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Friday, May 10, 2013
Cover Girl (New Dress Pattern!)
The dress made its merry way to back to me yesterday, along with a fresh-off-the-presses copy of the magazine.
The fabric was a delightful find at B&J Fabrics. (I don't see this particular fabric on their website, but I think they have more, so you could call them or email them this picture if you're interested in buying some.) It's a pure silk organza with a soutache-like ribbon embroidered on top. I choose a periwinkle silk habotai as a lining/underlining (there's both in the bodice) to set off the deep blue of the ribbon work.
I'm definitely going to be making this design for myself now that it's available to download in a range of sizes (XS to XL, or bust size 32" to 44-1/2"). More to come on that!
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That is beautiful. It is added to my ever growing list of "must sews".ReplyDelete
It's gorgeous! Love the cap sleeves. Although I hardly use commercial patterns, I want the magazine just so I can read about you. Yay!ReplyDelete
Love it and want it! Thank you for sharing the order info...this is a great style for me, too :-). Congrats!ReplyDelete
Always interested in a free pattern! Thanks Gretchen. xReplyDelete
Ooh! I can't wait to try it out. :)ReplyDelete
- Anne FrancesMay 10, 2013 at 11:23 AM
What lovely fabric! Am I the only one to be bothered by that unbecoming arc of flesh showing between the arm joint and the edge of the dress? I know that area can be a problem with fitting sleeveless or cap sleeve dresses, but I can't think the magazine does anyone any favours by putting the model in that particular pose.ReplyDeleteReplies
hmmm. didnt notice it. that said, her arc of flesh doesnt shock me at all or imho look disgraceful however in my overweight dangerously close to 40 self, i might offend ;PDelete
Yes Anne, I noticed it too! That particular 'zone' is exactly why I sew vintage - because the armholes are generally a lot higher and more flattering!Delete
Oh good, another body area we can all feel bad about ourselves for--just what women need! :)Delete
I'm sorry, I just can't see it. She looks quite nicely photoshopped to me.Delete
I am completely lost for what you think the that part of the body should look like. I don't even think that pose is bad. Enough nitpicking already. The model is beautiful.Delete
Love the pattern. I'll definitely be lurking my local bookstore wait for it to come out!ReplyDelete
Ohhhh, so pretty! I'll need to get my hands on a copy of that.ReplyDelete
Very cute! Are you going to show an FBA for your other dress, by the way? I'm holding off on buying the pattern until I know that I can adjust the bust.ReplyDelete
CONGRATS ON THE DRESS COVER ITS BEAUTIFUL!!! HOPE YOU GET TO FELLING BETTER SOON!!!!! LINDAReplyDelete
No, Anne, I don't like that bit either.ReplyDelete
Glad you are feeling better! Love the dress....and I'll have to check out this magazine!ReplyDelete
- MiniMeMay 10, 2013 at 3:43 PM
Thank you for the gorgeous pattern! I'd love to sew it, but I'm unsure about the sizes. What bust is the size L?ReplyDelete
Glad you're feeling better; I've had a few friends taken down by stomach flu in the past few weeks.ReplyDelete
Nice dress btw!
P.S. Add me to the list of people waiting for the FBA for the other dress pattern.
Congratulations! That is totally awesome! Did you create only one size for the pattern, and then the magazine did the different sizing? I'm kind of curious as to whether I could send in a single sized item, and have it come out in different sizes?ReplyDelete
Lovely dress, and congratulations on the cover! Just purchased my first of this magazine, and will keep me eyes peeled for this issue... or purchase the online edition. Thank you for all your creativity!ReplyDelete
Congratulations! The dress is gorgeous (love the fabric) and would love to make this for my daughter. Your designs are so classic, thank you.ReplyDelete
I really like this dress cause it reminds me of something I've seen on my grandma in photos, from back in her bombshell looker days.ReplyDelete
Love love love, but live in the UK. Do you know if magazine will be released here?ReplyDelete
Congratiolations and what a lovely pattern & gorgeous fabric!ReplyDelete
I hope you feel better soon! And I feel great now that I can download another fabulous Gertie pattern!!!ReplyDelete
gorgeous dress!ReplyDelete
big congrats!!!!!
hope you're feeling bzetter
Thanks so much for this, beautiful dress! Hope you feel better soon xxReplyDelete
Congrats and thank u, Gertie for another fine dress and pattern! Feel better xxReplyDelete
What a beautiful dress! I am downloading the pattern right away.ReplyDelete
Congrats on being in Stitch Style magazine!
Wow. Congratulations. The dress looks lovely.ReplyDelete
I got a copy on my way home from work on Friday at my favorite fabric shop (dangerously close to my office!) and am really impressed with the magazine, too. Your dress is wonderful & I'm excited to try it!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 15, 2013 at 12:10 AM
Yet another amazing dress and also published! I enjoy watching your popularity grow! You are amazing!!ReplyDelete
Oooo Gertie you are such a talented lady, I love your style and this dress is simply gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing. I love your book. It was not so easy to print, as I live in Germany (we have the wrong paper size). Do you have any idea where I could get the size table for the pattern ? Thanks in advance. Greetings from Germany JanineReplyDelete
what a beautiful dresses. I have bookmarked this page for future use. Thanks for showing these.ReplyDelete


text: A California court has dismissed part of a lawsuit brought by Twitter that challenges\u00a0U.S. government\u00a0restrictions on what it can say about surveillance requests on its users.Twitter sued the government in 2014, alleging that the restrictions, which are common to all Internet service providers, infringe its First Amendment right to free speech.Earlier this year, the Department of Justice asked the federal district court in Oakland, California, to toss out the lawsuit. It argued that the\u00a0Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) is a more suitable venue to hear the dispute, and that part of Twitter's argument didn't stand because the company isn't disputing document classification decisions made by the government.On Monday, a judge agreed with the government's latter argument but denied its request to shift the case to FISC.Judge\u00a0Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers noted that the First Amendment does not allow someone subject to secrecy obligations to disclose classified information, so by failing to challenge the original classification, Twitter's First Amendment argument didn't stand up.But she gave Twitter until May 24 to amend its lawsuit and make a case that the surveillance requests are not classified information.The company, like other Internet service providers, is not allowed to disclose the number of\u00a0national security letters and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court orders received, even if that number is zero.\u00a0A longstanding ban was slightly relaxed in 2014 after the scope of U.S. government surveillance became clear though leaks by Edward Snowden. Companies are now allowed to report requests on a six-month delayed basis, in aggregate bands of 250 requests, but Twitter sued saying that wasn't enough.The government's attempt to make FISC the venue for the argument failed because Twitter is not disputing an order or decision of the court. It's instead disputing the government's requirement to report the number of requests received in aggregate bands, the judge wrote.

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Many Hats, One Person: Sin and Anxiety
By Douglas Cramer
There's a phrase I like that sums up our life in the modern world: "We all wear many hats." It's true – we do. Time management gurus like Steven Covey encourage us to structure our schedules according to the different roles we play, the different hats we wear – spouse, parent, child, worker, householder, friend, athlete, volunteer. But here's what's great about the phrase "many hats" – if we think about it, it reminds us that even though we wear many hats, there's one person, the same person, underneath each of them.
You know what's wrong about focusing on our hats instead of the person underneath? It can lead us to fall in to a dangerous sin – the sin of anxiety. You may not think of anxiety as a sin. But Jesus Christ teaches us that anxiety leads us away from Him, and from our salvation. And whatever separates us from God is sinful. We must overcome anxiety and worry. And thank God, the Scriptures and the teachings of our Church teach us how.
Let me tell you though one thing that makes me anxious – the statistics on anxiety in America! According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 1 in 8 Americans between 18 and 54 have been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. That's 20 million people! Anxiety is the number one mental health problem for women, and second only to drug and alcohol abuse for men. Anxiety is the most common mental health problem in America, more common than even depression.
Now Ben Franklin once said: "Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight." Keep in the sunlight. And as Christians, don't we know the source of the True Light? And don't we know that we can learn to live in that Light?
This points us towards the solution to anxiety. We get ourselves tangled up when we are too concerned about what will happen in the future. We worry and obsess about problems that may never come. The solution to this is so simple, it can seem foolish. It lies in one of Jesus's teachings from the Gospel of Matthew:
Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. ... Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things.
