Five new cases of swine flu were confirmed yesterday, taking the UK total to 117, health officials said. The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said the new cases were two adults from London, two adults from the South-east and a child from the West Midlands.
Rabbit is a favourite white meat of mine – farmed rabbit preferably, because wild-rabbit meat is a lot stronger and very often riddled with shot. Rabbit lends itself best to either slow or very quick cooking; anything in between can leave it tasting tough. Here, the rabbit is cooked quickly over a grill and served with zingy basil and juicy tomatoes.
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It is every dieter's nightmare: hopping on to the scales after weeks of forgoing steak for salad, only to find they haven't lost an ounce. Now researchers at the University of Bristol claim to have found a simple explanation for this phenomenon: when people choose lower-calorie dishes, they just compensate by eating bigger portions.
I came here motivated to the max, ready for the fight, head held high and chin up to the sky - if only it was all plain sailing. I'm unsure whether motivation is something that can grow or develop, that you have or you don't, or whether it is something that you can work on to conjur up out of nothing
Safety experts have launched a new drive to improve hygiene in the NHS based on a simple checklist that has saved thousands of lives.
The World Health Organization told its member nations it was declaring a swine flu pandemic today - the first global flu epidemic in 41 years - as infections in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere climbed to nearly 30,000 cases.
A fortnight ago, I looked at the Quercy side of south-west France. This week it's the turn of Gascony, stretching west from Toulouse to the Atlantic and the Pyrenees. Gascony is home to the dark, tannat-based reds of Madiran, Saint Mont and, nestling in the Pyrenean foothills, the independent-minded Basque sub-region of Irouléguy. So goodbye for now to the malbec of Cahors and hello fer servadou – known as pinenc in Saint Mont – and the dark reds made from tannat grape, the variety found by Dr Roger Corder to be the richest in the anti-oxidant chemical procyanadin.
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Football and malaria. On the surface, there are no obvious commonalities, yet both affect millions of lives worldwide. Football captivates and connects mass audiences across the globe while malaria is one of the world's most deadly diseases, threatening half the world's population and claiming almost a million lives every year.
Sanctum has been billed as London's first rock'n'roll hotel – a Soho pleasure-den where touring bands can kick back and enjoy some discreet fun, and even us civilians can feel like rock stars for the night. So what's this – a morning phone call asking me to call back and confirm my dinner reservation? Not very rock'n'roll, is it? Don't try and pin me down, man; who knows what wild antics might have derailed me by 8.30pm tonight?
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Training has been going well. I've been swimming, biking, and running in preparation for the April 12, Irongirl Las Vegas race. I'm especially excited that I still appear to be healthy. No broken bones. At least not yet. (Click here to read about how I wound up with a stress fracture during my attempt to train for triathlon last year.)
The World Health Organization told its member nations it was declaring a swine flu pandemic today - the first global flu epidemic in 41 years - as infections in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere climbed to nearly 30,000 cases.
All the squash and pumpkin family produce great flowers that can be harvested continually for a couple of months and then cooked. The flowers are best harvested when the sun is out and when they have fully opened – so you will have to send your kids out into the garden to pick them at just the right time.
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Oh boy. Here we go again.
Saturday will either kick-off my first ever season as a mountain bike racer, or confirm that the competitive bones in my body are made of brittle stuff indeed.
This year was supposed to be different for me. I got myself a plan, got my head straight about being regimented, followed through for a solid six weeks then slammed into a wall. Since then, for roughly about the last six weeks, I've been following my heart's desire. I pedal hard when I can, cruise when I want to, sprint when there's an opening.
By calendar years, Easter came early this year. And by familial terms, a married holiday arrived shockingly soon. Let me explain.
The band that’s getting all the love from around the world right now is Phoenix. Our favorite French boys are back with a new album after three years living the quiet life. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix; their fourth LP and what an amazing LP it is. The group has already perfected the art of crafting lovelorn pop songs and this album only further demonstrates their ability to polish their art. Around lead singer Thomas Mars’ romantically twined lyrics, the band creates a sound that perfectly meshes guitar rock and electronic dance, though with the last two albums they’ve leaned more on the former when compared to their earlier albums. Yet in each track Mars maintains his ability to sing with a youthful croon, which tugs at your heartstrings and runs nostalgia through your veins.
Lisztomania: Franz Liszt was a Hungarian virtuoso pianist in the 1800s. Liszt became famous throughout Europe for his skill as a performer. He is said to have been the most technically advanced and perhaps greatest pianist of all time. The term ‘Lisztomania’ was created by the German romantic literary figure Heinrich Heine to describe the public’s response to Liszt’s piano performances. There were allegedly screaming women at these shows. He was the first true teen idol.
