Every year, somewhere around the world, Angelo Plessas asks an artist a question. Usually filmed, sometimes audio recorded, he holds a phone up to their face and delves, deep and incisive, into an observation about their character, and it's eerily, surprisingly, appropriate.
Angelo Plessas, 'Dead Sea Deadlines' (2014) Multi-perfomance video live-streamed from the Eternal Internet Brotherhood camp. Courtesy the artists.
Once, on the shores of the Dead Sea, Angelo asked me what I had against the internet. Paranoid, insecure and pretty depressed at the time, I'd taken to disguising my identity online behind pen names and insisting no one take my photo during the 10 days on a West Bank resort bordering Jordan, Israel and Palestine. I had consciously disconnected from the internet, ironically, at The Eternal Internet Brotherhood (since adding a binary 'Sisterhood'). It was the 2014 edition of a nomadic residency, where a number of invited and 'internet-aware' artists, technologists, writers and 'other' congregate for a time in a space with spiritual and mythical qualities.
The next time Angelo would ask me a question, it would be in the neoclassical fake ruins of Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe in Kassel three years later. It was a month before documenta 14, the institutional event that was funding this smaller, colder, iteration of a self-started project that has included meetings by different people, from different walks of life in a part of Greece, Mexico, Italy, Sri Lanka. This time there would be a storm brewing while my slightly sassy answer on camera was interrupted by soft rain, a crack of thunder and Angelo's Pomeranian, Lupo, barking. He'd asked something about what I thought of the concept of 'free time.' I never have enough of it and I'd been spending most of it at Lebensbogen Commune in my room working. Angelo is a leader and a community-builder, and with being a leader and a community-builder there's a certain level of detached observation necessary to see how people can work with, or, as the case may be, against each other.
In launching the latest update to The Eternal Internet Brotherhood/Sisterhood website, with contributions from 2017 participants Kolbeinn Hugi, Andreas Angelidakis, Miriam J Carranza, Caspar Heinemann, Luca Pozzi, Imaad Majeed and yours truly, Angelo here gives insight into the past five years of #ETINTERBRO. It's an abridged version of a longer piece to publish in the project's first print publication to come.
New modes of experience: computing naked outdoors.
#ETINTERBRO 6 at Kassel's Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe for #documenta14.
New modes of experience: Projecting night time movies on the jungle bushes.
The 5th Eternal Internet Brother/Sisterhood.
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New modes of experience: Sonar bells and singing loud as the most essential way of communicating.
Luca Pozzi in collaboration with Kris Lemsalu on the Pidurangala rock, 'The Wind of Change, ceremony', (2016). Courtesy the Eternal Internet Brother/Sisterhood 5, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka.
New modes of experience: Fireflies navigating us to our treehouses at night.
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Federal Highway Administration MEMORANDUM
Subject: Interim Guidance on the use of Project Labor Agreements Date: May 7, 2010
From: /s/ Victor M. Mendez
Administrator Refer To: HHO-30
To: Directors of Field Services
Division Administrators
EXECUTIVE ORDER ENCOURAGING THE USE OF PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS:
On February 6, 2009, President Obama issued Executive Order 13502 (the Order) on the use of a project labor agreement (PLA) for Federal construction contracts. A copy of the Order is attached. The Order revoked two Executive Orders issued under President Bush, which required any executive agency issuing grants, providing financial assistance, or entering into cooperative agreements for construction projects to ensure that no project specifications were used that either required or prohibited bidders from utilizing PLAs.
Under the terms of the Order, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) may grant requests by States to use PLAs. The Order specifically permits the use of project labor agreements in projects receiving Federal financial assistance, including projects financed by the FHWA. The Order establishes that the policy of the Federal Government is to encourage the consideration of PLAs for large-scale construction projects due to the benefits that PLAs can offer by promoting the efficient and expeditious completion of such projects.
The FHWA may approve a request by a State department of transportation (State DOT) to use PLAs on a project-by-project basis so long as the PLA is consistent with applicable law. Division Offices should review and respond to State requests to use PLAs in a manner consistent with the interim guidance described in more detail below. Division Offices are directed to take appropriate steps to communicate this guidance to their respective State DOTs.
INTERIM PLA GUIDANCE:
Section 7 of Executive Order 13502 directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to provide the President with recommendations with respect to the use of PLAs in construction contracts receiving Federal financial assistance. The OMB has not yet released that guidance. When OMB issues its recommendations regarding the use of PLAs, we expect that we will issue additional guidance to conform to those recommendations. In the interim, you should use the guidance outlined below when you receive a request to use a PLA on a Federal-aid project. This guidance supersedes FHWA's October 5, 2001, Guidance (Decision on Woodrow Wilson Bridge PLA Request) regarding PLAs.
State DOTs may require the use of a PLA by a contractor on a project if they are able to present evidence that the use of such an agreement on the relevant project will (i) advance the government's interest in reducing construction costs and achieving economy and efficiency, producing labor-management stability, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations governing safety and health, equal employment opportunity, labor and employment standards, and other matters as appropriate and (ii) be consistent with law. Moreover, while the terms of the Order apply only to "large-scale construction projects" with a total cost of $25 million or more, State DOTs may require the use of PLAs on projects totaling less than $25 million if the project would otherwise comply with this guidance.
The use of a PLA may be approved if the State DOT has made a reasonable showing that the use of a PLA on the project will advance the interests of the government. In determining whether the use of a PLA is in the interest of the government, a State DOT may consider many factors. Those factors include, but are not limited to:
The size and complexity of the project;
The importance of the project and need to adhere to a certain timeline;
The risk of labor unrest on the project and the circumstances that are present that may lead to a heightened risk of labor disruption, such as the history of labor unrest in the area, the anticipated working conditions of the project relating to the environment or work schedules, and the expiration of one or more collective bargaining agreements that could lead to jurisdictional disputes;
The impacts of a labor disruption to the users, the operation of the facility, and the region;
The costs of a delay should a labor disruption occur; and
The available labor pool relative to the particular skills required to complete the project.
A showing of any one or more of these factors may be adequate to justify the use of a PLA in particular project. This list is not exclusive-other factors may reasonably permit a State to conclude that the use of PLA is appropriate for a given project.
A State DOT applying for the use of a PLA should provide a written statement to the Division Office asserting that the use of PLA in the relevant project advances the interest of the government. The State DOT should describe the basis for that determination and provide reasonable documentation demonstrating its factual underpinnings. If the State DOT has provided evidence that the Division Office believes is reasonably adequate to satisfy the decision of the State DOT to use a PLA on a particular project, the Division Office may accept that evidence as satisfying the first requirement for the use of a PLA unless it is concerned that the State DOT's conclusion or the information supporting it is incomplete or inaccurate.
In addition to furthering the interest of the government, PLAs must be consistent with law. Division Offices must ensure that PLAs are used and structured in a manner so as to be effective in securing competition, as required by 23 U.S.C. 1121. First, the PLA must not prohibit any contractor from submitting a bid or working as a subcontractor on the project. Second, in order to be consistent with the competition mandate of 23 U.S.C. 112, the use of a PLA must lead to a more cost effective use of Federal funds. Note that this second requirement may be satisfied by the same showing required by the State DOT in order to demonstrate that the PLA is in the interest of the government, as described above.
Division Administrators must ensure that the use of a PLA for a particular project is in compliance with all title 23 and 49, United States Code and Code of Federal Regulation, requirements. Those requirements include compliance with DOT's disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) program at 49 CFR Part 26, FHWA's restrictions on the use of labor employment preferences under 23 CFR 635.117(b) and the FHWA's Equal Employment Opportunity Requirements under 23 CFR Part 230.
If a State DOT requests that a PLA be used, the Division Office must also review the terms of the PLA. A valid PLA must:
bind all contractors and subcontractors on the construction project through the inclusion of appropriate specifications in all relevant solicitation provisions and contract documents;
allow all contractors and subcontractors to compete for contracts and subcontracts without regard to whether they are otherwise parties to collective bargaining agreements;
contain guarantees against strikes, lockouts, and similar job disruptions;
set forth effective, prompt, and mutually binding procedures for resolving labor disputes arising during the PLA;
provide other mechanisms for labor-management cooperation on matters of mutual and concern, including productivity, quality of work, safety, and health; and
fully conform to all statutes, regulations, and Executive Orders.
For additional questions regarding this Interim Guidance or PLAs, please contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko in the Office of Program Administration (HIPA-30) at 202-366-1562 or Mr. Michael Harkins in the Office of Chief Counsel (HCC-30) at 202-366-4928.
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1Section 112(a) of title 23, United States Code, applies to all highway projects using Federal-aid highway funds "where construction is to be performed by the state transportation department or under its supervision." Section 112(a) provides that the Secretary shall require such plans and specifications and such methods of bidding as shall be effective in securing competition. Additionally, Section 112(b) provides that "construction of each project...shall be performed by contract awarded by competitive bidding." These provisions have governed the process for awarding Federal-aid highway contracts since 1938 and 1954 respectively.
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Carl Stewart
This Texas keyboard player and singer worked for the odious Huey Meaux at the end of the 60s and into the early 70s. His Copyright sides, at least one of which may have been cut at the Grits 'N' Gravy studios near Jackson, MS judging by the Thomas-McRee-Thomas writing credits, are pretty much organ led instrumentals, although Stewart himself would seem to be a guitarist if Youtube videos can be relied on. The exception is the bouncy "Let's Do It" where the vocal is taken by Becky Bowser, but neither this track nor the other ones on the label do Carl much credit sadly.
As is so often the case with indie producers like Meaux, it is the tracks that he was able to lease out that overshadow the cuts they have to release themselves. And that holds true for Stewart as his self-penned Mercury 45 is far and away his best work. Ain't Going Back To That has a melodic lilt and rhythmic structure that reminds me very much of the sort of music that was coming out of Malaco at the time. The official top side Gimme A Big Leg Woman is an answer to Israel "Popper Stopper" Tolbert's huge smash of a year earlier. I think the arrangement works really well, particularly the syncopated bass line, and the background singers do a bang-up job behind Stewart who shows some strong vocal nuances. Check out the "Mr Big Stuff" horn charts at the bridge.
UPDATE ~ Dante Carfagne writes to say that Carl was from Beaumont, Texas and was a bit of a legend on the local scene.
May of the town's best players passed through his band at one time of the other.
I'm gonna blow this town / Muddy road ~ JAMO 1004 (1960s?)
I've got lovin' / Say ya'll ~ COPYRIGHT 2315 (early 70s)
Jimmedy / Let's do it ~ COPYRIGHT 2318 (early 70s)
Gimme a big leg woman / Ain't going back to that ~ MERCURY 73285 (1972)
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Lift me / Do it with soul ~ COPYRIGHT 2320 (early 70s)
Thanks to Bob McGrath and Dante Carfagna as ever for more discographical info.


