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A while back Toni moved into this ranch-type house, and part of one of the garage had been sectioned off into a laundry room, so naturally the other part of the garage needed to become the new Build Space. Having finally found some free time and help, it was time to check a few things off the house's Inspection Report and while we're at it, get ready for building for Franklin 2013! Hit Back after viewing an image.
So here's the starting point - clutter and siding! The inspector said we should really have 5/8" Type-X fire retardant sheetrock, so that's going to be put in. When Toni bought the house. the contents of the garage came with it, which included some cool stuff like a ride-on mower, but also included piles of wood, as the previous owner was a builder and cabinet maker. The number of doors stacked up in here is amazing.
After some effort went into de-cluttering, we have some space to work with. The lathe was also moved out, and the trailer hitch that came with the garage was scooted out of the way.
And so begins some demolition! Removing the siding from the walls was a relatively easy process. The wiring seems decent, although we're going to have to remove that 220V extension cable wired into the junction box.
More siding removal - you can see where the door to the garage used to be - now you go through the laundry room to get out there. Thanks go to Luis for helping out with his expertise, and for replacing the floor boards down there.
Future source of juice for Milly - Luis is wiring in a 220V outlet in place of the extension cord - much neater, and safer to boot.
And the sheet-rocking has begun. It's easily 95°+, and we have a fan, but it's not much use when the garage door has to be closed to get at the top of the sheets.
A fair bit of effort later and we have most of these two walls done - to finish it up we just need a few extra pieces to fill in the gaps.
Et voila! The sheet rock for the Build Space is done, but there's still a bit more hanging to go, around the corner and the house-facing wall of the laundry room.
Luis got busy taping and floating while Toni cleaned up some of the debris - it's going to be a full trash can this week!
A bit more effort, and we have the remaining sheet rock up - phew! We also hung panels in the eaves to seal off the attic space.
With the taping and floating done, we dragged the old mat out and carried on cleaning up the debris.
And here's the raw space ... next step is to paint the sheet rock and get some furniture in there.
Oops! We stacked too many doors and sheets of sheet rock against the table saw, and it buckled under the weight. Drat.
Does the paint look familiar? :-)
All the cutting in is done, so next we break out the roller and fill in the rest - a gallon was exactly the right amount of paint as it turned out ...
... and the camera actually got the colour right in this photo :-) Fortunately when it all dried it didn't look quite as streaky as it does in this pic.
On to furniture - we want a workbench and a worktable too. Here's some 3/4" melamine we're going to use for the workbench top - as it stands it's a bit low ;-) so we need to cut up some legs.
As the tablesaw is out of commission, we turned to the circular saw, and started chopping up 2x4s for the legs of the bench and table.
Well within Team Radicus standard tolerances!
Actually once we sorted them by length, it wasn't too bad - we can use the four shortest for the table, and arrange the rest for the bench to deal with the slight slope on the concrete floor.
This may not be the absolute best way to go about this, but it seemed to work. Brackets were screwed into some half-inch MDF, and the legs are screwed to the brackets.
Part one of the bench is dropped into place, and we need to screw the top on.
Came out pretty well - there is a little wobble to it, but it's certainly tolerable, and we'll screw it to both the wall and the second part of the bench, which will stabilize it.
And part two of the bench is done. With the whole thing screwed together, it seems pretty sturdy.
The last piece of the puzzle is the worktable, which will be 4'x4'. Here you can see the fan we've been using - it can certainly move some air - thanks to Melanie for loaning it to us!
For just a bit more stability we used the scrap from the shorter bench and screwed it to the ends of the benches.
Using the same construction technique as the bench, the table came together fast. We made it a little shorter than the bench, so it'll be a nice height for marathon tapping sessions :-)
We had a couple of packages of the anti-fatigue matting sitting around, and they fit nicely between the table and the workbench.
We even had time to put up some decoration :-)
This poster seemed appropriate to hang above where Milly will go ...
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Dow Ends Down 128 for Third Straight Loss
Stocks slumped, sending the Dow industrials toward a second-straight triple-digit drop, toward a fourth-straight daily decline, as sluggish outlooks from industrial, commodity and energy heavyweights added to concerns about a global economic slowdown. Chris Dieterich has details on The News Hub. (Photo: AP)
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Earlier today, I touted legislation that would provide the various federal departments and agencies with the power to prioritize where cuts made pursuant to the sequester will be made within their organization. In light of Hagel's impending confirmation, however, I wonder whether the legislation should carve out the Department of Defense. It's possible that America would be better off with indiscriminate cuts to that organization than with cuts that result from the "discretion" of the village idiot of Washington, D.C.


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I'm confused. Do I want a light summer breakfast that involves no cooking? Or do I want something more savory and substantial? We are still technically in summer's embrace/clutches but June (and our "wet" season) is already around the bend and a typhoon supposedly ready to drop the ax on our shores. Outside my window the weather seems likewise confused. Sun peeking through the clouds, alternately becoming overcast then back again. What's it to be?
When it comes to breakfast, when in doubt, the answer is always eggs (in my book at least)! They are a fantastic source of protein, have the ability to be a meal unto themselves, and, most importantly, are absolutely delicious. Golden, runny yolk, sprinkled with salt, and mopped up with buttered toast is one of life's most sublime offerings.
And now that I've found a new favorite way of having them, all the more reason to have eggs on this wishy-washy-weather morning.
I "discovered" pimenton fried eggs one day while making these Chickpeas & Sweet Potato Greens. I was going to have it for lunch and needed something to round it out into a meal. A fried egg is my usual standby in cases like this, but I turned a saw my little tin of Pimenton de la Vera and the wheels in my head would not be stopped.
Pimenton Fried Egg
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon Pimenton de la Vera, dulce
- Sea salt
– Heat the olive oil in a skillet. When the oil is hot add the pimenton, leaving some for sprinkling later.
– Swirl the pan so the pimenton spreads and the oil takes on a red-orange hue. The smell will be amazing, be ready for weak knees.
– Add the egg and let this fry. When the whites are set swirl pan around carefully so the orange oil gets on the whites. Sprinkle remaining pimenton on the yolk. Sprinkle sea salt all over the egg, being more generous with the yolk. I like to take mine out when the yolk is still quite runny but by all means cook it to your preference.
Pimenton de la Vera is a Spanish smoked paprika. It is made in La Vera, Spain, from local peppers that are smoke-dried and then ground. It comes in dulce (sweet), agridulce (medium spicy), and picante (spicy). I use the dulce variety here as, honestly, it's my favorite. You can use a mixture as well of dulce and picante if you want more heat. Authentic pimenton de la Vera comes with a D.O. (denominación de origen) and it is well worth it to seek a proper one out. Pimenton is one of my favorite spices and definitely a pantry essential in my home. Its smokiness is deeper and more pronounced than regular paprika and it adds a very distinct Spanish flavor to any dish you add it to. It is essential in my fabada and callos, and works very well with any dish involving a tomato-based sauce.
This very simple preparation highlights all that is good in its three main ingredients, so don't skimp! The earthy smokiness of the pimenton, the richness of the egg, and the flavor of the olive oil. Don't forget to salt the egg as it fries. I ate this atop some spinach and rösti potato**, but really this would be great with many things, not the least being a piece of toast.
As I look out my window, the sky still seems a bit unsure of itself (although I did hear a peal of thunder just now and the scent of rain is in the air). I on the other hand, glancing at my breakfast plate that is all but licked clean, am no longer confused. This is, for certain, one of my favorite ways to prepare egg in any weather.
**Just in case you were wondering: For the rösti, peel and grate a small potato. You should have a scant cup of grated potato. Fry half a white onion, sliced. When the onion is soft add to the grated potato. Heat oil in a non-stick skillet and when hot add the potato and onion mixture. Press down with a spatula and fry until the underside is golden, pressing the rösti every now and again. Flip the rösti and fry the other side until golden as well, continuing to press on it once in a while. For the spinach just blanch a handful of it in boiling water for a minute then drain.


