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For those people who until recently have hired genealogists through Ancestry's Expert Connect program, here's some advice on where you can turn for help.
I'm going to assume that you're already using message boards such as those found on Ancestry.com. I'm also going to assume that you know about the helpful Roots mailing list.
Free and Easy
1) Try your local Genealogy Society
My first suggestion to folks who need help would be to attend a meeting of your local genealogical society. Search the web for the name of your city, county or state plus the word genealogy. That should turn up something fairly close to your area. Genealogy societies are great because they will be there to support you over time. The members vary in their ability and years of experience but they are very willing to share their knowledge. They would be happy to watch and help you grow as a genealogist.
2) Try your local Family History Center
Family History Centers are offshoots of the Family History Library. There you can rent and view microfilms, access databases online and talk to the staff for advice. If you are looking for help with your family history they are a friendly and helpful bunch to seek help from. You can locate your nearest family history center on the FamilySearch website. (Note: as seen from the website, they are now referring to them as FamilySearch Centers.)
3) Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
If you need a specific lookup you can check a site called Random Acts of Genealogical Kindess (RAOGK). This site provides one-on-one volunteer assistance. Search for the geographic area where the item you need is located. Then select the volunteer who will most likely be able to help you with your request. Send them an email and you're off and running. The abilities of the various volunteers may vary greatly.
Sometimes You Need More Expert Help
If you find that these free, volunteer options are not solving your family history problem then maybe you need to try some more expert help. Professional genealogists have the knowledge and the experience to provide a consultation to steer you in the right direction if you want to do the research yourself or they can do the research for you. Either way, they will be able to solve your problem quicker and more expertly because of their experience. You will be expected to pay for their services. Here are some options to try:
4) Genlighten
Genlighten is a website that connects genealogists with on-location researchers who can lookup offline (not yet digitized) documents for you. The researchers provide a profile where you can learn about their experience and expertise. Genealogists pay a fee per lookup.
5) The Association of Professional Genealogists (APG)
APG is the worldwide membership organization of professional genealogists. APG has more than 2,400 members. Members are required to adhere to the APG Code of Ethics. APG also provides mediation when clients have a complaint about researchers. Each member has a profile online where they list their specialties and expertise. You can search for professionals by location, specialty or name. These researchers can take on much larger and more complicated projects than just lookups. When you have a complicated problem these researchers will be able to help you. Expect to negotiate an hourly rate for their services.
6) The Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG)
BCG is a nationally and internationally recognized organization of credentialed genealogists. It is a certifying body for genealogists not a membership society. Genealogists who achieve Certified Genealogist credentials have passed a rigorous critique of their abilities. BCG offers an online pamphlet entitled, "Why Hire a Board Certified Genealogist." You can search for certified genealogists on the BCG website by name, location or specialty. You can also expect to negotiate an hourly rate for their services.
7) ICAPGen
ICAPGEN is the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists. It's rigorous accreditation standards are similar to those of BCG. These experts also can take on more complicated projects. To find an Accredited Genealogist search their online database.
One of these options will be sure to help you resolve your family history problem. If you need more information please read the individual websites carefully. You can ask questions here about these options as well. I may or may not have the answer for you but I'll try to find it.


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DeCock: Moving forward, Tar Heels remain a mystery
You can't accuse North Carolina of going anything less than full speed. The Tar Heels gave it everything they had.
That it wasn't enough was testament less to another swing-and-miss in Greensboro – North Carolina hasn't won an ACC title here since 1998 – than to how deep, talented and well coached Miami is.
"You can't expect to play in the ACC championship, in Greensboro, against North Carolina and not get their best shot," former Southern Durham and current Miami forward Julian Gamble said. "We got their best shot today, and we were able to endure the punch."
Miami winning the ACC basketball title is a lot like when Wake Forest won the ACC football title all those years ago: Two old, experienced teams from unheralded programs that put all the pieces together at the right time.
Miami has all the pieces. Shane Larkin is a stud. That regular-season championship was no fluke.
Then again, neither are the Tar Heels.
"Everybody on this team knows how good we are," North Carolina guard Dexter Strickland said. "We can't dwell on this loss. We just have to get focused on next week."
As we head into the NCAA tournament, North Carolina clearly stands as the most compelling and mysterious of the Triangle teams. Duke, despite its early exit here, is primed for a long run, to no one's surprise. N.C. State, despite making the semifinals here, looks like it can't wait for the season to be over – and it probably will be all too soon.
But the Tar Heels are a wild card, particularly with P.J. Hairston shooting like there's no tomorrow – which he thought there might not be after tearing his hand open Friday night – and James Michael McAdoo playing like he did last March, as if he can sense the NBA draft lottery approaching.
The switch to a smaller lineup, featuring Hairston, put the Tar Heels in this position. It has taken them a long way. The question now is how much farther it can take them.
"We did that because we thought it would give us a better chance to win," North Carolina coach Roy Williams said, "but Marcus (Paige) is better now than he was in December, James Michael is better than he was in December, Reggie, Dexter, you can go on down the line, P.J., and the credit should be given to those kids who really worked extremely hard to get better."
Of that group, the continual development of freshman point guard Paige really sets an uncertain ceiling for the Tar Heels. Paige held his own about as well as could be expected against Larkin, who would not be denied Sunday, but he's gotten better and better in the second half of the season, almost on a game-by-game basis. If that improvement continues, the Tar Heels are primed to overachieve.
By the same token, they're still heavily dependent for scoring on the streaky outside shooting of Hairston and Reggie Bullock, which is always a recipe for booming and/or busting, and they're 2-8 this season against teams in the NCAA tournament.
Three of those losses were to Miami. Each time, they have been a better team, a tougher opponent, Sunday by far the toughest yet. They're just not good enough to beat Miami – not now, or maybe not yet.
The Tar Heels have gotten better, but they faced a better team Sunday. How long before that happens again?

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Sen. Kirk to Have Permanent Physical Damage Following Stroke
(CHICAGO) -- The surgeon who performed the three-hour operation on Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., Monday morning says that the senator will likely have permanent physical damage due to the stroke he suffered over the weekend.
"It will affect his ability to move his left arm, possibly his left leg and possibly involve some facial paralysis," Dr. Richard Fessler, a neurosurgeon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, said Monday.
Kirk suffered a stroke to the right side of his brain, which affects the left side of his body. The doctor said it is a good thing the stroke did not affect the left side of his brain, which controls the cognitive functions, such as speaking, understanding and thinking.
"He's got a pretty good chance of continuing a very vibrant life," Fessler said at a press conference in Chicago Monday. "Sen. Kirk's job is cerebral and I believe the function he requires to do his job are going to be fine."
Doctors though caution that Senator Kirk has a rough road to recovery ahead of him physically, describing this as a "crucial period."
The senator remains sedated after a four-inch-by-eight-inch piece of his skull was removed Monday to keep the pressure off his brain due to swelling. He is still in intensive care while the brain swelling goes down. Once the swelling subsides, the piece of his skull can be put back in and the senator can start rehabilitation, which will be a matter of weeks and months, the doctors say.
"Senator Kirk is young, [is] very healthy and in good shape and he's very strong, so all those things are in his favor," his doctor said.
As members of the Senate returned Monday for their first day of the 2012 legislative session, thoughts and well wishes poured in from members of both parties.
Kirk was scheduled to participate in the call for bipartisan seating during Tuesday's State of the Union address and was slated to sit with Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin from West Virginia.
