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Since the probe of banks suspected of manipulating the crucial London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) first came to light, it was clear that numerous banks would face scrutiny. The Wall Street Journal now says that 16 subpoenas have been issued by U.S. state prosecutors in the probe, with nine just revealed by the Journal. Investigations are ongoing in Asia and Europe as well.
Among the banks that the Journal says received subpoenas is Bank of America (BAC). The probe could lead to civil charges. The other banks the Journal names are Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Credit Suisse (CS) Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Rabobank Groep NV, Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Société Générale (SCGLF), Norinchukin Bank and West LB AG.


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JAMESTOWN - The County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency will host a "Lunch and Learn" Energy Workshop for small business and not-for-profit organizations on Thursday, Feb 28 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Robert H. Jackson Center in Jamestown.
The workshop will provide a free lunch catered by Elegant Edibles and an overview of the programs and incentives available to businesses and not-for-profit organizations to help them save money on their energy expenses. The lunch event will feature opening remarks from Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards.
"New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the local utilities offer audits and incentives to local businesses to help them save energy and improve their bottom line," Edwards said. "We look forward to seeing our local businesses and not-for-profit organizations at the workshop to learn about the resources available to them."
Expert presentations will be made on programs from NYSERDA, Jamestown BPU, National Fuel, National Grid and the Western New York Clean Cities Coalition. Other businesses and organizations will be present to network, answer questions and assist customers in taking the first step to accessing the free small commercial and not-for-profit energy audit.
The meeting will also address NYSERDA incentives and low-interest loans available to make efficiency improvements, as well as other opportunities available from Jamestown BPU, National Fuel and National Grid's Small Business Program.
All Chautauqua County small business owners and not-for-profit organizations are encouraged to attend the workshop.
Pre-register for the workshop at www.RenewChautauquaCounty.org or call toll free at 1-866-495-2959.

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(MCT) — HACKENSACK, N.J.—As the days without power turned into a week — then nearly two weeks — the residents of a dead-end street in West Milford began to feel they were living in a forgotten neighborhood.
With no utility workers around to suggest anyone was looking out for them, the residents of Hilltop Road looked out for one another in the days after Superstorm Sandy. People with generators offered food, power cords and hot showers to their neighbors, while others worked together to clear trees that had fallen onto homes.
And two women brought newborn babies home after residents cut up fallen trees that had blocked their street, clearing a path just wide enough to allow ambulances to get to them.
The neighborhood, which is served by Jersey Central Power & Light, became one of the last in the area after the storm to have power restored when five utility trucks rolled onto the street and workers made repairs around 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Some residents cheered and blew air horns.
One of them, Ed Justin, said the utility trucks, from Met-Ed in Pennsylvania, arrived a couple of hours after he found a foreman scouting a nearby area and told him about the neighborhood's plight. Met-Ed and JCP&L have the same parent company, FirstEnergy Corp.
Justin said he told the foreman about the two newborns, about a 75-year-old man who had been sleeping in long johns and a sweat suit and covering himself with seven blankets to keep warm at night, and about another man who had been sleeping in his van and kept the engine running for heat.
"He felt what I was saying," Justin, 51, said of the foreman. "He said, 'I'll have a crew come after lunch, I promise you.'Ÿ"
A spokesman for JCP&L, Ron Morano, said on Tuesday that he had no information about the restoration of power to Hilltop Road. He said almost everyone who lost power during Sandy had it restored by Monday night, including 117 West Milford customers who had power restored Monday morning. He said crews were working to restore power to a small number of individual homes on Tuesday.
West Milford Mayor, Bettina Bieri has complained that some of the township's JCP&L customers have been "treated like second-class citizens." Township officials have said they are considering contracting with other utility companies and will discuss the matter at Wednesday night's council meeting.
Emily Sagle, 30, said she went into premature labor — induced by stress, her doctors told her — on Oct. 29, the night Sandy made landfall. A 120-foot oak tree fell onto her roof and into her kitchen while she, her husband and their 13-month-old son were in the basement for safety, she said. Neighbors used chainsaws to carve an oak tree that had fallen onto the road, cutting off access.
"It was hell," Sagle said, adding that she was afraid she was going to give birth at home with no way to get to the hospital. She said the storm brought out the best in her neighbors, but their acts of kindness did not surprise her.
"At times like this, you see the best and worst in people," she said. "We saw the best."
She said she asked her husband to stay home with their son before she was taken by ambulance to Chilton Hospital. She said she went home after physicians prevented a premature birth. A little more than a week later, during the Nov. 7 nor'easter, her husband drove her to St. Joseph's Medical Center in Paterson, where she gave birth to an 8-pound-11-ounce boy, William.
"The joke was that this baby wanted to be born during a storm," she said.
Sagle brought her baby home Sunday to a neighborhood where residents said they had become accustomed to the steady hum of generators at night. She said she had hot water, a wood stove heated her house, and a generator provided power for some lights.
Sagle said she called JCP&L on Monday morning and was told power would not be restored until Friday.
Morano said he was not aware of anyone from JCP&L giving customers that date as an estimate for power restoration. He said residents in the last areas without power were told they would have it by Monday night.
Another Hilltop Road resident, Frank Leitgeb, 75, said he slept in his van because it was more comfortable than his cold house, and kept the engine running to have heat. He said he watched classic movies on a TV in his van and ate at local restaurants. He went to sleep after reclining the driver's seat, but was unable to fully stretch out his 6-foot-6-inch frame.
"It was starting to get irritable," Leitgeb, a former truck driver, said of the experience.
He said he declined offers from neighbors to stay in their generator-powered homes and did not want to go to the township's emergency shelter because he preferred to take care of himself. He said some of his relatives fared worse, losing homes at the Shore.
Frank Stevens, 75, said he didn't have a generator but he had a neighbor who did. Bob Szuszkowski invited Stevens over for breakfast, lunch and dinner and to stay warm during the evenings.
Szuszkowski ran an extension cord to Stevens' house that powered a light, allowing him to read. But it didn't provide enough power for a space heater, so he bundled up in a hooded sweat suit when he went to bed and slept under every blanket that he owned, he said.
"I was actually able to sleep OK," Stevens said. But he said it became too cold in his house last week, so he stayed with friends in Little Falls.
Szuszkowski, 47, said he had kept his generator in a tent that was damaged after Sandy began, so he ran outside to move it into a shed as the wind howled and trees crashed nearby. Part of the tree that fell into Sagle's house cracked his bedroom window, he said. The next day, he and his neighbors inspected the damage.
"It looked like a bomb had gone off," he said.
He said he helped the Sagles' cut up the tree that fell onto their house and remove it piece by piece. Neighbors chopped up another tree that had fallen onto the road overnight, once again blocking access to the neighborhood. Hours later, another woman was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where she gave birth to a boy, Szuszkowski said. That woman brought her baby home several days ago, he said.


