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Wednesday, April 30, 2003
Fluffi Bunni Arrested
Tuesday, April 29, 2003
Exploit for Snort 1.9.1
First Two SANS GSEs
(ISC)2 Developments
[The] (ISSEP) credential [is] for information security professionals who want to work for NSA, either as employees or outside contractors. The new certification will serve as an extension of the CISSP. . . The new domains of the ISSEP will focus on the technical knowledge required of government information systems security engineers such as ISSE processes and government regulations. The ISSEP complements the CISSP by comprehensively addressing the systems engineering side of information security.
I like the idea of addressing security "systems engineering," if they follow the ideas of Ross Anderson. I don't find the "government regulations" aspect appealing.
On 16 Apr ISC(2) announced two "concentrations" for CISSPs: "the CISSP, Management Concentration and CISSP, Architecture Concentration." From the press release:
The CISSP Management Concentration validates extensive knowledge in the following areas of the CBK:
- Enterprise Security Management Practices
- Enterprise-wide Systems Development Security
- Operations Security Compliance
- Business Continuity Planning, Disaster Recovery Planning and Continuity of Operations Planning
- Law, Investigation, Forensics and Ethics
The CISSP Architecture Concentration validates extensive knowledge in the following areas of the CBK:
- Access Control, Telecommunications and Methodology
- Telecommunications and Network Security
- Cryptography
- Requirements Analysis and Security Standards/Guidelines Criteria
- Technology-Related Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery Planning
- Physical Security Integration
I had hoped one of the concentrations was truly "technical," while the other was "managerial." Seeing "forensics" included with management is a disappointment. The press release states "The first exams for the new CISSP concentrations are scheduled to begin in July 2003, with training classes to begin in the fall."
Beyond the CISSP and its extensions, there's also the SSCP or "Systems Security Certified Practitioner," for people with one year's experience. It was announced 28 Mar 01 but doesn't seem to have gotten much traction.
Review of Windows XP Under the Hood Posted
Let WXPUTH be your guide to a world where graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are optional! Author Brian Knittel introduces the reader to the full range of Windows' command-line capabilities. Through examples, tables, explanations, and humor, WXPUTH doesn't teach everything, but instead concentrates on the most useful features of the Windows command line.
Monday, April 28, 2003
Trying New Martial Arts School
Interview with FreeBSD Core Members
Having two major packaging formats [in Linux], a number of major distributions, all with differing sets and releases of critical libraries, is a management nightmare nobody really wants to tackle. This is why everyone that goes with Linux picks one distro and makes it an organization standard even if it's not the best. FreeBSD is a *system*, not a kernel with a bunch of other stuff thrown on top to make a "distro." The kernel, userland programs, libraries, booting system, etc., are all tested together to make a release that's known good.
Friday, April 25, 2003
BGP and ISP Issues
Open Source Forensics Tools
Windows Server 2003 Launch
Wednesday, April 23, 2003
Professor Orin Kerr
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
North American MSSP Magic Quadrant 2H02
Sunday, April 20, 2003
Museum of Broken Packets
Saturday, April 19, 2003
Quad NIC for FreeBSD
Interservice Hackfest
Update from this article:
On Wednesday, the NSA told the teams to disable their firewalls for several hours at a time. The request came after a period of relatively little activity from the hackers, which led Midshipman Trevor Baumgartner to boast that the Navy group's defense technologies had stymied the NSA hackers. . . Thomas Hendricks, a visiting NSA professor at the Naval Academy, chuckled at the notion that the NSA team used the firewall exercise as a last resort. The loss of the firewall, he said, exposed an unsecured administrative account on the Navy's network, allowing the NSA to wreak havoc. "They were taught -- though I'm not sure how much they listened -- to protect as many layers of the network as possible," Hendricks said. "This part of the exercise was designed to see how many layers of protection they had in place."
Yeah right! If the NSA had been able to get past the firewall, they could have used a compromised host as a launch pad for attacks against the "unsecured administrative account" or any other internal weakness.
Friday, April 18, 2003
Midshipmen Busted for File Sharing
Legality of Collecting Network Traffic
That leaves a third "provider exemption" as the most promising for honeypot fans. This allows the operator of a system to eavesdrop for the purpose of protecting their property or services from attack. But even that exemption probably wouldn't apply to a system that's designed to be hacked, Salgado said. "The very purpose of your honeypot is to be attacked... so it's a little odd to say we're doing our monitoring of this computer to prevent it from being attacked."
Thursday, April 17, 2003
Testing LAN Performance
Review of IT Security: Risking the Corporation Posted
Q: Tell us a little about this new version of your book. What's different?
McCarthy:The new version has a new chapter "Looking Back, What's Next?" which looks back over the last decade and discusses some of the problems that we see today and that we will face in the future. It has all new statistics and quotes from well-known people in the computer industry.
From the review:
When I saw Gene Spafford's glowing foreword to "IT Security," I expected a good read. This book did not deliver, and Spafford's suggestion that those seeking "deeper insight" consult "IT Security" rings hollow. I wondered if Spafford even read this very book when he wrote "all too often, management depends on the services or writings of self-professed experts whose whole experience has been in downloading and running pre-packaged penetration tools written by others." (p. xiv) The author's own words fit this mold.
What explains Spafford's words of praise? Perhaps this Dec 02 press release Symantec Funds Fellowship Program at Purdue University does:
"This Fellowship expands the long-standing relationship CERIAS has enjoyed with Symantec over many years. During that time we have collaborated on research issues of Internet security and policy," said Dr. Eugene Spafford, professor and director of CERIAS at Purdue University.
Wednesday, April 16, 2003
Cisco Support for Lawful Intercept In IP Networks
Fiber Optic Cables and Monitoring Saddam Hussein
Web sites for metropolitan areas, such as San Diego, often post detailed maps of the entire citywide fiber backbone. In addition, the same high-speed fiber bundle sometimes serves a dozen or more office buildings, meaning criminals could gain access to wiring closets located in building basements or to cables that pass through public parking garages or elevator shafts, said Page. . . "This layer of security -- not just for fiber, but for standard LAN and telephone wiring also -- isn't really thought out by companies," said Pescatore. "I'd estimate that 75% of enterprises have some network cabling in public access space."
Here is the map mentioned above, part of the Bandwidth Bay project.
IPS vs IDS
Intrusion-detection systems do a good job of telling companies whether they are being compromised or attacked. So good, in fact, that some question whether systems should go a step further and prevent incidents. It doesn't seem much of a stretch to have systems "flip a switch instead of alerting" when an anomaly is found, said Pete Lindstrom, research director of Malvern, Pa.-based Spire Security.
Argh! Thankfully the same article shows some people still understand this issue:
Other companies, however, see their intrusion-prevention products as usurping IDS. Martin Roesch, cofounder and CTO of Columbia, Md.-based Sourcefire, which sells the commercial version of the open-source intrusion-detection system Snort, rejects such a suggestion. "Anyone who tries to sell you an intrusion-prevention system at the expense of an intrusion-detection system doesn't understand the problem stack," he said. "Intrusion prevention is access control. Intrusion detection is monitoring."
Sourcefire will probably play in the intrusion-prevention space at some point. "We see value in having an access control role on the network as well as a network-monitoring role, because it allows us to leverage the information to enhance monitoring and protection," Roesch said. "You can't have one without the other."
