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Friday, July 10, 2009
You Down with APT?
Helpfully, BusinessWeek just published Under Cyberthreat: Defense Contractors this week. The article begins like this:
Northrop Grumman's info security chief addresses the "well-resourced, highly sophisticated" attacks against makers of high-tech weaponry...
The defense industry faces "a near-existential threat from state-sponsored foreign intelligence services" that target sensitive IP, according to a report by the Internet Security Alliance, a nonprofit organization on whose board McKnight sits...
[BusinessWeek asked:] Are defense contractors being singled out in highly targeted attacks?
[McKnight responded:] It's gotten to a point where it has a name for itself: the APT or "advanced persistent threat," meaning that they are well resourced, highly sophisticated, clearly targeting companies or information, and they're not giving up in that mission.
Incidentally, McKnight practices NSM:
[BusinessWeek asked:] What kind of tools do you use to keep your network secure?
[McKnight responded:] We've focused a lot on... capabilities where you're capturing all traffic, not just bits and pieces of it.
Security company Mandiant devotes an entire site to APT, saying:
The Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) is a sophisticated and organized cyber attack to access and steal information from compromised computers.
The intruders responsible for the APT attacks target the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), financial industry, manufacturing industry, and research industry.
The attacks used by the APT intruders are not very different from any other intruder. The main differentiator is the APT intruder's perseverance and resources. They have malicious code (malware) that circumvents common safeguards such as anti-virus and they tend to generate more activity than wanton "drive by hacks" on the Internet.
The intruders also escalate their tools and techniques as a victim firm's capability to respond improves. Therefore, the APT attacks present different challenges than addressing common computer security breaches.
Combating the APT is a protracted event, requiring a sustained effort to rid your networks of the threat.
I briefly mentioned APT in my post last year Thoughts on 2008 SANS Forensics and IR Summit.
Aside from Northrup Grumman, Mandiant, and a few vendors (like NetWitness, one of the full capture vendors out there) mentioning APT, there's not much else available. A Google search for "advanced persistent threat" -netwitness -mandiant -Northrop yields 34 results (prior to this blog post).
APT is one of those subjects that is very important but not well understood outside the defense industry. Your best bet for a public introduction to APT is to watch for the next Webinar offered by Mandiant. Ask them to do another soon; I listened to their Webinar in May and realized many participants had never heard of APT before. If you're not down with APT, you need to be.
Richard Bejtlich is teaching new classes in Las Vegas in 2009. Late Las Vegas registration ends 22 July.
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NDA's and Clearances tend to reduce the amount of information that can be shared about APT. Their should be a better unclassified information sharing forum to help spread the word (tools, techniques and recent findings). -R
- H. Carvey said...
Their should be a better unclassified information sharing forum to help spread the word (tools, techniques and recent findings). -R
Just out of curiosity, better than what? With all of the resources available, what could be done better? What would you recommend?
- *Redacted* CIRT said...
Yeah you know me.
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- Security4all said...
Someone started an "Operation Aurora" LinkedIN group. Maybe some good unclassified information will be shared there?
- Richard Bejtlich said...
That's hilarious. Yeah, let's share what we know with a faceless LinkedIn group!
- freedomfiles said...
"That's hilarious. Yeah, let's share what we know with a faceless LinkedIn group!"
I've created the group, and use it to share non-confidential information regarding the Aurora incident.
I don't understand your reaction - everything in the group is public information which can be found on the web, and there's nothing shady about it.
Kind regards,
Niels Groeneveld
- Richard Bejtlich said...
Niels, if you're sharing "public information which can be found on the web," what's the point?
- freedomfiles said...
I was collecting a lot of information regarding the Aurora incident for my work, and thought it would be a waste of time not to share it with others who could also use the same information for further investigation as most information was open source and non-confidential.
Apparently a lot of people understood the point, as 300+ people joined, and I got a lot of positive feedback.
The group contains technical reports, news stories, translated Chinese materials to show Chinese reactions on the incident, and so on.
What's the point of not sharing information, and not trying to make the life of others who need similar information easier by putting it all together, whether that's on a blog, on twitter, or in a linkedin group ?
- Richard Bejtlich said...
Well, that's great if you think "Aurora" is relevant to advanced persistent threat. Recent revelations have confirmed that McAfee didn't know what it was doing and others who based research on their work followed poor leads.


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Just reading today again that Brandon Jackson is expected to miss this week as well. Right now, we have 2 healthy halfbacks. Halfback is a position that sees plenty of injuries. I know the team thinks John Kuhn is able to switch in and play halfback because he did it in college – I don't. That would be ugly. If Sutton were here now, he could be getting some playing time and doing some damage on the field because the guy can flat out play. Even though Jackson still has potential and I don't think he's bad, he has some trouble staying healthy. I know McCarthy/Thompson always have their reasons for cutting guys, but I still think cutting Sutton was a mistake. The fact that he was picked up instantly and put on a roster of a team that already had 3 quality RBs (Carolina) and not put on a practice squad, offers support for the argument that this was a mistake.
Couple the Sutton situation with the Desmond Bishop situation (plus a few others over the years), and it leads me to a small worry that sometimes MM/TT overlook obvious, obvious talent. Generally, they evaluate talent reasonably well, but there are times when I can't possibly imagine how they arrive at their decisions. Cutting Tyrell Sutton is one of those decisions.

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by Elizabeth Zelvin
As some of you know, I've recently released an album of original songs, Outrageous Older Woman. While I'm an experienced writer who knows as much as any author can claim to about today's rapidly changing book publishing marketplace, this is my first foray into the recording industry.
I've met a fair number of independent singer-songwriters over the years, so I was not surprised when my co-producer on the album, who actually makes a living from his music, confirmed that the best place to go for distribution of indie music is a website called CD Baby. For a small fee—which in fact was paid by the company that made and packaged my CDs—they offered a user-friendly way for listeners to preview excerpts of the songs and buy either the CD or mp3 downloads of the whole album or individual songs. This can be done on either my CD Baby page or a click-through embedded in my own music website. And for no extra charge, CD Baby handles digital distribution to iTunes, Amazon, and numerous other music vendors on the Internet.
All I had to do was sign up with CD Baby by completing their online registration and send them five copies of my CD. So far, so good. I was pleased they asked for information I thought it was important for music lovers to know, such as a description of each song. I had already done some thinking about what musical genres to check off in order to attract folks who would actually enjoy my music: urban folk, country-folk, acoustic singer-songwriter, and (coached by my co-producer, who's an old hand at this) "roots" and "Americana"—designations for music that isn't slick and formulaic enough, not Nashville enough, to be played on commercial country stations.
I even managed to come up with the requested "three names of famous artists whose music yours is like." I've always had trouble with this stuff with my fiction, since I don't think my work is quite like anybody else's. ("If you crossed Matt Scudder with Stephanie Plum, you might get my recovering alcoholic protagonist Bruce Kohler's third cousin.") So I hope no one is too disappointed when they hear my music after reading that I'm like Joan Baez, Judy Collins, and the Dixie Chicks. At least we're in the same ballpark.
But one phase of the registration process knocked me for a loop. For every one of the sixteen songs on the album, I had to check off whether it was "clean" or "explicit." Now, I'm a word person, and I know that "explicit" does not mean "dirty." If you ask me to be explicit about my origins, I can tell you that I'm a nice Jewish girl from Queens, the daughter of immigrants from Hungary and Russia. To be explicit about my favorite meal, I can describe the cut of meat and its degree of doneness and exactly how I like my potatoes prepared. But I'm no dummy, and I know they meant "explicitly obscene" or "explicitly profane"—in other words, is each song suitable for young children to hear, or is it dirty?
As I found out later, ie after checking off "clean," as it happens, for all my songs, the source of the hoopla about this is "the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC)...an American committee formed in 1985 with the stated goal of increasing parental control over the access of children to music deemed to be violent, have drug use or be sexual" (Wikipedia), spearheaded by Tipper Gore. This raised a furor on the issue of censorship in the arts. Apparently the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) decided to have its members put a voluntary parental advisory (the Tipper sticker) on works that were considered "explicit." Wikipedia says, "It is uncertain whether the 'Tipper sticker' is effective in preventing children from being exposed to explicit content. Some suggest that the sticker actually increases record sales."
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I'm on the second run in with Ophilia's army and I'm having a bit of trouble dealing with her Reapers.
In addition to killing me when I get with in 30 feet, they also seem to be just as effective against my other troops.
How do I manage that situation?


