Are you ready to enjoy delicious dried jerky, herbs, and snacks made at home? We had our experts research and review more than twenty top rated food dehydrators, so we could bring you a comprehensive list of the best dehydrators for jerky. We narrowed it down to our ten favorite options, all of which are excellent choices, so shop with confidence! Before you get started browsing our picks, check out a few specifications to keep in mind.
Trays: Whether you're looking for the best dehydrator for deer jerky or you plan to dehydrate all kinds of snacks, you'll need to know how many trays each model comes with. Check this spec for the details.
Watts: How many watts does the best meat dehydrator for jerky use? This spec will tell you everything you need to know about powering up and what it takes to dehydrate your meat in each model.
Material: Match your other appliances easily by checking this spec to determine the material that each design is made from. Whether you're looking for plastic or metal, we'll let you know the details here.
Size: Making dehydrated jerky doesn't have to take up all the space in your kitchen. Check this spec to determine the dimensions of each dehydrator, so you end up with the perfect size for your space and needs.
Thermostat: Make sure your snacks reach the ideal temperature with a thermostat. If the model you like comes equipped with this convenient feature, we will let you know here.
Warranty: Feel better about your investment with a guarantee! Check this spec to determine if the brand you're mulling over comes with a warranty and how long the coverage lasts.
Now that you know what to look for while shopping, you're probably wondering what is the best dehydrator for beef jerky? Keep the specifications in mind, as you browse the stellar list we compiled. If you're in a hurry, check out our top and budget picks first. The sooner you find the ideal option, the sooner you'll be snacking on delicious, cured treats!
Landing the coveted spot of top pick is the Gourmia. We think Gourmia shines when it comes to making dried snacks, and we're not alone. It's a top rated dehydrator for jerky, boasting rave reviews. Simple and easy-to-use, its design and style bring to mind the best dehydrator for deer jerky. A digital thermostat helps you set precise drying times and temperatures so that your jerky comes out just right. Choose drying temperatures of 95 degrees Fahrenheit to 158 degrees Fahrenheit and make a wide variety of cured snacks. Six 6.5-square feet drying racks, capable of drying meat, herbs, fruits, nuts, and even the frosting on cookies, give the Gourmia its superstar rating. The special air flow technology dries all trays evenly, so you don't need to interrupt the process to rotate them. You won't want to miss this luxury dehydrator that boasts 400w of power and quiet operation! It's truly the cream of the crop!
We chose the Nesco as our budget pick because we think its the best cheap dehydrator for jerky, but don't be fooled by its affordability. It delivers all the benefits (and then some) of an awesome food dehydrator and comes in a rockin' design that sold us before we even knew the rest of the details! With 700 watts of drying power and a strong top mounted fan, this sweet design features five trays that can be extended into 12 for additional drying space. It also comes with additional fruit-roll sheets that can be used with liquid, so you can dry your soups and sauces! Completely enclosed, an opaque exterior blocks out harmful light that can destroy the nutritional content of food during the drying process. An adjustable thermostat lets you reach drying temps up to 160 degrees Fahrenheit. And here's the kicker: each of the trays folds out on its own, making it interesting to look at and easy to use, tray-by-tray.
Save your counter space, money, and the vitamins and minerals in your food with the Presto dehydrator. A good food dehydrator for beef jerky, the Presto lets you make all of your favorite dried snacks at home. Enjoy nutritious, healthy food without all the preservatives and save money on snacks, since you'll be making your own! Featuring six trays that expand to twelve, this model easily makes jerky from meat, poultry, and seafood, and even includes sample packets of jerky spice and cure! A digital thermostat and timer help you achieve precise drying time and let you adjust the temperature between 90 and 165 degrees Fahrenheit. The air flow technology dries evenly, so you won't need to interrupt the process to rotate the trays. Efficient and versatile, this model comes with two fruit roll sheets, two nonstick mesh screen trays, and a cover-- all of which are dishwasher safe! Start enjoying delicious jerky today, when you make Presto your choice!
You're looking for a food dehydrator for jerky, but that doesn't mean you won't also want to use your new model for other snacks. The Cuisinart allows you to dry a range of foods, including meats, herbs, fruits, and vegetables. Experience the efficiency of preserving your own food naturally, without the use of toxic additives and preservatives, thanks to this deluxe, easy-to-use model. A powerful, 620-watt fan equipped with a top vent makes for fast and even drying. The adjustable thermostat lets you set the perfect temperature, so your jerky comes out just right and to your liking. Choose from fan only, low, medium, or high settings. The five interlocking trays can be expanded to nine, to meet all your drying needs. Backed by a trusted and known brand name, this dehydrator looks nice on your kitchen counter and puts out great results. And get this: it comes with a five year warranty on the motor, making it worth every penny!
We scoured the best dehydrator for jerky reviews and came up with an ultra-affordable option that works wonders on foods of all kinds: the Hamilton Beach. This dehydrator features five stackable trays that dry a wide range of foods, thanks to an adjustable thermostat that reaches up to 160 degrees Fahrenheit and a powerful 500-watt fan. The fan's continuous airflow makes for even drying, so you don't have to open the racks and turn them. That's a convenient feature that lets you go about your day, without having to worry about your dehydrating snacks! A 48-hour timer, complete with auto shut-off and a clear lid, lets you set the perfect amount of time for each food and easily check, during the process. The Hamilton Beach comes with one fine-mesh sheet for drying herbs and other small foods and a solid sheet that allows you to make fruit rolls. If you're ready to start enjoying premium dried snacks at home, the Hamilton Beach is the perfect pick!
If you're looking for the complete package, look no further than the Magic Mill. This professional food dehydrator comes complete with six stainless steel drying racks and a generous amount of extras, including two plastic fine mesh trays, two non-stick trays, and a set of oven mitts. Dry meats, herbs, vegetables, and fruits with ease, thanks to all the convenient features. The digital thermostat lets you set the correct times and temperatures each time, so you can be sure you end up with the perfect snacks. Choose between 95 and 158 degrees Fahrenheit and up to 19.5 hours of drying time. It's hard for us to say which of our outstanding picks if the best dehydrator for beef jerky, but we're confident that Magic Mill is a top contender. When you're ready to start preserving your own food, you won't want to miss out on this versatile, durable dehydrator.
If you're on the hunt for the best food dehydrator for beef jerky, you've come to the right place. The NutriChef electric dehydrator is a multi-tier unit that can preserve a wide variety of foods. Start making your own nutritious dried meats, vegetables, fruit, and herbs and save money on snacks. The best part is your food won't spoil and you won't be ingesting harmful preservatives. Easy to use with a single operational button, the drying temperature reaches an even 180 degrees Fahrenheit throughout the unit. Equipped with five trays, you can dry a nice amount of food, including different kinds, at the same time. Make jerky, dried herbs for upcoming recipes, and dehydrated apples overnight. The trays are easy to clean and won't stain or retain odors, providing the ultimate fresh experience every time you use this dehydrator. Perfect for countertop dehydrating, this unit is compact, attractive, and will make the perfect addition to your kitchen!
You're here for the jerky, which means you may be wondering which model is the best food dehydrator for deer jerky. The Nesco is an ideal dehydrator for jerky of all kinds! If you love venison and other kinds of specialty meats, then you've found the perfect model to suit your needs. It even comes with a jerky marker and jerky gun! Equipped with four 13.5-inch drying trays, there's plenty of room for all of your favorite meat. In fact, you can make up to 7 lbs of jerky in one batch! Backed by 350 watts of power and with a fixed temperature, the Nesco keeps things simple. No need to adjust thermostats or guess at times and temps. The top-down, fan-driven powerhead dries your food quickly in evenly in hours. To get you started, Nesco includes spire and cure packets for up to 4 lbs of ground meat. Make Nesco your choice and start enjoying the benefits that come from owning the best dehydrator for making jerky!
The Homdox takes the guesswork out of preparing dehydrated foods, thanks to the recipe book that conveniently accompanies your purchase. If you're wondering which piece is the best cut of meat for jerky dehydrator, then you might want to take a look at this model and its complimentary handbook. You'll have a nice list of recipes for drying delicious meats, vegetables, and fruits. With 500 watts of drying power and an adjustable thermostat that heats from 120 degrees Fahrenheit to 160 degrees Fahrenheit, achieving high quality recipes is simple and easy. Now you can enjoy homemade snacks at the fraction of the cost and without the added preservatives. Easy to clean, the Homdox features five trays that are dishwasher safe. When you're done drying food, simply pop the trays out for convenient washing and wipe the base down. A two-year guarantee gives you the peace of mind to make this affordable investment, so you can start drying your favorite snacks today!
We finish strong with the Cusimax, a top rated dehydrator for jerky that effectively dries meat, veggies, fruit, flowers, herbs and basically anything else you can think of. Boasting all the bells and whistles needed to make great snacks, the Cusimax does not skimp on features. The adjustable digital thermostat allows you to choose any temperature between 95 degrees Fahrenheit and 158 degrees Fahrenheit. A convenient timer takes you from thirty minutes to 19 and a half hours, allowing you to set the right time to achieve jerky to your liking. Five stackable trays leave plenty of room for all your favorite treats and a transparent lid gives you a bird's eye view of the drying process. Five stackable drying trays have a flexible and extensible large capacity to hold amounts of food. This high performance model is easy to clean and requires minimal maintenance. The best part is it is covered by an 18 month warranty, making it worth every penny.


