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UK's first LEGAL red light district open
BRITAIN has an area where prostitutes can work without fear of arrest.
The Holbeck area of Leeds, West Yorks, will see police turning a blind eye to sex work between the hours of 7pm and 7am.
It is the first red light district to be implemented in the UK.
Leeds started trailing the idea of a managed prostitution area in October 2014.
There has been controversy over the decision to let the scheme carry on indefinitely.
Sex worker Daria Pionko was found dead inside the "managed area" three weeks ago.
A 24-year-old man is currently awaiting trial for her murder.
The zone was set up when it was found that police action against sex workers was failing to reduce levels of prostitution.
It allows prostitutes to work as long they abide by certain rules.
Superintendent Sam Millar said: "Our job is to keep people safe and that applies when people put themselves in risky situations.
"Sex work is high risk and that is not something we should ignore.
"Having gone through years and years of enforcement, which hasn't achieved the outcomes of breaking the cycle of sex work, we wanted to do something different which might help us better achieve those outcomes, to be brave and take some risks."


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Wilbur was born in New York City and grew up in North Caldwell, New Jersey.[2] He graduated from Montclair High School in 1938, having worked on the school newspaper as a student there.[3] He graduated from Amherst College in 1942 and then served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1945 during World War II. After the Army and graduate school at Harvard University, Wilbur taught at Wellesley College, then Wesleyan University for two decades and at Smith College for another decade. At Wesleyan, he was instrumental in founding the award-winning poetry series of the University Press.[4][5] He received two Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry and, as of 2009, teaches at Amherst College.[6] He is also on the editorial board of the literary magazine The Common, based at Amherst College.[7]
When only 8 years old, Wilbur published his first poem in John Martin's Magazine.[8] His first book, The Beautiful Changes and Other Poems, appeared in 1947. Since then he has published several volumes of poetry, including New and Collected Poems (Faber, 1989). Wilbur is also a translator, specializing in the 17th century French comedies of Molière and the dramas of Jean Racine. His translation of Tartuffe has become the standard English version of the play, and has been presented on television twice (a 1978 production is available on DVD.) In addition to publishing poetry and translations, he has also published several children's books including Opposites, More Opposites, and The Disappearing Alphabet.
Continuing the tradition of Robert Frost and W. H. Auden, Wilbur's poetry finds illumination in everyday experiences. Less well-known is Wilbur's foray into lyric writing. He provided lyrics to several songs in Leonard Bernstein's 1956 musical, Candide, including the famous "Glitter and Be Gay" and "Make Our Garden Grow." He has also produced several unpublished works including "The Wing" and "To Beatrice".
His honors include the 1983 Drama Desk Special Award and the PEN Translation Prize for his translation of The Misanthrope, both the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the National Book Award for Things of This World (1956),[9] the Edna St Vincent Millay award, the Bollingen Prize, and the Chevalier, Ordre des Palmes Académiques. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1959.[10] In 1987 Wilbur became the second poet, after Robert Penn Warren, to be named U.S. Poet Laureate after the position's title was changed from Poetry Consultant. In 1988, he won the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry and then in 1989 he won a second Pulitzer, this one for his New and Collected Poems. On October 14, 1994, he received the National Medal of Arts from President Bill Clinton. He also received the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation in 1994. In 2003, Wilbur was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.[11] In 2006, Wilbur won the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. In 2010 he won the National Translation Award for the translation of The Theatre of Illusion by Pierre Corneille. In 2012, Yale conferred an honorary degree, Doctor of Letters, on Wilbur.


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text: From Research to Practice: EnhanceFitness, an Innovative Community-Based Senior Exercise ProgramBelza, Basia PhD, RN, FAAN; Snyder, Susan MS; Thompson, Meghan; LoGerfo, James MD, MPH, FACP Section Editor(s): Lewis, Carole B. DPT, PT, GTC, GCS, MSG, MPA, PhD, FAPTA; Editor Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation: October/December 2010 - Volume 26 - Issue 4 - p 299–309 doi: 10.1097/TGR.0b013e3181fee69e Original Article Abstract Author Information Successful health promotion and disease prevention efforts require not only the development of evidence-based programs but also the broad dissemination of those programs. In this article, we trace the development and dissemination of an evidence-based exercise program for older adults, EnhanceFitness (EF). We summarize its effectiveness, describe its adoption by partners, and highlight best practices related to program maintenance. We organize the article around a program planning and evaluation framework called RE-AIM. The EF enterprise remains robust because of its scientific evidence (it works), easy replicability, low-cost, strong advocates, timely technical assistance, and affiliation with an academic partner. Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems (Dr Belza), Health Promotion Research Center, Department of Health Services (Drs Belza and LoGerfo), University of Washington, Seattle; and Senior Services, Seattle, Washington (Mss Snyder and Thompson). Correspondence: Basia Belza, PhD, RN, FAAN, Health Promotion Research Center, University of Washington, 1107 NE 45th St, Ste 200, Seattle, WA 98105 (firstname.lastname@example.com). We thank participants, staff, instructors, researchers, and advocates of EnhanceFitness who have been instrumental in helping the program grow to what it is today and believe in what it can still become. Marianne LoGerfo, the director of the Northshore Senior Center when EnhanceFitness was initially introduced at the Center. This project was partially funded by: (1) the Prevention Research Centers Program of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, under cooperative agreement number U48/DP000050 to the University of Washington Health Promotion Research Center; and (2) Department of Health and Human Services—Administration on Aging, sponsor award number 90OP0001/01 to Texas A & M. The contents of this article are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or Department of Health and Human Services. © 2010 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.