"While I'll miss him at the State of Union tomorrow night, I promised Mark that I will keep his seat warm," Manchin said Monday in a statement. "Knowing Mark, I am also confident that he will make a speedy recovery and I will do everything I can to support him and his family until he is able to join us back here in Washington."
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The 21st Century Truck Partnership (21CTP) works to reduce fuel consumption and emissions, increase heavy-duty vehicle safety, and support research, development, and demonstration to initiate commercially viable products and systems. This report is the third in a series of three by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that have reviewed the research and development initiatives carried out by the 21CTP. Review of the 21st Century Truck Partnership, Third Report builds on the Phase 1 and 2 reviews and reports, and also comments on changes and progress since the Phase 2 report was issued in 2012.
The light-duty vehicle fleet is expected to undergo substantial technological changes over the next several decades. New powertrain designs, alternative fuels, advanced materials and significant changes to the vehicle body are being driven by increasingly stringent fuel economy and greenhouse gas emission standards. By the end of the next decade, cars and light-duty trucks will be more fuel efficient, weigh less, emit less air pollutants, have more safety features, and will be more expensive to purchase relative to current vehicles. Though the gasoline-powered spark ignition engine will continue to be the dominant powertrain configuration even through 2030, such vehicles will be equipped with advanced technologies, materials, electronics and controls, and aerodynamics. And by 2030, the deployment of alternative methods to propel and fuel vehicles and alternative modes of transportation, including autonomous vehicles, will be well underway. What are these new technologies - how will they work, and will some technologies be more effective than others?
Written to inform The United States Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards, this new report from the National Research Council is a technical evaluation of costs, benefits, and implementation issues of fuel reduction technologies for next-generation light-duty vehicles. Cost, Effectiveness, and Deployment of Fuel Economy Technologies for Light-Duty Vehicles estimates the cost, potential efficiency improvements, and barriers to commercial deployment of technologies that might be employed from 2020 to 2030. This report describes these promising technologies and makes recommendations for their inclusion on the list of technologies applicable for the 2017-2025 CAFE standards.
In the past few years, interest in plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) has grown. Advances in battery and other technologies, new federal standards for carbon-dioxide emissions and fuel economy, state zero-emission-vehicle requirements, and the current administration's goal of putting millions of alternative-fuel vehicles on the road have all highlighted PEVs as a transportation alternative. Consumers are also beginning to recognize the advantages of PEVs over conventional vehicles, such as lower operating costs, smoother operation, and better acceleration; the ability to fuel up at home; and zero tailpipe emissions when the vehicle operates solely on its battery. There are, however, barriers to PEV deployment, including the vehicle cost, the short all-electric driving range, the long battery charging time, uncertainties about battery life, the few choices of vehicle models, and the need for a charging infrastructure to support PEVs. What should industry do to improve the performance of PEVs and make them more attractive to consumers?
At the request of Congress, Overcoming Barriers to Deployment of Plug-in Electric Vehicles identifies barriers to the introduction of electric vehicles and recommends ways to mitigate these barriers. This report examines the characteristics and capabilities of electric vehicle technologies, such as cost, performance, range, safety, and durability, and assesses how these factors might create barriers to widespread deployment. Overcoming Barriers to Deployment of Plug-in Electric Vehicles provides an overview of the current status of PEVs and makes recommendations to spur the industry and increase the attractiveness of this promising technology for consumers. Through consideration of consumer behaviors, tax incentives, business models, incentive programs, and infrastructure needs, this book studies the state of the industry and makes recommendations to further its development and acceptance.


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}} David Heyman (born July, 26th,1961) is a British film producer and the founder of Heyday Films. He obtained the film rights to the Harry Potter franchise in 1999 and has produced all seven installments in the series.
Heyman was born in London, England. He went to school in the United States, earning a degree in Art History from Harvard University in 1983. He is the son of John Heyman, producer of films such as The Go-Between and Jesus, and Norma Heyman, producer of Dangerous Liaisons and Mrs Henderson Presents.
He got his start in the film industry as a production assistant on David Lean's A Passage to India and in 1986, Heyman became a Creative Executive at Warner Brothers. In the late 80's, he became Vice President of United Artists and subsequently embarked on an independent producing career with his first film, Juice in 1992, followed by the cult "stoner" film The Stoned Age (1994) and others.


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Escape the beach and discover the true heart of Fiji. Venture inland and find a landscape of dramatic peaks, pristine forests, sparkling rivers, remote villages and unique history. Experience Fiji on foot and get a unique insight into the vibrant traditional culture that underpins life in the hills.Visit places rich in biodiversity, hear and see endemic birds dart through the forest, gaze at a tree in Fiji's cloud forest and puzzle over all the life it supports, breath in sweeping views, and cool-off in warm tropical rivers.
By experiencing Fiji on foot and joining your guides along trails that existed long before any roads, you get a unique insight into the vibrant traditional culture that underpins daily life in the hills.
Your trek is in partnership with the communities you visit to reduce its impact and maximise its benefits. You stay in and visit traditional villages and local lodges, enjoy meals with the community and share stories. By joining a trek you are providing a supplementary source of income to these remote communities in Fiji's interior.
'Talanoa' is the Fijian word for chatting or telling stories, and as you walk and talk you'll discover all around you, hidden in plain sight, medicinal plants, old village sites, food gardens, grazing sites, fishing grounds and even battlefields. For your guides this is home. It's where they played as kids, where they hunt and farm, relax and joke, and it's where they guide you.
Our community partnerships ensure you can enjoy your trek knowing that you are respecting Fijian culture and walking with the blessing of traditional landowners.
All along the way you'll experience genuine Fijian hospitality and leave with friends, memories, and stories that last long after the blisters have healed!
Those stunning beaches will be waiting for you after your trek, and will be all the more rewarding after an adventure into the hills.
ContactWe schedule treks throughout the year and provide tailored treks for private individuals or groups. As you'll want to be properly equipped, with at least your favourite hiking shoes, we ask our guests to book well in advance of their arrival in Fiji. This means we can properly brief you on what to expect and help the communities you visit plan ahead.
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It has been said that music is an incredible force, allowing creativity to be released into the world in such a pleasing and powerful way that it crosses all cultural boundaries and binds together those who can appreciate it's beauty. From the haunting melody of a Ballad to the visceral beat of Dubstep and even the free form adventure that is Jazz, humans can be defined and understood by the music they listen to. Music can enthrall us in its majesty, pick us up from depression with light hearted tunes, put us into a zone of thought that allows us to accomplish tasks with ease and even help us fall in love. Little do many people know that music, can also be a weapon.
Our bodies develop in the womb thanks to the genes passed down to us by our parents. Our genes are parts of pairs of chromosomes that determine how we look and how our body develops. One baby in 10,000 will have a slightly altered Chromosome 18 which in most cases causes disorders such as cataracts or neuropathy. However, in this case, the mutation slightly alters the construction of the ear drum and how it translates sound to the brain. In these babies the way the brain analyzes music is drastically different. Whereas normal people can have their feelings affected by what they're hearing. In these select few people, upon reaching puberty where the brain begins to really develop significant changes, whenever they listen to music they find themselves with enhanced abilities and reactions depending upon the particular sound waves, quality and distance of the source.