A very fine Statuary white marble fireplace in the Italian Renaissance manner. The carved jambs featuring classical amphorae surmounted by fruit, acorns, ribbons and foliage topped with finely carved scrolled brackets. The carved frieze with putti throughout surmounted by shelf with dentils and egg-and-dart moulding. A very fine piece, originally from Florence, Italy. 19th century.


As part of my series of baby and toddler foods, in conjunction with Oogaa silicone feeding products, here's a perfect recipe for introducing your baby to soft lumps in his or her food. Plain scrambled eggs were one of the first foods my two really loved and devoured, and as they grew accustomed to little lumps I started scrambling the eggs with an assortment of finely diced veggies and a little cheese and they probably loved my 'bejeweled' eggs even more than the plain scrambled. And it's still a firm favourite today as a quick and easy no brainer supper served with little slices of wholemeal toast and butter on the side.
For very little ones dice the veggies as finely as you can, increasing the size as they get older and more accustomed to lumps and bumps. Stick to veggies that will soften well on cooking for the very wee ones, like mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes, courgette (or diced pre-cooked veggies like broccoli and carrots) etc. Slightly older babies and toddlers love it with sweetcorn and peas, as indeed I made mine with today, but these are slightly harder to break down and digest in tiny tums.
Eggs are a wonderful food for babies and young children, providing an important protein source and packed full of vitamins and minerals including vitamins A, various Bs, iron, calcium, phosphorus and potassium. Cheese is also an important source of calcium and protein.
Enough for one large portion, double if Mum wants to eat too!
Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Add the onion and pepper and cook for about 4 minutes until soft, stirring regularly. Stir in the peas, sweetcorn and tomato and cook for a further 2 minutes. If the pan becomes dry add a splash of water.
Stir in the beaten egg, very finely ground black pepper and grated cheese. Continue to stir until the egg is cooked through. Allow to cool for a few moments then serve.
Have you tried my other baby recipes? How about the ever so tasty Sweet Potato Daal for Babies & Toddlers, Baby Pasta & Purees, Chicken, Veggie & Egg Fried Rice or Kid's Bolognese?
Doesn't everyone love lasagne? It's certainly a favourite in the Foti household. This probably isn't the most traditional of recipes as I make mine with oodles of oozy cheese sauce, and in so doing would probably be in a good deal of strife in Italy. Rather than just a bechamel I add strong cheddar or even a couple of tablespoons of grated Parmesan. If the truth be known I have a bit of a thing for cheese sauce. Top tip: try adding a teaspoon of english mustard to your cheese sauce, it really enhances the flavour.
I usually make separate lasagnes for the kids in my Oogaa bowls (being silicone they can amazingly be baked in the oven) and a larger one for the grown ups. The kids just love having their own dish. If you are baking individuals I would advise pre-cooking the dried lasagne for a few minutes before layering. You could obviously bake just the one large lasagne for the whole family, and no lasagne pre-cooking required.
Start with making your cheese sauce. Place the butter in a large saucepan and heat over a very gentle heat until melted. With the pan still on a little heat add the flour and stir quickly and vigorously with a wooden spoon or a balloon whisk until combined. Add a little milk and continue to stir or whisk vigorously, gradually add the milk in this way until you have incorporated it all. Don't worry if you have a few lumps at this stage, they'll eventually go. Continue to stir or whisk the sauce over a gentle heat until it is fully thickened and starting to simmer, this will take a few minutes. Take the pan off the heat and stir in the cheese, mustard (if using) and a pinch of ground pepper. You probably won't need to add any salt as the cheese contains plenty.
Now you're ready to construct. Choose your dishes and decide how many layers of pasta and sauces you need. If making small individual lasagnes for the kids I would suggest just two layers. If making in a deep dish then three. Either way start with a layer of bolognese on the base of your dish or dishes. Cover this with a single layer of lasagne, preferably pre-cooked for small individual dishes. Now pour on a generous layer of cheese sauce. Repeat this layering system once or twice more, finishing with the remainder of the cheese sauce on top.
Place the mozzarella slices evenly over the top or tops and sprinkle with the Parmesan.
Place in the pre-heated oven for 30 minutes for small individual lasagnes or 45 minutes for larger ones, until the cheese is bubbling and golden on the top. Check with a fork that the pasta is soft and cooked through (if not already pre-cooked).
Great served with a salad for grown up folk and a few steamed veggies for the wee ones.
A winter warmer of a salad today, and one for the grown up folk really, unless your kids happen to eat salad which mine very definitely don't …..at least not yet anyway. Philipe and I often have a late night supper salad once the kids are in bed, but we're not talking a couple of lettuce leaves and a spray of dressing here, we're usually talking pretty substantial. More often than not there's something sausage like, a little cheese, definitely croutons and sometimes potatoes. A salad for the boys really.
Today's chorizo salad is simply lots of lovely salad leaves (fresh from the garden in our case), chopped parsley, sliced red onion, some strips of pepper (or a few preserved peppers from a jar), cubes of Spanish Manchego (or any other flavoursome sheep's milk cheese, but even a good goats cheese works well), fried chorizo slices and last but certainly not least lots of crunchy croutons fried in the remainder of the chorizo juices and a little hot smoked paprika to boot. Smoked paprika is the main spice in chorizo and is used widely in Spain, it gives a great little smokey spice kick to many a casserole or stew or even a crouton in this case!. The salad's then simply tossed together in a sherry vinegar and olive oil dressing. Inarguably this is my favourite of our 'winter' salads.
Start with frying off the chorizo slices in a frying pan, adding just a little olive oil. Fry for about five minutes until golden on both sides, turning frequently.
Meanwhile prepare the salad. Place the lettuce, chopped parsley, red onion slices, red pepper strips and cheese cubes in a large salad bowl.
Make your dressing by briskly whisking together a tbsp of sherry vinegar with 3 tbsps of olive oil, a little salt and a generous grinding of black pepper.
Once your chorizo is cooked remove from the frying pan with a slotted spoon and drain on some kitchen roll. Add another splash of olive oil to the frying pan along with a pinch of salt, a generous pinch of hot smoked paprika (if using) and another of black pepper and place back on the heat. When the oil's hot add the bread cubes and immediately turn to coat all sides. Continue to cook a little on all sides until the croutons are golden and crunchy, turning very regularly so as they don't burn. The whole process will only take 2 to 3 minutes. When cooked drain on some more kitchen paper.
Add the slightly cooled chorizo to the salad and about half of the dressing. Toss the salad well, ensuring everything's evenly coated. Taste and add more dressing to suit. Scatter the croutons on top and serve immediately.
Today I baked fish pie in my gorgeous Oogaa bowls, much to the delight of my kids! Their favourite dinner IN their favourite bowls, Jacques was literally climbing on the table to get his fingers in the pies! Oogaa produce fabulous feeding products for babies and young children, in gorgeous designs and colours that are fun and so adorable. We now have the range of colours and Francesca frustratingly will only eat out of a bowl that matches her outfit of the day (as girls do!). Jacques loves their squidgability (I think I just made up a word here!) and loves to chew and play with them after his dinner, or put them on his head. He also has a rather unnerving tendency of flinging his bowl as far and fast as he can once he's finished eating so Mummy's very happy to have silicone non-noisy non-breakable dinnerware!. Mummy's also happy that they're so incredibly useful, they can be baked in the oven, put in the microwave to warm up food, put through the dishwasher and even used to store food in the freezer. And being silicone, so wonderfully safe! For more information on Oogaa have a look at their lovely website: www.oogaa.com.
Although named Kid's Fish Pie, it's most certainly not just for kids, and can be very much enjoyed by grown ups too! I baked my pies individually in Oogaa bowls today (as well as a separate dish for my husband and I), but you could also use a large and deep ovenproof dish for everyone.
Place your fish in a saucepan and pour over the milk, a little seasoning (none or very little salt if you're cooking for wee ones!) and the bay leaf. Slowly bring to the boil and allow to simmer for about 5 minutes until the fish is cooked.
Meanwhile cook the potatoes for the topping in a pan of boiling water. If you haven't already done so you can hard boil your eggs in the same pan (they take 8 minutes in boiling water). When the potatoes are cooked drain out the water, pouring the water over the fresh spinach as this will be enough to wilt it ready for the pie. Mash the potatoes with the butter, milk and a little seasoning.
Drain the fish from the milk, retaining the milk for the sauce. Check the fish for bones, roughly break into pieces and set aside.
Now to make the cheese sauce. Place the butter in a large saucepan and heat over a very gentle heat until melted. With the pan still on a little heat add the flour and stir quickly and vigorously with a wooden spoon or a balloon whisk until combined. Add a little milk and continue to stir or whisk vigorously, continue to add the milk in this way until you have incorporated it all. Don't worry if you have a few lumps at this stage, they'll eventually go. Continue to stir or whisk the sauce constantly over a gentle heat until it is fully thickened and starting to simmer, this will take a few minutes. When simmering, take the pan off the heat and stir in the cheese and mustard (if using).
Now you can assemble your pie or pies. Place the fish pieces evenly in a large ovenproof dish or individual dishes or bowls. Roughly chop up the eggs and scatter on to the fish, along with the peas, spinach and chives (if using). Drizzle over a little lemon juice. Pour over the cheese sauce. Top with the mashed potato.
Bake in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes. For a crispy browned top place briefly under a hot grill.