Tuesday, April 15, 2003
Neohapsis Open Security Evaluation Criteria
Snort 2.0 Stream4 Vulnerability
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to execution of arbitrary commands on a system running the Snort sensor with the privileges of the user running the snort process (usually root), a denial of service attack against the snort sensor and possibly the implementation of IDS evasion techniques that would prevent the sensor from detecting attacks on the monitored network.
Black Hat Windows Security 2003: Seattle Presentations
Defending Against an Internet-Based Attack on the Physical World
While visiting Avi's site, I noticed he teaches at the John Hopkins Information Security Insitute, which offers a Master of Science in Security Informatics degree. Unfortunately, it does not seem to be one of 36 universities approved by the NSA as Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance. I imagine JHU is working for this certification.
Wiretapping VoIP
Unlike a traditional phone call, where a line is dedicated between two parties, VOIP slices each call into millions of tiny digital packets, each of which can take a discrete route over the Internet. That means surveillance equipment must either be installed permanently on a network or calls must be routed through FBI surveillance equipment before being delivered to the caller, which experts say can create a suspicious delay. "Our tactical people are trying to plug every hole. But it's like playing the field short one player," says Szwajkowski. "A call that is not [able to be intercepted] is a major public-safety and security dilemma."
Snort 2.0 Released
Monday, April 14, 2003
Holding Owners of Compromised Computers Responsible
JUST BEFORE 8 A.M. ON FEB. 1, 2001, C.I. Host, a Web-hosting company with 90,000 customers, was hit with a crippling denial-of-service attack. By the end of the day, after outage complaints from what CEO Christopher Faulkner described as "countless" customers, the Fort Worth, Texas-based company got its lawyers involved. . . In an injunction filed in a Texas district court and later moved to a U.S. district court, C.I. Host alleged that the defendants committed or allowed a third party to commit a denial-of-service attack on C.I. Host's systems. The defendants insisted that they were victims of a hacker themselves, not the perpetrators of a crime. The case never made it to trial, but C.I. Host's lawyers did convince a Texas judge to issue a temporary restraining order shutting down three of the Web servers involved in the attack until the companies could prove the vulnerabilities had been fixed.
The other popular case is well-documented in the 2001 CSI/FBI Study:
The U.S. Navy's Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is in the throes of an investigation into how and why an as yet unidentified hacker stole the source code to OS/Comet from a computer at the U.S. Navy's naval research lab in Washington, D.C. in an attack conducted on Christmas Eve, 2000. OS/Comet was developed by Exigent International (Melbourne,FL), a U.S. government contractor. The software has been deployed by the U.S. Air Force on the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System (GPS) from its Colorado Springs Monitor Station, which is part of the U.S. Space Command. A copy of the OS/Comet source code was found during a police swoop in Sweden on a computer company whose identity has not been revealed. The intrusion appears to have emanated from a computer at the University of Kaiserslauten in Germany, which was used to download the software's source code via the Web and the service provider Freebox.com, which is owned by the Swedish firm Carbonide. The hacker known only as "Leeif" was able to hide his or her true identity by breaking into the account of a legitimate Freebox.com user and then using that person's account to distribute the source code to others. Exigent has filed suit against both Carbonide and the University of Kaiserlautern in Germany. The NCIS's inquiry is being headedby the NCIS headquarters for European affairs in Naples and by its London bureau, which deals specifically with Scandinavia.
Sunday, April 13, 2003
Review of Troubleshooting Campus Networks Posted
I'm sad I waited so long to read this excellent book. "Troubleshooting Campus Networks" (TCN) was published in Jul 2002, and it belongs on every network administrator's shelf -- now! This is the best networking book since Scott Haugdahl's "Network Analysis and Troubleshooting" and Eric Hall's "Internet Core Protocols." TCN will truly test your networking knowledge; you'll quickly validate the truth and discard the fiction.
Thursday, April 10, 2003
National Society of Professional Engineers Code of Ethics
I. Fundamental Canons
Engineers, in the fulfillment of their professional duties, shall:
- Hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public.
- Perform services only in areas of their competence.
- Issue public statements only in an objective and truthful manner.
- Act for each employer or client as faithful agents or trustees.
- Avoid deceptive acts.
- Conduct themselves honorably, responsibly, ethically, and lawfully so as to enhance the honor, reputation, and usefulness of the profession.
Codes of ethics are the only worthy element of the "certification" I hold -- the CISSP. Here is its Code:
- Protect society, the commonwealth, and the infrastructure.
- Act honorably, honestly, justly, responsibly, and legally.
- Provide diligent and competent service to principals.
- Advance and protect the profession.
Thoughts on SPAN Configurations
"For the SPAN on the Catalyst 2900XL/3500XL switches... the main restriction is that all the ports related to a given session (whether source or destination) must belong to the same VLAN... Unlike the Catalysts 2900XL/3500XL, the Catalyst 4000/5000/6000 can monitor ports belonging to several different VLANs."
I also learned "The Catalyst 2950 Switches can have only one SPAN session active at a time and can monitor only source ports, it can not monitor VLANs. The Catalyst 3550 Switches can support up to two SPAN sessions at a time and can monitor source ports as well as VLANs... Unlike the 2900XL and 3500XL family Switches, the Catalyst 2950 and 3550 faimly Switches are able SPAN source port traffic in receive direction only, (Rx span or ingress span) or in tranmsit direction only (Tx span or egress span) or both." (The spelling errors belong to Cisco!)
When running CatOS, according to a chart in the document, the Catalyst switches have these limitations for monitoring local ports:
- Catalyst 4000 support 5 Rx or Both SPAN sessions
- Catalyst 5000 support 1 Rx or Both SPAN sessions
- Catalyst 6000 support 2 Rx or Both SPAN sessions
When running Cisco IOS, Catalyst 2950/3550, 4000, and 6000 each support 2 Rx or Both SPAN sessions for monitoring local ports.
Here's another note with some grammar issues: "Catalyst 2950 switches using software release 12.1.(9)EA1d and earlier versions in 12.1 train supported SPAN with the caveat that all packets seen on the SPAN destination port (connected to the sniffing device/PC) had a 802.1Q tag on them, even though the SPAN source port (monitored port) may not be a 802.1Q trunk port. If the sniffing device or PC NIC does not understand 802.1Q tagged packets, they may drop the packets or have difficulty decoding them. Ability to see the 802.1Q tagged frames is important only when the SPAN source port is a trunk port. Starting from 12.1(11)EA1, you can enable/disable tagging of the packets at the SPAN destination port. Issue the monitor session session_number destination interface interface-id encapsulation dot1q command to enable encapsulation of the packets at the destination port. If the encapsulation keyword is not specified, the packets are sent untagged, which is the default starting from 12.1(11)EA1."
This means your sniffer must be able to decode VLAN tags, if using older versions of Cisco IOS. Since Snort v1.8, Snort has supported decoding 802.1q VLAN tags. The TCPdump man page mentions VLAN tagging as well.
The FAQ at the document's end is useful:
Can I Have Several SPAN Sessions Running at the Same Time?
- On the Catalyst 2900XL/3500XL family, the number of destination ports available on the switch is the only limit to the number of SPAN sessions.