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my living room has a lot of greens and whites and so i was inspired to make this container. in my entry from the other day i explain how i have always wanted to make a rose ribbon. so, ta-da… here is the final project. i'm still not sure what i'll place in the pot, but if my kitchen were these colors, it might make it a napkin holder. this design has a garden feel, so most likely will end up in my living room. i hope to post before and after photos next month. in the meantime here is how you make the project.
here are the supplies you'll need…
i love this brown burlap! it comes in some many natural colors. cut out a piece like this.
i scrunched the ribbon in the middle and then wrapped my daughter's hair band around the middle of it to hold it in place.
then place the pearl pins into the burlap and glue down a gingham ribbon on top.
as this point you would make your ribbon rose. please refer to my january 11th entry, https://happyhappynester.com/2013/01/rose-ribbon-ive-always-wanted-to-make/
i bought rose ribbon that has 3 rows of flowers. since this ribbon would cover too much of the pail, i choose to wrap the top row of roses over into the inside of the pail. i then glued the ribbon to the pail. here is the amazon link for the ribbon. rose ribbon
view from the inside. as you can see the inside is lined with plastic, so i could place a plant in this container.
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4. Contrast Antonio's loans to Bassanio with Shylock's loan to Antonio and Bassanio.
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Fall is here and I am always looking for a hearty soup to serve for dinner! While finishing up the 3 Day Refresh, I was looking to make a vegan soup with ingredients I had in the pantry. I came up with this delicious soup! It was a family approved recipe and incorporated one of my favorite spices, turmeric.
Turmeric, a spice found commonly in Indian cuisine, has powerful anti-inflammatory properties. According to University of Maryland Medical Center, turmeric can be helpful in reducing symptoms associated with many conditions including indigestion, ulcerative colitis, arthritis and heart disease. Read more here. One of my favorite super food gurus, Darin Olien, discusses the benefits of turmeric here as well!
As I created this soup, I realized I embrace the "Rachel Ray" style of cooking. Rather than measuring out every ingredient, I add a bit of this, then a sprinkle of that, a bit more broth, etc. Thankfully, soup is very forgiving and exact measurements are for the birds!
Ingredient List
- One butternut squash
- Half of one large onion- chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic- minced
- 1 tablespoon of turmeric
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 cups of water
- 1 cup of vegetable broth
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees
- Cut butternut squash in half, remove seeds and place cut side down on a foiled lined baking sheet
- Roast for 40 minutes
- Meanwhile, in a medium stock pot, saute garlic and onions until soft.
- When squash is roasted, scoop from skin and add to pot
- Slowly add water, broth, turmeric, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil and then reduce to simmer.
- Serve warm topped with some fresh sage!
~You could use an immersion blender to blend. I prefer texture to soups and left the the chunks of garlic and onion!
~The soup would be great topped with a bit of fresh Parmesan cheese or add crumbled sausage to the pot if you are not vegan!
That's it folks! Super simple, family friendly fall soup.
I served this soup with a simple side salad.
Have you used turmeric? I would love to hear recipes!
4 Comments on Butternut Squash and Turmeric Soup
YESS to all of this! Butternut squash is my favorite and of course turmeric! I will definitely be trying out this recipe 🙂
This sounds so good! I cook to taste too. Not easy to share recipes that way. Going to try this week. Thanks!
Sounds fantastic! I'm going to be trying this today or tomorrow! Thanks!!


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Many weeks ago, when eating was a nauseating challenge, my Mother recommended eating lots of snacks. Dining hall life stripped me of a desire to snack. I prefer eating really large meals. (And eating them with great big "Papou bites.") My tendencies were not compatible with morning sickness.
My Mama suggested taking some fruit and yogurt in addition to my lunch. Blech. Anything sweet sounded gross. "How about cheese and crackers?" she offered so patiently. Bingo. That sounded GOOD. And nothing had sounded good, except turkey sandwiches with white bread.
I fell into a wonderful habit of bringing cheese and crackers along with me to work everyday. I would manage to get breakfast down and then I ate the snack at 10:30 which actually made it easier to swallow lunch. When the hospital visits commenced morning sickness was long gone, but I had kept up the cracker habit. Bed rest discombobulated everything, but third trimester hungriness has brought the crackers back.
The crackers were the same everyday: my all time favorites, Triscuits.
Once while vacationing in the Turtle Racing Capital of the World I consumed an entire box of Triscuits in one sitting. Along with several glasses of milk and a thick stack of old Archie comics. This is more impressive when you realize that I was probably 7 or 8 years old at the time. (Probably the same year I ate a record setting 14 Swedish meatballs.) I realize now that this probably bothered my family. It's the only time I remember ever having truly "spoiled" my appetite for dinner. It was also probably annoying because other people might have wanted some Triscuits.
Honestly, my morning sickness mending crackers weren't really Triscuits. I actually paired my sharp cheddar with "A-Tasket"s.
Note: This is NOT my photo. I've never tried cheese out of a can and I do not like Cream Soda.
A-Taskets taste just like Triscuits and cost about one-third as much. Before Little Cap joined us, Eric and I got into a good habit of planning a week's worth of meals on Saturday and then grocery shopping on Sunday, which eliminated the need for middle-of-the week trips and kept us from excessive spending. We are a two store family, each week hitting Hyde Park Produce for produce and any deli needs, and then making our way to Save-A-Lot for most everything else.
Save-A-Lot is fun because almost everything there is Save-A-Lot brand. However, unlike some "store brand" stores the products don't shout "Save-A-Lot." Instead, they're cleverly disguised. Some simply look like a brand you've never seen before, but others are made to look like their name brand counterparts. Like A-Taskets. "A-Tasket" makes you think "A Tisket" which sounds a lot like Triscuit. They're clever, those Save-A-Lotters, and I think they're funny.
Unfortunately, someone seems to have thought differently. I haven't seen evidence at the store since bed rest has forced Eric to enter the grocery jungle all by his lonesome, but it appears that my A-Taskets are GONE. They've been replaced by "J. Higgs Woven Wheats".