Should I get a document management application for 2017?
From Internet of Things (IoT) to machine learning, the digital landscape of industries is still evolving everyday. If you're going to adapt to it, better adapt now. First step? digitize your documents with a document management application.
We have talked about it before: digitizing your documents is the crucial first step for digital transformation. After all, how are you going to compete in the digital realm if much of your business is still in paper?
Forbes predicts that IoT will drive the future of digital transformation. IoT means one thing: networks. The basic idea is that modern day analytics gather data from networked "things" and monitor customer preferences. For companies, this means that most (if not all) modern-day analysis will be in the digital context. From user behavior and preferences to immeasurable insights about the customer's mind, IoT is the key to success and digitizing your documents is your entry point to harness the potential of a digitally transformed 2017.
The available tools for digitization are also evolving, advanced mechanics such as OCR, machine learning, deep learning and cloud-integration are within your reach. Document management applications are stronger than ever. Enadoc, for example, is closely integrated with Azure not only for its usage but also for its development. This makes data gathering and development seamless and adaptable to digital changes.
2017 also means more presence of data and the number of ways to interpret it. Haritha Thilakaranthe, Software Engineer for Enadoc, emphasized that data is still king. His article highlights the power of the cloud not only for securing and storing documents but also in developing artificial intelligence and harnessing data.
Just imagine what digital can do: artificial intelligence for sorting and managing documents while digital documents provide useful research data that are used as reference for future developments. It's a win-win situation. You can use the cloud for digital documents and in return, the cloud will use customer behavior as data to further improve itself.
Scan them and upload them in the cloud. That is the entry point in the digital transformation journey; a crucial first step to take the lead in a digitally transformed 2017.


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The National Graphene Institute & LifeSaver
The National Graphene Institute (NGI), based at the University of Manchester, has recently entered into an 18-month research project with LifeSaver, a UK-based manufacturer of portable and reusable water filtration systems.
The aim of the project is to develop graphene technology that can be used for enhanced water filtration. The goal is to create a proprietary, patented, cutting-edge product capable of eliminating an even wider range of hazardous contaminants than currently removed by its existing high performance ultra-filtration process.
Graphene has emerged as a material with fantastic potential for water filtration and desalination in recent years, with researchers on graphene membranes at NGI leading the way.
By incorporating graphene into its existing water purification technology, LifeSaver hopes to reduce the sieve size of its hollow fiber filtration membrane from the current 15 nanometers to about 1-3 nanometers. At that size, LifeSaver products could remove a much wider range of contaminants, such as heavy metals, pesticides, certain chemicals and potentially even nuclear radiation, from drinking water supplies.
"The University of Manchester is the world-leading centre for graphene membrane development, and LifeSaver has the expertise in making a portable water filter. This is a great example of a collaborative project where we are trying to combine two independently developed technologies into one, to enhance the quality and availability of drinking water for those who need it most" said Professor Rahul Nair, project lead at the University of Manchester.
Tags: Technology

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
<?php
namespace Concrete\Core\Marketplace;

use Config;
use Loader;
use Package;
use TaskPermission;
use URL;

class Marketplace
{

    const E_INVALID_BASE_URL = 20;
    const E_MARKETPLACE_SUPPORT_MANUALLY_DISABLED = 21;
    const E_UNRECOGNIZED_SITE_TOKEN = 22;
    const E_DELETED_SITE_TOKEN = 31;
    const E_GENERAL_CONNECTION_ERROR = 99;

    protected $isConnected = false;
    protected $connectionError = false;

    public function __construct()
    {
        if (!Config::get('concrete.marketplace.enabled')) {
            $this->connectionError = Marketplace::E_MARKETPLACE_SUPPORT_MANUALLY_DISABLED;
            return;
        }

        $dbConfig = \Core::make('config/database');
        $csToken = $dbConfig->get('concrete.marketplace.token');
        if ($csToken != '') {

            $fh = Loader::helper('file');
            $csiURL = urlencode(\Core::getApplicationURL());
            $url = Config::get('concrete.urls.concrete5') . Config::get('concrete.urls.paths.marketplace.connect_validate') . "?csToken={$csToken}&csiURL=" . $csiURL . "&csiVersion=" . APP_VERSION;
            $vn = Loader::helper('validation/numbers');
            $r = $fh->getContents($url);
            if ($r == false) {
                $this->isConnected = true;
            } else {
                if ($vn->integer($r)) {
                    $this->isConnected = false;
                    $this->connectionError = $r;

                    if ($this->connectionError == Marketplace::E_DELETED_SITE_TOKEN) {
                        $dbConfig->clear('concrete.marketplace.token');
                        $dbConfig->clear('concrete.marketplace.url_token');
                    }
                } else {
                    $this->isConnected = false;
                    $this->connectionError = self::E_GENERAL_CONNECTION_ERROR;
                }
            }
        }
    }

    public static function getInstance()
    {
        static $instance;
        if (!isset($instance)) {
            $m = __CLASS__;
            $instance = new $m;
        }
        return $instance;
    }

    public static function downloadRemoteFile($file)
    {
        $fh = Loader::helper('file');
        $file .= '?csiURL=' . urlencode(\Core::getApplicationURL()) . "&csiVersion=" . APP_VERSION;
        $pkg = $fh->getContents($file);
        if (empty($pkg)) {
            return Package::E_PACKAGE_DOWNLOAD;
        }
        if ($pkg == Package::E_PACKAGE_INVALID_APP_VERSION) {
            return Package::E_PACKAGE_INVALID_APP_VERSION;
        }

        $file = time();
        // Use the same method as the Archive library to build a temporary file name.
        $tmpFile = $fh->getTemporaryDirectory() . '/' . $file . '.zip';
        $fp = fopen($tmpFile, "wb");
        if ($fp) {
            fwrite($fp, $pkg);
            fclose($fp);
        } else {
            return Package::E_PACKAGE_SAVE;
        }

        return $file;
    }

    /**
     * Runs through all packages on the marketplace, sees if they're installed here, and updates the available version number for them
     */
    public static function checkPackageUpdates()
    {
        $items = Marketplace::getAvailableMarketplaceItems(false);
        foreach ($items as $i) {
            $p = Package::getByHandle($i->getHandle());
            if (is_object($p)) {
                $p->updateAvailableVersionNumber($i->getVersion());
            }
        }
    }

    public function getAvailableMarketplaceItems($filterInstalled = true)
    {

        $fh = Loader::helper('file');
        if (!$fh) {
            return array();
        }

        $dbConfig = \Core::make('config/database');

