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Sorbs is a really poor block list which I don't think anyone should use.
I found that my mail server is listed in their list, because 3 years ago the same IP range was allocated to a dynamic IP range.
Even though it is now a static server address and the whois IP allocation records were long ago updated, and even has the reverse dns saying "static" in the format that sorbs demand, because the ENTIRE
Their web service is a total nightmare and even their auto responder takes two weeks. As someone who has been working with mail servers on the internet since 1992, I would say please for the love of god, do not use sorbs as an email blocking list.
Check out Wikipedia for more info on them, they also solicit payments for some delisting which seems completely unethical.
Seconded. I tried using them a few years back and balked at the appalling quality of the data.
In any case, using greylisting, some basic header sanity checking and spamhaus kills 99%+ of the spam so there is really no technical need to use such an aggressive list.
In addition to the complaints specific to SORBS, here [acme.com]'s what the acme.com owner (who, more than half a decade ago, received an the order of a million spam mails per day) has to say about DNS-RBLs in his write-up on how to efficiently and effectively filter spam:
DNS-RBLs - Domain Name System Realtime Black Lists. In theory the idea is fine. You have a set of sites that you blacklist, and you want to let other folks use the same list so you distribute it using DNS, which is a nice efficient de-centralized database. What's not to like?
Well, I don't know why, but in practice every single DNS-RBL eventually comes under the control of power-hungry weenies. They start listing sites unreliably, and if you complain you find yourself listed. And there's usually no way to get off the list.
A lot of people tell me I'm wrong about this. They say that certain DNS-RBLs are ok, with objective criteria for inclusion and simple procedures for getting off the list. The thing is, they give conflicting recommendations for which lists are good and which are bad. Some of these folks recommend lists which I know from personal experience are bad.
This problem is really inherent in the way DNS-RBLs are set up. You cede control of your mail system to a third party, with no real possibility of checking how they are doing. The people running the lists get overwhelmed with bogus feedback from spammers and/or idiots, to the point where they assume all their mail about the lists is from spammers and/or idiots.
If the lists you use have not yet descended into corruption and chaos, consider yourself temporarily lucky.
Do not use DNS-RBLs.
As you can see, he addresses the specific problems with SORBS ("in practice every single DNS-RBL eventually comes under the control of power-hungry weenies. They start listing sites unreliably, and if you complain you find yourself listed. And there's usually no way to get off the list"), gives a reason for why this is ("the people running the lists get overwhelmed with bogus feedback from spammers and/or idiots, to the point where they assume all their mail about the lists is from spammers and/or idiots"), draws his conclusions ("this problem is really inherent in the way DNS-RBLs are set up. You cede control of your mail system to a third party, with no real possibility of checking how they are doing") and arrives at a recommendation ("do not use DNS-RBLs").
and arrives at a recommendation ("do not use DNS-RBLs").
This entire analysis is spot on, but the reason blacklists are so popular is that they tend to work - you use one, the spam goes down, your users are happy. (Right up to the point where they discover a false positive that the RBL is blocking them from getting, anyway.)
In light of that, "do not use DNS-RBLs" is kind of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. The obvious middle ground, of course, is "don't use DNS-RBLs to make a binary accept/reject decision." Instead, use them as a weighted input to a
That's too absolute. There are certainly reliable RBLs operated by individuals. It is also certainly the case that any mail admin can, at any time, cease using an RBL that has become unreliable.
There are also reputation-based blocklists (don't know if any are free or not) that both remove the possibility of human capriciousness from the equation and allow more finely-grained judgments. A traditional RBL is a binary decision: accept or block. With a reputation-based RBL, you can say "OK, I will not accept an
SORBS does create problems, but in this case, they got it right. ML was passing spam through their network. SORBS identified it and blacklisted them. There are plenty of reasons to speak badly of SORBS, but this isn't one.
It's less of being added to a blocklist, and more of being unable to get removed without paying and going though the other hoops.
Yup. Blacklists are questionable at the best of times, and SORBS has long been one of the worst.
Of all the companies that should have been most aware of the threat of spammers and hackers, it should be one of the ones who profit the most from selling anti- and counter-measures against their activities. They are the "experts" on the subject aren't they?
You are missing the point of marketing through fear and the difference between marketing through fear and marketing on technical spec and merit.
The first is easy, the second requires the spec and the merit to be there in the first place. Judging by the way this incident has proceeded it is not there. It takes about 5 lines of code in perl using Net::DNS to walk your address blocks and check them vs the known blacklists. It takes about 5 lines of code in perl to parse a log and pick up a 5xx SMTP bounce. It
Sullivan said the email was "quite patently designed to mislead users of SORBS into believing that MessageLabs are the good guys and SORBS are the scum of the earth."
In my experience they are a bunch of bastards, the BOFH probably leads the SORBS team...
Then again, we need them to be tough and love it when they give spammers crap. In a way they are the lone bad cowboys from the internet, fighting injustice in their own way and keeping it a little safer, but don't expect them to be polite or helpful. And when you are standing near a bad guy with a black hat when the cowboys show up, expect to be shot down in a heartbeat western style... real cowboys don't mess aroun
Ditto. I have yet to see SORBS receive criticism they haven't earned.
Doesn't it seem much more likely that the hack is what lead to the spam being sent, THEN the site got blocked as a result?
I think that's just bad phrasing. My reading is that they only found out that the customer had been "hacked" because they were blacklisting (i.e. 'hacking' occurred, blacklisting occurred, awareness of blacklisting occurred, and finally awareness of 'hacking' occurred).
I think that's just bad phrasing. My reading is that they only found out that the customer had been "hacked" because they were blacklisting (i.e. 'hacking' occurred, blacklisting occurred, awareness of blacklisting occurred, and finally awareness of 'hacking' occurred).
Exactly - and isn't this the whole idea on how this is supposed to work?
How what is supposed to work? I thought the whole idea of MessageLabs was that they were supposed to be "anti-spam" in some way and so should stop the messages before they get flagged as being evil.
Even if they assumed that all activity was legit, it'd still be good to have noticed you had unusual behaviour before you get blacklisted (or at least before people notify you that you've been blacklisted).
Knowing how Messagelabs works myself, just to refine it, it probably went something like this.
Emailserver1 is setup to relay outbound through Messagelabs all of the email.
Emailserver1 is compromised and used as a mail relay itself
Messagelabs receives spam generated by Emailserver1 and because all outbound email is filtered, they recognize it after a few hundred pieces of mail and begin to throttle/stop connections from the server
A few pieces of the hundred are delivered to destination recipients
SORBS places the entire Messagelabs
The answer to all this is Messagelabs IP ranges should never end up on SORBS' list because of what they are, an output pool for tens of thousands of people which is maintained by a company with a repuation. The fact SORBS feels it within their power to blacklist Messagelabs IP ranges shows how much power they feel that they have, power derived merely from the fact that some people use them.
This should prove to people who use SORBS why not to use them. It's SORBS fault, not Messagelabs. The whole idea of a list like SORBS is to be a well maintained list of "bad ip's". If they add Messagelabs'
Yeah, I worked for an ML competitor a few years ago, and had the same sort of problem with SORBS from time to time (same business/network model as ML, making these incidents somewhat inevitable; outbound spam filtering is WAY harder than inbound filtering). I, too, am sure that's what happened.
I still work in email security, but not for the ML competitor mentioned above.
Having been caught in exactly this situation between these two companies before left me with a very bitter taste in my mouth towards SORBS
SORBS "require" a "donation" ( to a charity ) to get delisted.
Type SORBS and charity onto google and have a peek at what comes back.......
On the SORBS site ( I don't remember exactly where, but I do remember reading it last time I went through this crap ) they say that ( me paraphrasing ) they are probably not allowed to charge a fee for delisting for legal reasons, so the "require" a "donation" instead. Ohh yeah you can choose a SORBS approved charity and jump through hoops to prove your donation OR rather conveniently they have a charity that you can donate to which will place less hoops in your way. Which one you gonna choose considering people are yelling at you that their mail aint getting through?