Fr. Anthony Coniaris once wrote that God always gives us light for our path - but only enough for us to take the next step. When we look towards the future, do we see the light shining on our next step? Or do we only see that all the steps beyond the next are still dark? Do we see the light, or do we worry about what will happen to us in the dark?
This is why anxiety is a sin – because it is rooted in fear, fear of what might happen to us. And worrying about ourselves always drives us away from God. There's a short book by the Christian writer CS Lewis that anyone can read, called "The Screwtape Letters." It's written as the letters of one devil to his underling Wormtongue, to teach him how to be better at tempting humans. The senior devil, Screwtape, tells Wormtongue that "There's nothing like suspense and anxiety for barricading a human's mind against the Enemy [which is what the devils call God]. He wants men to be concerned with what they do; our business is to keep them thinking about what will happen to them."
When we are anxious about our future, about what will happen a month from now, or a year, or a decade, we are living as if we don't believe in God. We are not trusting that He will be there for us. We are saying, "Even if there's light shining on the next step I must take, I don't trust You. I don't trust that after I take that next step, You will shine your light on the step I must take after that."
Our worry, our anxiety about the future, leaves us staring in to the unlit distance believing that all is dark. We can't see; we're blind. But if we follow our Lord's teaching – "Do not worry about tomorrow" – we won't be blind, we will be dazzled by the brightness shining on the next thing we need to do. And trusting in the light of God's presence, we will focus on who we are now, instead of what we might need to do in the future. Of course it's a lot easier to say "don't worry, trust God" than it is to actually put it in to practice. But these are a couple of my own ideas about how to get started:
First, talk to God. If I start thinking that I've got to solve a problem all by myself, I start to worry. If it's true that sharing a problem with someone else will help, how much more true is it that sharing a problem with God will help? So get in the habit of talking to God. Don't get caught up in using words that sound prayerful. Just talk to God like you'd talk to someone you trust. "God, I'm worried about my meeting tomorrow. I'm worried I'll get in trouble. I don't know what to do."
Next, listen! You know the old saying: We've got one mouth and two ears because we should listen twice as much as we talk. So listen for God's answer, for a quiet voice – a voice in the heart, not the ears. Perhaps you'll hear something like, "You're worried about your meeting because you haven't finished the project you promised you'd finish. Tomorrow you need to apologize for that; tonight you need to at least get started on it."
Then, test God! This might seem disrespectful. But it's not. In the book of Malachi, the Lord says:
Prove Me now in this ... if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.
If you want to learn to trust God, you need to test God. You need to do what God tells you to do, to take the next step that he has lit up for you, and see what happens. In my experience I always find that God leads me from anxiety and worry to peace and joy.
This isn't to belittle the seriousness of mental disorders. It is a sad truth that diseases of the brain are as real as any other physical illness, and that we should all be grateful to God for treatments that modern medicine has found for us. But we must understand that this fact co-exists with the fact that anxiety is also spiritual sickness, brokeness, and sin. And our Lord teaches us how to confront and heal this sickness.
Like any healing, overcoming anxiety takes time. If you are anxious, be gentle with yourself. Settle in to yourself, find the person under all the hats, and try to see the light that God is shining on the next step you should take. This light is His presence. He is here for us. Trust that He is showing you what you need to do next, this very moment. Remember the words of Jesus Christ: "Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?" We must trust that God will be always be here for us. Trust, and we will find peace. Even more, we will find the Prince of Peace.
This reflection is adapted from a speech originally written for Fr. Christopher Metropulos of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and SCOBA's Orthodox Christian Network. Learn more about the powerful ministries of OCN on their website, www.myocn.net.


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Last year, 2001, was the second warmest year since recordkeeping began in 1867. Following the all-time high of 1998, last year's near-record extends a strong trend of rising temperatures that began around 1980. The 15 warmest years since 1867 have all come since 1980.
This new year of temperature data provides further evidence that a trend of rising temperature is bringing to an end the period of relative climate stability that has prevailed since agriculture began some 11,000 years ago.
Monthly global temperature data compiled by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, in a series based on meteorological station estimates going back to 1867, show that September 2001 was the warmest September on record. November also set an all-time high. And six recent months—August and December 2001 and January, March, April, and May 2002—were each the second warmest respective months on record.
The global average temperature for 2001 is calculated at 14.52 degrees Celsius (58.1 degrees Fahrenheit). The all-time high in 1998 was 14.69 degrees Celsius. Over the last century, the average global temperature climbed from 13.88 degrees Celsius in 1899-1901 to 14.44 degrees in 1999-2001, an increase of 0.56 degrees. But four fifths of this gain came in the century's last two decades.
The rise of nearly 0.6 degrees Celsius during the last century is quite small compared with projections by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the temperature rise for this century of 1.4-5.8 degrees Celsius (2.5-10.4 degrees Fahrenheit). Even the lower figure in that range would be more than double the increase of the last century. And the upper-end projection would be nearly 10 times as much.
The contrast in sea level rise for the last century and that projected for this one is similarly worrying. During the last century, sea level rose an estimated 10-20 centimeters (4-8 inches). The IPCC projects that during this century sea level will rise 9-88 centimeters (4-36 inches).
Rising temperature is not an irrelevant abstraction. It brings countless physical changes—from more intense heat waves, more severe droughts, and ice melting to more powerful storms, more destructive floods, and rising sea level. These changes in turn affect not only food security and the habitability of low-lying regions, but also the species composition of local ecosystems.
Climate change affects food security in many ways. In 2000, the World Bank published a map of Bangladesh showing that a 1-meter rise in sea level would inundate half of that country's riceland. Bangladesh would lose not only half its rice supply but also the livelihoods of a large share of its population. The combination of a population of 134 million expanding by 2.7 million a year and a shrinking cropland base is not a reassuring prospect for Bangladesh.
Widespread changes in ecosystems are also being triggered. Recent years have brought heavy investments by governments and environmental organizations to protect particular ecosystems by converting them into parks or reserves. But if the rise in temperature cannot be checked, there is not an ecosystem on the earth that can be saved. Everything will change.
An additional year of temperature data reinforces the concerns expressed by the team of eminent scientists who produced the latest IPCC report, Climate Change 2001. They make clear what is now becoming obvious even to nonscientists: fossil fuel burning is changing the earth's climate.
The bottom line is that altering the earth's climate is serious business—not something to be taken lightly. We can curb climate change by shifting from a carbon-based energy economy to one based on hydrogen. We have the technologies to do it. The economics are falling into place. Do we have the wisdom and the will to restructure the energy economy before climate change spirals out of control?
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Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher
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- Awards And Honors:
- Copley Medal (1955)
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- "Statistical Methods for Research Workers"
Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher, byname R.A. Fisher, (born February 17, 1890, London, England—died July 29, 1962, Adelaide, Australia), British statistician and geneticist who pioneered the application of statistical procedures to the design of scientific experiments.
In 1909 Fisher was awarded a scholarship to study mathematics at the University of Cambridge, from which he graduated in 1912 with a B.A. in astronomy. He remained at Cambridge for another year to continue course work in astronomy and physics and to study the theory of errors. (The connection between astronomy and statistics dates back to Carl Friedrich Gauss, who formulated the law of observational error and the normal distribution based on his analysis of astronomical observations.)
Fisher taught high school mathematics and physics from 1914 until 1919 while continuing his research in statistics and genetics. Fisher had evidenced a keen interest in evolutionary theory during his student days—he was a founder of the Cambridge University Eugenics Society—and he combined his training in statistics with his avocation for genetics. In particular, he published an important paper in 1918 in which he used powerful statistical tools to reconcile what had been apparent inconsistencies between Charles Darwin's ideas of natural selection and the recently rediscovered experiments of the Austrian botanist Gregor Mendel.
In 1919 Fisher became the statistician for the Rothamsted Experimental Station near Harpenden, Hertfordshire, and did statistical work associated with the plant-breeding experiments conducted there. His Statistical Methods for Research Workers (1925) remained in print for more than 50 years. His breeding experiments led to theories about gene dominance and fitness, published in The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection (1930). In 1933 Fisher became Galton Professor of Eugenics at University College, London. From 1943 to 1957 he was Balfour Professor of Genetics at Cambridge. He investigated the linkage of genes for different traits and developed methods of multivariate analysis to deal with such questions.