        // Retrieve the URL contents
        $csToken = $dbConfig->get('concrete.marketplace.token');
        $csiURL = urlencode(\Core::getApplicationURL());
        $url = Config::get('concrete.urls.concrete5') . Config::get('concrete.urls.paths.marketplace.purchases');
        $url .= "?csToken={$csToken}&csiURL=" . $csiURL . "&csiVersion=" . APP_VERSION;
        $json = $fh->getContents($url);

        $addons = array();

        $objects = @Loader::helper('json')->decode($json);
        if (is_array($objects)) {
            try {
                foreach ($objects as $addon) {
                    $mi = new RemoteItem();
                    $mi->setPropertiesFromJSONObject($addon);
                    $remoteCID = $mi->getRemoteCollectionID();
                    if (!empty($remoteCID)) {
                        $addons[$mi->getHandle()] = $mi;
                    }
                }
            } catch (Exception $e) {
            }

            if ($filterInstalled && is_array($addons)) {

                $handles = Package::getInstalledHandles();
                if (is_array($handles)) {
                    $adlist = array();
                    foreach ($addons as $key => $ad) {
                        if (!in_array($ad->getHandle(), $handles)) {
                            $adlist[$key] = $ad;
                        }
                    }
                    $addons = $adlist;
                }
            }
        }

        return $addons;
    }

    public function getConnectionError()
    {
        return $this->connectionError;
    }

    public function getSitePageURL()
    {
        $dbConfig = \Core::make('config/database');
        $token = $dbConfig->get('concrete.marketplace.url_token');
        $url = Config::get('concrete.urls.concrete5') . Config::get('concrete.urls.paths.site_page');
        return $url . '/' . $token;
    }

    public function getMarketplaceFrame($width = '100%', $height = '300', $completeURL = false, $connectMethod = 'view')
    {
        // if $mpID is passed, we are going to either
        // a. go to its purchase page
        // b. pass you through to the page AFTER connecting.
        $tp = new TaskPermission();
        $frameURL = Config::get('concrete.urls.concrete5');
        if (isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && $_SERVER['HTTPS'] == 'on') {
            $frameURL = Config::get('concrete.urls.concrete5_secure');
        }
        if ($tp->canInstallPackages()) {
            if (!$this->isConnected()) {
                if (!$completeURL) {
                    $completeURL = URL::to('/dashboard/extend/connect', 'connect_complete');
                }
                $csReferrer = urlencode($completeURL);
                $csiURL = urlencode(\Core::getApplicationURL());
                // this used to be the BASE_URL and not BASE_URL . DIR_REL but I don't have a method for that
                // and honestly I'm not sure why it needs to be that way
                $csiBaseURL = urlencode(\Core::getApplicationURL());
                if ($this->hasConnectionError()) {
                    if ($this->connectionError == Marketplace::E_DELETED_SITE_TOKEN) {
                        $connectMethod = 'view';
                        $csToken = Marketplace::generateSiteToken();
                    } else {
                        $csToken = $this->getSiteToken();
                    }
                } else {
                    // new connection
                    $csToken = Marketplace::generateSiteToken();
                }
                $url = $frameURL . Config::get('concrete.urls.paths.marketplace.connect') . '/-/' . $connectMethod;
                $url = $url . '?ts=' . time() . '&csiBaseURL=' . $csiBaseURL . '&csiURL=' . $csiURL . '&csToken=' . $csToken . '&csReferrer=' . $csReferrer . '&csName=' . htmlspecialchars(
                        Config::get('concrete.site'),
                        ENT_QUOTES,
                        APP_CHARSET);
            } else {
                $csiBaseURL = urlencode(\Core::getApplicationURL());
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East Midlands Airport
East Midlands Airport issues statement on Russian flight seen over region
The Antonov 124 aircraft landed at East Midlands Airport on Tuesday
Olimpia ZagnatSenior Reporter
The Antonov 124 aircraft landed at East Midlands Airport on Tuesday, February 22 (Image: Joseph Raynor/ Nottingham Post)
A statement has been issued after a Ukrainian aircraft, which was on its way from Russia, landed at East Midlands Airport.
The Antonov 124 aircraft landed at East Midlands Airport on Tuesday (February 22), at 08.27am.
It then departed from the airport, empty, at 1.45pm on Wednesday, (February 23).
FlightRadar24 confirmed the flight path of the plane passed through Russia, Finland and Sweden, before crossing over Sheffield and landing at East Midland Airport, in Castle Donington.
The arrival and departure of this aircraft was a scheduled part of East Midland Airport's regular cargo operation.
The airport has handled four Antonov aircraft in the last year, a spokesperson for the airport confirmed.
The spokesperson added: "This particular occurrence of February happened before the UK Government imposed sanctions on Russian aircraft, which came into effect on Friday (February 25).
"Following this, the airport will continue to comply with UK Government and Department for Transport regulations."
Prime Minister Boris Johnson banned all services operated by aircraft from Russia, taking effect today, February 25, in response to Vladmir Putin's decision to invade Ukraine.
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Russian flight spotted over East Midlands
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Mini Tour: Follow the Line through Utrecht!
Welcome to the Explore Utrecht Mini Tours! These six weeks I, together with photographers Daniel and Pierre, will take you on a visual and written journey through the city. We'll discover places that we think are interesting and definitely worth spending a bit more time. Because this is our last Mini Tour, I wanted to end on a cross section of the city. That's why I'm using the principle of the Line.
The Line?! Is that a place in Utrecht? Nope, it's a method to explore a certain place or area. You grab the map, chose a start and finish and draw a straight line between the two. The goal is to waver from the line as little as possible. My starting point was busstop Maliebaan on the Nachtegaalstraat and my finish was the busstop Hasebroekstraat on the Vleutenseweg.
Buiten-Wittevrouwen
The Nachtegaalstraat is the shopping street for Buiten-Wittevrouwen, which is the name of this neighbourhood. It has the Wittenvrouwen convent to thank for its name, which was a convent on this side of the city. It was torn down in the 18th century and the plot of land was used for building houses. Up until 1978 there was a schoolcomplex on what today is known as the Joke Smitplein. The schoolcomplex was for a school of different crafts like carpentry, woodworking and forging. From 1978 the area become property of the municipality, who tore down the complex to make space for new buildings. Buiten-Wittenvrouw is bordered by the Maliesingel on this side. (Read more about this in the Mini Tour Bruntskameren).
Universiteitskwartier
The Nobelstraat used to not only be a dead end on the city walls (there was no bridge until 1859) but also a dead end on the immunity of Saint John with the Janskerk as a centre piece (read more in the Mini Tour about Romanesque architecture): an area around the church where only clerics were welcome. On the Kromme Nieuwegracht you can find the backend of the immunity around the Saint Peter. The quarter was named after the Utrecht University, who has been housed in one of the many beautiful houses in this part of the city from 1636 onward. If you want to read more about the Universiteitskwartier these day, you can read the blog about it by my colleague Lisa, she can tell you all about it.
Stadhuiskwartier
On the Korte Minrebroederstraat you can see the back of the city hall and the old firefighter station. People call this the 'stadhuisplein' (city hall square). On the Ganzenmarkt there's an old squat building called Ubica, which has been renovated to be a hotel annex bar-restaurant. In the middle of the road you can find a 'overkluisd wed': a sloped road up from the water's edge, that goes through a tunnel. It's meant to get gods from the waterside to street level. Like you've read in the Mini Tour for the Twijnstraat, the Oudegracht used to be the harbour for the city of Utrecht and now the most famous shopping street of Utrecht. You can find the de Winkel van Sinkel across and downstairs at the wharf you can find Steakhouse Broadway (where you can find the tastiest spareribs).
Vredenburgkwartier
The Zakkendragerssteeg used to be the quickest way from the harbour to the market on the Vredenburg (read about it in Mini Tour Katrijn van Leemput). Cross the Vredenburg and pass through the Hollandse Toren and music centre Tivoli-Vredenburg. You'll arrive on the 'street' called Vredenburg, the most important transport road into the city. Together with the next part of the route (the Smakkelaarsveld), this is the most busy route for bicycles in the Netherlands.
The train station area
The Smakkelaarsveld used to be the start of the smugglers route through Utrecht, but now it's home to a large pop-up bicycle parking. The area is constantly in development. Right now they're working on the final touches on connecting the Catharijnesingel across. The Leidse Veertunnel is named after the ferry that used to leave twice a day from the Smakkelaarsveld.
The Turkish mosque is the entryway to the multicultural neighbourhood of Lombok, which is interspersed by the Kanaalstraat, internationally renowned for its many bakeries and middle eastern supermarkets like Persepolis. Lombok used to be a typical labor district, but these days it's mostly yuppies and students that live here. Cross through one of the streets on the right past the Mosque and walk onto the Vleutenseweg. I've grabbed the bus from the busstop Hasebroekstraat, but you can also have a walk around Lombok to discover some tasty food like börek or a Turkish pizza. There's so much to explore!
Want to join Explore Utrecht for a Mini Tour?
The past few weeks you've been able to enjoy 6 different Mini Tours through all of Utrecht. We've started doing the tours because we love to discover more about our city and her history. And it turned out to be a succes!
We got so many nice reactions, that we've decided to go offline with the Mini Tours. We're going to offer two out of the six tours in real life with a real Explore Utrecht guide. Which two tours that would be? That's your choice! You can vote for your favourite Mini Tour on our Facebook page and maybe you'll be joining us for your favourite tour.
The dates for the tours will be announced later on, after which you can book your spot on the tours. We're making the tours 'pay-what-you-want', which means you decide at the end of the tour how much you feel it was worth! You can make it as expensive or cheap as you want.
Explore Utrecht Map offline? Download the Explore Utrecht App, in the App-store.
About Tom Lensink
Tom is een historicus, docent, groeps- en publieksbegeleider met een grote passie voor de Utrechtse geschiedenis. Naast het doen van historisch onderzoek en het begeleiden van publiek tijdens ontdekkingstochten bij Domunder is hij blogger bij Explore Utrecht, actief bij Scouting als begeleider en is hij een fervent hardloper. In zijn vrije tijd houdt hij ervan om een drankje te doen in één van de vele cafés op en rond de Neude en zoekt hij graag de rust op in de vele hofjes en parken in en om de stad.