Do a bit of googling and there are reports of people blacklisted by SORBS being asked to buy hardware for SORBS as the "donation" to get unlisted.
See much info on the SORBS site on what measures they take to prevent and deal with false positives? No? Well that's probably because when they are charging for delisting it's in their intererests to generate as much paying custom as possible.
Seems like a form of extortion to me........
> it has systems in place to prevent such incidents from happening again
care to put a bounty on that ?
Similar nightmare for a project website started awhile back. We registered with the host, a VERY BIG host I'll add, and suddenly found our assigned IP addresses were all blocked. SORBS said it was the provider's fault, they gleefully hosted spam sites so must be punished. It would sure be nice to have group related e-mail for organizational purposes. Unless our host paid to play, it was game over. No big deal, we moved to an even BIGGER, more expensive, host (currently a publicly traded company with some big 'cloud' options) and yet again found our new IP addresses blocked, oddly though, only after our domain was updated with the new DNS addresses.
It boggled the mind how a brand new, never registered previously before domain for a research project related to a small scientific group studying x-ray deep surface x-ray diffraction could be the root cause of a huge criminal enterprise. One might think SORBS took offense to a previous email relaying certain concerns and blocked the domain out of spite. Fortunately when we relayed those fears SORBS corrected us, and proved with some very convincing records that 2 chemists and a physicist were really responsible for the downfall of humanity, and all it would take is a donation to their legal fund. (Oppenheimer eat your heart out).
The advantage of toiling for a university day and night is access to a rather sophisticated legal department that loves crushing tiny people like Kevin SORBOS playing Hercules. Needless to say, the SORBS legal defense fund suddenly looked like it was going to get a real workout, and magically, an error was found and corrected. We were unblocked.
Let me say it one more time...Nightmere.
This is a very poorly written article which seems to cast Symantec's Messagelabs in a bad light when infact it should be SORBS.
SORBS is a horrible black list and no one should use it. They are slow to de-list unless you pay an extortion fee. They probably put Messagelabs on their block list at the slightest provocation. I work with Messagelabs frequently and I have seen first hand how Messagelabs throttles connections from IP's and shuts them off automatically when they detect spam. I think the scope of the
I can't think of another internet product or service that has improved my quality of life as much as Message Labs has.
I have not gotten a single email with a virus/trojan attached since we signed up for their service several years ago.
I get maybe up to a dozen spam messages a day (probably half of them semi-legitimate attempts to sell me stuff as opposed to pure broadcast drug spam etc.) but the Message Labs stats show they're deleting hundreds and hundreds of spam messages a day directed at me. I never nee
This is the response I got from ML when complaining about a 100K image laden pile of HTML tag soup one of thier customers had sent to my address as well as three of my spamtraps. Note ML first asked if I would provide the domain(s) of my spamtraps so they could ask thier cleint to add my spamtraps to thier stoplist.
full discussion on the now defunct spam-l list - note that NOONE stodd up for ML.
Pretty much every commenting stated that ML are hot on inbound spam and dont give a shit about outbound.
They consi
I agree with SORBS on this. If you run email through a provider which allows any form of "bulk email", "opt-in" or otherwise, once in a while, some spam will come out of their system. That apparently happened here, and SORBS, correctly, blocked them. That's the risk you take if you sign up with an email provider that isn't sufficiently aggressive about spam.
Notice how fast MessageLabs cut off the spam source, and how much effort they put into fixing the problem. Without punishment from an external ch
Worst block list ever.
As a service provider - we have given up - if an address is listed we send an email off and then move about our path in life.
Always sucked, always will, users who use SORBS deserve what they receive, unfortunately.
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By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
June 1, 2007 – While the "surge" in U.S. and Iraqi troops is continuing in Baghdad and other areas of Iraq, progress is being made in quelling violence there, a top U.S. commander in Iraq said yesterday. Baghdad is the center of gravity for the fight, and six coalition brigades with 24 battalions are in Baghdad, Army Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, commander of Multinational Corps Iraq, said during a teleconference with Pentagon reporters. In the belts of villages around Baghdad -- from which extremists often launch attacks -- there are six brigades with 20 battalions.
Another U.S. brigade moving into the belts around Baghdad -- the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division -- will complete the surge, the general said.
But U.S. forces are not alone in the fight. More than 79,000 members of Iraqi security forces are in the city and its surroundings as well, officials said. There are 22 Iraqi security force brigades in the city, 35 Iraqi army battalions and 19 national police battalions. More than 25,000 local Iraqi police are also in the city.
These units are moving into the neighborhoods, called "mahalas," of the city. "This is all about establishing 24-hour, seven-day-a-week presence inside the city of Baghdad and protecting people where they sleep," Odierno said. "Currently, we have 28 joint security stations and 28 combat outposts operating throughout greater Baghdad area."
Under current strategy, coalition soldiers live, work and patrol with their Iraqi counterparts. The U.S. and Iraqi servicemembers develop relationships with each other and build the trust of the local residents, the general said.
"In addition, we hope this will help to build confidence of the populace in their own Iraqi security forces," he said. "We believe overall this will provide confidence and hope to the Iraqi people. People are thanking us for driving away gangs, criminals and terrorists, but we have not completed the mission."
The close cooperation allows coalition and Iraqi government officials to identify Iraqi security forces that do not operate according to the rules, or who continue to have sectarian agendas. "We have systems in place to do this with the government of Iraq, and we try to execute those vigorously," Odierno said.
The pace of operations has quickened in the city. Since January 15, U.S. servicemembers have conducted 98 battalion-level operations, Odierno said. The troops neutralized six car-bomb factories and dismantled four improvised-explosive-device cells. Coalition and Iraqi forces have killed 837 insurgents and terrorists and wounded 180.
In addition, coalition forces have found 441 arms caches in Baghdad just since January. In all of 2006, coalition troops found 266 caches, the general said.
Humanitarian progress also continues throughout Iraq, officials said. The military has partnered with the U.S. Agency for International Development to produce 32,000 jobs in the country. The goal is to create 40,000 jobs before the end of June, Odierno said. The command is working with USAID to fund business loans and grants to jumpstart economic development.
The military is working to establish the Baghdad International Airport as a business zone.
Odierno said civilian deaths and sectarian killings are down in Baghdad. "There are some positive signs," he said. "But it's not enough. We still have much more to do."
Local commands in Baghdad also have invested $3.3 million in various areas around Baghdad. This helps fund garbage hauling, educational supplies, agriculture, transportation and water and sanitation improvements.
"We have not made the progress that I think is necessary yet," the general said. "But I hope over the summer that we will continue to make progress."
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European Commission
Cecilia Malmström
EU Commissioner for Home Affairs
A smarter visa policy to facilitate tourism to the EU
Joint Press Conference with Vice-President Tajani/Brussels
7 November 2012
In the current challenging economic climate we have to focus our efforts on supporting EU growth and Visa policy as a powerful tool to increase tourism flows to the EU.
This is why, together with Vice-President Antonio Tajani, we adopted today a Communication on how visa policy can spur economic growth in the EU, accompanied by a report on Local Schengen cooperation and by a proposal to grant visa free travel to 16 island nations.
Concerning Visa policy and tourism, research shows the clear potential benefits for our economy of attracting more tourists to the EU.
The number of applications for Schengen visas is consistently growing, with a 32% increase between 2009 and 2011. Yet market estimates indicate that 21% of potential tourists from emerging markets give up their travel plans to Europe due to visa requirements.
According to Tourism Economics estimates, the EU-Schengen area could gain up to 46 million additional inbound international tourists by 2015 if the flexibility in the current visa rules is fully exploited.
This could generate an additional income up to EUR 60 billion in international tourism receipts and create up to 500 000 additional jobs directly in the tourism sector.
This is why we have to do more both in the short term and in the long term to attract legitimate travellers to the EU, while continuing to ensure the security of our borders and the functioning of the Schengen area.
In the short term we have to ensure full implementation of the rules already set in the current Visa Code to make it easier for bona fide travellers to come to the EU.
Let me give some examples of changes that could lead to further improvements and additional opportunities.
