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More and more organizations are adopting Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000 as a proxy and firewall solution for their IT infrastructure. ISA Server is the follow-up product to Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0, but unlike its predecessor, which was primarily a Web caching solution, ISA Server can serve as a full-blown firewall. In addition, ISA Server provides advanced packet filtering and application-proxy firewall functions. The firewall also uses a stateful engine, which secures Secure Network Address Translation (SNAT). For a complete overview of ISA Server's features, visit the Microsoft ISA Server Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver, visit the ISAserver.org Web site at http://www.isaserver.org, or see "Related Reading," page 2.
Organizations can use ISA Server as a proxy, a firewall, or both. In this combined role, ISA Server protects your Web servers from the dangers of a public network such as the Internet and provides Web content caching for Web users (i.e., proxying) and Web servers (i.e., reverse proxying). Whereas vendors such as Cisco Systems and Nokia provide dedicated hardware-based firewall and proxy solutions equipped with HTTP proxy software, ISA Server is simply a software-based solution.
Let's look at how to set up the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)/Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols for secure Web connections. Specifically, I review which SSL scenarios you can use with HTTP proxies, how to request and obtain SSL certificates, and how to configure ISA Server for SSL bridging and tunneling. I also mention a key factor when securing ISA Server: the SSL processing load.
The ISA Server installation I describe in this article uses ISA Server Service Pack 1 (SP1), which requires Windows 2000 SP2, and ISA Server Feature Pack 1. Microsoft released the feature pack earlier this year, and you can download it at http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/featurepack1/default.asp.
Securing an OWA Environment
Figure 1, page 2, shows a typical Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Outlook Web Access (OWA) setup. OWA lets Exchange users access their mailbox data from an Internet browser. In this environment, ISA Server combines a firewall with a proxy solution and functions as an advanced software-based HTTP proxy server. Instead of communicating directly with the OWA front-end Web server, Web clients connect through the HTTP proxy server, which greatly enhances the overall security of the OWA infrastructure. ISA Server also caches and analyzes the OWA Web content.
From a perimeter security point-of-view, the OWA users are on an untrusted network (e.g., the Internet) and the OWA front-end Web server and Exchange server are in a trusted network zone (e.g., an internal corporate network). ISA Server separates the untrusted security zone from the trusted security zone. Although you can take several other steps (including adding a demilitarized zone—DMZ) to securely deploy ISA Server, these permutations are beyond the scope of this article.
The Crucial Role of SSL/TLS
Web sites that handle confidential information (e.g., credit card numbers) often use SSL to secure Web traffic. SSL is a security protocol operating at the transport layer of the Open System Interconnection (OSI) networking stack. SSL provides authentication, confidentiality, and integrity protection to application-level protocols (e.g., HTTP, SMTP). Netscape developed SSL, and you can download the most recent SSL specification (SSL 3.0) at http://wp.netscape.com/eng/ssl3. In 1999, Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Request for Comments (RFC) 2246 standardized SSL under the name Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol (more information is available at http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2246.txt). TLS is also known as SSL 3.1. In the discussion that follows, the term SSL refers to both the SSL and TLS protocols. Eric Rescorla's SSL and TLS: Designing and Building Secure Systems (Addison-Wesley, 2001) reveals all the nuts and bolts of both protocols.
SSL and HTTP Proxies
When working with HTTP proxies, you can configure SSL in one of two ways: SSL tunneling or SSL bridging. Web Table 1 (http://www.secadministrator.com, InstantDoc ID 38099) shows the different SSL approaches and their advantages and disadvantages.
SSL tunneling provides true end-to-end SSL protection, as Figure 2 shows. The SSL tunnel starts on the browser and ends on the Web server. SSL tunneling requires an SSL authentication certificate on the Web server; an SSL client certificate on the client is optional. The primary disadvantage of using SSL tunneling is that it breaks the security role of an HTTP proxy, which typically inspects HTTP request content before letting the request through to the Web server. When you use SSL, the HTTP proxy can't inspect the HTTP request because the SSL tunnel encrypts the HTTP content. Because SSL operates on the transport level of the OSI networking stack and HTTP operates on the application level, the SSL tunnel is always in place before the HTTP application-level traffic reaches the destination host.
To configure SSL tunnels to flow through HTTP proxies, SSL-enabled applications use the HTTP CONNECT method. This method tells the HTTP proxy to ignore the content of an SSL session and to simply forward the SSL packets to the destination host (in our example, an OWA front-end Web server). RFC 2817 defines the HTTP CONNECT method.
SSL bridging, unlike SSL tunneling, lets you add a secure pathway without removing the HTTP proxy security because the SSL tunnel starts or terminates on the HTTP proxy. You can set up SSL bridging in one of three ways:
- SSL bridging option 1—one SSL tunnel that starts on the client side and terminates on the HTTP proxy, as Figure 3 shows. This option requires an SSL certificate for the HTTP proxy; you can also use an SSL certificate for the client when strong client-side authentication is necessary.
- SSL bridging option 2—one SSL tunnel that starts on the HTTP proxy and terminates on the Web server, as Figure 4 shows. This option requires an SSL certificate for the Web server; you can also use an SSL certificate for the HTTP proxy when strong client-side authentication is necessary.
- SSL bridging option 3—one SSL tunnel that starts on the client and terminates on the HTTP proxy and another that starts on the HTTP proxy and terminates on the Web server, as Figure 5 shows. This option requires an SSL certificate for the HTTP proxy and an SSL certificate for the Web server; you can also use an SSL certificate for the client when strong client-side authentication is necessary.
Of these approaches, only SSL bridging options 1 and 3 are truly secure. From a security standpoint, SSL bridging option 2, which doesn't secure traffic between the client and the HTTP proxy (i.e., traffic that typically flows across a public network), doesn't make sense. This option secures traffic only between the HTTP proxy and the Web server (i.e., traffic that typically flows across a trusted network or DMZ).
Let's take a closer look at how to configure ISA Server to support SSL bridging and SSL tunneling. Of these two options, SSL bridging is the most commonly used approach, so most of the discussion focuses on that option.
Obtaining an SSL Certificate for the ISA Server
Before you can configure ISA Server for SSL bridging option 1 or 3, you must install an SSL server certificate on the computer running ISA Server. In my test environment, I set up a Win2K enterprise Certificate Authority (CA) in a trusted security zone (i.e., the intranet) to generate SSL server certificates. In environments lacking internal CAs, you must obtain SSL server certificates from a public CA such as VeriSign.
In the following discussion, I explain only how to obtain an SSL certificate from ISA Server—describing how to make sure that the ISA/OWA users trust the SSL certificates of the issuing CA is beyond the scope of this article. The ISA Server Feature Pack 1 documentation explains these instructions.
To request an SSL server certificate for ISA Server, start the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Internet Services Manager (ISM) snap-in on the CA server, then open the default Web site properties. From the Directory Security tab, click Server Certificate to open the Certificate Request Wizard. Select the Create a new certificate option. In this example, you can also select Send the request immediately to an online certification authority option because the CA is an enterprise CA that's published in Active Directory (AD) and thus visible to the Web server. Make sure you complete the DNS name (e.g., OWA.mycorp.com) for your OWA front-end Web server in the Common Name field. After you successfully create the SSL server certificate, you must export the certificate and the corresponding private key from the CA server and import them on the ISA Server system.