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Q: Curious to Knowing The Best Way To Use Handlebars Partials Based On Express Render Variables So I'm wondering what is a best way to load a Handlebars Partial in Express when I Have a Render Variable set.
app.get('/raves-reviews/corporate-clients', function (req, res) {
    res.render('raves-reviews.html', {  //This of this a micro layout
        layout: 'main',           //this is the main layout
        title: 'Raves & Reviews',
        corporate: true,          //this is part of idea 1
        page: 'corporate-clients' //this is part of idea 2 and 3
    });
});

So when a user goes to mysite.com/raves-reviews/corporate-clients, Handlebars will first load the main layout, which I have setup with the navigation to show either the home page slider, or the raves-review slider if its not the home page.
Then it'll load the raves-reviews.html page, which is just a handlebars file that I've renamed the extension to .html, that will be a micro template that will house 4 other pages.
What I don't want to do is have to make 4 pages, with the same raves-reviews.html micro template and have to include each of the other pages as partials. I'd rather make 1 page that will be able to handle every partial it needs like the main layout does with every other page in the website.
So idea 1, is creating 4 {{ #if }} blocks in raves-reviews.html
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{{#if page2}}
    {{> page2}}
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{{#if page3}}
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So idea 2 was to use a helper that I found here: Logical operator in a handlebars.js {{#if}} conditional to create the pages, however I did read there that handlebars was suppose to be free of logic. So I'm not really sure if this would even be a good method invoking logic into a templating system that was designed to be used without logic.
Idea 3 was to see if there was a way to use the page variable in app.get to create a partial, but I'm not 100% sure how to pull it off. My original idea was to do:
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If there is any other ways I'm totally open to any other ideas. Thanks everyone.

A: you should probably go with option 1, simply because you already did it

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China and CITES Secretariat to tackle the demand for illegal ivory
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Hangzhou, China, 28 January 2015 – Some 80 representatives from national wildlife and other relevant authorities from China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the European Commission, and international organizations, including UNDP, UNEP, UNODC and the World Bank, as well as the private sector and non-governmental organizations, experts and specialists from many disciplines, including from the collection and art investment circles, gathered together today for a two-day workshop to discuss demand-side strategies for curbing illegal ivory trade in China. The workshop is co-organized by the Chinese Government and the CITES Secretariat.
Rio+20 – the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development – held in 2012 called for strengthened actions to be taken on both the supply and demand sides to combat international trafficking in wildlife. Addressing the issue of demand for illegally traded ivory requires a better understanding of the nature of the demand, the main economic and social factors driving the demand, and an action-oriented approach that focuses on concrete solutions.
The workshop in Hangzhou aims at better understanding the markets, the motivations and the economics of the demand for illegal ivory, identifying the main stakeholders and investors and raising their awareness of the negative consequences of ivory speculation, including the financial loss and penalties ivory smugglers, sellers and buyers are exposing themselves to, and the devastating impacts these investments are having on elephants and people.
Commenting on the workshop, Mr John E. Scanlon, the CITES Secretary-General who is attending the workshop, said: "Well-targeted demand-based interventions are needed to complement the significant enforcement efforts underway across source, transit and destination States. Awareness campaigns to reduce the size of the illegal markets have not yet specifically targeted the speculative nature of the demand for high volumes of illegal ivory in black markets. This groundbreaking workshop addresses targeted demand side strategies as is part of the strong ongoing efforts by the Government of China to curb illegal trade in ivory."
Elephant populations across Africa are continuing to be seriously affected by poaching and in some places they have declined dramatically due to poaching, which is currently the most immediate human impact on this iconic species. The illegal trade in elephant ivory is putting illicitly gained profits into the hands of poachers, illegal traders and speculators at the expense of ecosystems and the services they provide, while also undermining the rule of law, local and national economies and in some cases national and regional security.
"The Government of China welcomes the opportunity to co-organize this very important event with the CITES Secretariat and we believe it is a major step forward in addressing the demand for illegal ivory. The Government of China has zero tolerance in illegal trade in ivory and has put great efforts in cracking down on smuggling as well as illegal trade within China. China has played a leading role in cross-continent wildlife enforcement including Operation Cobra. We are also determined to reduce the demand for illegal ivory through well targeted campaigns in cooperation with the CITES Secretariat and other partners", stated Vice Administrator Liu Dongsheng of the State Forestry Administration of China.
"Buying illegal ivory has become a highly risky and unwise investment, that will inevitably lead to great financial and personal grief for those involved. At the very beginning of a new year, we hope that the messages being conveyed through this workshop in Hangzhou are heard loud and clear by anyone who is investing or planning to invest in illegally sourced elephant ivory", said the CITES Secretary-General in his opening remarks at the workshop.
See also CITES Secretary-General's opening remarks at the workshop.
Note to Editors: For more information, contact Juan Carlos Vasquez at +4179-552 27 32 (mobile), or [email protected]
With 180 Member States, CITES remains one of the world's most powerful tools for biodiversity conservation through the regulation of trade in wild fauna and flora.
CITES regulates international trade in over 35,000 species of plants and animals, including their parts and products, ensuring their survival in the wild, with benefits for the livelihoods of local people and the global environment. The CITES permit system seeks to ensure that international trade in listed species is sustainable, legal and traceable.
CITES was signed in Washington D.C. on 3 March 1973. The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 3 March as World Wildlife Day. CITES was adopted in Washington D.C. on 3 March 1973. The 40th anniversary of the Convention will be celebrated in March 2013 which coincides with the 16th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 3 to 14 March 2013.
Learn more about CITES by visiting www.cites.org or connecting to:
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"Bahujan Jan Jagran Rally" from Kanpur to Lucknow on 11 Oct. 2009.
Rally will start at 9.30 AM.
An Emotional Support will be given to Iron Lady Behan Maya Wati Chief Minister of UP through a Memorandum.
A pamphlet in this regards is attached.
We look forward to all support from you all.
Party (BSP) won the Nautan assembly constituency.
a ploy to steer attention away from the steep price rise.
travelling by train. All this is just a drama," Mayawati said.
much-publicised austerity drive," she added.
provide all necessary assistance under one roof.
principal secretaries held last evening.
fertilisers and seeds specially on the Indo-Nepal border.
to ensure proper implementation of the 2004 IT Policy.
seminar on 'IT Industries in UP — The Road Ahead' here last evening.
(AKWL). It was attended by representatives of leading IT/ITES companies.
needed since provisions contained in the IT policy were sufficient.
change positively in next the 2-3 years.
the rural areas to offer host of services online at one place.
would be rolled out on public-private partnership (PPP) model," he said.