- On the Catalyst 2950 family, you can have only one assigned monitor port at any given time. If you select another port as the monitor port, the previous monitor port is disabled, and the newly selected port becomes the monitor port. (Me: This seems to conflict with guidance above on having two SPAN ports?)
- On the Catalyst 4000/5000/6000, since CatOS 5.1, you can have several concurrent SPAN sessions:
The product specific-literature is more detailed. The Catalyst 3550 Multilayer Switch Software Configuration Guide, 12.1(13)EA1 includes Configuring SPAN and RSPAN, and the Catalyst 2950 and 2955 Switches, Rel. 12.1(13)EA1 also includes Configuring SPAN and RSPAN. The bottom line appears to be that SPANning multiple VLANs is not a problem, but there are limits as to what data is available regarding where the packets come or go.
I learned of a new term -- port snooping. This applies to layer 3 switches like the Cisco 8500 series.
The Cisco Catalyst 3550 24 10/100 port switch with two gigabit interface converter (GBIC) ports for sells for about $2100. The Cisco Catalyst 2950G-24 24 port switch with 2 GBIC ports sells at CDW for about $1800. A cheaper 2950 sells for a little under $1000, but I don't immediately recognize the differences.
Tracfone Fraud
On a related note, it's possible Tracfone's prepaid calling cards have been the target of fraud. This post claims people are selling Tracfone cards on eBay, and references this thread as "proof". I also found a site which teaches ways to defraud Tracfone, complaining that Tracfone defrauds its customers.
Let me make it clear that none of this discussion is intended to assist the reader with defrauding anyone. I try to understand these techniques because my professional career involves helping companies to combat fraud.
Wednesday, April 09, 2003
900 MHz Wireless Access Points
Tuesday, April 08, 2003
Wildpackets Expert Packet Analysis Seminar
ISS Internet Risk Impact Summary Published
Monday, April 07, 2003
New Samba Vulnerability?
If you put one of your Windows servers on a network
I had access to I would be able to show you. I will
not release the code publicly (for obvious reasons).
Knowledge of these bugs would allow worms/viruses to
utterly cripple Microsoft based corporate networks.
If you choose not to believe me without exploit code
then that's up to you, but I will not act in an
unprofessional way to prove a point.
Jeremy Allison,
Samba Team.
Sunday, April 06, 2003
Cisco Network Infrastructure Design
- Data Center Networking: Infrastructure Architecture
- Data Center Networking: Internet Edge Design Architectures
- Data Center Networking: Securing Server Farms
- Data Center Networking: Enterprise Distributed Data Centers
It's also a good idea to visit Cisco's SAFE site and read SAFE: A Security Blueprint for Enterprise Networks document and SAFE Blueprint for Small, Midsize, and Remote-User Networks.
Saturday, April 05, 2003
Stegtunnel New Release
Stegtunnel is a tool written to hide data within TCP/IP header fields. It was designed to be undetectable, even by people familiar with the tool. It can hide the data underneath real TCP connections, using real, unmodified clients and servers to provide the TCP conversation. In this way, detection of odd-looking sessions is avoided. It provides covert channels in the sequence numbers and IPIDs of TCP connections.
FreeBSD 4.8 Released
Friday, April 04, 2003
Removing Content from Google
if you want your materials removed right away, you can use the automatic remover at http://services.google.com:8882/urlconsole/controller. You'll have to sign in with an account (all an account requires is an email address and a password). Using the remover, you can request either that Google crawl your newly created robots.txt file, or you can enter the URL of a page that contains exclusionary META tags.


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When Massachusetts� landmark Education Reform Act was signed into law 20 years ago, attention was mainly focused on the massive commitment of state resources and the tough new accountability measures. The creation of charter public schools might have seemed almost an afterthought.
But today, it is charter schools that are driving education reform in Massachusetts. Even after two decades of success, many challenges still lie ahead. Now is not the time to retreat from the reforms on which our success was built.
The first 14 charter schools opened in 1995. Today, 76 charters educate about 3.3 percent of Massachusetts� public school population.
But that growth hasn�t been nearly enough to keep up with demand. Twenty-five new charter schools have been authorized in just three years since Massachusetts increased the cap on the number of students who could attend charters in the commonwealth�s worst-performing school districts. Even with the increase in charter seats, there were still more students on waitlists than attending charter schools in Massachusetts during the 2012-2013 school year.
Charter schools� success at educating the students they enroll has been well documented. A Stanford University study published earlier this year found that Boston charters are doing more to close achievement gaps than any other group of public schools in the country. It is just one in a steady stream of studies confirming the outstanding performance of Massachusetts charters.
Less attention has been paid to how charter schools� success is driving the larger education reform debate. The extended school day so many charters use has become a staple of reform efforts across Massachusetts and beyond. Innovation schools, which the commonwealth unveiled in recent years, attempt to bring charter-style autonomy to district schools.
In fact, the enhanced autonomy and flexibility that are a charter school trademark are now routinely included in plans to turn around low-performing schools and school districts.
In Lawrence, where the schools are currently in state receivership, charter school operators have been tapped to play an important role in the turnaround effort. The operators of Lawrence Community Day Charter Public School have stepped in to operate the city�s Arlington School; Boston�s MATCH charter high school is replicating its successful tutoring program at Lawrence High School; Chelsea�s Phoenix Charter Academy is operating a recovery academy for dropouts and at-risk students; and Unlocking Potential, a company led by the former operators of Boston�s Excel Academy, is managing two grade levels at another Lawrence school.
In Boston, Unlocking Potential has been brought in by the district to take over two underperforming district schools. And Mayor Thomas Menino has encouraged more of these charter-district partnerships.
Boston has also pioneered a new compact among charter, district and Catholic schools that ends the �us vs. them� mentality that unfortunately drives debate in so many other local districts. The compact has ushered in a new era of cooperation and best-practice sharing, and has resulted in the district leasing three unused school buildings to charters.
The compact should be replicated in other communities to foster partnerships that can help students in both types of public schools.
Massachusetts charter public schools have come a long way in terms of academic success, impact on the overall education reform debate and working cooperatively with district schools. But the movement still faces powerful opposition.
Charter opponents have marshaled their forces to oppose pending legislation that would remove the charter cap in Massachusetts school districts that score in the bottom 10 percent on MCAS. The commonwealth can�t afford to write off these districts, which enroll nearly 30 percent of all Massachusetts public school students.
The Education Reform Act�s results have even exceeded the expectations of its framers, who gathered on a hot June day in Malden two decades ago for the bill-signing ceremony. Charter public schools have been at the heart of education reform�s success, not just for students who attend charters, but for all the commonwealth�s public school students. Rather than backtracking from what has worked so well, it is time to hit the accelerator and take the next logical step in reform by lifting the cap on charter schools in Massachusetts� lowest-performing school districts.
Former Gov. William F. Weld signed the Massachusetts Education Reform Act into law on June 18, 1993. He now practices law in Boston.

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Safariland Adds NIJ-06 Female Model to Its ABA Xtreme Line of Products
New model offers affordable ballistic performance and reliable protection in female design.