Under existing visa rules many obstacles can be removed through the correct implementation of the Visa Code by Member States' consulates. In particular, consulates should enforce the 15 days deadline for granting an appointment, the 15 days deadline for a decision on the visa application, and the availability of application forms in the language of the host country. There is also room for further improvement of the issuing of multiple entry visas.
In the long term we are looking at possible changes to the Visa Code in order to streamline and shorten the procedures; to clarify the definition of the competent consulate for processing the visa application; and to simplify the application form and the supporting documents requirements.
We are also looking at the possibility to redefine the legal framework for Common Application Centres, in order to facilitate the establishment and the functioning of such centres.
Today we also adopted our report on Local Schengen cooperation that represents an important tool when it comes to streamlining procedures put in place in EU Member States' consulates in third countries and deals with very concrete and local issues that can make life easier for third country nationals applying for visas.
It concerns for example the harmonisation of lists of supporting documents to be submitted by visa applicants in a given country, common criteria for the implementation of optional visa fee waivers for certain categories of applicants and harmonisation of fees.
For many people, their first contact with 'Europe' is with a Member State's consulate when applying for a visa. It is therefore very important to apply the Visa Code correctly so that the process improves, offering visa applicants transparent, fair and equal treatment.
The report concludes that the legal framework for structured Local Schengen Cooperation has not yet delivered its full potential. However, results achieved in a number of key locations have proved its added value in enhancing harmonisation of the way in which the common visa policy is applied.
Today we can also announce good news for citizens from 16 Island Nations that will soon be able to travel to the Schengen area without needing a visa.
This concerns 5 Caribbean Island Nations (Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago),10 Pacific Island Nations (Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu), and Timor Leste.
A national from one of these countries would no longer require a visa for short stays (up to 90 days) if he/she is in possession of a passport, be it for business, touristic or family visit purposes.
The Commission's proposal foresees that the visa exemption will be reciprocated through visa waiver agreements, ensuring a visa free regime for all EU citizens who wish to travel to these countries.
This will have a direct impact on citizens of these countries and on EU citizens, in the form of more human contacts and business opportunities.
It is now up to the European Parliament and to the Council of the European Union to take a final decision on the Commission proposal.
To conclude, our objective is to define a smarter visa policy that continues to provide security to our external borders and the good functioning of the Schengen area, whilst at the same time facilitating travel opportunities for legitimate travellers, including tourists.
Since the most effective visa facilitation is of course the waiving of the visa requirement for citizens of a third country, we should broaden our political approach to visas in light of the expected economic impact.
This is an aspect that has not really been taken into account in the past but that we need to embed into our Visa policy if the EU is to benefit from an increase in tourism flows.
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1. Were you surprised by how spiritual Carlisle is?
Yes and no. I knew he was spiritual, but I never expected him to carry it on in his vampire life.
2. What did you think about the information revealed about Edward's mother?
I don't know. I mean it's great that she asked Carlisle to help Edward. It's great that she was willing to ask him for anything. But that is just my personal opinion.
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- Smooth NOVA: A durable leather that is slightly stiffer than our other smooth leather options. Used for shoes that need the extra stiffness for proper support. This includes most of our shoes that are stitched directly to the sole, such as our Classics, Sandals, Ramblers and Merry Janes. Texture appearance looks the same as our Sublime and Vegetable Tanned leathers, though grain size can vary throughout every hide.
- Smooth SUBLIME: A durable smooth leather that is softer than Nova. We use this leather for our "turned" shoes (those that are made inside-out and then turned so the seams are on the inside) because the softer texture wraps around the foot well for a cozy fit. Used for our Roo moccasins, Dash RunAmocs and Primal RunAmocs. Texture appearance looks the same as our Nova and Vegetable Tanned leathers, though grain size can vary throughout every hide.
- Cork: A very thin fabric lined with cork and gold speckles. This thin material is only available for decorative parts of certain custom shoes, such as Dash RunAmoc sides or Ballerine heels.
- Smooth Aged Leather: This soft leather has been distressed to give it a rustic look. It is used to make our Rogue shoes and select parts of our other custom shoes.Please note: aged leather peels easily when scuffed.
- Vegetable-Tanned Leather: The only leather we import from Europe, due to it's highly sustainable properties. While all of our leather meets our sustainable standards (all of our leather is tanned without formaldehyde and colored with non-toxic food grade dye), this leather goes a step further with a purely vegetable-based tanning process using only grass-fed cows raised on controlled sustainable pastures in Germany's Bavarian Alps. Preferred by people with extreme chemical sensitivity. Due to it's high cost, there is an extra surcharge for use of vegetable-tanned leather in custom shoes. Texture appearance looks similar to Nova and Sublime leathers, though grain size can vary throughout every hide. Please note this "naked" leather is likely to show cosmetic flaws and stains easily, even with just water.
- Shiny Leather: Smooth leather dyed with a glossy finish to give a shiny reflective look. Available for most of our custom shoes that are made from either Nova or Sublime leather. Please note that shiny leather will dull with wear. Here's an example of Shiny Gold toddler moccasins worn for several weeks:
- Plonge Leather: The softest and lightest leather we could find! Since it is so thin and buttery soft, plonge leather works great for our baby Buttercup moccasins and the decorative trim on our adult Ballerine flats and is only used for these two styles.
- Suede Leather: Leather made from the lower layers of a hide to give a soft cloth-like texture. Available for select shoes, including kids' moccasins, adult Dash RunAmocs and the heels of our Ballerine flats.
- Nubuck Leather: A top-grain bovine leather that has been sanded or buffed on the grain side, or outside, to give a slight nap of short protein fibers for a velvet-like surface. Nubuck is unique because it has the durability of a top-grain leather with a soft touch that feels similar to a suede leather. Used for adult Roo moccasins and select special edition shoes.
- LITE Leather: A thin smooth leather covered in perforation holes to give shoes extra ventilation. LITE leather is a favorite for runners in hot climates as it helps keep feet cool and dry. Used for our RunAmocs and Ballerines.
- Vegan Ultrasuede Leather: A synthetic animal-free material with a texture similar to suede. Used to make our vegan shoes.


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Justice Department lawyers are preparing to ask a federal judge to put a hold on his ruling this week that blocks awarding further federal grants for stem-cell research.
The federal government intends to appeal the ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth. But an administration official says government lawyers will also argue that the injunction imposed by the judge will seriously jeopardize ongoing stem-cell research. Justice Department lawyers are now gathering affidavits to support that claim, the official says.
Groups opposed to research on stem cells obtained from human embryos have praised the judge's order. Americans United for Life called it a sensible ruling -- one that "reconfirms what we already knew, that administration policy is in violation of the law."
But some legal scholars are questioning Judge Lamberth's conclusion that the Obama administration's policy violates a federal law, one that says no federal funds can be used for research "in which" human embryos are destroyed. Because obtaining the stem cells destroys embryos, the judge said, it follows that subsequent research "is clearly research in which an embryo is destroyed."
But an expert on health-care law argues that the congressional ban does not prohibit federal funding of research that is "related to, associated with, has a connection to, or builds upon the fruits of" embryo destruction.
"It only prohibits funding of research in which embryos are destroyed," says UCLA Professor Russell Korobkin.
Because the law at issue is tacked onto congressional appropriations bills, he says, "the reasonable interpretation of the scope of the research in question is to follow the money in the grant request. If the grant application seeks money for an activity that directly results in embryo destruction, this proposal constitutes research "in which" the embryo is destroyed."
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Miami Central standout Dalvin Cook, ranked as the No. 2 running back in the country by 247Sports, signed a grant-in aid agreement with the Hurricanes Wednesday along with teammates Joseph Yearby and Trevor Darling.
But before you go throwing a party Hurricanes fans, understand this doesn't mean Cook, still a University of Florida commitment, will definitely be a part of Miami's 2014 signing class along with Yearby and Darling (longtime UM verbal commitments).
All this means is UM is now obligated to honor their scholarships, unlike the scenario for a traditional recruit who offers a non-binding verbal commitment. All three players are not tied to UM and could enroll elsewhere or sign a binding letter of intent with a different school as well.