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A beginners guide to Linux for those with little or no computer experience.
- What is Linux?
- Understanding files and folders
- Understanding users and permissions
- Who and what is root
- Opening a command shell / terminal
- Your first Linux commands
- The basic commands
- 7.1. chmod - Make a file executable
- 7.2. df - view filesystem disk space usage
- 7.3. du - View the space used by files and folders
- 7.4. mkdir - makes folders
- 7.5. passwd - changes your login password
- 7.6. rm - delete files and folders, short for remove
- 7.7. ln - make symbolic links
- 7.8. tar archiving utility - tar.bz2 and tar.gz
1. What is Linux?
Linux is a free Unix-type operating system for computer devices. The operating system is what makes the hardware work together with the software. The OS is the interface that allows you to do the things you want with your computer. Linux is freely available to everyone.
OS X and
Windows are other widely used OS.
Linux gives you a graphical interface that makes it easy to use your computer, yet it still allows those with know-how to change settings by adjusting
0 to
It is only the kernel that is named Linux, the rest of the OS are GNU tools. A package with the kernel and the needed tools make up a
Linux distribution.
Mandrake ,
SUSE Linux,
Gentoo and Redhat are some of the many variants. GNU/Linux OS can be used on a large number of boxes, including i386+ , Alpha, PowerPC and Sparc.
2. Understanding files and folders
Linux is made with one thought in mind: Everything is a file.
A blank piece of paper is called a file in the world of computers. You can use this piece of paper to write a text or make a drawing. Your text or drawing is called information. A computer file is another way of storing your information.
If you make many drawings then you will eventually want to sort them in different piles or make some other system that allows you to easily locate a given drawing. Computers use folders to sort your files in a hieratic system.
A file is an element of data storage in a file system (file systems manual page). Files are usually stored on harddrives, cdroms and other media, but may also be information stored in RAM or links to devices.
To organize our files into a system we use folders. The lowest possible folder is root / where you will find the user homes called /home/.
/ /home/ /home/mom/ /home/dad/
Behind every configurable option there is a simple human-readable text file you can hand-edit to suit your needs. These days most programs come with nice GUI (graphical user interface) like Mandrakes Control Center and Suses YAST that can smoothly guide you through most configuration. Those who choose can gain full control of their system by manually adjusting the configuration files from foo=yes to foo=no in an editor.
Almost everything you do on a computer involves one or more files stored locally or on a network.
Your filesystems lowest folder root / contains the following folders:
|Essential user command binaries (for use by all users)
|Static files of the boot loader, only used at system startup
|Device files, links to your hardware devices like /dev/sound, /dev/input/js0 (joystick)
|Host-specific system configuration
|User home directories. This is where you save your personal files
|Essential shared libraries and kernel modules
|Mount point for a temporarily mounted filesystem like /mnt/cdrom
|Add-on application software packages
|/usr is the second major section of the filesystem. /usr is shareable, read-only data. That means that /usr should be shareable between various FHS-compliant hosts and must not be written to. Any information that is host-specific or varies with time is stored elsewhere.
|/var contains variable data files. This includes spool directories and files, administrative and logging data, and transient and temporary files.
|System information stored in memory mirrored as files.
The only folder a normal user needs to use is
/home/you/ - this is where you will be keeping all your documents.
/home/elvis/Documents /home/elvis/Music /home/elvis/Music/60s
Files are case sensitive, "myfile" and "MyFile" are two different files.
For more details, check out:
3. Understanding users and permissions
Linux is based on the idea that everyone using a system has their own username and password.
Every file belongs to a user and a group, and has a set of given attributes (read, write and executable) for users, groups and all (everybody).
A file or folder can have permissions that only allows the user it belongs to to read and write to it, allowing the group it belongs to to read it and at the same time all other users can't even read the file.
4. Who and what is root
Linux has one special user called
root (this is the user name). Root is the "system administrator" and has access to all files and folders. This special user has the right to do anything.
You should never log on as this user unless you actually need to do something that requires it!
su - to temporary become root and do the things you need, again: never log into your sytem as root!
Root is only for system maintenance, this is not a regular user (LindowsOS don't have any user management at all and uses root for everything, this is a very bad idea!).
You can execute a command as root with:
su -c 'command done as root'
Gentoo Linux: Note that on Gentoo Linux only users that are member of the wheel group are allowed to su to root.
5. Opening a command shell / terminal
To learn Linux, you need to learn the shell command line in a terminal emulator.
In KDE:
System ->
Konsoll to get a command shell)
Pressing CTRL-ALT-F1 to CTRL-ALT-F6 gives you the console command shell windows, while CTRL-ALT-F7 gives you XFree86 (the graphical interface).
xterm (manual page) is the standard XFree console installed on all boxes, run it with xterm (press ALT F2 in KDE and Gnome to run commands).
Terminals you probably have installed:
- xterm http://dickey.his.com/xterm/
- konsole (KDEs terminal)
- gnome-terminal (Gnomes terminal)
Non-standard terminals should install:
- rxvt http://www.rxvt.org/
- aterm http://aterm.sourceforge.net
6. Your first Linux commands
Now you should have managed to open a terminal shell and are ready to try your first Linux commands. Simply ask the computer to do the tasks
you want it to using it's language and press the enter key (the big one with an arrow). You can add a
& after the command to make it run
in the background (your terminal will be available while the job is done). It can be practical to do things like moving big divx movies as a background process:
cp movie.avi /pub &. Jobs - the basics of job control
6.1. ls - short for list
ls lists the files in the current working folder. This is probably the first command to try out. It as a number of options described on the ls manpage.
ls -al --color=yes
6.2. pwd - print name of current/working directory
pwd prints the fully resolved name of the current (working) directory. pwd manpage.
6.3. cd - Change directory
cd stands for change (working) directory and that's what it does. The folder below you (unless you are in /, where there is no lower directory) is called "..".
To go one folder down:
cd ..
Change into the folder Documents in your current working directory:
cd Documents
Change into a folder somewhere else:
cd /pub/video
The / in front of pub means that the folder pub is located in the / (lowest folder).
7. The basic commands
7.1. chmod - Make a file executable
To make a file executable and runnable by any user:
chmod a+x myfile
Refer to the chmod manual page for more information.
7.2. df - view filesystem disk space usage
df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda3 73G 67G 2.2G 97% / tmpfs 2.0M 24K 2.0M 2% /mnt/.init.d tmpfs 252M 0 252M 0% /dev/shm
The flags: -h, --human-readable Appends a size letter such as M for megabytes to each size.
7.3. du - View the space used by files and folders
Use du (Disk Usage) to view how much space files and folders occupy. Read the du manual page for flags and usage.
du is a part of fileutils.
Example du usage:
du -sh Documents/ 409M Documents
7.4. mkdir - makes folders
Folders are created with the command mkdir:
mkdir folder
To make a long path, use mkdir -p :
mkdir -p /use/one/command/to/make/a/long/path/
Like most programs mkdir supports -v (verbose). Practical when used in scripts.
You can make multiple folders in bash and other shells with {folder1,folder2} :
mkdir /usr/local/src/bash/{old,new,dist,bugs}
The command
rmdir removes folders.
7.5. passwd - changes your login password
To change your password in Linux, type:
The root user can change the password of any user by running passwd with the user name as argument:
passwd jonny
will change jonnys password. Running passwd without arguments as root changes the root password.
If you need to add several new users and give them password you can use a handy program like Another Password Generator to generate a large set of "random" passwords.
From KDE you can change your password by going:
Change Password
Control Center->
System Administration->
User Account
7.6. rm - delete files and folders, short for remove
Files are deleted with the command rm:
rm /home/you/youfile.txt
To delete folders, use rm together with -f (Do not prompt for confirmation) and -r (Recursively remove directory trees):
rm -rf /home/you/foo/
Like most programs rm supports -v (verbose).
7.7. ln - make symbolic links
A symbolic link is a "file" pointing to another file.
To make a symbolic link :
ln /original/file /new/link
This makes /original/file and /new/link the same file - edit one and the other will change. The file will not be gone until both /original/file and /new/link are deleted.
You can only do this with files. For folders, you must make a "soft" link.
To make a soft symbolic link :
ln -s /original/file /new/link
ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.4.20 /usr/src/linux
Note that -s makes an "empty" file pointing to the original file/folder. So if you delete the folder a symlink points to, you will be stuck with a dead symlink (just rm it).
7.8. tar archiving utility - tar.bz2 and tar.gz
tar (manual page) is a very handle little program to store files and folders in archives, originally made for tapestreamer backups. Tar is usually used together with gzip (manual page) or bzip2 (manual page), comprepssion programs that make your .tar archive a much smaller .tar.gz or .tar.bz2 archive.
You can use the program
ark (
Utilities ->
Ark) to handle archives in KDE.
treats file archives like normal folders, simply click on the archive to open it. The archive becomes a virtual folder that can be used to open, add or remove files just as if you were working with a normal folder.
7.8.1. tar files (.tar.gz)
To untar files:
tar xvzf file.tar.gz
To tar files:
tar cvzf file.tar.gz filedir1 filedir2 filedir2...
Note: A .tgz file is the same as a .tar.gz file. Both are also often refered to as tarballs.
The flags: z is for gzip, v is for verbose, c is for create, x is for extract, f is for file (default is to use a tape device).
7.8.2. bzip2 files (.tar.bz2)
To unpack files:
tar xjvf file.tar.bz2
To pack files:
tar cvjf file.tar.bz2 filedir1 filedir2 filedir2...
The flags: Same as above, but with j for for bzip2
You can also use bunzip2 file.tar.bz2 , will turn it into a tar.
For older versions of tar, try tar -xjvf or -xYvf or -xkvf to unpack.There's a few other options it could be, they couldn't decide which switch to use for bzip2 for a while.
How to untar an entire directory full or archives?
for i in `ls *.tar`; do tar xvf $i; done
for i in `ls *.tar.gz`; do tar xvfz $i; done
for i in `ls *.tar.bz2`; do tar xvfj $i; done
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As the sales director, this executive has great influence over all sales operations within the company or region; this typically includes approving sales projections by various teams, as well as approving and offering input into budgets from individual sales managers, who may themselves oversee smaller sales campaigns which must be approved by the director. Sales directors also initiate and oversee larger multi-team sales campaigns and initiatives and report on sales results to an executive board on a regular basis.
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All in all, it was a lovely morning for a bike ride. As I met my fellow SolarWorld employees, including President Gordon Brinser and VP of Operations Mukesh Dulani, at the front entrance, it wasn't yet raining and was a balmy 48-degrees out -- much better than the forecast predicted the night before.
Also geared up for the ride were a handful of Kaiser Permanente employees, including their President, Andrew McCulloch, and Hillsboro Mayor Jerry Willey. We were delivering the first few solar panels (ours, of course) to the new Kaiser Westside Medical Care center by bike! Literally ... a couple of bikes had trailers pulling the actual panels. Awesome!
I signed up as soon as I heard about the ride. I couldn't think of a better way to spend a Monday morning. I ride my bike to work quite a bit, but riding my bike for work was even better. We proceeded to ride down Evergreen Road with a police escort, and our electric truck, that was sporting some additional solar panels, bringing up the rear. No one seemed to mind the light rain that started as we took off for the 3.5 mile ride.
The rain did have the unfortunate side effect of causing one of our big 'Sun at Work' signs to fall off the trailer carrying the solar panel. I looped back to retrieve it – knowingly leaving it as litter was just unacceptable to me. I was happy to now have a big sign that I could wave to the cars as we rode by them.
Micha Ramsey: Slight mishap with the Sun At Work sign during delivery, but the solar panels arrived in perfect condition
Left to right: Hillsboro Mayor Jerry Willey, Kaiser Permanente President Andrew McCulloch, and SolarWorld President Gordon Brinser addressing the crowd
Before long, the wet and cold convinced us that we should probably head back and get to work. It was a fabulous way to start the week, and I enjoyed the opportunity to highlight that buying local is not only good for the community but also good for the environment.
SolarWorld and Kaiser Permanente cyclists deliver panels to project site
It once again made me proud to be part of a company that shows its commitment to sustainable living through actions and not just words.