At Rothamsted Fisher designed plant-breeding experiments that provided greater information with less investments of time, effort, and money. One major problem he encountered was avoiding biased selection of experimental materials, which results in inaccurate or misleading experimental data. To avoid such bias, Fisher introduced the principle of randomization. This principle states that before an effect in an experiment can be ascribed to a given cause or treatment independently of other causes or treatments, the experiment must be repeated on a number of control units of the material and that all units of material used in the experiments must be randomly selected samples from the whole population they are intended to represent. In this way, random selection is used to diminish the effects of variability in experimental materials.
An even more important achievement was Fisher's origination of the concept of analysis of variance, or ANOVA. This statistical procedure enabled experiments to answer several questions at once. Fisher's principal idea was to arrange an experiment as a set of partitioned subexperiments that differ from each other in one or more of the factors or treatments applied in them. By permitting differences in their outcome to be attributed to the different factors or combinations of factors by means of statistical analysis, these subexperiments constituted a notable advance over the prevailing procedure of varying only one factor at a time in an experiment. It was later found that the problems of bias and multivariate analysis that Fisher had solved in his plant-breeding research are encountered in many other scientific fields as well.
Fisher summed up his statistical work in Statistical Methods and Scientific Inference (1956). He was knighted in 1952 and spent the last years of his life conducting research in Australia.


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Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero
From on-screen heroics to real-life rescues, the legendary actor's work is never done
En español | Harrison Ford lands his green Citation jet on the tarmac of the Santa Monica airport, then heads to his sleek offices overlooking the runway. The graying action star looks fit and appealingly weathered. He wears a tiny silver hoop in his left ear, which Han Solo fans on the Web lament as an unhip vestige of a midlife crisis.
Settling into a chair in a conference room, Ford leaves the door ajar so he can keep a protective eye on his plane as his copilot prepares to stow it in its hangar. He tears hungrily into a couple of cartons of Muscle Milk. "Haven't had a chance to eat today," he explains.
It's nearly 5 p.m.,and earlier in the day he flew to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where he keeps a ranch, to attend the funeral of his friend Blake Chapman, who died piloting a small plane in a snowstorm. "Seventy-three-year-old cowboy, professional pilot. Great guy. We spent a fair amount of time together flying up into the wilderness." Although Ford grieves the loss of his friend, he finds one consolation: "He lived his life doing what he wanted, right up to that moment."
Perhaps the contemplation of mortality has triggered a mellow mood; in conversation today, Ford shows no hint of the irascibility for which he — and his screen characters — are famous. Though he'd rather be wearing blue jeans than the navy-blue suit he wore to the funeral, he's cheerful and relaxed — even, you might say, helpful. He readily dishes up his sardonic wit: "More people are kicked to death by mules than die in aviation accidents worldwide," he says with his familiar lopsided grin. He responds to questions deliberately; when they veer into private areas, monosyllabically. "I'm good at vague answers," he concedes.
Like Blake Chapman, Ford is living the life he wants to live. As one of Hollywood's richest men, with a reported $300 million fortune, Ford enjoys privileges — and faces challenges — his friend never did. But they shared a code of honor rooted in the fundamental American values of reliability, independence bordering on cussedness, and a commitment to give the best of oneself to any task. "I take pleasure in being useful," he says. A key to his character is that he was a carpenter who became a movie star but never gave up being a carpenter — literally or metaphorically. At 68, he succeeds as a movie actor, family man, aviator, philanthropist, and builder.
Ford's a classic now — "like old shoes," as he puts it. Three years out from having earned $65 million for his most recent Indiana Jones film, he can claim one of the most charmed acting careers ever, playing a raft of beloved characters in timeless movies. In the Star Wars and Indiana Jones series, as well as in such blockbusters as The Fugitive, Presumed Innocent, and Clear and Present Danger, Ford played the everyman, the reluctant hero drawn into extraordinary circumstances. "He's authentic," says his longtime friend Tom Brokaw, "the same kind of guy you see on-screen. I get into trouble when I use this expression, but Harrison is a man's man. He is not a Hollywood dandy in any form. He likes to take a belt from time to time, and he has a wicked sense of humor."
He still adores making movies. "I love acting probably more than I did before," Ford says. "I like working and problem-solving with people on a story." But the transition from having his pick of plum action roles to finding intriguing character parts for a man his age has been tough. The failure of last year's Morning Glory — a comedy costarring Diane Keaton in which his vain and aging news-anchor character joins a morning show — hit Ford especially hard, according to his friends and business associates. "I just want to make good movies that people want to go see," he says. "I hate making movies that people don't go to."
Ford is eager for people to see his new film, Cowboys & Aliens, an unlikely hybrid of a western and an alien-invasion movie that he's hoping will be a hit. He was thrilled to grow some stubble for the movie, put on a dirty hat, and gallop across the glorious New Mexico range. "Nothing better," he says, laughing.
Director Jon Favreau says Ford was perfect for the part of ornery rancher Colonel Woodrow Dolarhyde, who rules the 1875 desert town of Absolution with an iron fist. "Harrison is like John Wayne in the autumn of his career," says Favreau. "In movies like The Searchers and True Grit, Wayne was always giving a younger man a run for his money."
In this case the younger man is Daniel Craig, the film's principal star. "I give enormous credit to Daniel," says Ford. "He gave me the room in his movie to make a part that was probably as much fun to play as any I've ever had." Ford claims somewhat convincingly that it's liberating to hand off the leading-man baton. "The leading man has a special responsibility to carry the audience. I can just dodge in, and that's wonderful."
On the set, Ford regaled the cast — including Sam Rockwell, Paul Dano, and Olivia Wilde — with his war stories. Despite assorted orthopedic issues from a career's worth of running, jumping, and falling down, he rode as hard as anyone. "Harrison was in better shape than any of us," says Wilde. "He's ripped."
In his personal life, say Ford's friends, he's never seemed happier. Last year he married actress Calista Flockhart, 46, his sweetheart of 10 years. Together they are raising her 10-year-old son, Liam. "Yeah, I'm his dad," says Ford with obvious affection. Though he would rather live in Wyoming, domesticity and parenthood have grounded him in Los Angeles, where Flockhart appears in the television series Brothers & Sisters and Liam is enrolled in school.
Ford's stable home life allows him to satisfy his need for adventure more than ever. In 1995 he fulfilled a lifelong dream of earning his pilot's license. "I wanted to see whether I could learn something new," he says, "especially something really challenging on a technical level that requires hands-on skills." He completed rigorous training for both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, and has logged some 4,500 hours in the air. Today his fleet includes a chopper, a 1929 open-cockpit plane, and a transatlantic jet. Ford flies himself to movie locations, transports his family on vacations, and has made many transatlantic flights. "Flying absolutely reinvented my life," he says. As a pilot he can reclaim a measure of privacy, escaping the paparazzi who hound celebrities in public airports. Piloting also allows him to sidestep special treatment — the aspect of fame he most dislikes. "When I'm flying, I've got to do it according to the rules, just like everybody else," he says. "I'm not cut any slack for any other reason. I'm just another pilot. I love it."
And aviation has opened up a world far from the insularity of Hollywood. Ford has been active with Young Eagles (an organization that exposes children to the magic of flight), giving hundreds of kids rides in his planes. He also embarks on rescue and humanitarian missions. In 2000, as a member of Wyoming's Teton County Search and Rescue Volunteers, he saved a dehydrated hiker stranded in the mountains; the young woman was stunned when Indiana Jones swooped down in his Bell 407 helicopter. The following year Ford rescued a 13-year-old Boy Scout who had wandered off a trail and spent a rainy night lost in the wilderness near Yellowstone National Park. Though the boy didn't get Ford's autograph, he told his friends he got something better: a hug. After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Ford flew doctors and supplies to the remote town of Hinche, buzzing the airstrip to clear it of goats and chickens before circling back to land. Rather than tour devastated areas trailed by news crews, Ford kept a low profile. "It was a small contribution," he says.
