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Why Obama's education reform plan can't work
My guest is Jim Horn, who teaches at Cambridge College in Cambridge, Mass., and is a contributor to the Schools Matter blogpost. Here he writes an open letter to Education Secretary Arne Duncan about Duncan's and President Obama's proposal to rewrite No Child Left Behind.
Dear Secretary Duncan:
I am writing to express my two chief concerns regarding policy development and implementation around the ideas presented in the Blueprint for revising No Child Left Behind.
The first has to do with the implications of using student test score gains in teacher evaluations. I need not remind you of the forewarning already provided to you in a letter by the National Academies Panel last fall regarding the premature use of untested growth models to design teacher reward or punishment systems. The development of such systems at the state level, which the Race to the Top point system encourages, would show a thorough disregard for the best scientific opinion.
There is a deeper concern related to using test scores to make high stakes decisions about teachers, however, and it has to do with the sacredness of the age-old bond that is established between children and their teachers.
Despite all the politicizing of the teaching profession, at heart teachers remain child advocates and cultivators of the next generation of citizens. Teachers want children to succeed and flourish, but it is not because they have been paid to do so. A student's growth and well-being remain the teacher's most ardent concerns, despite the fact that she is undervalued, demonized, ridiculed, mistrusted, and paid less than most other professions that require the same level of education and training.
If a child's test scores are to be used to make decisions regarding a teacher's most basic needs for adequate sustenance for her family and for a dollop of dignity from her principal, then you risk damaging the teacher-student relationship that goes as far back as Socrates.
And this says nothing about the threat that pay based on test score plans bring to present and potential collaboration among teachers who must begin to worry, then, about whether her students are pulling ahead of the students next door or the students in the school down the street.
Teachers will work no harder when their tenure or their salary depends upon their students' test scores, but the kind of work they do, if such plans are adopted, will not resemble the work of the attentive gardener tending these tender tendrils of humanity that constitute our future.
My other primary concern is related to what appears to be a missed opportunity to make civil rights once again a priority of the Education Department.
Recently you announced more resources going to bring court challenges against schools that have breached the current Civil Rights laws and regulations.
That is a positive step, but can you imagine what an impact the Department could have if equity, civil rights, and social justice planning were part of the criteria for awarding the $4.35 billion in grants to the States. So far no points (0.00) are offered in Race to the Top to incentivize potential grantees toward novel or innovative solutions to the accelerating re-segregation of American schools.
Unfortunately, the "innovative" choice option that is being advocated in the Blueprint heavily favors charter schools, with the "No Excuses" KIPP Schools as the model to emulate.
Now it doesn't take Margaret Spellings to see that the KIPP schools that your Department is holding up as models are intensely segregated by race and class, and there is nothing, unfortunately, that KIPP or your Department can do to attract white or middle class students to them.
Why? Because those parents in the leafy suburbs or in the townhouses of the D. C. would never allow their children to be treated like the economically disadvantaged, black and brown children who are being KIPP-notized daily in the KIPPs and the KIPP wannabes, all with the Department's blessings.
There are other school choice options such as magnet schools that provide more robust and public forms of choice, and magnet schools have years of documented success and plenty of research to justify their proliferation.
By ignoring the documented successes of magnet schools in increasing parental involvement in public schools, integrating and energizing school communities, narrowing learning gaps, and offering many varied choices to parents in terms of curricula and instructional models, the current Blueprint limits urban parents' choices to either a neglected and largely segregated public school or an intensely segregated charter school with a harsh behavioral and compliance regime that most parents would not allow for their children if they could truly choose something more humane and effective.
Even though the public schools of Wake County, N.C., have been recently hijacked by anti-diversity conservatives who are in the process of blowing up the best example yet of magnet schools and limited two-way busing to effectively achieve true socioeconomic school integration, the Wake County results stand on their own, as Gerald Grant documents in his recent book, "Hope and Despair in the American City" (Harvard University Press, 2009).
Your friend, Bill Gates, has recently made it his personal mission to make sure the world reads "Work Hard, Be Nice," Jay Mathews's celebratory story of KIPP founders, Mike Feinberg and David Levin.
I would challenge you to use some of the department's professional development fund to make sure that Mr. Gates and all of his former employees who now work for your department get a copy of Gerald Grant's important book. Here is the way he concludes it:
. . . this tale of two American cities [Syracuse and Raleigh] is not just about test scores. It's about the kind of nation we hope to become. We should not want, nor shall we ever achieve, a nation of equal test scores or equal incomes. But we need to decide whether we want schools segregated by race and class, or schools that provide equal opportunity for all children—schools where students are enriched by relationships and ways of thinking that help them break out of the boxes of race and class that our flawed history has constructed. Do we believe in a nation that welcomes all comers, provides a level playing field in all its public schools, relishes the clash of ideas, and, as a consequence, enjoys one of the highest rates of upward mobility in the world? Raleigh's reinvention of the ideals of the American common school made it an exemplar of those dreams and hopes (p. 191).
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Valerie Strauss
| April 2, 2010; 11:50 AM ET
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America's thoroughly segregated public schools are admittedly failing the children of working people. The schools are woven into the fabric of a failing economy rife with racism where inner-city school teachers are accountable but bankers destroy with impunity. The business model for the schools perverts them into General Motors and Enron-like entities. Bill Gates, Eli Broad, the Walton family, and their ilk have clearly failed already. But then they were never trying to reform the schools anyway. They wanted to destroy them and they can't allow systems like Wake County to exist much less spread.
Only teacher controlled public schools would make any difference. The reason is the vast majority of teachers care for their students, the children they teach. Not all, but most. Once they were in charge bad teachers would be gone the next day. Teachers know who the unfit among them are. Their lips would just have to be pried from administrators backsides with a crowbar so they could be on their way. The worst teachers love standardized testing and mindless data collection, they crave to be told what to do minute-by-minute in the classroom. The worst teachers quickly seek refuge in administration. The very worst become Chancellors or US Secretaries of Education.
And their concern for the children would cause teachers to guide them away from becoming cannon fodder in wars for oil in Iraq or Afghanistan. And their concern for these children would compel teachers to guide them away from competition with Chinese children and Indian children and other children of the world to see who could work for less in sweatshops and farm fields. And teachers would not lie to them about success and a wonderful job in a failed global economy if they will just score well on some meaningless test. Teachers in control would be free not to lie to their students, like they are lied to everyday now!
Posted by: natturner | April 2, 2010 2:54 PM | Report abuse
I challenge our commander in chief and other decision makers to use tools that Generals use to support their actions and decisions. Primary among them are maps.
Visit http://mappingforjustice.blogspot.com and you'll find maps of Chicago showing where poverty is most concentrated, and where poorly performing schools are located.
If leaders in business, religion, government and media use these maps to distribute needed resources, such as mentor-rich learning and enrichment programs, to schools and non-school organizations around low performing schools, then they can begin the first steps of creating social justice, by working toward a better distribution of resources.
Maps can be used as tools for accountability, too. For instance, anyone who gets a government contract, or bail-out, could be asked to put flags on the map showing which of their locations provide volunteers, technology, operating dollars, and/or jobs to youth in the neighborhood where they operate.
Elected leaders could put pins on the map showing places where they have helped distribute needed resources, or where they have influenced the actions of business, faith groups and colleges to distribute these resources.