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The Top 9 Chinese New Year's Superstitions
The superstitions dictate the frenzy I and likely many others within the Chinese community are going through right now until New Year's Eve. My list has been amusing and bemusing anyone outside of the Chinese culture, as in the case of my hubby. Here are the top 9 Chinese New Year superstitions of 2013.


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Generating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) - F5 BIG-IP Loadbalancer
Follow the instructions below to generate a CSR for your Web site. When you have completed generating your CSR, copy and paste it into the CSR field on the SSL certificate-request page.
To Generate a CSR Using an F5 BIG-IP Loadbalancer v. 9
- Open the F5 BIGIP Web GUI.
- Under Local Traffic, select SSL Certificates, and then Create.
- Under General Properties, name your certificate.
- Under Certificate Properties, enter the following information:
- Issuer
- Certificate Authority (GoDaddy).
- Common name
- Fully-qualified domain name of the server (e.g., www.domain.com or mail.domain.com).
Note: If you are requesting a Wildcard certificate, please add an asterisk (*) on the left side of the Common Name (e.g., "*.coolexample.com" or "www*.coolexample.com"). This will secure all subdomains of the Common Name.
- Division
- Use this field to differentiate between divisions within an organization. For example, "Engineering" or "Human Resources." If applicable, you may enter the DBA (doing business as) name in this field.
- Organization
- The name under which your business is legally registered. The listed organization must be the legal registrant of the domainname in the certificate request. If you are enrolling as an individual, please enter the certificate requestor's name in the "Organization" field.
- Locality, State or Province, Country
- City, state or province, and country where your organization is located. Do not abbreviate.
- E-mail Address
- Your email address.
- Challenge Password, Confirm Password
- Your password.
- Under Key Properties, select 2048.
- Click Finished.
- Cut or copy the text from the generated CSR into our online enrollment form.
To Generate a CSR Using an Earlier Version of BIG-IP Loadbalancer
- Login to the BIG-IP device as the root user and run the following command:
- Enter your company details including the full legal company name and address of operation.
- Enter the following command:
# /usr/local/bin/genkey www.coolexample.com
Replace "www.coolexample.com" with the Fully Qualified Domain Name of your server.
- When prompted, enter your company details.
- From
/config/bigconfig/ssl.csr/, locate the CSR file named "your www.coolexample.com.csr --". Transfer it to the workstation you will use to order the certificate.
- Cut or copy the text from the generated CSR into our online enrollment form.


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The grass isn't always greener! Kate Gosselin and Kendra Wilkinson switched lives on the Tuesday, Feb. 26 premiere episode of the new season of ABC's Celebrity Wife Swap and both hand their hands full.
Wilkinson, a 27-year-old mother of one and wife of former NFL wide receiver Hank Baskett, traded her lifestyle, family and home with Gosselin, a 37-year-old divorced mother of eight.
In the episode, Wilkinson quickly becomes overwhelmed by all of Gosselin's children – shedding tears along the way — while Gosselin butts heads with Wilkinson's husband.
Us Weekly chatted with former Girl's Next Door star Wilkinson about her struggles playing single mom to Gosselin's twins Cara and Mady, 12, and sextuplets Aaden, Collin, Joel, Leah, Alexis and Hannah, 8, whom she shared with ex-husband Jon.
"Finding out that I was switching with her with eight kids — I wanted to run!" she admitted to Us. "I wasn't necessarily thinking about the domestic side of things — and trust me, I needed a lot of help with that."
Meanwhile, Wilkinson's husband Hank was having his own challenges with Gosselin acting as his "wife."
"When he heard it was Kate, he said, 'Wait . . . isn't she a bit . . . strict?' But Hank's a very good guy -– a perfect guy -– he's so nice to everybody," she explained to Us. "But when Kate started to talk a little bit about me, he got really upset."
Gosselin's main criticism of Wilkinson: she supposedly didn't spend enough time with her son, Hank. "By you focusing so much for caring for Kendra's every need and desire, I almost feel like you're enabling and allowing her to focus mostly on herself as well," the mother of eight argued to Baskett.
"Hank is extremely protective of me. When Kate says something about me and asks him why he allows me to do certain things . . . there was [some] drama!" Wilkinson told Us. "Anybody that talks crap about me, man, he'll make sure that they know how he feels about that! He'll go off! That's when you see the bad side of Hank!"
"We're complete polar opposites," the former Playboy model said. "She believes that pretty much one minute away from your kids is something you'll regret. I believe the opposite, that you sometimes have to spend time away from your kids to be happy."
Though Wilkinson's husband ultimately told his wife he didn't want her to change, she concedes that Gosselin made some valid points. "She said you only get this moment once with your kid — this time, this age," she recalled. "I have a nanny and stuff like that and she doesn't really have a lot of help. She said, 'Don't let anyone take your moments from you' — and she was 100 percent right. But I still believe in having a social life! I do!"
And the pairs have, against all odds, remained close after filming the show.
"The time we had on Wife Swap will probably stick with us forever. After the show ended, we didn't just fly back and go to our homes and never speak again. Kate invited us over to her house and we had lunch with them and got to spend some time with them," Wilkinson tells Us. "It was such a cool thing. They are a truly great family and Kate has done so good with those kids."
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The photographs of Teresa Hubbard (b. 1965) and Alexander Birchler (b. 1962) are elaborately composed constructions created through a lengthy process. The 'Stripping' series from 1998 invites us to gaze into slightly surreal-looking rooms, each of which is occupied by a woman. Often the room appears to have a wall missing, affording unaccustomed insights and enabling the eye to be at once inside and outside, on the lower and upper floors of a house. Subtle, inexplicable discrepancies emerge. We begin to suspect that the detailed representation presented to us is merely the outer layer concealing atmospheric spaces that remain hidden behind it.
As with Gustave Flaubert and his Madame Bovary, the staged photographs of Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler have infiltrated the soul of a woman to produce dense images of introversion.


