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We're into a new round of debates over education reform, and the flashpoints illustrate how these basic values clash. The issues are further complicated by politics, money and stubborn tradition.
Education should be simple. Just start with the things about child-raising nearly every parent knows:
1. Exploring and learning are as natural for kids as breathing.
2. There are certain things children should learn if they are to grow into successful adults.
3. Every kid is different.
So school should be fun, free, and creative, nurturing the whole child. There should be a basic curriculum, and a way to measure whether students are learning it and how well schools are teaching it. Each child should get the instruction she needs, tailored to her particular learning style, abilities and interests.
But it's not that simple, of course.
We're into a new round of debates over education reform, and the flashpoints illustrate how these basic values clash. The issues are further complicated by politics, money and stubborn tradition.
The standards movement, which has been central to education reform for the last 20 years, is about establishing a basic curriculum — skills and knowledge that every child should acquire — and standardized tests to determine which students and schools are succeeding.
Done right, the tests align with the curriculum: "Teaching to the test" is the same as making sure students have absorbed the lessons. The changes to the SAT just announced, for instance, are designed to make it less a measure of raw intelligence, and align its questions with the Common Core, a detailed set of learning expectations now adopted by 45 states.
Done right, standardized tests identify the needs of students as individuals. They are diagnostic, and should be no more stressful than an annual physical exam — and shame on teachers and parents who paint them as instruments of punishment.
But not everything worth knowing can fit in a standardized test. The old-fashioned report card, with teachers' comments on each child's strengths, needs and behavior, is every bit as important as a test score.
And shame on those educators who, in the name of raising achievement in reading, math and science, have pushed art, music, gym class and extra-curricular activities out of the school day. That's not teaching the whole child.
Done wrong, standards and testing can turn the classroom from a place of discovery to a one of drudgery. Teaching to the Common Core is now being pushed into kindergarten, and even pre-school, with free play giving way to structured instruction. One of the worst things schools can do is take the joy out of learning.
It's possible to find the right balance between shared standards and individualized instruction, academics and enrichment, high expectations and supportive learning communities. Here in Massachusetts, we've seen real progress in raising test scores, turning around failing schools and encouraging innovation.
But politics and self-interest get in the way, whether it's teachers unions using political clout to protect the status quo or entrepreneurs mixing private profit with public education. Once they become school superintendents, some of our finest educators become obsessed with their budgets.
Liberal mayors in New York and Los Angeles are now trying to close down charter schools, which have been lifesavers for countless children and have proven to be engines of education innovation. More than 50,000 students are on waiting lists for charter placements in Massachusetts, but efforts to raise the cap that prevents new schools from opening in the most troubled school districts are being held back by local officials' complaints about school aid funding formulas.
Then there are those stubborn traditions. By tradition, we group children by age — all the 5-year-olds in kindergarten, all the 12-year-olds in 7th grade — and teach them all the same lesson on the same day, in the same way. By tradition, most schools are locked up in the summer, despite research showing most students lose about two months of educational progress over vacation — with low-income students falling ever further behind.
That's no way to get each kid the education he needs. Students who speak limited English need extra time to keep up. Why not open the school year a month early, and keep them in school an hour longer each day, to give them the intensive language lessons they need? Why do we think we can take children who begin at different starting points, with a wide range of advantages and abilities, give them exactly the same amount of instruction, and expect them to all end up equally educated?
Why do we load up kids with homework and send them to empty homes filled with distractions in the early afternoon, instead of letting them study at school, with tutors to answer their questions?
Twenty years of effort and experimentation have shown that while education might not be simple, it's possible to have better schools and better-prepared kids. It's up to the adults to shed traditions like the six-hour school day, treat students as individuals, stop quarreling over money and make it happen.
Rick Holmes, opinion editor for the MetroWest Daily News, Framingham, blogs at Holmes & Co. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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It is also possible to define variables containing unboxed C data, so called locations. It should be noted that locations may only contain simple data, that is: everything that fits into a machine word, and double-precision floating point values.
- (define-location NAME TYPE [INIT])syntax
Identical to (define-external NAME TYPE [INIT]), but the variable is not accessible from outside of the current compilation unit (it is declared static).
- (let-location ((NAME TYPE [INIT]) ...) BODY ...)syntax
Defines a lexically bound location.
- (location NAME)syntax
- (location X)syntax
- #$read
This form returns a pointer object that contains the address of the variable NAME. If the argument to location is not a location defined by define-location, define-external or let-location, then
(location X)
is essentially equivalent to
(make-locative X)
(See the manual section on locatives for more information about locatives)
Note that (location X) may be abbreviated as #$X.
(define-external foo int) ((foreign-lambda* void (((c-pointer int) ip)) "*ip = 123;") (location foo)) foo ==> 123
This facility is especially useful in situations, where a C function returns more than one result value:
#> #include <math.h> <# (define modf (foreign-lambda double "modf" double (c-pointer double)) ) (let-location ([i double]) (let ([f (modf 1.99 (location i))]) (print "i=" i ", f=" f) ) )
See location and c-string* for a tip on returning a c-string* type.
location returns a value of type c-pointer, when given the name of a callback-procedure defined with define-external.
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Kelly Layman
Executive Director of Communications
PRESS RELEASE: Florida Board of Governors makes appointments to two university Boards of Trustees
Appointments made for new members at FIU, UNF
**Each university also has a press release being sent with more details. For more information, contact Joanna Norris at UNF, email@example.com or Maydel Santana-Bravo at FIU, firstname.lastname@example.com.**
The Trustee Nominating Committee of the Florida Board of Governors put forward – and the Board of Governors ratified and approved – two appointments to two universities' Boards of Trustees on Thursday – one at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, and one to Florida International University in Miami.
Each one of the 11 institutions in the State University System has a 13-member Board of Trustees responsible for cost-effective policy, and for implementing and maintaining high-quality education programs consistent with the institution's mission. The Boards of Trustees also develop processes to meet state policy, budgeting and education standards.
"The role of a university trustee is unique, as balancing institutional needs with those of the broader State University System can be a difficult task. I congratulate our new trustees, and I salute their commitment to excellence for our public universities in Florida," said Morteza "Mori" Hosseini of Daytona Beach, who is Chair of the Trustee Nominating Committee.
Each applicant had a rigorous interview process with at least two members of the Board of Governors from the Trustee Nominating Committee. Each appointee also completes an intensive orientation with the Board of Governors once appointed.
The Florida Board of Governors' appointments are separate from appointments also made to university Boards of Trustees by the Governor of Florida. A university's student body president or a designee also serves as a standing member of the Boards of Trustees – as does a faculty member, selected by peers.
The appointees are listed below, and their completed applications are posted on the Board of Governors' web site, www.flbog.edu, at the Board meeting materials posted for the Trustee Nominating Committee.
These appointments conclude the Board's appointments in this cycle. The next cycle of Board of Governors appointments to trustee boards will be in 2014.