Woven Wheats? Where did they get such a lame moniker? Even canned tomatoes at Save-A-Lot are prefaced by their "brand name" of "Diane's Garden". And my beloved crackers can't get more than "J. Higgs"?
I searched the internet to no avail. I can't tell if Nabisco had some kind of issue with the name A Tasket. I can't bring myself to think that the powers at Save-A-Lot changed such a sweet cracker name without cause. And I like to believe that whatever the reason was, they went down fighting.
Uh… not a lot is going on here at Bed Rest Central. I suppose that's evident from my interest in cracker names.
We have had some wonderful visits. Claire came to visit me so Eric could escape with Anthony and introduce him to sushi. And Zhao and Ethan came bearing kabobs, lentils, baba ganoush, salad and dolmades. So tasty, and wonderful company too! The crochet hooks have gotten more action, and the librivox library of audio books has proven a wonderful tool to pass the hours.
Eric's Spanish studies continue, and I learned this evening that the word for "hope" and the word for "wait" are the same thing in Spanish, "esperar". Bed rest in one word!
Little Cap and I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow so there's sure to be another update soon.
Tags: Anthony, bed rest, bedrest, Cedars of Lebanon, cheese and crackers, Claire, Diane's Garden, Hyde Park Produce, J. Higgs, librivox, morning sickness, Nabisco, papou, Save A Lot, shopping, Spanish, sushi, Swedish meatballs, turtles


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I'm working on improving my composition skills. I'm taking a class and the instructor suggested Andrew Loomis' book "Creative Illustration". I read this years ago and am re-reading it. There's so much useful information crammed in its pages!
Anyway, I thought I'd share a few other resources I've found helpful for composition. There are TONS of resources out there and these are what I've found so far...
"Creative Illustration" by Andrew Loomis. Chock full of helpful information. Luckily it was republished in 2012
"Picture This: How Pictures Work" by Molly Bang. If you're not keen on classic composition, give this book a try. She approaches some principles of composition in a more hands-on, pictorial way. You'll need some construction paper and a glue stick to experiment with the exercises. I found this worth while.
James Gurney has interesting and informative posts on his blog. He has a series about composition http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2009/09/eye-tracking-and-composition-part-1.html. He mentions "Pictorial Composition: An Introduction" by Henry Rankin Poore (a Dover Publication) which is a more traditional take on composition and then explores eyetracking of pictures through scientific study to test some of the traditional composition "rules". It's a very interesting read!
"Composition: A Series of Exercises in Art Structure for the Use of Students and Teachers" by Arthur Wesley Dow. He covers the idea of Notan and value design. I'd like to revisit this one.
"The Five C's of Cinematography" by Joseph V. Mascelli. I forget where I saw this book suggested, it might have been James Gurney's blog. It's a helpful, different way to look at composing a picture. I haven't finished reading the book yet but what I have read was useful - thinking about where my "camera" is within or outside the scene.
Stapleton Kearns, a professional landscape painter, suggested this book, "Composition of Outdoor Painting" by Edgar Payne. I borrowed it from the library and made my way through a good chunk of it before it was due. What I read I found very helpful and insightful, especially the parts regarding choosing what you want to emphasize in your picture instead of trying to record nature as it is. Mr. Kearns also has an interesting art blog.
If you have other resources you've found useful, please post them in the comments. I'd love to know about them.


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Viola Davis Delivers Oscar-Winning Performance in Adaptation of August Wilson Classic
Back in 1987, Fences won both the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. The August Wilson classic, set in the Pittsburgh in the Fifties, chronicled the day-to-day struggle of a blue-collar, African-American family. The production was brought back to Broadway in 2010, and it landed the Tony for Best Revival in addition to ones for Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in the Best Actor and Best Actress categories.
Directed by Denzel, this adaptation reunites him with Viola (in an Oscar-winning performance) and the rest of the principal cast, including Mykelti Williamson, Stephen Henderson and Russell Hornsby. This faithful version of the Wilson masterpiece doesn't attempt to amplify the original beyond a few tweaks made in service of the cinematic medium.
The story revolves around the unenviable trials and tribulations of Troy (Washington), a 53 year-old garbage man who aspires to someday being promoted to truck driver. Trouble is, he's "colored," and that relatively-lofty position has, to date, been strictly reserved for whites. So, Troy and his BFF/co-worker Bono (Stephen Henderson) have to settle for grumbling about the racism that has kept them at the bottom of the totem pole.
Now Troy didn't always have such modest dreams. In his youth, he'd exhibited promise as a baseball player. However, his hope of turning pro disappeared in a flash the day he was sent up the river for committing a murder. He did still try out for the major leagues when he was paroled at 40, but that belated attempt proved to be little more than an exercise in futility.
As a result, Troy tends to soak his woes in alcohol, drinking hard liquor straight from the bottle. This doesn't sit well with his long-suffering wife, Rose (Davis), who is understandably worried her man might drink himself to death. The picture's other pivotal characters include the couple's teenage son (Jovan Adepo), Troy's trifling adult son (Hornsby) from his first marriage, and Troy's mentally-challenged brother, Gabe (Williamson), a wounded World War II vet left with a metal plate in his head.
The plot thickens when Troy informs Rose that he not only has a mistress but has knocked her up, to boot. Will this be the proverbial last straw that finally breaks the back of their shaky relationship? After all, putting up with an underachieving alcoholic is one thing, a flagrant philander, quite another.
Reviving familiar roles which are obviously second nature to them, veterans Denzel and Viola again turn in emotionally-provocative performances. A poignant period piece painting a plausible picture of black life in the inner city prior to the advent of the Civil Rights Movement.
Excellent (4 stars)
Rated PG-13 for profanity, ethnic slurs, mature themes and sexual references
Running time: 138 minutes
Distributor: Paramount Home Entertainment
Blu-ray Extras: Feature film in high definition; Expanding the Audience: From Stage to Screen; The Company of Fences; Building Fences: Denzel Washington; Playing the Part: Rose Maxson; and August Wilson's Hill District.