Yesterday was my mama's birthday. She turned 63. I'm sure she's just tickled pick that I shared that with everyone. This evening we had her and Dad over for a birthday dinner. We had salad, steak, smashed garlic potatoes, roasted okra from Aunt Sharon's garden, and Luke's famous Texas Sheet Cake. It was all so good...especially the cake. There's not much better in life than chocolate.


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"Baby, it's cold outside." I realize by this time of year that line has been overplayed on the radio and is as old and tired as your handmade ugly Christmas sweater. Here in Los Angeles, the temperatures have dropped below flip flops and shorts weather and in our home, that means warming up the kitchen with restorative winter soups. One of the most popular Mexican soups is Albondigas, a clear broth typically made with meatballs of ground beef, white rice, along with squash, carrots, onions and other vegetables.
All the holiday tamales got the best of me and Stephen and so we are revisiting traditional recipes and swapping out some of the fatty or carb-laden ingredients for healthier ones. It's a challenge because we refuse to sacrifice taste. This Albondigas soup recipe is made with ground turkey. It's much leaner than ground beef and who needs the white rice that is folded into the meat mixture to make the meatball? Instead, we used nutrient dense red quinoa. Red quinoa is rich in essential minerals and vitamins and is gluten-free. I added chopped mint and serrano peppers to amp up the flavor factor. And, used low-sodium chicken broth with a splash of apple cider vinegar. Like the mint, the vinegar subtly brightens and freshens the soup.
1. In a large bowl, mix all the ingredients (except the cooking oil) until just combined.
3. Chill the tray of meatballs until you are ready to cook them, about 15 minutes.
4. To cook the meatballs, heat about 1 tablespoon of cooking oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Begin browning the turkey meatballs, making sure they brown evenly on all sides. It's best to work in batches, and to wipe down the skillet with a paper towel between batches. Each batch should take about 5 minutes for meatballs this size. Allow the cooked meatballs to drain on a paper towel and reserve.
1. Rub the Anaheim peppers with 1 1/2 teaspoons cooking oil. Char the peppers over an open flame like your stove or a grill. Carefully turn the peppers with tongs, making sure they blister and blacken evenly. Place in a plastic bag, seal it, and allow it to steam for 10 minutes. Then rinse off under cold, running water. Discard the stems and seeds. Dice the peppers and reserve.
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7. Gently add the meatballs to the simmering pot and allow to cook just until the potatoes are cooked through, about 5 minutes more.
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News September 4, 2020 by Allan Janssen
Tight supply, strong demand, for used vehicles: Cdn Black Book
Canadian Black Book says used-vehicle supply levels remain tight. The average days to turn for used-car inventory stands at 47 days, which is much lower than typical levels.
The situation is a concern, according to Canadian Black Book, because the demand for used vehicles is strong.
Consumer confidence remains fairly good, it says, even if one major index (Bloomberg-Nanos) suggests the economic recovery has stalled in the minds of consumers at the end of August.
"As August concludes, we end the last full month of summer with positive news on the wholesale value front," the company's latest market update states.
"This past week, both the car and truck segments increased in value," it said. "The car segments were up by a record setting 0.35%, which is the best weekly performance over the past two years. The truck segments, which include vans, crossovers/SUV and pickup trucks rose by 0.49%, not a record, but the third best weekly gain seen in the past 24 months."
The Canadian Black Book Used Vehicle Retention Index, which tracks the retained value performance of two to six-year-old vehicles, saw its largest increase since the index began in January of 2005.
"This clearly shows that the market remains in a recovery phase after the sharp declines of early 2020," company analysts said. "With a great deal of uncertainty around the economic recovery, and expectations about growing supply, it is expected that the market will demonstrate some volatility, before longer term stability returns to wholesale values. Of specific concern is the still high level of unemployment and the growing number of business closures or downsizing of operations taking place currently."
It said a review of the latest statistics on the COVID-19 virus in Canada reveals positive news. The overall trend is headed in the right direction, with the average number of new daily cases a quarter of what they were at the height of the pandemic.
"Our present concerns are twofold. As citizens become more fatigued with living with social distancing and various preventative health measures, they may become less vigilant with respect to following the advice of health officials," the report said. "Secondarily, with back to school time fast approaching, there is concern that the school environment, despite efforts to reduce risk to students, staff and families, could result in a significant second wave of Covid-19 nationally. A large second wave could result in renewed lockdown measures which will further impair the economy and subsequently have a negative effect on the auto industry."
For the automotive industry, current and expected future vehicle values would decline again if a second wave comes, it predicted.
Used vehicle prices continue to stabilize: Black Book
Black Book releases enhanced vehicle valuation tool
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Eircom hacking shows flaws in Irish computer crime law
Today's Irish Times has a report of an apparent denial of service attack against Eircom:
MANY OF Eircom's 500,000 internet subscribers have been left offline or experienced delays in web browsing at times this week because of a suspected attack by hackers.
Some customers who tried to connect to popular sites such as RTÉ, Facebook or Bebo were redirected to incorrect websites, often displaying images of advertising or scantily clad women.
The company blamed the problems on "an unusual and irregular volume of internet traffic" directed at its website, which affected the systems and servers that provide access to the internet for its customers.
Internet discussion groups speculated that the problems were caused by a hacker accessing Eircom's domain name server (DNS) system through a denial-of-service attack.
This involves a target site being saturated with messages and requests to the point it can no longer function properly.
I've said it before but it's worth repeating: Irish law does not adequately deal with computer crime at the moment (with denial of service attacks being one of many areas left without adequate sanctions) and legislation to implement the Cybercrime Convention and the Framework Decision on Attacks Against Information Systems is now long overdue.
Here's an excerpt from a chapter I wrote in Reich (ed.), Cybercrime and Security discussing the uncertain Irish law on denial of service attacks:
Whether or not such an attack would amount to an offence under Irish law will vary depending on the precise structure of the attack.
For example, suppose that A sets out to harm B by sending several million emails to B's server. The effect is not only to use up B's bandwidth but also to use his disk capacity. In this case, it might be possible to charge A with criminal damage under section 2 of the Criminal Damage Act 1991, on the basis that A has damaged B's data within the meaning of section 1 by adding to it without lawful excuse.
This result is supported by the English decision in DPP v. Lennon. In that case the defendant was a 16 year old who took umbrage at the circumstances of his dismissal and sent five million emails to his former employer with the expressed intention of "causing a bit of a mess up". He was charged with unauthorised modification to a computer system with intent to impair the operation of the computer, contrary to section 3(1) of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 (the equivalent provision to section 2 of the Criminal Damage Act 1991). His defence was that the company had implicitly consented to receiving emails and as such he had not made unauthorised modifications. Although the trial judge accepted this argument, on appeal the Divisional Court held that any implied consent did not extend to emails sent for the purpose of disrupting the system. Per Jack J.:
"I agree, and it is not in dispute, that the owner of a computer which is able to receive emails is ordinarily to be taken as consenting to the sending of emails to the computer. His consent is to be implied from his conduct in relation to the computer. Some analogy can be drawn with consent by a householder to members of the public to walk up the path to his door when they have a legitimate reason for doing so, and also with the use of a private letter box. But that implied consent given by a computer owner is not without limit. The point can be illustrated by the same analogies. The householder does not consent to a burglar coming up his path. Nor does he consent to having his letter box choked with rubbish. That second example seems to me to be very much to the point here. I do not think that it is necessary for the decision in this case to try to define the limits of the consent which a computer owner impliedly gives to the sending of emails. It is enough to say that it plainly does not cover emails which are not sent for the purpose of communication with the owner, but are sent for the purpose of interrupting the proper operation and use of his system."
However, if the facts of a denial of service attack are varied slightly then criminal damage may no longer be an appropriate charge. Suppose for example that C sets out to hinder access to D's publicly available website, and does so by programming several computers to repeatedly download large pages from the site. The result is to use up D's bandwidth and ensure that other users cannot get through to the site, though the server itself continues to function. What crime, if any, has been committed?
In this case C would not have damaged D's data (assuming that C downloaded data only and did not make any modifications to the data on the server). It might be argued that C has committed criminal damage to the server itself given the extended definition of "damage" under section 1, which includes situations where a person "whether temporarily or otherwise, render[s] inoperable or unfit for use or prevent[s] or impair[s] the operation of" property.
Such a charge would, however, prevent some difficulties. It might be successful if the effect of a denial of service attack was to cause the server to crash – that temporary inoperability would certainly seem to constitute damage within the meaning of section 1. In the hypothetical above, however, C has not rendered the server inoperable but merely inaccessible – which would seem to fall outside the scope of the criminal damage offence.
On the other hand, using the reasoning in DPP v. Lennon it might be possible to characterise the attack as unauthorised access contrary to section 5 of the Criminal Damage Act 1991. The argument could be made that while public websites carry with them an implied permission to access the site, this permission does not (to use the words of Jack J.) cover visits which are "the purpose of interrupting the proper operation and use of [the] system", so that such a visit would constitute operation of the server with intent to access data without lawful excuse.
Posted by TJ McIntyre at Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Labels: computer crime, Eircom
Justin Mason 08 July, 2009
aside: I don't think it's credible that a DOS can cause porn ads to appear in place of popular websites. My theory is that an attacker is using a high volume of messages to pollute the Eircom nameservers' cache somehow, so that other users will resolve the wrong addresses and be effectively redirected to his sites.
Unknown 08 July, 2009
SOEDI - TJ.
Deficiencies in this area of the Irish Criminal Law will be problematic.
It wasn't a DoS attack. The DNS servers were poisoned.
I'm amazed that Eircom will not acknowledge what actually happened.. instead they pass it off as a distributed attack, trying to make out that they could have done nothing about it.
TJ McIntyre 09 July, 2009
I stand corrected. Next task - thinking about whether DNS cache attacks would be punishable under existing law.
Anonymous 14 July, 2009
The problem with attacks of this nature is the source is impossible to prove in most cases. Typically they involve hundreds of thousands of computers infected by malware, which are under the control of one or more bright people in far away places who know how to cover their tracks. Immune to Irish law.
If it is an attack on eircom's nameservers, the simple solution is to specify the opendns.org name servers (208.67.222.222 / 208.67.220.220) in one's internet connection properties.
If the IP number you are assigned by eircom is itself being DDoSed, re-boot the DSL modem and you will be assigned a new IP number.
The average home computer is probably crawling with malware because the application software on it is not being patched for security vulnerabilities. A good place to check one's PC for vulnerable (out of date) software is www.secunia.dk. Follow the "scan your pc" link. (This will not remove viruses already present on your system - it will help prevent you acquiring new ones).
the law isn't the problem here, if the offenders are in fiji or north korea its not going to help. Eircom need to spend money on their network security design. Judging by their lack of investment else where i can only imagine the state of the top end systems.
Anonymous 07 August, 2009
BT had the same problem (DNS cache poisoning) some two weeks before eircom witnessed it.
BT patched their systems very quickly limiting any outages down to a couple of hours.
Eircom did not.
Cutbacks?
Anonymous 11 September, 2011
The majority of internet users don't seem to be aware what a DNS server does, or that they themselves can actually change them.
Recently I was looking into DNS servers. I found a program called 'NameBench' which compares different DNS servers and tells you the details of the better server(s) that you can use.
You can download 'NameBench' from here.. http://code.google.com/p/namebench
Going back to the topic in question, it's ironic that Eircom are pleading poverty. Yet their ADSL pricing is much higher than it's competitors. Oh I forgot.. Eircom are in excess of 3 billion in debt ;-p
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The First African Country To Build A Stadium On Water (Photos)
The first African Country to build a stadium on water – this beautiful stadium cost the country in excess of $20 million and was built for six months. It's built in such a way that even if there's heavy downpour, the water cannot rise to the stadium's level.
Guess, Angola becomes the first country to build a football stadium on water. The stadium was first opened over the weekend in Luanda and more than 1,000 fans attended.
See, At the edge of the stadium, there are beautiful roads where fans watch the beautiful game from. What's amazing is that even if the ball accidentally falls in water, there are people ready to collect it for the play to continue.
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Angola has an exclave province, the province of Cabinda that borders the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital and largest city of Angola is Luanda. Angola has vast mineral and petroleum reserves, and its economy is among the fastest-growing in the world.
Especially since the end of the civil war; however, the standard of living remains low for most of the population, and life expectancy in Angola is among the lowest in the world. It's quite funny how some of us don't know about this stadium, tell us how u feel about this structure in the comment box below, This is one of the realest awesome stadium we witnessed today. Source CNN.


