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Hidden Services need some love
Hidden Services are in a peculiar situation. While they see a loyal fan-base, there are no dedicated Tor developers to take care of them. This results in a big pile of features that need to be researched, implemented and deployed to make Hidden Services more secure and effective.
The purpose of this blog post is threefold:
- Introduce Hidden Service operators to various shortcomings of the Hidden Service architecture.
- Introduce researchers to various research questions regarding Hidden Services.
- Introduce developers to the plethora of coding tasks left to be done in the hidden Service ecosystem.
Note that not every idea listed in the blog post is going to turn out to be a great idea. This post is more of a brain-dump than a solid fully-analyzed agenda.
In any case, let's get down to the issues:
Hidden Service Scaling
The current Hidden Services architecture does not scale well. Ideally, big websites should have the option to completely migrate to Tor Hidden Services, but this is not possible with their current architecture.
One of the main problems with a busy Hidden Service is that its Introduction Points will get hammered by clients. Since Introduction Points are regular Tor relays, they are not intended to handle such load.
Therefore, one of the first steps for improving Hidden Services scalability is increasing the durability of its Introduction Points. Currently, a Hidden Service selects the number of its Introduction Points (between one and ten) based on a self-estimation of its own popularity. Whether the formula currently used is the best such formula is an open research question.
Another problem with Hidden Services is the lack of load balancing options. While you can load-balance a Hidden Service using TCP/HTTP load balancers (like HAProxy), there is no load-balancing option similar to DNS round-robin, where load balancing happens by sending clients to different server IP addresses. Such load-balancing could be achieved by allowing a Hidden Service to have multiple "subservices". Such an architecture, although appealing, introduces multiple problems, like the intercommunication between subservices, where the long-term keypair is stored, how introduction points are assigned, etc.
Defense against Denial of Service of Introduction Points
The adversarial version of the previous section involves attackers intentionally hammering the Introduction Points of a Hidden Service to make it unreachable by honest clients. This means that an attacker can temporarily bring down a Hidden Service by DoSing a small number of Tor relays.
To defend against such attacks, Syverson and Øverlier introduced Valet nodes in their PETS 2006 paper: "Valet Services: Improving Hidden Servers with a Personal Touch". Valet nodes stand in front of Introduction Points and act as a protection layer. This allows Hidden Services to maintain a limited number of Introduction Points, but many more contact points, without clients learning the actual addresses of the Introduction Points.
Valet nodes are not implemented yet, mainly because of the big implementation and deployment effort they require.
Key Length
The long-term keypair of a Hidden Service is an RSA-1024 keypair which nowadays is considered weak. This means that in the future, Hidden Services will need to migrate to a different keysize and/or asymmetric cryptographic algorithm.
A side effect of such migration is that Hidden Services will get a different onion address, which might be troublesome for Hidden Services that have a well-established onion address. To make the transition smoother, Hidden Services should be able to use both old and new keypairs for a while to be able to point their clients to the new address.
Unfortunately, while design work has started on strengthening some parts of Tor's cryptography, there are no proposals on improving the cryptography of Hidden Services yet.
Attacks by Hidden Service Directory Servers
Hidden Services upload their descriptor to Tor nodes called Hidden Service Directory Servers (HSDirs). Clients then fetch that descriptor and use it to connect to the Hidden Service.
In the current system, HSDirs are in an interesting position which allows them to perform the following actions:
- Learn the .onion address of a Hidden Service and connect to it
- Evaluate the popularity of a Hidden Service by tracking the number of clients who do a lookup for that Hidden Service
- Refuse to answer a client, and if enough HSDirs do this then the Hidden Service is temporarily unreachable
These scenarios are explored in the upcoming IEEE S&P paper titled "Trawling for Tor Hidden Services: Detection, Measurement, Deanonymization" from Alex Biryukov, Ivan Pustogarov and Ralf-Philipp Weinmann. Be sure to check it out (once they publish it)!
Let's look at some suggested fixes for the attacks that Hidden Service Directory Servers can perform:
Defences against enumeration of onion addresses
Hidden Services use a hash ring to choose which HSDirs will host their descriptor; this means that HSDirs can just wait to get picked by Hidden Services and then collect their descriptors and onion addresses. Also, since the hash ring is rotating, HSDirs get new Hidden Service descriptors in every rotation period.
One possible solution to this issue would be to append a symmetric key to the onion address and use it to encrypt the descriptor before sending it to HSDirs (similar to how descriptor-cookie authentication works currently). A client that knows the onion address can decrypt the descriptor, but an HSDir who doesn't know the onion address can't derive the Hidden Service name. The drawback of this scheme is that the size of onion addresses will increase without increasing the security of their self-authentication property. Furthermore, HSDirs will still be able to extract the Hidden Service public key from the descriptor, which allows HSDirs to track the descriptors of specific Hidden Services.
A different solution was proposed by Robert Ransom:
Robert's scheme uses the long-term keypair of a Hidden Service to derive (in a one-way fashion) a second keypair, which is used to encrypt and sign the descriptor that is uploaded to the HSDirs. This construction allows the HSDir, without knowing the long-term keypair of the Hidden Service or the contents of its descriptor, to validate that the entity who uploaded the descriptor had possession of the long-term private key of the Hidden Service. A client who knows the long-term public key of the Hidden Service can fetch the descriptor from the HSDir and verify that it was created by the Hidden Service itself. See the relevant trac ticket for a more robust analysis of the idea.
Robert's idea increases the size of onion addresses, but also makes them more resistant to impersonation attacks (the current 80-bit security of onion addresses does not inspire confidence against impresonation attacks). Furthermore, his idea does not allow HSDirs to track Hidden Service descriptors across time.
While Robert's scheme is fairly straightforward, a proper security evaluation is in order and a Tor proposal needs to be written. For extra fun, his idea requires the long-term keypair of the Hidden Service to use a discrete-log cryptosystem, which means that a keypair migration will be needed if we want to proceed with this plan.
Block tracking of popularity of Hidden Services
HSDirs can track the number of users who do a lookup for a Hidden Service, thereby learning how popular they are. We can make it harder for HSDirs to track the popularity of a Hidden Service, by utilizing a Private Information Retrieval (PIR) protocol for Hidden Service descriptor fetches. Of course, this won't stop the Introduction Points of a Hidden Service from doing the tracking, but since the Introduction Points were picked by the Hidden Service itself, the threat is smaller.
If we wanted to block Introduction Points from tracking the popularity of Hidden Services, we could attempt hiding the identity of the Hidden Service from its Introduction Points by using a cookie scheme, similar to how the Rendezvous is currently done, or by using Robert's keypair derivation trick and signing the introduction establishment with the new keypair. A careful security evaluation of these ideas is required.