University of North Florida (1 vacancy)
Fred Franklin, Jr., a Jacksonville attorney who serves as managing director of Rogers Towers, P.A., and is a member of the firm's litigation department. From 1995-97, Franklin served as general counsel for the City of Jacksonville and its independent agencies, including the Duval County School Board and the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. He earned his bachelor's degree from Jacksonville University and his law degree from the University of Florida.
Florida International University (1 vacancy)
Gerald Grant, Jr., of Palmetto Bay, is the vice president and branch director of corporate and individual financial planning for AXA Advisors. A native of Jamaica, Grant is a past president of the FIU Alumni Association. He has previously served on the foundation boards of directors at FIU and Florida A&M University. He serves on the advisory board for FIU's Honors College. He is a member of the 100 Black Men of South Florida and holds both bachelor's and master's degrees in business administration from FIU.
About the State University System of Florida
The State University System of Florida is governed by a 17-member Board of Governors, a constitutional body and led by appointed public servants. The System is comprised of 11 institutions with a total enrollment of more than 320,000 students, making it the fourth-largest public university system in the nation in terms of enrollment (some states have more than one university system). The Florida Constitution (Article IX, Section 7) was amended by the state's voters in 2002 to establish a statewide system of governance for all Florida public universities. As a result, the Florida Board of Governors was created in 2003 to oversee the State University System of Florida. Responsibilities include defining the distinctive mission of each institution and ensuring the well-planned coordination and operation of the System. The Board's 17 members include 14 appointed by the Governor, with three serving by virtue of their designations (a faculty member, a Florida Student Association student representative, and the Florida Commissioner of Education). The Board of Governors appoints a Chancellor who serves as the chief executive and administrative officer of the State University System. For more, including the Board's Annual Report that reflects accountability measurements and benchmarks occurring at each institution, see www.flbog.edu.


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Video: Bose® Companion® 5 multimedia speaker system
Heads up!Welcome to this article from the Crutchfield archives. Have fun reading it, but be aware that the information may be outdated and links may be broken.
Jimmy, Senior Advisor Manager at Crutchfield, had a chance to try out the Bose® Companion® 5 multimedia speaker system in his office. He tells us about the simple setup and his listening experience.
Video Transcript
Jimmy: So I'm here to talk about the Bose Companion 5. I've been lucky enough to get a pair in my office to try out and I don't want to return them because they sound awesome and they're really easy to use. That's why I'm hoping I can pull some strings and get to keep them in my office.
So one of the really cool things about the Bose Companion 5 that really shocked me was the stereo separation. I mean, all speakers have stereo separation, but I've heard things through these little speakers that I haven't heard in big, expensive speakers that we have here at work or at home as well.
And the other nice thing about it is the Acoustimass subwoofer. It's there and you can feel the bass but it's not overwhelming. It's not booming and really obnoxious, but it definitely makes a difference.
One of the coolest features is the control pod. And that is a great design because it allows people to pause it quickly, start it back up. It's got the old school rotary knob so you can smoothly turn that up or turn it down, which is really convenient. I have tons of music on my iPod. So if you have an iPhone or any other external device whether it be a CD player or MP3 device, plug it in and out. It's as simple as one cord going in and out like this, or if I just want to blast it I can use the headphone as well because it's got the headphone adapter here. So that's really been convenient. I don't have to mess around, you know, looking for cords or cables 'cause they're all right there — makes life easy — that's always a good thing.
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Protopterus annectens ssp. brieni
|Scope: Global & Pan-Africa
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Protopterus annectens ssp. brieni Poll, 1961
|Parent Species:
|Regional Assessments:
Common Name(s):
Protopterus rhinocryptis Gray, 1850
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Bills, R., Kazembe, J., Marshall, B., Moelants, T. & Vreven, E.
|Snoeks, J., Tweddle, D., Getahun, A., Lalèyè, P., Paugy, D., Zaiss, R., Fishar, M.R.A & Brooks, E.
This subspecies has a wide distribution, with no known major widespread threats. It is therefore listed as Least Concern. It has also been assessed regionally as Least Concern for central and southern Africa. It has a limited distribution within the east Africa region where it only occurs in Malawi in the Lower Shire (other sub-populations are introduced). The Lower Shire is considered as one location. It is therefore assessed as Vulnerable.
|Range Description:
|This subspecies is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo to northern South Africa.
Central Africa: Protopterus annectens brieni is known from the Luapula-Mweru and Lufira River basins in the upper Congo River basin.
Eastern Africa: It is present in the Lower Shire River, and Monkey Bay in Lake Malawi (Lake Malawi catchment) after introduction to the Mpatsanjoka dambo (Salima).
Southern Africa: It is found in coastal rivers of Mozambique from the Incomati River north to the Zambezi. It extends upstream into the middle Zambezi and present in the Zambian Congo. Also occurs in arid regions of the Changane system (northern Limpopo River) in Mozambique and extending up into the Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe. Protopterus annectens brieni has been translocated to additional sites in the Kruger National Park in South Africa (Skelton 1993).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Malawi; Mozambique; South Africa; Swaziland; Zambia; Zimbabwe
|Additional data:
|Range Map:
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|Limited information available but it is reported to be uncommon throughout its range (Bell-Cross and Minshull 1988).
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|Protopterus annectens brieni is a demersal, air breathing fish. It is usually found in large river systems associated with floodplains or non-perennial tributary streams which flow through flat country (Bell-Cross and Minshull 1988). It has the ability to use gills and lungs to breath in and out of water; when the floods recede it excavates a burrow in shallow water, deep enough to take its body, and by the time the water has disappeared the lungfish is encased in a thin membranous cocoon made from secreted mucus and mud (Bell-Cross and Minshull 1988). The aestivation lasts until the habitat is again filled with water (Skelton 1993). Protopterus annectens brieni preys mainly on slow-moving bottom-dwelling creatures such as snails, insects and worms, but also takes fish and amphibians (Skelton 1993). An U-shaped burrow is excavated to a depth of nearly 60 cm for spawning purposes. The nest is usually placed amongst the roots of aquatic vegetation where the male will attend to several females during the breeding season. He will aerate the eggs with body and fin movements and afford protection to the young for a while after incubation (Bell-Cross and Minshull 1988).
|Use and Trade:
|In certain more arid regions of Mozambique lungfishes are an important dry season food source. Lungfish are dug up during the height of the dry season when other fish food sources have gone.
|Major Threat(s):
|Overfishing in Luapula with drawnets could pose a threat to the subspecies. Subsistence fisheries make the subspecies particularly vulnerable in Zimbabwe (Bell-Cross and Minshull 1988). Dams in the main Zambezi River have reduced the size of the Zambezi delta and the influx of nutrients into the lower river. Further damming of the river will exacerbate this threat reducing floodplain habitats. Lower floodplain habitats have been extensively farmed for sugar cane in the Marromeu region which have introduced a suite of threats from loss of habitats to increased human populations and thus increased direct exploitation. Its geographical range remains large despite localised threats.
|Conservation Actions:
|Since 2007 it has been prohibited to fish in Lake Mweru and the Luapula River on the Congolese site of the border. In Zambia, there is the Kasanka National Park around Lake Bangweulu. The fines didn't work in this region. Even scientific collections were stopped. The government has burned 10,000 nets after measuring the nets. The governor (Morris Katunge) has paid the fishermen. Since 1st of May 2008, fishing was allowed again, but with controlled mesh sizes. In the Lufira River basin, the subspecies is protected by the National Park of Upemba. It is also protected within National Parks of Zimbabwe (Bell-Cross and Minshull 1988). More research is needed into this subspecies' population numbers and range, habitat status and threats, as well as monitoring and potential conservation measures.
|Bills, R., Kazembe, J., Marshall, B., Moelants, T. & Vreven, E. 2010. Protopterus annectens ssp. brieni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T183101A8033578. . Downloaded on 16 August 2018.
