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(1) Pre-poo with Dabur Vatika Coconut Oil for 2-3 hours
(2) Shampoo with Organix Nourishing Coconut Milk Shampoo
(3) Deep conditioned with ORS Replenishing Pak for 3+ hours
(4) Applied leaves ins (Chi Keratin Mist, Cantu Shea Butter Grow Strong Strengthening Treatment, Cant Shea Butter Leave-in Conditioning Repair Cream [old formula]) and air dried my hair.
(5) Applied oil mix (Grapeseed Oil, JBCO, Olive Oil, Tea Tree Oil) to scalp and massaged in.
(6) Sealed length of hair with Grapeseed Oil and air dried my hair.
My usual wash days are Sundays, but my scalp has been incredibly itchy and feeling weird, so I felt a wash was necessary. It's been getting really hot around here, so I decided to give my hair a nice moisture boost with a pre-poo.
I 'm loving my new shampoo, and will be doing a review soon, so keep an eye out for it.
I mix my deep conditioner with various oils and things, depending on what I have laying around. This time I used grapeseed oil, JBCO, olive oil, tea tree oil, Roux Porosity Control, and I used up the last of my carrot oil. It made my hair feel extremely soft and moisturized, and I kept running my hands trough my hair like crazy.
My deep conditioning actually lasted a lot longer than I originally planned. I fell asleep after an hour, and totally forgot about it. Oh well. It's hot enough here that I don't feel bad about not using heat while I deep condition. The natural heat was hot enough that I was sweating from doing nothing inside. I was happy for my hair, but hated it in general. The heat makes me sleepy and lazy, hence the long nap.
My hair has been drying so much better now that I've had a trim. I think I cut off most of my over processed hair from last year, so now it dries evenly and my cuticle lays down much smoother. I love it, and it's making air drying a much more enjoyable experience.
I just purchased the grapeseed oil last week and as you can see, I've been trying it out all over the place. I wanted to pick up avocado oil, but it was $10 more for the same size as the grapeseed oil. I grabbed the cheaper one instead. I'll do a post talking about the benefits of this oil, too, and the ways I enjoy using it for my hair.


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iPhone Photo from 10,000 feet - Mauna Kea on Hawaii
The iPhone 4 has an incredible camera in it. I dismissed it for the longest time as a toy until we went on a 30 day road trip last spring and then it became a working participant in my small arsenal of cameras. Recently, Peter and I flew nearly the entire breadth of the United States, from New York City to Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii, stopping in Seattle each way. These are long flights and what do you do on airplanes these days, when everything on board is mediocre and expensive? Answer: Look out the window. Just look at what I saw Flying High Above the Clouds.
iPhone photos & slide show ©2011 Claudia Ward
Music: "Le Matelot Club" from the soundtrack of Victor/Victoria
The apps I used to take these images included the Camera app that came with the iPhone 4, Camera+, and HDR Pro, however, few of the images taken with the latter app survived because it still detected and showed movement. I'm thrilled with the quality of the images from the other two apps which were only straightened and sharpened in Adobe Photoshop Elements later. You'll see that I've included some images in the slide show that I might not show standing on their own because of the graininess, but they help advance the story of a setting or rising sun, so they're here. There are points at dusk and dawn when the light is not sufficient enough to overcome the graininess ... but, usually in those circumstances I'd have my DSLR on a tripod, just not this time at 34,000 feet in a 767.
Remember, to see the best quality slide show, click on the HD and then the words highlighted in blue "watch this video in High Definition". You'll be taken to Vimeo, where this slide show resides, click on the play arrow, and enjoy. Thanks.

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We are also proposing to rescind the requirement of a vehicle special order for type-approved hydrogen and gas powered vehicles.
The new Directive allows the weight increases for certain vehicles using certain alternative fuel technologies when used for international journeys.
We propose allowing operators to benefit from these weight increases for domestic journeys as well as international journeys.


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I wanted to thank you being a voice of reason in our current world where, unfortunately, it becomes more popular to align against our Rabbaim than to actually consider the consequences.
A little about me: I am a Talmud of Rabbi Tropper, having learned in his Yeshiva for over 5 years. The Rosh Yeshiva IS a very affectionate person who is very passionate about Torah values, Ahavas Yisroel and Kiruv. The tests on a Kiruv professional's emunah and character are obvious. It is very, very easy to upkeep high standards living in a large Jewish community. Remove that community to be in a position of constant bombardment from secular values and viewpoints, and anyone can be vulnerable. I've heard Rabbaim, working far from such communities in Kiruv, bewail about how they've had children who became Korbanos because of it …
However, I have to say that all the collective interactions and experiences I've ever had with the Rosh Yeshiva tell me he is absolutely 1000% innocent of all these allegations. He has always maintained his emunah and character. What's more is that he is a Talmud Chacham, and an uncompromising subscriber to Daas Torah.
I noticed some responses to your blog concluded that, since he stepped down from EJF, he must be guilty. This flaw is noted in the Chofetz Chaim's Hilchos Loshon Harah in the case of one being defamed in public and remains silent. The din, of course, is that the victim's silence gives absolutely no basis to conclude that he/she is guilty. Rabbi Tropper simply does not want to make matters worse for himself and his family, and apparently, he has made some very powerful enemies.
As for the alleged audio footage: audio technology nowadays can be edited right up to each millisecond.
It is my hope that those who wish to harm him see their efforts for what they are and do Tseuvah, and that Rabbi Tropper's name be vindicated.
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This is a very short post just to let everyone know about another blog I just found http://kimononow.blogspot.jp/
Directly from the blog: "Kimono Now is a book that will look at contemporary kimono culture, from the traditional to the modern. This gorgeous coffee table tome will look at exquisite traditional textiles made by hand, festivals, makers, designers, enthusiasts through to clothing companies who incorporate elements of kimonos in their work. The book will cover Kyoto, Niigata, Kyushu, and Tokyo, and go behind the scenes in the ateliers of these masterpiece makers. Will be available Spring 2015."
I'm so excited for this book and the blog has seriously whet my whistle for it. I can't wait until it's listed on Amazon!


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HC asks minority schools to conduct refresher courses for teachers
The Madras High Court Bench here has reiterated its suggestion togovernment aided as well as unaided minority schools to take intoconsideration the interest and welfare of students studying in thoseinstitutions and conduct refresher courses as well as interactive sessionsfor their teachers during annual vacations, since the court had in Augustheld that it was not mandatory for them to clear the Teachers EligibilityTest (TET).
Dismissing a batch of writ appeals preferred by the Director of SchoolEducation (DSE) in 2014, Justices M. Sathyanarayanan and J. Nisha Banupointed out that another Division Bench in the Principal Seatof the HighCourt in Chennai had held that teachers of minority institutions need notclear the TET, since the Supreme Court on May 6, 2014 ordered that theRight of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act would not beapplicable to those institutions.
The Division Bench of Justices Huluvadi G. Ramesh and M.V. Muralidaran hadalso said: "However, keeping in mind the larger interest in which theGovernment has issued G.O.s (in 2011 making TET compulsory for teachers ofall schools), this court feels that the minority institutions may considerconducting refresher courses and also some interactive sessions to all theteachers during annual vacation in order to ensure and improve the qualityof teachers."Since the Division Bench itself had made such a suggestion,the Bench ledby Mr. Justice Sathyanarayanan said that such refresher courses could beconducted for teachers either during annual vacation or other holidays inthe interest of the students pursuing education in the schools.
It pointedout that the DSE had preferred the appeals two years beforechallenginginterim orders passed by a single judge of the High Court in favour ofteachers appointed in Baren Bruck Higher Secondary School, St. John'sHigher Secondary School, Walker Higher Secondary School, Schaffter Higher Secondary School, C.C.M. Higher Secondary School and Mary Sargent HigherSecondary School in Tirunelveli district.After the filing of the present appeals, much water had flown with theSupreme Court insulating minority institutions from the purview of the RTEAct and a Division Bench of the High Court in August this yearcategorically holding that teachers of those institutions need not clearthe TET.Hence, the appeals pending since 2014 were dismissed in view of thedecision rendered on the issue by the other Division Bench.