On the plus side, UM is no longer limited by NCAA regulations that restrict in-person contact with Cook. That includes phone calls and home visits.
Cook (5-11, 190) met with UM coaches earlier this week and told Miami Herald High School Sports Writer Andre Fernandez the experience was "eye-opening" because he finally got a chance to sit down and really see how strongly UM wants him.
"In person you really see what people are all about," Cook said. "I think there is definitely a strong possibility Joe and I still end up playing together at the next level."
Cook also is still strongly considering Florida State. Central coach Roland Smith said Wednesday night at practice he wouldn't be surprised if Cook also signed a financial aid agreement with the Seminoles and Gators if he hadn't already.
Central is preparing for a Class 6A state semifinal showdown this week against Daytona Beach Mainland. Yearby, who is close with Cook, was lost for the season last week and had surgery Wednesday for a broken right fibula. Yearby told The Miami Herald he expects to be ready for spring football.
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Confusion surrounded the future of West Brom striker Peter Odemwingie on Thursday night as he arrived in London for talks with QPR, only for his club to deny giving him permission to do so.
Rangers boss Harry Redknapp earlier spoke of his interest in the wantaway Nigerian, and when the player was interviewed in London speaking of his excitement about a move, it looked as though a deal was on.
But West Brom reacted quickly by releasing a statement which read: "Albion have moved to clarify developments regarding Peter Odemwingie after the striker was filmed a short while ago arriving at Loftus Road. The club can confirm they have held further discussions with QPR today but those talks have so far proven fruitless and no agreement has been reached. Albion would also like to make clear that Peter has not been given permission to speak to QPR about a potential move."
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Special education fundraiser today at Rocco's
By Theresa Harrington
Rocco's Ristorante and Pizzeria will donate a portion of its proceeds all day today to Special Olympics of Northern California to help pay for special equipment that allows children to bowl using switches.
To participate, mention the "Switch bowling" Special Olympics fundraiser when you order to dine in or take out.
Rocco's is at 2909 Ygnacio Valley Road in Walnut Creek. Phone: 925-947-6105. Website: www.roccospizzeria.com.
The Special Olympics will host free practice training for interested children every Saturday in September at Diablo Lanes, culminating with a tournament.
Here's the schedule:
September 11: 1:30 pm practice
September 18: 1:30 pm practice
September 25: 1:30 pm practice
October 2: 1:30 pm tournament
A "Poss-i-bowl" device and ramp will be used. Children should bring their own switches to Diablo Lanes at 1500 Monument Blvd. in Concord.
To register, call Laura Cartwright, VP Regional Sports
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oh gowd clare is totally a louis + Aria combo.
actually i think id call her more Aria especially how they both have a slang like kazana, or in clares case charcoal. O.o
This series is hella comedy tho.
I love the MC's S side, and how all the girls fall for it for a short duration.
Also dude Est cracks me up.
You can totally tell she's a 1000 yr old grandma pretending to be loli.
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Aria + Louise can become the most annoying possible combination.
In ZnT, I really hate Louise. Sadly Saito just isn't strong and his power is granted from Louise thus...
In Aria's case, I really really hate her. Her only redeeming feature is that she, like Louise, is really powerful and thus targeted from the enemies, while Kinji has to protect her. Aria makes me wonder whether she's really smart or not since she always charges in without making any deduction about enemies. It seems like she's just someone blessed with talents and relying on her instinct more than those who have to work hard to obtain something.
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When you press "edit" of the 1st post, press on "go advanced" thats all.
@kleeyook: please dont mention about louise here, because in comparison while they are similar Claire is alot better than Louise.Claire want power, okay she is annoying in this aspect but taken her past she at least have a proper reason for it and more over, she have a real need of power and a goal for that power. But in Znt, Louise simply need power because of pride, dignity,.... and when she had it she act all high and mighty( just read through vol 5 or 6 + and you can see the diffirent from the 1st few volume and it get extremely annoying when it reach vol 13,14 you know when she have her memory erased, your patience will run out )he worse is beside some little affection her character development is progress too slow.
Okay stop here, but the point is while claire character is annoying she is nowhere near louise level . More importantly in Seireitsukai while its true that Claire influence Kamito action the most but there havent exist a clear main heroine from the start with dominant position like ZnT and Kamito is not an M like Saito, Kamito still love Restia too so this is more like the hayate with Athena in hayate no gotoku rather than Znt.
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Well, people still cheer for Louise to be Saito's main regardless of how much we hate her simply because there aren't better alternatives and Saito is kind of worthless. I want Saito to be strong without Louise from the beginning or by his own hardwork, not through random luck. With that, Saito x Louise is understandable.
OK! Claire is better than Louise. But she's also stupid enough to almost lost her contracted spirit because of her own arrogance and stupidity.
I hope the next volumes will focus on other girls more. i seriously hate it when the main girl is so annoying and the other girls don't get screen time to show their personality or character development and just lost to the main girl because... she's the main girl.
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By the way, is the Baka-Tsuki site working OK for other people? It either loads very slowly or completely refuse to load the page for me today.
One phrase from Vol2 is "do you dislike an indecent princess?" That's a question from Fiana to Kamito.
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lucky for me i got the pdf file from the page b4 the site crashed and finished reading STnBD.
dude... mad props to the translators tho.
This is most definitely a series i will follow.
The S Mode on the MC is very nicely done.
How he punks Ellis by detouring her on the cooking is hella hilarious.
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after i read vol 1 once again i get hate claire more and more.
she have same personallity like loise from ZNT.
really i'm okay with tsundere but i totally hate chara like aria and louise.
why they don't die soon??
i hope they die...
no please die!
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Somewhere close to Valhalla
Age: 28
The thing that pissed me the most about the TSUNtsundere characters at the scope of Aria, Louise and Claire is that they're the main heroine which of course the protagonist will always end up with if it doesn't end with harem route.
I somehow prefer an adaptation from visual novel, because at least there is a chance that the main girl that I dislike won't be picked at the end.
What do guys see in women like this anyway?
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By the way, I found that we have two spellings for the name of the hell cat: Scarlett and Scarlet. Which one is better?
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Scarlet is better in my opinion.But you should go with the one you like
@Kleeyook: well that maybe because its the author taste? but anyway dont worry too much. STnBD is diffirent from Znt. If you read both you can see that Kamito have more depth than Saito and well on later volume Claire did change(well, she is still annoying as hell to me but it better).
The most diffirent point from the 2 MC is that the feeling that Kamito have for Claire is not love(well, maybe a little). He is being influenced alot, sure but if you read the later volume you can see that romantic affection Kamito have for Claire is rather weak compare to Restia (yay !) and if you exclude Restia the one he normally give his affection the most is Est.
Anyway when you guy read further you can see that unlike Louise who have mostly 100% of Saito feeling, Claire arent have that privilage and Kamito,as isaid in my previous post, is more similar to hayate with Athena rather than Saito and Louise.
The mainpoint is that in STnBD the line of main heroine/support heroine arent as clear as in Znt and the author is quite well versed in romance so we can hope for STnBD not to jump in Znt footstep.
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People used to scratch their heads at the thought of medical identity theft. Of course some still do, but, more and more, people can tell you what it is and name someone who's experienced it.
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The Herald News obituaries for Tuesday, June 3.
Nancy M. Barnes
Nancy M. (Mason) Barnes, age 88, of Westport, died May 30, 2014. She was the wife of the late Frederick R. Barnes.
Born in Fall River, a daughter of the late Dr. William and Nancy (Campbell) Mason, she spent her youth in Fall River, lived in New York City for several years, and Darien, Connecticut for 30 years. She summered in Westport all her life until moving there permanently in 1984.
Mrs. Barnes was an Administrator for Darien High School for 13 years, retiring in 1984. Prior to that she taught pre-school children at several area schools including St. Luke's Episcopal Church Nursing School. She was a graduate of North Hampton School for Girls and the former Miss Elliotts in Boston. While in Darien, Mrs. Barnes was a member and past president of the Darien Book Aid Plan Inc., past president of the PTA and an active member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church.