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Dear Mili: An Old Tale
Wilhelm Grimm, Author, Maurice Sendak, Illustrator, Maurice Sendak, Photographer Farrar Straus Giroux $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-374-31762-1
A Loving Tribute
The Annotated Brothers Grimm (The Bicentennial)
The Seven Ravens
The Bear and the Bird King
Seven at One Blow: A Tale from the Brothers Grimm
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Snow White and Rose Red
Iron Hans
Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs: A Tale from the Brothers Grimm
King Grisly-Beard
The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
The Fisherman and His Wife: The Brothers Grimm
The Bremen Town Musicians
Hansel & Gretel-Paper
Preserved in a letter written to a young girl, Mili, in 1816 and not discovered until 1983, the Grimm story is prefaced by a tender address in which he underscores the story's message: although there are many obstacles that can prevent people from being together, ``one human heart can go out to another, undeterred by what lies between.'' The story that follows implies that love transcends even death. Like many fairy tales, this one deals with extraordinary events. A widow sends her child into the forest to protect her from an approaching war. The girl is led by her guardian angel past menacing cliffs and chasms to the house of Saint Joseph with whom she lives for three days. Before she goes back to the village, Saint Joseph gives her a rosebud as a symbol of her return to paradise; when the girl reaches her home, she finds that the three days have been in reality 30 years. ``God has granted the widow's last wish'' to see her daughter once again. In the morning, mother and child are found dead, with Saint Joseph's rose ``in full bloom.'' Sendak's haunting interpretation of this stark tale is often more emotionally compelling than the story itself. Dear Mili is a variation on the themes of loss, separation and love that Sendak has explored before, most recently in Outside Over There . In the tradition of 19th century Sunday school literature, the plot and language of the text are often predictable and obviously preachy. For example, after Mili's long journey and prayer, a cleansing rain falls: ``God and my heart are weeping together,'' she says. In an attempt to transcend the limitations of the religious story, Sendak infuses it with images that are both nonsectarian and universal. Trees and roots in the valley of death become grasping, whitened bones scattered beneath an outline reminiscent of buildings at Auschwitz. The images are rich: dark clouds of war are etched with claws of yellow fire, and paradise is filled not only with music, but with lush flowers that burst, like those of Van Gogh or O'Keeffe, with passionate life. The volume may have more appeal for adults than for children, but nonetheless it contains unforgettable artwork of resonant power. Michael di Capua Books. All ages. (Oct.)
Genre: Children's
Paperback - 40 pages - 978-1-250-03512-7


