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Contributors: wpchefgadget
Tags: brute force, login, security, GDPR, protection
Requires at least: 3.0
Tested up to: 5.3
Stable tag: 2.10.0
Reloaded version of the original Limit Login Attempts plugin for Login Protection by a team of WordPress developers. GDPR compliant.
== Description ==
Limit the number of login attempts that possible both through the normal login as well as using the auth cookies.
WordPress by default allows unlimited login attempts either through the login page or by sending special cookies. This allows passwords (or hashes) to be cracked via brute-force relatively easily.
Limit Login Attempts Reloaded blocks an Internet address from making further attempts after a specified limit on retries has been reached, making a brute-force attack difficult or impossible.
* Limit the number of retry attempts when logging in (per each IP). This is fully customizable.
* Limit the number of attempts to log in using authorization cookies in the same way.
* Informs the user about the remaining retries or lockout time on the login page.
* Optional logging and optional email notification.
* It is possible to whitelist/blacklist IPs and Usernames.
* Sucuri Website Firewall compatibility.
* **XMLRPC** gateway protection.
* **Woocommerce** login page protection.
* **Multi-site** compatibility with extra MU settings.
* **GDPR** compliant. With this feature turned on, all logged IPs get obfuscated (md5-hashed).
* **Custom IP origins** support (Cloudflare, Sucuri, etc.)
= Upgrading from the old Limit Login Attempts plugin =
1. Go to the Plugins section in your site's backend.
1. Remove the Limit Login Attempts plugin.
1. Install the Limit Login Attempts Reloaded plugin.
All your settings will be kept in tact!
Many languages are currently supported in Limit Login Attempts Reloaded plugin but we welcome any additional ones.
Help us bring Limit Login Attempts Reloaded to even more cultures.
Translations: Bulgarian, Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Persian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Plugin uses standard actions and filters only.
Based on the original code from Limit Login Attemps plugin by Johan Eenfeldt.
== Screenshots ==
1. Loginscreen after a failed login with remaining retries
2. Lockout loginscreen
3. Administration interface in WordPress 5.2.1
== Changelog ==
= 2.10.0 =
* Debug information has been added for better support.
= 2.9.0 =
* Trusted IP origins option has been added.
= 2.8.1 =
* Extra lockout options are back.
= 2.8.0 =
* The plugin doesn't trust any IP addresses other than _SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"] anymore. Trusting other IP origins make protection useless b/c they can be easily faked. This new version provides a way of secure IP unlocking for those sites that use a reverse proxy coupled with misconfigurated servers that populate _SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"] with wrong IPs which leads to mass blocking of users.
= 2.7.4 =
* The lockout alerts can be sent to a configurable email address now.
= 2.7.3 =
* Settings page is moved back to "Settings".
= 2.7.2 =
* Settings are moved to a separate page.
* Fixed: login error message. https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-change-login-error-message/
= 2.7.1 =
* A security issue inherited from the ancestor plugin Limit Login Attempts has been fixed.
= 2.7.0 =
* GDPR compliance implemented.
* Fixed: ip_in_range() loop $ip overrides itself causing invalid results.
* Fixed: the plugin was locking out the same IP address multiple times, each with a different port.
= 2.6.3 =
* Added support of Sucuri Website Firewall.
= 2.6.2 =
* Fixed the issue with backslashes in usernames.
= 2.6.1 =
* Plugin returns the 403 Forbidden header after the limit of login attempts via XMLRPC is reached.
* Added support of IP ranges in white/black lists.
* Lockouts now can be released selectively.
* Fixed the issue with encoding of special symbols in email notifications.
= 2.5.0 =
* Added Multi-site Compatibility and additional MU settings. https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-compatibility-47/
= 2.4.0 =
* Usernames and IP addresses can be white-listed and black-listed now. https://wordpress.org/support/topic/banning-specific-usernames/ https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-831/
* The lockouts log has been inversed. https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inverse-log/
= 2.3.0 =
* IP addresses can be white-listed now. https://wordpress.org/support/topic/legal-user/
* A "Gateway" column is added to the lockouts log. It shows what endpoint an attacker was blocked from. https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xmlrpc-7/
* The "Undefined index: client_type" error is fixed. https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-notice-when-updating-settings-page/
= 2.2.0 =
* Removed the "Handle cookie login" setting as they are now obsolete.