Phoenix’s track starts off with a quick bouncy piano piece that’s classical in style. Liszt inspired perhaps? The song picks up fast and becomes a sweet bopping jaunt filled with guitar staccatos, electric twangs, splashing percussion and Mars’ characteristically yearning croon speaking his tragically inspired lyrics ‘Darling, I’m down and lonely/When with the fortunate only/I’ve been looking for something else’ This song makes you dance in your bedroom.
Alex Metric does a great remix of the track. His mix brings a dark urgency to the song. It’s nighttime sleek; driving in a convertible on wet roads with your sunglasses on even though it’s 1 a.m. Alex Metric takes this song from an indie rock track to a deeply disco inspired dance kicker. The choppy, buzzing bass riff that underlies the song really gets your feet tapping. It comes with a little sleaze and really accentuates Mars’ lyrics, often reiterating ‘These days I gotta be someone else’, that fits in ever so well with the tune. The end tapers off nicely with only the staccato guitar riff playing out accompanied by the thumping bass beat, which eventually fades to a whisper.
Phoenix - Lisztomania (Alex Metric Remix)
And lastly I have to discuss the music video for this song. Phoenix did an official video for Lisztomania, which was kind of boring to be honest. However, some enterprising individual decided to make his own music video to the track that utilizes footage from 80s Brat Pack movies; Footloose, Pretty In Pink, Mannequin, and Breakfast Club. It’s amazing.
Click here to view the embedded video.
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Die Lücke im Apple Remote Desktop wurde in einem Forum diskutiert und dazu ein Proof-of-Concept Trojaner gebaut. Die Meldung darüber geistert nun durch die Presse und einige Blogs.
Fakt ist, dass ein Sicherheitsrisiko besteht. Fakt ist aber auch, dass hier die Interaktion des Users erforderlich ist, und man, sofern man hinter einem NAT Router sitzt eh recht save ist.
Wer interesse hat, kann mal auf Heise vorbeisurfen und sich dort den Artikel und einige Forenposts durchlesen.
fsklog bringt über den Trojaner und die aufkeimende Hysterie einen netten, lesenwerten Artikel und ich habe hier für euch schnell zusammengefasst, wie man sich dagegen schützen kann.
Alles wird gut. ;)
Mit osascript -e ‘tell application “ARDAgent” to do shell script “whoami”‘ könnt ihr prüfen, ob ihr von der Lücke betroffen seid. Gibt die Konsole “root” als Antwort, ist euer System angreifbar. Kommt euer aktueller Username als Antwort, soll das System über diesen Weg nicht angreifbar sein. Allerdings weiss ich nicht, ob der ARD dann noch funktioniert. (Nicht getestet, brauche ihn aber auch nicht)
Sollte euer System angreifbar sein, reicht das Ändern einer Dateiberechtigung aus um dem Spuk ein Ende zu setzen:
sudo chmod u-s /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent
(Vorsicht! Solltet ihr mal die Dateiberechtigungen reparieren, wird diese Änderung wieder Rückgängig gemacht!)
Danach noch mal den Check von oben drüber laufen lassen, und beruhigt zurück lehnen. ;)
Alternativ kann man den ARD auch direkt löschen, sofern man die Funktionalität nicht braucht.
Wie immer: Über Feedback und Diskussionen in den Kommentaren würde ich mich freuen.
So as I’ve mentioned before, my ideal job would be to direct music videos, and the real reason I’m posting about this band, Carpark North, and their track ‘Human’, is because of the video, directed by Martin De Thurah, who in my opinion, makes the best music videos in this day and age. De Thurah, who is from Denmark, has made amazing videos for the likes of Royksopp, The Futureheads, Fever Ray (Karin Dreijer Andersson of The Knife) as well as short films and commercials. His imagery is beautiful with Surrealist influences, abstract space and moody cinematography.
The song itself is actually pretty good. Carpark North is a band from Denmark, utilizing an electro rock sound. The name Carpark North was created from the electro and rock genres: ‘Carpark’ stands for car parks, edges, roughness, metal - the rock part, and ‘North’ stands for northern lights, stars ethereal electronics. So says Wikipedia. They’ve put out three full length albums and ‘Human’ is from their debut, back in 2003. I listened to some other tracks and I didn’t love them. Enjoy the video (which won a lot of awards).
Click here to view the embedded video.
Ich heute Nacht ein kleines Tutorial zusammen geschrieben, um euch zum einen zu zeigen, wie einfach Verschlüsselung und digitale Signaturen zu nutzen sind, und euch zum anderen eine einfache Schritt für Schritt Anleitung an die Hand zu geben.
Ich plane, hier in Zukunft unter dem Menüpunkt “Security” einige kleine Texte zum Thema Computersicherheit und Datenschutz zu veröffentlichen. Also schaut einfach immer mal wieder rein.
Für die nächste Zukunft sind folgende Tutorials geplant:
Solltet Ihr Wünsche haben, werde ich auch gern zu anderen Themen ein Tutorial zusammentragen.