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Apart from the Herd
Creative financing cuts stress, saves customer relationships.
By Aleks Ridge
It's easy to be an ag banker during good times, and ag banks enjoy enviable reputations within their communities. It is during stressful times that banker reputations are cemented for the long term. Does your bank work with its customers as they adjust their operations? Does your bank seek out and implement alternate lending strategies in support of your borrowers?
The stresses in agriculture are compounding, particularly in the corn belt. Economists are projecting 2018 prices similar to the past two years. U.S. Department of Agriculture and CME Futures also closely align with recent prices. Cash flows are constricted as farmers adjust to the "new normal" of lower commodity prices, rising interest rates and increased costs of living.
Ag lenders are having to adjust to this new normal as well, and a situation that was resolved in North Central Iowa just a year ago illustrates one way they are coping.
Conterra, an agricultural asset management firm serving institutional investors, banks and other lenders, was approached by a bank that had a previous relationship with a grain farmer. The farmer's current lender had recently decided that it was unwilling to renew his operating line, so he called his former bank. This bank, wanting to regain the relationship, was interested in providing operating financing for the 2017 crop year. However, two consecutive years of losses resulted in a growing balance on the farmer's operating line and a negative working capital position.
The bank could not qualify the loan under its policies but was aware that Conterra offered alternative solutions and made a call. This led to a meeting with the client, where it was refreshing to note that he had already begun working to adjust to new realities. He had reassessed the profitability of his rented acres and, as a result, reduced the size of his leased acres by roughly 60 percent for 2017. This allowed him to surrender his most expensive ground and sell equipment that was no longer needed to support the smaller operation.
An analysis of the operation concluded that cash flows would remain tight; however, loan-to-value and the post-close balance sheet ratios were well within the creative asset management firm's guidelines. Ultimately, Conterra approved a loan to restructure the remaining debt as the applicant continued to work to right-size his operation. The transaction closed in March 2017, on a three-year, interest-only term. The loan provided the banker with a renewed relationship, a portion of the origination fee and a field servicing fee over the life of the loan. Once the three years is up, the farmer will be positioned to qualify for traditional financing, and the bank will be able to retain this customer.
Keeping the bank in the process is important. As Conterra Managing Director Nick Stokes puts it, "Our business philosophy is structured around maintaining personal relationships. We understand the importance of the local lender staying 'face-front' to its borrowers. Since our intent is to return the borrower back to a bank on solid terms, we actively partner with lenders. They are truly considered our eyes on the ground."
In return for serving as a field servicer, collecting financial information, conducting site visits and providing other information as required by loan covenants, Conterra shares origination fees and provides a field-servicing fee to the bank. Lenders are able to shed credit risk and improve portfolio quality while maintaining a positive relationship with their customers.
Conterra works with underperforming agricultural loans to finance borrowers that are in need of an alternate source when their traditional lender is not an option. The company's focus on the ag industry, Stokes points out, provides an understanding that each situation is different and underperforming borrows require tailored solutions. This includes transitional financing, debt restructuring and bridge loans, all structured in a way that improves the borrower's ability to pay and to realign to new realities.
Conterra listens to both the bank and the customer and supports myriad ideas to adjust the operation to become financially viable, according to Stokes.
For example, in central Nebraska, a feedlot and grain operation experienced significant losses through the downturn in beef prices in 2015 and 2016. Compounding the working capital issues was a recent expansion that added 50 percent more capacity to the feedlot, much of which had been funded with short-term debts. The operating commitment was fully drawn, and losses had been carried by a correspondent bank. It was clear that a restructure was necessary in order to inject equity into the operating line and liquidity into the operation.
The correspondent bank and the primary lender had a long-term relationship with the operator and wanted to find a way to maintain the operating line, while removing the risk of the long-term notes. By restructuring a portion of the short-term debts onto the real estate and refinancing the existing real estate mortgages, Conterra was able to provide the operation with much-needed liquidity. The operation was too highly leveraged and needed to reduce debt to remain economically viable in the long run. Therefore, Conterra was quick to support the borrower's intent to sell a quarter section of ground, with proceeds being used to reduce outstanding debts.
The transaction closed as a three-year, interest-only term, allowing the correspondent bank to maintain the operating relationship with its client bank while earning a share of the origination fee on Conterra's loan and a field servicing fee over the life of the loan.
Stokes points out that his company understands the needs of agriculture in this "new norm," and that not all borrowers look the same. Solutions can be tailored to meet the needs of borrowers where traditional financing just doesn't fit. Available options include transitional financing, debt restructuring, bridge loans and other special circumstances, all structured in a way to improve the borrower's ability to pay.
Essentially, Conterra allows the farmer time to adjust to today's environment and maintain a positive working relationship with his/her banker.
About Conterra
When Conterra was established in 2014, founder Paul Erickson believed that U.S. agriculture was under-capitalized. Ag borrowers that did not meet traditional lending standards had significant problems finding debt to restructure their operations. The vision Erickson had for Conterra was to not only create a company that provided competitive long-term fixed rates for healthy borrowers but to create cost-effective options for borrowers that were stressed and needed to restructure.
In 2015 the Conterra Fund was created to help answer this challenge and help banks cope with the new realities. Located in the heart of the Midwest and focusing on agriculture as its sole business, the company has created varied opportunities for agricultural borrowers that meet traditional lending standards as well as cost-effective solutions for borrowers that need to restructure or just need more flexible capital.
With nearly $3 billion in loans and more than 7,000 borrowers, Conterra has successfully provided referring and correspondent banks with programs to navigate the new normal while reducing risk.
Aleks Ridge is a credit coordinator/marketing coordinator at Conterra Asset Management. Contact Ridge at aleks.ridge@conterraag.com.
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Q: add folder to classpath in RCP product We have an RCP product based on features which comprise several plugins. Each plugin uses an OSGi bundle manifest.
One of this plugin contains a set of libraries (Plug-in from Existing JAR Archives) made by third party.
Now the problem. One of this libraries is looking for a configuration file in the following way:
getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(filename);

It is clear that the folder containing the file must be added to the classpath. So I added in the manifest of the plugin the following:
Bundle-ClassPath: resources/

and I placed the configuration file in there (of course there also other Bundle-ClassPath: for the jars and the resources is together with them).
If I test the product within eclispe the file is found and everything works but, as soon as I export the product, the file is not found anymore (even if the resources folder is included in the exported plugin).
I think that I lack some OSGI property in the run configuration but I have no idea about how to solve the problem.

A: The folder "resources" must be set as output folder in build.properties of the plugin:
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Q: Convert multiple pdf files in a folder into jpgs in Python I have Python 3.6 and want to know how to convert  30+ pdf images into jpgs. I have these pdf images stored in one folder and would like to run a script to run through all the pdfs, convert them to jpgs and split them out into a new folder.
I tried to test this out on one image (see code below):
import pdf2jpg as pdf2jpg

inputpath = r"C:\Users\Admin-dsc\Documents\Image project\pdfinputs\RWG003209_2 Red.pdf"
outputpath = r"C:\Users\Admin-dsc\Documents\Image project\jpgoutputs"

result = pdf2jpg.convert_pdf2jpg(inputpath, outputpath, pages="1")
print(result)

but I keep getting the following error message which I don't understand:
Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<ipython-input-27-050be63282af>", line 11, in <module>
    result = pdf2jpg.convert_pdf2jpg(inputpath, outputpath, pages="1")

AttributeError: module 'pdf2jpg' has no attribute 'convert_pdf2jpg'

Any help would be appreciated as I am very new to Python.

A: I guess you need to use from pdf2jpg import pdf2jpg instead of import pdf2jpg as pdf2jpg - these are two different statements.