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"We huddled," Hayes said. "We were supposed to set a double screen, and Kelly said if they play it wrong, she's going long. I was looking for that first. She went. I threw a perfect pass. She caught it like a running back and she finished."
"It was awesome," Stefanie Dolson said.
This is the Huskies' 13th Final Four. Yes, it has become our annual rite of spring in Connecticut. Yet it also is the first time they go without a stone-cold, matured superstar. No UConn name is among the Wade finalists. Oh, nobody can deny the talent of Bria Hartley or the rising shooting star of Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, but this year isn't like four Final Fours in a row with Maya Moore. This isn't like four Final Fours in a row with Diana Taurasi.
"It's even sweeter," Hayes said. "This is a team effort. There wasn't one or two people getting us there. We all had our foot in. Everybody had their way of helping us get there."
After five players scored in double figures against Penn State in the Sweet 16 and five again scored in double figures against Kentucky, nobody will say they are not a supremely balanced team. After the eye-opening loss to St. John's on Senior Night and after the Huskies were skunked by double figures by Notre Dame at the XL Center, the most important question was who they could look to in the biggest moments.
The answer to that most important question was that they would look within themselves and to themselves.
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Evidence for God from Science
God And Science.org
Is God real or just an outdated concept? Do we need God or can we get along fine without Him? These were some of my questions about God before I came to faith. This site provides answers to questions about God, evidence for God's existence, His care and love for mankind, and His provision for joyful living both now and into eternity through His Son, Jesus Christ. New to this site? Start Here or choose a department left.
Go to Evidence for God from Science.
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Home interior styles tend to follow patterns and trends that can become a bit predictable after a while. Minimalist, green-friendly homes are an obvious one doing the rounds at the moment. But every now and then, we come across a home that manages to pull off a certain look in a slightly different way. We believe that today's project just might be one of them.
The dwelling is a two-level townhouse with lots of pale wood, glass features and a minimalist aesthetic. But when it all comes together, the effect is quite unique. The architects, Pablo Munoz Paya, have provided us with lots of photos. So let's go on an extended visual tour!
The dwelling is a two-level terrace house with a modern, minimalist exterior. The windows have been set a little deeper than normal and this adds a shade of privacy. The main challenge with terrace homes is that they share walls with the homes on either side so all the natural light needs to come from the front or back of the home. The windows are quite generously proportioned, but let's have a look inside…
The interior is surprisingly bright and even resplendent. The unusual white floor and white finishes bounce around any light entering the living room. But there is also a fabulously diffuse ceiling light. Note how it runs along the edge of the panel to accentuate the clean lines of the design.
From this angle, we get a glimpse of how the living room has been divided from the kitchen with a transparent glass wall. The black sofa provides a dramatic contrast, but otherwise, the living room feels extremely airy and modern. We love the recessed shelf running along the back of the sofa.
This kind of combination of pale wood and lots of white is very popular at the moment. But what makes this living room different are the angular lines and total precision of the cabinetry. It is also more common to have a white ceiling and wooden floor. Here things have been upturned for a slightly different look.
The small home study has a stunning dividing wall. The fine glass bottom half provides a strong contrast in scale, visual weight and proportion to the chunky upper half. Again, it seems that things have been turned upside down. Here it helps raise the eye to the upper half of the room and accentuates that elevating aesthetic.
The textures and colours of the materials used in the floor, walls and ceiling play a big part in the pristine aesthetic of the kitchen. There a few visual markers to define the edges of things and this creates a sort of illusory effect in which everything weightless. The white dining table and white kitchen cupboards continue the effect.
The white minimalist kitchen is windowless. But it does have a large roof light or skylight, together with a strong, diffuse light that runs along the top of the kitchen cupboards. The handleless white kitchen cupboards have a very precise look and there is barely a broken light of sight here.
The white bedroom has similar storage cupboards. This isn't a particularly large bedroom, but it does have a fresh, open feel due to the light and minimalist bedroom decor. We definitely feel that the pop out dresser has to be our favourite feature. It's like a little washroom.
For more modern minimalist architecture, have a look at A small but stylish monochrome house in the city.


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Zacks Rank #1 is based on expected positive price action after positive estimate revisions. Look at the attached "und" file how I select the best 12 out of that pack, making sure I don't get penny stocks or micro caps, and I have enough trading liquidity for my money management. Hedging is the art of pairing risks of the same kind. So I pair my best ZR1 bets with the worst shorted ZR5 bets (look for second "und" file attached). RW doesn't allow you to combo a long trade with a short one, so you have to export both strategies to Excel and add the gains/losses of the corresponding periods of both strategies. Over 12.5 years, your maximum drawdown is 11%, annual compounded growth rate is 30%/year, average weekly gains are just over half a percent, and YTD you got 17%. The first chart shows the performance of the added gains/losses, the second one takes the average of the two and makes the hedging equally weighted (Hedging ratio=1).
Kevin, how difficult is it to make hedging available through combo's in RW?


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The texture of the mountains is taken from a polymer clay plate. I am reminded of the cliff dwellers home.
I am making the material from scratch using layers of acrylic medium, a texture layer, and a layer of metal leaf. The process takes 10 layers, and one month including curing the acrylic. The material can be rolled, folded, and cut with sizzors.


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Sports News of Saturday, 8 July 2017
Source: Ghana Soccernet
German-born Ghanaian youth forward Anton Donkor has expressed his delight with his return to English Premier League side Everton.
The 19-year-old striker rejoined the Toffees on a season-long loan from German outfit VfL Wolfsburg after his first spell with the club was shortened by injury.
Speaking after finalising the deal, Donkor said, "I'm very happy to be back," Donkor told the club's official website.
"I'm looking forward to pre-season to show my teammates and the fans that it was the right decision for the Club to re-sign me. I'm very proud to be here and I want to show my best performances.
"I started very well here last season but the ankle injury was a big disappointment. I was out for about eight weeks and I had to go back to Germany and do all my treatment. But I got fit again quickly and now I'm feeling better than before. I'm feeling at 100 per cent."
"Training so far has been very good - and tough! " he added.
"After six weeks I hadn't played football, but I was very happy to be back out on the pitch. David Unsworth is a great guy and I enjoy training with him. He has a good style of coaching.
"I love it here and English football is perfect for me. I'm very happy to be back."
He played just four games for David Unsworth's youth team during an injury-ravaged season last term.
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(CNN) – The presumptive GOP nominee's wife, Ann Romney, will stump for her husband in the battleground state of Michigan on Friday.
Romney will attend a Victory Center opening in Royal Oak while her husband campaigns in New Hampshire prior to his trip overseas to Israel and London for the Olympics Games next week.
Polling indicates a tight race in the Great Lakes State between President Obama and Mitt Romney.
The former Massachusetts governor's wife has been increasingly visible on the trail campaigning with her husband as August's Republican National Convention draws near.
She should be in London watching her horse do the ballet! Not only do many Americans find it hard to pay for the food for their children but they would love to have a little extra to send their little children to dance class. The Romneys have never worried about paying their bills and have plenty of money to send a horse to dance class! Oh yeah, they are not out of touch with most Americans.
Ann "You People" Romney.
I hope she does not encounter 'you people,' because it would be devastating if some of that middle class aura were to rub off on a plutocrat.
Dishonesty comes to MI.
you will need more than queen ann mr. stiff
Ooops, thought the headline was about a horse race. Sorry, I don't belong here.
"let Detroit go bankrupt".
Tea Party has confirmed from the book of Mormon that Mormon is better than Black.
Ann R-Money-the modern day Leona Helmsley. I hope your dancing pony and lying husband loses big time! You people—how insulting, Ann!
Your're no Jackie Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt or Michelle Obama and I'll show you whose time it is in November. Hint: the last name won't be Romney.
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I wonder if she brought their TAX papers with her. If she's going to continue to be on the trail giving speeches, she's also subject to the same as her husband on the TAX issue. Fair Game uh ? These people are discusting to say the least.Neighter her or her husband could care less about the average american person. They will never see the W/H for any reason in their lifetime. He needs to go back to Wallstreet and be the Ceo for another rip off company and she needs to go to her Newly re-built home in Laguna Calif and play the Hard-Working Mom and Grand-ma. Don't forget the MAIDS, GARDNERS, ECT, Mabe 1 of their sons can run for President someday on another PLANET!
And the topioc of QUeen Ann's speech?
"Cake. Why I'd let you eat it and why you should thank me for that."
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"And the topioc of QUeen Ann's speech?
"Cake. Why I'd let YOU PEOPLE eat it and why YOU PEOPLE should thank me for that."
And she will be saying "You people" do not need to see any more of our tax returns. You little people should just be grateful that we are running to be king and queen.
isn it nice to have a presidential candates wife who understand personal trials and is willing to sacrifice her husband to make this world safer and better ... The Romneys dont this this job, they just feel they can do it. Unlike Obama's wife whose PhD thesis was filled with racial slurs and advocated things what would make the black panthers blush
Could anyone show me a copy of George Washington's tax returns ... how about John Adams ... or Thomas Jefferson ...
If the founding fathers didnt think it was important ... why do we?
O ... Ask me ... I just relaized the answer to my own question ... It is because only by trying to put Romney down, and not running on his own accomplishments that Obama can get re-elected ... So the many need to be trashed so that the one can get elected. Please everyone ... vote for hope and change ... vote Romney 2012
How much a of a tax deduction did the RoMoneys get for their dancing horse?
Queen Ann shrieks in horror, "Oh my god Mitt, there are those people?!", as they drive by a crowded side walk in downtown.
isn it nice to have a presidential candates wife who understand personal trials and is willing to sacrifice her husband
You got the "sacrifice" part right. Willard, Ann and their non-military sons were all sacrified at birth. To the devil. You too, can join them in their quest as I'm sure they would love to have you.
"She should be in London watching her horse do the ballet! Not only do many Americans find it hard to pay for the food for their children but they would love to have a little extra to send their little children to dance class. "
Yes, but the Mittens family gets a tax deduction about twice the size of the average middle class salary for having a dancing horse. Clearly, this helps society greatly.
In the words of Rick Santorum, "What a snob!" She has no idea of how to be kind to the middle class! Go home to your cadillacs and car elevator!
Queen Ann,
All the best to you and your 70,000 dollar deductible dancing horse , also say hello to your five sons who avoided voluntary military service at the same time supporting the Iraqi war .
And your right ,
Mitt has a great sense of hummer , like bulling a weaker student in prep school.
No Thanks , go live your rich and famous lifestyle , just stay out of politics .
I don't care about the polls, there is no way, no how this race is close in Michigan! If money can buy the elections, why can't it by the people conducting the polls?


