-year survey that found illness linked to raw milk products has been more severe than illness stemming from pasteurized products.
Enthusiasm is growing more vocal, and sales are up, yet raw milk consumption is still uncommon across the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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I love this sweet corn cake from El Torito and they have the great cadillic margaritas during Happy Hour. My girlfriend, Angel, loves having her birthday celebration there...it's pretty good for happy hour. This dish was simple enough to prepare, and a great side dish to your meal. Enjoy!
El Torito's Sweet Corn Cake
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1/4 cup butter, unsalted
2 tablespoons shortening
1/2 cup masa harina
3 tablespoons cold water
10 ounces frozen corn kernels *Or a can of creamed corn
3 tablespoons cornmeal
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons whipping cream
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1. Whip butter and shortening in mixing bowl until fluffy and creamy. Add masa harina gradually and mix thoroughly. Add water gradually, mixing thoroughly. Blend corn kernels until coarsley chopped. Stir into masa mixture.
2. Mix cornmeal, sugar, whipping cream, baking powder and salt in large bowl. Add butter-masa mixture; mix until blended. Pour masa mixture into 8" greased baking pan.
3. Cover with foil and bake at 350degrees until corn cake is firm, 40 to 50 minutes.
4. Allow to stand at room temperature 15 minutes before cutting into squares. Or use ice cream scoop to serve.
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Vsftpd and chroot.
I configured vsftpd with locking users to their home directories. Now I see that vsftpd do not allow by default to make user root directory writable, because of some security reasons related to glibc. After reading some articles found with google, I found option:
I'm using:
Slackware 14,
glibc 2.15,
vsftpd 3.0.2.
Thanks in advance!
If you don't want to create some "upload" directories in your users' homedirs, then you should use in vsftpd.conf the following
Thank you for your answer Bathory, but I think I was not very clear with my question. In general I found this option and it works fine for me, it suppose to work since vsftpd 3.0.0, but main question was - if it's secure enough? I found quite a lot of warnings in internet and vsftpd documentation about possible security issues when chroot_local_user is enabled, but there is no detailed description about it. Problem mainly is glibc related. I'm not so sure yet, but it looks like it's possible that FTP daemon under particular conditions can consider users chrooted home directory like normal root directory and e.g. read some config file etc/my_conf which is in users home directory.
Here is some quotes about it.
I would say chroot() is quite secure as long as the user does not have shell access to the system.
Besides, ftp is an insecure protocol per se, so if you're concerned so much about security, better consider another way for your users to transfer files (like ftps or sftp/scp)
Thanks Bathory one more time. :)
Well, yes, there is no shell access for FTP users, I disabled it by specifying /bin/false shell for them, so I think it's OK and I will use it like this, though I will keep searching detailed info about this security issue.
Yes, I know that would be better to encrypt data which are being sent by FTP, but at this time it is not so important, I'm more worried about server security itself.
Hi Maris-S,
Instead of disabling the shell of ftp user .You are configured vsftpd with virtual user.Even it gives you more security and you cannot able to make login via ssh using virtual vsftpd user
These the link you have to look for configure vsftpd (Virtual user)
Hi Arun5002!
Yes, virtual users is one of the options and I'm still thinking if I will use system users or virtual users, didn't decide yet. :) Though virtual users has the same security issue I described in previous posts as this issue is not for users itself. In general it is not even vsftpd issue, the same is for ProFTPD, to be more precise issue is in glibc. But anyway thanks for your answer.
Hi Maris-S,
I guess it has more to do with the security issue of chroot() in general. Chroot() is not 100% secure of course and it has its own vulnerabilities. But breaking out of jail requires root permission. And there are a few things to be taken care of to make the it more secure.In the following short article you can find them:
Best Practices for UNIX chroot() Operations
And if you are interested, here is also an article about breaking out of jail:
How to break out of a chroot() jail
It also says: "FreeBSD 4.x and above have a better chroot() system call".
Hope it helps.
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