If such maps are available to the public, then voters and shoppers could decide which leaders are doing a better job of making equitable resources available.
While it might take a great deal of motivation and inspiration for existing leaders to create map-based directories that are used this way, these can be created by local organizations and citizen collaborations without waiting for the leaders. In fact, teachers, using service learning dollars, could teach their own students to build systems like this, thus empowering them to have a greater influence on what adults do to help them in their own journey through life.
Posted by: tutormentor1 | April 2, 2010 3:49 PM | Report abuse
Jim Horn has been closely following the evolution of ed re-(or rather de-)form for years, and has been documenting the misguided and corrupt events, and attempts. Follow his blog.
I know progress is being made if he has been able to present his knowledge on a national platform such as WaPo.
Thank you, Ms. Strauss.
Posted by: pondoora | April 2, 2010 4:55 PM | Report abuse
I do think it is true that most teacher do care for the kids they are teaching, but that does not make them effective teachers. One of the mistakes a lot of people make is the presumption that these are the same thing. Horn writes to critically of KIPP but he is either clueless or blinded by ideology to think those kids had better options in the public schools they came from. The reality about the KIPP schools is that they target poor areas, they are not located in neighborhoods that most of us feel safe in, this is the honest reality and would apply even to magnets. See the history of reform in Kansas City. I want to see an model of success in poor urban areas produced by all these anti-reform advocates, they can't produce one, they only know how to criticize.
Posted by: Brooklander | April 2, 2010 8:06 PM | Report abuse
This is a great article - too bad Arne Duncan won't listen to it.
And neither will Bill Gates. He's doing the same damage to education that he did to the computer field. If it wasn't for Gates squashing the competition constantly in the computer field would have progressed faster. He really held the computer field back, and now he is holding education back.
Posted by: jlp19 | April 2, 2010 10:32 PM | Report abuse
About 60% of the kids who enter KIPP drop out within a couple of years. I'm guessing those are the ones who are not meeting the requirements or who have behavioral issues.
This means only the most dedicated kids are left in KIPP. The problem is, the public schools have to educate the kids who leave KIPP.
So KIPP gets the most motivated kids, and the public schools the least motivated kids.
One more thing about Gates - he was a real terror in the computer field. People were really scared to cross him. He was one of those "My way or the highway" people.
Posted by: jlp19 | April 2, 2010 10:36 PM | Report abuse
The teacher is often blamed for the unsuccessful student when the fault may actually be due to the parent or student.
The educational system has limited ability to hold parents and students accountable, so it appears our system has chosen to assign blame to the only person they have authority to blame, the teacher.
Such a blind system is unfair to the teacher, ignores poor parenting and betrays the student who the system exists for in the first place.
So, what are the consequences to the child if the teacher is held totally responsible for the success and failure of the student?
From my own experience I believe this type of system is asking for teachers to teach to the test in order to hold onto their job.
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Posted by: conservativeteacher | April 3, 2010 9:51 AM | Report abuse
I'm a K-2nd grade Autistic Support teacher in Philadelphia. I love my job and have contributed quite a bit in terms of personal time and money in order to develop appropriate materials and activities for my students. That makes me fairly similar to many special ed teachers. One of my core criticisms of RTTT is the linking teacher eval/pay with test scores. What about those students who are severely disabled?
This year, PA will be including the results of the PASA (PA state alternative assessment) in the AYP results. This is nothing but sheer idiocy. Students who qualify for the PASA are among the most disabled students.
I have one student who, at 7 1/2 yrs old, is still in diapers and has NO WORDS at all. This student's speech development is comparable to that of a 7 MONTH OLD BABY. This student is in the first grade but was actually allowed to stay in Early Intervention an additional year before entering school. If not for this, she would be entering 3rd grade next year and definitely taking the PASA. This student would be scored, justifiably, at the very lowest level of skill/knowledge attainment.
Question #1: Does anyone believe that this student's inability to gain academic knowledge and skills in any way reflective of the teaching?
Question #2: How does RTTT confer merit and pay on those of us who work diligently for children whose gains are very small and very different from most other students?
Question #3: Don't these children matter anymore?
Posted by: Nikki1231 | April 4, 2010 9:14 AM | Report abuse
The reality is that our current system of school funding ensures inequality of education. Students with the grestest resources attend schools that are well-funded, while poor students (such as the vast majority in Phila. where I teach) are relegated to schools that have a weak funding base.
In PA, per pupil student funding is grossly unequal. Nowhere is this more starkly seen than in Philly and the surrounding suburbs. Lower Merion has a per pupil expenditure that is almost DOUBLE that of the Philadelphia school district. Bear in mind that Philadelphia has a far, far greater share of children who are ELL's, homeless, transient, subjected to neglect and abuse. In other words, our poor students need more than those in Lower Merion but end up getting far less. Is it any wonder that poor schools struggle to meet children's needs?
As for KIPP, there are 2 important points to make: First, KIPP schools use private funding in addition to public funds. Simply put, they cost more than to operate than traditional public schools in their districts. This is not a criticism, it is a consideration that must factor into any discussion of expansion of the program.
Secondly, KIPP holds several policies that would be considered onderous to many families and students in regular public schools. For example, students entering KIP academies take tests that determine their grade level. In short, children do not enter grade levels based on school attendance history but based on achievement. There is a logic to this that I cannot dispute. If you can't do 6th grade work, what precisely makes you a 6th grader? That said, would you embrace a local school that basically forced your child to repeat a grade? You might, but many parents would not.
Another policy issue is that of longer school day and Saturday school/summer school attendance. As a parent, I relish my son's weekend sports activities and our family trips. I may be a middle class teacher but I know many poor parents who feel the same way about their family time.
These are just a few considerations to keep in mind when discussing school reform. Overall, I support school choice and applaud KIPP for providing a good option for many poor families. I would caution, however, that there is no one-size fits all aproach that will absolutely work for everyone. Schools, more than almost any other institutions, are a reflection of the will of their local communities. Without substantial support from families, no school program will be successful.
Posted by: Nikki1231 | April 4, 2010 9:41 AM | Report abuse
In order for any school district and educational plan to succeed, you must have parental involvement. As a high school special ed teacher in an inner city school, I have a difficult time getting a parent to come to their child's IEP (Individualized Educational Plan). At our last parent teacher conference, in a school that has over 1100 students, we had 25 parents show up. Yet it is still the teacher who is held accountable for whether or not a student succeeds or fails in school.
Shouldn't the parents be held more accountable for their children than the teacher's are?
I also have to agree with Nikki1234, standardized tests don't work for most of our special needs students. To gear a teachers raise (or even the ability to keep his or her job) based on how well their students do on a test, is purely wrong. Our students make baby steps, not giant leaps. As teachers, we can challenge them to do more, but some simply don't have the ability. NCLB has been a failure for our special needs students as well as our general ed students. Instead of having legislatures tell us what we have to do, why not have educators show them some of the best practices that work for our kids. We are the ones in the trenches. Instead of penalizing us, fund the programs we need to have all of our students succeed. Charter schools are not the "end all" answer. There are some extremely talented and dedicated teachers in the public schools too, trying to teach to students who's parents don't care about how they do in school, but will be the first ones there to retrieve a cell phone that their child had out during class.