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Legend has it that Ramon "Monchito" Marrero Perez mixed Don Q Gold Rum, pineapple, and cream of coconut at the San Juan Caribe Hilton Beachcomber in 1954. The Original Don Q Pina Colada was an immediate hit and spread offshore with the help of Hunter S. Thompson's well-chronicled Puerto Rican drinking adventures in the "Rum Diaries," starring Johnny Depp.
"Rum Diaries" wasn't the only film this year featuring Puerto Rico's liquid gold product. Mark Walhberg and his larger than life animated bear friend "Ted" got into Don Q's acclaimed Gold, Anejo and Gran Anejo Rums. "Ted" is an irreverently hilarious summer Blockbuster that takes partying to a whole new level especially, when John and Ted meet up with superhero, Flash Gordon.
If you're more of a low-key cocktails at home type, Don Q concocted three special Pina Colada recipes below:
Don Q "Hunter's Pina Colada"
1 1/2 oz. Don Q Gold Rum
1 oz. coconut cream
2 oz. unsweetened pineapple juice
Add ice, mix in blender and garnish with a slice of pineapple and a cherry.
Don Q "on Ted rocks"
2 oz. Don Q Coco Rum
1 oz. Pineapple juice
1/2 oz Coconut milk
Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain into a highball glass with ice. Garnish with pineapple wedge and dry coconut flakes.
Don Q "Flash Gordon" Pina Colada (skinny version)
1 1/2 oz. Don Q Gold Rum
1 oz. Unsweetened pineapple juice
1/2 oz. Cream of coconut
Mix all ingredients with ice in a blender at high speed. Serve in a stemmed tall glass. Garnish with pineapple slice and cherry. Approximately 177 calories.


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This I would say as Aliens Museum is located at the MITC. It is located just opposite the Wisma MITC. Our trip to this place was unplanned. It was Suk Yen who saw a poster on it at Mahkota Parade. Then, we tried search for this place. Fortunately, we found it or if not, it will be a great lost of not coming to this place.
The grand entrance at MITC.Do you notice I was wearing a sunglass? The entrance.
Look at the square plane at the entrance. It is an animated screen which you will step on it to enter to the museum.
The admission fare is only RM 4. Well, don't get it wrong. We were not children. Those with student cards will get discount from the normal price of RM 8 for adults. There is additional charges for camera.Our first stop was this dead corpse. Alien cells viewed under microscope. The circular thing was the ocular lens. Information board That was the gigantic owl. A nice place to seek info. Here, one can see, touch and play with the interactive devices. The planets in our Solar system at the top.
I took over Suk Yen camera as she do not want to take photo. So, let me do the job~~yeappie!
This was one of interactive devices. One need to answer 4 questions. For each correct answers, the light will be turned on.Just like what this lady did~ The questions and the choice of answers. Just press the button and the light will tell you correct or wrong. A good place for kids to cultivate their interest in science. Suk Yen was the pro in this machine. Huge devices There were many smam screens on top. This was the last station. One can type messages which then sent over and displayed on the big screen. The kids seemed enjoying very much. They were wondering how it worked? It was actually the face of 4 of us. However, this pic was 'alienated'. Outside the entrance Both of us were supporting the tower to prevent it from falling. While we used force, Vun only needed to use his finger tip to ensure the tower stood still. Yea.. The aliens have landed in Melaka particularly MITC and this alien is waving to us to say 'Goodbye!'. As usual, jumping up high in the air.
Opening hours: 11 am to 9 pm, Monday to Friday * This was the final stop of our trip. We went for a lunch at McD before starting our journey back to KL.