* Added bruteforce protection against Woocommerce login page attacks. https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-integrate-with-woocommerce-2/
* Added bruteforce protection against XMLRPC attacks. https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xmlrpc-7/
= 2.1.0 =
* The site connection settings are now applied automatically and therefore have been removed from the admin interface.
* Now compatible with PHP 5.2 to support some older WP installations.
= 2.0.0 =
* fixed PHP Warning: Illegal offset type in isset or empty https://wordpress.org/support/topic/limit-login-attempts-generating-php-errors
* fixed the deprecated functions issue
* Fixed error with function arguments: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-missing-argument-2-5
* added time stamp to unsuccessful tries on the plugin configuration page.
* fixed .po translation files issue.
* code refactoring and optimization.
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Commissioner Rob Manfred's top priorities entering office
The key issues facing commissioner-elect Rob Manfred, who is scheduled to replace Bud Selig on Jan. 25, 2015:
Credibility, inside and outside the game
The most remarkable accomplishment of Selig's tenure has been the accord among the owners. Selig seldom allowed a major decision to even be voted on unless he was certain the result would at least give off the appearance of unanimity. That's because he constantly worked the phones, cajoling owners with varying individual interests – often based on market size and revenue streams. Now, at the very end of Selig's time in charge, is the most open challenge of his authority – the dispute between the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals over their TV network.
Is that a crack in what Selig has built? Now, will strong-willed owners attempt to wield more power and challenge the Park Avenue authority? Can Manfred maintain the balance and cooperation? He'll be tested and if the discord and disarray that was visible under previous commissioners bubbles up again, it will affect the view of baseball from the outside. The faction of owners who opposed Manfred wasn't enough to keep him out of the job, but will their reservations carry over into how they respond to his authority?
Early tests of their authority have been crucial to the perceptions of the NFL's Roger Goodell and the NBA's Adam Silver. The same will happen quickly in baseball. Selig didn't always give off the perfect PR-agency aura of commissioner but his clear control of his game helped him get by. Does Manfred project the requisite CEO-type style?
Performance-enhancing drugs
Selig is correct that his game has the strongest drug program in pro team sports. That doesn't mean the problem has gone away. As long as someone is out there determining how to stay one step ahead of the posse, the need for vigilance continues.
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This weeks challenge over at There's Magic In The Air was to be inspired by a picture in an way. You can stop by TMITA to see it and grab the FREE image as well.
I wanted more of an old fashion feel to my card this week. So I started off by printing my image on vanilla card stock. I colored my image with my colored pencils. I popped up my sunflower on foam dots for dimension as well as my computer generated sentiment and a few leaves. I punched my leaves in the scrap vanilla card stock and then cover them with a copper embossing powder which made them look more medallion like and then I drew on the veins to the leaves. I wish they showed up a little bit better here because they look really lovely and metallic and the ribbon has some metallic copper running through it as well. I also roughen up my edges of my image and sentiment and inked the edges with my colorbox chalks; a light brown. I folder the top right corner over of my image and finished it off with a cute little coppery mini brad and then rolled the same corner over with the green mat.
I look forward to the November images, I think there will be a lot there you will just love. So, in the meantime, create and have a great day!
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3 comments:
- Nilla said...
Love it, the papers, the image, the coloring, the details, I mean all of it!!! Hugs Nilla
- October 26, 2009 at 7:54 AM
- Curt in Indy said...
I so love the double fold over in the corner. That is a wonderful design element that I'm going to have to remember. I always have wondered what to do with an area of an image that is bare, and this is a perfect solution! Great ribbon and background paper too! Best, Curt
- October 26, 2009 at 11:45 PM
- Kirsi said...
Hello Nina
It is very Pretty picture and card. Greeting from Finland :)
- November 8, 2009 at 5:52 PM
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First set a clear, shared, long-term vision that motivates the team and engages investors. Where do we want to be in five or ten years? Then define a portfolio strategy to realize the vision. Which businesses should we be in? Where should we expand and where is it best to divest? And finally, establish the corporate policies and processes that reflect the corporation's parenting approach. How do we link strategy to value creation?