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package org.symnet
package models.iptables

// Scala
import scala.io.Source

// 3rd-party
// -> scallop
import org.rogach.scallop._

// -> Symnet
import org.change.v2.analysis.expression.concrete.ConstantValue
import org.change.v2.analysis.memory.TagExp._
import org.change.v2.analysis.processingmodels.Instruction
import org.change.v2.analysis.processingmodels.instructions._
import org.change.v2.util.canonicalnames._

// project
import core._
import extensions.conntrack.ConnectionState
import types.net.Ipv4
import virtdev.devices.IPTRouterBuilder
import virtdev.SymnetFacade

class Driver(
    name: String,
    ipsStr: String,
    routingTableStr: String,
    iptablesStr: String,
    inputPort: String,
    validateOnly: Boolean = false,
    initInstruction: Instruction = NoOp) extends SymnetFacade with BaseParsers {
  // We need the check-fail function for parsing any type T.
  import Driver.parse

  // Set the identifier of this device.
  override def deviceId: String = name

  lazy val ipsMap =
    ipsStr.split("\n").filter(!_.trim.isEmpty).map(line => {
      val tokens = line.trim.split(" ")
      val int = parse(identifierParser, tokens(0))
      // FIXME: Multiple ips on an interface.
      (int, parse(ipParser, tokens(1)))
    }).toMap

  lazy val routingTable =
    routingTableStr.split("\n").filter(!_.trim.isEmpty).map(line => {
        val Array(ipStr, nextHop) = line.trim.split(" ")
        (parse(ipParser, ipStr), parse(identifierParser, nextHop))
    }).toList

  lazy val iptables = {
    implicit val parsingContext = ParsingContext.default
    val parsedTables = parse(many(iptParsers.tableParser), iptablesStr)

    val vParsedTables =
      parsedTables.flatMap(_.validate(ValidationContext.empty).toOption)
    assert(vParsedTables.size == parsedTables.size)

    vParsedTables
  }

  lazy val iptRouter =
    new IPTRouterBuilder(deviceId, ipsMap, routingTable, iptables).build

  def run() =
    if (validateOnly) {
      // Force the evaluation of all of the above lazy vals.
      ipsMap; routingTable; iptables; iptRouter;
      (Nil, Nil)
    } else {
      // Run symbolic execution starting on the specified input port.
      symExec(
        iptRouter,
        iptRouter.inputPort(inputPort),
        otherInstr = initInstruction,
        log = true
      )
    }
}

object Driver extends App with BaseParsers {

  /////////////////////////////////////////
  /// Utility (private) functions
  /////////////////////////////////////////

  def parse[T](p: Parser[T], s: String): T = {
    val maybeResult = p.apply(s)
    assert(maybeResult.isJust)

    val (state, result) = maybeResult.toOption.get
    assert(state.trim.isEmpty)

    result
  }

  /////////////////////////////////////////
  /// Parse args
  /////////////////////////////////////////

  class Conf(arguments: Seq[String]) extends ScallopConf(arguments) {
    val iptables = opt[String](required = true)
    val routing_table = opt[String](required = true)
    val ips = opt[String](required = true)
    val input_port = opt[String](required = true)
    val validate_only = opt[Boolean]()
    val source_ip = opt[String]()
    val destination_ip = opt[String]()

    validateOpt (validate_only, input_port) {
      case (Some(true), None) => Right(Unit)
      case (Some(false), Some(port)) => Right(Unit)
      case _ => Left("Either `validate_only' or `input_port' must be specified")
    }
    verify()
  }
  val conf = new Conf(args)

  /////////////////////////////////////////
  /// Build the driver and run it.
  /////////////////////////////////////////

  val List(iptables, routingTable, ips) =
    List(conf.iptables(), conf.routing_table(), conf.ips()) map {
      fileName => Source.fromFile(fileName).getLines.mkString("\n")
    }
  val driver = new Driver(
      name = "ipt-router",
      ipsStr = ips,
      routingTableStr = routingTable,
      iptablesStr = iptables,
      inputPort = conf.input_port(),
      validateOnly = conf.validate_only(),
      // Maybe use a destination ip address, if specified as argument.
      initInstruction = InstructionBlock(
        conf.source_ip.toOption match {
          case Some(ip) => Assign(IPSrc, ConstantValue(parse(ipParser, ip).host))
          case None     => NoOp
        },
        conf.destination_ip.toOption match {
          case Some(ip) => Assign(IPDst, ConstantValue(parse(ipParser, ip).host))
          case None     => NoOp
        }))

  // NOTE: Not the most accurate way of measuring time while running on a JVM,
  // but our benchmark framework is too slow.
  val t0 = System.nanoTime()
  val (successful, failed) = driver.run()
  val t1 = System.nanoTime()

  /////////////////////////////////////////
  /// Print various useful statistics.
  /////////////////////////////////////////

  println("*********** STATS BEGIN HERE ***********")
  println("Symbolic execution time: %.2fs".format((t1 - t0) / 1000000000.0))

  val iptRouter = driver.iptRouter
  val localSuccessCount = successful.filter(
    _.history.head == iptRouter.localProcessInputPort).size

  // Print the number of packets that reached the local process.
  println(s"Successful paths: ${successful.size}")
  println(s"Failed paths: ${failed.size}")
  println(s"Paths reaching input port: $localSuccessCount")

  println("*********** STATS END HERE ***********")
}

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The sensation of receiving an acupuncture treatment can rarely be described as painful. Now that is not to say that it is devoid of sensation, but generally the feeling is more of a tingling. Acupuncture needles have a doweled end, and therefore do not cut the skin as regular injection needles do. Following treatment, it is common for the patient to feel a tremendous sense of relaxation and/or exhilaration.
Usually a series of treatments are necessary to resolve a condition. Each case and condition is treated individually. A consultation is required to determine requirements. Treatments can be between 45 to 90 minutes in length with the first consultation usually lasting longer.
Some insurance companies cover acupuncture treatment, but they stipulate that the practitioner be board certified. In addition, a majority of flexible account spending plans will cover acupuncture and Oriental medicine treatment. We can call your insurance carrier to verify coverage over the phone or during your initial visit.
Non-physician acupuncturists are required by California law to use disposable, one-time-use sterilized needles. Because blood loss and bleeding are minimal with acupuncture, there is no requirement for acupuncturists to wear gloves. Basically, the risk of a serious infection is drastically less than the risk of a serious accident while traveling to the acupuncturist's office.
Are acupuncture results due to a placebo effect?
Physiological changes after acupuncture are not the result of a placebo effect and will occur without conscious knowledge of the patient. Many of these results are measured by scientific investigation such as MRI or by conducting blood draws before and after the acupuncture treatment itself. Further proof that acupuncture is not only placebo is by observing animal acupuncture: dogs and horses love it!
What are the benefits of acupuncture compare to Western medicine?
Western medicine generally focuses on and treats localized symptoms and problems, whereas Eastern medicine looks at the same problems in relation to the whole body and how those problems affect and interact with each other. Acupuncture promotes the natural healing capacity of the body. Our body is designed to heal itself naturally, and many times Western medicine will use artificial substances that are harmful. Acupuncture has been proven by clinical use for thousands of years, and it is a preferred treatment for many types of illness.