The XT01F Type II is part of the ABA® Xtreme® Series of concealable armor. It is the first NIJ-06 compliant, female armor model to be added to this brand. Tested against the 9 mm & .357 Mag. NIJ-designated rounds, the XT01F Type II is a hybrid, female semi-structured design that incorporates covered dart technology and high performance Gold Shield®. The XT01F Type II provides a competitively priced female armor model that offers comfort and reliable performance against a wide array of threats.
"The XT01F gives us yet another exceptional female design that adds to our existing family of armor solutions," says Tim O'Brien, Concealable Armor Product Manager. "The package provides enhanced coverage while also offering the performance and comfort many female officers desire."
The NIJ introduced the Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor NIJ Standard-0101.06 to establish minimum performance requirements and test methods for the ballistic resistance of personal body armor. The standard provides improved performance of body armor so that officers receive adequate protection against those threats likely faced over the next decade. According to the new NIJ-06 standard, body armor must now be able to defend against increased velocities of ammunition calibers to better reflect current street threats and law enforcement duty weapons. These new performance requirements are critical components to improving the life-protecting equipment being used by law enforcement today.
All Safariland concealable armor models are certified using NIJ approved size templates C1 and C5, which offer law enforcement the widest range of production sizes available. In addition to these models, Safariland offers an array of concealable and tactical products, which are available and posted to the NIJ Compliant Products List (CPL) at http://www.justnet.org/pages/BallisticCPL.aspx
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About BAE Systems
BAE Systems is a global defense, security and aerospace company with approximately 107,000 employees worldwide. The Company delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. In 2009 BAE Systems reported sales of £22.4 billion (US$ 36.2 billion).
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WWE Money In The Bank 2011 DVD
For years, the Money in the Bank match was a highlight of WrestleMania, with each of the six winners going on to successfully cash in their opportunities and win World Championships. Last year, the popular match headlined its own WWE pay-per-view event, and two spectacular matches led to two more successful title reigns, including the Miz seizing on his momentum at last year's event to become the most must-see WWE Champion in history. So the stakes are incredibly high for the Superstars of Raw and SmackDown look to climb the ladder of success at Money in the Bank 2011.
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Kelly Kelly vs. Brie Bella
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It's true: Michael Phelps' Fells Point condo has sold, and the most decorated Olympian of all time took a significant loss.
TMZ originally reported a sale last week without attribution. Now the property, 967 Fell Street, is listed under the "Sold" category on real estate agent Heidi Krauss' website. A source at the office confirmed that the property, listed for $1.42 million, sold for $1.25 million.
Phelps purchased the home in October 2007 for $1.69 million.
Though Phelps declined to disclose where he'd be moving, he did tell The Sun that he always plans to have a home in Baltimore. Baltimore Magazine mentioned a "new place in Canton."
Forbes has floated the idea that Phelps not return to Baltimore -- at least not full-time -- owing to high taxes he'd have to pay on future endorsement and business earnings.
Phelps has reportedly made $40 million already, and his agent, Peter Carlisle, was quoted saying the swimmer could earn $100 million during the course of his life. Speaking from London this week, Carlisle said Phelps' earning potential will be based on his level of engagement.
For now, that remains high. Carlisle expects to announce Phelps' new business ventures and partnerships following the conclusion of the London Olympics this weekend.


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PAULSBORO, N.J. (CBS/AP) — More than 100 southern New Jersey residents will be kept out of their homes for several more days as crews work to clear a hazardous gas that spewed from a ruptured freight train car.
Noting that the hazardous material is still in the area, officials said Sunday that the Paulsboro, N.J. residents won't be able to return to their homes in the 12-block evacuation zone until at least Saturday.
Officials hoped to start removing the hazardous material, vinyl chloride, from the ruptured tanker sometime Sunday. It was not clear how long that would take to complete.
Officials decided Monday morning to close all Paulsboro School District schools.
And, the Paulsboro Head Start Center is closed through Friday.
All Guardian Angels Regional School students currently in the Paulsboro campus are being asked to report to the Gibbstown campus for the remainder of the week.
The Gateway Communication Center, including the day care center will be closed for the week.
Municipal Courts will be cancelled on Monday.
For community assistance information, call 1-800-230-7049.
The derailment Friday sent dozens of people to a hospital, but no serious injuries have been reported.
Federal investigators said Sunday that Conrail crews had studied reported signal problems at the railroad bridge where the derailment occurred.
The National Transportation Safety Board cannot examine the scene until the chemicals are removed. But the agency has begun reviewing records with a focus on both the signal problems reported recently and a 2009 train derailment on the same bridge.
Conrail regularly moves tons of hazardous material over the low bridge, which was originally built in 1873. The bridge straddles Mantua Creek, a tributary near the Delaware River in the industrial town of Paulsboro. The bridge operates like a garden fence, with a section that swings sideways to open for boat traffic, then closes and locks into place for freight trains.
The NTSB expects to focus its probe on that locking mechanism along with the signal devices, which are triggered by sensors on the bridge, not by dispatchers.
"This is a very complex (bridge) operation," Hersman said at a news conference Sunday. "There is a lot of tonnage that goes over this bridge and a lot of hazardous materials."
Conrail crews in recent days and weeks had been reporting problems with the signal, and the rail company had been looking into the problem only the day before, she said.
The veteran two-person crew was familiar with the route and had run it on the three previous nights. They had started their shift at 3 a.m. Friday and were surprised to get a yellow signal when they approached the bridge at about 7 a.m. They used a keypad device, similar to a garage door opener, to try to get a green light, but were unsuccessful. The pair stopped the train for several minutes, examined the tracks, and then got permission from a dispatcher to proceed, Hersman said.
The two locomotives and five cars made it across before the crew looked back to see the bridge "collapse" and a pileup of cars in the creek. The one that ruptured had been damaged by another tanker, Hersman said.
Recordings of various data so far support the crew's account, investigators said. However, authorities are not yet sure whether the bridge deck actually collapsed or shifted.
A team of NTSB investigators arrived in the region Saturday with scanners and other equipment to study the wreckage site, but they cannot get to the scene until the vinyl chloride is removed. The Coast Guard and other authorities were coordinating the cleanup.
The NTSB also plans to review how the bridge was rebuilt after the coal train derailed there in 2009.
Investigators also want to learn if the tidal surge or debris from Superstorm Sandy may have caused problems at the bridge, although the area was not among those hardest hit by the storm.
About 100 people are staying in motels due to the 12-block evacuation, while an unknown number are with friends and family, said state Assemblyman John Burzichelli, a former mayor of Paulsboro.
The bridge usually supports at least three major trains each day serving refineries and other customers in the area. The August 2009 derailment was believed to have been caused by a bridge misalignment.
The tanker that ruptured Friday contained 25,000 gallons of vinyl chloride, some of which spewed into the air, sickening dozens of people. About 70 people went to a nearby hospital complaining of respiratory problems and eye irritation. None of the injuries was believed to be serious.
The remaining gas in the tanker had turned into a solid and settled at the bottom of the tanker.
The removal of the vinyl chloride and the seven wrecked rail cars is expected to be a delicate operation. A huge crane was brought in from New York Harbor to pick up the tanker cars.
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Coffee Break Laughs
04-07-2011, 12:44 PM (This post was last modified: 04-13-2011 01:23 PM by bizitalker.)
Post: #1
Coffee Break Laughs
It seems not all Canadian lawyers are of the highest IQ. These were recorded by the stenographers!