Make it harder to become an adversarial HSDir
Because of the security implications that HSDirs have for a Hidden Services, we started working on making it harder for a Tor relay to become an HSDir node.
Also, currently, an adversary can predict the identity keys it will need in the future to target a specific Hidden Service. We started thinking of ways to avoid this attack.
Performance improvements
Hidden services are slooooowwww and we don't even understand why. They might be slow because of the expensive setup process of creating a Hidden Service circuit, or because Hidden Service circuits have 6 hops, or because of something else. Many suggestions have been proposed to reduce the latency of Hidden Services, ranging from Hidden Service protocol hacks to Javascript hacks, and to radically changing how the Hidden Service circuit is formed.
Let's investigate some of these proposals:
Reducing Hidden Service Circuit Setup complexity
During PETS 2007 Syverson and Øverlier presented "Improving Efficiency and Simplicity of Tor circuit establishment and hidden services" which simplifies Hidden Service circuit establishmentby eliminating the need of a separate rendezvous connection.
They noticed that by using Valet nodes, the concept of Rendezvous Points is redundant and that a Hidden Service circuit can be formed by just using Valet nodes and Introduction Points. Karsten Loesing wrote a Tor proposal for a variant of this idea.
The reason this scheme is not implemented is that the security trade-offs introduced are not well understood, and there are also some technical obstacles (like the fact that sharing of circuits between multiple clients is not currently supported).
Analyze Hidden Service Circuit Establishment Timing With Torperf
Establishing a connection to a hidden service currently involves two Tor relays, the introduction and rendezvous point, and 10 more relays distributed over four circuits to connect to them. No one has really researched how much time Tor spends in each step of that complicated process. It wouldn't be surprising if a large amount of time is spent in an unexpected part of the process.
To investigate this properly, one should use Torperf to analyze the timing delta between the steps of the process. Unfortunately, Torperf uses controller events to distinguish between Tor protocol phases but not all steps of the Hidden Service circuit setup have controller events assigned to them. Implementing this involves adding the control port triggers to the Tor codebase, running Torperf and then collecting and analyzing the results.
Hidden Services should reuse old Introduction Points
Currently, Hidden Services stop establishing circuits to old Introduction Points after they break. While this behavior makes sense, it means that clients who have old hidden service descriptors will keep introducing themselves to the wrong introduction points. This is especially painful in roaming situations where users frequently change networks (and lose existing circuits).
A solution to this would be for Hidden Services to reestablish failed circuits to old Introduction Points (if the circuits were destroyed because of network failures). We should explore the security consequences of such a move, and also what's the exact time period that Introduction Points are considered "old" but still "worth reestablishing circuits to".
Encrypted Services
Encrypted Services is the correct way of implementing the now-defunct Exit Enclaves.
Encrypted Services allow you to run a non-anonymous Hidden Service where the server-side rendezvous circuit is only one hop. This makes sense in scenarios where the Hidden Service doesn't care about its anonymity, but still wants to allow its clients to access it anonymously (and with all the other features that self-authenticating names provide). See Roger's original proposal for more use cases and information.
On this topic, Robert Ransom proposed to implement Encrypted Services as a program separate from Tor, since it serves a quite different threat model. Furthermore, if done this way, its users won't overload the Tor network and it will also allow greater versatility and easier deployment.
Human Memorable onion addresses
Zooko's triangle characterizes onion addresses as secure and global, but not human memorable. By now a couple of schemes have been proposed to make hidden services addresses memorable, but for various reasons none of them has been particularly successful.
These were just some of the things that must be done in the Hidden Services realm. If you are interested in helping around, please read the links and trac tickets, and hit us back with proposals, patches and suggestions. Use the [tor-dev] mailing list, or our IRC channels for development-related communication.
Finally, note that this blog post only touched issues that involve Tor's codebase or the Hidden Service protocol and its cryptography. However, if we want Hidden Services to be truly successful and influential, it's also important to build a vibrant ecosystem around them. For example, we need privacy-preserving archiving systems and search engines (and technologies and rules on how they should work), we need easy-to-use publishing platforms, Internet service daemons and protocols optimized for high-latency connections, anonymous file sharing, chat systems and social networks.
Thanks go to Roger, Robert and other people for the helpful comments and suggestions on this blog post.
PS: Don't forget to use anonbib to find and download any research papers mentioned in this blog post.
Are we able to donate to Tor
Are we able to donate to Tor Project and make sure said donations are only used for use X, which in this case would be to research/implement some of the points above?
I'd send in at least $100 a month to support such a project.
"I'd send in at least $100 a
"I'd send in at least $100 a month to support such a project." (Hidden services)
Would you mind discussing what motivates this readiness to donate on your part?
How you benefit from or why, particularly, you see special value in hidden services?
I hope the Tor folks don't miss this opportunity.
I want to run a forum on
I want to run a forum on clearnet while offering Encrypted Services for Tor users, I had long planned on using Exit Enclaves but they're broken.
I think Encrypted Services could be very useful in many use cases.
I would support a bounty for Encrypted Services . . .
Oh yea, I'm also really
Oh yea,
I'm also really interested in Human Memorable onion addresses, as well as increasing performance of HS respective to Encrypted Services for my use case.
Regarding memorability:
Regarding memorability: apparently it's now computationally feasible to find keys corresponding to such names as deeproadworksbwj.onion (it's 13 characters / 65 bits (!)). However I have no idea how much time and money did the search take.
Wow, only one
Wow, only one comment?!
(were are the crickets?)
Also I would like to re-use
Also I would like to re-use the private key of the hidden service for authentication purposes. Currently it is not easy to obtain this key in any way.
Why not focus on outproxies
Why not focus on outproxies and leave the darknet features to projects like I2P, which are already vastly more robust in those regards?
First, why do you think that
First, why do you think that Tor hidden services are a darknet? Second, why do you think that I2P or other projects are somehow more "robust"?
Is I2P still alive?
Is I2P still alive?
Why should we have to rely
Why should we have to rely on only one or two darknets? Hidden services are essential to the anticensorship agenda. If local authorities can simply take down your site and arrest you in your home then your software has failed. Hosting offshore is not a solution if your government can find out who you are.
"Why should we have to rely
"Why should we have to rely on only one or two darknets?"
Has anyone actually said such a thing?
As much as more may be merrier, don't we have to start by improving what we already have?
Because he doesn't use
Because he doesn't use hidden services because he doesn't have opinions or beliefs that are anthema to whatever community or country he resides in. He doesn't care, and you shouldn't either.
He's a totalitarian probably, all about consensus and how you must obey the will of that consensus.
What definition are you
What definition are you using for darknet? Do you think that Tor Hidden Services are a darknet? What is "dark" about it?