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Last night I saw "Where the Wild Things Are". A movie review, how quaint! Allow me to describe for your the sheer fantasticality that I witnessed in the span of just under two hours.
To be honest, "Where the Wild Things Are" was never really one of my favorite books growing up. I know it touched quite a few people in its day, but I was more of a Berenstein Bears kind of girl. Despite this, the movie was superb (a word my Planning teacher likes to use a lot, scrawled out at the corner of my poster assignments. Used to much it has been reduced to a level of redundancy. What does it mean now? Alright. You did alright). It was beautifully filmed, and entirely true to life. I think everyone watching could relate to it. Max lied--why did he lie? You know why. If you were he, you would've lied too.
The beginning showed stunning reality with graphic shots of the little boy's face crumpling as tears spilled down his cheeks. Cue confrontation, and then the monsters. The Wild Things themselves were genius. I was particularly pleased and surprised at how real they were, and how wild. They weren't just a bunch of big, hairy, hug machines. They genuinely wanted to eat him. There were several tenuous, almost scary moments where their wildness really came out. Where you weren't sure if everyone would live to the next dirt clod war or not. More or less, they were people, and had issues just like the rest of us. They, of course, could rip off each others arms...
Over all a beautiful movie. And that's all I have to say.
Friday, October 23, 2009
wild thing, you make my heart sing
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Sunday, October 11, 2009
stuff we missed
NO! This is not the end! This blog will not die! I refuse.
Life is busy, as life almost always is. A few exciting things that have gone on recently include:
Life is busy, as life almost always is. A few exciting things that have gone on recently include:
- We Day 2009 --so jealous of anyone who made it there! The Dalai Lama, K'naan, Jesse West, are you kidding me?!
- Charlieissocoollike -- Okay, so not really an even, but still extremely awesome. Check out his youtube channel by the same way. Like, cool.
- ARROW Magazine --Haven't heard of it? Yeah, you and the rest of the world. That will change, however! It's a school magazine some of my friends and I have started. Check us out in blog form. I linked the "us". Hell yes.
- Nanowrimo -- Hasn't actually started yet (and won't until November first), but man have I done extensive PREP! All basically pointless, but definitely fun. Considering writing a kind of nuvo-Nancy-Drew mystery, after shooting down two other smancy ideas.
- Thanksgiving! --it's today and tomorrow (tomorrow for me, being the day of turkey dinner, oh how I've missed you!) so roll up your sleeves and channel some THANKS!
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Istio enhances the security of microservices and their communication — both service-to-service and end-user-to-service — without requiring service code changes. It gives each service a strong, role-based identity to enable interoperability across clusters and clouds.
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Huskies can't overcome miscues, fall to No. 11 USC
Emotionally drained, Keith Price spoke softly with his eyes red and his body battered.
Trying to carry Washington and making too many mistakes along the way left Price a wreck.
''Mentally it's rough dealing with something like this, knowing that you had an opportunity to win the game and I mess it up, and on several occasions,'' Price said. ''I'll grow from this. I've never really had to deal with stuff like this before and it's good for me.''
Price committed three turnovers in the fourth quarter to short-circuit Washington's attempts to rally from a 17-point deficit, and No. 11 USC held on for a 24-14 win over the Huskies on Saturday.
The final two turnovers charged to Price were a matter of situation, with a forced passed getting tipped for an interception and Price fumbling on a late scramble with 2 minutes remaining as he was hit from the side during a final frantic drive by the Huskies.
But it was his fumble inside the USC 5 with 11 minutes left that ended Washington's best chance at making things uncomfortable for the Trojans after the Huskies trailed 24-7 at halftime.
Down by 10, Washington (3-3, 1-2 Pac-12) was on the cusp of making it a one possession game with a first-and-goal at the USC 6. The Huskies had run the ball on six straight plays and used a third-down completion to fullback Jonathan Amosa for 9 yards to get inside the Trojans 10. Bishop Sankey gained 3 yards on first down, and on second down, Price rolled from the pocket. As he pump-faked, Jawanza Starling reached in and stripped the ball free, then fell on it at the USC 4 after two teammates failed to corral the loose ball with 11:03 left.
