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This is a great recipe to satisfy your and your kid's sweet tooth. Your family and guests will appreciate a dessert tray filled with chocolate brownies. These brownies are very moist and have a deep chocolate flavor.
Recipe will make 16 brownies.
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup silken tofu
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour (maida, plain flour)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
- Preheat the oven to 350 degree F/180c. Grease the 8×8-baking pan.
- Mix the tofu until it is smooth.
- Mix flour, salt and baking soda, set aside.
- In a mixing bowl stir together the oil, cocoa powder and sugar until its well blended. Then stir in the mixed tofu and vanilla.
- Add the flour mix and once its well-mixed, then fold-in walnuts.
- Pour the mixture into a greased baking pan evenly and bake it for 25 to 30 minutes. Place the pan on the middle oven tray.
- Once the brownies are baked, let them cool to room temperature before cutting the brownies into squares. Cutting too early will make the brownies to crumble.
- Replace the walnuts with chocolate chips
- Serve with scoop of ice cream


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Bowen's Reaction Series
As magma cools, elements within it bond together to form crystals of minerals. However, not all minerals can form at the same time during cooling. Some minerals grow when magma is still pretty hot, while others grow when magma is cooler.
Bowen's Reaction Series describes when minerals form as magma cools. In this diagram, minerals that form at high temperatures are at the top and minerals that form at lower temperatures are at the bottom.
Rocks that form from magma or lava cooled from high temperatures contain dark colored minerals such as amphibole and pyroxene. But when magma cools slowly, light colored minerals, like feldspar and quartz, which form at cooler temperatures, are able to grow.

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Skull reconstruction of Coniophis and a modern snake (modified from Longrich et al. 2012, and Pough et al. 2004) |
However, one other aspect of the new paper I find somewhat more problematic. There is a long-standing debate whether snakes evolved from aquatic or land-living ancestors, and, if the latter was the case, whether these animal were terrestrial, tree-living, or burrowing. On the basis of the environment that Coniophis was found in and the features of the vertebrae, Longrich and colleagues deduce that this was a land-living and most probably burrowing animal. So far so good, but the next step goes further: on the basis of these findings, the authors suggest that the ancestor of snakes was probably terrestrial and burrowing. However, Coniophis comes from the Maastrichtian stage of the Cretaceous, some 65 million years ago, whereas the oldest known certain snakes date back to the late Early Cretaceous, some 100-120 million years ago. Now, that leaves us with two possibilites: First, the apparently primitive morphology of Coniophis is actually secondarily derived and has evolved from a "typical" snake, which seems unlikely. Second, Coniophis is a member of a primitive lineage of snakes which, according to its relationship with more dervied snakes, must reach back to the late Early Cretaceous at the least and thus have a ghost lineage (an evolutionary lineage without fossil record) of at least 35 million years. Given the fallacies of the fossil record in general and the poor fossil record of snakes in particular, the second explanation seems much more likely, and is also the one favoured by Longrich and colleagues. However, 35 million years are a very long time; indeed, this is more than half the length of the entire Cenozoic, the "age of mammals". The interpretation that a randmom member of such a long-lived evolutionary lineage that lived such a long time after its origin represents the original ecology of the clade is maybe not impossible, but nevertheless rather questionable. Assuming we would not have any good fossil record for either group, would you assume that elephants originated from marine animals, because their closest relatives, the Sirena, are marine today? Thus, although Coniophis provides exciting new insights into the evolutionary history of snake anatomy, I would be careful in interpreting its importance for the question of the ecological origin of snakes.
Longrich, N.R., Bhullar, B.-A.S. & Gauthier, J.A. 2012. A transitional snake from the Late Cretaceous period of North America. Nature, published online.


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I grew up eating Southern style Slaw -- super creamy from all the extra mayo. A Deli Coleslaw uses half the amount of mayo, and it's the better for it. They also add a little olive oil and vinegar, with a hint of sugar. It's lighter that way, but still luscious.
Last week I showed you how to make Homemade Deli-Style Corned Beef here, and now you will have the perfect accompaniment -- cool Delicatessen Coleslaw on the side, or load it into any favorite sandwich.
Cabbage is always cheap, I got mine on sale during St. Patrick's holiday week. For my recipe I used 1/2 a head, but you can easily double the recipe ingredients to use it all. (I boiled the other half - adding a couple cups of broth from my Homemade Corned Beef recipe.)
If you want a simpler typical Coleslaw, the ingredient list is even shorter, just cabbage, black pepper and mayo.
My Delicatessen Coleslaw is perfect for your next sandwich (it doesn't have to be Corned Beef) or as a light side. It's wife approved, so I know you will like it.
Ingredients (3 - 4 servings as a side - many more for sandwiches)
- 1 carrot - peeled and shredded. Okay to use 1 cup pre-shredded. I used small peeled carrots with my metal box grater (large-course shredding side.)
- 1/2 white cabbage - shredded. I used the mandolin slicing side. Okay to slice by hand.
- 3 tablespoons mayonnaise - light or regular strength.
- 2 tablespoons olive oil - or good tasting vegetable oil.
- 2 tablespoons vinegar - white, rice or cider.
- 1/2 packet of sugar substitute - Optional. Okay to use 1 teaspoon regular sugar or your favorite sweetener.
- Black Pepper - I add salt when serving. Adding salt causes cabbage to sweat and that breaks down the mayo, so best not to use any salt. Okay to sprinkle on a little salt over each serving though.
Shred or fine chop 1 carrot. I used the largest shredding hole side. Shred or fine chop 1/2 head of cabbage (cut out tough stalk end, and discard.) I used the mandolin slicing-blade side of my metal veggie shredder.
Add shredded cabbage and carrot to a large bowl. Of course, be careful using a box shredder - it's easy to take off a fingertip! When you have just a sliver of carrot or cabbage left, chop it up with a knife.
Add mayo, oil, vinegar and sweetener. Season with pepper to taste and mix well.
Cover and refrigerate for an hour, or go ahead and serve at room temperature.
You might as well use a whole head of cabbage - just double all the other ingredients. This recipe is so good that you won't have much leftovers anyway.
I first tried the recipe without sugar - that first bite was too sour because of the vinegar, so I added a small amount of sugar to take the edge off. You can make my Deli Coleslaw without sugar as well, or add as little as you want.
For a lighter slaw use one tablespoon of olive oil, instead of two. You can also add more mayo for a creamier version -- try an extra tablespoon.
Each day the Coleslaw is in the refrigerator, the mayo will breakdown some and become watery. You can drain liquid from Coleslaw and add a tablespoon of mayo at a time, to bring back desired creaminess.
And remember not to add salt to Coleslaw or it will break down the mayo and it will be watery. If you want salt then add it when serving.
The simplest easy Coleslaw is just cabbage, black pepper and mayo, that's it.