I2P is in no way more robust
I2P is in no way more robust than Tor. There are a lot of researchers (and papers) studying Tor, but virtually none for I2P. I2P may well have obvious vulnerabilities that no one noticed because no one studied it deeply enough yet.
I would be wary of running something like SR in the I2P network.
The Silk Road has been DoS'd
The Silk Road has been DoS'd to oblivion this week, the founder says the only way forward may require improvements to Tor Hidden Service protocols.
The PSYC project seem to
The PSYC project seem to have some interesting ideas, and they are voicing against federated social networks (http://about.psyc.eu/Federated_social_network); but I think running personal federated social network servers over Tor hidden services might be a viable way to bridge the gap there. All one has to do is patch one of the existing popular servers (Diaspora, Friendika) to run as a hidden service and package it as an installer like the Tor Browser Bundle.
1.) Is there a reason why
1.) Is there a reason why blog posts as long as this are posted IN THEIR ENTIRETY on the home page of the blog? This makes scrolling past to see the next post on the page rather tedious. And for what?
Why not post only a preview with a "read more" link that would open the full post in a separate page?
2.) Please be aware that the text/links in the right-hand column runs into the comment box. (When the post and/or comments are short enough that said box appears along side said text/links)
We used to post only
We used to post only snippets, and then everybody told us it was too hard to click on them to read the rest. Can't win, I guess.
Can't see what could be so
Can't see what could be so difficult about having to click to read the rest of a post. (Barring cases where only an EXTREMELY limited amount of RAM is available).
Thanks for replying.
Any data on what percentage
Any data on what percentage of .onions are for "CP" and the like? Just wondering.
People can create hidden
People can create hidden services for the sole purpose of manipulating those statistics. They are worthless.
To what extent can merely
To what extent can merely visiting an .onion fsck-up one's system?
Same risks as visiting any
Same risks as visiting any other website. (Web browsers are enormous complicated programs with a large surface area for attack.)
There's no need for fear. If
There's no need for fear. If you experience anything, tell the community to get the word out. The World Wide Web is much more dangerous than Tor hidden services in my opinion.
If you're concerned about
If you're concerned about it, use something like Whonix.
Right. Or Tails.
Right. Or Tails.
1.) What about
1.) What about BIOS/firmware/hardware threats?
Running a live environment will not protect against these, will it?
2.) Regarding Tor-usage in a live environment:
TBB is updated more frequently than Tails.
Thus, I think that running TBB from an updated live environment (such as, for example, whatever the most recently-released distro that runs live happens to be at any given moment) would be safer than Tails. (Providing, of course, that one's network activity will be limited to browsing within TBB).
I wonder how many people do
I wonder how many people do this (run TBB from a *general* distro run live)
I'm curious about tracking
I'm curious about tracking of popularity of Hidden Services. Do the directory servers see the client's IP when the client requests information on a hidden service? Is there a good resource to get a better understanding of the client and directory server interaction?
To answer the question, no,
To answer the question, no, both the user and the website are both anonymous and end-to-end encrypted.
Can someone please explain
Can someone please explain the benefits of using the I2P darknet in contrast with Tor Hidden Services? Does I2P suffer from similar attacks detailed in this blog post?
Recently IEEE published a
Recently IEEE published a scientific article about how hidden services can be deanonymized to reveal their real IP adresses. It was published here: http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2013/papers/4977a080.pdf
I would like to see a response from authorities within the Tor-project to this publication as soon as possible.
There are discussions on the
There are discussions on the Tor mailing lists, e.g.: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2013-May/004909.html
Me too.
Me too.
Ok guys, for now let's stick
Ok guys, for now let's stick with dices, pencil and paper ...
Diceware? At the rate things
At the rate things are going, the only choice may be to go back to the old-time Sherlock Holmes style methods of private communication/ cryptography/ steganography.
Semen purportedly makes good invisible ink...
"Don't forget to use anonbib
"Don't forget to use anonbib to find and download any research papers mentioned in this blog post."
Page is not HTTPS or even .onion! Why?!


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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — Did someone mention fireworks?
The Los Angeles Lakers kicked things off before dark by pulling off an agreement on a reported sign-and-trade deal with the Phoenix Suns that will pair up Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant and two-time MVP Steve Nash in a backcourt of two of the league's most sensational players.
The deal, believed to be for three years and nearly 27 million, includes two future first-round picks, two secon- rounds picks and some $3 million in cash going from the Lakers to the Suns. Nash, 38, was also being pursued by the Knicks, Raptors, Mavericks and others.
Bryant was reportedly the lead recruiter on Nash and sold his former rival on a championship core (Bryant, Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol) already in place and the need for an elite point guard to push the Lakers over the top. The proximity to his three children was also believed to be a major factor in Nash choosing to stay in the Western Conference.
The fact that all of this came together in the past 72 hours, and between teams that have been fierce rivals during Bryant's time with the Lakers and Nash's tenure with the Suns, makes it even more stunning. But the Lakers offed Nash the one thing no one else could, per Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports, and that's a chance to remain near his three children in Phoenix:
They used the trade exception they received from last year's Lamar Odom deal with the Dallas Mavericks.
"He's ecstatic," said Billy Duffy, Nash's agent. "He gets to be close to his children."
The Suns will get the Lakers' 2013 and '15 first-round draft picks and their 2014 and '15 second-round selections. The Lakers also paid the Suns $3 million to facilitate the trade.
Phoenix radio station KTAR 620 first broke the news of the Suns' sign-and-trade agreement with the Lakers.
The New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors and Dallas Mavericks had all tried to sign Nash, but he turned down more money – three years and nearly $36 million from the Raptors – for an opportunity to chase a title with Kobe Bryant and the Lakers, and to be closer to his children. Nash is divorced with two daughters and a son.
"His intention, as related to the Suns, was if he left that they would get value, that he would have the ability as his career was winding down to come to a competitive situation," Duffy said. "But his most important aspect was his ability to be close to his children. He's an hour from his children. I've never seen him happier because of that fact alone."
Duffy said Nash briefly considered retiring at the end of last season.
"Everything in his mind was predicated on his children," Duffy said. "It put me in an interesting situation because I knew that dynamic. It wasn't about the most money. He turned down a lot of money and aspects of other deals for the well being of his family."
Even more surprising is the complete about-face Nash has done since a radio interview with ESPN NewYork 98.7 last month. Back then, he panned the idea of joining the conglomerate and mentioned the Lakers as a specific example at this stage of his career (though he did give himself a little wiggle room at the end):
"The truth is I'm a bit old school," Nash said in the June 25 interview. "For me, it would be hard to put on a Lakers jersey. That's just the way it is. You play against them so many times in the playoffs, and I just use them as an example, and I have the utmost respect for them and their organization.
"I kind of have that tendency (to try to beat the best teams), so it is strange, but as a free agent you're free to go where you want, so I'd have to consider everything regardless of the past or the future."