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Meet the Minds Behind Rewind
Dr. Ian J. Reynolds
Chief Executive Officer
Ian is a leading neuro-pharmacologist with a distinguished 20-year career spanning academia, start-up enterprises in neuroscience drug discovery, and pharmaceutical companies where he led large drug discovery and development teams and global licensing and collaboration initiatives. Ian worked on the discovery and development of novel therapeutics for Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, multiple sclerosis and age-related macular degeneration.
Prior to joining Rewind Therapeutics, Ian was Vice President and Head of Discovery Research at Teva Pharmaceuticals in Pennsylvania, USA, where he led the delivery of new small molecule drugs for the firm's speciality medicine pipeline. Previous roles include Senior Director of Discovery Biology at Knopp Biosciences LLC in Pittsburgh, and Senior Director at Merck Research Laboratories (West Chester, PA). Between 1988 and 2005, Ian was at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where he led teaching and research programs, edited leading journals, and established an internationally recognized research program in neurodegenerative disease. From 2000 and 2005, he was Tenured Professor and Vice Chair of the university's Department of Pharmacology.
Ian gained his PhD from the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences.
Board of Directors
Jim Van heusden
Executive Chairman, Managing Director bioskills bvba
Jim Van heusden has served as member and executive chair of our board of directors since March 2018. Jim has more than 25 years' experience in research and development and financial, business and operating management in the biotech industry. He is the managing director of bioskills bvba. Previously, Jim served as chief executive officer of Karolinska Development, a publicly listed Nordic life science investment fund, where he executed a strategic turnaround and repositioned the company to become a leading Nordic life science investment company. Jim worked as a partner at Gimv, a Belgian based investment company, from 2001 – 2013 focusing on investments in life sciences.
Former investments and BoD representation include: Ablynx (acquired by Sanofi), ActoGeniX (acquired by Intrexon), Ambit Biosciences (acquired by Daiichi Sankyo), ChemoCentryx, CropDesign (acquired by BASF), Fovea Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Sanofi-Aventis), Hypnion (acquired by Eli Lilly), Movetis (acquired by Shire), Memory Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Hoffmann-La Roche), Multiplicom (acquired by Agilent Technologies), Nereus Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Triphase), Plexxikon (acquired by Daiichi Sankyo), Pronota (acquired by MyCartis), Prosensa (acquired by BioMarin), Santhera Pharmaceuticals, and Xanthus Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Antisoma).
Jim holds BSc and MSc degrees in chemistry and biochemistry from the University of Antwerp and a PhD in molecular and cellular biology from the University of Maastricht.
Stefaan Allemeersch
Executive Director Business Development at the Centre for Drug Design and Discovery (CD3)
Stefaan Allemeersch has been at the Centre for Drug Design and Discovery (CD3) since 2011. He has more than 20 years of broad experience in business development, corporate finance and marketing within the life sciences industry. Before joining CD3, he was a Director Healthcare, Corporate Finance & Capital Markets and Corporate Banking at Fortis/BNP Paribas. Prior to that, he held several positions at GlaxoSmithKline Biologics in Strategic Marketing, Tender Business and Business Development. He also served as Vice President Business Development at Kiadis Pharma. He holds an M.Sc. in bioengineering from KU Leuven (Belgium) and a Masters of Management from Vlekho Brussels.
David Devigne
Senior Investment Manager Life Sciences, PMV
David Devigne PhD, PharmD, combines a scientific and corporate finance background. David currently works as a Senior Investment Manager Life Sciences at PMV, and as a guest professor at Vlerick Business School & Ghent University. David is the author of high impact publications and serves as board member in several life sciences companies in addition to Rewind Therapeutics, including: ViroVet, Aphea.Bio, Oxypoint, & PharmaFluidics. His doctoral research focused on the relationship between international venture capital investors and their portfolio companies, a topic he continues to investigate. Prior to PMV he worked as a researcher at the Department of Corporate Finance at Vlerick Business School and Ghent University. Next to his doctoral research and teaching activities in corporate finance & financial analysis, he consulted on various projects for the Belgian ministry of economics, the European Commission and various small & large companies. David holds a PhD in Applied Economics (Vlerick Business School & Ghent University), a master degree in Economics and Business Administration (Ghent University), and a master degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Ghent University).
Cheryl Zimberlin
Principal, M Ventures
Cheryl Zimberlin, PhD, is part of M Ventures, the corporate Venture Capital arm of Merck KgAA. M Ventures takes an active role in company creation and investment, with the mandate to invest in innovative technologies and products with the potential to significantly impact Merck's core businesses. Prior to joining the team she had a successful academic career at top-tier Universities, with a good track record publishing in top-tier academic journals, including Nature. She holds a PhD in Oncology and MSc in Biotechnology. Currently she holds board positions in several M Ventures portfolio companies.
Marcus Kostka
Partner, Boehringer Ingelheim Corporate Venture Fund
Marcus joined the Boehringer Ingelheim corporate Venture Fund in 2014. Over the last years, he has been involved in several investments of the fund. He served as board member of Rigontec GmbH in Bonn and Munich, which was sold to MSD in July 2018. In addition to Rewind Therapeutics he currently is on the Boards of Aelin Therapeutics in Leuven (Belgium) and eTheRNA Therapeutics in Niel (Belgium).
In 2006 Marcus joined the department R&D Project management where he was responsible for leading project teams from preclinical development until clinical phase II studies in the area of oncology, urology, metabolism and CNS diseases. Several peer reviewed publications together with academic partners emphasize his strong scientific background. During a three-year period he and his team brought several projects from a preclinical development state until end of clinical phase I. From 2009 to 2011 he moved back to Ingelheim and joined the newly founded collaborative research department where he was responsible for international strategic research collaborations of Boehringer Ingelheim with external partners. In 2011 he moved in the department of Research Networking where he was responsible for external resourcing and external innovation in the area of cardiometabolic, CNS and respiratory research.
Marcus studied Biology with focus on Genetics and Biochemistry in Münster and Mainz. He joined Boehringer Ingelheim in 1996 in the area of neurodegenerative diseases research.
Stefan Lohmer
Co-Founder, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Axxam SpA
Stefan Lohmer; PhD, is the President, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Axxam. Since its inception in 2001, he has positioned Axxam as an innovator for the identification of bioactive small molecules applying high throughput screening for membrane proteins like GPCRs, Transporters and Ion Channels.
Dr. Lohmer brings more than 25 years of experience in the field of small molecule drug discovery. Prior to founding Axxam, he held various positions with increasing seniority at Bayer Pharmaceuticals, culminating in the World Wide Head of Genomics.
Dr. Lohmer holds a PhD in Molecular Biology and Genetics from the Albertus Magnus University Koeln, Germany. He is an inventor on 18 patents and has authored 20 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Lohmer has also an observer seat at the Board in Acousia Therapeutics, a company dedicated for generating treatment opportunities in Hearing Loss.
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Catherine Lubetzki
Chair of Advisory Board, Professor of Neurology at Sorbonne University, Head, Department of Neurology and Coordinator of the MS center in Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
Catherine Lubetzki leads a research group in the Brain and Spinal cord Institute (ICM) within the Salpetriere campus, together with Prof Bruno Stankoff. The aim of this translational research team is to develop strategies to prevent neurodegeneration and reduce disability progression in Multiple Sclerosis patients, by combining basic sciences of neuroglial cells, identification of pro-myelinating candidates and imaging of myelin loss and repair.
She is or has been involved in several committees and funding boards: member of ECTRIMS (European congress on multiple sclerosis) executive committee, past-president of the scientific committee of ARSEP (French multiple sclerosis association for research), member of the International Progressive MS Alliance Scientific Steering Committee. She is elected chair for the next Gordon Research Conference in myelin. She acts as vice president of Sorbonne University Foundation.
Her clinical activity is mainly dedicated to the management of multiple sclerosis patients, the department of Neurology being the most important clinical center for multiple sclerosis in France, with a very large active file and a very active clinical research activity.
Wolfgang Brück
Professor of Neuropathology and Head of the Department of Neuropathology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany
Wolfgang Brück is a highly respected clinician-scientist whose work focuses on the structural features and immunopathology of multiple sclerosis (MS), in particular on the mechanisms of degeneration (myelin, oligodendrocytes, axons neurons) and regeneration, namely remyelination in MS lesions. He has been in his current role at the University Medical Centre Göttingen, Germany since 2002, and is also on the SABs of the Cambridge Centre for Myelin Repair, University of Cambridge, UK, the Edinburgh Centre for Translational Research, UK, and The Myelin Project. He has received various awards for his contributions to research in MS, including the Langheinrich Award for Multiple Sclerosis Research (2000), the Hans Heinrich Georg Queckenstedt Award for Multiple Sclerosis Research (2002), the HG Mertens Prize for Innovative Research in Neurology (2008), and the Kohn Memorial Lecture Prize from the British Society of Toxicological Pathology (2011).
Giancarlo Comi
Professor of Neurology, Chairman of the Department of Neurology, and Director of the Institute of Experimental Neurology at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
Giancarlo Comi brings world-renowned expertise in multiple sclerosis. In addition to his role at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, he is President of the European Charcot Foundation (ECF), a member of the Board of Administration of the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Foundation and of the Scientific Committee of Associazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla, Co-Chair of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Progressive MS Alliance, and a fellow of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN). In recent years, he has been awarded honorary memberships of the Russian Neurological Academic Society, the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS), the European Neurological Society (ENS) and the Sociedad Espanola de Neurologia.
Robin Franklin
Professor of Stem Cell Medicine, Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Director of the UK MS Society Cambridge Centre for Myelin Repair at the University of Cambridge
Robin Franklin is currently Professor of Stem Cell Medicine at the University's Clinical School, having previously been Professor of Neuroscience in the University's School of Biology. He obtained his undergraduate degrees in Physiology and Veterinary Medicine at the University of London and his PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. His main research questions are how stem cells in the adult brain respond to injury, how do they contribute to regeneration, and how are they are affected by ageing? He has published over 260 peer-reviewed papers and is internationally recognized as a leader and pioneer in the field of remyelination biology. He was the recipient of the 2017 Barancik International Prize for Research Innovation and is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Daguang Wang
Managing Director of Yonjin Capital, the North America and Europe investment arm of Yonjin Group in Shanghai, China
Daguang Wang combines expertise in neuroscience discovery with board-level leadership experience. Before moving into venture investment, he spent more than 20 years in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry with Amgen, Memory Pharmaceuticals, PsychoGenics, EMD Serono and Sanofi. Dr. Wang started his career as an R&D scientist in neuroscience, before moving to business development and external innovation with a focus on neuroscience, multiple sclerosis and rare diseases. He was global lead of business development and external innovation for neuroscience at Sanofi before joining Yonjin Capital in 2018. He serves on the boards of multiple start-up biotech companies.


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Ordinarily, filters are derived from the optimization of certain expressions with respect to the mean squared metric. We construct a family of linear and nonlinear processors (filters) for image recognition that is -norm optimum in terms of tolerance to input noise and discrimination capabilities. The norm is the generalization of the usual mean squared norm, which we obtain by replacing the exponent 2 with any positive constant p (usually These processors are developed by minimizing the norm of the filter output that is due to the input scene and the output that is due to input noise. We use the norm to measure the size of the filter output that is due to noise so that we can obtain greater freedom in adjusting the noise robustness and discrimination capabilities. We give a unified theoretical basis for developing these filters. This family of filters includes some of the existing linear and nonlinear filters, giving us a subfamilies of processors, which we denote by and The values of q control the discrimination capabilities and the robustness of the processors. The parameter σ is the standard deviation of the noise process.
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She sits forlorn,
wrinkled and wizened
on frostbitten grayish clouds
under the veil of mist,
determined to keep vigil
in December chill
warmed by distant embers
of shining galaxies.
She drinks from
that half- filled cup of coffee
left lukewarm on
the window sill,
breathing in the lingering scent
of roasted peanuts
and the luscious chocolate cake
you'd gobbled away
in gluttonous delight.
She is like honeydew,
or a tangy round slice of lemon
her breath scented in
scent of myrtle and pine needles,
she resembles to
to a shivering hungry beggar
a round golden bun,
to a crying child she appears
to be his favorite crunchy cookie.
She hums x-mas hymns
in the silence of falling snowflakes,
whispering fables from
dogeared volumes of Aesop
befriending insomniac asters
chilled by the winter frost,
her smile is reminiscent
of daffodils from bowers of March,
she scribbles her dreams
writing epistles in the fragrance
of blooming night jasmine.