As a longtime environmentalist, how does he justify burning so much jet fuel? "Although I have eight airplanes," he quips, "I fly only one at a time." Turning serious, he gestures to the Citation and says, "I have the most efficient engine on my airplane that you can possibly have." For the past 20 years Ford has offset his carbon footprint with efforts on behalf of Conservation International, an environmental nonprofit. As the organization's vice chair, he meets with CEOs and international leaders. "He has extraordinary intellectual capability and applies it intensively so that we can be effective around the world," says Conservation International CEO Peter Seligmann. Example: Ford has helped the organization persuade Walmart to sell more sustainable food products.
He has set aside for conservation almost half of his 800-acre ranch in Wyoming, at the foot of the Tetons, abutting the Snake River. By banning elk hunting on the spread, he has created a refuge for the animals that live on the property. "I love the ethic of the West," he says. He notes that the minister at this morning's funeral extolled 10 western virtues that Blake Chapman lived by, including: "Finish what you start, be tough but fair, take pride in your work, do your best," says Ford. With maturity, he says he's getting better at living up to these values.
He has four grown children from his first two marriages, as well as three grandchildren. A native of suburban Chicago, he headed to Los Angeles as a college dropout and aspiring actor in 1964, accompanied in a Volkswagen Beetle by his college girlfriend (and new bride) Mary Marquardt. The couple, who divorced in 1979, had two sons — Ben (now 44) and Willard (42) — while Ford took small acting jobs and supported the family as a top-notch carpenter. "I had my first children when I was 24," he says. "Babies raising babies is maybe not the prettiest thing in the world to watch."
Ford's breakthrough as a teen hot-rodder in American Graffiti in 1973 led George Lucas to cast him in 1977's Star Wars. A few years later he was playing Colonel Lucas in Apocalyse Now when he met Francis Ford Coppola's assistant, Melissa Mathison; she became a screenwriter (best known for E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial), and his second wife in 1983. During his peak acting years, Ford was often away on location while the couple's two children — Malcolm, now 24, and Georgia, 21, attended school in New York City. He spent long holidays with them in Wyoming, but the separations were difficult. "My wives have been good mothers," he says with genuine appreciation.
Ford and Flockhart wed last June, in the middle of shooting for Cowboys & Aliens, at the Santa Fe mansion of former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, who officiated (Liam was the ring bearer). The groom wore Wrangler jeans; the bride, a simple white sundress. Any particular reason why he chose that moment to wed for the third time? "Because we'd lived together for 10 years and it seemed like we were going to get along," Ford deadpans. Pause. "And I love her and she wanted to get married, and I wanted to get married."
Ford and Flockhart are a warmly affectionate, demonstrative couple. They show up occasionally at Hollywood events but would rather stay home than walk a red carpet. They attend Liam's football games and last year took him trick-or-treating (Flockhart dressed as Miss Piggy while Ford was nearly unrecognizable in the black habit of a very large nun). Ford has also been spotted wearing a Happy Father's Day T-shirt made by Liam. "I've learned a lot about being an appropriate father over the years," he says.
The couple recently purchased an estate on the west side of Los Angeles for a reported $12.5 million, and Ford is overseeing a major renovation of the house. He's in his element on the job site, occasionally wielding a hammer himself. He is meticulous — woe to any subcontractor who does subpar work. Does he ever tell workers to rip things out and start over? "Yep," he says.
Ford plans to focus on this construction project until he and Calista and Liam move in near the end of the summer. He isn't sweating that he has no new role lined up. "I've been enormously lucky," he says. "I've had a long run." Eventually, it would be nice if other juicy character parts come his way. He enjoys being surprised by a great script. "I like waiting for something to drop out of the sky," he says.
The Citation is in its hangar, and the boss is heading home to his wife and son. Before he goes, he is asked what he considers the most important things in life. "People and work," he says. After a pause he adds, "And learning." After all these years, he's achieved a remarkable balance: feet on the ground, head in the clouds.


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Clinical Commissioning Group
NHS Gloucestershire CCG is a clinically led membership organisation (all 76 GP practices in Gloucestershire are members) responsible for commissioning (buying) local NHS services to meet the needs of local people.
These services include emergency care services, operations or treatments that can be planned in advance, community services and mental health services.
CCG clinicians and managers at county and locality level are using their knowledge of patient care to look at how services are planned and how the patient's journey through care can be improved.
The CCG is placing greater emphasis on prevention and self care and joining up services, community support and information across health and social care.
The CCG is also developing alternatives to hospital care, including more care, treatment and support at home and in the local community.
For more information visit www.gloucestershireccg.nhs.uk


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Remarks by the President on the Payroll Tax Cut
South Court Auditorium
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. (Applause.) Please have a seat. Good afternoon to all of you. Merry Christmas. Happy holidays.
We've been doing everything we can over the last few weeks to make sure that 160 million working Americans aren't hit with a holiday tax increase on January 1st. We've also been doing everything we can to make sure that millions of people who are out there looking for work in a very tough environment don't start losing their unemployment insurance on January 1st.
Now, on Saturday, we reached a bipartisan compromise that would do just that -- make sure that people aren't seeing a tax cut the first of the year; make sure that they still have unemployment insurance the first of the year. Nearly every Democrat in the Senate voted for that compromise. Nearly every Republican in the Senate voted for that compromise. Democrats and even some Republicans in the House voted for that compromise. I am ready to sign that compromise into law the second it lands on my desk.
So far, the only reason it hasn't landed on my desk -- the only reason -- is because a faction of House Republicans have refused to support this compromise.
Now, if you're a family making about $50,000 a year, this is a tax cut that amounts to about $1,000 a year. That's about 40 bucks out of every paycheck. It may be that there's some folks in the House who refuse to vote for this compromise because they don't think that 40 bucks is a lot of money. But anyone who knows what it's like to stretch a budget knows that at the end of the week, or the end of the month, $40 can make all the difference in the world.
And that's why we thought we'd bring your voices into this debate. So many of these debates in Washington end up being portrayed as which party is winning, which party is losing. But what we have to remind ourselves of is this is about people. This is about the American people and whether they win. It's not about a contest between politicians.
So on Tuesday, we asked folks to tell us what would it be like to lose $40 out of your paycheck every week. And I have to tell you that the response has been overwhelming. We haven't seen anything like this before. Over 30,000 people have written in so far -- as many as 2,000 every hour. We're still hearing from folks -- and I want to encourage everybody who's been paying attention to this to keep sending your stories to WhiteHouse.gov and share them on Twitter and share them on Facebook.
The responses we've gotten so far have come from Americans of all ages and Americans of all backgrounds, from every corner of the country. Some of the folks who responded are on stage with me here today, and they should remind every single member of Congress what's at stake in this debate. Let me just give you a few samples.
Joseph from New Jersey talked about how he would have to sacrifice the occasional pizza night with his daughters. He said -- and I'm quoting -- "My 16-year-old twins will be out of the house soon. I'll miss this."
Richard from Rhode Island wrote to tell us that having an extra $40 in his check buys enough heating oil to keep his family warm for three nights. In his words -- I'm quoting -- "If someone doesn't think that 12 gallons of heating oil is important, I invite them to spend three nights in an unheated home. Or you can believe me when I say that it makes a difference."
Pete from Wisconsin told us about driving more than 200 miles each week to keep his father-in-law company in a nursing home -- $40 out of his paycheck would mean he'd only be able to make three trips instead of four.
We heard from a teacher named Claire from here in D.C. who goes to the thrift store every week and uses her own money to buy pencils and books for her fourth grade class. Once in a while she splurges on science or art supplies. Losing $40, she says, would mean she couldn't do that anymore.
For others, $40 means dinner out with a child who's home for Christmas, a new pair of shoes, a tank of gas, a charitable donation. These are the things at stake for millions of Americans. They matter to people. A lot.
And keep in mind that those are just the individual stories. That doesn't account for the overall impact that a failure to extend the payroll tax cut and a failure to extend unemployment insurance would have on the economy as a whole. We've seen the economy do better over the last couple of months, but there's still a lot of sources of uncertainty out there -- what's going on in Europe, what's going on around the world. And so this is insurance to make sure that our recovery continues.