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text: On Fri, Jun 27 2014 at 9:02am -0400, Bart Van Assche <bvanassche acm org> wrote: > Hello, > > While running a cable pull simulation test with dm_multipath on top of > the SRP initiator driver I noticed that after a few iterations I/O locks > up instead of dm_multipath processing the path failure properly (see also > below for a call trace). At least kernel versions 3.15 and 3.16-rc2 are > vulnerable. This issue does not occur with kernel 3.14. I have tried to > bisect this but gave up when I noticed that I/O locked up completely with > a kernel built from git commit ID e809917735ebf1b9a56c24e877ce0d320baee2ec > (dm mpath: push back requests instead of queueing). But with the bisect I > have been able to narrow down this issue to one of the patches in "Merge > tag 'dm-3.15-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ > device-mapper/linux-dm". Does anyone have a suggestion how to analyze this > further or how to fix this ? > > Thanks, > > Bart. > > systemd-udevd D ffff880831b58000 0 9926 356 0x00000006 > ffff8807f8bb79b8 0000000000000002 ffff880831b58000 ffff8807f8bb7fd8 > 00000000000131c0 00000000000131c0 ffff88083b490000 ffff88085fc53ad0 > ffff88085ff6bf38 ffff8807f8bb7a40 0000000000000002 ffffffff81135bd0 > Call Trace: > [<ffffffff814bba8d>] io_schedule+0x9d/0x130 > [<ffffffff81135bde>] sleep_on_page+0xe/0x20 > [<ffffffff814bc0d8>] __wait_on_bit_lock+0x48/0xb0 > [<ffffffff81135cea>] __lock_page+0x6a/0x70 > [<ffffffff811471df>] truncate_inode_pages_range+0x3ff/0x690 > [<ffffffff81147485>] truncate_inode_pages+0x15/0x20 > [<ffffffff811d2f85>] kill_bdev+0x35/0x40 > [<ffffffff811d4509>] __blkdev_put+0x69/0x1b0 > [<ffffffff811d4fb0>] blkdev_put+0x50/0x160 > [<ffffffff811d5175>] blkdev_close+0x25/0x30 > [<ffffffff81199eda>] __fput+0xea/0x1f0 > [<ffffffff8119a02e>] ____fput+0xe/0x10 > [<ffffffff81074d9c>] task_work_run+0xac/0xe0 > [<ffffffff8104ff37>] do_exit+0x2c7/0xc60 > [<ffffffff81051c7c>] do_group_exit+0x4c/0xc0 > [<ffffffff81064261>] get_signal_to_deliver+0x2e1/0x940 > [<ffffffff81002528>] do_signal+0x48/0x630 > [<ffffffff81002b81>] do_notify_resume+0x71/0xc0 > [<ffffffff814c1918>] int_signal+0x12/0x17 (we've seen sync on last close cause problems when the block device isn't reachable). Any other threads that look suspect in output from?: echo t > /proc/sysrq-trigger Can you provide your dmsetup table output for the relevant mpath device? Are you using queue_if_no_path? Also, AFAIK you don't use multipath-tools, but if by some chance you do please provide your multipath.conf. I'll attempt to reproduce. But I'm almost tempted to just revert _all_ of 3.15's dm-mpath changes, and only reintroduce them once they can pass your testing. I'd like to avoid that, so Hannes and/or Jun'ichi, it is time for looking at this seriously.. any help would be very appreciated. For starters, have you guys done cable pull tests with > 3.15 ?


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- Home
- Rehabilitation
- Home Health
- Assisted Living
Marywood Circle facilities are located on a thirty-four-acre campus that is the home of the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids.
Guests and residents find respite here, amid rolling hills aside a peaceful pond. Leafy trees sway over blooming gardens. In addition to its attractive natural features, the Marywood campus also includes beautiful structures, some of historical and spiritual significance.


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The vendor (Telestream) provides the following description of the software:
Flip4Mac™ WMV is a collection of QuickTime components that allow you to play, import, and export Windows Media video and audio files on your Mac using your favorite QuickTime-based applications.
WMV files use the Advanced
Systems Format (ASF) container format, originally supported for Macintosh systems via Microsoft's
"Windows Media Player
for Mac". Since Microsoft decided to stop development of it's Mac-port of WM Player, Flip4Mac became
the 'endorsed', somehow official solution.
It fails to properly handle WMV files with a crafted ASF_File_Properties_Object size field, leading to an exploitable memory corruption condition, which can be abused remotely for arbitrary code execution.
ASF_File_Properties_Object: 8CABDCA1-A947-11CF-8EE4-00C00C205365 71494647607722088 112 --| GUID 0x70: A1 DC AB 8C 47 A9 CF 11 8E E4 00 C0 0C 20 53 65 ----/ 0x80: 68 00 00 FF 00 00 00 00 63 79 0C 20 28 50 D5 11 [size at 0x80]
See the 'Debugging information' section for further details.
Affected versions
Verified with QuickTime™ Player Version 7.1.3 and Windows Media ® Components for Quicktime Version 188.8.131.52, on Mac OS X 10.4.8 (8L2127), x86.
Proof of concept, exploit or instructions to reproduce
The sample proof of concept provided shows saved eip being overwritten with a bogus address (it's known to not work on PowerPC, as the conditions are slightly different).
Debugging information
The following debugging information shows Quicktime triggering the issue when opening the provided proof of concept WMV file.