Was that the same nose you broke as a child?
It's the nose I've always had.
Now, doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, in most cases he just passes quietly away and doesn't know anything about it until the next morning?
What happened then?
He told me, he says, "I have to kill you because you can identify me."
Did he kill you?
Was it you or your brother that was killed in the war?
The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is he?
Were you alone or by yourself?
What is the meaning of sperm being present?
It indicates intercourse.
Male sperm?
That is the only kind I know.
Can you describe the individual?
He was about medium height and had a beard.
Was this a male or female?
How long have you been a French Canadian?
How far apart were the vehicles at the time of collision?
Mr. Clark, you went on a rather elaborate honeymoon, didn't you?
I went to Europe, sir.
And did you take your new wife?
Do you have any children or anything of that kind?
I show you Exhibit 3 and ask you if you recognize that picture.
That's me.
Were you present when that picture was taken?
Were you present in court this morning when you were sworn in?
Now, Mrs. Johnson, how was your first marriage terminated?
By death.
And by whose death was it terminated?
Do you know how far pregnant you are now?
I'll be three months on November 8.
Apparently, then, the date of conception was August 8?
What were you doing at that time?
Mrs. Jones, do you believe you are emotionally stable?
I used to be.
How many times have you committed suicide?
So you were gone until you returned?
She had three children, right?
How many were boys?
Were there girls?
You don't know what it was, and you didn't know what it looked like, but can you describe it?
You say that the stairs went down to the basement?
And these stairs, did they go up also?
Have you lived in this town all your life?
Not yet.
All your responses must be oral, ok? What school did you go to?
Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
Yes, I have been since early childhood.
Do you recall approximately the time that you examined the body of Mr. Brown?
It was in the evening. The autopsy started about 8:30 p.m.
And Mr. Brown was dead at the time, is that correct?
No. He was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy!
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Post: #2
RE: Coffe Break Laughs
1. It's important to have a woman, who helps at home, who cooks from time to time, cleans up and has a job.
2. It's important to have a woman, who can make you laugh.
3. It's important to have a woman, who you can trust and who doesn't lie to you.
4. It's important to have a woman, who is good in bed and who likes to be with you.
5. It's very, very important that these four women do not know each other.
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Post: #3
RE: Coffee Break Laughs
A gorgeous young redhead goes into the doctor's office and said that her body hurt wherever she touched it.
'Impossible!' says the doctor. 'Show me.'
The redhead took her finger, pushed on her left breast and screamed, then she pushed her elbow and screamed even more. She pushed her knee and screamed; likewise she pushed her ankle and screamed.
Everywhere she touched made her scream.
The doctor said, 'You're not really a redhead, are you?
'Well, no' she said, 'I'm actually a blonde.'
'I thought so,' the doctor said. 'Your finger is broken'
bizitalk - talking business
04-15-2011, 05:55 PM (This post was last modified: 04-15-2011 05:56 PM by bizitalker.)
Post: #4
RE: Coffee Break Laughs
A middle aged man stopped me in the hallway of our block of flats the other day and asked me if I could go into his flat and check whether his wife was dead or not.
I said 'Why do you think she is dead'
He said 'Well, the sex is the same but the washing's piling up':
bizitalk - talking business
Post: #5
RE: Coffee Break Laughs
This woman rushed to see her doctor, looking very much worried and all strung out. She rattles off: "Doctor, take a look at me. When I woke up this morning, I looked at myself in the mirror and saw my hair all wiry and frazzled up, my skin was all wrinkled and pasty, my eyes were bloodshot and bugging out, and I had this corpse-like look on my face! What's WRONG with me, Doctor!?"
The doctor looks her over for a couple of minutes, then calmly says: "Well, I can tell you that there ain't nothing wrong with your eyesight...."
bizitalk - talking business
04-21-2011, 04:47 PM (This post was last modified: 03-28-2013 03:57 PM by bizitalker.)
Post: #6
RE: Coffee Break Laughs
A guy is sitting at home when he hears a knock at the door. He opens the door and sees a snail on the porch. He picks up the snail and throws it as far as he can. Three years later, there's a knock on the door. He opens it and sees the same snail. The snail says "What the hell was that all about?":D
Lawyer: "Trooper, when you stopped the defendant, were your red and blue lights flashing?"
Witness: "Yes."
Lawyer: "Did the defendant say anything when she got out of her car?"
Witness: "Yes, sir."
Lawyer: "What did she say?"
Witness: "'What disco am I at?'":D
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Post: #7
RE: Coffee Break Laughs
Lawyer: "How old is your son, the one living with you?"
Witness: "Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which."
Lawyer: "How long has he lived with you?"
Witness: "Forty-five years."
bizitalk - talking business
Post: #8
RE: Coffee Break Laughs
Accused, Defending His Own Case: "Did you get a good look at my face when I took your purse?"
The defendant was found guilty and sentenced to ten years in jail.
bizitalk - talking business
Post: #9
RE: Coffee Break Laughs
Lawyer: "Did he pick the dog up by the ears?"
Witness: "No."
Lawyer: "What was he doing with the dog's ears?"
Witness: "Picking them up in the air."
Lawyer: "Where was the dog at this time?"
Witness: "Attached to the ears."
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Post: #10
RE: Coffee Break Laughs
If you are a senior you will understand this one, if you deal with seniors, this should help you understand them a little better, and if you are not a senior yet........God willing, someday you will be......
The 2.99 Special
We went to breakfast at a restaurant where the 'seniors' special' was two eggs, bacon, hash browns and toast for $2.99.
'Sounds good,' my wife said. 'But I don't want the eggs.'
'Then, I'll have to charge you $3.49 because you're ordering a la carte,' the waitress warned her.
'You mean I'd have to pay for not taking the eggs?' my wife asked incredulously.
'YES!' stated the waitress.
'I'll take the special then,' my wife said..
'How do you want your eggs?' the waitress asked. 'Raw and in the shell,' my wife replied.
She took the two eggs home and baked a cake.
WE'VE been around the block more than once!
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I've just read a report that says that every time you do two Google searches, it produces the same amount of carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle for a cup of tea. Wow. That's a lot of tea. Or rather a lot of carbon dioxides!
The problem is we're addicted to Google(replace the search engine of your choice here). Not addicted in a "a little bit of a therapy, and I can give it up" kind of way, but the "I just can't live without it" way.
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All the newspapers scream that another company has laid off thousands of workers. You never thought it could happen, but suddenly, there you are-one of those thousands.
Your first impulse: panic. What will happen now? To your family, your future? Maybe you're angry, or even relieved. Whatever your reaction, it's perfectly natural to be unsettled. We like to believe we have control over our lives, and when that control is taken away, we're uncertain and insecure. But if you've ever dreamed of running your own business, now is the time to take control and do it. Here are four steps to prime you for a business of your own:
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Step 2: Make a Name for Yourself.
Consider your target customers when choosing a name for the business. If your audience's priority is looking cool, a stodgy name won't do.
Once you've found some names you like, test them. A name that's difficult to pronounce may rob you of word-of-mouth referrals. Likewise, a hard-to-spell name will defeat efforts to find your business in the phone book. Also investigate the availability of trademarks and Web site domains for whatever name you choose.
Step 3: Choose a Structure.