The first recorded sighting of a Staccato user was back in 1997 however it was systematically labeled as a hoax and went the way of Chupacabra sightings, UFO abductions and Bigfoot film. Those users who were born with their abilities hid them and tried to go about their lives. It wasn't until the year 2006, of an alternate timeline than our own, that these select individuals have been recognized as legitimated mutations of the human race and dubbed Staccatos. Each person is affected by different styles of music both positively and even negatively in some ways. Staccatos were the story of the century two years ago but now most just want to be left alone especially since the creation of the terrorist Staccato group Fortissimo. Fortissimo sees the coming of the Staccatos as a sign of humanity's evolution and must therefore help it along by removing the dead weight, i.e. those who were not born with the mutation.
Our story begins in the spring of 2008, three years after the creation of Fortissimo, in a small unassuming cul-de-sac where mostly everyone knows everyone, however there are some new arrivals that bring their own sense of mystery to the tight knit community. No sooner do the new residents set up their homes than the sounds of gunfire and screams of aggression ring out through the air. As the many families are dragged out by the invaders one man stands in the center of all of the commotion. He has an air about him that draws eyes towards him even when he's standing still, which is odd considering he has such a "normal" appearance. This man is Levi Ketterling, the leader of Fortissimo and the catalyst of change. Whether that change is for good or bad is up to you.
You have a choice, just like everyone else in the world. How will you live your life? Your loved ones and neighbors are being held at gunpoint by Ketterling and his Fortissimo members. Levi will pose a question in the first post, how you answer will determine what happens to whatever loved one or neighbor you decide to incorporate within your story. For your first post include the day you first move into the cul-de-sac and introduce your important loved one/parent/friend. Every user will receive a different result depending upon how they answer and from there you must make your own choices. Will you escape the cul-de-sac and live on the run? Will you establish a resistance against Ketterling and Fortissimo? Or perhaps you'll agree with Fortissimo's viewpoint and join their cause. Make your choice. Develop your own Staccato abilities and help shape the face of this new future.
Sample Character Sheet
Character Name:
Background (Have you lived in the neighborhood your whole life or did you move in? Also explain when you first noticed you were a Staccato user):
Staccato Ability (What is the nature of your own Staccato and what music does it react best to? What music compliments it? What music if heard is detrimental? Do you have a name for it?):
Enhancements: (Your Staccato ability could increase your intelligence, make you faster, stronger or anything within the realm of your imagination):
Weaknesses (Your abilities are balanced and you must have a weakness. It can be related to your Staccato ability (e.g. super speed (enhancement)<-> lower accuracy (weakness) Non-combative Staccato abilities may have weaknesses such as reduced reaction time or reduced strength. However not all weaknesses need be physical. You aren't a god, your abilities come with an inherent weakness, however you can later in the story create ways to overcome these weaknesses but they will never be fully gone):
Sample Character
Character Name: Levi Ketterling
Age: 18
Description: Standing at just under six feet with subdued green eyes and stringy black hair that always looks in need of a wash Levi Ketterling would be a very unappealing young man were he not a Staccato. http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...56JDfKDI6wE9yg
Background: Levi discovered the nature of his Staccato abilities upon entering high school five years ago. Growing up as an abused foster child Levi escaped into the internet and techno to distance himself from the physical and emotional pain he suffered at the hands of his foster siblings. School also proved challenging since there wasn't much of a tech clique at his school and as a result Levi was targeted being the "loner kid". One morning as he was idly listening to a song in the library, leaning back on the chairs back legs, he began to feel different as the song continued and discovered only as it was finishing that he was unconsiously balancing on only one chair leg. Of course upon the song ending his balance wavered and he pitched back onto the floor. After experimenting with his discovery, Levi felt powerful, in control, better than he had in his whole life. He began listening to music as long as he was awake, editing tracks together so he only had one long audio file to allow his Staccato ability to continue relatively uninterrupted. As you can imagine, given this incredible gift while your brain is developing social and logical skills can warp an individual who doesn't have the proper guidance. He resented sleeping as well but forced himself to or he would become too tired to enjoy his birth given talents. As more and more people learned of those born with Staccato abilities a prejudice began to develop. Those without the ability would look fearfully at those with it. Others would become angry at the possibility of destroyed property or person and would do their best to drive off the altered human. Imagine having to deal with such prejudicial treatment every day with the intensity of emotions that are cultivated by teenagers. Naturally Levi could only take so much. One day Levi crippled a student who had bullied him for much of his school life and had attempted to take his mp3 player, essentially, the source of his Staccato power. As the bully lay gasping in pain on the floor Levi felt a sense of power and superiority before he ran out of the school, never to return. Levi spent much of his life afterwards perfecting the use of his Staccato ability and creating a group, Fortissimo, of those who felt much like he did. Ketterling believed those with Staccato abilities were better and deserved to be treated as such. To gain this better treatment the world needed to see their powers and in seeing them be awed and humbled. Those who fear soon turn to worship and appeasement and Levi had always wanted to see what it was like to be God.
Staccato Ability: Crush Beat. The steady back beat of Techno gives Ketterling increased balance and hand-eye co-ordination while the repetitive instrumentals allow him to observe everything in "tracks". A gun being brought up to a certain level, the direction in which an eye looks or the angle of the thrust of a knife are all analyzed and quickly replayed in Levi's mind allowing him to dodge, intercept or stop the action. He can see an action and see it broken down part by part but the amount of said parts are related to the duration of the repetitive sections of the song. Faster Techno pieces allow less analyzation and prediction but increases reaction time. Whereas slower Techno allows more analyzation and allows for better predictions but ties up the thought chain process and reaction time suffers. Both House and EDM are complimentary to Ketterling's Staccato allowing a slight diminishing of his weakness. Jazz is the foil to Ketterling's Staccato, seriously hampering his enhanced senses.
Enhancements: Improved balance. Fast reaction time (fast techno). Better analyzation and prediction (slower techno).
Weaknesses: Arrogance. Slower predicting (fast techno). Slower reactions (slower techno).
Battle System
Finally I'd like to make a note on how battle will play out within the RP. Most fights/events will be instigated by myself and they will either be focused on one player or a group (if one develops). Here's how this will work. Whenever you need to use your Staccato you must first decide what song your character is listening too. Notice how long the song is, where the music may swell or become more intense/melancholy and plan your attack/strategy/mission accordingly. When posting you may insert time markers in brackets "{}" so that myself and those reading can follow along with the flow of battle or your actions. Playlists may be made but may only feature up to five songs since any battle or event would tire you and your opponent out (unless with a Staccato or mechanical exception). Time will pass as the RP continues until catching up to the current year of 2012 so only songs published in said year can be played by your character. As an example, the day Ketterling was in the library back in 2005 he was listening to a song called "Local Area Control" by the group Wake on Lan. (http://tinyurl.com/d2ffc6u). Songs before 2008 may also be used, as can any songs during the later years segments. This RP assumes song and artists develop just as ours do in our own timeline. Any other questions may be directed at me and I will quickly address them so that our RP can go smoothly.
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Veteran singer Neil Diamond missed out on a lengthy chat with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at a London concert on Monday (19Nov12) because the royal was more interested in quizzing his wife about horses.
The Sweet Caroline hitmaker had hoped he would get a chance to talk openly with the monarch after he was invited to perform for her at the annual Royal Variety Show.
But while backstage, the Queen struck up a conversation with Diamond's wife Katie MCNeil about her favourite animal, leaving the singer to chat to her husband Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, instead.