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Ian Begley@IanBegley
The #Knicks remain interested in FA Josh Howard, per a league source. @SpearsNBAYahoo reported Howard recently visited PHI & SA.
Ian Begley@IanBegley
The #Knicks remain interested in FA Josh Howard, per a league source. @SpearsNBAYahoo reported Howard recently visited PHI & SA.
And I'm not buy this "one more roster spot" stuff...If they wanted both Sheed AND T-Mac on this team, they could easily make that happen. Just cut James White..Done.
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Just reading that the Suns are adding Othyus Jeffers to their training camp roster. Nice move...Here's hoping he's healthy -- dude tore his knee up pretty good about a year ago in the off-season I believe... Had played real well for the Wizards after lighting it up in the D-League up to that point. Dude can ball -- definitely had a bright future ahead of him imo. I wanted the Knicks to take a look at this guy, both before and after he got hurt..Love his game. Strong, athletic, aggressive SG/SF before he went down that really brought it on both ends. Extremely capable offensive player (esp. posting up & slashing), GREAT rebounder for a wing and a shut-down defender...Just played the game like a man, not some starstruck kid feeling his way..Suns could've grabbed a real nice player here if he's made a full recovery or close to it..I'll be rooting for him.
EDIT: If he's healthy but doesn't end up making that Suns' roster for whatever reason -- I wouldn't mind the Knicks bringing him in at all. Definitely a Mike Woodson-type player all the way. Picture Ronnie Brewer, a tad shorter (looks long with big hands though), but even stronger and better offensively. I see a little Ruben Patterson/PJ Tucker in Jeffers as well...He'd fit in perfectly here with our coach and this new defensive-minded roster/philosphy they've put together. Again, IF he's healthy...Big if.
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The Lakers signed Chris Douglas-Roberts to a "camp deal." I wanted CDR before we got Brewer and then after Brew got hurt for insurance. Just sayin'. He's a better talent than Brewer imo. We'll have to see man -- If we were aggressive enough, we could've gotten this guy. No question. Obviously didn't come down to a playing time thing for CDR -- he's going to a situation where their best player plays his position & will play 35-40 mins a night, and then he will have to battle it out for leftover mins. with Jodie Meeks and maybe even Darius Johnson-Odom if that kid makes the club...CDR obviously wants to win and we could've offered him the same winning atmosphere over here plus a starting role right off the bat (at least until Brewer got back). I've been wrong a million times and I hope I'm wrong on Brewer. Just reading Begley's column over at ESPN and he's saying Brew's about 2-3 weeks away from game action. I hope they don't rush this dude back... I respect the move I guess -- Brewer is a Woody kind of player and we got him cheap...I still don't get the James White signing though...Think about it -- CDR or James White? I hope I'm wrong on White too but I just don't see that move at all..
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I was praying, praying and praying for us to grab Kyle Korver from Chicago he D's up and hits that 3 so damn smooth
Hopefully we can make a mid season move of some kind and grab him from Atlanta since he's stuck in large depth area
Knicks Sign Rasheed Wallace
October 03, 01:54 PM EDT
NEW YORK, October 3, 2012 New York Knickerbockers Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations and General Manager Glen Grunwald announced today that the team has signed free agent forward/center Rasheed Wallace to a contract. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Wallace, 6-11, 230-pounds, holds career averages of 14.6 points, 6.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.33 blocks over 33.0 minutes in 1,088 games (956 starts) over 15 seasons with Washington, Portland, Atlanta, Detroit and Boston. He is a four-time NBA All Star (2000, 2001, 2006, 2008), who won an NBA Championship with Detroit in 2004, alongside then-assistant coach Mike Woodson.
He last played for Boston in 2009-10, averaging 9.0 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.0 assists over 22.5 minutes in 79 regular season games (13 starts) and 6.1 points and 3.0 rebounds over 17.1 minutes in 24 postseason games (one start). He was originally selected by Washington in the first round (fourth overall) of 1995 NBA Draft, following his sophomore season at the University of North Carolina.
Dominique Morrison was just waived by the N.O. Hornets. 6'6" 210 lb. SG/SF, undrafted outta Oral Roberts. Summit League POY last year..Numbers were very impressive in college, esp. the last 2 years:
Looks like he's got the requisite size for an NBA wing, he can score, shot a high % from the floor (over 40% from 3 2 yrs. in a row), got to the line often and hit his FTs at a good clip.
I've never seen this kid play. Anyone have a scouting report on him? Not too much out there on the Net about him. Anyone seen him play? How's the strength, quickness, athleticism, etc.? With our injuries at 2G, maybe we take an immediate flyer on this kid -- if not for training camp, maybe we offer him a spot on the Erie Bayhawks. He wouldn't be part of the 15-man, but if he went to our DL affiliate and played well, and say James White or Copeland proved they weren't NBA players, we could quickly swap out either guy for Morrison and offer him a contract before someone else did...People slept on Wes Matthews Jr. outta Marquette a few years back and that kid wound up being an NBA player...I'd look into this kid if I'm Glen & Allan.
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Leandro Barbosa has agreed to a one-year deal with the Boston Celtics.
Barbosa finished the 11-12 NBA season with the Indiana Pacers following a trade from the Raptors.
Via Adrian Wojnarowski/Yahoo! Sports
The celtics are officially one of the deepest teams in the NBA.
That's a good pick up for them. Avery Bradley is still not 100%. Still much happier with the bigger, more defensively oriented Brewer on this team.
I've read a number of articles regarding his acquisition as key for the Knicks.
This thread's traffic has slowed as the season approaches. I'll unstick it for now, and be sure to keep it updated accordingly.
Thanks to all of those that kept us up to date. It got all RealGM for me, and became a hugely reliable place to keep up.
Thanks especially to finestrg, CA7 and NYk.
Barbosa has been discredited by many for his performances in Indiana and Toronto.
Just a bad fit for him, Barbosa can really shine in Boston. Rondo and Barbosa is probably the fastest backcourt we'll ever see in NBA history. Barbosa has a 3pt shot, isn't great at anything else but will be a problem for us since we don't have any fast guards except Shumpert and Smith and they play off the ball.
Reading over at Hoopshype that the T-Wolves just waived Jermaine Taylor. We could definitely use this guy -- way better than Mychel Thompson and Oscar Bellfield and better than James White. Dude was awesome at Central Florida... He can shoot and he's plenty athletic, pursues loose balls, rebounds and he can get out on the break and finish. Very strong and plays much bigger than 6'4" (closer to 6'5" in shoes). I would love for the Knicks to buy out James White or just waive him if and when a better option came along. The $854k we gave White is not a lot of money -- we're not talking 20 million here. I realize it's not good business to just up and cut a player we just gave guaranteed money to regardless of the amount but for 854k, realize that a correction needs to be made if a better SG comes along and make it, for the good of the team. I know Brewer's on the verge of coming back and I should be patient but what if that doesn't go well? What if Brew can't get back in the swing of things? What if Shump's not even ready by Feb? What if this JR Smith achilles problem is more serious than we (they) think? Jermaine Taylor is an upgrade over James White, bottom line. White should've never been given guaranteed money. Period. There are better shooting guards out there! Been sayin' it since day 1.
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Detecting Unfair Dice in Casinos with Bayes' Theorem
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I saw an interesting problem that requires Bayes' Theorem and some simple R programming while reading a bioinformatics textbook. I will discuss the math behind solving this problem in detail, and I will illustrate some very useful plotting functions to generate a plot from R that visualizes the solution effectively.
The Problem
The following question is a slightly modified version of Exercise #1.2 on Page 8 in "Biological Sequence Analysis" by Durbin, Eddy, Krogh and Mitchison.
An occasionally dishonest casino uses 2 types of dice. Of its dice, 97% are fair but 3% are unfair, and a "five" comes up 35% of the time for these unfair dice. If you pick a die randomly and roll it, how many "fives" in a row would you need to see before it was most likely that you had picked an unfair die?"
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I had been planning to head south to the Zumbro River Bottoms to run today but with ice forecast for late morning in Rochester and early afternoon in Big Lake, I would have been driving in less that stellar conditions. I'm glad I stayed near home. The forecasters were right on. It rained for a while here and is now snowing.
There hasn't been any snow fall in the past few weeks so I thought I'd head out to Lake Maria State Park to see if the trails were still designated as ski only. I headed over yesterday morning and was SO happy to see that there hadn't been any ski tracks for a very long time. Yay!! It was cold, -6F and a good stiff wind, very icy. Topaz had his booties and I wore my Inov-8 Roclite 312's with an additional 15 screws I put through each sole. They worked beautifully! No slipping, power running up each and every icy hill. Loved it! Topaz and I ran 20 miles yesterday and then headed back out today.
Topaz has renewed youth in the winter months. He rolls around in the snow to cool down-yes-even at -6F and chows down on snow. He refuses to drink from my bottle or his bowl while running in the winter. I don't know why. I can't ask him. Well, I've tried..he hasn't given me any indication as to why it is this way. Oh yeah. He just isn't thirsty.
Today was a balmy 16F when we went out. Still, not a soul to be seen on the trail. My plan was 6 hours, starting to run long back to back. Yippee!!
No booties for Topaz but I still wore my screw shoes. Worked like a charm. We ran all of the main trails, quite a few deer trails and then spotted a trail with a blue hand made sign "winter bike trail". Nifty! We ran through a section full of rolling hills, frozen ponds, a few new trails to us that we hadn't yet discovered. I've been running out here a few years so it's always exciting to discover new trail!
I brought along a mixture I've been trying lately while running. Quinoa, banana, almond butter mixed with a bit of lower fat coconut milk. It sits in my stomach nicely, doesn't cause me any inflammation and gives me plenty of energy. Because I was circling back to my car I didn't have to supplement with gels and I had plenty of energy without any stomach upset.
Why the quinoa? During my physical a few weeks ago I learned I have high cholesterol. I shouldn't be surprised. I had been eating meat like a cavewoman along with yolks, quite a bit of fat, too, and not all good fats. When battling the herniated discs I was having problems with grains causing inflammation, which was causing me more pain. I went off the grains for a while and compensated those lost calories with meats. My discs are now feeling good, grains are no longer causing me pain. Because heart disease runs in my family (what doesn't run in my family) and Mom was using Lipitor, Dad is using Lipitor, I am tweaking my diet. Still whole foods, nothing processed, tweaking those whole foods.
I have a few ultra friends who were using statins and began to experience ligament and tendon breakdown. They've since lowered their cholesterol and are statin free. Certainly can be done with diet.
I know, I know, there are those who say high cholesterol is just fine..not an indicator of heart disease, that BMI, blood pressure, etc. are better indicators. Believe me, I've read my fill of information.. 310 is too high for me. My ratios are pretty poor. Dang.
My doc asked me to come back in 8 weeks for another fasting blood test. This little experiment will show a new improved result. Remember in 2009 the 6 month vegan experiment? My cholesterol went from 230 to 165. Big difference.
So, back to my run! My Garmin told me we covered 28 miles. Sweet!
On the trail today we saw 0 human, 2 eagle, 8 deer and 21 turkey. I hope the snow falling now doesn't bring the trails back into ski condition!!
My first back to back long runs in a long frickin' time. Sure feels good! I hate to get too excited because man, about last year at this time I was feeling the same way. Ran Psycho Wyco 50K in February, feeling great, training for Zumbro 100 and Bam! A training run in March with one fall and it was back to disc pain and starting over again. Ah, scratch that negative thought.
Onto Louisville Lovin' The Hills 50 in two weeks! I got this!