Your business structure affects your taxes, how you raise money, even how much paperwork you need to do. The types of business structures are:
- Sole proprietorships, which have one owner.
- Partnerships, which have two or more owners.
- Corporations, which provide liability and debt protection for owners.
- Limited liability companies, which combine aspects of corporations and partnerships.
To help you pick a structure, speak to an attorney who's knowledgeable about your industry. Also, ask other entrepreneurs for their advice.
Step 4: Plan Ahead.
A business plan helps you solidify your thoughts about your business. You also need a business plan when applying for loans or other financing. Your plan should contain seven sections: Executive Summary, Business Description, Marketing Strategies, Competitive Analysis, Design and Development Plan, Operations and Management Plan, and Financial Factors.
Step 5: Get Permission.
Starting a business involves obtaining myriad licenses and permits. Some take longer than others to get, so don't procrastinate. And although the paperwork may seem tough now, it's easier to get licenses before you open your doors than later, when you may face substantial fines or penalties.
Depending on your industry and business structure, you may need some or all of the following: fictitious business name, city or county business license, health department permit, liquor license, fire department permit or sign permit.
Step 6: Get Money.
Look close to home when you first search for business financing. Savings, mortgage or retirement accounts may be prime sources. Perhaps friends or family can help. Just make sure you aren't putting too much at risk.
If your business will realize a high rate of return, also consider venture capital investments, angel financing and loan guarantees from the SBA.
Step 7: Keep the Books.
An accountant or a software program can help you track expenses, accounts payable and receivable, inventory, payroll and taxes. You'll also need to create cash-flow statements and balance sheets for use with your business plan.
Step 8: Set Up Shop.
Find a business location convenient to your clients. Study traffic patterns and neighborhoods before signing a lease. Or consider starting off your business at home to save money.
In addition to furnishings and a computer, your business needs stationery. Consider hiring a designer to create a logo for your business cards and letterhead. Your Web site should match or complement those designs.
Step 9: Hire.
Most businesses eventually need employees. Begin by writing a job description, then use it to compose a help wanted ad.
Have job seekers fill out applications to help you compare their qualifications. Check their references. Plan interview questions in advance, and take notes on the answers.
Instead of hiring full-time employees, look into college student interns or temps for short-term projects.
Set employee policies from the start, for legal reasons. Written policies are best. Consider attendance, discipline, dress code, payment and overtime.
Step 10: Make Yourself Known.
Determine the best ways to reach customers-cable TV, radio, magazine and newspaper ads; fliers; word-of-mouth; direct mail; or public relations. Once you've pooled your ideas, write a marketing plan to help you evaluate which strategies work.
You don't have to pound the pavement to get entrepreneurial help. This should do nicely.
- SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives), (800) 634-0245
- Association of Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs), (703) 764-9850
- Minority Business Development Agency, (202) 482-5061
- National Business Incubation Association, (614) 593-4331
- Need money? Go to www.microenterpriseworks.org for a list of organizations that provide microloans.
"10 Steps to Start-Up" is adapted from Start Your Own Business: The Only Start-Up Book You'll Ever Need (Entrepreneur Press) by Rieva Lesonsky and the staff of Entrepreneur magazine.
A Call For Backup
Need a business with support? Try a franchise on for size.
If the thought of starting your business from scratch seems overwhelming, buying a franchise can be an excellent alternative. A common saying about franchising is that it puts you in business "for yourself, but not by yourself." So what does that mean? As a franchisee, you pay an initial fee and ongoing royalties to a franchisor. In return, you receive the right to use the company's trademark, initial training and ongoing support, and the franchise's system of doing business.
A growing number of former corporate employees are choosing the franchise option to ease the transition to entrepreneurship. If in your prior job you were used to delegating tasks, doing everything yourself as an entrepreneur can be jarring. Buying a franchise can offer the support you need to make the switch.
How do you choose the right franchise? Start by investigating industries that interest you, then analyze your geographic area to see whether there's a market for that type of business. Contact all the franchise companies in those industries and ask them for information. (For details on nearly 1,000 franchisors, check out Franchise Zone.)
Don't rely solely on a company's promotional materials, however. Read magazines, newspapers and articles on the Internet about the company. Does it seem to be well-run and well-respected? Check with the Better Business Bureau and consumer or franchise regulators in your state to see whether there are complaints against the company. (Visit the Federal Trade Commission's Web site for information about investigating a franchise.)
Still interested? Contact the company and ask for a copy of its Uniform Franchise Offering Circular. Among other things, this document contains an extensive description of the company, its programs and costs, any litigation against it, and contractual obligations for you and the franchisor. You, your attorney and your accountant should all review the UFOC thoroughly.
An important part of the UFOC is its listing of current and former franchisees, including contact information. Contact several-in both categories-and interview them about what it's like to be part of this franchise system. Was the franchisor's training program helpful? Have there been any unexpected problems? What's a typical day like? Are profits as expected? Volunteer to work at a franchisee's location to see what it's really like.
When the research is done, your choice often comes down to gut instinct. That's why chatting with franchisees and getting a feel for the business are so important.
"A Call For Backup" is adapted from Start Your Own Business: The Only Start-Up Book You'll Ever Need (Entrepreneur Press) by Rieva Lesonsky and the staff of Entrepreneur magazine.


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Indianapolis Campus all Clear After Gunman Search
A downtown Indianapolis university campus has issued an "all clear'' message to students and employees after police searched several buildings for a reported gunman.
The message issued more than four hours after the search began Tuesday. It did not say whether police ever found a gunman on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
The message says the campus was returning to normal operations and that scheduled evening classes would be held.
Police say a woman had reported a man with a long gun in a parking lot near the Indiana University School of Medicine on the IUPUI campus about 12:30 p.m. IUPUI Police Capt. Bill Abston says police later received two additional reports of sightings.


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Gabe Mastromatteo reflects after summer swimming on the world stage
At just 17, Gabe Mastromatteo has seen more of the globe than most people will in their life.
The Kenora Swimming Shark has stamps from Japan, Korea and Hungary in his passport after a summer wearing the maple leaf on his swim cap. He even spent some time in Croatia on vacation for some much-needed rest after a busy season.
Mastromatteo was in Gwangju, South Korea for the FINA World Championships in July where he got to rub shoulders with some of the best swimmers on the planet. He relayed a story of watching British swimmer Adam Peaty preparing for the 100m breaststroke – a race Mastromatteo won gold in at the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Fiji.
Peatty was "chill, super focused" and "never really showed emotion," Mastromatteo said in a recent interview.
"It was just a normal day for him, and he came in and set a world record that night," he said.
Peatty finished the race in just 56.88 seconds, setting a world record. The 24-year-old has been the gold standard when it comes to the 100m breaststroke, breaking his own record four times.
Mastromatteo, who lists Spider-Man as his favourite superhero on his Swimming Canada bio, made the senior Canadian squad after his performances at the 2019 Canadian Swimming Trials in April, winning silver in the 50 and 100m breaststroke. He said he and all the rookies were all "just part of the team."
"I was happy with that, the team was amazing," he said.
From the senior worlds, Mastromatteo had a small reprieve, swimming in the Canadian Swimming Championships in Winnipeg before packing his bags for the FINA World Junior Championships in Hungary in August.