Program received signal EXC_BAD_ACCESS, Could not access memory. Reason: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at address: 0xff3472b0 0xffff0b08 in ___memcpy () at /System/..../i386/cpu_capabilities.h:228 228 in /System/Library/Frameworks/System.framework/PrivateHeaders/i386/cpu_capabilities.h (gdb) back #0 0xffff0b08 in ___memcpy () at /System/..../i386/cpu_capabilities.h:228 #1 0xff000050 in ?? () #2 0x011ae3ff in MjpgDecompressorComponentDispatch () #3 0x011b2504 in MjpgDecompressorComponentDispatch () #4 0x011af955 in MjpgDecompressorComponentDispatch () #5 0x0101d617 in MmsDataHandlerComponentDispatch () #6 0x011b1791 in MjpgDecompressorComponentDispatch () #7 0x0100dc82 in AsfMovieImportComponentDispatch () #8 0x01013c28 in AsfMovieImportComponentDispatch () #9 0x90cccf6e in CallComponentFunctionCommon () #10 0x0100b005 in AsfMovieImportComponentDispatch () #11 0x90ccca3c in CallComponentDispatch () #12 0x94390dc6 in MovieImportDataRef () #13 0x0100a45f in dyld_stub_TECGetEncodingList () #14 0x90cccf6e in CallComponentFunctionCommon () #15 0x0100b005 in AsfMovieImportComponentDispatch () #16 0x90ccca3c in CallComponentDispatch () #17 0x943b7656 in MovieImportFile () #18 0x943b749c in newMovieFromFileFromComponent () #19 0x9430678d in getNewMovieFromFileUsingImporters () #20 0x94306131 in NewMovieFromFilePriv () #21 0x94302778 in NewMovieFromDataRefPriv_priv () #22 0x9430145e in NewMovieFromProperties_priv () #23 0x95a2e980 in -[QTMovie initWithAttributes:error:] () #24 0x95a2cf91 in +[QTMovie movieWithAttributes:error:] () #25 0x0000ad3b in -[QTPMovieDocument readFromFile:ofType:] () #26 0x0000ac08 in -[QTPMovieDocument initWithContentsOfFile:ofType:isHotPicks:] () #27 0x00013153 in -[QTPMovieDocument initWithContentsOfFile:ofType:] () #28 0x934fd82b in -[NSDocumentController(NSDeprecated) makeDocumentWithContentsOfFile:ofType:] () #29 0x93541c31 in -[NSDocumentController(NSDeprecated) _openDocumentFileAt:display:] () #30 0x00012ee9 in -[QTPApplicationDelegate openFiles:openInNewPlayer:] () #31 0x00012daf in -[QTPApplicationDelegate application:openFiles:] () #32 0x9326ad3b in -[NSApplication _doOpenFile:ok:tryTemp:] () #33 0x93268305 in -[NSApplication finishLaunching] () #34 0x93267c29 in -[NSApplication run] () #35 0x9325bd2f in NSApplicationMain () #36 0x0004040a in _start () #37 0x00040325 in start () (gdb) x/x $esp 0xbfffe3f0: 0xff000050
The saved eip for the current frame has been overwritten with a bogus address:
(gdb) i f Stack level 0, frame at 0xbfffe3f8: eip = 0xffff0b08 in ___memcpy (/System/.../cpu_capabilities.h:228); saved eip 0xff000050 called by frame at 0xbfffe400 source language unknown. Arglist at 0xbfffe3f0, args: Locals at 0xbfffe3f0, Previous frame's sp is 0xbfffe3f4 Saved registers: eip at 0xbfffe3f0 (gdb) x/x 0xff000050 0xff000050: Cannot access memory at address 0xff000050 (gdb) x/10 0xbfffe3f0 0xbfffe3f0: 0xff000050 0xbfffe458 0xbfffe418 0x011ae3ff 0xbfffe400: 0x00347270 0x01836a70 0xff000050 0x90002448 0xbfffe410: 0x00347250 0xbfffe470 (gdb) DM 0x00347250 40 Displaying memory from 00347250 00347250: A8DA 2001 0100 0000 A1DC AB8C 47A9 CF11 .. .........G... 00347260: 8EE4 00C0 0C20 5365 6800 00FF 0000 0000 ..... Seh....... 00347270: 0000 0000 0000 0000 ........
The above stream is actually the content of the WMV file from offset
Exploitation conditions
Given that we can overwrite saved eip (and thus subvert the execution flow) and
provide any payload of our choice by appending it to the WMV file, exploitation for
arbitrary code execution is clearly possible. Although, the conditions for PowerPC
and x86 are slightly different, and thus the same file won't work for both architectures
(this has nothing to do with payload limitations, as we can use one that will work for
both ppc and x86, like nemo's
multi-arch shellcode).
A working exploit for this issue might be developed later today and released as soon as it's been tested and known to be reliable.
Workaround or temporary solution
Disable Flip4Mac and/or automated opening of WMV files, and wait for a patch to be released by the vendor (Telestream).


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Doctor's goal: Restore sight, build faith
By TERRY JONES
© St. Petersburg Times, published February 27, 2001
TARPON SPRINGS -- Wanting to spend time trick waterskiing was the main attraction luring Dr. James P. Gills to the north Pinellas County area. In June 1968, he left his faculty position at the medical college of Duke University and moved to Clearwater.
Now 66, the successful doctor, businessman, Methodist lay minister, athlete and family man hasn't slowed down any.
Although he built a successful ophthalmology practice in Clearwater, he ultimately moved everything to Tarpon Springs and now has offices in five counties. Through the James P. Gills Foundation, he helps restore sight and faith to people in Third World countries.
He is the founder and director of St. Luke's Cataract & Laser Institute and owns other business and professional enterprises. More than 400 people are on his payroll.
As his medical practice, business and real estate ventures continue to grow, he works through his faith, medical skills and business knowledge to give millions of dollars to more than 50 ministries around the world.
"Giving is easy; living is often the hard part," Gills said. "Everything I do is based on my faith in the Lord. When very young, my dad told me I would never really learn to depend upon the Lord, until I had nothing or no one else to depend upon. I have been there and really understand, but some people, especially in Third World countries, stay there, and we help."