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CodeRed is now accessible to all Saline County residents
All Saline County residents can now be alerted about any type of emergency through a cell phone, home phone and/or email address, as county officials have entered a contract with CodeRed Emergency Notification System.
"We've had some issues in the past with the (tornado) sirens and the weather radios. People didn't like them and we ran out of ways to notify them of severe weather," Terrell Burks, director of the Saline County Office of Emergency Management told The Saline Courier. "We looked around at various ways to notify people and officials in Bryant spoke very highly of the CodeRed System, and we decided to enter into a contract with them."
There is good reason that Burks said county officials is willing to pay $20,500 for a six month agreement. There have been issues with tornado sirens for many years, and Burks recently discovered that many people even began purposely taking the batteries out of the weather radios that were handed out to county residents. Plus, how many people living in Saline County now dropped by a local fire department to receive a weather radio? How many residents, especially those that just recently moved into the county, even know about the weather radios in the first place?
But in today's modern time, it is safe to say that a majority of residents have some type of telephone. Those that sign up to the program using a cell phone number can be notified of emergencies even when out of town.
"This system will cost the county, but it doesn't cost the residents anything," Burks said. "I think this (CodeRed) is a really good deal for everyone. All we've got to do now is get people to register."
That's the easy part. Just visit www.salinecounty.org and click the CodeRed logo on the right side of the webpage. Just a couple of minutes of registration can keep you alerted, which will be even more appreciated if the electricity in the home goes out, knocking out the tv and radio. A person can also chose options of being notified via phone call or text message and/or by email.
The City of Bryant started using CodeRed in 2008 with the main intent to notify residents for emergency purposes. But back in early 2011, the system was upgraded to notify the public of everything from non-emergency purposes such as city events or council meetings, to drinking water contamination/boil orders, utility outage, evacuation notice and route, missing person report, fires in the area, bomb threats, hostage situations, chemical spill or gas leaks, and other emergency incidents "where rapid and accurate notification is essential for life safety." Other type of non-emergency notifications can include: safety messages on burn bans and other fire-related issues; messages from the local law enforcement agencies; road closures; city festivals, carnivals, and other special events; or a variety of other important notices.
It should be noted that this Courier reporter has been on the CodeRed notification system since 2008 and typically messages concern severe weather notifications. Basically, a person isn't bombarded with unimportant phone calls or text messages.
Randy Cox, former Bryant Fire Chief who introduced CodeRed to Bryant officials in 2008, said the system is "very important" for residents and also encouraged businesses to sign up. He said it is quick, easy and could be lifesaving, as well as an information source.
"This system is only as good as the database of phone numbers supporting it," Cox said. "You also have the option of changing things in the system, for what you want to be notified about and what you don't want to be notified about. We are just trying to find ways to keep residents informed and this is a great system to rely on."
Last summer, Cox even used CodeRed to help keep residents safe amid the soaring temperatures. Through CodeRed he said 345 elderly and homebound Bryant residents were able to be checked on directly by the fire department or by neighbors to ensure their health was safe. The message sent out read, "Do us a favor; please check on your neighbor! Due to the current high temperatures with no relief in sight, we are asking all residents to check on your neighbors, especially the elderly and homebound. Please ensure that your neighbor has sufficient cooling, whether it is a fan or air conditioner, and that they are using them. Also ensure that they are drinking plenty of fluids."
The message added: "If you come across an emergency, dial 911. If you come across a resident that may need assistance with a fan for their residence, then call the Bryant Fire Department non-emergency number at 501-847-0483. Give the firefighter that answers the phone your name, address and a phone number where you can be reached; and the name and address of the person you are requesting assistance for. We will send a crew to the address to evaluate the issue and assist in any way we can."
Cox said that anyone who was found without either an air conditioning unit or a fan was "taken care of and that's all I will say on that."
Shane Knight, former planning and community director for the City of Bryant, added, "CodeRed is an ultra high-speed telephone communications service for emergency notifications, and this system is capable of dialing the entire city within minutes. It then delivers a prerecorded message describing the situations to a live person or an answering machine in the affected area, possibly including instructions requiring immediate action on the part of the recipient."
Burks told the Courier on Friday that residents from Bryant that are already signed up for CodeRed do not have to register again. He also said that residents in Hot Springs Village that previously signed up for a similar program also do not have to register as CodeRed took over that system and will be added into the system for Saline County.
Burks also said that at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, residents should receive a 60 second non-emergency message from CodeRed as a system test.
To sign up or for more information, visit www.salinecounty.org or call 303-5600.


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Apple may replace passcodes with image recognition
Tech giant Apple has applied for a patent on the use of images to authenticate the user of a Mac or some other 'i' product.
The patent application, called "Image-Based Authentication," describes a method by which an image of some sort would be displayed on a Mac or iDevice screen.
Aside from that image, options will be displayed asking users to correctly identify what it is.
If they answer correctly, they'll be able to access the respective device. An incorrect answer keeps it locked, CNET reports.
According to Patently Apple, which was first to report on the patent application, Apple's filing includes an image showing a person's face.
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AccueilBourgeois Seas. Revisiting the middle classes of Eastern Mediterranean Port Cities
Appel à contributionHistoire
Publié le samedi 10 novembre 2007 par Raphaëlle Daudé
International Conference
Call for Papers
Bourgeois Seas
Revisiting the Middle Classes of Eastern Mediterranean Port Cities
European University Institute, Florence
19-20 September 2008
We are seeking proposals for papers willing to revisit, expand, challenge and invigorate the discussion on Eastern Mediterranean port bourgeoisies. Initiated in the mid-1980s this discussion focused on some of the "classic hybrid Eurasian port cities of the nineteenth century", and approached the emergence of bourgeoisies in the Eastern Mediterranean as a corollary of the incorporation of the Ottoman Empire –as a periphery– to the core of the world economy. More than twenty years on, there are few historians nowadays willing to subscribe to class formation and the emergence of a single bourgeoisie in Eastern Mediterranean port cities as a mere product of increased trade. The abandonment of this explanatory model has nevertheless been accompanied by an unwillingness to examine class formation and class relations altogether. Although there has recently been a notable surge of interest in the study of non-European middle classes as well as of Eastern Mediterranean port cities, most historians working on the field of the Eastern Mediterranean rarely treat port cities as sites where power was articulated and exercised, where classes were formed, lived, and contested, and where bourgeoisies asserted their class hegemony. The conference therefore aims at bringing these two critical, but so far parallel, historiographical trends together.
