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I bought a Powerball ticket the other day for the first time in my life. I'm not a gambler by nature. I hate wasting my money in those slot machines. So this is a big thing for me.
When I was a new mother, my husband sent me away for a much needed break to a casino with some friends, and I stayed up until 4am. All I won were some bags under my eyes and a hangover.
I nearly bit all my nails off the one time I played roulette. When I talked myself into buying a roll of quarters, I hung on to them in case I needed money for a parking spot. Or for the machines at the laundromat even though I had my own washer and dryer at home.
I don't know when the first drawing for the Powerball was or how much it was for, but I missed it. But that's okay because I don't think I knew there even was a Powerball. Then someone at work told me how big it grew because no one had won it.
Of course, I acted like I knew what they were talking about, and then proceeded to walk myself right on over to the Starbucks in the building, broke down and spent two bucks on a ticket.
I thought, "Hmm, who knows? Maybe I'll have beginner's luck." Although the odds are against me. Or anyone for that matter because not only did I not have the winning ticket (can you believe only six numbers were off?) but apparently no one else did either. Which brought the pot up to $1.3 billion.
First, let me tell you what your odds are. Or better yet, what you have a better chance of happening to you:
- Getting struck by lightning while drowning
- Being killed by an asteroid
- And my favorite: Having a vending machine fall on you
It's been established that you stand a better chance of dying in a freak and rare accident than winning the Powerball.
So why partake? Because you just never know. And the investment is pretty low.
Anyway, what would I do if I won 1.3 billion dollars?
- For starters, I would pay the guy in the house behind us to stop running his damned wood chipper on Sunday mornings. He can't possibly need small pieces of chopped up wood that badly.
- I would give money to my church. Mainly because I haven't been in a couple years and that old Catholic guilt is rearing its ugly head even though I'm no longer Catholic.
- I would see a therapist about that old Catholic guilt.
- I would finally replace the carpet on our staircase. I'm pretty sure Mauve went out in the early 90s.
- I will give to every charity that did not cold call me during dinner time.
- I would buy a house with an in-law set up for that maid and cook I've always dreamed of.
Obviously, I could go on. But it would take a novel to list all the ways to spend 1.3 billion dollars.
So, am I going to play the Powerball this week? Yea, probably. Because my need to be included in everything far exceeds my need to hang on to two measely dollars.
Oh, but what I could buy with two dollars…Mo


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Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today said there was "no chance" of a military coup in Pakistan as the army desires democracy and stability in the country.
"I don't think there will be a coup in Pakistan ever. There is no threat to democracy," Gilani told reporters on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos in Switzerland.
No state institution, including the military, or the people of Pakistan want a coup and all stakeholders favour a democracy, he said.
There was "no chance" of a military takeover, he said.
Gilani's remarks came against the backdrop of the worst political crisis endured by his nearly four-year-old government – a stand off with the military over an alleged memo that had sought US help to prevent a possible coup after the killing of Osama bin Laden last year.
The premier spoke on a host of other issues, including Pakistan-US relations following the cross-border NATO air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in November last year.
He described the incident as a "turning point" in ties that created a "bad taste".
Even before the NATO attack, there were a number of other incidents that had strained ties between the two countries to a large extent, he said.
On efforts to improve ties with India, Gilani said Pakistan desires good relations with all its neighbours and if New Delhi has any information about terrorist activities, it can be shared with Islamabad.
Described his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh as a "genuine person" who is desirous of resolving all issues with Pakistan, including the "core issue of Kashmir", Gilani said Pakistan was in the process "of normalising trade relations with India, which will benefit the people of both countries".

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by KXM
Release Date: 02 June 2014
Format: LP Vinyl
Label: earMUSIC
KXM Self Titled Limited Vinyl LP + Digital Download
KXM is like a match made in heaven. K stands for Korn, X stands for Kings X and M stands for Lynch Mob. These three individual musicians already achieved a lot of success on their own but what they created here on their self-titled debut album of this new SUPERGROUP is something really precious and special. They first met on the birthday of Luziers one year old son and Ray showed them around the house and also the studio he had built. They immediately hit it off and decided to make a record together. Ten days later they had a record - almost. Line up: George Lynch (Guitars; Lynch Mob, ex. Dokken), Ray Luzier (Drums; Korn), Doug dUg Pinnick (Bass & Vocals; Kings X) Written and composed by KXM as a band unit almost straight after they met for the first time - this debut album came almost out of nowhere. They just started jamming without a clue what they will do with the material that was growing from the jam sessions they had occasionally. They had no management, label, crew or anything - just the three grown up men and their fun of playing together. The album is produced by Chris Collier (Lynch Mob, Tommy Bolin). After being done with the first ten songs all of a sudden several labels showed interest in signing the trio but they needed two more songs. And they only had 2 days left to write and record them. Rescue Me which is the first video from the album is one of the two new songs and a brilliant example on how effective this band works. dUg states: Im not good with pressure but in the end it worked out. I look back at it and its a labor of love. KXM is a real band not just a project for the three members and they are already talking about going back and writing more songs. we realize weve got something we really like and were having fun with it.
Featured Tracks:
1. Stars
2. Rescue Me
3. Gun Fight
4. Never Stopped Loving You
5. Faith Is A Room With Many Doors
6. Ill Be Ok
7. Sleep
8. Love
9. Burn
10. Do It Now
11. Human Friction
12. Tranqualize


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A Magnetic Pickup consists of a permanent magnet, a pole-piece, and a sensing coil all encapsulated in a cylindrical case. An object of iron, steel, or other magnetic material, passing closely by its pole-piece causes distortion of the magnetic flux field passing through the sensing coil and pole-piece, which in turn generates a signal voltage. The magnitude of the signal voltage depends on the relative size of the magnetic target, its speed of approach, and how close it approaches. The polarity of the signal depends on whether the target is moving toward or away from the pole-piece.
Magnetic Pickups are most frequently used to sense passing teeth on a gear, sprocket, or timing belt wheel, to bolt-heads, key-ways, or other moving machine mounted targets. Typical targets and resulting signal wave forms are shown within the datasheet. Selecting a magnetic pickup is a matter of matching a pickup to a gear (or other target), to provide enough input signal to a tachometer, speed-switch, or other device for operation at the required minimum speed. The open-circuit output from a magnetic pickup is directly proportional to speed, and once the minimum operating speed conditions have been met, excess signal will always be available at higher speeds.
Self generating
No external power needed
Wide operating temperature range
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Impervious to dirt, oil and water
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For use with speed switches, digital tachometers, frequency to D.C. converters
Magnetic Pickups are used primarily for tachometer and other speed related functions. They are not normally used for counting since loss of counts will occur at low speeds. Therefore, counters are not designed to accept outputs directly from conventional magnetic pickups. In special applications where counting occurs only at running speed or where low-speed count loss is acceptable, a Model ASTC can be used, or a different type of sensor can be used as a substitute.