So it's time for the House to listen to the voices who are up here, the voices all across the country, and reconsider. What's happening right now is exactly why people just get so frustrated with Washington. This is it; this is exactly why people get so frustrated with Washington. This isn't a typical Democratic-versus-Republican issue. This is an issue where an overwhelming number of people in both parties agree. How can we not get that done? I mean, has this place become so dysfunctional that even when people agree to things we can't do it? (Applause.) It doesn't make any sense.
So, enough is enough. The people standing with me today can't afford any more games. They can't afford to lose $1,000 because of some ridiculous Washington standoff. The House needs to pass a short-term version of this compromise, and then we should negotiate an agreement as quickly as possible to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance for the rest of 2012. It's the right thing to do for the economy, and it's, most importantly, the right thing to do for American families all across the country.
This is not just my view. Just a few hours ago, this is exactly what the Republican Leader of the Senate said we should do. Democrats agree with the Republican Leader of the Senate. We should go ahead and get this done. This should not be hard. We all agree it should happen. I believe it's going to happen sooner or later. Why not make it sooner, rather than later? Let's give the American people -- the people who sent us here -- the kind of leadership they deserve.
Thank you, everybody. (Applause.)
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A Baltimore County grand jury has indicted a defense attorney based in Towson and 12 other people on drug-related charges, court records show.
Jill Swerdlin, 46, who has served as a private defense attorney for the past five years, and previously as a public defender, is charged with one count of conspiracy with intent to distribute and possession.
She and 12 others were arrested when Baltimore County police executed 10 search warrants on Monday after a "lengthy investigation," said police spokeswoman Elise Armacost.
Among those charged was Swerdlin's 20-year-old son, Brett, who faces the same charges as his mother.
Police seized prescription pills such as Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, Alprazolam (Xanax) and Suboxone, Armacost said. Also recovered by officers was "various amounts" of heroin, cocaine, marijuana and other paraphernalia, and 10 long guns, Armacost said.
The indictment says the charges span from incidents on May 3 until September 11.
Police declined to provide additional details of the investigation on Thursday. Deputy State's Attorney John P. Cox declined to comment on the charges.
Swerdlin said on Thursday, "I'm just focusing on moving forward. At this point, I'm focusing on taking care of my kids and my family, and I will be seeking legal counsel."
Attorney Dennis J. Psoras, who rents office space to Swerdlin on Baltimore Avenue, said "we're disappointed with what we've heard and we're saddened."
He spoke highly of Swerdlin, and added "I feel for her and I hope she's OK."
Swerdlin has been a member of the Maryland State Bar Association since 1991.


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- Section 1: Introduction to Linux permissions
- Section 2: UNIX permissions explained
- Section 3: Modifying file permissions
- Section 4: Example scenarios involving chmod
- Group file sharing scenarios and the limits of basic UNIX permissions
- Section 5: Special Bits
- Section 6: Access Control Lists in Linux
Section 1: Introduction to Linux permissions
Linux is today considered the most secure operating system by many. One of key factors to system security is access permission control. All modern operating systems support this feature, which I believe first appeared in UNIX operating system. It allows file owners to restrict who can read, write, execute and otherwise change files, running processes ('tasks') and other parts of the system.
Linux, as every UNIX-like OS, has a built-in file permission control system. It assigns the following attributes to every file on its file system:
- Owner - user who owns the file, has unlimited control over it and can change other file attributes.
Group - user group that the file belongs to.
- UNIX permissions - a set of rules defining who can do what to the file. Fear not, it is discussed below.
You can see what user and group you are by issuing the following command in a terminal emulator (try gnome-terminal or konsole):
id -a
uid will tell you who you are (as if you didn't already know this), gid is your "effective" group, and groups - all other groups your user belongs to. If a particular access permission is granted to one of the groups your user belongs to then you will be allowed access too. The effective group id is significant when creating files and directories, as explained below. For the record, when you login your effective group (and your "real" group) is set to your "primary" group -- the one group associated with your login in /etc/passwd.
Used terms:
file system - an on-disk structure holding descriptions of files (such as the attributes mentioned above, file modification date etc.) and the files' contents themselves. File systems are contained in disk partitions (also called slices). Most popular file systems today are ext3, xfs and reiserfs. If you run Debian, you probably use ext3. Worth mentioning is the fact that directories ('folders') are also considered files, simply containing other files. Therefore, permissions apply to directories, too.
user group - in UNIX-like systems, every user is assigned to some group. Users in the same group may share rights, for example a file's permissions may be set so that all users in a group can modify its contents.
Section 2: UNIX permissions explained
Having learnt the theory, it's time to pass on to practice - what do UNIX file permissions look like and how to use them? First of all, let us examine the permissions of an example file. By issuing the following command in Linux console or a terminal emulator:
stat /etc/hostname
you will see a list of file's attributes. It includes file type (it could also be a directory, a symlink, etc.), file size et cetera and a line like the one quoted below, which is the item of our interest:
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)
Obviously, the file is owned by the root user (system administrator) and belongs to the root group. After the slash, numeric user IDs are shown - that's the way they are stored in the filesystem, in order to conserve disk space.
Access field contains an octal number and its human-readable representation (I personally consider the numeric one to be more readable). It is crucial to know what the permission number means. It consists of four digits, ranging from 0 to 7. For now, we shall skip the first one and focus on the last three, as they are used most commonly on every system. In our example, those are 644. Each digit may be a sum of 4, 2 and 1, but not every component has to be included, giving a possible range from 0 to 7. Below is the meaning of the sum components, with Subject being user, group or others, as discussed below.
- 4 - read permission. Subject is allowed to read the contents of the file or list the content of a directory. Directory content is more than the names of the files, sub-directories, and the other filesystem objects held within each directory; it also includes other meta-information such as whether the filesystem object is a file or directory, the permissions associated with the object, and so forth.
- 2 - write permission. Subject may modify file content. With directories, it allows the subject to modify what's recorded as being in the directory. This means being able to create files within the directory, or equivalently, move files into the directory; delete files from the directory, or equivalently, move files out of the directory; and, because the directory is where there's a record of the directory content, to modify the permissions of each file or sub-directory contained in the directory.
- 1 - execute permission. Subject may execute the file. Any file may be marked executable; when the content won't execute an error is reported at runtime. Likewise any file may have execution privileges removed; files with executable content but no permission to execute can't be run. In the case of directories, execute permission lets the subject traverse through the directory into sub-directories. Note that directory traversal does not require read permission. See the note on path handling below.
Therefore, number 5, for example, would mean: a permission to read and execute, but not to write.
The digits define respectively: owner, group and others' permissions. Therefore, we can see that, in our example, file owner (root) may write to the file and read its contents, while group 'root' and other users (not being root nor a member of group 'root') are given the right to read the file.
Now, compare it to file permissions of /etc/shadow (use 'stat' again). This file has 0 as the third meaningful digit, so users not being root nor in group 'shadow' may not even read the file. You can easily confirm that by running a text editor and trying to open /etc/shadow - you, as a regular user, should not be allowed to see its contents as it contains system-wide passwords (and this is beyond the scope of this little How To).
Human-readable form
Several system tools and graphical programs recognize the idea of a human-readable form - a string of 10 consecutive characters. To see an example, issue the command below:
ls -l /etc
The -l flag tells ls to display file permissions in the left column of output. The full sequence that you might encounter is as follows (although you probably won't find such files in /etc):
Now, let's divide this into parts. The first character defines node type, which is - for normal file, d for a directory, l for symbolic link, c for a character device, p for a pseudo-terminal and b for a block device. You will find files, directories and links commonly throughout the filesystem, while devices and pseudo-terminals should only appear in /dev. Then we have 3 chunks, 3 characters each: rwx rwx rwx. They directly correspond to respective digits of permissions: if the permission is enabled, you get a letter, and if not, you get - in place of that letter. In this case, the first rwx means 7 to owner, the second is also 7 for owner's group, and the third is the world (others) permission. Thus, for example, 640 translates to:
(rw- for owner, r-- for group, --- for others). The last column is the + sign. You are unlikely to see it while listing a directory now (it will appear empty), but it means that extended access rules are in effect, so the file's real permissions are not only what the file access mode says - you can read about ACL below in this howto.