Posted by: jphteacher | April 4, 2010 3:48 PM | Report abuse
I think Nikki spoke more truth then maybe she was fully attending too. The truth is no school works for everyone, but this is what we have been trying to do since the beginning of public education in America.
Now admittedly I grew up in a small city called Cedar Rapids (about 250,000 I believe, more if you count the surrounding area). Our "magnet schools" would of course provide a few extra resources with their magnet, but very little went into this, and it was largely established around the teachers, so they didn't really go along with it. This had the effect of making the magnet just like all the other schools in the city.
For a highly gifted (and seriously disabled at times) asperger's kid like me... that makes school SO frustrating. The average school is not made for aspie kids by a long shot. Problems with bullying leading to health problems and suicidal tendencies. For many putting education in a subject on pause for a few years (I learned hardly anything in math in both elementary school and middle school). It wasn't much fun...
So we need alternative options outside just the typical magnet school. Using charters, using vouchers, using whatever, we need them now. We can not afford to wait!
Posted by: endersdragon | April 7, 2010 3:16 AM | Report abuse
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Rays 2008 PostSeason Rally
Well, I am hearing that the Rays have finalized their 25-man Postseason roster. I will get into that tonight with my picks and a small reason why some of the guys might be left off the roster. But today we are here to celebrate the Rays success and show you the pictures I took at the Rally on Monday.
I am also going to put 5 pictures of Survivor from their concert that same day on the blog to condense it all up. I was thinking of doing just a blog on the concert, but we all know their music and it doesn't have a baseball theme to it all. I am currently trying to get that Kevin Costner video to the song, "It's All Up to You" that debuted at the Rally. I will get it up here the minute I receive it.
So, let's get going and check out the photo blog of the pictures I was able to take at the recent Rays Rally in Straub Park in St. Peterburg, Florida. Please enjoy!!
Rays Television gurus' Dewayne Staats and Joe Magrane. The are two of the best in the business.
Bullpen Coach Bobby Ramos, the Salsa King. If you ever meet the guy, you will fall in love with his infectious laugh and humor.
The man without no equal…..Don Zimmer. Enough said!
Our All-Star catcher, Dioner Navarro. He had a banner year for the Rays and the best is yet to come for this guy.
The Aussie, Grant Balfour did not make the team out of Spring Training, but he came back and pitched lights out the rest of the year.
Jason "Hambone" Hammel came on in the Boston series and made a place for himself on this squad by his clutch pitching under pressure.
Edwin Jackson and Zim, Jackson had a banner year tying the Rays records for win at 14 with a win in the last game of the season.
Scott Kazmir, another Rays All-Star and a power pitcher with the best of them in the league. He might have had a down year, but this is season 2 for redemption during the Playoffs.
James "Big Game" Shields will be toeing the rubber on Thursday afternoon to start the Rays Playoff run at the Trop.
Where would this team be without Jason Bartlett. He was chosen as the MVP by the local newspaper writer for his all around effort this year.
Akinora Iwamura changed position this Spring, and put up some stellar defense at 2nd base for the Rays. He is also turning into quite a lead-off hitter.
Ben Zobrist has brought about a power in his bat that had not seen since this season. Had 4 homers in the last 4-game series against the Detroit Tigers and was 7-14 last week at the plate.
Rocco Baldelli did not think he would ever grace the turf at the Trop. again as a professional…………but now he is a vital part to the second half success of the Rays.
Kazmir and Matt Garza looking on to the introductions of the team.
Jonny Gomes. A lot of people think his action in the Spring game against the Yankees set the tone for this team to be aggressive and stronger this year. Go Jonny G!!!
Cliff Floyd brought his leadership and his big bat to the young team and is heading them the right direction this year.
One of the most misunderstood Rays, B J Upton. He is a hustler and a game breaker…trust me.
One of the true hidden treasures of this team, Scott Cursi also known as "the Enforcer."
Scott Cursi got some major kudos from Rays Manager Joe Maddon before the last game in Detroit. Cursi got to take the lineup card out to the umpires……… a really huge honor.
The skipper, Joe Maddon reminding us that the 10th man is needed during this playoff run. We will be there for you Joe.
Our slugger and all-around great first baseman, Carlos Pena also addressed the fans and thanked them for their undying support this season………But he needs us for some more games here in the next month……….You got it Carlos!!! Carlos pointing to me and telling every one we need more Cowbell at the Trop this week. I am just one of many Carlos who would die for this team.
WWE Superstar John Cena addressing the fans about passion, and how the Red Sox feel we lack it. I think the 5,000 fans in attendance disagree with the Red Sox.
Former member of the WWE "Nasty Boys" tag team champs, Brian Knobbs is the celebrity 10th man for the Rays. Knobbs telling us how important the 10th man is to an athlete. How we can make a team energized and rally to a victory with our voices and cowbells.
A shot of the masses from the right of the stage area. Rays gear everywhere.
Sometimes it is good to be friends with the team. I loved sitting in front of the stage and taking some picture for all of us to enjoy.
Another picture of the turnout with the girls from the Rays team in the foreground.
The following pictures were taken of the band Survivor who performed after the Rays Rally for the fans in attendence. They were formed in 1978 and were known to play mostly album-oriented rock and roll. You might be surprise of all their hits. I will mention a few with each picture on the blog.
This is the group drummer, Marc Droubay. At the end of the concert, he signed the cap on his head and threw it into the audience. I have one of his two drumsticks in my bag right now since I was seated right in front of him. I missed the second drumstick by a few inches. They are famous for the song "Eye of the Tiger" which was a high energy tune used in the 3rd Rocky movie.
This is lead singer Robin McAuley. He came on board with the band on July 14, 2006 and has been a great addition to the band. They also had a song on another movie, the Karate Kid. In that movie they had the song "The Moment of Truth."
Here is a photo of lead guitarist Frankie Sullivan who is an original member of the band. Also a song that was recorded by the band that everyone might remember is "I Can't Hold Back," and " High On You."
Another photo of McAuley during the show performing the song "The Search is Over." In their career the band also had a hit on the Rocky IV soundtrack called " Burning Hearts" that rose to number 2 on the Top 40 charts.
Sound check before the concert at about 4 P.M. The band came out and mingled a bit with the crowd right before the Rally started. The group also recorded a song called "Poor Man's Son," that was a hit overseas more than in the U.S. Check out the bands song on I tunes or your personal music website and you might be surprised at all their hits.

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Sushi News Roll: Trailer Extravaganza + More
Let's grab a giant platter of sushi news and bite down on the best pieces of content to hit the web on June 6, 2013.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Trailer
Get ready for just one of many trailer stories in today's post! [READ MORE]
Disney Infinity Trailer With The Lone Ranger
That Johnny Depp is everywhere, isn't he? [READ MORE]
Wolfenstein: The New Order Trailer
The Nazis won WWII? Not if you have anything to say about it. [READ MORE]
Saints Row 4 Trailer is Pimpin
Starring Keith David? Ok, we're in. [READ MORE]
Puppeteer Trailer
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And Daddy Of The Year Goes To! [PHOTO]
I don't have kids, but I am sure that I would know when one of them did something to me, especially this. Keep reading to see what had happened to the Father of the Year!
BTW, that is not the picture to the left!
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Tracing over a decal - outlines keep shifting!
I imported a decal into Ironcad, created a separate 2D drawing (the same size as the decal) using the extrude shape wizard, and traced over it fairly accurately. I made sure that the Perspective Camera was switched off and used the Look At tool when tracing over the decal at all times.