''I just have to play better and I keep saying that week in and week out and it doesn't feel like it's working for me,'' Price said.
Washington coach Steve Sarkisian and many of Price's teammates were quick to say the responsibility isn't all on their junior quarterback who was sacked five times and hit numerous others.
''People are going to make mistakes. That's the nature of the game and Keith Price is the leader of our team and we're going to stand behind him,'' tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins said.
Price missed his first three passes then hit 15 straight throws at one point as he tried to rally the Huskies. He finished 20 of 28 for 198 yards, with TD tosses for 17 yards to Kasen Williams and 29 yards to Seferian-Jenkins. But after Washington committed five turnovers last week at Oregon, another four against the Trojans - plus the blocked punt - was not what the Huskies needed in the final game of a daunting opening stretch that featured LSU, Stanford and Oregon.
Williams was a complete non-factor after the first quarter. He caught a pair of passes on the Huskies first scoring drive after USC (5-1, 3-1) had jumped to a 10-0 lead then disappeared. Williams went without a catch the final 46 minutes of the game.
Travis Coons also badly missed a 45-yard attempt late in the third quarter that could have pulled the Huskies within one score.
''I don't know if you want to say it's taking the field lethargic or whatever it is, we took the field and didn't respond great in the first half of the game,'' Sarkisian said. ''When you spot good teams leads and you go in the locker room 24-7, it's hard. It makes it hard to win.''
Washington found itself in a hole at half thanks to the running of USC's Silas Redd and a huge special teams play by Anthony Brown. After coming close twice previously, Brown blocked Coons' punt, picked up the loose ball and returned it for a touchdown late in the first half. It was the first punt blocked returned for a score against the Huskies since 2009 against Oregon.
Brown's block came after Redd rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown in the first half and Matt Barkley added an 18-yard TD pass to Xavier Grimble. Trojans continued rebuilding their resume following last month's loss to Stanford that appeared to end their national championship hopes, even if their effort was bland at times. Barkley finished 10 of 20 for 167 yards, while Marqise Lee was held to just two catches for 32 yards, the first time in 10 games he's been held to that few receptions.
Redd finished with 155 yards, his second-best total of the season.
''I continue to remind myself there is one goal and that is to win the game. Are the numbers what we're use to? No. But we won,'' USC coach Lane Kiffin said. ''Remember two times ago we went on the road and we weren't sitting here with a win. Yeah we played conservative once we got a lead like that. We've said it all along, this isn't about anybody's numbers or Heisman or any of that. This is about winning games.''
This was USC's first trip north to Seattle since 2009, when the Trojans were upset by the Huskies across town at Husky Stadium in Sarkisian's first year of rebuilding at Washington.
''You have four turnovers, you throw in a blocked punt, that's really another turnover and that's five again in consecutive weeks and against good teams, it's hard to win,'' Sarkisian said.


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A light-heavyweight bout between former champ Tito Ortiz (16-9-1 MMA, 15-9-1 UFC) and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (19-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC) is slated for UFC 140.
UFC officials announced that verbal agreements are in place for the fight, which initially was slated to take place back in March.
UFC 140 takes place Dec. 10 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto.
The night's main card airs live on pay-per-view, and Ortiz vs. Nogueira will be part of the broadcast.
The two vets were slated to fight in the headliner of UFC Fight Night 24 earlier this year. However, Ortiz was forced off the card due to a cut he suffered in training.
Ortiz, who was winless (0-4-1) in his five fights before that scheduled bout, ultimately returned at UFC 132 in July. There, he scored a major upset of fast-rising Ryan Bader with a first-round guillotine choke. However, the 36-year-old's resurgence was short-lived, and he suffered a second-round TKO loss to top contender Rashad Evans at UFC 133. (Ortiz was a third-choice opponent for Evans, who initially was slated to fight champ Jon Jones and then initial replacement Phil Davis.)
Nogueira, a former PRIDE great, has seen mixed results in his injury-plagued UFC run. After joining the UFC in 2009, he won his first two fights with a TKO victory over Luiz Cane and a controversial split-decision victory over Jason Brilz. However, he's since suffered decision losses to Ryan Bader at UFC 119 and Davis at UFC Fight Night 24.