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The Nutcracker & the Mouse King (2011)
The Nutcracker & the Mouse King (2011) MultiSource Server
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King is a story written in 1816 by E. T. A. Hoffmann in which young Marie Stahlbaum's favorite Christmas toy, the Nutcracker, comes alive and, after defeating the evil Mouse King in battle, whisks her away to a magical kingdom populated by dolls. In 1892, the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and choreographers Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov turned Alexandre Dumas père's adaptation of the story into the ballet The Nutcracker, which became one of Tchaikovsky's most famous compositions, and perhaps the most popular ballet in the world.
Original title The Nutcracker & the Mouse King
Jeff Tudor
Anna Tysgankova
Matthew Golding
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What about the children? Here are 10 character writing prompts about the children. Some stories, especially those portrayed on television don't do the best job creating realistic child characters. Frequently, kid characters are either cute as buttons saying the "darndest things" at the drop of a hat or they are completely devoid of morals with a propensity to torture as many of their peers as possible. From your own childhood, you know that there are many shades of grey in between with children who have medical conditions, children who are overachievers to the nth degree, children who act more mature than their own parents and more that don't fall into a traditional child archetype. A child in a story should be complex, especially in a format that allows the child's imagination to be expressed through and through.
Free Character Writing Prompts #21: Children
1. He was the stereotypical role model teenager, according to his parents. In actuality, he only kept up appearances to make it easier for him to sell pot to his classmates. This involved him getting high grades to keep them calm and to participate in several activities that gave him more time at school. He knew that getting caught would not reflect too badly on him before the age of 18, so he played fast and loose to save up as much money as possible. What was he saving for and will his parents ever find out about his extracurricular activities?
2. Not only was he one of the fastest, strongest athletic kids in his school, but he'd even broken state records and was starting to get calls from potential future Olympic recruiters. One of the reasons he was so motivated was because his dad had been pushing him athletically from a young age. The two of them even went to buy hardcore vitamins and protein concoctions from the health food store together. He was embarrassed that his dad would yell at him in public from time to time but he knew it was for the best for his career. What is a typical day in the life like for him and how would he change without his father's guidance?
3. She loved diving into activities with full force...for about two weeks before changing her mind. Her parents had dozens of boxes in the attic that were full of her old, discarded hobbies such as tae kwon doe gear, clay for pottery class and even a children's sewing machine. Her parents didn't want to discourage her from expressing herself, but they were pouring a lot of money into projects she simply wasn't able to follow through on. She was quite laid back about giving up on these hobbies, which tended to annoy her parents even more than whining might. Will she ever find an activity to stick with for life?
4. When she was little, despite her parents pushing her toward math so she could follow in the family accounting business, she wouldn't stop drawing and painting. They had no idea where her innate artistic abilities came from. They were amazed by her dramatic uses of color and her ability to accurately represent people simply by looking at them. She always seemed to do her art with a smile on her face and her parents knew that numbers would never excite her like art did. As her taste in art grows more refined, will she find it a strange subject to discuss with her fact and formula driven family?
5. It wasn't until he was nearly three years old that he spoke his first words, which were in the form of a complete sentence. He was quietly mastering the English language and he took this silent observation to new highs in almost everything he participated in. Aside from oral participation, he mastered nearly every skill at school and his teachers often cited his ability to write at a much higher grade level. His parents worried about his inability to form social connections due to a lack of speaking, but they didn't want to scold him for being who he was either. How will this speechlessness affect him as he grows up?
6. He felt like he had a duty to save his family's souls by going to church, because they were true atheists in every sense of the word. Her parents weren't sure how and why he got so into Christianity, but they made an effort to encourage his newfound interest as best they could. He would give them sermons at dinnertime and he got reports of lunchtime preaching from his very secular middle school. Whenever they asked him where he learned about all this religious talk, he simply said, "God." How will this televangelist in the making cope with school and his atheist parents?
7. Without fail, no matter how much they tried to get her to dress sensibly for a girl her age, she would come home looking much older than 11. They would no longer let her keep makeup in the house, but that didn't stop her from applying it herself sometime during the school day. She would even occasionally return home wearing a different and much more adult outfit than she had on when she returned home. This was completely unacceptable to her parents and they frequently grounded her. She used that time to look up the application of different makeup styles online. Will she ever compromise with her parents over dressing like a woman instead of a pre-teen?
8. She had one goal and one goal only: winning science fair every single year. She poured almost all of her middle school free time into learning more on her favorite subjects so that she could wow the judges all the way up to the national level. Elementary school had been a cinch as she was far above the comprehension level of most, but as she grew older, she knew she'd have to work even harder. She shunned most friendships and sacrificed homework from other subjects to push herself farther in her scientific knowledge. Will she win the upcoming competition and how would she react if she lost?
9. He went to the emergency room so often, his parents joked that he should have a punch card there and get a free visit after 10 trips. An accident-prone combination of careless, unlucky and risky, he was coming home with so many skinned knees and bruised elbows, that his parents actually asked the teachers to keep an eye on him to make sure he wasn't being bullied. He wasn't. He tripped, banged into lockers and slipped more than any child the school nurses had ever seen before. Doctors said that he would grow into his legs eventually, but until then, they should invest in some ice packs and iodine. Why is he so prone to injury and what would it take for him to go a whole day without an accident?
10. No matter what the situation or who was talking to her, she was the kindest, gentlest girl you'd ever met. It was rare to see her mouth in any other position than a smile and to describe her as anything other than upbeat. From a young age she had always said hello to strangers, cashiers and other kids, but she never grew out of the phase of being extremely excited to see everybody in the world at any time. Some of the kids thought her attitude was a matter of her hiding something, some dark secret, but in actuality, she was just extremely nice. Why is she so perky all of the time?
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Medical marijuana petition forces Broomfield council dispensary ban onto November ballot
Michael Roberts September 1, 2010 9:35AM
Thanks to 1,500 signatures gathered, Broomfield residents will be able to decide about the subject for themselves. That outcome pleases Sensible Colorado's Brian Vicente.
"I think it shows the power of citizens," he says. "When concerned citizens get together, they can overturn the will of the local government to place an important issue on the ballot -- and that happened in this case.
"Clearly, there are many compassionate folks in Broomfield, who feel there should be dispensaries -- or who at the very least feel voters should be able to decide about safe access to medicine in their community."
The Broomfield city council was well within its rights to pass such a prohibitions. HB 1284, the medical marijuana regulatory measure signed into law by Governor Bill Ritter, allows community's to choose between rulings by elected officials or ballot measures. In a July interview, Broomfield councilwoman Linda Reynolds argued in favor of council taking on the topic.
"We were elected as officials to represent our constituents," she said at the time, "and sometimes, elected officials put things on the ballot in order not to make those decisions -- and I don't think that's right. We were elected to make those decisions, and some of them are tough decisions."
Vicente's take? "Often council people will hear from concerned citizens who aren't representative of the larger community. Colorado has a constitutional amendment and several state laws that protect dispensaries, and at the end of the day, I think most Coloradans support the safe-access dispensary model. It may take some time for that to set in for local politicians."
As for whether the people who feel as Vicente does about the issue constitute a majority in Broomfield, he concedes that "we haven't done any polling. But certainly the fact that over 1,500 citizens came together to sign this petition in a matter of weeks shows there's significant support for dispensaries in that community."
Sensible Colorado provided some "strategic support" for the petition gathering, and may be able to boost the campaign to some degree. But he admits that resources are an issue. He notes that "we're a nonprofit organization with a small staff, so it's tough for us to choose our battles."
Example: Aurora also has a medical-marijuana dispensary ban on the ballot this fall.
"It's the third-largest city in the state," Vicente points out, "and many, many patients there could really benefit from medical marijuana centers, which could also provide jobs and much-needed tax revenue to the community. So we're certainly looking at a campaign there. But at the same time, it would be rather expensive given the scale and size of that community. So that's still on the table."
From Vicente's viewpoint, it would be much simpler if the HB 1284 language allowing communities to nix dispensaries could be eliminated. "I think the local ban provision has set up a patchwork quilt across Colorado," he says, "where you have some communities that allow dispensaries, some that ban them, and some that have moratoriums. It's confusing for patients and confusing for lawmakers. So the local ban provision is one area we'd like to see addressed at the statehouse in this upcoming session."
He'll also be keeping at eye on a lawsuit challenging the medical marijuana ban in Westminster , which attorney Sean McAllister believes could set a precedent statewide.
"I think they have a pretty strong constitutional argument," Vicente says. "Our original medical marijuana law is in our state constitution, and that law protected the safe-access dispensary model. For cities to act in opposition to that by banning dispensaries is to, I think, act unconstitutionally. And we'll see that play out in court."
In the meantime, Vicente feels that the successful petition drive in Broomfield "sends a message to other Colorado politicians who are considering banning safe access to medicine. It shows them this may not be a popular view in their community, and they're better off leaving it to their citizens to decide."
Page down to read the Sensible Colorado release about the Broomfield petition:
Michael Roberts has written for Westword since October 1990, serving stints as music editor and media columnist. He currently covers everything from breaking news and politics to sports and stories that defy categorization.
Contact: Michael Roberts
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Twitter: @mikerobertscolo
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This wedding blew my mind in so many ways. Molli is a lifelong family friend and I was thrilled when she asked me to shoot her wedding. Molli's mom, Vicki, is an amazing event planner in Anchorage, AK, our hometown, so teaming up with her to create Molli's perfect day was amazing. The venue was actually my dream wedding venue, but since my husband and I got married in November an outdoor backyard wedding was just not in the cards. My family, Molli's family, plus dozens of close family friends descended on the house that week to create her gorgeous wedding.
In addition to being their photographer, I got to be florist for the wedding, creating all of Molli's bouquets for her and her bridesmaids, all the groomsmen's boutonnieres, and corsages for the grandmas. I also built the wedding arch, with some help from my dad, made from trees I got from a friends house in Tacoma and from branches around the venue. Vicki's good friend from Ketchikan, AK put together all the floral centerpieces that Vicki had designed, and Scott, Molli's dad, hand built every wooden box for the floral centerpieces.
While the day before and after the wedding were gorgeous, the day-of ended up being crazy stormy, so much so that the huge 20x50ft tent nearly blew away that morning and there were bridesmaids, groomsmen, and friends holding down each leg of the tent while the winds were blustering. My wedding arch blew over and broke, but was salvaged by the dads who put it back up and lashed it down. The storm subsided long enough for us to get some incredible portraits, and while we had a Plan B to do the ceremony under the tent, Molli + Daniel decided to just go for it out in the yard even though the rain started falling 15 minutes before the ceremony was supposed to start. Still, I can't imagine a more perfect, homespun yet elegant wedding.