Whenever I close the document and open it again I keep finding that my outlines have shifted and no longer line up with the decal. Does anyone know what is causing this??
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LEICESTER/SALISBURY — When the last ice melts off, the annual battle for Lake Dunmore will begin again. On one side: an army of volunteers, paid divers and milfoil specialists. On the other: an underwater invasive plant called Eurasian watermilfoil.
The population of milfoil in Lake Dunmore and Fern Lake has grown tenfold since 2009, and is expected to double again this season, according to Jay Michaels, a trustee of the Lake Dunmore and Fern Lake Association (LDFLA)


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I'll soon buy myself a nice server (something like the quad-cpu HP DL585) for personal use (home related stuff, data-mining projects, web server and some cron jobs), and I wonder how to separate all those tasks into dedicated environments.
I'm used to FreeBSD & Linux server administration and virtualization setups (Xen & VmWare), so virtualization came quite naturally. But as I plan to use FreeBSD, I can also use jails (I'm not interested in running any other OS than FreeBSD).
But I lack experience in FreeBSD jails, and never planned to use them before. So I'm looking for some experience return and perhaps for someone with experience in both domains who could advise me on which one would be best suited for my humble needs.


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God Went to Beauty School
Newberry Medalist Cynthia Rylant has written many much-loved children's books. Her collection of poems, "God Went to Beauty School" includes this sweet take on God choosing to be a manicurist because He likes hands.
Whether or not you believe in a God (or Supreme Being or Great Spirit or Higher Power), in the middle of a week with dark, sad news, this lovely poem offers us a moment to pause and remember that the world is a beautiful place. Keep doing what you do, beauty pros. The world is a better place because you went to beauty school.
God Went to Beauty School
by Cynthia Rylant
He went there to learn how
to give a good perm
and ended up just crazy
about nails
so He opened up His own shop.
"Nails by Jim" He called it.
He was afraid to call it
Nails by God.
He was sure people would
think He was being
disrespectful and using
His own name in vain
and nobody would tip.
He got into nails, of course,
because He'd always loved
hands were some of the best things
He'd ever done
and this way He could just
hold one in His
and admire those delicate
bones just above the knuckles,
delicate as birds' wings,
and after He'd done that
He could paint all the nails
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Losing all the time is one thing, but the Browns also disgraced themselves during a falling out with franchise legend Jim Brown in recent years.
New owner Jimmy Haslam can only fix one of those things now, as he said he plans to bring the Hall of Fame running back back into the organization.
"Jim Brown and I have spent a lot of time together," Haslam said, via Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "We spent about an hour together last night, and I think we've established a really good relationship and I think sometime over the next two or three weeks we'll formalize that relationship and Jim will play the appropriate role with the Cleveland Browns.
"I think he feels good about it and I think we feel good about it, and rightfully so. I've really enjoyed getting to know him, not just as a great football player, but as a man."
Haslam wouldn't go into detail about Brown's new role because "it's a big deal and that's why I want to do it right. In the next couple of weeks we'll announce something."
Brown was a consultant with the team before being shuffled aside by former team president Mike Holmgren in 2010 and then breaking ties.
But Haslam was wise to reach out to Brown as soon as he purchased the team. If he can't make them win soon, he can at least allow Browns fans to remember fondly a time when they did.


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turtle wrote:That's a big freezer and would be hard to move with the frozen nasty in there. There is no good solution but if you can get the frozen thing out and find a way to get it out of the basement without it melting... but then what would you do with it? Drag it into the woods and leave it...?
If it was possible to get the large slab of frozen vileness out of it, I could put it on garbage bags and drag it outside and let it go into the ground. I suppose I could tip it over and see if the slab breaks up. But I'm thinking that it's probably expanded enough to hold itself in... on the other hand, it might be worth a try - though once it's tipped over, I'm not going to be able to get it back upright again.


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Cycle the WAVE (Women Against Violence Everywhere) is an all-women charity cycling experience that raises awareness and critical funds for domestic violence programs in Washington State. The 7th Annual Cycle the WAVE will take place on Sunday, September 14, 2014, starting at Bellevue College. For more information about the ride and the host organization, The WAVE Foundation, please visit www.thewavefoundation.org.
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We will meet at the Eastlake Sammamish trail parking behind Whole Foods off of 70th street, a few blocks from the far east parking lot at Marymoor. We will ride through Marymoor and take the Sammamish River Trail up in to Woodinville. We will leave the trail and get a little more elevation experience, starting with the incline from last week and building a little on that, and then loop back to the starting point. The route details and cue sheet are available at the link below. Limited number of cue sheets will be available on the day of the ride.
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Aside from Anego getting upset at Haruka calling her something else (Yui?) other than "Anego," I'm not remembering what their relationship is. Can anyone here fill me in about that? Is it in Anego's route or Haruka's?
About Riki, I've mentioned this in the "Anime Speculation & Spoilers" thread, so I"ll just copy/paste my post.
Riki, he is already courageous enough to stand up to that old guy in the retirement home (whatever his name was). With that kind of courage, why would he run away? Why would he not stand up to Kousuke? Why would he just stand by and watch as Rin is being sent away? With the level of confidence he has right now in the anime, I'm having a bit of trouble picturing him not doing what he really wants to do instead of just thinking it.
And let's not forget Rin... It really bothers me, a lot, on how she's oh so fine being near and talking to other people, then all of a sudden, she decides "I'll be shy now." She's already trying to talk to Haruka, she stops, hides behind Riki, and neither Haruka OR Riki have a reaction to her behavior...
Well, being a Haruka fan, I've really enjoyed episode 7, I already watched it three times. I find that her animation, her voice acting, her art style, and her overall energy were nicely done. Especially her hair, I really liked how it flowed, that couldn't have been easy to do.
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It must be though for Mio fans though, since according the spoilers, she will show up only by episode 10, which is retarded no matter how you look at it. And I still think it will be a very weird mood to have all characters going all out on the baseball match AFTER going through their own problems and trauma.
It isn't like everyone could get "stronger" or as cheerful as before after what they went through: I mean, it would be quite difficult for Yuiko, Kudo or even Haruka to be as effective and resourceful after their individual route.
|2012-11-26, 15:37
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I think I can pinpoint what makes this show not sit so well with me at times. When I see Kud or Mio for the first time, I wonder who is this girl? What does the protagonist know about her that I don't to explain the situation better? J.C. Staff doesn't take the viewers point of view into consideration in these cases. Knowing that Kud is half Japanese and Russian, and that her grandfather travels a lot which is why she was living in Finland is one of the first things explained about Kud in the VN. Knowing that makes so many of Kud's scenes make more sense. The difference between the VN and the anime is that the questions that come up as I'm watching/reading get answered at a fitting time in the VN, whereas the anime is really random when it comes to divulging information about the characters. The improper shuffling of scenes or lack thereof is just becoming brutally apparent as more character introductions are being done and feel off.