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Using Cisco IOS IPS to Secure the Network
Examining IPS Technologies
Although IDS and IPS perform similar functions, this section explores how these network security solutions differ. Various approaches to detecting and preventing an intrusion are discussed. This section also explores signatures and how they can trigger an alarm. This section concludes by discussing best practices for IPS network design.
IDS Versus IPS
Although both IDS and IPS devices can recognize network attacks, they differ primarily in their network placement. Specifically, although an IDS device receives a copy of traffic to be analyzed, an IPS device resides inline with the traffic, as illustrated in Figure 11-1.
Because the analyzed traffic does not flow through the IDS device, the IDS device is considered passive, whereas the IPS device is considered active. Both the IDS and IPS devices can send alerts to, for example, a management station. Although an IDS device can also communicate with a security appliance or router to prevent subsequent attack packets, the initially offending traffic reaches its destination. Conversely, an IPS device can drop the traffic inline, thus preventing even the first malicious packet from reaching its intended target.
This discussion of IDS versus IPS devices might seem to suggest that IPS devices should always be used instead of IDS devices. However, in some network environments, these two solutions complement one another. For example, an IDS device can add value to a network that already employs an IPS device by verifying that the IPS device is still operational. The IDS device might also identify suspicious traffic and send alerts about that traffic, without having the IPS device drop the traffic.
IDS and IPS Device Categories
IDS and IPS devices can be categorized based on how they detect malicious traffic. Alternatively, IPS devices can be categorized based on whether they run on a network device or on a host.
Detection Methods
Consider the following approaches for detecting malicious traffic:
- Signature-based detection
- Policy-based detection
- Anomaly-based detection
- Honey pot detection
The following sections discuss each of these in detail.
Signature-Based Detection
The primary method used to detect and prevent attacks using IDS and/or IPS technologies is signature-based. A signature can recognize a string of bytes, in a certain context, that triggers detection.
For example, attacks against a web server typically take the form of URLs. Therefore, URLs could be searched for a certain string that would identify an attack against a web server.
As another example, the IDS and/or IPS device could search for a pattern in the MIME header of an e-mail message. However, because signature-based IDS/IPS is, as the name suggests, based on signatures, the administrator needs to routinely update those signature files. This routine update is similar in nature to regular antivirus updates that you might perform on your computer to make sure the antivirus program is up-to-date.
Policy-Based Detection
Another approach to IDS/IPS is policy-based. With a policy-based approach, the IDS/IPS device needs a very specific declaration of the security policy. For example, you could write a network access policy that identified which networks could communicate with specific hosts. The IDS/IPS device could then recognize "out of profile" traffic that does not conform to the policy and then report that activity.
Anomaly-Based Detection
A third approach to detecting and/or preventing malicious traffic is anomaly-based. This approach is prone to false positives, because a "normal" condition is difficult to measurably define. However, you have a couple of options when detecting anomalies:
- Statistical anomaly detection: This approach watches network traffic patterns over a period of time and dynamically builds a baseline. Then, if traffic patterns significantly vary from the baseline, an alarm can be triggered.
- Nonstatistical anomaly detection: This approach allows an administrator to define what traffic patterns are supposed to look like. However, imagine that Microsoft released a large service pack for its Vista operating system, and your company has hundreds of computers that are configured to automatically download that service pack. If multiple employees turn on their computers at approximately the same time tomorrow morning, and multiple copies of the service pack simultaneously start to download from microsoft.com, the IDS/IPS device might consider that traffic pattern to be significantly outside of the baseline. As a result, the nonstatistical anomaly detection approach could lead to a false positive (that is, an alarm being triggered in the absence of malicious traffic).
Honey Pot Detection
Finally, the "honey pot" acts as a distracter. Specifically, a system designated as the honey pot appears to be an attractive attack target. One school of thought on the use of a honey pot is to place one or more honey pot systems in the network to entice attackers into thinking the system is real. The attackers then use their resources attacking the honey pot, resulting in their leaving the real servers alone.
Another use of a honey pot is to use it as a system that is extensively monitored, to learn the attacker's identity and what he is attempting to do on the system. For example, a honey pot could be a UNIX system configured with a weak password. After an attacker logs in, surveillance software could log what the attacker does to the system. This knowledge could then be used to protect real servers in the network.
Summary of IDS/IPS Detection Methods
Table 11-2 summarizes these IDS/IPS detection methods.
Network-Based Versus Host-Based IPS
As previously mentioned, IPS solutions can be either network-based or host-based. Often network-based and host-based solutions can be used together to protect against a wider range of potential attacks.
Network-Based Sensors
A Cisco IOS router configured for the IPS feature could serve as a network-based IP device. Alternatively, a network-based IPS device could be a dedicated appliance such as Cisco's 4200 series of IDS/IPS sensors, as shown in Figure 11-2.
Cisco also supports other hardware modules that can be inserted in a variety of network devices:
- AIP-SSM: The Advanced Inspection and Prevention Security Services Module (AIPSSM), shown in Figure 11-3, installs in a Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) to add IPS and/or IDS features to the ASA. Interestingly, even though the module resides in an ASA, the AIP-SSM runs its own software (with its own CPU, RAM, and storage), which is the same software found on other sensor appliances.
- IDSM-2: The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Intrusion Detection System Module 2 (IDSM-2), shown in Figure 11-4, inserts into a slot in a Cisco Catalyst 6500 chassis. Because the module has direct access to the switch's backplane, it can monitor any or all of the VLANs configured on the switch. Like the AIP-SSM, the IDSM-2 supports IDS and/or IPS services and runs the same sensor software found on dedicated IDS/IPS appliances.
- NM-CIDS: The Cisco IDS Network Module (NM-CIDS), shown in Figure 11-5, is supported on a variety of router platforms. The module installs in a router's network module bay, and the NM-IDS can monitor traffic from all the router's interfaces.
Although the NM-CIDS does run the same sensor software as the previously mentioned appliances and modules, the NM-CIDS module performs only the IDS function, as opposed to both IDS and IPS functions. However, an NM-CIDS does allow a network administrator to implement full signature protection without negatively impacting router performance.