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|2008-09-11, 08:53
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I would say Estonians would side with the Knights/Germans. Many Latvians/Lithuanians/And Estonians fought with the Germans against the USSR.
It is looking good so far, but I kind of wish they would keep the voicing real. The Germans speak German, Soviets speak Russian, etc. I am already use to subtitles, I think the rest of the world could read subtitles in their language, lol.
And they did do some research. It certainly looks as if this will take place in the early stages of Barbarossa and will feature the Moscow battles. I am glad it isn't Stalingrad for once.
Even with the supernatural element, this is shaping to be one of the better WWII animes. And even better is it isn't a Pacific battle(Pretty much all the former WWII animes). I can't think of one of the top of my head that isn't set in the Pacific.
If I missed it sorry, but has a date been put on this? This might be the first anime movie I buy and put into my World Wars(International collection) collection.
|2008-09-11, 09:33
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|2008-09-11, 09:42
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Wahha, I want to see the result. Studio 4°C and Molot Entertainment. How this is happened ? Japanese and Russian collab. anime - it's sounds funny for me.
Actually, plot is... something... well... something, yeah. I haven't seen shit like this for a long time. Trashy alt. fiction is coming.
Ah, this will be Movie, not TV.
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|2008-09-11, 11:39
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|2008-09-11, 12:11
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The Soviets had several operations in 42. Mars was a massive failure on Army Group Center. Funny, Uranus was supposed to be a diversion while Mars was the main attack. Mars failed, while Uranus succeeded spectacularly.
On a side note, I am glad I found some people who know military history. Besides Axis History Forums, I never get to talk about my favorite hobby(Yes, even more than anime/manga lol). Glad to see I am not the only history buff here. I have over three hundred books concerning early 20th century wars(Russo-Japanese war, Baltic Wars, Mexican Civil war, etc) to the Arab-Israeli Wars. I like to read, watch, play any game in between. Spanish Civil War, Sino-Japanese war, Korea, loss of the European colonies in the 50/60s, etc. Pretty much all of it.
|2008-09-11, 12:24
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Looks like that you all think that they really paid attention to details and it will be something historical correct with only some variations, am I right ? If you think so, then guys... I don't want to disapoint you, but this is really another story and a really trashy one. There is nothing real close to history there and no variations, as you expect with main battles, this is only a setting from that times and absolutely strange plot.
|2008-09-11, 12:54
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Actually what fascinates me more is ancient history (And myths), going back to foundations of Babylon and up to medieval ages or so
|2008-09-11, 13:13
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I was comparing the attitude. If you look at it, Finland proper was the only belligerent not occupied forcibly by the allies or Soviets. In reality yes, they 'loss', but they were not occupied, they stayed freed of Soviet rule, and besides Afghanistan, the only nation to go to war with the USSR and push them out of the territory(Besides the concessions given up at the end of the Continuation War). Then they pushed the Germans out in the Lapland War to boot. I have a great deal of respect for the people and military of Finland.
I also do enjoy a good read on ancient and medieval times. Crusades, the many European Wars, the China wars, Japaneses prefecture conflicts, etc. I know some about these eras, but my 'specialty' I guess you could call it is the late nineteenth to early twentieth century. But the colonial times are interesting as well, and did spark some of the causes of World War I and even World War II(Most notable was the Japanese resentment to Perry's forced opening to the world).
But in general, I just love history. I don't care what it is about, if it is history, I will enjoy it.
|2008-09-13, 11:59
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Looks like one hell of an action packed ride, so keeping my fingers crossed for this collaboration to turn out as cool as advertised.
iirc Novgorod was pretty deep in the German rear during 1942 and those kids were trained to operate behind enemy lines.
Some minor nitpicks over Nadya's katana, Zena's hair and Linz's facial design just keep on bugging me.
|2008-09-13, 15:37
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|2008-09-16, 10:06
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We already know there are supernatural elements so, by definition, this is some parallel existence.
"trashy"..... hmmmmm. Are we talking tawdry, melodramatic, or ecchi?
|2008-09-17, 08:44
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Awww, come on guys. Just call it an "alternate universe" title and have some fun. Anime is for entertainment.
|2008-09-21, 10:55
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Wow... the design and settings looks hawt in a dark gloomy gothic way. Some of the action sequences looks incredible good in the trailer (of course trailer are like porn jackets).
Historical accuracy can take a backseat if there's a good amount of entertainment in it XD. I think we were bombarded with so much WW2 stuff with supernatural elements injected into it that nazi and black magic/werewolf/zombies pretty much goes hand in hand in the entertainment industry.
|2008-09-22, 14:49
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By the way, I finally got a chance to watch "Alexander Nevsky", and I'm really impressed with how well it fits the events of the Great Patriotic War.
|2008-09-22, 20:25
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Interesting. I just happened to stumble across this thread, but it looks intriguing. I'd like to see this when it comes out. You said the release date was somewhere in late 2008. Any date more specific since then?
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Share showers of good wishes to friends and family,whether for a bride or baby to be with this acrylic umbrella container created into a favor that can be made with any color tissue paper and filled with any type of treat or candy!
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Project Instructions
1Open box. Use Mod Podge® to attach pink and blue tissue paper to inside front of box, alternating colors. Option: sprinkle in a little bit of glitter to the wet tissue paper.
2Mod Podge® white tissue paper behind pink and blue tissue paper. Let dry thoroughly. Fill box with candies and close box.
3Print tag on cardstock. Cut out with scallop-edged scissors. Punch a hole in upper left-hand corner. Tie to box hanger with yellow floss as shown.


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Now that many business owners have taken advantage of the Excel! Estherville facade improvement grants, a second set of grants could help them improve the appearance of the upper level of two-story businesses.
At its regular meeting Monday, the council approved grant guidelines and application as recommended by the Excel! Estherville Oversight Committee for the Downtown Second-Story Window Grant.
The grants will be awarded to business located in downtown Estherville for use towards second-story window improvement projects as boarded up windows detract from the vitality and beauty of the central business district.
The committee will review grant applications on a first-come, first-served basis.
Applicants will be limited to one grant per window opening. All windows do not have to be improved at the same time.
Eligible applicants may request funds to be matched up to a maximum amount of $500 per window (labor and materials). Grant funds will be awarded on a dollar-per-dollar match, with a maximum grant not to exceed the number of second-story windows on the eligible property times $50 per window.
Eligible grant applicants include any private business and/or building owners located in the Estherville downtown who want to improve the building faade by exposing the second-story windows of their businesses.
Other grant requirements include:
o Windows must fit in the original opening
o Windows must be consistent with the original design
o Windows must by purchased from an Estherville Vendor
o No wood on exterior face of windows.
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Isaiah Thomas scored 22 points and floated home the game-winning score to send the Sacramento Kings to a 96-94 victory over the Washington Wizards on Monday at Verizon Center.
After John Wall banked a shot off the glass for Washington to tie the game with 7.9 seconds remaining, Thomas got in the paint and floated a tear drop through the hoop with just a second left to put the Kings on top.
"I thought he did the right thing driving to the basket," said Kings coach Keith Smart. "That little floater gave us a big win."
With no timeouts remaining, Washington had to inbound from the full length of the court. Marcus Thornton then stole the inbounds pass to the clinch the victory for the Kings, who ended a four-game skid with the win.
Francisco Garcia scored 17 -- hitting 4-of-6 from 3-point range -- and Marcus Thornton poured in 11 to lead a Kings bench that outscored the Wizards' 47-24.
Wall finished with 19 points and 11 assists, while Emeka Okafor tallied a season-best 23 points and 15 rebounds for the Wizards, who saw their five- game home winning streak come to an end.
"We know we're in a situation where we can win these games," said Wall. "We have the talent to do it, we just didn't execute and had a couple of misdirections and turnovers down the stretch."
Thomas hit a floater in the lane a minute prior to his winning score as well, staking the Kings to a 91-90 advantage with 1:10 to play. Washington had two possessions to go back on top, but came up empty on both.
After Thomas's score, Wall got to the basket but couldn't finish on his layup attempt. Trevor Ariza then made a key block at the other end to prevent the Kings from increasing their lead, but Nene turned the ball over on Washington's ensuing possession, forcing the Wizards to foul with under 24 seconds remaining.
Evans sank a pair of free throws to put the Kings ahead, 93-90, but after quick score from Wall, the Wizards sent Evans back to line and this time only hit 1-of-2.
Trailing 94-92, Wall took an inbounds pass off a timeout, threw a pump fake to get Evans in the air and drove past him to bank a short jumper off the glass to tie the game at 94-94.
Thomas sent the Kings to victory on the ensuing possession.
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DeMarcus Cousins finished with 12 points for Sacramento, which had lost three of four to the Wizards coming in ... The Wizards received 18 points from Martell Webster ... Washington was denied its first six-game home winning streak since 2006-07, when they had a 10-game run ... The Kings shot 9-for-23 from beyond the arc, while the Wizards made just 3-of-11 of their 3-point attempts.


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HIGH SCHOOL: Enjoyed a terrific prep career at Glacier Peak High School in the Seattle area, leading the Grizzles to back-to-back appearances in the Washington 3A State tournament at the Tacoma Dome … twice named a First Team 3A All-WesCo league honoree … established new single-game, single-season and career records at Glacier Peak for both scoring and assists … led Glacier Peak to a 18-7 record as a senior, averaging 15.3 points and 6.3 assists per game … nominee for All-Area Player of the Year honors and a McDonald's All American Nominee as a prep senior … distributed 4.2 assists per game as a junior while averaging 12.5 points … also recorded the first triple-double in the history of Glacier Peak girls basketball as a junior … was instrumental to the Grizzlies run in the district playoffs as a sophomore … three-time winner of the WIAA State Tournament Sportsmanship Award … twice named the Everett Herald 'Player of the Week'… played in the Washington State Girls Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Game against current Bronco teammate Brooke Gallaway … played club basketball for The Way to Win program out of Seattle.
PERSONAL: Born in Seattle, Wash. … daughter of Jerry and Melinda Hawkins … has two siblings, Maria and Jackson … three-year letterwinner and all-league honoree as a soccer player at Glacier Peak HS … major is undeclared.