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Are We Putting Kids At Risk By Making Playground Equipment Too Safe?
Jackie Published: May 31, 2011
Playgrounds seem to be a lot safer today than they used to be. You remember sliding down rusty slides into piles of fiberglass and asbestos. Now they're all plastic, and there's no rusty metal or splintering wood.
Here's an interesting theory from an early childhood specialist in Melbourne from News.com.au, Australia named Prue Walsh. She thinks that by making playground equipment SO safe . . . it's actually MORE dangerous for kids in the long run.
According to Walsh, more kids ages two through seven are getting hurt in modern playgrounds than older ones.
And it's because the equipment is so safe, kids aren't learning how to calculate risks. In the long run, that's leading them to do dumber things . . . because they haven't learned their lessons from the smaller accidents.
Quote, "Children need to actively explore and discover the world around them, and to do that they need to learn to take calculated risks. I worry about children who don't run up slippery slides."
But, she says today's climate is probably going to make that impossible. Quote, "Parents are scared of their precious children getting injured and teachers are scared of getting sued."
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Appeals court orders Copyright Royalty Board to reconsider some of its decision on streaming rates
By Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 10 August 2020
If the online #brokenrecord conversation that put the spotlight back on the streaming music business model as the COVID shutdown hit the live income of many artists was hors d'oeuvres; and the Keep Music Alive campaign from the Musicians' Union and Ivors Academy calling for government intervention on that model was the soup course; and the artist backlash to Spotify boss Daniel Ek's recent interview with MusicAlly the fish course; well, the main course could be on its way.
An appeals court in Washington is sending back to the US Copyright Royalty Board the decision that increased the royalty paid to songwriters by streaming services under the compulsory licence that covers the mechanical copying of songs Stateside.
That follows the super controversial decision of various streaming services, including Spotify, to appeal the CRB's original ruling. That appeal went ahead even though the overall increase in what is paid to songwriters and music publishers by the streaming services pretty much brings the US compulsory licence in line with what has happened in the open marketplace in other countries.
For its part, Spotify insists that – despite objecting to the royalty hike in various hearings that preceded the CRB's ruling – it isn't actually opposed to that increase in principle. Rather it, and the other streaming services who appealed, have issues with some of the technicalities in the revised compulsory licence, and also the process the CRB went through in reaching its conclusions.
Once the streaming services had appealed, the music publishers also raised some issues from their side with the CRB's ruling. Which means – while most people in the music community would have preferred the CRB's original judgement to stand – any new hearing could also address the issues songwriters and music publishers have raised.
However, for now, we don't actually know which elements of the CRB ruling the DC Circuit appeals court has issues with. All it said on Friday was that that ruling had been "affirmed in part" and "vacated in part", and that parts would be "remanded to the board for further proceedings, in accordance with the opinion of the court filed herein this date". The there cited opinion has not yet been made public.
The music publishing sector and songwriter community has been extremely critical of the streaming services involved in the appeal, and especially Spotify.
Some of the industry's lobbyists also feel betrayed, because they collaborated closely with those services on the US Music Modernization Act, which addresses some of the issues with the administration of the compulsory licence, reducing the risk of streaming companies getting sued over unpaid royalties.
After all that collaboration, the services then went to court to try to reduce the rates paid under the now-easier-to-administrate compulsory licence.
To what extent the re-run of the CRB's deliberations will cause controversy depends to an extent on which elements of its previous decision the appeal judges want reconsidered.
But, with parts of the artist and songwriter communities already very vocal with a plethora of criticisms against streaming in general and Spotify in particular – some of those criticisms more justified than others – arguments presented to the CRB this time round will be much more widely scrutinised.
And that could create plenty of PR headaches for Spotify et al.
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Gyeongju Seop clan () is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province. According to the research held in 2000, the number of Gyeongju Seop clan's member was 285. Their founder was  who worked as a Counsellor Remonstrant () and Hanlin Academy in Song dynasty.  exiled himself to Goryeo expecting confliction and was settled in Damyang County located in Jeolla Province. Then, Gojong of Goryeo gave a government post to .  retired his active life in Gangneung located in Gangwon Province (historical) via Gyeongju in Gyeongsang Province because enemies in Yuan dynasty came near him. A descendant of  founded Gyeongju Seop clan and made Damyang County Gyeongju Seop clan's Bon-gwan because Damyang County was the first place he was settled in.

See also
 Korean clan names of foreign origin

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Something I ought to have mentioned before: British blogger and editor Steve Holland's three-part collection of Mickey Spillane covers. Take a gander here, here, and here.
There are some genuine beauts among this bunch, though I'm surprised Holland didn't also include illustrator James Avati's famous Spillane fronts from the 1950s.
READ MORE: "McGinnis and Spillane," by Paul Bishop (Bish's Beat).