The main reason the Web server provides ISA Server's SSL certificate is ease of configuration—IIS comes with an SSL certificate request wizard. You can also launch the SSL certificate request from ISA Server, in which case ISA Server's private key never leaves the machine, but the certificate request procedure is more complex.
To export the SSL server certificate and the corresponding private key from the Web server, open the default Web site properties and go once more to the Directory Security tab. This time, click View Certificate. In the Details tab, click Copy to File to open the Certificate Export Wizard. Select the Yes, export the private key option. In the Public Key Cryptography Standard #12 (PKCS#12) export file format options, select the Enable strong protection option (so that the wizard will prompt you to enter a password) and the Delete the private key if export is successful option. Save the PKCS#12 formatted file, then copy the file to the ISA Server system.
To import the SSL server certificate and corresponding private key into ISA Server's certificate and private key store, double-click the PKCS#12 file from Windows Explorer to open the Certificate Import Wizard. Leave all the defaults set in the wizard and make sure you enter the correct password. The wizard will automatically store the certificate in ISA Server's local machine certificate store.
Next, you must configure ISA Server to use the SSL server certificate. Start the MMC ISA Management snap-in, locate your ISA Server object, right-click the object, then select Properties. Select the Incoming Web Requests tab. Select Use the same listener configuration for all IP addresses or Configure listeners individually per IP address, depending on your ISA Server configuration and which connections you want to secure with SSL. Highlight the appropriate server from the list, then click Edit to open the Add/Edit Listeners dialog box. Select the Use a server certificate to authenticate to web clients check box. Click Select, then select the correct certificate (in this example, the one issued to OWA.mycorp.com).
Configuring ISA Server for SSL Bridging
After you create the SSL certificate, you're ready to configure SSL bridging. The first step is to ensure that ISA Server accepts incoming SSL requests. To verify that ISA Server's SSL listener is enabled, select the Enable SSL listeners check box on the Incoming Web Requests tab of the ISA Server object's Properties dialog box. By default, ISA Server's listener is disabled; however, when enabled, ISA Server listens on port 443 for incoming SSL requests.
Next, you must create an ISA Server destination set and Web-publishing rule for OWA. A destination set is a group of servers for which ISA Server will perform specific actions. In our example, we want ISA Server to perform SSL bridging when an HTTP Secure (HTTPS) request comes in for the OWA Web pages. To create a destination set for OWA, expand the Policy Elements container in the ISA Management snap-in, right-click the Destination Sets container, then select New, Set to open the New Destination Set dialog box. Give the set a name (e.g., OWA), then click Add to start adding OWA destinations. In this example, the OWA front-end Web server's DNS name, which is published to OWA users, is OWA.mycorp.com. Because OWA requires a destination set for three Web paths (/exchweb/*, /public/*, /exchange/*), you'll need to add these paths. For each path, complete the destination DNS name (in this case, OWA.mycorp.com) and the path.
To redirect all HTTP requests for OWA.mycorp.com to the OWA front-end Web server with IP address 10.0.0.45, you need to create an OWA Web-publishing rule. To create the rule, expand the Publishing container in the ISA Management snap-in, right-click the Web Publishing Rules container, then select New, Rule to open the New Web Publishing Wizard. Give the rule a name (e.g., OWA), then apply the rule to the OWA destination set you just created. Apply the rule to any request, and tell the rule to redirect the request to the OWA front-end Web server (e.g., the OWA front-end Web server's IP address—10.0.0.45). Also, make sure that you select the Send the original host header to the publishing server instead of the actual one (specified above) check box.
Next, if you're setting up SSL bridging option 1, you need to configure the OWA Web-publishing rule's bridging properties to ensure that the SSL tunnel terminates at the ISA Server HTTP proxy and that no new SSL tunnel initiates to the OWA front-end Web server. Select the Bridging tab in the rule's properties dialog box, then select the HTTP requests radio button in the Redirect SSL requests as box.
To make the SSL bridging option 1 setup work with OWA, you must add a setting to the registry on the ISA Server system. (This registry hack works only with ISA Server SP1 and later.) Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W3Proxy\Parameters registry subkey. From the Edit menu, select New, DWORD Value; name the value AddFrontEndHttpsHeader; then set it to 1. The Microsoft article "Secure OWA Publishing Behind ISA Server May Require Custom HTTP Header" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307347) provides additional information about this registry setting. To make sure that your ISA Server configuration changes go into effect, stop and restart ISA Server's Web Proxy and Firewall services.
You can also use the Bridging tab of the OWA Properties dialog box to configure ISA Server for SSL bridging options 2 and 3. To add an SSL tunnel for unsecured HTTP requests (SSL bridging option 2), select the SSL requests (establish a secure channel to the site) radio button in the Redirect HTTP requests as box. To add an SSL tunnel between the HTTP proxy and the OWA front-end Web server (SSL bridging option 3), select the SSL requests (establish a new secure channel to the site) radio button in the Redirect SSL requests as box. Keep in mind that both bridging options require an SSL certificate on the OWA front-end Web server.
The Bridging tab contains two other important SSL-related configuration options. If you want ISA Server to connect only to the published Web site on condition that the user types an HTTPS URL in the browser address bar, select the Require secure channel (SSL) for published site check box (this setting applies only to SSL bridging options 1 and 3). If you want ISA Server to perform a strong SSL certificate-based authentication to the OWA front-end Web server, select the Use a certificate to authenticate to the SSL Web server check box and select a certificate (this setting applies only to SSL bridging options 2 and 3). In the latter case, you should install ISA Server's SSL client-side authentication certificate in the W3Proxy service's certificate store on the ISA Server system.
To help facilitate the configuration of SSL bridging in an OWA environment, Microsoft has provided an OWA Publishing Wizard in ISA Server Feature Pack 1, which is available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2f92b02 c-ac49-44df-af6c-5be084b345f9&displaylang=en. The new wizard, which Figure 6 shows, is accessible from the ISA Web Publishing Rules container—simply right-click the container, then select New, Publish Outlook Web Access Server. The wizard guides you through the different configuration options and automatically adds the AddFrontEndHttpsHeader registry setting.
Configuring ISA Server for SSL Tunneling
To configure ISA Server for SSL tunneling, you need to use ISA Server's Server Publishing feature. Compared with configuring SSL bridging, setting up SSL tunneling is easy because you don't need to create an SSL certificate for ISA Server.
Start by making sure that ISA Server's SSL listener is disabled. The SSL listener doesn't need to be enabled because it's used only for ISA Server's Web-publishing function. To make sure the SSL listener is disabled, clear the Enable SSL listeners check box on the Incoming Web Requests tab of the ISA Server object's Properties dialog box.
Next, create a server-publishing rule for your OWA front-end Web server. From the ISA Management snap-in, expand the publishing container, then right-click the Server Publishing Rules container. Select New, Rule to open the New Server Publishing Rule Wizard, as Figure 7 shows. Type a name for the rule (e.g., OWA), and click Next. On the Address Mapping page, type the IP address of your OWA front-end Web server in the IP address of internal server box, then type the IP address from which your ISA Server is accessible to the outside world in the External IP address on ISA Server box. On the Protocol Settings page, select the HTTPS Server protocol. On the Client Type page, select Any request. To make sure that your ISA Server configuration changes go into effect, stop and restart ISA Server's Web Proxy and Firewall services.