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Poem "Deception" written
By Bishop Dr. FS Bhatti
Purpose of Delilah
Blinding and deceiving
Purpose of world
Greening garden and deceiving
Purpose of Jacob
Receiving but deceiving
Purpose of Jezebel
Believing but deceiving
Purpose of Robber on Cross
Believing but receiving
Purpose of Prince of peace
Seeding but bleeding
Critical Summary of Poem "Deception"
• It is famous story of Old Testament "Samson and Delilah" How she did come purposely to "Samson" to deceive and she blinded his eyes for anger of his mother and king.
• The world shows green garden first of all but inwardly deceive.
• Jacob, Brother of Esau, Isaac loved Esau but his mother loved Jacob, she prepared him to deceive his father and his brother Esau to get the blessing of his father Isaac.
• Jezebel spirit is in Revelation of St. John in New Testament, spiritual polluted women who believes but deceives like Ahab's of old testament had same belief
• Along with Jesus there was two more person on the cross, both were robbers and murderers, one of Robber accepted Jesus Christ as King by believing and receiving paradise by faith on the cross at that moment.
• Prince of peace, Lord of Lords and King of Kings is the title of Lord Jesus Christ who came according to the prophesies of prophets into this world for sinner and wrecked lives. In His holy love sow seeding righteousness in this world but he was crossed for not mixing up with world under the world' control system. He did sow seeds of righteous, liberty, love, forgiveness. But he himself is blooded on the cross without any sin and mistakes for human.
I praise God for our Bother Farhad.
Please keep our persecuted Family in the east in prayer.
Remember The Faithfulness Of God in all of the previous "Red Seas" He's parted in your life with His Great Mercy.
Glory to God for this revelation/reminder today! The people, variables, and circumstances may be different in every storm and season we go through, but God is consistent in His Sovereignty. God's Favor and Faithfulness remain the same no matter what we are dealing with. Just as He provided for us in all the other seasons of life, He will do it again.
Praise God! I know that's what I needed to hear today. The Holy Spirit is speaking. Are we listening?
God was with David as he took on the lion and the bear in The Bible. His Faithfulness was no different with Goliath. God is The same. He is steady. Your Heavenly Father is the only certainty you can count on down here under the sun.
The world is thirsty for new life and revival.
People are hurting and they need hope.
If you know Yeshua/Jesus, do not hesitate to share Him with the world! They need that Light!
There is a Kingdom of darkness on this earth under the rule of Satan, but don't think for one minute that God cannot shake everything up in the blink of an eye! God OWNS all this.
Satan may be the prince of this world but God OWNS this world and everything else!
God will FIGHT for you and plead your cause if you just LET Him.
The only way to be Truly happy and at peace in this life (and the only way to Eternal life and to escape eternal damnation) is to surrender everything to Jesus Christ. To know Him is life and peace here and in the hereafter.
Cry out now. Help is only one prayer away.
You do not have to go to a church building to get help. Fellowship of Believers is vital and important, but we must all have our OWN personal relationship with God through His Only Begotten Son, The Lord Jesus Christ.
You are not over and no matter how dark it seems, know that with God ALL things are possible! ❤


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How long does it take from Dead Sea (Jordan Side) to Jerusalem?
over 5 years ago about Jordan
I'm planning 2 weeks holiday in Jordan. But as I am close to Jerusalem, I wonder if I could visit the city and then come back to Jordan to go to the south and visit Petra, Wadi Rum, etc. Can I do it in one day (leaving Dead Sea in the morning and then coming back in the evening)? How long does it takes to me to reach Jerusalem buy bus from Jordan Dead Sea Side?
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This frozen moon lay in orbit of a blue gas giant in the Unknown Regions and was the largest moon of its planet. The moon had extensive wildlife all over its frozen oceans.
The moon was the location for a secret Imperial research facility for a cloning experiment ordered by Grand Admiral Thrawn, to produce Force-sensitive clones using Sith and Jedi DNA. The experiment went badly when the clones killed all of the scientists and stormtroopers in the facility. The surviving clones remained on the moon until 41.5 ABY when Jaden Korr was led there by a Force vision, followed by Anzat assassin Kell Douro, who was hunting Korr for his soup. Korr dueled and killed Alpha, a clone of Kam Solusar, and Khedryn Faal killed Douro, and the remaining clones and their children escaped in the assassin's ship.
Behind the scenesEdit
According to Jaden Korr's visions that first led him to the frozen moon, the escaped clones may have been cloned from Mara Jade, Lassin, or Lumiya. These figures appeared in the vision along with Kam Solusar, the source for the clone Alpha. Palpatine was also mentioned by one of the Doctors' holorecordings. They may also have been cloned from other Force users known to the Galactic Empire prior to Thrawn's death.
- Crosscurrent (First appearance)
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News Ticker
Leaked John McTernan emails reveal he was oblivious to Julia Gillard's position on abortion law
By political reporter Latika Bourke
The powerful adviser credited with crafting Julia Gillard's misogyny speech and so-called "gender wars" did not know whether Labor was opposed to a bill to restrict abortions.
The revelation is contained in thousands of internal emails, leaked to the ABC, which provide a rare insight into the workings of the former prime minister's office while it was under siege.
The day after Ms Gillard delivered her "Women for Gillard" speech which warned of Liberal men wearing blue ties wanting to make abortion their plaything, John McTernan emailed junior staff asking, "Are we opposed to the Madigan Bill on abortion?"
"Yes, wholeheartedly [opposed]," replied a colleague.
The bill, proposed by Victorian Democratic Labor Party Senator John Madigan, would have removed Medicare funding for women having abortions due to their foetus's gender.
Mr McTernan was a divisive figure within the Gillard government and is credited with driving political strategies that the Coalition described as stoking a "gender war".
The emails also expose his aggressive style in dealing with colleagues, the media and stakeholders.
His style became increasingly aggressive with the media and individual journalists and commentators as Ms Gillard's prospects withered in the polls and internally.
Women for Gillard activists 'felt insulted, abused and bullied'
When the online women's issues website Mamamia published an article criticising Ms Gillard's "blue ties" speech, he wrote to the editor, a former Labor staffer, and accused her of being "committed to tearing down the Gillard Government".
"I'm pretty sure activists in W4G felt insulted, bullied and abused by the headline [Women for Gillard: I call bullsh*t]," he wrote.
"I do not understand why you believe that an organisation with its own Board and Directors is not independent. But I'll pass your thoughts onto their President Chloe Bryce."
A separate email suggests W4G had clear connections to the Labor party, specifically the prime minister's office.
Mr McTernan also took out vendettas on individual journalists when he did not like their coverage, ordering staff to place journalists in the "deep freeze" or cut them off from all prime ministerial communications, including transcripts of Ms Gillard's speeches and media conferences.
When one journalist said the Prime Minister's office was handling the AWU "slush fund" allegations poorly, he wrote to staff requesting the exact criticism so he could "c**t the c**t".
'Someone has hacked your email account'
But the aggression wasn't preserved just for the media and critical commentators, it was also directed towards business.
When the Australian Industry Group issued a press release praising some parts of the Coalition's broadband policy, Mr McTernan replied to the AIG's administrative assistant and copied his office into the correspondence.
"I just wanted to warn you that someone has hacked your email account," he said, on behalf of the prime minister's office.
"No serious third party body could issue this release. As you know, proposing to charge virtually everyone in Australia to pay $5,000 to connect to high speed broad band would cost the country up to $43.5bn.
"I know that the AIG supports major economic reforms, and you could not support the reversal of the structural separation of Telstra.
"So, clearly someone has hacked your account. Someone who really wants to damage your reputation as a reputable independent commentator on business related issues.
"Please check your IT security settings. You may be made to say far more embarrassing things in future."
AIG, particularly under its former boss Heather Ridout enjoyed a warm relationship with the Labor government.
The ABC understands its employees were unhappy to receive Mr McTernan's email but chose to ignore it.
'We should do scare campaign'
Ms Gillard protested against Tony Abbott's scare campaign against her carbon tax when she was prime minister, but her spin doctor proposed Labor run one on nuclear energy ahead of the 2013 election.
"We should do scare campaign in seats where it can help, I'm sure we could generate a scary infographic."
The emails also contain Labor's budget messages for 2012 when it was projecting a surplus.
Mr McTernan advised Labor MPs and ministers to "celebrate" the "achievement" of a budget surplus even though it was a projection and never realised.
"We know from the groups that voters see surplus as an emblem of good economic management," he told the chiefs of staff and media advisers.
The ABC has contacted Mr McTernan but he has declined to comment.


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We've already seen the NFC dream tarnished a little bit by the bizarre UK banking data theft scandal, now it's the turn of the proper hackers to turn their attention to nicking our lives by waving a phone in our vague direction.
Hackers gathered at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas have been demonstrating numerous ways to tear NFC to pieces, with security researcher Charlie Miller hacking a Nexus S, a Galaxy Nexus and a Nokia N9 using NFC, eventually managing to access the phones' photos, send texts through the users' accounts, browse the web and make voice calls, all through using the contactless system.
Miller was using a glitch in the 4.0.1 version of Android which has since been patched to hack the Samsungs, although the same exploit exists within the Android Beam feature, which was used in the demo to redirect the phones' browser to a web site hackers could then use to install malicious code.
The Nokia N9 was even easier to hack, accepting all connections from outsiders once the user had activated the NFC feature. Once in, access to calling features, texts and photos was again gained. [NYT]