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The growth of Tag has been hugely successful in spreading the popularity of the game of rugby and its non-contact nature and social aspect have made it accessible to both men and women in the specially graded levels hosted.
All levels of skill and fitness are catered for at the IRFU's venues which, naturally, are rugby clubs which provide the best facilities for participants.
No team registration fee costs above €495. This means for an average team of 12-13 players each team member is effectively paying a maximum of €4.5 per week for a season at a venue where the fee is this price.
Value is also important, particularly given these current economic climes being experienced by all.
Registration of teams is performed online only and this is now possible on this page HERE.
Bear in mind, some venues fill up even by mid-February so waste no time getting your team together.
Teams registering over the course of the coming weeks can also qualify for the IRFU Tag Rugby 2012 Competition Draw.
Players or teams can win VIP tickets to see Ireland play at the Aviva Stadium and exclusively invitations to post-match receptions too.
Details of draw and how to enter will be revealed shortly along with the list of this year's Volkswagen Tag venues.
All queries may be sent to by email to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Five Finger Death Punch 'No One Gets Left Behind' Jersey Exceeds '5FDP4VETS' Fundraising Goal
Earlier this week, Five Finger Death Punch debuted the powerful video for 'Wrong Side of Heaven, which shines a light on the plight of homeless military veterans and the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But that was just the beginning of a bigger campaign in which Five Finger Death Punch are seeking to help military vets.
In addition to raising awareness of the issue, the band also took action by designing a "No One Gets Left Behind" jersey (watch video above) available via an Indiegogo crowd funding campaign that will benefit the various organizations mentioned at the end of the 'Wrong Side of Heaven' video.
Their goal was to raise $42,500, and we're happy to report that more than $125,000 has already been pledged, with the campaign not set to end until Sept. 25. The initial run of jerseys sold out, with 5FDP adding another 1,000 shirts to keep up with the demand. The group has also launched the website 5fdp4Vets.com with information about PTSD and resources where veterans can find support.
Five Finger Death Punch hosted a special screening of the video this week at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada where they were able to show their appreciation for the military in person. Watch TV news coverage of the event here.
Look for the band back on the road in September. They have a co-headlining tour with Volbeat that kicks off Sept. 16. in Salt Lake City. They'll also be part of the Aftershock Festival in Sacramento, Calif. on Sept. 14.
Five Finger Death Punch's Ivan Moody Talks Rob Halford + More


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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors oversees a vast operation: It incarcerates thousands of inmates; it cares for children whose parents have abused or neglected them; it runs hospitals, clinics, beaches, harbors, parks and a welfare system. So it's no surprise that the board's meetings draw animated commentary. What is surprising is what those commenters want to talk about.
At a recent meeting of the board, the first member of the public to comment was Eric Preven, who calls himself "The County Resident from District 3." He used his allotted time to raise questions about the county's legal bills and to complain that a report about those bills had been delayed. He went over his time limit, but he had some points to make, and Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, who chaired the meeting, let him finish.
Next up was a resident in a glittery cap who fulminated about sheriff's deputies she wanted to have deported; she concluded by proclaiming that the U.S. Department of Homeland Securitywas run by Mexican drug cartels. Another speaker took issue with Supervisor Gloria Molina for ignoring her presentation and grumbled: "Supervisor Molina has been rather busy having a party." And Arnold Sachs, a perennial at these sessions, pulled several items from the agenda on which to comment. I'd report what he said, but to be honest, I couldn't figure it out.
That's just a snapshot. One regular commentator often warns of approaching Armageddon and the special toll it will take on Westside Jews; another insists a local judge is the father of her child.
The supervisors don't make much of an effort to hide their lack of interest in such diatribes. At one meeting I attended recently, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomastalked with staff during the public comments, Molina chatted with Chief Executive Officer William T Fujioka, and Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich loudly crunched his way through an afternoon snack. Only Yaroslavsky and Supervisor Don Knabe appeared to be paying any attention at all.
All of which raises the question: What's the point? Is all this public comment a noble exercise in free speech and participatory democracy? Or is it just a big waste of time? The answer is both, and that's caused a minor flare-up over at the county Hall of Administration.
Frustrated by speakers who try to commandeer the podium by signing up to speak on item after item, Yaroslavsky, at the suggestion of county counsel, has called for trimming the amount of time given to each speaker.
That hardly seems an assault on the 1st Amendment — California law gives the chair discretion in doling out time — but the county's regular guests see it as an attempt to muzzle them and shield the board from their withering broadsides. They have managed to enlist the support of open-government groups, one of which accused the board of "disrespect for public involvement."
All of this — and particularly the coverage of it by The Times — has exasperated Yaroslavsky, who's not accustomed to being accused of shutting out the public. He insists he's just trying to run an orderly meeting. "It's become a spectacle," he said, adding that this isn't about saving time for the board but rather for others who attend. "The board's going to be there until 5 o'clock anyway."
Under the county counsel proposal that Yaroslavsky has introduced, instead of having two minutes to comment per agenda item, speakers would get a total of three minutes for all the agenda items they want to comment on. Those wishing to address something not on the agenda would get two minutes to do so at the end of the meeting.
That's something less than cutting off all commentary, and really wouldn't change much at all. As Yaroslavsky said, "If someone wants to call me a bozo, they can do it in two minutes just as easily as three."
One point his critics make is that board members themselves waste a fair amount of time on unimportant matters too. There are the ritual adjournments in memory of this person or that, the presentations of awards, Antonovich's weekly pet adoption moment. If Yaroslavsky is so worried about wasting time, they wonder, why doesn't he eliminate some of the supervisorial rambling?
Yaroslavsky concedes that the supervisors fritter away meeting time, but he also defends some of those practices: "When we honor the deputy sheriff who caught the arsonist, that's public business." As for the rest, "We're just trying to manage decorum." And for that, he sighed, "I'm being accused of channeling my czarist ancestors."
Jim Newton's column appears Mondays. His latest book is "Eisenhower: The White House Years." Reach him at email@example.com or follow him on Twitter: @newton_jim.


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It's perhaps hyperbole to say Google backs up the entire Internet -- but not by much. Google catalogs a tremendous amount of data to power its search engine, but it also needs to make sure it can get that data back in the case of data center failure. Traditional backup techniques don't scale enough, so Google had to come up with its own. In the video below, Raymond Blum, a site reliability engineer, details Google's backup strategy in an hour-long talk.
Of course, it's not backup that people really want -- it's restore. You hear many cautionary tales about finding out your backups aren't working only when you try to restore and discover nothing's there. Google implemented a continuous restore policy, meaning it's always restoring some percent of its data in order to confirm that it not only exists, but is correct.
This story, "Video: How Google backs up the Internet," was originally published at InfoWorld.com. Keep up with the latest tech videos with the InfoTube blog. For the latest developments in business technology news, follow InfoWorld.com on Twitter.