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About Dr Paul Crowe
Dr. Paul Crowe is a Consultant Interventional Radiologist based in Birmingham, UK.
He has special interests in vascular and urological radiology and uterine artery embolisation for fibroids. He undertakes ultrasound, CT and MRI scanning as well as a wide range of minimally invasive interventional radiology procedures for both NHS and private patients.
Dr. Crowe attended Trinity College Medical School in Dublin, graduating in 1988. After medical jobs in Dublin, Manchester and the Middle East he undertook 5 years of specialist training in Radiology in Birmingham followed by further sub speciality training in Interventional Radiology. He has been a Consultant Interventional Radiologist at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, a large university teaching hospital, since May 1998.
He is a fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR) and of the Faculty of Radiologists of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (FFRRCSI) and is a member of the British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR), the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society of Europe (CIRSE) and The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR, USA).Dr. Crowe actively participates in teaching and research and is the lead Interventional Radiology Trainer for the West Midlands Radiology Training Scheme. He sits on numerous local committees including the Heart of England NHS Trust's Novel Therapeutics Committee.


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The final chapter! Battalion: Vengeance! The Dragoons have come home to lead the final strikes on the Akadian Empire. In this turn-based strategy game, you'll have the chance to take command of the noble Dragoons as they fight to regain their homeland. Control the Jammer Truck, Lancer Tank and Vulture Drone in your quest to defeat Durand and his Akadian cronies once and for all.
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Authorized by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet to escalate an eight-day-old offensive, the military said it had sent out evacuation warnings in northeastern Gaza.
"Failure to comply will endanger your lives and the lives of your family," said recorded phone messages received by residents of Shejaia and Zeitoun districts, which sprawl out toward the border with Israel and have more than 100,000 residents.
Israeli experts predicted overland raids to destroy command bunkers and tunnels that have allowed the outgunned Palestinians to withstand air and naval barrages on Gaza and keep rockets flying.
Israeli shelling attacks killed at least seven Palestinians earlier on Wednesday, according to Gaza health officials who said the death toll in the coastal enclave had risen to 202 and that most of the dead were civilians.
Israel said 26 rockets were fired at it from Gaza, including at commercial hub Tel Aviv. Some were shot down by the Iron Dome interceptor. Others struck without causing casualties, emergency services said.
World powers urged calm, worried about spiraling casualties should Israel send tens of thousands of troops it has mobilized into Gaza. It is one of the world's mostly densely populated areas, its poverty exacerbated by the collapse of public works and displacement of at least 18,000 Palestinians who the UN said have taken shelter at its Gaza City schools.
On Tuesday, Israel unilaterally accepted an Egyptian blueprint for a ceasefire. The dominant Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, however, said it had not been consulted by Cairo and kept up rocket attacks while Israel held back for six hours.
With Palestinian fire having inflicted the first Israeli fatality of the conflict—a civilian bringing food to soldiers near Gaza—Netanyahu vowed to "expand and intensify" to stop persistent rocket strikes that have made a race for shelters a daily routine for hundreds of thousands in the Jewish state.
"The direction now is to continue air strikes and, if need be, enter with ground forces in a tactical, measured manner," an Israeli official said after the security cabinet met overnight.
The Israelis blew up a cross-border tunnel last week which, they say, may have been just one of many that Hamas has dug for deadly infiltration raids on their southern towns.
While tunnel-hunting incursions would be far short of a full-scale invasion and reoccupation, there is still the danger for Israel that risky and time-consuming missions could fall to Palestinian ambushes.
Hamas leaders have talked up their "tunnel campaign" against the Israeli enemy. One publicity video showed Palestinian fighters hauling rockets through a narrow passage to load onto a launcher that appears buried in an orchard. It is then fired remotely after its mechanized cover slides open.
Media reports on the Israeli military suggest it has just one dedicated tunnel-hunting unit, code-named "Ferrets"—potentially no more than a few dozen commandos equipped with breathing apparatus, attack dogs and scouting robots.
Detecting the underground network is a problem for Israel—as shown by the continued rocket salvos from Gaza despite its intensive, intelligence-guided air strikes on suspected sites.
Geologist Yossi Langotsky, a retired army colonel and Defense Ministry adviser, said on Army Radio that Israel had failed to develop technologies to "hear" hidden digs, allowing completion of the secret passages that now await activation.
Amos Yadlin, a former commander of Israeli military intelligence, said a crackdown on the tunnels was pressing, calling them "the second-most serious threat after the long-range rockets—or the primary threat, according to some."
Yadlin, who now heads the INSS think-tank at Tel Aviv University, played down the operational risk to Israel.
"The tunnels cannot be tackled except from the Palestinian side, but they are in relatively uninhabited areas," he said. "We would not have a problem maintaining control. I don't accept the argument that this would be a sinkhole back into Gaza."
Hamas has faced a cash crisis and Gaza's economic hardship has deepened as a result of Egypt's destruction of cross-border smuggling tunnels. Cairo accuses Hamas of assisting anti-government Islamist militants in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, an accusation that the Palestinian group denies.
The current hostilities were sparked by the kidnap and killing last month of three Jewish seminary students in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the revenge murder of a Palestinian youth.
Hamas leaders have said any Gaza ceasefire must include an end to Israel's blockade of the territory, re-commitment to a truce reached in an eight-day war there in 2012, and the release of hundreds of its activists arrested in the West Bank while Israel searched for the three missing teenagers.
Hamas also wants Egypt to ease curbs at its Rafah crossing with Gaza, imposed after the toppling of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi in Cairo last year.