Although http://www.cisco.com provides up-to-date information about which router platforms support the NM-CIDS, as a few examples, the following Cisco router platforms support the NM-CIDS:
- Cisco 2600XM series router
- Cisco 2691 router
- Cisco 3660 router
- Cisco 3725 router
- Cisco 3745 router
- Cisco 2811 ISR
- Cisco 2821 ISR
- Cisco 2851 ISR
- Cisco 3825 ISR
- Cisco 3845 ISR
The operating system running on network-based IPS (NIPS) sensors is considered to be "hardened" against network attacks. A NIPS solution also offers flexibility and scalability in a network design, because additional network devices can be added without necessarily necessitating the addition of new sensor appliances. However, if network patterns grow beyond the capacity of the existing sensor(s), new sensors can easily be added to the network.
Host-Based IPS Software
In addition to the previous examples of network-based IDS/IPS sensors, Cisco offers the Cisco Security Agent (CSA) as a HIPS solution. The CSA software can be installed on selected host systems and optionally report suspicious activity to a centralized management server.
Deploying Network-Based and Host-Based Solutions
NIPS and HIPS solutions can work in tandem. For example, although a NIPS solution can inspect traffic flowing through the network, what if a host had a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) connection to a server, and the malicious traffic traveled over the SSL connection? In that instance, the NIPS hardware would be unable to analyze the malicious traffic, because it would be encrypted inside the SSL connection. However, a HIPS software solution could analyze the malicious traffic after the traffic was decrypted on the host. Similarly, a NIPS device might be able to prevent a denial-of-service (DoS) attack or recognize network reconnaissance patterns. A HIPS solution could focus on protecting applications and host
Figure 11-6 illustrates the deployment of network-based IDS (NIDS), NIPS, and HIPS technologies in the same network. Notice that the sensors are strategically deployed at network boundaries (that is, coming into the network from the Internet and going into the demilitarized zone [DMZ]). As previously discussed, NIDS and NIPS devices are used to complement each other's functions. Additionally, HIPS software (for example, Cisco Security Agent [CSA]) is deployed on strategic hosts—the HTTP, DNS, and e-mail hosts in this example. The NIDS, NIPS, and HIPS devices can all send any alarms triggered on their respective devices to the management console. Using input from these diverse sources, the management console software might be able to perform event correlation to recognize broader network attack patterns, rather than just examining a single attack against a single device.
IDS and IPS Appliances
Cisco offers a series of IDS/IPS sensors—specifically, the Cisco 4200 series of IDS/IPS sensors. All sensors contain at least two interfaces:
- Command and control interface: A sensor's command and control interface is configured with an IP address and is used to communicate with other network devices (for example, a security appliance or a management workstation) for management purposes.
- Monitoring interface(s): All sensors have at least one monitoring interface, which is used to monitor network traffic.
Depending on the number of available interfaces, sensors can operate in one of two modes, as described in Table 11-3.
Cisco IDS 4215 Sensor
The Cisco IDS 4215 Sensor, shown in Figure 11-7, has the following specifications:
- Performance: 65 Mbps
- Command and control interface speed: 10/100 Mbps
- Maximum number of monitoring interfaces: Five
Cisco IPS 4240 Sensor
The Cisco IPS 4240 Sensor, shown in Figure 11-8, has the following specifications:
- Performance: 250 Mbps
- Command and control interface speed: 10/100/1000 Mbps
- Maximum number of monitoring interfaces: Four
Cisco IPS 4255 Sensor
The Cisco IPS 4255 Sensor, shown in Figure 11-9, has the following specifications:
- Performance: 500 Mbps
- Command and control interface speed: 10/100/1000 Mbps
- Maximum number of monitoring interfaces: Four
Cisco IPS 4260 Sensor
The Cisco IPS 4260 Sensor, shown in Figure 11-10, has the following specifications:
- Performance: 1 Gbps
- Command and control interface speed: 10/100/1000 Mbps
- Maximum number of monitoring interfaces: Nine
Now that you posses a basic understanding of the roles of IDS and IPS sensors in a network and are acquainted with various IDS and IPS hardware solutions, next consider how a sensor detects an attack. The sensor uses a collection of signatures to detect potentially malicious network traffic. If the observed traffic matches a signature, the sensor can trigger an alarm (or perform a variety of other actions).
Because of the diversity of a sensor's signature collection, groups of similar signatures are handled by microengines. A sensor contains multiple microengines. The sensor decides which microengine(s) it will use to analyze traffic based on criteria such as the network protocol being used by the traffic, the signature's associated operating system, the port number being used by the session, and the type of attack the sensor is looking for. However, at a more macro level, you can categorize signatures into one of four broad categories, as described next.
Exploit Signatures
An exploit attempts to leverage a weakness in the network. That weakness could, for example, be associated with a network application at the application layer of the OSI model. Alternatively, exploit attacks could target the transport and/or network OSI layers. Following are examples of potential attacker exploits at these OSI layers:
- Application layer: As an attacker is preparing to attack a network, he might perform network reconnaissance, in which he attempts to learn more about the network. One form of network reconnaissance involves performing Domain Name System (DNS) queries to learn more about a target domain. For example, the http:// www.betterwhois.com website provides, for free, detailed information about a domain, including contact information for the domain administrator. Other examples of application layer exploits include launching DoS attacks (attempts to deplete system resources), directory traversal attacks, viruses, Trojan horses, and worms.
- Transport layer: Protocols such as TCP and UDP reside at the transport layer of the OSI model. Both TCP and UDP communicate on various ports. For example, the Telnet application communicates on TCP port 23, and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) communicates on TCP port 25. An attacker might perform a port scan to determine what services (for example, Telnet or SMTP) are available at specific IP addresses. Another example of a transport layer exploit floods a device with a series of TCP synchronization (SYN) segments, which is part of TCP's three-way handshake process. However, this TCP SYN flood attack never completes the three-way handshake. Rather, the attacker creates multiple partially open connections (that is, embryonic connections) to exhaust resources on the attack target.
- Network layer: Similar to the transport layer's port scan attack, at the network layer an attacker might perform a ping sweep. Here the attacker attempts to ping a range of IP addresses to determine which ones respond to the ping. After the attacker compiles a list of IP addresses that responded to his pings, he can further investigate those systems using, for example, the previously mentioned port scan.
Connection Signatures
Connection signatures use a set of rules that state how certain protocols should behave on the network. For example, administrators can configure policies that dictate what types of network connections or network traffic are allowed.
String Signatures
Some attacks can be recognized by a series of bytes contained in the malicious packet. This series of bytes is called a string. Other than the strings already known to a sensor's signature database, administrators can use regular expressions to match known strings. Regular expressions leverage a series of wildcards, called metacharacters, to allow a single expression to match multiple strings.
Denial-of-Service Signatures
The purpose of a DoS attack is to consume the resources of the attack target, such as the memory or processor resources of a mission-critical server. DoS signatures can recognize multiple types of DoS attacks. By consuming system resources, an attacker can prevent legitimate users from accessing those resources. A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack distributes a DoS attack, such that multiple devices attempt to consume resources on a target system.