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For all the talk about how successful the Warriors' starters have been, Mark Jackson sure wasn't anxious to play them together in the final 18 minutes of the Warriors' ugly 116-123 loss to the Denver Nuggets. The Curry/Thompson/Iguodala/Lee/Bogut combo played a total of 1:28 together during the final quarter and a half (they were +4 for that brief stretch). And for all of Jackson's talk about being a defensive-minded basketball team, Jackson chose offense over defense with the game on the line, playing his two best defenders (Bogut and Green) for a combined total of 33 seconds in the game's final 6 minutes. So while it may be frustrating that the Warriors gave up easy baskets on blown pick-and-roll defense and were out-rebounded on crucial second-chance opportunities, it's far from surprising.
The hockey substitutions may be gone — Jackson played Thompson or Iguodala with the bench crew at all times on Wednesday — but another one of Jackson's bad coaching habits has returned. When backed into a corner, Jackson's instincts still default to offense above defense. Despite the Warriors allowing the Nuggets to shoot over 50% from the field (54.2% in the end) and losing the rebounding battle (ultimately 41 to 46), Jackson continued to go small in hopes of winning the game by exploiting mismatches on offense. Bogut had managed 10 rebounds in only 24 minutes and protected the paint, but he sat down the stretch so Barnes could potentially get post-up isolation opportunities against a smaller Nuggets player.
Too clever by half, Jackson's line-up only exacerbated the Warriors' problems. Nate Robinson was hot early in the fourth quarter, but it was ultimately two instances of blown pick-and-roll defense by David Lee and Klay Thompson and missed rebound opportunities by the entire team that sealed the Warriors' fate. The Nuggets shot 50% for the quarter (up from 42% in the third) and out-rebounded the Warriors 14-8 (after being out-rebounded 11-14 in the third). Mix in a costly turnover down the stretch by Curry, who had played nearly the entire second half without a break, and you've nearly filled up your "frustrating Warriors loss" bingo card.
Some highlights and lowlights:
- David Lee had a terrific offensive game, getting to the rim and punishing the Nuggets for going small. It was the type of aggressive performance that has been the hallmark of his resurgence in the season's second quarter. He got burned on the pick-and-roll late in the game, but I put that more on Jackson than Lee at this point. Lee is who he is. Everyone in the NBA knows that he's a poor pick-and-roll defender. The leading reason the Warriors acquired Bogut was to play defense next to Lee, to cover for his mistakes. But if Bogut sits during crucial stretches of the game, leaving Lee all alone to defend opposing big men, the Warriors can't be surprised or upset when Lee gets burned. If you want Lee on the court for his offense, you need to take steps to protect him on defense. Jackson failed on that count, and it was one of the main reasons the Warriors lost the game.
- Fatigue may be beginning to catch up with Stephen Curry. After going 3-6 in the first half, he shot 4-13 in the second (2-8 in the fourth quarter). Curry's difficulties are compounded when he has to create his own shot rather than working off picks. With the best pick-setter on the team (Bogut) sitting for most of the fourth, Curry resorted to forcing up extra-long threes early in the shot-clock before the defense could collapse on him. They were desperation looks because Curry had little faith he'd see more open space later in the possession. Again, while Curry must shoulder some of the blame, I put most of the responsibility on Jackson for not even attempting an offense that would help free up his best scorer. Curry also only had one assist during the fourth quarter — a good indicator of how stagnant the Warriors' offense had become in its fixation to win perceived mismatches.
- The bench — Harrison Barnes and Draymond Green, in particular — showed signs of life. The improvement may have more to do with who the bench players were running with than any change in their individual games. Barnes and Green scored more off the bench because they spent more time playing with Curry and other starters. When Jackson fielded a line-up with 2 or fewer starters against the Nuggets, the Warriors were still outscored by 9 points. The true test for the bench will come when Jordan Crawford arrives on Friday. If the bench players can continue to contribute points on a Crawford-led team, the Warriors may be getting somewhere.
The fact that the Warriors had won 11 of 12 games is not a defense to a loss like this one. If anything, it makes the loss worse because we know the team is capable of so much more. The inspired individual play from Curry, Lee and Bogut during the win streak helped smooth over the rough patches in Jackson's coaching decisions. But against tougher Western opponents, the Warriors won't have as much margin for error. If the Warriors are going to be a defensive-minded team, they need to play their defenders. And if they really have the best starting line-up in basketball, they should force opponents to adapt to it rather than abandoning it to adapt to opponents. I have no problem with Jackson calling out his players after losses like this one — there will always be room for improvement. But he should apply the same standard when evaluating his coaching performance.


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Emily Blunt is fabulous.
So if you need some cheering up, like I do, just watch:
LOVE her. And love how annoyed she is by the interview. She tries to hide it, but she hates him. It's golden.
Check in to get your fix of film reviews, awards news, viewing marathons, hot men, and what's going on with me. While I'm not pursuing other more worthy goals, I'll be here... devouring life, art, and pop culture, one crumb at a time.
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Asian shares edged higher while the euro steadied on Tuesday, but prices were capped as investors waited for the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy decision later this week and any progress in U.S. budget talks.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan <.MIAPJ0000PUS> nudged up 0.2 percent. The index has hit successive 16-month highs for the past four sessions.
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Australian shares gained 0.4 percent to their highest in nearly two months on a strong resources sector, which was supported by a rise in metals and oil prices and hopes for the Fed to further ease monetary policy.
Hong Kong shares rose 0.4 percent to a 16-month high but Shanghai shares fell 0.5 percent.
"The market continues to trade sideways in an environment where headlines seem to have lost bite. Poor liquidity conditions as we approach the end of the year seem to keep portfolios on a tight leash around their benchmarks," said Barclays Capital analysts in a research note.
Japan's Nikkei share average <.N225> was the region's other laggard, slipping 0.3 percent to around 9,506 as investors became cautious over signs that the market is overbought after a 10 percent rally in the past month and took profit on export-focused firms.
"The 9,500-level is still an important psychological line for both support and resistance purposes," said Yutaka Miura, a senior technical analyst at Mizuho Securities.
U.S. Treasury prices edged higher on Monday on worries about U.S. budget wrangling, Italy's political rumbling and expectations of further monetary easing by the Fed.
At the end of the two-day meeting which begins on Tuesday, the Fed is expected to announce it will buy $45 billion per month of longer-dated Treasuries beginning in January to replace the current Operation Twist program, which expires at the end of December.
Under the program, it sells shorter-dated U.S. government debt and buys longer-dated Treasuries to extend the duration of its balance sheet.
Such views weighed on the dollar and helped to underpin the euro, which traded at $1.2937, off Monday's low of $1.2880.
The dollar firmed 0.1 percent to 82.40 yen as the yen has also been pressured by expectations for more easing from the Bank of Japan, which meets next week.
The euro was also supported as Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti played down market fears over his decision to resign, saying there was no danger of a vacuum ahead of an election in the spring.
"I think people at this point are not sure whether there really will be the risk of Italy not pursuing its fiscal reforms pursued under Monti. So it's hard to really price that news in yet," said Takao Hattori, senior investment strategist at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities in Tokyo.
European partners urged the next Italian government on Monday to stick to Monti's reform agenda, after his decision to resign early and Silvio Berlusconi's return to frontline politics rattled financial markets.
Monti had earned market confidence over the past year in indebted Italy, as he spearheaded a reform agenda to rescue the euro zone's third-largest economy from the threat of a Greek-style collapse.
His earlier-than-expected departure raised concerns about the prospects for Italy's fiscal reforms, lifting Italy's benchmark 10-year bond yield up to 4.83 percent, the highest in more than three weeks, while driving Italian shares down more than 2 percent.
Investors also worry about the impact on neighboring Spain, which is struggling with high debt and studying the need for outside help.
Fiscal worries in the United States have also weighed on investor sentiment, limiting their activity as trading winds down towards the year-end holiday season.
Economists have warned that a failure by Congress to avert the "fiscal cliff," some $600 billion of tax hikes and spending cuts scheduled to start in January, could send the U.S. economy back into recession, further weighing on the fragile global economy.
The White House and House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner's office held more negotiations on Monday on ways to break the budget stalemate, but neither side showed any public signs that they were ready to give ground. The talks picked up pace after Boehner met with President Barack Obama on Sunday, raising hopes of progress.
U.S. crude futures were little changed at $85.56 a barrel and Brent eased 0.1 percent to $107.28.
Trading was subdued in Asian credit markets, with the slight rise in stocks helping to narrow the spreads on the iTraxx Asia ex-Japan investment-grade index marginally by 1 basis point.
(Additional reporting by Ayai Tomisawa in Tokyo; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)