Following recent historiographical trends but without ignoring the achievements of the previous generation, we therefore welcome proposals on any port city of the Eastern Mediterranean during the long nineteenth century, until about the aftermath of the First World War. We approach the " Eastern Mediterranean" as a historically defined social and economic space spanning from the ports of Trieste in the West to the ports of Odessa and Alexandria in the East. Class is the focus point of the conference, but class formation is not taken as a given historical development waiting to happen. Rather, research on the "middle classes", or "bourgeoisies", of these ports is an opportunity to rethink its usefulness as a category of analysis for the Eastern Mediterranean historical realities. Questions we would like contributors to address include:
· the ways, sites and character of port city bourgeois hegemony and its contestation; the harbour and quay as distinctive sites of changing economic practices, middle class cohesion and conflicting labour relations;
· the interplay between class and other aspects of identity (such as gender, religion, ethnicity and occupation), and how these different aspects of identity infuse each other and structure power relations in the ports of interest;
· the relationship between state and class, namely the impact of governance (central and municipal) on middle class identities;
· the relation between older and newer forms of social ordering, in particular the relation between class and community and the functioning of class as both an intra-communal form of social differentiation and an inter-communal form of identification; its constitution through and its interaction with discourses on the "middle classes" and "middle-class" practices (such as philanthropy).
Although our emphasis is on a close analysis of the particular workings of class in the various Eastern Mediterranean port cities, we would also like to think about possible new integrative frameworks of analysis. Port cities have recently been identified as one of the most promising fields in the attempt to connect social history with global history. We therefore hope that an examination of middle classes inhabiting a maritime environment comprised of port cities that belonged to different administrative entities (whether to centuries-old empires or to emerging nation states), will allow us to place Eastern Mediterranean experience within a global history context.
The conference will take place at the European University Institute in Florence in September 2008. Applicants are welcome to send abstracts of about 350 to 500 words by the end of January 2008. Authors will be notified by the end of March 2008. Papers will be circulated in advance in order to facilitate discussion among participants and it is expected that the conference will lead to a publication of an edited volume. For information and submission of abstracts please contact
Paris Papamichos Chronakis Dr. Athanasios (Sakis) Gekas
University of Crete European University Institute
email@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com
- Histoire (Catégorie principale)
- Périodes > Époque contemporaine > XIXe siècle
- Espaces > Asie > Proche-Orient
- Espaces > Europe > Balkans
- Périodes > Époque contemporaine > XXe siècle
- Périodes > Époque contemporaine > XXe siècle > 1914-1918
- Sociétés > Histoire > Histoire urbaine
- European University Institute
Florence, Italie
- jeudi 31 janvier 2008
- bourgeoisie, Proche Orient, Balkans, XIXe siecle, port-villes, ports
- Paris Papamishos-Chronakis
courriel : pchronakis [at] gmail [dot] com
- Sakis Gekas
courriel : Athanasios [dot] Gekas [at] eui [dot] eu
URLS de référence
Source de l'information
- Paris Papamichos-Chronakis
courriel : pchronakis [at] gmail [dot] com
Pour citer cette annonce
« Bourgeois Seas. Revisiting the middle classes of Eastern Mediterranean Port Cities », Appel à contribution, Calenda, Publié le samedi 10 novembre 2007, https://calenda.org/193866


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Hi all, i was about to setup a new webserver for some of my private sites that i wanna host, and since i love security i wanted to set it up as secure as possible, and share with you how to setup a secure webserver using SuSE linux 7.3 (since its the distro i use). I hope that it will help you in setting up a secure server.
The webserver is one of the favourite targets on the internet today. Webservers must be accessible from any location on the internet inorder to allow computers/users to view the websites. One of the most common dangers is defacements of sites, which is mostly done by so called script kiddies or crackers. Defacements can lead to serious company damage as in downtime, and confidence towards its customers and the net in general. Even worse is if the webserver holds sensitive information like credit card details, that on some defacements are published openly on the defaced site.
Each service must be tightend as well as possible for security reasons, meaning that the services should be launched as standalone only and not launched as root. That secures the point that if a service is compromised, the attacker has only as much access as the service is running on (eg for webserver, let user www be the one to start that service instead of root).
To setup the webserver securely, create 7 partitions on the HD.
You then install the MINIMUM installation only (no gui, gpms, inetd, rpc, pico, compilers etc...). Just the minimum OS installation, and add the following packets to it.
SuSEfirewall II
(instead of sendmail, install postfix)
plus anything else you need (e.g. data bases, modules for the Apache)
Before installing any of the above mentioned packages, check to make sure if any updates are available for them, and update them if necessary.
Before starting with the actual work, all "standard" Linux configurations such as entering the name server, configuration of the network interface, setting up users, etc. should be executed. Initially all unnecessary services should be inactivated and authorizations withdrawn from privileged programs not absolutely needed. This can easily be done with the
harden_suse tool.
server# harden_suse
This causes extensive changes to the system, which are all recorded in /etc/harden_suse.log and which can be undone with the /etc/undo_harden_suse script. Users of other Linux distributions like Red Hat can possibly use the Bastille script or something similar, although these represent a slightly different approach.
All services with net access except SSH are deactivated and only the following privileged suid and sgid programs remain:
server# find / -perm -04000 -type f -exec ls -ld {} \;
-rwsr-x--- 1 root trusted 23840 Mar 11 11:26 /bin/ping
-rwsr-x--- 1 root trusted 30750 Mar 11 11:37 /bin/su
-rwsr-x--- 1 root trusted 21268 Mar 11 11:10 /usr/bin/crontab
-rwsr-xr-x 1 man root 85460 Mar 11 11:24 /usr/bin/man
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 15308 Mar 11 11:26 /usr/bin/rcp
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 11052 Mar 11 11:26 /usr/bin/rlogin
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 8104 Mar 11 11:26 /usr/bin/rsh
-rwsr-x--- 1 root shadow 38340 Mar 11 11:50 /usr/bin/gpasswd
-rwsr-x--- 1 root trusted 22184 Mar 11 11:50 /usr/bin/newgrp
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root shadow 27920 Mar 11 11:50 /usr/bin/passwd
-rwsr-x--- 1 root trusted 56600 Mar 11 18:41 /usr/bin/sudo
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 20300 Mar 11 11:26 /usr/sbin/traceroute
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 6132 Mar 11 09:36 /usr/lib/pt_chown
server# find / -perm -02000 -type f -exec ls -ld {} \;
-rwxr-sr-x 1 root tty 9452 Mar 11 11:26 /usr/bin/write
Next, vi into /etc/rc.config and edit the following:
That makes sure that the webserver, the firewall and the scanlog daemon are started upon system boot.