Diamond tells U.K. series The One Show, "I had the most fun. I got the chance to sing to Her Majesty, which was the reason for our trip over here. It was unique and extraordinary. I had a chance to speak to Her Majesty during intermission before I went on.
"We had a nice chat but she really wanted to chat to my wife about horses. They did talk, and had a nice conversation. I did chat with Prince Philip for a little bit."
However, the star insists it was an honour to play for royalty, insisting, "Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful experience. I don't think I'll forget it."
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Aboriginal jobs and concerns around logging and hunting in national parks are on the agenda at a general meeting of traditional custodians from across the state. They're gathering in Byron Bay, known to the Arakwal people as Cavvanbah, which means 'meeting place'.
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From as far south as Mildura, 25 traditional custodian representatives are on the north coast to discuss issues like protecting sacred sites and ensuring they're involved in decision-making.
Arakwal National Park Management Committee chair Yvonne Stewart said networking amongst land councils helps unite their voice about the way they want the landscape treated.
A recent draft report from a parliamentary committee into land use, chaired by the Shooters Party, urges the government to consider a tenure swap between national parks and state forests to ensure the timber industry's viability.
While the Premier Barry O'Farrell says he does not support commercial logging in national parks, nor the idea of a tenure swap, Ms Stewart says it has generated a lot of concern.
"Here you have a national park and you have logging in it...you have shooting in it, yet the groups that support shooting in national parks don't support Aboriginal people to take their own flora and fauna."
Creating jobs and training for Aboriginal people is also one of the key focuses of the meeting.
About 66% of staff managing Arakwal land today are Aboriginal.
"Getting our Aboriginal people back involved with the department in managing country which gives them an income, but also a learning tool through the elders of those committees in cultural connection, cultural renewal," Ms Stewart says.
This is the first time the Bundjalung people have hosted the meeting.
The last general meeting was held in the Baradine area, in northern New South Wales.
Baradine Aboriginal Land Council chairperson Sonny Magann says local employment initiatives such as Sculptures in the Scrub, helped improve morale in the young Aboriginal community.
"We have had people that have probably never worked in their lives before," he said.
"They were really proud of themselves and the self-esteem that it gave them was really outstanding."
The Pass in Byron Bay is a historically significant Aboriginal meeting site.
The elders gathered there yesterday for the opening of a new path with disability access.
The short walk through cabbage palm tree forest was restored by the Arakwal National Park Management Committee in conjunction with National Parks.
Bundjalung man Nigel Stewart performed the welcome to country for the group, something he considers a big honour.
A ranger with National Parks he performs the long list of tasks that come with the role, as well as protecting sacred sites and taking bush tucker tours.
"All of the bush tucker that I've learnt around here has come from our elders; the aunties, the grandmums, we've been lucky to have been handed down that knowledge from them.
"I've always wanted to represent my people and get justice; I want to unite Australia, I think it's very important that we come together and look after each other and our country."


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Breitbart.com Hires Double Down On The Bubble
Breitbart.com is in the midst of a hiring spree that promises to generate more pageviews and money for the publication while keeping its readers chasing Obama administration conspiracies for the next four years.
The publication is reportedly offering reporters from other right-wing outlets big salary increases and annual bonuses to sign four year contracts. It's no wonder that the website has money to spend; in at least one month this fall Breitbart.com passed its rivals to take the lead as the highest trafficked right-wing news site. Traffic drives ad sales, which, together with venture capital, has filled the publication's coffers.
What's significant is what Breitbart.com has done to build the traffic, and who they're planning on hiring with the resulting profits.
Breitbart.com was an important piece of the right-wing media bubble that kept conservatives blissfully unaware of major events during the 2012 election and focused on flawed efforts to "vet" President Obama. The publication fixated on efforts to reveal aspects of Obama's youth and college years, claiming that the media hadn't sufficiently put the president under the microscope in 2008 and set out to correct their failures.
Thus a major right-wing news site spent its resources during the last election running massive investigations into topics like the president's 20-year-old hug of a Harvard Law professor and the claims his literary agent made about his memoir in a 1991 pamphlet. Meanwhile, they worked overtime to try to discredit the vast weight of polling that suggested Obama was cruising to reelection. And shackled to their base, Mitt Romney and the rest of the GOP's officeholders were taken along for the ride, latching on to the sorts of claims that made sense inside the right-wing bubble and nowhere else.
Woefully misleading their audience apparently brought in enough money for Breitbart.com to make fat offers to staffers at other right-wing media publications. And they're using it to bring in more "talent" that will keep the Breitbart.com gravy train running and their audience in the dark.
Matthew Boyle was the first to "enlist in Andrew Breitbart's army" in order to "go to war" against "leftwing outlets" like "The New York Times, Politico, [and] NBC News" after several years working at The Daily Caller. His December 2 announcement came less than 14 days after his previous employer had all but retracted one of his stories.
On November 20, Boyle attempted to discredit planned Black Friday rallies outside Walmart stores by reporting that financier and philanthropist George Soros was responsible for MoveOn.org supposedly urging its supporters to "descend" on the stores on that day. Given the right wing's hatred of Soros, such a story was a sure traffic-driver, and it quickly became a topic of discussion on the Fox News airwaves.
But the story was entirely false: The next day, the Caller updated the article to remove all references to Soros, acknowledging that Soros' involvement in MoveOn.org has been limited to a single 2004 donation to an affiliated organization and that he "does not appear connected to its current Wal-Mart protests."
This sort of shoddy journalism is commonplace for Boyle. He drew notoriety for a shockingly dishonest report on an Environmental Protection Agency court filing. Fallout from Boyle's work reportedly helped contribute to the departures of several Caller staffers who feared being associated with the story would hurt their reputations. In announcing his hiring, Breitbart.com praised his conspiracy-minded coverage of Operation Fast and Furious, which has involved inventing congressional testimony and pushing claims for which he admits he has no evidence, and led Attorney General Eric Holder to accurately criticize the Caller for being "behind" GOP calls for his resignation.
Boyle's stories at the Caller almost always feature a major villain to the conservative movement and often involve a complex conspiracy that inevitably reaches the highest levels of the Obama administration. The stories may be fundamentally dishonest, but they attract clicks from the right-wing base and allow for easy use in Fox News segments.
One week after announcing Boyle's hire, Breitbart.com revealed that they had hired Kerry Picket, author of The Washington Times' The Water Cooler blog. The paper's former editorial page editor called it a "smart move for Breitbart News and a huge blow to the Washington Times," telling a reporter that Picket's blog "generates millions of pageviews a year."
It's no wonder. The Breitbart.com announcement highlighted Picket's reporting on topics such as "President Barack Obama's illegal immigrant uncle" and that "director Spike Lee tweeted out the wrong address for George Zimmerman at the height of the Trayvon Martin ordeal." These stories have little impact in mainstream circles but are catnip for the insular right-wing media readership.
Picket shares with Boyle a tendency toward conspiracy and away from facts. She participated in the Times' anti-gay war on then-Obama administration official Kevin Jennings, grossly distorting one set of his comments to claim he had supported "the promotion of homosexuality in the public school curriculum" and posted doctored transcript of another to falsely claim he wanted teachers to be required to "take an LGBT course." She drove a right-wing media firestorm by promoting the baseless claim from a "source who is friends with" the presidential campaign of Herman Cain that Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel was "likely involved with the sexual harassment" allegations against the candidate. She used her blog to speculate that the new logo for the Missile Defense Agency "takes a cue from Obama campaign '08."