Signature Definition Files
As mentioned earlier in this chapter, in addition to sensor appliances, a Cisco IOS router, with an appropriate version IOS, can act as an IPS sensor, thus allowing an IOS router to drop malicious traffic before the traffic reaches its intended target. In addition to dropping the offending traffic, the router can log the activity using either the syslog or Security Device Event Exchange (SDEE) protocol. The SDEE protocol is preferred over syslog. SDEE provides a secure communications channel, and it can be used to communicate between IPS clients and servers (for example, a management workstation that collects and correlates events from multiple IPS sensors in the network).
The IOS router acting as an IPS device needs a database of signatures to identify malicious traffic. The router's signature database is in the form of a Signature Definition File (SDF). Modern routers typically ship with an SDF installed in flash memory. However, the administrator usually needs to periodically update the router's SDF, because Cisco routinely updates these files to address emerging threats. A router can also reference multiple SDFs for increased signature coverage.
SDFs vary in their number of signatures, and the SDF used by a particular router platform is largely determined by the router's RAM. For example, if a router contains 128 MB of RAM, it might use the 128MB.sdf, which contains approximately 300 signatures.
Alternatively, a router with 256 MB of RAM might use the 256MB.sdf, which contains approximately 500 signatures. The collection of signatures contained in an SDF might not be appropriate for a specific network. Fortunately, network administrators can tune individual signatures, or even disable a signature, to better meet the needs of their network.
After an IPS sensor triggers an alarm, which is sometimes called a "signature firing," one or more events can occur. These events are described in Table 11-4.
Sometimes a network administrator wants a signature firing to result in more than one of the previous actions. For example, you might want to generate a log entry and block all traffic sourced from the attacker's IP address. Changing these signature responses is called signature tuning.
Using SDM to Configure Cisco IOS IPS
Although Cisco offers IPS services on a wide variety of platforms, this section focuses on configuring IOS-based IPS using Cisco's Security Device Manager (SDM). Cisco's SDM is a graphical interface that supports a wizard-like configuration tool for configuring a variety of IOS features, including IOS-based IPS.
Launching the Intrusion Prevention Wizard
To begin configuring IPS on a Cisco IOS router using SDM, launch the SDM interface. The SDM home page, shown in Figure 11-11, provides summary information about the router. To begin a configuration task using SDM, click the Configure button at the top of the SDM home page. The configuration screen, as shown in Figure 11-12, has a column of tasks along the left side of the page.
A wide range of tasks, including configuring an IOS-based firewall or a virtual private network (VPN), is available. To configure an IOS-based IPS, click the Intrusion Prevention option in the Tasks column. The Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) configuration screen appears, as shown in Figure 11-13. This screen has three tabs: Create IPS, Edit IPS, and Security Dashboard.
The default tab is Create IPS; notice the Launch IPS Rule Wizard button. Click this button to begin the wizard.
An Information window appears, similar to the one shown in Figure 11-14, indicating that the router does not currently have SDEE notification enabled. By clicking OK in this window, you allow SDM to enable SDEE notification on the router.
Another information window appears, like the one shown in Figure 11-15. It lets you know that SDM will open a subscription with the router to get the SDEE events.
IPS Policies Wizard
After you confirm the SDEE messages, the IPS Policies Wizard window appears, as shown in Figure 11-16.
The initial screen explains that the IPS Policies Wizard helps you with the following tasks:
- Selecting the interface to which the IPS rule will be applied
- Selecting the direction of traffic that will be inspected
- Selecting the SDF file to be used by the router
After you click Next, the IPS Wizard prompts you to select the interface(s) to which the IPS rule should be applied, in addition to the direction of traffic (that is, inbound or outbound). In the example shown in Figure 11-17, the IPS Wizard has been instructed to apply the IPS rule to inbound traffic for interface Serial 1/0.
After you click Next again, the SDF Locations screen appears, as shown in Figure 11-18. It allows you to specify one or more locations for the router to retrieve an SDF file. You can set the order of the locations using the Move Up and Move Down buttons.
Click the Add button to bring up the Add a Signature Location window, as shown in Figure 11-19. From this window you can specify an SDF location in the router's flash or at a specific URL. Also, notice the autosave checkbox. Checking this option allows the router to save the SDF file in the event of a router crash, eliminating the need to reconfigure the SDF location after the router comes back up.
In Figure 11-20, the 128MB.sdf SDF file stored in flash is specified. This particular file was selected because of the router's memory. If the router contained 256 MB of RAM, the 256MB.sdf file could have been used instead, to provide a larger signature database.
The newly configured SDF location then appears in the SDF Locations pane, as shown in Figure 11-21. Multiple SDF locations could be specified, and the router would attempt to load the SDF from the first location in the list. If it failed, the next SDF location would be attempted. However, in this example, only a single SDF location is specified.
Also notice the Use Built-In Signatures (as backup) checkbox. Checking this box allows IPS to use the Cisco IOS built-in signatures if a signature definition file cannot be found. After you add one or more SDF locations, click the Next button to continue.
A Summary window appears, as shown in Figure 11-22. It identifies the interface(s) on which IPS will be applied and in what direction(s) traffic will be analyzed as it crosses the interface. Additionally, the location of the SDF file is specified, and you can see if the Use Built-In Signatures (as back) checkbox is checked. If the summary information appears to be correct, click the Finish button.
The commands required to configure IOS-based IPS are then sent from SDM to the router. After the commands are delivered, click the OK button in the Commands Delivery Status window, shown in Figure 11-23.
When the Intrusion Prevention Wizard is finished, your view changes in the Edit IPS tab, as shown in Figure 11-24. From this tab, you can edit IPS rules, set global IPS settings, and configure IPS signatures.
Creating IPS Rules
The previously described configuration enabled IOS-based IPS for interface Serial 0/1. If you click the interface, the IPS Filter Details pane, as shown in Figure 11-25, reveals that although the IPS rule is enabled, no filtering is associated with this rule.
To see how to add an associated rule, consider the following scenario:
You want to block inbound Telnet traffic on interface Serial 0/1 while permitting all other traffic.
The following steps illustrate how to accomplish this objective:
Step 1 With the desired interface selected (that is, highlighted), click the Edit button. This action displays the Edit IPS on an Interface window, as shown in Figure 11-26.
Step 2 Verify that Inbound is the selected direction, and click the drop-down menu to the right of the Inbound Filter box. From the drop-down menu,
choose Create a new rule(ACL) and select, as shown in Figure 11-27.
Step 3 When the Add a Rule window appears, as shown in Figure 11-28, enter a name or number for the rule. Also select the type of rule (that is,
standard or extended) from the Type drop-down menu. Optionally, you can document the rule's purpose in the Description field.