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48.6. Kerberos
48.6.1. What is Kerberos?
188.8.131.52. Advantages of Kerberos
220.127.116.11. Disadvantages of Kerberos
- Migrating user passwords from a standard UNIX password database, such as
/etc/shadow, to a Kerberos password database can be tedious, as there is no automated mechanism to perform this task. Refer to Question 2.23 in the online Kerberos FAQ:
- Kerberos has only partial compatibility with the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) system used by most Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers. Refer to Section 48.6.4, "Kerberos and PAM" for more information about this issue.
- Kerberos assumes that each user is trusted but is using an untrusted host on an untrusted network. Its primary goal is to prevent unencrypted passwords from being transmitted across that network. However, if anyone other than the proper user has access to the one host that issues tickets used for authentication — called the key distribution center (KDC) — the entire Kerberos authentication system is at risk.
- For an application to use Kerberos, its source must be modified to make the appropriate calls into the Kerberos libraries. Applications modified in this way are considered to be Kerberos-aware, or kerberized. For some applications, this can be quite problematic due to the size of the application or its design. For other incompatible applications, changes must be made to the way in which the server and client communicate. Again, this may require extensive programming. Closed-source applications that do not have Kerberos support by default are often the most problematic.
- Kerberos is an all-or-nothing solution. If Kerberos is used on the network, any unencrypted passwords transferred to a non-Kerberos aware service is at risk. Thus, the network gains no benefit from the use of Kerberos. To secure a network with Kerberos, one must either use Kerberos-aware versions of all client/server applications that transmit passwords unencrypted, or not use any such client/server applications at all.
48.6.2. Kerberos Terminology
- authentication server (AS)
- A server that issues tickets for a desired service which are in turn given to users for access to the service. The AS responds to requests from clients who do not have or do not send credentials with a request. It is usually used to gain access to the ticket-granting server (TGS) service by issuing a ticket-granting ticket (TGT). The AS usually runs on the same host as the key distribution center (KDC).
- ciphertext
- Encrypted data.
- client
- An entity on the network (a user, a host, or an application) that can receive a ticket from Kerberos.
- credentials
- A temporary set of electronic credentials that verify the identity of a client for a particular service. Also called a ticket.
- credential cache or ticket file
- A file which contains the keys for encrypting communications between a user and various network services. Kerberos 5 supports a framework for using other cache types, such as shared memory, but files are more thoroughly supported.
- crypt hash
- A one-way hash used to authenticate users. These are more secure than using unencrypted data, but they are still relatively easy to decrypt for an experienced cracker.
- The Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (defined in RFC-2743 published by The Internet Engineering Task Force) is a set of functions which provide security services. This API is used by clients and services to authenticate to each other without either program having specific knowledge of the underlying mechanism. If a network service (such as cyrus-IMAP) uses GSS-API, it can authenticate using Kerberos.
- hash
- Also known as a hash value. A value generated by passing a string through a hash function. These values are typically used to ensure that transmitted data has not been tampered with.
- hash function
- A way of generating a digital "fingerprint" from input data. These functions rearrange, transpose or otherwise alter data to produce a hash value.
- key
- Data used when encrypting or decrypting other data. Encrypted data cannot be decrypted without the proper key or extremely good fortune on the part of the cracker.
- key distribution center (KDC)
- A service that issues Kerberos tickets, and which usually run on the same host as the ticket-granting server (TGS).
- keytab (or key table)
- A file that includes an unencrypted list of principals and their keys. Servers retrieve the keys they need from keytab files instead of using
kinit. The default keytab file is
/etc/krb5.keytab. The KDC administration server,
/usr/kerberos/sbin/kadmind, is the only service that uses any other file (it uses
- kinit
- The
kinitcommand allows a principal who has already logged in to obtain and cache the initial ticket-granting ticket (TGT). Refer to the
kinitman page for more information.
- principal (or principal name)
- The principal is the unique name of a user or service allowed to authenticate using Kerberos. A principal follows the form
root[/instance]@REALM. For a typical user, the root is the same as their login ID. The
instanceis optional. If the principal has an instance, it is separated from the root with a forward slash ("/"). An empty string ("") is considered a valid instance (which differs from the default
NULLinstance), but using it can be confusing. All principals in a realm have their own key, which for users is derived from a password or is randomly set for services.
- realm
- A network that uses Kerberos, composed of one or more servers called KDCs and a potentially large number of clients.
- service
- A program accessed over the network.
- ticket
- A temporary set of electronic credentials that verify the identity of a client for a particular service. Also called credentials.
- ticket-granting server (TGS)
- A server that issues tickets for a desired service which are in turn given to users for access to the service. The TGS usually runs on the same host as the KDC.
- ticket-granting ticket (TGT)
- A special ticket that allows the client to obtain additional tickets without applying for them from the KDC.
- unencrypted password
- A plain text, human-readable password.
48.6.3. How Kerberos Works
kinit program after the user logs in.
kinit program on the client then decrypts the TGT using the user's key, which it computes from the user's password. The user's key is used only on the client machine and is not transmitted over the network.
- Approximate clock synchronization between the machines on the network.A clock synchronization program should be set up for the network, such as
ntpd. Refer to
/usr/share/doc/ntp-<version-number>/index.htmlfor details on setting up Network Time Protocol servers (where <version-number> is the version number of the
ntppackage installed on your system).
- Domain Name Service (DNS).You should ensure that the DNS entries and hosts on the network are all properly configured. Refer to the Kerberos V5 System Administrator's Guide in
/usr/share/doc/krb5-server-<version-number>for more information (where <version-number> is the version number of the
krb5-serverpackage installed on your system).
48.6.4. Kerberos and PAM
pam_krb5 module (provided in the
pam_krb5 package) is installed. The
pam_krb5 package contains sample configuration files that allow services such as
login and
gdm to authenticate users as well as obtain initial credentials using their passwords. If access to network servers is always performed using Kerberos-aware services or services that use GSS-API, such as IMAP, the network can be considered reasonably safe.
48.6.5. Configuring a Kerberos 5 Server
- Ensure that time synchronization and DNS are functioning correctly on all client and server machines before configuring Kerberos. Pay particular attention to time synchronization between the Kerberos server and its clients. If the time difference between the server and client is greater than five minutes (this is configurable in Kerberos 5), Kerberos clients can not authenticate to the server. This time synchronization is necessary to prevent an attacker from using an old Kerberos ticket to masquerade as a valid user.It is advisable to set up a Network Time Protocol (NTP) compatible client/server network even if Kerberos is not being used. Red Hat Enterprise Linux includes the
ntppackage for this purpose. Refer to
/usr/share/doc/ntp-<version-number>/index.html(where <version-number> is the version number of the
ntppackage installed on your system) for details about how to set up Network Time Protocol servers, and http://www.ntp.org for more information about NTP.
- Install the
krb5-server, and
krb5-workstationpackages on the dedicated machine which runs the KDC. This machine needs to be very secure — if possible, it should not run any services other than the KDC.
- Edit the
/var/kerberos/krb5kdc/kdc.confconfiguration files to reflect the realm name and domain-to-realm mappings. A simple realm can be constructed by replacing instances of EXAMPLE.COM and example.com with the correct domain name — being certain to keep uppercase and lowercase names in the correct format — and by changing the KDC from kerberos.example.com to the name of the Kerberos server. By convention, all realm names are uppercase and all DNS hostnames and domain names are lowercase. For full details about the formats of these configuration files, refer to their respective man pages.
- Create the database using the
kdb5_utilutility from a shell prompt:
/usr/kerberos/sbin/kdb5_util create -sThe
createcommand creates the database that stores keys for the Kerberos realm. The
-sswitch forces creation of a stash file in which the master server key is stored. If no stash file is present from which to read the key, the Kerberos server (
krb5kdc) prompts the user for the master server password (which can be used to regenerate the key) every time it starts.
- Edit the
/var/kerberos/krb5kdc/kadm5.aclfile. This file is used by
kadmindto determine which principals have administrative access to the Kerberos database and their level of access. Most organizations can get by with a single line:
*/email@example.com *Most users are represented in the database by a single principal (with a NULL, or empty, instance, such as email@example.com). In this configuration, users with a second principal with an instance of admin (for example, firstname.lastname@example.com) are able to wield full power over the realm's Kerberos database.After
kadmindhas been started on the server, any user can access its services by running
kadminon any of the clients or servers in the realm. However, only users listed in the
kadm5.aclfile can modify the database in any way, except for changing their own passwords.
kadminutility communicates with the
kadmindserver over the network, and uses Kerberos to handle authentication. Consequently, the first principal must already exist before connecting to the server over the network to administer it. Create the first principal with the
kadmin.localcommand, which is specifically designed to be used on the same host as the KDC and does not use Kerberos for authentication.Type the following
kadmin.localcommand at the KDC terminal to create the first principal:
/usr/kerberos/sbin/kadmin.local -q "addprinc username/admin"
- Start Kerberos using the following commands:
service krb5kdc start
service kadmin start
service krb524 start
- Add principals for the users using the
addprinccommand within
kadmin.localare command line interfaces to the KDC. As such, many commands — such as
addprinc— are available after launching the
kadminprogram. Refer to the
kadminman page for more information.
- Verify that the KDC is issuing tickets. First, run
kinitto obtain a ticket and store it in a credential cache file. Next, use
klistto view the list of credentials in the cache and use
kdestroyto destroy the cache and the credentials it contains.
NoteBy default,
kinitattempts to authenticate using the same system login username (not the Kerberos server). If that username does not correspond to a principal in the Kerberos database,
kinitissues an error message. If that happens, supply
kinitwith the name of the correct principal as an argument on the command line (
kinit <principal>).
48.6.6. Configuring a Kerberos 5 Client
krb5.conf configuration file. While
ssh and
slogin are the preferred method of remotely logging in to client systems, Kerberized versions of
rsh and
rlogin are still available, though deploying them requires that a few more configuration changes be made.
- Be sure that time synchronization is in place between the Kerberos client and the KDC. Refer to Section 48.6.5, "Configuring a Kerberos 5 Server" for more information. In addition, verify that DNS is working properly on the Kerberos client before configuring the Kerberos client programs.
- Install the
krb5-workstationpackages on all of the client machines. Supply a valid
/etc/krb5.conffile for each client (usually this can be the same
krb5.conffile used by the KDC).
- Before a workstation in the realm can use Kerberos to authenticate users who connect using
sshor Kerberized
rlogin, it must have its own host principal in the Kerberos database. The
kshd, and
klogindserver programs all need access to the keys for the host service's principal. Additionally, in order to use the kerberized
rloginservices, that workstation must have the
xinetdpackage installed.Using
kadmin, add a host principal for the workstation on the KDC. The instance in this case is the hostname of the workstation. Use the
-randkeyoption for the
addprinccommand to create the principal and assign it a random key:
addprinc -randkey host/blah.example.comNow that the principal has been created, keys can be extracted for the workstation by running
kadminon the workstation itself, and using the
ktaddcommand within
ktadd -k /etc/krb5.keytab host/blah.example.com