Don't Forget the SSL Processing Load
Throughout this article, I've discussed how to configure ISA Server to support various SSL tunneling and bridging flavors, but I haven't addressed how SSL processing affects ISA Server performance. These performance considerations are especially important if you're setting up SSL bridging option 1 or 3 in large OWA environments (see Web Table 1 for a more detailed explanation of the different SSL bridging options). In either situation, you might want to evaluate SSL crypto-accelerator cards or dedicated SSL-processing hardware appliances to help offload SSL processing from ISA Server.
Related Reading
You can obtain the following article from the Security Administrator Web site at http://www.secadministrator.com.
"Monitoring Your Systems with ISA Server," December 2001, InstantDoc ID 23076
You can obtain the following articles from Windows & .NET Magazine's Web site at http://www.winnetmag.com.
"Microsoft's Stellar ISA Server," October 2000, InstantDoc ID 15477
"Features & Benefits of ISA Server," August 11, 2000, Web Exclusive, InstantDoc ID 9745
"ISA Server: Your Network's Lifeguard," October 2001, InstantDoc ID 22251


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The ad states, "Mitt Romney's companies were pioneers in outsourcing US jobs to low-wage countries" and says Romney "supports tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas." In contrast, it says President Obama believes in "insourcing." The ad points to Obama's bailout of the American auto industry and his support for increased tax credits for companies that create jobs in the U.S. and for eliminating a tax deduction for companies that send jobs overseas.
The ad will air in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Romney spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg said, "The Obama campaign continues to try to mislead voters with ads that independent fact checkers have repeatedly proven to be false. We are happy to put Governor Romney's record of job creation in the private sector, and as governor, up against President Obama's any day."
Outsourcing has been the Obama campaign's focus for several weeks now. Obama released another outsourcing-related ad June 20. Obama now mentions Romney's support for outsourcing jobs in his stump speech.
The issue has been the focus of a back-and-forth between the Romney campaign and the Washington Post over a story that the Post ran pointing to companies that Romney's private equity firm Bain Capital invested in, which outsourced jobs. The Romney campaign demanded a retraction – but the Washington Post stood by its story. The Romney campaign argued that none of the companies Bain invested in shipped jobs overseas during Romney's tenure, but only after he left.
The Washington Post ombudsman concluded: "Romney may not have done anything personally to ship U.S. jobs overseas before he left Bain in 1999, and the offshoring trend did accelerate after he left. But Bain knowingly and far-sightedly made strategic investments, with Romney at the helm, in these pioneering outsourcing firms in the late 1990s, which grew into some of the largest outsourcing and offshoring companies in the world. And Romney and Bain shared in their profits while he was chief executive and after he left."
The Obama campaign used that story as the basis for several ads that went beyond the language in the Post story and accused Romney of being an "outsourcer-in-chief" and shipping jobs to China and Mexico. The independent FactCheck.org found that the Obama campaign overreached in its accusations, given that Romney left Bain Capital in 1999.
FactCheck.org found that "some of the claims in the ads are untrue, and others are thinly supported." The Obama campaign responded that Romney continued to have a role at Bain after 1999. FactCheck.org then refuted those claims, noting that Romney certified on federal disclosure forms that he had no active management of Bain after 1999, though he continued to own it.
The new Obama ad relies again on the Washington Post story. Its claim about Romney supporting tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas focuses on Romney's opposition to Obama's tax reform plan. Romney has said he wants to change a law that requires companies that pay taxes overseas to pay the higher U.S. tax rate when they bring profits back to the U.S. Romney believes that law entices companies to keep their profits overseas.

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During his 50 year career as an explorationist and professor of Economic Geology, Gilles was always in the field, and invariably returned with wonderfully complete suites of rocks from a myriad of ore deposits. Gilles has always believed in looking at ore deposits as more than just ore, such that his sample suites always contain, in addition to ore samples, many samples of representative alteration as well as unaltered host rocks.


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This lil' beast was used to demonstrate DarkStar paint and I decided to finish it.
My orcs vary in skin tone. This one is green. Its clan has a variety of armor and this one wears a leather gorget and a mail brayette, a bronze helmet with claws/tusks. It has a short sword and dagger.
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Press Release
Nine journalists were arrested for their work in last four months, and seven journalists are currently facing criminal cases, says Human Rights Centre in a statement today. Human Rights Centre publishes today quarterly report covering between April and August 2016.
New criminal cases were brought against five (5) journalists: Mohamed Omar Jaray, a reporter for Boramanews website, was tried and convicted by Awdal Regional Court, Abdirashid Abdiwahaab Ibraahim, chairman of Foore newspaper, Mohamed Mohamoud Yousuf, editor-in-chief of Foore, Ibrahim Osman Ahmed, editor-in-chief of Hangoolnews website, and Alimahdi Jibril Hassan, Bulsho TV, are all facing pending criminal trials at Hargeisa Regional Court.
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On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 19:43, Roy T. Fielding <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > On Feb 17, 2011, at 4:43 AM, Bernd Fondermann wrote: >> We have the very unfortunate situation here at Hadoop where Apache >> Hadoop is not the primary and foremost place of Hadoop development. >> Instead, code is developed internally at Yahoo and then contributed in >> (smaller or larger) chunks to Hadoop. >> This is open source development upside down. > > It is not open development. The development community can do better, > but it has to make up for past mistakes first. > >> It is not ok for people to diff ASF svn against their internal code >> and provide the diff as a patch without reviewing IP first for every >> line of code changed. > > That is simply untrue. If the code came from one company's employees > and they all signed an employment agreement with their employer and > the employer approves of the contribution and the committer knows that > when they commit (and logs the authors of the patch when committed), > then all necessary IP clearance has been done. I don't know how many Y-employees are working on H internally. Only the contributors can sort that out. > Committers are responsible > for ensuring that they have permission to commit under their own CLA. I just wanted to point that out, not stop someone from contributing. Of course, your words are much more precise than mine. >> For larger chunks I'd suggest to even go via the Incubator IP clearance process. > > Nonsense (with director hat on). > >> Only then will we force committers to primarily work here in the open >> and return to what I'd consider a healthy project. > > No, you'll force people to work on the open by actually collaborating > with them as they work and veto a patch for any technical faults it > may contain. Pestering them about your personal view of the Apache Way > of development is not a contribution. Getting personal is not a valuable contribution either. Bernd
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Glee star Chord Overstreet has debuted a drastic new look now that filming on the current season has ended.
Overstreet, well known for his trademark blond surfer-style hair, unveiled a new short brunette do at a public event in Los Angeles this weekend.
The actor, who joined Glee at the beginning of the current season as recurring character Sam Evans, said that he just wanted a change.
"At the end of the season, I just wanted a haircut, so I cut it all off," Overstreet told Us Weekly, regarding the new look. "I cut the highlights out."
Overstreet's platinum hair had even been mentioned during his first appearance on Glee, when Chris Colfer's character Kurt teased Sam about not being a natural blonde.
It is not yet known whether Overstreet will have to return to his blond hairstyle when filming of the next season of Glee begins this summer.
Glee airs on Tuesdays at 8/7c on Fox in the US and on Mondays at 9pm on E4 in the UK.


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Derek Walcott published his first book of verse, Twenty Five Poems, at the age of 18, then went on to a career that has produced 20 books of poetry as well as several dozen plays and a dozen works of non-fiction. Now we have The Prodigal, an epic from this postcolonial nomad who has drifted among European, American, Latin and African cultures for most of his life. It is a fractured, dislocated and intensely eschatological and autobiographical collage of words, pictures, voices, ghosts and uneasy silences.