In Westport, she was a member of the Acoaxet Club, the Spindle Rock Beach Club, a member and former board member of the Elephant Rock Beach Club. Active with Adams House, she was a former member of the board of trustees and chairman of its Woman's Board.
Surviving: 2 sons: William Mason Barnes and his wife Anne of Westport, MA and Naples, FL, Frederick Rigby Barnes III and his wife Dr. Nancy Dupre of Prairie Village, Kansas, 1 daughter: Jane H. Barnes-Bernd of Bridgeport, CT, 7 grandchildren: William Barnes, Jr. and wife Patricia, Karly Christ and husband Jan Baur, Robert and Amber Barnes, Rachel Denton and husband Jeffrey, Nicholas Rigby Barnes and wife Jennifer and Christopher Remington Bernd, 1 great grandson: William Mason Barnes III "Trip" and several nieces and nephews. She was the sister of the late Janet Edmonds.
Her Memorial Service will be held Friday, June 6, 2014 at 11 AM in the United Congregational Church, The Commons, Little Compton, RI. Visiting hours Thursday 4-6 PM in the WARING-SULLIVAN HOME OF MEMORIAL TRIBUTE AT CHERRY PLACE, 178 Winter St. Fall River. Contributions in her honor may be made to Adams House, 1168 Highland Ave. Fall River, MA 02720. Burial private. Directions, tributes:
Frank J. Cabral
Frank J. Cabral, age 45 of Fall River, passed away on May 30, 2014. Born in Mosteiros, São Miguel, Açores, he was the son of Maria de Conçeicão (Mateus) Cabral and the late Jose S. Cabral. He was the former husband of Michelle (Lagarde) Cabral and had worked as an Auto-body Repairman.
In addition to his mother & former wife, he is survived by a daughter: Kaitlyn Soares and her husband Paul Soares Jr., and his brother George M. Cabral all of Fall River.
His funeral will take place from the MANUEL ROGERS & SONS FUNERAL HOME, INC. 1521 N. Main St. Fall River on THURSDAY at 9:00 A.M. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Michael's Church at 10:00 A.M. Interment in Notre Dame Cemetery, Fall River. Calling hours on WEDNESDAY 6-9 P.M. In lieu of flowers, Memorial Contributions can be made to the family.
Elsie Carreiro
Elsie Carreiro, 91, formerly of Clark Lane, Swansea, passed away Friday at Bedford Village Nursing Home in New Bedford. Born in New Bedford, daughter of the late Joseph and Mary (Xavier) Mello. She was the owner of the former Carreiro's Home Style (formerly Moonlight) Bakery. Elsie also worked at the former Cherry & Webb Store in the Swansea Mall. Beloved mother of Joseph Carreiro (wife-Monica) and Claudia Periera both of PA; grandmother of Christopher, Jonathan and Andrew Carreiro. She also leaves her former husband, Albert P. Carreiro and several nieces and nephews. Elsie was also the widow of Theodore "Ted" Pereira formerly of Elm St. in Somerset. Calling hours Wednesday 6-8 PM at the Silva-Faria Somerset Funeral Home, 84 County St. Her Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday at 10:00 AM in St. John of God Church, Brayton Ave., Somerset. Please go directly to church. Private cremation to follow. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Bristol Elder Services, Development Dept., One Father DeValles Blvd. #8, Fall River, 02723. www.silvafaria.com.
Michael Jay Dootson
Michael Jay Dootson, age 28, of Fall River passed away unexpectedly Sunday, May 25, 2014.
He was born in Fall River the son of Kenneth H. Dootson Jr. and Doreen (Cummings) Moniz both of Fall River.
Michael was very involved in a Day Program with People Incorporated for many years and enjoyed beaches, pools, swimming, spending time with family and especially his best friends Ashton Arruda, Shelby Arruda, Kathy Peters, Chris Holland and Adam Silvia, arts & crafts, stuffed animals, going out to eat, long car rides and music.
Michael was a very special child full of life. A child who had Autism. He was a very lovable child with a sweet innocent to the world around him. His smile would light up your heart.
In addition to his mother and father he is survived by Caregiver and long time friend Marc Kryla: a brother Joseph M. Moniz III; a sister Doreen M Moniz; grandfathers Kenneth H. Dootson Sr and Robert S. Cummings; aunts Cheryl and Brenda Cummings; an uncle Keith Cummings and several cousins.
Michael was also the brother of the late Kenneth H. Dootson III grandson of the late Mary Dootson and Delores Cummings Campion and he was also the nephew to many other Aunts and Uncles who have passed away over the years.
His funeral mass will be held on Thursday, June 5, 2014 at 9 AM in St. Bernadette's Church 529 Eastern Avenue. Fall River, MA. All are invited to attend. Burial will take place in Notre Dame Cemetery, Fall River. Arrangements are in the care of the WARING-SULLIVAN HOJME OF MEMORIAL TRIBUTE AT CHERRY PLACE. To send a tribute please visit:
John W. King
John W. King, 68, of Fall River, husband of Gaye (Baragry) King and son of Elouise King, died Saturday, May 31, 2014.
A Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War and Executive Chef, he was employed by Sodexo Catering Services at Wheaton College and UMass Dartmouth.
Besides his wife, and mother of Lancaster, PA, he leaves aunts, uncles and cousins.
Following cremation, his funeral service will be held Sunday, June 8 at 1:30 PM at the AUCLAIR FUNERAL HOME, 690 So. Main St., Fall River. Visitation, Sunday, prior to the service from 1:00 to 1:30 PM. LARGE PARKING AREA and BARRIER-FREE ENTRANCE at the rear of funeral home. Please omit flowers. Online guest book at AuclairFuneralHome.com.
Odelia Pavao
Odelia (Santos) Pavao, 95, of Bay St., Tiverton, RI, a retired sewing machine operator, died Saturday at home. She was the wife of the late Manuel Rego Pavao.
Born in Arrifes, St. Michael, Azores, she was a daughter of the late Manuel and Ana (Raposa) Santos. She emigrated to this country in 1944; living most of her life in the Town of Tiverton. She was a communicant of Holy Ghost Church. Mrs. Pavao worked at the former Seal Sac for many years until her retirement.
She is survived by a daughter, Anne Medeiros of Tiverton; a son, Dimas Pavao (wife Lucy) of Tiverton; four grandchildren, David Medeiros of Portsmouth, RI, Daniel Medeiros and Dimas Pavao, Jr., both of Tiverton and Lindsay Cambra of Richardson, TX; eight great-grandchildren, Sylienne Medeiros, Meagan Medeiros, Bryson Medeiros, Makayla Medeiros, Jordan Pavao, Alayna Pavao, Brody Cambra and Samuel Cambra; and several nieces and nephews. She was the mother of the late Manuel Pavao, Jr. and Diniz Pavao and Manuel Santos.
Her funeral will be held Thursday at 8 a.m. from the OLIVEIRA FUNERAL HOME, 2064 South Main St., followed by a Funeral Mass at 9 a.m. in Holy Ghost Church, Tiverton. Interment in Pocasset Hill Cemetery, Tiverton. Calling hours Wednesday 5-9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in her memory to Hospice Outreach, 502 Bedford St., Fall River, MA 02720. www.oliveirafuneralhomes.com.
Jose O. Raposo
Jose O. "Lucindra" Raposo, 83, of Fall River, a longtime employee of Joan Fabrics, died Monday, June 2, 2014.
He was the husband of 56 years of Ilda (Lindo) Raposo; the father of Joseph Raposo (wife Maria) and John Raposo, all of Fall River and the late Jose Jeorge Raposo; the grandfather of Gershon Raposo (wife Vickie), Queila Raposo, Matthew John Raposo and Jessica Raposo; the great-grandfather of Roman and Levi Raposo and the brother of Antonia Fernandes, Louis Raposo and Manuel Raposo, all of Canada and Lucilia Oliveira of Port St. Lucie, FL. and the son of the late João and Mariana (de Oliveira) Raposo.