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Strengthening of Democracy and Civic Society Structures in Eastern Ukraine
07.02.2011 / 18:22 | Aktualizováno: 07.02.2011 / 18:25
Democracy and Culture Studies Centre, 2008
Executor: Democracy and Culture Studies Centre
Duration: 12 months, year 2008
Major outputs:
Project had three major outputs:
a) Ukrainian version of the book Democratic Transition – Czech Example; The book, which is the most complex analysis of democratic transition in the Czech Republic and is written by collective authors of fourteen prominent Czech political scientists, has already had three language versions – Arabic, Russian and Ukrainian – owing to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Czech Republic support. The book was also published in electronic version on CD (in Russian and other language version) in number of 1 000 copies.
b) Publishing of Civic Society – Foundation and Growth
CDK initiated publication of an interesting book devoted to civic society. It deals with fundamental terms, civic society rebuilding in the Czech Republic and position, impact and financing of the civic society in selected countries in Western Europe. The book was published in the electronic version on previously mentioned CD.
c) Lectures
Lectures called "Strengthening of democracy and civic society structures in Eastern Ukraine" were held in three Ukrainians cities (Kharkiv, Sumy, and Donetsk) from
26 November till 6 December 2008. Lectures focused thematically mainly on the issue of democratic transition in the Czech Republic, reform of the public sphere, civic society building and integration into the European Union. The participants who took part in at least 75 % lectures received certificate of life time educational program issued by Masaryk University which is accredited by the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport.
The amount of financial support by Ministry of Foreign Affairs: 798 700 CZK


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- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 1/2 cup slivered almonds
- 1/3 cup shelled pistachios
- Grated zest of 1 lemon
- 1 tablespoon anise seeds
- Vegetable oil cooking spray
- Heat oven to 350°. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer. Whisk with a fork to mix. Add eggs and butter and mix on medium until a loose dough forms, about 1 minute. Stir in cranberries, nuts, zest and anise seeds and mix until incorporated, about 15 seconds. Transfer dough to baking sheet. Spray hands with cooking spray and form dough into a long, flat log, about 14 inches long by 4 inches wide. Bake until outside of log is firm and browned, about 25 minutes. Remove from oven and cool 10 minutes. Slice loaf into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Arrange slices on 2 baking sheets, return to oven and bake until lightly toasted, about 12 minutes. Cool. Store in airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
Per biscotti: 69 calories, 2.1 g fat, 0.5 g saturated fat, 11.3 g carbs, 0.6 g fiber, 1 g protein


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Australia report bookie approach to ICC | Cricket News | The Ashes - England v Australia 2009 | Cricinfo.comThe Australian team management has filed a report with the ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit after a player was approached by a man suspected of links to illegal bookmaking. Cricinfo has learned the approach was made in the bar of the team's London hotel, the Royal Kensington Garden, following Australia's Ashes defeat at Lord's in July.
Sad to see it happening, but at least the player involved did the right thing.