Other reporters Breitbart.com is reportedly targeting include TownHall.com's Katie Pavlich, best known for her factually faulty and conspiratorial book on Operation Fast and Furious; Heritage Foundation's Lachlan Markay, who has suggested that the president crafted his national energy policy based on how it would benefit George Soros' investment portfolio; and Caroline May, the Caller's stenographer for critics of the Department of Justice.
It's good business, if not good journalism or good politics. But it's clear in which of those Breitbart.com is most interested. After all, conservative media is a "racket."


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Randi Zuckerberg wants youngsters to put down the gadgets and go outside.
"I know it seems like a very retro concept to actually unplug for a bit. But that's why it was so important for me to write "Dot,'" she told NBC 6. "You see 2-year-olds, 3- year-olds that are just navigating tons of technology, who are so tech savvy already. I think it's important at that young age to encourage kids to go outside and be creative."
The sister of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been writing books for children and adults, and released two new ones called "Dot Complicated," which is for adults and "Dot," for kids, which encourages children to take a break from technology.
"'Dot' is about a tech savvy little girl who learns to put down her gadgets and go play outside," Zuckerberg said. "And 'Dot Complicated' is about my very own complicated relationship with technology and how all of us have a bit of a complicated relationship with tech."
Zuckerberg, who left Facebook in 2011 to form her own firm, Zuckerberg Media, said she was at the frontline of many projects in Facebook but is glad to now have her own project.
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As flame wars go, this one could only get better if one of the participants broiled and ate the other: Jonathan Safran Foer has gotten himself into a multi-media spat with Anthony Bourdain, of all people. It started on Larry King, where Safron Foer, a recent convert to vegetarianism, appeared with Bourdain and a meat industry shill to promote his new book "Eating Animals" and discuss the topic "Is Meat Safe?"
After a brief green room exchange with Bourdain -- which Safran Foer recounted to New York magazine, "He was saying factory farming is the worst blight in America right now ... In fact, I'd say he agreed with everything in my book" -- Safran Foer was "disappointed" that Bourdain said (in Safran Foers' words) "he thinks humans are designed to eat stupid little animals. Now, that annoys me. I find that disappointing —- that his shtick is much more important to him than what he knows to be right."
A review of the television exchange shows nothing of the sort, with Bourdain actually questioning the agri-business practices he called "unconscionable and border[ing] on the criminal." Perhaps Safron Foer's mind wandered during this part (he's got quite an imagination, that wunderkind) and he misunderstood Bourdain's saying, "We may be designed to eat meat. We are not designed to eat fecal coliform bacteria."
For his part, Bourdain remembers it differently. He wrote in the comments section of Grub Street's story, "Strangely enough, Mr. Foer's comments to me immediately following the show were somewhat at odds with his account above. 'I would have been afraid to say what you just said. They (the meat industry) are really litigious. They sued Oprah for less.'"
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Earlier this week, roughly 800 insurgents — many of them linked to the extremist al-Qaeda offshoot ISIS — took over the country's second-largest city, Mosul, after 30,000 Iraqi troops fled.
Iraqi officials in Baghdad conceded that the fighters commandeered military arsenal, released hundreds of prisoners from jail, and seized up to $430 million from the city's central bank.
They have told people in Mosul to return to work and have asked the more than 500,000 people who fled to come back. But that seems unlikely given the extremists group's draconian rules, which have been enforced with brutal punishments across northern Syria.
The following map is from Institute for the Study of War is an up-to-date depiction under ISIS control.
Journalist Jenan Mousa translated highlights from the new rules set forth by the ISIS in the Nineveh province the northwest of Iraq:
ISIS has published its first set of new rules for the province of #Nineveh. In following tweets I will translate highlights. (1/11) @akhbar— Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) June 12, 2014
• "For women, dress decently and wear wide clothes. Only go out if needed."
• "Our position on Shrines and graves is clear. All to be destroyed basically."
• "Gatherings, carrying flags (other than that of Islamic State) and carrying guns is not allowed. God ordered us to stay united."
• "For the police, soldiers and other Kafir institutions, you can repent. We opened special places that will allow you to repent."
• "No drugs, no alcohol and no cigarettes allowed."
• "We warn tribal leaders and Sheikhs not to "work with government and be traitors."
• "We ask all Muslims to perform prayers on time in the mosques."
• "Money we took from Safavid government is now public. Only Imam of Muslims can spend it. Anyone who steals hand will be cut."
• "For those asking who are you? We are soldiers of Islam and took on our responsibility to bring back glory of the Islamic Caliphate."
• "People you tried secular rulings (Republic, Baathist, Safavides) and it pained you. Now it is time for Islamic State Imam Abu Bakr El Qurashi.
(Here are the documents in Arabic.)
ISIS, with fighters about 75 miles from the capital, is now threatening to march on Baghdad despite being badly outmannned by Iraqi army forces. The Kurds are also involved, capturing the coveted city of Kirkuk in northeast Iraq.
Importantly, any successful campaign by ISIS will ultimately require the people to allow it.
ISIS does not have the manpower to repeatedly take & hold multiple major urban centres in #Iraq. Instead, ISIS appears to represent.. (1/2)— Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) June 12, 2014
.. a catalyst force capable of taking individual targets separately, thereby opening them up to wider revolting/armed Sunni population #Iraq— Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) June 12, 2014
So ISIS is totally reliant on a tacitly sympathetic & facilitatory Sunni population. Without this, ISIS will struggle to take or hold. #Iraq— Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) June 12, 2014


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SPAN Packet Duplication: Problem and Solution
In the spirit of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) I offer up a recent tale of intrigue and mystery from an ongoing Cisco Security Research project…
One of Cisco Security Research and Operation's ongoing projects is to oversee a massive infrastructure of several high-volume Internet POPs that send large amounts of network traffic into one of our research labs. We are collecting NetFlow and packet dumps from a geographically distributed sensor network. These pcap files each contain several million packets, but due to a configuration error in the packet capture process, there was some amount of packet duplication. This short blog article will talk about why the duplication happened, how we prevented it from reoccurring, and a unique solution that was employed to remove the duplicate packets from all of the affected pcap files.
A Love Story: The Hub, The Switch, Packet Sniffing, and Cisco SPAN
Before there were network switches, there were network hubs. The hub was a wonderful little creature that dutifully forwarded every packet it saw to every other port on its body. This was a wonderful situation for the packet sniffer who wanted nothing more than to siphon up every packet on the network. He simply had to be plugged in to the hub on any port and immediately all the beautiful packets became available for consumption. Packet sniffer loves hub. Enter the brutally efficient switch. After the switch boots, it begins to build a very selfish layer 2 forwarding table (the CAM table) that maps switch ports with MAC addresses. After it learns what comes whence and what goes where, it then forwards or "switches" traffic only to the corresponding port. What a disaster for the packet sniffer! Now, the packet sniffer could only see traffic destined for the MAC address tha is registered to its port. Next comes Cisco SPAN (Switched Port Analyzer). SPAN is a feature on Cisco switches that provides a capability for packet sniffers to see some or all packets on a switch or VLAN (A Virtual Local Area Network where a physical network is partitioned into multiple smaller networks). To be clear, the switch is not simply forwarding each packet so that the sniffer can see them, in fact the switch is actually making a copy of each packet and forwarding it to the packet sniffer. Essentially, by configuring SPAN on a Cisco switch, the packet sniffer can now happily gobble up all of the packets on a network.