With Nash in the fold, rumors have started that he'll try to persuade his good friend and ex-Suns teammate Grant Hill to join the Lakers, a move (if it happens) that would give them one of the deepest and most experienced teams in the league.
After looking for a few days like the major action in free agency would go on in the Eastern Conference, with Deron Williams agreeing to a deal with the Brooklyn Nets and the Nets and Hawks agreeing on a blockbuster deal that sends All-Star guard Joe Johnson to Brooklyn, things have taken a decidedly Hollywood turn this evening.
Los Angeles and the Staples Center will be home to two of the league's premier point guards, Nash with the Lakers and Chris Paul with the Clippers, as well as two of the most star-studded rosters in the game.


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The One Man Who Can Stop The Yankees or Rays
In the movie The Cooler, William H. Macy plays a character who is so unlucky that a casino hires him to hang around its gaming tables to jinx the customers.
My pal Jon Schaeffer is the sportscasting equivalent.
Jon is one of the radio voices of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. In his first year on the job, the IronPigs got off to the worst start in International League history by losing their first 11 games and finished the season 34 games under .500. Now in their third year of operation, the IronPigs have never had a winning record. Not even for a day.
"What do they always say, 'Show me a good team and I'll show you a good broadcaster.' I'm not real big on that theory," Schaeffer said with a laugh.
My man Jon also does basketball. In 2004-05, he was the voice of Longwood University. The Lancers went 1-30.
Four years later, he was the play-by-play man for the New Jersey Institute of Technology. NJIT also went 1-30.
They are the only two teams in Division 1 men's history to lose 30 games in a season.
"When someone says, 'Despite the team's lousy record, you did a very professional job,' I really appreciate that," Jon said. "When your team is 23-3 – it's easy."
This past year, Jon tried his luck – or lack thereof – in women's basketball as he went to work for Seton Hall. The Pirates went 1-16 in the Big East.
Schaeffer also broadcasts football games. In his two years at Lincoln University, the Lions are 4-16.
I know what you're thinking Red Sox fans . . . is there any way we can get the Yankees or Rays to hire this dude?
All kidding aside, Jon is an outstanding broadcaster and his luck is bound to eventually change. Imagine how excited he'll sound if his team finally wins a championship.
"I won't be able to handle it," Schaeffer joked. "I'll have to take some type of pill that will make me more reserved."
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After Darnell McDonald and Josh Reddick were promoted by Boston this week, the PawSox called-up outfielder Matt Sheely from Portland.
It's the second time he's advanced to Triple-A.
(photo courtesy of Kelly O'Connor)
In July of 2007, the Red Sox picked up relief pitcher Eric Gagne at the trade deadline and sent OF David Murphy to Texas in the deal. Jacoby Ellsbury was with Pawtucket at the time and was out of the lineup with a minor injury, so the PawSox desperately needed an outfielder for a few days.
The Red Sox sent them Sheely He was 20-years-old at the time and playing for Gabe Kapler at Single-A Greenville.
Matt remembers Kapler calling him into his office and saying, "Kid. Triple-A needs a player and you're the guy."
Sheely says he was speechless. Then he showed up at the airport with no I.D. and had to have his mother fax a birth certificate to the airport.
This time around, Matt remembered his I.D., but a taxi ride from the airport to the team hotel that was supposed to take 45 minutes wound up lasting 3 hours as the driver got lost and needed Sheely to come up with directions.
When Matt finally got to his room he decided to take a quick nap . . . only to oversleep and miss both team buses to the ballpark.
At least his travel snafus haven't affected his play.
In 2007, Sheely played in two games for Pawtucket and went 3-for-7.
In his first two games this year for the PawSox, Matt is 3-for-8.
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The PawSox open an 8-game homestand on Friday night as Michael Bowden takes the mound against the Buffalo Bisons at 7:05. I hope you'll join us for radio coverage beginning with the pre-game show on the PawSox radio network and pawsox.com.
I'd love to hear from you. The address is email@example.com.
And if you Twitter, you can follow my tweets at http://twitter.com/Dan_Hoard


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Morgan Stanley CEO and Chairman James Gorman expressed his dismay at the uproar related to the Greg Smith resignation letter at a talk earlier today.
At breakfast conversation hosted by FORTUNE magazine, Gorman discussed a range of topics such as the economy, the state of the banking industry and the Fed stress tests with FORTUNE managing editor Andy Serwer, but Greg Smith's now infamous resignation letter from Goldman Sachs was immediately the main talking point.
Gorman said when he first read the Smith op-ed, he was surprised that the New York Times would run such a piece.
"I think the purpose of an op-ed piece is to find somebody whose opinion is respected, is an influencer in a debate," he said. "And to pick a random employee... I don't think it's fair and I didn't think it was balanced, to be honest.
"I'm not interested in what one single employee says, they're not in a position to damn a whole company," he added.
The letter has been making waves in the financial sector ever since it was published in the Times Wednesday. In addition to receiving internal acknowledgment and a response letter from Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein and COO Gary Cohn, the Smith op-ed has also been addressed at other banks such as JP Morgan, where CEO Jamie Dimon warned his employees not to take advantage of their competitor's public relations fiasco.
Gorman said he took similar actions as Dimon, telling his employees that he did not want them circulate the letter or taking advantage of it.
"Any organization... can have an employee that's unhappy at any point in time, and I think you just have to take the high road on this stuff," he said.
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Lipscomb Signs Golfer Parkinson
Aug. 23, 2005
David Lipscomb High School golfer Cory Parkinson has signed to play golf for Lipscomb University.
Parkinson was the WJGC Regional Champion, He also finished third place in the District Tournament. Parkinson is also on the roster for the All-star Junior Golf Tour.
"I chose Lipscomb for the good Christian environment and the promising future of the golf program," Parkinson said.
He is the son of Nancy and Jeff Parkinson.


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There is one name that we changed the spelling of for comedic effect, but besides that they are all 100-percent authentic Utah names. —Chelsea Wilson
It's hard to know why some celebrities feel compelled to be "different" and give their babies names like Apple, Suri or Egypt. Did you know, however, that Utahns do the exact same thing?
Chelsea Wilson and Elisabeth Evans, known on Twitter as the "Mormon Girls," decided to put together a YouTube video to prove that point and show just how "creative" the names of some Utahns can be.
"We are really fascinated with the names Utahns choose to name their children," Wilson said.
The names in their video — including Brinleigh Brielle, Dreanessa, McKyndree, Taelorre, Tazmin, and sisters Raine and Stormy, just to name a few — are extreme and make one wonder if they're legitimate. But Wilson and Evans say they're all very, very real.
"There is one name that we changed the spelling of for comedic effect, but besides that they are all 100-percent authentic Utah names," Wilson said.