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"There are no Christians left in Mosul," Shea told CBN News. "They have all been driven out. They have been told to convert to Islam or die, or to leave."
Mosul has been the center of Iraq's Christian community for two millennia, but it is also a site with a significant place in biblical history. Ancient Mesopotamia was the location of both the Babylonian and Assyrian empires, as well as the ancestral homeland of Abraham. The city of Mosul is located on the site of the ancient city of Nineveh, the capital of the brutal Assyrian empire and the location of Jonah's preaching in the biblical account. Nineveh, according to the Bible, was established by Noah's grandson Nimrod.
Mosul became a familiar location to Southern Baptists in 2004 when four Christian aid workers, affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, were ambushed there. Larry and Jean Elliot, David McDonnall and Karen Watson died in the attack. Only Carrie McDonnall, David's wife, survived, though she was seriously wounded.
Shea, who formerly served as vice chair for the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, said fighters with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) marked the property of Christians in Mosul with the Arabic word "Nasrani," or "Nazarene" -- a clear reference to Christianity. Christian property owners were then driven out.
Last month militants offered Christians in Mosul the opportunity to enter into a dhimma, an agreement which would have allowed them to practice the Christian faith behind closed doors after they paid a hefty tax and agreed not to proselytize. However, multiple sources in the region said that offer was later withdrawn and all Christians were told to leave or face execution.
Members of Assyrian Christian and Chaldean Catholic groups streamed out of Mosul when the final ultimatum was delivered this week by ISIS militants, Shea said, and they left empty handed. Militants confiscated all of their possessions, including homes, cars, clothes "and even their wedding rings, sometimes with the finger attached if it would not come off," she said.
Shea also said she saw reports of ISIS militants destroying or defacing ancient Christian sites, such as the supposed tomb of the prophet Jonah, fourth century monasteries and churches. She added that militants tore down crosses in the city and burned ancient Christian manuscripts.
"There is zero tolerance for the religious other on the part of this group," Shea said. "They are rabidly bigoted against Christians. They hate Christians. They are eradicating every trace of the 2,000 year history of Christianity in every area they have conquered, including in Iraq's second largest city, the center of Christianity in Iraq, which is Mosul."
David Curry, president and CEO of Open Doors USA, which offers assistance to persecuted Christians around the world and lobbies repressive governments to cease religious persecution, called the plight of Christians in Mosul and the remainder of northern Iraq "unprecedented in modern times."
"This latest forced exodus of Christians further shows why Western governments and the people in the West need to cry out in support for religious freedom in the Middle East and elsewhere," Curry said in a statement. "If this does not move us concerning the near extinction of Christianity in the Middle East, it's likely nothing else can."
Since the United States invaded Iraq in 2003 to overthrow Saddam Hussein, nearly 1 million Christians have fled the country for safer surroundings. An estimated 500,000 Christians remained throughout the northern portion of the country chiefly among the Chaldean Catholic community, which has existed there for 1,700 years. The archbishop for the region, Shimoun Nona, told the Catholic World Report after Mosul fell to militants in June that the Christian population had dropped to 35,000 and then to only 3,000.
According to recent reports from the region, only a few hundred Christian families remained in Mosul before ISIS gave its ultimatum last week. Its stance toward Christians who remained may mean the hardened Al-Qaeda offshoot is becoming even more intolerant of dissenting faiths as it tightens control over a large swath of the plain of Nineveh, where Mosul is located.
ISIS alone is not to blame for the crisis in northern Iraq, Shea said, noting that the inaction of the Obama administration and the Iraqi government have made matters worse.
Obama "should be talking about it," Shea said. "It is important also to keep pressure on the Iraqi government, which has failed in every way. It is a narrow, sectarian government that has, as I've heard reports today, rescued Shiite minorities from the north but is leaving the Christians ... to fend for themselves. They only rescued Shiites from the wrath of this Islamic state."
Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., said on the floor of the U.S. House June 22 that the Obama administration was watching the "extinction" of Christians and other religious minorities take place in northern Iraq.
"I believe what is happening to the Christian community in Iraq is genocide," Wolf said. "I also believe it is a crime against humanity."