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The highly anticipated arrival of Lutheran Air II in Wabash County took place Monday, Oct. 7, at Wabash Municipal Airport.
An hour-long reception with light refreshments kicked off before the helicopter landed in Wabash for the first time. After a brief welcome from Wabash Mayor Robert Vanlandingham and Brian Bauer, chief executive officer, Lutheran Hospital, interim chief executive officer, Lutheran Health Network, attendees were invited to get a close-up look at Lutheran Air II and meet several members of the crew.
News of the addition of Lutheran Air II to Lutheran Hospital's critical care transport fleet and the construction of a new hangar at Wabash Municipal Airport was announced at a ceremonial groundbreaking in August. The second Lutheran Air medical helicopter will be based in Wabash at the airport, a geographically important location for patients living in communities that make up the southern and western portions of Lutheran Health Network's 23-county service area.
In addition to expanding patient access to critical and specialty care, Lutheran Air II is already serving as a driver of economic development in Wabash County. More than 10 new jobs on Lutheran's critical care transport team have been added, and the new hangar will generate new property tax revenue. Contractors and suppliers from the Wabash area are also working on the hangar project.
The predominantly blue helicopter with yellow and white trim is an EC135 aircraft. The original Lutheran Air, a BK117 that went into service at Lutheran Hospital in 2004, will also be replaced by an EC135 with the same new design in early 2014. Lutheran contracts with Air Methods to provide aircraft, pilots and flight mechanics.
Air Methods is the only air medical operator in the country to reach Level 4 of the voluntary Safety Management System program overseen by the Federal Aviation Administration. To achieve SMS Level 4, Air Methods implemented multiple voluntary safety programs more commonly associated with commercial airlines.
Lutheran Air program highlights are:
-Active program for more than nine years
-Average of six minutes to lift off after call is received
-Two units of o negative blood on board for every flight
-Only night vision goggle certified program in northeastern Indiana; all team members use goggles during night operations
-Only aircraft in northeast Indiana with skids which allows for soft surface landings
-Patient/family hospital destination requests are honored if medically appropriate for the patient's condition
-Both the adult and pediatric trauma centers at Lutheran Hospital are level II verified by the American College of Surgeons
-Integrated communications center with full critical care transport ground services; includes a tertiary-care transfer center that ensures no additional time is needed to dispatch Lutheran Air
-Program aligns with community providers to create region-specific transfer guidelines (Level 1 Heart, auto launch guidelines)
-Air Methods, Lutheran's provider, is the only helicopter vendor to receive the highest safety rating from the FAA.


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BLACKFOOT — The Blackfoot Broncos got 33 points from senior Trae Pilster as they avenged their season opening loss at Pocatello with a hard fought 64-51 home win over the Indians on Saturday evening.
"I think that the difference tonight was that we just have a lot more games under our belts and we are starting to get used to playing together," Pilster said. "As the season has gone along we continue to get better and better each week and we played really good team basketball tonight."
The two teams traded blows over the opening period and Blackfoot seized control of the contest with a 12-0 run to open the second period of play for a 28-17 advantage. All told, it was the defensive end of the court which made a difference in the key second quarter as Blackfoot outpaced the Indians by a 17-4 margin in the quarter for a 33-21 half time lead.
"Coach always tells us that defense will start our offense and that is what we are trying to do, play good team defense," Pilster said.
Pocatello mounted a comeback in the third quarter, eventually pulling to within four points on the score board but a quick 6-0 run from Pilster to close out the quarter negated all of that effort as Blackfoot once again led by ten points at 45-35.
As with the first game between the two squads, Saturday's contest was chippy to say the least and the officials blew the whistle on for 53 fouls combined between the two teams including a double technical foul at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
"You know, down there it wasn't just a little chippy, it got borderline dirty and again tonight towards the end it started to get a little chippy but I thought that we did a good job of boning up and not taking a step back," Blackfoot head coach Dan Hale said. "I thought that we could have done a little better job of passing the ball and cutting rather than driving the ball in there at the end because you never know when you are going to get your legs cut out from under you and we really wanted to pick up a win and get out of the game without an injury."
Blackfoot got the better of the whistles as they took 38 free throw attempts on the evening, converting 21 of those in the thirteen point victory.
Blackfoot (7-11, 2-7) will be on the road Wednesday evening when they travel to Skyline and will then close out the regular season on senior night next Friday, when they host Bonneville in a key High Country Conference match up. Both games are scheduled for 7:30 start times.
Pocatello (51) - Jordan Christensen 2, Kade Teter 5, Chris Randall 12, Garrett Holmes 4, Tyler Carson 4, Easton Ralphs 3, Jake Jardine 6, Bodie Cooper 8, Jerron Batts 2, Spencer Jessee 5. FG: 17. FT: 16-26. 3-pointers 1 (Jessee). Fouls: 31. Fouled out: (Christensen, Randall). Technical Fouls: (Randall).
Blackfoot (64) - Tanner Norton 1, Trae Pilster 33, Colby Pearson 3, Paul Cannon 2, Keith Moore 15, Gabby Maldonado 4, Austin Campbell 3, Jacob Denning 3. FG: 20. FT: 21-38. 3-pointers 3 (Pilster 2, Moore). Fouls: 22. Fouled out: (Cannon). Technical Fouls: (Cannon).


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Wagga's cultural identity has been thrust into the spotlight after a Canberra commentator, who admits to knowing nothing about the city, branded residents "a rather conservative, unsophisticated flock".
Columnist Ian Warden used the analogy "we're living in a kind of Wagga" to describe the disappointment he felt after the Canberra Symphony Orchestra released its concert program for 2013, which he says is conservative and "rather depressing".
"Lots of the selected works are the sorts of things you'd find on one of those four-CD sets of Classical Greatest Hits for Bogans, for people who don't know much about classical music but who know what they like," Mr Warden wrote.
Later, Mr Warden admitted he knew nothing about Wagga when questioned about his comparison. Wagga City Council tourism manager Sally Nolan suggested Mr Warden "make a trip to Wagga to see the vibe that surrounds us".
On the eve of the Jazz Festival, Ms Nolan said 'unsophisticated' is not a how she would describe the culture and attitude of the city.
"I look at what Wagga was like 10 to 15 years ago and the city has grown and matured, more than anything else people are very proud of it," Ms Nolan said.
With the five new shows set down at the Civic Theatre, seven exhibitions due to arrive at the city's galleries and a host of markets and community events in coming weeks, Ms Nolan said the city is "oozing with culture".
"Visitors to the gallery and museums are quite high," she said.
Reflecting on his column, Mr Warden said his readers would be familiar with the tongue-in-cheek comparisons to depict the difference between country and city.


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BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore celebrated with its Super Bowl champion Ravens, with thousands of fans in purple lining the streets and packing the team's stadium for a celebration.
Fans filled the square in front of City Hall and cheered when the team arrived and when players held the silver Lombardi trophy aloft. The Mayor's Office of Emergency Management estimated that 200,000 people took part in the celebration in Charm City, including at City Hall, along the parade route and at the stadium.
Coach John Harbaugh thanked the fans for their support, and safety Ed Reed sang the melody of Eddie Money's "Two Tickets to Paradise." Retiring middle linebacker Ray Lewis, the only current player to have started with the team when it came to the city from Cleveland in 1996, told fans the team had fulfilled a promise to go to New Orleans and win.