Wilson and Evans were roommates at the University of Michigan while both studied musical theater. Evans is currently finishing up her degree and Wilson, who just graduated this year, is living in New York.
When asked how they collected the names while not currently living in Utah, the women explained the effort has been a long time coming.
"Collecting the names is something that has been happening for years," Evans said. "So it was just a matter of going back and putting them all together. Chelsea's mom and aunt are also very interested in the topic and every time there is a random name in the newspaper, they send us a text or picture."
Finding the names was easy compared to the time it took to create the film with 58 outfit changes.
"We planned on doing it all in one day and we thought we had brought enough clothes but we quickly realized we didn't," Evans said. "The reason we had to film a second day is because we needed more costumes."
Getting into character for each name listed is what makes the video entertaining.
"It's fun to imagine what the personalities are like for all these names," Wilson said. "For us, because we are actors and this is our background, it was just a fun idea to explore with all these characters for a brief second. The options are endless; there are so many names and funny spellings."
Both Wilson and Evans say the video is not intended to make fun of Utahns, but rather it's to point out a unique trend in the state.
"This is really a loving ode to this funny facet of Utah culture," Wilson said. "It's something we love and appreciate and wanted to share with everyone so we could all get a kick out of it together."
Since the video was posted on YouTube, the responses have yet to be negative, Wilson and Evans say.
"People are being very positive," Evans said. "They are noticing, 'Oh yeah, that's true,' because we have pointed out this trend."
This is the second YouTube video from the "Mormon Girls." Last January they produced "Things Mormon Girls Say" and received an overwhelming response. The "Utah Names" video, which was posted in November, has done well itself, already receiving more than 150,000 views.
"We really thought that only my mom and maybe my grandma would think it was funny," Wilson said. "So we're happy to find that more people than just my extended family think it's funny."
Although neither Wilson or Evans are currently living in Utah, both girls have ties to the Beehive state. While she spent most of her life growing up in Georgia, Wilson was born in Provo and her family now resides in St. George. Evans was born in Ohio and spent her high school years in Japan, but still has a many family members in Utah.
Ever since the video posted, Wilson said they have received comments with lists of other strange names.
"My favorite recently discovered Utah name: Aybraeham, for a girl," said Wilson.
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The Greenland Environmental Observatory (GEOSummit) on the summit of the Greenland Ice Sheet (3200 m above sea level) was established by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Danish Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland to provide year-round, long-term measurements for monitoring and investigations of the Arctic environment. The multidisciplinary facility is home to several year-round investigations as well as numerous seasonal campaigns which take advantage of the unique location of the observatory. GEOSummit provides investigators ease of access to the highest site north of the Arctic Circle. Since 1989, when the GISP II ice-coring activities began, the site has hosted numerous atmospheric and glaciological investigations. Following two trial winter over periods (1997-1998, and 2000-2002), the NSF Long Term Observatory (LTO) program committed funding to maintain year-round measurements of key baseline variables of climate change at the site. In addition, several programs funded through European agencies have a year round presence at the site.
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Recently I've been doing some regional speaking on Gen Y in the workplace, including hot button topics like Gen Y recruitment, retention, and management.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) Chris Cunningham scored 19 points and grabbed 18 rebounds as San Jose State coasted to a 94-54 win over UC Santa Cruz on Tuesday night.
The Spartans (2-2) were never challenged after the five-minute mark as they won their second in a row and evened their record for the first time this season. San Jose State had its first double-digit lead, 16-6, at the 13:48 mark; a 20-point advantage, 37-17 with 5:23 left in the first half; and 45-25 at halftime.
James Kinney and Nick Grieves each scored 18 points.
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Moss Hill Ruritans give back to community
Members of the Moss Hill Ruritan Club gathered food for the donation of two Thanksgiving dinners for needy families.
The children of those families attend Moss Hill Elementary School.
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Home Solutions: Four common electrical mistakes
Some electrical wiring projects can be easy enough for do-it-yourself savvy homeowners, but frequent mistakes that can be easily corrected can be safety hazards and ultimately cause electrical fires. Don�t become a statistic by making these common mistakes.
N If the fuse keeps blowing every time you replace it, or the breaker continues to trip after you reset it, you decide to replace the fuse or breaker with a larger size. Never do this. Breakers and fuses are designed to interrupt the current flow in a circuit if the current flow becomes excessive. The reason for the breaker tripping or the fuse blowing should be corrected at once.
N Most incandescent light bases in your home require 60-watt bulbs. A wattage limit is posted next to the socket for safety purposes. The problem arises when a 100-watt bulb is screwed into the socket. The bulb fits fine and lights just likes the 60-watt bulb, but brighter.
So what�s the problem? This bulb uses more power and gets much hotter than the 60-watt bulb. The socket contacts are not designed for this extra load and as a result, the base will get hotter, possibly causing the base to overheat and start a fire. Always use the recommended wattage bulb in any light fixture.
N Multi-outlet power strips seem to provide an outlet for half of the house. The only problem is that the circuit you plug it into can only handle 20 amps. Every appliance in your home needs its own circuit, so spread out the electrical load. Appliances all draw a lot of power and need their own supply. For example, if a freezer and a refrigerator are on the same circuit, the load is too great and the breaker can trip. Don�t overload a power strip.
N Using a drop cord for an electrical load it isn�t rated for can cause the cord to get smoking hot. This is a great way to start an electrical fire. If you must use a drop cord on a heavy load appliance, use a cord that is rated for the appliance. The overloaded drop cord is most popular in the family room where all types of electronics are used: TV, DVD player, sound system, game consoles and other �necessities� of modern life. Drop cords should only be used for short terms, and never overloaded.
Check your home for these common electrical mistakes to save your family from a fire hazard.
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Discover! Simulations
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- Show children a globe and guide them to note how the globe is tilted to show the tilt of Earth. Earth's axis is tilted at 23.5 degrees from the vertical. Review the definition of axis.
- Use the globe to demonstrate how Earth revolves around the Sun. You may wish to use a standing lamp without a shade to represent the Sun. You can walk around the lamp and stop at different positions to show how the northern part of Earth sometimes tilts toward the Sun and sometimes tilts away from the Sun. Explain that when our part of Earth is tilted toward the Sun, we have summer; when our part of Earth is tilted away from the Sun, we have winter.
- Show children the equator. Explain that the equator goes around the exact middle of the globe. Make sure children understand that sometimes people use the word middle to describe the region around the equator.
- Let volunteers find Boston, Massachusetts, and Miami, Florida, on the globe. Ask the class to note which city is closer to the equator—to Earth's middle region.
- Review the vocabulary words and definitions with the class. Then introduce the Discover! question and let children predict the answer. Write their predictions on the board.