A note on path handling
To access any path in the filesystem, the user (which the particular process is running as) needs at least execute privilege for all its parent directories. Therefore, if you try to access an example file /etc/security/limits.conf, even though it has a mode of 0755 (for the sake of example), it does not necessarily mean you are free to read it. To read the file, you have to be able to 'execute' all of its parent directories, so you need execute permission on /etc and /etc/security. If either /etc or /etc/security has permissions set so that you are not allowed to execute it (1), then reading /etc/security/limits.conf will fail. This rule applies anywhere in the filesystem.
The defaults for new files and directories
This section is included primarily for reference and to aid understanding. Default permissions and group assignment are not often changed so it is safe to skim over this section and come back to re-read it for more detail should the need arise.
The permissions associated with newly created files and directories are, for the most part, determined by something called a umask. The umask is a 4 digit octal number that is subtracted from 0777 to produce the default permission associated with objects newly created in the filesystem. The umask of a 'stock' Debian system is 0022 which makes the default permissions be 0755 -- the owner has all permissions, the group read and execute but not write, and everybody else can read and execute but not write. One would then expect all newly created files to be marked executable but this is prevented because the system call that creates files defaults to creating files that are not executable. Directories on the other hand do have their execute bit set, umask permitting, and so by default can be traversed by all.
The shell umask command can usually be used (without any arguments) to display the current default umask. The umask is set globally by the system administrator in one of various ways; the most elegant is probably the use of the ?PAM pam_umask module in /etc/pam.d/common-session. The system-wide umask may be overridden by each user. This is usually done in ~/.bashrc on a per-user basis, with the shell umask command on a per-process basis, or using the umask(2) system call from within a program.
The user uid (user id number) associated with a newly created file or directory is that of the running process effective uid. In most cases this is the uid of the user who logged in and started the process.
The group associated with a newly created file or directory is the effective group of the running process. This is normally the group named with the username of the logged in user, but can be manually changed (along with the "real" group) on a per-process basis with the newgrp command although this is rarely done.
The first of the 4 octal digits which represent permissions contains the setuid and setgid bits. These can be used to override some of the defaults described above but it is not worth getting into details other than to note that the user private groups project collaboration idiom (see below) depends on the behavior of the setgid bit.
Section 3: Modifying file permissions
This section shows, using an example, the very basic usage of chmod command. Chmod is one of sysadmin's best friends and the standard tool for manipulating file permissions in various Unices (also works with *BSD and Solaris!). Let's begin... First of all, create a file for demonstration purposes. In the example, I will be using name testfile. Commands below are to be executed in a terminal emulator or Linux console. You can just copy and paste, and see how it works.
# first of all, create the file using touch command (see 'man touch' for details) touch testfile # now, let's see its permissions stat testfile # modify the file so that group members and other users can write to it chmod 666 testfile # see the new permissions stat testfile
Have the file permissions changed? You can verify that it actually worked by starting a new session and logging on to another user account, or issuing su username. If you only have one user account, create a new one for testing:
su (your root password here, to log on to root account and add a test user) adduser demo # you can remove this user when you've finished: deluser demo
Now, log on to demo, open testfile (in your regular user's home directory) and type something in it. Save, and then check with your own user's account that it contains whatever you may have written. Voila! You may now want to check it with various different permissions. Try chmod with arguments like 644, 640 and so on.
Section 4: Example scenarios involving chmod
You now know how to change file permissions. However, how can they be useful in real life besides letting your buddy leave you a random message in your own text files?
Case 1: Family photos
Situation: You store family photos in directory Photos on your user account. Several other family members use the computer and you want them to be able to access the photos.
Question: How to set directory permissions so that other users can see your files and their content?
Answer: Set the directory to 755 and all files under it to 644:
chmod 755 Photos # Photos/* means all files in Photos directory chmod 0644 Photos/*
Case 2: Software and data files for your department at work
Note on below: ~ means your home directory.
Situation: In your home directory you have a program in ~/AppSoftware/program.bin . It stores your department-specific data files in ~/OurData. The system operator has assigned you and other people in your department a user group 'mydept'. You want other people from your department to be able to run the provided software and to write the data files. At the same time, other people from outside the group should be allowed to run the software but not to modify the data. For simplicity's sake, we skip things like logging who added/removed what in terms of data (logging is a necessity in real life), focusing only on appropriate permissions.
Question: How to allow execute access for a group to one file (program binary) and read-write access to other directory for the same group, while denying world (other users) access?
Answer: In our example, this would be:
# below: -R flag, affects the directory and files/subdirs inside chmod -R 0755 ~/AppSoftware chmod -R 0770 ~/OurData
In case files have a wrong group attribute set, you can correct it by first running chgrp -R mydept files, where 'mydept' is the group name, 'files' is file path, and -R switch tells chgrp to run recursively (see above code example). Chgrp changes files' group to the one given.
Case 3: Classified files
Question: How to protect files that are to be kept secret?
Answer: A very basic protection can be achieved by chmodding the sensitive files/directories to 0600. However, remember that the system administrator (root) can still access them, regardless of set file permissions. Therefore, besides locking down file permissions, it is highly advisable that you encrypt the files using strong encryption software (try gpg encryption via programs like KGpg, or see ccrypt - symmetric cryptography).
Group file sharing scenarios and the limits of basic UNIX permissions
Examples above show the usefulness of UNIX file permissions. You can grant users from your group access to your files, expose them to the whole world or have them only for yourself. However, there are use cases in which this access control model is not enough. Assume that you are on a large system (perhaps a server) and, together with several dozen users you are members of group 'users'. Now, you want to make some of your files available to just one of them so that the others can not read it. How can UNIX permissions benefit you? You could use the user private groups directory sharing idiom; a common solution to this problem. But the user private groups idiom pushes the UNIX permission system to its limits and there are cases, even simple file sharing cases between 2 people, where the idiom is simply not suitable.
Section 5: Special Bits
To remove special bits from a file after they have been set, it is convenient to use the symbolic names. For instance if you accidentally set a directory to 6755 permission you are required to use the symbolic name(s) of the special bit(s) to unset them. Simply using the octal bit pattern 0755 will not unset special bits.
chmod u-s,g-s /path/to/dir
When the limits of basic UNIX file permissions are reached it is time to make use of...
Section 6: Access Control Lists in Linux
Access Control Lists (called ACL) are an extended means of defining access rights to files and objects. They allow you to specify file permissions in a more fine-grained way, assigning any user or group (besides owner and file's set group) different privileges. For instance, you may share a file with just one specific user, no matter what group they are in. How to make use of this new, powerful feature?
First, make sure your system supports ACL. Several criteria must be met before you can enable ACL for your files. Check your kernel version. If it is anything later than 2.6.18, then chances are you already have ACL support built-in. (I'm not quite certain at which version Debian kernels received the ACL patch). The next thing is acl package, required for ACL attribute manipulation. You can install it by issuing:
# if you are not logged on as root, use 'su' first apt-get install acl
Alternatively, you can use Synaptic package manager, or another package manager, to get and install the package. If you are not the system administrator, ask your sysadmin to enable ACL on your machine.
Once you have installed acl, you can try and see if your file system supports it. Example command (I assume that file 'testfile' exists):
setfacl --modify user:demo:5 testfile
If setfacl complains about an error, you probably need to mount your filesystem with acl option. Assuming that the filesystem 'testfile' is located on is / , execute the below as root:
mount -o remount,acl /
Try setfacl again. If successful, a call to:
getfacl testfile
should show, among others, a line like this:
Here, rx means 'read, execute' permission, which is equivalent to 5. To see if Access Control Lists work, set the file permissions on testfile to 700 using chmod and try to open it from 'demo' user account. If successful, ACL did override UNIX permissions indeed. Your file system is now ready for granular access control with ACL!
Note: To enable ACL permanently for certain filesystems, you should include acl option in /etc/fstab. Please refer to fstab(5) manual page for instructions.