A Kindle ad for Oil of Olay. The creative looks splotchy on the Kindle's e-ink display. Why this ad shows for a 30-something male is another matter.
I received my Kindle with Offers on Friday. It's Amazon's latest attempt to take on a somewhat new market. The name "Kindle with Offers" is a bit misleading, but it sounds better than "Kindle with Ads".
An ad for Oil of Olay.
An offer for a $10 credit if you register your VISA card as the default card for Kindle purchases and buy a Kindle book from a select list.
An offer for a $20 Amazon gift certificate for $10.
For people used to Web ads that flash, blink and otherwise overwhelm content, the Kindle ads are barely present. One appears on a small portion of the home screen, similar to a banner ad. The other format (shown in the picture) takes over the entire lock screen of the device if you haven't been reading for a while.
The ads are disappointing. Amazon hasn't done anything unique or interesting with them. Some of the ads on the Kindle were clearly repurposed. Ads for Oil of Olay makes extensive use of gradients, which look terrible on the Kindle's e-ink display. I thought my screen had become defective until I cleared the ad.
I really shouldn't even see the Oil of Olay ad (not female) or Buick ad (not old enough). Amazon should know that neither ad provides value to me or the advertiser. The ads I see on Amazon.com are much more relevant than these.
In terms of offers, VISA is trying hard to be at the forefront of mobile payments. A similar promotion ran when Starbucks launched payments on the iPhone; if you registered your VISA card and bought Starbucks credit with it, you received a $5 bonus. VISA also recently invested in Square.
The $20 Amazon certificate is similar to the promotion that LivingSocial ran earlier. Except this time Amazon is footing the bill for the promotion.
Acting on an offer is a bit clumsy. After selecting an offer, you get an email with all of terms and instructions on how to redeem it.
Kindle with Offers is priced at $25 less than the comparable Kindle. The discount on the Amazon gift card is effectively another $10 loss. That brings the Kindle with Offers discount to $35. For comparison, Google makes less than $20 per year per user (on average) for its massive advertising engine.
For a media play, Kindle will need a lot more advertisers. Or it will need an aggressive revenue share on real offers like Groupon has.
Otherwise, it's just a way to get Kindles in the hands of more price sensitive customers without repricing the base product. That itself is not a bad goal.
I just got a Kindle through an offer from American Express. Sign up for their a gold card, spend $500 and they send a Kindle + $100 Amazon gift card. So far, I really like the Kindle. It is easy on the eyes and comfortable to hold. So far I loaded up on free classics. Not sure how many books I'll actually buy – I'm cheap and used books can usually be had for under $5 on Amazon. Can't wait for the library loaning although I'm skeptical of how easy it will be. I think Overdrive is involved and getting audiobooks with Overdrive's iPhone app is a huge pain.


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Q: Linking to file not in website root? Hi hope someone can help, I have the following little problem:
Ubuntu server 64bit current release running 2 virtual websites
Folder structure
site1 (This site is available to the web)
/var/www/site1
site2 (intranet)
/var/www/site2
/var/www/site2/pdf/order_pdf/ (folders where .pdfs are stored)
So from site1 I have tried to link to a file contained in site2 with the following:
<a href="../site2/pdf/prder_pdf/filename.pdf

This doesn't seem to work, hope someone can help?

A: Relative URIs are relative to the base URI, not the file system of the web server.
If you want to link to something on a different site then you must use an absolute URI (e.g. http://example.com/...) or a scheme relative URI (e.g. //example.com/...).

A: I added the following line to the Virtual hots file for site1 /etc/apache2/sites-available/default file
Alias /pdf /var/www/site2/pdf/Order_pdf

and now working a charm.