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By Sinead Carew
NEW YORK U.S. stocks rose on Monday, with the S&P 500 and the Dow hitting record highs with growth sectors such as technology in favour again as investors appeared to regain confidence in the economy after upbeat comments from Federal Reserve officials.Nasdaq's biotechnology index .NBI rose 2.5 percent in its biggest one-day gain since February while the S&P's healthcare index .SPXHC had a record-high close. Amazon.com's (AMZN.O) Friday announcement that it would buy Whole Foods (WFM.O) and an upbeat tone from Federal Reserve speakers seemed to help reassure investors after the U.S. central bank's rate hike last week, according to J. Bryant Evans, portfolio manager at Cozad Asset Management, in Champaign, Illinois."It looks like a bet that interest rates, such as the 10-year yield, are bottoming out," said Evans. "It's a resumption of this idea that the economy is in decent shape."He added that a "push in M&A tends to propel the market" and that the Amazon/Whole foods $13.7 billion deal was a "tangible sign the mergers and acquisition environment is pretty good right now."The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 144.71 points, or 0.68 percent, to end at 21,528.99, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 20.31 points, or 0.83 percent, to 2,453.46 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC rose 87.26 points, or 1.42 percent, to 6,239.01.The S&P's financial sector .SPSY was also one of the benchmark's strongest gainers with a 0.98 percent rise after New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley said U.S. inflation was a bit low but should rise alongside wages as the labour market continues to improve, allowing the Fed to continue gradually tightening monetary policy.
The Fed commentary last week had surprised investors who expected more caution after some weak U.S. economic data."My sense is investors must be looking at this as a pro-growth belief that perhaps Dudley sees underlying strength in the economy that the data doesn't show right now. The Fed's base case is that this is just kind of a soft patch and we will continue to cycle higher," said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at BMO Private Bank in Chicago.The S&P technology sector .SPLRCT finished up 1.7 percent after its second straight weekly decline, which was triggered by fears of stretched valuations. Tech stocks have led the S&P 500's 9.6 percent rally this year.
"Investors were temporarily chased from the space but many companies in the sector offer growth which is difficult to find in the market as a whole," said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott in Philadelphia. Apple (AAPL.O) rose 2.9 percent to $146.34, providing the biggest boost to the S&P followed by JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N), which rose 2.2 percent to $88.07. The S&P 500 bank subsector .SPXBK rose 1.3 percent. The two biggest boosts for the biotechnology index were Biogen Inc (BIIB.O) and Clovis Oncology (CLVS.O)
Biogen ended up 3.5 percent to $260.54, after it was upgraded to "neutral" from "sell" at UBS.Shares of Clovis Oncology soared 46.5 percent to $87.88 after late-stage data on its ovarian cancer drug. Advancing issues outnumbered declining ones on the NYSE by a 1.76-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 2.01-to-1 ratio favored advancers.The S&P 500 posted 49 new 52-week highs and 10 new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 99 new highs and 87 new lows. About 6.3 billion shares changed hands on U.S. exchanges compared with the 6.8 billion average for the last 20 sessions. (Additional reporting by Tanya Agrawal, Chuck Mikolajczak and Lewis Krauskopf; Editing by James Dalgleish)
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Truce declared in Kansas 'war' on teacher bargaining
Kansas legislators have dropped their pursuit of a proposal to narrow contract negotiations between teachers and school districts to give education groups a chance to work out a compromise.
Chairman Marvin Kleeb confirmed Thursday that the House Commerce, Labor and Economic Development Committee won't vote this year on a bill dealing with teachers' bargaining rights. Kleeb said groups representing teachers, school superintendents and local boards of education will work for the rest of the year on a new version.
"We decided to give them a chance to actually work together," said Kleeb, an Overland Park Republican. "Hopefully, some good can come out of this."
The bill would limit the issues that must be negotiated between teacher groups and school boards to pay, holidays, sick leave, personal leave and the hours that teachers work outside their classes. School boards could still opt to negotiate over other issues affecting teachers' duties, but that list would not include how teachers are evaluated or how many classes they must teach each day.
Kansas has about 34,400 full-time teachers in its public schools, according to the state Department of Education. Teachers are not allowed to strike under Kansas law.
The measure had the support of some key Republican legislators, school superintendents and local boards of education. But the bill prompted the 25,000-member Kansas National Education Association, the state's largest teachers' union to warn of a "war" on educators.
The KNEA, the Kansas Association of School Boards and the Kansas School Superintendents Association issued a joint statement Thursday saying they had agreed "it was time to start anew." They said they intend to produce a compromise proposal by December, so that legislators can consider it next year.
"It's good news. It should have been done this way in the first place," said Sen. Laura Kelly, a Topeka Democrat. "It would have created a lot less angst."
Republicans who supported the bill said they wanted to encourage innovation in public schools by giving local districts more operational flexibility. Also, a task force appointed by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback recommended changes in January, saying rewriting the law would help local boards "determine what works best locally to drive efficiencies."
But critics of the measure saw it as an attempt to weaken the KNEA, which has a long history of supporting Democrats and moderate Republicans and has been a vocal critic of the conservative Republican governor.
The bargaining bill is Sub for HB 2027. Kansas Legislature: http://www.kslegislature.org