The Prodigal is a long poem, 100 pages or so, dividedfor no readily discernible reasoninto 18 sections of freewheeling verse. The central concern, exile, is not new in Walcott's work; it haunts virtually all his writing, most vividly Omeros (1990), an ambitious, evocative rescripting of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad in a Caribbean context. Walcott has always been a restless soul wandering global spaces in search of a home. Now that he is in his eighth decade, the search seems more frantic, the need even more visceral. The Prodigal launches an older man, feeling piercings of acute mortality on a far-ranging quest that retraces the poet's own journey among continents.
The central figure of the poem is a divided soul, and his split consciousnesson the one hand, a first-person subject, on the other, a third-person objectdominates the discourse. He expresses his dilemma crisply: My joy was stuck.... My craft was stuck. The rest of the poem amplifies the speaker's discerned causal connection between sexual potency and creative endeavor. With desire and disease commingling at this stage of his life, atrophying his creative powers, all he can conjure up is an old man's book[in]...the music of memory, water.
The poem's epic quest is yoked to elegy. The speaker's lament echoes Psalm 137, the great lament of Hebrew exile (Here we hung our harps, as the river slid past to elegiac banjos, but the scriptural reference seems a self-indulgent and inappropriate overreaching.
The remaining 17 sections add little. Doubting, questioning and delaying more than Hamlet, the main character nearly becomes a caricature. Further, the poem is flawed by much halting and repetition as well as the more-than-occasional bad line (Thought furred and felt like an alderman's collar, a chocolate stick for the voracious fog; my heart was available for a reasonable price; Fill the vessel of the egret with oblivious milk and drink to the amnesia of Asia with its yellow beaker.) These phrases, from a Nobel laureate, have the ring of a first-year writer's workshop. And lines like, Hans Christian Andersen's The Ice Maiden'..... I did not know that she worked as a blond waitress in Zermatt are painfully embarrassing.
As epic, The Prodigal is a failure. Its central figure is no culture-hero (or anti-hero, for that matter); his encounter with looming mortality transforms no one, least of all himself; his response to declining powers is a thinly-veiled Eliotic whimper, not a resounding classical bang; and the language, though occasionally noble (Do not diminish in my memory villages of absolutely no importance... Hoard, cherish your negligible existence, your unrecorded history of unambitious syntax, your clean pools of unpolluted light over close stones) lacks sustained power and resonance.
As elegy, The Prodigal is a failure as well. Such utter self-absorption provokes a shrug, not a tear. There is no consolation here. The old man who describes himself with the age in your armpits in the pleats of your crotch remains bereft and adrift. Near the end, a painful question reverberates: Old man coming through the glass, who are you? There is no answer but extinction (whoever the he' is, he can suffer, he can make his own spasms, he can die). In the face of this, all the poet can offer is a cheap, misfired ironic shot: In His will is our pizza. Ultimately, loss blights the landscape and all but obliterates hope and home.
Comparing The Prodigal to William Carlos Williams's Patterson or T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets (or Prufrock) or Seamus Heaney's Station Island or even Dante's Divine Comedy, for that matter, is misplaced and only brings into sharper relief the radical differences between these works and Walcott's effort. The carefully articulated architectonic designs, the nuanced verbal textures, the haunting rhythms and images, the intellectual depth, range and resilience that distinguish these earlier works find no counterpart in The Prodigal. Without a defining and realized design, Walcott's meandering exercise offers little more than the scarcely disguised rantings of an old man raging against the inevitable fall of night.
If we take the author at his poetic word, The Prodigal is his last book. It would be a pity if a distinguished poetic career like Walcott's were to end on such a low note. Better The Prodigal had not appeared at allor better yet, would that it be followed by another volume in which this writer of capacious talent and luminous intensity exercises his very considerable gifts to enchant and enlighten us once again.


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Latest Film'God Loves Uganda' Tells the Story of the Ugly Evangelical Campaign in Uganda
God Loves Uganda, from Academy Award-winning director Roger Ross Williams, covers the continuing efforts by evangelical Christians to mold Uganda to their vision of a fundamentalist Christian society. Perhaps the most notable of these efforts was the introduction of a bill that would allow the death penalty to be imposed for acts related to homosexuality.
Using interviews and hidden camera footage, God Loves Uganda is a story that connects the fundamentalist Christians in the U.S. and their Ugandan counterparts. It includes an interview with gay activist David Kato shortly before he was murdered and the story Bishop Christopher Senyonjo, a Ugandan minister who was excommunicated and ostracized advocating a campaign for peace.
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The AHA has recently helped promote the award-winning documentary FUEL, PBS's miniseries Becoming Human, comedian Bill Maher's Religulous, the major motion picture The Golden Compass, Vivek Palavali's Creator of God, and more.
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There are signs around the city that spring will soon arrive. Festivals fill our Saturdays. Appetites shift from oysters to crawfish. And Abita's Strawberry Harvest Lager is now on shelves.
Courtesy of Abita"It's great for outdoor activities and festivals," said Abita brewmaster Mark Wilson. "I don't know how many people have told me they love it with crawfish."
Last May, Abita collected the final, ripest strawberries of the local crop. Amato's Winery in Independence, LA, juiced the fruit, which Abita then placed in cold storage. When it's time to make the Strawberry Harvest Lager, Wilson brews a wheat beer, similar to the base for Purple Haze, and then adds the strawberry juice.
"Making the strawberry beer is a challenge, because we have to pasteurize the juice," he said. "That is very labor intensive." Wilson also must adjust the amount of juice used depending on the sweetness of each year's crop.
Most other U.S. breweries, according to Wilson, use extracts for their fruit beers.
Abita will brew 99,000 cases of Strawberry Harvest Lager, up from 88,000 cases last year. When the juice runs out, they won't make more until next spring.


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ITM434 Wireless LAN Administration
Lead Faculty: Dr. Debra A. Bowen
Course DescriptionFundamental concepts of wireless network administration. The focus is on 802.11 standard wireless solutions including: fundamentals of 802.11 WLANs; radio frequency fundamentals; antennas; RF math and system operating margin; RF power output regulations; wireless LAN operation; 802.11 analyses and troubleshooting; and site surveying. This course provides the basic preparation for the Certified Wireless Network Administration (CWNA) exam.
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate knowledge of Wireless Network (WLAN) systems and their impact on the information technology industry.
- Demonstrate knowledge of Wireless Network (WLAN) technologies including Medium Access Control (MAC) Layer, Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) Physical Layer, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) Physical Layer, Infrared (IR) Physical Layer and Roaming Standards.
- Identify hardware and software components of applied WLAN's.
- Discuss basics of wireless solutions including: 802.11.
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Dr. Robert Warburton
Assistant Dean, Center for Teaching and Learning
Education: NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; Ph.D. Biochemistry, Dusquesne University; Master of Science, Chemistry, Dusquesne University; Bachelor of Science Honors, Biological Chemistry, University of Essex
Hometown: Martinsburg, WV
Advising Tip: "Meet often with the AAC!"
Hobbies: Monty Python!