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And then life; and once again A house where I was born. Around us The granary above what once had been a church, The gentle play of shadow from the dawn clouds, And in us that smell of the dry straw That had seemed to be waiting for us From the moment the last sack, of wheat or rye, Had been brought in so long ago, In the eternity of former summers Whose light was filtered through the warm tiles. I could sense that day was about to break, I was waking, and now I turn once more Toward the one who dreamed beside me In the lonely house. To her silence I dedicate, at night, The words that only seem to be speaking of something else. (I was waking, I loved those days we had, days preserved The way a river flows slowly, though already Caught in the vaulting rumbling of the sea. They were passing through us, with the majesty of simple things, The mighty sails of what is were kind enough to take Precarious human life on board the ship That the mountain spread out around us. O memory, They covered with the flapping of their silence The sound, of water on the stones, of our voices, And up ahead, there might well be death, But with that milky color you find at the end of beaches In the evening, when far off The children still touch bottom, and laugh in the peaceful water, And keep on playing.)
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Bay Village Ordinance 509.09 prohibits excessive noise, such as dogs barking, lawn mowing, loud music, before 8 am and after 9 pm. Snow removal equipment, during snowfall, is exempt.
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Residents can obtain a free bicycle license at the Bay Village Police Department. Bike registration is encouraged as it helps the police department find the owners of recovered bicycles. You can complete the online Bicycle License Application Form (PDF) and bring it to the Police Station, or complete an application form at the Police Station. You will need the following information about your bicycle: make, model, and serial number (usually stamped into the metal on the underside of the frame, between the pedals).
Flags may be dropped off at two locations in Bay Village. The first and primary location is American Legion Post #385 at 695 Cahoon Road, Westlake, just across the railroad tracks from Bay Village. There is a red, white, and blue collection box attached to the wall beside the door.
Additionally, flags can be dropped off inside the Bay Village Police Department reception area. There is a small white bin to the right of the reception window. This bin is collected by Bay Village VFW Post 9693, which meets at the Bay Village Police Department.
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If you need temporary overnight parking permission, call the Bay Village Police Department at 440-871-1234.
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Bent Knee
Bent Knee is unlike any band you've ever heard. Its borderless sound combines myriad influences from across the rock, pop, minimalist, and avant-garde spectrums into a seamless, thrilling whole. Its new album Land Animal—Bent Knee's first for InsideOutMusic/Sony—takes its sound to a new level. It offers a suite of songs full of addictive hooks, lush melodies and enthralling twists and turns that capture the reality of life in the 21st Century—a reality of people and nations in the midst of tumultuous change. It also communicates a ray of hope and desire for listeners to embrace the fact that they're not alone in their struggles.
"The silo-smashing Bent Knee's unique mix is equal parts ingenuity and deliciousness," said Jim Fusilli of the Wall Street Journal in 2016 when he first heard the group. "Bent Knee breaks new stylistic and temperamental ground," declared Steve Smith of The Boston Globe.Other media outlets worldwide have reacted with similar enthusiasm, including NPR and the BBC, which have playlisted the band.
Bent Knee formed in 2009 as a democratic collective determined to push the boundaries of pop and rock. Lead singer and keyboardist Courtney Swain's soaring vocals are instantly arresting. Guitarist Ben Levin is one of the most dynamic and versatile guitarists around, shifting between the raging and raucous to the sublime and meditative. Bassist Jessica Kion and drummer Gavin Wallace-Ailsworth combine into an enthralling rhythm section that's equal parts powerhouse and nuance. Violinist Chris Baum's kinetic violin work provides drama, grace and intrigue. World-class producer and live sound designer Vince Welch weaves it all together with a captivating, expert touch.
The band has gone from strength to strength in recent years. Its last two albums, 2016's Say So and 2014's Shiny Eyed Babies, were hailed as significant art-rock achievements. The group has performed hundreds of shows across the world to date. During the fall of 2016, the band played for ecstatic audiences as an opener for the U.S. leg of The Dillinger Escape Plan's farewell tour.
With Land Animal, Bent Knee has elevated its storytelling ambitions to create narratives that reflect and refract the currents we're exposed to in the news every day.
"We're at this bizarre point in history when our species can almost actively play God," explained Baum, when discussing the themes running through the album. "We're getting closer and closer through communication and technology. On the flip side, we still have many primal urges that have yet to evolve. There's a strange balance between our technology and our biology that's tremendously difficult to find. Land Animal explores where those animalistic urges come from and how we can harness and transform them to create a better reality."
"The album has all kinds of songs about struggle," added Levin. "We look at global warming, family strife, technology-mediated relationships, racism, and societal polarization. Each song is imbued with a dichotomy between who we are now as a species and where we're going."
As the band hits the road in support of the album, it intends to explore the diversity of thought amongst its ever-growing audience in a world where it's increasingly easy to live inside one's echo chamber of ideologies.
"I think our music is powerful and capable of uniting people with different perspectives," said Kion. "They may think about things differently, but they're there together, part of the concert. The fact that music and art can bring people together in that way is a really significant force that's needed right now."
"We haven't made a political album with Land Animal," said Wallace-Ailsworth. "However, it's definitely motivated by the difficult state of the world at the moment. If people are able to take some comfort in our music or create dialog through it, those are great things for us."
Like the band's previous work, Land Animal is full of fresh, sophisticated arrangements and beautiful vocal harmonies, but it's also its most direct statement to date.
"It's a really juicy and immediate album," said Swain. "With our previous album Say So, I think it took people a few listens to absorb its themes. That's not the case with Land Animal, which delivers more instant gratification."
"We tried to balance that with an appealing narrative arc," said Welch. "The album starts with 'Terror Bird,' a song about individuals and communication issues and ends with 'Boxes,' a song that explores the fact that we're all marching towards our own demise, so we better make the most of the time we have. Land Animal is an epic journey."
At the end of the day, the band believes strongly in music as a force for positive change and delivering ideas no other medium is capable of.
"We believe music is the most efficient way to get a point across," said Baum. "The only way to cut through the noise of a confused, globalized world is to create something that speaks directly to the soul, and that's what we hope we've done with Land Animal."


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Is there a maximum time I can keep the sanitizer liquid inside the fermentation containers? Would it be OK if I fill them with it and store them for a while, like a couple of weeks?
If not, would it be OK for a few days. Sometimes I fill them with the sterilizer to start some brewing, but then something else comes up and I don't find time to return to it until the next weekend.
I saw that the sanitizer powder tends to fall out from the water after I while and then just lies on the bottom of the container. Sometimes I stir it, to mix it again.