Step 4 Click the Add button in the Add a Rule window to bring up the Add an Extended Rule Entry window (assuming that you selected Extended Rule as the type of rule). In this window, shown in Figure 11-29, using a series of drop-down menus and … buttons, you can specify what traffic you want to permit or deny. In this example, the rule is configured to deny all traffic destined for the TCP Telnet service.
Step 5 Click OK to add the rule. You are returned to the Add a Rule window, as shown in Figure 11-30. Notice that the rule that denies inbound Telnet traffic appears in the Rule Entry pane. However, these rules contain an implicit deny ip any any statement. Therefore, if another rule to permit traffic is not added, all traffic will be denied.
Step 6 Click the Add button again to add a rule that permits any traffic to any destination, as shown in Figure 11-31.
Step 7 You are returned to the Add a Rule window. Notice, in Figure 11-32, that the newly configured permit ip any any rule is at the bottom of the rule list. The order of rules is critical, because they are processed top-down. You can optionally select one of the rules (by clicking it) and changing its order in the list using the Move Up and/or Move Down buttons. Click the OK button to complete the rule entry.
Step 8 The Edit IPS on an Interface window appears, as shown in Figure 11-33. From this window, you can specify whether you want the IOS router to perform Virtual Fragment Reassembly (VFR). Specifically, IOS-based IPS cannot thoroughly scan the contents of IP fragments, thus allowing fragmented traffic to pass through the router without being analyzed.
When the Enable fragment checking on this interface checkbox is checked, the router uses the VFR feature to dynamically create access control lists to protect the network from fragmentation attacks. Click OK to deliver the configuration commands to the router.
Step 9 The Commands Delivery Status window, shown in Figure 11-34, informs you when the IPS rule configuration commands have been delivered to the router. After the delivery is complete, click the OK button.
After the rules have been added to the interface, the rules appear in the IPS Filter Details pane. Figure 11-35 shows that the NO_TELNET inbound filter has been applied to the selected interface (Serial 1/0).
Manipulating Global IPS Settings
The Edit IPS tab also allows administrators to configure global IPS settings. Clicking the Global Settings button displays a screen similar to the one shown in Figure 11-36.
To configure these global settings, an administrator can double-click one of the shown parameters (Syslog, SDEE, or Engine Options). The Edit Global settings window appears, as shown in Figure 11-37.
Signature Configuration
After enabling the IPS feature on a router, you might want to manipulate the default signature settings. For example, you might want to disable some of the signatures that are enabled by default, and vice versa. Also, you might want to alter the action or actions taken in response to a signature being triggered.
To configure such signature parameters, click the Signatures button on the Edit IPS tab. This displays a listing of signatures, as shown in Figure 11-39. Notice that all known IPS signatures are listed in the right pane. If you know the name of the signature you are attempting to find, you can scroll through the list to locate it. Alternatively, notice that the signatures are categorized in a hierarchical fashion, under the OS, Attack, Service, L2/L3/L4 Protocol, and Releases categories.
To understand the editing of a signature, consider the following scenario:
You want to change the action taken in response to the POP Overflow signature being fired, such that an alarm is generated and the offending packet is dropped. The following steps illustrate how to accomplish this objective:
Step 1 Scroll down in the right pane, and locate the desired signature, as shown in Figure 11-40.
Step 3 Notice that the configurable values are currently dimmed. To make one of the fields editable, click the green square to the left of the field. The green square changes into a red diamond after you click it, and the field can now be edited. In this example, you click the green square adjacent to the EventAction field, as shown in Figure 11-42. To meet the scenario objective, both the alarm and drop actions must be selected (that is, highlighted). To select more than one action, click the first action, hold down the Ctrl key, and click the subsequent action(s).
After the parameters are configured as desired, click the OK button at the bottom of the Edit Signature window. You are returned to the Edit IPS tab. Notice that the signature you edited now has a yellow octagon symbol with a minus sign in it, in the ! column, as shown in Figure 11-43. This symbol indicates that the changes you made have not yet been delivered to the router. Click the Apply Changes button, which is just below the signatures pane, to deliver the commands to the router and make the specified changes.


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Video games have reached a point where developers can create virtually anything they want. From massive worlds to explore to incredibly realistic graphics, the sky is the limit. But is having a virtually unlimited scope a good thing? During a keynote presentation at the Montreal International Game Summit, Ed Fries, former VP of game publishing for Microsoft, argued this might not be the case. Since his time at MS, which included cofounding the Xbox project, Fries has founded several start-ups. He currently runs a company called Figure Prints that turns your World of Warcraft character into a 3D sculpture, and even develops games for the Atari 2600 on the side. Ars had a chance to sit down with Fries to discuss the role of games as an art form and how constraint can help breed new ideas.
The "games as an art form" debate is somewhat contentious, but according to Fries it's one that shouldn't be overlooked, especially if we want to look at the medium as anything more than just a collection of commercial products.
"I don't think we can ignore art when we talk about games unless we want to just be purely about making money," he told Ars. "Look at film. There's certainly very commercial films that you would never call art, but there's also a really rich community of people who make art films. Why don't we have more of that in the game business? What can we do to encourage that? I think Hollywood's connected those two together in a way, so that ideas can bubble out of the art world of their community and into the commercial world. There's commercial painting, there's commercial writing, so I don't think they have to be at odds with each other."
Fries likened the development of games to that of painting. Once painters were able to create realistic images, the medium began to stagnate and become boring because everyone began doing the same thing: recreating reality through painting. Likewise, now that games have the ability to create incredibly realistic experiences, the majority are doing just that. Painting managed to break free from this path thanks to movements like impressionism, which imposed artificial limitations on the artist. And Fries believes games may have to do the same thing.
"Pick some aspects to constrain and see what comes from that, see what creativity comes from that, see what kind of room for interpretation comes from that," he told Ars. "The art world couldn't just jump to impressionism—they had to get everywhere else first and then they could go to impressionism. Maybe that's true for games. Maybe we're at that point now where we can do everything really well, and so now we have to ask ourselves what do we want to do to make things look different. Or are we going to just let all games blur together and look like the same kinds of characters, the same kinds of stories, the same kinds of visuals?"
Fries is a man who knows a thing or two about constraint, having created Halo 2600, a re-imagining of Halo on the Atari 2600. During the process of developing the game, Fries was forced to make a number of decisions he otherwise wouldn't have made, simply to get around the hardware's limitations. He had what he describes as a "weird encounter with beauty" during development. Of course, the constraints put on a game don't have to be as extreme as re-creating a modern blockbuster on a 30-year-old console. They can be something as simple as a visual change. Fries gave a relatively recent example: what would happen if you tried to make a game entirely out of yarn?