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UCS is a reliable, pre-configured Linux server operating system featuring: Active Directory-like domain services compatible with Microsoft Active Directory; a mature and easy-to-use Web-based management system for user, rights, and infrastructure management; a scalable underlying concept suited for single server scenarios as well as to run and manage thousands of clients and servers for thousands of users within one single UCS domain; an app center providing single-click installation and integration of many business applications from 3rd parties and Univention; management capabilities to manage Linux- and UNIX-based clients; and command line, scripting interfaces, and APIs for automatization and extension. Its purpose is to provide Microsoft Server-like services on the cloud or on the premises, to run and operate corporate IT environments with Windows- and Linux-based clients, and to extend those environments with proven enterprise software.
Lilblue Linux is a Gentoo-based, security-enhanced, fully featured XFCE4 desktop system for amd64, built on uClibc. Its userland utilities are not provided by busybox, but by coreutils, util-Linux, etc. It resembles a common Linux system with one exception: It uses uClibc as its standard C library and not the more common glibc, and so brings in some of the advantages of embedded systems. Security enhancements come from Gentoo's hardened toolchain and Grsec/PaX-patched kernel. The fully-featured XFCE4 desktop has software for browsing, email, word processing, multimedia, chat, games, and more.
Univention Corporate Client (UCC) is a flexible and efficiently manageable operating system for PCs, notebooks, and thin clients in companies and institutions. The software contains a Linux-based desktop environment optimized for business use. It allows desktops to be adapted to hardware and intended applications. In addition, it can be managed conveniently and efficiently via a Web-based console. In comparison to other systems, it guarantees integrated administration procedures for users, clients, desktops, and permissions and effectively does away with the use of different, uncoordinated tools. It serves as a platform for access to remote desktop solutions and virtualized desktops as well as browser or terminal server-based applications.
Absolute Linux is a lightweight Slackware derivative that uses an Icewm, pcmanfm, ROX-Filer, ivman, and others to create a lightweight yet easy to use distribution. Installation is text-based but simplified, and all packages are installed at once. It can run on a Pentium II and above, including SMP systems. A minimum 128MB RAM is recommended. It features ease of browsing any connected device in pcmanfm, and an auto-popup menu for inserted playable media. "Restricted" codecs are available to those eligible via a root-user installer. There is a large range of software included: Google Chromium (compiled on Absolute), OpenOffice, Mplayer, GIMP, K3B, FileZilla, and many more.
openmamba is a fully featured GNU/Linux distribution for desktops, notebooks, netbooks, and servers. It runs on computers based on the 32-bit Intel x86 architecture, or on 64-bit AMD processors in 32-bit mode. openmamba comes with both free and closed source drivers for the most frequently used video cards. It supports compiz out of the box. It has preinstalled multimedia codecs, and can install the most frequently used closed source applications for GNU/Linux (such as Flash Player or Skype) very easily.
neko-install-cd is a development tool for modifying System Rescue CD images. It can also perform many other operations. It has a simple interface with excellent inline help. Operations it can perform include: booting your modified image in a virtual machine, burning the original or modified image to a USB drive, creating patch sets from your modifications (using aufs or built-in helper scripts). All of these operations can be performed directly from your Linux distribution, without having to first boot into the system rescue CD as with the system rescue CD equivalents.
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My great grandparents lived in southwestern Kansas which at that time was mostly farms, ranches and small towns. Great grandma Nellie's parents arrived in the area in the early 1880s and quite a few family members followed. Her husband was new to the area and his father lived there for a short time.
Nellie and Bert were living closer to Meade but for Thanksgiving went to visit friends or family in Englewood in the next county over. I'm not sure of the distance but it would have travelled by wagon and may have stayed more than one day. While preparing the meal Nellie went into labor and my grandma, Jennie, was born on that day in 1902. It happened to be Nov. 26 that year. She told me many years later that every seven years her birthday fell on the holiday.
This week she would be turning 111 years old I'm often amazed at the things she saw during her life time (she passed away at 96.) She learned to crawl in an old dugout with sewn flour sacks as a rug
When she and her father went to town to get a stove for her mother they rode in a wagon. Sometimes he would pick her up at the country school on horseback.
A kind of strange thing is her brother was born the day after Christmas in 1910. (With eight years in between I wonder if there were miscarriages but I never asked.) Anyway, sadly he only lived until January 12. (I was also told he died January 6. I don't know which date is correct at this point.)
He is buried next to his mother in the Meade cemetery. Last time I was there he only had a small wooden marker. Some of the family talked about putting a stone on the grave but I don't know if it was ever down.
Recently I found an article about the loss of this baby in the local paper.
Yes this is a sad subject for the holiday but it is also a reminder of all we have
to be thankful for in this day and age especially in the medical field in saving mothers and babies.
Bert abandoned his little family a year or so later.
Another little blurb in the newspaper of July 9, 1914 reported the following:
Mrs. Nellie Martin and Miss Jennie, returned last week from their stay
with relatives near Englewood.
I wonder what stories were told of the Thanksgiving when Grandma Jennie was born.
Taking the time to find these little tidbits adds so much to the lives of our ancestors.
Memoir Prompts:
Do you know any stories of the birth of your family members?
What medical "miracles" have affected your family?
Have you ever ridden in a wagon or cross country on a horse?
What is your favorite thing about autumn?
What is your favorite Thanksgiving tradition?
Did you have kids tables when you were little? (The kids were put at a smaller table sometimes in the kitchen so the adults could all sit at the main table.)
Where were you when John F. Kennedy was killed? What do you remember about your feelings at that time?


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Predicting the Market's Future With O'Shaughnessy
by Cara Scatizzi
Investors have tried and will continue to try a multitude of strategies to predict the future of the stock market using fundamental analysis, charting and technical analysis. Sometimes dealing with a frustrating market can make you think that drawing tickers from a hat is the best way to pick stocks. While there is no surefire way to choose winning stocks, James O'Shaughnessy believes that looking at the past is the best way to predict where the market is headed in the future.
In his newest book, "Predicting the Markets of Tomorrow: A Contrarian Investment Strategy for the Next Twenty Years" (Penguin Group, 2006), O'Shaughnessy argues that investors can predict where the markets are going by simply looking at historical long-term trends. Through an examination of stock market history, O'Shaughnessy developed a stock selection approach for individual investors that attempts to take full advantage of current market trends.
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Performance data in this article is from 2006. Huh?!
Madhu from NJ posted over 6 years ago:
What is the point in giving an article more than five years old? Of all the institutions AAII would know that O'S has come out with a new edition of 'What Works on Wall Street?' and it has some new screens and he has gone beyond the price-to-sales ratio. I hope AAII develops screen(s) based on the new edition.
This does not behove AAII to give such dated infromation
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I agree with Madhu. If I pay for a subscription, I expect new material, otherwise, what's the point in subscribing?
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Yup, AAII's newsletters always seem to churn old articles. Seems like it has been this way for awhile.
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Looking Back, Looking Ahead
by Wayne A. Thorp
Like every other year, there are several technology stories and trends that come to mind as the final days of 2012 tick away. At the end of October, Microsoft released the newest version of its Windows operating system: Windows 8. This was a little over three years after the release of Windows 7, which was generally given universal praise, especially compared to the debacle that was Windows Vista. The release of Windows 8 has been met with a lukewarm response. Windows 8 was a bold step for Microsoft, as it is the first Windows version designed for desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones, and it is optimized for tablets. The initial reaction was tepid due to the operating system's radical deviation from the traditional Windows user interface. In my annual PC Buyer's Guide (November 2012 CI Online Exclusive), I suggested readers upgrade to Windows 7 while they still can and wait to see if Microsoft tweaks the design in response to consumer reaction.
Another intriguing tech trend that took hold this year is the "phablet" craze: These devices are a cross between a tablet computer and a smartphone, with screens of five to seven inches. Joe Lan, assistant editor of CI, recently reviewed the Samsung Galaxy Note for the CI Email's Gadget Corner column and is a firm believer that "bigger is better" when it comes to phone screen sizes. I believe that a phone should easily fit in your pocket. The four-inch screen on my iPhone 5 is plenty big enough for me!
As smartphone screens are getting bigger, tablets are getting smaller. Seemingly defying its late-founder Steve Jobs' wishes, Apple rolled out the iPad mini with a 7.9-inch screen. While Apple claims that it sold three million minis in the first three days it was available, I see this as a seismic shift in Apple's strategy. Viewed for years as an innovator and a leader, Apple directly responded to popular mini tablets such as the Kindle Fire with its iPad mini. I am curious if Apple will try to restore its innovating image in 2013.
In this issue, I compare the top online services for technical analysis and charting. While AAII is a steadfast advocate of fundamental analysis, I believe that technical analysis has its place in the investment process. When evaluating a stock, I often take a look at its point & figure chart and compare it to its 50- and 200-day moving averages to get a feel for its current trend. The Comparison begins here.
In this issue's Feature, which begins here, Joe Lan highlights the revised Graham Enterprising Screen and how you can use AAII's Stock Investor Pro fundamental stock screen screening and research database program to create it. This screen has been one of the most successful strategies AAII tracks, but historically has generated too few companies to build an adequate portfolio. AAII's president, John Bajkowski, modified the screen to ensure more passing companies without sacrificing performance.
Finally, as 2012 draws to a close, all of us at Computerized Investing want to wish you a happy holiday season and a healthy and prosperous new year.