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REAL ESTATE- ON THE BLOCK- Head out: Peacock Hill house lures active types
Address: 503 Shady Lane
Neighborhood: Peacock Hill
Asking: $325,000
Assessment: $313,800
Year Built: 1993
Size: 1,800 fin. sq. ft. / 990 unfin.
Land: 1.58 acres
Agent: Jim McVay, Roy Wheeler Realty Co., 434-962-3420
Curb Appeal: 6 out of 10
While some people value the proximity and convenience of the city, others crave country living once they've clocked out of the nine-to-five. Until teleportation is invented, that leaves many rural dwellers with a commute.
Enter Peacock Hill, an outpost off the Dick Woods Road exit of I-64. At the entrance to the subdivision, a small muddy lake lies to the left, with beached canoes sunning like fat beagles on its banks. Woods surround the lake and some of the houses, which aren't cloyingly cookie-cutter, but vary in character and size.
Here, with an acre and a half of forest and lawn, 503 Shady Lane is just 15 minutes from UVA. Of course, that also means the interstate highway is a constant audible presence, especially from the grassy backyard.
Despite the highway hum, the house feels private. The place is set back from the road, and the woods go right up to the green front door. A gravel driveway curves around back to a one-car garage, with a door leading into an unfinished cinderblock basement with natural light. The agent talked with one developer who quoted $20K to convert this space into a rec room with a full bath. For now, it simply houses the laundry machines.
The main body of the house is conventionally divided into two levels, with the dining and entertaining spaces on the first floor and private bathrooms and sleeping quarters above.
The front door leads right into the house and to the staircase— no fancy foyer here. To the left of the staircase lies a large sunny living room with a wood-burning fireplace. The guest bath is situated off the hallway, with an unfortunate nautical motif in patriotic colors and all the subtlety of a windsock. (I don't know about you, but having a lighthouse painted on the toilet seat has never been my particular American dream.)
The dining room and kitchen are visible to the left of the staircase. The agent calls the kitchen an "eat-in" because of a small corner of extra space near the side door, but there's also a formal dining room in magenta and taupe with white crown molding. The kitchen was remodeled within the last five years, with black granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. There's a large island (with a second sink) and windows with a view of the backyard.
The main floor has newly refinished oak flooring. Upstairs, the same floorboards are hidden under (slightly dingy) white carpeting. The bedrooms (with skylights and vaulted ceilings) and one bath in bright aqua radiate off the staircase (a second full bath is in the master suite). Two small kids' bedrooms— one painted Pepto-Bismol pink and the other a bright baby blue— face each other, with interior windows looking out over the middle staircase. (Blinds have been installed for privacy.)
The master bedroom has a wood-burning fireplace, but is fairly small as bedrooms go (the agent keeps a picture of the former furniture arrangements to show how a queen-sized bed will fit between two windows). Formica and linoleum prevail in the master bath as in other bathrooms in the house, and there's a little water damage to the wooden cabinets. The room also has a separate shower and— best feature— a jetted tub underneath a picture window looking out to the backyard.
People who enjoy the outdoors will appreciate the acreage, and to fully enjoy it, there's a deck off the main floor, half of it screened for bug-free lounging, the other half open for summer barbeques. Visible from the deck is a large garden shed— with no windows, but a big sliding barn door on the front.
Besides the lake, Peacock Hill also has two tennis courts and over 100 acres of common ground that serve as a buffer for the houses. Community dues are $32/month, but this also includes rights to a trash/recycling center. Considering that most Albemarleans are paying $25/month for trash disposal, that's $7/month to use a lake and tennis courts. Not bad.
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Lighting system with single or double emission, with high-performance LED light sources combined with lenses which optimize the light emitting efficiency of the beams and determine their spread.
- Body in aluminum
- Diffuser in reinforced glass
- Length: 12.4 cm / 4 7/8 inch
- Height: 25 cm / 9 7/8 inch
- Cutout Width: 8 cm / 3 1/8 inch
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Upholding Italy's reputation for excellence and innovation in design, Artemide is a world leader in contemporary lighting. Offering both residential and commercial lighting solutions, Artemide has made forward thinking a company policy. Instantly recognizable designs originating from the 1960's, when Artemide was founded by Ernesto Gismondi, are still in production today along side contemporary lighting creations by current acclaimed designers. Artemide's expansive catologue ranges from the organic and elegant Logico collection to the clean and simple spheres of the Castore family. Many of the most iconic products of history can be found here.
The Artemide Group is much more than lighting. A core element of the manufacturer is their commitment to ethical conduct and social responsibility. A progressive environmental policy is also a major element in both production methods and technology research. What Artemide is most widely known for however, is a coined design philosophy that defines the company's approach: the Human Light Philosophy. Thoughtfully considering the user's lifestyle, daily activities and investment in home, Human Light sets out to provide an illuminated companion, rather than just simply illumination. Lights that are adaptable, flexible and allow for optimum visual precision while conserving environmental resources are Human Lights. A light that accompanies us during our daily activities and has a tangible effect on our well being, emotional health and ultimately our quality of life is Artemide.
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Artemide Calumet 8 Single Wall Lamp Designed by:
- Ernesto Gismondi
Ernesto Gismondi
Italy, 1931
Gismondi was born in 1931 in Italy, and studied aeronautical and missile engineering in Milan and Rome. In 1959, he founded the lighting company Artemide with Sergio Mazza. From 1970 onwards he designed a number of lights, including the Tholos Wall Lamp in 1979 and the Zen in 1988. He became established as an international designer, participating in "Memphis," an avant-garde movement that brought about a profound evolution in the design sector both in Italy and worldwide.
Over the years, under his guidance, the Artemide Group saw its international reach increase, making it one of the main players in the lighting design sector, a role that earned him important acknowledgements, including the Compasso d'Oro Award for Career Achievements (1994) and the European Design Prize (1997).
In 2008 he received the Ernst & Young Prize, "Entrepreneur of the Year" for the Innovation Category and the President of the Italian Republic, appointed him "Cavaliere del Lavoro," an Italian award given to important figures in industry.


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"Sarko the Arkman" is another episode of The 1960s Hanna-Barbera animated series The Herculoids that reveals the series' basis for storytelling: the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs, particularly the Tarzan stories.
In this tale, an alien scientist called Sarko lands on unspoiled Azmot and captures the powerful primate creature Igoo, as well as Tundro, and Zandor's son, Dorno. Almost immediately, Zandor responds, taking the dragon Zok to the stars to retrieve the abducted Herculoids from the planet Zodan.
Like the pirate villains featured in last week's opening episode, Sarko (or "Arko" as all the characters call him) boasts some undisclosed previous relationship with Zandor. He notes, for example, that he has been warned never to return to Azmot. The precise nature of their relationship, is, however, left unexplored. Were they enemies in a galactic war? Allies?
This week's episode contains two specific moments which recall the adventures of Tarzan. In the first, Zandor bounces from one jungle vine to the other, recalling the trademark image of Tarzan swinging from such vines since time immemorial. No animal yell, alas, is evident.
The second Tarzan-inspired image is of a technologically-advanced non-native traveling to a wild ecosphere (think of an American zoo-keeper or hunter on safari in Africa) to capture and bring the wildlife back to his own world.
Sarko is a plunderer of the natural environment, and again, is contextualized in terms of his technology. He has the power to immobilize the local wild-life, as well as the interplanetary transportation to bring them back to his civilization. Late in the program, we see what happens to "animals" such as Igoo and Tundro when taken out of their natural habitat and made slaves in the "first world:" they are put in cages for display.
Basically, "Sarko the Arkman" re-states The Herculoids' thesis, which is that Azmot should remain free and unspoiled for those who live there, while those living in the galaxy's technological space age must stay away, or risk Zandor's mighty wrath.
Uniquely, Zandor is fully capable of piloting a starship, as we see this week when he commandeers Sarko's Ark. It would have been nice to see some of the character's background information filled in a little bit. Where did he learn this skill? Why did he forsake all aspects of technology for a life on Azmot?
Again, it would be incredibly cool if a screenwriter wrote a Herculoids movie that filled in all these details, and remembered to glean inspiration and metaphors from the works of Burroughs.