Example uses of setfacl to manage file permissions
setfacl -R -m user:josh:6 filedir # sets read-write permissions for josh on filedir and all its contents setfacl -m group:junior-sys-admins:4 /var/log/apache2/error.log # let group members of junior-sys-admins read Apache2 error log file setfacl -m user:evilcraig:0 my_notes.txt # prevent user evilcraig from accessing my_notes.txt
Default (inherited) ACL
Default ACL are an invaluable tool when making a directory that you want to share for reading or writing among users. This hint is inspired by this thread on the Debian forums: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=53591
Default ACL are access control entries that get inherited by all sub-items of a directory (recursion deeper is allowed!). Thus, if you want to create a directory for bob and fred so that both can work on each other's files, the below should suffice (notice the -d flag to setfacl, it sets a default ACL):
mkdir common_workspace setfacl -m u:bob:7 common_workspace setfacl -d -m u:bob:7 common_workspace setfacl -m u:fred:7 common_workspace setfacl -d -m u:fred:7 common_workspace
Note to the above: a default ACL is inherited by all child nodes as an ACL entry and default ACL, but a default ACL on its own does not take any action permission-wise - hence the double command. The first call gives user 'bob' the right to write, read and execute the directory, and the second one sets up the default ACL which will be inherited.
Now, whenever a file gets created, it retains its original owner and group, but should automatically get assigned the above ACL. This is, for example, useful when you have users co-working on website development. You can use Apache or PHP running as www-data, write a script to change file ownership upon creation to www-data (inotify helps!), and all files are still writable by bob and fred, your Web developers.
Appendix: Some hints
- On Debian systems, every user is traditionally assigned their own group. File sharing may be accomplished by adding one user to other's group, as shown below (only to be done as root):
adduser me otherguy # adds user 'me' to group 'otherguy'
Then, 'otherguy' can just set their files to 0750 or whatever permissions they want you to have. However, this is the old-fashioned approach to granular file permissions and should be avoided whenever possible in favour of user private groups or ACLs.
Konqueror (at least in Debian Squeeze) supports ACL out-of-the-box when filesystems are mounted with acl option. It allows for easy, graphical management of extended access rights, similar to that of Microsoft Windows.
You can find a wonderful but pretty old (still current, though) ACL guide here: http://www.vanemery.com/Linux/ACL/linux-acl.html
That's all! Have fun and thanks for bearing with me.


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Bon Jovi's upcoming album is entitled, "This House is Not For Sale," and apparently neither are the Tennessee Titans.
Earlier this week, CBS Sports reported that Bon Jovi and Peyton Manning were "monitoring the Tennessee Titans ownership situation," leading to speculation they were looking to purchase the Nashville-based team. That prompted Titans acting owner, Amy Adams Strunk, to say the team is not for sale.
On Wednesday, Jon Bon Jovi sat down with The Associated Press to set the record straight.
"Let me dispel the rumors right now," he said with a laugh. "I wake up to these headlines with my name on them and they're just not true. I want to make it perfectly clear that the team is not for sale, nor has it ever been, and I respect and admire (late franchise founder) Bud Adams' legacy. End of story, I wish them all the success in the world."
He added: "You wake up to that and you're, 'Wait a minute. I don't want to upset anybody. I didn't do anything.'"
While the New Jersey rocker hopes to add NFL owner to his resume one day, it's not happening yet.
"I love the NFL, and I did in fact try to buy the Buffalo Bills, but this has nothing to do with that. All I'm doing - I'm in the music business. End of story."


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Terence Newman, excellent golfer, has one round left in him before his first practice as a Bengal on Tuesday when the voluntary practices begin. Look for Newman and another free-agent pickup, Jason Allen, to play the bulk of the snaps in place of the rehabbing Leon Hall.
Newman is one of the celebrities in Sunday's Marvin Lewis Golf Classic at Shaker Run Golf Club and during Saturday night's downtown pre-party at Cincy's On Sixth he let it be known he thinks the Bengals have a shot at winning some big holes.
"This is a very good football team," said Newman, who has now been around the club for a month during the conditioning. "As an older player—and Nate (Clements) is probably saying the same thing—you want to win it all it before your career is over and if we can get this team to a first playoff win, to a second playoff win, and win the Super Bowl at some point, then we've done our job.
"There's a lot of talent here. It takes more than talent to win a championship and they have that here. They've got a cohesive locker room. It's a great group of guys. There's a lot of cohesion and that's an important thing."
That's a big reason Newman is here. Besides the fact that his NFL mentor, Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer, believes he's got enough left to provide a big season at cornerback, he's great in the room, as they say. Like Clements, a fellow first-round corner with Allen and Hall, Newman, who turns 34 early in the season, offers well-grounded stability on and off the field.
As the latest first-round corner, Dre Kirkpatrick, has been finding out in his early sessions with Newman.
"I never met a rookie that didn't come in eager to learn. He's going to fit into the mold of the rest of the corners I've known that have come in and learned from the older guys," Newman said.
No question, he's been impressed of the 6-2 Kirkpatrick.
"When he's sitting down and stands up, it's like 'Wow.' I didn't know he was that tall," Newman said. "He's got quicks. He's got good feet. I think he'll be a great corner in this league for a long time."
PETE HEARS BOOM: Pete Johnson, the big back from the first Bengals Super Bowl team, took a break from working all week in his Columbus, Ohio backyard, and also checked in Saturday night before planning to golf Sunday. He predicts great things very quickly for his fellow Ohio State running back, rookie Daniel "Boom" Herron.
"I guarantee you he'll be starting by the first game," Johnson said. "He's a great player if they give him the chance. He can run the ball. He runs low. And he can catch the ball out of the backfield and we didn't do that enough at Ohio State. He's got a great sense of his surroundings and that's what a great running back needs."
Johnson, a second-round pick 35 years before the Bengals took Herron in the sixth round, knows what catching the ball can do for an offense. He was the third-leading receiver for the 1981 AFC champs with 46 catches and four receiving touchdowns.


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Among the sculptural languages of the author, is this Cubist Abstraction of Miguel Guia called Cubiste Mask is a perfect choice for your private collection. If, as a collector, you wish to invest in art due to its revaluation over time, this highly valued sculpture is currently being exhibited at art galleries. It belongs to a limited, original and numbered collection that the artist offers to you for a limited time. Once the edition is sold out, no more works will be produced.
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Last week, we made a delightful sparkling cherry lemonade and now it's appetizer time! This warm brie cheese is every bit creamy, salty and warm. The tart and savory cherry compote is crunchy, smooth and sweet with a touch of thyme flavor. It's the perfect crowd pleasing appetizer that will promote drooling the second anyone lays eyes on it!
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- dash of fresh cracked black pepper
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- Preheat the oven to 450°F.
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Porsche's return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans after a 16-year absence in the top category has made the race less predictable.
Only Toyota could realistically challenge Audi's dominance in the past two years. But Porsche's performances this year suggest Le Mans will be even more competitive.
Toyota will start from first and third on the grid on Saturday after Kazuki Nakajima became the first Japanese driver to take pole position. Toyota will be under pressure from Porsche, whose cars will start from second and fourth. Audi showed a lack of pace in qualifying and its three cars will start from fifth, sixth and seventh.
However, speed is no guarantee of victory. Reliability matters just as much in a competition won by the team that completes the most laps in 24 hours, with up to three drivers alternating. The 82nd race starts on Saturday at 1300 GMT.
Here are five things to know about the 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend:
NO DEFENDING CHAMP: A year after Danish driver Allan Simonsen crashed into a barrier 10 minutes into the race and died in hospital, 2013 champion Loic Duval of France was fortunate to escape with just grazes when he crashed in practice on Wednesday and wrote off his Audi No. 1. Duval spent one night in hospital as a precaution, but a doctor's report prompted Le Mans officials to disallow him from competing this weekend. He was replaced by Spanish driver Marc Gene, who won Le Mans with Peugeot in 2009.
PORSCHE'S EXPECTATIONS: Porsche is the most successful manufacturer at Le Mans with 16 titles, followed by Audi with 12. It showed its potential by finishing third at Silverstone, Britain, and fourth at Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, in the world endurance championship this year. Reliability will be the main concern for Porsche, which is relying on the experience of Australian driver Mark Webber. "For the return of Porsche at Le Mans, finishing the race would be OK," Webber said. "For me, Audi remains the team to beat." Webber participated in Le Mans in 1998 and 1999 before winning nine Formula One races.