The problem, however, is that these types of games are risky. And the current model for most publishers and developers is to avoid risk.
"I'm a little concerned about what's happened," Fries told Ars. "Because I work a lot with console developers and what's happening is they're either getting big or they're going away. And so they're moving up into these movie-like budgets. So you got Bungie spending $100 million, Call of Duty $100 million, that kind of thing. That's almost completely the domain of sequels. And then you're losing the games in the sort of mid-range.
"The 10 to 20 million dollar kinds of titles are getting really difficult to sign with publishers. In the past, those were where the $100 million games came from. That was like the bubbling community of trying things, and most of them failed, but a few become really popular. So if you're not investing in that space, from a publisher point of view, and generating IP there and owning it, where do your new things come from when people get sick of playing Halo 14 or whatever?"
But it's not all doom and gloom. The advent of new platforms like the iPhone and console downloadable services has opened up a new route for independent developers to create games often without the aid of a major publisher, allowing them to try out new ideas in order to see what works.
"What's exciting is we're getting closer to digital distribution as a way for game developers to work directly with their customers," Fries explained. "Will these [indie] games be able to get big enough to where they're interesting again, like these [mainstream] games? From a character and story and budget point of view?"


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Richard is the current Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Aotearoa New Zealand
Politics is the ultimate expression of the fact that we have to exist with people who don't think like us. Derived from the Greek polos – meaning 'people' – politics is the art and, perhaps, science of being a people – being together. Every expression of politics is basically a reaction to this fact. Fascist and communist expressions of politics are simply more extreme reactions. Democracy is simply an attempt to find the fairest and broadest expression of this reality. As such we who are Christian should avoid two extremes in our involvement with politics.
The first is to reject the whole notion of politics as worldly sinful expression of human attempts at self-government. This is how many Christians view politics and as a result they refuse to become involved or even to register their right to vote and have their say. The rationale for this is usually that politics is part of a worldly attempt to govern that will ultimately fail and won't address the real need of humankind which is salvation and the spiritual governance of God through the Holy Spirit. The problem with this is that it is not biblical in the least.
Jesus Himself said 'Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and to God that which is God's' establishing forever that Caesar did indeed have some rights, rights established in heaven itself. Paul is perhaps even clearer when he states in Romans 13:1 'Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.' And he goes on in the next 6 verses to establish very clearly that political authorities are both necessary and God ordained.
Now I realise that this seems to be at odds with all the some of the less palatable realities of politics and especially the fact that many political leaders down through the ages have used their authority to do terrible things to the people under their power. However, that does not in and of itself mean that we'd be better living in state where all people do what they think is best. This is simply another form of tyranny where the power resides not with an individual but with every individual. Under such a regime there is little chance for 'righteousness' to thrive since no one could challenge the individual's right to govern themselves.
The Bible is convinced that political power is both necessary and right even if it's administration is often corrupted by corrupt human beings.
The second extreme is to replace our hope in God with hope in politics, political parties and political figures. Here we become far too optimistic about what political power can achieve for us and we are therefore attracted to those who promise the most or with whom we identify the most. This is certainly a feature of our age and of Kiwis and it is a very human thing to want to see our hope. But let's be clear, there was never a closer thing to outright idolatry than this view. Our idol becomes the party or person who seems to think like us the most and to promise to act like we think they should. This idol is clearly made in our image and they remain our hope and the promise that the future will be what we want it to be. In this regard we act like idolaters.
We identify with the 'visible' features of the idol; how they look, how they express themselves, what they say; all these things have to line up with our imagination and our hope just as a little wooden idol would.
We enjoy control of our idol. We rejoice when things go well and we hide it away when things don't – making excuses for it and for the loss of some of our hope.
We protect our idol. We defend our party or person. We feel offended when they are attacked. We are prepared to rigorously defend our idol even when a defense is not available in which case we will recall the mistakes of those who are attacking our idol.
Finally, we imagine that our idol has so much control that they will be able to change our personal circumstances and make things different for us according to… our desires and dreams. In short, our world is in their hands but, and what is more to the point, their hands are really all about fulfilling our world!
Friends, this should not be!! We should recognize both how limited our political masters are and, much more importantly, who our true lord is! Yes, politics is both important and necessary but it should not be our idol or where we place our true hope.
Perhaps the worst feature of this is the party spirit this sort of thinking brings out in Christians especially around election time. I am horrified at the cynicism and barely disguised hatred expressed so freely by card-carrying Christians around election time. There's simply no need for it. Yes, by all means support your person/party but don't do it at the expense of the dignity and grace which is the mark of your faith.
When we behave in the manner I have outlined above we proclaim a different message from the one we've been given as Christians by our Lord and it this – 'I am your true hope; I am the One in whom your dreams and desires should be invested – not the political powers of this world.'
By all means be political but do so in a way that reflects who you are – a child of Christ whose true hope is Christ.


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LAHORE - Central Punjab were 348 for five in reply to Southern Punjab's 467 when stumps were drawn on day three of their first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match at Gaddafi Stadium.
Umar Akmal and Ahmed Shehzad celebrated their call-up in the 20-player provisional squad against Sri Lanka by hitting impressive half-centuries. Umar hit a blistering 89 with 10 fours and two sixes, while Ahmed, who started the day at 22, was dismissed after scoring 63 from 168 balls with eight fours.
Azhar Ali was the other batsman to get to a half-century, scoring 73 off 157 balls with 10 fours. He had started the day at 20 and together with Ahmed, put on 130 runs for the first wicket, which came to an end in the afternoon session when the former captain nicked Aamer Yamin's wide delivery to wicketkeeper Adnan Akmal. Forty-two runs later and on the first ball after drinks, Shehzad lobbed Rahat Ali's length delivery on his body to Sami Aslam. Rahat struck again, picking up prized wicket of Central Punjab captain Babar Azam. The other end, however, was held firmly by Umar, who batted one-down. The 29-year-old fell 11 runs short of what would have been a fascinating century when he edged Rahat (three for 34) to Adnan.
The hard-hitting batsman was quick to pounce on anything loose that slow left-arm orthodox Mohammad Irfan and leg-spinner Zahid Mahmood bowled, breathing life in the crowd perched in the Fazal Mahmood and Abdul Hafeez Kardar stands. Aamer, who had brought a threatening opening-stand to an end, struck again as the sun set on the Gaddafi Stadium by removing Kamran Akmal (33). This proved to be the final wicket of the day.