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Accomplishments 2016-17
Year in Reflection: 2016-2017
The 2016 – 2017 school year was a very successful one. With the continuing support and interest of everyone involved in the school community, Winnacunnet High School has been able to achieve the accomplishments listed below:
Winnacunnet High School was recognized as the 2017 New Hampshire High School of Excellence.
School-Wide embedded professional development focused on direct instruction and modeling of tech tools, independent unit creation, solicitation of student feedback and performance data to support student learning. This professional development opportunity allows teachers to expand their capacity to implement several best practices for improved achievement and provides teachers the opportunity to work collaboratively across departments, exchange ideas and create a shared ownership of the initiatives being implemented.
As part of the Technology Plan, Winnacunnetl provided Acer c740 Chromebook devices to every member of the Class of 2019 and the Class of 2020. Like a textbook, these computers will be signed out and collected by the school, but remain in the possession of students during the school year (as well as after their graduation). For every subsequent year, the school will continue to purchase a technology device for incoming freshmen. According to this schedule, Winnacunnet will be a 1:1 (1 device deployed to every student) school by 2018-19 school year.
Winnacunnet High School sponsored the eighth annual Junior Class Career Fair. Since their freshman year, our juniors have been exploring career options, and it is time for them to have the opportunity to speak with representatives from all of the career clusters. The fair represents the students' natural progression for choosing a potential occupation to pursue upon completion of high school. This year there are representatives from over 45 different businesses and companies for students to speak to and gather information about future potential opportunities.
Winnacunnet High School hosted the fifth annual Young Alumni College Networking Fair. Recent alumni representing several colleges and universities returned to Winnacunnet to share their post-secondary education search experience, decision-making process, and information about their current school and major college with our current students.
Winnacunnet hosted the initial meeting of the New Hampshire League of Innovative Schools In-State meeting. The New England Secondary School Consortium's League of Innovative Schools (LIS) offers a supportive and collaborative environment to share ideas, network as instructional leaders, and gain valuable insight into best practices and the implementation of initiatives
Winnacunent High School represented NH at the New England Secondary School Consortium's a regional conference, High School Redesign in Action, and presented Liberating Learning Through ELOs: Providing Authentic Demonstrations of Learning Through School and Community Contexts. Staff members making the presentation included Donna Couture, David Hobbs, Karen Schweizer, Aaron Abood, Caroline Arakelian, Mike Handwork, and student Matt Long.
English Teacher, Gabrielle Borden, continued the program where Winnacunnet students in her reading lab made bi-weekly visits to Seabrook Elementary School to model good reading habits. Students were assigned to 1st-grade classrooms and were able to build relationships with the 1st-grade students.
School Social Worker, Talley Westerberg, spoke at the New Hampshire School Nurses Association to do the training for their School Nursing Essentials. This is a two-day conference for new school nurses. The topics covered were: Working with Homeless Children and Families, Mental Health in Schools, and DCYF Reporting.
Winnacunnet Video Production Students along with teacher Derek Roberts, and our new Student Tech Help Desk along with Educational Technology Coordinator, Jenn Lowton, were chosen to be the official tech support team and video production team for the large Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference this year. Jenn Lowton presented a day-long touchscreen Chromebook session and Derek Roberts, Donna Couture, David Hobbs and the students alternated throughout the conference to provide tech support, photography and videography.
Teachers Kara Seager and Carl Printzlau took our newly created Hiking Club on two successful hikes this year. Each hike we took six Winnacunnet students. The first was Mt. Major, and the second was Mt. Morgan.
Student Assistance Counselor, Tarnya Miller-Fegan, earned both the NH Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and the NH Master Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor qualifications. Currently, there are approximately twenty individuals in the state with both Licenses.
Nurses Laurie Cook and Tine Svanholm administered the yearly Secret Santa project, supporting112 students a small gift to brighten their holidays.
Math teacher, Susan Blake was approved as a Running Start instructor by GBCC and developed a proposed syllabus to offer TAC Math next year through Running Start at Great Bay CC.
Math teacher Peter Sorrentino initiated the Technology & Physics Lecture Series was kicked off with a presentation by Derek Kane of Deka Research of Manchester, NH. Mr. Kane presented several Deka product development efforts that require the extensive use and integration of computing technology and physics. The highlight of the lecture was a demonstration of the iBot, an advanced mobility system designed to restore freedom and dignity to people traditionally wheelchair bound. The goal of the lecture series is to offer students insight into exciting products being developed by local companies that require extensive understanding of physics and computer technology. Trimester 3 speaker was iRacing in Bedford, MA.
The AP Computer Science class has been approved for Running Start. This Running Start certification affords students to earn up to six college credits when successfully completing the AP Comp Science class. Additionally, the Project Lead the Way, PLTW, Digital Electronics course is also now a Running Start certified class. Students are eligible to earn three college credits for successful completion.
Spanish teacher Chinca Jimenez created a Summer Spanish Immersion camp held at the North Hampton library, and also an after-school program. Spanish Immersion program (songs and short stories in Spanish) for third to fifth-grade students through the Hampton recreational department. Additionally, her poem "Whistle" was published in the
NY literary Magazine (https://nyliterarymagazine.com/ny-literary-mag-news/ny-literary-magazine-winds-of-time-contemporary-poetry-anthology/) and won second place in Life category.
The Girls Advancement of Sports Award has been renamed the Carol A. Dozibrin Advancement of Girls Sports Award. This award recognizes an individual who has spent over 35 years as an Athletic Administrator; promoting athletics for all student-athletes and the increased number of opportunities for females.
Winnacunnet received the NHIAA/National Federation of State High School Associations Award of Excellence for exhibiting outstanding sportsmanship for the year.
The Winnacunnet community, led by the Guidance Department, continues to participate in a massive Thanksgiving basket campaign. Students and staff worked together to put fill baskets for families in need in our district that include all of the items necessary for a Thanksgiving feast. Approximately sixty baskets were delivered to families throughout the community. This endeavor would not be possible without the faculty, student groups, and community partners working together.
One-hundred and ninety-three (193) seniors graduated in the class of 2017. Graduates were accepted into over 170 colleges and universities as listed below. Approximately Sixty-three percent will be attending four-year colleges, seventeen percent will be attending two-year colleges, three percent will be attending technical schools, and 5% will be entering military service.