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Adults could be helmet-free when driving certain recreational off-highway vehicles under a bill that passed the Assembly on Friday despite opposition from public health groups and the industry trade association.
AB1835 by Assemblywoman Kristin Olsen, R-Modesto, heads to the Senate after narrowly passing on a 43-21 vote, just above the threshold for approval in the 80-member chamber.
She said existing state law treats recreational off-highway vehicles as if they were motorcycles. Instead, she said they are more like golf carts for outdoor enthusiasts.
Olsen said the existing law is an example of ``unnecessary nanny government policies.''
``People should be allowed to determine for themselves when a helmet is suitable for their driving style and conditions -- not the State -- especially when no data or studies have shown ROV drivers to be any less safe without a helmet,'' she said in a statement after the vote.
The Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle Association, however, cites a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission statistics showing that failure to wear a helmet was thought to be a contributing factor in more than half of injuries and deaths involving such vehicles. The group opposes the bill. On its website, the association lists helmet use among its top safety rules.
Democratic Assemblywoman Bonnie Lowenthal of Long Beach opposed the bill, saying helmets save lives.
A recreational off-highway vehicle is defined as one meant for non-paved roads with a steering wheel and non-straddle seating with a maximum speed of 30 miles per hour. Unlike dune buggies or all-terrain vehicles, they are closer to normal cars with a cabin contained with protective rails, seatbelts and room for multiple passengers.
The California Medical Association said rollover safety measures aren't enough to prevent passenger ejections, which happened in 70 percent of ROV crashes.
California requires helmets for all motorcycle riders and children riding bicycles. A bill to require helmets for children who ski and snowboard was vetoed by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2011.


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In the convict chapter of my family history, I've been trying to track down where my great-great grandfather, Thomas Riley, and his wife, Harriet Lycett, lived after they were married at St Michel's Catholic Church in Bathurst on 27 November 1841.
By examining records like birth, death and marriage certificates, church baptism records, newspaper articles and convict records, I've managed to work out that they lived in Kelso, Bathurst and Orange. Thomas worked as a publican and a shoemaker over the years, so the family tended to live within the more populated towns of western NSW rather than living on far-reaching properties.
1835 Bathurst (Thomas' convict records)
1841 Bathurst (Marriage certificate, Thomas and Harriet)
1843 Clear Creek, near Kelso (Daughter, Margaret's baptism records)
1849 Kelso (Daughter, Fanny's baptism records)
1849 Kelso (Daughter, Anne Jane's baptism records)
1850 Kelso (Newspaper articles in the Bathurst Free Press)
1851 Kelso (Source: Newspaper articles in the Bathurst Free Press)
1851 Kelso (Source: Son, Thomas' baptism records)
1853 Kelso (Source: Son, William's baptism records)
1856 Kelso (Source: Son, Patrick James' baptism records)
1859 Kelso, Roxburgh (Source: Son, Joseph's birth certificate)
1859 Kelso (Source: Son, Joseph's baptism records)
1861 Kelso, Roxburgh (Source: Daughter, Mary's birth certificate)
1861 Kelso (Source: Daughter, Mary's baptism records)
June 1864 Rankin St, Bathurst (Son, Edward's death certificate)
1867 Lucknow, Orange (Source: Source: Daughter, Catherine's birth certificate)
1868 Orange (Source: Harriet's death certificate)
However, it wasn't until I recently purchased their son's (Edward Riley's) death certificate from 1864 that I realised the Rileys lived for a time at the Wentworth Diggings, Frederick's Valley where their son, Edward was born (Source: Son, Edward's death certificate). Here is the excerpt from Edward's death certificate. Until now, this fact of their location in early 1864 had been hidden, especially since Edward's birth certificate has not yet been found.
Although most of the activity around the Wentworth Diggings in Frederick's Valley, near Lucknown, near Orange NSW occurrred in the 1850s, the following article on page 5 of the Sydney Morning Herald on 18 April 1863 suggests that there was still gold being found there in April 1863, just a few months before Edward was born.
Wentworth Diggings from the Central NSW Museums site:


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On Saturday night, Music Director Arthur Post and the San Juan Symphony launched the good ship Lollapalooza.
To put it colloquially, it was a doozie. Sometimes, American slang says it best. The opening concert of the orchestras 2012-13 season turned out to be a beaut, a daisy, a lulu.
Lollapalooza is this years theme, taken from turn-of-the-(last) century American slang, meaning something outstanding.
Subtitled Rock n Roll in Vienna, the concert also lived up to that promise.
Post let loose with two big orchestral works one probably new to everyones ears, including the musicians Friedrich Guldas 1980 Concerto for Cello and Wind Instruments. The second half of the concert featured a groundbreaker that premiered 200 years ago in Vienna: Beethovens Symphony No. 7 in A Major.
Guldas quirky, multifaceted piece functioned as an overture, which happened to be the title of the first movement.
At first hearing, it seemed a potpourri. At the center, a lengthy cadenza enables the soloist to explore several themes and in the grand tradition of cadenzas, improvise.
The piece began with a miniature fanfare, an extremely brief cello figure. It was a tense and angry motif, quickly picked up by the wind ensemble, setting in motion a fillip of agitation that appeared and reappeared throughout the entire work.
The motif suddenly shifted into a bluesy beat, underscored by Jonathan Latta on drum set and his double bass colleagues Troy Raper and David Homer. That easy, toe-tapping rhythm morphed into a little pastoral folk tune with a clarinet duet by Loretta Krein and Mark Walters. What was this all about? More jazz, more folk tunes and that bit of uneasy musical agitation.
The second movement, Idylle, began with a brass chorale accompanied by Segevs lovely, floating cello line. That morphed into a lilting Viennese country dance. Throughout all the shifts, Segevs cello seemed to ride on the wings of a counter melody until the brass returned and everyone jostled about in a light-hearted coda.
None of the above prepared anyone for the central cadenza, a dark and troubled solo played mostly in the cellos lowest register. A simple, two-note descending figure haunted the movement, returning again and again.
Two works by Jewish composers came to mind: Ernest Blochs Schelomo (Voice in the Wilderness) and Max Bruchs Kol Nidrei (All Vows), an adagio on Hebrew melodies for cello and orchestra. The latter was written in 1881 for the evening service of Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement. All three are full of sadness. Guldas darkly glittering cadenza, played with tenderness and power by Segev, felt like a tribute to the tradition of Hebrew music, a tradition to which Gulda belongs.
When the orchestra embarked on the elegant Menuett, another contrast blossomed, something akin to classical clarity. Guitarist Benjamin Golden rolled out wave after wave of crisp arpeggios. Latta added a metallic tambourine. Oboist Danielle Menapace wove sinuous lines above Segevs warm cello into a Moorish musical tapestry.
The Finale alla Marcia brought back Guldas broad humor in a big, rollicking imitation of a Souza oom-pah parade. The swaggering march turned briefly into a polka before the whole piece strutted away.
Was Gulda making fun of a 19th-century tradition? Of American bravado? Who knows?
After all that energy, everyone needed an intermission.
When Post and company returned, they delivered the symphony that startled Vienna 200 years ago. What a way to celebrate an anniversary.
Throughout the Beethoven, Post shaped and controlled most of the dynamic extremes. Sometimes the balance was off, and occasionally Post had to quiet the brass.
Allegretto, the haunting second movement, is the most familiar part of the symphony. A mesmerizing two-bar rhythmic figure functions as a repeating motif throughout. When the motif was first heard, Post kept the lowest strings at a barely audible level. When the motif passed through the sections up to the first violins, Post carefully controlled the dynamics to a final, brilliant display.
Post drove his musicians through the huge, extended finale as if they were all in a barely controlled, runaway carriage on the cobblestones of Vienna. It was a fast and joyous chase.
What began as a little night music on a calm September evening, turned into a high-speed gallop, a knockout, a peach, a pip of a concert. A lollapalooza.
Judith Reynolds is a Durango writer, artist and critic. Reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Actress SUSAN OLSEN was our special guest at our
MARCH 5 , 2011 Collectible Show.
SUSAN OLSEN is Best known for playing "Cindy" on "The Brady Bunch" Television series.
*****All guests are subject to cancellation due to professional commitments.
She is involved with the animal rescue non profit organization PRECIOUS PAWS.
The primary purpose of
Precious Paws
is to rescue abandoned and/or abused companion animals. These animals may be found on the streets, in shelters, or even relinquished by their owners. All animals will be spayed or neutered, vaccinated, tested and healthy before they are placed for adoption into new homes. This will be the main focus of all of our activities. It provides the public with the service of the humane rescue of animals and saves the lives of animals that are in need. These animals will be placed into the homes of our volunteers to be cared for until they are adopted and placed into their new permanent homes.
Saturday, MARCH 5 , 2011
Santa Clara County Fairgrounds
344 Tully Road, San Jose, CA 95111
Actor RICHARD KIEL attended our March 5th show.
Richard Kiel is probably best known for his role of "Jaws" in the James Bond films "Spy Who Loved Me" and "Moonraker." Although James Bond was supposed to kill "Jaws" in the "Spy Who Loved Me" Richard Kiel turned out to be one of the best loved James Bond Villains and he survived to go on to reprise his role in "Moonraker." While in the "Spy Who Loved Me" Richard played one of the most horrific James Bond Villains, his character changed in "Moonraker" and he became Bond's ally.
Richard also appeared in "Happy Gilmore," "Twilight Zone" and even "The Monkees." Richard's Twilight Zone episode, "To Serve Man" is considered one of the classic Twilight Zone episodes of all time.
Early Bird 9 AM - 10:59 AM
General admission 11 AM - 4 PM
General Admission: $5.00
Kids Under 12: $2.50
Early Bird: $15.00
The Fairgrounds charges $8 for parking.
Dealers contact us to purchase your space for the show.
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Author and Creature Features host John Stanley attended the show.
For six years (1979-84) He hosted "Creature Features" at KTVU, Channel 2, in Oakland, CA, and it is those fascinating times I have tried to resurrect in the book "I WAS A TV HORROR HOST". I was preceded by Bob Wilkins, one of the most popular TV personalities in the San Francisco-Bay Area from 1971-78, and his story is told along with mine.
Pick up his book and get it signed.
In the years following World War II one of the major exports from Japan wasn't cars or electronic equipment, but toys, specifically tin toys. Crafted in the shapes of submarines, planes, trains, cars and horses, one of the most popular motifs were toy robots. Constructed in virtually every shape imaginable from the 1940s throughout the 1960s, these toys are fondly remembered by collectors today, and ranged in appearance from horror to science fictional characters. Today, these toys are not only fondly remembered by collectors but are being recreated for a whole new generation! Capturing this period in history became a passion of painter Eric Joyner's, and in Robots and Donuts he celebrates this forgotten era in a series of whimsical, thoughtful, sometimes tragic but always stunning paintings depicting mechanical men and women inspired by the designs of those toy tin machines, often in outlandish and impossible settings. And almost always, with donuts. (Why? Well, who doesn't love donuts?) This book also features a look into Joyner's painting style as well as a glimpse at some of his other non-robot themed artwork.
Meet Eric at the show. He is friendly and very approachable.make sure to pick up one of his signed prints or his book "Robots and Donuts".
Mr.Lobo- Who is Mr. Lobo? Is he friend or foe? Will he save late night television or destroy it? Shrouded in the obsidian mystique of a formless void, this innovative horror host presides over Cinema Insomnia from the regal heights of the finest rocking chair that 1971 had to offer. The nationally syndicated show has been seen in over 30 television markets - The 2006 Halloween spectacular had a footprint of 45 Million households. Mr. Lobo is an advocate for 'Bad Movies'. In fact, he claims, "They're not bad movies just misunderstood". Mr.Lobo has also written & drawn comic books such as Fal Brand Funny Pages, Nuke Nova, The Queen of Trash and later this year, 13 Hosts. He is the mortal enemy of WWE Wrestler Chris Jericho and has also appeared in the horror host documentary "American Scary" and is set to start filming in the Plan 9 From Outer Space remake, "Plan 9" as the character Criswell.
Here is a short video of what takes place at our show.
This following video of our show was made by a customer that attended the show for the first time.
He collects Star Wars toys. We had no input in the making of this video. Take a look at his day at the San Jose Super Toy & Comic Book Show.
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Haritaki Terminalia chebula
Haritaki is a deciduous tree that grows up to 30m in height. It is native to southern Asia and is found in forests throughout India.
Harvesting the fruits from these 30m tall trees is a skilled profession with tree climbers shinning up the trunk, rope and sack in hand.
Once full, the sack is sent to the ground by rope with the climber following down after.
The haritaki we use comes from forest gardens that are certified organic in the Western Ghats of India.
Haritaki is one of the triumvirate of fruits used in the famous Ayurvedic formula, Triphala and, as such, is a firm favourite across the world.
In fact it is so highly revered that in illustrations of the Medicine Buddha, he is holding a haritaki fruit.


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By Anonymous on Wed, 12/03/2008
Just read in TechCrunch about a new itouch app by UK-based Truphone that allows you to make phone calls on your itouch if you have WIFI access. Sounds pretty good. Calls are free to other itouch users as well as other supported mobile devices and low rates to those outside the system, much like Skype. What is interesting to me here is idea of taking an itouch and getting near iphone capabilities.
Still missing is GPS, but check out this project adding GPS to the itouch and the first iPhone...
Past write up on iGPS and xGPS.
Now Truphone is not your only option. There is Jajah and my favorite, Fring.
Past write up on Fring and saving money calling overseas.
So, between being able to make call, plugin GPS, all we need now is a way to connect a 3G card and we have all but incoming call iphone!