Wolf said he and 54 other members of Congress -- Republicans and Democrats -- urged the Obama administration in a letter to engage the Iraqi central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government and ask them to prioritize additional security support for especially vulnerable populations in the region. Among those are Iraq's ancient Christian communities, he said. The members also asked the administration to provide humanitarian assistance to religious refugees from the area.
"I want to read the last line from our letter: 'Absent immediate action, we will most certainly witness the annihilation of an ancient faith community from the lands they've inhabited for centuries,'" Wolf said. "It is happening. They are almost all gone -- just as we predicted. The Obama administration has to make protecting this ancient community a priority."
Wolf spoke about the war on Iraqi Christians from the House floor again July 24, warning, "Christianity as we know it in Iraq is being wiped out."
"Where is the West? Where is the Obama administration? Where is the Congress? The silence is deafening," Wolf said. "The West, particularly the church, needs to speak out."
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Malaki finally addressed the plight of Christians in Mosul in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency July 20. Al-Malaki, a Shiite Muslim, said the actions taken by ISIS in northern Iraq "undoubtedly reveal the criminal nature of terrorists and extremist groups, which pose danger to the humanitarian legacy and heritage through the centuries."
Al-Malaki called on the government to render humanitarian aid and to support efforts of the Kurds to care for displaced peoples from Mosul. Many Christians have found protection among Kurdish fighters, who oppose ISIS's domination of the area.
In addition to the condemnation of forced deportations of Christians from Mosul by Shea, Wolf and Curry, interfaith groups and other religious leaders have also condemned ISIS's repression of Christians.
Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein, director of interfaith affairs with the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a global Jewish human rights organization, said too many people believe "forced conversions and expulsions of entire religious communities were part of a distant, medieval past."
"It is not too late to realize that many others -- Christians today, but certainly Jews, Baha'i, Hindus, Muslims and others -- are mortally endangered by a potent religious fanaticism that threatens tens of millions, and which still can be resisted," Adlerstein said in a statement.
Even prominent Sunni Muslim scholars claimed the forced deportation of Christians from their homes was not a true representation of Islamic doctrine. Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi said the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) condemns the actions of ISIS.
Christians "are native sons of Iraq and not intruders," a statement from the group told Rueters in Doha, Qatar, July 22. "The aim must be to bury discord, unite the ranks and solve Iraq's problems, rather than thrusting it into matters that would further complicate the situation."
IUMS does not disavow the notion of an Islamic caliphate as a goal to be obtained in the future. It claims, however, that a majority of Muslims in an area have to agree to join such a caliphate. That makes the caliphate announced with force by ISIS unlawful, according to the group.
The reach of ISIS began to expand into northern Iraq after fighting spilled over into the country from Syria in the spring. Militants overtook Mosul June 10, followed by the city of Tikrit, less than 100 miles from Baghdad. They captured Tal Afar and portions of the "Sunni Triangle" in western Iraq, including Ramadi and Fallujah. ISIS also temporarily took the town of Baquba, less than 40 miles from Baghdad, June 16.
The terrorist group now controls nearly one third of Iraq and Syria, an area larger than Jordan, Lebanon and Israel combined.
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Eagle Rock, CA: Casa Bianca Pizza Pie
Casa Bianca Pizza Pie
1650 Colorado Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90041 (map); 323-256-9617; casabiancapizza.com
Pizza Style: Chicago thin crust
Pizza Oven: Gas
The Skinny: Great toppings on a so-so pie in a nostalgic setting.
Price: 14-inch cheese pie, $12.55; single toppings, $1.95
When it comes to food, Los Angeles loves its institutions. Some, like Langer's, are revered not only for their years of service, but for their life-changing pastrami. Others like Pink's Hot Dogs have no redeeming social value other than the fact that they've been open for 73 years. Nonetheless, both are immensely popular. When it comes to pizza, Eagle Rock's Casa Bianca, open since 1955, is as close as it gets to an institution in L.A. But is having the most seniority good enough in a post-Mozza landscape?