Central Punjab, trailing by 119 runs, find themselves in a pickle in the first round match, which is being live streamed on the PCB's YouTube channel, as they managed only 348 for five in 108 overs. To equal Southern Punjab's five batting bonus points, they are required to cross the 500-run mark in the next two overs. By the virtue of dismissing all Southern Punjab batsmen in the first innings, Central Punjab have three bonus points in the bag. If they cross the 350-run mark inside 110 overs, it would take their bonus points tally to seven.
Southern Punjab, after crossing the 400-run mark and managing five wickets, have six points thus far.


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Cops are asking the public's help in finding Carlos Cintron, 64, a little guy who was last seen leaving his Brighton Beach apartment at 2840 Ocean Parkway on the evening of March 1. It's been more than a month now. Cintron is described as 5-2, 130 pounds. When last seen, he was wearing a blue jacket and blue jeans.
Tipsters can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or submit tips at nypdcrimestoppers.com or text info to 274637 (CRIMES), entering TIP577.
This article from the Village Voice Archive was posted on April 15, 2011


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August 5, 2014
The second annual Harbor for the Arts Festival August 1-17 includes live free entertainment in public spaces in Cape Charles. Dance, music, art and theatre is being presented at the harbor, the park, Strawberry Street, and Mason Avenue. The festival includes an international dance workshop that will engage filmmakers, choreographers, and dancers.
3 p.m. — Local Thespians at the Coffee House: The Cape Charles Players will be performing skits, reading poetry and entertaining you with their acting skills.
8 p.m. — I Played the Palace, Palace Theatre: Have you always dreamed of performing? Your opportunity has arrived. A lighthearted and non-competitive evening at the Historic Palace Theatre where the talents of our neighbors and friends will be highlighted, all in good fun. A variety of acts are welcome — singers, bands, actors and poets. Bring your own equipment and props and we will provide the microphone to 10 performers. Call 757 331-2787 to register.
6 p.m. — Heather and Nathan, Palace Theatre: We couldn't be more proud to present this talented duo Heather and Nathan! Heather and Nathan Travis are a Shore institution. They can regularly be heard on WESR Radio. They are in high demand at Aqua in Kings Creek Marina and in other venues on the Eastern Shore.
8 p.m. — Classics and Crooners, Palace Theatre: With pianist/vocalist William Neill along with Caitlin Wynonna Messer. Enjoy an evening in the 1940s art deco theatre while William and Caitlin entertain with a selection of classical tunes and show tunes. Delightful and emotional ballads complemented by lively Broadway hits, all presented in a cabaret setting.
7 p.m. — Le Hot Club de Biglick, Shanty Restaurant, Town Harbor: In the 1930s, a style of music became popular known as "Gypsy Jazz." This style of music was made famous by guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stéphane Grappelli. Gypsy Jazz began with French musicians trying to emulate the jazz music coming out of America, while incorporating the gypsy influences that flavor their music. Today this music is kept alive by a group known as Le Hotclub de Biglick. The authentic gypsy sound is brought to the group by violinist Dan Adams of Bucovina (first chair violinist in national Philharmonic orchestras of Lautari, Doina Moldovei, and Balada). Sponsored in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts.
11 a.m. — Galapogas George, Barefoot Puppet Theatre, Cape Charles Library: Based on the true story of "Lonesome George," this show tells the tale of a truly one-on-a-kind tortoise from the Galapagos Islands. Described by The Smithsonian as "an uplifting eco-fable," this engaging theatrical piece shares an important lesson about man's impact upon the environment. This show was funded in part by a grant from the Puppeteers of America Endowment Fund and was awarded an UNIMA Citation of Excellence in 2005. The Barefoot Puppets Theatre shows feature contemporary adaptations of world folktales, classic tales with a twist, myths, and works based on true stories. The scripts, puppets, music, and sets are all original. Program sponsored in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts. Space is limited.
7 p.m. — Okyerema Asante on Strawberry Street: Okyerema Asante is a renowned master percussionist and the music ambassador of Ghana. Asante is truly an African music legend, having worked with world renowned musicians including Little Feet and Hugh Masekela. He has been on three world tours, once with Paul Simon on the Graceland tour and twice with Fleetwood Mac on the Behind the Mask and Tango in the Night tours. As a soloist and a one-man ensemble. Mr. Asante is a master drummer well known for performing all parts of a traditional five-person drum group by himself. He attaches percussion instruments to various parts of his body and simultaneously plays drums, a balafon, and many other instruments. He plays as many as 85 instruments in one performance. Coming from a family of drummers, Asante is an expert of traditional Ghanaian talking drums.
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I have another cocktail recipe for you today. It's a doozy. A boozy doozy. Hah. I think I'm funny.
Moving on…
Recently, while picking up some of my favorite beer at our local store, I discovered this:
Without hesitation, I picked up a bottle and bought it. No second thoughts. No if's, and's, or but's about it. I knew only delicious things could come out of this purchase.
On my short drive home, the wheels in my head were already turning, and I knew that I needed to try a twist on a classic espresso martini. It was kind of a "duh" moment.
I wanted to play on the cinnamon spice of the booze, so I kicked things up a bit with more cinnamon and fresh ginger….and a sweet dollop of cinnamon whipped cream (for those of you who know me well, you know this is a big deal for me. I generally do NOT like whipped cream on anything…except recently on coffee drinks. I know. It's weird).
The result was heavenly: it was packed with coffee flavor and the warm spice of the season. I knew it was a drink that all coffee lovers could enjoy. Booze in coffee is just…the best. I don't know why but it just makes everything about drinking coffee seem more special. Or maybe more risqué? Am I right?
Personally, I find the sweetness of Kahlua to be plenty, but if your sweet tooth isn't satisfied, you could easily add in some simple syrup or agave nectar to the mix. Just make sure you taste as you go – because the Kahlua, chocolate liqueur, AND whipped cream provide a healthy dose of sweetness.
This is the perfect drink to end your night…I recommend serving this with dessert or AS dessert alone! It meets the criteria. I, for one, love dessert-y drinks after a meal. They meet my need for sweetness but without overdoing it.
Although, I could see myself easily "overdoing it" with these. Delicious.
Spiced Chocolate Espresso Martini with Cinnamon Whipped Cream
- Yield: 2 cocktails (easily multiplied) 1x
For the Whipped Cream:
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon spice Kahlua liqueur
For the Martinis:
- ⅔ cup freshly brewed espresso, cooled slightly
- ⅓ cup cinnamon spice Kahlua liqueur
- ⅓ cup plain vodka
- 2 tablespoons chocolate liqueur (I used Godiva)
- Pinch of ground cinnamon
- 1-inch fresh ginger, peeled and sliced
- Splash of heavy cream
- Espresso beans, for garnish
For the Whipped Cream:
- Place the cream in the bowl of stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment (or you can do it with a hand-held mixer, or if you're really hardcore, by hand using a whisk).