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Travel Guide For Kids:my Travel Guide Munich by Barbara Schneider
Barbara Schneider Reveals The My Travel Guide Munich Travel Guide For Kids
Barbara Schneider, the project leader of the highlighted project Award Winning My Travel Guide MUNICH Travel Guide for Kids explains, My Travel Guides are inspired by our world cultures .The toys present a selection of main characteristics of one or more cultures.The main idea is a practical, comfortable and easy to handle soft cloth design for babies-toddlers.The narrative toys force creativity, memory and the ability to recognize things. Kids enjoy to play and to tell stories about their own and foreign cultures and trips they made. The project started in 2004 : My Travel Guide Korea and product variations (concept) were designed .The cubes Munich and the picture book Korea were displayed in international art exhibits..
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BILLINGS, Mont. - Federal wildlife officials on Monday listed 20 parcels of public lands in 10 states that could be suitable for bison from Yellowstone National Park, but said it would be years before any relocations of the animals.
The sites eyed for potential future herds include areas as diverse as Arizona's Grand Canyon National Park, an Iowa wildlife refuge and a North Dakota national historic site.
They were identified in a long-awaited Department of Interior report that looked at using Yellowstone's bison herds to further the restoration of a species that once ranged most of the continent.
Tens of millions of bison occupied North America before overhunting nearly drove them extinct by the late 19th century.
Yellowstone was one of the last holdouts for the animals in the wild. It had roughly 4,600 bison at last count. During their winter migrations, the animals periodically spill into neighboring Montana, triggering large-scale, government-sponsored bison slaughters to prevent the spread of the animal disease brucellosis.
Capturing the animals and shipping them to other public lands would ease those population pressures.
A pilot bison relocation program in Montana has struggled for years against opposition from ranchers. They worry both about the disease and the possibility of bison competing with cattle for grazing space.
Several dozen Yellowstone bison have been moved onto American Indian reservations in the state after the animals were held in quarantine for years to make sure they were disease-free.
Efforts to relocate another group of about 145 bison that went through the quarantine have stalled. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials in June said they were considering new requests to take the animals from tribes, private conservation groups and the state of Utah.
If the park service were to revive the quarantine program and make it permanent, federal officials said it could be five years to a decade before more animals were relocated.
"If we were to do this, where would you place these bison? This report gives us a head-start on that question," said Jorge Silva-Banuelos, a U.S. Interior Department official.
Some of the 20 sites listed Monday already have bison. However, most bison outside Yellowstone are bison-cattle hybrids that lack the pure genetics of the park's herds.
Yellowstone's chief scientist, Dave Hallac, said planning for a bison quarantine program is expected to begin in late summer or early fall. Public input will be part of that process.
"Within a five-year-period there may be the possibility of moving some brucellosis-free bison," Hallac said.
Conservation groups that have pushed for alternatives to Yellowstone bison slaughters welcomed Monday's report. But Defenders of Wildlife said it fell short of a clear plan of action, and the National Wildlife Federation said it did not include enough collaboration with American Indian tribes.
Silva-Banuelos responded that the Interior Department had helped with the prior relocation of bison to the tribes of Montana's Fort Peck and Fort Belknap reservations. He said Monday's report would be a "foundation for future collaboration and consultation" with tribes.
Then-Interior Secretary Ken Salazar first issued a directive for his agency to come up with a relocation plan for Yellowstone bison in May 2012.
The states and locations identified Monday as potentially suitable for relocated bison were:
• Arizona: Grand Canyon National Park
• Colorado: Baca National Wildlife Refuge, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
• Iowa: Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
• Kansas: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
• Montana: Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, National Bison Range
• Nebraska: Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Valentine National Wildlife Refuge
• North Dakota: Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, Sullys Hill National Game Preserve, Theodore Roosevelt National Park
• Oklahoma: Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge
• South Dakota: Badlands National Park, Wind Cave National Park
• Utah: Book Cliffs, Henry Mountains


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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Tutorial: White Chocolate Fondue Sculptures
Along with all the delicious, complicated things that we've been cooking together, I've also been making it a point to show Will many very, very simple things that she can cook entirely by herself: grilled cheese sandwiches, refrigerated biscuits, fried eggs, etc. Willow has made peanut butter cookies almost all by herself from a recipe that she found online all by herself, but so far the easiest, most independent kid-friendly desserts that we've done lately have involved our fondue pot.
We have an electric fondue pot (it's possibly the wedding gift that we've gotten the most use out of!), which is why this particular recipe is so kid-friendly. I don't think that the kind that uses the candle underneath would be too far off an almost-seven-year-old's skill level, however.
To make these white chocolate fondue sculptures, first have your kiddo dump a bag of white chocolate chips into a fondue pot and, if it's an electric one, turn the heat just to warm. White chocolate is slightly finicky, in that it will seize up if you introduce any moisture into it while it's melted--we pretty much only used crackery foods with our white chocolate fondue sculptures, however, and nobody drooled into the pot, so we were all good:
Stir the white chocolate chips as they're melting, because sometimes even if they're hot enough to melt, they'll retain their shape until stirred:
What I had wanted to show the girls, however, was how to do edible sculptures with white chocolate. Using a spoon, have your kiddo drizzle melted white chocolate onto wax paper in any shape that she desires. She can stick pretzels into the white chocolate for additional sculptural bits, and sprinkle on sprinkles to color her creation:
As I'd hoped, the kiddos were able to work on this particular food project completely independently--
I think somebody else hearted her edible art:
3 comments:
- melanie said...
May I be the brave one to ask what is on Sydney's forehead? :)
- June 29, 2011 at 11:20 AM
- julie said...
Hmmm...I believe it was a partially washed-off temporary tattoo of a shark? Syd's my girl who's VERY into body art, so much so that I've already established my plan of action when she's a teen and wants to pierce/permanently tattoo something. My theory is that whatever it is, I will enthusiastically reply, "Awesome! I'll come with you and do it, too!"
- June 29, 2011 at 12:10 PM
- Tina said...
Mmm, we love white chocolate on pretzels also. We usually just dump a bag of the small twist pretzels in a pot of melted white almond bark, but I like the idea of the pretzel sticks. And of course making art with it :)
Good idea on the tattoo/body piercing! My daughter HATES needles and was adamant about never getting a tattoo after I explained to her how the ink stays "on" the skin. She asked, and I try to never lie to her :)
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Preschool Bento #35 - Cupcakes, Cars & Quesadillas
Monday morning arrives and the boy ate about half a canteloupe. Seriously, I cut up one and he finished half of the container on his own. Needless to say, I had to think about my fruit options for lunch since a half a canteloupe is a whole lot of fruit & fiber. I opted out of fruit for this snack, out of sheer necessity.
Ben had his car shaped egg (his choice), a homemade cheddar quesadilla, and a mini cupcake that I made on Sunday. He asked for berries or more canteloupe, but I figured it was better to wait a day for that. ;o)
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Do you use an ice pack with the bento boxes?ReplyDelete
The car egg came out really well! Yeah I get what you are saying... I hope he's out of nappies already or this could get messy LOL :DReplyDelete
He's 4.5, so we're good that way, but I'm not a fan of pushing my luck either. ;o)ReplyDelete
Mia, I use ice packs when the kids are gone long hours, but Ben goes to school in the afternoons only, so we leave our house around 12:30 and he eats by 2pm. His stainless steel water bottle is usually enough to keep the food cold for an hour and a half.
hi, just discovered your blog and I love it! I have seen a lot quesadilla pics and I just want to know if your son eats them cold? Personally I don't like the idea but maybe kids do? thank you!ReplyDelete
Sorry, I just saw the question, need to change settings so it emails me on older posts. My kids will eat quesadillas cold, it doesn't phase them. Much less picky than their mama. ;o)ReplyDelete