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Looking for a great way to spend part of Memorial Day Weekend? Visit the Koshland Science Museum? We'll be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., so bring a friend and get ready for interactive experiences unlike any other museum in Washington!
In the Idea Lab, explore the theme of resilience in your community. Immerse yourself in games, comics, puzzles, and other interactive experiences.
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stunnel: FAQ
Stunnel FAQ
"Could not find your SSL library installation dir" when running configure
The other possibility is that you installed your SSL library in a non-standard
place. Use the
--with-ssl directive when running
configure to tell it where this directory is.
Configure is not finding my TCP Wrapper installation
/opt/tcpd_7.6. To help gcc find your include files and libraries,
you should set three environment variables as follows:
CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I/opt/tcpd_7.6/include" CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I/opt/tcpd_7.6/include" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L/opt/tcpd_7.6/lib" export CFLAGS CPPFLAGS LDFLAGSAnd then re-run
configure. This is the generic way to have
configure find specific libraries, and is not specific to stunnel
What to do when stunnel fails
- run with full debug mode
debug = 7
- if running the daemon, run it in the foreground
foreground = yes
I do not have the openssl binary / Cannot make stunnel.pem!
When I run stunnel, it just sits there, it does not listen for requests!
[service] definition in your config.
For example:
pid = /stunnel.pid setuid = nobody setgid = nobody debug = local6.err foreground = no client = yes [mysyslog] accept = localhost:syslog connect = logging:syslogsWithout that
[mysyslog] line, stunnel assumes you want to
operate in
inetd-style mode.
I get the error "Wrong permissions on stunnel.pem"I get the error
stunnel[PID]: Wrong permissions on /path/to/stunnel.pemon my stunnel server or on stunnel client using client-side certificates.
The stunnel.pem file contains your key (private data) and certificate (public data). In order for stunnel to start automatically without requiring a password, the key is created without a password. This means that anyone who can read this file can compromise your SSL security. This file must be readable only by root, or the user who runs stunnel.
Use the chmod command to fix permissions on this file, ala
chmod 600 /path/to/stunnel.pem
FTP over stunnel does not work
Alternatively you could use a different protocol. All versions of SSH include a
program called
scp which works like
rcp. Recent
versions of OpenSSH include a program called
sftp which has an
ftp-like feel.
Stunnel does not work with Windows with strong crypto
Stunnel does not work with Windows 2000 (Outlook Express)The error looks like the following:
SSL_accept:error:140760F8:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_CLIENT_HELLO:unknown protocol SSL_accept:error:1409B0AB:SSL routines:SSL3_SEND_SERVER_KEY_EXCHANGE:missing tmp rsa key
It is not determined if this applies to merely Outlook, or Windows 2000 in general, however it is a good idea to update your machine.
How do I configure Outlook to use SSL?
Stunnel fails with a "PRNG not seeded" error message
- Use PRNGd (Portable Random Number Generator Daemon) available
This is an EGD compatible random number generator. It gathers entropy from
system commands and feeds them to the OpenSSL RNG, and thus will never block
waiting for more random data. Point to your PRNGd socket with
EGD = /path/to/sockargument to stunnel.
- Use EGD (Entropy Gathering Daemon) available
EGD was the first widely used RNG that got its entropy from system commands.
Unfortunately EGD can block (ie hang) until it gathers enough entropy. (For
this reason PRNGd is preferred over EGD.) Point to your EGD socket with
EGD = /path/to/sockargument to stunnel.
- If you are running Solaris, snag the SUNWski patch, which will create
/dev/random for you. Simply
ln -s random /dev/urandomand OpenSSL (and thus stunnel) will find entropy for you automatically.
This patch has been reported to be available as part of the following patches, YMMV:
105710-01, 106754-01, 106755-01, 106756-01.
On Solaris 8 you could install patch 112438 to get /dev/random and /dev/urandom devices.
- In the worst case you can create a file or files with random data (for
example copy sections of your running kernel to a file) and use them to seed
the data. See the stunnel manual page RANDOMNESS section for the full list of
which files are searched and in which order. It is important to remember that
these random data files may be overwritten unless
RNDoverwrite = nooption is used.
Secure Password Authentication error with Outlook and POPWhen I try to use pop with Outlook I get the following error:
Unable to logon to the server using Secure Password Authentication. Account:
'example.net', Server: 'mail.example.net', Protocol: POP3, Server Response:
'.', Port: 995, Secure(SSL): Yes, Error Number: 0x800CCC18
Help! I run on Linux with threads, but stunnel keeps forking off processes anyway!
If you have arguments against this way of implementing threads, talk to Linus. Linux threads are damned fast as they are, so you are not likely to convince him to change things.
Stunnel also spawns its libwrap client processes at startup, as libwrap code is not thread-safe.
Stunnel hangs for a while accepting connections
/etc/resolv.conf each failed query takes
time to expire. DNS fail-over causes severe slowdown of stunnel.
We suggest any or all of the following:
- Fix your /etc/resolv.conf
- Make sure your machines have reverse DNS entries. It is just a good practice anyway.
- Try accessing a closer name server first in your resolv.conf
- Consider running a caching nameserver on your local host and pointing to it first
Stunnel is complaining that there are too many open files and is refusing new connections
For a quick glance at how to change this parameter on Solaris, go here.
My connections are slow, slow, slow
socket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1and on the client include:
socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1
Are there any special problems with stunnel and IE?
Currently stunnel implements ugly 10-seconds timeout to work with Microsoft... I hate it, but several peple need it.
See RFC 2246 chapter 7.2.1. for details.
I am running out of processes/file descriptors on Solaris
* set hard limit on file descriptors set rlim_fd_max = 4096 * set soft limit on file descriptors set rlim_fd_cur = 1024
TCP Wrappers do not work as expected
chroot = /path/to/chroot/Then you need to create /path/to/chroot/etc and put your hosts.allow and hosts.deny files there:
mkdir /path/to/chroot/etc cp /etc/hosts.allow /etc/hosts.deny /path/to/chroot/etcMake sure that you change these files, not the global /etc/hosts.{allow.deny} files.
My web browser cannot talk to stunnel
2003.01.18 17:46:07 LOG3[6093:32770]: SSL_accept: 1407609C:
error:1407609C:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_CLIENT_HELLO:http request
then your stunnel runs in server mode (without
client = yes) and
your web browser is connecting to it as if it is a normal webserver, ala
If stunnel is supposed to be running as a client, then fix your
stunnel.conf. If you do mean to be running as an SSL server then
point your browser at https://host:port/ instead of http://host:port/.
Problems tunneling telnet over stunnel with AIX
Some users also recommended using
telnetd -a or
telnetd -R as a workaround.
Eudora keeps saying "error reading network"
Another solution reported to work is adding
options = DONT_INSERT_EMPTY_FRAGMENTSto stunnel.conf.
ApplicationsThis section gives you some information on how getting to work with other applications.
Can I forward UDP services over stunnel?
There are also other programs that do this natively, and could be used standalone or via stunnel, such as Zebedee. If you have any success tunneling UDP over stunnel, please contact the faq maintainer so we can write up a good HOWTO for folks.
Can I use stunnel to communicate across a firewall?
You're most likely to convince your firewall administrator to allow secure traffic from inside to outside. In fact, if your firewall is doing NAT, you can probably stunnel out from your machine to an internet machine without any firewall re-configuration.
Specifically, have your firewall administrator allow outbound connections from your machine to the remote (internet) machine on the specific port you wish to connect to.
Be sure to discuss these issues with your administrator. They don't enjoy people penetrating their firewalls without their consent.
Can I use stunnel to securely connect two subnets across the Internet?
- Use tappipe
- Run PPP over a regular stunnel connection
Can I use stunnel to protect [insert random protocol here]?
- The protocol is TCP, not UDP.
- The protocol doesn't use multiple connections, like ftp.
- The protocol doesn't depend on Out Of Band (OOB) data,
- Remote site can't use an application-specific protocol, like ssltelnet,
where SSL is a negotiated option, save for those protocols already supported
by the
protocolargument to stunnel.
What is Session Cache?
A client offers to reuse a session ID. If the server recognizes it then they will skip the whole cipher/etc determination phase, which results in smaller overhead. This is called a cache hit. (the session id cache is where these session ids are.)
A session id cache miss means that the client either does not have a session id it can use, or the server does not recognize it. Thus they negotiate ciphers all over again.
What are the offical SSL ports?
nsiiops 261/tcp # IIOP Name Service over TLS/SSL https 443/tcp # http protocol over TLS/SSL smtps 465/tcp # smtp protocol over TLS/SSL (was ssmtp) nntps 563/tcp # nntp protocol over TLS/SSL (was snntp) imap4-ssl 585/tcp # IMAP4+SSL (use 993 instead) sshell 614/tcp # SSLshell ldaps 636/tcp # ldap protocol over TLS/SSL (was sldap) ftps-data 989/tcp # ftp protocol, data, over TLS/SSL ftps 990/tcp # ftp protocol, control, over TLS/SSL telnets 992/tcp # telnet protocol over TLS/SSL imaps 993/tcp # imap4 protocol over TLS/SSL ircs 994/tcp # irc protocol over TLS/SSL pop3s 995/tcp # pop3 protocol over TLS/SSL (was spop3) msft-gc-ssl 3269/tcp # Microsoft Global Catalog with LDAP/SSL
How do I know which encryption ciphers are available?
ciphers option) are determined by your OpenSSL library. To list
the available ciphers, run the following:
openssl ciphers -v
How can I delay DNS lookups until connect time?
delay = yes
How can I convert a certificate from der format (.cer) to PEM format?
openssl x509 -in file.cer -inform d -out file.pem


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The Message Queue Command utility (imqcmd) enables you to manage the broker and its services interactively from the command line. See Command Utility for general reference information about the syntax, subcommands, and options of the imqcmd command, and Chapter 16, Broker Properties Reference for specific information on the configuration properties used to specify broker behavior.
Because each imqcmd subcommand is authenticated against the user repository, it requires a user name and password. The only exceptions are commands that use the -h or -H option to display help, and those that use the -v option to display the product version.
Use the -u option to specify an administrative user name. For example, the following command displays information about the default broker:
imqcmd query bkr -u admin
If you omit the user name, the command will prompt you for it.
For simplicity, the examples in this chapter use the default user name admin as the argument to the -u option. In a real-life production environment, you would use a custom user name.
Specify the password using one of the following methods:
Create a password file and enter the password into that file as the value of the imq.imqcmd.password property. On the command line, use the -passfile option to provide the name of the password file.
Let the imqcmd command prompt you for the password.
In previous versions of Message Queue, you could use the -p option to specify a password on the imqcmd command line. As of Message Queue 4.0, this option is deprecated and is no longer supported; you must instead use one of the methods listed above.
Most imqcmd subcommands use the -b option to specify the host name and port number of the broker to which the command applies:
-b hostName:portNumber
If no broker is specified, the command applies by default to a broker running on the local host (localhost) at port number 7676. To issue a command to a broker that is running on a remote host, listening on a nondefault port, or both, you must use the -b option to specify the host and port explicitly.
To display the Message Queue product version, use the -v option. For example:
imqcmd -v
If you enter an imqcmd command line containing the -v option in addition to a subcommand or other options, the Command utility processes only the -v option. All other items on the command line are ignored.
To display help on the imqcmd command, use the -h or -H option, and do not use a subcommand. You cannot get help about specific subcommands.
For example, the following command displays help about imqcmd:
imqcmd -H
If you enter an imqcmd command line containing the -h or -H option in addition to a subcommand or other options, the Command utility processes only the -h or -H option. All other items on the command line are ignored.
The examples in this section illustrate how to use the imqcmd command.
The following example lists the properties of the broker running on host localhost at port 7676, so the -b option is unnecessary:
imqcmd query bkr -u admin
The command uses the default administrative user name (admin) and omits the password, so that the command will prompt for it.
The following example lists the properties of the broker running on the host myserver at port 1564. The user name is aladdin:
imqcmd query bkr -b myserver:1564 -u aladdin
(For this command to work, the user repository would need to be updated to add the user name aladdin to the admin group.)
The following example lists the properties of the broker running on localhost at port 7676. The initial timeout for the command is set to 20 seconds and the number of retries after timeout is set to 7. The user's password is in a password file called myPassfile, located in the current directory at the time the command is invoked.
imqcmd query bkr -u admin -passfile myPassfile -rtm 20 -rtr 7
For a secure connection to the broker, these examples could include the -secure option. This option causes the Command utility to use the ssladmin service if that service has been configured and started.