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- Direct children to launch the Discover! Simulation. They should listen closely to the question and the directions.
- Children should spend some time watching the movement of Earth around the Sun. Explain that when the picture of Earth stops, children should note several things: which part of Earth is tilted toward the Sun; whether either of the two cities has snow, as shown in the photos; the average monthly temperature in the two cities, as indicated by the caption below the photo.
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- When children finish viewing the simulation, return to the predictions they made to answer the Discover! question. Let them revise their predictions if they wish.
- Then review Step 3's Wrap-Up text with the class. Reinforce the idea that Miami is farther south, and thus closer to the equator—the middle region of Earth—than Boston is. Explain that since the Sun is fairly high in the sky during the winter in Miami, the city gets strong sunlight and enough heat generally to prevent snow.
- Pose the Extension question to the children: Is winter weather where you live more like winter in Miami or winter in Boston? If shown on the globe, let children find your city or your state on the globe and compare its location to those of Boston and Miami. Children should rank the three locations north to south. Guide them to use this information to notice patterns in winter weather in these places.
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- Places that are the same latitude or close to the same latitude as Boston have similar temperatures to those of Boston; it may snow there.
- Places that are the same latitude or close to the same latitude as Miami have similar temperatures to those of Miami; it is unlikely to snow there.
If time permits, present children with the following questions:
- Inquiry Skill: Use Numbers Compare the average monthly temperatures for Boston and Miami. In which season do Boston and Miami have the closest average temperatures? Answer: Summer.
- Critical Thinking: Analyze Water freezes at 32°F. How does this fact help explain why Miami does not get snow and Boston gets snow only in the winter? Answer: Snow only forms when temperatures are at or below freezing. The average monthly temperature in Miami in all four seasons is above 32°F. In Boston, the average monthly temperature dips below 32°F only in winter.
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English Language Learners
To help English Language Learners practice English speaking and listening skills in a natural context, pair these children with native English speakers. Have native English speakers ask English learners about the weather in their home country. English Language Learners should talk about how warm or cold it is during different seasons and whether there is a lot of rain or snow. If English learners have not lived in or visited the place where their family came from, provide simple books and Internet resources so that the paired students can work together to learn about the weather in that place.


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Hi there,
Years after release, has the game evolved?
Upon release, it was heavily railroaded. A victorious CSA was to be annexed by USA. Or French Empire was doomed no matter what.
Is it still the case? Is there more freedom with what ifs now?
loki100 wrote:It triggers a need for an essentially different what if chain for France. How stable is the Second Empire even after a win? The underlying social tensions remain and will resurface once the glow of victory goes away. It'd be an interesting mod along the lines of Kensai's reworking of the Austrian events assuming they beat Prussia in 1866 but PoN isn't a sandbox game by design.
Palpat wrote:Upon release, it was heavily railroaded.
Is there more freedom with what ifs now?
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CHICAGO � The Chicago Cubs have acquired catcher George Kottaras from the Kansas City Royals for a cash consideration.
The 30-year-old Kottaras served as Kansas City�s backup catcher last season after being claimed off waivers from Oakland in January. He played in 46 games, hitting .180 with five home runs and 12 RBIs.
He is a .214 hitter with 29 home runs and 96 RBIs over 295 major league games with Boston (2008-09), Milwaukee (2010-12), Oakland (2012) and Kansas City (2013).
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Three years after its inception, Punk Rock Yoga® is offering classes in New York beginning Sept. 25 at The Red Room. Punk Rock Yoga® is Hatha Yoga practiced in unconventional spaces such as nightclubs, self-defense training centers or biology research centers. The class features live musicians and DJs playing everything from Japanese flute to didgeridoo to experimental guitar.
The Marblehead-Swampscott, MA, YMCA is building a 90,000-square-foot facility to replace a Y that was built in 1910. The new facility, which will serve the population of Swampscott, Salem and Marblehead, MA, will feature an eight-lane pool, a 7,000-square-foot gym, a 7,000-square-foot fitness center and a 6,500-square-foot gymnastics center. The Y broke ground on the facility in late September and expects to open it in 2008.
Corporate Fitness Works™ is supporting Dr. Donna Allen's Pink Pedals Bike Tour across America, which will benefit the American Breast Cancer Foundation (ABCF). Corporate Fitness Works challenged its team to participate in at least 30 minutes of a physical activity for all 26 days of Dr. Allen's Ride Across America. In addition, Corporate Fitness Works will match all donations made to ABCF by team members.
Power Systems named Monty Kilburn as vice president of marketing and Robert Lindsey as director of education. Kilburn will oversee all marketing initiatives including advertising, catalog and Web promotion, and product education and development. Lindsey will direct Power Systems' newly formed education department, which will promote product knowledge and fitness/sports performance programming through industry conferences and seminars.


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Eddie Irvine has branded former Ferrari team-mate Michael Schumacher 'an idiot' and 'arrogant beyond belief' after the German nearly drove Rubens Barrichello into the pit wall in the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Defending his position for tenth in the latter stages of the race, the seven-time world champion forced Barrichello's Williams wide down the inside at 180mph in a move that race stewards punished with a ten place grid demotion for the next race.
Speaking on the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast Show, Irvine was quick to condemn his actions.
"He was an idiot. It was an idiotic manoeuvre that was extremely dangerous. It was incredible," said Irvine. "He wasn't thinking and it was just pure arrogance that he thought he could just drive another driver into the pit wall."
Despite Schumacher's punishment of a ten place demotion for Spa, Irvine thinks he should have received the even stricter punishment of a one race ban.
"He got punished, but I don't think he got punished enough. He should have got a one race ban because it was one of the worst manoeuvres I've ever seen.
"But I don't think he should retire. He's always done stuff like this and has intimidated people for a long time, but he got away with it because he was Michael Schumacher. He was the 'the' Michael Schumacher, but this Michael Schumacher isn't getting away with it."


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Mark Dobrzycki recalls the Avondale of decades ago. At Northwestern Savings & Loan, a financial institution of the era at Belmont and Milwaukee Avenues, lines stretched out the door Friday evenings, he said. Customers, many of them Polish immigrants, were queuing up to deposit hard-won paychecks into their passbook accounts.
"You opened a passbook account, and you'd get a percolator or a cutlery set," said Dobrzycki, executive director of the Greater Avondale Chamber of Commerce. "It seemed people outfitted their entire kitchens with those rewards."
Generations later, the recollection still neatly sums up the down-to-earth nature of this Northwest Side community. Ethnic, hardworking and none-too-fancy, Avondale is a little corner of Chicago where thrift trumps ostentation, and where new arrivals to this country plant their initial roots, striving to build better lives for their children.