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Randall C. "Randy" Hensley, 61 of Lima died 7 a. m., Friday, March 9 at Criders-ville Health Care.
He was born Oct. 5, 1950, in Borger, Texas, to Betty (Jacobs) and Thomas Richard Hensley. They survive in Floyd, Va.
He married Gwen Wooley on June 18, 1994, and she survives in Lima.
Mr. Hensley served in the U. S. Army.
Survivors include a son, Cody Hensley of Lima; and a daughter Rachel Hensley of Lima.
A celebration of life will be held at a later date.
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As one of the country's top neuro-oncology researchers, C. David James delves into the most basic biological processes to determine how normal brain cells develop into cancerous tumors, a line of research that has garnered continuous support from National Cancer Institute since 1991.
Professor of Neurological Surgery and the Berthold and Belle N. Guggenhime Endowed Chair at the University of California–San Francisco (UCSF), James' primary role is associate director and principal investigator for the Brain Tumor Research Center at UCSF, an internationally recognized research and treatment center for adults and children with tumors of the brain and spinal cord.
James began his appointment at UCSF this past June, following an illustrious decade-long tenure on the faculty of The Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, where he helped secure a prestigious $11 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to establish a Specialized Program of Research Excellence.
Previously, he served as a faculty member and principal investigator at Emory University and the Henry Ford Hospital, where he established the neuro-oncology research program.
While working on his doctorate at WSU, he worked under the tutelage of Michael Leffak, professor of biochemistry. Under Leffak's direction, James produced a significant paper that described one of the first human origins of DNA replication, initiating a line of investigation in Leffak's laboratory that continues today.
"What starts out as basic research develops into medically relevant research," says James, who earned a B.S. in chemistry from Wright State in 1975. "It begins with a novel idea. For one thing that works right, 10 go wrong, so research takes perseverance. You learn to deal with setbacks and dead ends. In many cases, the dead ends are really important clues, and it depends on the experience as well as insight of the investigator to see the clues among the negative results."


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I am most grateful for a family photo of my great grandfather and great grandmother (Hyman and Rosie Morris - he had changed his surname from Korolnek). His daughter (my Nana) was disowned by her Jewish family for marrying outside the faith and I grew up not knowing anything about her family or where she came from. Mum didn't know much and I have been searching for answers for 25 years.
After mum passed away in 2004, the realization that there was no-one left from her side of the family prompted me to start searching again. Thank goodness for the internet! I was contacted by a lady who was researching Hyman Morris on behalf of one of his grandsons (my mother's first cousin) and she put me in touch with him. He put me in touch with another cousin from my great grandfather's first marriage and that is where I got the photo.
This photo has a very special place in my heart because it is the first and only photo I have of Hyman and Rosie. It also led me to find other cousins from Hyman's first marriage and was the tip of the iceberg (so to speak) of all the other photos and information (of which there is heaps) I now know about my Nana's family as well as finding actual members of my family that I now keep in touch with through Facebook and email.
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Wolves sack Stale Solbakken
Wolverhampton Wanderers have sacked manager Stale Solbakken in the wake of their FA Cup humiliation at non-League Luton Town.
Reports of his departure were confirmed by the club soon after 8.30pm on Saturday, some three-and-a-half hours after the final whistle blew on their 1-0 defeat at Kenilworth Road - their fourth loss in a row.
Wolves said he had gone with "immediate effect", accompanied by his assistant Johan Lange and first-team coach Patrick Weiser.
Kevin Thelwell, recently promoted to head of football development and recruitment, is in temporary charge of team affairs at Molineux, supported by development coach Steve Weaver - the man who assisted Terry Connor during a nightmare caretaker spell in charge following Mick McCarthy's sacking in February.
Solbakken, Wolves' first foreign manager, admitted on Friday that he had by no means the safest job in football following the club's slide to 18th place in the Championship.
He told reporters he did not regret saying the side were in 'deep sh*t' after losing resoundingly to Peterborough, Ipswich and Crystal Palace in the space of a week and added fans would see through any attempts to deny that the club were in crisis.
Supporters had remained supportive of the Norwegian until the Christmas games, which followed the temporary relief of a victory at Blackpool. But the pressure had grown lately, especially with owner and chairman Steve Morgan and chief executive Jez Moxey both returning from festive trips abroad.
Many of the players Solbakken signed have had lengthy spells out through injury but there have also been reports of clashes with the squad - a far cry to the harmony that existed in the dressing room during Mick McCarthy's five-and-a-half years at the helm.
Wolverhampton-born Sean O'Driscoll, recently sacked by Nottingham Forest, is among the early contenders as a replacement. Other candidates are likely to include Billy Davies, Alan Curbishley, Owen Coyle and Doncaster's Dean Saunders.