His funeral will be held Thursday at 9:15 AM from the AUCLAIR FUNERAL HOME, 690 So. Main St., Fall River, with a funeral mass at Espirito Santo Church at 10:30 AM. Burial, Notre Dame Cemetery.
Visitation, Wednesday 4:00 to 8:00 PM. LARGE PARKING AREA and BARRIER-FREE ENTRANCE at the rear of funeral home. In lieu of flowers, Donations may be made to American Heart Assn., 20 Speen St., Framingham MA 01701. Online guest book at AuclairFuneralHome.com.
Jennie Weglowski
Jennie Ann (Majewski) Weglowski 93 of Middletown, formerly of Tiverton, died on Friday.
She was the widow of Julian Weglowski. Born in Fall River, MA, she was the daughter
of the late Angela (Betlej) and Albert Majewski. A Homemaker, she had been a member
of Holy Ghost Parish. She had been raised with a brother William Majewski and leaves nieces and nephews.
Arrangements are with the POCASSET MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME 462 Main Rd, Tiverton, RI.
Burial at Newport Memorial Park on WEDNESDAY June 4, 2014. www.almeida-pocasset.com.


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With school already in full swing, have you set a budget on school year expenses like lunches, clothes or even class trips? Are you trying to figure out how to save for a family vacation during spring break? It's never too early or too late to budget. Chase Blueprint is here to help you get started or keep you on track for the school year!
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by jessicasmom1September 5, 2012 at 7:57 AM
School clothes I try to explain to DD you only need about 3 pair of jeans a couple pair of black pants then shirts that go with anything work but we got skirts, sweaters , shorts , many things and I still hear "I don't have anything to wear" I understand she will need hoodies, shoes and things yet DD has more clothes than me.
by goddess99September 5, 2012 at 9:02 AM
Welcome back Chase. I love the question about preparing your high school student to be ready to do their own finances. It's a scary thought. Can't wait to read that advice.
by BmatSeptember 5, 2012 at 9:07 AM
What about those fund raiser sales. I don't like my child going door to door selling things, should I just buy a case of the items and say that's it?
by kellynhSeptember 5, 2012 at 9:46 AMHow much Independance is too much for a 12 yo?
September 5, 2012 at 9:57 AMThis is my DD's first year of kindergarten. How much should I try to put aside for unexpected school expenses during the year? Since this is her first year of school, we really don't know what to expect.
by MadelaineSeptember 5, 2012 at 10:22 AM
This one!!
Quoting daerca574:
my only question is how do you prepare your high schooler to manage their own finances once they graduate?
September 5, 2012 at 10:35 AMThis is an awesome question.
Quoting daerca574:
my only question is how do you prepare your high schooler to manage their own finances once they graduate?
by Leelee1008September 5, 2012 at 11:43 AM
what is a good amount for back to school shopping and expenses for two children?
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my only question is how do you prepare your high schooler to manage their own finances once they graduate?
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By John Cook
U4iA, a stealthy gaming company developing what it dubs "hardcore, browser-based games for the connected generation," has raised $5.6 million in new financing from undisclosed strategic partners in the games industry. That brings total funding the company, which emerged on the scene last fall to about $7 million.
U4iA, pronounced "euphoria, hasn't disclosed the name of its first gaming title, which is expected to be unveiled some time this summer. But co-founder and CEO Dusty Welch, the former senior vice president and head of publishing at Activision, said that it will resonate with hard-core gamers who play titles such as Counterstrike, Call of Duty and Halo.
"We are designing a game that can appeal to more of a core, sticky, engaged audience, but do it in a very disruptive and social manner, so that any platform, any distribution, any technology that a consumer is looking for, we are providing a deep connected experience for them," said Welch. He added that game players will be able to play across PCs, Macs and mobile devices both synchronously and asynchronously, with patents pending on the technology.
In the next month or so, Welch said they plan to announce partnership agreements with key players in the gaming industry. Some of those have provided the startup funding for the company, with Welch declining to offer names.
"We went completely private with all of our funding sources, and, of course, we did the VC rounds and know those players, but we were really fortunate to find the right kind of partnerships that brought strategic funding in," said Welch.
Describing the company as in "deep development," Welch said that they plan to use the funds for continued game design as well as marketing.
U4iA has operations split between southern California and Bellevue, with about 20 employees. It was co-founded by Welch and Chris Archer, the former studio head and director of development at Sony Online Entertainment who previously spent 13 years at Activision.
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The SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services (SSRS) reporting framework satisfies the typical information requirements of most organizations, but the next generation of features available with SQL Server 2005 SP2 and Microsoft SharePoint products takes reporting to new levels. The integration of SSRS and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 Enterprise Edition not only lets information workers more easily find, use, and share information across the enterprise, but it also simplifies report management and security implementation for application administrators. But what does better information access and simpler report administration really mean - and how much work will you have to do to make it work?
Part 2: SSRS and MOSS 2007: Deploying the Power
In this article, the first in a two-part series, I briefly introduce you to SSRS and MOSS's rich information-integration environment, explain the technical architecture, and walk you through setting it up. In the follow-up article, I'll show you how to deploy the integrated environment to support better information access and integration, including how to implement security, report properties, versioning, approval workflow, alerts, information management policies, and the business intelligence support features built into MOSS.
Improving Information Access
SSRS integration with MOSS does more than enable information consolidation. MOSS's search capabilities let users find all relevant information and reports at once instead of requiring them to look through a variety of repositories. MOSS also lets you target reports to specific users or groups and supports sending alerts to users when report definitions or properties change. In addition, MOSS collaboration features let users supplement reports with background context using wikis or blogs and implement action plans using task lists.
These capabilities all sound great for users, but how much extra effort does this mean for you as an administrator? Consider having to define permissions for all types of information - reports, documents, spreadsheets, and more - in just one place. You can manage data sources in one place as well. You can also better manage report content through MOSS by requiring users to check out reports to make modifications and check them back in afterward, implementing workflow to approve new reports before they are published, incorporating version control to track changes over a report's lifetime, and enforcing report retention policies. The most challenging aspects of SSRS and MOSS integration are component configuration and security implementation, which I'll cover in the second article of this series. However, before you leap to SSRS-MOSS integration, be aware that MOSS doesn't support the following SSRS features:
- Custom security extensions
- Data-driven subscriptions
- The rs.exe utility and scripts you use with it
- Linked reports
- My Reports
- Job management features
If you can't live without these features, you might consider maintaining two instances of SSRS. You can run one instance in native mode, keeping these features available in your environment, and the other instance in integrated mode, letting you take advantage of the MOSS features that enable better information access. These two instances can even coexist on the same server, although you might achieve better performance by installing them on separate servers.
Inside the Architecture
Before installing the components required for SSRS-MOSS integration, you need to understand the difference between a single-server deployment and a distributed deployment so that you can select the one best suited for your environment.
Single-server deployment. The simplest integrated architecture includes all components on one server, as Figure 1 shows. This approach works when you have a limited number of users and reports. However, SSRS alone requires a lot of memory and will compete for memory with SQL Server and MOSS.
Let's review each component's role in the integrated environment. Installing the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint Technologies updates your MOSS installation to include a new SSRS proxy endpoint, a new Web Part for viewing integrated-mode reports, and application pages for storing and managing integrated-mode reports. MOSS databases host the SSRS configuration information as well as SSRS content. Specifically, the MOSS configuration database stores the information you provide when you configure SSRS for the MOSS instance. The content database is the primary storage location for report server items such as report definition files, report models, and data sources as well as for report server item properties. In addition, the MOSS content database stores security permissions for report server resources.
Installing SQL Server 2005 SP2 on your report server adds a new Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) endpoint for integrated report management and new extensions that let MOSS manage security and enable subscription delivery to a MOSS document library. SP2 also modifies the Reporting Services Configuration Tool to support MOSS integration and to generate database scripts for integrated-mode report server databases.
The report server uses the same two databases that it uses in native mode but with a slight variation. The report server database is the primary storage location for report snapshots, report history, schedules, and subscriptions. In addition, this database serves as secondary storage for the report definition files, report models, data sources, and their properties, avoiding repeated transmission of files to the report server for processing. As in native mode, the report server temporary database stores session data and cached instances.