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These no-spill water bottles and travel mugs would make a great gift teachers and fellow coffee lovers, but you'll want to keep a few for yourself as well:
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Goodbye Saturn, Thanks for the Ride (1985-2010)
Note: As General Motors gets ready to shut Saturn's doors at the end of this year, I'd like to take a moment to look back at why the brand was created and how it evolved over the years, what made the cars and company so special to me, and also address some concerns about how Saturn's closure will impact the future of SaturnFans.com.
Later tonight the giant ball in Times Square will be lowered when the clock strikes twelve and 2010 will come to an end. It's been a emotional year for Saturn employees, owners, and fans; October 31st marked the end of General Motors' grand Saturn experiment. Of all the news articles I've written for SaturnFans.com over the past 15 years, this one has been by far the hardest for me to write. Saying goodbye is never easy, and this time is no different. To me Saturn was more than just another car or company: it represented a fresh approach to running a business, and more significantly, it was a symbolic entry in America's ideological battle against the best vehicles the "import" car companies had to offer.
Report: Jill Lajdziak to Retire from GM by End of Year, GM's Steve Hill to Lead Shutdown of Brand
Jamie Lareau from Automotive News: Jill Lajdziak, who joined Saturn before its first car was sold and led the division through its demise last month, will retire from General Motors at the end of the year. Lajdziak, 52, will take vacation time until then, said spokesman John McDonald. In the interim, GM's Steve Hill, will coordinate the wind-down of the Saturn brand.
A Letter from Jill Lajdziak to Saturn Owners Regarding GM's Decision to Shutdown the Brand
Of all the letters I have written this past year, this one is the most difficult. I want to begin by thanking all of you for your support over this last year. Your loyalty to Saturn motivated my team to work very hard to try to find a way for this brand to continue. The many e-mails, calls and personal notes provided the inspiration to all of us at Saturn. By now I'm sure you have heard that the sale of Saturn to the Penske Automotive Group could not be finalized. As a result, the Saturn brand will now be phased out over time.
Detroit Free Press: Penske to Close Saturn Deal Wednesday, Jill Lajdziak Said to be Retiring from GM
Tim Higgins from the Detroit Free Press: Detroit businessman and booster Roger Penske is on track to close a deal to buy General Motors' Saturn division on Wednesday, the Free Press learned today. The official announcement could come Thursday. Several signs point to a final deal soon: Jill Lajdziak, Saturn's general manager, has asked for an early retirement package from GM, an indication that she is leaving, a person familiar with her decision said.
Saturn 360 Owner Magazine Goes All Digital, Promises an Update from Jill in "a Couple of Weeks"
Saturn's official owner magazine, Saturn 360, just published its first online-only issue. The new Summer 2009 edition virtually arrived yesterday when the company launched its brand new saturn360online.com website. The quarterly magazine sticks with the same people-focused formula that has been popular with readers since the magazine's first issue was printed almost four years ago.
Video: Jill Lajdziak Explains the Reasoning Behind the Creation of the "Ask Jill" Initiative
Saturn has always been focused on building and developing personal relationships with its customers. In the video below, Saturn general manager Jill Lajdziak explains how the brand's desire to maintain an open and honest dialogue led to the creation of "Ask Jill" in early June.
Saturn.com Now Lets You "Ask Jill" Questions About the Brand as the Company Expands its Web Presence
Saturn recently added a new feature to its website that allows visitors to pose questions directly to General Manager Jill Ladjziak. Some folks have already taken advantage of the opportunity. They've asked questions about Saturn's future, the impact any changes in ownership will have on their vehicle warranty, and who she rooted for during the Stanley Cup finals (well, maybe not that question). Keeping in close contact with customers is something Jill has always felt strongly about and excelled at doing. This new tool gives Jill and her team a way to communicate on a personalized level with owners and enthusiasts.
General Motors, Penske Outline Proposed Deal for Purchase of Saturn
General Motors and Penske Automotive Group today confirmed details of a proposed transaction under which Penske would acquire the Saturn brand. If completed, the deal would save more than 350 dealerships and 13,000 jobs at Saturn and its retailers in the United States, and would preserve the customer-focused Saturn brand. The proposed transaction is part of GM's rebuilding efforts outlined in the viability plan that was submitted to the U.S. government earlier this year. Under the terms in the memorandum of understanding, Penske would obtain the rights to the brand as well as certain other Saturn assets.
General Motors Plans to Sell Saturn this Year
From the Associated Press by way of the NYT: Saturn General Manager Jill Lajdziak said the brand, once billed as a different kind of car company, most likely will be sold, given the interest of several buyers who have surfaced. She says GM will take other bids for the brand until June 1.
Happy Birthday, ImSaturn!
Saturn's innovative social networking site, ImSaturn, turns one year old this month, and Saturn is celebrating with a look back on the site's accomplishments and an addictive twist on the childhood game Pin the Tail on the Saturn (betcha can't just play once). In a blog post, General Manager Jill Lajdziak said her team was "thrilled" when 1000 folks joined within the first three weeks. Today, the site boasts almost 5000 members.
Random Article from the SaturnFans.com Archives
Electric-Drive Saturn Flextreme Concept RevealedSaturn demonstrates that clean, practical transportation and stunning design can go hand-in-hand with the electric-drive Saturn Flextreme concept, introduced today at the North American International Auto Show. |