Favorite Sports Teams: Pittsburgh Steelers/Pirates/Penguins, Manchester United
Favorite Place on Campus: Scarborough Library
Radka Ferancova
Career Advisor
Education: Master of Science, Counselor Education, Mississippi State University
Hometown: Lučenec, Slovakia
Advising Tip: "Start planning early! It will give you plenty of time to build a class schedule with courses that you will enjoy during your preferred times. Always consult your advisor before you register for courses."
Hobbies: Tennis, audio books, watching sitcoms
Favorite Sports Teams: Mississippi State University Football
Favorite Place on Campus: The AAC and The Learning Commons
Melissa Hilleary
Education: Currently pursuing Master of Arts, College Student Development and Administration, Shepherd University; Bachelor of Science, Psychology, Mount St. Mary's University
Hometown: Frederick, MD
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Hobbies: Watching sports, shopping, horseback riding, playing tennis, and reading.
Favorite sports team: Baltimore Orioles. Let's Go O's!
Favorite place to go on campus: The dining hall. I love food
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Education: Currently pursuing Master of Arts, Teaching, Shepherd University; Bachelor of Arts, English and History, Washington Adventist University
Hometown: Hedgesville, WV
Advising Tip: "Remember to review your degree evaluation every semester."
Hobbies: Travelling, Reading, Running
Favorite Sports Teams: Washington Redskins
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Aren't writers supposed to be solitary?
- Dan Rabarts: That's just a myth we like to maintain so we don't have to invite anyone to our parties. Writers are actually about as social as spider monkeys, and we like to do many of the same things when we're together: eat our bananas upside-down, groom each other for tasty insects, that sort of thing. But we keep this top secret because if everyone knew, everyone would want to be writers and come to our parties.
- Lee Murray: It's not exactly a party! There's definitely a myth circulating that writing is a solitary occupation, and yet I don't know any successful writer who works entirely in isolation, even those not writing in collaboration. Obviously, there are times when you have to glue your bottom to the chair, put your head down, and churn out the words, but most writers will contact experts to support their work, send early drafts out to a critique group or writing buddy, and then, when draft is completed, beta-readers and editors move in, all of whom contribute to the work in different ways. As far as I can tell, writing a novel is always a collaborative process.
How did you come to collaborate with each other?
- Dan: A little book called Baby Teeth kicked it all off. I had a crazy idea and got some people on board and realised I'd bitten off more than I could chew, no pun intended. Lee stepped up to help pull it all together.
- Lee: I think with Baby Teeth – a charity project ‒ the way the anthology came together was atypical, with stories coming in from both established and emerging writers, so from an editing perspective, it was always going to be a challenge. Professionally, Dan and I brought different skill sets to the table and we tried to make it fun and not too intimidating for the newbies. Ask any of the writers: it was like a comedy routine going on in the margins, the pair of us battling it out, trying to find the best way to polish the text. On the way we both learned some new techniques, which we carried over into our individual projects. By the time Baby Teeth went on to win the Australian Shadows and Sir Julius Vogel awards it was clear the partnership was something we should explore further. I threw it out there, and Dan said, why not? But ours is more than just a professional arrangement. On a personal level, we clicked from the get-go. We're friends: I love Dan's sense of humour, his can-do attitude, and his wonderfully weird and twisted way of thinking. And the great thing is, our families get on too ‒ we both have incredibly supportive long-suffering spouses ‒ so when we can, we get our kids together, crack open a few drinks, and fire up the BBQ. It's not all work.
How did you split the collaboration process – decide who contributed what?
- Lee: Hounds of the Underworld is a he-said she-said narrative, with me writing the science consultant Penny Yee, and Dan writing her ex-con brother, Matiu. So while we each contribute to the development of the other characters, it's as if we have ownership of those particular story threads. In terms of process, the Dan and Lee approach is an odd mixture of planning and 'pantsting', with doses of affectionate squabbling. In fact, the sensible big sister and subversive little brother roles of Penny and Matiu apply to our writing process too, where I am the big sister who knows best and Dan has the crazy go-off-on-a-tangent ideas. Broadly speaking, we have an idea of where we want the story arc to go, but I never quite know what to expect when I open Dan's latest section, exactly where he'll have taken a scene. Down some dark alleyway, usually! Working with Dan definitely means taking the story to another dimension.
- Dan: Yip, we manage to keep this balance of driving the narrative forward in our own ways: Lee with solid research and plausibility, and me with random unexplained explosions. But we frequently sit down during the process and make sure that, at least to some extent, we're working towards the same goal. The push-pull dynamic that Penny and Matiu share to get their results isn't that far removed from our collaborative process.
Tell us about the most {worrying / enjoyable} part of collaborating?
- Dan: Worrying? There's always the risk that one of us will be abducted by aliens or otherwise removed from the process, and the one that's left will have to not only pretend to be the other writer, mimic their style, fall into their ideas, take ownership of plot points we've deliberately maintained some distance from, but also knowing we'd have to maintain the other person's social media profiles until the aliens release them back into the wild. All those hashtags. So many hashtags.
- Lee: {rolls her eyes} Lynne, please don't get him started. I'm going to open up the next section of the sequel and find it has aliens in it now, aren't I? The downside is that people assume we must be married! No, I think the biggest worry is that our lives keep getting in the way. Family. Work. We've learned to be flexible.
- Dan But enjoyable? That's the magic of it. It's having an idea which is only half-formed, and bandying it around with someone excited and committed to the project, invested in the world and the characters. Lee will bring something new to that misshapen idea, an unexpected twist that gives it direction and completion, and you have this synergy going on that leads to cool things happening, taking form on the page. Whole is greater than the sum of the parts, sort of thing.
- Lee: The thing I like is that I only have to write half the book. Actually, collaborating ends up being more work than writing on your own, but being a ponderously slow writer myself, sharing the work helps me with the word-count head games!
With which other writers would you / have you collaborate/d? Tell us about that…
- Dan: We've both collaborated with other writers, and produced some fairly cool works as a result. I'm part of a writing band called Cerberus, which comprises myself, Grant Stone and Matthew Sanborn Smith, and one of our stories, Dada, has appeared in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. We produce some extremely weird fiction. But my favourite collaboration outside of the Rabarts/Murray workload right now is a little story called "The People Machines", which my ten-year-old son and I are writing at bedtime. It's a story about two boys who get the power to turn into any machine they can imagine, just in time to protect the world from the evil, machine-eating Corlocks. Fart jokes and witty puns abound.
- Lee: I have a collaborative YA novella, Mika, with YA specialist, Piper Mejia. We'd already worked together on a number of student anthologies, and when I moved to Wellington, the project gave us a reason to talk every week. With Mika, a Kiwi version of the Wizard of Oz, we wrote alternating chapters and then 'smoothed' the final text, so it reads like a single writer. I also have a couple of picture books out on submission, both collaborations with Eileen Mueller. But like I said earlier, all writing involves an element of collaboration.
Tell us what fun and games went into the cover design…
- Lee: It's gorgeous, isn't it? It's by Italian artist, Daniele Serra. In terms of fun and games, there weren't any: we sent in some ideas, just concepts really, and it came back perfectly formed.
What's your favourite way to meet your readers ‒ at book signings, conventions, or other events – and why?
- Dan: Book launches, for sure. Because that means they might be buying a book. Yay! (Buy books, people. We love you when you buy books.) But otherwise, pretty much anywhere. Bars are good. Personally, I like those impromptu gatherings of a dozen people dropping in on an unsuspecting restaurant downtown somewhere to chinwag and press the flesh and talk books and writing and the deplorable state of American politics while comparing craft beers. Good times.