Bordered by the Chicago River east, Pulaski Road west and Diversey Avenue and Addison Street south and north, Avondale is a checkerboard of ethnic enclaves, residential streets, industrial sectors and bustling shopping strips. Uniting it all is a largely working-class populace that gets along with and watches out for one another, residents say.
"The community works together to help each other out," said attorney Robert Groszek, a resident since 2005. "It's a very tight-knit community."
"It's a real interesting neighborhood, culturally," added Merrie Star, director of Northwest (Copernicus) Regional Center, part of the senior services division of the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services, and the leading Avondale social services agency. "We have the mix of the Latino culture with the Eastern European culture. You can walk down the street and see a supermarket with Eastern European delicacies and a taqueria, standing side-by-side."
At the same time, Avondale is changing. Its long-time Polish stronghold is slowly diminishing, while its Spanish-speaking populace grows. Along the fringes, near its bookend neighbors Old Irving Park on the west and Roscoe Village on the east, more and more affluent younger people are moving in to newer and renovated homes.
"It's a neighborhood in transition," Star said. "Its future is yet to be written."
Avondale has always been a family-centered community, albeit a hardscrabble one. More than ever, it is today luring growing numbers of younger families, said Ald. Ariel Reboyras, whose 30th Ward covers the western part of the community. The influx of children in the past five years has contributed to serious school overcrowding.
"We probably have the most overcrowded schools in the city of Chicago," he said. "It's a very kid-populated area. The new census will indicate that very strongly."
With schools bursting at the seams, Reboyras is delighted a new Chicago public school at 3231 N. Springfield Ave., Avondale Irving Park Elementary, is slated to open in the fall of 2010. "Many of the kids in the area are being bused," he said. "This will eliminate the need for busing. They will be able to walk to school with their parents."
Contributing mightily to the vibrancy of Avondale is a business community distinguished by its wildly varied, locally-owned, mom-and-pop neighborhood stores and eateries. Strolling the streets and sampling wares is like taking mini-vacations to places like Warsaw, San Juan and Guadalajara, Dobrzycki said. Few can resist Pasieka Bakery on Milwaukee Avenue. "It probably has the best paczki in the city, and also has great breads, cakes and pastries," he said. "Walking in there is like walking back into a 1930s or 1940s Polish neighborhood. The smell will overwhelm you."
Then there's the nearby landmark Red Apple (Czerwone Jabluszko ) restaurant, 3121 N. Milwaukee. "Whether you're a vegetarian or out-and-out carnivore, you always find something good to eat there, and the prices are very affordable," Dobrzycki said.
Farther east and north stands an American success story emblematic of today's Avondale. Some 18 years ago, Mexican-born Ramon and Elisa Iniguez opened La Finca ("the country getaway") restaurant on Elston Avenue, said daughter Lorena Iniguez. At the time, Elston was a non-stop stretch of factories and car repair shops, and the Iniguezes were told they would never make it in such an industrial area.
"But over the last seven years, the neighborhood has really changed," Lorena Iniguez said. "There are a lot of condos, young urban professionals are moving in, and there are bars and restaurants coming in that are known throughout the city. The good thing is we were here before, so we're very well known to all our neighbors."
Across the street at Century 21 M.B. Real Estate, managing broker Blair Brozynski knows all about the changes, and the new buyers arriving in Avondale. "It's nestled between Roscoe Village and Old Irving Park," she said. "If you have a person who can't quite afford Old Irving or Roscoe Village, then Avondale becomes an option."
These buyers often opt for the new-construction condominiums on Belmont and Elston near the edge of Avondale, selling for $315,000 to $420,000, Brozynski said. Deeper into the community, brick and wood-frame two-flats are commonly seen, priced from the $190,000s to a quarter million, she said. Single-family homes, most of them frame two-story designs, start at about $280,000 to $350,000, depending on how much renovation they need. Renovated single-family homes sell for $400,000 and more, while new construction single-family houses carry price tags above a half million.
Avondale isn't thought of as a treasure trove of vintage homes, like Old Irving. But in fact, many Avondale residential structures are a century or more old, Brozynski said.
For various reasons, Avondale has challenges to surmount. Said Star: "The negatives have sometimes outweighed the positives" in the area.
Besides school overcrowding, the community has a problem with homelessness, due to its traditional status as a gateway community. There is also some "fringe gang activity," Star said.
Her Copernicus Center is doing what it can to help its 60-and-older clientele, providing hot meals, fitness and wellness programs, and classes ranging from yoga and Latin dancing to computer learning and English as a second language, she said.
Avondale will likely never become a Lincoln Park, Old Town, Old Irving or historic Kenwood. It's too far from the lake, and doesn't have residential palaces. But it always will be a bedrock community of hard work and family focus, Dobrzycki said.
"Over time, the community has changed," he said. "But you still see people with their roots in the community."
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Avondale: COMMUNITY INTELLIGENCE
The lowdown
Avondale is a land-locked niche a few miles northwest of the Loop that has long served as gateway to Chicago for hard-working, blue-collar immigrants. It is often referred to as "the neighborhood that built Chicago," because bricks in many Windy City homes were fired from raw material pulled from the clay pits that once dotted Avondale. Today, comprised heavily of newcomers from Poland, Mexico, Puerto Rico and South America, it is also drawing folks from trendier lakefront nooks who seek more affordable homes.
Things to consider
UPSIDE: If you like ethnic Chicago, you will enjoy Avondale, a cultural and social melting pot. On Avondale's eastern edge, bars and eateries with a trendy vibe have invaded from Roscoe Village. CTA bus and rapid transit lines crisscross the neighborhood, and the Kennedy Expressway bisects it. The city's new public school promises relief from overcrowding. Home prices are affordable, but may not be for long, as the city proves an ever more desirable destination for families with younger children.
DOWNSIDE: Avondale struggles with homelessness, some gang activity and school overcrowding. In addition, beyond the Northwest (Copernicus) Regional Center serving individuals 60 and older, there is a lack of social service agencies to meet the population's needs. Avondale's commercial areas are showing their age, but a new TIF district that will make small business improvement funds available should help.


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Brooklyn, New York @ Goodbye Blue Monday
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Richmond, Virginia @ Strange Matter with The Diamond Ceter. Doors at 9pm
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Discovery reveals optimal wellness key reports author scientist Christian Drapeau
Los Angeles, CA (Vocus) April 17, 2010 -- The most promising future of stem cell research is linked to Adult Stem Cells rather than embryonic because of a recent breakthrough in understanding the function of these cells, according to scientist Christian Drapeau, author of Cracking the Stem Cell Code (Sutton Hart Press 2010).
Drapeau reports the discovery that a body's own stem cells (these are "adult stem cells") can travel to any tissue or organ needing repair or renewal, replicate and then become healthy cells of that tissue. "This changes the whole paradigm of human health and wellness".