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Pakistani Rights Activist, 14, Shot by Taliban
Teen is in serious condition after encouraging girls to go to school.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 9, 2012 — -- Sometimes, defiance has rosy cheeks.
In an attack drawing widespread condemnation, a lone Taliban gunman today approached a crowded school bus in Pakistan's once-volatile Swat region and opened fire. His target: A 14-year-old girl who'd campaigned against the Taliban for the right to go to school.
Television footage showed Malala Yousafzai lying on a stretcher and being airlifted to a military hospital in Peshawar. The gunman approached the bus and asked whether anyone could identify Malala, according to local police.
When one of her schoolmates singled out the teen, the gunman shot her twice, including once in the head. He also shot the girl who identified Malala before fleeing.
Malala is in serious condition, while the other girl's condition is unknown.
A Taliban spokesman has claimed responsibility, referring to her campaign for the right to go to school an "obscenity.
"This was a new chapter of obscenity, and we have to finish this chapter," Taliban spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan said in a statement sent to The Associated Press. "We have carried out this attack."
The Pakistani Taliban are an offshoot of the insurgency movement in Afghanistan that operates along the lawless tribal belt that straddles the Afghan-Pakistan border. They share the same ideology as their Afghan counterparts, but focus their attacks mainly on pro-Western targets inside Pakistan.
Malala's courageous and public stance against the Taliban has earned her widespread acclaim, including being nominated last year for the International Children's Peace Prize.
"This was a shocking act of violence against a 14-year girl who has bravely been fighting for her right to education," Amnesty International said in a statement.
"This attack highlights the extremely dangerous climate human rights activists face in north-western Pakistan, where particularly female activists live under constant threats from the Taliban and other militant groups."
Malala's rise to prominence began in 2009, when she wrote a diary for BBC Urdu under a pseudonym chronicling the oppression she and other girls at her school faced at the hands of the Taliban. At the time, the Taliban had ordered the closure of all girls schools in the region.
Her father, who ran a private school, was forced to comply, leaving Malala and her friends with nowhere to study. In all, 50,000 girls were forced out of school in a matter of days.
In one blog post titled "Do not wear colourful dresses," Malala wrote about not wearing school uniforms, to avoid being detected by the Taliban.
"My friend came to me and said, 'For God's sake, answer me honestly, is our school going to be attacked by the Taleban [sic]?' During the morning assembly we were told not to wear colourful clothes as the Taleban would object to it."
Taliban militants first began flooding into Swat in 2007, forcing men to grow beards, prohibiting women from going to bazaars, and whipping and executing anyone accused of so-called immoral crimes.
Later, as the Pakistani military undertook an offensive to root out the Taliban from Swat valley -- a picturesque area 100 miles from the capital known for its lush green fields and waterfalls -- The New York times produced a two-part documentary chronicling her exile, and later, the family's return to what's left of their home.
Responding to today's attack, Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said in a statement: "We have to fight the mindset that is involved in this. We have to condemn it.
"Malala is like my daughter, and yours too. If that mindset prevails, then whose daughter would be safe?"


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Author | : Jennifer Weiner |
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Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 03 July 2012 |
Pages | : 432 pages |
The Next Best Thing by Jennifer Weiner Book PDF Summary
Blockbuster #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner returns with an irresistible story about a young woman trying to make it in Hollywood… Actors aren't the only ones trying to make it in Hollywood.…At twenty-three, Ruth Saunders left her childhood home in Massachusetts and headed west with her seventy-year-old grandma in tow, hoping to make it as a screenwriter. Six years later, she hits the jackpot when she gets The Call: the sitcom she wrote, The Next Best Thing, has gotten the green light, and Ruthie's going to be the showrunner. But her dreams of Hollywood happiness are threatened by demanding actors, number-crunching executives, an unrequited crush on her boss, and her grandmother's impending nuptials. Set against the fascinating backdrop of Los Angeles show business culture, with an insider's ear for writer's room showdowns and an eye for bad backstage behavior and set politics, Jennifer Weiner's new novel is a rollicking ride on the Hollywood roller coaster, a heartfelt story about what it's like for a young woman to love, and lose, in the land where dreams come true.


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Release of House-Bound Burma Opposition Leader Anticipated
Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning democracy leader who has been held under house arrest in Myanmar, also known as Burma, for 15 of the last 21 years may be nearing release. Under limits set in August by the leader of the military junta that controls the small southeast Asian country, her latest term of detention is set to expire Saturday. Amid rumors of her imminent release, pro-democracy supporters gathered near her home in anticipation, though the reports are unconfirmed, reported The New York Times.
Clinton Avoids Mention of Settlement Building at US-Israel Talks
In a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton avoided mentioning Israel's announcement just days before the talk with Clinton to build more than 1,000 settlement homes in occupied East Jerusalem, reported Democracy Now!. Clinton and Netanyahu met Thursday in an Obama administration bid to revive stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. The politicians reportedly discussed US incentives for Israel to renew a partial settlement freeze, which included the offer of military equipment to Israel and a pledge to veto UN resolutions on Arab-Israeli peace for at least a year.
Nordic Countries Investigate Alleged U.S. Spying
A recent report on Norwegian TV alleges that personnel at the American Embassy in Oslo illegally spied on Europeans outside its embassy during a protest, and entered their names into a counterterrorism database. The report has led Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Iceland to investigate allegations "that US embassies conducted surveillance inside the countries without permission from state authorities," reported the BBC. In response, the State Department admitted that it runs a "counter-surveillance program in response to security threats to its embassies," but insists that the program is legal.
Rep. John Shimkus Not Worried About Climate Change Because of God's Promise to Noah
John Shimkus, the Illinois Republican in the House who hopes to be the next chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said that he is not worried about global warming because of a promise made to Noah by God about 6,000 years ago. "I do believe in the Bible as the final word of God," Shimkus told Politico, "and I do believe that God said the Earth would not be destroyed by a flood." Shimkus is competing against three other Republicans for the top spot on the energy committee, and Politico predicts that if he doesn't get the chairmanship he could still be named chairman of a subcommittee.
Sunni Walkout Threatens Iraq's Governing Agreement
The fragile political agreement between Iraq's governing parties to return prime minister Nuri al-Maliki to power is in danger of unraveling as the largely Sunni Iraqiya bloc walked out of Parliament Thursday, alleging that their opponents had broken promises. The parliamentary vote went ahead without them, but observers fear that without the Sunni presence, the vote "could cause a national crisis." Iraq's recent elections were marred by a dispute about whether al-Maliki or his Sunni rivals won the most seats in Iraq's March election. Sunni's are the minority in Iraq, but were the leading religious group under Saddam Hussein, reported The Washington Post.
Pilots' Union Encourages Opting-Out of Invasive Full-Body Scan
Two of the country's largest pilots unions are advising their members to avoid the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) full-body scanners and instead opt for pat-downs. Union leaders say they are concerned that the repeated exposure to radiation could be harmful, and that the scans are invasive – one TSA agent dubbed the scanner "the dick-measuring device," reported USA Today. "Our members are just absolutely outraged," the president of the US Airline Pilots Association said.
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144 Tickets & Warnings During Sioux Falls Saturation Patrol
The totals are in for the eight-hour saturation patrol conducted by Sioux Falls Police between 6:00 pm Friday and 2:00 am Saturday.
Officer Sam Clemens says officers made four DWI arrests, wrote tickets for nine speeding violations, 12 for seat belt violations, six for alcohol offenses and 13 for narcotics.
In all, Clemens says the 16 officers issued 144 tickets and warnings in 39 complaint zones.