Casa Bianca certainly has the right kind of origin story for an institution. Sam Martorana and his wife Jennie moved from Chicago to Eagle Rock in the 50's, opened a restaurant, slung pizza for fifty years, then handed off the peel off to their kids before Sam's unfortunate passing in 2007. That's pretty much all we could want out of a family restaurant, right? I wasn't around for the grand opening, but I would be stunned (to the point where I would begin to question reality itself) if anything, from the red sauce to the classic Italian decor, has changed in the intervening years, and that's probably one of the biggest draws. Nostalgia aside, until the meeting of great Mozza pizza minds Nancy and Mario, the same ol' same ol' at Casa Bianca was good enough for the unofficial "best pie in the city" title.
Before we get to the nitty gritty, allow me to correct what I believe to be a fallacy. I don't think Casa Bianca qualifies as thin crust Chicago-style, as is specified by the restaurant and seemingly every other person in the world. Sure, that microscopic ring of char around the rim is cracker thin (as well as buttery and delicious), but the vast majority of the crust is lumbering and doughy, not tender or flaky, and the pizza gets surprisingly thick as you move towards the middle. And just because a slice is firm enough to hold up a quarter pound of cheese and toppings doesn't mean there's any crunch to it. My diagnosis? Straight up pizza parlor pizza. Other amateur pizzaologists are invited to give their own diagnoses in the comments.
Now here's the part where I feel like I'm engaging in a little elder abuse. The base pie at Casa Bianca is not great. At all. In fact, it's an unbalanced mess. The sauce is reduced and yet there's a surprising lack of sweetness (though it just could be undercut by the heavy dusting of oregano post-cook), and though there's plenty of mozzarella to go around, when paired with the tomato it all turns into a soupy, watery, mono-dimensional mess. That isn't to say there isn't flavor in the pizza, because there's actually a ton. It just comes exclusively from the toppings.
L.A. Times food critic Jonathan Gold, the original Casa Bianca evangelist, forbids you from ordering anything but fried eggplant and sausage on your pie. Separately, those two toppings are fantastic, especially the housemade (before it was cool) sausage. It's sweet, glossy, and full of fennel, making you crave every nugget. The eggplant is no slouch either. Kelly Bone already mentioned it's the best she's ever had on pizza. Together, though, I didn't get the harmony I was expecting. The sheer volume of eggplant overwhelmed the smaller dollops of sausage, leaving only the occasional shard of sweetness to cut through. I much prefer the regular sausage pie, but even that one doesn't come together completely and you end up in that old game of eating massive slabs of bread and cheese when all you really want is that tasty, tasty pork.
There are other options though. The less heralded pepperoni has some nice bite, and there's enough grease leaking off the thin, smoky cuts to colonize the rest of the bland base like a flavor-replicating virus. No matter where the actual pepperoni was, every bite I had ended up with some much-needed spice. Sure, it's a bit more obvious than the sausage/eggplant combo, but there's at least some balance to be had.
While I'm definitely more critical than most, the fact remains that there's a line at Casa Bianca every single night of the week, so they must be doing something right. When I spoke to Sam Martorana's son, Ned, about the legacy of the restaurant, he mentioned that he and his sister were focused on "maintaining" what his parents had built, nothing more. In a city that's always looking for the hot new thing, I can definitely appreciate that. However, before you get spend an hour in line on a Satruday, you should probably ask yourself two questions. How much do you value nostalgia? And do you really want a pizza that hasn't changed since 1955? Based on your answers, your mileage at Casa Bianca will vary.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Mike Zunino and Preston Tucker homered, and top-seeded Florida beat Georgia Tech 6-2 in the Gainesville Regional on Saturday night.
Zunino's solo shot in the fourth sparked a three-run inning that was key in a testy game. Tucker added a towering, two-run shot in the ninth.
The game had plenty of drama. Umpires reversed a strikeout call at the end of the third inning, sending Georgia Tech back to the dugout and Florida back on the field. Tech's Jake Davies eventually struck out, making the call moot, but he tipped his hat to Florida fans booing him. Zunino, who was involved in the disputed call, homered to open the fourth.
Georgia Tech coach Danny Hall was ejected in the fifth while arguing an aggressive slide at second base. In the seventh, Tech catcher Zane Evans yelled at Florida shortstop Nolan Fontana following a play at the plate. Fontana kicked Evans' facemask after getting thrown out trying to score.


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