The scene shuffling for the series as a whole has been terrible. They have a character arc at the start and introductory scenes in the middle... the scenes are just all over the place. Rin playing with the pride of cats in a secluded corner of the school is the perfect scene to introduce her character. Her talking to Riki and not knowing the name of the girl behind her is a basis to view all her actions with the other girls, her playing with the cats and acting tsuntsun to Riki show's she has a much more dynamic personality that is playful and on the contrary can be friendly too. Having this scene first would have made her first interactions with Komari seem a lot more off-character. Instead J.C. makes us deduce she's shy after yelling at Masato for an episode and a half then acting all awkward in front of Komari. A comedic scene turns into a perplexing scene because of the scene shuffling. It's like J.C. assumes we've already played the VN already, and they don't care about how coherent the story is to the viewer who watches the anime as it's own work. Just as long as they animate all the scenes eventually it doesn't matter what order they do it in seems to be the perspective J.C. is taking.
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The last episode was a complete mess in term of chronologiical development: good to see they have put the lunch mini game event in there, but Rin's development is being teared left and right:
I mean, they brought her back to her all "cat care" part, where she can't even imagine herself dealing with any LB girls, then her big concerns for the cafeteria, and finally asking everyone help, even Haruka and Yuiko.
The other problem I have is how captain obvious they are going with Lennon and the messages he has. I'm pretty sure the "secret of this world" wasn't that hammered back in the VN, but here it is as if "hey guys, something is UP! but we aren't going to tell you yet, but hey, there is something!".
It isn't any foreshadowing, it is just as subtle as a sledgehammer.
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About episode 10? I do notice some things are different but I'm not remembering Mio scenes from the VN too well to make a proper comparison. I think there are only like 2 or 3 Mio fans here, and IIRC, they hardly post.
It was an average episode, typical to the "girl of the week" theme they're using. The art quality was good, music timing and volume was good, and the script was nice overall. I'll need to check how her scenes in the common route since I have a hazy memory of them, it will be rough check though since I don't plan on focusing on her.
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Episode 10 is great but I somehow don't like the idea to have other girls involved rather than Riki to solve other problems. New seiyuu for Mio was doing great. But I am still familiar and favour with the old one, maybe need sometimes to adapt.
However, at first I hope episode 10 can extend to the point that Mio officially joins Little Busters. Maybe next episode she will. But at this time after 10 episode was broadcasted. I am still confused about the anime pattern, why Mio is so late to be formally introduced. They should switch between episode 9 and 10 so Mio can also join the cooking.
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Okay... just to be sure: since when Haruka calls Yuiko "Yui nee"? I'm pretty sure it didn't happen in this game, but if it did, it is probably on a very rare (unique?) occasion. But heck, Haruka switches between these 2 in ep11 for no reason (in fact, they still didn't explain haruka and yuiko relationship, despite they could do that in 3 min for the vending machine scene instead of prolonging things this way).
But really, episode 11 was such a drag I don't get what the scripters are doing: we have not the full LB team complete despite we are reaching halfway mark of the first season. We have arguably little to no baseball practice, and Rin's progression is basically inexistent, while Komari's conclusion hardly rung as noticeable in the current situation.
I just... am at loss. Qualifying this adaptation would actually make Kanon 2002 quite worthwhile in comparison.
|2012-12-16, 10:26
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Haruka only said that she called Anego something else and she got angry, I don't think it was ever specified as to what it was she called her.
A 3 minute scene about Haruka's and Anego's relationship could've fit really well in episode 9 since there was so much time wasted there...
To be fair, Clannad was also as slow paced as LB. For me, Clannad first season was one giant common route with Kotomi's arc within it. LB is doing something kinda similar as to what was done there it seems. However, the execution has been poor in many places due to the scene shuffling.
I don't think it's known yet has to how long the second season is going to be, but judging from the speed things are going now, the second season must be 24-26 eps or else things are going to become severely rushed later on.
Mio is seemingly getting a lot of focus now, I wouldn't be surprised if her arc is next.
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I personally found Clannad much more balanced, because they did a very quirky and timed introduction for everyone, even the likes of Yukine, which lead to some interesting interactions and whatnot.
However, we have been drown with seemly "uneventful" sequences, with a major emphasis on: Rikki narcolpesy (not even Rikki's helplessness), Rin running away from girls, and Masato muscles.
Really, I think they should have condensed few things, made ACTUAL characters interactions instead of several sub quests one after another. As of now, the adaptation is painfully slow and uninteresting.
|2012-12-16, 11:14
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Yes I agree, Clannad had much better execution, things felt very natural in which could be believed as those characters every day life. LB is failing to do this... And I think the main culprit for it is the "girl of the week" theme they've been using, it just doesn't help the viewer understand what these characters everyday life is like.
The emphasis on Riki's condition has been getting on my nerves. Even some anime only viewers are annoyed at it, the way it's done is a very sloppy method of narrating the story. There really is no point on using Riki's condition if his friends are not going to be concerned about him. Even Rin, a childhood friend, gets worried when Riki collapses. Early in the game, Komari gets worried when Riki suddenly blanks out on the roof while talking to her. Neither of these scenes were in the anime at all. This causes Riki's relationship with his friends and his condition in general to feel somewhat irrelevant.
The silly lunch room event was a giant stretch I felt, I forgot that scene even existed. Since there is already a lot of scene shuffling, I think this scene would fit in better a few episodes later from now. The main reason being, Rin's character would be developed a little bit more, so it wouldn't feel so out of place to see her asking everyone for help. Or even, let Riki be the one to ask everyone for help, shorten the event, and include something like Haruka's and Anego's relationship.
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Haruka knew Yuiko for quite a while, even before Riki recruited both of them.
Albeit their relationship isn't anything "deep", you have a good idea that Haruka respects Yuiko quite a bunch, and put her on a pedestal (hence why "Anego").
Haruka oftens acts like Yuiko's "henchman" or "sidekick" without being too clingy. Still, she is arguably friendly the most with her than anyone else (save Riki when you reach Haruka's route, obviously).
So the absolute lack of interactions, then the messed up name calling are beyond me.
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Dragging the conversation here as points are getting quite on the different tangent as this rate.
Some terms are just missing that make the treatment from some persons quite differently. For instance, Kengo's behaviour in the anime basically doesn't have any interaction with Haruka one bit (in fact, Kengo got quite the short end of a stick in general), whereas he made clear back in the VN that Haruka is borderline a pest (he got quite pissed off by that bucket prank).
Likewise, Masato reactions were also quite dry, even if we know the guy is not really any close to be someone who can throw mean stuff for nothing.
Whenever Haruka shows up, he either thinks she is useless, or thinks she is yet again going to mess around their classroom, which is quite different in the anime as Masato only react this way in a exaggerated fashion when he is on the receiving end.
But the real problem with Haruka is her own foreshadowing as in her utter lack of reactions when anything close to her twin problem shows up. In fact, the anime makes it like she is in the receiving end and hated Kanata only starting from the latest episode, whereas she has shown some scorn/hatred way before that initially.
At least, they did adress the problem child part by using the vending machine event earlier.
Really, was that necessary to drag Yuiko's intro as a full episode? What about the test of courage?
Really, what I meant with my initial rants was how they didn't make a proper pacing with more level headed and balanced common route WITH the damn baseball arc, and then pulling progressively the heroines arc.
They don't have to have all girls arcs done by the first season: they should probably have gone with Komari, Haruka, Mio and Kud, leaving Rin, Yuiko and Refrain for the second season. But as far as it goes, the anime has a very unbalanced way to present events.
It is even more obvious when the episodes are segmented as "heroine of the week" for the casual events, instead of having a natural flow of several events that show characters little everyday.