Agnes Scott College, Allegheny College, Appalachian State University, Assumption College, Auburn University, Bennington College, Bentley University, Binghamton University (School of Management), Boston College (College of Arts & Sciences), Boston University, Bowdoin College, Brandeis University, Bryant University, Bryant University, Cazenovia College, Central Michigan University, Champlain College, Christopher Newport University, City College of New York CUNY, Clark University, Clarkson University, Clemson University, Coastal Carolina University, Colby-Sawyer College, College of Charleston, College of the Holy Cross, College of William and Mary, Colorado Mesa University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Columbia College, Columbia College Chicago, Concordia University – Montreal, Connecticut College, Cornell University, Creighton University, Curry College, Dalhousie University, Dartmouth College, Drew University, Drexel University, East Carolina University, Elon University, Emerson College, Emmanuel College, Endicott College, Fairfield University, Florida Atlantic University, Fordham University, Framingham State University, Franklin Pierce University, George Mason University, Goucher College, Great Bay Community College (NHCTC-Portsmouth), Green Mountain College, Guilford Technical Community College, Hawaii Pacific University, High Point University, Hunter College of the CUNY, Husson University, Ithaca College (School of Business), Johnson & Wales University (Denver), Johnson & Wales University (Providence)Juniata College Keene State College Lakes Region Community College (NHCTC-Laconia) Lesley University Loyola University Maryland Lyndon State College (Northern Vermont University) Manchester Community College (NHCTC-Manchester) Marist College Marymount Manhattan College Massachusetts Institute of Technology MCPHS – Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences Merrimack College Miami University, Oxford Michigan State University Mount Ida College New England College Newberry College Newbury College NHTI – Concord's Community College Nichols College North Carolina State University Northeastern University Norwich University Pace University, New York City Pennsylvania State University Plymouth State University Point Park University Providence College Purchase College State University of New York Queens University of Charlotte Quinnipiac University Regis College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Roger Williams University Rutgers University-New Brunswick Sacred Heart University Saint Anselm College Saint Joseph's College-ME Saint Leo University Saint Michael's College Salve Regina University Savannah College of Art and Design Seton Hall University Siena College Simmons College Southern Connecticut State University Southern Maine Community College Southern New Hampshire University Springfield College St. Bonaventure University St. John's University – Queens Campus Stetson University Stonehill College Suffolk University Susquehanna University Syracuse University The College of New Jersey The George Washington University The University of Alabama The University of Arizona The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of Oklahoma The University of Tampa Thomas College Tulane University Union College (New York) University of Bridgeport University of Colorado at Boulder University of Connecticut University of Delaware University of Denver University of Hartford University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Maine University of Mary Washington University of Maryland, College Park University of Massachusetts Dartmouth University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Massachusetts, Lowell University of Miami University of Miami (School of Architecture) University of Mississippi University of New England University of New Hampshire at Durham University of North Carolina at Greensboro University of Northern Colorado University of Oregon University of Rhode Island University of San Francisco University of South Carolina University of Southern Maine University of Southern Maine University of Utah University of Vermont University of West Florida Ursinus College Vermont Technical College Villanova University Virginia Tech Wake Forest University Wayne State College Wells College Wentworth Institute of Technology West Virginia University Western New England University Wheaton College MA Wheelock College Whittier College Winthrop University Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Winnacunnet student, Brian Coffen was named a Semifinalist in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program. Semifinalists represent less than one percent of U.S high school seniors and include the highest scoring students in each state who took the 2015 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).
The senior class ran the fourth successful battle of the classes basketball tournament, raising over $1000 to help fund senior week. It was a spirited school event where all students were energized and respectful. Definitely a tradition worth keeping.
Trimester 1 economics students (seniors) participated in an interactive budget workshop with the Concord Coalition. This was an in-school ELO/performance assessment where they had to address the budget crisis that faces our nation over the next 10 years. All groups, through debate and collaborative discussion, handled some really complex issues/decisions facing our nation's leaders. They all agreed that the consequences of large deficits were too risky for the future and cut the deficit by 2 billion or greater amounts over the next ten years.
Latin Club's Novice Certamen team won 1st place (15 schools participating) at the Granite State Certamen Tournament on Nov 19th at Dover High School. The two students on the team were Grace Baker and MacLean Baker.
Students in the JAG program hosted a basketball shoot-out fundraiser. A portion of the proceeds was used to create gift bags for the first 8 residents of Hope on Haven Hill, a new residential treatment center for pregnant women addicted to heroin. This community service project was led by Lily Dore, with help from Alyssa Perzanoski (class of 2016), Meghan Spaulding, Kayleigh Brown, and Melanie Spainhower.
JAG students Rayyan Awlia, Josh Avery, Derek Bollotta, Maria Menas, Lily Dore, Madigan Souther , and Michael Stocker excelled at the annual JAG competition. Competing against twelve schools, Winnacunnet students received First Place: Chapter Manual (scrapbook) – the work of Maria Menas; First Place: Quiz block (job/career questions); First Place: Giant Volleyball; Second Place: Basketball; Third Place: Mixed Relay; and Third Place: Scavenger Hunt. The students were also awarded the high point trophy for the second year in a row.
The team placed 2nd out of 12 schools for their community service project with S.A.F.E.R. Alec Students Rayne Hollett was the recipient of a $1000 scholarship and Asia Pena was the recipient of a $1500 scholarship. Kaylee Ravell received the 2017 Outstanding Leader Award
ROTC students supported Wreaths Across America which stopped in Hampton to honor some of our local fallen heroes.
Cycling Team finished the fall racing season. Competing at the championship at Highland Mountain in Tilton, NH in cold muddy conditions. Racers completed 3, 4, or 5 laps depending on their division of a 2.5-mile course. Congrats to Tanner Valhouli and Zieke Lucht who both competed. to Tanner Valhouli finished 2nd in the B division and Zieke Lucht in his first season of racing finished 10th and 28th.
The following seniors received the NHIAA/NHADA Scholar Athlete Award for their academic and athletic success as well as their community service commitment: Krista Scibisz, Mark Fagan, Anna Cady, Phillip Antonio, Callan Kennedy, Kelly Arsenault, Jessica Vogel, Carly Birch, Allison Giacalone, Dylan Taylor, Madeleine Allen, Bailey McDaniel, and Matthew Havey.
At the Division 1 track meet in Dartmouth, NH, junior Billy Powers (55 hurdles) and senior Phillip Antonio (long jump)finished 1st in their events. Additionally, the boys 4×200 (Phillip Antonio , Billy Powers, Matt Gigliotti, Brandon Hanley) placed 2nd. Billy also placed 2nd in high jump and 4th in the 300m. Brandon placed 4th in the 55m and 6th in the 300m. Overall the boys team placed 3rd. For the girls, Kelly Arsenault placed 4th in the 1500m and 6th in the 3000m.
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