When you add, modify, or execute a report on the MOSS server, the report server first compares the item and its properties from the MOSS site with the corresponding copy (if one exists) in the report server. If the report in MOSS is new or has a later timestamp, a synchronization process copies the new version to the report server database. Even in integrated mode, the report server performs all data processing, rendering, subscription delivery, and snapshot and history generation. The main difference between native and integrated mode is the storage location for report server content and properties.
Distributed deployment. Distributed deployments come in many variations, but I limit my review to two approaches that illustrate key configuration points. You can set up MOSS on one server and store its configuration and content databases on a remote server. I call this the remote SQL Server deployment method and assume that SSRS also is installed on the remote server. Or, you can install all MOSS components, including the databases, on one server and install SSRS on a second server. I call this the MOSS stand-alone deployment method.
Alternatively, you can create a MOSS farm to support multiple Web front-end servers. SSRS integrates with the farm itself, not with any particular MOSS server in the farm, and uses only one report server database for the farm. If the MOSS farm has multiple Web applications, each Web application can use different authentication providers. For example, one Web application could use NTLM authentication while another uses Kerberos, and the report server would interact with each MOSS server by using the appropriate authentication mode.
Installation Prerequisites Because
this article is about SSRS-MOSS integration, I assume that you have the report server installed correctly and, if you're planning a distributed deployment, that you have MOSS installed on another server. The first step to installing the integration components is to download and install on the report server the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable Package, available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa964978%28v=vs.85%29.aspx. If you haven't already, you also need to download SQL Server 2005 SP2 from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=82758. Then you need to download the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint Technologies from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=82753.
Using the Reporting Services Configuration Tool, which you launch after installing SP2, you must configure a service account for the SSRS Windows service and its Web service. The service accounts will later require write and execute permissions on the MOSS content database to let the report server add, change, or delete report server items and properties. These permissions are assigned when you configure the MOSS Web application for SSRS integration. But for now, make sure you select the correct type of service account for your environment, as Table 1 shows.
If you plan to use domain user accounts as the SSRS service accounts, create them now. You also need to know the username and password for the account that MOSS uses to connect to its databases. In addition, make sure you have the necessary privileges, or schedule time with a person who has them, before performing the five integration configuration tasks that Table 2 describes.
Installing and Configuring MOSS on the Report Server
You start the integration setup by installing SP2 on the report server. Next, install the Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) object model on the same server, following the appropriate installation steps for your deployment mode, as follows. (For information about using WSS or MOSS Standard Edition instead of MOSS Enterprise Edition, see the Web sidebar "What Can I Accomplish with Other SharePoint Technologies?")
Single-server. In a single-server deployment, the object model installs when you perform an Advanced installation of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise Edition and select the Complete server type. When installation is complete, reboot if prompted, and run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard, which you find in the Microsoft Office Server program group. On the wizard's Connect to a Server Farm page, select No, I want to create a new server farm. Type the name of your SQL Server system, and provide a domain account for MOSS database access. Then select an authentication provider - NTLM or Kerberos - and click Finish.
When the wizard completes, the SharePoint Central Administration page opens. To complete a basic installation, first start the Office SharePoint Server Search service to support indexing and searching of MOSS content. Click the Operations tab, click Services on server in the Topology and Services section, and click Start next to Office SharePoint Server Search. On the following configuration page, select the Use this server for indexing content and Use this server for serving search queries check boxes. You must also provide an email address for an administrator to be contacted if indexing problems occur and a domain account and password to run the search service, then click Start to start the service.
Next, configure a new Web application to create the SharePoint site on your Microsoft IIS server. To do this, in SharePoint Central Administration, click the Application Management tab, click Create or extend Web application in the SharePoint Web Application Management section, then click Create a new Web application. On the next page, keep the default settings, changing the authentication provider to Kerberos if your deployment requires it instead of NTLM. You must also specify a domain account or select a built-in account for the application pool assigned to this Web application. If you have a remote SQL Server deployment, be sure to change the database server name. The MOSS content and configuration databases will be created on the specified server. Click OK.
The last configuration step in this deployment model requires you to create a site collection for the Web application you created. A site collection is essentially a Web page that displays a tab for each MOSS site you create in that collection. Each site has one or more Web pages that you can use to organize content to support a specific goal, such as storing reports in a library or managing collaborative activities. On the Application Management page, in the SharePoint Site Management section, click Create site collection. Provide a title for the site collection, and set the URL for the Web Site Address to http://your_server/sites/ Reports, for example. In the Template Selection section, click the Enterprise tab, and select Report Center. This site template adds to your MOSS site a set of predefined Web pages that you'll use later to manage reports and data sources. Specifically, a Report Center site contains the document libraries and other business intelligence (BI) features that make information integration easy. Type the domain account of the user who will be the primary administrator of the site collection, and optionally provide a domain account for a secondary site collection administrator. Click OK to create the site collection.
Distributed servers. For a distributed deployment, the WSS object model installs when you run the MOSS Web front-end setup on the report server. Note that you can't mix SharePoint technologies, which means you can't install WSS on your report server and then integrate SSRS with a MOSS server or vice versa.
Start the MOSS setup program on the report server, choose the Advanced installation option, and then select the Web front end option. When the installation completes, reboot if prompted, and then run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard. On the Connect to a Server Farm page, select Yes, I want to connect to an existing server farm. On the Specify Configuration Database Settings page, type the name of the database server, click Retrieve Database Names, and select the MOSS configuration database, which by default is SharePoint_Config. Provide the password for the account that the Web front end uses to connect to this database, select either NTLM or Kerberos authentication on the next wizard page, and then click Finish. Finish the distributed deployment installation by configuring a new Web application and site collection as described in the previous section.
Reporting Services configuration. If your MOSS Web application uses the default port 80, which is the case for a default MOSS configuration, you must reassign the Web site that's hosting the Report Server Virtual Directory to an unused port, such as 8080, and be sure that Web site is started in IIS. To reassign the report server's Web site port, open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager in the Administrative Tools program group, expand the server hosting SSRS, and expand the Web Sites folder. Right-click the Default Web Site (or the Web site you've assigned the SSRS virtual directories to), and click Properties. In the Default Web Site Properties dialog box, on the Web Site tab, type the number of the unused port in the TCP port box. Keep the dialog box open for subsequent steps.
Next, verify authentication on the Web site to ensure that anonymous access is disabled and that integrated Windows authentication is enabled. In the Default Web Site Properties dialog box, click the Directory Security tab. In the Authentication and access control section, click the Edit button. In the Authentication Methods dialog box, clear the Enable anonymous access check box and select the Integrated Windows authentication check box.
Last, revise the RSReportServer.config file (which you can find at Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.n\Reporting Services\ReportServer) by changing the URLRoot property to include the port number (e.g., http://your_server:8080/reportserver); this provides the correct link to reports in email subscriptions. Before continuing, restart IIS, and then test the URL in your browser to make sure SSRS works correctly.
Setting Up Integrated Mode
You're now ready to prepare the report server for integrated mode. First, use the Reporting Services Configuration Tool to change the Windows Service Identity and Web Service Identity to use a domain user account if the MOSS databases are on the same machine as the report server in a remote SQL Server deployment. Start the Reporting Services Configuration Tool by clicking Start, pointing to All Programs, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Configuration Tools, and clicking Reporting Services Configuration. Select the correct SSRS instance by specifying the report server name and selecting the SSRS instance when prompted, then click Connect. Click Windows Service Identity in the left pane of the configuration tool's window, then select Windows account, provide the domain username and password created as explained in the earlier Installation Prerequisities section, and click Apply.
To change the Web Service Identity, you use IIS Manager, but first confirm the application pool that SSRS is using. Click Web Service Identity in the left pane of the Reporting Services Configuration Tool, and in the drop-down list next to Report Server, note the name of the application pool. Don't worry about the Report Manager application pool's identity because you won't use it after you switch the report server to integrated mode. Keep the configuration tool open, and switch to IIS Manager. Expand the server hosting SSRS, expand the Application Pools folder, right-click the application pool you identified for Report Server in the configuration tool, click Properties, and click the Identity tab. Select Configurable, provide the domain username and password, and click OK. Remember that this step is necessary only for a remote SQL Server deployment.