The prime example of that would be Haruka's pranks multiplying starting in Episode 7. Prior that point, she only appeared 1 or 2 times, leaving little impression that she is doing that all the time, until you finally reach that episode.
Episode 4 was a common route event involving the LB with Komari's volonteer work, with only 1 single point from her route: her grandpa.
Likewise, Episode 10 was part of Mio's intro and how she joined the LB. So her route only spanned for episode 13 and 14.
So far, the problem is how unfinished the intro for the whole group was, and went scattered across due to having Komari inserted this way, to which Mio's route was far less an issue, save her absurdely belated intro.
But whereas the actual heroine routes aren't that butchered, it is how they were inserted in the ongoing plot, along with little details and usual interactions (a ton of which are from the baseball practice sessions).
Sure it was his motto, but more often than not, Masato was a poser trying to act cool, instead of acting like a retarded. At his core, he is of course a bit dimwit and definitely not what you can refer as intellectual, but whereas in the VN he is saying nonsense, his act goes altogether in the anime. If you prefer, Masato's actions are even "more retarded" to me in the anime, as his speech is accompanied by weird fidgetting and so on.
I'm not claiming that every parts involving the commitee without Kanata were serious. Far from it. However we are shown only the "fun side" of the pranks without much the afterthought behind them (be it the commitee or the other characters).
As for Kanata, she is actually more sarcastic and less aggressive in the VN, leaving some implication that sparked Riki's attention, to which he could conclude Kanata's true intention at some point. In fact the tone is slightly different, since she lost her taunting edge and went more straightforward with her verbal abuse in the anime.
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Wow Klash, you're in high gear lately, it's hard for me to say anything since you're saying what I wanted to say better than I could, and more. Anyway, my input on some of those things.
I felt Mio's arc was fairly well done, but it's too bad we didn't get to see Riki and Mio go to the book store. I felt having that scene would make more sense as to why Mio would want to come back, she would have a friend that was willing to spend time with her. However, Haruka's arc felt thrown in my face so harshly, I didn't feel I was eased into the story. It's more like "this is Haruka's story, let's jump into it." This is where the issue of balanced pacing comes in. There wasn't enough build up for me to feel like ep.16 should have the pacing that it did. AT LEAST, they could've made Kanata say something about Haruka during the sleep over event, that would've helped in easing me into the upcoming character story.
BTW, I may not be remembering correctly... In the game, did Kanata even come off as a sarcastic person before entering Haruka's arc? I know she was extremely sarcastic during Haruka's route, but I'm not remember how she was during the common route.
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Do you visit your old boss after you move on?
Joe Montana has no love for his old employer, or his old workplace, either.
The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, who helped build the franchise into the legendary team of the 80s, told radio interviewers on Wednesday that he missed the Dec. 23, 2013 finale of Candlestick Park because, well -- he wasn't a "big fan."
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This tutorial will configure Postfix using MySQL as backend, Courier-IMAP or Dovecot for IMAP-SSL, Postfix Admin for virtual domains/users management, Spamassassin for spam filtering, and SquirrelMail for webmail. Mailing list and anti-virus are in the works.
What this tutorial doesn't do is a thorough explanation of how everything works with each other. If you are the curious mind, check out the project's documentations. I also expect you already have a good working Apache and MySQL servers.
- 1 Required packages
- 2 Downloads
- 3 What is Postfix?
- 4 Installation
- 4.1 Software installation
- 4.2 General configuration
- 5 Put into production!
- 6 Notes
- 7 See also
Required packages
- postfix
- mysql (phpmyadmin is optional but recommended!)
- courier-imap
- dovecot
- courier-authlib
- apache
- php
- squirrelmail
- spamassassin
- Postfix Admin
The latest stable release as of this writing is v2.1.0.
What is Postfix?
From Postfix.org...
What is Postfix? It is Wietse Venema's mailer that started life at IBM research as an alternative to the widely-used Sendmail program. Postfix attempts to be fast, easy to administer, and secure. The outside has a definite Sendmail-ish flavor, but the inside is completely different.
If you want to know how exactly Postfix works, check out Anatomy of Postfix!
Software installation
Installs Arch packages with following.
pacman -S php mysql apache postfix dovecot courier-imap courier-authlib squirrelmail spamassassin
Note: postfixadmin can be found in AUR
Download Postfix Admin, extract into /home/httpd/html/ and make a symlink.
ln -s /home/httpd/html/postfixadmin-2.1.0 /home/httpd/html/postfixadmin
(there's a new folder structure for apache in Arch: the default httpd folder for html documents is /srv/http)--mvinnicius 08:38, 31 January 2011 (EST)
(If you install from AUR postfixadmin can be found in /usr/share/webapps/postfixAdmin/) -- Foppe (talk)
General configuration
Setup folder to store domain e-mails
All your domains emails will go under /home/vmail/.
groupadd -g 5000 vmail useradd -u 5000 -g vmail -s /sbin/nologin -d /home/vmail -m vmail chmod 750 /home/vmail
SSL certs
Certificates generated here can be used by httpd, ftp or any other services supports SSL.
cd /etc/ssl/certs openssl req -new -x509 -newkey rsa:1024 -days 365 -keyout server.key -out server.crt
When asked about "Common Name", use your FQDN. i.e. http://linuxmonkey.net
openssl rsa -in server.key -out server.key
Above removes passphrase.
chown nobody:nobody server.key chmod 600 server.key mv server.key /etc/ssl/private/
Above are extra securities in case you actually wants to use SSL the real way.
Courier-IMAP's SSL cert is a little different.
vi /etc/courier-imap/imapd.cnf
Make it to suit your environment.
Will generate /usr/share/imapd.pem
mv /usr/share/imapd.pem /etc/courier-imap/
Move the newly generated Courier-IMAP SSL cert.
Make the folder.
mkdir /var/lib/squirrelmail chown nobody:nobody /var/lib/squirrelmail
Configure SquirrelMail on CLI.
cd /home/httpd/html/squirrelmail/config - (is now /srv/http/squirrelmail/config), 04.12.2011 perl conf.pl
Yes, it works! Check it out here!
RoundCube Webmail is a browser-based multilingual IMAP client with an application-like user interface. It provides full functionality you expect from an e-mail client, including MIME support, address book, folder manipulation, message searching and spell checking. RoundCube Webmail is written in PHP and requires a MySQL or Postgres database. The user interface is fully skinnable using XHTML and CSS 2.
As for the configuration of RoundCube, note that I'm using PostfixAdmin 126.96.36.199, which can make the query quite different. For the configuration, you should look in the main.inc.php, and consider several options:
$rcmail_config['auto_create_user'] = TRUE; $rcmail_config['default_host'] = 'your.fdm'; $rcmail_config['virtuser_query'] = 'SELECT username FROM postfix.mailbox WHERE username = "%u" or name = "%u"'; $rcmail_config['smtp_server'] = 'mail.your.fdm'; $rcmail_config['smtp_user'] = '%u'; $rcmail_config['smtp_pass'] = '%p'; $rcmail_config['smtp_helo_host'] = 'your.fdm'; $rcmail_config['imap_root'] = 'INBOX'; // Important: Otherwise, folders like "Sent" and "Trash" will not be created $rcmail_config['create_default_folders'] = TRUE; $rcmail_config['enable_spellcheck'] = FALSE; // Communicates with Google - do we want this?