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Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift have hit a sour note.
Sales of the pop stars' fragrances disappointed in the past year, pulling down earnings for beauty product giant Elizabeth Arden.
Shares of Elizabeth Arden (RDEN) closed down 23% Tuesday after the company posted a loss of nearly $156 million in the past quarter, as well as a loss of $146 million for the fiscal year ending June 30.
The company called out Bieber's and Swift's products specifically for their poor performance. The sales decline was "steeper than anticipated," the company said in a release.
Related: 3 charts that explain the market rebound
Elizabeth Arden introduced Taylor Swift's first perfume, Wonderstruck, in 2011 and came out with a second edition, Wonderstruck Enchanted, in 2012. The company acquired licenses for Justin Beiber's Someday and Girlfriend perfumes that same year. Someday was the number one women's fragrance in U.S. department stores when it was released in 2011.
The company also sells fragrances from Britney Spears, Jennifer Aniston, Nicki Minaj and other celebrities, as well as skincare products.


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Federal Judge Signs Off On $25 Billion Mortgage Settlement With Top 5 Banks
It's just like reality TV, but not at all — America, here are your top five big greedy banks, and here is the $25 billion mortgage settlement they're all going home with, now that a federal judge has approved it. That's their load to carry, after allegations of foreclosure abuses and misconduct in servicing home loans.
Reuters cites court documents that say U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer put her John Hancock on the settlements, which had been announced on Wednesday but weren't available to the public until yesterday.
In the case, 49 states and the federal government brought civil allegations down on the massive heads of Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Ally Financial. The cute part is that none ever agreed any wrongdoing, but will instead each fork over about $5 billion to the federal and state governments.
Another part of the settlement has them agreeing to slash mortgage debt amounts and restructure troubled loans from the pool of loans they service, in order to meet that $5 billion they owe.
The government says it went after the banks to "remediate harms allegedly resulting from the alleged unlawful conduct."
The only bank thus far to pipe up on the settlement has been Citigroup, which said it's already been busy taking calls for its program and has "a few hundred" cases going forward to see if they'll qualify for aid or a mortgage cut.
"Assisting distressed homeowners remains CitiMortgage's number one priority," said Citigroup.
Brown-nosing will only get you so far, Citigroup. Just FYI.
Federal judge approves $25 billion mortgage pact [Reuters]
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(PRWEB) — The report "Gluten-Free Products Market By Type (Bakery & Confectionery, Snacks, Breakfast Cereals, Baking Mixes & Flour, Meat & Poultry Products), Sales Channel (Natural & Conventional) & Geography -Global Trends & Forecasts To 2018" defines and segments the global gluten-free product market with analysis and forecasting of the global revenue and volume for gluten-free products.
It also identifies the driving and restraining factors for the global gluten-free product market with an analysis of trends, opportunities, burning issues, winning imperatives, and challenges. The market is segmented and revenue is forecasted on the basis of major regions such as North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of the World (ROW).
Coeliac disease is an autoimmune disorder triggered by the consumption of gluten that leads to extensive damage in the small intestine of genetically susceptible people. There is no medication available except a gluten-free diet for this disorder. The increasing number of celiac patients, gluten intolerants and health conscious people has increased the demand for gluten-free products.
The Gluten-Free Products Market is experiencing a double-digit growth.
The most important factor behind buying more gluten-free food products is that they are considered healthier than conventional products. Other important factors are growing retail presence and continual improvements in new gluten-free products development. One of the major restraints of the gluten-free products market is a lack of awareness. Many consumers do not know the difference between an allergy and intolerance. Furthermore, many consumers are either misdiagnosed or undiagnosed entirely for the coeliac disease.
The global gluten-free product market is projected to reach a value of $6,206.2 million, growing at a CAGR of 10.2% by 2018. Gluten-free bakery and confectionery products accounted for the largest volume share of about 46%, followed by gluten-free snacks that contributed about 20% in the gluten-free product market. North America contributed to about 59% share in the global gluten-free product market.
Highest consumption of gluten-free product in the global market was through conventional sales channels. Chain stores have become a preferred retail channel for gluten-free products, and there has been growth in the sales and assortment carried by the supermarkets and mass merchandisers.
The demand for new products and a variety of gluten-free products is increasing in the market. The existing companies are actively introducing new products with different ingredients and flavors, thereby understanding the needs of their consumers.
Developments in the global gluten-free products market have been growing globally, but it has been growing at a higher pace in North America and Europe. Companies such as The Hain celestial Inc. (U.S.), General Mills Inc. (U.S.), Dr. Schar (Italy), Amys Kitchen Inc. (U.S.), and Boulders Brand Inc. (U.S), are involved in market dynamics.
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text: As is becoming a timeless tradition here at Frog in a Well, I am posting my syllabi for comment and suggestions. Not much China stuff this semester. I am stuck teaching Modern Japan (actually, I kind of like Japan) so there is not much China stuff. I am trying a bit more primary source stuff in the Japan class. I am also teaching ASIA 200, our introductory course on Asian Studies. I posted a version of this before, and made a few changes based on what people told me. (Sorry, the old version is now gone, but I really did make some changes.) I was aiming at something inter-disciplinary and Pan-Asian, but I think I ended up with something that looks like it was done by a China historian.