- Beat the cream until it begins to thicken, about 2 minutes. Add in the powdered sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and liqueur.
- Continue whipping until soft peaks form, about 4-5 minutes. Refrigerate until ready to use (do not do this too far ahead or your cream will "deflate").
For the Martini:
- Combine all the ingredients for the martini (except the espresso beans) in a shaker with ice and shake well.
- Strain the mixture into two chilled martini glasses and garnish each glass with a dollop of the whipped cream and a couple of espresso beans. Serve!


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Thursday, February 3, 2011
Tutorial: making mini paints from artist tubed acrylics
First up, picking your paints. Don't go for cheap student paints or craft paints (Jo Sonja)- you want the maximum star permanency rated paint... which means its tested to not fade over time. Squeeze the tube a littel between your fingers and it will feel firm, not runny. Next you need to check the opacity rating. Like citadel foundation paints, heavy density paint does not let much light through- its pigment rich- not as rich as foundation, sadly, but that stuff is really heavy on the pigment. Lower graded paints are unavoidably translucent- colours such as lemon yellow are commonly so. It does not matter which you get, but be aware that translucent paints do not need as much medium added later on.
Your going to need some more ingredients. Liquitex flow aid (aka flow improver), de-mineralised water (from your laundry section of the supermarket), Liquitex Matte Medium and industrial talc (not perfumed bathroom talc!) That last item can be found at casting and moulding suppliers.
I use reaper dropper bottles, but do my mixing in larger squeezy bottles, as you need room to modify and tune the mix.
First, you need to get your mix right. On a palette, take a small squeeze of paint and call this ten units. You need to make this runny, so we need to add flow aid / de-mineralised water mix (1:20 ratio) until it just starts to break down into a gooey fluid. Count your drops whilst you stir.
Next you want to extend and add body to the paint, so matte medium is required. Start with about 1 or 2 units, and stir this in. Next add a small amount of industrial talc. Adding talc gives a solidity and glow to the paint you may find familiar. Back in the 1990s, a white dwarf article mentioned that talc is used in citadel paints, so having talc on your models was not going to effect the paint job much- this clued me into trying it out, and it makes a big difference to some mixes.
Finally test your paint on a crappy mini. Put some mini paint side by side and compare feel, flow and coverage. Add more de-mineralized water and medium until it feels right. If its too gluggy, use flow aid. Be careful not to add too much, or you will get a fuzzy surface. If your into wet blending, you will like having more flow aid in your mix- drying times are extended and its easier to work... just like Reaper master series. However personally I find its better to add this post mix whilst painting, so the paint can be used as a base.
Once your paint is behaving nicely on your miniature, its time to carry your mix data over to your big bottle.
Mark a half way point on your bottle, then half this again and again. This gives you a good measuring indicator. Start by squeezing paint into the bottle. Leave it for a while with the lid on and it will settle, giving you a good measurement to apply your ratios. Always leave a good amount of room in your bottle so you can adjust medium and water later on. Shake well between tests, and remember to discharge what is in the nozzle before testing, as this is unlikely to have changed between adjustments.
Finally, once your happy with the mix, port it over to your reaper dropper bottles. Pop in the bead, snap on the cap and screw on the lid. Lastly, apply a label that notes the colour, manufacturer and ratios for later mixes.
Now every paint mix will be different. Some work well, some not so. I found liquitex reds are really vibrant. Windsor and Newton make good stuff, and some one Derwents paints can be handy... I used the Matisse antique blue to give a more realistic, toned down Crimson Fist space marine base colour.
If you want custom mixed colours to hold you over for a whole army, I suggest first mixing the medium/water/flow aid/talc mix for each colour seperately, then once they behave well, working out a mix ratio of these. Syringes can then be used to get exact ratios. Make up a big bottle of this and refill your small dropper bottles or cleaned out citadel pots when you need them. That way you guarantee the right color for your whole army for years.
Anyway, hope that helps. if anyone has discovered other great formulas for this mix, or any vital ingredients I am missing (I have been looking at rubbing alcohol as an ingredient in washes for example) then post a comment below!
Happy mixing.
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As far as I'm concerned, I really appreciate the well known trick of adding PVA glue to the mix to get the same feeling as with citadel washes.ReplyDelete
It works great with inks by getting rid of that shiny aspect, especially on metal to give them a oxydated look and I really like it with brown or greys or any dense and covering colors to make shades on skins.
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Ooh, that is a good one.ReplyDelete
Sniffing liquitex its clear there is either ammonia or liquid latex in the mix. I guess the hints in the name :)
Nice article! Have you worked out the numbers to see if it actually ends up being cheaper than the gw paints?ReplyDelete
adding a lot more matte medium has worked with regards to custom-making washes. I used a 1:1 paint/ medium ratio and a lot of water. The paint I used wasn't very pigment-heavy, though, so be aware of that when mixing.ReplyDelete


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Energy and moisture in the atmosphere, atmospheric circulation, controls of regional and microclimates, applied climatology, climatic variations, past and future climates. Bartlein.
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Landforming processes with emphasis on mass movements, rivers, eolian, glacial, and coastal processes. Special fee. McDowell.
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It's been a nice, quiet day with reading and relaxing, and a lecture on Pirates of the Caribbean by a zoologist! Part 2 is tomorrow, and I'm not sure I'll be there.
Quiet time as we await the reception and the captain, Mino Pontillo, who looks like a Roman of old. I've promised to address post cards to the grandchildren so I will end here….. October 14, 2006. Saturday
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how do i get a list of all the movies on imdb? example list all movies that begin with a...then all that begin with b...i just want the info on them like when a search is done for a paticular movie but i want to start with a & go through the alphabet
You can use the Advanced Title Search to do this. Next to the main search box is a drop-down - click on that and select Advanced Search, then click on Advanced Title Search.
Check the formats that you want, then at the bottom choose to display based on A-Z Ascending.
Check the formats that you want, then at the bottom choose to display based on A-Z Ascending.
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thanx...i wouldn't think it would b that involved 2 get a complete list of movies...y so many variable 2 get a complete list?
If you just want a list of the titles you can download them via one of the sites here: http://www.imdb.com/interfaces. But that will be just the names - no links to the site.
You don't need many variables to get a complete list - as my link shows, you have one filter (to set the title type to movie) and a sort (to get the a-z). The advanced search just gives you all the options you can get, but if you want to keep it simple you can ignore most of it, but some people like the ability to set a minimum number of votes, for example, or to change the way the results are sorted (so you could do it by votes to get all the top movies, or the bottom ones).
sienel i do want the links, but thanx!


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