Go over /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf and configure it to your needs.
Create Spamassassin user/group and folder.
groupadd -g 5001 spamd useradd -u 5001 -g spamd -s /sbin/nologin -d /var/lib/spamassassin -m spamd chown spamd:spamd /var/lib/spamassassin
Make sure /etc/conf.d/spamd look like following.
SAHOME="/var/lib/spamassassin/" SPAMD_OPTS="--create-prefs --max-children 5 --username spamd --helper-home-dir ${SAHOME} -s ${SAHOME}spamd.log --pidfile /var/run/spamd.pid"
To leave the service ready to run, let's update the spamassassin matching patterns.
Postfix Admin
Obs1: There's a package in AUR
Obs2: The user/group in the recent apache pkg are http:http)
Obs3: Check the instructions for the use of setup.php in the postfixadmin folder --mvinnicius 08:47, 31 January 2011 (EST)
Sets up correct permissions.
chown -R nobody:nobody /home/httpd/html/postfixadmin-2.1.0/ cd /home/httpd/html/postfixadmin/ chmod 640 *.php cd /home/httpd/html/postfixadmin/admin/ chmod 640 *.php cd /home/httpd/html/postfixadmin/images/ chmod 640 *.png cd /home/httpd/html/postfixadmin/languages/ chmod 640 *.lang cd /home/httpd/html/postfixadmin/templates/ chmod 640 *.php cd /home/httpd/html/postfixadmin/users/ chmod 640 *.php
Look at /home/httpd/html/postfixadmin/DATABASE_MYSQL.TXT and modify the lines with password of your like. (edited by silvernode NOTE: DATABASE_MYSQL.txt does not seem to exist in postfixadmin-2.3.2)
INSERT INTO user (Host, User, Password) VALUES ('localhost','postfix',password('YOUR_NEW_PASSWD')); (Line 28?)
INSERT INTO user (Host, User, Password) VALUES ('localhost','postfixadmin',password('YOUR_NEW_PASSWD')); (Line 31?)
Load Postfix Admin MySQL database structure.
/etc/rc.d/mysqld start mysql -u root -p < /home/httpd/html/postfixadmin/DATABASE_MYSQL.TXT /etc/rc.d/mysqld stop
(Remember to remove YOUR_NEW_PASSWD from /home/httpd/html/postfixadmin/DATABASE_MYSQL.TXT!)
Make Postfix Admin configuration file.
cp /home/httpd/html/postfixadmin/config.inc.php.sample /home/httpd/html/postfixadmin/config.inc.php chmod 640 /home/httpd/html/postfixadmin/config.inc.php
You may want to go over /home/httpd/html/postfixadmin/config.inc.php and configure it to suit you, but the following line needs to match what password you set above.
$CONF['database_password'] = 'YOUR_NEW_PASSWD'; (Line 32?)
Make sure it uses newer MySQL protocol
$CONF['database_type'] = 'mysqli'; (Line 29?)
Courier-IMAP and Courier-authlib
Courier-IMAP is a bit harder to configure and noticeably slower compared to Dovecot. However, if you prefer something tried-and-true, Courier-IMAP won't disappoint you.
Make sure following files have following contents.
- /etc/conf.d/courier-imap
- /etc/authlib/authdaemonrc
- /etc/authlib/authmysqlrc
MYSQL_SERVER localhost MYSQL_USERNAME postfix MYSQL_PASSWORD YOUR_NEW_PASSWD MYSQL_SOCKET /tmp/mysql.sock MYSQL_PORT 3306 MYSQL_OPT 0 MYSQL_DATABASE postfix MYSQL_USER_TABLE mailbox MYSQL_CRYPT_PWFIELD password MYSQL_UID_FIELD 5000 MYSQL_GID_FIELD 5000 MYSQL_LOGIN_FIELD username MYSQL_HOME_FIELD "/home/vmail" MYSQL_MAILDIR_FIELD maildir MYSQL_QUOTA_FIELD quota
- /etc/courier-imap/imapd-ssl
IMAPDSSLSTART=YES TLS_PROTOCOL=SSL23 TLS_CERTFILE=/etc/courier-imap/imapd.pem
Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 server for Linux/UNIX-like systems, written with security primarily in mind. Dovecot is an excellent choice for both small and large installations. It's fast, simple to set up, requires no special administration and it uses very little memory.
At this time Dovecot is recommended as it is faster and newer than courier-imap, it is also much easier to setup
Make sure the following files with following contents.
I strongly recommend go over all settings within this file, but I've listed what's required.
- /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
Obs: In the recent package, besides the dovecot.conf file, the configurations below are splitted in other files at /etc/dovecot/conf.d--mvinnicius 09:02, 31 January 2011 (EST)
protocols = imaps ssl = yes ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/server.crt ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/server.key first_valid_uid = 5000 first_valid_gid = 5000 auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@ namespace private { separator = . prefix = INBOX. inbox = yes hidden = yes } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep } protocol lda { postmaster_address = admin@YOUR_DOMAIN.TLD hostname = YOUR_SERVER_NAME sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail } auth default { passdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf } userdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf } }
- /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
connect = host=localhost dbname=postfix user=postfix password=YOUR_NEW_PASSWD default_pass_scheme = CRYPT password_query = SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' user_query = SELECT maildir AS mail, 5000 AS uid, 5000 AS gid, "/home/vmail" AS home FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1'
Note Currently, when trying to use Dovecot in conjunction with MySQL authentication, there is a permissions problem.
By following this setup, dovecot will try to authenticate while running as user "vmail".
However, under /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb. The permissions will be root:root. Incoming mail will then be deferred because dovecot can't authenticate via MySQL. A temporary fix is simply to
chown vmail:vmail /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb
after starting the dovecot daemon.
A permament fix is to edit /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf and in the section:
service auth {
unix_listener auth-userdb {
add the following
mode = 0600 user = vmail group = vmail
Edit /etc/php/php.ini and make the following changes.
magic_quotes_gpc = On (Required for Postfix Admin)
open_basedir = /home/:/tmp/:/usr/share/pear/:/var/lib/squirrelmail/ (Required for SquirrelMail)
I strongly recommend you go through all the lines in /etc/postfix/main.cf and configure it to your needs. Only followings are required for this setup!
mydestination = localhost
mynetworks_style = host
relay_domains = $mydestination
Add the following to end of /etc/postfix/main.cf.
# Postfix with MySQL maps (Configure domain emails with Postfix Admin) # # Virtual Mailbox Domain Settings virtual_alias_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_domains_maps.cf virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_maps.cf virtual_mailbox_limit = 51200000 virtual_minimum_uid = 5000 virtual_uid_maps = static:5000 virtual_gid_maps = static:5000 virtual_mailbox_base = /home/vmail virtual_transport = virtual # Additional for quota support virtual_create_maildirsize = yes virtual_mailbox_extended = yes virtual_mailbox_limit_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_limit_maps.cf virtual_mailbox_limit_override = yes virtual_maildir_limit_message = Sorry, your maildir has overdrawn your diskspace quota, please free up some space and try again. virtual_overquota_bounce = yes
(Above addition scrapped from Ubuntu Wiki (Postfix Complete Virtual Mail System) <=== NOT COMPLETE!)
Create the following Postfix maps with contents provided but change out the password.