Now we continue with the configuration of the local firewall and change the following lines in the file /etc/rc.config.d/firewall2.rc.config (a detailed description of the individual variables is included in the file):
(I usually setup my own firewall rules via iptables, but since this is not a firewall tutorial i'll just copy paste my webservers firewall here that comes along with my suse distro I will only paste the options that i have edited or need, depending on my network setup. There are many more options, but i will only paste the ones related to the webserver as a standalone computer (not any lans, DMZ etc....) ) :
# 1.)
# Should the Firewall be started?
# This setting is done in /etc/rc.config (START_FW2="yes")
# 2.)
# Which is the interface that points to the internet/untrusted networks?
# Enter all the network devices here which are untrusted.
# Choice: any number of devices, seperated by a space
# e.g. "eth0", "ippp0 ippp1 eth0:1"
FW_DEV_EXT="eth0" #This is what connect with to my router.
# 8.)
# Do you want to autoprotect all running network services on the firewall?
# If set to "yes", all network access to services TCP and UDP on this machine
# will be prevented (except to those which you explicitly allow, see below:
# Choice: "yes" or "no", defaults to "yes"
# 9.)
# Which services ON THE FIREWALL should be accessible from either the internet
# (or other untrusted networks), the dmz or internal (trusted networks)?
# (see no.13 & 14 if you want to route traffic through the firewall) XXX
# Enter all ports or known portnames below, seperated by a space.
# Common: smtp domain
FW_SERVICES_EXT_TCP="80 443 22 21" #http, https, ssh, 21 for ftp uploads
# Common: domain
FW_SERVICES_EXT_UDP="" # Common: domain
# 11.)
# How is access allowed to high (unpriviliged [above 1023]) ports?
# You may either allow everyone from anyport access to your highports ("yes"),
# disallow anyone ("no"), anyone who comes from a defined port (portnumber or
# known portname) [note that this is easy to circumvent!], or just your
# defined nameservers ("DNS").
# Note that if you want to use normal (active) ftp, you have to set the TCP
# option to ftp-data. If you use passive ftp, you don't need that.
# Note that you can't use rpc requests (e.g. rpcinfo, showmount) as root
# from a firewall using this script (well, you can if you include range
# 600:1023 in FW_SERVICES_EXT_UDP ...).
# Choice: "yes", "no", "DNS", portnumber or known portname, defaults to "no"
# if not set
# Common: "ftp-data", better is "yes" to be sure that everything else works :-(
# Common: "DNS" or "domain ntp", better is "yes" to be sure ...
# 12.)
# Are you running some of the services below?
# They need special attention - otherwise they won´t work!
# Set services you are running to "yes", all others to "no", defaults to "no"
FW_SERVICE_AUTODETECT="yes" # Autodetect the services below when starting
# If you are running bind/named set to yes. Remember that you have to open
# port 53 (or "domain") as udp/tcp to allow incoming queries.
# Also FW_ALLOW_INCOMING_HIGHPORTS_UDP needs to be "yes"
# if you use dhclient to get an ip address you have to set this to "yes" !
# set to "yes" if this server is a DHCP server
# set to "yes" if this server is running squid. You still have to open the
# tcp port 3128 to allow remote access to the squid proxy service.
# set to "yes" if this server is running a samba server. You still have to open
# the tcp port 139 to allow remote access to SAMBA.
# 16.)
# Which logging level should be enforced?
# You can define to log packets which were accepted or denied.
# You can also the set log level, the critical stuff or everything.
# Note that logging *_ALL is only for debugging purpose ...
# Choice: "yes" or "no", FW_LOG_*_CRIT defaults to "yes",
# FW_LOG_*_ALL defaults to "no"
# only change/activate this if you know what you are doing!
FW_LOG="--log-level warning --log-tcp-options --log-ip-option --log-prefix SuSE-FW"
# 17.)
# Do you want to enable additional kernel TCP/IP security features?
# If set to yes, some obscure kernel options are set.
# (icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses, icmp_echoreply_rate,
# icmp_destunreach_rate, icmp_paramprob_rate, icmp_timeexeed_rate,
# ip_local_port_range, log_martians, mc_forwarding, mc_forwarding,
# rp_filter, routing flush)
# Tip: Set this to "no" until you have verified that you have got a
# configuration which works for you. Then set this to "yes" and keep it
# if everything still works. (It should!) ;-)
# Choice: "yes" or "no", defaults to "yes"
# 19.)
# Allow (or don't) ICMP echo pings on either the firewall or the dmz from
# the internet? The internet option is for allowing the DMZ and the internal
# network to ping the internet.
# REQUIRES: FW_ROUTE for FW_ALLOW_PING_DMZ and FW_ALLOW_PING_INTERNET
# Choice: "yes" or "no", defaults to "no" if not set
FW_ALLOW_PING_FW="no" #Drops all icmp packets to or from the firewall
FW_ALLOW_PING_EXT="no" #Drops all icmp packets to or from the firewall
# 20.)
# Allow (or don't) ICMP time-to-live-exceeded to be send from your firewall.
# This is used for traceroutes to your firewall (or traceroute like tools).
# Please note that the unix traceroute only works if you say "yes" to
# FW_ALLOW_INCOMING_HIGHPORTS_UDP, and windows traceroutes only if you say
# additionally "yes" to FW_ALLOW_PING_FW
# Choice: "yes" or "no", defaults to "no"
# 21.)
# Allow ICMP sourcequench from your ISP?
# If set to yes, the firewall will notice when connection is choking, however
# this opens yourself to a denial of service attack. Choose your poison.
# Choice: "yes" or "no", defaults to "yes"
# 22.)
# Allow/Ignore IP Broadcasts?
# If set to yes, the firewall will not filter broadcasts by default.
# This is needed e.g. for Netbios/Samba, RIP, OSPF where the broadcast
# option is used.
# If you do not want to allow them however ignore the annoying log entries,
# set FW_IGNORE_FW_BROADCAST to yes.
# Choice: "yes" or "no", defaults to "no"
# END of rc.firewall2
That covers the local firewall on the webserver (please keep in mind that this entire tutorial is based on SUSE LINUX 7.3)
Now we integrate the special SuSE security module in the following manner:
server# cat >> /sbin/init.d/boot.local
insmod secumod hardlink=1 symlink=1 pipe=1 trace=1 systable=1 logging=1
When booting, this module will be loaded with a configuration preventing Symlink, Hardlink, Pipe, and a number of other UNIX-specific attacks.
Now to the config of the apache itself.
We need to make sure nobody gains unauthorized access to data or even changes the pages. For this purpose the pages are equipped with a special protection and then the Apache is furnished with a secure configuration.