Both personal and spiritual health are important to him. Of the 20 books he has written, all are either about improved medical techniques he has helped discover or encouragement for peace of mind and body, living his Christian faith.
In college, he was always involved in competitive athletics, and although he no longer competes, he exercises.
"Eating properly and exercising are two ways to maintain proper health, so I continue to watch my diet and exercise," he said.
Over 20 years, he successfully completed more than 50 marathons, including 18 Boston Marathons, five Hawaii Ironman Triathlons, six double iron triathlons and five 200-mile races.
He became so enamored by the discipline and commitment required of serious endurance athletes that he acquired the World Triathlon Corp. in 1991. The WTC oversees many of the most grueling and prestigious triathlons in the world, including the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon World Championships.
"Everything I do, I want to help draw myself and others closer to the Lord," he said. "Family, athletics, profession, business and writing must be an extention of my relationship with the Lord. My faith doesn't interfere with my lifestyle and profession, it enhances it."
Professional colleagues and civic organizations have given him numerous awards.
In 1994, he was named to Duke University Medical Center's Board of Visitors and to the advisory board of Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute. In 1996, he was honored with the innovator's award by the American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery.
He was also given the Florida Enterprise Award by the Merchants Association of Florida and was named Humanitarian of the Year by the Golda Meir/Kent Jewish Center.
He was named Entrepreneur of the Year for the state of Florida in 1990, inducted into the Tampa Bay Business Hall of Fame in 1993 and received the Tampa Bay Ethics Award from the University of Tampa in 1995. Last year, the Florida Council on Economic Education named him Free Enterpriser of the Year.
Gills and his wife have donated more than a hundred acres of land and several million dollars to build family YMCAs in Hernando and Pasco counties and the James and Heather Gills Family YMCA in St. Petersburg. They have contributed to many other outdoor community parks and nature classrooms.
Currently, Gills is working in cooperation with Christian Blind Missions International. Starting with a $2-million personal contribution, he hopes to raise $28-million to restore sight to 1-million people in Third World countries.
"We are not talking about people with weak eyes or cataracts. This is 1-million people who have to be led around by someone," he said. "The organization already has 1,000 clinics around the world. Can you imagine the impact for the Lord when a million blind people can see? This is really exciting."
Gills no longer takes time to do the trick waterskiing he moved to the bay area to do, but he does continue to exercise. He is happy blending his faith and his profession.
"I am not even thinking of retirement," he said. "I love my profession, and I love the Lord, and I hope to keep caring for and helping people for a long time."
© 2006 • All Rights Reserved • Tampa Bay Times
490 First Avenue South St. Petersburg, FL 33701 727-893-8111
From the Times
Seniority pages


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A Minister's Ghost
A Fever Devilin MysteryFever Devilin (Volume 3)
Phillip Depoy
Minotaur Books
A Minister's Ghost
Transparent as moonlight, silver hair made wires by the wind, an old man stood at the railroad crossing. Midnight had come and gone, a freight train roaring, trailing littered leaves all around him. A cold November air built autumn's derelict mansion with those leaves, his home for the evening, but it was gone with another gust. No shelter for the helpless.
I watched him from my pickup, trying to decide if I should stop and give him a ride. He was shivering, bone white in the damp, dressed in black tatters. The primary shame of our century is that a propensity for human kindness is often kept in check by suspicion, disgust, and fear. I had an impulse to help, but I hesitated.
Just as I determined to offer him a lift, the lights of a semi rose over the ridge in the gathering fog. My eye was distracted for an instant; when I looked back, he was gone, one more old leaf blown away.
The semi clattered by. I turned left to cross the tracks, scanning the trees for some sign of the vagrant traveler. He'd vanished.
Another failing of human beings in this century is an almost complete inability to recognize an omen, even one so obvious. A November ghost is always an omen. I'd been out all day collecting old stories for a new book, ancient lessons for the young millennium. One more lost apparition seemed a fitting punctuation to a long day spent in the past.
The ride up the mountain took longer than usual. Mist turned torain and slowed my progress. The year was old, the night was long, and there's no darkness like a moonless midnight on Blue Mountain. My headlights made valiant effort, but only emphasized the black trees, black road, black air. Occasional lightning made shadows dance in the woods; thunder rattled my truck's windows.
I was glad to see my cabin come into view. The rain was falling harder, and I dashed to the front porch, shielding my ancient Wollensak tape recorder. Inside quickly, fumbling for the switch by the entrance, I managed to hold back the gloom of the night with a little kitchen light and some extra noise setting down the bulky machine.
It was a ridiculous indulgence in nostalgia, the Wollensak, when modern technology was so much more convenient and infinitely more efficient. But Alan Lomax had used a machine just like it to record music and stories that had once filled the mountains, but only existed in the Library of Congress by the end of his lifetime. Sounds that were gone from the American hills forever were captured by that recorder for generations to hear. I fancied my mission was the same: a kind of sonic archaeology, sifting through the sand of boring reminiscence hoping to catch a glimpse of a rare, priceless artifact. Alas, most of my day had been sand, now soggy, and I was exhausted with little to show for my efforts. All I wanted was bed.
No matter how long I stayed away, a few hours or the long years of my university life, I always had the same sensation when I came back to my family's cabin. Inside those walls the past was not gone, memories of my deceased parents were as real as furniture, unsettling as an autumn storm. I'd been home for nearly two years and still felt strange, dripping onto the floor, to think of the place as mine. The downstairs had changed little in years: small, bright kitchen to my right, muted living room to my left. The rugs were old, but the floor was clean; everything was as my father had left it.
I locked the door behind me, turned out the kitchen light, and headed for the stairs. Lightning illuminated the windows, muffled thunder vibrated the roof. I would have made it safely into the harbor of dreams in my bedroom upstairs but for the pricking pin of red light blinking on the phone answering machine.