In Postfix, lookup tables are called maps. Postfix uses maps not only to find out where to send mail, but also to impose restrictions on clients, senders, and recipients, and to check certain patterns in email content.
- /etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf
user = postfix password = YOUR_NEW_PASSWD hosts = localhost dbname = postfix table = alias select_field = goto where_field = address
- /etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_domains_maps.cf
user = postfix password = YOUR_NEW_PASSWD hosts = localhost dbname = postfix table = domain select_field = domain where_field = domain #additional_conditions = and backupmx = '0' and active = '1'
- /etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_maps.cf
user = postfix password = YOUR_NEW_PASSWD hosts = localhost dbname = postfix table = mailbox select_field = maildir where_field = username #additional_conditions = and active = '1'
- /etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_limit_maps.cf
user = postfix password = YOUR_NEW_PASSWD hosts = localhost dbname = postfix table = mailbox select_field = quota where_field = username #additional_conditions = and active = '1'
Set the proper permissions on those map files.
chgrp postfix /etc/postfix/mysql_*.cf chmod 640 /etc/postfix/mysql_*.cf
Make Postfix pipe mails through Spamassassin first.
- /etc/postfix/master.cf
smtp inet n - n - - smtpd -o content_filter=spamassassin spamassassin unix - n n - - pipe user=nobody argv=/usr/bin/vendor_perl/spamc -f -e /usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -f ${sender} ${recipient}
This is *OPTIONAL*! I do recommend you use your ISP's SMTP service to send your e-mails.
Basic setup is using SMTPS (SSL; port 465) using SASL+PAM to authenticate with MySQL backend.
Install some packages first.
pacman -S cyrus-sasl cyrus-sasl-plugins pam_mysql
Make the following modifications to specified files.
- /etc/postfix/main.cf
relay_domains = *
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_sasl_tls_security_options = $smtpd_sasl_security_options smtpd_tls_auth_only = yes smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/server.crt smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/server.key smtpd_sasl_local_domain = $mydomain broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1
- /etc/postfix/master.cf
smtps inet n - n - - smtpd -o smtpd_tls_wrappermode=yes -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes
Note: as it turns out, smtps was never actually a valid entry in /etc/services (except briefly, for a few months in 1996... see https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/20436). Since recent versions of /etc/services are now "fixed", postfix will not be able to translate the string "smtps" into port 465 any more. As a workaround, you can do this:
465 inet n - n - - smtpd -o smtpd_tls_wrappermode=yes -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes
(You can also change /etc/services so that 465/tcp is smtps again, but this will break mysteriously unless you also tell pacman not to ever touch that file, which, if you ever migrate your server or help a friend set up his, is something you're definitely going to forget you did... and then it will break mysteriously again and you'll spend a few hours Googling until you land here.)
- /etc/pam.d/smtp
auth required /usr/lib/security/pam_mysql.so user=postfix passwd=YOUR_NEW_PASSWD host=localhost db=postfix table=mailbox usercolumn=username passwdcolumn=password crypt=1 account sufficient /usr/lib/security/pam_mysql.so user=postfix passwd=YOUR_NEW_PASSWD host=localhost db=postfix table=mailbox usercolumn=username passwdcolumn=password crypt=1
pam_mysql.so may also be located in /lib/security/ instead of /usr/lib/security/. I find Arch64 uses /usr/lib/security/pam_mysql.so and Arch32 uses /lib/security/pam_mysql.so.
- /etc/conf.d/saslauthd
SASLAUTHD_OPTS="-m /var/run/saslauthd -r -a pam"
- /usr/lib/sasl2/smtpd.conf
pwcheck_method: saslauthd mech_list: plain login saslauthd_path: /var/run/saslauthd/mux log_level: 7
Put into production!
Firing up services!
Run following command to start all services!
for v in spamd mysqld httpd postfix dovecot;do /etc/rc.d/$v start ;done (saslauthd if you plan to use SMTP-AUTH)
If you plan to use Courier-IMAP, run following instead!
for v in saslauthd spamd mysqld httpd postfix authdaemond courier-imap;do /etc/rc.d/$v start ;done (saslauthd if you plan to use SMTP-AUTH)
Go to following site to configure more stuff!
- Postfix Admin
http://YOUR_DOMAIN.TLD/postfixadmin/admin/ (Default is USER: admin PASS: admin)
I would look into Apache's documentation on .htaccess/.htpasswd and change out Postfix Admin's default admin page password.
Verify working
- Postfix
Let's test see if Postfix is up and accepting connections.
[root@monkey1 /etc/rc.d]# telnet localhost 25 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. 220 mail.YOUR_DOMAIN.TLD ESMTP Postfix (Arch Linux) ehlo YOUR_DOMAIN.TLD 250-mail.YOUR_DOMAIN.TLD 250-PIPELINING 250-SIZE 10240000 250-VRFY 250-ETRN 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-8BITMIME 250 DSN mail from: root@localhost 250 2.1.0 Ok rcpt to: test@YOUR_DOMAIN.TLD 250 2.1.5 Ok data 354 End data with <CR><LF>.<CR><LF> This is a test sending from root@localhost! . 250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 883E910C47B quit 221 2.0.0 Bye Connection closed by foreign host.
- Dovecot or Courier-IMAP
Fire up your favorite mail client, that supports IMAP-SSL, and connect to your domain see if it works!
- Spamassassin
If you see something similar in your e-mail headers, Spamassassin is working!
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on YOUR_DOMAIN.TLD X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=3.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,MISSING_SUBJECT autolearn=no version=3.2.3
- Postfix Admin
Play around see everything works like it should.
- SquirrelMail
If you firewalled your server, make sure the ports 25 80 443 993 (and 465 for SMTP-AUTH) are open!
Don't forget to add services to your /etc/rc.conf!
Any configuration files with YOUR_NEW_PASSWD in it you should chmod 640 it!
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John Cusak has a brilliant piece on what it means for the lying right.
I hope he is correct!
PS: This should be the last post on my blog... After 5 years of blogging I'm weary and busy in RL and we finally have our country back, or are on our way to get it. I think we all deserve a break :)
Thanks to all readers
What does the sea change mean? How can we help people understand what is happening and help them contextualize it?
First the past: Senator McCain, Governor Palin and assorted surrogates are delusional and breathtakingly corrupt. They disgrace themselves and their country as they lie, smear, slur and write it off as political manner.
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Hello friends....another month has passed since my last post. ugghh. I always feel guilty about that. However, I have two full weeks off before school starts and I am bound and determined to get some crafting in before I go insane and quite possibly get thrown out of my quilting bee. As for this quilt, I put it together nearly two months ago for a friend. It's so summery to me! I love how bright and fun the blues and greens look alongside the Kona Ash, a larger throw for myself might very well be in order. Hope you're all enjoying these final days of summer.
Thanks for stopping by!


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- Swift Green Wind Rider
- Item Level 70
- Binds when picked up
- Unique
- Requires level 70
- Requires Riding (300)
- Use: Teaches you how to summon this mount. Can only be summoned in Outland or Northrend. This is a very fast mount.
- Sell Price: 25
- Vendor 100
This item can be purchased for 100 from Bana Wildmane <Wind Rider Keeper> in Hellfire Peninsula and Dama Wildmane <Wind Rider Keeper> in Shadowmoon Valley.
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