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks on Wednesday climbed to two-week highs after a cease-fire deal was reported in the Gaza Strip, with the S&P 500 Index and Nasdaq Composite extending gains into a fourth session.
U.S. markets will be closed Thursday for the Thanksgiving Day holiday, and Friday's session will be abbreviated. The three benchmark indexes are all up 2% or more for the week so far.
In Cairo, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr announced a truce between Israel and Hamas after more than a week of airstrikes and missile attacks.
This week, the market adopted a more positive tone after President Barack Obama and congressional leaders voiced confidence a budget agreement could be reached to avoid automatic tax hikes and across-the-board spending reductions otherwise slated to begin in January.
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"The greatest near-term risk to the economy and labor market remains the looming fiscal cliff. The sooner that an agreement is reached and greater clarity can be achieved, the better," wrote Jim Baird, chief investment strategist for Plante Moran Financial Advisors, in an email.
"While the media is rampant with 'fiscal cliff' worries, I think the year-end rally is near, or has actually begun," wrote Jeffrey Saut, chief investment strategist at Raymond James, in a Wednesday research note.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.30% rose 48.38 points, or 0.4%, to 12,836.89, with 24 of its 30 components gaining ground.
The S&P 500 index SPX, -0.20% gained 3.22 points, or 0.2%, to 1,391.03, with energy the best performing of the 10 major industry groups and the utilities the only sector to end in the red.
"The 1,390 level on the S&P 500 has proven time and again to be a key 'energy level,' both on the downside and now on the upside for the markets," Saut said.
Shares of Deere & Co. DE, +1.02% fell 3.7% after the agriculture-equipment manufacturer reported earnings that came in shy of consensus estimates. Salesforce.com Inc. CRM, +0.51% gained 8.8% after the customer-management software provider projected sales and profit that met expectations.
The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.02% advanced 9.87 points, or 0.3%, to 2,926.55.
For every stock that fell just over two gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where nearly 522 million shares traded. Composite volume surpassed 2.6 billion.
Oil prices CLF3, +0.00% rose 63 cents to $87.38 a barrel and gold futures GCZ2, +0.07% added $4.60 to $1,728.20 an ounce.
Also Wednesday, consumer sentiment in November gained slightly to a reading of 82.7 but wasn't as strong as initially estimated, data compiled by the University of Michigan and Thomson Reuters showed.See: Consumer sentiment edges up in November
Separately, the Conference Board reported it's likely the U.S. economy will continue to "modestly" expand through early 2013, with the board's index of leading economic indicators rising 0.2% in October.See: Modest economic growth seen in leading economic indicators
And government data had fewer Americans filing first-time applications for unemployment benefits last week, but the report was viewed as distorted by superstorm Sandy. See: U.S. jobless claims drop to 410,000
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According to Lawrence Yun, the National Association of Realtors' chief economist, home sales volume and prices are poised to keep improving over the next two years, outpacing growth in the broader economy. Watch for moderate inflation to appear starting in 2015, making it harder for today's renters to become home owners.
Economist Yun is forecasting 5.05 million nationally in home sales in 2013 and 5.3 million in 2014. By 2015, the national median home price is expected to have risen by 15 percent from today's level.
Contributing to the growth is the slowly improving economy, job creation and an increase in household formation after a hiatus during the downturn, Yun said.
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Rising rental rates are also contributing to the rise in home sales, as renters who are able to get financing in today's tight credit market find it makes more financial sense to buy while home prices remain relatively affordable.
But inflation could pose a problem starting two years down the road, Yun said. Although inflation has remained tame today - at about 2 percent per year - starting in 2015 it could jump to between 4 and 6 percent a year. That will be a short-term boon to home owners, as they enjoy an increase in price appreciation, but that would make home ownership harder for the growing number of renters today who aspire to buy. Not only would prices rise, but mortgage rates would go up as well.
The continuing federal deficit is a big reason inflation could jump in the future. But another cause might be the Federal Reserve buying mortgage-backed securities to help keep rates low. At some point soon, the Fed will have to start unwinding its position. When it does, interest rates and inflation will rise. Rental rates are expected to keep heading up.
As a result, although housing is expected to keep improving, this big question mark will hang over the real estate market and the broader economy over the next few years.
Mortgage interest rates have been on the rise for the past month. All-time record low interest rates were set just a few weeks ago.
"I do think that perhaps the all-time low interest rates are behind us," said Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac's chief economist.
The record low for the 30-year fixed-rate averaged 3.31 percent in November, according to Freddie Mac's weekly mortgage market survey. For the week ending Jan. 31, Freddie Mac reported a national average of 3.53 percent for the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage.
If you have been sitting on the fence thinking housing prices and/or interest rates will be going lower, you may want to reconsider. All indicators point to decreasing inventory, rising prices and rising interest rates.
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Using DHCP Securely
There is no such thing as secure DHCP. You'll see it over and over again in this chapter. However, there are ways to make a DHCP-based network a little more resistant to attack. There are several keys to doing this.
First, we must examine the common attack vectors against DHCP. Then we'll examine the countermeasures. And finally, we can look at the system overall and determine whether it's secure enough for our specific needs. If not, there is one simple answer: do not use DHCP. Manually configuring TCP/IP on client computers remains a viable option, and many companies throughout the world do it today. Although it incurs a fairly high TCO and requires a significantly larger IT staff, manual configuration is not without its place.
Overriding all our concerns about DHCP is one basic assumption. To mount a DHCP-based attack of any type, an intruder must have initial access to your network. That is, to hijack clients by sending DHCP Offers, the attacker must put his own computer with a DHCP server on your network. The same is true for all other attack vectors. So one way to help thwart DHCP-based attacks is to tightly control network access. This is discussed throughout the book, but especially in Chapter 14.
TIP: All the procedures listed here assume DHCP is already installed on the computer. Installation and normal operation of DHCP are beyond the scope of this book.
Configuring DHCP for proper administration
Windows Server 2003 provides a user group called DHCP Administrators. This group contains all user accounts that are authorized to modify DHCP settings. The membership for this group should be tightly controlled and audited to ensure that no unauthorized users are added to it. This will help prevent both accidental and intentional misconfigurations and help prevent security incidents and denial-of-service occurrences.
Monitoring DHCP for DOS attack
The first and simplest attack against DHCP is to lease all the addresses in its database. As discussed earlier, leasing all the addresses is a fairly simple attack that causes a denial of service by stopping legitimate computers from obtaining DHCP addresses.
A DHCP denial-of-service attack cannot be truly prevented. However, it can be detected early and stopped in its tracks. To do this, you must monitor DHCP. Monitoring DHCP can show you how many leases have been issued over time and can indicate an attack by showing a massive spike or prolonged above-average lease requests. You can also monitor servers to determine when their percentage of available addresses falls below a determined criteria, perhaps 5%. Either of these statistics could indicate a DHCP-focused attack.
To monitor DHCP, you can use the DHCP MMC snap-in, the System Monitor tool, or the Performance Logs and Alerts snap-in. Both the DHCP and System Monitor tools give great snapshots of what's happening with the server at that moment. However, they're not as useful for gathering data over time and identifying trends. To do that, we'll need to use Performance Logs and Alerts.
Knowing what we do about DHCP, we can assume that a denial-of-service attack will take the form of continuous DHCP Discover and DHCP Request messages being received. We can create an administrative alert to tell us when an abnormally high number of DHCP Requests are received on a server.
Before we begin, we must baseline the DHCP traffic. Baselining is, simply put, observing the normal operation of the server to see what it does. In our example, we must baseline the DHCP traffic coming into the server. There are many ways to baseline, but for this book, we'll keep it simple. We'll baseline the DHCP Request traffic over three normal workdays to determine the average traffic that we should expect.
To do this, we follow this procedure:
Click Start → Run, type
Perfmon.exe, and then press Enter. This brings up the Performance snap-in which is a combination of System Monitor and Performance Logs and Alerts.
Double-click Performance Logs and Alerts, and then double-click Counter Logs.
Right-click Counter Logs, and then click New Log Settings.
Type a name for the log, such as
DHCP Offer traffic. Then click Enter.
Click Add Counters.
Under Performance Object, select DHCP Server. Then under Select Counters from List, select Requests/sec. Click Add to add this counter. Then click Close.
Click OK. If the folder for the performance log does not exist, you will be prompted to allow its creation. Click Yes.
Once the three days have elapsed, you will be able to view the counter log and determine what the average DHCP Offer traffic is for this computer. Let's assume for brevity that you determine from this log that the maximum DHCP Offers per second the server encountered was 15. This helps us determine when an attack might be taking place.
There is no exact science to determining a number that indicates a problem. You need to decide whether you want more false positives or false negatives. In this case, let's assume a safe number is 20. If your DHCP server encounters more than 20 DHCP Requests per second, you want to know so you can examine the situation and determine whether an attack is taking place.
You can do this by setting up an administrative alert. as shown here:
Click Start → Run, type
Perfmon.exe, and then press Enter. This brings up the Performance snap-in which is a combination of System Monitor and Performance Logs and Alerts.
Double-click Performance Logs and Alerts, and then double-click Alerts.
Right-click Alerts, and then click New Alert Settings.
Provide a name for this alert, such as
DHCP DOS attack. Then click Enter.
Click Add.
Under Performance Object, select DHCP Server. Then under Select Counters from List, select Requests/sec. Click Add to add this counter. Then click Close.
Click the Action tab. This is where you tell the alert what to do when the threshold is met.
Click OK.
Figure 11-4. This alert logs an event and sends a network message to the author
You now have a tool in place that will help you identify DHCP denial-of-service attacks. There are other tools and processes you could use, to be sure, but this one is included in Windows Server 2003, takes very little time to set up, and is reasonably effective.
Auditing DHCP
Auditing DHCP is, from an attack detection perspective, essentially the same as monitoring the DHCP performance counters. You collect statistical data and determine whether an attack is occurring based on that data. However, auditing DHCP activity can give us more specific information and allow us to examine attacks in greater detail.
Enabling auditing for DHCP is a simple task. Use the following steps:
Click Start → All Programs → Administrative Tools → DHCP. This opens the DHCP Management MMC snap-in.
Double-click the name of your DHCP server to select it.
Click Action, and then click Properties.
Figure 11-5. The DHCP audit log is enabled
Now the DHCP server will log all tasks that it performs. The log is a text file stored in the %SystemRoot%\System32\dhcp directory by default. You can change this directory by modifying the path under the Advanced tab in the previous dialog box. The files are stored with the filename of DhcpSrvLog-day.log where day is a three-letter abbreviation for the day of the week, such as Mon, Tue, and so on.


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PCTELWorx, a provider of antennas and scanning receiver services that purchased TelWorx Entities in Lexington last year, has filed suit against a former employee and his new employer, alleging the misappropriation of confidential information.
PCTELWorx, a provider of antennas and scanning receiver services that purchased TelWorx Entities in Lexington last year, has filed suit against a former employee and his new employer, alleging the misappropriation of confidential information.
PCTEL filed the lawsuit against Marc Mize and TelExpress in Archdale on April 19 in Davidson County Superior Court. It asks the court to keep Mize and TelExpress from using PCTEL data, return documents that contain trade secrets or confidential information, prevent Mize from working for TelExpress or contacting any PCTEL customer for a year, and "other relief as the Court deems just and proper."
Mize was fired from his position as senior vice president sales at PCTEL on Jan. 28, according to the lawsuit. He had signed an Intellectual Property Protection Agreement when he began working for PCTEL, which prohibits him from disclosing confidential information or trade secrets. It also says he can't work for a competitor, induce other PCTEL employees to leave or solicit certain PCTEL customers for a year after he leaves the company. PCTEL wrote to him and TelExpress in February reminding them of the IPPA restrictions.
The lawsuit alleges Mize downloaded 10,000 documents from his company-issued laptop to portable electronic storage devices and uploaded and/or transferred them to outside/web-based data storage hosts and/or personal email accounts he maintains. As an example, the lawsuit says 13 gigabytes of data was transferred from the laptop to an external hard drive Oct. 22, 2012. He also exported 3,200 Outlook contacts, the lawsuit alleges.
The day he was terminated, Mize searched Google for "[h]ow do i delete everything on my hard drive?", the lawsuit reads. The company secured the laptop before that occurred.
TelExpress did not respond to PCTEL's letters about the data, the lawsuit says. Also, Mize didn't admit to having the documents until March 20, but has not returned the information.
Mize worked with TelWorx as senior vice president sales from November 2006 until it was aquired by PCTEL in July 2012. He was also a minority shareholder in TelWorx.
The lawsuit claims Mize knew in late October or early November that his job was in jeopardy due to accounting irregularities involving PCTEL's purchase of TelWorx. PCTEL accepted a $4.25 million settlement from Tim Scronce, the principal owner of TelWorx Entities, in late March. PCTEL learned TelWorx's earnings for 2011 and the six-month period ended June 30, 2012, had been overstated.
PCTEL had purchased TelWorx and TowerWorx this past July for approximately $16.5 million.
Mize began working for TelExpress, a director competitor of PCTEL, in February as vice president sales, the lawsuit says. PCTEL claims he began contacting its customers using the data he had taken with him.
PCTELWorx' Lexington operation is based at 239 Welcome Center Blvd. The company employs about 35 people here.