- To use other kerberized network services, they must first be started. Below is a list of some common kerberized services and instructions about enabling them:
Refer to Chapter 18, Controlling Access to Services for details about how to enable services.
ssh— OpenSSH uses GSS-API to authenticate users to servers if the client's and server's configuration both have
GSSAPIAuthenticationenabled. If the client also has
GSSAPIDelegateCredentialsenabled, the user's credentials are made available on the remote system.
rlogin— To use the kerberized versions of
rlogin, enable
eklogin, and
- Telnet — To use kerberized Telnet,
krb5-telnetmust be enabled.
- FTP — To provide FTP access, create and extract a key for the principal with a root of
ftp. Be certain to set the instance to the fully qualified hostname of the FTP server, then enable
- IMAP — To use a kerberized IMAP server, the
cyrus-imappackage uses Kerberos 5 if it also has the
cyrus-sasl-gssapipackage installed. The
cyrus-sasl-gssapipackage contains the Cyrus SASL plugins which support GSS-API authentication. Cyrus IMAP should function properly with Kerberos as long as the
cyrususer is able to find the proper key in
/etc/krb5.keytab, and the root for the principal is set to
imap(created with
kadmin).An alternative to
cyrus-imapcan be found in the
dovecotpackage, which is also included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This package contains an IMAP server but does not, to date, support GSS-API and Kerberos.
- CVS — To use a kerberized CVS server,
gserveruses a principal with a root of
cvsand is otherwise identical to the CVS
48.6.7. Domain-to-Realm Mapping
foo.example.org → EXAMPLE.ORG
foo.example.com → EXAMPLE.COM
foo.hq.example.com → HQ.EXAMPLE.COM
krb5.conf. For example:
[domain_realm] .example.com = EXAMPLE.COM example.com = EXAMPLE.COM
48.6.8. Setting Up Secondary KDCs
kadmind (it is also your realm's admin server), and one or more KDCs (slave KDCs) keep read-only copies of the database and run
krb5.conf and
kdc.conf files are copied to the slave KDC.
kadmin.local from a root shell on the master KDC and use its
add_principal command to create a new entry for the master KDC's host service, and then use its
ktadd command to simultaneously set a random key for the service and store the random key in the master's default keytab file. This key will be used by the
kprop command to authenticate to the slave servers. You will only need to do this once, regardless of how many slave servers you install.
kadmin.local -r EXAMPLE.COMAuthenticating as principal firstname.lastname@example.com with password. kadmin:
add_principal -randkey host/masterkdc.example.comPrincipal "email@example.com" created. kadmin:
ktadd host/masterkdc.example.comEntry for principal host/masterkdc.example.com with kvno 3, encryption type Triple DES cbc mode with \ HMAC/sha1 added to keytab WRFILE:/etc/krb5.keytab. Entry for principal host/masterkdc.example.com with kvno 3, encryption type ArcFour with HMAC/md5 \ added to keytab WRFILE:/etc/krb5.keytab. Entry for principal host/masterkdc.example.com with kvno 3, encryption type DES with HMAC/sha1 added \ to keytab WRFILE:/etc/krb5.keytab. Entry for principal host/masterkdc.example.com with kvno 3, encryption type DES cbc mode with RSA-MD5 \ added to keytab WRFILE:/etc/krb5.keytab. kadmin:
kadmin from a root shell on the slave KDC and use its
add_principal command to create a new entry for the slave KDC's host service, and then use
ktadd command to simultaneously set a random key for the service and store the random key in the slave's default keytab file. This key is used by the
kpropd service when authenticating clients.
kadmin -p firstname.lastname@example.com -r EXAMPLE.COMAuthenticating as principal firstname.lastname@example.com with password. Password for email@example.com: kadmin:
add_principal -randkey host/slavekdc.example.comPrincipal "firstname.lastname@example.com" created. kadmin:
ktadd firstname.lastname@example.com for principal host/slavekdc.example.com with kvno 3, encryption type Triple DES cbc mode with \ HMAC/sha1 added to keytab WRFILE:/etc/krb5.keytab. Entry for principal host/slavekdc.example.com with kvno 3, encryption type ArcFour with HMAC/md5 added \ to keytab WRFILE:/etc/krb5.keytab. Entry for principal host/slavekdc.example.com with kvno 3, encryption type DES with HMAC/sha1 added \ to keytab WRFILE:/etc/krb5.keytab. Entry for principal host/slavekdc.example.com with kvno 3, encryption type DES cbc mode with RSA-MD5 added \ to keytab WRFILE:/etc/krb5.keytab. kadmin:
kprop service with a new realm database. To restrict access, the
kprop service on the slave KDC will only accept updates from clients whose principal names are listed in
/var/kerberos/krb5kdc/kpropd.acl. Add the master KDC's host service's name to that file.
echo email@example.com > /var/kerberos/krb5kdc/kpropd.acl
/var/kerberos/krb5kdc/.k5.REALM, either copy it to the slave KDC using any available secure method, or create a dummy database and identical stash file on the slave KDC by running
kdb5_util create -s (the dummy database will be overwritten by the first successful database propagation) and supplying the same password.
kprop service. Then, double-check that the
kadmin service is disabled.
kprop command will read (
/var/kerberos/krb5kdc/slave_datatrans), and then use the
kprop command to transmit its contents to the slave KDC.
/usr/kerberos/sbin/kdb5_util dump /var/kerberos/krb5kdc/slave_datatrans~]#
kprop slavekdc.example.com
kinit, verify that a client system whose
krb5.conf lists only the slave KDC in its list of KDCs for your realm is now correctly able to obtain initial credentials from the slave KDC.
kprop command to transmit the database to each slave KDC in turn, and configure the
cron service to run the script periodically.
48.6.9. Setting Up Cross Realm Authentication
A.EXAMPLE.COM to access a service in the
B.EXAMPLE.COM realm, both realms must share a key for a principal named
firstname.lastname@example.com, and both keys must have the same key version number associated with them.
kadmin -r A.EXAMPLE.COMkadmin:
add_principal firstname.lastname@example.com password for principal "email@example.com": Re-enter password for principal "email@example.com": Principal "email@example.com" created. kadmin:
kadmin -r B.EXAMPLE.COMkadmin:
add_principal firstname.lastname@example.com password for principal "email@example.com": Re-enter password for principal "firstname.lastname@example.com": Principal "email@example.com" created. kadmin:
get_principal command to verify that both entries have matching key version numbers (
kvno values) and encryption types.
add_principal command's
-randkey option to assign a random key instead of a password, dump the new entry from the database of the first realm, and import it into the second. This will not work unless the master keys for the realm databases are identical, as the keys contained in a database dump are themselves encrypted using the master key.
A.EXAMPLE.COM realm are now able to authenticate to services in the
B.EXAMPLE.COM realm. Put another way, the
B.EXAMPLE.COM realm now trusts the
A.EXAMPLE.COM realm, or phrased even more simply,
B.EXAMPLE.COM now trusts
B.EXAMPLE.COM realm may trust clients from the
A.EXAMPLE.COM to authenticate to services in the
B.EXAMPLE.COM realm, but the fact that it does has no effect on whether or not clients in the
B.EXAMPLE.COM realm are trusted to authenticate to services in the
A.EXAMPLE.COM realm. To establish trust in the other direction, both realms would need to share keys for the
firstname.lastname@example.com service (take note of the reversed in order of the two realms compared to the example above).
A.EXAMPLE.COM can authenticate to services in
B.EXAMPLE.COM, and clients from
B.EXAMPLE.COM can authenticate to services in
C.EXAMPLE.COM, then clients in
A.EXAMPLE.COM can also authenticate to services in
C.EXAMPLE.COM, even if
C.EXAMPLE.COM doesn't directly trust
A.EXAMPLE.COM. This means that, on a network with multiple realms which all need to trust each other, making good choices about which trust relationships to set up can greatly reduce the amount of effort required.
EXAMPLE.COM is the name of the realm.
domain_realm section of
/etc/krb5.conf to map either a hostname (server.example.com) or a DNS domain name (.example.com) to the name of a realm (EXAMPLE.COM).
B.EXAMPLE.COM, and
EXAMPLE.COM. When a client in the
A.EXAMPLE.COM realm attempts to authenticate to a service in
B.EXAMPLE.COM, it will, by default, first attempt to get credentials for the
EXAMPLE.COM realm, and then to use those credentials to obtain credentials for use in the
B.EXAMPLE.COM realm.
A.EXAMPLE.COM, authenticating to a service in
EXAMPLE.COMshare a key for
B.EXAMPLE.COMshare a key for
SITE1.SALES.EXAMPLE.COM, authenticating to a service in
SALES.EXAMPLE.COMshare a key for
EXAMPLE.COMshare a key for
EVERYWHERE.EXAMPLE.COMshare a key for
DEVEL.EXAMPLE.COM and
EXAMPLE.COMshare a key for
COMshare a key for
ORGshare a key for
EXAMPLE.ORGshare a key for
PROD.EXAMPLE.ORGshare a key for
capaths section of
/etc/krb5.conf, so that clients which have credentials for one realm will be able to look up which realm is next in the chain which will eventually lead to the being able to authenticate to servers.
capaths section is relatively straightforward: each entry in the section is named after a realm in which a client might exist. Inside of that subsection, the set of intermediate realms from which the client must obtain credentials is listed as values of the key which corresponds to the realm in which a service might reside. If there are no intermediate realms, the value "." is used.
[capaths] A.EXAMPLE.COM = { B.EXAMPLE.COM = . C.EXAMPLE.COM = B.EXAMPLE.COM D.EXAMPLE.COM = B.EXAMPLE.COM D.EXAMPLE.COM = C.EXAMPLE.COM }
A.EXAMPLE.COM realm can obtain cross-realm credentials for
B.EXAMPLE.COM directly from the
C.EXAMPLE.COM realm, they will first need to obtain necessary credentials from the
B.EXAMPLE.COM realm (this requires that
firstname.lastname@example.com exist), and then use
those credentials to obtain credentials for use in the
C.EXAMPLE.COM realm (using
D.EXAMPLE.COM realm, they will first need to obtain necessary credentials from the
B.EXAMPLE.COM realm, and then credentials from the
C.EXAMPLE.COM realm, before finally obtaining credentials for use with the
D.EXAMPLE.COM realm.
A.EXAMPLE.COM realm can obtain cross-realm credentials from
B.EXAMPLE.COM realm directly. Without the "." indicating this, the client would instead attempt to use a hierarchical path, in this case:
48.6.10. Additional Resources
126.96.36.199. Installed Documentation
- The Kerberos V5 Installation Guide and the Kerberos V5 System Administrator's Guide in PostScript and HTML formats. These can be found in the
/usr/share/doc/krb5-server-<version-number>/directory (where <version-number> is the version number of the
krb5-serverpackage installed on your system).
- The Kerberos V5 UNIX User's Guide in PostScript and HTML formats. These can be found in the
/usr/share/doc/krb5-workstation-<version-number>/directory (where <version-number> is the version number of the
krb5-workstationpackage installed on your system).
- Kerberos man pages — There are a number of man pages for the various applications and configuration files involved with a Kerberos implementation. The following is a list of some of the more important man pages.
- Client Applications
man kerberos— An introduction to the Kerberos system which describes how credentials work and provides recommendations for obtaining and destroying Kerberos tickets. The bottom of the man page references a number of related man pages.
man kinit— Describes how to use this command to obtain and cache a ticket-granting ticket.
man kdestroy— Describes how to use this command to destroy Kerberos credentials.
man klist— Describes how to use this command to list cached Kerberos credentials.
- Administrative Applications
man kadmin— Describes how to use this command to administer the Kerberos V5 database.
man kdb5_util— Describes how to use this command to create and perform low-level administrative functions on the Kerberos V5 database.
- Server Applications
man krb5kdc— Describes available command line options for the Kerberos V5 KDC.
man kadmind— Describes available command line options for the Kerberos V5 administration server.
- Configuration Files
man krb5.conf— Describes the format and options available within the configuration file for the Kerberos V5 library.
man kdc.conf— Describes the format and options available within the configuration file for the Kerberos V5 AS and KDC.
184.108.40.206. Useful Websites
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/ — Kerberos: The Network Authentication Protocol webpage from MIT.
- http://www.nrl.navy.mil/CCS/people/kenh/kerberos-faq.html — The Kerberos Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).
- ftp://athena-dist.mit.edu/pub/kerberos/doc/usenix.PS — The PostScript version of Kerberos: An Authentication Service for Open Network Systems by Jennifer G. Steiner, Clifford Neuman, and Jeffrey I. Schiller. This document is the original paper describing Kerberos.
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/dialogue.html — Designing an Authentication System: a Dialogue in Four Scenes originally by Bill Bryant in 1988, modified by Theodore Ts'o in 1997. This document is a conversation between two developers who are thinking through the creation of a Kerberos-style authentication system. The conversational style of the discussion make this a good starting place for people who are completely unfamiliar with Kerberos.
- http://www.ornl.gov/~jar/HowToKerb.html — How to Kerberize your site is a good reference for kerberizing a network.
- http://www.networkcomputing.com/netdesign/kerb1.html — Kerberos Network Design Manual is a thorough overview of the Kerberos system.