How Can Hackers Use Firefox's Score Value?
What Happens When Records are Deleted?
What About the Chrome and Edge Browsers?
Security Researchers Need to be More Creative!
Thanks to Google and projects such as Let's Encrypt, there are more websites running on SSL/TLS now than a few years ago, which means the internet in general is getting more secure.
The HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) Preload List is a key element of SSL/TLS for web browsers. The problem is that if a website makes traffic encryption optional, it can be bypassed by Man in the Middle (MiTM) attacks.
Moxie Marlinspike (pseudonym), founder of Open Whisper Systems, is an American security researcher who demonstrated at Blackhat in 2009 how he was able to prevent victims from using secure HTTPS connections and force them to use an unencrypted, plain HTTP connection instead. In order to do this he leveraged his SSLStrip tool. Theoretically, when a secure connection is established, it ensures both security and privacy. However, to establish a truly secure connection, HSTS is required. Websites that have HSTS configured instruct users' browsers to convert all future links to HTTPS.
Perhaps you're thinking: "But, I could just disable port 80. I could set up a routing process on the server side.". The problem is that this still won't be enough to emulate the features HSTS provides. Let's take a closer look. Assume that you disable port 80 and start accepting connections only through port 443. A hacker could establish a secure connection between himself and the user's browser, and between your site and himself, and present a fake certificate to the browser – a classic MiTM attack. There is one exception: browsers have mechanisms to prevent this type of attack.
For instance, if the certificate is invalid or expired, or has a weak cipher, browsers will warn the user that something went wrong. The problem is that users can simply choose to ignore these warnings by clicking the Add Exception or Go Anyway buttons. Users are not always technically savvy. If you are unfamiliar with computers, and there is a warning with technical details such as 'ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID', it's close to impossible to find out what's going on. However, if there is a button on the page that lets you continue to the site despite the error, why not just click it?
When the HSTS header is set for a web application, the user's browser converts HTTP links that reference the web application to their secure HTTPS equivalent, at least for the time specified in the max-age option of the HSTS header. But more importantly, if a browser encounters invalid certificates, the Add Exception and Go Anyway buttons are disabled, which means that there is no way for users to ignore these errors. You might argue that the TLS warnings in most browsers are clear indicators that something is wrong and that you shouldn't continue. And that's probably true for a majority of users. However, sometimes you need to make sure that users don't even have the option to ignore the warnings in security-critical applications. Banking, insurance and e-commerce web applications are just a few examples of the types of websites that can benefit from HSTS.
This should account for any mistakes that users could possibly make, but what if the mistake is a little bit higher up the chain of trust? Let's say one of the certificate authorities in the browser trust chain is hacked, and a certificate is signed on behalf of your website? It is obvious that none of the security benefits of the HSTS header apply here, since the attacker is in possession of a valid certificate. This scenario seems far fetched, but in 2011, Dutch certificate issuer DigiNotar was hacked and 500 certificates were signed in their name by attackers. Google quickly discovered the fake certificates via the Public Key Pinning feature they built into Chrome for Google domains. In the process, they removed DigiNotar from their list of trusted certificate issuers and the company was declared bankrupt the very same month! This highlights a few salient points about TLS: browser vendors take vulnerabilities regarding encryption very seriously, they hold certificate issuers to high standards and they won't fail to punish those who don't comply with them – by no longer trusting the certificates they've signed.
When a Certificate Authority (CA) signs a certificate for a site, currently it is not required to notify the owner of that site. This is obviously a problem and shouldn't be the standard. However, there is now a mechanism that will submit each issued TLS certificate to a public log. It's called Certificate Transparency (CT). While purely voluntary for now, it will become mandatory in the near future. The CT program will provide an open and almost real-time monitoring system for TLS certificates, making it more difficult both for CAs to erroneously issue them and for hackers to illegitimately acquire them.
For now, though, how do we get ahead of this problem? How do we prevent hackers from signing certificates on behalf of our web pages – without our permission?
Unfortunately, we can't! However, what we can do is prevent the use of these certificates, thanks to HTTP Public Key Pinning (HPKP) technology – at least for now. The problem with HPKP is that it's incredibly difficult for the average webmaster to achieve. If you do something wrong, you might render your website useless for a very long time and there is nothing you can do about it. To understand why, we need to take a look at how HPKP works.
Since Google Chrome 13, websites can send their certificate's public key fingerprint (a hash of the server's public TLS key) to the browser using the Public Key Pinning HTTP response header. Browsers store these fingerprints locally, together with the hostname to which they belong. When a user establishes a connection to the website, and the browser encounters a certificate other than the pinned one, it refuses to establish a secure connection, or even report the URL to a designated endpoint on the server using the report-uri field. The Public Key Pinning feature allows us to protect our users and websites in a circumstance in which the authorities required to secure communications are somehow duped into signing a fake certificate.
The Certificate Transparency program becomes mandatory from April 2018. Google has announced that each certificate to be signed must be included in this list, otherwise the connection will be refused by the browser. If a ten-year certificate was signed on your behalf prior to 2018, you can block these cases by configuring the Expect-CT header to the Enforce mode.
The advantage of having two security headers is that it enforces certain browser behavior within the time (in seconds) specified in the max-age directive. For this reason, it is necessary to update max-age by responding with the HSTS and HPKP headers each time.
If any of the local HSTS or HPKP records that browsers store on the user's file system are deleted or expire, these strict security mechanisms will obviously have no effect. Did we say they can be deleted? Yes!
According to a presentation delivered by ElevenPaths at Black Hat 2017, it is possible to wipe or disable the cache of HSTS records in all major browsers (i.e. Firefox, Google, Edge and IE). This is done by exceeding the available space for these lists.
In Google Chrome, we can query the HSTS and HPKP lists from chrome://net-internals/#hsts. Unfortunately in Firefox there is no way to view these lists. However, you can access them using the PinPatrol addon which was developed by ElevenPaths.
Firefox uses a TXT file limited to 1024 lines to manage HSTS and HPKP lists. PinPatrol's Firefox addon can also display this TXT file.
You might think that 1024 entries are more than enough for a regular user. However, for an attacker who wants to push the limits, it is exactly this limit that can be used as a vector for new attacks.
When more than 1024 entries are entered, Firefox deletes the old entries in the list to make space for new ones. And, Firefox uses an interesting detail: the Score value. The Score value indicates how often a site has been visited by a user on different days. For example, if a site is visited by a user for the first time (or if the values which are set by the site have expired) this value is set to '0'. If it is visited again the next day, the value is updated to '1'. On a subsequent visit on another day, it is updated to '2'. This value is updated every time a user visits a site. When the list reaches a size of 1024 lines, it deletes the record with the lowest Score to make space for new entries.
Can website records with a Score value of '1' or higher also be deleted? Researchers repeated the same attack the next day, raising the Score of the subdomains of cloudpinning.com by one point. They were able to delete records where the Score value was '0' or '1'.
But how realistic is it that they were able to repeat the same attack on another day? The researchers recommend Delorean, an Network Time Protocol (NTP) MiTM tool instead. However, NTP is a relatively old protocol; it predates SSL by about ten years. It is, therefore, easy to manipulate the time on some Mac and Linux machines, just by intercepting NTP traffic and sending back the wrong timestamps to the machines. For more information about Delorean, see Bypassing HTTP Strict Transport Security, a study written by Jose Selvi for Black Hat 2014.
HSTS and HPKP headers are valid starting from the date they were added to the list, and expire after the time specified in the max-age header. But, once they are deleted from the list, there is no way for the browser to remember whether or not the site previously sent a HSTS header. Therefore it becomes possible to conduct an MiTM attack.
There is no concept similar to the Score value, or any site record limit, in Chrome. Instead Chrome simply stores the HSTS and HPKP values in a JSON file: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\TransportSecurity. In theory, you could enter an infinite amount of records into this file either through an MiTM attack or simply using your own server, as explained above. However, in practice, limitations are imposed by the available memory on the victim's machine.
Currently, what an attacker can do is make the browser issue thousands of requests, each one containing the maximum amount of public key pins and an HSTS header. During their tests, researchers found that after about ten minutes, the JSON file reached an approximate size of 500 MB, the browser froze and it was rendered useless. Even restarting the browser could not return it to its usable state, and their only option was to delete the JSON file.
There is an API, or function, that manages the HSTS list for IE and Edge browsers. It is called HttpIsHostHstsEnabled and is stored in the WININET.DLL file. Unfortunately there is no formal documentation for it.
Microsoft stores the HSTS data in a database called the Extensible Storage Engine (ESE). The data used by this database is stored in the WebCache directory, under the user profile directory, with the name WebCacheV01.dat. However, as with its counterparts in Chrome and Firefox, the storage mechanism is far from perfect.
For some reason, HSTS does not work as expected in the IE/Edge browser. The table only contains the data of the most popular domains.
When the researchers sent a 131 request to their test site (cloudpinning.com) they noticed that there was no change in the HSTS table, even when they restarted both the browser and the computer.
If it wasn't for the above-mentioned vulnerabilities, HSTS would sound like a great invention. Even though just a few years ago almost every connection that your browser established with a website was completely unencrypted, browser vendors now take TLS bugs very seriously. It comes as no surprise that browser vendors have already taken precautions that counter the shortcomings of HSTS. The solution comes in the form of Preload Lists.
For further information, see the slides the researchers published for Black Hat EU 2017, Breaking Out HSTS (and HPKP) on Firefox, IE/Edge and (Possibly) Chrome.
To learn more about HTTP refer to the HTTP page on wikipedia.
vBulletin is a very popular forum script which is also commonly found on websites in the Alexa Top 1 Million.
According to an independent researcher's report vBulletin contains both a local file inclusion (LFI) vulnerability as well as an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability. The most striking aspect of the report is that the researchers have been trying to reach vBulletin's developers since November 21, 2017, but they have been unable to secure a response! Consequently, there is no published patch for these vulnerabilities.
In this section, we will only focus on the details of the LFI vulnerability.
The GET parameter vulnerable to the LFI is called routeString. Whenever you pass that parameter to the index.php file, vBulletin conducts a variety of checks on the value. It checks whether or not the supplied value contains one or more forward slashes, or whether you've attempted to pass the path to a gif, png, jpg, css or js file. In order to detect this, it will simply check for the value following the final period (.) character.
This table below shows how it works.
As you see, the first three rows don't yield any surprises. Index.php is allowed, as expected, and the other two are blocked. The last two, however, are unintended. Let's start with the test.gif. input. Why does it pass the check?
As mentioned, vBulletin only checks whether or not there is a forbidden extension after the final period. However, since there is another period right after the gif extension, vBulletin will return an empty string. This would probably be the correct check on a Linux system, but it doesn't take into consideration that in Windows, there is certain behaviour that doesn't play along. When Windows encounters a file that has one or more trailing dots, it simply strips all of them out. So, while vBulletin sees a file called 'test.gif.' with a trailing dot, Windows returns the content of 'test.gif' instead. This means that the extension check is bypassed.
But why does '..\something' also pass the check? Unfortunately, vBulletin has, yet again, forgotten to take the Windows file system into consideration. While banning the use of forward slashes might be enough to prevent LFI in a Linux environment, in Windows, backslashes can have the exact same purpose (directory separators). That's why the LFI vulnerability is restricted to Windows machines and why this particular input works and bypasses the filter. If you included a file like the server's access log, you could turn a simple file inclusion into a remote code execution.
To learn more about the details of this LFI, see SSD Advisory – vBulletin routestring Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution.
Among web security professionals there is an important rule: Do not trust data from the user!
But user data doesn't necessarily mean a POST parameter or some JSON data. Instead, user-controlled values can occur in the strangest of places. We generally refer to them as 'second order' vulnerabilities, and Robert Salgado has shown a few unexpected sources of user input that lead to real life vulnerabilities.
In the first example in the report, the researcher gave an example of how an XSS payload was injected into the PowerDNS web interface – through DNS queries! Within the blog post they show how an attacker might issue a DNS query containing an XSS payload. You will see that the payload that the researcher was sending via a DNS query was executed in the PowerDNS console.
In the second example, the researcher explained the impact of a vulnerability in the SSL Tester tool, which Robert Salgado reported to Symantec three years ago. If you upload an SSL certificate, whose common name contains an XSS payload the website would reflect it back to you without sanitizing the output – a classic XSS vulnerability. The screenshot in the researcher's write-up illustrates that the payload was executed. It shows the content of the user's cookies in an alert popup.
The final example provided by the researcher is the Rough Auditing Tool for Security (RATS) application developed by CERN's Computer Security Department. It is a static code analysis program that has not been updated since 2013. The program can generate a report in HTML format. Unfortunately, this feature of the application can also be used as an attack vector for XSS payloads. As illustrated in the article, the attacker uses XSS payloads as file names in the operating system. You can see this if you enter the ls -l command. In order to exploit this, you have to scan a malicious application using the analysis tool, that contains an XSS payload in one of its filenames. In the screenshot included in his write-up, you can see that the XSS payload was executed successfully. The alert popup displays the text specified in the payload.


Bats are the only mammals capable of true flight. With extremely elongated fingers and a wing membrane stretched between, the bat's wing anatomically resembles the human hand. Almost 1,000 bat species can be found worldwide. In fact, bats make up a quarter of all mammal species on earth.


NetFlow provides IP network traffic flow statistics for network management, security and performance systems to report on users, utilization, application, protocol, congestion, and security related behavior.
NetFlow is often generated by routers and switches at key locations across the network. However, there are disadvantages to this approach including the performance impact on key production network routers/switches, the use of network bandwidth to transmit NetFlow records, and added complexity of collecting records from many sources across the network.
The HyperEngine packet processor blade, processing up to 200Gbps of traffic per blade, can be a primary NetFlow source for large networks, offloading the production router network. The modular system can scale to process terabytes of traffic for NetFlow, aggregating traffic from any 1G/10G/40G/100G Ethernet ports in the system. Connect any system traffic up to the 16 service points for NetFlow source processing of unsampled or sampled traffic flow records, and each can be forwarded to up to 16 NetFlow collectors.