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"I have to be careful how to behave when I'm in the spotlight" she told me when I met her to talk about On The Road before the storm. "Apart from that, I'm more free than what people think. Also because I have nothing to be ashamed of."
Kristen is fierce. She wears short shorts, high heels and a t-shirt with Blondie licking a vinyl record. Her face is always serious, almost mopey, which contrasts with the still-teenager look. She enthusiastically talks about Walter Salles's movie based on the 1950s cult novel. "I couldn't wait to shoot it. It's...fucking important," she lets out. She plays Marylou, the young an uninhibited main character's wife. "She really lived, like the other characters that are based on writers," she explains. "Luanne Henderson was married to Neal Cassidy, who's that hothead that's Dean Moriarty in the movie."
Did you read Jack Kerouac's book?
"Yes, when I was 14 or 15, and it really stroke me. Those characters are the friends that I wish I'd had. They're absorbed in their emotions and in the desire of experience, like I am."
Are you telling me you too feel a bit "Beat-y"?
"I mean, I do have that burning desire to experience, overcome limits and meet different people. It's necessary like air."
Marylou was open for free love and not only...
"Go easy on similiarities. I'm really really different from her. I'm introvert, to beging with. And unlike me, she laughs openly. She offers herself completely, still without let guys use her. Sex and drugs were their way to seek themselves and explore the world."
How did it feel to shoot scenes like the masturbation and the sex?
"What was transgressive in the 1950s isn't anymore nowadays. Besides, sex and nudity were such important elements of the story that I was ready to film them almost like they should have left an epoch-making mark in the history of the cinema...Jokes aside, the director perfectly recreated the atmosphere, so we got there naturally. Even if I didn't live it, I could feel the energy of that period: those guys were trying to squeeze their life until the last drop."
Do you too feel like that?
"Yeah, life is too short to stop. I want to gain experience; I like challanges and being with ambitious people who spur me to improve."
Have you ever gone on a road trip?
"I have, with a couple of friends just before shooting the movie. It was real fun. I won't tell you how dirty and smelly the car was in the end. But when I work I have no time for unscheduled plans. The schedule is really tight."
Are you happy or sad that Twilight is over?
"It was my mercy, and whoever thinks I'm glad I'm done with it couldn't be any wronger. Of course if I hadn't done any other movie in between in these four years, I would have felt boxed in. But do you know what it feels like sharing a passion with millions of people around the world? It's a sheer rush of adrenaline. I'd be an alien if I didn't feel the energy that comes wih such a worldwide phenomenon. Now I have an even bigger itch to do something. I want to do my best, and I want to do it now. Don't give me time off."
You never relax
"I do...but I'm happy only when I'm tired."
What do you love about your job?
"I see the cinema as a big factory and I like being part of the team, of something that's bigger than me. I may sound full of myself, but I want to do movies that touch and leave a deep mark."
But you starred in another blockbuster movie, Snow White and The Huntsman
"I like that version of the story. Snow White is a young Jeanne d'Arc, she's a warrior yet still female. I think we need heroines like those."
How do you remember the days you started acting?
"I was 9 and had completely different motivations than I have today. My parents worked in the business and when I hung with them, I got really bored. I wanted a job, and the only one I could do at that age was acting. When I was 13 I made "Speak" which for the first time made me realize about the power of cinema on people's feelings.
Robert Pattinson too has made an art movie.. is there any rivalry?
"Are you kidding me? I'm so proud of him!"
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Crunch Fitness International is taking its brand to the skies as it has teamed with New York-based low-fare carrier JetBlue Airways for an "Airplane Yoga" program designed to bring fitness and inner peace to the skies.
A Crunch Fitness Airplane Yoga card, created specifically for JetBlue, is now available in the seatback pocket on all JetBlue flights, offering passengers easy-to-assume yoga positions to help make the flight more relaxing. The cards illustrate four yoga poses, all of which can be achieved without leaving the comfort of JetBlue's leather seats.
"One of the best ways to relax is to exercise," said Howard Brodsky, executive vice president of marketing at Crunch Fitness. "By partnering with JetBlue to offer in-flight yoga, Crunch is sharing its expertise to help air travelers relax, entertain themselves and improve their overall travel experience."
The cross-marketing deal, which was initiated by Crunch, is just one more benefit that JetBlue is offering its passengers.
"At JetBlue we care about the whole customer, mind and body," said Amy Curtis, vice president of marketing at JetBlue. "We already offer up to 24 channels of free DirecTV programming at every seat to clear the mind and now we have Crunch's Airplane Yoga to relax the body."
In addition to the Airplane Yoga program, Crunch is also installing bright yellow, heavyweight-style punching bags in JetBlue's Terminal at JFK (Terminal 6). Humorous taglines on the punching bags — such as "Forget where you parked?" and "Left the iron on?" — encourage passengers to relieve stress through exercise.


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Hi Folks,
I was going through my old files and I found this brief history of WB that I threw together that was based off the previous thread on these boards. I thought it could be useful having it all together like this for future reference. If anyone finds any errors with this, please let me know and I'll update it.
The History of S&W WhiteBox
June 3, 2008
Matt makes a post that appears to announce S&W and includes a link to a player's section only draft. Finarvyn (Marv Breig) jumps right in with feedback.
June 13, 2008
Mythmere (Matt Finch) makes a post about what will become Swords & Wizardry Core and WhiteBox. It is suggested that maybe someone else should take on WhiteBox, so Matt can focus on Core. It is mentioned by Finarvyn that it appears Matt's passion is with Core and that he was only doing WB for fans of that version. Finarvyn (Marv Breig) is mentioned to be the person to take over WB.
June 14, 2008
The very next day, Matt announces that Marv is the new head of the WB project.
Jan 22, 2009
The first printing of S&W WhiteBox is published by Mythmere Games. Byline: Matt Finch and Marv Breig. Copyright 2008: Matthew J. Finch
-Note: This is 7 months after Marv took over.
Jan 1, 2010
About 12 months later, the second printing is published by Brave Halfling. Byline: Marv Breig. Copyright 2008: Marv Breig and Matthew J. Finch
-Note: Matt is removed from Byline and Marv is added to copyright.
November 25, 2010
About 11 months later. The third printing is published by Brave Halfling. Byline: Marv Breig. Copyright 2008: Matthew J. Finch
-Note: Marv was removed as a copyright holder. Otherwise this printing looks the same as the second print. I'm not sure how long this was available but I do recall it wasn't very long (maybe a month or two?).
November 25, 2010
About 11 months later, the third printing is published by Mythmere Games. Byline: Marv Breig. Copyright 2008-2011: Matthew J. Finch
-Note: on the same day, Mythmere and Brave Halfling released a third print PDF.
From the 1st print to the final 3rd print by Mythmere, timeline was 1 year and 10 months.
There was a dust up around this time between Matt, Marv and Brave Halfling, that was resolved in January 2011. Most info was deleted but this thread still exists that explains the resolution: http://odd74.proboards.com/thread/5191/all-quiet-again-on-front
February 19, 2015
White Box Companion. Published by Barrel Rider Games. The First of many S&W WB products by Barrel Rider.
August 1, 2016
White Box: Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game. Published by Seattle Hill Games.


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Mike Pyle
Training: Training twice a day, covering all the elements needed to compete.
When and why did you start training for fighting? 1998.....it just looked like fun
What ranks and titles have you held? WEC 170-pound champ, Viking fight 185-pound champ
Do you have any heroes? All the solders overseas right now
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? To me it means everything... it is the top of the line organization, so that means I have gotten to the top and I want to stay there.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? No
What was your job before you started fighting? Machinist
Specific accomplishments in amateur competition? Kick and Shoot champ in Memphis, TN
Specific accomplishments in pro competition? WEC champ
Ranks in any martial arts styles: Black belt in BJJ
Favorite grappling technique: Any move that finishes the fight
Favorite striking technique: Knees
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