I halted my lumbering. What could there possibly be in my life that couldn't wait until morning? I thought. What message would be important enough to keep me from well-deserved rest?
Still, I pictured myself lying in bed, eyes open, staring at the ceiling, wondering who had called, what they wanted.
Insomnia has a million evil assistants.
The phone machine was on the kitchen counter next to the espresso machine. Three steps took me to it. I tapped the button and was delighted to hear Lucinda's voice.
"Fever? You still out?"
I tensed. Her voice was filled with trouble.
"I'm calling a little after midnight," the recording continued, "so maybe you're already asleep, but if you get this anytime tonight, please, please call me. I've gotten some bad news. I guess I just want to hear you tell me it's all right, or something foolish like that. Please call me. I'll most like to be up all night."
I could hear the distress, the torn syllables. She'd been crying, was trying to sound composed or brave. Something serious had happened.
I dialed her number. She answered on the first ring.
"Yes, hello?" Her voice cracked.
"Lucy, it's Fever."
"Oh, thank God." She fought to keep herself even. "Could you come on over here, do you reckon? I really need somebody to lean on."
"What is it? What happened?"
"You know my little nieces, Rory and Tess?"
Teenaged girls, sweet as cider, Rory and Tess were popular with everyone who knew them. What came into my mind at that particular moment, for some reason, was how proud Rory, the younger, had always been of never missing a day of school. She delighted in recounting endless new lessons--Platonic thought, the heroines of Thomas Hardy, the mysteries of algebra--almost as much as lording her attendance record over her older sister. Tess had forever lost a perfect attendance award early in her scholastic career as a result of an incident, as it later came to be known, involving the school play.
Tess was supposed to have played Betsy Ross in a Fourth of July pageant. She would meet George Washington at his home and say, "It is I, Betsy Ross, bringing a new flag for a new nation!" and everyone would sing "You're a Grand Old Flag." I'm told the rehearsal went smoothly. The day of the show, however, Tess was pacing nervously backstage, saying her line over and over, when the incident occurred. In a matter of seconds her elaborate costume caught on a nail, ripped, and fell off. Two sizes too big, held together with pins, the dress was a pile of rags on the floor.
She stood at the door of George Washington's home clutching the American flag, dressed only in a bonnet and underwear, and began to cry.
"I can't come in," she yelled when she heard her cue, "because I'm back here necked!"
That concluded the play, and Tess skipped school the next day.
It was a story often told. I'd heard it at least five times at church meetings or family gatherings, but I never tired of it. Tess was a blond, serious and hilarious at the same time; Rory's hair was chestnut colored, and I couldn't remember ever seeing her when she wasn't laughing, or about to. They were unusually filled with light, joyous all the time, the kind of children rare enough in the mountains and unheard of in the city. Lucinda wasn't as close to her own sister, the girls' mother, as she was to the favorite nieces.
"Of course I know them. Are they all right?"
Her moment of silence made me swallow.
She was crying and trying not to let me hear it.
"They're dead, Fever," she choked out.
I don't remember what I said to her, but I was in my truck before the next clap of thunder, skidding down the wet, black road toward her house.
A thousand things to say flew through my mind as I sped along the highway; none seemed good enough. Part of my problem came from the fact that I didn't miss any of my own departed relatives, who fellprimarily into the good riddance file. There was also my abiding belief that death was welcome, kind, the end of a slope; a new horizon. I was steadfastly more frightened of a lingering life than a quick death. Although the image of the girls being hit by a train was something I wanted to avoid, the event, nevertheless, seemed to me a spectacularly efficient way of dispensing with the inevitable. I rejected that tack as a way to comfort Lucinda, however. Not everyone shares my views.
The rain around her house was steady, the night was ink, liquid and opaque. I could barely make out a single living room light through curtained windows, orange the color of jelly sugar candies, a comforting glow.
I was surprised not to see any other cars in front of her house. Bad news in Blue Mountain generally provoked a battalion of well-meaning friends and curious acquaintances with great food and lame comfort.
I was barely out of my truck when her silhouette appeared in the doorframe, arms crossed, Kleenex in hand. Her loose dress was nearly devoured by a huge, gray, open cardigan. Her auburn hair fell around her shoulders like autumn leaves.
"No one else is here?" I called, closing my door.
"It's one in the morning, Fever," she answered patiently. "Besides, you're the only one I called."
"Oh." I pocketed my keys, bounded through the rain and onto her porch. "Well, here I am."
"Thanks," she managed, frozen in the door.
Given my general discomfort with affection, we could have stood that way for a while, awkward, not knowing what to do or say. Luckily the drive had afforded me time to compose my words, and I took charge. Three small steps and I held her in my arms.
"I love you," I said plainly, "and it'll be all right."
The accident happened in Pine City, only a few miles south of Blue Mountain. The girls had been to the movies; their ancient Volkswagen Bug stalled at the railroad crossing on the edge of town, and atrain hit it. Our mutual friend Sheriff Skidmore Needle had called with the news, which seemed a little strange to me, but he knew how close Lucinda was to the girls and I let it go under the circumstances. Details were not related, thank God; Lucinda's nieces were pronounced dead at the scene.
"Even if they were stalled, why didn't they just get out of the car?" she said for the third time, pulling another Kleenex from the box on her lap. "I don't understand."
We sat in her living room and talked about the issue for nearly two hours. It was a calm room, a reflection of Lucinda's spirit in general. The walls were a pale ocean blue, the sofa was a perfect gray contrast. A dark, ancient Oriental rug covered the wooden floor. Over the stone fireplace: a three-hundred-year-old family portrait of distant relatives, a Scots landowner and his brood who claimed kinship, by marriage, to Robert Burns. The painting was old, but the smile on the wife's face always seemed modern and mischievous to me. I stared at it to keep myself from giving in to Lucinda's dismal mood. I felt I needed to stay lighter in order to help her.