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What new ideas the game brings to the table and how well old ideas are presented.
How good a game looks, taking into account any flaws such as bad collision or pop-up.
Does the game's music and sound effects get you involved or do they make you resolve to always play with the volume down?
Basically, the controller to human interface. The less you think about the hunk of plastic in your hands, the better the playability.
Flat out, just how fun the game is to play. The most important factor in rating a game.
At the onset, Divekick is as simple as a fighting game could be. There are no complicated directional inputs and only two button commands: dive and kick. The first to land a hit wins the round. It's an interesting approach to accessibility that makes it an easy sell to those that typically shy away from complex fighters. But just beneath the freewheeling, goofy exterior of Divekick is a layer of complexity that might scare off newcomers as fast as it brought them in. Once the concept of diving and kicking has set in, new questions arise. What are those meters for? Why is this guy teleporting? How come you can jump backwards?
Divekick's roster includes 13 absurd characters that serve to lampoon fighting-game tropes or parody notable figures in that community. It's a diverse group with very distinct play styles. Aside from the obvious differences in dive speed or kick angle, each character has two special moves ¬– one on the ground and one in the air. Pressing both buttons simultaneously executes your special, which depending on your character, may have you hover in the air, shoot a fireball, or even parry an incoming attack. But even the properties of the basic diving and kicking are specific to each character. Fighting-game veterans will welcome the unexpected depth, but newcomers will have a tough time wrapping their head around some of the mechanics.
The story mode helps flesh out the ridiculous cast. The humorous storyboards tell each fighter's tale, but gamers likely won't be spending much time in Divekick's single-player mode. Divekick shines the brightest in local multiplayer, which is a blast.
If you can't find a partner within arm's reach, Divekick does offer minimal online play. Don't expect to get a large lobby going with your online friends – Divekick's definition of a lobby is a room of two people. Technically, two people is a group, but it's not exactly a party. Direct invites are impossible; creating a private lobby merely opens up a spot to anyone on your friends list, but they have to search for it specifically while in-game. Both ranked and unranked matches are offered, but again, without a local group of people to play with, Divekick loses most of its appeal.
Divekick is saturated with inside jokes and parody from the fighting-game community. For example, one of Mr. N's win poses mimics an incident in which his real-life counterpart, a pro gamer named Marn, unsuccessfully attempts to put his arm around a female interviewer. The exchange isn't all that amusing on its own, but knowing that this really happened makes it worth a chuckle. That type of humor is consistent throughout. It doesn't necessarily alienate those who aren't in on the jokes, but without context, it just comes across as odd.
In the right environment and with the right people, Divekick offers some fun. But the lack of online lobbies drastically limits those opportunities. Like most novelties, the fun of Divekick is short-lived.