- Lee: Any time you meet someone who likes your story. Online. At a launch. Conventions. Anywhere. There's nothing more uplifting than to know you've inspired a reader. I walked into the supermarket once, and a woman came running over to me and said, "You're that writer lady, aren't you? You're doing so well." That was pretty special.
Red: Thanks, Dan and Lee for the distance interview
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NHGC Gives Flower Carpet Rose Seal Of Approval
'Flower Carpet Pink Supreme' rose earned a 96 percent approval rating in a nationwide consumer test and, consequently, earned the National Home Garden Club (NHGC) seal of approval. Pink Supreme now has the rights to carry the NHGC seal of approval on its packaging and in its advertising.
The results were announced in the January-February 2009 issue of the NHGC's official magazine, Gardening How-To. "This is a great endorsement from the people who are most important: gardeners," says Anthony Tesselaar, president of Tesselaar Plants, which introduced Flower Carpet roses in the United States. "Pink Supreme is one of the Next Generation Flower Carpets, with 20 years advanced breeding."
Flower Carpet Pink Supreme is the second Next Generation Flower Carpet groundcover rose to receive the NHGC seal. In 2007, 'Flower Carpet Scarlet' received the honor, earning a 90 percent approval rating.
For more information on Flower Carpet roses, go to www.flowercarpet.com.


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Whether you are a first-time mother or experienced, there are many questions surrounding breastfeeding. Lovelace lactation consultant Teresa Paez, RN, BSN, IBCLC is answering some of the most common questions mothers ask her about breastfeeding today on the blog.
How do I know if my baby is getting enough when breastfeeding?
It is hard to measure how much breast milk your infant is taking when nursing. You may worry that your colostrum is not enough for your baby. Colostrum is the first milk produced and is yellow to orange in color. It is easy to digest, low in fat, high in protein, carbohydrates and antibodies – making it the perfect food for your newborn. A newborn needs to nurse eight or more times in 24 hours. Your newborn will be waking frequently to nurse. Nursing often helps your milk to come in (between days three to five). This also means you should be seeing urine & bowel movements in the infant's diapers. The number of diapers with urine and bowel movements depend on the age of the newborn.
Day 1: 1 urine, 2 stools (black, tarry)
Day 2: 2 urine, 2 stools (green-brown tarry)
Day 3: 3 urine, 3 stools (green)
Day 4: 4 urine, 3 stools (green-yellow)
Day 5: 5 urine, 3 stools (yellow)
Day 6: 6 urine, 3 stools (yellow)
Day 7 & beyond: 6 or more urine, 3 or more stools (yellow)
Call your provider if you see any of these signs:
*Less than eight feedings in 24 hours
*No urine or bowel movement in 24 hours
*Infant does not wake to feed
*Infant's skin & eyes are looking yellow
*If you feel that your infant does not look well
Is my baby gaining weight like they should be?
Newborn infants will lose weight in the first few days of life. Normal weight loss is between five to seven percent of birth weight. By two weeks old, infants should be back to birth weight. Infants will then continue to gain approximately a half ounce to one ounce per day in the first three months. Concerned parents should call the pediatrician. Lovelace lactation consultants sponsor a weekly new parents support group. You are welcome to come by every Wednesday. A scale is available for parents to weigh their babies.
What do I do about nipple pain? Will it go away?
Nipple tenderness that occurs with latch on goes away as infant continues to nurse. Nipple pain that continues throughout nursing or worsening pain is not normal. This could be an indicator of an incorrect latch or infection. Notify your provider or contact a lactation consultant if nipple pain is moderate to severe. Most nipple pain can be resolved.
What foods should I avoid when breastfeeding to not irritate my baby's digestion?
Breastfeeding moms who eat healthy, usually do not need to change their feeding habits. Your infant has been exposed to flavors of food you ate during pregnancy through the amniotic fluid. Continuing a healthy diet during breastfeeding will expose your infant to more flavors. About five percent of infants may react to certain foods in mom's diet. Any concerns about baby's digestion should be referred to your pediatrician.
Lovelace lactation consultants sponsor a weekly new parents support group Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to noon in Auditorium B at Lovelace Women's Hospital. A scale is available for parents to weigh their babies. For more information call Lactation Services at 727-6797.


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|Somi's Glow Active Review
|Somi's Glow Active
Aswagandha, Saurastri Mrittika, Yaba, Harida.
|Somi's Glow Active
Quantity: 200 gm
Price: 115 INR
Shelf life: 2 years from the date of manufacture
How to use:
Mix one spoon of Glow Active pack with one spoon water or as per your requirement on the same proportion and apply it evenly on face, neck and full body allow it to dry. Wet your face with water and rub the pack very gently and wash off. Apply thrice a day.
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Product designing/ Packaging:
The product designing is not cool, the plastic jar is really boring but as this is a dust product and we do not carry it in our purses so it's ok. Still I think if the product provides a spatula with it, it would have been better. Though I have heard that Somi brand has changed the design and look for this product.
The dust is light yellow in color and the texture is like a scrubber. It has Turmeric smell in it which is very nice and fresh.
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It's simply AWESOME!! After the first use I really did not notice any change on my face but I still continued as I have heard really good feedback about it. Using it for the third time I saw that my skin was looking far better and even toned. I have never used it thrice a day as the product usage indications are given, but used it regularly as my face wash for the last one month and the result is amazing. It has reduced my dark spots, now I do not break out that much. My skin is extremely sensitive to sunlight but now sunburn is controllable and tanning is no issue for me now. Most important it worked as a skin lightening product too, I have tried many ayurvedic brands before but none of them worked so well on my skin. Glow Active is such a product that you can always include it in your skin care routine to maintain a radiant skin. Now I can really say that I am a proud owner of a healthy skin! :)
What I liked about the Somi's Glow Active:
- It really helps in skin lightening
- Controls pimples and break outs
- Reduces dark spots and blemishes
- Gives natural glow to skin
- Removes dead skin
- Remove skin tanning and sunburn
- Very good skin care product for sensitive skin
- Makes your skin oil free without feeling dry
- Needs a very little amount (one tea spoon is enough)
- Decently priced
- Ayurvedic product (so completely safe on skin)
- No side effects
- Do not like the packaging
- Not available in many parts of India
YES YES YES of course!! It is a great and safest, rather say BEST product for oily, dry and sensitive skin.
Indianblush rating:
- Quality: 5/5
- Fragrance: 4/5
- Packaging: 2/5
- Pricing: 4/5
- Performance: 5/5 (It's a STAR Product)
For further information you can visit their website www.gwayurvedic.com.