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Have You Ever Seen The Rain
( 57 Votes)
Improver / Easy Intermediate
Dee Musk (Eng) Jan 2012
'Have You Ever Seen The Rain' by Rod Stewart - Album – Still The Same...Great Rock Classics of our time
24 Count Intro. Approx 13 seconds - Track approx 3 mins 12 secs - BPM 116
Right Forward Rock, Right Coaster Step, Step ¼ Turn Right, Cross Shuffle.
1,2Rock forward on R, recover weight to L.
3&4Step back on R, close L beside R, step forward on R.
5,6Step forward on L, make a ¼ turn R.
7&8Cross L over R, step R to R side, cross L over R. (3 o'clock).
Hinge ½ Turn Left, Cross Shuffle, Side Rock, Behind Side Cross.
1,2Make a ¼ turn L stepping back on R, make a ¼ turn L stepping L to L side.
3&4Cross R over L, step L to L side, cross R over L.
5,6Rock L to L side, recover weight to R.
7&8Cross L behind R, step R to R side, cross L over R. (9 o'clock).
Side Behind, Shuffle ¼ Turn Right, Step ½ Turn Right, Shuffle ½ Turn Right.
1,2Step R to R side, cross L behind R.
3&4Step R to R side, close L beside R, make a ¼ turn R stepping forward on R.
5,6Step forward on L, make a ½ turn R.
7&8Shuffle ½ turn R stepping L, R, L. (12 o'clock).
¼ Turn R Touch, Chasse L, Jazz box R.
1,2Make a ¼ turn R stepping R to R side, touch L beside R.
3&4Step L to L side, close R beside L, step L to L side.
5-8Cross R over L, step back on L, step R to R side, step forward on L. (3 o'clock).
*Restart during wall 4 – dance up to and including count 16. Begin again facing 6 o'clock.


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Solar Ivy: Awesome Solar Energy Delivery Devices
We love the idea behind Solar Ivy, the small ivy-like solar energy gathering devices developed by Brooklyn-based SMIT ("Sustainable Minded Interactive Technology"). These tiny individual solar panels are affixed to buildings via a flexible, bendable stainless steel mesh that curves around almost any surface. For a more decorative touch, the leaves can also be arranged in lighter concentrations over windowed areas to act as a sort of filter or screen...
According to SMIT, Solar Ivy "provides shade while collecting and converting sunlight into usable energy. A home or business utilizing Solar Ivy enjoys substantial savings from having to run air conditioning and HVAC units less."
Solar Ivy's modularity allows for customization on a number of levels, including:
- Color: Each leaf of Solar Ivy can be colored to order to meet aesthetic purposes or to "paint" your organizations name or logo.
- Spacing: Density of Solar Ivy leaves can be increased or reduced depending on goals for energy gain, visibility requirements, or architectural needs.
- Photovoltaic Type: Solar Ivy can be produced with one of several types of photovoltaic material depending on your energy production and environmental objectives.
- Orientation: At any given geographical location there is are a range of pitch orientations available to Solar Ivy's leaf shape. In designing a Solar Ivy solution we can take into account architectural and aesthetic priorities by adjusting the leaves to have more or less pitch, or angle at different places.
Solar Ivy can be installed on the roof or walls of your home or garage, a shade a deck or patio, and all building types using standard electrical hardware to allow easy integration with existing power service or for on–site battery storage. For more about Solar Ivy, download the product sheet [PDF].
SMIT is currently taking orders for the first commercially available version of Solar Ivy. Price available upon request.
• Read More: Solar Ivy
Related Post: GROW: A Hybrid Energy Delivery System (also from SMIT)
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MORROW, Ga. – Georgia College men's basketball (8-14, 4-11 PBC) out-scored Clayton State University (9-13, 5-10 PBC) by six in the second half on the road, but it wasn't enough to overcome a first-half hole as the Bobcats lost Monday, 77-66.
Senior Royal Thomas (LaGrange, Ga.) netted 23 points, his fifth 20-point game this season, to lead the Bobcats. Royal Thomas has scored in double-digits in the last 15 games. The senior was 7-for-11 from the floor and 9-of-12 from the free-throw line, powering the second-half charge with 18 points after the break.
Sophomore Terrell Harris (Indiantown, Fla.) had 15 points and eight boards, while senior Aaron Robinson (Lawrenceville, Ga.) chipped in with 13 points, his most since Jan. 25 at Young Harris College. Junior Larrentis Thomas (McDonough, Ga.) flirted with a double-double at eight points and 10 rebounds.
The Bobcats were out-rebounded 41-31, but nearly overcame that by causing twice as many turnovers as they gave up (12-6).
Charles Shedrick led all scorers with 24 points, including four threes. Omari Murray and Sirdarius Henry added 16 points each, the former grabbing 11 rebounds for a double-double. Craig Wong also scored 11 points.
The loss puts the Bobcats at 4-11 in Peach Belt Conference (PBC) play, positioned seventh in the PBC West. Georgia College is two games back from the final playoff spot with four games remaining on the schedule.
The Bobcats are back in action Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 7:30 p.m., playing host to Clayton State.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit GCBobcats.PhotoReflect.com to purchase photo prints from home athletic contests.


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If there's one thing Figueroa Street needs it's breakfast. There are some notable staples—Antigua Bread, Metro Balderas, La Fuente—but there's no denying that some new blood is in order. That's why I was intrigued when I heard that Good Girl Dinette is now serving breakfast! Owner Diep Tran says she labored over the new morning menu, and it shows. The meticulously edited "American diner meets Vietnamese comfort food" menu hits all the necessary sweet and savory notes while offering something novel to the complacent breakfast goer.
Ordering oatmeal at a restaurant is usually a mea culpa for eating three chili dogs the night before. Inspired by chè, a Vietnamese pudding, Tran's Coconut Oatmeal isn't useful for such self-flagellation. Steel-cut oats are made creamy and decadent with coconut milk and topped with sweet ginger maple syrup and crushed sesame seeds. The oats are soaked overnight, so they're only minimally cooked, giving the dish a lightly grainy texture.
Potato fiends will love the Turmeric Dill Hash. The simple, earthy flavor of potatoes and turmeric is made dazzling with a baked crispiness and a cool dollop of dill yogurt sauce. There's a roasted pork version of this, which I can only imagine.
The Lady Boy, a take on the traditional croque-madame will most likely become the star of the menu. And why not? Thick cut and peppery Vietnamese-style pork is sandwiched between two slightly charred pieces of toast and covered in a dijon-heavy béchamel sauce, cheese and a plump, yolky egg. What's not to love? A glass of fresh-squeezed tangerine juice was the perfect complement.
However unnecessary, we took a hand pie to go. This time around, there was a choice between cherry and squash, but fillings will change with the season. Last Labor Day, I bought a full pie from Good Girl and then pined after it once the last slice was eaten. That drama is over because these flaky, buttery wonders are here to stay.
Weekend breakfast is revived.
Valentina Silva writes about food and restaurants. You can also find Valentina's reviews and stories on her blog, Eastside Food Bites.


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Start the tunnel servlet and the broker.
Use a browser to access the servlet manually through the tunnel servlet URL.
Use the following administrative commands to pause and resume the connection:
imqcmd pause svc -n httpsjms -u admin imqcmd resume svc -n httpsjms -u admin
When the service resumes, an HTTPS client should be able to connect to the broker through the tunnel servlet.