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Public Policy Degree for Medical Students Offered
New master's degree program aims to improve health care policy by involving more physicians
The School of Public Policy will expand its graduate degree programs this fall with a Master of Public Policy designed for medical students.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The School of Public Policy at the University of California, Riverside will expand its graduate degree programs this fall with a Master of Public Policy designed for medical students interested in health care policy and reform.
The MD-MPP program is open only to students enrolled in the UCR School of Medicine, who will complete their medical and public policy training in five years. Medical degrees typically take four years to complete; the MPP is a two-year program.
"This is a niche degree that would appeal to students who, in addition to becoming practicing physicians, may want to become health care administrators and health policymakers," explained Anil Deolalikar, dean of the School of Public Policy (SPP). "A lot of people creating health policy have very little medical training. It would help if physicians were more involved in shaping health policy."
The new program reflects the importance both the School of Public Policy and School of Medicine place on developing public policymakers and physicians who will serve the Inland Empire. Areas that students can work in include federal and state health care policy, medical leadership advocacy, and health care consulting.
"We are pleased to partner with UCR's School of Public Policy to create this distinctive concurrent degree program," said Neal L. Schiller, interim dean of the School of Medicine. "This new program will offer our medical students yet another pathway to build leadership skills necessary for developing innovations in the health care system to benefit patients and the inland Southern California region as a whole."
Students who enroll in the program will spend a full academic year at the School of Public Policy during what would have been their fourth year of medical school, then return to the School of Medicine the following year to finish their final year of medical education. They will complete a summer internship and a capstone project that is acceptable to both professional schools. Upon completion of the fourth year of medical school and the concurrent degree capstone project, students will be awarded two degrees: Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Master of Public Policy (MPP).
"By partnering with the UCR School of Public Policy, our medical students will learn the skills needed to help influence healthcare policy that will in turn help fulfill our mission in a meaningful way," said Dr. Michael Nduati, associate dean of clinical affairs at the UCR School of Medicine. "We are thrilled to have this opportunity available for our students. Health care reform affects all physicians and providers – from access to reimbursement. Increasingly more and more in recent years, major shifts in the health care landscape are being determined by policymakers and legislation. The MD-MPP program equips future physicians to take a central role in health care policy and programming that will shape the future of health care in California and throughout the nation."
Both the School of Public Policy and the School of Medicine are enrolling students who want to improve the quality of life for residents of the Inland Empire, Deolalikar said.
"We are focused on developing future leaders whose training in public policy is grounded in the scientific approach, not armchair activism," he said. "You have to have proper rigorous training in public policy to say what policies this region needs to make life better for everyone here. We need people who can produce the data, analyze policy options, and make sound recommendations."
The School of Public Policy may pair the MPP with other graduate degree programs, such as the Master of Business Administration, and offer public policy certificates to Ph.D. students in a variety of disciplines, Deolalikar said.
"If a student has a public policy track in addition to their Ph.D. program, for example, if their dissertation is on the public policy aspect of environmental engineering, that opens a new set of career options," he added.
More information about the MD/MPP program is available at http://spp.ucr.edu/mpp/md.html and http://medschool.ucr.edu/mep/md_mpp.html.
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82-year-old Oscar-winner Cloris Leachman was originally courted by "DWTS" honchos, we've learned, because they needed someone for the "disability" slot — think Heather Mills (one leg) or Marlee Maltin (deaf). They figured her age would fit the bill — until they got Toni Braxton, who has a heart condition, to sign on, as TMZ first told you. That's when they put Cloris' dancing shoes … six feet under.
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