All pages must be supervised by the site administrator and should be locally write-protected for everybody except him. It is important that the web server is run under a different user than the one supervising the pages. In this way an attacker who manages to leak through the web will not be able to change the pages. Therefore a user is set up and a cron job is generated which makes sure every day that all pages belong to the site supervisor and have the correct authorizations.
server# useradd -m wwwdocs
server# cat > /etc/cron.daily/wwwdocs
/bin/chown -R -h wwwdocs /usr/local/httpd/htdocs/*
/bin/chmod -R go-w /usr/local/httpd/htdocs/*
/bin/chmod -R a+r /usr/local/httpd/htdocs/*
server# chmod 700 /etc/cron.daily/wwwdocs
Since the Apache probably has already been pre-configured, few changes will be necessary in the configuration. Of course, in the beginning the right value should be set for MinSpareServers, MaxSpareServers and StartServers in the file /etc/httpd/httpd.conf.
The option MaxClients helps to ward off connect-denial-of-service attacks. A word of caution: if this option is set to low, regular visitors will be denied access, if too high, the administrator will have difficulties logging on and taking countermeasures in the event of an attack. In order to find the correct value there is no other way than just trying.
The option ServerSignature can be switched "off" so that the software and version number is not displayed when a non-existing page is accessed, but this does not bring much since the HTTP header contains this and a lot more information.
The aliases for /hilfe/, /doc/, /cgi-bin-sdb/, /sdb/, and /manual/ should be disabled.
Here an example for what changes to the standard configuration could possibly look like: ("diff -u0")
--- httpd.conf.orig Sun Jan 19 14:35:43 2003
+++ httpd.conf Sun Jan 9 14:35:42 2003
@@ -141,2 +141,2 @@
-MinSpareServers 1
-MaxSpareServers 1
+MinSpareServers 3
+MaxSpareServers 10
@@ -148 +148 @@
-StartServers 1
+StartServers 5
@@ -157 +157 @@
-MaxClients 150
+MaxClients 100
@@ -401 +401 @@
-ServerAdmin root@localhost
+ServerAdmin email@example.com
@@ -415 +415 @@
-#ServerName email@example.com
+ServerName www.echte-domain.gr
@@ -485 +485 @@
-UserDir public_html
+#UserDir public_html
@@ -646 +646 @@
-ServerSignature On
+ServerSignature Off
@@ -665,11 +664,0 @@
-Alias /hilfe/ /usr/doc/susehilf/
-Alias /doc/ /usr/doc/
-Alias /cgi-bin-sdb/ /usr/local/httpd/cgi-bin/
-Alias /sdb/ /usr/doc/sdb/
-Alias /manual/ /usr/doc/packages/apache/manual/
-<Location /sdb>
- Options FollowSymLinks
- AllowOverride None
@@ -697,9 +685,0 @@
-# cgi-bin for SuSE help system
-# using SetHandler
-<Directory /usr/lib/sdb/cgi-bin>
-AllowOverride None
-Options +ExecCGI -Includes
-SetHandler cgi-script
@@ -981,4 +961,4 @@
-#<Location /cgi-bin/phf*>
-# Deny from all
-# ErrorDocument 403 http://phf.apache.org/phf_abuse_log.cgi
+<Location /cgi-bin/phf*>
+ Deny from all
+ ErrorDocument 403 http://phf.apache.org/phf_abuse_log.cgi
The activation of SSL and the generation of the certificate is described in the file /usr/doc/packages/apache/README.SuSE.
Each of the administrators should have an own user account, since it would be impossible to know who did what when working under the root identity. Besides, the incorrect entry of a command under root can effect the whole system. Therefore, operations with high levels of authority should only be done when really necessary. A direct root login over the net has already been made impossible as a result of the modifications in the configuration made with the harden_suse script, and the administration itself can only be performed in an encrypted manner with SSH. The next thing that needs to be done is to configure sudo - a program which helps the administrators to do their job while at the same time keeping a record of the commands. This program also enables a detailed authorization structure, e.g. as user oracle, user A is entitled to restart the data base and view the system log files under root, but nothing else. A user is set up for each administrator with the help of the following line:
erde# adduser -m -g trusted username
Inclusion in the group "trusted" is essential, since due to security criteria determined by harden_suse, sudo may only be used by a trusted group. Subsequently the administrator is admitted to sudo by means of the visudo program. The following line which allows the administrator to do whatever he wishes is added in the editor
username ALL=(ALL) ALL
"man 5 sudoers" defines a host of settings with which the authorizations can be restricted.
Of course it is important that the administrators use sudo and do not shift to the root identity with "su root"; for this reason, the root password should be disclosed to as few people as possible.
Log data are very important. All important log messages from the web server and the router should be sent to a central log host from where the status of the computers can be monitored. In this way it will be difficult for an attacker to hide his trail.
Additionally, it is a good idea to integrate the secure linux kernel patch by Solar Designer [13]. This makes it difficult for the attacker to exploit buffer overflows in programs.
The system can be stripped of further privileged suid and sgid programs. This is simply done by entering programs which are not supposed to have these privileges any longer in /etc/permissions.local and subsequently removing the authorizations manually or starting SuSEconfig.
This can be done until no more sgid programs and only the following suid programs are left:
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root shadow 27920 Mar 11 11:50 /usr/bin/passwd
-rwsr-x--- 1 root trusted 56600 Mar 11 18:41 /usr/bin/sudo
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 6132 Mar 11 09:36 /usr/lib/pt_chown
If the system has several partitions, the security level can be increased considerably by using the mount options ro (read only), nodev (no devices), nosuid (no privileged suid files) and noexec (no executable files).
Besides, the ext2 file system flags "append-only" and "imutable" (by means of the chattr command) can be used for defining the kernel capabilities in order to protect log or boot files etc. from changes.
If the server also needs to be protected from local attacks, the LILO boot loader must be equipped with a password. This is achieved by entering the following at the top of the file /etc/lilo.conf:
Updates. A system which is not updated with the latest security patches will quickly become a target for attackers.
Having done everything that is necessary to set up a secure system, the CGI scripts pose the greatest danger. The majority of successful attacks take place by means of these scripts. A word of advice: Limit your use of CGI scripts to those which have already been publicly available and in use for some time. In case the administrators themselves write scripts, they should have these checked regularly by someone for security issues.
A web server which is both very secure and usable - something generally regarded to be contradictive - can be set up within less than 45 minutes. Much could be done to increase the level of security even more, but this system should be sufficient for most purposes.
For the sudo, AIDE, and proftpd packages please rtfm on how to use and configure them.
I know that my english is not very good, so forgive any typos, and any lines that make no sense, as this is my first tutorial ever.
I want to point out special thanks to MR. Marc Heuse for his help on the information provided here. Without him, i would not have learned as much about linux security as i do now.
Also special thanks goto the entire SuSE team ( www.suse.de )
I hope this tutorial gives you a brief introduction on how to setup a secure webserver using SuSE Linux 7.3 kernel 2.4.19
Good luck on setting up your own apache
ps. I have copy pasted a few lines out of my security book, since i had a hard time explaining it in my own words (the sudo section, and the log data section)


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Video: DLR Magazine - now also for iPad and Android
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The countdown has begun! In this issue of the DLR Magazine we took a look at volcanic ash under a microscope, shared the excitement of scientists as SHEFEX II prepared for launch, caught a glimpse of Alexander Gerst's training for his upcoming mission in 2014 and went all the way to Poland to visit the kings of aircraft at their final destination.