There Mastromatteo won three medals, one silver and two bronze. He was half a second off from being the fastest in the world in the 50m breaststroke with a time of 27.73 seconds. Mastromatteo won bronze alongside his Canadian teammates in the 4x100m mixed medley relay and the 4x100m medley relay. He also nabbed a fourth-place finish in the 100m breaststroke.
Mastromatteo outperformed his results from the 2017 world juniors, where he finished eighth in the 50m breaststroke and ninth in the 100m breaststroke.
All throughout the world juniors, local media provided updates on Mastromatteo's results and each time they were met with dozens of shares and posts on social media from Kenoraites sharing in his successes.
Mastromatteo laughed when the word celebrity was brought up, saying "it's a little bit of a stretch."
Mastromatteo noted he does appreciate all the support Kenora has given him in his budding career.
"It's awesome, I really appreciate it, I'll go on Twitter, Instagram and I'll see stuff and it's awesome," he said. "I love it."
For the "last two or three years," according to Mastromatteo, his mom, Janet Hyslop has been coaching the swimming sensation. She was one of the coaches with Team Canada in Hungary, helping Canadian teammates hit personal bests.
"She knows me better than any coach ever really would because she gave birth to me," Mastromatteo deadpanned. "She's a great coach, I'm lucky to have her."
Mastromatteo just started Grade 12 at St. Thomas Aquinas High School and somehow manages to find the time to balance a rigorous training schedule with the demands of academics. Mastromatteo will train two hours a day in the pool, along with weight training.
"I usually get Sundays off," he said with a smirk.
Mastromatteo said his teachers have been "amazing through this whole thing" and have helped him a lot in making sure he gets his schoolwork done.
Of course, with his results on the world stage and his current career trajectory, Olympics are not out of the question for the young swimmer. Mastromatteo is staying on course however and refuses to get caught up in the Olympic craze.
"I don't want to have it as my only focus," he said. "I just want to focus on training and doing the right things and keep building on what I've been doing, put the work in behind the scenes. I know I can race; I know I can do well at big meets I just need to pick up the rest of that to where I really need it to be."
The 2020 Summer Olympics are in Tokyo next summer and the ticket to get there is through the Canadian Swimming Trials in April.
"That's the pinnacle," Mastromatteo said. "There's no 'Oh you swam well all year, so we'll take you' you have to swim fast this single race and if you don't, well it sucks for you."
The trials are the big meet in the coming months and Mastromatteo is hopeful but "it's the Olympics, it's not an easy thing to make," he said.
For now, it's getting back into the routine of high school and training for the trials in Toronto.


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JOHNSON CITY, TENN. (Sept. 23, 2004) - The ETSU volleyball team (1-9, 0-0 SoCon) will open conference play this weekend as they host Appalachian State (7-5, 0-0 SoCon) on Friday at 7:00 p.m. and then welcome the Western Carolina Catamounts (3-5, 0-0 SoCon) to Johnson City on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. Both matches will be played in Brooks Gymnasium, the home of Lady Bucs volleyball. This weekend is also Alumni Weekend for the Lady Bucs. The festivities will include an alumni match versus the current Bucs on Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. as well as recognition for those alumni in attendance at this weekend's matches.
"We are very pleased to have the opportunity to honor past alumni this weekend. It is so encouraging to see past players out to support the present team," Lady Bucs head coach Lindsey Devine had to say. "Alumni are the foundation of the growing success of our present squad as well as future teams to come."
Heading into weekend competition, the Lady Bucs welcome the start of conference play after a long and tough non-conference schedule. With matches versus Kentucky, Purdue, and Central Michigan last week, ETSU continued to grow as a team and work towards the Southern Conference championships. Jennifer Sartor (Purcellville, Va.) was named to the All-Tournament Team last weekend at the Mortar Board Premier hosted by Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. Sartor posted 24 kills, nine total blocks and a combined 29 digs throughout weekend competition. Her best offensive performance of the weekend came against the Boilermakers where she managed a .333 hitting percentage averaging a 2.18 kills per game average. Thus far in 2004, Sartor boasts a team-high hitting percentage of .220 with 94 kills and a team-high 32.0 total blocks heading into Southern Conference competition this weekend.
Freshman Callie Kiselich (Colorado Springs, Co.) has begun a dominant freshman campaign at the net for the Bucs. Kiselich has 87 kills in 36 games for ETSU adding 28 total blocks and 37 assists through non-conference play. Brittany Kessel (Libertyville, Ill.), a 2004 transfer from Kent State University, has stepped into the setter position for ETSU posting a 9.39 apg average with a tally of 338 for the year.
"Our team is very excited for our first weekend of competition at home. The feeling of hearing the crowd cheer our girls on will be a big motivating factor for our squad. This weekend our team will have the opportunity to show the community the hard work that has been put forth while on the road through our non-conference schedule," Devine said.
Appalachian State and ETSU collided last in October 2003 where the Mountaineers swept the Lady Bucs 0-3 (22-30, 22-30, 25-30). Appalachian State leads the all-time series with ETSU 15-34, however the Lady Bucs look to minimize the difference this weekend. Led by third-year head coach Angell Benson, Western Carolina will face Chattanooga on Friday night before traveling to Johnson City to face the Bucs on Saturday afternoon. The Catamounts enter the weekend 3-5, 0-0 in conference play.


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[Verse 1: Watsky]
Your first rap show posted in the back row
Of a sea of white kids bent on supermanning that ho
Pretty soon you're buying fitted hats and high tops
Pretending that you're black enough and rapping with the lights off
It's like a cyclops with one closed eye
You can tell me that you're winking, but the grin won't lie
And no mouth supplies, what your skin tone hides
About a thousand miles south as the jim crow flies
And then we're playing he said she said
I see red when I peep a pink cheeked boston meathead
I wanna go Bruce Lee
When I see him on the T taking up two seats
And say, "excuse me, but would you move if hell froze?"
You know the subway is the underground railroad
Lynch trees have the same white limbs
Check out my arms, I look just like him
[Verse 2: Catch Wreck]
Let's you and I get one thing straight
The game never been equal, ain't no food on my plate
I gave birth to this and you just took it and co-opted it and profited
And packaged it and wouldn't give me half of it
Peep how I master this and break down how you took it all
Raped the culture and you standing there looking all
Innocent, take a mile when I give and inch
And how you getting rich, is it a coincidence?
Or is it ignorance? You don't know your own privilege
You own riches and don't know what homeless is
You got a lot to learn before you even think about
Hip hop, black culture and which fitted you pickin out
Play Nigga in the store, I don't think so bro
My people ain't supportin your black history show
So stop what you doing we won't take it anymore
Before you come in my house wipe ya feet at the door
[Verse 3: Watsky & Catch Wreck]
I see the color lines
It's tough that every other time a brother rhymes
White mothers think of gutter crimes
We keep our standard higher
We don't kick lower rhymes
Other times it undermines the fact the mine are over minds
[Catch Wreck]
All you gotta do is get past the guilt
We ain't living in a house that master built
If you overstand that, tell your people what you know
Because one of em got enough money to pay back what you owe
Yes, My great grands had land, had slaves
I guess I pressed this record off the bank he made
But I want independance, past the declaration
But one down ass white boy can't pay for reparations
[Catch Wreck]
I'm running out of patience while you do the work of Satan
Like an impulse. Edu Leedz Black history's an insult
Number one, I'm not trying to tell your story
I just want to sit on my porch, drink a forty and spit
Number two, cause uou can smell bullshit
I just love hip hop
Pinkie swear that's it
[Catch Wreck]
If you love hip hop respect it
That includes the people who created it and paved the way for this
So that you're making it
Well if you're talking on who's making it, I'll play devil's advocate
A lot of black music has white dollars backing it
Kweli's got it on lock
Rupert Murdoch funded Rawkus
You looking for the keys, then you better check the pockets
[Catch Wreck]
I'll be checking pockets all right
As soon as it gets dark and all night
I'mma get my money we can all fight
You taking out the high and the mighty
And their kids
You say kill whitey
I say can I live?