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Sheriff: Parkland school officer never went inside to confront gunman
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The armed officer on duty at the Florida school where a shooter killed 17 people never went inside to engage the gunman and has been placed under investigation, officials announced Thursday.
The Valentine's Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School by a gunman armed with an AR-15 style assault rifle has reignited national debate over gun laws and school safety, including proposals by President Donald Trump and others to designate more people — including trained teachers — to carry arms on school grounds. Gun-control advocates, meanwhile, have redoubled their push to ban assault rifles.
The school resource officer at the high school took up a position viewing the western entrance of the building that was under attack for more than four minutes, but "he never went in," Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said at a Thursday news conference. The shooting lasted about six minutes.
The officer, Scot Peterson, was suspended without pay and placed under investigation, then chose to resign, Israel said. When asked what Peterson should have done, Israel said the deputy should have "went in, addressed the killer, killed the killer."
A telephone message left at a listing for Peterson by The Associated Press wasn't immediately returned. An AP reporter who later went to Peterson's home in a suburb of West Palm Beach saw lights on and cars in the driveway, but no one answered the door when AP attempted to get further comment.
The sheriff said he was "devastated, sick to my stomach. There are no words. I mean, these families lost their children. …. I've been to the funerals. … I've been to the vigils. It's just, ah, there are no words."
There was also a communication issue between the person reviewing the school's security system footage and officers who responded to the school.
Coral Springs Police Chief Tony Pustizzi said during a Thursday news conference that the footage being reviewed was 20 minutes old, so the responding officers were hearing that the shooter was in a certain place while officers already in that location were saying that wasn't the case.
"There was nothing wrong with their equipment. Their equipment works," Pustizzi said. "It's just that when the person was reviewing the tape from 20 minutes earlier, somehow that wasn't communicated to the officers that it was a 20-minute delay."
Pustizzi said the confusion didn't put anyone in danger.
Shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz, 19, has been jailed on 17 counts of murder and has admitted the attack. He owned a collection of weapons. Defense attorneys, state records and people who knew him indicate that he displayed behavioral troubles for years.
Broward County incident reports show that unidentified callers contacted authorities with concerns about Cruz in February 2016 and November 2017. The first caller said they had third-hand information that Cruz planned to shoot up the school. The information was forwarded to the Stoneman Douglas resource officer. The second caller said Cruz was collecting guns and knives and believed "he could be a school shooter in the making."
Also in November 2017, Cruz was involved in a fight with the adult son of a woman he was staying with shortly after his mother died, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office report. On Nov. 28, a 22-year-old man at the Lake Worth home told the responding deputy the he tried to calm down Cruz, who had been punching holes in walls and breaking objects, but Cruz hit him in the jaw, and the man hit Cruz back.
The deputy found Cruz a short time later at a nearby park. Cruz told the deputy he had been angry because he misplaced a photo of his recently deceased mother, and he apologized for losing his temper.
The other man told the deputy he didn't want Cruz arrested. He just wanted Cruz to calm down before coming home.
Politicians under pressure to tighten gun laws in response to the mass shooting floated various plans Thursday, but most fell short of reforms demanded by student activists who converged Wednesday on Florida's Capitol.
Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran said Thursday night that his chamber is going to recommend creating a special commission to investigate the "abject breakdown at all levels" that led to the shooting deaths.
The Republican said the commission, likely be led by a parent of one of the slain children, would have subpoena power.
Corcoran also said the news about the resource officer's failure to respond did not dissuade him from moving ahead with what he was calling the "marshal" plan to let local law-enforcement officials train and deputize someone at the school who would be authorized to carry a gun.
"He's not indicative of the law enforcement community; that's not going to change our behavior at all," Corcoran said.
State Sen. Bill Galvano, who is helping craft a bill in response to the shooting deaths, insisted the idea is not the same as arming teachers. He said the program would be optional and the deputized person would have to be trained by local law-enforcement agencies.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida said a visit to Stoneman Douglas prompted him to change his stance on large capacity magazines. The Republican insisted he is willing to rethink his past opposition on gun proposals if there is information the policies would prevent mass shootings.
"If we are going to infringe on the Second Amendment, it has to be a policy that will work," Rubio said in an interview Thursday with AP.
A day after an emotional meeting with survivors and their families, Trump tweeted his strongest stance yet on gun control. He said he would endorse strengthening background checks, banning "bump stock" style devices and raising the minimum age to 21 for buying certain rifles.
At a conference of conservative activists Thursday near Washington, Vice President Mike Pence said the administration would make school safety "our top national priority" after the shooting at the school in Parkland, Florida.
Calling school shootings "evil in our time," Pence exhorted those in positions of authority "to find a way to come together with American solutions."
It was a markedly different tone than that deployed on stage minutes earlier by NRA Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre, who delivered an unbowed defense of gun ownership and lashed out at Democrats — saying they are using the tragedy for "political gain."


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Here are three Star Trek-themed things that have come up recently. All of them made me laugh so hard I pooped a little, so they need to be preserved here for the ages.
First, from Jimmy James, Inc:
For the record, Wesley's dance crew was called Jiffy and da Popz.
Next: Last night, Paul of Paul and Storm made WesLOL Crusher:
It's a little uncanny how much it fits with the original image, isn't it?
Finally, this place is real and exists:
For those of you who are scratching your heads right now, that's the intersection of Crusher Avenue and Picard Lane, around the corner from WARP DRIVE. WARP-FUCKING-DRIVE!