"If we simply support adult stem cells in their function of repair and renewal by supporting their release from the bone marrow, instead of taking them out of the body and modifying them in a lab, it gives access to stem cell technology to a much greater number of people to a much lower cost" said Christian Drapeau. "In this manner their immense potential can also be realized in a much safer manner."
Drapeau explains:
Recent studies indicate that if we can increase the number of stem cells in circulation, this enhances the body's ability to maintain the health of all tissues and organs. "It's the best strategy and platform to tap into the natural repair/renewal system of the body."
"Almost every disease results from the loss of a specific type of cells: diabetes results from the loss of insulin producing cells; Parkinsons from loss of dopamine-producing cells in the brain; hyperthyroidism from loss of cells in the thyroid gland; macular degeneration from the loss of cells in the retina and so on" explains Drapeau.
"But losing cells is not in itself the problem, we can renew the various tissues of the body and we actually do this constantly."
The scientist reports that the body naturally constantly renews itself. For example the body creates a new lining of the intestine every five days, a new lung every few years, and a new heart every fifteen or twenty years, so the body is in a constant process of tissue turnover. "This means that in theory, at 60 a person has had few hearts. So the problem is not losing cells, but rather out ability to replace them and repair tissues. Health is a balance between cellular loss and tissue renewal. Anything we can do to support stem cell functions in the body will assist the body in maintaining health. Our newly expanded understanding of the function of a body's own stem cells gives us a roadmap to improve so many conditions and clearly show that Adult Stem Cells are the preferred way to make that happen."
About Christian DrapeauChristian is America's best known advocate for Adult Stem Cell research and the health applications of Adult Stem Cell science. He is the author of The Stem Cell Theory (2009) and the best seller Cracking the Stem Cell Code (Sutton Hart Press 2010) Christian co-founded Southern California-based STEMTech HealthSciences, a multinational research and supplement manufacturing-distribution firm focused on adult stem cell science and stem cell nutrition. A featured Mensa national event speaker, Christian holds a BS in Neurophysiology from McGill University and a Master of Science in Neurology and Neurosurgery from the Montreal Neurological Institute. You can get more information about Christian by visiting his site: http://www.christiandrapeau.com.
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I want to make sure that there was first an understanding about a few basic features of a pressure canner that hold true for all of them. First, this is a canner and not a cooker. They are specifically built to withstand the type of canning that we are doing and have features that make it easy for a canner to do any safe recipe. A pressure cooker is a pot that has a single weight on the top that is set for 15 lbs of pressure. It looks like the pot at the right.
Most of the recipes do not require this much pressure for canning and you will over cook your recipes and not get the quality product you desire.
Second, all of the specification for the pressure canners are based on the fact that you will be using a regular mouth canning jar and not a wide mouth. I do know that you will lose the standard capacity in the pressure canner if you use a combination of wide and regular mouth jars. Please take that into consideration and don't freak out if you don't get full capacity when your canner arrives.
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Below is a chart which contains the research that I have done for three of the most popular brands available on the market. These can be found at a "few" retail locations but all are available online and a link below to a reasonable price site that I found. That price shown is without shipping and handling as some of the sites I looked at had free shipping for the more expensive brands.
I would love comments following this post if you own one of these canners to help out the other readers in making a decision. Many of you know which one I use, but to be fair I want to be impartial and see what the feedback is on these products.


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The Dangers Of Multitasking While Driving
Our lives are busier today than at any other point in recent history. Our jobs take the majority of our waking hours while errands, family, and miscellaneous chores siphon the rest. As a result, millions of people are trying to fit more tasks into shorter amounts of time. And they're doing it while driving.


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With the farmer's almanac touting lots of snow this winter, experts are advising residents to winterize their homes and yards.
Real estate agent Lori Heerey said there are some simple steps to take to prepare your home for winter. She said to remove all hoses and pack your water meter — the old school way with a gunnysack and leaves would still work. She also said there are covers for attic fans.
"Other than that get a nice warm fire," Heerey said.
For yards, it is simple. Marion landscaper Ryan Richter said winter upkeep for yards is mostly about picking up leaves. He said he and his father, Marshall, will work on yards through early December mostly clearing yards of leaves.
"It's the dirtiest part of mowing," Richter said.
To ensure that yards come back vibrant and green in spring, they also put down fertilizer.


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We received all positive feedback from students and parents... some examples:
"...I wanted to thank you for your coordinating "Mystery in the Stacks". [Student] enjoyed the day and really learned a lot. I hope you have it again next year…I will pass on the excellent rating. I wish AYU would put this program on for adults!"
"...He really enjoyed the class - the Dante book especially made a big impression. He said the librarians were cool - praise from a 13 year old, hard to come by!"
"[Student] had a great time at the Mystery in the Stacks. He really enjoyed it and, honestly, couldn't stop talking about it for hours!" Thank you all for your hard work and a great day. "
We were so pleased to see that the students had fun and the parents seemed to feel the program was worth the money and time. The other question though, and perhaps more pressing, is did the students actually learn anything?
They did solve the mystery with essentially no help needed from me, so I would say so. I sat in the computer lab while the students were solving the mysteries to answer any questions and provide instructional support, so I was able to witness their problem solving processes. Overall, they really did do everything right and retained what was taught during the instruction portion to help them solve the mystery. There were just a few minor snags that I think could have been worked into instruction and/or planning....
- In the second clue, the students are prompted to search Stedman's Medical Dictionary to understand that the medical examiner means dehydration as cause of death when she lists the synonym, exsiccion, in her report. I saw a student immediately jump to Google instead of even trying the medical dictionary, and of course I said, "Hey now! You want to make sure your information is accurate, so use the medical dictionary to find the answer..." And when you search Google for the term, nothing really comes up anyhow. I think I should have stressed more the uncertainty of Google. Of course it is good for quick definitions, I use it all the time, but for specialized information, using a trusted source actually saves more time.
- I taught the students the basics of Boolean logic during the instruction portion, and was so happy to see they remembered how to use AND during the catalog-searching clue. However, for some reason when they put the first term on line 1 and the second on line 2, those results differed from my answer-checking when I typed term AND term on one line. I'm glad I caught them before the ran up to retrieve the next clue because they would have been led to an incorrect location based on the catalog results. I hadn't even thought to check this, but now I know.
- Google seems to really capture the students' attention, so perhaps spending more time on search tricks and evaluating websites might be good. I covered the difference between Google and databases at the beginning, and showed how they search differently. We talked a bit about credibility and in the second half of the instruction they completed part of a tutorial on evaluating websites. I think maybe spending a little more time on instruction and incorporating some quick games or activities could be good. We chose not to because the mystery was the major hands-on/game portion, but perhaps more specialized instruction would have been good since these kids seemed to be more advanced.