We have travelled to many places to give you an inside view to months and years of spectacular research and preparations of future missions as well. Follow us on a journey through the history of science and future space missions as we travel to the Andøya Rocket Range, Star City and the Lotnictwa Museum – from the predecessors of current aircraft to their descendants.
What truly makes this issue special is the wealth of material related to this year's ILA Berlin Airshow and InnoTrans 2012. If you are unable to make it there, this edition of the DLR Magazine will bring you pretty close; and this time, not only in words and pictures, but also with audio and video files as we launch our multimedia version of the DLR Magazine for your tablet PC, be it Android based or iPad.
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In recent years, hundreds of thousands of Canada's seals have been killed in annual "seal hunts." The hunters beat helpless baby seals to death with clubs. The fishermen who perform these hunts make an average of one-twentieth of their incomes from seal hunting — this is not their livelihood.
The hunt starts again every April. We cannot allow this savage cruelty to continue. Sign the petition below telling Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to put an end to Canada's seal massacre.
Dear Prime Minister Justin Trudeau:
I am outraged at Canada's bloody commercial slaughter of innocent seals. Each year, these precious creatures fall prey to the hands of selfish hunters—fisherman who use rifles and clubs to beat and kill seals. Baby seals are often the first to be targeted.
It's bad enough that seals are facing new challenges with global warming depleting their environment and food resources. The seal population is suffering greatly as a result of climate change, yet Canadian seal hunters pay no mind and forge ahead with their inhumane and savage attacks.
What's worse is that seals are being killed mainly so that their pelts can be sold to fashion houses. The fishermen who perform these hunts make an average of one-twentieth of their incomes from seal hunting—this is not their livelihood, and they have no regard for the future of the seals or what their actions could mean for the future of our planet.
We have a responsibility to take care of our environment and the creatures that inhabit it. The Canadian seal slaughter demonstrates some of the most environmentally unsustainable and blatantly inhumane actions imaginable. We cannot allow this savage practice to continue. Please take the necessary steps to ensure this barbaric hunt comes to a halt, permanently.


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The weather has been incredible around here for the last several weeks and life is springing forth on the farm.
The chickens have been going crazy with the laying and we have more eggs than we know what to do with. Pickled eggs, scrambled eggs, hard-boiled eggs, eggs over easy, omelets, casseroles, fritatas, eggs florentine, eggs for baking with… after eating eggs every day, there are still six dozen in the fridge!
Jeremy and Platypus are pretty thrilled with the sunshine and warm weather, and have been happily quacking about. Platypus has generously donated a few dozen duck eggs for our breakfasts over the last several weeks.
Day Lily and Sunflower are pretty darned shaggy. Next month I will try my hand at shearing them (aside from my one attempt at shearing with fabric scissors, I am totally inexperienced in this department). Perhaps soon I will get to washing, carding and spinning the several bags of fleece that are hiding out in my mudroom. I need to find a good project for Sunflower's lovely fleece.
Daisy and Dinosaur are becoming quite large in the middle. We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of their kids, and the return of goat's milk! (Since several of you have asked, Daisy – on the left – is an Alpine doe. Dinosaur – on the right – is a Toggenburg/Saanen cross.)
Oddler is growing whiter with age, losing his hearing, and developing cataracts, but he is still filled with youthful energy and can outrun our sprightly Beagle puppy, Echo. Last week, Oddler taught Echo how to tree a raccoon and chased a coyote out of the yard in the dark of the night. Not bad for an old boy!
Lynden has caught all manner of small creatures: frogs, toads, snakes. Last Spring and Summer, we had a hard time with Lynden wanting to keep all the creatures he had captured. He just didn't understand that we have to leave Mother Nature's children in peace where they belong. Now, he's come a long way – he keeps each captured creature for one night only, and the next morning releases them where he found them. Progress!
There's been lots and lots of bike riding around here lately. Our very long driveway is perfect for this beloved activity, and the kids have been out there every chance they get.
Gaia is wonderful and beautiful, and charming us all. Her older siblings grow deeper in love with her with every passing day. I am amazed by her – so calm, so peaceful, so content. I can count on one hand the number of times I've heard her cry since her birth. Gaia is the brightest blessing and I am filled with gratitude at being her mother. How did I get so lucky FOUR TIMES!?
Yessir, Spring has definitely arrived. It's my favourite time of year, when everything is bursting with the freshness and newness of life, renewed.


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Leading up to a solo performance on Feb. 21, Jonah Bokaer debuts choreographic material created in response to the museum's unique architecture. This material, staged as an act of supplication to the existing artworks on view, is presented in the gallery spaces during gallery hours and features two discretely placed movers.
Original lighting: Alex Riviere
Artistic associate: David Norsworthy
Gallery performances: Laura Gutierrez and Lilja Rúriksdóttir
Presented as part of the 2014 deFINE ART program, Feb. 18-21
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Not as sick as you might think. Building on the output of the synclient program, the Perl code presented here allows you to assign specific application functions to "Three-Finger Swipe," as well as open- and close-pinch gestures on your Linux laptop. So if you've been wanting your Linux device to act more like your iPhone, here's a start.


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Monsanto is expanding its Roundup Ready (RR) Plus weed program with Amvac's Impact herbicide in 2012. The agreement between Monsanto and Amvac Chemical Corporation was announced today.
Impact is the first postemergence herbicide added to the Monsanto program for control of emerged broadleaf and grass weeds. Impact offers another active ingredient to the program, providing more effective weed control. The active ingredient is topramezone and is an HPPD inhibitor that is effective in weed resistance management, according to Monsanto.
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A LORRY driver was lucky to escape with his life after his cab caught fire on a busy dual carriageway.
Traffic on the eastbound A31 near Ringwood was brought to a standstill by the blaze shortly after the morning rush-hour yesterday.
The blaze involved a refrigerated lorry containing meat.
Driver Andrew House said the fire had broken out in the engine compartment of his vehicle and quickly spread to the refrig-eration unit.
He said he was lucky to escape his cab in time.
Mr House added: "The fire spread from the middle of the cab. I realised I had to get out quickly and so I jumped out. I was really lucky to get out. I am shaken up.
"It caught fire quickly. It was ferocious."
Amazingly, Mr House escaped without a scratch from his ordeal.
A spokesperson for Hampshire Fire and Rescue said they were called at 9.39am to the fire on the eastbound carriageway of the A31 at Poulner Hill. Two crews from Ringwood attended.
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When the Maple Leafs acquired Cody Franson and Matthew Lombardi from the Nashville Predators, it accomplished two things for the blue and white: first, it got rid of Brett Lebda and second it brought in a young defenceman with a good ceiling in Franson. After sitting down with Cody at a golf tournament here in Calgary, I can also tell you he's very motivated heading into his first season with Toronto.