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Turkish business women
January 29, 2013Just last week, Siemens, the German engineering giant, elected renowned Turkish business women Güler Sabanci to its supervisory board. She is a member of the Sabanci family, one of the wealthiest in Turkey, but it is her individual efforts and achievements as the head of the family conglomerate which have earned her international acclaim. She was named by Forbes in 2012 to its list of the world's most powerful 100 women.
The selection of Sabanci, however, came as a surprise to many in Europe. Turkey is more famous in Western media for unpleasant headlines, such as the rise of political Islam, the headscarf debate, violence against women, or her comments on extrajudicial killings.
But now, Sabanci has prompted fresh interest in the West on the role of women in Turkey's business world.
While the European Union is busy discussing ways to increase the number of women in top position with a gender quota, Turkey's largest companies have already set the pace with an impressive number of successful women executives in top corporations.
Measures decrease gender gap
Lale Saral Develioglu, Deputy General Manager and Chief International Business Officer of Turkey's communication and technology giant, Turkcell, is one of those female executives. She is in charge of the group's subsidiaries in eight countries, including Turkcell Europe, overseeing billions of euros in business operations.
"The high number of female executives in Turkey often astonishes our counterparts in Germany and in other European countries. We are very proud of that," she told Deutsche Welle.
Women face more challenges in business life and in their careers, according to Develioglu, but drawing up rules on gender equality and closely following their implementation in the company are key to decreasing the gender gap.
Today, around 35 percent of the business executives in Develioglu's company are female. The rate of overall female personnel is nearly 50 percent.
"We pay special attention to gender equality. Equal pay for equal work has long been an established rule in our company, and it is also a norm in almost all Turkish companies," Develioglu said, adding how the ongoing problem in Europe in terms of equal pay has been puzzling for many Turkish professionals. "We have introduced measures to prevent gender discrimination in recruitment and promotions, we are trying to provide utmost care for a balance between personal and business life. And we are also closely following the implementation of these rules," she stressed.
Special health insurance for the mothers and their children, support for baby nurseries, or private rooms in company buildings for breastfeeding mother are among the measures offering a better work environment for women, which, according to Develioglu, are helping to close the gender gap at work and enhance career opportunities of women.
The other side of the coin
Despite these positive figures, however, Turkey ranks at the bottom in Europe in overall female participation in the workplace. Discrimination and violence against women are still among the most pressing problems in the country.
The female share on the executive boards of Turkish companies throughout is not more than 10 percent, says Murat Yeşildere, Turkish managing partner of international human resources firm Egon Zehnder. The rate would be even lower if family businesses, where female members may have a say in management, are excluded.
Overall employment figures are even worse. The president of Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey, Sema Kendirci, says female employment has been falling across Turkey in the last decade. The total female employment rate has dropped from 35 to almost 25 percent in the last 10 years, which is lower than any European country.
Rich potential of women wasted
Yet, female business leaders in Turkey are confident they can change this picture by reaching out to unemployed women through special projects to promote skills and career advancement.
Develioglu, of Turkcell, says there is a need for more progress in the field of gender equality and for using the great potential of women, which is wasted due to their exclusion from the workforce.
According to Develioglu, participation of women to business life, in each and every level of the company, has a positive impact.
"Today, more than ever before, companies need diversity. They need diversity in order to develop different approaches, to make progress," said Develioglu, underlining the positive contributions of women in business life.
Turkey's female business elite are working with NGO's to develop projects to reach out to women. One of these projects, "Snowdrops," has been a success story. "Since 2000, the Snowdrops project has reached out to thousands of girls lacking the means to go to school, providing 95,000 scholarships so far for their education," Develioglu said. "We are now providing 10,000 scholarships annually for girls in order to support equal opportunities in education."
Another model project, Women Power for the Economy, has provided micro-credits for 55,000 low-income female entrepreneurs and will reach out to an estimated 100,000 more women in the next 4 years.
Leaders of the business community, together with the government, have also launched a new initiative - Equality in the Workplace - signing a declaration to decrease the gender gap in the Turkish economy.
Although Turkey still offers a murky picture in terms of women rights, rising female participation in all levels of business life are providing a new perspective.
As Lale Develioglu stressed, the presence of women business leaders does not only enrich the companies they work for, but also encourages other women to follow in their footsteps.
Selcuk Oktay contributed from Istanbul.


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Bootloader Security Resources
This page has security information about bootloaders.
Technology/Project pages
Security Enhancements
There are two methods of booting
- Trusted/Authenticated Boot: just reporting
- Secure Boot: boot can be halted
Trusted Computing Group (TCG)
TCG is a hardware-based security solution not only for the PC platform, but also applicable for embedded devices. To understand the TCG, TCG Specification Architecture Overview is a good document.
Using the Trusted Platform Module(TPM) security chip and write-protected boot-code, we will be able to implement the Trusted Boot efficiently. Unfortunately, Many existing TPMs are designed for PC Platform, it requires LPC bus. Thus you have to use glue logic to use such TPM with your system. But, Atmel(R) has been released TPM chip, AT97SC3201S which has I2C/SMBus interface.
Open Source Projects/Mailing Lists
- RedBoot is a complete bootstrap environment for embedded systems. Based on the eCos. Following security enhancement was based on the RedBoot.
- High Robustness Bootloader for x86 Platform provide the capability of having signed program binary images.
Project site: u-boot
GRUB is a bootloader for PC Platform. There are two patches to enable the TCG's Trusted Boot.
(In this case, the BIOS must support TCG Trusted Boot)
GRUB provides a password feature, only administrator can start the interactive operations.
EtherBoot is a software package for creating ROM images that can download code over an Ethernet network to be executed on an x86 computer. "SafeBootMode means any NBI image that's downloaded is checked whether it contains a valid digital signature and if not, the user is notified."
Other Resources
- W. A. Arbaugh , D. J. Farber , J. M. Smith, A secure and reliable bootstrap architecture, Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, p.65, May 04-07, 1997
- Security Enhanced Bootloader for Operating Systems
- Technical Overview of Windows Vista - Secure Startup


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- GVWR: 5,490 lbs
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- 3.73 Axle Ratio
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A third wave of mourning for dear departed dive Mars Bar crested yesterday when news broke that TD Bank had signed a lease at the former site of the punk-drunk-artist-squatter-hanger on haunt whose closure and demolition in 2011 was seen by many as (yet another) nail in the once-scruffy East Village's burnished coffin.
Now, a source familiar with the deal tells us that the lease includes a second retail space whose future tenant could assume the notorious Mars Bar's trade name and liquor license. The development company BFC Partners reached an agreement with the Mars Bar crew that would allow the next commercial tenant to occupy a 4,456-square-foot basement and ground floor space under the proud, stubborn and–who knew?–business-minded Mars Bar auspices.
TD Bank, whose looming arrival at Second Avenue and First Street is viewed by some as progress–yet more A.T.M.s, fewer junkies mid-relapse–and others as an antiseptic insult to the neighborhood's ancient anarchic charms, will occupy 4,212 square feet in a 20-year lease with asking rents of $200 per square feet. The New York Post's Steve Cuozzo reported that STL Realty's John Oliveri represented BFC while Cushman & Wakefield's Joanne Podell represented the tenant.
The bank will rest beneath the apartment floors of BFC's recently topped off, 12-story Jupiter 21, the astronomically named project that spelled certain death for its planetary neighbor Mars Bar, which had operated at 25 East First Street since 1984.
Squalid neighbors of the old Mars including the cradle of punk CBGB (now a John Varvatos boutique), art hangout The Hole (still, amazingly, the similarly louche gay bar The Cock) and the more kid-friendly Amato Opera have all bitten the dust.
It's possibly but unlikely that a new Mars Bar at Jupiter 21 could bring back the original's fetid magic, but at least the neighborhood still has the Anthology Film Archives–an art-house fiend's art-house whose founder and programmer Jonas Mekas immortalized Mars Bar in a documentary–to keep the underground spirit alive.