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I love traditions! Especially this one. Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue…a collection of gifts given just before the ceremony. These tokens each represent special meanings:
Old: continuity
New: brand new future
Borrowed: cherished relationships
Blue: faithfulness, purity & loyalty
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Leighton Meester, star of the popular Gossip Girl TV series, is rumoured to have had a rhinoplasty to improve the appearance of her nose. The 24 year old is best known for her portrayal of Blair Waldorf in the popular TV show, but gained prior success as a singer, songwriter and fashion model. Surgeons have been speculating that the fashion conscious actress decided to have a nose job before her small screen debut. According to cosmetic surgery news site Make Me Heal, Miami plastic surgeon Dr Michael Salzhauer said: "It looks like Leighton Meester did have a rhinoplasty giving her a more defined tip and narrower bridge." Dr Paul S. Nassif agreed that it was possible she may have had work done. He explained: "Leighton Meester may have had rhinoplasty performed at one point. Her nose appears slightly smaller than it was in earlier photos. Overall, any work performed was conservative and she looks good." Leighton is not the only Gossip Girl to hit the headlines when it comes to cosmetic surgery related speculation, fellow actress Blake Lively has also been the subject of rumours. The star was said to have undergone a nose job that thinned down the bridge and defined the tip of her nose, but the rumours that she had work done before starting on Gossip Girl have not yet been substantiated. While the co-stars may have chosen similar cosmetic procedures, it has been reported that they are having trouble getting along during filming. According to the Enquirer: "Leighton thinks Blake is an egomaniac who views her time on the TV set as slumming. And Blake feels stifled. She�s just ignoring her co-star because she knows bigger things are in store."


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It's always fun to take a shot in the dark about which players can/will make the Atlanta Falcons' roster before the start of training camp.
Last summer my pre-camp roster projection wound up being far more accurate than I expected, especially compared to the previous year. In 2014, I was able to correctly pick 45 out of 53 players that wound up on the Falcons roster for opening day, a hit rate of roughly 85 percent.
My expectations with a new coaching staff under Dan Quinn were considerably lower given expectations that there would be significantly more roster turnover by summer's end and having to adjust to changed proclivities of how a new coaching staff would build their 53-man roster. I expected that I would wind up getting around 40 players correct for a hit rate around 75 percent.
Instead I finished just one off the previous year, accurately projecting 44 of the 53 players that began the season on the Falcons roster. I even managed to get four out of the 10 practice-squad players correct as well.
Two of the nine misses (Jon Asamoah and Collin Mooney) began the season on injured reserve another trio (Antone Smith, Tony Moeaki and Joe Hawley) also had significant albeit not season-ending injuries to contend with to start the year, contributing to why they did not stick.
Obviously the goal this year is to improve on the accuracy of my roster projection, which I'm confident I will be able to do.
Also if you're curious to what changes I've made since last doing this at the start of May after the 2016 NFL Draft, you can click here.
So here goes my prediction position-by-position for which 53 players will begin the 2016 season on the Falcons roster. I also made note of which players are eligible for the practice squad with an asterisk (*). As we get later into camp I'll dive deeper into the intricacies of how the practice squad is constructed.
It should be noted that the Falcons have 87 players currently on their roster, which means probably within minutes or hours of posting this article, they will sign three veterans to bring that number up to the maximum of 90 and force me to have to make adjustments.
Starter: Matt Ryan
Backups: Matt Schaub, Sean Renfree
Cut: Matt Simms*
I waffled a bit on the Falcons keeping Renfree as their third quarterback largely because every time I begin to write off Renfree as the inevitable loser of a camp battle, he always manages to win the competition. So for that reason, I'm have him making the team as the third quarterback.
Running Backs
Starters: Devonta Freeman*, Patrick DiMarco
Backups: Tevin Coleman*, Terron Ward*
Practice Squad: Gus Johnson*
Cuts: Will Ratelle*, Brandon Wilds*
Count me among the people rooting for Johnson to make the roster. He impressed me with what I saw of him with the Dallas Cowboys, but I think the Falcons are very comfortable with keeping just four running backs on the roster.
Wide Receivers
Starters: Julio Jones, Mohamed Sanu
Backups: Justin Hardy*, Aldrick Robinson, Nick Williams*, Devin Fuller*
Practice Squad: Jordan Leslie*
Cuts: Eric Weems, Daje Johnson*, J.D. McKissic*, David Glidden*
As I did after the draft, I fully expected the Falcons to cut Hester at some point this summer. They did so yesterday.
It was also very tough on me personally to list Weems among the potential cuts because he is among my favorite players on the roster but the writing is on the wall. I don't think this team is going to be in a position where they are devoting roughly $1.15 million in cap space to purely special-teams players like Weems. Hardy is an emerging player on special teams coverage and Williams is competent enough that I believe the Falcons will see Weems as much more expendable by summer's end.
I chose Leslie for a spot on the practice squad because I think the Falcons will be looking for more size on their bench, which will be sorely lacking based on the players I have making the team. Whether it's Leslie or someone else they pick up off the street, they'll need to find someone else besides Jones and Sanu that is 6'1″ or taller to develop at this position.
Tight Ends
Starter: Jacob Tamme
Backups: Austin Hooper*, Levine Toilolo
Practice Squad: D.J. Tialavea*
Cuts: Joshua Perkins*
I don't believe there are any real surprises here, except perhaps having Tamme remain as the starter. I think there's a good chance that Hooper will be starting by year's end, but probably not Week One.
Offensive Line
Starters: Jake Matthews*, Andy Levitre, Alex Mack, Chris Chester, Ryan Schraeder
Backups: Bryce Harris, Wes Schweitzer*, Mike Person, Tom Compton
Practice Squad: Jake Reed*
Cuts: Laurence Gibson*, Ben Garland, Michael Huey*, Shahbaz Ahmed*, Collin Rahrig*
I'm not really buying into the notion that Chester is in danger of losing his hold on the starting spot. I think there might be a better shot that Levitre gets axed. But in the end, I don't see either veteran guard leaving the team and I believe the Falcons will try to build upon the continuity they established last year along with Mack at the pivot.
Defensive Line
Starters: Vic Beasley*, Jonathan Babineaux, Derrick Shelby, Adrian Clayborn
Backups: Ra'Shede Hageman*, Grady Jarrett*, Tyson Jackson, Brooks Reed, Courtney Upshaw, Joey Mbu*
Practice Squad: Brandon Williams*
Cuts: Nordly Capi*, Cory Johnson*, Chris Mayes*, Malliciah Goodman
Even though it's a move that makes no sense in my eyes, I can already see the Falcons keeping Tyson Jackson since their depth at defensive tackle is going to be awfully thin if Hageman is playing defensive end. The Falcons might scour the waiver wire at the end of August looking for another defensive tackle, but for the time being I won't predict that.
I nearly listed Upshaw among the cuts but thanks to the suspension of cornerback Jalen Collins, it freed up a roster spot to keep Upshaw around at least through the first month of the season.
As far as I'm concerned, I don't see a ton of logic behind keeping Beasley, Reed and Upshaw, considering all three essentially fill similar roles within the defense. Barring Upshaw looking much stronger in training camp at defensive end or on special teams than I'm expecting, I think between him and Reed, one of them should go. And considering that Reed's base salary is already fully guaranteed for the year, I can give you two guesses as to which is more vulnerable.
But what often makes sense to me is not what makes sense to the people that run the Falcons.
I also believe this summer marks the end of Goodman's tenure as a Falcon. The writing seemed to be on the wall last year when he was inactive for 14 weeks of the regular season.
Starters: Philip Wheeler, Paul Worrilow, Sean Weatherspoon
Backups: Deion Jones*, De'Vondre Campbell*, LaRoy Reynolds
Practice Squad: Ivan McLennan*
Cuts: Torrey Green*, Tyler Starr*
I think this summer will mark the end of the one remaining holdover from the Falcons infamous four-linebacker draft crop from 2014 as I believe Starr will be cut for good. I think McLennan will surpass him to earn a spot on the practice squad. It's not that I don't think Starr is good enough to make the team, but he's always a player that is barely hanging on and I think without him taking a big step this summer, it might be time to cut him loose.