The deal that sent Franson to Toronto was one he didn't see coming, and one that took a while to set in. "I was in New York for a wedding and were having breakfast the next morning and my phone rang and it was Mr. Poile saying this wasn't a good phone call," Franson told me. "He's like we traded you. I didn't know what to say."
Predators GM Poile told him it was all part of the business and Toronto offered up something they couldn't refuse and wished him luck with the Leafs, and that was that for a guy who had never been traded before. "I didn't even get a chance to kinda ask what the trade was," Franson said. "We got off the phone and I just kinda stood there flabbergasted, I didn't know what to do or what to say and my girlfriend's looking at me like 'what just happened?'"
The Predators are the only pro franchise Franson has ever known, spending time with the Milwaukee Admirals before advancing to the big roster for the last two seasons. "One phone call just changed my whole life," he reflected. "I was getting prepared to go back to Nashville and it was I'd ever known, I'd never been traded before. It was a completely new feeling for me and I didn't know exactly how to deal with it first, but after about an hour and a half it kinda set in and, you know, I'm going to Toronto. My whole family is a bunch of Leafs fans, so once that started to set in and we started realizing how much of an opportunity it's going to be for me, it's nice to get a fresh start every once in a while."
There's a lot to like about Franson as a hockey player, and there's still a long way for him to go, as he turns 24 in August. Averaging over 15 minutes a game last year, he put up 29 points and saw some decent powerplay time, but certainly saw some more sheltered time at even strength. While putting up decent possession numbers (2.45 Corsi), he did see the highest offensive zone start ratio among regular defencemen on the team at 50.3%. Rarely playing in a top four role against serious opposition, Franson also saw very little penalty killing time.
"When you play in a city for a while and you play under the same coaches, they start to label you," Franson revealed. "Depending on how you play, you might not be a PK guy, they might not trust you in certain situations or they just don't see you as that type of player and it's nice to get out of that for a while. I kind of get a fresh start with Toronto and I know I can do those jobs, I can kill penalties and play those top four minutes and I personally believe I can do that kinda stuff."
Seldom do you get this type of honesty from an NHL player, so it was an absolute treat to hear Franson excitedly talk about the opportunity that lies in front of him with the Leafs. "It was beginning to get a little tiresome in trying to prove that to them (Nashville)," Franson continued. "It's nice going to Toronto with new coaches and a new situation and starting from scratch."
Getting this new opportunity in Toronto, it really does sound like Franson is eager to prove the Leafs right, and maybe proving the Predators wrong. "I talked to my agent after it happened," Franson said. "I asked 'how do I look at this? Was it because I played bad that Nashville wanted to trade me?' He goes 'oh God no, anytime you get traded it's because the other team wants you.' I kinda took that in and I got off the phone with him and sat there on the deck with my girlfriend, I called my parents; it was a very differerent but fun experience for me."
Now Franson has his chance to make an impact in the biggest market in hockey, and with a young, emerging blueline, he'll likely get plenty of opportunity for new opportunities with the Leafs. Franson clearly feels he was typecast in Nashville, and he's now got a chance to show the viewing public just how well rounded he can be.


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Using Graphical Functions in Stateflow®
This example shows the concept of a graphical function and how it can be used to simplify your Stateflow® model. In this example, we pass two inputs in the Stateflow chart. The first input is a sine wave with magnitude 1 and a frequency of 2*pi and the second input is that same sine wave but inverted. The Stateflow charts output only the positive values of both the input signals and also saturate the signal at a value of 0.5.
Without Graphical Functions
In the first chart, 'Without Graphical Functions', the output is defined directly within the substate. The Normal state is activated first, and the output is set equal to the normal_input. When the normal_input is greater than 0.5, the output is set equal to 0.5. When the normal_input becomes negative (<0), then a state transition occurs, and the output is redefined the same way within the Inverse state, except that the inverse_input is used.
With Graphical Functions
In the 'With Graphical Functions' chart, the output is defined by calling the graphical function. Instead of defining the saturation transition (where the output remains at the 0.5 value) within the states, we only define it once in the graphical function. Although it is not as evident in this simple example, when more conditions and parameters are introduced, and the output needs to be defined in multiple states, graphical functions allow you to simplify your model.


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The Planning and Zoning Commission meets on the 3rd Thursday of the month. The Commission is made up from individuals representing each of the 10 county townships and the County engineer. The P & Z Commission acts as an advisory commission to the County Commission on matters of land use. They hear requests for conditional use permits, rezoning requests, and review subdivision plats.
All recommendations for approval are forwarded to the County Commission who conducts another public hearing. The County Commission generally follows the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission but they are not obligated to uphold any recommendation. Recommendations for denial by the Planning and Zoning Commission are not forwarded to the County Commission unless the applicant files an appeal. The appeal must be received by the Planning Department within 3 working days in order to be heard by the County Commission.
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A person with Alzheimer's can live in the comfort of his or her own home or a caregiver's home, provided that safety measures are in place. As the disease progresses, the person's abilities will change. So situations that are not of concern today may become potential safety issues in the future.
Below are some safety tips. See also the Safety Center on our main alz.org site.
Adapt the home to the person's changing needs. Re-evaluate your home safety measures regularly as new issues may arise.
Wandering and getting lost can put a person's safety in jeopardy. A person may be at risk for wandering if he or she comes back from a regular walk or drive later than usual; tries to fulfill former work obligations; or wants to "go home" even when at home.
Driving becomes a safety issue when the person fails to observe traffic signals, forgets how to locate familiar places or confuses the break and gas pedal. A person with dementia may insist on driving and refuse to give up the car keys.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. – Phoenix Coyotes captain Shane Doan has been cleared to return after a bout with Rocky Mountain Fever and could play this weekend.
Out since Dec. 4, Doan made a slow recovery, but has been skating with the team and hopes to play against Philadelphia on Saturday night.
"I think my energy level is high," Doan said Friday. "Obviously, it's the first game and with everything kind went on the past month, we'll see how the energy level is. Hopefully, it'll be good, but I'm not worried about that because I've done everything I can to feel good and be ready to go."
Doctors were unsure of what was causing Doan's flu-like symptoms when he first fell ill. He slowly started to improve by taking antibiotics and doctors determined he had Rocky Mountain Fever, a bacterial disease that affects the lining of blood cells and is often contracted by ticks.
Doan steadily increased his activities, first away from the ice, and joined his team in practice this week. The Coyotes had targeted Doan's return for next week, but he's looked so good—not to mention anxious to play—that there's a good chance he'll play against the Flyers.
"The way he looks out there and he's got the green light from the doctors, I would think that it would be hard to keep him out of the game tomorrow night," Coyotes coach Dave Tippett said.
Doan got off to one of the best starts of his career this season, scoring 12 goals and adding 11 assists in 27 games. The Coyotes have been uneven in 12 games without their captain, going 4-3-5 while missing his presence on the ice as several other players have missed games with injuries or illnesses.
"We've been in so many tight games and it's tough to watch when you're in tight games and want to help out," Doan said. "Guys are battling and doing everything they can to find ways to win, and you want to help out."


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