You're not black militant
Killing us diligent
Grab my fam, and grandma and light us up like a filament
I thought we were cool now I'm this close to giving in
Just put a bullet in for each missed dose of Ritalin


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From seat backs to handbags: How airlines recycle
By Daisy Carrington, for CNN • Updated 26th April 2013
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Running an airline creates an astonishing amount of waste. Food, fuel, and the millions of tons of waste from worn carpets, uniforms and seat cushions adds up.
Fortunately, many have started to get creative with recycling, turning their used goods into bags, quilts, shoes, carpets, and in one instance, a wedding dress.
What passengers don't see when they board a plane is that many components have a shelf life. Life vests, for instance, are only good for six years before they need replacing. Even the seats have an expiration date.
"After so many dry cleanings, seat covers lose their fire retardant coating, so by FAA rules, they can't remain on the plane," explains Matt Mahler, founder of Tierra Ideas, an design label that's teamed with Delta Airlines to create bags and wallets from the carrier's old seat covers and curtains. Since partnering with Mahler in 2010, the airline has recycled 7,973 pounds of textiles.
Gallery: How dead airplanes get a second life
Nothing generates as much potential rubbish as a merger or logo change however. In those instances, any material bearing the old emblem or company colors needs to be scrapped to make way for the new.
When KLM changed their uniforms 18 months ago, they had tons of useless fabric on their hands. They decided to give it to Desso Aviation, a carpet company with a zero-waste, 100% biodegradable approach known as "cradle-to-cradle".
Desso wove the uniforms into carpets, which were kitted out on the new World Business Class cabin on KLM's Boeing 747-400 fleet, this July.
Usually, Desso likes to know the background of products, because it affects how the materials will be used going forward. Nylon carpets, for instance, can be recycled, and turned into new carpets.
When a wool carpet surpasses its utility, it gets turned into secondary fuel for the cement industry, and the leftover chalk gets used for backing carpet tiles. Delta disposes its carpets in a similar way, saving 340 tons of materials from the dumpster.
Finnair has a more do-gooder approach. Old uniforms get sent to clean up oil spills, blankets are shipped to refugee camps in Myanmar and airline seats get fashioned into passenger seats in Finnish Red Cross emergency vehicles. Finnair also donates clothing and furniture to workshops for special needs individuals.
"We don't need to make a new business opportunity for ourselves; we're not in the recycling business and don't want to go into it," says Kati Ihamäki, Finnair's vice president for sustainable development. "Instead, we'd rather help others find and create new opportunities from our old products,"
Finnair also collaborates with design label Global Hope, which also creates bags from their old uniforms. The carrier also sponsors competitions with local clothing and furniture designers, pushing them to create goods from their discards. Recently, the winner in a Finnish wedding design competition used KLM uniforms to create her couture gown.
Report: Airline recycling in 'sorry state'
However, Air France-KLM currently lead the pack in terms of their environmental efforts (the company has topped the Dow Jones Sustainability Index four years running).
Sophie Virapin, Air France's vice president of sustainable development, estimates 80% of their on-board material is recycled and reused. In December, the airline teamed with upcycling design label Bilum to create bags from old billboard posters and life jackets. The life jacket cases, which retailed for $31, have already sold out.
"Of our projects, the bags were fun and sexy for customers and the media, but they were just one little action," says Virapin, who is eager to point out the many less enticing ways Air France has cut back on waste.
Plastic meal trays are repurposed to create plastic cutlery, the cables from seat backs are refashioned into headphones and retired aircraft are combed for reusable parts, which either get reborn in newer planes or passed on to General Electric.
"When we launch a new product, we always ask, 'what is the life cycle of this product and what will we do with it at the end of its life?'" says Virapin.
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Epson 5020 review; HT review schedule update
The Epson 5020e is the latest review posted. Here is the outlook for upcoming reviews...
Last night we posted Bill's review of the Epson Home Cinema 5020. To clarify, 5020 is shorthand. The actual model number is the 5020UB, which stands for ultra black. And it comes in both a standard and wireless version. The wireless edition which costs a few hundred extra is known as the 5020UBe, but other than the wireless enhancement they are the same projector.
Also, Epson has released the ProCinema 6020UB and 6020UBe. These models are basically the same as the 5020UB and 5020UBe but they are priced higher and packaged to be sold by custom installers and specialty home theater retail outlets rather than online resellers. The 6020 units are black, whereas the 5020's are white. And the 6020's come with a replacement lamp, an extra year of warranty, a rear cable cover, and the ability to do an anamorphic stretch for Cinemascope format presentation. Other than those differences, the review just posted of the Home Cinema 5020UBe will apply to the 6020 models as well.
How does the Epson 5020 stack up against the Panasonic AE8000? These two formidable home theater projectors go head to head for a fascinating duel. We will be posting a shootout article early next week, so stay tuned for that.
Meanwhile, we are still awaiting the arrival of the production version of the Viewsonic Pro9000 as well as the Sony HW50ES. The original Pro9000 review was delayed due to a discovery that the pre-production sample we had was not entirely representative of what the eventual production models would be (at least one important improvement was made that we need to check out prior to review).
At any rate, we will review both of these projectors on a priority basis once they arrive. At this time I have no firm arrival dates, but I am still hoping we can get them done this month.
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Revision as of 09:27, 21 February 2011
Threaded Anaconda GUI
The dispatch.py code in anaconda is unnecessarily obscured and tied with the UI interface classes. Its implementation doesn't allow us to easily track if a certain step is going to be taken or skipped. Because it does not act as a proper controller, it is unsuitable for a multithreaded UI implementation.
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 16
- Last updated: 08:37, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
- Percentage of completion: 20%
Detailed Description
Problems with the current implementation:
- it is difficult to be sure whether a particular step is going to be skipped or not in the end
- we are modelling a queue with much more complex structure, that makes the possible interactions (step forward, step backward) difficult to figure out
- the string binding
- intermixing interactive and direct steps at the same place (is this a problem?)
- dispatch.py is too much entangled with gui.py. This results in a couple of architecture flaws:
- for the first few indirect steps are executed when the gtk.main() function is not yet running
- it is actually the gui.py that decides when the steps are changing, not the dispatch!
A solution suggested by msivak is to have every step at its start check it has all necessary information. If not raise an exception that mentions all steps that need to happen before this step in order to collect all needed information: those will be added before the current step in the queue and the queue is re-executed from the start.
Benefit to Fedora
Better maintainability of the installer code.