I also have the three veterans starting at the beginning of the year, although I believe there is a fairly good chance that we might reach October before either Jones or Campbell are regulars in the starting lineup. Reynolds sticks because of his special-teams prowess.
Starters: Desmond Trufant, Robert Alford
Backups: Akeem King*, C.J. Goodwin*, Unknown Veteran
Suspended: Jalen Collins* (will not count against Week One's 53-man roster)
Practice Squad: Jordan Sefon*
Cuts: DeMarcus Van Dyke, Devonte Johnson*, David Mims*
I'm cheating somewhat because I believe the Falcons will add another corner off the waiver wire before the start of the regular season to handle the nickel cornerback duties. Current free agent and ex-Falcons Phillip Adams is as good an option as any, but since he's not currently on the roster, I can't really predict him to make it can I? But I believe the Falcons will sign someone that will make King and Goodwin the fourth and fifth corners on the depth chart, respectively, to begin the season.
As for Sefon making the practice squad, that was an instance of tossing all three undrafted rookies' names into a hat and picking one. Although to be fair, Sefon's ball skills and length also played a factor in choosing him over the others.
Starters: Ricardo Allen*, Keanu Neal*
Backups: Robenson Therezie*, Kemal Ishmael
Practice Squad: Sharrod Neasman*
Cuts: Charles Godfrey, Brian Poole*, Damian Parms*
I'm not sure this one requires a ton of explanation.
Special Teams
Starters: Matt Bryant, Matt Bosher, Josh Harris
Cuts: Nick Rose*
I believe that Bryant will not lose his job to Rose this summer. I also believe as you could have probably guessed from the wide receiver group above that Fuller will open the season as the team's primary kickoff returner.
You'll probably notice that I only included eight players on my practice squad rather than the maximum number of 10. That's because I don't expect all 10 spots to be filled by players that the Falcons bring to camp, as there is always a handful of spots used on players that were cut by other teams at the end of the summer. Last year, four of the Falcons' 10 initial practice-squad players were with other teams during training camp: Matt Simms, Marcel Jensen, Jahwan Edwards and Ben Garland. So at least by my reckoning, projecting eight is more than enough with the last two spots being anybody's guess.
And I would be remiss to not mention how much injuries play a factor into how the roster shapes up, but here's hoping they have a minimal effect on how the Falcons roster is constructed this year.


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I would be interested to hear the three of you discuss Ronnie O'Sullivan's recent comment made live on the BBC after beating Wenbo about "doing an Ebdon". I'd also like to hear your thoughts on the prior situation to which the quote relates as well as the repurcussions that there have been or may follow because of this.
- 6:15 pm
Should the game be made "open" to allcomers again, as was the case in the early 90s? There seems to be a distinct lack of fresh faces and overseas players on the main tour.
- 6:23 pm
John (Cumbria)
We often hear comments about the very fast Number 10 cloths the pro's play on. (The match tables in Glasgow were said by Steve Davis to be the fastest he'd played on).
Why (to my knowledge) is there no equivalent of golf's Stimptmeter used on the pro circuit. This simple device could be used to provide standardisation across cloths and cushion bounces. It would also allow club players to compare the speed of their own tables to those on TV and provide empirical data that would be useful to TV commentators.
- 7:03 pm
I would be intrested to hear your thoughts on Stephen Hendry's game at the moment and in particular if You think he is still capable of winning an 8th world title.If not do you think O'Sullivan could equal or even break his record?
- 8:44 pm
Personally, I find the miss rule very irritating. The imprecision implicit in a referee's attempt to replace snooker balls is anathema to the exacting nature of the game, and I have a proposal that would put an end to it. It goes a bit like this:
If player A is deemed to made an unsatisfactory attempt to escape from a snooker, then player B should be given a free ball (irrespective of whether or not he can see both sides of the ball on).
I think this would sufficiently punish player A, without requiring the referee to replace snooker balls, because even if player B could not easily pot a ball or play a good safety, he could force player A to play again. So, there seems no way that player A would be advantaged by deliberately failing to escape from the snooker.
My understanding is that the miss rule was invented in order to prevent players from deliberately failing to escape from a snooker, but in practice, I don't remember this actually happening (at least in the professional game).
What do Phil, Clive, et. al. think of the miss rule and my suggestion above?
- Donal, Montreal
- 10:57 pm
- Janie Watkins said...
I would like to know what have been the "best" and "worst" moments for the three of you during your commentary stints
best/worst can of course be funniest and/or most embarrassing!
Clive's falling off the chair episode is excluded from Clive's answer!
I can think of a couple of other incidents that stick in the memory.
one was Clive having to do the famous "chicken walk" at the uk in Bournemouth
and if I remember rightly Phil once did a long stint in a rather warm commentary box with a rapidly melting mars bar in his pocket!
- 11:02 pm
- andy said...
I'd like to see you use a tool like drop.io, see The Daily Source Code drop as a good example of how this tool can be used for podcasting.
Listeners can help contribute to the show with voice comments, vids, links to relevant material etc via the drop.
- 10:16 am
I agree with what Donal said above about the miss rule- I don't think referees should have to "judge" either a miss, or where the balls were, and I think it should be abolished.
What about a rule that punished an accumulation of misses? For example, if a player makes 3 failures to hit a "ball on", then the incoming player gets some benefit, a free ball for example. This would remove the need for ball replacement. The offending player would concede the penalty points (and any free ball), plus 1 "miss" would be recorded; when this miss figure reaches 3, the incoming player gets some kind of benefit (a free "push" might be worth exploring, where the player has the option to strike the cue ball to a more advantageous area of the table, and continue playing).
The only issue I can foresee is that tactical "deliberate misses" will gain some level of acceptance.
What do you think Dave, Clive & Phil?
- 1:43 pm
Well maybe my questions are not as good as others, but how about:
What was your first memory of Cue Sports and what's your highest break?
- 8:30 pm
Having been in the game 28 years now pehaps you can discuss/explain too me why the WSA have never invested long term in junior grass roots - the games future.
The WSA Academy is fine for the few that players that can afford it in time and money.
All other sports invest time/money in schools and junior activities.
Malc Thorne
- 10:02 pm
Whatever you do you'll have to be careful not to leave the magazine redundant.
All the results etc are available easily on the web and this blog provides nearly all the gossip any fan could need.
That doesn't leave much room for a magazine to thrive in a dwindling market.
- 8:54 pm


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Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Ahmad Black took a direct cheap shot at the head of New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham on Sunday. As it turns out, the hit won't be cheap on Black's checkbook.
The NFL fined Black $21,000 today. The penalty was egregious, and Black clearly aimed his helmet with intent to injure. Had the play taken place in an NCAA football game, by rule, Black would've been ejected.
As vicious as the unnecessary roughness penalty was, Graham didn't miss a single play. He finished the game with 10 catches, for a career best 179 yards, and 1 touchdown. New Orleans won the game 16-14 to improve to 2-0.
Black wasn't the only Buccaneer called for a personal foul penalty last Sunday. Several Bucs, including safety Dashon Goldson, were flagged on defense. Goldson was suspended 1 game by the NFL, before winning an appeal. Instead of missing Sunday's game at New England, Goldson was fined $100,000.
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