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I want to patent my intellectual Idea of "Keep going until I reach my destination"
The primary purpose of patents is to *STOP* the competition from doing whatever it is you are patenting (yes, I know this isn't the stated purpose, but it is the purpose-in-effect). The secondary purpose is to collect money from people who do what you patented, so you can make money without doing it yourself.
In both cases, once you patent something, there is a net loss in the number of people doing it. We have observed this time and time again in the industry.
So why in the world would you REJECT a spam patent? By all means, GRANT THE PATENT! Let the spammers sue each other into oblivion and reduce the total amount of spam generated.
Unless of course - the Feds or the Patent Office have something to gain by allowing spam to continue.
Unless of course - the Feds or the Patent Office have something to gain by allowing spam to continue.
Perhaps it's another instance of Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis; aka Problem, Reaction, Solution. If so, then it just hasn't become enough of a problem yet. When it can be called a "crisis" in the media, then naturally the solution will be to give the federal government just a little more power so they can fix it right up for us.
You can't have it both ways. Most patents on
So why in the world would you REJECT a spam patent? By all means, GRANT THE PATENT! Let the spammers sue each other into oblivion and reduce the total amount of spam generated.
Have you noticed that most spammers operate outside law? They won't "sue each other". That patent means exactly nothing to them either way.
Sorry to do this, but:
Your post advocates a
( ) technical (X) legislative ( ) market-based ( ) vigilante
approach to fighting spam. Your idea will not work. Here is why it won't work. (One or more of the following may apply to your particular idea, and it may have other flaws which used to vary from state to state before a bad federal law was passed.)
( ) Spammers can easily use it to harvest email addresses
( ) Mailing lists and other legitimate email uses would be affected
(X) No one will be able to find the guy or collect the money
( ) It is defenseless against brute force attacks
( ) It will stop spam for two weeks and then we'll be stuck with it
( ) Users of email will not put up with it
( ) Microsoft will not put up with it
( ) The police will not put up with it
(X) Requires too much cooperation from spammers
( ) Requires immediate total cooperation from everybody at once
( ) Many email users cannot afford to lose business or alienate potential employers
( ) Spammers don't care about invalid addresses in their lists
(X) Anyone could anonymously destroy anyone else's career or business
Specifically, your plan fails to account for
( ) Laws expressly prohibiting it
(X) Lack of centrally controlling authority for email
(X) Open relays in foreign countries
( ) Ease of searching tiny alphanumeric address space of all email addresses
(X) Asshats
(X) Jurisdictional problems
( ) Unpopularity of weird new taxes
( ) Public reluctance to accept weird new forms of money
( ) Huge existing software investment in SMTP
( ) Susceptibility of protocols other than SMTP to attack
( ) Willingness of users to install OS patches received by email
(X) Armies of worm riddled broadband-connected Windows boxes
( ) Eternal arms race involved in all filtering approaches
(X) Extreme profitability of spam
( ) Joe jobs and/or identity theft
( ) Technically illiterate politicians
(X) Extreme stupidity on the part of people who do business with spammers
(X) Dishonesty on the part of spammers themselves
( ) Bandwidth costs that are unaffected by client filtering
( ) Outlook
and the following philosophical objections may also apply:
(X) Ideas similar to yours are easy to come up with, yet none have ever
been shown practical
( ) Any scheme based on opt-out is unacceptable
( ) SMTP headers should not be the subject of legislation
( ) Blacklists suck
( ) Whitelists suck
( ) We should be able to talk about Viagra without being censored
( ) Countermeasures should not involve wire fraud or credit card fraud
( ) Countermeasures should not involve sabotage of public networks
( ) Countermeasures must work if phased in gradually
( ) Sending email should be free
( ) Why should we have to trust you and your servers?
( ) Incompatiblity with open source or open source licenses
(X) Feel-good measures do nothing to solve the problem
( ) Temporary/one-time email addresses are cumbersome
( ) I don't want the government reading my email
(X) Killing them that way is not slow and painful enough
Furthermore, this is what I think about you:
(X) Sorry dude, but I don't think it would work.
( ) This is a stupid idea, and you're a stupid person for suggesting it.
( ) Nice try, assh0le! I'm going to find out where you live and burn your
house down!
In both cases, once you patent something, there is a net loss in the number of people doing it. We have observed this time and time again in the industry.
Which is in the case of a patent for spamming really beneficial for society (so it is a shame that this patent hasn't been granted, these patent trolls could do something good once in their life by suing a successful spammer), but quite the opposite of what patents are supposed to achieve.
If brevity is the soul of wit, then how does one explain Twitter?
Clearly your example disproves the existence of the soul.
So you're saying you're using hotmail?
Spam is already illegal. Hooray, no more spam!~
[citation needed] pretty sure most spam is not illegal.
Citation: CAN-SPAM Act [wikipedia.org]
Thanks; yeah, I sort of assumed everyone would know about that. Per the CAN-SPAM Act, spam (typical "unsolicited business e-mail") is banned.
Yeah, and one of the things it has to do is provide a means of unsubscription and honour such requests. (If I'm not mistaken.)
If I could actually unsubscribe from spam, I wouldn't so much mind getting it, because after a relatively short time I wouldn't be getting it anymore, or at least to a much lesser extent.
Even if it just had truthful information in the headers, it would be immensely easier to detect and block.
Spam is illegal, at least in my country.
Of course lawyers already jumped the train and started to sue everyone that sent them emails without them asking for it...
...to assign the patent to an anti-spam organization, then watch as they sue spammers into oblivion for patent infringement!
It must be a LHC karma thing, but it seems that the only patents declared as "too obvious" are those that may otherwise stop annoying or bad behavior.
If spammers were in areas where they'd be subject to litigation then they'd be breaking the law (spam is illegal, after all) and you'd stop them that way. No need for goofy patents awarded to unrelated parties.
Of course if it was granted, it would be licensed so it would not stop spam. But......
the licensee of the patents would be identifiable, hopefully allowing the identification of the spammers.
Of course if it was granted, it would be licensed so it would not stop spam. But...... the licensee of the patents would be identifiable, hopefully allowing the identification of the spammers.
Judging by the disregard spammers already show for the law and how far they go to cloak their identities I highly doubt that this patent would have dented the market if it had been upheld.
The answer may seem obvious but does the grant of a patent really give implicit legal license of use?
If so, then I don't think they care so much about the patent so much so at the grant of the patent could maybe be used to legitimize and legalize part of the process of spamming.
No, one part alone wouldn't work but if part of the entire process could be segmented and patented?
Moseley et al, Mastering Microsoft Office 97 professional edition, 1997, SYBEX Inc., 2nd edition, p. 811-816.*
Can anyone explain what a spam-propagation method has to do with MS office 97?
From the excerpt you are giving, it looks as if it is the title of a book. May not have anything to do with MS but just about an obscure book.
The one time I want a patent issued to help retard things and the system does the right thing and rejects it on obviousness. Well maybe they just forgot they could do that and from now on obviousness *will* matter.
Damn straight. Communism and corruption are not mutually exclusive!
The patent is basically for an electronic mail distribution system that tracks if emails have been opened, etc. It does specify that the subscribers should be members of an opt-in list, which would preclude UCE. Of course it could be used to nefarious ends by having a spammer submit the addresses as if they were opted in, but it's initial purpose doesn't seem to be one of sending UCE.
This patent isn't about "spam" per say, but rather bulk e-mails. While spam is completely unsolicited, bulk mail may include necessary mailings, such as companies who e-mail your w-2's or something along those lines for tax time. Also, the article suggests using e-mail lists, while many spammers just generate random e-mail addresses. This patent would be much further reaching than just spammers, but rather affect every single company that sends out e-mails to its consumer lists (ie. pretty much every compan
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A year ago, the Nottingham High School wrestling team had arguably its greatest seasons in program history with a school-record 19 wins and a trip to sectionals.
So what can the Swamprats do for an encore? Believe it or not, put together a season that could possibly be even better.
Returning virtually intact, Nottingham is primed for another monster season and is among the best teams in all of Mercer County. Also on the Valley Division front, keep an eye on Hightstown, which has some obvious strengths and will be a tough dual-match opponent.
Coach: Justin Kloc.
Last year; (5-9).
106: Sertcan Ercag (So.)/Damian Mayoros (So.)
113: Chris Bohorquez (Jr.)/Antonio Pontani (Jr.)
119: Omar Tejada (Fr.)
126: Nick Cecala (Sr.)
132: Tyrone Benavides (Jr.)/Hamza Chaudary (So.)
138: Mike Mahon (So.)/Chris Stout (Fr.);
145: Shahzeb Sohail (Jr.)
152: Darius Miller (Sr.)/Billy Eversburg (Jr.)/Ashton Lester (Jr.)
160: J.P. Cruz (Fr.)
189: Victor Marmol (Jr.)/Jon Palacios (Jr.)/Chris Baughman (Fr.)/Tyler Maynard (Fr.)
220: Nick Kinter (Jr.)
Strengths: Cecala is the top returning starter after going 14-8 and taking a third at districts. Bohroquez is coming off a 13-8 season in which he also advanced to Region VII. Miller was 16-7 a year.
Outlook: The Hornets looked like they might have a decent team, but that was before three-time state qualifier Jared Staub transferred to a Shore Conference school and district champ Anthony Kubish (22-4) transferred to Steinert. There will be some bright spots on an individual basis, but Hamilton�s inexperience will make it hard to be successful as a team.
Coach: Mike Russo.
Last year: (20-7), No. 17 ranking in area.
106: Jordan Munoz (Jr.)
113: Jeff Weingast (Jr.)
120: Pratik Patel (Sr.)
126: Kevin Medina (Sr.)
132: Johnny Cox (Sr.)
138: Bubba Walsh (Jr.)
145: Joe Willett (Sr.)
152: Sigfredo Garcia (Sr.)
152: Giover Munoz (Fr.)
152/160: Nick Mitchell (Sr.)
160/170: Angel Kargbo (So.)
160/170: Mark Collette (Sr.)
182/195: Michael Vetick (Sr.)
182/195: Joey DeCristofaro
195/220: Adam Perez (Jr.)
220: Terrence Powell (Sr.)
Hvy: Ryan Geraty (So.)
Strengths: The Rams are going to be very tough in the upperweights. DeCristofaro remains a huge force after going 36-6, taking a first at districts and finishing second at regions. He is also a pinner with over 20 falls last year. Kargbo showed all kinds of promise as a freshman with 24 wins. Collette won 14 bouts, while Mitchell was 25-12. There�s also some talent down below. Weingast was 16-18, Patel was 19-15 and Medina was 28-10. Cox won 14 bouts as well.
Outlook: Although Hightstown does not appear quite as formidable as Nottingham and several other CVC powers, it is not very far behind. The team is going to again win a ton of matches and has a shot of a sectional berth.
Coach: Jason �The Rock� Marasco.
Last Season: (19-5), CVC Valley Division champions, Central Jersey Group III qualifier, No. 9 ranking in the area.
106: Christos Nyktas (Jr.)
113/120: Josh Magee (Jr.)/Hamzah Mohammed (Jr.)
126: Hector Davila (Sr.)/Jordan Lebo (Jr.)
132: Justin Dempsey (Sr.)/Jacob Kouroume (Sr.)/Justin Varvar (Sr.)/Arthur Johnson (So).
138: Pat Bruno (Jr.)/Jahi Coleman (Sr.)/Nick DeMarie (Jr.)
145/152: John Pinos (Sr.)/Tyler McKeon (Sr.)/Jahi Coleman
160: Waleed Abouelela (Sr.)/Kevin Simon (Sr.)
170: Jared Lavarra (Sr.)
195/220: Wroway Williams (Jr.)/Hector Comulado (Sr.)/Kevin Meneus (Jr.)
285: Kevin Ronan (Jr.)/Jervaugn Davis (Sr.)/Reggie Charles (Sr.)
Strengths: With a ton of starters back, the Swamprats are loaded with experience. The team is particularly formidable up top. Williams was 26-6 a year ago with over 20 pins and was second at District 25. Meneus was 16-12, and Commulado was 17-12 with a third at districts. Another big gun is Aboulela, who went 22-4 and was second at districts. Other returning starters include Magee (19-11), Mohammed (11-10), Davilla (17-7, third at districts), Lebo (13-9), Kouroume (12 wins), Dempsey (21-12, third at districts), Pinos and Lavarra.
Outlook: If it remains healthy and fits into the right weights, this team could be Nottingham�s best ever. It is favored to win its division and has the potential to roll with anyone in the county.
Coach: Rashone Johnson.
Last year: (10-14)
106: Mike Stenz (Fr.)
120: Thomas Miers (So.)
126: Patrick Sockler (So.)
132: Will Miesel (Jr.)
140: Landis Hacket (So.)
152: Trevon Molder (Jr.)
160: David Klinges (Sr.)
170: Micheal Malyszek (Jr.)
170: James Gates (Jr.)
195: Victor Bell (So.)
Hvy: Will Harrison (Sr.)
Strengths: Klinges is coming off a solid season in which he went 24-15. Miers, Sockler and Hackett were all in double-digit wins last season.
Outlook: The Little Tigers have come on a bit the last few years, but have been rocked by graduation. The team is young and will get better as the year progresses.


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Personally, I don't see low turnover as a good thing. To me, that signals that a company is willing to hold on to dead weight in order to avoid the uncomfortable situation of firing. (Or, perhaps, that management is unwilling to admit that they make hiring mistakes.)That said, I think a desirable workplace is one with clear goals & standards for employees, with honest, compassionate management that rewards innovation and results.
I never said high turnover is goodin fact, I see that as a red flag to jump ship even *more* than no/low turnover. I also don't recall saying that it's bad for people to stay at a company for a long timealthough it is often difficult to tell the difference from the outside between company loyalty and the person who has entrenched themselves deeply in a company to hide their mediocrity.There is always a happy medium.
He is constantly berated, told that his productivity--while well above average--is not good enough, told that he is worthless and replaceable, and literally screamed at for any and every minor infraction.
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