TOYOTA'S STRONG CHALLENGE: Toyota has four runner-up finishes at Le Mans. The Japanese manufacturer has significantly improved this year, taking the top two spots at Silverstone in April and clinching the victory at Spa-Francorchamps last month. "It is promising for the race because we feel so confident in the car," Stephane Sarrazin said. "We can push on every corner, every lap. The race will be very long, we know that we have to be very calm and not attack it like a short sprint." Sarrazin shares Toyota No. 7 with Kazuki Nakajima and Alexander Wurz. The only Japanese manufacturer to win at Le Mans was Mazda in 1991.
AUDI'S DOUBTS: Audi has won nine of the last 10 races at Le Mans, including the last four. But much has changed in a year. Audi's two cars did not finish at Silverstone, it was runner-up at Spa-Francorchamps, and Duval's enforced absence adds to the doubts. Despite that, Tom Kristensen, the most successful driver at Le Mans with nine titles, said, "It wasn't about the grid position but about preparing the car for the race. I'm looking towards the race with a positive feeling."
TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE: The Audi R18, the Toyota TS040, and the Porsche 919 all use hybrid drive systems. But while the Audis and Toyotas convert only kinetic energy generated under braking into electricity, the Porsches also use a second hybrid system, which recovers thermal energy from exhaust gases. Hybrid technology aims to make racing more environment-friendly but it also makes a difference on the track. Toyota and Porsche have been able to generate more power from their hybrid systems than Audi as qualifying showed.


text: On Monday, May 22, the Rotary Club of Fairfield hosted a luncheon at the Gaelic-American Club to honor the top ten seniors in each of the Fairfield high schools. Accompanied by their parents, Ms. McGowan and Dr. Callaghan, the following Notre Dame students were celebrated: Safeen Ahmad, Niha Begum, Colin Burke, Andrew Fallon, Megan Jankovsky, Olivia Keden, Chelsea Ortiz, Teresa Salamone, Celine Samrin, Nicholas Szczepura. Congratulations to all for four years of outstanding academic achievement!


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It is time for all you crafters to let your children loose in your crafty corners for a few hours. Just close your eyes and set them free to explore their creativity. You are allowed to hide your Copic Markers and extra special papers and you are allowed to help just a little bit if necessary, but we really want the children to 'DO IT' themselves as much as possible.
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Coloured balls testing the mood at the conferences
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The Daily Politics is testing the mood of the delegates at the Liberal Democrat, Labour and Conservative parties.
A few coloured balls and plastic bins - we call them a moodbox - are being used in a series of unscientific polls to see what party members think about key issues.
The delegates are asked a question of the day - by Adam Fleming or Giles Dilnot - and then vote by using their ball and we have a look at the end of the vote to judge the mood of the conference.
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Weaving into an existing mid-century campus fabric that includes the work of architects Smith and Williams and landscape architect Garrett Eckbo, Sequoyah's expansion echos the spirit of the original architecture, while providing a sustainable, contemporary interpretation for a new generation.
The new L-shaped building turns its back against a freeway off ramp to frame a generous central courtyard. A two-story classroom structure features an north-rising ceiling to provide efficient daylight, passive cooling and heating. Moveable partitions, bay window lofts and exterior "seminar pods" support Sequoyah's flexible class sizes and focused student group work. Separated by an intimate courtyard, a soaring one-story structure houses the performing arts and transforms into an all-school assembly space. Expressed plywood clad roof trusses rise to a clerestory providing daylight and sound attenuation. An exterior wall slides open to an ample outdoor stage that addresses the central courtyard for community-wide performances.
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WINK News sportscaster Andrew Keesee interviewed himself about the outcome of Saturday night's Orange Bowl.
Alex Hornibrook's first pass of the night was a wobbler, one that seemed to slip out of his hand.
Nearly everything else he threw was just about perfect.
Hornibrook threw four touchdown passes, three to Danny Davis, and No. 6 Wisconsin capped off the winningest season in school history by topping No. 11 Miami 34-24 in the Orange Bowl on Saturday night.
"We were pretty relaxed," Hornibrook said. "We knew we had what it takes to win this game."
Everyone does now.
And the Big Ten – shut out of the College Football Playoff after Wisconsin lost to Ohio State in the conference title game – moved to 7-0 in bowls this season.
"You play the whole season and you earn what you get and I'm proud of this team," Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst said. "They can call themselves Orange Bowl champions. That's pretty big."
Jonathan Taylor ran for 130 yards on 26 carries for the Badgers (13-1), who rallied from an early 14-3 deficit. Taylor finished the year with an FBS-freshman-record 1,977 yards. A.J. Taylor also had a scoring catch for Wisconsin.
"I take as much responsibility as anybody, actually more because I'm in charge of everything," Richt said. "I didn't coach good enough and we will get better. I can promise you that."
The Badgers dominated time of possession, holding the ball for nearly 40 minutes. Hornibrook completed 23 of 34 passes for 258 yards, going 20 for 25 in the final three quarters.
Travis Homer and Deejay Dallas had rushing scores for Miami (10-3), which lost on its home field for the first time in 2017. Lawrence Cager had a touchdown catch for the Hurricanes, while quarterback Malik Rosier was 11 for 26 passing for 203 yards – with three interceptions.
The Hurricanes had a chance to get within a touchdown midway through the fourth, but Michael Badgley's chip-shot field goal went off the right upright. By the time Miami got the ball back, most of their fans were gone and only 1:37 remained. Rosier was picked off for the third time 18 seconds later, and the Badgers ran out the clock.
"They did a really good job making me throw balls into tight coverage," Rosier said.
Homer went in from 5 yards out to give Miami the early lead, and Dallas' 39-yard scamper for a score out of the wildcat formation pushed the Hurricanes' edge to 14-3 late in the first quarter.
Miami was rolling.
It was temporary.
Rosier's pass was intercepted by Wisconsin's Andrew Van Ginkel on the first play of the second quarter, and the game quickly changed. Hornibrook threw touchdown passes on three consecutive possessions – two to Davis, one to A.J. Taylor – and the Badgers held the ball for more than 11 minutes in that quarter alone on the way to taking a 24-14 lead into the half.
Richt was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct just before the third of those scores, after losing his cool while arguing with officials about what replays showed was a missed holding call that would have pushed Wisconsin back. He grabbed at head linesman Gus Morris – part of the SEC crew on the game – while pleading his case, as Miami security personnel unsuccessfully tried to keep him calm.
"Apologies to anyone who can read lips," Richt said.
The Hurricanes got within three points twice in the second half, the first coming when Rosier bought some time and lobbed the ball to a wide-open Cager for a 38-yard score. Rosier tried to connect with Cager again later in the third, but got intercepted again on a play where the Hurricanes thought Cager got held as he neared the end zone.
Hornibrook and Davis connected on a scoring play for the third time with 7:44 left, the Badgers weren't threatened again, and started talking about a title run in 2018 right afterward.
"We're all coming back," Hornibrook said. "But nothing is going to happen if we don't put in the work."
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Wisconsin: Hornibrook became just the third Badgers quarterback in the last 15 years to have multiple games with at least four touchdown passes in the same season. Scott Tolzien had a pair of four-TD games in 2009, and Jim Sorgi had games of four and five TDs in consecutive weeks back in 2003. From 2012 through 2016, the Badgers never had a quarterback throw for four scores in a game.
Miami: The Hurricanes were on a four-game losing streak last season, then started what became a 15-game winning streak that ended in the regular-season finale against Pitt, and now will take a three-game slide into 2018. The four touchdown passes allowed matched the most allowed by Miami in any game since Oklahoma threw for six TDs in a 2007 romp over the Hurricanes.
Roster record
Rosier's third-quarter touchdown pass to Cager was the 31st touchdown he's accounted for this season, a Miami single-season record. The previous mark was 30, set by Vinny Testaverde in 1986.
Family ties
Hornibrook is the great-nephew of former Miami quarterback John Hornibrook, who was under center for a memorable play in Hurricanes history. John Hornibook ran in for a touchdown against Florida in 1971, on a play dubbed the Gator Flop – one where every Florida defender fell to the ground in order to let Miami score and get the ball back so Gators quarterback John Reaves could break the NCAA career passing record. The ploy worked.
Up next
Wisconsin: Hosts Western Kentucky on Aug. 31.
Miami: Plays LSU in Arlington, Texas, on Sept. 1.