Duplicate Packets
Given the above Switch/Packet Sniffer/SPAN love triangle, a common side effect of packet capturing on SPAN ports is duplicate packets. Duplicate packets most often occur when the packet capture source that is specified is a VLAN or port channel (a bundle of interfaces used to provide increased bandwidth and redundancy).
Cisco4948#configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. Cisco4948(config)#monitor session 1 source interface vlan 5 !--- This configures vlan 5 as the source port. Cisco4948(config)#monitor session 1 destination interface fastethernet 0/3 !--- The configures interface Fast Ethernet 0/3 as the destination port. Cisco4948#show monitor session 1 Session 1 --------- Type : Local Session Source Ports : Both : vlan 5 Destination Ports : Fa0/3 Cisco4948#
Moreover it becomes increasingly convoluted when capturing bi-directional traffic. The simplest and most proper solution is to alter the source of the SPAN configuration and make the source a specified interface, for example "interface FastEthernet 0/0":
Cisco4948#configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. Cisco4948(config)#monitor session 1 source interface fastethernet 0/0 !--- This configures interface Fast Ethernet 0/0 as the source port. Cisco4948(config)#monitor session 1 destination interface fastethernet 0/3 !--- The configures interface Fast Ethernet 0/3 as the destination port. Cisco4948#show monitor session 1 Session 1 --------- Type : Local Session Source Ports : Both : Fa0/0 Destination Ports : Fa0/3 Cisco4948#
We were fortunate in our scenario to have done exactly as seen above; we changed the source of our SPAN from a VLAN to an interface. So let's say you encounter a situation where it is not possible to change the source of your SPAN. Perhaps based on the environment and architecture your only option that allows you to see the necessary data flow is to have the source SPAN on a port channel or VLAN. If this is the case, duplicate packets are going to show up due to the SPAN source.
While we were indeed fortunate enough to resolve our SPAN issue in the most effective manner possible, we were still left with many pcap files consisting of billions of packets across thousands of files with some level of duplication. See for yourself!
[snarkbox:~/Projects] mike% capinfos -csd sample-02.pcap.gz
File name: sample-02.pcap.gz
Number of packets: 2928239
File size: 109090270 bytes
Data size: 1953148233 bytes
Needless to say, we needed a tool to remedy the situation.
The Solution
We didn't need something production quality, we just needed a stopgap tool that worked to remove the duplicate packets. Python, as it happens, is perfect for such rapid prototyping. A quick game-plan was drawn with the following requirements:
- Open a specified input pcap file (optionally gzip compressed)
- Open output file (optionally user specified)
- Descend into event loop:
- Read a packet from the input file
- Determine if the packet has already been seen within some defined interval and:
- If it has been seen: discard packet (increment duplicate counter)
- If it has not been seen: write the packet, including pcap header
- When the end of the input pcap file is reached, close the output file and report the results to the user
pdd.py: Pcap De-duplicator
The fruit of that labor was a 101 line Python program named pdd.py (that's right pdd = pcap de-duplicator). Note the program is only 80 lines without docstrings. It has the following calling conventions:
[snarkbox:~/Projects] mike% ./pdd/pdd.py -h
usage: pdd.py [-h] -f INFILE_NAME [-w WINDOW_SIZE] [-v] [-o OUTFILE_NAME] [-z]
parse a pcap file and remove duplicate packets, accepts gzip'd pcap files
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-f INFILE_NAME, --file INFILE_NAME
pcap file to sift through
-w WINDOW_SIZE, --window_size WINDOW_SIZE
size of the sliding packet window, a larger window may
find more duplicate packets but will increase run-
time, default is 12
-v, --verbose be more verbose when reporting, -vv be even more
-o OUTFILE_NAME, --outfile OUTFILE_NAME
output filename
-z, --gzip gzip the output file
A sample invocation shown against a smaller pcap file:
[snarkbox:~/Projects] mike% ./pdd.py -f sample-01.pcap.gz -o sample-01.pdd.pcap -vv
Using a window of 12, writing non-duplicates to sample-01.pdd.pcap
dup: 60 byte packet at 2010-04-30 16:43:41.859558 and 2010-04-30 16:43:41.859554: Ethernet(src='\x00\x1aK\x00\x02\x1a', dst='\x00\x1d\xa1\xea\xec\x1b', data=IP(src='redacted', off=16384, dst='redacted', sum=44674, len=40, p=6, data=TCP(seq=3825337896, win=0, sum=45839, flags=4, dport=443, sport=33949)))
dup: 60 byte packet at 2010-04-30 16:45:42.830688 and 2010-04-30 16:45:42.830685: Ethernet(src='\x00\x1aK\x00\x02\x1a', dst='\x00\x1d\xa1\xea\xec\x1b', data=IP(src='redacted', off=16384, dst='redacted', sum=44674, len=40, p=6, data=TCP(seq=1440424076, win=0, sum=3534, flags=4, dport=443, sport=40354)))
dup: 60 byte packet at 2010-04-30 16:47:43.831652 and 2010-04-30 16:47:43.831559: Ethernet(src='\x00\x1aK\x00\x02\x1a', dst='\x00\x1d\xa1\xea\xec\x1b', data=IP(src='redacted', off=16384, dst='redacted', sum=44674, len=40, p=6, data=TCP(seq=3325172995, win=0, sum=41214, flags=4, dport=443, sport=40355)))
dup: 60 byte packet at 2010-04-30 16:48:55.308183 and 2010-04-30 16:48:55.308180: Ethernet(src='\x00\x1d\xa1\xea\xec\x1b', dst='\x00PV\x8e?@', data=IP(src='redacted', off=16384, dst='redacted', sum=18987, len=40, p=6, ttl=43, data=TCP(seq=1751296284, win=0, sum=36867, flags=4, dport=2153, sport=80)))
dup: 60 byte packet at 2010-04-30 16:48:55.332592 and 2010-04-30 16:48:55.332588: Ethernet(src='\x00\x1d\xa1\xea\xec\x1b', dst='\x00PV\x8e?@', data=IP(src='redacted', off=16384, dst='redacted', sum=18991, len=40, p=6, ttl=43, data=TCP(seq=275966928, win=0, sum=42310, flags=4, dport=2150, sport=80)))
dup: 60 byte packet at 2010-04-30 16:49:44.832697 and 2010-04-30 16:49:44.832693: Ethernet(src='\x00\x1aK\x00\x02\x1a', dst='\x00\x1d\xa1\xea\xec\x1b', data=IP(src='redacted', off=16384, dst='redacted', sum=44674, len=40, p=6, data=TCP(seq=924029966, win=0, sum=47376, flags=4, dport=443, sport=40357)))
dup: 60 byte packet at 2010-04-30 16:51:45.833485 and 2010-04-30 16:51:45.833481: Ethernet(src='\x00\x1aK\x00\x02\x1a', dst='\x00\x1d\xa1\xea\xec\x1b', data=IP(src='redacted', off=16384, dst='redacted', sum=44674, len=40, p=6, data=TCP(seq=2836595558, win=0, sum=58154, flags=4, dport=443, sport=37427)))
dup: 60 byte packet at 2010-04-30 16:53:46.834433 and 2010-04-30 16:53:46.834430: Ethernet(src='\x00\x1aK\x00\x02\x1a', dst='\x00\x1d\xa1\xea\xec\x1b', data=IP(src='redacted', off=16384, dst='redacted', sum=44674, len=40, p=6, data=TCP(seq=434232427, win=0, sum=39254, flags=4, dport=443, sport=37428)))
Of 163831 total packets, I wrote 163823 and found 8 duplicates
Another invocation, this time against a large file:
[snarkbox:~/Projects] mike% ./pdd.py -f sample-02.pcap.gz
Using a window of 12, writing non-duplicates to sample-02.pcap.gz.pdd.22213
Of 2928239 total packets, I wrote 1467450 and found 1460789 duplicates
The Special Sauce
The real work of detecting duplicate packets inside pdd.py is accomplished by implementing a simple sliding window across the input stream of packets. Many readers will be familiar with the sliding window protocol used with TCP. As pdd.py starts, it will check each packet against entries already in its window. If the packet does not already exist in the window (not a duplicate) it is written to the output file and appended to the left side of the window. If the window is already full, the oldest packet is popped off and thrown away. For pdd.py, the sliding window was implemented using python's collections.deque() object. This object was chosen since it supports efficient push and pop operations against both ends of the queue. The built-in python list() object does support pushes and pops from both ends; however, it suffers a serious performance penalty when making changes to the head of the list. This whole process is depicted below in Figure 1.