"Oddly," I told her toward the end of the second hour of my visit, "I wrote an article last year about train hopping, hoboing some people still call it, and you'd be surprised at the statistical incidence of accidents like this one. At crossings, I mean. Dozens of interviews on tape talk about it, and I got the statistical information from the Federal Railroad Administration." I put my hand on her forearm; my voice lowered. "And of course you realize that quoting statistics at a time like this is a sad attempt on my part to distance us from the emotion of the moment."
I thought she might smile.
"How many?" she sniffed.
"How many people are killed at train crossings?" She dabbed her eyes.
"Oh. Over four hundred in 2001."
"Four hundred people," she said, shaking her head, "didn't have sense enough to get out of their cars and they got hit by a train?"
"No," I told her, "nearly half of those four hundred were what they call 'trespasser fatalities,' people who were trying to jump on or off the train illegally."
"The ones you were studying for your article, the hoboes."
"Are there still hoboes? Seems like something from the Depression." She set the box of Kleenex down on her coffee table, a converted antique trunk.
"Plenty," I said. "We call them homeless people, now."
"Oh." She closed her eyes. "Well, we do have those in abundance."
"There you are."
She yawned; a good sign, I thought.
"Could you sleep?" I ventured.
"Fever," she said as if she hadn't heard me, "I don't believe in statistics. Numbers. My little girls are people. Were. They were smart. They would have gotten out of the car when they heard a train coming. Something happened to them."
"Lucy," I sighed, moving closer to her, "you're tired; you need some rest."
"No," she insisted, gathering strength. "This isn't right. It wasn't their time." Her eyes shot into mine like searchlight beams. "You have to find out what happened."
"What happened," I said as gently as I could manage, "was a terrible, unbelievable accident. You'll make yourself crazy thinking anything else."
"I already made myself crazy," she shot back, the beginning of a vague hysteria edging her words. "That's why you have to do this for me. I can't rest until I know what really happened over there in Pine City."
"I don't see how it will help."
"If you look into this and say there's nothing to my fears," she told me, attempting to collect herself and sound reasonable, "then I'll leave off. But I have a feeling about this thing, a bad feeling I can't shake." She drew in a sobbing breath. "I can't think that a thing like this could just happen."
There it was, the fear behind the fear. She meant: How could God allow it? I should have realized that would be her overwhelming darkness, but I often forgot her basic religious underpinning. Still, I found myself wondering something along the same lines. If there was nothing more than blind fate and cold statistics involved in the loss of such beautiful children, what sense did anything make?
"Okay," I said softly. "You go to sleep, and I'll speak with Sheriff Needle first thing in the morning."
"Then you'll go to Pine City."
"Then I'll go to Pine City," I affirmed.
"Good." She let out a long, branching sigh. "You know that's the first time you ever said you love me. I mean, when we were on the porch earlier tonight."
Her head found its way to my shoulder.
"Is it?" I smoothed the hair from her forehead.
She was already asleep.
A MINISTER'S GHOST. Copyright © 2006 by Phillip DePoy. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.


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£250,000 to help convert Greenham Control Tower into a visitor's centre
Greenham Common Control Tower is one of seven identical control towers built in the early 1950s, during the Korean War. The other six were located at fighter bases at Biggin Hill and North Weald, Brize Norton, Fairford and Upper Heyford, and at the Mildenhall tanker air base.
Since 1993, when the Greenham Common airbase was decommissioned, the control tower has been disused and as a result is still largely in its original state, which has resulted in Grade II listed status.
The building is in the middle of the now restored Greenham Common. After a long bidding process in 2013 West Berkshire Council agreed to sell the building to Greenham Parish Council for £100,000 under the Government's Community Right to Bid scheme.
£421,555 of funding for the project has come from the Community Assets and Services Fund managed by the Social Investment Business Group (SIB), in partnership with Locality on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government. Greenham Trust has also committed £250,000 towards the project. During 2014 substantial works were started to prepare the building for use as a Visitor's Centre, where the public can see both the historic past and learn about the present natural landscape of the Common.
The ground floor will comprise a café and public toilets. The first floor will include an interpretation area, with displays not only about the history of the Common but also about its wildlife and how to enjoy the Common without damaging valuable habitats.
The top floor, where once men sat directing planes landing and taking off during the Cold War, will be a viewing platform from which the panorama of the Common can be fully appreciated. The building will include facilities for the disabled and it is also hoped that some areas will be available for hire.
It is hoped that the Centre will be open by autumn 2015.


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Erin Flanagan is the director of the Pembina Institute's federal policy program. In this role she spearheads national policy campaigns on climate and energy issues – including on carbon pricing, electricity sector regulation and environmental law reform – and supports the Institute's regional priorities in Ottawa. Erin is the co-author of more than a dozen publications and frequently represents the Institute at regulatory and multi-stakeholder processes.
Day-to-day Erin researches and promotes public policy solutions that reduce the environmental impact of fossil fuel development and that support Canada's transition to clean energy. As a technical analyst at the Institute, she contributed to public- and private-sector projects on a range of issues in the oilsands, including greenhouse gas and water management, tailings treatment, and land reclamation. Her technical and opinion work has been published in The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, and PostMedia newspapers across Canada. As a frequent spokesperson for the Institute, she appears regularly on national current affairs television programs, including CBC's Power and Politics.
Erin holds a bachelor of science in chemical engineering with a minor in public policy from the University of New Brunswick. Her contributions to technical and humanitarian issues have been highlighted by organizations including the Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation, the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick and the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering. In 2016 she was named one of Canada's top 30 under 30 in sustainability by Corporate Knights magazine, and has twice been named one of Ottawa's "Top 100 lobbyists" by The Hill Times.
Erin Flanagan is available for speaking engagements.
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