To convert the report server to integrated mode, switch back to the Reporting Services Configuration Tool, click Database Setup in the left pane, connect to the database server, then click Change. Click Yes to confirm the request to change the report server mode. In the resulting SQL Server Connection dialog box, provide a new report server database name, confirm that the Create the report server database in Share Point Integrated mode check box is selected, as Figure 2 shows, and click OK. At the bottom of the Database Setup page, click Apply, and then click OK to confirm the credentials used to finalize the database.
The Report Manager Virtual Directory page in the Reporting Services Configuration Tool is now disabled because the report server is in integrated mode. Also notice the red status icon next to the Share- Point Integration link in the left pane. This icon means SharePoint Integration is not configured. The status will change to Configured (a green icon) after you configure the MOSS server for integration, which I cover next.
Before closing the Reporting Services Configuration Tool, make sure you back up the encryption key. You'll need the encryption key backup if you ever need to restore the report server databases. Without this backup, after restoring the report server databases, you must delete encrypted data such as data sources or user information because there would be no way to decrypt it. To create the backup, click Encryption Keys in the left pane, click Backup, and type a password. Click the ellipsis button to the right of the Key File box, and then in the Save As dialog box, navigate to a secure folder or removable media location, provide a file name, and click Save.
A common question from report server administrators planning to convert an existing SSRS server from native to integrated mode is how to migrate the existing report server contents. Unfortunately, there's no migration utility to transfer the contents of the native mode report server database to the integrated mode version of the database. Instead, you have to redeploy existing reports to the MOSS server and reconfigure execution and security settings of each report in MOSS.
Installing and Configuring the SSRS Add-in on the MOSS Server
Now, you're ready to install the SSRS add-in on the MOSS server. If you have a MOSS farm, you must install the add-in on all Web front-end servers in the farm except the report server. When you've updated all the servers, you can configure SSRS integration in MOSS. Remember from Table 2 that you must use a domain user account that has MOSS farm administrator and site collection administrator privileges to perform this task. To begin the SSRS configuration, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft Office Server, and click SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration. Click the Application Management tab. The addin has updated this page to include a Reporting Services section. Click Manage integration settings to specify the URL for the report server (e.g., http://your_server:8080/reportserver) and set the authentication mode, as Figure 3 shows. Click OK when finished. (For information about which authentication mode to use, see the Web sidebar "The Differences Between Authentication Modes.")
On the Application Management page, click Grant database access. Provide the report server name and instance in preparation for granting permissions to the SSRS Windows and Web services to access the MOSS databases. After you click OK, you're prompted for report server administrator credentials. If you have trouble here, you might need to reapply the settings on the Windows Service Identity and Web Service Identity pages of the Reporting Services Configuration Tool. After you properly configure the service accounts, the status of SharePoint Integration in the Reporting Services Configuration Tool should be Configured (green).
Optionally on the Application Management page, you can click Set server defaults to provide default settings for report history and logging in the Reporting Services Server Defaults page, as Figure 4 shows. If an error displays when you try to open this page, make sure you've created a Web application and site collection. Also be sure you're logged in using a site collection administrator account. Finally, be aware that sometimes the configuration changes you make in the Reporting Services section require a restart of IIS before you can open the Reporting Services Server Defaults page.
Your next step is to configure Component Services with the correct permissions for the SSRS Web Service Identity to activate MOSS. On the MOSS server, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, click Component Services, and then expand Computers, My Computer, DCOM Config. Right-click IIS WAMREG Admin Service, and click Properties. On the Security tab, click the Edit button for Launch and Activate Permissions. Click Add and type the built-in account or domain user account you assigned to the Report Server application pool. Alternatively, you can click the Advanced button to search for and select the account. After you add the account, highlight it in the Group or user names list in the Launch Permission dialog box, then select the Local Activation check box in the Allow column. Click OK twice to close all dialog boxes and save the permission changes.
Last, update the document libraries in the MOSS Web application to use the SSRS content types. You can make these changes to any document library in your MOSS Web application, but I limit my explanation to the Reports and Data Connections libraries that are part of the standard Report Center site. In Internet Explorer (IE), navigate to the Reports document library in your MOSS Web application. For example, if the URL you assigned to the Web application is http://your_server/sites/Reports, go to http://your_server/sites/Reports/ReportsLibrary to open the Reports library. On the Settings menu, click Document Library Settings. In the Content Types section, click Add from existing site content types. In the Available Site Content Types list, select Report Builder Report, click Add, and click OK.
Report Center includes the Data Connections library to restrict access to data source files and related management tasks. To add the SSRS content types for data sources, open the library, and repeat the steps you followed to add report content types, except select Report Data Source.
You can add the Report Builder Model content type to either the Reports library or the Data Connections library. I find it easier for users to use a report model if it's in the same library as the Report Builder Report content type; the Report Builder application displays a list of all models in the same library in which the user creates the new Report Builder Report. If the model is in a different library, the user must click the default library link in the Getting Started pane of Report Builder, must know which MOSS library contains the desired model, and must navigate to that location.
Successful Configuration
By following these steps, you have successfully installed and configured the components required to integrate SSRS with MOSS Enterprise Edition. (For more information about these steps, see the Microsoft resources listed in the Learning Path at InstantDoc ID 96840.) In the second article in this series, I'll show you how to perform familiar SSRS tasks, such as deployment, security implementation, and property management, in the new MOSS environment. I'll also show you how to take advantage of new features enabled by MOSS, such as versioning, workflow, alerts, information management policies, and how to achieve BI information integration with SSRS and MOSS.


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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Lady Antebellum has canceled its July 20 concert at Cheyenne Frontier Days because Hillary Scott is expecting a baby.
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Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/17/lohan_motor_trigger/
LOHAN starts to feel the barometric pressure
Mulls spaceplane rocket motor trigger
Posted in Science, 17th May 2012 09:03 GMT
As the design of our Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator (LOHAN) Vulture 2 spaceplane continues apace, we've been considering just how to fire the aircraft's solid rocket motor at a predetermined altitude.
We haven't yet revealed exactly which mighty unit will eventually power the Vulture 2 heavenwards, and still have to determine whether off-the-shelf solid rocket motors will actually fire at low pressure and temperature.
That's what our forthcoming Rocketry Experimental High Altitude Barosimulator (REHAB) experiment is designed to do, although we're still waiting for a few last bits for our shed-built hypobaric chamber.
If the rocket motors won't fire under simulated high-altitude conditions in an out-of-the-box state, we'll obviously have to find a way to make sure they will ignite when the big day comes.
So, assuming we've got our powerplant to go bang at altitude and -60°C, how are we going to trigger it when LOHAN launches for real?
Well, our instinct is to go for a pressure-operated electronic trigger board, like AED's Rocket Data-Acquisition System (R-DAS). This piece of rocketry kit could be programmed to fire up the 12V igniter system at a predetermined altitude, based on the barometric pressure.
There is a slight problem, though. The R-DAS has a Motorola MPXS4100 pressure sensor, which is only good down to 20kPa, which by our reckoning represents an altitude of around 12,500 metres, or 41,000 feet.
We need a sensor that will go down to 1 kPa, so we threw AED an email asking if the R-DAS could be fitted with an alternative Motorola sensor covering the required range.
We're still waiting for a reply, and while we're twiddling our thumbs, we thought we'd invite our LOHAN reader experts to give us their opinion, or perhaps suggest an alternative line of attack.
Over to you...®
Further LOHAN resources:
- New to LOHAN? Try this mission summary for enlightenment.
- You can find full LOHAN coverage right here.
- Join the expert LOHAN debate down at Reg forums.
- All the LOHAN and Paper Aircraft Released Into Space (PARIS) vids live on YouTube.
- For our SPB photo archive, proceed directly to Flickr.
- We sometimes indulge in light consensual tweeting, as you can see here.