The Python function employing the deque is shown below:
def deduplicate_pcap(infile, outfile, pcap, window_size, verbosity): """Uses a sliding window of recently seen packets to remove duplicates. infile: original pcap file outfile: newly created output file obeying the dpkt.pcap interface window_size: size of the sliding window of packets that get compared verbosity: level of verbosity as specified by the user """ sliding_window = deque() tot_count = 0 pkt_count = 0 dup_count = 0 for ts, pkt in pcap: tot_count += 1 for stored_pkt, stored_ts in sliding_window: if pkt == stored_pkt: dup_count += 1 found_dup(pkt, ts, stored_ts, verbosity) break else: outfile.writepkt(pkt, ts) pkt_count += 1 if len(sliding_window) >= window_size: # once deque is full pop off the rightmost (oldest) item sliding_window.pop() # add a new entry to the left side of the packet deque sliding_window.appendleft((pkt, ts)) print >> sys.stderr, "Of %d total packets, I wrote %d and found %d duplicates" % (tot_count, pkt_count, dup_count)
What Size Window?
Certainly there is some magic in choosing a window size. Clearly the larger the window size, the longer the execution time of pdd.py. Big O running time of searching the deque is always linear, meaning that it scales with the size of the window and pdd.py will iterate over the entire window for packets that aren't duplicated. Therefore, the user should choose the smallest effective window size. However, if too small of a size is chosen, duplicate packets could be missed. An optimal value should probably hinge upon the number of packets captured and the network topology as it relates to the expected number of duplicates. We're not really concerned with the packet rate or speed of the network since we're using an absolute packet window and not a time-based window. If the cause for duplication is a layer 2 configuration issue, the duplicates are likely to be laid out very tightly (in some cases sequentially). In this case, a smaller window will suffice. If something is causing the duplicate packets to be delayed before the sniffer sees them, then they might be more sparsely populated throughout the pcap file. As a default, we chose 12. It seemed to be a good compromise between speed and efficacy.
Another Option: Wireshark's editcap
At the time of the project, unbeknownst to the SR&O team, there existed prior art. As it so often happens in the byzantine world of computer security, someone else had encountered and solved our problem before we did. Inside the Wireshark suite exists a cache of command line tools including one called editcap. This handy tool allows a user to edit or translate the contents of a pcap file—including the ability to remove duplicate packets. As validation that indeed we were on the right track, editcap also employs a user-defined sliding window (and also offers the option to use a time-based window).
There's no doubt that other tools and options may also exist to resolve packet duplication issues, but we hope we have provided you with not only a few options/solutions from our own experiences, but also a clear understanding of the root cause and the effective solutions.
There are several key takeaways here:
- Know and understand the nature of your switching infrastructure – this helps with understanding where to place packet sniffers and ultimately the source and destination of the SPANs
- Know and understand the devices that are connected to these infrastructures – while we may not have discussed it, it is also important to know if servers have multiple/redundant connections to switches, how the keep alives and heartbeats are propogated, and so on, in order to understand the nature of packet flow and if you will see multiple/potentially duplicate packets on the same switch
- Use SPAN source interfaces vs port channels or VLANs where possible
- There is usually more than one way to skin a cat – sometimes it makes sense to find an existing solution while sometimes solving a problem on your own is a fun and rewarding exercise
Special Thanks
Andrae Middleton actually co-wrote this blog with me. He wrote all of the switch configurations. Additionally, I could never have gotten anywhere in life without being under the tutelage of esteemed programming leviathans William McVey and Nathan Ramella. From them, I learned the wonderful Python programming language.
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Another tool serving the same purpose from an old colleauge. Couldn't resist to promoto it 🙂
Dr. Jose A. Wong - Perez
Just a very detailed explanation…really enjoy it and indeed enhances my class's security presentations…
packet de/duplication is a serious issue when deploying IDS
sometimes one might be abe to get around by using combinations of VACL & RSPAN
As always, Mike is out on the bleeding edge doing what he does best – digging into the details and coming up with valuable nuggets.


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What is a feral cat?
A feral cat is typically the wild offspring of a domestic cat, or a domestic housecat who was abandoned and over time has become un-socialized and extremely fearful of humans.
Feral cats are present in every community, and it is almost impossible to rehabilitate and re-socialize them so they can become a part of a family, unless there is intervention at a young age. Like wild animals, they should not be handled without following instructions from feral cat groups or shelters. Learn how to help a feral cat.
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What about feral kittens?
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These cats usually congregate near restaurants, shopping centers, parks, dumps, or in rural areas and often live in loose groups called colonies, but you'd be surprised where they will call home. Since they usually go out of their way to avoid human contact no one knows the exact feral cat population of the United States, but it is estimated that there are millions. It is estimated that thousands live in the greater Puget Sound region.
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While some feral cats seem to fair well without human intervention, many of them may have short, painful lives and often die from disease, malnutrition, exposure, car accidents, or predation. People who regularly help feral cats are usually referred to as caregivers or humane trappers.
- Caretakers typically provide the essentials for the cats in the form of clean and regular food and water. Some caregivers will create appropriate shelters for the cats depending on the environment and location.
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At a meeting Wednesday of the Transportation Advisory Committee of the Fayetteville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, members learned how the state's new Strategic Transportation Initiative restructures funding for capital projects. The new system, which is intended to deal with a projected funding gap in coming decades, takes effect for projects funded after July 1, 2015.
The program signed into law in June creates three project tiers: those with statewide impact funded solely on data, and those with regional and division impact, which are both prioritized based 70 percent on data and 30 percent on local input.
Ed Grannis, the local representative to the state Board of Transportation, said the data all come down to congestion, which skews priority to urban areas.
He said the system will have some benefit for Fayetteville, but the local metro area will have to compete with Raleigh's metro area for regional funds.
Grannis said three or four counties in Division 6, which contains Fayetteville, are in many ways rural.
�It's really hard for me to see how those folks are going to benefit and get projects in this,� Grannis said. �Places like Bladenboro and Whiteville, I think they're going to have a very difficult time competing.�
Jean Powell, a Hoke County commissioner and chairwoman of the Transportation Advisory Committee, said money will have to be allocated for rural areas at some point.
�You can't just not do anything,� she said. �It will all fall in; we'll be back on a horse and buggy before too long.�
Frances Bisby, coordinator for FAMPO for the state Department of Transportation, said there are ways to increase the chances of getting a rural project funded.
Bisby said factors such as savings in travel time, freight traffic and connection to transportation terminals are key in prioritizing projects. She said the presence of the military and other destinations can work in the favor of rural routes that carry traffic to and from those areas.
In other business, the committee:
Approved the 2040 population and economic plan, which projects population growth and transportation needs based on the 2010 Census. Growing areas in neighboring counties were added to the Fayetteville metropolitan area. These include part of Hoke County, including Raeford; part of western Harnett County north of Spring Lake; and a small piece of Robeson County, including the town of Parkton.
Approved the Fayetteville Regional Airport's five-year capital plan.
Approved the Human Services Transportation Plan, which identifies transportation needs of individuals with disabilities, senior citizens and low-income residents.
Endorsed the town of Eastover's state Department of Transportation grant application for bicycle and pedestrian planning.
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209 You know what? UIS really isn't "way out there" in Springfield
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The execution of 26/11 terror attack convict Ajmal Kasab will not affect the ongoing trial of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh in Pakistan, his advocate Awais Sheikh has said.
"Sarabjit and Kasab's cases are different. Kasab's case was related to terrorism in which many were killed. Whereas Sarabjit's case is one of mistaken identity," Sheikh told PTI.
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"Sarabjit's case if one of mistaken identity. The most important point in this case is that he has spent 22 years in prison. I hope the President will consider Sarabjit's mercy petition and he will be released soon."
After the execution of Ajmal Kasab, Pakistani cricketer- turned-politician Imran Khan's party Tehreek-e-Insaf had demanded for Sarabjit's execution. However, the Pakistan government had said that Sarabjit's case will not be viewed in terms of Kasab's execution.
Sarabjit's sister Dalbir Kaur said, "I want to thank Pakistani officials on behalf of my countrymen...Awais Sheikh met Sarabjit on November 11. I have full faith that Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari will hear my plea and definitely release Sarabjit."
Sarabjit is on death row for the last 20 years following his conviction for alleged involvement in a series of bombings in Pakistan in 1990.


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Back at Yale after attending my first United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Warsaw, I had a week to reflect on the final deliberations. I ended up at the Convention while taking a project-based course called "International Organizations and Conferences" that paired me up with the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre to help with their annual "Development and Climate Days" side event. The D&C Days as they are called, were held during the weekend of November 16 and 17 between the two weeks of the 19th UN Conference of Parties (COP).
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
bento lunch, all lunch on deck
My big boy's snack/lunch yesterday:
In the top section Ethan had orange slices, strawberries, raspberries, and a lone blackberry (he's not a big fan of them) with one cute little heart-shaped piece of pomegranate fruit leather. The smaller dishes on the end had cucumber slices and baby carrots, SunChips and bear shaped cheddar cheese.
This is packed in one of those neat robot/monster boxes, just like the one you can win by participating in the bento goodie giveaway #2, going on now! :)
I saw some comments on the giveaway post asking where the stuff came from, here's the rundown:
* Robot bento box: bought at Borders. It's made by a stationary company called Paperchase. You might be able to still find this box at a Borders near you...maybe. Their stocking procedures are sketchy at best and Borders just sold Paperchase, so who knows what will happen with the relationship in the future.
* Lightening McQueen bento box: bought at The Disney Store. I bought this one (and several just like it) a couple years ago. All of the Disney Stores in my neck of the woods closed shop over a year ago, so I don't know if these are still being sold there or not.
* Polka dot box, animal picks, animal silicone , fork set and sauce cups were also purchased at bento stores in California, by a friend of mine who lives in the bay area.
* multicolored cocktail forks were found at Dollar Tree.
Please keep voting for Alex! You guys, the Kallas family moved into 2nd place last night!!!! I logged in late to cast a vote from my husbands computer and saw that #2 and #3 were both tied at 8439 votes. I cast vote #8440 and when I saw the page reload with Andrea in second place I was whooping and hollering! THANK YOU for voting! Thank you, thank you!! :)
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10 comments:
Beautiful bento! Everything is so neatly arranged and the heart and bears are a sweet touch! :)
- July 15, 2010 at 12:52 PM
- Stef plus 3 said... [Reply to comment]
They sell these fun things at Borders???? Just when I thought it wasn't possible to spend any more money there than I already do, lol.
Off to vote!!
- July 15, 2010 at 3:33 PM
- arkonite_babe said... [Reply to comment]
Bah! I can't even get paperchase in the back waters that are Northern Ireland never mind borders!!!!!
- July 15, 2010 at 4:37 PM
- sailormarsmomma said... [Reply to comment]
Just voted again. :)
- July 16, 2010 at 12:47 AM
- Jenny said... [Reply to comment]
Hi Melissa! Thanks for stopping by. I love your bento. So colourful and makes me drool over the pictures! And I agree with Susan. Very neat!
- July 16, 2010 at 1:57 AM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
Just FYI, if you go to Borders looking for this, don't call it a "bento box", they won't know what you are talking about. They just call it a lunchbox. ;-) But it would be with all their Paperchase items, in the "gift" section with journals and stuff like that. :)
- July 16, 2010 at 9:31 AM
- Mommyof2girlz said... [Reply to comment]
Looks delish and I love how you alternated the cucumber slices! It's the little smart details like that that makes a awesome bento even better!
- July 16, 2010 at 9:54 AM
- Nikki said... [Reply to comment]
These lunches are so fun! I really should work on making my kid's lunch more like this. Thanks for stopping by my blog today.
- July 16, 2010 at 11:28 AM
What a great- and fun-to-eat-looking lunch! I saw you featured on Finest Foodie Fridays, so thought I'd check out the blog--great work!
- July 16, 2010 at 5:34 PM
- S.I.F. said... [Reply to comment]
You are seriously so cute! And your lunches make me hungry!!
- July 17, 2010 at 2:18 AM


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"This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Harvey.' This great personal name had not become so rare in the 12th and 13th centuries that it could escape surnominal honours. On the contrary, it is still found as a fairly familiar personal name up to the beginning of the 14th century. " [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 listed early spellings of the name as both a personal name and a surname: Harvey Dunnyng and Warin Hervi in Cambridgeshire; Robert filius Hervei in Lincolnshire; and Herveus le Gos, in Lincolnshire.
"As a family designation it appears in England in the XII. cent. Osbert de Hervey is styled, in the register of St. Edmundsbury, the son of Hervey. From him according to the Peerage sprang the Herveys, ennobled in England and Ireland, and also (in all probability, from the resemblance of their arms) the De Hervi's and Hervies of Aberdeenshire and other parts of Scotland." [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lowe, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Distribution of the surname throughout Britain is most interesting. "Well distributed over England south of a line drawn from Hull to Chester. North of that line its frequency abruptly ceases. It is best represented in Essex, Hants, and Kent, and then in Corwall, Devon, Staffordshire, Notts, Norfolk, and Suffolk. Its preference for the coast counties, especially those in the south - east of England from Kent to Norfolk, is to be remarked." [3]CITATION[CLOSE]
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
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